AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1924, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS

[Reuters Teoegrams.]

MI'BDFR OF CONSI"L. WASHINTOX. July 2(1

'The State Department officials are preparing to formally ask the Persian Government to take immediate measures to protect American citizens in it country from attacks and insults from natives, who are understood to bo hostile towards foreigners since the killing of the l.'nited States Vice-Con-sul, Imbrie. at Teheran.

TABBFD AND FFATIIFBFD. XF\Y YOBK, July 25. At Frederick, in Maryland, fifty nidi anil several woliieii, waylaid .Miss Dorothy Graiidoii, aged thirty, while she way walking oil the public highway, tit night time. ’They stripped her anil tarred and leathered her, aiid then left her unconscious. A farmer found and carried her Inline ami his wile applied home remedy. 'I In* girl is at the point of death, her body being terribly burned and scarred.

A tale of jealousy and outraged moral sensibilities lies behind the occurrence. which has aroused and shocked public feeling. Aliss («. Giando.i came there on a visit, and while a guest at various parties, given tti hot honour, she attracted attention. She received anonymous letters, asking her to leave the town, hut she declined. Several townswomen made a charge that their homes were broken up. and their men were neglecting them, due to the social gaieties.

Miss Gram loti has identified nine of her attackers, especially two women who applied the tar. All <d these have been arrested.