UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

OWNERSHIP OF A PAPER. DECLARED TO BE GERMAN. THE PUBLISHER ARRESTED. Received July 11, 5.5 p.m. New York, Omy 10. A. Kumely, publisher of the New York Mail, has been arrested and chained with perjury. It is alleged that Rumely swore the newspaper was owned by Americans, but the United States Government al- , leges that it is owned by the German Government, which bought the paper in July, 1915, for 735,000 dollars, the pur- ( chase-monev being drawn from the German Government accounts in various New York banks. It is alleged that the accounts were in Count Bernstorff's name. It isalso alleged that when the Mail became pro-German the circulation and advertising fell off, and the German Government paid the Mail an additional 626,000 dollars. The arrest caused a sensation.—Press Assoc. PROPOSED LIQUOR PROHIBITION. Received July. 11, 5.5 pm. Washington, July 10. A resolution has been introduced in ' the Senate prohibiting the sale of in- ' toxicants after December 31 next, ex- 1 cept for export, also prohibiting the ( manufacture of wine and beer, and fur- , ther prohibiting the importation of intoxicants.—Press Assoc. A SATISFACTORY CROP. Received July 12, 1.5 a.m. Washington, July 9. The Department of Agriculture ha.9 . announced that the 1918 crop is estimated at 891,000,000 bushels, which 90,000,000 above the average.—Press Ajsoc.