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Show uu GERMANS SAIL FORANTARCTIC Hamburg, May 4. The steamer . Deutschland, with the German An-, uictic expedition aboard sailed at! daybreak for Buenos Ayres. where complete supplies will bo taken on. ! The expedition is under the auspices j of the Geographical society of Berlin ' and is commanded .by Lieutenant , Filchner of the general sta ffof the army. Lieutenant Filchner did not sail with the Deutschland today, but will Join the expedition in western waters. He is a well known explorer and was one of the first to reach the interior of Thibet. He explored Turkestan and Persia in 1003 and 1905. |