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Where Is Ambrose Small 7
in a paper mill, with other attempt at
SINN FEIN'S APPEAL TO AMERICAN CHARITY. Washington, March 81. The British Embassy has lesued an announcement evidently in connection with President Harding's recent compliance with the request of a group of Irish leaders in New York to wish success to the forthcoming meeting for the purpose of raising funds for the distressed women and children in Ireland. The President, in express- now to be charged. Ing American sympathy, referred to Irish kinship with many Americans. The Embassy points out that charitable organisations are constituted J. Small, the millionaire theatre trial. on a strictly non-political basis and in desiring to deal impartially with any Irish distress no unnecessary difficulty is encountered and adds that there would be no distress which could not adequately he met from British sources if parts of Ireland, Sinn Feln in sympathy,, had not refused to accept money raised in the United Kingdom but preferred to appeal to Afferican charity.
ANTI-DUMPING LEGISLATION.
:
bre In When work
other Ertworked un avery phase of the
and on arrest returned t Toronto without appeal to the The secretary of the Canadia extradition lawa. After 16 been found guilty of appropriat. before a magistrate for prelimina millionaire, Ambrose Small, has adjournments, Doughty appeared be ing boss valued at £21,000 ary hearing, and was command thro belonging to his employer, with for trial on two charge (1) of business and knew everythi the kidnapping of whom he is the theft of $100,000 bonds, and about if from box office to gen
(2) of conspiring to kidnap Small room. As a boy he had 36 The disappearance of Ambrose He remains in gaol awaiting tions to study law, but one day Henry Irving spoke to him and. proprietor, is the most sensational A# immediate result of advised him that The show and baffling onse in the records Doughty's return was the re-business noede smart boys liked of Canadian criminology. In a covery of the $100,000 missing you. Stay with the shot few days or weeks John Doughty, bonds, and also of $5,000 bonds business" and he did. H his secretary for twenty years, is of which the police had no record, was always a great believer to ha placed on trial on a charge They were found in an a'tis in ready cash. Curiously, he of "conspiring to kidnap" his room of his sister's home, which acquired his first sizable capito former employer. The public had been his home. concealed on a horse-race, laying $200 on” does not know what evidence in tho wall behind fresh 20 10 1 winner. He was always will be produced at the plaster and wall-paper. At the keen, follower of all racing fix- London, March 31, trial and has ан yat preliminary hearing a statement tures, though never a horsemen The terms have been published of resolutions which it is pro-learned nothing about the by Doughty to the police was and rarely seen at a track. Per- posed to submit to the Committee of Ways and Means to give effect case which in any important read, and evidence was given by haps once in two weeks he would to the Government's promise of legislation to safeguard British in. degree dissipat a the mystery in Doughty's sister and brother. make a bet and his intimates dustries from foreign competition. The resolutions, which, if passed, which it has been shrouded for From this testimony the follow. said he won, oftener than most will be given effect to in this year's. Finance Act, provide an Ad the last fourteen monthe.
ing explanation of the missing people. Eventually he had Valorem duty of 33.18 per cent. for five years on certain commodi-that the last was seen of Ambrose was presented:-Doughty.
It was on December 2nd, 1919. bonds and of Doughty'a flight $50,000 cash to make as a first ties regardless of the country from whence they are imported, in- Small. His wife and friends were possession
in payment on the Toronto Grand cluding chemical and scientific glassware, magnetos and tungsten immediately anxious but, scout- December 2nd, 1919, planned to was his business home.
of the bonds on Opera House, which thereafter products. These come mostly from Germany and are already subject ing the idea of foul play, thought hand them personally to Small to a fifty per cent. tax under the Reparations Act. The resolutions he must for some reason have in
MR. SMALL'S. THEATRE DEALS. will also provide for an additional customs duty of 23.13 per cent. in gone quietly away, perhaps for a would give him
the hope that Smail- order to check dumping and protect British manufacturers against rest after
a substantial | Before his disappearance he competition of foreign goods which, owing to the depreciation of negotiations for the sale of almost his twenty years service. Not for 62 Canadian theatres. Many the completion of honorarium at the termination of owned or controlled the bookings currencies, can be sold in Britain at prices below those at which his entire theatre holdings which anding an opportunity to stage of these theatres fell into his they can profitably be manufactured in England.
he had been working on for some this little scene before his de-possession easily when he made. time. Accordingly it was three parture for Montreal on the night a deal with Klaw and Erlanger, THE COAL TROUBLE.
weeks or more before any official of December 2nd, he had handed the New York Theatrical Trust, report was made to the police the bonds in a parcel to his sister, giving him control of their Canada outside department or any steps taken to telling her it was Mr. Small's bookings in Despite the definite nature of the miners' leaders announcement, important hearing in hampering keeping. A few weeks later he secured a virtual monopoly of find him. The delay has had an property, and to place it in safe Toronto, Later on when he it is still difficult to believe that there will be a general response to investigation. It surrounded with became alarmed at Small's con- the theatres in a large territory, the order to cease work. While the discipline of the Miners' Federa- difficulty efforts to Irage Small's Linued absence, which not only he was able to dictate bookings short of perfect, the minera doubtlessly realise the movements on the day he dis- prevented him from returning the terms to the Theatrical Trust inopportuneness of a struggle in the present conditions, which for the appeared and, if crime was com- bouda to Small, but would be sure itself, For his soccess he f past few months have led to the shelving of the programmes of a mitted, gave the criminals time to direct auspicion toward him, probably felt under obligation to number of Trades Unions. Moreover, in soveral districts the men are to hide their tracks.
the bonds being in his
no one. He played a lone hand still cansidering their employers' direct offers. The mea suffer a further disadvantage from the fact that their Federation is unable Bow, Smails. movements on the he took flight.
As far as can be pieced together session, His alarm increasing, depending on his own resources
On May 24th, and far-sightedness,
On the day of his disappear to advance a real alternative policy to the Government or the owners day of his disappearance were 1920, Doughty's sister, handed the As a basis of settlement. Based on the present output, the proposed as follows-He fonched at a bonds to another brother William, ance he had sold his entire reductions vary from seven shillings daily in the case of South Wales restaurant with his wife and his who secreted them in the attic theatrical interests to a Montres to two shillings at Cannock Chase, whilst the men in Leicestershire solicitor. After lunch he ac-wall, and it was William who, on corporation, the Trans-Canad remain unaffected. The suggestion for the withdrawal of the pump-companied
Syndicate. He had received fro in wife 10 John's return, led the police to)
1111
it and deposited in the bank,^4 man is obviously designed to force a speedy conclusion of the struggle infants' lioms, telling her in the secret spot. in view of the unions' shortage of funds, but the effects are likely parting he would be home to In committing Doughty for trial, marked cheque for one milli to be disastrous and suicidal to the miners. It is recalled that several dinner at the usual time. He on the bond theft charge the dollars. Upwards of anoth mines flooded during the strike in Yorkshire in 1919 were
then went to his office. There magistrate commented on the fact all on was to be paid later
Other investments reopened.
his solicitor had a conference that no effort had been made by
bring his with him in the late afternoon, any of the Doughty family to between three, and three a hal known fortune up a total of and fixed the hour of his doparture dispose of the bonds or even to by the fact that he left about cash the interest coupons. But millions. While he had sold ou New York, March 31.
5.30 to catch a six o'clock train. Doaghty's flight and the whole his business be had given According to the Philadelphia Ledger the lust British note as Small was alone when the circumstances made a committal indication that he contemplat permanent retirement. He wi regards the Mesopotamia mandate points out that concessions to solicitor left. After that all is necessary. exploit oil fields at Mosul and Baghdad were granted before the war)
only 54 years old and was still blank.
ambitious. to the Turks. Simultaneously a similar concession was granted to
For a time the stories of twel
Mrs. Small is one of the best the Standard Oil Company to exploit oil fields in Palestine. Con- wsvendors who asserted that
But main interest, of course, known women in Toronto. Before sequently these oil fields are outside the League's control. Britain they sald Small papers on the centres on the kidnapping charge. her marriage she announces that if Americans care to search for oil at Basra she does were accepted, and there have committed for trial on evidence ed musician who had been able street on the evening in question On this charge Doughty was Therese Kormann, an accomplish
·Mitar not object. The newspaper adds that the American Government shows been built up on that assumption from two or three witnesses to
tion is little
London, March 31.
SCRAMBLE FOR OIL.
never
no sign of concurrence with this contention. On the contrary the State Department is preparing to vigorously contest it.
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GRECO-TURKISH WAR.
Constantinople, March 31.
pos-
THE KIDNAPPING CHARGE.
Was
many imaginative stories telling the effect that Doughty had owing to her considerable wealth how Small must have been discussed with one or other of to take courses in Paris, Berlin, and Milan. As she has no chil kidnapped on the dark street on them such points as Small's
dren, her chief-Interest in life ba the way from his office to the indebtedness to him, Small's point where he would take a great wealth, the possibility of during and since the war she he been her charitable work, an tram. But when the newsvendors kidnapping him for the purpose raised and spent out of her ow A telegram announces that the Greeks have captured Eskishehra year later came to tell their of extorting money. Apparently
stories in the witness-box it was in no case had these conversa Perhaps her special hobby is the money large sums for the needy although it is not yet known whether a further advance is contemplat-found they couldn't fix the date.tions been regarded as of much Catholic Infants' Home, and he ed. The allied military experts opine that the Turks could not prevent There is accordingly no evidence import the Greeks reaching Angora in ten days. Nationalist communiques available from anyone who saw disappearance. Doughty in his Daughters of the Empire, in
un'il after Small's
favourite organisation. do not conceal the true situation, nevertheless they urge the population Small after he left his office on statement to the police, denies which she holds high office. to remain calm and confident contending that the Turkish retreat is the evening of his disappearance. any knowledge of Small's where- a strategic necessity. They foreshadow a stand when the numerical superiority of the Greeks has been reduced owing to the necessity of garrisoning the occupied territory.
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INSOLVENCY CAUSED BY FARROW'S FAILURE, At a meeting of Farrow's Bank
Now what about Doughty, the where is he now? If he is dead. private secretary? Under the where are the remains? As far sale which Small had completed as the public knows, there is not Doughty was being transferred the slightest physical clue as to from Small's employ to that of the disposition or fate of Small's London, March 31.
the purchasing company at al-body, dead or alive. The Times says the New York Herald announces that President most double the salary he had the earth had opened and swal- depositors at Birmingham it was
It is as if Harding has accepted the resignation of Ambassador Morris. It is been getting. He was to move lowed him, Small's Office was in stated that nearly 150 business understood that the present administration, instead of accepting the to Montreal, and on December the Grand Opera House, his Morris-Shidehara agreement immediately, prefers to treat Japan- 2nd he took the night train for principal theatre, which is within men in the city were on the verge American questions on a broad basis and regard the settlement of the his new. work. Three weeks a block of the business centre of losing of the bank.
of bankruptcy as a result of the Yap controversy as necessary in the preliminary negotiations,
later he returned to Toronto to Toronto. There, according to spend Christmas with his family, the evidence available, he was TOKYO STARTS NEW WORLD" but on December 28th, instead of last seen. Through his theatrical returning to his post in Montreal | connections and his wide travels The International Paad as arranged, he also disappeared. he had acquaintances all over the Society to promote the friendshi the effect of producing a sense of impossible that he would pass for Tokyo by 300 prominent Japan This second disappearance had world, and it is regarded as of nations has been founded
reassurance about Small on the long any where theory that Small in retreat recognition.
without ese, including Viscounts Uchita
Kato and Shibusawa. somewhere had sent for his Among the thousands of TRAMCAR WITHOUT SEATS secratary to join him, though letters that have been received Among the tramcar designs Ar among those who knew both men from all parts of the globe, the London County Council £10 this theory was nevergiven much there is on the detectives competition shown at the C weight.
files one series that has a special Hall was that of a car
REDUCTION IN SHIPPING FREIGHTS.
Melbourne, March 31. The Federal Government has ordered a 38 per cent, reduction in freights by Commonwealth steamers for shipments of flour to the Far East with a view to meeting American competition and in harmony with the decreases authorised by shipping companies trading between Australia and the Far East.
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Havana, March 31, Capablanca defeated Lasker in the fifth game after forty-six moves. The previous four games were drawn.
ANOTHER SINN FEIN ATTACK.
London, March 31..
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It was not until some weeks interest. These letters came to seats, slanting boards being pro that search for the missing men fog the first half of 199 through could lean as they travel after Doughty's disappearance Mrs Small and her lawyers dur- vided, so that the passenger. was energetically pressed. When a practising lawyer of New York BOLSHEVISTS IN NORTH HI it was found that $100.000 worth City; who on one occasion came; Thus a Tientsin of bonds were missing from to Toronto and had interviewe gepret message of Cha Small's deposit box a warrant for with all the principals. The to Teao Kuq states Doughty's arrest was issued and origin of them is a cor Bolshevists are exp
who signed his ed to Tientsin s
New York' lawyer he Tsao Can had orde
It is reported that five police were killed and fourteen are missing rewards information of $50,000 respondent as a result of a Sinn Fein attack on the Police Barracks at Rosscar-for Small and $15,000 for Doughty name "BB, Friend" To the precautions are to berry, Co Cork, at two o'clock this morning. The front wall of the were offered. barracks was blown in by bombs which were thrown in the barracks, upon which heavy rifle fire was maintained. The police held the barracks till the room in which they were concentrated took fire, when those who were able to do so escaped through the window.
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
By this time the case had professed to have information authorities at Tienta achieved wide notoriety, and the concerning Small's whereabouts, the movements of Bur police department, following the and on one occasion hinted at a announcement of the rewards reward of $500,000. The New
THE BASEBALL was deluged with supposed clues. York lawyer said he had never
A Chicago, More than $100,000 was spent in seen "B.B. Friend, but had come with the deman
Judge Dever has investigating them, only to prove manicated with him on Friend's the trial that they originated either with instructions, through the person lovers and Owing to the high level of money rates in the United States no observers.
cranks or with very superficial al colunina of newspapers, Nor sales resulted from the recent invitation ta tender for 47 million ember, 1920, a clue, apparently Friend But he intimated rust, másne
However, in Nov was he gure he know B dollars of New York City Bonds. Only a few bids were received, no different from hundreds of under correct conditions whe mainly on a basis of six per cent. Interest or higher, and the City's others, fed to the apprehension of thought he could reach blms Thu Treasury officials declined to consider them.
Doughty, in Oregon City, Oregon, correspondence continuedi uaziplate
New York, March 81.
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