Evening star., 1926-06-15
AUT0DASH T0OPEN
ROUND-WORLD TRIP
Evans and Wells to Race to
Catch Liner Sailing
From New York. !
special Dispatch 10 The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 15--The effort
OF Edward :. Evans. Detroit multi.
millionaire aud Linton Wells. news.
paper man. to break the present rec.
ord for circlinc the earth will begin
tomorrow morning AZ 1870 o'clock
daSligh, saving Time. with dash
trem The Mex York World Building
{" INC Ra'lerN ny automobile.
A. that time the .Aauitania IN
which they will cross the Atlantic to
Cherhourg. will already Ne 30 minutes
ont e it's dock. headed toward the
open Saa. Evans and Wells will take
fast cutter al the BATTERY, cut
hrrosS the course OF the great liner
a Ambrose light and thus save thirty
inmates of precious time at the very
beginning of the trip.
At = final conference with repre-
sentativp- Of The Star and the North
American Newsfape AHA nee. for
whom they will write the exclusive
:: ,ry Of their adventure. the two tra ".
Alers announced this hnal economy of
time and their confidence that no ar.
tangement to save minutes had bee n
oVer'ooked.
TRIM on Every Minute.
our schedule has been gone over
again and again" said Mr.. Evans
There is not a minute that can he
trimmed OF OF it without a dispro.
portionate lessening Of our cha noes
O." complete the circuit.
Az best the odds are heavily
against any one who starts out to
break the record. The means Of
travel have improved-yes. but the
risks have not ,essened. 1t took only
a fog near the beginning of his
Journey TO throw John Goldstron out
NJ the race more than half way
around. The very fact that our
schedule is a fast one means that tho
chances Of failure are magnned. A
defective plane motor. hot box on
the Ira ssiberian fog dozens Of
things might throw us out OF the
race.
I'VE do not expect these things to
happen. Every preca utiOn and pre-.
arrangement possible has been effect.
ed. Rut an attempt 10 circle the
world i'm less than 80 days must not
be mistaken for a jnnket. or as a
thing which can he made certain by
any human resources OF nerve, mind
or money. At best. there II only an
odd chance Of success"
One Eight Hour Pause.
A final check Of the itinerary shows
that the lOrRest pause in travel the
two will have will he 8 hours At
Koniesberg. between the arrival OF
their train from Berlin and dawn.
when they depart for Moscow by air
plane. The second longest wait Is 2
hours and 10 minutes a. Chita,' and
they have only one other wait OF 2
hours.
The remainder OF their DELAYED time
will total iese than Is hours IL they
meet with no accidents. They make
a total Of 81 pauses 10 change trains.
fuel planes, or board or leave boats.
The critical points OF the venture,
Mr.. Evans said. are the Moscow
Omsk, 1.500.mile plane flight end the
train plane dashes from Harbin to
Antnns. The margins on this part of
the trip will be margins OF minutes
only. However. even such connec.
tions wiz permit the two globe CIR.
clers TO return to New York under
record time II successful
Wells and Evans will be guests at
late dinner tonight, and will 20
direct from the dinner to the World
Building. 80 that tire start will be
In evening clothes
tCopyriKht. 1926 nv the North American
Newspaper Atlinpcs