AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

■ rSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION STRIKE AFFAIRS. .Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The New York “Times’ ” Washington correspondent states Soviet documents in possession of the Department of Justice disclose that Red agents in United States have instructions to make an effort to paralyse the country’s life and bore labour unions from within, so as to stir up a revolution. Five bombs were exploded in the southern Pacific railway yards at Risovillc,

California. Guards fired in the direction of the explosions and the fire‘was returned by unknown persons. The Western Pacific is the third trans-con-tinontal line to suffer, being tied up by the Big Four Union, the men walking out.

Services on the Louisville-Nashvillo railroad are suspended owing to a walk out of engineers and firemen. The threatened strike of Big Four men on the Chieago-Milwaukee and St Paul railroad was averted by the owners and men reaching an agreement. The Big Four brotherhoods have protested to Lewis against the miners attacking trains manned hv brotherhood members. .Motor caravans are being formed to rescue passengers from trains stranded in the middle of the Californian desert since yesterday, when the train crews left them.

Coal production in the ninteenth week of the strike was 4,800,000 tons, or half a million more than in the previous week, but five million tons below the normal.

A FIRE. 1 Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 13. A tire on, the Centra] pier, North River, destroyed a thousand tons of freight valued at a million dollars. STRIKE ENQUIRY. .Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The Federal Attorney-General, Mr Dougherty, following on a conference with Mr Ha t)d in g telegraphed the United States Attorney for California to ascertain whether the abandonment of certain passenger trains in the desert resulting in great- inconvenience to passengers, and the holdup of mails was due to a. conspiracy to interfere with inter-State commerce ,in which case lie is to present the matter immediately to the Grand Jury with a view to prosecution of the guilty parties. The Canadian Minister of Labour, Mr Murdoch, speaking at Vancouver, said United States railroad Labour Board was trying to force compulsory arbitration down the throats of Labour, compelling them to defy United States laws. The strike situation in tnited States ’ Mi Murdoch declared "is a revolution in the guise of a strike. The Board would compel the men to work under conditions under I which they are reluctant to work, and this ,is something Labour will not tolerate.”

LIEUT.-GOVERNOR’S PLIGHT. .Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug 12

A high position, but ■ no funds. That is the status of Pelham Barrows, Lieut.-Governor of the State of Nebraska, who is also working as a five dollar a day strike guard for Bcrlington railroad. “Being I .leiiteuantGovernor,” he said, “has an honour but no remuneration. I took the new work when Mrs Harrow found we had 340 cents in the hank and I had 110 cents in mr pocket, without another cent in the world. 1 had to take this work since t could not get any other and the wile and I were down

and out.” The Lieutenant-Governor, under Nebraska law received a remuneration the same as the presiding officer of the State Assembly. l*oi this he received 1200 dollars during the biennial sessions, but when acting in the absence of the Governor he should receive emoluments of that office. Last Assembly, however, rejected the Appropriation Bill providing for that nnd there are no funds to meet Barrow’s claim for 1300 dol-lars-for serving as Acting-Governor recently.

THE ADRIATIC FIRE

Received this day at 8.30 ami.) NEW YORK. Aug 12

Marlin 11. Glynn, a former Governor of New York State, wirelessing to the New York “Times” from aboard the. Adriatic gives a graphic account of the accident which very closely approached the possibilities ol being one of tli<‘ greatest sea disasters in history. He states the explosion in the hold was due to spontaneous combustion of coni dust, ft caused the ship to rock and sent a bright flame into the air. Captain David receives the highest praise from Glynn who says “lie is a natural seaman like the Norseman of old. He slopped the ship and pumps poured tons of water into the seething hold and the officers stod by the lifeboats. Three-fourths of the passengers arc Ameren ns. All acted bravely and the crew were superb. The pumps worked for hours and the passeners waited ready to embark in lifeboats, hut finally Captain David announced the danger was

DAMAGED TENNIS PLAYERS

(Received this day at 10.15 a.in.) NEW YORK, Aug 12

A Boston message reports Patterson | wrenched his ankle yesterday. lie: consulted a physician last night and [ to-day he is quite lame, and will he I compelled to meet Cochet with Ins . ankle tightly bandaged. O’Hara I Wood’s arm is giving him trouble. It j received specal treatment which M ood hopes will restore it. to its normal strength MAILS HELD UP. NEW YORK. Aug 12. Seven carloads of west-bound mails from the East are reported tied up on Santa Fe railroad in Arizona. Transcontinental mails are now uncertain. SWIMMING RECORD. NEW YORK. Aug 12. At Indianapolis. Miss Helen Wainwriglit set up a world’s swimming record for 500 yards free style in open water, of 7.0 2-5,

SWATOW TYPHOON. (Received this day at 10.15 a.nt.) ' NEW YORK, Aug 13. The New York “World” publishes l tho first detailed cable account of the : SwaJoW disaster. It .-was the most terrific typhoon over experienced on the China Coast. The loss of life is ' now estimated at one hundred thousand. but it will take weeks to ascertain ill-' exact extent of the calamity. Warnings early in tho day ol 2nd August indicated the approach of n storm and all shipping, including sampans and junks in which half the ' population live sought shelter in the harbour. ‘1 lie typhoon was raging at | its height by night, the wind blowing ! hundred miles an hour, with de--1 luges of rain. A huge tidal wave oar- ! vied by the wind, swept the neigh- [ bullring country. Towns were liter--1 ally swept away as far as two hundred : miles inland of Swatow. The scenes | resemble Ypres. Tho storm destroyed j nil food, stocks of water and supplies. | Thousands of dead were collected un- | buried in tho temple compounds <>w- : inn to lack of coffins. Shipping sitf--1 fered heavily. Five ocean liners were 1 driven ashore, three were hopelessly 1 stranded inshore, and all small craft, i housing fifty thousand natives were ! wiped out. All the' piers and pon- ! toons wore wrecked, making it impos|si file for relief vessels to land supplies. Swatow is under ten feet of water. Tin harbour is full of floating dead bodeis and famine is raging.