£200,000 Down:
Six Months' Trial
NEXT TIME
SHE MARRIES
New York, May 5.
PRETTY Mrs. Georgiana Harp, New York Society woman who is seeking divorce
from her husband, explained to-day that she is ready to marry again, on terms:-
(1) The man must settle a million dollars (£200,000) on her before.
the ceremony.
(2) He must agree to part after six
months if they don't agree. "Perhaps a million dollars is a bit steep," she mused, "unless he were a maha- rajah, but I should certainly expect some sort of settlement in advance.
"The only time you can get money from a man is when he is in love with you. After you start fighting it's too late.
"My next husband must be amusing, congenial, and not anj Irishman. They have terrible tempers.
"I would not want an Ameri- can-they're dull. Frenchmen I can't bear. I don't like Latins, at all, or Germans."
"How about Scandinavians?"
she was asked.
"MUST BE ENGLISH"
"No, I guess he'd have to be at Englishman. They have the most marvellous dispositions.
"He'd have to be a fascinating
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936
Vienna's Knights
of the Round
Table
BOGUS KNIGHT'S ARREST
UPSETS FANTASTIC "HOLY
GRAIL"
COLONY
Vienna, May 10.
The Holy Grail of local legend is in trouble and its keeper, Knight Abdrushin, former member of "King Arthur's Round Table," is behind iron bars. He awaits Shanghai recently celebrated the national holiday possible extradition to Germany on a charge of illegal of the German Relch, an impresive Bag-raising financial transactions.
ceremony being hold at the German Consulate. Ple- tho view of ture gives an excellent panoramic
the gathering saluting the national emblems, with turies the Holy Grail, according place is a middle-sized Saxon town focal Nazi uniformed men in a quadrangle and plain clad residents behind. Inact ahown Lieutenant- ab the Colonel Herman Kriebel, Consul-General, speaker's dnis, with Mr. R. C. W. Behrend at right
below.
After being lost for many cen-, Kotezschenbroda in 1895. His birth- known for its hosiery industries. Hia father owned a grocery.
MONUMENT
WAR
ΤΟ
PIGEONS
British Bird that Saved "Lost Battalion"
Paris, May 1. type of Englishman, of course WITH full military honours a Some are RO dull. It's liko
monument was unveiled at palling teeth to talk to them. Lille to-day to the memory of He would have to be very rare,
20,000 carrier pigeons very attractive." Before any Englishman of that during the war. 'type dashes to the cables to ac-
killed
of Racing Pigeons as No. 615,
He achieved glary by saving from certain annihilation the famous American "Lost Battalion," commanded by Major Charles, S. Whittlenicy. This battalion found itself sur- rounded and under heavy fire. Major Telephone wires might be cut, Whittlesley had seven pigeons with copt very charming Mrs. Harp's wireless messages overheard by him. Six were sent aloft-to be shot proposal of marriage there is one the enemy, and dispatch riders down immediately. thing ho should remember-captured but, when all else fail- "There must ba a settlement, ed, pigeons were the swiftest though," said Mrs. Harp quickly, and surest messengers of the "and an agreement to part in six war. months If I don't like him.
And
The most renowned bird was Cher that goes for the most fascinating Ami, born in an Englial racing loft Englishman on earth."
und registered at the National Union
ITALY NEARS FREEDOM FROM
WORLD'S FUELS
Rome, May 10.
Italy to-day is ready to plunge into a far-reaching programme
of mining, distillation and electrification destined to free-her-of dependence on other countries for liquid and solid fuels.
AMID SHRAPNEL
4
to Austrian legend, finally found a resting place in the .Vompers- berg Castle, near Schwaz, Tyrol. Thoro, In a special chapel whose walls are covered with black silk, it is exposed to the veneration of knights who seek to carry on the
PROFESSES TO BE WRITER
Abdrushin also admitted that his real name was Ernest Oscar Bern hardt. He said he was a writer by profession.
tradition of King Arthur's time. Authorities repeatedly investi-
In this castle is and to rest the gated mysterious ceremonies at Vom- Lucent Christal Cup, believed to have persberg Castle, but did not interfere Jaw they discovered no held the Saviour's blood. It reposea because
Thay niso did not desire on a white marble altar. Once week- violation.
the new
of prosperity black to disturb ly knights clad in wvide
crosses Schwaz and thus cause unrest among cloaks and wearing golden furcgather to aton to the teachings loved in their Grail and its keeper.
chings the population, which fervently be of their appointed leader, who was Abdrushin, This knight represents However, when German authorities himself as the reincarnation of Klog|requented the arrest of Abdrunhin en Arthur's companion.
of legal transfer of money
LARGE FOLLOWING ATTRACTED from the Reich, Austrian police neted. arrested Abdrushia and his They
Both were Dressed in shining silver armour secretary, Halseband. and standing behind the Holy Symbol, taken to Innsbruck prison, there to it was Abdrushin's habit to address await Germany's demand for extradi- his followers. Attracted by promises tian. of eternal salvation and earthly joys, large community had assembled at Schwaz, Many of its members were from Germany who devoted their for- tunes and lives to what was cons!- dered the Holy Grail.
many
Meanwhile, Abdrushin's followers remain loyal. They regard the ar rest of their "knight" as a trial from which he will emerge with new glory. However, if the request for extradi tion is granted, it will mean a heavy the thousands Amonk
of Ab- material loss to the entire nopuin- adherents were
tion of Schwaz.-United Press. drushin's wealthy persons. Also included were of Germany's highest members aristocracy who built villas and set- tled definitely in the neighbourhood.[] His breastbone was broken by piece of shrapnel. His right leg was
At temporal entertainments for
members of the Grail com-t shot away. But, still axed to
bis j male body, was the aluminium case con- manity purple evening clothes were prescribed. Women were not res- taining the precious message.
tricted to any certain-dress,
The seventh was Cher Ami, which rose and circled among bursting ahrapnel. Falling feathers told the Major that the bird had been hit. But Cher Ami arrived at his loft, 25 miles away.
The "Lost Battalion" was saved.
EL
in gratitude the Battalion decided they displayed their Grailvol
that Cher Ami should be cared for as its most honoured war veteran. He was sent to the South of France to convalesce, and then taken to United States.
the
the
to all the
To the end of his life this English pigeon Was banqueted with choicest food in visits leading cities of America.
"His stuffed body la ̈now-In ̄w glass case in the Washington National
published in book form under the
to
said Abdrushin was collected thousands of dollars annu- ally from his followers. He lived as befitted a noble companion of King Arthur. He held open court every
morning surrounded by a cavalcade of heralds, pages and equires,
LITTLE TOWN BOOMS
Boy Monarch's Arduous Life
KING PETER'S LONG LESSON HOURS
Belgrade, May 10. King Peter, of Yugo-Slavia, who will be 13 in September, is the hardest-worked child in the kingdom, if not in Europe. His Due to his munificence, Abdrushin two brothers, Prince Tomislav,- was most popular among the popula- who is 8, and Andre, aged 7,
The plan, prompted by sanctions, comprises perhaps the most Museum. His biography has been tion of Schwan, which until recently lead, in comparison, normal piers of the grateful "Last Bat- Was a forgotten little hamlet. Now boys' lives. Here is King Peter's
many other buildings constructed by daily time-table.
important phase in Il Duce's preparations for the next European
"war".
Co
coration bestowed upon it.
the town boasts a new school and One of the 20,000 pigeons, which
Abdrushin and his followers. If everything goes on schedule, railroad tracks already have been was used at Verdun, was awarded the
the Croix de Guerre.
Business
and Like Cher Ami,
thrives at hotels Italy in a few months will have roelectrified and in a few years duced her expenditures for foreign Ministry of Communications hopes to the was badly wounded while carrying tradespeople profited by large tourist These worldly gains were and oil by between forty and have completed a nine thousand kilo-a message but lived to have the de- traffic.
considered a heavenly blessing. Many Italiansmetre system. fifty per cent. Still later,
To increase the alcohol supply the Most of the war pigeons died in confidently expected to see realized hope national consumption of foreign
to a government is counting on stepping their cages on the ground from gas the promise of Abdrushin that the fuels will have been reduced
town some day would be the centre up agricultural production. During or bombardment. minimum.
The monument shows sturdy of the world's salvation.
Abdrushin, despite his reincarna- Importance of the programme is spring sowing particular emphasis
peasant woman, representing France, emphasized by Italy's apparent read has been placed on the planting of with a clout of pigrons rising above tion theory, admitted to authorities in the Mesh at Plans are being perfected for in-her head.
of
mining
ness to go to war with Great Britain sugar beets and sugar cane. not long ago when the League first
activities began discussing the possibility of auguration
will place the nation's eati adopting oil sanctions as a means of which halting the Italo-Ethiopian campaign, mated resources of four hundred
milion tons of lignite at the dis Now, by dint of luck and the posi of the
and aerial NAVY.. army, friendly gesture of the United States forces. Existing hydrogenizing planta Congress in shelving the Roosevelt forces.
will be
be supplemented by others to bo
administratian's new neutrality legis financed by the government so that lation, to guarantee
this country has stored away full benefit may be derived from the
continuation
Italian lignito supply.
The
enough of the East African campaign and
district of Ragusa and the re- safeguard her interests in the Medi- terranean. It is Intended to go far ions of Abruzze and Latiuni will be
beyond this point.
the scene of Intenso activity to pro- cure the extraction of asphaltic rock Mussolini's plan for building up the form which mineral oils are to be ex-
modern methods.
nation's supply of liquid fuels tracted by lo has been devoted by
*thrco-fold:
Firstly: Increase alcohol produc-
Attention
it
that
he was born
British Yards Break Five-Year Record
BUILDING
tion to permit replacement of a sub- 60ernment experts to the problem MORE THAN
stantial portion of foreign gasoline by mixtures having a high degree of alcohol content.
of automoblic transportation. appropriate state bureaus kave been requested to begin immediately tudies and researchies concerning uso
meter driven vehicles as well as the
Secondly: Speed up the exploita of charcoal and natural gases in
tion of lignites.
Is planned to construct scores of dis
throughout Italy.
SIX RIVALS British shipyards are bus-
ThirdlyPerfect distillation of as-mixture of mineral and vegetablo ier now than at any time phaltic rocks. In this connection it lubricating oils.
For the present, as was stated by Bince December 1930.
Lloyd's Register Shipbuilding which was outlined by the chemical this country "cannot do without co 1936, tell this cheerful story:- programme convention of Fascist Corporations, Returns for the first quarter of branch of the Fascist National coun-tain quantities : of coal used for
tilak this
Mussolini before the Second General
cil of Scientific Research, is that of specific purposes." The small stocks electrifying Italian, railroads with of national cont available are to be the idea of reducing coal consump-utilized to the fullest extent.- tion. Several hundred kilometres of -United Press.
WATSON'S
Tonnage of merchant vessels under construction in British yards exceeds the aggregate ton
BABY WATER
25 cts. per Bottle,
ENSURES PEACEFUL SLEEP
6.30 .m.: Rise, breakfast with brothers, followed by an hour's riding on his favourite pony,
Susic.
8-12; Lessons.
12-1: A walk in the grounds of Dedinjo Paines before lunch.
3 p.m.: Lessons until 5 p..
Gymnastics, three days a wock.
6-7: Private hour, generally a motor drive in summer.
7.80; Supper,
D: Nedtime.
The King has no half-holiday except on Sunday, when the after- noon, is his own.
ADVANCED STUDIES
the
His studies, In addition to nage in the six leading countries ordinary curriculum, include Eng- lish, French, German, Russian, nbrond;
constitutional history, history. of Total British building on his dynasty, and the elements of March 31 was 842,361 tons; military science,
World total WAB 977,753 tony;
Britain's whare of world building is 46.3 per cent. Busiest foreign merchant ship- builders are Germany, 317,068 tons; Japan, 160,662 tona; Hol- land, 146,280 tona; Sweden, 112,- 750 tons; and Denmark, 56,405
The King and his brothers raré- ly mention their father in the pre- sence of their mother-since "ono day last autumn-although they often talk of him among them- selves. A friend of the Dowager Queen Marle gave the reason.
camo
On this particular day the three children who were playing in the tons; and-
palace grounds suddenly running to their mother with Easily the busiest river in ship- flushed, excited faces and said building Britain is the Clyde. that they had just heard their During Easter week-end ten now father. When the widowed Queen ships, totalling 63,550 tons, were gently asked what they meant, ordered from British yards. Their Prince Tomislav said: value is estimated at £2,250,000.
CENTENARIAN ILL FOR FIRST TIME
London, May-1. Mrs. Sarah Richards, of Ballarat, Victoria, is ill for the first time in | her long life.
She is a Cornish woman who marri- ed at 18 and sailed with her husband, a tin minor, for Australla, a year before the Indian Mutiny, and took part in the early gold rushes,
She has two daughters, 20 grand |children and 18 great grandchildren.
"Mother we have all clearly heard somebody riding on horse- back underground. It must be fathor riding from his grave to moet us."
The Queen was much upset by this curious fantasy and began to weap, pressing the children to her heart. They asked if they had said anything wrong. Thoir mother re-assured them, but sub- soquently the boy King told his brothers not to talk of their father again when their mother
was present.
魔舞 CATHAY
BALLROOM
(King's Theatre Bldg.)
TO-NIGHT
AND
EVERY NIGHT
Featuring
EARL WHALEY
AND HIS
ALL AMERICAN NEGRO ORCHESTRA
30 NEW CHARMING HOSTESSES
HONGKONG'S MOST ATTRACTIVE BALLROOM COOL--SPACIOUS-LUXURIOUS
CAIETY COMFORT
LATEST DANCE RHYTHM SERVICE TO SATISFY
ALSO
TEA DANCES EVERY DAY, FROM 5 p.m. to 7,30 p.m. THE WHOLE TOWN IS. TALKING.
SNAPSHOTS at Night
HERE'S all you need to take snapshots at nighta camera with fo. lens or faster, two Photoflood bulbs, and Kodak Super Sensitive "Pan" Film. To get pictures with slower- lens cameras, ask for folder where you see the KODAK sign..
KODAK SUPER Sensitive Film
Get a FREE Moth-Proof Bag with every $2.25 Drycleaning Order you send !
SANITEX
MOTH PROOF BAG
2ZA Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 21279. 27 Nathan Road. Tel. LH540.
Our FREE OFFER from commences date until further notice. Send your orders in NOW!
DEPOTS
The Pook
330 Nathan Rd.
Tel. 29071. Tel. 58006.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO.
Kowloon Phono 57032,
THE
HONGKONG
PENINSULA HOTEL; '
HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL;
PEAK HOTEL
&
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;
HOTELS
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotal dos Wagons Lits, Poking
RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD., PENANG.
CRAG HOTEL,
Penang Hilis
(2,409 feet above sealovel.)
Refreshment. Rooms. (hear summit staiton)`
III Railw
"THE ISLAND'S MOST EFFICIENT SERVICE.”
RUNNYMEDE HOTEL
On Sea Front.
Private Cars for Excursions Anywhore,
Caferara etc. to Imperial Airways,
Maxis are interchangeable, no extra cost wherever you have your breakfast, kon, tom, a dinner.
Ilooms of both hotels have private bathrooms and modern sanitatkin. - At the -Buangmode_usch room has its own pubile telephone."
The Hunnyeseda Restaurant has undeniabir pride of place amenz hotels of the Mark with ite zulátne, and Sustly dialzom by tus mencalation to offer the traveler. grach še not to be found slaerhars.