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FINE BOWLING BY PEEBLES.
(Continued from Page 1.) capturing six wickets at the cost of only 29 runs. Needing only 25 runs for victory, Gloucester got these for the loss of one wicket.
Kent v. Hampshire.
SCOTLAND YARD SECRETS.
FINGER PRINT STORIES IN A NEW BOOK.
sad story.
TELL-TALE POWDER.
There had been a big jewel Kent batted first and made 271, robbery. A wealthy foreign visi Kennedy taking five for 80. tor's priceless gems disappeared Hampshire were skittled out for from his hotel bedroom-only a 98 but ran again interferred and ripped jewel case remaining to tall the match had to be abandoned. the owner and the detectives the
Lancashire v, Yorkshire.
Was the thief a man or a wo- An export or a mera The game at Manchester re-man? sulted in a win on the first innings amateur? There was not a clue for Lancashire, mainly due to a to help the police. Servants wero closely questioned. No, they saw Ane innings by E. Tyldesley, La no strangers in the hotel at the cashire declared with their score time of the robbery... They at 284 for six wickets, E. Tyldes saw nobody leave the bedroom. ley having made. 107. The York Another balling mystery. shire batsmen failed before the bowling of MacDonald, the team being all out for 125. MacDonald took seven wickets for 58 runs.
Essex v. Worcester. Worcester made. 128 and Essex declared at 180 for five wickets: Rain interferred and the
game was abandoned at this stage.
PENANG RACING SEQUEL.
"ELECTRIC MAN" "SEEKS GOLD.
BIG
PARAZZLE FOR MINING
ENGINEERS.
TESTS IN AFRICA.
CHANGSHA CITY RECAPTURED.
(Continued from Page 1.)
Manchurian Issue.
A Peking politician, represent- ing Marshal, Yen Hal-shan to visit Mukden to persuade the Man-
(Continued from Page 1)
Plaintiff's Evidence. Major Doyle was then called. He said he was a retired Major, a D.S.O. and Commissioned int 1910. He described his service in the course of his examination. He Keen intereat continues to be churian Government to join the said he had ridden in India, all manifested in scientific and miu- War, returned to Peking on Mon- over England, Ireland and Beling circles in Rhodesis in the day.
Explaining the position of the gium, and in the Grand National semi-official tests to which Mr. F. and the National Hunt cup. He Store, commonly known as the Manchurian Government, he said.. was a member of most of the big "electric man," is being subjected, the latter feared a resumption of racing clubs in England. He ac Mr. Stone attracted attention in Soviet demonstrations and bom-.. cepted the post of judge to the England by demonstrations of an bardments along the Chinese East- SRA. in 1923 at $1,000 a month unusual gift of ascertaining the plus $20 daily for travelling.
presence of metals underground ern Railway if Mukden mobilises Afterwards this was changed to aby means of a divining rod, used troops to go into China Proper. fixed sum of $300 monthly. In
in much the same manner as.in The Japanese have indicated addition to being a judge he was the case of water-divining. He strong disapproval at the possibili a veterinary surgeon. There was was induced to come out to Rhedety of Manchuria joining the war, no truth in the allegations in ala by a prominent citizen of and in this connexion General "Clean Sport's" letter. If it had
Gatooma interested in mining en: Chang Hsueh-liang, head of the Here come the men from Scot been published at Home it was terprises, and his powers have Manchurian Government, la per land Yard. A keen-faced detec-likely to affect him very greatly. since been tested by experts with turbed by the thought of the tive produces a little box of grey
remarkable results.
Japanese extending their sphere powder. The jewels were taken
of influence once Mukden declares from the top right-hand drawer
Mr. Stone attributes his powers war. There is also a possibility of the dressing-table? Yes.
to the fact that bis body contains of the Japanese demanding an im mediate settlement of all out- a super-charge of electricity, which necessitates his constantly standing problems between her wearing thick rubber soles to his and Manchuria in Mongolia and boots. Some while ago a series of the Three Eastern Provinces. experiments was conducted under the supervision of officials of the Geologiesl Depart- Government ment.
er.
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Going Home Soon.
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He had a three, year contract in this country, and at the end of Tell-Tale Powder.
another year or so he was going Home to resume racing in Right! Out comes that draw-England, to train or manage
The fine grey powder com stable, or be intimately connected position of mercury and chalk-is with racing, whereon his livell Middlesex v. Sussex.
dusted lightly over the woodwork hood would depend. It was Middlesex won by nine wickets around the handle and the lock. possible he might be offered the Two puffs the surplus powder is post of judge. He was well-known largely on account of their bowling blown away. A solitary finger at Home and he might be offered a strength. Sussex batted first and print is revealed. The "Silent made 243, Middlesex replying with Terror" of the Yard has begun to job in any part of the world. 214. In the second innings. how- ever, Sussex were all out for a modest 72, Peebles taking five for eight runs and Allen five for. 31. Middlesex got the necessary 104 runs for victory with the loss of ohly one wicket.
Surrey v. Notls.
operate.
How a criminal may be identi- fied by means of a single finger print has been a problem which has occupied some of the keenest brains at Scotland Yard for the past 20 years.
Mr. Simpson then examined Major Doyle for defendants.
Might Affect Future. Are you out for money over this. asked the paper for an apology' and I did not mention anything about damages.
Oh, come! I don't think I did. Your letter also states damages?
Now, in a book called "Single Finger Prints," Chief-Inspector Battley, who is in charge of the Finger Print Bureau at Scotland Notts had made 181 (Peach five Yard, reveals the secrets of his -Then I did.
This match was abandoned after
for 70) and with Somerset's score at 96 for two wickets.-Renter,
To-day's Matches.
The following matches starting lo-day:"
system.
Here are a few stories related in the book which reveal how deadly is the work done among are the carefully-kept finger-print files
at the Yard:
Sussex v. Surrey at Hastings. Worcester v. Derbyshire at Kid-
derminster.
Gloucester V. Glamorgan
Clifton.
ati
Kent v. Nottinghamshire
Canterbury. Leicester Yorkshire at Lei-
A burglar, apparently well aware of the risk of discovery by finger-prints, took the precaution at of dropping into a rain-water butt the pieces of window glass he had broken in making his entry. He had, however, underrated the in- telligence of the local police, who failing to account for the whole of the glass from the broken win- dow, instituted a search for the Liverpool.
missing fragments and found Northants V. Hampshire at them.
Northampton. Somerset v. Essex at Weston
cester.
Lancashire Y. Middlesex at
AMERICAN BASEBALL
RESULTS.
Do you really think that if you apply, after retiring from Mayala, for a post in England aomabody will say "Clean Sport" said some thing about you in the Pinang Gazette right away in Malaya. and it might affect your chances?
Seriously it might.
Finance Factor.
By far the most important rea- son for Manchuria remaining a neutral is because the Feng Pui notes issued in the name of the Manchurian Government have dropped to a very low ebb and it is" estimated that the Feng Pui is quoted at 33 per cent, to the silver declaration of war
Buried Bags of Gold. The electric man" was set to locate buried bags of gold. Six bags, three containing granite and three containing soll in which were placed lumps of gold ore, dollar. A were secreted with the tops of the would certainly have a bad effect bags open. Equipped with his on the Manchurian notes by fur- usual apparatus a large clock ther bringing down the rates. spring Mr. Stone proceeded on his quest, and It. Je indisputable that the spring began to twfat and Oscillate violently as he passed
An official statement dec.area over the bags containing the gold. that it is confirmed that Govern
Recapture of Changsha,
Nanking, Aug. 5.
Kanchow Unsafe.
As a further teat, unknown to ment troops entered Changsha this the diviner, the Head of the Geo-morning-Reuter. logical Department buried a num- ber of silver coins in various parts of the grounds, and Mr.
Peking Aug. 6. Stone discovered all of these with American missionaries in Kas- one exception. The undiscovered chow, Klangsi, numbering twelve, coin had been placed beneath a have been advised to leave. flattened match box, and Mr. Stone Reuter. explains his failure in this in- stance as being due to the wooden box acting as an insulator,
Japan's Action.
Shanghai, Aug. 6.-
Do you think the chances are one in a thousand? I cannot estimate. Mr. Simpson, for the defence suggested that the letter from "Clean Sport" was hardly likely to affect Mayor Doyle in England. Would anyone for a moment take
A theory advanced by the ex- A message from Sasebo, the the letter seriously? Would they perts is that with his "super- Japanese naval depot, says that on charge of electricity," Mr. Stone's owing to the Communist menace seriously think it reflected Major Doyle's honesty or probity? hody contains the property posses- on the Yangtze, the 24th destroyer Any harm the letter was likely to sed by the electrical instruments squadron, consisting of the war- do was purely suspected, and in used in modern methods of mineral ships Yanagi, Momo, Kashi and divining and thus establishes de- Nara, have sailed for Shanghal- regard to the future.
finite electrical contact between | Reuter. the hidden metal and the clock spring.
They were dried y were carefully retrieved, super-Mare.
Print Bureau. Here several latent -Warwickshire v. Australians at impressions were developed, the His Lordship giving an oral
Birmingham,
marks having suffered very little judgment said he could not regard from their immersion for many the publication of that latter as hours. They were identified as n little matter which was not like- those of a local criminal, who only to do plaintiff any harm. The this evidence, was tried for the editors and those responsible for offence, found guilty and sentenc-the conduct of the newspaper were ed to a long term of imprisonment. responsible for the publication of The carelessness and reckless- letters from correspondents. It ness of criminals in repeating seemed to him that any ordinary. I mistakes for which they have minded person reading the letter. already suffered is illustrated in must have come to the conclusion the following, story:
that there was something corrupt in the state of the SR.A.
"A Shocking Thing"
on to say His Lordship went that when he read the letter as
BROOKLYN SUFFER DEFEAT IN NATIONAL LEAGUE.
the
New York, Aug. 5. for The Tico
honoura in
In 1912 a finger-print left on a National Baseball League bas been window led to a man being sen- made more keen by the defeat of the tenced to a term of penal servi- leaders by the New York players who tude. In the early part of 1929- scored four times without reply an epidemic of burglarien occur- against Brooklyn.
Boston Improved red in Midland town. In their percentage by a
In the
оп
lowly placed over the fewer than three of these cases any ordinary person would have
tekm finger-prints were discovered: They
League, Philadelphia continue to forge ahead were subsequently idenfied and their win against Boston at the those of the person convicted other end of the table gave them a 1912. slightly improved
percentage. Detroit and Cleveland also won their games against Chicago and St. Louis respectively.
The full scores of Monday's matches
as cabled by Reuter are given below: National League.
Brooklyn Boston
0⚫ New York 3 Philadelphia American League.
13 Boston
Philadelphia St. Louis Detroit
2 Cleveland 7. Chicago Present Positions. Including the games given above the latest standings of the various teams are as follows:
Brooklyn Chicago New York
National League.
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JOYCE AND HER PAST.
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doubted on account of financial
FASHIONS BY LAW.
PRISON FOR LONG SKIRTS
SUGGESTED,
Wang Ching-wei and Yen.
Peking, Aug. 5. Wang Ching-wei arrived at Shihchiachwang yesterday morn ing. Yen Hai-shan greeted him at the station, after which an in-. formal meeting of the Central Ex- ecutive Committee was held.
Yen Hsi-shan banquetted Wang Ching-wel and party in the even-
A day when fashion would be regulated by the sanitary authori-ing. ties was foreshadowed by Mr. Edward Willis, chairman of the council of the Royal Sanitary Insti- tute, speaking at the Congress dinner at Margate.
Yen and Wang are expected to go southwards to-day to meet Feng Yu-hsiang, but Wang is ex- pected to return to Peking in time for the first formal meeting of the enlarged plenary session of the Kuomintang, which is fixed for August 7.-Rezter,
"Those who believe that it will done, he thought it a most shock-
induce ing thing that owners and trainers require regulations to should pay a judge.
"Clean people to wear the clothes which
the interests of their Canton Troops at Tsingtao. Sport" objected to the judge who are in
Shanghai, Aug. 5, paid pwners and trainers. It was health," he said, "will no doubt look forward to the day when fines reflection on true there was no
While the Communist menace in the present judge, but he went on will be imposed on men who wear
tight-fitting collars and swathe the Yangtze Valley grows apace, to say that his decisions had been their limbs in thick tweeds in hot 20,000 Cantonese troops arrived at considerations. A conclusion to weather. They probably cherish Tsingtao by steamer during the dreams of a state of affairs when week-end, and entrained for Kéo- which any ordinary man would
seaside councils will forbid bathers mi. come was that, the judge was not to wear anything but the scantiest A further 50,000 Nationalist above financial consideration. costumes. The wearing of long troops are expected, in connexion Joyce Dale is 22 years of age.
A plain and gross libel had been skirts would, of course, be a cri- with a fresh attempt to retake Tall, allm, wearing a fancy silk committed on a person who was minal offence, for which the Tsinanfu-Reuter. 4 jumper and skirt and a neat tie alleged to have received direct punishment would be imprison-
to match, ahe WAS charged at Marylebone with sleeping out in payment from owners and trai-ment."
ners, a judge not above suspicion Upper Park-place, W, without and asking the Turf Club either to visible means of subsistence.
Asked if she pended guilty, consideration.
remove the judge or the ananciai Joyce nodded her bobbed head.
GIRL WHOM NOBODY WANTS.
Police Constable 478 D, said he His Lordship went on to say found her asleep at 4 a.m. She that he thought this was a case 598 said she had no money and no- for substantial damages there .669 where to go and he took her to had been no apology or regret ex- pressed up-to-date with regard to 610 the police station.
WATER LEVELS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
..
The possibility that changes are taking place in the physiology of modern woman which make child- bearing more dangerous than it was for her predecessors was hinted at by Lady Howard de Walden at a meeting of the con-
The following table, fanned by gress.
the Kwangtung River Conservancy Referring to the 78,682 deaths Commission, shows in English feet the measure of damages. His The magistrate asked the woman 46 missionary if she could do any Lordship recalled the case in 1907 in child-birth since 1911, she said the water levels on the West 484thing for Joyce.
River, on the dates named:
61 41
58
43
.574
07
45
49
50 % 49
605
48
.GE
44
55
66
.340
American League.
35
St. Louis Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia
Philadelphin Washington New York Cleveland
Detroit Chicago
87933638
28836995
St. Louis
43
Boston
of Dennis vs. Straits Times where, that contrary, to general belief River, North River and East The missionary replied that she despite an apology in court, the these deaths did not occur ex- plaintiff awarded $5,000. clusively among the poorer classes,
Was was afraid she could not, Joyce, Then there was a later case, Singa. Put were distributed impartially
678 she said, had been on probation 002 twice already.
The Salvation pora Cold Storage va. Straits among all classes,
Times. Here again the plaintiffs 571 Army could not take her as she
had been awarded $5,000. had previously set fire to one of their homes.
.$18
.
A Belgian chemist, M. Robert It seemed to him therefore, Linssen, claims to have made a The police then produced a list that the very least he could award very important discovery. He 343 of convictions against Joyce and the plaintiff in the present case positively
it was revealed that she was
was a similar amount. His Lord-
a higher scale.
#
* Aug. 4. Aug. 5.
Shlubing
25,2
26.4
Teingyuen
16.2
15.2
Samshul .. 16.5
17.0
Sheklung ....10.1
10.6
The highest levels on record
are: Shlubing, 1 feet; Tping- declares that he has Yuen, 29.2 feet; Samahu, 27.3
· bodies, The lowest level on record at. known in the names of Gladys ship gave judgment for plaintiff discovered the secret of the syn- feet; Sheklung 16.5 feet.
thesis of radio-active Railway passengers seem to be Smith and Peggy Travers, as well in the sum of $5,000 and costs ou uranium and the different species Samahaf is minus 5 feet and at
of radium included. All radio Sheklung minus 2.7 feet. increasingly in trouble with their as Joyce Dale.
In 1921, and again in 1924, she
active substances being compound luggage. The returns of accidents
bodies. M. Linssen states that he and casualties on British railways was bound over for larceny, and during 1929 indicate that 212 passent to a Borstal institution for Members of the Helena May In- expects to be able to manufacture sengers were injured by "being three years. In 1926 she was stitute were "At Home" to friends these bodies experimentally. If struck by barrows and falling over sentenced to six months hard yesterday afternoon. Tea was his assertion proves true there packages, &c., on station plat labour for theft; in 1928 she was served during the earlier part of might well be a fantastic decrease forms, as compared with 161 dur bound over for arson and three the proceedings while a short con- in the price of radium, now worth ing the previous year. A slight in months as a suspected person, and cert was given during the later part, 2,200,000 francs per gramme, Bel crease is reported in accidents to she had been charged with bur- Miss Gladys Heard, Mrs. R. Sanger, glum, it will be remembered, trains, while in railway accidents glary.//.
and Mr. Dick Barty were respon- thanks to her Congo colony, now monopoly in radium of all kinds, 267 persons werd She was sentenced to 14 daye sible for the musical side of the holda the
production. killed, 80 being passengers.
imprisonment,
function.
A charge of being in possession. of a forged $100 bank note was brought against two Chinese who appeared before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Koweon Magistracy this morning. On the application of Detective Sergeant Meadows, the two men were ramanded formally for one week.