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;4st 23th, 1925, at the postofliee at
Pukotna, Alaska, under the Act of
Mhrcb 3, 157S.
fakotna, ViAska, January 26, 1929.
Recent Outside
News Events
WAUSINGTON*.— Major General
Harles Summerall, chief of staff of
tHe army, has accepted the post of
rtaud marshal for the inauguration
rlt Herbert. Hoover, .
MKW YORK. Mrs* Mabel VYille
ajfandt. assistant United States attor
ney- general, in charge of prohibition,
said enforcement of the dry law is
net possible while there is lack of co
iIteration between Federal and State
Governments.
WASHINGTON—The British army
o<)lo team was invited by Secretary
iti War Davis to come to the United
States next year and play a series of
"*mes with the American army polo
tmm.
NEW YORK/t-**Rohert Ricker shot
and killed his brother William and
committed suicide by taking poison
is. a, climax to a ten-year quarrel
over the love, of a woman. The
woman weavied of arguing long ago
and married another man, hut the
brothers kept up the feud.
CQBH, Ireland.—The White Star
Liner Celtic, one time queen of the
ocean,, tonight lay stricken on a ledge
of rocks at an exposed point at the
entrance to Cork harbor. There was
a.-huge hole in hear bottom and a big
dent in her side, with twelve feet of
water in. some of her compartments.
LONG BEACH.—That the gamb
ling ship Monfalcone may have its
supply of patrons cut off at its source
vas forecast by Newland K. Reid,
city attorney, who announced the
dnafting today of a new ordinance
which would make it a misdemeanor
toi transport customers to a gambling
p.pee at sea.
SAN PEDRO.—Two Coast Guard
gutters were dispatched at noon today
tot the position at which a fishing
bdrge has teen anchored eleven miles
off shore, near Long Beach, from
which patrons were transferred to
the Monfalcone, floating casino, when
it was reported to Coast Guard head
quarters. that the barge had sunk last
night during.aheavy sea. Three men
ware reported to have been aboard.
SAN FRANCISCO.—A patient re
ceiving :*r«atment by Dr. Harold M.
Fi Btetetnoa, assistant in the Dniveiv
sity of .California Medical Schools reg
istered a temperature of 110 degrees,
the highest aver recorded by a human
being under* authentic medical /ibser
vation.
LANSING,' . vfieh.—Convicted ’fot
the fourth time-ojTselling liquor, Mrs/
Etta Mae Miller; mother of three
:h*ldren, was sentenced to prison for
lit remainder of fife under the ha
ilual -crimina Icode. The jury hand
ed dovvji :< decision of guilty despite
plea on behalf of the children and the
judge had nothing to do but consign
Mrs. Miller to jail for life. Selling
liquor is minor charge, and the sen
tence is likely to vork great hardship
on the family, since the father is also
in prison.
YONKERS, N. Y.—In a daylight
holdup in the heart of this city’s busi
ness section, seven or eight robbers,,
opened tire this morning on the collec
tion car of the First National Bank
and escaped with a S 100,000 ‘payroll,
after wounding one of the hank
guards.
WASHINGTON. — Representative
ELaek of New York introduced a bill
to legalize wine and beer. The mea
sured is fashioned In part after the
plan advocated by Governor Smith, in
his presidential-campaign.
LOS ANGELES’;—A wrecking gang
! of detectives, laden with sharpened
axes, rested on their weapons at San
Pedro today, prepared to give a
i smashing welcome to the gambling
| ship MenfalcoJte.
! WASHINGTON.-—Describing the
f inauguration of President Coolidgo as
nothing but a display of- uniforms,
machine guns aud all the accessories
of war, Representative Kvaie, Farmer
' Labor, of Minnesota, made an appeal
in the House today to President-Elect
j monies typify peace.
SAN FRANCISCO—Jackie Fields,
whose smashing victories over Young
Jack Thompson and Sammy Baker
have placed him as the outstanding
contender for Joe Dundee’s welter
weight title, will invade the East at.
I an early date
! WASHINGTON.—Henry .FoM said
here, today that he has abandoned his
experiments with a light airplane tha*
might be used as commonly as autos
I because he believed it impractical at
l this time. He predicted, however,
■ that the flivver plane would become a
reality as soon the public becomes
sufficiently air-minded to insure its
success.
WASHINGTON.—A bil providing
three years in prison for reference to
the religion of a candidate for Presi
dent, Vice President or Congress, if
the reference is intended to aid or in
jure the candidate, was introduced in
the House today by Representative
Black of "New York,
WASHINGTON.—Lack of disci
pline among members of the crew of
the steamship Vestris was held re
sponsible for the large loss of life in
the sinking in the report of Dickerson
N. Hoover, supervising inspector gen
eral of the Government’s steamship
inspection service.
VIENNA.—Seven large cases of
machine guns were taken from a ves-.
sel which police said was en route to
Hungary.
NEW YORK,-—Temporary execu
tors of Arnold Rothstein’s estate are
expected to report tie' gambler’s net
assets at $1:800 <$(►■:• void" gross at
“T,200,000.
LOS ANOELeS.—Tneo lore Rob-!
erts, 68-year-old stage alter screen
star, died after two weeks’ illntss.
CHICAGO.—The late James-Patton
known as the wheat king, left a for
tune of §150,000,000 .
CHICAGO.—Ganna Wusfca^-wife of
Harold McCormick, has been- confined
to her home with influenza- and was
forced to cancel her singing engage
ments.
—
NEW YORK.—Television is on the1
! eve of being introduced to the Amer-!
'lean public in a practical way, is the
'statement made to International News
Service by James W. Garsi-.tr>, presi
dent of the DeForest Radio Company
and president of the newly-formed
Jenkins Television Corporation. Great
strides will be made in the use of tele
vision within the next ninety days,'
Garside predicted.
LONDON.—“If people would only
stop talking; of armaments there
might be some chance gof gettin
peace,” Lady Astor declared at an
overseas league luncheon. She de
nied Great Britain and the United
States must act together for peace.
LUCANO.—foreign Ministers Bri
and, Chamberlain and Streesemann
he.d another meeting and are under
stood to have practically completed
plans for an erperts’ conference to fir
..he total of German reparations, upon
which the evacuation of Rhineland
depends,
WASHINGTON,-The Harris bill
to apply to the quota, ..provisions of
the immigration law to. Mexico was
approved unanimously today by the
Senate committee op immigration.
Last year Mexican immigrants num
bered 57,000, and the year previous
to that 66,000, buC under the Harris
bill Mexican immigration would be
restricted to 1.500.
WASHINTON—The Department of
Justice intends to launch a suit to re
cover profits made by the, Sinclair Oil
Company by the operation .of invalid
Salt Creek oil leases.
W ASHINGTON.—Thf-. Pm-Ameri
can conference on conciliation, and ar-.
bit ration, acting through Secretary of
State Kellogg, chairman of the con
ference, formally proffered its good
offices to Bolivia and Paraguay in an
effort, to conciliate. . the controversy*
arising over the clash over- boundary.
Bolivia had no representative, at the
parley, and while Paraguay’s delegate
was present he did not cast a .vote.
No word was received, to indicate
that either. Paraguay or Bolivia had
changed their attitudes, but impres
"sion among conferees .is that sufficient
moral pressure will be brought to
bear to avert war. Hope is seen in
the fact that there has been; no fur
ther armed clash between opposite
forces. .
NEW YORK,—Albert Payson Ter
hune, author and dog lover, was
struck by an. automobile near his es
tate at Pompton Lake, N. J., and
badly shaken up. He is recovering.
WILKESBAREa.—Stephen RePm
and his ydfe, both in the early 20s,
were arrested after Ream confessed
the theft of $100,000 worth of jewels
of Madame Marie K;i.ppold,. former
opera singer.
What has become oi the old-faSh
ioned barbeY who said he was “a pro
fessor of the tonsorial art”?—Atchi
son Globe. He is now practicing as a
beautician.—Arkansas Gazette. '
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