The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-06-26
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Amundsen Returns, Not
Having Reached Pole
Death of LaFollette.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD

BY EDWARD w. PICkARD
CAPT. ROALD AMUNDSEN and his
~ companions have returned safely
to Spitzbergen with one of the two
planes in which they attempted to fly
to the North pole. They were gone
just four weeks and drove their planes
to within less than $50 miles of the
pole. Then, with their supply of petrol
half gone, they started back, but found
it necessary to descend in lane of
open water. The ice closed in on
them quickly, but by desperate work
they managed to extricate one of the
planes and to prepare it for further
flight. This took twenty-four days,
and then the whole party started
southwark in the one plane. With
good luck they reached North cape
in eight and one-half hours and there
vessel was sighted which carried
them back to Spitzbergen.
Though he failed in reaching the
pole, Captain Amundsen was favored
by fortune, for the time consumed in
getting the plane out Of the ice had
used up about all the party's pro-
visions and they could not have made
the, long trip to the edge of the ice
fields on foot. So If the plane had
failed them at last, they must have
starved or frozen to death. 1t Is be-
lieved Amundsen will soon make an
other attempt to fly to the pole.
ID OBERT NJ. LA TOILETTE, Unit
IN ed States senator from Wisconsin
and the great fighting leader of pro-
gressives and insurgents in American
politics. is dead. He passed away in
Washington, the immediate cause of
death being heart failure following an
attack of bronchial asthma. He had
been failing for long time, however,
and had been confined to his bed for
a month on account of bronchitis and
angina pectoris.
At the senator's bedside were Mrs.
LaFollette, their two sons, Robert NJ,
Jr., and Philip, and their two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. George Middleton and Mrs.
Ralph Sucher. They took his body
back to his home in Madison, Wis,
for interment on June %. Mrs. La
Toilette received from President Cool
idge a letter of coincidence, and like
messages poured in from all parts of
the country. Whatever men thought
of LaFollette's policies, none could
deny his great public services and in
domitable courage. AS Vice President
Dawes said, he will be greatly missed
from our national life.
MO, WE are not going to have an
other war with Mexico. At least,
not in the immediate future. But we
are going to continue to insist that
Mexico recognize American rights in
that country and indemnify Americans
for their properties seized under the
agrariap law. President Coolidge and
his advisers have been considering just
what steps should be taken, but there
is not yet any information as to what
they decided.
Relations with Mexico were brought
sharply to public attention by state
ment which Secretary of State Kellogg
gave out, in which he warned our
southern neighbor that she was on
probation and must protect American
lives and property and fulfill her inter-
national engagements and obligations.
1t appeared that Washington had been
exchanging notes with Mexico for
some time and Mr.. Kellogg apparently
thought it wise to let the public know
something of the administrators pol
icy. President Gales came right back
at him with red hot statement which
was not only defiant but almost
threatening. He said Mr.. Kellogg's
statement was incorrect and contradic-
tory, and offered proofs that Mexico
was conscious of its obligations and
determined to comply with them. He
continued:
"If the government of Mexico, as
affirmed is cow on trial before the
world, such Is the case with the gov
eminent of fhe United States as well
as all those of other countries; but
If ii is to be understood that Mexico