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„Contop, August 31.
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
EDITOR KILLED.
ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
NATIONALIST SPLIT EXTENDS DARWIN'S THEORY STOUTLY
MAINTAINED,
London, Aug. 31.
1927.
PROPERTY SALE,
ONE BID FOR CATCHICK STREET HOUSES.
There were no bids above the
by
TO VANCOUVER."
Vancouver, Aug. 8.—A political From information obtained this feud which flared out in Van- Sir Arthur Keith, F.R.S., in his upset price in respect of two afternoon appears that the mer-couver's Chinatown tonight claim-presidential address to the British houses situated in Catchick Street, chants are going to yield to the ed the lives of three Chinese, two Association at Leeds, on the sub-which were offered for sale Government demand for the $10,- of whom were prominent among ject of "Darwin's Theory as to public auction by Mr. E. V. M. R. 000,000 loan with which the Gov- their countrymen in the city. The Man's Descent as it Stands To- de Sousa at the China Auction ernment can tide over the crisis dead are: Louie Man Ha, pre-day," said that an enormous body Rooms yesterday afternoon.. of the Central Bank notes.
sident and editor of the Canada of new evidence had been ac Morning News, city Chinese daily cumulated during the past 56 an area of about 1,887% square feet, The property, which consists of The Government authorities,
newspaper, and special commis- who blamed the merchants for all sloner of the Vancouver branch of years but that the fundamentals of the trouble with the government the Chinese Nationalist League: Darwin's outline of men's history notes, yesterday put six mer-Wong Fark, typesetter and writer romained unshaken. chants' leaders, including the vice for the newspaper; and a Chinese president of the General Cham- believed to be Wong Suey Sang. ber of Commerce and the Chair of Kamloops, B. C. man of the Native Bankers' As-
sociation under arrest and order-
even been
is registered and known as sub- section 6 of Section C of Inland Lot No. 1,295, together with the buildings erected thereon known as Nos. 8 and 10, Catchick Street. There being no increases, the lot was sold to Mr. Tang Hung-ka, who started the bidding with an offer of $23,000.
Sale Postponed.
to bo sold
Sir Arthur Keith was convinced that they nover can be shaken. Man had been traced through fos- Police stated after investigation sil remains and stone implements that they believed the affair was backwards to the beginning of the ed the Central Bank to suspend a direct result of the recent split pleistocene period, at least 200,000 cashing for its notes for five days. in the ranks of the Nationalist years and perhaps thrice that This was done by the Government party. The authorities said they amount. Man had to make, the merchants raise the were informed that Loule Man Ha traced into the earlier pllocene Also advertised ten million dollar loan, which was seated In his office on the mez-period which endured at least a yesterday were six houses in Bel- should be ready in five days so zanine floor when Wong Sang Suey quarter of a million years. that when the government bank entered about seven o'clock and resumes cashing its notes actual requested to see the editor.
All the evidence supported the cash will be available. The steps:
conclusion that man had arisen as are considered by the merchants was seated in the front office with ed, from the anthropoid ape, not. Wong Park, one of the dead men, Lamarck and Darwin had suspect- here as rather drastic however Wong, a reporter, and Mak Yak higher in the zoological scale and same caused more uneasiness Shee, a sub-editor. Sang Sacy than the chimpanzee, and that the
in the business community yes-was told to go upstairs, which he date when the human and terday especially when the news did.
of the detention of the six mer-
chants' leaders was spread.
an-
chers Street, known as Nos. 51, 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D, and 513. This sale was postponed until Wednesday.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT,
thropoid lined of descent divergo Shot From Above.
lies near the beginning of the still
A LADY FLIER. Up to the time of writing the
earlier mioceno "period. On a Violent argument between the modest scale of reckoning, that Gen. Chamber of Commerce office editor and his visitor was heard, gave man the respectable antiquity
London, Aug. 31. was strongly guarded by police and but the three men in the business of about a million years.
The Fokker monoplane "St. detectives. The merchants' dele-j office paid little attention until
Rafael" pilated by Colonel F. F. gates called on General Li this they heard a shot ring out and
All the evidence gathered by Minchin, and morning and explained that the looked up to see Sang Sucy taking anatomists, embryologists, phy Captain Hamilton and Princess accompanied by merchants, at their latest meet- aim with a revolver from abovesiologists and paychologists sup- Lowenstein-Wertheima, ing, were willing to raise the loan the railing fronting the mezzanine Denia was evolved from the brain avon aerodrome this morning for
for the Government When the floor.
delegates finished their report They started for the exits simul- of the anthropoid ape and that General Tang Yin-wah, the Police taneously and Wong and Yan Shee in the process no new structure Commissioner came into General were successful in making their had been introduced and no new or Li's office. General Li then told escape, Wong through the compas- strange faculty interpolated.— General Tang that since the mering room at the back and Yan Reuter.. chants were willing to help in Shee out the front door. raising the loan, arrangements for the six merchants' release
could be made.
FOREIGN TROOPS,
As Wong Park rose and turned to flee a bullet from the assasin's
gun struck him in the back.
Ottawa-Reuter.
left Up
London, Aug. 31. Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim,
avon
start,
silk
the first woman to participate in an Atlantic flight, arrived at Up- at dawn in a motor car [Sir Arthur Keith is the famous accompanied by the Roman Cath- Scottish scientist, Conservator of olle Archbishop of Cardiff and the Museum and Hunterian Pro- two priests, who blessed the fessor of the Royal College of Sur What transpired after in the geons of England. He was born They also blessed the princess.
aeroplane prior to the editorial room is a matter of police at Old Machar, Aberdeen, Feb- deduction and conjecture, as both ruary 6, 1866 and was educéated The princess was dressed in a parties to the shooting are dead at the Aberdeen University, Col-purple leather, fiying sult,
When police arrived at the scene lege, London, and the Leipsig ed boots. Her luggage consisted of stockings and high-heeled, furlin- in response to Wong's frantic ap-University. He has been at the two attache cases and a hatbox. peal for help they found the edi-forefront of scientific investiga- torial room in a state of disor- tion for the greater part of his The machine carries 800 gallons life and has written extensively of petrol and two days' food sup- Shanghai, Aug. 31.
In one corner beside a table was on anthropology, human embryo-plies and emergency rations. It is officially announced that in bullet wounds in his chest and head jects.]
found the body of Sang Suey with logy, anatomy, and allied pursuance of the policy of the and a 38 calibre revolver between. gradual reduction of the British his knees. Five cartridges of the forces in Shanghai the following gun had been discharged, units are being withdrawn during the coming trooping season: The First Field Brigade Royal Artil-
BRITISH BATTALIONS TO
LEAVE,
der.
Assassin Shot.
Lying on the floor beside his
sub-Reuter.
daily Chinese newspaper and set up Louie Man Ha as its president and editor.
Vexed at the action of the Com-
at Nanking, entered court action here some two months ago to re- move Man Ha and his party from control of the newspaper.
SEVEN YEARS' FIGHT.
COST OF STRUGGLE TO SAVE
EXECUTED MEN,
lery, Headquarters 18th Infantry desk in the other end of the small muristic supporters, the factian Brigade, First Battalion Green room, Man Ha was found breath-supporting the "anti-Red" party Howards, First Battalion Boring his last. Two bullets had pas which established its government derers, First Battalion Middlesex sed through his head and third
New York, Aug. 31. and the First Battalion Devons. through the left knee.
Sig. Feliciani, the treasurer of As a result the British garrison
the Boston Defence Committee, On the editor's desk police found
states that the seven years' strug- in Shanghai in the coming winter an automatic pistol with one cart will consist of the Second Batta- ridge discharged. Man Ha was
gle to save Sacco and Vanzetti ion Coldstreams, the Second Bat-found just as he had rolled off his since that time considerable agita-communists in the United States The action failed, however, and cost over G$350,000 of which the talion Suffolks, the First Batta chair and police presume he was tion has resulted in Chinatown contributed lesa fions of the Bedfordshires and shot as he sat at his desk, but not over the split in the party.
than G$6,000, Hertfordshires, two replacing bat-before he had drawn his pistol and
while the G.1,000 reported to have talions from Hongkong, the Fifth fired one shot at his assailant..caused in Chinatown when Wong national from Moscow, had not, Tremendous excitement was been sent by the Third Inter- Armoured Car Company and the As two bullets had entered the first ran excitedly to Constable even Tank Corps.-Reutor.
been body of Sang Suey, police state Bridgman patrolling his 'beat and American Service. that they believe that the Chinese shouted that his chief was being. shot himself after being wounded
EXPLORER MURDERED?
GERMAN AND COMPANIONS REPORTED KILL IN TIBET.
killed.
received. Reuter's
Protection for Americans.
Nogales, Arizona, Aug. 31. ficulty in keeping in order the that in connexion with the execu- Reports from Guadalajar state
in the chest. The wound in the Chinese's head was caused by Inspector William Kuner had dif A squad of police under Acting bullet of 38 calibre, police dis- covered.
crowd of excited Chinese that The bodies of the three Chinese milled around the door of the news.tion of Sacco and Vanzetti the were removed first to the general paper office.
Mexican Government had ordered Hospital, where they were all pro
Long after the bodies of the vie-the immediate execution of any- nounced dead on arrival at that tims had been removed, queues of one attacking. Americans.-Reu- institution. They were then taken Chinese filed past the door and ter's American Service. to the city morgue where an in-gazed intently in until ordered by A sensation has been created in quest will be held at a date to be the constable on guard to move Germany by a report that the well-set later. known German explorer Herr Filchner and two ather foreigners had been murdered in Szechuan
London, Aug. 31.
on."
Police are continuing their in- vestigation and attempting to clear up another mysterious angle in the case which has developed. With only six bullets fired from the two guns found at the scene, police believe they have discovered
WARSHIP CANTÉENS,
Nationalist Feud. Several theories of the cause of by Tibetan tribesmen. The China the shooting were advanced. Pol-
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They found that the split in the seven points of entry made by Institutes have made an offer to Mr. Mathewson, who wrote to the Nationalist ranks. in China had gun fire. Six bullet wounds were the Admiral to take over the run- headquarters of the mission in spread to Vancouver, where the discovered in the bodies of the ning of all canteens on warships April saying that he and two or city branch had divided also. The three men and a seventh hole, on the China Station. The matter three other persons proposed to go faction supporting the Communis- thought to have been made by a has been referred to the Commian- to India from China via Tibet.tic party which set up government bullet, was discovered in a desk dor-in-Chief in the Far East for
at Hankow gained control of the in the front business office. his decision-Reuter.
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