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to grief himself and requiring a rescue
party to 60 out for him.
Such was the fate which overcame
Amundsen in his search for the Mobile
airship survivors two years ago. The
rescuing Canadian airmen are diStill-
ing the best known mixture of intre-
pidity, prudence and temerity for their
task They have strict instructions not
to be foolhardy.
Supporting them in their battle to
wrest its victims from the Arctic is
a we'll garrisoned base at Stony Rapids
with Capt. j. Blanchet as general Of
ficer commanding. Blanchet, a veteran
of numerous victorious air flights in
the North, Is a Dominion government
geologist pilot, loaned to the Domin-
ion Explorers for the past two years.
He knows geography. He knows fly
ing. He knows Arctic barren lands"
He knows Arctic Winters, Summers,
Springs and Autumns And this knowl-
edge he Is using to direct the work Of
rescue.
Supporting him are IL radio sta
tions, which are registering reception"
every hour of the day and night. The
stations are owned by the Dominion
government and Dominion Explorers.
Government stations are located at
Winnipeg, Ottawa, Prince Albert, La
Claronge Isle, La Crosse, Pelican Mar
rows, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Fort
Norman and Aklavik. Company sta
lions are at Stony Rapids, Baker Lake
and Bathurst Inlets.
Night and day hour after hour, men
sit at these stations and listen, ear
phones guled to their ears, waiting for
word from the reScuerS
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the sub-Arctic lakes safe as soon as
possible for planes mounted on skis.
Spence was selected for this hazard
Gus flight to Bathurst Inlet for two
reasons Each of the pilots volunteered
for the trip, but Spence Is a Dominion
Explorers man in Dominion EXplor-
ers' plane and his company felt that
the peril and the honor of final intrepid
assault on the pitiless North should be-
long to their SHOW"
That no word had as yet come from
the North was to be expected, though
there was forlorn hope that word of
success could have been flashed out of
Bathurst verifying Spence's arrival in
time to reach Winnipeg last night.
Meanwhile, other daring pilots are
rlsking life and limb from the Western
Arctic front. c. H. Punch" Dickens and
Andy Crulkshanks, tried and safe West
ern Canada Always pilots. have the
grim task OF sliding down the mighty
SKyWays OF the Mackenzie, from McMur-
ray TO Fort Smith and Fort Norman,
hylng back along the route which the
lost planes should have taken. No
word OF their progress mas as yet been
received since their departure from
McMurray. 1t is thought that they
may have been held up by weather.
Qualified Pilots.
All these daring pilots know their
business. That's why they are there.
Like the good soldier who keeps his
mead down during bombardment that
ne may live to stem the tide of as
sault when he is needed, each of these
1.-THE alrmen realizes that he must not
weaken the forces of rescue by coming
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raking the blackness with their torches,
the men would find nothing; but, an
instant later, some one struggling from
the others would be beaten down by his
fist or revolver butt.
Here l am-Carl Ballion"
1t became taunt, a refrain: it &C
quired the significance of battle cry.
And fear began to spread among these
men, who were trained to such work.
One could feel, as it were, the ap-
proach OF fear, a growing hesitation of
movement, an increasing Silence. A
man near me was painting and mutter-
ing to himself. A groan echoed some
where.
Form a circle" shouted Morse. Get
your lights on him and close in! Are
you going to let yourselves be beaten?"
But that circle was never formed. A
yell OF pain echoed under the vault fol-
lowed by the thud of body. A rush,
less spirited, began in that direction;
but then, not far from us, Balloons
call.
oh" I heard Morse say, "if my left
hand wasn't broken!"
And then the worst happened
There sounded, roar upon roar, the
crash of revolver. A bullet f1attened
itself next to me. Some one fell bring
ing one of the remaining stands to the
/
The reason was evident. Balloon had
been able to get possession of one of
the police automaticS. And panic swept
down like a wind. Cries of men utterly
unnerved, feet stumbling toward the
paSsage-Way.
Here l am-Carl Ballion!"
Somewhere 1 heard Norse's voice
above the scuft1e; he had managed to
rally his men at the door. A ray of
light, like a f1eshless arm stretched
here and there across the deserted
room, above a tangle of bodies and
| broken wood flashed upon and held
! fixed the form of a man who, at the
very moment, tossed away an empty
revolver.
This time it held him inexoriably The
face showed white, eager, smiling; his
ruttied hair had formed in curls above
the torehead-a singularly youthful
face, for all its haWk-like intensity
Stretching out one hand. he laughed
Springing full at the light and the group
confronting him.
Morse fired. I saw him swerve to
| one side, but his momentum carried
And then came darkness once more
and his voice choked off in smother
of bodies" :. Carl BaAion!"
In the dark, thick air, hard to
| breathe and heavy with the stencil OF
Op"dSA AOlllCS, L 1Cll d BlONlIlS NCdh-
| ness, to which also the wound in my
shoulder contributed. Hence, the re-
malnder of that scene, until we
| emerged in the room above, has left
only dim impression.
I recall that the lights were suddenly
turned on and disclosed sight COM
parable only to what 1 was afterward
to witness in France--the effect OF
shrapnel exploding in a crowded space
i -
of splintered stands and glass cases
several more were badly wounded. and
every one shaved some trace of the
struggle. 1t was an unspeakably
hideouS Shambles.
(To be continued)
Turkey plans to greatly increase its
educational facilities.
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TheDoor of Death
By John Esteem
By John Esteem

trample him." And then everything
submerged in fusillade of shots.
Into the room now burst number
of men. But here Norse's voice DOM
mated. Use your flashlights! RedSby,
guard the door-Roose, the ladder.
And now at him, you others! Beat
him down."
A voice rose in the darkness, Suave,
urbanely modulated in contrast with
the fever and confusion.
oh, so easy! Only stroke or two!
Here am-Carl Ballion!"
If what followed were not personal
experience, a report of it would seem TO
me incredible. There commenced in
the Pickering succession of rays and
shadows an obscure battle of one
against many. a phantom combat as If
this were indeed place where ghosts
continued the rage and violence of life.
A surge of pent-up sound, leaplng
and shifting of forms, face lightning
sharp and then gone. fist lifted to
strike gasps for breath, oathS of baf-
Element or pain.
Oddly enough, the advantage for Bal
lion lay in the very numbers he fought
against. Although armed, his aSSall-
ants could not use their weapons with
out greater risk to themselves than him,
whereas eacn OF MS DlOWS scored.
Moreover. he had the advantage of
the dark. The flashlights tossed here
and there in the melee, uncertain and
futile. Some were broken. And, when
CROPPED along the wall to where 1 had
seen him reach for the electric control,
found that he had twisted it off.
Thus the struggle resolved itself into
one at close quarters, and hit or miss.
But, for all that, the miracle remained
them on even terms and brought down
one after the other.
Strong as he Was-and I, although
an average man, had been helpless
against hlm-his agility served him
even more at this point. He would free
himself from group. be lost momen-
tarily in the darkness, and then sud-
denly, in different part of the ROOM
some one would be struck off guard by
an invisible hand. and more likely than
not be hurled down
BY these tactics he kept them scat
tered, confused and more than once at
grips with each other. No one could
hear him, no one Singly could resist
him. His quickneSS, strength and re-
sourcefulneSS seemed inexhaustibIe.
And it became apparent that he took
fierce pleasure in this fight, even
welcomed it. exulted in it. From time
to time he would call out the same
phrase, his voice ringing ominously,
Here I am-Carl Ballion!"
1t was a lure as well aS a boast.
. Fllnglng themselves in that direction,
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TWENTY SIXTH INSTALLMENT.

ND then a sound came. Shrlll,
" inarticulate, a scream filled the
"A vault with a SoulleSS quaVCr,
4 4 rose three times, loud, inhuman,
and was still 1t was an I'M
bearable sound. the sort that unhingeS
thought. that makes one cringe from its
repetition. 1t resembled call of de-
spairing madness that summons death
to strike and have done.
And a moment passed before the mind
could hazard a realization OF what II
meant-that it was the scream of a
woman. but so demoniaC and anguished
that one shrank before superstItlouS
imagining.
Then / believe something gave way
in me. I cried out Eleanor" l tore
myself from NorseS grasp and leaped
headlong into the darkness, without
thought or fear, toward the motionless
figure beyond.
Eleanor"
Frenzy, of course. I might have
known that / could never cross that
room. In an instant l found myself
linked to a body that bore me down.
But frenzy lends strength. Somehow
I had gripped his wrist and, for mo-
ment, was able to hold back the muscles
that surged against me like steel coils.
1t was enough. AS quickly as he had
sprung he released me and was gone.
And / understood why. Tor Morse s
voice from above asked If l was hurt.
Ballion had not dared expose himself
to that attack.
But now a fifth shot rang out.
heard a low cry from Morse as he sank
down upon me. 1t seemed that the
hour of despair had indeed struck.
But, almost at once, breath at my
ear murmured. Keep still"
What the effect Of this rise would
have been I don't know, for at that
moment came a confusion of voices
and shouts from above along the tun-
mel. Morse fired, 1 believe, at random.
There sounded a ringing of feet on
the steel bars of the ladder, rays of
light shot from the mouth of the pas
sage, hurry of people above, descend
ing and nearing U.S.
Look out in the tunnel" cried
Morse.
The warning was not superfuous, but
It came too late. A babel of noise, in
tensized, as if in a megaphone, roared
suddenly-cries, oaths, Scutfle of feet,
vociferation. every tone of struggle at
close quarters.
We were up now and, in the vague
penumbra of light from some electric
torch, gained the impression of knot
ted mass blocking the passage and
swaying back and forth.
let him through" called Morse:
mail him when he gets to the ladder"
But his voice mingled without effect
in the growing tumult "Here!" he
shouted at me. I'VE must get Eleanor
Graham from in front of that OPEN
ing"
We found the pillar; the cords yielded
somehow. I felt the limpness of her
body as we dragged it back into an
angle of the place, but whether alive
or dead there was no time to learn.
For we had acted none too soon.
Another reinforcement was now de-
scending. WhereupOn figure, dark
er blot in the almost complete obScur-
1ty, shook himself loose from the Scrim-
mage and bounded back with such VIC
lence that he sent Morse Keeling against
me.
Then once more, but this time into
the tunnel choked with men, Carl Bal
lion fired.
There followed somewhere a cry,
long drawn. an explosion Of voices,
yells of Hes down! Look out, don't
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SEARCHING
PARTY IS MISSING
Five Pilots Tracing Group of
Ten Men in Canadian WildS
Are Also Overdue.

| WINNIPEG, Manitoba, September %
| (N.A.NA) Volunteers all-the five pi-
lots who flew into the silent North
from Stony Rapids Thursday in an at
| tempt to find two Dominion Explorers
planes and eight men lost since Sep
| TENDER and now 10 days overdue at
Fort Norman-had not been heard from
at a late hour last night. Their ST.
lence should have been broken some
| time ago.
The area they are searching is an
Arctic desert running 900 miles, east to
west, from Baker Lake to Fort Norman
and 300 miles north from that line,
100000 square miles in all.
Spence of Dominion Explorers, one
pilot, has accepted the high hazard of
terms, to Bathurst Inlet.
Expected to Find Trace.
For the first 800 miles. to Beverley
Lake, his Wasp Fairchild plane was
to be accompanied Thursday by Sutton
in another Wasp Fairchild, Breach or
Kelly in Wright Whirlwind, and
Brown and Menyon in super Universal
FokkerS. At Beverley they expect to
find traces, perhaps notes, from the
missing explorers, indicating their next
| destination.
Then Brown and Kenyon were to
accompany Spence to Pelly Lake, each
plane thoroughly refueled for the 300
mile hop. From Pelly Lake, flying solo
and depending solely on his machine to
preserve his life, Spence was to make
the final squeeze" flight of more than
400 miles to Bathurst Inlet.
Meanwhile, Brown and Sutton were
to return to Dubawnt Lake and stand
by with reserve fuel, awaiting the re-
turn of Spence while the other two
pilots return to Stony Rapids
1t is a gamble with the Arctic in
which moments count. The lost Nc
Alpine party had provisions for one
month. These they could stretch out
for two months. or even more, since
they had fishing tackle and guns, and
caribou are said to abound in the
country. RescuerS hope for the good
luck of continued warm weather for 10
days. Failing that they want bitter,
clear. frosty days and nights, to make
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SYNOPSIS.

After the murder of Celia Raliion crcum-
stances point to her husband Francis. as
the slayer. He denies guilt but later a con-
fession signed by him is received by oiiiciais
he is committing suicide, and after a few
days his body is found. Carl. his brother:
and Morse. a police official have believed
him innocent Or. ,Ames. friend OF Eleanor
Graham. the murdered woman's sister, has
been convinced of Balloons guilt from the
start. AT Miss GrahamS request AmeS re
mains at the Balloon home, Greyhou$e, to
care for an old servant, who is i'll. There
he receives blow TO his hopes when he
learns that Carl and Eleanor are to be mar
ried. He feels that Carts influence on Flea
nor is evil. and in this belief he is Joined by by
taken from Greenhouse and wants Eleanor
to go with her. but Eleanor refuses to
leave. Morse shows AmeS an anonymous
to establish an alibi for Francis Ballion. and
again urges the doctor to quit GREENHOUSE
That night drugged food and wine are given
Ames. He realizes his peril in time to save
servant make a profound impression on
Eleanor. She leaves Greenhouse and goes
into retirement. Later she breaks her en-
Ssgement and promises TO marry AmeS. Carl
Eleanor and Ames to lunch with him. When
AneS mentions this to Morse. and SAYS thst
Eleanor has gone on to GreyhouSe. the de-
tective is frantic. He rusheS with Ames TO
they are attacked by Hasta, the butlcr
whom Ames has always suspected of know
ing something about the murder OF Celia.
In fact, the man had been reported as misc
drug Ames. Morse shoots HaSta, ard he
and the doctor enter the silent house Ihey
are Just in time to save Eleanor NC DuI
a fearful battle with Carl ensues IN an I'M
derGround paSSage.
CONTINUED From Yesterdays Starr
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from bronchitis and is threatened with
pneumonia, DR.. A. E. Larkin, who is
attending him, declared last night.
Sousa was stricken with a stomach
disorder soon after arriving in this city
for a concert engagement.
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S0USA HAS BRONCHITIS.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, September %
R).-John Philip Sousa, celebrated
bandmaSter and composer, Is suffering
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@&-e0 IS ANXIOUS TO SEND TEACHER TO SANAK

Following advices received in Juneau yesterday, L. D. Hender- son, Commissioner of Education, wired the agent of the San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.,, at Sew ard, requesting information as to the next sailing of the Attu for Unalaska. The agent replied the lccal office at Seward had no definite information, that the Starr was on the way to Seattle to un- dergo repairs, and any definite in formation must be obtained from the Seattle office.
 Commissioner IlenGerson is anx- ious to obtain transportation to JSanak for Miss Faye Cypher. of North Platte, Neb, who has recent. ly been engaged to take the place of the former teacher, Mrs. Edith B. Craig, who was forced to. give up teaching in Sarak due to ill., ness. Sanak has hal no teacher since November and while Miss Cypher has been ready tc start on her long trip she has not been atle to do so be ause of the re- cent accident to the Starr which vessel makesf regular trips frcm Seward to Ull,lsKl.
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JAKE MUTCHLER, DOG RACER, GOES
 SOUTH FOR REST

Jake Mutchler, famous for his exploits as an Alaskan dog team driver, is passenger for the south on the Alameda
 Mutchler is from the Interior country and is a partner with his three brothers in owning and operating what is known as the Flat City tramway. The tram operates from Flat to Creek, a distance of 14 miles. Creek is cen ter of considerable mining actiyi- ties, and before the installation of the tram all supplies were freight ed in by horses.
 As a winning driver of sled dogs Mutehler became famous in 1926 when he drove the winning team in the Fairbanks Dog Derby and since has taken an active part in all of the races held each year.
 Mutchler is going south to spend
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Attractions At Theatres
 IRISH-JEW COMEDY AT COLISEUM TONIGHT

Many thousands of film fans who have followed George Sidney, the famous character comedian, all through his numerous appearance es in the role of a New York east side Jew, will have the opportun- ity to witness him in what is said to be his greatest picture "Claney's Kosher Wedding" an FBO production, which is booked for the Coliseum Theatre, tonight and tomorrow night only.
 Sidney's latest film is an hilari- ous comedy based upon the ex- periences of two rival clothing store proprietors, one Irish and the other of Hebraic extraction both residing on the East Side background of much real romance humor and pathos.
 Sidney is featured as "Hyman Cohen" father of a beautiful girl who loves an Irish fireman, son of Cohen's business rival, much te the disgust of the volatile little Jewish haberdasher. For num- Der of years Sidney has been ia.
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"LET'ER GO GALLAGHER" COMING TO COLISEUM

He risked his life to deliver a story to his newspaper in time to go to press! And he was only the office boy in the editorial room of the great metropolitan daily!
 This is the character played by Junior Coghlan who is featured in the title role of Let Ter Go, Gal legher!" new PatheIDe Mile picture which comes to the Coli scum for Saturday only.
 unior obtains a great scoop" for his newspaper, although he had to risk his life to do it.
 Harrison Ford, Elinor Fair, Wade Boteler, Ivan Lebedeff and E. H Calvert, portray prominent roles in this famous newspaper story by Richard Harding Davis. Elliott Clawson wrote the scenario and Elmer Clifton directed.
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= HELEN OF TROY" IS
 AT PALACE TONIGHT

One of the most vivid and in- teresting literary personalities of today, John Erskine, whose first novel, "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" has placed him among the greatest living writers as well as one of the most popular.
 Release of First Nationals pie turization of the brilliant comedy, has revived interest in "The Pri- vate Life of Helen of Troy" The picture opens an engagement of three nights at the Palace tonight.
 Erskine's "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" with it's delightful humor, brilliant satire and en- gazing frankness was considered by critics to be no less than amaz- ing, coming from a man who has been a professor for twenty years. Originally damned as "highbrow'' book, "The Private Life" some how attracted public attention with the result that more than 100000
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DOUGLAS MAN IS
 ARRESTED UPON
 ASSAULT CHARGE

Roy Walt, of Douglas, has been arrested by Deputy Marshal Will liam Feero and charged with al- legged assault with a dangerous weapon upon the person of Martin Wyck. The assault took place at Douglas on New Years. Wyck is said to be seriously injured and was rushed to St. Ann's hospital in Juneau where upon examination Fit was found that he was suffer ing from concussion of the brain. Wyck is said to be in serious condition
 Walt is being held in the Juneau jail in default of $1.OO0 bond, ac- cording to U. s. Marshal Albert White.
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copies have been sold to date without counting the returns from the photoplay edition now on sale.
 'The Private Life of Helen of Troy" features Maria Cordo, Lew is Stone and Ricardo Cortez in the respective roles of Helen, Me- nelaos and Paris. Alexander Kor- da directed and Carey Wilson pro duced the story for First National Pictures.
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 BARE KNEES" IS
 AT PALACE SUNDAY

What do you think of the mod ern flapper? The dizzy, care-free girl of today who nonchalantly does things that would have giv- en her grandmother the "Heebie- Jeebies." There has been much said for and against the girl of to- day but never has this subject been given such a sane and enter taining treatment as in "B ar e Knees" at the Palace Sunday.
 This snappy version is present. ed with the following cast: yir- ginia Lee Corbin, Donald Keith, Jane Winton, Forrest Stanley, Johnnie Walker and Maude Full ton.
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miliar to theatre-goers in similar roles and by many has been ac- corded a position as the leading portrayer of Jewish character on the screen today.
 The cast includes Ann Brodsky, Mary Gordon, Sharon Lynn, Rex Lease, Ed Brady and Jesse Devor- ska.
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CARD PARTY TOURNAMENT

Women of MOOSeheart Legion
 The first party of a series of five card parties will be held TONIGHT at Moose Hall at D.. m. Everyone invited. adv
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STORE HOURS

For the accommodation of the trade, this store will be open Thursday evening, January 10th, until 9 r. M.
 adv. B. M. BEHRENDS CO, Inc.
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the remainder of the winter and will return north in early spring.
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NOTICE

After January 10 no telephone rentals for the month of Janu- arv will be accepted at a discount. All remittances by mail must bear postmark of not later than last discount date. Please be prompt.
 JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS adv. TELEPHONE co.