Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-08
LEAVE ROCKAWAY BEACH
AT 1905 THIS
MORNING
TO FOLLOW COAST
JOURNEY OF $40 MILES is UNDER
TAKEN UNDER FAVORABLE
WEATHER CONDlTIONS-CROS
BY WAY OF AZORES.

Rochaway Beach. L. l., May s
With weather conditions favorable for
start on the first leg of the trans
Atlantic flight, the three naval sea
this morning and headed northward
for Halifax harbor
The planes made d test night al
40 o'clock, AMI after finding every
thing O. x. for the getaway started on
the first leg, which ends at Halifax.
The distance from the navy flyiuo
station here 10 Halifax harbor is Ji6
miles. The seaplane pilots planned
to complete the first leg in seven and
one-half or eight hours, holding Sc
close to the Atlantic coast that they
would be easily within sight of land
practically all the way Their mapped
course carried them over the water
for the entirte route, excepting a mar
row STRIP OF land at Monomoy Point.
Cape Cod.
The second leg Of the fight, from
Halifax to Trepassy, ". s., calls for a
hop of 400 nautical miles From TIE
passy where flying field is being
put in shape to receive the naval
planes. a flying field is being put in
shape to receive the naval planes, he
start will be made for the Azores
Islands. Fro mthe Azores the air
men will fly to PORTUGAL completing
the crossing Of the Atlantic, and then
on to England
Weather conditions for the jump
off, today were good but by no means
perfect. The sky was overhung with
low clouds and breeze swept down
from the north, comm galso directly
from the direction into which thr
planes must head But early weather
reports said conditions further north
weer more favorable,
The NC-3 was first off the ground
on the morning trial flight She rose
at 7:30 a m with a load Of 24.0ft
pounds to test her three new motors
Men from all crews weer aboard. She
remained alift until 8:34. TIE mel.
which had been having some trouble
with the ailerons on the wing substi.
tuted after the fire in which she was
badly damaged. took off a few minutes
later.
While the planes were making their
trial flights baskets of sandwiches
were brought to the field They were
to provide food for the men on to-
days flight
London Appraisal Varied.
London, May S-'If the summary
of the peace treaty. as made public.
represents the text il looks good on
paper on the military and naval side,
but is dangerously full of loopholes on
the financial end said the Daily Mail
today in commenting upon the terms.
THE real security of the treaty's
execution rests with the league of ma
tions and above all else the contin-
uation Of the close union between
Great Britain and the United States"
THE destruction of Prussianism
must be unlimited throughout Ger
many" said the Evening News. The
disarmament of Germany is the pre-
limfnary TO disarmament of all ma
tions."
Washington. May S.-Republican
senators opposed to the league OF ma
tions covenant as inextricably inter
woven with the peace treaty were not
in accord to day with President Viii
sons pledge to propose to the Senate
that the United States be committed
to immediate aid to France in the
event of an unproyoked attack on that
nation by Germany in the future.
While Senator Borah, Progressive
Republican of Idaho, declined to COM
ment on the peace treaty as whole
until he had an opportunity to study
the text, he permitted it to be known
that the Presidents pledge to France
did not meet with his approval
On the other hand. Senator Smoot,
old guard Republican of Utah, ex-
pressed the opinion that most sena-
tors in particular and American pub
lie sentiment in general would offer
no especial objection to the United
States pledging assistance to France