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LA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929.
TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. SHEARER AT IT LATEST MUI-TSAI
NAVAL OFFICER.
FALL INTO HARBOUR AT MURRAY PIER.
LIEUT.-COMDR. LITTLETON
OF TITANIA.
AGAIN.
ALLEGED BRITISH "SECRET" DOCUMENT.
EUROPE V. AMERICA.
New York, Sept. 26.. The promise of the production of a British "secret" document, which Mr. William Shearer alleges: he secured at Geneva, has, renwa-
PROSECUTION.
WOMAN CHARGED ON TWO COUNTS.
STORY OF GIRL WHO SOUGHT 'TO END HER LIFE.
LONDON'S OLDEST STIPENDIARY.
MR: MEAD RETIRING AFTER FORTY YEARS.
REMARKABLE CAREER.
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London, Sept. 20.
A notable gurdsof London' life is passing into reErement. In the porson of Mr. Frederick Mead, the famous Magistrate, of Marlborough
kened interest in the Senate's In-RESENTED REPROACH. Street Police Court. quiry into the activities of Shearer at the Naval Disarmament Confer- ence at Geneva in 1927.
Mr. Mead has intimated to the Home Office his Intention of
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FIVE AEROPLANES LOST IN FOG.
'NAVAL FILOTS' ADVENTURE:
IN N. SCOTLAND.
A REMARKABLE FEAT.
London, Sept. 20..
The sudden descent of a thick I fog which completely enveloped the Moray Firth, where the naval forces in the extreme north, of
TERRIBLE BANDIT ATROCITIES.
DETAILS OF OUTRAGE AT LIAOTANG.
BODIES OF PRIESTS HACKED TO PIECES.
EARLY MORN TRAGEDY
COMPRADORE'S CASE.
Scotland are stationed, gave rise RETRIBUTION LACKING. to considerable alarm for the safe- ty of a light of five aeroplanes at- "Ingenious methods of conceal-tached to the Fleet Air Arm to- Because she had been reproached Considerable gloom has been
vacating his magistrney this ing contraband opium from the day.. by her mistress, Chau Ching-kiu east over naval circles in Hong
The affair has created a pro-aged 12 years, said to be a mutui, week, and to-morrow he will sit at notice of Revenue Officers were kong, by the death by drown-found sensation as it is alleged by told Mr. A.WG.H. Grantham, at
the Court for the:last timo. described to Mr. E. W. Hamilton, He is eighty-two years of age at the Central Magistracy this ing, In
the early hours of Shearer that he was in the Day the Central Police Station and the oldest gecupant of any morning, when several Chinese
of prominent American ship-buil- morning, that she became consi- this morning, of Paymaster Lieut. ders with the object of crabbing derably upset and threw herself chair of Justice in the country. were charged with the possession Commander Hugh Littleton, R.N. as far as possible, the disarma- Into the harbour.
Mr. Mead was called to the Bar of various quantities of the drug.
of H.M.S. Titania.
ment proposals.
This statement was made in the sixty years ago, and forty years In one case, in which Chief It is understood that the new course of proceedings against Mrs. have passed since he became the Preventive Officer Clark prosecut- forthcoming on blonday when M. cher at Salyingpun Market, who is Court. In that long period, thou- Connaught Road Central with Shearer enters the witness box for charged with taking a mui-tsai sands of offenders of every type three yams of taro root in his into employment and with ill-treat and every nationality have come possession WAS stopped and the first time.
It is further understood that the ing her, contrary to Sections 4 and before him for judgment.
searched by Revenue Officers. On examination, the tare roots were alleged "secret" document is a let-respectively of the Mui-Tsai Or-
dinance.
found to have been scooped out in the cavities thus made. and 40 taels of opium were found
".
loat his life in particularly tragic development in the case will bo Fung Kwao-tai, the wife of a but-Magistrate at Marlborough Streeted, a Chinese walking along that the supply of petrol in the of Hupeh, recently.
An extremely papular officer, he
circumstances, having apparently left a party of friends only a few minutes before the tragedy with the intention of returning to hister written by a Member of the ship, which arrived from the North British Government to Mr. Lloyd The de- George in June, 1928 (after the ceased officer appears to have Disarmament Conference) surges
tion a coalition of the United made his way to Murray Pier with States of Europe against the Unit a view to taking a sampan, andjed States of America-Reuter's to have fallen into the water while | American Service. endeavouring to hall some nearby craft.
yesterday afternoon.
Seen by Sergeant. According to the ovidence of, a European police officer, Lance Sergeant Brand, who was on duty on the Pray, the tragedy occurred at about one o'clock this morn- ...ing.
The sergeant saw a Euro- pean standing on. Murray Pier apparently waiting for a boat to come alongside. He had no need to pay any great attention, but a few seconds later he heard n.splash, and looking again, observed that the man (since identified as Lieut. Commander Littleton), hail dis- appeared.
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Nothing more was seen of the unfortunate victim, though the wa- ters were anxiously searched.
Bady Recovered.
Later.
FRENCH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
ARCHIE COMPSTON BEATEN BY A STROKE,
Paris, Sept. 26. Aubrey Boomer defented Archic Compston by one stroke, in the play-off for the French Open Golf Championship at St. Cloud to-day, returning a card of 141gns against Compston's 142.
Brilliant ply was exhibited by both players. At the end of the morning round, they were level, both going round in 71.."
In the afternoon, play fluctuuted very little. Boomer did 70, and Compston took one stroke more.---. Reuter.
PREMIER & GENERÁL DAWES.
FINAL CONVERSATION HELD
YESTERDAY,
The Naval authorities, with the co-operation of the Water Police, were engaged for two or three hours this morning in dragging operations in the vicinity of Murray Pier, the body being re:
... Londony Sept. 26. overed a lttle before noon.
General Dawes, the Amcitran Lieut, Commander Littleton had Ambassador, entled been reported missing from his ship, though he had obtained certain leave which did not make It absolutely necessary for him to return to the Titania last night.
Arrived Yesterday." H.M.S. Titania, which is the .submarine parent-ship, only arrived in Hongkong yesterday afternoon from Weihaiwel, where "she had been stationed for the -summer, Most of the officers who could obtain leave were ashore during the evening, and it is understood that Lieut. Commdr. Littleton was accompanied by some of his colleagues until some few minutes before the tragedy occurred.
upon
the
Affairs, Mr. H.R. Butters said his For the Secretariat of Chinese
case was that the girl was a mui- tatt employed by the defendant for domestic service and that the fact that she attempted suicide raised the presumption that she had been
ill-treated.
Mental Distrese
The Marlborough Street Police Court has to deal with crime in a which has a notably cosmopolitan part of the West End of London
population.
A fine of $4,800, or 12 months' hard labour, was imposed.
Hidden in Firewood.
A terrible story of bandit atro- city is revealed by the grim details oeuvres in the district when the which the Right Rev. Bishop Trudo They were carrying out man-just received of the manner in fog swept across without the slight est warning, the machines being lost Jans, and Fathers Bruno and with nothing to guide them back Rupertus met their deaths at Llan to their base..
Anxiety was felt for the reason
tang, a small town in the province.
machines gave them a fight range
A Reuter message from Hankow of only two and a half hours.
this morning states that investi- Later, however, it transpired that... the flight, had made a safe landing ration of the outrage has reveal- in a field near Buckie, on the coasted that the victims
were foully of Banffshire,
murdered ander particularly re- It is learned that each of the pilots made an excellent land-volting circumstances, the bandits ing, which involved a considerable apparently being enraged by the feat of piloting in view of the fact that their raid for the pur restricted space-British Wireless,
pose of robbery had brought them little reward.
PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE.
The bodies of the Franciscans wore literally hacked to pleces with swords and lances, a ghastly scene greeting the eyes of the in-
Mr. Mead has always been dis tinguished for his remarkable physical and mental alertness in dealing with the difficult cases Acting on information received, which arise among this kind of Revenue Officers stopped a coolie population, and although, in the carrying two slings of firewood in course of his long tenure of office Connaught Road Central yester- Dr. T.W. Ware, of the Govern- many of his judgments have been day, and, on being questioned, the ment Civil Hospital, reporting the criticised on the ground of their coolle pointed out a Chinese fol- ENERGETIC FAITH INSTEADdividual who discovered the crime. results of an examination which he severity, he will always be remem-lowing him as being the owner made of the girl on September 19;hered as one of London's most able of the firewood." after her rescue from the harbour, magistrates.-British Wireless. deposed that he found her very - much
azd "agitated mentally distressed. She broke into outbursts of weeping and at times was unable to answer questions. She was given food but would not take it, and at length was ordered to bed.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR ACCIDENT.
HAND BRAKE.
OF SCEPTICISM. Both were taken to the Revenue Office where they were examined
London, Sept. 26. by C. F. O. Clark..
In a message to the Daily Chan Pake, the man point-Herald taking leave of the country ed out by the coolie, in before his departure for the courae of the examina United States, Mr. Ramsay Mac- tion by C.. P. Q. Clark, pulled Donald says: out three pieces of firewood,
the
The sufferings of Father Bruno, who lingered for several hours. in apite of terrible wounds, must have been horrible in the extreme
Chinese "Supine:-"
Radter adds that in spite of the protests of the Belgian authorities, "I go on a voyage of exploration.no attempt has yet been made by: LORRY WITH A DEFECTIVE each of which had been cut into The United States and ourselves, the Chinese authorities to appre two and sealed again after a quan- having the same objects, should hend those responsible for the out tity of oplum had been placed in hollows made in the firewood. The proclaim them with a united voice.rage, while the Mission at Ichang total quantity of opium thus con- two can change the outlook for the
Good cordial relations between us has been unable to recover cealed was 18 taels.
bodies as the
district peace and give the world an, ener- is still infested with "Spirit getie faith instead of hesitating Soldiers."------ scepticism...
nursing staff, the girl slept very According to reports from the
little that night, and, when examin- ed hy witness again in the morning; her mental condition appeared to Her physicial be a little worse. condition was generally good. would not say the girl was "atr, T. S. Whyte Smith, at the
Replying to Mr. Rutters, witness
A fine of $40 was imposed by mental subject."
Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
that
the
im-
'DRIVER FINED $40.
the driver of a motor lorry.
The owner of the opium was fined $2,000, or 12 months.
Serious Case..
What the authorities regard as who was charged with driving a serious case was one in which a his vehicle when not in such good small girl was used as a carrier of order and condition as required by two taels of non-Government, pre- the Captain Superintendent of pared oplum. ber
Police.
Asked to account for the girl's distress, witness further said that he was given to understand she had been taken from harbour. The shock of the mersion might have caused mental condition, but she. should have recovered entirely from it after the night's rest.
The defendant admitted that the hand brake was not in good working order, but said the foot Girl's Two Versions,
brake was in good condition.
According to Sergeant Scrim, The girl gave two explanations to witness of how she came to be in the defendant knocked down a the water. She first told him that girl in Canton Road yesterday, she had been given two hours off and, in" pulling up his lorry, left Premier at Downing Streef to-day fishing from the sea-wall, Sheroadway,
duty and spent it in watching people skid mark of 42 feet on the and remained with him for con- hnd then slipped and accidentally The vehicle was "subsequently siderably over an hour.
fell into the water. The follow tested and it was found that the ing morning, she gave
another hand brake would not not, while explanation, saying that a neigh the boards at the bottom of the bour (not her mistress) had been lorry were loose and made it dificult bickering her for the past two to get at the foot brake which, months on a matter connected however, was in good condition..
In reply to his Worship, with the water shortage, to the degree that she could endure it geant Scrim said the girl
fonger and so she resolved not seriously injured." to end all arguments by taking her life.
The Premier leaves for America to-morrow, and it is anderstood that he and the Ambassador had their final conversation regarding his mission.-British Wireless,
USE OF WIRELESS IN MEDICINE.
no
The girl was so distressed, a she made this statement, that he
SECOND OPINIÓN OBTAINED | bhad asked her to stop.
OVER 5,000 MILES.
Berlin, Sept. 26.
"So Tired."
Replying to his Worship. Dr; Ware stated that the girl said she
old
A photograph of a disensed eye; attempted to take her life because Lieut. Commander Littleton had sent by the wireless photo system she was "so tired." He was of the been on the China Station for more to Buenos Aires from Berlin, en- than two years, being appointed to abled a famous eye specialist at definite opinion that the girl H.M.S. Titania In March, 1927. Buenos Aires to inform a colleague He attained the rank of Paymaster in Berlin that the disease was in Lieut.-Commander in May, 1921.
curable and that the patient must War Service, He served throughout the Great
The specialista discussed the War on board H.M.S. Marlborough, case by radio-telephone,Reuter afterwards going to the East In dles Station..
die.
From 1919 to 1920, he was at THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN-
tached to the Mediterranean Fleet,
aboard H.M.3. Hussar. Later, he
PARLEY.
The girl was arrested in Con-
jou.
Who dares to say that success is impossible?"—Reuter,
BIG DOCK EXTENSION
AT TILBURY.
LADY RITCHIE PERFORMS OPENING CEREMONY.
London, Sept. 26.
Fanatics Responsible. These "Spirit Soldiers" area fanatical organisation similar in many respects to the "Eed Spears" of Honan.
The affair occurred in the even- ing of September 9th soon after. Bishop Trudo Jans, who was Vicar naught Road Central with the con-
Apostolick of Hupeh and had traband. in her pocket. She point-
charge of the Franciscan Procurn- ed out a woman, who, in turn,'
tion's work in the province, Ind directed attention to a man, who
learned for the first time of the was discovered to be the compra-
murder of one of his colleaguea, Father Tiburce Cloodts. A new thousand fest long en- dore of the Wuchow steamer An-
About thirty armed men of the tranec lock and other Port of Lon-Spirit Soldiers entered the com Mr. F. C. E. Rendall was for den Authority improvements at pound of the Mission at Linotang, the defence, but owing to the fact Tilbury Docks, including a new and killed the Bishop Immediately that he was detained at the dry dock and additional quays, with a lance thrust. Supreme Court, Mr. A. E. Hall were opened formally to-day by deputised for him and asked for Lady Ritchie, of Dundee, who per- House and Church Looted.
remand.
formed the ceremony on board the
They then rushed the building, Orient liner "Oronsay,"
killed Father. Rupertus' at once The approximate cost of the ex- and left Father Bruno lying in Tilbury is £2,550,000.-Reuter, tensive improvements effected at agony, mortally wounded. Three Chinese catechists were also slain.
Ball Increased.
Ser-bail of $500, but Revenue Officer All the three defendants were on was Grimmitt, who prosecuted, asked that the bail of the man be in- creased to $1,000; adding:-"He is the compradore of a ship, your Wonship. He gave the opium to a small girl to carry. We take a serious view of it."
BRITISH BANK RATE INCREASE.
GENERALLY WELCOMED IN CITY CIRCLES.
London, Sept. 26. On the whole, the city of London
The case was adjourned for 24 hours and the bail in the case of the man was increased to $1,000.
JACK SHARKEY WINS BY KNOCK-OUT,
WORLD'S TITLE??
New York, Sept. 26.
JAMAÏCA ELECTION
SENSATION.
CANDIDATE SENT TO GAOL FOR DEFAMATION.
The house and church were loot- ed, everything of value including the chalices and sacred vessels, being taken away..
Before their departure, dot con- tent with having murdered the pri- Leste, they mutilated the bodies,, hacking them with their swords and spears.
All-Belgians.
All three of the victims
were
Kingston, Sept. 26. Mr. Marcus Garvey, the famous negre leader, was sentenced to three from Limberg, Belgium, and both months' imprisonment at Kingston, the French and Belgian authorities Jamaica, to-day, and fined £100, or have lodged strong protests with a further three months' imprison- the Chinese Government. ment in default, for defamation
should get away from her has welcomed the rise in the bank surroundings after this. There rate. It has definitely cleared up must always be a reason for a
the uncertainty of the past few girl of her age wanting to commit weeks, which has had more clag- MATCH WITH SCOTT FOR THE of the Judges of the Courts of
The Franciscan Mission has auf- suicide, but if she had been scold ging effect on stock markets than
Jamaica, whom he accused of cor- fored the loss of seven of its ed very severely or given a good clear money is likely to have.
ruption in a speech he made As a priests in the interior since 1923, shaking he did not think that down of prices on the Stock Ex- There was a general marking
candidate for the Legislative As-all of them having been brutally would-be a sufficient reason..
At the Yankee Staudium to-sembly Router's American Ser murdered Constable Mahomed Alf, Khan change after the rise was · AN-·
vice. sald that while on duty on
the nounced, but there was no pro-night, before a crowd of forty thousand, Jack Sharkey knocked. waterfront, on
the evening of nounced selling. September 19, his attention was
The pound sterling as expressed out Tommy Loughran in the third drawn to what then appeared to in American dollars has risen and round of a ten rounds contest, him to be the unconscious form both French and German ex-which was regarded as the 'semi- heavyweight championship of the world.
In 1925, he went to Devonport TWO HOURS' CONVERSATION of a girl floating in the water changes have moved 'sharply in final of the competition for the.
was transferred to H.M.S. Malaya.
to take up duties on the training
ship "Impregnable," and remained
until appointed to H.M.S. Titania,
YESTERDAY,
London, Sept. 26.
ը.
RETIREMENT OF LORD was killed at Fong Shan, Ken,
MAYOR.
BARONETCY FOR SIR KYNASTON STUDD." :
Father Cloodt's Death. Only last month, Father Gloodte
about twenty miles from Ichang, being savagely attacked by three bandits when they found only 815 near the seawall, opposite French favour of London-British
In the drawers of his deskto Wireless. Stredt. He drew it in with in 1927.
piece of rope taken from a sampan. WEATHER REPORT..
He was fired at from point blank. The deceased officer was 39 years
range; one of the buljeta striking. M. Dovgalevsky, the Soviet Subsequently, the girl was taken
him just below the heart. He was go age. An all-round athlete, it Envoy, met Mr. Arthur Hendor to the Police Station...
* London, Sept., 26. The Royal Observatory reports notable that he was an excellent son, British Foreign Secretary, at
lafd on the bed, but slipped of swimmer. He was unmarried..
that pressure le highest over South queror of Vittorio Campolo, for the H.M, the King has approved that and began to pray, when the ban~- the Foreign Ofce again this
Manchuria and relatively low in title surrendered by Gene Tunney the dignity of a Baronetcy of the dits returned and once again draw Wo understand that the body morning and a further conversa- Sub-Inspector Foat, attached to the Pacific to the east of Luzon. Tomy Loughran is the light United Kingdom be conferred their revolvers and fred, one of has been identified and sent to the tion of two hours' duration took the Secretariat for Chinese The depression is crossing Japan heavyweight champion of the upon Sir John Kynaston Studd on the bullets passing through the public mortuary. No arrange-place this afternoon.
Affairs, deposed to certain into the north of Tokyo. The fore world, though he is getting too the occasion of his retirement stomach, and another throug ments have yet boon made for the No statement, was issued vestigations which he commenced cast till noon to-morrow is East heavy for the orulaers Reuters from the office of Lord-Mayor of their victim's forehead, killing he funeral.
British Wireless,
(Continued on Page 16.) winds, moderate; fair
American Service,
London-British Wireless,
Instantly
A
Document Found,
It is most probable that Shar key will now be matched with Phil Scott, the British heavy weight.
champion, and con-