El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
AIRMEN ENJOY
HOSPITALITYOF
TRADING POST
Refreshed After Nights
Rest, Adventures For
get Differences.
LEAVE TO-DAY
FOR TORONTO
THO Tacitum Regarding
Hardships In Frozen
Canadian Wilds.

.NTATTICE, Ont. Jan. "a United
lVt States naval Lieuts. Stephen Far
rel. Al KlOor and Walter Hinton
refreshed by their first nights sleep
in complete comfort since setting Out
from the frozen Hudson Bay regions.
where they landed on December Il
after a hazardous balloon flight from
RockaWay. " Y, today enjoyed this
trading posts hospitality, preparatory
to their departure late this afternoon
for Toronto They were guests OF Of
ficlals Of the Canadian National Rail-
way, who provided a private car in
which they spent the night and in
which they VIII travel 70 Toronto
Regret Incident
To all outward appearances the Bit
ter dispute that arose between Lleuts-
Farrell and Hinton shortly after their
arrival here yesterday. Which culmi-
mated in a blow from Farrell that sent
table in the home OF h p. Williamson
had been settled today The aero
uauts rose early. had breakfast to-
gether in their private car and all
regretted the incident that marred
their historical adventure. Both Far
rel and Hinton were reticent today
regarding the occurrence.
The alteration arose about letter
purported 10 have been written by
Hinton to his vile from Moose Fac
tory, where they first found succor
after wandering through the wilder
ness four days subsistinE on two car
rier pigeons and caribou moss In
the letter published by a New York
newspaper. Hinton Is alleged 20 have
written that FarreA, exhausted from
the rigorous wandering, pleaded with
his two companions TO kill him and
eat his body to enable them 70 get
back to civilization
Farrell charged his companion with
double crossing him, saying all had
agreed that their letters should not be
was the immediate cause for Earrell's
blow. Newspaper correspondents In
terferred and separated them
Relaxed from their first nights
real sleep after nearly a month OF
hardship, however, the fellow adven-
turers- today apparently tried TO for
get their differences and began 20
think OF the reception planned by the
Toronto Rotary club upon their ar
rival there and OF their ultimate ar
rival in Rockaway on Friday
Trio Somewhat TaeIturu.
All three today were somewhat
taciturn regarding their four days
vicisEitudes after landing in the Wilds
and before they finally sighted Tom
Mark the Cree Indian who led them
trading post at Moose Factory Lieut.
Farrell. however, outlined their hard
ships 10 the correspondents telling
how they zig-zagged through the
wilderness On the second day after
the barking OF a dog caused them TO
10 think that dog bark proposition
was rather phoney.
They were so hungry on the third
night they could not sleep, he said.
except kloor, who slept 50 sounaly
and so close to the fire he burned his
flying boots They were beginning %
become desp he said, BY the time
they sighted sled tracks about 10
o'clock on the morning OF the fourth
day. They followed the tracks about
five miles along the Moose river be
fore they sighted the Indian who
fed when Hinton Offered him eiga-
ret He became more communicative
however, when kloor gave him a dol
lar.
Farrell said the trip from Moose
Factory TO Mattice was unevenrfuL
Wives seoff Mt Story
New York. Jan 12.-1lrs. Stephen
A. Farrell and Mrs. Walter Hinton.
wives OF two OF the naval balloonists
today characterized as unbelievable
the story OF the dispute between their
husbands over the letter Lieut. Hin
ton is alleged to have written TO his
wife. Mrs. Hinton, after expressing
her disbelief Of the affair. lied TO her
room saying 7 have no statement 70
make until hear from my husband
After what those men have en-
dured.H said Mrs. Farrell. 4 cannot
believe they win be anything but
brothers for the rest OF their lives.
No one OF them deserves more credit
than the others"
Il am the happiest woman In the
world" she continued, and my
prayer has been answered I never
lost confidence, you know AS said
on Christmas eve, ] would not have
given up hope for their return until
next spring. The children have never
given up hope, either. Mr.. Farrell has
taught US al not to worry. but to be
cool, level headed and quiet"