Shanghai. Oct, 45.
A fotd death (all of 1827 Chinese and 29 foreigners from communicable and other diseases for the past week ig recorded in the weekly return of the health department of the Shanithal Municipal Connell, which vox issued yesterday.
Twenty-three cases of amoebic dysentery, 22 influenza, four typhus fever, three malaria, eleven bacillary dysentery, four paratyphoid fever. two scarlet fever and five caser of tuberculosis were reported for the week among the foreign community of the Seitloment, There war a preponderance of tuberculosis and dysentery eases, reported among the Chinese population and also eighteen cases of cholera, twenty. of malaria, twelve of diphtheria and thirteen ceases of beri-beri, A high mortality was registered among the Chinese for cases of beri-beri, typhoid fever ana tuberculosis, In the French Concession three cases of typhoid and paratyphoid, tone of amoebic dysentery. one bacillary dysentery and one ease of diphtheria were reported for the week ending October 12 according 10 a report of the health department the French Municipal Council, Wanted American Shanghai, Oct. 49 Rudolph Mayer, a close kin of the Hollywood "film magnate, for where arrest a warrant was issued by the Jocal American judicial authorities here recently on information filed by Mr, Chas, Richardson, Jr, deputizing for the District ' Attorney. surrendered to the US. Court for China' yesterday, Mayer, accompanied by his lawyer, Mr. Cornell 8, Franklin, called at the court and posted U.S'$1,000 bail to ensure his appearance in court on Monday morning, when a. pré- liminary enquiry will be instituted into his case, The information fled by Mr. Richardson alleged that he had obtained funds by fraud.
The warrant could not be executed for a considerable time as the authorities concerned could not ascertain the whereabouts of the wanted man, who suddenly eft his former place of residence. It was' reported the meantime that he had pald to the complainant the sum alleged to be involved in the complaint, Mr, Richardson declared recently that the proceedings and service of the warrant would not be dropped because of the payment of the money owing to the criminal nature of the charge.
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