The Holbrook news., 1922-07-07
First Story of Progress of Gowen Party in GIobe-CircIing
 Trip in Yacht.
ENJOYED THEIR LONG PULL
Eastern Queen Tows Yacht From Pa mama to Teokea-Captain Swensen's Last View of Speejaeks Party
 Was in Harbor at Sydney.

New York.-The first story of the speejacks has come to the port from which she sailed last August on the first leg of her 50,00O-mile voyage around the world. For eight months Albert |. Gowen, Chicago business man and owner of the Speejacks, has been pushing the prov of his 9S-foot yacht through South Pacific waters, and except for brief bulletin sent six weeks ago from Ralaul, New Britain, to the ship construction company which built this craft, nothing has been heard of this second Cruise of the Shark"
 Last week, however, the $. $. East ern Queen docked at Baltimore, and her captain, N. A. Swensen, came on to New York with his story of the Speejacks, the first story of the ad- venturers. For Captain SwenSen lowed the Speejacks behind the Eastern Queen more than 1000 miles, from Panama to Teokea, and later saw the Gowen party on their sturdy craft in Sydney, Australia, before the adven turers left that port for Java and Borneo.
 Captain Swensen was with the Spec jacks on one of the most interesting parts of her voyage, Ter longest jump from land to land, and he tells a story of the trip from Panama to Teokea.
 When Mir. Gowen prepared to leave New York last August his boat, spe- cially built for the voyage, was ex- pected to proceed under her own power all the way. traversing the globe just south of the Equator. Her cruising range. however, was limited to 5000 miles. and in order to make the first lap of the trip from Panama to the Marquesas islands without mishap and with a saving of fuel. MT. Gowen con- tracted with the United States ship ping board to be lowed to Teolea by the first shipping board boat which made the trip. The Eastern Queen, bound for Sydney. Australia, was dele gated to the task.
 "The last we saw of the Speejacks," said Captain Swensen. twas shortly after Christmas-the 27th or the 2Sth. She was in Neutral harbor. Sydney. where the Gowens spent Christmas. and we were all invited over to see them. They were then in high spirits and anxious to get along into the is- lands and heading west.
 En Tour.
 We left New York on September 16 with light cargo. Headed down the coast and went through the canal on the 18th, laying to alongside the Spec jacks the next day, just OF Balboa. There we put line on her, putting an eight-inch hawser around her from stem to stern and back to stem to re- lieve the strain on her hawse pipes. We fastened her behind the Eastern Queen with 800 fathOms of eight-inch manila hawser. tying to the halter we had around her. Then we were off for Teokea and Tahiti.
 Wed been out TWO days and the weather was holding ine. The Spec jacks was bobbing along behind us like big cork on the end of a string. But I knew from the strain she was exert ing that if we hit any wind and weather the Speejacks was going to play havoc with that e:ght-inch hawser. So we hove to and pur in day chang ing the sight-inch hawser for a ten inch.
 We got the big hawser out on deck and put one end overheard. Then we lowered boat, which took charge of the loose end of the hawser The small boat then rowed toward the SpeejackS while we paved out hawser and slowly proceeded. pulling the Speejacks and