Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial
Health Commissioner, replied to the
telegram received yesterday from
Walter E. Huntly of Palmer with
the information that the Deputy
Health Commissioner there would
have no power to quarantine pos
sibly infected hogs, and informed
him that Dr. Loftus, as a represen
tative of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, who would arrive there soon,
would have power to quarantine or
kill animals infected, should it be
necessary.
NAB SUSPECT IN
WEYERHAEUSER
KIDNAP PROBE
Associate of Convicted Wil
liam Mahan Taken by G
Men in San Francisco
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 —J. Ed
gar Hoover, head of the Department
of Justice enforcement unit, an
nounced today the G-men had ar
rested Edward Fllsh, who Hoover
described as the former associate of
William Mahan, Weyerheuser kid
naper.
Fllsh was captured in San Fran
cisco and will be removed to Ta
coma, Wash., shortly where he is
wanted for questioning in connec
tion with location of part of the
unrecovered ransom money paid to
the kidnapers of George Weyer-,
haeuser last spring. Hoover said.
Flish, the G-men chief said, ad
mitted he accompanied Mahan
throughout the West while Mahan
was a fugitive from justice after
the kidnaping. He also admitted.
Hoover asserted, assisting in ex
changing portions of the “hot”
ransom money for good money.
ANCHORAGE IS
ROCKED DURING
EARLY EVENING
People Rush Into Streets—
Theatre Emptied—
Buildings Sway
SEWARD ALSO FEELS
MOVEMENT OF EARTH
Lights Swing Wildly at
Fairbanks — Disturb
ances Continuing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 23 —
An earthquake described by old
timers as the worst In many years
shook the city at 8:25 o’clock last
night.
The movement, east to west, last
ed for several seconds.
Many persons ran from down
town stores and stood on the streets
and watched the buildings rock.
