AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1922, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

kUSTRAf.iAN aS J n rrc'ahi.k association. MENACE OF CIVIL AVAIL NEW YORK December 12. The “World's 1 ” Washing toil correspondent lias interviewed Governor 01eolt, of the State of Oregon, who is :mi route to a conference of the State Governors at White Sulphur Spring, in West Virginia. Before the Conference the Governor of Oregon intends to lay the subject of the Ku Klux Kla.ii,. which, lie says, lias gained ail amazing grip in Oregon. He expressed the con- • ietii.n that, if it is not- checked, tho Klaii would inevitably lead to Open religious diSseilsibn that neighbours who formerly were the best of friends are mutual feudists. Families ha.ve lost their repute. The spirit of rC-ligiOus intolerance is seizing oil churches, atld v is spreading to all branches of business. Outrages, lie says, are being committed by masked night raiders. The judiciary,- the school system, polities, and the newspapers are now so influenced of controlled Iby the Kit Klux IClan .that all the former normal relationships and processes of law and order are completely undermined.“DRY” LAW PRECAUTIONS? WASHINGTON, Dec 11. What is considered a new aid for tho enforcement of prohibition in tho United States is contained in h Supremo Court decision that offenders against the eighteenth amendment can lie prosecuted by the Federal Government, even after prosecution by tho State. POLICE BESTED. NEW YORK, Dec 11. A message from Lexington, in Kentucky, states that for three days a Federal Prohibition Officer’s posse, numbering one hundred, battled with a force of illicit, liquor distillers, who have steadily retreated into an inaccessible mountain fastness, and are now entrenched in. caves, Two of the officers were killed, and many were wounded. The Posse finally gave up their attempt to apprehend the offenders, and attempted to beat a retreat, but they suffered casualties from snipers, who used long range rifle^. Governor Morrow has offered five hundred dollars reward for the apprehension of the leaders of the band. Kentucky lias always been noted for its Moonshiners ,who for half a century, have suceeded in evading the revemie officers. often killing those who ventured into their preserves.