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"MAGICIAN” WHO MADE A SUCCESS OF FAILURE.'
Mr. Frank van Hoven, the famous American mock, magician, died at St. Chad's Hospital, Birmingham, after
a fortnight's illness.
Mr. Van Hoven's rise from mediocrity to the position of one of the highest-paid music-hall performers in England or America was quite as humorous As any of his burlesque per formances.
"He started on the stage on a small circuit in the United States as a conjurer," an intimate friend told The Evening News.. "But oa conjurer he was simply awful Everywhere he went, people used to laugh at him and treat him as a joke, for he could not do the most elementary trick success fully.
Winning the Laughs, "He muddled so much, indeed, that he became almost famous na the worst conjurer in America, and won more Jaughs than many
comedians.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929.
ROBBERS KILLED.
PROMPT POLICE ACTION
IN SHANGHAI
DEATH PRESUMED.
LT. COMMR, MACDONALD'S ATLANTIC FLIGHT,
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Last month Mr. Justice H
Two Chinese were shot and an other wounded in an affray with police from Yangtzepoo Station Cave to awear the death of Lieutenant-Commander Henry during one of the most daring arm Crawford Macdonald, DS.C., late cd robberies seen in Shanghai for many a day. At about 7.30 p.m. of Queen's-gate, who was lost on Friday seven, men raided the during an Atlantic light last house of Mr. K. Kuroda, a direc-year, as having occurred on or tar of the Shanghai Cotton Manu-since October 18, 1928. facturing Co., in Ningkus Road. The house stands with another, to
Mr. Noel Middleton, who made which it is joined by a spealing the application on behalf of the tabe, in an isolated section, and widow of Lieutenant-Commander the robbers proceeded about their Macdonald, said that the latter business systematically, While left England
on September 20, four remained outside on guard, 1928, for Newfoundland-where three entered the house by a ruse. They tore down the telephones in he arrived on September 26, 1928 the house immediately, but they to attempt a fight from there to did not know of the speaking tube England in a Moth aeroplane. At connected with the next house. about 4.61 p.m. Greenwich mean Mrs. Kuroda spoke through the
time on October 17 ho tube to the next house, who re-
began his flight for Eng- leased a burglar alarm connected with Yaugtstepoo Station and land from Harbour Grace, St. brought polica on the scone be- John's... The Moth aeroplane con- tained about 100 gallons' of petrol, fore the robbers could escape.
which would enable the machino to remain in the air for about 30 not fitted with hours. It was floats and would sink within a few hours if it came down in the sea. The aeroplane was sighted from the steamer Hardenberg about midnight of October 17-18 about 600 miles out from New- foundland. Since then munications had been received from Lieutenant-Commander Mac- donald by his wife or any rela- tive or friend.
od the house.
While there
no .com❤
Police Quickly on Scene. "He was such a good-humoured fellow, however, that instead of A detachment of police under becoming down-hearted by his Det. Sgt. Tilton and Sgt. Willcox Iack of dexterity as a conjurer, he arrived very shortly from Yang developed the idea of making him- trzepoo Station. They found the self a really funny conjurer. robbers inside the house, the four "Immediately his act became a men who had been left on guard success, and when I first saw him outside having apparently run in New York he was getting about away as soon as the police motor £45 a week. In 1914 1 induced car drew up. Not knowing how him to come to England, and ho many men were inside the building, was not here very long before he the palico sent back to Yangtze was getting £150 and £200 a week.poo Station for reinforcements and
Then he became known as
the eastern reserve unit under Ma- The Man who Made Ice Famous" for Bourne and Sup. Fairbairn By his will, dated July 21, 1925, and The Ice-Man' because in one were soon on the scene. In the his wife was appointed sole èxecu- act ho made three little boys hold lumps of ice in their hands while meantime the police had surround-trix and beneficiary, conditionally on her surviving him one calen- he tried vainly to perform some
were still only a dar month: His own catale was trick with a bird. The trick never few men on the scene, however, not very large, but he had sub- came off successfully, and the unfortunate boys were kept stand-one of the robbers came out of stantial interests in the estates ing for a torrible length of time the front door, bearing some foot of his late father and mother. holding, with blue hands, rapidly and two shot-guns. He was im- His Hfe was insured by one ad- melting dumps of ice.
mediately challenged by Det. Sgt. curance company for £3,000 und a smaller sum. "Never did this ridiculous act Tilton, and on his refusal to stop by another for fail to keep audiences in shricks was shot by a Japanese constable Neither company raised any ob- of laughter.
with the detective. He fell but jection to this application. got up and ran towards a creek bordering the shrubbery in the compound of the house. He fell into the creek bát managed to get "Another thing he did that up the other side, where several made him so popular in England more shots were fired at him. The was that of starting to do a trick, Japanese constable pursued him fumbling it badly, thon throwing but in the darkness the man was down his 'propa" in feigned dialost. Some of the foot he was gust, and remarking casually to carrying was, however, recovered. the audience:
What He Told the Audience. "Fow men
eRn have turned Failure into Buch tremendous success as Van Hoven.
Waal, it's not much of a trick anyhow. Some of you might like to, see it, but I'm not goin' to worry my young life trying to do the darn thing."
As soon as Yelnforcements ar- rived police entered and searched the building. From the lights and movements observed in the dif ferent rooms from outside, they "With all his fun Van Hoven had reason to believe that there was one of the kindest men in the were a number of men in the rob world. He treated those little bery. Inside, however, they found. boys he used to take about with only two. One of these dashed himm with every kindness. He out of a room at the searchers and made them open. B banking was immediately shot both by account with money that he gave pistol and Thomson machine gun." them, and he saw to it that they saved and that the accounts grew steadily."
SMALL-POX STILL. FIGURES PROMINENTLY.
Third Man Dropped.
Counsel submitted that there was no doubt that that extremely hazardous enterprise had met with disaster.
His Lordship granted leave as stated above.
Lt. Commr. Macdonald W36 born in Hongkong.
SINGAPORE CABLE.
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London, Jan. 29. A tost was carried out yesterday at the London offices of the Eastern Extension Company of the efficiency of the now direct cablo service to Singapore, which makes it possible distance of to send mesanges 10,521 miles in 1.2sec.
A quick search of the whole house failed to reveal the other man and it was only when the The original intention had been THE HEALTH RETURN. the building that they discovered tween the present Govoruur of the police wont a second time over for greetings to be exchanged bo- him hiding behind some curtaine Straits Settlements and High Com in an attic. When discovered he missioner of Malaya, Sir Hugh made as if to rush at the police Clifford, and Bir Frank Swettenham, and was Immediately dropped by who became the first High Commis pistol and machine gun fire, Thesiuner on the establishment of the Fifty-four cases of amall-pox loot of the robbers, consisting of Federation. Owing, however, to the fact that Bir Hugh Clifford was on were notified during the week end-gold watches, cigarette cases, ing February 23 while there were jewellery, etc., was mostly recover his way to Kuala Lumpur by sen, 59 deaths from the disease dur-ed. It could not be ascertained the message was received and ac ing the same period. There were in the confusion last night just knowledged by the Deputy-Governor. Acknowledgment of Sir Frank 50 Chinese cases, two British, one how much was missing.
Police believe the raid to haved within a few seconds, and the
Swettenham's message was receiv of which was imported, and one
been the work of a Kompo gang each Filipino and Japanese. Cases from Kowloon totalled 27 who arrived in Shanghal just be reply came through a minute later.
Bir Frank Swettenham expressed
were
and from Victoria 25, the other fore the Chinese New Year with his astonishment at the progreRN |
coup and then getting away. It is tion between London and Blagapore.
intention of making one big Aberdeen respectively.
There were two deaths from supposed that the raid on Mr. During his years of office in the diphtheria out of the four Chinese Kuroda's house was their big Malay Peninsula a message to Singa cases reported, while three cases coup, in which case it has been a pora took about 10 hours, and within of enteric faver
notified. failure. Det. Sub. Inspr. Telfer recent years it was considered the The return for the week also is following up the gang.
height of achievement to send a shows two fatal cases of influenza
message in half an hour. which is not a notifiable disease..
The health return for the 24wan. During the same period a hours ending February 25' shows British case of diphtherla was 15 further cases of amall-pox, notified; a French case of puer seven from Victoria,, six from peral fever and a Chinese case of Kowloon and two from Shauki paratyphold.
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On board the "Cutty Eark." The famous old tax-clipper is now moored in Falmouth Harbour, where she is maintained in useful -service as a training-school for lads about to 'entor the Navy or Merchant Marino. Some of the boys are shown at a lesson in. sailmaking. (Times copyright),