The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 24, 1927, Page 7

BARTHQUAKE ROCKS © “Phe ‘most violent tremors of the earth recollected here in yéurs were felt in Douglas short- Iy after 7 o'clock this morning. The first vibration lasted about thirty seconds ‘and caused drop lights in second stories to swing 4¢ couple of feet hack and forth. This was followed shortly after by | léss distinct tremors. was reported. i No damage ' - BIRTHDAY EVENT ENJOYED Celabrating her tthday, Miss ‘Bernice Berggren ehtertained . a mumber of her friends at her home in "Juneau Saturday evening. ‘Games were played for pastime #pdone a ecompetitive game was by Senne Paul. Delicious re- shiments were served by - Mrs. rggren. About a dozen young ple attended the affair from| uglas, retarning home on the l‘ll ferry. 1 ——————— v ARRIVE FROM CRAIG !Dr. and Mrs. W, P. Kirby ar-| rived here yesterday on the Ad- miral Rogers for a visit with Mrs. Kirby’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.| Nick King. The dector, who is lacated in ' Craig, reports a very quiet summer and fall season there. They made the trip north via Petersburg, I : — . ——— FIGHT PICTURES ARE AT LIBERTY TONIGHT _What are said to be the best mo- tion Ppictures of a championship| baut” ever shown in Alaska are those | of the Tunney-Dempsey fight which will be shown at the Eiberty theatre this evening. The Dempsey-Sharkey fight and a two reel comedy are also on the pro- gram, : ————— MRS. PEKOVICH BETTER .Mrs. W. 8. Pekovich, wife of the" Funter Bay mining man, left the. hospital today after confine- ment for a month following a ma- or q?ortuon. L ————————— RECOVERS FROM OPERATION ‘iMrs. 0. S. Winthers. was dis- rged from the St. Ann’s hos- fital’ yesterday. She has heen in hospital since Oct. 9 when underwent a major operation. BRINGS CLIMAX CAREER, REMU ‘ “(Continued from Page One.) man immigrants and himself a pative. of Germany, predicated his 8 a8 a trafficker in liquor wpol* the twin beliefs that im- Aiwity “could always be hought for ‘a: price and' that bootlegging ISLAND | many nineteenth | _BARNEY-GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG HIM CONTRACTS (F WE “They CconTenp A FLAGPOLE | NjoT IN AN EASY CHAIR. i N A FLAGPOLE , 11 S0’ TeoAY. ¥ (N HIS ORIGINAL PCas\TION ARNEY THOUGHT HED SIT BACK AND LET THE Few REMAINING DAVS ROW BY WHEN THE PROMOTERS SENT WM TUE EASY CHAIR MESTERDAY, BUT HE RECKONED WiIHeUT THE THEATRICAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFERED , OCI. 25, 1927. e e o e e — = wuooes!! Tis s Tie TRD DAY THESE BIRDS HONE COME To SEE ME - Qv Gowy - - \T SEEMS GOOD NOW ., ARMINDA . DONT FIGHT = You CAN SIT N AN HAT AEKT = THATS ‘A AICE BROE « TWGET You SOME BIRO - SEED TeMORROW - WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP TRAT HEe MuST SIT QN WE €IND BARNEY BaCK = held a fortune for a man who | went into it intelligently on a big | scale, He soon came to be rogarded yas the largest operator in the | country, Setting up dummy drug | concerns to veil his withdrawals of liquor from warehouses, he employed 3,000 persons, and he testified at a subsequent trial that | during his career he bought and sold some 3,000,000 - gallons of whisky. He paid $20,000,000, he 1sald, for plants and whisky, spent $20,000,000 more coryupting ‘ offi- cials, and made sales which gross- (ed $75,000,000. Income tax ‘offi- |cials proved that in the summer |of 1921 he deposited $2,700,000 in one Cincinnati bank alone. Finally he was -convicted and sentenced to the Atlanta prison, after spendning $1,500,000 in his {defense. Private Car to Prison He estimated his wealth at $5- 000,000 on the day he went to | Atlanta in a private car to serve | his sentence. Of this he put 1$1,000,000 in his wife's hands and | “salted away"” the rest, some with friends whom he later charged with cheating him. In all his dealings he never re- garded himself as a criminal. “l am only a business man,"”| |he said, “and my business ethics {are the best. * Shortly before his release from | Atlanta he was sued for divorce. |He fought the suit for two years, and when it was nearing termina- | tion he accosted the motor car in { which his wife and daughter were going to court, followed Mrs. Re mus as she leaped from the ma- { chine, and fired a bullet into her abdomen, - —— LAHTI FUNERAL ' Kuneral services for John Lahti, who was ¢frowned last week al Port Alexander, were held at 2 , 0'clock this afternoon from the C. W. Carter mortuary, the Rev.! Harry Aller officlating. - —— SHADURO ILL the St after- Paul Shaduro entered Ann’s hospital yesterday ynoon for medical treatment. sOld papers for sate at Tne Empire. AN ummmiullulllmunmmmuflm|mul||||miumm||||||m|.. - LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE;. OFFICIAL DEMPSEY-TUNNEY FIGHT PICTURES 7 [PROMINENT AGITATORS - AREWEDDED " = BERLIN, Ehrhardt, German leaders o 1 sentencéd to jail, Wll”o: himsell suecceeded in Four years ago the tac the legal heivees! pos of he late Prince Hohenlohs-Oehri t until the INVASION OF HOLLYWOOD ? can this. foreign beauty . capture U.S. movie fans 2 1 { ([ ssions turn her ther her fam l}!).lu“ obj ed to the prospective ma Prin who h the| Drougint up strict Catholie, | Zu | With prote +. | hardt, moreover I to be divor The mar ihle thro Princes, L oof Ie Oct, the 24 late and one the notorions “K Putsch,” was married to wealthy Princess Margarete Haheplohe-Ochringen at the ter's estate of Damm near I ack. Captain Ehrhardt was r cently divorced hy his first wife. | PO Both Dbride and bridegroom|! s en prominent | ! s which both | have also been arraigned in court.! Recently the German Govern-| L | ment decdreed that Ehrha | his two other confed {leaders, General von [ | and Major Bischofr, 1d responsible for {inflicted cn G that raid, wt a tolal of 6,500,000 marks, starter, the Government will a |tach 80 marks every month Capt. 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