AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1927, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) SHI PPING AG H EEAI ENT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. The United States Shipping Board is urged by Senators .MeXary and Stewer, from Oregon, to continue the policy of a five-year operation guarantee, in drawing specifications for Unsafe of the American-Australinn-Orient Line. Both Senators opposed the extension of the guarantee period to ten years and urged that the interchange of ports he provided, allowing freedom of operation and saving wheat growers considerable sums in exporting. 150 SPEECHES, 22,000 MILES. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the Atlantic flyer, was given his third triumphal reception here, completing a tour of 48 States and 32 cities under the auspices of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for safe flying. His ’plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, covered 22,000 miles, Lindbergh making 150 speeches. WOMAN FLOORS PRISONER. CHICAGO, Oct. 28. Looking over suspects at a police station Airs Emma Gerhard, a mildmannered young woman, suddenly stepped forward and delivered a left uppercut, followed by a right cross to the* jaw, which knocked one prisoner down for longer than Tunney stayed on the canvas.

“ That’s she man,” she cried. “He choked me, tore my rings off my fingers and tried to shoot my six-year-old son.” STRANGE PIERROT. SANTIAGO (Chile), Oct. 28. Santiago’s spring carnival has boon marked by a curious tragedy. The traditional masked parade was moving slowly in procession early in the evening when Martin Gahetto, a former Mayor of Santiago and a leading business figure, leaped from the spectators lining the street into a decorated automobile and snatched the mask off the face of a woman garbed ns Pierrette. It was his wife. Manual Aldunte, dressed as Pierrot, who was in the same car, leaped to the street, with Gahetto in pursuit, lhe pair dashed madly through the throngs until Aldunte was trapped in a doorway. They drew pistols, and both •were killed in the ensuing duel.

SMUGGLING OF LIQUOR. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3

The Assistant Secretary to the Treasury (Air Lowman) declared that attempts to violate the so-called gentlemen’s agreement with France to antiliquor smuggling from the islands ol St! Pierre and Miquelon has virtually ended in a failure. Mr Lowman stated a large proportion of liquor was smuggled into the United States from these two French possessions, which were fishing villages before prohibition, but now are wealthy settlements.

U.S. PRESIDENCY. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.

When the Republican National Committee is convened in Washington for the selection of the Convention for the City, Mr Coolidge will he notified that the Convention Delegation will bo instructed to vote for Mr Coolidge, and to keep voting for him. The only definite statement from the President was that ho will not accept nomination. This will interfere with this plan. If the President ignores tin movement, it will be interpreted t mean that lie will serve if drafted. Then the other State Delegations will join, and Mr Coolidge’s nomination trill bo assured.

USE OF OPERATING TABLE

■WASHINGTON, Nov. 3

Doc-tor Fran eli Williams, Medical Director of the Committee of Meniiil Hygiene told a conference of representatives of hospitals, asylums and schools, on tho subject of crime and its prevention that the operating tajbles should lie used for collection in place of prison cells. Every criminal was prompted by some influence which might he corrected under proper observation and study. Even murderers c-ould he treated vuul cured. Doctor Overholzer said the day ot vindicative justice was past. This was due in part in the spread of humane inrinnism.

GRAFT RETRIAL. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4

A warrant has been issued for Sinclair, charged with jury tamponing, but Inter it was withdrawn. Mason Dhv an alleged accomplice o Sinclair, in engaging detectives to shadow jurors, is field under a- bond of twenty-five thousand dollars. Justice Siddons expressing regre at tho impossibility of an earlier date said tho retrial would begin on January 16th.