VOL. III. NO. 29
McGRATII, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
DUKE TAKES
A CONSORT
Wedding of Albert of
> Work and Lady Eliza
beth Bowes Lyon.
London, April 2b.— Albert,
Duke of York, was united in
marriage with Lady Elizabeth
Bowes Lyon in solemn old West
minster Abbey at noon today,
with the pomp and panoply rem
iniscent.of historic days. There
were tumultuous demonstrations
amid the vast throngs thatgath
ered under threatening skies to
witness the wedding pageant.
Bight hundred of England’s
greatest luminaries in state,
court, diplomacy and society, as
s*ell as an impressive assemblage
of foreign princes, dukes, duch
esses and others of rank and
Title, were there, attired iu finery
any jewelled embellishment that
represented the proverbial king’s
ransoco.
Sen. Capper Advocates
Buyers’ Strike to Re
duce Price of Sugar
Kingsley, Kans. — Declaring that
* “twenty-five million homes are being
robbed daily by this colossal holdup in
sugar,” Senator Capper today advocat
ed the use of a buyers’, strike as an ef
fective means towards bringing about
lower prices. I
Must Study the Bible
and U. S. Constitution
Seattle.—Judge Netterer todav sen
tenced Edward Burns, aged 20 years,
to go back to the reformatory at Ana
mosa island, Iowa, until he is 21. and
to ssudy the Bible and theConstitution.
Burns was charged with transporting
a stolen automobile from Portland to
Seattle. __
Murderess Believed
Near Los Angeles
San Francisco.—Mrs. Clara Phillips,
’ eonvicted of murder at Dos Angeles,
and who later escaped from the county
jail, has not left the state, according to
• Deputy Sheriff Frank Dewar, of Los
Angeles. He savs she passed through
Los ADgeles twice recently, and it is
believed she is now in hiding in one of
the suburbs of that city.
Flu is quite general among the na
tives on the river, at least between
Tuluwiksak and McGrath, according
, to Bill Liske, who arrived here yester
day from the former place. Mr. Liske
also states that Ora Barnbardt, who
returned to Tuluwiksak several weeks
ago from the hospital at Akiak, is
again confined to his bed, hh condition
being somewhat critical.
Moody Green, from his headquarters
up the Nixon, was a Thursday arrival.
BIG EVENT
Wedding Function the
Occasion for Popular
Celebration.
Bethel, April 27.—Wednesday,
April 25,%will. be remembered as
one of*the most enjoyable days
residents of Bethel can remem
ber, the occasion being the wed
ding of Marie Samuelson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sam
uelson, to Mr Harry Satmielson.
More than a hundred happy
guests, many of them coming
from Akiak, gathered at John
son’s Roadhouse at the reception
and dance given for the newly
wedded couple. The dining room
and dance room were tastefully
decorated it: pink and green ef
fect, the same color scheme being
carried out in the well served
luncheon. The bride, dressed
in a pretty white voille gown,
seated beside the groom made
an attractive picture. Dancing
was enjoyed by all until the wee
small hours of Thursday. Every
body had a good time and showed
their appreciation by joining the
merry making and wishing the
newly-wedded couple oceans of
happy days.
Caroline Francis Sails
for Bethel on May 15
The steamer Caroline Francis, owned
by the Spreckles Company of San
Francisco, is scheduled to leave that
port on May 5th for Seattle, and after
loading at Seattle, will sail on May 15th
direct for Bethel, according to late ad
vices received here. The Spreckles
Company are also authorised agents
for the American Express Company,
the business of which for the Kusko
kwim section will be handled oy tbe
Francis, of which Captain John Worth
is master.
Marlborough Loses
Wife, But Still Gets
$125,000 Each Year
New York.—Although tbe Duke of
Marlborough has beeb divorced by
Consuelo Vanderbilt, it appears from
an affidavtt-l''filed today regarding tbe
will of the late William K. Vanderbilt,
father of Consuelo. that the duke gets
an income of «B12fsOOO a year for life
from'the Vanderbilt estate.
i -
Charlie Debit un, after a siege oT flu,
which kept him confined to his bed for
several davs, is much improved, al
though not entirely recovered.
GAorgorF. Kilroy, superintendent, of
the Lutaoko Dredging Companv, ar
rived todwv to give attention to busi
ness aflairs.
Greg Stewart, of Medfra, arrived to
day for a short visit.
To Investigate Graft,
Corruption Among
Prohibition Agents
Washington.—Secretary of Treasury
Mellou this morning ordered a sweep
ing, nationwide investigation into re
ports ot allesred grafting and corrup
tion among federal prohibition agents.
The order was evoked by an unusual
number of reports from all sections of
the country, particularly the larger
Cities. reciting wrongdoings of agents,
many charges being made that large
illicit operators seem immune from
punishment.
Revolvers Being Issued
to Reputable Citizens
of Dublin*
Dublin, April 2b — Richard
Hathaway, James McEnory and
John Greaney were executed at
Tralee today by the Free State
authorities. Hattie way was cap
tured in the siege of the cave in
which a band of irregulars was
holding out on Kelly cliffs.
Revolvers are being issued to
reputable citizens for their pro
tection against robber bands op
erating in. the guise of irreg
ulars.
Candle Creek Dredge
Starts Up on May 1st
The season's operation.-, on Candle
will commence full blast 01. May 1, on \
which date the big dredge will start j
digging. A great deal o) preliminary
work has been done, quite a force hav
{ ing been on the ground for several
weeks. About twenty livo tree are
now employed, and all indications
j point to another prosperous season.
24 Bidders for Next
Winter’s Mail Service
Notwithstanding bids for next win
ter’s mail service between Kobi or Ne
' nana and Flat were submitted some
lime ago, nothing is knowc as yet as
to whom the contract has been award
ed. According to word recently re
ceived here, twenty-four bids were
made for the service. Seventeen of
i these bids designated Kobi as the rail
| road point, the other seven naming
1 Nenana. Not a bid came for service
via Nancy.
Advises Americans
to Leave Vladivostok
Harbin, Manchuria. Tuck, Amer
ican consul at Vladivostok, announced
today that he will leave tb© soviet Far
1‘iastern capital with his start on May 1
and advises all Americans in the coun
try to do likewise.
Owen Gray, from the Nixon mine,
was a Thursday arrival.
THIS WORL
. OF LIQUOR
16,000 Cases Grabbed
From Lighter Off
Jersey Coast.
Highlands. N. J., April 27.—
Coast guardsmen today' seized
the motor lighter Napeage, with
its cargo of sixteen thousand
cases of liquor, en route from
the rum fleet to the New Jersey
shore.
Chicago.-—For April Chicago
has had two hundred and fifty
thousand gallons of wine for
sacramental purposes, William
Moss, federal prohibition direc
tor, announced today, adding
that he proposed to see that the
May. consumption would not be
so large.
Washington.—The Cabinet de
cided this afternoon to order the
Navy to sweep the Atlantic coast
clean of rum runners and rum
pirates, and effective measures
toward that end ar<- now being
formulated.
Nothing' New Regard
ing Dalbykaket‘Strike’
“In regard to the ‘strike’ on the
D&lbykaket, 1 am afraid that there is
nothing to it. At least a dozen holes
have been put to bedrock, and uothiug
has been found, except in one hole —54
eeuts.” Tnis is the word recently re
ceived by Thomas P. Aitken. coming
from Deputy Marshal .John C. Wood,
of Kubr.
Mr. Wood adds that there are sev
eral prospectors iu the district and
that they will give it a pretty thor
ough test before quitting.
Wanted a Million
Fiom Vanderbilt
Nyak. N. Y.—Eva Burroughs Fon
taine. the Oriental dancer, aud her
mother. Mrs. Florence Fontaine, have
been indicted on the charge of per jury,
growing out of the dancer’s recent
breach of promise suit against Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, in which she
claimed young Whitney was the father
of her child and demanded damages of
one million dollars. Investigation re
vealed that the child was the son of
herself and husband, her marriage
having been kept secret.
F. 11. Jordan, former U. S. marshal
for the Second division, with headquar
ters at Nome, but now traveling repre
sentative of the Seattle Fur Exchange,
was among yesterday's arrivals. After
attending to a few business allairs here,
iD which a couple- o* hours were con*
sutned, Mr. Jordan returned toTacotna,
on his way to Flat, where he will re
main until the opening of navigation.
Frank Guskev left this morning for
Tacotna
DENOUNCED
DY BORAH
Plunges Into the Fight
Against Harding’s
Court Plan.
Washington, April 2b--1-Sen
ator Borah plunged into the tight
against the liarding-Hughes
Hoover world court plan this af
■ ternoon with a vigorous formal
statement, in which he denounced
the proposal as a step toward
the League of Nations. He de
clares that Secretaries Hughes
and Hoover, the President’s chief
| advisers in the court issue, are
“under written pledges to exert
thrfr power to take us into the
League. The republican party, ’
he added, “in asserting that it
I can go into the court and stay
I out of the League is taking a po
sition which will bring down
j upon it the moral condemnation
of everyone. '
Elihu Root, who is supporting
Harding’s contention that the
United States should participate
in the permanent of inter
national law, asserts that the
question presented by the Presi
dent in his message to the JSen
i ate was only a question of moral
! suppo'rt._
Election for School
Board, Monday Next
An election will be held Monday
next, April 30th, at the McGrath school
hoase, at which time ahd place the
new school board, consisting of di
rector. clerk and treasurer, will be
chosen for the ensuing year. For these
ofliees all members of the present board
have signified their willingness to ac
cept, equivalent to their election, as
follows.
Director—W. T. Vanderpool.
Clerk - Mrs. E. P. Werner.
1 Treasurer— Bert Eldridge.
Canadian Patrol Fires
On American Schooner
Washington.—Fred M. Ryder, Amer
ican consul at Vancouver, was instruct
ed today by Secretary of State Hughes
to investigate the tiring on the Amer
ican schooner Siloam by a Canadian
fisheries patrol boat, which resulted in
the death of J. M. Yorke, a member of
the Siloam's crow.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Washington. — The Cnited States
Shipping Hoard this afternoon invited
bids on all its vessels in a final effort to
convev the fleet to private ownership.
San Francisco.—Charles S. Wheeler,
prominent attorney and leader in Cali
fornia politics, who in 1920 placed
Hiram Johnson in nomination for the
presidency at the republican national
convention, died suddenly at bis home
in this city this afternoon.