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"KOCHOW" PIRACY.
China Mail
No. 25,656
Over A Hundred Passengers Taken By Bandits.
HELD TO RANSOM.
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1STABLISHED
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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927. PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
REMOVING THE VEIL.
Clergy And Peasants Charged By Soviet.
"DISGRACE TO WOMEN."
Arms Brought On Board By Woman Traveller?! Two Men Sentenced To Death,
CHIEF ENGINEER SHOT WHILST READING.
Later news received regarding the piracy of the sa. "Kochow" shews that practically the whole of the passengers, numbering about a hundred and thirty, were taken off as hostages by the pirates who were disappointed with their haul of money and valuables."
The Chinese authorities at Sham Sui did not, as has been re- ported,, arrest the remaining passengers; in fact, there were only about a dozen of the very poorest class remaining on board when the "Kochow" reported the piracy to the authorities at Sham, Sui.
According to information gleaned by members of the crew whilst the pirates were in possession, the arms with which the attack was made were brought on board by a woman who concealed them in a basket.
In addition to taking literally everything of any value from the ship-down to the pillows and sheets off the beds and every stitch of the officers' and passengers' clothing, the pirates ransacked several of the mail bags. The "Kochow" was carrying 84 bags from Hong
Others Imprisoned.
W86
SHIPPING HELD.
Silt Stops Tientsin Vessels,
WAITING AT TANGKU.
Explanation kaxed By Haiho Conservancy.
were. not
river
SUN'S SET BACK.
Serious Reverse For Northerners.
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PRISONERS AT SHANGHAI,
All Efforts To Cross Yangtze Have Failed.
It is
Shanghai, Yesterday.
clear that Sun now
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FLIGHTS FAIL.
No News of Minchin Party.
OTHERS TURN BACK.
Bad Weather Reported In Atlantic In 'Plane's Tracks.
TALLER WOMEN.
Professor's Experiment In London.
NEARLY 2 INCHES GAIN.
Men, However, Maintain Average Of 5 Feet 9 Inches.
London, Yesterday.
In
Moscow, Yesterday,
Shanghai, Yesterday.
London, Yesterday. The court of the Chusta dis- It is reported from Tientsin
There is still no news of Col. Gergana trict of
the that the extraordinary silting up
That the English girl is grow- Minchin, Capt. Hamilton and ing taller was the interesting scene of the trial of a number of the Halho has caused a serious Chuan-fan's well-equipped and Princess Lowenstein Wertheim, statement made to-day to the ins of clergy and rich peasants on a situation in local shipping. Jar- well-organised army, which ap-who set out from Upavon, Eng thropology Section of the British charge of actively resisting the dines, the, N.Y.K. and O.S.K. re- Soviet Government by opposing fuse to bring ships to Tientsin and peared "out of the blue" in the land, on Wednesday morning to Association by Mr. Parsons, Pro- the authorities in their en-are stopping at Tangku until con- vicinity of Tsingtao at the end to Canada in the St. fessor of Anatomy at the London deavours to make women remove ditions improve.
Raphael" monoplane. The Cana University. He said that 20 of June and rapidly drove backdian Marine Department atates years ago he measured the height the "Parandja" (veil) from their The Haiho Conservancy Com- Chiang Kai-shek to the southern [the whole of the Canadian Coast of 150 students of the School of faces. Two men were convicted mission state that the silt output bank of the Yangtsze, has receiv-as far as 300 miles north of Medicine for Women and found of the murder of a militiaman from the Yungtingho delta has and sentenced to be shot and 10 maximumed 5.5 per cent. by ed a serious set-back.
Belle Isle has been combed, but their average to be five feet three others were sentenced to five weight, which with the silt drop-
all radio stations have reported inches. Ten years later their suc- All reports confirm the state-baolutely no word of the "St. cessors at the school had put up years' imprisonment.
ped in March above Tientsin is ment that the attempts to cross Raphael."
the height average by more than According to the Tass Agency the immediate cause of Abas Maksumov, head of the the shoaling. of the
the Yangtsze at various points in It is considered more likely an inch. Also, Chusta clergy, convened a secret bed.
This year he had measured 150 the usual July the vicinity of Nanking and now that the machine has been meeting of Mullahs and rich freshets
compelled to descend In the nurses and massage students at forth-Chinkiang have been defeated Atlantic. peasants who decided to appeal to coming from any of the tribu- with fairly heavy losses..
The weather in the St. Thomas Hospital and their the poor peasants, urging that for taries. The statement concludes
Atlantic has undergone a decided average height was five feet four
nine-tenth change for the worse in the last and
inches. the wife, the taking off of the the present state of the river is a The Northerners have been 24 hours. Almost exactly in the twenty years, therefore, there has "Parandja" was illegal and husband in allowing such dis-been constantly exposed by the of adequate transport, and the northern, area through which the practically two inches.
the temporary setback but as has enormously handicapped by lack middle of the Atlantic and in the been again in average height of grace was an infidel."
Haiho Conservancy Commission Partisans of the clergy at the navigability of the Haiho is fact that they were unable to "St. Raphael" would attempt to In regard to men Mr. Parsons Kong and 55 from Sham Shui, all for Wuchow. Considerable sums tempted to wreck the buildings of threatened as long as the Yung-raise £100,000 sterling demanded fly there has developed to-day a said for the past twenty years his.
the local executive committee. A tingho is permitted to flow into by the Nationalist Navy as the ther. This would mean that for had maintained an average height very marked centre of bad wen- students at St. Thomas Hospital militiaman guarding the premises the Haiho."-Reuter. an affray in which two con-
price of their assisting in the an area of at least 600 miles on of five feet nine inches.~British and two Moslems were killed in
operations.
the probable route strong winds Wireless Service. federates escaped.-Reuter.
The Southerners were enabled were blowing with cloud and rain. In a rough sea the collapsible TO-NIGHT'S CONCERT to deal piecemeal with those boat which the "St. Raphael" car
bodies of Northerners reaching ried would be launched with dif- LIQUOR LEAKAGE. the south bank, who were only ficulty and could probably be kept that the pirates claimed to have
equipped with rifles and machine- afloat only with great skill and been the gang which carried out
guns. Reuter. the successful seizure of the s.s.
effort. In the western part of the Atlantle and off the coast of New- "Solviken," the 8.8. "Man On" and several other piracies.
foundland the weather has The third piracy within a week, ated on Thursday evening, (about the story of the capture of the 6.30 p.m.), a day after leaving lieved that there was considerable Kong this evening at the Theatre yesterday presented a distinctly the "St. Raphael" got well across taken to check the flow of liquor.
It appears that, the pirates be promised the servicemen of Hong The North Railway Station slightly improved, owing to the disappearance of fog, so that if "Kochow" offers a striking com- Hong Kong and two and a half bullion consigned on board for Royal, when Mrs. Younghusband warlike appearance. As the Atlantic the chances of being across the Canadian border. mentary on the thoroughness hours out of Sham Shui where transit to Wuchow, and that this will be surrounded with a galaxy previous wars in the districts picked up are better than if it Thirty additional prohibition with which the pirates planned some of the 100 passengers had was one of the main reasons for lady and others of the Y.M.C.A. taken complete possession of the had come down towards the mid- agents are being sent to Detroit,
of local talent got together by this round Shanghai, the military had the coup, the ruthlessness of disembarked and others taken their attask.
entertainment committee.
of money are said to be in certain of the business communications.
From later information, it appears that the Chief Engineer, Mr. R. Black, who was shot, was reading at the time the pirates entered the cabin. Reports as to his having reached for his revolver are tot confirmed.
MAIL BAGS RIFLED.
their methods when opposed and the uselessness of Indian guards. The pirates claimed in the course of conversation with the
crew to have travelled frequently
better to perfect their plans.
Was Resistance Offered?
passage, among the latter, it is presumed, being the pirates.
pirates turned their attention to
Hing.
recovery
a
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PRIZES FOR TROOPS.
Another rattling concert 18
Northern Prisoners.
Shanghai, Aug. 31..
Others Fail.
U.S. PRECAUTIONS ON BORDER.
Washington, Yesterday. Stringent measures are being
RUSSIANS QUARREL IN POLAND.
TWINS BIG SWIM.
SISTERS ATTEMPT THE CHANNEL
a
The first news to reach the Col-
while the border patrol between- The treat commences at 6.80, and waiting rooms and platforms and dle.
their ony of the piracy was through the will open with the Donnithorne coolie soldiers munched
Nearer Newfoundland there are Erie and Toledo is being substan- Surprise Complete. medium of the "Chung On" which amateur orchestra, which will give chow all over the place. The chances also of being observed tially strengthened. Reuter's The surprise
was complete. on her passage to Hong Kong the waltz, "Espana" pad a selec- main entrance to the station pro and picked up by fishing boats, American Service. After possessing themselves of had noticed the "Ko Chow mak- tion, "The Wildflower."
per had been closed early in the many of which do not carry wire- on the "Kochow" in order the the arms of the Indian guards, the Wuchow and made inquiries as to Kruschen feeling" after which Mra booking office. This was strictly land. It is recalled that when the ASSAILANT KILLED.
ing for Hong Kong instead of Mr. G. W. C. Burnett will then day and the only entrance was less, so that several days might appear on the stage "with the through the Shanghai-Woosung pass without news reaching Eng- As to their ruthlessness, the the officers. The Chief Officer, the reason, learning that the ship H. Minney will render in her sweet guarded by the youthful Nation Englishman Hawker and the killing in cold blood of the Chief Mr. E. T. Evans, and the Master, had been pirated and that the soprano, "Be Still Blackbird." Engineer, Mr. R.. Black, a veteran Captain David Morgan, were at Master was about to make a re- Tod and Dick" will present alist soldiers armed with rifles. companion were picked up in officer of 74 years of age, and the dinner together at the time and port at Sham Shui and later at some songs and stories, and the The large compound in the without wireless it was a week Atlantic in 1919 by a steamer throwing overboard of his body the only other European officer, Hong Kong.
Marvellous Haytore mental tele- rear of the station was packed all before the news of their safety offers sufficient evidence. Mr. Mr. R. Black was in his cabin
A Previous Piracy.
pathists, will give a turn entitled, day with hundreds of persons was announced. Black was in his cabin at the time about to join them.
The "Ko Chow" was the victim of Two minds with but a single who were awaiting the arrival of
Warsaw, Yesterday. and it is stated that he made an
a previous piracy on March 14, thought." The first officer to be surprised 1927 when the vessel was attack- instrumental selections, including round where the fighting is tak- attempt to seize his revolver on by the pirates, it appears, was ed whilst
A Russian emigrant called at the Prof. Gonzales has promised some refugee friends from the areas Three other attempts to fly the tion regarding a passport. An alter Russian Legation to seek informa- seeing the callous manner in the 2nd Engineer, a Chinese, who Wuchow run, between Dosing and violin solo, a phone fiddle sole and ing place.
on the Hong Kong- which the pirates were treating was dragged brutally from the Tak
Atlantic have failed. Lieut. cation arsse with a minor official the 2nd Engineer, a Chinese.
performance on his musical saw. Captain Ebenezer
Schiller and Mr. Wood, who set whom the caller attacked with cabin by the throat and prodded Jones, who put up a stubborn fight Violet Capell, will give a dance troop train conveying some seven Windsor, England, had to land at and killed the assailant. Political During the early afternoon aoff from Windsor, Ontario for knife. The official drew a revolver Miss Rachael Wong, a pupil of Miss with guns. The pirates then en-was shot through the eye, the Seen by a "China Mall" repre- tered the Chief Engineer's cabin bullet entering the head. He was half of an excellent programme will fang troops arrived at the station, wing of their machine catching the incident was between Russians solo, "Bacchante," and the first hundred captured Sun Chuan- St. John's. Quebec, owing to the complications are not expected as sentative this morning with re- and it is doubtful whether the left for dead, but on the release wind up with the "What Nots" These all had been shorn gard to this report, the master of full facts of what transpired here of the vessel from pirate hands showing what they can do. their Northern uniforms and trying to
of fire. Tully and Medcalf, who were on Soviet territory. Reuter. The "Kochow," Captain D. Mor-will ever be known. Whether or and his treatment in hospital he In the second half there will be, were being for the most part Ontario, to London, England, fly from London, gan, said that he did not think it not, Mr. Black reached for his although losing the sight of an eye.
made A marvellous
amongst other interesting items: berded in the dozen freight wag-were forced down by fog near was correct.
It was not ever revolver, he was shot in the tem- He served for many years with the "Hop off" after a Forced Landing. Lungtan.by Nationalist soldiers ever, hope to resume later.
The Flying Fools who will again gons which brought them from Caribon, in Maine. known definitely whether Mr. ple and killed instantaneously.
They, how- Black even made a grab for his re- Others of the pirates entered last year.
"Ko Chow" before retiring in June Messrs. Hawkins and Beaver; volver. They had understood the saloon where the Chief Off-
Planoforte Solo-Hungarian Rhap carrying automatic rifles. How- that he did at first, this informa- cer and Master were dining.
Mr. Black's Record.
sody No. 2 (Mr. Harry Ore); Songs ever, they seemed to be resigned tion being given by the "boy" Their entry coincided with the Mr. R. Black, the murdered off-Opere Selection and "A Puchelle" to their new allegiance as is the Two French airmen, Givon and who attended the three officers in shooting of the Chief Engineer ser, had served in the Far East (Mr. G. D'Aquino) with Signora de usual case in a captured Chinese Corbu set off from Le Bourget,
Boulogne, Yesterday. their cabins.
tor over forty years. He was an Guzman at the piano; Violin Solo
The thirteen-year old American It was now learnt, said the the shot, and their helplessness for some considerable time and, Mrs. G. W. R. Griggs at the plano;
and, realising the significance of engineer in the rice mills at Siam "Legende" (Mrs. H. Balean), with army, and were causing no Paris, at 6.30 this morning in a
Farman-Goliath "Blue Bird" to twins, Phyllis and Bernice Ziten- fly to New York. They were feld have started a Channel swim Master, that the "boy" was not in the face of overpowering num-on coming to Hong Kong, served Musical Verbosities by a Cameron- Wounded Coming Too. turned back owing to fog and the from Cap Grienez. The sisters are an eyewitness of the incident. bers, the two officers had no al-with the Douglas Steamship Com-fan, Hawallan Melodies by Messrs. Gonzalez, Danenberg. and Silva,
It is said that the number of fact that the machine was unable escorted by two tugs in order that He had been told by the quarter- ternative but to obey, the instruc-pany, and, later on various river The "What-Nota" again, a comedy captured Sun Chuan-fang troops to attain the necessary height. If one gives up the other is enabled. master who heard a noise as of tions of the armed men. They boats, including the "Tai Lee." He sketch by the Brothers "Dido," and now in Shanghai and at Lunghua-British Wireless Service. to continue-Reuter. the Chief Engineer jumping to were taken to the hold where had been on the "Ko Chow" be-
--Both Machines Down. his feet, immediately prior to the they were imprisoned and guard tween nine and ten months. the Donnithorne Amateur Orches number about 1,500, with several
tra. fatal shot.
hundred more. reported to be on ed. On the way there they pass-leaves a wife and married daugh
New York. M. Rupert Baldwin. A.T.C.L, will the way here. These, it is said Mr. Black was reading whened the body of Mr. Black, lying ter in New York.
be the accompanist.
The aeroplanes, "Sir John Both are experienced military last seen alive by the Master and just outside his cabin. Shortly in the official report he made
The Master of the "Ko Chow," At the conclusion of the Concert the earliest possible moment, were both forced to descend, the
will be taken on to Hangchow at Carling" and "Royal Windsor" pilots. Reuter. Chief Engineer whom he told he afterwards, the pirates threw the Sham Shuf and to the Harbour office Padre Bolin, will distribute the where they are likely to be in- former near Washburn, Maine
at Mrs. Younghusband, assisted by
Forced Down was about to finish a chapter be- body overboard.
The Bluebird has been forced locally, states that about twelve lucky number prizes contributed corporated into the armies of the and the latter at St. Johns, to land owing to fog. fore joining them at dinner.
A Pirate Lair,
armed men participated in the by Messrs. Caldbeck, Macgregor Nationalists, The pirates did not require the piracy aboard and they were joined and Co. Cigarettes are being pre-
Quebec. Fog stopped the "Sir Givan's biplane, the Bluebird, assistance of the officers in navi-by fifty more in sampans when the sented, by the British American who arrived on the train during the "Royal Windsor" caught fire. circled the
In addition to the captives John Carling" while the wing of has returned to Le Bourget. It Regarding the abx Indian
aerodrome and guards, it appears that there was gating the ship. They piloted it ship got to Tal Ping Shap: When Tobacco Co. but one on duty at the time, the to Tai Ping Shan, a remote spot pilots with death if they did not the pirates left, they threatened the
the afternoon, there were report--Reuter.
emptied its petrol tanks and then ed to be some twenty wounded
landed. Reuter. others being at their evening meal and well-known pirate lair Immediately return to Hong Kong.
Nationalist soldiers. These were between Sham Shul and Wuchow
Over the Hills. Immediately transferred to the The aviator Givon Deorbu, on
Paris, Yesterday. El Paso (Texas), Yesterday. territory. There are reported left at 6.80 on a flight to New Mexican City on a 2,222 miles Red Cross Hospital in Chinese the "Oiseau Blue," (Bluebird) field army hopped off from Lt. Carranza, of the Mexican
How Pirates Entered.
on legitimate
He
The Master also states that the MRS. K. R. MACASKILL
Chief Ea-
frem
trouble.
French Attempt. -
Paris to New York.
and their arms being some way about twelve hours steaming first he knew of the
"Passengers are allowed to enter away, arriving there at about 9gineer's death was seed projecting We regret to announce the the forepart of the ship through ben the gang which carried out or haver the doorstep of the cabin, death of Mrs. Christina Spence to be quite a number of seriously-York-Havas, the grilles if they are a systematic loot of the cargo, when he (the Master) was taken Macaskill, wife of Mr. K. R wounded Nationalists en route to
business and consisting of valuable drugs. The
belongings of the passengers and from the mess room by the pirates. Macaskill, of the Hong Kong and Shanghai. duty
Blag Bay Haidapa Whampoa Dock, which occurred of the Indian-guards to look officers were also looted and taken through the peep-hole in the grille ashore by sampans which were in
London, Yesterday at the French Hospital at 1 p.m. in answering any request for ad readiness at what was evidently British Haval forces from yesterday. The funeral takes Hong Kong successfully carried place at Happy Valley at 5p.m. mission. In this case, either the the appointed rendezvous. grille door was opened without Passengers As Ransom. out on Wednesday morning a to-day, Burvey of the numbers behind or
it is part of the
than the pirates anticipated, ac Bay pirates who the previous day The haul was considerably less punitive expedition on the Blas else one man made an apparent cording to their statements be had captured the British steamer
FAIR. WEATHER.
ly reasonable request and the fore they left the ship, and in "Yatshing, belonging to the Jar-South west winds, variable, others rushed in behind. The order that this amount might be dine Matheson Company, taking light; fair, is the official weather whole of the guards were quickly supplemented they took away it to their headquarters and loot forecast until noon to-morrow, surrounded and their arms taken with them, the compradore and ing it, The Naval force landed a
by the pirates
practically the whole of the pas- party which destroyed the pir The "Ko Chow," which is a 300 all over a ates headquarters with demoll- tion charges,British Wireless Before they left, It is stated Service.
tons river steamer plying between Hong Kong and Wuchow, was pir
hundred, as ranson.
TO-DAYS DOLLAR
The golosip
ate of the doller on demand to-day was 1/1L
Later.
flight to Juarez The flight is very hazardous owing to the vast stretches of mountainous and desert country to be traversed. Reuter's American Service,
Le Bourget, Yesterday. dense fog.
"Bluebird" landed owing
The fighting yesterday along The Farman-Goliath biplane the Lungtan front was not as piloted by Givon and Corbu. has heavy as on the previous day, it started for New York is said. It is beileved that Sun
Given's biplane which is named Chuan-fang's men have suffered Bluebird has 450 horsepower severo reverses. According to Lorraine Dietrich engines. The an authoritative source he now airmen wear life-saving belts fit has about 10,000 men this alde ted with special pockets to hold left for Aleppo-Reuter.
of the river and these are out provisions, also a pneumatic raft, numbered several times by the The petrol tanks hold 45,460 Nationalist forces gallons, sufficient to fly 65 to 60 The headquarters of the Na- miles an hour on a radius of from tionalist forces in the North 7,200 to 7,800 kilmetres. The Station are well littered with tanks can be emptied while in and anti-foreign the air so as to act as floats it
they are forced down at
Constantinople, Yesterday. The "Pride of Detroit". hes
THE WORLD FLIGHT.
At Bagdad.
Bagdad,
Pride of Detroit" has
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