THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
ANOTHER MANILA 38 DANCERS KILLED IN DRUNKENNESS LAW
• EXECUTION. -
CHINESE PAYS PENALTY IN
`ELECTRIC CHAIR.
OFFICIALS IN TEARS.
Manila, May 11.
AMERICA.
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PUZZLE.
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VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION AND
VIEWS OF POLICE DOCTOR AND MAGISTRATE.
FIRE.
New York, Apr. 15.
MONDAY, MAY
YOUTHFUL "CAT" BURGLAR.
CLIMBS DRAINPIPE TO STEAL JACKET.
At West Plains. (Missouri) nt least thirty-eight persons are dead MOTORIST ACQUITTED.ing charged with the thot and twenty injured, several criti- cally, as the result of an explo
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|CROP OF SNATCHING INCIDENTS.
CULPRITS APPEAR BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
VIOLENT STRUGGLE.
For the fifth time in 15 days the ion and fire, which deatroyed the of the doctors and lawyers as to to. receive twelve strokes by his occurred over the week-end and the
electric chair at Bilibid has claim- ed a victim. Agustin Chan Lin Wat, a Chinese, was electrocuted yesterday afternoon, for the mur- der of Manuel Escarella, private detective, in 1925.
'The coroner'a jury, summoned
A number of snatching incidents
police in most cases, managed to ar- rest the culprits, several of whom appeared at the Central Magistrney this morning before Major C. Will- son.
A boy of fourteen who appeared. before Major O. Willson this morn-
jacket from the first floor of 233, The difference between the views Queen's Road Central, was ordered
what really consititutes drunken-Worship. Weiser garage building, where a dance was being held,
ness, when applied to motorists, was
The police said that this youth Twenty bodies are unidentified, emphasised in a case heard at Mary would appropriately come under and to-day friends and relatives fore Mr. H. C. A. Bingley.
lebone Paleo Court recently. be-
the description of a thief of the were crowding the two morgues,
"eat" type. He gained access to seeking seventeen unaccounted for driver, of Hillside, Stonebridge Central by climbing up a drain James Alfred Swain, motor the first floor of 233, Queen's Road and believed to be among the dead. Park, who was accused of being pipe. After stealing the jacketho Wellington Street, after he had!
drunk In charge of a motor-car in by Richard Green, Prosecuting At- the Edgware rond, was discharged, was about to descend the same torney, was unable to agree as to Mr. Bingley, after hearing the way, when he was observed by one the cause of the explosion, and ad-medical evidence, stating that he of the inmates of the house, who journed until Wednesday. A gaso-was not satisfied beyond all reason-immediately raised a cry and blew line tank was suspected, but was able doubt that the charge hind been his police whistle. found to be intact.
The young thief then changed Dr. Alexander Baldle, the divi- his plans and climbed into the vered to his family. One of his last dancing on the second floor of the sional surgeon, gave in detail. the verandah of the adjoining house. brought before the Magistrate for
results of his examination of Swain, He was seen by a policeman in and finally stated that he formed the the street, who went into the opinion that the man was drunk.adjoining louse and arrested him.
the solicitor defending, he said that Cross-examined by Mr. Kearns,
Tho Chinese proved to be the bravest prisoner that has yet paid the supreme penalty in the only electric chair in the Orient, says the Manila Bulletin. He faced death calmly, believing that God would take care of his soul, and as- sured that his body would be deli
requests, made less than five minutes before he was atrapped to the chair, was that his dead body be turned over to his wife,
Oficinly in Tears,
Thirty to forty couples were,
proved.
two-storey garage and automobile males-room building when the ex- plosina occurred, followed by total darkness, owing to damage to the electric light plant. The fire in mediately spread, rendering escape it took him three-quarters of an STOLE ROLL OF CLOTH. impassible for most of the dancers. hour to deciple because he was in a Walls soon collapsed, burying"bit of a quandary." "A doctor al- victims in the furnace.
ways is," he said, "in these cases of men charged with being drunk in charge of motor-curs
The attitude of prison officials and those who witnessed the execu- flon was not in keeping with that of the prisoners. The officials who Some of the injured were found 30 calmly carried out the orders in the street or taken from the of the court 15 days ago admitted | upper windows before the walls that the execution of Chan Lin collapsed, and several were found Wat was a hard task. They left fifty feet or more from the scene. the death cell with tears in their cy ca. It was probably because Chan Lin Wat was more brave,
Twenty minutes before I o'clock, the time set for the prisoner to die, Ramon Victorio, director of prisone-led-a-small-group-of-atten- dants and witnesses to the dealb call, Simultaneously, a squad of slx buglera walked down the prison wall to the tower directly in front of the death house to await! the signal for the prison's last rites for the condemned man.
Kneela in Prayer.
Mr. H. C. Allen, a prominent focal merchant, was blown across the street and had both his lega broken and 1 arm torn OIT.
Some were blown through the win- dows and survived.
HARBOUR OFFICE OFFICIAL.
'SUDDEN DEATH FROM
TUBERCOLOSIS.
Mr. Kearns-If you had been
"Totally Wrong."
WEAK EXCUSE GIVEN IN IN COURT.
A Chinese who was arrested in
anatched a gold necklace and pend- ant from a girl, pleaded guilty on being charged and was sentenced to six months hard labour and twelve strokes. The pendant and chain were valued at $110.
another
In another case, a Chinese was
snatching a purse from man near the World Theatre last The purse contained 34 night. cents, and, on pleading guilty to the offence, the defendunt was ordered four weeks' hard labour, '
The police who were prosecuting: told his Worship that the defendant, on being arrested by a District Watchman, put us a violent strug gle, in the course of which the man who was the victim of the snatcher,
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purse and the money rather than
to be placed in the Four Box.
His Warship ordered the 34 cents
called there to an ordinary case of entrance of the On Kee shop, at what would you have said as to his attracted the attention of a sneak
appear in Court. ' a person charged with drunkenness No. 143, Queen's Road Central, condition?
thief. who, after waiting a consi- derable time, thought he saw a the cloth. is attempt to do so good opportunity to make off with was unsuccessful, and he appear: before Major G. Willson this morning, charged with the theft of the roll of cloth. P
Dr. Baldie-I should have said that he was sober.
The Magistrate You would Weil, that is an und of this case
Dr. Baldie said that the man's incapacity depended on what he was charged with doing.
Mr. Bingley-You are totally wrong. That is not the law.
Dr. Baldie-It may not be the law, but it is the medical view.
Mr. Bingley said that he did not quarrel with the doctor from the medical point of view. His only qucation was "Aye or no, was the man drunk? If the law has to be altered it must be, but that is the law." Mr. Sanders, the solicitor! prosecuting for the Commissioneri
The death is reported of Mr. L. King-1 ftrat clerk of the Junk When the party entered the Office of the Harbour Department, death cell Chan Lin Wat was pray- which took place at his home in ing in the chapel adjoining the High Street, nt 4 p.m. Saturday death well. During the last few from tuberculosis.. hours of his life he became a The deceased, who was a highly Christian. The new religion seem-valued servant of the Department od to console him. As the officials was 36 years of age. He joined and witnesses filled into the death the Government service 12 years cell they could see him kneeling, ago, and after serving in the of Police, asked whether, if there through the bared door,
Treasury, was appointed to the had been disorder in conjunction. On seeing the party enter the Harbour Department in 1923. He with the man's condition, the doc- building and realizing that the end was near, Chan Lin Wat arose to his feet and asked to speak with the director of prisoners and his Assistant, He greeted the officials with a smile that indicated victory rather than defent, and expressed to them his gratitude for the kind-
ness they had shown him during
his two years in Bilibid. He still smiled as he shook hands with them and said goodbye,
Carried to Death Room.
Chan Lin Wat was given mor- phine while Mr. Victorio conducted the usual ceremonies in the death
was off duty only four days and the news of his death was a grent surprise to his fellow workers,
It is understood that the funeral takes place at Pokfulum at 4pm. today, when Junk Office officials and hoatmen will attend.
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or would have found that the man was drunk and disorderlyi
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Mr. Bingley-That does not mut-
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Defendant denied stealing the cloth, but stated that he was stranger to the Colony, Scing a
Cawthorne-terrace, Preston, North Marjorie Hindmarali, aged 4, of Shields, was killed by a stone cross which fell from the top of a gravestone in North Shields ceme tery.
KNOW?
roll of cloth in the street, he HOW MUCH DO YOU light he was perfectly entitled to it, and that explained why he picked it up and walked off with it.
His Worship found the story unconvincing and passed sentence of four weeks' hard inbour.
RAIN EXPECTED.
The Royal Observatory Report to-day, states: Pressure is high
over the Bonins and over. South-
ter a straw, because the doctor has West China. The forecast till noon to-morrow is-south winds, mo- thing to do with the disorder. Mr. Sanders-If you say that it derate, squally cloudly, some rain. has nothing to do with disorder, then you must judge as to whether
highest authority,
FRENCH DIPLOMATIC car. You cannot have it both ways. stated that drunk meant drunk,
SERVICE,
NUMEROUS CHANGES ARE NOTIFIED.
Paris, Apr. 30. The Journal Officiel his publish-
in the French diplomatic service.
he is drunk in charge of a motor-tice, their
"All I have to do," said Mr. Bing- Dr. Baldie-A doctor has no means of determining whether aley, "is to be satisfied that the man man is drunk unless he is consider charged before me, whoever he is, ing the particular thing the man is or is not drunk. It might be ad- visable that the law should be al- was doing or failed to do.
Mr. Bingley-If that is so, you tered; has he had so much alcohol as need not bother about all these to impair his powers?" teals 7
All sorts of phrases might be im- The doctor agreed.
agined, continued the Magistrate, Mr. Bingley-What it comes to, but the law as it stood at present doctor is that you, like other doc-said "Drunk."
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who " need them, will be found on Page 14 of this issuO.
1 For what famous picture has an
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offer of £200,000 just boon made,
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and by whom?
What was the salary of the Lord
Chancellor in the days of Henry II.T
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What remarkable economia fact regarding the United States hai just been announced?
The doctor said 10
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cell. The witnessea were inform-led a number of important changes | ed of what was about to take place and the electrician was ordered to
M. de Chambrun, Minister totora would like to see the law al-that at the end, taking all into con-, examine the chair to see that It Vienna, has been appointed Am-tered. But we have to take the sideration, he thought the man was was functioning properly. These bassador at Angora, replacing M. | law as it is. Aye or no, is the man 100 drunk to drive a car.. But that {*** details had been attended to by 3 Daeschner, who has retired from drunk? p.m. It was then that the gourd the Service; M. Clausel, head of was ordered to bring the prisoner the French delegation Into the room and atrap him to the chair.
was not the law. It was nothing 18 to do with the doctor whether the nun was in charge of a car or was ying in the street. The solo ques-
whether Was
he was In view of the doc.
Lord Chief Justice's View. to the League of Nations, is appointed to
Mr. Bingley, giving his decision, tion succeed Mr. Chambrun at Vienna; said that he was there merely to ad-drunk. Chan Lin Wat was carried into M. Puus, has been transferred minister the law as it is. The law tor's evidence, Mr. Bingley said the room. Ife was conscious but from Kovno to the Legation at ased the expression "drunk." in that he was not satisifled boyand greatly weakened by the morphine. Bucharest; while M. de Verchere case before the Supreme Court He had nothing to say nor did he de Reffye, who is serving in the little time ago the Lord Chief Jus-all reasonable doubt that the
charge had been proved, resist the ether when it was ad-High Commissionership in Syria, ministered to him after he had has been promoted to the Minis
tership of Addis Abeba (Abyssi- been securely strapped to the nia) in succession to M. Gaussen.
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chair.
HIDDEN UNDER THE RUBBISH.
CHINESE WHO STOLE
SHARKS FINS:
That a man who was employed to clear away such stuff should de liberately ignore a stack of rubbish at the entrance of the godown at which he was employed, was a cir- cumstance which aroused the sus picion of a District Watchman yesterday,
HIGHER WAGE'DEMAND BY POSTMASTERS.
UNION AMÁLGAMATION
· SCHEME REJECTED.
The National Foderation of Sub-Postmasters, at the conclud- ing session of the annual confer- ence at Margate decided to demand an increase in remuneration "equal to that of other Civil Servants."
Major Gould (Topsham, Devon) said it must not be thought that the way to economise in the Post
Office was to cut down the salaries The District Watchman's exami-of the employees. There must be nation revealed that no less than no cheeseparing. fifteen cattles of sharks' fins were It was decided to launch an in- concealed beneath the heap, and, tensive publicity camalen regard- after watching the coolie for some ing sweating conditions in the Post time, he saw the latter carefully Ofee. remove the "rubbish" into a bas- ket of his own,
The coolic was immediately ar- rested and was brought before
A proposal to amalgamato with the Union of Post Office Workers woe rejected by an overwhelming majorily.
Mr. J. W. Clarke, (East Corn- Mr. R. E. Lindsell, this morning,wall, the mover of the resolution, when he was sentenced to six said their ideal was that ultimate- weeks hard labour for theft of ly they should have part control, the sharks' ins.
of the servico they ran and a voice in the organisation.
Before he was brought up in Court, he told a story to the pollee which impitented another of the employees of the godown, who was also brought before His Worship this morning, but the police aub sequently withdrew the charge against the second man, who was represented by Mr. Horace Lo.
Several delegates opposed thơ motion, demanding that the Fed- eration should maintain its Inde- pendence.
The Secretary (Mr. John Field- ing) said the time was not ripe for the amalgamation.
There were only five or six votes in favour of the motion.
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"So this is the little man who is so anxious to study music."
4 What European King washes the feet of the poor at Eastertide?
6 What two historic stories are now declared to be mythical?
6 Where are real dragons still to be
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7 Where in England in thero a club whose members use their fingera instead of knives and forkal
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8 What famous soldier has recently
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What fish has wings measuring 45 feat across?
When did the first two ships cro the Atlantic under steam?”
What remarkable claim is made by a Russian doctor in Paris in connexion with X-rays?
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