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WOMAN ROBBED OF £40,000.
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The country home of Mr. C. J. Schmidlapp, vice-proaldent of the. Chase National Bank, was robbed at Millneck, Long Island, of jewels valued at more than £40,000 (snys
JULY 19, 1927.
LEAGUE OF EMPIRE.
EX-SERVICEMEN IN ONE ORGANISATION.
ROBBERY AT HUNGHOM.
THREE MEN SENT TO
PRISON.
Field-Marshal Earl Haig, Grand President, presided over the third Empire Service League in London went into the house to steal" was biennial conference, of the British "I did not go to rob, but just
attendance, and all parts of the remark was interpreted at the recently. There was a crowded the way in which a prisoner's Empire were represented.
Criminal Sessions yesterday,
Three men were charged with
WELDING
the Daily Express) by an unknown The League is an organisation before the acting Puisue Judge, gang, who, the police believe, may of associations whose members Mr. P. Jacks. be the same "Raffies" band that have served in the Empiro's robbed Mr. Jesse Livermore's Forces. It was founded at a con- House, and seem to have marked ference of Empire delegates, who robbery at a Chinese shop with Long Island's millionaire residents assembled in South Africa at Lord domestic premises attached near for their special victims.
Hunghom, and they denied the Haig's invitation six years ago, and its field of activity now covers charge Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith Mrs. Schmidlapp returned from the whole Empire.
prosecuted for the Crown. a party at 1 a.m. woaring part of Mr. Amery, Secretary for the Both the second and third pri- hor magnificent collection of Dominions, opening the confer-soners said they were merely pass- jewels, including a necklace of once, referred to Empire migra- ing by when they were arrested. 225 pearla, valued at £28,000, a 22 tion.
All three were found guilty, carat ruby ring valued at £6,000, | When Parliament passed the and were soutenced to three years three bracelets of diamonds and Empire Settlement Act five years hard labour. rubles valued at £4,800, and other ago, he said, what it contemplated smaller gems.
was not a measure by which Gov- Gruments should endeavour to British Empire in the war. The shift people in the mass. Settle national tendency to belittle our ment must in the main be a matter own achievements had led us as for the individual if he was to a nation, to ascribe our victory to that Parliament would be creating cause namely, the inherent fight- What was hoped was anything rather than the true Bucceed. facilities of which Governments ing qualities of all ranks of the THE FAR EAST OXYGEN and private organisations would British armies, and the endurance, avail themselves in order to see to loyalty, and discipline of the Bri-
Mrs. Schmidtapp was tired, and instead of locking the jewels in the safe she left them in a box in the bathroom. The servants found the box empty next morning The bathroom window was open
and footprints, were visible in the mud below the window.
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MIXTURE SUPERSEDES THE CHARLESTON.
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might not, perhaps have forced the enemy to surrender in 1918, for without the American reserves in existence, it would have been un- wise for us to risk throwing the whole forces of the British army in France and. Flanders into the AP the work must necessarily tremendous series of battlos which depend la very large brought the war to a sudden end; measure upon the help of but we should have won in the end individuals. One form of all the same. migration more helpful than any
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Were I asked to name the dance other was nominated migration, i Germany's Two Mistakes. of the moment among those who under which the home Govern are considered to be
As regarded the mistakes of our our best ment knew that the settler went enemies his own private opinion dangers. 'I would say that it is out with the prospect of having made up of a modified form of someone to help him at the other was that the enemy made only two the quick-time. fox-trot done end..
aerious mistakes-the first when'
smoothly. not rhythmically ast From the point of view of the he began the war under conditions formerly, a bit of flat-very dat Government at the other end they which brought the British Empire Charleston and an occasional side had a sponsor for the new settler into it; and the second when he
(Laughter.) step which, though not actually who would youch for his charac-ost it.
As for our Allies, but for them Black Bottom, suggests that dange, ter and his willingness to work and the sacrifices which they made says a London writer. This is and help him in his difficulties. done whenever the hand plays fast; The chance of their having an in the opening year of the war we but when the slow time comes unemployed or unemployable per- might never have been given time alang-and it does quite frequent-son on their hands was thus re-to mobilise the armies of the Em- ly nowadays, especially at a bigduced to a minimum. In this re-pire and for that we awed a deep West End hotel-either the simplespect the Empire Service League debt of gratitude to our Allies and slow fox trot steps are used or we could be of enormous benefit. perhaps also to the special pro- over the get a return to the Blues, with n Mr. Amery urged that one of the vidence which presided kind of Black Bottom as the basic best ways of helping Empire set-destinies of the improvident, and tlement was for citizens of the which we could never sufficiently home country to purchase Empire acknowledge.
Yet when all was said and done products in increasing measure.
Sir Abe Bailey, a South African the fact remained, and must, one delegate, announced amid ap- day be acknowledged, that for the plause his desire to give 20 plots last eighteen month of the strug- 00 keres, each in Rhodesia for gle the British armies in France and the armies of the Empire car ried on their shoulders and cufried to victory the main burden of the war. In the course of the great- Earl. Haig, speaking later, sald Past war in history, the British peo he doubted if it had yet been fully ples mobilised, equipped, trained, realised by the general public in and put into the field the finest these islands. how very grent was fighting force which the world had the work of the armies of the yet seen. (Applause).
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