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PROHIBITION AND US.

PRISONS.

NEW LAWS BLAMED FOR THE RECENT RIOTS..

[UNITED PRESS.

Washington, April 27-Mr. Wil

liam D. Mitchell, U. S. Attorney

General, in an interview to-day `at- tributed prison revolts in the Unit ed States during the past few months to over-crowding of nearly all penal institutions

This condition, he explained, was due largely to the many com

WILL WOMEN BE ORDAINED?

FEWER MEN OWING TO

LACK OF FUNDS.

If the present shortage of clengy continues it is possible that the Church of England will, within the next few years, have 'seriously to consider the ordination of women. Whereas before the war about

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930.

MASTER'S ERROR OF NEW BANK FOR SHANGHAI.

JUDGMENT.

THE LOSS OF THE CITY OF

PEKIN.

That the sinking and loss of the

City of Peking cargo liner of the Ellerman Line, which ran into a

650 men were ordained in a year, the number last year was only 483.

The trouble is not that there is any shortage of candidates, but reef off the coast. of Chosen on that there is not the money to April 10 was due to du error of train them for ordination.

"Before the war we took our judgment on the part of the mas clergy almost entirely from the middle class," says Prebendary Ler in not allowing sufficiently for Theological College, in his annual

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of the American Express Co.'s ing the main and mezzanine floors building at. 85 -Broadway, which have been altered to furnish excel lent banking offices. A vault has of the building with a steel protes been constructed on the lower level tive door weighing 18 tons,

The bank has been incorporated York with a fully paid up capital of U.S.810,000,000, and surplus and organization reserves of U.S.88,000,000, making total of 1.S.$18,000,000, which will be more,

US. AIR MANCEUVRES.

SAN FRANCISCO SAVED

FROM ATTACK.

[UNITED PRESS.]

San Francisco, April 24-After air defence

had

theoretically "saved San Francisco

weeks of army field exercises, Air the concluding chaisco to-day in.

Corps officials returned with their squadrons to Sacramento and an* nounced that the aerial manoeuvres had aided them in drawing three im-

oapable of attaining an altitude of portant conclusions

First, it was stated pursuit 'plauca

25,000 feet were needed to replace the present single-seaters of much.

paratively new laws, of which the 4. Phillips, principal of Lichfield the set of the current after passing under the laws of the State of New lower ceiling,

national prohibition law was the outstanding example.

Mr. Mitchell cited the fact that prisoners sentenced for prohibition violations comprised approximate ly one-third of the entire total of 20,001 inmates of federal institu- tions.

"Ha said that the number of li quor law prisoners had quadrupled since 1920 More than two-thirds of the federal prisoners in the vari ous county gaols were prohibition law offenders.

A

Narcotic law offenders ran close second in the national totals, according to the Attorney-General, while automobile theft was respon sible for the third largest total.

report.

Three Courses Open "The middle class is censing to exist, and certainly to finance its sons up to the age of 23,"

There are, according to Prebend ary Phillips, three courses open to the Church of England:-

Admission as priestesses of w0- then from the middle class on the grounds that they could pay for their own training.

Sarly Island, taking into consi. deration the sudden decrease in the visibility experienced at the "tine," was the finding handed down by the Naval Court of Enquiry held at the British Consulate General in Kobe on April 23 The Court did not consider that there was any negligence on the master's part.

to

Second, a bombing aeroplane cap- able of a speed of 130 miles an. hour was needed to replace bombers originally designed for night raids and capable of only 110 miles an hour,

Third, a fleet of tri-motored trans- port aeroplanes should be added to the few ships now available for

arrying supplice and man.

is claimed, than any other bank has ever reported at the outset of its curaer. The American Express Co. owns the majority of the stock of the now-buak, whereas small allotments have been made

In the event of war," said American Express Co. a stockhold General Gilmore, in charge of the La Court's finding went on furers and officers and directors of the

recent maneuvres, we would be ther to stats that the crew appear new bank. In view of the affilia sorely handicapped with our present Enrolment of amateur clergy, to have conducted themselves pro- tion of the American Express Cobombing contingent. who, having some secular profes: perly; that the vessel appears to with the Chase National Bank, the sion, would officiate in their have well found, sufficiently man- new bank will, therefore, be en- spare time.

Financing the training of can-her departure from Vladivostok, ned and sea-worthy at the time of didates from elementary and se- and was not overloaded; that the condary schools.

vessel appears to have been proper-

Mr. Mitchell expressed the belief If the present state of affairs ly supplied with charts. The that the increase in the number of continues the number of ordina-Court in pursuance of the power federal prisoners was due to the tions will fall still lower, and Fre-vested to it by section 483 of 57 increasing Congressional tender.cy bendary Phillips foresee, in that and 58 Victoria C. 60, orders that to assume, through legislation, the event the breakdown of the paro- the sum of £8-4-0, being the costs legal functions which were former-chial system in the Church of Eng of the proceedings before the said 15 left with the state and local au- land and the substitution of a band Court, be paid by the master, be thorities.

of travelling missionaries.

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An interesting "fish" Feared in the Shanghai Chinese Press the other day. According to The Court was presided over by this a large fish measuring some Mr. M. Massy Royds, British Con- 30 feet in length appeared near the sul-General, and consisted of Lt-sea-shore at Chuansha, Pootung, on Commander F. "G, Bullock of the the right of April 19. News of this cruiser Cornwall, Mr. A. 8. Gor- was quickly spread to the neigh; dan, master of the Nellore, and bouring villages and, within a very Mr. F. Sadell, master of the Kash short time, hundreds of farmers had gathered to witness this atrange spectacle. According to these. People, the fish was of a bluish-grey Captain A Spoule, commander colour and its mouth is said to have of the ill-fated ship, in his evid-heen so large that it could easily ence declared that the reef running have swallowed an eight or nine but from the South side of Brook year old child, says the journal. Island, where the vessel, struck At the time the fish was seen, it does not appear on the chart. The was still alive but bogged in the island was sighted two minutes bermud, and trying to extricate itself. fore, the City of Pekin struck Im- mediately after the collision, the vessel developed a heavy list to port. He gave the order to abau- dou the ship, and 15 minutes later the whole crew of 81 were in the lifeboats, and away from the ship, which was sinking rapidly by to head. The crew were picked up shortly after by a Japanese fishing vessel.

Others who testified

ware,

D. R. D. Ramsey, chief officer; C.'] S. Humphries, second officer; R. A. Jones, third officer; J. J. Leitch, chief engineer; P. F. Nuthall, wireless officer, and Helin Ali, lookout man. The above evidence was given. from memory, as none of the ship's papers were saved."..

Left. Vladivostock April 8

The vessel loft Vladivostok on

April 8 at 2.30 p.m. bound for Dairen with a cargo of soya beans and general merchandise, and with crew of 81 hands The weather was fine at first but afterwards be came slightly hazy.

At 8.30 am, on April 10 the ship's course was S. 71 W. true. Sentinel laland was sighted on the port beam between 10 and 11 a.., and was passed about three miles off. The vessel passed Sca Rock on the starboard side st or about ooon on the same course, the wea-

ther then being hazy, but not thick. At 2 pm, the course was altered to S. 65 W. true, and Bedwell Is jand was seen abeam 3 miles on the starboard side. The weather then became thicker, Surly Island was passed at 3.50 p.m. about to 3/4 mile off. Course was then al- tered to 8. 55 W. true, to pass about one mile off Farmer Island. At 4.05 course was altered to B 18 W true, and at 4.09 the ship struck, Brook Island having been sighted about two minutes before, the weather at the time being foggy in patches.

MR. STRAWN ON THE PROHIBITION POLL.

BELIEVED TO REPRESENT THE NATIONAL SENTIMENT.

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[UNITED PRESS.] Washington, April 26-Mr. Silas Strawn, the well known Chicago lawyer who had recently devoted himself to saving his native" city. from bankruptcy and who was several years ago chief of the U.S. delegation to the China Customs conference, paid a courtesy call at the White House to-day.

of

He was visiting Washington. in connection with the Senate debate on confirmation

President Hoover's nomination of Mr. C G. Parker to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Mr. Strawn favours the nomination.

Following the call upon, the Pre- sident, Mr. Strawn expressed the opinion to newspaper reporters that the presens nation-wide pall of sentiment on national prohibition gave a true reflection of opinion throughout the country. The poll showed most of the voters favouring modication of the law, the next largest total in favour of repeal, and a minority for the law is it stands.

Fearing that it would devour other animals and fish, the farmers stabbed it to death with daggers, pears, etc. Owing to its great weight, the farmer were unable to remove the dead fish to a con- venieno place for public view and it was left on the sea-ahore until the morning of April 9 when a number of famine sufferers from North Kiangsu, who passed in several junks, cut it up and carried it away. According to some of the farmers who ate the fish, it tasted SIR HENRY DRAYTON ON CON. like beef and was delicious, -

INVISIBLE GLASSES.

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MORE EVIDENCE ON

PROHIBITION, ·

TROL IN ONTARIO,

[UNITED PRES.]

Washington, April 24.—Sir Henry Ontario Drayton, bead of the Liquor Control System testified be- fore the prohibition hearings to-day that the Ontario plan had displayed considerable success in controlling drunkenness and in promoting tem perance.

He thus contradicted the testi-

It is possible to wear glasses with out disfigurement, invisible glasses, so to speak. A small lens is ground so as to fir the eyeball closely and to correct defective vision. It is applied to the eyeball, and there mony given by Ernest Drury, a it remains spectacles and pince-ncz former dry agent who had de- become unnecessary, and no oneclared that the system in: Ontario knows that anything is being worn,

had proved itself & failure för the except the wearer, and even he will

most, part. feel a slight discomfort only at first, for it seems that in time he will get completely accustomed to the new lens.

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The idea is not novel. In 1888 an

"Dealing with phases of prohibi tion among university students of

William the United States, Mr. Roper of Princeton testified in con- article was contributed by Dr. tradiction to the testimony pre- Eugen Frick, of Zurich, to the viously presented by Alonzo Stags, Archives of Ophthalmology, in known as the "grand old man

bich the so called contact lens football coach of the University of But it is Chicago. Mr. Roper said that is described in detail. only of late that these lenses have, drinking was at present more. been made in such perfection that vigorous than it was before the pro thay, can be placed on the market. hibition law was passed, according There is also an improvement in to his observation. the sense that the lens described, by Dr. Frick was not "close-fitting--a between its inner surface and the liquid was injected to fill the space.

outer surface of the cornea. The

Zeiss, fits so closely that the surface new leas, as made by the firm of

The City of Pekin was a steel optical sense, and is replaced by the of the cornca is eliminated in an screw steamer of 4,428 tons net reens and the tearfilm behind the gistered tonnage, built at Now tena.. castle in 1920, and belonging to the Port of Liverpool

U.S. AERIAL DISASTEPS.

TWO CHILDREN KILLED.

[UNITED PREBS.]

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A little practice is needed to fit the new" contact lens into the eye; it is best done by an optician at first, but after a few trials the wearer can easily do it himself. Professor Heine, writing in the Münchener Medizinische Wochens chrift, claims that the lens is less dangerous than ordinary glasses The eyeball eludes most injuries, hut even a blow that may crack the lens does not necessarily injure the surface of the eye behind it, whereas ordinary glasses may he smashed and splinters may enter the eye.

When the lens is worn it is, wash-

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"Students "look down upon tée-" totallers," is the opinion of Mr. Roper.

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