Arizona republican., 1919-07-07

Tt is surprising the amount of eXer- else one can get on board an airship of this size. The keel is about 500 feet long and one is constantly running about from one end to the other. There are also steps in vertical ladder to the top of the ship for those who feel energetic or have duty up there, and by the time it comes ones turn to go to bed one generally finds one is very sleepy and the warmth of ones sleep ing bag and the hum of the engines soon sends one to sleep.
 Communications Satisfactory
 Three fifteen D. m. Durant, the wireless officer, reports he has just been speaking to St Johns. N F. rather faint but quite clear signals. AS we are still in touch with East Fortune and Clifden and have been exchanging signals with the Azores since reaching the Irish coast our communications seem to be quite satisfactory.
 Remarkable rainbow effects on the clouds: one complete rainbow encircled . the airship itself and the other-a smaller one, encicled the shadow. Both | are very vivid in their coloring.
 Three forty-five D. m. Excellent tea | consisting of bread and butter and . green gage jam also two cups of scalding hot tea which had been boiled | over the exhaut pipe cooker fitted to | the forward engine The whole as sisted by Miss Lee White on the gra- maphone. eW would, one and all, give anything for a smoke. Four thirty D. m Still in fog and low clouds and no sea visible. We have hardly seen any sign of the At lantic since leaving the Irish coast and we are beginning to wonder if we shall see it at all the whole way across.
 Five D. m. Tramp steamer s. S. Ballygally head outward bound from Belfast, destination Montreal. picked up our wireless on their Marconi spark set which has range of only 30 miles. She heard us but did not see us as we were completely hidden by the clouds They were very surprised and most interested to hear we were the R-34 bound for New York and wished us every possible luck.
 Five thirty D. m. Messages were received from H. M. $. battle cruisers Tiger and Renown which had previous ly been sent by the admiralty into the Atlantic to assist us with weather re- ports and general observations.
 Six D. m, Scott increases height to 2.000 feet and at this height we find ourselves well over the clouds and with a bright blue sky above us. The view is an enchanting one-aS far as one can see a vast ocean of white fleecy clouds ending in the most perfect cloud hori- zons.
 Signs of Storm
 Two particularly fine specimens of windy cirrus clouds, of which Pritchard promptly obtained photographs. appear on our port beam, also some cirrus ventossu' clouds-little curly clouds like black cocks tail feathers-all of which Harris interprets as a first in dication and infallible sign of a de- pression coming up from the south.
 Six-four D. m. Put back clock one half hour to corrected Greenwich mean time. Time now 6:10 p. m. Position, latitude 53 degrees. 50 minutes north longitude 20 degrees west.
 We have covered 610 sea miles meaured in direct line, in F hours at an average speed of 36 knots or 40 miles per hour. Depth of Atlantic at this point 1,50O fathoms. At this rate if all goes well. and if that depression from the south doesn't interfere we should see St. Johns about midnight tomorrow, July 3.
 ''Six fifty-five D. m. Wireless mes sage from air ministry via Clifden, states:
 Conditions unchanged in British isles. Anti-cyclone persistent in east ern Atlantic. A new depression en- tering Atlantic from south
 This confirms Harris forecast and is an admirable proof of the value of the cloud forecasting.
 The clouds have risen to our height and we are now driving away through them with no sign of the sky above or the sea underneath Airship very heavy owing to change in temperature and 12 degrees down by the stern. Run ming on all five engines at 1900 revolu- tions. Height 5000 feet.
 Eight D. m. We are just on top of the clouds alternately in the sun and then plunging through thick banks of clouds. The sun is very low down on the western horizon and we are steer ing straight for it.
 Continues Through Clouds
 Eight-thirty p. m. Scott decides to go down underneath the clouds and in- crease speed on all engines to 1906 revolutions to do so Dark, cold and wet in the clouds and we shut all win dows
 We see the sea at 1,5O0 feet between patches of clouds. Rather bumpy.
 We now find ourselves between two layers of clouds, the top layer 1 GOO feet above us and the lowed layer 800 feet below with occasional glimpses of sea Nine D. m. Throughout the first night on the Atlantic the ordinary air. snip routine Of navigating steering anC elevating, also maintaining the engine: in smooth running order, goes on watch and watch, as in the day time.
 The night is very dank. The air. ship is lighted throughout A mucf enlarged lighting system having beer fitted. All instruments can be indi vidually illuminated
 Clock Turned Back
 "Eight-twenty a. m., Thursday, July 3. The clock has been put back an. other hour to correct our time tC Greenwich mean time. Longitude 3! degrees, 50 minutes west, latitude ,: degrees north.
 Our position is over the west bound steamship route from Cape Race to tn, Clyde and momentarily crossing tn east bound route from Belle Isle to Ply mouth
 We are well over half way betwee, Ireland and New Foundland and ar, back again on the great circle rout, slightly to the south of it, owing t the drift effect of a northerly wind
 Good weather report from St Johns
 Twelve forty five D. m. Durrant il speaking with S. S. Canada on ou spark wireless. All we know at tn moment is that she is somewher within 120 miles
 Captain David in command wishe us safe voyage. We gaze througl our glasses in her direction. but she i just over the horizon
 Repair Damaged Engine
 Two ?. m. Slight trouble witl starboard amidships engine-cracke,