Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1925, Page 4

» 4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925. SUIENTISTS ELATED OVER SAFE RETURN Amundsen’s Trip Expected to Revolutionize Exploration in Arctic Regions. Br the Anspciated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—Explorers and scientists rejolced with laymen in all parts of the world today at the safe return of the Amundsen-Ells worth North Pole airplane expedition. The return to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, vesterday, exactly 28 days after hop- PINg off, was greeted with many ex pressions of “I told vou so.” But the| words came principally from explorers and scientists, who knew Amundsen’s courage and ingenuity in coping wuhi the hazards of the polar rexions. Though the expedition fell 100 miles short of landing ut the Pole and was n one| chooner, compelled to return partly plane and partly by fishing scientists expect to able knowledge fre Donald B. m the flight. MacMillan, who sails to- morrow from Wiscasset, Me., at the head of the All-Ameri, Arctic ex: pedition, admitted that a big burden had been lifted off his mind. Amund- sen’s safe return. he said, would en-| able him to devote all energies to lence inst d of first huntin; for the Amundsen party. He also altered his plans so that the airplzne bis the expedition will now be established | at Cape Thomas Hubbard inste Cape Columbia. U. Has Opportunity. “I always thought they would come back.” said Vilhjaln Stefansson noted explorer, here. “I am exceed ingly glad of the outcome. and it is| another feather In Amundsen's cap. You will recall that we all though! Amundsen would go to the Pole and | continue on to Alaska. But doing | what he has done leaves the United States with a great opportunity to| discover new lands if they lie in this area.” Bernon S. Prentice, brother-inlaw of Lincoln Ellsworth, financial backer and lieutenant of the expedition, ex- pressed the gratification of the American advisory committee over the flight. When anxiety for Amund. sen’'s safety wus widespread several weeks ago, it was Prentice, as head of the committee who headed off organi- zations of relief parties. The Norweglan government, which on June 4 sent two relief planes to Kings Bay, cabled congratulations to Amundsen. Earl Rossman, explorer | and big game hunter. who ju turned to New York from two in the Arctic, told how Eskimos they would wait for Amundsen : Ellsworth at the former’ suppl depot at Wainwright, A Ross. man met Amundsen at Nome in 1923 he said, and it was then the explorer's intention to fly over the Pole to Alaska Second Great Dream. It was In an attempt to fulfill the #econd great dream of his life that Amundsen organized the North Pole fiight. Having discovercd the South Pole and the northwest passage and the North Magnetic Pole, he wanted | to add the North Pole to his con- quests. Financing the expedition w & trying task until Elisworth vanced a sum reported to have been $85.000, about two-thirds of the total cost. Many termed the proposed fiight a foolhardy experiment. But it was re- membered that in 1905 Amundsen bob- bed up safely at Eagle, Alaska, after a- being lost in the Arctic for threej years. Death touched the expedition just ended only indirect Slisworth re- turned to find news that his father, James W. worth, had died June 3 at Florence, Italy, partly from causes brought on by worry over the safety of his son. a3 Suggests Submarine Trip. The flight has aroused keen discus. slon as to the effectiveness of air- planes in the polar rezions. John B.| Burnham, explorer and hunter, said | the outcome of the flight convinced | him that Stefansson had the right idea in suggesting submarines as the best means of Arctic exploration. Continual fog, he said. renders low fiying and landing perilous. Capt. Anton Heinan, former Zep- pelin_ pilot and advisory constructor of the dirigible Shenandoah. also scoffed at the use of airplanes, but advocated dirigibles. He said there were 3,000 miles of ideal flying con. dttions between Lakehurst, N. J., and | the Pole and couldn’t understand why | the Navy Department would not send | elther the Shenandoah or the Los Angeles on such a trip. Henry Woodhouse, president of the Aerial League of America, however, claimed that Amundsen’s feat revolu: tionized exploration. “In 28 he said, “Amundsen has done what he could not have done in the old way in less than a year.” CHARGE OF STRIKING GIRL WILL BE PROBED Policeman and Woman Both Claim Injuries Were Received From Windshield of Auto. Acting Superintendent of Police Evans has ordered an investigation following recommendation by Capt. C. E. E. Flather of the third precinct that Policeman H. E. Strong be brought be- fore the Police Trial Board to explain reports that he had assaulted Lillian Wada, 20-year-old Japanese, of 929 Seventeenth street, at Sixteenth and M streets late Monday night The accounts of the widely divergent, the preliminary in- vestigation disclosed. Both Policeman Strong and the girl contend that the injuries for which she was treated Tuesday morning at about 1:30 o'clock in Emergency Hospital resulted from her being thrown against the wind- shield of an automobile at Sixteenth and K streets, when an automobile in which they were riding came to a sud- den stop. The allegations on the other side are that she was struck by a man, be- lieved to be a policeman, at Sixteenth and M streets, one witness alleging that he actually saw the blow struck. The office of the superintendent of po- lice {8 investigating the case further. Another important divergent angle is that the alleged assault took place be- tween 11:30 and midnight at Sixteenth and M streets, while the time of the alleged automobile accident s set at more than an hour and a half later. incident are DR. KOBER NAMED. Local Physician Is Treasurer of Tuberculosis Association. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 19 (#). —Dr. Theobald Smith of Princeton, N. J., was elected president of the Natlonal Tuberculosis Association in convention here vesterday. Other officers elected: Dr. Alexis M. | served’ TERRORS OF LANDING SITE ARE RELATED BY SOLE AMERICAN THERE (Continued from First Page.) cold, damp and uncomfortable. Their inside metal frosted, we renewed our bodily warmth from time to time at our thermix burners. The tempera- ture was 10 below zero, I remember, on one occasfon, Dietrichson and Omdal all but lost their lives one day when they fell sud- denly through a hole in the fce, up to their necks, and were almost dragged under by some whirling current un- derneath. We transterred all but one can of gasoine from the N-24 to the N-25, and fust got back to Spitzbergen with hardly a drop to spare. Threw Away Equipment. Every extra ounce of equipment and baggage was chucked away in or- der to lighten the airplane—even our urs. 'he take-off was difficmlt and pre- carious. T thought we should never get into the air. The lce caught and recaught the sled before it finally rose at the edge of our cleared start. ing space. Preparing that starting place was a heartkilling task. We all grew wealk with the endless chopping away of ice. Our diminished ration was not enough to keep up our strength in the face of such terrible labor. But we did not dare eat more, for we must have enough to feed us on the jour- ney afoot to Cape Columbia if owl" air- plane return failed. How miny times did we try at get- ting off the ice into the air> I have tried to remember. 1 think it was thrice five times 1 had almost given up hope. Willing to Stay Alone, _ During the first week of our so- urn at §7.44, we studied constantly over the problem whether we should stick with our one remaining plane or abandon it and start immediately for Cape Columbia. - '\\'e fir v agreed to wait until the 15th before giving up the fight against the ice and forsake the plane. One night a week ago Amundsen sald that he felt “in his bones” that the 15th would be our lucky day. It wa Personally, 1T do not believe we could ever have reached ape Co- lumbia on foot, with our insufficient food and equipment. We probably could not have accomplished more than a hundred miles over the terri. ble ice conditions. From the first I was strong for sticking by the planes Feucht shared my feeling as strongl He told me he would ask Amundsen to let him stay with his plane alone, even If all the others left on foot, simly giving him his share of the food and leaving him to try to work his own salvation with his be. loved Dornier-Wal. vright, 19 . in U Canada, South by North American England by Central Ullsen in Verlag: Iy by Cor- riere della Sera tries by the fian Aero Clhub, Al triex by “the Norwegian Aero” Club. Al ICE GRI Amundsen Tells Graphic Story of Flight North. BY ROALD AMUNDSEN. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen (by radio from steamer Heimdal), June 18.— Our planes left Kings Bay at 5 p.m. May 21, with load approximating three tons, by way of Amsterdam Is. land. At dagt we encountered fog, above which we rose to a height of 3,100 feet in order to navigate. During the next two hours the planes flew like buliets through the fog, which lasted until 8 o'clock. After 8 p.m. and for the remainder of the journey the conditions of the visibility were excellent. An observa- tion at 10 p.m. showed that we were too far to the west, probably due to northeast winds above the fog, which prevented us from positively observing the deviation. We laid our course further east un- til 1 o'clock in the morning of May 22, when half of our gasoline was e: hausted, and it became necessary to attempt a descent in order to secure deflnite bearings with a view to our further movements. We were then above a large lane in the fce, the first of this size which we had encountered. We then flew lower and observed the surrounding ice to discover whether there was block ice in the lane. Not once during the trip had we seen a suitable landing place among the jagged ice of the polar cap. Nelther was theré one here. So we descended to the water in the broad ice lane. Planes Gripped in Ice. Observations during the night dis- closed our position as 87 degrees and 44 minutes north latitude and 10 degrees 20 minutes west longitude, so that the distance covered in our eight hours’ flight was exactly 1,000 kilo- meters. As our average speed was 150 kilometers per hour, this meant that a head wind had put us back 200 kilometers. Our fears regarding the descent were not groundless, it proved. Im. mediately after landing on the water the N-25 became locked between two masses of ice while we were trying to_get our airplanes clear. In a short time the whole ice lane froze tight, gripping the N-24 also. We took two soundings at our land. ing place and found a depth of 3,750 meters. During the following days we studied the drift condi s and ob- served the magnetic variation and also the meteorological situation. ‘“Vhile flying northward we had “ob- an area of about 100,000 square kilometers, reaching to about 8:30 north, without any indication of land. Considering the depth disclosed by our soundings, we therefore thought it most improbable that we would find any land further north on this side of the Pole. Flight Held Futile. Moreover, there were no grounds for assuming that ice conditions fur- ther north would be such as to per- mit of a_successful landing. A land- ing at the actual Pole, with oppor- tunity for observation would appar- ently have been impossible. We be- lieve that merely flying over the Pole without making these accurate ob- servations would have been feasible under the conditions we observed, al- though without real significance and therefore not worth taking a great risk (o accomplish. We agreed finally that, instead of continuing farther north, we would lay a return course by a route farther east, in order to cross hitherto undis- covered tracts. With the planes ice- locked, apparently our greatest diffi- culty was to get them into the air again. The situation was obviously crit- ical, and, with a view to lasting as long as possible. we reduced our daily rations after the first day to 300 grams per Lead. This was less than a pound per day per man and meant stretching our food supply over twice the period originally planned. In order to get one plane clear we concentrated our energies on the N-25, and for. the following 24 hours we underwent all sorts of difficulties caused by the vagaries of the fickle Arctic Ocean. The N-25 being freed after the greatest exertions, we examined the plane. Though showing signs of strain, it was lugged practically un- damaged out of the pack ice to & starting place which we had levelled some distance away. Forster, Colorado Springs, Colo., first vice president: Dr. George M. Kober of Washington, D. C.. secretary, and Henry B. Platt of New York City, treasurer. Equipment Is Discarded. On the 14th of June cracks sud- denly opened in the ice under our feet, threatening to remove a third Amundsen, Ellsworth and the By the Ascociated Press. COPENHAC Social Demokren June 19.—The publishes a report from Oslo, the Norwegian capital, stating that Capt. Roald Amund- sen, who returned to Spitzbergen ¢ after his sensational Arc- tic flight, is dissatisfied with the re- sults atfained and is “quite deter- mined to resume the attempt” to reach the Pole. The explorer is quoted as declaring that the experience gained in his present attempt would enable him to attain his goal. The other members of the expedi- yester: of the work which we had done in leveling a_starting place along the frozen surface. In view of this serious possibility, we decided on the morning of the 15th to make starting trials with greatly reduced load, without waiting further to lengthen the clear- ed area We discarded nearly all our equip- ment, keeping only a minimum of food stores and the smallest possible quantity of gasuline to proceed southward to our base. The start was successful. Our course was set for Spitbergen at 10:40 a.m.. After an exciting flight, partly through fog, we reached North Cape, the northern point of North- eastland, a large island forming the northeastern part of Spitbergen. Our flight to this spot required 8 hours and 35 minutes. Continue With Observations. We landed on North Cape, await- ing favorable winds for the continu- ation of our flight with our remain- ing 120 liters (30 gallons) of gasoline. This would only be sufficient to take us to some spot westward, Where we would be within range of _the steamer Hobby's .patrol area. Dur- ing our return trip we conYnued carefully to make similar observa- tions to those which we had made on the way north. But on account of the fog, we estimated that we ob- served not more than 60,000 square kilometers along our return route. Thus, up and back, the expedition has made observations on 160,000 square kilometers of hiterto unex- plored area. Imrhediately after our landing at North Cape, we sighted the Nor- wegian sealer Sjoeliv from Baatsfjord sing far to the westward. We P immediately hopped off and went out to it. ‘We were received on board the ship and our plane was taken in tow. But toward night the ‘snd fresh- AMUNDSEN CREW AND PLANE crews of both Polar airplanes, gathered around the nose of the that brought them back from the dash into the Arctic. Crew of flying boat No. 25 of the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar expedition in Arctic togs, just before the start. Left to right: Carl Feucht, mechanic; Roald Amundsen and Hjalmar Rilser-Larsen, pilot. AMUNDSEN PLANS SECOND TRY FOR NORTH POLE, REPORT SAYS Explorer Quoted as Declaring Invaluable Experience Has Been Gained for Second Attempt at Flight. Leadership Praised by Comrades. tion, the account continues, appear equally animated by a desire to beat the aerial polar expeditions planned by other countries. They expressed the view that important scientific results had been achieved thus far. Capt. Amundsen himself was reti- cent. Amundsen’s comrades were unani- mous in their apprecation of his Jeadership. The American member of the party, Lincoln Ellsworth, was saddened by the news awaiting him of the death of his father in Italy during his stay in the North, but said that he would continue his financial backing of Capt. Amundsen. ened to a gale and we were com- pelled to make for shelter on the west side of Lady Franklin Bay, where we remained during the night. Start for Kings Bay. As there was nc improvement in the weather on June 16, we made our plane secure to the land ice on the edge of this bay, and, the mem- bers of the expedition left aboard the Sjoeliv for Kings Bay, a_distance of about 130 miles by sea. Our plan was to reach our base at Kings Bay as soon as possible, get gasoline and send it back, so that the plane could be flown overland to bay. We arrived at Kings Bay at 1 o'clocly in the morning of June 18. During our flights both up and back our Goerz solar compasses were of essential importance, and operated with entire satisfaction. This is probably the first time that solar com- passes have been used in the Arctic, and certainly the first time they have been used for aerial navigation in this part of the world. Plane Meets Test. No other type of airplane could have withstood the strain which our Dornier Wals met successfully. Thelr peculiar construction, unlike any other type, fitted them particularly for our requirements. The Rolls » Royce engines won our complete confidence during the first hour of their opera- tion, and not once during the later flight, when we knew there was no possibility of making a successful emergency landing, did we feel the slightest anxiety on this score. The engines always started instantaneous- ly, particularly at times when imme- dlate action was necessary to -take the airplane out of threat of danger from pack ice. (Copyright. 1926. in U. 8, Canada. South merica an apan by lorth American ewspaper Alliance:, in "Eneland by Central News:'in’ Germany" by Ulisen Verias: Erance by Fetit Parisienne: in taly by Cor- phore Geifs, Sora; in all Scandinayiancoun. tries by the Norwegisn Aero Club. rigbis Fesarved.) . N-25, the plane THEY ABANDONED AMUNDSEN’S FLIGHT IMMORTAL CHAPTER OF ARCTIC HEROISM (Continued from First Page.) liv's appearance to indicate the joyous mission, and it actually got a some- what jll-natured welcome. Capt. Holm of the Hobby watched the dingy ship come up the harbor straight to his own anchorage, and thought it was coming too close to his boat. He waved it away, with a fine display of fluent Norwegian language and some references to the bad seamanship of its skipper. None of us paid the slightest atten. tion to the newcomer, until three guests, foxhunters whom we had picked up a few days ago at Danes Island, loitering aft, spotted the fur- clad forms of the flyers on the deck of the Sjoeliv. They called to us, who are those strangers aboard that sealer? In an instant the name ‘‘Amundsen Amundsen” went catapulting through our boat, bringing every man aboard to the nearest porthole in the twin. kling of an eye. Within 10 seconds the news had penetrated to every cor- rer of the Hobby and Heimdal and was being passed along the shore. All in Good Condition. All six of the fiyers arrived in ex- cellent physical condition after their four weeks in the grip of the ice and the frantic efforts whereby they extri- cated themselves. They were physically and mentally unharmed, ard showed no signs of privation and suffering. ‘We of the base party. were rather the ones who showed signs of men- tal derangement. This sudden good news left some of us curiously stupe. fled for a few moments, at least. The sealing ship tied up alongside the Hobby, with its six grimy and be- Grand Jury Foreman Quits. Justice Siddons in Criminal Division 1 today accepted the resignation of and the regular grand jury because of illness. The court desig Kemp, 3751 Jocelyn to serve as foreman for the Samuel C. member of Redman as foreman nated Ervin F. street, unexpired term of Mr. Redman. People of German turers to work day and night. 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Riiser-Larsen towering above his companion: Forthwith everybody aboard the Hobby rushed to the rail and jumped down onto the Sjoeliv’s deck. From the other side a similar crowd of friends poured out of the Heimdal, including all the group brought from Norway a day before to man and care for the airplane rescue expedition. Amundsen, Ellsworth and the other four were in danger of being com- pletely overwhelmed by this onrush of old and new friends, all babbling in- coherently. The first intelligable in quiry came from the slow-spoken Aero Club representative, who called of youngsters' shoes to sharp stones—scuffling trees—and occasionally < Moccasin—For girls and boys; crepe rubber or leather soles; extra quality. 5 to 11, $3.00 to $4.50 11% to 2, $4.00 to $5.00 2% to 7, $5.00 to $6.50 4 PLAY OXFORDS—In tan shade of Russia calf. Solid | oak soles. $1.50 and $1.75 All sizes White Calf—A to D wide. 8% to 11, $3.50 11% to 2, $4.00 out to Amundsen, “For the love of God, how did you get here?” Similar questions, endlessly dupli cated, sprang from every pair of lips in the rapidly increasing crowd. No- body waited for a reply, and Amund- n seemed puzzled as to how to get ah answer across the hubbub. Finally he pointed a thumb toward the deck of the Sjoellv and called out, first in Norweglan and then in English, “This ship and the N-25.” Words Inadequate. Then suddenly everybody turned his questioning to the N-25, and Amundsen had to explain in foghorn volce that she had been left fast on the ice at North Cape, 100 miles away. 1f I seem to dwell unduly on those first moments of Amundsen’s arrival and our welcome to him, it is because seldom does fate grant to mere men the opportunity to experfence such joy as was ours in those early and marvelous moments. Words are well nigh inadequate to express our feel- ings at the magic reappearance of those six men, whose fate has been constantly upon our hearts and minds for four weeks. Completely over- whelmed, we gazed at these faces, so familiar ‘and yet so weirdly strange in their long whiskers and pitiful tired eyes. 1 remember blinking with a strong muscular effort to assure myself th it was not a dream. “Can it be true’ somebody asked me, sceking the same | reassurance. We babbled with gladness and touched each one of our returned com rades fondly and sacredly with our hands. After what seemed a long time, but was really only a few minutes, the happy greeting ended. Some one slipped a ladder down from the dock to the ship's deck and one by one the six flyers clambered up to terra firma Amundsen leading the to_the Villa, home of Michael Knudsen head of the Kings Bay Coal Co. Word of the approaching guests had already gone on the wings of the wind to Knudsen, and within ten minutes he had the beginnings of a hot meal on the table. We stood about the dining room and watched the returned fivers eat ravenously. For four weeks they had lived on daily ration of pemmican, ~chocolate, biscuits and malted milk—and less than a pound a day per man. They ate in silence, and we about the room restrained ourselves with difficulty from questioning them or disturbing them until they had finish had eaten their fill, ghey began to talk. s much to say, and their great fati was 80 completely dissipated nervous stimulus of the su home-coming, that we sat up for ly two hours more before Amundsen reluctantly decided that it was time for him to turn in. him, and they mounted the stairs of the Knudsen's Villa for their KING HAAKON TELEGRAPHS | HIS THANKS TO AMUNDS‘EFV! Norweglan Parliament Also (Go§-| gratulates Explorer—Oslo = = | Celebrates. g By the Associated Press U OSLO, Norway, June 19.—King Haakon of Norway has sent a_tale- | gram of to Capt. Raeld’ Amundsen, saying: | “The Queen and I bid you and your companions weicome home and thank you for your feat and for again bring- ing honor to the name of Norw The Norwegian Parliament opening session to: 7y at 50 sent a tele- gram of thanks and congratulations to Amundsen. The message expressed delight at the safe return of the ex- plorer and his brave companions from | the daring venture in which they had staked their lives. It bade them wel- come home and thanked them for ths courage and energy they had shown ““for the benefit of science and for the honor of our count e The streets of O y rated the explorers. Various municipal and government authorit nd many in- stitutions and asso graphed congratul 5 to Amundsen, and laid their bodies between white sheets. clean But the other four were kind to us. They sat up with us until another meal time rolled and a good breakfast was se | Outside jec iners, rumbs | them, Iy, b 1al and S breez every b | of bun ¢ possessed, regardless of the 1 fog. Bits of color also fic the two Nc {planes which arrived | from the | were now moored | bea The coolness and steads ilhe returned explorers was and an amazement nerves were still all a-flutte Larsen was already makin for salvaging the N |situation over with who agreed in 12 hours to | the to 1| weakened by Ellsworth joined |+ Cape with Riiser-Larsen ar who will refuel their stur: | Wal and fly it down to K The hull of the and it will probably be way on the deck of repairs (Copyright, 19 n |'a a and J r | Newspaper A ! G i | oo b it Parisienne sound, untroubled sleep in ne: in Ttalv by Co trying day. 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