Word has been received from Tientsin of the death a few days ago of Miss F. Y. Tsao of Shanghai. Miss Tsao has for several years been in failing health. She was formerly a secretary of Young Women's Christian Association in Shanghai and for some years a teacher in McTyiere School. She wag graduated from McTyiere School and was one of the first Chinese young ladies to go to America for study. She studied in Wellesley College and secured in 1911 the degree of B.Sc. from Columbia University. Miss Tsao is the sister of Mr. 8. K. Tsao, genera] secretary of the Chinese Y. M. C. A. of Shanghai, and of Mr. Y. S. Tsao, councillor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peking. Miss Tsao's death occurred in the Pei Yang Women's Hospital, Tientsin, in which her sister, Dr. Tsao Li-yuin, is the physician in charge.
Sart smuggling is just now rife on the Pootung side. In a roundup of smugglers a few days ago, the Chinese police made a hau] of 100 loads of salt, at the same time making a number of arrests.
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