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ounderin Viari tEl'i 61141 TO' 10 liEty I 0 .e, to RoISI 1V ith
.a sea.
Was Snga
rerne `fest ,For 12. di the reslles•,
' ; .,Scotts
• . ,..• • a ,• i. as How --Dots -an/ s
Anniversary oL Tltalittc- Disaster Recalls
iy e
ri••! l `IVinssln c
Da'slte§ Fran5
ticall > Called for 1-1e1p As Tragedy Was Was Sir� ;�'
Enacted in Midocean As Told in New
York 'Tines
HalaldTtonas Co
tamradioa
-.GDuld have sent .
1call
for help., The
orator o
the Carpathia, la came down leafyeeY thing
was that the w
irelees
-report-enough usto fix
o telco -o • n early:enc h far
it re b dtV
fn•om the badge where he had P g
to
t before the acideti` We noticed
1 a
communications
! t of
ail 1
ed d s
his
Y
theorfeer -on z
tch.HoR s tined.something
wrongon
Sunday
and Sack
He
had had iheavY day's
work and
Phillips i s a.
nd I worked seven hours to
n in: rn-
to turn find it. o found a 'Secretary' bu
about W
just Y
he was
is
now J
routine it just
r.of eel out at 1st arrd•x repaired matter a a; 3
little it
Ther,
C was
one°t P
hat
_bertha a few hours before the iceberg was
bis - -b i'
between ham andg
struck."'
Chance again brought the 'Califor-
nian nisi back in the story. That n g h,
as the Titanic was sinking, close to
i the captain of the'Cali-
fornian
position, he
lie r P
farnian was s
r nelin in Morse bya
B g
Rocket flashlight'to e shd
PP In distress.
At the Senate hearin s
,he emphatic-
ally
hatic-
ally denied that this s ip was
the
Ti -
afternoon he had made contact with
't' he
• he verified r
After the Parisian.
could go to bed. It.was just 10.20
o'clock . at night. He 'put on his ear-
phones, , :The Cape Cod transmitter
was busy sendin
ma
Sba
ge
s to
an in
-
coming liner. Cottam clieked a query
"Do
you
i
called.Y
to the ship being
hear Cape God?" he asked.
Back ou
of the ether came the stac-.tam', Surviving
members of the 7t -
Cato dots and lasses. "Come .at once. ,tante eerew Just as emphaticallyphatically
swore that a ship stood Fe four miles
off all during the tragedy. Whether
this was the Californian, no one may
ever know. All that is known is that
while the Californian's capta&n was.
signaling by ''flashlight from his
bridge, hiswireless man was asleep
in his cabin. No one thought ' to
awaken hili until 8.30 o'clock in the
morning, more than an hour after the
[curtain of waves had ended the tra-
gedy and five hours after Jack Phil-
lips had sent his fret urgent plea for
help stabbing through the air.
We've struck an berg. It's a CQD,
old man!" What Cottam said is not
on record. It was Phillips of the Ti-
tanic sending the stuttering code that
presaged one of the greatest tragedies
eves enacted' on 'the 'sea.' ' Sixteen
years ago April 16th the Titanic sank
at latitude 41:4 north,'• longitude 60:
1h west, :off -the Newfoundland Banks,
with a loss of 1,517' lives. At 10.20
o'clock in the night, • New York time,
she was cutting through a motionless
sea at a speed of twenty-one knots' an
hour. Without warning, with scarce-
ly a jar to indicate what had happen-
ed, she struck a submerged iceberg
and ripped out her bottom. At 2.20
o'c1oCk in the morning she: had joined
the ever-growing armada that rests
forever at the bottom of the ocean:
In those four hours one of the great-
est dramas of the sea was written, a
gripping'' story of bravery, sacrifice
and cowardice. In thosefour' hours
the ether was vibrant with the buzz-
ing, dots and dashes that spelled . an
epic in radio. It' was spelled in syl
lables of tragedy', more awful through
contrast' with the calm, cold sea on
which the 1,517 struggled for their
lives under a starry sky. .
Liner on Malden' Voyage
Three -Day Search by Massae
chusett's Craft Fails to
Find FinHer
i
of the
Mass,—The iota
Boston AIa a•—T
' her
• i Nova Queen and
Britlslt schooner
Q
L
m stet Atter s
a •e v of Haven is a
3 � Y Y
t!
ree-daY ,search, coast g1 1
d craft
had•
wide area deli hhadeovelecl-a ti v
r f h ''soliooner which,
found no trace o t e
O -
Was sighted. by the tithing auer
sett
Elate 06 mileseast southeast
of
What Happened In`the Cabin?
What 'happened 1u the Titanle's
radio cabin during the four home be-
tween the, time the shock was felt
and the time the Titanic lifted her
stern in the air and plunged beneath
tale waves Is Harold Bride's story.. It
forms as graphic a narrative' as radio
has ever written -as, raffia may ever
be called on to write.
I wee etanding by Phillips, telling
him to go to bed," he said, "when the
captain put his head in the door."
"'We've struck an iceberg,' the cap-
tain said, 'and I'm having an inapec-
tion.made to tell what it Lias done for
us. You better get ready to send out
a call for assistance. But dont -send.
it until I tell you.' Then the captain
was gone.
Ten minutes later he was back,
'Send the call foraassistance; the
captain ordered, barely putting his
head 1n the door.
"'What call shall T send?' Phillips
asked:
"'The regulation international call
for help. ' Just .that.'' Then he was
gone.
"Phillips began to send O Q D. He
flashed away at it and we joked as
he did so. All of us made light of the
disaster.
"Then the captain came back.
"'What are you sending?' he asked
Phillips replied,
"The humor of he situation appeal-
ed to me. I cut in with a little re-
mark that made' ue all laugh, includ-
ing the captain.
"'Send S 0 S,' I said. 'It's the new
call and"it'•may be your last chance
to send it,'
Picture the night, cold, clear, star-
lit. An undulating ocean and the
majestic Titanic, the last word in the
engineering science of the sea, proud-
ly• spurning the waves at a speed of
closeto twenty-five miles an hour. It
was her maiden voyage. Moreover,
it was her last night but The port-
holes'. and cabin windows blazed with
light. -A last -night party was in full
swing. The passengers were dancing
to the mus'ie of the ship's orchestra.
To-niorrOW they would be going about
their daily routine of business in New
York; . but to -night was made for
pleasure. ,The Titanic, as if conscious
, of her dignity and importance, which
was enhanced by beaut!$ul women and
augmented by men whose navies were
written at the very apex of current
affairs, glided through the night. Her
sharp prow cut the cobalt water leav-
- ing two plumes of white foam trailing
along her sides.
Suddenly there was a slight shock.
It was almost imperceptible. Some
'few passengers strolled out on deck
and inquired the cause. "We have
struck an iceberg," they were inform-
ed;
nformed; "but there is no danger. The
ship is unsinkable." There was no
danger! Her entire bottom had been
. ripped out. Even as the inquiry was
being made she was; filling with water.
Even then Captain -Smith was on his
way to the radio room to tell Philips
end, Bride to 'make ready to send a
call for help. As the'ehip's orchestra
started to play again, the plea for
help- was 'speeding through space.
On the Carpathia, Cottamhurried
to the Captain's quarters. Captain
Rostron was off duty at the time. As
moon as he heard the message he ord.
area the Carpathia turned about and
rushed full speed ahead to the Ti-
tanic's aid. Then ho hurried to the
bridge to take chage Cotton' return-
ed to his "shack" to notify Philips
that rescue -was on the way. The Ti-
tanic. was working the Frankfurt, but
was having trouble getting her sig -
nab. Cottam tried to raise the same
ship, but was unable to do so.
He picked up the Titanic. "We are
sinking fast," it was a message to
the Olympic. The Oarpathia was
plunging ehead at about eighteen
knots an boar. ' Every ounce of steam
that' her boilers could hold was crowd"
ed into them to keep the pace. Her
usual speed was thirteen knots.
An •111 -Fated Ship •
With the Carpathia almost in view
and rescue just over the horizon,
Phillips sent his last message: "Come
quick! Our engine room is . flooded
up to the boilers." That was at 11.41
o'clock Cotta}' flashed back that the
Carpathia was sending up rockets and
for the Titanic to be on the lookout
for them. But the Titanic was silent,
Cottain plugged his .key, ' Message
------aateratessege went speeding through
space. ' 31 t"there was no stuttering
buzz in his earphone4 to tell him that
the Titanic was still afloat and was
waiting.
Chance, fate, luck! Some perverse
destiny cloaked in 'a name, followed
the i11 -fated Titanic, As she left poi,•)"
site narrowly averted a dangerous.
eo11ision. Early in the afternoon of
the fateful Sunday, the Leyland liner'
Californian notified her of the pres-
ence of icebergs. Cyril Evans, wire-
less operates of the Californian, testi-
fied tit the Senate hearing, following
the disaster, that he called the Ti-
tanic, warning
i-tanic,warning her of icebergs. "Say,
ell main, we are stuck here surround-
' ed by ice," his message read The
answer he• got back from the Titanic
was, as neitala as he ;could reiiieinber
it, "Keep out; 1 am talldng to Cape
Race. You are ramming my message."
It was through pure chance that
Contain on the Carpathia got the Ti-
tanc's call for help; and it was pure
ly by l -ck that the Titanic was able
to cell, acoor;diitg to. Harold Bride,
junior operator on Usa hip The Ti-
ta.nic:e wireless broke clown early in
the afternoon. •This must have been
ahartly;after the Californian's warn-
,jng came in. "If it hadn't been for a
lucky thing," Bride said, "we never
Thatcher's Island, water-logged and
in need of assistance,
'The Nova Queen was .bound from
Parrsboro; N.S., to New York with 'a
c ' lat2is She was
aro: o
E apriles
Y
dauglit in a gale and when, the Disle
'crew were huddled in
sighted her the y
ca e the
cussto es
the after cabirih P,
driven them from
hick' had d c
Uh e
water. w
r• refused to
lower' quarters. The crew e
abandon the schooner, but asked. the
Elsie to ask the coastguardto send a
urate to tow her to port.
The cutter Morrill searched the area.
1i which the Nova Queen was report
ed, but found no trace of her. When
the Morrill was obliged to return for
wafer, the search waw: undertaken )by
the Jackson; Tuscarora and •Jouett,
and they also could not Mid her. The
Tuscarora, Jackson and Faunce were.
continuing the search, but in a wire,.
Less message' to coastguard headquar-
ters reported., that it was fruitless.
.The Nova Queen, a three -casted
schooner,. sailed from'Parrsboro. She
was commanded b'y Captain Joseph
Merriam, and the members of the
crew wre from Nova Scotia. The
schooner was 'built at Advocate; N:S„
in 1919.
"Phillips with a laugh changed the
signal to S 0 S"—it was his last
chance.
• Shortly after he succeeded in pick-
ing up the Frankfurt and gave his
position. "We have ets'uck an ice-
berg and need assistance," he told
tare Frankfurt's operator, who ran to
the bridge and told his captain of the
Titanic's' plight. When be came back
Phillips was Bendy "We are sinking
by the head." Even then there was
a distinct list forward. . The Carpa-
Ghia answerdd and a few minutes later
called back that she had turned about
and was speeding to the rescue as fast
as her engine& could turn and that her
boats were being swung overside,
Neither Phillips nor Bride wns
fully dressed.1111ps held the' key,
flashing out message after mebeage,
while Bride ran bank and forth be-
tween the radio room and the bridge
carrying news of the rescue ships to
Captain Smith. In between trips he
found time to put on Moro clothes
and throw a coat' over his ehilef's
shoulders•, It was growing cold 3n
the radio cabin and at any minute the
powr might give out, The message
came from the Carpathia'•that she
was making eighteen knots. Bride
ran to the bridge witibi the news. On
tate way hack he noticed that. the life'
boats were being manned and load-
ed.
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CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN A CANOE
Cepa ' Franz Romer, intrepid German, adventurer, clearing;'Efom Lislron in
a daring attempt. to crow the Atlantic ocean: to New York._
Hinkler 'Tells
Adventures- of
Trip
Further Details Bring Out Full
Significance of the Flight
to Australia
FLOWERS
and
VEGETABLES
No. 12 .
•
Use Good Seed.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the importance -of good • seed.•
With flowers particularly, one is,often
!naffed 'to save the seed of some es-
pecially choice specimen without real-
izing that few flowers reproduce them-
selves exactly from the seed unless
certain very elaborate -precautions are
taken. A. row of several different col-
ored Sweet Peas, for instance, will be-
come hopelessly mixed iu a single sea-
son. The seed from a brilliant red, nitrate of soda in a fair sized water-
liger.variety may produce nothing but in -
sprinkle can, and sprinkle this over the
different weak colored flowers when
saved in the ordinary way. On .the box, If the latter is around four feet
long. If shorter, less fertilizer should
be used. After this, saturate the soil
with another can or two .of water.
Three or four more applications of
fertilizer at ten day intervals are ad-
vised, and watering should take place
every day, as the evaporation from
window boxes 1s far above normal.
Along the front of the box put in.
trailing nasturtiums, German Ivy, and
similar trailing plants, while farther
back Petunias, Geraniums, Alyssum,
Lobelia, Ageratum, Begonias, Ferns
and other types especially suitable
should go in.
AN ALLURING NEW FRO=
The Junior Miss will thoroughly- en-
joy. wearing this -'attractive frock,
which is suitable for many occasions.
The skirt has applied trimming sec-
tions, and is gathered to the bodice
having tucks at front of the epaulet
shoulders. The lolver edge of the
short sleeves and neck aro simply
bound with self or contrasting ma-
terial, and a belt is softly crushed
around the waist. For party wear,
ribbon and rosebuds add a dainty
tr'immin'g to the skirt and side of the
Bodice. No. 1517 is in sizes 8, 10, 12
and 14 years. Size 10 requires 8%
yards 30 -inch material, or 2 yards 54 -
inch. Price 20c the'pattern.
Our new Fashion . Book contains
malty styles showing how to dress
boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule
for well-dressed children. Clothes of
character sill individuality for the
junior folks are hard to buy; but easy
to make with our patterns, A small
amount of money spent on good ma-
terials, cut or_ simple lines, will give
children the privilege of wearing ador-
able things. Price of the book 10e the
copy.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
about the right time "'and farther
Werth no very great risk should'' be
taken before the 1st of June. If a
tight frost does threaten, covering the
box with newspaper or light cotton
will protect it sufficiently. Window
boxes should be as long as the window
sill, about eight inches wide at the
top, six at;the bottom and at least
nine inches deep. These are inside
measurements. The corners must he
strongly reinforced with iron, straps
en dthe box well supported, as when
full it 'weigh about 160 lbs. Have
holes and layer of broken crockery
or cinders in the bottom to provide
drainage. If well rotted manure,.-fs
available, put in a layer of this nexti
and then fol up with fine garden eon.
Select stocky plants and before put-
ting them In the box remove all bloom
and buds. To get'them growing
quickly, dissolve a scant handful of
farms of the large seed houses and in
the professional horticulturists' ex-
perimental plot each type is kept
widely separated and in many cases
the individual flowers are protected
with netting. Otherwise bees and
smaller insects will carry the pollen -
from oen flower to another without
regard for type or color. On this ac-
count alone the amatetur is well ad-
vised to depend upon seed in sealed
packages only from reliable mer-
chants. There are other reasons also
for advising such a course. Most
flowers when they start going to seed
detetriorate very rapidly and succeed-
ing blooms are few and smal. To keep
a garden at its best all fading bloom
should be removed before there is a
trace of seed pods.
A Short Cut.
Practically every half-hardy vege-
table and most of the more tender
Call -to Abandon Ship'
Back in the wireless "shack," Phil-
lips told him that the set was grow-
ing weaker and that at any moment
it might die; ° Meanwhile he kept
sending messages' to the Carpathia,
urging her to hurry. Cotton sent back
cherry answers to signals so weak ha
could hardly detect' them. ' Then
Phillips picked up the Olympic. "We
are sinking by•tlte head," betold: her.
The, message had just, clicked into
space when Captain Smith called:
"Men, you have done youi'.tiill duty.
You can do no more. Abandon your.
cabin. I release you• Now it's
every man for himself. You look out
for yourselves'." Then he hurried
back to the 'bridge to go' 'down with;
tee 'sh1p, as, a commander should, ac
cordfpg to tate traditions of the sea.
He' did, and nobly.
But Phillips and Bride did not look
out for themselves. The senior man
clung` to his key and sent call after
call, - Probably be did not. ` knout
whetlnea or not bissret was dead,. Birt
there was: the key. ' If it was alive,
it could reach through space to speed
the help that was coming. Help. was
coining, and it was up.te him to direct
it; Bride found life •preservers. He
strapped ono over his chief's head
and shoulders,`! Then he adjusted his
own.. For fifteen minutes moye Phil-
ltpe pressied this key, eating with dots.
and ea -thee against death: ,Suddenly
the water flower iii through the cabin
door. T1to get was useless. Only
then did Pltilll•ps and )ride look'out
fol; themselves. On deck thea parted
company, ' Bride -was rescued. .Phil-
lips's name' stands on a cenotaph in
Battery Park leading a list of wireless
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
(Tho following cemrsn
i Slio
n fl'On1
tor's
1 Chris k'Ton
t to G ar1 S cfece n
Ardsbr to
1 rr s onilent it Brisbane,
a 'ectal co s
1 �
diving, pieturesriue clefail e of Bert
Bink] ts ascent flight
from
London
watt n u ler
to Aitstlalla, w U s pnt thep @
inadequate reportsreporte about that great
eut
liable.
acachievementh itierto ova
It
1
will be re e b 3
it • m m Bred that i i his great
exploit ad flying, 13,000 ¢titles iu 15
o make
L
ane Hinkde • r was able t
dal'ir. a
five new flying records and there
ie
n
Y g
no doubt that, this notable per•totnn'
co fl be
Counted rvs one
of the out-
standing
rw1
h his -
at in the ' is eetln feats standin n
g p
g
of aviation.) to a
i'S” )
1 --"You are a' ly speak raglan he ,made 'the aviator
oderane, Queens . understand that he was - between
r said the
youngnisi Bet
toiler •u1
w f
.
Mayor of Bundaberg in bole contuse of
the civic) r Bert i io w elcoine acoo ded t iIi
n-
kler in his "lathe '• town, as soon as the
airman rstepped out of the cockpit of
hie tiny'Avro-Avian namehiiie.en corn-
pleting hie Australian trip. "We are
all proud of you, and we arehere to
pay you the homage and respect you
have justly earned" it ueoesnpltshiiig
that teed,''
-- Ti51e'':adeed" in question wee, briefly
this: Mulder made the quickest flight,
Auto Finding Favor .
On Roads �1f;;Tlir key
"Conetantiitop1e.—Priai•�' 'to the'
\%'1orld War there were no, au-to}no-
hues"nor Palin tractorit in Tdrkey
Now, 'rho report of the ,Ministry of
Arra:e t:To shows, tih,er0 are '0,000
from
�• c a in isc im erica o
tato t p
America and Germany,
The United States Trade- Com
mis+9loner • finds 6,000 passengers it
ar'cl butes
r'ti 1000 trucks
car it sat
s
400 motoa•c'cles.
ala s
1
decided to
windmill in the distance, he
h least
ht hemoon 1 at
as he thou
land
might be
ho ani
'atea• and e
to et w
b
o able g
ell
o,d wh
o could t
ouch
able to sees Y
only
th '
as emap
him where he was,
his had wee an imperfect one.
A- Lone Aborigine
deink
got a
f 1 ails.
• led sae
He don Y, a
of Water, but he could see .no one.
A short time .aftemwand au aborigine;
re
tlwu h.
die could ba
an and f5
tame a g,
An Estate Agent Proposes
Marriage
'Well, old girl, I'm gonna give you
the first chance to make yourself Mrs.
Elenty H. Jones, I'm the very best to
be had its the matrimonial lice and I
won't take "No" for an answer. Plenty
Brunette Dotyne and; Aiexan:dra eta -
tion. He tricot to fly hiei,anachine, but
air go
the
and
tbEo heat wast so .great
heavy: that it would not rise, .so he de-,;
e'.
oided to stop till m'oi�ining. With th
aborigine as al uompanian he had sale-,
Per, and made himself, ebmfortabie
for the night:. Next morning' he fieei
off: and landed•near Alexandra station,
where he was' given !breakfast,and en•;'
e ained h the station manager. ,
t xR y
r s: n er Ile then rose, and in another 40 miles
from London to Australia, having i saw Rankine 01'7'4'61'1a, of• a few
flown the 13,000' miles in 15 days 21/4
hourshouras against the previous.re,eord.
of 28 days; he made the world's long-
est flightin a light airplane;, the first
non-stop flight from London to Roane,
thefastest journey from England to
India and the longest solo flight. The
flight ease made ina little SO -horse
power urchin, running Sts' being.
altogether £55,,—£45 for gasoline (re.
presenting a consumption of 460 gal -
lona) and.£10 for o11. The whole en -
flowers can be started inside and will of women are crazy to get a chance at'
be ready for the table or the vase me; since you're a good friend of
from a fortnight to a month earlier
than if Me waits until the season is
far enough advanced to plant onttido.
Planting in flats or berry boxes in
mine, though, I'm snaking you the first
offer. And lot me toll you right now
you'll be staking the biggest mistake
of your life if you don't grab me now
any southern window about this time while you can get mo. Well, w•hadda
without any special forcing is all that you say?.
is necessary. If the earlier vegetables
such as spinach, iettutcb, radish, beets
carrots, parsnips, and similar crops
ale out of the way, one can ,plant cu-
cumbers; melons, squash, and for very
small gardens even beans..: and peas
behind glass, and they will be ready
to go out as fine healthy plants when
the neighbors are only sowing the
seed about the 'end of the month. It
is particularly desirable to give the
melons and cucumbers, among the
edible types, and Petunias, Snapdra-
gons, Nicotines, Asters and similar
flowers -which have a short season 10
our Ontario Militate an early start in
this way.
Window Boxes
The window boxes and hanging bas-
kets can be got ready for planting out.:
side, this week. There are very eon -
address your order to Wilson Pattern eeutrated bods, producing about slx Will Seypelt and Geo. Kerr, who
Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. times the growth for the same area as toured Europe in the "vest-pocket"
Patterns sent by return mail in the normal garden. Because of this airplane "Yankee Doodle," Which
• weighs but 600 pounds.
•
A' cow Is kept on exhibition in a
New York oo so that ehilaren of the
metropolis may know what tads crea-
ture looks like. Will the eine ever,
come when a horse will efmilarly be
displayed for general' edification?
Tiny Airplane Crew
houses, an the edge ed'a vast: plain:
When he was receiving hie direction
before leaving Darwin, Hinkler was •
told• that he could not miss Alexandra
station. "As that station is 16,000
square toilets in area I could not easily
miss it,' alinkler said,:"but•as a laud
mark It ;was of little use to me."
"I struck rainbtorps' up above
Gladstone, Queensland," Hinkler went
on. "There was a strong head wind,
and I followed the railway. Then I
concentration of growth, rich soil, fre-
quent watering and heavy fertilizing
aro absolutely necessary. In south-
ern Ontario the boxes can be put out
at once with little 'fear of frost, in the
central section of the Province the
24th of May, ie usually considered
•
"Oh, Dick," cried the wife hysteri-
cally, "I've lost my diamond, ring,. and
I can't find it anywhere." "Never
mind, said the husband, "I found it
in my trousers pocket."'
S-4 111-FatedV'Submarine In Dry Dock
tot
VIEW OF' THE SUB AS SHE APEEATiS1,TO-DAY -
is)dls sank off Provineetown moi
The Charlestown navy Yard was flooded and the crafttv
ed into the harbor, .whet'e she Will now undergo repairs,
Welcome Home
tesee
Di u, i'0 �` •5 xai .. >y. \^>�h"\ei?
AN ACE OF THE ACES
Bert Hinitler, Australian aviator, who broke five records when be landed
at Port Darwin, Australia, after a Might of 151/4 days from Loudon,
tayprise was undertaken with the
smallest possible margin of funds,
Hinkler having failed to secure finan-
cial backing 15 London.
The London -to -Rome Record '
Tabling over the adventure of this
remarkable flight Hinkler said: •
"i\iy longest hop was 1200 miles
from London to Rome. I dodged the
mountains stud folllowed the rivers
down. I knew of two aerodromes on
this pant of the Mediterranean coast,
but darkness found me between them,
so I decided to push on to Roane.
Though it was dark, the mon came
out and I managed to do it by 8.46
p.m. I had been in the air for 12
hbtus and 40 minutes, When I deft
London, 'I wore a sweater, a coat, a
jumper, and an overcoat, but as 1
went southeast into a warmer climate
I had to sited them. The whole route
between lI'bngland and Australia is
littered with my discarded clothes."
Arab Tents and Camels
After that, Hinkler said he seemed
to` remember nothing but endless
stretches of desert, with occasional
Arab tents and, camels. Once after.
landing in Libya be was trying to
clear a space for taking off, when a
party of Arabs rode up. Not know-
ing whether
now-ing-whether they would prove friends
ly .01. hostile, he made overtures to
.them and iinaily s'ens'ed their aseis-
tance in making the clearing, Soon
hat was' flying over more desert until pit without walking round.
he camp to tits stony avastes of PaeaThe flight to Australia has been so'
title. complished previously by Sir Rosa
Is getting from Victoria Point to and Sir Keith Smith, Parer and Ma
Java, I bad to race a rainsterma, Iutosh, Sir Alan Cobham, and the
Hinkler (said.' Italian airman, de Pinedo. De Pinedo
"A wall of water G is a me, but I included Australia in a flight around
managed te• beat it. I had just land- the world, The shortest time hither-
ed when it came clowa in sheets, and to 'occupied in th'e journey from Lon.
S could not see 100 yards: don to. Australia was; 28 (lays, by the
I lauded at Darwin about G,66 p•m.Smith .brbthers, and Sir Alan Cobham..
anal; flying over the seri practically all . The Smiths were the first to fly to,
the way from Bata on the Malay this country in 1919.
Archipelago. I found. Bimaanooavent-
est,' i put up in a native's hut, but
couldnot sleep. I was out at 4 p.m.
ready to start for Darwin, I had 'a
triolty climb with a "full Toad out of
the mountains, and then made for tole
open sea. My area sight of Australia
was Bathurst Island, and it Caused
great joy in the cockpit."
Rigors of Northern Territory.
Hlnl;ler• said his biggest thrill on
the trip came after ballad landed at
; Darwin, and he plunged into a thick
haze rorind. Anthonys Lagoon, "Per-
haps. I did sot understand the condi-
tioe st", he said, "I always lsna,glned
that 'Australia' was a place of good
visiibility, but some 'parte, owing to
,the heat haze, of a as' misty a:s: pante,
`af. Englaucl: I reit as if I ,were
into the• door of a furnace, It almost
set fire to ray face, It was a difficult
section. I had wet. rbeat in Arabia,
but it was trot measly as severe as
that In the Northern Territory,"
}!inkier said that he left Darwin at
7 o'clock ori the morning' of February
-26, and, after two ho'uivs, passed over
I0'atherine Waters. 380 then hurtled
into the desert, Where bele flying con-
ditions were bad. The min was, in
Baa
w face, and these was a strong
wind, whit dosis of duet• After -about:
ralitlin againsft :adverse
five hours 1 g
all ort •.board moa sill I thought it was time to
came down the Dawson Valley, and
at Baralaba I cleated around to wave
greetings to my aunt. For three
weeks I rose between 3 and 5 in the
morning," added Hinkley, "and I have
seen 21 sunrlsee� in successions, many
of them) over different countries,
Carriage Built for Long Grass
"The engine eau perfectly," he said.
"I salt behind the engine throu'gbbut
this long trip, and it never missed its'
steady, droning beat. The extreme
regularity and reliability became
monotonous." He explained that his
machine Was fitted with a patent un-
dercarriage which gave him a very
wide tvlh'eel track, malting the m'a'
chine vezly stabi'e on the ground., dee
spite any wind that might be bleee
ing:" Also, the oarriage 'had no axle
in the ordinary way. Therefore, iu
landing in long grass there Was no-
thing to hinder the machine.
By a special contrivance the wheels
were drawn back its the wings were
folded, thereby avoiding throwing any
extra weight on the tail. This made
the machine just as handy to move
ebout when Rho wings were folded as
When their were open. In two or
bb!reo places Hinkler landed in e
strong wind, and the undercarriage
worked admirably, keeping the eta'
chine stable. All the .maehine
were:. fitted little special techalemite•
nipples, and with hie greseo can be
mould ell the machine tram the cook'
a rOn ' 011e se' 1
look for a landing phaco. Seeing al
Samoans Unlikely
To Cause Trouble'
{
Natives Take Little Interest in,
Department'of Ad-
rninistrator
Apia, - British Salnoa—Natives of
British Santos took but little interest.
in the quiet departure • of the retir-
ing Administrator, Sir George Biala
ardson, who sailed recently for New
Zealand. Officials predicted that the..
sltutaion would remain quiet until the;
new Administrator, Col. Allen, arrives,:
Col. Allen is not expected hero un-,
tiI early iu May and tri the: meantime
Col. Hutcl>.in is acting as Administra\
tor,
The "Mau," organiation of natives:
that has, 'been on' the verge of incura
rection because of alleged lb•igis taxes,
Imposed by New Zealand, which gov-1
erns the islands by a League of Nast
tions mandate, made on public demon:,.,
station over the ''departure of Adv
mliilstrator Richardson.
Local officials of the New Zealand
Oevernment stated that they expects
the situation to rernain quiet and the\
Mair to make no further overtime to -i
ward repeal of. the tax, ordinance usp
til the arrival of Cpl. Alle>x,