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ACHIEVEMENT.

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Consulate General In Hongkong to MISS GLEITZE TELLS OF FINE. the effect that the well-known French, nirmen, Costes and Lebrix,. have safely reached Hanoi on their

EXPEDITION PLANS.ight from Tokyo.

Shanghai, April 10, All preparatione for a general drive on the Northernera have been made and an inspection of all

by Marshal Chiang Kai-shel is almost completed, according to latest messages from Hauchow.

It is stated that Marshal Chiang has proceeded to Halchow, east of Hauchow, to insport the defence. lines and also the troops there. He returned to Hauchow on the evening of the 7th.

According to à telegram received, the aviators arrived at Hanol it 4.45 p.m. yesterday, making a anfe landing on the Bachmal Aviation | Field.

It was on Sunday that the French

FEAT.

NEARLY GAVE UP.

London, Apr. 3. ·

Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the

FROM SEATTLE TO ANGRY PHILIPPINE

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U. S. AIRMAN TO ATTEMPT BIG FLIGHT

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SEVERE GALE IN U. S. PRESIDENTIAL

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LEVIATHAN HAS A ROUGH

PASSAGE.

WAVE 85 FEET HIGH,

New York, Apr. 9. Wireless messages from incoming liners report a sovere storm in the Athotic. ·

The 8.a. Levinthan which came into dock to-day has been badly

ELECTION.

HOW THE "PRIMARIES” ARE GOING.

HOOVER AND SMITH CHIEF CANDIDATES,

STATE SELECTIONS.

New York, Apr. 5. Lieut. Bert Hall announced here to-day that he would attempt a aolo, non-stop dight from Seattle to Tokyo at the end of this month PRINCIPAL ALSO HURT. or early in May. Hall was one of the original seven, members of the La-Fayette Escadrille and has an

Maulla, Apr. 5. imposing war record. X

Honorio Ventura, Secretary of damaged, her officers stating that In preparation for the coming He said that if his trans-Pacific the Interior, was the victim of an enormous damage was caused on Presidential election, consequent flight is successful, he would con- enraged mob, of San Fernando, Thursday night when a huge wave on the expiration of Mr. Coolidge's the Nationalist forces at the front airmen hopped off from Tokyo in swimmer of the English Channel, tinue around the world, touching Pampanga, high school students, on swept over the ship, wrecking the now busy with the "primaries." form of office, the United States is their attempt to make a non-stop has swum the Straits of Gibral at Harbin, Moscow, London, St. Thursday evening, March 29, ac- flight to Hanoi. Their starting tar-a feat never before accom-Johns, Newfoundland, and Newcording to authoritative Informa-searchlight on the fore-mast B6 feet Mr. Herbert Hoover appears at time was 7.23 a.m., so that they plished. She began the attempt, York, in an effort to lower the thon received in Manila yesterday, above the water-line.

present chief favourite for the have accomplished the flight in just which was her sixth, from Tarifa, existing around-the-world record.

The Department head, who halls Four life-boats were completely ernor Smith of New York as the Ropublican nomination, with: Gov- over 3 hours.

fifteen miles south-west of Glbrol- The record for encircling the from Pampanga, was mobbed and tar, on Thursday morning, and glubu is 28 days, 14 hours, 36 stoned while delivering the annual smashed, a score of third-class pas-Democratic choice. landed at Point Leona on the minutes and five seconds. It was Commencement address before the sengers were thoroughly drenched The following cables show how Moroccan coast, at night.

graduating class of the provincial when it tore a ventilator down. The some of the "primaries" are re- The swim, which lasted 12 hours Evans and Linton O. Wells.

high school. He sustained soveral

sulting: 50 minutes, was witnessed from an in competition for a $27,000 prize

water poured down the aperture in escort of boats by between fifly an offered by the Scattle chapter of sixty Spaniards, who afterwards the National Aeronautical Associa- signed a declaration that the awimtion and the Imperial Japanese

Angry Students. - was unassisted.

Aviation Society.

Very few details of the affair The flier will use London, Apr. 9.

a single- were received other than the fact Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the Lon-motored monoplane which is near-that the stoning was perpetrated don typlat who claims to hava ing completion. In a Long Island by students, angered because of low swum the Straits of Gibraltar, was factory. He plane to leave marks given them on their final interviewed in Paris to-day on her Roosevelt Field for Seattle about examination papers.

April 20. way home to London.

Prior to coming East, the alrmen dew from France across the South era Atlantic and up and across the United States. They then" took It is learned in official circles teamer for Tokyo, from which that all units now at the Northern Pointve made this fine flight. front have been completely, in-lanol is

The distance from Tokyo to approximately 2,600 apected and that Marshal Chiang miles.}" will proceed to the front lines asj soon as heavy ghting starts.

.. Hopes of Success. It is anticipated by the Nation- alista that the will capture Tsining within two weeks and reach Peking within two months. All forces of the 1st Army Corps: have left for the front and are now concentrating at the first Nation-3 alist defence line ready to advance at any moment.

The Army under General Mo Fel-nam, a strong faction of the "Ironsides," has arrived at the front and is advancing within forty miles from the Northern vanguard.

TREASURER RESIGNS.

AMERICAN OFFICIAL TO BE

BANK PRESIDENT.

Washington, Apr. 10.

Signed Affidavit.

Mr. Frank White, Treasurer of by Don Francesco Bueno, Military She produced an amdavit signed the United States Department of Governor of Tarifa, who was one Treasury, has resigned his position of the seventy people from Tarifa to become the President of the who accompanied her in tugs on Southern Bank.—Router's Ameri- testifies that Miss Gleitze swam hor swim: This document duly can' Service.

across the Strafts unassisted.

Miss Gleitze said it was hor

General Hung Hsi-fal, the of-

[Mr. Frank White was born in Shanghai Defence Commissioner, 1856. He became a member of the sixth attempt to swim the Straits. arrived at Hauchow on April 7th and has been appointed by Mar- North Dakota House of Represen. She had made three attempts from shal Chiang to assist the Hsu- tatives in 1891 and was in the Sen- the Tangiers side and three from swimming the English Channel, chow Defence Commissioner in de-a from 1893 to 1899. As a major The water was much warmer, and In the North Dakota Volunteer In- As the Front Army Headquar-fantry he served in the Philippines she did not suffer from cold, were and later became Colonel of the flat although

fingers tera have been established at Division. He had fourteen months paralysed after about six hours in Isuchow, Marshal Chiang has de service in France and was appoint the water. clared martial law to come into ed Treasurer of the United States force every evening.-Nom Chung in 1921.3

fensive affairs.

Pao.

Marshal Li's Movements.

her

Encouraged to Continue. After about one and a half

Telegrama despatched from ROY KILNER'S DEATH. became so strong that she was Shanghai yesterday give details of the movements of Marshal Ld Chai- Bum, the Chief of Staff to Marshal Accompanied Chiang Kai-shek.

by Mr. Wu Tse-hui, Dr. Tani Yuan- pel, Mr. Chang Ching-kiang, who are all Kuomintang Commission- ers, General Huang Fu. Commis sioner of Foreign Affairs to the Nanking National Government, and General Chan Ming-shu, Mar shal LL paid a visit to the famous Weat Lake resort at Hangchow. He returned to Shanghai on Mon day.

GREAT LOSS TO WORLD OF

. CRICKET.

London, Apr. 8,

hour's swimming, the current almost on the point of giving up, but the pilot encouraged her to go on and shortly afterwards the cur- ront changed and helped her. The distance across was only nine miles, but she calculates that she swam about 21 miles in all,- British Wirelcas.

FAILED TO RETURN,

English cricket in general, and Yorkshire in particular, has suffer- ed a great loss by the death of Ray Kilner, 1rom enteric fover, in Barnsley. Hospital. He became on the journey home from India, where he had spent the winter DETENTION HOUSE INMATE coaching..

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CAUSES TROUBLE.

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established in 1926, by Edward S.

Hall's trans-Pacifc fight will be

The distance from Seattle to Tokyo, over the route Hall pro poses to follow, is 4,300 miles. The require 47 hours.

ler estimates that the trip will

LOCAL CAT BURGLAR.

injuries the extent of which are

unknown.

There were many of these, it is said, and those who failed to pass their grades, organized, secured a large group of followers and pre- sented themselves at the commence- ment services for, no other purpose than giving vent to their pent-up ire.

General Mot Follows.

torrents and quantities of crockery were broken, while many of tho fittings were damaged.-Rcutor.

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TERRIBLE RUSSIAN

TORTURES.

CHIEF OF POLICE CHARGED BY SOVIET.

Riga, Apr. 9.

The Supreme Court of Soviet. Russia has begun the trial of M. Nekoroshev, the Chief of Police in A general riot followed the ston-the town of Ghuguvev. M. Khar ́NINE PIECES OF CLOTHING ing of Secretary Ventura and sev-kov, his deputy and others are

eral persons were hurt. Among AMONG BOOTY,

these was ong American school charged, jointly with him, with in teacher who was struck and stun- ffeting terrible tortures on the pri- Wearing nine pieces of clothing bed by a flying misslie. No nc- sonera, who it is alleged were half

articles and wtih other stolen

count of the extent of the teacher's strangled, their hair torn out, and stowed away in various pockets of injuries has been received. Consimilarly grossly ill-treated.

Apparently all the inhabitants of this nine-fold outât, a man de stabulary soldiers and San Fernan- scribed as a species of cat-burglar, do police were called to quell the the town had been terrorised by was arrested on making his escape trouble. but succeeded only tem- Nekhoroghey

and his gang from 248. Queen's Road Central, porarily. after a surreptitious nocturnal On Friday morning, a general attack was launched on school off- Amongst the property which he cials, and one of these, believed to book away, in addition to the nine be George Smith, the principal, was pieces of clothing, were two nen-dragged from his office and beaten knives, ornaments and other brie-up, according to the Bulletin infor a-bracs.

vlalt,

He received six weeks' hard labour when charged before Ma- for C.. Willson this morning,

SIX WEEKS WRONG.

mants.

Trouble is Chronic. Trouble has been brewing in the ranks of San Fernando students for some time, according to in- formation received at the offices

Router.

TROOPS MUTINY IN VENEZUELA.

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QUICKLY SUPPRESSED AFTER MANY KILLED.

Caracas, Apr. 9.

A military revolt broke out here

Michigan's Choice,

Washington, April 2.' | - Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Governor Alfred Smith, of New York, wore endorsed for the Republican and Democratie pre- sidential nominations, respectively, in the Michigan primary election |to-day.

Neither was opposed on the party ticket, although the name of Sonator Walsh, of Montana, waa written in frequently on the De mocratic ballots,

Maine for Smith.

Waterville, Apr; 87 Maine Democrats, by a vote of 489 to 174, today Instructed their 12 delegates to the national con- vention to vote as a unit for the nomination of Governor Alfred Smith, of New York, as Democratis presidential candidate.

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Republican Chairman.

Kansas City, Apr. B Sonator Fess, of Ohio, to-day was selected as temporary chairman of the Republican National Conven-

tion here in Jung. In that post- tion, he will make the keynote ad- dress of the convention.

Senator Fess is a supporter of He the Coolidge administration. was selected for the temporary chairmanship by the sub-committee on arrangements which is meeting here to make final plans for the con- vention.

New York Unpledged.

Albany, Apr. 4 Ae a result of yesterday's prim

of the Bureau of education yester to-day, but it was quickly suppressary election New York's 90 Repub-

day afternoon. The school has had cd. four principals during the termi BANISHEE MAKES ERROR IN just passed and all have encounter.

CALCULATION.

Banished in 1918 for ten years, a Chinese returned to the Colony only a few weeks before the ter-

that ho

The mutineers killed two officers, ed difculty In controlling the who refused to join them in their student body. Last year was also insurrection, and marched to the a troublesome one and was featured ammunition stores of the San Car los barracks, but were greeted by by many school disturbances. The Political Department of the

Test Kilner appeared in seven Nanking Government has received

One of the chief troubles at San rifle fire from loyal troops, instructions to remove its head-matches against the Australians,

Several of the insurgents were A Filipino, named Benito da mination of the parled. He was Fernando, according to Bureau of quarters to Hauchow, and already going out with the English team Guzman, was sent to prison with arrested and confessed

mado Education officials, is the fact that killed, while the rest were a number of officials have left. in the winter of 1924-25 and play-hard labour for six weeks by had made a wrong calculation,

maintained in two separate build- War Funds for Troops.

ing in the first four Tests when Major C. Willson this morning, for when charged before Mr. R. E. the high school in that city is prisoner.-Reuter, the Australians came to England failing to return to the House of Lindsell this morning with dis-ings. They are situated at a con- It is stated in Shanghai that the in 1926-British Wireless,

Detention.

obeying the order of expulsion. siderable distance from each other recent military developments on

His Worship observed that it and principals have found it diff- Mr. J. W. Franks stated that the was hard luck, but said the de-cult to maintain or ler in both build- the Tientsin and Pukow line aro not favouring the Fengtien troops.

defendant disappeared from the House of Detention last year and fendant must do the remaining ings at the same time. A large detachment of reinforce- ments has arrived at Hankla

proceeded to Canton, His act six weeks in prison. caused a great deal of trouble to chwang, Chilli, while Marshal

the police,, consular, and prison Chang Tsung-chang is reported to

authorities, who had been looking have left for the Tientsin-Pukow

for him ever since. front with war funds sufficient to the soldiers and give them further encouragement.

Expedition Plans.

AERIAL SURVEY OF AFRICA.

SIR ALAN COBHAM MAKES INSPECTIONS.

London, Apr. 9.

In reply to his Worship, Mr. Franks stated that there could be no doubt that the defendant fully

Sir Alan Cobham, who is making understood that if he desired to General Li Taung-jen, who is to an aerial survey of Africa, landed leave the House of Detention, he lead the Hunan and Hupoh troops on Sunday in Banana Creek, at the had to obtain permission, which in the Northern Expedition, arriy mouth of the Itiver, Congo, after a od in Hankow on Saturday evening flight of 500 miles up the Weat Would not be granted If he did not have employment at the time of to meet General Pel Chung-hal, Coast from Lobita Bay.

making the application. who is stated to be arriving in Han-. kow in a few days' time.

At Lobito, he inspected possible Chinese reports say that Gen nerodrome sites, in view of the ad-

The police informed his Worship,

STARTLING AFFAIR.

LO.N. OFFICIAL FOUND SHOT.

Constantinople, Apr. 9.^ Mr Schlemmer, a representative to the League of Nations and Director of the local branch of the International Labour Office, has been sent to hospital suffering

Just what will evolve from last week's episode is unknown. The matter has been kept quiet by oven the victims of the attacks.Manila Bulletin

TO AID NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

CANTON TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS.

TO ASSIST SIMON COMMISSION.

ASSAM COUNCIL APPOINTS COMMITTEE.

Ican delegates will go to the Kansas City convention unpledged to any presidential candidate..

Eighty-three of the delegates were elected yesterday, while the large, other seven, delegates at were selected previously by the state committee.

Eighty-alx Democratic delegates elected yesterday are pledged to support Governor Alfred Smith. Four Democratic delegates at large will be selected at the state com- mittee meeting on April 17.

For Hoover,

Louisville, Apr. 5. The Republican state. convén. tion, meeting here to-day, instruct. ed its seven delegatos at large. to - the national Convention, "to. sup- Shillong, Apr. 9.

port Secretary of Commerce Hoo- ver for the Presidentfal zomina The first provincial committention. Of the other delegates, part In India which will cooperate were. Instructed to support Hoo- with the Simon Commission was ver's candidacy and part were? elected to-day when the Assam Legislativo. Council appointed Reven members to assist the Com mission to enquire into the work ing of the reforms.”,

uninstructed.

New Candidate.

Washington, Apr. 6, Senator Guy D: Goff, of Clarks-, The Committee consists of threeburg, West Virginia, has entered

eral Pei Chung-hsi has decided vantages which speedy aerial com-that the defendant did not have from a bullet wound. It is not Despite roports to the contrary, | Hindus, three Moslems and one the West Virginia primary as a

confer upon / employment when he left the known how the wound was it appears that Canton is to con- European, Reuter.

that his whole 18th Nationalist munication would Army will take part in the North- Rhodesin-British Wireless. orn campaign under General Li Toung-Jen.

Shansi, Prepares,

A Chinese telegram from Tal- yuch, in Shansi, states that the Fengtien Forces appear to have resolved to concentrate on big scale offensive against the Shansi front during the next few days.

NOTED PROFESSOR'S DEATH.

the FOUNDER OF NEW SCIENCE.

The Hague, Apr. 9.

Marshal Yen Shi-shan, military The death has occurred of Pro- governor of Shansi, has ordered fensor Ritzema Boa, the founder that the districts in the vicinity of of phyto-pathology-Reuter. Taiyuan be put into a state of

Inflicted.

House of Detention. He stowed

The bullet has been extracted, away to Canton and it was subse-and the patient is said to be out quently that he found work.

of danger. The police are en quiring into the matter.-Reuter.

CONGRESS UPHELD.

PRESIDENT'S CONTROL OF

CUSTOM DUTIES,

Washington, Apr. 10.

RUBBER SHARËS FALLING.

tribute her share to the Nanking- Treasury in assisting Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to prosecute the Northern Expedition. -Reports from Canton Indicato that the Southern Government has consented to supply to the 'Nan- king Treasury a certain amount every month, and that the. Canton Treasury received Instructions to this effect a few days ago.

It has also been arranged be-

FRANCE CONQUERS

WALES.

NARROW WIN IN RUGGER.

INTERNATIONAL,

Paris, Apr, 0.7

candidate for the Republican près sidential nomination, his secro- tury, Thomas J. Menny, announce here to-day.

The election will be held on May 20, Goff is serving his first. term in the Senate.

EASTER AT HOME.

BRILLIANT WEATHER FOR HOLIDAYS.

In a test case before the Supreme Court it was decided that Congress has not exceeded its constitutional In botany phyto-pathology is authority, in delegating power to defence, pending the arrival of the the science of the diseases of the President to raise and lower Arst and second route armies of plants; medically, it is the patho- Customs duties to equalise the cost the Ruominchun before launching logs of diseases due to vegetable of production at home and abroad. 79, a now low record Neuter's Li Taung-Jen, an ardent member the turf was in splendid condition. coast and country-Bride), Wing

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DIVIDEND CAUSES BREAK ON

tween the Canton and Nanking The International Rugby match MARKET.

Governments that the money from at Colombes to-day resulted in a Canton will be devoted for the capital: victory for France over New York, Apr. 9.

London, Apr. 9. The passing of a dividend on the maintenance of the Hunan and Wales by eight points to five

The Eastern holidays hava beett points.ok first preferred stocks of the United Hupeh, troops taking part in the

favoured here with brilliant wear campaign. It is worthy of note Biatca Rubber Company has caus that the Hanan and Hupeh Army The weather was glorious, there ther, which has stimulated the ed a break of over at points to le under the direction of General was a very large attendance and usual exodus from London to the

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