FLIGHT
Report Says He Has
Started From Dane
Island.
Christiania, June 16.—Captain
Roald Amundsen, in his North
Pole flight, has started from
Danes Island, according to a!
radiogram received by way of
Spitzenbergen.
The steamer Flint, which has
on board the party which will go;
to the relief of Amundsen if hoi
requires aid during his flight j
from Wainwright, Alaska, to
Spitzenbergen, has arrived at
Seal Bay. Spitzenbergen, and es-j
tablished flying bases for sea
planes on board.
Loudon.—Dispatches from Co j
penliagen say that Hakkon i Jam
mer, ship owner of Seattle, who]
has already rendered Amundsen j
considerable help in equipping]
his ship Maud, will give further!
valuable aid to the explorer in
his attempt to fly across the
North Pole. Hammer intends to
set out to meet Amundsen over
the projected line of flight, flying
in an opposite direction, and
dropping quantities of stores and
food eu route. The airplane
Hammer intends to use is a
Falker, capable of remaining in
the air twenty-six hours at a
time. If Amundsen lands at the
Pole, provision is being made
for his rescue in the event of him
being isolated there.
Geologists Headed for
Arctic, to Determine
Extent of Oil Regions
Seattle.—Sidney Paige, J. Whitaker,
Gerald Fitzgerald, E. Guerin. William
T. Forest and James Gilluly, geolo
gists and engineers, constituting the
expedition ordered by the Government
to determine the extent of the Point
Barrow field as a producer of oil for
naval purposes, arrived here today.
They will sail almost immediately for
Nome on their way to the Arctic.
Chinese Students Shot
by Japanese Marines
Manila.—Huudreds of Chinese stu
dents, boycotters. have been shot
by Japanese marines at Eachang, in
the province of Hupes, according to ad
vices received here today.
W. W. Lukens and Mike Hochriter
took the overland trail to Candle last
Sunday. Mr. Lukens mado the trip
for the purpose of looking over that
route, with a view to defining and bet
tering the trail, and also to give con
sideration to the building of a bridge
over the Tatalina, which may possibly
be authorized at some future time.
J. A. Harlan was a Monday arrival,
having made the overland trip from
Kubv in seven days.
Harding Plans lo See
as Much o' Territory
as Possible.
Washington, June 14.—A re
vision of the pi t for 1 >
trip, at a conference with Secre
tary Hoover, pri : for a stay
by the President for at least two
weeks in Alaska. The voyage
from Se; ttle, Hoove, said, will
be made on an army or navy
transport. Tlie navy transport
Henderson, which is to proceed
to the w -St const, with naval sup
plies in time tc bo n idy for tin:
Alaska .start, ma y be assigned to
make the trip. H o -»r said that
Harding plans to see s mm i of
the Tt rriton a: fir;- In.no as
possible. PI^ v ill cover as much
ground by ti ’n as railroad fa
cilities v 41 permit and will tour
the remainder by mo1 or It is
expect* d the pre.-idential party
will visit every p rt of the Ter
ritory except the ex Hern north
west.
Telegraphic Ti
fire
Sar. Francisco.—“Organized reserves
are the posse of the nation,” Secretary
of War Weeks said in an address be
fore a meetir .'; of the Chamber of Com
merce, today.
’Washington.—Pi< s'dent [Iordinr', on
his return from Alaska, will sail from
either San Diego or Los Angeles on the
Shipping Board steamship Preside"t
Harrison, it was announced today.
Los Angeles.—McGruber Beall, of
Seattle, former owner of the Mojave
Desert Silver Mines, who was shot
from ambush on a Bakersfield, high
way. succumbed to his wounds last
evening. _
Paris.—Shouting “i came to assassi
nate the editor!'’ Georges Taupin, an
anarchist, emptied his revolver into
the ceiling of the editorial rooms of
Action Francaise. Charles Maurras
had declined to see Taupin.
Chicago.—C. H. Houston, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., former assistant secre
tary of the Department of Commerce,
was today appointed chairman of the
wavs and means committee of the Ile
publican National Committee.
Moscow.—Thirty armed bandits held
up the Odessa & Moscow express train,
20 mih s southwest of Moscow, ’yester
day. The train was looted ^and the
passengers couip'11s 1 to give up their
money and other valuables.
Cauton.—A light r, with, a cargo of
kerosene, owned by the Texas Oil Corn
paay, was seized hy Chinese pirates
near here, today. A party from the
American boat Pelena has been dis
patched in pursuit.
Seattle.—Charles Sanford, formerly
of the Nome Nugget, has purchased
from Charles L. Herron an interest in
the Hyder Miner, and will depart on
the first boat to install new equipment
and take over the editorial manage
ment of the paper.
Poincaire and Cabinet
Resign, But Resigna*
tions Not Accepto'-.
j Paris. —Premier Poincaire and the
j members of hi-; cabinet, ri ■ ned as a
i result of the ref us of r! n o to
proceed with the o. _
and other core
illegal acts again-a to ; j 1 :•
lie. Presideut Moierand, however,
refused to accept Hie resign;-' ...a-i, a; d
they were wit h ■_! o
Washington, June 19.—One
: thousand eig. ! Juudrc a , ^ of
])ublic la nils in Ala i ’ vi
cinity of the T.’.hara river, on
the Govermnr nt-ownc-1 rvilretul,
were thrown open today by Fie
Interior Department to sc rvim'
men in the worl I v ir i home -
stead entry Fiih o u- same
j will be made a: th FArbau''
{land office at a date to b>„ !ixcu
by the register there. World
war veterans will be givi n a
preference of ninety-one days,
with the understanding th: . <, oal
deposits arc reserved as pron
erty of the United States. Th
j lands will be open to the pul lie
| at the expiraiione of the ninety
one days’ period.
|Gary Collapses Whmj
Reading Ade u
posing 12-Mour nay
New York.—Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation, suf
fered collapse while deliveries ■ ad
dress here today. Schwab cotnpl 'ted
the reading of Gary’s address. Gary
was reporting for the committee of
iron and steel institute, appointed spe
cially to investigate the feasibility of
adopting a twelve-hour day in the stcei
industry, that it could not recommend
| such a step.
N. L. Wimmlcr, of t,he Federal Bu
reau of Mines, who was a Sun i t.y ar
rival. left Monday for Candle, a : was
among the arrivals here last evening
from McGrath, leaving almost immedi
ately for Yaukee creek in company
with Julius Saupe, manager of the
Flume Dredge'Company. Mr. Wh -m
1: v is scheduled to depart tomorrow for
Flat, accompanied by ‘Tom Shallow,
who.leit „this afterno
creek. Mr. Shallow expects to return
from Flat a few days following his ar
rival there.
Walter F. Scott, for the past couple
I nf months accountant for the l'nnoko
! Dredging Company at Ganesi'.'croek,
and;who recently resigned, left yester
day for'Op'nir, on his way ;to Holy
Cross. Mr. Scott is returning to..Ne
uana.
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I;!i -cirocl, Juno 10.—Raymond,
1 . iv i •' >'J ' or, of this
. t t ifi'.'s which
ik . i -hen he was
. ttaci c I today by two of Ches
ter Brink’s >if logs at FI it,
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other c .11 ■- .. v s enjoying
hi,-:- in : ..vc v is on a day’s
' ' O ’ "' • t : >1 y - 1 Kt r
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; h i'..'..1 been taken
out by Fay Bullock- i’or exercise and
turnwl loo The box's manful de
fense; c; 1 his life, h he was so ex
hausu .1 t h 1. : nov arrived he
wn;;!(! n:i OmC luivs !v. .a killed. As
it 'Vi: , the CLiiid’a kvtc ear was almost
co..' ;• > tely severed, while a cash in his
c'o. required eijiu-e-i stitches in
dr. in;:, us well as h :ribh laceration
o" throat; should .» ;u 1 body.
Kao iiiond . carri :> the home of
Mrs. Jacob Mu.chlor m. .. k.uely after
I.1 at tacit, where he has remained
sin i.t, ■ . v ..tWiLton and
kindness from Mrs. M .'dor and
others, who wiii not per it his re
tueval to his horn • in Idi; :• l v.n if he
has suLicient-ly recovered i permit the
ti |> without danger.
Dr Mootv, who had sc efficiently
handled the case, reports to ■ little, fel
; low doing as well as could possibly be
( expected and making a magnificent
fight, to1 ai d recovery.
—
Tor Decoration Amer
c:in braves overseas
,v Yo' k. — A message from Presi
I (! Harding indorsing the movement
I to raise a fund of three hunjlreji thou
} saml d' ars for the decoration every
j yea- ives of Atom ican soldiers,
■ sai! ;J raarijje-: overseas was read
last a.^r.t at th i. . t < 1 tlie Amer
ican Overseas Me mi ••rial Day Assoeia
| tion. The king and premier of Italy
! als -rent greetings.
Russians and J apanese
Moscow.—A dispatch from Vladivo
stok re ts ■ it w ten a Rus
m.i patrol boat and two poaching Jap
an :• -e st’. i.j. t s in : la-.,- n waters, in
which one Riisvlau was killed and
three Japanese wounded. The steam
ers were seized.
D...rA, 60 Missing,
in Arkansas Storm
St. Louis.—Seventeen are dead and
sixty missing in the storm-swept re
gions around Hot Springs, Ark., ac
cording to Information received at the
heady, o tors of the Missouri Pacific
railroad h re today.
Jack Stewart, who was a Tuesday
arrival from Canes, left Thursday for
I McGrath.