Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-08
STILL WAIT COMING
OF BALLOON CREW
Uncertainty Prevails as to Exact
Point at Which They Will
Reach Railroad

nv Associated Press to rvnry FesninH
t'oehrane. ont. Jan e. 4 distinet
Improvement IN conditions along In
dian trails bv which the three stranded
American naval bailsani=ts are ratArn-
ing 60 civilization from The ahoras Of
Hudson nav was reported tndsy.
Despite the Threat If heavy snowfall
Yesterday u was found whun the sk iaH
cleared that only light new covering
had been laid and with the thermofn.
etor steadily falling the keen frost
should Etifen the white surface over
which the airmcn arc travelling. MAX
Ing mushing easier.
Cochranc. Ont. Jan & Expectancy
that the three weather huffcted naval
hallnonsts from Rockaway. y Y.
would cIuergc before nightfall from tho
snowy wilderness that has enfulded them
since they dropped To earth on Decem-
Der ii near the Moose Factory trading
station. pervaded this outpost of civliza-
tion with the break uf dawn today
Whether the trio Llcutenants 4 l..
Kloor. .ir Walter Ninton and stephen
Farrell would end their perilous adven-
ture at the Mlssanab River. where tho
river trails end AT Mattice, II miles
west OF here ot at Clutc, only few miles
away. still was unknown The majority
of the newspaper men, however, are
stalking their hopes on Matticc because
of belated story told for the first time
last right by the Indian runner who
brought out tidlngs that the aernauts. were
safe Before he left the runner sad. il
was decided that the rescued fiers should
be sent over the Mattice trail with the
mail packet starting on December y
Some sages of the Northand however.
still slung TO the opinion that the shorter
Abitbi River trail ending at Clute is
being followed
For a time Yesterday weathcrwise resi-
dents of Cochrane feared the baloonists
were about to become lost again in II
binding snowstorm which promised to
blot out the faint trail The skies cleared
late in the afternoon, however, and al
though the snow was deeper, trappers
declared it was not sufficient 10 impede
their progress greatly.
Plans have been virtually completed To
accord the adventurers a royal welcome
upon their arrival
Mounted police and newspaper men have
sheafs of kilograms of congratulations
for them and special telephone connec-
tions have been arranged so that they NAV
Immediately report to Secretary Daniels
al Washington and talk to their wives
AT Rockaway
\ special train is waiting TO take them
to Toronto.
New Yorl, Jan S-Description of
the desperate light OF the three American
naval baHoonists after they had landed
in the Hudson Bay county December Ii
and started working their painful way
back to habitation at Moose FACTORY
WAS received here yesterday in letter
from ). II. Thorpe, manager of Revillion
treres Trading Post at Moose, Ontario
The letter was directed to the chief
Inspector of the company for the James
Bay district at Montreal and forwarded
TO John NJ. Revilion here
The balloonists were in pitiable con-
dltlon when found and two of them had
TO be taken TO the Hudson Bay post at
Moose Factory on a sled, the letter said.
Their clothing was torn to pieces and
one OF the men was found in his under
wear, having ripped up his trousers to
bind up his foot