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WATCHFUL WAITING IN SHANHAIKWAN AREA
PACHMANN DIES SUDDENLY
ECCENTRIC GENIUS OF THE PIANO
WORLD-FAMOUS AS CHOPIN PLAYER
Vladimir
Rome, Jan. 8.
Pachmann,
the
world-famous pianist. died suddenly to-day in his eighty- fifth year.
He caught a chill
which developed rapidly into pneumonia.
He was a concert celebrity for over Afty years, his chief claim.
Lo
fama being his brilliantly distinctive interpretations of Chopin's works.
Born at Odesau in July, 1848. Vladimir Pachmann was the son of Vicent de Pachmann, an Austrian Professor of Roman Law and a musical amateur of great ability, who had been on terms of great friendship with Beethoven and Weber.
DEGAN AT SIX.
At the age of 6 young Vladimir! hegan to learn the violin and from then until he was ten he was given continuous instruction by hie father on that instrument as well as in harmony and thorough-| bass. In 1858, as he felt drawn to the piano, he began to study it, still under his father's guidance,. and practised assiduously. At the ago of eighteen he was sunt to the Conservatoire at Vienna where ho remained for two years, his masters being Professor J. Dachs (piano) and Professor Brunckner (Counter-point). He took the first prize, a gold medal, for proficiency on the piano, and in 1869 returned to Kussia.
At Odessa, Pachmann gave his first recitals under the patronage of the local aristocracy and these were a great success. About the same time he met Carl Tausig, the great pianist, by whose marvellous technique he was so impressed that he abandoned public per- formancca for some time and devoted himself to further prac tice and study.
VIENNA TRIUMPH,
In 1878, he went to Leipzig where he played wih great success at the celebrated Gewandhaus con- certs under Carl Rolnecko and also gave numerous recitals. He felt, however, that there was still some thing to acquire and accordingly returned to Vienna and resigned
NEW
| ULTIMATUM RUMOUR
CHINWANGTAO CENTRE OF INTEREST
JEHOL BOMBING
A watchful waiting in an
JAPAN'S NEW NAVY MINISTER
ADMIRAL OSUMI TAKES UP ARPOINTMENT.
Tokyo, Jan. 9.
Admiral, Osumi, who was Minister for the Navy in the Inukai Cabinet, hus formally accepted the Navy portfolio in succession to. Admiral Okada, who has resigned on account of ill-health-Reuter.
atmosphere of extreme tension STREET CRICKET
continues to be the order of the day in the Shanhaikwan area.
Rumour has it that the
Chinese have been presented
Scene of cable railway diuiter with an ultimatum to withdraw
at Freiburg where three were killed from Chinwangtao, but the re- recently. Photo shows the passo-
ger cabin at the foot of one of the port has not been confirmed from
high masts supporting the railway, any reliable source.
PEAK BURGLARY
SEQUEL
FORMER COOLIE ARRESTED
SOME OF PROPERTY
RECOVERED
BOMBING RAIDS REPORTED.
Peking. Jan. 8.
A number of Chinese buildings
CAUSES RIOT
WILD SCENES
BOMBAY
KIRIN CAMPAIGN
SEVEN-HOUR BATTLE AT MISHAN
CITY CAPTURED BY JAPANESE
(Special to "Telegraph".)
Harbin, Jan. 8.
Heavy fighting is reported to. have taken place at Mishan, near
the Soviet border on Saturday: Unrest causes the Spanish Govora. night, as a result of which the mont much anxiety, but its proceed- Japanese claim to have captured inga against former alleged politica! IN the city and some five hundred offenders continue. Our photo shows cons of de Rivara's ex-Ministers, Galo Volunteers, who were trapped.
THREE KILLED AND MANY INJURED
The operations were carried out Ponte (left) who is being tried in by the Hitomi Brigade who were Madrid, with his defending counsel,
ton of de Rivera, held at bay for over seven hours before their heavy artillery and machine-gun fire made the position too hot for the Chinese to hold.
The majority of the defenders mado a skilful retreat A street cricket match in a but some five hundred were captur-
the ed in Mishan,
Bombay, Jan. &
area was
BARCELONA REVOLT
CITY IN STATE
OF PANIC.
WOMEN AMONG THE
KILLED
London, Jan. 9.
It is learned from Portbou, on the Franco-Spanish froutier, that Barcelona is in a state of revolt.
Police and the workers have been in fierce conflict ever since.
Yesterday evening and the panic and confusion is such that up to the present it has been impossible to procure a coherent story of
events.
Details, therefore, are not avail- able, but it is stated that several
to Hulin, PRAYA RIOT members of the police force have
The Japanese forces are now ad-
in Peitaiho, Fushuu and Haiyang (Bombay slum were bombed and seriously damag-direct cause of a serious riot to-vancing upon fulln, where stout ed by Japanese seroplanes, accord.
Moslems and alopposition is expected.-Router,
CUSTOMS CLOSED.
Shanghai, Jan. 9. Sir F. Maze, the Inspector- General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, announces that as the have occupied Shanhaikwan, all the members of Japanese troops the Saanhaliwan Customs Staff have been instructed to leave their
SCENES
EMERGENCY SQUAD TURNED OUT
IRON BARS USED AS WEAPONS
been shot and that in a series of
bloody clashes, મ number of workers, including several women, have been shot dead by the police.
Router
JUNIOR GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP.
ing to an urgent telegram received day when two here to-day. Official quarters, how. (Hindu were killed, while twenty ever, do not regard this is the be-Hindus, five Moslems and a ginning of the much-talked of Japanese expedition into China Parsee were badly injured. proper.
A group of Hindu children were It is believed that the object of playing cricket in the street and the Japanese flyers was to locate one of the youthful batsmen sent the headquarters of the Chinese the ball flying. It struck a Pathan brigade garrisoning the aren.
passer-by and the trouble began.
A fight among wharf coolics poste and are to await further in-and other sea front workers Japanese reinforcements · are
The Pathar Tarned round and be-structions... O. Bank at 519, The Peak, was continuously pouring into Shan-gan to threaten the Hindu chil
threatened to develop into a the arrest, during the week-end, of hatkwan from Liaoning, enhancing dren. He was challenged by
Harjous affray on Saturday night.fied in the Junior Golf Champion- The following players have quali- Wong You, alius Chan Chiu, aged the tension of the Bituntion. It is Hindu watchman. Words turned to
^ hurried message to the 24, whose address is given as No. felt that major operations will blowa and within a brief space of
police station brought out
the ship: soon enough time, the rival communities had
emergency unit and the dis- The prisoner is said to have troops are amassed.
gathered forces for a grand melee,
turbance was quickly quelled. been formerly a house coolle In the service of Mr. Waddington.
A sequel to the recent burglary the residence of Mr W. J. Waddington, Manager of the P, &
#!
18, Burke Street, Yaumati,
underwear.
commence NA
As
“PROVOCATION."
men how-
GUERILLA BATTLE.
*
A guerilla battle eventually de- veloped, stones, knives and sticks being used in the narrow streets.
The trouble spread over a wide
res
LOW WATER ON
WEST RIVER
between Wucbow and Peng Naam
SIXTEEN PLAYERS
QUALIFY
H. W. Daukus, 81; J. MacKnight and T. C. Monaghan, 84; C. H. Bradley and D. Ellis, 89; L Gold- As a result of the outbreak, two
man and W. A. Stewart, 90; H. G. men were arrested and charged Wallington, C. E. Sandstrom, H. H. with disorderly conduct by fighting Mundy, H. Hampton and B. D. Road Central, before Mr. Wynne-Gould and C. H. Burton, 92; C. B. at the Tai Hing Wharf, Connaught Evans, 91; G. W. Sewell, H. C. Robertson, 93. The Inst-named
that
the
FEAR OF BANDITS The charge as rend in Court More Japanese gunboats Arc before Mr. Schofield to-day ac-larriving at Chinwangtuo.
Pong Naam, Jan. 6. In the
The waters of the West River euses Wong Yau of barglariously meantime. considerable Chinese entering the Peak residence on the troops movements there are noticed, wight of January 4-6, and stealing (which it is feared, will be seizeri by
are exceptionally low and present Jones at the Central Police Court therefrom two fur-coats, a ladies the Japanese as "provocation" to
quite a problem to the larger this morning. neck fox-fur, a white blanket, and justify anther offensive.
Two tram-curg" two miles apart | native craft which use the river. Inspector B. Shannon informed a quantity of underwear, the
were stopped and their passengers Recently n tug pulling a large tow the Court that the Police received According to an official
from com dragged out, those unable to escape boat stuck on a sand bar and was a telephone message property of Mr. Waddington.
the effect anique, the Chinese troops are being stabbed, although most of obliged to spend the whole day on Wharf, to There is also an alternative still holding the Shih Ho River, them had no idea whatsoever what the sand before another hoa crowd of men were Indulging in count of receiving. In respect of southwest uf Shanhaikwan. the trouble wns about and were un- į came to its certain articles said to have been Japanese plain-clothes
assistance, and free fight. Iron bars were be- dragged it. into deeper water. ing freely used and serious con- recovered, namely, the neck-fur, a prer were reported to have made Prepared for the attack. pull-over, and other articles of desultory attacks on the Chinese
Panic aprend into the main
The passengers and crew were sequences were feared.
CROWD DISPERSED. Enquiries are still being purpulsed.
positions but were repeatedly re-streets, where stiopa and restaurants Krently disturbed because the dis
trict where the boat was stranded | were hastily closed and shuttered.
is a vicinity well-known as #
The Police emeregency unit was sued by the police with the view
As a result of energetic police bandit stronghold and it was instantly turned out and on its to the recovery of ather articles, suspected to have been disposed
action, the situation is now under momentarily expected that the arrival the crowd dispersed. of at various pawnshops in the The Japanese naval commander |control--Router. -
robbers would take advantage of The prosecuting officer said that the disabled bout's dilemma and gambling school had apparently himself to further study. Yield-city, and the officer in charge of at Chiowangtao has presented an
make it an opportunity to plunder been contacted on.one of the ships case, secured a forty-eight ultimatum to the military authori-! hours' remand, with the accused in ties there demanding the evacun-
and take
passengers for ransom, and the trouble arosy over a dis- police custody.
tion of Chinese troops from the
However, a passing tug boat enme puta among the gamblers. city, according to an unconfirmed
to the resete before the brigands report received here. The ultima
attacked. tum, it is alleged, states that the; Chinese evacuation will serve to The result was that seats near dispel "misunderstandings" with the plans were always in great the Japanese landing, party and demand at his recitals, for his that the Chinese authorities will comments were usually quaint be held responsible for any "un- and amusing. He spoke Russian, toward Incident" if their troops do French and English, which he was not leave. apt to use indiscriminately, taking
ing at length to the requests of Prince Hohenlohe and others, he re- appeared at Bosendorfer's Salon in January 1882, all the musical notabilities #f Vienna being) present.
From Vienna he went to Paris and gave two recitals at the Salle Erard in April, 1882. In the samo year he went to England and made his first appearance at one of Ganz's orchestral concerts at the St. James's Hall, the late Duke of Edinburgh, n keen muale-lover being present.
HAILED BY CRITICS.
He was hailed by the principal critics as a consummate player
the
own interpretation of them.
AN ULTIMATUM.
No reply has yet been made by a word from one language when the Chinese, the report says. The he could not recall it in the other city is a state of great tension, lie recalled with pride his friend- ship with Liszt and the fact that) after he had played to Wagner a Chopin Ballade the great composer
VOLUNTEER FIGHTERS.
Peking, Jan. 9. Over a hundred Chinese student
BIRD AND LUCKY NUMBERS
GAMBLING OFFENCE
PROVED
The defendants were fined $10
That bandits are still active in each and further bound over to be. the Peng Naam district was of good behaviour.
· evidenced by the precautions taken by a wedding party which left
TO "HOUSE"
Peng Naum this week for a distant STOWAWAYS SENT Ruling 'that the offence came village. Not only was the bride's | within the meaning of the Gaming party made up of the usual priests Ordinance, Mr. Butters at the and musicians, but a bodyguard Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Jof a dozen guards, armed to the convicted a Northern Chinese on teeth, acted as an cacort to protect charge of gambling and imposed the bride, her friends, and the a fine of $10.
wedding furniture and presents.-- It was stated by police officers Our Own Correspondent. that defendant kept a stall in the streets, and written on a board
CAME HERE FROM DURBAN
was one of four with this · score,”
the but had the best score over second nine holes.
Captain's Cup.
On the Old Course, there were 49 entries. H. W, Daukes qualified with a score of 69 (81-12), other scores including T. C. Monaghan and J. MacKnight 74 (84-10), and R. K. Valentine 75 (84-9).
On the Now Course, there were 13 entries, L. It. Andrewes qualify. ing with a score of 75 (76-1).
BURGLAR ADMITS
GUILT
SENT TO GAOL FOR FOUR MONTHS
Committing
burglary in Pitt' Street at 6 a.m. yesterday, Lo Kwan was arrested in Kowloon City three hours later and on him was found ja cont which had since been identi-
fied as one of the articles stolen.
Prosecuting this man at the Kow. loon Magistracy this morning, Ser- geant Hunter told the Magistrate |(Mr. Butters) that $59 worth of property was stolen, but only $15
rested, defendant admitted. having committed the burglary.
Sentence of four months' hard labour was passed.
of Chopin and it is as an expotient said to him: "One day, my child volunteers from Shanghai have were seven numbers, the public FOOTPADS HOLD UP imprisonment for stowing away, worth was recovered. When
the world."
Pachmann considered
Padere-
who was
ARTIST
V. G. Coates and P. Hughes, who were recently sentenced to
were this morning committed to you will be the greatest pinnist in arrived here proposing to enllat being invited to take part in the.
the House of Detension pending arrangements for sending them in the regiments of General Ho Kame which was run on the line
of a lottery. Defendant had Chu-kuo, waki the Anest planist of the responsible for the defence of
away. The two men appeared be- partly
bird in a cage and in every game
fore Mr. Wynne-Jonen at the Cen- present day. In a recent inter- Shanhaikwan before the Japanes he would allow it out to pick the
tral Police Court on a charge of view, he stated that before render- ing in public a piece which he hus
entry,
winning number. Prizes offered were approximately five times the
Near the Three-and-a-Half Mile-vagrancy, value of the bat.
stone on the Taipo Road at 5.30 Detectivo Sergeant C. Mottram played it over 13000 times. About
Defendant, it was revealed, wasp.m. yesterday, three footpads held informed his Worship that the de- eight years ago, he evolved an un- the prizes at Queen's College at 11 doing good business when he was up Ng Sing-man, described as an fondants had atowed away from orthodox method of fingering.am. on the 20th instant.
arrested by the police.
of that composur's music that he was best known and appreciated. After a long tour through England, Scotland and Ireland he went to Austria-Hungary and at a concert | in Budapest was publicly em- braced by Liszt after his per- formance of one of Chopin's added to his repertoire he had
sonatas. In April, 1884. Pachmann married Miss Maggie Oakey, also
an accomplished pianist, halling from Australia, but the marriage was dissolved and the lady after- wards became the wife of Maitre Labori, who defended Dreyfus. Pachmann then made extended tours all over Europe and America, confining his programme almost exclusively to Chopin.
ECCENTRIC GENIUS. His grent popularity was not entirely due to his wonderful play- Ing. Pachmann was an eccentric Kenius and was wont to accom- pany his renderings of Chopin by little asides to the audience to whose attention he directed either
the special beauty of certain passages or the excellence of his
Renter and 1.B.5.
THE FUNERAL
SIMPLE CEREMONY IN ROME
Mamepaa Ordiennes, 1991. Revolved, January
10.1 m/
Sir Robert Ho Tung is to distributo
dox Church.
The funeral was conducted with the simplest of coremony, in obe- dience to the wish which M. Pach- maan recently expressed: "Don't spend money on flowers or an ex- pensive funeral, but give it to the Home for Old Musicians in Rome." Slynor Pallotelli, 'who attended
DOLLAR STILL UNCHANGED
MARKET ON EASY SIDE
TAKE OVERCOAT & SCARF
artist by profession, and a young Durban, in South Africa, to Hong- woman stated to be his sister, and kong which was the first part of forced him to part with his over call. They -were accordingly cost and scarf.
charged and sent to goal.
Reporting the incident to the police later, the victim said that one of the robbers' was armed with a Ale-dagger.
FAIR WEATHER
VESSEL FETCHES.
$226,000
BOUGHT BY THE DOLLAR CO.
ar-
An initial bid of 8226,000; follow- ing the upset price of $225,000, CAPITAL TO MOVE AGAIN?
purchased the steamship Chlef Capilano, which was sold by order Nanking, Jan. 9. of the Court in Admiralty Jurisdic✩ tion by Messrs. Lammert Bros. Nanking loaders are greatly con-auctioneers, this morning,
(Our Own Correspondent).
The antleyclone has moved north. corned over Shanhaikwan develop- (ly Telegraph. Copyright Telegraphic M. Pachman for over thirty years, The Hongkong dollar remained eastwards, and pressure is now ments and persistant rumours are
declared that the famous planist London, Jan. 8. had suffered from an internal die unchanged at 18, 3.1/8d. this morn-highest over South Manchuria. A
enat of Hokkaido. The monsoon the Government headquarters to the home of, Francisco Pallotelli, refused to submit to an operation
hahato M. Pachmann died at order for over two years, but had ing, silver prices being unaltered. depression is situated to the north-current of the imminent return of The tendency of the local market will be interrupted over the China Loyang. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek his old impresario, in Rome yester- because it was an obsession wits is onry, but very little business is coast, but will blow freshly over the conferred with leading commanders day and was buried to-day accord him nover to have a knife in his doing, due to uncertainty as to Northern China Sea. Local fore- ing to the ritas of the Grook Ortho-body.
size events in the North;-
cast:N. E. winds, moderate; fair, at the Tongshan Club yesterday.
The bid was made by Mr. Hugh Jonck, on behalf of the Dollar
a subeldiary of the Robert Dollar Steamship Company. Steamship Lines (Hongkong), Ltd.
No Information could be obtain-
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