The Hongkong Telegraph
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
Copyright, 1914 by the Proprietor.
WEATHER FORECAST
FINE
Barometer 29.82
pa
2826
.79
2 p.m. 85.
75
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June 18, 1914,
Temperature 6 a.m. 83, Humidity
晚伍十二月五年寅甲
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
HOME RACING.
THE MEXICAN.
MEDIATION DEADLOCK,
HUNT CUP RESULT.
Temperaturs 6 a.m. 80. p. m. 88
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THURSDAY,
JUNE
18, 1914.
June, 18, 1913,
四拜艇 號八拾月六英油
Humidity
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER COLLISION.
EMPRESS DISASTER.
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
THE NEW AGREEMENT.
N. D. L. LINER STRUCK,
EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY.
TELEGRAMS.
OBITUARY.
MR. BENNET BURLEIGH.
Mutor's Survico To The Telegraphi."Router's Servien To "The Telegraal. Routora Service To The Telegraph. Reuters Borvica To "The Telegraph." Renter's Service To The "Telegraph."] [Router's Sorvioo To "The Telegraph."1
London. Received June 18,
The race for the Royal Hunt
London. Received June 18." The mediation negotiations Oap at Ascot (7 farlongs 160 between America and Mexico at Niagara are reaching a deadlook and will likely conclude abortive ly on Friday.
16-arda) resulted as follows:- on the advar, O. Rayner's Lie Abod
(Ilobertson).........
Sir T. R. Dewar's Braxted
(Trigg)......?, Mr. Sol Joel's Honeywood
(Dick) 10................3. Also Fan : Tho
Carragh (Clark), Bluestone (Donoghue),) Jarnac II (Jelling, Driumore (Bullock), Berrilldou (Fox, San- lair (Martin). Prue (Cooper)
"
Simultaneously come reports of a serious split between General Carranza and Gouëraľ Villa, thé Army being behind the latter.
OIL FOR NAVY.
THE GOVERNMENT DETERMINED.
London. Received June 18,
2
Aiglon (Foy), Bonbon Rose In the House of Commons, Mr (Orlap). Outrain (1. Stokes,Churchill moved, the authorising Mohacz (Wagget), Castleton (W. [of the proposal to take up Harley), Flippaut (E. Huxloy), £2,200,000 worth of shares in the Sands of Time (Ledson), Cuthbert | Anglo-Persian Od Company to (Buckley), Jameson (Sperr), secure a large supply of oil-fuel Young Pegasus (Prout), Wine for the Almiralty. Man (Mekoans), Ambassador lle said the Government were Wing), Bugler (Herbert), lipdetermined to secure the best eastrum (Chaloner), Pitmaston supplies at a reasonable price. Dorne).
Cont would continue to be the
The Race,
London. Iteceived June 18. The Anglo-Garman Agreement
regarding the Bagdad Railway deals with navigation on the Tigris, irrigation in Mesopotamis, sad spheres of influence on the Bagdad Railway and in the zones of prospective railways,
The Angle Turkish negotiations are also approaching completion. The Conventions will provide for tho delimitation of the Aden Hinterland (it being understood that there will be no important changes in the boundary) and also the Turke Poraian frontier.
HOME CRICKET.
THE LATEST RESULTS.
Londoa. Received June 18, The liner Kaiser Wilhelm II
Later.
'
London: Received June 18. Reuter's correspondent at Que-
London. Received June 18. The death is announced of Mr.
TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
www.
Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the famous war correspondent, in dead.
Latest Home cricket results are given to-day.
Some particulars of the inquiry into the Empress disaster aro given to-day.
and the steamer Intemore collid-bes states that at the inquiry into Bennot Burleigh, the famous war the Empress disaster, counse! ed to a fog at Spithead,
The extent of the damage to for the owners of the Storstadt correspondent.
[The late Mr. Bonnet Burleigh, the liner is unknown, but she is said the mate was in charge of returning to Southampton.. the vessel when the Empress of who was born at Glasgow, had
The probable starters, jockeys The Incomore was badly dam-Ireland was first sighted. He boon on the staff of the "Daily and weights for the Ascot Gold aged in the bows.
called up the Captain when he Telegraph" since 1882. He had Cap are given to-day. ran into the fog, bat did not
Lio Abed won the Royal mention sighting the Empress. had a most varied career as a war He called the Captain because he correspondent in all parts of the Hunt Oup; the race is described asked to be called if it became world, besides which he fought in sleewhore.
The mate of the Storstadi saya foggy.
the American War and was twice sentenced to death. As the Cen- the Empress of Ireland was tral News correspondont he went struck because she was crossing through the first Egyptian War, the Storstadt's bows. being present at Tel-el-Kebir, the
The Mexican Peace negotia second phase of which he covered
The Kaiser Wilhelm i was struck amidships. She took some water aboard. There is no loss of life.
The damage will take some time to repair.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II is a
steeltwin-screw steamer of 19,361 tons gross tonnage. She was built in 1902 at the "Vulcan "
yards at Stettin for the Norddeut are:-Length, 684 feet, 3 inches; brendit; 72 fost 3 inches; depth,
scher Lloyd: Her measurements
40 feet 2 inches.
|
When the Captain got on deck the vessels were 800 feet apart, and be immediately ordered full speed astern
The statements of the two Captains seem to imply that each Contends that the other changed he course, while each maintains
that he did not.
Expedition, the Spanish Riff
for the Daily Telegraph." His tions have reached a deadlook other work for the Telegraph" and it is expected that they will included the accompanying of the conclude abortively on Friday." desert column from Korti to The main features of the Metanmah in 1884, the Ashanti Anglo-German agreement regard-
The Incemore is a stool acrow
Campaign, Mellia; the Greek 1g the Bagdad Ruilway are. The Empress Blamed, steamer of 3,060 tons gross. She
War Atbara Expedition: Egypt given in a telegram. The mate of the Storstadt tasti- Lian
The War (being prosent at was built in 1898 by Messrs..
N.D.L. liner Kaiser South African Wilhelm II and the steamer Stockton, for the Rowanmore S.S. her course after sighting the E-War Somaliland War: Russo- lucemore collided during a fog off Richardson, Duck and Co., atfied that his vessel did not change Omdurman); Co. (W. Johnstone and Uo., Ltd.) prese. The latter was struck be-Japanese War; and the Tripoli at and her dimensions are: cause she
Italian Campaign. His publica- Length, 330 feet 9 inches; breadth, Storstadt's bows.
was crossing the
tions included Two Campaigns," 46 feet; dopth, 24 foot,]
Empire of the East." etc.]
London. Received Juze 18. Middleser drew with Lan-
cashire at Lord's (Last year's match was also drawn).
Hampshire beat Kent Tonbridge by 133 rane. (Last
with
main motivo force for the Fleet,
year Kent won by 158 runs). but the Governmout would still
Warwickshire drew purchase oil throughont the Yorkshire at Dewsbury. (Last Won by two longths; a length world, develop home shale oil, rear Yorkshire won by 89 rune). and a half separating second and experiment with oil from coal, third. Sotiling down, Jameson and support, so far as financially lod from Sands of Time and justifiable, the search for oil in Castleton. With half the distance the Empiró. The Admiralty did- covered the order was: Jameson, not fear an oil famine in war Bugler, Braxiedand Ambassador. time, Close home the winter rushed to the front and won finely. Outram was fourth.. The time was I min, 30 secs.
The Government experience of Oil Trusts, said Mr. Churchill, was a long, stondy, "squeeze, doubling the price in a low years, They meant to be in a batter The betting was 25 to 1 Lie position in the future. He con- Abad; 100 to 8 Braxted; 100 to 7 cluded that the proposal before Honeywood. Aiglon was favour-them as a good business pro- position, yet they must look at ite at 8 to 1.·.
the bigger naval aspect.
An earlier telegram stated that after the last gallop the night before the race Aldegond went lame and could not compote.
Lio Abed, a three year old buy
colt by Featherbed, out of Laila, Business Men Who Buy Livings.
is trained by East. He was out: nine times last year, won two second on lour evonte, was
NATIONALIST
VOLUNTEERS,
Case D.-Constantly under the influence of alcohol. Frequently unable to preach at evensong for
CONDITION OF THE
PANAMA CANAL
Spithead; no lives were lost,
·
The captains of the Empres of Ireland and of the storstadt each contend that the other changad his course; bat both deny it.
The Nationalist Volunteer Committee hae reluctantly accepted Mr. Redmond's control through 25 nominees of the Irish Party.
NEWS.
visited the Panama Canal works the purchase of Anglo-Persian Dr Vaughan Cornish, who In moving the authorising of in Janaury and February, in Oil shares Mr. Churchill referred order to form an independent to the Government's plans for opinion ne to the probable date at securing oil-fael. which the navigation of the canal will be practicable, and as to the Prospects of its ultimately being a safe and satisfactory waterway, lectured upon the condition and members of the Royal Geographi- page 9 of this issue. prospects of the canal, before the cal Society recently. Dr. Cornish
to its natural formation, the canal
A meeting of the Legislative Council was weld this afternoon.
Commercial news appeara ou
There were no cases at the criminal sessions this
Juoe
ball fies as far and ne straight and had to retreat, but were again etande being topped as equably beaten with heavy loss by the as a balf-crown ball, but when it troops under the command of comes to a test he is disinclined Chiao Ta-chu at Obang Heien. to risk it. His ekill at the game Though, the White Wolf was still requires all the external assistance alive yet he could carry out it can get, so he buys the half-neither of his three pluus, viz, to crown ball to be on the safe side attack Szechuan on the west, Lan and then relieves his feelings by Chou on the north and Shension the south. He is now just like MR, REDMOND IN CONTROL. | denouncing the manufacturers.
Price of Golf Links.
a. fish at the bottom of a frying London. Received June 18. There is something rather re- pan."
in Reluctantly, the Nationalist volting the description. the proceedings which Volua ser Committee has accept-of
Owing to rainy weather and ed Mr. Redmond's control through led to the conversion of that muddy roads the Government 25 nominees of the Irish Party. charming wooded retreat, St. troops are not able to put an end George's Hill, Weybridge, into a to the White Wolf so quickly as golf links, says "V. V. V. in expected. The brigands are now WEEK-END PARSONS. marriages at half-a-crown each. the Sphere. A new golf links planning to escape northwards to being necessary everything else the vicinity of Ohing Ning, being Bought the living with his wife's follows naturally enough; but unaware that the place is strongly expressed the opinion that, owing money, She assists in the dental what does the Great God Pan guarded. Their days are eviden would ultimately become a satis-morning, department,
think of it, and will no ill luck tly limited.
factory waterway The slight For leaving his employ with dog the members' steps?
Look at this: The transforms- Since the brigands made their earthquakes which had occurred out notice a cook was fined $15 tion has cost over £20,000, and way into Shepsi and thence to frequently during the past few this morning. Scorcals connected with the
A water polo match at the V. od. His wins were the Golborne sales of Church livings and the Caso E-In debt everywhere.tion engines, and bundreds of seized opium everywhere and canal works, which were not like-] R. G. last evening was won by
400 men, forly horses, four trac Lan Chon they searched and years had done no damage to the Maiden Plato at Haydock, (run induction of unfit incumbents are Twice made a bankrupt.
pounds of dynamite have taken coerced the opium amokers to join ly to be seriously injured by more the V.R. C. "A" team under his pedigree name of Lalla) set forth in a letter gent to the Case F-Is Д
General news appears on page and the Milverton Mile Nursery Preas by the "Benefices Act, traveller. Visita parish only for two years to bring it about. There them. When they have looted shaking, Balboa, the new port
were 160 acres of hilly ground sufficient booty it was used so a at the Pacific entrance to the 3 to-day, log book on page 8 and
canal, was being provided with Warwick.
1898. Amendment Committee," week ends A keen business! issued
the signatures, man, but has no spiritual interost thickly covered with trees. With means to induce the poor beggara Braxtod, a six year old bay horse, is by Forfarshire out of among others, of the Duke of in the place. His aunt bought traction engines and dynamite to join the band. This accounts dry dock 1,000 ft. long, and for the fact that their numbera equipped as an advanced naval baso. It was ideally situated for Sillabub. He was out four times Rutland, Lord Hugh Cecil, and, the vicarage and gave it to him
Is there no post to protest if are not greatly reduced in apite assisting the work entailed upon as a wedding present. last year, winning the Wokingham Sir Charles Walpole.
the ordinary reader does not ? of their heavy losses daring their "Tho remedies proposed are Stakes at Ascot and also socuring "Sales of advokrsone," the
are actually in various," continued Mr. Phillips,
Mr. Ralph Hadgeon, for exemple, march. But the remaining bri- the United States Navy by the a third. Rogers is the trainer.
Horre cases, by evasions of the and it is a difficult problem. Lovers? Surely one can adore and weak and are naturally of linking up the naval station of or the author of The Forest gands are composed of the old Monroe doctrine, and world, also | serve the more pressing purpose Honeywood, a three year old purpose of law, sales of ineum Some of the most faithful luity golf too much.
onable to withstand the attack of
Honolulu with the Atlantic porta bancies and the eure of soule."-
are patrons of benefices to which'
Government troops, since the
on which the United States Navy Mr. A. D. Phillips, secretary to they present fit incumbents, but
fightors are very few in namber.
was based. The naval position the committee, quoted to a repre- others have no interest in the
of the United States in the Paci- sentative of the Mail the parish, and do not care a braes WHITE WOLF
At present the Szechuan troops following cases, of which the farthing whether the cure of souls
are advancing towards Chish committee has been informed. is in the hands of a scoundrel or
Wen, the Shensi troops are strong "They are taken," he said, "from a saint." a huge pile of reports on pur- chase clorgymen who are quite. unfit for ministerial гозрод sibilities."
occasions and three times unplac-
the
bay colt by Polymelus out of Honey Bird, did extremely well' last year. Out of twelve appear Ances he was only twice unplaced. Thus wins were the Caterham
Ерком, Plate
at
at Not- Breeders Foal Plate
gham, the Buckenham Stakes arewmarket and the Boscawen (Post) Stakos, also at Epsom. U, Pook is the trainer.
Last year Long Set won the|
over
leller declares,
Case A. (a considerable num- race and in 1912 Eton Boy waster).-Men who are incompetent
the winner.]
•
owing to great age, physical in- frmity, etc., put into a benefice
that reason.
commercial
GOLF ITEMS.
The Price of Golf Balls...
10,000 trees were removed."
SURROUNDED.
Our contemporaries
2.
on page
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. Н.К. Association
Football
Ge, Dr. Cornish added, depended League Annual Meeting-5.30 mainly on the ability to maintain and reinforce a ficet at Honolulu.
p.m.
Monday, June 22. Sale of Farniture, porcelain etc., Humphreya Buildings-2.30 p.m.
Tuesday June 23. Hongkong loe Oo., Ltd. Extraordinary General Meeting- 11 a.m.
Bale of Furniture, porcelain eto, by G. P. Lammert a No. 16, Humphreys Buildings-2.30 p.m. Saturday June 27, Musical and Dramatic Enter tainment, Peak Club.
The White Wolf brigands. ly fortifying Feng Hsiang, and At present the sea distance of after being heavily beaten by the the Kaasu-troops are guarding that station from Now York was by G. P. Lammert at No. 16, troops of Garrison Commander the vicinity of Ho Tao. The 13,300 miles, whereas the distance Chao at Ma Ying, made their way trained troops under Garrison of Honolulu from Balboa was into Chin Chon. Though that Commander Chao are well equip only 4,700 miles. city fell into their hands, they ped with arma and ammunition. were so panic stricken that they They are stationed at important We have received recently a dared not even rest and had to points and advance step by step. The probable starters and to "keep it warm" for a few great many letters from golfers of leave after half a day's stay. The There is little fear that White jockeys, with weights, for tuereare until the person for whom all handicaps protesting against brigands first intended to go Wolf will carry on his brigandage Ascot Gold Cup, to be run to-day it has been purchased is ready to the high price of golf balls, saya westward through Chieh Won to much longer. Peking Gazette. over a distance of two miles and take possession. This person is the Mail. They used to cost two Lang An but were unable to cross sometimes a schoolboy or a man shillings apiece; then, when the Fai Shai River. Then they awaiting ordination.
rubber soared to over twelve changed their plane taking an
This morning at the Police Cuso B. Unsatisfactory life, shillings a pound, the price was unguarded route to Ti Tao by the
Cocaine Forfeited.
Court before Mr. J. R. Wood In- but no one in the parish will raised to half a crown, and at that way of Min Chou, their object
apector Gerrard prosecated a take the risk of being involved in figure most of them still remain, being to attack the interior of legal proceedings. Church though rubber has fallen some 75 Lan Chau. But on reaching Tao Inspector Wilder made an ap- Chinese for bei g in unlawful Heien their advance was checked plication before Mr. Waad at the possession of twenty pounds of empty. Gravegard neglected. per cent. No churchwardens,
The truth probably is that, as by the troops of General Mo An- Police Court, this morning for dynamite and with failing to lebel Case 0.-la business all the with a great many other articles liang and their force was accord- the forfeiture to
seized on a as dynamite. For being in un-
a half, are:-
.Sat. 4lb. Aleppo (Foy), Junior (W.Huxley) .... 4lb. Lorenzo (Whalley)...9 4lb. Orsonville (Reiff) ......9st. Cantilever (Walter
Griggs) Jat. Bruleur (Stern) ......... Bit. Habbl Childs)... Dat. Night Hawk (Jones) lat. Cincinnatus (Plant) .st. 71b, Willbrook (Donoghue) st. 71b. Albet mason (Frout),.,ist, Zik,
Dynamite Possession.
Tuesday June 30, Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Extraordinary General
Ltd., Meeting.11 0.m.
Entries
Third
Wednesday July 1,
close for
Saturday July 11. Third Gymkhana Mocking
Monday July 15. H.K. University Matriculation Examination.
weak as a dentist. Comes late of luxury, the price of golf balls ingly reduced. In the meantime 576 ounces of Crown of the same in English and Chinese | Gymkhana.. on Saturday night from city and is largely determined by the the troops under General Chac cargo bout in the harbour on June lawful possession of the explosive leaves early on Monday, Dona caprice and fetishes of those who arrived at Ti Top and were shead 9. The drug was concealed in he was fined $50 and for fliling no visiting. Pars a loos! clergy use them. A golfer may be per- of them. Being prevented from cases of Dutch oncess. The to label the came he was fined
$25 funerals and early certain that a two-shilling attacking Lab Chou, the brigands application was granted. man to take