AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. POLICE SHAKE-UP. (Received this day at- 8 n.m.) NEW YORK, .fan. 12. Two of lumen's largest cities are undergoing 1111 extremely radical puliee shakctip in mi effort to rid the municipalities of crime and corrupt ion. . General Sniedley liutler, ol the I'niled Slates .Marines, him received President Cooiidge's permission to bceoiue director of pulilic safety in Tliiladclphia, upon tin- .Mayor’s invitation and he proceeded to whin the police force into shape, thrciilcnijig to discharge every police officer who permit■ - ted illicit liquor estaldishinents and ‘V. disorderly houses within his jlirisdie- _. tint). General liutler, after H hours' activity, discharged eight police eaptains and antiotineed that nine hundred saloons have been shut. Hundreds ol persons have heeu arrested, hut the Magistrates di-ehnrged a I a rue miniher thereof and warned liutler against these high handed proceedings. General liutler to-day deelared that lie would not want the jnh attain lor a million dollars, hut will eonlinue in oftiee lor a year. The police commissioner in New York is apparently euiuliit ing General Butler's example and brought charges against thirteen police inspectors, forty-five captains and a lone list of deputies, for laxity in the prohibition enforcement. Hundreds of raids meantime were made upon liquor establishments throughout the city. > ——— .ADVERTISING EMPIRICS PRODUCTS. •Received this clav al. a.m 1 NEW YORK. .lan. 12. Sir Charles Higxam. the lirili.-h advertising expert, announced that he will launch a newspaper advertising campaign of a million dollars and he will spend live years familiarising y Americans with India, tea heing a part of the great publicity movement to make British Empire goods known in America. Sir Charles stated that British tiiiiihifaeturers had decided to take onpreco-l dented steps to revive foreign trade and write the words "made in England” ujion the world’s markets in a style that hitherto was unknown, lie added that various producers throughout the Kmpire will probably agree to a levy on export tax to provide funds to effectuate large scale publicity campaigns, India being the first with, approximately, a sixpence per hundredweight on tea exported. DAVIS (IT CHALLENGE. XKAY YORK, Jan. 12. Switzerland has challenged fur the Davis Cup. OCR KB TO WILLS. XKAY YORK. Jan. 12. Tex .Rickards ha.-, offered Wills three hundred thousand dollars tor a I'ghf with Kirpo and Dempsey. The offer calls for a guarantee of ten tlmusand dollars to light Kirpo on July -Itli and if At*ills wills, a two hundred thousand guarantee for a title light with Dempsey in .September. Wills lias declared willingness, and says lie will accept the , oiler as he is confident that he ail i ispuso of Kirpo and earn, a match wth (lie champion for which he Am Imu socking for two rail's in ain. B 1 Bid ARDS. XKW YORK, J.'.o ’2 At Boston, Willie Hoppe relailn-J the world’s IS.’g balk line billiards ■> championship, defeating Walter Coch- •'"»<* <'f Ron Angeles, 1100 to 1 ISP. AIKXICAX GENERALS K I RBKD. . MKXICO CITY. Jan. 12. + Generals .Menter and Lopez verr killed ijj a battle with the rebels for the [eis-c.-sion ol Rnehuea. which the rebels partially eonfrol.