AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. TRAINS COLLIDE. (Received this day at 11.50 a.m.) NEW YORK August 31. Twenty persons were injured hrough a rear end collision between two Hudson tube trains on the Jersey side.

A SERIOUS CHARGE. CHICAGO, August 31. Tlio police arrested three men on a charge of' conspiracy to dynamite New York centrals fast western express. VANCOUVER, August 31. Three havo died in the hospital. ' Three missing are now reported dead under the debris. The total dead is . . fifteen.

ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK. (Received this day at 0.60 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 31. An attempt to derail the Illinois Central express near Council Bluffs, lowa, failed. A work car preceding the flyer by a few minutes crashed into, a pile of rocks laid on the track. One person was killed and two fatally injured. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. At -Marion, Otis Clark indicted by the grand jury on a charge of murdering McDowell, the Herrin mine superintendent, has surrendered to the police.

DAVIS CUP. NEW YORK. Aug 30. Patterson and Tildcn meet in the first match for the Davis Cup on Friday. Anderson and Johnsoii follow. Patterson and Johnson play tnc fourth match on Monday. All ine:nh*’r< of the Davis Cup teams, except Rich.nds were on the courts to-.lav. He appears to he fully recovered, an l t lay ed several sets of swift te"-ds declaring he felt tiptop.

HERRTN FIGHT. NEW YORK •Aug' 30. At Marion, in Illinois, a grand jury returned a first indictment connected with Herrin massacre, charging a Marion citizen with firing a shot which killed Superintendent Me Dowoil Of tho Southern Ilinois coal mine. A warrant was, immediately issued for his arrest and indietmVnt, after only three days’ investigation. This came as a distinct surprise, since doubt had been expressed whetbe/r anything effective would result from the sittings.