Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-11

IN NEW YORK FRIDAY
Canadian Officials Deny Reports That
Arrest is Contemplated-Navy to
Probe Alishap.

I. Matticc, Ontario. Jan. 1.-THE
missing American naval baiioanists
.klocr, Farrel and Hinton, VIII REACH
Matticc this evening, barring the
unexpected.
Ear Trcwsc. cne cf the runners
sar. out by the newspaper corre*pon.
dents here in party headed ~ w
iR. Clarke Of Hearst. Ont, brou"hi
this Information tc the press car al
10 o'clock last night. He said that
the Hudson Bay Company packet
from Moose Factcry, with which ths
a:rmen are travelling. reached Skunk
Island, 90 miles north OF here, late
yesterday afternoon.
Clarke, travelling ahead Of his tr:c
Of couriers. met them and immed;a,
tcly returned with tine news Il
Trowse, who was two miles below the
Island. The Moose outfit campcd a.
Skunk Island, Trowsc promptly set
or;t mp the river on 'snowshoes making
The distance in remarkable time con-
s.dering the heavy going, renderg5
worse by another snowfall Yesterday
evening.
Having gone into the woods 'aSt
Thursday night, he was without II
formation that the correspondents in
whose interests he was working were
here lrstcad Of at Ccchrane where
they hcs;tatcG fer f:ve days as con
flic.;n" reports filtered through q:
- which Of thc two available t,a'.s
wc,..gi be fc,lcwad.
Trow.e was without Information
as to the physical condition Ct the
rescued bal,ocn;sts. from which may
he assumed that they are all rght
Had it oacr otherwise Clarke wcr!.
have mentioned the fact 10 the rl1-
ner.
T. Should the balloon;sts reach ll'er2
hy 4 o'ciock tcmorrcw afternoon j;
would be possible for them to catch
the 4.3S train east reaching New York
Thursday morning.
The more likely thing is that they
VII wan. TO rest and make leisure:E
trip of it. probably getting 10 Eew
York Friday.
Clarke and Blsle Rooney, the t2n:r;
member of the advance party, fos"aw-
ell Trowse into Mattice aAout az
hour later. They had ret seen tfi2
Americans. but were told by an Indian
who had pushed On ahead OF the Anne.
.:cans to break the trail. that the
aercnauts were encamped last night
at Skunk Island with some Islanders
Tho make their homes there.
The snowstornl. which is reporte.
20 be heading this way, had nct
reached here al midnight. If 1t break.
within few hours, Clarke said i
was doubtful that the party woul@
reach here before n!ghtfall.
Ottawa, Jan. 11.-Ofical Gec:a'
was made here yesterday Of puolishet
stories that the Canadian mounted pt
ice would arrest" the three Ame,i
can naval ba'ioonists on their rct"r'
TO civilization, in friendly acton t,
obtain an explanation of why they
technically violated international an
; regulations by landing in Caaad:
without due fcrnalit;cs.
Commissioner Perry, Of the mount
| ed pc,:ce. asserted Sergt.' /. Mac
I.augh..n was waiting for the a!rme'
muShinc down frcm Hudson Bay t.
deliver TO them official document:
from Washington. His forces had II:
irtention OF demanding any kind Q
explanation. he said.
Rockawav, N. T.. Jan. ia bo2r'
of officers vii! be appointed to IN
oulpe officially into the less OF III
hallccr abandoned il the Hu:tso7
Bay country by the three naval Of
f;cers treaking back 20 civilization
from Moose Factory, Ontar;o, nea
where they landed after their W7l'
sail from the navy's station here De
cen,ber l3.
i This was announced yesterday wit!
the statement that the investigation
viii he routine fer official recor7
in accordance, with navy regulation
requiring such an inquiry whenever
ship" in the service is lost.