Show BRA BRAVE E CANOEIST 0 PAYS WITH ITH lifE Body of Sailor Sailo- Who Attempted At At- t At-t AttI I I tempted Globe Voyage Found on Atlantic Coast rio BANcon Maine Dec 8 S AP- AP AP fA bold bd attempt attempt oC or o a n. daring sailor J to the globe b by ca canoe ca- ca floe noe has noe-has h hag s failed With the tho discovery ery cry o or the thern body of Rudolph P. P on the shore of Chesapeake bay has come conic to an end a voyage which started d at BrewerS Brewer near here on October 16 and which its planner planner plan plan- ner had hoped would bring him to the tle countries of the world worldon on a w trip that was to have covered miles and taken three years Three times s before had iad a circled l the Horn but In larger craft Once he had sailed from to Buenos Aires s with a single companion companion com corn panion panion- in a a. foot twenty dory A trip the length of the Mississippi river l had brought n no nd mishaps and ho lie had hI negotiated tho gusty ex expanses expanses expanses ex- ex of the Great Lakes In safety SOUGHT GREAT GREATER R FAME Eagerly he looked forward to io what was to be a crowning achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment a canoe trip that thit would carry carry car car- ry y him across three oceans He planned to hug the shores of the Western hemisphere to South America where he would strike out for tOl or Africa After skirting the Moroccan Mo Mo- rocc n coast he ho would cross to Spai alf aiki thence to England Prance France and his native co country Germany and then through the Mediterranean to the Suez canal the Red sea and the Indian ocean From there he planned to paddle along the Chinese coast reach the l Japanese mainland and by stages accomplish tho the difficult Alaskan passage The trip would then be be almost over He would skirt the coast to the Panama canal and work his way finally to New York where the voyage was to end who came to Maine from Chicago gave orders for a canoe that was to be proof against the hazards of his contemplated Journey It was twenty feet long long- had air tight compartments and was designed to keep upright no matter how rough the sea It had hadan hadan hadan an outboard motor a sail sall and a mast to Insure necessary headway It was capable of carrying 1500 pounds but bore only DOO including food clothing fuel and nd tools STARTED FAMOUSLY was 36 and lad had been a seafaring man since he was 16 The trip started auspiciously ly with a a. I run down clown the Penobscot river er to the sea Rockland P Portland I Portsmouth Boston and New York were ver touched and then the canoeist stood out on n his first re real l test o of his crafts craft's seaworthiness sea Meanwhile Mean Mean- while unknown to the adventurer a tropical gale was sweeping up the coast I The storm passed and last night nighta a body w was s found ashore near St. St Leon Leonards Leonard's rl's Md Newspaper clippings clippings clippings clip clip- pings Identified it and now it awaits claim by relatives as as' as the final chapter to a a life lite of adventure adventure I ture which the sailor had hoped o climax with a f fourth trip around the world I |