Mr. M. J. H. Pripp, Acting Consul-General for Sweden, called on Oct. 20 on Colonel S."L.' Howard of the Fourth US. Marines. 'The picture Shows, from left' to right, Col, Howard, Mr. Pripp, and Major G. D. Ham ton.
Nov. 2.
lof another fire yesterday when flares The Central dlstlet was, the scene Broke out_on the top floor of. the Standard Optical Ca,, at 297 Nanking
Jspread" to adjoining houses, Fas and, at, 1036) am "Gnd threatened lo ork on the, part of the Shanghai Fire Brigade, however, put an end ty the danger in less than forty minutes
pletely by 12.15 p.m.
blaze Was, Cxtingulshed com 'The roof, attic' and top floor of the Jstand-r Ontien! Ca. were. badly damaged by the dames, while the rool ing 203, Nanking Road, occupied by Chinese foodstuffs store, suffered slighty, Trafic was entirely suspended along from. the Bund. t9 [Chekivns Road and buses were forced fo turn onto Honan Toad and thenes to Kiukiang Road. A. number trams were held up and the Toad was filed with curious crowds that to be at times pushed beck by police.
Four machines, including one turn: table and one salvage tender. rospondled to the call and firemen. were pour ing water from two sides of the fbuitding less than ive minnies after the fire had been reported to" the Brig-do. Mr, RG. Watkins, Deputy the godown affected on Tuesday the official. stated that a certain amount More on Anti-Jewish Kerosene also was stored in. the Premises, in the oer above used living quarters, There were in a/tditon, matches, candles and. wax.
Propaganda Leaflets Continuing ihe oficial declared that Oct, 23, the godown was. filed to capacity The menagement of the Park Hate! from floor to. ceiling with every lyesierday stated that the antinrewish window stacked with goods. In reply Teaflets which were thrown from. "he Yo further questions he thought the Rotel onto. the Race Course on Sun-Owners of the godown were respon-day' afternoon while the Jewish Sible for storing hazardous goods In Jereation Club was. playing" football 8 godown unsuited for the purpose. gainst Lusitano, had not been tossed The official went on to point out there by any of the hotel guests, that Munleipat 'Bye-law 38, deanitely "The management. is was stated, had Prohibited the storage of dangerous thoroughly Investigated the affair and foods in unsuited place. 'The. bye-had come' tothe conclusion thet they. fiw. in "question. he "said covered were thrown by \an outsider during trate, dynamite, chlorine, volatile the tea dance on the fourteenth oer or inflammable goods, petroleum and was further learned that leaflets Broduets, acetylene," saltpetre, sulfof similar character had. beer dis hur ote. without a licence frst being tributed on Avenue Joffre end Avenus Sblained fromthe Couneit, counters jdu Roi Albert some two days ase. Signed: by a consular oficial of the These. containing "exactly the same applicant. 'The penalty provided for wording as those thrown on 'Sunday Violation of the bye-law was fine called upon, the public to boycott all of not more than $900 or imprison~ the Jewish business establishments Shanghai, tdding' that every cent ment not "exceeding ree months spent in Jewish shops would be turn= oF both or such other penalty. pre= Jed into bombs against "OUR" own seribed by the laws of the country people fighting for the world's liberal to which the violator is amenable to.
Hon from this ewleh, wage, Tt was 'Capt. 'Reed after further questions signed by the Aryans' Union.
Intimaied that there was every. prospect that action" would be. taken Ascribed to Outsider against the owners of the godown Concerned. 'The stof" of the Fire Nov. 1. Brigade was totally inadequate to A sequel to the recent scattering of garry out inspections of all godown: anti-Jewish leaflets "by an unknown There was an oticer in' charge and individual from 'a' window "in the three Inspectors. Even "with an 'I~ Park Hotel war' heard yesterday creased number of men the task when the management of the hotel Would be a gigantic one, he said. asserted that it was satiefed after a vigorous investigation that the out-Army of Inspectors, rage was perpetrated by an outsider
have a stall of Inspestors" he conazould not Improve things much who had intruded in the premises Inst Sunday. tinued, "because there is heavy star The management expressed in ing'all over. the place; in dwelling strong terms its rejection of certain houses, shops. "We would need ah ress reports regarding the incident army of inspectors with conditions as Sunday last when the leaflets were they' are at present. It would rest {thrown into. the 'Race. Course. from tupan the public to notify the Coun-the hotel. while' football game. war ell or any case within their know: feng' played. between. the Jewish fe age. An extraordinary number of Recreation Club andthe, "Clube otters have been. received, all. of Lusitano. 'The management drew st. which almost have hit the mark, tention to an accurate report of the started several prosecutions and Incident " which appeared in' the obtained a number of convictions "North China Dally News" on Octo-further questions ensued and. the ber 28 /epeaker admitted that the majority of was sise pointed out by the Boarders, in the Settlement were not people regular the commodity bole management that no ofoes coe trade, but, just members of the ec! any kind of propagand. work were located fu "the "hotel moneyed class.
The upper floor of the godown af-Uuliding goa aszeiea that it war the flowed by Tuesday's fre" was used extbiigiment hot to entertain tie of who. hotel since as living quarters and had. the fre Fequests of organizations engaged in occurred at night, there might have propaganda work to rent ofoes 19 Bon a serious loss of life. He then The premises. On the fourth floor it deplored the difleulty of securing was stated' there was only" a. com: eviction orders. In reply toa {ng question he thought the. building atte rerelal frm. engaged purely inthe Import and export business. concerned belonged to the late Mrs "Pre. management went on to, state Elza Hardoon, but pointed out that that guests of the hotel were citizens faction only" could be taken against St various nationalities here and that the "owners operators of the the establishment at all times ad sought fo live up to its Company's Dame; "The International Hotels Ca, lurider control, stopped being a threat the adjoining buildings andthe large iuentsble wae removed and lether, was. sent up to the Toot of Nanking Road. "Several lines were wed at the fire through Lane' 30}, adjoining te burning house.
'Neither the cause nor the damage Jcould be estimated yesterday, but it Was. not considered "lange, -nithough Jsome loss was sustained by. the shops inthe vicinity of the Standard! Oph= ical Ca, which had to close down for more than' one hour, "Ten Chinese houses were destroyed learly in the morning. yesterday when flames broke out in' a small Chines factory at the corner of Avenue Haz fond. Hungino Road. © The call "war received by Bubbling Well station at 1225 "am. and four' machines. were sent out Under Assistant Station, JOtcer FI. Jones.
'One, Chinese male was seriously injured, sustaining. burns to his body, land he was removed to the Red Cros HHownital In an emergency ambulance The houses destroyed by the fames Jwere' occupied by a machine sh Jenamel factory. fice. shop. wine she snd. paint. store. The flames. were, brought under control by" Jam, and were. completely extinguished by 2 pan. when the Shanwhal Fire Brigade each handed the work ever. to fe. Western District Fire Brigoce members, who remained at the scene for" damping "purposes.
Another fire. at 1.28 p.m. wai ported to, Yangtszepoo " station we machines, unde? Assistant Station Oficer T..E. " Stenning,"_ responded fie broke out at the Fish Market fat 10 Chemulpo oad when four bar= els of tar went-up inflame Tea Merchant Robbed Oct. 30, 'The home of Mr. Ching Jen-fu, 1 Chinese tea "merchant Fesiding House 30 Lane 77 Nanyang Road, was aided by eight armed. robbers yesterday at 1003 am. when gang-Sters intimidated the Socupants and decamped a few minutes ater' with $15,000 "in cash' and valuables. "No alarm Was raised. "The robbers Spoke Shanghai and Ningpo dialects, 'At 10 am, two. robbers, one of them armed with pistol, entered 21 Mou Our Li off Taku' Road and relieved the oceppants of the house of $1,000 in cash and jewellery.
Tne Shanghai Munlelpal Couneld health report for the week ending Imidnight November 1, "shows." that the total number of deaths fom all fuses. amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the. Setement warsPoreigners 10, and Chinese 182: Deaths from notitable diseases were Porcigners tuberculosis @and ad ules 40; typhoid fever 38! dysen {ery 4; berber! 7: malaria, 7 in= fivenza, 6; diphtheria 31 paratyphoid fever 3, cerebrospinal fever 2 and holer," measles, Typhus fever one each
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