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INTIMIDATION.
OBITUARY.
SIX MONTHS FOR FORMER
·HOUSE COOLIE.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. TO JAPAN,
The Bus Incident...
An Open-Minded Official,
Tokyo, July 29. The death occurred last night of Mr. Bancroft, the American Ambassador to Japan-Reuter.
י,
·SHANGHAI BRIBERY CASE,
DR. FORTUNATOFF IN PEKING.
Hiding in Soviet Embassy.
Shanghai, July 29.Gregorenko Mr. E. W. Hamilton, sentenced
appeared in the Mixed Court this Mr. A. Kirk's former house coolte
morning on a charge of alding and to six months' härd labour at the
abetting Dr. Fortunatoff in an at- Kowloon Magistracy yorday on
tempted act of bribery, Counsel a charge of intimidating a bus Mr. Edgar Addison"; Bancroft, for the defence, Mr. Fisher, said Inspector of the China Motor Bus was appolated Ambassador at he had definite evidence that Dr. Company Thu houso coolie of Tokyo, on August 27 Inst year, in Fortunatoff was hiding in the Mr. A. P. Glover, who also, ap succession to Mr. Cyrus E. Wood, Soviet Embassy in Peking and had peared on the same chargo was At the time of his appointment reason to believe that Fortunatoff remanded tiil this morning in he was hailed in Japan as the would return to Shanghai soon tɔ order to prove a previous convie 'most open-minded official ever face the charges against him. tion which the defendant denied, sent to Japan by a Western Therefore he moved af adjourn
The case had been adjourned nation," as a man "whose spirliment of the present defendant'c from last Wednesday, When his justice and sense of fairplay case, which was Intimately con- Worship convicted the two defend-has-been developed to the highest nected with the charges against ants yesterday, addressing Sub point" and as the "right man in Fortunatoff. The application was Inspector Hutchins, who prosecihe right place, at the right time," denied on the opposition of the pro- ed, his Worship said that he had The late Mr. Bancroft was born sccution. The police inspector gone through the case most care at Galesburg, I., on November gave evidence in the case which fully and at once noticed that 20th, 1857, a son of ME. Addison was adjourned until Saturday, some curious errors had crept into N. Bancroft. He was educated at Reuter. the papers The Inspector had Knox College and was married in mado a report of the facts of the 1896. He was in general practice case and the complainant in his as a lawyer at Galesburg ›.1884- evidence made no mention that D2 and later at. Chicago. He was he had been ordered to cease work. solicitor for several prominent The evidence, he, convicted on companies and was a member of was"the question of the defend the law firm of Bancroft and Jant's attempting to extort money Stephena He was a member of Paris, Joly 29.-Reports from Fez from the complainant by threats the American Bar Association, state that after a period of relative Sub Inspector Hutchins replied the Illinois State Bar Associa-calm great activity is again in
MOROCCAN WAR:
Breaking of the Storm,
YOU
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HAVE
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look
IF YOU USE A GAS GEYSER
HAVE YOUR BATH WHEN YOU ARE READY FOR IT, NOT WHEN ITS READY FOR YOU.
that he thought the complainant tion (being President in the yea: evidence on the front. The Riffs HONGKONG AND CHINA GAS CO., LTD.
1010) and was an ex-President of apparently are determined to make
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had stated in Court that he was told to stop work, but that part of the Chicago Bar Association. a list cffort 'before the arrival of the eviderice was not interpreted. Among his publications are further French reinforcements unt
The first defendant was sen- The Chicago Strike of 1894," the putting into operation of the tenced to six months hard labour "The Moral Sentiment of the Franco-Spanish agreement. and the second defendant, who People and the Foundations of had a previous conviction for un- National Greatness," which were lawfully receiving a stolen cycle, published in the years 1896 and was remanded till this morning 1896. for the finger prints to be proved.
SERVANTS WAGES.
THE KOWLOON RESIDENTS RESOLUTION,
The following is the resolution passed by the Committee of the Kowloon Residents'. Association on Tuesday evening:
Wazzan. seems to be the objective,
of considerable pressure exercised in the western sector. For the first time yesterday the French soroplaner flew over the Spanish zone while Spanish aeroplanes THE SHANGHAI SHOOTING. dropped bombs on Riffian groups
going to the French front.
INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF JUDGES.
The Riffs find their movements hampered by the attitude of dissi- dents who show obvious signs of weariness. Operations carried out by some French flying, columns among the tribes, at Tapults and Branes brought demands for nego- tiations with a view to submission. Abd el Krim order in to ward off the dangar hastened to capture
..
Marshal Petain hold an important
Five Nations Represented.
London, July 29 The Manchester Guardian under "That in view of the unexpexted stands that the composition of the prolongation of the "Strike andpody which will conduct the judi- because of the apparent necessity cial enquiry into the Shanghai hostages. of instilling into the minds of the Chinese workers of this Colony the fact that it must inevitably be to their detriment to go put on strika, this meeting of the Committee of the Kowloon Residents Association hereby rescinds the resolution pass ed at its meeting held on July 3rd. in which a general recommendation was made to members for the pay. ment of wages earned during June according to the number of days
worked.
rooting affair, is hoped to be an- nounced in a few days. It is un-conference at Tetuan with General derstood to consist of an laterna Primo de Rivera and was warmly tional board of judges appointed by welcomed by the Spaniards and Britain, Japan, the United States, natives. He afterwards departed france and Italy. None of the for Marsailles.-Reuter. nominees will be connected with Shanghai,
America will probably appoint a judge from the Manija Court, France one from Saigon and England one from Hongkong. Reuter..
WITNESS AGAINST
"It is further resolved that this POLICE AGENT MURDERED. Committee, recommends the general body of the Association to refrain from paying any June wages to those strikers who went out before the 1st of July, and also to refrain from"paying any wages to servants in excess of the wages before the strike."
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
COMMUNISTS,
•
RUBBER SITUATION,
*
NO "PROTEST FROM AMERICA.
London, July 29.
Reuter, is informed that it is quiet untrue that the United States has protested to Britain In regard to the price of rubber, The Ameri- Warhaw, July 28,
can Ambassador recently called at A Communist murdered a political the Foreign Office but most care- Police agent named Cechnowski in fully refrained from making any front of the Supreme Court building official representation. He merely at Lvolt during an interval in the pointed out the effect the price of trial of Communists charged with the rubber had on the United States. attempted murder of President His remarks were very sympatetle Weyciechowski' somo months ago ally received but there was no con WOMAN. KNOCKED DOWN BY Cechnowski was an important wit nection between this and the recent
ness for the prosecution. The mur release of rubber.Reuter, MOTOR CAR.
derer, Isaac Botwero, was arrested While driving a motor car along after narrowly escaping lynching. Queen's Road Central on Tuesday A Comintuist document was found afternoon Mr. G. H. Wilson, of on him ordering the inurder of Messrs. Robertson, Wilson and Ceclinowski and other political; Company, knocked down and in-police. Many Communists have jured a Chinese woman, who at been arrested in connection with tempted to cross the road in front the affair.-Beuter.
of the car. She was taken to hos-
ital but her injuries are not con-
sidered serious.
Together with another woman
THE COAL CRISIS.
of the coolie class she was walking | MR. BALDWIN MEETS MINERS.
on the side of the rpad carrying t bundles of firewood and suddenly
London, July 29.
rushed in front of the car which There was much activity in Down- was moving from west to east,ing Stroot early to-day which saw The scene of the accident was the crucial stage of the coal dispute. directly opposite the Astor House Mr. Baldwin, who conferred with Hotel and when the car was stop- ped it was discovered that the wo-hours man's leg got caught in the front prolonged luft wheel. After some difficulty not the miners representatives it was extricated and the woman the morning and later conferred taken to hospital. ·
U. S. AND AUSTRALIA.
BOTH WANT” WORLD PEACE
Bwampscott, July 20
tho coat owners for two
yesterday after
Jabinet mcoting
with the cunt owners proparatory tu
ja joint meeting of the two sides.et this ministry of Labour,” it is unders stood that Mr. Baldwin submitted to the miners this morning certain conditions whereon the owners are' prepared to consent to the appeat to postpone the notice torminating the agreement-Beuter.
BANDITS' DEMAND.
In acknowledging the greetings of the Governor-General of. Australia President. Coolidge said the people of the United States and Australia wore one in their purpose of main- taining the peace of the world. "In questions touching the great Facile Peking, July 29-A letter has and I am sure our aime will always been received from the bandits who be similar and with the assistance captured Dr. Howard, demanding. of other nations of the Pacific benefi».
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