Show DEPUTY 2 BANDITS SLAIN IN GUN BATTLE I 4 6 y- y Russian Ice Breaker Picks Up Party Stranded Off Foyn I L Island 2 Rescue b W Workers Location of Men Carried Off in Dirigible Bag Learned Belief SHIP SEEKS FLIERS Amundsen May Be With Alessandri Group Rumor I By EUGENE LYONS United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW July Slowly nosing nosing nos- nos ing her thick steel prow prow through the swirling ice ico floss flou that for seven weeks had reared themselves like a prison wall between a score of men and the world outside the Russian ice breaker Krassin today had picked up three groups involved in- in i in the Italia Ifalia disaster and radioed at noon that she was proceeding pro pro- to pick pickup up more She added jn in a busInesslIke manner man man- manner ner that atter ahe lie h hiu ef rca res' cue surviVors In vicinity sh she wo would ld proceed to Advent Bay Bayto Bayto to BesIds s CaptaIn Filippo and Captain Adelberto Mariano picked up oft off a a. foot 24 Ice floe yesterday morning the Krassin rescued the party or of five men who since June 9 had radioed from theIr Ice camp oft off island the des des- condition under which they existed PICKS UP TWO OTHERS At noon today the Krassin radioed she sho had picked up two members ot of ota ofa a relief party lost searching for Italia survivors These were vere Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Sora commander or of a dog sled team and Van Dongen young Dutch champion dog sled his companion VIRGO BAY spitzbergen July 1 13 United Press Press-An unconfirmed report said today that the res rescue ue shIp Braganza had pIcked up LudwIg Ludwig Lud- Lud wIg Varming Norwegian explorer who had accompanIed the Van Sora-Van Dongen dogsled team but had left them near Cape Bruh Hopes for 6 Carried Off OffIn OffIn In Bag of Blimp Revived MOSCOW July 13 AP Hope tor or the party part r or of six men carrIed offin oft off in the bag ot of the dirigible Italia on May 25 and sInce gIven up for tor lest has been revived rev by reports reaching Moscow v Indicating that the location or of the group is known General Umberto Nobile noW at KIngs Icings Ba Bay has sent a message to the rescue ship stating Continued on page page 4 Russian Breaker Ice Picks Up Party Stranded Off F yn Island 2 Rescuers Continued from pl g page t 1 that the group referred red to as the party was as not far from the present location Of the Krassin Latest reports r In Mos Mos- Moscow cow Indicated that the men were at a point north laUt latitude de and east longitude This would place them northeast of 1 Foyn on island island is- is land near which the group was rescued With these reports which were not confirmed came a revival In Moscow of belief bellet that Roald An Amundsen the missing Norwegian explorer wa was likely to have joined this group to In his flight from Norway Norway Nor Nor- way to resCue the stranded men This theory was first advanced ad by Fridtjof Nansen noted explorer that Amundsen was likely to have joined this group TO PICK UP FLIERS The which is now abo about t thirty five miles from the stranded group of Pilot will join him as as soon as fog conditions permit and will then rush back in inthe inthe the direction of the party e I Russi Russian n Ship Pounds On Onto Onto to Make Further Rescues Copyright 1928 by the Associated Press MOSCOW July 13 Spur AP-Spur- ring on relentlessly In what now appears to be a winning fight against the arctic the powerful Russian has rescued rescued res- res cued five more of the crew of the fated III-fated dirigible Italia and was pounding on today to make further rescues Just a few hou hours s after aCter the brIllant brI llant res rescue ue ot of Captains Alberto Mariano and Filippo rem bers ot of the walking party part the crashed through the to reach the group which for forty eight days had been stranded near Foyn island off Northeast Land With seven of the sixteen men ot of the Italia safely aboard the Immediately turned Its attention attention at- at to up several rescue rescue res- res II cue groups which have ha become I stranded themselves and kept a a. sharp lookout for the missing group of Captain Roald Amunds n In the hope that the great drama of the arctic which has been In progress for the past seven weeks might reach Its climax In one fell swoop RESCUED THURSDAY The group rescued yesterday yes yes- was made up of Lieutenant Alfredo Professor F. F Behounek Behounek Be- Be Filippo and Natale these men were In the gondola of the Italia when the north pOle dirigible crashed on May 25 and constituted the main part of the Italia's crew for which hope had been held out General Umberto Nobile leader of the expedition was a a. member ot of this group until he was rescued on June 24 by the Swedish flier fIler Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Elner Einer Lundborg For more than a month the eyes of the world had been centered center d upon the little party off Foyn Fon Island Day after day the Italics Italic's radio operator kept In touch with and directed rescue efforts by means of his wireless equipment It was he who first guided the rescuing rescuing res- res cuing airplanes to the camping place and kept the world Informed ot of the parts party's position until the could pound Its way through the Ice to reach them A full report of the rescue of the group was received In Moscow Mos Mos- cow today from Professor leader of the Russian rescue I expedition His report follows SIGHTED TENT Within three thre miles mUes from the group the Krassin sighted the remnants of an airplane the abandoned machine ot of the Swedish flier mer Lieutenant Lundborg and the red tent of the Italia from which was coming smoke signals In rev re- to the deafening siren blasts continually sounded from the l Kras- Kras ras- ras sin The Krassin then drew up close alongside alon of the Ice field which was harboring the victims I 1 climbed down a a. trap ladder which was lowered lowered low low- ered from the boat and found my my- myself self sel In the outstretched arms of the rescued men who embraced and kissed me as they wept ept tears of jO joy They said that they had pinned all aIl hope on Krassin but did not expect It to come so soon All AIl those rescued and taken aboard were well weIl save Ce s ha-s has a broken leg but bul his cony Is not grave Professor said that the creW of the Krassin then began loading loading- Lieutenant Lundborg's plane aboard the It was In this machine that the Swedish airman made a a. perilous landing on June 2 24 on the Ice and succeeded in taking off General oblIe Nobile On Ona a second flight to the encampment to take off oct the Injured the plane turned over as It landed and Lieutenant Lundborg found himself himsel stranded with Ute a five Ive men still remaining After thirteen days das of hardship shared with Ith the men menth th that t he had hoped to rescue the SwedIsh flier was taken of off by a a. comrade Lieutenant who dared the Ice to rescue leis his com com- panion FOG HALTS PROGRESS Soon fitter I the group had b been en rescued a heavy hevy fog came up and Immediate pro s of the was made Impossible but butas butas as the fog lifted It was able to continue continue con con- Its battle with the The first intention of the ship Is isto t to pr proceed eed to Foyn Island where several persons were sighted who as yet et have ha not been IdentIfied These men signaled to the Krassin and the Icebreaker signaled back that she would pick them up on returning from the rescue Professor Protessor expressed the belief that the men were Alpine who were sent In search ot of men six weeks ago These men were the Italian Alpine chasseur captain Sora and the Norwegian guides arming and When the Italia crashed on May 25 and the gondola was torn free iree six men of the dirigible were carried car car- vied ried off In the bag which freed of the weight of the gondola floated off to the northEast Several ot of the men had been thrown on onUle the Ule lee ice and have ha since been rescued reported that they saw a column of smoke In the direction of the bag some time later While It was first feared that this Indicated the bag had exploded and the men In int It t killed General Nobile baa clung to the theory that the smoke came from gasoline and oil supplies thrown front It and that the bag succeeded in landing safely In a a. along l long nS' nS report to Home he described carefully the position where he thought the bal bag had como come down and urged that a a. Careful reconnaissance sanCe be made of this region No o word has been heard from this little mUe group started afoot for Foyn Island bland for many weeks and they were virtually given ghen up for dead many days ago After this group Is picked up the Krassin will continue back to the group of the Russian flier mer who with four members members mem- mem bers of his crew crew Is stranded along on Tuesday first sighted the Italia's walking party part whose leader Dr Finn Malmgren Swedish meteor had died and notified the Krassin of their position MADE FORCED LANDING ky on his return flight to the Krassin became lost In the fog and made a a. forced landing near nur Cape Platen His landing gear was broken but lie he and his men Immediately immediately Imme- Imme set up a camp and by wireless wire wire- less urged the I to rescue the two members of the Malmgren group who were In a a. starving con con- I After Is picked up I the Krassin will wUl proceed to Virgo I ba bay where the pilot will establish i a base for Cor further flights In order to seek seele trace of Roald Amundsen and the six men who were carried off in the bag of the Italia when the gondola was torn loose These men have virtually been given up for lost but In view ot of the almost miraculous rescue of Mariano and every effort Will be made to find them Further details ot of the rescue of Mariano and were vere received In Moscow 1 today These men wept and laughed with joy as they were wrapped In blankets by the rescuIng rescuing Ing party and carried aboard the Krassin For thirteen days they had had nothing to eat and for warmth they had only two blankets left On sighting Tuesday evening Mariano cut big letters from a a. piece of tarpaulin to form the lords Good Help When at length they sighted the Krassin feared that the tiny Uny Iceberg to which he and his comrade comrade com com- rade there clinging would be smashed to bits and the two Italians ItalIans Ital- Ital Ians waved their hands frantically to their would would-be rescuers to stop TIle The Russians tearing fearing that they would smash the lIttle little Ice refU e stopped about yards awa away and the crew laid a small board bridge from the boat to the iceberg along which the Italians were carried to safety RECALLED The Icebreaker which had been making Its teay ay toward the group from Crom the south has been recalled and Is returning to Archangel The Krassin received congratulations congratulations lations by wireless from flom General Nobile who Is no now at Kings 1 bay a Spitzbergen and who still has hope for the six men carried away In the bag of the Italia Nobile has asked Professor ProCessor to search for this party The Krassin Is under orders to prosecute a a. search for the group but it is likely that it will first have ha to go to Advent bay for coal The rescued men aboard the Krassin also have sent Bent a radio message meso mes- sage to the soviet commission at Moscow expressing gratitude for their rescue The group was found In n much better condition than Cap Cap- talus Mariano and After th the men had been taken aboard the Krassin they bathed had lunch with the crew and then went to sleep ep In specially prepared While eating the men told the crew that they had sighted d the Krassin about eight miles a away ay but were unaware of its Identity or destination They fired pistols sent up rockets and waved lags flags until they saw with Inexpressible joy that the boat was steering In their direction Lieutenant 11 had had radio news of the sailing I ot of the Krassin Into the Arctic II a month ago but neither he nor this his companions had the faintest notion that the Ice breaker was so 80 near GONDOLA WRECK FOUND The gondola of the Italia was found completely wrecked about a quarter or of a mile from the little littlecamp camp whose red tent had been a beacon light for Cor the rescue parties s for Cor so long The wreckage made madea a heap of tubes broken apparatus and shattered Instruments Everything Everything Every Every- thing of possible value was sal sal- Professor In his official of- of tidal report ot of the rescue said In part I am glad to report that the saved men are happy and warmly thank the s soviet rescue rescue ot of In reply Chairman the commission radioed The commission and soviet public pub pub- lic greet the creW It on Its success and Its self sacrificing thanking It for work The commission Is confident ou will overcome o all difficulties you In fulfilling the task and dan dangers ers assigned RO ROME IE July 3 13 1 13 AP Rejoicing over the saving of the of survivors of th std so sosoon soon after Captains and was general throughout Rome as soon as the news which early carl hours of was received In the this morning spread throughout the city The shutting off of wireless communication com com- with the marooned men earlier In the week had greatly hei fears that the little band had gone down with the melting of the Ice pack or succumbed to monin monia Lieutenant Lundborg's description description de- de found of conditions ho there In the wastes t increased in- in creased apprehension There was sincere sorrow on all sides toda today over the loss of the Swedish meteorologist Dr Finn Malmgren who died from exposure on June 16 Captain Marianos Mariano's sister sister sis sis- ter who Is It a doctor said that the Mariano family considered Maim Malm- ren and liS their own and t that news news of the the death heavily over the Mariano household which should have been reJoicing dl Roma paid tribute to I the commander of the Russian Ice Icebreaker icebreaker breaker J Krassin which effected the rescues and to his crew The paper paper pa- pa I per said It Is pleasant to record at this moment that another nuS' nuS rushed first to bring aid t t Italians In a dark night whet bel was practically destro t tremendous earthquake J I man 1111 n solidarIty has hIlS written forgettable page all hearts a gense ense of Infinite tudo tude and nourishes faith In t goodness of the humar Il II 1 after eX exp l Continued on page age g 8 I Russian IceBreaker Picks Up Party I Stranded Off Foyn Island 2 Rescuers Continued from paso page 4 4 I Ithe the nations nation's gratitude to the Bus Rus- expressed the hope that the good news would be completed by finding finding- the group missing with the baloon part ot of the dirigible and above all Roald Amundsen and his five companions who risked their lives so gallantly The paper said that It was ardently ardently ar- ar dently desired above all that Ital Ital- tan lane might save Amundsen to dem dem- OM rate the friendship n and Italy In the most profound pro pro- found manner II paid tribute to the courage courage cour- cour age of Mariano and The Then resIStance caused paper said their wonderment n at tho structure of tt th human organism able to combat I such physical and moral ral ordeals |