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aWWPTF8WPfPTffWKWWiH,'WWw'9 ANTARCTIC SHIP BACK MEN LEFT BEHIND SAFE Port Chalmers, New Zealand, April 3. Back from the Antarctic seas came the auxiliary ship Aurora of the Shackleton expedition today, with a thrilling story of perils from great masses of drifting ice and off ) terrible hardships in the Ross sea. The Aurora arrived off the coast in command of Chief Officer J. R. Stenhouse of the Royal Naval Re serve. Stenhouse become comman der when the Aurora broke loose from her moorings and went adrift last May, leaving Capt Mackintosh and several other members of the party ashore on Cape Crozier. "Is all well in the old country? We have had no war news for seventeen months," flashed the Aurora's wire less operator a few hours before the tug reached her. Prom a New Zealand station the latest war news went crackling back to the relief ship. One of the mes sages informed the Aurora's wireless operator that his brother had been killed in action at the British front BURY DR. ANGELL, MICHIGAN EDUCATOR Ann Arbor, Mich., April 3. While thousands of students and townspeo ple with heads bared lined the streets through which the funeral cortege passed the body of Dr. Jas. B. Angell, for 38 years president of the Univer sity of Michigan, was carried today to a grave in Forest Hill cemetery. Only immediate relatives and a few close friends of aged educator were present at the burial All departments of the university suspended today and students and faculty members united in honoring the memory of the president emer itus. o o Collinsville, III. Because will of Henry Neibruegge cut off his daugh ters with only $5, local Evangelical Lutheran church refused ?3,000 be quest ; COULD ANY OTHER AUTO TRUCK GET AWAY WITH THIS? Running too fast to be stopped in time, a heavily loaded auto truck of the Chicago Examiner nearly slid into the river last night when it crash ed through the safety gates of the Clark st. bridge. The auto approached just as the bridge swung away from the river bank to allow passage of a freight boat The driver slammed on the brakes and the auto smashed through the gates and stopped within a few feet of the water's edge. The policeman stationed on the bridge took the name of the driver as Forest Bailey, 618 N. Staf e st He was not arrested. SOLDIER BOYS SING MERRILY ONWARD IN MEXICO With the American Army in Mex ico, April 3. The "dough bpys" have created their own war song. It is a parody on "Tipperary." based on the long hikes between temporary camps and goes like this: It's a long hike to Temporary, It's a long way to go; It's a long hike to Temporary, On the way to catch Pancho. Good-by old Columbus, Farewell, Gibson's Ranch. It's a long, long way to Temporary, But (shouted) we should worry! o o New York. Just by way of know ing all conditions, Aero club has ask ed Lord Northcliffe whether $50,000 prize for trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight is still up. Rodman Wanamak er previously decided to make flight Glasgow. Strike of Clyde muni tion factory workers which threat ened to hinder seriously manufacture of big guns, practically ended. o o The best reporter we ever heard of was the geek who called at the home of the sick millionaire and when the butler informed him that the great man was not yet dead, replied: "All right,. I'll wait" gg