The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-13
Lieutenants Hinton and Far
reIl Both Declare They Are
the Best of Friends and
Pals, Following Personal
Encounter of the Day Be-
fore

Mattice, Ont. Jan. 1".--Th5 cru"l war
Of America ys. the United States
otherwise the quarrel and personal en-
. counter Of two of the trio Of rescued
naval balioonists--has been ended
Lieutenant Kloor. the senior officer IN
command Of the aerial expedition that
, ended in disaster In the far north. APP
! pears TO have been the p"ac"maEeF'
4 while Lieutenant Farrell, the "Hlc'T
who nUorcd Lieutenant Hinton IN yes
lcr,lay's quarrel. now allud"s 10 the
. lattcr as his old pal" and Lieutenant
Hinton does his hit by declaring that
he did not intend his letter t" be made
! public and thar he is sorry. With peace
/ restored and all hands happy the trio
left tonight for CoChrarc. Ontario, on
route to New York.
The fight between LicutcnantS Far
rel! and Hinton shortly after their ar
rival here yesterday afternoon was
ascribed. in a statement issued bef"re
their departure tonight. to ovcrwrhuE"t
minds induced by ;heir hardships AID
ErucllinE struggles that had 1" I'VE en-
durcd on the trip over the trail from
Moose Factory"
Friends Again.
The statcmcut presented to n"WS-
paper men by Lieutenant klonr was
rrcparcd. he said. at the direction q
Hinton and Farrell, who had m,ruad
their differences. The three Offjrers
we're together in the private car nf ii.
! T. Way. divisional superintendent II
! tho Canadian National Railways, Ancn
the document was drawn.
"On several occasions during the
! trip" the statement said, after 4 iurE
! and tircsome walk one or two Il us
! would become grouchy and at the sl'cht-
est invitation would mako n fuss. These
J quarrcls were only on the spur "t tie
: moment. and were just tcmporl:y d.s-
agreements. Almost aS quickly ~ they
would start they would end, lc0v nS 3h
! hands a. usual the best and s." ince eSt
of friends.
Il also wish tn state that as COM
{ mauder OF the balloon ] flew t. Mo"s"
| Factory. l had perfect liberty |" select
any Of the officers at the station TO
accompany me- and authorization from
the commanding officer. In picking MY
! messengers, L.rutcnants Hinton and
! Farrell. selected them because they
we're TWO Of my hest friends and them
, selves good comrades.
/ Always Brothers.
! During the trip Al OF us hav" been
! ready To make sacrifices Tor ono an
, other without rartiality. w" har"
, fought our battles as hch'S $htpmal"S
! and in accordance with tn" traditions Of
! tn" United states navy. We have done
our best TO uphold our own dignity as
well as that Of the service. We always
will be brothers.
! Such petty Quarruls rs may have oc-
! CURED Will not lessen our affection for
J one another. Today. after the first real
res, since we left Moose FACTORY, our
differences patched up and our friend
ships renewed, We cannot emphasize too
| strongly that there is not. and has rot
| been. any misunderstanding IN our
| party other than Of 4 passing nature
| Tho statement was signed by Lieu
! tenant Kl"or.
Hinton admitted lie had written the
| letter that caused the quarrel. but de-
| clarcd he had rot intended 1t for pub
| ncation. and was sorry.
| Belief in this statement wns "N-
pressed by Farrell, Who alluded TO Hin
| ton as my old pal" They Indicated
| then that tho incident was closed in
sofar as they were concerned
The train bearing the officers prob
/ ably Will reach Toronto between : and
ia o'clock tomorrow afternoon. They
: intend leaving Toronto for New York
| Mt i p. m.
Lieutenant Hinton still was suffer
Ing from swollen feet a. n result NJ the
| long trip from Moose FACTORY on SNOW
! shoes TIL" others apparently are IN
| good shap" und civ" no outward ap-
| pcarancc of fatigue. Tney seemed
4 greatly refreshed after their rest