Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1924, Page 4

RLD FLIGHT REVIEW TALE OF PERIL, HARDSHIPS AND COURAGE Death Seldom Far From Flyers—*“Hard Job” Terse Comment of Smith, Looking Forward Hap- pily to Trip’s End. ontinued from First Page.) many difliculties to forbear, and he Will be wlad when it fs over—but. as he has emphasized ever since assum- ing_command, May ® s not over until he sets his wheels down in Se- attle, The airmen had heen on their jour- ney but a few days after leaving Santa Monica, Calif., March 17, when they encountered the first of a series of hardships and hazards. They had flown to Sacramento on the day of their official start, the next day jump- ing to Eugene, Oreg., and Vancouver, Wash.. and arriving at Seattle March 20. Pontoons were exchanged for landing gear, and on April 6 they be- gan a 600-mile flight to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. arriving the same day, and completing the flight with- outincident Crash Tmminent on Trip. The world was informed. But to Smith a crash was immiment on that journey. A violent snowstorm set down upon them. but the planes went ahead. The men in the ships could not wipe the snow from their gog- gles fast enou the planes huddled together as close as possible, and even then it was difficult to see the other =hip. telow was the shore line, with the water lashing the beach. Smith seanned the waterfront, expecting any moment to see one of their number drop down and pile up on the sand. Nor was he overconfident as to the security of his position. thousht 1 would crash” he saye A man of his experience in the air sel- dom thinks of crashing, but the thoughts that ran through Smith's mind about convinced him the time had come. But they all stuck to the course, the Lib- ertys did not fail and whatever their thoughts were about flying around the worid when th landed at Prince Rup- pert, they knew the task was a difficult one, and they further knew why the world never had been encircled by air. Four days later, April 10, they left for Sitka, Alaska, covering the 300 miles the fame day. April 13 they made the 6i0- journey to Seward, en- countering snow, fog and rain en route. After a delay of two days they started for Chignik. The airmen flew into an- sther violent snowstorm, rain and fog rom Sitka to Seward. Alaska, a dis- tance of 610 miles, but they had by now become initiated into such disturbances and continued to fight their way through. On April 15, or two da after land- ing at Seward, they took off for Chig- nik, and it was on this leg of the flight that Maj. Martin became lost. His mo- tor failed and he put down to the water about 70 miles from Chignik. The other planes continued on to Dutch Harbor April 19 nd sent back a new motor to their commander. Delayed Two Weeks. They pulled the planes out of the wa- ter and remained at that place two weeks while Ma Martin installed his new motor, took off from Chignik and finally crashed against an Aleutian mountain and was out of the flight. On May 2 Smith received his orders desig- nating him commander of the flight, and handicapped by absence of much information of value concerning future «tages of the flight, which had been in possession of Maj. Martin, the trio of planes took the air the following day for Atka, 330 miles aw. Weather conditions still were bad, as they had been throughout the Alaskan and Aleutian flight, and the flight was held up six days. On May 9, the first £00d day, the flyers jumped to Attu, the furthermost island~ of the Aleutian group, and again encountered severe weather which prevented their leaving immediately Up to this point of the flight the pilots had taken advantage of every good day, and on May 19 the first acceptable day in 10 presented it- &elf. At 12:25 o'clock in the afternoon the planes passed over the final piece of American soil and headed Vacific Ocean for the Orient. First Plans Misearry. Originally, it had been planned to span the c without a stop, but heavy winds, rain, snow and mist drove them mnorth to the Bering Aslands. As they taxied up to the beach a boat containing bolshevists came oui and met them, asked for their papers and then told them they wouid wire Moscow for permission to land. They were courteous and will- ing to assist as far as po ble. So the airmen spent the night abeard a government fishing boat stationed in that region to look after the fiyers if they were forced to land und the next morning, as the motors were being warmed up, the bolshevists _in- formed the flyers that permission could not be obtained for their coming ashore. The flyers immediately took the air and headed for Paramuschiro in the Kurile Islands, Japan. The American destroyer Ford and two Japanese destroyers were wait- ing for them. The Ford had sent a message to Smith at Attu announc- ple weather conditions, : never received as the planes were in the air when it ar- rived. Thus the destroyers were taken by surprise. May 19 or two days after arriving at Paramuschira, they started down the Kurile Islands for Japan proper, making Yetorofu, and May 22 they flew to Minato, Japan, 90 miles of the 334-mile jour- ney being through fog and without sight of land. Twenty thousand people assembled on the beach to greet them, but the flyers mever left their planes, stop- ping only long enough to refuel, and continued their journey to Kasumi- gaura. On this 350-mile flight falr, rainy and foggy weather was with them. Kasumigaura was the closest place they could get to Toklo so they spent one day and night in the capital attending official receptions and receiving the hospitality of Jap- anese citizens. It was here Smith, Wade and Nelson, were presented with gold medals for their accom- plishments to date and it was here Smith informed the donors that the “mechanics” of the flight were en- titled to just as many medals as the pilots. into the was New Motors Installed. New motors were installed and the flight continued westward. Another 350 miles brought the planes to Kagoshima, their last stop in Japan, and then came the hop across the China Sea. The morning of the flight the water was as smooth as glass and not a zephyr was stirring. Up until this time Smith had had the least difficulty of all in getting off the water, 'but now the tables turned against him. He was the first to open up the motor and taxi at full speed, making waves for Wade and Nelson to benefit by, and as they passed him Smith was to get into the air from the disturbed water of those two planes. But an accldent occurred to the pontoons of :the Chicago and Smith signaled the others to proceed without him. The Boston and New Orleans flew across the stretch of about 600 miles with destroyers below them guarding the surface and the next day Smith flew into Shanghai, having gotten into the air at Japan with the aid of waves made for him by a speed boat. On June 7, or three days after arriving at Shanghai, they flew down the Chins coast to Amoy, a jump of 555 | miles, and the next day flew 300 miles to Hongkong. En route they fell into a typhoon of mild intensity, but they were able to complete their flight without much loss of time Thence their course carried them to Haiphong, June 10, where they land- ed in a river. The next day as they leave they could not get off the water and were forced to taxi out to the mouth of the river in search of wind and rough water. On the way to the touraine, Smith’s plane was forced down due to loss of water from the radiator which “shot” the motor. Tt was the first forced land- ing he had had. New Motor Arrives. The destroyer Preble answered a hurry call and brought a motor from Saigon, and at the end of 47 hours from the time the pontoons struck the water the Chicago was turning over knots for Tourane. Saigon was made without incident, the only ance to the flyers’ peace of m curring the ground when rant refused to serve th because they were clad trousers and shirts which borrowed from officers on American destroyers. Their route then led them to Bangkok, Siam, which they made on June 18 under good condi- tions, and from there they went to Rangoon, Burma, on June 20, and it was while son and Wade nearly lost The planes cut across the Malay Peninsula, over a rough, hilly area. Nelson suddenly was sighted in a deep, wide ravine apparently unable to climb out and immediately Wade went in after him. Smith hovered along the edge, while the two pilots put into play their entire aeronautical knowl- edge to climb out of a possible crash The flyers now speak lightly of this story (which they are preserving for their memoirs). Akyab was the next stop and_w en route they passed Maj. A. Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator. who later abandoned his globe flight in the Kuriles. Fly Out of Storm. off from Akyab June 2 planes flew out to sea for 1 miles to shake off a rainstorm an on landing at Calcutta were trans ferred from seaplanes to land plan in 3 hours and 16 minutes. A farge crane was on a barge and picked the planes up, held them in the air while the pontoons were sub- stituted for landing gear and dropped the land planes on the ground from where they were rolled a short dis. tance to a park used as a flying field. Continuing their journecy. July 1, the pilot flew to Allahabad, where they obtained their first ride on a camel and then hopped to Uaballa, where British aviators supplied them with flying sun helmets by robbing another squadron of its supply. B tween Umballa and Moulton the flyers experienced thelr first dust storm, which to them resembled a thick fog. Sand piled up in the snips’ crevices, in the pilots’ mouths und made it a miserable trip. At Moulton the hottest day of their trip awaited them—116 in the day and 95 degrees at night, with no breeze. July 3 they left Moulton and had a very weary trip to Karachi, the last stop in India. Nelson's Motor Troublesome. prepared to ind o re. airmen in white they had their lives Taking the Seventy miles out Nelson had mo- tor trouble, but he got into Karachi the same day. The weather was hot and dry and the country below them was rugged and cheeri, Leaving Karachi July 7, they made Charbar, Persia, 330 miles, the same day and proceeded to Bender Abbas, arriving there July 8. From Bender Abbas they flew to Bushire. It was so hot the officers had to live on the out- skirts of the city. It was here that Lieut. Arnold got nothing to eat, there having been a misunderstanding in arrangements for food. Bagdad was the next stop and a big English flying field, where they landed, was one of the brightest spots on the entire trip. Aleppo, Syria, was the next stop and the journey from there to Con- stantinople was the most enjoyable of the trips in the Orient. It was made over mountains and heautiful country and in cool weather, much in contrast to the flat and desolate terrain previously traversed in tre- mendous heat. In order to permi Turkish and foreign officials to in- spect their planes, the flight was held up a day at Constantinople. They left July 12 for Bucharest. Rumania, and the next day flew to Vienna, making a brief stop at Buda- pest as a matter of courtes: They ate a bite n the field and imme- diately too¥ off. On arriving in Vienna they worked on the planes until 8 pm. and then went to a hotel, which they never left until time to return to the field next morn- ing. Paris was the next stop, but the airmen wanted a glimpse of the battlefields where the airplane first came into practical use as a tre- mendous weapon of war. Cross Battlefield. So they put down at Strassbourg for fuel and flew over St. Mihiel, Verdun and other historic sites familiar to Arnold and Wade, who had seen war service in France. On France's national holiday, July 14, the three planes land- ed in Paris, beating the time of D'Oisy, the French aviator, who flew from Paris to Tokio, by one day. Crowds were on hand to greet them, and in a moment some persons began writing thelr names on Smith's ship. Smith had left the plane, but Arnold still was in it, so he sped up the motor and “blew” away the excited French- men with the propeller blast. The fly- ers sought to recuperate and rest up in Paris, but were prevented by admirers, so three days later they flew over to Croydon, England. Mrs. MacLaren met them on landing and personally thanked the Americans for their kindness in having aided her husband, A. Stuart MacLaren, the British world fiyer. Next morning a letter was delivered to Smith as he got in his plane. It was from Mrs. William Mitchell, wife of the assistant chief, Army Air Service, and had followed the flyers all the way from Shanghai. The good wishes of the Gen. and Mrs. Mitchell were conveyed in the letter, which Smith read in the plane on his flight up to Brough, 200 miles north- ward. Long Wait Follows, A long wait now was in store for the pilots. On July 21, the scout cruiser Richmond left Newport, R. L, for Rosyth, Sootland, as flagship of a special detail of destroyers and eruiser Raleigh, which was to safe- guard the flyers on their remaining divisional flight home via Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. The Richmond arrived in Rosyth, the British naval base, near Edin- burgh, the 28th of July, and on the night of the 29th sailed for Kirkwall, Scappp Flow, Orkpey Islands. By this time landing wheels had been traded for pontoons at Brough, near Hull, England, and on the afternoon of July 30 three seaplanes appeared over a hill which formed the southern border of Houton Bay, wherein lay many German war craft scuttled by disturb- | on thix flight that Nel-| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1924. o Reveals Almost Constant Mena ce fo Livesof Airmenon Globe-Circling Voyage Scandalous Way’ Press Pursues Wales 1Is Scored By the Awsociated Press LONDO! September 5.—The press is in danger of becoming a public nuisance because of the scandalous way in which the Prince 6f Wales has been pursued almost into his own bathroom by camera men and interviewers, “Ocellu writes in the weekly re- view, the Outlook. “The prince,” the writer de- clares, “is a public character, but he is entitled to his privacy and to his private friendships just as the rest of us are. This applies also to the King and Queen and Prin- coss Mary, who can hardly move outdoors without finding them- selves in the next day's picture papers. On official functions this is well enough, but when private Visits are concerned the thing is an outrage. Royalty is prover- bially long-suffering, but it must hate” the man who invented the portable came ley Far had taken up & station near Islands, and the Reid was be- tween her and the crul Raleigh, lying outside Hornafjord, Iceland, the next scheduled stop. Weather con- ditions were not satisfactory for fly- ing July 21 and August 1. but the following day the three planes got into air after much difficulty. Scarcely had they disappeared over the hills when the Richmond pulled up the “hook” and departed for Reykjavik, Iceland. but she was not under way long before a message came from the advance officer at Kirkwall, Maj. H. C. Davidson, that Smith and Wade had re- turned and Nelfon was lost. ‘'og Causes Difficulty. A heavy fog shut down on the planes shortly after they left Kirkwall and Smith and Wade climbed up through it after thinking there was no end to its depth. When they reached clear sky Nelson was not in sight. He had gone down to the water's edge while the other two climbed above. There was nothing for Smith, the leader, to do but return to Kirkwall and sound the alarm, Nelson in the meantime had hel to his course and soon the Bil- lingsley and Reid and finally the Ra- leigh reported having sighted him. He nded safely at Hornafjord. As he passed the Billingsley he dropped a note stating he got in-wash of Smith's plane and almost fell into a spin. The 2d of August closed on the good fortunes of the three pilots who had battled their way five-sixths of the globe by air after their com- mander was eliminated by a crash. Sunday morning, August 3, was beautiful. The sea was very smooth and a slight breeze was blowing. Before 9 o'clock planes 2 and 3— Chicago and Boston—taxied out into an open space and maneuvered for many minutes to get off the water. Wade had little difficulty, but Smith, with lower horsepower motor, found as on the preceding ¥, with Wade's help, he “blown off” and the Richmond more set out for Revkjavik. 0il Pamp Fal About S0 miles southwest of Su- dero, I'aroe Islands, the oil-pressure indicator in the Boston dropped to zero. There was‘nothing to do but land for no oil was flowing through the motor. The sea was slightly rough and with a dead motor the heavy plane hit the waves even kael - with a crash, breaking two vertical wires connecting the upper and lower wings, close to the cockpits and the water pump, in addition to springing the entire plane out of line. Smith and Arnold say the plight of their com- rades, eircled low, and by signals from Wade knew the motor was gone. Picking up his course again Smith headed for the Billingsley, located near the Faroes, and as he passed over it Arnold dropped a note in a message bag, which missed and was not recovered. “I've got to get this message to them,” he declared to him- self, so he took His rubber cushion, fastened another note to it and heaved it at the Billingsley as Smith flew over low. This was fished out of the water and told the destroyer that Wade was down, giving his position, that he needed immediate help and requested the Richmond and planes to search. As requested in the note Billingsley blew two long blasts indicating re- ceipt of it and Smith continued his flight to Hornafjord of about 450 miles. The Billingsley and Richmond which had been informed of the seri- ous news immediately turned in Wade's direction at full specd. Weather Conditions Bad. The wind blew, sky clouded and rain began to fall. The Richmond expected to reach the position by 3:30 o'clock, and shortly before this time stopped to enable Lieut. Comdr. B. G. Leighton, flight officer of the light cruiser division, to be dropped over the side in a seaplane, accom- panied by a radio officer. But the seas were running high and water swept over the little ship, killing the exposed air cooled motor time and again, and this had to be abandoned. Reports Men Safe. Just before the plane was pulled up on deck to its place on the cata- pult the Billingsley reported she had found the Boston in tow of a trawler and that Wade and Ogden were well and uninjured. A few minutes later the Richmond pulled up alongside and took over the tow line from the Billingsley, which had _relieved the trawler Rugby of Grimsby, and was floated over to the Richmond on a life preserver. The plane was brought alongside, the boom was swang over and its hook attached to a rope in the top wing center section. Wade and Ogden came aboard and the boom started to pull it aboard, as investigation had revealed it was impossible to repair the plane on the running seas. The waves bounced it up to the level of the main deck time and again. About three feet off the water the plane was lifted and then came a crash—it dropped and the boom with it, smashing the pro- peller, putting two large holes in the left pontoon, which by its stability in not springing a leak had saved the lives of the pilots as they tossed about on the ocean for hours, and slightly damaged the wings. There was nothing left to do but bring aboard all movable equipment, which was done at great risk to Ogden and several sailors, because by this time the dying Douglas was being bounced about like a.chip. So she was. put in tow, and the Richmond through the rainy windy night moved slowly towards the Faroe Islands, where it was hoped she could be salvaged if not reconditioned for flight, which appeared quite unlikely. Plane Siaks Quickly. About 5 o'clock in the inorning her pontoon fittings _ broke loose; she wheeled over on the port side and dis- appeared before aid could reach her. Water had flooded the left pontoon, and she was being kept above the water only by the tow. It was agreed if the fusilage could have been saved and taken to Brough, new wings, pontoons, motor and ‘pro- peller could have been sypplied and perhaps -the Boston ceuld have con- tinued on her,trip at a later date.. For the third time in three days the their crews. The destroyer Billings- Richmond again headed for Reykjavik, WHO’S WHO With the World Flyeré ERIK NELSON. 2 k4 » 1 & <] a gou | s | IEUT. ERTK H. NELSON, the engineer officer of the world flight, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, June 12, 1888. He was educated for an engineer- ing career until he reached the age of 17, when dissatisfaction’ with his life and the lure of adventure drew him to sea. He shipped upon a German vessel and in the five years which followed he sailed under almost every flag and in all parts of the seven seas Nelgon relates a rather humorous Incident in connection with his first landing upon American shores. His ship had touched at Biloxl, Miss., where he went ashore for a few hours. During his wanderings about the streets he chanced to stop before a drug store window, through which he saw several children partaking of ice cream sodas, although at the time Nelson had no iden of what they were eating. The manifestations of enjoy- ment which the children were mak- & almost overcame the extren bashfulness of the man who was later to become a famous flyer, but he could not quite summon up enough courage to enter the store and in- quire of the druggist the nature of “he strange concoction. He resolved, however, that at the earliest oppor- tunity he would learn its name and investigate its apparent delights for himself. This opportunity did not come until five years later, when he was ashore in New York City. Induced to Finixh Education. ‘While he was in New York he was prevailed upon by relatives to quit bis roving life and complete his edu- cation. Some time later he graduated from the Technical University of Stockholm and took up engineering work, spending a short period in the automobile business and finally tak- {ng up the subject of aeronautics. He served with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company as an aeronautical motor expert, and prior to his entry into the U. Air Service he had had seven years' experience both in this country and abroad on internal combustion motors. As early as 1916 he had learned to fly seaplanes Wnd flying boats, a knowledge which proved of inesti- mable value when he entered the mili- tary service in 1917 In April, 1918, he was commissioned a second lieutepant, and in 1920 he received a commission in the Regular Army as a first lieutenant. His Flying Achievements. Lieut. Nelson has a great many wonderful flying achievements to his credit, including a greater amount of cross-country experience than any other officer in the Army Air Service. He took part in the Guif-to-the- Paoific flight in 1919, acting as engi- neer officer, in which capacity he also flew in the Alaskan expedition from New York to Nome in 1920. It was on this flight that he became so well known for his ability to diagnose motor trouble and also for his de- pendability and readiness to work overtime to insure success of his mis- sion. On one occasion, during a five-anc- a-half hour flight to Hazelton, British Columbia, Nelson spent the last part of the “hop"” riding out in the bitter cold on the fuselage to the rear of tha second cockpit in order to balance a sudden nose-heaviness of the plane. Although nearly frozen by the icy blasts which swept back upon him from the propelier, he remained upon | the fuselage until the last second of the flight. When the plane landed at Hazelton, the landing gear caught in a depression and was wrecked, “ship” stopping with such sudder ness that Nelson was catapulted clear over the top wing and hurled to the ground. Find The other flyers, observing this from the air, landed as expeditiously as was consistent’with safety and hurried over to the other plane ex- elson at Work. —— e while the Reid and Billingsley took stations along the southern coust of Tceland. Or the afternoon of August 5 the Richmond steamed into the outer harbor of Revkjavik in the teeth of a severe wind, which had blown for several hours along the coast. About the same time two dots were seen close to the horizon, and about 20 minutes later the Chicago and New Orleans settled down in the inner harbor. Oll Pump Gives Trouble. Around the coast of Tceland, a dis- tance of 339 miles through Aust storm, fog and heavy winds, Nelson almost suffered the fate of Wade. A few minutes away from Hornafjord his oil pressure dropped to one-half and he kept one eye glued on that little needle for the remainder of the flight. It never did rise to the proper point and his first act in Reykjavik, Ice- land, was to haul the plane up on the beack, install a new ofl pump and a new propeller, the old one having been found the cause of much vibra- tion throughout the ship. The prospects of the flyers getting into Angmagsalik, Greenland, the next scheduled stop, appeared du- bious for some days after their ar- rival in Reykjavik, due to the ice- filled harbor. The Gertrud Rask, 2 Danish steamer chartered by the air service to establish a base there, experienced great difficulty in plow- ing through the ice, .but finally the word came through after the Raleigh had gone to the place and inspected the harbor with its plane that the fiyers could land, take off with a light load and refuel at sea. All the supplies of the bases were loaded aboard the Richmond and she sailed for a station 250 miles out on the morning of August 13 Parked in the trough of the sea she rolled all the following day and on the 15th, after reaching a_ 35-de- gree roll frequently, received word that Angmagsallk had to be aban- doned and that the Army airmen would make a digect hop to Freder- iksdal, on the west coast of Green- 1and, about 800 miles distant. Nelson's Plane Damaged. The Richmond arrived on a position off Greenland Monday morning, Au- gust 18, and was waliting for the fiyers when word was received that in attempting to take-off the pro- peller of Nelson's plane was broken and the forward pontoon spreader bar connection on Smith's plane was damaged to the extent a take-off was impossible. 8o the Richmond with all the spare parts started back to Reykjavik more than 600 miles away. She met up with the Barry at sea and trans- ferred Ogden aboard for passage to Pictou, where another Dougles plane ‘would be sent for Wade and him. She arrived at Reykjavik the morning of the 20th and left that night for a position about 100 miles out. Sea Very Rough. The sea was very rough and the wind . blew feroclously, precluding any work -on the planes moored in the inner harbor of Reykjavik. About 8 o’clock, however, it calmed dowan, In News 1922 Aerial 110 miles an assigned as his constant planes. T, ERIK pecting to find Nelson When they arrived they found Nelson hard at work, in spite of his bruises and_shaking-up, aged landing gear so that there would be no delay in the flight. quality in the man’s make-up which won him the admiration of every one with whom he came Nelson won Mail Martin bomber, averaging a speed of 1923 he was the hour. engineer offic San Antonio to Porto Rico flight, the success of which was greatly due to care This reputation and absolute reliability, HOHOHOHOHG SHHOHO fl’b‘}ofl»fl% hurt dam- It was this Detroit and thoroughness | A and New Orleans picked up the Rich- mond which had drifted slightly off her line and raced by 50 feet above the wa- ter. It lasted but a moment, but it was ‘worth waiting out in that dreary, cheer- less arca for. 4 In a few more moments théy were gone, and then reports began to come in from the other ships along the route telling of the passage of the planes. After the Barry reported nothing more was heard. The Raleigh was queried, and she eaid it was raining and foggy. Anxiety increased for the safety of all three planes, and then in the evening, ten hours after he had taken oft from lceland, came a message fr the Danish cutter Islands Falk, at Frederiksdal, stating Smith had landed. Nelson Reported Safe. An hour later another message said Nelson had arrived, but nothing definite was heard from Locatelli, Smith and Nelson were unanimous in declaring they were lucky to have landed safely. T minutes spent in fighting their way around Cape Fare- well still haunt the pilots. Half an hour after passing the Barry a heav: fog shut down around them—one of those Cape Farewell fogs that come up like a hurricane, o brief is their notice. Nelson immediately became sepa- rated. It was impossibl for either | to climb through it, so dense it was, s0 there was nothing else to do but keep the water in sight And in the water were leebergs, giant chunks of {ice that had death written aer | them Here were two heavy, clumsy seaplanes flving at 70 miles an hour in a thick fog past icebergs, not over them. They turned first this way and then that way as they loomed up | through the almost opaque atmo- sphere, Nideslips Through thing 5. was favor of the Chicago and New Orleans—excel- lent airmanship. Around treacherous Farewell, at last, the two lost planes climbed as the fog appearcd less thick. Suddenly Smith saw a h in the mist, through which was visi- ble the smoke of the Islands Falk He sideslipped through it—a none 100 saf with such a plane—to the and taxied up a fjord to the Islands Falk An hour later Nelson arrived, both having escaped what Smith charac- terized an “aviator's hell.” The fol- lowing two days were marked with and misty weather along the e up to Iyigtut, Gr proved a hours and nine min- utes after taking off they landed at Ivigtut. which is nothing but a mine, producing from the ghastly moun- tains of Greenland a substance cor- responding to porcelain clay. survey of the motors here war- as |ranted a change, as knocks had de- One in | | | more than 50 feet above the water and hit the Cogfilan, first destroyer out from Ivigtut, square on the nose “Everything went well and about 9 o'clock we met up with the McFar- land. A good distance fartmer we sighted the Charles Auburn just for 4 moment and then she disappeared in a fog but we found the Lawrence right on her line. Just after passing the Lawrence the motor cut-out flut- tered and I knew it wasn't getting gas. The pump broke, I was sure, so I switched on the gravity tank (located in the top centar wing) and she took. I certainly got a kick out of it Pumps For 4 Hoars. Then the silent figure in the back seat, Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold of Boll- ing Field, who has ridden_through many perilous flights, powerléss to do anything, but relying on Smith, came into prominence. He had to: pump gasoline from the tanks’ in .the fusi- lage to the gravity tank from then on as the carburetor must be fed through that route. For four hours he pumped but after the first hour his arm was numb. Below, the water was raging and he knew if the plane was forced down in that sea and at such 4 speed, because there was no way of reducing it, due to the low altitude, he and ith would be another Wade an Ogden. “So I pumped all the harder, he said. The Lawrence was the last | ship out, although the Richmond was have taken a station about ..’u} iles from shore, but due to scarcity | | | 1o of fuel oil she had to remain at Ham- ilton Inlet The Richmond at her was almost surrounded rugged, = brown black islands about 200 feet high. Over| these hills at 1:11 p.m., resembling | two automobiles climbing to the crest of a mountain, came the familiar sight of the seaplanes, Smith in the lead. Out into the water and near the Richmond they flew, and then Smith turned to his right, having ighted the moorings in a little bight about a mile from the cruiser. 1 throttled down his motor and dived, the sun peeping through the gray and black clouds long enough to play upon the huge red pontoons and sil- ver-colored forepart of the fusilage. At 1:18 o'clock a small spray was observed as the plane came in con- tact with the water. Nelson, who had climbed as Smith dived, followed one minute later, and bringing to a close a dramatic chapter, which be- gan at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, early in August. AIRMEN SWEEPING TOWARD BOSTON anchorage by round, | and k la single panions and when about 30 miles from Boston, will race ahead to join the official welcoming party on a barge anchored near the landing buoys, which have been placed in the harbor opposite the airport. In answer to a wide public desire to see the marking of the first Ameri- can post of the hiStorie flight, air- port officials have arranged to pro- vide for 100,000 spectators, setting agide ten acres of parking space for automobiles and extensive arcas for pedestria Street car companics have scheduled extra transportation facilities to handle the throngs. The nd and last day of the fiy- ers' stay here will be upicd with supervision of the equipping of their planes for the transcontinental flight a few brief official presentations and appeararce on Boston Com- mon. The course anounced by Lieut Smith at Pictou this morning will take the rs into the Bay of Fundy after sing _over Amherst, Nova Scotia thence along the New Brunswick coa Stm John, to home shores To Follow Shore Line. at The flyers then will follow’ the shore. passing Bar Harbor, swinging in to pass Portland, and then will have their course laid out by the line of beaches to Rockport, Mass.. passing over New Hampshire's short shore stretch. Off Rockport the cruiser Richmond is holding the station at Cape Ann to give airmen direct to the Boston airport, which will take them Marble Head and Lynn. Smith said last night he did not plan to circle over Boston, adding: "W ¢ are flying around the world. W must make our objectives as directiy as_possible The world flvers should be within easy view virtually the entire course, as their commander said he intended to fly at a height of about 500 feet Conditions as reported by the sta- tion ships to Lieut. Smith indicated perfect visibility off Portland ana this city this morning, with a shght fog limiting vision to eight miles at St John, New Brunswick. where Lay of Fundy fogs are famous. The lat- ter report was made by the destroy er Lawrence There was very little wind at anv point reporting. and in this respect it was believed flight conditions would be good With o continuance of conditions the fiyers were to come down the coast a specit of about £0 miles an hour, to cover the 530 miles In about seven hours A change in the Navy patrol. an- nounced later in the day, called for the stationing of the cruiser Rich- mond off Nahant. which marks the morninz expected his m, tors, Ne: and to the has m have terrai; dition and a Servic ships. attem Arnol Early Locat T fo 150 1 ley, E which on was given one of the co assignments on the world flight team The wonderful record motors have Lieut hours, of which more than 800 hours flights, over every conceivable kind of “a real man and a wonderful friend.” — and the aviators went new propeller, which had been brok- en by its contact with the waves in the worst, this wide stretch of Denmark Strait and Atlantic Ocean, were stationed at Richmond, destrovers Reid, Billings- Preceded by and better in every respect, the Chicago arvelous understanding of mo- | veloped at last had its reward when | The Mil ed | every which planes is a tribute skill in short about instalati been bre Field, I rebuilt night made e man whose engincering nade it possible. Hisx Record as Flyer. Nelson has over 1,600 flying been made in cross-country | dropped the 27th. n. He is a skillful pilot in ad- to being a motor expert.| bove all he is, to quote an Air ce officer who knows him well storm having | Sunday they fle out to their |tut, the Nelson finished installing Lis | his old water d water. pting to take off, but Smith and | into_th d worked through the night. the morning of the 2lst, with elli, the Italian fiver, they tock r the longest, and what proved stage of the flight over was not Smith, miles, or more, intervals the|tor co Barry and the cruiser Raleigh locatelli's monoplane, the flyers concede was faster we got leaving wonder y conceivable planes, and the three from w: the and proceeded to standard time. and that would xever the planes’ connec- tiomr with the old world. at Labrador. about the s Tokio and wasn't compass, on the great flight was loaded down with spare part for air- otk was performed Each motor was flown quarters of an hour for on tests, they already having Jken in on the biock at McCook rayton, Ohio, where they were r stock Libert That Richmond found Locatelli, Labrador, where she off Ice Tickle Island in both wauken time. anchor Stormy Weather Prevalent. Stormy along the coast and out to sea a big weather was prevalent all from the Atlantic seaboard ended #p around that section, morning a week from the day w from Frederiksdal to Ivig- planes took off, but Smith had trouble of sticking to the ue to lack of wind and rough After an hour's effort he got e air at astern arted for the trip The weather so good, but it looked better “Forty miles out,” said met our first fog and me time the earth induc- which broke down at reconditioned until to Brough, England, failed, me with the old Army mag- which has proved a trip. We flew not “we ipass outer entrance to Boston Harbor, in- stead of off Rockport. The destrover Barry s _ordered to remain at Pictou, N the Lawrence at St John, B. an emergency stop for the fliers, and the McFarland at Portsmouth, N. H ON 570-MILE HOP (Continued from First Page.) flyers may prepare for the first Amer- ican leg of their flight. In view of the great public in- terest in the arrival of the world| flight, Maj. Gen. Patrick has provid- ed that announcement of the ap- proach of the airmen will be made by the formation of the flying escort| over Boston Common when the flyers are about two hours distant. The planes, after circling over the city, will fly to the northeast to meet Lieut. Smith and his companions. In the three leading planes will be Maj. Gen. Patrick, Assistant Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis and Lieut. W. C. Moffatt, who last Wednesday made the round trip between Boston and ew York delivering pictures of the world flight in two hours and twelve minutes. The air magellans will be greeted by their fellow birdmen by a series of short “zooms" or sharp dips. Forming on the left cf the round-the-world squadron, the escort will accompany theme to Boston, while Army photographers will take pic- tures for the War Department archives and a radio plane, soaring high above the entire flotilla, will broadcast a description of the ap- proach to Boston 5 Maj. Gen. Patrick, after Wis aerial salute to Lieut. Smith and h com- MRS. A. M. COLE DEAD. Mrs. Annie. Maud Cole, 45 vears old. a past Noble Grand of the Dorcus Rebekah Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and a resident of the city for this last 24 years, died at her residence, 639 Iast Capitol street, vesterday. She was the wife of Dr. Seth E. Cole of this city. Funeral services will at St. Mark's Episcopal morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. In- terment will be in Manassas, Va Besides having been a past Noble Grand of the Dorcus Rebekah Lodge, Mrs. Cole was a warden of the Re- bekah Assembly. SHe is survived by her husband, mother,” Mrs. S Bridwell, and® two sisters, Mrs. George C. Brenton and Miss Kate Bridwell, all of Manassas, and a son, Dr. H. 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