Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14
1HE AlRsH1P 'SUcHARD'
WHICH Is To ATTEMPT
10 RIDE The TRADE WlNDs
ACROSS IHE ATLANTIC

bureaus which Indicate the directions in
which winds blow and the duration Of
those winds. Soon he discovered that
the great trade winds which bear off OF
southwest blow steadily i'm that direction
for four months without ceasing. Those
months are December, January, Febru-
airy and March of each year. All the au-
thoritative maps that nc could find re-
vealed the same conditions throughout
these months. Strong and true and steady
do these northwest trade winds point
toward the West Indies, and their current
is as reliable and unceasing as is the
flow of the Mississippi river toward the
gulf. Brucker's conclusion was that an
airship placed in this wind current would
be as sure to reach America as would
Il raft placed upon the bosom of the upper
Mississippi 20 reach the gulf.
Having drawn this conclusion, he con-
suited eminent authorities to suhstantiate
IL. Willis l., Moore, chief of the United
States weather bureau, assured him that
this seemed the logical route for cross
ing of the Atlantic in the air. Prof. Moore
asserted with the greatest amount of con-
fidence that the only question in making
such journey was that of keeping afoat.
The same opinion was expressed by Prof
koeppen of the imperial naval observa-
tory at Hamburg: by Prof. Julius Hahn
of the University of Vienna: by DR..
Schnauss, director of the Bavarian Me-
neurological Institute OF Munich: by Prof.
of the Blue Hill meteorological observa-
tory in this country, and by other eminent
scientists on both sides of the Atlantic.
With the assurances of these great au-
thoritieS that his theory was right, Bruck-
er set out to get the backing necessary
for attempting such a flight. Failing in
America. he returned to the fatherland.
where he eventually interested DIR. Cans.
with the result that the expedition is now
in readiness for the setting out.
DIR. Paul +. Cans IS a very wealthy
German, and at the same time a man who
has devoted his life to science. 1t was
his father who has furnished analine dyes
to the whole world for a generation The
Cans family has always abounded in
prominent chemists. and the wealth that
has been amassed through the family's
factories is freely poured out for the sake
of science. The present DIR. Cans has
long been an enthusiastic explorer of the
upper air.
So it happened that when the Suchard
was christened at kiel a year ago her
royal higiness the Princess Henry of
Prussia: his royal highness. the prince:
his excellency, Count Won Moltke: Ad-
miral Lans. the naval commandant at
Kiel: Count Erick Zeppelin and many
other dignitarieS We're present and stood
as sponsors for the craft and it's creator.
So was official sanction given to the I'M
dertaking. and so has il been regarded
as one of the important national events
throughout its development. Royalty
again figured in the expedition when Al
fonso King ct Spain. became nteres Ell
and suggested the desirability of Tener-
iffe in the Canary Islands. as the logical
starting point for such an expedition.
Upon his suggestion it was decided that
the airship should sail from this point.
So. lacked by the scientists OF Europe.
by official Germany, by the crowned heads
of two of the great nations of that con-
tinent and by IA public-spirited enthu-
siasm that is almost worldwide. DR. Cans
is completing the final preparations for
his trip. When he sails five men will go
with him. Capt. Willy Joerdens. who has
had great deal of experience with the
Parseval Airship Company. will be the
pilot of the expedition. Dr. Alt Of the
Bayarian Meteorological Institute will lie