Republican farmer., 1919-05-23

| passed destroyer No. fl together. From the time the aerial voyagers | left Trepassey Bay shortly atfer six | passed destroyer No. 13. more than 500 miles out. ras[io stations on th's coast were able to trace their prog
 ress by intercepted radio messages.
 By this means the powerful govern l ment station at Bar Harbor, Maine. kept the navy department watch
 party constantly informed regarding | the expedidtion for more than eight | hours. Although the radio apparatus
 on board the seaplanes was only de- | signed for radius of about 250 miles, ! tho Maine station intercepted mes
 sages exchanged between the planes | when they were more than ] 200 miles
 Gl.,Ia-nJ. This was declared by expert
 "a dio officers at the department to be
 one of the most surprising features of
 the epochal undertaking. When tho flight was planned. it was not ex- pected that the stations on this side
 would be able to hear Commander l Towers message after his squadron l was 200 miles at sea
 The NC-4 passed station ship No. | IS about 100 miles from Corvo Island. | destroyer Craven) at 0s:45 Green NiCns D. 10 a. " dSnlnEIOn tune | the NC-3 passed station ship 3 (de- | stroyer Bush at 06:23 Greenwich) | (2;5o q. m. Washington time). The
 NC-1 passed station ship IS at 1o:14 Greenwich (6:f3 a. m. Washington time); the NC-I passed station ship Is at 09:17 Greenwich (5:17 a. ID. Washington time).
 The NC 4 passed station ship No. p. at 12:1o D. m. (S:10 a. m. Wash Eington tine), according to a radio | from the U. s. S. Columbia at Horta. Azores. received by the navy depart l ment at 9:32 a. m.
 Station ship 22 is the destroyer Harding. less than 150 miles from Horta. the first possible landing place l for the planes in the Azores. Punta Delgada Bay, where the machines hope to land, is 150 miles east of | Horta or less than 800 miles from station ship P.
 Punta Delga da, Azores, May IT With seaplane NC 4 leading the three naval transatlantic fliers had com pleted two-thirds of their course from Trepa SSey to the Azores at s 30 o'clock this morning.
 The news from the on-comfng sea planes brought interest in the trans Atlantic flight to a high pitch this | morning The section of the harbor where the planes will be moored has been arranged for safe landing. Two I destroyers are ready to assist the planes if they alight outside the breakwater.
 The weather was misty a1d the vis- ibility poor early this morning, but lclearfns weather was predicted for | this afternoon when the planes are due to arrive.
 The departure of the seap1anes from 11:44 o'clock last night when the tor pedo boat tender Melville received
 wireless message reading: Planes in flight This information, which was | rapfIy circulated about the city, caused much animation in American I naval headquarters, which was be-
 sieged with inquiries regarding the
 flight. The flood of questions poured
 fin upon the headquarters continued throughout the night.
 | An hour after the announcement | of the start a definite statement of | the time Of the departure was re- | ceived. Nothing further came in un- | til 3:16 a. m. when the NC 3 report | ed having passed station No. ', 356 | miles from Newfoundland. | Admiral Jackson, Fleet Command | CT Wortrnan, Commander Orwine | and scores of other naval officials re- | nlained up all night to receive reports | of the seapianes progress. The | wireless worked splendidly thyough- | out the night hours. merchant ships | and radio station needing the request of the navy to refrain from interfer- [ ing with messages regarding the | flight