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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 152.
SEWARD, ALASKA.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
*
H WHO VOTED DRY
FACES niCTMENT
DENIES OWNERSHIP OF TRUNK
FULL OF CHOICE BOOZE:
EDW. E. DENISON
WASHNGTON, Nov., 20, (JP)-r
The indictment of a member of
the house and one who voted for
the Eighteenth amendment, the
Volstead act and the Jones law,
charging him with possession of
intoxicating liquor, heightened the
itensified current furore over
prohibiton enforcement condi
tions in the Naton’s catuital.
The accused legislator, Edwara
E. Denison of Illinois, denied the
charges and from his home in
lvlarion asserted hte cadis'- was
based upon the delivery by mis
take of a trunk containing in
toxicants to his office here last
January.
The indictment was returned
by the grand jury which heard
Senator Brookhart describe the
celebrated “Wall Street booze
party” for members of the sen
ate which followed the report of
prohibition agenis tnat th£y nau
found a trunk containing whisk
ey in Denison’s office after the
Representative returned from a
Christmas visit.
Shipping tags bore the name
of John Layne, secretary to Den
ison, who also denied any con
nection with the case.
SENI1 IT COLLEGE
URBAN A. Nov., 20, (£>>—'The liq
uor raid upon the Gama Eta Gam
ma law fraternity is sencled as far
as the law is concerned but W. J.
Sherman, senior in the law school,
who was arrested in the raid,
pleaded guilty in the county court
to the charge of possession and was
fined $500 and costs which * was
k paid by the student’s father.
The father acknowledged owning
the 12 gallons of assorted liquors
seized. Other students face dici
plining by the University.
STUNTS EXPEU.ED
FROM UNIVERSITY
URBANA, Nov., 20, UP)—Twenty- ;
one University of Illinois students
were expelled by the University
council and the Gamma Eta Gam
ma legal fraternity which was in- j
volved in the campus liquor scan- <
clay, was ordered to show cause why
.it should not be disbanded.
Eight members of the fraternity
are among those ordered expelled
which is said to be the most dras
tic disciplinary action ever taken
here.
Among the charges were drink
ing, possession, sale of liquor and
violation of the University no car
rule.
MINISTER TO CHINA
WASHINGTON, Nov., 20, (/P)—
The White House announced the
appointment of Nelson Johnson as
minister to China to succeed John
MacMurray, recently resigned.
Fill IRK OF
RESPECT TO DERG
SECRETARY
ALL FLAGS HALF-MAST IN HON
OR SECRETARY: MEETINGS
ADJOURNED
WASHINGTON, Nov., 20, (/P)—In
the East room of the White House
where the nation has honored
many of its distinguished sons,
President Hoover and.other offi
cials ,TTi11 ~ T* • £i>-,-1 »
spect to Secretary of War Good to
day.
The body will be accompanied to
Cedar Ranids. Iowa, for burial by
Mrs. Good and her two sons, Act
ing Secretary Hurley, General Sum
merall, Chief of the Army Staff,
Senator and House delegations and
Charles Francs Adams, Secretary of
the Navy as the representative of
bte President.
Secretary Stimson issued a pro
clamation, at th^ direction of Pres
ident Hoover, closing all executive
departments in the city untl 1
o’clock today and ordering all flags
on public buildings thruout the
country to be displayed at half
mast until Friday.
The regular Tuesday conference
between the President and press
correspondents, also a Cabinet
meeting, was adjourned.
RECEIVERSHIP IS GENERALLY
MISUNDERSTOOD. SAYS
FIRM’S COUNSEL
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov., 20, (/P)—
Liquidation of the assets of three
of the Foshay holding compa
nies is proceeding in an order
ly manner, one of the purposes
of the fridely receivership ac
tion involving the companies,
J. E. Brill, one of the counsels
for Foshay stated.
Brill asserted the action for
receivership was generally mis
understood and it did not in
volve a bankruptcy petition as
siatea the first reports and car
ried by the Associated Press.
He said its petition for re
ceivership was brought in a
friendly manner to the federal
court by officers of the com
pany with the company’s con
sent. He said that if liquidation
of the assets are carried out
that there was no apparent
reason why the creditors should
not be paid as the corporation
has returned stock to holders
in a sound condition.
KIPLING ILL
LONDON, Nov., 20, (TP)—Rudyard
Kipling, who has sung the praises
and faults of the British Empire
for almost half a century, must go
abroad for his health; this was or
dered by his physician. Kipling will
be 64 years old next month.
STRUCK A SNAG
| WASHINGTON, Nov., 20, UP)—
i Preliminary negotiations for the
' London naval conference have
jstruck a snag in Japan’s insistence
upon obtaining 70 percent of Amer
ica’s strength in 10,000-ton cruis
ers. Great Britain and America
have protested against this de
mand.
BOY HAD BEEN DEAD HOURS
BEFORE FATHER PAID RAN
SOM OF $4,000
_
HONOLULU, Nov., 20, (/P)—Myles
[Yutaka Fukunga, 19-year-old Jap- i
janese, was hanged for the murder j
: of Gill Jamison, 10-year-old boy |
' whom he kidnapped for ransom
and killed by beating and strangu- !
Elation on September 18 of last year.
. Fukunga’s victim was the son of j
| Frederick W. Jamison of the Hono
lulu Trust Co., official.
The Japanese called at the boy’s
school and induced Gill to accom
pany him upon the false assertion
| the lad’s mother was ill. The same
day he demanded $10,000 from:
Jamison and* when handed $4,000
by the father he promised to return
the boy unharmed.
When the boy’s body was found
two days later physicians said Gill
had been dead hours before the]
father had paid the ransom.
“THIS WILL BE HARD ON SOME BUSINESS
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MOB OF TEXANS
LYNCH BANDIT
OFFICER WOUNDED
“SANTA CLAUS BANDIT” LEFT
DANGLING IN THE AIR UNTIL
DEAD; SECOND ATTEMPT
EASTLAND, Tex., Nov., 20, UP)—
Furious over the attempted jail
break yesterday when he danger
ously wounded Peace Officer Tom
Jones, a mob of 200 men lynched
Marchall Ratliff “Santa Claus
Bandit” of the Cisro bank robbery.
Nearly 1,000 saw the lynching.
The first attempt to hang the ban
dit, who was in jail pending a san
ity hearing, failed as the rope
broke; another was procured and a
score pulled on it.
Someone yelled “Maybe he wants
to talk?” The hangman eased the
pressure and Ratliff was lowered to
the ground for the second time.
“Do you want to talk?”'he was ask
ed “Yes” gasped Ratliff and mum
bled unintelligibly.
“Hell, he doesn’t want to talk,
string him up and make a good
job”. Someone shouted again and
the hangmen bent their weight to
the rope and Ratliff was left dang
ling in the air until dead.
IEB1ES OF mm
LOSSES OF CUSTOMERS ESTI
MATED AT $6,009,000; MANY
COMMIT SUICIDE
LONDON, Nov., 20, (JP)— J. Horst -
mann & Co., bankers of Bishop
gate, suspended payments as a re
sult of a series of fraudulent trans
actions by correspondents and
trustees on the continent. The com
pany had an authorized capital of
$5,000,000.
In America there was a series of
tragedies, some of which resulted
from the stock market collapse.
Frank Palfray, 61-year-old Boston
stock salesman, committed suicide
by shooting himself thru the head.
L. J. Fava, insurance broker, who is
believed to have lost his own and
some of his clients money in the
stock market, ended his life by
jumping off a bridge in Philadel
phia.
Losses of customers of the Bank
ers Capital Corp., were estimated at
$6,000,000. 2
IN MI: FEET
SPOKANE, Nov., 20, (TP)—Half
conscious, nearly starved and his
feet frozen, Phillip Carlson, who
left the hospital 11 days ago while
ielirious was found in a straw
stack. His emaciated appearance
suggested he had not eaten since
le left the hospital to where he was
'eturned in his dangerous condi
;ion suffering from extreme shocK,
exposure and typhoid from which
le was suffering. ‘He probably has
■un his course”, a doctor said.