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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow Fair tonight; cloudy; possibly followed not much change in Temperatures—Highest, 7 yesterday; lowest, 55, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 No. 29962. Sl oo temperatur partly by showers; at 5 p.m. Entered as second class matter Washington, C. D. - LOCKOUT OF BRITISH STRIKERS THREATENS NEW LABOR UPHEAVAL ' Refusal of Employers to Give Men Old Jobs Spurs Unions to Emphatic Warning. CONDITIONS OF CHAOS CONTINUE UNCHANGED ALL OVER ISLANDS Capital Accused of Move to Break /orkers’ Bodies—Miners’ Heads By the Associated Press TONDON, May 13.—Great Britain's nine-day general strike, called off yesterday, switched today to what labor regarded as a widespread lockout by the employers against union men seeking to return to work on the old status. This development came as one of the most dramatic of all those in the disturbed days since the industrial upheaval began. What it amounted to, according on the part of the employers to possible. to labor men, was a disposition smash union influence as far as The Trades Union Congress, which conducted the general strike and announced its termination yesterday, accepted the gage, and in a fighting statement declared the trades unions would re- sist to the utmost “any attempts the workers.” to impose humiliating terms on “Our resisting powers are unimpaired,” it asserted. Deadlocked Throughout Country. Throughout the country the unions and employers were dead- locked—the unions demanding unqualified reinstatement of the strikers and the employers declining to deal with them except on their own terms. These, in some cases, called for tearing up the union cards, and there was seen re-employ the strikers at all. The Trades Union Congress. which placed the situation in the hands of the individual unions when it called off the gencral strike, was in a state of utmost anxiety as reports arrived from the provinces. The Trade Union Congress had in effect relinquished direct control of the situation. As reports piled in. however, the Trades Union Congress council intimated it might have to resume charge, and asked the gov- ernment to define its attitude toward the employers’ conditions. Then came another general meeting of the council, after which the Trades Unlon Congress headquarters issued its_statement of warning. Opening the debate in the House of Commons on the strike situation, for- mer Premier Ramsay MacDonald, the parliamentary labor leader, sald more men were out today than yesterday. This was because the employers had proposed terms that would make it Impossible to continue industry under | peaceful conditions. | Mr. MacDonald said that if any at- | tempt were made to smash trades unionism, if “any section or foolish person in the country thought that after the strike and vesterday's action he could scrape the faces of the trades unionists in the dust,” he was very much mistaken. Not Willing to Crawl Back. ! i The labor spokesman added that the men must be treated as self-respect- ing working men, who were not going to crawl back. Neither did they in- tend to be regarded as “human beings with the yoke of absolute subordina- | tion riveted to their necks.” | Premier Baldwin, arising amid loud | ve cheers, said the supreme | ¢ the country required that | zest body of men possible be brought back to work at the earlie: moment. The occasion called neitner for recrimination, malice nor triumph. | The premier said there was no real | difficulties m the situation. The strike had compelled . the government 10 carry on with a large number of vol- | unteers. The majority of these men were not engaged in the industrial struggle at all, and the only difficulty was to reconcile the government’s lone pledge that those who helped during the strike should not suffer | for having done so. As far as the taking back of all strikers was concerned, he said, that was a problem that must be thrashed out between the employers and the men. . | Sees Fatal Mistake. “The Trades Union Congress made a fatal mistake in calling off the gen- eral strike,” Secretary A. J. Cook of the Mineis’ Federation, told The As- sociated Press today. “We knew nothing about their reasons. There ‘was no weakening of the men. We| have seen hundreds of telegrams from all parts of the country to the effect that the men refuse to resume work. “The meeting of delegates will not be held.” he said, “because there are no tralns to bring them from the country districts. We have our ex- ecutive committee of 24 men here, but the delegates from Scotland and other distant districts who are com- ing by road cannot arrive until Fri-| day night. and the conference has been postponed until all are here. Asked whether he thought Sir Her- hert Samuel's memorandum furnished a reasonable basis for reopening nego- tiations for settlement of the miners’ strike, Mr. Cook replied: “Frankly my opinion is that it furnishes a very good ba There is much in it that T thoroughly approve, and it contains many points for useful discussion, but I doubt whether the miners will ac- cept it. “One can only forecast that the miners will accept no reduction in wages. What we want is a definite guarantee that the proposed changes in the organization of the mining in- astry shall actually be made and ap- plied immediately. “As it Is, the lockout still continues and the only terms the men have be- fore them are terms applying to the various districts. We want a certainty that legislation in that regard will be framed within three months before we consent to any wage agreement, £0 We | shall know that the government’s in- tentions are genuine. Our pledges still stand and will be kept. Emergency Service Kept. Thus the battle which the country last night thought had been settled continues. But instead of the massed fighting which proceeded during th a refusal in certain instances to nine days of the general strike, it has | developed for the time being into a hand-to-hand conflict to determine whether organized labor or the em- ployers shall rule. Instead of the resumption of nor- mad condition an announcement came from the government that the emer- gency food service would be main- tained. Food convoys with armed escorts continued to pour through London to- ay, and the scenes of yesterday were repeated throughout the country, with the populace still walking. The statement was interpreted by close followers of the situation as a direct warning to the emplovers and the government that reported con- ditions on the question of re-employ- ment would be not acceptable in any sense to the trades union congress. The statement was taken to intimate that if the employers Insisted on their stand, the congress would be forced 1o offer resisiance. “The trades union congress called M the strike in full confidence that the premier meant what he said con- cerning conditions regarding the re. sumption of work and would use his influence so peace might be pre- served” the T. U. C. statement de- clared. “Peace depends upon the attitude of the employers. who, according to reports throughout the country, are attempting victimization. If one class of employers thinks it can disrupt and degrade the trades unions, then the situation is grave indeed. The only solution is a peace honorably kept by both.sides.” The statement declares that the calling off of the general strike was no indication of weakness on the part of labor and insists that if peace is to be maintained Premier Baldwin must back up his public speeches, “if not— let there be no mistake—trades union- ism will not stand idly by. Trade unionism not beaten and not broken, but was reinforced by the ab- solute solidarity which the general sirike has revealed,” the statement says. “The whole purpose of Premier Baldwin’s efforts to bring peace will be null and void if attacks on the trades unions do not cease.” Rail Workers Warned. The statement also addresses an ex- hortation to the railwaymen on roads which have offered the men individual agreements. “Sign no individual agreements,” it said. “Consult your own officials and follow their instructions. The unions | will protect you.” The statement says that telegrams have been sent throughout Great Bri- tain of nearly 200 general secretaries declaring that it is imperative that agreements existing prior to the gen- eral strike be maintained. Employers who are trying to compei the men to sign “humiliating docu- ments and beat down wages are mak- ing a mistake if they only realize it,” the statement adds. Reports from provincial centers in- dicate that the workers are by no means unanimous in the decision to go back to their jobs. In many places the strikers have decided to stay out until they can get better terms from their individual employers. Want Old Status Back. At Doncaster the railway men have passed a resolution not to return on the conditions offered by the railway company. and at Hull the transport ““(Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) h ASHINGTON, D. C, FENNING IS DENIED FEEANDBOND COST BYCOURT AUDITOR Request for 10 Per Cent; Commission in Adler Case Is Rejected. MUST PAY FOR PREMIUM OUT OF PERSONAL FUNDS’ Davis Rules Guardian Had No Right to Accept 25 Per Cent of Surety Expenses. Herbert L. Davis, auditor of the| District Supreme Court, today denied a request by Commissioner Frederick | A. Fenning that he be given a 10 per cent commission for acting as com- mittee of Adolph Adler, a mentally incompetent war veteran, whose es. tate was transferred today to the man's father, and also held that Mr. Fenning's acceptance of 25 per cent commissions from the bonding com- pany he represents was contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Davis also de- clared that Mr. Fenning should pay the curreny 'bond premium of $36.67 on his surety bond “from his indi- vidual funds.” Mr. Davis' decision was made in a report to Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court in closing up the guardianship of Adler by Mr. Fenning. The veteran's father has qualified as committee in New York and as soon as the assets of the estate are turned over to the parent, Mr. Fenning will be discharged. Follows Saturday Hearing. The decision followed a hearing held Saturday before Auditor Davis at which Mr. Fenning personally declared he did not violate any law or ruling by accepting 25 per cent commissions on bond premiums from the company in which he was bonded as committee of lunacy cases. In the final accounting of the Adler case, for which Mr. Fenning asked a commission of $101 or 10 per cent for services rendered during the past year. appeared an item of $36.67 for “bond premiums.” 1In the account as stated today by Mr. Davis, this item was missing, as was the auditor’s fee. Mr. Davis explained that he waived the fee to save the man's estate from turther expense. Report Is Accepted. If the report of the auditor is ac- cepted without change, it w: cated at the Court House tod: such' action would pave-the way for a general reopening of all other cases | in which Mr. Fenning has received commissions from the bonding com- pany with- the view of reimbursing | the estates. After reviewing Mr. Fenning's con- nection with the bonding company and referring to the fact he received com- missions on bond premiums paid by the estate he represented, Mr. Davis declared: "It is strongly persuasive to your auditor that ‘he (Fenning) placed himself in a position in which his personal interests were, or might be. antagonistic to those of his trust.’ " He referred the court to the Jackson vs. Smith and Michoud vs. Girod legal precedents. Auditor Davis referred the court to the Hoff case, in which “Frederick A. Fenning, Esq., was the committee in the last-mentioned cause, and he was not permitted to retain a ‘bonus’ paid to him by a borrower of the funds of Hoff, a ward of this court. While it was recognized that the said ‘bonus’ did not constitute a deduction from the body of the ward’s estate, that is not the legal test. ‘It makes no differ- ence that the estate was not a loser in the transaction. or that the commis- sion was no more than the services were reasonably worth.' See Magru- der vs. Drury, supra. In the Hoff case the ‘bonus’ was forthwith de- posited as income of the estate, and the auditor’ has consistently adhered to that ruling in each and every sub- sequent case.” Cites Bond Premium: “With respect to commissions on bond premiums received and retained b . in cases wherein he BODY OF A. H, RAMAGE FOUND NEAR BAY’S MOUTH By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va.,, May 13.— The body of A. H. Ramage, wealthy oil man, who disappeared from the Washington-Norfolk _steamboat sev- eral weeks ago, was found this morn- ing in a fizh net near Buckroe Beach. It was viewed by Dr. George K. Van. derslice, coroner, of Elizabeth City County, who ordered it held without inquest pending the arrival of rela- tives. The body was found by Capt. Her- | bert Guy. The coroner was unable to find any marks of violence, but ex- plained that the condition of the body would make it next to impussible to | discorn such marks even though Mr. | Ramage had met violent death. It has | not been definitely established whether | he jumped. fell or was thrown from the steamer. The body will be claimed by George'| H. Lewis of Norfolk. A reward was offered by relatives for its recovery. Band of Hopi Indians to Stage Famed | Snake Dance in Front of Capitol With members of Congress and other Government officials as an au- dience, members of the Hopi Indian tribe of Arizona will give their famous | snake dance in front of the Capitol at 11 o'clock Saturday morning to dem- onstrate that there is nothing about the ceremony that would warrant de- vriving the Indians of the right to re- :tain it as a part of the religious ritual of the tribe. Senator Cameron of Arizona, in an- nouncing the visit of the snake dancers today, declared that the hold- ing of this event on the Hopi reserva- tion once a year is a solemn religious event in the lives of these Indians and that they should not be prohibited from it. The Senator said there has been some agitation to have the Inte- rior Department place a ban on the ceremony. With all of the pomp and regalia used on the reservation, a select | group of the best trained performers, of the band will give the demonstra- tion. Rattlesnakes generally are| used, but Senator Cameron said the! Indians do not harm the snakes in | any way. The exercises on Saturday will be| open to the public and it is expected that a large gathering of Washing- tonians will assemble in the Capitol grounds. Senator Cameron pointed | out that thousands of tourists from all parts of the United States and even from other countries have visited the Hopi reservation to wit- ness this solemn ceremonial. He said that former President Roosevelt on —lalong these lines, but I do want to | himself best at once by demanding of ! his State and local officials economies ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TALKING THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1926—FIF OF TRAFFIC TROUB ng Sftar. TY PAGES. L | | TATEANDLOCAL TAXES ARE SCORED Represenfative Mills Tells C. of C. Levies Have Wiped Out Federal Savings. All of the money the Federal Gov- ernment has saved the taxpayer through governmental economies ha Dbeen more than wiped out by drastic increases in State and local taxes throughout the country, Representa- tive Mills of New York told the dele- gates to the annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce at their closing session today. The time has arrived when the business man must take an active part in scru- tinizing public expenditures, the speaker declared. Ever since the war, Mr. Mills con- tinued, the attention of the taxpayers has been fixed on Washington, and the-result has been satisfactory. Ex-| penditures have been reduced to “bed- rock.” he sald, and taxes cut to a point where, either from the stand point of rates or of total volume, they no longer constitute an excessive bur- den for a nation as rich as the United | States. “But while our eyes have been turn- ed to Washington,” Mr. Mills declared, “and we have been voicing our sati faction over the accomplishments there we have failed to note what was happening at home. Gratified with the steady reduction in the cost of the Federal Govern- ment, we have been neglectful of the fact that the costs of State and local government were rising so steadily as to wipe out all of our gains. Far from being lower, our total taxes were actually higher in 1924 than in 1923, and only $127,000,000 lower than the peak year, 1919. New York Taxes High. “In many cases those least able to pay are contributing most as a re: sult of this situation. In New York| City it has been estimated that any- where from two to three months’ rent isn't rent at all, but taxes. In the rural districts taxes constitute one of the principal contributing factors to the high cost of production and the consequently low profits. “The Congress just at present is very much concerned with agricultu- ral legislation looking to improved methods of marketing and better prices for the farmer. I do not want to minimize what can be accomplished suggest that the farmer can help and reduced taxes at home.” Mr. Mills read statistics showing that taxes took more than 12 per cent of the nation’s gross income in 1924, 10 per cent in 1922, and only a little more than 11 per cent in the peak year of 1919. 1In 1913 the ratio was only about 7 per cent. *So that,” the speaker continued, “even in so far as the national income is concerned, in spite of Federal economies, total taxes today constitute a greater drain on our national resources than in 1919.” In this connection, Mr. Mills pointed out that the Federal Govern- ment has gone as far as it can for the present and that any reduction in taxes in the immediate future must come from the State and local gov- ernments. Borrowing Power Used. Mr. Mills serlously questioned whether or not the people could get considerably more out of the States and cities for less money than they are getting today If better administra- tive methods were employed. He de- clared that the States and municipali- ties have made such free use of their borrowing power. that the billion or more dollars’ worth of bonds which were sold throughout the country in 1923 “did little more than just take care of payments that were due on debts already incurred.'” o “When this point has been reached,’ he declared, “it is obvious that no real benefit is being derived from the borrowing method, even in the way of relief from tax burdens. At 4 per cent the cost of borrowed money in- creases 10 per cent on the principal for every five-year period of the life of the debt. As a result, over a 50- vear-period the total cost will be over 102 per cent of the principal, or more than double what the improvement would have cost were it financed froui current revenue. Urges State Budget Bureaus. “There is one question which I want to leave with you. It is whether our States and localities are not mak- ing too free use of their credit and whether it wouldn't be wiser if more one occasion made a trip to the reser- vation to sce the dance, strict_regard were had for_the pay- (Continued on Page §, Column 1) PILSUDSKI IS HOLDING WARSAW AFTER REVOLUTION, PARIS HEARS Government Said to Be Negotiating to Avoid Blood- shed—Mystery Shrouds Motive of Pilsudski revolutionary have occupled Warsaw, except for the presidential residence, which is protected by loyal troops, said offi- | cial advices today to the State De- | partment. | By the Associated Pre PARIS. 13.—The Temps re- ports that Marshal Pilsudski was in control of Warsaw at 8 o'clock last | night, President Wojciechowski and | the members of the government retir- ing to the Belvedere Palace. Both sides are negotiating in order to avold bloodshed. The city was calm during | the night. | Advices from the Warsaw branch | of the Overseas Bank says compara- | tive calm reigned in the Polish capi- | tal today after numerous street ex- cess;s which consisted chiefly of battles between the opposing politi- | Polish Marshal. cal parties. No details are given re- garding the casualties. Another report, reaching usually | well informed Polish circles in Lon- | Pllsudski don, states that Marshal has been appointed to so possibly - in e position, ce of M Witos es say the political crisis appears to have been solved by this appointment. Berlin reports that many persons | have been killed or wounded in street fighting in Warsaw. Advices from the Polish capital say that machine guns have been placed on top of government buildings and that troops loyal to the government are guarding the bridges and lines of communication. Whether Marshal Piisudski is lead- ing the revolt to install himself as dictator or merely is injecting a mili ary operation into the political si (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) JEFFERSON SHRINE ACTION S ORDERED House Committee, Shelving; Roosevelt Memorial Plan, Authorizes Resolution. Virtually abandoning the Roosevelt Memorial Association’s proposal for a monument to the late President Roosevelt on the water front south of the White House, the House library committee today authorized | Representative Bacon. Republican, of | New York to frame a resolution for | a suitable memorial to Thomas Jef- ferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, in commemoration of the centennial of his death this year. Plans for such a memorial will be taken up with President Coolidge when the Sesquicentennial Commis- sion, established to commemorate the Declaration of Independence, visits the White House late this afternoon. Mr. Bacon helieves that this body now has authority to sponsor an appro- priate memorial to Jefferson. Boylan Makes Protest. While there has been wavering committee sentiment on the Roose- velt proposal for some time, fairly definite decision was taken following the protest yesterday by Representa- tive Boylan, Democrat, of New York. In a letter to Chairman Luce of the library committee, Mr. Boylan de- clared that erection of a monument to Roosevelt, while Jefferson went un- honored, would arouse nation-wide re- sentment. In reply to Mr. Boylan, Mr. Luce wrote: “There seems little likelihood of favorable action being taken on the proposal of the Roosevelt Me- morial Association, about which you wrote us. The site selected by the commission and the proposal that the Government shall spend a large sum in ‘preparation of this site does not meet with general favor in the cqm- mittee. If the House committee de- cides to hold a hearing 1 shall be glad, Indeed, to have you present your views. “Congressman Bacon of New York was authorized at a meeting this morning to draw up a resolution cov- ering the erection of a monument to Thomas Jefferson. It seems quite likely that the matter will be taken up by the committee in the near future.” Sees Certain Support. In his letter to Mr. Luce Mr. Boylan indicated that a movement to honor Jefferson in this way. would be assured of financial support from those with whom he had djscussed the matter. Mr. Bacon, who for several years has had before Congress a Jefferson memorial resolution, is of the opinion that the existing commission can han- dle the project. Mr. Bacon was also the sponsor of the legislative plan for a Roosevelt memorial and has intro- duced one similarly to honor James Madison. [like other presidential PRESIDENT'S CAMP HAS ALL COMFORTS Summer White House in Ad- irondacks Is Rough Only in Appearance. When President and Mrs. Coolidge &0 to White Pine Camp, far up in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. to spend the coming Summer, they will not be called upon to “rough it” or indulge in anything bordering on the primitive, as the name of the estate they are to occupy or its re- mote location may imply. They will have every possible luxury and comfort. According to those who have inspected the house and grounds of White Pine Camp, no expense h: been spared in making it possible for the occupants to enjoy themselves and to have all the comforts and conven- iences of the most modern of homes. The camping part of it, if it can be called that, will be of the de luxe kind. The property has been referred to as one of the finest in that section. White Pine Camp is situated on the bank of Lake Osgood, one of the many small lakes in the popular St. Regis chain of lakes in northern New York. It consists of nearly 40 acres of land which is almost entirely wooded. Un- vacationing places, in other years, the camp con- sists of a group of buildings of the picturesque log cabin type, rather than one single residence. Place Idealy Situated. 1t is similar to many other Summer homes in that region, all of which are referred to as “camps” and the group- ing of the various buildings making up the camp give the appearance, at first glance, of a little village or mountainside hamlet. € The place is ideally situated for sthe purposes of the President. It gives him exclusiveness and quiet and it is easy to guard and patrol. While it ig’ remote, it is not far distant from what is referred to as the life of the immediate section. - Paul Smith's, popular as a resort and Summer colony, is less than 3 miles away. It probably will be at this place that the secret service, members of the President’s clerical force and the newspaper correspondents 0 “cover'” the Summer White House will be quartered. The nearest railroad point to White (Continued on Page 4, Column By the Associated Press. MARSEILLE, France, May 13.— M. de Gasenko, French aviator, ac- companied by Mechanician Bion, left Mareille at 9 o’clock this morning in his water glider, the Sea Flea, for Barcelona, Spain, and Oran, Al- geria. The weather was unfavorable but the apparatus worked satisfac- torily. If the voyage is successful, de Gasenko will continue to Dakar, West Africa., and_then across the South Radio Programs—Page 42. Atlantic to Buenos Aires. The avia- tors hoped. to arrive at Barcelona Yesterday's UP) Means Associated Pr RADIO SIGNALS A By tne Associated Press. NOMI, Alas) dirigible Norge has not reached filed. BY, FREDERICK Special Correspondent of The Star and AIRBANKS, Alaska, May bergen to Alaska, was sighted 10 row, at 10:10 p.m. | Eastern standard time, it was ove: IsOUlh when sighted at Barrow Capt. George Hubert Wilki Arctic expedition, who has been by foggy weather, was unable tc row. small portable sending set. had Since the message which an- nounced the passing of the Norge was sent more than an hour after the time given for sighting the great airship. it is assumed that the Norge passed to the west of Barrow, head- ed southwest toward Nome, without approaching nearer than the dis- tance given—10 miles. Speed Not Calculated. Through the hea mist that has hung over the Arctic about Barrow for several days it was impossible to calculate the speed or altitude of the dark Lulic 10 miles away. Iiowever, if the Norge maintains a speed of 30 miles an hour, she should reach Nome, | 50 miles from Barrow, at 7:35 a.m. p.m. Eastern standard time). (Copyright. 1926 in the United States. { ritain. Canada and all other countries by The Star and the North American News- paper Alliance. Al “rights reserved. production prohibited. ) STATION PICKS UP NORGE. Airship Requested Free Ether for Passage of Its Messages. CORDOVA, Alaska, May 13 (®).—At | 11:50 this morning, Eastern standard | time, the airship Norge was heard | broadeasting the following: “Airship Norge, bound Nome, Alas- ka. Please stop any interference here Eb_\‘ cannery station.” The message was caught by a radio station of the United States Navy on St. Paul Island, in Bering Sea. St. Paul Island is 550 miles south of Nome. The Norge used a 900-meter wave length and & tube transmitter St. Paul Island, which is 900 miles west of here, tried vainly to establish cora- munication with the Norge at that time. At 2:08 this morning. Eastern stand- ard time, St. Paul heard the Norge ask: “Does any one hear us?" Two minutes later the Norge was calling Nome, after having tried to raise a station in Siberia, Then the Norge called a station whose name was not deciphered, and sald: “Go ahead.” NOME READY FOR SHIP. Sleep Ignored in Preparing to Receive Amundsen. NOME, Alaska. May 13 (#).—Nome stretched and yawned this morning after sleepless hours of preparation for the arrival here today of Capt. Roald Amundsen in the dirigible Norge. The big airship was reported to be nearing Nome, the terminus of the first voy- age across the Arctic from Europe to America. Early this morning Alaskan radio stations reported that they had heard signals from the Norge..the first to be picked up since shortly after it crossed over the North Pole. The strength of the signals indicated that Amundsen had touched the bleak northern Alaska coast and was pro- ceeding southwest toward Nome. Amundsen, an intrepid Norwegian explorer who first heeded the call of unknown domains when still a youth, left Kings Bay. Spitzbergen, at 10 p.m. Monday, Nome time. The flight was to take between 50 and 60 hours. “Sea Flea” Begins Its Hop to Spain Preliminary to Trip Across Atlantic within two hours and to reach Oran this evening. The Sea Flea darts over the water like a flying fish, making a speed of about 60 miles an hour. Its hull has a. draft of only 3 inches. At top speed the wing expanse is suffi- cient to keep it clear of the water for about 65 feet and thus it skims The Star's ] every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. along, alternately in the air and touching the water. It is equipped with two rudders, one for guiding it through the water and the other through the air, & “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carfier system covers Circulation, 101,698 TWO CENTS. NORGE OVER ALASKA, NEARS NOME TO END FLIGHT ACROSS POLE 'Amundsen’s Dirigible Is Sighted 10 Miles Off Point Barrow Slipping Through Mist. RE PICKED UP BY SEVERAL STATIONS IN NORTH |Preparations Start to Land Giant Bag. Inhabitants of Arctic Town Awake All Night Awaiting Explorers. . Wednesday. May 12 (11:30 p.m.).—The Nome up to this hour. Owing to the difference in time, it was 5:30 am., May 13 (Eastern standard time), when the foregoing dispatch was LEWIS EARP, North American Newspaper Alliance. 13.—The Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible Norge, on her flight across the North Pole from Spitz- miles off Point Barrow, Alaska, at 8:35 o'clock last night (1:30 a.m. Thursday, Eastern standard time), according to a dispatch received here from Operator Robert Waskey of the Detroit Arctic expedition, stationed at Point Bar- The great dirigible had completed its transpolar flight of 2,000 miles in 44 hours and 35 minutes. At 7 o'clock Tuesday night, r the North Pole. It was headed ns, commander of the Detroit held at Barrow for several days » make a hop off. Short Wave Length Proves Merit. Waskey's message, though fragmentary and brief, carried the news for which the world has been waiting since a short time after the Norge passed the North Pole, 1,200 miles north of Bar- Apparently the short radio wave, though transmitted from a proved its superiority over the powertul 500 to 1,500 meter wave set carried by the dirigible. One hundred volunteers, hardy sourdoughs, are ready to lower the big ship to the ground with ropes. A circular cable attached to four heavy anchors is to hold the dirigible down. Ralph Lomen, Norweglan vice con- tul and lifetime friend of Amundsen, was selected to head the welcoming committees. Plans call for the deflation of the Norge here and its shipment to Se- attle, Wash., on the steamship Vic- toria, which is to return to Seattle on its first voyage of the season before the first of July. Amundsen was reported to have promised Seattle friends a_year ago that he would spend the Fourth of July in Seattle. Radio operators at Nome and throughout Alaska electrified the air early this morning in attempts to get in communication with the Norge. Regard Amundsen as Friend. In none of the messages was there any clue as to the airship’s position, although the signals were reported to be clear and readable. Interfer- ence from ships and private stations hampered communication at times, however. Nome's thousand inhabitants waited almost breathlessly for the first sight of the big ship. Amundsen has made his headquar- ters at Nome many times and Alaskans here regard him as one of them. In addition to wishing to be the first to witness the termination of one of history's greatest voyages, every citizen anxious to welcome Amundsen as an old friend. Citizens began conmstruction of an arch of triumph in the main street vesterday and labored into the night. Those who had not turned carpenters paced the streets and beach restless- 1y and in silence, scanning the north- ern horizon for the great skyship. ALASKA HEARS NORGE. Stations Unable During Night to Communicate With Ship. SEATTLE. Wash., May 13 (#).— Advices received from naval radio stations in Alaska by the Navy sta- tion at Bremerton, Wash., at 2 o'clock this (Thursday) morning said that they had heard radio signals from the dirigible Norge, in which Capt. Roald Amundsen is flying across the Arctic wastes from Kings Bay, Spitz- bergen, to Nome, Alaska, but were l}lln e to get in communication with er. An Associated Press correspondent in Alaska likewise reported that Navy stations had heard the Norge, but had not succeeded in getting their answers to her. St. Paul Island Navy station re. ported hearing the dirigible at 10:50 p.m., Pacific Coast time, (Wednesday). The Norge said: “Airship Norge bound Nome. Please any"—here communication failed. The Norge was sending on 900 meters. At 11:08 p.m., Wednesday night, the Norge was heard to ask “Does any one hear us.” She called “RDG, Sredne Kolymnsk, said to be a Siber- ian station. and then Nome at 11:10, and at 11:29 p.m., called an unknown station and told it to “Go ahead.” VIEW LARGE NEW AREA. Seventeen Men on Norge See 50 Miles on Each Side. By the Associated Press. After passing the North Pole, claimed for the United States by Robert E. Peary, the 17 men aboard the Norge added to the known area of the world at the rate of 5,000 square miles an hour. At 2,000 feet in the air they could see 50 miles on each side. Early in April Capt. George H. Wilkins of the Detroit Arctic expedition . reconnoitered 10,- 000 square miles of the area and found it ice covered. The radio message received here yesterday from the Norge was sent at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Eastern standard time, just after passing the Pol The Pole was crossed at 7 Continued on, Page 4, Column 8§