AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. ATTITUDE OF AMERICA. AA’ASHUNGTON, Mart'll 2. Reports from Paris that Britain has sent a note to France seeking a special naval conference, are greeted with skepticism here. Air Kellogg stated that Britain nart not approached him in the mattci. lie intimated, however, that the l tilted States would he willing to join Britain in a naval disarmament discussion. Nevertheless, he felt that little could come by a purely technical discussion, such as Britain is reported to have suggested to Fiance. AIRPLANE CRASH. NEW YORK. March 4. News from Sail Diego, (,'aliiornia. states that five men. occupants of a private airplane, were killed when they crashed from a height ot 300 teet. PRESIDENT!AL ELECTION. WASHINGTON. Atareh 3. Efforts to draft Mr Coolidge for the Presidency seems to he continuing. Another impetus in that direction being given by Mr Charles liilles, the Republican National Committeeman for New A'ork. who after visiting the President to-day. informed journalists that Mr Coolidge is the Party’s best asset. and will lie noted lor in the balloting for the presidential nominee in the Republican Convention, whether or not his name is formally presented as a candidate. SAN FRANCISCO. March 3. The hitter animosity between Mr Mi Adoo and Governor Smith. which turned the 1924 Democratic Convention into a political farce has now broken out in a new direction. Afr Ale Adoo and his supporters have brought forward Senator Walsh of Montana as a "dry” candidate for the presidency, and will endorse him in the coining California Primary. AteAdoo’s selection of AA'alsh is especially interesting. because both Governor Smith and Air Walsh arc Roman Catholics. Alt' McAdoo is now able to deny that his opposition to Governor Smith is due to religious prejudice. ACROSS AMERICA RUN. NEW YORK, -March 5. A message from Puente, California, states 249 runners completed the first lap of the trans-continental marathon foot race between Los Angeles and New York. The first lap was a short one. Later the men will travel about fifty-live miles per day. lx'ing brought together at night, and taking off again each morning. '1 hey arc expected to reach 'New A ork in between sixty-five and seventy days. The race is organised by C. C. Pyle, who experts to gain two hundred thousand dollars from concessions lor billowing the runners.