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U. S. SILVER ACT
REPEAL URGED BY BOARD OF TRADE
New York, Oct. 23. The repeal of the Silver Pus. elinse Act is urged by the New
York Board of Trade In a letter to President Roosevelt, the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Mor- genthau, and to Members of Con-
gress.
of
the unanimous adoption by the
re-
This action was the result
-premises of The Hong Kong and
Commillee of the Board of n Shanghai Banking Corporation to port regarding the silver issue,
without reserve within Boven days, Counters, tables, desks, book-part of which read as follows;
"If the American silver policy desk chair denke,
stools, ing
cup: were merely fantastic it would not
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GANGSTER WAR
NEW YORK BEER BARON MURDERED
New York, Oct. 24, One person was killed and six were critically wounded during an epidemic of gangster shootings in the metropolitan area here to- tiny.
Two assassins, armed with shot- KILA and revolvers, Invaded crowded Nowark chophouse and shot Arthur Flegenheimer, allas "Dutch" Schultz, the former New York heer baron, his bodyguards,
Otto Berman, Leo Frank and
Bernard Rosenklantz, and escaped amidst the screaming and panic which followed.
SV and be
so pernicious, but it is so mani-diately rushed to hospital where
PRESSURE ON NANKING
STRONG DENIAL OF JAPANESE DEMANDS
Nanking, Oct. 24. A Foreign Office spokesman strongly denied the rumours that now demands were about to be, or already had been presented to the Chinese Government by Japan, and declared that no demands had been received by Nanking.
OCTOBER 25, 1935.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
DISCUSS NUMBER OF C.B.S. GARDENERS REQUIRED
At yesterday's meeting of tho
POST OFFICE.
Finance Committee of the Legis- CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR PARCEL MAILS FOR lative Council, a 'supplementary gardeners quarters in Kowloon vote of $2,000 for the erection of was referred back on the motion of Sir William Shenton, who com plained that the number of gar doners required for the Central British School was excessive..
· GREAT BRITAIN Christmas and Now Yoar Parcel Malls for Great Britain will be closed in the General Post Office as follows:-
Steamer
Date of Closing- Somati...6 p.m., 8th November
The speaker deplored the un- Votos totalling $23,650.00 were warranted zeal of rumour mongers | considered.
and expressed the hope that the The Colonial Secretary (Hon. public would take care not to be Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Acting) pre- mislead by unfounded, rumours-sided, and there were also pro- Renter.
The Rumoured Demands
Nanking, Oct. 24. A certain foreign newspaper in Shanghai has published a number of demands, alleged to have been prepared by the Japanese Govern- munt for presentation to Nanking Government..
1.
the
The demands containing most unacceptable terms are alleged to be six in number and as follows: Manchukuo must be recog- The wounded men were imme-nised by the Nanking Government. 2: The following provinces in table, desk lights, electric heaters, festly for the sole prodis of a cor-after examination, Schultz was Northern China namely Shantung, partitions, iron and brasa grills, etc., ete. From 10 til 9 daily. On the tain group and so clearly unsound Kiven an even chance of recover-Shansi, Suiyuan, Charhar and should be included above premises. CENTRAL SALE in principle and futile In practiceing, but Berman and Rosenklantz Honan,
በ1 special district. in which that it calls for a definite protest are reported as unlikely to live.
Henchman Killed
all Government administrations on the part of all clear-ininded eltizens."Router.
should be under the direction of the Japanese,
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New York Silver
New York, Oct. 23. Messrs. Handy and Harmen's
Lin-
silver quotation remained changed at 65% cents per ounes bere in-day-United Press,
London Review
London, Det. 23. Merarg, Samuel Montagu and Company, in their silver report for the past week, say:
Two hours later four gunmen felled Martin Krompier, second in command of the Schultz gang, and Ham Greene, a bookmaker, at the entrance to a sub-way on 42nd, Street and Seventh Avenue.
It is not expected that they will
recover.
The revolver reverbrations transformed the north end of Times Square, in the heart of the Great White Way, into a bediam, with panicky bystanders fleeing in
all directions as the Police took up the chase after the assassins.
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The Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Mr. E. Taylor);
Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson (Director of Public Works);
Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, KT.,
K.C.;
Hon. Sir William Shenton, KT.:
- Hon. Mr. J. P. Bragn, O.B.E.;
Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson; Hon. Mr. W. II. Bell; Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau Mr. II. R. Butters (Deputy Clerk of Councils). In opening the meeting, the Colonial Secretary said he was pleased to announce that most of the votes were savings and he did not think there was much to explain in them.
When discussing Item No. 67, analytical apparatus and chemi- 3. Five maritime provinces in-cals, the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson cluding Kwangling, Fukien, Che enquired as to how £70 was
Kiangsu | written down as equal to $1,050. kiang. Kwangsi and should declared a "Přó-Japan" dis- In replying, the Colonial Trea- triet.
surer sald: "That is the estimated All Government administration figure-$10 to a pound. We do within the above mentioned Pro- not know what the actual rates
should vinces
adopt will be in December but that is gradually the estimated rate for 1935." policy pro-Japanese change into the status of Japanese protectorates.
at
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In regard to Item No. 71, ar- deners' quarters, the Hon. Sir 4. The Nanking" Governant William Shenton asked how many The price for cash delivery has been unchanged throughout the
should apply their best effort in gardeners were to be allocated to rounding up nil Red bandits in the Kowloon Hospital, Mental week at 29.5/16, at which price
ard Central British Meanwhile, a general order was Fans, Shensi, Chinghai, and Sin- Hospital
Japaese School. the American Government has issued sending 22,000 policemen in kiang Provinces. The quired a large amount. This de: New York and the surrounding tars assistance to China in clear-said that eight were for the Government is-ready to give mili- The Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson hand, and the fact that continued
areas in search of twenty-two- Professor W. 1. Gerrard, B•«,
offerings were made on Ching years-old Albert Stain, who is up the Reds in these Provinces Central British School and that M.D., D.PU, MRC-r, (Lond.) will do account, mostly for forward, has wanted
twelve had originally been asked liver his presidential address on "A resulted in the forward price be other gang murders during the will recognise the Nanking Gov-
in connection with six if they are required.
5. The Japanese Government for. Short Review of Rome of the Ing quoted at a discount,
Salgon The Hon. Sir William Shenton: last two months, following tha Anaemias and their Treatment", to the Hongkong University
The Indian Bazaars and specu- horrible death of Louis Amberg, ernment as the only Central Guy. It seems to me that six gardeners Medienators have both bought and sold the Brooklyn racketeer, who was they carry out this pro-Japanese a better number. I do not want ernment in China on condition that | for the Central British School is Society on Wednesday, October 10 to # moderate ut 5.30 p.m., at the School of Sur-Bazaars may be affected by the gurrolled with wire and then shot..
extent. The stripped, hacked with
a hatchet, Hongkong University. Ten
policy.
to propose the vote, but I would will be served in the Union Ten Room movement of the dollar and sterl- I body was
6. The Japanese Government is } like it referred back. then soaked in ut 5.15 p.m. All members and Ing exchanges, but the undertone gasoline and burned
quite prepared to recognise the The Colonial Secretary: I will. friends are welcome.
and left in Sarking Government's special in- make a note of it. of the market is steady.-Reuter. A nucomobile in a quiet street.uence in Yunnan, Kwilchow, and All the votes, with the exception
United Press.
Szechuen Provinces, but the Pro- of $2,050 in connection with the "Dutch". Schultz, who
is 33 vincial Governments
Manila must also erection of gardeners' quarters, years of age, was born in Man- show sincerity in dealing hattan's Yorkville. He left gram- Japan."
with were approved. mar school after the sixth grade,
The paper adds that thèse de- became a printer and pressman, mands are likely to be presented EXTRADITION SOUGHT then a roofer, a trade he abandon to China during the coming Fifth ed when he was 17. He then took Knomintang Congress in Nauking, up crime as his career, serving his Wah Kiu Yat Po. apprenticeship under the Sate Jack "Legs" Diamond, and subsequently became a big “noise”-in-the-bear- racket.
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Delegate To Canton Among the passengers expected A denial of the robbery charge Torrined by the Government's here today by the N.Y.K. liner alleged against him was made by pitiless drive against the nation's Asama Maru is General Okamura Chiu Shiu-ting alias Tsui Kau mobsters, he went into hiding two of the Japanese Imperial Army, alias Chan Siu-fun, at the continu years ago, but gave himself up at who is en route to Canton to dis-ed hearing of the extradition pro- there the ceedings against him, before Mr. Albany on Thanksgiving Day lastcuss
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The fugitive is wanted by the Canton authorities in connection with a robbery said to have taken place at the Ko Sha village, Siu Lam, Chun Shan district, within the province of Kwangtung, May 5 last, when he is alleged to have robbed Liu Chuen-leung, now dead, of the sum of $1,055.
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Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant Attorney General, is conducting the case for the Crown, and Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones is representing the fugitive.
Kwangtung and Kwangsi Visit Bodyguards. Die
Canton, Oct. 24. New York, Oct. 24. Majar-General Nelji Okamura, "Dutch" Schultza's bodyguards, chief of the Second Section of the Lea Frank and Otto Herman have Tokyo General Staff, Mr. Tatsuo died of their injuries.-United | Kawal, Japanese Consul General in Press.
Canton, and Lieut.-Colonel Kanzo Usuda, Japanese military officer in Canton, are expected to arrive here on 'Saturday from Shanghai. General Okamura is coming to Canton to find out the attitude of yesterday, and his last employ- The fugitive, giving evidence the leaders here towards Japan ment in China was that of a detec- and the Nanking Government. tive in a district garrison. His Mr. Kawni and Colonel Usuda force was the detective squad of was disposed of yesterday afternoon went to Shanghai to attend the the Chun Shan district, and he had in the sales-room of Messrs. Lam-conference of Japanese officials in been in it for three years. mert Brothers. auctioneers. to Mr. China with regard to the now Lau Sik-yue, of 3 Jervois Street. The China policy, which applies also to starting price was $1,000 with bids of this part of the country. General $100. Mr. Liu opened the bidding, Okamura will later go to Nanning and after some persuasion from Mr.to see General Pai Chung-hsi. L. Lammert, the auctioneer, it was raised to $1,200, upon which Mr. Lau clinched the sale with un offer of $1,100.
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It is stated that Japanese military men are much interested in the stand the South-west has adopted vis-a-vis Nanking, as the former are opposed to General Chiang Kai-shek's regime. China, say vernacular papers, tak- Japan is Increasing her hold on ing advantage of the Italo- Abyssinian dispute which diverts the attention of the Powers from China-Special...
OBITUARY
COUNCILLOR TO MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Denies Robbery
robbery, the fugitive said that on With regard to the alleged
the night of May. 5 he went under orders of the officer commanding. house of Liu Chuen-leung to arrest the first principal company to the him and Lee Wai-lam for stealing infchees from the orchard of the Chau Chuen Tak Tong. He went uniform, while he himself was in with cleven men, who were in plain clothes.
He did not steal j any silver, nor did any of his men. There was no silver in the house nt all
After arresting Liu and Lee, they were taken to the office of the com- manding officer of the first prin cipal company, and the following day transfered to the No. 3 sub- station in Siu Lam, and then taken to the Magistracy there. The men' Peiping, October 24,
were released on bail, and he did The death has occurred ofne know what happened to them General Chin Yun-ao Senior Coun-hen they appeared in the Magis- sellor to the Military Advisory tracy again. Before his death in Council-Reuter.
August last, Liu accused hit of General Chin Yun-ao was born stealing his money, and he in 1878 and was a native of Chi-placed under arrest. After two ning, Shantung.
months he was released on ball. A graduate of the Peiyang He did not escape from custody.. Military Academy he was appoin- Witness also testified to having ted In 1928 to the command of the been presented with two silver, 11th. Division.
cups for, his services." The appointment to the post The hearing was further ad- which he held at the time of his fourned at this alage until this death was nrado in 1980..
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