Arizona republican., 1919-05-17
BULLETIN

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 WASHINGTON, May 17.-The halfway mark on the leg of the Atlantic flight from Trepas- sey Bay, New FoundIand, to the Azores, was reached early today by the American seapIanes. At o'clock this morning the navy de- partment received an intercepted message from the seaplane Nc-4, directed to the Cape Race station, saying the three planes had passed station ship number ii, aPproxi- mately $50 miles from the starting point.
 The message from the NC-4 which was intercepted by the naval radio station at Bar Harbor, Me, reads as follows:
 @Nc-4 to Cape Race. Passed No. 10 about 4:5o, Greenwich time, and passed No. il about 5;15. No" nearly to No. 12- Thought you had lost me-"
 At 1:4o a. m, Washington time, Bar Harbor intercepted the fol- lowing message from the Cape Race station, for the NC-4:
 Great, old man. See you later"
 At 1:41 a. n1., the following mes sage was intercepted from the NC-3 to the NC-1:
 Answer. Have message for you."
 WASHINGTON, May 16.-The American naval seaplanes. enroute Europe from America by air passed stationship No. S, the de- stroyer Ward, 300 miles from Trepassey Bay, at 2:o5, Greenwich time (1o:05 p. m. Washington time), according to a message re- ceived via the Azores late tonight by the navy department.
 The dispatch to the navy depart ment was sent by the Ward to the U. s. s. Prairie at Trepassey Bay, which in turn reIayed it by radio to St. Johns, N. F. whence t reached Washington by cable and telegraph. The means of sending the message back indicated that the U. s. s. Aroostook already had left Trepassey and that the de- strcyer line behind the swiftly fly ing planes was rapidly breaking up.
 WASHINGTON, May 1e. - An official report from Trepassey Bay
 New Foundland, received late to-
 night, said weather condition; along the seapIane route were zoe when the start was made, and 1
 the winds then prevailing con tinued, the airships should reacs
 the Azores in 19 hours or abou
 p. m. tomorrow, Washington
 time.
 WASHINGTON, May 17-cryP radiograms from the seaplane divisi on it's way to Europe, picked out of { air by the naval radio station at g Harbor, Maine, indicated that planes were in the vicinity of the stroyer Thatcher, station No. g, nea 500 miles from Trepassey Bay, soon ter midnight
 The three machines left Trepssse, few minutes after o'clock last nj: and were officially reported as pass station ship No. 6, 300 miles out. a iii more than four hours later. The m | indication of their progress was the tercepted messages reported by Harbor.
 The Bar Harbor station set a n record in catching the signals of planes, at distance of more thar thousand miles. The NC-1,. was c; ing the Thatcher, in the message Maine station overheard.
 Navy officials assumed the Thatc was still ahead of the group of a planes, which had passed other stroyers in the long line. clos punched and all making speed in exc of the sixty mile rate they had pected to maintain. If no accident terferes, it was said early this morni there is every reason to expect planes will have reached Ponta Gada, Azores, around mid-day tod The most difficult leg of the whole 1 from Rockaway Beach, Long Island Plymouth, England, was more Il one third covered when the sigr from the NC-1, were intercepted.
 The planes were making the 0 portion of the trip that will reql them to fly in darkness. AppareI they were keeping dead on their cou down the long lane of destroyers, wi . were dropping astern of them swi as they sped eastward on their epoo journey.
 WASHINGTON, May 15.-The rs station at Bar Harbor, Maine, ini f cepted direct messages from two of ! seaplanes, shortly after midnight. s message picked up at 12:27 o'cl : was from the NC-1, calling station $ : No. g, approximately 500 miles fl t Trepassey Bay.
 f The first message from the Bar H $ bor station to the navy departr said:
 ? "At 12:10 a. m. heard the NC-6 SC ? ing on four 50 meter, say: Passed . ,. Signals were weak"
 I It was not certain at the depsrtn g what the figures 'e14" meant. :, The second message said: "At 1. : heard the NC-4 tell Cape Race (E