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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

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YANKEE DOODLE CRASHES

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Prescott, Ariz., Nov. 5. The aeroplane Yankee Doodle, with Captain Collyer- and Harry Tucker aboard, crashed near hore, and both were killed.

Later.

TUESDAY

NEW DRAMATIST IN GAOL.

PRIZE PLAY WRITTEN IN ASYLUM.

Rome, Oct. 10.

A professional thier and form- er inmate of a lunatic asylum has won the first prize offered in com peiition by the review "Comoedia" for an original drama, and public opinion is not quite sure whether world genius or deplore the con- dition of dramatic authorship.

The Yankee Doodle was attempt ing to break the west to enst non-to acclaim the advent of under. stop trans-American record when crashed-Reuters American

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A message from Minesfield, Los |Angeles, says that the monoplane, Yankee Doodle, has arrived there after a non-stop flight from Now. York,

The time taken to cover the dis- tance was 24 hours and 55 minutes, which is claimed ne a record,

The machine was piloted by Cap- tain G.R.D. Collyer, and its owner, Mr. Harry Tucker, was carried, as a passenger.

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After the play "Conchiglia" had been adjudged the best of the hundreds submitted, the envelopa containing the name of the author was opened, and he was found to ba Riccardo Testa. The search to find the fortunate Riccardo ond- ed at a Milan gaol, whore the astonished "Comoedia" officials wére provided by the pollee with a lurid biography of the now drama- tist.E

Testa himself was unperturbed by his success, remarking in his cell, "I am not very satisfied with the play. It contains certainly somo strong qualities of thought and analysia. I wrote it in the ¡madhouse, but feel I don't yet possess sufficient knowledge of the mechanism of the theatre,"

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committed on the fourth of this month after he had sent in his

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in Dresden by a bear which ran

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former, mauling her severely. The circus assistants beat anda pursuers were immediately prodded the enraged animal upon him, but again he escaped. through the cage bars, but their efforts being useless they opened the door. At this moment the

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