1930-09-20 — Page 7

THE

Y.M.C.A. WINTER

CANTON STRIKE

PROGRAMME.

CONTINUES.

A FAMOUS HOUSE TO GO.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1930.

ALLEGED ARMED

HOLD-UPS."

A WIFE'S TRAGIC CONFESSION.

MOCK PARLIAMENT SCHEME RESTAURANTS NOT ALLOWED

"APPROVED.

TO APPEAL.

MAN WHO SENTENCED A KING.

STORY OF A YOUTH'S PISTOL THREATS.

JURY'S SEVERE CENSURE OF LODGER.

LOCAL POLITICS.

HUNDREDS AFFECTED. YARMOUTH CHANGE.

Yarmouth is shortly to lose one of its best-known Elizabethan houses-the Star Hotel,

A well-attended meeting ofi

Canton Sept. 19. the members of

European In spite of the fact that the Y.M.C.A. was held last evening, restaurant strike was called on when the forthcoming winter pro- the 6th, and appeals were made Facing the harbour, near the gramme was discussed and certain to even such high quarters as the town hall and adjoining the post decisions arrived at.

State Council and the Ministry of office, it overlooks what in a Con- Finance, the situation remains un-tinental city would be the grand settled.

place. Yarmouth calls it Hall Quay. The hotel has a courtyard extending eastward for 300ft

Its exterior of smooth, squared flints has changed but little. The first-floor balcony is supported, on pillars, and the rooms on each

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should the strikers want to take over the farm, and also refusing to countenance the petition re- questing for the abolishment of the new regulation.

GRAPHIC EVIDENCE. DESPICABLE CONDUCT.

The different ways in which two: A remarkable letter of confession garage proprietors and a motorist by a wife was read by the Coroner, don't with a youth who was alleged at an inquest at Watförd, during to be armed was described to the which the behaviour of a lodger described by" the jury as Brentford magistrates when Stan- was ley Louis Eugene Etenson, aged "despicable in the extreme" and 21, of no fixed abode, described ns also met with the severe censuro a motor driver, was again charged of the Coroner. with being armed with a loaded pistol and 49 cartridges, and with stealing a motor-car worth £395 from a motorist at Hounslow. He was remanded, bail being refused. Mr. Morgan, for the Director of

Mr. P. S. Cassidy presided, and a report of the summer activities was presented by Mr. A. W.

Apparently thinking that the Ingram, which showed that the case should be settled unce for all, bathing plenics, monthly dances the Commissioner of Finance has and concert, had been big has issued a notification to the

and that the Success,

sports strikers forbidding further activities of the Association had appeals to the Government and been well maintained with golf, mentioning also that the Depart-aide of the entrance on the ground Public Prosecutions, said that billiards and tennis tournaments.ment will not reduce the amount floor used to be low as at the time futher charges had been preferred

It was subsequently decided fixed at $800,000 per annum, the house was erected it was cus- that the monthly meetings of the

tomary to use these for merchan-against Stenson-of stealing the Literary and Debating Society,

disc. The principal rooms were petrol in the car, of attempting to which last year took the form of

on the first floor and at the back, rob. Mr. Stephen West a garage an open debate on certain sub-

where it was then usual to have a proprietor, of being armed with

revolver, and also of robbing_an- jects, should this winter be set

other garage proprietor, Cecil aside for a Mock Parliament. It

William Odell, at Camberley. was suggested that the Govern- ment should hold office until the New Year, when the Opposition would automatically form the Cabinet, and that members, hold- ing portfolios, should introduce Bills, such as the Municipality of Hongkong and the nationalisation of local public services. A com- mittee was appointed to arrange the full details.

Other good working committees were elected for the purpose of arranging and controlling social evenings, to include the popular "Lalles' Night," dances, concerts, fireside discussions, etc., and in addition, library, cambling, and billiards committees were appoint- ed.

WHE

A suggestion that the Associa- tion should form an Amateur Dramatic Society

Well re- celved, and a strong committee was elected to go into the details and to test its possibility.

Before the conclusion, Mr. Cas- sidy urged the necessity of close and hearty co-operation for the Huccessful carrying through of the

programme.

£1 A MONTH GIVEN AS PENSION.

GOVERNMENT AND AIR RAID WIDOW.

At the annual meeting in London of the Civilian War Claimants' As sociation reference was made to the recent High Court decision in favour of the Crown in the petition of right involving £45,000,000. This sum was claimed on behalf of civilians who suffered lass damage during the war.

and

Mr. George M. Judd, the chair- man, said an appeal would probably come before the Court of Appeal before Christmas.

He alleged that the association uncon- was in possession of facts nected with that case that amount- ed to a grave public scandal. He continued:.

We have a letter from the Town Clerk of Folkestone, dated July 10, 1917, stating that in the air raid on Folkestone on May 25, 1917, 72 people were killed and 91 injured, and 80 houses were wrecked or damaged...

Every case of death, except one, was traced with a view to finding out how many had received the pen- sions which in 1921 the Crown, as the basis of its claims against Germany, had stated had already been granted. The Crown claimed from Germany £105,264, as being

The dispute has come to a stage when the strikers, may have to either call off, and take the terms as laid down by the Department of Finance or suspend business entirely.

To discuss

garden.

with

The Inquiry concerned the deaths of Mrs. Louisa Judd, aged 32, and her son, Kenneth, aged three, who died of gas poisoning. The jury found that the boy was murdered by his mother, and that she com- mind. mitted suicide while of unsonadj

Mr. Arthur Judd,, her husband, said his wife had suffered from nerves since the death of her first child four years ago. He

wife of in- never suspected his fidelity. "There was never 4 purer woman,” he said,

had

A broad oak staircase

Two lodgers, it appeared, lived shallow steps and heavy balus- trade leads to the principal apart- Cecil William Odell, of Brank at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Judd, ment, called the Nelson Room, be- some Hillroad, Sandhurst, Berk- and when one of them, Hayden cause of a portrait of the ad-shire, said that at 5 a.m. on August George, went into the witness-box miral, painted by a native artist, 12, a car pulled up outside the the Coroner said to him: "I have

which these important H. M. Keymer,

a long, letter here written by Mrs. used to garage where he worked at Cam-Judd. I will tell you at once that issues last meeting of the adorn it. The picture is now in berley. Stenson, who was driving, it in every way accounts for her restaurant and eating houses was the town hall. convened yesterday, the decision of which would mean the con- tinuation or suspension of a busi- ness which employs hundreds of workers and serves Canton's thou- sands.

The Merchants' Union, and General Chamber of Com merce have been requested to send delegates to attend the meeting Canton Gazette.

FRENCH FATHER'S

EXPERIENCE.

(Continuni from Page 14

impression he made on those who first saw him was that of someone returned from the grave.

are, but

asked for some petrol and dil, valued at 4s. 8d., which was sup- plied.

"Pul Them Up."

Oak Gone to US.

This room used to be lined throughout with richly carved oak panelling, sabled by

"He asked me for a receipt," some time ago this was sold to added Odell. "I unlocked the office the United States. The were panelled to a height of 9ft., ed round to give the receipt, and walls to go to the cash register. I turn- divided at intervals by pilasters, saw him standing inside the door supporting pedestals carrying with a revolver in his hand point figures, above which were a moulding at my chest.

ed cornice and an artistic ceiling.

Over the fireplace, carved in high "He said, 'Put them up.' I fold. relief, were the arms of the Com-ed my arms and awore, saying. 'Is pany of Merchant Adventurers of that-thing loaded? He opened England, incorporated early in the the breech so that I could see the 16th century,

cartridges and then cocked the revolver again.

There is every reason to believe the house at one time was the

property and residence of Brad- shaw, president of the commission by which Charles I was conden

ed to lose his head on the scaffold. Tradition states that this commisi sion met in another ancient house, No. 4, South Quay, built in 1596, which still remains.

"He asked me to open the till and I refused. He asked me

again open it or he would shoot pain to

refused.

"There was a pause and then he manoeuvred round still pointing the revolver at me until he got me away from the till

death. It begins.

"'Dear Arthur,-I am about to do an awful thing. On four occa- sions I have committed adultery with Jack. On the first intimacy taking place he told me I was the only woman. After that he told siderable time when he was 22, me he had a mistress for a con- while at Plymouth. That was: shock No. 1: Since then they are coming so thick and fast that I can hardy credit that only four weeks have elapsed since the be xinuing.'"

The Coroner paused in his read- ing and asked: "Did she ever tell you she was in a certain condition by you?-Yes, sir.

"His Treachery." " After remarking that there was something about ↑ girl called Mabel from a tea-shop, but that it had nothing to do with the present inquiry, the Coroner, continuing the letter, read:

Like Wild Man of Woods. Unable to stand or to sit up- right, he wore the shreds of what

"I thought I would force him to remained of his clothes when he

quit going with that girl, but he was captured six months before. William Crowe, who acquired a His hair dishevelled, with the considerable fortune as a me

"He opened the cash register, vulgarly told me that one woman addition of five montha growth.chant at Yarmouth, where he pressing the 'no sale" button, and would never be enough for him." gave him the appearance of a wild served the office of bailiff, equiv took some money out of the drawer. George: That is wrong,

The Coroner resuming the latter, man of the woods. It was in this lent to a modern mayor, in 1594, "Keeping me covered, he backed condition that the photograph was and in 1606, built for his private to the door and locked it on the read: "That brought matters to a crisis, and now this. Oh God, that) taken. It hears a witness to Com-residence the house now known as outside leaving me inside. munist regime in regions only the Star Hotel. He was one of watched him jump into the car and he should cause me to destroy life half a day's sail from Hongkong| | the Merchant Adventurers of drive away. I took the number and my beautiful boy. There is

but made a mistake."

no other way out. I can't live a Five days after deliverance, England. Father Waguette was brought to

He added that £5 178, was miss-life of deceit. In fairness to you I must quit. I am sorry. Would Hongkong to St. Paul's Hospital,

ing from the till.

that I had gone when I lost Clive. where he is being nursed back to

"He taunted me because I had health by the Sisters of St. Paut

given in to him and sald that I of Chartres.

was equally to blame with him.".

Some idea of the state of ama- ciation to which he is reduced is shown by his weight. When he entered hospital he weighed 85 pounds. Formerly he was a man of nearly twelve stone weight.

"Reds" Everywhere.

It may safely be said that the regions through which Father Waguette passed during his cap- tivity are completely in the hands of Communists. Scarce five vil. lages in a hundred can be found where "Reds" do not dominate;

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and these villages must soon capi- tulate or suffer the awful sequences of a "Red" invasion:

The "Red forces in Hoifung are a reality growing every day. They are in receipt of arms almost daily, like any of the warring fac tions in China. They are acting

The house served as a hotel for 100 years. Now the Treasury has purchased it to pull it down to permit extension of the nost office.

HOAX ON A FIRE

BRIGADE.

ELEVEN FALSE CALLS IN

ONE NIGHT.

CULPRIT IN A CAR.

Within five hours, between nine

o'clock one night and two o'clock the following morninig, eleven false alarms of fire were given from public telephone boxes in various parts of the London area.

The alarms resulted in 43 fire engines and escapes, with nearly 300 firemen being sent out.

When they reached the points

"I Will put a Bullet in You."

Mr. Alfred James Champion, builder, of Martindale-road, Houns-

low, described how he stopped at a

coffee stall near the entrance to the Great West Rond while driving home from London about 12.30 a.m. on August 13.

"I never taunted her," interposed George. "We were talking and she

..

The Coroner: All right; I don't want to know any more. You deny that you taunted her. "Stenson asked me to give him

the the letter," Continuing a lift and I agreed," he said. "He Coroner read: "Well, I suppose I told me he was a motor-driver who was. If you only knew-I swear had been to London looking for a before God that he is the only man job. When we got to a point who ever made me forget my life where I turned off to go home, he and my duty. He was the only said, "Drive on a bit, or I will put a bullet in you.'

other man who touched me, -al- to though he deliberately tried pretend otherwise."

"He had a revolver in his right hand. I drove along about fifty

George I say that is not true. yards and he told me to stop. The Coroner (reading): "May He gave me a newspaper cutting God forgive him for his teachery. which said in big letters, Camber God forgive me. There are no ley Hold-up. I tried to reason debts. Your heart-broken wife, with him and offered him £2 or £3, Louie.": which he did not want to take." George then signed the deposi- Mr. Champion added that he tions, the Coroner, suggesting to

the capital value of the "pensions under direction of military chiefe. where fires had been. Indicated finally got out, and that. Stenson the jury that they should not cross-

granted."

On May 10, 1927, the Town Clerk informed us that out of the 72 deaths, only one pension had been granted. This was to a. woman whose husband had been killed (one of the many widows made through this air raid). She was in receipt of the munificent pension of £1 per month.

They follow a definite programme of propaganda and of execution, Their resources

seem consider able; their aim is no partial con- quest of the Chinese Republic.

Without exaggeration, it may he stated that unless some energetic Government action be taken and trained soldiers be sent into the affected regions, we are far from seeing the end of this "Red" in- vasion. Indeed, Father Wagucite was warned by the Communists of Hoifung that three other Fathers would be captured, one French and three Chinese.

It is to be noted also that the CROWD WATCHES RESCUE OF village of Toun Ha, where Father

FRENCH ACTRESS.

PARACHUTE FALLS IN THE SEA.

A French actress, Mlle. Maryse Bernard, had an unnerving ex- periance at the aviation meeting at Vert Plage, Ile d'Oleron, when the parachute in which she was making a descent from a height of 4,000 feet was carried out to sea by the wind and came down in the water three or four hundred yards from the shore..

A large crowd gathered on the beach anxiously watching the boats put out to the

rescue.

Waguette was captured, is com: pletely isolated, far from all ways of communication with the outer world. Whence it may be inferred that the Communists visited this village with the express purpose of capturing this individual mis- Bionary.

The Government Gazelle notifies that Royal approval has been given to the following appoint- ments of Unofficial members. of Council-The Hon. Mr. C. G. S.

there was no sign of either a fire or the hoaxer who had put through the calls.

The first call was made from Percival-street, Clerkenwell, and the last from Forest Hill, S.E.

Scotland Yard's help was called in an effort to trace the culprit.

The police think he may be an ex-fireman with a grievance, and that he motored or cycled around London giving false alarms.

drove away towards Staines,

Mr. Stephen West, a garage pro- prictor of North Warmborough, Odiham. Hampshire, told of his being knocked up at 3.30 am. on August 13.

examine him,

After bringing in their verdict, the foreman of the jury said they were of opinion that George's con- duct was despicable in the extreme, and deserving of severe censure. "I saw Stenson standing out-

the "I quite agree," remarked side", he said.. "He asked for Coroner. "This man has come in- petrol and oil, which I supplied. to this family and has broken it He gave me 5s. 72d. and asked up. He has caused intense grief for a receipt for his boss.

to the husband and father, which

"I went into the shop to make we have seen, and which we believe out the receipt. When I turned to to be genuine. The hoaxer was apparently well hand it to him, he pointed a revol- "It seems to be a great shame acquainted with the Brigade prover at me and said, 'Hands up. that through the misdoings of a cedure, and in every case told an

"I seized the revolver in my despicable blackguard like this the impressive tale of the "fires." hand, struggled with him, and got home should be broken up, and

The penalty for giving a false the revolver away from him." the poor little boy killed. three months' imprisonment. alarm of fire is a fine of £25, or

Mr. West produced the revolver he took from Stenson which, he and one spent one. said, contained seven live cartridges

malicious false alarms is incal

"The danger involved by these

culable," said Mr. A. R. Dyer, Chief Officer of the Brigade, to a reporter.

MAKING WIRELESS 'PHONE SECRET.

"While the life-saving appliance are out answering a false sum- mons, serious outbreaks might occur in a totally different quarter, and lives be lost before the bri-SPOKEN WORD JUMBLED AND gade could reach them."

RESTORED AGAIN..

"Whether there is retribution for people of this sort I don't know. One does not like to say spiteful things, but if ever a man deserved to suffer for breaking up the home, this man deserves it."

It was stated at a Southwark in- quest that a horse which bolted in Byward-street and killed two men was startled by a motor-car shoot ing across in front of its head. It dashed away and the van it drew struck Henry William Butcher (63), of Ickburgh-road, Upper Clapton, who was crossing the road.

Hague, Sept. 19. Florida is right in the line of An interesting experiment, the Owing to the state of the sea they in the place of the Hon. Mr. W. E.States to South America and, con-less telephony secret, is being car-He fell between the wheels. Racing Mackie, to the Executive Council airline leading from the United purpose of which is to make wire had great difficulty in reaching. Shenton, temporarily absent the parachute, which could be seen from the Colony; the Hon. Msequently is adopting aviation ried out between Holland and the on into Seething-lane the horse ran floating on the waves.

Paul Lauder to the Legislative fast. "Ilad the state been air- Dutch Indies, by means of an ap on to the pavement and knocked Mile. Eernard had lost con- Council in the place of the Hon minded at an earlier date, it would paratus which transforms the down Thomas John Rodnam (26), sciousousness when she was Mr. W. E. Shenton; the Hon. Mr. now be enjoying aviation manu-spoken word into an unintelligible of Broad-lane, Tottenham. Both eventually rescued and had to be. Paterson to the Legislative facturing that is established in jumble of sound, but which auto-men died In Guy's Hospital. A taken to hospital to be revived. Council in the place of the Hon. many western states that are reap-matically restores the correct sound verdict of "Accidental death” way She was not, however, in any Mr. B. D. F. Belih, temporarily in their reward," says Governor in a specially constructed receiver, returned The carman danger.

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