1931-07-24 — Page 7

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1931.

THE STORY OF THE BALLOON -

First Ascent in 1783.*.

FROM ITS EARLIEST PHASE.

The father of flying was he who caped. Lunardi Innded the cat at first observed the birds. The first, South Mimms, in Hertfordshire, balloonist was the man who look- because the cold had distraged it. ed at the clouds and thought thai Then he reascended and eventual-

BOMB OUTRAGE IN SHANGHAI,

Mr. T. V. Soong the Sole Objective..

ATTACK TOO PREMATURE.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

Heuter's Nanking correspondent.

train as the Ministers and was

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEW

FINDS NEAR SPHINX.

Chamber Devoted to å Royal Dancer.

DISCOVERY OF TOMBS.

Two important tombs of the Old Kingdom have been discover-

SHADOWS BEFORE AYTON

JOHNSTONS Head the list

COMING EVENTS" ANNOUNCED

IN CHINA MAH.

Entertaiments.

Today King's Theatre; "Skippy."

To) day --- Queau's

if he could only put a cloud into ly came down safely. (with the who was travelling on the same ed in the neighbourhood of the "The Easiest Way."

a hug the cloud would carry the bag into the heavens.

The first balloon had scarcely ascended before an enterprising doctor glimpsed its possibilities as a means of increasing our store of scientific knowledge, but the first balloonist was content if only he might put a cloud into a bag and watch it go up.

dog) at Standon, near Ware, much

the

Sphinx of Giza during the exca- vations undertaken by the Egyp- tian University:-

Theatre;

Today Central Theatre;] "Once a Sinner."

To-day-

To-day World "What a Man."

Today Star

Theatre;

Theatre:

present at the station exit at the to the fright of the natives.

On January 7, 1875, the first time the shots were fired, says:

"There is no doubt whatever true balloon voyage across

(1) The tomb of Wrenmefert, "Monte Carlo Majestic Theatre. Channel was accomplished by Jean that Mr. Soong was the sole objec Pierre Blanchard and Dr. Jefferies. live of the attack. It was widely a Director : the Palace, and d But when Pilaire de Razier tried own that he was travelling on ministrator of the famous vine- named Dua-Her-Khent- to emulate Blanchard by crossing this train, whereas the fact that yard

was aboard had Pet, which was originally planted "Dancing Sweetles." from Boulogne in a combination of Mr. Shigemitsu

I was walk by King Zoser of the third dy-

Home Malls. fire balloon, and gas balloon the ex-not been scheduled.

ing with Mr. Shigemitsu toward nasty. Wpemnefert's wife was via Suez (Hosang).

To-morrow-Inward from Europe ploit ended in flames and death.

entrance where he made In 1836 a balloon travelled from the

King's daughter. Merisankh,

To-morrow-Outward for Europe Gardena to Nassau, straight for his' car, which was 20 Vauxhall

entrance to the official's tomb? the shots came in

Suez (Yasukuni Maru) 6 p.m. were discovered five statues of a Robert Holland, Manck Manson of and Charles Green. were the ad- Shigemitau's direction. They were woman, presumably "Merisankh

This all fired from another street at the herself. venturous spirits aboard. was the Green who later made an side of Mr. Soong's car.

"The attack only failed in its "equestrian ascent"-astride his favourite pony-from the Engla object by being too promature, Tavern in the City-road, saya Had it been ten seconds later the 11, Philip Eager-Wright in the "News Minister and his party might have

Chronicle,"

Montgolfierirented the first practicable balloon in 1788, and Dr. Jefferies, an American phy

sician in London, was the first covering 500 miles in 18 hours, yards ahead of Mr. Soang's. None and in a serdab to the left of the via Siberia (Pres. Taft) 5 p.m. via!

scientist to go skyward with bare metric, thermometric and hygro metric instruments.. London was the base of his ascension, and the year was 1784.

Montgolfier's Fire Balloon. Montgolfier inflated his balloon by lighting a fire beneath it. must have been a great day at 40 miles from Annonay, some Lyons, when that balloon arose.

Green's great ambition

was to

been wiped out.

Mr.

Lammert's Auctions.

July 28-At 9, Queen's Road, Central, office furniture, 2.80 p.m.

July 29-At 92B, Nathan Road

(Top Floor), Kowloon, household

furniture, 10.30 am.

July 29-At 76A, Nathan Road furniture, 10.30 am.. (1st floor), Kowloon, household

Two of the figures, which are in fine white limestone, are re- presented standing, with the left foot thrust forwards, a rare at- titude for a woman's statue. These statues are of the highest Guards Fire on Crowd.

artistic merit. "Mr. Soong's boilyguards replied

July 81-At Godown No. 18, The ayes are of rock crystal Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf cross the Atlantic, but it did not to the attack by firing on the and calcite, set in copper surand Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, It looked like an inverted narrow materialise, nor did a much-discrowd who were thrown into a rounds. The mummy pit of necked pot, and was painted with cussed similar project by John

miscellaneous goods, 10 am. the culprits Wpemnefert has been cleared as yellow suns and Zodiac signs and wise in 1873, from the American panic, during which

escaped. Ono of Mr. Soong's fast as possible, but the sepulchral|

Sports. billowing_red_flounces, in the trnside.

secretaries-was-injured.On-the chamber is at present under ditional style of toy-theatre scen

In fact, the records show only bombe exploding the booking-hall water and cannot be cleared until two balloon voyages of over 1,000 was filled with black smoke and later in the season. miles. In 1859 John Wise travel-Mr. Soong, drawing his automatic

ery.

It remained in the air about

ten minutes and came to earth a mile and half away.

in Russia, 1,193 miles.

See Sports Diary on Page 5.

Land Sales. July 27-At P.W.D. Ofices, two! lots of Crown land, 3 p.m.

RICH GIRL'S DEATH.

To the right of the entrances An elaborated Montgolfier next led from St. Louis to Henderson pistol took cover behind a stone to this tomb is the mortuary | ram, with a funging brazier that (N.Y.) 1.120 miles. In 1900 Count pillar, from whence he was short-chamber of Wpemnefert's eldest enabled the fire to be stocked in Henry de la Vaux made a balloon (ty afterwards escorted by railway son, the "Scholar" Aba.

This chamber is lined with mid-air Two men actually went voyage from Paris to Korosticher, police to the railway office up-

stairs. Later he proceeded to his fine white limestone, and part is Of Salomon Andree's attempt in private residence in the French sculptured with scenes in low re- Story of Atlantic Liner 1783, the. "Charliere" also leapt 1879 to balloon from Spitzbergen Concession and refused to be in-lief. These scenes represent the

to the North Pole, some 800 miles 'terviewed." distant, the world has had a recent thrilling reminder.

•

'up in it.

Meanwhile, still, in the year

heavenward. The French physic ist A. C. Charles, applied Henry Cavendish's discovery regarding the specific gravity of hydrogen gas. The charliere," the first hydrogen ballbon, after remaining aloft for two hours, descended at Nesle, 27 miles away. Charles was thus the authentic pioneer.

Paris became madly excited over these adventures, and very quickly

The Greatest Heights. The first scientist to attain any considerable height was a French- Lo 23,000 feet. man. He rose That was in 1804.

In 1852, the Committee of the Kew Observatory begin a series of balloon ascents, employing Green

Mr. Shigemitsu Interviewed.

bullets."

-

re-

Romance. SENSATION IN NEW YORK.

úsual arts and crafts of the Old Kingdom, with full explanatory In an interview with a represen-inscriptions. tative of Renter's, Mr. Shigemitsu

In addition, there is an inter- said:

No tragedy of recent years--not esting legal inscription, a "con- "Just as I was entering my car

veyance" executed by Wpemne- even that of Arnold Rothstein, the heard a bomb explode and a fert, giving the income of his gambler-has excited no great a fusillude broke out. I say the wakf to his eldest son, together sensation in New York as that of crowd in the booking office in

with a list of fifteen witnesses to Miss Starr Faithfull, the beautiful state of panic and falling flat on the document, among whom are young girl whose body was found in the ground to escape the bullets the steward, doctor, oculist, the surf at Long Beach. the excitement spread through as the aeronaut. The greatest Obviously the objective of the builder, and painter.

Sudden developments occurred, dastardly attack was the Minister Europe and to Amerien. The height attained.in four ascents was

The mummy pit of Aba leads when District Attorney Edwards of Finance. Philosophical Society at Philadel- 122,930 feet.

The masonry of the to a large funerary chamber, in went to Massachusetts, supposedly phia sent up a balloon, or rather A few years later the British Ag.otation ekit

was bespattered with which was found an uninscribed carrying extradition warrants for a 47 small balloons attached to one sociation determined to use bal-

sarcophagus of white limestone well-known doctor and a promin- ear. And the man who was inducloons to make observations in the Mr. Soong returned to his containing the skeleton and re-ent politican.

sidence this afternoon and when ed to accompany them was fortun higher strata of the atmosphere. ale, to come down alive..

James Glaisher, himself a member seen had the fragments of a crude mains of linen. The skull is per-

fect. In February, 1784, a hydrogen of the committee, was the observ-bomb on his desk before him.

(2) The tomb of Nemastre, said: gas bag which was liberated ster. Ho succeeded in reaching an

Chief Singer of the Pharaoh,

When asked regarding the iden- Sandwich sailed away into Fland-altitude of 30,000 feet.

"I came from Nanking by

the Priest of the Sun Temple and tity of the "prominent politician," ers and was thus the first to cross Glaisher found that his pulse. night, train and arrived about 7 Pyramid of King Naaserre. he replied: "He is free." the Channel.

which was

76 per minute before o'clock in the morning. "As I was

The walls of the mortuary Mr. Francis P. Hamlin, a young The first man to rise from Brinscending, became 90 at 10,000 about 15 feet from the exit of the chapel are covered with sculp-millionaire, voluntarily appeared, tish ground by this means was J. feet, 100 at 20,000 feet and 110 at main hall of the North station of tured and painted scenes depict and told Mix. Edwards of introduc- Tytler, at Edinburgh, on August higher elevations. When four the Shanghal-Nanking Railway, ing the life of the period. To ing Miss Faithfull to two men on 27, 1784, in a fire balloon of his miles up the pulsations of his ring broke out simultaneously on the right of this chamber is

board the liner Franconia at heart were distinctly nudible. At both sides of me.

smaller one dedicated to Nemas-party. 29,000 feet he became insensible. "Realising that I was the target tre's sister, Nefereares, who was

mitators of the attack I threw away my white a member of the Royal harim and The police allege that the s

Police Theory. He has had few

girl Camille Flammarion made several sun helmet which was conspicuous a superintendent of the Dancers once fell madly in love with an ascents from Paris, but attained in the gloom of the station hall and of the King. She is described as oficer of the Franconia, and tried ran into the crowd and dodged be- "being beautiful before the King to cross in the ship as a stowaway, no great height.

There was a tragic ascent from hind a pillar. Scarcely had I reach-

own construction.

Descent in Flames.

But the more important figure, and the more successful was Vin- cent Lunardi, secretary to the Nenpolitan Ambassador. whose balloon on September 15, 1784,

He

Mr. Edwarda, returned to New York, however, without making any arreste.

rose from the Artillery Ground, Paris in 1875, when H. T. Sivel,ed the pillar when I heard twa/ every day" and "pleasing his but was discovered and sent ashore!"

watched by a great multitude

and the Prince of Wales, after wards Prince Regent.

Lunardi took with him a pigeon, a dog and a cat. The pigeon es-

...

heart in every place.” the station Far away from these two with the pilot, screaming, "Kili me! J. E. Croce-Spinelli and Gaston bomb explosions and

Throw me overboard!” Tissandier went up in the balloon was filled with smoke,

tombs are a granite-seated sta-

It is stated too, that she had been Zenith. They elimbed 27,950 feet. "There was confused firing from tuette of an officer, a fine head but only Tissandier escaped as all sides, to which my bodyguards and bust in basalt, and a painted enamoured of a young Londoner phyxiation.

replied. It was fully five minutes limestone head. Some smaller whom she met on one of her fre- before the station was cleared of all antiquities were found in neigh-cnt visits to Europe.

She is said to have been seen on

|departure on a week-end cruise.

CHURCH MAY MARRYed that it is often the innocent

THE DIVORCED.

Commission to Make Inquiries.

SEQUEL TO CRITICISMS.

It is expected that the Church

of England will set up a commit- tee or commission to consider the question of the remarriage of divorced persons.

This development is particular ly interesting in view of many recent criticisms of the attitude of bishops, to this problem.

the Church.

The Innocent Person.

person who chivalrously assumes the blame.

A

of my party. At least four asses bouring shafte, which have been the Cunard pier prior to the boat's' sins were seen by my guaris. to be cleared.

the people in it except the members

firing but there may have been more.

.....

"When the smoke cleared away No Collaboration.

my secretary, Yu-loo Tang, who was walking abreast of me when high authority of the Church of England told the Daily the firing started, was found lying on the ground shot, in the bladder. Herald that there was no colla-hip and arma, bullets having enter- boration in this matter between ed his body from both left and the United States Commission right sides. His hat and brief case and the Church in England.

were riddled. It is a miracle that

JEWISH PROVERB.

Cited in Will of Mr. Nathan Straus.

The theory of the police is that, she was drowned in a bath in New York, and that the body was then! taken and hurled into, the surf at Long Beach.

Miss Faithfull was the adopted daughter of Mr. Stanley E. Faithej full, a retired chemical manufac- turer, and was well knownțin. 80- ciety.

Suicide Verdict.

She disappeared from home one

Bishop Herman Page, of Michi-I escaped unscathed an I towered An interesting: Jewish proverb gan, chairman of the Commis- above him. Tang has since died of is quoted in the will of Mr. Friday morning, saying that she sion, has written:..

Nathan Straus, of Cen- was about to make a small pur-

ed persons, and that therefor

his wounds.

which saya: What you give

for the cause of charity in health

-POLITE GUNMAN,

"A majority of the members "Two of my guards were wound-tral Park West, New York, who chase and would be back shortly. of the Commission felt that, in ed, one of them very seriously while left £20,000 to be distributed by When she failed to return on Sa- view of the fact that the law some of the passengers were in his executors among persons turday the under-world haunts of who had been in his employ, New York were thoroughly search- allows the remarriage of divorcjured.

Mr. Straus was a prominent ed by the police, AS. "I have received repeated warn- new marriage relations are en-ings that members of the so-called philanthropist. He endowed the An autopsy showed that, death Only recently Lord Salvesen tered on and new families are "Canton" Government would send Pasteurised Milk Laboratory in was due probably to drowning, but the Scottish Law Lord, declared founded, it is desirable that their agents to take my life, but New York, and was a generous the coroner's Jury at Nassau - that the clergy were the great Church should bring into these until now little did I reckon that supporter of various Palestine turned a verdict of suicide, taking est obstacle to divorce reform new homes every possible spirit- they would account among their schemes. He left English pro- the view that the bruises on the

The last Lambeth Conference ual influence.

other accomplishments the gentle perty valued at £1,281, but the body were caused by driftwood.

This decision was scouted by the decided that the remarriage of

Meanwhile, the giving of ad art of assassination total value of his estate is not

family, who pointed out that Mise divorced persons, whether guilty vice to young couples before Madame Soong, mother of Mr.

stated. or innocent, should not be cele- their marriage, was advocated by T. V. Scong, died at Tsingtao at In his will Mr. Straus said: Faithfull was a very strong swim- brated "according to the rites of Canon T. W. Pym, of Bristol, at noon to-day upon receipt of a false I have always been deeply immer, and was once captain of the

a synod of the Portsmouth dio report that her son had been killed pressed by an old Jewish proverb team at her school. cese clergy,

gy, held in Portsmouth in the bomb outrage, Where an innocent person had Cathedral. She had been in ill healthy for remarried under civil sanction The substance of Canon Pym's some time-Reuter and desired to receive the Holy remarks was that the visit of the Communion, the Conference re- the bridegroom about the banns commended that the case should of marriage should provide the final talk with the tergyman be. I have always lived up to the be referred to the bishop for con- clergyman with an opportunity fore, the weddings

above proverb, particularly in Dr Holt, a dentist, handed over sideration subject to provincial to discuss marital relationship The Church's View connection with the charities 282 when a bandit stepped out with a view to preparing the Canon Pym said among other which I initiated, the Pasteurised from the darkness in the parking leston bridegroom for some of the pro- things The second 'cause which Milk Laboratory (which I deeded area at the Gedney Farm Golf and

of blems of married life.

the Prayer book gives for matri to the City of New York), the flourished a Club revolved gen The clergy

mony is not, as is often suppos: Preventorium, and my Palestin- Then the dentist had a surprise. ed, a respectable cloak for ung lan activities. Thave all my life The gunman asked for his card and controllable indulgences drawn whatever I could draw out handed him two dollars back.

This is just a forced pan, the The word obey in the of business, and devoted it to the woman's marriage. does not preventi of poverty and sick bandit said. I'm taking your card ink that ness, and make. pecific charit so that I can repay you when my

able, provisi

11, finances improve. Keep the estate is left to dollars. I don't want to leave you

and children, fat broke."

regulation.

In the meantime

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Introduce the bride-t married womail who would ac quaint her with var

of the life of swif Then the two peop

ded wou

takes

is gold what you give in sick-

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