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VOLUME 36. No. 37. _ NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1935. __ >■ Per Copy Ten Cents
Dirigible! Macon Lies at Bottom of Sea
I -anrls Stem First-Crew Takes To Rubber Life Boats
JUDGE TRENCHARD DELIVERS CHARGE JURY
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81 Out Of Crew 83 Aboard
Dirigible Macon Are Rescued
Bursting Gas Cells and Crumbling Stem is Cause of Disaster
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LAST FLEET MANEUVER FOR MACON
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13—The dirigible Macon, un
der the command of Lieut. Commander Herbert V. Wiley,
the only officer to escape from the wreck of the Akron on the
Atlantic coast, off New Jersey, April 4th, 1933, left Sunny
vale at 7:10 A.M., Monday, to engage in fleet maneuvers
over southern California waters.
The lighthouse keeper at Point Sur said he was unable
to see the Macon which had been cruising around. He said
about ten warships were cruising in this vicinity.
The coast guard was ordered to rush all vessels avail
able to the aid of the Macon when it went down. The dir
igible reported she encountered heavy storms. The last
word from her was that she had suffered a “casualty,” and
would alight in the sea. and the crew would abandon ship.
The Macon was seven hundred and eighty-five feet long
and one hundred and thirty-three feet in diameter. Ordi
narily she carries a crew of nineteen officers and eighty en
listed men.
STATES CAUSE OF DISASTER
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13—The first word as to the
cause of the crash of the Macon was given last night by
Lieut. Commander Herbert V. Wiley, who said that the gas
cells and the crumbling of the stern caused the disaster.
Two men died in the crash—Ernest Edwin Daley of
• North Bend, Oregon, radio operator; and Edward Quibase a
mess attendant.
. Wiley said that the discipline of the crew was admir
able. He stated that the ship landed stern first and the
crew then took to the rubber life boats.
81 OUT OF 83 ARE RESCUED
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13—The Navy reported that
eighty-one of the eighty-three aboard the Macon had been
rescued. The battleship Richmond picked up 64; the Cin
cinnati 6; and the Concord 11. Commander Wiley was
among those rescued. The search continued for the other
two men._
TELLS HOW LANDED MACON ON WATER
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(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13—The Macon now lies at the
bottom of the Pacific Ocean with only two missing and two
injured in the crash. The rescuers are to arrive here this
morning aboard three battleships.
One or two of her twelve gas cells suddenly burst as she
sped through the squally air and fog toward her Sunnyvale
base last night, at sunset. *The delicately balanced craft
nosed abruptly skyward. Immediate efforts of Wiley to
balance the ship were futile.
Under his orders she was then landed stern first in the
calm sea. She sank almost immediately, the crew taking
to the rubber life boats as soon as she touched the water.
The cause of Ed. Quibase’s death is unknown, Daley ap
parently broke his back in a hundred and twenty-five foot
leap before the ship landecj. Searchers were directed to
continue their efforts to find the two men until noon today.
The Macon sank in two hundred and fifty fathoms, of
water. It was stated today that the Navy will make no
attempts at salvage.
Numerous inquiries into the disaster are expected from
the Navy Department and Congress. This latest catastro
phe probably spells the end of lighter than air craft building
for the Navy.
MANY SHIPS GO TO RESCUE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The rescue of the survivors
of the Macon disaster in seven rubber lifeboats, was report
ed early Tuesday nigl\t to the Navy Department by Com
mander in Chief of the Fleet Admiral Joseph H. Reeves.
The search continued for two missing of the crew. At
that time the cause of the disaster was unknown, but was
believed to have been the result of an explosion aboard the
huge aircraft which sent her down. About thirty war
crafts were either in the vicinity or rushing there. A hos
pital ship was one of those rushing to the scene.
Money flowing back and forth through the channels of
trade in a city is what helps to build Better business, good
road$, churches, schools, and everything else that goes to
make a better, bigger, brighter city,
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Princeton Crad.
Being Held For
Extortion Plot
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Feb. 12—Cary B. Hills
man, aged twenty-three, a Princeton
graduate and a University of Wash
ington law student, is being held for
prosecution after the police said he
had confessed to being the. author
of an extortion plot, threatening the
life of Elizabeth Case, a member of
a prominent Seattle family.
He threatened death to the girl if
her father did not turn over fifteen
hundred dollars. Hillsman was a <
friend of the Case family. The po 1
licet state he did it “for the thrill,
fo see if he could get away with it”
Army Officers
Give Their Views
To Committee
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 — Army
officers in a secret conference gave
the House military committee their
iriews on the plan to construct six
luge air bases, including one in Al
iska.
PIONEERS ATTENTION
Meeting of Igloo No. 1. Pioneers
»f Alaska, on Wednesday at Nevada
Sail, 8 PM. Election of officers.
' THOMAS GAFFNEY,
Vice Trrsliisl
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LEGISLATURE
IS DISCUSSING
FISH TRAP BILL
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb. 13—A request for
a tariff on pulp products from Can
ada, Russia and Scandinavian coun
tries was made in a memorial intro
duced in the house by represent
ative Baronoyich, in the hopes of de
veloping that industry in Alaska.
The house spent nearly the en
tire forenoon and afternoon in dis
cussing the Hofman Fish trap bill.
An appropriation of thirty thou
sand dollars for the payment of de
ficiency funds, for the relief of des
titute for the bienium ending March
31, was introduced by Walker in the
senate.
The senate approved Green’s bill
that the interest rate be not less
than two percent on territorial funds
in banks. This bill already has pass
ed the house.
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TO ORGANIZE A
BAND TONIGHT
The organization of a band is to
take place tonight, and those inter
ested in the forming of such an or
ganization are invited to attend.
Players are also asked to bring their
instruments. The meeting is called
j for eight P. M. ]
HAUPTMANN CASE
WENT TO THE JURY
11:12 A.M. TODAY
CASE WENT TO JURY THIS MORNING.
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Feb. 13—The jury of twelve persons,
made tense by thirty-two days of testimony and argument,
received the Hauptmann case after they had listened grave
ly while Judge Trenchard delivered the final charge.
Hauptmann was gray faced as usual and his wife looked
haggard. The judge told the jury that "it"must be guided by
the principals of law which he set forth. He added that
they were the sole judges of the evidence, however, “You
must not consider what I shall say concerning the evidence
as being accurate but must depend upon yoltr own recollec
tion.”
CHARGE TO JURY.
“You must not only consider the evidence to which I
shall refer, but must consider all the evidence in the case.
“In every criminal case the defendant is presumed to
be innocent which presumption is continued until he is
proven guilty. To support an indictment and justify con
viction, the State must prove the facts sufficient for thJfc*
purpose by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and that,
burden never shifts from the State. ' Jr
“If there be a reasonable doubt whether the defendant.
be guilty, he is to be declared ‘not guilty’. The evidence”
must establish the truth of the fact to a moral certainty of
a conviction. A conviction will represent a satisfied rea
sonable judgment of those who are bound to act conscient
iously upon the evidence.
“But if after canvassing carefully the evidence, giving
the accused the benefit of a reasonable doubt, you are led to
the conclusion that the defendant is guilty, you should so
declare by your verdict, to make out a case of guilt, the State
must establish by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, that
the death of the baby was a result of a felonious stroke in
flicted March 1st, 1932, in the township of East Amwell in
this county, and that the jury might conclude from the evi
dence that the baby was stolen by someone wrho entered the
nursery through the window by means of a ladder.”
The case was given to the jury at 11:12 A. M. Eastern
Standard Time, today.
Drive Against
Gambling-Crime
Nets Results
(By The Associated Press)
MIAMI, Feb. 12th—State Senator
Hays Lewis, Mrs Lucy Cotton, Thos
Magraw are under indictment with
fourteen others on charges of ope
rating gambling houses. Mrs. Cot
ton is one of America’s richest heir
esses receiving an income from a
twenty-seven 'million dollar trust
fund.
A criminal court judge, a chief of
police and the city clerk are already
under charges in the drive against
gambling and crime which is being
conducted here.
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NEWLY PRINTED FORMS
PLACER LOCATIONS
ON SALE AT
THE NUGGET OFFICE
Entire Estate
Wealthy Woman
Go
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(By The Associated Press)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 13—
The entire estate of Mrs. Mabel E.
Knoth sixty-four-year-old wealthy
California and Alaska land-owner
who died Monday night, will go to
the Orthopedic Hospital for children
in Los Angeles, with the exception
of minor bequests to friends.
The property has not been eval
uated yet, but is expected to run in
to the hundreds of thousands. Her
husband George Knoth, is credited
with having run the first telephone
lines in Alaska. He died five years
ago.
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