Evening star., 1928-06-01

Bv the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, June 1.-The South
ern Cross in its fight from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu radioed: Guess We are
LOST. R-dio A battery went down.
Please get ship with receiver. Get our
bearing on my TAO wave. Will keep
going so they can track US"
The re-sage was received about lo:l5
am, Par'1e Coast time
The Mutual Wireless Co. announced
at 7:53 am. Io:2o am. Pacific Coast
tirne). that they were sending broad
cast to all ships at sea on 74o-meter
wave length in an endeavor to get IN
touch with the Southern Cross.
The Southern Cross aviators at 6:5i
an. Honolulu time C9:2l Pacific timel
radioed:
These clouds arc fooling Us. We
thought we had sighted land, bat guess
not. We can stay up four hours more.
We have been up "a hours and Is min
useg nov. A batteries are down; can't
receive anything"
TREEEH&E
one from the Southern Cross flashing
the tense words: Sighted land" 1t
meant that the watchers ashore must
curb their impatience and eagerness 10
greet the four men bravely winging
their way from Californias coast at
Oakland 10 welcoming Hawaii al
Wheeler Field, 20 miles from Honolulu
por the men aboard the Southern
Cross watching the gauge which
u1arkeS the eliminating supply Of gaso-
line. II meant anxious peerfng ahead 10
discern the lofty peaks Of Oahu Is
land, On which they plan 10 bring
their land plane TO rest.
Army Planes He'd Ready.
Erarae ssasely % recespe III sks iatesi
message tfMee Afnf plknez seEt es4fEen
70 sand by ready 70 escort capt
Charles KangSfcrd- Smith. Leut. Charles
Resier with HARRY wv. Lyon, Navigator.
ard James warner. RADIO operator. both
Of San Francisco. to = safe lanCSng.
A beautiful clear morning greeted the
Southern Cross ayietDrs as they ap-
preached the end OF the first stage OF
their long fight 70 Australia from Oak
lznd. Calf
The nign1 vas rzfnieSs. with fun
raoon. Visibility from Wheeler Flelc
was exceiienG, the bold prOnontoEy Of
Diamond He'd looming clearly. Haze
vas dEsslpatad rapidly By the warm rays
of tse Hawaiian sun.
Tfs contrast 10 previous Pacific fight
mornings, Wheeler Field Was practically
deserted, The larger part Of tne spec
tssoax awaiting the flyers was made up
of sewen companies Of troops VINO
marched on tne field a. 9 am. pre-
pared 70 keep order.
T<gs-ssd tent we're features o9 the AE1d-
scare, whereas on pregso1s fights they
eo5ld not oe seen because Of Mining
EE3o1aS eos.
Coy. Wallace e. Harrington arrived
81 TIE nei6 - company with the oe-
batting sesx1 from Bates College Of Lew
agsg1 Ne
Goae 800 persons xere on the fed
q. $50 ar. few nzTsng been mere
a. nAg;t.
Expect 70 Arr1ve Soon
A message yeoeaged by sE1e Ezckzs
radio station from TIE Southern Gross
~ 154S zn-. Egnos1as8 tsEse. Gzye the
pszssess position IT 4 an. Pacific Coast
tasne, as szsssgde 2s.s0 longitude 1880
weN TIE message stated that the
Nsegs ezoec4e6 to arrive as Wheeler
Tsfac E2ws5. Al 10 azny Pacific Coast
Anse,
Tyae pazse vas sgzYessDg * sreec
- 1S kn0ss - Sso1s ~ 40 Sltltles Of
<,5a4 1se9, the nagss&ae SAID
Tsse Esz8as radio station reported re-
xesgT ~ SsNs8ze frOna Ezpt, K3n2E-
zsss~fsmICIa. yssa 1 ire plane, 81 zsez
en-, stating Masses o. cso91S: orc
seea 9zeh : beautiful sight with the
nsooz1sgf3s % sfae cloaa1s nelox. EeY-
oagssosas. s.9o9s knoes, 70, Al o. X.
Caeerao