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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1929.
FRENCH MYSTERY
SOLVED.
GRIM END TO A HOAX.
"BETTER BABIES!"
ANOTHER BREAK WITH TRADITION.
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ooroot!" meow!!!
Ooroof w., ooroof,; Meow. meow That isn't a chorus from the zoo, but rather an attempt on the part of anxious fathers-to-keep-their- precious little babies in good humour during the final judging in a Better Baby Contest recently held in Xanking. For once the Chinese gentry cast their traditional dignity and reserve into the air because their offspring must appear at their best.
The mystery of the man, the so- 'called Marquis de Champaubert, who was last month found to have been buried alive beside a forest path at Villennes, near Veranilics, has been cleared up as to its main features. An exconvict,named Henri Boulogne, has confessed that he and the dead man were acconi plices in this macabre affair. From his statement, it is clear that the "Marquis," who called himself Marcel Clément, and whose real name was Clément Passal, had ar- ranged for himself a mock funeral, which ended in an unexpected and tragic fashion. Boulogne has been detained on a charge of homicide,
Clément Passal, after a life of fraud, was engaged in negotiatione for the publication of his memoirs. Apparently the businees had not gone very favourably, A man of morbidly romantic imagination, he conceived the idea that the succes of his book would be the greater if he could associate himself in the public mind with comic striking and extravagant adventure. In conjunc. tion with Boulogne, a former pri- Bog companion, he elaborated a scheme for working up a succession of fantastic stories about his deten tion and torture by a secret society. These entirely fetitious tales he
In a city where new ideas and typed cut and sent to various news-modern ways have but recently been papers. The plan was to culminate introduced, since the establishment in his being buried alive by the of the new.capital of the National Government a little more than a "secret society" and his discovery,year ago, some efforts in the form still alive, by journalists and cinema
men.
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A Grisly Plan. Though the newspapers took no notice of his ecmumunications, he carried out his plan to the last detail. lle rented a villa near Versailies. Assisted by Boulogne he made himself a coffin which he Atted with a rubber air-pipe. then prepared letters informing the Press that he had been buried alive. and enclosed a plan to indicate the spot. To ensure eucecas the two went through a dress rehearsal to test, whether the plan would work, Passaj remaining for nine haute in the coffin. Satisfied with the result they then set cut in the night for a lonely spot in-the woodland road at Versailles, which Pasal had selected, dug the grave, nad put the coin in it. Passal provisioned i with a few sticks of chocolate and then got into it, dreesed only In his shirt having previously given Boulogne the letters with instrue
them. tions to post
Boulogne placed the lid on the coin and shevelled back the earth, being careful to leave the breathing tube free. He then went off to perform the rest of his task. Hut being, as The stated, extremely tired, he firm went to bed and slept heavily. He awoke late, and made haste to post the letters. Later on, becoming afraid, he went back to see how thing were. He called through the tube. To his dismay no answer came, and slowly he realized that Passa must be dead, In fear lest he should he accused of murder, be then took flight,
to
The contest was held under the auspices of the Public Health, the Social Service, and the Educational Bureau of the Special Municipality of Nanking It was an epoch- making event inasmuch as it was the first time in the history oil China-a nation-with traditional regard for age alone that the im portance of babies and children in the social order was given official recognition. China is now looking ahead into the future instead of living in the past. It is appropriate that the new Capital of the country should take the lead in the move-
ment.
of public lectures, poster advertis ing, etc., had to be made to educate the public in the matter. But public response was surprisingly great, for before the opening of the contest more than 300 babies had been re- gistered. The contest was open to Children between the age of six mouths and six years
The Girls. Win !
It was the Day of days for the little ones. Some came in fluffy Western woollens and some in gor geous Chinese silk. but all were attended proudly and hopefully by their parents. They were given preliminary examination on the first day. whereby they were divided into three classes. A, B, and C. nr- cording to their weight, height and condition of nourishment. It was from the A class babies that the winners of the contest were to be chosen. Out of some 100 children who went through the preliminary examination, 141 qualified for this class. They were ngain divided into six age groups, from each of which five winners were selected by the judges in a final contest, according to their appearance, pasture and activeness. Of the 30 prize babies, 10 were girls nud 14 boys. With the exception of a 7-month old boy who won the first prize in the one-year- old group, the first prizewinners of the other five groups were all girls.
Examination of the weight and height of the children was based on the standard weight and height for Japanese children. The following chart shows how the weight of the prize babies compare with those of the Japanese standard babies:-
Age of Fired Peas Weight Japtree Weight
Winner
Stanford lbs. Year. lbs. 19.00
19.80 21.78"
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In the meantime, the letters having reached their destination, the police were informed and the discovery of the body followed. An examination showed that Passal
tyr. C mon...........; 24,00 had died. of suffocation. The air
2 yr, man....... 34.00) tube" on which he bad relied was quite flequate for the ventilation 3 yr. 11 mon....... 32.50
5 yr.
40.00 of no confined a space, and had
5 gr. mon....... 44.30
35.20 merely served
his prolong agonies.
Judges of the contest were Mayor The grim ireny of Paseal's fate Liu Chi Wen, the Commissioners of is given greater prominenes in the the Public fealth, the Sovial Ser Press than has been accorded to vice, and the Educational Bureaux. representative from the any criminal event in recent years, and a so that the vain desires of the Ministry of Health. Besides special pseudo-Marquis de Chaupaubert Prizes for the winners, gifts were have been fulfilled. Unfortunately also given to every child that enter- for him, even this measure of grated the contest. Presentation of
vation has come too late.
prizes was performed by Mrs. Liu.
A DESERT JOURNEY.
A Juvenile Bargain,
VINDICATED.
THE MAN BEHIND THE NUMBER..
CITY TEST 0,K,
Metropolitan teleplsone exchange, A little chivalry was witnessed by London, which was tested as an the United Press correspondent automatic exchange for the first after the presentation of prizes time last month, has vindicated the when boy of six, winner of the dial system. STRANGE STORY OF ALLEGED second prize in the G-year-old group
THEFT.
JANET GAYNOR IN LOVE WITH HONOLULU.
TO RENEW HONEYMOON
THERE!
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Cb 2/29
GOLD MADE FROM LEAD"" /
IN A GAOL.
TEST WITNESSED, BY MINT OFFICIALS
Honolulu.-Janet Gaynor, this
An extraordinary-statement was flm star, was so enamoured with
raadc recently ksy- Count de the innd of her honeymoon, Hawaii, Pestalozza, a famous barrister, who that she has purchased a bench is defending Franz Tausend, a che
home here.
She said that she and her hus-mist, who is on trial at Munich on a San a charge of having obtained large hand. Mr. Lydell Peck, Francisco attorney, will renew their sum of money from a number of honeymoon here every year if her persons, indluding General Laden- dorff, and the ex-Kaiser, by pre- The last wire was insulated; the lm work will permit. and proud possessor of a brand new last workman put on his jacket, and
The house is on windward Oahu, tending that he had invented a pro-
which Honolulu is
cess of turning lead into gold. tricycle, gladly exchanged it for 300 subscribers from the old the island on
follows: The statement is as werden borse when a diminutive manual exchanges of Metropolitan, situated, Harold Dunean (32), a traveller, lady, winter of second place in the City, Central, Clerkenwell, and
Gold out of lead! The dream of who appeared at the Manchester 4-year-old group, told her little London Wall, were on the autome
the ages has been realised at last, County Police Court last month on friend that she had wished for a tie telephone the Sunday, but the
Man has vanquished nature.”. Leisured." Sloane." charge of robbing a Mrs. Wieden, trigyele
He also announced that he has of Stretford, was said to have been
offices were all shut by then and
Well, the Sloane caller belongs urrested at Colombo. Cetion, to do. 8, he replied in a matter-of-next day.
Upon asked why he was willinge great rest could not be made till largely to the leisured clave. He is applied for the instant release of have escaped at Port Said from a
in no hurry. Most of his calls," Tausend, who has been in Munich fact way, "I already have a big Officials waited anxiously for re-said the telephone chief, “are more
prison for nine months awaiting liner bound for England, and to have crossed the desert to Caito bewinders, were later the guests of er the fine new telephones to be he is a trifle careless."
one at home!" The 20 little prize parts to arrive. Were the first calls social than important. Let us say trial. He gives the following high-
ly dramatic grounds for his appli fore being re-arrested. there.. Miss Liu Men Hua, the 3-month old
cation. Mr. W. R. Murray: who prosecut-daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Liu Chi ed, stated that Duncan and Aire. Wen, at a party in the gardens of Preda Herminia Wieden, of Nor-
the Municipal Buildings. bury Road, Stretford, entered into a business partnership, and on April 27 started a joint account at the Midland Bank, Mosley Street, Manchester, cach depositing £150. On May 3 Duncan put before her n ebeque for £2 and asked her to sign it, saying he wanted it for initial rested at Colombo, land while be-cellent," said a telephone chief hap Some time inter Mrs. ing removed to England by the pily all the trouble is caused by Wieden visited the bank, and was smr vessel he escaped by forcing his the man behind the number The informed that Duncan had drawn cabin door at Port Said on August Metropolitan subscriber, nearly al £250 from the joint account, leaving 15.
re-arrested at ways, a business, man, quick to ap in balanced of £20. The cheque he Cairo, where he had travelled by apreciate and understand the new used was alleged to be the one at hired motor-car over the desert system, does not make mistakes, he knows the number he wants and he first made out for £2 and signed at road... Ameraque by Mann-Wiederer I
Este ikur had, said Mr. Murray, heen altered by Duncan to £250. (Continued at foot of next column).
expenses.
It was found that Dunenn had sailed as a third-class passenger on the steamer Ormondle from Tilbury Dock, London, on May 23. He was
Duncan
was
Duncan mis remanded for zuwasky and as he was being removed from the court he shouted, "Not guilty; not guilty."
merely a repetition of the grumbles of Sloune exchange!
The experts are convinced that. Three thousand three hundred exchange is the due to the acu
the striking success of Metropolitan first fingers tentatively touched the and common sense of the Metr dials and the reports came in. politan subscriber, and that the sor "O.K.," Excellent," "Working rows of Sloane are caused by dilet
were the words tente dialling. magnificently,"
which reached the waiting en- A series of Metropolitan subscrib. Sineers,
ers were called up. Every call was "Of course the system is ex- put through immediately, and there was not the slightest difficulty in obtaining the numbers.
seriber1 the official was asked. (Continued on next Column.)
How-is-the-system-going-1" one Metropolitan subscriber was asked.
The reply was brisk and business. like: Fine. I rang up five people this morning. Got the lot. Good- day"
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"On October 3, 1922," he said, "Franz Tausend, in the presence of the examining judge, as well as the public prosecutor and two high officials of the Munich mint, suc- ceeded in making gold from lead by means of 'his special process.
"His clothes and person were closely searched. by the officials. The officials declared on oath that the gold was produced in so large a quantity that it is utterly im possible that it could have been contained beforehand in the lead from which it had originated."
-The count emphatically denied Thirty-five numbers sithaw the possibility of deceit on the part hitch within an hour, was the rear Tausend, who submitted to the cord.of a businear house on the now most searching scrutiny by all the exchange.
witnesses present at the test.',