New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-15
Throngs Shout
Noisy Welcome
Balloonists
Wives Are First to Greet
Farrell and Hinton; Miss
Flowerton Is st the
Station to Meet kloor
Three Bands in Parade
s'Hero Stuff Is Bunk Say
Flyers, Overwhelmed by
Remarkable Reception


came to welcome that carried them
off their feet. left them bewildered
and more nonplussed than when they
stepped from the naval balloon A 1898
into the heart of the snow covered
wilderness of northern Canada a
month ago.
1t was a boisterous welcome-a well
come accorded only to conquering
heroes. I'D grew in spontaneity and
ardor despite the torrential downpour
which swept over the city througho out
the day and turned the streets OF
Rockaway into miniature rivers.
The three men who returned from
the thrilling adventures and hazardous
experiences of the northern wilder
ness accepted the honors ahowerec
upon them with the calm reserve that
is tradition of the nava. service
Gone was every semhlance of petty
disagreement and iliwill.
Hero Stuff All Bunk"
Their feelings were expressed by the
terse comment of Lieutenant Stephen
A. Farrell after the first flush of the
tremendous welcome had settled down:
This hero stuff is all bunk he re-
marked simply. We're just men from
the navy. it's part of the game"
The manner in which he said this,
coupled with the way in which he
linked his arm into that OF Lieutenant
Hinton, proved that the two had set
tied their differences which eliminated
in the punch to the jaw that Farrell
bleak Mattice. That blow was of the
past.
The three airmen first tasted the
welcome in store for them at Manhat-
tan Transfer, n. j., where they were
the recipients of greeting iearer to
them thar any which followed. AS the
Lehigh Valley train drew up to the
platform the three officers we're sitting
in the Pullman car Phaleron, with
f. V. Higginbottom, Canadian passen-
ger agent OF the Lehigh.
Shortly after the train stopped a
photographer entered the car and re
quested the three to step outside and
pose. They readily assented, without
realizing that the re quest was part Of
prearranged plan. Farrell was the
first to reach the platform. AS he
stepped off the car woman rushed
forward, flung her arms about his neck
and cried out IN JOY:
"Oh. Steve. I'm awfully glad to see
1t was lis wife. who had never in a
single moment during the trying days
OF silence given up hope for the safe
return of the man she was then greet
ing. Vita her was her tfteen-year-old
son, Eugene. At their home in Brook
Ign their daughter Emily is recovering
ircln an attack of scarlet fever
Miss Flowerton at Station
The greeting to Farrell was followed
b. one equally fervent between
Lieutenant Walter Hinton and his
wife, and then came another almost
As feryent when Miss Alexandria Flow
erton greeted Lieutenant Kloor.
This over, the entire party boarded
the train and the journey to the Penn
sylvania Station was completed. Within
the mammoth railroad station there
vas enacted scene unlike any in it's
history. More than 1000 enthusiastic
persons crowded about the gates walt
ing impatiently for the airmen tt
emerge from the platform below.
Three policemen attempted to hold
this army in check They were
quickly engulfed in the wave OF
humanity that surged forward as the
stalwart figure of Lieutenant Farrell
was discerned mounting the steps lead
ing from the train platform.
Then mighty shout echoed through
the vast terminal. 1t was repeated
over and ovex. The three men who
mad braved the terrors of the north
ern wilderness in one of the most re-
markable incidents of history, visibly
quaked before the ardor of their re-
ception. Then, when the first effect
was over, they laughed their appre-
citation heartily.
The crowd surged about them and
almost carried them off their feet.
They began to move forward toward
the tunnel leading to the Pennsyl-
yania hotel, but it was almost hope
less, until the giant frame of William
n. Egan, the stacionmaster, appeared
ana cleared way for them.
inside the hotel they were led to
reserved space and given breath
ing spell. There they were greeted by
the committee appointed by the Rock
away Beach Board Of Trade Shortly
sslseTward they were entertained at
iuncneon, at which seventy-fve persons
we're present. Farrell and his wife
'As at one table with their son, and at
another were Hinton ana his wife.
MOOR and Miss Flowerton and Lieu
Tgsnant Evans, who met them at
aseronto with new uniforms, which the
'aiee men were then wearing.
Scene at Rockaway
me luncheon Was entirely informal
egg taere were no speeches. Immedi.
sNay after It was over the party pro-
eseaed downstaira and boarded a spe.
s'al train for Rockaway, where the real
.ss'meeoming welcome was waiting fo-
Aem from the townsfolk. This train
sgnEsisted Of three cars, and carried, IN
ssaai,lon 70 the three officers and their
.sIaiies, the welcoming committees
sac newspaper men.
me special train pulled into the
ssmsnaekle station at Hammels short
before 2 o'clock. At this time the
s'n was coming down in torrents, anc
~ osiuge made it impossible to ad,
n Ere 70 the program that had been
despite the inclement weather, u
soso 81 more than two thousand per
,.s STOOD ezpectantly about the sta.
..yn a. the train drew In, although z
go was blowing from Jamaica BaJ
sioss the station, wreckinQ umbrellas
81 81 he icy balloons that were part o.
scheme Of decoration.
AZ the train entered the station tn.
ssIss assembled bands struck up in
stshT burst Of welcoming strains anc
s ~ crowd cheered vocifercusly. Thu
great demonstration over, tn,
ssss onicers we're escorted to a closes
1T ready for the six-milc parade Il
- hAvai air station at the end Of thS
A'sxaway peninsula.
"a sasy saw the car all three dis
issd 70 enter il until the top wa