Arizona republican., 1919-07-07

being applied. Two forty-five p. m. We are now on the Canadian summer route of steamers bound for the St. Lawrence via Belle Isle Strait and the well known Labrador current. There are already indications of these cold cur rents in the fog which hangs immedi- ately above the surface of the water. Aerial navigation is more compli- cated than on the sea, but there is no reason why it should not be made just as accurate.
 Six to seven ?. m. We are grad ually getting further and further into the shallow depression which was re- ported yesterday coming up from the south Atlantic. For the last four hours the sea has been rising and now the wind is south southeast, 45 miles per hour Visibility only half mile.
 Very rough sea and torrents of rain. In spite of this the ship is remarkably steady.
 At 8 p. m. Scott decides to climb through it and We evidently came out over the top of it at S,400 feet.
 Eight thirty p. m. We have now passed the center of the depression. The rain has ceased and we are travel ing quite smoothly again.
 Stowaway Discovered
 Nine D. m. A stowaway has just been discovered, a cat smuggled on board by one of the crew for luck. It is a very remarkable fact that nearly every member of the crew has a mascot of some description. from the engineer officer who wears one of his wife's silk stockings as d muffler around his neck. to Major Scott, with a small gold charm called thumbs up We have two carrier pigeons on board, which it has been decided not to use. Anyway whether we release them or not, they can claim to be the first two pigeons to fly (sic) the Atlantic. ! Friday ' a. m. Height, l 900 feet. Bright blue sky above, thin fog partly obscuring the sea beneath. sea mode rate, not much swell. Standing out conspicuously in this blue patch of sea we can see an enormous ice noun tain. The sun is shining brightly on it's steep sides ad we estimate it as 300 yards in circumference and 200 feet high.
 Pass Ice Field
 Nine a. m. We are now over a
 
 enormous pieces of ice-smail berss in themselves. The ice is blue-green un- der water, with frozen snow on top.
 "A message reaches us from the governor of Newfoundland: On behalf of Newfoundland, I greet you as you pass us on your enterprising Journey
 Land Is Sighted
 'Twelve-five p. Tn. Land in sight. A few small rocky islands seen for q minute or two through the clouds and instantly swallowed up again.
 Eventually made them out to be the northwest coast line of Trinity Bay N. F.
 Our time from Rathlin island-th. last piece of land we crossed above th, north coast of Ireland-to the nortt coast of Trinity Bay, N. F., is approi- mately 52 hours
 Message from St. Johns to say tha- Raynham was up in his machine t, greet us. We replied, giving our posi- tion.
 Again EnveIoped in Fog
 Three p. III. Again enveloped ir dense fog. Message from H. M. S. Sen tinel giving her position. We are head ing for Fortune harbor.
 
 out of fortune harbor and are nov over the two French islands Miquelol and St. Pierre, and steering a cours for Halifax. The French flag was fly ing at St. Pierre and was duly dippet as we passed over.
 , Seven forty five D. m. Passed oye r tramp steamer Seal, bound for Sydney N. S., from St. Johns, the first we hay seen.
 ! Eight fifteen p. m. Clear weather Sea moderate. Making good 30 mile ' per hour on three engines. Mortimer . port of Cape Breton Island. Nov Scotia, just coming into sight Light house four flashes
 Buck Strong Head Wind 1 Saturday, July 5, 2:3O a. m. Yer l dark. clear night. Lights of Whit Haven show up brightly on our star board beam and we make out tn lights of a steamer passing US to th east. Strong head wind against u Making no appreciable headway Seven a. m. Scott decided to tur o inland to avoid southwest wind bar !, rage flowing up the coast Crosse A coast at Goose Island, Country harbo
 Ten twenty D. m. We are down a , low as 800 feet over huge forest. II Stacked tree trunks look like bunchs of asparagus from above. / Put the wind up big brown eagI f Sight Good Hunting Ground |. We all agree we must come t Nova Scotia for shooting and fishin . Twelve thirty p. m. The par d question has become distinctly seriou s Shotter has been totalling up ol l, available petrol resources with anxiol care. We have 300 miles to go to Ne = York and if we do not get any win h or bad weather against us, will do n all right with two engines, assistt = occasionally by third engine. N
 cannot afford to run all five at ono
 owing to the petrol consumption. y Lieutenant Commander Lansdown . L. $. N.. sends wireless message o naval authorities at Washington ar 3 Boston to send destroyer to take us 5 tow in case we should run out of petr
 during the night.
 d 'The idea is then we would be towt e by the destroyer through the hours e darkness and at dawn to Long Islan = Three p. m. Passed Haute Islar
 in Fundy Bay.
 n Three thirty D. m. For some lit e while past there had been distinct ey e dences of electrical disturbances. o Scott turned east off his course dodge the storm, putting on all ei L. gines- In this fortunately for us,
 was successful and we passed throus s the outer ed~e of it. We had a ve Y bad time, indeed, and it is quite Il e worst experience from a weather poi of view that any of us have yet e.
 perienced in the air
 !, Seven thirty D. m- We are now = clear weather again and have le
 Nova Scotia well used up and a
 heading straight for New York !, Another Thunderstorm q "Nine-th thirty D. m. Another thunde
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