VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 199.
SEWARD, ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBERS, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
uni i PORT
AFTER BRILLIANT
CAPTAIN WOLD PRAISES ROOS
EVELT CAPTAIN AND CREW
BRAVERY SHOWN
Once again an Alaskan mariner
has written a thrilling chapter in
the history of heroic sea res
cues. With the arrival in the Port
of Seward last evening of the
schooner Attu, Captain Peter Wold,
"V^with a crew of three men, one of
the most outstanding feats of res
cuing is recorded in the North
Pacific.
Captain Wold, sole owner of the
Attu, related with all the modesty
in the world, the following story
of his saving the tugboat Roos
evelt disabled with a big hause
line wrapped about her propeller,
and towing it to Latouche, and at
the same time, all through his
description he stopped many times
to again insert praise for not on
ly his loyal crew, but also of the
crew of the Roosevelt and its
skipper.
He left Seattle on December
18th at 3 p. m., running S. W. by
1-2 W. Neai’ing Cape St. Elias the
course was changed to save a few
miles Captain Wold knowing
nothing, at the time, of the pre
dictiment the Roosevelt or Starr
were in. At 10 p. m. he picked up
steamer lights and at 10:30 ran
alongside of the S. S. Northwest
•ern, standing by jthe Roosevelt.
The Starr was safely anchored
in 65 fathoms, having dropped
her anchor when her line parted
The Roosevelt was drifting down
■on Wessel’s Reef which was judg
ed to be extremely close; the Roos
evelt at this time was approx
imately 300 yards away from the
Northwestern the latter vessel be
ing unable to get any closer bul
had a lifeboat out for the purpose
of puting a line aboard.
Captain Wold said he realizec
more clearly the seriousness of the
situation upon seeing the members
of the crew of the Rosevelt all
with life preservers on.
The Attu pulled under the bov
of the Roosevelt, Captain Wold
asking if he could do anything
and the reply came back imme
diately: “You’re damn right !”
“We bent on about 150 fathoms
U of 2, 1-2 inch steel hawser,” Cap
tain Wold continued,” and hauled
it aboard with a three inch line
to the chaulk and tied it onto our
cable, giving them about 55 fath
oms of our cable. All this requir
ed about two hours time; we
then started ahead for Cape Clear,
40 miles away.
“The Roosevelt had one of its
lifeboats washed away by the
easterly gale which was approx
imated at 60 miles an hour; a
very heavy swell was running and
up to the time we hooked on the
Roosevelt it had been drifting,
I should judge, for about four
hours.
“At 6 a. m., Christmas Day, the
Roosevelt parted her cable in the
tremendous gale; it was as tough
r a sea as I ever had seen with the
f waves washing over. My men were
constantly in great danger on
deck laying flat, holding on for
dear life, watching the line, and
(Continued on Page Two)
Ne w Year’s Eve Mask Ball Monday Nite
115 MAJESTY STILL
115 A HARD FIGHT I
AHEAD FOR LIFE.
LONDON, Dec., 23. (/P)—King
Decree resmb'ed come
e,-ound he lost yesterday but his
condition is fraught with anxiety
and in well informed circles it is
'bought his Majesty still has a hard
fight for his life ahead of him.
The King’s physicians reported
this morning that while his condi
tion was affected his lung region is
definitely improved but his general
condition has not shown the same
progiess.
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SEARCH FOR FINGER PRINTS ON
TOOLS FAILED TO REVEAL
ANY CLUES
SAN BERNARDO, Dec., 28. (/Pi
While authorities searched for the
nersons who wrecked the Santa Fe's
‘Missionary” train the wrecking
crews worked to replace the three
overturned pullman coaches on the
rails. The fact that no one was kill
ed in the sensational mountain
wreck overshadowed everything
else.
The wreck was deliberately plan
ned, railroad agents said, by two or
more men who carefully removed
the rail from the track then drove
away over a desert road as the fast
train sped to its disaster.
Only eight persons were injured,
none of them seriously. Railroad
men said it was one of the mo^t
sensational wrecks in the history of
Pacific coasi railroading.
Search for finger prints on two
sledges, two crowbars and a spike
mall, used to remove the rail, failed
to reveal clues.
LISTEN FOR SOS
WASHINGTON. Dec., 28, (A5)—Be
ginning January 1 all Navy radio
stations will stop transmission for
23 minuter periods each hour at the
beginning of the first and thud
quarters to listen to possible SOS
calls
MADAME CURIE’S WORK SPURS FRENCH GIRLS TO STUDY
Radiology is a favorite study of French girls at the Women’s Tech
nical Information school in Paris. Here is a professor demonstrating
a delicate instrument for the enlightment of two interested students.
A SILENT, DUSTLESS CITY OF THE FUTURE
, _
A solution of the' traffic problem worked out in a model by Andre
Tentre, and shown at the Salon d’Autonne in Paris, for streets with all
traffic underground as a measure of health and safety in town plans.
OOPDOVA. Pec., 28, MP)—The
| first thought of Capt. Albert Bar
jron of the S. S. Starr when he ar
rived was that families of the
crew be notified that they are safe.
The Starr is here and the tug
Roosevelt is at Latouche which end- :
ed a near tragedy of breaking tow
; lines.
The cutter Unalga brought the
Starr to Cordova and the gas boat
Attu took the Roosevelt to La
touche.
VETERAN MINER OF
NORTH DIES SEATTLE1
SEATTLF, Dec., 28, (/P)—Captain
John J. Moog whose fame dates
back to the stirring days of the
Klondike gold rush when he brot
the ship Susie out of the North with
the largest shipment of ore, died
December 23. at Port Townsend. A
Masonic funeral was held Wednes
day. Mr Moog was on the Alaska
run from 1898 until 1910. He was
83 years old.
LETTER FROM HOOVER
PITTSBURGH. Dec.. 28, (JP) -
Hazel Malter, 11, has received a let
ter from President-elect Hoover
ithanking her for a ’etter of con
Lratulntion on his election.
REPETITION OE SCOURGE OF
TWO WINTERS AGO IS FEAR
ED BY SCIENTIST
THE PAS, Manitoba, Dec., 28, (*P)
—Starvation faces a fast dwindling
band of Earrenland Eskimos be
cause they missed the caribou mi
gration, Horace Ashton, explorer,
reported upon his return from a
trip to the sub-Arctic:
Ashton is a director of the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History ex
pedition studying caribou and Bar
••enland Eskimos. He was unable to
explain why the caribou failed to
follow the beaten trail Southward
this winter and expressed fears of a
repetition of the scourge of a few
winters ago when 40 natives died
from hunger and said both Eski
mos and Chippewayan Indians to
the Southward were without food.
BOLIVIAN TROOPS
AGAIN OGCUPY FORT
Oil THE JUHBY
A GRAVE SITUATION IS CREAT
ED ONCE MORE, SAYS RE
CENT DISPATCHES
WASHINGTON Dec.. 28. (/P)_The
Paraguayan Government advised
the Legation that Bolivian troops
occupied anew Fort Vanguardia
advancing 12 miles farther into the
inter'or.
Dr. Juan Ramirez, in Charge de
Affaires, declared "This confirms
the Paraguayan contention that
Bolivia never respects the territor
ial rights agreed upon in pacts.
Vanguardia was the scene of the
initial encounter of troops in the
nresent controversy. The dispatch
said ‘‘A very grave situation is
again created.”
FAIR GRADE ORE
TOPONAH, Nev., Dec., 28, (JP)—
I Leasers at the West End Consoli
| dated Mines in Tonopah are pro
ducing about 200 tons of fair grade
ore, running as high as $25 a ton.
Almost every useful metal found
in the United States exists in Alas
ka.
LOG OF ATTU
SAYS LITTLE OF
RESCUE DAGGER
lOG REVEALS RECENT TOWING
OF ROOSEVELT APPARENT
LY ALL IN DAY’S WORK
The following laconic paragraphs
were taken from the log of the
schooner Attu Capt. Peter Wold
which towed the disabled tugboat
Roosevelt safely thru perilous seas
to La touche and will give the reader
an idea the simple directness and
?nodesty in reporting the incident
m which every man aboard contin
ually faced death.
P. S. Time
At 10 oclock we sighted three
boats (steamer ”) jflashed us and
we went up to him. He told us the
tugboat "Roosevelt” was helpless
and drifting toward Wessel Reef.
We went up to the "Roosevelt”, a
heavy sea was running and an east
erly storm at 11 o’clock. We picked
up a lifeboat with a thin line
first and his three and one-half
inch hawser were knotted to
! same. We shackled our anchor
! cable to his hawser because it was
;too short; the gale off easterly
still continuing.
At 1:30 a. m. under way; course
S. W., W. 1-2 to get clear off Wes
sel Reef. At 6 a. m. wind increas
ing changing to E. N. E.; 7 a. m.,
changed course W., S.; heavy sea.
At 8 a. m. parted his cable; saw
ed our cable end off: 9 a. m. got
a heaving line to “Roosevelt.” Our
cable is hauled aboard. We played
out 175 fathoms tying to tow.
10:15 a. m. parted again on his
deck.
10.30 a. m. our cable is in.
11:00 a. m. standing by the Roos
evelt; dangerous breakers; wind
still increasing.
11:30 a. m., spoke to “Roose
velt” asking him for another haw
ser.
1 p. m.; got manila rope start
ed towing but impossible to get
her on course on account of wind
and dangerous seas washing over.
2 p. m.; still trying.
3 pm. extended his hawser by
tying up our cable; played out
150 fathoms and finally got on
Course, W. S.
8 p. m.; weather moderating
but still towing, slow speed, on ac
count of heavy swell.
25th, date; 9:15 p. m.; sighted
Wooded Island.
9:30, changed course S. W. 1-2
S.; weather fine. II. S.
11:00 p. m.; changed to S. S. W.
tide setting toward us.
26th; 2 a. m.; heavy swell slow
up, shore.
! 1:30 p. m.; Cape Clear; proceed
ing for Latouche.
27th; 2 a. m.; arrived Latouche.
SPEMI. LIGHT (lit!
B1 RETURNING ZOTttIH
i NEW YORK, Dec., 28, (&)—It is
revealed now that when the Giaf
Zeppelin made her return flight to
Germany she carried a supply of
‘specially designed American lamps
I built to meet an emergency.
I They were made to avert a risk
|of light failure in the engine gon
dolas, an unexpected problem de
veloped by trans-Atlantic air navi
gation.