AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. I.S.A. DIVORCES. WASHINGT't IN. October A. There was one divorce to every i .ti marriages in the l nited Stales last year. This is disclosed in the repott of the Census Department. H is the tirst report since HUG. when there was one divorce to every 9.7! marriages. Tliere were more divon.es and about line-fiftieth fewer ranniages jet 100,090 of the population last year than in 1910. THREE DESPERATE (O.NVKTS. new YORK. (Id. ;t. At Eililysville, in Kentneky, the gaol guards frustrated an atlemj't hy three convict tlesjieradoes to esctijie irom the State Penitentiary, but the latter have mused the death ol one guard, and the serious injury of three others. Ihe mutineers, using smuggled automatic guns, concertedlv tired at the keejiers while* GOOO of the prisoners wore at hr tiklast. The latter, however, refused to join in the outbreak. The mutineers rushed the main ctitranee, hut the jtresence of reserves of guards caused them to change their course. They dashed then into an empty dining ■hall, "here they barricaded themselves suecesstnlly against tlm guards' rifle lire, whieh was continued all day.

The desperadoes are still holding out.

Xohodv knows what quantity of ammunition the rebels hail secured. Ihe prison olTieials admit the helplessness i t the situation. They hope that hunger will force a capitulation. Otherwise, they declare they may resort to bombing or gas to overcome the convicts. A BANK EAt LI RE. OTTAWA. October 3. The Canadian Finance Deparlmeni lias issued a warrant for the arrest of Herbert, Daly, the President oT tho now defunct Home Bank, on a eliarge of signing false tot unis to the Government- shortly before the hank’s suspension l.y the ( urntor. Tito hank’s liabilities are about 3.006.000 dollars above its assets.