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SHANGHAI MILITARY

COURT.

GARRISON COMMANDER ASKS FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Shanghai, Oct. 17. : Gen. Pet Chung-hai, Garrison Commnuder of Shanghai and Woo- sung, has sent a special dispatch to the Military Council, asking for instructions as to the disposal of the various criminals Bureaux, now held in the prisons.

TUESDAY,

OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.

VITAMIN "A" IS FOE OF

KIDNEY STONES.

DIET MAY HELP.

One of the most painful and attacks serious conditions that mankind is the formation of stones in the kidneys. If the stones are small or if portions of larger stones break loose and begin to puss down the passages, they may cause symptoms and almost unendurable pain.

blocking with serious

In the

course of the dispatch, Gen. Pei submitted for considera- tion of the Military Counell the views of the Chief Judge of the Military Court of his Headquarters, Unfortunately, neither the cause Mr. Chen Han-asu, who expressed

nor the mechanism of formation the opinion that the decisions ren- of these stones is as yet clearly dered by the former Special Milit-understood. Apparently, mineral nry Law Bureau should be upheld salts tend to deposit and form the and set forth three reasons in sup-

stones. Under some conditions, port of his contention. Following

if the body fluids become is a resume of the arguments of: Judge Chen, which is quoted in the abnormal. the mineral constituents special dispatch of Gen. Poi to the may clump together and form Military Council.

"For the sake of certainty of law, it is my humble opinion (Judge Chen's) that judgments of courts must not be altered or reversed, in spite of changes in administration. The former Special Military Law Bureau was directly under the Headquarters of the Commander-in- Chief of the Nationalist Army in, Nanking, and therefore the legality and validity of the decisions render

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OCTOBER 25: 1927.

RICHKSHA DECLINING IN JAPAN.

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THE OED DAYS AND THE ΝΕΥ.

The statement is made that there Are now less than 200 rieksha pullera in the Japanese capital! The time was not so many years since when karunaye lined the there streets in thousands, and might be as many as 200 or more allocated to a single rank.

Japan is certainly going ahend with the times, for the change is attributed to the competition of fosteral, no doubt, by the riesha the taxicab. The old prejudice, proprietors, have disappeared, and the roadmaking and road improv

the athorities have made an opening for the western ing plans of means of locomotion, which it has literally jumped at.

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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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1. Vipers.

A further death blow to the rieksha is a ruling made by the that small Tokyo municipality taxis must carry passengers to any i Occasionally bacteria form the part of the city for one yen. No central Substance around which self-respecting ricksha puller would the mineral salts deposit in form-do it. His rate to tourists not ing a stone.

long ago was as much per half-mile or loss. He lay in wait, for them, and "soaked" them as they came. In the old days he was content to run a day for this sum. it seems, he has wanted so much 13 he has driven himself off the road. 14 He was picturesque in his tights15 and a joy to the tripper, but he was 17 a nuisance generally, and those who 18 had to make frequent use of aim will not regret his diversion to an other calling.

Some years ago it was shown that animals fed on diets deficient in vitamin. "A" tend to develop stones in the kidney and in the gallbladder.

A prominent physician asserted that if such animals are fed in

ed by the Bureau must be given recreasing amounts of cream, butter, cognition. Moreover, Military Law cod liver oil, and other food rich favours one-trial system; a case,

in vitamin "A," the stones tend to once decided, must be considered disappear. “ settled and final, and no alteration should be permissible. For these

reasons, the judgments of the vari- ous cases given, by the Shanghai Office of the former Special Milite ary Law Burefu cannot be des clared mull and void on the ground that the Bureau is now abolished. "Secondly, according to a letter from Mr. Chen Chun, former Chicf of the Shanghai Office of the Special Military Law Bureau, all decisions

the former Generalissimo prior to.

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The diagnosis of the presence of stones in the kidpey may be made

Now.

Across.

11 Appear.

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Flower.

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Health resorts,

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Moist vapour.

Measuring instrument. Retain.

Follows day.

Figure on an escutcheon..

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Part of the neck.

16 Cup.

21 Nominate.

22 Attempted.

28 Sen shore..

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24 Musical composition.

25 Molars.

27 Levelled at

28 Apart.

Sack containing 80 tods of wool.130 Office of ar nobleman.

Every,

Docs wrong.

You.

Moisten with dew.

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Young child.

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Fruits.

35 Builder..

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Famous Canadian Indian tribe.

38 Ruffles.

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Perch,

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Fowls resting place.

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Liable.

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Elevated narrative poems. Untio

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Freed from pain.

JAPANESE-AMERICAN GIĘTS:

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Kindled.

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in some instances by the X-ray DOLLS AS DIPLOMATS. 32 since the stone is, solid material.

BEAUTIFUL AT 103.

A CENTENARIN'S SECRET.

New York: --Americans are re- ceiving their latest instructions in

44 Species of willow.

15 Small apartments.

46. Dress,

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Extend in a particular direction. 18 87

Ferennial plant.

Tokyo, Oct. 20. 141

The "black-eyed dolls," which 3 are to go to America; representing 47 various Prefectures, in return for the courtesies of the "blue-eyed 49

Noise of a blow,

The little auk.

Those who sell silks, woollens, etc. The burbot.

rendered by him had been filed with beauty culture from a little old dolls" which American little girls 52 Prepare for publication.

lady who is just three years past, presented to Japan some time ago, 53.

Fere with them now, inasmuch as the cases have already been turned over to the former National- 1st Generalissimo's Headquarters, which is now incorported into the Military Council.

170 People in Gaol.

Thirdly, the actual disposition

the century mark in age.

dolls

The dolls are expected to leave for America early in November.

SHIPBUILDERS.

1 Inquiries. 2 Plunder.

Nobleman.

Down

4 Army engineers.

6

County.

7

Anesthetic.

8

Curving indentation,

Leopard.

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Assign.

the abolition of the Special Military

Move side foremost. Law Burent. It is now beyond the power of the Garrison Commander: Madame Marie Charlotte Daven-are now attending farewell meet 54 Den.

56 Part of an escutcheon. These places." of Shanghai and Woosung to inter-port, M.D., came to this country ings in their respective "native 55 Pat in fresh pot.

will 7 Pitcher. from Russia fifty years ago, and

Believe in. has been lecturing almost con-assemble in Tokyo by the 25th of

Tat it stand. tinuously since that time upon the this month, and attend the malls subject of longevity and the sternal farewell, meeting to be held on pursuit of beauty. At her latest November 4 at the Japan, Young appearances here she showed an Men's Association Hall in the unusual vivacity, and might have Outer Garden of the Emperor been taken for a woman several Meiji Shrine, in the presence of

Mr. Macveagh, the U. S. Ambas senre years younger,

The dashing, centenarian is firmsador in Tokyo, Mr. Mizuno, the of the cases does not warrant any in the Lelief that feminine beauty Minister of Education, and others. change of the judgments" of the need not be sacrificed to home-mak- formers Special Burean. At pre-ing, and as proot of this she proudly ent, there are in the 2nd Khugsu i mentions her eleven children, all prison 170 criminals, Allhuigh, of whom, were carefully reared and many of the prisoners have pleaded crested before their mother went jineunge, it is undisputed that usuporthe lecture platform. many of them must have been actu- Dr. Davenport, who is the wife ally guilty of the crimes charged an Englishoun half her age, with. If the 'Garrison Commande hulda degress of medleine from the er's Headquarters should permit a Sarbonne in Paris as well as the reversion of the former Judgments University. of Vienna. Her hus- and give new triads to the casos, band, who travels with her, "is The Headquarters may countenance a former journalist, and is kept ath showers of release or izhitney, busy translating and preparing for which will surdly place the Head publication the numerous articles urters in the most enbarrassing which the aged beauty authority is Maltation. Moreover, all the related called upon to contribute. demments and evidence having heen- either scattered or lost, it would, be very difficult to handle the cases properly and to the satisfaction of am to do justice to the parties in- terested. Should the Headquarters commit any miscarriage of justice thereby, not only the judge in trial would be subject to suspicion, but serious injury may also be done to society, when arch-criminals should be allowed to escape from justice. Therefore from the practical view point, any alteration or change in the decisions rendered is hardly permissible.

"In order to facilitate the dis- The Ex-Active Servicemen's As-posal of the cases, the headquarters the Garrison Commander sociation will hold their annual of Armistice Day Dinner on Novem- would propose to give an immediate ber 11 at the Volunteer Hearquar- trial of the fourteen offenders who

had not been tried, and render judg ments respectively, but, for the ather 16, the headquarters begs to refer Lovers of dancing will have to the Military Council for final dis- andther opportunity of witness-posal. If the Military Council ing to-day at Lane Crawford's should order release or new trial of Restaurant Mlle. de Coúdar any of the prisoners, the headquar- and her partner in the modern ters would observe instructions ac- ball-room dances.

cordingly."

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CEE,TAG, I KNOW

WHAT I'D DO WITH ALL

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IF I HAD

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SO DO I=' SPEND IT ALL FOR CANDY w

FOR YOURSELF!

ATKEL 146

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