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MARIE LLOYD

AND FAMOUS

1:

MURDER CASE

How She Helped To Catch Crippen

GOOD MEMORY AND "FANCY" FOR JEWELLERY

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The late Miss Marie Lloyd had a wonderful memory. It enabled her to memorise the many songs in her repertoire.! It also played an important part¦ in bringing about the arrest of Dr. Hawley Crippen. the mur- derer of his actress wife.

The story is told by Naomi Jaceb in "Our Marie" (Hutchinson,

188.).

Marie-Lloyd had very little time for Belle Elmore. the wife of Crip- pen, as an artist. She was a vul- WORM). florid. loud-voiced

Far.

Ann Loring makes her debut in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro- duction "Robin Hood of E1 Dorado," which is now being shown at the King's and Alham- bra Theatres.

with no claims to fame, but Marie TERCENTENARY OF

Lloyd had a certain liking for her and resented the sight of another woman alienating a man's affection from his wife.

Belle Elmore disappeared. and Crippen told Mrs. Charles Coborn and Miss Lottie Albert árst that! she had gone to America, then that she had gone to stay with her sis- that ter at Torquay, and thirdly Belle had died.

HARVARD

Invitations Sent To All Universities

CAMBRIDGE'S REPLY WILL BE IN LATIN

THE CHINA MAEL, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1936-

FAMOUS FRAUD

CITY EQUITABLE

FIRE INSURANCE EMBEZZLEMENTS

Gerard L. Bevan Dies In Havana

SEVEN YEARS” SENTENCE OF

PENAL SERVITUDE.

from

Gerard Lee Bevan, whose death was reported Havana (Cuba) late in April [last, was al one time a pro

minent financier in the City of London.

Bevan was 66.

The collapse of the City

Admiral W. K Standley, Acting Secretary to the Navy, USA. (above) recently made an important announcement 25 TO

naval plans. Ter Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

PARISH PRIEST

TAKES CHARGE

OF 43,000,000

From Kent Vicarage

To Brazil

SCATTERED COMMUNITIES LONG DISTANCES APART

A Parish priest in the Kentish town of Strood left his vicar- age at Whitsuntide to become the spiritual head of a district 3,298,- 1870 miles in extent, at the other

side of the world.

The Rer. Stanley Moorcroft Epps vicar of St. Mary's, Strood, has been appointed to the position of Archdeacon-in-Brazil.

Strood, if the area of its rural. district council is taken

25 the

Equitable Fire Insurance Com "EDUCATION WEEK" basis, has population of some

pany, of which he was chair- mian. in 1992 was followed by the issue of a warrant for his arrest on a charge of fraud.

Bevan fled the country by jaeroplane. For five months he

was a fugitive.

AT TOTTENHAM

Parents Return To School

thing like 17,000. If it is counted ja merely a part of Rochester, which it is, the population is less than that.

The number of people who live in the archdeacoary of which Mr.

Then he was discovered liv- SHOWN WHAT THE CHILDREN EPPS will have charge is round ing in an hotel in Vienna under un assumed name.

In Disguise

by

He had disguised himself wearing a black beard and dyeing his hair.

Cambridge.-I: COMMON

with Shortly after he had made these

Bevan is stated to have fought diferent statements to his friends other Universities throughout the there was a ball at the Horns Hotel, world. Cambridge has received an with the armed detectives who ar- Kennington, given once a year by invitation to send representatives the famous music-hall society to the tercentenary celebrations at known as "The Water Rats," and Harvard. United States, in Septem- attended by the leading lights of ber Contrary to the usual practice

Tariety.

in academic circles the invitation: to the Universities in this country Her Jewellery

were in English, but the Cambridge Mrs. Egerton, one of Marie's address in reply will be in Latin.

who greatest friends. was one of the The Cambridge delegation

Dr. will present the address will con- quests, and among others was Crippen, who attended with a wssist of:

media.

Dr. T. S. Hele, Master of Em- "Now Marie had an admirable manuel College, which has close as memory for certain things" writes sociations with Harvard; Prof. J. H. Clapham, Vice-Provost of Naomi Jacob. "and" having a pretty fancy for jewellery herself, King's College; Prof. Sir F. Gow- Em- had often noticed and admired land Hopkins (Trinity and

manuel). Prof. Sir A. S. Edding- that worn by Belle Elmore.

iton (Trinity) and Prof. E. J. "She watched Crippen's

Dent (King's). panion for a few moments. and then went over to Mrs. . Exerton. "You have heard that Crippen told bridge. Massachusetts, was named

comTM

Harvard University, at

is wearing all Belle's jewels. What library in 1638. does, that mean ?"

Cara-

PLANS OF BELGIAN FORT STOLEN AND RETURNED

Two Saspects Arrested

Brussels Turn men engaged on jorts- fration works near the frontier in the Verriers region have been arrested.

ARE DOING

in

about 43,000,000-of many nation- alities.

"I shall be the only Church of Parents of Tottenham's 22,000 England archdeacon Brazil," schoolchildren were given the op Mr. Epps said, "but even then that portunity of returning to school country. though it is nearly recently, when Tottenham's first large as Europe, is nothing like "Education Week" opened.

ao big as the diocese I shall be in.

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To show the parents what their The Bishop of Argentina and Eas- children are doing in school altern South America, under whom classrooms were thrown open

to I shall be working, has a see which them for a week,

takes in Argentina, Brazil and, I believe, some other countries

as

A series of lectures for parents well. was also organised. The education

People Always Moving officer spoke on the system from "My own church will be Christ | the time a child enters school to Church, Rio de Janeiro, but. 25 the time he or she attains univer-the British residents in other sity standard.

parts of Brazil are scattered long

The chairman of the Education distances apart, I expect there will Committee spoke on the pre-school be a good deal of travelling.

оп

It is alleged that

of them stole three plans of a fort and took them to Ger- many. After they had been photographed he returned them.

one

and postschool child, and the Me-i dical Officer of Health Ischool medical services.

ame

"They are. I am told, communi- the ties rather given to moving about.

Industries flourish awhile in place and then go down, and the Throughout the week, exhibitions population dissolve and are later! lof school work were held at five found elsewhere.

centres, and 10 concerts were given by the children.

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"This sounds as though church work may be rather difficult Three hundred children took have not yet been informed how: part in an open air pageant at I shall have to travel about to visit |

the these various communities, but if

in honour of the Rev. John Har-rested him and then to have swal-Downhills Park illustrating Mrs. Coborn and Lottie Albert that Belle had gone to America? yard, an Emmanuel man. who left lowed the contents of a phial A history of Tottenham. There were the chance offers I shall fy. I

his stomach pump was applied.

also displays of physical training have never done that yet, and am Well, the woman with birr to-night the first college foundation

Brought back to Londen he was and handicrafts, an exhibition of rather keen to try."

and Mr. Eppa was chaplain of the sentenced to seven years' penal ser-swimming and folk dancing

|Arethusa training ship; one of his vitude after a trial

12 singing. lasting

chief regrets is having to leave days.

the boys. Beran earned full · remission marks in prison and was released

"Tongues began to wig. ques tions began to be asked, and the machinery was set in motion for Crippen's arrest.”

DANCING CONTEST WON BY ENGLAND

Denmark Beaten For Second Time

England beat Denmark in the

PLANE CRASH IN NURSERIES

Pilot Has Miraculous Escape

in 1927.

Afterwards he lived in France. There he married Mlle. Marie Per- tuisot, a French-woman, who had Portsmouth-While piloting an accompanied him when he had fled aeroplane near Gosport last month. in 1922 Mr. Peter Nicholas, son of Admiral Nicholas, crashed in some nur. series.

Mr. Nicholas was badly cut about the face. His

machine was completely

Bevan, says Peuter, had lived i Cuba as a British subject for the past five or six years.

He had been engaged there as manager for a distillery firm.

It was often rumoured that be:

There is a chance for a young

U. S. NAVAL PLANS clergyman who wants to sample a

FOR HAWAII

Giant Floating Dock

To Be Built

ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADMIRAL W. H. STANLEY

Washington. -- Plans

for

fresh land in this appointment which has fallen to Mr. Epps. He told me he is looking for someone Ito go out with him to take charge

of a mission to seamen at Rio.

WOULD NOT GO HOME

first international amateur dane wrecked, portions of it being found was returning to business in the $10,000,000 floating dry dock cause he had spent 8d change

ing match to be held in Britain. The contest took place at the Ham- mersmith Palais de Danse.

100 yards apart.

City.

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The machine made sudden dive over the nurseries and then came through a narrow' gap

forcing house.

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be-

Dennis Langley, aged 10, of Park-crescent, Worthing, W3A found last month after wandering about the town for two days be

Pearl Harbour in Hawaii

were which he should have given to hisi disclosed by the navy when it was mother. announced that Admiral Orin G. of the

A team of eight couples repre-ween a tree and strawberry Oxford education, first be Murin, now commander

sented each country. Only two

couples took the floor at the same time, one from each team.

Four

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It just missed three men events were contested, waltz, tango, ting in strawberry plants.

foxtrot and quickstep. and land won them all

Eng-

Five of the British couples were Londoners. Birmingham, Manches ter, and Liverpool were each re- presented by one couple.

The non-dancing captain of the English team. Major K. M. Bean-i

to be competed for annually.

In February England won

similar match in Copenhagen.

Once A Bank Clerk

Gerard Lee Bevan, with an Eton came a bank derk in London, his Asiatic Fleet, will take command put-family being friendly with the prin of the Fourteenth Naval District, cipals. His talents for finance including Fear! Harbour, effective were soon recognised. He became next October.

Admiral W. H. Standley, acting la partner in a big stockbroker's business, and a few years later was secretary of the navy, testified be

NEW INDIAN RULER INSTALLED

Solid Silver Throne

Bombay-Brilliant scenes mark-

senior partner.

fore the Senate foreign relations

the

In 1915 he became interested in committee that the navy is ready the fire company whose crash later to start immediate construction of was to be the cause of his imprison- the $10,000,000 dock at Pearl Har- ment.

bour. His statement was a part Soon after this he was consider of testimony regarding negotia mont, received a silver cup which ed the installation of the young ed to be a millionaire, living at the tions leading to the signing of the Mir, or ruler, of Khairpur State, rate of £50,000 a year. He had a new London naval treaty, which is 3 Sind

The ceremony

is known luxurious house in the West End, now up for hearings before. locally as "Tying the Turban." which contained rare books, paint-committee.

It took place i an fluminated ings, glass and china worth The assignment of Admiral palace in which the new Mir was small fortune. He possessed also Marfin to the Fourteenth District seated on a solid zilver throne a big shooting estate in the coun-a routine change, was announced R.A.F. STATION AT mounted on a dais. He wore the try.

by the navy department. He will CIRENCESTER traditional picturesque costume! Bevan's home in Kent, "Little be succeeded as commander of the

(Continued et foot of next Col.} |Asiatic Fleet, with its base at Ma

nila in the Philippines, by Ad- Negotiations Almost

miral Henry Ervin Yarnell, also effective in October.

Completed

land a sword.

Speaking at the dinner of the Cambridge Students' Climb

Cirencester Society, Earl Bathurst

The Union Jack and the Aby's-The police examined the stone-cote, an historical Tudor house stated that negotiations for a new

but no near Hungerford, contained a mag- Royal Air Force station near Ciren-sinian national flag of green, yel-work above the chapel. cester were almost complete. low and red were seen flying side marks were found to show it was nificent collection of antique furni

accomplished.

ture. Chinese porcelain, tapestries, The town, he added, would short-lby side from the pinnacles of Three years ago the lightning armour and pictures. The grounds ly become the headquarters of 400 King's College Chapel, Cambridge conductors in the angles formed extended to 5,000 acres and were Air Force men and 100 officers. An University, recently.

by the flanking towers were tight- within three miles of the best aerodrome and barracks were to They had been put there during ened against the walls in effort fishing in the county. be built for the personnel. the night by undergraduates who to prevent undergraduates climb- His collection of art

**I am far from believing," he climbed 70ft to the roof.

jing to the roof.

was sold for £13,582 while he was said, "that it will be the best for Above the east window of the Two umbrellas were once plac-in hiding on the Continent.. the old town of Cirencester. It chapel the climbers fixed a long ed on the western pinnacles of the He owned also two farms and may bring a lot of new trade, but white strip of material with the chapel, and, after an unsuccessful a small herd of pedigree Scottish it will also bring an enormous words, in black, "Save Ethiopia attempt was made to shoot them shorthorns, founded in 1920 at an amount of damage to the old place. To reach the roof the flag par-down, they were removed by work-average cost for each animal especially to small property?”

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