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...last summer War Lord Liu was popular with U. S. bluejackets whose ships lay anchored off his port. At the cry (in Chinese) of "The fleet's in!'', smart Liu extorted $100,000 mex. from Chefoo establishments most apt to be patronized by sailors. Pocketing perhaps half this money, Liu nevertheless spent at least $50.000 mex. to improve Chefoo's police force, to push his superb street paving program and to encourage his new Institute of Silk Culture. Liu, frankly a bandit who worked up into the roles of petty statesman and local philanthropist, had only one real fault during...
...Japanese South Manchuria Railway. Several weeks ago Chinese bandits kidnapped Mrs. Pawley (a bride of three months), her two dogs (an Irish setter and an Alsatian) and one Mr. Corkran who calls Mrs. Pawley "Tinko." Last week anxious friends received a grimy ransom note, demanding $100,000 mex. (about $30,000), failing which Mrs. Pawley's and Mr. Corkran's ears would be cut off. Appended was a postscript from Mrs. Pawley...
...Federal Grand Jury indicted Otis Perry Seligman, cashier of the First National Bank of Santa Fe, N. Mex.. for an alleged shortage of $25,941 in his accounts. Said his father. Governor Arthur Seligman, president of the bank, after making good the shortage: "He will have to take his medicine...
...Though no nation (not even Japan) has yet recognized the Manchoukuo Government, travelers who entered Manchoukuo last week were forced to pay $16 Mex ($5) for a Manchoukuo visa which was stamped upon their passports...
...George is the name workmen have given the clock in London's new Shell-Mex Tower. Old George's face is broader (25 ft.) than Big Ben's (22) ft.) but his hands are not quite so long. Nor can Old George, like Big Ben, chime...