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SHANGHAI BASEBALL

SCANDAL.

Proceedings in Court.

The Shanghai Baseball Scandal took another turn last week when, in the Mized Court, Mr. N. O Home made

application. Mr. Byrne (British Assessor) and Magistrate Targ

were on the bench......»

GERMAN DYES.

Prosecution Which Falled.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918,

THE PRIZE COURT..

Tam Yan was charged on Cases of Interest to Hongkong, remand as the Police Court this morning, before Mr. J. E. Wood, with being in unlawful possession of three ties of German-made

In the Prize Court the Presid

dres.. Iospector P. O'Sullivan not, the Right Hon. Sir Samuel prosecuted, and Mr. F. Evans, recently dealt with a large d'Almada appeared for the number of cases of enemy gooda osses were the defence. Defendant pleaded not Amongst the interesting

following:-Thres chests of tes guilty.

A Chizere detective deposed transhipped from the German that, acting under the instructions ship Olyet to the Prometheus, the Mr. Home asid that his applica went to 144. Dee Vosax Road Yokohama for Hamburg: The of Inspector O'Sullivan, betes being shipped on the Olyst at tion wey sa ex-parte one, nader Central. Be saw Wong Toe and Germsa ship took retage in rule 9 of the Court raise, for an Too Chen and he saw, the three Padang in August, 1914, and interim injunction to restrain tins of dyes. He questioned the the tea was transhipped to Mr. Eugene Oben and the pro- prietors of the Shanghai Gazette men as to the origin of these the Promethene and brought to from publishing any matter bear goods, and he was taken to a shop London.- Forty 'cases of straw in Queen's Road Central. He braid and quantity of equared asked the master of the shop loge ex Nellore, sized at London. from, and be replied that he goi Yokohams to Hamburg, and the where he got the tins of dyes! The braid was consigned "by' the Chinese Exporting Company from from his friend. The detective asked him to take him to his loge were going to Antwerp for Street. He questioned the defendere a firm carrying on business friend and they went to 5, Tung the firm of Helles & Co., who ant, who lived thers, and seked in Hamburg, aasipörlers | him where he got them from, and importere trading

ing upon the so-called Baseball Scandal. On Saturday, counsel, added, he wrote the following letter to M. Eugene Chen on behalf of Mr. Judah Exra:-

7 September, 1918. Dear Sir, I am instructed by Mr. Victor Gensborger to write to you with reference to the per sistent series of outrageous libele upon him that have been appost ing of late in the columns of the Shanghai Gouette and to demand

with

The defendant replied that he Japan. The Chinese Exporting bought the dyes from a marins Company war also commercially domiciled in enemy territory in

hawker.

(1) An immediate and fally Eng Ting Sing said he was China.A quantity of soapstone 盘 salesman - io the Wing ornamente, six and nine caseT,

adequate apology to be published

not only in the Shanghai Gazette but also in other local and Far Eastern paperE.

Fat Cheong shop at Queen's shir ped by Chinese arm to

Road. He bought the dyes from Hamburg, on board the Aaye. the defendani. Be paid $4.50 When this vessel resched Malta for erob tin. His shop did not she was detained, and the cases (2) The payment to the British deal in second-hand goods, but be transhipped into the Nagoys and Red Cross of substantial sum of money se some small token of bacght the dyes for his own par- the Sicilis, and brought to Loc- don-Various paresis of goods, reparation for your wrongdoing. pose to dye white cloth.

Failing immediate compliance Mr. d'Almsds, witness asid he hides, mats, teaseta, and tas In reply to questiore pot by including bristler, vegetable wax, with the above demands legal bad known the defends at for tea shipped on the Hitachi Mara, to proceedings will be. instituted sgainst you for libel.

years. The defendant used to London en route for Hamburg. bay things from him and pay aash. The goods had been sold, and Mr. d'Almada asid that his realised £4,187. They were the client was entitled to be dis property originally of the Japan- charged. As the time the charge ees Export Company, & German

made the defendant had firm registered in Hamburg. nothing is his possession. The From the Hirano Mara 253 Mr. Hume added that he wrote dyes were in the possession of the bundles of tin scrap from a letters in precisely the same words last witness, he having purchased branch in Japan of the enemy on behalf of Mr. Fred Elise and them. The dyes were not in the firm, Winkler and Co. The goods Mr. Victor Gensburger also defendant's possession when the thres similar letters addreeeed to Police got is. the proprietors of the Shanghai Gasette This morning he received the following reply dated the 8th, from Mr. Eugene Chen :--

Your faithfully.

(4) N. C. HOME Engene Chen, Eq...

Editor of the Shanghai Gazette,

Shanghai,

with

Shalghai,

His Worship dealt with the law on the point and discharged the defendant.

1)

had been sold for $15 38. 62.- Six cases of human hair, 168 and 104, beles of tic scraps, and one case of ball buttons on the Miyazaki Maru, reported at Lon-- don from Hongkong. The goods came from Ludwig Voight and Eighth September, 1918. On receiving those lettere, Mr. Co., of Bongkong. Evidence Dear Sir,-A tea-time to-day Home said be telephoned to the showed they were firm carrying I received the three identic letters Consol-General for Denmark ask on business at Hamburg a addressed to me by you on behalf ing if the Shanghai Goalie was export merchants. They had of Losers. Judah Ears, Fred registered as a Danish newspaper branches in the Eart prior to the Elias and V. Gensburger in con- He replied that it was not and war. The tin scrap was SonEign- nection

the "Basball that be had no knowledge of the ed to Winkler and Co., Aotwerp Scandal." As these letters are Shanghai Gazette.

The shell buttons were chipped “addressed to me as "Editor of the The position then was this: the at Kobe for Hamburg the con Shanghai Gaselte," I take it that paper was not recognised by the signors being the Kelshare Pro you desire the same to reach the Danish Cossalate and not recoguis duse Company, at Kobe-From person who fills and has filled ed apparently by any foreign Con- the Persia there was a consign. that responsible position for some salate. For a considerable time ment of 51 cases of human hair, little time past. I have therefore it had been publishing articles shipped as Hongkong on the banded your communications to defamatory to conneel'e cliente, Himalays and transhipped at Mr. Gardius Nieleen, the sole and it proposed a publish an Bombay to the Persis, in 1914 Proprietor and sponsible Editor article to day and to go on with The goode remained in warehouse of the Shanghai Gosette, who will it Me, Nielsen'e letter clearly at London until January 11, 1918, in due course reply in this doable showed the present intention, and when they were seised end bad capacity.

the present application was to been sold for £776 10. 7d. Ia restrain those serociated in the each esse his Lardship condemned production of the paper, so for a the goods as lawful prize. they were amenable to the juris- diction of that court, from con tipning such publicstion as long as the interim injunction was in

Yours faithfally.

EUGENE CHIN.

N. C. Howe, Esq.

21 Yasn Ming Ycea Road. Shanghai. Also this morning counsel said be received the following letter,

force.

Mr. Home added that ́ bis

dated the 9th, from Mr. Gordius clients were about to commsacs

Nielsen.-

2th September, 1918. legal proceedings against the Dear Mr. Home,

Shanghai Gazette, and opce the As Proprietor of the Shanghai Proceedings were started, sny- Gazette I have received three thing fablished would be con- letters, couched in exactly the tempt of court-bat in the same language, from you on be meantime en endeavour was being half of the Notoricas Trio whose made to "elip in" articles of this cognomens're too well known to

In answer to the court, Mr. be proifically named bere,

I have also received from Mr. Home said be understood. Ir

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Ohinese Of all chemists, 60 cents the Eugene Chen three similar letters sad amenable to that Court's phial, or post free from Dr. erroneously addressed to him sa "Editor of the Shanghai Gosetts jurisdiction. Counsel was in Williams Medicine Co., 98 Sze with the quest that I should struoted that Mr. Oben was the chuan Road, Shanghai: inform you that he is not now editor of the paper or part pro

the Elitor of the paper. As I pristor, until quite recently, A

m the sole Proprietor and Editor large number of the articles were

of the Shanghai Gazette I have published while he was editor. filed all eix letters as if they were

Counsel added that his clients. really addressed. to me, so that I were prepared to put up suy may not csure you annecessary security required by the court, trouble.

The Assemor said the court not not prepared to grant the application unless it had proof ed by a Danish subject. that the newspaper was not own-

I shell reserve my reply to Mestre. Ears, Elise and Gene burger for this evening's Goats,

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hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 19th September.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the

Cargo remaining undelivered Optional cargo will be landed, on 19th September, 1918, at 5 P.M., unless notice has been given prior will be landed at. Consignees to steamer's arrival, risk and expense, and deliveryAll broken, chafed, and damag- must then be taken from the ed goods are to be left in the Company's Godown.

Godowns, where they will” be Storage charges will be assess-examined on any Tuesdays and ed on all cargo remaining un-Fridays between the hours of delivered on 23rd September, 1918. 10.45 am, and noon within the 2t5 PM:

free storage period. No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected. which I trust they will find satis. factory' and this comes will also allowed to file a petition against THE Offices and Stations of Steamer or Godown.

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after the Goods have left the remaining undelivered after the make any further communication. Eagene Chen. He produced for Kowloon and District will be will be landed into the Com

25th September, will be subject to Chinese Maritime Customs All chafed, and damaged cargo rent. between us on the subject on-

copies thereof and asked for CLOSED to public, business on

All Claims against the Steamer Trukking to meat you on the immediate service, co' THURSDAY, the 19th instant, be examined on 24th Eeptember, signed on or before the 9th pany's Godown, where they will must be presented to the under- fald of battle and hoping there being that the action having been being the date of the Antumn 1918, at 10 AM.

October, or they will not be to have an opportunity of break commenced it would be nontempt Holiday.

No Claim will be recognised if recognised, a T. D. MOOHEAD* ing « lance with such a disting of court to comment on it.

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I remain, dear Mr. Home,

Yours truly GORDIUS NIVŰSEK

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Home's application for security

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