AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. A GERMAN LA BO JUTE. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The United Press correspondent interviewed Them dor Leipart, loader of organised Labour. He declared that there were 3,250.000 totally unemployed workers in Germany, and two million others on short time. Moreover those who were fortunate enough to have work must face the high co-t or living with wages below pre-war. Leipart said that entrepreneurs were exploiting the workers’ extremity, and endeavouring to further depress wages. This will eventually affect the wages ia other lauds for employers will say that they must reduce because Germany's are low and will create serious competition, but organised labour will light the industrialists to the hitler end, in order to prevent the workers from straying, and employers from lowering wages abroad. SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA. PARTS STILL UNTAMED. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. America's Christmas record is like acrime sheet of a police docket. Chicago saw eight lulled, mostly in automobiles and drinking parties. In New York a fight among gamblers resulted in the sensational shooting of Joseph Tomitsallo, formerly known as Kid Thomas, pugilist, and now the owner of the GreatWhite Poodle Cabaret in Greenwich Village, one of those all night entertainment places the New York police have been trying to close recently. Kentucky was unable to forget her feuds over the Christmas. The sheriff. William Smith, of the village named Hazard, went to quell a disturbance, but when the smoke cleared he and three others were dead and two more wounded. When Smith's death was reported three other officers started out. A lire cracker exploding alongside them sounded like a gnu. so they opened fire into the store killing two more persons. Many individual crimes show that America is still untamed in spots. JAPANESE PROTEST. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2(5. Japan through her Ambassador in Washington,. lormally protested against the anti-Japanese laws ol California and other Pacific Coast States, following on a Supreme Court decision. Japan does not question the legality of that decision, but- complains of the whole unfriendly situation arising against hc.r former subjects resident in America.

ARCTIC EXPLORATION. WASHINGTON. December 2(5. Naval Secretary Deitby, lias published the programme for planes to carry out an exploration of the North Polar region by naval aircraft, including the ZB 1, (cabled lltli. September) six aeroplanes and two vessels with mooring masts. The expedition will undertake the most extensive scientific examinations. chattering nil unknown areas of more than a million square miles of terrain between Alaska and the North Pole. The navy will concentrate men and mateiials at Nome and Spitzbergen. The expedition will aim also to determine the commercial practicability i.r transport air routes. CANADIAN TUG FOUNDERS. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. A Seal tic radiogram received here slates that a heavy wind and rain storm is sweeping the waters of tlio mirth-west Pacific. During the night the sea claimed live lives from the Canadian tug Tryec, which sank in Ponder Bay, Vancouver Island. The crow of the Dig numbered seven, of whom only the engineer and the mate survived. Rescue ships are ceaselessly patrolling the waters to prevent further disaster. SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION. NEW YORK, Dec. 23 The Manila correspondent of the “New York Times” says that in ovdei to dispel conflicting rumours, the Governor. General Wood, has revealed the fact that his son and aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Orsborn Wood, by speculating in Wall Street, although a resident of Manila, amassed a fortune of 800,000 dollars.

Lieutenant Wood is only twenty-six years old. ile purchased Standard Oil stocks just when they began to mount in price.

Reports leaking through the banks where ha deposited hit? hinds reached the Filipino leaders, who attempted to make capital out of it against the Governor.

The United States War Department investigated and found that all tin' lieutenant’s transactions were made .in Now York and were legitimate.

The Governor, however, has ordered his son, who intends to resign and oilier the diplomatic service, to cease further speculation.

warning of experts. NEW YORK. December 2(7. The New York ‘‘Times” Paris correspondent says the national committed of defence against tuberculosis and the society for ihe scientific study of tuberculosis have issued a warning that there is no vaccine or serum that will cure tuberculosis. The dispensers of so* f*-ct formulae will only exploit victims. The Win ning states : —We are alarmed ;v the unjustified c redit u\> often given to these remedies h.v the public. We consider ii our duty to call attention to the fact that there exists at the present time, no medicine, either chemical or biological, neither serum or vaccine n! esc efficacy against tuberculosis has been demonstrated. Consumptives are cciiseipiently warned against the 1 danger the\ run. ami the money and time wasted in therapeutics’ efforts which are (Aten harmful and always useless, wheicas their cure or curable amelioration depends upon attentive medical .surveillance and rigorously observed measures of personal hygiene.