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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6th, 1928.

MAY 30th IN SHANG-

HAI.

A DAY WITHOUT SERIOUS INCIDENT.

MANIFESTOES BY MANY

BODIES.

WHILE HIS GUARDS SLEPT.

KIDNAPPED SHANGHAI RE- BIDENT ESCAPES.

GANG ROUNDED UP.

LIFE IN BIAS BAY.

PIRATES AND MOSQUITOES,

STORY OF A RESCUED CAPTIVE.

A vivid word picture depicting the life led by the pirates and their unfortunate captives in the Ris Bay district was told by Mr. Luk Shing Sat, formerly compradore of the Norwegian steamer Soriken. He

SHING, May 31st. Another gang of kidnappers were frustrated in their efforts to ex- SHANGHAI, May 31st. The quiet and effective way in tract a huge ransom from a re- which the Municipal Pollee carried sident of the Settlement, says a out the precautionary measures, Shanghai paper. The guards hold-was taken captive by pirates when designed to prevent trouble yestering the victim fell asleep, permit that vessel was pirated on July day, insured the absence of all butting him to escape and warn the 20th, 1997. He was the unwilling

minor disturbances.

police.

The result of this escape was the appearance before the Provisional Court this morning of three men and a woman charged with kidnap ring and, balding to ransom for $50,000. They appeared before Judge, Liang and Deputy Stevens,

guest of the pirates for tea months and was recently rescued by Chinese troops who raided the bandits" den.

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SINGAPORE OBITUARY.

THREE WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS.

BANDITS IN THE SILK

DISTRICT.

Detectives mingled with small crowds on Nanking Rond and aug- mented police patroled the Louza

He said that Bins Bay is not district. Motor-cycle patro's were in evidence, both on the main roads

only infested with piraten but with and in the outlying districte. but

mosquitoes as well. Even the boat- Court Inspector Mason outlined men around that district are pirates they had no occasion to use force.

the case of the police after the in a small way. Mr. Luk stated. "On Nanking Road, however, shortly Court had been cleared of all par- When he and others were taken to after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, sons not directly interested in the A number of students congregated. case. At 9 am on May 28th, said Bias Bay by the pirates, they had Clenching their fiste, with apraised spector Mason, the complainant their shoes and socks taken away (whose name is withheld for ob-by the boatpeople. On getting arms, they shouted slogans and vious reasons) left his home nevom- worked themselves into a frenzy.panied by his mother and daugh- ashore, Mr. Luk and his brothers chauffeur driving the car.in misfortune were led by the pirates As they marched along the road,

After they had proceeded some dis-

SINGAPORE, May 9th. across the mountains for miles and the crowd followed them. In the Lance along the road they were

The death occurred on board the FIGHT WITH SOLDIERS AND main they were immature students, stopped by three arned men who eventually arrived at their destinaAfrica off Colombe, of Mr. James of both sexes, and youthful shop took possession of the car, one of tion with bleeding feet. They were Aitken, the doyen of the Singapore

them taking the wheel. assistants. Agitators threw huge

then chained by the legs and in. Bar. quantities of handbills-about-But

carcerated in a small but and five in a few moments several parties

of the robbers, all well armed, were left to guard them. of police dispersed them without resorting to force.

Kept On The Move, "After elipping into alleyways they met on other roads, and for half an hour the police went from corner to corner, dispersing them.

During the afternoon smail groups, merely idlers who hoped that something might happen, were kept on the move.

In the Chinees areas, it is said that everything was quiet. In all not more than 20,000 persons were granted holiday by their employers, and it is understood that the man- agement of Kiangnan Deck, offered their employees double pay if they would work throughout the day, which they did.

After some distance further they stopped the car and compelled the mother and daughter to alight. They then put dark spectacles (pasted over with a non-trans- parent material to blind), on their victim and drove to a house in the Western district where they held him prisoner for 24 hours. During that time he was forced, at the point of the pistol, to write a let ter to his family requesting them to hand over the sum of 850,000 to the gang's appointed agent. He

did Bo.

During the time he was in cap tivity the complainant counted as many as nine different gangsters However, early on the morning of May 30th his guards fell asleep and he managed to slip out of the house and run to a Chinese university some distance away from where he telephoned to the police, and to his family.

House Raided.

The captors seldom talked to the captives and anything which would sive a clue as to their whereabouts

The pirate..

after an unbroken period of work Mr. Aitken was on hiä-way Home

here since the war and was not in the best of health when he sailed. Born in Melbourne on July 13th, 1968, Mr. Aitken came to Malaya as a boy. He was called to the Bar

Mr. Aitken leaves a widow and also eisters in Singapore, Edinburgh and British Columbia.

Mr. Abraham Frankel,

FORTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HAUL NEAR CHANGCHOW.

FARMERS.

SHANGHAI, June 1st. Ever-alive to opportunities, bandits have not been asleep in the district surrounding Changchow, and news has lately been received

in January, 1801 and for some time in Shanghai that 840,000 has been was assiduously kept away from the he was with the late Mr. S. R. stolen by them.

Groom, subsequently acting, for a For the past few weeks hundreds prisoners. The unfortunate cap-year, as Official Aseignee and Re- of thousands of dollars, in bank tives were fed twice daily, the food gistrar of Deeds.

notes and in silver, have been sent was quite good, and they were even

away into the country for the pur- a smoke occasionally treated to

chase of silk-worm cocoons, and After a long time, Mr. Luk dia.

ode "silk man" here expressed covered that the place where ther were held prisoner was called Nim- Mr. Abraham Frankel, one of the surprise that bandit raids of this shan..

oldest residents of Singapore and kind did not happen oftener. Last chief periodically a leading member of the Jewish 'year apparently much money was visited the prisoners but always community, died at 12:30 p.m. on, lost in this way in the Chekiang took the precaution of wearing a Saturday at the age of 74.

districts. This time, however, there mask so that no one could identify Mr. Frankel's connection with has been no trouble there, but in- him. On each visit the chief would Singapore dates fortyfour years stead 840,000 has been taken from get his prisoners to write letters to back, when he came from Russia the dealers sent to Changchow. their families for ransom. He would and settled here. He started the Boldiers And Police Outnumbered. An appointment was immediately use threats if his orders were not firm of Frankel and Sons. now fixed between the complainant and complied with. Mr. Luk was made known as Frankel Brothers, and The robbery took place about last the police and a raid carried out to write for $10,000. He did so we also a large property owner, Friday, and, as far as can be as- upon the house from which he had bug fortunately for him the pirate particularly in the neighbourhood certained, between 20 and 30 armed robbers, or bandits took part in just made his escape but apparentenief could not find a go-between to of Siging.

Mr. Charles Kitts,

the raid The district chosen for ly owing to the discovery of his carry the letter to Hong Kong.

the raid has two small stations, fight the gang had practically all Life in Bias Bay was dull, Mr.

We also have to record the death about three miles apart, where the left, only an old woman being Lak complained, and in order to of Mr. Charles Kitts, at the age of selling is carried on, and these are

lighten the monotony the pirates 57, after a long liness,

guarded by a few soldiers and considerately provided their prison- Mr. Kitts was a well-known mem-police. The latter, however, were era with reading inatter. In the ber of the theatrical profeseron. soon outnumbered by the bandits hut where they were herded, many To present-day residents of Singn- and, after putting up a stiff re- suffered from malaria. One prisoner porc, he was known only as the sistance were finally overpowered, was very ill and as medicine was organiser of several amateur pro and the bandits retired to their Flags At Half-mast. In accordance with orders issued

not procurable, the pirate chief ad- ductione at the Victoria Theatre, fastnesses with the loot. During by the committee in charge of the The latter was arrested when he vized the man to smoke opium. bat in his day he was a guccessful | the fracas two Chinese farmers were observançce, there was no general was seen loitering in the vicinity | Large quantities of the drug wero | London actor whose talent was seriously wounded, and in all there given to the sick prisoner, who generally recognised. He came to were four casualties, four wound- smoked incessantly with the result Singapore with aire. Kitts in 1916 ed and are killed, the last mention Office, and students, Chinese police loitering around the house later in that he has now become addicted in a revue company called Theed being a farmer who died as a to the drug. He was rescued'nt the Cameos. Afterwards they organ- result of bullet wounds he received.

ised a school of dancing and they during the fighting. same time as Mr. Luk.

One of the prisoners was shot be have resided in Singapore, with

The $40,000 belonged all to Chi cause he knew too much and an intervals of holiday at home, since. nere dealers, and about three-quar- On Chinese New Year they begged they appeared in recent veare showed by insurance. the chief to free them from the ed both Mr. and Mrs. Kitts to he

Intimidators were active in Yang tezepoo, however, and as a result, of their threats, more than 1,000 employees of the Hou Sung Cotton Mill, 20, Seoul Read, refused to go

to their machines.

A few parties of students and labourers continued to inspect Japanese cargo, however, every thing passing off quietly.

found in the house.

She was arrested and made a statement which led to the arrest of the first male member of the gang who in turn gave informa- tion to the police which led to the arrest of the second male member.

strikce hall mast, including fourth prisoner was captured in strike but, as stated, all Bags were of the house the same evening. The those of the Customs and the Post like manner, when he was seen and soldiers wore crepe armbands, the evening. High officiale a'so wore these.

In the morning there was a wats

All the male prisoners have since been identified by the com-

meeting in the May 30th Martyrs plainant but there are still five other bought his liberty for $1,000. The amateur productiots in which tera of the total amount was cover-

or six members of the gang at large. For this reason the police weeks to conduct farther inquiries.

Memorial Cemetery in Chapel, at which speeches were delivered, literature distributed and the usual requested an adjournment. of two shackles and this was allowed. They accomplished members of the pro-ed Shanghai that farmers with ehouts. The place was heavily Sines his escape, said Inspector had one day of liberty, under fession. guarded by troops and police and Mason, the complainant has re- guard, of course and, the chief even there was no "attempt to cause ceived a letter and several tele save $200 to a bandit to purchase clothes for the prisoners, but this phone calls of a threatening nature Martial law, which bad been-pro- From other members of the gingman took the mones and lost it all-IS A-SQUARE JAW A SIGN OF unsafe to take the banknotes and claimed by General Chang Ting

The case was adjourned after gambling.

trouble.

CHINESE CO-OPERATIVE

FALLACIES OF

1928.

WILL POWER }' Fan, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, Detective-Sergeant Grubb had The pirates never stayed long in with a view to preventing evil char-given evidence of arrest, sceused one place but travelled about like

What are the most popular and acters from creating a disturbance, being held in custody,

gypsies.

On May 10th a body of soldiers persistent fallacies of the average was still in force last night and it

from Canton rescued the prisoners. educated man and woman of to- will continue until to-morrow morn. ing.

They arrived at four o'clock in the day? All communicatione 'were

A professor at a New York morning, and quietly captured one bandit guard and killed the other. university has declared, after sub- The soldiers rescued all the prison-mitting them in the form of ques- ers and took them back to the coast tions to several hundred men and tending them by launch to Taipo, women, that they may be sum- from whence Mr. k returned to marised as follows:- the Colony.

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bidden to be about the streets at night.

All theatres and other places of amusement were closed for the day. -N.-C. Daily Nera

VISIT OF JACQUES THIBAUD.

FRANCE'S FOREMOST

VIOLINIST.

Jacques Thibaud who will make

STORE.

SHANGHAI EXPERIMENT.

The first Chinese Goods "Co- operative Stores is being organised at Shantung Road, Shangnai, by twenty promoters, to distribute and retail all kinds of native manufac- tared goods and natural products on the plan of chain department stores, says "Shanghai paper.

It has been registered at the Bureau of Agriculture, Labour and Commerce at Nanking, and its life |

Mr. Luk said that, the 18th Divi sion of the Fifth Army is now quar- tered in Tamehuihui, Bias Bay.

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

DROP IN PRICES.

Practically no change to report

1.-Red-headed persons always have quick tempers.

2-All Scotsmen are penurious and all Chinese smoke opium.

3. A square jaw is a sign of will

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This year, too, reports have reach- cocoons to sell in the regions round Kiangying, formerly station, have now to take all their goods to Wusih for sale, as it is considered

silver so far into the country.~! N.-C. Daily News.

MILITARY TRAINING FOR SHANGHAI STUDENTS.

NOW INCLUDED. IN CURRICULA

The compulsory military training programme decided upon by the General Students Union has been generally included in the curricula power.

of most Chinese schools in Shang- 4-A high forehead indicates hai. It is estimated that só far superior intelligence.

over 20,000 students have been en- 5.--Shaving makes the hair grow rolled in the student army corps, faster.

and, in order to enforce proper 6.It is virtually committing supervision over them, the Union suicide to eat an ice after lobster, has sent out circular invitations to his bow to Hong Kong audiences is fixed at thirty years, but may The Compagnie de Commerce et

7. The liquid contained in the all the important military and on Saturday, June 16th, is France's be renewed thereafter. Membership de Navigation d'Extreme-Orient in centro of many golf-balls will cause political organizations to send dele greatest violinist and one of the is limited to factories only.

their report on the rice. market immediate total blindness. foremost living musicians. His suc As the chain af stores acts inere-

9-Brown shoes are cooler for gates to a conference to be held shortly to discuss the problems of cess is the East is therefore not ly as commission agents for its dated Saigon, May 30th, state:-

direction and supervision. B 9.-Long slender hands indicate surprising, for the finer school of members, no capital is required. Demand all round is very quiet and summer wear than black,

Merchant guilds and unions have French violin playing has always The initial expenses are to be ad- the prices have dropped consider

an artistic temperament.

been active in the inspection of been admired the world over, and vanced by the promoters, and are ably for rice as well as for brokens.

10-An expectant mother can cocks of Japanese goods held by 34 an exponent of this school to be deducted from the commis- Thibaud is, without a rival. Critics sions, the rates of which vary with concerning the rice meal. Sellers determine the character of her local dealers, and special attention have commented on the peculiar the nature of goods. All money are holding off on account of the child by concentrating her mind bag been devoted, to candy, and Fuhtan University caressing etyle which is unique with transactions are to be conducted small quantity of milling contracts on given subject.

11-Conscience is an infallible students, in groups, have been set this artist. He bows with elegance. through Chinese banks, and all ac-booked for the next few months. and his musicianship is that of a counts made public periodically. The total amount of rice exported guide to conduct,

12-One hour's sleep before mid- ing in concert with the labour unions in the inspection of Japan- The organisation is to be run on from January 1st to May 18th, 1928 night is worth two after.

13-Lightning: Thibaud had a wonderful recep. the committee system and has three is 715,811,160 tons against 679,011.584

never strikes ese goods on Shanghai and Woo-

sung wharves, non tion in Shanghai recently where committees, Business Operations, tons in 1927.

twice in the same place. "critics were at a Joss to express with one chairman and two vice- We quote to-day white Saigon

14. The marriage. of cousins the admiration which they felt for chairmen selected from the promo-rice No. 1 98% brokets round grain: inevitably results in weak-minded

children. bis performances. Japanese audi ters; Supervisory, composed of one Hong Kong $ per picul of 134 Tbs. ences in Dairen, Tokyo and elee representative of each member facf.n.b. Saigon; £0.10/8 per cet, f.o.b.

15-If your ears burn it is where have been unstinting in thertory, and Advisory, composed of Saigon; yen 0.05 per picul of 134 sign that some one is talking about praise of the French master, leaders of the government and of lbs. fo.b. Saigon, White Saigon you.

Booking for Thibaud's one con- the business world who shall help rice No. 2 sifted Japan quality: 16.-There is something in" cert in Hong Kong has already develop the organisation and act as Hong Kong $5.60 per picul of 134 astrology.

37-Dow falls. opened at Montrie's, and local en-mediators in case of disputes. lbs. fo.b. Saigon; £0.9/8 per cwt thusiasts are advised not to miss The first store is to be establish- f.o.b. Saigon; yen 6.20 per picul of The professor declares that every this one chance of hearing the ed in Shanghai, and branch stores 134 lbs. Lo.b. Saigon. For June- one of these statements is unquali-

elsewhere when conditions warrant. Í July shipment.

fiedly false.

master.

eminent French artist,

sugar stores,

The Merchants Federation "of

Greater Shanghai has sent a tele- gram. to the Bureau of Public Safety at Changchow urging the Bureau to take-strict-measures in punishing the local candy dealers who assaulted the students of in- spection parties Inst week, and a letter of consolation and encourage ment was also sent to the Studente Union in that city-N-C. Daily

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