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EVENING

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Correct Dress Wear

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1917 1926

Occasions, which call for the wearing of Dress Clothes are times when a man would look his best, and, in the knowledge that each detail of his dress is incon- testably correct, would feel at ease-serene and unperturbed to any company. We shall welcome the opportunity of showing you the new and approved styles in correct Dress Wear for this season. May we have the privilege?

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Alexandra Bullding.

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GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE & LIFE

CAPTAIN REYNOLDS"

DISAPPEARANCE.

LEFT. TOKYO HOTEL OF OWN ACCORD.

STOWED AWAY ON "PRESIDENT McKINLEY.”

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COMING EAST.

PASSENGERS BOOKED ON P. & D. STEAMERS

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER CASES ADJOURNED.

Many local residents are included AMAH SENTENCED FOR BRIBERY. among passengers booked on P. & 0. steamers, due to arrive in Hongkong be tween October 29th and the end of December.

Passengers booked on the Karmala,

THE MILLION RUPEES

OPIUM CASE...

OHINESE MERCHANT

DISCHARGED.

FROM PERSIA.

There were only three cases down for STORY OF SHIPMENTS OF OPIUM hearing at the Criminal Sessions yester. day. Two cases, were adjourned until next Sessions.

PROSECUTION FAIL TO PROVE CASE

Chan Chor Chiu, a Chiness, merchant

Some months ago there disappeared from his hotel in Tokyo one Captain Edward Harrington Reynolds. His bag which left London op September 23rd, gage was left at the hotel and he was

are as follows:-Mr. S. Aherne, Lieut. In the case of the Chinese deportee not heard of again. The Japanese police Comdr. C. B. Allen, Mrs. Cedric Blaker, from the Federated Malay States who searched for him for some time, but with- Mr. and Mrs V. S. Cotton, Mr. and out success and finally gave the job up. Mrs. W. J. Carrie, Mr and Mrs D. was arraigned on a charge of murder It now transpires that Reynolds left the Davies, Mr. H. S. Fenwick, Lient. J. G. oa" the s.a. Talamba, the Attorney. connected with Kwong Hing Loong Firm, hotel very quietly of his own accord, and Gould, Lieut. F. J. C. Halahan, Lieut. General (the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp) ap. of 100, Des Vaux Road Central, was stowed away on the President McKinley, G. B. Hodgkinson, Mr. and Mrs. F. J.

Captain Reynolds was at one time in Ling, Mrs. Mayor, Mrs. F. E. Owen and plied for a remand until Sessions. He discharged at the Central Magistracy Shanghai. He left England about 18 child, Sub-Lieut. P. R. Roberts, B.N., said that it was necessary to have the yesterday on a charge of purchasing a months age for India to act as Madeleine Mr. Ritchie, Mrs Stubbing, Miss evidence of one of the ship's officers, dur chess of opium for his own account for Rossitter's advance agent. The company Stubbings, Mr. and Mrs T. E. Styles failed and he was left stranded From and infant, Mrs. H., Westlake, and Mr. ing the trial, and as the Talamba was 8950, being part of a consignment by India be came to Shanghai, and for about H. G. Williams,

returning in November, the Chief Officer Philadelphia, without a licence, and three weeks remained here, and belonged On the Delta, which left London on could give evidence.

with selling it for $1,095. to the American Club as a visiting men October 7th Mr. and Mrs. G. M ber. Then he left the port very quietly Bannerman, Mrs. I. Blackmore, Rev. T

Defendant had been previously dis and Shanghai heard nothing more of Barclay, D.D., Miss Cullen, Mr. G. ment.

charged on indictments of siding and him till the news of his disappearance Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Pulton, Miss

Manslaughter Charge.

abetting in the sale of opium. from Tokyo. His adventures from then Field, Mias Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. F. H.

Three men from Tai Kew Village, Au. When the case first came before the. onwards are described in the Japan dd Holdman, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrison, Tau, were charged with the manslaughter Court it was stated that a million rupers" The mysterious disappearance of the Mr. A. C. Kennedy, Mr. W. J. Lockhart of a fellow villager. The prisoners had worth of opium was aboard the Chineso man who registered at the Imperial Hotel Smith, Miss Londwell, Misa Lloyd, Miss

E. L. Melville, Mr. and Mrs. K. B. E formerly been arraigned on a charge of ship Philadelphia in transit from Persia rington Reynolds, British, of London, is Marks, Mr. D& McCormack, Mr. A. A murder, but the charge had been reduced. te China and the plans were that junka explained in a letter to the Japast dd. MeDonald, Mr. and Mrs. D. Muir, Mia

The Attorney-General said that prison were to be awaiting the ship at. Macao Nicol, Mr. and Mrs. A. Palmer, Mr. E. vertiser written by an American officer MeM. Paterson, Mr. L. D. Richards, ers had just instructed counsel for their to receive the drug. living in Japan, who gained his informa Miss S. L.. Summerskill, Mrs. B. D, C. defence, who desired the case remanded tion from the purser of the steamer, on

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It will be recalled that the police în this vicinity were searching for the miss ing officer, who left the Imperial Hotel "early on the morning of July 1st and has never returned. He took a small over- night bag and a low toilet articles and left his baggage. The baggage, officials nt the hotel said recently, has never been claimed, nor has the bill been paid.

Missing Man's Story.

On the Khiva, which left London on Saturday:-Miss E. Anderson, Capt. L W. Braithwaite, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hamer, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Lambert, Mrs. Ader son Smith, Mr. G. E. White, and Mr. N. J. Young..

Bird, Miss Bird, Miss C. F. Clark, Mr.

His Lordship granted the adjourn-

until next Sessions.

His Lordship granted the application, but intimated that it should not be taken as a precodont

Crown

."

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Mr. M. K. Lo was for the defence, and Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, prosecuted.

Documents Seized.

Mr. George Watt, Senior Revenue

Witness seized all the books and docu-

Woman Gets Four Months. Before Mr. Justice Wood (the Puisas Judge) a Chinese amah of 77, Hollywood Officer, deposed that on August 27th be On the Macedonia, which leaves London Road, was charged with offering a bribe went accompanied by other officers to on October 29th:Mrs. G. F. Brearley, to Inspector Bloor.

the first floor of 108, Des Vœux Road, Dyer Ball, the Assistant Attorney- Mrs, A. E. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs L. G.General, conducted the case for the Central, where he found the defendant, The American officer, in writing of the F. Cullen, Mrs D. Cookes, Mrs WA

ments he could find, and eventually disappearance, explains that he went Eustace, Mrs. G. M. Fitzmaurice, Mrs. down to the steamer President McKinley Hooper, Miss Hooper, Dr. and last month, and had dinner on board with Mrs. G. M. Harston, Miss E. Haraton,

handed them to the Superintendent,

Mr. Lloyd spoke to having received the the purser.

Miss B. Harston, Miss Mackinnon, Mr. and Mrs. E. Prophet, Mra. X. C. Felter.

documents. One of these contained 's son, Rev. E. Rigg, Lady Renshaw, Hr. OJ. Shanson, Mr. and Mrs. Staple Smith, and Mr. W. A. White

Evidence was given to the effect that the police raided the top floor of No. 77, Hollywood Read, and found it being used Inspector Bloor for unlawful purposes. was in charge of the raiding party. The defendant offered the Inspects.

Defendant pleaded not guilty.

The jury, by six to one, returned a rerdict of guilty, and defendant was sentenced to four months' hard labour.

SOLICITOR ADMITTED.

The conversation led to stowaways," the letter continues," and he (the pur- ser) told about Captain Reynolds The President McKinley left here about 3 o'clock on this date (early in July) On the Malwa, which leaves London on and had the usual search for stowaways | November 12thr-Mr. T. W. Ainsworth, outside the harbour, and none being Mr. and Mrs Annetts, Capt. and Mrz. found, she sailed on her way,

P. Bell-Smith, Mr. W. G. Bree, Misa R. About 7 o'clock that evening, a well-E. Burton, Mr. A. V, Baker, Mr. C. dressed man went to the purser and told W. C. Bishop, Mr. C. F. Boad, Mr. and

MR. F: H. LOSEBY.. him he was a stowaway and broke. He Mrs. Brigham, Mrs. H. Balean, the Hon. said he was Captain Reynolds, and turn G. Cochrane Mr. J. Callender, Mr. D. Before the Chief Justica, Sir Henry ed over a small overnight bag containing Dalgleish, Mr. J. Davey, Mrs. Hitch- Gollan, at the Criminal Sessions yester a few toilet articles and some papers cock, Mr. W. F. Hoyle, Comdr. G. B. day, the Attorney-General, Hon Mr. J. He was broke and had to get to America and Mrs. Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. H. Kemp applied on behalf of Mr. and was willing to work or do whatever Handyside, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hay- F. H. Loseby, for his admittance to the the ship's officers ordered. His papers ward, Mrs. A. D. Kelman, Mr. V. G. Supreme Court as a solicitor. showed he was discharged daring the war Kerley, Mr. and Mrs. J. Laing, Miss as a captain in the Australian forces, and Laing, Miss R. Luard, Mra A, O. Lang, had enlisted as a private in the Ameri- Mr. L MeRac, Mrs. C. G. Millar, Mr. can Army and commissioned a First and Mrs. H. K. Prosser," Pay-Lient A. Lieutenant and was discharged as such. T. Phillips, Comdr. J. L. Pearson, R.N.,

After the war he drifted around with and Mrs. Pearson, Mr. and Mre. Quin, Russ. his wife and children and they died of Mr. J. Bussell, Miss R. Richardson, cholers in India, after which he came Pay-Comdr. H. Rogers, RN., Miss to Japan. (He was an artist or a writer Scraieff, Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, Miss -I am not sure just what he said he Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T. Swan, Mr. and was). At any rate, he did not get em-Mrs. A. R. Sutherland, Miss M. A. ployment and went broke.

Leaves His Baggage..

"He was staying in the "Imperial Hotel and had a bill of 7.400 or Y500, and as getting desperate. Colonel Burnett promised to try to get him on a transport but as none was due in the immediate future, he decided to stow away on the ekinley. Leaving his bag- gage behind, he took his small bag and went aboard and mingled with the pas sengers while the ship was getting under way.

Being well dressed and mingling with the other passengers, he naturally wasn't no chance of being sent back he gave himself up.

Searle, Mrs. N. M. Tottenham, Mr. F. P. J. Wodehouse, and Mr. E. J. Wynne.

PASSING THROUGH FROM

MANILA..*

PASSENGERS ON THE

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY." The Admiral Oriental liner as Presi Manila, en route to Seattle, vid Shang- dent MeKinley arrived yesterday from hai and Japan porta, sailing to-day at

p.m.

list of names of firms and individuals. It further gave several dates and amounts of money; which were subscriptions for consignments of opium The ordinary price for a chest of opium appeared to be 82,400 but some of the buyers bought at $1,900. In the case of Persian opium Bach chest contained 160 one-pound cakes and for the purpose of making them identical with the unit in India, they were tied up in parcels of four cakes in each. An amount of 4) tons of opium seized in Cheungchow sometime ago was

se packed. The prica $2,400 was rezaon- In granting the application, his Lord-able for. Persian opium at the time the ship expressed the hope that Mr. Loseby documents were dated. would be very successful in his career in the Colony,

Mr. Loseby is joining Mesars. Lee and

YOUTHFUL DELINQUENT. ATTEMPT AT FALSE PRETENCES.

Referring to another document Mr. Lloyd said it contained a series of receipts from different persons. Alost of ' the names were identical with those found in the previous document.

Heplying to His Worship Mr. Lloyd said that in spite of the fact that a deal

offence. was made outside, the Colony it was still

In prosecuting a Chinese youth before

Interpretation of the Documents, Major. C. Willson at the Central Magis Questioned by Mr. Lo in regard to the tracy yesterday with attempting to varying of prices, he said that he thought obtain money by false pretences, Det. that those who paid $1,900 a chest were Sub-Inspector Fallon said that defendant connected with the Company whereas came of a respectable family. He had no those who paid $2,400 were outsiders. reason to disbelieve defendant's story Mr. Lo: I put it to you that although that a document used for obtaining the money had been handed to him by another man who had absconded.

Defendant's offence was that he went with a signed receipt for 814 to the Tai wong. Po newspaper to get money due to the contributor of an article, but un- fortunately for the defendant the writer

the names appear on both documents they do not refer to the same transac- tions I think they do; "that's my.. opinion.

Mr. Lo: In view of the discrepancies and dissimilarities, will you go so far as to swear that they are the same trans- action! It is my opinion that they are.

Do the documents show completed

suspected, and when well outside, with President McKinley brought 242 previous day. He was promptly turned transaction 1-Yes."

"Captain Lustic, who commands the President McKinley, served in the United States Navy as a commanding officer and was therefore familiar with discharge papers. He pronounced them all right and turned Reynold over to the first officer. He was put to work with the crew. The purser provided him with dungarees and working shoes and he proved himself an excellent worker and n fine member of the crew, so much so that the officers would have liked to have kept him aboard.

Collection Raised. "There was on board at that time a Major Lee of the American army and Captain, Lustie asked him to examine the papera. The Major pronounced them kenuine and declared they showed Rey- nolds to have had an excellent record This Majorstarted a collection for Reynolds among the passengers, all of whom were much interested in the man and his story. The collection netted about 8200, and was sufficient to start him on his way to Los Angeles, where he said he has friends:

The

and carried 2,150 tons of coc-oil and tons of sugar and cigare for Hongkong, cigars for ports beyond.

For Shanghai. Among the passengers on the liner for Shanghai aro the following ---

Mra E. M. Bachrach, wife of E. M. Bachrach of the Bachrach Motor Co. .

Mr. J. J. Underwood, publicity men of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, mak- ing a survey of business conditions in the Orient.

Mr. E. 1. Beyer, formerly with the Admiral Oriental Line and the Dollar Line at Iloilo, is returning to the United States on account of ill-health.

NAVAL MOVEMENTS. H.M.S. MAGNOLIA RAMMED. H.M.S. Vindictive left Hongkong yes terday morning for Shanghai..

On Thursday morning the destroyers from the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, which arrived in Hongkong on Friday evening,

of the article had drawn his money the

These transactions for all you know given 12 strokes with a cane. over to the police.

Hi Worship ordered defendant to be took place outside the Colony ?-Some of the documents show that the transactions took place in the Colony.net

DEAD CHICKENS.

« ROASTED AND SOLD AS FOOD.

A Chinese coole was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magis tracy yesterday with possession of dead chickens with a view to exposing them for sale as food.

As a matter of honest interpretation of the documents the transactions might have been carried out outside the Colony

His Worship: I think you must agree with that, Mr. Lloyd.

Mr. Lloyd then agreed. Replying further to Mr. Lo, ho dis. agreed that the prices quoted ware ap plicable to ginseng (Chinese medicine). He further stated that they could not have dealt with such large quantities.

he was arrested at Des Voeux Road on Defendant had them in two sacks when

his way to the market, where he stated a

No Cass to Answer. man was waiting for them.

"Mr. Lo submitted that he had no caso Divisional Inspector Grant told the to answer, and further held that Mr. Magistrate that the dead chickens were Lloyd should not have framed the charge thrown out of the poultry yards into the in the way he did. The section under scavenging bins. From his, own know which the charge was made only meant ledge it has been the practice for coolies that dealing in opizm was "prohibited in to pick up, these dead birds, clean them, the Colony Mr. Lo then quoted several roast them, and hawk about for sale.

cases in support of his contention.. His Worship Imposed a fine of $25. Mr. Lloyd's contention, continued Mr. Eo, was that if a person from Hongkong went to Macao, and made an opium deal. there, even though the opium never came to Hongkong, that person was liable to be charged on his return to the Colony.

Defendant had never acknowledged

United States emigration will also leave Hongkong for various NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COUNCIL. authorities examined his papers in stations up North Seattle and gave him a elean ticket, H.M.B. Sean and H.M.B. Divern vill

United States,” ka

though he had never before lived in the leave for Hankow; H.M.8. Folsey and ANNUAL MEETING AT SHANGHAL H.M.S. Wishart for Nanking and The letter closes by saying that the HM. Witherington and HMS National Christian Council of China met evidence that he was connected with the On the 13th instant, at Shanghai, the the documents, Moreover, there was no purser recalled having talked with Rey- Verity for Swatow. H.M.B. Keppel to old its fourth annual meeting it firm at the time of the alleged transac nolds frequently during this unusual the flotilla leader, will leave for Shanguspally meets in the spring, but owing tions. Mr. Lo further held that the voyage. The purner said Reynolds told fhai him it was the first time he had been

to disturbed conditions then existing the documenta even were not admissible in The "Magnolia."! happy and satisfied in years. He said

meeting was held over until this time. the case, because they failed to show the It was learned from the Naval autho- Conditions for travelling cannot be said location where the transactions took he was getting plenty of good, whole-rities yesterday that HM.S. Hagnolia to have improved, nevertheless the num place some food and a nice, clean, comfort was rammed by a Japanese vessel (beber of delegates present constituted a His Worship asked. Mr. Lloyd if he able place to sleep and enough hard work lieved to be the Hozan Maru) while at large proportion of the members of the seriously suggested that a Hongkong

Swatow on Sunday,

Council A large number of visitors also citizen was liable for criminal prosecu Left for Los Angeles, ne komen Very few details have come to hand attended the meeting About seventy tion if he made arrangements in Macao Where this erstwhile soldier is now a regarding the incident, but it is under two per cent of the delegates present for the purchase of opium: parently is not known here. He left the stood that the Magnolia is not badly were Chinese. This is the first time in Mr. Lloyd replied that he would be so liner, saying he was going to Los Angeles damaged and when relieved by the des any national meeting of Christians in if the opium was to be used in Hong- It is presumed he did troyers, will be able to reach Hongkong China when the majority of the delegates Worship agreed, but held that it At the Imperial Hotel, it was learned under her own steam. Repairs will be were Chinese he had not been proved that defendant had that the British Consul here is going to put in hand when the boat arrives at Dr. David Z. T, Yui, Chairman of the take over the baggage, and the official of longkong the hotel said it was anticipated the bill would be taken care of also.

to keep him fit.”

We Come), presided, and delivered an open used it in Hongkong. He was not satis HMS. Carlisle is at present undering address on Some Outstanding Prob-fed that the evidence was sufficient, and going refit at the Naval Yard.

Jems Confronting the Christian Church discharged the defendant.