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END OF KIDNAPPING GANG.
FINAL SCENE AT SHANGHAI COURT,
ידי
CONDEMNED. MEN'S. PLEA FOR HIS WIFE,
SRINGHAI Sept. 26th. More excitement than has been
seen for some long time was caused by the departure for execution of the band of is men and one woman, convicted members of the Dixwell Rond gang of armed kidnappers who were sentenced to death an a result of their crimes. They were transported from constabulary headquarters, carried through the Settlement in police vans heavily guarded to ward off any attempt
FLOODS IN KOREA.
"AFRAID TO LOVE.”
KAIPING
ROADS AND BRIDGES WASH- ED AWAY.
FRENCH FARCE AT THE QUEEN'S.
MILLIONS OF DAMAGE DONE FLORENCE VIDOR AND CLIVE
The extent of loss caused by the-f foods in the north is larger than
·was at first reported, according to the Seoul Press, Information by
Affairs Bureau, shows that the experts dispatched by the Internal
damage done to roads, bridges, and authorities are still unable to form embankments is so heavy that the
even an approximate estimate of it.
The damage done to roads under direct control of the Government- General alone.. will require over F.8,000,000 -ts put right. Of the rond between Kanke and Koin, the at interruption in the programme. section between Shinbori and later handed over to the Chinese Gempeijo (first class road about 15 authorities at Lunghua and execut Japanese ri) has been all but com. ed before sun-down. The remain-pletely destroyed, and restoration ing lot of ten men also condemned of it will require over Y.300,000, to death on various charges of calculating the cost per ri Y,30,000, equal seriousness who were assem bled at the same time as the others will be transferred to the Chinese Authorities to-day for the carrying out of the Court's sentences.
Before being taken from gaol yesterday the entire lot were given individual hearings before the Pro- visional Court to niake such last statements as, they wished, and the majority used the opportunity to protest their complete innocence of the whole affair.
BROOK.
THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES,
[BY OUR FIM CRITIC.)
If you were in love with an huge fortune provided you married Argentine widow and were left a
24 hours some one elec within what would you do. That is the problem with which Clive Brook is Brock thinks it's an impossibly faced in "Paid to Love." Mr:
artificial problem, and seems in- clined to shelve the whole matter Trevor, as his family lawyer, coines when at the eleventh hour Norman
out with a solution in the person of Florcage Vidor. Florence,
+
uglified for the occasion, mar while the State road near Shinkabares the gentleman on the under, has been opletely destroyed to a
standing that a divorce is to be length of 3,800 feet, and restoration
obtained as soon as he gets the of it will call for some Y.300,000.
Legacy, Then the fun begins. The fair Argentinian having in. Further the State road between Shuotsu
sisted on до unattractive bride, and Seishin has been destroyed beyond recognition to a the couple in their honeymoon in further insists on accompanying length of 10 Japanese ei, while the Paris and is as outraged as Mr roads alongside the Josen and the Brook is pleased to find that the Tumen have been destroyed for the bride is very charming after all. greater part, and restoration of here, and alias Vidor soon cuts Clive Brook begins to wake up these will cost over Y.600,000. out the lady with whom he is supposed to be infatuated. But Jocelyn Lec 13 "Helen. de Semiano is so obviously a vampi and an adventuress that it is a little difficult to believe that Sir Reginald Belaize (Brook) could ever have had much faith in her.
The situation is complicated by the lawyer who warns the honey. moon party that the officials of the benefitted by the uncle's will if. aquarium, which ида to have Sir Reginald bad failed in the condition under which he inherited, tive watching, "a Frenchman with are suspicious, and have detec
a black moustacle." Since black mcustaches are by no means un- good many situations arise which common in the French capital, a
call for demonstrations of affection between the parties to this mar evitable result that they fall in riage of convenience with the in- love.
Bridges Wrecked By Storm. The leader of the gang. who was
In South Kankyo alone 32 convicted largely on the threaten-bridges have been washed away, ing notes he was alleged to havez, Manzal Bridge 1,630 feet in written to the relatives of his vic-length, Kanko 450 feet, Hokusei- tims made astrident plea of in-Nanai Sio feet, Roloku 378 feet, nocence and asked that his brother Komon 540 feet, Roso 20 feet, be called to identify his handwrit-Koshi-in No. 1 162 feet, Kosui-in ing and prove it was not that con- No. 150 feet, "and Tuji 240, feet, tained in the letters. The Court, and rebuilding of them will cost however, was adamant and he was about million yen.
Besides sent away with the rest...
these, a score or more other bridges, Another gave a long harangue ranging from 1,998 to 196 feet in following the same line as his pre-length, have been washed away or decessor, but taking additional destroyed, the cost of their restora pleasure in giving his opinion on
tion being estimated at over, Chinese constables in general. He Y.,000. averred they were worse than any The embankments have also come kidnappers, and asserted that atin for serious damage, those along the time of arrest he was robbed the Josen and the Yujo having been hy certain of their number of $132,all but completely destroyed, while which had never been returned and those along, the Hokusei-Nandai, which he would like to see account-
the Seidal, the Kinshin, and the ed for before he was executed.
Tumen have also been destroyed or damaged in part. Restoration of all these is estimated to require about Y.1,400,000.
A Long Gown.
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new and
You have probably seen a good any French forces of this type the complications, although they so that you can imagine some of
are presented with 3. amusing twist. The whole thing is though I did not feel that either quite lovely and worth seeing. of the principals were as well cast as they deserve to be.
CINEMA NEWS.
"TWO LOVERS,
One of the more calm of the gang minde a request." He said that at the time of arrest he was wearing
A Disastrous Landsup. a long gown, and it was his last Messrs. Togashi nud" Inada. wish that he should die with this officials in. the Police Bureau dir gown on as it had certain family patched to the north to investigate affiliations that were dear to him. the floods, stated on their return
Still another seemed more con- that Gensen Myon in South Kan-| "Two Lovers," screen version cerned with finances than anything kyn., Province suffered most, the of Leatherface" by Вагодева else and told the Court that some river there overflowing its banks in one Em of Romald Colman and Orezy, is the final appearance in time after arrest he had made ap- the dead of night, & landship oe-Yilma Banky. Ronald Colman plication for a certain sum of curred, and sobie 400 persons were
plays Leatherface", mysteri: ous character who rides by night, runey which he had long since de killed. There are
in the aorvice of his lord, the posited in a bank and it was his persons missing, and most of them
are believed, to have been drowned. Prince of Orange. How the iden desire that this money should go The stricken people in Jo-Gensentity of Leatherface is discover to buy him a coffin.
and other places bad taken refuge ed, and the lovely heroine, Vilma in Ka-Genses and almost every Banky, endures. sorrow, pain and thing eatable there had been con- torture to free the Flemish from summed by them, but flour and other the Spanish joke, is told, in a food stuffs were now being trans-
series of thrilling scenes. Noah ported there from Shinko and dis Beery who appeared with Colman trier, and they are no longer inin "Beau Geste," has an import danger of starvation.
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The Annual Bazaar of the Sisters gure among the attractions of the of the Precious Blood Convent, of picture, which was directed by which Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall. Fred Nio who will be remem bered on account of "Ben Hur."
Man's Plea For His Wife. The plea that was listened to with greater Concern than
the others by the spectators was from the husband of the accused woman, who was also sentenced to death with her. He beseeched the Court that, as he was acknowledging his In the ward room abutting on guilt and was paying for it with the Court one of the number at tempted to implicate many of the his life, to consider that it was other prisoners as the real culprits, only fair that his wife should go pointing out that he had not the free. Soberly the entire room gave Police quickly, stepped in and PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK- slightest conneetion with the affair. complete attention, and as he con- tinued pleading there was a silence quelled the melee which ensued, that
there was little further was fraught with drama.
trouble. Even the most hardened police official in the room paused in spit upon himself to provide smokes One of the court reporters took preciation of the man's gameness. for the entire lot, which they re- He realized, he said, that he was doomed, but he called on the au-ceived with loud sentiments of ap- thorities, as having wives of their preciation. own, to spare his helpmeet the ignominious death to which she had been condemned. The Court ruled that the sentence had to be carried out, and the man staggered from the room to the waiting van.
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WATCHMEN'S EXPENSIVE
CUMSHAW.
$100 FINES FOR TAKING 2 BRIBE.
An old woman
C.M.G., LL.D., is the President. Eong by the s... Kwong Sai which eame to Hong
will be held at the Catholic Young arrived on the night of September the 12th and 14th October under Strand. Here she was stopped by Men's Socity, 18, Caine Road, an 28th and proceeded along Bonham
the patronage of Mrs. Queen's
W. T two"watchmen who were
employed
Tomorrow To-day: "Afraid to Love.” Southorn, Mrs. C. C. Luard and by the" Brma in that street who and Wednesday: Mrs. A C. Hynes." It will be demanded to search the parcel "Spring Fever," a comedy of opened by ra, R. H. Kotewall which she was carrying. The jar love and golf with Aliam at 3 p.in. on the first day.
was found to contain wine, and Haines, Joan Crawford and George K., Arthur.
"Two
Thursday
to Saturday: Lovers" with Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky.
World.
$2.
The Working Committee hopes after a discussion they allowed the make this Hazaar larger than those woman to go after handing over of previous years. The ground in front of the Catholic Cathedral will
Further on she was stopped by also be used for stalls and side
a bona fide district watchman and shows A large stock of handsome in conséquence was brought to the To-day: "Blind Alleys." Thomas Imud-knitted and embroidered arti- Police Station where she gave her Maghan and Gretta Nissen in dies and "numberless beautiful toys story of her dealings with the other an exciting mystery crook film. will be offered for sale at very two watchmen. These two watch To-morrow to Saturday: What reasonable prices.
Price Glory" with Victor Mc-
and the woman appeared "The tickets, issued as souvenirs before Major C. Willeon at the Laglen and Dolores del Rio.
at 81 and 22 each have received Central Magistracy Star.
substantial support from the pub-morning,
Saturday. lic, and from many well-known local companies donations of vari to return the 22 to the woman and The two watchmen were ordered. ous sorts have been given. It is were fined $100-with the alterna- hoped by the Committee that more tive of six weeks hard labour.j donations or subscriptions will be forthcoming.
Interest In The Camera, More than one geol and noticing the acores BB- on leaving the sembled to see them and the cameras that clicked as they came out struck attitudes that were in For the others it can be said that tended to show them as possessed if any concern was felt for them it of considerable bravado, and one was not by themselves. Several ap-in particular, on noting that a peared to consider the whole prospectator had diffienity with his ceedings of great humour and be camera, tugged at his companion fore entering the machine which and was anxious to wait until the was to take them away paused machine was.righted. smiling on the top step and shout- The transporting of the condemon-To-day Too Many Crooks" ed to the hundred odd spectatori ed was in the charge of Police Mildred Davis in a mystery who assembled to see them carried Sergeant P. 5. Gavan, and so well.
was the work handled that many "To-morrow and Wednesday: Fast Vicious Type of Criminal.
of the cars assembled to follow the and Furious, one of the most They were a motley group at best, cavalcade were quickly lost after amusing Reginald Deany, come and on the whole ran true to the leaving the Provisional Court.
dies, adage that a man's thoughts are: No route was made public be- written on his face. Save in one or forchand, as the police intended to two_instances the average spectate prepared for any eventualities tors would have rightly considered and had no desire to have their thern desperadoes of a vicious type. plans interrupted-North China
(Continued on nezt Column). Daily News.
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Thursday to Saturday: "The Road to Romance, an exciting story
The Sisters of the Convent want
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