THE NEW "FARTHEST NORTH."
AMtJNDSEN ON THE ROOF,
LONDON, March 2.
Captain Amundsen, the Swedish Ant. arctio explorer, who is lengaed upon a lee. Turing tour in the United States- and Canada, was the recipient of the unwelcome attentions of the suffragettes at Detroit yeserday. The women called at his hotel and Amundsen, when foe heard that they were there, fled on to the roof. The suffragettes pursued him up through 15 Boors of the hotel, and then hammered on the door leading to the roof. But the explorer had turned the key, and he stayed where he was ,untiF the women left. He was on the roof for hours, despite the fact that snow was falling all the time/ He. humorously remarked that he felt mttcfi more at home there.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14474, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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