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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-30

dealers, you know. So, l didn't get
| a bit farther, and I'm disguised wit 1
detective wOrk,-my own or anybody
elsc's."
$50 am H. said Cunningham, so
lemphatically that Anderson looked
nsnp quickly.
Why, what's come. over you?'' he
inquired, with interest. Il thought
Sherlock was your middle name? ?"
No. Fathcad's my middle name!
Nunlskhll, nincompoop. dumb bcll,-
any Of those!'
Explain" said Anderson, smiling
at the detected countenance that
faced him.
! "Well,' Cunningham shot his bolt,
Perry Heath was here tonight"
WHAT Anderson's tone was as
explosive as the others, and he
, cvinccd unboundcd incredulity.
"Yes, Perry. himself, in the flesh.
I talked with him.
"Wcll If you're going to talk with
| me, make yourself explicit l don't
yet grasp your meaning. my boy"
So Cunningham told him, plainly
, and Faithfully, every word that had
passed between himself and the fu-
gitivc Heath.
He spoke slowly and straightfOr-
wardly, but he kept wary eye opt
for any expression on Anderso on 5
face that. might warn him how his
tale was to be taken.
Sam Anderson said no word until
the whole story was told. He
watched Cunningham carefully. look
ing up alertly if the narrative halted,
and when the climax was reached
he remarked. briefly:
"You were quite right. Al, about
your middle Names"
That was all. but Cunningham
grew hot all over at the scathing
tone Of rcproach.
Nov. look here. SAM" he began,
but Anderson interrupted:
there's nothing to look here
about. You were double ba rreled
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Rudolph Valentino

4 Huoo'pn valentino. famous screen lover, typify-
ing manner Of man called "sheik" because ~
zpne OF his characterzations by that name. is dead
and thousands, yes, hundreds Of thousands Of NOV.
An@ picture enthusiasts the world over mourn for
him. Naturally, because of the roles he portrayed
- sosEow i mostly confined to the female portion
RI the population. Certainly no great man in re.
sent years has had the sympathy and alteration Of
ne women OF the land to such degree.
It IL lamentable that Valentino, in dying. had to
4ke his last stage exit with ia-tempered criticism
ringing in his ears. The criticism Of ! Chicago
&srspaper that he was pink powder puff" man
- ranked and had changed the actors normally
A9efnl dfspositioa = moody, depressed condi-
IT., - appendicitis ut in, followed By
saesr, ~ 1l1neal rssivtancs Wa low. RAJ
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Pave 10 Fargo and Sioux 'Falls ).
Minneapolis Journal

There is no disposition, we believe, to hurry the
state highway departments paving program. No
doubt, Mr.. Babcock is moving as rapidly and eff
fectivcly toward the goal of paving all important
artcrial roads as the put at his disposal
by the state permit.
But we think the Importance of completing paved
highways from the Twin Cities to the west and
southwest should be kept well to the FORE Five
from the Cities through to Fargo and to Sioux Falls
Perhaps three years will do it.
These are by far the most important paving Jobs
that impend. now that the pavement to Duluth is
nearing completion. They will provide easy chan
nels OF communication between the Dakotas and
these centers-regions with which our trade and
social relations are already Close but which greatly
need better highways for INSTRUMENTATION.
Such paved highways will, of course, greatly IA
cllitate tourist travel to and from Minnesota
ticularly the southwestern route But the chief mo.
tive, after ALL is commercial Better access to the
Cities must be given these growing and prosperous
regions. so that they may more easily interchange
trade with US, may buy and sell in our markets to
better advantage
Ten years should see completion Of the paving Of
all our great arteria highways, from the south to
the north, from the east to the west and connect
ing the corners ct the state
Whether the gasoline tax should be increased
whether the motor vehicle tax should b raised
whether the highway funds should be anticipated
through bond issue. questions, Of course, for
the legislature But in deciding them, the lesisla-
ture should weigh carefully the tremendous sdvan-
1900 e our people Of pushing the system Of areral
paved hiehways 70 early completion.
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Penny Pinching

(Official City, State and County Ncwspaper)
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

MRS. PRENTlSS sees lights
mysteriOusly appear and disap-
pear In the HEATH household
next door one night, and the next
day Harbor Gardens, Long
Island, Is agOg with the murder
Of MfRA HEATH and the dis
appearance Of her husband,
PERRY.
House guests Of the Heaths
IRE LAWRENCE INMAN, heir
to Myra's fortune, and BUNN1Ir
Moore. vivaciOus, gold e n.
haired, to whom suspicion points
because Of her refusal to answer
questions.
Myra Heath was peculiar. She
never used cosmetics, never wore
cOjOrs. She had mania for col
Letting glass, and II was q rare
old whiskcy bottle from her COL
lection that the murdcrers used
10 kill her. Candles were burn.
Ing At her head and feet and
nearby was = card marked. THE
Work Of Perry Heath" Strang.
est Of all, she was heavily made
up with rouge.
The peculiar thing about
Hcath's disappearance is that all
the windows and doors had been
locked on the inside the night
before and were found that way
In the morning. Finger prints
Of Bunny Moore and lnman were
found on the bottle.
At the Country Club, the MUIR
der Is discussed by SAM An
DERSON. Heath's rival for the
club presidency; Al CUNNING.
HAM. who Is trying to solve the
crime. and others. Some believe
Heath the murderer. Anderson
disagrees. TODHUNTER BUCK,
nephew Of Mrs. Prentiss and In
love with Bunney, suggests to
Cunningham that Heath also
may have been murdered.
bunny IL amazed to get q
phone call from Heath. He calls
her again, saying Inman il
guilty. Bunny faints under q
grilling by Detective Mott. In.
man cOnfidcs to Buck that he
saw Bunny ascending the stairs
after the murder. and Mott Qucs-
ttOns all the servants. Katie, 4
maid. tells Of seeing . man leav.
ing the grounds the night Of the
murder. Mott 10 inclined Ia
think Bunny Is guilty.
Cunningham gets 4 note from
Anderson and goes to his house
where Perry Heath suddenly ap.
pears out Of the night and be.
gins to talk.
Anderson invites Cunningham
to his house and there, while
waiting for his host, Cunning.
ham L. suddenly confronted By
Perry Heath, who 6isappears o.
mysteriOusly d he had appeared
Shortly aftCrward Anderson
comes in.
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ARE CONVICTED
Of CONSPIRACY
AGAINST u. 5,
Capt. Pamphlet of Seized
Canadian Boat Peschawa,
and Others, Guilty.

PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 26.-Capt.
Robert Pamphlet, Of the Canadian
schooner Psscawha, jacob b. Woitte
ana other co-defendants, have been
convicted of conspiracy to violate
the United States liquor laws.
Woitte was charged with beng
leader Of the gang handling the
liquor smuggled in from the Pes
cawha which the Algonquin seized
off Grays Harbor OH February 3
after nine men from the wrecked
lumber schooner Caoba had boen
picked up by Capt. Pamphlet and
turned over to the Customs officials
after beng towed to Astoria. On
BOARD the PeschaWa we're 1850 cases
of bonded liquor
Capt. Pamphlet said: Il do not
care for myself for | am the only
one of the PeschaWa's crew not
married. The rest of the boys were
under my orders and It was none of
their business if the ship was in
Vancouver, Oregon City or China.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
''Cetti,g Oiled'' and Sober
In the True VOlstead Style
~ y

Faced with the necessity OF being
alwavs one Jump ahead of tomorrow
the latest wrinkle evolved by night
club sponsors for the relief of the
tired business man" is the break
fast dance.
The dance is started at 5 or 6
O'Clock in the afternoon. For two
or three hours it follows convention
al lines, while at certain places OBJ
jected to by Police Commissioners
Mclaughlin, those taking part go
through a process called getting oil
ed" Once well oiled, perhaps an
entertainer will favor with Who'll
Chop Your Suey When I'm Gone" "
She then will appear to sing the last
verse the one supposed to contain
kick. for the patrons for 50. If
she does not run out of last verses
she wakes rich.
In certain clubs where elaborate
bars are found in the upper floors
of barn like buildings, a general pill
grimage higher up takes place at
about o'clock in the morning. The
management of one club prides itself
upon closing promptly at O'Clock
giving cold showers to its patrons
and shipping them off to work as
fresh as the dawn" The clubs con
Itend there is little of what the po
lice call raw stuff" Their func
itions, as propretors see it, is ro
entertain. The management feels
that when guests start throwing
money around they are we'll enter
tanned. Nude dances are taboo in
most night clubs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
CAPT, \, FINCH
PASSES AWAY
HEART ATTACK
Pioneer Deep-Sca Diver Dies
in Seattle Well
Known IN Alaska.

SEATTLE. Feb. 26.-Capt. Henry
Finch. pioneer deep-sea diver of the
Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes,
died here Tuesday as the result of
an attack of the heart.
Capt Finch spent 1S years in
the United States Life Saving Serv-
ice He had charge of submarine
work in thirty harbors. He came
west in 1896 and went to Alaska
during the gold rush. Capt. Finch
returned to Seattle in 1905.
Capt. Finch Is well known to
many oldtimers in juneau. He
made one attempt to reach the
Islander which sunk years ago, neal
the south end of Douglas Island
when it struck an iceberg while
enroute from Skagway to Van
couver
Oldtimers today stated Finch
made two Attempts to reach the
Islander. The first was unsuccessful
but the second attempt was sue
cess Sand had covered the wreck
however and the attempt to recover
gold, etc, was abandoned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
Eat .SaIn,On'
Campaign to
BE Started

SEATTLE. Feb. 20 The Asso-
ciated Pacific Fisheries announces
plans for 100000 advertising
campaign President c. A Burck-
hardt. of Seattle, said this would be
the Srst national salmon advertising
campaign and said the purpose is to
educate the public to the value of
salmon as food "
Burckhardt said 100000 has
been raised and will soon be
doubled. Nonmemhers of the Asso-
ciated Pacific Fisheries are invited
to participate IT. the campaign.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 Revela-
today as "A result of Police Commits
sioner McLaughlin's drive to close
certain Objectionable classes of them.
The question: What is a night
club as applied to the objection
able kind largely has been a secret
hitherto to initiates with much
spending money.
Tucked away here and there be-
meath the bright folds of the Roar
ing Forties" are these colorful little
places. They are cabarets pure and
simple. No dues are charged but an
initiation fee is required, and any
one who has the price can join
The roll of each club is mailing
list which the management uses as
siduously.
The only things to be found free
are the salt and pepper Cover
charges range from SO to s.. Water
is supplied up to a dollar pint
and experienced walters sometimes
move the decimal point to a jumI
or two to the right when adding the
check Bacon and eggs. fad JUS
now, may be had at SO an order
which includes 25 cents worth o
bacon and eggs.
The enterprising manager has tive
sets of menus, one with and On'
without prices. The menus withou
prices are handed to the womel
and they order, blssfully ignoran
of why their escorts squirm aroun'
%.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
Dept. JUSTICE:
APPROPRIATION
Reported TODAY
Provides for Payment Of
Salaries to Alaskans
Gut at Nome.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The
Department of Justice appropria-
ton bill for $24,096.500 has been
reported in the House. The bill
provides ISL, 200 for salaries Of
court officials in Alaska.
j. B. Harris, General Agent of
the Department of Justice. at q
hearing on the bill said it seems
there is a falling off in business
in the Alaska courts, especially at
Nome Last year they let out one
Deputy Clerk and Deputy Marshal.
We are cutting down the force but
still are giving sufficient judicial
machinery to take care of all
business" "
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
SENATORS IN
RADIO DEBATE
ON DRY LAWS
Republican and Democrat
Take Opposite Views
on Prohibition.

WASHINGTON, Dec. &C. - In a
radio debate last night, Senator
Smith W. Brookhart. Republican Of
Iowa. described the Eighteenth
Amendment as "our greatest victory
of the World War
Senator Edward I. Edwards,
Democrat of New Jersey, declared
the Eighteenth Ame endment and the
Volstead act were foisted upon a
war crazed people" Edward attack
ed the Anti-Saloon League and call
ed it's General Counsel. Wayne E.
Wheeler the "arch traitor of Am
erican Liberty and freedom OF
thought"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
BIC PROBLEM
FACES NATION
SAYS Governor
Gov. Ross Says Serious Prob
lem Is Tendency Toward
Defiance of Law.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 20
Press that "as mother of three
sons, | rejoice the day of the open
saloon has passed, but | feel the
most serious problem facing the ma
tion is the present tendency toward
derision and defiance, especially to
the Prohibition Amendment"
Coy. Ross said woman was strong
enough if properly directed to check
this tendency toward lawlessness.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
DISCUSSION ON
ROADS HELD BY
LOCAL CHAMBER
Taku River Mining Man
Urges Building Truck Road
Into that District.

Roads, generally, and the proposed
discussed today before the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce. The sub
ject was first presented in the re-
port of the executive board, which
that Secretary +. A.
Boyle be instructed to urge Congress
not to reduce any Alaska road items
of appropriation and later was dwet
on by A. deLaroux. Taku river min
ing man, J. j. F. Ward, U. S. Com
missioner of Skagway, and R. r.
Lewis, president of the Juneau
Water Company
The Chamber directed Mr. Boyle
20 communicate with the proper
authorities in Washington protesting
against the proposed reduction Tor
two years in Federal allotments to
the Forest Road Fund which is cov-
cred in the Federal Aid Highway
Act. Recent press dispatches from
ficials had approved two year cut
in these allotments.
OF Economic Importance
Mr. deLaroux made an extended
statement on the Taku River min
ing belt and it's relative economic
importance to Juneau and Douglas.
He urged the Chamber and resi-
dents of Gastineau Channel general
ly to get behind movement for a
truck road up the Taku. opening up
the district.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
SENATOR WALSH
STARTS DEBATE
Makes Charges Against Sen
ator Pepper Trust
Prosecution Proposed

WASHINGTON Feb 20 Senator
Walsh, of Montana, developed a
heated debate in the Senate today
when he charged Senator Reed of
Pennsylvania, represented Secretary
of Treasury Mellon of the Aluminium
Company Senator Robinson. Of Ar
authorize the President to employ
special counsel to prosecute cOE-
tempt proceedings against the com
pany
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
BODY MISSING
TRAPPER SAID
TO Be FOUND

CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 26.-The
body of Conrad Silvertson, trapper
missing since early in December, is
reported to have been found by
Indian boys, in a gasboat, tied up
to the shore OF lagoon on lone
ly spot on Montague Island. The
body was rolled in blankets. Ap-
parently Silyertson fell from his
bunk to the bottom of the boat
The boat was not damaged. The
boys were so frightened they hur-
ried to town. party has been
organized to Investigate.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
One Killed in Knife
Duel Aboard Steamer

SEATTLE, Feb. 26. - Kiyohiko
Kawamichi was killed last night
in a knife duel with Tayoshi Tauchi
in the locked galley on the Hyoshide
Maru enIoute to Seattle from Ana
cortes. Both men were cooks on
the vessel and worked together on
the voyage from the Orient. When
the duel ended, Tauchi unlocked
the galley door, stepped out and
tainted. Kawamichi's body was
brought ashore and Tauchi was ar
rested. The pair planned a duel
family fued.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
TAX REDUCTION
BILL IS DULY
, SIGNED TODAY
Coolidge Puts Final @. K. to
Measure Many Watch
Official Act.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Presi-
dent Coolidge signed the tax reduc-
tion bill at 10 o'clock this fore
noon as battery of motion picture
photographers recorded the scene
and those invited to witness the
ceremony. Among those witnessing
the signing of the measure were
Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Bud
get Director Lord, Republican House
Leader Tilson; Chairman Green, of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee Representative Garner, rank
ing Democrat, of the Committee; !;
Chairman Smoot of the Senate
Finance Committee and Senator
Simmons, ranking Democrat of that
Committee.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
MORE CHARGES
Are PRESENTED
TO Committee
Frame Representative Ap-
pears James Galen
Is Only Witness.

WASHINGTON Feb. % George
Cain. representing John Frame be
fore the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee today. charged the Department
of Justice withheld evidence Of it's
investigation last year into law
enforcement in Alaska, from the
Senate judiciary Committee
Chairman Albert r. Cummins said
he conferred with Assistant Attor-
ney General Donovan regarding the
investigation and felt confident his
committee will receive the evidence
Regarding reappOintments Of
Judges Reed and Ritchie. Cain said
Important papers are missing
from their packets in the Depart
ment's files"
Ga!en Is Witness
The only witness heard at the
reopening of the hearing was James
L. Galen, of Cordoya. who denied
previous evidence that he is con
neeted with a bootleg ring Galen
praised Judge Elmer T.. Ritchie as
man Of character and ability. and
declared that the general opinion
was Ritchie had net taken a drink
since seated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
SUPPLY PARTY.
ARCTIC BOUND.
IS CANCELLED
Capt. Wilkins Says Expedi-
ton Will Not Be Able
to Assist Flight.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 26.-
Capt. George H. Wilkins has called
off the snow motor expedition.
Capt. Wilkins said 1T is obvious
the snow motors cannot reach Point
Barrow in time to be of assistance
to the flight
Capt. Wilkins declared the local
ield will be made long enough for
The takeoff 20 Point Barrow. The
party is expected to remain here
three weeks and prepare the equip
ment and make test flights. The
planes arrived here last night and
assemblage has started.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 26.-
Rev. Thomas II. Jones, formerly rec
tor of the fashionable S. Barnabas
Protestant Episcopal Church in
Philadelphia, was arrested yester-
day and charged with violating the
Mann Act. Miss Mildred Lover for
merly a choir singer at the church,
is held as a witness. Federal Off
GERS said the couple eloped and came
here last June in an automobile.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
Three Air Men Killed
In French Sham Battle

MAYENCE, France, Feb. GA
French pilot. his aide and me-
chanician were killed here today
when two planes collided in sham
battle The crew of the other ma
chine landed safely.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
PRESIDENT SIGNS TAX MEASURE
Alaska Hearing Is Reobemed Before Senate C0mmittee
4uplane Carries
Serum to Prerent
an Epidemic

SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb.
26.-An airplane flew from
Kelly Field to Winchester yes
terday with serum to avert a
threatened smallpox epidemic.
Because there WAS no landing
field. the package WAS dropped
to the ground. The flight was
made necessary because Win
chester is served by only one
train daily and that had left.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
Coolidge AGums
Ruling in Tacna-
Arica Dispute

WASHINGTON, FEB. 2G-Presi-
dent Coolidge has affirmed the rnl-
ings of the Tacna-Ariba Plebiscitary
Commission on all points involved
in the pending appeals of both
involved the re-registration and the
voting regulations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
Small Damage by Fire
In U. S. Capitol Bldg.

WASHINGTON, Feb. &c. -- Fire
in the south wing of the Capitol
Building was extinguished this fore
noon with small damage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

GEOBGETOWN, 1si., Feb. 16.-
Henry Butler has hanged here to-
lay. He attacked a 10year-old
girl
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

PRINCE RUPERT. &. C., Feb 90.
One hundred thousand pounds of
halibut which three American yes
sells brought here yesterday, sold
for 15 and cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

According 10 the records in the
Paine, Carl George Swanson and
Mary Elizabeth IIazen were married
in juneau on December 3. 1919.
He mas a machinist at Thane, aged
21, and the bride was over the
legal" age She lad been married
previously but wedlock had been
dissolved by divorce.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
COUPLE
WAC|NC FIGHT
SEATTLEC0URT
Carl e.. Swanson, Formerly
of Thane, Brings Al
ienation Suit.

SEATTLE, Feb. 26. -- Testifying
in the $1,000 alienation suit
against Ben Johnson, Carl George
Swanson accused his wife Elizabeth,
with having sat in the defendants
lap 15 minutes at a time which he
said lie thought was too long
Mrs Swanson deserted her hus-
band on February ., last year.
Swanson charged Johnson with
Mrs. wansons' affections.
The Swansons were married in
Juneau, Alaska, in 1919.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26
GOOD HAL|BUT
PRICES, SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Feb. 2G -- Schooner
Mary has arrived here with 1900
pounds Of medium halibut, 400
pounds of small halibut and $500
pounds of mixed cod. The three
grades of fish sold for 34h, 30 and
seven cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

New York police are making
vigorous search for the
murderer of Genevieve Nc
Guire whose body was found
partly buried in a snow drift.
She was slain in a taxicab, it
is believed. and her body
hurled into the street.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-02-26

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-03
STREET BUS COLLIDES WITH
TRUCK ON COUNTY ROAD
WORKMAN OF TIDEWAT-
Err COMPANY is BADLY
HURT; MANY OTHERS
INJURED

A Tidewater Construction Com
pany truck and Key West Electric
Company bus No. 81 crashed in
collision on the county road be-
tween 6 and Z o'clock this morn
ing. One of the sixteen men on
he truck, G.. F. Middleton, sus-
tanned a badly crushed arm. and
all the rest of the men were either
slightly injured or badly shaken
mp. il was stated at the Tidewater
Construction Company office to-
day. where II wss also learned
that the front end of the truck
was smashed and the tenders ON
the bus broken and bent. Middle
ton was sent 10 DIR. Loves hos
pital.
No one was injured aboard the
bus, and. manager Bascom Grooma.
Of the Key Wess Electric Com
rany. says the bus driver war COM
plimented upon the way he han
died the bus, and that his cool
ness and good judgment probably
prevented a more serious accident.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-03
INVESTIGATION RESUMED IN
ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS
TO ASCER-
TAIN WHAT BECAME
OF MILLION DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION
n,x Ar.oclnteI Pressl.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.--Inysstiga-
tion of the Illinois Senatorial pri-
mary was resumed today by the
Senate campaisn Funds Commit
tee with a view to developing
more details of what became of
nearly million dollars which evi-
dence during the first week of the
inquiry showed was raised for sen.
ate, state and Cook County tickets
One of the chief things the in
vestigators desired to ascertain
was the full extent of contribu-
tions to various political organize.
tions made by Samuel insult Of
Chicago, public utilities executive