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TAKOINA ALASKA SATURDAY, JAM ARY 14. Ibi78
PRICE ii CENT*
Court
Reverses
, <aikf»ORS TO CONSIDER valid
rtlMtt(fp RVIDfiNCE USED IN
^^KOHIBITION CASES.
V '-tsdrSHlNGTON, Jan.9.—The Su
-v pte&foMleobrt reversed Itself today
._■» ami" decided to consider validity of the
M«vMenfcd obtained in prohibition cases
i. by“-'w*rtirtapping.
' 'Threer cases brought by -‘Roy Olm
r! tinted/ convicted at Seattle of bootleg
l- rpfcnfet challenge the right of the Gov
vv<cmneM h* prohibition cases to the
rv , unroof evidence obtained by listening
•ja fan telephone wires. In all three
’ creates the? Supreme Court had refused
t- 'tttxqgrant reviews/"' but. today an
-i-norther a that "it would go exhaustively
v.tafdfc# the subject to determiue whether
'■ V. ;tthh ‘Government had been**: violating
therifconstitutional -rights of individ
a.<aals.
* CffiUffUlTS Kit OCR 'TttOWN' DFA
EfiftND BROKER, TTEL-I'IiAW
\lYEKS, GET AJWA¥"lflTtt $7;m>0
f?r SEATTLE,-Jan, iL—Bfahdi«r; last
■night knocked1 Emil Meye^ diamond
"broker, SrtCOnsCioits, in WsCoffiSe in
tfie> Smith buading, Escaping with
$7,000 worth df the gems** Ttvo -at
torneys, occupying adjrfinin*?ic«fficas,
urdtetkandeuffed and made fc Re on
f, floor*'-face ’down. The tfOtlaws es
i. eiped/'though the poMcrt-early' sur
xAafideb the structure antt’ seOrched
< •’every office of the *42-Stfiry Kafiding.
7SENATO REED THAKESJACK- '
fc :s<W-DAt>Jfl»DWES§;ASEATTUE
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Preservation
voof the liberties of the people, restor
ation of honestty in government, pun
ishment of public malefactors, devel
opment of the resources oftheJlanri
;. *end the safeguarding of our inter -
'national rights are of imperatives and
"paramount importance,1 Senator -Reed
wsf Missouri declared in'.his.'Jackson
Aay dinner address -here'last night.
•Governor AI1 Smith of New York
sent a letter calling for a united
party and dose. adherence to Jackn
sonian principles. .McAdoo and Gev
vr.ernor Ritchie mere among those who
attended.
SAILING OF HTR. ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—The steamer
. Alaska sailed for Seward this morn
; xqg with 114 passengers, including
i Governor George A. Parks, Marshal
Harvey ..Sullivan and wife .and Bartley
E. Howard for Valdez. Abont twenty
. of the passengers are headed for the
Interior.
The Fairbanks airplane is i<at Mc
• Grath, awaiting favorable weather
conditions to .make .Right to Kair
I banks. Among the passengers going
over will be Mn. James'.Weir, H. -Y.
• Groshong and Miss Bertha Konig, afl
of whoom wiH go into hospital sat
Fairbanks. Mrs. Weir will .be accom
panied by Mr. Weir.
Fred Stoyke, well known oltitlmer
r- of the Interior, foor many years con
nected with the Waechter Bros.,land
at present in chazge of that firm's
reindeer operations on the lower Kus
kokwim, was a yesterday arrival, on
his way to Bethel, following a visit of
some weeks on the Outside.
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Mrs. W. H. Jones returned here
Wednesday from NIGrath, after a
1 i«w days’, visit at Ahb% placa.
Sharfcey and
TomHeeney
FIGHT A 11-BOUND DRAW BE
FORE 17,000: SPECTATORS,
NEW YORK.
MADISON CSQUARE GARDEN,
NEW YORK.—Tom Heeney, New
England hope in the heavyweight
title chase, fought a bruising twelve
round draw with Jack Sharkey before
17,000 spectators tonight. The crowd
booed the decision heartily in the be
lief that Heeney edged out of the de
cision.
Sharkey scaled 194 pounds; Heeney,
193 pounds.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, WINS DEM
OCRATIC NATIONAL 'CONVEN
TION ; ’FRISCO WEAK SECOND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Houston,
Texas, won the Democratic national
convention for 1928, on the fifth bal
lot, after entering the race as a dark'
horse and taking , the lead froom the
lead froom the first balloot.
San Fsaneisco was conceded to have
tre best chance before the balloting'
began, but held only second place,
with 425 votes, on the first ballot.
20-YEAR BUILDING PROGRAM
OF NAVY DEPARTMENT. WILL
COST TOTAL OF $3,000,000,000
WASHINGTON, -Jan. 12^-Secre
tary of NAvy-Wilhurfdisclosed today
beforoe the.-House naval committee
that- the- .Navy Department has
drafted a comprehensive 20-year
building program, of which $725,000,
000 of the program, already an
nounced,^ist only a part. He said-the
annual -expenditure .will be $168,000,
000-« year, or a total of $300,000,000.
NANCY ANN MILLER
WILL HAVE HER WAY
LONDON, Jan. 1L-^A Bombay dis
patch to. th* London. Express today
saidsaid the-American consul there
had given op hope of preventing the
marriage of. Miss Nancy Ann Miller,
of Seattle, .to the former maharajah
of Indore.
FOR MER «SM ITHY” WRITES
KING- GUSTAV US' SPEECH
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 11.—The Swed
ish parliament opened today. King
Gustavttfe'^sphech was written by the
Peopled»Party-'- premier,- Carl Ekman,
who once was a blacksmith.
ALECK HOLMSEN PASSES.
NOME, Jan. 11.:—Aleck Holmsen,
miner, prospector, and at one time
dog team racer with Scotty Allan in
the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, dropped
dead yesterdaay at Bluff, after he had
driven .United States Marshal Jones
from Nome to Bluff.
COOLIDGES OFF FOR HAVANA.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge left this af-,
ternoon for Havana, where on Mon
day the President will deliver the
opening address at the Pan-American j
Congress.
Peter .Snow, with the incoming
mail, arrived Wednesday, continuing
to Ophir on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Condry, after
a few days’ visit here, returned to
.their Jtamo .at McGrath onXuaaday.
jGGL.CtfARLES A LINDBERGH
STiLti^LYIfifiS- TO VARIOUS
' ■SOUTH AMERICAN C&PKPfrL"
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MANAGUA, •-Mtearp.gu^,- "3an. -
Lindb^rglr hepped off this mwhijiC
for Costa Rica, the sixtfch “fveuih
American coubtry on his tour,
PANAMA, :Jan. 9—'Lindbergh ar
rived here from Costa Rica thrs ' af
ternoon, completing’ his aerial tour of
the capitals of seven Central‘ Ameri
can States.
BALBOA, Jan. 11 .-‘Charles A‘.
Lindbergh today became just one of
27,000 Americans in . th# canal zone,
visiting -the city of Balboa after bis
two-day stay at Panama City*
PANAMA, Jan. 11.—Where Balboa
wadede ashore to -discover the Isth
mus of Panama, Panama today, hon
ored Charles A. Lindbergh as a mod
ern conquistador. Lindbergh made
an exhibition flight with the presi
dent of Panama as a passenger.:
FRAFCEFIELD, COLON, Jan. 12.
—Col. -Charles A. Lindbergh landed
here today, after a-flight from Pan
ama City. v
Telegraphic Ticks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Senator
Caraway sees in Japan’s gift o fa doll
to the .State Department “an acute
sense of the. fitness of things,” -and
observed t hat all we need to proove
the forecase that she “has a good
grasp on conditions here is for.China
to send the War Department a pack
age of firecrackers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The In
terior Department will require an ex
penditure of $272,430,000 next .year,
under second -departmental supply
bill reported to the House today. All
but $62,000,000 of the total is provid
ed for army and navy pensions.
. WALSENBERGHy Cel., Jan,>13.—
State police stopped a parade of
striking minors this afternoon, -and
in the-onsuing elash. Kements Chaves,
a miner, was -.shot and killed. Statd
Policeman Max Lodem&n -and two
miners were wounded.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, Jan. .11.—
Clarence D. Chamberlain -and Roger
Q. Williams took off at noon today- id
an attempt-to.establish a new dura
tion and clof*ed circuit distance record.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Director
Hines has asked Congress for $10,«
300,000- for additional add increased
facilities to Veterans Buwau hos
pitals throeugheout the country.
SEATTLE, Jan. 1L.—Edward S.
Hatch, biscuit manufacturer, will'.suc
ceed J. Spangler, banker, as president
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
on January- 21.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Claude
R. Porter, Of Iowa, was nominated by
Coolidge today to be a member of the
Interstate Commerce .Commission.
DETROIT, Jan. 11.—-Henry Ford
announced.today that he .plans‘-an air
plane flight this year to his rubber
plantation on.the Amaeon.
WASHINGTON, -bin. 9.—Georgd
TV. Robbins was nominated for post
master of Valdez today by President
CooliJge.
DORCHESTER, Eng., naJ. 12.—
Thomas Hardy, noted English novel
ist, died at his home here today
SEATTLB, Jan. 12.—Governor of |
Alaska Parka wiR sail Saturday for
491 Flukers
Wash. Unto
MOST DEVASTATING FLOOD IN
7rr«TORY OF MODERN
LONDON.
•LONDON, Jan. 10.—Twenty per
sons ■ were' (Hjwned in London early
today, when ? the most devastating
flood in the history oof modern Lon
don awbnt the Thames over its banks.
The fioood poured over the bank in
sevttral places, when-an abnormal tide
whipped by -a heavy gale met the
waters pounding-down from the in
terior.
WANTS TO KN(Jw HOW LONG
JUDGE REED, OF FIRST DIVI
1 SION, WILL HANG TO OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The con
troversy betweerr^ythe Senate' and
Coqlidge over ‘‘‘the appointment of a
successor ta'Judge Reed, of the First
Alaska'division, was discussed in the
House yesterday.
Representative LaGardia, during
consideration of the Department of
Justice appropriation bill in the
Roouse/ saiff funds'had been included
for Reed, although he >vas not men
tioned : by naiiiee, and inquired how
long he would cantinue in office in
view of the fact that the Sehsfte had
refused-to xonflrth him.
Representative Chindblom. said
Reed'wouid'continue; unless specific
legislative tietiiSi is taken it would
be impossible to prevent inclusion of
funds for? his salary.
FALCON JOSLIN, LAWYER AND
MINING MAN, PIONEER ALAS
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Falcon Joslin,
pioneer Alaskan.'mining man, builder
of the Tanana Valley Railroad, died
at his home here today. 'For many
years Str. Joslin .had 4>een handling
many of the larger mining Operations
of the Guggenheims in Alaska.
MISSING, WITH SHORTAGE
OF $4,000 IN HIS ACCOUNTS
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.—John S. Jep
sen, vice president of the State Fed
eration of Labo'r-and treasurer of . the
Wagon Drivers’ Union, is mjssing,
with a known shortage of $4,000 in
his aeeoounts. Experts working on
the -books believe the total shortage
will exceed $10,000.
RUTH SNYDER AND JUDD
GRAY GO TO TREER DEATH
OSSINING,- N. Y., Jan. 12.—Ruth
Snyder was executed in t -heelectric
chair at 11 o’clock tonight, while
Judd Gray, her paramout, followed
ear a few minutes later. They were
executed for the murder of the
woman’s husband.
HENRY -FORD PLANNING AN
) AIRPLANE TRIP TO AMAZON
NEW YORK, Jaii. il.—Henry Ford
announced today that he is planning
an airplane'trip to Brazil to inspect
the rubber plantation which his com
pany will develop as a private enter
prise.
FORD AND EDISON WANT
HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT
WEST ORANGE, N. J„ Jan. 12.—
“I want Hoover for President," said
Henry Ford here this afternoon.
"And *o do I,” saM Edison,
20 Browned,
London Flood
EDUCATION COMES FIRST, ATH
LETICS MINOR POSITION.
SAYS “U” PRESIDENT.
SEATTLE, January 9.—-Education
comes first at the University of
Washington, and athletics and other
curriculm activities occupy a minor
position, said Professor Spencer, pres
ident of the-University, before the
Chamber of Commerce this afternoon,
Four hundred- and ninety-one students
were fluked out at the end of the fall
quarter and refused admission be
cause they could not mee tscholastic
requirements.
Another sensational
CHAPTER IN OIL SCANDAL
M.VY BE FORTHCOMING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—The Sen
ate Teapot Dome investigators prom
ise anoother sensational chapter in
the oil scandal, because they hope to
question John "B.; Rockefeller, Jr., and
George JE. Vincentt, head of the Rock
efeller' Foundation, m an attempt to
Idarn who received $2,849,500 miss
ing profits of the Continental Trad
ing Company of Canada.
COURT UPHOLDS PRESENT
MENT AGAINST SINCLAIR,
BURNS AND FIVE OTHERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The pre
sentment returned by Federal grand
grand jury charging Harry F. Sin
clair, William J, Burns and five as
sociates’' WJRB j conspiracy to obstruct
justice*, was upheld today by Justice
Siddcgq.in the supreme -court of the
District of Columbia.
REPt ACEMENT PROGRAM
ROR MERCHANT ‘MARINE
WASHINGTON, Jau. ll.—Chal
lenging the demand of President
Coolidge JT«5r disposal of, .the' niet
chant marine into private hands, the
Senate commerce committee today or
dered reported a bill proposing 't
hi^ge replacement program for k
under Government control. The mea
sure Ls sponsored by Senator Jones,
of Washington.
Andy -Hansen- and Tom Bare weft
iast Mondaay .arrivals from Ophir, tc
which place the.y returned on the fol
lowing • day. Messrs. Hansen anc
Bare came ever for the purpose of
getting into -communication with p
Fairbanks airplane, on account of tht
serious ill mss of Mrs. James Weir,
but were pleased to learn on arrival
here that the .plane had landed at Mc
Grath the daay before and that it had
flown to Gphir on the same day' the>
came from there. And, incidentally, it
wasahardtrip lifThWeea v m mbwj
was a hard trip over, for then- was
no such thing as a trail. Mr. Hansen,
with tired dogs, finally reached Bill
Goss’ roadhouse, and' at that point
borrowed Mt. Goss’ horse to make
the balance o!f the journey to Ta
kotna. Mr. Hansen described the trip
aas a rather hard one, without much
stressing, but his description was
mild in comparison with its portrayal
by Mr. Bare. It will, by the way,
give pleasure to Mrs. Weir’s manj
friends to learn that last reports re
ceived here stated that she was slight*
ly improved.
John Novak, after a stay 'of several
days at McGrath, returned here*'
Wednesday.