4
HYDROGEN TANKS BEING REFIL
LED AND ARCTIC EQUIP
MENT IS INSTALLED
FLY INTO ARCTIC FEW DAYS
Flight to Point Barrow from Spitz
bergen expected to be Made
in 70 Hours
OSLO, May 8. (TP)—'A message
from Spitzbergen said the dirigible
Norge arrived at King’s Bay just in
time to escape from a snowstorm.
The flignt from Vaslo to King's Bay
took 16 Louis. The Norge is being
refilled with hydrogen and the polar
equipment is being installed. An at
^ tempt will be made to fly into the
* Arctic within a few days if condi
tions permit. The explorers hope to
make the flight from Spitabergen to
Alaska in 60 or 70 hours. The Norge,
formerly an Italian ship is 1348 feet
long; it has a maximum height of
35 feet; a maximum width of 34
eet; gas capacity, 672,000; a maxi
mum speed of 62 miles an hour, and
a useful cargo capacity of eight tons.
The dirigible is equipped with three
250 horse-porwer engines.
The Norge was bui|t by, the Italian
State Airship factory under the per
sonal direction of Commander Nobile
who commands her. It has a capa
city of 672,000 feet of hydrogen. Sets
of framework, called nacelles, carry
the engines, two being amidship, one
on each side and one aft, below the
' keel. She carried 18 men from
Leningrad to Spitsbergen.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY S. 1336,
TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 105.
SALE NEW YORK Cl IY
BEAVER ADVANCES, OTTER AND
RED FOX SELL WELL—MINK
ONLY ONE TO DECLINE
NEW YORK, May 8. (£>)— Beaver
adrvanced 15 per cent at the Ne*w
York Auction Company sale. Yukon,
extra large, brought $33.50; mink
/declined $15; large pale marten sold
* for $19.25 to $20.50; large flat brought
$17.75 to $18.75; Alaskan otter and
red fox sold well. Red fox ranged
from $21.75 to $23.75.
BLONDE, GRABS SILVER
PORTLAND, Ore., May 7. (^—Po
lice are looking for a tall blonde ban
dit who entered the uptown ticket of
fice of the Oregon Electric Railroad,
ostensibly to buy a ticket, and at the
point of a gun forced the clerk to
give up contents of the till. He ob
tained $60 in silver but overlooked
$55 in currency.
PROF. IS PROBABLY RIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7. (fi>)
—The earth probably expands and
contracts periodically and the Moon
is constantly deviating from its sche
dule, Prof. Brown of Yale told the
l. National Academy of Science.
Weekly Gateway—3 per year.
DAUGHERTY AND OTHERS
INDICTED ON CHARGE
J NEW YORK, Mlay S. (IP)— For
J mer Attorney General Daugherty
land Thomas W. Miller, former
2 alien property custodian and John
2 T. King, former Republican Na
i tional committeeman, were indiot
i ed as conspirators in handling as
i sets of the American Metal Com
l
i pany.
imp!*
i
FOR POINT BARROW
WISELY NOW PILOT—LAM PHI ER
NAVIGATOR—WILKINS CHECK
ING WIRELESS COURSE
FAIRBANKS, May S. (IP)—'The air
plane Detroiter left at eight this morn
ing for Point Barrow. The weather
here was bright and calm. Wiseley is
j the pilot, Major Lamphier, navigator
and Captain Wilkins in the rear com
partment, operating the wireless and
checking the course.
The Detroiter has been overhauled
and instruments adjusted since the
j Alaskan was wrecked.
Correspondent Earp, two hours be
i fore the departure, searched the De
* troiter for stowaways.
FAIRBANKS, May S. (£>)—'The De
troiter contained 500 gallons of gas
oline with 380 gallons stored at Bar
row. This, it is reported is suffi
cient to carry the plane for an eight
hour cruise into the Arctic and re
I turn to Fairbanks. Tlhe attempt will
1 be made after one day’s preparations
at Point Barrow.
mil RESULTS
National League.
New York 0, Chicago 6.
Philadelphia 5, Oincinatti 6.
Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 1.
Boston 10, Pittsburgh 11.
American League.
St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 5.
Chicago 2, Washington S.
Detroit 6, New York 7.
Cleveland 11, Boston 2.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 8, Seattle 7.
Los Angeles 3, 0; Portland 4, 6.
Sacramento 6, Missions 3.
Oakland 4, Hollywood 3.
MEXICO CITY.—Henry Ford is re
ported planning a ,hug<h plant here.
OLSO.—In a 45-ifoot boat modeled
after the ancient Viking ship a young
,
! daring Norwegian and his crew oi
! four will attempt to cross the At
lantic Ocean next month.
I
—
NEW YORK.—Athletic commission
| ruled that Jack Dempsey is eligible
! to fight here and that his next op
ponent must be none othe rhan Harry
Wills the famous Negro challenger.
DBLJN.—When the mail boat Hi
bernia arrived at King's Town from
Holyhead, local railwiaymen and
wharfers struck on the ground that
the vessel left Holyhead witih a non
union crew.
YUKON SAILS NORTH
FROM SEATTLE WITH
HUNDREDS ON BOARD
ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINES SEW
ARD BOUND: NUMBER OP
TOURIST ABOARD*
The S.S. Yukon sailed at nine o'clock
this morning for Seward and wax
ports with 300 passengers aboard
Those booked for Seward are:
R. L. Smallwood. H. Hoskins. ||j. W.
McKenzie. Mrs. G. MaizofT H. Trice.
W. R. Hansen and wife and child.
John Hershey and wife, Mrs. H.
Brown, Mrs. E. H. Streomer. Mrs. P.
Anderson, John Morgan. Mrs. R. H.
Humphrey, X. Marzoff and wife, R. H.
Graham. V. Campbell. W. E. Ludy,
Mrs. William Johnson, Mrs. W. G.
Smith and daughter, E. H. Irvin. E.
G. Rowden. Mrs. John Barrett, Mrs.
Gertrude Nicholson. V. A. Rivers and
wife, N. Sanmarino. R. E. Murphy. X.
M. Rice. C. R. Mayden, C. C. Towsley,
Mrs. A. G. Nicholson, Mrs Ida Pet
tingill, June Nicholson. J. W. Grass,
Isaac Smith. Ray West. Augus; Barch,
J. H. Martin. James Dixon George
Wright, Mrs. Ed. Wilkensen George
W. Davies. A. M. Fernandes Patrick
Lastrange, Harold Criger anc sixteen
steerage. *
.
TELES^PH BREVITIES
LONTWK- May ^
axe Turkish diptamats « en.rlr.lf
secretly ox :1)f decaEs © the *f*ee
in ex* or Mgxssl
MASILA-Jt]«i?«sf ftrtwc
der the Spanish Mad*ic to Mam A
fivers t© touch at the Island of Fv -
mosa No ifwor l>r aorior »if
green.
LONIK>N, Mar ff>—Bjshar Vi*-,
ninftox Sfgnan ©eJebrarac the 2S&
; anniversary of ins L«mdor bisbopshir
hr playing a ronnc ad pel
CHICAGO—The Amour dr-'deac
may be passed ioTkeriag the an
nouncement of Pres White that the
earnings have been SBatitaflfeOtory.
CHICAGO. — FTedeirtck Cecntise.
former haac od the Scoot Hsohaarf
died
MOOSE TERRITORIES
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ON BOND ISSUES
B. D. STEWART, BUREAU OF
MINES HEAD IN ALASKA
TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON, May S. . T—The
House Territories committee Toted
to report the bill to autho ize the
' issuance of six per cent bonds as
'follows: Fairbanks, $300,000 for an
! eectrric light, power plant and teie
j Phone service; Juneau, $300,000 for
; school houses; Wrangell $30,06$ for
waterworks and $50,000 for a school
building. B. D. Sterwan. former
mayor of Juneau, testified before
| the committee.
S. S. Victoria Departs
For North on Monday
SEATTLE, May 8. (£>)—The S. S.
; Victoria leaves here Monday on her
first trip of the year to Bering sea
with fishermen for Fganik, Akuran
and Nakeen.
CHAMBER LUNCHEON
BE HELD AT FISHER'S
--
The regular meeting of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce will be held
next Tuesday at Fisher’s Cafe. The
hour is at noon. Bring a guest.
PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT
The regular Saturday night dance
will be held at the Odd Fellows hail
this evening. With the passenger
train arriving in Seward this evening
from Interior points and the S. S
Cordova in port, a good crowd is as
sured.
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