Evening star., 1928-04-23

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surface. AS q consequence, the flight
was postponed until this morning at
dawn At that time, Canadian nights
being as chilly as they are, the snow
was frozen hard and Balclen, the relief
plane pilot, had no difficulty in taking
off. Don't worry" he assured Maj.
Fitzmaurice, we win be up there this
morning We will be at the island by
10 O'Clock"
At a conference of the major, Baichen
and the correspondent for The Star and
the North American Newspaper Alli-
ance, who is flying 10 the Bremen, 1t
was decided that 1t would be too haz-
ardous TO risk another attempt 10 reach
the island yesterday. Obviously the ship
could not have reached there much be-
fore dark and all hands would have
been too tired TO do much work al the
German ship. Therefore, II was agreed
1t would be wiser 20 turn in at this little
village once haven for whalers. break
up the fight and plan 70 rush through
work on the Bremen today with The ad-
vantage Of daylight.
Short Repair Job.
II Maj. Fitzmaurice has estimated
correctly, IL will not take more than six
or seven hours 10 rehabilitate the Bre-
men. We will get good sleep here, .
he said, and we win have the Bremen
under way by tomorrow II 1t Is
humanity possible"
Perhaps" said Baichen. never one
TO indulge In optimistic dreams, hav-
ing been In six major exploration ex-
peditionR, I'VE will first have TO see
how badly the Bremen is damaged"
Despite the unfortunate change In
weather conditions. bringing slushy
melting snow, TO which the relief planes
skis developed an embarrassing affinity
| the major was not at ali depressed
| Twice Balci1en shot the ali-metal memo
plane across the lake. It's three motors
| roaring under full throttle, but they
could not pry the skis loose.
1T looks like we're here for the
| night" said Fitzmaurice. unbuttoninR
| his elegant red jacket; "20 horses could
not lift this hardware store from this
| snow"
He looked down the As feet Of fuselage
OF the Alliance plane. 1t was jammed
| with supplies 10 the windows; two
| great wheels. landing gear, 5-gallon
cans of benzoi. jacks and many gal
| Ions Of oil for the Bremen, not 10 men
ton the boxes OF cigarettes, sweets
| clothing and such for the captain and
| baron.
! The ship weighed, all told, l2,500
| pounds In spite Of the load, the giant
/ nonoplane rose easily from ST. Agnes
| yesterday morning and Travelled the $50
| miles IN less than three hours. Baichen
| was al the controls and he hoped II
/ over the hill as If IL carried no load
| al all. There are more Air bumps IN
| these mountain districts than at COney
| Islands shows and the plane scesawed
/ up and down al times, varying from
| 1000 10 1000 feet.
just one thing marred the Irishman's
| Joy ut starting back. Keeping II as a
| deep secret, he had smuggled bottle
of rare champagne gift 10 the baron
| Ia the fuselage. IN the shufiie OF de-
parting, some one borrowed IT,.
I'm murder the blarsted wretch" he
| declared, because the baron told me
! ~ bring back q bottle Of champagne
even If / did not get the parts. That
blooming island lis drier than n dried
| herring and, having eaten them, know
there il nothing drieF."
Struggle Through Gales.
But the Joy Of actually starting back
with the necessary parts was too great
! W permit minor eataAtfophss long u
interfere. For three days. he and
Duke" Schiller struggled through
storms " fiy ~ Murray Bay, though
both realized the chances of getting
T.. necessary equipment were decidedly
slim
you can imagine my delight" h'
said, when Miss Junkers fBsrte Junk
ers, daughter Of the EremeD's designer
boid me how The Star and the H0rtf
American Newspaper Alliance had fur
nished this plane ~ the CITY Of REV
Y0rE, one of the only Two planes II
the country. understand. capable oi un
Gerlakiug this jon. A. this moment,
want 70 thank them and ] know Capt
K0ehI and the baron would want nls u
speak tor them When they ses ma
pop M the skis with this big ship
they are going " get the suFpTise o
their lives
Before We left. the MAYOR sent Ia