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Sullivan, Indiana-It is learned that the well-known lawyer, Will H. Hayes, President of Motion Trigo Leading.
Picture Producers and Distributors and formerly Postmaster-General in As soon as the, straight was
President Harding's Cabinet, was reached Trigo took the lead from granted a divorce from Helen Louise Hunter Moon, who was quite un-Thomas Hayes, who did not contest able to reply to Weston's request the action. Mr. Hayes was given or another effort. Two furlongs custody of their son, who is
minor. from the finish Trige was out with
Lima,
JULY 1, 1929.
the country will shortly be in-
Nanking. A complete re-survey
stituted under the auspices of the General Staff so that a new and
more accurate many of China may be available in the note future, ac- carding to a decision of the 2nd General Meeting of the Central Executive Committee.
Nanking. Owners of all legally acquired mines, which have been in operation in the past, will be pers mitted to continus operations in accordance with the Mining Law aand under the supervision of the Government, it was decided at the Genera Meeting of the Central Executive Committee. of coralty and the authorized term for their operation, however, will be re-determined by law.
Peru.-Captain Victor Urquizi and Lieut. Luis Garland,
among the best known of the South, American aviators, crashed an Las Palmas field and both were killed instantly. Capt. Urquizi recruely necompanied the Spanish diers Jiminez and Iglesias who travelled in South America after crossing the Atlantic.
MISSING LINK.
VENEZUELA, AS, NEW HUNT.
•ING GROUND.
. DR. MONTANDON'S CLAIM, .
United Press.].
the
Paris-The claim that Darwin's issing link exists today in the atle known jungles of Venezuela The amounts the latest theory on evolution
expounded before Dr. Gorges Montando has just rench Antaropological Institate. Prad paper before this august Shanghai.To protect all vessels body of savants in which he related using the, Woosung harboar from how a strange monster, with a danger of grounding, further dredgalmos human head, was killed and 17: Venetui tea ing of the Woosung River will photographed shartly be started by the Special years ago.
The beast was described as hating Tientsin. An aviation school for Municipal Government of Shanghai the training of competent Chinese in accordance with instructions from thirty-two teeth, no tail and being aviators and mechanics will be the Kiangsu Provincial Government, the six of art, and to hate walked Established immediately at Nanking. The estimated cost of the under in an upright position The pho-
taking will
approximately tograph of the mal was thrown in order that one of the clauses in 0,000, which will be jointly pro- on a screen during the ledure and
be
Amsterdam.-The Heiburg ar senal was partially destroyed by a
was an unknown anthropid. kir to the orang-outang species hat closely resembling Neanderthal
man.
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a clear tent and going so well that it was plain that the race was over. A furlong from the Anish Cragadour for a moment promised to come along and challenge the leader, but his effort was very short-lived. The closing stages of the race were enlivened a very late challenge from Walfer Gay, who came from out of the blue to cause consider alde excitement. He was travel ling very last at the finish, but his effort had come too inte. and he inted to catch Trigo, who wan by a length and a half, with Brienz the contract with the Curtis vivided by the Shanghai Special Manithe assemlded scientists agreed that (whe stayed on very well) two tion Corporation providing for the cipality and the Kinngsu Provincinit length behind the second. Hinemployment of Chinese in the air Government. ter's Moon, who may have been majl service may be carried out short of a gallop owing to his had This decision was made at the first meeting of the Board of Directors ick, finished fourth.
of the China National Aviation Cor-series of explosions in the works for Distinguished Spectators...
The paper told how the monster poration.
artillery ammunition. Only a few The Prince of Wales, Recompanied by Princess Mary, Viscountess Las- Hankow-Survey of both banks were, however, injured, as the face was killed by M. Franevis de Loys, French geologist, while penetrating unexplored depth of the Venezue velles, and Visedat Lascelles, wit of the Yangtze River for the pro. tory was temporarily closed.
Yonkers, New York-Alexanderan jungle on a scientife expendi. nessed the PELLO, They were received | posed construction of an iron bridge by the Earl of Derby and the Earl connecting Hankow with Wuchang Cochrane, philanthropist and form tion. One day while seated in a of Lonsdale, after motoring to the has been started by engineers er husband of the actress Ganna temporary camp with a companien, Fifteen 31.de Loys bourd crashing urse and entering their stand by specially dispatched here by the Walski, hins died here. the Jockey Club entrance, The Ministry of Railways. It is estimate years ago Mr. Cochrane built through the branches of trees. Then
two ape-like The Connoisseur's mounted police had some difficultyed that approximately $30,000,000 nchi, Vanities, which competed for almost instantly,
of challenging Sir creatures jumped down into the in keeping back the crowd. who will be required for the proposed the honour
for as the Prince of Wales | construction. For the complete ex- Thomas Lipton's entry the clearing of the camp, waving their cheered alighted.
termination of handitry in Hupeh America Cup. Princess Mary wore a long fur- province, the, Provincial Disband-
Nanking. Parsunat to a petition trimmed Inwn cloth coat with a ment and Reorganisation Office is from the Ministry of Finance, the large grass-green harkok hat, but, considering the division of the pro-State Council in a circular order owing to the heavy rain, she did vince into six pacification arena, not walk in the Paddock as usual, each to be garrison be one division issued to the various provincial gov. remaining with the Prince of Wales or one brigade of soldiers as requirernments instructs that, to facilitate financial control, all taxes on salt under cover during the whole meeted. It is hoped that banditry may will hereafter be collected directly
IT: Viscount Lascelles, however, wils seen, just before the big race. talking to Major Fetherstorhaugh in the Paddock....
be uprooted within three months.
by the special representative of the Wusih. -- The Provincial High Ministry in the various provinces. Court of Kiangsu is preparing to Washington.-F. Trubce Davision, onen district courts in the cities Assistant Secretary of War for
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hairy arms. The two men fired and on animal was killed. The other
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A copy of these notes and the Broadcasting the News, of Tangshan, Kiangtu and Wu Aeronautics, has noproved contracts photograph were later sent to Dr. personal Passengers in the Flying Scots ching, all neighbouring districts"offer construction of 162 airplanes to Montandon who is man from Scotland to Londen heard Wasih. and to build a model prison he manufactured by four companies, friend of the geologist. Dr. Mon- from a portable wireless set the here to replace the existing one Buchning, Curtis. Fokker and Bertanden, said that he had made ex-QUARTS description and result of the Derby which is a dilapidated condition. broadcast by the B.B.C. Tickets The new prison, however, will be linger fervce. These ships will be tensive studies regarding the sub-PINTS BABY giving the result were distributed under the jurisdiction of the Dis- used by the regular army. In adject and had hoped to form an ex- dition, training planes are to be. pedition which would make.n search among these not a-ar enough to trict Court in Soochow
purchased from the Douglas Cor-for this almost human type of beast in the Venezuelan wilds. He added hear the loud-speaker. At & 1.MA
poration.
that he would be pleased if others two wireless pictures, one of the
would undertake the expedition finish and the other of the winner being led in, we picked up while
which he is not at present is a position to organize. the train was travelling at 60 miles German Listeners.
an hour.
Washington. A material increase One London paper states that it is in the income tax collections has estimated that £10,000,000 in bets boosted the Government's total re- and sweepstake hinged n the venue for the currant fiscal year,
Dr. Montandon placed particular result of the Derby. Millions of the close of business the total "They're off! Jetzt sind sie los "ple jost money from a shilling revenue was $3,700,000,000 giving a emphasis on the size of the monster, of $101,705,855 Over the yg it was much larger than the ares, which it somewhat resembled. apwards, but a ircky few won smalis
estimates.
and larger than any anthropoid fortunes in sweepstakes.
Boston.-In 1917, 24 per cent. of species ever discovered in Latin American homes were electrified. In America. This fact alone, he de- 1958, the number increased to 68 perclared, inade the find of signal im
Public Suspicious. "
At right minutes past 3 these words were heard by wireless listeners all
ver Germany, and for the next minates they followed the course of No wonder the public get sus the race either through the words picious about racing every now and of the British broadcaster or the then," said a great expert directly Here are owners lightning interjections in German after the face. of a bilingual English friend above suspicion, trainers beyond caronted by the Berlin station. suspicion, jockeys all riding to win. They had already heark it The Derby is the straightest race both languages a description of in the world. Yet, in spite of all the scene on the course and noted that, something wins which no one that it was pouring with rain at has ever, thought about. Did you Epsom. The shouts of the hook- see Trigo before the race? He look
it ?ud makers
the conglomerateed like a selling plater. I don't murmur of the great crowd came call him a Derby winner." through as a monotone accompani ment in the broadcaster's voice.
Lucky Belfast Backers. Lister yes were aniling at Mr. Then came the start, and the w. Rarnell's dramatie win with Areas audience of ijsteners in Ger-Trigo. which was bred in the many followed the rise and decline shuts of the city.
of Hunter's Moon and the triumph
of Trigo. Hunter's Moon leads.
Belfast bad backed it heavily
Moon still in front. Hunter each way, and the horse for which
foon noch porn." Trigo coming
" Trigo leads. Trigo wins-
prince Aga Khan was recently re- an offer of £20,000 from H.H. the
Trigo fuhrt, Trigo graint and fesed, was regarded as certain to
fore, was all the more popular.
It was over. One heard that. Kopie placed. Its win outright, there had come in without its rider, and then Berlin resumed its normaal paras raine. To the mind's eye of British listeners, at all events, the colour and movement of the scene were vividly present.
Happy Bookmakers. Bookmakers were unanimous that
it was a first-rate race.
Women shared in the good for
"Isn't it tune to a great extent. delightful was the comment of Mr. Barnett's typist. Her joy was hared by typists all over the eity Young women by the thousands hid
flutter and n shilling each way. Mr. Barnett, who is a fine sports- mai gave the tip freely to his A very good race for bod friends some time ago, and he makers," a member of Messrs. Ead-bought one-eighth share in one of broke's staff summed up to a Preas representative "Our own staff had Trigo in the Baltic Sweep, which is worth £20,000. We paid £49,500 in shares of sweep tickets."
Mr. Douglas Stuart agreed that it was a surprising rare.
"Walter Gay, the second, whe one of the best-backed horses in the race," he said. "Trigo was lacked with a lot of money to win the Derby before it was beaten in the Guineas, and it was backed very little since then. We took a lot of money on the race considering how nuch money had gone into the sweepstakes.
Sr. Jinks was probably the beet-backed horse, with Gay Day second: then Cragadour and Hu ter's Moon."
.....
Mr. James Sutters said, that his firm spent £30,000 on sweepstakes tickets. It was all wasted.
The bookmakers reaped a wonder ful harvest at Epsom on Derby Day. Not one favourite won. -
The winners and prices were:-- 1.30-Braygala
100 to 6 100 to 8 -33 to 1
2. 3 Polette
3. Trigadierun
33-Burgeeing
100 to 7
4.25 Cleo
5. 0-Lacock
3 to 1 100 to 7‹
the Stock Exchange Sweep tickets for Trigo for £500. He draws near- y £16.000 on his investment alone.
Mr. Jim Rice, the Belfast cor- mission agent, also had an eighth sharp in the ticket.
Mystery Telegram. Fox tips have been circulated so widely. A mystery telegram reach- ed Belfast on the morning of Derby Day with the message: "Trigo'will do the trick." It was unsigned, but had been sent from Epsom. The news of its reeipt spread like wild- fire, and women who heard the tip even paid dustmen who were collect- ing rubbish to go off and lack it again for them.
Ballymacarrett, a populous end of the city.. is said to have been, on the horse to a man, and book- makers had to lay off large rums ip Glasgow and Dublin to protect themselves.
Mr. Barnett lives, also shared in The Antrim-road district, where
the good luck, and the Derby result has ensured a happy summer holi- day for hundreds of people. Trigo's name was even chalked on the footpaths Royal-avehuc, in the heart of the city, on the morn ing of the race.
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