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TANKER SEIZED AS RUM-RUNNER
"0,000 CASES OF LIQUOR.
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Now York, November 25.–Federal agents aboard- United States Const Guard Servico cutter to-day seized as a run-runner the Raritan Sun, tanker owned by the Sun Oil Company and built in 1900 at a cost of G.$1,000,000,
After searching the tanker the federal prohibition agents found 6,000 cases of liquor.
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BANK MANAGER KILLS ROBBER.
ELECTRIC RAIL CAR TESTED
23.-- Great
RECOVERS CONSCIOUSNESSL.NER EXPERIMENT WITH IN TIME TO USE REVOLVER. NEW TYPE OF MACHINE
London, November hopes are being contred upon the new typo of Diesel electric rail-ear which is being introduced by the London and North Eastern Bil- way.
Oun of these care was given a trial run to-day by driver who had only had three hours practice. with it. As he demonstrated; the ear, which is driven simply by two levers.' is very easy to handle.
Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 20.-A¦ grim fate awaited a robber who entered the Romiera branch office of the Bank of New Zealand to-day, attacked the manager and netomy. ed to rifle the safe. Not only did he fail of his, object, but, met his death no`the hands of the manager. The manager, a Londoner by the Somebody must do a lot of "ex- plaining," said, officials of the Sunname of EW.T. Young, was on Oil Company when informed that duty in the bank when the robber Sheir expensive and modern tanker was being held as a rum-runner by entersd, carrying a bottle wrapped the Foderal Government.
in, & Rack. Ho hit the manager over the head with the bottle, knock-less and it able to attain of a spred,) - ing him uuenscious.
of 5 miles an hour.-It generates its own electric motive power en board by moans of, pn oil driven engine. Operation costs are only half the cost of steam, service of the same capacity.
BALLOON WRECKED IN FOREST.
YOUNG AMERICAN CAUGHT
IN BLIZZARD.
Sault Sainte Marie, Out., Nov. 24-After surviving a blizzard which raged all night and drove his Balloon before, it, finally wrecking the fabric, George Vanik, an in- tropid young balloonist who started an aerial jump from Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday evening, arrived here safely this morning.
When the balloon landed, Vanik had his Jag and shoulder injured and was lost in the woods for two nights and days before he made his way here. He was given food and nte hungrily. Then he went to bed and is now sleeping soundly
PRINCESS AT HEAD OF COMMITTEE.
FUND TO RELIEVE DISTRESS IN NETHERLANDS.
while Bat
Mr. Young lay on the floor the robber taskigd, the safe. he soon recovered, whereupon the robber rushed at him again."
The manager draw a revolve: and red Tho dosporado, who was hit, staggered through the doorway, pursued by the manager, who was badly injured."
The robber collapsed dend on the footpath outside the bank.
WOMAN “AFRAID OF
SCANDAL."
INQUIRY AGENT ACCUSED
OF BLACKMAIL.
EMPLOYED BY WIFE.
A private inquiry agent, Stanley Cooke, of Birmingham, who was aleged to have posed to a woman The Hague, November 94.-Theus a High Court detective," was 22-year-old Princess Juliana wit to day installed as chairman of the National Crisis Committee which has been formed on her own initic tive to deal with the present econo- nic stress the Netheriquila. Queen Willelmind has become a patreness of the committee and has aade the 4rst contribution, 10,000) guilders, to its funds.
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In addition the Government has pur 750,000 guilders at the disposal of the committed for the relief of: thom affected by the continued un- employment crisis.
PRINCESS CONFESSES TO MURDER.
PHONES POLICE ASKING TO BE ARRESTED.
charged at West London Police Court with demanding. "£30 by menaces and thereby obtaining that 8401 from Alice Mand Lifton, domestic servant, of Templeton- place, Earls Court, W.
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woa further charged with fraudulently converting £50 and £20 entrusted to him by Miss Liftob.
Mr. C. M. Melville, prosecuting, said that Cooke was carrying on a private detective agency, Bren at Kew Green and later at Shepherd's Bush Green He was employed by Mrs. Pryor, who had obtained through the court, a separation from her husband, to keep watch on him. In December he reported that he had interviewed the woman who was associating with her husband, and that she had admitted "ahe was Warsaw, Nov. 21. The police re-formation Mrs. Pryor gave him
living with Pryor: On that in ceived a drastic telephone en to-
fee of £17. day from Brincess Woroncioka, B wealthy heiress, 20 years of age, Lifton, who was then in service in The woman in question. Miss asking them to arrest her in connec Lexham-gardens, Earl's Court, was tion with the death of a wealthycertainly a friend of Pryor's, and manufacturer named Bore:
Bore was killed whilst aleeping sometimes went to his house to do by ten revolver, shots. He had tedy she never told. Cooke she waS domestic datics for him. Undoubt large circle of friends and his death living with Prycr. chused sensation amongst the local aristocracy here,
It is believed that he refused to marry the Princess despite their romantic attachment and the fact that he himself had recently been
divorced.
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Cooke saw Mies Lifton and told her he was a High Court, detective adding, "You will be mixed up in High Court case, so you had bet ter meet me and talk things over." He later told her he had been employed by Mrs. Pryor to watch her husband and Mias Lifton, that they had been shadowed by hun, and that he had a photograph of them taken while they were in a public house together.
Miss Lifton nasured. Cooke that thure was nothing between Pryor and herself, and hè anid, “Well, it has cost Mr Pryor £30 to kaye you shadowed, and it will cost you 70, guineas if the matteraomes into the High Court."
Miss Lifton said: "I do not think it is fair. There is nothing in my friendship with Mr. Pryor." Cooke said. "I Com square the
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be involved in a scandal, said that she would pay this sum Cooke at once raised the price to £30, which she agreed to pay. He accompanied her to a bank, where whe had a deposit account of £105. There she drew out Ezo in notes. and handed them to hien.
Cooke, then advised her to give up domestic service and go into business, He said he knew of a tobacconist business at Richmond which was going for £150. He said that if she gave him; £50' he would raise the other 2100, and Miss Lifton agreed.
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Later he obtained £20 from bår. but finally told her the business waa, no good and scked her to "let him have her remaining 25 a nersonal fosD. She refused and Aemanded the return of her money. Since that day 'she had seen nothing more of Cooke,
Cooke was remanded,
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STEAMER SUNK IN
COLLISION.
SA DROWNED WHEN PASSEN- GER SHIP HITS FERRY BOAT,
Jambi, November 25.-Following a collision with a ferry-boat, the 8.8. Ophelia founded. 24 passengers. being drown. Only three Werc saved.
Batavia, November £5.-16 was 7.50 m. when the s.s. Ophelin, be longing to the State, collided with 'n ferry-boat-off Janbi'in the Dutch-
East Indies, and foundered. :
At ofBeor of the Agricultural Department neid the wife of an as- sistent commissioner, as well as 14 colliers and three prisoners who wars on board the Ophelia are mis- Ling! Five of the crew were drowned
of the fate of the others. and three saved. Nothing is known
The 8.8. Wega was srov by the Administration "to render 'asciu.
ance,
HALF A MILLION FOR
FAMOUS BUST. scULPTURAL MASTERPIECE BOUGHT FOR AMERICA.
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Vienna, Nov. 24-A sum G.8600,000 has been paid for Des derio da Settingnano's piece of sculpture, The Smiling Child's Hand" Reuter learns to day.
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PURITY OF TONE
CYCLONE IN AZORES.
Lisbon, November 25-A cyclone, accompanied by a cloudbars, The bust, which is from the Gusta wrought bavoc in the Azoies last Benda collection, as been bought
by America. It is one of a class night. Hundreds of houfes collag- of a young Christ which were popu of the heads of children in the form sed under the "fury of the storm,
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lar among Florentine nobles, in the which paralysed all communion- second half of the 15th century. Bions. According to a brief" wire- the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont material damngo is very heavy, A head of the same type is in lees message from the expital, the
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