AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1925, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS

CP. XUTF.Tt' Tei.EORAMH. 1 FIGHTING CRIME!. NEW YORK. .May 12. Calling lor world wide co-operation in lighting crime, Richard Kugright. President of the International Police Confereme. in an address at the :>poziing ot the session ol the third Biennial Convention urged the nations to

“forget, their mutual rivalries in lighting the ccinliioii enemy.” About live hundred representatives of even civilised country are attemlin : i;. AMERICA AND GERMANY. WASHINGTON. May *2. Oil-rials do lint expect any occasion lo arise requiring the forma! transmission of i ungratillations to 1 lindeiibitrg. 'Pile American Ambassador will verb-d----|v tender surli expressions as be deems necessary.

PI.EA FUR PRISON REFORM NEW YORK, May 13. \ pltni fur prison rul’niin in rniinortion wit Ii the puni>lnneiM of onniiniuMl criminals was imnlc l»y Sir !»«'- hert; Peacock, the Chief Constable of Manchester, England. hefore Ihe Internationa! Police Conference. Sir Robert, said that prisoners should have an earning capacity equal to the expense of their keep liv the State, and. in the. ease of married men. part ol their earnings should go to the upkeep of their family.

Captain (lower, the President ol Ihe Chief Constables Association o| Fugland and Wales, declared that the crime conditions in England weie dealt with vilieiently by the present police system. Hi- declared: .Vs a denim-rut ic people, the English me sat ishcd with the local policy ol control. and they resent any infringement by (he National t lovermnent. Willi a population of 38 millions in England and Wales in 1933. the police had only seventeen < a-es of murder to prosecute. Genera! O’Duli'y. the ('unimPsioner of the Civic Guard of Dublin, rcpnrleil I hat he had built up an ellu-ient force for the Irish Free State. The Irish police o(lieer was not allowed to e-triv ntiv weapon, hut must rely on moral persuasion tor the npprohon-.ion of his man.

FINGER PRINTS BY WIRE. (Ueroivetl this day at 9,|,i a m.) X’MW YORK. May 13. Finger prints cent by wire trom here to Chicago were identified in one minute after being received by the Poli.e Department. The tests were made in connection w ith an I nlernat ir.nal t olive nl ion uf Police Chiefs here.