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Shanghai, to Mr. and Ms. V. BARTLEY.On July 31. 1920. at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bartley, a son. WATSON. On July 31, 1920, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Watson, Jr., a son. MORRISON. On August 1, 1920, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs..A. J. Morrison, a sq.

Morgan, a daughter.

DIATES."

VAN MEINES-At his residence. 174, Oostzeedyk. Rotterdam, on

the 9th June, 1920. Henri van

Meines, Jr., late Marine Super intendent of the Asiatic Petro leum Co. (South China) Ltd. REMEDIOS.-On August 1, 1920, 4: Shanghai, Celedonio Clemente dos Remedios, age 68 years..

ZOR.

THE CHINA MAIL.

it by swelling all the latitudes in- thrust or two. Going into an empty side a cylinder which has the dis-room, we said: meter of the equator, and showing And thou shalt make his pans that the inner surface of the cylin- to receive his ashes, and his shovels, der, when unrolled, is a parallelo- and his basons, and his fleshhooks

and his firepans."

gram.

PASSPORTS AGAIN,

LOGAL AVED GLMERAL,

Messrs. W. Hell and I. S. Moraes are added to the is of authorized architects."

Immediately we felt a kind of fluttering near the diaphragm, and K90 is the Observatory telephone knew that we had got one good one number. Shipmasters are requested bome. We continued:

not to be shy about ringing up, "And the Aims which dwelt in The passport is a war time ex-Hazerim, even unto Azzali, the The Colonial Secretary wants pedient. If those who defend its Caphtorius, which came forth out tenders for making 1,600 serge suits for police winter wear. Material retention in peace time reply that of Caphtor, destroyed them." the conditions at present are is The demon thereupon pleaded supplied. difficult as they were while war wes guilty. We sternly demanded his on, we point out this fact. Ther name. He tried èrasion. (They have been waived in the case of always do that, it seems. We in travellers to Macan and Canton,Įsisted, and he confessed that his because traffic to these places is so name was Gnosos. His game was large that the things became a up manifest nuisance. Very well. What is to hinder a roan, of the kiad. passports are supposed to check, from going to Canton, and. thence overland to places he other- wise could not reach without a

to have

*LOCAL AND`GENERİL

Tuberculosis sufferers are on the increase in Japan, the latest returns indicating the total number at above 1,000,000,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920.

HIS FIRST “FOUL."

FILIPINO'S THEFT:

PREFERS LASE, TO JAILM

MANCHESTER WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs. James F. Hatton and Ca, Ltd., Manchester, report on Wednes day, June 30:

The feature of to-day's markets to be found in the raw material A Filipino named Andres, a pas rather than in yarn or cloth. New senger from Manila by the ́s.s." "Tenyo Mare," was this morning cotton belt continue to be of a very crop and weather news from the charged before Magistrate Hutchison favourable nature and the monthly with the theft of $45 and 100 yen, estimate of the National Goth the property of another Filipino pas Association proved to be of a dis

senger.

The

When asked to plead, the defen- tinctly optimistic character. dant said: "I admit I took the present condition is estimated at 72 money from my friend. I do not and the crop at 11,440,000 Bales know why I did it.".

which is an improvement of 3.per The Magistrate: You plead guilty?dition was given it 64 and the cent on last month when the com

—Yes, I will tell you the truth.

The defendant then plunged into a reports.

crop as 10,200,000 Bales. Private Mr. A. W. Curtiss, proprietor of story of how he went to say farewell figures and the acreage is approx- confirm the present the Kobe Herald who has been serito a lady friend at Manila before imated to be 1 per cent, increase an ously ill for some time, is now fully sating. She happened to be in last year. recovered.

Despite these bearish financial difficulties, so he gave her factors and continued unfavourable all his money.

trade however, American cotton The Magistrate: Where are for prices shew appreciable advances on Sbound to ?I took ship to Hongkong those of a week ago, ating to 3: to join my cousin Andres Baleres. vary extensive covering movement He promised to find me work here. which has set in. Egyptian futures Asked for the facts of the case, the have xlso been firmer. In the yard police told the Magistrate that the and cloth sections there has again defendant felt sea sick yesterday and been a fair enquiry and although no remained in the cabin. His two cab improvement has taken place in the, in mates went on deck, thinking amount of the business done, the their luggage safe with the defendant outlook is still regarded hope in the cabin. When the ship arrived fully by all concerned.

port and they went to prices an easier tendency is now the cabin to take their luggage, noticeable all round and, cloth the complainant found that quotations remain irregular, varying

To-day's regn of norifiable July banknotes in circulation passport? Nothing. In peace tine disease records one case of enteric were C. 5. $9,243,665; L fbefore the war) most countries fever and one case of paratyphoid $21,912,645; and M. B. $1,051,309. could be entered without passports. Fever, Indian and French respectively. Reserves as usual. It is true that the Foreign Office used to recommend them, as affording a ready means of identification in case of need, and perhaps with an eye to the fees charged for them. But even these were for use in foreign counries One of our present troubles is that, in peace time, we of the British Frupire cannot move from place to

out passports and all the trouble and inconvenience and expense they involve.

How about a petition to Pariiz- ment fri ali British residents here, asking for the passport non- sense to be stopped? Do you care enough?

DEVILS.

A marriage has been arranged Korgmoon was badly flooded as a result of the recent rains. Many between Mr. G. A. Benz, Pre houses collapsed and several perserssident of the Shanghai Italian Chan are stated to have been killed. Con- ber of Commerce, and Gerve Barouti, siderable damage was also done to who has been staying in Shangbal property in the villages of the Shanpo for some time. district.

The American steamer "West

am. ten miles from Hikoshima, out side Moji The salvage-baat "Oura Maru" was sent to render assistance. The Moji Water Police also des- patched launches. The place where the steamer stranded is a very dan gerous spot, several ships having

been wrecked.

The funeral took place at Bab bling Well Cemetery of Robert Samuel

man on HMS. "Cricket.” The de-

very suddenly at Shanghai.

A Persian official, says the

in

In yaru

i place within our own empire with- | Heart" ran ashore on July 23 at 3.56 / Pakenham Hughes, able bodied sea one of his boxes had been broken | according to manufacturers' engage ceased, who was 34 years old, died inter and the money extracted. He ment. It is however impossible to informed the police. When the give any estimate of the fall in values defendant was searched, the money as owing to the entire absence of was found stuck in his boots."

offers there has been no opportunity Asked if he had anything more to of ascertaining the extent of con- Chinese press, arrived in Shangbai say, the defendant said: "I hope you cessions that producers are willing to several days ago for the supposed will forgive me this foul sir. I make. Where looms have already purpose of opening commercial inter- have tasted prison life last night, and stopped for want of orders or course between China and Persia. I don't want to go back to jail. I are about to stop, very appreciably Several more of his compatriots are want to die. Even if you give me reduced quotations are given, but 100 fashes it is better than sending this is to be found in only a few expected to arrive shortly,

me to prison."

- instances in the plainer cloths The fantan gambling monopoly

The Magistrate passed sentence of and there is DO doubt that for Canton and Honam is stated to six weeks' hard labour. The defen- but a small amount of buying have been let for $1,300,000 a year dant left the dock in tears. He at this juncture would immediately The number of gambling houses will embraced a couple of friends and fill these up and harden prices all be limited to 100, in order to wished then a pathetic farewell and round. When this happens however reduce expenses, and to make the then accompanied the police into the and the tendency of prices moves gambling dens look prosperous.” jail

against buyers, it is only too probable that many outlets who are at present holding off because of the uncertainty which always prevails when values are falling, will then immediately come in as buyers. This is certainly to be expected, for there are still so many demands unsatisfied, and the result would naturally be to advance rates quickly. It would appear there fore that buyers who get it just be fore such a happening will be able to make very favourable purchases. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

perament. The Settlement roads in these days are an object-lesson in anarchista, and the sword and hat emblematical of law and order are never seen,"

overtake the liner.

EUROPEAN CHARGED.

ALLEGED DISORDERLY

BEHAVIOUR.

It is reported that salvage opera- tions may be commenced shortly by a Shanghai firm to salve the dredger Shanghai which was wrecked on the shores of Taochao Bay during the recent typhoon when the tug "Friesland" was nearly lost. A sur- yeying party will shortly leave Shang- ha to investigate the possibilities of

salvage.

1:

MORPHIA.

CAUGHT RED HANDED,

CHINESE FINED $500.

ot

The Magistrate imposed a fine of $500 or three months" hard labour.

PASSENGERS.

ARRIVALS.

WOMAN JUMPS INTO HARBOUR,

OPIUM.

CHINESE FINED $100.

PUPAKAN

Charged before Magistrate Hutchi- son with the unlawful possession of

As time goes on the absence of a police patrol becomes more and more apparent in Kobe, complains the Japan Chronicle. Baseball is played in the Settlement streets absolutely Conan Doyle is having a copy of without let or hindrance; the brick Chili's Millions sent to him. We footpaths are regarded by cyclists are seeing to that. I should in- and riesha men as made for their terest him. It is the official organ delight, and they ring for the pedes of the China Inland Mission, End | trian to get off. When the pedestrian gives clutty letters from the labour- makes them get off they look grieved fers in the vineyard, people who or became abusive according to tem-

know what they are talking about, people who cannot tell a lie. The [China Mail has pepeatedly chafed Conan Doyle about his belief in mediums, his belief in their mes sages from dead friends, but our methods are less likely to suppress The Pacific Mail liner Colom such mischievous superstition than bia," almost left for San Francisco is the plain testimony of Miss A on July 23 afternoon with only one Harrison of Sisiang in Shensi. She wireless operator. Rex Sinock, one

A Chinese was this morning charged A heavy downpour of rain has before Magistrate Hutchison with the found in papers received from of the operators, came to Tokyo that

quite serious articles morning to see some friends. Hay caused inundations in various parts unlawful possession of five official BIRTHS.

sphere whose periphery is the hori- Home

It then began to dawn en us about the possibility of communic-ing overstayed his time a little bit of Formosa. All rivers overflowed doses of morphia and two syringes.

The defendant pleaded not guilty. MORGAN.-On July 31, 1920, z that the plumb has no

relationating with the dead." She writes: without having seen his friends, he their banks and over 400 houses whatever to the surface over which I wish I could sound a note of hired a motor car to hurry him back have been flooded. A large tract of He said that the things were deposit. to the port. His car blew a tyre mid sugar plantation and farms has beened with him for safe keeping by a it hangs: but that its true plane is warning to the foolish people who way between Tokyo and Yokohama devastated by the floods. Extensive friend. that from horizon to horizon, dis are tempted to dabble in sach mat and Mr. Sinnock reached the pier damage was done to sugar cane and Sergeant A. Clarke said that at A Chinese woman yesterday at- regarding the belly of the earthters.

5 p.m., yesterday he went to the tempted to commit suicide in West In China, some of us have after the ship was well out in the other land. projected within that horizon. No learned a great deal about this sort bay. To add to his misery, it was

second floor of No. 8, Pokfulam | Point by jumping into the harbour. matter where the plumb hangs. its of thing, and we know for fact that raining. The only way out of a bad What the Japanese papers des | Road, armed with a search warrant. She was rescued by the police and line is polar and the horizon must it is of their dead loved ones they situation was to charter a launch, cribe as a pleasing scene" was In a small cubicle he found the sent to the hospital

bed When her case was called before be one of its true planes, that is, get into communication with, but which he was able to do in time to witnessed in the lower House recent defendant sitting

ly, when a Bill for increasing allow actually injecting the drug into Magistrate Hutchison this morning. at right angles to it. The horizon,derouns who personate them." in effect, is a line of latitude drawn She then relates actual experi-

adces to members of the Diet was the arm of a ricsha coolie. There Inspector. Willis said that according passed without a dissentient voice. were several other coolies in the to the doctor the woman would not on the periphery of a true sphere.ences, proving that the devils can

Even the Opposition parties, we are room waiting their turn. He arrest be able to leave the hospital for a the centre of which, the nadir, is be forced to own up, by throwing

told, did not raise any objection to ed the defendant.

week. faithfully indicated by any down-texts at them. It is, of course,

the new measure, which was put into

The case was remanded until next ward prolongation of the plumb very easy for demons to personate

effect at once.

Saturday. line. It is as easy to prolong the the dead, or to tell facts about

The recent civil war has been peripheral line (true sphere curre) them, for have they not watched over the fattened pole as it is to them in their lifetime, and do they

productive of some amusing happen- true, and obvious, that over the prolong the plunub. It is quite not know even their secrets?" A European resident was arrestedings. For instance, one correspon- They do. They do. There is a last night on a charge of having been dent in Peking informed his paper edge of the flattening the plumb demon who knows all ours. His drunk and disorderly in Wyndham that the capital was without ice or line need not be at right angles name-but that's for by and by. Street

vegetables on the night of July 18. with the surface. There is no At present it is Miss Harrison's He was allowed bail in the sum of Personally we have not been without $10 but failed to answer his name at either since the war started and we But it would be at storm. necessity,

Court this morning. His bail was have neither iceplant or vexetable

Per 'ss Taiyuan," on Acgust 5-Mr two taels of prepared non-Govern estreated.

garden, remarks, the "N. C.D. Gray, Capt Madden, Mr W. Evacement opium, a Chinese said that the "Standard."

Miss Ehrenban, and Miss Williamson. drug was given to him by a friend Per ss. "Namsang" on August 6:- to take on board a ship. He was Mr E. J. Schary, Mrs F. de Fredtigue, promised a few ten-cent pieces for Mr. Alexander Frost, one of the Mr J. 5. Dinner, Mr C. Sinclair, Mr A. oldest foreign residents of Kobe—he McFarland. Mr and Mrs E. H. Liver plomb must coincide and be parallel the young woman herself speaking,

arrived in 1871-died on July 21. sidge, Mr B. R. Ower, Mr. H. Hiers, with the plane of the horizon. The we demanded of it an answer to the

Mr. Frost was well-known amongst Mr and Mrs F. B Sollivan, Mr E. Van Hongkong, Batueday; AlgEET 7, 1920 horizon is the edge of the plane that question, Who are you?. It tried this morning, inspector Willis, of the shipping fraternity, as he was Loon, M Van der Wal, Mr G. Otten, Mr J.J de Mee, Mr W. N. de Mee, and Mm is left when the segment is ent off, evasion, but held to it, replied "1 West Point charged a Chinese who Messrs Nickel and Co., the well-Pee 6.5. Tenyo Marn," August &

for many years connected with Van der Exmp. and as it is cut off by the human (am I am several times, was found by a district watchman known firm of stevedores, etc., and Mr J. 8. Berentsen, Mr A. Hipsbuma. eye, its area is limited, and cer- and then changed it to 'We are loitering outside a tea shop at 3 ami. tainly much smaller than the semi- we are and finally, We with being a rogue and a vagabond. had been a pensioner of the firm for Mr B. H. Bymst. Mrs A. Leegstre. Miss When not employed poetically or plane left by the flattening of the ore demons.*

The defendant said that he was

some time past. He came out to 8. Leczstrs, Mr A. A. Leiser, dr., Mr H. der, Me E. E. Van Teeseling, Mr B. figuratively, these terms, zenith and poles. This flattening cannot be Asked How many? evasion was waiting for the tea shop to open to Shanghai in a sailing vessel and ob- G. Miller, Mr E. Molino, Miss G. Saan-

tained his discharge there.

Golf, Mr N. W. Hamilton, Mr X. W. nadir, do not seem to offer much taken into account, any more than again tried; but the Lord bas given go inside and take his breakfast.

Hamilton, Mr G. Harper, Mr& Nets scope for argoment.

The Inspector said that the tea shop The zenith can the steep slope of a hill over to His servants authority over these

According to the "Kuling Bul-mara, Mr W. F. Earle, Mrs A 8. Earle, ni is the point immediately over which the zenith-nadir plumb may imps of wickedness, so they have

letin" on Tuesday afternoon of last Mr and Mrs L. C. Hatt, Mr G. Rodims. Mr B.- Nakayama, Mr A. Oka, Mr. Wm. head, the top of any line extended be bung. Our earth may be a to obey, and we got the answer

Week a Chinese woman weighing u Swart, KFT. Sakural, Mr. Tamers, Chicago Tribune (Paris edition) has A special correspondent of the upwards along any plurah line, and spheroid only, but far as zenith 'Fire."

450 pounds was carried up the Mr. F. F. Vasanis, Mrs M. C. Van Ebeen making enquiries at Doorn the nadir is its opposite. practic and horizon are concerned, it reste The woman is now better." Every

mountain by 16 coolies. - In addition | Mr 8. Yokoyama, Mr L. Yanie, Father, ally the point we call the centre of within a hollow sphere that is true repetition of a text acts like a sword grafity. Yet there is á man in at all points. It is admitted that thrust 27. Hongkong worrying about it, In a straight line run through the Picture this intrepid lady, com- one of those delightfully, imprae centre of the earth must touch the pelling devils to ober her. If she tical and non-utilitarian talks which zenith (two zeniths, as a matter had only thought of ordering them educated men enjoy so much, he of strict accuracy.) It is equally all to leave. China for 999 years, proved" by mathematics and by true that any plumb line suspend what a useful work. However, geometrical diagrams, that these ed from either zenith must, when These things get overlooked some- opposites are not always opposite. prolonged, touch the centre. It times. One cannot think of every. The argument was roughly this, seems clear also that the surfare thing So far as her story is con- that as the globe on which we stand distance between two plumbs sua-cerned, we can confirm it from our

Landa, Mr.La Luzuriaga, Mr A. Idocente, attacked by an assailant disguised as not a true sphere but an oblate peaded over the flattened or pohr own experience.

The two Dutch seamen who Mr. M./Morifuji. Mr. F..McKinstry, 25 a Belgian labourer, who secured spheroid, a spheroid flattened at faces of our spheroid must be Od-reading her letter in China's

were thought to have been drowned Miss P. Monte Mr H. M. H. Neusze, entrance to his residence on the the poleg a plumb line hanging shorter than between two plumbs Millions, it occurred to us that by the Wanchal Police with hawking in the Shanghal General, Hospital o. Quijano, Mr W. Ramoss, MPJ. de La self in the corridor, waited for the in the dredger "Shanghat are now c. Occers, Mr WG. Philps Father the waterpipes. He concealed him,

Mr A. Nemazse, Bister M. A Neito, Mist - pretext that he had cóms to repair near the edge of the Battering hung over an equatorial face, Conan Doyle may be right after all, without a licence, and

She admitted the offence and said recovering from nervous shock owing Rama, Mr. Bhioji, Mr Max W Kehr ex-Kaiser and struck at him with would if prolonged point upwards though the gemetrical distances and that she (Miss Harrison) might

to their harrowing experiences. The der, Mr MQ Souza, Father, D, Yellegas, to the zenith, but not downwards between the secants be equal. That have a devil. It might not be Miss that she was arrested because she two Chinese, who formed the crew of Mr W. B. Wilson, Jr., Mr and Mrs J.-B. to the centre of gravity which is only means that a straight line be Harrison speaking at all, but a would not give the constable tea the tug Jan, which was sunk in

Wiener. usually assumed to be the centre tween two fixed points must be demon, thus trying to discourage The Magistrate: Which con the tyhoon of July 15 in Taochan

money. of the earth. It was so plausible shorter than a curved line. Flat or prevent innocent communion stable All the constables collect Bay, were also saved. When the that it puzzled the most acute charts mapping a curved surface with friends who have passed over tea money from hawkers. I have board and, after being six hours in "Jap," was sinking they jumped over thinker present for a while. There called after Mercator but due to This seemed a devilish guspicion, given them altogether 30 cents.

The Victoria Recreation Cab was mucit argement, about it and Edward Wright of Caine) must and so thinking, the truth flashed The Magisicate imposed a fine of the water, managed to reach shore 8a general rule all you need to do is bath will be open to the ladies of the aboutAnother definitia of increase their distances hetween on us in fash. We had a droit. $2 or three days hard labour. Helgafely. So that no-lives were there to adopt-a-diat suited to yourses Colony on Mombys and Fridays frowa zanith had to be recalled, that one points of latitude in the sanie pm- Now we happen to be more fami-instructed the police to make en fore lost in this tyhooe among the and occupation and to keep your bowelt which puts the position. ture portion as the secants of the are liar with the efficacious book than quiries as to the allegations made men who sailed in the "Friesland" regular. When you feel that you have 10 am to 1 pm. And from 2 p.m. to esten too much and when constipated, 4 pm, also on Wednesdays from 6 clearly by describing the zenith as between those points and the equa, most missionaries we have met, so the girl. He thought the matter and in the two vessels she was towing take one of Chamberlain's Tablets For 20. to 8 a.m. and again from 2-te the pole of an imaginary hollow tor. Wright very neatly explains we lost no time in trying a sword should be investigated.

to Java.

sales by All Chemists and Btorekee pen. 4 p.m., without fec.

right angle to the plane of the hori- She tells of a demon that trou- zda, and its prolongations would bled a young woman.

"We lead faithfully to nadir, and to thought at first it was only one zenith. In short, the illusion of in possession. but when it began Lhe paradox-discoverer was that the speaking through her, attempting "TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE" surface over which he hung his to deceive us into thinking it was

The China Mail.

ZENITH AND NADIR.

VAGRANT CONVICTED.““

Before Magistrate Hutchison

did not open until 4 am.

A previous conviction having been proved, sentence of three weeks' hard labour was passed.

UNLICENSED HAWKER

"FINED.

BALLEGATIONS AGAINST

POLICE.

MAGISTRATE ORDERS, INQUIEY.

A Chinese girl was this morning

charged before Magistrate Hutchison

his trouble,

Inspector Blackman said that the defendant was searched in Aberdeen Street, and the drug was found con- cealed on his person.

$100 or one month's hard labour. The Magistrate imposed a fine of

The drug was confiscated.

PLOTS TO KILL EX-

KAISER

to her own eroirdupois she carried P. F. Andres, Mr. Jose de Acuna, Mr S. regarding alleged attempts to as with her some $30,000 worth of gold Z. Agra, Miss J. Abaya Mr and Mrs O. sassinate the ex-Kaiser. He tele bars; two suit cases full of dollar. Barlow, Mr W. P.Barlow, Mr B. Egraphs that he learns from a school- Barretto, Sir Jose Banabe, Me H. T. master at Amerongen that a German notes and, jewellery. She is the Clark Father M. Calva, Mr F. J. Cases crossed the frontier without papers, mother of one of the leading Hankow Miss A Cabanor, Mr Paul P... Decas climbed the wail round the ex-Kaiser's compradores and was transporting Father G. Dier, Hrs & Fletcher, Miss M. herself and her valuables to a place of safety. 450 lb! Someone has been overdoing things, comments the 'N. C. Daily News.

Gutierrez, Me M. Gaudry, Mr. Ey, house, and fired several shots. The Goodman, Mr P. Graves. Mr. W.man was arrested and sent back to Miss O. asegawa, Mr D. Inni, Mr C. story states that the ex-Kaiser was Hamilton, Mr M. Hanna, Miss K. Hanns, Germany. Another very detailed-

Kibara, Mr G. W. Kriedt, Sister, G. M

FOR A WEAK STOMACH.

blunt instrument The ex-Ka se warded off the attack, grappled with fis assailant, and held him until the guards came on the scene.

M