AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIiLE ASSOCIATION. KU KLI N REVOLT. NEW YORK. Odder 2. A niessagi" from Oklahoma City states: “A majority of votes gives OS i.f tin- members of the Legislature power to meet to discuss the impeachment of Governor AYalton. of Oa.dalumia, on the ground that lie has prevented an extraordinary session of the Legislature by force of aims, when a big majority of the members had attempted to assemble.”

Governor Walton basis bis objection on the assertion that these members ary. all affiliated with the i\u Klux Klan. and they merely wish to undermine the constitutional authoiity. which now holds, technically, that martial law exists in several parts of the Stale, as a protest against the Klan's floggings. A vote throughout the Slut*' was held to-dav. against the efi'oits ol the Governor. Ballot boxes were guarded by the volunteer armed men opposing the Governor. It is expected tbe Legislature will now meet without the Governor's sanction, and. if necessary, under the protection of its volunteer artnv. 'lbis is opposing too State’s troops. which have remained loyal to the Governor ol the State. FATAL ACCIDENTS. NEW YORK, October 2. It was reported to the National Safety Congress in Buffalo that the accidents in Lnited .States in 1922 exacteu a total approximately of <5.300 human lives, an increase of two taousaiul over the estimated number for the previous year. AERIAL MAIL SERVICE. NEW YORK, Oct. 3. A message Imm St Louis states Admiral Moffit. chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, is so convinced of the commercial practicability ol X.R.I (which made a trip to St. Louis nil Sept. II). following the dirigibles flight here from New \ork. that it is amounted that an airship, along with a sister dirigible “Z.R.o” "ow being built in Germany lor the 1 nited States, will be out oil the mail service between New Volk and Loudon. He l>olieves be will be able to maintain a two-dav schedule. "Z.R.I" will continue to Chicago, and thence probably gn to Panama, returning via Cuba, and will receive a vigorous lest. Admiral Moffitt is convinced that helium inflation, assuring the vessel's safety, will prove the chief element of demonstrating this type’s practicability for regular long-distance cruises.