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JAPAN'S HAND ON AMAZING ESCAPE IN THE LOEWENSTEIN A NAVAL TRAGEDY CHINA DREAMS OF TILDEN ARGUMENT
· MANCHURIA.
X
BARON HAYASHI NOW IN TOKYO.
CHANG HSUEH-LIANG DROPS COMPROMISE MOVE.
MIMIC RAID.
MACHINE REALLY CRASHES IN FLAMES.
PILOT ON A HOUSE-TOP.
London, Aug. 16.
The air manoeuvres, designed to test: London's defences against enemy air-raids, and which have been enrried out by n fieticinus
TRAGEDY.
PATHOLOGIST DENIES
POISON STORY.
TERRIBLE INJURIES FOUND AT AUTOPSY.
REVEALED.
SUBMARINE L55 SUNK IN 1919 WITH ALL HANDS.
SALVAGE DISCLOSURE.
Moscow, Aug. 16. The British abmarine L55 which was sunk during operations. against the Soviet in 1919, has been raised by Russian anivagers.
The hull
BIG NAVY.
SCHEME OUTLINED BY
CHIANG KAI-SHEK.
EXTENSIVE BUILDING IN NEXT TEN YEARS.
REVIVED.
BARRED FROM TOURNAMENT PLAY IN US.
F.T. HUNTER IN REVOLT
New York, Aug. 16. The Tilden controversy has been revived in greater measure as the result of an announcement by the United States Lawn Tennis
was covered with a GENERAL SITUATION. Association nad Tilden is ineligible
BIG LOAN RUMOURED. Jenemy "Eastland," came to an end WAY RUMOUR SPREAD:\ thick layer of rust, and numerous
Tokyo, Aug. 16,
to-night with the most spectacular. attack of the series.
The heavens were shrouded in
this evening to report the success of capital.
its elevours.
Three machines were actually In a Press interview, the well-forced down during the attack. known diplomat stated that General Chang Hsueh-liang had intimated that he would postpone further dis cussion of a rampromise with the Nanking authorities: for Three months.
Dr. Paul, the famous French
vathologist, who made the autopsy of the remains of Captain Loeten
JAPANESE VESSEL FOUNDERS
FIVE STEAMERS TO THE RESCUE.
CAPTAIN STAYS ON BRIDGE TILL LAST MINUTE.
THRILLING DETAILS. to compete in the annual contest at Forest Hills between East and Nanking, Ang. 15.
Shanghai, Aug. 11. West. The sectional match is In the course of a speech at the starting on Saturday, August 18th, The treacherous Adriadne Rocks "Sienning" launching ceremony,
The disqualification announced at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek heralded in Paris, subsequently revoked. Is the aequel to the Davis Cup ban
claimed another victim on the craft as the beginning of a Tilden ia charged with violation of Wesnesday night when the steam- modern Chinese nuvy, which the the amatour rule by writing reer Joun Maru of the Shanghai Nationalista desire to expand by parts of the Wimbledon Tourna-
skeletons were discovered Inside, is believed that at least 40 Baron Hayashi who has spent heavy clouds giving the bonthers
perished as the result of the disas agvernl weeks in Manchuria, in-considerable aid. An hour after
er
Apparently, the super-deck of ducing General Chang Hauch-liang midnight, the "Eastland" raiders stein, the Belgian millionaire the submarine was struck by to carefully, consider before throws were heard overhead, a huge confiuncter, who fell from his nero-shell, the craft sinking Immediate
course of bombing machines at- ing in his lot with the Nationalists, tacking the city, making the final plane, over the Channel, and 18.
According to information ab returned to Tokyu from Mukden and fiercest assault on the Empire whose body was picked up laterained from Russian archives, two 40,000 tons in the curse of the ment in which he was a competitor Transportation Company, struck
forting on the surface practically | Soviet destroyers ongaged British made, denies the report that poison destroyers and submarines near
Capar Bay on June 4th, 1919, Ias been found in the intestines. Que bomber' developed engine
A dull explosion was heard, and trouble and made a forced landing judiefal enquiry was to be held
Reuter two days ago cabled that watchers on the Soviet ships saw in a bean-field in Essex, while an-to determine how the polson was other was similarly affected and administered, and referred to the landed in a marsh opposite Canvey dilemma facing the authorities, Island. Fortunately, nobody was arising from a dispute as to whe- hurt.
|ther the enquiry should be com- The third aeeident was the most | ducted in Boulogne, London, Disenssing the various influences | remarkable; and the pilni had an ¦ Brussels. in Manchuria, Buron Hayashi men- extremely fortunate escape. He tionel that the most influential or was up in a fighter resisting the ganisation in Mukden is the Peace attack when his machine suddenly Preservation Committer, to whom burst into flames, and crashed at even General Chang Hsich-liang
Richmond. refers everything before makinë.
decisions.
Chang's Advisers,
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Dr. Paul's Denial, In an Interview with Dr. Paul, rater cables this morning, the pathologist denied the rumours that he found tracea of poison in the orrana' of Captain Loewen-
The preliminary examination was held in the presence of the [Boulogne' judicial authorities and members of the family of the de-
The pilot, however, hud jumped Mention was also made of the out and parachuted landing safely powerful Yang Yn-ting; group. The house-top at Kew. The mastein. Japanese representative agrees that chine was destroyed.---Reuter. He strongly do this group favour a compromise with Kanking that they may pogibly influence the other eventually. Owing/however, to the Instability of the Nationalist Gov-! ernment, it is impossible, ho de clare, for Japan to permit Man- ekuria to come under their control.
Referring to the economic ques tion, Baron Baynahi declared that n Japanese loun, is not required as. Manchuria is able to carry on with-} bal H.-Reuter,
Japanese Laan Rumoured.
Mukden, Aug. 17,
BOMBAY STRİKERS
/
HOLD FIRM..
Fensed Anancier.
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Fractures of various arts--the skull, the face, all the rilis, the hackbone, and the right leg-ap- MILL-OWNERS DEMAND, END-peared to be the result of the fall
OF COTTON STRIKE,
into the sea from a great height. The skin presented some peculi arities, which according to in- formation given by Dr. Paul to 'a
Loewenstein indicate that
|CONFERENCE RUPTURE |Press representative, seemed to
WIS
Bombay, Aug. 16. still alive when he struck the Hopes that Government inter-water. marks concerning a Japanese loanvention would bring about a settle-
In spite of Baron Hayashi's re-
to Manchurin, infortnation glenn-meat of the mill strike were dis-
Poison Possibility.
ed, from various quarters indicates elled to-day when the conference Portions of the internal organs that following on the postpone-tween the Bombay Government were removed and sent to Paris ment of a reconciliation between representative and delegates of the for further examination for pos- Manchuria and the Nationalist culton mill-owners and the opera-sible tracy of poison, and it is. Government, the policy of Japan Ulves brake down.
presumably because. Dr. Paul re-
SHANGHAI SUICIDE EPIDEMIC.
Attributed To Sob Storles in Chine. Papers.
„POLICE PATROL· RIVER.
Shanghai, Aug. 17.
An epidemie of Chinese sui- eldes in Shanghai during the , past week or two, s'attributed to "sob" stories and sensa- tional reports appearing in the vernacular newspapers, «C- cording to the Social Bureau attached to the Municipality of Greater Shanghai,
The newspapers have now been advised not to play upon the passions and sentiments of their readers lest they should encourage an extension of the suicide mania involving youths and girls disappointed in love or financially embar- rassed.
A special patrol of Police is now daily engaged along the river-front to prevent sul, cides. Our Own Córrespon- dent.
marked that only after a taxiologinenia: bien : MIKRO cal examination would it be pos
cloud of smoke in sible to state whether there was an enormous
Szechuan Battle.'
.
It is notable that when the the submerged rocks and went next ten years."
original selection of the team to to the bottom of the sea an hour The vessel is intended for the represent the East was announced, Yangisze patrol, and Marshal Tilden was not mentioned by name and a half later. Chiang declared that the British Certain players were named, but it "All of the persons on board, 44 and Japanese control of Weihatwei was indicated that these would be in number ineluding passengers and Port Arthur respectively were included in the team and did not and crew, were saved and the the result of "Big Navies" with-state that it was complete.
majority of them are in Shanghai out which the seizures would have
The object obviously was 10 recovering from their close call been impossible.-Renter;
leave a loophole pending the de.with death. elsion of the L. T. A. Committee The Joùn Maru, a cargo boat regarding Tilden.
of 1,080 tons, sailed from Shang- A Naval wireless message de- The Committee has now definite-hai for Tsingtao on Wednesday spatched from Changsha only barred Tilden from tournament jmorning. She was not equipped Wednesday, received in Hongkong play pending the clearing up of with wireless apparatus and it is this morning, states that it la re-the charges against him.
regarded in maritime circles here ported the Fo-called 21st Army, Tiklen's great friend, Francis that was extremely fortunate which consists of 4,000 Szechuan-Hunter, who announced that he that all of her passengers and ese, has led in the direction of Liu- would not play unless Tilden was crew were rescued. yang, With the exception of 500 allowed to join the team, has bees. men the army was disarmed, and remitted from the East side treated after fighting for an hour Reuter's American Service. In the cast suburb of the cily. During the fighting 30 Chinese civilians and over a hundred soldiers were killed. The city is now quiet and the trouble at an. end.
A Wansion message says the Standard Oil Company convoy has passed up the river.
Qylet in North,
JARDINE STEAMER HELD UP.
REFUSAL TO RECOGNISE SALT PERMIT.
The passengers, five in number, were Japanese students of the company en foute to Taingtua for a vacation. All of the officers of the vessel were Japanese, while
the members of the crew were all
Chinese, "
The rocks where the Joun Mara. went to the bottom are about 40 miles off Woosung and have been the scene of other and more dis- astrous shipwrecks in the past. The vessel carried a cargo of raw Insured for cotton, which $50,000, it was stated at the office
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With regard to the North, the situation in the Tongshan mining $40,000 IS DEMANDED. of the owners of the ship.
area continues quiet. The Shan- tung-Chihil troops are concentrated xt, Lutai, the force having a supply depot at Tangfing.
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Shanghai, Aug. 11.
Remains On Vessel,
The steamer Mingsang, owned Captain Marakami, master of One division of 6,000 armed by the Indo-China Steam Navign the Joun Maru, true to the tradi tion Company, la being, held up by tions of the sep, refused to leave troops moved north-west across country from the depot on Tuesday, the Chinese authorities at Chin- the bridge of his sinking vessel Four hundred Shansi prisoners of kinng in a peculiar tangle regard-even after ordering all others war have been taken to Peitang and ing its cargo, according to reports aboard to abandon ship.
reaching Shanghai yesterday. When the ship went down the repatriated.
The Mingaang is bound from captain leaped in the sea and with Tientsin to Yangisze ports with a another officer of the vessel and a large cargo of salt, but the Cin-Chinese member of the ose Superintendent at Chinklang, clung to a wooden ladder for which is the Customs port for the hours. After a harrowing night. Yangtze, rofusce to permit the in the sen the trio were picked vessel to continue her voyage on up and rescued the following the ground that he does not re-morning about 11:30 o'clock by cognised the huchow issued by the the liner. Shanghai Maru; which Tientsin authorities for the ves-brought them to this city on
Thursday.
Li Chal-un's Movements. will be to cultivate friendly, rela- The strike has been drugging on tions with the Manchurian mu- for months and it is impossible at
Shanghai, Aug. 16. thorities by offering assistance in the moment to see the end of the
trouble.
any other cause of death, that the which the submarine disappeared.
Latest reports from Nanking the form of a large loan.
The foam, it is stated, will be It was understood that the Con- rumours arose.
A committee is meeting to de-state that Marshal Li Chai-sum is The suggestion that the million- cide whether the 155 was destroy- still staying at Tangshan with Mr. applied to financial readjustmentfernee yesterday, agreed to ap and currency stabilisation, Japan polt a Board of Inquiry, on which aire was a victim of foul play hased by a shell, or whether it collid Tal Che-tau, Chancellor of the Can- ton University, Marshal Li is stated simultaneously using the loan as a three members to be nominated by, been given further credence as theed with a mine-Reuter.
to be going to Hangchow; and no lever for an advantageous settle the Government, were to sit, in nd-result of reports, published in the
mention has yet been made of his dition to representing of the con-Home papers, of a strange incident ment of outstanding issues.
which is said to have taken place AMERICAN FLIGHT TO
return, to Canton. The recent conferences between ficting parties.
Many members of the C.E.C. the Presideat of the South Man- The mill-owners, however, have a few years ago at a horse show.
have left Nanking. churian Railway, the Finance Mini-irisisted that the strike shall first ster and the President of the Bank he called off, but the representa
Horse Strongly Doped.
of Japan are regarded as signi- tives of the operatives refused to As the Belgian financier was
zecede unless, pending the deci-riding a well-behaved cob at ficunt.
Manchuria Struggling. sion of the Board of Inquiry, the jump the animal threw his rider
and bolted.
.
1926 rate of wages are paid.
The mill-owners declined the re- On the other hand, the Chinese are bent upon using economic wen-quest, with the result that dead pona against the Japanese endeavock ensued.-Renter our to weaken their position in Manchuria, the Provincial Guilds and Assemblies actively advocat ing a boycott.
It is also notable that the new regulations of the Chinese Eastern Railway regarding Yen-Rouble exchange which are being enforc- .ed on October lut, favour freight to Vladivostock compared with Dairen.-Reuter.
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STRONG. PROTEST AGAINST NEW OUTBREAK,
SWEDEN.
sel's cargo.
crew,
a
Several vessels, including Chinese Junk, figured in the
of the shipwrecked passengers and. rescuing and bringing to this city
The vessel complied with the proper regulations regarding the achow when she left Tientsin, Wa Han-min, the "Righlist" but the Chinese authorities at crow. ILLINOIS TO REYKJAVIK VIA politician, has been mentioned as a Chinkiang refuse to recognise the
Tried to Beach Ship, possible candidate for the portfolia Tientsin huchow and are demand- of Chief of the new Nanking Legis-Ing a large sum of money, stated
According to Mr. K. Sugimoto, lative Council.
to be $40,000, on the cargo of salt. Manager of the Shanghai Trans- no settlement has been portation Company, the stem of reached, the Mingsang is being de-the Joun Maru struck the rocks tained at Chinkiang where she on the starboard side. There was has already been held four days, an immediate inrush of water and
GREENLAND.
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tho
As
ARGENTINE WATER WORKS.
the ship listed sharply to star- board. The Chinese members of the erew and the compradora's staff became greatly excited but: were calmed by the ship's officers.. A few minutes later the vessel. righted Itself and the master or-
The rolling-stock includes seven locomotives and over 100 passenger cara, all of which are at Chenchow, BIG CONTRACT FOR BRITISH dered full-speed ahead, the object Ilonan.
When the horse was caught It
New York, Aug. 16.
Peking Rolling Stocks. was clearly evident by its nervous Mr. Bert Hassell and Mr. Park- condition that it had been stronger Cramer, left Rockford, Illinois,
Shanghai, Aug. 16. ly doped. The person responsible today on the first stage of their
Marstal Fen Yu-hsiang has or for this criminal act, which might Transatlantic flight to Sweden have caused the death of Capt. aboard the machine "Greater Rock-dered his subordinates to restore ANTI-ITALIAN RIOTS IN. Loewenstein,
approximately 300 railway coaches, has never been ford." JUGOSLAVIA.
found.
The airmen plan to make the which Kuominchun troops seized Numerous accounts of other trip in three hops, from Rockford from the Northerners, to
management of the Peking-Han- violent denths in Lowenstein's to Cochrane (Ontario), from
kow Railway. family have also been brought in to Cochrane to Greenland, and from xive colour to the allegations of Greenland to Reykjavik, Sweden, foul play.
The machine is equipped with Le Quotidien's Brussels corres- wireless, a collapsible boat and a pondent recently, reportat from a rifle.
The flight is sponsored by the The Italian Minister at Belgrade conversation with a relation of the admit the has been instructed to enter a Pro-late financier, an amazing series of Rockford Chamber of Commerce, breakdown of negotiations for a test with the Yugo-Slav Govern-dramatic deaths in the Loewenstein though it nearly ended in disaster compromise between Chang Hauchment, and to demand reparation family.
three weeks ago when the machine Hang and Nanking, and are deeply on account of an incident at
crashed in a cornfield, and was severely resentful of Japanese interference.
damaged.-Reutera American Service.
Cochrane, Aug. 16. The "Greater Rockford" landed: Reuter.
Shanghal, Aug. 17.
Nanking officials
Spalato.
Rome, Aug. 16..
It is reported from Spalato that
Family Misfortunės;
Nanking Waiting Game. a body of Serbian students insult- An uncle of the financier-Slog. In spite of the pressure' which ed and threw misalles, including fried Loewenstein, the father of
Marakal Feng Yu-halang bas also ordered the 2nd Division of his 17. Army to be disbanded in ac- cordance with the Nanking Govern- ment's general disarmament
scheme. -
Chiang Disarming.
Shanghal, Aug. 16. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has or-
COMPANY.
boing to bench the ship in shallow. water, the skipper realizing that the vessel was in a sinking condi Lion.
** London, Aug. 16. The Stanton Ironworks Company
Although the engines were near Nottingham, have obtained a contract for 10,000 tons of cast-iron operated at full speed the ship pipes for the Buenos Aires water made little headway, due to the undertaking. This is the first con- inrush of water. The crew, roused tract of any importance obtained to the danger, sought to combat from this authority in the Argen-it by frantically manning the tine Republic since the war for cast pumpe but in spite of this wery
has been brought to bear, however, chairs, at a narty of Italians, In- jeight children-was run over in here this afternoon for re-fuel dered the 26th. Army to disband fron pipes, and has been obtained in little speed was made.
his carriage.. His horses had been
it is officially stated that Changcluding the Consul, who were sit- Paris on "Fourteenth of July" by Hsuch-llang is endeavouring toting quietly in a cafe. maintain friendly relations with
The party were finally rescued frightened by a military band, and. Nanking, and it is confidently ex- the Police, but not until several M. Siegfried, who was standing on pected flat he will host the Na-had been injured. This is the first the stop of his vehicle, fell under- cloalists flag at the end of three anti-Italian outbreak for nearly neath it arii was killed. months.
two months.-Reuter.
One of his sons, at the age of 20, tried to commit suleide. The young man'a mother went.mad on hearing the news.
Chang Isuch-liang's personal representative, accompanied by Mr. Fang Peng-jan, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's delegate, have left era have been seen 218 miles above
Another son of Siegfried Lowen- Iching carrying Chinese troops. Mukden together for Nanking.
The British naval authorities also stein died at sea while returning
OPIUM-SMOKING IN FAR EAST.
REPORT FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Geneva, Aug. 16. The supplementary agenda for
superfluous troops, the remainder the face of severe competition from to join the 6th. Division, which foreign makers.-British Wireless. henceforth will be under the leader- ship of General Chen Chuk,'
Nanking Banquet.
Shanghai, Aug. 17. General Tan Yin-kai, Chairman of the Government Council, gave. A banquet to members of the Contral Executive Committee and Central) Supervisory Committee yesterday
Losing Struggle..
It was a losing struggle from the beginning and the ship sank
MR. KELLOGG'S TRIP TO lower and lower. Cognizant of
EUROPE.
ACCEPTS INVITATION TO IRELAND. Washington, Aug: 17;
this, Capt. Murakami ordarod the |life boats_manned and gave the order to abandon ship: Ho stend. fastly refused, however, to leave the bridge, With the sea on a level with the bridge the master still remained at his post, As the vessel went down he plunged Into the sea and swam for a float chang la sailing from Chinwangtae. One of Siegfried Loewenstein's the forthcoming meeting of the As-afternoon at the Government
Before the ship want down, in Naval wireless messages received for Chefoo, to-day in a Japanese daughters, Marguerite, married sembly of the League of Nations House, on behalf of the Nanking in Hongkong this morning state sleamer, which will be loaded with Count Dupin, who was murdered at includes the Canadian representa Government. Marshal Fang Yu. Secretary of State has accepted an ing piece of ladder,
grave of the Irish Free State to fact, shortly after the vessel that extensive Chinese troop move- ammunition and military stores, Rio de Janiero. She was so ever- tives report on the control of hsiang with other leaders attend Invitation from President Cos ments are taking place on the Upper A further transfer of stores to Checome that she committed suicide on oplum-smoking in the Far Easted-Nam Chung Pan
her husband's body.
(Continued on Page 8.) visit Ireland after signing the struck the rocks, the whistle was
(Continued on "Page: 8.), anti-War Pact in Paris-Router Yangteze and that Japanese steam: foo is expected in the near future,
Japanese Moving Chinese Troops.atate that Marshal Chang Chung- from America.
Reuter
Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, the US.