MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

NEW, YORK, Sept. 2

The charges and oounter-charges among the Republicans and Democrats concerning the overcharge campaign funds continue. A Congressional Investigating Commsision has examined both 'the Democratic and Republican campaign. Manager White (Democrat) declared that lie had no- evidence to show that the Republicans planned to raise fifteen million dollars, but he believed that Governor Cox could prove the ohaiige.

Mr Hays (Republican) branded Governor Cox’s charges as false and counter charged Democrats with raising a ten million dollar fund, especially through liquor interests. Senator Harding refused to comment on Cox’s allegations, while Cox declared .Hay’s statements were absurd. The Republican .Committee now contemplates subpoenaining Cox to appear to substitute his charges. Cox reiterated bis statements and declared that he proposes to affirm his charges before every audience he had addresed before election time. All other issues appear to be forgotten temporarily. The Partisan Press takes the issue sharply.

CHANNEL SWIM FAILS. I LONDON, Sept. 2. Mrs Hamilton has abandoned an attempt to swim the English Channel which she has been making. She got to within nine miles of tlie French coast. She said she was satisfied that she had beaten the world’s record tor women swimmers. She was determined to make another attempt.

LONDON, September 2,

Shipping movements are: Arrived, at Liverpool, Burgemeister; at Panama, Nishmalia; Port Natal, Tasmania. London sailings are: For Sydney, Wai.temata and Waheke; for/ Melbourne, Canadian Exporter; for Adelaide, Furna; for Wellington, Canary.

OBITUARY. LONDON, September 2. Obituary—Frederick Rutherford Harris, the financier and surgeon.

HELD FOR RANSOM. MEXICO CITY, September 2.

Charles Hoyle, an American, whom Zamora released, has returned. He. has reported that an American W. A. Gardner and a Britsher, W. B. Johnson, were being held 1 by Zamora, although he could not say what might have happened to the captives following Zamora’s defeat. Hoyle is attempting to raise fifty thousand dollars for Gardiner’s ransom. ,

CARDBOARD BULLETS. HOBART, September 3. Speaking at a meeting of the Metropolitan ' Rifle Club, Captain Croft said he was on a courf of enquiry in France in 1916 at which* it was stated that on opening one million rounds of rifle ammunition it was discovered that the bullets were only cardboard niekelled over, and the ammunition was said to have been made in America.

CHOLERA IN KOREA. SEOUL, September 2. „ According to the health reports, there are nine thousand cases of cholera in Korea and three thousand deaths have occurred. Great difficulty has been experienced in fighting the disease, the Koreans supenstitously concealing dead bodies rather than permit cremation. FARMERS CO-OPERATION. NEW YORK, September 2. The National Board of Farm Organisations at Columbus has rejected a plan for the formation of a national wheat pool, controlled by farmers. It was pointed out that such a combination would be contrary to the Sherman Anti Trust Law and it would he wise to market their products co-operatively.

ITALIAN UPHEAVAL. LONDON, Sept. 2. The “Daily Chronicle” Milan correspondent says the factory seizing movement is spreading through Italy. Thousands of workers stormed the gates and sealed walls of ilie Fiat motor works at Turin which employs ten thousand hands. They also occupied the machinery shops of twenty other well-known automobile firms in Northern Italy. Fortunately a majority of the companies had taken the precaution to transfer money and valuables secretly in the night from their own strongrooms to banks. Red flags were hoisted. The industrial works sceized in Rome and Naples are chiefly engaged in making tramcars, electric apparatus and armament. Workmen’s committees are exercising stern discipline and have even constituted prisons inside the captured factories ,wherein recalctrants are punished. In some places workmen are

forging lances in order to get the miji- i tary if an attempt is made to dislodge them. Government is averse to inter- | vening, but Cabrimla, Minister of Labour, after consultation with Catholic labour organisations proposed the formula of concliation whereby workers shall take over the direct management of factories through the formation of societies of skilled managers and cooperative companies among them, who will pay the owners a rent, based on the cost of the plant. BACKED OUT. NEW YORK, September 2. Congressman Britten, testifying before the Congressional Committee, admitted he bad no proof of his recent charge that British money had found its way into the Democratic campaign fund. SUBMARINE IN DANGER, NEW YORK, September 2. A wireless has been received stating the American submarine S 5, has been submerged for more that forty hours in 28 fathoms of water off Delaware Cape. The crew of 37 are still living. Two ships are standing by pumping air into the submarine. Naval vessels are rushing equipment with which it is hoped to release the crew.