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ANOTHER CRASH AT TRAFFIC OFFENCES ESPIONAGE TRIAL AT
LONG ISLAND
THREE KILLED
FATAL RESULT OF STULTZ'S "STUNTING"
TRANS-ATLANTIC PILOT
New York, Yesterday. Wilmer Stultz, Miss Earhart's Trans-Atlantic pilot and two com- panions, have been killed in an aero- plane crash.
Later.
Stultz, was "stunting" when the 'plane went on a tail-spin at an altitude of 300 feet and crashed.
This is the fourth fatal accident at Long Island Aerodrome during the past few days.
Miss Gentry is slowly regaining strength and the doctors now think that she has a chance of recovering.
Reuter's American Service.
BRITISH MINES
COAL OWNERS CALL AT "NO. 10"
THE INDUSTRY DISCUSSED
London, Yesterday. A score of coal-owners, beaded by Mr. Evan Williams, President of the Mining Association, visited No. 10 Downing Street (Premier's official re- sidence) this afternoon and conferred for two hours with Mr. MacDonald, who was accompanied by Mr. J. H. Thomas (Minister for Unemployment), Mr. Wm. Graham, President of the Board of Trade, Miss Bondfield (Minia- ter of Labour), and Mr. Ben Turner (Minister of Mines).
The official raport of the proceedings merely says that the condition of the coal industry was fully discussed.- Reuter.
'QUAKES SEQUEL
OCEAN BED RISES FOR OVER A MILE
NEW FORMATION. "SWARMING"
Wellington, Yesterday.
DANGEROUS DRIVING AT
SHAUKIWAN
CHARGE ADMITTED
The Chinese driver of a motor lorry was this morning summoned before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, for dangerous driving on the Shaukiwan-road. He admitted the charge.
A European witness said that at a narrow stretch of the road, defen- dant nearly ran into the back of his
PRAGUE
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31 OFFICER
NOTORIOUS WOMAN SPY SAID TO BE INVOLVED.
19 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT
Prague, Yesterday. A remarkble case, which was fol-
with lowed
intense interest throughout the Czecho Slovakia, has ended in Captain Falout, formerly of the Headquarters' Staff of the
Degrees Czecho Slovakian Army, being found "guilty" of espionage: for Germany, and sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment.
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(witness's) car in trying to pass it. Later defendant got in front of his
car.
At that time he (witness) was travelling at 25 miles per hour, so that defendant must have gone con- siderably faster in order to pass
him.
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $25.
Chinese Girl Summoned
Falout's activities were discover- ed dramatically, when he flew in a passenger aeroplane from Prague to Dresden, but left his attache case) at the offices of the airport at Prague containing documents ré- lating to the defence of the country. When he returned he was arrested.
Much Sought After Lady Shortly afterwards Charlotte von Wolffen, a notorious international spy for whom 3,000 Czecho-Slova- kian gendarmes and detectives had been searching, disappeared and is believed to have gone to South. America.
It is stated that Falont introduc- fed her, ander various aliases,
Jenny Lai was summoned for, to officers of the Czecho-Slovakian
a private motor car in driving Queen's-road Central, she being the holder of a learner's licence which
SHOWERY
This morning's weather re- port states:
The anticyclone remains to the east of Japan and has de- creased in intensity.
The typhoon is situated in the Korea Straits, moving N.N.E.
Forecast:-S. winds, moder- ate; cloudy; showery.
confined her to certain, specified areas only. The driver of the car was also summoned for allowing the
licence.
In connection with the recent earth-girl to drive the car without a full quake, it is reported that the ocean. bed near Karames on the west coast of the South Island, has riach over a distance of a mile.
The highest point is 100 feet and the widest 500.
Crabs, fish and seashells swarm on
the top of the new formation, opposite which, on the mainland, is a huge cavity 100 feet deep with an area of hundreds of yards. Beuter.
HAZARDOUS TRIP
FROM ABERDEEN TO SOLA IN MOTOR BOAT
REPEATEDLY FLOODED
Stavanger, Yesterday. Colonel R.N. Stewart, formerly of the Cameron Highlanders, his wife, a friend, and a Thames waterman completed the hazardous trip from Aberdeen to Sola in an inboard motor boat, 30 feet long, with 140 horse power engine, in 25 hours.
Though the boat was capable of doing 15 knots at sea in the rough- est part of the trip the boat was re- peatedly flooded-Reuter.
They both pleaded "guilty.".
When the Magistrate learned that
General Staff as "a desirable and wealthy parti". Reuter.
"RUM RUNNERS”
THE "LIQUOR-TRICKLING" ·
OVER THE FRONTIER
"A 3,000-MILE. FENCE"
Washington, Yesterday. Three thousand miles of barb- ed wire, three lines deep, and seven feet high, is the latest sug-2 gestion to prevent liquor trickling, in from Canada,
The barricade is estimated to cost about £1,000,000, but Mr. Lowman. Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, whose zeal was re- cently virulently condemned, is of opinion it will be cheap, as at pre- sent 1,000 men, at a cost of |£1,000,000 annually are unable to rum-running, whereas 2 stop
the driver was employed by the barbed fence would facilitate the girl's father, he decided that he job, with fewer agents-Reuter's could not fairly convict the driver, American Service.
as his position was an awkward one.
The driver could not very well re- FOR CONSERVATIVES fuse to allow his master's daughter to drive the car if she wanted to do 50. The summons against the driver was accordingly dismissed.
The girl was fined $15.
PANAMA CANAL
LANDSLIDE INVOLVES AREA OF 25,000 CUBIC YARDS
FAIRWAY IN DANGER
Balbao, Yesterday.
TRAINING COLLEGE FOR PARTY WORKERS
FORMALLY OPENED
London, Yesterday.. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, to-day, în- augurated the Bonar Law Memorial Collection, at Ashridge House, Berk- hampstead, which is to be used hence- forth as a training college for Cori- servative workers.
Ashridge House, which is a beauti- ful old mansion, was presented to the Conservative Party, by the late Mr.
A landslide on the Panama Caral Urban Broughton. British Wireless occurred yesterday south of the so-Service. called cubic yards of earth.
Steamer traffic. has not yet been affected but
farther heavy movements of the earth of which signs are not lacking-might easily block the fairway-Reuter's Amer- ican Service.
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BERT LYTELL and BILLIE DOVE
THE LONE WOLF RETURNS"
A Smashing Story of Cunning Wits and Blazing Hearts.
MAJESTIC
Nathan
Road Kowloon
A SURPRISE
VISCOUNT CECIL MAY BE IN LABOUR DELEGATION
LEAGUE MEETINGS
London, Yesterday: Regarding the statement that the British delegation to the League' of Nations meetings at Geneva, in September, will not consist exclu- sively of members of the Labour "Party, it is understood that the dele gation is likely to include Viscount Cecil British Wireless Servicely
SIR F. WHYTE
CALLS UPON THE NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY
London, Saturday. Sir Frederick Whyte, Political Adviser to the Chinese Government, who is now in England on leave, to-day called on the Foreign Secre fary (Mr. A. Henderson) --British Wireless Service.
VAN LEAR BLACK
PLANNING ANOTHER TOUR TO JAPAN
London, Yesterday, Mr. Van Lear Black, the American millionaire Byer, has returned to Lon doa.”. He plans to start on another tour to Japan-after his return from Ameri, caReuter
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