Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-28
Arrived at Dane's Island With out Mishap, and Is Prepar- ing for Long Flight to the Pole in AirShip.
Wireless Station Will Keep Men in Balloon in Touch With Their Friends-All the Men Are We'll.

Under date of July 10 Walter Well man, who says he is going to the North Pole in an airship, cables the following to the Chicago Record Herald:
 ",rhe werman-C Chicago Record-Her- aid arctic expedition had quick voy- age from Tromsoe to Danes Island. Good weather favored us for the en- tire distance, and the Frithiof did not suffer any mishaps from floating ice Danes Island was reached July 3. The work of diseharging the cargoes Of the Frithiof and the King Helgc, the vessel which carried the additional supplies was started immediately by means Of rafts.
 .The great balloon case and the other delicate parts of the airship ap- paratus have been brought ashore without accident.
 ''I found the shore of Virgo Bay dotted with structures when our ships steamed to anchorage. The members of the expedition who preceded me to thts point have accomplished much. The ice-bcund cove has the appear arca of a rew western mining town.
 ''The best house ever built in the arctic zone is ready for occupancy during the final preparation for the airsbip flight. It also will be the home cf all members of the expedition except he five who will be in the airship during it's voyage.
 "The machine shops are completed and in working condition. The con sITuction of the gas works is nearl! completed. The material for the immense ballooon house is now al CT the ground, and its erection is pro gTessing as rapidly as possible.
 -Tcnt--four members of the evra1'ticn are we'll and enthusiastic
 ''rhe out look is favorable. How ever. the task of preparation whicf remains 10 be accomplished is tre Iacrfcus.
 q hope to have our wireless station here completed and communication established with Hammerfest before the end of this month.
 "An enterprising European newspa per chartered steamer and sent her. a staff of special correspondents ana artists. They will remain at Dane! Island to report the progress of the expedition. At present they are livins in tent on the site where once stood the balloon shed of the fated Andre, expedition
 Danes Island is about 600 mile from the north pole, and during tn, flight to the pole. calculated to talk, 100 hours, the wireless station ther, will be in constant communication with the five men on the airship The five who will make the voyage are Walter Wellman, Major Henry B Hersey, representing the Unitet States government and the Geograph ical Society; Gaston Hervieu, ceIe brated French aeronaut: Maxwell ) Smith. wireless telegraph expert, ant Paul Colordeau, in charge of the mo tors.
 Mir. Wellman and his principal as sistants who have just arrived a Danes Island on the FrithJof wer preceded a month ago by the others c the expedition, who at once startet the erection of the necessary build fngs.
 MT. WellInan now expects to kav the airship tested and readjusted t the frigid temperature by Aug. l. he accmplishes this the party vii start for the pole by the middle of th same month. He calculates that tn scientific experiments and investiga tions in the unknown region can b completed and the return voyage a, complished by Sept. 1.