Business Deal Turns to Be Gambling Swindle Japanese Waiters Prepare Gift to Peace Advocate A former employee of the Hwa Shing Hong, 159 Peking Road, and another man, Ko Yi-jen, were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday and charged with fraud in Which they were alleged to have obtained, by trick, $2,500 from Ma Ching-piao, manager of the hong, in gambling party at which they played Pachiu.
Police evidence was that Shao Chin-kwei, the former employee, recently lasked his former manager if he was to earn several thousand collars by dealing in pencils quoted at ridiculously low prices. Shao was alleged to have introduced the manager to three men whom he met in.a Kweichow Road hotel.
At the first meeting, the business proposal was merely discussed for a short time. They soon turned their attention to gambling. It was suggested that a pacha gambling party should be arranged for the next day. They all turned up at the specified time and after the game, the manager Jost $2,500. Another pachiu party was arranged but the victim soon realized that he was being defrauded. He informed the police who arrested the two accused but they have not yet found the other swindlers or recovered the money.
Tokyo, Dec. 21.
One name for every 30 male residents of Tokyo will be on a 13-foot flag to be presented to Mr. Wang Ching-wei on New Year's Day, it was announced here today. The banner will be the gift from restaurant employees in the Shibuya suburb of Tokyo, and in addition to bearing the autographs of 100,000 men will have 100,000 stitches sewn by as many women.
Restaurant employees today were busily soliciting autographs and stitches on the main streets of Tokyo in order to have the flag ready for presentation on January.
Gen. Toshizo Nishio, Commander of Japanese forces in China, will present the flag to Mr. Wang, who will be the central figure of the proposed new Central Government of China.—
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