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Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
WILKINS DENIES
 REPORT SMITH
 ABANDON TRAIL
REPORTS SEEDS ARE BREAKING DOWN-LOADED DOWN TOO
 HEAVY

CORDOvA, Feb. 20. (P)-Captain Wilkins, who arrived here today on the steamer Victoria bound for Sew ard, emphatically denied that Smith, of the advance party, is likely to aban- don the attempt to haul supplies with the snow motors to Barrow. He said he has been in constant touch with Sandy" Smith, via radio, and Smith reported things were progressing sat isfactorily despite the many difficul- ties. Smith admitted, he said, there was danger that the motors might fall through the ice on the Panama river.
 Capt Wilkins said E. P. Walker s ultimatum, regarding nonresident game licenses would not affect his plans as he did not expect to live off of game, unless a plane comes down on the sea or ice, and if this occures, then he would be out of the jurisdic- tion of the Alaska game laws.
 The only permit asked, Wilkins said was that from the Biological survey for collecting scientific specimens at Point Barrow in case the expedition is delayed there for any length of time.
 The planes which are on the Vic toria are standing the trip we'll.
 SIeds Crushing Under Loads
 NENANA, Feb. 20. LP)-The Smith party reached a point ten miles be- yond Campbells roadhouse last night. The sleds are constantly breaking down and the ends are torn out of two of them.
 It is predicted the sleds cannot hold up under the heavy loads much long er The weather is clear, but the temperature was 30 below zero at ' o'clock this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
ALAMEDA SAILS
 FOR HERE WITH
 l72 PASSENGERS

SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 20. (P)-The steamer Alameda of the Alaska Steam. snip company sailed from this port thls morning at nine o'clock with 172 passengers booked for Alaska ports Those booked to Seward are:
 J. l.. Tobin, May Hadley, A. B. Gray Charles Jensen, w. Simon, James Mur. phy, Mike Ercez, Norman Stines, Mrs J. L. McAvoy, J. Crossen, Ray c. Lar son, M. G. Miller, J. A. Rhodes, G. A. Underwood, Margaret Petrison, Phil. lis Humer, Leo Preg, P. R. Friguson, M. J. Brown, w. J. Geisse, G. W. Met calf, w. H. s. McFarlan, J. J. Wilkin- son and wife, John Howe, F. Nelson, P. Nelson, L. J. Singleton, George Han son, M E. Manson, J. Johnson and steerage.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
Will Be Lightest Equipped Expedition Entering
 Polar Regions
WILL LIVE OFF THE ICE
Entertains Hopes Finding Unexplored Lands In
 Far North

Captain George Hubert Wilkins, commander of the Detroit Arctic Ex- pedition. which is sponsored by the
 Detroit Aviation Society, the Ameri. can Geographic Society, and the North American Newspaper Alliance, arriv- es in Seward today en route to Fair banks. Accompanying Capt. Wilkins are Major Thomas G. Lanphier, com
 mander of the Selfridge Field, Michi- gan, and one of the foremost aviators in the United States Army; Palmer
 Hutchinson, special feature writer for the Detroit News; Technical Sergt. c. N. Wisely of Cleveland, who has been released temporarily from Army duty, is an engine expert, Aviator Howard and number of mechanics.
 The contention of Captain Donald MacMillan that the dog still is king of the Arctic" is one of the things Captain George Wilkins, aviator, ex- plorer and photographer expects to disprove when he takes off in March from Point Barrow, Alaska on an aeri- al dash into the unexplored regions of the Arctic Basin.
 Confidence in his ability to Give off the ice" is responsible for Captain Will kins' decision to make the expedition the lightest equipped that ever essay ed journey into the Arctic Basin. Where others have taken sledges, dogs, huge food supplies and other parapher-
 nalia, the Wilkins party will carry gasoline, the latest navigation instru- ments, sun compass, rifles, ammuni- tion, supply of food and a "nigsik."
 The last named instrument is close
 ly related to the food supply, for it is the means of retrieving seal shot to replenish the Polar larder. Literally, it is a set of hooks at the end of a
 rope. Living off the ice,' in Captain Wilkins estimation is a simple prece- dure, so simple, that his supply of
 concentrated food will be sufficient for less than a week.
 What he hopes to prove is the exist ence ot land in the vast uneXplored
 area from Siberia and Alaska toward the ''top of the world.'
 | A point 500 miles distant in
 straight line will be the first objective J of the expedition when the members l Of two Fokker monoplanes hop off from Point Barrow. It is here. at S3.- 50 North and 160 degrees west, that scientists has established the location
 of the so-called Ice Pole, or Pole of
 Relative Inaccessibility.
 The second objective point in the flight will be the landing, homeward bound, at Spitzbergen, 2,100 miles from
 the take-off at Point Barrow This
 will take the expedition as it's flight
 has been mapped, across the Geogra- phical Pole.
 Should land be sighted on the dash
 from Point Barrow to the Ice Pole, l Captain Wilkins proposes not to land, but to turn about and return to his l Alaskan base, there report his discov- cry and with a second plane go back to the discovered land. Claiming it
 for the United States, Captain Will
 kins and his party will explore and chart the new land and then proceed | to Spitzbergen.
 Failing to sight land on the initial
 dash, Captain Wilkins will essay a 2,1OO mile nonstop flight over the 1 Geographical Pole to Spitzbergen.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

G. w. Metcalf was named general manager of the Fairbanks Exploration company, two weeks ago, succeeding Norman c. Stines, who is detailed to exploration work in other fields.
 MT. Stines, it is understood, will not sever his connection with the U s. s. R. & M. company in the Interior field, but will contlaue association under the title of consulting engineer
 It has not been learned definitely
 where his pioneering work will next take him although rumor has it that South America will be his next field
 In a wire received at Fairbanks on Christmas Day from MT. Stines, who his entire program had been adopted by the board of directors sitting in
 Boston. This program, it is presum ed, will include construction of dredg. es for Goldstream and Cleary, ditch.
 ing, erection of power plants and housing facilities.
 MT. Metcalf has been associated
 with the parent company for many years, in managerial capacity at Ken
 nett, California, and in other fields
 and of late he has been with the
 home office in Boston. It had been supposed for some time that he would
 be slated for manager of the operat ing department of the Fairbanks Ex ploration company.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
Gerald FitzCerald,
 U. 5. Geologist Will Be
 Arrival Here On the Vic

Gerald FitzGerald, U. s. Geologist, who has been making a survey of the Arctic Naval oil reserve, Cblwell river basin, during the past two years, ar
 rives in Seward today on the SS. Vic toria, en route to Fairbanks. A party
 of engineers is accompanying him.
 It is understood the entire party will
 probably be taken into the Arctic re-
 zion this year by airplane.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
Ladies Aid To Be
 Reorganized Soon

A social gathering of the ladies of Seward has been planned to be held next Wednesday afternoon, the 24th age, at which time the Ladies' Aid will be reorganized The Ladies of Seward generally are cordially invit- ed to attend this affair whether they expect to become members of the Aid or not. Come anyway and have a good time, and help others to enjoy themselves.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
ENDORSEMENTS ARE GIVEN FROM
 s. E. ALASKA

JUNEAU, Feb. 20. (P)-The Citizens Club, organized last night here, unan- imously requested Thomas A. Mar quam, former mayor of Fairbanks to file independently as Delegate to Con- gress from Alaska. The new organi- zation has elected E. J. Stroller White, owner of "Strollers" Weekly, president, and H. R. Shepard, secre- tary.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
SOME HIGH LIGHTS ON WILKINS PARTY
 EXPLORERS

BaIto, canine hero of the race to diptheria-stricken Nome year ago, is not alone among Alaskans in being perpetuated p bronze. Alexander Malcolm Sandy Smith, leader of the advance party of the Detroit-Wilkins Arctic Flight Expedition, sat for the New York sculptor, Annette Rosen- shine. Smith displayed a photograph of the bronze while in Seward recent ly.
 If the members of the Detroit-Wil- kins Expedition decide to fly over the North Pole on their way to Spitzber- gen, they will shower the "top of the world" with a handful of Old United States pennies from the collection of Jules L. Charbneau, Seattle numismat- ic. The U. s. Army world flyers took a small collection of his pennies around the globe with them. The pen
  another in the U. of Washington Mu- seum a third in the Numismatic Soci- ety of New York, while another is the property of MT. Charbneau's two daughters, and another is the keep sake of MT and Mrs. Charbneau. Earl Rossman, photographer and scribe with the expedition has agreed to re- turn several of the coins to MT. Charb- neau.
 Most of the recent Arctic maps show that although land may exist in the unexplored wastes which Capt. Wilkins, the commander of the expedi- tion is planning to explore by air plane, it's existence there has not been proved.
 Robert E. Peary, thought he saw land in 1906, which was named Crock CT Land. Keenan's Land is mythical, thought to be off the coast of Alaska Bradley Land, was reported by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. Glacial Land is another island Dr. Cook thought he saw.
 It is estimated that the unexplored land in question contains nearly 5OO,- 900 square miles of surface.
 Lieutenant Carl B. Eileson, while in Seward last week, stated that 45 minutes after the take-off at Barrow, they will be flying over unexplored regions.
 -O-O-
 A small photograph with couple If doznn If ranordc ic included in tb a
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
Capt. Wilkins and Major Lanphier Will Be Hero
 Tomorrow, A. M.
He Will Cover" the Big Story
 for Detroit News

Palmer Hutchinson of the De- troit News has the enviabIe as- signment of Towering" the expe- dition for the North American Newspaper Alliance, which is one of the principal packers. He ar rives in Seward today and is on his way to fame and glory Mon- day morning at which time the party will embark for Fairbanks, in the "Golden Heart of Alaska"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
NEW MANAGER BIG COMPANY
 EN ROUTE NORTH
SUCCESSOR TO NORMAN STINES LEAVES SEATTLE TODAY
 ON S.S. ALASKA
TO START MAMMOTH DITCH
Total S15,o0O,0o0 Authorized By Di
 rectors; Includes Ditch Cost

SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 20. (P)-E. w. Metcalf of Boston, head of the Fairt banks Exploration Company, and a party of officials and engineers, sail ed from Seattle today to resume con struction of the Panama Valley Gold Dredging project, near Fairbanks.
 The complete cost of the project is put at s15, 100000, including S1O,000,- long. The party includes Crosby E.. Keen, construction director.
 Norman c. Stines is here, but is not expected to return to the north. He will leave for Boston within fort night.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

Since leaving Alaska, just about two years ago, Lieut.. Eileson has piloted fifteen different types of planes, from the smallest to the largest, and cover ed approximately 3O,OOO miles. Among the planes he drove Outside was a seven-ton Martin bomber.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
The following from Ketchikan:

The following from Ketchikan: Editor, Gateway:
 The Independent Voters League which was organized in Ketchikan 2 weeks ago, today unanimously endors- ed Charles E. Bunnell, president of the Alaska Agriculture College and School of Mines, and requested him to be an Independent candidate for Delegate to Congress. Dr. w. E. Peterson, den- tist, is president of the League, and A. H. Ziegler, secretary.
 CHRONICLE.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
BASKETBALL GAME SUNDAY

The Seward City basketball team, comprising the Misses Hoffmann, Me- Intosh, Elsie Leslie, Mrs. Hannon and Mary Mcconnell, and the Anchorage High School team will play a game tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2:3O o'clock at the s. A. c. gym.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
BANK AND POSTOFFICE
 BE CLOSED ON MONDAY

AS has been the custom in the past, the Bank of Seward and the postoffice will both be closed all day Monday, in honor of George Washington's birth day.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20
COOLIDGE REMAINS HOME

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20. (P) Although his condition is greatly improved, President Coolidge has can- celled all engagements and remained in his room.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

Alaskan Eskimos have been em- ployed to instruct native of Green land in the care of reindeer, which suggests that our correspondence schools are overlooking something.
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expeditions equipment.

expeditions equipment.
 Golf may be introduced to Point Barrow by Smith He is a Scotchman and golf is his favorite outdoor sport
 Capt. Wilkins is the only member of the party who has or had a beard That is he had one before he left Seat. tie. In any event he says he will be smooth-shaven when he reaches the frigid weather of Barrow.
 Smith is the founder of the town of Ruby. Once he hauled his sled g. 900 miles from Dawson to Nome in one of the gold rushes. He also has been to Siberia on two different occasions
 Man has never been more than 15C miles north of Point Barrow, but his handiwork has. The Explorer Nan sens ship, the Tram, caught in the ice, drifted across the Polar Basin but like a phontom craft, it didnt have a soul aboard.
 Providing a flight is made across the Pole, representative of Grea1 Britain has invited the entire party as guests of Royalties of Europe. Al ready a representative of King George has invited the party to breakfast ir Buckingham Palace
 The party may stay in the nortl two years if new lands are discover ed, most of them hope to be back home for Christmas.
 Lieut.. H. A. Bezwick, U. s. N. R. ex ecutive officer of the Navy forces al Sand Point, Seattle, has promised tht party aid on any call.
 It is predicted that the islands nortl of the Arctic Circle will some day be come coaling stations and bases o. great commercial value for future transportation systems of the world over the top of the world.
 Capt. Wilkins announces the Polar flight will follow the sun across the Pole.
 From New York to Pekin it is about 10000 miles by the routes now follow ed, but it will be only about 6,SO( miles if flown by way of Montreal anG Hudson Bay across the Arctic.
 Oil has been found on Melville Is land 600 miles inside the Arctic Cir cle.
 The Canadian Arctic Expedition o 1913-1S, of which Capt. Wilkins was member, established the fact con siderable animal life, including fish abound in the Arctic wastes. -O-O- Pennzoil, eighty cases of it, a specia airplane gasoline, was shipped thru Seward to Nenana a week ago. -O-O-
 The personnel of the present Polar lexpedition numbers about twenty men
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

While in New York, just prior to leaving for Seward, Lieutenant File sons room was entered and a watch and chain was stolen that Fairbanks citizens presented him. The inscrip- tion on the back of the watch said :: "Citizens of Fairbanks to Ben File son, Alaska Air Mail Trail Blazer" The following afternoon the thieves returned the watch to him by special delivery.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

The personnel of the present Polar expedition numbers about twenty men.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

A small photograph with couple of dozen of records is included in the
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

Pennzoil, eighty cases of it, a special airplane gasoline, was shipped thru
 Seward to Nenana a week ago.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

Smith is the founder of the town of Ruby. Once he hauled his sled g. 900 miles from Dawson to Nome in one of the gold rushes. He also has been to Siberia on two different occasions.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

Capt Wilkins is the only member of the party who has or had a beard. That is he had one before he left Seat tie. In any event he says he will be smooth-shaven when he reaches the frigid weather of Barrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-02-20

The Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1S, of which Capt Wilkins was member, established the fact con- siderable animal life, including fish, abound in the Arctic wastes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
The Managers Corner
Women as PrOpagandists

EDperience has that the comrades pay an
important part effective circulation distribution Of
The DAILY WORKER and literature, IN general. We
haze number of outstanding eDGples of this ruout the
country such Sarah Victor Elsie Pultr Lena Rosenberg
md many others As movement grotos the success Of these
comrades 10U inspire other comrades to emulate
their example, There number Of outstanding reasons for
this success
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for literature sIo0 lGborious ioork In it
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require indUdua approach but requires regular and patient
fot0Op Many of those oho eTpect to accomplish the reDo
ton tt fe0 bold leaps haze stomach for this sort Of soo
but accessory Jimmie Higgins o0rk In oork Of this kind
curing patience ottentes erGcting fol-
01op hare been found to eDce BIZ their
persistent effort and determination they haze demonstrated the
possibility getting results securing
Victor instance has managed up the
sale Of The DAILY WORKER to 1875 daily at the Ford factory
Detroit.
housewives especially are in position to be of great
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factory closing hours tpheB Dorers in factories be
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tt00rer inside the factory the risk of unnecessary dis
charge similar dctiUity other then
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trying to do Communist tOork
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FIJI IN h0usetOhOWse promotion campaigns literature.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
NEGRO WORKERS
BAITED BY COPS
IN EAST CHICAGO
Promiscuous Arrests
Being Made
BY foE PLoTKIN.
(Worker Correspondent)

EAST CHICAGO, Ind, Dec. 1s.-Be-
cause a few crimes have been COM
mitted In which Negroes are said to
have been implicated, the East Chi
cago police have instituted reign Of
terror against the Negroes. They
have begun to arrest every Negro
man, woman and child they meet. No
Negro. no matter how law-abiding, is
safe from these raiders.
Denied Rights.
The constitutional rights of those
arrested are not considered. They are
held unlocked, are denied the right
Of counsel and held without privilege
Of communication.
Placed IN Filthy Jail.
Many of the innocent arrested are
young people. and are cast into cold,
filthy jails with. the lowest types of
criminals. The conditions In these
holes are unsanitary and men sleep ON
the food in herds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
Department Stores
Keep Wages Down by
Big Labor Turnover
sy a Worker Correspondent.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-To keep
wages at the lowest level New York
department stores maintain an elabo-
rate employment staff all year round.
Daily want ads are also kept the year
round in the city's leading newspa-
pers.
Sales clerks and office workers are
paid as low as s13 week, and SIS is
about the average wage. Very few
ever reach higher than $40. For this
low wage department store sales
clerks and Office workers have to
work from 9 to $50 p. m. six days a
week with only three-quarters Of an
hour for lunch. They are among the
lowest paid In the city.
The many aisle managers make II
almost impossible to organize by
heartlessly intimidating the sales
clerks with threats Of discharge. The
very efficient employment personnel
department can supply a new worker
at moments notice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
Gurley Flynn Draws
Big Crowd in L. A.;
Hits Syndicalist Law

Los ANGELES, Dec. 13.-Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn OF New York, national
chairman OF International Labor De
tense, spoke at the Music-Art hall
here. Her subject was THE Defense
of the Workers" The hall was over.
crowded. enthusiasm high for the
workers cause. and the collection
amounted to 1915. The meeting was
held under the Joint auspices OF the
International Labor Defense and the
Civil Liberties Union.
Miss Flynn covered the ground, past
and present. mainly In the textile In
dustries in the East, but did not for.
get now and then TO put in good"
word for the homeland OF the crimi.
nal syndicapam law--California. The
cases OF Mooney. Billings and the l.
W. w. were mot fsrsottsR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
OPTICAL WORKERS
ARE Determined
TO. WIN IN FIGHT
Strike Result of Much
Exploitation
BY JOSEPH slMINoFF.
worker correspondent)

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-Since 1908
the optical workers of New York City
have been fighting for the recognition
of an optical workers union in their
industry. They have made three I'M
successful attempts thru strikes to or
ganize the industry under the leader.
ship Of the American Federation of
Labor. On each of these occasions
the A. F. of L. has betrayed them and
left the workers to the mercy of the
bosses.
Conditions Grow Worse.
The conditions In the industry grew
worse. Organization became more
and more necessary to the workers to
meet the onslaught of the optical
board of trade. Altho highly skilled
workers, the average pay of an op-
tician is between $50 and $35 week.
Notice has been served by the opti-
cal board of trade that the workers
will have to accept wage cut of 20
per cent. This wage cut was headed
off by the earnest efforts which the
optical workers put into perfecting
and preparing their organization for a
militant struggle against the bosses.
On Nov. / strike was called by
the union and the entire optical indus
try is tied up. The workers are solid
in their determination to stay out
until they lick the bosses to FRAGILE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-15
AMERICAN WORKER IN SOVIET UNION
TELLS OF ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT

This station, which has already been
sufficiently completed to supply power
to surrounding districts for a radius
Of rs miles, will, when, finished, sup
ply energy to radius of about 65
miles. This will include IS of the
principal mines located in the basin.
Spending Much.
Within the next five years 6S9.000,-
900 rubles will be spent by the Soviet
Union in electrical construction OF
power stations, which will have a
capacity OF l,27s,000 kilowatts. New
stations are being projected for the
Ukraine, Svir, Yaroslav, Pskov,
Syrian, Kazar, Penza. Astrakhan and
In the Urals.
In the Transcaucasian republic the
construction Of Is stations is contem.
plated and work has already been
commenced upon six or these. During
the next economic year 2,400 Siberian
farms in the Primer district will also
be electrified.