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THE - HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2018, 1926.

THE FIRST INSTALMENT. SHAUKIWAN MURDER CASE.

OVER 4,000 STRIKERS RECEIVE

$10.

CANTON WATER WORKS TAKEN OVER BY KUOMINTANG,

22

· NEGOTIATIONS" WITH BANDITS.

VICTIM KILLED WITH AXE,

DEFENDANT'S DISAPPOINTED LOVE AFFAIR.

Alleged to have murdered a room-mate at the Tung. On shipbuilding yard at Shaukiwan on October 19th, a Chinese During the first three days for granting cook was hrought before Major C. Will a dole to Hong Kong Chinese strikerson, at the Central Magistracy yesterday who are still unemployed in Canton, some 4,618 received $10 each. This is the first instalment of $100 which was promised when the boycott was terminated. »

The Executive Commission of the Kuo-

aftemoon.

Mr. Whyte-Smith, Assistant Crown beheitar, appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was not represented.

Outlining the case for the prosecution, mintang took over the management of Mr. Whyte-Smith said that the scene of the Caxton Water Works on November the alleged murder was in a two storied gard, notwithstanding a vigorous protest but in the yard of the Tang On Ship from the shareholders who, however, will building Company at Shaukiwan, where eventually be compensated. The reason defendant was employed as a cook. The given for the Municipality assuming codeceased man was a carpenter in the trol of the city's water plant is that employ of the same company, and slept has failed to provide eficient service to the public, a charge, of course, which the water authorities have denied.

·DEADMAN'S BONES.

EXHIBITED AT MURDER TRIAL.

THE WESTERN MARKET FRÁCAS.

In evidence Dr. Minnet said that when exhumed the body was in an advanced state of decomposition and it was impos- able to recognise the features. It had. however, been recognised by the string used in the mortuary for sawing op bodies.

DOLLAR LINER ARRIVES.

MUCH FREIGHT ON "PRESIDENT TAFT."

** WHO'S WHO" OF THE

*~PASSENGERS.

During the resumed hearing of the murder trial, known as the Western

The 22 Prendent Taft (Dollar Line) market case, yesterday at the Criminal Sessions before Sir Henry Gollan," the arrived in port yesterday morning from Chief Justice, Dr. E. P. Minnet (the San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama, Government Bacteriologist) gave evidence Kobe and Shanghai, with Captain C as to his examination of the exhumed M. Cochrane in command. The liner body of one of the victims, and produced brought 98 cabin and 487 steerage passen- three bones from the deceased's body. gera, and 4,781 tons of cargo. Disem

barking hore were 30 cabin, und 268 steerage passengers, and 1,304 tons of general cargo were for local discharge. There were 600 bags of mail for Hong Kong, including 29 bags of papers from Home vid Siberis, and 13 bags of loffers and papers from Germany rit the same Replying to Mr. A. Dyer Ball, who was route; she also discharged here a number for the Crown, witness said that certain of bags of mail for New Zealand. marks on the bones might have been. The voyage from San Francisco to produced by the digger found on the Hong Kong was an ideal one in every respect. The weather was calm during the entire trip, and the happy passengers enjoyed every day of it with games, dancing, etc. The President Taft anils for Manila to-day at 3 p.m., returns from that port on December 3rd, and sails for San Francisco from here on December 5th at 10 am

on the same floor as the prisoner.

On the night of the alleged murder, prisoner was given 1.80 by his master accused. It was shown that the point The shareholders contend that they to purchase food. He also asked for an

of the dagger was now turned but wit have paid for the franchise which must advance of $9 but that was not givenness said that the wound could have been be regarded as a contract between the

him. Prisoner was alleged to have visit. caused even if the dagger was in the same Corporation and the Government and

ed a cooked food stall, which he was in state then.. that the Municipality has acted arbi- the habit of frequenting. At the stall, he trarily in this matter. "Anti-Reds". was said to have asked for thirty cents' naturally consider the action "Bolshevis-worth of cooked chicken, and producing tic." Others justify the Kuomintang,

a bottle of Chinese wine, had asked for They argue that the Kuomintang are the the loan of a bowl to drink from. Later leaders of a revolutionary movement and he returned to the hut with purchases, revolutionists may, if they are able to do. And went to sleep at about 9 p.m. The souer bears marka of, to cause loss of Seattle riú ports, with passengers, freight

trations.

so, revoke all actions of previous adminis deceased and others were already asleep. Sometime later, prisoner was · säid. to Negotiations now being carried on behave roused one of the room-mates and tween Kuomintang agents in Tsengshin complained to him of pain in the and the bandits and pirates dominating abdomen, and asked for some Chinese that portion of the East River "are pro- medicine. At about midnight; a poolie greusing smoothly," and it is hoped that who slept on the foor, said that he was the outlaws there will reduce the tribute awakened, and saw prisoner bending over now exacted from every passing firewood the deceased with an axe in his hand. junk. Lately the bandits controlled by Yuan Hah Kau and other chiefs at Tseng

shin have charged as much as $40° tribute for every junk, and this has raised the price of Brewood in Canton to 89.20 and $240 a picul.

The house was then roused and the

police. sent for, but before they could

arrive on. the scene the wounded man was dead.

Defendant at the time ap-

peared to be in a dazed condition and amelt strongly of wine. Otherwise he was quite rational

A Motiveless Crime, Mr. Whyte-Smith further stated that as far as could be ascertained the de-

Agreement has not yet been reached regarding details in the settlement, of the dispute in the rice trade and the work. men are again threatening "reprisals.” The hardest question to settle appears to le the ownership of rice which has fallen ceased man had no quarrels with the prisoner, and in order to find out the

on

a.n

the Boor while being milled or mental condition of the accused, handled The workmen insist that rice

investigation had been made into his family history. He was said to have had

gathered up from the floor should go to

them, while the proprietors argue that

Questioned by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy (for the defence), Dr. Minnett said that he knew nothing about steel

Mr. Fitzroy Can you say if it is pos-

sible for the infliction of a severe wound on the shoulder blade, such as the pri-

memory?

2

Witness (after examining the large scar on the prisoner's shoulder): I cannot say. It might or it might not.

Evidence was also given by two-men"

To-morrow afternoon, about four

'clock, the ss. President Mudison (Admiral Oriental Line) is due from

and mails from U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shanghai. The Jackson, which sails for Manila on Sunday at 5 p.m., is due back here on December 5th, and will leave for the States again en December

+

:

Passengers on the #Taft."

who had seen the fight. One said that 5th at 3 pm there were three men, all armed, who began the stack The caso was ad- journed. #

CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE WHARF SEARCHER.

COURT PROCEEDINGS.

POLICE METHODS. CRITICISED,

When Wong Cho Ming, a police wharf searcher, was brought, on remand, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magis tragy yesterday mornink, on a charge of obtaining 28.50, without authority, from

Among the passengers arriving on the President Taft were the following:-

Mr. Donald Steel, Mining Engineer of the Yukon Gold Company, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. McClellan. Mr. McClellan is trafic manager of the Radio, | Corporation of the Philippines, en route

to Manila.

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Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Thornton," bride and bridegroom, en route to Manila where Mr. Thornton is connected with the Standard Oil Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo." Simmie, en route. to Manila, P.L

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frazer. Mr.

Washington, D.C.,, inspecting foreign

Frazer is American Consul General from

a passenger of the tow boat from Tai-service of the world. ping, Afr. C. G. Alabaster, C., whe appeared for the defendant, criticised the Co., en route to Manila, P.L. an attack of fever in May last, and also manner in which the identification para family. Mr. Palmer is a railway man-

was held

suffered disappointment in a love affair. He wanted to marry a girl and had offer-

It was stated that two identifying wit

if such was the rule, every workman might be careless or malicious enough to drop the whole bag on the floor, and 8950 to her mother as "engagement nesses were allowed in the same room money," but the amount was considered together and peeped through a hole at

Mr. Robert Tayler, of the Standard Oil.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. A. Palmer and

agar and representative of J. G. White Engineering Corporation, New York

Miss Delphine Bradt, artist of San

Francisco, en route to Manila where she

the labour union interested would get the benefit, while the employer would suffer insufficient, and the girl was betrothed the row of men lined up for identifica-is going to be married.

The que ion of "off days" is also lead ing to argument. The workmen are ask ing for double wages on holidays and regular "off daya," one day a week. To let a workman ok once a week is now a generally accepted rule, but since the Kuomintang have recognised Soviet hali days, nearly one day out of every four in Canton is a holiday and the employers do not see their way to pay double wages so often. They have agreed to add, 30 per cent. to present wages.

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"THE CHINESE TARIFF.

BRITAIN'S NEGATIVE POLICY.

VIEWS OF A LANCASHIRE MANUFACTURER.

to another man. Apart from these inci- tion. One of the witnesses was alleged dents there was nothing which could have to have said that the offender was a man caused any mental derangement.

"who was standing with his legs apart, Evidence of the post-mortem examina and another witness said that "the man tion held on the deceased was given by with thick lips, is the mam Neither Dr. Craig, who said that the dead man had three severe gashes on the face. There were no other marks on the body, Other evidence were also taken and the case was adjourned.

CANTONESE STUDENTS IN

MOSCOW. TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. ARE CHINESE GIRLS.

VISIT TO THE SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY.

Sir Edwin Stockton makes an interest-

Mr. John McCook Boots, son of Bishop ing suggestion in a letter to The Timer. Roots, of Hankow, for some time one of He says: As one keerily interested in the the secretaries of the Chinese National prosperity of the British export trade Christian Council, arrived in London on in textiles to China, I view with a good October 13th.

Lt. Col. R. A Duchworth Ford, A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the P.L. returning to Manila after conducting a survey of the Filipino labour situation in

tae Islanda

of the U.SAN en route to Manila, P.L.

Admiral and Mrs. Wm. H. G. Bullard, Among the passengers who will leave on the President Taft to-day for Manila "U.S.S. Huron, which with Admiral will be several families of officers of the Williams on board will be leaving for Manila this week-end.

HOME MAILS TO-DAY.

of the witnesses, Counsel alleged, came forward to point out their man, and it was not until Chief Detective Murphy touched the defendant that these wit nesses said he was the man. Further, the prisoners were said to have been paraded with their uniforms and their numbers on. Mr. Alabaster further stated that it was a fact that the witnesses had been | THE LAST XMAS MAIL FOR HOME. given, or had known, the number of the man whom they were asked to identify,

The defence, begun by Mr. d'Almada at a previous hearing, was taken up by Mr. Alabaster, who said that there was no evidence to show that the defendant had received the money. He proceeded

review the evidence on this point. The evidence, in brief, amounted to a raid carried out by police officers at the living quarters of the wharf searchers

to

from Taiping

CHRISTMAS MAILS FOR THE STATES AND CANADA.

Originally timed to arrive to-day, the P&C as Macedonia, bringing the. Home mails (letters and papers, London, October 28th, and parcels of October 21st) via Suez arrived late yesterday after- noon, ahead of her time. She berthed at the Kowloon wharves, and the mail was landed and taken to the G.P.O. Owing to the late hour, it was not sorted last evening, but ill be attended to this morning, and will be ready for delivery deal of apprehension the negative policy In Moscow, where Mr. Roots found and that certain pieces of paper contain and collection from Post Office boxes at with regard to the revision of the Bo-himself held up for three weeks, as his ing money were found, which two wit-an early hour. The steamer brought a called Interim Tariff. This, as most people know, was intended to give the passport and notes had been stolen, benesses now stated were received by defen- fairly heavy mail, but exset figures were Chinese Government sufficient funds to paid a visit to the Sun Yat Sen Univer dant from a passenger of the tow boat Another Home mail, vid Biberia, is

not available. meet more or less emergency outlay priority. At present," he said, there are ́to her recovery of economic freedom. No

also due to-day by the P. & 0. The pieces of paper, Mr. Alabaster Karmala, which will also carry the out one is saxions to suggest any increase of 400 atudents there. At the end of the duties; but what is happening? Canton, year these will have risen to 700, and pointed out, were not found in defen ward. Home mail to-morrow, this mail to all intents and purposes, has imposed,

dant's room, and certainly not in defen (letters) closing at 10.20

The last opportunity for sending such a duty, apparently with British next year it is expected to be 1,000 dant's bed. In view of what Sergt. consent. Shantung is going to do the Twenty-five per cent, are Chinese girls. Kellett had said to the effect that when Christmas greetings Home will be neat he entered the room he saw two of the Monday. This mail which closes at the same, and, according to report, every They study history, economics, and geo- men hide something under the bed .F.O. at 10.30 m, will be despatched province in China will, sooner or later, follow suit. We shall thus be compelled graphy, but no science or philosophy glothes, it would, therefore, be just as by the as Suwa Maru, and will be for- to recognise a state of affairs to which Karl Radek is the principal. They are reasonable an inference as any which the warded from Shanghal to the United we might have given our approval before impressed with the inevitability of the thing was the three pieces of paper. to reach London on or about December prosecution could draw that the " some- | Kingdom vid Siberia. The mail is due being forced to recognise it. Lancashire trade will not be helped either by the class struggle, but nevertheless seems to Furthermore, continued Mr. Alabaster 20th

The Christmas parcel and letter mail Chinese provinces imposing more or less be somewhat detached in outlook, and the defendant was not in the room whên what increases of duties they prefer or are not necessarily becoming wholebo was not the man who hid those originally to close on Wednesday and the raid was carried out, and therefore, for Canada and the United States was by our refusal to adopt voluntarily

yesterday, but as thesia Protesilaur, policy which we may be compelled to heartedly Bolshevik One of them said Bccept because we cannot help ourselves to me, Why don't you Americans getat said that the prosecution had brought sailing until today, the time, was ex- His Worship concurred with this point, on which this mail is being carried is not I suggest, therefore, that the Govern rid of the treaties and give us a pro forward sufficient evidence to lead a jury ended. The parcel mail closed last even ment of the day might very well consider whether, go far as this country at all gramme as Hussia has done! This is all to believe that the money was paid as a ing at hve o'clock, and the registered events is concerned, they will not re-

*"It was Mr. Root's opinion gratuity.

and letter mail now closes this morning cognise the desirability of at least clear ing up this one issue. It will be a sign of good will, and although Lancashire will not be anxious for any further burdens on commerce, it cannot, I imagine, fail to understand that those burdens to which we consent may be a good deal less onerous than those which we may be compelled to recognise.

we want

paper!!

that until British and American business The case, at this stage, was adjourned at 9.45 and 10,30, respectively. These interests insist on the Governments contil the afternoon, in order to enable the mails are due Victoris, B.C. on cerned doing this, Christianity in China defence to produce two material witDecember 22nd. will go pottering round as far as mis nesses. His Warship directed the police. The President Madison on Wednes sionary work is concerned, for the coun to give every assistance, in finding these day carried 331 bags of Christmas" mail try will pay little attention to this foreign two men, religion. In the future, too," he said, it is only the very best missionaries who will be able to do any good there

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At the afternoon session, after further evidence had been taken, the case was again adjourned.

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