General Manager Alaska
Steamship Company Here
F. H. Knickerbocker, general mana
ger of the Alaska Steamship Company
arrived on the steamship Alaska, mak
m ing a tour of the ports visited by his
company’s ships. Mr. Knickerbocker
stated that his company would have
one of the finest fleets entering
Northern waters this >eai, the \u
kon being the finest equipped and
fastest vessel on the run. The ves
sel has accommodations for 270 first
class passengers, a first class obser
vation room and ample deck space.
It has one more deck than the new
steamship Alaska, officers quarters
being above the boat deck.
Mr. Knickerbocker said coming up
from Cape Flattery the Yukon made
17 knots with coal burning furnaces.
The company has not purchased a
sister ship to the Yukon, but con
templates purchasing a smaller boat
to replace the Jefferson on the south
eastern Alaska run.
Mr. Knickerbocker left for Anchor
age on today’s train.
4 DEPUTY MARSHAL WILL
STATIONED AT NAKNEK
Authority has been given to U. S.
Marshal H. P .Sullivan of the Third
division to add one deputy to his force,
according to advices received by Gov
ernor Scott C. Bone from the Depart
ment of Justice. The new officer will
be assigned permanently at Naknek,
in the Bristol Bay district, under in
structions from the Department.
Owing to the remoteness of the dis
trict and the fact that it has no peace
officer within reasonable distance, sev
eral months ago, Governor Bone asked
the Department to authorize opening
a station there and the employment of
an additional deputy.
Four Round the World
Aviators are Shriners
Four of Uncle Sam's round the
world flyers are Shriners, according
ing to word received today by H. \.
Hoben, from S. Goodwin, potentate of
ihe Seattle lodge; and one is a blue
lodge Mason. The Shriners comprise
Major Frederick L. Martin, in com
mand, and Lieutenants Leigh Wade,
L. I). Schultz, and Lester F. Arnold.
Lieut. John H. Harding is a Mason.
The local lodge of Masons will give
the intrepid aviators a rousing wel
come when they arrive here.
Railroad Party Left
Yesterday on Special
The railroad party left yesterday
morning on the special for Anchor
age: The party was composed of
General Manager Lee H. Landis, J.
j. Ireland, engineer; J. T. Cunning
ham, superintendent of transporta
tion: J. H. Hughes, superintendent 01
commissary and stores; B. H. Barn
dollar, examiner of accounts; V. m
Butler, special agent; and Miss Jan
ice Meredith, private secretary to Col
Landis.
( Attempt to Whitewash
Alaska Cannery Conditions
BELLINGHAM, Wn., Apr. 7.—The
so-called “exposure of revolting labor
conditions in the Alaska salmon pack
ing industry” is only an attempt ot
the gill-netters union of San Fran
cisco to force the hand of the Alaska
Packers Association is the statement
of E. B. Doming, head of the Pacific
American Fisheries in Alaska.
DAM DYNAMITED
SPAKANE, Apr. 10.—A concrete
dam eight feet wide and four feet high
that impounded the water= of Meadow
Lake was dynamited last night by un
known persons. Damage to '.he dam
was small, but the hay lands below
the dam were badly flooded.
Bride of Three Months
Given a Quick Divorce
SEATTLE, Apr. 10.—Mary Russell,
a bride of three months, gave testi
mony today to the effect that her
husband, V. J. Russell, had been
convicted of bootlegging and after
hearing her plea, Judge Tallman
granted her divorce enabling her to
make the steamer Admiral Rogers ‘or
her former Alaska home, all in 10
minutes.
SLAYER OF YOUNG GIRL
NOT YET BEEN DISCOVERED
REDDING, Cal., Apr. 10.—Authori
ties are puzzled over the slaying of
Oleva Hamilton, a 15-year-old girl
whose body was found Monday bru
tally mangled. The girl had gone to
town to buy supplies. The authori
ties are at sea regarding the mruder
but believe it may have been tramps.
Alaska Sails South Bound
Early Saturday Night
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port about 1 o’clock Saturday and
sailed at 9 for Seattle and way ports
with the following passengers:
For 1 atouche—Vansi Kani, .las. il.
Welch, Mrs. C. D. Johnson.
For Val lez—Nick Thomas.
For Cordova—R. A. Suratt, M. Me
kina, B. F. Thompson, C. C. Smith.
For Juneau—Mrs. Bessie Slaughter,
Mrs. L. B. Alexander, A. A. Humfrey,
Joe Meherin, Sen. F. A. Aldrich.
For Seattle—Vern Vassil, Helen
Vassil, Louis Harmon, Mr. and Mrs.
j George Vassil, Ida H. Young, Sam
Rose, Mrs. S. M. Graff, W. T. Wiser
man, Miss Senja Sala, Miss Rogna
Johnson, Miss Lorraine McManus, H.
J. Wilman, Gertrude Hodgson. Matt
Raich, B. C. Brooks, T. Apostle, Ar
thur Villeaux, R. T. McCann, J. L.
Axe and wife.
Large Crowd Attends
Convention at Sitka
! Practically every Legion post in
’ the Territory was represented in
! Sitka last week, when the American
i Legion convention was held. Governor
land Mrs. Bone, Mrs. John Starr, Karl
j Theile, and a host of others attend
j ed the convention. Candidates were
I as thick as mulberries in fly time.
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GEORGE S. MAYNARD
ELECTED MAYOR NOME
NOME, Apr. 5—Mayor George S.
Maynard, publisher of the Nome Nug
get, was elected mayor of Nome on
Tuesday for the seventh term. Bob
Julian and Bud Lehmann were re
elected councilmen. Cliff Allyn was
the only opposition candidate to be
elected.
mrs. a. h. McDonald ill
AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
A. H. McDonald, of Anchorage, who
returned to Seattle recently from
New York, was called to San Diego
by an urgent telegram stating that
Mrs. McDonald was seriously ill and
that it was necessary for an imme
diate operation.
Help a Mother Find
Her Long Lost Son
Emerson Griswold, at the age of
19 left his home at Camp Point, 111.,
for the west. The last word his
mother had from his was in June, at
Portland, Ore.
He is 25 years of age, is about 5
feet 9 inches in height, weighs about
155 pounds, dark eyes, reddish brown
hair inclined to be curly, fair com
plexion. Is of a sunny disposition,
makes friends readily but is rather
reserved and spends much of his
spare time reading. He has a high
school education.
Any information will be thankfully
received by his mother, Mrs. Sam
Griswold, Camp Point, Illinois.
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Squadron of Four Planes Commanded by Major Martin
Reached Prince Rupert Yesterday Without Incident
Flagship Seattle Breaks Two Struts
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 7.—Four United States
Army round the world planes arrived here safely yester
day. Three of the machines zoomed down at 4:54 and the
fourth arrived at 5:26. The flyers were the recipients of
a rousing welcome by the American consul, and the citi
zens’ committee. As the planes passed over Nanaimo a
Dominion government plane joined them and flew with
the American flyers to the end of Vancouver Island, 100
miles up the coast.
The weather was perfect, visibility being good and
a light wind blowing.
The machines were in perfect condition when they
reached here.
Major Martin said the trip was made without diffi
Icultv, not the slightest trouble being experienced.
Planes Leave Seattle Yesterday
SEATTLE, Apr. 6.—The four army planes, Chicago,
New Orleans, Boston and Seattle hopped off at 9:15 this
morning for Prince Rupert on their flight around the
world. The lirst stop will be at Prince Rupert.
Cutler Haida on Way to Seward
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—The coast guard cutter Haida!
sailed today for Seward and Dutch Harbor to render
any assistance possible to the Army airmen. She will
be joined at Unalaska by the Algonquin, now en route
from Astoria.
Plane Breaks Struts In Landing
PHINCE RUPERT, Apr. 7.—The flag plane Seattle
broke two struts in landing and this will delay the de
parture for Sitka. Gusts of wind and snow flurries af
fected the visibility and Major Martin miscalculated his
distance and caused his plane to hit the water too
hard making a tremendous splash. The shock snapped
two struts on the port side.
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 7.—Major Martin, com-!
manding the round the world expedition said today, after
a further examination of his machine, that repairs and
| replacements of the damaged struts may mean a delay
of two weeks. The plane was placed in dry dock this
morning for a further examination.
Lieutenant Smith, in command of the squadron, will
i likely continue to Sitka tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.
The machine piloted by Major Martin was damaged
| greater than at first supposed, one of the pontoons having
I partially collapsed from the impact with the water.
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 8.—All four of the U. S.
round the world flyers will hop off Thursday morning,
it is now expected, repairs having been made to Major
Martin’s machine.
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 8.—Major Martin, in a
I telegram to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce today says
that the expects all four flyers to hop off from Prince
Rupert for Sitka today.
| From pieces of seasoned spruce found at Prince Rupert
i workmen repaired the broken struts on the flag ship Se
i attle, and the plane is reported as good as new.
ATHENS, Apr. 8.—The British fivers will be delay
ed at Corfu another ten days awaiting the arrival of a
new engine for their plane.
FLYERS ARRIVE AT
SITKA FROM PRINCE
RUPERT EARLY TODAY
SITKA, Apr. 10.—The round the
world air planes arrived here today
from Prince Rupert at 12:30. The
machines had no trouble in negotiat
ing the second step of their long
flight.
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 10.—With
Major Martin’s flag plane Seattle lead
ing, the four American Army flyers
on the round the world flight, hopped
off from Pricne Rupert to Sitka this
morning a t9:20.
Weather conditions were perfect,
ard Major Martin stated that the
planes should have no difficulty in
reaching Sitka abouv, 1:30 o’clock.
Entertained by Citizens
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 9—The
American flyers were entertained at
an elaborate dinner by the citizens of
Prince Rupert last night.
ANDERSON ENTERS PRISON
OSSINING, N. Y., April 11—The
gates of Sing Sing today clanged be
hind William H. Anderson former sup
erintendent of the Anti-Saloon league
of New York, sentenced to from one to
two years for third degree forgery.
Alaska to Lose
Her Grand Old Man
Dr. S. Hall Young, who has held
high the banner of the Cross in the
Territory of Alaska for almost fifty
years, having come to the country in
1876, when yet a young man, has
been relieved by the Mission Board
from his present office, that of Super
intendent of Presbyterian Missions in
Alaska and will be free to live where
he pleases and pursue his work of
writing, lecturing and preaching as
his heart may dictate. Not that Dr.
Young has been dropped by the
Board, he has been placed on the
superannuated list.
When Dr. Young first came to the
Territory the Indians who constituted
90 per cent of Alaksa’s population,
were mostly savages and a man
took his life in his hands when he
went among them. Tribe warred with
tribe and blood and death wrere the
atonement for all wrongs.
Dr. Young has written many in
teresting books on Alaska and his
work, and shows no signs of his age
in his writings or his work.
Accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
Kleinschmidt, and his three grand
daughters, he will leave Alaska with
in the next few weeks to make his
home in Seattle.
Suits macre to measure, see Urbach.
Aviators Carry But One Change of Clothing and Army
Emergency Ration—No Arms or Emergency Equip
ment on Planes—Radio Equipment Abandoned on
Account of Weight—Japanese Will Assist in Flight
SITKA, Alaska , April H._The
Army squadron of flyers will not
leave until tomorrow (Saturday) Ma
jor Martin announced.
TCKIO, Apr. 11.—The American de
stroyers, John D. Ford and the Pope
carrying supplies for the American
round the world flyers have left for
the Kuriles islands.
SITKA, Alaska, Apr. 10.—The Army
flyers in the round the world flight
arrived from Prince Rupert at 12:45
o’clock this afternoon, Alaska time.
KETCHIKAN, Apr. 10.—Four U. S.
| round the world aviators bound from
Prince Rupert to Sitka passed over
this city at 10:33 today. The Chicago
was in the lead, followed by the Bos
ton, New Orleans and Seattle.
Sitka-Cordova Route Dangerous
The route from Sitka to Cordova is
perhaps the most dangerous of all
the Alaskan routes, owing to the huge
iv.asss of ice along the seacoast the
ah' cm rents and eddi >3 being par tic
marly bad above ihom. From Cordova
to Seward, the third hrnp on the
route, is only ab f.r a hour’s flying,
a^d should be made without difii
c,,lty as the hills are low with few
ice packs. From Seward to Chigoik
will be a bad route, as the Cook in
let air currents will be encountered,
heavy winds being privaleu: at the
n outh of the inlet at this time of
>car
Twice more only during their en
tire dangerous undertaking the air
men will be called upon to make long
single day hops, the longest 860 miles
from the Island of Attu to Paramu
shira, first of the Kuriles group, near
Japan, and again when they jump
from Saigon, French Indo-China, a
distance of 675 miles to Bangkok,
Siam.
Distance 6270 Miles
The route of the flyers across the
Pacific by way of Seward nas b >en
separated by the army air o ■ -ice
board into two divisions the first
starting at Seattle and ending at
Chichagof, Attu island and the sec
ond beginning at Kashiwabara bay on
Paramushira, and ending at Kago
shima, Japan.
The total distance along this route
the only safe airway across the Pa
cific is 6,270 miles. If the flyers
maintain scheduled flying time they
i will span the Pacific and rech Kago
shima within a month after leaving
Seattle.
Leaving Sitka tomorrow the flyers
will reach Seward in about five
hours flying time. Chignik is 450
miles from Seward, and they expect
| to reach here April 13.
i Another jump of 400 miles will
take the expedition to Dutch Harbor,
| the first main supply base after leav
i ing Seward. They will then make
two more jumps, one of 350 miles to
jNazan, Island of Atka, and another
| of 530 miles to Attu, where the first
: division ends. Here they will find
i another base, with Lieut. Bissell, ad
j vance officer in charge. They are
new 3290 miles on Ihrir way or over
hall way across the Pacific.
ri aking off u'ora (lichagoif tn £
K: gest jump t:i t’.e • ntire flig"1", their
schedule untie:*rites arrival in tu*
Ku iles island *he latter pari ol
At HI.
Thence they will fly 510 miles to
Bettubo, Yetorofu, another island of
the Kurles, and on April 30 are ex
pected to reach Miuato on the north
east coast of Honshu, Japan, another
| jump of 475 miles. The schedule
calls for use of Aomori as a base.
From Attu to the Kuriles the fly
ers will be guarded by two coast
guard ships and several Japanese
vessels.
Last Leg Most Dangerous
Their next jump, 395 mles will land
them at Kasumiga Ura, the Japanese
naval air station, which they hope
to attain not later than May 10. Tiie
| supply base here will be Kokoliama,
Osaka, also an air station, 360 miles
from Kasumiga Ura and Kakoskima,
terminus of the second division, 3S9
miles farther, to be reached about
April 27, will bring them into posi
tion to commence the third leg of
their journey in China.
The whole distance and as far as
Calcutta, Tndia, they will cover be
fore disposing of their pontoons. At
Calcutta the pontoons will be dropped
net to be used again until the phi,ms
reach England for the final and most
hazardous part of the flight a ;ros3
the Atlantic by «ay of Icelan 1 and
Greenland.
It is believed now that the Ameri
can and British r* und the world ex
peditions will meet somewhere in In
dia, and when they meet a big cele
bration will be held.
Major Frederick Martin
Major Martin was born in Indiana in
1882. He was graduated in mechanical
engineering from Purdue university
and later entered the engineer corps
of the army. He was detailed to the
air service during the war, serving at
Washington D. C., and overseas in
connection with supply matters. In
1920 he was transferred to the army
air service with the rank of major. At
present he is commanding officer of
the air service technical school at Cha
nute Field, Rantoul, 111.
One Change of Clothes
The foui1 chosen pilots, Major Fred
erick L. Martin, commander; Lieut. E.
Nelson, engineer officer; Lieut. Lowell
H. Smith and Lieut. Leigh Wade, to
gether with four mechanics, will travel
without emergency shelter equipment.
The ywill depend upon “getting' there
on each designated leg of the voyag ?.
Failing between any two posts of shel
ter and supplies, they will rely on the
one change of clothes they will carry
and such primitive shelter as they can
make for themselves. They will carry
emergency rations.
The flyers point out that there is
no other way today successfully to fly
around the world.
Radio Equipment Abandoned
Excessive weight was the cause for
abandoning plans to carry radio equip
ment on the air cruisers, according to
Major Martin of the world fliers.
“Each combination wireless and tel
ephone set weighs 150 pounds with its
generators and batteries,” Major Mar
tin said. “Excessive weight means a
lot when one encounters a storm over
the ocean in a seaplane.
“The various pilots of the cruisers
will communicate with each other with
the morse code, dots and dashes being
made with a clenched fist being raised
at full length of the arm over the
sides of the cockpit of the planes. The
leading boat will give its orders by
arm signals, a light pistol, and by rock
ing the machine from side to side.
Although the American aviators will
not be equipped with wireless, they
will be closely followed from Unalaska
| to Japan by the cutters Haida and Al
gonquin o fthe L nited States Coast
Guard Service. The Haida is at pres,
ent in Seward loading pontoons for the
aviators, for emergency repairs to the
westward; and the Algonquin is on her
way to Dutch Harbor to await the
coming of the birdmen.
In Japan’s waters several Japanese
vessels from the Japanese navy will
help the Americans.
When the air cruisers finally return
to Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif.,
at the conclusion of the world tour,
only the radiators and fuselages will
remain of the original planes, which
I left the factory. Fifteen extra liberty
engines and two hundred per cent re
placements for the planes themselves
have been scattered at various stations
en route which will be utilized from
time to time until little of the original
equipment remains.