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NOME BIDS AMUNDSEN FAREWELL
RAHWAY SHOPMEN WALKED OUT THIS A. M.
OPERATORS ACCEPT
GOV’T INVITATION'
Washington, June 30—Secretary
Davis announced that coal operators
have accepted the invitation extend
ed by Harding to meet at the White
House Saturday with United Mine
Workers officials to devise methods
of negotiations for settlement of
the coal strike.
WALLACE TO BE
PULLED FROM CABINET
Washington, June 30—“If you
permit the transfer of the Forest
Service from the Department of Ag
riculture to the Department of In
terior we will pull Secretary Wall
ace out of the Cabinet and make
war on you as the enemy of farm
era.” That 1s the threat that was
made by the Farm Bloc and is being
held over Harding.
THOROUGH PROSPECTING OF
COLD BAY OIL FIELDS
VOW ASSURED
Washington^ June 80—Thorough
prospecting Cold Bay, Alaska oil
fields, at tfie initial expense of a
quarter Aljtt mllliq^ is assured
• Work* Till be begun at once ac
cording to an announcement made
by J. W. McCord of Cold Bay. who
has been In Washington and New
York for several months arranging
a deal whereby development is made
possible. .The Standard Oil Com
pany of California and the General
Petroleum Co, have taken over from
McCord and associates the assign
ment of four oil prospecting per
mits in the Cold Bay area, with con
sent o^fhe Department of Interior.
Development work will be direct
ly under management of Standard
Oil Company of California which is
getting together at Frisco a com
plete outfit for sinking wells and
will ship to Cold Bay within a
short time.
NENANA COAL TO SUPERCEDE
MATAX1SKA OOAIi
Washington, June 30—Nenana
instead of Matanuska coal is to^bc
the chief dependence of the Alaska
railway for its fuel supply and for
local industry and domestic supply
along the railway line, according to
an announcement made by Secretary
Fall he has alloted two hundred
thousand dollars of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission funds to con
struct a spur from tire main line at
Mile 365 into Healey creek portion
of tLe Nenana fields In order to tap
that bed.
REPRESENTATIVE UNION
SUBPOENAED TO APPEAR
Chicago, June 30—B. M .'''Jewell,
head of the six Shops Crafts Unions
was today subpoenaed by the United
States Railway Labor Board to ap
pear before the board for an official
Investigation into the threatened rail
why strike of four hundred thous
and shofetnen.
Chicago, June 30—Leaders of the
Railway Shop Crafts, whose nation
wide walkout Is set for 10 a. m. to
morrow. notified the U. S. Railway
Labor Board that the shopmen have
refused to delay their strike pend
ing negotiations begun by the hoards,
which started at Conference Board’s
headquarters at 2 o'clock today.
Chicago, July 1—Railway Shop
men thruout tne country walked
out this morning at ten o’clock.
Great congestion prevals at ter
minals hero and in New York.
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CART. AMUNDSEN AND EXPLORING SHIR HARD
LEAVE FOR DRIFT OVER “TOP OF WORLD’
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THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR LONG REMEMBER, WHAT WE 8.AA HERE, BI T IT < AX NEVER FORGET AVH.AT AVE DO—I.
For the second time in the history
ot Nome there has been witnessed
the departure for the North Pole
the greatest of modern explorers
Captain Roald Amundsen.
On Wednesday afternoon. June
28th, 1922. Roald Amundsen left
the city of Nome on the last leg of
his five year’s trip into the Arctic
regions, from %hich God willing, he
will return with great honors, cre
diting to his illustrious name and
remarkable record further and more
complete scientific data and discov
Promptly at 2:00 p. m.. fifteen
automobiles crowded with men, wo
| men and children gathered in fronf
I of the Golden Gate Hotel and es
I cort^d Captain Amundsen thru the
streets of Nome to the Nome Light
: erage dock from which point a
large cr^wt^ over 100
enthusiastic Nomeites accompanied
him to the exploring ship Maud.
After boarding the vessel a flag
presentation ceremony was conduct
ed at which District Judge G. J.
Lomen presented to Capt. Amund
your famous dash to the South Pole
and you again startled the world by
the accomplishment of the hitherto
impossible, and were heralded as th*
first of mortals to set foot upon the
apex of the Southern Hemisphere.
Nome, remembering you, already
then as her most distinguished
friend, flashed a telegram of con
gratulation to you at Hobart, on
your return to civilization.
"In 1920, you surprised this com
munity by coming unheralded out j
of the Arctic, the third to n< gotiate j
the Northeast passage, and the first j
to circumnavigate the Polar seas
For the third time in your life of a
brief half century you had outrank- j
ed the rest of mankind in one more
hiroic and scientific achievement, j
"With all your native modesty
and your urbane manners, your am
bition seems to know ho fldunds.
With the good ship "Maud” equip
ped as only your knowledge and ex
perience could devise, and with
your gallant crew, you are about to
make the dash for the other Pole,
the so-called "Top of the World.”
safe return. We wish it w
"And now, fellow citizens, let us I
further evidence these sentiments J
with three hearty rousing cheers J
for Captain Amundsen, his crew and
this last and most significant of |
polar expeditions.
( apt. Amundsen Expresses Thanks, j
Captain Amundsen in a voice full
of feeling, expressed the deep emo
tion that swayed him saying:
"Before leaving today on what I j
hope will not he my last trip into |
the North, I want to thank the citi
zens of Nome for the many kind-j
nesses. courtesies and the generous J
hospitality which they have extend-1
ed to me. for this is not the first I
time J have left for the North Pole. !
Four times have I left hen and each j
time this wonderful little Qjty ofj
America has made me feel as one
of your own. My whole crew join |
me in thanking you all.”
The flag was then slowly flung
to the breeze as it was hoisted to
Referring to his crew Captain
Amundsen said that they were the
nick of more than a thousand ap
plicants and each is a proven man.
Bird Men of Expedition
Lieut. O. Omdahl and Lieut. O.
Dahl, both of the Norwegian Army
Flying Corps will act as expedition
ary aviators in charge of the two
air planes, that are part of the ad
venturer's equipment. Last but not
least, in fact s<cond in importance
to Capt. Amundsen, is Lieut. Rimer
CJ. Fullerton, of the Canadian Royal
Air Forces. This birdman, clear
eyed and square jawed, sinewy and
clean limbed is the man who will
fly from Point Barrow across the
pole to Spltzbergen. In an inter
view^ LieutV Fullerton stated that
he could not at this time say who
would accompany him on his trans
polar flight. Captain Amundsen
may and may not. In his 185 H.
P. J-L he expects to negotiate the
trip in 24 hours continuous flight.
Surely civilization bows its head in
prayer that this expedition will be
successful and that Its valorous.
NOME, ALASKA,
WHKIIE AML'.VRSEN AMI FREW TAKE LAST FAKEWEL
BEFORE GOING “OVER THE TOP OF THE WOKIJI.
sen a silken American flag as a
token of respect and appreciation
of the citizens of Nome. The cere
mony of presentation was held on
the forward deck of the ship under
the auspices of a special committee
appointed for that purpose, consist
ing of Lieut. Commander C. S.
Cochran of the U. S. Cutter Bear.
'District Judge G. J. Lomen, Capt.
Thomas A. Ross of the Nome Coast
Guard Station No. 305, and Mayor
Geo. S. Maynard.
Presentation of Flag.
The following appropriate and
impressive speech of the presenta
tion of the flag to Captain Amund
sen as made by Judge G. J. Lomen
is as follows:
“Captain Roald Amundsen—Four
i times In the brief history of our
community Nome has had the priv
ilege of bidding you welcome and
to bid you (|pd Speed. For the
latter purpose we are assembled
here today.
“We were proud to welcome you
in 1906. when you ptartled the
world with the accomplishment of
the stupendous feat of negotiating
the Northwest, passage, and by that
one act transcending the persistant
and courageous efforts of four cen
turies of Arctic exploration. More
*han that, you had paused on the
way long enough to explore the re
g!on of the North Magnetic Pole and
to gather data sufficient to furnish
he savants of Europe with material
that has kept them busy to the
present day, with the problems of
terrestrial magnetism.
. “WJjjipn you subsequently, made
When you have reached it, as we
confidently believe you will, you
will again have merited a unique dis
tinction as the one man of all the
world who has planted the flag of
his country at the two Poles of the
"We are beginning to wonder what
other worlds there are for you to
"You have already accomplished
much, that if you do nothing
more to add to your renown, your
last step on earth (which we hop<
and pray will Only be at a ripe old
age) will be a "step from fame's lad
der into the skies.”
"Captain Amundsen, on behalf of
our little community, that you have
contributed so much to make fam
ous by your visits, I have the honor ■
at this time to present to you as a
token of our high esteem and cor
dial relations, - the emblem of our
great country, a silken flag, the
Stars and Stripes. It symbolizes
all that is highest and beat In hu
man government. It is emblema
tic of the sisterhood of States and
of Nations, and the hope of the
world. Take it with you to the
"No country has a monopoly on
sdence or knowledge. As one of
(he great scientists of the world, a
forerunner in the dissemination of
useful knowledge and the greatest
explorer of all time you belong, to
all countries. The world claims
you. All flags do you honor.
"At the moment of your departure
for the North, Nome bids you God
Speed and. wishes you success and a
the mast head by members of the I
Coast Guard cr. w, and the people I
stood with bpred heads until Old:
Glory swung free. After this cere
mony the guests were conducted
about the boat and viewed the many 1
interesting features of this remark
able boat, the creation of the mas
ter mind of this expedition. On
board are a number of sledge dogs, i
which will be augmented by thirty
tour others to be taken aboard at !
East Cape. Siberia. In a coop on 1
the birdge are six honieing pigeons
to be released in the far -north as
occasion arises. Two aeroplanes
repose in their crates awaiting the
arrival of the Maud at her far
(northern destination. One is an
all metal J-L monoplane for scout
ing purposes, capable of flying from
80 to 100 miles per hour, having
engines producing 185 H.P. and
capacity for 350 gallons of gasoline.
The J-L is the plane that will at
tempt to make the trans polar flight
to Spitsbergen. The other plane
is a Curtis Orieole bi plane with
which can be attained a speed of 120
miles per hour.
The powerful engine of the Maud
is of the Diesel type, producing 360
On board as members of this re
markable expedition are: Captain
Roald Amundsen, commander of the
expedition; Captain O. Wisting.
commander of the ship Maud; Dr.
H. U. Sverdrup, scientist; F.Maltn-j
gren/assistant scientist; T. M. Olo-.
kin, chief engineer and radio exijert; j
S. Syvertson, assistant engineer; ;
Carl Hanson, general utility man j
brave hearted men return to their
home lands and families.
Guests Transfer to Cutter Maud.
After a trip about the boat most
of the gm sts were transferred to
the (’utter Bear where Lieut. Com
mander Cochran became their gen
ial host while the Maud prepared
to heave anchor and proceed up the
coast on her long trip into the great
frozen north.
Maud Hoists Anchor at 4:20 |>. in.
At 4:20 p. m. the engine on the
Maud was started and the wench
began to wind up the anchor chain.
Suddenly activities on board by
members of the crew were directed
into other channels while the visi
tors remaining continued their
merry chatter a-nd banter in the
cabin—the Maud stopped—the visi
tors were told that the anchor chain
had become fouled thru an accident.
Maud on Fire.
Unknown to most of the guests an
accident had occurred, the engine
backfired and what might have been
a holocaust was in progress, the
MAUD WAS ON FIRE. Quick ac
tion on part of the engine men. un
der sharp commands of Captain
Wisting, 1 extinguished the fire and 1
no one was the wiser. Due to this]
(ire the hoisting of the anchor was
delayed. The hoisting machinery
was temporarily disabled, and mem
bers of the crew, assisted by seamen
from the Genevieve, used hand pow
in operating the capstan. Final
ly, with the anchor aboard and
trouble in the engine room remedied,
the signal was given to proceed full
(Continued on Page Three.)
Washington, July 1 - Th. tlou.se
urned last night until August
1 r.th giving members the opportun
ity of returning home to lock after
their cam paign while the Senate will
Washington, July l The Presi
dent y« sterday afternoon made clear
to both Railway operators and men
that the government proposed to
help keep the railroads running and
that nun must accept the wage cut
rtithorized by th» Labor Board.
The Hague July 1—Russian dele
gation has asked the conference for
«i edit aggregating three quarter
billion gold rubles for transporta
tion purposes, agriculture industries,
Washington. July 1—The Army
Apropriation Bill carrying 271 mil
lions. providing for enlisted person
nel of 12.r* thousand and an officer
stie-ngth of 12 thousand was signed
by the president.
Washington. July 1—First disor
ders of the nation wide strike of rail
way shopmen occurred this morning
in Baltimore and Ohio roundhouse
in the city of Maryland, in clash be
tween special guards and strikers.
Toklo. July 1—Last of treaties
growing out of Washington Confer
ence approved today by Privy Coun
cil and only Prince Regents signa
ture remains to place Japan’s seal
upon decisions aimed at the world
Seattle July 1 The charge was
made this afternoon at the Conven
tion of the American Nurses Asso
ciation, that thousands of young
women of America. who labor at
bedsides of th- sick, while receiving
traning a* nurses are being exploit
ed by the hospitals of the country.
Berlin July 1—Ninety have been
arrested in Berlin as the result of
discovery of a wide spread plot to
overthrow the Wirth government.
Seattle July 1—-Mrs. fla{gv Rurr
j Vife of Oeoi'ge, a buyer for several
, departments of Frederick and Nel
j son. was killed in an auto accident
[ Washington. July 1—A private,
| showing of an English motion pic
ture. illustrating scenes about the
ancestral home of Geo. Washington
in England, will be given to Harding
Los Angeles July 1—Mae Meta
Waugh, runaway daughter of Web
ster Waugh of Anchorage. Alaska,
was arrested here where she was
endeavoring to become a movie ac
tress. She will be returned to Seat
Chicago July 1—"It is untrue that
I purchased glands of another man”
Harold McCormick said in a reply
to press reports concerning the op
eration he recently underwent.
Denver July 1—Nine companies
of National Guard are tinder orders
to mobilize in seveu cities and towns
in this state, following the burning
of two railway bridges and the dam
aging of mines in northern and
southern Colorado coal fields.
Philadelphia July 1 -National
Disabled' Soldiers league in con
vention gave rising vote of thanks
to the press for fighting the cause
of disabjed service men.
Adtiltionnl telegraph new* on page 3