The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1926, Page 1

VOL. XXIX., NO. 4361. Arrests HIGHER-UPS IN LIQUOR TRAFFIC Chicago Spends Vlillions for 1 | Christmas Liquor | i estimates that $10,000,000 spent for Chicago Christmas was tiquor Men and women, who would Many Arrests Are Made Fol-| 5 > 3 not swallow pure well water g S | IO\VIng Indl(‘lmenl‘\ be § without an investigation of the atle Federal Jur\‘, | bucket, tilted bottles, with pret - = F l ty labels upside down, over SEATTLE, e VertRcation| | tHelr 1 without any hesita- of all forecasts of recent indict-| | tion¥whatever,” said Mendesen ments returned by the Federal| | I Grand Jury indicate higher-ups have|® = T " heen ight. This is seen in tic Legis: wictment of Howard Shattuck,| end formerly fighting Sheriff of Kit-' 8 8 W8 L] County, member of the Bootlegger reported 1o ] made affidavits that Shattuck is in-| volved in many cases. It is alleged | DlEs SEATTLE he promised to fix cases when Fed-| y REval have are eral Dry nts arrested them | Sixty of about 160 indicted last Wednesday by the Grand Jury hedlp . : bren reded wp o Chrisonas v Diominent Man - Connected _ Extradition Proof with Ketchikan Industry, W. E. Craw, former Captain of RS § iy Police at Everett; Rex Hall, former Passes Away Today. proprietor of a hotel in Everett, e T SEATTLE, Dec. 27 Frederick have be ndicted but they in : IR : Charles Johnstone, salmon packer, Vancouver, Bi C. Tt is learned they| Sharios Jotasone, S are extradition proof Hall bas| ™= b it e g e Mr. Johnstone conyerted the old BGUght & hotel' (i Vamcouwsriamd) | ohE SRR SR ) is slowly recovering from an : P e g s ‘!’ M 1911 e erected the Tongass Bldg operasion le was mear death iy Kaichikan and was President of the INERS BE0 SO Ketchikan and was President of the It is indicated that in the past g gq0u0 Trading Company, Tongas two years, Federal grand juries havey oo ool oomnany and Alaska indicted muny who have not been| i HER IO e President cited. ~ Failure to presa = charges .0 yn. pycitic Fisheries Association nst about 200 indicted May 124"y gopngione was horn in Detroit including Lt. Com. James Hale "iol™ G Srniney Second. e Strong, of the Navy and Sheriff . .. y\ason and Past President of Gooking, of Island County, 18 ¥e-|{nc Arctlc Club, Seattle vealed. Some of these indicted 1asti ypjonnstone was years ago, asso Moy may be reindicted this month) ciated with the Seattle Hardware Others are expected to be Govern-icompany. Ie is survived by his ment witnesses wlatw May Tell Truth - e - Of the indicted men arrested, Lew Fairfield, of Iverett, paroled con A d reputed hijacker and fixer of the Snohomish County rum ring, declared when indicted, that County| s MARINES ofticials had brought him to trial.| 1 O and he was to tell a “story of graft that will startle the North west. My memory has fully re-| PN WASHINGTON, D The | spend N (e Suipenle«L’..l"l'l State Department announces that Nine of the 10 indicted patrolmen have been suspended for Chief of Polica Searing American Marines and sailors landed | “without incident” at Puerto Gabez 30 days said Lt. Comstock, who has not hecn|Nicaragua to protect American and tepended. wis. relicved of his du-|other forelaners lives and also pro S R 9 | perty s for 30 days last Spring when| . o | Dr. T. S Vaca. representative of | he was indicted in the liquor con-! cpiraey cases. The present indict- President Saca, of Nicaragua, charges \s include virtually the same|the movement as armed intervention ";'" et Taln. (undertaken during the American Con- charges 3 ef s | gregational recess to avoid tion THORNTON TO RETURN |0 KETCHIK Alaska, Dec. 27.- investiga- are no American endangered in the lives or zone ot | property Sriends o v Thornton announce A . Frie |\.| of Roy Ihl|‘||xn| L4 fanding” Dr, Vacs claile he will return to Seattle to face s indictment It is reported he has| Forces Are Notified nothing to fear He operates a 5 . "] WASHINGTON, Dec Rear road house and radio broacastité| agping Latimer, who landed the station and nearby a dance hall. Hej oo o5 agua, proclaimed a was in Seattle during the Browh ,oipa) sone and advised the State mayoralty. Department that he has notified the = Nicaraguan Government forces, de _ UNDERWORLD GRAFT (.| feated Dby the Liberal troops, thai SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—The Post-} o0 i’ he disarmed if forced into Intelligencer said this morming that| = oo 00 o “investjgations have solved pr .’l’i banking intricacies through which| e it is believed City and County offi- Hartford PWPMCS a : City Firelane Plan ————e————— e e (Comtinuea on Page Eight.) . .',' o | HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 27. - Ask a “Light [Firelanes in city residential dis- | tricts, counterparts of the ‘‘dead And then Tip Hats, in Berlin {lines” or fire lanes in forests as | barriers against the sweep of a con- flagration, have been advocated hy BERLIN, Dec A fine point la municipal committee which is re- in etiquette is exciting a hot dis-lvising the building code of Hart- cussion among CGerman cigar and ford, known among its sister muni- cigarette smokers. City."” cipalities as “The Insurance “Please give me a light,” is one| The of the common requests of passen-jthat rows of fire proof buildings ger to passenger in the numerous on main thoroughfares through compartments of railway and street!sections closely settled with homes cars where smoking is permitted.; would make “fire walls” against a The request is usually accompanied!jump of flames from one block into by a mutual lifting of hats, and the another and give fight-ground idea underlying the plan is controversy is over the question)against a conflagration in a par- whether this polite formality is ticular block. The proposed changes strictly necessary. provide an inner fire zone wherein So far the ayes seem to have it.|all buildings should be fireproof; the public convey- ances shows the hat-lifting process, carried out with all due Teutonic solemnity, still quite commonly ob- served, a belt around this inner zone which would be bisected by the six fire- lanes, and outside of all the resi- dential section in which frame con- struction would be unhampered. Observation on | Its President, C. M o Explained by By Dr. C. E. BUNNELL President Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines In the first place, what ave the i physical assets of the arthe North” College? In the second place what has it to offer? These are the natural questions to be asked by one who not had an opportunity o sce its buildings and equipment and floors. The men's dormitory 2| ¢ 10 I'he buil L feet by §2 feet with three fioors | equippec furnitu and It has a power plant 26 fect hy 56 tures and 1 vy of the estim feet and a single story motors build | value of $1 ing feet by 60 feet with addition It wa ain when the colle 18 feet by 36 fect. There opened to ep the facult f three dwellings on the campus, W number and the balanc of 1 store buildings, an agricultural shop Federal Frn ment Fund, after pa building and a mine shop building. ing (he salaries of the professo the main part of which i et to purcha cientific equipment i g ?: L] THE ALASKA COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES, maintenance of an e found there borders for for the tion within its paratus is to the agricultural learning been in round numbers | found the latest 1 testing units only about $10,000 per year the civil engineering department cor taine the best transits and levels to Apparatus Is Modern To appreciate the value of iig)the e of selentific equipment must visit|a Riehle te its laboratories. No out-of-date ap-|capacity of v several thousand doliars sting machine 0,000 pounds, one This ma In laboratory is to he with a AT FAIRBANKS has been of great service IBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Iilipinos Shou Indifference to Thompson's Report after mild Christmas temperatures New York streets are glared from lan inch of sleet, folowed by u slight snow fall. Many accidents are ported. Two persons were killed in | fal! | Admits Slay?n:Wife And Eight Step-children: | FAREWELL, N. Dak., Dec. 2 George J. Haskell bared his hreast today and asserted that he was {ready to he shot for slaying his wife {and eight stepchildren which was a poor way to serve the Lord.” He said he killed his wife first and was |then forced to shoot the hoys | e - {Capt. Wilkins Coming | North During February "ROIT, Mich, Dec. 2 H. Wilkins Seattle for Fairbanks on February Ihv continue exploration in the Arctic I He plans to place wings on the Do troiter, at Fairbanks, and fly 1o Capt leave plans to the Fairbanks Exploration Co. 1n}, 0t testing concrete blocks. The Home|' Ot BAITOW > p > Economics laboratory is fully equip-| CIGARS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED ’...-yl with electric rang hot plates, The ipire Staff, with pleasure loom, electric and tread sewing ma-|acknowledges Christmas re eipt of chines, (Continied ¢z Muge Three) in fact all that is needed for | cigyrs from the B. M. Behrends ll(unk and Butler Mauro Drug Co. A PRICE TEN CENTS e e e Tollow Indictments of Federal Grand Jury "Policy of Alaska College .. Work to Date WMGONTAIN ZONE IN ALBANIA IS | MANILA Reaction { | President Coolidge wurd | L the Philippine wh | | s one of indifference. The Fili ! T & unne [ DG Dhateon Sispeny e 18 Premier Mussolini Orders : e i Relief Sent—Water in Seayer Sergio Ormena l Lake Is Boflmg. 1l rece ed 350000 each year fo L to th (A LRSI e 1 3 b period of from the 1ed \\“M: “"““w“”l"‘.‘ MR 1 ROME, Dec. 27.—It is re- tal Government in ceordance witl i H" OB ported an earthquake has de- pr ns of the Acts of Con S % A Gt stroyed houses and left thou- ' ng o dand nd college | Ll BaTRlop] sands homeless at Durazzo, Al- in ever e and territory | T E ban.:. Premier Mussolini has Plant Is D s?‘ul)ed | cidered relief sent. The cost 1l of ity build- | e I | ximat $180.000. Bach \s M I TH - v fi R E | SHOCKS ARE VIOLENT of the th mits of its main build- | | TIRANIA, Albania, Dec. 27. il ) by 83 feet with three | —Violent shocks have persisted E | for seveial days in the moun- | tain zone near Durazzo. A new | crater has been fermed which SEATED GLAIM Is in constant eruption. Water ] in a nearby lake is boiling. The inhabitants have fled. | g 3 | s il)“” .r\mfmg Senators Show | SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHAKES ' Only Small Number Fa- FRESNO. Cal., Dec. 27.—A o Shtatorehle ' uake shook the San Joaquin | vor denators-Llect. aley at 1:20 o'clock this JIER | morning. Dishes rattled at SEATTLE, Dec. 27 W. W. Jer Turlock | mane Associated or of the Seat B e g e Daily Time a dispateh to th Pimes from Washington, D, ., says that “Send Watson polled the Senate as to whether Frank L | Smith, of Hlinois, should be seated {for the remainder of the ut | SLAYING MEN ssion, to 1 deceased or! I MeRinte y 22 Senators favored | | “Another pot wad taken on deat-| . ing Senators-elect Smith and Willian | Vare. the laiter, from Pennsyl | vinia, on the beginning of the new | \Y/: g S s “ g Wife Gro\l«'s Tired of Hus- vestigate their cases, relative to cam- | band—Hires Man to Kill it tunds. This po 1 d - only | b Nl T et ot il showed omy) - Him—Crime Revealed. ators for Vare | e Senators friendly to Vare madel CHICAGO, Dee, 27.— Pren Patrick, this pol! Larresiod yesterday, has confessed he Ut ds thus evident that either fwas hired for $ 30 to kill Fred Smith Vire will be permitted (o findstrom so Mrs. Lillian Fraser take their seats, in which a decision | Lindstrou. common law wite, could of the Senate will overturn along | eoltoet lite insurance and return to jline of socalled p ents % ) “In cases of Smith and Vare, the| [indstrom was found December 7 Senate possesses (e transcripts of byin otnnad skl evidence taken in inois and Pen Ire. Lindstrom said she hired ““‘"""“ by Senator ed's commig | pyick to do the killing. She had n Lindstrom insured for $1,000. She o ““‘I“‘ “} "':" "”’l'_“ "'”'“ enea said she wished to return to her Lol hoLuaye, the contniltfes Will|hugbaud as she hadigrownibiiedREE mit recommendations which, 101 1istrom. She stipulated the kill- ay the least, will not favor seating |, ; “RaMAvHin olther Senutovs-slecl, [’ previous| hlo. CEPSHL e AIGEEL S s arnvionel rick said he ente Lind- Ll i considerad pre-i g lonse, posing as a farmer, [this poticy has made it possible to] 100 Newberry were seated, one from | SLEOE haided Mg A DR o R “‘_”: plendia | Minois and the othor from Micl, sk o .":W‘“‘”i Patrick 1hid prroximately $65.000 entitling it to T e s My Lindstrom and Patrick took v called one of the best equipped anw AN K "the wly to another part of the mall colleges in the United States L town and i it on an icy street. The estimated value of its librar: cxpected death would be at- which now contains more than 7.500 ;u.;.,,y.;\ to an automobile accident. volunes is 15,000, 10 s thus seen The ce noticed the soles of the that the actual cost to the Territory | hoes were dry and the pavement i as wel. This started the inves- NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Snow and|tigation . ice covered the Northwestern Stiate B o o 'Prospectors to Be Rushed To Goldfields by Airplane | 5100X LOOKOUT, Ontario, Dee. ¢ lung for transporting pros- tors to the goldfields are being riched after Capt. H. A. Oaks ar- rived from the Tetterboro Airport, New tersey He started December 16 but was delayed by blizzards and cold, generally below zero. Capt Ouks made the entire 1,700 miles without mishap although forced down and to take lay-overs owing blizzards. > o— Laden with & t‘ |Christmas Gifts, {Woman Is Killed | SAN RAFAEL, Cal, Dec. 2 to t —Miss Pezgie Hawes, aged 32 vears, sec Iretary to an oil company officia driving Christmas Eve to Napa, car- I'yyving three other young women, | stooped to brush the dust obscuring her speedometer. The car left the road, overturned and pinned her | ! beneath four feet of water. The othe: | women in the car escaped. The body tor Miss Hawes and also many Christ- | mas presents, were floated when the |car was lifted, about two hours {after the accident, : A j 1