MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
V
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 112.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, MAY IT. 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LOWELL CREEK PROJECT LOONS IN OFFING
NOME RESIDENTS DEEPLY CHAGRINED OVER
AMUNDSEN'S ACTION STOPPING AT TELLER:
DEP PEELING OF RESENTMENT EXPRESSED
THIN ICE AND OPEN WATER COVERS THE LITTLE
FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME—DESCENDS TO
KNOWN AREA—NORGE CRUISED ABOUT POLE
CLOSE PROXIMITY OF POLAR SEAS
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IGE ON WILING PROPELLERS 111 BRING DISASTER
SHIP DEPLATED AT TELLER—BE DISMANTLED
-5 AND SHIPPED TO STATES—AMUNDSEN, ELLS
WORTH, OMDAHL AND MISTING ARRIVE NOME
IN SMALL LAUNCH FROM TELLER.
NOME, May 1. (AP).—Thin ice and open water was
found at the North Pole but no land was discovered in the
Arctic wastes by the Amundsen-Ellsworth expedition
which arrived at Teller Thursday night at seven o'clock,
Nome time. The big airship was in the air 72 hours, and
considerable time was spent at the North Pole making ob
servations, the Norge having descended to within six hun
J dred feet of the ice after which she rose to an altitude of
4000 feet over Barrow. Ice formed on the whirling pro
pellers, then broke off, cutting the big gas bag and creat
ing a considerable loss of hydrogen gas which made the
Norge extremely heavy. A fair wind aided it on the voy
age from Barrow to Teller and when the crew of 18 arriv
ed at Teller they were very tired but in excellent physical
condition. Preparatory to landing, an anchorage wTas"drop
ped from the Norge and Sergeant At-^____
tore Arduino, assistant mechanician,
descended and supervised the alight
ing. A strong wind blew while the
airship was being lowered and after
motion pictures were taken the craft
was deflated in 30 minutes. A perfect
landing was made. Amundsen, Ells
worth, Capt. Oscar Wisting and Lieut.
Oskar Ohdahl, the latter two, experts
at landing dirigibles, arived at Nome
at 5 o’clock this morning, Nome time,
^ in the launch Pippin, w*hich was drag
ged 14 miles to open water over the
frozen bay of Port Clarence, at Teller.
The quartet departed last night leav
ing the remaining 14 to dismantle the
Norge and prepare its shipment to
the United States. The Norge will be
preserved for reconstruction. Amund
4 sen and Wisting are the only two
men in the world who have visited
both the North and South poles. Wist
ing, accompanied Amundsen, when
he discovered the southern extreme.
Amundsen declared a wireless station
should be erected at Teller as it “is
the only real harbor in this section.
Omdahl, who is to return to Teller,
said the Norge’s engines are in good
condition and worked perfectly. Am
undsen said he knew his position at
all times. Many Nome people express
ed a feeling of resentment against
,, the explorer, Amundsen, over his fail
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PILOT. NAVIGATOR OF
I1CE. NOBILE. BE
BUSED TO HIGH RANK
DESIGNER OF NORGE SENDS PER.
SONAL MESSAGE OF FLIGHT
TO PREMIER MUSSOLINI
BE PRESENTED GOLD MEDAL
Japan Purchases Sister Ship of the
Norge—Nobile Will Pilot It
To the Orient.
ROME, May 17. (£>)—Comrd. Nobile,
pilot and designer o fthe Norge sent
Premier Musolini of Italy, an account
of the flight from Nome today, which
read:
“The trip from Spitsbergen over the
Pole to Alaska was carried out suc
cessfully, covering 3,293 miles in 71
hours. The first part of the flight was
accomplished without difficulties, but
the second part, between the Pole and
Barrow was dangerous. Ice forma
tions on metallic parts of the dirigible
hindered the flying and caused dam
ages, tho which were not serious, be
cause of precautionary measures I
had taken. To and from Point Bar
KILLS GRIZZLY M
HUIYTERS KNIFE: 111
ALMOST Til LOOSE
HUNTER AND WOODS WAN OF IDA
HO NEARLY WEETS FATE
WHEN BEAR ATTACKS
BOISE, Ida., May 16. (/Pi—Armed
with, only a hunting knife. Jim Mc
Cann, hunter and woodsman, success
fully fought a huge grizzly hear. Mc
Cann, with an arm almost torn from
its sockets, and his scalp almost off.
■will recover.
After following the bear's trail foT
some time, McCann was suddenly set
upon from behind and knocked down
and then set upon by the animal. His
rifle was knocked, from h;s hands, and
he was unable to reach his revolver.
Grasping his hunting knift he drove
the blade into the bear’s body near
the heart, then crawled away some \
distance. He became exhausted from
loss of blood, so left a note to a broth-1
er who had left shortly, saying “Bin. i
the bear killed me. but by God I kill- !
ed him.”
The bear was found dead, McCann
was laying several yards dis ant from
the bruin, and a trail of blood was !
between the two.
AIRMAN COMING SEWARD
SEATTLE, May IT. (ff*)—Aviator |
Favor left this morning for Ketchikan
en route to Bristol Bay to spot sal
mon from the air.
The Weekly Gateway, 25c a month
row the flight was very difficult be
cause of strong winds and hick fogs
which caused deviations toward Ber
ing Strait and made the last few
hours of navigation very painful fly
ing. On the outskirts of Nome we
encountered a cutting wind with snow,
and profitting by a momentary lull,
we landed successfully in perfect
shape. If the atmospheric conditions
and the operation of the radio, which
during the last two days failed to
work, had permitted, we could have
continued the flight another 1GOO kilo
meters as there was a reserve sup
ply of gasoline on board sufficient for
that distance. The crew conducted
themselves admirably; thus was ac-,
complished the Rome to the North*
Pole and Alaska flight, over S.077 miles
in 172 hours exceeding the program
planned In advance. The airship
showed ability to remain aloft in any
circumstances.”
It is reported that Nobile will be
given a gold medal for valor, which
is Italys’ highest military decoration,
and will be made general in command
of a group of dirigibles.
It is understood that Nobile wO: p>
lot the No. 3, sister ship to the Norge
which has been purchased by Japan
across Asia to Tokio next month.
OWfilTMilOKRl CREEK
IKES COL J. C. STEESE.
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AITHORIZATK>X NOT TO EXCEED TASS
ED BY HOUSE W EEKS BIT H AS NOT > I T
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KODIAK. HOMER AMI KAOHEMAK RAY PROJECTS
—STARTED ON LARGE SCALE LAST SEASON. HE
CONTINUED THIS SUMMER—TOTAL PROGRAM
R>R SEASON AMOl'NTS TO SI JSR«ML
The.T^e will tie no work on the Lewdl crwk protect thi*
jewr, but there is hkehheod that the wot* will he inst;t ;>
ed next spring; regarding the Resumecnor. hay breakva
ter, which comes sacor. i it is impossible to conceive- ary
actksri will be taker, for at least two pears, at :ke very ear
liest. CoL James G, Steese.presides:t of the Alaska K a
Coimmssk»r. sratea re The Gateway representative dm r c
his one: visit in Seward yesterday
Autboraauan for the expenditure of not to exceed
$125,000 for tne control of Lowell Creek pas^si the House
Ox E r -
hao not yet beea reported by the Senate Committee. .Vs r o
ohjectaon to this project developed at the hearings l the
House Committee it is expected that this authorisation
likewise will come thru in due course.
PROJECTS TMCE TTWE »-—___
Colonel Steese pointed out that ft
required almost six years of coostax*
effort to finally bring to & successfc'.
conclusion the Wrangell Narrow? proj
ect, a project which effects nearly a£
vessels coming to Alaska lx v*.«r
of the small size of the local p-cject it
comparison to the Wrangell bay and
| Narrows protects It is difficult to state
‘definitely just bow long it would take
before the wheels of the Cougre*
I ional mill would deliberate ox the pro
* posed Seward work.
? The report ox the Resfurrecr.ior Bay
! breakwater or harbor of refag? is go
ing through the mill and will be he
; fore Congress wbec the neat Tfver and
harbor bill is under consideration It
is expected that the constrocrioc of ax
adequate harbor for the small boat
traffic will eventually be authorizel
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many years.
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