Show TRIP MADE IN DAYS AND S. S Big Welcome elcome Given Balloon B pon V as Landing Is Made at Officers and I Cr Crew v Peeved at Ministry By Robert JT Welles elles R Ritchie Universal Uni Service Ser Staff Correspondent P pULHAM England July ul 13 The Thc 34 R landed at Pulham airdrome at 02 Greenwich mean time this morning a. a m. m N New ew York just 3 days das 3 hours and 6 minutes af after er taki taking lg the tim air at Roosevelt held field l N ff n es fA f- f A firefly crack in II the midst of the thc gray haze baze about fifteen miles to the eastward of Pulham at 1156 this morning morning morning morn morn- ing gave c a the first hint bint to the eyes of the hundreds s around the airdrome I that their night all-night vigil was as about to tobe tobe tobe be rewarded Intermittently this tiny spark pave gave pinpoint stabs a against the cloud banks as tho the sky wanderers wanderers' wireless an answered answered an- an the wireless call from Pulham Pulham Pul Pul- ham bu but t R H bulk merged with tho the cloud bank and remained Invisible Then suddenly there was an exclamation exclamation tion of there ahe she is A camel backed cloud bulged suspicious suspiciously suspiciously sus sus- in the center and spawned a shape hape like n a gigantic I antic swimming gray bray carp which lazily finned its way ea eastWard east cast t- t Ward rd directly toward the airdrome At Ata a distance of ot e five miles the tile i sun un caught the glint of oC the whizzing propellers Then as the wisps of or cloud were Ihre shredded ded awa away like a torn veil yell R 34 came swiftly onward at nt a height of ot about a thousand feet leet growing s gradually grad rad from carp to to aerial swordfish strongly swimming Water Waler nt r Dr Drenches C Crowd Straight ht across acro s the airdrome then n a wide circle to turn and a come-back come against ag the tho slight ht wind wind another curve and the giant dirigible came camo up against ag the northwest wind Yh When n the airship was about feet above e tho the airdrome a trap door was seen Ie en to swing downward from tho the forward gondola Lookout for your our heads somebody some bod cried and then a coiled colled rope unwound like an angry snake as It spun earthward earth earth- ward At tho the same instance R n nose p pitched 1 t ch e d d downward 0 W fl Wa rd an answering s w e ri n g tho the helmsman's effort at the tho rudder The 1 end of the tho rope was Just out of oC reach rench of oC hundreds hundred of of grasping fingers but mechanic making a giant leap caught It Then came a torrent of oC water from the ballast tanks drenching hundreds of oc men and girls Slowly Vor very vor slowly the engines were silenced an and the great reat sit sky ship de def descended descended de- de f In what Major ajor Scott tho the commander commander com corn mander characterized as the m most t perfect per per- fact landing ever made and under the propulsion of tho the volunteer landing crew numbering 40 was snuggled Into the shed like some monster bedding bedding bed bed- ed- ed ding itself in for the winter Somewhere over o b by the big t shed where 34 R slumbered lumbered with nose out in the sunlight a band started See Seethe Seethe Seethe the Conquering Conquering- Hero Comes and then all of or the members of the landing party part bind and the spectators suddenly re remembered remembered re- re that the they had forgotten for to cheer Somehow hoW the spectacle of ot this re returning t ii rn I a C sk sky k y w wanderer an d e r e r r ripping i pp 1 a g through h th the clouds had Intrigued ev every cy- cy cr cry ery imagination Officer r Alight I General Maitland the air ministry representative tI on tho the flight was first to step out of the forward gondola and grip th the hand of oC Lieutenant Commander Command Command- er or Booth Boothby by commander of the airdrome He lie was quickly followed b by Major Scott and Colonel Hensley the United Stal States ar army representative The latter I extended both hands to grip those of Commander W Yo W. Wf f S. S Ramsey United States naval representative who had London come U up from I Oh boy exclaimed Colonel Hen lion sicy Its the the greatest thing ever Meanwhile an art oily head was wall t thrust rust I Continued ed on page pabo 2 2 t I BALLOON LANDS IN ENGLAND Trip Across A Atlantic antic Made in Three Days and Hours Continued from Crom lingo PIRO 1 out o of tho the engine room In the tho stern I gondola and a voice olce shouted lie Hey you American pressman Hero's Heros the lie latest New ew York papers and ho lie passed to the Universal ersal Sen Service Ice correspondent correspondent cor- cor respondent a copy of oC th the final edition edition of oC th the Evening F. Journal of Wednesday edne cla featuring on the front paso pare the preparations preparations prep prep- for Cor the departure of the dl- dl I rl what th they Ihry thought of or us In New York Were We're top hole there What I IDo i Do I like New cw York Wh Why man Ill I'll i sas its bett rn Birmingham and that's sayin much I I Demand lath Meanwhile tho crew were swarming I from all aJl four Cour gondolas Many of ot them were picked up b by enthusiastic mechanics mechanics me me- of or the tho airdrome force and carried car- car I ried on their shoulders from Crom the shed II Ii I It was a frowsy looking crew cre Most fost of them Including the officers were unsteady unsteady un- un i i stead steady and red-eyed red from lack of oC steep I Man Many of or the he crew cro were still wearing their flying suits pulls The first thing the they j i demanded was a bath and breakfast j I boiled Were ere all fed red up on hard e eggs grumbled one smeared oil mechanic I Queues W were Immediately formed before bo- bo fore Core the tho four Cour bathrooms The officers went to the officers officers' mess for breakfast breakfast break break- break I j i fast Cast and tho crews to tho the Y T hut j I Th Then n after acter all hands had stowed awa away a solid meal of b bacon con and eh eggs S the they be began an the tho ordeal orde of oC facing sev- sev sevI I I five enty-five new newspaper paper correspondents Ij I I Immediately a lar largo o grouch began beJan to tobe j be apparent Including everybody e from I Major Scott and there thereby b hangs a tale It was as noon yesterday when General t I Groves sent a message be from tho the air I ministry commanding Major Scott to I I Ivo g-Ivo up his Intention of ot proceeding to E East st Fortune and come to Pulham Tho The I f reason given for Cor this order was bad weather pr prevailing In Scotland Later the 31 11 was in direct com corn communication communication with East Fortune and anel learned that the weather there was not unfavorable for landing At 2 o'clock this morning Scott sent senta a wireless to the air ministry requesting requestIng requestIng request- request I Ing that ho be to proceed d to E East t Fortune The answer was was I Nobody in n authority here Follow your Our original orders Scott wired back Am heading to tow toward toward to- to I w ward rd Pulham Pulliam It was with reluctance that he obeyed the order of oC his superiors All 11 Everybody's clothes families and friends were at East Fortune and ov- ov everybody ev cv- Accordingly was resentful at atthe tho the air all ministry's peremptory chango change changoor of or plans i Major Scott Scot General Maitland and theother theother the theother other officers are to report to Major General Seeley at the air nil ministry to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow and probably will be commanded command command- 1 ed d to visit Buckingham palace afterwards after after- wards Commander Boothby and his staff start were caught unawares by the tho of oC the dirigible The Tho They were breakfasting when the airship WAS first sl sighted and fifty were messed in tho the l Y hut Officers and girls came rushing on the field napkins In hand R 34 finished the voyage oage with 1000 gallons of ot gasoline In her tanks General Maitland computed the elapsed time from Crom Mineola to at three sixty hours and five o minutes |