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BARONESS PLAYS THE LOVE GAME AND LOSES ALL IN GERMANY

HEROD WINS DERBY

FOR HEM STABLE

HALF LENGTH VERDICT OVER ROSE-QUEEN

ABLE "AMAZON SETS NEW MARK

"

(By Rapier")

"I have not seen Herod in training, but I un- derstand that he is in a class above the others, Herod which are considered very indifferent. should do well, if all I have heard is true, more than that I cannot say," Sir Philip Sassoon told me this morning, before the tiffin interval, when questioned regarding his chances of winning the Derby.

Mr. Li Shiu-pang, owner of Soldier of Honour,

An serial view of San Quentin prison, California, the world's largest penitentiary, where a small band of desperadoes, captured members of the Eiste Prison board and used them as shields to break out of prison, only to be captured a few hours later at Valley Forge, California.

was doubtful whether his entry would last the dis- FLYING-BOAT DISASTER REPORT

tance. He thought Herod's chances were very good, and named King's Jubilee and Mistake Bay as the probable placed ponies. Rose-Queen, he said, was a very good outsider.

MR. FROST'S FOUR WINS

Strathaird

An exceptionally large crowd very promising pony in training, was present for the first race and paid $79.80 after being unplaced saw the field of 22 ponies get in the Valleys on Saturday.

withdrawn away to a good start. Mr. Needa sent Lucky Strike, the favourite, owing to the pony being entered into the lead and was closely fol- under a misunderstanding. lowed by High West and Seven-

teenth of September (Mr. Frost).

Coming into the

stretch Mr. Frost's

home mount

jumped into the lead to win by

half a length, in spite of Lucky Strike's comeback effort.

Seventeenth of September,

HAVE YOU

WON? -

No. 95,

.665 960

Race 1

$678.40 192.40 98.20 Unplaced runners ($25 each), Nos.: 1882, 1266, 704, 1352, 136, 900, 1592, 1945, 1677, 857, 1979, 674, 52, 1659, 1549, 1498, 1159, 1408.

Race 2

:

was

(Continunt on Page 4)

DERBY RESULT

84.00 pm. The Hồng. Kour

BETTY GOW EXONERATED FROM ALL BLAME

Lindberghs Engage Scottish Girl As Nurse For John

* Englewood, New Jersey. It is understood that Miss Betty Gow, previous nurse of the murdered. Linbergh baby, who gave evidence in the Hauptmann trial and who sailed for Scotland last Friday, will return in a few weeks to become, nurse to the Lindbergha' son John-Reuter.

Derby-A Sweepstakes of 320 each, 3,000 ITALIAN

$50 additional for Starters with $3,000 added.

a For China Fonies, bona de TROOPS BOUND FOR

Griffins of this Meeting. Winner to receive 70 per cent., Second 20 per cent, Third 10 per cent of the total amount. Weight for inches na per scale. Ponies to be ridden by Jockeys who have won at least 10 Oficial fat races anywhere or Jockeys approved by the Stewards. One and a Half Miles Hem's Herod 161 lb....

1

2

3

(Mr. W. H. S. Davis) Eu Tong Sen's Roso-Quben 158 lb...(Mr. V. V. Needa) King's Jubilee Dynasty's

161 lb (Mr. F. Marshall) Also ran:-Bonny Dundee, 181 lb, (Mr. A. J. P. Heard); Clear View, 155 lb., (Mr. H. C. Pih) Gold Coin, 158 lb., (Mr. C. L. Tao) Mersey, 161 lb., (Mr. P. P. ($50 each),) Botelho); Mistake Bay, 161 lb., Nos.: 757, 1888, 646, 1706, 904, 1992, (Mr. L. G. Front); Pacific Hall, 158

No. 161

1995

744*

F

Unplaced runners

111.

Race 3

No. 606

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"1700 951

$866.60 247.60 123.80

947.80 270,80 /185.40 Unplaced, runners ($50 each), Nos.: 1855; 856, 1818, 2182, 1782, 57, 802, 218, 811, 976, 1869, 1158, 486, 2082, 1447.

Hace 4

No. 666

721

#1

141

+

$1128.40 322.40 161.20

Unplaced runners ($50 each),

Nos.: 1901, 2329, 2861, 1184, 21.

No. 949

1872

786

Race 5

1022.70. 292.20 146.10

Unplaced runners ($50 each);

*Nos.: 526, 1816, 1245, 440, 1544,

1881, 2216, 31, 583, 1080.

No 1877

Race 8"

$1176

880

168

8492 2413 Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 3631;.2712, 859, 808, 3251, 620,} 8012, 1185, 1484, 2896, 1488, 400, 8555, 3165, 1155, 2148, 3887, 8275.

· 208, 2946, 1974, 1201, 2981, 2525,00

No. 1981

$1741,60 769497.60

28496 2908248,80 Unplaced, runners?) (850. – each); Now, 151010, 1259, 80715:1022, 1658, 617) 80, 1520,

Ib., (Mr. C. Encarnacao); Rous seau, 161 lb., (Mr. E. Neugebauer);! Royal Romance, 161 lb., (Mr. N. Deltz); Soldier of Honour, 161 lb., (Mr. D. S. L); Soldier of Victory. 161 lb., (Mt. 9. Y. Sun)..

13 starters.

Won by half a length and a short

head.

SOMALILAND

EMBARKATION AT. MESSINA

YOUNG MEN ENLISTING

Messina, To-day. Three thousand troops, con- sisting of three battalions of militia and the Third Regiment of the Pelorilana Division sail to-day for Eritrea, Somaliland. Their equipment is already aboard the transport Conte Biancomano, which is on its way from Naples. Mean- while more young men are still arriving by train.--Renter.

WEATHER FORECAST

The anticyclone over China and Mr. H. C. Pih was unseated Manchuria has weakened, pressure from Clear View on the band.com-remaining highest over the Lower ing into home" straight. He ap-Yangtze Valley, The local fore peared to have injured his right cast for to-day, as issued by the leg.

Royal Observatory this morning, was ́ north-east winds, moderate

Time: '3.09.8. Pari-mutuel, winner $18.20; clear. places, 1st $9,50; 2nd 88.10; 8rd

$10.00.

Hace 8

No. 500

4074 3429

81948.20 555.20 277.00 Unplaced runners ($50 each). Nos.: 417, 8190, 1449, 958, 20, 8440,"} 489, 4169, 918,442.

188894 85581

DIG SWEEP

NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MACHINE

PILOT TRAPPED BETWEEN ROCKY CRAGS AT 2,000 FEET

Messina, To-day.

The nine coffins of the victims of the flying-boat disaster,

when the Short-Singapore No. K3595, one of the squadron on Its way to Singapore, crashed into a hillside near Messina, were -em- harked yesterday on H.M.S. Durban, which left at 1:30 pm, for Malta, after full military honours had been rendered by men of the English and Italian Navy.j

HOLLAND SWEPT BY STORM

Five Dead And Many Injured

Amsterdam, To-day. Three people were drown- ed, two others killed, and several were seriously in-` jured in accidents during a heavy storm which swept *** week- Holland during the end.

Considerable damage is re- ported from all districts, and no ships were able to leave port. —Renter.

PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL

General Carmona's Big Majority

Lisbon, To-day":

General Antonio Carmona has been re-elected President, of Portugal by a huge ma- jority Reuter."

Local Shipping Claim

A claim of $2,508.19 for re- The proceedings will probably palraand costs incurred in commence on March 5, at the

Supreme Court January, 1982, has been lodged will be recalled that on $68,091 against the owners of the January 18 this year the 8,8 $18.026

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rovisionally

Maru by the Whampoa

Apoey sighted the Asia about Kong 180 miles south of the Colony, and wirelessed their company in- forming them of their discovery, result was that the s despatched to

Meanwhile a report on the dis- aster has been submitted to the

NOVEL-LIKE STORY OF HIGH TREASON FLASHLIGHT AND CAMERA

IN SOCIETY CIRCLES DAUGHTERS OF ARMY OFFICERS

IN ESPIONAGE NET

Berlin, To-day. Some quarters predict that Baroness Von Berg and Frau Von Natzner, who, together with a Polish officer, Baron Sosnowski, were accused in the People's Court of high treason of selling German mobilisation plans to a foreign Power, will be executed.

It is alleged that the methods used by the spies read like a novel. It appears that the Bar

oness was desperately in love with the hand-

some, dashing, Baron Sosnowski, who is a born gambler and a daring horseman, and became a willing accomplice to his plans.

She weaved a net of espionage in society circles and invited girls, chiefy daughters of high army officers, and employees of the Reichswehr Ministry, to sumutuous parties. Here she sup- plied them with liquor and allegedly allowed them to assume compromising positions with young men and then got to work with a flashlight and a camera, after which she easily enlisted their ald.

BRITAIN'S

SAFEGUARD

Frau Von Natzner was another accomplice of Sosnowski-Ren ter

A later message stated that it was officially announced yester-

AGAINST GAS day that a statement would be

A lasued about the spy trial to-day

Natzner would be executed just! before the issue ofer the state- ment, unless Reichsfuehrer Hit ler exercises his" prerogative Reuter

AERIAL ATTACK TO and that von Berg, and Freu

BE COMBATTED

COMPLETE PLANS TO BE

1 ́ISSUED SHORTLY ·

[Air Ministry by Squadron Lead- er Nairn. They refused to dis- close details, but it is reliably learned, firstly, that nothing was | wrong with the machine; second- ly, it crashed on the hillside at 100 miles an hour; thirdly, the occupants were instantly killed that complete plans, tou-protect by the impact before being civilians against gas attacks from burnt.:

mercy.

London, To-day "HOT GOSPELLER IN

The News, and Chronicle „states

fence.

SHANGHAI

"Gigantic" Meetings

Arranged

FEW WANT SOULS SAVED

the air" are being issued shortly It appears that the plot turn by the Committee of Imperial De- ed the machine toward the sea, of which he may have caught ap glimpse in the mist, but was vast organisation has been trapped between rocky crags at a planned in which thousands of height of 2,000 feet-Reuter.

doctors, police and firemen, and hundreds of thousands of volun- Mrs. Aimee McPherson, the tears will be enrolled.

"Hot Gospeller has Arranged The scheme is said to include a four "gigantic meetings in the system of alarms, the isolation of Hai Alai auditorium, starting on infected areas, the protection of Wednesday. Meanwhile she is food and water supplies, anti conducting daily radio broad Infection training for school chil- casts

SAAR CHANGE-OVER

New Customs Houses Under Germans

dren, and the organisation of She spoke yesterday to special ambulance and transport crowded meeting at the Capitol

theatre, but only a few hand

Saarbrucken, Today The Saar was yesterday formally services. incorporated within the German The Chronicle adds that there were raised when she asked who

Customs frontier. French officials will be no building of vast dugouts, wanted their souls saved left their posts and Germans took or a general issue of gas-maske, ter possession of the new Custome but the possibility of marketing a houses-Router.

cheap mask will be considered. Reuter,

ANTI-JAPANESE MOVEMENT

Impedes Ultimate Rapprochement

Shanghai, To-day, Any ultimate Sino-Japan- ese rapprochement is impos- sible unless the anti-Japanese movement In China is drop- ped.

Thi statement made by Major-General Dothars arrival in Shanghai from lay is featured

tao

Beu

BRIGADIER GENERAL

PASSES

HON JOHN JOSERH BYRON

ADVENTUROUS LIFE

Capetown, To-day

The death has occurred Brigadier General

able: John Joseph Byron, C.M.GA D.S.O, Member of the Union Parlament Reuter

The late Brigadier General Byron had an adventurous throughout the Bo

was for some tile.