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THOUGHT FEELING.

REMARKABLE POWERS OF" PROF. LANGSNER.

A HONGKONG VISITOR.

Ris Long Distance Telepathy

Achievement.

Professor Maximihen Langaner, Pole who has devated his life to The study of telepathy thought feeling as he prefers to call it

and hypriotism is at present in Hongkong in the course of a world

tour.

The practice adopted by Prof. Laisner is to make a prolonged stay in part country for the pur- pret carrying out observations which will enable him to perfect his

He realises that this cannot arcomplished in the space of a Few weeks such as might enable n putelist to write a passably good moved with rertsin local colour Bis study of the paychology of the peetles of the various countries in luded in his itinerary is extended over a maiderüble period. He has heen Bo his travela for some years and intend to devote "another two

for three to life in China and Japan. The countries he has visited in the course of the present tour are (kere, Egypt. Perain, India or

Ando-Chinn.

HONGKONG,

PUPILS' WORK.

PARENTS AT VICTORIA

BRITISH."

TO-DAY'S GATHERING.

ESTABLISHED

1845

The end of the term at Victoria

British School (East Paint) was made the occasion of an open day, parents and friends visiting the premises this morning and taking advantage of the opportunity of

seeing

the work done by the

young pupils during the term and for observing the excellent system

on which the school is run.

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926.

FATAL WOUNDING.

VERDICT OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

NO BLAME ON POLICE.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.

THIEF CAUGHT.

CIVILIAN COMMENDED BY

MAGISTRATE..

"SMART WORK."

The inquiry into the death of a "That was a smart piece of Chinese who was shot by a detec work." remarked Major C. Willson live was resumed before Mr. E. Et the Central Magistracy Lindsell and a jury at the Central Magistracy to-day,

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KIDNAPPING CASE.

VILLAGE BOY BROUGHT TO HONGKONG..

¡DEFENDANT CAUTIONED,

this occupier of

...

a house at Second

Further evidence of a railway porter from Taipo and a woman morning when he was told that Mr. Street was called at the Central B. A. Hyder had taught a Chinese Magistracy this morning in the who was charged with the larceny case in which a Chinese woman of $20 from an old man at Des was charged with alleged kidnap- Voeux Road our the Wing On Coming of an eleven-year old boy.

Mr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared pung, yesterday forenoon.

for the defence.

י.

Evidence was given by the con- stable of firing four shots with the intention of stopping the man who escaped after discarding His

It was stated by Inspector Spear coat. Previous to that the detec

After hearing evidence, Mr. The basis on which the methods ive had carried out a search and that the defendant extracted the

that the of instruction are founded is that found a dagger inside his cloth-money from complainant's pucket Lindsell, considered

ing.

word was sized by the owner. De charge could hardly be maintain- the pupils shoukl actively co-

In his summing up to tive juny, fendant broke away by discarding fed, as the defendant had made no operate with the teachers as much

In this particular, Mr. Lindsell said he saw no ren- the money and escaped in the direc-secret that the boy accompanied as possible. the representation of events son to doubt the evidence of the ion of the Wing Lok Street wharf her on the train and in fact hadi

constable which was corroborated where he was caught.

told the principai tenant about it. which are under study by means all material particulars by Mr. Hyder's attention was drawn He held that the boy accompanied of tableaux constructed by, the

ather evidence. One very strong to the junaway by it whistle blown the woman of his own accord and pupils themselves, is worthy of mention. The pupils are encour-corroborating point was the eval by the conductor sing tram he did not believe the story that

ence regarding the character offer. He said that he ran down he was dragged into the train. Jaged to cut out from picture books

the deceased. No one had come sich lang leading into Connaught The defendant was discharged the several ingredients so the forward to identify him.

Roal anticipating that the man with a warning and the boy's bro- scenes, the idea being that, pic-

Dealing with the use of fire-would come that, way and got him ther: who was present in court. torially represented, they convey arms, Mr. Lindsell said that shoot-Just in time"

was ordered to look after him in a deeper meaning than mere

Defendant was sent to prison future." words can do. The story of was permissible in certain eir-

with hard labour for three month. Hiawatha" is under study at the cumstances such as in chasing a moment and the students have committed a felony. If they be

man who is suspected of having Helped to construct the actual scenes, with wigwam, Indiang and all complete.

~~Prof. "Taingsher has given demon- Specimens of the work of the strations in telepathy in some of scholars in needlework, designing. theplaces he has visited. Such fatencilling, etc., were on display, demonstrations, are not, however, falso some of the examination the main purpose of his visit. He papers. These were the object of does not wish to pose as a charistan much interest by the parents and And it is only if there is a genuine friends who were welcomed by desirvamong the people with whom Mrs. E. M. Clark, Headmistress, he is staying for a demonstration and conducted over the premises in plepathy and hypnotism that he by the staff and pupils. would give them such an oppor- Riunity of appreciating its possibili-

ties.

He emphasises that his feats are not illusions, in fact he prefers to have a sceptical audience.

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Mrs. Clark, in welcoming those present, thanked the parents for their co-operation in the conduct of the school and the training of the children and expressed the hope that they would continue working together to the same ends, - "Mrs. Curf ́älsä mentioned that she was always willing to co- operate in courses of special training for pupils particularly gifted along certain lines.

If it should be practicable for a beral demonstration to be given. Hongkong people will have 'the op- portunity of witnessing there markable

which powers

Prof Langener undoubtedly poнasses. ino Indo-China, according to the Press, his claim to read the mind

A very pleasing programme of of another was genuinely proved, dances was then gone through, It was the most convincing demon- the rhythm and charm of move- stration of telepathy yet given to.ment of the performers greatly theatre audience."

pleasing the audience.

fi

THE BOYCOTT.

CHANGE IN CANTON'S

DELEGATES.

GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL

COMMUNIQUE

His Excellency has author ised a communique to the effect that Mr. Ku. Many-yu has been appointed as one of the Canton Delegates in place of Mr. Chan Kung-pok; also. that conference opened at noon yesterday when" only formal business was transact- ed. The conference will re-

sume to-day.

.'

It is understood that Mr. Ku Mang-yu who was former- ly Dean of the Peking Univer- sity, is a Member of the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Kwok Man Tong.

lieved the constable's story that the dagger was found on the man, then it was not an unreasonable assumption that the man was a felon, although the police had not

Confirmed By Reuters.

The younger scholars Kave Similar appreciation is reported "The Pipes of Pan" to the accom- from the other places he has visit-paniment of the gramophone and rd. glowing accounts being given the elder pupils gave "Sleep his almost incredible demon- Fairies" and "Bubbles" to the strations, sceptics who challenged pianoforte accompaniment of Miss him being reported as entirely coA. E. Hendry, in charge of classes 'vinced of the genuineness of his 5 and 7. claims and subsequently becoming The pupils taking part were:-been able to prove that a felony Marie Clarke and had been committed. The find- ing of the dagger gave rise to that suspicion. unable to arrest the man by any If the constable was

other means, he was justified in firing to stop him. If further, in firing, he killed the man, then the killing was in law justifiable.

his friends and advocates. In Calcutta, where he was challenged

To

make 22 long "distance" téle-

Class 6: Sidney Fowler.

Class 7: Douglas Mackay, pathie communication, he detailed Douglas Taylor, James Clark, Alex what was happening in certain MacFarlane and Albert Moss. streets in Paris and London, events

Class 8: Mary Taylor, Ernie which were confirmed by the mana-Fowler and Alison Mackay. ger of Reuters in Calcutta.

Cairo, before A packed Rudience five, Bons placed in an arena were mesmerised and, in the

words of one of the newspapers. "became as quiet as the docile cats of Angora." Whilst in Persia, the Professor was awarded the order of the "Sun and Lion" by the Sha and presented with a pair of Per-

Another sian carpets.

test to which he was, subjected in Indo- China was to drive, a car blindfolded for a long distance, the occupants of the car being French officials,

Prof. Langsner is a gifted Hngulat, speaking no less than six- teen languages. He was a personal friend of the late Enrico Caruso who was also a student of the occult. Writing to him on one occa- Hion the great singer said "You hypnotise the world with your eyes. I hypnotise the world with my rolce. We are both hypnotisers."

TYPHOON WARNING.

Infants ("A"): Jean Clark, Dorothy Moss, Peter Paul and William MacFarlane,

Infants ("B"): Florry Fowler, Stella Stevenson, Eric Stone, Robert Glen and Billy Gegg.

BOYCOTT PARLEY:

ONE CANTON DELEGATE CHANGED.

LATEST REPORTS.

The Verdict.

The following were the ques tions to the jury and their

answers -

Had the constable "during the puravit reasonable cause to sus- pect that the deceased had com- mitted a felony? Yes.

If so, could he have effected an arrest by any other means short of firing? No.

Mr. Lindsell: On those answers I return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

THE WEATHER.

POSSIBLE SQUALLS & RAIN

TO-MORROW.

Canton, June 14, Mr. Chan Kung-pok, ty reason of his being engaged on General Chang Kat-ahek's staff at the Northern Front, will not be one of the Canton official delegates in the boycott negotiatione. His place

The position of the typhoon is will be taken by Mr. Kuo Mang-ye, doubtful, states the Observatory who will act with Mr. Eugene Chep and Mr. T. V. Soong-Wah Taz report this morning. Its probable, co-ordinates are Lat. 18 N. and Yat Po."

We are indebted to the American Consul-General for the telegram quoted below, received from the Reports from Canton are. that Manila, Observatory at 7.a.m. Jaly formal proceedings began yesterday

16, 1926-8:10 p.m.. 15th. Typhoon at noon when credentials were ex- in about 123 degrees Long E. 13 changed. degrees Lat. N. moving W.N.W

It is expected that a full talk Later will be gone into to-day, so that detailed schemes may be presented to-morrow.

10.46 am. July 16. The typhoon hae crossed Northern Luzon in the form of a shallow depression, it' ray increase in intensity in the

China Sea.

Reticence is being kept by offi cial sources. There is a feeling of confidence and it is said that Gen. eral Chang is of the view that he During the 24 hours ended yen-can leave for the Front in a week.. terday pre zase of paratyphoid fever-Chinese was reported to the health authorities.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR

The closing rate of the dollar, on demand to day was 2/2. 18/16.

Owing to the difficulty in com- munications with Canton, news will necessarily be slow in getting through to Hongkong. The best sign so far is the absence of any pessimistic rumours.:

A

COAL CRISIS.

TRADE UNIONISTS AND

MINERS.

CLEARING THE AIR.

London, July 15. Beyond the announcement of a delegate that there have been developments," nothing has been ofcially divulged of to-day's meet- ing between the Trade Unions Congress and the Miners' Executive, though Reuter learns that straight speaking on both sides cleared the air, whilst the Trade Unions Con- Kress promised the miners full sup- port-Redtor..

BANK CRISIS.

MORE DOORS CLOSED IN GEORGIA.

REVIEW OF POSITION.

Atlanta, July 15." The Georgia State Banking De-

more Georgian Banka closed their doors to-day.

partment announces that fifteen

ever,

STOLEN UMBRELLA?

A COOLIE AS A PERFECT HUSBAND,

GIFT FOR WIFE,

Unlawful possession of An umbrella was the charge against a ricsha coolie before Mr R. E. Lindsell at the Centrul Magistracy this morning.

The article na believed to have been stolen, although the owner was not found. Divisional Inspector Blackman said that defendant was Ben in Tai Wong Street carrying the umbrella and was arrested on suspicion by a constable.

Defendant said he paid 40 cents for the umbrella and intended mak ing a present of it to his wife.

His Worship: I see you dre a perfect husband. Three weeks hard labour.

DATE FIXED.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER.

CHIEF BUSINESS OUTLINED..

London, July 15.

In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr. S. Baldwin. Prime Minister, announced that the

Atemporary receivership had already been appointed for the Bankers Trust Company of Atlanta, petition in bankruptcy proceedings date of the Imperial Conference whilst the Federal Judge heard a

to be brought against it by the had been fixed for October 5. The Bank at Usatilla, Florida, which agenda would include a general re- preferred certain charges. "The view of foreign policy and defence State Banking Department, how- and questions arising therefrom. of opinion that the development systems, communica- situation is not so critica) as it tions, and consultations between seems. The Banks concerned, most the Governments of the Empire on ly with a small capital of $20,000, matters of common concern.

Their closing is in

Dr. L. Haden Guest (Labourite, are solvent, no way due to local conditions but North Southwark) asked whether to the embarrassment of the parent there would be an opportunity for concern the Bankers Trust. Com the representation of Opposition pany

opinion in view of the circum- According to experts the situa-stances in South Africa, Canada, tion is a reflection of the recent and this country? failure in Florida caused directly or indirectly by the deflation of the land boom-Reuter.

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NON-STOP FLIGHT.

FRENCHMAN BEATS THE RECORD.

PARIS TO OMAK..

Mr. Baldwin replied that the only difficulty was that the Imperial Conference had always been a con- "ference of Governments, and no pro- vision had been made for the official representation of Oppositions.---. Reuter.

BOXING.

BIG MATCH POSTPONED FOR A DAY.

New York, July 15. Rain was responsible for the

Paris, July 16. Flying from Paris to Omak in a Long 121 E., moving N.W. 3,000 miles non-stop flight "Captain" Manila message, this morning Girier and Lieutenant d'Ordillet stated that the typhoon has cross-beaten the record of Captain postponement till to-day of the Ber ed Northern Luzon in the form of Arrachart and his brother-Reuter. Tenbach v. Delaney heavyweight a shallow depression. It may in Paris cables of June 28 stated: boxing match for the championship crease in intensity in the China The airmen brothers Arrachart who of the world, the betting on which, Sea.

departed from Paris, landed at fit is reported,,has been unprecedent- The local forecast until noon to Easrah after a 26 hours, 30 minutes ed-Reuter. morrow reads:-Light, variable non-stop flight. It is reported from winds, freshening from N.E. Basra that Captain Arrachart and later; fine to cloudy possible his brother, Sergeant injor squary and rainy..

Arrachart, in attempting 20 beat The recent murder of an office the record for a non-stop flight, left boy at Connaught. Road Central. Lebourget at 6.30 am. yesterday was again mentioned at the Cen- and landed at Basri., 2.784 miles tral Magistracy this morning At the Central Magistracy this distant, to-day They were in the when the alleged assaltant, an- morning, four Chinese were fined air 2011⁄2 hours. The previous reotlier office boy who was caught.

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