VOLUME 21, NUMBER 121
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 27,1926
PRICE TEN CENTS
ATTEMPT TO BE IDE
ESTABLISH RIGHT OE
U. S. TO WRANGELL ISLE
FAILURE AMUNDSEN SIGHT LAND
MEANS WRANGELL ISLAND
FARTHEST NORTH LAND
SEATTLE, May 27. (/P)— Carl Lom
en of Nome announced an attempt
will be made to establish the right
of the United States to Wrangell Is
land and said “the failure of Amund
sen to sight land between the Pole
and Alaska means Wrangell Island
is the farthest-north in the Pacific
hemisphere. Byrd, Amunpsen and
Wilkins have all shown the practical
use of aircraft in the north, and un
less Wilkins finds land, northeast or
northwest of Barrow and Wrangell Is
land, the last aviation party will leave
an outpost in the north.”
The Lomen company purchased all
claims to Wrangell Island May 19,
1924, from Stefanssou, under the Brit
* ish flag.
ARTISTS PARTY PUN
TRIP ARCTIC CIRCLE
PROCURE PAIRS
ICEBERGS, ESKIMOS AND ANIMALS
WILL BE REPRODUCED
BY 38 ARTISTS
CHICAGO, May 27. (IP)—Planning to |
make a trip 265 miles past the Arctic !
Circle, 38 artists from the United .
States will paint pictures of icebergs, j
Eskimos and animals this summer, j
The party will be headed by Dudley j
Crafts Watson, of the Chicago Art
Institute. The party will follow the
Norway coast to the northermost tip
of North Cape, where they will make
their headquarters. They leave Chi
cago June 2.
COAL MINERS TRAPPED
SCRANTON, Pa., May 27. (^—Fif
ty-eight miners are reported trapped
behind a fire in a coal mine in Wy
oming. Five escaped and were taken
to their homes, suffering from inhal
ing smoke.
SCRANTON, May 27. (£>)—Over 50
miners were rescued after being trap
ped in a burning coal mine for several
hours. A foreman led the group of
miners to an air chamber where he
kept them until rescuers arived.
*’ PLANES COMBAT FIS
IN CANADIAN FORESTS
WINNIPEG, Man., May 27. (^—Air
planes and seaplanes are being used
to transport fire fighters to districts
in northern Ontario and Manitoba have
been swept by forest fires since yes
terday. Rain today brought relief to
the force which has been fighting the
fires menacing the districts north o?
this city. Dangerous fires, however,
still wore raging in northern Ontario,
along the north shore of Lake Superior
near Port Arthur and Fort William.
CHAUNCEY DEPEW, FAMOUS
“GRAND OLD MAN,” AS HE
APPEARED APRIL 23, ON
HIS NINETY-SECOND
BIRTHDAY.
Chauncey Depew, one of America’s
outstanding public figures celebrated
his ninety-second birthday on April
23rd. Mr. Depew, who is chairman
of the Board of Directors of the New
York Central Railroad, has figured ex
tensively in policical as well as in
railway histoy. He was U. S. Sen
ator from 1S99 until 1905 and then
was re-elected. For many years he
was president of the New York Cen
tral, before retiring to chairmanship
of the board. This exclusive photo
was taken in the New York Central
offices in New York City.
OUT ROBBERY
SEATTLE; $23,000
TAKEN. MESSENGER
FOUR UNMASKED MEN STICK UP
TWO BANK EMPLOYES ON
BUSY DOWNTOWN STREET
SEATTLE, May 27. (ff)—Four un
masked robbers held up Ben Flaks,
of the American Savings Bank and
Trust Company messenger and J. F.
Bettie, bank teler who was acting as
guard and obtained §23,000 in cash
on a downtown street in broad day
light, and escaped in a waiting auto
mobile.
I PERMIT GRANTED MAKE BEER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27. (JP)
| —Lincoln C. Andrews, federal prohi
bition enforcement chief, today grant
ed a permit to the Ranier Brewing
Company of San Francisco to manufac
ture a malt extract. The extract con
tains 3.75 per cent alcohol but is one
third solid matter. Andrews said the
extract was purely a medicine and
was not fit for beverage purposes.
SIXTY BODIES RECOVERED
TOKIO, May 27. (IP)—'The bodies of
| 60 volcano victims have been recover
ed, but 86 are still missing.
TOKIO, May 27. Seventeen are
knowm dead and 10 mising from the
reservoir break at Aksta.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
Ketchikan.—Halibut quoted here to
day at 14 1-5 and 9 cents; Salmon at
16, 13 and 5 cents.
A freight train leaves Seward to
morrow for Interior points.
ENGLISH SPIES SENTENCED
PARIS, May 27. (JP)—Three English
spies, arrested last winter after at
tempting to secure secret French mar
itime and aviation information, were
given five year prison sentences and
two French women who confessed to
aiding the spies and being in the pay
of the British admiralty were given
six months each.
ANDREWS FAVORS BILL
GIVE PROHIBITION
UNIT MORE POWER
BEFORE HOUSE JUDICIARY COM
MITTEE URGES TIGHTENING
OF VOLSTEAD ACT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27. (Jp)
—Assistant Secretary Andrews, before
the House Judiciary committee, urg
ed material for tightening the Vol
stead act, so the country “may know
what National prohibition means.”
Andrews favored the bill the Treas
ury department drafted to give the
prohibition unit power to inspect at
any time n-fsctory producing cereal
beverages.
KIDNAPPED BABY FOUND
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. (/P)—
With baby Barbara June Osborne back
home after being found in Los Angeles
by an Examiner reporter police here
redoubled their efforts to capture the
woman in brown, supposedly the little
girl’s kidnapper. It is believed that
the child was doped inasmuch as she
can remember nothing of the trip
southward. A stage driver gives a
detailed description on the woman ab
ductor.
ANOTHER DAM BURSTS
LONDON, May 27. (jP)—A sharp
earthquake at Hakodate in Northern
Japan was reported. The shock burst
a dam near the town and washed
away 50 houses and drowned IS.
THIRD BODY FOUND ON
SHORT GIVES RISE TO
BELIEF, BOOTLEG MR
SAN DIEGO, May 27. (£>)—'The dis
covery of the third J^dy to be washed
ashore on this coast within the last
two weeks today gave officials added
incentive to continue their investiga
tion on the theory that a mm war is
in progress on the Pacific near San
Diego. The latest of the trio of dead
men was sighted at San Quintin, two
hundred and thirty-five miles south
of this city by a Mexican customs of
ficer, according to Charles Cass, local
dry agent, who has just returned from
a visit to the Mexican port.
LAND FORCES CUT TO LIMIT
GENEVA, May 27. (/P)—Sharp clash
es of opinion between the French and
British conferees at the preliminary
disarmament parley as to the scope
of the coming conferences were heigh
tened by the warning of the United
States Spokesman that America has j
cut her land forces to the very limit |
and now is interested principally in
World Naval disarmament.
AMUNDSEN 10 NOBILE GOING DIRECT TO
OSLO WHERE THEY WILL COMPILE LENGTHY
BOOK ON NORGE TRIP ACROSS THE NO. POLE
WILL TRAVEL TO EAST COAST VIA CANADIAN
ROUTE TO AVOID PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE
PRESS—TURNS DOWN INVITATION VISIT SES
QUICENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
NUMEROUS VESSELS ARRIVING AND DEPARTING AT NOME
CATHOLICS PRESENTING PUBLIC BALL TO EX
PLORERS—NORGE READY TO SHIP—MOTOR
SHIP DONALDSON ARRIVES—SOURDOUGHS IN
NOME ELATED OVER FRESH FRUITS.
NOME, May 27. (AP).—Catholics of Nome after a
' meeting called by Father Post have decided to give a ban
quet to Commdr. Nobile and all Catholics connected with
; the expedition, to be followed by a public ball. Nobile and
Amundsen and Ellsworth received blessings from the Pope
who also blessed the Norge. Nobile has a letter to Father
Post.
The motorship Donaldson, Capt Cheetham, with 15
passengers aboard, arrived at Nome at 7 o’clock last night,
20 days out of Seattle coming here via Seward. The trip
to False Pass from Seward, where they hove to for two
days after entering the Bering sea with seas running high
w~as cause for her cargo to be jettisoned, in order to n ake
the bow' raise faster. A half hour after her arrival here
sourdoughs W'ere sinking their teeth into fresh oranges,
grapefruit and lemons, and last, but not least, the humble
eggs. Five thousand smallpox vaccine points arrived f .
Dr. SwTartz of Nome as a safeguard. The Silver Wave and
Carpenter have not as yet been reported since their arriv
al at False Pass. The motorship Silver Wave arrived a:
Nome at 11:45 Monday. The vessel encountered heavy
wTeather at the Aleutian range region, otherwise the 16
passengers aboard were all w'ell.
Father Post received a w~y'e today from Commdr. No
bile stating he expected to arrive at Nome in five or six
days. Frederick Raxnm and Dr. Malingram, members of
the Norge expedition, arrived from Teller Tuesday night
aboard the motorship Nuniyak. Ramm is a correspond
ent and Milingram a scientist. They state the Norge is
practically ready for shipment but the crew' wili rcmain a:
Teller for about a wreek before coming to Nome. The
launch Pippin reached Teller yesterday and was hauled
over the ice.
When asked if Lieut. Richard Byrd reached the Pole
Amundsen said: ‘T have not seen Byrd’s data, but I believe
in Byrd as much as I do in Peary ” Amundsen and N obik
leave for Nome on the steamer Victoria direct for Oslo.
I where they both will be engaged in writing a book of near
ly 100,000 words of the voyage of the Norge. Amundsen
definitely refused numerous irritations to visit the Sesqui
centennial Exposition at Phila., in order not be be an
noyed by public and the press. He expects, after his arrival
in Seattle to take a Canadian route to New York where he
will embark direct for Oslo.
The plans for the Amundsen reception in Seattle will
i include army and navy officials, extending official con
gratulations of the President. A public dinner is being
planned in the Spirit City.
JEPTHA TAKING ON COAL
The big freighter Jeptha, Alaska
Steamship Company, returned to por
at noon today from a special trip to
the Westward. The Jeptha will dis
charge a large Quantity of railToad
ties, take on four carloads of coal, and
depart for the south early this even
ing.
PIONEER DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 27. -Frank F.
Jurgens, pioneer miner of Alaska aBd
Yukon, died here today.
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