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Dr. Colbert Of Tientsin Arrested

Charge Of Administering Poisonous

Doses To Wife

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Tientsin, December 26-Dr. Job, Colbert, physician and surgeon, and one of the most prominent members of the American

munity, was arrested at 7 o'clock' on Tuesday evening, at his home 200 Race Course Road, on a War ran worn te, on information and belief, by W. J. McNally, Deputy United States. Marshal, charging him with administering acetanilide, in toxic doses, to his wife, who was recently seriously ill in Victoria Hospital.

After her husband was taketi n the American Consulate-General, Mrs. Colbert summoned his at Eastham torney, Mr. Barry 0.

Dr. Colbert, waived a preliminary acaring and was released on bail in the amount of U.S. 825,000. Richard T, Evans. Mrs. Colbert.

E. H. Grooms and H. W. Happell became sureties on the bail bond.

The United States Attorney, Felthan Watson, has been sun- noned from Shanghai to investi Kate the charges and is expected to arrive here to-day. If the United States Attorney decides to prose

ute, Dr. Colbert will be tried by the United States Court for China, probably some time is February The United States Attorney was consulted before the arrest mada

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MRS. COLBERT'S STATEMENT Mrs. Colbert when interviewed last night by a "Star" reporter said:

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"I was astonished beyond words when I heard this outrageous charge against my husband. No details were given in the format indictment against him but I can not recall any circumstances which such an absurd charge could possibly be founded

"When I fell ill following · à series of tennis matches: Dr. Co bert took my blood count and found that I was far below moimal, and suggested that I try & Test cura Two weeks later (about October 20) 'be called in another doctor who sounded out my bears and told me that it we greatly enlarged, and beaming far too rapidly under

ood later that he interviewed my nashand and gave in a still more

arming report.

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OBITUARY

Sir John Carden

London, Dec. 14.

The death of Sir John Carden tu a heavy bow to the progress of mechanization in the British

Army, and it comes at a peculiarly unfortunate time. He and Lieu- tenant-Colonel Q. Le Q Martel

were the pioneers in the ight tank ned, and by their respective work

THE MARRIAGE LAWS

Scottish Inquiry

London, Den, 21 .. Sir Godfrey Collins, Secretary of State for Scotland, has appointed a Committee "to inquire into and report upon the law of Scotland

relating to the constitution of marriage, and to recommend what changes, if any, are desirable."

The members of the Committee aze:

Lord Morison. (Chairman).

Mr. William, Adamson. Mrs. Thomas Johnston

Mrs. Roberts

Lord Rowallan,

Mr. J. C. Scott, S.S.C. Mrs Shaw.

The secretary of the Committee will be Mr. R. H. Sherwood Calver, advocate, to whom all communi- cations should be addressed at the office of the Secretary of State for Bcotland, 28 Drumsheugh, Gardens. Edinburgh, 3.

Lard Morison has been as Judge of the Court of Session since 1922. He was called to the Scottish Bar In 1891 and to the English Bar in 1899, and became a K.C, in 1906. He was in succession Benior Advo- cate Depute, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, Solicitor-General Scotland, and Lord Advocate. tween 1917 and 1932 he represent- ed Inverness in Parliament. He is & Bencher of Gray's Inn

IN THE CRICKET WORLD

Bradman's Come Back

London, Dec. 27.

Don Bradman's lingering illness. his operation for appendicitis and

is long absence from cricket gave rise to many confident predictions that he would never recover his greatness as a bat.

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TO-DAY'S RADIO

Broadcast by Z.B.W, On 355 Metres

12.30 to 2.15 pan-European pro-

STAMINA

12.30 pm.-Recorded music.

p.m.-Local time and weather

report 1.15 pm.-Hong Kong Hotel Or-

chestra.

1.30 p.m.--Router Press Bulletins |

Rugby Press News, etc If his first two matches this 2.15 p.m.--Close down. season are any indication, how-4 to 7p.m.-Chinese programme, ever, he has come back at the top

6 to 6.15 p.m.-Children's Studie of ble form.

Concert. 7 to 7,30 pm-

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His century against Queensland was a good opening. His second effort was on Christmas Day. when he hit up 233 against his old State, New South Wales.

by

The figures are impressive, all accounts is the way he set about the bowling.

ANOTHER PERFECT INNINGS?

His 333 took him only a Httle over three hours about the time that the ordinary player (and not by any means one of the slowest) takes to put together a hundred.

Concert Walties played by Famous Orchestras Invitation to the Waltz (Weber,

Op. 65).

Roses of the South (J. Strauss). Blue Danube Waltz (J. Strauss). A Thousand and one' Nights (J.

Strauss). 7.30 to 7.43 pm-

A Recital by Charles Kullman

*(Tenor)

1. The World is mine to-night

(Posford).

2. By the Dark Lagoon

Island Serenade)' (Leigh),

With 28 fours and a six, · this exhibition must have been almost as dazzling as his great 100 against Middlesex and his equally remark forable display against Yorkshire. Be- It Wea after the Middlesex

well-known con innings that a noisseur of the game was seen to 7.43 to 8 pm- be leaving the ground,

Mr. Adamson was. member of Parliament for West Fife from 1910 to 1931. He was chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1817 to 1921, was Secretary for Scotland in 1924 and from 1929 to 1931 was Secretary of State

"I Have been waiting for 40 years to see a perfect innings," he explained, "Now I've seen it and I'm going to take up goltr

for Scotland. He is a member of G.B.S's. NEW PLAY

the Board of Trustees for the National Library of Scotland.

Mrs. Thomas Johnston has taken

a keen interest in public a falrs. Her husband 18 Mr. Thomas Johnston, member of Parliament for West Stirlingshire, who was Under-Secretary of State: for Scotland from 1929 to 1931, and was appointed Lord Privy Seal in the Labour Government in 1931.

Mrs. Roberta is a member of the Corporation of Glasgow, and is a magistrate of the city. She has a wide knowledge of local govern ment work and has taken a keen interest in social problems..

To Be Produced In Vienna

London, Dec. 2 The first world performance of Mr. Bernard Shaw's new play, "The Millionairess," a Jonsonian comedy in four acts, will take place this month at the Vienna Akademie- Theatre, the more intimate stage

theatre." of the former Imperial "Burg-

3. S as the Night (Bohm). 4. I Love thee (Grfer).

Song Memories Drinks all Round.

Harry Lander-Vocal Gems,

(An

8 pm-Local time and weather re-

port.

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0.03 to 8.30 p.m.-

Ensemble Singing

Waitin' at the Gate (pr Katy ("Bottoms Up")-Layton and Johnstore.

Now that ve found you (“That's

a Good Girl")-Jack Buchanan

and Elsle Randolph.

PROGRAMMES

18. She wore a little jacket of

blue. 10 p.m.-Big Ben,

1 to 10.05 p.m.-"Film Hits of the

Moment."

10.05 to 10.25 p.r.---

From the Studio

"World Bridge Olymple."

A Description of the Tournament and Discussion of 1935 hands. by M. E. Folli 10.25 to 11 p.m.-Dance music. 11 pm-Close down.

BERLIN PROGRAMME

p.m.-Call DJA, DIN Announce-

inent (Germ., Engl.). German Folk Song. Programme

Eng.J.

Letter Box.

Forecast

(Cler...

8.15 p.m.-Songs by Hugo Wolf.

Burchard Kaiser.

Danzig." A Reading from the Book of that name.

9.30 p.m.-"Young

9.40 p.m.-News in English on

DJA and in Dutch on DIN. 10 p.m.-"The Taming of the

Shrew."

A Radio Betting of the Opera by Goets. Conductor: Frits Wicke 11.15 p.m.-News- in

DJA, and DWN.

German

pm-Today in Germany.

Sound Pictures.

11:30

11.45 pm-"To

the

Tones of a Guitar"

Romantic:

Erich Münckemeyer, Fute; Emil Seller, Viola: Hans Neemann, Guitar.

12.15 am-News In English on DJA and in Dutch on DJN. 12.30 A.M.-Close, (Germ.. Engl.).

DJA,

RADIO MANILA

DIN

6 p.m. Sunset Dance Programme

by the Lyric Orchestra.

Scenes from "My Old Dutch"

Betty Balfour and Michael30 p.m.-Spanish Informational

Period.

Hogan. Moonlight Meanderings. The 4.40 p.m-English Informational

Carlyle Couzina Don't be afraid to tell your mother-The Mills Brothers..." I'm on a See-Saw ("Jill Darling") Nonny, Nonny No ("701 Darling") 7

-Louise Browne and John Mila

to 8.47 p.m.-"Tidworth Tattoo," 1933.

8.47 to 9 p.m.—

- Octets

Feriod.

4.35 p.m.-Stock quotations, through the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz. p.m.-La Insular

Cigar and Cigarette Factory presents "Aires Filipinos" with Juan. Silos, Jr. and his String En- semble.

7.20 p.m. To be announced. 7.45 p.m.-Elizalde 7 Cla. "Pro-

gramme.

Hearts and Flowers (Art. W-8 p.m.-"Apo on the Air." sponsor- ed by the Cebu Portland loughby). The Wedding of the Rose (a 8.15 pm Max Lazo and bis He-

Cement Company.

The millionairest is Miss Epiphanie Ugnisanti di Parerga 2.30 Lord Rowallan, who is a well-

a serious, expensively dressed lady known figure in Scottish affairs, with aspersing figure. She hig served with distinction during the come (in the first act) to her lawyer war, and has taken an active part Julius Sagamore, to see if she can in the public life of Scotland. get a divorce from her husband, the Mr. J. C. Bcott, S.S.C., is "the amateur tennis champion and box- senior partner of the firm of Tods,, Alastair Fitzfassenden She mar Murray and Jamieson, is a direc-ried Alastair because she thought that the famous tennis player tor of the North British Mer-would be a passionate lover, bas cantile Insurance Company.

was mortided to fad that he con Mrs. Shaw

thecentrated represented

all his energies and Bothwell Division of Lanarkshire ambitions on tennis. Hence her 9 In Parliament from 1931 10 1835. desire for a divorce She has also served on local au- thorities,

bas undertaken much public work in Lanarkshire. During the war she was engaged on hospital work. She is a Justice of the Peace for Lanarkshire.

While she is talking with the gyer, he huéband comes in-with a young lady who, he says, could make Arm happy. The situation is. complicated by the existence of Adrian Blenderband; who in the week-end friend of the mil lionaires He loathes money, and yet must have it to be able to keep

medth later as my condition in creating a mature armoured Scots Earl's £100,000 up his usual habits,

some time.

was

LORD DUNDONALD, WHO

DIED INTESTATE

seemed worse Dr. Colbert again£ghting vehicle. cheap to buir alled in the same doctor wh and difficult to hit, they gave rise vanaged to persuade me to go to a development which has had the hospital, a thing that Dr. world-wide repercussions on the Colbert had been trying to do for methods of warfare and the or- "During the two weeks that Iganization of armies Bir John Carden's machine was adopted

London, Dec. 24. there, from November 21 to

The nat personalty of Lieutenant December 4, I was treated entirely here as the standard mode of by the aforesaid doctor, who I am this new type of weapon, and from General the Earl of Dundonald, of sure will confirm my statements his original tankette nave evol Lochnell Castle, Ledaig, Argyll, who died intestate, will ocneuder that there is no basis whatever for ved nos ony our this ridiculous "charge. I am an machine gun cartiers and lightbly exceed £100,000.

The Earl of Dundonald convey- ciously waiting to learn what tanks, but also those which are ined the news of Gordon's death and notite can be behind this attack: use abroad, in ever multiplying the fat of Khartoum across the but I know, better than anyone numbers. At least 20 foreign drmSoudan desert. He was the leader

could possibly know, that there

les are at present emp oying Car of the Ladysmith relief force, - absolutely no truth in it.

own

armoured

Hince my return from the husden-Loyd machines or adaptations Mr. A. I. Dibbin, his secretary, pital I have been steadily improv from it.

under my husband's care and

norma.

mado this statement last night: For a number of years past the "In order to clear up the mis my strength is now practically backprogress of tank des gain this conception regarding the value of country has largely depended on the late Earl's estate that has the mechanica genius of Sir John Arisen by the publication of cer- Sain statements, I have to say that Garden. Apart from his efforts re-

the net p rsonalty of the late Earl svits LAVE, indeed, been dis- Dundonald will considerably appointing. Thus one may mea-xceed 2100,000 when finally nacer- sure the less that his death en-ained, apart from trust funds and

al estate." tells at a time when the modemi-

Dr, Colbert, generally regarded as one of the most popular Ameri cans in Tientsin, where he has lived and practised for years, has a distinguished record in the World War, is a Past Commander of the local Post of the American Legion,

Shriner, 4 Rotarian, and e zation of the Army ang its re- member of the Tientsin Race and equipment is about to be under- Country Clubs. Only recently he taken on a proper reste. was given a letter from the British. Municipal Council expressing their. appreciation of his courage in disarming a mentally anbalanced A funeral (cremation) service for Japanese who discharged a revolver the Inte Capt. John Edward in Victoria Hospital.

Levine of the Woosung and Hao Mrs. Colbert is known through- kow Pilots Association, was held out North China as one of the champion lady tennis players of Tientsin.-Star

All that the modern girl seems to demand nowadays is cigarettes fike mother used to make.

Bandit Your money or your lifel-

Traveller: Take my life: To saving my money for my old age.

A NAVAL CHANGE-OVER

British naval ratings in harbour establishments and non-seagoing depot ship abroad, who volunteer o remain for a second period of service on the station are, in fu

INN SCENE

Willoughby).

Cradle Song (arr. Hartley): Berenade (Schubert).

to 9.15 p.m.-A Rezay of the Daventry News Bulletin 'Copy- rient by Reuter), 9.15 to 10 pm-

From the Studio

A Three Piano Jazz Recital by Bill Cameron, Lindsay Lafford and George Bönd

PROGRAMME

1. It's June in January.

wailand

8,30 pm-Basque Presentation, 8.45 pm-Stock Quotations

Local Market Reports.

and

9 pm Tirso Cruz and his Manila

Hotel Orchestra 11 pm-Sign On.

THE DUKE OF KENT IS 33

The Duke of Kent was thirty-

2. Eleven Thirty Saturday Night three yesterday, and he spent his

3. Gather Lip Ronge.

4. Tell me to-night.

birthday quietly at his London Home with the Duchess of Kent 5. The Girl in the Little Green and their baby sock, MP4,

Hat.

6. In Pictures.

The second act. leads us into a aliina where Adrian and Epiphanie are taking breakfast. Epiphanie lectures Adrian on the uselessness of luxury; her father, who collected millions, always tra- velled thiril claw, and ate add

7. All I do is dream of you. - 8. Flower Lel drank only as much sa'n normal consume. But

9. Polly," human being can though she hates luxury, she loves money, because money, so she says.-10. Outside of you. 11. Who wouldn't. "'is power, money is security, money

12. Marigold. is freedom." Adrian hates money. and the argument ends by Adrian getting the sack Au Egyptian doctor takes his place.

In the third act Epiphanie goei through a conversion, She wants to earn her bread and butter; she tries to obtain a post in a shop, but the shopkeeper and his wife believe that Epiphanie's philoso. phical meditation is "shameless talk." The millionairess is obliged, in order to attain her ideal, to so cept a job as a dishwasher.

The fourth act is in the same inu in which the second act was played, but by now it has been converted' into a modern hotel, Epiphanic and the Egyptian doctor arrive," They want to marry, but she ex presses the belief that even in the happiest marriage io day passes faithlessness. First one imagines one has only one husband; later it without thousands of moments of

is discovered that their number is in the Bubbling Well Cemeteryture, to perform the second period at least a dozen, But the man, says of service in a seagoing ship. a nice compliment and the woman Chapel, on last Tuesday, the Ray H. G. Nowaham, ot Union Church,

In order that the claims of all immediately adores him.... A wife officiating. There was a large at ratings may be considered Com- means for the husband all the tendance of mourners, the family manders-in-Chief are directed by women; the is everything that comes st home being represented by Capt Admiralty Flees Orders to for-from the devil: the thorn in his Williams, manager, of the Woosung wird to the appropriate depots flesh, the jealous devil of quarrel, and Hapkow. Pilots Association.

the names of volunteers for a the torturer. etc, second period of service, who answers that there is, indeed, no And the Rgyptian medical doctor having already served the frst joke left in this world, and no period in a seagoing ship desire to wisdom can be compared with that be considered for draft to a non- of a woman who wants to fascinat seagoing billet for their secund her mate whom Allah predestined

for her perfoden

Mrs. A My ruband has no idea what I go through when he mores

Mrs. B.: Ming never inimes his small change either.

13. About a quarter to nine. 14. Ragamutin, d 15. Belected.

16. Broadway Melody,

17. Let me call you sweetheart.

The Duke und Duchess will take their son to Sandringham to spera his first Christmas with the King and Queen

Bill continuing his work as an inspector of the Home Office Fac- tory Department, the Duke has not allowed his life as a married man and a father to interfere with his public duties, and has fulfilled a great many official engagements during Jubilee Year.