San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 185, Ed. 1 Monday, July 7, 1919 Page: 2 of 12
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AN ANTONIO FXPRFSS: MONDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1919.
OFFICIAL STORY OF TRIP
ACROSS OCF.AN MADE PUBLIC
Continued Prom l'»f» Ous.
Jourru End for Dirigible R-34
ness on this occasion was accentuatcJ1
by the faint cheers of the landing part, |
coming upward through the mist after i
all signs of the earth had disappeared.
"The airship rose rapidly 1,ftrt0 f. nt
Which height *hc »• 111»• rk'»•«I from flu- l"\s-
lying cloud* ari• I lit* i«ift| straight up I!»»•
Flrih off toward K<llriburfcCh.
"A few minute* after 2 ■ dock the llghtH
of Hosyth showed up through •« break in
the <*l(i(i«ls. thus proving brilliantly ihut
tlit* correct ii11*»wa!»*•*• I»H'I been made t"r
the fore** and direction of I la* wind, which
Was twenty mil'.- per hour from th»* ea*t.
"It should lie borne In iniii«1 that when,
an airship sets out mi a loiitf dinthn< <• v•»>
age carrying la*r ma\Ituuin allowance of
petrol i>he can only rIh»* to u llinltaii height
nt th- outset without throwing some of
it ovorboaril us haJlusl, and that as the
airship proceeds on her voyage, aim can, If
«n desiI'riI, gradually Increase hor height
as thi- jn'ir«»l is consumed by the engine
"An Iiirnhlp of this type, whi n most "f
her petrol is consumed, can rise tu a height
of anoul I UMtO f.-er,
I»lftl<alt> In liyliiK Low.
"For this reason the next few hours
were <mi • : the in -t ami >us periods dur
ing th«' flight for Major Suit, the captain
of tin ship. who, owing to the large
amount of petrol carried n.HOO gallons,
wel|rhin»r l.VS tonsi ha I to keep to" ship
as low is possible and at the KUtne tine*
pass over Northern s-.tland. where tic
hills risr I., a !.• i>iI of "ver .'1000 feet
••tiwing to the storm.\ nature of the,
morning the air at I .'»o(i f»«et the height
ji! who h tin air-hip was traveling was
most (i >tnil" .I and 'bumpy,' due to the
wind being broken up by the mountains to
the nertli, « iu.-iii,.' violent wind currents
and 'air pockets.'
The uii'sr disturbed conditions were met
in the mouth of the Clyde, south of Loch
Lomond, which, surrounded by high inoun
tains, lo k• < 1 particularly beautiful in the
gray dawn light.
The islands at the mouth of the Firth
of Clyde were quickly pussed. The north !
coast of Ireland appeared for a time and ;
shortly fadni away as we headed out into i
the Atluntl'
"The various Incidents of the voyage latest ja:
are set dow n quite simply as they occurred \\oinen '
and more or bus In the form of a diary it might be interesting at this stage
No attempt has b" n nle I" write them to -ive ;t . oiuplete list of the crew, show-
as a connected story. Ir Is felt that by lm. their various duties:
recording > i1 • h incident in this way, most ships officers .Major <i. II Heott, A.
of them trivial, a few of vital Importance, r c. captain; Captain (i. S. < Jrei-nluud,
a truer picture of the >age will bo ob first officer; Second Lieutenant II. 1. Luck,
tained. i second officer; Second Lieuteuant J. i>.
"Time. r» a m., July 2 Airship running Sh' tter, engineer officer.
on four ' . with l.t'.oo revolutions i "Also Urigudier Ucuerul K M. Maltlan.1,
Forward engim being given a Wit. Air C. M. «;. v. s. 0., representing air mill-
speed kiiefs - land miles |»er hour mad' istr\ , Major (i. K. M 1'rltchard, •»Ir mln-
good 5(17 Course steered 2US degrees- i Istrj , lieutenant Couimauder Z. Lans-
north j degrees west course, made good 1 downe. n, 1». 11., I . S Naval airship serv-
degrees south, 71 west. Wind north Lice; Major <». ii. 11. Cooke, 1>. S. C., navl-
east, lo I .'I miles per hour. Height, l,r>uO j gating officer; Lieutenant Guy Harris, me-
feet. j terologicai officer; Second Lleuteuuut H. I).
Large banks of fleecy clouds came roll | Ijurrunt, wireless officer; \V. u. W. H.
ing along ft m the Atlantic, gradually Maves, eoxhwuln.
blotting out all view ol the sea. At first j "Warrant Officers and Men- Engineers:
a
">y.'
Landing field Jit Mineola.
more than 11.000 miles over the
Y Y.. where
Atlantic.
the British dlrgible K-34 was moored yesterday after an adveuturous voyage of
tunes, such as 'The Wild, Wild
we were above these clouds but gradually
the> rose higher and we plowed our way
into the middle of them.
Drop to Within Fifty Feet ot Water.
"7 a. m. Nothing but dense fog, es-
timated by Harris, the meteorological offi-
cer, to go down t" within fifty feet of the
water and up to a height of about 5,000
feet.
'Suddenly we catch a glimpse of the sea
through a hole in the clouds and it is now
easy to see we hare a slight drift to the
south, which is what was estimated by
Heott, captain, and Cook, the navigating
.officer.
"A few minutes later we find ourselves
above the clouds, our height still belli
1.500 feet, and beneath
clouds at about 8.0(H) feet. We are there-
fore in between two layers of clouds, a
condition which Alcoek and Brown found
themselves In on more than one occasion
on their ree.nt flight from west to east.
"An excellent cloud horizon now pre-
sents Itself on all sides, of which Cooke
at once takes advantage. These observa-
tions, if the cloud horizon is quite flat,
ought to prove a valuable rotirfh guide,
but cannot be regarded as accurate un
less one can also obtain a check on the
suu by day or the moon and stars by night
"Cooke reckons it is easy to make as
much as fifty miles in error in locating
one's position when using a cloud horizon
as substitute for a sea horizon.
"7:80 a. iu - Breakfast in crew space up
in the keel consisted of cold bam, one hard
boiled egg each, bread and butter and hot
tea. We breakfast In two watches, gen-
erally about fifteen in each.
"The first watch for breakfast was
Heott, Cooke. 1'rltchard, Admiralty airship
Flight Sergeant Gent, Flight Sergeant
Scull, night Sergeant Klplee, Sergeant
K von den, Sergeant Thirlwall, Corporal
Cross, Aircraftsman Graham, Corporal
Gray, Aircraftsman l'arker, Aircraftsman
Northeast, L. A. O. Mort.
"Riggers Flight Sergeant Itobinson,
Sergeant Watson, Corporal Burgess, Cor-
poral Smith, L. A. C. Forteath, L. A. C.
browdie.
"Wireless Telegraph operators—Corporal
Powell, A. c. Ldwards.
"Eleven a. m.- Still ploughing our way
through the fog at 1.M00 feet Sea com-
pletely hidden by clouds and uo visibility
whatsoever. Stopped forward und two aft
, engines and now running on only the two
loudy sky with j wj„Kr (.ugiu<.m ut i,»hm> revolutions. These
are giving us an air speed of thirty knots,
or M.U miles per hour. This is the air-
ships most efficient speed us she only con-
sumes ou the two engines twenty-five gal-
lons of petrol per hour.
"Wind is east seven miles per hour, and
so we are making good forty miles per
hour and resting three engines.
Makes OhHerxutions of Suit.
"Cooke in now on the top of the airship
taking observations of the sun, using the
cloud horizon with a sextant. The sun is
visible to him but not to us, the top of
the ship being eighty-five feet above us
down here in the fore control cabin.
"Our position is reckoned to be lati-
tude fjfi degrees, 10 minutes north and
longitude .11 degrees 40 minutes west,
which Is equivalent to l(X) miles from our
starting poiut at Fast Fortune, and 200
miles out lu the Atlantic from the north
west coast of Ireland.
We are iu wireless touch with East
been boiled over the exhaust pipe cooker five engines nt 1,001) revolutions. Height,
fitted to the forward engine.
"Fruitarian cake was also tried for the j
first time—rather sickly to taste but very '
nourishing. The whole assisted by Miss
Lee White on the grama phone. We would,
one and all, give anything for a smoke i
Greenland, the first officer of th-- ship, is !
wainl.v trying to discover the culprit who
used his toothbrush for stirring the must
ard at lunch.
"4:ii0 p. m.—Still in fog and low clouds :
and no sea visible. We have hardly seen
any sign of the Atlantic since leaving the
Irish coast and we are beginning to won-
der if we shall see it at all the whole way
across.
"5 p. m.—1Tramp steamer S Ballygally .
'head outward bouud from Belfast, destiua- . , u .
tion Montreal,' picked up our wireless on i lfl.ve.r8.of clouds, the top lo>er one
Hut itieiYi is un iv'nhoii wily wtUur w/r■ Hnmv
lliiuvi ulioiit Die nil* and peeiilHirlllns 11 1
Khniilil nut be mudo Jiihi wh ..emmta
"fl u,. tn.r-~Uurii* unwJioily otiutH Ills Ham I
lb ilbnr of wtivdetta cabin- iptiufitl Inn nut 1
iwrtltiilh. Flow iif lutii(iuu;(i lint audible in
me, un tlm forward oiigjnn tliipiieuial tti» lie '
r.'iimi ng.
itnnit hiai tnrroiiat at kmiii.
"fl tii 7 p. m..—Wo aivi giTiilituily imttJbg
ftirtlier und flirt liar lute i Jim shallow dh
piN'tsluu which whh wtpoirtntl yostfitlay
in team 'he fHuilii Artiwrtb. ror
the last ft.ur hours die mou Iiuh Hmui iMh»
iug mid now the wlbd MoutJuwoutliBHHl, ,
40 mi Ion par hour Vlt-lhiill^' only a hull
niiltt. Very wiiu h sea and liarwinl* of iriin.
lm spilo of t'Jiis Uui tiliii)* In ivuuut'Jtuiil^ >
steady.
"At H p. iu.. Scott deHiliis fa-(tllinl)'night:
tOirnugh It and we evlilautly uauiu out
i,ver 'he tup of it at. .'I.iiltl feet.
i "S:;iO p m.r—We have now nHfml din eeu-
' rnr of the dupressiou axai't.ly an Hkrrie
; foretold. The lain hnw eeiiNe l ami w« are
! fjyneJing quite smootiiiy again.
"To the wait the clouds have FiftatT and '
we nee an 1'iLtraordiiiary i-niernHfing aky- !
I angry clouds giving place tai clmniH «»!' a
guay mouse color, than a briight milHuoii ]
Dink "olor sk.v. e.hnngliig ftiwer down the
linrb.nu to darker elouda with a rich gofiieii
WnLug as the sun Minks below t.be surfiu-e. \
The nea Is not visible and Im eovered by
a fluffy gray feather ln»d «f clouds, slight
Iry uniiulatlng and extending as far as the
eye rail reach. The moon in just breaking
through the bhick dituils Lmmediutely '
above it. •,
"On itie east we see t.he Macit, smlnous '
cfepressiou from which we have JItxMt;
emerged, while away more to the su4it.h
'.he cloud bed over which w* are paaalng
:«eenie to end suddenly and untrue into the
horizon.
"We are retting smrrie vafnaMe meteor-
ological data ori this flight wirhout a doubt
and eaeh fresh phenomenon an it appear*
Is IriMtautly explained by the ever alert
Harris, who has a profound knowledge of
his subject.
"0 p. in.-One of the engineers has re
ported sick complains of feverlshueBs.
Cat In htowaway on Ship.
"A stowaway has Just been discovered—
a «at smuggled ou board by one of the
crew for luck. It is a very remarkable
act that nearly every member of the crew
has a mascot of some description from
the engineer officer, who wears one of his
wife's silk stockings as a muffler around
his neck, tu Maj. Scott, the captain, with a
small gold charm called 'thumbs up.'
"We have two carrier pigeons on board,
which it has been decided not to use. Any
way, whether we release theui or not. they
can claim to be the first two pigeons to
fly (sic) the Atlantic.
7 a. m.—The fog bank appears to end
,i,U00 feet,
"8 p. m.-We are Just on top of the
clouds, ulternutely iu the suu and then
plunging through thick banks of clouds.
The Nun is very low down in western I _r,
horizon und we are steering straight f"r it. j abruptly ten miles or so away toward the
making Fritchard at the elevators curse south, where the sea appears to be clear
himself for not having brought his tinted
glasses. Whip now on an even keel.
Nee llather Jlmiipy Sea.
"Eight*thirty p. in Scott decided to
go down underneath the clouds and In-
creased speed oil all engines to 1,800 revo-
lutions to do so. Dark, cold and wet in
the clouds and We shut all windows.
"We see t.lie sea nt 1.500 feet between
patches of clouds. Rather bumpy.
find ourselves between two
thou-
sand feet above us and the lower layer
five hundred feet below, with occasional
their Marconi spark set which has a range
of only thirty miles. She heard us but did ,, f
not »e, lib a. we were well above ami com- | m The sun Is now setting ami
gradually disappears below the lower cloud
horizon, throwing a wonderful pink glow
on the white clouds In every direction.
Course steered .TJ0 degrees. Course made
good 290 degrees. Air speed forty four
knots; speed made good fifty-five lullea
, . , • 1 we are in wireless ioucu wuu r.iim
expert Lam Is, lowne, lieutenant <;ouiintimlcr ,,(,ru„„. nif.leu, on tlie west .oast of
1 ulte'l States Airship Servlee; Shutter, en- lrBlumli ,.„uta Delgada, Azores, and
merges wishing us good# luck are re
glneer officer; Harris, myself and half the
crew.
"The Wild, Wild Women" Amuse.
"Conversation during breakfast reverted
to the recent flight up the Itpltlc npd In
the adjoining eomruirtment the grapho-
phone was entertaining the crews to the
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"11:15 a. m.-~Lunch—excellent beef stew
and potatoes, chocolate and cold water.
"The talk us usuul was mainly 'shop,'
dealing with such subjects as the distri-
bution of air pressure on the western side
of the Atlantic, what winds were likely to
be met with, what fog we should run Into,
, the advantages of directional winds for
navigational purposes, cloud horizons, and
the like,
"Scott. Cooke and Harris, In comparing
their experiences and expounding their
j theories were most interesting and illumi-
nating.
"12 noon Watch off duty turned in for
their routine four hours' sleep before coin-
ing on lor their next period of duty—only
two hours in this case—as It is the first
uf the two dog watches.
"The sleeping arrangements consist of
a hammock for each ol tha man off watch
suspended from the main ridge girder of
the triangular luterual keel which runs
froiu end tu end of the ship.
"in this keel are situated the eighty-one
petrol tanks, each of seventy-one gallons,
opposite the living quarters for officers
and men und storing arrangements for lu
bricating oil t<>r the euglues, water bal-
last. food and drinking water for the
crew. The latter Is quite a considerable
item as will be seen from the following
table of weights:
Nearly Half Ton Drinking Water.
'Tetrol, 4.H00 gallons, 85,300 pounds,
1.1M tons.
"till, 2,070 pounds, 0.W tons.
"Water, •'! tons.
"Crew und baggage. 1 tons.
••spares, 680 pounds, 0.2 tons.
"Drinking wafer, *oo pounds, .42 tons.
"Total, 24.112 tons.
"Life In the keel of a large rigid air-
ship is by no means unpleasant. There
Is very little noise or vibration except
when one is dire tly over the power units-
a total absence of w ind and except in early
hours of dawn, greater warmth tnan lu the
surrounding atmosphere.
"Getting into one's hammock Is rather
an acrobat!'- feat, especially If it Is slung
high, but this becomes easy with practice
preventing one's self from falling out Is
a thing one must be careful about in a
serv re airship llku the U of. There is only
a thin outer cover of fabric on the under
side of the keel on each side of the walk
lug way and the luckless individual who
tip* out of his luimmoeK would In all prob
ablllt.v break right through this and soon
find himself in the Atlantic.
It i.« ^uprising the amount of ulr one
can tret on board an airship of this size.
The keel 1* about H00 feet long and one 1*
constantly running about from one end to
the other Th- re are also steps in a ver
irietely hidden by the clouds She gave us I
her position as latitude 54 degrees, ill) inln j
utes north, longitude 18 degrees, 20 min-
utes west, and reported us follows:
" 'Steering south SO, west true, wind
north, barometer 30.10 overcast, clouds low.
" st /FitUN, Master.'
Interested In Voyage.
"They were very surprised and most In-
terested to hear that we were the lt-34
bound for New York and wished us every
possible luck.
"5:.'IU p in. Messnges were received from
both H. M. S. battle cruisers Tiger and
lteuowu which had previously been sent
by the admiralty out into the Atlantic to
ussist us with weather reports and general
observation. They reported respectively as
follows;
" 'H. M. S. Tiger—Position 30 degrees 50
minutes north, 30 degrees 50 minutes west,
1,027 millibars, falliug slowly, thick fog.'
"II. M. S. lteuowu—'Position 00 degrees
north, 25 west, 1,027 millibars*, fulling
slowly, cloudy, visibility four miles.'
"Harris deducted from these reports
that there was no steep gradiant and that
therefore there was no Indications of strong
wind in that part of the Atlantic.
"Scott increases height to 2,000 feet and
at this height we find ourselves well over
the clouds and with a bright blue sky above
OS. The view is au enchanting oae ag far
us one can see a vast ocean of white fleecy
Umudtf ending in the most perfect cloud
horizon.
"Two particularly fine specimens of
windy cirrus clouds, of which 1'rltchard 1
promptly obtained photographs, appear on
our port beam, also some cirrus ventosus
clouds little curly clouds Uke • black
cock's tail feathers—all of which Harris j
interprets as a first indication and in-
fallible sign of u depression cumJiPg up
from the south.
llope* Depression Will Benefit,
"We hope that this depression, when it
comes, may help us provided we have
crossed its path before it reaches us. If
we can do this we may be ht lp.'d along
by the easterly wind ou the northwesterly
side of the depression
It is interesting to note that as yet
we have received no notice of this de-
pression coming up from the south in any
weather reports.
"0:40 p. in.—i'ut back dock one-half hour
to corrected Greenwich mean time. Time
now 0:10 p. in. Position: Latitude 53 de-
grees, 50 minutes uorth; longitude, 20 de-
grees west.
"We have covered 610 sea miles measured
in u direct line in seventeen hours nt an
average speed of thirty.six knots, or forty
miles per hour. Depth of Atlantic at this
point, 1.500 fathoms. At this rate if all
goes well and if that depression from
the south does not interfere, we should
see St. Johns—if visible, and not covered
in fog, as it usually is—about midnight
tomorrow, July .'t.
"0:55 p. m.~Wireless message from Air
Ministry via Cllfden states:
" 'Conditions unchanged in British Isles.
Anti-cyclone persistent lu eastern Atlantic
—a new depression entering Atlantic from
south.'
"This confirms Harris' forecast and is
an admirable proof of the value of cloud
forecasting.
"7 p. m —The clouds have risen to our
height and we are now driving away
through them with no signs of the sky
above or the sea underneath. Scott reckons
the wind is northwest by east and helping
us slightly. Airship now very heavy owing
to change lu temperature and twelve de-
grees down by the stern. Kunnlng on all
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"All through this first night in the At-
lantic the ordinary airship routing of nav-
igating, steering and elevating, also main-
taining the engines in smooth running or-
der goes on, watch uud watch, as in the
day time.
"The night is very dark. The airship,
however, is lighted throughout, a much en-
larged lighting system having been fitted.
All Instruments can be Individually illum-
inated us required and In case of failure of
the lighting system all figures and indi-
cators ure radloinl/ed.
"The radium paint used is so luminous
that in most cases the lighting Installa-
tion Is unnecessary.
"Eight twenty a. in., Thursday, July .1—
The clock has been put back another hour
to correct our time to Greenwich mean
time. Position, longitude, 35 degrees, 00
mluutes west; latitude, 53 degrees north.
Half Distance to Newfoundland.
"Cooke got position by observation on
sun and a good cloud horizon and consid-
ers it aceurato to wlthlu thirty or forty
miles.
"Our position Is over the westbound
steamship route from ' Cnpe Itsso to the
Clyde uud inomentarHy crossing the east-
bound route from llclle isle to Plymouth.
"We ure well over half way between
Ireland and Newfoundland and are back
again on the great circle route, having
been slightly to the south of if owing to
the drift effect of a northerly wind.
"(iood weather report from St. Johns.
"12:45 p. in. Durunt is sneaking to S.
S. Canada on our spurk wireless set. so
there may be u chance of our seeing her
shortly, as the sea is temporarily visible.
The second wireless operator obtains his
direction on our directional wireless so
we may know in what direction to look
for her All we know at the moment is
that she Is somewhere within 120 miles.
"Captain David, iu command, wishes us
a eafe voyage. We gaae through our
glasses In her direction, but she Is Just
over the horizon.
"2 i in Slight trouble with starboard
amidships engine -cracked cylinder water
Jacket. Shotter. always equal to the occa-
sion, made a quick and safe repair with a
piece of copper sheeting and the entire
supply of the ship's chewing gum had
to be chewed by himself und two engineers
before being applied.
"4.30 p. in - We ure now on the Cana-
dian summer route of steamers bound for
the St l.uwrence via Belle Isle Strait and
over the well-known Labrador current.
There are already Indications of these cold
currents In the fog which hangs Immedi-
ately above the surface of the water.
"Scott and Cooke spend .much time at
chart tables with protractors, dividers,
stop watches ami many navigational text-
books. measuring angles of drift and cal-
culating course made good.
"Aerial navigation is more complicated
than navigation on the surface of the sea,
of fog and a very deep blue.
"Standing out conspicuously in this blue
patch of sea we see an enormous white
Iceberg. The sun is shining brightly on
its steep sides and we estimate it as rough-
ly 300 yards square and 150 feet high.
As these icebergs usually draw about six
times us much water as their height, we |
wondered whether she was aground, as
the depth of the water ut that point Is only
about 150 fathoins.
"Another big iceberg can just be seen
in the dim dlatunce. These ure the only
two objects of any kind, sort or descrip-
tion we have us yet seen on this journey.
"8:15 u. in.-—Fog still clinging to the
surface of the ?.ater evidently must be
very cold. Extraordinary crimpy, wave-
like appearance of clouds roiling up froin
the north underneuth It. Hurrls has never
seen this before. 1'rltchard took photo-
graph.
"0 a. in.--We ure now over the large ice
field a ml the sea is full of enormous pieces
of ice—small bergs in themselves. The
be is blue-green under water with froxen
snow on top.
Land Is Flrnt Spotted.
"12:50 p. m. Land iu siKlit. First spot-
ted by Scott from starboard beam. A few,
small, rocky islands visible fgr a minute
or two through the clouds and instuntly
swallowed up uguin.
"Altered course southwest to have a
closer look at them. ICventuuIly made them
out to be the northwest coast line of Trin-
ity Buy, Newfoundland.
"Our time from Hathlln Island—the lust
piece of land we crossed above the north
coast of Ireland to north coast of Trinity
Bay, N. F., is 54 hours.
"2:54 p. m.-Wo ure crossing Newfound
land at 1,500 feet in thick fog, which grad-
ually clears as we get further inland. A
very rocky const with large forests and
lakes and for the most part no traces of
habitation anywhere.
"Message from St. John's to say that
ltayuham was up In his machine to greet !
us. We replied giving our position.
"3 p. m —Again enveloped In dense fog. i
Messuge from II. M. S. Sentln giving us 1
our position. We are making good, 38 to
40 knots and heading for Fortune Harbor. '
''8:15 p. in.—Clear weather. Sea mod- ,
erate. Making good 30 miles per hour on
three engines. Northern point of Cape
Breton Island, Nova Scotia, just coming
into sight. Lighthouse four flushes. We
should make Halifax 2:30 a. m. tomorrow.
"Saturday, July 5. 2:30 a. m.—Very dark !
clear night. Lights of Whitehaven show up
brightly and we make out the lights of a j
steamer passing its to the east. Itrooi
head wind against us. Making no appreci-
able headway.
"7 a. m.—Scott decided to turn inland
to avoid south wind barrage flowing up
the const. Cross coast at (loose Island.
"10:20 a. in We are down as low as
800 feet over huge forests. Lovely resinous
smell of pines which we inhale with delight
"Stacked tree trunks look like buuchen
of uspuragus from above.
Petrol (Jurstion Is Serious.
"12:30 p. m — Lunch. The petrol question
has become distinctly serious. We hava
500 miles to go to New York and if we
don't get any wind or bud weather against
us will do it all right with two engiuei
assisted occasionally by a third engine.
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SAN ANTONIANS REAPING
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Mr. A. B. lingers, while digging for some
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farm In Fayette County, discovered an
ticaI ladder ' - the top of the ship for those extraordinary mineral which, having been
who feel . in r„et|. or have duty up there, analyzed, was found to contain some iiow-
l»y the time it i men one's time to go to erful medicinal properties. Remains or In-
bed one yen.-r.il.v finds he is very sleepy ,|jHU Camps were found nearby, and led to
and the warmth of "lie's sleeping bag and j the belief that they had used this mineral
the hum of the engines soon send one to . for their ailments.
sleep. | a number of cases of piles and chronic
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AFTER SAFE LANDING
through th# clouds i deep blue iti col
j with a -ic swell ofi Our shadow on the
water helps n's to measure our drift angle
j which both Scott and Cooke worked out
I to be 21 degrees Unnulhg on the for
ward and two aft engines, resting the two
J wing engines Making good speed, forty
I nine miles per hour.
I "Iiuraiit. the wireless officer, reports he
has just been speaking tn St. John's, N. F ,
rather faint but quite clear signals. As
medical science, were given treatment free
of charge. After a few weeks' treatment
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Sufferers of kidney trouble, Indigestion
and dyspepsia were relieved of their all- j
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seen and interviewed personally.
This mineral Is now being manufactured ;
in its uatural state by the Saio Products
j we are still in touch with East Fortune | Company of Houston, Texas, and Is known
and Cllfden and have been exchanging as SAXA und is sold in Sau Antonio by all
signals with the Azores since reaching the druggists. Saxa la "Nature's Uift to Suf
I Irish coast, our communications seem to be fering Humanity."
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"Remarkable rainbow effects on th° ' disease, or troubled with indigestion, kbl- |
clouds: one complete rainbow enclreleii ney trouble, goQt and dyspepsia, go to your
the airship Itself and the other -a smaller i nearest drug store and purchase this Won-
one—encircled the shadow Both are very j ilerful Treatment.
very vivid in their coloring. After you have given this Saxa treatment
"3:4f» p. m Excellent tea consisting of a consistent and cureful trial you will glad-
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) two cups of scalding hot tea which had 1 in their praises. Give U.a triaL (Ad?.) |
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Continued From Oo«.
rise to a height of more than 3,000 feet,
the air was full of "bumns" and "air
pockets," due to high winds swirling
through the mountains. These conditions
were especially noticeable ut the mouth
of the Clyde, south of Loch Lomond, which
presented a beautiful picture to the filers
In Its setting of high mountains In the
gray light or the early morning,
hull lietween Cloud Layers.
As the dirigible cleared the north coast
of Ireland and swung out over the Atlan-
tic. large banks of fleecy clouds blotted
out all view of the sea. At first the ship
kept clear of the clouds by flying high,
but they soon rose higher and she was
compelled to plow through them. Later
the aviators found themselves between two
luyers ol clouds, one at about 1,000 feet
und the other at about {1,000 feet.
Sailing through this uncharted fairy-
land. the crew had their first breakfast,
consisting of cold ham, hard boiled eggw,
bread und butt r and hot tea.
A. graphoiihone playing "The Wild,
Wild Women ' and other Jazz tunes, gave
u cabaret air to the simple meal in cloud-
land: The thirty men on board hreak-
fasted in two watches.
I n to noon of the first day the airship
made a speed of about HO knots an hour,
never using all five engines at one time
nnd using only two part of the time.
These gave a speed of 80 knots an hour,
which was found to be the most efficient
speed as sh° consumed only 25 gallons of
retrol an hour with two engines running.
Later in the day the speed was run up to
4» miles an hour.
Pass Thronfh Rainbow.
A remarkabl» rainbow effect was notice l
shortly ifvr .1 p. m. cn the first day. The
log describes it thus:
"Remarkable rainbow effects on the
clouds. One complete rainbow encoded
the airship itself and the other—a smaller
one—encircled the shadow. Hoth were very
vivid in their coloring."
The wireless was iu touch with St.
Johns, ('lifden and I he Azores, as well us
au occasional steamer, and H. M. S. Tiger
and Renown on the first day. About ii
o'clock In the evening the airship came
into view of the blue sky with an ocean
of fleecy clouds stretching out on all sides
below. Some excellent photographs were
obtained of cloud efreeti. An hour later
the clouds had closed in once more. It
was dark, cold and wet in these cloud
banks and at times the air was "bumpy."
The first night on the Atlantic whs very
dark, but the airship was as well lighted
as an ocean liner and there was no diffi-
culty in reading the instruments. All
rials and other indicators were illuminated
with radium paint to guard against fail-
ure of the lighting system.
Chewing filim Hepulrs.
The second day was uueveiitful. The
sea was visible for part of the time. Slight
trouble developed in the water Jacket of
the starboard engine amidships, but It
was quickly repaired by Lieut. J. I>. Shot-
ter with a piece of copper sheathing and
the ship's supply of (hewing gum, which
had to be masticated by himself und the
two engineers.
Visibility was poor during the afternoon
on account of clouds, low lying fog and
rain. About ft:.t0 p. ni. the rain ceased
and the clouds lifted und an exceptionally
beautiful sky picture unfolded itself in
the West, according to the log, which de-
scribes It in these words:
"Black, angry clouds giving place to
clouds of a gray mouse color, then u bright,
salmon pink, clear sky, changing lower
down the horizon to dark clouds with a
rich golden lining as the sun sinks below
the surface. The sea la not visible and Is
covered by a fluffy gray feather bead of
clouds, slightly undulating nnd extending
as far as the eye can reach. The moon
is Just breaking through the black clouds
Immediately above It."
At 0 o'clock in the evening of the second
day the first case of sickness was report-
ed, one of the engineers complaining of a
slight feverishuess. At about the same time
the first aerial stowaway was discovered—
a cat that had been smuggled aboard for
luck by one of the crew. Incidentally, It
is noted in this picturesque log that nearly
every member of the crew had a mascot.
One of the engineer officers wore one of
his wife's silk stockings as a muffler
around his neck, while Major Scott, the
commander, wore a small gold charm
called "Thumbs Up."
Friday was ushered in with a "wonder-
ful sunrise- the different colors being the
softest imaginable, just like a wash draw-
ing!" A thin fog partly obscured the sea
at this time, but in one spot off to the
south there was a blue patch of sea in
the center of which loomed an enormous
iceberg glittering in the sun. It seemed
to lie about 800 yards square and 150 feet
high- Auotlier big berg was sighted lu the
distance.
Away from the region of the Icebergs, fog
ami clouds, were again encountered. At one
point there was a long stretch of blue sea
with great expanses "t fog on either side.
It resembled u river flowing between snow-
covered bunks. This was caused by a warm
current of water which prevented the fog
from hanging close to the surface. Later
in the morning a great ice field was sight-
ed, composed of innumerable small bergs,
showing blue-green under the water, aud
covered with a coating of frozen snow.
14iiid Sighted Friday.
At 12:50 p. m. Friday the first land
was sighted through a break in the clouds.
It was found to be the northeast coast of
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. The time
from Hutiiliu Island, north of Ireland, to
this landfall, was exactly fifty-nine hours
Newfoundland was crossed at an eleva-
tion of about 1,500 feet iu u thick fog.
which cleared as the airship proceeded
farther Inland. A message was received
saying that Commander Kayiiham of the
Martlnside plane hud gone aloft to greet
the dirigible.
The Martiuiyde was not sighted, but
passing over St. Pierre, the aviators could
see the French flag dipped in salute. From
there the course was in the direction of
liulifax.
Across the mouth of Cabot Strait the sea
was inoderute and the weather clear. The
night was dark, but the sky was clear. A
strong head wind brought the ship almost
to a standstill as she came abreast of
White Haven, the lights of which showed
up brightly on the starbourd beam nt 2:30
Saturday morning. Swinging inland to
avoid the wind barrage, the airship cruised
over great pine forests, the trunks of the
trees looking like uspuragus from above.
A big brown eagle gave the airship a short
race at one time and was left far astern.
The petrol question began to be serious
ss tho dirigible was passing over Nova
Scotia and finally au appeal was sent to
Washington by Lieutenant Lunsdowne,
United States Navy, asking if destroyers
could be sent to tow the dirigible iu case
the petrol supply should be exhausted dur-
ing the night.
Rain and fog complicated the problem
and a threatening thunder storm was seen
over the Canadian coast of the Bay of
Faindy about 8:30 p. m. The airship
managed to avoid this by using all five en-
gines. The edge of the storm, however,
gave the aviators what is described by
the log as the worst weather experience any
of them had had during their ulr service.
"During the storm," says the log. "some
wonderful specimens of cumulo-mammatus
were seen and photographed. These clouds
always indicate a very highly perturbed
state of atmosphere and look rather like
u bunch of grupes. The clouds drooped
into small festoons."
About 7:80 p. m. the weather cleared
again, but ut 0:30 another thunder storiu
was encountered uud the course hud to bo
changed to avoid it. Chatham, Mass., «vaa
sighted at 4 o'clock sutiduy morning. After
pussing over Martha's vineyard at 5:150
a. m. Major Scott decided he had Just
enough petrol left to make Roosevelt field,
but he would not have enough for his orig-
inal plan of circling over New York before
landing.
The landing was made at 0:54 a. m.
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OBSERVER'S LOG READS
LIKE PAGE OF JULES VERNE)
Continued From Paae One.
graphophore was entertaining the crews
with the latest jazz tune."
hunger ill Sleeping.
Next comes an account of sleeping in;
hammocks abroad a service airship with
a word of caution for the unwary sleeper:
"There is only u thin outer cover of fab-
ric on the under side of the keel on each
side of the walking way, and the luckless
individual who slips out of his hammock
would in all probability break right
through this and soon find himself iu tho
Atlantic."
There follows u series of word pictures!
of cloud foriuutloiis, showing that, us in
the case of Alcoek and Brown, the It 34
was ut tiuu-s flouting between two layers:
of wireless messages brer.king through
these cloud bunks to bring cheer to the
adventurers; of meals cooked over exhaust
pipes aud engine repairs made with chew-
ing gum; of the discovery of a feline stow-
away smuggled aboard by a superstitious
member of the crew—and then the sighting
of ice fields uud Newfoundland, with terse
observations on aerial navigation.
Instead of finding expressed at thisi
point exuberance of captain and crew, it
is remarked that the airmen think they
would ilk* to stop at Newfoundland und
Nova Seotiu some time for shooting uudj
fishing, us the forests uud lakes viewed
from the air hold promise of much giune
und fish. Then comes u more anxious i
entry :
"The petrol question is becoming decid-l
edly serious."
And nguin: "For some little time pasti
there have been distinct evidences of elec-
trical dist>1 rhun es."
Then comes .i description of two thun
(!er storms successfully evaded—'"set down
quite simply us ihey occurred und more
or less In the form of a diary," as (Jen.1
Mnitlaiid promised at the head of the log.
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