El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-18

Z he got back TO the comparative COM
fort OF Utah. This summer he may at
tempt new feats. but ne Will uudoUbted-
~ keep in touch with Etah. or at any
rate let his whereabouts be known He
viii not be the mystery StefanssOn has
become
a relief ship viii leave Labrador In
July aboard the schooner George VI.
Clueet- The vessel is sent out by the
hackers OF tho Macmillan expedition. in
Guiding the American Museum OF Nat
ural History, the American GeOrgraph-
ical society and the University OF Il
linois.
All the ARRANGEMENTS are being made
here. Capt George Conner. Of East
Haddam, Conn, viii serve as ice pilot.
Stefansson's Faithful Secretary.
II Stefansson is ever rescued IL Will
be through the devotion Of his secre-
tary, Burt II. Mcconnell who babe fare
well to his chief April Z. 1914 No one
has seen Stefansson OF the two men he
kept with him since then His vessel.
the KarluA. drifted several hundred
miles 70 the westward and was crushed
in the ice Part Of those aboard the
Karluk were rescued through the perse-
veranCe OF Mcconnell
Then Mcconnell came back 10 the
States and started his effOrts~to organ
ize relief expeditions II was he who
evolved from his brain the idea of an
aerOplane search
ne NAlAd4AaAlA 5Nh Fl llllNElAL Is EAAAeA
by Mcconnell for falling TO fit out a
relief expedition as Stefausson is upon
Canadian service But the great war
has interviewed and mouOpolizes Can
ada's energies
Il consider it my duty to search for
Stefansson." Mcconnell said here. As
survivor Of the expedition. / shall not
be content TO sit idly and in comfort in
civilization until know that my COM
rades are safe, or what has happened TO
them
Opinions differ as 10 what has hap
peHed TO Stefansson- He may be drift
ing on a field OF ice somewhere north
OF Alaska In this event he would
reach Siberia, If still alive, in about two
, years from now.
! Mcconnell Outlines Plans.
Mcconnell thus outlined his plans
! our expedition is not more homeless
lnah that Of the Rodgers. which start
/ ed out TO rescue the crew Of the lean
/ elte III 1873 two years after she sailed
AS 10 the practicabiIity Of using
/ uEurodeFOplanes il is well known tina
Amundsen intended taking flying ma
! chlheS with him into the arctic and
/ using them for scouting while his Ice
/ snip, the Fran, drifted about I'm the
zee pack In using hydroaeroplanes
too. We may discover the hypotheticsI
continent Of Croker Land, which Stef-
/ anssou sought.
/ Admiral Peary and the president of
] the Aero club both declare the plan
I feasible Ny plans are simple. We
] would leave the ship. which would be
! near shore, every favorable morning.
/ flying about 500 feet high. and 20 in a
/ straight line, to q point rs miles from
! shore, scanning the icefields with now
I erful glasses Then We would turn
| az right angles for 20 miles. turn again
( ana fly 20 shore parallel to the outgo-
] ing course.
The ship I'm the meanwhile. would
l have sailed to a point 20 miles east
/ along the coast where she would well
/ come US hack"
Believes Stefarssou Lives.
] Mr. Mcconnell believes StefanSson has
/ found the mysterious land he went our
/ TO look for and is now unable to return
/ 10 his base on the north coast OF
/ Alaska
, Mcconnell was one OK the three mem
Z bers Of this expedition who gained the
! mainland Of Alaska after drifting about
I on the ice for nearly a month He
/ thinks Stefansson is able to provide for
/ the party Of three with the two rifles
! and 400 pounds Of ammunition they had
Z when last seen.
! When StefaussOu babe farewell to
I Mcconnell and the meteorologist OF the
| expedition. he kept with him two COM
( panions, Storl5ersen and ole Anderson