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Airmen Encounter Endless Ice Floes, Fog: and High Wind Smith in Narrow Escape From Death as Giant Berg Suddenly Looms Out of Mist. By LOWELL TIIOMAS. (Copyright. 1925.) "As the result of the invitation I had extended to Loratell!,'’ remarked Commander Lowell Smith, "he took off from Ireland with us. But his plane was totally different from ours. In addition to being heavier, it was a much faster ship. I.o catelli apparently did his best to fly right along with us. and for a time circled and stalled in order to do so. But this evidently had grown irksome to Italian crew when when they knew that they ought to he able to get through to Greenland long’ahead of 11s. "At anv rate, they finally stopped stalling and rin ling, and shot past us. Tlie last v •’ ever saw of their big monoplane ^ s whert It vanished over the horizon ahead of us. Of course, when we eventually got through, after one of the most trying experiences of our lives, we discovered to our deep regret that l.oeatelli had not reached Frederlcksdale. AA'e wait ed anxiously for hours and still no sign of the speedy Italian plane. In fact, it never arrived. But that's get ting ahead of onr story.” Strung out between Iceland and Greenland were five American ships, the cruiser Richmond with Rear Ad - miral Magruder on board, the cruiser Raleigh, ami the destroyers Barry. Reir. and Billingsley. Capt. Lyman A. Cotton, in command of the admiral's flagship, desrrihed tills stretch from Iceland to Greenland as “the longest and most difficult leg of the trans Atlantic flight.” Bad Weather Ahead. The Richmond was the first of the naval vessels that the flyers passed. Next in line was the Reid: then the Billingsley, and finally the Barry and Raleigh. The destroyer Bllllngsiey was the boat An which Smith and .Arnold had dropped their message near the Faroe islands telling shout the forced landing of the Boston. "AA'o knew when we passed over her this time,” said Lleutanent Smith, "that it would he the last time wo would see her. So we flew low over hep deck to wave to our old friends, and we were surprised *nd greatly cheered to find that the sailors had painted In huge white letters on the deck the two words, ‘Good luck.’ Next we passed the Barry with AA'ade and Odgen on hoard en route to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Displayed from our yard arms were two flags. This wae a signal to notify us that there was dangerous weather ahead. “For the first 500 miles we had flown through perfect sky, but short ly after passing the Barry we plunged Into fog and rain and wind. The fur ther we flew the denser grew the fog and the greater became the velocity of the wind. This Is an unusual com bination. hut ns luck would have It we encountered both. Fog and Ire Pleantlful. "AA'e were forced to fly rinse to the water on account of the fog. But even then It was so thick that we flashed over the Raleigh without see ing her. Seventy five miles out of Greenland we struck the first ice floes, as we neared the coast the ire increased until the last 50 miles we Aver* flying over a seemingly endless expanse of it. .Something we would cross ice packs miles in extent. Then agaiji we would enrountere bergs of every size and of weird fantistic shapes. Some looked as high as the Chicago Tribune tower on the AA’ool wnrth building. “In the dense fog It wasn't always possible to see then), and as we were flying down near thA water we had some close shaves. Several times In deed we saw a wall of ice looming up Just ahead anrl had to put our no«e upward and zoom blindly over therp, out among towering bergs and praying to God to guide us through. “At one time Erik and Jack were so rjn.se behind us in the \'ew Orleans that* when we saw a massive wall of • ice right ahead I hanked steeply to the right and they turned to the left. Bo|li our wings just missed the berg by inches. AA'hen we got beyond the wc were separated in the fog. But we didn't dare eirrle about looking for each other for fear we might collide. I headed the Chicago in toward shore ^an I but Erik happened to turn out to the sea. making a huge circle of 30 miles or so. From then «>n M“ saw nothing of each other and nmther knew but thg other might have crashed into that wall of ice. Separated From the New Orleans “For another hour we dodged ice bergs and huge black shadows loom ing out of the fog which w« knew to he rocky Islands. We #were flying a nompase caurse and keeping as near land as possible. Finally we reached ('ape Farewell, southernmost point of Greenland, and after heading north up the west coast for a few miles we ran out of the fog into a short stretch of clear weather, just enough to Fateh a glimpse of 'the forebld ding Ice caps and towering peaks of that glacial land.’ "Ahead of us we could nee that the fog was flat on the water but only ex tended up to about 1,500 feet. It was impossible to get under it, although we would have perferred doing so In order to keep on the lookout for Fred ericksdal. From then on we flew ;ib«pve it, racing from (loud to cloud and with a row of icy mountains jut ting up through the fog on our right. It was only by means of these peaks that we could he absolutely sure where we were going. All the rest of Greenland, as well as the sea, was totally obscured. We checked the peaks as we went by and depended up on the accuracy of our maps. “Finally we arrived over where we thought Frederlcksdal ought to be, and watched anxiously for an open ing in the clouds. We circled oround several tHnes and the Ruler of the t niverse was certainly with us. be cause at last we saw the clouds part and far below through a small shaft we saw a boat entitling clouds of black smoke. We knew she must be Ihe Danish coast guard cutter Island Falk, and imagined that she was sending up the smoke as a signal to us. Through Hole in Clouds. “Shutting of the ’motor we dove down through the hole and landed right alongside her. Then we found that lhat we were away out at the mouth of a fjord and that the water was very rough. Rut we cared not a rap for rough seas now. so delighted were we to have found Frederlcksdal at all. Taxicing several miles us the fjord between the snowy mountains, we moored our plane. A Danish of ficer came over in a launch and asked where the New Orleans and Loratelli's plane were. We replied that we didn't know and had had lost them In the fog. “But 40 minutes later we heard the welcome hum of a Liberty and knew that it was Erik and Jack arriving. Al though 'Les' and I had not spoken a word about the possibility of disaster having befallen Nelson and Harding since we had both narrowly escaped colliding with the iceberg, wfi had been thinking but little else. So wre were overjoyed when we knew that they, too, had come through safely. We could hear the New Orleans cir cling around above the fog, hunting ; for Frederlcksdal just as w# had hunted. Suddenly they spotted the same rift in the clouds that had guided us and down they came at a. hundred miles an hour. In landing they happened to catch the top of a big wave and slightly damaged one pontoon. But such a mishap after that long R35 mile flight from Iceland seemed like the most inconsequen tial thing in the w'orld. Rotlie Planes Safe and Sound. “The last 50 mile* of that flight up the coast of Greeland above that heaving sea of clouds was one of the most awe Inspiring sights Imaginable The short stretch where we were en , tlrely out of fog was even more so. Below ue were Icebergs of all sizes, bobbing up and down from the wind and W'aves. And the sun shone on them some were a cold light blue and others flashed like diamonds, while to our right were 'Greenland s icy mountains.’ That old song we used to sing in church when we were ohil dren, telling »l>out ‘from Greenland s ic5* mountains to India's coral strand,’ now' really meant to us. “There were ice bergs all around where we moored the planes In the fjord at F’rederleksdal, and the weather was far colder thap anything we had experienced in either Iceland or Alaska despite the fact that this was supposed to be their warm sea son. Of inurse the first thing we did was to organize a patrol around the planes to keep the cakes of ice from damaging the pontoons. For this work we hired Eskimos in their skin kyaks, and a launch from the Island Falk brushed away the larger bergs “Then, hurrying ashore, l sent a wireless to Admiral Magruder Inform ing him that Jx>oatelll bad not passed Cape Farewell and that we felt sure that he must have gone down In the fog and might now he drifting help leasly at sea.'* < Copyright. 1 9" '• ) U. S. MAKES RECORD FOREIGN LOANS Washington, Jan. 2R.— More money was loaned abroad by American in vestors and institutions during 1924 than in any previous period outside of war years. The commerce department repott ed today that tabulations by T. R Goldsmith, chief of tlte finance and investment division, plarrd the total of foreign securities publicly offered in the United States for the year at $1,208,438,394 as compared with $53K.3I5;500 in 1923 and $841.335.900 in 1922. More than $l.000,onn,900 out of the 1524 total went to foreign govern ments, national, provincial or munici pal, while $132,902,500 was borrowed by corporations on their own bond issues. Kurope was hv far the larg est borrower, taking .$.(67,770,000 of the total, while Canada and New Foundland took $244,295,844. Coolidges Spend Sunday Vi illi Cruise on Potomac By l'niver*nl Mrrvlrr. Washington. .Ian. 25.—Accompanied by h small party of personal iind olfl- , vial friends, the president and Mrs. Coolidge embarked today on the i yacht Mayflower for a cruise on the Potomac lasting until tomorrow morning. 'I’he guests on the presidential yacht were Solicitor General and Mrs. .Ji#nes M. Beck, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Doug las Robinson, Assistant Attorney Gen eral and Mrs. William J. Donovan and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Glover of Washington. Glover is president of the Riggs National hank. * Plan to Fund Polish Debt to U. S. Ratified By Associated Press. Warsaw, Jan. 25—The chamber of deputies last night voted unanimously ratification of the agreement for fund ing Poland's debt to the United States. The payments will continue until 1984. , The Companion Picture to “Covered Wagon” Now Playing Lois Wilson—Jack Holt Ernest Torrence “North of 36“ I By Emerson Hmifh I ON THE STAGE The Mandolin Wizard DE PACE i News—Orchestra—Organ -—-== Now Playing The Sensational Western Musical Play UOWi Me2£k%£ In Addition to Photoplays «sia i t:SO—NOW P1.AYIN0—»i«« at| the ukkhokn ( iiiVv pkkson J M.ITY lilRI. fCQMJEn ■ 111 a nip** run re «»i i unreeler ruing ;|fM Atudim._ rj boThall Ml'RRAY * ALA \ _ MR. AL TUCKER AND 1IIM MOriRTV OKI'HKATRA LEM | Ml MM LI M)MF. V _ (.I1K77I 1 AM) Sl l.TAN JOHN B. HYMER & CO. m 4 Omaha'* Fun Center Mat. and Nlte Today Second Tremendous Edition of Burlesk “Happy-Go-Lucky” •—WltK McCOY A WALTON— And a Reauty Chorus Rarin’ to On on the Permanent Twin Run Board*. Tues. Nlte: 'Surprise Nile;* A Long Laugh Fri. Nlte: Jasz Dance Contest; Cash Prizes Ijidira' 25c Bargain Mat., 2:15 Week Days Hundreds of 25c and 50c Seats Nightly Another lieddeo Big FREE DA N C E Get Acquainted DANCE Empress Rustic Garden Tuesday Eve., Jan. 27 25 Free Prizes Special Munic Call at Store fog Free Tickets. Form Your Parties and Come. BEDDEO I4IS-I7 Douglas Street - - i i i i 1 fjllllllllllli 111111111111ri = Table de Hote Dinner z 1 $1.50, $1.75, $2.50 1 Z Gue.t. for dinner can return — Zj for dancing after 10 o’clock. — — Without Cover Charge ™ | Dancing | = Music by Sammy 1 ~ Heiman’s Orchestra 5 ..Ilium.mini.. Vaudeville-Photoplays | 1 NOW PLAYING Master Magician 4 Other Acts and Photoplays -i One Girl—Two Husbands Much Fun BEBE DANIELS “Miss Bluebeard” Supporting Cast Headed by RAYMOND GRIFFITH ■ Now H Showing jjL-1 ♦•Senaon'a Sensation" I’hroiiigh llell ■ nlth Dante on l| the Hoad to tlapptneaa NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS IDEAL ------ Iflth and Dorras Colleen Mooie In "FHrtlni With Levs*’ Comedy and Vaudeville HAMILTON •-- - 40th and Hamilton Bert Lytell and Claire Windsor In "A Son of the Sahara." Also Co mrdy (.RAND.- - Iflth and Rinney Cecil B De Milla’s “Feet of Clay" Comedy and News LOTHROP.24th and 1 othrop Monte Blue and Irene Rich in “Defying Destiny" "Cio-Cettn s" and Comedy BOULEVARD - - Lid and Leavenworth Screen Version of Aston Hoffman's Stage Play, “Welcome Stianger" In 1. E. PAXTON Y BIS. POUND til ANT X 4—OTHER ACTS—4 I ,.„i „ “V* S.v.p-R..| Mnnn Thrillrr yV ‘The f PU^HNrCK' Senate Tangles Over Postal Bill and Stone Case [Disposing of AnniiHl Supply Hills. House Slows I'p \t ork—Isle of Pines Treaty Discussed. \ ” Washington, Jan. 25.—With the senate in a rather unexpected tangle over the postal pay and rate increase hill, the Isle of Pines treaty, and the supreme court nomination of Attor ney General Stone, the house is he ginning to slow tip its work in mtfer not to find time hanging on its hands. Having disposed of the most im portant of the annual supply hills, the house now is giving only leisure ly consideration to the others. Kven mj, lenders expect to send two more to the senate this week, the budgets for the independent offices, and for tlie state, justice, commerce afid la bor departments. Considers Treaty. Thus far the senate has k^pt pace with the house on the appropriation J)ills. and it finds itself in a tangle on other matters largely through an ef fort to consider three things at onee. The Tsle of Pines was its unfinished business; then it gave the postal bill a special order status, and finally it got into a jam on the Stone nomination None of the leaders will venture an opinion as to when any of the*** mat ters will he disposed of, bet despite this, the senate has, by a formal vote, made the Bursum hill for retirement pay f<*r disabled emergency* world war veterans and unfinished business a wee!f from tomorrow. President Coolidge is exerting some influence with respect to action on both the Isle of Pines treaty and the world court resolution, hut even ad ministration senators assert that there appears little propsect for ac tion either on or before March 4. Chairman Borah of the foreign rela tions committee has announced that the convention with Cuba is to be made the subject of considerable more dehate, and Senator Copeland, democrat, New Vork has discovered that the original copy of the treaty is lost and has demanded an inquiry re garding this phase of the matter. While the senate Is seeking a way out of the present situation, its com mittees continue to add new legisla tion to its already overcrowded calen dar. This includes the measure for relief for the tail roads from present high interest rates on government loans, am! also the bill for purchase of the Cape Cod cfinal. The postal bill will have right of way tomorrow, but there will he re newed efforts to have stricken from it the section calling for increased pos tal rates to take care of advances in the salaries of postal employes. The senate last week refused to strike this out on a point of order. The Muscle Shoals question will hob up again this week, this time in the house, where leaders plan t»• bring in a rule Tuesday' to have the L'nderwoiid leasing bill sent to con ference Instead of referring It to the military committee. SEARS, ROEBUCK INCOME LARGER Chicago, .tan. 25.—The net income of Sears. Roebuck Co. for 1924 amounted to $14,35)4,000. an increase of $2,s42.onn, or 11.5 per cent, over the previous year, according to tig tires made public today by C. M. Kil tie, president. The net Income "as 14.3 per cent on its $100,000,000 capi tallzatlon. During the ia-d year the company paid off note- of $?.SR0,00n outstand ing at the end of 1923, and retired the entire preferred stock at a cost of *10,000.000, The company will build a big branch at Kansas City this year and open a retail store in Chicago in Feb ruary. the report said. HUSBAND QUIT HER 16 TIMES Washington. .Tan. 25.—Her husband abandoned her and their children on 16 distinct occasions, alleges Mrs. Pearl E. O’Brien, who filed suit in the district court against Edmund J. O'Brien for a limited divorce and alimony. Plaintiff also alleges nonsuppqrt and cruelty and declares that on one ocoa-i sion defendant “beat and choked her." They were married at Alexandria, Va , July 20, 101S. and have three children whose custody is requested by the plaintiff. Last Tribute Paid to Pioneer lawyer Friends Crowd Home as Ser vice Read for Late Isaac E. Congdon. An impressive tribute to the mem ory of Isaac E. Congdon, dean of Omaha legal profession, was express ed Sunday afternoon at the funeral services, which were held at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Arthur 8 Rogers, 5214 Cass street, and at*lhe nave in Prospect Hill cemetery. This expression wa.s visualized in the presence of many men and wom en who knew Mr. Congdon during his artlfe and honorable life of nearly half a century as practicing attor ney in this city. The attendants rep resented the Douglas County Bar as sociation, Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha club. Chamber of commerce and other or ganizations. and there were many in dividuals there to give silent testi mony of their personal esteem. Dean Stephen McGinley of Trinity cathedral read the burial service of the Episcopal church at the Rogers home, and he read the' committal service at the grave. There was no music. Many flora! pieces conveyed messages of love and respect. Robert Korean of New York city, husband of the only nonresident daughter, arrived Sunday morning for the funeral. Mrs. Forgan has been here ntnce the Christman ■*■ ■on. Active pallbearers: Kenneth S Flnlej - Kurr»«l Riih.ra.au •on Fr#d Daugherty I»»ninan KauaIm William 1). McHultl W .1 Coad Jr Roaa B. Towlr T I.. P*vla. Honorary pallbearers: W. F. Hurley HI ^ c H. Da via Warren SwItEler ^ Howard R Smith Htiwafd H. Bal*D Dr. W. O. Bruise* ridg* Dr. f'harlea A Hull John I.. Kenn^H* D M. \ im*onhaler t'harlea B hHl**r lohn F Stout Walter W H**d Judge W. A. Redkk Nalaon H. Loom a Lur|#i» Stephen* I»r. A. H. Hlppl* Judge A C. WakalayK. G MeGllton Milton T. Barlow T C. Byrn* G M. Hltchrork Judge A C. Troup Myron L L»arn«*d . u«1g* C. B L*tton Luther 1.. Kouniia Jude* George A. K. P. P**rk Day K. A Brogan Knimat Tlnlay. Sen*ior R B. Ho* Mr. Congdon was KS year* old FIp lived here In early childhood and re turned when ha was graduated from Harvard law school, !o begin hi* pro fcssional career at the age of 21. Hi* first law partnership was with (Jen Charles F. Manderaon. He was in active practice of law until last July when he was stricken with heart dis ease. JAPS OPPOSED TO SCHOOL ARMY Toklo. .bin. 25. — Authorization by the department of education of uni versal military training In the schools and colleges of Japan has rnet with great opposition iecently all over the country. It has become an Issue, and public mien ate opposing It. It Is thought a change tn th£ department's ruling will he made before April: otherwise it will then go Into effect. —v J---— For Sale SALVAGE GRAIN Attention 9 Feed Dealers and Feeders . ————• . I ' We have purchased all salvage from the , * Q M fire of the large Central Granaries Ter- O minal Elevator which burned at Lincoln a few days ago. There was around 230,000 Bushels of grain in the elevator at the time of fire. Part of this grain was damaged by fire and water while a large part of it is in good condition. We will start loading this grain into cars on Monday, Jan. 26th and will offer anv and all of it for sale 1/ ' to the public. If you are interested in buying any of this grain come to the site of the fire at 5th and “J” streets, Lincoln, Nebraska, where our salesmen will be glad to show you the grain and quote prices. :: :: :: :: • :: :: :: I * * N Updike Grain Corporation 5th and “J” Streets Phone B-1395 4 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — ~ • r i