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EARL'S COWARD'S
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,
APRIL 7, 1938.
NEW SHOW
100th Of Polar
Anniversary
"Cruise
RANCHER EARL'S FIRE RESCUES
Children Saved, Home Destroyed
Calgary.
THE 24-years-old Earl of
Egmont-the "Rancher Earl" who preferred life on the Canadian prairie to his ancestral Avon Castle,
lost his Hampshire-has ranch home.
in
It has been destroyed by fire. He and the young countess awakened just in time to rescue their three children from the blaze.
They had only a few moments to spare when they hurriedly wrapped up the children and ran through a wall of flames.
Later
The night was bitterly cold and the family found shelter in a ranch employee's shack. they went to the countess's former home in Calgary.
The ranch, which "Freddie"-- as the young earl insists on be! ing known in the district-took over after his father's death, has been in the family for many years.
the
GOWN INSPECTION BY Noel Coward und Miss Peggy Wood. She plays in his new show. "Oper
al ette," opening Opera
Ma House. chester, next Thursday AUSTRALIA BARS DRAFT
Canberra. Prime Minister Lyons has nounced that Australians will never
Ke war. be conscripted for cares such a question has never been considered here or at the
Empire conferences at London.
un-
dc-
"Riviera King" Jailed As International Swindler COCOS Island treasure; real estate coups in the south of France;
Huge Armies
In Europe
with
Here are the strengths of armies in Europe:
Germany. 800,000, 120,000 more to be added.
Britain.Itegular Army, 150,500. 199,000; reserves, Territorials, 159,000. Total, 588,500.
France.-690,000, with re- serves of 4,000,000.
Russia. 1,500,000. Italy-1,300,000. Poland.-280,000.
By Otto JanssenTM
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON.
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES' NA- VAL EXPLORING EXPEDITION, COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES WILKES, TO BE CELEBRATED THIS YEAR WILL RE- MIND THE WORLD OF MANY UNSETTLED CONTROVERSIES CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY AND OWNERSHIP OF THE VAST ANTARCTIC CONTINENT.
Explorers of a dozen countries have visited the great frozen land at the bottom of the world, and claims to large areas have been made by or in behalf of Great Bri- tain, Norway, France and the United States. The United States government, however, has not finally and officially recognised any foreign claims, nor waived its own. The problem is vexed because discovery has never been follow- ed by permanent occupation.
United States, interest in the Antarctic had its inception August. 18, 1838, when Wilkes, commanding six vessels, sailed from Hampton Roads for an extended cruise that took him around South America, twice into the waters around Antarctica, twice across the Pacific.
The expedition reached Rio de Janeiro late in November and remained there until January 6, 1839 when it sailed for Orange Harbour at the southernmost tip of South America. From this port several of the ships made a brief excursion into Antarctic waters but were forced to return to warmer waters. because of fog and heavy| ice.
and
WILKES COURT MARTIALED
The crowning blow came when Wilkes.
upon his return to the United States was court martlated on charges of exceeding his au thority, illegally punishing sub- ordinates. being unnecessarily harah and falsifying his claims. Regarding the latter charge, several of Wilkes' salfors charged he "doc- tored" his accounts relating to the discovery of land.
on All Wilkes was vindicated charges except that of illegal punish- The ships left their Orange Hor-ment of subordinates, for which he bour base and arranged to meet in was reprimanded. It is a matter of who ruled Valparaiso. Only five arrived, how-record, however, that Wilkes was a ever. The tender Sea Gull ran into domineering individual
After visits to the Fiji Islands and a gale shortly after leaving the base with a firm hand. and went to the bottom with all
Malalo,
trouble where there was hands. Another vessel, the slow with natives, the Expedition sailed
for Hawail and after a visit salling store-ship Relief was ordered to
reducing return
headed for the American coast, where home,
it arrived squadron to four.
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the
the the expedition
of the ships went up Pacific. month was spent survey-
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It was learned later that were established on various islands, wrecked at the mouth of the river,
At one of the islands, Clermont deal hands escaped, however,
landing party from the. Tonnerre, a
American coast From the North expedition encountered unfriendly the ships returned to Hawall stop- natives. Wilkes subdued them by ping at Honolulu, The expedition ordering his men to fire mustard-
returned home by
by way of the China serd at their legs. This was the first
Sea Manila and Singapore, arriving of a series of incidents with natives
win New York Harbour in July, 1842. that brought sharp criticism of Wilkes Although the expedition, from the and resulted, among other things, in standpoint of scientific discovery and his being court-martialed upon his
exploration, was one of the most im- return home.
portant and thorough ev
ever under- The ships visited Tahiti and then proceeded to
the Samoan Islands, taken by the United States, it has re-
mained obscure in history. headquarters were ex- More than 280 islands were sur- tablished at Tutulla. After stops at veved. 200
miles of the coast and a number of small islands, the vessels streams of Oregon
were traversed salled for. Sydney, Australle, which and 1,500 miles of land on the A- was to be their base for the second taretle Continent were "tald down.", Antarctic exploration. They
The expedition supplies some of at Sydney Island in November, 1930, and after hasty preparations
tions depart Botanical and
purt the most complete maps ever drown. geologic specimens, ed the day after Christmas for the
$1 accounts of native customs and draw- for south. One of the tenders was ings of little-known places
were forced to turn back shortly after the brought back to form un important departure because of the heavy ice. part of this country's scientific data.
CAUGHT IN ICE JAM
Wilkes, before his death, was gen- The three remaining ships pushed erally upheld in this country, in his maps, including on despite the constant danger of one published by the British Ad- being crushed by icebergs. The first miralty, a portion of Antarctica is report that land had been sighted labeled Wilkes Land. Nevertheless, come from the vessel Porpoise on the map claims this area was dis- January 13. The commanding off-
Girl's ClaimTo Temporary Huge Fortune
arrived
claims. In many
a bogus international "bank"-these are spectacular pages from the career of William Henry Billil Quilliam, one-time "King of the Riviera" and dealer in millions, who at 52 finds himself in
New York. gaol.
nineteen Quilliam, a retired solicitor, was sentenced at the Old Bailey BRIGHT-EYED,
year-old Olga Zaharoff re- recently to two years' imprisonment for conspiring to defraud
Boston people parting with money to Heilbut Symons and Co., Ltd., and cently laid claim in a obtaining money by false pretences.
court to "the £50,000,000 fortune" In 1919 he promoted a fish com- of Sir Basil Zaharoff, reputed to Two accomplices, Charles Fre derick Davies, aged 51, a Harrow pany in London with a capital of have been the world's greatest He was appointed munitions agent. Sir Basil died clerk, received four months' im- £2,000,000. prisonment, and Joseph Jacques managing director at £1,500 a year,
in France in November 1936. Leoni Helon, aged 38, merchant. plus expenses.
Olga waved 12 months.
Over 0,000 people subscribed, 2,500!
documentary The trial had lasted eight days, being women. In March 1922, when evidence to prove that she is and it was alleged by the prosecu-a compulsory winding-up order was tion that the Arm conducted made, gross labllltics to creditors a grandniece of Sir Basil. She Jam
elephants, dusty-appearing icebergs scheme for financing business nbroad umounted to over £222,000, and is still studying at Boston Uni-cer reported great numbers of sea-covered by a British expedition. which
and dangerous nearly £510,000 was owed to share-versity.
holders. form of fraud.
It was said that the company circularised firms in Palestine, the RIVIERA FORTUNE United States. India, Canada, and European countries offering loann £500,000. of from £25.000 to About £25,000 was obtained, but no loans were issued.
WB9
new
Quilinm's big-business genius was his downfall. He had a head for figures and company-miniding, in- cluding hunting for pirate treasure on the Cocos Islands,
Ironed Himself
tion
For Rheumatism According
farmer
W
The will of Sir Basil, leaving her
he
and other indications of land nearby. fant
He also said he thought he saw dis-More Wealth In
mountains to the southwest. The ice feld prevented the ship from getting nearer:
Three days later, all three vessels: reported they had sighted land. They
United Kingdom
tried desperately to get closer but 860 Persons In Britain With the lee barrier blocked their path.
Incomes Over £30,000
his fortune, has disappeared, she said. Quilliam disappeared. He was Eight years ago she visited him ni
He told her next heard of
Riviera. his Paris estate. on the where he became a famous char-planned to leave her his money,
LEFT NO WILL acter. His business genlas again
father's brother, Olen said her came to the fore, and he purchased options on sites at Juan-les-Pins. Basil Zaharoff, is now fighting in the
Another vessel, the Peacock was lle made a fortune developing the French courts for her interests.
forced out of the search when she
There were more millionaires resort.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kuzma Russia before
was caught in un lce jam which Next he turned to the low-lying Zoharoff, fed from
broke her rudder and caused other, in Great Britain and Northern district of Bouches-du-Loup, the revolution, according to Olga.
be-
serious injuries. Sir Dasil, she added, was an of-
She limped into Ireland during the financial year tween
Nice and Antibes, and tried
Sydney February 21 in a "shatter-1935-36 than during the preced- to make it
Juan. The Acer in the Russian Army before the A second
war. He married young, but his
ed and sinking condition."
ing three years. scheme failed.
wife
the girl died. When. and baby
The two remaining vessels,
The Commissioners of the Inland Not
to be
be outdone, Quillinm then
Vincennes and Porpoise, persisted. Revenue, in their report for the year floated a company for the exploita-Olga was boru. Sir Basil took "the
greatest interest" in her. of marble mines near Nice. Sir Basli left no will. His estate in On January 30 the Vinccines sighted ended March 31, 1937, show that the Wilkes named Piner's number of persons assessed for Sur- to Delective-inspector
England was valued at £193,103. land which
on the Robinson, Quilliata returned to Eng-
He was said to have given away Bay. One naval commentator wrote tax-incomes exceeding £2,000-on
that the name of Antarctic Cont!-September 30, 1937, based It was stated at a Hammersmith land about 1932, and became con-
the greater part of his fortune ten
nent was now for the first time 1935-30 figures, was 89,051, with a total income of £440,625,500. The Inquest that William John Carter, nected with a fim called the Bar-
years ago.
said his property given to the newly-found land," nged 80, a
oftholomew Investment Syndiente, Lid. His stepdauthers bootmaker,
At the same time Wilkes was in net tax assessed was £62,953,584, the in France was worth only £100,000, Dieppe Street,. Fulham, treated him- Later Helbut Symons and Co. wog
this region, a French naval expedi-highest since 1931-32. the bank for loan scheme In
does French law
not compel
Of these, 860 may be classed as sell for rheumatism by:
tion under Capitalne de Vaisseau M. Rabbing his limbs with paraffin Zurich, for which a man was sen-
-publication of the value of estates.
J. Dumont d'Urville was carrying on millionaires, having incomes exceed- teneed in Switzerland in October to
explorations. Many authorities as a ing £30,000 a year.
In 1034-35 the number was 842; in six years in a penitentiary.
A warrant was in existence
logs carried by both men contend 1933-34 it was 783; and in 1932-33 it Urville sighted land in the Antarctic was 800. -which he called Adelie Land-on The 1936-30 total consisted of:-
incomo the same day that it was seen by
£30,000 to £40,000 Wilkes expedition 400 miles to the east. It is also held in some quer- £40,000 to £50,000 cast
£50,000 to £75,000 ters that the Frenchman saw what he
£75,000 to £100,000
£100,000 called Cole Clarie the day before it
plorers.
The estimated gross income for was sighted by the American ex-
Rear Admiral J. E. Pillsbury, in a Great Britain and Northern Ireland copyrighted article for the U.S. Naval for the financial year 1936-37 was Institute
claimed £3,530,000,000, the highest shown in publication, d'Urville failed to change his calen- the report, which gives the figures dar when he crossed the Internation- back to 1927-28. For the previous al Date Line, making his log read year it was £3,372,043,180, of which
are was share Scotland's
2201,8 800,588. one day ahead of
of the actual date,
d'Urville The number of individuals entirely Pillsbury
contended
and
Ironing himself with an ordinary household flat-iron.
He was found semi-conscious on Switzerland for Quilliam's arrest.
the floor of his room, and taken to THREE WIVES IN CELLS hospital, where he died next day.
in
£100 Weekly To result of examination of the ship's Lord Warwick
Los Angeles. The Earl of Warwick, under the
Recording a verdict of death" by Through his counsel, Mr. Roland misadventure, the deputy coroner Oliver, K.C., Quilliam offered to pay (Mr. W. R. H. Heddy) said that Car- the costs of the prosecution-£800 ter died from shock due to extensive and he was ordered to do so. burns, the case being very extra- During the whole of the trial the name of Michael Brooke, has signed ordinary, since there was no evidence wives of the three men sat in court." new long-term contract with Para- It is believed to be for at least of the man having come into contact They visited their husbands in the mount, it is stated here recently. £100 three years at more than
a Quillam later told
week.
that Lord The contract species warwick be exploited under
his screen name only.
with any flame.
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The use of a hot iron is a simple "There is a side of my husband method of treating rheumatism re which people know very little about cognised by leading specialists, writes tie is utterly devoted to his family." the Medical Correspondent.
Quilliam, in fact, offered to take all
"GOOD SCREEN MATERIAL" The iron is appiled over a towel as tho
blarne Bo that his associates
Officials of Paramount said that his hot as can be borne. This is one of should go free.
work in a supporting role in "Buil-sighted Adelle Land the day after it relleved from tax by the operation the devices for providing dry heat (others are electric lamps, hot water as a solicitor in Liverpool, and had believe that he
Ho formerly carried on business dog Drummond's Peril" led them to was discovered by Wilkes and that of allowances was 4,950,000; again Wak good screen the French officer saw Cote Clarie the highest total in the list, while bottles and bags of hot salt).
the same day but at a later hour than those chargeable with tax numbered 3,450,000. making an aggregate of It is more effective than the moist an extensive police court practice, material.Britisk United Press.
He speaks seven Innguages," includ- The Earl of Warwick recently lost it was sighted by Wilkes.
To further complicate matters, heat given by hot baths or poultices ing Arable, and is the son of the an action against Metro-Goldwyn-
or 300,000 more than the because a much higher temperature in
Inte Shelki Abdulla Quilliam, who Mayer, with whom he was formerly Captain J. C. Ross of the British previous year when the record set up ..can be reached, without burning.
at one Ume
the head of the under contract. He claimed £1,808 Navy, in a report of his voyage in in 1931-32 was equalled.
region, ignored
Estate liable to Estate Duty In for services and £287 transportation the same
Wilkes Hot paraffin wax (not ell) is was another wide The affected part
ured and comfort Moslems in Great Britain.
His father was struck off the rolls for himself and valet. He went to claims and reputedly reflected upon 1936-37 numbered 147,020, of which
the Americon officer'a veracity. 15,981
3,031 were in Scotland. solicitor in 1909, and
Wilkes countered with the charge Income-tax for. Great Britain and country. He returned, and left the Hollywood in 1930 to be trained as a
years later as film star.
Recently he came to England, leav- that Ross had wilfully copied from Northern Ireland yielded £257,096,- £259,000,000 The net receipt from aine the two methods, If he used oil Dean of the London School of ing again for Hollywood a few days a chart which he had given the Bri- 670 net, against a Budget estimate of
bases of both expeditions.. have been hot enough to ignite. It... that his former name was. Quilliam, solved,
Ing application
Is fammersed in it or the wax may be painted over with a brush. Carter seems to have tried to com- Dr. Henri Marcel Leen, and became
instead of wax the iron, may easily Physiology. He would never admitago after his marriage had been dis- tisher when they met at Sydne Scotland, was 214.850,701
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