CABLEGRAMS.

Western Star, 3 December 1935, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

bombing raid, daggah bur razed. WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED. ITALY’S REPLY TO RECENT defeats. ADDIS ABABA, November 29 Consternation wag caused 1U !“ capital by th© news of the terrible bombing raid on Daggah Bur which regarded as Italy’s revengeful reply to recent defeats. The Abyssimans « that 1500 bombs, mainly incendiaries, were dropped, buining the w o e vn lage and killing many women and childlThe Emperor left yesterday for Bessie, by members of the Cabinet and leading officials with ■ caravan of 100 lorries, six of ™ were equipped with anti-aircraft gun to protect the Emperor, the news whose departure was held up by ; ensorshjp for 24 hours He briefly at Dessie, after which h e will „ 0 to the front if the situation permit,. b The Crown Prince will take over th. Government until hi s return. MOVE TO RIIYERA. THREE ITALIAN DIVISIONS TRANSFERRED. INNSBRUCK, November 29. It is reported from the Southern Tyrol that three divisions have beer transferred to the Riviera frontie during the” last 48 hours. Large quantities of ammunition are being transported' from Southern Italy. Fewer than 30,000 soldiers remain a: the Brenner Pass, compared with .00,000 during the summer, indicating a temporary decline m its Importance t It AH leave for Blackshirts and soldier has been cancelled. THE ITALIAN VIEW. OUTSTANDING “ANTI-BRITISH” DRAMATIST ROME, November 29. Mr G B Shaw’s protest against tht preference given his plays in Italy wa<inspired by the official announcement : “Shaw is the most brilliant and antiBritish of allliving British dramatists. BOY SHOT DRUNKEN ARGUMENT. MOTHER ACCUSED OF CRIME. INCIDENT AT PARTY. Santa Barbara. California, Nov 29. Jesse Livermore, junior, aged 15, a son of the famous Wall Street financier and stock manipulator, is neardeath in hospital from a bullet wound which the police declare was inflicted by his mother, Mrs Dorothea .■ Livermore, the financier’s second wife fronj whom he has been divorced for several years T • The shooting occurred at Mrs Divermore’s home where, according to guests, both mother and son were “very intoxicated,” engaging in a drunken, argument over the. youth’s drinking habits The woman, is quoted as having said she would rather see her son dead than intoxicated, upon which the hoy „ot a small calbr© revolver and ->am, “Well here you are.” A few moments later, ’ when the tw 0 were alone m a room, the servants and others heard a shot and. on entering, found the boy on the floor and the mother with Ue weapon in. her hand. She exclaimed, 1 have shot my boy.” According t Q hospital officials .be vouth, before he lost consciousness, exonerated hi s mother and said. It was an accident; that i s all I wish *o say about it.” . , ~ According to a revised version of the affair obtained by the police, young Livermore was away from home while his mother was entertaining what is described as an extremely lively party. He had not been drinking. It is said that on his return home he remonstrated regarding the condition of the guests most of whom left Angered and intoxicated at the condition of his mother and apparently to shame her, lie started gulping neat whisky, sayi„<r • “I can drink as much as anv woni'an,” upon which the argument and shooting followed, THE FAR EAST. JAPAN’S REPLY TO BRITAIN. great surprise.

LONDON, November 29. The Sun-Herald says •’ Putting -t mildly, the reply that Britain has received from Japan regarding "ventsm tho Far East has caused the surprise. The British Governmentthrough its Embassy at Tokio, Jnvrtthe Japanese, owing to the conflicting reports, to clarify the Japanese position. The replv wa f to the effect t"a the movement was wholly Ghiiie.se an spontaneous, but that Japan as an interested P ai 't would watch the developments _ STRONGLY-WORDED NOTES. VIOLATION OF CHINA’S RIGHTS. NANKING. November 29. The two notes presented to the .Tapallege Consul-General were strongly

couched. The first declares that tin. so-called autonomy movement was engineered bv disgruntled elements acting in connivance with Japanese militarists, and asks that the Japanese curb the activities of their military chiefs. The second ask R for guarantee against the recurrence of such incidents as the occupation of Fengtai and Chaugyimeu which is described as a violation of China’s sovereign rights^ AIII SERVICE. ACROSS THE PACIFIC. AGREEMENT STONED F>Y AIR COATES. WELLINGTON, November 39. j,,,,.,.,,1,, y,y the Evening Post to-day brought th c reply that ail agreement tvtwem, the New Zealand Covc>n,omit and rte Pan-American Airwavs Corporation for th f , establishment of a fivine boat service across tho Pacific to commence about the middle ~f ,-o«r wig signed by the Rt. Hon J. r- r-oates ns Miiii'-te- of Transport, at llclcnsville last Monday. 'V.'bat yon peed i.. a little sun !, ud •l'. it, doctor, I’m not even mar* ri ed.’

TOLL OF THE ROAD. I HEAVY DEATH ROLL. PRECAUTION A L ?,lEASURES. RUGBY, November 29. The particularly heavy death roll on the roads during the last two weeks was the subject of a broadcast address bv Mr Hore-Belisha (Minister of Trans. port 1 . During the fortnight one person died or was injured every hour in road accidents. On the other hand the figures for 37 weeks of the current year showed a reduction of 11,530 in the number killed and injured compared with the corresponding period of last y ear . . . , , The Minister said he was convinced his “precautions propaganda” were making an impression and the public bad grown “traffic conscious” and was givino- a. most sympathetic understanding to the measures undertaken by the Government for the saving of life on the. roads.

FIGHT IN SHOP

INTRUDER SURPRISED OVERPOWERED BY PROPRIETOR. BRIEF STRUGGLE. AUCKLAND, December 2. An intruder who was surprised behind the counter of a shop in Hiurstmere Road. Takapuna, early to-night was overpowered by the occupier of the. s hon after a brief struggle and was held until the police arrived The shopkeeper. Mr E. Selwyn, a middle-aged man, suffered no injury in th© encounter, hut he was considerably -haken as a result. Selwvn’s suspicions were roused bv t.he behaviour of a young man who entered the shop about 6.30 and made, conversation for some time. Eventually Selwyn announced his intention of having dinner and left the shop by the door that leads to a billiard room at the hack, after watching the young manj <'o out into the street One" in the billiard room Selwyn looked back through a glass panel into the shoo and was surprised to see the man behind the/ tobacco counter bending over the till' which was open. He immediately rushed back into the shoo and grappled with the man who made stout resistance-. After a brief straggle in which he narrowlv missed severe blows on the face, Selwyn succeeded in overpow»ri"g the man whom he held prostrate behind the counter. He called for his laughte -to summon th© police and was still holding the intruder when a constable arrived a few minutes later and took him in charge. SENTENCE UPHELD. <s> LINDBERGH BABY CASE.' HAUPTMANN INFORMED. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convicted kidnapper and murderer of Charles A. Lindbergh, jun., learned last month iii the death house of Trenton prison that his main hope for life had gone, states the New York Times. Even his iron lierve was shaken. He moaned when one of his lawyers told him, on. the eve of his tenth wedding anniversary, that the Court of Errors and Appeals, New Jersey’s highest tribunal, had affirmed the verdict of guilty returned against him on February 13 at Flemington by a-jury of eight men and four women. In strong and unequivocal language the High Court held that, in the light of the evidence, which though circum-' stantial “pointed to guilt from so many directions,” no room for reasonable doubt was left, and no verdict other than the one found ’by the Flemington’ jury would have been justified. The decision wa s a crushing blow to Hauptmann. Morose and silent, he eat on the iron couch in his cell and stared at the pictures of his wife and his son, Mannfried, upon the walls, after C. Lloyd Fisher, his chief counsel, left him. with the cheering statement that the 1 right to save him had “just begun.” The prisoner’s evening meal went untouched

111 New York City, Mrs Hauptmann received the news by telephone. With a despairing sob, she declared slid would continue to place her faith in God and fight on for her husband’s vindication. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, whose infant son Hauptmann was convicted of kidnapping and murdering on March 1, 1932, mad € no comment on th c decision of thc Court.

Under the Court’s decision three forlorn hopes remain to Hauptmann. He may take this case to the Supreme Court of the United States, demand a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, or throw himself on the mercy of the State Board of Pardons, which lia R the power to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. Defence counsel announced that their first step would he to seek a review- of the ca sc bv the United States Supreme Court.