AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FRANCISCO VILLA SHOT. NEW YORK', July 20. A message from Chihuahua City, Mexico, says that General Francisco Paneho Villa, the former bandit chief, and commander of 35,000 rebel troops in Northern Mexico, was shot- and killed by bis secretary, whom Villa’s chieftains and adherents killed in an ensuing battle. 1 ilia hail long liieua<»l the southern border of the United States, which, in 191.0, dispatched a punitive expedition wherein General Pershing first gained fame. President Obreguit pardoned Villa in 1920, ami lie retired to his farm, while his men were each awarded a year’s pay and a small farm, which grants totalled two million dollars in gold. THEFT CHARGES. NEW YORK, July 20. A sensational case, which, for long has agitated both the prohibitionists and the anti-prohibitionists, came to a climax to-day, when a Grand Jury indicted W. 11. Anderson, tlio New York State' -Superintendent of the An-li-Saloon League, on the charges of a .'inner employee of the Anti-Saloon League that Anderson has misappropriated large amounts of the League funds. When the charges were first made, the Rockefellers, who had contributed largely to the I.vague funds, withdrew much of their support. Anderson lias been one of the most vigorous dry agitators in the American An-ti-Saloon League, playing a big part ■li the campaign which eventually resulted in prohibition.

(i-T)AY CYCLE RACE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. July 22. The winners of the six-day cycle team race at Olympia were Persyn and Vandervekle (Belgium), who lapped the field last night. Godwin and ]’ey redo (France) were second; Dujiuy (France) and Olivieri (Italy) third. AM ERICA X DIM KIR AT lON. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 21. Some idea of the problem set United States in coping with the enforcement of the immigration law- can be gained from the fact that twenty-eight thousand immigrants were admitted to Ellis Island alone during the first- week of July. One hundred inspectors worked day and night, subjecting their incomes to minute examination. Twelve hundred immigrants, a considerable number of whom were British have been detained, (lending the decision of Washington authorities in their cases. A larger number of these will he deported owing to the large numbers of arrivals and limited accommodation. Many immigrants suffer great discomforts. especially recently during the prolonged heat spell, despite the efforts of the officials to reduce the suffering to a minimum.