Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-17
N.C.-4 FIRST TO land AT
DESTINATION MADE TRIP
IN LITTLE over IS HOURS
N. C.-1 Following Close
Behind-N. C.-3 Re
ported Off Course.

Washington, May 17.-The
navy seaplane n. c. has ar
rived at HOrta. Island of Fay
al, Azores.
The Official dispatch to the
navy department said.
SThe \. G. 4 arrived at HOr-
ia QsIand OF Fayal, Azores.
at I2:2O. The time given was
apparently confused in some
way and could not he translat-
ed accurately into Washington
time, but was taken to mean
S:2O IL m. Oater corrected
to $500 n. m.).
The American naval seaplane ~.
ca, under Lieutenant Commander
Albert c. Read, has attained its
first objective in the transatlantic
flight, having landed safely at
Horta, Island of Fayal, Azores, at
9:20 O'Clock this morning, Wash
ington time, after winging her
way from Trepassey Bay, n. f.. in
ia hours and 13 minutes.
The n. C.-I, under Lieutenant
Commander Patrick \. Bellinger,
was close behind the y. CA, but
the N. ca, flagship of Commander
John H. Towers, was last reported
at 5:15 a. M Washington time, as
off her course somewhere between
stationship II. and IS. about one
hundred miles from HOrta.
viii Lay Over for Night.
Original plans were for the
planes to land at Ponta Delgada
and ii may be that the \. C.-l and
y. C.-3 will continue on to that
port, which is abOuta one hundred
hfty miles east OF Horta. Fog eyi-
IDENTIFY caused Commander Read to
land at Horta and officials here as
sumed that after taking fuel from
the cruiser Columbia, he would
to Ponta Delgada to
spend the night before taxing off
on the flight to Lisbon, Portugal,
on the next leg Of the overseas
fight.
Belief Others Land.
Although no word had come from
the y. C.-3 and \. C.-1 since early
naval officials were con-
fident this afternoon that both these
seaplanes had reach
ed the Azores. At last reports they
were only a short distance away |
and because of the time elapsed |
since these reports were received /,
1t was assumed that the ships had /
steered for Ponta Delgada instead |
1f landing at Horta to JOIN the !,
\. ca.
Message Cabied.
The message to the navy depart (
nent on the arrival of the \. {. ( 7
came by cable from Ponta Delgada /
and was more than an hour in /
Washington, the depart /
nent receiving ii al 1883 a. m. Of
fcials explained that ii was neces- +
sary to rely on the cable because .
he wireless set on the tender Mel
lille at Ponta Delgada was not
powerful enough to carry" to the
United States.
No word has reached tHe depart
nent from the \. c. l since she
passed station ship Nc. %, Is
niles from HOrta, 30 MINUTES be
lind the n. c. 4. The last report
rom the n. c. 3, flagship OF the
eaplane division, was when she
passed station ship No. -, al 2:25
l. m. washington timel.
..
The navy department later cor
ected the time of the arrival of
he n. c. 4 at Horta, according to
he official report. to read 9:20 a.
n. Washington time, which would
make the time of the fight IS
Iours and Is minutes from Tre-
'assey bay.
A later dispatch said that the n.
:. l passed station ship No. 10 at
IA a M, Washington time, while
he n. G. 3 was off her course be
ween station ships II and IS be
ween 800 miles from Horta at 5:l5
m, Washington time.
Forced Down by Fog.
An interrupted message from the ]
7. c. said she had passed station {
hip No. % at $40 a. M. Washington
Ime. and that the weather was
oggy," which was taken here to ac-
cunt for the landing at Horta raIh- ,
r than proceeding to ponta Del ,
ada.
Another message relayed to the !
apartment was one from the y. G. n
sent at 1885 a. m, Washington {
me, saying she had sighted land. {
read:
I'VE have Just picked up land d
gain. Think it is Pico" This re- '
erred, navy officials said, to the top /
I the mountain which forms the /
,estern extremity of the Azores L
roup. "
The interrupted message from the a