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The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
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In Paris, the Chamber of Deputies debated the Humbert swindle scandal. Socialist M. Mirman questioned delays by former ministers M. Monis and M. Cailaux in addressing the fraud and collecting 10 million francs. The chamber passed a motion of confidence in the government 393-74. Meanwhile, a crowd watched the removal of the Humberts' 5,000-pound safe to auction.
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PARIS, June 28.-The Humbert case was brought up in the Chamber of Deputies when M. Mirman, Socialist, interpellated the government on the subject. M. Mirman said he wanted to know why the then minister of justice, M. Monis, had not intervened until May 8; why measures had not been taken previously to arrest the authors of the colossal swindle and why the then minister of finance, M. Cailaux, had not given orders to collect the ten million francs duty to which the state had the right to claim on the heritage. The chamber, by 393 to 74 votes, passed a motion of confidence in the government. While the debate was proceeding in the chamber a crowd of several thousand persons was witnessing the removal of the famous safe from the Humbert residence to an auction room. It weighed 5,000 pounds.
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Paris
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June 28
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the chamber passed a motion of confidence in the government by 393 to 74 votes.
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The Humbert case was brought up in the Chamber of Deputies when M. Mirman, Socialist, interpellated the government. M. Mirman questioned why the then minister of justice, M. Monis, had not intervened until May 8, why measures had not been taken previously to arrest the authors of the colossal swindle, and why the then minister of finance, M. Cailaux, had not given orders to collect the ten million francs duty on the heritage. While the debate proceeded, a crowd of several thousand persons witnessed the removal of the famous safe from the Humbert residence to an auction room; it weighed 5,000 pounds.