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The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
ROAD COMMISSION
 REPAIRING BRIDGES

Last Monday the Alaska Road Commission put crew of men to work overhauling and rehabilitat- ing the bridges on the Fort Davis- Cape Nome highway. The many bridges along this section were sub jected to considerable damage last fall during the storm and high water which prevailed at the times Thomas Gaffney is foreman of the bridge crew and it goes without saying that when the job is com yleted it will be well done.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
SAM MAGLDS AND PARTY
 ON WAY TO DEERTNG

The tug Kobuk, recently pur- chased by Sam Magids, as well as the balance of the lighterage equip n,ent formerly owned by Chas. Dan- kert, who operated lighterage plant in Kotzebue Sound. is now en- route to Deering with Mir. and Mrs. Sam Magids and party aboard.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
COMMITTEE
 HAS BEEN APPOINTED

President Julian of the Chamber of Commerce. yesterday appointed Tourist Committee to look after the welfare of the tourists arriving on the Victoria this morning. The committee is composed ot Alfred J. Lomen. as Chairman: J. J. Hamlyn. o s. Weaver, J. J. Keenan and James Daily.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
MICHAEL J. WALSH SICK

The many friends of M. J. Walsh will be pleased to hear that he is from the severe sickness " hich he has been laid up with for the past two weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
NJ. s. DONALDSON RETURNS
 FROM ST. MICHAEL.

About six o'clock Friday evening. the mail boat Donaldson arrived from St. Michael with passengers. and some local Alaska mail. No out side mail was received. Those ar Plank. Anna Huseth, Ruth J. Dahle and two natives.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
COUNCILITES VISITING NOME

A. B. Kinney and Tim Shaugh- messy. two we'll known residents of Council City are visiting in Nome having arrived from that burg last Saturday evening. Both these gen. t,emen expect to remain in this
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
FIRST AVENUE THANKING
 BEING RESUREACBD

The planking on First Avenue has become in such worn out condition that it was found advis- able by the Street Committee to fill in the broken blanks with dirt. the work of surfacing is being done by W. J. Keene and the street will soon be in good shape for vehicles.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
ELECTRIC AGENT
 ARRIVES FROM YUKON

H. F. Plank. General Manager of the Northwest Division for the Gen. eral Electric Corporation arrived in Nome from Yukon River points aboard the schooner Donaldson last evening. Mir. Plank, after consult ing with patrons of his company, ill leave on the Victoria for the States.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
ARCTIC CHIEF SAILS
 FOR ST. MICHAEL.

The schooner Arctic Chief left the first part of the week with a passengers enroute up the Yukon via Golovin and St.. Michael.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12

a steam tug and the work of re- moving the boiler from the hold was accomplished Thursday morn ing. The housing on the deck has been mostly all removed and when completed will be quite an addi- tion to Nomes mosquito fleet.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
EAGLES TO GIVE
 DANCE TONIGHT

The Eagles will give dance in Eagle Hall this evening to which the public is invited. The committee promises good music and good tIme to all who attend. The dance ill commence promptly at 9:30 D. m, and will end at 12:30 equally as sf arp.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
SEA WOLF IN AGAIN
 AND OUT AGAIN

The schooner Sea Wolf which re- gently made trip to the Siberian Coast and return, sailed again Fri day for northern points. and may also touch Siberian points before her return to Nome. The vessel carries a full cargo of freight.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
0, F., WHEELER COMES
 IN FROM IRON CREEK

o. F.. Wheeler who owns and op- crates the Iron Creek rOadhouse along the railroad track between Meme and Shelton, arrived in town Thursday and reports considerable york being done on the railroad in that section
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
HAZEL SAILS AGAIN

The Biological Survey boat Hazel sailed for Nunivak and other points Tuesday on business in connection with the Bureau work.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12

Let the Nome Nugget do your letter writing, by having us mall the Weekly Nugget to your friends on the Outside.
The Nome nugget., 1924-07-12
TUG LIEUT.. KEYES
 BEING OVERHAULED

Allan & Hilfrich. owners of the tug Lieut.. Reyes. are overhauling the craft and putting in new gas engine. The vessel was formerly
Evening star., 1924-05-12
SEA HEROES MEMORY
TO BE HONORED HERE
Spanish War Veterans to Pay
Tribute May 25; Memorial
Day Fund Drive Pushed.

Sailors who lost their lives on the
seas will be honored in memorial
services by the Admiral George Dewey
Camp, No 9, L. S. w. V, and the
Admiral George Dewey Women's
Auxiliary. No 3, May %. it was an
nounced today.
The organizations will board the
L. S. S. Porpoise at the navy yard
wharf on that date and will proceed
to Mount Vernon. On the way up the
Potomac River, flowers will be
strewn upon the waters. Reaching
Mount Vernon, a boat made of flowers
will be set af1oat.
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Veterans of the Spanish
War, Army and Navy Union and the
American Legion are today bending
all their efforts in an attempt to put
across the campaign for contributions
with which to purchase flowers for
the decoration of $4,000 graves or
veterans on Memorial day.
Boxes were distributed in newspaper
offices, grocery, drug and cigar stores
yesterday. Donations may be MADE
in these boxes or sent to DIR. h. "A.
Johnson, chairman of the committee
in charge of the campaign.
Envelopes will be distributed among
government employees by the @. A. H.
Relief Corps, Daughters of the U. A.
R., Ladies of the G. A. r. and the
auxiliaries of the Spanish war Vet.
Grams, American Legion and Army and
Navy Union. These will be taken up
at the entrances of the buildings at
the end of the day.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
ARGUMENTS DELAY
TRIAL IN FRAUD CASE
Taking of Testimony of Alleged
Lumber Conspiracy Held Up
by Contest.
JUDGE RESERVES DECISION
Question Involves Time When
Certain Statements Made.

Arguments on the admissibility OF
certain evidence offered by the prose-
cution delayed the introduction of
testimony today when the alleged
lumber fraud conspiracy trial was re-
sumed before Justic Bailey and
jury in Criminal Division of the
District Supreme Court. The prose-
cution sought to introduce testimony
as to acts and declarations of GER
tain of the alleged conspirators at a
time when it's counsel admitted that
some of the accused were not con-
nected with the alleged conspiracy.
United States Attorney Gordon and
Special Assistants Ward and Bor
chardt contended that a person enter
ing a conspiracy after its formation
with knowledge of the fraudulent
scheme is as guilty as the original
conspirators, even II he did not know
of the specific acts and declarations
made by the original conspirators.
The evidence sought to be introduced,
they declared, is admissible.
Attorney Wilton ]. Lambert for the
Defendant Stephens urged that until
a prima facie case of proof of con-
spiracy had been established no dec
larations might be received in evil
dence. Attorney Frank j. Hogan.
further and asserted that the declara-
tionS made by the original conspirat-
ors could not be accepted as evidence
against other defendants admittedly
not connected at that time with the
alleged unlawful scheme.
Justice Bailey reserved his decision
The prosecution withdrew the offer
at this time and Assistant Attorney
General Borchardt began the reading
of the voluminous record of the min
utes of two conferences held January
s, 1919, and January 20, 1919. The
conferences were between representa-
tives of the several construction bu
reaus of the government, the War
Industries Board and war service
committees on building materials in
reference to the disposal of govern
ment surplus stocks of building ma
terial At the first conference Morse
and Chambers were mentioned as
present, while at the second confer
ence John l.. Phillips and John
Stephens were said to have attended
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Lest We Forget

wooded slopes of Arlington and other Wash
10000 soldiers This last their will
unmarked deeds unless Washington responds appeal
shortly told The Grand Army of the Republic
making solicitation in the departments for funds
of placing Decoration Day land
Conederates) small American Flag and flower
holding
exercises in wher soldier dead
appeal through The Evening Star which will
and designate Decoration Day Fund-The
Evening whether should the
Confederate Veteran Fund for May IS
Evening star., 1924-05-12
FIND ALLEGED SLAYER.
Co1ored Woman Charged With
Beating Police Matron to Death.

WILMINGTON, Del. May 12.-Annie
Lewis, negress, accused of beating
to death Mrs. Mary T. Davis, police
matron, in a cell in a station house
here last night, was found today in
a house on the east side of the city.
The negress, who is twenty three
years old, was arrested last night on
a charge of carrying a pistol and
placed in a cell. Later in the night
a woman brought to the police sta
ton a bunch of keys she found on a
sidewalk near the station. They were
identified as the matron's keys and
an investigation resulted in Mrs.
Davis being found dead in cell and
the negress missing.
Police then recalled having seen
the negress calmly walk out of the
station house. believing she had been
witness called before the detective
department and dismissed.
Mrs. Davis, who was sixty seven
years old, had been beaten to death
by pounding her against the iron
sides and the hard flooring of the
cell.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Mother of FiUe
KneeIs IL, Front
OF Train; Killed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May IL. Mrs.
Jadwiga Synowski, widow, and
mother of five children, knelt on
the ties between the railroad
rails, bowed her head as a fast
train approached and thus met
death, 1t was testified today dur
ing an inquest conducted by Cor
oner w. G. McGregor. j. H. Phil
lips, fireman on the train, said he
was looking from the cab window
on March 81. AS they neared
Walkers mill. The woman, he
said, laid aside a basket she was
carrying, got on her knees facing
the onrushing train and was kill
ed. The brakes were applied, but
it was too late to save her, he
testified.
The jury returned verdict of
suicide.
Mrs. Synowski had been de-
spondent since her husband met
death in a mill accident two years
ago.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Trusts Subject to Tax.

Massachusetts, trusts were de-
clared by the Supreme Court today
to be subject to taxation under the
federal revenue acts of 1918, but it
was held that they were not subject
to taxation under the revenue act OF
1915 as associations having capital
stock represented by shares.
The lower federal courts held the
trusts liable to federal taxation as
associations organized for profit and
having capital stock represented by
shares.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
BUCKLEY RETAINS SEAT.
House Committee Upholds Repre-.
sentative in Contest.

The right of James r. Buckley,
Democrat. of Chicago to retain his
seat as a representative from the
sixth Illinois district was upheld to-
day by House committee which in
vestigated charges of Irregularities
in connection with his election.
By a unanimous vote Of members
nresent the committee threw out the
contest brought by former Repre-
sentative John J. German, Repub-
lfcan, who opposed Buckley at the
polls. The committee held that Cor
man had failed to comply with the
law in presentation of evidence.
Buckley's majority in the 1922
election was forty-two votes
Evening star., 1924-05-12
ENGINE OVERTURNS.
Passengers on Lake Shore Train
Badly Shaken.

RILLSDALE, Mich, May 12.-Pas-
sengers on westbound Lake Shore
train No. 647 on the Michigan division
of the New York Central railroad
were severely shaken up when the
engine and baggage car jumped the
rails and overturned a short distance
south of here at Dawbeese Lake last
night.
The fireman. H. w. Dietche of Tole-
do, was injured, but not severely. He
and the engineer, F. Charts Van
allen, also of Toledo, jumped in time
to save their lives when the engine
bolted from the track and overturned
with the baggage car.
The cause of the wreck is unknown.
J. L. Lapoint of Toledo was the con-
ductor of the train. A wrecking crew
has been sent from Toledo.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Reouisition Papers Filed.

Reouisition papers from the Gov
ernor of Georgia for the return to
that state of James English, colored,
was presented today to Chief Justice
Mccoy of the District Supreme Court
Hearing is scheduled for this after
noon English, it is stated. was re-
leased from the District Jail yester-
day, where he had served term
of one year for carrying concealed
weapons. The charge against Eng
lish in Georgia is called technically
"car-breaking," it being alleged that
June 20 last he broke into passen-
ger car of the Central of Georgia
railway and stole a watch belonging
to one John Mccarthy.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
American Ship Undamaged.

ST. THOMAS. Virgin Island. May
12.-The American steamer Catherine,
which was caught in the collapse of
the floating dock here Saturday, was
fIoated today apparently undamaged
and proceeded on her voyage. The
dock was sunk on an even keel to
a lower level. and is apparently rest
ing on the bottom of the harbor.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
COMMUNISTS SLAIN
IN GERMAN DISORDER
Militant Demonstration at Halle
by Ludendorff- Hitler Group
Quiet on Whole.
BOTH GROUPS TEMPERATE
$4,000 Troops Take Part in Won
Moltke Statue dwelling.
BOTH GROUPS TEMPERATE

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 12.-The police report
that eleven communists were killed and
number of others were wounded
yesterday at Boelleberg, near Halle.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
$4,000 in Furs Stolen.

NEW YORK, May 12.-Six armed
men early today bound two watch
men in Brooklyn fur-dyeinG fac
tory and escaped with skins valued
at $4,000. The furs were removed
on a motor truck.
Time savers-the railroads, the tel
egraph, the telephone, the wireless
and The Star Want Ads.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Volcano Hurls Huge Rocks.

HILO, r. H, May 12.-Rocks weigh
ing fifty pounds were hurled eight
hundred feet by an explosion Satur-
day night in the crater Of Halemau-
mau Volcano.
Evening star., 1924-05-12

The season of big rains is coming. Is
your roof ready? No breaks or holes to
cause ruinous leaks? Better send for
~ NOW and feel sure. Cali Main $685.
DN0NC ROOFING 119 3rd st. s.w.
AhA04N1 COMPANY Phone Main 933.
Evening star., 1924-03-09
One Of the we'll knoWn rum 4unney
aide e2eVgaeed ghe ttge1Wg 9adS M1efI e IlT hss o

when compared with the actual guam
titles leaving foreign ports.
From reliable but very incomplete
secret sources abroad 1 have infor-
nation of the following shipments
from northern European, mostly Brit
ish, ports since January, 1922. The
quantities are, in round numbers,
1876, 500 equivalent cases of 8 gallons
each, taken manifests."
Commander Root in his report to
Congress quoted information from a
confidential source showing that New
York is the real engineering base for
operations by an international rum
running syndicate doing business on
an extensive scale from st. Pierre and
the Bahamas to American and Cana
dian ports.
The syndicate has fleet of upward
of hundred craft-steam, motor and
sail-engaged in smuggling. St
Pierre bids fair in a short while to
become the wealthiest dependency of
France. Agents Of whisky distil-
leries in England and Scotland have
opened Offices, while the warehouses
and storage facilities of the place are
Evening star., 1924-03-09

with inadequate equipment the coast
guard could do little to prevent
liquor smuggling, $50 there has grown
up a condition where the dignity Of
the United States Is openly f1outed
by foreign shipping"
Explaining that the coast guard
has mo concern, as a service. with
the amount of liquor that there is
ashore or With nthe confines Of the
United States" but that its duty as
service is to prevent liquor being
landed on our shores, Admiral Billiard
advised the appropriations committee
that he had delegated Commander c.
8. Root "to obtain all the information
he could with respect to these rum
vessels, where they were located and
the general extent OF their operation"
q detailed report on which was laid
before the committee by Commander
Root.
X \ "a
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES A. GAL
N LIvAN Of Massachusetts, asked
with what departments Commander
Root co-operated in making this study
and was ;toldA that "it is all from
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Il brei8M trawter III the,
RUM -tcttnN1n3 9une'
and that affords the rum fleet the op-
portunity it desires by leaving wa

and that affords the rum fleet the op-
portunity 1t desires by leaving wa
ters close to shore unguarded. r =
The twenty seagoing ships. of the
coast guard are scattered at points
all the way from Honolulu and the
Midway Islands up into the far north,
where the historic Bear. now fifty
years old, carries government school
teachers and missionaries, and is the
only agency of law and order in that
wild outland.
On the great lakes, which is a
most important opening for rum-ruh
ming across the Canadian line, there
are only two coast guard vessels, the
Morrill,, an antiquated cruiser cutter,
thirty-eight years old. to cover Lake
Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
from its present headquarters at De-
troit, and the Tuscarora, twenty-five
years old, to cover Lakes Superior and
Michigan from it's headquarters at
Milwaukee.
The small harbor cutters and
launches Of the coast guard now pro-
vided are only such as are necessary
for enforcement of the national laws
relating to quarantine, immigration,
navigation and anchorage. e.
In laying the situation frankly be-
fore Congress, the, coast guard off,
cials emphasized that, the rum-run-
ming syndicates maintain bribery
fund. This is one Of the greatest and
most potential menaces to enforce
ment of prohibition by the preven-
ltion of smuggling In liquors from for
eign territory. 1t Is noticeably to the:
honor Of the coast guard that there
has been not a single instance in
which any scandal for dereliction of
duty or conspiracy with the rum-run-
ners has been shown. This Is in
glaring contrast to innumerable con-
victions of prohibition enforcement
agents by the onsh shore rum dealers.
Workers Of one class OF men in
the coast guard. are called surfmen
and their primary duty Is life-saving. E.
They are recruited from, the best
class Of fishermen and 7boatmen from
along the coast. There are on record
cases IN which some Of the war
rant officers and enlisted men in this
branch Of tho coast guard have re-
ceived offers running as high as $685.
900 for merely leaving unguarded the
mouth of some river or inlet. It
requires strength Of character for q
man who is receiving only $50 a
month to reject such proposition.
* y X.
IEVEN the rum-runners themselves
- have testified that the coast
guard Is straight" Those who are
behind prohibition enforcement, how
ever. realize that 1t is going to be
man-sixed Job for Rear Admiral
Frederick C. Billiard, the commands mt
of the coast guard, to keep II
straight. -
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believed TO be entering through Long
Island sound, Delaware and Chesa-.
peake bays. along the coast of Flor
ida, at the mouths of. the Mississippi
and to a less extent at places where
a long and dangerous land haul is
involved.
With our present force during the
past twenty-five months we have
been able to put out of business, by
capture or otherwise, 153 vessels.
Because of what regard to be very
serious defects in the laws and in
the methods of procedure, large
percentage of these vessels has again
fallen into the hands of their orfgi-
nal owners and are now in active
trade.
1--WE have also captured the equiva-
lent of $1,000 cases Of liquor and
caused to be jettisoned under fire
an amount estimated at 10000 cases,
or a grand total of $1,000 cases. We
have also to our credit a small guam
tity Of narcotics.
Large ~ the amount captured may
seem, It Is but drop in bucket
Evening star., 1924-03-09

Besides nearly $14,o0o,o00 in the
appropriation bill for giving. the
coast guard the fast small boats
which it now lacks, other legislation
to strengthen this work has been
favorably reported. The Winslow bill
provides additional personnel. 1t
also provides for summary dismissal.
In addition to that, the court-martial
laws for the coast guard permit pun
tshments to be awarded by the gen.
eral coast guard court ranging up to
two years. Imprisonment. This means
that coast guard officer cannot es-
cape punishment by merely, being
dismissed, but may also be sentenced
to prison. =,
Briefly, the methods adopted for
importing liquors illegally into the
United States are:
Foreign vessels, loaded with liquors
or spirits, clear from one foreign
port to another. foreign port, but
eventually arrive off the coast of the
United States. They hover or anchor
in waters outside the maritime juris-
diction of the United States and are
unloaded by thousands of motor
boats, generally under five tons bur-
den. not documented as United States
vessels and sometimes by documented
vessels. Motor boats under FIVE tons
are not documented, but numbered,
with record OF owner, or managing
owner, at the customhouse.
An amazing, picture Of how a tre-
mendous contraband business has
been built up, by intrigue and bribery,
making the United States the market
for the biggest illicit business ever
conducted In the world. where the
prohibited cargoes are often landed
after storm of shot and she'll, with
world war soldiers and sailors gen.
orally directing the operations. was
put before the congressional commit
tee by. officers of the coast guard.
/. with graphic description and going
into startling details. the lurid talk,
pieced up from thousands of confiden-
tial dispatches from innumerable se-
cret sources, was told to Congress. T.
New legislation is involved to au-
thorize additional commissioned Of
flcers and to. transfer twenty de-
stroyers from tha Navy. This new
legislation would be subject to a
point OF order. However, a bill has
been favorably reported by Chair
man Winslow Of the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce,
which carries this authority. It is
claimed that under this Winslow bill
the whole United States Navy could
be turned over to the coast guard
for prohibition enforcement because
the bill does not authorize specified
number, but merely says such ships"
AZ may be needed. e-a ~
Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billiard,
lcommandant of the coast guard, told
the Z. appropriations committee that
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confidential sources and should re-
veal these it might stop the how. Of
necessary information" Both Com
mander Root and Admiral. Billiard as
sured Representative Gallivan that
there had been no conference with
the. prohibition enforcement officers
as to the extent of sum smuggling.
Referring to the rum smuggler and
his organization as the enemy"
Commander Root described the situa-
tion as follows:
"The mission of the enemy Is to
make money. His motive is cupidity.
His operations are carried. on by a
force limited only by opportunities
to use it. His legal and technical
advisers are persons Of the highest
skill, unhampered by principles of
any kind. He employs seagoing peo-
pie, some Of the desperate character,
many Of whom served in allied armies
and navies during the world war.
These people are armed and will fight
il there is chance of advantage by
so doing. Whenever possible, the
enemy resorts to bribery.
Large amounts. Of contraband are
Evening star., 1924-03-09
MOfe Than 100, 900
Cases of Contraband
Products Poured In
to Country Every
Month by Highly
Organized and Dar-.
ing Syndicates--For-
eign Governments
Share in Profits of
the BuSiness--COast
Guard Battles.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

HE erstwhile proud boast that
the coast line of the United
States was impregnable to
any fnrnirn foe no lonRer
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Evening star., 1924-02-15

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