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Show 1 WEATHER DELAYS SEARCHING PARTY Four Military Aeroplane Leave on Hunt for Missing Army Flyers 100 Men Searching. San Francisco, Tal.. Jan. 15 Four military aeroplanes, one of which will equipped with wlroloss, will leave tho army aorodrome hero at daybreak tomorrow In a flight over the raoun-tains raoun-tains to Caio.xlco, CaJ , whonco an aerial oxpedltlon will bo sent across tho border Into Lower California to endeavor to flad some truce of Ueu tenant W A. Robertson, Jr. army flyers fly-ers who h&ve been lost since last Wednesday Plans hurriodly made Sunday for fhr-o machines to leave this morning morn-ing for Caleiico wore Interrupted by weather eondltions, heavy clouda which obscured the mountain peaks tending to make such a flight hazardous. hazard-ous. Captain Byron Q Jones, ac companled by an observer, made a reconnaisanco about noon today and j upon his return declared It would I have been impossible for an airplane to hftve succoesfully pierced the dense clouds honghiR over the hills Anxiety on tho part of iho aviators to leave nothing undone to trace their lost brother flyers led to a do termination late today to attompt tho flight over the mountains tomorrow, regardless of weather conditions Calexiro, Cal , Jan. 15 More than 100 men were searching tho bills nnd desort of Lower alifornia today for the last army aviators A field base has been established at Black Bue. Major Frank Lahm and Colonel William L. Kenly of the aviation school at San Diego, completed arrangements ar-rangements for the aeroplanes to alight and start from Camp John H. Boacom. All who was In readiness for! atlons accompanying Groeco's renly In the aviators who aro expected to leave Sun Diego tomorrow morning. Twelve automobiles. carrlng 23' members of the army avlalion staff! at North Island, San Diego, arrived tonight at Camp John 11. Beacom. They will assist in tho search. |