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HOUDINI'S "COME BACK."

A SEANCE.

GHOST HANDWRITING OF GREAT MAGICIAN.

WIFE'S TESTIMONY.

New York. Yesterday. magician with his bag of

tricks has emerged victor over

China Mail

No. 25,935

A MOTOR-BOAT DISASTER.

NINE DROWNED.

SAD FATALITY AFTER NOR- WEGIAN FUNERAL.

OVER-LOADED.

person swam ashore.-Reuter.

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FLAGSHIP'S NARROW

ESCAPE.

BIG WATERSPOUT.

U.S.S. "PITTSBURGH” NEARLY HIT IN CHINA SEA.

CARGO BOAT STRUCK.

Bergen, Yesterday.

Shanghai, July 21. Conveying ten mourners home The U.S.S. "Pittsburg" flagship' the countless mediums in having from a funeral an over-loaded of the Asiatic squadron, with Ad- miral Bristol and staff officers and produced what Mrs. Harry motor-boat sank in Lyster Fjord several hundred sailors and mar- Houdini declared was the best) Nine were drowned, and one ines aboard, narrowly escaped this spiritualistic manifestation of her

afternoon being hit by a huge late husband she had ever seen.

waterspout, one of the largest ever Joseph Dunninger, the mugi-

seen in the China sen, while the cian, undertook the experiment to

vessel was proceeding from Tsing- disprove the spiritualistic claims

Itan to Shanghai. of Nino Pecoraro, a self-styled medium, who had sought to bring to earth the spirit of the late magician and thereby win a $21,000 prize offered by the magazine "Science and Inven-! tion."

Pecoraro's sence was given at

EGYPT'S POLITICS.

WAFD DEFIANCE OF

GOVERNMENT,

PRIVATE HOUSE MEETING.

Cairo, Yesterday, The Wafdist senators and de-

The cruiser had just entered the mouth of the Yangtsze about 1:30. this afternoon when the waterspout formed about five miles ahead of the boat.

The spout which stirred up a ter rific commotion on the surface of

the office of the publication reputies met in a private house last of the water, proceeded directly to cently, and the best he could do after five hours was reproduce a evening in defiance of the Govern-ward the "Pittsburg" but struck a

voice purporting to be Houdini's ment's decree forbidding such which seemed to have nothing of | meeting. importance to say.

Luminous Ghost. Dunninger, before the audience of thirly some

ITALY & CHINA.

Nationalists' Power

Contested...

FLYING FINN IN FORM.

THE OLYMPIAD.

- NURMI CREATES RECORD IN 10,000 METRES RACE.

THE FRENCH INCIDENT.

Amsterday, Yesterday.

the

ANOTHER BIG FLIGHT STARTED.

16,000 MILES.

FROM LYMPNE TO CAPETOWN AND BACK.

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FRANCE TAKE THE LEAD.

DAVIS CUP FINAL.

COCHET AND BOROTRA BEAT

AUSTRALIAN - DANCE MANIA:

WORLD'S RECORDS.

YOUTH' DANCES ALONG STREET

·FOR 14 1/2 MILES,

TILDEN AND HUNTER.

SOUTH AFRICAN FLIER. TWO MATCHES TO ONE.

HOLDS UP TRAFFIC.

London, Yesterday.

Paris, Saturday. Sydney-Grasping a girl firm- Murdoch, a South African Owing to rain the Davis Cup ly about the waist in the ap- The Olympic games opened on Saturday, when four events were Air Force member, left Croydon doubles were postponed with proved dancing position, Don "flying in an Avro-Avian 30 horse power France leading by three games to Young, Marathon dancer, set out. decided. Nurmi,

from Hurstville Post Office to Finn," captured the 10,000 metres light plane. to attempt to fly to two in the first set.

back (16,000 Cochet and Borotra heat Tilden dance along the roadways to race in 30 minutes 18.4/5 seconds, Capetown and

and Hunter 6-4, 6-8, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, Martin-place.

Before he had covered the 141⁄2 thus creating an Olympic record. miles) in 18 days.

France taking the lead with Later. A world's record was establish-

miles, police had taken his name Murdoch only flew to Lympne two matches to one.

The Frenchmen set u fast pace seven times, when crowds gather- to-day from which place he starts his flight proper on July 30 and won many points by light-ed.

ning smashes the set ending At Bathurst-street he began to with Tilden double-faulting.

His lean heavily on his partner.

a large Japanese cargo which was directly forward, turning the cargo boat entirely around, following They passed a resolution declar-which the spout struck a large that Parliament still exists, Chinese junk, demolishing the sails sime ing news-and is entitled to meet according and superstructure of this craft.

to the Constitution, and calling on

Altered Course. the Government to resign.

By slightly altering its course the According to the newspaper "Pittsburg" missed the spout by a "Albalagh," the meeting was held, bare 300 yards, although the criuser "notwithstanding

precau-was subjected to a heavy wind tions, about five hundred yards which jumped from & knols to 'near- A resolu-ly 50 knots within a period of three from the Governorate." issued on July 19 was tion was passed that the decree minutes. The thermometer drop-

a revolu-ped 20 degrees and the barometered by John Kuck, of America,

11/16 Inches, tion against the constitution, and dropped one hundredths of an inch. who putted the shot 52 feet any legislation passed or foreign The spout was fifty yards in

Details of finals follow:- agreements concluded by the pre-diameter at the base at the water's

10,000 METRES. sent Ministry were null and vold. surface and extended conewise up-

Nurmi (Finland) 30 Finally "the House was prorogu-ward until it had increased to 150

18.4/5 secs. eduntil November 17." After yards in diameter at the top touch-

Peking, To-day. The Italian Minister's reply to Dr. C. T. Wang's note of July 1, dated July 11, states the Chinese Government has a right to ask for the revision of the treaty of 1866 under' Arti- cle XXVI but contests the right of the Nationalist Government to declare the treaty abolished and no longer in force after June 30. Therefore Italian Government makes 1 formal reservation

the

of

the rights derived from the treaty which Italy will continue to consider valid until substitut-

ed by a new treaty concluded by

mutual consent.

"If meanwhile, the Chinese Government should not observe its obligations arising from the treaty my Government might feel bound to protect their in- terests and the interests of their nationals by such means as may it consider opportune,' -Reuter.

[Note: Earlier cables on this suhject will be found on page

3.]

polico

all the late members of Parliament ing the clouds. present, numbering about two hun-

When the spout was first observ. dred, had signed the resolutions, ed the "Pittsburg's" crew hurriedly all solemnly swore "to safeguard fastened down canvasses, prevent- the constitution and defend it to ing any damage from the deluge of the utmost till the last moment of rain which followed the passage of my life."-Reuter.

the waterspout.

The ship's photographer was en- 'ITALIA" SURVIVORS.abled to make pictures of the phena-

ZAPPI'S VISIT TO MALM- GREN'S MOTHER.

NOBILE DEPRESSED.

Copenhagen, Yesterday.

menon.

"HITTING BACK."

The Flying Finn..

"GOAD OF PUBLIC OPINION."

Keuler.

THE AZORES.

AN-AIRPORT MAY BE

CONSTRUCTED.

וי

Lisbon, Yesterday, The Government has appointed a-Commissioner to study the con- struction of an airport at the

Azorea. Reuter.

In the accond the Frenchmen, trainer encouraged him. Prior to driving hard and placing finely, this, seven policemen had taken led 6-6, when Bórotra struck a his name and address. The police, wild streak. Cochet then double gazing after his shuffling figure faulted and lost at the 18th, as if they had seen a lunatic, had Tilden running out on his service. allowed him to proceed.

The speed slowed down in third.

But at the Town Hall police The Frenchmen seemed less in-were not satisfied with the ex- spired, but secured the set. They planation given by the crowd. threw away points in the fourth They wanted a personal inter- by too much finesse.

view, so the dancer still held the In the fifth the Frenchmen girl and danced in small circles showed wonderful teamwork and around tivo enormous policemen, won the first four games,

explaining to them that he was The Americans took the fifth doing it for a wager, and answer- after Borotra had deliberately ing numerous questions. driven the ball out following a disputed serve by Cochet.

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thronged by a crowd of 40,000 spectators, the Prince Consort finally declared open the Ninth Olympiad. After rain throughout

In the seventh there was the night the clouds broke this morning, and sunshine lit up the splendid example of French con- gaily beflagged streets and stadium, control in returning a series of The Prince Consort was tumult-temptingly high shots, Borotra, the Dutch Na-smash. The Frenchmen won the ously cheered as he took the salute finishing the game with a grand last game against Hunter's 'ser- vice.-Reuter. to the strains of

tional Anthem.

Donor's Opinion.

SENSATION. The opening was marked by a When the parade of mins. sensation.

Denver (Colorado), Yesterday, competitors, forming the cream of Mr. Dwight Davis, donor of the the world's manhood, marched Davis Cup, is of the opinion that past the Royal Box, it was found "Tilden is probably guilty of pro- that the French competitors were fessionalism and should be barred not participating in the march. from amateur-competition."-Reu-]

Their absence was apparently ter's American Service. due to a misunderstanding with the gatekeeper. yesterday authorised to view the grounds, but the gatekeeper refus ed to admit them. A heated argu- ment followed, during which the gatekeeper struck M. Mirecamp, secretary of the French team. The Frenchmen immediately with- drew.

Under the above heading the subject of the present water shortage is dealt with in our Leading Article on Page 7.

Ritoli (Finland). Wide (Sweden). Londgren (Sweden)." Muggridge (Britain). Ray (U.S.A.)

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The team was LORD LOVAT'S TOUR.

AN APOLOGY.

Neved to be closed,

J

However, when the French team arrived to participate in the march past the same gatekeeper was on duty and obstinately refused to ad- mit them. The Frenchmen again withdrew, and the question has arisen of their refusing to partici-

pate in the Games,

DETAINED IN LONDON ON GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.

CANADA NEXT WEEK.

FAIR WEATHER.

This

S. winds, moderate; fair, is the. official weather forecast until non to-morrow,

Pressure is highest to the north-east of Japan, and relative- ly low over S. W. China. The ty phoon is situated about 100 miles north of the Bonins, maving slow-" ly north-eastward,

Manila warnings: 29d. 11h. 30m.:-Cyclone or typhoon near or over Bulintang Channel, filling up.

Manila warnings. 29d. 11h. 30m.--Typhoon in Lut, 26 deg. N. Long, 139 deg. E, recurving.

northeastward.

Shanghai warning 29d. 16h. 45m.:-Typhoon of unknown in- tensity within 120 miles of Lat. 27 deg. N. 137 deg. E, moving N.E. Reed. 203. 16h. 58m.

[All the above mentioned ty- phoons are moving away from the China Coast.1

London, Yesterday. Lord Lovat, Under-Secretary for The Netherlands Olympic Com- the Dominions and Chairman of Nurmi won by 10 yards, and mittee, on hearing of the incident, the Overseas Settlement Commit- created an Olympic record.

apologised and the incident, was be-tee, was to have left London for delayed him by three minutes. Canada on a tour of the Dominions The crowd chafed at the delay, yesterday, but was detained on and traffic was held up. Government business.

Cheering broke out as he near, One of the principal subjects for ed Martin-place, and when he ar discussion with Dominion author rived, just to show them he was ties will be the question of Em- not exhausted, he tripped a few pire migration to which special measures about the street and drawn by the made off for refreshments, pur- attention has been report of the Industrial Transfer--gued along the street by a cheer- ence Board..

| lng crowd. He arrived. at A discussion with the Canadian Martin-place at approximately The French Olympic competitors, Government of the means by which 5.10 p.m., having danced 14% Anding the

same gatekeeper on migration may be made easier and miles in 2 hours 58 minutes, duty to-day, though his dismissal more attractive will, however, be which he claims is a world's re- had been promised, spontaneously begun with the arrival. In Canada cord. The previous record, he decided not to participate in the of the Secretary of the Overseas said, was 2 hours 20 minutes for march past.

Settlement Committee who left 12 miles, and he claims that his They have lodged an official pro- London for Canada yesterday. 141⁄2 miles in 2 hours 58 minutes test, describing the incident as a

Lord Lovat will proceed to Cana-is a record. gross insult. Meanwhile the da next week.-British Wireless French authorities are consulting Service. with the French Minister to the Netherlands, before deciding as re- gards participation in the Games. [*

INCIDENT CLEARED UP.

WEIGHT LIFTING. Havyweight: Strassberger (Germany) 372 kilogrammes.

Nosseir Light Heavyweight: (Egypt) 365 kilogrammes.

Middleweight: Rover (France)

kilogrammes. Featherweight: Andrysek (Aus- tria) 2871 kilogrammes.

Lightweight: Hileri (Germany)

kilogrammes. PUTTING THE SHOT. John. 'Kuck (U.S.A.) 52ft

Herman Brix (U.S.A.) 15.75

Hirschfeld (Germany) 15.72 metres.

Kuck broke the world's record, Both Brix and Hirschfeld creat-

FRENCH VIEW OF AMERICA'S The railway coach containing

NEW TREATY. the "Italia's" survivors arrived

DIRECTED AT JAPAN, here at midnight aboard the ferry from Malmoe, and were greeted

Paris, Yesterday. by the Italian Minister. No un-

Discussing the United States' toward incident occurred. The paper men and women and under survivors were installed in the attitude towards the Chinese Na- Identical conditions, produced a Italian Legation.

tionalist Government as revealed luminous ghost resembling Zappi was not present, and it is by the signing of the new Tariff Houdini, a message in Houdini's believed that he has accompanied Treaty, the "Temps describes it handwriting, some snatches of the Swede, Capt. Lundborgh (who as riposte directed against Japan. oral conversation and a paraffin rescued Nobile by air) on a visit The "Temps" adds that it is in- 322 cast of an ectoplasmic hand to Professor Malmgren's mother admissible that a revolutionary which is to be examined for at Stockholm. He will come on to Power, not even officially recog- Houdini's fingerprints.

Copenhagen to-night to rejoin nised de jure, and whose author- Mrs. Houdini declared the his companions.

ity is extremely doubtful, should handwriting was "Harry's to the General Nobile, in an interview, claim the right to abrogate life" and the luminous portrait said that he was physically fit, treaties on the ground that they the best she had seen yet, al but unable to shake off a feeling are unfair. though she had attended many of depression.

Further, the "Temps" says: seances in hope of receiving the Ceccioni, whose death was fre- "Everyone agrees that it will be! code message her husband had quently misreported from the logical to revise existing treaties given her and which he said he Arctic, was hobbling about on as soon as there is a stable, re-ed Olympic records. would try to transmit to her after crutches with his foot bandaged, sponsible Government, but the He was emphatic that Nobile was unrequited abandonment of guar-

death.

Dunninger was bound hands rightly the first to be taken off antee of safeguarding the lives and feet, the knots sealed with from the ice floe, as he was the and property of foreigners is a wax and after being searched most seriously ill.

totally different matter."-Reu-

was placed behind a curtain. The Czecho-Slovak Professor ter. Then within twenty minutes writ-Behounek, who was one of the (Note: Cables anent the sign- ing appeared on cards and slates Vigilieri party, is going to Prague ing of the new China-America that had been left in view of the direct where, as all his scientific Commercial Treaty will be found audience, a tamourine went sail-notes are intact, he will imme- on page 3.]

ing through the air and finger diately begin a book upon the re- **** prints appeared on modelling gults of the expedition.

wax.

Charles

C. Davenport,

Prof. Malmgren's Mother.

Stockholm, Yesterday. Pecoraro's manager, after view- Zappi, accompanied by the ing the performance with aston- Italian Consul-General, visited ishment, asserted Dunninger had Professor Malmgren's mother and mediumistic powers even if he handed over her son's compass. didn't know it.

Zappi also handed Madame

That accusation," said Dun- Malmgren a sealed package con- ninger hotly, "is not true. I give taining her son's belongings, you my word everything you have which the latter had deposited seen here is a put-up job, accom- with the "Citta di Milano." plished without a particle of ald Madame Malmgren's son-in- from any superhuman sources law, who was present, declared. whatsoever."Associated Press. that both Madame Malmgren and

SINGAPORE DOCK.

FIRST SECTION NOW · AT · PORT SAID..

Port Said, Yesterday., The first section, of the Singa pore dock has arrived ahead of the scheduled time and awaits the arrival of the second ssction which is expected on Tuesday before pasa Ing through the Canal-Reuter

himself were favourably impress- ed by Zappi'a frankness and steadfast bearing during the con- versation, which was chiefly de voted to the subject of Malm- gren's separation from Zappi and Mariano.—Reuter,

London, Yesterday. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald left London yesterday, accompanied by his three daugh- ters, for, Canada on a two months' holidayBritish Wireless Service.i

0.11/16 ins. metres.

་

HIGH JUMP.

SAME GATEKEEPER."

MILLIONAIRE DUKE,

Endurance Effort.

West Maitland.-Clive Hall, of Katoomba, who started at quar- ter-past ten one Monday morning in the Catholic Hall, West Mait- The incident has been cleared

London, Yesterday.. land, to break the world's endur- up, and the French will participate Unsettled property valued, solance dancing record of 180 hours in the Games.

far as at present can be ascertain-21 minutes, passed the Australian Folowing the settlement the ed, at £1,000,000 has been left by record of 120 hours 15 minutes at French team took the Olympic seventh Duke of Newcastle, who eleven on the following Saturday oath, which was taken by the other died on May 80-British Wireless morning, completing 122 hours, teams in the Stadium during the Service. was afternoon. ·

R. King (U.S.A.) 6 ft. 4% ina. Hedges (U.S.A.) 6 ft. 9 ins. Menard (France) 6 ft. 3% ins. Osborn (U.S.A.) 6 ft. 3 ina. Toribic (Philippines) 6 ft. 3 ins. Kimura (Japan) 6 ft. 2 ins.

GAMES OPEN. Amsterdam, Saturday. In the Stadíam, which

OLYMPIC GAMES START. 1.

THE OLYMPIC STADIUM AT AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND —General view of the huge Stadium opened on Saturday at Amsterdam. The picture Inserted shows the part of the canal at Sloten, near Amsterdam, allotted for Olympic Boat Racing-Latest results appear above.-(Sport and General).

and at five o'clock he was going strong, and confident of lasting till quarter-past nine the same night, thus making a new record.

FROM THE COUNTRY.

DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD TO PAZ.

ON✩ FERRY.

Before Major C. Willson, O.B.E., at the Central Magistracy this morning, a Chinese was charged with travelling on the Shamshuipo. ferry launch without paying his farage

In admitting the charge, the de- fendant said that he had only just arrived from the country and did not know that he had to pay to travel on the ferry. He promised not to offend again. Inspector Bloor told the Magistrate that de- fendant's excuse was not good be cause he had been warned by the ferry people once or twice previous ly for the same thing, whN

The Magistrate imposed a fine of $4.