Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1927, Page 14

14 DYOIT EXPEDITION SEEKS VOLUNTEER Party to Enter Jungle in Hunt for Fawcett, Lost Brit- ish Explorer. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November Wanted—Man, 20 to 30 years old, amall, spare, of wiry build, to join re- Jiet expedition and party of explow tion into Brazilian wilds. Must be willing, with habits of discipline. Travel experience and technical train- ing unnecessary. Apply at once, let- ter only, to Comdr. George M. Dyott, 136 East Sixty-first street, New York City. “That, briefly, describes the man 1 am looking for,” Dyott, as with alert, nervous fingers he stroked the beautifully marked skin of a little ocelot which is among the thousand trophies of his adven- tures in the wilderness. Incisive, keen, swift, this close-knit blond British-American is soon to start for those “‘green hells of Ama- zonia,” which hide the secrets of for- gotten ages and the whereabouts .of nnother explorer, Col. P. H. Fawcett, Jast heard from in May, 1925. Comdr. Dyott is going in to find this man, and if his hunt is fruitless, or if he finds Fawcett dead, he will push ahead in the very quest which led Fawcett into the jungles south of the ‘Amazon, the search for ruins of a lost civilization. Dangerous Venture. A menacing venture, beset by the danger of savage Indians, of wild beasts, of tropical fever, and the en- tirely unknown perils of an unex- plored area of 100,000 square miles. And for this undertaking, Comdr. Dyott needs one more man to com- plete his party of four, a man to whom money and the comforts of life and life itself mean very little. “He must be thoroughly prepared and equipped for hardship,” explained | ihe commander. “He must be willing | to subordinate himself, to obey his leader without question. He must put himself into my hands completely, do anything he is told to do, and do it at once. “And one thing more; this is most essentlal.” The trace of a smile light- ed. Comdr. Dyott’s lean, rather severe face. “He must be a quiet man. No chatter-boxes need apply. Talka- tive men are the bane of an explorer's camp. My camps, anyway.” A quiet man himself, with the quiet that gives confidence, is this former officer of the British Royal Naval Air Service, whose expedition into the wilds in search of a lost fellow-toun- tryman recalls the glorious hazards of Stanley's search for Livingston, and its triumphant resuit. Man Under 30. “I ask for a man of not more than 30,” said Comdr. Dyott, “because he is not likely to have formed rigid habits of mind. He is not set in his ways. He will be amenable to dis- cipline. “And I ask for a small man because a small man, if physically fit, has greater endurance. A big man has to exert so much- energy to carry his bulk ‘that he thas no surplus. More than that, he is difficult to stow in a canoe. He is too big for the physi- cal restrictions of camp life.” “What do you mean by a small man —how tall should he be, how much shouid he weigh?” “In height, five feet six, or seven— even five feet ten wouldn't bar him. These things are all approximate. And weight, well, we'l say 140.” The commander weighs 140, and is about five feet seven inches tall. “But 1 exceed my own age limit,” he observed, wrinkles of humor spread- ing in a little network at the cor- ners of his blue eyes. “You see, I was born in 1883.” Comdr. Dyott was asked what this \'ol\;nteer he Is secking would have to do. 12, — Handy Man Needed. “He must be a handy man,” was the reply. “And willing to learn. He doesn't have to be a photographe; 2 doesn't have to know how to handle a un or paddle a canoe or run a radio. f he is intelligent, he'll learn’ all these things with us.” “Should he have had a college edu- cation?” “Preferably. And he should be fond of outdoor life. He should have an interest in birds and animals and trees. And he should have an in- genious mind, a practical mind. Also manual dexterity. He should be able to_handle tool Comdr. Davis was asked whether he preferred a bachelor or a benedict. “Single,” he replied, lighting- a cigarette to disguise an embarrassed half-smile. For Comdr. Dyott will be a bridegroom when he sails for Rlo on the first stage of his long journey. “Single,” he reiterated, more firmly. “Married men are used to creature comforts, and they're always thinking about their wives. Give me a bache- lor.” The volunteer accepted by Comdr. Dyott need supply nons of his outfit himself. His passage money will be paid. His living expenses will be met by the expedition. And he will receive pay. Only Small Pay. “Only a small recomperise,’ served the commissioner, dryly. riches.” He went on to say that a physician’s certificate of physical fitness was de- sirable, and that volunteers should be prepared to endure a constant steam bath. “We are going where the weather is hot and wet,” he remarked. “Our balmy days will show a temperature of 95." With Comdr. Dyott when he salls trom New York December 10 on the Lamport & Holt liner Voltaire will{ be a.wireless man, an expert in pho- tography and the selected volunteer. The little party will arrive in Rio de Janeiro Christmas day, thence by trajn 1,000 miles to Corumba, then 350 miles by launch to Cuyaba. From there the Dyott expedition, augmented by native bearers, wiil strike out with pack bullocks and mules for the vast unexplored terri- tory north of Cuyaba. The undertaking will have the un- official co-operation of the Brazilian government. “The Brazilian officials T have always found most helpful and courteous,” sald Comdr. Dyott. Hopeful of Resuce. Comdr. Dyott is definitely hopeful of rescuing Col. Fawcett, who was accompanied into the jungle by his son Jack and a youth from Los An- geles, Raleigh Rimell But he does not_expect to find Fawcett in the vi- cinity of Diamantina, in_the Matto Grosso reglon, where a Frenchman, Courteville, reported having seen a man resembling the lost explorer. ob- “No It is possible Courteville saw Faw- | remarked Comadr. | Col. P. H. Fawcett. native village in the Brazilian wilds. Lower: A head-hunter. A savage type Comdr. Dyott will expedition into the Brazilian wilderness to rescue the lost. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November 12.—Al- though an Englishman, Comdr. Dyott actually was born in New York., The vear-of his birth was 1883. His father was an Englishman and his mother was American. He was taken to Eng- land as a child, and was educated at Bedford and Wellington. Dyott early became interested in mining. He came to the United States in 1899, and was a miner in California, Alaska and Arizona, also visiting the South Seas. In 1903 he returned to England. Desiring to extend his edu- cation, he toak a course in electrical engineering at Faraday House, Lon- don, winning a degree. Once more he came to the States and got a position with the Westing- house Electric Co.. He watched the Wright brothers at work in their early airplane ventures, and became so in- terested that he went Into airplane building himself. He constructed the first American-built monoplane to fly in this country, and he and Henry Walden established a plant at Mineola, N. Y., for the building of planes. Dy- ott’s attainments as a flyer are shown by the fact that he has several rec- ords to his credit. In 1909 he went to Europe to stud: aviation methods there, argd was on}; of the first hundred pilots licensed by the British government.. -Returning to the United States in 1911, he got planes for exploration work in Central America. He was imprisoned during a revolution in Yucatan. SCADINE, he fled to sea in a small boat and, sig- naled a freighter, which took him to safety. Next he was engaged by the late Lord Leverhulme to-organizéand direct an expedition to. the Kongo, Then the war broke and Dyott join- ed the British Roval Naval Adr Serv- Ice, receiving a commispion, He served throughout the war in the Dover Pa. tn_}lhand in the north of France. e war over, Comdr. Dyott wi out to South America to a\]rv:y“;lr;f plane routes for the Peruyian govern- ment. In 1919 he made an Andean rallroad survey, traveling 1,000 miles on.muleback. . The next year he was commissioned to investigate the killing of white settlers by the Peruvian In. dians. In 1921 he joined a mining ex- pedition into central Peru. In 1922 came expeditions into northern Peru in the interests of copper and vana- dium mining concerns. There followed a general ocular survey for a railroad from the Amazon to the Pacific. In 1923 Comdr. Dyott went big game hunting in the Far East with A. S. Vernay, bringing back .a vast assort- ment of photographg of witd animal %675 | | | {| BRAMBACH [l Baby Grand Dyott—Air Pilot, Miner and Explorer— life. In 1925-26 the volcanoes of Ecua- dor drew his interest. Then, ‘in 1926-27, came Comdr. Dyott's famous expedition along the River of Doubt, retracing the path of the late President Roosevelt's adven- tures. He returned late last Spring and now he is about to set forth on the greatest and most perilous under- taking he has ever essayed—the search for Fawcett. His expedition will parallel in risk, importance and interest the historic search Stanley made for Livingstone in Africa. The public will be kept in touch with the progress of the under- taking through radio messages which will be sent by Comdr. Dyott from the depths of the jungle. These messages will be sent exclusively to the North American Newspaper ~ Alllance, of Which this newspaper is 2 member. Comdr. Dyott .is. known to many thousands through his books, his news- paper and magazine articles and his appearances on the lecture platform. He Is the author of “Silent Highways of the Jungle” and “On the Trail of the Unknown.” . Comdr. Dyott has shown in London three films depicting his . .:periences. Copyright. 1027, in All Countries by North (BT en Newopaper Rillance s —— CHARLES M. SCHWAB WEARS 1912 OVERCOAT Says He Gets Satistaction of Being Respected Rather Than e Money for Work., By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 12.—Charles M. Schwab, the steel executive, came back to Chicago wearing his old 1912 overcoat and thereby hangs a tale. “What have I worked for in these 50 years?” he asked himself and his audience at one of the free meals he continually is plied with these days. “Is it money? No. 'I get all my dinners free; I still wear a 1912 coat. “I'll tell you what has given me happiness and peace of soul—what you may wish to emulate. “It's the satisfaction of living a life ‘that will. make ysu stand well in-the opinion’ of your fellow citi- zens, of having thelr good will and their love and.respect.” . oatsonivs Rubber balloons with electric lights inside them were used in decorating the hall at a reeent comvention of illuminating compénies. 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