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No. 27,811

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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931.

TRAGEDY ON HIGH NIGHT

SEAS.

Suspect to Go Back to Batavia.

CHANGEABLE MIND.

CLUB ATTACK "QUEEN"

"WHOOPEE" NOT IN

FAVOUR.

ON BRITISH

LADY.

Assaulted by Chinese in Bowen Road.

STRUCK ON THE HEAD.

Miss M. Woodehouse, residing

whilst walking alyse in Bowen Road last night.

Two parties who had admitted- A tragedy on the high seas on ly acted in good faith, but had March 5 was recalled in the Cen- DECISION FINAL at 15, Bowen Road, was attacked suffered as a result of the fraud tral Police Court this morning" of a third, brought their differ- when Lai Fuk appeared before ence before the Full Court (the M.r Schofield charged with the Chief Justice, Mr. Joseph Kemp, alleged murder of Man Yeung on: and Mr. Justice Lindsell), this board the J.C.J.L. Steamer Tji- morning, when the Chip Chung karang.

ward.

and Lo.

Law or Fact?

MUST TAKE TROUPE

BACK HOME.

Havre, Yesterday,

Paris, Yesterday.” will not be allowed to stay with In spite of many edicts that she

her troupe of dancers in France,

Britons,

whoopee."

Mr. Andrews, alm of 15 Bowen Road, who reported the incident, to the Police, stated that Miss Woodehouse was struck a blow on the back of the head at about | g o'clock.

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BELLICOSE LAST MINUTE DERBY FAMOUS FRENCH ‘ACE'

GERMANS

WANT BACK TREĄTY| FRONTIERS.

A CHALLENGE?

SPEECH TO STEEL HELMETS

Breslau, Yesterday. "We shall never recognise the frontiers under the Treaty of Versailles and swear not to rest until all German Land which is drunk with the sweat and blood of countless German generations once again is part of Germany."

Commander of the Steel Helmets,

So declared Herr Feldte, Chief |

Battle of Jutland,

SENSATION.

Link Boy May Have to Be Snatched.

PREMIER CONDEMNS GAMBLING.

London, Yesterday.

CRASHES IN STORM.

'Plane Shoots -Like a Bullet into the Sea.

BOTH INSTANTLY KILLED,

Paris, Yesterday... A st minute Derby sensation

The exact cause of the crash has risen in connection with of the famous French "ace," La Link Boy, whose form during Louette, will probably never be the allop at Manton House, known, but it is now learned that Marlborough, on Saturday, when the airmen were flying low and he was ridden by Steve Donog-close to the land in a storm. hue, is reported to have been so

It appears that owing to the bad as to suggest the possibility danger of the weather conditions of scratching him.

La Louette decided to turn north- Severe condemnation of the ward to Barcelona, when the sweepstake craze was made by plane suddenly shot like a bullet Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in an in- toward the set. The shock broke terview with the Daily

it in two and the airmen were correspondent at Lossiemouth, probably instantly killed. Their when he said:

bodies were picked up by fisher.

Herald

men.

French experts scout the

"It is a most deplorable re- flection on the state of mind of the people of this country that, at a time like this especially, theory that the engine exploded millions of pounds should be and express the opinion that the going into this form of gam-seaplane was simply hurled down bling.

by the force of the storm.

Early Cable. Barcelona, Saturday. The famous French ace Cap-

crash at Villa Nueva, while flying to Tunis, in an attempt to beat the world's long distance record for tourist 'planes. His com- panion, Captain Permoufle, was also killed,

"It makes, one almost de spair and feel that civilisation

must be crumbling.” The Government was consider-

was where to begin.

The ex-Crown Prince, Fielding the matter, but the difficulty tain La Loulette was killed in a

Firm appealed against a judg. Appearing for the Crown, ment given to the Cheong Fat Chief Defective-Inspector Rey-

It is officially stated that the Loong Kee, by Mr. Justice Lind- nolds said that the accused hail decision that Texas Guinan and

At the time, Mig Woodehouse sell, in the Summary Court, for agreed to waive all extradition her girls must be shipped back to was carrying a heavy basket, con $116.50, and costs. The action proceedings and to return to New York is final-Reuter.

taining books, and this she swung arose out of supply and delivery | Batavia to-morrow.

round, hitting a Chinese in the of certain piece goods.

Accused changed his mind and Interesting points in connec- said that he wanted the evidence

un in pain and fall to the ground. stomach, causing him to double tion with agency, and "holding to be taken here.

Becoming afraid, Miss Woode out" of agents, were brought for- Mr. Reynolds He told me "Texas" Guinan, the American house hurried home, where she that he was willing to return tonight club proprietress, is still informed Mr. Andrews of what Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed Batavin. Ile has got it into his fighting, and there is a possibility had happened.

who is a soda water manufac by Messrs. Russ and Company,, head that he can be tried here.

that she will be allowed to stay:

Mr. Andrews immediately in turer, in a speech at a parade of appeared for defendant-appellant,j The Magistrate He certain-

stituted a search in the vicinity. 120,000 Steel Helmets from all -Reuter. and plaintiff-respondents" werely cannot be tried here. He can-

but without success. London, May 3. represented by Mr. Leo d'Almada, not be sentenced here, because

The assailant cannot he de-over Germany, including two sons especially Londoners,

of the ex-Crown Prince and Jun, instructed by Messrs. Lo the crime was not committed in don't know how "to make scribed by Miss Woodehouse be.

Hong Kong waters. -

That's the opinion of yond the fact that he was of Prince Eitel Friedrich, on the oc- After the Interpreter had New York's famous Queen of Night medium height and. 'build, and/casion of the anniversary of the At the outset. Mr. d'Almada plained the whole position, ac- Clubs, Texas Guinan. submitted that the question of cused agreed to leave to-morrow. coming to Britain this Summer to

So she is wore white clothing. "holding out" was one of law, It will be recalled that on thei and nut one of fact, but after arrival of the Tjikarang in har- some discussion, the Court dir-bour, it was found that the ship's to hit the old burg with a big bang In her own words, she is "going ected that the facts should be painter, Man Yeung, was miss-and jazz up its night life considered.

ing. Subsequently it was dis- Mr. d'Almada then went on to covered that Lai Fuk, who shared with original night club deal with the facts, which were the missing man's cabin, had a

Got me, baby!-Oh yeah!”

This stirring news of Guinante that the daim arose out of de-scar on his right arm. On fur- livery of certain goods between ther investitions being made, January 16 and February 3 of blood stains were found outside this year. Defendants had deal- the cabin shared by the two men. ings with the plaintiff, as picte goods dealers, over a period. They had employed an agent agent named I am Man, who was Catthorised to pledge their credit. Whenever these trail ons oo curred, a debit note was issued, the condition being that payment Stephen Kiss, the Hungarian. should be made at the end of the who was remanded at the Kowlcon lunar month in which the goods Police Court

obtained.

KISS FOR JAIL.

WANTS TO RETURN TO EUROPE.

teach us.

some

shows.

intentions was recorded in a mess- age from New York yesterday.

Dressed in snowy white cowboy outfit, with broad-brimmed sombrero.

and cowboy chaps, gigantic silver spurs and riding a white bronco, the night-club queen will lend a creaking pioneer, ox- waggon filled with a bevy of beauti- ful girls among the buses and taxis of London's streets, and afterwarda visit provincial cities.

on Saturday when One of the features of her night- Middle-West That meant charged with stowing away on ss. club shows will be a

from Shanghai to Hong ranch. that, even if goods were bought Trier

were

Texas will sail for Europe in the

only two days before the end of Kong, made a second appearanceiner Parts on May 22, with a troupe

the month, payment fell due at this morning. the end of the same month,

A New Agent.

of thirty, including a chorus of twenty girls for Parla, where the will take over the Florida Club. One month's hard labour was She will go to London and the pro-

Defendant said he would like to go back to Europe, as there was In August last year, appellants no work in Shanghal. engaged an agent, Lam Yau, in

place of Lam Man. It had been imposed. found in the lower Court that hel

vinces later.

She will wear cowboy outfit the

was originally nuthorised to HARBOURED A GIRL. whole time, white during the day

issued

CHARGE AGAINST FILIPINO BARBER.

Pedro Bhoy. a Filipino barber.

Registered Mai Tani.

and black in the evenings.

After Britain she w "hit" Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, and other European cities.

Texas Guinan, night club hostess,

SOME MORE RAIN,

The Royal Observatory's weather report to-das states:"

Depressions are shown to the E.S.E. of Naha and over S.W. China.

Forecast:-N. E. or variable winds, moderate; generally cloudy; some rals.

Rainfall.

Rainfall for 24 þjūrs end- ed at 10 am, to-day 27-inches. Total since Janua7, 1-24.98 inches against an average of 29.82 inches-excess. 1.16 inch. Temperature.

The temperature at certain apccified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was

Hong Kong

78

Масао

77

Pratas Island

79

Foochow

72

81

63

Shanghal

65

Manila Chefoo

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Marshal von Mackensen, General von Goltz, and other famous Ger- [man war leaders watched the de- monstrators, who wore semi-mili- tary uniform but were unarmed.

most They

fervently sanf "Deutschland ueber Alles" and marched past the leaders in mili- tary formation, with bands play- ing and banners flying.-Reuter,

COOLIES' DIET. MAGISTRATE ASKS IF THEY EAT

Remarkable Derby Sweep Figures.

SOME OF THE WINNERS,

Last year La Loulette with Captain Goulette flew from Paris London, Saturday. The drawing of the great Irish to Saigon in five days, and pilot- sweep on the Derby began at the ed Prince Carol back to Reumania Mansion House, Dublin, this at the time of his dramatic re- morning. It is officially an- turn to claim the throne at the nounced that the total receipts beginning of the year. were £2,789,696.

In January La Loulette and The amount available for prize Permoutfle Tanded at Villa de distribution is £1,900,544. Hos- Cisneros,, Spanish West Africa. pitals and charities get £697,000,- having covered 1,800 miles in 22 BOILED EGGS-PREFERRED

bours, creating a record distance → There are nineteen' tickets an, in a tight hie for a touring Lance-Sergeant McKay, of the each horse. Holders or placed aeroplane weighing under four Water Police, this morning charg-horses in the Derby get £30,000, hundred kilogrammes Reuter. £15,000, and £10,000 respectively, and holders of unplaced or mounts scratched since the final acceptances get £833 each.

BREAD.

London, Saturday.

people all over the world, includ- Long before breakfast thousands ing Indla,, China, Malays, Kenya, of people had collected outside the Nigeria, Multa, Egypt, Palestine, Mansion House, which was heavily Persia, Turkey, Greece, Germany, guarded by police. Inside, General France and Brazil. O'Duffy, Chief of the Irish Free State Police, supervised the mo-

mentous draw.

have

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Among those who chance of winning a fortune aro a Plymouth woman, who bought a housekeeping

ed a Chinese before Comdr. J. B. Newill, in the Marine Court, with hawking bread on board the 8.5. Yuenang without a licence. The accused pleaded "not guilty."

The Sergeant stated in evidenco that at about 8.30 a.m., yesterday he boarded the ship which was ly ing alongside the Kowloon Godown. On the ship he saw the accused in

As soon as an Irish nurse had ticket with her the act of making a sale of bread to a coolie. When asked for his drown the 19 fateful slips of paper money, to her husband'a horror; a licence, the accused was unable to from the huge revolving drum, dying man who declares he would

BO witness arrested painted with blue and produce it,

white give ten such chances for a little squares and containing some longer lease of life"; also a Bri- 6,000,000 counterfoils, General tish able seaman on H.M.S. Devon- 'Duffy moved across to where the shire, a blind London basket-mak little crystal drum contained the er, a girl aged seven, another aged names of the 33 horses that had ac nine, and a Dublin Hospital nurse,

Calcutta Sweep. cepted for Wednesday's race.

Calcutta, Yesterday.

The Derby sweep draw last night was conducted under very quiet cir- The prize money is

THE WEEK-END'S TOLL OF THE ROAD.

Two motoring accidents were re-him.

a hawker but claimed to be one of

A crowd of officials, typists, tele- graphists and auditors watched the proceedings, which were described through a loudspeaker to the crowd outside.-Reuter.

pledge appellents' credit, but that before he carried through his first transaction he came back to them saying that he had not been; allowed to do so by respondents. It was, therefore, decided to give residing at Punjab Buildings, No. actrees, singer, and most other. him cash to carry out his deals. 11. Granville Road, was this morn- things in turn, is one of the re-

Various transactions followed, ing charged at the Kowloon Magia-cognised institutions of New York. ported during the week-end, both

The accused denied that he was proving fatal. but Lam Yaú did not make pay-tracy with harbouring

Born on a ranch in Texas, she' a Chinese ment in the customry period for girl named Chau Sl-hung, aged 18 was brought up among cowboys.tung Street, a man, Lau Hop (23), ship. The bread, he said, he had In an attempt to run across Shan- the coolies working on board the "credit" terms. Instead, he was years, on different dates before She learned to ride in the rode, was knocked down by a

motor bought for himself and five fokis by respondents with May 30, at No. 11, Granville Road the thrilling round-up of cattle "cash" vouchers, which purport and No. 11, Chi Wo Street, with which Londoners had a chance of ry. He was taken to the Kow to eat.

loon Hospital, where he died at ed to show that cash had been re-out the consent of her mistress, So seeing at the British Empire Ex-

Answering the Magistrate, the [8.05 o'clock thla morning. celved. Lam Yau paid the first Ngan.

hibition at Wembley.

An aged Chinese woman was the Sergeant said that he actually saw fow transactions up in varying

Circus Days. periods of time.

victim of the second mishap, which money pass from the coolle to the It was stated that the girl was Still in her teens, she joined a registered mul taal, and was travelling circus as a bareback rider. happened in Queen's Road East. Accused.

on Saturday. A private motor car,

The Big Question.

It is now possible to summarise £548,000 and it is understood that found to be missing on FebruaryThe circus was a prelude to the In connection with these 21,

stage. For a time she even tried driven by a Chinese was proceed- His Worship then raised the the results of the Irish sweep there will be two Brat prizes each

eastward vouchers, the Chairman of the

direction. point as to whether The case was remanded for one marriage.

coolles eat stake draw. Altogether 128 tickets worth from £105,000 to £110,000, Chinese Piece Goods Association week, bail of $500 being allowed.

were drawn by London, 92 by the and two seconds, each of about Only the boundless optimism and Near Wing Fung Street, ibe bread. had said in evidence that unless

the tremendous assertiveness and woman, who was creasing the road Sergeant McKay said that he home counties, and 191 by the £50,000 and two thirds of about vouchers included the words submitted that in view of the issue bounce of Americs in the first at the time, was knocked over. did not know if it was usual, but rest of England; while 64 went to 25,009.

She auccumbed to her injuries yes he had seen coolies working on "Bettlement in one month, or cash of the cash vouchers by respondents quarter of this century could have not paid," then the transaction the representation was not only in-produced Texas. All that she need- Įterday.

ships eat boiled eggs, meat, and was a cash one. These vouchers definite and ambiguous, but was fed now was an opportunity. did not include such words. fact no representation at all. It Prohibition provided that op-

The accused sald, In reply to However, Counsel continued, the could not be said that the conduct portunity, and she grabbed it with

the Magistrate, that the bread was first few transactiona were eventual of appellants in this case, especially both hands.

subscribed for by him and his fokis and he was sent ashore to make the purchase.

He was fined $10.

Lam

Chinese Custom.

Mysteries of Whoopee.

ав ing in

TOOK NAME IN VAIN

SWINDLER WHO SAID HE WAS IN `S.C.A. OFFICE.

bread.

STOP PRESS

ly met. Later, three others occur in view of the cash vouchers, was

Texas found her vocation as a red, which formed the basis of the sufficient to show that there was night club hostess at such resorts present action. They had not been ostensible authority In Lam Yau for as the Silver Slipper Club, the In a report to the Palice at Sham. met.. The method employed by the purpose of contracting credit.

Knickerbocker, and the El Foy.shulpo, a Chinese widow, living in Yau originally had been to It was upon this particular point of She and her dancing girls became a hut in Kip Shek Mel, stated that make a payment on an old lot of cash vouchers point that the whole famous.

on May 29 à Chinese, accompanied goods, and at the same time ob case, depended. If instead of those

by another man, who purported, to tain a fresh lot. But of the last vouchers in the first few transse- Millionaires, Alm stars, society be A clerk la the S.CA three transactions, if they were tions, debit notes, (or,

credit people, and gangsters rubbed Office, visited the premises, credit deals, then payment on the vouchers) had been issued, and ip-shoulders under her roof, while the and. obtained $500 in money first one was due on January 17, and pellants had kept quiet it could have band blared in the early hours and $184 worth of jewellery, on the others on. February 18. No been said with very much reason Texas introduced. them to each on the condition that she would be payment had been made at-all. that appellants had held out Lam ather, and taught them the 'repaid yesterday. The report adds

Counsel submitted that there waa Yau to respondente as an authorised mysteries of whoopee.

woman that he was expacting a distinct departure from the credit agent.

All through her career she was that one of the men stated to the practice of Lam Man in the deals So far as respondents had them-dogged by prohibition agents. "The $1,600 from the S.C.A. put through by Lam Yau.. The selves, by their conduct, made it life of a night club hostess is one) Both men are alleged to have criticised the attitude of the learned Puline Judge had held that clear to appellants that in every padlock after another," she sighed. absconded. there was a continuance of Lam one of Lam Yau's transactions it One day abe was roused by the

Man's previous agency in Lam Yau was a cash deal there could not be rattle of revolver shots and saw a away. Jean Ackor promised to He had also held that appellants held any possibility of coming to such, a party of gunmen clinching an stay away. out Lam Yau ar having authority conclusion.

argument by abooting at the electris When the club was packed a to pledge their credit. It followed There was nothing to show that light bulbs-which spelt out her stranger was introduced under the that they were estopped from appellants knew the state of rename

Home, Yesterday. Roman Catholic Institutions are gradually reopening and the Police have withdrawn from the premises of several.

The Pope; in a apeœli after a private meeting with bis Cardinals, very. strongly

Italian Government during the anti-clerical disturbances and towards religion in the schools. He declared that the dia- turbances were the "fruits of education consisting entirely of

and complained of "bloody op pression, Invasion, and confisca tion."

cumstances. London, Yesterday.

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the United States, 47 to Ireland, Horses left in the race after the 47 to Scotland, 23 to South Afrl third forfeit will draw prizes of ca, 16 to Canada and 9 to Wales.£750 each, and these also will be

Lucky tickets are also held by 'duplicated.--Reuter.

name of "the Countess Itch of hate, irreverence, and violence!!

denying that Lam Yau was their spondents mind on the matter, Some of her: experiences were Cubs." She wa

She was the unwanted

agent and were therefore, estopped counsel added. They went upon related in a series of articles she Jean. from denying receipt of the goods, the fact of the existence of cash wrote for a New York evening For a moment it looked as if

Mr. d'Almuda said that his sub-vouchers,

paper.

Valentino - would walk out. Theff mission would be that there? had As regards continuance of IamA Valentino Story,

he laughed at the deception and i been so efidence whereupon the Man's agency, connsai insisted that On one occasion Rudolph took to the dance floor; while Jean Palane Judge could find that Lam no evidence had been brought for Valentino promised to come to smashed plates on the edge of the Yau had been held out as authorised ward to prove the factor party which the: - gate if - his first table by way of applause with two to pied appellant's credit. Ho The case it continuing.

wife, Jean Acker, could be kept pageboys to pick up the pieces,

His Holiness concluded by praying that Divina compassion might not punish the guilty, -Router.

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