Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-03-21
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brother Leon personally took the eX-
plorers telegram announcing that he
had reached the South pole to King
Haakon his majesty was attending
the maneuvers at Sandwich. King
Haakon Immediately addressed a dis
patch TO ~Amundsen, at Hobart, Tas-
mania, saying:
81 thank you for the information.
The queen and ] beg to send YOU and
all on board the Fran our most cor
dial congratulations on the accom-
plishment of your results, which are
so satisfactory to all of US"
This is all the correspondence that
has passed between King Haakon and
Captain Amundsen. King George of
Great Britain and King Friedrich OF
Denmark have telegraphed their felici-
tations to King Haakon.
Many scientific, educational and
commercial associations throughout
the country cabled congratulations
and in Christiania and in all cities of
the country there was naturally gen.
eral rejoicing.
On March s the meeting OF parlia
ment was devoted to clarifying the
success of Captain Amundsen in reach
ing the South pole. II was decided
to cable him congratulations and the
fact that there was no hesitation in
doing so was accepted as conclusive
proof hat the cables received by the
king, which have been withheld from
thA nHh1ta - 40, 80, 80 49,
Amundsen selling the story Of his
achievement, told of his successful
trip to the pole. This belief was add.
ed to by the address of the president
Of the storthing, who said: I'VE are
filled with joy over the receipt Of the
comrades have succeeded in planting
the Norwegian flag at the South pole
A London dispatch says: mo ques-
ton of his proofs will be raised so
far as Captain Roald Amundsen is
concerned when he reaches civiliza-
ton, The captain landed from the
Fran at Hobart, Tasmania, for a brief
period on Friday, March 8, but posi-
lively refused to make any statement
regarding his achievements. He made
il very plain, however, that he will
not wait to submit his proofs that he
actually discovered the pole, but will
send them to the various geographical
societies in the neal future. There
cen to be general acceptance from
Englishmen that the Norwegian did
exactly what he said he did in the
cablegrams received by his brother,
which stated that he spent three days
at the pole. That he did this to pre-
vent any suggestion of 'Cookism' is the
belief in England. Observations taken
on three days in succession at high
noon, it is said, could not be faxed
and there can be no question raised
such as happened in connection even
with Admiral Peary's proofs among
certain scientists. When the question
was bluntly put to Amundsen whether
Captain Scott reached the South pole
the Norwegian explorer refused to
answer It,"
Captain Amundsen left Christiania
OF board the Fran, which he selected
" bIo iditSl ca DVblllOh' ht
has been used for many years in Arc
tic explorations. From 1893 90 1896,
during the expedition of DR.. Fritiof
hansen, she covered a journey of
about 1000 miles in the Arctic ocean.
5000 miles of this being accomplished
while she was frozen solid in the ice.
She was not damaged at all during
this voyage. Captain Amundsen left
Buenos Ayres on his present trip to-
ward the close of 1910, with a small
party of Norwegians, all Of them ex-
perienced in Arctic work.
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Shipping interests throughout Eu-
rope are watching with the keenest
interest the doings of the worlds larg-
est motor vessel, the Selandia, built
at the yard of Burmeister & Vain.
Copenhagen. This ship has just com
pleted her trials in the North sea with
all success. 1t is expected that the
Diesel motors, instead of steam en-
gines. will entail a saving of $4,000
a year. in addition to a material saw
Ing in space. Her displacement Ia
10000 tons and her carrying capacity
7,400 tons. She has two propellers.
each worked by a four-stroke Diesel
motor with eight pistons Of 1880
horsepower. She also carries two
smaller auxiliary motors.
Mormon missionaries continue to
make things interesting in different
parts of Denmark as well as Sweden.
There are two missionaries who have
been operating in both countries and
It is claimed that they have been
making quite a few converts In Copen-
hagen. Owing to the fact that the
Danish government has not been over
ly friendly to Mormon missionaries
they have not been working so much
In the open recently as they did some
time ago. The methods used by some
agents Of the Mormon church have
been to procure Danish people to go
TO Utah to settle on the pretense that
they could in such case better their
financial conditions.
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