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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 39.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929.
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GANG-WAR HISTORY
CHICAGO WRITTEN
EVERYONE BORE FROM SIX TO
TEN BULLETS; WHOLESALE
KILLING
CHICAGO, Feb., 15, (/P)—Seven
members of a powerful North-side
gang, headed by George Moran,
were trapped in a North Clark
street headquarters by five gun
men who lined them up with
their faces to a brick wall and be
neath a powerful electric light,
and shot them to death.
The wholesale killing was the
most sensational in the long and
bloody history of Chicago gang
land warfare and was carried out
with precision by the five execu
tioners wearing stars and posing
as police officers.
They invaded the garage where
the Moran gang were in confer
ence, herded the helpless and un
armed victims to the rear, and
mercilessly executed them with
saw-off shotguns.
Everyone of them bore from six
to 10 bullets. The dead are Peter
Guzenberg, notorious gangster;
James Clark, Arthur Hayyes, Ar
thur Davis, Frank Foster, A1 Wein
shank and Frank Guzenberg.
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POLICE ADVANCE VARIOUS
THEORIES LEADING UP TO
GANG KILLING
CHICAGO, Feb., 15, (fP)—Major
Rred Silloway, assistant prohibi
tion administrator, advanced the
theory that police officers killed
the seven gangsters in the North
blue gang stronghold yesterday.
He declared he believed the
names of the actual slayers will
be known before night.
Commissioner of Police Russell,
who hurried to the scene of the
slayings yesterday, was quoted
with saying ‘ This will be the end
of gang-war in Chicago. The po- .
lice intend to fight it out to the
death with the gunmen.”
He ascribed most of the gang
killings to prohibition laws. With
a day and a night investigation
behind the police still sought a
clue to the shooting.
There were four police theories
considered; two involved the liq
uor racket; the third, politics; and
the fourth dealth with the war
fare in the dyeing business.
Heads of the federal prohibition
department announced the gov
ernment may take a hand in the
investigation.
BILL IS REPORTED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 15, </P)—
Carrying $12,370,000 for the new
ly authorized cruiser contruction,
the navy department appropriation
bill was reported to the Senate by
the appropriations committee.
BIG BOUT OVER TOP
FINANCE PROPOSITION
MIAMI BEACH. Feb., 15. UP)—
The Sharkey-Stribling heavyweight
tight which is to be held here Feb
ruary 27, is over the top as a fin
ancial proposition. W. F. Carey,
vice-president ot Madison Square
Garden Corporation which is stag
ing the fight, refused to give ad
vance sale, but said he expected a
$40,000 gate.
VESSEL LEFT TO THE MERCY
OF THE STORM BY NANKOH
CREW RESCUED
SEATTLE, Feb., 15, (IP)—A radio
yesterday said the Nankoh Maru
had rescued the Meiyo Maru crew
and headed for Japan leaving the
Meiyo to the mercy of the storm.
The fre CThter Alloway crew are
being cared for by residents of Un
alaska.
Poisy tinkered with the wireless
on the derelict last night but was
unable to send a coherent mes
sage. It is reported Poisy laughed
at Captain Throckmorton when
Throckmorton ordered him olf at
the point of a, pistol.
hO?!fl?»8ATOPS <
BOOGA, Columbia. Feb.. 15. i.-Pi
The six conspirators "'ho at: ••eked
Prerid< nt Juan Vicente Oomez in
an attempt to assassinate him,
were slain by Presidential guards,
according to word from San Jose ue
Cucuta Venezuela.
ISE1TE REJECTS
C11Y BILL ON
i GMfH SPECULATION
MUCH BUSINESS BEFORE CON
GRESS AS SESSION NEARS
THE END
j WASHINGTON, Feb., 15. (/P)—
'Speculation on prohibition, ships,
j tariff, muscle shoals, and the navy,
| are the subjects which now occu
! py the attention of Congress as
j the session is nearing its end.
The Senate rejected the Cara
way bill preventing speculation on
cotton and grain futures.
President Coolidge asked for
$12,370,000 to begin work on the
new cruisers July 1.
The Senate appropriation sub
i committee voted to make $700,
I 000 of this available immediately.
The House worked all day on
i the legislative appropriation bill,
I finally voting $18,675,000. This
| measure included the salaries of
| members of Congress.
! The House military committee
| created a new legislative tangle
i in considering Muscle Shoals.
The majority of the committee
voted to approve the bid of the
American Cyanamid Company for
the shoals but Chairman Morin
: said the committee was not legal
1 ay called into session and there
fore action was invalid. Morin
was absent during the meeting.
The shipping board accepted Lire
bid of $18,300,COO for the United
| States Lines and the American
Merchant Line, by P. W. Chapman,
Inc., of New York.
HEN YORK COMPANY
BIOS FOB 0, S, LINE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 15, (/P)_
The Shipping Board will notify the
Senate Commerce Committee that
a decision has been reached to set:
the North Atlantic Passenger Fleei
to Paul W. Chapman & Co., of New
York. Unless the Senate or Con
gress ir.teifere, the transfer will be
made immediately.
TECIINALITY OF LAW OVER
LOOKED DURING ODOROUS
CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, Feb., 15, (/P)—
Thomas A. Marquam of Fairbanks
was indicted for alleged violatior
of the corrupt practice act and en
tered a plea of not guilty in the
supreme court.
Simon Michelet, his counsel, ha;
been given 30 days to considei
what attack he will make on the
validity of the indictment, anc
Marquam gave bail of $1,000.
The indictment charges Mar
quam. candidate for delegate from
Alaska in 1933. received contribu
tions amounting to $3,000 but tha
he failed to file an account of hi:
expenditures with the House o
Representatives 15 days prior t<
!'n election.
vQ"in WEATHER
NTW YOHK, Feb., 15, OP)—Ten;
oeratme: minimum 22. maximum
ALBANIANS RETURN TO ROYALIST RULE
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Crowning of Ahmed Zogu, president of the republic,
as king of Albania in April will mark the return of that
,country to royalist rule after a stormy experience as a
democracy. Zogu, shown above, was proclaimed King
Skanderberg III at a military ceremony (above) a short
time ago. A the lower left are shown two of his sub
jects in the native garb worn at the proclamation.
URGED OE BUILT
'EED FOR CHILDREN’S HOME TN
TERRITORY POINTED OUT,
JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Feb., 15, —i Special to
he Cfateway). Has the time come
! when the Territory should estab
ilish an institution, a sort of com
bined home and school, for orphan
led children or children now cared
| for b: the several boards of child
ren's guardians or of funds appro
priated by the Territorial Legisla
ture?
i That is a question that will be
, propounded to the Legislature
iwhich convenes here next March 4,
and which it will undoubtedly be
icalled on to answer. It was put up
fo the 1927 session but in a rather
half-hearted manner and none was
Surprised when the answer was in
the negative. Nobody expected the
Bil, seeking to establish an institu
tion at Goddard's Sanitarium and
to purchase that establishment, to
pass and it didn’t.
MORE SUPPORT THIS YEAR
J?ut a similar proposal, possibly
not designating a site however, will
be more actively pressed this year,
land i' will have some strong sup
port. Officially it will have the
suppoit of the Territorial Healtn
Department of which Dr. H. C. L.C
Vighne of this city i.- the head. It
is understood that a majority of
; i be D'-pity Health Commissions-s
agree with him on that subject.
> MANY SENT OUT
Many of these ore sent to various
industrial and training schools in
"he Elates and to other institu
. turns. A large percentage of them
. never return to the Territory.
In the First Division, the Bqprci
■ jf Children’s Guardians has oi>
enildmi in its core. Of this num
tfr .10 are being' cared for in
•iehools outside of the Territory. Li
other words, in this Division alone
36 of Alaska’s future potential citi
zens are removed from its borders
during the most formative period
of their lives. Of the 50 remaining;
•.lie Board lias a number placed
private families end the oth
ers ■ re cared for by their mothers.
In ;he Second Division, tne
Board there has but two wards and
v,oth are cared for in an Industrial
Training School maintained by th
Federal Bureau of Education.
In the Third Division, there air
19 receiving aid from the Territory.
Five of them are in the States and.
164 remained in the district.
In the Fourth Division, out of 3l
I receiving aid, but one is in the?
States.
COST IS NOT HIGH
The cost of the present system is
not excessive when all conditions
are considered. The average cosU
per month for all four of the Divi
sions is about $2 225, but this only
includes board and pensions and
not transportation, clothing or in
cidental expenses, which of course,
would materially increase that fig
ure. However, that is not exces
sive for 152 wards in communities
so widely scattered as those in Al
aska.
The expenditures that would be>
necessary to establish and main
tain an institution for them, it is
conceded, would be larger. How
much is a good deal a matter o“
guesswork as no definite estimates
I of probable cost have ever been
j worked out. This is a factor that
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