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Call Flag: “O” over “ Axa. PetYÁNT,"
REAL "PIRATES" OF MAYOR OF CHICAGO TO
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PENZANCE.
BRANDY-RUNNING AT NIGHT."
STRONGER GUARDS.
PLYMOUTH.
RESIGN.
COLLAPSE OF POLITICAL MACHINE,
recent election.
Recent defeat of States Attorney Crowe, one of the chief Thompson honehmen, caused previous rumours of this sort, but Thompson hung an. The present situation appears, hopeless and Big Bill" seems at last due to go out.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11th It was reported to-day, and con- firmed in high quarters, that Mayor William H. Big. Bill Thomp son, for many years virtual poli Rumours are persistent, says a Daily Express correspondent, that dictator of Chicago, intends areanuption of smuggling off the
to resign as a result of the crush- ing of his political machine in the Cornish coast is suspected by the Customs and Excise authorities, and that coastal outlook stations are being reinforced. Boats are stated to have been seen putting off from the const at night, and water guards around the Cornish Bshing villages between here and Penzance have increased their vigilance.
The Thompson machine has domi- One fisherman, direct descen-nated Chicage and baked up in a dant of a notorious family of domination, with other similar smugglers, living at 3 little forces, of the entire State of Cornish village near, said to me, Illinoir until the past few months, "There is no doubt in the minds "Good citizens" were arrayed of the fisherfolk that smuggling against it, every Chicago news- still goes on. It cannot be purau- paper... fought it, and yet the ed, of course, to the same extent Thompson crowd rode hope: trium that it was sixty or seventy years plaats. in election after election. ago, when every eye on the
In a way the Thompson group rest- Cornish coast, from Plymouth to ed upon a basis not dissimilar to Penzance, was a veritable hive of that of the old Tammany in New smugglers.
York, with a similar opposition.
the days can remember when my old grandfather rowed to the French coast with four or five others in a six-cared gig and brought back brandy to the values of hundreds of guineas It used
to taka them thirty-six hours, and dangerous work it was too! They sank their kegs off Whitsand Bay, three miles from Cawsand, which was a rare smuggling centre on account of the shelter. of the bay and the hills around, and marked the
spot with cork floats. My grandmother and other women womenfolk were not regarded with such suspicion-used to bring the stuff into the villaga next day in oil-skina hidden beneath their voluminous petticoata
Few Watchers,
"Smuggling to this extent finish. ed many years ago, but actually it is easier to bring dutiable stuff in to the country nowadays than it was then. The coastal watchers are few and far between-some have a beat of ten miles and more."
An official of the Customs and Excise, said: "We do not antici- pate any amuggling on a large scale, although it would be the easiest thing in the world for the owners of French fishing smacks to make a large sum by emuggling engnne into the country. The risk is small and the profit great. The gain even on a dozen bottles would
considerable.
GIRL WITH SEVEN-INCH
TAIL.
MORE TROUBLE IN TEN NESSEE.
KNOXVILLE, Nov. 15th.
A girl has been born here with a seven-inch tail.
In connection with this curious event, which became public to-day, it is learned that the baby's mother and grandmother have re- fused to resume relations with the father, & young man, of 21 -
The mother and grandmother ad- mit that the father has offered to Pay expenses for an operation for
DIARY OF EVENTS.
To-day.
(November 22nd.).
Chamber Music Concert arranged by Mr. Balean, Helena May Institute, 3.30, p.m.
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"The Sport of King's H.K A.D.C., Star Theatre, 3.15 p.m.
YMCA Debate The Instal ment System," 9 p.m. Mei Lan Fang," Theatre, 3 p.m.
Ko Shing
Queen's Theatre: West Point. World Theatre: "Man Power, Star Theatre: "Jazz Mad," 2.30 to 8.30.
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(November 23rd.} Christian Fellowship Meeting, Helena May Lastitute, 10.30 am.
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Cricket-1st Division R. Nary Chinese B.C., Craigengower v. 2nd Division: P. NATY . R.AS.C.,. Kowloon, I.R.C. v. C.S.C.C.: (F). Craigengower D. Kowloon, C.B.O.C. they themselves are in need of. H.K. Electric, Recreio v. RA.F. money.
removal of the tail.
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Apparently the case goes back to the bitter controversy between anti- evolutionists and educators in Ten nessee, which culminated several years ago in passage of a law for bidding the teaching of evolution. A somewhat similar law, rendering illegal to use.school books co- firming the theory of evolution, has Just been passed in Arkansas.
While the Tennessee law is not being actively enforced since the famous, Stokes case, which upheld the law but brought the state much undesired publicity, many people of the state are wrought up over the
monkey descent theory.
The crews of French fishing smacks are allowed a liberal stock of liquor out of bond' for their
Now the state of public feeling own consumption, for they are often at sea for weeks on end. The appears to have brought tragedy liquor is sealed, and it is against upon a household actually victim the law to open it until they have ized by a freak of nature, but een three days at sea. There is with the husband and father unde- nothing to prevent them from buy-servedly falling heir, to all the ing a few dozen bottles of cognac blame. at a cafe in France, storing it in their boats, and passing it on to an accomplice on the Cornish
coast
ARMISTICE DAY IN GERMANY.
NO CELEBRATION HELD.
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"Dozens of French fishing boats moor close to the English coast at Cawsand, Looe, Fowey, and Pen- - zance every night. They can al- ways say that the stuff is for their own use if they are challenged. I do not think that the Illegal trafficking which probably does g0vious years, going back to the his- This, followed the practice of pre- on, however, is a very serious loss
to the revenue."
PUSSYFOOT" COMING
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BERLIN, Nov 11th... There WAS no celebration of Armistice Day in Germany to-day
torie November 11th, 1918, when Germany wag in the throes of revolution.
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Fox Stanley Gibbons, Ltd. Part L-Britsh Empire Shing Part II-Foreign Countries Tvert & Tellier French Edition...
K.0.8.B. Band concert, Botanical gardens, 4-5.30 p.m.
Mei Lan Fang, Theatre, 8 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: Why Sailors Go Wrong"
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Principal Mails-Laward: Europe
In years that followed, it was felt that Armistice Day was no occa- | viá Suez (Empress of France). sion for rejoicing, because it mark. ed Germany's defeat and the open- ing of a period characterized by economic distress and political humiliation.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16th. "Pussyfoot " Johnson, world famed American prohibition work- er, will sail for the Far East on The Germans with premeditation Friday on the President Monroe have even avoided commemoration with the intention of visiting of their war dead on Armistice Manila and other ports.
Day. The 11th of November,. 'n Johnson is representing this country, is an ordinary work. World League against alcoholism, ing day like any other.. and he expects to make a tour of many points in Asia in the interest of the movement toward a more arid universe.
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HENRY FORD TO ORGANIZE
NEW FIRM
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He plans to spend a fortnight in Honolulu as his first port of call. Then he has engagements in Shang-
LONDON, Nov. 13th. hai and in Hong Kong.
When be reaches Manila, John Henry Ford will soon
The magazine Motor reports that son expects to stop off or another folation of a new public com- two weeks as in Honolulu. Later ha will proceed to Singapore and pany the capital of which will be Ceylon.:
835,000,000 and which will acquire During the time he is in India. the entire assets of the Ford sub- sidiary companies in England, Johnson intends to renew his France, Italy, Holland, Sweden, acquaintance with Mahatma Gün Germany, Spain, Ireland, Belgium dh, the Indiaż nationalist - sad- and Denmark. leader of the non-co-operation
He Jans also accepted an invita tion to be the guest of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore... (Continued at fool of next column.)
Johnson has been invited to visit the King of Afghanistan en route to Turkey.
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