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VOLUME XX. NUMBER 146.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 20,1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
EXPLORERS SUFFERING FROM
WEEKS OF HARDSHIPS SAFELY
BACK AT KINGS BAY, SPITZBERGEN
Planes Caught in Ice Soon After Landed to Take
Bearings—Twenty-four Days Chop
ping N-725 Out of Ice Pack
OSLO. June 20. (JP)—Ellsworth is j
rhe hero of the Amundsen xpedition,
? according to a dispatch from the Dag
Bladet. Members of the expedition
separated awhile, while in an ice lane j
where they landed, and Lief Diet- j
riclisen and Oskar Omdahl fell into
the water, being saved from drowning
by Ellsworth. Amundsen and Hjal
mar Nisser and Larsen were on the
other side of the ice, and unable to
aid the swimming men.
Regarding the picking up of the
members of the expedition, by a fish
ing boat, a dispatch stated the fish
ing boat Sjoeliv, a cutter of twelve
tons with a crew of nine men, were
hunting wounded walrus off Ruggle
Bay, on the north side of Spitzenberg
when they heard the motor of the air
plane purring, and discovered it ten
kilometers distant.
Thought Plane One of Patrol
The men of the fishing vessel first
thought the airplane was one of the
patrol planes, sent out by the Norwe
gian government in search of Amund
sen. but when they neared it they rec
ognized Amundsen. The boat tried to
♦ tow the plane but abandoned it in
their hurry to get to Kings Bay.
The Dagbladet described the arriv
al at the wharf in Kings Bay as fol
lows:
A crowd had gathered awaiting the
departure of Heimdal for Dane island,
out of the fjord. A small vessel was
noticed making its way into Kings
Bay, and many persons on the dock
thought the launch was chartered by
the Associated, Press to follow th? pa
trol expedition.
Suddenly someone remarked. “but
it’s Amundsen aboard,” and immedi
ately everyone recognized the daring
explorer.
Given Great Welcome
Spontaneously the little bay echoed
the hurrahs of the crowd, the whole
pier growing black with people who
were enthusiastically cheering his ar
rival.
Meanwhile the members of the pa
* trol expedition were meeting and dis
cussing their rescue plans, when a
man ran up and declared Amundsen
and his boys are here. The members
of the patrol thought it a poor joke,
but soon they discovered the six
polar fliers, dirty and bearded, but
still alive. The party was nearly
mobbed by sailors and laborers, who
pressed foreward to get a glimpse
of them and hear what they were tell
ing.
Like Fight With Death
OSLO, June 20. (/P)—The Dagblad
et said “in narrating their story, on
arriving at Kings Bay, the flyers, all
of whom loked worn and thin from
suffering, said their weeks upon the
ice w'ere like a fight with death.
“Amundsen will later relate this,”
said one of the party.
Another report said that after
greeting the “Sjoeliv” upon first see
ing her off the ice wall, Amundsen
and his party of explorers, “all quick
ly got aboard the boat and crowded
into her small berths. There wasn’t
much food, only seal beef and canned
eggs.” After the arrival at Kings
Bay and meeting the patrol, “they all
went together to the home of the di
rector of the coal company, where the
erowd sang the national anthem.” The
istory said the explorers didn’t get to
bed until next morning.
k
Story of Daring Trip
OSLO, June 20. (/P)—Published ac
counts said Amundsen and party en
countered fogs soon after it left Kings
Ray. in their two planes, and rising
above' the mist, they held their course
some hours, until half of their gaso
linewas gone. Then alighting one
hundred and fifty miles from the pole
the ice jammed in and one plane was
crushed as the ice shifted.
All hands joined in, in an effort to
save the other plane, in which they
flew back until they encountered the
Sjoleiv. Dislodging this plane from
the ice took twenty-four days of ex
hausting work, with rations rapidly
disappearing.
When they had discarded all equip
ment possible and took the air for
Spitzbergen. they had barely enough
gasoline and food to reach land, if
no more trouble was encountered.
Another version of Trip
According to another dispatch, re
lating more fully the hardships of the
trip, the Associated Press has the fol
lowing to say:
Having used up half their gasoline,
Amundsen’s two planes, which left
Spitzbergen May 21st, landed in an
ice channel to take a bearing, and
thereby ascertain their correct posi
tion. Almost instantly both of the
planes were frozen fast. Their posi
tion was found to be eighty-seven de
grees, forty-four minutes, north lati
tude. ten degrees, twenty minutes
west longitude.
It took them twenty-five days to get
the N-725 loose from the ice. Their
other plane, the N-724 was abandoned
where she lay fast in the ice.
Observations indicated that no land
ing place would be found at the pole,
and as the rations and gasoline sup
ply was getting low, the party head
ed back towards Kings Bay. flying
most of the way. At North Cape, the
party met the Norwegian sealer Sjoe
lev, which gave them a tow and aid
ed them in reaching Spitzbergen.
Plane Lit at Northeast Land
OSLO, June 20. (^P)—Before being
picked up the Amundsen expedition j
had landed at Northeast Land, which
is a part of the Spitzbergen Archipel-!
ago. The Sjoeliv appeared soon af
ter the plane lit.
PLANE ON WAY
TO FAIRBANKS
FROM NOME CITY
NOME, June 20. (£>)—'The Nome,
airplane with 2 aviators and Woods,
left here at eleven-thirty Nome time
and expect to make a non-stop flight
to Fairbanks. Wein. pilot is dressed
in a squirrel skin parka, and is carry
ing a Siberian pup, presented to him
by Sepalla. lie is also carrying the
Nome Nugget of a late edition. This
is the first airplane mail from Nome
to the States.
MRS. J. P. MORGAN ILL
NEW YORK, June 19.—(Jp)_Mrs.
J. Pierpont Morgan, wife of the mul
ti-millionaire head of the internation
al banking firms, is seriously ill at
her Glen Cove home. Three special
ists diagnosed the illness as the
sleeping sickness and resorted to
blood confusion. The latest bulletin
to be given out stated that there
is some improvement and the out
look for recovery is encouraging.
YUKON SAILS WITH
THREE HUNDRED
PERSONS ABOARD
SEATTLE, Wn., June 20.—(£»)—
The steamer Yukon of the Alaska
Steamship company left here this
morning for Seward and way points.
She left with three hundred passen
ger. with the following booked for
Seward:
J. M. Davidson, Phillip Davidson,
Robert S. Barrett, N. H. Guise, Rev.
A. Ramsey, Lewis Yowell and wife,
Mrs. J. M. Davidson and daughter,
Louise Dendreau, Marie Hadley, Mrs.
Alvali Ames, S. Hulinga and wife,
A Neill and wife, L. C. Thompson.
Mrs. K. A. Mooney, Mrs. Daisy Ses
sions, Mrs. Lulu Dotting, S. Calvert,
Mrs. B. Ifert, Mrs. T. E. Roremus
!and daughter, George A. Houck and
I wife, F. Crankshaw, John A. Haze
lett, Harold Spencer. Mrs. M. K.
Cox, Miss Ella Noggle, Paul Kress
l ley, wife and son, G. R. Taylor and
I wife, Miss H. List, Mrs. C. G. Mor
! rison, R. D. Armstrong and wife, Mrs.
J. C. Smith, Miss Edith Smith, Miss
J. Adams, Mrs. A. S. Hawkes, J. J.
Larson and wife, W. Schultz and
wife, Mrs. C. F. Doyle, Miss P. Kerr,
Miss A. Marvin, A. C. Johnstone
and wife, Lucy Brown, Miss L. Tur
ner, Miss A. Heathaway, C. W.
Combs and wife, F. L. Sisson and
wife, N. B. Hartman. M. R. Bayer
and w'ife, Iver Johnson, R. W. Nye,
John McGinnis, Merle LaVov, E. S.
Young, W. E. Gamble, C. C. Dill,
Mrs. E. O. Benton, Mrs. E^ A. Quinn,
Mrs. Ralph Wien, George B. Cole
and wife, Mrs. E. R. Jesson. H. D.
Sliger and wife, C. Allen Treadway
and wife, Miss Grace Doremus, Mar
garet Patterson, W. E. Boeing and
wife, N. Paschall, B. Paschall, Geo.
R. White, Sandy Johnson. Miss E.
Reiff, Walter Johnson, Hugh John
son, Clyde Bishop and wife, J. Le
Roy Burr and wife, E. D. White and
wife, M. R. Moore, Mr. Churchill,
Cora Lampson, Mrs. C. C. Prosser,
Mrs. R. A. Lassell. Bruce Cass, W.
F. Muse and wife, Mrs. A. Matty and
daughter, Mrs. PI. Carpenter and son,
Mrs. R. E. Bernard, Mrs. F. M.
Adams, Mrs. W. T. Brown, PI. S.
Munson and wife, Mrs. E. Quirk, Miss
A. Smith, A. Royston and wife, E.
L. Gardner and wife. Miss A. But
ler, A. R. Tullock, S. Smith, Miss
L. Turner, Miss A. Hathaway, Miss
Ruby Byers, Mrs. B. Butterfield, F.
Gerhardt, Robert Lee, M. A. Jasper,
George Bishop, K. H. Partberger,
Jas. Fish, E. W. Foell. O. F. Kroll,
Margaret Collins, O. W. Robidoux,
Jams F. Smith, Mrs. C. Galiuk. Chas.
G. Clark, Mrs. A. Matty, Miss E. Mat
ty, Miss E. Hardy, Miss H. Jones,
Roy Headly, J. L. Pritchard, R. E.
Ryan, William Stolt, Florence Tay
lor, J. G. Taylor, Miss M. Kane,
Miss M. Farria, Miss Grace Graham,
Mrs. F. Lemon, Miss M. Delin, Miss
J. Maltby, G. W. Handy and wife and
Miss M. Porter.
LARGE CROWD
ARRIVES ON THE
ALASKA,SOUTH
ONE OF THE LARGEST PASSEN
GER LISTS OF PRESENT SEA
SON ARRIVED IN SEWARD ON
THE BIG STEAMER.
A splendid day greeted the arriv
al of the steamer Alaska, of the Al
aska Steamship company, yesterday
as the big y ess el steamed into the
harbor with Captain J. G. Nord, com
mander on the bridge. Over S00
passengers were brought north to
Alaska, the greater portion of them
for this district and about 50 for
Seward. Cannery crews were tak
en to Sawmill Bay, for the San
COOL! DGES LEAVE TUESDAY
FOR SWAMPSCOTT, MASS
FOR SUMMER’S VACATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20.—
President and Mrs. Coolidge will
leave Tuesday of next week, follow
ing his address before the business
of the government for Swampscott,
Mass., where the summer White
House will be located.
FOURTH OF JULY
COMMITTEES ALL
VERY ACTIVE
STREETS TO BE EMBLAZONED
WITH LIGHTS AND COLOR—
MANY EVENTS WITH PRIZES
TO BE ADDED.
The Fourth of July committees all
report progress to General Chairman
Elwyn Swetmanu, who states every
department is booming along at a
great pace, assuring success for the
big celebration which will be held
in the city and to which a huge
crowd of out-of-town folks are ex
pected to artend.
Joe Imladh, head of the Imlach
canneries was a brief visitor again
in Seward yesterday, while the S.S.
Alaska was in port, and confirmed
the statement that it was his in
tention to bring over a couple of
hundred of his employes to Seward
for the 4th of July Celebration.
It is reported the Sunday school
is arranging plans to have a float
in the parade. The Eastern Star
is talking about it, and it is stated
the Odd Fellows is contemplating
being represented in the parade with
an original float.
Regarding the smoker or boxing
contests to be held, one bout, the
main event, is practically signed up
on the dotted line and a semi-final is
in the making. The “battle royal”
will keep the spectators in an up
| roar. Names of the contestants
in the smoker will be published just
as soon as the final plans are com
pleted by the match macker.
i Two public dances are scheduled
I for the evening of the Fourth with
i at least one on the night previous,
July 3. The dances on the evening
of the Fourth will be under the aus
pices of the Fire Department, spon
sors of the big celebration. They
are also attending to the music for
the two dances. The new Seward
brass band is being rapidly whipped
into shape by Leader Armstrong and
wonderful progress is being made by
the sixteen members of the organ
ization.
The Seward Woman's club is con
sidering the matter of obtaining a
concession in which to display native
Alaska flowers. Providing this is
done a rare treat will be afforded
visitors to the booth.
Martin Laning, the mainspring of
the committees, has 20 gaily color
ed street streamers coming up, and
will hang them high overhead, cross
ing the streets, a few days before
the big day.
Juan cannery; Franklin Packing Co.,
and Imlach’s cannery.
Over 400 tons of general cargo
•was brought north on the steamer;
included in the cargo was 2,230 tons
for the Alaska Railroad, shipped
from the Cordova Lumber company.
Three Holt caterpillar tractors arriv
ed billed to the Sampson Hardware
company of Fairbanks. It is believ
ed the tractors will be used by a
contractor in hauling dredge mate
rial and equipment from Fairbanks
to the creeks.. A Dodge coupe was
also aboard billed to the Northern
Commercial Company of Fairbanks.
The S.S. Alaska sailed from Sew
ard early last evening for Uzinki
and Seldovia and will return to this
port probably at ten or eleven o’clock
tomorrow morning. The vessel will
DELEGATES OF
LEGION POSTS
ON WAY NORTH
American Legion Delegates
Arrive in Seward On Way
To Fairbanks Convention
June 24 25, and 26.
Delegates from Southeastern Al
aska and Cordova, to attend the Am
erican Legion convention to be held
at Fairbanks June 24, 25 and 26, at
rived in Seward yesterday afternoon,
passengers on board the S.S. Alas
ka. Reservations for them were
made locally, prior to their arrival
and during their brief stay in Sew
ard will be entertained by local post
members.
J. S. Bogart, commander of the
Seward post; Len Olson, adjutant
and several other members were at
the dock to greet the delegates, E.
Hansen, Territorial departmental
commander from Sitka; Oscar Shine
man, delegate from Sitka; Bud An
derson, commander of the Cordova
post, and Miss Dusey, delegate from
the Juneau Auxiliary.
A. E. Rucker, Seward attorney will
represent the local post at the con
vention; Eddie Oldfin will be the An
chorage delegate and Mrs. Oldfin
the auxiliary delegate. Fred Crane
has been appointed delegate for the
Fairbanks post with James Ryder as
alternate.
For three days, Fairbanks will be
the center of Territorial Legion ac
tivities, including Woman’s Auxili
aries of the legion. It is stated dur
ing the past year the Dorman H.
Baker post, Fairbanks, has practic
ally doubled within the last year.
Plans have been completed for three
hard days of work and play and in
the line of entertainment Fairbanks
has always ranked among the lead
ers of the Territory in acting as
hosts to visitors to the “Heart of
the Golden North.” Ample oppor
tunity to see the country adjacent
to Fairbanks with its diversified ac
tivities. will be given the delegates
in order that their visit may be
educational as well as entertaining
and a business accomplishment.
The arriving delegates, now in Sew
ard, will probably leave on the spe
cial mixed train in the morning,
where a stop will be made over
vht, continuing on into the Inte
rior on Monday’s regular passenger
train.
YESTERDAY’S GAMES
COAST—
Los Angeles S. Seattle 7.
Sacramento 4, Vernon 3.
Salt Lake 6, Oakland 10.
Frisco 6. Portland 11.
AMERICAN—
New York 4, Chicago 3.
Boston 3, Detroit 6.
Phila. 13, St. Louis 9.
Cleveland 5, Washington 7.
NATIONAL—
Pittsburgh 9, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 4, New York 5.
Chicago 4, Phila. 5.
St. Louis 3, Boston 0.
complete discharging her local car
go and sail for the south at the reg
ular hour, at 4 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon. Few reservations have
been made locally for passage south
on the liner.
Those arriving for Seward from Se
attle were:
Mrs. Janet Preston, Allan E. Horn
ing, Miss Happy Elliott, Nels Kie
van, D. W. Branch, J. A. Carmody,
T. H, Jonseth, Paul Reed, Howard
Richmond, Dan McDonald, Dan Mc
Kenzie, Andrene Wilson, John Me
Leod, Taylor Newman, John Hender
son, Harold Sogn, S. M. Brewster,
H. F. McGinley, Minnie Butler, Mrs.
H. M. Wilson, Maurice Anderson,
Hugh M. Smith and 4 steerage.