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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 65.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WIFE OF HINDU. SPENT MANY
YEARS IN TERRITORY WITH
FOLKS; MILLER GULCH
SEATTLE, March 19, ^P)—A mes
#r<age of congratulations to her daugh
ter was cabled by Mrs. Jennie Miller
of Seattle, a former resident of Alas
ka. as soon as she was informed the
carriage of her daughter, Nancy,
bo the former Maharajah of Indore,
had taken place. She said it was a
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true love match.
Nancy was born in Seattle, Sep
tember 9, 1907, but spent some of her
time in Alaska with her mother, after
she was three years old.
John Miller, her father, went to
^Alaska in 189S and discovered gold
claims in Miller Gulch, in the Slake
Creek district. He staked out 13
claims and took out more than $1,
000,000 before he died in 1917.
“She was a regular tomboy among
the children of the Alaskan camp,”
I'Ouis Schaefer, grand-father of Xan
cy said, and “many was the time
she was saved from an early death
by being pulled out by the heels
from a creek in the neighborhood.”
WASHINGTON, March 19. (£>)—. An
increase of funds for the personnel of
the Alaska Communication System
maintained by the Army is not justi
fied under present conditions, Secre-:
tary Davis believes, replying to a re-!
Quest for an extension of the system.
^|Davis indicated the Army maintains
k very liberal service with many sta
tions in small communities where ac
tivity is justified only on the basis of
humanitarian motives.
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BIT FOR THE YUKON
SEATTLE, March 19, (ff>)—A 72
foot passenger and mail vessel, with
a 17-foot beam, is being built in the
Blanchard shipyards for the Alaska
Commercial Company. She will be j
equipped with two 75-h p Washing-!
ton Upset motors, with twin screws, j
When completed the vessel will be;
operated on the Yukon river.
* HOPE GIVEN UP
NEW YORK, March 19, (£>)—With
days going by and still nothing but
silence the probability has increased
that the Honorable Elsie Mackay and
-Captain Hinchliffe have lost their 3
lives on their flight from England to 1
* the United States.
IS
BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
BOSTON, March 19-. (>p)—'The sub
marine S-4 was raised from the ocean
bottom off Cape Cod where it has lain
since it was sunk by the coast guard
destroyer Paulding, on December 17,
and towed here and placed in dry
dock. Medical officers will examine
the eight bodies remaining in the sub.
BARWAHA, India, March 19,(/P)—
Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, daugh
ter of a former Alaskan mining man,
and Tultoji Rao, former Maharajah
of Indore, were married Saturday
with prolonged but richly pictures
que ceremonials of Hiduism rites,
solemn in performance but rather
tiring in detail.
The marriage contrasted strongly
with the simple ceremony of West
ern lands. The elaborate wedding
ritual was supplemented by several
preliminary ceremonials all of which
were deemed necessary to bring Nan
ey into the same caste as the bride
groom and otherwise conform to
Hindu practice.
JUNEAU TEAM CHAMPS
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WRANGELL, March 19. (VP)—The
Juneau “Hill-toppers” won the South-!
eastern Alaska basketball champion-i
ship by defeating Petersburg 20 to 19 \
in a fast final tournament game.
U, OF it GLEE Ell
WILL TOUR S. E. ALASKA
SEATTLE, March 19, (/P)—'The
University of Washington Glee Club
sails next Sunday morning at 9
o’clock aboard the Princess Char
lotte, for a weeks tour of Alaska.
The Glee Club will play in Ketchi
kan Wednesday, Thursday and on
Friday, and in Juneau on Monday
and Tuesday. . The following week,
on Thursday, March 29, they will
play in Petersburg.
MAKES PRACTICE LEGAL
NOGALES, Mexico, March 19, (JP)—
A Mexica dispatch says President Cal
les has authorized the importation
of foreign currency in unlimited
amounts for exchange purposes. The
practice has heretofore been illegal.
STUDENT FOUND DEAD
NEW YORK, March 19, (JP)—Lydia
Zundell, a student at Hunter College,
Kras found dead in bed in her fur
lished room having committed suicide
>y gas. She was an attractive girl 20
•ears of age.
T
0. S. POLITICS
IF CATHOLIC IS ELECTED PRESI
DENT WILL NOT CHANGE
THINGS ONE PARTICLE
ROME, March 19. (/P)—Cardinal
Mundelein of Chicago is convinced the
Vatican is not interested in the Ameri
can Presidential campaign because it
is “too far away and the issues are
too involved”.
As to the candiidacy of Governor
Smith the Cardinal said “During my
whole weeks stay in Rome the sub
jest was not broached once to or by
me in either of my two talks with
the Pope or any other talks with high
ly placed prelates. They really are
not interested. They know if a Catho
lic is elected it will not change things
one particla.
“The Catholic church in America
contends that with no oppressive leg
islation has no political axe to grind
and lives and thrives under the ex-1
isting form of Government; therefore,;
there is no reason whatever for it to \
take this partisan stand.” The re
ligious situation in Mexico was not
brought up by the Pope or by others,
the Cardinal said.
C. M. BIS ELECTED
HP OFFICE PIONEERS
KETCHIKAN, March 19. (Special to j
' The Gateway) —The Grand Igloo Con-!
jvention successfully closed its labors1
i
J at 5:30 p. m. Sunday. Capt. Eric
! Forss, of Ketchikan, was elected
i Grand President; Thos. Gaffney of
| Nome, Grand First vice-president;
Paul J. Rickert of Fairbanks, Grand
Second vice-president; Cal M. Brosius
of Seward, New Grand Treasurer. The
next meeting place of the Grand Igloo
will be at Cordova. Many resolutions
of importance to the Territory was
passed.
RELIGION NOT REAL ISSUE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 19, (/P)—John
Tilson, Republican House leader, ex
pressed doubt that religion will fig
ure in the 1928 presidential cam
paign, even if A1 Smith is the Demo
cratic nominee. He does not think
that prohibition will be a real issue
either.
GAMES ARRANGED
NEW YORK, March 19, (JP)—1The
Army and Harvard have arranged to
meet at football during the next four
years. First three games will be play
ed at Cambridge and the fourth one
at West Point.
Seward Day, March 30.
HODGES REPLIES TO
CUPPER'S men PM
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DENVER, March 19. (Jp)—Replying
ot Capper's attack on the oil scandal
William Hodges, treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee, declared
“The House is clean and there is no
work left for a cleaner.” He said if
attackers could point out wrongs in
the Coolidge administration their at
tacks have already been answered.
MODEL BUNKHOUSE
PAT DERMODAY AND PRESIDENT
GREENWOOD BURNED TO
DEATH EARLY MORN- FIRE
VANCOUVER, March 19. (^—Trap
ped in an early morning fire in a new
model bunkhouse of the Granby Con
solidated mine at Copper Mountain,
nine #nen were burned to death, five
seriously injured, and others burned
and injured. The blaze started at 4
o’clock in the morning when the bunk
house was filled with men off shift.
Pat Dermoday, former superintendent
of the Grandby Mine at Phoenix and
President Greenwood, of the mine are
among the dead.
SENATOR RESTS WELL
WASHINGTON, March 19. (/P)—
Senator Ferris rested well last night.
CAPPER DECLARES
ROTTENNESS SCANDAL
NEVER EQUALLED
MAKES BLANKET ATTACK ON
WHOLE TEAPOT DOME SCAN
DAL; WORST IN HISTORY
WASHINGTON, March 19. (^—Ad
vocating “merciless publicity as to the
source of campaign funds” Senator
Capper, Republican from Kansas,
made a blanket attack on the whole
Teapot Dome scahdal.
He said, “For spectacular rottenness
I doubt whether we have eve* had an
equal of the Teapot Dome in American
history or ever will have. The Re
publican party must purge itself from
this oil smudge.”. By forceful action
it can demonstrate it repudiates all
those who had anything to do with the
lease, he concluded.
AMBROSE ABRAHAM WINS
THIS DOG DERBY
Tanana, March 19. (JP)—Ambrose
Abraham drove his four dogs to vic
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tory Saturday in the Tanana Kennel
Club annual race over 1 entrees. His
time for the 10 miles was 47 minutes
and 45 seconds. John Folger, with
three dogs, was second; Ben Joseph,
with seven dogs, was third.
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west—and below are their postmarks.