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Corfu Island. Sept. 1 Corfu Is
land u’Bs occupied yesterday after
a sharp bombardment in which 15
Greek civilians* ' were killed and
many wounded. The demand for
the suriVnder of Corfu Island was
given at 2 P. M. and the firing be
gan at 5 P. M. • The school was de
molished and an old Fort was fired
upon in which many casualties re
sulted. among the refugees are or
phans who are under the care of the
American Near Bast Relief. the Am
ericans were In danger of the shell
fire also. '
Washington, Sept. Is
Americans Who are inter
bombarded by
Home. Sept. 1 —The Commander j
in £tiief of 'the Italian fleet i:i a re
port to the Minister of Marine an
nounced the landing of Italian
Naval forces on the Island of Corfu,
the Italian flu# was flown from the
old fortress and a salute of twenty
one gabs was fired during the
cheering of the Italian crews from
the ships in the harbor. Two class
es of Italian reservists are held in |
readiness to be called to the colors j
it a moments notice.
Paris, Seipt. 1—It was reported in
Pa#Js last night that the British
Me4Kerreaa»an fleet had been or
C“ne<va, -^ept. 1—The. Greek dele
gation here received instructions
last night *o submit the Italian
Greek dispute to the League of Na
Rost. Sept. 1—The Greek reply
to fhe Itailian ultimatum was abso
lutely unsatisfactory stated a mes
sage wh1<*h was semi ofjb>ial to the
neAvspapers. It was declared today
that correspondents of Greek News
papers had been re«]uested by the
Government to leave Italy at once
and a number have complied.
London, Sept. 1—A Milan dis
patch to the Evening News today
said, the Italian fleet at Taranto has
been ordered to clear their decks for
action, as a movement against the
Greeks might oc<*ur at a moments
notice. Taranto Is a Naval Base on
the Gulf of Taranto at the base of
(the heel of Italy.
Athens. Sept. l-^-The Greek Cabi
net met yesterday to consider the
Italian ultimatum which gives
Greece 24 hours to make repara
tions for the maasocre of the five
Italian officers on the Italian fron
Athens, Sept. 1—The Greek gov
ernment in their reply to the Italian
ultimatum embodying demands for
the massacre of members.of the Ital
ian boundary mission accepts Italy’i
demands with moderations. The
Gtreek government rejects three, of
the demands from Itaily.
Home, Sept. 1—Further details
of the Italian ultimatum to'Greece
are that the victims of the massacre
. will be given a royal tuaeral cere
mony with services In '.he Catholic
cbuyijU lor Athens and that all mem
ber* of the Greek *rovertimen<t will
be participants in the ceremony and
hdnor will be paid the dead Italians
the Greek warships, the Italian
isval division, will be formed for
cdremony and 21 guns will be
ked by the Greek ships while flying
Italian flag at thetr mast head.
Seij*t. 1—The Italian C&bl
meeting yesterday found
^Lfcreek reply to their ultimatum
ptahle, says a wire from
ICRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
white men is mmmu party perish m
WRANGELL ISLAND, LilE ESKIMO
WOMAN ONLY SURVIVOR
All .If;id on Wrangell Island except
oi,«- native Eskimo woman—was the i
electrical words that passed from
mouth to mouth of the people of
Nome shortly before midnight Thurs-j
A ship's light was sighted to the j
westward of Noyie about ten thirty |
P. M. Thursday by the lT. S. Coast i
Gtmrd Station whose crew put off in
the station launch immediat 1>. it
was soon learned that the schooner
Donaldson had returned from Wran
gell Island with the news of tin- sad
fate of those lonely watchers.
Captain Thomas A. Ross of the U.
S. Coast Guard rendered all a dist
ance in bringing ashore the one sur
vivor of the Stefansson advance
guard which was headed by Allan
Crawford two years ago on the 111
fated expedition to Wrangell Island.
Harold Noice who in at the head of
the expedition that eflerted tne res
cue of the Eskimf ' ' V" • ■
sell, was also htVupii isnofe ironi
the Donaldson at thi same time the,
ralive was landed.
The Donaldson left Nome for
gell August 3rd this year and arrived
at that location August 2dth after an
eventful trip. The vessel was forc'd
to “heave to” on account of fog for
nine days within 55 miles of Wran
gell, after the weather had clear 'd
the ship bucked her way thru the me
fields and in doing so staved a h
in her how which was repaired by
placing a large Walrus hide over tIn
opening made by the impact of the
ice, thus enabling the vessel to pro
ceed on her journey. During the f"g
the Donaldson reached a point i-r
Herald Island.
After reaching Wrangell, at on- f
the deserted camps, one of the lirst
things that met the eyes of the rescu
ing party was a bottle with the names
of the Stefansscn advance guard par
ty inside and the words attached
“that the par^y claimed Wrangell Is
land in the name of King George.”
This camp was located near Rogers
Harbor.
j At doubtful Bay approximately 28
miles from this camp was found the
only survivor, the Eskimo woman
| who is known in Nome as Ada. and
said to be the former wife of a native
referred to as “Black Jack.” To the
rescuers the woman had a wild ap
pearance and looked frightened at |
the sfght of real live men approach- j
ing. and a ship laving nearby. To j
the poor native woman who wa« no]
doubt in a half starved conditio- and j
dazed from the long lonely ex :• nee j
on the Island, she did not know, and '
could not at once realize that the men
approaching were alive, no doubt a !
thought presented itself to this j
woman’s mind that this was a hal- j
lucinatiOn and as the men approach-j
ed closer she took heart. L;:ter the |
native woman told as best sh- ould I
of the sufferings and days of watch- [
ful waiting for assistance that
should come from the Ea . hut
which never did. This woman was
down to her last package of Pilot
bread and this was in a musty con
dition. according to reports from the
rescuers, when the Noice party ar
rived on the Island.
The party was shewn to what re
mained of the body of E. Borin
Knight, of MacMinvllle, Oregon, ly
ing dead In his sleeping bag in a
tent. Knight had died on June 20
this year from that terrible dseaae,
Scurvy. Ada the native woman did
all the hunting and looked after *he
welfare of Knight for approximately
death v.sited those two
wa• 'hers atid left the native woman
ai! alon-" on th s barren island. the
r.aiivi- woman lift the white man in
hi> *■!.-.-piiifr bag and erected another
tr-T i about fifty feet away, and when
th< Noiee party arrived she
mother winter i
•d Island. Th
d made a boat
hirh she was fortunaf
obtain during le-r ailma:
is:*-rinn ’<• Knight.
What was left of Knight's body
was buried on that lonely Northern
1-land which is locked in with huge
•(•bergs in the winter and shrouded
E Lor in Knight was previously
associated with Stefansson on an
4e,rlier Arctic voyage. The other
ur-e members of the party were.
Crawford of Toronto. Canada,
who was in charge of the party,
i Kred \V. Maurer who was also a«
*i dated with Stefansson in years
pist and was one of the members
1 ol\ the ill fated survivors of the
j schooner Karluk which was mushed
! in ihe ice. near Herald Island over
nlne\years ago. Maurer at that time
spent more than a year marooned
j or. Wrangell Island, the th rd man
I was Milton dale.
| In December 1!«22 two men in
cluding Knight started for the
i mainland but for some reason went
in the wrong direction from that
which they should have taken,
j They were gone two weeks and then
returned. On January 20th, 1922.
Knight being too sick to go, the
other three men, Crawford, Maurer
and Galle made another attempt to
reach the mainland of Siberia with
fifteen days dog feed and a very
small amount of provisions, these
men started out on what seemed an
impossible trip, and which was, with
out a doubt. The native woman
says they were going the wrong way
and pointed to the Southeast.
This was the last ever seen or
heard of them as far as any on«*
knows and they have been given up
The first winter the party had to
feed their dogs on flour of which
they only had five hundred pounds,
i and would not last dogs and men j
too, very long. Hunting was new
to the men in the party so very lit
tle game was secured for food. The :
party had no boat at this time and 1
could do no hunting away from the
According to reports in Nome
since the return of the Donaldson,
13 more people were left on Wran
gell Island in another attempt to
colonize the island The only white
man, so ft is stated, is Charles Wells
of Nome who is making a camp with
the Point Hope natives which were
left at Doubtful Bay on Wrangell
Island. The natives taken aboard
at. Kotzebue will make tlielr camp
at Rodgers Harbor, Wrangelll Is
According to what is supposedly
authentic information, these people
have been provided with two years
provisions and three years ammuni
tion. The natives are all Alaskan
Eskimos according to our Informa
tion. It Is reported that Mr. Xoice
will return to the States on the Str.
\n incident of more than pass n?:
in ’ovtance which occurred during
, the isl.n il was related by her
-< ! f as foi'i After obtaining
throe seal o day Ada, the native
woman man.ivi-d to net them to
■ mp and ' a l>1 ng one of the s*-al
n.to her ten: proceeded to prepare
for a hi* tl. during the prepara
tion of the Si •« 1 for food the other
two Seal \w left ouside the tent
pioba.bly ten t> "t away to !»*■ taken
care of later, and with out the least
f'Uir of i htin.an being, two hng'i
| Polar I’, at- mine up to the camp
land proceeded to make a meal of
: their right '<> the Seal meat was not
l disputed by her. she remained in
| side the tent until Mr. Polar Hear
j had finished their meal and walked
| The N level is reprinting below a
j story of the Stefansson advance
1 guards departure from Nome for
1 WrangeU island two years ago this
i month. This story will enlighten
those not being familiar with the
I expedition from the start. And
jai-o shows \v1th what accuracy the
i Nugget prill ted the story two years
.M YSTKIlIOrS ARCTIC Q! ' K
expedition
v.- lii. ' < mbraces a
\V rail sell Island. \
Fred VV. Maurer,
and Milton Galle.
P'orei. Vi'hljalmur
Friday night on th
north Siberian coast
the noted ex
hefansson. left
schooner Silver '
Island and the
The Silver
Wave was chartered for the trip and
! will return here after depositing the
party at its destination.
Mr. Crawford, who hails from
; Toronto, Canada, is in charge of *he
! expedition. Mr. Knight. whose
home is at McMinenville. Oregon, is
second in command, and has been
previously associated with Stefans
soii on his earlier Arctic voyages.
Mr. Maurer was also connected with
: he last expedition, which resulted
i:i ' h<■ discovery of a new land in thp
far North and w.is one of the sur
vivors of the ill fated Karluk. when
that vessel was crushed in the ice
East of Herald Island seven years
ace. and spent more than a year
m: oped on Wrangell Island await
ing escue.
In response to a question. Mr.
Mo a rex informed the N'ugeet that it
was just seven years almost to .he
day when he and his companions
•.vre taken from the island where
h> s now going. He said he thoughr
a; rhat time he would never want to
see It again but in the interval has
always felt something luring him
back to the desolate ice locked rock.
Now, he says, he feels actually glad
he is going back in answer th the
strange call of the North.
Asked a? to the object of the ex
pedition, Mr. Crawford stated at
first “along the Siberian coast.” i
I'n^sed further, he admitted that
the party had chartered the Silver
Wave for a trip to Wrangell. Later
lie stated that the party will en
deavor to establish a base on Wran- 1
gel! Island for Stefansson’s future |
activities, which he said would be
Manrt and declared the
innneed manly by the explorer him
When : -kml f the island was nor
onsidev* ! a field for valuable
i iiiera! discoveries Mr. Maurer.who
1 lltp reluctance of the party to dis
cuss their object:v• *. the main pur
’ pose is, as stated by .Mr. Crawford.
; to prepare the way for further ex
ploration of the Arctfe basin.
On lea vine N'lntewhe l’H.rtv was
| joint-d by a native Ionian known as
Ada. who was employed in the ca
pacity of seamstress. \ kitten horn
recently on the steamer Victoria
was also taken alone as a mascot.
The paraphenalia taken to the is
land included a dog sled, and team
and a large assortment of fur cloth
ing. all <>f which was purchased
here. Food supplies for one year
were taken.—Reprinted from Nome
Nnggeit Se.pt. 10th. 1921.
Below is a news item in r-gards
tc the return of flu- Silver Wave to
Nome from Wrangell Island aft- r
taking Crawford and party to the
Island. This article was printed in
the Xome Nugget on Sept. 2 1. 1921
"Rearing i
indicative of a possible
annex a portion of the
main by the advance rej
of the forthcoming Stefans^on Arc
tic Expedition, the power schoonet
Silver Wave. pt. Jack Hammer,
returned Wednesday front a trip to
Wrangell Island, where the Stefans
son party were landed after a some
what stormy passage north.
According to those on board the
Silver Wave, tie parly had no more
than landed hi
or Canadian fla
formal possess
on board the S
ed on the hast
formed by no t
intended as a
spect to those
Stefansson expedition who died on
the island following the wreck of
the steamer Karluk in 1 !* 14. It
is stated, however. that several
members of the expedition were con- ,
fidently expecting to be knighted as
a result of their venture into the 1
Arctic wilds and were nothing loath :
to express their views that such
honors would be forthcoming, alt ho
it is difficult to determine just wh>
mere connection with an Arctic ex- ;
ploration party should merit such
reward.
'i^he Silver Wave arrived at the !
lonely island September 15 and de
Some of the-'
Wave mm no-.,T
ion and were n
s of the expert:
N' w ' >■:. : ; • 1 Lieu I. Victor
niphis aro
■
1"*i- of tio* Mil r;• -y Affairs Commit
tee this afternoon while discussing
ih*- proposed Ala-kn Naval Base
sai.l that Naval projection in Alaska
a- well as the ••inir-- North Pacific
Ooa-t calls for a Base far in the
vest part of the has of Alaska, the
farther west the hotter anil added
that probably the south roast of the
Aleutian group is the only desirable
place for the Base. • -t’
imm.ioes im)\k ijv k.iCV.
Pert ham boy. Sept. 1- Five thous
and dollars damages were estimat
ed to have been done here last night
thru the demonstrations of the Kn
Klux Klan to the Odd Fellows Hall.
hundred and fifty firemen were
being used to hold the throng that
stormed the building. Firemen drove
their trucks into the mass of people
but to no avail they would not give
I.AIMtOAl) SIM K BK *
< o\KTi:r< rim to mookk
CREEK MIXES
j Washington, Sept. I The con
struction of the spur which is four
and one half miles Ions; from the
! Matanuska branch of 'he Alaska
| railroad to Moore Creek Mines will
be completed next month the Inter
ior Department announced today.
The grading of the road bed will be
finished and the laying of the rails
lias already been started.
.11 II\ DISAGREES |\
ROBINSON CASE
The Jury in the case of the lTnit
ed States aerifnst If. Robinson after
more than two days of deliberations
were dismissed by the court. The
ballot stood 7 to five for acquittal
when the jury was dismissed.
Jl'ST RECEIVED j. new line of
Winter Coats, Hats and Dresses.
MRS. .1. WANGEK’S
ftpiHwitc tin- Court House
FRESH EASTERN OYSTERS
\\l> FRESH RULED MUTTON,
SI N DA 1 . AT MII.O’S CAFF
parted on !he following: day. No
ice was encountered but passage
from Nome was considerably delay
ed by stormy weather. Tlie vessel
was forced to lay to several times
enroute. The party was landed at
Cape Hawain on the .vest side of
the island and apparently intend to
winter there.—Reprinted from The
Nome Nugget of Sapt. £4. 19 21.
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