The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Generally fair tonight and Satur- ady; warmer tonight, ESTABLISHED 1878 “AMUNDSEN PARTY | SITUATION IN | STRIKE AREA IS LESS TENSE Railway Men Sign Agreement and Traffic Will Be Re- sumed Speedily >-CRISIS IS NOW CLEARING Employers Are More Inclined to Discuss Basis For Re- sumption of Work , London, May 14.—()—The British indusi rial crisis began to clear rapid- ly today. The railway men, who had remain ed out notwithstanding official te mination of the general strike, sign- ed un agreement with the companie Traffie will be resumed as speedily us possible. Premier Baldwin told the house of commons he had framed proposals for settlement of the coal miners’ + strike, and that these would be plac- ed immediately in the hands of the “inen and the employers. The indica- tions for an agreement are better. Tho trades union congress said + .there was a marked easement in the tenseness of the situation throughout the country, the employers being in- creasingly inclined to discuss -a rea- sonable basis for resumption of work. Normal Service Soon An agreement was reached between the London underground electric rail- ways company and its.employes, un- der which the subways and affiliated tram and bus lines will shortly re- sume normal service. Reports also received from all sec- tions of Great Britain indicate that the unions and employers have got together to such un extent that in- dustry should be able to right itself shortly. Premier Baldwin's proposals for mediation in the mine situation were transmitted to both miners and em- ployers this afternoon. FEATURES OF THE SETTLEMENT PLAN London, May 14.--()--The govern- ment’s new proposals for mediation of the mining dispute pledge immedi ate action along certain lines laid down in the royal coal commission's , report. * One feature is the establishment of a national wages board similar to the present railway labor board. The 2sals also ‘include a subsidy, Characterized as “further — financtal assistance to the industry to the amount of approximately. 3,000,000 pounds sterling.” While this subsidy is effective the miners are to accept an unnamed re- ductign in minimum wages other than in subsistence rates, this amount to be determined in joint conference. ITODAY A TROUBLED WORLD OVER THE POLE THREE USEFUL MEN “HINT FOR VINCENT ASTOR ro) | BY ARTHUR BRISBANE _ (Copyright, 1926.) It is a troubled world—logk at to- day’s news. Americans are fortunate in their prosperity and safety. The French killed many in Damas- cus. Rebels, they are eailed, because they won't submit to foreign rule. Spaniards and French, fighting des- perately against the Riffs, said to be in flight over the sandhills of North Africa. Those hills belong to the Riffs, but Europe wants obedience there, Rebels in Nicaragua seize coast ‘townd, wevolution there, (American aribes have pacified things some- what. The Belgian cabinet is out and the king ‘must ask Emile Brounet, social- | ist, to head the government. Hard | on the king: It would -scare high finance to death in this country. But they are used to it in Europe where half the statesmanship belongs ito the socialist party. Then consider little things: ‘Theodore Kappel, San Francisco janitor, tired of poverty and hard work, rented @ fine room, hung the walls with velvet, spread a handsome yellow silk curtain over the 5 bought and wore a “full dress” suit, representing his idea of luxury, ar- ranged tall candles around his bed, turned on the gas and died. At about the same time Tom Mur- ray, a desperadp who killed two’ guards in the effort to escape from prison, ‘hanged himself in ‘hie cell. So goes the world.. Be grateful if you have no serioug worries. / Peary, American, wos first of our era to reach the North Pole. For years he tried, spent months locked in the ice, Saves, over the snow, dragged by dogs. . Commander Byrd, American, is the firat that ever flew over tbe pole, making the trip: in 3 few hours, driven by the power of gesolinc Bidden in the earth millions of rae ago. Good'credit should go to Fok- ker, who manufactured the airplane that carried him. * More superar’ thai Siylng:. over jole is progress a8 gho protien "prom dog eled flying ma- ine. body that, wisaee tg call Yhtough cold. gtr anay down fou exnc! i-human Saline ere before him’ in past geo- ' S STILL MISSING TODAY REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, HEADED " MARSHAL PILSUDSKI, TAKE COMMAND OF POLISH CAPITAL-CITY IS CALM Scveral Are Killed and Many Wounded in Street Fight ing—Government Is Still holding Out in Belvedere Palace—Peace Negotiations in Progress. Paris, May 14.--(P)— Warsaw, capi- tal of Poland, today was in the hands of -revolutiunary ‘forces. under com- mand of former President Pilsudski, but the government still was holding out in the Belvedere Palace while ent tuation were in progress, This information was contained in an “announcement received by the Havas agency from Warsaw. The dispatch sad the city was calm last waht. Serious Fighting Prague advices reported serious fighting yesterday around the palace, saying that 18 persons had been kill- ed and 80 wounded in the streets. The dead included two officers. .The trouble is the outgrowth of a demand bv Pilsudski and his adherents for the and the establishment of a ministry to be drawn from the party of the! left. A dispatel to the Havas agency from the Polish frontier said that General. Sikorski, former wremier and once commander of the Polish army an the northern front, with a force of loyal troops, had arrived at the gates of Warsaw and was giving bat- tle to Pilsudski’s men. Advices from Berlin quoted a War- saw dispatch to the effect that troops from Posen were marching upon War- saw to uphold Witos. said that General C: commander of the corps, friend of Pilsudski and former minister of war, had shot himself with a revolver, News Is Censored A stringent censorship’ has additional adherents. izing j fany persons have fled the city hurrying through the streets Warsaw resem- and except for troops bles a deserted city. Describing the march of Pilsudski on Warsaw, a Prague dispatch says that when he reached the outskirts ie demanded the immediate retirement of the Witos government and the es- tablishment of a nonpartisan minis- When these demands were re- overnment troops. in pitched battles and. forced an armistice was agreed upon. try. jected he repulsed the an entrance into the city. A Fourth Dictator Pilsudskj has suddenly loomed be- fore the French pubée as the possi- ble fourth dictator of Europe after Mussolini of Italy, Primo De Rivera of Spain and Pangalos of Greece. Pilsudski’s coup increases the cur- rent troubles of Europe, marked by the fall of the Luther cabinet in Ger- many, the failure to Solve the Bel- gian cabinet, crisis and anxiety re-) garding the aftermath of the British strike. P: lief there in some quarters Well-informed circles in Paris say, however, Great Britain would have no interest in fomenting trouble in central Europe. ADVICES SAY WITOS MINISTRY HAS FALLEN Vienna, Austria, May 14.—()—The Polish legation here has received di- rect advices that the Witos ministry has fallen, but that President Wojcie- chowski is still maintaining his posi- tion. The advicés- state that Marshal Pilsudski is issuing orders in the name of the Polish republic. All have gone over to the insur- unwilling to cause unnecessary fight- (Continued on page three.) Weather Report —_—_—_——__———-o Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest. yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 Highest wind vel Weather conditions at North kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today: Temps. inch Ss Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear P. Cldy, Amenia ... Bismarck . Bottineau . Devils Lake Dickinson .. Dunn Center . Ellendale . Fessenden Grand Forks Langdon Larimore Lisbon ... Minot . Scoocseccocccoeoe!! WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally ir tonight and turday; warmer tonight. For North Dakota: Generally fuir honighs and Saturday; warmer to- nig! * GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The high pressure ares, with its accompanying cool weather, covers the Plains States this morning. aes frost occurred in of the 04 tas, Minnepote and the upper Great Lakes ‘ion, A low pressure ares, accompanied by. warmer weagher, is 20] centered over the northern’ Rocky ion. ht ipitati oewurred fhe Paci seaat sate, rn Rocky Moun- tain ‘slope e and is the lower Great Lakes region, resignation of Premier Witos, The dispatch | imir Sosnowski, | disorder: been placed on telegraphic and telephonic communication throughout the coun- try to prevent Pilsudski from mobil- ue dispatches indicate the be: a Pilsudski is backed by Great Britain. j are BY | Polish Situation | in Tabloid Form (By the Associated Press) Neither side has yet gained the upper hand in the straggle for con- trol in Poland. This conclusion is reached throtigh a digest of the frag- mentary dispatches received up to late forenoon. Street fighting in Warsaw contin- ues and it is reported that 450 per- sons have been killed. Marshal Joseph Pilsudski holds the northern section of the capital and controls the bridges over the Vistula river. Refuse To Surrender President Wojciechowski and the) cabinet remain in the Belvedere | Palace, where they fled on the ap- proach’ of the revolutionary troops. They refused to heed Pilsudski’s de-| mands for the surrender. The government is counting upon; the arrival of loyal forces from the| garrisons of the provincial cities.} War Minister Marczewski is directing! the movement of these troops, being | in communication with the outside, Provincial regiments, ufder Gen-| crals Haller and Sikorski, are report: | ed marching to the government's res- cue, An indication that aid hand for the beleaguered ministry comes from Berlin, which has reports that; government | airplanes have Pilsudski’s _ headquarter: A Paris; rs that Pilsudski has} but no de- } shouting for Pilsud: ing those who refuse to bare their heads. Foreigne’ are fleeing the countr; Berlin says that “government offi- cials are reported to have fled from Warsaw,” but this is not confirmed from any other source. Another re- port, likewise unconfirmed, through! 3 Pre- prisoner Czecho Slovakian channels, mier Witos has been tak by. Pilsudski. It is pointed out in well informed Paris circles that neither side can bombed | | yesterday alarmed by theland le: have definitely triumphed as yet, for in that case the winning party. would immediately send the news to all the world. , C0. AUDITORS WHEL CONVENE “AT DICKINSON Information on Administra- tion of State Tax Laws Will Be Sought Dickinson, D.. May 14—@)— Enlightenment -on the proper adniin- istration of state taxing laws will be sought by North Dakota county audi- tors at their convention here from May 19 to 21. Among those scheduled to speak Attorney General. George F. Shafer, State Tax Commissioner T. H. H. Thoresen, Commissioner of Insurance S. A. Olsness, Deputy State Examiner J. A. Brown, F. W. Pusch, Northern ‘Pacific railroad tax expert, ‘and Lyman Baker, deputy state tax commissioner, ‘Commenting on the forthcoming| convention J. A. Gray, Lisbon, aud tor of Ransom county and president of the state organization, said: “Our organization’ is meetings ure given up almost ex- clusively to a discussion of the county auditors’ problems, Which are many ficulties trying to work out the provi- sions and requirements of Chapter, 199 of the session laws of, 1925, and also the trouble which recent deci- to the status of the hail tax have developed. Trip To Badlands “Last“August we had a special sex- sion of the organization at Bismarck immediately after the state board of equalization meeting, at which we tried to develop co-operative action ‘on the part of the attorney general, | hail department and tax commissioner, | All of these departments will be rep- resented at the Dickinson conven- tion and we anticipate a very valuable conference so far as the working ‘out of the duties of the county auditors is concerned.” The principal entertainment feature ram is a trip through the! Bainede uring which the auditors | will be guests of the Dickinson Com- mercial club. Henry Ford Buys Cornerstones of , a Country School Sterling, Mass, May 14—)—/ Henry Ford has bought the corner-; stones of the country school house} w} which Mary Sawyer attended, which has been immortalized “Mary bad a little lamb.” urge yeas tt ‘l Swenson, on on e pro} ¥ of ar nson, whose ibnd stands what is left of the famous school house, and after nos- ing around a. bit sai e would like to buy the three stones which were the cornerstones of the structure. The owner said he wes willing to sell them for $5 and the deal was ‘ot political ‘and our} | | } | | \ | Authorities Believe |from the McSwiggin slaying, appar- jm sions of the supreme court incident|, An apparent effort had been made jwho evidently had been shot after {legs and arms had been broken and IN EFFORT TO HOUSE ADO AMENDMENT T0 HAUGEN BILL} Authority of Proposed Fed- eral Farm Board Will Be Limited By Change DISPUTE WAS LENGTHY Vote on Agricultural Meas- ures Will Probably Not Come Until Next Week Washington, May 14—(AP)— By a vote of 40 to 65 the house today rejected an amendment. to eliminate the price maintenance Hat of the Haugen farm relict The amendment was offered by Representative Black, Democrat, Texas. It would have stricken ection proposing a plan to in the price of every basic commodity at the world market quotation plus the import tariff. 14—(AP)—As the end of the week approaches the house is plodding tortuously through the Haugen farm relief bill, with a sheaf of amendments fir y section, Leaders now say a vote on this and ultural measures, it plan and the ty marketing reached ‘before Washington, Ma neher Aswell of, Chairman Hauge! to this bill was adopted without a record vote. The amendment will limit the authority of the proposed federal farm board in declaring a surplus crop emergency g un equalization fee on sales. The board not, only would have to determine that the price of a product had fallen below its world market quotation plus the import tar- iff, but would have to be advised that ‘a substantial number” of farmers’ organizations favored adopting the procedure, Because of the lengthy dispute over this change, action was delayed on other important amendments agreed upon by the bill’s advocates. Bernsteen Will Conduct Hearings at Duluth Tuesday Duluth, May 14.--(?)—-A. E. Bern- stcen, United States district attorney of Cleveland, who directed the in- vestigation 6f the nation-wide alcohol conspiracy and caused arrest of 112 men throughout the United States last winter, will come to Duluth Tuesday to represent the government in the hearing of 13 *Duluthians in- volved in the alleged conspiracy. MAN BRUTALLY | BEATEN - THEN SHOT T0 DEATH amendme: Gang- sters’ Warfare Has Brok- en Out in Du Page Co. Chicago, ay Ss (#)—The roar of stilled in Cook coun- ive on crime resulting ently has broken out in, Du Page county, just across the border. Officials of the neighboring coun- y today were investigating the sl: ing of a handsomely dressed = man about 55 years old, whose body, with @ bullet hole through the head, was found in a railroad yard near West Chicago. Local officials were convinced the jan was slain in a booze feud. | to conceal the identity of the man, he had been severely beaten. His the face and body were bruised. Find- ing of valuables in the man’s pockets disposed of the robbery theory. 2 MEN SOUGHT |'men were sought today in connection j with the i and | in Lake Ontario near Henderson, Jef- { ared aistranger| Frederick A. Jennings, a chemist, SOLVE MURDER Yoman Disappeared Last No- vember—Body Found in Lake Ontario in April Geneseo, N. Y., May 14.-—-(®)--Two urder of Mrs. Vivian jompson Jennings of Mt. Morris, se nude body was found last April ferson county. One was her estranged husband, ‘The other is a man, apparently: skill- ed in surgery, who murdered tive 32- year-old - mother of two | children, drew the blood from her body by cut- ting arteries and -threw the node corpse into Lake Ontario or its ’ ‘tributaries. : just been identified closed when the stranger paid over the money. It was not until today that it be- SP iatewes eer guy The vail aréon the land, come rr. $ Swenson hs of Attica, The body hi by. the mother, Mrs. Carrie Thomp- , Mrs. Jennings had since last November. ings the husb: Rochester in 1917, when he became estranged from his wife, to for service ‘in the world war, culation here in great quantitie on years ago, when Hogan and a St. Paul detective base a was unavailing. his ga minute of casting moulds. custody. today. naan {Last Minute. | president of Company n missing| is in the s to | derick Jen-| rule that all bookkeeping in the Phil- » & chemist, left ge Cable Car Runs Wild; 206 People Hurt TR 1926 y hurt and 200 more were less seriously injured when a cable car was hit by an Hear the bottom. Photo shows the WOMAN ADMIT SHE POISONED HER HUSBAND jarried 20 Years and She Never Had a Pleasant Moment, She Says 4A) Mrs. Frances i last night confessed to that she put poison in a glass she gave her husband, Alex, who died May 4. Her husband beat and cursed her continually and squandered his money while she slaved at home and in their ‘butcher shop, «Mrs. Kowlkowski as- serted. “Twenty years 1 was ma aunt word said teen children and sev 1 got tired of it. LT couldn't stand it any longer, MAN-CHARGED WITH MAKING BOGUS MONEY Mill City Man Arrested After Lengthy Investigation By Officers Minneapoils, Mins After months of esti seeret e men, Howard Hoga’ whose father, Jim Hogan, was killed in a counterfeiting raid, was arrested | here late Thursday on charges of manufacturing spurious coins. Analysis of bogus dollar and half- dollar pieces which filtered into eir- re- vealed, Frank Reilly service man said, that the coins re composition those found in the raid the elder Hogan’s place seven t lost their lives in a gun battle. But su » on which to earch warrant Hogan was trailed; we was daily subjected to spection to obtain evidence Finklly, Thursday a warrant was obtained and while Hogan was away the raid was conducted. oven in operation with a panful of shiny, new “mone: A baking was found. Hogan was arrested a short dis- tance from his home and taken into Federal charges will be filed | | News Bulletins | —& Washington, May 14—(AP)— Responding to suggestions from the White House, the senate mili- tary committee today amended the house bill for enlargement of the army service xo as to provide only for such increase of personnel ax may be approved by the budget bureau. ly New York, May 14—(AP)— Jewelry vali it $20,000, left in a taxicab yesterday by . and Atrs, Frank. T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, was returned today by a woman who hired the cab ‘immediately after the Heffel- fingers left it, the police an- nounced. New York, May 14—(AP)— Bable Ruth hit hiv 11th home run of the season off Pitcher Levsen in the first inning of today’s game between the Yankees and oe him Gehrig scored in front New York.—Abingo Syzip. v the Chinese Banki ‘and @ merchant of Manila, United’ States to protest the shall be done in English’ or A latge Chinese merchant enlist! colony .there. finds much . embarrass- Vinent ‘over this custom, he says. Sie eee tu on one of San Francisco's steep hills and embled in | ge} were said to de disc ‘eened wildly down t yped with workmen ihem, two cars tell |Man Injured in Auto-Train Crash Taken to His Home, jee N. D., May 14- Fred ling about pmobile jandan, (FP). | H. Mars ; { man wi seriously { month o When his Was struck by ain | Breien, D., mpanion, H. | Blount instantly killed, has shown such improvement it was pos- sible to move him from a local hos- He was take ght for exam sand from th his home in H i xpe- e Will be taken. On, WILL OPPOSE RATE BOOST | Milhollan and Madden of B marck, Willard of Fargo, , Go to Washington j to | | a |, Three North Dakota men left for | Washington today to resume the | battle against higher freight rates for North Dakota and other states served by railroads operating west of the Mississippi river. ‘They are Frank Milhollan, chairman of the state railroad board, and Thomas Madden, commerce counse! ' | | he street, crashing into another car clearing the wreckage to separate CHINA WILLING TO WITHDRAW SEAT DEMAND Decision Is on Condition Bra- zil, Spain and Poland Will Do Likewise Geneva, May 14--()—China today officially announced that she — will withdraw her demand for a perman- ent seat on the League of Nations council on condition that Brazil, Spain and Poland, the other cundi- dates, do likewise. This proposal, offered to the special commission studying reorganization of the league council, epted us increasing the chances of the com- settling the crisis in the league sat orily. kala, representative vu, Poland, indicated that his country alsovds willing .to drop out of the race for a permanent eat /~-thyRouneeinent is inter in league circles as making it more difficult for Brazil and Spain to insist on perm seats. GIDEONS ARE |for the board, Bismarck, and Rex . Willard, agricultural | economist | Jof the state agricultural college, | Fargo. Madden and Willard will present !arguments to the Interstate Commerce: | Commission in connection wi the general rate e on which numerous | hearings w held last winter at j St. Paul, Chicago, Kansas City, Dal- las, Texas, and other places. = The |argument which is expected May 19, probably will last 10 d | Milhollan has been chosen as one! of three state railroad commissioners to sit with the Interstate Commerce | Commission in the case and aid them jin reaching a dec n. ' ‘The case, regarded as one of the most far-reaching in recent years,! involves the carriers’ proposal to | make a five per cent rate in e on all commodities with the exception | of coal, grain and a few others. Grain would take an increase of one cent ; per 100 pounds and coal a boost of 15 cents a ton, Both Madden and Willard are co-| operating with men in other states | opposed to the increase in the prep- aration of arguments in opposition, to the boost. ‘District Rallies _ AreBeing HeldBy | Auxiliary Members Fargo, N. D., May 14.—()-—Dis- + ‘trict rallies of American Legion: auxiliary members now are being! held throughout the state in prepara- ‘tien for the state convention to be ‘held at Minot in June. The rallies, which are under the supervision of the district committee women, are design- ed to bring the members of the vari- ous units into personal contact and to create a spirit of competition| among the units. District committee women for the state rs. W. K. Treumann, Grand Forks; J. Morrison, Granville, and } Wick, Mott. They are being by Mrs. Anna L. Hazen, Larimore, Mrs. Eugene Fenelon, Devils. Lake, Mrs. Bernard S$. Nickerson, Mandan, Mrs. Aj L. Kanuf, Jumestown, and the various committee chairmen. ' Carroll College’s Favorite Athlete Has Been Suspended Waukesha, Wis, May 14—)— Fred (Shorty) Hoefherr, captain of the 1925 Carroll college football team, thas been suspended and one co-ed has been expelled from college the result of an alleged liquor party. Ad- ministrative officers of the college sing the expul- sion of another co-ed in connection with the same incident. Dr. W. A. Ganfield, an ardent pro- hibitionist and candidate for’ United States senator, is president of the col- lege. Hoefherr recently has been ‘voted Carroll's most popular athlete. ARRIVING FOR ANNUAL MEET Convention Officially Opens With Banquet at G. P. Tomorrow Night A business meeting this ning at the Grand Pacific hotel will be the only session for the first day of the annual state convention of the Gideon Society. Officers and official dele- gates are expected to attend. State President A. L. Bishop of Fargo will preside. The official opening of the conven- tion will be tomorrow night when more than 200 delegates, visitors and their wii will be entertained at a banquet at the Grand Pacific hotel. A program of music and speeches has been arranged. A luncheon Sunday noon at the Grand Pacific will be followed by a meeting at the city auditorium at 3 o'clock. A chorus of more than 75 male voices will sing and _ several soloists have been secured. The pub- lie is invited to attend this meet- ing and also the closing session Sun- day night at 8 o'clock at the city auditorium. All the programs of the convention will be broadeast from Hoskins-Mey- er station, KFYR. Kensal Man Hurt While Repairing His Farm Tractor Jamestown, (FP) John Steele, 3: id farmer, i in a very serious condition at home near Kensal from injuries suf- fered Wednesday. Mr. Steele was repairing a tractor and was working under it with the engine running. In some manner the machine went into gear and ran over him, the big drive wheel missing his head but crushing his side from shoulder to hip. Several ribs were broken and his lung injured and his condition so critical that he can- not be brought to the hospital for X-ray or treatment. He has a small fami Stock Selling License Cancelled Cancellation of the stock selling license of the United States Mining Corporation, Silverton, rdered by the state secutities commission today. No reports have been, to the amount of stock! company in the state, E. 0. executive officer for the commission, said, and the company has failed to comply with the conditions which it was licensed. received as the Colorado, | tai TRIBUNE [awoam] PRICE FIVE CENTS NORGE LAST HEARD FROM YESTERDAY Pacific Coast Radio Stations Endeavoring to Commun- icate With Ship SPECULATION Falling Barometer Indicates Storm May Be Raging in the Arctic Region Seattle, May 14—(AP)—G i ‘blind Spot,” a dozen Pacific coast tadio stations today are trying to le: cea ace Se Norge. many: houts verdue at Nome in it by from Spitzbergen. i al What has happened to Roald Amundsen and his 17 ions aboard the airship was tion none in the northwest was able to answer. It is known that Amund- Sen passed over the North Pole at 7 p. m. Tuesday, eastern standard time It was reported that the dirigible w sighted off Pont Barrow on the Arctic oe of Alaska at 1:30 a. m, yester- jay. IS RIFE Captain compan- & ques- ast Heard From Yesterday Five times Wednesday night and once yesterday morning, the United tates navy's powerful radio station at St. Paul's Island, Alaska, reported hearing messages from the Norge. The last time the airship was heard. reports from St. Paul’s Island said Was at 2:29 a. m. yesterday, when the cea ‘d to calla station and ad, e that hour there has been {nothing but silence and speculatio Was the Norge forced to land? Is it cruising around in the Arctic on a tour of exploration? Has it been ‘blown far off its course and is it wandering a derelict over some terri- tory with which there is no communi- cation? Those knowing Amundsen best are only slightly fearful of the worst to- day. They recalled a previous adven- ‘ture of this into the Arctic some years wo, when the discovered the north- west passage and dropped from sight for more than two years. Then one day a bearded, unkempt musher appeared at the lenc- ly government —telepragh _ata- tion at Eagle City, Alaska, and filed a long cablegram to cc Norwegian... gover Di. Bhp operator ‘meseared. his. eRe? that 4 had tried to get him to send a long telegram half way around the world and they had a good laugh about it. s Amundsen’s Report f signal officer in the attle cable office heard about it and chuckled over it to a newspaperman iend he had out to dinner. The newspapert began to speculate over the incident and offered to pay ‘the tolls on the telegram if he could look at it when it came in. It was Amundsen’s report to the Norwegian government that he had threaded his way along the northern coast of America to discover the northwest passage, the short way to China sought by adventurers for centuries. Amundsen’s acquaintances suggest the explorer may be preparing to spring a new surprise on the world, that he was not satisfied with flying over the last unexplored part of the globe, but wanted to look over it thoroughly and, with his goal in sight, turned back to survey it again. The world of science is awaiting word from Amundsen to settle the long-disputed question of the pres- ence of an arctic continent between Alaska and the North Pole. The drift of the polar ice pack, soundings taken y other explorers in the Arctic ocean, the flight of birds toward the north end and the presence of animal spoor far beyond the known lands, all have been pointed to as evidence that land exists. Still a Secret The inaccessibility of the region has hitherto preserved the secret. Scientists have asserted that if land existed in the Arctic, it probably would have a comparatively mild cli- mate and thet vegetation capable of sustaining animal life would cover it. The land would have value. it has been pointed out, in the establishment of airways connecting centers of pop- ulation on opposite sides of the globe. as landing stations, for maintenance and re-fueling could be located there. The Norge is carrying the first letters ever mailed at Siptzbergen for the United States via the North Pole. The polar route cuts down the dis- tance from Spitzbeugen to Alaska to about 2,000 miles, compared with ap- proximately 10,000 by the ncarest other route or about 20,000 by usue! commercial routes. Fog was reported last night at Ni and other Al: cating the storm off Point Barrow. tions are continuing in attempts to get compass bearings to the dirigibles ‘More than 72 hours have elapsed since the dirigible left Ki a Bay, It (Continued on page three. Spanish Aviator Loses, Trousers Manila, May 14.—()—It was dis- closed toda; it Captain Loriga, oye of the Spanish aviators who com- leted a flight from Madrid to Man- la yesterday, was the victim uf an incident in which he lost his trousers, Immediately after the landing Cap- in and his companion, » were tuken to Camp Nichols, the landing hange. clothes. Loriga lay-