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No. 1
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WATCHFUL WAITING IN SHANHAIKWAN AREA
GRIM BARCELONA FIGHTING
WOMEN AMONG THE
KILLED
CITY IN STATE
OF PANIC ~
REVOLT QUELLED
London, Jan. 9.
It is learned from Portbou, on the Franco-Spanish frontier, that Barcelona is in a state of rovalt.
have!
Police and the workers been in force conflict ever since) yesterday evening and the panic and confusion is such that up to the present it has been impossible to procure a coherent story of events.
Details, therefore, are not avail- able, but it is stated that several members of the police force have heca shot and that in a series of bloody clashes, a number of workers, Including several women, have been shot dead by the police,
--Reuter.
Andther serious rovolí is to-day reported from Barcelona whore troubles hare been frequent of late. Our photo shows Civil Gumede and plain-clothes officials during the process of restoring a semblance
of order.
TOKYO WAR OFFICE ATTITUDE
RIDICULE STORIES OF INVASION PLAN
CHINWANGTAO RUMOURS
Tokyo, Jan. 9. Both the War Office and the|
IRISH ELECTION DISORDERS Foreign Office appear hopeful
VIOLENT SCENES IN DUBLIN AND
BALLINTRILLICK
Dublin, Jan. 9. Į meeting organised by the Cosgrave The election campaign is now Party, several persons were placed in full swing and, as was to be under arrest. The melee resulted in severe injuries to thirty combat- feared, it is being carried on to ants. the accompaniment of consider- able disorder.
that the Shanhaikwan affair will not develop.
The War Oflce reiterates that Japan has no intention of embark- Ing on major operations and ridi- cules the reports that Japan is planning to invade North Chinn through Shanhaikwan for the pur-
JAPAN'S NEW NAVY MINISTER
ADMIRAL OSUMI TAKES UP APPOINTMENT.
Tokyo, Jan. 9. Admiral Osumi, who was Minister for the Navy in the Inukai Cabinet, has formally accepted the Navy portfolio in succession to Admiral Okada, who has resigned on account of ill-health.-Reuter.
DUTERTERRÍZALATESTATAIATARATANAIZULIOFLEURONOUS FERRATOIRAKMANNA KETUPAT
STREET CRICKET CAUSES RIOT
WILD SCENES IN BOMBAY
THREE KILLED AND MANY INJURED
Bombay, Jan. &.
pose of making a sweeping move-..A street cricket match in a Violent scenes were also enacted iment to attack Jehol-Rentor, Bombay slum ATCA Was the jat Balliantrillick in Sigu wherre
BOMBING RAÏDS REPORTED. direct cause of a serious riot to- day when two Moslems and a
The members of the Irish Re-aluls were fired and stones and publican Army have been active iron-burs were used in a clash be-
Peking, Jan. 8.
OUTBREAK QUELLED
with their terroristic tactics and tween the White Army and an A number of Chinese buildings Hindu were killed, while twenty Madrid, Jan. 9. the "White Army" has also up-hostile clement. Five persons were in Peitziho, Fushun and Halyang Hindus, five Moslems and a The outbreak at Barcelona is re-peared in some disturbing seenes. taken
to hospital unconscions.were bombed and goriously damag Parsee were badly injured. ported to have been quelled, after
Following a free fight at a Dublin | Renter. anarchists hud attempted to take possession of all the principal build- ings.
The uprising was staged by a considerable force and was introduced by the explosion of 2 large number of bambe which did considerable dam. age.
Large forces of police and mili tary were called out and bitter #ghting lasted for some hours before the outbreak was sublued.---
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Later.
at
PEAK
BURGLARY SEQUEL
FORMER COOLIE
ARRESTED
SOME OF PROPERTY RECOVERED
KIRIN CAMPAIGN
SEVEN-HOUR BATTLE AT MISHAN
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Scene of a cable railway disaster at Freiburg where three were killed recently. Photo shows the passen gor cabin at the foot of one of the high masts supporting the railway.
PRAYA RIOT
EMERGENCY SQUAD TURNED OUT
IRON BARS USED
PACHMANN DIES SUDDENLY
ECCENTRIC GENIUS OF THE PIANO
WORLD-FAMOUS AS CHOPIN PLAYER
Rome, Jan. 8. Vladimir Pachmann. the world-famous pianist, died suddenly to-day in his eighty- fifth year. He caught a chill which developed rapidly into pneumonia.
He was a concort celebrity for over lifty years, his chief claim to fame being his brilliantly distinctive interpretatione of Chopin's works.
Born at Odessa in July, 1848, Vladimir Pachmann was the son of
Vicent de Pachmann, 21 Austrian Professor of Roman Law and a musical amateur of great ability, who had been on terms of great friendship with Beethoven: and Weber.
DEGAN AT SIX.
At the age of G young Vladimir began to learn the violin and from then until he was ten he was given continuous instruction by his father on that instrument as
fed by Japanese aeroplanes, accord-
A fight among wharf coolies well as in harmony and thorough ing to an urgent telegram received A group of Hindu children were and other sen front workers bass. In 1868, na he felt drawn to here today. Ofelal quarters, how playing cricket in the street and threatened to develop into a the piano, he began to study it, ever, do not regard thie as the be one of the youthful batamen sent serious affray on Saturday night. still under his father's guidance, ginning of the much-talked of the ball flying. It struck a Pathan A hurried message to Japanese expedition into China passer-by and the trouble began.
the and practised assiduously. At the police station brought out the age of eighteen he was sent to The Pathan turned round and be- emergency unit and the dis- the Conservatoire at Vianna where It is believed that the object of gan to threaten the Hindu chil turbance was quickly quelled. ho remained for two years, his the Japanese flyers was to locate dren. He was challenged by As a result of the outbreak, two masters being Professor J. Dachs the headquarters of the
Chinese Hindu watchman. Words turned to men were arrested and charged (piano) and Professor Brunckner blowa and within a brief space of With disorderly conduct by fighting (Counter-point). He took the first are time, the rival communities had at the Tai Hing Wharf, Connaught prize, a gold medal, for proficiency gathered forceg for a grand melee. Road Central, before Mr. Wynne on the piano, and in 1860 returned
Jones at the Central Police Court to Russia. this morning.
brigade garrisoning the area.
"PROVOCATION."
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At Odessa, Pachmana gave his Inspector Rt. Shannon informed first recitals under the patronage the Court that the Police received of the local aristocracy and these a telephone message from the were a great success. About the Wharf, to crowd of men were indulging in great pianist, by whose marvellous the effect that a same time he met Carl Tausig, the
CROWD DISPERSED. The Police emeregency unit was instantly turned out and on its arrival the crowd dispersed.
Japanese reinforcements continuously pouring into Shan- haikwan from Liaoning, enhancing the tension of the situation. It is (Special to "Telegraph":)
felt that major operations
A guerilla battle eventually de- CLASHES CONTINUE.
commerce Harbin. Jan. 8..
418 soon ILA enough veloped, stones, knives and sticks. A sequel to the recent burglary
troups are amussed.
Í being used in the narrow streets. Heavy fighting is reported to the residence of Mr W. J. Brushes between the police and Waddington. Manager of the P. & have taken place at Mishan, near
The trouble spread over a wide extremists at Barcelona are still 10. Bank at $19, The Peak, was the Soviet border on Saturday continuing.
More Japanese gunboats are)
a free fight. Iron bars were be technique he was so impressed the arrest, during the week-end, or night, as a result of which the arriving at Chinwangtao. In the Two tram-cars two miles aparting freely used and serious con- that he abandoned public per- In the early hours of this morn-Wong Yau, aliux Chan Chiu, aged Japanese claim to have captured meantime, considerable Chinese were stopped and their passengers seruences were fearai.
formancea for Home time and ing, police were fired on from the 24, whose address is given as No. the city and some five hundred troops movements there are noticed, dragged out, those unable to escape
devoted himself to further prac- windows of a Trade Union build-18, Burke Street, Yaumati.
Volunteers, who were trapped. which it in feared, will be seized by being stabbed, although most of
|tice and study. ing. They returned the fire, kill- The prisoner is snid to havel
the Japanese as "provocation" to them had no idea whatsoever what The operations were carried out justify anther offensive. been formerly a house coolin in ; ing one of the occupants.
VIENNA TRIUMPH. the trouble was about and were un by the Hitomi Brigade who were Pollec headquarters are now be the service of Mr. Waddington.
prepared for the attack. According to an official
In 1878; he went to Leipzig ing surrounded by machine-guns
in Court held at bay for over seven hours The charge us rend
and munique, the Chinese troops are Panic spread into the main. The prosecuting officer said that where he played wih great success and traffic on the boulevard is before Mr. Schofield to-day ac before their heavy artillery suspended.
euses Wong Yau of burglariously machine-gun fire made the position still holding the Shih Ho River, streets, where shops and restaurants gambling school and apparently at the celebrated Gewandhaus con- southwest of Shanhaikwan, were hastily closed and shuttered. been conducted on one of the ships certs under Carl Reinecke and also entering the Peak residence on the too hot for the Chinese to hold.
Japanese plain-clothes men how- night of January 4-5, and atending The majority of the
As a result of energetic police and the trouble arose over a dis- gave numerous recitals. He felt, however, that there was still some- defenders ever were reported to have made action, the situation is now under Pute among the gamblers. therefrom two fur-coats, a Indies made a skilful retreat to Hulin. desultory attacks on the Chinese control-Reuter. neck fox-tur, a white blanket, and but some five hundred were captur positions but were repeatedly re-
The defendants were fined $10 thing to acquire and accordingly each and further bound over to be returned to Vienna and resigned a quantity of underwear, theed in Mishan.
of good behaviour.
himself to further study. Yield- pulsed. property of Mr. Waddington.
ing at length to the requests of Prince Hohenlohe and others, he re- appeared at Bosendorfer's Salon in January 1882, nl the musical notabilities of Vienna being present.
Two men carrying revolvers und bombs were arrested inside the Palace of Justice.-Reuter,
BURGLAR ADMITS
GUILT
SENT TO GAOL FOR FOUR MONTHS
The Japanese forces are now ad- There is also an alternative vancing upon Hulin, where staut count of receiving, in respect of apposition is expected.--Reuter. certain articles anid to have been recovered, namely, the neck-fur, a of
pull-over, and other articles
underwear.
Enquiries are still being pur-1 Committing a burglary in Pittsted by the police with the view Street at 5 a.m. yesterday. Lo Kwan to the recovery of other articles, was arrested in Kowloon City three suspected to have been disposed hours later and on him was found of at various pawnshops in the acout which had since been identity, and the officer in charge of the ease, secured a forty-eight fled as one of the articles stolen.
property was stolen, but only $16 STOWAWAYS SENT worth was recovered. When ar- rested, defendant admitted having committed the burglary.
ARTIST
TAKE OVERCOAT & SCARF
AN ULTIMATUM:
com-
BIRD AND LUCKY NUMBERS
GAMBLING OFFENCE
PROVED
The Japanese naval commander at Chinwangtao has presented an ultimatum to the military authori |FOOTPADS HOLD UP ties there demanding the evacun- tion of Chinese troops from tho city, according to an unconfirmed report received here. The ultima tum, it is alleged, states that the
Ruling that the offence came Chinese evacuation will serve to within the meaning of the Gaming dispel "misunderstandings" with Ordinance, Mr. Butters at the the Japanese landing party and Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Prosecuting this man at the Kow. hours remand, with the accused in stone on the Talpo Road as 630 be held responsible for any "na a charge of gambling and imposed Near the Three-and-n-Half Mile that the Chinese authorities will convicted a Northern Chinese on loon Magistracy this morning, Ser-police custody.
p.m. yesterday, three footpads held toward incident" if their troops do a fine of $10. geant Hunter told the Magistrate!
up Ng Sing-man, described as an not leave. !
It was stated by police officers (Mr. Butters) that $50 worth of
artist by profession, and a young woman stated to be his sister, and
No reply has yet been made by that defondant kept a stall in the The streets, and written on a board forced him to part with his over-city is a state of great tension.
the Chinese, the report says.
were seven numbers, the public being invited to take part in the game which was run on the line of a lottery. Defendant had a bird in a cage and in every game Over a hundred Chinese student he would allow it out to plek the volunteers from Shanghai have winning number. Prizes offered V, G. Contes and P. Hughes,
arrived here proposing to enlist wore approximately five times the In the regiments of General H value of the bet. who were recently sentenced to
who wng Imprisonment for stowing away.
partly The anticyclone has moved north.Cbu-kuo,
Defondant, it was revealed, was were this morning committed to eastwards, and pressure is now responsible for the defence of the House of Detension pending highest over South Manchuria. A Shanhalkwan before the Japanese doing good business when he was
arrested by the police. arrangements for sending them depression is situated to the north entry. - awny. The two mon appeared be- east of Hokkaido. The monsoon „An initial bid of $220,000, follow-foro Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Con-will be interrupted over the China ng the upset price of $226,000, tral Police Court on a charge of const, but will blow freshly over the purchased the steamship Chief vagrancy. Capflano, which was sold by order
Sentence of four months' hard labour was passed.
VESSEL FETCHES
$226,000
BOUGHT BY THE DOLLAR CO.
TO "HOUSE"
CAME HERE FROM DURBAN
coat and scarf.
Reporting the incident to the police later, the victim said that one of the robbers was armed with n file-dagger.
FAIR WEATHER
Northern China Sea. Local fore Detective Sergeant C. Mottram cast:-N. E. winds, moderate; fair.
of the Court in Admiralty Jurisdicinformed his Worship that the de- tlon by Messrs. Lammert Bros. fendants had stowed away from Durban, in South Afries, to Hong- auctioneers, this morning.
The bid was made by Mr. Hugh kong which was the first port of Jones, on behalf of
They the Dollar call.
accordingly Steamship Lines (Hongkong), Ltd., jckargod and sent to goal.
a subsidiary of the Robert Dollar Steamship Company.
wore
CAPITAL TO MOVE AGAIN?
Nanking, Jan. 9. Nanking leaders are greatly con- cerned over Shanhaikwan devolop- menta and persistent rumoura are During the past month a total of current of the Imminent return of
to
VOLUNTEER FIGHTERS.
Peking. Jan: 9.
CUSTOMS CLOSED.
Shanghai, Jan. 9. Sir F. Maze, the Inspector- General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, announces that as the Japanese troops have occupied Shanhaikan, all the members of the Shanhalkwan Customs Staff have been instructed to leave their posts and are to nwalt further in- structions.
DOLLAR STILL UNCHANGED
MARKET ON EASY SIDE
The Hongkong dollar remained uachanged at 18, 3:1/8d. this morn- ing, silver prices being unaltered.
The tendency of the local market Mr. Francisco Varela, of is easy, but very little business is tho use to prhich the vessel will be Court, compared with the previous conferred with leading commanders Paris, and Miss Lancy Pashanina, of doing, due to uncertainty as bo
at the Tongshan Club yesterday," 180, Boulevard, Manila,
[ events in the North.
No information could be obtain estates were dealt with Dy: the the Government headquarters
ed from the purchasers regarding local probate office at the Supromo Loyang Marshal Chiang Kai-shek between
The wedding will shortly take place
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record number of 844.
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CHIMNEY FIRE SCARE
WELLINGTON STREET
ALARM
From Vienna he went to Paris |and gave two recitals at the Salle Erard in April, 1882. In the same year he went to England and made Shortly before two o'clock this his first appearance at one of afternoon, the Fire Brigade re Ganz's orchestral concerts at the ceived a call to Wellington Street, St. James's Hall, the late Duke of where a chimney fire had heen Edinburgh, a keen music-lover the four-storeyed tenement balld Bignalled as occurring on one of being present.
ings near the intersection of D'Agullar Street.
into the street.
HAILED BY CRITICS. He was hailed by the principal The fire broke out amongst the jeritles as a consummate player soot collected in the chimney, and of Chopin and it is as an exponent sudden flare-up alarmed the in-of that composer's music that he mates of the second and third was best known and appreciated. floors, who lost no time in escaping After a long tour through England, Scotland and Ireland, ho went to A few bolder spirits tarried be- Austria-Hungary and at a concert hind, and with the assistance of in Budapest was publicly em- neighbours and an Ambulance braced by Liszt after his per- Brigade officer, a bucket chain formance of one of Chopin's was formed, and the fire exting-sonatas. In April, 1884, Pachmann uished, although at the early married Miss Maggie Oakey, also stago, it had made itself seen from an accomplished planet, hailing houses at the back of the block. from Australie, but the marriage The usual chorus of police was dissolved find the lady after- whistles sot going on these occa-wards become the wife of Maitre sions was the means of a large Labori, who defonded Dreyfus. crowd gathering in the street, and Pachmann then made extended. the first fire engine to arrive at tours all over Europe and America, the spot had to forec its way confining his programme almost through a dense mass. The ar- exclusively to Chopin. 'rival of the police, Inter supple- monted by the Emergency Unit
His great popularity was not arriving post-hasto from Central in the police van, relieved the siti entirely due to his wonderful play. Ing. Pachmann was an eccentric ation somewhat,
Firemen who went up to the genius and was wont to accom- floors to investigate found little Pany his renderings of Chopin by work left for them to do, and little asides to the audience to withdraw from the building-after whose attention ho directeil ofther... ascertaining that all danger was the apocial beauty of certain
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ECCENTRIC GENIUS.