The New York herald., 1921-01-13
Airmen Agree to Call OF
All Differences and Lay
Fist Fight to Nerves
After Long Tramp.
DUE HERE ON FRIDAY
Leave Railhead on Private
Car Via Toronto on Last
Leg of Journey Back to
Rockaway Station.
BALLOON LEFT IN TREES
Sorry About Fight Declares
Farrell, as He and Hinton
Joke and Swap Smokes
as Old Pals.
BALLOON LEFT IN TREES

Special Despatch 70 THB NEW YORK HERAin.
MATTICE, Ont, Jan. 12.-The tst
fight that marred the return from the
backwoods OF the two United States
Navy officers, Lieuts. Walter A. Hin
ton and Stephen Farrell, has been for
gotten by them both and tonight as
they started home they were once
more the best Of friends. They were
calling each other Steve" and Hint"
and swapping cigarettes, laughing in
chorus with their filght officer, Lieut..
A. l.. Kloor, and otherwise giving a
convincing impression that the row
never should have occurred.
And from Lieut.. kloor, who spent
most Of last night regretting that
officers of the United States Navy
should have mixed II on foreign soil,
before representatives of the Cana
dian Government who had come to
welcome them and under conditions In
which newspaper men could pull them
apart and then write the story-from
Kloor has come an amazing statement
of facts connected with their sensa-
tional balloon flight. Ills explaua-
ton indicates that when Lieut.. Farrell
and Lieut. Hinton faced each other IN
Red Willlamson's log cabin yesterday
afternoon both We're suffering still
from overwrought minds and nerves.
II wish 10 make II definitely clear"
he said In part. that this controversy
was entirely and In every respect the
outcome Of overwrought minds,
brought on by the hardships and
gruelllng struggles that had to be en-
dured on the trip and over the tran
to Mattice.'
All Were Best of Friends.
Lieut.. Kloor revealed also in his
statement that he selected the other
two men az companions because they
had been his best friends for many
months and because they were on the
friendliest terms with each other. He
said. too. that these strong friendships
continued throughout their wander
ing In the northern Ontario wilderness
and that they strove together 10 up
hold the ideals of American manhood
and the dignity OF the United States
Navy
The first indication that the two
Lieutenants were about to patch up
their differences was seen early this
morning when they began scouting
around for n team OF dogs and sled
I'VE want TO have some pictures
taken coming up the trail together"
said Hinton. But they couldn't get
dogs and finally they had 10 be con-
tented with being filmed coming along
on snowshoes. To have the photo
graphs made caused both Lieut.. Him.
physical pain. II became known. Both
are suffering from trick ailment
known as NAL de racquet. or snow
shoe sickness. a common complaint Of
those who are using snowshocs for the
flrst time.
While the train for Cochrane ard
Toronto was being made ready for
them Lieut.. Farrell and his good old
pal Hint" consistently tried to OUT
talk each other in an effort 20 I'M
press newspaper men with the idea
that Farrell's blaze OF anger and his
right hook 20 Hinton's Jaw less than
an hour after they came in from the
AseinaiM trail yesterday was all mis-
take.
They boarded the special car pro-
vided by tho Canadian National Rail-
road and helped each other with what
baEgage they had brought down fror,
the north whore their big balloon stili
hangs In the trees. There was every
indication that from now on the recep-
ton later tonight at Cochrane and
the other celebrations that have been
planned along the right OF way viii
not be marred by anything
A Xmas Present for Emily.
Lieut. Farrell interrupted his profess
tations OF friendship for Lieut.. Hinton
only long enough To- tell the corrcspou-
dents about his wife and his litiio gi-l.
Her names Emily" ne said. "Shs
goes 10 a school run by tho Sisters. 'rhIs
morning I telegraphed my wife. md In
the telegram | said that II ] was saved
by prayers AZ all Il must have been the
prayers Of our little saint"
In that remark. which was overh spri
clearly by Lieut. Hinton. Lieut. Farrell
had placed a dental that he prayed aus
'oud for forgiveness Of his sins. as the
Hinton letters alleged. But Lieut. Hin
ton only gr,uned and slapped his ,huTd
on the shoulder
steve" he said "show the boys what
you're bringing back TO Emily"
Lieut. Farrell reached into ono OF the