AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1928, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

lie ui' (Australian Press Association & Sun.; c- KIDNAPPED, to (Receive a this day at 8.50 a.m.; MOW" YORK, March 17. A message from Detroit states James Hail, a business man, in a nearby town, was yesterday kidnapped by two I men who represented themselves as >f policemen, and was held for ten tiioui- sand dollars ransom, which was paid to-day, when Hall was released. This abduction is one of a long series of 11 kidnappings of individuals dealing in t 'leverages. : SUNK JIN' SUBMARINE RAISED ' NEW YORK, March 17. 1 Advice from Pro vi nee town, Mussa- - elmsetts states that 5.4 (cabled on 17th. Dec.) was raised to the surface to-day. Eight bodies are still aboard. CUD SUAXDA f, ENQUIRY NEW. YORK, March 17. The Senate Oil Investigatory Committee, which is now sitting at Chicago examined witnesses in camera. Senator Nye, later declared the evidence may he revealed subsequently, disclosing another high Government ollicial seriously incriminated. file story was current to-day on the stock market that tips were given to flays by Sinclair, on which many noted Chicago men invested heavily in certain oil stocks that resulted in losses of many millions to speculators when stocks dropped neavily. PROCESS OF CREATION. i NEW YORK, March 18. A mesage from Pasadena states Doc- • r Robert Millikin, of California. Institute of Technology lias published a paper declaring lie conducted an experiment tending to show the process of creation is now going on in the Heavens, and that the Garth, instead ) of being a disintegrating world, as has long been believed, is continuously changing and an evolving one. Milliken, at the same time, issued warning against accepting his announcement as a fact, until it was proved by further tests. His tests counted of the measurement of cosmic rays, which disclosed the “birth of elenents” and incidentally confirmed eerau'ii of Einstein’s equations and npleld the latter’s theory. U.S. NAVAL BILL. WASHINGTON, March 17. The House of Representatives pass'd the Naval Bill vote by 287 to 58. I'lie measure now goes to the Senate, flic visitors’ gallery wasy filled with epresentatives of many > peace societes opposing the hill, thlse rising and eaving the Chamber when the result vas announced. Mr Butler said later, ‘Wo have proposed a substantial adlition to the fleet. I am hopeful the ionate will concur in our conclusions. Ye are serving a notice on the world hat U.S.A. intends to round out its loet without any intention of forcing he pace in building armaments.” It is understood Butler and his colleagues will resist any possible effort in the Senate to augment the programme.