AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH .SHIP CAUGHT. XKAY YORK, Nov. 2(1. The British schooner Tomnko was challenged six miles out, and then ™ fired upon hy American Coast guards, when she attempted to escape. She hove to only when two shots were fired across tier hows. Then the coastguards hoarded her, and arrested a notorious smuggler, known as “Rummy Bill" McCoy who had 00,000 dollars, admittedly received tor smuggled liquor. The Tomnko had two machine guns. Two Government cutters effected the arrest, being armed with three-inch guns. PERSIAN OIL FIELDS. AVASHIXGTOX. Nov. 20 The terms of a now Act. of the Pcr- ' sitni Parliament are published hv which a monopolistic concession to exploit Persian oil resources will be granted to an American Coy. This company wilt probably be the Standard Oil Oq.v. The concession is limited to the four northern provinces of Persia. If is made conditional on the arrangement of a loan to the Persian Government of ten million dollars from American Banks. The Persian Legation here staled that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

had advanced a priority claim to these areas but the Persian Government; i, unwilling that this concern shonhl secure the complete control of all the Persian Oil sources. The concession further provides that the. American Company will start work within oiiilit years, and that the Persian Government shall share in the profits. V.S.A. OFFICIALS AMAZED. DR. ALBERT'S STATES’ RECORD. (“Sydney Sun" Cables). * /Received this day at 8.of) a.m.) FEW YORK, November 2(1. United States officials are are amazed at the seleetion of Doctor Albert to form a new (lonium Government, recalling his espionage activities in America la-fore the latter entered the war. and which ended in his enforced return to Germany. Dr. Albert is a lawyer, aped filly, and was formerly attached to the German Embassy at Washington. He returned to America in 3!! 1 o as aide to Count Von Bernstorlf, joining the mysterious movement of Born.storfFs naval aides, Von Pa pen and Boyed. Later Dr. Albert became the Xew York head of a. company to spread German pro_4m<'amln. Jle also advanced part of the monev for a German syndicate to purchase the Few \ ork “Evening Mail.” Albert's staff was later cim.-g----eel with placing spies ill the Eithuor Uninns and with attempts to destroy munition plants, hi a hate, wldeh a detective exchanged on an elevated car, papers of a damaging character were found and Albert returned to Berlin.

EFFECTS OF BAD WHISKY. NKAY YORK, November 20. Five men died in lMiiladelphia on Sunday from liquor poisoning, and a hundred wore treated at the hospitals for the eifcct.s of had whisky, wink -?2&i were airrestod (for drunkenness at a preliminary celebration to Thanksgiving Day on Monday. RACK FOR A LICENSE. fliemived this day at 0.2') a.m.) Xovemher 2G. The Marconi and Pacific Cable Board officials have about completed rival surveys for their great wireless stations in tlie vicinity of Vancouver. It is presumed here that the plan D to handle as much business as possible by wireless instead of duplicating the cable if wireless methods are found satisfactory. Experiments have been .. conducted at several points along the - V toast from Vancouver City, as well as at other sites one hundred miles north, but -whether the proposal is to connect with the stations to be erected at Fanning Island and Suva or to transmit direct to Australia has not been learned. In any event is looks like a lace between the Pacific Cable Board and the Marconi Coy. for a license, because it, is evident that two high potter world ' stations in this vicinity would probably interfere with each other.