'.
CABLES.
LATEST-CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE EXPULSION OF GERMANS FROM ALSACE.
REPRISALS AT KARLSRUHE,
LONDON, August 17th.
.44 is reported from Strasburg that the pasport office at Karlsruhe, as a reprisal For the expulsions of Germans from Als have refused to, risa 3,000 passports of Frenchmen desiring to enter Germany. German banks are refusing choques from
Alsace.
SPEED RECORDS IN U.S.A. LEGISLATION.
HUNDREDS OF AMENDMENTS IN A FEW HOURS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1922.
THE GERMAN CRISIS. CABINET SUPPORT FOR M
POINCARE.
PARIS, August 16th The Cabinet, at a meeting, unani mously approved M. Poincare's attitude in London and declared itself at one with him in his stand.
SUGGESTED PALLIATIVES IN
GERMANY.
BERLIN, August 18th. The Cabinet is examining the position mark, which, it is pointed out, will again created by the alarming collapse of the disturb the balance of the State Budget. seriously perturbed and are conferring The Government Employés Unions are with the Minister of Public Economy with regard to members' demanda for bet- ter pay, which will be followed by similar demands on the part of employés in indus tries.
The Labourites propose that the Govern ment should take measures to combat the dearness of living-for example, the re striction of freedom of cemfiberce id Ger. New York, August Itth. mary, a partial resumption of the system The Senate passed the gul stages of the of rationing and especially the curtail Forducy McCumber Tariff Bill with re-ment of errtais importa cord speed. Hundreds of amendments were disposed of in ten hours in blocks,FRENCH CABINETS UNEXPECTED Senators often blindly voting for $1. stantial increases in thaties without dis cussion.
DECISION.
PARIS August 15th. Contrary to anticipation, the Cabinet
WORLD'S LIGHT-WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP?
DUNDEE WINS TITLE.
New York, August 16th. Frash in the ninth round of a fifteen- Johany Dundee knocked out Danny round boxing contest, winning the world's fight-weight championship ahe
the Now York boxing commission decided that Johany Kilbane has forfeited the title owing to failure to fight.
Leonard. Lately there has been reference The light-weight champion is Bonny
the above no doubt refers, as both Dandes to sub-light-weight" class, to which and Kilbage, well known as feather- for that division.) weights, have probably passed the limit
THE TURCO-GREEK DISPUTE
TURKEY
AMERICAN RADIO SERVICE. (Intercepted by the U.S.S. "Tracy," du August 14th, 1902)
BASEBALL.
NATIONAL.
Philadelphia Chicago
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LIAQUE
Pittsburgh St. Louis
No other games were played.
E SOUTHERN RAILROAD
THE STRIKE.
C
AND
FIRE BRIGADE
CONFERENCE
SAN FRANCISCO. Fiftieth Convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs opened to-day with six hundred attending.
WASHINGTOX.
POLICE RAID OK FILIPINO CLUB.
CHARGE OF GAMBLING FAILS,
The twelve Filipinos, who were arrest- ed on the night of the 19th inst.the
Railroad Union. to-day published their rojection of President Harding's strike Filipino Club on, a charge of gambling settlement proposals,
were again brought before Mr. Hamilton. yesterday afternoon.
THE MARK IN AMERICA.
NEW Yonk. Failure of the London Conference has forced German marks down to low record of 934 to the dollar.
THE HOUSE.
Two of the defendants, M. Hajos shil H. Castro, were charged with eping a common gaming house. The eher tur il new defendants wore Victor Antklo, V Bantista, Juan Geronimo, P. Ahticguia, S. Alars, F. Sison, B. Baddons, H. Herrera, P Virbat and 3. Comsul. WASHINGTON. These ten quen House re-opened after six
were charged with weeks' gambling. Republican programme, undecid-
Mr. J. M. Hall, for the defendants, said that before the case was proceeded with he would like to raise a preliminary objection. Ia the warrant issued, in con- nection with the police raid, the place mentioned was No. 20, Ice House Street. The Police officer raided No. 9, Ice House Street, and made arrests. there.. He submitted it was unlawful acrest. said the Club premises were, on No. 94.
In reply to the Magistrate Mr. Gall
WASHINGTON.
labour to keep trains operating; pre- The Southern railroad has announced that they will employ any available viously no effort was made to combat the recess. strike. President Harrison has stated ed. the railroads made every effort for settle menteven offering them terms they had] agreed to accept but with no results.
SOCIALIST - PROGRAMME.
LATEST
(Intercepted by the U.S.S. “Tracy," on August 16th, 1923.)
COTTON FIGURES.
FORESEES TROUBLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 16th. Unforeseen difficulties have prevented the signing of the protocol defining the neutral zone at Chataidja, but the Greek and Allied Commanders have reached an agreement under which the Greeks with draw six miles from the present dlewar
CRICAGO. have been withdrawn beyond the Rodos-immediate withdrawal of military forces cation line. The bulk of the Greek troops recognition of Mexico and Russia, the Socialist programme includes the rigid tomidsa line.
from Haiti and San Domingo and The failure of the London Conference the reduction and ultimate abolition of lint has created anxiety, Turkish circles fear- all standing military forces. ing unfavourable consequences from a
crats by the Finance Committee suddenly 1 after its meeting, announeed its decision further postponeident of the Near East
A storm was aroused among the Demo- introducing a hundred new amendments, many relating to duties which it whe tacitly understood would not be changed, including a substantial increase of duties The whole hundred
on cotton-yarna.
passed without discussion and the in- dignant protests of the opposition.
THE DISTURBANCES IN BOKHARA.
STATEMENT BY AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER...
not to couvake the Senate and Chamber in consequence of the breakdown of the London Conference.
GERMANY'S HUGE FLOATING DEBT.
BERLIN, August 16th.
The German Floating Debt increased by 4 milliárd marks between August 1st and August 10th. now amounts to 3ly mil liard marks.
THE FRENCH DETERMINATION. PARIS. August 17tb.
settlement.
SHIPPING COMPETITION
HERALDED. PASSENGER RATE CUTS BY U.S.S. B.
New Yox, August 16th. The beginning of the most stringent shipping competition is heralded by the announcersent that a drastic cut in the passenger rates to South America will be made un the occasion of the Exhibition
THE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
FOREST HILLS.
Molla Mallory defeated Mary Case of Norfolk Connection. 6/0, 6/0, in seven- teen minutes playing in first round of women's national championship. May Bundy defeated Mrs. Sharing of Now York 0/2, 0/2.
SOCIALIST CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN.
り
CHICAGO.
WASHINGTON.
cotton consumed for July at 458,548 bales: The Department has announced the nb 53,424 linters compared with 507,869 and 55,456 For June,
DEMPSEY-BRENNAN FIGHT BANNED.
The Magistrate said he would note the objection "und would hear Mr. Hall's quotations from the authorities if he decided to convict, provided that Mr. Hall could prove that the club was re gistered at No. 4, Ice House Street.
This Mr. Hall said he could do. Sergt. Fender, who conducted the raid, Sheriff of Laporte County to refuse to said the Club could be entered by two permit the Dempsey-Brennan fight on doors, one of which was No. 26; he did Labour Day.
hot know whether the other door was INDIANOPOLIS. No. 24
INDIANAPOLIS.
Governor McCray has instructed the
تو میں
The Police officer then pointed out that
The Governor will instruct the Sheriff' to prevent the Dempsey-Brennan fight if one of the defendants (Baldormero) had local officials fail to ban it.
not appeared in Court and that he had sent a substitute.
EQUAL STATUS FOR BASEBALL PLAYERS.
MILWAUKEE
SPA, August 17th.
Socialist party in publishing 1928 Con- The Afghan foreign minister in a state Reparations Commission which meets to-rates United States Shipping Board ganizing to launch an open shop drive It is semi-ocially stated that if the deace, by the Munson Line, which ope- players all over the country with or on the Centenary of Brazilian Indepen-casional Campaign have charged em-
Mr. Hall explained that Baldomero had ment says the Afghan Government regards
to leare by the 8.8. President Jefferson on important business; in fact there was the disturbances in Bokhara as internal day grass Germany a moratoriul with
out demanding guarantees, the French single will be reduced to 30 return. It organize. They have declared for public hall Players Union is designed to
vessels. The first-class fare disorders it which neither the Russian or Cabinet will certainly cot recognise the is understood that the Lamport-Holt Line ownership of all natural resources and lift the players from a position, termed
of $113 to deprive workers of the right to
another defendant who should have left Afghan Governments should interfere.
Ray Cannon has announced the Base the same ship had it not been for
this case. He recalls a clause in the Russe Afghan decision, if the decision violates the spirit intends to meet the cats. Treaty agreeing to the actual indepen refusing to announce that Germany has
tional or letter of the Treaty by, for example,
public utilities and for a forty-four houras. "pawns of club owners." to equaled.
The Magistrate said he was quite satis dence of Bokhara and Ehive, and inconstestably defaulted. The Cabinet,
working week. They urge a constitu- status with dub owners in matters affect- presses confidence that Russo-Afghan rela
arsendment prohibiting child ing players nearing completion. He has two defendants-Rumos and Castro-ba Sgt. Fender then asked that the first tions will be directed to the welfare and resuming its freedom of action, would on
land and the "restoration of freedom of A.F.L. and Gompers labour; taxation on uncultivated farm opened favourable its own initiative apply towards Ger-
negotiations with also included in the second charge.. speech and assembly." maay, measitres of ecationic or financial control deemed necessary.
freedom of Bekhara and Khiva.
THE BRITISH PRINTERS' DISPUTE.
SETTLED BY AGREEMENT,
Losnos, August 17th.
FUNERAL OF MR. ARTHUR GRIFFITH.
DUBLIN'S TRIBUTA
The printers dispute, which has so long disorganised the provincial newspaper
LONDON, August 16th. world has been settled by an agreement
All Government offices, banks, and busi- signed at a conference. Under the agreemost of the day on the decusion of the ness establishments in Dublin, were closed ment the Typographica Association funeral of Mr. Arthur Grith, agrees to recommend the strikers resume
The immediately with a recommendation of acceptance gradually of the total redue tion of 12/8 in wages which then will be stabilised until December 31st, 1927. The employers organisations agree to recom mend a reinstatement of strikers in their former positions.
THE AMERICAN TARIFF BILL AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT.
WASHINGTON, August 17th. The senate has approved an amendment of the Tariff Bill authorising the forma tion ul free zones at American ports where crude materials can be converted
ANOTHER MINERS STRIKE, SERIOUS UPHEAVAL IN CANADA.
BROOKVILLE (Ontario), August 16th. Twelve tundred miners have struck at Glace Bay, to which several hundred troops have been despatched in conse quence of collisions between voluntary workers and strikers
THE COST OF LIVING.
LONDON. August 16th. mouth and now stands at 1 per cent.
The cost of living fell three points above the pre-war level.
FAR
EASTERN
NEWS.
(TULOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEKING POLITICS.
CABLE
route was fined by dense crowds. The pro- cession to Glasnevin Cemetery was headed y National troops. The hearse draped guished National commanders who acted with the tricolor and flanked by distin as pall-bearers, was followed by two hun dred clergy. Mr. Michael Collins in the uuiform of Commander-in-Chief, Mr. of the Government and of the Dail, the Mulcahy, Minister of Defence, members Lord Mayor and members of the Corpora-QUESTION OF THE PREMIERSHIP. tion, and representatives of the muni- cipalities.
SCAF-
EXTRAORDINARY
FOLDING ACCIDENT.
for export without payment of import FIVE GERMAN WORKERS KILLED.
dutien. The Administration hopes to see the Tariff Bill inally passed within six weeks.
THE AMERICAN LABOUR SITUATION,
PRESIDENT TO MAKE A STATE- MENT TO CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, August, 17th. President Hardling is to make a state- "ment to congress on the Labour situation today and it is expected that he will recommend legislation legalising the pre- sent fuel control committees.
` BOMB-DROPPING EXHIBITION ONE. FALLS INTO A CROWD OF SPECTATORS.
BELLIN, August 17th.' A message from Danzig reports that at bomb-dropping exhibition at the Polish aerodrome at Tutzga bomb fell into a crowd of spectators and 00 were killed and 50 injured.
BERLIN, August 15th.
PERING, August 16th.
Wang Chin Hsiung: special delegate at Paotingfu and Layang, returned to Peking yesterday. 11 is reported that he Pei Fu desired the appointment of Dr. informed the President that General Wu
Wang Chang Hai (Minister of Education) to the Premiership as soon as possible.
Five were killed and six seriously in- jured by an extraordinary accident at THE SINO-JAPANESE COMMISSION.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
Governor Boyle headed officers, ar resting seventeen union pacific strikers as a result of a shooting affair between strikers and strike breakers last night.
The Officers
LATER.
-THE STRIKE: PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS CONGRESS.
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WASHINGTON.
Describing the raid the Sergeant said that at 11.45 p.m. ou the night of the 12th inst. together with a number of Chinese detectives he entered No. 26, Ice House Street, first floor, known as the Filipino Club. The door was open and Arrangements are completed for Pre- he walked right in and stood behind a sident Harding to go before the joint number of people who were gathered session of Congress on Thursday to pre- round a table. The second defendant have suid seventeen sent the Government's position in the was seated just near to where he was arrested strikers were found picketing present critical situation; particularly standing. the railroad stockade, where 150 men,
Governor Boyle, but Boyle covered and One arrested man pulled bis gun on
Suddenly someone women and children
turned were imprisoned regarding the railroad strike.
round and noticed him standing there. He gave orders for them to sit still. The FIRMS SUSPENDED.” accond defendant had a pack of cards his g the man threw up his hands.
his band and four cards were
on the table, where there was also money, a There was $30.95 on the table, excluding cash-box and saucer containing $1.70. the $1.70. He seized all the cards and the money and ordered the defendants to follow him to the Station.
The game played was Moute."
(Intercepted by the U.S.S. "Tracy," on August 15th, 1922)
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit New York
St. Louis Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Boston
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Anhalter railway station. Some scdffold- ing on which men were repairing a roof REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS No other games were played. collapsed and precipitated the workmen a hundred feet below. Some fell on the Platforms and others struck a departing train, causing consternation amongst the passengers.
Pekisu, August 16th. At the Gifteenth meeting of the first section of the Sino-Japanese Commission this morning, the Commission adopted, with reservations, the report and recom mendations submitted by the sub-com- mittee on the Tringtao Customs House.
The Chincan submitted threo morandums concerning Railway, Tele- phone, Cables and Post Offices. Aller LONDON, August 16th.
receiving the Japanese reply, the com- Three Chinese members of the crew of mission decided to refer them to the steamer Achilles were each fined £20 sub-committee.
THE DRUG TRAFFIC. SALUTARY SENTENCES IMPOSED IN ENGLAND.
nic-
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in London for importing opium, of which The Japanese submitted inventories and stewards on the steamer Fushimi Marusion on which was postponed. each had two pounds. Two Japanese proposals concerning mines, the discus were sentenced at Gravesend to months' hard labour for unlawfully pos scasing cocaine.
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TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE CONGESTION, SELFISH BRAZILIAN ATTITUDE.
WASHINGTON, August 16th
MUTINY IN THE NORTH. RAILWAY GUARDS TURN BANDITS,
BANGHAI, August 17th. Peking reports receipt of a foreign dispatch from Harbin, which says fifteen hundred troops guarding the Chinese Eastern Railways mutinied at a station
11
4.
NEW YORK. The Club Market Association has approved the suspension of three firms for failure to meet their engagements.
FREE PORTS FOR AMERICA.
WASHINGTON.
The Senate has approved an amend. ment to the Tariff Bill, under which free ports will be established in America States, where imports of raw material to be manufactured for exports will be free of duty.
Describing the game to the Magistrate, Sgt. Fender said that a commission was only taken when one special card turned P. The first defendant said he was the
manager.
Mr. Hall again prussed the point as to the number of the house and suggest- ed that the matter could be best settled
FATTY ARBUCKLE SAILS FOR by viewing the premises later,
JAPAN.
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After looking up the Ordinance the Magistrate said that he did not think the SAN FRANCISCO. game of Monte," as described to him Fatty Arbuckle has sailed for Japan on by the Sergeant, come under the Ordia- the Siberia Maru. He says be will re-ance, as no deduction was made unless a main in the Orient several weeks and special card turned up. The Ordinance then go to Paris.
said that a deduction is to be made on every stake. He therefore dismissed tho wanted to point out to the President summers on that ground. He, however, of the Club the undesirability of using Babe Ruth has re-appeared in the line-game played may only be "Monte." He the premises for gambling although the up after several days absence, owing to dismissed this case purely on a technical Aa infection of the leg and homered his point. in twenty second against detroit.
PHILADELPHIA, Tillie Walker of Athletics, returned to the line-up after tcn days absence homered twenty-sixth off Morton of Cleveland.
PHILADELPHIA. Walker homered twenty-seventh second game of double header,
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
·RAILEDAD STRIKE
WASHINGTON.
BABE RUTH IN THE LINE AGAIN.
New York,
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE.
Mr. Hall said the President of the Club did not know there was gambling going He had never allowed gambling.
on.
Advisera of President Harding havo THE NEW FRENCH 'CHINA BANK.
A CORONET “THRILLET!! declared he has abandoned all efforts at mediation of rail strike, and that he had
"THE DEVIL TO PAY." The note on the Banque Industrielle de virtually decided to inform the railroad Chine, by the Finance Minister shows, executives that the Government will fully says a Home paper, that the agreement phrase it, in the shape of thrills and "The "real goods," as the Americans guard and protect them in the operation with China stipulates that the indemnity mystery are handed out in The Devil of their trains. It is understood that will be employed for the service of to Pay" which is exciting very keen the President is considering, making a amortisation and payment of the interest interest at the Coronet Theatre just now. statement on the situation to Congress. on the 5 per cent. Gold Bonds which will It is a proper thriller. Its theme is that be handed over at par to the creditors in of a man who, officially hung for a crime exchange for allotment bonds due to he never committed sad pronounced dead them according to the proposed settle by the authorities, is resuscitated after demnity will be devoted to Fratice, man who seat him to the gallows. It is ment by compromise. A part of the in- the hanging and comes back to haunt the Chinese works of public education, or strongly melodramatic plot that fur- charity. Such works will also benefit by nishes a wealth of tensly dramatic situa the dividends paid to the allotment bonds tions pourtrayed by an unusually brilliant -LATTE. purchased from creditors, in the Far caste. Soft coal agreement signed. Strike East. The plan of settlement by compro which has been effective sinco April mise has been elaborated by M. Porte, SZECHUAN ARMIES OCCUPY WAN-ended..
ESIEN AND CHUNGKING.
EARLIER CABLES, ROBBERY OF MAILS, REGISTERED PACKAGES, MISSING.
LONDON, August 16th. A mysterious robbery of mails from Canada and the Far East, brought to Liverpool by the steamer Regina, has been United States. to Europe only has been sequenti retiring to the hills.
discovered in London.
Five mailbags were tampered with and seventy registered packets, are missing One of the baga, contained mails from Mukden and the other mails from Canada. The police are învestigating.
• GERMAN SHIPPING
ACTIVITIES,"
The State Department's arrangement to reliove trans-Atlantic cable congestion by reopening the cable between Miami (Flor. and Barbados for. messages from the upset, owing to Brazil objecting to the reopening unless used for South Ameri-
can messages also.
THE SOFT COAL STRIKE.
CLEVELAND:
Operators and miners have ratified unnamed, killing their commandant and agreement for settlement of soft coal that they proceeded to another station afternoon. sacking the station and village. After strike. This will be formally signed this where they cut the telegraph line, suh-
A NOTICE TO THE ENGINEERS.
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CHICAGO.
presiding judge of the Court for Com- mercial Pleas of Paris, delegated to oon strae the law of compromise in bank ruptcy. Thus, as already stated, the rights of creditors will be represented
Vice President Wells of the Santa Fé by allotment bonds entitling them to ninety-three, at the village of Erectz
the oldest Freemason in the world has It is believed that at last the quest for IMPROVED DEMAND FOR
been rewarded with success, Dr. Joseph SHANGHAI, August 17th
Halstead, who completed his 104th year on Foreign official telegraphs from Ichang BOILERS.
report that the first and third Szechuan railroad announced that W. 8. Stone, complete titular reimbursement of their in the Lexington Lodge 1 in 1842 of which
March 4th, and who lives with his wife ORDERS FROM THE FAR EAST. occupied Wanhaion and Chungking. The bees notified for engineers who quit work realisation of assets, secondly to 95 per lead armies operating from Changtu have President of the Engineers Union, has claims.
Missouri, USA, has proved his Firstly to the product of the he is still a subscribing member. Dr. Hal- attack was first made on Wanhsien, and without authority to return to work im cent. of the profits of a managing commodicine until 1860, when he retired. For LONDON, August 18th, Owing to the improved demand for evacuated. The defence of Wanhsien was
when that city fell Chungking was mediately, or, their places will he filled.
graduated in 1810 and practisod Yarrow boilers, Memra, Yarrow, who last weak, and the casualties not heavy. Tho
pany, which will take over the banking LONDON, August 16th. Amentage from Berlin saya the Stinnes works at Scotstoun (Glasgow), have deoid river. Trade between Ichang and Chung. year temporarily closed their shipbuilding second army is reported retreating down
business of the Banque Industrielle de several years he was the family, physitise CANADIAN RAILROAD URISIS. Chine, and assume the collection of the has had but four owners-the King of Spain, of Henry Clay. The farm which he occupies Combine is inaugurating a monthly stented to reopen the boiler department. The king is completely at a standstill. Tele-
bank's assato. The Chinese Government Napoleon Buonaparte, the USA. Govern ship service to East Asia, starting from firm recently received an order for several graphs have been interrupted since the shopmen's wages although 38,000 workers a group of French banks, with the Banque observed annually as a general holiday in
MONTREAL.. Hamburg on November lat,
Canadian railroads to-day have cut pany; which will be promoted at once by living descendants, and his birthday
will have a share in the managing comment, and himself. Dr. Helatend has eighty boilers from the Far East,
10th inst.
had threatened to strike if this is done. de Paris et des Paya Baa at their bead. Breckenridge.
MONTHLY SERVICE TO THE FAR
EAST.
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