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Alleged Confessions
In Court-Martial
PALESTINE RIOTS »
INQUIRY
:Sir William Murison to Preside
Jerusalem, Nov. 15. The High Commissioner has announced the appoint ment of a Commission to investigate the recent dis- turbances in Palestine. The Commission will have Sir William Murison, as its President.-Router,“
FUKIEN
EDUCATION
OFFICE
CASE.
CPL. BREALEY ACCUSES CPL. DOUGHTY
A remarkable action picture showing Stokes, the Shanghal-batsman, giving a chance la-the alipa pasturday afternoon.
DEFENCE OPENS VANDERBILTI
The court-martial of Cpls.] Doughty and Brealey, of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and Pte. McArdell, of the South
HEIR KILLED
Wales Borderers, arising CAR CRASHES INTO out of the alleged disclosure
RUMBLINGS of the confidential examina-
OFFICIAL NANKING
STATEMENT
NOT EXPECTING TROUBLE
tion papers, is expected to close to-day.
The accused árs charged under the Official Secrets Act.
• "Confessions" made by Doughty and Bresley were to-day put in by Colonel Boys, to which Mr. D. Strellett formally objected, and submission by Lleat. Hop on be
half of McArdell that he had
asy to answer was rejected,
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LORRY
A HIGH SPEED TRAGEDY
New, York, Nov. 15.
A shock has been caused in Society circles by news of the tragic death of the youthful William Vanderbilt, third of the name, who was killed to-day in a motor accident at Aldge- land, South Carolina.
Nanking, Nov. 18: A Nanking Government spokes-
LIEUT, HOCQUARD'S EVIDENCE. maa In an interview with a repre-
His chauffeur was seriously in-1 sentative of the Contral Newa
Llout. J.H. Hocquard, of the Agency and that, despite rumour Lincolnshire Regiment, was
jured as a result of the mishap and the circulating in unofficial quarters first witness called, and stated slightly hurt.
his companion, a man friend, was i that the Nineteenth Route Army that on the morning of October
The car was travelling at high leaders were organising an inde 10, in consequence of orders re-speed, turned a blind corner and
Fukien, pondence movement In the Central Government was in selved from Licut-Col. Boys, he crashed into a stationary lorry.
mathematic and Young Vanderbilt, who was onc constant telegraphic communica- examined the
car of America's wealthiest young tion with the Fukion Government English essay papers of
for the Second Claas mon, participator in the famous and was maintaining normal rela-didates
Certificate of Education which was Vanderbilt millions, was thrown tions with them.
This state of affairs, he said, hold in September. As a result out of the car and terribly injured should well prove the unreliability of-bis-Inspection-ho-sont-for-cor- dying-within a short while.
tain private soldiers. From one Reuter. of such rumours.
he obtained a statement and in
He was of the opinion that, in consequence sent for Cpl. Bresley.
well as
the
face of the diplomatic difficulties He told Brealey it was suspected THE CHEER O CLUB of the country na serious "Red" menace within he that questions of the examination
had bean communicated Route
to
didnt believe the Nineteenths who candidates before the examination LATEST DONATION TO
difficulties of the government.- Central News.
SOONG RUMOURS,
Shanghai, Nov. 16.
I
BUILDING FUND The following further contribu-
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COLD SNAP HITS AMERICA
History-Making Snowfall
New York, Nov. 15. Twenty deaths have re- sulted from the sudden bitter cold snap which has spread over the whole coun- try.
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Western Pennsylvania to day experienced one of the heaviest snowfalls in history. recording forty-and inches.
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ATLANTIC IN
་ ་
WILD MOOD
ROOSEVELT "FAMILY" BREAK-UP
RUMOURS OF MORE RESIGNATIONS
INFLATIONIST TRIUMPH
Paris. Nov. 16. The exit of Mr. W. H. Woodin from financial con
MALAYA GET GRIP ON THE trol in Washington, describ-
GAME AND LOSE IT
GALLANT BATTING DISPLAY BY
D.C. BURN
SHANGHAI ADD 106 RUNS
A keen finish to the Inter-" |port cricket series, was promised to-day when the emaining eight Shanghai wickets fell for an addition of 106 runs, giving them a smail lead of 27 on the first .nnings.
Malaya lost the wickets of Gibson and Morgan before they knocked of the arrears, and then Buru and Gill-became "associated na promising partnership which TWO BRITISH_SHIPS IN had not been disturbed when fity runs appeared on the score-board. WILLIS IN FORM.
DISTRESS
ANXIETY FOR CREW
ons
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· MALAYA:18 INNINGS. 156-
SHANGHAI-1. INNINGS.
Dindo
LF. Stokes, c Alvis, b Speldo- J.F.N. Mayhew, b Jonklaas
Madar, b Jonklaan
STY
K. Boota, Lb.w., b WLlis
P.V: Bimpeon, Ea, b Gill
D. Leach, e Croome, b: Willia T. Madar, c Eu. & Gill JA. Isaacs, b. Willia J.C. Jenkins, run out
W.R. Wilson, Jonklaas, A.C. 8inc'air, not out
Willia
Extria
Total
Willis, the Malay fast bowler, was in specially fine form to-day, taking-four-of-the-seven wickets Wil'is
Gill credited to bowlers.
Bowling Anabysis.
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10
17
Jonklaas Shanghai resumed this morning Alvis... with P. Madar
3 (27) and Booth Speldewinde (17).. Three minutes after play
commenced, 110 was holsted.
MALAYA-2ND INNINGS.
•
ed though it is as “leave of absence," is regarded as success for inflationist in- fluences.
It is well-known that this group regarded Mr. Woodin as the brake to their ambitious, and has boon, tho chief force proventing export- mont along inflationist lines hitherto.
The money market is not affect- ed for the moment by the develop. ments and the prosent action of '# the British Exchange Equalisation Fund is appreciated as maintain- ing that stability of sterling which is of far greater importance: 42 Paris than the dollar,
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MORGENTHAU POLICY.
Mr. Morgenthau who has, for the time being at least, stepped Into Mr. Woodin's shoes in Washington, proclaimed last night his unwaver
28 ing support of President Roose
at
b
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14 volt's policy of buying gold
home and abroad in the hope of raising commodity prices.
According to the New York Sun, 213 Mr. Morgenthau favours reducing the gold content of the dollar by exactly one half, which would mean a further heavy fall in the W. value of the dollar,
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NO STABILISATION.
He is also announced as opposed to any attempt to. stabilise the American deliar in the early fu-
tura.
All the United States in discus- 10 sing the first serious break in Pre- sident Roosevelt's Cabinet, which- 19 is regarded as Indicating the eclipse of the "sound money"" bloc.
Bxtran
Total (for 4 wickets.)
77
London, Nov. 15. Two British ships, the ss.
Jonklaas opened the bowling|D. C. Burn, not out xilby, a vessel of 3,630 instead of Willis, and Gill took Gibson, Mayhew, h Wilson
and the 1.4. Saint the other end as usual. Booth Morgan, b WI'son won a high reputation in their had taken place and asked him if
Quentin, of 3,528 tons, were reached his 20 with three singles B. B. Gill, e P. madar, b Leach gallant fight against the Japanese he could throw any light on the
L. Alvin, b. Inace at Shanghai, would precipitato anmatter. Brealey replied. "No.
and Madar soon had 30 posted. Eu Cheow-teek not out Internal crisis adding more to the know nothing about it. Wit- tion to the Cheer Club Building eported in difficulties in a
Both batted steadily and did)*** ness informed Brealey that he was Fund has been received.
eavy gale in the Atlantic not soom to be troubled by the dware that certain soldiers in his Williamson & Co....... $100.00 his morning.
bowlers for the first few ovora. platoon had Information of the Previously acknowled-
Jonklang was not straight enough questions previous, to the examina- | Red
33,813.29 The Saxilby wirelessed request-and they seemed to have the tion. Brealey than admitted that
ng Immediate assistance and a measure of Gill.. .$33,913.23ater message stated that the crew wild seas were trying to launch the boats. Early in the afternoon,
brief wireless message stated that had been hoisted, Malaya mat with In Jonklaas' first ovor after 120 the Saxilby had been abandoned..
Among several vessels who are reported to be proceeding to the assistance of her crew is the Cunard linor. Berengaria.- The Saxilby's position was given was on her way from Newfoundland, 18 500 miles west of Ireland. She
with a cargo of iron ore to Port Talbot.
In view of the rumour that Mr.
T. V. Soong was in contact with
he had the questions before hand, and went on to say Cpl. Doughty
the
pa-
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elements organising a secessionist had suggested obtaining the
WEATHER CONDITIONS movement, be ДВ asked by pera in advance and that Doughty pressmen yesterday to define his had taken over the questions from
The Royal Observatory reports position. Ho sald he was de-a soldier in the South Wales' that the anticyclono over North termined to confine himself to Borderers in
"Sunfreezo". Chiria is increasing slowly in ja- his duties on the National Econo- Cafe. Arrangements for that tenalty. A V-shaped depression. mic Council with the hope of meeting were modo by Brealey, which extends from the Bonin carrying out next year's economic Doughty and Private McArdell Islands to the Sea of Japan, la programme..
Brealey added that the candidates moving eastward. Local forecast:
(Continued on Page 11.) -N.E. winds, fresh, fine.
He had no knowledge whatever of any subversive activity against the Central Government.--Central; Newz.
STOP PRESS
3.45 p.m.-77 for 5. (Burn,
- Sinclair, b Lench. 41),
4pm-84 for 6 (Eu, b Loach 2).
“SEADROMES” ACROSS
ATLANTIC
EXPERIMENTAL "ISLAND" TO BE BUILT IN AMERICA
ARTIFICIAL AIR ROUTE Washington, Nov. 15. Anchored aerodrome “is- lands" at intervals across the Atlantic from the United States to Europe are now part of the American scheme for stimulating industry.
Dismissed three years ago as a Utopian dream, it now Rooms likely that the "depression" will bring the proposals to a practical conclusion much sooner than was belloved.
"sendrome" to be constructed 'five hundred miles from the At
fantic Coast for experimental purposes.
SERIES MAY BE BUILT.: He added that If the experiment proved the success expected, n series of "island seadromes." 1.250 feet long, would be placed et intervals of five hundred milea across the Atlantic to Europe.
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The total cost of the scheme was estimated to be $80,000,000.
Quest'oned regarding the com- Mr. C. Roper, the Secretary of marcial side of the proposition, said Commerce, announced to-day that landing facilities would be that the Public Works Ad- available to any commercial com ministration have allotted $1,-pany or private Individual at equal 500,000 for the building of ni schedule rates-Rautor.
SEARCH FOR CREW,
MADAR BOWLED.
their first success, Madar being clean bowled by Jorklaas. He had batted for 85 minutes for his 31 runs, and had seen the scora from 26 to 120.
out the rest of Jonklaas over.
Simpson, next man In, played
A short one from Gill was sent by Booth to the Queen's Road railings for a four.
Despite his short run, Jonklaas She carries a crew of 27 and news | was sending them down very fast egarding them is anxiously await- and the pitch helped him a lot. ed.
The batsmen did not try to play The Saint Quentin is, this oven-his off deliveries. but left them ng, reported by her owners to have severely alone. sustained damage to her steering sear at a point about, 300 miles west of Valentia, Ireland, while on
SIMPSON'S ESCAPE,
HARMAN
RESIGNATION RUMOURJ,
The step has initiated a crop of reports of dissension in the Gor- ornment ranka.
Mr. O, M. W. Sprague, the gen- eral adviser to the Treasury, is known to be opposed to the gold-
CONVICTED buying experiment, being extreme-
18 MONTHS IN SECOND DIVISION
CHOSEN SHARES
CONSPIRACY
London, Nov. 15.
ly sceptical of a favourable out- come, and he is rumoured, onca again. as likely to tender his re- signation.
Another leading Unancial @gure Pescribed na "on the verse" is Mr. Eurone Black, the Governor of the Federal Reserve Beart.
tle
WALL, STREET CLAIM.
The retirements of Mr. Woodin Harman, and other directors of though. Mr. Woolin's withdrawal The trial of Martin Coles and Mr. Acheson have created lit- excitement in Wall Street, the Chosen Corporation, whose is thern also considered as likely arrest some time ago, caused a to facilitate a mero virorons cur sensation in City circles, con- rency campaign by the inflationists cluded at the Old Bailey yester-who have lately become more and
moro vocal.—Reutor." er way to Montreal with a cargo gularly off both bowlers, and
Booth was scoring.singles re- day evening.
Harman and his co-defondants recorded in Page Eleven.)
(The earler dewelooments are of anthracite.
She was then waiting for the scored his second boundary of the defraud
roached his 30 in 52 minutes. Ho, were charged with conspiracy to weather to moderate before repaire
tho shareholders by could be effected. The owners state day by turning Jonklaas for a means of transactions with Japan chat she is not in any danger pretty shot to leg, to send up these subsidiary companies. British Wireless..
180 in 130 minuten.
Harman was found gulity by the Hamilton decided to give jury on all twenty-one counts of Jonklaas a rest and put on Wills. the Indictment and was sentenced In Gill's next over, the 140 was to oighteen. months' imprison- signalled, play now having been ment in the second division,
TARIFF TRUCE
BREAK-UP
FINLAND ANNOUNCES
WITHDRAWAL
In progress for 142 minutes,"
RUSSO-AMERICAN TALKS
B. F. Conigrave was found OUTLOOK, NOW MORE
HOPEFUL
Washington, Nov. 15. Two conversations between - M.
- Simpson had an escape when he guilty of conspiracy"with", 5 ́ ́re- poked a ball up from Gill, but the commendation to leniency, and ball fell short of the folders. Off | was-nentenced to six months' in the next ball, he reached his 10, the second division. for which he had taken 20 minutes. II. H. Pounds, the-chairman Litvinoff and President Roosevelt Willis met with success in his of the Corporation, and E. G-to-day have created a more favour third over, when he dismissed Changeat, were found not guilty.able general atmosphere. London, Nov. 16. The tariff truce dareed at the
Booth for obstruction. -Booth hady-Reuter,
The general impression is that the Soviet has, agrood to: discuss time of the World Economic Con- batted attractively for 39, 147-4-00. ference is rapidly breaking up but only,ono run was added before ouncedor La Cecil Bernard Crouch, American relations without making
With Leach'in, 150 was put up
The forthcoming wedding is as the problems bearing on Russo- Beveral countries have already withdrawn, the latent to announce Simpson was sent back. He play of IT.M.8. Parthian, and Miss Gwenyth outright recognition,” an indis intention to do so being the Goy-ed, forward
of Gill's Mildred Owen Watts, now en route toponsabla prelude to understand- ernment of Finland ---Reuter.
(Continued on Page 7.) the Colony on the 1.8. Carthage, Ings in this connexion, -Renters
to ond