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China Mail

No. 27,454

ARMED ROBBERY. Boy Kidnapped from a Matshed.

CASH AND DEEDS STOLEN.

A case of robbery and kidnapping occurred in the New Territory at 2 o'clock this morning.

FESTA

LISHED

1846

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/5 15/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

ANOTHER CASE OF DEATH PENALTY IN HATS OFF

OVERLOADING

MASTER OF THE TAI LEE FINED $250.

ARMY ABOLISHED.

EXCEPT FOR MUTINY OR TREACHERY IN WAR.

PRISON FOR COWARDS.

on activo service.

SHOCKING TORTURE

and

TO THE RADIO!

SHIELD FINALS TO BE BROADCAST.

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WAY OF A MAID. AN ALLEGED FORGED

Ingenious Trick on

Little Girl

CHEQUE.

EUROPEAN ARESTED AT WHARF.

SUM OF $215 INVOLVED.

AN AGGRIEVED MOTHER

Yesterday, a 14-year-old girl, living at Shaukiwan, was charged INRUSH OF PASSENGERS.

F. G. Carnell was arrested by the London, Yesterday. The Hong Kong Broadcasting before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with Capt. D. Bousfeld, master of the

The House of Commons passed the Station announces that to-morrow's larceny by a trick, from a smaller Police last night on a charge of According to Wong Kam-ying s.s. Tai Lee, was charged before committee stage of the Army and Air Shield Finals will be "put on the girl, of a pair of earringe. She uttering a forged cheque for $215 the 3rd Concentration Army and (19), married woman, who lives Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Force Bill, rejected, a Conservative air," a microphone having been in pleaded that they were given to her drawn on the National City Bank of The fraud was alleged to have. the 3rd Central Disbandment Dis-In the railway matshed quarters at

for a man who induced his comrades

ригрова. This is a most intorest-victed after hearing evidence. trict's offices, which were altered the Lowu Station, the affair occur Marine Court this morning with amendment to retain the death penalty stalled on the Club ground for the willingly, but the Magistrate con- New York,

Then detective Sergeant Goodwin been perpetrated by Carnell on the to the G.H.Q. of the 3rd Regional red whilst she, her sister-in-law having allowed his vessel to be behave in a cowardly manner,

Yen (Wong Cheung), and

It is stated her four-overloaded. He pleaded "not carried the Socialist amendment to tag innovation, and radio fans are Chinese Republican Army.

abolish the death penalty for desertion asked to study the sectional plan proved two previous convictions for Fiat Garage, David House, Des her that he visited the garage yesterday Hai-shan

This is not a Gov- which will be published in the larceny from the person, the ac- Voeux Road Central. and Feng Yu-hsiang years-old son (Ip Kam-hoi), were guilty."

cused being bound over on formally assumed on April 1 the alone in the matshed, her husband

Boarding Oficer R. J. Nunn said eramant defeat as the matter is left to China Mail to-morrow.

A China Mail representative, who mother's bond of $50 to be of good afternoon and bought goods to the This value of $150 and tendered the poats of C.L.C. and Vice-C.I.C. of being away on duty.

The cheque the Lands, Sea and Air forces,

Whilst sleeping, they were sud- that on Monday at about 7.15 p.m. free vote. The death penalty may now

Broadcasting Studio this morning, period, It was pointed out, had not cheque in payment.

was accepted and Carnell was allow- respectively, the former at Taiyuan denly awakened by the door of the he examined the river steamer be inflicted only for mutiny or trea- visited Mr. A. E. Jeffries at the behaviour for six months.

As Wong Tal Lee then at the Ping Onchery.-Reuter,"

was told that the report will be very yet expired. and the latter at Tungkuan Pass, matshed being broken.

much

The Magistrate adjourned the case led to dopart with the goods and There to in-Wharf. He found that the centre

Home lines, declaring at the same time that they Kam-ying got out of bed

will be two gentlemen at the micro- until this morning for the, mother's change.

Later, it is alleged, it was dis- were elected to their respective vestigate, the door was broken down of the disc was submerged to a Yen will and five men rushed in. Three of depth of four inches, whereupon

phone, one of whom will watch and attendance in Court.-

morning Mr. Lindsell covered that the cheque was a for- posts by Party members.

report the actual progress of the This

Anti- shortly proceed to Shihchiachaung, them had automatic pistols, and one he telephoned to Mr. Lowe, also

play, whilst the other will make a pointed out to the mother that her, gery and the Police were immediate-

communicated with. The and Fong to Chengchow, personally pointed his weapon at her and ask-of the Harbour Department, who

verified his examination.

running commentary upon matters) bond of $50 was due to be forfeited, ly to direct the campaign against theed for money.

was so scared master was informed and the port Her sister-in-law

of moment as the match proceeds. as her daughter had again mis- cipating that Carnell would acek to Central Government.

cur, leave the Colony, the Police kept Mr. Jeffries could not confirm a behaved herself during its that she herself opened a box in clearance was withheld until the

watch at all wharves and railway Shantung Situation.

rumour that Horace and Herbert rency.

The woman heaved a sign and stations, and he was arrested by The object of Feng Yu-hsiang is the sleeping room and, taking out vessel was seaworthy. At 10 p.m.

looked at her daughter with a pain- Detective-Sergeant, J. Murphy as to aim at the capture of Tsingtao. everything of value, handed them the intruders. This in-

he was boarding' the a.s. Tung On, ed expression on her face. The massing of his forces in Honan, over to

This moved the Magistrate to in-which was due to sail for Canton pretending to attack Hankow, is a cluded $164 in cash, consisting of mere stratagem. As soon as the Hong Kong. Canton and American

quire from Sergeant Goodwin if last night.

had Carnell will be charged before a he thought that the mother main body of his troops have as-currency, two deeds for land in Chi-

made any attempt to keep, the girl Magistrate to-morrow morning. sembled

at Chengchow, he will nese territory, and three promissory

on notes for a total of $250,

in order since the time she was launch

general offensive

Dissatisfied with Haul.

bound over. Hauchow, to synchronize with the

The robbers stayed about ten. attack of the Shansi-ites on Tsinan.

Tiao-yuan of minutes in the matshed, and ap- Chairman Chen

the dissatisfied with Shantung has wired to the Central parently Government that 15,000 Shanst amount of their booty, snatched up son from bed and forces entered the Shantung ter- the woman's

with ther. ritory last Saturday, advancing carried him away along the Tain-Fu line and that a They ran away toward the border. severe engagement took place be going along the path at the back of tween them and the Shantung the matshed. troops in the vicinity of Pingyuan. The Shantung forces have been withdrawn to Yusheng, about 35 miles north of Tainan.

Hostles Begin.

nkow, Wednesday. Fighting broke out on April 3 between the National, troops under General Yang Fu-cheng and the Kueminchun of the 27th and 80th Division on the southern Boction of the Ping-Han line.

Chang Hseuh-liang's Attitude. With regard to the present situa tion, General Chang Haduh-liang is credited with making the follow- ing statements:

1-The object of Yen Hsi-shan

in repeatedly sending delegates to Liaoning is only to seek Chang's good relationship.

expenses.

The only clue tha the woman is able to give for the identification of the robbers was that they all wore dark clothing and spoke Hakku She was unable to give a description of them, because, the matshed was in darkness at the time of the raid.. and she was unable to see their faces.

MODERN YOUTH. Kidnapper at 14 Years

of Age. .....

AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.

ed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell with

CHINESE COURTS

Assessor's Office Closed In Shanghai

Shanghai, Yesterday. The British Consul General officially adverties that the As- sessor's Office of the Consul- ate General is now closed. "All communications by British subjects of the Chinese Courts established in the International Settlement in Shanghal should be made direct and no copies need be filed in this Consulate General."-Reuter.

he again examined the vessel and found her to be properly sea- worthy. The clearance was re- turned to the master and the ves sel sailed almost immediately after.

Captain's Questions.

Shanghal, To-day. Terrible stories are to hand from very reliable sources of bandit outrages in Yunnan province.

In one town several well-to- do persons who would not or could not pay the sums de manded had their hands, bandaged with pieces of cloth, secured above their heads and then soaked with paraffin and set alight and burned like a torch to a cinder,

One banker committed sui- cide to avoid torture.

In the outskirts of Shanghai bandits with painted faces are attacking farmhouses and torturing the inmates' if the loat is not worth while.

For example a farmer was placed in an iron pan and roasted over a fire. He is in a serious condition. In a7- other case a farmer's wife WAS similarly, treated, being badly. burned the "breasts", and abdomen. Benter:

P.W.D. PROPERTY.

Capt. Bousfield: Did I tell you An Open Invitation

there were 61 tons of water on board at 6.30 p.m.

B.O. Nunn:

You told me that

to

Thieves ?

reclamation.

COLLEGE TREASURER KILLED.

Peking, To-day.

The British legation has re- ceived Information that Mr. E. Y. Scarlett. Treasurer of College, the Anglo-Chinese Tientsin, with another London Missionary Society colleague, were holidaying at Peitaiho who they was attacked by arm- ed robbers.

Mr. Scarlett was killed, but his companion, apparently, was not hurt.-Reuter.

would be present, but it is certain that a little witty comment on the game may, creep into the proceed ings..

Mother A Cripple.

The Sergeant replied that he con- sidered that the woman had done After all that was in her power.

WHY HE BOLTED !

An unemployed Chinese, who all, the woman was a cripple and attempted to steal a pair of gold a Chinese woman could not be expected to control such earrings from

If the accused chose to in a lane behind the Majestic 4: girl. go out the mother could do no Theatre, was

at the Kowloon thing to prevent her, and she could Magistracy this morning, sentenc not follow h to see that she kept ed to six months' hard labour.. out of mischief.

woman, k

Mr.

The defendant, when convicted- Baid: "I slapped the woman on the he face, and ne everybody said I was

wrong in so doing, I ran away!"

Addressing the Lindsell bald at derstood that she had been

Following The Game.

nese Affairs about the matter and Radio fans, no doubt; are familiar had undertaken to send her daugh with the procedure to be adopted.ter to the country if she could be The plan of the ground to be pub given another chance. lished is divided Into sections, one goal area, being marked "A" and the other "B." The commentator

The woman agreed.

The Magistrate then asked the! mother if she was willing to carry

in accordance with the plan to be out that undertaking and at the same time sign a bond in the aum of published in the China Mail to- morrow, will announce so far as la $100 promising that if the girl! possible the progress of the ball ever returned from the country, she This morning Divisional Inspector from one section to another. For would immediately bring her up to A Chinese boy, who gave his you had 47 tons of water in the Macdonald charged two Chinese before instance, rush by the forwards Court. He pointed out that if she age as 14 years, was to-day charg-afterspeak tank.

Capt. Bousfield: Didn't I tell Mr. B. E. Lindsell with the theft of attacking from the Wong-nel-chong failed to do so, she would lose her The woman being willing, the 2-Yen Kel-shan desires to hand kidnapping another boy, aged four you that when all the work below Wanchal recordion piping from the end of the ground will take them siled to

was finished I would see to the The piping was the property of the into areas Al and A2 (the penalty!

P.W.D., and Mr. C. J. Tacchi was pre-area), whilst an attack by the left Magistrate said that in the cir over the administrative authority years, in Watchai.

He admitted, the offence with pumping out of the water

wing of the opposing side will cumstances he would not order the of the Pel-Ning line and a certain

B.O. Nuan: I don't remember sent in Court as complainant. revenue to the air of an "old hand," and this

Mr. Lindsell inquired of Mr. Tacchi bring them into the territory of confiscation of the $50 of her pres the Tain-Pu part of Mukden for the support of military led the Magistrate to remark: you saying so.

Capt. Bousfeld: There was at the P.W.D. could not find a way to "B," and, if very successful, no sent unexpired bond. Instead, he "Charged with kidnapping at the

mada an order for a new bond to be list to starboard of about 10 deg. secure their property, as leaving it in doubt into territory B7,

the open was an Invitation to thieves.

entered into on the new arrange- 3-Chang himself regrets that age of 14"

Accused did not reply.

was there not? the Shansi troops have advanced

6.0. Nunn: I took that into con-There had been quite a few cases re- There will be quite a number of ment outlined by him. Detective-Sergeant M. Murphy

cently, he pointed out football enthusiats who will not "Terrible Trouble" in Btore. into the Shantung territory.

• Mr. Tacchi replied that in this in-and it possible to attend the game,

To the girl, his Worship said Sun Cheun-fong and other produced Police records to prove sideration.

Capt. Bousfield, When you came stance the piping was being removed disappointed militarists and a previous conviction for larceny

have in May, 1928, whereupon the on board at 10 p.m. was the ship from the P.W.D's old workshop to the but for their benefit Mr. Jeffries sternly: "Your mother will send politicians are reported to

now one when the theft occurred. At the and his staff have thoughtfully de- you to the country, and if you come arrived, for a political object at Magistrate passed sentence of seaworthy?

B.O. Nunn: Yes,

new workshop, they were having a vised this method of letting them back there will be terrible trouble nige months' hard labour and it Lizoning from Dairen.

Boarding: Officer T. B. Lowe fence put around their property,

The Magistrate imposed fines of $10, 6-The North-western authorities strokes of the birch, remarking: (Manchull) are loyal to the Central "You must be put where it will corroborated the statements of Government, and favour the main- not be possible for you to do any B.O. Nuny. Captain Bousfield had for 14 days hard labour in default,

no queations to ask this witness. tenance of peace in the country. harm to the public."

Pump Out of Order. A telegraphic message was re-

Defendant, in his statement,

A-Smart Man!. The accused met the small boy

ceived by the-Central Government | from General Wu Ti-chen that be in the street, as he was playing

..

had succeeded in his mission to outside his house, 146, Hennessey said that at 7.15 p.m. he was prob

IRISH DAIL

**"Good Luck.".

know how the game ft going."

for your mother and for you, too." Mr. "Roamer," football corres

She was then removed to the calls pondent of the Sunday Herald, In an Interview, stated that he hoped below the dock to remain in custody until the mother completes arrange- the innovation would be a great ments to send her to the country.

The trick practised by the girl la success. He said that he himself, if

he got enough time, was going to

"listen in," He also added that an ingenious one for a girl of her

Mukden to which he was recently. Road and enticed him to go with ably overloaded, but he could not Cabinet to Be the Same there are times when a man likes were strangers. They met in the

Ha arrest was brought possibly get the water pumped out despatched to consult Chang Haeuh him, Hang. The telegram indicates that about by a smart plece of detec before 8 pm. When he got the

As Before.

Dublin, Yesterday,

to know what is doing in the were strangers. Colony. He also complimented the street in Shaukiwan on Wednesday Broadcasting Station in their effort aftonoon and accused told the to make Hong Kong a little bright younger girl that she had been sent

a satisfactory arrangement has tive work on the part of Laung water pumped out the ship was been made with Chang in regard to Sang, a hawker's assistant, who one inch over the mark............ “You his attitude towards the Shansi saw the accused talk to the little know that if I was overloaded 1 The Dall by 80 votes to 56, agcved to er, and wished them in all by her (the other girl's) mother to and Kuominchun uprising Canton boy and then lead him away would come and say so, but in President Cosgrave's Cabinet, welch is sincerity "good luck," in their collect some money for her from a

Suspecting that the accused was this case I was not overloading" the same as before-Reuter. News Agency,

Earlier Cables.

Peking, Yesterday,

up to no good, Leung, followed the He said that he knew that the Fair at a distance. Accused did pump was out of order at 5 p.m. not notice Leung, and when he No cargo came on board after A representative of Marshal Yen and the small boy reached the that time, but some 900 passengers Hal-han called at the Legations this Naval Canteen, accused engaged a came on-board with their luggago. morning, and informed them that Yen rikisha and with the boy drove Comdr. Hole, then calculated Hal-han had assumed the post of westward, Leung then decided to that nine hundred persons at an Commander-in-Chief of the forces and act, and Fanning after the rik! average weight of one hundred had declared punitive expedition

barch

a he stopped it and dragged pounds each would put the ship against Marshal Chiang Kai-sheld":

General Yen Hai-shary guaranteed the accused out. A constable, down 432 Inches,

The accused pleaded that he full protection of foreign life and pro who was attracted by the disturb

perty, and urged the Powers to refrain arco, came up and, after Leung could not very well stop mine hun-

rom giving moral or enaterial support had com

one who had undermined the unit to him

Calas and had browbeaten the tod

shad, consequently proj

fad, his suspicion dred co the accured into

way to

FINE TO CLOUDY.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:

A-feeble anti-cyclone is con

near W. Vladivostock. Press! in reletively low over 3. W. China. WATER

Forecast-E. winds; mo derater fine to eloudy.

20-day uary 1.

new venture.

TRICK CYCLING. Merry Riders Brought to Court

The campaign against trick cycllus which commenced some weeks ago, still continues, S

money loan association. She (ac- cased) was to look for the girl and take her along with her. AN The girl believed the story and went with accused. After walking

little distance, accused suggested to the little girl that there might be some men at the association and they might rob her of her earrings. She had better take them off and and them ever to her (accused) for

At the Kowloon Folles Court this safe custody. The girl did no. morning, four Chinese were chaped Wrapped in Paper?

After walking a little further, the before Mr., Whyte-Smith

The first two admitted dangerous rid-little girl asked back her earringa: Ing at night in Mongkok and Gascogne Sho would put them in her own Roads, and were fined $10 each,

pocket. Accused, then went into a a baving no lamps lit con

they had hired, shop and secured a piece of paper and some string She pretended to $10 for Wrap the earrings up in the papar and tying the little parcel up with night the string, handed

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STOP PRESS

London, Yesterday. The Daily Herald's diploma- tic correspondent says that the situation of the Naval Confer enco (apart from the three- Power pact, which is virtual- ly an accomplished fact) has again become very sorious. Firstly, the French are now openly, declaring that there can be no connection between political conversations and the work of the Conference itself. Meanwhile, they must have a favourable interpretation of Article XVI. of, the Covenant before they can discuss ship- building reductions. Second ly, Signor Grandl has pointed out to Messrs. MacDonald and · Headergon that Italy cannot participata in-any interpreta tion of the Covenant by only a few members of the League Instead of by the League it' self at Geneva. Signor Grandi protested strongly that the real work of the Conference had been held up for extrane ous discussions. He declared that the Italians cannot wait indefinitely-Router.

Moscow, Yesterday. Pulkov Observatory has taken discovered by the Lowell Ob two photographs of the planist servatory, Arizona-Router's American Service.

Feking, Later. It appears that on Wednesday evening Mr, Scarlett and a colleague, Mr. A. P. Cullen, Becretary of the London Mis siónary Society's Anglo-Chin- ese College, Tientsin, were fourneying across the country from the Peking-Mukden Rail- way Station at Peltalho June. tion to Feltalho Beach, a dis tanca of five miles (which is traversed by rail in Summer time) for the purpose of in- specting the London Mission's bungalows when they were at tacked, and

Mr. Scarlett was killed Mr Cullen escaped, bringing Mr. Scarlett's body to Tientsin.

Mr. Scarlett was a Bachelor of Science In Manch where he was born. Dorothy Wh Bouthport 1