| Show AUSTRALIAN j AU STR ALlAN P PROBABLY RO B A Y fORCED TO 10 SEA Wild Rumors Rumor Tell Ten Many lany Conflicting Stories Stones Ab About t Attempt to Lo Sail Directly Across Atlantic Ocean L ONDON May IMay Ia lO ID-B ID By By the Associated Asso elated dated Press London Pres-London I ondon spent the day in tense excitement and suspense waiting the thc result of Harry Hawkers Hawker's I I bold attempt to fly across tho the Alla At Atla Al- Al la lautic tic and after a day of anxious s s inquiries and unverified rumors alid speculation the thc fate of the pilot and mid his navigator Mackenzie l Gr Grieve c is is still unknown I A Sop machine supposed to be Hawkers Hawker's a according to an admiralty wireless report descended to the tho s sur surface face Cace of the ocean ocean Cort forty miles west weal o othe o ot ottlie the lite mouth of or the thc Shannon Sh Later ad admiralty admiralty ad- ad reports said that this Information tion was not considered c reliable s of or Gale nhe Early Earb verified reports were that the machine ml encountered a a. gale which reduced Its speed to forty miles s san an hour and finally compelled It to descend owing to exhaustion of or gas gaso line Crowds of or people waited the day da lon long at the Brooklands airdrome where Hawker learned to II fly b lIe believing that the aviator lator would make malc his landing there although experts had expressed th the opinion that Hawker would unlikely unlike unlike- ly 1 be able to o fly y there after 5 S o'clock this afternoon owing to to his limited supply of p petrol rol Honkers Honker's Wife Ue Brave The vigil was kept after dark however however how how- ever on the chance that the aviator alator mi might ht arrive arrhe Mrs Hawker remained at atthe atthe atthe the airdrome until J Her lieI faith In tO her husbands husband's skill had enabled her herlo herlo lo to endure the u calmly calm but on Raving leaving for she was unable to conceal her anxiety although she still cheerful remained comparatively The fate at of Hawker and Grieve can cannot cannot cannot not be bo definitely stated and toni tonight ht It Is impossible even en to assert that the tho found at sea Is Hawkers Hawker's The QU the Irish coast Monday Mon Ion IonS with rain and anti day S ay was boisterous haz haze The admiralty has sent out all available available avail avail- I able ahle ships to search earch for Corthe the aviators avIator Mystery l in Unverified Reports of Landing Lauding London l n Tuesday T May Ia 20 Accord O. AccordIng Accord Accord- hug Ing to the D Da 1 Mall quarters quarters quaI In when at I ILl 1113 11 n i- i m. m last night denied having hasing has hav wireless dispatch from rom ing rec a n the tho Castle Ca town lown station saying Hawkers Hawker's Hawkers Hawker's Hawk Hawk- ers er's machine had landed fort forty miles west of the mouth of oC the Shannon or oran any an other wireless it was wat asserted the especially espe espe- emily sensitive wireless plant at Bal- Bal I on the northwest coast of or County Count Kerry Ireland did not nOl receive the tho message in l London Is Investigating fn the tho mystery Fliers Carried Emergency ency Boat SL St Johns N X 4 F F. F. F Ma May a 19 Early Earl Early re rei re- arrival ports of Harry Barr Hawkers Hawker's safe on 01 the J i coast a at first ae PIl 0 o. o true had turned tonight to grave lve fears for the fate late of or the ht Australian aviator and ht hIs hl navigator na Commander MacKenzie Grieve e When h ien darkness t tf fol f 1 It Il was felt that no was wa bad news new for or the time lime fur fu tie story h night fight had long c passed passe I This lIttle elt City which had harbored Hawker and Grieve wanted to ta b lieve e that he they were safe on the other othor oth oth- er or side of oC th the Atlantic lI n C lie Bets laM a against their success were paid cheerfully cheerfully cheer cheer- fully at the first report that they thoy had landed and the whole elt city voiced It its happiness 10 Kate t l 1 I J I C When hen tho the realization struck home lamie I I that the twenty hour hou flying period for which the carried hl fuel l I had elapsed without official report of ot the aviators those familiar with the t dangers of oC the adventure hesitatIngly nd advanced the guess that the flight had stopped short of Us Its goal Interest t at once une turned to the possible possible pos pos- sible Cal ate of the airmen perhaps adrift In th their ir ingeniously constructed l emergency boat hat l been Shaped lo to form tho l' l I hood hod O Of 01 thi th the C nH ue d' on n pose page 2 4 4 AUSTRALIAN PROBABLY FORCED TO DROP IN SE SEA Continued from frem Paso Page 1 o after aCter It had been beer tested hero here and proved pro to pos possess e s considerable con eon seaworthiness Then there were the rubber suits which Hawker and Grieve o wore and antI discussion switched to th them rn m The They were of oC the tho United States navys navy's s na type I de designed to be bo Inflated through aI a I small pipe IS Supplies It n It was estimated that food tood supplies sup sup- plies Including warrn drink had been stored In tho tire boat bOllt sufficient to last the two flyers forty eight hours provided pro pro- sta afloat vided the tIre boat could stay stab that length of oC time Raynham tonight announced that homay ho homa homay ma may still attempt a trans Atlantic flight After a check of- of ortho the tho damage sustained h by his hi de he lie said ho he might tl try to repair itI itI it I shall Hhall fly 1 homo home If Ir It t Is possible he declared probably In the saino sarno plane reassembled If Ie that lint is 19 not possible pos pos- sible then In a n new nc one providing my owners areo S Hawkers Hawker's Career As 8 Airman Reviewed New York YOlI May ra 19 harry Harry G G. Hawker is S an Australian 27 21 years rears old Ito HO beban belan boban be- be ban lan his career as a n mechanic and roseto rose rosc roseto to tho tIm rank of oC a 3 flyer under the tho tutelage of oC one of oC tho the earliest t British airmen lIe Ho first came Into prominence October Oc- Oc October October Oc Oc- tober 2 24 1912 1012 when whon flying tiring a biplane designed de after aCter tho the pattern oC ot the Wrights he established the then thou British record of oC S 8 hours and 23 minutes min mimi utes for tor a duration flight and won the I I British Michelin trophy for tor or that year I In 1913 flying a equipped with Hh a Gnome motor ho he established the then British h altitude record of feet and antI on the 8 same ime da day carried carried car car- ried ned aloft two passengers to a height of oC feet Later Ilter he attained what was claimed to be the worlds world's altitude record record feet which of oC course was nR later excelled During the war Hawker was engaged as an experimental experimental experimental mental flyer fIer fly r. r assisting I lIn In tho the development develop elop development ment of machines One Olie Early Dispatch I Reports Hawker ker Safe i London May 19 Aviator 19 Aviator Hawker is reported to be safe according to a Central News dispatch from Crom Tralee Ireland The Tho dispatch adds that Hawker dropped Into the sea sen thirty miles mile from Valencia alencia off tho the west coast const of County I I I Kerry crl and south of ot lo Un Ba Bay I Th Tho admiralty has issued a notification lion tion from tim tho admiral at Queenstown n saying that the report that Hawkers Hawker's machine was down forty ort miles west vest of or the tIre Shannon river rl is considered un un- reliable Ri Rival val Cables Cables' Cables I Congratulations tula Lions St St. Johns N. N F. F May 19 A 19 A report was received here at noon 1030 a a. a m m. Now ew York time that Harry G. G Ilaw- Ilaw kers ker's biplane has haR been sighted d off tho tire Irish coast const There was great reat rejoicing by his hla associates hero and Frederick P P. Raynham his rival whose trans Atlantic start came earn to grief her herf yesterday Immediately cabled UI atlas Friends Friend Wo Worried o ried Friends of or Harr Harry Q G Hawker discrediting discrediting discrediting dis dis- crediting reports that the transAtlantic trans A lantic flier filer had been 61 sighted oft off tho the Irish frish coast expressed ed anxiety over hl his I fate ate this afternoon declaring that the tho period during which hi Iris his fuel supply would hold out was long Jong past the At I JrUsh aviation n headquarters here no rio I i I I confirmation had t been received e ports that Ha Hawkers Hawker's plane wi Kit preaching Its destination Figures Show Task j Sop ith Plane Faced I I New York May ia 19 The folio calculations b by an en engineer of ot on 1 pany pan supplying motors for a 3 ai of or British airplanes shoT J Hawker and Grieve expected thu ch cli Ine Inc to accomplish In th the tran trans AtI flight t covering a a. period 0 of at ill I twenty hours P The blade blado tips Ups of oC each propel travel tra l miles l The Tho piston in each cylinder clInder to tot t I tUO miles so with four tour cylinders each the piston dIs would be bo miles mile II Each en engine sine to make Ju The valves to bo be operated t times in each engine engin j Tho rho pump forcing water throng radiator to have ha to lift Tho The actual work performed bf engine would represent app feet tons which Is soft suf energy to lift lilt the steamship Oil Oly of or 1000 tons feet into the au air iI 2 I U. U S. S l 2 m mWOOD WOOD SHIP P M TI i Crl Cra m ni niC Seattle May a 19 5 S. S Ix I. C C. W W. Yo Scarf president and secreta Timber Products ew COS COSof the Union of Seattle were arrested d heren me l following indictment by the thet t I ft grand jury jUn on charges chares of ot the United States S sW shi defraud emergency enc fleet board emer making i fr raIse false ie statements In an arm anto anaU to obtain contracts to build ft it steamships I en According to United States St. Alto tto W SV Saunders the Robert nobert i endea two men t. t tho le loges leges cs ell k lain tain the contracts when build the g could not company |
