ER tear un re THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG A PAGE OF BRITISH NEWS FOR THE READERS OF THE DAILY B ae Monday, May 31, 1926. GALLANT MAJOR IN GRASH VICTIM OF TURF FRAUD Allowed Man to Use His Name on Commission Basis f WON THEN LOST Layer Disappeared When Losses Amounted to Large Sum Major H. D. Larymore, a C.M.G., and a member of the Junior United Bervices Club, St. James's, W., was sued for damages for fraudulent mis- representation in the King's Bench Division by a firm of bookmakers. Thorn Drury, K.C., for the book- makers, D. Benjamin, Itd., of Wal- brook, said that for the four weeks ending May 2 tha major won £765 19s, 3d., and a cheque for that amount was sent to him, nn the week ending May 9 he lost £448 Bs., but had not paid, Mr. Melville, for the defence, sald r Larymore had spent 22 years in Nigeria. This was the first time In his life that he had not paid a bet which he had lost--and he had lost most of his bets. In March, 1925, he replied to an ad- vertisement offering remuneration to people of good social standing, and saw a D, H. France, France said he piaced bets for own- ers and trainers, who found it awk- ward to back horses themselves, and, as a result of the conversation, Major Larymore undertook to place his name as a client with bookmakers and place the bets under his name. He was to receive 10 per cent. of the net profits. After being successful for 'several weeks the crash came in the sixth week, when the losses amounted to £1,511, and there were no winnings. Major Larymore could not pay, and found that France had gone and there were others in the same position as h wi The hearing was adjourned. FODTGUARDS 10 WALK ON CUSHIONS Striking Innovation Will Make Easier Marching for Soldiers The Foot Guards in the London district are to be allowed to wear rubber heels and rubber soles, if they choose, because, in. the opinion of Major-General Lord Ruthven, General Officer Commanding the Area, such an innovation will tend to easier marching. Ref. g to the hard surface of roads, Lord Ruthven said: "I am sure that marching on such 3 is very fatiguing to soldiers thelr. regulation footwear. Further, wet weather, it is more difficult for them to retain their foothold. Therefore, I have come to the con- that rubber soles and: rubber 8 will materially assist men when the march, and I believe that I am ed in this view by mem the medical profession. "There will not be'as yet an official of rubber heels for the men under because that is a mat. for the War Office: but I know 'battalions are buying rubber in large quantities so that the may purchase them at the lowest Fositle Seber of men, sald the "ea 3 had voluntarily attached £0 the heels of their boots, | mande others would be encouraged to Be Passenger for ' London GIVE COLLECTION FANIOLS WEAPONS TONIGE MUSEUM Gift * Valued at £50,000 Made by Felix A Joubert 40 YEARS' WORK Gothic Armor and Helmet of 16th Century In- cluded in Treasures Felix Joubert, of London, has pre- sented to the Massena Museum at Nice his magnificent collection of wea~ pons, armour and objects d'art, says a Reuter message. Mr, Joubert is one of the principals of - Amedeea Joubert, the famous firm of uphoilsters and decorators In King"s-road, Chelsea, which has been established nearly 100 years. The collection presented to the Nice museum is regarded as one of the fin-~ est of its kind in the world. Its value was estimated by an ex- pert in London at between £50,000 and £60,000. Mr. Joubert spent 40 years in acquiring it, "Many pieces of the collection are unique," sald M. Pierre Coulette, Mr. Joubert's partner it the Chelsea busi- ness. £1,000 HELMET, "Mr. Joubert started the collection as a boy. Although still connected | with the business, he is now living on the Riviera, and his gift to Nice is partly a token of his love for the Riviera and partly the outcome of a desire on his part that the collection should not be dispersed after his death, Among the pleces in the collection 1&8 a demi-suit of Gothic armor which | Mr. Joubert valued at £3,000 and a| helmet of the early 16th century that he valued at £1,000. The collection of swords represents an unbroken series of weapons for duelling and warfare from the thirteenth century to the present day. Among them is a fifteenth century 'sword similar to that used by Joan of Are. It formerly belonged to a descendant of one of the maid's com- rades-in-arms. WORK AT WINDSOR. One of the romances of the collec- tion is a chased and gilded "Escoffia" which belonged to the Emperor Charles V., and was the work of a tamous armorer, Colman of Augsberg. Mr. Joubert purchased it at a tamovs auctionsroom in London with several other articles for £4 10s. Ha recently refused wa offer of £4,000 from America. Mr, Joubert was the friend and art adviser of the late Alfred de Roth- schild. He is considered one of the greatest experts on armory in the world, and was responsible for the arrangement of the armiory at Wind- sor Castle. | ROMANGE SHIP 13 GOING STRONG Cupid Has Busy Time on Trips to Australia On the arrival of the P. and O. liner Bendigo in Australia it was announced that six engagements had taken place on the voyage out among the 1,000 settlers who had travelled on the ship. The Bendigo is known as the ro- ship. It is one of the nine grants to Australia. It is an immensely popular ship, and her entrance to the residence, through DURODBOORNOORNE BOLL FIRE REVEALS HINT | OF ANCIENT CRIME! and | Human Arm Bones Hand Found Among Debris HULL MYSTERY Former Palatial Private Home Scene of Myster- ious Discovery A fire, which broke out accidentally, has provided Hull detectives with a first-class mystery. : Some premises in High-street, Hull, caught alight, and three persons were injured in escaping. In searching among the debris in a top room the fireman found the upper and lower arm bones of a young per-| son.' They were evidently those of someone who had died a number of years ago. Detectives, wearing overalls, search- ed behind locked doors all Saturday morning and afternoon and found a human hand with the bones still in- tact. FIREPLACE BRICKED UP, The front of the ! fireplace was bricked up, and detectives tore it down and probed the chimney, but without making any further dis- covery. Floors were also taken up. Medical an lice opinion is defi- nitely against the bones being merely anatomical - sp on. the adhering tissue and absetice of wiring. Because of the condition of the re- mains and the absence of any evi- dence of scientific treatment, the police advance the probability that a (crime may have been committed in the building many years ago, and that the body may have been dissected and disposed of piece by plece in the docks of the river, but that something arose to prevent the removal of the last limb. The building where the discovery was was made Is an old one, and at one time was a palatial private house. SCANDAL STORIES CAUSE OF TRAGEDY od ustralis | Vindication of Well Known Market Gardener Came Too Late lowing the disappearance from Reading of Thomas Quelch, a well- known market gardener, of Whittle's Wood, the police investigated scan- dalous stories which had been spread about him regarding several children to whom he frequently gave fruit and eets, 5k They found the stories to be false, and, in the hope that Quelch would hear or read of his vindication, circu- lated the facts--that he was a good and kindly man. The man's body, however, hds been recovered from the River Kennet, and Their Majesties the King and Queen recently and only, granddaughter; and her parents, the Duke and Duchess of a throng of interes ted spectators. The royal baby is to be cl beth Alexandra Mary, and will be known as Princess Elizabeth. & = KABLE RECORD OF LONGEVITY IN BUCKINGHAM FAMILY. The family of a farm laborer named Ing, of Beacons Bottom Bucks, who died aged 94, fur- nish a notable record. The fol- lowing "children" are all liv. ing today; Henry Ing, 98 years; Caleb Ing," 94 years; George Ing, 88 years; Fred Ing, S86 years; Helen Ing, 83 years; John Ing., 80 years; Edwin Ing., 70 years. This makes a of 604 years. total SHOVVVTCRVA DOV LD MANY CLUES N HONT FOR HERS Caricatures of Relatives May Solve Recluse's Problem Fresh clues in the search for claim- ants to the £70,000 fortune left by Miss Clara Alice Jones, the 74-year. old recluse, who died in Manchester have come to light, These are a score of crude drawings discovered in & mass of papers, most. ly receipts for trivial sums left by the dead woman. It would appear from the drawings, many of which are caricatures drawn by her father, John Jones, that Miss Jones had more relatives than was at first i are written over some group drawings, and from these may be found a clue that will lead to the heir. ' Names mentioned are:--Mill- ward, Howarth, Higgins, Holland, Twigg, Oakhill, Bowler, Williamson and Phenix. About £2,000 was discovered in the humble house in which Miss Jones was found dead. Much of it was in bags too heavy for one man fo lift. With an income of several thou- sands a year, Miss Jones was said to have lived on 10s. a week. HERD DISAPPEARS WITHOUT CHEQUE Drummer Got Medal For Saving Ship's Demented Passenger For diving into & shark.infested sea at Port Elizabeth and rescuing a first-class passenger of the Castle liner Windsor Castle, Dr Frederick sented with the Royal Humane So- ciety's bronze medal and certificate, together with a cheque from the ship- ping company. The man whom Weston rescued had lost his reason, and the drummer had great difficulty in avoiding his grasp and being dragged under the surface, When the presentation of the medal and cheque was made on board the Tose Weston appeared to be very shy. sir," Bas Union | I W. Weston has been pre. it HOMAGE TO PRINCESS ELIZABETH paid a visit to No. 17 Bruton Street to visit their newly arrived, York aig tele een making The picture tened Eliza- LORD MAYOR LIKES HIS TURTLE S00 Famous Folk Give Recipes For Long Life " "pr P'S" SPECTRE Brooding Melancholy which He Laughs at and Dodges Sir Willlam Orpen, who is 48 years of age, and doesn't look it, believes in walking to keep fit, and never covers less than ten miles A day----often 15 --« whether he is in London or Paris. And he can sleep 12 hours a day. As for nicotine, "I was about seven years oli when 1 began to smoke, and not many years after I found myself smoking the modest number of about T0 cigar- ettes a day." In 1921 he had nicotine poisoning, and was forced to reduce his allow- ance to about ten cigarettes a day. NOVELIST'S ADVICE. The soundest advice comes, perhaps, Thin Air A black hooded figure that glides along a lonely lane, has been causing some alarm and no little excitement in the village of Garton End and Dogsthorpe, near Peterborough. The apparition has been seen by several responsible persons during the fortnight, and younger in- itants are now indoors at dusk, while even older people are somewhat nervous of using the lane after night- fail. Charles Johnson, of Cherry Tree House, has seen the ghost on three occasions during the past week. About 10 o'clock at night he was walking in the lane when suddenly. right In front of him, appeared a black hooded figure, five feet in height. The hood came right to the ground, and the figure seemed to glide along noiselessly. *1 at once rushed forward," he said, "*and as I did so the figure glided away and melted through the hedge near an old barn. "I had a heavy stick with me; and as the apparition went through the hedge I struck the spot, but hit noth- ing. I saw it again the following NO STONE MARKS CRAVE OF FRENCH Commander of "Contempt- ibles" Rests Beneath Neglected Mound VISITORS SURPRISED Pilgrims to Resting Place of the Great Soldier Amazed By a strange irony of fate, while no effort has been spared to mark the last resting place of even the humb- lest privale who died during the war, the grave of one of the country's greatest soldiers is still unmarked by stone or cross. from Sheila Kaye-Smith, the novelist, ' jn the quiet little village church who is about 30 years of age: 'We are all liable to mix up causes and effects; to take for the former what are really the latter, We attri- bute our health or lack "of health to various rules of life and of diet, when, in reality, it is our state of health which causes us to make the rules. If everything you eat agrees with you, why worry? Health is youth, and it is health, and not custom or variety, which keeps a man or woman young. Sir Harry Lauder's code, which he has found marvelluosly effective, is: To eat as little as possible, To drink as little as possible. To take discreet exercise. To work as hard as possible. To eat an orange every morning. Pachmann, the great pianist, who is 77, has never taken any exercise in his life except at the plano. A collection of essays just pub- lished entitled, "How to Live Long." gives an interesting sidelight on th habits of some prominent men. The Lord Mayor of London who be- gan his year of office at the age of 78 is the doyen of these contributors. His own specific for health and long lite ig plenty of exercise, moderate liv- ing and hard work. He believes in the virtues of turtle soup and prefers game and chicken te beef, mutton and pork. T.P'S MELANCHOLY. T. P. O'Connor, the Father of the House of Commons, takes no exercise in these days, but he used to walk a great deal. He corrects the want of exercise by diet, 1 eat little, I drink less--sometimes go for months "on the water : foal health r i that my digestion is weak certain and that behind the cheerful- ness 1 hope I always show with my friends, there Is always the dark spectre of brooding melancholy--dodg- ed, laughed at, but always there. LOVEBIRDS MAKE NESTING RECORD === African Visitors. Waste Little Time in Homing tat Zoo yard 'of Ripple, Kent, there is an in- significant grass.covered mound, sur- mounted by a few withered and Jeaf- less twigs, Yet this sadly-neglected spot is the grave of the late Field-Marshal French, Earl of Ypres, commander of the wContemptibia Little Army."' The sexton, omas Bennett, who was clipping the grass on an adjoin- r for the grave "Is it Mr, French's grave ys are seeking, sir?" he said. He pointed to "that little, little grave, that obscure grave,' and added: 'Hundreds of folk come here to see it; 20 or 30 every week. '""They cannot find it themselves, and when 1 t it out to them they are surp! to find that there is no stone or other memorial to mark the BRITISH BEAUTY WEDS OLD FRIEND Letters While at Wembley "Miss 1024," one of the beautiful ris in the Palace of Beauty at the ritish Empire Exhibition, and whose to millions of people, Henrjetta. She was Miss Miriam Ruby Jordan, who is a little more than twenty yeafs of age. The bridegroom was Mr. Joseph Davies, a maior engineer. NO HONEYMOON. The wedding was not followed by a honeymoon, the the Prince's Restaurant, "Jordan, whose father is a used to re- ceive hundreds of letters every day while be 'Miss 1924" at , offered marriage. 'embley. a Miss tradesman in y in his task, Eekrdher tor the 85 Aline Received Hundreds of Love|by bride returning to her | 'Woman Had night, and it disappeared in a similar manner, "DOTH CLOSE BEHIND ME TREAD." 'On Monday night, accompanied by my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, 1 was returning home just before 10 o'clock. They were walking 12 in front of me, when the black figure appeared apparently from nowhere and walked by their side for a distance of 30 yards. "I whistled to call their attention, and they immediately turned round, whilst the figure glided across the road just behind them, through the hedge at the same spot as before and vanished." John Foster, a horseman, has sean the apparition twice, once in company with Bert Smith, and again with Mr. Smith and Edward Medwell. They all described the apparition as that of a woman 5 feet high, clad in a long black cloak, with Quaker-like bonnet. The figure glided to within a few feet of them, and Medwell thrust out his hand to grasp it, but he only touched air as the apparition vanished.' | 3YEAR-OLD EDITS: SCHOOL MAGAZINE Cartoons, Puzzles, Riddles and Thrillers for One, Penny PUPIL STAFF Three Hundred Copies of Paper Made from Wax Impression One of the most embarrassed editors in London recently was Master Harry Steeds, aged 13, of Camberwell. He is ready enough to discuss ade vertisement rates with prospective clients--"Six shillings a page, 8s. half a page, 2s. a quarter"--but not in' school hours. Harry had so many business callers that the headmaster of Cator-street School, Peckham, must have wonder' page for six A n "1 do very well," sald Harry. 'Look ere!' He produ the magazine and showed a full-page advertisement Ine serted by a local tradesman. were several half-page advertisements in the magazine, which runs to 24 pages, '"The New Schoolboy"' thrilling serial = entitled good sale at a penny," Harry went on. "It used to be 2d., but I have been able to te uce the price, *'¥ should like to be able to have & printing press, but we are able to make about 300 impressions at a time WAX. Harry's father, who is a dustman, takes interest in 'The New Schoolboy."' ETHODS OF TRADE ARE "OBSOLETE Commercial Travellers Seek to Solve Depression Problem '"The root causes ! industrial dee the pression at home are due entirely to obsolete commer ii! methods em- ployed, and for which ria executive of Somareiat Tore Lived on Ten Shillings Weekly £40,000 But RITISH WHIG | BLACK HOODED GHOST | HAUNTS LONELY LANE AND FRIGHTENS MANY Woman's Figure Wearing Quaker Bonnet Walks Noise- lessly Alongside Humans and Suddenly Vanishes Inlo x 3 v ¥ * » {