THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
RIVAL WIVES
By
THIS HAR HATTENED.
Anne Austin.
NAN CARROLL does not suspect that, thé cause of but happiness during the past three years as secretary to ATTORNEY JOHN CURTIS MORGAN is her love for Moran Until WILLIS TODD, an ardent alior, fac her with the accusation. Then, though she despises herself for 14, she is forced to admit
to herself the truth of his scruestion,
Because' of Nan's brilliant mind, Morgan depends on her to malat him with his cases, and she entirely Justißes his confidence by bringing an important wine into his latent case, the defence of GRACE COX, Indicted
for blackmail, thus helping him to win *pectacular victory. She does not tell him, however, of blackmail note addressed so him and containing a nasty (unlesiation about his beautiful and haughty wlle, IRIS,
To celebrate his court rietery, Morgen in vite Nan and BEKT CRAWFORD, ■ hand- some, snobbish friend of Iris and Morgan, to
dinner at his home. During the evening and dinner, Nan has to endure the Indifference of Crawford and of Iris who are surplelously d in each other. While they are dane. interested i in, terronstricken maid interrupts them and behind Beg stand a polleeman and detective, who announce they have come with The best morning's papers recount Dow Crawford has instigated a whirlwind stock
alling epopulento finance a backing plant merger and how his anlatant and tresaurer, young HOY BLAND, has happeared with
a warrant for Crawford's street.
half a million.
GLADYS PAYNE, secility and alleged fancer Bland, insfata Dland is innocent. Morgan goes on Crawford's bond and plans
te defend him. Morgan, who has rarer de fended a person he beilored pulity, ibus alaker his professional integrity on Crawford's in nocence, Nan, who has wrillen outsole of resignation, because she cannot work for the man the levee, tears the note into bits. **With a faithless wife and a faithless friend you are going to need a. frithful secretary,” abe whisper to herself.
CHAPTER IX
Author of The Black Pigeon,
So far as newspaper accounts were concerned, however, there was one big disappointment Gladya Payne, Bland's erstwhile secretary and fiancee, chattered not at all for publication, and it was largely on Miss Payne's testimony that the in- dictment had been secured, if gu mour was to be trusted,
The day after the bank cashler's story appeared in the paper Craw ford admitted to Morgan that, so far as his desk calendar showed, he had had no engagement between half-past two and three o'clock on Wednesday, November 9.
"But of course that doesn't mean I was necessarily in my office," Crawford · pointed out. "Good Lord! How can I remember what I was doing that particular half- hour? There was nothing to fix it in my mind, as there would have been if Wolfe had actually talked to me on the phone."
Nan was present at the confer- once, "Your switchboard opera- tor niwaya asks who's calling, doesn't she? Perhaps she will re- member whether you were in or not. She would call your private office
before putting the call through, of course.",
Morgan shook his head gloomily. "Brainerd will already have got hold, of her. But we may as well ask her to come over. Were you and she good friendo, Bert?"
Within 10 days the grand jury had met and returned indict ments against Herbert S. Crawford
Bort Crawford flushed, then and Roy Bland, charging them with laughed. "A dirty crack, Jack. the embezzlement of nearly a quar-Always suspecting me of ahalking! ter of a million dollars of the funds But seriously, little Alice Belton is of the Mid-West Packing Company a friend of mine, I believe. Let's of which the two had been prest-have her over."
dent and treasurer respectively.
Roy Bland was still a fugitive from justice. A check-up at the
Alice Belton, a pert little tap- a boyish black bob, per, with
quarter past five.
"Ooh, I'm scared to death?" she told Nan delightedly. "I've got to go to the district attorney's office tonight, too! Isn't it dreadful?"
"Tonight?" Nan echoed. "Ia-
already
seen Mr.
union railroad station revealed that arrived at the lawyer's office at a a man answering his description had bought a one-way ticket to New York on the night that Bland was supposed to have left for Chi- cago, on business for his firm.
But since he had had 10 days before the audit of the books had ven't you revealed the shortage, it was gen-Brainerd?" erally conceded that Bland had im- mediately left New York by steam er for parts unknown. Police ra- dlos to all ships at sea had resulted in exactly nothing, but in the later val Bland had had time to land and disappear,
Crawford's trial was set for De- cember 19, a date which suited
Bert Crawford
"Good girl!" had opened the door of Morgan's private office and stood beaming at "Come on in, Alice. My attorney the little witchboard operator. isn't here, but we'll have a nice visit while we wait for him,"
"You won't let them be nasty John Curtis Morgan well enough, to me if I have to go on the witness since there was amazingly little he stand will, you, Mr. Crawford 7"
"You just bet I won't, Alice. could do by way of preparation. The door closed on them,
"They can't have anything on me, Jack, because I haven't done and Nan, without a moment's hesi
tation, reached into the deep lower anything wrong. I never drew d penny of that money out of the drawer of her typewritter desk, bank; I never touched a penny of pushed a button on a black metal was fastoned to the it after Bland drew it; I never box which authorized his drawing it, and did drawer, and lifted a queer sort of receiving Instrument to her ear. not know that he had done so. haven't a dollar in the bank that Morgan had had the listening-in device installed more than two can't account for leglifmately."
The first time he made this years before. It had been invalu- sweeping statement Morgan inter-ulle as a means of obtaining verton- rupted: "How did it happen that tim reports from the lips of skit- Bland, as treasurer, could sign and tish witnesses, who had no idea cash cheques for such huge that their words were being heard amounts? It's usual, I believe, for by anyone except Morgan himself. Drawing her notebook forward
I
two signatures to be required on hastily, Nan began to jot down in all corporation cheques.
"When we first organized, that short-hand the conversation that was the case," Crawford acknow-was taking place in the private
office. ledged readily. "My signature and
his were required by the by-lawa. Alice Belton: "Quit, Bért! I'm But I had to be out of town so mad at you-Oh-hi! You're no much that I asked the board of distrong! But honestly. I de mad rectors to amend the by-laws so at you-
thint Bland's signature alone was Crawford: "What about, Peter enough. He was bonded, you Pan? Lord, you're cuter than know. The company won't lose ever!" the whole quarter of a million."
Alice: "Aw, you can't kid me.
Quit, Bert."
SHARE PRICES
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day
Banks,
b.
Hongkong Bank, $1245 s. Chartered Bank, 419 Morgantile A. & B., £33 P. and O. 403 n. East Asia 6901 a."
Instrances.
H.
THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1929.
UNION CHURCH.
PLANS FOR THE NEW BUILDINGS.
congregation of Union Church last
PROPERTY SALES.
AMERICAN STOCKS.
MR. D. CHAN SEE PURCHASES CABLED · QUOTATIONS FROM
NEW YORK.
THREE LOTS.
were disposed of by Mr. E. V. M. R. close of the market on Wednesday A gathering oʻ members of the night approved plans for the con- de Sousa at the China Auction have been received from their corre struction of a now Church and Rooms yesterday afternoon when Manse at Kowloon, and incorpora- Nos. 04 and 60, Pokfulam and pendent, Mossrs. Hayden, Stone and ted in the resolution was a deci- No. 8, Ohancery Lane word put up Col, of New York, by Mosara, Bwanj sion to commence the work as soon for public auction in separate lote Culbertson and Fritz, Sassoon House, as possible. The estimated cost Starting at $15,000; the first lot, for the buildings and furnishing No. 04, Pokfulam Itead was knock Shanghai, fcable address "Swan- is $91,900.
Three valuable piocos of land; The following quotations as at the
ed down to Mr. D. Chan See of the stock," Shanghal), who are not During the course of the oven. Sincero Company for an additional responsible for cable mutilations ing a toast of "bon voyage" to the 8500, representing one bid above the Those quotations are subject to con- minister, the Rev. J. Horaes Johns-up-set price. The property has an firmation: b.ton, was proposed, on the occasion area of 1,7427 square foot.
of his Impending departure on Home leave. Mr. Johnston was owner of the second lot No. 66, Anaconda Copper.... 105 unable to be present, and the Rev. Pokfulam Road, which property was Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler Corp. (Com sold for $15,000 after two bits of |F. C. Young presided.
mon 8300 each had been added to the General Motors (Com
Canton Inn., #855 m. Union Ins., $330 North China, Ins., Ts. 160 Yangtoro Ins., $50 n. China Underwriters, $1.20 6. China Firos, $285 b. H. K. Firo Ins., $775_n.
Shipping.
Douglanos, $271 - n.'
H. K.Steamboats, $251 m. H. K. Tugs, $2.60 B. Indo-Chinas. (Dof.) $70° n. Union Waterboats, $22. n. Mining.
Bonguote, $3 Kailasa, 03/9 n. Langkats, Tls. 14 n. S'hal Explorations, Tis, 2.75 a, Raubs, $5.25 n. Tronoha, 17/6 n.
Br
Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharvos, $139 Whampoa Docks, $35 b. Obina Providents $4.10 s. Hongkowe, Tla 168 n. Now Engineerings, Tle. 5.85 b. Shanghai Dooks. Tls. 125.
Cottons.
Ewa Cottons, Tls. 12.75 s. Orientals, Tis. 2.20 b. S'bal Cottona, Tlɛ. 70 (old) b. Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, $8.70. H. K. Lande, $62) n.
S'hal Lands Tls. 142 b. Humphreys, $14. B. Realties, $7.50 b
Public Utilities.
Tramways, $18.45 s. Poak Trame, (old) $11.80 b Btar Forrios, #66) n.° China Lights, (Old) $13.90 b. H. K. Electrics, $50 b. Macao Electrica, #261 n. Tolephones $7. b. China Buses, Tls. 14. b Singapore Tractions, 11/3
Industrials.
The
China Bugars, '80 n. Malabona, $27 Canton Icos, $1.80 b. Coments (Comb.) 8.10 Ropes (Old) $7. R.
.. United Asbestos $5 b.
Stores, etc.
Dairy Farms, $19. n. Watsons, $12. n. Der A. Wings, '80 b. Lane Crawfords, $2 s.. Mackintosh, 18 b. Sinceros, $11.80 b.
8.
Miscellaneous.
Amusements, $291 b. Constructions, $1.50 B. B'que Ind. Q, Bonds, 67% H. K. G. Loan 61% 8. Prom.
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
.
the
Here is the solution to puzzle on another page.
SHIP, SHOP, CHOP, COOP, COOK, COCK, DOCK.
Alice: "Well, if you say so, but I'm scared of the district attorney, Bert-Oooh, isn't it cold here! It's going to be a hard winter, isn't it?"
Mr. Chan Seo also became - the
"It will continue to throw - out
i
a beam of light from not the least
past price of $14,000. The pre-
↓
mon)
mon)
of God's lighthouses on this East.mises are erected on Iand measuring Goodrich B. F. (Com-
about 1,709 aquare foot ern shore," said Mr. C. G. Hickling
The bidding was more brisk for Granby Consolidated in proposing long life and prosthe third lot, No. 5, Chancery Lans perity to the Church. Mr. Hick which was started at 815,000, the International ling paid a warm tribute to what aros being about 1,715 square feet he called the "alert and astute. By offers of 2500 onch the price Liggett and Myers. "B" Building Committee" and con- con mounted and at $26,000, Mr. gratulated them for everything Chan Soo became the now owner. that had been done.
In proposing a toast to Mr. Johnston, the chairman said that NORTH AFRICA CLASH. Mr. Johnston was working hard in Kowloon and it was no easy task
to keep a church going in a build-
BY REBELS..
Rabat, June 12, “
ཐ་བ་2
NOW ON SALE
Latest Dance Music Orchestrations & Victor Orthophonic Records as well.
A Gay Caballero. Chiquita. Sonny Boy.
That's My Weakness Now. Carolina Moon.
Angela Mia, (My Angel).
Neapolitan Nights.
Ramona,
Little Mother.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh.
My Inspiration is You. Old Man River.
Bum Song.
Hallujah, I'm a Bum. Beggars of Life.
Get out and get under the
Moon.
Provious Latest
104
09
101
20
71
71
76
Copper
74
.78
Cement
(Common) Missouri Pacific (Com-
85
mon)
88
88
Novada Consolidated
Copper de
40
40
Packard Motor Car
Memories of France.
(Common)
181
190
Poor Punchinello.
Radio Corporation of
America (Common) 82
82
Song of the Prune,
Standard Oil Co, of
New Jorsay Standard Oil Co. of
New York. Southern Pacific...
08
nng.
130
129
Whore were you, where was
08
08
I. :
3D
40
167
115
21
21
ing that was not a church. They FRENCH FORCES AMBUSHED- owed much to Mr. Johnston for his work in getting the new church started and they all ap preciated it. He was going on French forces consisting of Texas Corporation... leave and would come back with two companies of Moorish and United States Leather
HA wife. Their best wishes were Algerlan" tirallleurs. suffered a
United States Steel... 107 for a speedy recovery and a voyage serious reverse in consequence of Vacuum Oil that would no doubt be pleasant, an ambush by rebel tribesmen at Willys Overland ung. (Applause).
El Bordj. In the region of Midelt In the southern Atlas range, 13 being killed and 10 wounded, mostly native troopers, but they include two officers. French soldiers and 66 are also missing.
Fifteen natives
Steps are being taken to relieve
Business Matters. Mr. H. J. Lamb, the treasurer, put forward the recommendation of the joint committee, which was to the effect that the recommenda- tions be accepted, and if they ap proved with the plans, the build-isolated parties, who may have ing of the Church and Manse be taken refuge in the hills and dre
s holding out-Reuter, proceeded with, provided they agreed to raise a sum of $10,000 towards the furnishing of the buildings.
After the architect, Mr. A. S. MacKichan, had explained the na- ture of the building, questions and suggestions were asked for.
Mr. Duncan suggested that the pulpit might be made portable, as perhaps preachers would have idens as to where they would like
on
It
Mr. A. W. Ingram asked, behalf of the indios, whether a kitchen was provided for in the new Church and received an ane- wer in the affirmative.
The chairman announced that Mr. Duncan's suggestion would be gone into carefully by the mittee.
com-
Mr. D. Gow explained the finan- cial position, pointing out that the estimated cost of the buildings, in- cluding furnishing, was $91,300: He understood that Sir Paul Chater's estate would bring them in $130,000 this year, so that left a balance in hand of $38,700. After dealing with other detalls, Mr. Gow said that they needed an endowment fund of $50,000 after all expenses had been paid, and in order to gain this amount the sum of $10,000 was required.
Mr. J. L. McPherson explained what aid could be received from the Three-quarter Century Fund, saying it was formed for the pur- pose of bearing the expense of leave for the minister. The sum of $18,000 was raised and it now amounted to $40,000 It available to both Hongkong and Kowloon on their merits. They were quita Burc it would provide for the immediate future and per- haps for many years,
WDB
In explaining how the money would be raised, Mr. D. F. Warren aaid that the late Sir Paul Chater donated sufficient funds for the erection of a Church and Parson- age and it was their simple duty to furnish them. He referred to the various organisations in connexion with the Church, these being The Women's Gafld, Young People's Society, the Choir and the Sunday School. The various secretaries bad been communicated with and they would hear the results,
Promises of Funds.
Crawford (laughing exultingly): "what do little girls with fur coats care for hard winters?"
Alice: "But I haven't any fur coat, Bert-"
Crawford.."You will have when this trial'e over, darling, just as a proof I'm crazy about you---
Alice: "Yeah? Me and whp Mrs. Gow, on behalf of the Wo- else? You've got auch a good men's Guild, said the members of memory for what I remember, Bert, the Guild did not like to commit maybe you can remember what you themselves, but they would do promised me about that red-headed their best to reach the expectation dame you had up at your apartment of $8,000 and if possible exceed it. that night when I dropped in to get (Applause), my vanity I'd left the night before Remember 7"
Crawford: "Jealous baby! told you'
It was a newspaper story that re- vealed the fact that the cashier Crawford: "Listen, Alice. You of the bank, upon Bland's presenta and I've had some pretty good tion of the last cheque for $100,000, times, haven't we? Well, honey, had hesitated to cash it and had you can do a whole lot for me, a taken it upon himself to telephone mighty big "favour! if you will--" Crawford for additional authority. Alice: "It's about this awful "Wolfe, the cashier, saya that he trial isn't it? Honestly, Bert, you apoke to you personally on the coulda knocked me over with a- phone and that you O. K'd the Crawford: "I know, honey! cheque," Morgan told Crawford Listen, and listen bard: Wolfe the That is one of the prosecution's cashier of the First National, says trump carda, of course, What he called me and talked to me on 4.about it, Bert?"
the phone on Wednesday afternoon, The blue eyes looked blank with November 9. I never received any surprise, but utterly unafraid, such call--get me?" "That's simply not true, Jack. I've Allee: But Bert, I remember nover spoken with Wolfe over the putting the call through-honest, telephone in my life. I've talked I do! I asked you if you wanted with him at the bank, of course, to speak to Mr. Wolfe, and you but he never got me when he called said-"
if he did call."
Crawford: "Listen, Alice, dar "I'm afraid we can't convince aling, you're memory's all wet. A jury that the cashier of the First girl as pretty so you can't be ex National Bank is a liar. The bank's pected to have her mind on busi- records show that all of the money as every blessed minute. This was drawn, after the first of No-is what you remember: Mr. Wolfe vember. Bland gave himself plenty called up, you asked him his name, of time before the next monthly you thought my secretary was in statement was due. According to my office and you put the call Wolfe, the cheque about which he through without listening to see two-time me 'any more, and you pointed to put schemes into opera- phoned you was presented by who answered It." Two other lines have! My girl friend saw you and ilon. Bland in person on Wednesday, were buzzing and you had to hurry that red-headed dame with the blue. Miss M. Braga, for the Cliofr, November 9. A pretty cool to answer them. Don't you re÷ green eyes ooh, quit, Bert! Hon- said they would not make any de customer, that Bland. The cheque member? Wait, baby! Then just est, I can't think when you're kiss finito promise but they would en- was presented at five minutes of as you pulled out the plug on ing me like that! ...... You're deavour to raise $300. A similar three, Wolfe says, Get your Wolfe's call-you'd got the signal not kidding me about the fur coat, reply was given by Mr. W. Forsyth business engagement book or your that the call was finished-you BAW Bert? And you do love me a whole for the Sunday School. desk calendar, Bert, and see if you me coming in from the elevatore. lot?"
Mr. Warren then pointed out have an alibi for that time." If I hadn't been in my office after all,
Nan dropped the receiver of the that there was still a balance of you were not in your office be- And you were so busy with your listening-in device into the drawer $5.700, which had bean reduced tween two and three o'clock, or if board that you didn't tell me Mr. as Morgan's tall, thin shadow was to $5,250 by means of a cheque for Homeone was with you who can Wolfe had called and you thought outlined on the frosted glass of the $450 from Mr. Johnston, and testify in your behalf, we'll spike my secretary would tell me any-outer door. their biggest gun.”
way, Isn't that exactly what you remember, sweetheart?".
On behalf of the Young People's Society, Mr. A. H. Gardner said Ithe members of the Socfcly would
endeavour to raise the $500 requir Allee: "You told me you'd noted, and a committee had been ap
(To Be Continued.)
proposed that the congregation guarantee the collection by popu.
lar subscription of the balance during the next two years.
HONGKONG RADIO,
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME OF
CHINESE MUSIC.
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Govern ment Broadcasting Station 2.B.W, on 950 metres.
1.48 p.m. Weather Report. This reaolution was carried. 5.30-8.80 p.m. Programme of Cht- The final resolution was put to neso Music, (Sinophone Records sup the meeting that the plane be gen-plied through the courtesy of Mestis erally accepted and that the work The Sincere Co., Ltd.). be commencal as scon as possi ble, and this was also carried.
The meeting was then brought to a conclusis with prayer.
1
7.48 p.m. Evening Weather Report. 8 pm. Evening Programme of: The Sincere Co., Ltd. Chinese Music Tolayed from Messrs.
10.30 p.m. Close down,"
There's Rainbow round my
shoulder.
Varsity Drag.
The Best things in Life aro'
Free.
&c., &c., &c. TSANG FOOK PIANO CO,
Ice House Street, Tel. C,4648.
EXPERT MASSEUR. and all kinds of chronic ailments,
Madame E. AKAJI
Madame IL MORITA.
14, Arbuthnot Road (top floor), Těl, No. C.4895 Cures Bhoumatism, Nervousness
331% DISCOUNT
HISTORICAL SALE,
Messrs. Ullmann & Co. Ceasing Retail Business.
AFTER 65 YEARS.
Shanghai, Apr. 30.
It is not often that a liquidation sale is historical, yet the on- nouncements that appear on the shop front of Messrs. Ullmann & Co. in Nanking Road, Shanghai, make something in the nature of history, for they precede the dis- appearance of one of the best known names in China, and not only one of the best known names, but one of the firms which has been in China ever since China began, so far as the foreigner is concorned. It goes back to 1864 when the first Ullmann went. to' Hongkong and started business in a small way, as a retail jeweller, and in the following years gradu- ally spread throughout the treaty ports until practically wherever one goes there is the familiar
D
have received instructions
WE from our head office to
make drastic reduction in..., our stocks of
JEWELLERY
Gold and Silver Ware Watches, Clocks
Art Glass Ware,
Cut Glass Ware
Novelties-Fire-proof
Safes.
sigrward to greet one, while the A wonderful opportunity
hong name U-lee-won has become
#
family name, not only for foreigners but for Chinese as well. Mr. L. Blum, with whom a ré- presentative of the N. C. N. News had a brief conversation yester day morning, said that the inten tion of the firm was not to retire from China, but to continue and develop the wholesale business and discontinue the retall side which has meant. so much to people bent on making effective presenta at the appropriate seasons of the year. To that extent the disappearance of the shop from Nanking Road will amount to a very defilte long but it is gratifying to know that the firm will continue. South Chija Mor-, ning Post, (May 4th 19292)
for
BARGAINS
at
ULLMANN'S
J. ULLMANN & CO.
Chater Road,,
Hongkong.