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Two Chinese Sent To Prison.
LOCAL CURRENCY.
$10 Notes Offered For Sale At $3.50 Each,
Two Chinese, Leung Kai and Leung Yee, were this morning charged before Major C. Willson
Gen. McIntyre Mentioned For Philippines.
PRESIDENT'S BOOST.
Senate Chief Recommends His Selection.
Manila, Saturday. Quezon,
Senate President
OCEAN CYCLING.
Novel Attempt to Cross Atlantic.
TINY STEEL VESSEL
Englishman's Adventurous Effort
In 12 foot Craft.
London.
In a tiny, submarine-like steel!
The
of the vessel of his own construction, at the Central Magistracy with speaking on the floor
en- built during his spare time. Senate Friday, strongly the possession, jointly, of three dorsed General Frank McIntyre William Oldham, of Warrington, forged $10 notes of the Hong for Governor-Generalship of the Lancashire, proposes to set out Kong and Shanghai Bank, and of Philippines. He declared that shortly on an adventurous voyage 800 forged Government opium General McIntyre is thoroughly from Dover to New York. labels. The second accused was conversant with conditions and boat which is only 12 feet long, further charged with the posses-problems in the islands and could with a beam of 8 feet, will be sion of two forged $1 notes of give an efficient and just adminis-propelled by a navigator with a the Hong Kong and Shanghai tration of the Government. pedal mechanism much like cycles Bank.
It was authoritatively learned operating the two-bladed pro- Mr. H. V. Parker of the Hong last night that Resident Commis- peller.
A "windmill" geared to the Kong and Shanghai Bank de-sioner Guevara will confer next posed to the $10 and $1 notes be-week with President Coolidge to shaft will relieve him when the ing forgeries, while similar evid-find out just who the man or men wind is fair. Two persons can be ence with regard to the opium are the President has in mind for accommodated, although there labels was given by Mr. H. A. Governorship of the Islands. It won't be full length sleeping quar- Taylor, of the Government Im-was declared that local legislative ters. There are six water-tight port and Export Office.
leaders will vigorously oppose the compartments and four gun metal Police evidence was that the appointment of anybody who is windows. Oldham will be able to button himself down when the accused were put in touch with persona non-grata to them.
a District Watchman by up in- Senate President Quezon said in weather is bad and keep a look- out from a small "conning tower." former. The meeting took place part:-
in a teahouse, the accused being "It is not true that we have in-He has estimated that the trip. ignorant of the district watch-structed Resident Commissioner will occupy 40 days, and he is de man's identity. They were Guevara to recommend anybody sirous of finding some one to alleged to have offered to sell for the post of Governor-General share the hazards with him. forged $10 notes for $8.50 each, of the Philippines unless the Pre-
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a gang of counterfeiters in Canton on condition that he be
dealt with leniently..
Without commenting on the accused's offer, Major Willson
LITHUANIAN RIOTS QUELLED.
An earlier message stated:- The whole of Australia is anxi-| of the labour dispute in Queensland arising out of the railwaymen's re- fusal to handle goods consigned to a sugar mill at South Johnstone where a strike is progressing.
The Labour Premler, Mr. Mc- Reports received from Tilsit Cormack, ordered the dismissal of
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jail each. Second accused was ary and Communist outbreak at ways union who declined to sign a ordered a further term of two Tauroggen in Lithuanin spread-new undertaking to obey the in- months hard labour for the ing to the Memel district. Firing structions of the Railway Commis- possession of the forged $1 notes, continued until night time and sioners. As a result the Rall-{
ways of Quconaland are completely consecu- there were heavy casualties,
At Kovno three hundred men at standstill.
Mr. Bruce, in a speech at Mel- who had occupied the railway bourne, said the crisis was due to comparatively few extremiste, RAKOVSKY'S RECALL station, post office, and state bank
were ejected by troops who are mostly foreigners, battening on the Irived in motor-cars. Five were Australian workers and fore- killed and several wounded. shadowed legislation to prevent dis-
Riga, Yesterday, putes extending beyond the indus An official communique declares tries in which they originated.
The strike now shows signs of that the movement led by Captain | It is semi-officially stated that Maijus, who was recently expell-collapsing owing to a split in the the Cabinet has unanimously fa-ed from the Army for supplying grades deciding to resume work.
ranks of the railwaymen, several voured informing the Soviet Gov-the extremists with information ernment that the recall of Rakov- about his brother officers. It adds sky is desirable in the cause of that immediate measures were the maintenance of good Franco- taken to quell the disorders and Russian relations, but in the ab- sence of M. Briand (Minister for quiet prevails all over the coun-
FOR PHILIPPINES. Foreign Affairs) the Ministerial
Warsaw, Saturday. Counell was unable to take the de-
at Following the outbreak
Rapid City, S. D., Sept. 4. cision. The matter will be re-Tauroggen, the greater portion of Senator Hiram Bingham to-day examined on his return from the Lithuanian troops along the visited President Coolidge at the Geneva-Reuter.
Polo-Lithuanian frontier have Summer White House after an ex- [Rakovsky recently signed a been transported to the interior. tended tour of the Orient. manifesto promising Russian sup--Reuter.
The Connecticut lawmaker ad- port in a World Revolution. The
Riga, Yesterday. vised the President to send some French Government protested A message from Kowno in re- of the money being, spent for sharply to Chicherin, who replied that Rakovsky merely signed the gard to the outbreak at Taurog Americanisation purposes in the manifesto as a member of the gen says that troops captured a United States to the Philippines Communist party, and not as Am-score of Maijus' followers but to foster a more vigorous Ameri- bassador to France. This ingeni- Maljus, who carried off £5,000 canism in the Islands: Senator ous explanation did not altogether from a local bank la still at large. Bingham strongly urged against
It is stated that Maljus is an ex- Philippine Independence, saying Bookbinders. 4.80 p.m. commend itself to the French.]
staff officer who was dismissed that the Filipinos in the event of
THE "CHINA MAIL," Book- 4.30 p.m.
binders. last. spring for organising a com- freedom, would be unable to de- “REVELRY” BARRED.munist centre at Tauroggen.-fend themselves against any covetbus nation which might Reuter.
have designs on the rich and fer- tile archipelago..
5 p.m.
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5 p.m.
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PRODUCTION OF PLAY TEMPORARILY.
try.
BALLOON RACING.
GORDON-BENNETT EVENT STARTS.
The Senator, who, gained some renown as a soldier during the World War, told President Coolidge that the defence of the Philippines and Hawali rests with Beroplanes and submarines, and advised that the quote of these defence weapons in the Island be increased:
Philadelphia, Sept. 2.. Judge Robert Taulane in the Court of Common Pleas to-day denied petition for a writ of 8.30 am. preliminary injunction to pro-
Detroit, Yesterday. Pilots representing Belgium, 10.30 am.hibit production of the play Noon
"Revelry a dramatised version Britain, France, Spain, Germany; 12.30 p.m.
of the book of the same name by Switzerland, Italy and the United 4.80 p.m.
States are cast off from the Ford Senator Bingham asked the Samuel Hopkins Adam. 5 p.m.
Action was brought by Bernard airport in the 16th international Executive to swing the adminis Cohen, an attorney representing Gordon Bennett balloon racetration behind any movement, himself and others. Beuter's American Service malding China split into three per-
8.30 B. 8.30 am.
The complainants based their unsuccessful, plea-on a claim that the play, "by Innuendo and the spoken word, flaunts as ridi. culous the federal government
No News New York, Sunday.. So far there is no news of the Gordon Bennett balloons.
manent and separate govern-
ments.
Bingham believed that this will be but the most proper way to No official report will be issued solve and end wars that threaten of the United States. until all have landed. Beuter's
to sap the very life of China to American Service.
Though names are thinly con- cealed, the work is generally
He said that he would put the Mr. D. R. Williams, formerly, a matter before the Senate when 10.30 am supposed to be based upon hap federal judge in the Philippine
2.30 p.m. penings during the Harding ad- Islands, spent a week in Shangbai Congress convenes for its 70th ministration, and it paints a entroute from bis homies in San session in December President 6,30 am startling picture of graft and Francisco to Manils. Judge Wis Coolidge latened carefully, but 1. p.m.
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