VOL IX NO. 3#
TAKOl'NA ALASKA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 19:29.
PRICE 25 CES*S
Ben Eielson,
E. W.Borland
<■- owossrm and gill am leave
Y TfEULER—PLANES, FLIERS.
JEN "ROUTE NORTII.
YxBKATTLE, Dec. 16.—Canadian avi
;- ,ators en route to Seattle to start the
k. sewfth Tor Eielson and Borland have
about a SO per cent chance of being
successful, Major H. C. Deckard, now
inhere..-said. Three planes and eight
i. flierswill go north, he said. “Every
thing possible a being done to hasten
ihthcrvtart," Deckard said. “We will
have the first plane in the air 24
1- hoars after'arrival at Fairbanks. We
have what 1 believe tq be the pick of
. modern filers, they being equipped
with planes that can go anywhere.
. . At £dmonton a Curtis Robin airplane,
equipped with Challtsjge engines, the
property of the Rutledge Airways
i-LiiJ/ited of Calgary, has been offered
Steffanson, well known Arctic ex
plorer,, for him to make effort to lo
_ Cate Eielson early. Bill Rutledge,
pilot, and one other aviator yet to be
selected, are prepared to make the
hop immediately to search the ac
cepted route as outlined. They will
■fly from Calgary to Vancoouver up
. the coast and land at Fairbanks.’’
. SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—George Mon
tigo, brat member of the Eielson
fliers to reach Seeattle, arrived this
: afternoon from Redding, California.
\ where he has been down since Friday
. as a result at bad weather.
.SEATTLE, Dec. 17.—Alfred Jones
, ei Nome was today named as di
». rectos qf search for Eielson and
■Borland. The. announcement was
made by Graham i>. Grosvenor, presi
-dent of the aviation corporation that
i. is supporting the rescue expedition,
leaving Seattle the latter part of this
v week or the first part of next.
_ SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—The cutter
V Chelan, with O. M. Reid, Canadiaan
- flying ace, Captain W. B. Broatch,
« Captain S. A. Oaks, F. Mews and
. .other fliers of the erpedition for the
• rescue of Eielson and Boarland, sail*
, ed for Seward today, with their
planes abord. Reid erpressed the be
lief that Eielson and Borland are
. alive.
NOME, Dec. 20.—Pilot Joe Crosson
i. and Harold Harold Gillam hopped off
Thursday from Teller for Siberia in
; search for Eielson and Borland, lost
t since Novembe flth in tha vicinitty ojf
North Cape.
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Tliree flying
l. .machines are-being-loaded here on
the coast guard cutter Chelan, to en
gage in the search for Eielson and
Borland, miming in the Arctic. The
, expedition will proobafcly sail four
Seward Saturday night.
* $l;«M,«00 A YEAR FOR THE
-• i COMING TWO DECADES
. SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—One million
t dollars a year for the coming two
i decades will he spent -for materials
■v and rupplies to beused by the L. S,
f Smelting A Milling Company in their
• placer operations at ^Fairbanks, Nor
: man C. Stines, of Vancouver, B. C.,
■ internationally known; mining en
r gineer, informed the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday after
• noon.
Robert E. Lowrie returned Thurs
Mky from a brief visit at.Ophir
Dead From
Gold, Hunger
BODY OF L. L. .BATES, ^NATURAL
1SST. FOUND BY STEAMER
CREW, FOX ISLAND.
.SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—Dead from
exposure on Fox Island, the body of
L. L. Bates of San Diego, , well known
Pacific coast naturalist, was found
yesterday by the crew of the steam
ship Starr, according to a .radiogram
received this afternoon. Bates had
gone to the westward from Seward
aboard the S"arr. He went ashore on
the uninhabitable rtland over the pro-!
tests of tlie snip s capi.a.11. Overcome
by cold and hunger, the naturalist
had waited for days on the beach for
the return of the vessel, which did
not come in time, and he perished.
! -
FREIGHTER, AFIRE, PUT ON
ROCKS AND ABANDONED
- i
SEATTLE, Dec. 36.—The freight
steamship SkagVay, Seattle bound,
from California, caught fire and "was
put out on the rocks a short distance
south of Cape Flattery in the morn
ing and abandone dat 1 p. m. by Cap
tain Kestand Quists, her master, and
crew.
Among the
Airplane rs
► tc*»
! CRASHING^, KILLINGS. FLIGHTS,
INJURIES, IN VARIOUS SEC
TIONS OF WORLD.
RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 17.—Major
| Tadeo Lardborges, Uruguayan flier,
and French companion, Lieut. Leon
Calles, had a forced landing last
night on the northeastern coast of
, Brasil, after a 3,600-mile flight from
Seville, Spain, across the South- At
lantic. Both were slightly injured.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Eng„ Dec. .17—
A Roya Air force monoplane, piloted
i by Squadron Leader A. vG. Jones,
Williams, flight lieutenant,■ and _N..‘S.
Jenkins, left here at 8 o’cksoek in;an
attempt to establish a distance non
stop flight record to South Africa.
TUNIS, Dec. 19.—The atbenjpt of
the two British Royal Air Ferce
fliers to fly 6.Q00 miles, from .Eng
land to the far southern tip of Africa,
ended in their death, on a North Af
rican mountainside, 30 -nuke south
east of here.
SAN ANTONDft, Bee. TO.—Lieu
Lomar R. Miller of Fort Sam Hous
ton was tilled yesterday afternoon
when his parachute failed to open on
jumping from the plane at an alti
tude of i’a.000 feet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Repre
sentative William William Laynor of
Massachusetts, Stanley B. Lowe, his
i secretary; Captain Harry Adlinger,
pilot; Arthur McCaill, and V. Kicma,
mechanician, were killed today in the
j crash of their pane, flying from Bbll
i ing Field to Springueld, Mass., teh
home of the congressman.
Henry Martella and Half dan Wiig
left yesterday..** « visit, at. Mo
[Grath. «
BRIDGE EQUIPMENT, ? NEW >i
COACHES ON WAY NORTH ;
FOR THEA I.ASKA RaILROO
SEA-TTImE, Dec. 14.—The rtesm-i
ship ’Alaska, which sailed this morn-!
ing. io‘. Howard, ha* a shiment ofr46r.
tons dl-sheet; ;s*teel and piping for the''
Alaska. Railroad1,' te beoscd in. the
construetioon' of a new pier for*. a
railrcaH bridge ovee- tbe .Nenana river
at Hastfy.
Th« '.freighter -Tanana. scheduled to
sail Wednesday' willacarry on her
decks twocvall-steel '-70-foot passenger
coaches' ioic'-’t.hei Alaska ■ Railroad for
tourist travel. The loaches cost $30,-'
000- each.
Sen. Heflin
HE IS BARRED BY ALABAMADP
MOORACY ASCCANDfUATF.
TO SUCCEED HfMSELF.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., ®ec. 17.—
The State Democratic exerutiv# worn
mittee Monday barred Senator
Thomas J. Heflin as a sandidateto
surceed himself as Senator from Ala
bama, and Hugh A. Lockee, candidate
from the Alabama Democratic pri
mary, next year, because of their
refusal to sdpport A1 E- Smith in > the
recent presidential election. The
committee also barred las t year’s
general electors from the Democratic
primary of- 1930 and all candidates
for federal, state, district and circuit
offices who supported Hoover.
Telegraphic Ticks,
LONDON, Dec. 19.—Premier Mac
donald announced in the Commons
today that Xing George has counsel
for opening the meeting of the lve
power naval conference on January
21 and to deliver the opening ad
dress.
! SEATTLE, Dee. 17.—Judge Ronald
today sentenced Irving Green, a Se
attle man, to six months to five years
on aach of three counts of bookmak
ing, the sentences to be served con
currently at the state penitentiary.
.PARIS, Dec. 16.—Major R. Rande
olarre .Borges, Uruguayan aviator,
a ndFreach companion, Lieut.'.Galies,
hopped sxflT .from Seville, .Spain, yes
terday isaemieg /for.-Montevideo, Uru
guay.
SEATTLE, Doc. 17.—The state su
; prenue court this afternoon upheld
the conviction .and life sentence of
; Mayer for stealing the wrist watch
and .auto of Bassett.
SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—An inventory
today disclosed that William Piggott
left an estate of $6,000,000. He had
been a resident of Seattle for thirty
five years.
ATHENS. Dec. IS.—Alexander He
aimia, president of the Senate and
former premier, was eleected to the
presidency of Greece today.
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Presi
• dent Hoover will light the candles for
I the . Capital’s community Christmas
1 tree on Tuesday,
i —
WASHINGTON, Del. 18.--John L.
Day was nominatod today to be U. S.
; marshal for Oregon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Con
I grei& rfice^sfti tcday until January 6.
Development
Of Alaska
■KOOrVBR HAS STRONG DESIRE
'TOACT FOR TERRITORY’S
•i WELFARE. SAYS ELLIOTT.
-^'S»*TTU:; .Dec. 14.—Major Mal
colm BHiAtt/. head qf the Alaska
Road Commission, who arrived today
in Seattle on his way from Washing
ton to Juneau, this afternoon said:
■‘The attitude cf the Hoover ad
minisitration is ..favorable to the de
-vplepmfcr.t of Alaska. The President
already' --has made several beneficial
Changes in 'handling Alaskan affairs,;
and on all occasions evidonres-.a deepj
personal moto in everything touching
the Territory’s’ wefare. The visit of
the House apfropriations subcom
mittee to Alaska ’"‘’f summer is
reaching to odr heart* as mething has
dene in years, and the most proposed
improvements for Alaska will find &U
ideas in ’.appropriation' biHs. ‘Cone
fidence is : persistent'-that the harbor
measure will provide for small-boat:
hteAor'sin Alaska, for'drddging Sitka-'
harbor, for removing submerged
hedge rock in Dry Pass, and for a |
new breakwater for small -boats -at
i Seward.” ’
She Draws
WB0J8Q0
DETROIT WOMAN IS AWXKBBD
THAT AMOUNT IN BREACH
4DF PROMISE SCIT.
I DETROIT, Dec.-2<L~A jury ol
eight women and fqur men today re
! turned a verdict awarding Miss Ber
| tha Clevenger the turn ctf $450,000 in
j a breach of promise suit against John
j H. Casle, wealthy Detroit? real estate
: operator.
j Judge Ferguson; who presided over
i the case, said the amount was* the
| largest ever awarded in a breach of
i promise case in the United States.
The ’woman w !ho 'Wan^the "record
judgment is 43; years of. age.
- .j
MRS. TRIMBLE LEAVES POR
TUNE OF‘*1,000,000 :TO HER
5 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS
SEATTLE, Bee. 16.—Mrs. William
Pitt Trimble, who lost her' Kfe last
week" when ’her sedan ran into Elliott
bay, by a will Hied today bequeathed
her personal fortune, valued at -one
million dollars, tc her three sons and
two daughters, share and share alike.
A SAD CHRISTMAS FOR
many at McAllister, okla.
McAllister, okia.. Dec. is.—
Sixty-two miners weTe killed lately
in a gas explosion in the Old Town
Company mine at North McAllister.
Nearly all those kiled were married
men.
WIFE OF FORMER SENATOR
POINDEXTER PASSES, CALIF,
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Elisa-,
both Page Poindexter, wife of former
! Senator Poindexter of Washington,,
died at Orange, Calif., today, after
a noperation for internal disorder,
Poindexter ia flying today from
Washington, D. C., and will arrive at
Orange tomorroow morning. . ^
Week Doings
In Congress
$100,008,000 INCOME TAX SEDUC
TION MEASURE SIGNED BT
HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14L—The
House today passed the Elliott bill*
to autthorize the expenditure of $33,
000,000 for the construction of fed
eral buildings throughout the United
States.
(Both the Senate and House today
.passed the-bill to extend the life of
the radio commission indefinitely,
which, under existing law, would be
come an advisory body oa Dec. 31.
The bill to authorise -$14,000,000
for .additional hospital facilities for
World War veterans was passed to
day by'the House.
The resolution to -carry 'oat Presi
dent Hoover’s request for the ap
pointment of a joint congressional
committee to -consider reorganization
of . prohibition enforcement agenates
was adopted today by -the Senate, fol
lowing which it was sent to the
House.
The $100,000*090 income tax reduc
tion resolution wae signed today by
President Hoover.
The Senate today <wtifle£ . ths
French war debt settlement, provid
ing for the funding of four bilhor.
dollars over a 6$-year period.
WASHINGTON- Dec. 1&—AipOn*
> appointrtentlsrjbnnnhed -hy -the -4^w- t
ate late Wednesday'waetbatofJu
lius S. Hart t»be United State* At
torney for *ihe Second district o'
Alaska.
Xke Senate passed Aka-war vet
eraaa* hospitaliiatiun kill, * carryla*
fft»/>OQrO0Q. ■
The Senate tods f •confirmed the
nomination of Richard J. Hopkins1 tc
be federal district judge for Kansas,
following, a two-day s’: argument » in
open sesoian.
..The- agricultural bill, carrying -an „
appropriation of. J158J)00,0Q0, paafeeo'
the House yesterday
DWIGHTJMMORROW ACANOI
. DATE FOR THE U, a SENATE
-WARRINGTON, Dec. IB.Dwigbt
W. Morrow, present .'ambassador v to
Mexico#, has announced hie camdidacj
for the United State# Senate in the
June Republican .primaries in New
Jersey. At the same time he formal
ly accepted appointment from -Gov
ernor Lawson for the unexpired term
of foromer .Senator .Edge.
AL SMITH GETS CHEERS OF
NAVY DEPT. EMPLOYEES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—A1 = E
Smith, former Democratic preeiden
tial candidate, visited Washington to
day on matters of business which re
quired his calling at the Navy De
partment, -whose hundreds of «a
plooyea cheered 'him lustily as -be
passed through to the office of Secre
tary Adams.
126 PBAD AS RESULT OF
8SORM OVER MIDDLE WEST
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—One hundred
persons, including twenty-six in this
city, perished in the severe storm
which swept the Middle West yester,
day. Propertty damage is esimaftetf
at two milliooa dollars.. Snow, fell
here to a depth of from three r tc
MrtoeR inefcee..:. Rail hujpgMkt