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Death of Mr. Alan Lupton. Who death is announced of Mr. Alan Lapton, chairman of Messrs. HR. Baines and Co., Ltd., pro- prietore of the Graphic, Daily Graphis, and Bystander. Be was
years of age. Mr. Lupton joined the company in 1907, and ¿became obsirman last year.
Ho was a member of the Coaching Olab and the Four-in-Hand Olab, and bis admirably matched and trained teams were always admit- ed at meetinge in the park. During the wir he had assisted the Remount Dapartment.
A Farmer's' Lucky Find. A farmer at Fengtasi Tean, outside Tangshihmen, while work ing on his farm dug out an iron chest several days ago. When opened, the chest was found to .contain eight pieces of fine por- celain ware, biob wars referred to a connoisseur, who pronounced them to be some of the finest ones he had ever seen. He farther. pointed out that there were the product of the kiln of the Hing dynasty. Among the eight pieces there were four pluja bowls and four decorated tea pota, “A foreigner is reported to be bar- gaining with the farmer for the possession of his. And and it is said that five thousand dollars are being neked for me the price of the porcelain.➡Peking Daily News
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the Southwest, pointing cat the necessity of an anion of all the provinces which have declar ed either their antonomy or independence against the Central Government; otherwion their "object to maintain the Provisional Constitution can never be attain ed. He suggests the following persons to organize a new Go vernment, and requests that, if approved, each province will sent him a telegraph:-General Li Yosa-hang shall be aleated President of the Chinese Re- public, General Feng Kasching, Vice President, General Then 'Cha-hsaan, Prime Minister, Dr.
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Admiral Lin Paoyi, Minister of In their fight they abandoned to the third man to permit some Navy, Dr. Wang Chung-hai or the sutomobile, s car registered one to remain outside of the vault. Mr. Chang Yao-tseng, Minister of
to a Dr. T. S. Higgins. The They had rushed around and MALE CAT. Finder will be Justice, Mr. San Hangyi, Minister of Interior, General Li machine was stolen from's garage, palled down all of the window warded. Apply B. L. Bridger, Lieh chan, Chief of the General At rifle and revolver points, the shades to prevent being oberved. Lane, Crawford & Co.
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The entire force inside the bank men berded the bank people into the counting room, and while was kept under guard all the time Psychology Test oa Qiri. ....” Baltimore, March 18.-Medical the group were compelled to lie the third man was busy in the and surgical experts at the Johns on the floor with a rifs pointed vault. He rushed in quickly and Hopkins Hospital, and particular-at them, one of the gang ran to grabbed from the shelves the lys United States Army Sargeon the vault and seixed the paper packages of bills, and quickly tore out of the side door through who is taking a special course of money.
The arcand. man then marched which the three bed entered. study at that institution with the whole party to the vault and
This left the guard over the reference to the effect of gun-shot ordered them in. Sub-Manager bank employee alone with them. wounds, are watching the con-
of Be was as sharp as the two com- T. Dogara plasded that two dition of Margaret Bamberger, a
the officials who knew the com✅ panions and marched all of them maid at the institation, who was shot three times yesterday by Les bination aboald be allowed to rapidly "aorose the room, after remain outside, lest those jammed ordering the crowd to get to their Earlinger, ber sweetheart. They believe that the results in the within the safe should en Focete feet. The vault was a small one, case will help to prove or disprove before relief could come. Tai barely big enough to contain the
interesting
the robbers agreed to and Dugars group. They were literally jam- psychological
T.med into the place, and the door snd Assistant Manager theory. The theory, according to statements made by the physio Taunekews were hustled to the war closed upon them by one of ians, is that if the young woman bank basement, while the vault the back men, who was permitted truly loves the man who shot her door was locked on the persons to stay outside.
he probably will die, while if she within.
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There they remeined until the
does not love him she will have a The officials downstaire re-janitor returned with the police. better chance for life, The reason- mained there until Policeman men.
Patrick Phelan arrived-with-the
:
The robbers had compelled one. ing in the first insisʊce is that the mental depression caused by janitor, James Caprile, who had of the bank men to open the inner the fact that one she loved had run out of the bank when the door of the vault, which was look- injared her would prove to be too rabbera appeared. The vault wased. The grat heavy doors were great, in addition to the shock of opened in five or ten minutes and open, se the business of the day
was not finished. her injuries. If she does not love the inmaten released.
As soon as the party were re- him, her hate for him, the doctors
The three robbers drove up in said, would naturally cause her the automobile to the Commercial leased, alarm was sent to Central fighting instincts to be aroused street side entrance of the bank Police Beadquartere. Detectives and she would battle for life ehortly before 5 o'clock. They found no trase of the bandite ex- went directly into the bank, and cept the abandoned oar, in which there in the lobby commenced to was a cotton esok, presumably to adjust long black cloth masks, be used to carry off the foot, a not observing the janitor, who khaki overcoat similar to that stood on a ladder cleaning a worn by the robbers in the back
and two hate, for which the rob bera had substituted checkered cape, one of which was also re- covered.
BANK ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT.
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window. Fall details of how three. He had seen them drive up, antomobile bandits beld up the but did not notios what they Yokohama Specis Bank in Sin where about Osprile ran down
Captain of Detectives Duncan Francisco at 4.50 o'clock on March the ladder when he saw what was 19, atole $10,460 in currency and up and ran out of the door look. Matheson questioned A. 8. Fraser, dey watobman of the bank, last silver and a day's collection of ing for the police.
The other bandite made right night at police headquarters ow-f h checks amounting to $13,017,
looked eighteen employees and into the counting room and the ing to Fraser's abrenos from the officials, including three women, maneger's cffios at right of the bank at the time of the holdap. in the vanite and escaped, have side lobby. Both were then Fraser showed that he was at been received in Tokyo," It is maaked and wore lang tan over police headquarters at 3.30 o'clock reported that one of the bandite costs. Dogura and Taunakowa with Osptain of Police Danial earreated in southern Onlifornia were ordered out into the count O'Brien. He returned to the a few days ago.
ing room, while the olerks and bank and remained there until The robbers abandoned their tallers, some in their ozgee, the day's money had been placed a automobila brosuas it was out of clearing up the day's businem, in the vault and then went home,
wers quinkly commanded to throw eccording to his daily routins.
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