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NO. 25,425 3d #E+AX*## TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.

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The plane whick crashed, taken during recent trial spin.

THORBURN

MYSTERY: NEW TURN,

POSEIDON RELIEF FUND.

APPEAL FOR A NEW

EFFORT.

Wounded and TOTAL NOW $34,500.

Prisoner.

The Navy League's Poseidon Disaster Fund has received a further fillip to-lay, new donu- tious received for the twenty-į

BRITISH ACTION, four hours ented at noon total-

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, June 23.

Thorburn mystery.

ling $1.508.

tise

Or to-day Total a SL-108 WALL received I Tebgraph and 5. C. M. Phat, in cluding a splendid slutation of $300 collerted by the children of The Central British School, a sub-

GIRL FLIER'S GREAT ADVENTURE

WRECKED.

A SOLO ATLANTIC

FLIGHT.

MISS RUTH NICHOLS IN EARLY SMASH.

SENT TO HOSPITAL.

THE FIRST SOLO crossing of the Atlantic ever planned by a woman flier ended in tragic disappoint- ment yesterday afternoon when Miss Ruth Nichols made a faulty landing at St. John, New Brunswick, on the first stage of her flight, and crashed. Miss Nichols

as "not serious."

Miss Ruth Nichols, in the cockpit, talking to her technieni adviser, Côl, Clarence Chamberlin who flew the Atlantic in 1927,

was rushed to hospital, but her injuries are described Narrow Shave SUICIDE OF BANK

An exclusive story of her plans and chances of success disclosed in New York before her take-off for

for Labour.

Ardwick Majority Reduced.

St. John, revealed the project as one of the most ambitious ever attempted by man or woman. It was nothing less than a speed dash to Paris. Miss Nichols was equipped with a plane capable of 200 miles an hour and it was believed that the daring aviatrix would) arrive in Paris twelve to fourteen hours after taking STRAIGHT FIGHT. off from Harbour Grace. ·

CONFIDENCE BEFORE THE START.

Neew York, June 22.

The Spirit

Louis

Labour majority..... Compared with

311

COMPADORE.

SENSATIONAL AFFAIR | IN HAIPHONG.

WANTED BY POLICE

He

I

Padder Bldg.

Love Drama Shooting Affray.

Russian Badly Wounded.

Rejected Suitor in Custody.

SHANGHAI FLAT EPISODE.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, June 23.

A tragic drame of love and hatred was enacted in the French Concession last even- ing as a result of which Al- exander Sahes, aged 21, a Russian Jew, is lying in the General Hospital in a serious condition

with bullet wound through the body. Anatole Alexandrovitch Boiko,

Next-Door Neighbours.

been

Boiko is the bodyguard of Mr. hal merchant, and he lives at No. Klang Pin-sou, a wealthy Shang-

780. Avenue foffre.

In the house next door, live Mr.

A profound sensation has been aged 27, also a Russian, is in created in business circles in Hai-the hands of the French Police, phong by the suleide of a well-detained as the alleged assailant. known Chinese compradore in the A remarkable story hus employ of the local branch of the revealed by Police inquiries into London, June 22.

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The Labour Party almost lost

the shocking affair. According to advices just re- the bye-election in the Ardwick celved, Mr. Hong-ming Po, slashed Division of Manchester, caused by his throat with a razor on learning the death of Mr. T. Lawth, the that there was a warrant for his majority of G.Suid registered at the arrest on a charge of a last General Election being re-priation of a sum of $50,000. duced to 14. As at the General died A dramatic development staatinl vegar for $679 sent by

shortly afterwards Election, it was a straight fight Hospital. was between Labour and Conservative. occurred yesterday in the the Hongkong and Whampoa Miss Ruth Nichels, well-known powered with a 4-5 Wright nine-The result was declared to-night armed with the warrant, issued by Anna Voyna, aged 19 (a sister of An Inspector of the Surete, A. Belkin and his family, Miss Back Company's staff including New York society girl, and one of cylinder ening of 225 horsens follows: Evidence from an independent from the staff of the Military Ho women aviators, took uff

$250 from Mr. R. M. Dyer, $116 the most prominent of America's of less than 95 miles an hour.

(power, and had a cruising speed į

the Procureur of the Republic, Mrs. Belkin) and the parents of Mr. Jos. Henderson (Lab.) 16,294.) cailed at Mr. Hong-ming Po's home Alexander. Sahes, with whom the source has been received at the spital and No. 27 Cay, R.A.M.C.. New York to-day on the first stage of gasoline and 22 gallons of oil.

from When it took off with 425 gallong! Mr. Sydney Efborne (Con)

14,180. |at Boulevard Chovassler,

victim of the shooting has been British Consulate-General to the $85 from the Gentral Committer of the most daring adventure ever weighing 2.75 pounds. the total

On learning of the object of the stavi Belkin arrived from Harbin :ffect that John Thorburn ist of the Kowloon Residents' Asso-

visit, Mr. Po asked for permission General the alive and in custody, detained by clation, and $176 from the staff attempted by a WONG, a sulol weight was 4,750 pounds. Its Election, 2,944 fewer voters went to retire to his bedroom to dress the course of the past month. the military at Soochow

of the Hongkong Trantway Com-¡Trans-Atlantic flight,

power loading thus was about 21 to the poll The Labour vote de himself. While still under the He was a comrade in the Army of The Soochow muthorities have jany.

Miss Nichols is heading for pounds per horsepower.

elined by 1747, whilst the Cobservation he coolly picked up a both Boiko and Sahes, and, when repealed their dentals, but repro The Navy, League received direct Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Three Times as Much Power. The Conservative candidate at the Instead cut his throat, before the Harbin a few days ago, Boiko

servative poll increased by 1,393, razor as if to save himself, but Boiko and Sahea sentations were made direct in 1$105 Trom the Zoroastrian Society, where she will take on a full load

naturally visited the Belkin The grand

Inspector realised his intention. General Election was Miss M. I. to date a personal

is of petrol, and will shoot off for Miss Nichols' plane, a Lockheed-

family. representative of Sir Miles Lamp-}

SH,696.34.

Paris, following the Lindbergh Yoga, has a Pratt and Whitney K. Jones, who also unsuccessfully son, Mr. Frank Aveling who has

Shanghai's Effort,

trail. Immediately the weather "Wasp" engine which in a stock Our been entrusted with the affair.

Shanghai correspondent |

model would be twice as powerful He has special instructions to cable that up to yesterday the

as Lindbergh's. Now, however, it was 5.107. and in 1924 it was: Poseidon Fund totalled $68,000, pruss for an official injury.

600 2.826-Router. has been supercharged to horsepower. It will have an ever- age cruising spred of 175 miles an hour, and as the fuel lond he comes lighter probably will attain 200 miles an hour or more. It will carry 570 gallons of gasoline at the Lake-off, and will have a total weight of about 6.500 pounds. The power loading, however, will. he only approximately 10 pounds) per horsepower.

Nanking yesterday

total

Thorburn, who has been miss-which sun will be materially in

ing since June 1, Is said to be in wounded condition,

ARNOLD BENNETTS WILL PROVED.

LEAVES ESTATE TOTALLING £4,000.

arranged by the British Women's creased as a result of a concert

Association for to-night. The Fund in Shanghai is being closed to-morrow.

To Shanghai, special benefit cinema performances, in addition to conceris, have been held ou behalf of the Fund, an example | which might well be followed by

Hongkong.

Make It $50,000! London, June 22. Arnold Bennett, the well-known efforts by Hongkong on behalf of i

We appeal to-day for renewed Author, whose will was proved this very worthy cause, tiny, left estate valued £1,000-hope that within the next few days British Wireless,

DRUG.CONFERENCE.

JAPAN AND FRANTE TO PREPARE SCHEMES.

Geneva: June 22.

in the

the total may be raised to at least $50,000. Hongkong is the head- quarters of the China Station, and, excellent as the response has been so far, we feel that more can still be done.

As we have before stated, there will be many dependents for whom provision must be made, in

The conference which is dis- cluding no fewer than fourteen russing proposals for the limita bereaved witown and families. All tion of the manufacture of narco the assistance that enn be render. ic drugs has adjourned for two ed will be needed. days to enable the French and

Japanese delegatious to work outj their schemes,-Renter.

ZÉPPELIN'S POLE FLIGHT.

ABANDONED.

•

THE DOLLAR.

LOCAL MARKET

PANICKY.

contested the seat in 1924. DISASTROUS FIRE.

The Labour majority in 1923

THE HARVEY-HOOD CONTEST.

MIDDLEWEIGHT WINS ON POINTS.

C. P. R. AMONG HEAVY. SUFFERERS.

Toronto, June 22. St. John, New Brunswick, where Miss Ruth Nichols met with mishap to-day, was also the scene

of a disastrous fire,

wagon.

| Reuter'a American Service.

arrived

fromt

It appears that he soon became enamoured of Miss Yovna, in fact It appears to have been a case of love at Brst sight.

He proposed marriage to Miss Vovna within a day or two of his arrival from Harbin, but was re- fused by the girl who considered that she had not known him long enough.

At three o'clock yesterday after- noon, Boiko was with the girl again. He again proposed marriage and being again refused, pulled a revolver out of his pocket and threatened to shoot himself.

pistol, and took it to the. Police.

Mr. Belkin intervened, seized the

Detectives later appeared at No. 730, Avenue Joffre and took both Boike and Mr. Belkin to headquarters, where the matter was smoothed over, Boiko apolo-

Damage estimated at G$10,000,- 1000 was done in a furious blaze London, June 22, on the harbor frunt at the ter- At the Albert Hall to-night, besiminal warehouses of the Canadian The engine, also a nine-cylinder, fore a large crowd, Len Harvey Pacific Railway, air-cooled radial, has high-com-retained his British middleweight A grain elevater and many boats pression pistons, heavier bearings, championship, defeating Jack were destroyed together with the and a apreial cam that assures Hood, the welterweight champion, Government immigration sheds perfect valve action at high on paints in a fifteen rounds con- and twenty-five goods speeds. All internal parts have Best-Reuter, undergone microscopic examina- tion at the factory for otherwise undetectable weaknesses. The propeller has been etched in a caustic bath to detect any flaws. Should Break Speed Record. Speed lying has been Miss) Nichols' hobby, and she is redue- ing her flying radius so that she may make the crossing in record time. On the ocean crossing of sonie. 2,400 miles Miss Nichol experts give the word that condi- expects to reach Europe in half tions are favourable within six Lindbergh's time. She expects to hours from the Newloundland he over the ocean only from eight

to twelve hours.

Double Cricket Triumph for gising. Boike was warned not to

const

the

and the

Northern Counties.

Middlesex and Gloucester Beaten

by an Innings.

careless, and the pistol was returned to him.

Annoyed With Sahes,

On the way to the police station, Boiko and Belkin were accom-: panlod by Sahes as a witness.

It is alleged that Bolkò was Incensed by Sahes being brought Into the affair and told him so,

On leaving the station after the London, June 22. .6 for 39 in the first innings and 6 matter had apparently been satis- Northern cricketers obtained for 63 in the second..

factorily settled, Bolko returned to Colonel Clarence Chamberlin, The take-off from

At Manchester, Gloucester ob- his lodgings, later paying Miss Darbour a brilliant double triumph over tained first lease of the wicket but Vovna a visit at her house. He who flew from New York to Ger Grace will be made in the after the South to-day, Yorkshire could do little with the bowling of attempted to speak to her but she many in 1927. and who has been noon, which means dying at night Miss Nichols's technical adviser, over the Atlanties The darkness trouncing Middlesex at Lord's Richard Tyldesloy, who took 1 refused to listen and. Mr. Belkin in an interview, expressed con- In these latitudes lasts only about by an innings and 66 runs, while Wickets for 39 runs, and brought | ordered him out of the house. fidence that the noted airwoman four hours, however,

about Gloucester's dismissal for: A further advance of a farthing at a better chance of getting speed of her plane castward will Lancashire, entertaining Glou- 101. The sinte of the wicket could Bolko was going quietly enough In the sterling rate of the dollar through safely than Lindbergh reduce that to about three hours. cester at Manchester, inflicted a hardly have been the explanation

and was opening the landing door, was recorded on opening this mor.hd when he hopped off

when he chanced to meet Sakes just Ds Lancashire She is an excellent navigator as crushing defeat by an innings

found it easy to Berlin, Juné 22.

from his rooms on the same landing, In view of the difficulties ex-or a penny higher than on Satur

make runs upon, a splendid part- ning, the quotation being 18. 0%. Spirit of St. Louis,

well as a splendid pilot. There is and 147 runs.

In a fit of misplaced' jealousy it is Plane Vastly Superior. overy reason to expect that Miss:

nership between' Ernest Tyldesley perienced by Sir Hubert Wilkina's day. By noon, however, the quota-

alleged, Bolko fired at Sahes, Nichols will attain the success she

Both matches were brought to and Hallows laying the founda-

shooting him through the body. polar submarino, Nautilus, Dr. tion had receded to 11.7/8d.

Har plane. he said, is vastly richly deserves.

ja definite result in two days, tion of their subsequent easy vic- Sahes fell to the ground, the police business was done a superior to any available at the

her skill R proved

Saturday and Monday, ang both tory. Hallows made 100 and was and abandoned his proposal

summoned "and Bolko - arrested. take the Graf Zeppelin on a flight due to speculation, there was a sole flight. to the North Pole.

she established new women's re-play by the Northerners,

been sent back after contributing drop of 5/8d., the market being

Sahes was removed to the Blue Miss Nichols' #hlp sceras cords for transcontinental fights. At Lord's, Yorkshire put up 302. 127, the innings was declared. Ilo stated that his

Hospital on the Route du Four, decision somewhat panicky, in sharp con- smaller, for its wing, 41 feel from both ways. From east to west runs on taking first knock, Sut closed at 300 for 4 wickets. was based on the fact that the trant to the steady conditions pre-tip to tip, is five fest shorter than her time was nearly nine hours cliffe contributing 120 before he Gloucestor, faced with a diffi- serious, the bullot having passed and his condition was found to ba Nautilus would be unable to start vailing in Shanghai.

that of Lindbergh's famous craft, better than the previous mark, and was forced to rotire with an in- cult task, collapsed utterly. The through the liver and kidneys according to plan. His only ob- It is expected however, that aland its overall length, 27 feet her west-east flying time bettered jury. Middlesex put up a wretch board showed 61 runs when the At 6 pm. It was decided to remove ject in making a Polar light had reaction will set in locally, with 10 inches, is half a foot loss. the record set by Colonel Lind-ed exhibition in reply, being dis- last wicket foll. Hopwood. re-him to the Shanghal General beon to meet Sir Hubert Wilkins prospects of the rate gradually But there are figures which are borgh. She encountered every missed for 111 and 126 in succes turned the remarkable, Agures of Hospital where he dine in critical

(Continued on Page 7).. Taivo innings. Bowes took 11 for 102, four wickets for one run!-Reuter, condition."

She

Eekener to-day announced that he! Yestor.. but this morning,/time Colonel Lindbergh made his navigator a few months ago who wore notable for sterling all round dismissed and after Tyldesley had i

at the Pole--Reuter.

to high as 18.1

rising

much more significant:

were

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