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`THE CASE AGAINST WELL-KNOWN EARLS

CARVALHO YEO

TO-DAY'S EVIDENCE

ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL NEXT MONTH

SIX STATEMENTS

Carvalho Yce was, this morning, committed by Mr. R. E. Lindsell to

HONOURED

SPORTING PEER

GARTER FOR LORD LANSDALE THISTLE FOR STRATHMORË

DUCHESS'S FATHER

London, Yesterday. The order of the Garter has been

stand his trial at next months bestowed upon The Earl of Lonsdale Criminal Sessions in connection and that of the Thistle upon The with the Treasury frauds of Janu-Earl of Strathmore.--Reuter. ary

this year. The prisoner The British Wireless message was commitled on three charges of statos:- forgery of cheques totalling over II. M. the King has approved that $260,000, and three counts of utter-Earl of Landsdale be appointed a ing the said alleged forged cheques-Knight of the Most Noble Order of

This afternoon Carvalho Yeo will the Garter.

LISHHD

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928.... PRICE, $5,00 Per Month,

AIR DISASTER AT

HENDON

TAIL DROPS OFF

PASSES GRAND STAND AT TERRIFIC SPEED

TWO KILLED

London, Yesterday.

At the air display at Hendon, be- fore the Sultan of Muscat, an aeroplane while passing the grand stand at a terrific speed had its tall dropped off.

Your Eyes Are Safe With Us.” LAZARUS.

Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

(Established Over Forty Years, ACCURACY SERVICE - QUALITY. Manageri

RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist (Canada) F.L.Q. (London).

CHANG TSUNG-CHANG “MISS COLUMBIA" IN POLITICAL SITUATION

SEES "RED"!

BOUND FOR MOSCOW

NORTHERN GENERAL'S CHANGE

OF COLOUR

Tong-

TROUBLE

FORCED LANDING

ON SETTING OUT FROM N, Y.

·FOR ROME

PILOT SERIOUSLY HURT

New York, Yesterday.

Levine was

IN CHINA

LONDON COMMENT

"GRAF ZEPPELIN'S” BIG TRIP

ACROSS ATLANTIC

FRANTIC EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT GERMANY

SIXTY PERSONS ABOARD

Friedrichshafen, Yesterday. The "Graf Zeppelin," the world's

THE PROBLEM "CONTINUALLY UNDER CONSIDERATION”

"UNABLE TO SAY" BUT SOVIET SUSPECTS HIM

Coneral. Chang Tsung-chang,

London, Yesterday. Mr. Charles Levine's aeroplane Until next March there will be a until recently military governor of Shantang, the Chill- Shantung Commander of the Chithe "Miss Columbia," which was leav-continuous stream of troopships out- most recently launcheil airship, as- most outspoken of the Northern ing for Rome, from Roosevelt Field ward and homeward, declares the cended at 8 o'clock this morning anti-Communist leaders, is reported in the afternoon, was forced to land political correspondent of the "Even-bound for New Jersey with sixty to have seen 'red."

A cable states that

after on the Golf Course at Curtissfield. Ing Standard," in drawing atten- people aboard. Forty of these The machine nose-dived to the

hia defeat

the near

The pilot, Roger. Williams, was tion to the situation in China, which made up the crew. ground and was wrecked.

the seriously injured but the navigator, declares that it has been continual- There has been frantic excite- area, at Two airmen were killed, while shan mining. one, who leapt from the 'plane, fell hands of the Nationalists and Bonelli, was unhurt.

not a passenger-Reuter's Ameri- ly under consideration by the ment throughout Germany' over the hundreds of feet-Reuter.

con Service.

Cabinet, on reports from the War departure of "Graf Zeppelin," the construction and trial tests of and the Foreign Offices. "But nel which were hastened to forestal ther Sir Miles Lampson nor his ad- the British alrship R100, which is visers are able to state as to the destined to inaugurate an Anglo- situation or whether the Nationalist American commercial service dur Government has acquired the neces-ing the present season."

"Graf Zeppelin" is most complete- sary stability to bring about the re- lease and return of the British ly and luxuriously Atted. Doctor Force as a whole."--Reuter

Eckner, her constructor, is com- manding her, on the maiden voy- age, and the passengers include the Prussian Minister Grzesinski and the American Naval aviator IN Rosendahl, who commanded the

airahip Los Angeles.

BYRD AND WILKINS SET OUT

FRIENDLY RIVAL

have to answer two further charges The Earl of Lonsdale, who is a of alleged embezzlement of $15,300,large landowner in the north of Eng- water rates money whilst employed, and has become one of the most SOUTH POLE LURE as a special class clerk at the Hong popular personalities in the country Kong Treasury, The embezzlement by his keen association with various was alleged to have occurred be- forms of sport. He is one of the tween December 1920 and Septem- most active members of the Jockey ber 1927.

Club and one of the meat prominent Chan Lam-pong, a shroff of the supporters of boxing. Eastern Equitable Barking Cor- H. M. the King has also approved poration, gave evidence this morn-that the Earl of Strathmore and ing. He said that he knew a cus- Kinghorne be appointed a Knight tomer of the Bank who opened of the Most Ancient and Most Noble an account for the Man Lee Co., Order of the Thistle.

of China-building, and the Bank The Scottish earldom of Strath- had made payments to that cus-more was created in 1677, the pre- tomer as representative of the Man sent Earl being the fourteenth. Lee Co. That customer was dress-Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, one ed in Europena clothes.

of his daughters, became Ducheйs Large Amount

of York by her marriage with the The witness remembered handling Duke of York, the King's second son

a cheque for a large amount of bein 1923.

tween $70,000 and $80,000 as pay-

ment in, in January 1928.. That

cheque was on the Hong Kong and

Shanghai Banking Corporation and who stated that they were correct. drawn on the Government's account He signed the statements “Y. T. with that Bank. Witness could not Tain.” remember to whom the cheque was 'made payable.

The Statements Witness produced the six state- Proceeding, witness said that he ments and read them to the Court

also remembered a large drawing as follow:- out in one sum of between $70,000

London, Yesterday.

All the indications peint to Wilkins and Byrd being the friend. liest of rivals in their effort to fly to the South Pole.

Montvideo, Yesterday. Wilkins was greeted by a large crowd on his arrival in the steam- He said ship "Southern Cross."

no wise competing with he was Byrd's expedition, and that he would probably proceed to Decep tion feland on the 24th inst. to es- tablish a base.

San Pedro, Cal., Yesterday, Byrd is leaving for Dunedin aboard a whaler, where he will joln his three ships. He declared that he wanted to co-operate with "other expeditions" and had offer

facilities-Reuter.

".

HORAN'S CASE

ACTED "CONTRARY TO PRO-

FESSIONAL DIGNITY".

STATE DOCUMENT AFFAIR

Paris, Yesterday. Mr. Harold Horan did not reply

to tha aummons to attend the Pre-! fecture of Police to give evidence

CANTON ICE CO.

as regards the publication of the DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTED State document.

The committee of the Anglo- American Press Association, after enquiring into the case, decided to exclude Horan from the Associa- tion, as the Committee consider

THE CITY

INCREASE IN SALES

An announcement that every effort

that he, on several occasions, act-will be made to improve the method

Lady Drummond Hay, is describ ing the fight for the American newspapers, while there are several American and German journalists aboard.

Weather conditions are favour- able and the airship will take the

ed in a manner contrary to pro- of distribution was made at the southern route: At present she is fessional dignity.

seventh annual meeting of the Hong heading for Basle. Horan left for England via Brus-Kong and Canton Ice Manufactur sels.

ing Co., Ltd., held to-day in the cam

Weather Reports

Later, Why He Was Excluded

pany's office, No. 2, Lower Albert-

Though the weather, at the start Paris, Yesterday.

road. It was stated that sales had was favourable, Eckener's latest the Manchurians, he took ship to glo-American Press Association authorities of Canton.

Horan's exclusion from the An- been restricted by the Municipal weather reports, from the Atlantic

showed that heavy storms were rag "A" relating to the charge of/ed Wilkins the use of his landing Vladivostok, the port of Siberia, ac-¡followed a meeting between the

fng. Hence the course steared was A review of the financial year's towards southern France and in companied by a Russian

Association's committee.≈d. M. Then he is quoted as having ex Briand's chief secretary, wherein it working was made by MT Gjorder wurold-storm-centres be pressed a desire to go to Moscow to transpired that Horan not only ad- Weall (chairman), who was support- tween Newfoundland and Ireland; mitted that he bought the docu-ed by Mr. A. B. Stewart, Mr. Ho the airship, if necessary, will go. ment from a French official, an Kom-tong, 0.B.E. (directors) and southwards to the African coast. "offence for which one is liable to Mr. M. Manuk (secretary).

and $80,000 one or two days later. forging the cheque in favour of All these transactions were done by Katz and Co., "I did not do the forg the one person representing the ing of the cheque. I will say only Man Lee Co.

that now. Anything that I can do

левз

WALL-STREET*

VITALITY

On September 22, 1928, the wit for the Government I will do in FRESH PROOF OF ITS AMAZING

attended an Identification Court." parade, but failed to pick anyone "B" relating to the charge of forging the cheque in favour of the

out.

Asked by Mr. Hazlerigg to look Min Tak, Co., . "It is all about the at the prisoner in the dock, the wit- same as the Katz and Co. charge. ness said that he was like the man That is all."

DAZZLING FIGURES

New York, Yesterday, Frosh proof of the amazing acti- vity of Wall-street is furnished by

who carried out the transactions, "C" relating to the charge of but was a little thinner.

forging the cheque in favour of the Replying to Mr. Russ, the witness Man Lee Co. "It is all the same as; said that the prisoner was In the I have said in answer to the first ouncement that brokers' loans in Identification parade. He was then charge." just as thin as he is now,

"Not Clear"

the Federal Reserve Bank an

the past week reached a new high "D" relating to the alleged utter-record, exceeding 900 million sterk increase exceeding four ing of the Katz and Co., eheque: “ing, an Asked why he did not recognise think I will not say anything about million sterling over the preceding I will do it in week-Reuter's American Service this charge here. the accused at the identification Court. That is all." parade, the witness said that he was

"E" relating to the alleged utter- not clear. him. Pressing his point, Mr. Russing of the Min Tak Co. cheque: "I asked if it was because the prisoner will say whatever I can in Court."" "" relating to the alleged utter-

He was not sure about

was in the dock that the witness reing of the Man Lee Co., cheque: "I cognised him now.

will say whatever I can in Court." Mr. C. G. Pordue, acting Director

.

of Criminal Intelligence, de-

OIL STRIKE

HAVE NOW COLLAPSED AT ANTEWERP.

Antwerp, Oct. 10. Mr. Lindsell asked Mr. Russ if ho was challenging the allegation

The strike In, the oil depote, that the prisoner had opened an ac-]] count at the Bank. If not, then he posed to being in charge of an which has lasted eight days in the identification parade at Central case of the men workers and five failed to see the drift of the ques-Police Station on September 22 last days in the case of the women. tion,

The prisoner and ten ended to-day, with the exception of Mr. Russ said that he was there at 1.20 p.m..

They the employees of one company. other men were present. to pave the way to the Sessions.

Mr. Lindell pointed out that, ac- were all of similar build and all in Reuter. cording to the Chief Justice, the European clothes. proceedings in that Court was for No. 4 from the right on parade, and although he was informed of his

Prisoner stood

the purpose of affording an oppor-right to change position for each

$105,400 ESTATE

tunity to the prisoner to give an in-witness, he elected to remain No 4 CHINESE MERCHANT AND HIS

dication of his defence.

Mr. Russ, although admitting that It was a good thing to indicate the defence nt an early opportunity, did not propose to do so, Remark-

throughout.

Identified By Nine Persons Proceeding, Mr. Perdue said that nine persons were called on separ- ately to identify the prisoner with

ing on the witness' identification of the following results:

he was in the dock.

"Like The Man" ·

CANADIAN WIFE

ADMINISTRATION GRANTED

PIONEER PICTURES

The "China Mail," which led the way in regard to coloured pictorial supplements in Hong Kong, in its bumper Saturday edition to-morrow will come out: with bright and up-to-date pic- tures of local interest, in addi- tion to the regular features that have done so much to increase the prestige and circulation of this paper.

Among the front page illustra tions will be a photograph of Dr. J. H. Sanders, who leaves, the Colony on retirement to-day, with views of the Matilda' Hoapital' which he has controlled for 21 years; a very artistic pleture of Edinburgh Castle, taken on Satur- day night last" at Sookumpos; the full Kowloon Football Club team, as well as the Chinese Athletic Soccer team; children of the Garrison School at their swimming sports at the V.R.C.; and more views taken on Dr. A. Cannon's trip through Kwangst and Kwangtung. Pictures obtain- ed from K. Fujiyama, Chinese Photographers and private sources, and all, with the exception of one, exclusive to the "China Mail."

were

six years' imprisonment," but also Shareholders present that he gave the names of the off- Mesars.-C. Pryce, Chan Iu-nam, cials whom he approached to Chan Pun-kow, Chan Nai-pan and accure it. He then conveyed it to W. Macfarlane. Hearst who ordered its cabling to America.

In Brussels

Brussels, Yesterday.

爨

• Sequel To Strike

The notice convening the meeting having been read by the secretary, the chairman said:-

Horan has arrived by road.-Reu-The report and accounts having ter.

•

MINES' SAFETY

INTERESTING STATEMENT BY MR. BALDWIN

NEW LABORATORIES

been in your handa for the pres cribed period. I propose with your approval to take them as, read.

thence via the Azores.

Over Switzerland

Basis, Yesterday. The "Graf Zeppelin" passed over at 9.85 a.m. for Belfort. The populations of Baale and Schaff- hausen turned out and cheered the airship, which two Swiss aeroplaner are escorting.

Over Spain

Barcelona, Yesterday. The "Graf Zeppelin" passed over

at 6.50 this evening-Reuter.

England Interested

London, Yesterday.

The result of the Working Account for the year ended July 31, 1928,

The attempted fight of the Ger- shows a profit of $19,703.72, as com- pared with $17,898,46 for the year man airship "Graf Zeppelin" across balance the Atlantic is being watched with previous, but the actual

interest in this standing at the Profit and Loss Ac- considerable London, Yesterday.. count is $3,100.50 whereas last year country, more particularly in view of the projected British airship' ser- Mr. Baldwin, in opening now the balance was $14,280,48.

vices to India and Austraila. laboratories for safety in mines During the year under review we

A British airship has already research at Sheffield, said it was in- had to spend $15,059.91 on repairs of crossed the Atlantic. This was deed good to think, as ha had piping, etc., which had deteriorated 84 which made the flight in four. been assured, that British mines owing to the plant not being in full and half days several years ago. were the safest in the world, but use during the Strike period.

One British representative Is In- one should not be content with that.machinery and tanks are in good

the cluded among the passengers Miners must be a great deal safer working order at present and capa-Graf Zeppelin." This Is Lady both in our country and throughout ble of maximum production. i the world. It was a noble striving in which political differences and 'class

In my speech at the last annual Drummond Hay. British Wireless sunk. He was differences were told there was already with Ameri-meeting I expressed the hope that Service.

this year's working would enable us ca an Interchange of personnel and information, that similar to wipe off the debit balance, but U.S. EXPRESS MEN

unfortunately sales have been affect- arrangements had been concluded

ed by restrictions placed upon the with France and that preliminary

IN BURMAH ·

- Wider Distribution

The

Drummond Hay, traveller and writ- er, the widow of 'Sir Robert

STRIKE AGAINST THEIR 'UNION'S WISHES

Why the wife, living in Canada become a disciple of Communism Inquiries were being made as to the sale of ice and iced drinks in the of a Chinese merchant of Hong The Soviet is stated (in the cable), possible extending of this system City of Canton by the Municipal the prisoner, Mr. Russ said that no Mr. C. Rodrigues, of the Instone Kong, stayed away from the Colony

New York, Oct. 16. doubt the witness in Court felt safe Banking Corporation, who identified after her husband had died Intes.to have pointed out that he has been to other countries. He hoped that authorities. In spite of this how- in identifying the prisoner because the prisoner.

From three to four thousand em tate has been explained following one of the most bitter opponents of where the mining Industry was car-ever sales were actually better than Bolshevism in China and that he ried on research might be com-1 for the same period last year. It is Kwan Chak-hin, of the same bank, the grant of Letters of Administra-

plete and that no country would proposed with your approval to deployees of the American Railway who Identified the prisoner. (Mr. tion to her by the Supreme Court. to be under suspicion.

Until his final collapse as few be left out-British Wireless Ser- duct the balance of $8,100.50 at the Express Company have struck work Mr. Hazlerigg pointed out that all Hazlerigg told the Magistrate that Mr. Chan Kwong-hing, allas C. K. weeks ago, Chang Tsung-chang still vico.

¡credit of Proẞt and Loss Account in New York City, though the strike. the witness said was that the pro- Kwan was not being called as a Hing, alias Charles Chin (or Chan had under him a number of

from the debit balance carried for-is disapproved by the men's Union. Boner was like the man.

witness as he could only go over Hlog), late of No. 272, Portland-. "White" -Russians who "manned his

ward from last yes thus leaving a

Strike Terminates Mr. Lindsell agreed and said that the same ground as another wit- street, Kowloon, died at the age of armoured trains, fought in his ranks PETROL DISASTER [debit balance of $28,904.56 to be 'car-

Later, the only thing definitely which the ness).

63 on Nov. 18, 1926, leaving an and acted as his bodyguard. So

ried forward to new account. Every

The American Express strike has witness had said about the prisoner Poon Ping-kwan who identified estate in the Colony sworn At that the change of colour from OIL-SOAKED GROUND ON FIRE effort will be made to improve our terminated, all the strikers being was that he was present at the Iden- the prisoner.

|$106,400.

"white" to "red" comes as a big

present method of distribution next reinstated. Reuter's American Ser-. tification parade.

Mr. H. Holtkamp, of the Nether He left a widow (Mrs. Edith surprise.

summer and preparations are now of vice. Remarking that he thought the lands Trading Society, who iden-Weightman Hing, now of the Palace Another story told about Chang

MANY FATALITIES.

foot to achieve this object and ob witness had gone further than that, tifled the prisoner.

tain a wider distribution Mr. Russ said, that he would not Mr. F. X. da Silva, of the same Hotel, Kowloon), four daughters, Teung-chang, is his harem o1,82 con-

Rangoon, Yesterday. cubines, the number including a bank, who failed to identify the a son and two concubines.

Mr. J. H. Buttonjes was first ap- small batch of Ruskan ladies. It News of the leakage of a petro- socks Mr. Charles Chos, of the Eastern pointed administrator ad colligenda not mentioned to the cable if the loun pipeline at the village of gave evidence as to charging Yeo Equitable Banking Corporation, bona. In 1927 one of the daughters, concubines are become Red as Paungbe caused the inhabitants to Directors nor the General Managers

Miss Edna Lola Hing, applied for well w

seize overy available receptacle and have drawn any remuneration for at the Central Police Station' on who identified the prisoner. Letters of Administration but there-By a coincidence pamphlets broad- swarm out to collect the ofl.the current year.lege September 25 Tast. He read and ex- Mr. Perdue said that these six plained to the prisoner three witnesses all identified the prisoner was no grant. This year the same casted in Hong Kong by Chinese Suddenly the whole ground burst The amount owing to the Dairy Other business transacted by the forgery charges and three charges and said to him personally in Eng. daughter and the widow applied Communists on Wednesday evening, into flames, engulfing the unfortun- Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd., meeting comprised:AN of utterring forged chequer the Ush,

Jointly for Letters of Administra during the National Day festivities, ate natives. Forty-seven, including which is secured by the company's Re-election of Mr. A. B. Stewart six. charges now standing against The following three spoke in tien and again there was no grant referred to some Nationalist leaders eighteen women, are known to have Shameen property was reduced dur- and Mr. Leung Yan-po, the retir Chinese through an interpreter: Final application by Mrs. Hing was to being worse enemies of Commun- perished while there were numerous ing the year by $5,000 and the net ing directors proposed by Mr. C. cases of serious injury-Beuter. amount now due of the original loan Pryce, seconded by Mr. Chan' Pan- Chan-Lam-pong who failed to successful, on payment of $5,404.05 am than Chang Tsung-chang."

of $40,000 15 $15,000 only.

how dareign A identify the prisoner,

Miss Louise Moore, of New York, With these few remarks I beg Re-election of Messrs. Percy

Sethi and Fleming an auditor disappeared overboard from the to propose that the report and ec- Smil 88,000-tons Italian motor-liner counts as presented be adopted

Hon of 3250-y dering the voyage from When this motion has been seconded

Changlu nam-seconded by aball be pleased to answer to the

press the matter.

Mr. T. Murphy, acting Assistant man. Director of Criminal Intelligence,

the prisoner.

After the prisoner had been cau- tloned in respect of each charge separately, he made separate state Wong Wan-nam, of China-build ments In reply to them. The state, ing, who identified the prisoner. ments were made in English, taken Tang Ping of China-building down by the witness word for word, who identifled the prisoner. and then read over to the prisoner. ** (Continued on Page 7.).

estate duty and $110 Court fees.

Mr Hing stated that she lived in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, and, owing to fil-health had been advised

TO-DAY'S

not to return to Hong Kong but she The closing rate of the dollar on “Au ultimately came bzek on May 14 last. demand to-day was 2/0 5/16/

Genos

- Loan: Reduced

best of my ablisty: any questions

As in previous years neither your

| shareholders may wish to ask..

· Mr. Chan-Nal-pan seconded. No. question was asked and the motion was carried unanimously. Other Business

B. Stewart