AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

lOSTBALIAN AND N.Z. CARhE ASSOCIATION. CA N A D I A X 1)1 FFEH EXCES. OTTAWA, February 9. Due to a difference of opinion among cabinet ministers, it is understood an international conference promising aid to Fnited States enforcement of prohibition. will not result in very effective' measures ti> stop the boundary rum running. Mr King believes Canada should make every effort to suppori Fnited States prohibition efforts, but several Ministers think that Volstead law is the concern alone of Fnited States, and the enforcement ic solely her problem. It is understood the Minister of Customs expresses an opinion of strong antipathy and the group will make' its desires strong!) felt in the party councils. The rum runners meanwhile show little concern one way or other, declaring if grualer restrictions should be enforced, greater prices "ill be obtained after the cargoes arc landed in Fnited States. NEW YORK, February 9. Anderson cabled on February Bth lias resigned from the anti—aloon league super'intendency as the result of the forgery sentence.

THE OIL DISCLOSURES. XE\V YORK. February 9. The “Times” Washington correspondent says Mr Denby is expected to resign on .Monday as a result of the oil disclosures, which to-day included interesting revelations. It is expected Mr Dougherty and Mr Roosvelt will resign in the near future. Mr Coolinge’s attitude is that all members of this cabinet in any way connected with oil matters should retire. Rumours are current that prominent pubic officials speculated in slock. Certain newspaper publishers received 2-)0 thousand dollars wiih promises "! 2,T0 thousand more for disseminating publicity on heliall ol the oil lessees. The Robinson resoliiliuii ut January 29 is certain in pass (lie Senate oil Monday and also the Marked basis advance information concerning leases and brokers books will probably be examined. Tbe Senate Commit-toe's record becomes blacker with each day s disclosures.

RECENT REPORTS. XEW YORK. February 11. President Coulidge announced that there will he a criminal charge in connection with the Teapot Home Oil scandal. Officials yesterday ordered all work to he stopped by Doheney’s workmen, who al'e developing under the Government lease the area involved in the Fall investigation. Colonel Xevoly was the only witness to-day. He said that lie gave Fall 2T.099 dollars cash last June to help him purchase certain lands. Phis was on the instructions ol Sinclair, and occurred several months alter Fall leftthe Cabinet where lie leased part tit the Teapot to Sinclair. The latter also last summer sent Fall to Russia to make certain investigations, paying his expenses. Dohene.v sent a written offer to the Senate to-day to accept cancellation of the Teapot leases. It was explained that Fall agreed to them because Doheney and Sinclair’s engineers assured the secretary that the oil wells adjoining the land were slowly draining the Government re-ervoirs, and a few more Years' operaions would mean the Go- -'Mullein's land would lie worthless Public attention "as turned to-day to Secretary Denby. who cheerfully admits he signed the lea--.es which Fall authorised three mouths after Fall re[jam ..-9ke Denby regarded them a:, forma! paper? whith he- did

Newspapers predict that there -trll be several Cabinet resignation:, before the scandal is stilled. flood old Zev, who won many a race for Oily Sinclair, galloped into the Teapot tomiK'st to-day. when the Senate recalled Archie Roosevelt, who declared that he could not he mistaken when he previously testified that A\ ahlberg. Sinclair’s secretary, told bun that lie gave (>B.OOO dollars to I'ad s ranch foreman.

AYahlberjg. again recalled, blithely told the committee that he had resigned from Sinclair's service since his last examination anil could now remember this self-same 68.000 being paid to Sam Hildreth, Zev's trainer, for that fa • nous horse’s expenses. The committee on Alondav will intorrogate Sam as to why lie wanted so much when Zev was supposedly winning fortunes.

AVhalberg renewed his memory today, and was able to recall furnishing Colonel Zevely with 25,000 lie gave to Fall. THE AIUIIDERED ACTRESS. A 1 F LTi-Al ILLJ OX AIR E IX CASE. XK\Y YORK, Feb. 10 The police, on searching -Miss Lawson’s rooms, found that a 2000 dollar necklace- had been stolen. They noticed the portrait of a handsome, middle-aged man. autographed ‘‘Jerrie Doll.” which is translated 'Gerald Dahl.” Dahl is the multi-millionaire chairman of the Executive of the BrooklynAlanhattan Transit Corporation. When the police visited Dahl in his rooms, they found lie had a lawyer present to answer for him. The lawyer said Dahl was providing .Miss Lawson’s musical education. It was learned that Dahl last left the girl's apartment early on Wednesday. morning and his Rolls-Royce car called regularly for her in the afternoons, presumably to convey her to the music professor’s place. The police questioned Dahl for several hours, especially regarding some thousands of dollars worth of certificates of his company’s stock found m Miss Lawson’s apartment. The girl also was a companion of Angiet- Duke, a tobacco magnate. She vas aboard his yacht when he was drowned last September.