The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-07
Canadian Government Alarmed
Over Failure to Place
FIiers' Position.
MOUNTED POLICE JOIN IN
Believe Airmen Lost Bearings
In Making Dash for
Civilization.
By GENE FOWLER.

COCHRANE, ontario, Jan. "a
concerted effort to learn the where
abouts of Lieutenants Kloor. Hinton
and Farrell. navy balloonists. was
begun today. The Canadian govern
ment, fur trading companies and
press correspondents are mystined
as to the probable point OF egress
for the men who are mushing from
Moose Factory.
MOUNTED POLICE ON TRIAL.
Scouts, runners. guides and the po-
lice yesterday and last night started
out over various trails that lie
through wilderness OF snow and
bleak brush Sergt. A. j. JOY, in
command Of Haileybury Post OF the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 140
miles south Of Cochrane, detailed two
officers for the sub-Arctic hunt.
One of the policemen left here lste
last night for CLUE, the Revillon
Freres mail train terminus, fourteen
milees north of this place. The other
started at Mattice, 110 miles to the
westward. over the trail used largely
by the Hudson Bay Company.
Correspondents for newspapers and
motion picture operators got the
services of guides and runners, who
win search the trails from Clvte and
| from Mattice until they find the navy
men. The latter. it IS believed, have
been ereven days on their dash from
the heart OF the trapping zone toward
, the main line of the Canadian Ma
! tional railway.
FAN.LIkE FORMATION.
w. II. Clark, a veteran guide for
sportsmen, with two assistants this
nfv rot
| few miles west OF Matticc, and veered
into the Mattice trail. After working
up that route for several miles they
plan to separate in fan-like forma-
ton. They have three sleds.
! II the airman arc sighted by one OF
these men he will face about and
rush to Mattice with all possible
| speed. Clark says that he and his
runners can make well above thirty
| miles a day. Provided the officers
are not yet within that distance from
Mattice, Clark has guaranteed cores
pondents who have retained his SER
| ices that he will be able to inform
them five hour before the balloonists
reach Mattice.
| On the Clute trail, two runners
| Bradish and Firby. set out this after
| noon. They have entered an arrang2-
ment similar to that concerning
Clark's party.
HAVE SPECIAL TRAIN.
Meantime, having made a scouting
| trip for the airmen to Clute AMI be-
yond this afternoon the correspondents
have a special train waiting Nite
steam up at Cochrane. to move to Mat
| tice II woord comes from Clark or his
men. The trip. with a clear line in
sured by the railway company, is eS-
pected to take less than three hours.
! The reporters then will set out on
dog sleds to greet the balloonists.
should Firby or Bradish get trace
of the men on the Clute trail, the cor
respondents have cutters ready at
| Cochrane, with fast horses, to draw
| the sleighs to Clute. In their trial
dash this afternoon, the trip required
two and one-hslf hours, although
there is a shortage OF dogs at Clute.
particularly fast ones, the CORES"
pondents have two sleds in reserve.
1t is likely the airmen reaching
Clute. would come to Cochrane BY
cutters, leaving their husxies st
Clute.
| PICKED DOG TEAM.
Firby and Bradish took a picked
team Of doogs and an exuaordnary
light equipment out OF Clute. Tney
planned TO camp tOnishs- eise' S""
down, as far out on the trail as pos
| sible.
| A. w. Goulding. storekeeper at
| Clute. believes that the airmen are
coming on that route. He said he
had n mail packet from the Revillon
Company that Is overdue Mt Clute
from Moose Factory. He added:
This packet is not usually late In
this sort of weather. 1t should have
been here on the ninth day. The fact
| that this is the eleventh day indt-
Gates that the balloon men have de-
layed the Indians in charge OF the
| packet train. Inexperienced men
| usually cause delay OF this char
| acter OF from two to three days. This
makes me think the boys Will be here
| tomorrow"
Mrs. Gouiding said she knew the
balloon men were not within striking
| distance OF Clute. She added:
"Our dogs always smell the dogs
OF any train that Ia within three miles
| OF them. They have not barked to-
day"
SURE THEY ARE NEAR.
| Goulding believes the men received
n fresh relay of dogs at New Post,
about sixty miles north Of Clute.
Gouldipa is so certain that the mea
will be in by tonisht that he has
taken orders for the sale OF moose
meat that is to come with the Revii-
| ion men and he has planned . meal sf
moose roast for the baioonista.
| Trail breakers rolled down the ono
Confined on Pass 4 Coisua ~ 4