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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937. INDIANA GOVERNOR

"GIVE HONGKONG

ELEVATED LAW BREAKERS THE GIVEN HIGH POST THIRD DEGREE"

IN PHILIPPINES

NOMINATED BY

ROOSEVELT. Says Famous Detective

On Visit to Colony

Washington, Feb. 17. President Roosevelt to-day nom- Inated ex-Governor McNutt of Indiana to succeed Mr. Frank Murphy, present Governor of Micht- gan. High Commissioner for the Philippines. Mr. McNutt - said he would leave for Manila "in about a month," after his appointment has been confirmed by the Senate.

It is possible that Mr. McNutt will not serve throughout the remainder of President Roosevelt's administra-

tion. All he will say, ie: Six months is not a very long time; but

a year is."

He declined to say whether he had nerepted the post.

President Roosevelt has suggested that Mr. McNult spend a month in Washington familiarizing himself with Philippines' problems.

It Is

Is disclosed that President Roosevelt offered Mr. McNutt the post on Tuesday The Indians Governor naked for 24 hours to consider the position, and then went to the White House to accept it.

Asked if he had any hesitation in McNutt declared: "Well, Mr.

I wouldn't want to stay there forever. The job wilt be done and I sland ready to it."

Mr. McNutt actually terminated his Governorship in Indiana on January

11.

The appointment of Mr. MeNull has surprised Filipino circles where It was generally assumed that the

current acting-Commissioner, Weldon Jones, would succeed Murphy

MEET

"Telegraph" Staff Reporter

[EET. Detective Fred ("Buck") Healoy, of the

famous Burns Detective Agency.

Complete with cigar, gold badge and bowler hat, he might have stepped off the silver screen of the cinema as he landed in Hongkong yesterday from the Lloyd

Triestino liner. Conte Rosso.

"Buck" looked like a screen detective and talked like

a screen detective. But there, the resemblance ends.

You find that, beneath the American "flat-foot"

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exterior, there is a keenness that belies first impressions. A 20th Century

He is one of the master private detectives of the world-a Sherlock Holmes or Philco Vance come to life.

Two of the greatest private detective agencies of the world are the Pinkerton and Burns Detective Agencies..

helped unravel some

The Burns Detective Agency has of America's major mysteries. I was employed extensively in the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping case.

Mr. le for

Mr.

It is believed that Mr. McNutt's appointment is due to the President's desire to dispose of the matter before the arrival of Senor Manuel Quezon, President of

ΟΙ the Philippines, for economic conferences.

It is generally conceded that the new appointee faces host of problems, the chief of which is the modification of the Tydings-McDuffie tari bill. The future of naval reservations in the islands is also to be decided on.-United Press.

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London, Feb. 17..

Henley was the detective solving America's

AMERICA BIDS FOR NEUTRALITY

greatest jewel robbery, the Carson WARTIME ISOLATION Jewel Robbery. One of the Ave thieves apprehended by him was electrocuted at Hartford three years igo,

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ASSISTANCE

When Henley was called in on the case the only clue was a stolen motor car, abandoned by the robbers. Two of the identification numbers on the ear had been fled off. But-n fact known to very few people..there ure actually five separate identification

Washington, Feb. 17. numbers on the chassis of automo- The Senate Foreign Relations Com- biles-two of them being in the mittee has completed consideration of springs. So the car was easily traced the permanent "cash and carry" person it was stolen from. Neutralfly Bill, introduced by the to the The battery in the car had been pur-Chairman, Senator Key Pittman, chased subsequent to the theft and the wheels had been changed. The rest was, to a detective, ensy.

A hit-run motorist who killed pedestrian was arrested through clue provided by a single strand of human hair found on onc ut the mudguards of his car,

The Bill was amended by the Committee and now provides, firstly, that loans and exports of munitions to belligerents in international or civil war is forbidden; secondly, that other commodities cannot be exported to belligerents until ownership is trans- terred from Americans to foreign purchasers; thirdly; that American merchant vessels must not be armed, and that citizens are forbidden to travel in vessels belonging to belliger-

SCIENCE VERSUS CRIME Detective work to-day, says Healcy, has been reduced to a scientific art. Criminals have become more scienti- fic in their methods and the law ents. which is represented in the United States by both official and private A White Paper is published 10-methods. Women play a big part forces must keep pace with the new night containing proposals which have emerged from expert investiguin our work," Healey told me. tion of the working of the formula British police forces keep law and He admires the way in which the under which an annual exchequer order in England and the Colony. grant of £44,000,000 is distributed among-local-authorities in England and Wales towards the provision of health and other local services, and subsequent consultations between the Government and lecul themselves..

in the United States," he said. "If But-your methods wouldn't-works-

we pandered to criminals as you British do, they would soon wipe law and order out in the States. authorities

The total of the grant is to be th creused to about £40,000,000 and under the revised formudu which

gives special weight to the amount of local unemployment, and factors such as sparse population, a larger share of the increased grant will be allocated to the poorers areas where the need for social services le usually greatest while they are least able to pay for them,

Revision of the block grant system was undertaken on account of the great Inequalities of rates prevailing in different localities, attributable to the incidence of unemployment und other causes, and frequently result- ing in discouragement of industry in just those areas where its recovery was most important.

of

All the provisions of the Bill will become automatically effective when- state of war exists. The President is ever the President proclaims that a

material the shipment of which might forbid American ships carrying any also given discretionary power to

endanger American.peace.-Reuter. -- PITTMAN'S PREDICTION

Washington, Feb. 17. Senator

Кеу Pitimen

to-day predicted that the Foreign Relations "GIVE HIM THE WORKS" Committee would' net favourably when it considers the Neutrality Bil "Many people squeal about the on Saturday. The Bill embodies so-called Third Degree employed in substantially a mandatory cash and Amerten, But they will never abun-carry policy" don it. They couldn't. When we belligerents. take a hardened criminal there is only one way to make him talk and that is to give him the works: He soon talks after an hour or so of our

scientific methods,"

con-

ADVICE TO HONGKONG "Buck" Healey is slightly temptuous of local methods.

"Someone was telling me a while ago that you are flooded with counterfeit bank-notes and coins," he said,

"I'd guarantee that, K

your authorities allowed me a free hand in questioning some of the 'fences' who pass fake notes and coins, with no questions asked regarding my methods, I'd have the real master criminals behind lock and key within a week,

Among striking examples in the White Paper of the effecis redistribution is an estimated gain of £51,000 yearly to Merthyr Tydvil, a derelict mining village in South Wales, representing an equivalent of

cing five shillings in the pound on local ratcs. Durham, Glamorgun

and Monmouth between them will gain something like £050,000 yearly. In London, Bermondsey, a poor borough, will gain the equivalent of more than a shilling rate-British Wireless,

MOVE TO AMEND CONSTITUTION WHEELER AND BONE

INTRODUCE SCHEME

Washington, Feb. 17. Senators Wheeler and Bone have Introduced in the Senate the draft of

a constitutional amendment to em-

.

"It's no good arresting and senten- the small fry. You've got to et after the big shot who's in the background. Your forged $100 and $10 notes are not made by the fences you arrest every now and then, and the big shot,can find two or three to replace overy one arrested by your police.

for trade

with

It is revealed that the original text of the Bill was amended owing to munition manufacturers' objections to it. The measure now makes it un- lawful to export any war materials whatever to belligerents until the complete title to the goods is trans- ferred to the foreign

agency- United Press.

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RETURN BODIES OF SOLDIERS

Moscow, Feb. 17. The bodies of eight Japanese private soldiers and one cuptain. which were picked up In Russian territory following the border clashes of November 24 and November 26, have been handed over to the Japan- esc military authorities, Pogranichnaya. This followed a re- quest from the Japanese Government, "Give the fences a bit of third degree, as we do in the States, and At the same time the Japanese you'll and that countertelling will handed over the bodies of two soon crase. Do the same with your Russian soldiers killed on November. oplum and herain divan-keepers." 26.-Reuter,

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MAN CHARGED ON TWO COUNTS

Allegedly threatening Iu Pau, a At the ordinary yearly meeting of shop, foki, with a chopper at No. 10 shareholders of the Hongkong Electric Po lling Fong Street at 10.30 on the Company, Ltd., to be held on Thurs

day, March 11 at 11a.m., morning of February 18, Wong Yat- Directors will, subject to audit, re- the pong, alias Wong Hon-yin, alias commend that the balance available Wong Chi-ping, is said to have for distribution be disposed of made off with $35, but he was ar-follows: rested by a district watchman on To pay a final dividend duty nearby.

of $1.50 per share making, with the Interim dividend of $1.00 per share pald en September-11

1930, a total of $2.50 per shore on 600,000 shares To pay a bonus of 25

Wong was brought before, Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy

armed robbery at No. 10 Po Hing

he sponsors of the Bitt predict according to a statement-mado by Mr. Ramasy MacDonald-in-the-this morning or charges of (a) that the proposal will be accepted as) House of Commons to-day. a compromise by both the supporters and opponents

The net cost of uncovered Govern- seats had been fixed at fifteen shill-Fong Street ground floor on February of the President's ment stands would be thirty shillings and covered sents at twenty-

10 and (b) inflicting grievous bodily judicial reform plan.

The Senate lias adopted a resolu- forty-five shillings, said Mr. Mac-aury to find the balance...

ings per seat and of covered seats (two shillings and sixpence, the Trea-harm on Iu Pau. tion introduced by Senator McCaran, Donald.

Det.-Sergeant Pilkington prosecut- Mr. MacDonald added that Governed and asked for a week's formal To Place to Reserve Chairman of the Judiciary Com- mittee, anking Government depart according to the means of the occu-ly, but would be allocated to persons

Projects to differentiate the charges ment seats would not be sold public- remand, saying the case was for To carry forward to ments to submit details of Acts of pants of the seats had proved un-chosen by groups, amongst whom

next Account Congress Invalidated by the Supreme workable, said Mr. MacDonald, and representations Court-Router.

would be made.-- therefore the price of uncovered Reuter Special.

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