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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 64. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
finis TAKES A
SIT AT HOOVER
ON PROHIBITION
PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW
POSITION OF CANDIDATES ON
Amendment
Lancaster, o., March 17. —i
With what appeared to be an indirect
shot at Herbert Hoover, prohibition
was brought to the fore in the Ohio
* Republican primary campaign by Sen
- ator Frank Willis who declared in a I
speech that the voters this year will j
s^tand for no dodging on the issue by'
Presidential candidates.
Senator Willis said ‘Campaigns can
^ not be won by evasion; consequently
in the contest of 1928 it m#y be un
tvrstood at the outset that the people
will demand and are entitled to re
ceive a definite unequivocal assurance
■ot the position of candidates regarding
the IStJi amendment and enforcement
of the law.”
HHGE SHIPMENT TIES
FOR ALASKA RAILROAD
SEATTLE, March 17. (/P)—Arrange
ments have been completed for the
shipment of 50,000 ties to Seward for
replacements on the Government
railroad. The ties measure about
1,900,000 feet. The freighter Derblay
will probably load the first consign
ment. Two other ships will carry the
remainder.
SENATOR FERRIS Of
MICHIGAN VERT III
HIS FIGHTING CHANCE:
WASHINGTON, March 17. (/p)—!
Senator Ferris of Michigan is said by
members of his family, to be “very
sick with a fighting chance for recov
ery.” The Senator, who is 79, has
been confined to his room for a week
with a severe cold which developed i
into pneumonia. He had a bad night’
tnd a number of physicians have been
attending him. He has been very
active on the floor of the Senate in re
cent months.
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Mrs. Michael Greco of Chicago (left) has enlisted aid to save r
her daughter, Doris Parker McDonnald (right) from hanging for
murder in Quebec March 23. The girl and her husband (inset) were
sentenced to die for killing a taxi driver. Below is the Valleyfield j
court house where they werf tried and in the yard of which the f
executions are scheduled to take place. t
CONDEMNED TO DIE ON THE
GALLOWS APRIL 27; HUNT IS
A LIFER
LOS ANGELES, March 17. (/P)—
With a smile on his face for everyone
in the crowd of reporters and press
photographers, Hickman boarded the
Southern Pacific train for San Quen
tin penintentiary where he has been
condemned to die on the gallows,
April 27 for the murder of Marion
Parker.
In the prison party was Welby Hunt,
accomplice of Hickman in the murder
of druggest Toms, and who laces life
imprisonment.
Hickman bade farewell to brother
Alfred. There was no grief register
ed but instead it was spiced with fre
quent outbursts of laughter.
JUNE B! SIDE OF
PLANE DISPATCHED BY COMMER
CIAL COMPANY TO MAKE SUR
VEY OF DAM
LOS ANGELES, March 17. (&)—
Bert D. Haugh, the passenger in a
southern California Edison Co., air
plane, which crashed on a mountain
'idge 30 miles north of here Tuesday,
was found alive with a broken leg be
side the wrecked plane. ' \
His pilot, C. W. English, was dead. I
rwo men were sent out by the com-1
?anv Tuesday morning to survey the
lamage to the St. Francis dam break
ind never were heard of until the
afternoon when the wrecked plane
vas sighted from the air by a plane1
searching for it. I
HER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL ALASKA ALIEN
I
SEATTLE, Mar. 17. (jp)—'Walter
laughey Fox, retired physician and
>nce in the medical department for i
he government in Alaska, will mar
y Mrs. Dora J. Wilson, wealthy ]
vidow, an Wednesday. On the li- <
ense he gave his residence as Eng
and due to not having forsaken his
ative citizenship.
Otto Schallerer, of Schallerer’s ]
Alaska Shop, returned home today <
rom an extended business trip to 1
le States. t
IGRANT ASKS FOR SITKA
LAND AND BUGS
WASHINGTON, March 17. (jP)—A
grant for certain abandoned public
buildings and grounds in Sitka to the
Territory of Alaska is proposed in a
bill by the Alaska delegate. The
buildings would be used as a home
for aged, sick and infirm pioneers.
THOUSANDS MORE
MARINES BEING
SENT NICARAGUA
_
COOLIDG E BELIEVES U. S. MAY
STILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO
NICARAGUA
WASHINGTIN, Marcli 17. (Jp)— As
a sequel $o the Nicarague failure to
enact legislation providing American
supervision of her next presidential
election, plans are undelr way for
dispatching 1,000 more marines to
Nicaragua to help enforce the Stim
son Peace Agreement.
This action to send an additional
two battlali^ns was announced ty' I
the Navy Department. Soon after
ward President Coolidge represented
as believing the United States can
still be of assistance to Nicaragua.
The marines will embark as soon
as sailing space has been obtained.
They will augment the 2,700 Already
in Nicaragua. I
HOUSE (PPM
WARSHIP PROGRAM
SENDS TO SENATE!
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17. (£>)—'The
House approved the $274,000,000 new
warship construction program by a
vote of 287 to 57 and sent it to the
Senate.
The Butler bill provides construc
tion of 15 cruisers of 10,000 tons,
otne aircraft carrier of 13,800 tons ,
and stipulations that eight be built
in navy yards.
The measure requests the Presir
dent urge another international 11- (
nitation naval armament conference ;
jiving him authority to suspend the
whole or part of the construction! (
program to even with the limitation ;
igreement. i
SAVE DAY’S TRAVEL 1
WASHINGTON, March 17. (JP)—A t
legular airplane service for mail and ]
>assengers from German trans-Atlan- c
ic liners to shore will be inaugurated t
•’riday. It Is expected to save a day’s e
icean travel.
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SEATTLE, March 17. (JP)—The S.
S. Aleutian, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed ‘
at 9 o’clock this morning for Alaska
with 227 passengers. The Seward
list of reservations included the fol
lowing:
Nels Vaughn, S me a torn, C. P.
Hilleland, Martin Sabin, Louis Issaac
son, John Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wright, H. McDonald, Jack Seiber
burg, E. S. Peterson, R. T. Bassham,
Oscar Anderson, J. G. Irving, H. G.
Hunter, Mr. and ivfrs.. Nerland, Aug.
Bostrom. G. Nelson, T. W. Pierson,
Fannie Wess, H. G. Peake, D. R. Ad
ams, Mrs. Hansen and son, Arthur
Howard Steeves, Louis McDonald,, N.
Frame, Lillian Waller, Mrs. Hudson,
J. Vibe, Glenn Day, Miss Flood, John
Mykullester, O. Larson, Thos. Nichols,
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Anderson, Mrs.
Hofman, Elmer Larson, John Katun,
A. Ryning. Eva Zachary, Dora Mc
Donald, Mrs. Robinson, E. Serano,
Charles Westberg, V. L. Sholoth, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Jona, G. B. Cooper,
Mrs. Rosnas, H. E. Riedel, Capt. Ol
son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buck, E. R.
Bryford, C. Hangaard, C. L. Higgins,
Mrs. Moore, Ada Marshall, Mrs. Chirk
and 13 steerage.
IIICy MILLER IS
IW 501 MOO •
BARWAHA, India, Mar. 17, (£>)—
Nancy Miller entered upon the final
ceremony which will make her a
Hindoo bride of Tukowi Rao, former
Maharaja of Indore.
Preliminary ceremonies bejgan in
the morning amid scenes of great
■plendor the Completion of which
required the entire day. The Bara
waha was transformed by multi
colored bunting and festoons adorn
ad the roadsides; the palace grounds
were ablaze with electric lights.
/
Men, women and children jpoured
nto the city all night long; nvusi
lians. dancers, and picturesque per
’ormers all added to the festivity.
In the preliminary ceremony Nan
:y was formally admitted to the
^hangar caste in the presence of
lundreds of Dhangers; this con
dsted of her accepting food which
tad previously been partaken of by
he Dhangers and by * Tukoji Rao.
..ater, Nancy sat among her caste
f women and joined in the eating
nd drinking. She was then ado-pt
d into the Hokar family with due
eligious rites. *
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