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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 21.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
I
Bodies Believed
Buried in Snow;
Search Underway
CROSSON SIGHTED CABIN’S REFLECTION SUN!
NINETY MILES EAST OF NORTH CAPE NEAR;
TRADING SCHOONER NANUK—EXPRESSED
OPINION BOTH EIELSON AND BORLAND IN- j
STANTLY KILLED-MOTOR FLUNG 100 FEET
AND ALL FOOD SUPPLIES INTACT.
*
SEATTLE, Jan., 27, (/P)—The Signal Corps office
in Seattle received a report from the Fairbanks opera
tor saying that Eielson’s plane had been found smash
ed up. No details were contained in the message.
SECOND REPORT RECEIVED
SEATTLE, Jan., 27, (/P)—The cabin of Eielson’s and
Borland’s plane was split wide open and wreckage was
strewn over a wide region. The plane was found 90
miles east of North Cape, Marion Swenson radioed the
Seattle Times.
The bodies have not been found and it is assumed
they are buried in the snow.
The wreckage was discovered by Pilot Crosson and
Gillam. ( rosson first sighted the cabin shining in the
sun and signalled to Gillam of his discovery. They brot
their planes down at once to investigate.
The plane’s motor was torn from the wrecked ship
and food supplies had not been touched; the door of the
cabin was not jammed and a slab of bacon fell out as
Crosson and Gillam entered to explore the wreck.
The scene of the crash is near the region where na
tive reindeer herders reported they had heard a plane
November 9.
THU COAST
FAB BELOW NORMAL
POINT BARROW, Jan., 27, (ff) j
—Absolute starvation would face j
natives along the whole coast \
from Kotzebue to Demarcation j
Point, except for reindeer as the
fur catch to date is less than |
one-tenth than the usual amount.!
Mice, which the fox eat, were
killed in the epidemic a year ago
forcing the fox, and even owls,
to seek new grounds.
The Point Barrow herd of rein- j
deer numbering 10,000 is ample!
to carry the village through what
old natives describe is a “typical j
starvation year.”
Mrs. R. R; Schwartz, wife of
the Anchorage physician, wras
one of the prominent roundfcrip
passengers to Kodiak on the S.
S. Admiral Rogers, to return yes
terday enroute home.
DIGGING FOR BODIES
Dogteams will be sent from
the schooner Nanuk to search for
the bodies as Crosson and Gil
lam are convinced Eielson and
Borland must have been instant
ly killed.
The motor was flung 100 feet;
the cabin and left wing were
not damaged but the right wing
was demolished and the tail of
the plane broken off.
The plane was headed south
east when it struck; the wreck
age was found 10 miles inland
on what Crosson believes is a
small island in a lagoon.
Crosson and Gillam took off
at about 9:30 o'clock Saturday
morning and flew about one
hour and a half. They planned
to fly again yesterday carrying
men to aid in clearing away the
snow and seek for the bodies.
Nanuk dogteams, in charge of
Tazret Berdieff and Jimmy Brooks
left Saturday night on a forced
march for the spot
Dr; A. D. Haverstock, who was
called to Kodiak from Anchorage
to attend Mrs. Otto Kraft, return
ed yesterday, accompanied by
Mrs. Haverstock.
ITALY DESIRES
FRANCE ACCEPT
HER PRINCIPLE
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NO INDICATION EITHER IN-1
TEND TO RECEDE ADA
MANT POSITIONS
LONDON, Jan., 27, (4>)—1The
French and Italy naval confer
ence delegations in separate and
private conferences outlined their
policies to he presented later at
the important collaborative ses
sion at which the probel om par
ity between the two neighbors
will be considered.
Italian circles said they are j
still hopeful that some arrange- j
ment will be reached by which:
France will be given uch secur
ities as to make her willing to
accept the Italian principle, on
naval parity with any other
European power.
Members of the French dele
gation also expressed the hope
that a solution to the problem,
which seems to over-shadow all j
other points of the conference,
will be found.
However, there is little indi
cation that either intended to
recede from their former ada
mant posistions in which Italy
demanded naval parity with any
other continental power.
France has consistently refused
it. ]
ALASKANS TREK NORTH AF
TER COLD WINTER IN
THE STATES
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SEATTLE, Jan., 27, (&)—'The 6-!
j S. Alameda, of the A. S. S. Co., I
! sailed for Alaska Saturday morn
| ing at 9 o'clock with 188 reser- j
vations on board; 35 steerage and
! 31 first class for Seward.
| The Seward listing is:
R. H. Hale, George Sexton, j
! Mrs. M. Lutcarish, Ruth Hallett, j
j E. Bittner, W. F. Bernard, Mr. j
i and Mrs. J. B. Gottstein, Mary
j Gottstein, John J. Corey, T. A
Hammens, N. B. Smith.
I H. S. Herning, H. E. Dunlop,
j Mrs. W. G. Fenton, George B.
j Pruvis, Lynn Smith, F. G. Mulli
: gan, Mrs. Ida Lahti, Miss Lahti,
Mrs. M. Zukula, Mrs. F. Miller,
1 N. F. Sott, F. E. Less, Edw. Waage,
Mrs. H. E. Seness, Laura K. Gib
son, Miss M. D. Davis, Miss E.
Snere, S. C. Murphy, O. M. Kelly
| and two steerage.
___
WASHINGTON, Jan., 27, (/P)—
The Radio Commission extended
until next year, January 25, all
coastal point to point radio sta
; tions in Alaska.
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FIRST NOME SAILING
SEATTLE, Jan., 27, (£*)—'The
Alaska Steamship Company’s
schedule of sailings out of Seat
tle for Bering Sea, via the S. S.
Victoria, are June 5, July 3, Sep
tember 4, October 8. A cargo
steamer will make a trip on or
about June 10.
FATHER EIELSBN
DAZED WHEN TOLD
PLANE BEEN FBIJi
KNEW CARLS FRIEND CROS
SON WOULD REMAIN AND
FIND HIS SON
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Jan., 27,
“I knew it was going to end like
that but I feel better now as the
suspense was terrible,” declared
Ole Eielson, of Hatton, N. D.,
father of Col. Carl Ben Eielson,
when notified of his son’s wreck.
He received the news from
newspapermen and a message
from Joe Pilot Joe Crosson, and
appeared dazed as the message
was read several times before
the full import finally dawned.
‘‘Of course we had hope that
our son would be found in time
but counldn’t help feeling some
thing like this had happened. We
felt if any one found Ben it
would be his friend Crosson. I
knew Joe would stay and search
until the truth was known.
“Ben was taken m the prime
of his career but I think if a
man is able to pack as much in
to such a short career it is com
pensation for not living longer.”
Accompanied by his daughter
Helen, a nurse in the hospital
here, Mr. Eielson left for home.
He telegraphed to his son Oliver,
in Peru, to come home, and also
wired another son, Arthur, in
New York; a daughter, Adelaide,
Wenatchee University, N. D., is
also enroute home.
The Wenatchee University,
of which Colonel Eielson was a
graduate, plans a memorial in
his honor.
BIFFIEULTf EXPECTED
IN SEARCH FOB BODIES
SEATTLE, Jan., 27. (/P)—The
Seattle Times has been informed
that Pilots Joe Crosson and Gil
lam, with two men in their
planes, took-off at 10 a. m. Sun
day for the scene of the Eielson
and Borland wreck, 90 miles
southeast of the trading schoon
er Manuk, to search for the bod
ies.
Two dog teams left the ship at
3 a- m. yesterday for the wreck.
Searchers may have difficulty in
finding the bodies on account of
the deep snow.
ALASKA
CUTTER
BATTERING ICE
SNOW LAYS FOOT DEEP OVER
PASTURE LAND NORTHERN
PART OF OREGON
ASTORIA, Ore Jan., 27, (/P)—
Tiie big steel prow coast guard
cutter Northland Is battering its
way, and a water route, to the
ice beleaguered communities on
the north shore of the Columbia
river.
The tender Rose, loaded with
more than 100 tons of supplies
and between 40 and 50 sacks of
mail, closely followed the cutter
: The two vessels are especially
I equipped to crash their way
' through the ice and are expected
to bring relief to the villages on
I Puget Island where yesterday a
| physician saved the life of June
\ McGilvray, age nine, after he
landed on the island by airplane
i from Portland.
Although the provisions con
sisted chiefly of flour, salt and
other staples, the tender bore
stck feed for Oathlamet -where
it was reported dairy men are
I in sore need of provisions for
; their cattle. A foot of snow lays
j over the pastures.
_
TWO MASKED ROBBERS IN
TERRUP PARTY IN SAN
FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 27, (&)
—Search for two masked robbers
who interrupted a party on Par
ker avenue, at the home of Mrs.
and Mr. Campbell Smith, wrest
I ed several thousand dollars worth
of cash and jewelry from the
hostess and 11 guests.
The robbers escaped after bind
ing and gagging their victims.
They robbers rang the doorbell
during the gay party and brushed
aside servants and told every
body to “Stick then up.”
Cash and jewelry were dropped
into a table cloth and one by
one the guests were bound with
linen tape carried by the robbers
The police estimated the loot
amounted to $25,000.
WOMAN SENATOR DIES
ATLANTA. Jan., 27, (/P)—Re
becca Latimer Felton, the only
; woman to hold office as United
! States senator, died after a brief
illness at the age of 91 years.
She entered the hospital several
days ago for treatment for a
cold but her advanced age could
: not resist the illness and she
1 failed to recover.