The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-08
Promise Made That City
Shall Have Glimpse Be-
fore She Goes. =
SIRENS TO GIVE NOTICE
Presidents Two Daughters
Among the Four Persons
Who Boarded Dirigible.
MISHAP BARELY AVERTED.
Great Bag Expands Under
Sun and Tugs Dangerously {
for a Time. :
MISHAP BARELY AVERTED.

The fickle Atlantic winds blew out
Of the east last night, the weather re-
ports showed they would continue so
to blow for forty-eight hours, con-
trarily varying their usual custom.
and the giant British dirigible R-34
tugged at her cables on Hampstead
Plains, waiting. She and her crew
were fit and ready for flight, but they
are going to give the Atlantic at least
twenty-four hours in which to reform.
and the last word from Brig. Gen. K
NJ. Maitland, British Air Ministry OBJ
server on board, was that she would
not get away before tonight or to-
morrow morning.
This decision was reached only on
the receipt of the adverse weather
reports yesterday afternoon. Repairs
had been rushed rapidly on a hole
torn in the air cruisers bow yester-
day morning by her hawsers when she
waved too widely in the puffy breeze
Of dawn. Loading and gassing had
proceeded on schedule, and only the
last hour gallons Of gasolene ballast
and the last hour cylinders of hydro
gen buoyancy remained to be put ON
board in accordance with the last
hour conditions Of atmosphere.
When she does get away it is prom
tlnt xrt1 hn ytyaT
ing of it. If the time Of sailing can-
! not be determined far enough in
advance for publication in the news
papers arrangements were in the
making yesterday to flash the news
to some central point in the city and
there distribute 1t by means of every
, steam whistle or noise signal in town.
| The British visitors are eager to sat-
| isfy the curiosity of the New York
public and have promised that before
swinging out to sea they will wing
! their way over the heart of the city,
Between Sunset and Sunrise.
Both Gen. Maitland and Commander
Scott gave it as their opinion that the
departure would take place some time
between sunset tonight and sunrise
tomorrow. They are waiting because
| bucking a head wind means the con-
sumption of gasolene. They figure
that If they wait for twenty-four hours
they can stand twenty-four hours head
wind, and they are hoping that they
will get less of it
The report received from the Weather
Bureau in Washington was as follows:
Moderate north-northeast and north
east winds. Fair weather neXt forty =
eight hours Conditions not favorable
for return flight within next forty
eight hours, as weather will remain
threatening over the sea and head
winds probably will be encountered rs
far east as longitude So"
What is the loss in time TO tho pio-
neer transatlantic dirigible is the
gain OF all sorts OF folks. So far only
four American visitors have gotten
aboard the historic craft despite this
thousands who have thronged to Nine
ola and Garden City and out over the
crowded roads TO see her.
Those four were President Wilson s
two daur 'ters, Mrs. William G.. Nc
Adoo and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, MI
Sayre and Mrs. Archie Miller. wife OF
Col. Archie Miller. who commands the
group of flying fields OF which Roose
welt Field is one. Col. Miller him
self did not set aboard, remaining g
near Mrs McAdoo's motor car to
lamuse the McAdoo children while
their mother and her friends were put
into rubber boots and escorted into the
forward Gondoia, mp the ladders into
the interior of the great body and
through her marvellous in'ards.
at was perfectly wonderful" beamed
Mrs. McAdoo when she came ashore
THANK you very much indeed"
More May visit 1t To-day.
The latter to Commander Scott and
Gen Maitland who had escorted ther,
on board. 1t was explained at the neld
that there is so little room on board
that the presence OF even a few visitors
interferes with the mechanics who are
swarmlng over every part and testing
and wiping every bolt and stay. To-
day when all this work has been dons
and when the engines are In a condi-
tion OF shiny rcwness again few
other visitors, including representa-
tive Of the press, will be permitted tc
, gaze within.
| Meanwhile literally thousands Of psr
sons gazed at her from without Al
day yesterday the roads were 81 nned
with motor cars and tho field hehi-,
the barrier ropes was thronged 4 de
tail OF 1000 soldiers kept the mulutud,
: at safe distance from the giant bag
Their work as traffic policemen and a,
{ gatemen was admirable. Within tht,
! general enclosure. however, the method,
i by which Enme naranna uara Nam, ~ nr