THE KUSKO
VOL,'V. NO/ 37
TOKOTNA. ALASKA, SATURDAY,-SEPTEMBER 12, 1925,
PRICE 25 CENTS
^Commander Rodgers
and Four Co-Aviators
^Rescued From Pacific
rt Honolulu, Sept.' 11.—Rescued
long after searching craft and
naval craft had given up hope of
Hoding them, Commander John
Hodgers’ and his crew of four
aviators 'were found safe and
- well -yesterday at sundown, after
-'being buffeted-off the Hawaiian
coast for"2.lS4 hours on the sea
phane PN9 No. 1. The airmen
fhad been without food and water
for four days, and were at the
-point of exhaustion. The wings
of the ’plane were smashed by
the waves,- but the hull was in
tact.
The end of the search came
with dramatic suddenness and
intensity when the submarine R4
picked up the PN9 No. 1 450
miles west- of the point where
dodgers was* forced out of the
air by lack of fuel.
The island- communities are
celebrating the arrival of the
aviators with .a joy that found
vent in arP impromptu 'celebra
tion at Honolulu, in which the
island residents joined with the
^fleet crews just returned from
the antipodes.
Survivors Tell Tale of
‘ Terrible Nine Days Be
fore the Final Rescue
TLibue, Island of Kauai, Sept,
aL—.Refreshed by eight hours’
sleep. Commander John Rodgers
*rid his four eoaviators of the
seaplane PN9 No. 1 awoke today
to find themselves heroes of the
hour. A physical examination
showed the flyers in good shape,
except for the natural effects of
exhaustion they suffered while
drifting on the ice for nine days,
while scores of ships, submarines
and airplanes hur.ted for them.
The most poignant point in
their ex[>erience was the ability
■to listen to radio-east messages
from searching ships saying that
hope of a rescue was being aban
doned, that the seaplane had
'Cracked when it. was dashed to a
fuelless forced landing in mid
tPacific. Every member of the
crew commented on this phase
-of their situation, adding that
their inability to broadcast mes
sages while they were able to
receive prevented them from re
plying.
An amazing tale of privation
was placed together out of the
running fire cross conversation
iu the little hotel talk, which was
not interrupted until naval sur
• geons forced the crew to bed.
“We were forced to land at
sea the second day out from San
Francisco,” said one member of
the crew. “We sighted a mer
chant vessel five miles off. Sig
nals were sent up repeatedly and
every effort was made to attract
the attention of the vessel, but
it passed on. Our plane was able
to pick up messages from the
steamer, which refused to divulge
- ? its name. But we drifted north
west. Then came the period of
added suspense. After that no
planes or ships were sighted
until last Tuesday, when we saw
a plane off the coast of Oahu.”
‘•The plane was seaworthy and
stood the rough weather well,’'
said Commander Rodgers. *’We
experienced bad weather for just
one day at sea. That was the
third day after we were forced
down, and the rain and heavy
seas made matters most uncom
fortable.”
Telegraphic Ticks.
Seattle.—Hiram E. Hllen, who re
signed several days atro as United
States immigration patrolman on the
Canadian border, has confessed to aid
ing in smuggling an automobile load of
liquor across the boundary.
Washington.—The resignation of
Bert E. Haney, of Oregon, as commis
sioner of the United States Shipping
Board, has been requested by Presi
dent Coolidge, and the request has
been refused bv Haney.
Denver.—Judge Royal Graham, whr
lost in an election contest with the
noted Judge Ben B. Lindsey, a case
which attracted nationwide attention
committed suicide by asphyxiation
Thursday.
Seattle.—In .bis Eagles Auditoriurt
address, Saturday night, Vici* Presi
dent Dawes declared that the right o:
unlimited Senate debate destroys th<
right of the majority to legislate.
■ Brussels.—The government has or
dered the deportation from Belgium o
a score of foreigners, accused of boiuj
disorderly communist agitators.
Melbourne.—Disturbed conditions it
Australia have caused Promier Bruct
to take a definite stand against coin
inunisls.
Washington.—A movement to builc
a permanent tomb at lodianauolis foi
the late Vice President Marshall it
under way here.
Geneva.—Raould Bandourand, of Ot
tawa. was elected president of the As
sembly of the League of Nation, Tues
day.
New York.—Edward Ft. Stettienus
partner of J. P. Morgan, died at hit
home in Locust Valley, Thursday.
Seattle.—F. M. Stud lev, for many
years agent of the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha. died here Thursday.
Seattle.—Charles P. Eggert, foundoi
of the Eggert Shoe Company, died at
his home here, Thursday.
New York.—Reginald C. Vanderbilt,
44. died Thursday. He inherited $15,
000,000.
Two Anchorage Boys
Drown in Cook Inlet
Anchorage, Sept. S».—Bobhis I’attsr
son and Seieber Elliott, both 15, were
drowned in Cook Inlet, near here, to
day, when they fell trout a pontoon
into the water.
Alaska Lightnouse
Keeper Robbed of
$10,000 in Seattle
Seattle, Sept. 11.—George Alexis, 48
years old, for many years lighthouse
keeper on Unimak island, was robbed
today of ten thousand dollars by twd
confidence men. J. B. Robinson was
later arrested a.s one of the swindlers.’
Alexis arrived here only two days
ago, en route to a visit to his old home
in Copenhagen.
N
ARCTIC JCE
— !
Hudson Bay Co. Boat in;
Perilous Condition Off
I
Herschell Island.
Seattle, Sept. 12.—The Hud-!
son Bay Company’s steamship
Baychimo is caught in the ice off
Herschell island,*with her sides
crushed in and leaking badly,
according to a wireless picked
up today by the Alaska freighter
Oduna. It is now so late in the
season that no vessel can reach
her, navigators say.
The vessel- - was ' loaded with
supplies at Vancouver fhr the,
Canadian mounted police.
Radical Wing Trades
Union Congress De
r feated, 500,000 Votes
Scarborough, Eng., Sept. 10.—The
radical wing of the Trades Union Oon
gress met with another reverse today
when* its proposal for a- reduction in
the number of unions and the forma
tion of one big union was defeated by
one-half million votes.
CAUGHT
Shenandoah Victims
Buried at Arlington
i t
Washington, Sept. 9,—The bodies of
Lieutenant Commanders I.ansdownie
■ and Hancock, Lieutenant#!/.-Qi Law
rence anc E. W. Shepard; "rhetiaaa of
the Shenandoah disaster, were laid to
rest in Arlington ' National Cemetery
today, their graves being 'Hose -to that
of W. J. Bryan.
Freight Car of ^Cana
dian Liquor Missing
Seattle, Sept. 11.—A freight car ol
Canadian liquor, camouflaged a3 shin
gles, which was seized Tuesday by fed -
eral prohibition agents, was looted last
night of its entire contents, the plun
derers leaving not a trace.
Another ’Frisco; to
Hawaii Flight, Soon
Washington, Sept. II.—The naval
seaplane FBI, built .n Seattle, will at
tempt a flight from San Francisco to
Hawaai soon after September 25, ac
cording to announcement made today.
Pari9.—Former Premier Viviam died
Thursday, from the effects of a break
down two years ago.
HE’LL HAVE
TO EXPLAI
Col. Mitchell Must Ac
count to War Dept
for Utterances.
Washington, Sept. 9.— Pro
ceedings were ini iited at the
War Depart men t iy to call
Col. William M; » to account
for his public <i*ciaration that!
administration of the army and
navy air services had been “crim
inally negligent and almost trea
sonable.”
Col. George A. Nugent, in
spector general, is proceeding
from Washington today for San
Antonio as special investigator,
to go through the routine pro t
codure of determining the au-i
ttienticity of Mitchell’s state
ments attacking the War and
Navy Departments Tor their con
duct of aviation.
Detroit, Sept. 1".—A congres-j
sional investigation of national j
administration of air defense is
urged by Senator J. C. Couzons.
“And&vestigation by the army
and navy* Would be use1*’**,” he
said. “Ife-w _n>.ld take more than
Golonel ‘ Mitchell’s broadside to
blast loose these crabs, but I
hope his broadside will have an
effect in blasting out some of the
> incompetents/’
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Seattle Mayor and
| o Officials in Wrangle
______
Seattle, Sept. 10.— At a meeting of
bity officials is the mayor’s office todav
to discuss Skagit, power plant matters
Mayor Browo ordered Councilman
Nishots to leave the office. Nichols
complied. During the ensuing discus
sion Brown and Councilman Tindall
several tunes shook their fists at each
other. i
13 Perish in Cloud
* burst Over Wenatchee
Wenatchee, Sept. 10.—Thirteen per
sons perished yesterday afternoon in a
cloudburst over the outskirts of tbe
city. Property damages aoaottcrted to
aae half million dollars, sustained prin
cipally by the Great Northern railroad.
Commander Rodgers
r Receives Promotion
Washington, Sept. 11.—Commander
John Ilodgers, who was rescued after
being nine days afloat in the middle of
the yaclSc in his place PN3 No. i, wao
today appointed assistant chief of the
Mayy’s bureau of aeronautics.
H&os St ick . , oas been work
ing on a slid*. , Srtckson bench,
on -Gases creek, toe past couple of
yearo, reached the gravel bottom a few
days ago and was awaaded with excel
lent results. Values are reported as
high as $1 to the foot.
Charles Kimball, Flume Dredga man
ager, arrived Wddoesday from the
Yankee workings, and left Thursday i
for Little.
ATTACKED
BY JOSLYN
Says National Govern
ment Should Go Out
of Land Business.
Seattle. Sept. 7.—An attack
3n the public land policy of the
federal government, particularly
ihe administration of the United.
States Forestry Bureau, fea
;ured the hearing held in Se
attle today by the public lands
committee of the On^ed States
Senate.
Falcon Joslyn made the at
tack. urging ihe committee to
lonsider a resolution adopted by
die Mining Men's Club, d&clar
ng its belief that the national
government should go out of the
and business by ceding to the
several states and Alaska all
public lands now remaining in
their limits, including forest
reservations, to be ‘‘held, ad
ministered and disposed of” un.
der existing land laws, as amend
ed or revised by the states and
Alaska, asserting that he voiced
the views] of mining men gen
erally aud. •** '-^rtuaJIt all Alas
kans.
Joslyn t v ved the public
land policy oi ‘■■ae United States
from the beginning to the pres
ent time, and declared that the
change made about twenty years
ago, when the old free-land pol
icy was curtailed and the con«
servation policy established in
its stead, had been detrimental
to the entire Pacific Northwest,
and particularly to Alaska.
The committee, consisting of
Senators Stanfield, Cameron and.
Dill, left tonight for Portland.
Amundsen Will Make
Next Polar Attempt
in^an Italian Dirigible
Rome, Sept. lH -Amundsen's next
attempt to Sy over the North' Pole will
be made in the Italian dirigible PNI,
which has been ceded to the explorer
expressly for a polar Eight. The diri
gible will be operated by an Italian
crew, though ArouDdsen will fly the
Norwegian Sag.
Reckless Driver Con
victed, Manslaughter
Seattle, Sept. 11 —Louis Berooger
was today convicted of manslaughter
in causing the aeath of Miss Jessie
Clark by running her down with hie
automobile, which he wasdriving while
drunk.
40,000 War Vets Assist
ed by Resignation Bill
Indianapolis, Sept 1.—Almost 40,OOC
disabled war veterans’and families of
veteran.'* received Jld.OOO.’OOO under the
Elec ohoson resignation bill and its
amendments during the last year, ac
cording to an snr- zncersent by Janaet
P. Darton, national athutacfc or ehv
American Lee«ic~