The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-20
Lost Machine Enter,
Ponta del Gada Un-
der Its Own Power.
WEATHERS HEAVY GALE
Plucky Fight 10 Put Up by
Commander Towers
and His Crew.
NC.4 IS READY TO START
Will Fly to Panta del Cada
Before Starting for
Lisbon.
EXTENSIVE REPAIRS NEEDED
Capital Expects Flagship
to Be Overhauled Be-
fore Going On.
EXTENSIVE REPAIRS NEEDED

WASHINGTON. May is.--Rcar
Admiral jackson ~ pNonta DEL
Gadn. Azores, cablcd tho navy -.
partmcnt tonight that the Ansers-
can scaplanc NC.t. In command
OF Lieutenant Commsnder A. q.
Head, would leave Horta, f'ayal. to.
morrow NJ 7 O'Clock. Grecnwich
unsc u q, IN. Wnshineton time, II
weather conditions permit. A stop
will be n,adc ~ Ponts del Gada.
Tho messasc said.
The carly hour sct for the start
of tho fiisht 10 Ponta dct Gsds
was interpreted ny naval cffsCtsis
herr 10 nscan tnat Comnnan0eR
Road would attempt tonsosvUw N
hkc tho entire trip Of uoee than
H2S nautical miles IN IAsesoW.
Portugal, the raj end of tho trena-
Atlantic Night. The stop nc poata
del Gada was thought 20 ~
planned for the purr>ose OF Oh.
tanning supplies.
WARRINGTON. May ls.--Aftsi
vsatherinG n sosmile gale and hesvy
seas the missing seaplans NC-s,
flagship OF the American, navAi
trans-Atlantic flight squadron. en-.
tered PontA del 0ada harbcr today
under her own power. nearly %
hours from tho time she was forced
down by fog when almost In sight
of the Azores on the record breaking
flight from Newfoundland for Lis
bon and Plymouth. England.
Searching battieships and destroy.
ers were securing the seas ana naval
officials had all but abandoned hope
for the safety OF the flying ship and
her crew OF five. when warships al
Ponta del Uada saw the plane cross-
o objective In the Axores. Rear Ad.
rfiral Jackson Immediately dis.
stched news TO the navy department
by cable, relieving the anxiety OF
officials and ending the long vigil
Mrs, Towers had kept since wRrd
first came last Saturday morning
that her husbands plane had been
lost in the fog 800 miles from the
Azores.
Ths story OF the plueky fight the
flight commander and his men were &
forced to make for two days and
nights was not expected at the navy
d department before tomorrow. for
officials realized that the aviators
must have been almost exhausted
when they reached their havsnA
with the crew safe. this matter
~ greatest moment was the condi.
tion of the plano and whether II
would he able TO continue the flight
TO Lisbon.
No information as TO this had
reached the department tonight. but
officials would not he surprised II
Il was found that the plane could
not proceed without extensive re-
pairs.
Mrs, John II. Towers. wife OF
NC-a and head OF the trans tlr ntie
flight squadron, tonight received
from her husband at Ponta del Gada
he following cablesram:
safe and wall"
IORTA. May is.--The NC-4 was
tuning up this Afternoon preparatory
10 It's flight to Ponta del Gada,
II ls planned to start for Porta
del oada as soon AS the weather
permitA.
The plan 10 go direct TO Lisbon
from Horts has been given up be-
cause OF lack of fuel. making II
necessary to put into PontA del
Gada. The aviators also desire to
!. Ike tho flight during daylight
hours, which would be impossible II
they started from Horta.