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MARRIAGE.

BRUCE-CRANSTON - On June 1, 1918, at Rattken Glen Mansion House,

• Sergeant Arthies Biver, FLL to Many, youngest daughter of DAVID CRASSTOS, Giffneck.

DEATHS.

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NICHOLAS.At Shanghai Grogak D. NICHOLAS, 3rd Engineer Kiang. Hsin," aged 36 years. HUTCHINSON-On June 12, at Shang- hai, Latas MARY, age 16 years dearly beloved daughter of W LIAM and ELZABETH HUTCHINSON,

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, June M), 1916,

THE CHINA MAIL.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING BY X

The charges were denied.

The Hon. Attorney General Mr. J. Kemps prosecuted our Mr. F. C. Castro, defended. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. Leo D'Almada

The jury sworn was, as under: Ribeiro, Chun How, E. D. dla Baza F. Witchell (foruman) VR V. F. X. Fereira, A. C. Davison and Sheik Ramjuhn Ismail...

BATORE ME JYSTICE HAIRLAND.]"

ALLEGED HELEGAL DETENTION,

Ng Kwok San and Cheung Kwok

mission. of detaining a small boy without per Wat pleaded not guilty to an indictment

Taylor (Foreman) & Nicol, A. J. Carter, The jury comprised Mosers. We C. Burgess, A. M. Wilkie F. Soutar and F. M. Barracas.

Prisoners were found guilty and sentenced to live and four years impri- sonment respectively.

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In the case of Chan Chan, who was tempting to bribe a revenue officer, the indicted yesterday on a charge of at jury found the evidence insuficient, and prisoner was discharged.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1916.

LAST DAYS OF YUAN SHIH-KAI

DISPUTES IN HIS FAMILY.

WAS

One

shock dis, anal, they welcome Vice President Lins President This they agreed to do and so the death was ad- nounced at 10 o'clock on the morning. of June 6

Yuan Koting is reported to have According to reports from the Inner fainted when he saw that his father had Palace, says the Teking Garette, there passert away. But Kowar, the second The Crown Solicitor Mr. G. Has sinek of harmony among the 30, complained that his father was Wakeman, prosecuted.

such diversity of advies offered by the caused the national trouble and thu dont during his last days. Fuere members of the family of the late Presi-killed by Liang Shih-yi and Yang Tu who had promoted the monanthy and different members that every

killed his father. It is said too that Ko The result was that the deceased took a appeared to be the master of the house wan has addressed an earnost letter to. great variety of medicines. Yuan. Konemies should be punishai; be mon President Li asking that his father's ing the eldest son, is want to have tioned particularly the names of the but the other sons and little wives (con- advocated the use of foreigis nielicine promoters of the Chou-Au-Hur

Consequently there was a quarrel be cubines) preferred Chinese doctora

MEMORIAL SERVICE ON 9TH. tween Koting and his brothers as well kai will be held as the Palace on the A memorial service for Yuan Shil as with his father's concubines The 25th and his remains will probably be fifth concubine, who is said to be the late conveyed to his home in Honan on the Chief Executive's favourite, insisted that 28th. It is stated that Yuan, on his the medicine offered by a certain death bed, gave instructions that, after Blind Lo" was the best thing for his death, his Arst second and third the sick person but No. For the sens and also his daughters should re- The following letter has been by a certain Pa Changwu was better, guardianship of his fifth brother, Yuan Afth son said the medicine prescribed turn to his native home, under the parcel from the Union Church Work some hot ingredients while that of the and seventh sons are to resume their received in acknowledgment of The medicina of the former contained Shih-fu, and that his fourth, fifth, sixth Party:

latter contamed ingredients believed to studies in England, while his remaining Highland Casualty Clearing Station, have a cooling effect. Thus, a quarrol sons are to continue their studies under

B.E.F.,

between No II or the 2nd son and Hau Shih-chang, Franco,

other sons ensued. When the late 2.5.16. Chief Executive fainted in the morning):

other expensive articles used in the chemies! industry, the pride and glory of Germany, have been seized and Freast." In Charlottenburg, near

SCHOOL TEACHER. Theirgarten, tha correspondent was shown a manufactory for preparing lay at the Sessions when school Unusual interest was manifested to fuses, which was closed down owing teacher named Ip Wun, an attractive to the lack of raw materials. Hort of 20 years, stood her trial on thres mentions further that the absence of counts of kidnapping three small boys, cotton for the preparation of nitro-attending bur sebook glycerine has compelled Germany to use for this purpose a composition made of wood, which diminishes the force of the explosion 30 per cent. In the matter of copper, Germany has lound no substitute and the corres pindent affirms that the absence of this metal will be the second decisive factor, next to the exhaustion of The Attorney General said the offence buman Quaterial in the defeat of was known alternatively as kidnapping Germany. At the moment the charged with having by fraud deprived ar child stealing, and prisoner wa shortest road to the end of the wara father of three small children who seeme tons to be the steady progress attended a schoot in Shelley Street of the Russians with their plans for where accused was employed as an lestroying the Austrian Army. Gar- instead of going home front school, assistant teacher. On March 9th, many, is now not strong enough to the evidence would be that the render her ally any considerable helpoised took the three boys down to the without gravely imperilling her Macao, apparently under the prstence of Macao beat Sustai and then serons to owa frontWhen the Russians taking them to see sume races or circus. uguin reach the Carpathians there There were no races nor a circus ap Dear Mrs. MACONACHIS, will be no turning back. They Macao where they went to a cinemato

of the 6th a certain foreign doctor that the special commission for arrang parently. A man went with them to Thank you all so much for the three is said to have proposed to bleed the ing the funeral of Yaan Shih-kai has know what to expect and how graph. After that the beys were taken beautifully done up socks which arrived patient and finally six tubesful were proposed that his remains be buried in guard against the danger.

extracted. This so disheartened the same conspicnous place, such as the, on board a junk belonging to a Macs in a perfect state, yesterday, contmeter and they were taken to an

The men are always gled of socks and other sons that they asked Ko-ting in a Summer Palace, or the Western Hills, island where there was a cave where shirts, so you may be very sure they are ster voice if he intended to kill his where a temple should be erected is they were kept for two months and the much appreciated..

father. When the decessed died the honour of the deceased Yuan Ko-ting elder boy was made to write letters to

sons as well as the concubines began to however, is opposed to the scheme, The nice little doyles are the very blame one another for killing the "old believing that he would be fulfilling his father's wishes if the latter's remains. are buried at his native place, Changs teh-fu, about the 27th,

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

to

Exchange was up a farthing this morning; the T.T. rate being 1.

The Manila Observatory this morning reported a cyclone or typhoon over N. China Sen direction unknown.

With reference to Army Order 251 of 1915, it is notified that the outfit allowance of £20 to officers proceeding to India is now extended, under the same conditions to officers detailed for duty in Hongkong or Singapore.

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WOMEN'S WAR WORK IN HONGKONG.

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ACCOUNT BY THE LATE PRESIDENTS.

SECRETARY.

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Paking vernacular papers state

A Sacrifice was offered to the..Iste All the Government departments were President in the Palace on the 9th inst": notified and every official of the higher rank was required to be present at the

his father asking for money to be paid thing for covering the milk in this sultryman Each holds the other responible for their ransom. Meanwhile the weather. I am so glad of them. We for the death, father of the children published re- have a very large camp here, and send wards for, the children's return. A our patients down the line and back to man who would give evidence gave duty, frequently "that we require s certain information to the father and large supply of garments for the poor. The following translation of a letter enquiries were made, the cave located vel. and the children liberated. In her

sent to a friend in Shanghai by Yao statement, accused suit she did take the busy lately. Our Young Flying Corps Shib-kai, is published in the China service to pay their last tribute to the I am with officers, and have been kept Mung-jen, who was a secretary to Yuan children to Macao, but she told them to captain, who came in wounded a few Press. tell their parents.

The Attorney months ago, was killed

deceased ruler. A white Chinese jacket the moving spirit-ahe was not so laid to rest, yesterday beside some other regarding his death are various, both dress worn by officials on the occasion. General added that accused was not his machine went on fire. We saw him k'ai has passed away for ever. Reports around the left arm was the ceremonial Palace, Peking, Jure 11-Yuan Shih-and dark blue gown with a black band Saturday when guilty as somebody else but thongt She was not the leading spirit she must officers, in the little French cemetery, act today, I have not been able to spare the

in the foreign and Chinese papers, Until-Peking Gazelle. be, held liable for her actions.

tar from here. He is only one of thou time to write you concerning Yuan's said the day before he and his brothers his poor mother; so far away from his some light on the whole affair as I have Replying to Mr.Jenkin, one of the boys sands, but one cannot help thinking of demise. My letter however may throw went to Macao, his mother and her two crave. I am sure you are all a sick of personally seen and heard what I write father intended them to live and be you too, have had to give up a great deaf.healthy, until recent years, when at sisters had gone to the country His this gheatly war, as we are. No doubt, Yuna Shih-k'ai had always been looked after at the school during their Please convey our sincere thanks to all times he was troubled by coughing in to grant a sum of $1,000,000 to cover the mother's absence. When his younger who have helped to contribute towards the early morning. By the advice of funerai dxpenses to be incurred by The responsible “Cabinet has docided brother went off with a message it was the gifts sent to the troops. I shall try foreign doctors he took eggs every day, the family of Yuna Shih-kni in addition to say they were going to Yaumati

The eldest boy, aged 11 years, told, the and get some of the men to write and and, in fact, he liked this sort. of foot-300,000, being three months" salary, money. He replied "yes" and asked Cours that on the island he was con

thank you, but cannot guarantee that for his breakfast. For the last three that would have been due to the "late" tinually asked if his father had any they will do so.

GERMAN EXHAUSTION.

WHEN German youths of the 1917- class are found among the prisoners

An engagement is announced be taken in the fighting in auch an Welsh Regiment, only son of Mr. and tween Captain Gordon Willams, the important sector as that of Verdut Mrs. Robert Williams, of 35, Prince's, if $10,000 would do to secure their

it affords good evidence that two gardiens, S.W., and Phylhis younger years of war has pretty well exhausted daughter of the late Mr. J. Grant the supply of human material in Mackenzie, of Shanghai and Harrow Germany. Another recent item of Weald

news pointing to the same conclusion

was contained in a Russian telegram.

Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, who retired e few days ago to the effect that in April of last year when he was acting among the prisoners taken at one Chief Judicial Commissioner, FMS, point of the front where the after having server as a Puisne Judge Russians are rolling "back then the Straits Settlements, is now enemy, were, a number of Germans honorary extra legal adviser to the 2.38 p.m. Auction of Household who had been brought over from

Colonial Office.. Furniture at No. 8, Knutsford the French front. It has been Terrace, Kowloon.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW,

3.30 p.m-Presentation of U.S.H.L Shield to E.K. Vol, Corps at the

Seldiers Club.

+

liberation. The man who was in charge

of them said he did not want 810,000 and that 83 would be enough. While in the cave the boy said he wrote at Cietation four letters altogether.

The secused was "on friendly terms with witness's family and knew his father and mother well and she used to visit their house before they went to Macao.

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Believe me,

Tours gratefully.”

(Sgd.) E. 3. MILLER,

NAVY LEAGUE WAR MEMORIAL FUND.

years he took every morning 6 eggs, big cup of coffee or tea, and some bis cuits At noon he took 4 more eggs and in the evening just before he went to bed, be again took the total being 14 eggs a day. This he had done for the last three years and his health seemed to improve.

During the last Winter, when the cutbreak started out in Yunnan, he work ed from morning to evening. He was always to be found either in his private THIRD LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.study or in the sitting room in con

THE "STAR AND GARIBE" BUILDING: FUND.

Jenkin said it was the women who told The second brother in answer to Mr. him to say they were going to Faumati to see the races.

The Attorney General did not propose G. K. Nuttal

A.E. G. calling the youngest of the three boys.

R. D. Harrey Counsel: It would he very difficult Broker to see bim-(laughter.)

A. R. Lowe smaller than the others

His Lordship: I suppose he is Nemo...

evidence. On May 9th he went home and

*S. 8. The father of the boys then gave RA. Nicolson

Subscriber..

"

The Kiangnan Dock and Engineer calculated by many writers of variousing Works now has the largest dock in nationalities that the present summer Shanghai. The old dock has been would see Germany in the position of extended by more than 150ft, so that no longer having adequate resources the new dock's dimensions are: 544 did not find his sons. He notified the at her disposal to meet the new length on blocks, 74ft. at entrance, with Police. The reward for the retard of reserves of Russia and Engined. The 10ft on blocks. Work on the new dook Lis sons amounted to $150, and the M. the King's Coronation Day. two items we have mentioned bear was begun in the middle of February 1300

amount was afterwards increased to 1415p.m-Cinematograph Performance

in aid of War Charities at Peak Clabout the prediction. In the Russian add was finished last week.

General Memoranda.

THURSDAY, June "22:-

FRIDAY, June 23-

Prince of Wales' Birthday (184).

30 pm. Auction of Household Furniture. Blackwood Ware, New

Matting etc. at Mesara. Hughes and

journal Retch a writer, who has been

9.8.

G. Ferey... Bundobnet...

R. Ringhorn..

Price of a bottle to the health

the men who fought, the battle of the Shager Rack

Witness stated thus in his search for his sons in April he went to the Chinese Nicholls Shanghai had a Children's Day lust In May he went to Macao and white Tommy in Germany since the beginning of Wednesday. A splendid fate was held staying at an hotel he received a paper Police and the British Consul in Canton. the war, recently wrote: "Whenever for the Recreation ground in aid of with some writing on it and the jacket of

W. C. Bond Germany has made an attack at any enffering Belgian children. In connection his youngest sou. On May 14th all the Walton

1. Gith given point, she has left only with this effort, at the request of Lady with the children and his daughters but D. C. Benriel

JR Boas returned Accused was friendly W. J. Morriso minimum number of troops on the Fraser a number of ladies went round he had never given her permission to other fronts. I think this is the great to the different hongs to collect on Be-take the boys to Macao. em.Excursion to Macao by the time arrives when she will be the result of this the excellent totals of weakness of Germany, for as soon as half of the Belgian Children's Fund. As unable to send a dozen Army Corps #1,383 and Tls. 40 were collected.

Flough's.

SATURDAY, June 24-

Midsummer Day.

SUNDAY, June 25-

"Taishan

MONDAY, June 28

1

3 p.m--Sale of Crown Land at Pablie to a given point, she will die a

Works Department

WEDNESDAY, June 28

Entries close for Gymkhana

on

July 8th Hongkong Stock Exchange Settlement

Day:

-Election of a Justice of the Peace for the Licensing Board. SATURDAY, July 1

Bank Holiday.

SATURDAY, July 8

military death" Many of us have almost ceased to believe in the war being brought to a speedy read by economic strangulation, but there is plenty of evidence that as the weeks and months go by the economic situation in Germany becomes more and more acute. Not only is there a great scarcity of food which has

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

whether the defendant's actions were Interrogated by Mr. Tenkin the brother said it would depend & lot on genuine before he would allow his acus to go out with her. He did not know if accused had brought him his sons at tfin time!

Do you Any you have never seen the woman before she was in the dock or at Mr. Edmund Tockhouse, the dis-e Central Police Station tinguished sinalogne residing in Peking for rusy years, lias

who

has been

ipft the Capital for England.

Lady Jordan, wife of B. M. Minister necessitated arrangements for the at Peking, left for England via Siberin

In reply to angther question, witness

-Witness: No, and further I am not. interested in women fölk-laughter).

said wherever any woman appeared he acuased visited his due to

cleared out." He did not know that the sons went in Maco

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Total as per 2nd list

Total to date

$1,000,000.

President three months hease. It the deceased had not died a millionairs and we were not in urgent need of every copper cent for the relief of a financial altustion that is pressing with peculiar- severity on the poorest, not a word would' fbe said against the appropriation. Bat it would be sheer hypocrisy, to say that the people will welcome the news--

Peking Gazelle

BHANGHAI MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO., LTD.

versation with high officials. He often went to bed at o'clock in the morning This Le continued until March of this. year. March 27 was the first day of this year that he failed to attend office 100 From that day, however, Yoan was often unable to attend to his work

The seventeenth annual ordinary 50 It was very often heard that Ta-Huang 50 Ti (the Great Emperor), na he was still meeting of the Shanghai Motuak Tele. called by the office servants even after phone Co., Lt, was held last week, there having cancelled the monarchy, was ill being present the following directors From the end of April to the middle Messrs. N. Macleod, MD, (Chairman) 20of May, President Yuan was very act. Cecil Holliday, C. Fearce, A Hide, To Still be worked, reading the telegrams.

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10 from the provinces or elsewhere and M. Bain, and Mr. Sastav L. Oberg, 10 meeting important officials in discussion the secretary and generalage and of the situation. After the middle of shareholders, representing in all 2,288 May bis condition became worse. On shares.

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E AM WILLIAMS Hou. Socretary and Treasurer Navy League Hongkong Branch Hongkong, 20th June, 19181

shareholders Four toels per share, to

Bonta of Tls. I per share To directors fees To reserve fund'

Ten per cent bonus to

foreign staff

Carry forward to next

year's account

an

11,114.08

162,95253

the 25th of May it was said that heOn the proposal of the Chairman, fainted twice, bat on the 28th his condi-seconded by Mr. Holliday, the report tion improved and he could take bis and accounts were passed as presented 5 eggs. Also he got up to meet Mr. The second resolution, relative to the Liang Shih-yi in the hall attached to his amount available for appropriation sleeping apartmant. But in the evening (27 162,052.62) was proposed by the be again fainted, suddenly. Just why Chairman and seconded by Mr. Pearce. was not known, but it is new admitted. The amount is distribrated as follows: that he had received (to him) terrible 580 news from Szechten and other provinces. From the Ist of June to the 4th 81,565 the President was almost continuously unconscious. His family did not know whether to follow the advice, of foreign or Chinese doctora Ko-ting. ekfest son, was in favour of a foreign doctor, while the younger brothers. and Madame Yuan and the concubinda all favoured the Chinese doctors The Chinese doctors Lan Han-chen and Pa

Commenting on the foregoing resold Chang wu, and other doctors were tion, the Chairman said -*- invited to give advice, but it was not At the directors' meeting on May 16, known which Chinese doctor's adricent which it was decided, en set out in they followed His iness became the report, the distribution of the still more serious when he realized the amount avalable for appropriation, two failure of the Nanking Conference and points were discussed, one of which was. heard of the declaration of the in the advisability of recommending a re- The following extract froux, the for dependence of Yunnan and Szechung then on their last year's subscriphous to locally

Yi in Szechuan were never suspected a bonus to the foreign staff. It was then he Sr. Jo's SQUARE 20-During tus On the morning of the 5th day of ance until & calculation could be made ST. JORY HEADQUARTERS WAREHOUSE by the President of disloyalty to bum decided to leave these matters in abdy-- fortnight ending 12th May 1918, 23 June, Hsu Shih-chang called at his bed as to what amoimt would be required Hospitals in England were suppliedith side and asked "Are you better? No, to allow of, sayo por cont, return on requisites and comforts (28,000 articles Tam dying answered the President in line subscriptions for last year breathing heavily, and sold again The President paused &

Before these figures were obtained on MY 27, uotice was received from two was true as the old saying has that shareholders, Messrs. Inah and Seymour, when, & bird le dying, cries and of their intention to prop laments and when a man is dying, he tion that 10 per talks sincerely have beer, deceived by alaries for the redr the monarchists and hové.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

ABSOCIATION, Z

3.46 p.mThird Gymkhann of the mass, feeding of the population in ten days ago. A contemporary states, if he knew what had transpired during fightly return will be of interest Lang Heung-min in Hunan and Caen our subscribers; the other point, that of

Season at Race Course, Happy Valleymany Gerinan cities, but the efficiency that Lady Jordan hopes to reach home of the German military machine is in time to see one of her sons before he considerably Impaired by the

THE CHINA MAI TYPHOON

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GUIDE

diables one to locate the centre

of a Typhoon

MOUNTED OF CARDBOARD ANY

TAFED FOR HANGING.

Price 50 Cents.

Team the Omsa Man: Office

leares England for the front

Subsequently counsel asked witzese the tifin hour

icles in

Garments Articles

Witness said ho did not know blockade maintained by the British

wife, didn't you

Counsel: You had tiffin with your A Tokyo telegram says that M. Withers had tiffin at home, but if Navy. The special correspondent of Rourne, the Governo Gomerul of Indoher's fan hat better wisher (laughter): 11 Hospitals abroad (Havro) were sup the Retch, who recently returned to China, was received by His Majesty the Did you see your sens during the D you want to know where my wife had to all) Rusai wrote on this subject zu Emperor of Japark on the 14th mat and tiffa bout I took the older two home

plied wizz requisites and conforts follows The Germans have tried wax at the spent irish of His Majesty with all manner of expedienta to secure decorated with the Grand Cordon of

Total copper from America, but thanks to the 1st class Deler of the Rising Sun. the British

lockade they have obtained little or none. Two months ago articles of domestic utility made of copper, were requisitioned by the Germaa Government, and the antho rities Have oven removed the door stover

articles

CLOSING

QUOTATIONS

fine time he had in the box). He did Did your oldest son tell you what not have such a fine time as all that he Aaid he became so giddy that he nearly fell down in the witte box lagghter), Idid not dare se him any question is: He was so reYouS

Can the

8,820

702 people But here is my

ran the concubines and

led him then