Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-09
Norwegian Explorer Denie.
Having Telegraphed that
Rival Reached Pole; Says
He is the Discoverer.
NOTHING HEARD
FROM ENGLISHMAN
Amundsen Says He Has Not
Seen Scott; Gives No De.
tails of Success Of His
Own Expedition.

Hobart, Tasmania. March 8.-Capt
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex
plorer, denies having telegraphed any.
thing regarding Captain Robert Scott
or the British expedition.
Captain Amundsen, UP to the pres.
ent Is the only member of the Antarc.
tic expedition who has landed from the
Fran. Nobody Is allowed to 80 or
board the vessel under any pretext
whatsoever.
The explorer says he is pleased with
the results Of his expedition but other
wise maintains absolute silence on the
subject.
Captain Amundsen intends to stay
at Hobart for q few days, He VIII
then 60 to Australia and give a few
lectures there, afterwards departing
for Europe by the circuitous route OF
Buenos Ayres then around Cape Horn
to Behring straits and through The
northwest passage and the Arctic
ocean.
Norwegian Papers Notified.
Christiana, Norway, March S.-,rwc
local newspapers today received dis
patches from Captain Roald AmundseI
IannOunciEg that he reached the south
ROkC OA 1SOSS3ulQSI4 Ii, llC .ulH
a patches We're sent from Hobart, Tas
fmania. where Amundsen arrived yes
terday.
The dispatches read: "Pole reach.
ed fourteenth-seventeenth Decem
ber." This evidently means that he
remained three days in the vicinity OF
the pole probably for the purpose OF
taking accurate observations as to his
position.
Rejoicings over Captain Amundsen's
success in reaching the south pole are
widespread over Norway today The
feeling of the people was voiced In
the stOrthing by the president, Freder.
ick kanow. At the opening of the
session, President Kanow amid loud
cheers from the members, said:
We cannot begin our days work
without expressing our thankful joy
and are admiration and pride with
which we are all filed by the news
that Captain Roald Amundsen and his
comrades have reached the south
pole and planted the Norwegian flag
there.
'We are proud in the thought that
these men are our fellow countrymen
and that they have once more sue
ceeded in covering the name of Norway
with glory"
The storthing telegraphed greetings
and thanks to Captain Amundsen at
Hobart, Tasmania
Will Submit His Proofs.
London, March S.--Captain Roald
Amundsen states that he will submit
his charts and all information as to
his expedition without delay. accord
ing to dispatches from Hobart receiv-
ed by special correspondent at Well
ington, N. 2.
Knows Nothing Of Scott.
i New York, March S.--The New York
Times received dispatch today from
Roald Amundsen at Hobart. Tasmania.
saying that he knew nothing about
Captain Scott, the British explorer and
his expedition.
! The royal geographical society, ac-
Icepts unqualifiedly Captain Amund-
sens claim that he reached the south
pole and takes it for granted that he
was the first explorer to reach the
goal. although Amundsen's brief dis
patch does not mention that fact.
i Geographers point out. however, that
Captain Amundsen and Captain Scott
may both have been there and within
a mile of each other without knowing
it and scientists here are awaiting
further details but accepting definitely
the defeat of the British explorer.
iAmundsen Refuses to Discuss Scott.
The message received yesterday by
the London Daily Express from Well
lington in which Captain Amundsen
was reported as saying that Scott had
reached the south pole was based on a
telegram alleged to have been sent by
the Norwegian explorer but the authen-
ticity Of which Captain Amundsen to-
!, day denies.
j In response to cabled instructions
to ask Captain Amundsen point blank
, whether Captain Scott reached the
! south pole, the correspondent Of the
. London Evening Star at Hobart today
, photographed the following statement:
], ''Amundsen refuses to say anything
ION the question as to whether Scott
! reached the south pole or not"
; After meeting Captain Scott in the
!, bay of Whales on January 10. 1911,
Captain Amundsen camped with nine
: men in longitude Ia west. latitude Is,