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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
THOUSANDS HOMELESS, EARTHQUAKE
Arrests FoAozv Indictments of Federal Grand <}m>
FiHpinos Sho,r
Indifference to
Thompson $ Report

MANILA. Dec. - Reaction
on Garmi Thompson report 10
President Coolidge. regarding
the Philippines. one whole.
is one of Indifference The Fill
pino leaders disapproyed the re.
commentator postponing inde-
pendence.
SeaNer Sergio Ormena. refer
ring 10 the section of the report
on friction etWeen COY Gen.
Wood and the Filipino leaders.
said. IT is the most significant
statement in The entire report"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
Indicted Cops Suspended
THORNTON TO RETURN

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 27.-
Friends of Roy Thornton announce
he will return to Seattle to face
Indictment. 1t is reported he has
nothing to fear. He operates a
road house and radio broacastlng
station and nearby a dance hall. He
was in Seattle during the Brown
mayoralty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

floors. The mems dormitory is -
feet by 50 feet with three floors.
1t has power plant SO feet by 81
feet and single story motors build
ing So feet by 60 feet with addition
Is feet by SO feet. There are also
three dwellings on the campus, Two
building and mine shop building
the main part of which is - feet
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

for the maintenance of an institu.
ton within its borders for higher
learning has been in round numbers
only about $4,000 per year.
Apparatus Is Modern
To appreciate the value of its
scientific equipment one must visit
its laboratories. No out-ofdate ap-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
Chicago Spends
Millions for
Christmas Liquor

CHICAGO, Dec. p. - City
Health Commissioner Mendesen
estimates that $40, 100000 was
spent for Chicago Christmas
liquor
Men and women. who would
not swallow pure we'll water
without an investigation of the
bucket. tilted bottles. with pret-
ty labels upside down. over
their lips without any hesita-
ton whatever, said Mendesen.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
SNOW AND ICE
COVER STATES

NEW YORK, Dec. 27=Snow and
ice covered the North western States
after mild Christmas temperatures
New York streets are glared from
an inch of sleet, followed by "A slight
snow fall. Many accidents are re-
ported. Two persons were killed in
falls
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
Admits Staying Wife
And Eight Step-children

FAREWELL, N. Oak, Dec. 21.-
George J. Haskell barred his breast
today and asserted that he was
ready to be Shot for Staying his wife
and eight stepchildren which was a
poor way to serve the Lord" He
said he killed his wife first and was
then forced to shoot the boys.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
H|CHER-UPS IN
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
IND|CTED,CLA|M
Many Arrests Are Made Fol-
lowing Indictments Sc
atle Federal Jury.

SEATTLE, zee. 27-NerifcatiOn
of all forecasts of recent indict-
ments returned by the Federal
Grand Jury indicate higher-ups have
been caught This is seen in the
Indictment of j. Howard Shattuck,
Seattle politician, church worker
and formerly lighting Sheriff of Kit
say County, member of the Legis-
lature and State Parole Officer.
Bootlegsers are reported 10 have
made affidavits that Shattuck is in
yolved in many cases. 1t is alleged
he promised to fix cases when Fed
eral Dry Agents arrested them.
Sixty of about 160 indicted last
Wednesday by the Grand Jury he'd
been arrested up to Christmas Eve.
Extradition Proof
w. e CraW, former Captain of
Police at Everett Rex Hall, former
proprietor of a hotel in Everett,
have been indicted but they are in
Vancouver. b. c. 1t is learned they
are extradition proof. Hall has
Craw is slowly recovering from an
operation. He was near death a
month ago.
It is Indicated that in the past
two years, Federal grand juries have
indicted many who have not been
cited Failure to press charges
against about 200 indicted May u.
including 1t. Com. James Hale
Strong, of the Navy and Sheriff
Gookins, of Island County, is re-
vealed. Some of these indicted last
May may be reindicted this month.
Others are expected to be Govern
ment witnesses
Nav Tell Truth
Of the indicted men arrested, Lew
Fairfield, of Everett. paroled con-
vict and reputed hijacker and fixer
of the Snohomish County rum ring,
declared when indicted, that County
officials had brought him to trial,
and he was to tell a story OF
craft that will startle the North
west. My memory has fully re-
turned.
Indicted Cops Suspended
Nine of the 10 indicted Seattle
patrolmen have been suspended for
80 days. Chief of Police Soaring
said 1t. Comstock, who has not been
suspended, was relieved Of his du-
ties for 30 days last Spring when
he was indicted in the liquor con-
spiracy cases The present indict-
ments include virtually the same
charges, the Chief said
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
Capt. Wilkins Coming
North During February

DETROIT. Mich, Dee. 27.--Capt.
George H. Wilkins plans to leave
Seattle for Fairbanks on February ;
to continue exploration in the Arctic.
He plans to place wings on the De-
trOiter, at Fairbanks. and fly To
Point Barrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
Forces Are Notified

WASHINGTON, Dec. q. Rear
Admiral Latimer, who landed the
marines in Nicaragua, proclaimed a
neutral zone and advised the State
Department that he has notified the
Nicaraguan Government forces, de
feated by the Liberal troops, thai
they will be disarmed if forced into
the neutral zone.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

paratus is to be found therein. IN
the agricultural laboratory is to be
found the latest soil testing units:
the civil engineering department con
tains the best transits and levels to
the value of several thousand dollars
Richie testing machine with a
capacity Of $4,000 pounds. This ma.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

chine has been of great service to
the Fairbanks Exploration Co. In
testing concrete blocks. The Home
Economics laboratory is fully equip
ped with electric range, hot plates,
loom, electric and tread sewing ma.
chimes, in fact all that Is needed for
(Contin ied c. kuGe Three)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

has received S5o.o00 each year fol
d period of five years from the Fed.
eral Government in accordance with
the provisions Of the Acts of Con
gress endowin2 land grand college
in every state and territory.
Plant Is Described
The total cost of all of its build.
inss is approximately $lS0,ooo. Each
of the three units of its main build.
ing is 80 feet by SO feet with three
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
By Or. c. E. BUNNELL.
President Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines

In the first place, what are the
physical assets of the "Farthest
North" College? In the second place,
what has IL to offer? These are the
natural questions to be asked by one
who has not had an opportunity 10
see its buildings and equipment and
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
CIGARS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED

The Empire STAFF. with pleasure,
acknowledges Christmas receipt of
cigars from the b. NJ Behrends
Bank and Butler Mauro Drug Co.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
MOUNTA|N ZONE
IN ALBANIA IS
BADLY SHAKEN
Premier Mussolini Orders
Relief Sent-Water in
Lake Is Boiling.

ROME, Dec. 27.-It is re-
ported an earthquake has de-
stroyed houses and left thou
sands homeless at Durazzo, Al
ban4e. Premier Mussolini has
Oh dered relief sent.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
UNDERWORLD GRAFT

SEATTLE, Dec. 27.-The POST
Intelligencer said this morning that
investigations have solved private
banking intricacies through which
it ;s believed City and County ofi-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27
SHOCKS ARE VIOLENT

T1RANIA, Albania. Dec. 27.
Violent shocks have persisted
for several days in the noun
tain zone near Durazzo. A new
crater has been formed which
is in constant eruption. Water
in a nearby lake is boiling. The
inhabitants have fled.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SHAKES
FRESNO, Cal, Dec. GA
quake shook the San Joaquin
Valley at LEO o'clock this
morning. Dishes ratified at
Turlock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-27

(Contin ied c. kuSe Three)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
TWENTY-YEAR
DISPUTE
By Sheet Metal Workers
Over Jurisdiction
May End

Washington.-A special meeting of
the general executive board of the
Sheet Metal Workers. international
Association has been called to meet
at the associations headquarters here
on July II to take action on the pro-
posed agreement to settle the 20-year-
OLD jurisdiction dispute in the build
ing industry between the association
and the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America.
The proposed agreement, which was
signed by executive officials of both
organizations in Indianapolis on May
q, requires ratification by the execu-
tive boards of each organization
Early in June the carpenters board
ratified the agreement. 1t still re-
quires the approval of the Sheet
Metal Workers executive board t6
become effective.
The officers of the Sheet Metal
Workers have invited representatives
of $50 local unions in the United
States and Canada to attend the con.
ference.
Under the proposed agreement
metal work in building construction
will be divided between the two
unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
NOTICE TO BUILDING
CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of Frederick G. Mueller
Walter R. Hair, Architects, 7O1 Rent
schler Building, Hamilton, Ohio, for
the Building Committee of The Hamil-
ton Community Hotel Corporation,
up to 100 p. m. daylight saving time,
August 10, 1926, for all labor and
material necessary for the erection
Of a hotel building to be erected upon
the site located on High, Monument
and Court streets, Hamilton, Butler
county, Ohio, according to the plans
and specifications prepared by F. G..
Mueller, w. H. Hair, Architects,
Hamilton, Ohio, and George B. Post
& Sons, Consulting Architects, New
York City, New York.
The several branches of the work
to be bid upon are as follows: Gen
eral Contract, Plumbing, Heating and
Ventilating, Electric Wiring, Refrig-
Grafton, Laundry Machinery, Kitchen
Equipment, Garbage Incinerator, etc.
Plans and specifications are on
file at the following addresses:
Office Of the Architect, Hamilton,
Ohio.
Chamber of Commerce, Rentschler
Bldg, Hamilton, Ohio; also the fol-
lowing Building Exchanges:
Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland,
Middletown and Chicago.
By direction of the Building Com
mittee of the Hamilton Community
Hotel Corporation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

times for the advancement of the
working people, are among the prin-
cipal features of interest of the ex-
hibit.
Beginning with the labor movement
when the late Samuel Gompers first
assumed the helm as president of the
federation, it's growth and spread in
influence is traced to the present mo-
ment. In material degree the ex-
hibit is a monument to the life work
of Mr.. Gompers in that it traces the
growth of the labor movement under
his leadership, and the great heritage
that has come to his successor, Will
liam Green, as result of his efforts.
Moving pictures which show build
ings, banks and institutions owned
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
To Investigate Stand of Candidates Questions of Par
ticuar Interest to Labor Submits Report

convention; labor rec
ord, good.
George Lucas, Hamersville, Ohio,
democrat state senator, failed to re-
turn questionnaire. No labor record.
Republicans
Representative-O. P. Mccormack,
farmer, answers to all questions salts
factory to labor.
Howard E. Kelly, former mayor of
Hamilton, answers all questions sat
isfactory to labor.
Rev. c. c. Falkenstine, minister,
Middletown, answers to questions are
evasive; favors a county police; as
member of the present legislature
voted against child labor amendment
after pledging himself to vote for it.;
claims to be friend of labor.
Senate-H. c. Minnich, Oxford,
dean Teachers College, failed to re-
turn QUESTIONABLE; sent letter to
committee outlining his policies, in
directly favorable to labor.
Lowey Miller, Middletown, member
of the state senate at present time
failed to return QUESTIONABLE; has
the state constabulary bill as part
| of his platform; labor record as tc
measures concerning labor considered
/ ny, ,fo1, 1n. Lo
port from labor.
| This committee is non-partisan anG
has given all candidates the same
opportunity to study the question.
submitted. No attempt has beer
made nor will any attempt be mad,
to deliver labOr's vote. 1t is the pur
pose of the committee to make ever,
effort to carry out to the fullest ex
tent of it's ability the program of th
American labor movement-to rewar,
our friends, and defeat our enemies
1t is the duty of every man an
woman in the labor movement to Sc
that they, their families and thei
friends are properly registered, to g
to the polls August 10th and vote fo
those candidates who have shown b.
their actions that labor can expec
a square deal from them if elected
With this end in view we most re
spectfully submit this report
LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL
COMMITTEE,
Hamilton and Middletown Trades an
! Labor Council.
Stanley Ogg, Secretary
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
THE UNION LABOR
Life Insurance Company
Moves Nearer Goal
By MATTHEW WOLL
President, The Union Labor Life
Insurance Company


President, The Union Labor Life
Insurance Company
Steadily The Union Labor Life
Insurance Company moves toward its |
goal of 100000, the amount which |
has been set which must be subscrib- |
ed in capital and surplus before the |
company begins business.
1t would be possible to begin bust
ness in every state in the union with
less than the amount already sub
scribed, but it was determined by our
directors that we must have more
than the minimum required by law
before the doors are opened for the
writing of insurance.
Subscriptions are coming into the
headquarters in Washington at rate
per dollar expended never equalled in
any corporation organizing effort ever
undertaken.
This is because of the tremendous
| interest labor everywhere is taking in
this, it's own greatest enterprise, and
because of the service which labor
knows it will derive from the organi-
zation once it is actually under way.
The Union Labor Life Insurance
Company is, it may be said in abso-
lutte confidence, the greatest forward
step labor in America has ever under
taken. This is not because life insur-
ance is the most profitable of all
business, but because it so fully
Iserves the needs of men and women
in the highly competitive industrial
life of our time.
1t is urged that every national and
international, every state and city
central body and every local unior
at once subscribe for the full amount
| of shares and that every individual
trade unionist do likewise. The
opportunity will not long remain as
| it is. The organization period is the
period of opportunity and the period
likewise, when the company most
needs the support in this way of al
organized labor.
1t is urged that union members en-
list the interest of their officers anc
that the welfare and promotion 0.
The Union Labor Life Insurance bt
brought up at every union meeting
! until action is taken.
|. The Union Labor Life Insuranc,
Company, with the endorsement O
the American Federation of Labor, O
. former President Gompers and O
President Green, is the concern of al
American labor. Let US put it cove
the top" in record time, on the higl
road to action and service.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

Q.-What is 'sand hog?
A.-Nickname for common labor
er employed below the surface in SUBJ
way or tunnel construction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

The legislative and judicial COM
mittee of Hamilton and Middletown
Trades and Labor Councils submits
the following report for the informa-
ton of the trades union movement
and their friends. The following ques-
tionnaires were mailed to all candi-
dates for the general assembly:
1. Are you opposed to any
change in the workmen's compensa-
ton law which is opposed by organ
lied labor?
/, 2. Are you in favor of the passage
by the legislature of state con-
stabulary bill?
3. Are you in favor of the passage
of bill by the legislature which will
prohibit equity courts from issuing
injunctions which deny trade union
lists any rights they are entitled to
as citizens under the constitution and
the law?
q. Are you in favor of the passage
of bill by the legislature which will
declare null and void any contract of
employment. between an employer and
an employe which would compel the
employe to surrender his trade union
membership or pledge him to refrain
from exercising his constitutional
rights to become member Of any
lawful voluntary organization?
Following is digest of the answers
received:
Democrats
Representative-W Harry Spears
member Of Typographical ! Union
answers all questions satisfactory tt
labor.
Wm Goodwin, member Bill Posters
and Billers' Union, answers all ques
tions satisfactory to labor.
Mrs. Della Fowles, member Wom
ems Union Label League, answers al
questions satisfactory to labor.
Cyrus J. Fitton, attorney, answers
to questions, indirectly favorable OF
Question No. 1; declines to answe
Question No. 2 relative to state con
stabulary; favorable on Nos. 3 and a
Democrats
Senate - d. H. DeArmond, rea
estate, answers all questions salts
factory; labor record while membe
of the legislature, GOOD.
David Pierce, attorney, answers t.
all questions satisfactory; voted fo
labor progrcm as a member of tn
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

educational campaign by the United
Mine Workers.
The coal owners violated agree
ments and lowered wages, while con-
Quoting campaign against the
union. They are aided by guards, in
junction judges and press that cor
rupts public opinion. Wages in this
section are down to the 1928 stand
ard
In the Big Coal River district coal
owners announce another wage cut
for their "free and independent" work
ers, who are realizing how uncertain
are the pledges of employers who
broke their agreement with the union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
SESQUl EXHIBIT
Shows A. F. of L. Activities

BY international Labor News Service.
Philadelphia. Thousands of visit
ors to the Sesqui- Centennial Exposi-
tion are f1ocking to see the educational
exhibit of the American Federation
of Labor in the educational building
The exhibit describes and typifies the
progress and growth of the labor
movement in the United States in the
last half-century.
Charts showing the various activi-
ties of the Federation of Labor, and
outlining it's various activities at this
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
GOVERNMENT employees GET
$3.50 PENSION INCREASE

Neutrality-suspicious. of the last acts
of the late session of congress was to
pass the law increasing maximum
pensions for government employees
from $72O per annum to $1,000. Con-.
gress wanted to make the maximum
81 200, but President Coolidge threat
ened to veto anything in excess OF
$1,000. The president won.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

Q.-Is it true that the American
Federation of Labor did not have a
president during the first five years
of it's existence?
An the first five years the pre-
siding officer of chairman was chosen
by each convention. All authority be-
tween conventions was vested in the
legislative committee, now known as
the executive council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
STANDARD OIL UNHURT
BY COURT DISSOLUTION

New York.-The trust-busting order
of the United States supreme court
against the Standard Oil Company
has done no harm to that industrial
machine. The order was handed down
Is years ago and the trust was un-
scrambled into 33 units. Prior to dis
solution the stock value of the parent
company amounted to $685., 5,916, ,461.
The price Of all stock for the various
dissolved units on July last was
$4,41O, ,339, 800.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

by labor organizations, and indicate
the far-reaching scope Of their work
in behalf of their members, and the
service which they are rendering, are
being shown daily in connection with
the exhibit.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

Q.-What is the purpose of the
workers education bureau of Amer
lea?
A-The bureau aims "to collect and
disseminate information relative to
efforts at education on the part Of the
organized worker; to coordinate and
assist in every possible way the edu-
cational work now carried on by the
organized workers; and to stimulate
the creation of additional enterprises.
in labor education throughout North
America
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
NON-UNION MINERS
OUT; JOIN WITH
THE ORGANIZED

Fairmont, w. Va.-Anti-union coal
owners in northern West Virginia are
attempting to minimize the walkout
of their employees, following long
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

Q.-HOw many strikes have there
been on the Interborough subway sys-
tenn of New York city?
A.-The present strike is the fourth.
There were strikes in 1905, 1916 and
1919.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-23

Q.-When was the international
Federation of Trade Unions founded?
An 1901, at Copenhagen, Den
mark The federation will celebrate
it's 25th anniversary September 19
next.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-19
Ty,iloous
Nolley Ball Finals @

To clear tho way for baseball the final games Of tho senior volley ball league will be played tomor. row night, The teams captained by Superintendent Dwight Skinner and Physical Director Ray Anderson are locked in a tic for first place and will probably settle tho issue when they come together, while Pete Sliva's and Carl Carlson's out fits will struggle to leave inc eel lar. The schedule has hnen doubled up and four gam"s will be played tomorrow night. 4 large crowd Is expected Co witness these deciding tits.
 The Boys club first string has ketball team will sit for it's picture at 7;@0 o'clock this evening.
 A meeting Of all members and prospective members Of tho Boys club Caddy club will be held at 7:%0 o'clock this evening at the club. Caddymastor Overstrom will talk things over with the boys and explain 10 them the new system which has gone into effect, by which the Boys club has full