THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Northern Advocate, 21 March 1921, Page 3

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

, CUBAN PRESIDENT

NEW YORK, March 18. Advices from Havana state that Dr. Alfred Zayas has been elected President of Cuba.—A and N-Z. ■ULTIMATUM TO PANAMA. WASHINGTON, March 18. The United States has sent a Note urgently demanding that Panama settle the boundary dispute with Costa Rica, and insisting that Panama abide by the White award —A- and N.Z. COMBATING EGYPTIAN PLAGUE. LONDON, March 18 A medical expert states that Christopherson's antimony treatment of bilharzia, a parasitic disease prevalent in various parts of Africa, has proved a complete cure. It will be a tremendous achievement in defeating the ancient plague of Egypt— "Times." MIDDLE-WEIGHT BOXING. NEW YORK, March 18. ■Mike. O'Dowd failed to regain his lost middle-weight championship title from Johnny Wilson, the present holder, who to-night received the referee's decision in a 15 rounds Jbout. Wilson's superiority was sufficiently great to impress the spectators with the improbability of O'Dowd ever recapturing the title. The bout was fast and interesting, but not spectacular. Wilson received a purse of 40,000 dollars and O'Dowd 20,000 dollars It is recalled that the last time Wilson fought in (New York his purse was only 11 dollars. —A• and. N.Z. LETHAL GAS EXECUTIONS. NEW YORK, March 18. /The Nevada Legislature has passed a bill (which the Governor has declared his intention to sign) providing that executions of persons condemned to death will be done by lethal gas. A specially constructed cell will house the prisoner, whose execution date will extend over a week. The gas will be administered some night within the week while the prisoner is asleep.—A. and N.ZWOOL DISPOSAL. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Wool Conference agreed that allocations of quantities of wool for the auction sales in England be arranged by British and Australian Boards of the Realisation Association, provided that the quantity for the Australian auctions be not less than ior the English auctions. The association accepts the responsibility for redeeming£s,ooo,ooo priority wool certificates before July 31. A and N.Z. ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.

N LONDON, March 18. Mr John Storey, Premier of New South Wales, attended the American Club's luncheon to-day. Lord Robert 'Cecil, „ speaking of AngloAmerican relations, said that after the armistice he thought a new chapter had been opened between the two nations- 'He thought they were head- - ing for a great peace movement, in which, international co-operation would supersede competition. Unhappily, two years of peace had IbTOUght greater disappointment than Jhe .previous four years of war. An-glo-American relations were strained ,by Ireland, the Navy, oil, and qables, all questions which could be adjusted (by conversations. , •Mr Storey said that Australia lov- • ed both Britain and America. Although international tension was increased by the competitive warship building activities of England and America and Japan'he did not believe that there would ever be war between America and England.—A. and N-Z. j i GHASTLY MURDERHOBAUT, March. 7. The police yesterday arrested George William King, a farm labourer, of North Motton, on a charge of murdering Crissie Venn, a girl of 13.

The 'body was found on the northwest coast-in an old tree stump-

A party were out looking for the girl, who had been reported as lost, and one of the party on passing an old tree stump, a little distance from the road, found, marks on the ground and picked up a handkerchief. This led to a man climbing up the tree, ■which was 12ft high. On looking into the cavity he saw the girl's bods head downward.

The body was secured With difficulty, when it was discovered that the girl had been done to death. A gag was placed in her mouth, and a piece of twine tightly bound round the neck, which evidently caused strangulation. iHow the body could Ijave been lifted to the top of the tree is a mystery. On the Saturday afternoon female shrieks were heard in the locality. A basket which the girl carried was also found in the tree, but a few shillings she had in her possession were missing-

Tiwelve yards from the hollow tree the police discovefed evidence of a violent struggle.

A quantity of hair similar to that of the murdered girl was picked up, also a safety pin and pieces of torn underclothing Appearances pointed to a desperate struggle by the girl. It was shown at the preliminary inquest for identification purposes that the body had been terribly mutilated.