AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1927, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

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IMPRISONED MAYOR. NEW YORK, Kcb. 13. At Edge water. New Jersey, arrange

incuts are being made for tbe Mayor , llenry Wisbcl, win. was sentenced t< ■ N «< a year’s imprisonment in connection • with rum-running, to continue to gnvorn the city from his cell in Atlanta renitentary. A groat deal of feeling was stirred when W ishcl was found guilty and a petition was- signed by all the city’s school-children to induce the Judge to reduce the sentence from two to one year. The case, which involved the chief of police, who vuis also found guilty, and sentenced to a similar term, has divided the city into tv a camps, women declaring they will Petition the Government to unseat the Mayor, while the latter’s resignation, it is believed, will not he accepted bv V the Board of Ahlermen,

WILD SCENES, (Received this day at 5 a.m.) WASHINGTON. Kebrunry 12. Bitter feeling among members of the same party over controversial legislation resulted in fist fijdits to-day. In both House and Senate there was considerable disturbance, which subsided only after some difficulty. Senator Wheeler risAg to the point of personal privilege demanded that bo he heard on the Banking bill, which the Senate was then considering. Glass objected . and Wheeler affirmed that Glass had .s-pvojnised him an opportunity to speak Tattd charged Glass with having broken 'bis word. f Glass said: “You lie.” Both thereupon hinged at each other and in a moment the Senate was the scene of hubbub, several minutes elapsing before the pair were separated. In the House of Representatives Tincher and Strong also hurled the word “lie” at each other. Mrs Tincher had told her husband she overheard Strong criticising his attitude on the pending Agricultural Legislation and when the latter denied this, Timelier applied the epithet. _ The men sprang at each other, till Speaker l.rtngworth and other representatives forced them apart. D WASHINGTON. February 13. )- With contradictory Baris despatches relative to the French Government’s acceptance of President Coolidge’s disarmament limitation, fueling prevails that while four powers may agree to the President’s proposal to the extent of holding a conference, it is questionable whether the actual armament reduction would result. It is felt, however. that if France alone is responsible for the failure, it is practically certain that a determined drive will he made in Congress to have President Coolidge abandon his opposition to a further construction of light cruisers, and to augment this class to meet the superiority of other powers. The Government meantime is continuing all efforts in the direction of arms limitation. An appropriation of seventy-five * thousand dollars for expenses of AmerijfUn Commissioners on the preparatory r - commission at Geneva is assured. Mr Kellogg, commenting, praising work of the commission said mixed States could not withhold the fullest co-opor-ntinn in view of the Government’s consistent advocacy of a limitation or reduction of armaments. SPRINT RECORD. NEW YORK. February 12. At Claremont, California. Paddock sprinting 250 metres in 27.0 seconds to-dnv broke the world’s record of 31.2 seconds, established by McPherson m New Zealand in 1021, * besides Murchison's indoor mark of 20 seconds.