Sleuths Seize $400,000
W orth of Booze When
Ship Arrives at N. Y.
New York,—The American schooner
Vic'or. loaded with more than ,’>.000
cases of American and Scotch whisky,
"'Iiom value was estimated by prohibi
tum agents at nearly $400,000, was
M'i.'ed by customs inspectors in the
lowe r bay Thursday and tied up at the
Battery, pending court action.
fames Brown, of Brooklyn, captain
of the schooner, and several members
>t tin- crew were taken to the customs
bouse for questioning. Customs au
thorities were informed by the captain,
:.hev said, that Charles Kelly, owner of
She craft, had ordered him to the Ua
hama islands several weeks ago.
One night, while he was asleep, the
captam is reported to have said, the j
cargo, wrapped in burlap, was placed I
on board The Yiaptain thought it con
sist.ed of cocoanuts. The next morning, 1
the captain said, he was instructed to
saii immediately to a point off Nan
Sueket lightship
‘ This skipper and crew.'- said Wm.
A. handers, one of the customs officials,
alter the investigation, ‘ are perhaps
the nerviest ever brought into this
port. In broad daylight the schooner,
without manifest or clearing papers,
had the audacity to put her nose into
Yew York harbor and head up the bay
with this cargo under pretense of being
a fishing vessel bound for the Fulton
ish market/’
The only fish aboard, Sanders said,
were three smoked herring and a can
nf sardines.
The ice still hangs, notwithstanding
it commenced to move a year ago on
;hts date. Kigbt now it has every
appearance of remaining immovable
or several days vet. Dan Sprague and
James Downey crossed the Kuskokwim
ate Thursday night, and it’s a 10.000
.o-i shot that their ne tt appearance
on this side will be by boat. The Ta
•otna iee, at a late hour this afsernoon.
has a very dark appearance, and has
risen perhaps a foot or more during the
lay. Several fearless ones, however,
have erosred during the day.
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Charges of Robertson
Laid Before Embassy -
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Washington.- Alexander E. Robert ,
I son. iiriti.sh war veteran, arrived here;
toda*\ to lay before the British embassy
his charges of . kidnapping against
these private detectives who, lie al
lege:;. attempted to force his depctta- ;
tion from this country because of his;
affection for Miss Mary Culberson, !
I daughter of Senator Culberson, Texas. 1
i The charges, it is said, will be given a
thorough investigation.
American Soldiers
Assisting in China
Peking. Ore hundred American!
soldiers have been dispatched to Tong-1
shaug, northeast of Tientsin, to main
tain communication and protect for- j
eigners iti the vicinity of the Kaiping j
coal mines, where many disturbances j
are reported.
NOTICE TO PA\ SCHOOL TAX
To All Whom This May Concern*
Id accord with Chapter 29, Session
Laws of Alaska, 1919, all male persons
between the ages of twenty-one and
fifty years, wlio are not “sailors in the
United States Navy or Revenue Cutter ;
Service, volunteer firemen, paupers or
insane persons,” are required to pay
an annual school tux of live dollars [$5 J;
Said tax is due and payable after the ;
first Monday in the mouth of April and ]
shall be paid before the first dav of j
September, providing you are iu the
Territory of Alaska on said first date;
if not, same is do - within thirty days
after your arrival iu Alaska or within
ten days after written or oral demand
: is made upon you by the School Tax
Collector. Taxes not paid in accordance
l witli-foregomg dates shall become de- j
i 1 inquent, and each person delinquent ; j
] shall be subjecisxto a fine of two dot-,
liars 1821.
All persons, firms or corporations j
employing labor in Alaska shall fur-,
j nish to collectors a list of all employes !
| subject to tax, and employers of labor;
| as above set out are authorized by pro- j
visions of said Act to deduct amount of
tax from the wages of each employee :
! who is subject to said tax. If any of
said employers above designated shall!
fail to report, and deduct as herein ;
specified within the period designated I
for payment of said tax, the said em
ployers of labor shall be guilty of u
misdemeanor and subject to a fine of
from $50 to $500.
All persons subject, to, and refusing
or neglecting to pay, said tax. are sub
ject to a fine of $25. or imprisonment in
jail fora period of one month: and all
employers of labor as herein set out.
who neglect or refuse to collect said
tax from employes may be proceeded
against and shall pay the amount of
each individual tax. and a further pen
alty of $25 for each said tax.
Tax receipts will be furnished by the
tax* collectors.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, this 0th
day of May, 1922.
W T. Vandkrpooi.,
Duly authorized and qualified
Alaska Territorial School Tax
Collector for McGrath School
District.
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