Evening star., 1928-04-27
BREMEN'S CREW
HOPS FOR CAPITAL
Leave Lake Ste. Agnes With
Miss Junkers to Pay Tri-
butte to Bennett.
BY c. II, ALLEN,

North American Newspaper Alliance
MURRAY BAY. Quebec, April az
The North American Newspaper AL
nance relief plane carrying the Ger
man-IriSh crew of the Junkers mono.
plane Bremen, now abandoned tempo.
rartly where she landed two week,
ago at the end of her transatlantic
hight landed on the ice of Lake Ste
Agnes at S:52 O'Clock yesterday after.
noon, following nonstop fight oi
hours and Is minutes from Greenly
Island.
She was transferred from skis tc
wheels last night and took of at I
O'Clock this morning for direct flight
to Washington in order that Capt. Her.
man Koehl. Maj James Fitzmaurice
and Baron Gunther Won HuenefelC
may lay wreath on the grave OF
Floyd Bennett in Arlington Cemetery
as their first Official act in the United
States
win Avoid Receptions.
It is planned to keep the transatlantic
aviatorS away from any sort Of recep-
ton in the Capital. They will not even
call on the President or the diplomatic
representatives of their own country.
Their wish is to make of this visit to
Washington a pure pilgrimage of hon.
age 20 the man who gave his life in the
heroic efforts that were made to bring
them from isolation to civilization.
Bernt Balchen. pilot of the great tri-
motored Alliance plane on the round
trip to Greenly Island. again was at
the controls on the flight to Washing
ton. 1t is probable that stop will have
10 be made en- route TO refuel. but the
landing place will be kept secret in
order TO avoid any sort of demonstra-
ton.
The entire crew of the relief plane
plans to spend tonight in Seclusion on
Boiling Field and f1y to New York to-
morrow for the welcome planned there.
Miss Junkers Aboard.
Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of the
Bremen's designer. also is in the plane
with F1tzmaurice, Koehl and Huenefeld,
as are Charles j. Y. Murphy, the Alli-
ance correspondent who accompanied
the plane TO Greenly Island, and Carl
WenZel. the airplane mechanic who
came here with the big plane on the
flight from Detroit If the relief plane
had arrived here day earlier the flyers
would have gone 10 Washington by air
to attend Benefits funeral today. But
this Is now impossible. as the fight of
nearly thousand miles will require all
day.
A number of planes probably viii es-
cort the Alliance relief plane to her des-
tination, among them a Fairchild cabin
monoplane piloted by Clarence D.
Chamberlain, New York-Germany fiyer
and holder Of the long distance fight
record of the world, who few here two
days ago and greeted the Bremen's crew
yesterday at Lake Ste. Agnes. Chamber
lain met both Huenefeld and Koehl last
Summer after he landed in Germany,
and few TO Murray Bay from New York
20 repay the many courtesieS that were
shown him abroad.
Perfect Weather Prevails.
Perfect weather attended the ar
rival Of the relief plane. the almost
cloudleSs skies being in welcome con-
tyast to the impossible flying condi-
tons that have prevailed for two or
three days. The all-metal Alliance
mcnoplane was sighted approaching
Lake Ste. Agnes across the incircling
mountains at 3:45, and a shout went
UP from 200 men. women and chill
dren who had come from miles around
IN sleighs TO see the German Irish
flyers and the relief plane that was
bringing them out.
Balchen few straight across the lake
over the heads of the crowd, circled
once ard came down into the stin
breeze that was blowing, the heavy
machine settling easily on her great
ekiiS. c. A. Duke" Schiller, chief pilot
Of the Canadian TranscontinentaI Air
ways, whose base is at Lake Ste. Agnes,
took charge Of the situation, ordering
the crowd 70 keep back, as the Al
lance ship TAXED in from the middle
OF the lake.
Schiller Greets Crew.
Schiller. the pilot of the plane char
tered by The Star and the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance. and the first
flyer to reach the stranded crew of the
Bremen, vas the first TO greet them as
they stepped from the cabin of the re-
lief plane. Ealchen and FitZmaurice
waved TO him and TO the rest Of the
crowd from the pilots cockpit.
Fttzmaurice and KoehI had taken
turns at the dual controls on the flight
from Greenly with the quiet Norwegian
who few across the Atlantic with
ConndY Richard z. Byrd last year. Both
were interested in getting the feel" OF
the tri-motored relief plane in the air
and both have struck up warm friend
ship with the Iikeable Balchen.
In this connection II was remarked
q pair Of blue and white "0B" wings
prominently displayed on their coats
when they arrived here. The insignia
Of the Quiet Birdmen, secret fraternity
Of aiFu1en which numbers the most dis
ttnguigEed flyers Of the world In itg
membership, had been pinned on the
two pilots by BaIchen and Bill Winston
~ GreenIy Island and probably estab-
hsbed farthest North initiation for
this order.
Welcomed by Miss JunkeFs.
Al the flyers stepped from the relief
plane they were welcomed by Miss
Eerta Jnnkerg, daughter Of the famous
German airplane designer and directing
head Of the relief expedition plans that
have eentere0 about Murray Bay foi
the last week. DIR. Ludwig Kempff, Ger
man consul general for Canada: John
Schroeder. representative Of the North
German Lloyd Lines, who has been Mis-
JunkeFs chief aide and adviser; Louis
Coutelfs, president Of the Transc0nti.
mental AirWays, and the ever genia
Duke" Schiller. VINO had taken oyei
temporarily the role Of master Of cere.
monies.
The stu and nnnyis camersmsr
clsn1Ored for their chance At the flyer
and the members of the relief ezpedi
ton. while fYe FaiYchild Tnonopiane
stood by with engines ready " rush th
pictures of the arrival " New York ant
Canadian newspapers and theaterg. FOu
of the latter got of so0n after the Alll
apce planes landing, Bill Winston ant
Arthur Csperton u Curtiss Field anaonl
kfls first
All these planes were On wheels, an.
e@en one bToke through the surface ic
~ least once While taxing into position
for a tske~off
BsT0n's M9n0eIs In Place,
B4snefeld kissed Biss Junkers' han
feTVenfly 81 siie ran uD ~ greet nm
Flies Are Coming i
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