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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1924)
Air Magellans Off for China; Awed by Beauty of Sacred Jap Mountain as Seen From Cockpits Told By LOWELL THOMAS. (Copyright. 1924.) When the fliers left Tokio for Ivas. lima ga lira to put their planes In filial shape for the hop to China, Com mander I, owe 11 Smith told "Les” Arnold to stay for an extra day and do the hanking for the crowd. Major Martin was carry ing the expedi tion’s exchequer with him when he crashed In Alaska, so it was neces sary for some new arrangements t o be made. And that was how Arnold w a s appointed treasurer of the world flight. "Late Monday niglit a special es cort of Japanese officers not only put me on board my train, but they gave every member of the crew from the engineer and fireman down to the brakeman explicit orders as to where I was to be put off. And every time the train stopped," adds Arnold,/"the entire crew would come running up to make sure I didn't get off at the wrong place. When we finally pulled into the station near lvasumagaura naval air base I could not have stayed on if I had wanted to. "Although I arrived In the middle of the night, a reception committee of prominent Japanese army and na val officers met me with a fleet of automobiles. They informed me that during the one day 1 had repialned behind in Tokio that Lowell had in stalled a new motor in the Chicago. But there was still several days’ W'ork to be done. "But we could not work at night, and one evening before we had fin ished we were again honored in a way that seldom fulls to the lot of a casual visitor to Japan. Commander Yaragushl, the naval officer In charge of the base at Kasumagaura, invited us to an Intimate and informal dinner at his home. The only persons pres ent were the commander and his cousin, and the six of us. We sat In groups of four at two small tables with a three-legged bronze charcoal stove between. Our two hosts pre pared our food over the glowing coals. The meals consisted of thin, tender slices of beef and a delicious but somewhat mysterious gravy witl* bamboo shoots and young rice stalks, all mixed and cooked together. This was our fourth real Japanese meal, and by now we were getting so that we could wield a wicked chopstick. "During the evening, as is the cus tom in Japan, our two hosts kept exchanging places so that we might have ample opportunity to talk to both. After dinner they entertained us with ancient Japanese war songs. Before the evening was over the com mander called In his wife and pre sented her, but of course she was not allowed to dine with us because of the peculiar status of women In Japan. Xo Drinking Water. “The earthquake had destroyed all of the water mains In this part of the island, as well as most of the sources of supply. The only water available was said tq be full of diphtheria germs. So practically all the beverages one could obtain w ere tea, light wines and beer. Coming from & water-drinking country like America, this was quite a hardship for us! “On our way back to the club one night, while walking along a dark road we suddenly came to a sharp turn. On either side were rice paddy flelds flooded with water and without any fences around them. There was no moon shining, nor any stars visible. Erik happened to be striding on ahead, and not being able to see the road distinctly, when he came to the turn he went straight on and suddenly found himself floundering up to his waist in a paddy Held. "Saturday night. May 31, we fin ished overhauling the planes, and at 3 a. m. the next morning we were out on the lake getting ready to take off for China. The chief of the Japanese air service sflid a special trainload of high officials arrived from Toklo Just at dawn to see us start. We much ap preciated this because it meant that they had been up all night. But they assured us they regarded the circum navigation of the globe by air as an event forecasting a new age, an age in which they wanted their country to play a leading part. It was for this reason, they said, that they wanted to see as much of the flight as pos sible. Ins|teet Sacred Mountain. ‘‘As we shook hands with the Japanese officers, the last thing they said was: 'Don't fail to see Fujiyama.' "Of course, all our lives we had heard of the sacred mountain of Japan and seen thousands of pictures of Its snow-capped symmetrical cone. There were few sights we were look ing forward to more than the oppor tunity of catching a glimpse of old Fuji. "The weather was Ideal for flying, and the sun was Just coming up when We left the Japanese naval air base and set our course south toward the southern end of the main Island of Hondo. Just ahead of us on the lefl was the island volcano of Oshima belching forth great clouds of smoko and steam. We knew that Fuji was somewhere off to our right, but a cloud hank obscured the view. Sud denly as we flew across the entrance to Yokohama harbor the clouds to the west rolled apart, and there, with his snowy summit standing out against the cobalt sky, was one of the love llest sights I have ever beheld. "As the clouds parted It was Just as though old Fuji had rolled aside two cosmic curtains and revealed himself to encourage and Inspire us. raging In great style. The sea was so rough that we flew around a half* j a dozen times before landing, and » when we came down on the waves wo spent three-quarters of an hour vainly attempting to moor the planes. Smith ran the motor while I got face down on the pontoons. First we would he near the buoy, then wo would be away off from It, and Smith would have to switch on the motor. Then, when we got up to the buoy again, first it would be way down, underneath me, and then as the waves changed It would be way up above, and I would be down In the trough of the sea. Time and again the waves broke right over the pon toons, nearly washing me off.” Bead the next Installment of the thrilling round-the-world flight In The Omaha Bee tomorrow. For Colds, Grip or Influenza and as a Preventive, take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box bears the signature of E. W. Grove. 10c.—• Advertisement. a. xe.xe.xrx. X*.. xs.va.ij vse, "No wonder this Is a sacred moun tain. No wonder that from the earl lest times Japanese poets have sung of Fujiyama's beauty and charms. No wonder the people of these Islands are nature worshipers with this dazzling, snow-capped volcano ever before them. “Hut no more word* of mine can describe the thrill I got that morning as the clouds rolled back and Fuji yama said to us, 'Ah, here I am.' 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