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Evening star., 1933-09-23
FIRST SKYSCRAPER SITE

The eleventh annual convention Of
the American Institute of Steel Con-
struction will open october 18 in Chi
cago. During the convention tablet
will be unveiled in the lobby of the
Marshall Field Building. which occu-
pies the site of the first steel skyscraper
On that plot in 1888 was erected the
Home Life Insurance Building. said to
be the first skyscraper built in America
1t was torn down in 1881
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
DARK DESTINY

come restless and impatient under confinement.
When he first entered the Federal Penitentiary
the world was looking on and he was regarded as
an emperor of the underworld. The cOnvictS then
were in awe Of him and sought his favor. But now
they no longer regard him with awe. He is just
another prisoner.
Aside from all this however, there is nothing
70 prevent Capone from seeing friend who can
carry his orders to headquarters in Atlanta and
relay them to Chicago.
In an American "DeviYs Island" al that would
be impossible.
Even his form Of punishment would be more
severe. The composite photograph at the upper
right hand Of this page, for instance, may like
an amusing fantasy, but it would BE- z reality on
tropical criminal colony island.
As in the case of CsPOne, 50 it is with such
other gangster big shots As 0wney Madden. New
YorKS former beer baron.
1t would be naive to assume that just because
Madden was placed behind the bars of Sing Sing
he was unable to keep in touch with his business
associates" Without in any way violating prison
defense was that nearly thousand people depended
upon him for Il living to see that his orders were
carried out.
In other words. men like Capone and Madden
have been able to r0le from prison cells.
That is why there is now such cry for an
American "DevirS Island" First of aN in the
opinion of leading criminologiStS, the penal system
must be changed before such island can be real
ized. Warden LaWeS of Sing Sing, for instance,
recently made this statement:
AHbig crimes should be made Federal OffenSeS.
Crimes against important Federal statues are not in
creaSing in the proportion interstate crime"
In other words, the criminal fears the Federal
government more than he does the city and state
law-enforcing agencies. But how much more he
would fear it if he knew that the Federal govern
ment would 90 after him, not only for preSent-day
Federal Offenses but for ALL major crimes?
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
By Col. Franklin S. Hutchinson
Chief of InuesfigGtiOn for the Senate Sub.
Committee Studying RGckeIeering
cwyrisA1 2Ses. Ov King ySAasEoS Svn


TVER since an open hearing was held in New
- York on racketeering before Senator Royal
- S. Copeland's special Senate Sub-Commit-
tee, my office has been deluged with suggestions
for wiping out the racketeer, the gangster and
the gunman from American life.
They came not only from criminologists,
penologists and sociologists. In fact, the great
bulk Of my mail since that hearing has been from
the average man and woman. Many Of these
letters are amusing, some intelligent. But all of
them indicate that the people of America have
been aroused at last from their lethargic attitude
toward crime and criminals Above everything
else is the cry:
The racketser must 60!
But how are we going to stop racketeering?
Obviously, our present system of crime enforce
ment has to great extent failed. Something has
been missing. What is it?
To answer that question with complete con-
cluSiVeness would require an elaborate analysis
Of the fabric of our social system during the past
decade and more space than is at my disposal.
But think can briefly and forcibly indicate
the major factors that have operated in the cause
of organized lawleSsnesS
should say that one of the most appalling
phenomena in the past ten years or so has been
the painfully slow awakening Of our citizens to
the tremendous evil of racketeering.
When prohibition made beer-running and
liquor- smuggling an important industry and
blood was shed and corruption ran rampant, the
average respectable citizen thought of all this as
something distant and impersonal.
"Oh, it's all pretty terrible" he would reflect,
"but after all it has nothing to do with NE"
sEhaDAhsD ,WaG The false ElamOR yah Wtieh
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

highly intelligent
one-which ex-
presses as we'll as
any professional
Grim in gist
might the W hole
trouble and posi-
BILE cure in law
enforcement. The
letter was received
by Senator Cope
land soon after
Com missioner
Mulrooney uttered
his m ON entouS
suggestion. It
reads:
''Look on the
map Of Oceania,
which occupies a
large part of the
south Pacific
Ocean. The Pacific
is dotted with
islands belonging,
now, to the United
States. They in
clude Palmyra,
Baker, Wake,
Midway, Sw ain
and doubt tt SIS
m any 9th ers-
thousands Of miles
.nu .00R .~a4
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Of probably the most dreaded weapon outside of
capital punishment itself
What has bothered authorities, however, are the
questions as to whether Uncle Sam has such an
island at his disposal and what effect it would have
upon our present penal system. The answer to the
first question is given in the following article,
written exclusively for this newspaper by Colonel
Franklin S. Hutchinson, Chief of Investigation of
the Senate Subcommittee on Racketeering.
Colonel Hutchinson, foremost authority on
law enforcement, was selected by U. S. Senator
Royal S. Copeland, to direct the nationwide study
of crime and to report on how it can be wiped out
Colonel Hutchinson does not commit himself di.
rectIy the sdviSability of an island criminal
colony, but he does show that the idea is reason
able since the Pacific Ocean is dotted with tiny
islands, owned BY Uncle Sam, which could serve
Just such purpose.
Perhaps such colony would not be necessary
were 1t not for our penal system which permits an
imprisoned gangSter to continue-even if in
directly-IiS connections with the outside world.
This is discussed generally by Colonel Hutchinson,
but striking case in point is that of Al Capone.
When Capone was sent to the Federal Penn
tentiary in Atlanta Ca. to serve q term of eleven
years, it did not that his vast operations had
been thoroughly smashed. 1t has been reported for
instance that CaPone'S henchmen maintain head
quarters in a hotel in Atlanta.
True enough "Scarface'S" activities in prison
restricted and carefully watched Indeed, it has,
been 4authOritatively learned thst capous As -
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Probably no suggestion
attracted wider attention
than the one made by for
n7er Police Commissioner
Edward P. MuIrooney in
New York, before the Spe-
cial hearing of the U. S:
Senate'S Subcommittee on
Racketeering in New York.
He urged that criminals
either be subjected publicly
to the lash or else be exiIed
to some colony which would
serve as an American
"DeviI'S Island"
1t was the Devils Is
land" idea, not the lash,
which made many crin1i-
nologistS sit up and take
notice-and sent a Shiver up
and down the SpineS Of
many a big shot gangSter.
The lash is not new and has
not proved entirely eff
fectuaI, but in the threat Of
nvSIA era &hA na<nn%SS1ShSnw
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Some are on the
equator, some in
more salubriouS
latitudes.
Exile the hard
ened criminals. c
Isolate them. They
could raise prod
uce for their keep;
work outdoors in
excellent climate
and they could
n OF swim thou
sands of miles in
an effort e to es-
cape. If prisons
can be conducted
humanely so could
an Exile BaSe-b
conducted.
Forget: d ev-
ills Island
French cruelty is
one thing; decent
treatment by ex-
perienced penolo-
.ininals, their SYM
d sob sisters will
d. to warp decent
al ships that could
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

THE wave of public indignation against kid
% napers, which recently red Uncle Sam to take
a direct hand in the fight against the underworld
brought forth many suggestions to end the rule of
the racketeerS.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

J ! q. n ! /. q !. :
the mobster became in,
vested-the feeling, some
how, that these rod-toting
ruffianS were intrepid
Soldiers of fortune" -
But with the spread of
organized chseling, pub w.
lie sentiment began to v;.,x
veer. The poultry racket, R.."t;ful
the wet wash racket, the po~~pogo
artichoke racket-the tax - A~sSr;n
payer found that these S.nos1 T.Isnd,
things were costing him So"th P.c;6c /
money. And business men H..Raen Suvvast.
dreaded to protest for fear -. an TdnoI S;t~
Oh rStaASIoh' a Criminal Colon
Inc cHmaA came Wnen Far from the Mai
q wave of intensive kid i.~d R. Moulin pv
naping swept the country. galloway ~
This was something with
the element of possible personal tragedy in it
it might happen to your daughter or my sor
and at last the citizenry became aroused an
determined to fight back. But how?
To my mind, after studying for several week
the various phases Of racketeering in and abou
New York, the most striking and novel suggestio
yet made came from Edward P. Mulrooney, chair
man Of New York States Beer Commission an
former Police Commissioner. He expressed tn
belief that besides the application Of the lash
racketeers and habitual offenders should be es
lied to criminal colony, patterned after tn
French Devils Island
I AM not quite so certain about the lash, but al
l. convinced that exile is one solution for dea
ing with the so-called big-time" racketeer. Mos
of these offenders are foreigners They come
this country and fail to appreciate our Cover
ment. Therefore they should be sent somewher
and be cut off from communication with decen
law-abiding citizens.
Something in the nature of that was drams
tized in that famous story of our school-days-
Edward Everett Hale's "The Man Without
Country" Most of us will recall that the tragi
central figure Of the piece, who had uttered
traitorous oath against the United States, We
forced to spend the rest Of his life at sea an
never allowed again even to hear the name {
his country mentioned.
Racketeers are traitors against the Unite
States.
Former Commissioner Mulrooney and al
not alone in, this thought. A number of letters
received endorsed it enthusiastically. shoul
like to quote in full, for instance, one letter
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Former Police
Commissioner
Edward p.
Mulrooney,
Author of the
Famous
American
Devils Island"
Plan.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Roger Tuohy, Chicago Gang
Leader and Reputed Success
sor to Al Capone in Chicago,
Tries. to Shield His Face
from Cameramen as Detec-
tives Escort Him to Jail. He
Is the Type Criminologists
Feel Would Be Destined for
an Island Criminal Colony,
Far from His Gang.
gists is another. Only the
pathizers, shySter lawyers
raise the cry of Devils ISL
nuhlic Indictment We have n
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

| Here Are th
| French Con
I no writing
disasSociat
} papers, m
them Rob
while sent
and FINE
"Cut off fl
be "hero@;' tn
arms and dyni
be no place tc
would betin nj
for years VIII
their oldhaun
pals would be
other exile by
"PRES93NST s
L used for r
lesser punishnl
crime commit
shot down by
dogs who sho'
from decent 7,
their ow4goo!d
citizens aRd Of.
TpsOMsGH
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

SC
and speedy
appeal Strick
dict bega We
before homes
for the non
criminal.
"Eyeryy ye
time ON for
reason. 12sS
"NogvisitS
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
of Commerce in Los Angeles.

of Commerce in Los Angeles.
 Ben Grier, former Alaska legis- lator from Anchorage is conduct ing concession in Long Beach.
 John kOSroSky, who also worked for Brown & Hawkins years ago, is now in the movies, an actor.
 Fred Hale, former vice president Of the Bank of Seward, is the own CT of hardware store in Los An geleS.
 Bobby Beach, who married the sister of A. F. Davis, is doing we'll near Los Angeles where he has an orange grove.
 Mrs. Al Taylor is married to Q MT. French and resides in Fuller ton, Calf, where they operate an oil service station.
 Besides these, MT. Hawkins met Mrs. Daggett, Dr. Sloan, Jim Fish, Mrs. Judkins, Mrs. Saurers, Matt Faust, Edde Boyle and dozens of others
 The most outstanding city vis- tied was San Francisco and it cer- tainly looked prosperous, he con- cluded.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
HUNDREDS FORMER ALASkANS VISITED
 ON PACIFIC COAST

Reminiscing of the many for mer AlaSkanS whom he met during his recent visit to Pacific Coast states, T. w. Hawkins, head of Brown & Hawkins Corporation said he saw what seemed to be hundreds and. with few eXcep- tions, all expressed the desire and hope they could again return to the Northland.
 Some were dong quite well, MT Hawkins said, and again many in- stances of just the reverse were seen.
 Tn San Francisco MT. Hawkins stopped at the Hotel Argonaut and there renewed acquaintance with former local empoyee, Jimmy Stanhouse, who is chief clerk of the big esta blishment.
 Leo Margules, former prominent Seward business man who still retains considerable property in terests, is now assistant general manager of the Fairmont Hotel, reputed to be the finest i'll Cali fornia.
 MT. Hawkins attended an Alas kan organization dance at Los An geles the forepart of the year and saw so many old trends he could not recall, offhand, their names, for a great number had left the Territory many years ago; had aged and instant recognition was oftimes hard.
 Jack Robarts, formerly of An chorage, is one of the leading of ficers of an Alaskan organization.
 Earl Reed, formerly employed in Seward by the Standard Oil and the postoffce, is the most popular traffic officer in Hollywood.
 The former fire loss adjuster MT. Green, resides at San Diego and has a lucrative business and fine offices in the First National Bank building in that city.
 Charlie Bush, formerly the man ager of the Anchorage store of Brown & Hawkins, is employed in clothing store in San Diego and said he would give his right arm to be back in Alaska again.
 Eddie Whittemore lives near San Diego; his son, Harry, is employed by the Benson Lumber Go.
 Mrs. Hallett lives in San Diego; Mrs. Billy Ellis, wife of the former Seward butcher, is manager of a splendid Los Angeles apartment house.
 Mrs Anderson, the mother of Sid, former local banker, is appar- ently' enjoying good health in Los Angeles.
 Una North, with the Seward and Anchorage banks for many years> is employed by the Canadian Bank
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
 OF ASSOCIATION

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the association and, or partnership, that existed CT may have existed between R. B. HEASTAN and JOSEPH D. PRYOR for the purpose of and in the op- eration of, the LUCKY STRIKE, HIGHLAND QUEEN and NOUN TAIN VIEW CLAIMS, commonly known as the LUCKY STRIKE MINE and located at the head of Palmer Creek, in the Hope Mining Region, Kenai Recording District, Territory of Alaska, has been dis solved and terminated and the said parties are not now associat- ed in any manenr whatsoever in the operating of said mine, or claims hereinabove referred to.
 JOSEPH D. PRYOR
 1st pub. Mar. 22; last pub. Mar. 29, 1883.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
CHAN1E IN RAIL MANAGEMENT

While great affairs of state promise to occupy at tention in Washington there IS htte hRenhood od d d change in the management of the Alaska Railroad buc that such change is likely Is shown III the efforts or friends of T. J. ODonnel of Palo Alto Callf, to nave him named for tine job. .e uo)icv No matter who takes the management ot the railroad without clealcut policy, reposng proao discretionary powers in the hands of the management there be little deviation from the course 1oo"eo oy the road during tie past decade.
 It can be sad to the credit of Colonel Otto F. Ohl- son that he came Alaska with vision and the ability to put progressive ideas into operation One by one eSe practical ideas sheived by meddhng o1 men III WaSn ington who had o comprehensive knowledge ot Alaska and what the Alaska Railroad imposed III pont ol mlua tive and lnnOvatCn
 No better time offers than the present for the entire question of the Alaska Railroad to undergo close sc1 tiny and general reuvenation as the system relates to developing this portion of the Territory. oo
 The mere reduction of the annual deficit to $1772s3 and further retrenchments seeking to eliminate the de1 ct altogether does vindicate the railroad The man. ner in which this result achieved was like unto bus mess laying off employees in an effort to solve the maJor question of the depression.
 The Alaska Railroad should be made to vindicate it. self and becomes sustaining not by retrenchens but by stimulating developments whose volume will accomplish all that Is sought.
 Secretary of the Treasury Woodin is music con- poser Jimmy Walker thought he was.
 <
 While the national administration is giving deal it appears that the Ketchikan Journal Printing Co., was compelled go to get the thing started in the Territory.
 There is talk Of abolishing Hollywood and moving it to New York Might we'll have all of the rotteness in one spot
 Whatever might be said of Alaska's climate it has not been necessary to haw out any frozen bank assets
 
 With Secretary of Treasury Woodin composer we ought to be able to face the music.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
THE WEATHER

Seward 38, light south wind and light snow; Divide 32, cloudy, and calm; Moose Pass 30, cloudy, calm; Hunter 32, cloudy, calm; Grand view, 32, cloudy, calm; Tunnel 30, cloudy, calm; Portage 28, cloudy, calm; Bird 32, cloudy, light south east wind; Anchorage 28, cloudy, calm; Curry 20, cloudy, calm; Broad Pass 20, cloudy, calm; Healy 25 cloudy, strong west wind; Nena- na, 30, clear, light east wind; Fair banks, 24. cloudy, calm.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24

1883 Tide Tables and World AL manics now for sale. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24

For the Wedding or Anniversary Gift, hand cOlOred framed pie ture. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-03-24
Seward General Hospital
 Se1Uard. Alaska

The Alaska Railroad
 CdT MCKINLEY DARK ROUTED TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART Each Saturday 6S0 p. m. Each Sunday 7:30 m. Mixed train between Anchorage and Seward. SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND Each Thursday Each Sunday Mixed train for Anchorage intermediate points leaves not earlier than D0O .. each Sunday.
 Mixed train carries a coach and passengers
The Washington times., 1933-12-05

in every Wednesday and make
repairs to the clothing.
Happy as they are in their
work, however, various reports
that officials of the Board Of
Education desire the children to
be clothed in and by the schools
they are attending have reached
the women's ears. This plan, if
followed out, would mean that
clothing work in which these
women have been engaged for
the past IS years would come
to an end.
To such a proposal the women
have vigorously objected, for, they
point out, children taking clothes
from other children in the school
with them would become objects
of pity in all cases and the OBJ
jects of ridicule in others.
Under the present plan as
The Washington times., 1933-12-05

Out in Columbia Heights today
sewing machines are singing out
sweet song Of charity.
Five busy housewives not
to busy to think of the poor
are engaged in mending clothes
and darning stockings for needy
school children of the District.
The five volunteer workers.
headed by Mrs. Edwin j. Bowling,
comprise a committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers, and their
workroom is on the second floor
of the Bureau of Health Educa-
ton Building in the 1400 block
Columbia Rd. N. w.
Sad stories these women have
to tell-stories of one-time prosper
Gus mothers who gave their dis
carded children's clothing 20 the
very group from whom in these
hard times they are now forced
to seek aid-stories of little chill
dren who come to them, shoeless
and in tattered clothes.
Aid Always Ready
But never once, they are proud
to report, were they unable to
give aid, for they make it their
business to see that there is al
ways a good supply of clothing
and undergarments on hand.
Last year the committee gave
out $500 pieces of clothing which
it had gathered from various
schools throughout the city, and
this year, beginning in Septem-
ber, they dressed 400 children
in this city so that they might
attend school.
Each parent-teacher associa-
ton in the District has a student
aid body, the chairman of which
announces a special day during
the month when the more for
tunate children may bring the
clothes that do not fit them to
the school. The school in turn
brings them to the Health Edu-
cation Building, where the COM
mlttee of five sorts and mends
them.
Mothers Help Committee
The committee, besides Mrs.
Bowling, is composed of Mrs.
A. M. Phillips, Mrs. N. N. Stenz,
Mrs. w. Chadwick and Mrs.
George Fraser. The charity
workers are helped by mothers
in the neighborhood, who come
The Washington times., 1933-12-05
WAMPLER PAID
S110,000 HUSH
MONEY, CLAIM
Real Estate Man Testifies He
Gave Sum To Shield His
Attacks On q Women

BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-Sensa-
tional charges that he had paid
$4,000 in "huSh money! to T.
Morris Wampler, Washington at
torney, in settling claims "ot a
ScandalouS nature" were made by
Edward B. Dean, ST., 80-year-old
Washington real estate man, at
the trial of Wampler here on
income tax evasion charges.
Through Deans testimony, the
Government seeks to show that
Wampler received large sums Of
money in 1880 and 1881 which
he failed to report on his income
tax returns. The indictment
against the attorney asserts he
paid $412.76 on a reported in
come of $16,819.87 during 1890,
whereas he actually received
$49,771.96. for which he should
have been taxed $4,547.71. In
1881, the indictment continues,
Wampler stated he had earned
$37,761.85, but had real estate
income of $96,946.22, with a
payable tax of $15,018.59.
At the trial, started yesterday
before Judge w. Calvin j. Chest
nut and a jury in the United
States District Court, Dean testi
titled claims were made against
him through Wampler by four
women-Marie Lowe, Christine
Rock, Beatrice G. Cornelius ano
Lillian Belasco-on the ground he
had attacked the women ir
various apartments owned by him
These claims, Dean asserted
were groundless, but to avoiC
scandal, he settled with Wamplel
for $4,000 in the Lowe case, paio
$35, 900 in the Rock case, $4,000
- the Cornelius claim, and $44,
900 in the Belasco case.
Following cross-eAamination o1
Dean by Wampler, who is, acting
as his attorney, court was ad
journed yesterday, and the triaI
was resumed today.
The Washington times., 1933-12-05
Progressive Civic Unit
Lauds Senator King

Progressive Citizens Associa-
ton, of Georgetown, last night
passed resolutions commencing
Senator William H. King, for his
efforts to secure funds to build
the first unit of the new civic
center.
Another resolution praise d
Major Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, for organizing
boys clubs. Delinquency in
Georgetown has been greatly re-
duced since boys club was or
ganized, the meeting was told.
The association voted to join
with Burleith citizens in an ef.
fort to secure a branch library for
Georgetown.
The association also studied a
letter from Representative Vir-
ginia E. Jenckes, of Indiana,
transmitting charges made
against Fire Chief George S. Wat
son, by Paul E. Jameson, at
torney for the Fire Fighters AS
sociation. The letter was referred
to a special committee to be ap-
pointed by Mrs. Marie Moore
Forrest, president.
Miss Eta Taggert, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Sullivan, were appointed
to represent the association on
liquor control legislation, before
the District Commissioners, Fri,
day.
Mrs. Leon Arnold. Helen S.
Whitten, A. Kelliher, Mary He'd.
rick, and Birth Boorhurst, we're
appointed to report to the Public
Works Administration needed
minor street repairs in the as
sociation's territory.