1930-02-20 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930.

CHINESE WRONGLY MISSING WITNESS IN LONG CHASE AFTER THREAT OF WAR IN

CHARGED.

MAGISTRATE EXPLAINS LAW ON FALSE PRETENCES.

INTERESTING POINT. Intimating that it was not falso pretences if a person stated that he wished to make a purchase and than did not buy the article, Mr. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, suggest ed that in addition to a charge of false pretences which was brought against a Chinese the police should bring an indictment of Iarceny by trick.

The defendant was alleged ta have obtained the sum of $1 by means of d' falso prefence, it being stated that he had borrowed thu money under the pretext that his master required a consignment of vinegar, whereas the order was placed with the specific intention

of securing the $1.

FILM MURDER.

THE NORTH.

A THIEF.

“KNOWS WHO KILLED FAMOUS ; DIRECTOR, AND WHY.”

DETECTIVE USES BUS AND CATCHES OFFENDER:

ONLY REACHES TELEGRAM STAGE,

Shanghal, Feb. 19. The throatoned "war-in China

New York, Jan. 7.

The supposed missing link wit

BCBS in the famous Taylor murder GOLD RING STOLEN. Appears to be still in the telegram

mystery at Los Angeles eight years | go has been found by one of Its reporters, according to an announce- ment of the United Press.

His name is Otis Hefner, Ho is the man referred to in my recent dispatch

as having been secretly released from Folsom Prison by Ex-Governor Richard son in 1926, after having made dis- closures to him which, it is bo- Heved, placed the convict's life in jeopardy from members of a dope ring.

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Mr. William Desmond Taylor, the famous English film director, was found shot at his deak at Holly- wood. Theories advanced that he was murdered by someone who intended to steal letters for blackmail purposes, or that the as- sassin was one of his many women friends.]

According to Inspector Stimson, the defendant went to the com.

Heary Reavey, a young negro, plainant's shop and intimated that his master required 50, cattles of who was Taylor's valet, following vinegar which would be paid for the dismissal of Edward Sands, is on delivery. At the same time, said to have overheard a quarrel the man asked for the loan of $1etween Taylor and a person named which he said he would repay at by Hefner. the same time as the payment was made for the vinegar. He was given the money, but, on Walking out of the shop, he ran away,

His Worship asked where the false pretences came in, and was told that the false pretences were in the man's fictitious order of vinegar..

His Worship intimated that that False was not false pretences. pretences had to be something of

Answering a direct question by the United Press reprezentative," Hefner said he knew who killed Taylor, and why.

He mentioned the name of á cinema celebrity as the murderer,

Hefner explained in a signed statement that he and Sands were mixed up in a narcotic trafficking band.

Distributing drugs.

the present and not of the future. Sands supplied the drugs to It was not false pretences to say Taylor, for whom he had worked, that a person was going to ostensibly as his chauffeur and purchase a thing and then did not valet. Actually, Taylor was dis-

do it, whereas it would be false pretences to purchase a thing and then not pay for it.

Inspector Stimson replied that the man had had no intention whatever of purchasing the" vine- Kar.

His Worship said he did n ́t understand that and asked if the Police could prove it.

Inspector Stimson pointed out that the man lud run away.

His Worship Intimated that a better charge would be one of larceny by a trick and remanded the defendant until to-morrow for *UTI alternative chargo to bu brought.

NIGHT CYCLING

NUISANCE,

MAGISTRATE ANXIOUS TO

DISCOURAGE,

tributing drugs to people in the movie business, Including the per- son Hefner names as having com- mitted the murder,

"Taylor and Sands," he contínued, "fell out,

"Taylor left on a trip, and when he returned he accused Sands of robbing his home of clothing and jewellery."

"Sands did not make any pre- tence of working for Taylor, after that, but 1 think the robbery was all "bunie, for Sands continued to deliver dope to Taylor and get his money for it.

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A long chase after a man who had Tan. Yen-kai, Hu Han-min and stolen a gold ring from a jeweller Wang Chung-hul, the presidents in Shangha! Street was described of the Executive, Legislative and to Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kow-Judicial yuans, respectively, re- loon Magistracy this morning. plying to telegrams from Yen Hai. when the thief was charged with shan dated February 16 and 17. larceny. The defendant admitted urge the Shanet General peace- the offence,

fully to co-operate in the unifica-

the defendant had gone into the him to "ponder carefully before According to Sergeant Barnicle, tion of the country, and enjoin on shop to purchase a ring. After acting." selecting the one mentioned in the. A Nanking message days the charge, he intimated that he had State Counell has received, tele- decided to purchase it.

grams from the Cheklang, Klang The foki of the shop then went to su, Kwangtung, Shantung, and mound, saw that the defendant had that Yen Hal-shan be appropriately make out a bill, but, on turning Hupel party headquarters urging left the shop. On going outside, reprimanded for his suggestion to the fald saw the defendant mount Chiang Kai-shek that the latter ing a bicycle and riding away.

retire.

Further Messages."

HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.

CATCHING UP WITH THE LEAGUE FIXTURES:

SURPRISES SCANTY.

London, Feb. 19: the English and Scottish Leagues Several postponed matches In were played off to-day, the results, as cabled by Reuter, and amended | longue tables being as follows:

FIRST - DIVISION."""

4 Arsenal

Derby

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Wednesday 27 17 0 4 72 31 40 Derby County

Manchester C. 28 14 6 8 04 50 Leeds. Blackburn Huddersfield Aston Villa Liverpool Lolcestor Middlesbro.

mouth Portsmouth 28 10 Sheffield U... 20 12 Burnley 30 10

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The foki gavo chase but was un It is officially announced that able to keep up with the man. A traffic on the Tientsin-Fukow and Manchester U. 29 12

West Ham 20. 10 14.59 60 detective who was in Waterloo Road Peking-Hankow railways a fune-Arsenal... 28 10

Birmingham. 28 9 7 12 44 45 saw the defendant pass and shortly tioning normally-Reuter

'Sunderland 27 8 7 12 48 66 23 afterwards met the fall of the shop.

Everton

20 79 1349 02 20 28 8 Grimsby

6 15 48 70 21" Newcastle 27 0 2 10 50 74 20 SECOND DIVISION. Swansea

-After learning of the theft, the detective boarded a bus and alighted in Argyle Street, where he waited, and, on the approach of the de- fendant, stopped him and question- ed him about the theft.

The defendant denied all know- ledge of the larceny, but when taken to the Station he admitted that he had stolen the ring and took the police to a street fountain where he had hidden it.

It was mentioned that the de- fendant had hired the bicycle for an hour.

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GIRLS' QUEST FOR BEAUTY.

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Peking,' Féb, 19. Yan Hsi-shan has again sont a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, in which he states he has learned with surprise that his telegrams to Chiang have aroused the latter's anger, which in turn has led him to start organising a punitive ex- pedition,

North China appears quiet, with no signs of war preparations in this area, and it appears certain that Shansi does not want to fight, and war will not materialiso, unleas Nanking. offensive.

Yen's whole move has the ap pearance of being more against Chiang personally than against Nanking-Reuter,

assumes

Bradford City Oldham Blackpool Chelson Bradford Bury Wolves

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views Charlton 27 0 10 8 40 30 28 anger the Generalissimo, no pun Stoke His Worship:-This is another tive measures are necessary, a8 Notta. County 20 use where a hired bicycle was mia-ho will obey to the latter any Hull 27 11 8 11 41 40 27 9. D 11 41 45 27 The defendant was sentenced to Chiang issues,

mandate against himself which Tottenham.. 20 two months' hard labour. «

Notta, Forest 28 8 11 0 38 42 27 Preston N. E. 29 9 8 12 48 64 26 Bradford C. 28 8 0 11 43 51 25 Millwall 28 6 12 10 42 57 24 Reading 80 7 10 13 16 49 24 Barnsley 20 8 7 14 38 61 23 Bristol C. 27 8 6 13 45 01 22

30 the Swansea

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£1,000,000 A DAY IN US. FOR COSMETICS,

How the scientist has become the champion of womuu in her search for beauty by the judicious!

Chiang's Denunciation.

Nanking, Feb. 19.

"Word was passed around in the aid of cosmetics is told In the cur- Charging Yen Hal-shan' with dope ring after a while that Taylorrent number of Science Progress having already mobilized troops had turned rat', and was tipping by Mr. H. Stanley Redgrove, B.Sc., in preparation for a campaign. us off to the Federal ofitals.

A.1.C.

against the Central Government, Chiang Kai-shek has sent a tele

heard several conversations, in which It was remarked that Tay for would be bumped off if he did not play square."

On the night of the murder in February 1922 Hefner says he ac- companied Sands in a motor-car to deliver druga ät Taylor's resi-| That persons on hired bicycles dence, and arrived there a 21 at night were a nuisance to traffe | o'clock in the inorning. was the opinion expressed by Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon

- Magistracy this morning when a Chinese was charged with riding a machine without a light. The deferidant stated that the light had just gone out and he about to re-light it when arrested, The police accepted the de- fendante atatement,

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His Worship Intimated that he wished to discourage the riding of bicycles by persons hiring their machines at night and thus be coming a nuisance to traffic, but in the present case the defendant was only charged with riding without a light.

A caution was registered.

RADIO POLICE STATION

DETECTIVES OF THE ETHER.

Woman In Furs.

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"The consumption of cosmetics," he says, "has reached unprecedent- gram to Yen Hai-shan reproving ed proportions in Western Europe him for this, and requests him to and America-the most highly demobilise, and also release Feng civilised parts of the world. Yu-hsiang. He further charges Clapton 0.

“According to a reliable au- Yen's agents at Peking with can- Swindon thority, American women spent soring telegrams from the Governor Newport

16 34. 64 21 during 1927 nearly five million ment's representative, and says Torquay 28 4 7 15.80-05 10 a day on the anti-Government manifesto Gillingham dollars (£1,000,000)

20 7 5 17 32 69 19 cosmetics.

issued by the Kuominchun before Bristol R.... 25. 6 5 14 48 50 17 "Enormous sums are also ex- the revolt last year omanated from Merthyr ...

26 2 8 10 33 70-12 pended every year on cosmetics in Talyuanfu.

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). The narrative continues: "There

England, France, Germany and

Darlington 1 Stockport was another limousine at the op-

Australia."

Lincoln a driver at the

Wrexham posite kerb with

Nol "Immoral." wheel. A woman WOB coming

Port Vale...28 21 4 3 71 26 40 down the short steps from the en-have killed" the old Victorian' English women, he declares,

Stockport 27 17 6 4 60 32 40 Accrington .. 27 14 5 8 72 47 33 trance to the bungalow court.

"She was wrapped in a fur idea that the use of cosmetica is to the world it may exercise a Darlington .. 80 14 4 12 77.58 32 coat, either black or dark brown, somehow immoral that no re-very real and valuable medicinal Chesterfield. 27 13 4 10 40

Carlisle spectable woman could possibly effect,

28 12 but I recognised her as ———,

Crewe "It must be borne in mind that re "She got into the limousine dye her hair or apply rouge to her

Lincoln checks,''

much of our lives is spent in, arti- hurriedly and drove away.

Southport ficial light, and that what appears Hartlepools natural and beautiful in sun York light may seem very different in a room brilliantly lit by electricity.

"Sands went in with the bundle, and came back almost immediately, When we were in the car Sands said to me, "It's time to be going; the old man's got his; he is strotch- ed out dead."

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Although "there is nothing like buoyant geod health to bring the noses into a woman's cheeks artificial beauty is preferable to ugliness, provided the artifice is good.

This telegram, which is strongly worded, in generally regarded as an ultimatum to Yen.-Reuter.

"Those who deride women for using mauve or pale green face powder for evening use merely

"We went down town and "If a touch of rouge or lip-stick soparated. 1 exchanged several gives a woman the consciousness betray their ignorance of the laws letters with Sands at Vera Cruz of presenting a better appearance of optics.” after that. He kept telling me to

keep my mouth shut and never men- Lion his name,

"Sands didn't kill Taylor; I am Bitter complaints of Swedish sure of that.

radio listeners have caused the "Don't think I meant to run away Swedish Government radio de- when I started for Mexico. I partment to establish a new and understood I was going to arrange unique variety of the Scotland for some narcotic shipments."

Yard. Thanks to new and accurate methods of control the detectives of this wireless police

BRITISH INDUSTRY..

station are able to discover and

to track down disturbers and

lawbreakers in the realm of the TRAVELLING FAIR TO BE

ether.

The now establishment is a

special controlling station in the

Hittle town of Eskilstuna

central Sweden.

In

INVESTIGATED.

London, Feb. 19. The President of the Board of

The cause of the complaints Trade has set up a committee of prominent business men to examine

of the radio listeners, who have the present situation as regards the bean disturbed by insistent and British Industries Fair, and to con- powerful interferences, has now sider what means can be adopted to been traced by the radio police.

Increase still further its utility to

It was found that a wireless British trade. sending station in A certain The Chairman is Viscount "capital of a Central European Chelmsford. The Committen will, country had not respected the in- inter alia, Investigate and report on ternational radio convention, the possibility of extending the which it had signed, but had scope of the Fair, the holding of a arbitrarily changed its wayelength second Fair in the autumn, the with the result that it conflicted holding a Fair or, sections with that of Sweden. The country of it at centres abroad, and In question has been officially re-the organising a travelling Fair quested to change its wavelength either in ships or by, trains,--Bri- to conform with the convention, tish Wireless. but, safar, without result,

The Swedish radio authorities, ful of the Swedish sending owing to the lack of apsce in the stations is completed it will be maze of ethereal" traffic, are un-strong enough to get the better able to change their own wave of the disturber of the peace, who length. They have now, however, will then be forced to surrender given the Swedish radio listeners to the ultimatum of the victor and the comforting assurance that as adopt the wavelength once allot- soon as the latest and most power led to it.

* DI90 VA STRACE THE

"The Idds have kept me so busy, this is the first chance I've had to get out, and visit."

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RESCUE, COMEDY OF

BURIED BOY.

FOUND WATCHING THE FRANTIC DIGGERS.

London, Jan. 7.

POWELLS

10, Ice House Street.

New Styles

Now Showing

Glyn & Co's.

44, Old Bond St. London, W.

Soft Felt Hats

There are many nice Bhades of Grey, Brown, Drab, Pawn, Bliver and Biscuit in either the smart set brims of turm down for the man preferring a more neglige: Style, Prices from $18.50

(Other Quality $11.60) INSPECTION INVITED.

ARTS & CRAFTS

LIMITED.

DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS. FURNITURE:

AND

INTERIOR DECORATIONS

IN ALL STYLES & PERIODS.

Designa & Estimates: Fra

ARTS

& CRAFTS

LIMITED.

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PERMANENT WAVING Scalp-Skin and Hair

Specialist.

Late of NESTLE'S, New York. I-Wing Lok Building, Kowloon.

Tel. K. 111.

"The prettiest Shoes

I've seen

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constant remark heard.

by.

GORDON'S

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-KAYAMALLY BLDG.

Blackfriars-road, near some, ex- when the boy was found on the cavation work, a strip of ground, outskirts of the crowd. He had A little London boy yesterday 20ft, long and 3ft. or 4ft. wide, been frightened by the fall of earth watched, from a safe distance, the suddenly caved in to a depth of and had run away, returning only frantle efforts of Bremen and 7ft. z

Vnd when his fear subsided, com navvies to dig him out of a hole Police and three fre engines Two, children were alightly In- In the street in which he was sup-arrived, and as one of the boys jured owing to the subsidence posed to have been buried,

could not be seen it was feared They were William Rooney, aged

A sudden chout, "Here he is," that be, was buried under the 8, and Joy Cook, aged 7, both of from the edge of the crowd, put debris Broadwall, S. Hooney war a happy ending to their work, Working hard and rassisted by treated at Waterloo Hospital for

While 14 chlidren were playing the men employed digging the ex-a cut head, and the little on a piece of wante, ground. In ervation, the free had almost complained of light injury to the Parla Gardens Stamford Street, cleared away the fall of earth left leg, but declined medical (10,