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FRIDAY. MAY 18 1928

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FATHER'S TRAGIC END.

FAMOUS NOVELIST'S LETTERS.

FIRST NIGHT SCENE.

ACTOR'S COMPLAINT BEFORE CURTAIN./

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Uproar filled the Empire Theatre, The West London Coroner in-Leicester-square, at the close of the→C34. vestigated at Hammersmith the first night of the new revue "The circumstances surrounding the Rainbow," when an actor was for death of Mr. Alfred Sandells cibly removed from the stage by a Raines, an engineer, who was found dead with his head in a gas stage hand.

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The Incident occurred while the audience was cfamouring for Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Baines's seventeen- year-old daughter, Sheila Rose-Albert de Courville, the producer. mary, has been staying on the The drop curtain was down in Riviera with Mr. W. J. Locke, the front to the company assembled, novelist, and his wife.

on the stage when Mr. Jack Edge, one of the actors, wearington.-C40. evening dress, appeared before it. "I was engaged as a low come- dian for this show," he said to the audience. "I have not been given a chance." He said a few more words, and then was dragged back through the curtain.

On the night before the tragedy Mr. and Mrs. Baines had visited the theatre to celebrate the twenty fourth anniversary of their wed- ding,

Mrs. Alice Ann Bajnes, the widow, who was dressed in deep mourning, said her husband was an engineer's agent. His health was normal except for attacks of in- sommia from which he had suffered for the past two years..

The Coroner-Do you know the cause of that?

Witness-It was on account of the loss of our daughter.

Asked if her husband was heavy smoker, she said he had been a very heavy cigarette smoker, but it affected his heart, so the doctor had stopped him smoking.

A few seconds later the curtain rose, revealing Mr. Edge being working dress-in strange contrast hurried off the stage by a man in

players and chorus girls to the crowd of brightly-dressed

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Some of the audience thought the Hongay.--May 18. affair was a joke, but when Mr. de Courville appeared and apologised-May 18. for the "contretemps" which had occurred, they realised what had happened.

Lee Sang, J.M. & Co.) for Hal- Mr. Edge's forcible departure phong, Hoihow-May 18, was greeted with cries of "Good old Jack!" and cries of "Take-May 18. back the niggers!" also increased the disturbance.

The Coroner-You don't mean your daughter was taken away forcibly? She was taken away for a short holiday to be returned. "That was in April, 1921,” added witness, "and she went to Cannes."

With when did she go?-She play, appearing as a doctor in the Mr. Edge had a small part in the went with Mr. and Mrs. William J."Doctors in 1973" scene and as a Locke, the well-known novelist.

dancer in the finale, "Scarlet and After three weeks what occurred? Gold" -They made some

excuse for "Sir Alfred keeping her a little longer.--Weirector of the Empire Theatre, Butt, managing allowed her to, and in the end Mr. said to a Daily Mail reporter after Locke wrote saying she was unable the disturbance, "The relation- to come home and they proposed to ship of manager and artist has keep her there.

Mr. Edge had a grievance it was nothing to do with the public. If his duty to come to me or Mr. de Courville. I have cut out two or three scenes in which Mr. Edge and others were to appear, becausc Idid not think they were in good addressed any complaint or objec- taste. Mr. Edge has tion to me."

Mr. Malone read a letter which had been written by Mr. Locke from France to Mr. Baines, which rancinded:" Don't you think that the best and the one human solution would that you should definitely consign Sheila to our care?" Latër he went on to say that Sheila was no longer a child, and that she was developing her womanhood every

day.

At this stage Mr. L. A. O'Malley.. barrister appeared, and said he re- presented Mr. Locke and Mrs. Locke.

SACRIFICED OUR HAPPINESS."

Mr. Baines replied to Mr. Locke as follows:-

never

hotel isolated. He said that after all they had done he thought Mr. Baines ought to allow Sheila to re- main with them a little longer.

Mr. O'Malley was about to read

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A letter which Sheila had written a Mis U. Yamaguchi, Mra Y. Takami, Ms friend, but Mr. Malone strongly T. Kitamura, Mr K. Yamiks, Bit High

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My dear Will-I cannot trust myself to say more about your let ter than that it is extraordinary. It objected. The Coroner said that Dixon, B.B., Mr A. I. Alvarez, Dr. J. A. May 19.-O. N... shows so little consideration for the he had allowed a good deal of feelings of Sheila's father and latitude because of the suggestion mother that we reluctantly have of coercion. The letter was even come to the conclusion that we tually handed to the Coroner, who M. Grainger, Mr A Harrilleno, Mr B. May 20.-1.0.8.N. cannot longer spare your feel- read a passage from it:-

Ifiri, Mr and Mrs R. L. Nicholl, Miss M. ings. We have sacrificed our hap-i

Now, it seems only natural to Farse, Mr O. J. Rae, Mr &, O. Rao, Mr piness for the sake of your feelings

me to want to change my name. F. Button Mr and Mrs U. U. A. 100 lang: We will never give

I have been with these people. Thornett, Miss U. Turner, Mr and Mrs May 2~0. N.

Sutton, Mr S. Sawada, Mra Q. R. Sheila ip, and resent intensely the

whom I adore, ever since I was M. Uteppi, Mrs Y. R. Crockett, Mrs MI. suggestion that we should do sa.;

four years old. I have never B. Dean and con, Mrs A. James and two Mr. Locke replied in May, 1921.

known another home. They sons, Mr E. D. McClintock, Mr Wee Song May 99:--C.-W. from Cannes as follows:--

have done everything in the Eng, Mr Poo Ko Teng, dr A. Wheatley, world for me, so is it strange that Mrs. Hayami, Mr and Mrs J. Yabushita. I should love them?

My dear Alfred.—I have received your letter of the 12th, and I think it better not to comment on it for

Mrs. Baines, in reply to Mr. the present, as you do not take into Malone, said that having failed to account the feelings and point of get their daughter back they in- view of the party most interested-stituted proceedings and tried to namely, Sheila herself. This is the get a warrant for the arrest of Mr. factor which I have always tried Locke on a charge of abduction. to make you appreciate.Yours All these matters, added Mrs. sincerely, W. J. Locke.

Baines, had had a serious effect on

On the same day Shella wrote to her husband.

her parents as follows:-

Coming to the tragedy, witness said a note was left by her husband, which read as follows: Dearest, and for your birthday wishes. I am a coward, and am taking a

Dear Mummic and Daddy, Thank you very much for the £2

very wrong of me not to tell you at

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Lum Deny Choy, Master Lam Fang Hoy, in the world. It is not that I do not there is, sir.

Mr. Malone-It is not suggested Lum, Dal Soo, Miss Lum. Moy Moy, Hr Dr. E..H. Li, Miss Lam Hes, les care for you as much as I did before, but I do feel that my real home, has

and Mre Lou Tan Ching, Mr and Mrs The Coroner recorded a verdict Long hdi. Tong, Mr H, Mor" timer. always been with them, and that I that Mr. Baines committed suicider G. Mavor, Miss H. MoCaffonsey, will not leave them now. Do please by coal gas poisoning while of un-Mr J. J. Murphy,

Mr James Mansfield, Miss J. Meadows, -understand that I do not want this to sound mind.

號, hurt you, but that I do really mean

In announcing the verdict the Harriett Noyes, Madame I Negre, Macdonald, Mr Man Cheuk Tio, Mias everything I have said-With love Coroner said that the letters show-Messrs B.J. Boboils, U. Pan Nam, E from Sheila,a

ed that Sheila was devotedly Osmun, G. . Orme, Mr and Mrs P. W. Commenting on these letters, the and at last when she came to the Beer Davies, RW Bainaberry F attached to Mr. and Mrs. Locke, Wang Yan Ban, Quan Foo Hang David Pate, Mostra G. E. Pate, B. M. Pel Coroner said, "These letters are age of discretion she took the Schmid, Otas. Sulzer, Capt. H. H. Bory well expressed for a child."

Mrs. Baines I think too well for poll and altering her name from B. Steele, Mr and Mrs Blow Kon Chic, extreme step of executing a deed Major and Mrs. H. M. Savile, Hr 6. a child.

Answering Mr. O'Malley, Mrs. this matter showed a determined Master Blow Your Mong Mr Beete Wiox. July-2-3. B

Baines to Locke. Her letters on Mr BlaXing Chow, Mr Blow. Thlan Fo Baines said that from the be state of mind, and though, they oC. Tong, Mr and Mrs Tam Won Tong, ginning of 1911 to the begin-were not wanting in expressions of Miss Tan Thet Shen, Miss Ton. Mr As Mrs Bon Tea Min G. G. N. Tinson, Mrs ning of 1916 Sheila was continu-affection towards her real parents, Widmann. Mim F Weathertop, Mrand ously under the care of the Lockes, yet they showed those affections Mrs. 17 Wagner, Mr M. Wood Brand although she came home at had to a certain extent been allenal Wong Unge, Ht Gh Wee Ar intervalsed from her parents in favour of Wong Wal-Hing, MIM T

"But we were always wanting Mr. Locke and his wife,

- her back, said Mrs. Baines, and If a man was fond of his child, HE

it was only because of Mr. Locke's 'proceeded the Coroner, and had scars that we allowed her to remain shown her kindness, it was always a little longer. Between ly very hard lines on him 1912-and-49, the Lakes, Were Skönld, be alienated sending Shella to a good, local Since 1910 Sheila ked

com! him. school, and in 1914 they look Sheila been almost continuou

to have to Egypt and Venice She fell ill Lockes, except for occa with fever at Venice, and Mr. to her parents. Influe Locke told Mr. Baines that it cost kind would aff £100 a week to have the wing of the pressionable a

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BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE. Jane 5.-L. T. ·

28.-L. T.

May 93.-E. A. 25.-Q.-L. 21.-B. F. Jana 1.-G. L.

18.-E. July 9-EA

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Aug. 17. —E, A.

31.-E. A. Bept. 30.-E. A.

Nippon- Fiume L.

GENOA.

Chilo. Glenarifta. Motions. Glenamoy Malaya. Phemins. PAGAMA Ningchew. Bolívia. Titan. Australion, JAPS

MARSEILLES;

May 30,--B, F.

$3-NY.K. 20.-P. &0. June-1,BF...

8. Ea Lu 6.-N.Y.R. 12-P. & 0. 14-0, K.

17.-P. &0. July 4-R. F.

11.-P. &. O, 10.B. F. 35-P. & 0.

Aug.

1.-B. F.

Z.-B. F.

8- P&O

Merinos...

Kitano Maru, Stanza, Elpendr

Ty of Tokio. Hans Maru. Sardinia: Amur Maru, Phemtur. Delta. Tajemackus. Malwa Niagchow. Devauha. Peleus Farpedon. Khios........

10.-B. F.

99.-P. & D.

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19-P. & 0.

Oct.

3.-F. & D.

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Pelens. Aug. 1.-B. F

May. 91.

LONDON..

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Automedon.

SANTES

11--P. 40.

க Toklo

SCIENTISTS WRONG.

ROMANCE OF TRANS- --ATLANTIC CABLE.

"Submarine Cable Laying and Repairing was the subject of a lecture by Capt. S. G. Gorton, of H. M. cable ship "Kilmun," at the Plymouth Port Library recently.,

experiments made, and said when The lecturer outlined the earliest

the question of a trans-Atlantic cable was broached many of the loading scientists of the day, appalled by the magnitude of the task, declared its fulfilment impos sible, and urged all sorts of mathematical reasons to justify their opinion. But a faithful few carried on with the project, and on November 12, 1856, the promoters": submitted their plans to a meeting which willingly subscribed to wards the necessary funds for the undertaking. The lecturerdescrib ed the first unsuccessful attempt to lay the cable by H.MS. "Agamem non" and the "Niagara," an Ameri- can vessel. In the next year the at- tempt was repeated with greater.

success.

In New York the completion of the enterprise was greeted with; public rejoicings, which culmina- ed in the Townhall being burnt down. Rejoicings in England were prevented by the News that after 20 days signals had failed to cross the ocean. Eight years elapsed, during which electrical knowledge-ad- vanced by leaps and bounds, and in 1866 the second Atlantic cable was laid, the first open to the public.

The lecturer Illustrated his. description of a modern cable by lantero alides. The laying of a cable was not such a simple opera- tion as many people supposed, he said, in spite of modernventions.

LIVERPOOL.

May 20-R, B June 1.-R. F.-.

20.-B. F. July 4.-B. P 20.-B. F. Ang.1-B, F. 20.-B. F.

Meriones. Elpendr Phemius. Telemachus Ningehow. Pulous.

Titan,

HULL.

May 18.-B. F.

Nelens.

DUNKIRK

-May-93.

Chile.

June 18.

Malaya

July 9.-

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Ang. 17.-E. A.

31E A Sept. 30.-E. A.

May 10.-B. F. Jana 1-B. F. -B F. Joly

20.B. F.

90,--B. F.

Faouza, Bolivia

"Australien.

JAVE.

GLASGOW.

Meriones. Elpenor.

Phemius. Telemachus.

Kingchow. Paleus. Titan.

AMSTERDAM,

May 23.-E. A June 18.-E.

30.-J.C.J.L. July B.-E A, Aug. 17.-A. E 31-E-A Sept 31. A.

May 1-8. F. 23.-E. A. 95.-G. L. 28.-R. B.

Chile. Malaya. Ouderkerk.

Paparoa. Builds Australien.

Jave.

ROTTERDAM.

Glaucus, Chile. Qlesar!ifo. Nelous. Olanamay, Automedon.

June 1.-G. L.

4-B. B.

6.-R. B.

8.-B.A.L.

Adolph von Bayer Ermland.

11.-B. P.

Enmaeus.

16.-B. F. 18.-E. A.

15-B..P Jaly 2-B, P.

Adrantus.

Mainya

Ouderkerk Tolresias. Machson. Bhean5.

3. F. DEA. 10-HAL

Panama.

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18.B, F.

Troilus..

Holanus.

30.-B.

Autolycua

Aug. 7.-B. F.

Sarpedon.

Rberenot.

Bolivia.

Laomedon.

Austra

Bept. 30,

Java:

ANTWERP

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4-NYK. 6-R B 2-13-P.&O.

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15.-F. &0.

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Kitano Maru Nyanza.

City of Toklo. Haruna Maru. Adolph von Bayer Sardinis, Amur Marn. Teresias

Holanus.

Devaubs.

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