AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1929, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS.

SING SING PRISON. HISTORIC GAOL CLOSED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). VANCOUVER, Jan. i. The historic old Sing Sing Prison. New Vorl;, a shelter for ihoii,sands of crooks, has passed into history. Its antiquated stone ceils, poisonous with the memories of over a century of human wretchedness, have been abandoned for a beautiful new building which has cost £1 ,090.01)1), and which houses 1700 prisoners. HEARS'!’ PAYS UP. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A Jersey City message stales Airs Francis Hall and her brother. Willie Stevens, have discontinued their lib-1 action against W. Hearst, press magnate. upon a bands :me pavment by the latter lor libelling them in connection with charges that they murdered Rev Edward Wheeler and Eleanor Mills, choir leader in Hall’s Church. Hearst’s tabl'd<l press pursued thorn with extreme ferocity llirmigb a most sensational maze of evidence, but the jury freed them. INFLUENZA. 21 ADDITIONAL deaths. (Received lids dnv at 10 JO. n.m ) OTTAWA. January 3. 'f’li-re are twenty-one additiona’ deaths since noon on Wednesday from influenza at Toronto. SENATE PROCEDURE. W 'ST-iiYOTOv. Jan. 3. The Senate side-tracked the Naval Cri’iser Bill without recording a vote and took up the Kellogg Treaty thereby ending a long dispute over precedence between the two measures. A motion to consider the treaty in the lvvblic executive session was made by Air Borah after Air Hale (Chairman of tbe Naval Affairs Committee) bad concluded ail hour’s speech on behalf of the naval programme. Hale announced he would vote for Air Borah’s motion and no one else undertook U> prevent its adopt ion. Afr Borah indicated lie would hold the Treaty before the Senate until if was ratified. Afr Hale agreed to this procedure with a reservation that if the debate lasted too long be would again seel? to force the Naval Bill forward.