MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 260
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Airplane T akes Plunge
Into Kuskokwim River;
Those Aboard Rescued
ENGINE GOES DEAD AS PLANE CLEARED SAND
BAR USED AS LANDING FIELD—RIVER RUN
NING BANK FULL WITH HEAVY ICE—RESCUE
PARTY HAS DESPERATE BATTLE IN REACH
ING IMPERILED MEN WHO CRAWLED TO
> 1 WINGS AS PLANE OVERTURNS
THREE HUNDRED HOUNDS GDED OUST STIEE IN COCKPIT
Efforts to Drag Airplane with Ropes Proves Futile—Two
Passenges and Pilot Nearly Frozen After Immersion
Icy Waters Are Revived by Bonfire Where Residents
McGrath Gather and Watch Battle With Ice
M’GRATH, Nov. 12. (/P)~With the Kuskokwim river
running bank full with heavy ice and the temperature be
low zero, an airplane of the Fairbanks Exploration Cor
poration, with Joe Crosson as pilot and two passengers,
Charles Salmi and Carl Carleson, miners of the Iditarod
mining camp, plunged into the Kuskokwim, turned over
mnd the trio climbed out on the wings, where they remain
ed in their perilous position nearly an hour, while efforts
were made to rescue them.
McGrath men launched a boat over the shore ice and
after battling their way through the ice the rescue party
reached the trio. Then began a desperate fight for shore
ds the whirling ice battered the boat. Destruction seem
ed imminent while the struggle lasted.
STARR LEFT SEATTLE ON
' WEDNESDAY FOR SEWARD
The steamer Starr, Capt. O. A. Jo
hansen, of the San Juan Fishing and
Packing company, which has been ir
Seattle for the last two vreeks under
going its annual overhauling, left Se
a^tle for Seward on Wednesday even
ing at 10 o’clock, according to word
received yesterday. The Starr should
arrive in port about the 17th, nexl
Wednesday and will probably resume
its regular run to the Westward with
in a few hours following arrival.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12-Arnold Dal)
noted Broadway actor, is at Welfare
Island with a fractured skull as c
result of a fall at a night club, il
was revealed.
“UNCLE JOE” CANNON
, NEARS END OF JOORNE1
CHICAGO, Nov. 12. (JP)—:‘Uncl<
Joe” Cannon is near death as hi
nears 91 and may never leave hi:
home alive again.
“Uncle Joe” is gradually wearing
out. He cannot longer leave his homi
nor read. His physician declare then
no illness but that the human ma
chine is simply worn out. They sa;
he will not last longer than a month
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. (7P)~
Awvsident and Mrs. Coolidge are ex
pc-cted here by special train, when
the President will deliver the Armis
lice day address.
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" me enure popuiauon oi Mcuratn
lined the shore and shouted encour
agement to the gallant rescuers. Fin
ally a break appeared in the ice and
the rescuers reached shore waters,
(nearly frozen, the fliers were helped
to a huge fire on the shore.
Corson sail that shortly after tak
ing off from the river bar, which is
used as a landing field, the motor
went dead over the river. At the low
altitude it had no chance to reach
land.
After the men were rescued, the
. men returned the plane, attached
i ropes to it and attempted to draw it
ashore. It is reported tLe plane car
ried 300 pounds of gold dust, which
is presumably in the body of the
plane.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12. (/P)—Wil
^ liam G. McAdoo, indignant at being
called as witness here before Sena
tor King, appointed to investigate the
' Arizona slush fund charges, declared
; on the stand that it is making a joke
5 out of the government and senators,
when any politician cap bring reput
> able people before the senate on
- grounds such as these. He said he
5 had no knowledge directly or indir
■ ectly of any money having been sent
* from California to influence the re
• cent Arizona election.
Mrs. W. D. Scott, wife of Dick, Pio
- neer Laundry man of Anchorage, re
- turned last evening from the States
- where she has been making a visit of
some months.
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
A DRINK IS ASSESSED
BY INDIANA JURIST
VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 12.—
The trial of John Moebes and
Louis Wagner was interrupted
here long enough for Judge Ches
ter Houston to impose a $25 fine
for contempt of court on Arthur
Cobb, a spectator, committed when
he look a long swig of the evidence
after the bottle had been passed
among the jurors for them to look
at and smell.
“Poor stuff,” was Cobb’s pro
nouncement after his drink.
“Twenty-five dollars,” was the
Judge’s rejoinder.
WILL BE EXTENDED
DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN OUTLINES
PLANS FOR MAKING SCIENTIF
1C EXPLORATIONS BY AIRSHIP;
WILL STOP AT NOME
rO DROP BOAT FROM AIRSHIF
Would Make Numerous Stops for De.
termining Matters of Scientific In.
terest
BERLIN, Nov. 12. (/P)—Dr. Fridt
jof Nansen, president of the Inter,
lational Society for Exploration o
:he Arctic Regions, outlined plans foi
i new polar expedition by airship oi
scientific lines at the opening of th(
international congress of the society
Nansen contemplates flights with nu
merous stops from Nome via tin
Pole to Murmansk, Russia, or in op
posite direction.
The airship would carry a crew o
50 men, working three shifts. Nan
sen declared the flights of Comman
der Byrd and Amundsen great pionee
deeds, but from the viewpoint o
Arctic expeditions were merely pre
fiminary to detailed scientific inves
tigations necessitating numerou:
landings each lasting hours.
It is not known for instance, Nan
sen said, whether Amundsen flex
over shallow or deep waters. Arcti
investigation is necessary for un
derstanding meteorlogical, geodetic
geographical and bioliogical phenom
ena in other parts of the world. H
declared it quite possible to drop i
boat and crew into the water fron
an airship.
Captain Walter Burns, the society’
founder, declared that a half a mil
lion dollars was necessary to financ
the expedition not counting the cos
of the airship.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. (£>)—Nc
vember 13 has been .set for the ho;
off from Hampton Roads of th
ten Navy planes on a non stop fligh
to Colon, Panama.
PORTLAND U. DEFEATS O. A. C.
SEATTLE, Nov. 12. (/P)—'The Port
land University of Southern Califor
nia defeated the Oregon Agricultural
college 17 to 7 scoring a field goal in
the first quarter and a touchdown in
the second and fourth period with less
than one minute to -play. Oregon
blocked a putt but Olmstead. broke
through the line, picked up the ball
and raced over for a touchdown.
I MIES ITSELF FELT
COMBINATION NUMBERS MORE
PEOPLE THAN ENTIRE POPU
LATION OF EUROPE
GENEVA, Nov. 11. (/P)— An Asiatic
I Europe league composed of China,
Afghanistan, Persia, Turkey and Rus
I sia under the leadership of the so
viets at Moscow is beginning to make
! itself felt in the League of Nations.
The Asiatic league represents nations
:
having a population of 600,000 people,
more than all Europe combined.
FRENCH LICK, Ind., Nov. 12. (IP)—
1 Representative Britten outlined the
Volstead modification program which
he declared Congress would support
strongly. “Inevitably modification of
the Volstead act has been hastened
more by the returns of the states
! in which the voters had an opportu
i nity to express themselves than any
other factor since dry legislation was
enacted. The Republican party is
forced to recognize the people’s sen- J
timent on the failure of prohibition
as administered or face probable de
feat in the next presidential contest.”
Under the modification program
1 bone dry congressmen who have been
! “light” since the last elections will
‘ work with those who seek sensible
temperance measures who will then
! disclose official facts and figures
proving that prohibition has been a
failure as enforced, and will then
p
seek further state referendums.
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Arrivals on the mail boat Princess
Pat at Anchoarge the first of this
week report that Sutherland received
the entire vote of the 75 qualified
electors at Ninilchik. The vote at
Kenai was more evenly divided, Suth
’ erland receiving 22 and Marquam nine.
' The returns for the legislative ticket
3 were not obtained.
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l\ MAIL CLERK RETURNING 4
3 i F. L. Dorranee, former mail clerk
-jof the S. S. Starr who was trans
3!ferred to a Portland railroad run by
request, has had enough of the States
and has joined the steamer once
again, according to a letter received
from Mr. Dorranee today. He has
I
■y been on a mail run out of Seward
2! during the last summer.
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Laughter and tears at the Liberty.
PIELOW OFFERS TELL
HIDE HISTORY OF
GRAFT IN SEATTLE
GRANT IMMUNITY TO SECURE
EVIDENCE ON BROWN ADMIN
ISTRATION
SAYS SEVERYNS IS INVOLVED
Widow of Murdered Policeman De
clares Mystery Will Be Cleared if
Pielow Tells All He Knows
SEATTLE, Nov. 12. (JP)—In accept
ing the offer'of Ed. W. Pielow, former
sergeant of police, to prove that cor
ruption existed in the Brown admin
istration, Prosecutor Colvin promised
immunity to any person who can give
similar evidence about the administra
tion. Pielow is under indictment in
the Olmstead case and will go before
the grand jury which has been inves
tigating the death of Patrolman
Charles O. Legate, whose body was
found in. a garage four years ago. Pie
low was Legate’s immediate superior.
Colvin declared: “I dislike boot
leggers and gamblers, but I do not
consider them as big game as I am
after big game—grafters.” Colvin
said immunity granted Pielow does
not extend to the Legate case.
Legate’s widow declared: ‘‘If Pie
low tells what he knows, this case
will be cleared up.”
Pielow said: ‘‘Severyns started this.
He cannot complain if he gets hurt.
I am ready to spill it all.”
GLOBE TROTTER HUES
GLEAN UP SECTION MAN
According to the Anchorage Times,
Nellie Walker, “world capitals hiker,”
who was put off at Potter creek after
brandishing a gun aboard a train Sat
urday night, added another chapter
to her hectic adventure by engaging
in a scrimmage with Section Foreman
Paddy McManiman.
Asked for something to eat, Mc
Maniman led the hiker to the kitchen.
Before she left she secreted a butch
er knife taken from the table. When
the section foreman attempted to take
it from her she showed fight and Mc
Maniman received a number of bruises
before the knife was secured.
PRINCESS PAT OK LAST
RUN OF PRESENT SEASON
The mail boat princess Pat, Cap
tain Perry, left Anchorage yesterday,
it is reported locally, for Seldovia and
other Cook Inlet ports on what is de
clared to be the last run of the sea
son. The boat will be put on the Sel
dovia ways for the winter. Recent
arrivals at Anchorage on the Pat from
lower Inlet ports were:
D. Jacobson, Alex Lind, Mrs- John
Wik, Mr. an^l Mrs. J. R. Sand wick,
C. M. Hauck, Carl Almy, Dr. J. A.
Flanders, Maggie Barnes, L. A. Dau
phiny and Charles Peterson.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12. (£>)—’The
Senqni-Centennial exposition observ
ed “Irish day” with Mayor Walk': ui
New York attending.