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TSINAN TAKEN OVER.

VERY. QUIET CHANGE.

JAPANESE TROOPS

WITHDRAWN."

[THNCOON REUTER'S AGENCY.)

FEFING; May 6.

'''TALKIE” PATENTS

DISPUTE.

LEGAL BATTLE RAGING.

MANY COUNTRIES„ INVOLVED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY."]

talkie"

LONDON, May 5. The prosecution of the legal Two regiments of gendarmes from Nanking entered Tsinan yesterday 'battle with regard to the morning taking over the control of apparatus patents is to be pursu- the Walled City, and the Sinchunted in other countries where the Western Electric Company's patents are being used, according to a joint statement issued by counsel for the Engl and Elangfilm Tobis Group. niter Mr. Justice Romer had postponed the suit for an in-

Arsenal.

Japanese troops were withdrawn to the Foreign Settlement at noon.

The change was carried out very quietly.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929.

HOPES GROWING

AT GENEVA.

AN ATMOSPHERE OF GOOD-WILL.

NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

(THROCOE) REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PRINCE HENRY IN JAPAN.

BRILLIANT MILITARY

TOURNAMENT.

VIGOROUS EARL OF AIRLIE.

[TEKOUGH REUTER'S AGEŃCY.]

PREPARING FOR THE FRAY.

ELECTION ACTIVITIES IN BRITAIN.

MR. BALDWIN'S REVIEW.

[THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.]

-London, Mar 5.

Party headquarters are displaying

BRITISH "OPEN" STARTS.

GREATEST IN HISTORY.

STRONG AMERICAN

Telegrams in Brief

It is stated that as the resuït of a series of violent earthquakes in North-East Ferala, over 9,000 per soas have been killed, and count less others injured. The majority of the casualties occurred, it ap Several vil- pears at Khorarsan, lages in the region have been com- pastely obliterated and the disturb. aners continue.

CHALLENGE.

(THROUGH REUTKX'S AGENCY.}

EDINBRON, May 8,

"Torro,"May 8.

What promises to be one of the Brilliant weather attended the intense activity in view of the dis-greatest Open Championships in Duke of Gloucester's visit to the solution of Parliament next Friday history opened in half a gale, at Cavalry school at Narashino, where Proof of the busy deliberations Muirfield links to-day, with 242 of he spent an interesting day, gain-within the four corners of political the world's greatest golfers compet-ember when he hopes, with nere

impressions of associations and committee rooms is ing. This includes the strongest ing" first hand

afforded by the fact that arrange-American contingent ever seen over Ross Sea Japanese military efficiency.

The programme included an ex-ments have already been made to here, numbering sixteen. hibition of horsemanship, fencing, nominate 1,885 candidates for 815

seats. and bayonet-fighting.

GENEVA, May 8 At the meeting of the Disarma. ment Committee, when the discus- sion turned on Naval armaments, Viscount Sato moved an adjourn ment in order to give the interest. ed Governments time, carefully to examine the American proposals, with which he promised the most zingere Japanese co-operation:

Lord Cushendue supporting the motion, pointed out that Paris is specifically mentioned in specific American proposals were the statement, where proceedings not yet, available, and would re- will be taken, but alleged infringed quire time for consideration when patents are also being employed in received. He added however, "We jed Italy Spain and Sweden.

have reached a point where instead Australia is also likely to be of almost despairing we are most involved.

hopeful of reaching an agree- ment."

CLEANING UP SHANTUNG. junction.

3.000 REBELS CAPTURED.

(TELOUGH EBUTER'S AGENCY,]

SHANGHAI, May 6. Tsingtao advices are that 3,000 etrigglers from Chang Toung The Western Electric Co. have Chang's armies, who were in hid-filed Sve suits in Berlin to restrict ing at Tochi Island; off the north the use of Klangam Tobis patents. coast of Shansung, were surround-

ed and made prisoner on the night of May 4, by land forees from the gunboats Hajchi and Chenhai.

A large number of rifles and field guns were also seized.-

THE, MISSING LADY

MISSIONARY.

REPORTED TO BE AT LITSING.

́(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.)

PEPING, May 3. Chefco reports are that Miss Monsen, the Norwegian lady mis sionary, is

"the steamer the Yellow Peking at Litsing, en River.

T:(W On

DEATH OF COLONEL MAX BAUER.

"MILITARY INSTRUCTOR TO CHINA.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, May 6 Colonel Max" Bauer, the German military adviser to the Nationalist Government, died at the Isolation "Hospital this morning, from sinal)-

Trex.

He right-hand man during the war.

Contracted on Warship.

THE BOMBAY RIOTS.

SITUATION EASIER.

[HROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

Bony, May 6.

The situation has improved, and an order has been issued prohibit ing the collecting of stones and the carrying of any weapons ia public.

The total casualties are 21 killed and 200 injured.

MR. MACKAY'S DEATH

IN BERLIN.

BRITISH RESIDENTS'

DISSATISFACTION.

{THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, May 5.

The British colony is very dis satisfied with the circumstances of the death of Mr. Mackay, the news paper correspondent.

It is felt that a searching and impartial inquiry is essential

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According to Police report. Mackay was warned not to visit the scene of the rioting but was seen in the danger zone through- out the afternoon of May a His body was found in Hermanastr at 9p.m.

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the

of ·CTS-

A Complex Problem, Mr. Gibson, in concurring. said that nothing was more favourable to the progress of the work than the present atmosphere thusiasm and goodwill. *

"We must progress as fast as is consistent with a wound and effective handling of an important and complex problem, without jeopardising developments through precipitately entering into discus- sions for which any interested Powers are not prepared."

Afterwards the Duke lunched This is a new record." Of the with the War Minister, we stayed 1,695 aspiranta 582 are Conserva to watch a cavalry encounter intives, 559 Labour adherents," 493 which both mounted and dismount Liberals, 24 Communists and

other parties.

cavalry, besides artillery, armoured cars, and, aireraft parti eipated.

The climax was a spectacular cavalry charge across the open moors to the accompaniment of machine-gun fire, booming of guns, and bombing by aircraft.

At Prince Henry's request the programme was extended so as to include the inspection of stables.

The Lighter Side. An unrehearsed incident which caused much amusement was seen when the Duke, after watching a sword-cutting test on damp straw trusses with a heavy, two-banded sword, requested Lord Airlie to have a try. The Earl, who is most The Committee "agreed to post-powerfully built, wielded the sword pone the consideration of Naval with great vigour, and cut the truss armaments until the next Session.

"Well Begun-Half Done," "Well begun is half done was the dictum of the Chairman, when winding up the session of the Pre- paratory Committee.

deeply, but beat the sword, as special skill is required to cut with the Japanese style of sword with- out bending it.

The Earl of Airlie, knowing boy

He declared that the results ob-highly the Japanese prize their tained would clear the air and swords was most apologetic, hut the promote the work of Disarmament. ewner, amidst much laughter, put What had hitherto not been achieved would be obtained through him at his case by promising to the Disarmament Conference pro present it to him as a souvenir.

per.

ECHO OF MEXICAN

REVOLT.

A. NEW YORK SENSATION.

[AZUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE]

New YORK, May 5. There was a dramatic echo of the On the contrary. Renter's core Mexican Revolution here today, spondent points out that Mackay General Ludendorff's was with friends all the afternoon when four men were arrested in a

and evening and was last seen alive hotel hy secret police. at 11.30 p.m.. when he took a taxi- cab in the Neu Kola District. His body was found at 12.10 a.m., fatal ly, wounded in the stomach.

LATER, Col. Bauer died from small-pox contracted aboard a "Chinese war- ship on the Yangtsze, from" which he had been directing Chiang Kai Shiek's military campaign against Wuhan.

[Colonel Bauer arrived in Shang. hai to take over his duties as Mi tary Instructor to the Nationalist Government as recently as Novem: "ber 14 of last year.}

CENTRAL POLITICAL

COUNCIL

24 MEMBERS ELECTED.

(THROUGH REUTZE'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, May 6.

New Communist Ran.

BERLIN, May ✪ The Prussian Government has ordered the dissolution of the Com munist military organisation "Rot front." The ban may possibly be extended throughout the country.

REPARATIONS UNDER DISCUSSION.

FRENCH OPINION OF NEW SCHEME.

The arrested aren were two Mexi caus and two American (United States) ex-Government oficials who had been employed at El Paso,

Orowds of Sightseers. *" Except for short stretches, in the rural district crowds two or three deep lined almost the whole route of 25 miles, on both sides, both going and returning. Parties of school-children wayed British and Japancee paper flags, and even pic turesque old thatched farms, ham lets, and village shrines were be Hagged.

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There was an interesting contrast between the townsmen's and peasang try's welcome. Both were equally

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Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Arctia, and Aatarctic explorer, has landed at Plymouth. On his last Antarctic trip Wilkins explored 1,200 miles of coast line, discovering 20 islands, two channels and one strait. He returns to the Antarctie next Sept planes, to explore 2,500 miles of coastline between Grahamsland and

Plans have just been completed The recent victory of Britain infer the construction of the world's the Ryder Cup has greatly enhanced highest building in Chicago. It is the interest in the Anglo-American to consist of 75 storeys and is to be built for the Railroads and Air duct. American favourites are Rights Corporation. It will be Walter Hagen, the holder, or the 1,002 feet high, or a few feet higher than the Eiffel Tower. It is plan- American player Horton

need that the building abs include "kaby Smith, whilst of the English play a garage with accommodation for ers Duncan and Charles. Whitcombe 1,000 motor-cars, and Turkish baths. are most fancied after their Ryder Cup experience in a wind and with 10,000 present.

A few additions or withdrawals may be expected by, nomination day, but there is only Hikely to be sight unopposed returns, including the Speaker (Capt. Fitzroy), and "Elaborate preparations have been two solidly Conservative seats in a made for a record crowd. At the city of London constituency.".. end of the 36 holes Qualifying

Women continue to increase the lead over men in the latest returns lodged of voters on the new regis ter the figures now being women 8,185,710 and men 7,233,028.

"Red" Opposes Sir John Simon.

The

Communists of the West Riding of Yorkshire have chosen S. Asmani, President of the Indian Trades Union Congress who is at present awaiting trial at Meerut, India, on a charge of sedition, to oppose Sir John Simon in the Spen Valley constituency at the Geneva Election.

Another Indian Communist, Upadych, will represent Asmani at Spen Valley throughout the cam- paign.

The Radio.

Competition one hundred players plus alt those who may tie for the hundredth place will play 2 holes in the Championship Proper. One round each will be played on Wednesday and Thursday, and two on Friday..

"

Early Returns. Contrasting with the best of the. early returns namely by the Ameri cans Von Elm, Cruickshank, the Argentinian Jurado and Reginald Whitcombe with 73's. Was an American amateur's ici made up òf 5, 6, and 7's. with one eleven.

BEQUESTS OF

PRINCESS.

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According to a British Wireless message, broadcasting is playing, and will continue to play an import- ant part in the contest. Conserva- tive, Labour and Liberal spokesmen LEGAL DISPUTE THREAT- have used the microphone during the last few weeks and arrange ments have been made for represen tatives of each of the three parties to broadcast a special address to

women.

One in every three houses in the country has wireless and it is es- timated that the listeners will num- ber 20,000,000.

ENED.

GROCER'S DAUGHTER.

The Swedish destroyer Ehrenskold has brought back to England the body of Sir John Tudor Yangha. British Minister to Sweden, who. died suddenly a few days ago. The Ehrenekeld was met by the two British destroyers, Trinidad and Teazer, and escorted into harbour,

H.M. the King has approved of the appointment of Mr. Shenton White legge Thomas, Colonial Secrc- tary of the Gold Coast, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Nyasaland Protectorate, in suo cession to Sir Charles Bowring, whose period of office will shortly expire.

Stendy rain all over Britain hae

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broken a prolonged drought, which had become matter of acute anxiety to the farmers. The wet- sest place has been Bognor. Greasy roads involved heavy week-end meter traffic in many smashes, due to skids. Six motorista bave been killed and many injured.

President Hoover, long a patron of motion pictures, has abandoned the silent drama for the "talkies" it was revealed when newspaper- men learned the President has ordered equipment for sound pic tures to be installed in the White House.

A subterranean lake has been dis- covered near the town of Kutnis in the Caucasus The discovery was Princess Clara Hatzfeld, who made during the construction of a Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Mac- Donald and Mr. Baldwin, the three died in London last December, and railway tunned. A Press report who inherited a large fortune from states that eyeless fish were found party lenders, will speak on May 27, 28 and 20, respectively, all deliver- Mr. Callis P. Huntingdon, the in the lake and that a scientific who commission will shortly make in- ing messages to voters prior to poll-American railway magnate,

her, bas adopted

left almost vestigations. ing on May 30.

£150,000. to her English friends,

Her wealth has been estimated at several millions, but she inherited probably little more than £1.200,000, She was the daughter of Edward Prentice, a Californian grocer,

Commander Philip Champion de Creapigoy, second son of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, in the chief beneficiary, with £100,000 in cash champ Harrison, who was confiden, tial secretary to the princess and her husband for many years, wik receive £30.000, as well as jewels, furniture, and stock.

Government's Work,

The Prime Minister, reviewing the work of his administration, saya that in spite of the industrial troubles of 1928, which cost tax payers £50,000,000, trade is now

The Polish Ambassador at Moscow, 3. Fatek, formerly Poland's repre sentative at Tokyo, has been decor. ated with the Grand Cross of the Rumanian Order of the Crown in recognition of his meritorious work in bringing about Rumania's parti. cipation in Litvinow Eastern anti- war protocol.

Texas, and who were found in sincere, but the former "Banzaied" more prosperous than at any time and stock holdings. Mr. H. Beas Economic Council has decided to

possession of gold cheques and stocks to the value of $140,000.

banknotes, vociferously, whilst the latter stood with head bowed in respectful silence in accordance with the cus tom of old Japan.

These cheques and stocks are alleged to be part of loot seized by Mexican rebele from banks at Chihuahua.

It is stated that one of the Mexi- cans was formerly a paymaster in the rebel forces at Juarez.

WHISKY BOTTLE'S LONG

TRIP

PROBLEMS OF "DEEP SEA CURRENTS.

In the evening a banquet is to held at the British Embassy.

THE GARTER MISSION.

IMPERIAL RESCRIPT.

Ahe

From the Japanese Consul-General we have received the following text (THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]

of the Imperial Rescript addressed PARIS, May 3..

There are 494 shoips sailing the by H.M. the Emperor of Japan to French circles state that Mr. The Standing Committee of the Young's scheme provides for the seven seas that throw whisky bottles H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucestor Council this Germah payment of an annuity of overboard every day; and they are when the Insignia of the Garter was Central Executive afternoon elected the following 242,060 million gold marks (compared not Prohibition ships.

undidates to constitute the Cen with the creditor Powers proposal Ensign of the Royal Navy or the autograph letter of HM the King,

Every one dies either the White presented by H.R.H., with tral Political Council, the highest of 2,200 million) for 37 years.

War debts would, moreover, be Red of the British Mercantile on the 3rd inst., at the Imperial of the Govern political organ meat-Hu Han Min. Chiang Kai covered white necessary by Reich Marine.

The layman might think the con- Palace, Tokyo:- Shck, Wang Ching Wei, Tan Yen paymente out of parts of profit of

tents of the bottles very dry. Each Kai, Yeh Chu Chang, Sun Fo. Yu the projected International Bank.

It is understood that the German contains a Drift Bottle Paper, Yu Jen, Ting Wei Feng, Chen Kuo Fu, Feng Yu Hsiang Yes Hsi reservations are of a politica! char- which is Form 935, in the list of Shan, Ha Ying Ching, Tai Chi Tao, acter and ain at safeguarding Ger- official publications issued by the Yung Shu Chuang, T. V. Soong, many's future engagements relative Meteorological Office of the Air Ministry. The finder is not reward Chao Ta Wei, Wu Tez Huci, to the carrying out of the scheme.

ed, bat he gets his postage refunded. Chang Ching Kiang, Li. Shih Tseng, Tsai Yuen Pes, Yu Ying Fun, Lin Sen, Wang Chung Hue, Shao Li Isat, with, as substitutes, Li Weng Fang, Shao Yuan Chun, Chen Fa, Wang Pa Chan, Chu Chia Hua, HH. Kung, C. J. Wang, and Hsueh Tah Pi.

The Ministry of Railways has ap proved the appointment of Mr.. Tuxford to succeed Mr. Clear a engineer-in-chief of the Shanghai- Nanking Railway.

SHORTAGES IN HUPEH FUNDS.

(Wah Te: Yat Poc.)

SHANGHAI, May 6. Investigation into the handling of funds of the Hupeh Provincial Treasury during the regime of the Kwangsi Clique. revealed that of the official funds handled by Chang Chih Peng, $620,000 was unaccount. ably missing. A certain official has been arrested in this connection

PEPING STUDENT STRIKE SETTLED.

(Wah Tez Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, May 6 The strike of the students of the Peiyang University has been settled as the Ministry of Finance has set aside $200,000 from the Belgian share of the Boxer Indemnity for the repairs or the University Build ings.

FENG CONDEMNS SUN

LIANGCHENG... (Wah Tez Tat Pac.)

2,500-Miles Voyage: "

**It is with sincere pleasure, and feelings of bigh gratification that I welcome Your Royal Highness here in order to receive from your hands the Insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter conferred upon me by His Majesty the King of England, your august father.

The object is to solve the problem of deep-sea currents. One of the esteem, it a high honour to papers, which recovered was thrown be a member of this most ancient averboard from the steamship Welah and illustrious Order of Knight City in Lat. 3.55 south, on October hood, as my father, the Emperor 7, 1927. This is in the most desolate Taisho, and my grandfather, the part of the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 Emperor Meiji, were before me. I miles north of Fiji.

regard it not only as a historic symbol of chivalry, but as a signal mark of the deep and unchanging friendship which His Majesty has always shown towards myself and my House

It was returned to London, after having been 434 days at sea, from North Queensland, nhout 2,500 miles away.

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It is by piecing together there cords of such floating messages that the weather wizards hope one day

make navigation to science.

A drift bottle has been picked up at La-Courbe, a small seaside resort a few miles from Rochfort, in the Bay of Biscay, The paper in it SHANGHAI, May 6. states that it was thrown into the Hough Tub Pi, who Ims just re- sca near New York on July 20, tumed. to Nanking after a visit to Feng Tu Hsiang, said that Feng condemned Sun Liang Cheng for evacuating Talan,

127, by Captain George Berry, of the White, Star liner Celtic, which was wrecked on the south of Ireland last December.

I ask Your Royal Highness to convey to His Majesty the King an expression of my profound ap preciation of the high distinction be has bestowed upon me and the manner in which he has thought fit to confer it. I would ask you also. to sasure His Majesty of the warm sentiments of friendship and catcem which I cherish towards him and the Royal House of England. To this I would add my heartfelt wishes for his speedy restoration to complete bealth"

since the war,

Boy of Eighteen.

The Soviet Government Central enlarge

the recently instituted naphtha pipe line from Grosny to Tuapse from its present capacity of one milion tons to 1.5 millions

in order to facilitate the increase of naphtha exports. For this purpose five new pumping stations will have to be built.

As indications of improvement he states that 73 coal mines re-opened this year and he points to the ship building revival, to the increase in national trading profit from £88,000,000 to £149,000,000 during the past four years and to the fact that 600,000 more people are work ing than in 1924.

The first dirigible manufactured Since that date 800,000 bonses the late Mr. Speaker Gully, and wholly in Japan is being assembled were created, and social legislation succeeded his father in 1923 and at the Kasumigaurn naval aero- passed including the extension of £3,000 is left. to Mr. H. Chalmers drome, near Tauchiera..

2003 at 85 instead of 70.

Labour Support From Chicago! CHICAGO, May 6. The Socialist Party Executive has issued an appeal for election fands for the British Labour Party.

The sum of £8,000 is left to Vis count felhy-the present peer, a boy of eighteen, is the grandson of

Old Age Pensions to insured per- Roberts and to Major Maitland Ker- Unusually cold weather for the

sey, D.S.O.

time of the year in Japan is attack- Major Kersey has had an advening the northern districts. There turous life. He was in the Klon-

have been heavy snowfalls in die during the gold rush days, and severa! préfectures, damaging_mul- wou his D.5.0. in the South African Berry crops and spoiling cherry war with the 15th Battalion Im blossom, perial Yeomanry, which he finally commanded. He has been manager. in-chief of the ocean services of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and New York manager for the White Star Line.

DEADLY MEASLES.

OLD TRADITIONS WHICH HAMPER DOCTORS..

It is important to realise that measles kille more people than scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever put together. It is

and from New York states that her own

RICH BUT HOMELESS. WEALTHY MAN WHO SLEPT IN BILLIARDS ROOMS.

Princess Chart Hatzfeldt only ob. tained her inheritance. from Mr. Known as a rich man who had & a fixed home Huntingdom after a prolonged and strong objection to

and used to sleep mainly in billiards

and rooms,

strange expensive lawsuit, and a message` will is to be contexted by her philanthropist of the East End has died in St. Peter's Hospital, London. states a weekly bul- a San Francisco business man. a dangerous disease, not a mild, ucphew, Mr. E. Whitman Prentice,

Though he had spent thousands trivial one,"

Other beneficiaries are Mr. Joseph of pounds in letin of the Central Council for

the last twelve. Health Education, which is issued D. Redding, of San Francisco, months, even his many friends, who by arrangement with the Ministry £5.000, and Baroness Alliotti, of knew him as Ike Samuels," never of Health and the General Medical Villano, Italy, and Mr. Lawrence knew him to have a definite ad

Townsend, of Washington, £4,000 dress Council.

He

Apart from deaths, there is each.

He spent his money is quickly' great deal of damage to the child.

The princess married Prince as he accumulated it, and used to from an attack of measles, it is stated. All sorts of weaknesses Francis von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, walk about with £100 notes in a may be left, and lead to tubercu- son of the head of one of the oldest pocket inside his waistcoat.

never used, a bank and, although) losta, lung trouble, kidney disease, German families, én 1888.

The princess Was a strikingly he carried so much money about with him, he was never robbed. To and other disabilities.

The stupid practice when measles handsome woman, and was renowŻ- breaks out in a family of deed for her exquisite clothes. She the poor of the East End he was liberately allowing the case and the had a house in Berkeley Square, very generous, and he never refused other children to be together, on and rented Lord Cowley's place, anybody, down and out who ap the plea that it is as well for all Draycott, in Wiltshire, where she proached him for the price of a

night's lodging, was of them to have it at the same time, entertained lavishly. She

Especially in Aldgate and White cannot be too strongly condemned. noted for her cotillons; and at one, chapel was be a popular figure, a The later in childhood we can given in 1904, the bought up, for cheeful as he was generous, and postpone the attack the lees dan one of the figures all the china one of his chief recreations, was to gerous it is likely to be."

When an outbreak occurs there is animals at a Danish china shop in watch the boxing at Premierland. absolute aced for fresh air and which Queen Alexandra took a

keen interest ventilation, the cases require daily washing (the idea that you drive the rash in if you wash a measles case lingers on), and there is need for care of the eyes, ears, mouth, and throat.

She lived chiefly in the mouth of France during the last years of her fe, and had renewed her Ameri- can citizenship after her hazband's death.

About four years ago he broke a leg in a street accident, and this undermined his health.

Taking chances was his speciality. He used to say he made his money in this way and lost it by the same method.