ALASKA LINE ARCTIC
CRUISE ARRIVES
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NOMK E.N TKKTAIMR FIRST
ARCTIC .%OVKNTI'RKRS’ t'Rl'IHK
Sailing from Seattle late Thurs
day night. Aug. 9th, the S.s S.
Victor!* of this Alaska Line to
ga n its first Arctic Adventu^'ts'
Crulst, with a large passeuser cist
inti a full cargj pf freight hr port4
en-oute. The V.'-tori-i was !n oom
mand of Captain H. Odsen, the
well-known and popular master of
the HeritiK Sea liner, arriving at;
Nome, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19.
The tlx day voyage on the I’ac; ■
flc ocean from Seattle to Unimak j
Past of the Aleutian Island group J
gav# tbe passengers an opportunity
to become thoroughly acquainted
and thru the efforts of Cruise
Director and Master of Ceremonies
Kenneth A. Cross, ably assisted by
tbe ship's orchestra, thei‘e was not
a dull tnoment experienced dj* the
passengers. Every afternoon some
form of amusement was provided
and following dinner every day th
entertainment program was arrang- !
ed and caested out to a successful ]
conclusion?^*There was no lawk of!
talent •«*** the passengers, who !
entered InrTo the fun in * spirit,
appreciative of such a rare ooca
«>°n. fa* ' . ■ j
At' Bhutan, the first Alaskan
port ol ^a.11, the passengers were
arousejl*' front their slumber (ex
cept those who stayed up all the
night! at 4:30 a m., hot coffee |
was hurriedly pa ‘if. and
then were allowed ashore '
and see for their me two
yf ... !
■ary# whales being towed Into the
dock by two powerful tugs. Soon
cab^s^vej^^ttpched^to^he^jvliM^
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es and a hoist soon dragged th 1
huge carcasses up an Incline o^tili
the wharf where the v/haling cre«;
immedaitely began the work o!
skinning and cutting up the bif
monsters, a sight and peculia ^
smell which will have a 1 /
memory, . ! ; t
f, ruL.. ■
Leaving Akutan In a drlaalin;
rain, the vessel headedr for iSutci
Harbor arriving therd about 11:3
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the same morning, the sun shinin :
ibirghtly and tthe beautiful moon
tain scenery clothed in . velvet;
green and other rich hues on both
Aides. With .two U. 3. submarined
convoying thj' Victoria and ' othe ■
government vessels awaiting th"
hemal, of the vessel in port, ntf'cl'
^ute-talnment was prftt'J* 1 Nava'
• ft rots, extended pn t.s
t'.it passengers, to pay »ec v-’.-se1
a \ hit and so:m power laii’idis,
»ver<- needing towards »!fe va »\
i av<*i vessels with an,(''iia spe'1 a
tors.
After being shown thru the sub
marines, one of which is the laig
est in the world, the guests wen ‘
returned to the Victoria and thei
taken In power boats provided b;.
the Alaska Commerolal Co., *•
Unaiaska tOj spend another hou '
or two. seeing this, historic porth.
ern esttlement which has a very
ancient Russian Orthodox church,-• *
At seven p.m. with everybod ;
once more aboard they sat dowi
to dinner with hearty appetite *
and did Justice* to. th<vj8feiiciou .
menu, as anchor was w^hed an,!
the vessel headed for St.s Paul Is
land, where a million and a hal
NOME FEATURES
OF INTEREST TO ,
ARCTIC CRUISE
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'
AND LOO CABIN FEATURE
By Loulre Harlan
Th# Log Cabin, which 1* being
uaed aa headquarters Tor the vis
itor* to Nome, baa an lnlbreetlng
history behind It. It la now and
. .ha* been lor aome time In the pons
eaiion of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, but W'n
built and furnlahed In 1909 as' A;
clubhouse for*1 the "Enl Club”
meaning In Eaklmo "meeting
V
place.” „
This organization, a»secret one?
was .'formed In 190?, and for a ion; *
time Its existenoe was known onl ’
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to Its members. For years title"
others discovered the Enl It vt& <
known as the "TVIum” club becaus i
Us members never talked about J ‘
or Its activities.. V
Th« Log Cabin was. mainline r
on a comfortable scale with a rei >
taurant and bar and7 a waiter
(Continued on page Trfree)\ ,
fur seal have their summer breed
ing rookeries. Arriving there the
next day the passengers were *ak
en ashore on barges and trans
ported across the island by auiu
mobiles to one of the rookeri"s
'where the guests roamed about
the seals and took pictures to
their hearts content. Space does
not permit in this issue to tell
in detuil the meritorious work be
ing done there by the U. S. gov
ernment. 40.00 seal has just been
killed and dressed for shlpm- nt
to the states, this number is th*
usual annual shipment made.
After another day and a Id
the vessel reached Nome, the surij
shining brightly and the warmest
day experienced during the trip.
Barges, tugs and launcnes were
soon tied along side the Victor!.i
and a special Arctic Cruise Com
mittee composed of Nome people
b >a/ded teh vessel with plans to
entertain the passengers during
.their stay here. Within a short
lime all passengers were landed a;
Snake River harbor and numerou
autos transported them to the bud
ness district and thence, to the
K-ing Island native settlement ut
the East end of the city, bated
several returned to the steamer
for the evening while others stav
ed ashore -t hotels for the nigit.
Monday* morning barges again
brought the tourist* ashore fur
un itlur l iv's sightseeing and a i
evi nine. :f entertainment at the
liirgi* Eagle Hall. Time arid spice
'does not permit of further details
which will be covered in another
issue. lint this story would not
*te. complete without makinR men
tion of the genial services and
courtesies rendered the shir
passengers by the various officers
and officials of the S. S. Victor
ia, namely: Captain H. Odsen, B.
Lunder, Chief Officer; W. Tiede
man. Chief Engineer; L. J. Mc
Namee, Purser, W. C. Hubbard
Chief Steward; Warren E. Calv'
Surgeon and their able and ef
ficient assistants. Following is the
passenger list.
Mrs. Bryce ArdU
.Mrs. William Harris Arnold
K Helen Austin
Chas. J. Backlund
William H. Bloonj
Mrs. William H.4 Bloom
x \ Alcda llrinkerhofl
^ tDarothy Brooks
, Artiss Brown
Isobei {frown
Mrs. Marie Brown
Mrs. William Brown
Mlnn<e Busch
Mary Lou Campbell
Mies G. Cannln
Arietta Carter
Mrs. Charles Cavey
, Mrs K. A. Cross,
(Continued on Page Two)
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(NCLIHED BELIEVE
ASKEW HOAX
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I BELIEVE ASKEW KIDNAPPING
MAY BEEN A HOAX
(By The Associated Press)
GODLSBGRO, Aug. 20, No foll
owers of preacher Askew were
ready to welcome him back, be
lieving in the statements publish
ed, easting doubt on the preach
er’s identity, and having been
kidnapped from Nashville. OfU
cers expressed doubt that he had
oven been kidnapped, as several
people who apparently knew of
his plan for a trip were unable
to explain how he appeared to
two different parts of the country
at one time.
f ASKEW RETURNS TO HOME
BEEN HEED HOSTAGE
(By The Associated Pre&s)
| • NASHVILLE. Tenn., Aug. ,20,
I Askew, who has been repoked
kidnapped for the past week, walk
ed into the police station here and
said that he had been in the hands
of the kidnappers since last Tups
day.
He was dressed in overallls an i
said that his three abductors had
taken his clothes In Washington.
D, C., and then had driven him
around the country until about
daylight today, when they put hint
out oil the edge ot Nashville.
He said he had been driven to
Richmond, Washington, Knoxville,
and “I don’t know where else."
He was enroute from Uoldsboro
to Siulthifleld with forty dollars ti
buy some brick for the church,
when he was stopped by a man at
a crossroads who said he hacf a
sick child in Raleigh. He nsked
Askew to go to the hospital there
Askew agreed; and upon arriv
ing in Rallegh. a car drove up
with three men in it. One of
them poked a pistol in his rlb«
and told him to get Into the car,
which lie did. The three men gave
the other man the forty dollars
'. longing u Askew and then diere
i with Aim >.
He said they gavi him sleeping
tablejs. They evidently must liuve
found out that his relatives
did not have much money
nor that the chances of
getting any were slim, so they
released hint. This wag the story
told to the authorities here.
SUICIDE MYSTERY HOLLYWOOD
PUZZLES EXPERTS
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(By The Associated Press)
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 2#, Jerry
Jarnegln, musical composer, aud
husband of Irene Franklin! mus
ical comedy actress, offered Holly
wood a new puzzle.
He was found dead in- his horns
shortly before dinner last night,
with a wound on hos right temple.
A revolver lay In a nearby chair..
Irene, his wife, nor any of the I
guests could give any reason (or
the suicide. Ai^ investigation hue
been ordered In an attempt to
clear up the mystery.
AMERICAN AVIATORS CRASH
PROPOSED ROME FLIGHT
(By The Associated Preai)
NEWPORT, Pembrokeshire,
Wales, Aug. 20, George Pond and
Cesare Sabelli, American aviators
turned beck by raging storms ov
er ^he Dish Sea, on their pro
posed 'tfubll to Rome Bight crack
ed up their plane on a, mountain
side In the darkness when they
attempted to land, thus ruining
their hopes of un attempted re-1
turn across the Atlantic to the
^tilled States. The liters escaped
serious Injury when the plane
crashed.
GKItMAN PICO I* I JO UPHOLD
litKSIDKNT HITLKK
(By The Aaaoclatod Pross)
BERLIN, Aug. 20, Thirty-eight
million Germany people voted yes
on Hltler'i taking over the Presi
dency, In a big election Sunday.
Approximately four million voted
no, More than eight hundred
thousand ballots were thrown out
sb Invalid. jJ’hlH showed s slight
decline in hitler's popularity, si
compared to ths rote given him
when Germany withdrew from the
League of Nations. (
CRIMINALLY AH8AULTKD THNN
CHOKED TO DHATH
(By Ths Auodsted Praia A
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2«, Choked
to death In what polio, said wta
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