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三拜禮,號八十月七英港香 WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928. 日二初月六
GEN. OBREGON IS DARLINGTON TRAIN A GRIM BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT LINER
· ASSASSINATED.
MEXICO THROWN INTO TURMOIL.
PRESIDENT-ELECT SHOT AT A BANQUET.
MURDERER CAUGHT.
Mexico City, July 17. General Obrogon, who was cleet
DISASTER.
DRIVER OF GOODS ENGINE HELD TO BLAME.
MISTOOK SIGNALS.
London, July 17. At the resumed inquest to-dny on the victims of, the Darlington rafiway smash, a verdiet was” re- corded of “neekdental. death, duo to the error of the driver of the goodd' train in reading the signal.”
Twenty-five pursons were killed, including twenty women, in, the disaster, which occurred at mid-
PARTY.
"AMERICAN FRIENDS &
AMUNDSEN.
"KRÁSSIN” OFFER TO SEARCH FOR OTHERS MISSING.
REFUSED BY ITALY?
Los Angeles, July 17. A birthday commemoration
ed President of Mexico op the 3rd night, the express involved hei poignantly reflecting on the Italia.
instant, n been hasassinated;
an excursion train frum Scarbor réugh.
The tragedy has been described me the worst on British railways flir over 20 years,—Reuter,
disaster at the North Pole, was faithfully carried out here to-day as the result of a promise made to Captain Roald Amundsen, when. the last explorer last visited Lon Angelea..
At the election, General Obre- Kon was unopposed and was re- tured for a period of six years, as If will be remembered. that the from December 1st next. He an.shunting gugine's driver, whose error has been declared responsible Bounced that he intended to son for the disaster, himself had a mir-
-At a table set for three ant a tinue aubstantially the policy of aqulous escape from death.
Both engine weighed roughly 90 local lawyer, Mr. John Murphy, President Calles.
tens: the excursion trian crashed and the well-known explorer, Mr. Details of the ensuination into the goods engine at 50 miles Haakon Hammer, the latter an ahow that President-Elect Obregon per hour, and yet the shunting on- erstwhile companion of Amundsen was present at a banquet given ingine was hardly damaged. The on several of his Arctic journey a restaurant' outside the city at driver was hurled clear without in-ings. two o'clock in the afternoon, when jury of any sort, and picked him-
The third chair in the place of he was shot five times in the body.self up to hesist in the work of re-honour was vacant and was draped
The assassin was not immediate-te
with the Norwegian ting, ly identified, but he was subse-
Captain Amundsen, who has quently arrested.
been missing for, over a month, was horn in Norway on July 18th, 1872, and had asked his two Los Angeles friends to celebrate his fifty-sixth birthday at dinner "regardless of where I am."- Router's Americań Service.
Country In Turmoil.,
Later.
The whole country is in a tar- over the assssination of Inúil. General Obregon, who Was * wealthy landowner.
After his recent election to the Presidency ho received a tremen- dous public reception on arriving in Mexico City from his home in Sofora on the 15th instant.
The assassination occurred in the town of San Angel, which is twelve miles south of the capital.
ALSATIAN AGITATORS
PARDONED.
ACT OF CLEMENCY SIGNED. BY M. POINCARE,
i
TRAGEDY.
ALARMING MISHAP TO CREW OF LIFEBOAT.
A STUDENT'S SUICIDE.
Considerable excitement-pre--| vailed on the President. Grant in Japanese waters a week ago, as tho result of an alarming mishap to a lifeboat. which was being lowered in rescue of a Chinese student who had jumped overboard, according to a report made by the master of the liner on arrival In Hongkong. yesterday.
HARBOUR PIRACY RECALLED.
SEQUEL TO $30,000 GOLD THEFT.
STOKER-SENT TO PRISON.
THREE-YEAR TERM.
An attempt to implicate the coxswain of the Wo Fat Shing The Incident occurred at six launch in the robbery which took o'clock in the morning of July 10th, place on the vessel last October was Louie Kwok Hong jumping over- board when the vessel was be made at the Criminal Sessions this tween Yokohama and Kobe.
Immediately the alarm was given, a boat containing three sea- men and the Second Officer was ordered to be lowered, but, in the process; a Jam in the running-gear up-ended the boat, the four men being thrown into the water.
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THE BOMBAY MILL STRIKE.
EFFORT TO END SIX-MONTH DISPUTE.
CONCILIATION BOARD.
Bombay, July 17. The Municipal Corporation has by 27 votes to 11, passed a resolu- tion asking the Bombay Govern- ment to appoint a Conciliation
PHENOMENAL HIGH SCORING.
BRILLIANT CRICKET
ACHIEVEMENTS.
SUTCLIFFE MAKES TWO 100'S AT TRENT BRIDGE.
Board to settle at the earliest pos- BOWLERS' SAD PLIGHT. "
sible moment the Bombay mill strike which began in January.— Reuter.
Phenomenal scoring on perfect The result of recent negotiations wiekets was largely responsible for with the millowners was disclosed the fact that three of the matches on June 23rd by the labour leader who, addressing a strikers' meet-concluded yesterday could not be ing, and the draft rules for stand-brought to a definite conclusion." ardisation prepared by the owners morning by the stoker who was ar-were wholly unacceptable to labour heath, where four of the "Bix Six" At Trent Bridge and at Black- raigned on a charge of robbery by leaders and owners committed a
breach of the promise made to the both exceeded 500 runs in the frat were involved; Kent and Yorkshire two or more.
The case arises out of the inci-Governor of Bombay by refusing to innings of the match. dent on October 12 last year when fore, was impossible and the speak raie,wages. Compromise, there- the launch, carrying a gold ship-er appealed to His Excellency to in- ment to the B.8. Prominent, was Lervene immediately lest the star- pirated in the harbour and beached ving strikers would get out of hand. The President Grant was im- at North Point.
Other speakera spoke in a similar med lately swung round to clear the struggling men of the pro-charged, before the Chief Justice, standardisation
The stoker, Au Shiu, was to-day vein and complained that the proposed by the pellor swirl, and they were even Sir Henry Gollan, with the theft of owners was too ole sided, tually rescued uninjured after 600 incls of gold, and various other According to one report, the being in the water for ten minutes, articles, including money, two rules aim at a levelling process hampered by heavy clothes and wnfches und a bunch of keys. whereby certain classes of workers boots,
Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., appear will get increased wages while The suicide disappeared in the ed for the Crown prisoner not be others will receive lower wages. confusion and, although searching legally represented and pleading Wak continued, was never, seen "Not guilty." again.
with the Alastion Autonomist agi-"Malygin"
and fand supplies on King tien.
600 Gold Bars.
COMMUNISTS ATTACK
POLICE.
WILD SCENES AT-BERLIN RAILWAY STÀTION.
Berlin, July 17. Wild scenes occurred at a Ber- in railway-station to-day when a clash occurred between the police and a large crowd of Communists. The extremists had assembled at
The most notable individual per- formance was lint of Sutellff;, thọ, Test cricketer, who accomplished the rare funt of scoring, two separate hundreds in a match, the Notis bowlers being his victims,
in Yorkshire's second innings, Sutcliffe und Holmes, the opening pair, both minde centuries and bat ted till stumps were drawn with- out-being- separated. Yorkshiro actually scored 730 run against the Notts bowling for the loss of only 7 wickets.
Brilliant cricket was
seen at Blackheath where an aggregate of 1,240
runs were scored between Surrey and Kent, for the loss of 25 wickets, Amen, the Kent wicket- keeper, made 200 exactly in 'Kont's Brat inninga.
Lancashire improved their posl- tion vis-a-via Kent by an innings victory over Hampshire.
It is understood that Louie Kwok Hong was of a good family. Opening the case, Mr. Alabaster, and was completing his studies in said that 600 gold bars, of a total Food "Cache" Left.
Japan after graduating from value of $30,000, were stolen in the Paris, July 17.
Peking University. Following the robbery, Witnesses would say that M. Poincare has signed a decree
Moscow, July 17.
Tsinan Incident, he was arrested the gold Bark were being shipped by The Soviet Committee direct for making ulammatory speeches the s.s. Prominent to Saigon. pardoning Rosse, Schall and Fres-
rescue were among those ing the "Italin"
work and wis placed on the President cheuer, who
On the evening of October 12, the Ice-breaker Grant as a deportee to Hongkong, } bars' were wrapped in cotton bags sentenced at Colmar in connexion has instructed the V
to' leave fuel by order of the Japanese authors- which were first placed in wooden boxes and then in a large tin box, It is thought the youth took his The latter was carried to the Wo Fat Shinx: launch by fokis of the landing under such circum-left the wharf for the Prominent Communist prisoners who had the prisoner and, two other men been released under 4 recent made an attack on the rest of the amnesty decree, but for some rea- party. The other members
son they did not arrive as expect- |'). of the Prow were driven down (ed. to the hold, where they were tied and gagged.
tation,
Dr. Ricklin, an elected Deputy,Charles Island in case the enst- now in prison in the same con-aways of the Alessandri and
On hearing of the outrage, Pre-nexión, and who has appealed Amundsen parties should reach the life rather than face the disgrace Company, and soon after the launch the station to greet a number of
sident Calles rushed to the scene, -Reuter's American Service,
American Dismay.
Washington, July 17.
- General Obregon's regime con- templated the opening of a KEW ora in the relations between the 'United States and, Mexico, Nence the news of his death has created dismay here,
Mr. Kellogg, the Secretary of State, hus telegraphed an expres- sion of his grief and sympathy to President Calles.-Reuter's Ameri- can Service.
"
against the sentence does not bene-island."
RATING RELIEF BILL
80
The Committee proposes that the Gt from the Act of Clemency as his sentence is not finally settled."Krassin" which has been --Renter.
wonderfully successful so far, skull pay a short visit to Advent Bay for more fuel and supplies, i and shall then be employed as a base-ship for Captain Tehuknov- aky, the airman, to continue his search of the iceberg covered gun of Alessandri And for traces Amundson-Reuter,
Soviet Offer Declined?
Stockholm, July 17.
PASSES COMMONS.
DESIGNED TO THE REDUC- TION OF UNEMPLOYMENT,
London, July 17.
The Rating Relief Bill which
.
of
stances.
MYSTERY OF BRITISH OFFICER'S END,
The prisoner took an activo part INVESTIGATION TO BE HELD this, holding the Bght and help
Ing the other two men to le up AT PEKING.
the 'crew. There was also some 'evidence that he carried a weapon, but it was not essential for the crime with which prisoner charged that this should be proved.
Landon, July 17. The mysterious disappearance of Lieut. T. S. Knowles, of the The head of the Swedish Expedi-East Yorkshire Regiment, in the hilly wastes round Peking lust has occupied the attention of the tion at Spitzbergen reports that year, formed the subject of queR- House of Commons for some time. General Nobile has received antions in the House of Commons to Soldier and Politician.
passed its third reading by 326 affer from the Russian ice-breaker lay. General Alvaro Obregon, Mexi- votes to 128 to-day.
"Krassin" that she is ready to can soldier and politician, for
The Bi embodies the recon-organise a search for the wreck many years figura prominently mendations made by Mr. Winston of the "Italia" and for the Ales- Under-Secretary the affairs of his country and War Churchill in his Budget speech, sandri party, but he states that the Affairs, sald that His Majesty's at Peking nade no President once previously. And Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Italian Government is not inclined Legation native of the State of Sonora, he Minister of Health, winding up to accept the offer.
objection to Lieut. Knowles' visit first came into prominence in 1915, the debate, maintained that the The "Krass" has now proceed-into the interior as the district
was then quite peaceful. when he defeated General Villa, rating scheme would reduce unemed to Advent Bay. who had driven President Car-ployment and ussiat trade in the ranza out of the capital.
In the Presidential campaign in
1919, General Obregon opposed
return to prosperity.-Router.
Senhor P. Gonzales and Stubor TO COMBAT A DREAD
Bonillas, Carranza's nominee.
Carranza invaded Sonora which declared its secession until It!
SCOURGE.
Sympathy for Mrs. Malmgren. Professor Malmgren's mother has been inundated with messages of sympathy and admiration for har gon's herolé end...
General Nobile has telegraphed Aftonblad keenly regretting the loss of an admirable man and scientist-Reuter.
could be assured of sovereignty. ANNONYMOUS DONOR GIVES Mrs. Mabogen via the newspaper
The revolt extended and Carranza was isolated in Mexico City. Gen. Huenta who was Governor of Sonora, was then made Prezident by the Insurgents.
First Presidential Term
£50,000.
'London, July 17.
The fund inaugurated two years ago when I.R.II. The Prince
Moscow, July 17. Professor Samoilovitch, the lead-
that
of Wales issued an appeal forer of the rescuers' on board the
for
Foreign
ya8
Launch Run Aground. The launch was put hground near the Min Yuen Gardens at North Point. The members of the crew
Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, the freed themselves and found that the ¡ prisoner and the two other mon taking part in the attack had vanished, together with the gold.
The priser was not found until some months later, when he was in Chinesa territory. He was brought to Hongkong and charged at the Police Station, where he made a statement in which he said he had heen forced to take part in the robbery.
The outbreak of hostilities in Octaher occurred suddenly with out warning of any description.
It was hoped to investigate the circumstances of his death on the spot as soon as conditions suf- ficiently improved to permit of a thorough enquiry-Reuter,
BRITAIN'S WIN AT BISLEY.
then The disappointed mob attacked the Police with ⋅ sticks and stones, the Police replying with a baton charge, which quick- ly diapersed the crowd. Elght persons were slightly injured. In the meloe-Reuter,
SHOCKING SWARĄJIST
ARTICLE.
INDIAN EDITOR FÀCES SENIOUS CHARGE.
Calcutta, July 17. As a sequel to the railway disaster last week, when eighteen passengers were killed in a derail- ment at Howrah, M. Brebakshi, the editor of the Swarajist newspaper Forward, has been charged before the Chief Presidency Magistrate hatred with promoting class among His Majesty's subjects.
Brebakshi published an article The manager of the Wo Fat Shing frm described how the gold alleging that Indians. Injured In was bought and packed for ship the disaster were searched and ment by the 8.8. Prominent. The killed by men acting under the prisoner had been a stoker on the Instruction
A European. Company's launch for a little over | Reuter. three months.
Prisoner Recognised. "
| £100,000 on behalf of the National "Krussin" has announced
Association for the Prevention of scientific data in connexion with SECURES EMPIRE CHALLENGE vessel, described how, while the
CUP. In May, 1920, Carranza fed from Tubercolosis has now been closed, the voyages of the "Krassin" and the capital. By order of Gem,the appeal meethu with marked "Malyguin" will be published a Herrero, whose protection he had success
* month after their return.
London, July 17. 14ought, he was murdered in his The Marchioness of Tichfield
At Bisley, the Empire Challenge Cup was won by Britain. The sleep, although Obregon had given has announced that over £60,000 Krassin Leaders Ynvited to U.S. definite orders that Carranza was has bean collected by public sub- Mr. Charles Smith, the vice-pre-scores were: to be spared. At the elections onscription, and that she to-day re-sident of the Russo-American :September 6, 1920, General Obreceived a cheque for £50,000 from 'gon received 90 per cent, of the an anonymous donor-Reuter. votes. He took office on Decem- her 1st.
The U.S. delayed recognition of FIVE MILES RAILWAY
cut-
Mexico on account of the standing oil question. Obregonta
TUNNEL.
Brilain
A foki of the firm who took the gold to the launch and boarded the
launch was in the harbour, a man appeared behind him holding a re- volver.
of
THE ANTI-WAR PACT.
4
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
Lancashire defeated Kampshire by un innings and '20 runs. Sunnex beat Essex. by 150 runs. Kent won on the first innings v.
Surrey. Yorkshire won on the'; Arst
1
inninga v. Notia. Northants won on the Arst
Innings Glamorgan.. Leicester defented Gloucester
by six wickets. Warwick defeated the West, Indies by never wickets.
HONOURS LIST. The principal Individual per.... formances were as follows:
Batting.
Butcliffe (Yorkshire)
and
111
100*
Ames (Kent) Sandham (Surrey)
200
170
Whysall (Notta)
160
161
126
121
119
107
PATEDRA (Warwick) Tate (Sussex) Watson (Lancashiro) Oldroyd (Yorkshire) Dipper (Gloucester) W. C. Brown (Northants) 108 Davies D. (Glamorgan) 103 P. G. II. Fender (Surrey). 101 J. E. Timms (Northants)... 101- Holmes (Yorkshire) 101" Cutmore (Essex) ....
101 Not Out.
Bowling,
Astill (Leicester).... 8 for "81 A. W. Speed (Warwick) 5 for 39 MacDonald (Lancs.) ...6 for 54
NOTTS BOWLING IMPOTENT.
Yorkshire Make Brilliant. Show
The hero of the match was Her-
at Trent Bridge, MR. KELLOGG LIKELY, TO VISIT EUROPE.
Yorkshire completely mastered the Notts bowling at Trent Bridge, Witness, together with
Paris, July 17, scoring 620 runs in the first other fokis, was driven forward,.
M. Briand has indicated that innings for the loss of seven recognising the prisoner and two Mr. F. B. Kelle the U. S. Secre- wickets, and making 210 in their other men as taking part in the affair. When the fokie had been tary of Stale, willemost probably second innings without loss. taken below, the prisoner took a visit Europe on the occasion of the lamp down and also helped in the #igning of the Anti-War Factbert Sutcliffe, England's opening batsman, who made two separate binding and gagging.
Brussels, July 17, centuries, the second not out. It The coxawain, of the
said. the chlof The Belgian Government has is the third time in his brilliant --Reuter. Fat Shing
prisoner formally accepted Mr. Kellor's career that he has performed the engineer and the
feat, the previous occasions pointed Brearms at him and anti-war proposals-Reuter,
being: pushed him down into the hold. NEW BRITISH CRUISER, Prisoner denied pointing a revolver
Australia Indla
Canada
2,203
2,180
2.174
2,160
ILMS, YORK LAUNCHED BY
Reuter,
Wo
at him and witnesa, in reply to ques- tions by his Lordship, said he wa not sure whether the weapon; was a {revolver or a dagger. ·
TANGIER'S STATUS.
Chamber of Commerce, who is at present in Moscow, has communi- Leated with the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, expressing the the Chamber's admiration for courage and self-sacrifice displayed by the "Italin' Rescue Expedition on the "Krasain," and extending án Presidency was marked by his IMPORTANT FRANCO-SPANISH Invitation to Samoilovitch cfforts to secur recognition
PROJECT COMPLETE. Tekuknovsky on behalf of Mr. from the. Powers. His Gor-
Schly, the President of the Cham- Dernment At first refused
Paris, July 17.
her, to visit the United States as Americans A treaty proWith the opening to-morrow of the guests of the Chumber.— tect their interests. On July 13, { the five mile Somport Tunnel from Reuter.
Prisoner suggested that the cox- 1920, Obregon invited European Forges D'Arbel
swain had taken part in the rob- States having claims to send dele | Franco and Spain will at least be
HI.R.II. the Duchess of York,bery, supplying material such as
Paria, July 17. gales to a Mexican Clams Com-linked, up by a railway line
accompanied by the Duke, launch gags, wire, etc. Witness denied this
M. Berthelot, the General Secre-first innings, the ecores bolag: mission and negotiations were ear.through the Pyrenees,
A message from King's Bayed the first of the new "B" Class allegation.
tury of the Forefin Office, and the rled on with a group, of interna- President Doumergue will meet
After the Crown case had been British, Spanish and Italian tional bankers for the funding of King Alphonso at. Canfranc, which states that when members of erulsora at Jarrow-on-Tyns.
The cruiser is named H.M.S.completed, the prisoner was told Ambassadora havo Initialled the the national debt, a settlement be will be the international slation, Noble's party, after the crash
statement new Treaty defining the intér for the Inaugural ceremony, both of the "Italia" cut up a bear which York. for tonnage is 8,400, and that he could make a iing arrived at in 1922,
returning through the tupnol to had been shot by Professor Malm- she is armed with six 8-inch gone, from the dock, pivo auidance on national position-of-Tangier,
Restor. French territory.-Neuter.
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Canfranc, to
In a Bear's Stomach,
Itomo, July 17,
Reyter.
DUCHESS,
London, July 17.
NEW FOUR-POWER TREATY INITIALLED.
176 and 127 v. Australia at
Melbourne in 1924-25. 107 and 100 v.1.C.C. at Sear'
~borough in, 1020 Incidentally, it is the first. time, this season that such an accomplishment has been recorded. Yorkshire won easily on the
Yorkshire: 520 for 7 wickete (decd.) and 210 for 0 wie- kot,
Notts: 350.
(Cóntioned in Paos 83-