NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1923, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL

K.K.IC. WARNING TO RICH WIDOW. LONDON, June 22. At Stafford yesterday George Bosson, 4.3, of Trentham, Staffordshire, was charged with uttering a letter demanding £l<X) by menaces front .Mrs Emily Margaret Harrison, a widow of a shipowner, of Macr Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme. A letter addressed to Mrs Harrison was read. Headed ’“Warning K.K.K.. Loud.” it stated that an English .society of the American Ku Klux Klan had' been formed by a group of destitute soldiers, and was determined to raise by forte the means of life for which the members had fought. -Mrs 1 lav risen was directed to post £lol' to Stafford l’ost Office, where the money would he collected. |u default of punctual payment, the writer threatened that. Mrs Harrison s house would bo sacked, and if she Hvuh'ed the “warning” to the police s.ie was" threatened with “scale 2 penal-

ies” which included:— Bombing of premises of informer. Adduction of informer and near re latives. . Torture of abducted parties. Burning of properties. Wrecking of motor-cars on Ingliu..,' Circulation of malicious slanders.

Corruption of domestic service. Contriving and inflicting hauntin,, occurrences and injuries. Prolonged molestation and gradual wearing down of the informer into submission. At the police station Bosson it «as alleged, wrote a statement in '' ,lK ' l said he was a journalist and autlioi, hut had been unsuccessful. He ft It - t |„, u , | :o ing no such society to Ins knowledge, and he had no intention of carrviug out Hie foolish thieats. Bosson. who was committed lor tn.d at the assizes, pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence.

THE QUEEN AND A HAHY LONDON, July 11 ■ The King and Queen, who are Haying for a week at Holy rood > “‘lace Edinburgh, yesterday visited L.u Haig’s garden settlement for disabled men at Edinburgh. They went into two of the houses and talked to the wives and families ~f the men. Mrs Harvey, describing whaf happened when the Queen was m house said She heard a child crymist airs and said, “I hear one oi vnur children weeping. I had better

),-o up and see what’s the matter. Without further ceremony the Queen ascended the stairs, saw the little boy the bedroom, and with a few words pacified him. Askf l where the King was during this time, Mrs Harvey said: ‘‘Oh, he stayed in the kitchen with me.” Mrs Scott of flic next, house, said:

Queen i 11st. came into the house and. putting out her hand to shake, said. ‘Mow are you Mrs Scott?’ and just talked to me as though she had known me all her life. She also said, I see you have got nice paper on the walls. 1 like wallpaper myself better limn walls being distempered.’ ” At both houses the Queen inquired clii.-vly about the cooking, heating, and washiiiK arrangements, and showed much inLcrest in the bedrooms. The King inspected the gardens, and wits informed that all the tenants grow H eir own vegetables.

In the afternoon the Queen paid a surprise visit to Edinburgh Castle while many American am! other tourists were in the building. Id DAYS UNCONSCIOUS. FLORENCE, July fh The unknown youth who had been uneon-cams lor six days is.still in the -nine condition, lie was discovered in the public park. His heart is beating normally and his condition cannot l.e explained. Specialists suggest .that he is the victim of a si range form nl catalepsy caused bv organic illness or by poison. Despite the publicity given to the case nobody hits come forward to identify the couth.

MAN’S TEMPERATURE IW. LONDON. July 11 A verdict of Death from Sunstroke wit- returned tit the inquest at Noi'tliwbh, f heshire. yc lerday oil John Dtilley. -1-1. it farm lahnurof. who col-lap-.eil while haymaking. Dr H. Terry said that the man’s temperature was over 10:> and was possibly MO. He was pulseless and in an iul.ni-" lever, but lived lor 12 hours without regaining consciousness. A PRIDE’S CIGARETTE. LONDON. July 11. A young bride at a London register I, nice yesterday had arrived a lew minut ■- hc! , o"e the time fixed lor the cercmnny, and while waiting asked (he registrar if smoking were permitted. She was told flint it was. whereupon she nrndiu ;nl from her handbag a packet of cigarettes. ••Smoking will sooth my nerves." she said to lit" registrar, and right up in the tittle of taking her vows she smoked, and with an air of sntislactimi she smoked another cigarette when signing tile register.

CONFESSION I!Y DRUGGING. NEW YORK, June 2s. In the presence of a large number of prison oilicials and criminal investigator-. a drug known as scopolamine was administered yesterday to three inmates oi San Quentin Gaol, California. The coin pillion of iho doctor i't--dtteting Ihe experimeul was that -copulamine rendered its subjects incapahle of mental inhibition so that it became impossihle for them to It'll a lie while under its iniiuoiieo. Alter the drug was administered, it is reported, Joint K. Farrar, who was convicted of murdering a Chioo.-c at Sacramento, Calitonna, disclosed that tlie fatal shot was tired by another man. Eugene O'Leary, who was sentenced on a theft charge furnlstiod tho authorities with information as to his identity, while a third prisoner, a Negro named Johnson, confessed his guilt and admitted several other crimes. Tile experiments arc not held to b? conclusive by New York criminologists, who declare that scopolamine results in a condition vesmcbling hyponotism. While loosening the tongues of those to whom it is administered it renders them peculiarly susceptible to sugges-

tions. ‘‘Better than bullion—good health.”— Mnrkicy. During winter, don’t run the risk of catching colds, coughs, or influenzause Baxter’s Lung Preserver. ‘“Baxter’s" has rich, warming, dependable properties. Never fails to give speedy relief, even in most chronic bronchial, chest and throat troubles. In addition, Baxter’s Lung Pre server is a fine tonic. Enriches the blood—fortifies the. system against prevailing ailments. Always keep “Baxter’s” handy; 2s 6d large bottle, at chemists and stores.