Hemmsd Bang Guten-san
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER X
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BRIDE OF BERLIN
ABSENT FROM
SOCIETY FETE
NEW YORK WEDDING MARKED BY
ABSENCE OF FORMER ELLIN
MACKAY—WOULD NOT COME
WITHOUT HER HUSBAND *
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (/P)—1The ul
tra elect of society numbering two
hundred persons attended the bril
liant wedding of Consuelo Yandervilt
to Earl Tailor Smith, at the Vander
bilt fifth avenue mansion.
Father Thomas Murphy, who mar
ried the bride’s parents in 1S99 offi
ciated at the altar, in the drawing
room, banked with pink azaleas, white
roses and calla lilies.
A notable absentee was the former
Ellin Mackay, recent bride of Irving
Berlin, the composer. That Mrs. Ber
lin was invited prior to her marriage
but would not attend without her hus
band, was a report that could not be
definitely confirmed. Her father, j
Clarence H. MacKav, head of the Pos
tal Telegraph Company, however at
tended with moist eyes, due, it is
thought, to reflection on the more
prosiac nupitals of his daughter in
New York’s municipal building.
Consuela was attended only by her
sister, Mrs. Frederick Cameron Church
and the groom was attended by his
brother Sydney. Dowager Mrs. Van
derbilt proved her generalship in the
smooth beauty of the entire affair.
Among hosts present in addition to the
families of the couple were Senator
and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, W. A.
Burden and Shirley Burden; Mr. and
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Celrichs, Mrs. John W. Mackay, John
W. MacKay, Jr., Mrs. Oliver H. Bel
mont, Miss Eleanora Sears, Mr. and
Mrs. James Watson Gerard and Chaun
cey M. Depew.
May Cut Ellin Off Will
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (/p)—Clarence
MacKay, multimillionaire head of the
Postal Telegraph company, has disin
herited his daughter Ellin because of
her marriage to Irving Berlin, song
composer, according to a report from
authoritative sources.
MacKay sent for his attorney and
dictated a new will which cuts Ellin
from all share in the forty million dol
lar MacKay estate and then directed
the bride’s wardrobe and personal be
longings be removed from the Mac
Kay house at Roslyn.
The eloping bride and her husband,
who was once a singing waiter on the
Bowery, left Atlantic City and a hon- ]
eymoon trip to beg the father’s for
giveness almost before the disinher
iting took place. Ellin was reported
to be in tears when she heard the
news. '
Bride Was Magazine Writer 1
Ellin MacKay, the bride of Berlin, 1
was 22 years of age at the time of her
marriage and Berlin was 15 years her i
senior. The marriage was a romance
of a brilliant and rebellious member
4 «f the Newport younger set and the
writer of “My Wife Has Gone to the
Country,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” i
In My Harem,” and countless similar (
hits. (
Berlin wras born in Russia, the son i
of a Jewish rabbi. He w’as noticable f
on New York streets and sixteen years £
ago was singing in the notorious “Nig
ger Mike’s Chinatown Saloon.” He I
began his career with the song,
“Heinz is Pickled Again.” Fame and f
financial success followed. Today he €
owns several theatres and has a huge i
income from a song publisher’s bus- £
iness.
The bride recently made her ddbut <
as a magazine writer, criticizing cus
toms of the “400.” Her father be
came one of the world’s richest men
as a pioneer gold digger in the west. (
Mrs. Berlin is a Catholic and recently I
was reported to have secured dispen- 1
sation to marry Berlin from the Pope, t
Berlin promised any children of the i
union would be Catholic. e
LUTHER TO FORM
NEW CABINET
BERLIN, Jan. 13. (JP)—Von Hinden
burg commissioned Luther to form
the new cabinet, after Eric H. Koch,
Democratic leader and former Chan
cellor Fehrenbach of the Center party
informed the president a coalition of
all parties was impossible.
K1YST0NC .VICWICO^TMW.VOHK.'
ASKED BY HINDENBURG TO
FORM COALITION CABINET
Hr: Eric Koch, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic party, who was recently re
quested by President Von Hindenburg
Df Germany to survey the situation and
ascertain the prospects of forming a
Cabinet comprising a majority of the
Reichstag parties. Dr. Koch, in his
report today, said this could not be
done. He was formerly Burgomaster
of Cassel as well as Minister of In
terior in 1919.
CONVICT ADMITS
HE IS ROB. scon
WANTED MURDER
BROTHER SENTENCED IN STEAD
AND LATER ADJUDGED INSANE
BY CHICAGO JURY—WANTED
FOR HOMICIDE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. (&)—
rhe Examiner today said John Red
ling, a convict at San Quentin has ad
mitted he is Robert Scott, wanted in
Chicago for homicide for which his
irother Russell was sentenced to death
end later saved from the gallows by
>eing adjudged insane.
MINE HUNDRED PER CENT
DIVIDENDS PAID BY THE
NASH MOTOR COMPANY
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (£>)—'The di
•ectors of the Nash motor company
leclared a stock dividend of nine hun
Ired per cent, and are now voting to
ssue nine additional shares of stock
or each one now held, subject to the
pproval of the stockholders.
AANY NEW CARS IN CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13. (/P)—Cali
ornia motor vehicle population gain
d 125,154 last year with a total reg
stration on one million, four hundred
nd seventy-six thousand.
;rown prince carol
IS NOW IN MILAN
MILAN, Jan. 13. (jP)—Crown Prince
'arol, who renounced his right to'the
toumanian throne is in Milan where
ie is paying court to Madame Lapesco,
he red-haired daughter of a Jewish
cierchant of Jassy. His former mor
anatic wife Zizi has remarried.
RAILROADS AND
LABOR COMBINE
GREAT PROGRESS MADE TOWARD
PREVENTION OF ALL FUTURE
STRIKES—MAY ABOLISH RAIL
WAY LABOR BOARD.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13. (/P)—
j Great progress toward the prevention
of all future railroad strikes was made
j when representatives of fifty leading
railroads and over a million rail work
ers perfected an agreement for friend
ly arbitration of all disputes.
The agreement is backed by a law
: which has presidential approval and
which the administration will urge in
j Congress. The plan calls for the
! abolition of the railway labor board,
! long a sore spot and creation of con
I eiliation and arbitrational boards with
representatives of both groups and of
| the public. A national conciliation
board with powers in event the board
; and employees are unable to agree on
I iiilt>ences, is also included. Both
j sides hail the agreement as the great
j est move in labpr history.
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Greenland Eskimos
Taught By Alaskans
Alaskan Eskimos will be employed
by the Danish government to instruct
natives of Greenland in the care of
reindeer. That government is mak
ing an effort to establish the reindeer
industry in Greenland, evidently
prompted by the remarkable success
of herds in Alaska since their intro
ducation in 1891 by the Interior De
partment, Bureau of Education. The
‘application for permission to employ
Alaskan natives was made through
the Danish consulate at Seattle. Con
sent was willingly granted by the U.
S. Commissioner of Education, who
directs the Government’s educational
and welfare work for the Alaskan na
tives. Arrangements as to salaries
■.and other details are being worked
| out. Contracts will cover a period of
j four years, and will provide for re
i turn to Alaska at the expiration of
| that time.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
TERRITORIES WILL NOT
ACCEPT SUTHERLAND BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13. (JP)
—The House Committees on Terri
tories rejected the bills of Sutherland
and Delegate Jarett to widen the au
tonomy of Alaska and Hawaii. The
Sutherland measure would have en
abled the people to elect their own
governor. The delegates declared the
bills were introduced to meet with the
wishes fo their peoples.
EVELYN THAW
WILL RECOVER
FROM POISONING
—
HARRY THAW SENDS MESSAGE
TO WIFE WHEN NEAR DEATH
POSSIBLE RECONCILIATION IN
SIGHT.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. (fP)—Harry K.
Thaw, whose former wife Evelyn Nes
bit attempted to kill herself a week
ago, will arrive here to confer with at
torneys with a possible reconciliation
of the pair in view.
He sent a message to her when he
heard she was near death, with or
ders that it was not to be delivered
unless she was dying. She will re
cover.
LOCAL FREIGHT FRIDAY
Local freight will be carried up the
line Friday as far as Grandview, not to
Girdwood, as was announced in yes
terday's paper.
Steamer Alaska Was Due
At Cordova This Morning
The SJS. Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship Compnay, was scheduled
to arrive at Cordova early this morn
ing, according to a wireless dispatch
received by the local radio station.
Mr. Flickenger, local agent for the
company, is looking vfor the vessel
to arrive in port early Friday.
f* 'XJEJt&TONE_VIEVy.COJlNe«tJC.OMi
NEW MEMBER IN CONGRESS
Mrs. Edith N. Rogers, who succeeds
her late husband, John J. Rogers, of
Massachusetts. Mrs. Rogers is the
lw p actyieN
typical New England aristocrat—cul
eutr.ed wealthy, imbued with all the
i loscagacser pytclai
| social graces. She has watched the
workings of Congress and knows the
ropes.
OLDTIME ALASKA
SURVEYOR DEAD
AT ELLENSBURG
HUBERT T. CROWTHER OF KET
CHIKAN, SURVEYOR FOR GOV
ERNMENT FOR YEARS—LEAVES
WIDOW AND FAMILY.
ELLENSBURG, Jan. 13. (/P)—Hubert
T. Crowther, of Ketchikan, for years
a government surveyor in Interior Al
aska, died yesterday. He arrived at
this place ten days ago for treatment.
Crowther was a World War veteran,
and a captain in the reserve corps. He
left a widow, son, two daughters and
a brother.
FAVOR CONSTRUCTION SHIP
TO REPLACE SHENANDOAH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13. (ff)—
Wilbur told the House Naval Commit
tee he favored the construction of an
airship to replace the Shenandoah.
f
VIENNA SURGEON
SAYS INDULGE IN
VICE MODERATELY
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (TP)—Doctor
Lorenz, celebrated Vienna surgeon ar
rived in the city last week to treat
some New York patients. He declar
ed alcohol a fine tonic and urged all
who would live long, to indulge in all
vices moderately.
PARIS, Jan. 13. (JP)—The Seine rose
again to a point near that of the ter
rible flood and catastrophe of 1910 and
hundreds of residents of Paris sub
urbs fled their homes for higher ter
ritory.
BARROW AVIATORS
START ASSEMBLE
SNOW MOTORS
THREE MEMBERS OF EXPEDI
TION WILL SAIL FOR SEWARD
SATURDAY TO MAKE PREPARA
TIONS FOR LONG FLIGHT.
_
SEATTLE, Jan. 13. (£>)— Gordon
Scott, of Detroit arrived here yester
day and will start assembling three
snow motors for the Wilkins expedi
I tion.
Scott, A. Malcolm, Smith and Earl
Rossman will sail for Seward Satur
day en route to Nenana from which
place the long overland journey to
the Arctic will commence.
Scott said the snow motors will be
put in operation at Nenana, one of
| which will be left there to clear a
field for the planes to be used on the
expedition. The other two will haul
five sledges carrying a total of fifteen
tons of provisions and supplies, large
oil and gasoline, for the planes.
Smith will act as guide one expedi
tion which will go from Nenana to
Tanana, thence north to Betties, up
the John River and follow the Anak
vuk to the Arctic ocean, from where
they will go along the frozen sea to
Point Barrow. They snow motors
are' expected to make thirty-five miles
a day and it is expected it will take
from thirty-five to forty days for the
trip.
The men will carry very little food
outside of sugar, salt and flour, as they
expect to live off the caribou and other
game which abound in the district.
Scott said they party would probably
not be able to leave Nenana before
February fifteenth because the gaso
line would not arrive before that time.
After the plane bearing Wilkins
hops-off from Point Barrow, the rest
of the caravan "will wait one week and
then fly the remaining plane back to
Nenana, on the assumption Wilkins
has flown to Spitzbergen. If Wilkins
| finds land he will return to Point Bar
j row and then fly back to explore the
land.
Malcom Smith and Earl Rossman
arrived in Seattle this morning.
BRITISH RUBBER
MEN BREAK FAITH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13. (£>)—
American rubber manufacturers have
charged before the House and Inter
state and Foreign Commerce commit
tees that the British broke faith on a
promise to keep rubber prices down.
They recommended legislature for co
operation in buying by United States
manufacturers and urged the govern
ment to aid in removing restriction on
rubber production in the Philippines.
Senators Wil Fight Court
World Court opposition Senators
held a conference of war and decided
to fight the court to the last ditch. Ad
ministration leaders plan to hold up
the tax bill to pass the world court
resolution which may mean failure of
the relief bill by March 15.
INQUIRE INTO ACTIVITIES OF
ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13. (£>)—
The Senate Committee, inquiring into
a conference between Coolidge, Mel
lon and Attorney Genral Sargent, held
before the Department of Justic, is
sued a statement on January 2, con
cerning the investigation of the Alum
inum Company of America.
COAL MINE EXPLOSION TAKES
TOLL IN JAPANESE MINES
TOKIO, Jan. 13. (/P)—A Jukoka dis
patch reported seventeen dead and
twenty-three injured in an explosion
last night in a coal mines in Northern
Kuishiu. Further blasts trapped the
rescuers.