Evening star., 1924-08-25

Lieut.. Locatelli, the Italian aviator
has been found.
The message telling of Locatellis
rescue came from the cruiser Raleigh
and said:
'Locatelli sighted by Richmond at
1924 G1:24 pm. Sunday latitude
59.os. longitude 3s.4s. Embarked pas
sengers. All we'll"
The position given in the dispatch
which was received at am today.
by the Navy Department. is almost
due east of Cape Farewell.
Started Ont Thurxday.
Lieut.. Locatelli had been missing
since Thursday, when he set out with
Lieuts. Smith and Nelson. the Ameri-
can world flyers, on their perilous hop
of S25 miles across icy seas from Ice
land to Greenland.
The last heard of the Italian avia-
tor during the flight gave his position
as 40 minutes ahead of the Amer
leans but when the latter reached
Frederiksdal, their objective, he was
not there, and it was thought for a
time he had oyershot the goal.
American naval officers and avia-
tors, with the aid of Danish officials
and natives familiar with the tor
tuous coast alcng the southeastern
tip of Greenland, have conducted an
intensive search for him since it
became known he was lost, but few
details have been obtained by the
official naval wireless here despite
continuous efforts. 1t was known,
however. that the searchers were fac
ing great handicaps of fog and heavy
! weather.
Hold Flight Success.
Locatelli's flight to Greenland is
considered a success, in spite of his
failure to reach the United States,
by Wing Commander Mario Calderara,
air attache to the Italian embassy
here, who pointed out that the VEN
ture was undertaken for the purpose
of testing Locatelli's plane in Arctic
regions for the proposed flight to the
North Pole next year.
The plane had been specially de-
signed to negotiate the low Polar
temperatures. and to afford safety to
the airmen manning it, in case of
forced descent. This. according to
Commander Calderara, was success
fully accomplished. He belives the
fact that Locatelli and his three COL
leagues managed to survive three
swept seas guarantees a good chance
of success in the forthcoming polar
| flight.
Spare parts for the Italian plane
had been stored in New York. and pre-
| pa aratiops had already been made by
| the Italian embassy to rush these to
Greenland, when the news was re-
| ceived that Locatelli had destroyed
| his plane. thus removing any chance
>f lott ine hn TO-, i
| States.
Prepare for New Hop.
The American world flyers prepared
| at 1vigtut for another hazardous lap
| in their journey, 500-mile jump
| across water to Indian Harbor, Lab
| rador, today.
Meager reports received at the Navy
Department last night told of the
from Frederksdal to Ivigut, pre-
sumably yesterday, in hours and 1s
| minutes. 1t was assumed here that
| they took advantage of improved
| weather conditions to get to the Ivig-
| tut base because it offered more COM
plete equipment than was provided
at Frederiksdal for changing their
engines and overhauling their planes,
| which Lieut.. Smith reported would be
| completed De1Ore the HlSnt IS resumed
Message to Patrick.
| Lieut.. Smiths message, addressed
! to Mai. Gen. Patrick. chief of the
! Army Air Service, said that a pontoon
! on his plane had been damaged by ice
last night, even though protected by
] the Island Folk, Danish steamer,
| and that sailors and natives had been
| employed to keep the ice away.
/ Another radio dispatch, also ad-
dressed to Gen. Patrick. came from
the Milwaukee, and gave the terse
information that the planes took of
from Frederiksdai at 1:50 Green
wich mean time) and had ARRIVED
Ok" at Ivigtut at 400 p.m.-2 hours
and 10 minutes later.
| Neither message indicated clearly
| that the fight was made yesterday
although Army and Navy officers here
/ were certain this was true. Smith S
dispatch was not timed or dated
The message from the Milwaukee ar
rived here at 1855 pm, Eastern stand
ard time.
! Liut. Locatelli, had been missing
since he hoped off from Reykjavik
Thursday morning in company with
Lieut.. Lowell II. Smith and Lieut.
Erik II. Nelson. He was last Nseer