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MORE TEST THRILLS. SHOP PROPRIETOR SENSATIONAL RIOT DAYTONA BEACH NAVY BUILDING WAR
OLDFIELD DEFIES THE
ENGLAND ATTACK.
MURDERED.
STRANGLED BY ROBBERS IN
EARLY MORNING.
PREMISES RANSACKED.
Aiensational account is given In this morning's police reporta of a robbery and murder at No.
shortly after midnight.
FORTY-FOUR RUNS PUT ON FOR 61, Firat Street, which occurred
ONE WICKET.
SERIOUS FRACAS AT
BIG MEETING.
TWO LEADING OFFICIALS SENT TO HOSPITAL
DISASTER.
STATEMENT BY AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
THIRD IN 26 YEARS.
Daytona, Mar. 14... Following the tragic death of Mr. Lee Bible when plloting Mr. Frank White's great Triplex racing-car in an attempt to beat Major Segrave's new record, the Automobile AESD- ASTOUNDING: SCENES.ciation here has issued a statement designed to remove mian-rchen- sions regarding the danger of speed trials.
Mr. Lee Bible came to grief
The address in question is that of a rice shop, the proprietor of which was a man named Ho Ping.
Nanking, Mar. 14, According to informatión now with Remarkable scence, giving the authorities, Ho. Ping was in colour to the suggestion that the. the shop with a foki named Li Third National Congress of the whilst travelling at a speed of 20
Chet at 12.45 n.m. when two un-Kuomintang Party is likely to
GREATEST EXCITEMENT. armed men ontered the premises. prove a lively and antagonistic
The Intruders after threatening assembly, occurred this afternoon the proprietor and his foki, bound when a meeting of delegates was and gagged both men, first having held as a kind of preliminary to
the official gathering, The shop was put some wood into their mouth,
then ransacked,
Hot words between
IDEA ABSURD, SAYS MR. W. C. BRIDGEMAN.
BRITAIN NOT COMPETING WITH UNITED STATES.
miles on the famous beach course PRE-WAR COMPARISONS. by crashing into the sand-dunes,
being instantly killed.
Anticipating an
unfavourable public reaction with regard to the value of these speed trials, the Au- tomobile Association, in the course Lee Bible's death is only the third of its statement, points out that Mr..
Lona Beach,
Thanks to splendid defiance of the England attack by W. A. Oldfield, Australia strengthened their position in the Fifth Test at Melbourne this morning, though the ninety minutes' play produced only 44 runs.
The giant's share of these came from the hat.of the property removed, the extent of their representatives, led finally, in 26 years of upced tests on Day-
"veteran wicket-keeper, Hornibrook being content for the most
part to hold his end up.
White pinyed the changes on his bowlers without success, the only victim being. Hornibrook, who was clean-bowled by Hammond shortly before the interval for tiffin was taken.
Australia now require 235 runs to win, with nine wickets still intact.
DOGGED DISPLAY BY OLDFIELD.
Melbourne was in a ferment of and with Leyland put on 81 runs seventh wicket in 55 excitement this morning. Aua- for the
minutes, Leyland balled until the tralia's prospects had never been bust wicket fell, neither Duck brighter at this stage of any of the worth, Geary, nor J. C. White null previous matches, and the Fifth staying with him long enough
enable him
Lo
Lo
the safe broken open and certain
which is not yet known.
Li
After the robber's had left, Chat managed to free himself, and proceeded to the assistance of his master, but found the latter dead, having apparently been murdered by strangulation.
SERIOUS FLOODS IN U. S. A.
factions and bitter speeches
rival by
to blown and a general fracas, which was only brought to nu end by the intervention of troops and police.
L
Bndly injured.
In the molee two of the princi- A foki of the rice shop who left the premises twenty minutes ba-pal speakers were so badly injured fore the entry of the robbers is that they had to be sent to hos pital after order had been suspected.
restored. A large number of arrests were made. At least twenty or thirty others received injuries of a minor character.
The
Government had taken rigorous measures to prevent dis- turbances of this nature, but it was not anticipated that serious trouble would result from such a held with meeting, which was official sanction.
The extremists, the Left Wing of the Party, mustered at the mecting in full force, and many of their representatives were permitted to address the audience, which consisted largely of dele. gates from the provinces, and would-be delegates excluded by the Government's methods
DANGER OF MISSISSIPPI AGAIN BURSTING BANKS.
Test was almost the sole topic of England out of the wood.
acussion. The wand its Australia were left requiring ENGINEER PATROLS. influence on England's, somewhat 286 runs to win, and the 51 scored sensational breakdown were the up to lunch-lime leaves them with 235 runs to get with 9 wickets to fall.
subject of the greatest interest.
The most optimistic of Aus-' tralia's supporters had not yester- day expected to see England's wickets toppling down at the rate nine per day, though it
of
New York, Mar, 14. Alabama and Georgia, two of the southern States, are faced a very serious threat of with foods. The waters have already risen to an alarming extent, and selection. the encroachment of the smaller 31rivers beyond their banks
The full scores are as follows:
Australia 2nd, Innings.
18 W. A. Oldfield not out
generally agreed that Australia's P. M. Hornibrook, b Hanumand..
task is still an uphill one.
on
The keenness of the crowd Is illustrated by the fact that there! the 'were 12,000 spectatora ground, the biggest crowd. in the morning since the game opened (Saturday excepted), when Ok- field and Hornibrook went out lo resume Australia's innings.
han
18 already been responsible for the 2 wrecking of two train and the
Inundation of four villagea,
Extras
Tolal (for 1 wkt.).
51
England-1 ANJRED. J. D, Hobb, bow, Ryde
Wil 1. R. Jardine, Oldeld, L
Any change in the wicket that W. Hammond, Faltar, is Wall
1. Duckworth, e Fairfax, Hornibrook had taken place as the result of ridere Harnibrook, b Ryder the rest over-night seems to have E. Hendren, e Hornibrook, b Fatefax
H. layland.
Fairfax, catam while
H. Larword. & Wall .. boon for the better, for Reuter does not comment further a Gary. b Baibrook than a statement that the wicket was playing very fast, the sub sequent events suggest that it was playing much easier than yester day.
Hornibrook Out,
J. C. White, pot out M. W. Tate, a substitute, b forallirook
EXLINA
Total
142
Rain has been falling heavily
for some time and the observa- torics forecast that it will con-
four hours.
of
Hundreds of runa have been made, says the Association, and no fewer than fourteen new records CEtablished,
The Association greatly regrets Mr. Lee Rible'n death, but it regards it a part of the development work in the design of motor-cars.
Mr. Frank White, the owner of the Triplex car, is at present on the verge of a collapse, following Mr." Lee Bible's tragic death. He was ureware of the accident when it happened. Reuter's American Ser- vice.
FACE SAVED ALL ROUND.
MARSHAL CHIANG'S 'CABLE TO DISGRUNTLED MEN.
Nanking Leadery Criticised.
the The trouble began when Moderate Wing speakers were in- repeatedly terrupted
the by
for
the
BRANCH COUNCILS.
C
Britain's contribution to the cause of naval disarmament was once again stressed in the House of Commons, when the Rt. Hon. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty, introduced the Navy Estimates.
'New construction contemplated is concerned with small cruisers equipped with 6-inch guns, and Mr. Bridgeman pointed to this fact as evidence that Britain is clearly not trying to go one better than the United States.
He deplored the loose talk of a naval war, and argued that the peace of the world would not be endangered because two peace-loving nations possessed powerful navies, so long as they were not animated by ambition of territory, and lust of conquest. He quoted figures to show that Britain is spending for leas on her Navy to-day than in 1914.
LABOUR. CRITICISM ANSWERED.
London, Mar. 14.
went, we had done for more than
At the outset of his, address to any other country in the world: the House, Mr. Bridgeman men. Some people talked as if the first the of disarmament tioned that the Estimates showed act a reduction of £1,435,000 on the Washington Conference in 1921. figures for last year, and went on At that conference the United posal to scrap a number of capital to make an interesting compari- States made the handsome pro-
son. '
Was
If one compared to-day's figures ships built or building, and did with those of 1914, he said, there serap nearly half a million tons. We agreed to scrap 400,000 tons of excess of apparently an
completed capital ships. We had. £4,300,000. That was more than since the Armistice scrapped over lexa than wiped out by £5,500,000 in non-
2,160,000, tons, No effective charges, and also by the 1,650,000 tong were scrapped Washington Con- flect air arm. The Estimates for before the this year were, therefore, £2,500,-ference. 000 less than in 1914.
as it could then be
Striking Fact.
Before Cutting Talk. Actually before the conference
we had left now, How azyonu
Hankow, Mar, 14." Messrs. Hu Tsung-tao, Chang Hau-fu and Chang Chi-pen have received a concillatory telegram
When one took into account the from Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, pointing out that strice all the difference in the value of money, Leftist group present, and when Branch Political Councils are be the comparison became still more we had scrapped more ships than Mr. Kuu Ching-lin, a high official ing abolished, their dismissal from impressive, Unge for at least another twenty of the Central Kuomintang, made membership of the Wuhan, Poll shown that we were spending less could say we had not played our by £27,500,000 on our Navy to-day part in naval disarmament before a long speech, denouncing the tical Council is merely nominal,
and after the conference he was This telegram from Chiang Kai-than in 1914., Nanking Government
unable to say.. Traffic has been dislocated by manner in which they had select-shek has succeeded in saving face
But that was not all. We were the floods, but Federal engineersed the delegates for the Third all round and tension is again casing. The press gangs in Han- are most anxious regarding the National Congress.
Before the War, the Royal Navy invited to the Coolidge Conference koware now censing their activity.
cont. of the total at Genova in 1927 and we went 12 Mississippi which has
A Changsha message reports cost 24.5 per 137 dangerously.
ference a plan which would have that it is stated the entire Hunan Budget and now it cost no more there. We put before that Con- Provincial Government Committee than 6.9 per cent. tendered its resignation, en bloc,
The Government had carried out resulted in an enormous reduction to the Wuhan Divisional Council, In steady policy of replacement. In of armaments, a plan approved by yesterday.
round figures this had cost £45,-every member of this House. Un- No reason is given for the 000,000 during the five years he fortunately that Conference broke Air down. Although both sides wore He demanded that some other action-Reuter.·
had been responsible. The By now the Branch Political Arm had risen from 105 aircraft aiming at equality in-strength we arrangement should be made and
ships mounting that the Congress should be truly Councils at Canton, Hankow, Tai- in 1924 to 186 in 1928, and by the could not find a formula which representative of the opinions of yuanfu, Peking and Kaffen, will end of 1929, the number should would equato
rigen He argued that a great many of the men privileged to represent Patrols are marching up and their town or district were not 18 down the levees of the great river the selection of the district from keeping a careful look-out for which they came, but were chosen weak places:
by the Central authorities with a view to avalding opposition,
13
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Yall of wickets: 1/66; 3/149; 3/286; 4/240 5/2001 9/401; 7/405: 8/428; D/ET0; 10/610.
Wall
Grimmett
Runs came extremely slowly. but, in spite of frequent bowling in rook changes by J. G. White, England's Oxenham captain, neither man was di lodged until the lunch interval yder had almost been reached, when par Hornibrook fell a victim to Han- mond, who scattered his stumps.
scored Hornibrook had seventeen of them this morning when his wicket was taken, and he had aided Oldfield in putting up a 61 for the first very valuable wicket.
Dowling (Anilyala.
A. F. Kippa, e ·
A
16
128
B
40
The Black Warrior River and the Tuscaloosa in Alabama, have raen more than thirty feet every day since the rala commenced to fail, and thousands of acres of rich land have been flooded,
Streets in one town are a foot I under water-Reuter's American
Service,
Antoniin-lại Inalaga.
W. M. Woodfall, e Geary, ↳ Jarwood
101
18,
A. Jackson, buckworth, White
30
3. Ryder, e Tale, & Immand
...
W. A. Oldfield, and b Gray
K. Oxenbum, e Duckworth, Geary
Padman, Tate, is Beary
A. Fairfax, bbw, b Geary
E. V. Grimmels THPT vật
T, Wall, Buckworth, b Bry
1. M. Harelbrook, bow, White
1xtru
Total
17
401
Oldfield's performance will go down as one of his greatest. He has always had a reputation as a
Fall of wideias 1/54:1/14; 3/208: 4/201; fighter, and the 31 he has made so far, without defeat, should prove 5/16: 6/29; 7/400; 8/135; 9/492; 10/401. the Limmensely
valuable to
Australians not only because of
Tala
their total, but they should be Larwood an object-leason to the younger y players who might otherwise have White been effected by the occasion.
→→→→→Slow Scoring.
Hammond Leyland
Dowling Analys!a.
0,
K. I
W.
T
24
108
16 105
15
75
a
も
England 2nd Intings.
J. B. Hobby, Fairfax, is Grimmet!' it. Jardine, e Oldfeld, : Wally Tarwood, Wall
It will, of course, be observed that the Acoring was among the slowest of the match, and in dis-W. Linct contract. to England's effort yesterday; when the ring came an average of one per minute,
I Hammond, a Hyder, & Fairfax Tyldesley, Oldfield, & Wall fendren, a and b firimmett M. Leyland, not out raaka
at. W. Tais à Fairfax, Hornibrook
G. Grary, 1. Wall goonjuge J. C. While a Oxenhan, b Wall
Extra
Total
The Australians are evidently de-a. Duckwarth, 1.b.w., Quenlam termined to take no risks, and un less they are dismissed, which Ib hardly likely, there appears to be alight prospect of a conclusion to day.
CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE TRIAL.
BRILLIANT TIME IN FULL COURSE TRIAL,
London, Mar. 14.
the country, and he urged all pre-havo received their instructions be 153. It was a very modest eight-inch guns with ships mount- sent to join in a parade demon- from the Central Political Council force, but great progress had been ing alx-inch guns. stration, which would Interview in Nanking that they are to dis-made owing to the zeal and effici- leading officiala of the Party and solve.
.
ency of its members.
ank them to reconsider their The resolution, giving effect to nititude towards the delegations.this order, was passed at the 189th meeting of, the C.P.C., and it is to take effect from March 15th...
Moderate Return Attack.
Mr.
spoke Kuo Ching-lin strongly, in favour of the Left Wing of the Party, holding · up- Mr. Wang Ching-wel as, an example to other mombers.
continued
Absurd Outlook,
In the coming year, Mr. Bridgeman, three new cruisersl would be laid down. The design
The Americans wanted large ships with 8-inch guns and we wanted a larger number of ships with six-inch guns.
Reduction Altempts.
Besides that, we had made Con- tho Disarmament of one had not yet been settled. other attempts in the machinery GERMAN PLANS FOR Concerning the other two, It had f
CHINA.
MARSHAL FENG ORDERS EIGHTY.
by
been decided that they should be ference at Geneva, and final proposals generally a small type of cruiser with six-y Following this address, he was
inch guns in order to replace some known as the Anglo-French pro- heatedly attacked by the Modér-
of the smaller cruisers which Doaals in which we submitted to Magnificent time was this after-ates, and the warmth of their
were becoming obsolete, and the other Powers, a plan; to which we the French had agreed, ' which noon recorded by the Cambridge response brought about a fracas.
cause for strategle reasons should want some new cruisers would have met, the American crew, wideh rowed over the full A group of Moderates made a Boat Race course from Putney to joint attack on Mr. Kuo Ching-
Shanghai, Mar, 14.
of a small size to replace those situation in this way. There Mortlake In a trial and completed in, and he was badly hurt. Mr. Intending to extend civil aerial which had to be scrapped in the would have been no limit to the number of 10,000-ton ships the the distance in 18 minutes 85 Fang Ko-wel, a Moderate leader, communications under his ad-future.
ministration; Marshal Feng Yu The Government's building pro-Americans could have, provided seconda.
was also badly hurt,
halang. It is reported, has order-gramme was sometimes spoken of they did put a limit on the num
an advance
on the ed 80 new acroplanen from German as if it were a great addition in ber mounting eight-inch guns,
stead of a replacement pro- That was firms.
Geneva proposal but unfortunately Contracts for these machines gramme.
That was absurd. Before the it was not acceptable to them. have, It is stated, already been . signed.
war we had 114 erulsors and now No Competition, we had 62. And If we went on
The time in 38 seconds better Order was restored with the than that of the Oxford crew arrival of soldiers and police, yesterday, though the conditions and. Mr. Kuo and Mr. Fang, with were different.
iwo or three others were sent to It is evident that both crews are hospital. es in fine trim for the race, which takes place on Saturday, March
Fall of wickelws 1/1; 2/13; 9/75;' 4/120')' (6/123 ;, 6/11; 7/211; 1/217; 9/203;°10/2HY;.
Map Bowling Analyala.
England's comparative failure yesterday came as a great surprise, and the position would have been a great deal worse but for a magn Wall ficent enterprising display by tax Maurice Tate, who scored 54 runs
Hornbrook
Grimmett
Oxendam
61
to
44
|| 23rd.---Reuter.
·
"Ningleaders" Arrested.,
The alleged ring-leadors of the rlot were arrested and were being taken to Police headquarters," FOOTBALL SURPRISE. when the crowd offered resistance,
CHARLTON-DEFEATED AT HOME.
MORE SMUGGLED- OPIUM.
FOUND ON STEAMER FROM HANKOW
replacing at the rate of three The Premier has already said, crilaers a year we should only
Britain's Share;
have 50 under twenty years of continued Mr. Bridgeman, that we ago in 1940, If we were to do are not going to engage in any Icas now we should be faced with building competition, with Ameri- both at the Washington Confer arguing that the dispute was
a very heavy programme In-later ca. We have shown our intentions years.
ence and in our proposals at purely a party matter, and that
| Geneva, ** the men should be taken to Kuo
We have done more than any mintang Headquarters if any. where.
Bhanghai, Mar: 16. It aulted the purpose of cer other country in the actual re London, Mar. 14 The request was complied with, The 8.8. Sing. Do arrived here tain people, proceeded Mr Bridges ductions of armaments. We have In the Football League, Third four motor vans conveying the from Hankow on Wednesday and men, to make out that this country shown ourselves willing to con Division (South), borday, Chariton belligerent members of the Party on board were found 17. gunny Athletic, playing at home, were to Headquarters." surprisingly defeated by Bristol It is reported that Mr. Liu Oht- Rovers, who won by two goals to wen, Mayor of Nanking has sub-
(Continied on Page 8.) toneReuter.
1.
baga full of raw opium.
was. not doing its fair share in alder overy proposal that has been paval disarmament. That was
The value is estimated at about not true. We were always willing made and when I say that we are
Bler (Continued on Page 7: $50,000. The muggler has not to do our share in that direction. the only country in the world that
As far as naval disarmament been arrested-Nam Chung Poa.
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