AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ARC TIC EXPLORER GAOLER. NEW YORK. November 21. At Fort 'Worth, Texas. Dr. Frederick Cook, the Arctic explorer and oil man. Was found guilty m Using the mails to defraud in piomoiing oil companies, on all ot twelve counts. lie was sentenced to hmrteen veals and uim* months imprison melil and a line of twelve ihuumnd della! s wa- imposed. Thirteen

others re eived tern:-, of i'nim f year To S yea rs and large tines. 11 is pnitner. A. K. Eekman. was sentenced to seven years' and a .similar line. F.S.A. MEAT '[RESTS. TO FIGHT THE GOVERNMENT. (Received tfiis day at 0.15 a m.i W VSI I INC! ON, \'(,i iwidier 22. Another legal b.ittle c- iinpeiidiug I etwceii the Big I iv t Mem Packers and the Tinted Stale- (Jovei nment. The Secretary lor Agrieuii me. Mr Wallace. has at:e ll *|,i■ ■ i!. under the iis visions of the recent Li-ib'iai la w , governing stoekvnrds. to place the ( lovernmeni auditors in the office ef tin* packing companies with powers Lo investigate and publish all huts concerning their business Mr Wallace claims that the nation, is vitally collect nod in the packers' aetb.it.ics and should be iniormed theieun. The Swift, CudMiy ami Wilson Companies refused acie-s a, i i i<- auditors, dec.lui ing that the atulhors’ entry was an in i asiot> m llmir, eon-tit u;ional rights. L is expected that tie- A rnliiour ami Men is Companies will adopt the slim' pi'oee .lire and a ease will lie fought out in the courl s

ATTEMPTED \SS I N A T |i I.N. ißpreivcd this day at 0.15 a.i11.) BTI IN t >■- A VI! L.s. Nov. 21. An ali*■ 111 pl c, ,i . made to assassinate Doeior Manuel Carlo-, President of the Argentine Patliotie League. All umireliist worker tin d liiree icvolver slii.l-t at him. hut the Indicts mi-.-ed their mark i he I,cag.tte him been at live ill anling Tn* police m siipoivs-dug various labour (fist u rb a nces. AN AMERICAN'S* A I.I.LCA I'IGX. (Re'-eiverl inis dav at it. 25 n.m.) WASHING I'OX. November 22. A proles) bus been tile*l with the Seereiary. Mr lluglie,. by tlm ID Duds of Km on in A meriea again-t v li.il the society ;:-’i i led va- a lams' *. el' live liuudred Korean- c.n ! .he no; I i-oii-meiit of filte-m 11i.n;.-aml others during liie ictel.t earth-piake amt lire in .lapan. Dolor Mo.\d Tom'.in,, the President. de dared that nil <\v w itness. Captain Hcdstinm. as-i-.t ml dock sll - periateiiileiit. at Yokolmmti and an American cilk-c'i. -aw 250 Kmeaim bound liaml iiml foot In giotijs of live, placed in an old .ilink covered w itb oil and iuirned alive. F.S.A. BOOTLEGGING. GANG. flle'-oived this day at 0.15 a.m.) NEW YORK. November 22. The Federal prosecutors are stated hr be planning the r-rrest ol -evernl prominent' Engli-hmen ami A me! icaim ; membeis of tin internal ional bootlegging combing'. l~d ; ersoii- him:- been indieted at Savannah. Gy-gta. who unsaid to be involved ill tlm Combine. Aeemding ie officials they invested large sums in the 1 1 rush r of liquor 1 1 mil England t» ihe I'nitcd Slate- v. here it wa , "ho.it legged" \> liohs-al.' through a well eigalii-ed s.v-tem in the ebicl i'll ios ef Ihe Eastern States.