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W* 29th. 1928, at the postoffice at
IVkotna, Alaska, under the Act of
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Takotna, Alaska, March 29; 1930.
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COURT ASKED TO PASS ON
STATUS OF BOOZE BUYER
WASHINGTON.—America’s liquor
Purchasing public shortly may learn
what measure of guilt, as well as
clacked ice and giner ale, goes into a
highball.
Before the United States - Supreme
Upurt, n petition, for review, is, tije
case of the United States of America
vs. Alfred E. Norris, one of the most
noted of many recent court actions,
seeking to fix the guilt,of a .buyer of
lifluor.
If the court hears,-.the case it will
have for decision the question , oi
whether a person who orders liquor,,
when transportation, is necessary, to
make delivery, is guilty. of conspiracy
against i.thfi; govepiynent.,.
Up to, this time a purchaser of
iiiuor has-been guilty of no federal
crime, but, thertare various-. state:
laws against possession, likewise,'
there is a mqyement to write into
federal law jl provision to. make the
buyer guilty wtjh the seller.
There is this about the Norris case,
however: it seejcsjto the guilt only
of an individual., wb& orders liquor
apd thus,, in effect* arranges for its
transportation. Tfcq person who buys
from a bootlegger, who, unsolicited,
brings his wares to the h^me, is not
involved.
Norris, a New York .broker, ordered
liquor, over a period of months, from
Jpe! D. Kerper in Philadelphia. Each
was indicted-; in Pennsylvania on a
charge of conspiracy., Kepner plead
ed guilty and, is..in Atlantic Norris
won in the lower, courts, and the gov
ernment appealed.
The record specifically points out
that "said rye whiskey was purchased
by defendant, Alfred Ed Norris, for
his own consumption or.that.of his
guests;’ and be was in no sense a!
iepler of liquor.”
While the Norris-Kerper transac
tions were between two cities, it is
pointed out that a .’phone call to a
bootleger in the same city as the
prospective purihaser would result in
transportation.,
Thfts at: stake-is the broad issue of :
liquor purchasing by order, no mat
ter what distance separates the man
with the thirst and the one with the
means to satisfy it.
The court is expected to pass upon
the application for review within a
few weeks and, if it is granted, to
hear the case probably before the end
of the present term.
j AUTHOR OF SK XBCOK WINS
OUT IN COURT OF APPEALS
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NEW YORK.—Mrs. Mary Den
nette, mother of two grown sons, will
not have to go to jail after all for
sending throught he mail a copy of
the “Sex Side of Life,” which she
wrote fifteen years ago for the in
struction of her children.
The United States circuit court of
appeals reversed her conviction ou
charges of sending obscene matter
through the mails. “The pamphlet
may fairly be said.to he calculated to
aid parents- in instruction of thoir
children on sex matters,” said-the de
cision written- by., J udgy- Httpd.
Mrs. ilennette said, “I’ve been
sending it by. express, atjd,-circuiatjyn
has never stoppgd.”.
ROBBERS ^AJ^SBl'vnpTRQirr
PATROL,VE-Y INnATTIC fioht
DKTJtQTV-Tw<v. pollc^rpen, with a
beapfr oj.reflscted light from a rob
ber’s pistol as their target, shot and
killed two men attempting to rob the,
sate o£-.the.x Harper Theater last
night in a gun battle, in which pow-,
der burns on-,that face of one of the
officers were the only injuries re
ceived by eithep patrolman.
The tight , occurred in the dark attic
of thfl theater above the main audi
torium, Patrolman Bondy and Ser
geant. Parley, fallowed the robbers
into the attic after Bondy discovered
the men in the building. Unable tct,
see the robbers, Bondy and Farlpy
flashed their pcxjml lights to the cor
ners of Jfce, attar and a reflected, beat*!.,
of light from a pistol gave the police
men a momentary target. They
opened fare and it was returned, jaut,
the firing ceased before the police
guns were emptied.
The robbets were identified as Leo.
Uarbada, 3Q, and Philip Twoney,, 30,
PRESS! SQUIBB..
The fact that'.a lady pirate is suer
cessfully operating in the China Sea
suggests a ,congenial opening for,
night club i hostesses whom the Wall
Street slumj*-has put out of commis
sion.—Weston Leader.
Movie advertisment says Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford . have
made Shakespeare popular. You can’t
keep a good man down.—Macon Tele
graph.
In listing the many benelts of pro
hibition the Anti-Saloon League
3hould exploitt the fact that it makes
Uongress much more interesting.—
San Diego News.
The “parrot fever" is perhaps .the
worsts thing of the kind since Gert
rude Stein thought of repeating a
1 WILLIAM K. KELLER ‘
FOR
Commissioner of Education
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1. He etaodB for the best schools for your district, whether
loeated in -rural or city districts.
2. He will institute a business administration for Alaska -.
Public School System.
3. He wRl keep school affairs out of politics.
j 4. He will not “side-step" the responsibilities already placed
upon that office;
6. CM will work-i for the adoption of a deviate;, constructive,
continuing educational policy by the Territory. .
6. Ho has proven himself to be a progressive* capable'school
executive.
7. line had twice as Jong school experience -in Alaska as any
other candidate.
AH .ALASKAN FOR COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
T 11 1"M«*" " : 1 I ■ ' ' i ■
word few. dozen times and calling:
.t a ■ ' em.—Detroit News.
•S' ii, we shouldn’t expect the Hoo
v. • administration to be pleased over,
u .reusing activity this year in every
iVie. ihere is, for iustance, the bread
i line.—Weston (Ore.) Leader.
; RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESO- .
LITIONSS AUDITED AT CSL.OS
ING SESSION OF GRAND IGLOO
(Continued from.- Rage L)
creation and education, is rapidly
making of Americans. migratory
people; and
j Whereas, The. benefits... that, would
I follow, the construction of ag auto
mobile road connoting the city of
Seattle, in the State of Washington,
: with the interior reaches of, this vast
(.Territory cannot be envisioned at the
f present time; apd ,
I Whereas, Such a road. ,i sentirely
| feasible and requires no stretch of
ithe imagnation to see accomplished;
i Therefore be it resolved by the
■ Grand gloo, Pioneers of Alaska, in
i annual session at Anchorage, that the
building of the road which is-com-,
monly known s at the- International
highway, or the Pacific-Yukon Alaska
highway, is endorsed and recommend
; ed by this body,,, and ..that acopy of,
this resolution he sent by the gland,
“secretary to the. Governor of, the. Ter
ritory, the President of ,the United
States, to the -of the, govern
ment in Canada .gad British Columbia,
aijd to such other persons as
.seem advisable. ,
ItesdetTw No. f. .
WJbereas, th«,pgesent amount pro
vided by the, Te^Ltory ofjAlaska.fpr
the support, of .those who have be
came-.-enfeebled id. the work of ex
ploring and developing the Territory
and who, through misfortune, are not
able ta ..support themselves, is insufli- ,
cient for this- purpose; and .
WJierean, Thiy . allowance, is de-.
tsigned as a substitute for the main
tenance of thoe&.oldtimers at the
Home at Sitka;
Therefore, he it. resoolved i by the
Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, in
annual session at. Anchorage, that
this allowance should be increased to
a sufficient amount,to provide support.
for these unfortunates.
Officers for Ensuing Year
Following, the.Yprecedent of previ
ous years, the-names, of thoose select- .
ed for th.e< various offices to the. Grand
Igloo by a special nominating com
mittee, composed, oi Past..Grand.,Pres- .
ident K, C. Rothenburg and R.. G. ,
Southworth . and. acting Grand His
torian Willi&nfejatcuun and the com
mittee se.ections were approved, by
the unanimous vote of, the assembly. .
.the new officers, ace*.
Cal M.Brosius, of Seward, grand .
president;
McGrath!
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Proprietor «
Herman L. Gentsch, o fAnchorage,
first vice president;
William Jarman, of Juneau, second
vice president;,
George J. Hove, of Valdez, grand
secretary;
Percy C', Charles, of Ketchikan,
grand treasurer;
Hr, W. H, Chase, of Cqrdova, grand,
historian;
C. L. Kice, of Juneau, grand.chap
lain ;
Alex. Cameron, Ketchikan,, grand
sergeant-at-arms;
Lynn Smith of Fairbanks, C. H.
Wubbenhyrst of, Nenana, Alfred Lo
men ot Nome, P. C. McCormick of
Wrangell, and Dave Strandberg of
Flat were elected as the members of
J the board of grand trustees.
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J Frank J. Guskey
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Notary Public.'
McGrath, Alaska
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