ICE BUCKING BE LUXE
VICTORIA’S GREAT RECORD
The Victoria never had a calmer \
trip than that which concluded j
when it cleared the ice pack on1
Tuesday morning and the siren’s
lioot echoed itself among the hills
back of the city and aroused tne
usual malamute chorus.
The Victoria had to lay to at
the Pass while waiting for a day
about June 7th, having eclipsed
her schedule as to speed, and with
no meals missed by the passengers,
an unusual record. The Interval
was passed at he Unimak waters by
local fishermen beguilding same re
spectable cod into the role of suck
ers, same thirty being landed on
deck, Ben Nygren taking the palm
as fisherman in chief, both as to
weight and numbers of his catch.
As the steamer entered Bering Sea,
many wero the conjectures as to tin
arrival of the ship at Ncme and as
to ice conditions, some doubt of this
head being heard even before tin
ice hove in sight on Sunday morn
ing. By Sunday afternoon the steam
er was poking its nose through a
solid pack of accumulated floes off
Cape Romanzoff, with 180 miles of
solid ice between it and Nome.
Then the pessimist appeared in
gloomy numbers, one had heard
that the Victoria had a v ry weak
ell'll and would stand no ice pres
sure, another that the ship was a
very poor one to encount r ice any
way, and wh-t not. So when Cap
tain O’Br'cn encountered: what look
ed like a solid pa k ar.i made a
strategic r treat into open water,
there was a general approval ex
tended him 1>>' the little world ot
which lie is over-lord on the high
SC0.S.
“The ice was her--, ilio ice was
there
The ice was all around;
It cracked anr growled nr.d roared
and li nvlcfi
Like noises in aswoitnd.”
But the Ancient Mariner and his
ship from which he shot his albt
tress had nothing on the experience
rf the Victoria; for sailing due went
almost to the Capes of St Lawrence
Island, which wore presently sigh -
ed. the Victoria skirted the inter
minable ice pack, when the good
ship again nosed its wry into the
ico pack. By nightfall the A'ictoria
was bucking icc, and while a feel
ing of apprehension may have been
experienced by some of the passen
gers who.” first the ice was met
with, this died away as experience
brought confidence.
It is seldom passengers hound
for Nome have such an opportunity
of viewing such an immense ice
field. Without leads, hero and
there r.n occasional pothole showing
up like on oa3is in the plain of
grotesquely shaped and somewhat
dirty ico floes, the pack maintain'd
its solidity almost to the last.
Sometimes it was impossible to
budge it, and again like the Ancient
Moriner’s ship, the Victoria sil
houetted against the ghastly gray
of the pack, itself “as silent as a
painted ship upon a painted ocean.
Bird life that usually and noise
fully follows in the unhooverized
wake of an Alaska steamer was
conspicuous by its absence, al
though here and there there might
be seen a flock of ducks or geese
fleeting to their northern breeding
grounds regardless of the ice chain
that locked the ocean into frozen
silence. Seals however there were
plenty and all crowded to the ships
side to witness these as a diversion
from the deadly monotony of the
voyage thru the ice.
Once upon a time the hopes that
had almost died down of ever
reaching Nome rose in again when
the “ ? ” was seen coming and was
to bear a hand in breaking thru
for Nome. But the mystic
ship anchored on the ice close
abreast of the Victoria and having
received mail and newspapers lay
there until morning when it started
out ahead of the Victoria. Then
the Victoria busked her way along
and soon the “ ? ” was lying be
hind until once again the solid
pack forbade further att^npt and it
was Land IIo! The hins back of
Nome were sighted.
Day by day it was a heartbreak
ing attempt to force a way thru
the gr< at ice barrier, now heaving
to, r.ot essaying what seemed to be
a hopeless task, but steadily and
stealthily eliminating distance be
tween tho steamer and the road
stead.
Finally Captain O'Brien determin
ed for tho great drive. After a
short rest the Victoria seemed des
tined to remain indefintely in the
pack if loads wore to bo waited
upon, and the ship was put to it.
As an ice breaker the Victoria has
an enviable record, but Captain
O’Brien assuredly made it work
■ still more wonders. Beginning in the
! evening tho steamer was kept
steadily at the ice pack, “Half
Speed,” “Full Ahead,” “Slow
Astern,” “Full ahead with a jingle,”
“Stop,” and so forth, tho main
danger to the steamer being threat
ened not from the ice pack to be
broken but from the ice chunks that
swept over propeller and rudder, and
twice or three times this had caused
stops of more or less prolonged dur
ation while efforts were made to
clear the rudder and propellor, so
that the ship could exert its power
without trouble. So while Captain
O’Brien occupied his position at the
bow watching and directing, the
Mate was aft too watching and di
recting lost the ship lose either
rudder and propellor, and stop or
ders Were frequent enough.
In tho great final drive Captain
O’Brien and the Mate must have
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BRED UNFAIR TOWARD TIIE REST INTERESTS OF THE *
WORKING CRASS.
THEY ARE VIOLATING THE EIGHT HOUR RAW
WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL RY OR
GANIZED LABOR.
NAME
EMIL JOHNSON
FRANK KOURICOFF
VICTOR ANDERSON
A. G. EKROTH
MATT LAWSON
JACK O’BRIEN
JOE FORTUNE
E DIMUS
JACK WARWICK
ED (NuRfyet) JOHNSON
LOUIS JOHNSON
GUS ANDERSON
TOM LYLE
AN EL SUNDBERG.
C. F. HAERING (Sr)
OSCAR GRAN
H. P. HANNON
W. (Shorty) SEDLACEK
MARTIN ANDERSON
STEVE MITCHELL
GREGORY DOMIANO
NELS REDDING
JOHN FOSBERG
CHARLES VOIGT
ANDREW PETERSEN
RICHARD MORRIS
CHARLES BAILEY *
MRS W. H. LARSON 4
ALL PERSONS WORKING UNDER THE JURISDIC
TION OF THE NOME MINE WORKERS UNION FOR LESS
THAN $5 & BOARD PER DAY FOR 8 HOURS WORK, ALSO
RECOGNITION OF THE UNION ARE CONSIDERED UNFAIR
TOWARDS ORGANIZED LABOR.
COMMITTEE
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been on watch directly 36 hours
and tho ship was kept at it with
but small intervals until with a
triumphant blast from the siren
tho old Victoria dropped anchor and
the passengers cheered the veteran
captain. No one on board was sorry.
The following is the list of pass
engers.
W P Code, Mrs W. F. Code, Steve
Stibley, B McPadden, Holga John
son, Harold Lundberg, V A Julian,
Geo A Prosser, M Andersen, Helmar
Saupe, Hilda E Olson, Olaf Hen
drickson, N Tarntzenc, S L Lewis,
C Mitchell, Martin Corliss, W Hil
derbrant, Grace E Burgh, Henry
Burgh, Kowena Burgh, H J Carlin,
E J Morgan Mrs Lewis G F Guin
r.an, Ben Laurine, Mrs Edith Olson,
Josephine Lindberg Jafet Lindbcrg,
L P Tunstad, A C Stuart, E E
Hob rts, Mrs Roberts, Mrs McDou
gal, J II Fredricks, S. B. Bengtscn,
E T Toots, Cecil Poster, P M Dan
ieisen, Gus Burness, G T Hedrick,
Ivor J-jlirscn, Andy Anderson, Sirs
Anderson, H S Whittard, J H Miles,
H Hill, W H Cutter, Frank Hall,
A W Nylander, Mrs Nylander, Al
bert Nicholson, Hem or Laurine, Jas
Carrigan, Wm Nissicrc, August
Adams, A W Kail, S Sinson, Mrs
Simson, John McGivney, John L E
Buhr, Chas Madsen, Henry Kern,
Mrs Ambler, Geo Belliview, Eliz -
beth Goss, John Danielson, H Mar
cus, T B Ritz, E StiedtMr.il, E H
Cathcart, E A Farr, J T Sullivan,
J Berger, Mrs Berger, J H Young,
Mrs T H Evans, L Lowenherz, J
J Cole, Wm A Gilmore, A J Lowe,
N J Bitter, John Adams, J Saupo,
Jos. Sale, Wm Maloney, Dr J D
Arnold, Mrs Arnold, Miss Arnold,
G B Brynstom, A H Anderson, S
S Bean, J G Ai dre, Mrs E P Smith,
Chas Dankert, H Fries, Mrs FriC3,
F S Wheeler, R S Oglesby, Barry
Keown, John Anderson, Mrs S Doerr,
Roes Bungay, W Delchanty, Richard
Lee, C E Burness, Chas L Milack,
James Kclleher, Ben Nygr.n, W L
Chandler, J E arver, J F Mathews,
John Atkonf., G J Gasby, Sirs Coe,
C E Roed, C Miller, L Barnstcadt,
J Reardon, M Z Casey, A L Stokes,
Art Andre, Chester Milligan, C G
Vickstadt, J Ernst, Chris Hanson.
J M Simmons, John Erovcuke, J
Fleason, It A Carroll, Mrs Louise
Hnrkness, E C Spinney, S Johnson.
Ira Orton, F Bookman, C C Kester,
Wm Leavitt, E H Dawson, Mrs H
Lee, E F Bi’lmeyer, Lee P Oughton,
J H Russell, Pr.ul Cce.
On board the Victoria arrived E.
Stcidtman and E. H. Cathcart who
aro to conduct under the auspices,
of the Geological Survey a recon
naisanco of tiio tin ore fields of the
Port Clarence District.
Tin has increased in demand
since the war began and quite eariy
in the entrance of our nation in
the great contest, the value of tin
was foreseen and the metal placed
under government control.
The Straits Settlements, Australia,
and other sections which demand
high shipping facilities are the pres
ent main source of supply, and in
LAUGH’S ECONOMIC PLATFORM
Following is ths Economic Plat
form adopted by the American Fed
eration of Labor:
1. The abolition of all forms of
involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime.
2. Free schools, free text books
and compulsory education.
3. Unrelenting protest against
the issuance and abuse of injunc
tion process in labor disputes.
4. A work day of not more
than eight hours in the twenty-four
hour day.
5. A strict recognition of not
over eight hours per day on all
Federal, State or municipal work,
and not loss than the prevailing
per diem wage rato of the class of
employment in the •icT.ily wkerr
the work is performed
6. Release from employment
one day in seven.
7. The abolition of the contract
system on public work.
8. The municipal ownership of
public utilities.
9. The abolition of the sweat
shop system.
10. Sanitary inspection of fac
tory, workshop, mine and home.
11. Liability of employers for
injury to body or Iocs of life.
12. The nationalization of tele
graph and telephone.
13. The passage of anti-child
labor laws in States where they do
not exist and rigid defense of them
order to conserve shipping an ef
fort will he made to determine the
availability of supply of American
territory.
These experts can have, their
work lightened by the co-operation
of the people of this section which
in the present crisis is an especial
duty.
Reports have been studiously cir
culated as to immense possibili
ties of tin production of the section
which these men will survey, and
those who have any especial know
ledge can easily aid these men in
their quest.
where they have been enacted into
law.
14. Woman suffrage co-cqual
with man-suffrage.
15. Suitable r.nd plentiful play
grounds for children in all cities.
16. The Initiative and Referen
dum and the Imperative Mandate
and Right of Recall.
17. Continued agitation for the
public bath system in all cities.
18. Qualification i:i permits to
build of all cities and towns, that
there shall be bathrooms and bath
room attachments in all houses or
compartments used for habitation.
ID. Wo faver a syst m of finance
whereby money shall be Issued ex
clusively by the Government, with
such regulations and lestrictions as
will protect it from manipulation
by the banking interests for their
own private gain.
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NOTICE
OF
FORFEITURE
To John Ellis, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has
expended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars
during each of tho years of 1914,
1915, and 1916, upon the following
described placer mining claim, sit
uate, lying and being an the Cape
Nomta Recording Precinct, Alaska,
to-wit: —
The “Allie” claim on Snake river,
as described in location notice there
of filed for record in the office of
the Recorder of said Recording
district on tho 4th day of January,
1904, and recorded therein in vol
ume 133, at page 344.
You are further notified that if
within ninety (90) days after the
publication of this notice you fail
or neglect to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure, your
interest in said mining claim if any,
will become the property of tho un
dersigned, your co-owner, und r
section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
EVERETT SUTHERLAND
Co-owner.
Date of first publication 'June 13,
1918.
Date of last publication Sept. 12
1918.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
Advertisers will please note that
»11 changes in standing Advertis
inents must be received in this office
before t) A. M. on daf of publica
tion, to insure insertion in same is
me.
No exceptons will be made to this
NOTICE Ol’ 'FORFEITURE
To W. W. Sale, Frank Kolasli, F. H.
Watt, N. Galvin, W. D. Steward,
and W. Packwood, your heirs,
executors, assigns or personal
representatives.
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I have expended in
labor and improvements, the sum
of one hundred dollars ($100.00),
each year for the years of 1915,
1916, on the Flornece Association
Placer minig claim situated between
Wonder and Holyoke in the Cape
[ Nome Recording Precinct, Alaska,
note of location of which is recorded
in Vol. 123, page 129 of said pre
cinct Records.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of the law con
cerning annual labor upon ni'uing
claims, being the amount le-juir d
to hold said claim.
And you, and each of you, are
further notified that if within ninety
days aftf-r the last publication of'
this notice you have failed fo con
tribute your portion of said expend
iture, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the „
undersigned, your co-owner, under
section 2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States.
CHAS. A.VOGEL.
Co-owner.
Date of first pub!., April 4, 1918,
Date of last publ., July 4, 1918.
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