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BI-METALLISM CAMPAIGNU

GOLD SUPPLIES BECOMING

SHORT.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, July 29.

GIRL'S GRAVE IN WOOD.

RICHMOND PARK MURDER.

DISCOVERY AFTER TWO | DEATH, SENTENCE PASSED.

DAYS' SEARCH.

BLOODHOUNDS OUT.

The campaign in favour of bi- metallism is gaining strength. In the correspondence columns of the Times, a group of Conservative M.P.'s, including Mr. Wardlaw Ashford (Kent)-After a twe Milne, Mr. Douglas Hacking and days soarch, in which 120 people Mr. John Buchan, are signatories took part, Ivy Mary Goden, aged to a letter endorsing Lord. Huas- don's recent plea in favour of a 12, of Bromley Green, Ruckingo bi-metallic currency,

near Ashford, was found dead in hastily prepared grave in Pack Wood, half a mile from her home. Her body badly bruised, was inside two sacks, round her neck was a cord, tightly tied; her feet and hands were bound with cord.

Fonding a more detailed ex amination of the body, probably by Sir Berpard Spilsbury, the palico Inclins to the belief that the girl was strangled."

Mr. J. F. Darling, the well-known banker, also writes stating that the restoration of silver to its timo honoured position is an instrument sufficiently powerful to raise the world out of the slough of despond into, which it is rapidly sinking.

Both lettore allude to the unlike thod of further supplies of gold from the Rand or elsewhere in the next decade heing sufficient to fill the requirements of gold standard countries.

TO PROTECT: FARMERS AGAINST DUMPING.

PRICE-STABILISING

SCHEME:

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]

"FRENZIED. PASSION" AS A

DEFENCE.

William Gordon Baldwin, 20, barman, charged with the murder of Sarah Ann Isacoson in Rich mond Park on Easter Monday by strangulation, was found guilty at Surrey Assizes at Kingston,

The jury returned their verdict after a rotirement of one and three. quarter hours

Baldwin received the verdict calmly, although pale, and when asked if he had anything to say he replied in firm tones: "I have nothing to say.”

Mr. Justice Horridge, passing sentence of death, Baid: "It is not my intention to say anything to aggravate your feelings for moment. It is my duty to pass. upon you not my sentence but the

Late to-night bloodbounds bor rowed from the Sussex police were taken into the wood in the hope that their acute powers of sent would yield some clus to the move-sentence of the law." ments of the girt before she met her death.

In evidence on Tuesday Baldwin stated that the womann became hysterical, and caught hold of the lapels, of his coat, and he did not know what happened afterwards

do not know to this day," he "whether I killed her or

The story of Ivy Godden begins with a cry, which, though it sound LONDON, July 29..

ed mufled to those who heard it, To protect the farmers against carried far through the stillness dumping, the British Government of the evening. inter dr immediately after the In her cottage, Mrs. Godden said, Recons to introduce a price stabilis | awaited the homecoming of her not." ing scheme for agricultural pro- daughter and Peter; the girl's 13- ducts, particularly wheat, accord-year-old brother, from a wood- ing to the Daily Mail.

gathering expedition to Stone "The same journal states that Mr. Wood, about half a mile to the left Ramsay MacDonald has in Berlin of Park Wood." launched a campaign for the pro gressive reduction of tariffs throughout Europe on a sliding scale, and for the promotion of internationa!

to arrangements ration the production and distribu- tion of basic commodities.

WOOLLEN AND WORSTED INDUSTRY.

RECEIVING GÖVERNMENT

ATTENTION,

(BRITISH WIRKLESA, SERVICK"]"?

RUGBY, July 95. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. William Graham, was naked in the House of Commons to-day whether he would institute an inquiry into the woollen and worsted industry, to investigate measures for reducing the bur dene involved in inflated capital charges in certain sections of the industry.

Mr. Graham replied that the reorganisation of this and other staple industries wis receiving' the constant attention of the Goy ernment, and a special inquiry, as suggested, was, unnecessary,

Mr. Graham was also asked if he had now decided to seck powers to bring the iron and steel industry within the control of a Publis

Utility Corporation or if he had an alternative policy in view. Ha replied that negotiations with the industry concerned were continu- ing.

EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS' SERVICE.)

Ruan, July 28.

Paris New York

Brussels

Geneva

123,9

4.859/10 34.79

24.80

12.04

Amsterdam

Milanom

92.8

Berlin

201

Stockholm

Copenhagen

Dala

Vienna

Prague

Helsingfors

18.15 18.10 16.18 34.55 164 163

Madrid

53.55

Lisboa

110

Athena

·376

Bucharest

817

Rio

Buenos Aires

Montevidéo

Bombay

1/51

Hong Kong

Yokohama

: 2/13/32

Shringlat

Silver, spet & forward 12 15/16

TAX ON TOURISTS.

GERMANS REMAIN, IN COUNTRY.

Berlin, July 22-The Presidential deeres levying a hundred mark tax on all Germans crossing the fron tiers bent upon pleasure or recrea "tion having come into force at midnight, all trains leaving Ger many to-day for foreign resorts had tozun practically, -ispty, though, holiday traffic continues brisk within Germany. Nearly all the passen gerg in the international trains were foreigners, or Germans. ra turning from abroad.

4.

Peter had set out in advance of his sister and he returned without her.

Mrs. Godden, mildly anxious, went into the road with the boy. Suddenly piercing, which nothing will convince her was not her daughter's. The cry was:

"Mummy, Mummy!”

Then silence. ...

Cloud Over Mind.

FIRST IMITATION PEARLS.

SECRET KNOWN TO OLD EGYPTIANS.

RELICS IN LONDON,

An important exhibition of Egypt: fan antiques of rare value and interest will be opened to the public at the British Museum in the near future. It owes its origin to the illegal burial of a young girl in a desert village.

While the Brunton Archæological Expedition was excavating in the

·Badari "district" in Middle Egypt with littlo success the girl died in a near by village. The relatives, to save themselves expense, decid- Ed, quite illegally, to bury the body in the desert.

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The digging of the grave revealed by chance the entrance to 600 tombs, which proved to be the O VIEW From WEDNESDAY, the

burial place of the poorer inhabit anta between the sixth and the eleventh dynasties. Here a large variety of pottery and beads were found.

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The story of this wonderful'stroke of fuck was told to a reporter by Mr. Guy Brunton, the leader of the expedition, which went out to Egypt at the end of last year.

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One of the most interesting ex- hibits is a string of beads deveral yards long. These beads, of hich there are several thousaní A'FTC

all from one dress. Al in London was occupied for several months in threading them into a string. The holes are so fine that special needles had to be made,

Mr. Alban Gordon, addressing the jury for the defence, suggested ng an explanation of the tragedy that there was a moment of "fren- zied passion" between Mrs. Isaac- son and Baldwin, she grasped the lapels of his coat, and he grasped her by the neck. Neither of them might have known what was hap-effect has been obtained by placing Fening, and he suggested that that gold leaf between the outer Ingers

of glass, |might well be a case of manslaugh-

The ery had come from the directer. tion of Park.. Wood, to which the Mr. Justice Horridge interposed now distracted mother ran, But that there was no evidence of man there was no sign of her child.

The Search.atlas slaughter, and he so directed the Search was made until darkness jury. If Baldwin were sans, ha put an end to it. In the morning knew what happened, and know the searchers renewed their tack. Almost the entire village turnod any fact that might reduce the out to assist the regular police and charge to manslaughter. special constable. A cricket team abandoned a match with the Ash- ford Police, and reinforced the ranks of the searchers. Park Wood and the surrounding woodlands were scoured without result.

The wood gave up its secret at midday to-day. Mr. J. Godden, an uncle of the girl, was search- ing a thicket when he noticed a little mound of newly disturbed earth.

He noticed that small trees had been uprooted and had been re- planted as if in an effort to hide the mound from view.

Many of the beads are clever imitations of pearls and gold. It has been found that these were made of glass and then coated with

gummy substance.

The gold

A number of varieties of small shoes of the Roman and Coptic eras are also, to be seen,

Pottery of every shape, gold. amulets, blue glaze and alabaster necklaces,. ornaments of

vases,

every description-the majority in an excellent state of preservation form an important addition to the relics of ancient Egypt.

The greater portion of the anti- Mr. Gordon suggested that Bald-ques excavated went straight to the win was in such an overwrought Cairo Museum, who helped to inance the expedition. The major. state that a cloud came over his ite of treasures at the exhibition mind. When he emerged from that will be left to the British Museum, cloud he found that he had killed while the remainder will be distri

buted throughout museuma in: the the thing he loved.

country. The exhibition will remain open a month..

Malaria and Confusion.

I was informed says a Press cor-partment of University College, respondent that the police are pur-was recalled by the defence to an- suing a definite line of inquiry swer the question. He said that if and that they are satisfied with

the attack were severe and prolong- the progress made,

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A question, written by the jury and handed to the judge, referred: to an attack of malaria from which Baldwin had suffered in the East. The jury wished to know what Scooping away the earth with effect that attack would have on his his hands he brought to light a anind.

A very funny faree opened at sack. Then a piece of clothing

Dr. Frederick Dillon, Chief the Star Theatre where Edward was revealed. This Mr. Godden

Everett Horton and Patay Ruth | |- knew belonged to his niece. He Assistant of the Paychological DeMiller appear in "The Aviator." ran for the police.

An The story concerns author, Robert Street (Edward Everett he used as the author of a aeronau Horten) who allows his name to

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I understand that the police are ed it might produce attacks of con- take place at the spot where the malaria did not come back attacks convinced that the crime did nct fusion. On occasions when his body was found buried, but that the child was murdered elsewhere of confusion or an abnormal mental and carried to the spot.

state might be substitutes for at tacke of malaria."

In his summing-up the judge mentioned as strongly in Bald

In the grave the police also found a small bat. It is thought that the girl was prcbobly lured somewhere while still carrying a hat and ball. CAPE

Searchers express the row that win's favour the fact that at Brigh had the body on Saturday been ton on one occasion be suffered from where it was found it could not loss of memory have failed to have attracted the

attention of some of the 120 sear chers who passed the spot.

The bloodhounds were, brought from Chichester by ear. Felice mon, dressed in leggings and smocks and carrying lanterne took them into the wacd, Rain, however, be gan to fall, and there was some fear as to whether the scent would be sufficiently fresh

.

Before the jury retired the judge said that they would all agree, whatever their verdict, that the Court had been greatly assisted by the brilliant defence of Mr, Gordon. ; }

Ruckingo is a collection of scat

Ory Hontd Distinctly. tered bungalows and · cottages.

Mrs. Godjen declared that "sho about five miles from Ashford, had made no mistake about the These dwellings stand dotted among distinctly heard: "Mummy,

cry, wide stretches of woodland, most-

Peter Godden, the girl's brother, a bright faced boy, supported his mother,

ly consisting of small trees, and Mummy, she said, "Her voice dense undergrowth: Soon after sounded feeble and it came from the war a few families scttied hore the direction of the wood whers. to make a livelihood as smallhold. I she was found and not from tho OTE. P

wood, where she was supposed to Mr. Petor Goden, the girl's go.” ME TE father, is an ox-sergeant-major and ameraber of the British Legian, At his cottage, called Killarney, be told me now Ivy disappeared. Yes, I heard the voice, too," he "She was going with her brother said I was with mother an the Peter, aged 13, he said. "to road at the time. I went to the wood called Stone Wood to fotel wood, but did not soo Ivy, neither some timber on a truck. They left did, I see anything of her on the hame about 4.20 en Friday even way back. I passed only some O and Peter went on in front village people standing in the rand Ivy followed him, about 100 yards by the Missign Hall. behind, there we may d Men, at onst-houses near Stone

shunda ball fent vinyed an iced Bay that although thepasst. the rond as she went 16, 1s only Bater go to collect the timber, Ivy about half a mile to Stone Wood did not pass the way. and she was seen ist three diferent. There have been complaints, in pinces along the road. N the past about attacks on women in (Continued at foot of nere column.) the neighbourhood.

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