Evening star., 1927-09-07
Rome AviatOrs
Lost 500 Miles
at Sea.
LINER MAKES
FUTILE SEARCH
Other Vessels Speed
to Aid Hunt in
Midatlantic.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress.
NEW YORK, September 1.-The
liner Pennsylvania reported reach
ing the position where Old Glory
was thought to have come down
and searched 30-mile area with
out results. Capt. Bone said he
was proceeding further with the
search.
Have searched area 80 miles
this position without results. Now
proceeding toward point in which
airplane was sighted by California
this morning. Have advised all
ships" he reported
Capt. Bone gave his petition as
4o.33 north latitude, ALTO west
longitude, which is about 500 miles
OF Newfoundland.
The California sent a message
at II 81 o'clock last night. saying
she had sighted the plane about
$50 miles east of Cape Race, with
everything appearing to be all
right.
B. the Associated Press.
An SOS call from the Rome
bound, single-motored plane Old
Glory, and then silence, left situa-
tion where there was nothing to do
but wait and hope. The terrifying
distress cry of the sea and air came
in the early morning from the Old
Glory, when she was believed to be
$50 miles east-northeast OF New
foundland on her 4000-mile flight to
Italv. and ali seemed we'll with the
plane and three occupants, Lloyd w.
Bertaud and James D. Hill. pilots,
and Philip Payne, passenger.
If was pointed out that the silence
n,ght not he SO omtnous as lack OIL
news in disasters suggests. The plane
could be emptied of it's great load Oh
f1ol in a matter of seconds ana Qe-
Eccnd to the sea, where II was De
Iiaved the craft would float for
time. giving opportunity for the arr
men to seek additional safety In thelf
rubber beat. an adjunct TO transat
lantic flying that saw Comdr. byi"
ana his companions safely aSh0r" =
Trance when they were forced to lana
in the sea.
SOS Picked Up by Ships.
Old Glorv's cry for help, as picked
M bv several transatlantic ships ana
rclayed to the Radio Corporation OF
America, was sent out at $3.50 CLOCK
today. Greenwich mean time. Be! o'1
the fact that her crew of three ad-
vcnturous aviators were in the grip
os some tragedy over the tracklesS
N,astes of water, no details were given
Within a few minutes of receipt OF
4he sos several ships, obeylng tne
fmmutable law of the seas, were rusn-
in~ under full steam toward the es-
tinated position Of the transatlantic
airplane. The liner TransylVanla'
westward bound, appeared to be near
or Old Glory than any other snip
The steamer reported that she was DO
miles away.
1.-THE Transylva MIA is now 90 miles
from the plane and owing to the pitch
darkness it will be difficult to see the
name" read a laconic message from
the captain of the steamer. AS soon
as picked up will report to you. Fresh
westerly winds and sea"
At the same time the steamships
California, Carmania and Lapland, all
westward bound to the States, report
cd picking up the SOS. At least the
a ElflafEA anu TIC A@Al'AeAAA~
Iipyed to be in the general vicinity OF
Old Glory. although further away
than the Pennsylvania.
Heavy Seas Running.
II was evident that the emergency
confronting the flyers was sudden,
Derhaps due TO Squally weather, some
sudden twist of wind and fate disar-
rar0;nry all their well laid plans with
notice SIIrh a
DEVELOPMENT would account for the
quickly sent appeal for help and then
possible descent to the ocean.
With ships reporting heavy seas
running, the prospect below was prob
ABLY not inviting. The task OF PICK.
ing the plane out Of the water Woulo
not be easy for the rescue shlps seek
Ing to aid. and in bad weather no hope
could be held out that the plane HseI
or its lifeboat could live long.
The experience of Ernest Smith ant
Emory Bronte, transpacific flyers, was
held out as a ray of hope, for they
sent an SOS when they found thell
gasoline supply was almost exhausted
but reached land under their own pow
er. An sos call, however, was the las
word from William r. Erwin an'
Alan Eichwaldt, who bravely set ou
in search of two lost planes in th'
Dole derby TO ftOnOluIu. Ilo"eESt
Erwin and Eichwaldt were able to eX
plain their danger in the SOS sen
from the plane, saying they were II
@ tailspin.
Princess Fate Mystery.
There was no sos from the st
Raphael, twin sister of the Old Glory
which disappeared between Englant
ard Canada, with the Princess Lowen
Wertheim and piloted by Capt
Hamilton and Col. Minchin. The fat
of the woman and two men remain
O. mystery with that of Nungesse
end Coli, who flew out of sight, boun'
from Paris to New York.
The eXperince of the late Comdr
John Rodgers and his crew Of fou
men. who spent nine days in plan
i'm the open sea forced down on
flight from San Francisco to Honolulu
in September, 1925, and lived to tel
the tale. held out hope for all voyager
forced to forsake the air for the bosom
of the ocean.
II Bertaud, Hill and Payne have pei
iShed, victims of transatlantic fiyin
this year has been increased to II