CANADA TO RENEW DEBATE
• ON U. S. LIQUOR QUESTION
OTTAWA.—The request of the
United States that the Canadian gov
ernment deny- custom sclearance tu
vessels carrying consignments of
liquor to the United States today was
in a position to reach the floors of
Parliament.
The Bequest, which the Canadian
government has not seen fit to grant,
v»s included in correspondence and'
the report of Canadian and United
Slates officials on the antismuggling
conference, last January. The docu
ments were tabled in both houses yes
terday.
Parliament lcades ssaid that the
•natter.- might reach open discussion
when estimates of the Department
of National Revenue were before the
House. A. demand for a statement of
the government’s policy in the matter
would be in order.
The position of the United States
as stated in the. correspondence and
reports is that refusal of clearance is
the only effective means of cutting
down, the flow of liquor from Canada.
to the United States.
The strong probability that Parlia
ment would have an opportunity to
discuss the question was seen in nu
merous petitions which have been
filed, urgin gthat clearance he denied
to ships departing for the United
States laden with liquor.
Permission for United Stales- offi
cials in Canada to transmit informa
tion regarding liquor shipments from
Canadian, pprts was. t. hecounter offer
of Canadian officers.. This could be
done under, the existing antismug
gling treaty, while the denial of
clearance for liquor shipments would
require revision, of the treaty.
The correspondence, which was
made public here and in Washington,
indicated an increase in smuggling of
liquor across toe border.
During the two years which' ended
June 30, last. United States prohibi
tion and customs officers confiscated
634 boats and 964 automobiles- used
Cor the carrying of liquor from the
boats. They captured 46,594 cases
of beer, 6,664 barrels of beer and
16,560 cases of whiskey.
CAPONE SPENDS NIGHT BE
HIND BARS FOR FIRST TIME.
CHICAGO—When Philadelphia po
lice got A1 Capone, last night for “gun
toting,” locked hi min jail over night,
and “mugged” him- for: the rogues’1
gallery, they did something which in
Capone’s heme town of. Chicago would
be a rare thing, indeed.
Despite the fact that hardly a gang
slaying-occurs here without Capone’s
name being mentioned, Capone: has
yet. to- look out from behind Chicago
cell bars over night. Detective head
quarters here said today that in the
years Capone:1 has been a. leading
gangland figure1 in Chicago, he never
has been booked for a crime or photo
graphed or finger-printed .
Simultaneous with news of Ca
pone’s arrest in Philadelphia, where
detectives took him in custody %s he
v>us lt,v.ing a theater, it \ as 1-arnctl
that the “big shot” of Chicagog artg
land is having a summer lodge con
structed in the Northern-: Wisconsin1
woods.
Capone; who gained a fortune and
much1 notoriety by controlling West
Side gangland for years, has deserted”
Chicago for- the* past two winters to;
lo'escape the’rigors of writer and has
basked in Florida sunsb ne from Ofc
tober until April. Now, It is learned,
he intends to spend his summers near
Couderfty, Wish, on Cra berry lake;
Capone’s agents have "pent several
months Buying small !racts of land:
until Hiirr600' acres no winclude near-|
ly all the lake front. It is but a-;
stone’s throw-—or a1 b diet’s flight—
from the estate and h ling place of
Joe Saltis, another1 of Chicago’s lead
ing gang chiefs and liquor dealers.
A squad of Capone s “boys,” it is
said, are now on the -ite building an
elaborate lodge for .their chief, and
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smaller cottages for the many guest!
he may wish to entertais:
The Wisconsin spot is said to Jb*
ideal for the gang leader, being sur
rounded on all sides by dense wood!
and with roads leading in all direc
tions in case sudden flight is neces
sary.
2 DOZEN REINDEER TO BE
ADDED DT OCOLLEGE STATIQh
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
L. J. Palmer, in charge of the bu
reau of biological survey reindeer sta
tion, will leave here Friday for Mar
shall to secure about 24 reindeer
which will be added to the Colleg<
herd. Mr. Palmer will be accompa
nied by Professor V. R. Fuller anc
Jack Warwick.
The trip will be made in the Alas
ka Game Commission boat Beaver
and the deer will be brought up or
a barge that has been loaned by th<
Alaska Railroad. It is expeced tha1
the voyage will take about a month
The deer from the Marshall here
will be used in breeding experiments
being carried on at the College sta
tion. There are already 24 animal!
at the station, and with a like numbei
to be brought from the lower river
the capacity of the static nwill have
been about reached. However, it is
hoped to secure about a dozen caribou
at Lake Harding by the same method
used last year, when two animals
were, roped whilet hey were swim
ming in the lake.
The roping experiment proved suc
cessful, and Mr. Palmer has no doubt
but that he can obtain as many cari
bou as are needed' in this manner
Both the caribou obtained at the lake
were fawns and they will be crossed
later with reindeer.. It is said thal
the caribou are thriving in captivity
They have become gentle and have
adapted themselves to their new life.
Nine calves were born this spring,
Iwn r»f hVipm cariJinu-reindeer crosses
There were already two crosses at
the station, and Mr. Palmer has found
the cross makes for a more rangy
heavier-boned animal. The animals
will be closely observed throughout
their adult life to see if this superi
)iity is maintained. In addition ta
breeding, experiments, there is being
conducted at the College experimental
work in feeding and digesiou and
range, experiments designed to test
how many animals a range of giver
size can support.
Speaking of the warble grub prob
lem, prohatdy the gravest confronting
the industry, Mr. Palmer said the bu
reau. of. biological survey, co-operat
ing with the Territorial government
would make a thorough search this
year, a .Golovin in the hopet of finding
some way in which the pest may bi
eradicated. The Territorial Legisla
ture, recently adjourned, appropriatec
$10,000 for this investigation.
It is admittedly a difficult problem
Mr. Palmer said. A different species
of the same fly attacks cattle, and il
has been found very hard to eradicate
the grubs when treating entire herds
It is hoped, however, that some suit
able control method will be discov
ered during the Golovin investigation
The Territory ca nvery well afforc
to spend large sums of money , in this
work, as the annual loss caused bj
the warble fly at the present time is
estimated at no less than $600,000
Tha sum represents the difference be
tween what reindeer hides bring now
and what they would bring if thej
did not have grub scars. Reindeei
leather is very highly- valued, being
especially suitable for glova^ and
other fine articles.
Caribou are also afflicted with the
grubs. All animals at the station
here have been treated, as it is- com
paratively simple to eradicate grubs
when the animals can be treated, in
dividually.
Mr. Palmer said 1245 acres at the
College are fenced or in the process
of being fenced, an dan area of equal
size is available should it be needed.
The forest fire which swept the range
in the summer of 1928 did not do as
much damage as was at first sup.
posed, but necessitated cutting the
size of the herd one-third. It was!
planned to keep 7 5animals on the
range, but the number has now been
reduced to 50.
ELUDED CAPTURE FOR YEARS, ;
FUGITIVE DIES IN HOSPITAL
j OMAHA, Neb.—From newspaper;
clippings and personal papers found.
! in the luggage of a man who died
: Saturday night, detectives have iden
I tided the man as being George. Chris
i l an, former New York broker, wh-.j
| became a fugitive from justice in
i September, 1U21, in connection with
|! the $2,0(Hi,00U failure of a Wall Stree.t
! hr tuage firm of Day It Heaton.
I Christian was one of the partners.
: of the firm.
y He eluded arrest until March of
J this year, when he was captured. and
; taken East and then released under.
; bond.
i It is said that Christian was told,
a few days ago that he was dying,
’! upon which he entered a hospital. He
' told attendants to open he suitcase |
after his death.
The suitcase contained about $800
in money and a batch of newspaper J
, clippings telling the story of the
firm’s failure and the long search for.,
him.
SAFE.
Secretary Lawson Purdy of the.
Charity Organization Society, said at
a dinner in. New York:
“Some people are like the gambler.
The gambler sat in the plush and gilt.:
office of his palatial gambling house
when a deputation waited on him to
plead a spendthrift’s cause.
“The spendthrift, the deputation
said, had lost over half his fortune at
the gambler’s, and now the other half
was. gone, and tuberculosis had over
taken the poor fellow, and a collection
was being made to send him to Colo
rado. Colorado was. his only chance.
Death or Colorado.
As the gambler listened to the
spendthrift’s sad story tears rose to
his eyes and, turning hurriedly to his
beautiful blonde secretary, he said in
a choked voice:
, ‘“Quick,, the checkbook, Miss Mont
gomery—go and lock it in the safe!
before my hear tsoftensJ ”
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NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the un- |
dersigned has filed his final report and!
account as administrator de bonis non \
of the estate of Joe Kermond, de-j
ceased, and that such report will be;
heard and considered by the Probate,
Judge of. Otter Precinct,. Fourth Divi
sion of Alaska, at his office at Flat,
Alaska, on the 10th day of June. A. D.
1929, at the hour of two o’clock in the
afternoon of said day.
All persons having objections to
such report may be heard at said time:
and place.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
■ | Administrator de bonis non Es
tate of Joe Kermond, deceased.
First pub., March 30, 1929.
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TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
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Nenana . 00 j
(Tavern Roadhouse ... 17%;
' Knight’s Roadhouse . 23% j
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58 ...
Diamond Roadhouse. 76 j
i Roosevelt . 89
■ Lake Minchumina ..... 115'
I Trappers’ Cabin . 132 |
; Lone Star Roadhouse.. 150 |
Telida Roadhouse .. 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse . 187
j East Fork Roadhouse .) 206 j
j Berry’s Landing Roadhonse. 227 %j
Big River Roadhouse .241
McGrath . 263 j
Takotna . 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse: . 291
Ophir.. 300
McCafferty . 306
Brown Greek shelter cabin.318
Frita shelter cabin . 333
First Chance shelter cabin _ 346
Schermeyer R> H. _ 360
Iditarod. 376
. Flat . 384
Bonanzz* sheler cabin, .12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from. Bonanza..
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