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PAGE MAN CONFESSES TRUNK MURDER Fred Janssen Admits Act After Long Grilling FEARED FOR OWN LIFE Beat Wife With Hammer and Choked Her, Tells Police DENY Colo, March 18,— Fred Janssen," trunk murderer,” today confessed that he himself Killed his wife, Bella Janssen, by beating her over the head with a hammer and then chok ing her, Tanssen declared his first that he had hired a Mexican $140 to do the Killing was ana assumed all blame for crime, The admission ours of grilling by Denver a ities, who returned Jans: Pueblo todiy and were Their questioning for furthe goncerning the revolting crt “I had to do it or she would have killed me,” was Janssen's only de fense. Hoe said his wifo threatened to Kill him two years ago and that the had been constant!x fe t This life since then Officers wer the fugitive with Wis person. Janssen worked as 4 fanitor in Denver and was not Known to have saved any material sum of money. He sald he had taken a 800 when he left TAKE SUSPECTS Brothers Involved in Rob- bery of Western Union came after t mystified to find nearly $1,500 0: Denver false Returning to Seattle, after a sev: | | eral weeks’ stay in Los Angeles, De- | tectives C. J. Wacchter and Tom ) Hayden brought back with John and Harry Thompson, alleged Western Union bandits. Tho _ Thompron brothers were arrested in ‘Los Angeles last month and are a Gused of being two of the four men Who last October held up a cashie and paymaster of the Western Union ‘Telegraph company in thetr own of ices and made thetr escape with sev ¢ral thousand dollars. Both men are held on open charges. The officers Will confer with the prosecuting forney on Tuesday relative to the Gharges to be filed against the men them two What’s in the Air TUESDAY, MARCH 18 KRDZE—12:30 to 1:30 p. m. TRFIC—3:20 to 4:30; 7; 8:30; 9:15 Dp. m. © KFHR—4:30 to 5:30; 6:30 to §:20 | p.m. ] “BIR—5:20 to 6:15 p. m -KGY—8:20'p. m HO IS THE Look Im The Star Tomorrow, Ser i You Agree banishes Eezema, all sores, and other Absolutely heals bleeding and protrud- Your money back if For immediate relief Fish Often ‘There is hardly a meal can be improved by the addition of some kind of fish. Seattle people oat many excellent | les from which to - choose. Your dealer can tell you | about the different kinds _—how they are best pre- a and served. Prob- ly there are many va- ies you have never 4 tried, but that ould prove delicious. e ita household rule have fish more fre- quently, and then ac- int yourself with the ferent varieties. Ask your dealer for a folder, “Add More Fi Food jo Your Diet,” giv- ing a number of helpful | | | | } THE / Mrs. id by been the sweetheart Jimm connection with the $ ciation robbery, was held for of @ $500 looted watch, which as @ present, | tion on habeas of recent corpus. - 200,000 Pro She denied implication SELECTED Dr. MeoLaughlin Oath of Office Today Mc sumed dutle Loughlin, health, day and a Hiram now ! Tue i replacing | Dr folan { He filed hi was en ink n formerly bon MecLoug! was phy ukeo railroad. | of $7,500 and ity Clerk E. M my regular office #0 I mi n well got busy |the job," Dr, MeLoughlin said. | Dr. McLoughlin was appointe | Mayor Brown anda lelty coun nda. Dr, Hiram M the position a full term and one year Dr, MeLou will confor with Mayor Brown when the latter returns | from hin y when the jwill mugee «in reo tlon of t . nald he ha hopes to put them into effect | Loughlin council from a « of 10 phyale of fi the ma Ho has resided tn § He our ht on approved b He . who has i su0e mayor | anizn ayor | and was nelected by contain name ns, 6 Washing born In N 1 two years was ath and ser st ruard et tors t 1 pr the Muni olf and an Medic 1902 to 1904 H hts of the ate practice. Ameri geons sola. START INQUEST : OF DEATH Shooting of Mrs. Clarke Is Probed by Jury tening for two hours tc ating that Mra, Vir , whot herself by ace he of FE Atte teatimor ginia Clark ms ‘Thureda: r ned at noon Tucs a 0 lice to have sought in t Loa investigation thru pos: she said had been given her and expected libera- Los Angeles p vy Blanton, : CR Clarke's hus who followed nd, Both men ex fence of extreme grief| testifying to the m tn! of Mew Casper Clarke, ner University Students Stage Elopement Here |Parents Forgive After Katherine Holzheimer Marry Danie} Cupid has encountered dn. other clever maneuver at the Uni- versity of Washington, according to} news confimed Tuesday, and before his work was over, two students Were married, and parents here, in| Alaska and California, were indig.| nantly surprised The two are Holzheimer, 18, Thornton Waldo, The bride is a daughter of Federal Judge and Mrs. William Holzhelmer, of Alaska, and the groom is the son of Judge and Mrs. George E. Waldo, of Pasadena, Cal, Mrs. Holzheimer, tho indignant t the surprise attack of the little ove god, has forgiven both princl- pals, “I only opposed the marriage of my daughter, Mary Katherine and Cornelius Immediate she sald. | felicttations [the groom's parents which the young woman was found , and the position of her body and the plato! Deputy Sherif Willlam Seara and William J, Jones, deputy cor testified regarding the tullet and the pistol Georgie Shaw, a nurse employed by the \ yy | Clarkes, and Elizabeth Phearson, of | C.'T. Waldo and Mat y The Highlands, also were witnesses. Among the other witnesses who were to testify Tuesday afternoon wore James D, Hoge, multl-mililon- Jaire; W. E. Boeing, of the Boolng| | Airplane Co.; Thomas Stimson, J, H. | tallinger, A. B. Stewart and Luke! criminologist. Many of Dr oner, wound I preferred to have the take place next summer.” Judge Holzheimer and the parents young Waldo have urged daughter-inlaw to make hor ‘ns wealthiest and most #o- with them prominent people appeared ut) Tho marriage was performed tant | the inquest room to listen to the| Friday, by Rev. John D.. McLaugh- | textimony, lin, of Mark's churen, Five | young couples of the university at-| tended. Miss Dorothy acted as maid of honor; Mis Lor-/| raine Campbell, bridesmaid; C. B.| Netly, J. Ralph Neely and Emery | Ringstad attended the groom. The two left immediately the ceremony on a honeymoon trip | in duty of caring for thelr planes, | to the San Juan islands and Van-| ino eignt members of the world? couver. Later they will go to Call-| crcing party were fated lavishly fornia, to make their home with |, cerictals and leaders of the social | Ufo of Sacramento, ceremony has wired his ot Bosworth | HERE’S MORE ABOUT AIRMEN STARTS ON_PAGE 1 after BERGDOLL MAY COME HOME | Wartime Runaway Anxious | evader, | | | | | jot Seattle, ja chain completely. | a |dent in disposition, to See America Again BERLIN, March veland Bergdoll, American draft is “open to anything rea sonable” in the way of an offer to return to the United tes, he told the United Press today. Following extensive reports that Bergdoll is anxious to return to America, the United Press cabled 18.—Grover € jthe draft evader in Eberbach, who! replied: | “I have not received any definite offer to return to America, and con-| sequently have not agreed to any such proposition. However, I am| open to anything reasonable in that | line.” Loses Arm Caught iu Chain Hoist! | An accident during mcseilgsaeeh of the new Everett Theater build- ing Monday was responsible for the | joss of an arm b; orge Wallace, steel construction fore- Wallace's arm was caught in| | block hoist and a man. HERE’S MORE ABOUT McLOUGHLIN STARTS ON PAGE 1 practice. For several years he had) |wide experience as surgeon for the {the Shiny Northern Pacific railway The new health chief is a of the out-of-doors, quiet and c radiating health and vigor. He is an a golfer and a member of the Inglewood Golg and Country club, He is a member of the Elks, K C. the Municipal league. His sional affiliations include the ican College of Surgeons and Amefican Medical association. Dr. MeLéughlin has no children, 1 at 320 Summit ave, and has offices in the Cobb building. | He expects to devote the most his time to his new job, lover profes. | Amer- | the! jed unanimously. | morni and |" | bailed of | | AlLof the fiyers had, at one ‘ts or another, visited Mather field, a famous war-time training field,| WO J LD PERMIT : | Lleutenant Lowell Smith first took | |to the alr from Mather field. Lieut.| CITY PHONES | Arnold, alternate pilot, and a pho-| |tographer, are riding with |the Dougias crulgers in a De Hay. |iand plane, smaller and a trifio| Council Approves Measure | raster ‘They trail the trianglo| for Municipal System [ Sean of three, but do not “Tho first day gives us a guaran-| tee that, luck with us, we will mill permit the cities of the state! drcte the world,” said Major Mar-| to purchase, condemn and operate lin That's , all we ask—a littte| their own telephone systems ‘was | tuck.” ” 1 approved by the city council Monday's meeting. Tho samo t already has been approved by the | Sects Spokane city commissioners and |" ‘We'll make it, all right,” was Tacoma’s city council is expected to/thg taconic declaration of Lieut. take similar action soon. | Lowell Smith, pflot of Plane No. 2 Tho resolution was submitted by| “+1;‘8 an even-money proposttion Chairman Phil Tindall of the coun-| nent now, before we've fairly atart, cil utilities committee. It was pass-| oq" said Lieut. Leigh Wade, pilot jof Plane No. 3. Tho resolution states that since! right, cloudless skies and only a the public service commission law |jgnt northwesterly wind made deprives cities the right to compel | weather conditions favorable for the teleph companies to submit to| fight, regulation by franchises, the cities| wh wit must have authority to operate their | weather,” own telephone system as a sate-| startin, guard against unfalr rates. however, “Only a hurricane will delay us,” | The flyers rested until well after | daylight and probably will not hop. joff until the middle of the morning. Cafe Owner’s Wi Wife Declares Stranger Shot Japanese That man, | A telephone Initiative bit that | 4t| The other members of the party “| are equally optimistic about the pros- lenve regardless of was the word from Major commander of the flight, HERE'S MORE ABOUT KOENIG _ |! STARTS ON PAGE1 {| quarters officer at Kelly field, San-| Antonio, for a few months, when| he was transferred to Washington | and made a record In his service there. At the end of the war he| |was again assigned Kelly field 9 | headquarters, remained juntil given charge the Sand | Point airdrome last October. Since T. Ono, in alleged Jap gun- was early Monday by nge Japanese in oken cafe, 615% Jackson , itwas learned by detectives in the murder Tue Mrs. T. Tanaka, wife of th owner, told Ca) Charlies Tennant a! whailrthe iirtiaier caine “he | the beginning of his service he has : . . 'lhad much to do with building the! quarreled with him and shot him, | NOt 2m eo ice program out & a. m. che fheral ahs Ono had b night for car: him out, the cnfe, th went home abou Ono and Mra. Ono w shine, stra and sat vestigatin ga “ of where | caf n arrested about mid-| ag & gun aka |ing a meal, and both went to |reling oman sald. ‘Tanaka| High words passed between them, 0 a. m., leaving | The watchman heard the a alone he passed tho alley, he drinking freely of moon. Suddenly the stranger | Japanese who was a y a gun and Mrs. Tanaka ran | Mra. Tanaka came in|from the cafe to her home in the down at Ono's table, order- Atlas hotel, Goth men started quar. A r to JATTL |to rem! | Chester ofl | house said, BE STAR LOAN STORY v MoKin itnen TON, Prive of Cles # on the 1s. the SHIN March land, and te inqulr oll committee tigating the of ecretary of the Interior I 1th, Fall him to say he the $100,000 loan, which I heny later said he & “L destroyed tho letter,” ney sald, “As T recollect that the money on a trip I made more than @ year ago Did you discuss Fall's Intention of leasing Teapot Dome ing that trip?’ Walsh asked "No air." “You have large holdings in Mex id durin as In former ud tho senate oll the time the ¥ den w wrote was the ho # was loaned A with at him oll and min eral ores.” “IT didn't say had loaned t say I wouldn't But you did not » it?” Walsh ssked. ‘o wir” McKinney was then excused LETTER OKEHS DAUGHERTY Attorney General Makes Re- ply to Fight Film Charges Just in silver 1 would any 1 and I didn't y added 1 loaned that WASHI Gen made his reply March state, to charges agai him {n connection with the show’ of fight filma by making pubilo a from John P, Harris, Pit man, regardin in sald Daugh o Dempsey-Firpo his letter, Harris sald he desired 4 Daugherty of thelr conver mn about the matter, which Har ris quoted as follows: “In reply to my question as to w the attor general's depart a tures may transpd iit exhibition. * T anked ¢ federal law pro- prosec transports them ishmer is the gl vereation, and It, of c¢ n act of in honor bound now te memory about this rview and to add that you may make whatever use of this statement you may deem wise and helpful or which may clar ify the Mic rears on.”* SAYS BRITISH COT OIL! Testimony “of Subsidiary Shows Use of Supplies WASHINGTON, March 1§.—Henry Woodhouse, New York, was called to the stand by senate oll probers today. He is onesixth owner of the concession in Turkey, and, ho testified, was one of the or gantzers of the group which orig. nally went after it refresh your Walsh asked him to tell what he | knew about a British subsidiary of the Doheny corporation “The British was founded in July, “Its directors a | shippers in Great Britain. “A contract was entered into with the Doheny group whereby tho Brit ish company was to havo first call on the output of the Doheny group Jin Mexico and the United Woodhoure said. ‘British ships which needed would be filled on this aide and it would be charged to American con sumption, altho it went to operate ships owned by the British govern ment and private British lines.’ Woodhouse's testimony was Doheny subsidiary 1919," Wood big de | signed to show that Doheny was to give ofl he obtained a the United States serve to British consut ‘This makes the royalty from ernment re-| orn. Doheny com- | pany a pumping station for the Brit-| ish government," tho witness said, adding that the Contracts aro for 20 years, with provision for renewal, “Well, we would like you to give }us the contracts so we could draw our own conclusions," Walsh said. “TI know it was money furnished by the British government at the time the contract was signed that put Doheny back on his feet,"" Wood house said. NAVY MEN WILL WATCH OIL WASHINGTON, March 18.—A naval board of five officers today was detailed to formulate plans for ad. ministering the naval oil reserves, if they are returned to the government a result of cancellation suits just started. trictest conservation navy's oll” is to be the basi new program, acting Secretar: Navy Roosevelt announced in makin Public the names of the officers de-| | talled to draw up the plans | of of the |Present Lectures of Home Savings | Cari Croson will deliver the final! two lectures on the home financing budget course of the Puget Sound ings and Loan association next| hursday and Tue: The Thurs day lecture ts “Cultural Li a. m.; the Tuesday numbe bp. m., is on “Savings, Investments. ay Insurance and him asking} - lin funtice, I feel |). 5 States,”’ oll | the} of the! " at 10) Rights i at 1:30 sociation wos controlled by Doheny, | SUBPOENAED! to Take|Witness Says He Was/Cabinet Men Are Called by | Asked to Say He Made Loan Daugherty Probers Ww VASHINGTON, M rh ih Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Secretary of War Weeks were Included in m new bateh of nas issued today by the committees investigating Attorney General I Mejlon will be given an o to reply to charges made before gent the Gaston I for mer department of juatic Means testified that he made an “under cover investigation” of Mel Jon's alleged connection with lquor dealin in New York city. Ve caught Mellon,” Means said. eekn In expected to tentify in con |nection with the alreraft in which Means testified under oath he | recelved $100,000 in $1,000 bills which he turned over to Jens mith. Others subpoenaed today are Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. Je v HM, Crim, special aantst ant attorney general Arthur Sixemith, private secretary { Mellon avid Hi I rnal revenue Elmer Dover wecretary of the treasury. Alfred FR. Urion and Henry Irion, Washington attorneys. Abner R. John Jr, asnistant ney general H, Votaw, superintendent of 1s under head of parole board department of fustice, whore of the late Presi case commissioner former aasistan f Finch, pardon clerk, de of justice. hief file clerk, special as- ral and trustes,| pending dissolution of the association, Alan J. service, Ernest Packers’ Pickering, army alr C. Steward, Washington. GRAND JURY 10 PROBE OIL Seek 3 Indictments Thru Conspiracy Charges BY WILLIAM J, LOSH United Press Staff Correspondent TON, March 18. A nd jury will be empanel in two we evidence of crimir the ofl scandal, was Indictments are to be sough three persons as the prir nd several others maybe “wed accomplices. action is to begin shor after the return from the | West of Atlee Pomerene and Owen red Roberts, special prealdential |counsel, who have now put under way civil suits for cancellation of the Teapot Dome and California naval reserve leases to Harry I. lair E. L. Doheny. | Charges of consplracy to defr: the government and of bribery, # forth in the petitions for cancel: jation, will form the foundation of the government's criminal proceed- ings. | Pushing of the criminal charges need not sulte of the civil suits, tt was pointed out here today, as the ques. tions involved In the criminal cascs will not be affected by the court's decision as to the validity or i! legality of the leases themselves. Eminent counsel today said even if the lenses were technically within the law, crim!- nal prosecutions could proceed if {t could be shown that a conspiracy was entered Into to violate laws in order to get the leases or if bribery was resorted to. 4 nif Ka to 1 conspiracy a today y held} HERE'S MORE ABOUT OIL PROBE STARTS ON PAGE 1 get the receipts with Smith’s namo jon them. He said he did not tak them because Smith was not a go ernment official ‘The Spaeth, or Smith, account, which mayhave been handled jointly by Smith and Daugherty, was a very |large account and I did not take all {its dealings,” Bond said. “It was a much larger account than Daugh- |erty’s personal account.’ | L. Edwards & Co. On n deal in Mexi- jcan Petroleum he made $581. Siemp later purchased 1,000 shares of Mexi. |can Seaboard and sold {t at a profit lof about $1, 434, Bond testified. Sin. clair owns 25 per cent of the Mexi- can Seaboard company, Bond said. | Elkins’ ofl interests were hes Bond testified. From March | 1922, until November, 1923, bought and sold extensively. Thru a New York brokerage house the West Virginia senator on March | 18, 1922, bought 8,000 shares of Sin {clair Consolidated stock at a cost of | $302, He sold 7,700 shares dur. ing April 1, 1923, Rouse purchased on December 6. 1922, Jeum 1 he 100 shares of Mexican petro: om. Goodykuntz, former representative from West Virginia, in January, 1921, | had 800 shares of Sinclair Consoli dated. In March, 1922, Thomas Jof. ferson Ryan, former New York con- gressman, made a profit of $8,864 tn Mexican Petroleum. He also dealt in Mexican Seaboard to the extent of 800 8 Bond testified. Former Representative Himes, Ohio, purchased tn December, 1 1,500 shares of Pan-American ‘‘B; | he sold 2,500 shares, “Did you find any account of Will j Hays? ot ‘it on his Sin. - Bond said, and on his Pan-American Petroleum deal prof. ited only a few hundred dollars. The books of the National Associa- jtion for Protection of American Mexico showed that the ai Sinclair and the Standard Oil ahd its funds were contributed thru the Pe ot} necessarily await the re-| that | Slemp had an account with John} DIAMOND GIFT JAILS HOR |HEALTH OFFICER FALL LOSES IN MELLON, WEEKS John Give ESDAY, MARCH Proof of uperior Mentality Rated 97 Per Cent in 3ettered That o LUCHAK J starting 6 BY G Here ohn f live at 4143 pubseri: John can remember, ago they taking ng to another pa 4 Of cours quit in the ton } ine! the ehold, read were and Johr But thing ued had | wanted Becau Grandma pap Tho » room John And nerien Owr the ot t its The 8 > he ntal teste opp under t Third Degree 6 Mked the lHving appeal to rb lamp He why? of m m! Star 6 captl I ‘The Star fur but 6 he simpl that of quicken After any comics, y mu it beca a declared she because she better. Dad ¢ . couldn't get along with. tly quaft of “Hom nigh’ when Dave, The ured far ¢ “made nf with the thre ée-| th own record for rates 100 per cent PROBE DEATH! Gunshot Fatal; Suicide or Accident Undetermined The police and | were undecided as to whether not Frank J. Streby, 45, apartment house landlord at 700 Bell at he coroner Tuesday or was met death was found head with 22 caliber On a table rod and sev. that might have shot himself ac- dentally, t the police say Intelligence Test n Common Sense John Stratton passed with a@ percentage of 97 in intelli- gence tests—97 per cent real boy. Then he bettered his mark in upholding The Star in his family reading circle, | John won, of course. —Photo by Price & Ci Star Btafl Photographers WANT EMBLEM ON PLANE Aircraft Christened for Se- attle to Be Honored Presentation of a suitable em- blem to be placed on the round-the- world airship that Is to be chris- toned the “Seattle,” will be urged by Capt. F. M. Fretwell at the meeting of the military affairs cnm- Commerce, Wednesday. suggested that a plate, worthy o the city and the flight, be given and attached to the plane, bearing the name “Seattle,” the date of de-| parture for the trip, and a place for] the date of its return to the United} States, “When this plane makes the trip| —and we have faith that {t will,” Capt. Fretwell said Tuesday, “It will in all probability be preserred in some national museum, where it should bear some visible tribute |fromt the city in whose honor it | was named. Not only this, how- It will be ever, for it should also carry the) name of Seattle with {t to all the) places {t will vist In making the trip.” It is expected that the committee will indorse the suggestion | formulate plans for putting it Into peenesites execution. | | troleum Products asfociation, Bond/| id. The chief Interest of the associa- jtion was to contribute to “educa. | tional” campaigns for protection of |American properties in Mexico, | Bond added. | RECORD OF SLEMP'S | accou NT 18 SHOW) The record of Slemp's account shows: Bought, February 1922, 100 shares Mexican Petroleum, $8,500 | | ater transferred to P. W. Slemp, | | unidentified), | Bought, altogether, up to May 23, | 1923, $43,640 worth. Profit, $1,434.50. | .| Everything transferred on that date |to P. W. Slemp. | The stock books of the J. P, Ben- kard company, introduced as evi- dence, shows that between March 16, and April 9, 1923 ins bought a total of 8,700 shares Sinclair Consolidated as at cost $202,355. They were sold for 277,924.50, a loss of $29,230.50. Thru Harriman & Co., | sal | Elkins ‘| bought 1,000 shares of Sinclair stock | and sold 2,000 at a joss of $5,115, Between October 13, 1922, and De- cember, 1922, Elkins bought 1,000 {shares of Pan-American Petroleum and sold 1,095 shares. His profit was $5,395.62. This transaction | | Was made thru Harriman & Co, 1 | || INCOME TAXES PAID TOTAL ONE MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS! rpacoma, March — 18—More than one and one-hal¢ mil- lion dollars in checks and cash have been collected at the Seat. tle bureau of internal revenue offices in income tax payments, according to Burns Pos, collector of internal revenue here, Tues- day. Exact figures on the dis trict receipts will not be avail- able for several days. This total will run aboye that Poe predicteu, | mittee of the Seattle Chamber of| and) Senator | ARREST 2 AS _ PROWLERS | Couple Taken When Raid | Uncovers Home Loot Several trunkfuls of loot, sald to include valuable wearing apparel, expensive linens, new shoes and other merchandise, were found in a use at 2247 Eastlake ave. Tues- ¥, when Deputy Sheriffs William Sears and Ed Hughes raided the place. Mary J. Tyree and Leonard Tyree, | occupants of the dwelling, were ar- | Tested and are being held on a grand larceny charge, which was filed against them Tuesday by Deputy Prosecutor’ Roland Bartling. A search warrant was obtained by the deputies when \Bulalie J. Mon- | mer, whose house at 2307 Eastlake ave. N., was prowled a few nights Ago, appeared at the prosecutor's of+ | fice and swore out a complaint. | Deputy Prosecutor Bartling sald | that he has evidence implicating the two In a number of store and house prowls of recent date. STATE WITNESS 1S PRISONER Prosecution Surprised Gambling Trial in | Consternation reigned tn the rank | of the state's attorneys Tuesday in jthe trial of Jack Sears and Claude Enos, indicted by the grand Jury for gambling, when Carroll U. Wells, one of the principal state wit- nesses, admitted he was serving a |Sentence at the county stockade and that he had a prison record. Attorney Walter Fulton attempted |to introduce as exhibits two checks | drawn by Wells in September, 19! Jon the Snohomish bank, marked “no account." Judge J. T. Ralston, who is hearing the case, ruled the exhibits out as immaterial. Wells was the first witness for the state put on the stand Tuesday by Deputy Prosecutor E. D. Colvin, who, with Deputy Robert Macfar- }lane, 1s conducting the prosecution, He testified that he went into the Zero buffet, owned by the two de- | fendants, and played cards on three, different occasions, losing, he sald, $100. Attorneys Walter Fulton | and Adam Beeler submitted Wells to a grilling cross-examination, during the | course of which his court record was | revealed. | ‘The state will close its case Tues: | day. ‘Would Trap Boats | of Booze Carriers | The use of nets across Deception and other small. passes in northern waters, combined with fast motor |oats, have been asked of Millard | Hartson, customs collector, by sher- jiffs of San Juan, Skagit and What- com counties. Sheriffs Al Callahan, of Whatcom, Tip Conn, of Skagit, {and Pp, N. Girard, of San Juan | county, told Hartson that 15 or 20 illicit Nquor running craft are using j the passes and that slow revenue cut- ters were useless to check them, which were

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