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Destroyer Burns Off Paint in Hare ^ to Wade s Rescue Fmitli Ties Note Telling of (dim pan ion's Plight to Only T.ife Preserver; Drops * It Beside Ship. By LOWELL THOMAS. (Copyright, 3 S*25.» Anxious to catch up with Nelson and Harding, who hail flown on through to Iceland after their mirac ulous escape from death In the fog, Flight Comman der Smith, and Lieutenants Ar nold, Wade and Ogden were up early next morn ing. From the appearance of the sky at Kirkwall it was an ideal tlay fur flying, and at 5:18 the Chicago ancj Bos ton took off from Sea pa Flow, tax ied over the sub merged hulks of the scuppered Her man fleet, and amid the cranking of movie cameras, the shrill whistles of steamers, and the cheers of the weather-beaten Orkney fishermen, they flushed over Kirkwall, and were off for Iceland. "There was a stiff breeze on our tail and we were clipping it off at « hundred miles an hour,” said “Les” S# Arnold. "Leigh always flew at our right and kept the Boston a few yards astern. By turning our heads just 1 tie least hit we could keep tab on Wade and Ogden. "But about 11 o’clock I glanced around, and the Huston had vanished. It had been there just a moment be fore. So we looked around, to the left and there wo saw Leigh and ‘Hank’ turning hack, heading into the wind, and gliding for a landing on the ocean. ’ We, of course, turned Immediately, circled as clpse as we dared, and watched them land. In spite of a long swell and mountainous waves, Leigh brought her down perfectly'. Flying low to get their signals, we saw oil on the water and all over the plane. Seek Help for Wade. “Leigh signalled frantically for us not to land. Because of the swell he figured that if we came down beside him we would never get off again, and then we would both be helpless in the middle of the ocean. But we did hate to leave them sitting out there in that remote part of the North Atlantic. However, after circling around a time or two we headed off on our course, and flew with (lie throttle wide open. The nearest destroyer was the Btl lingsby. But she was over a hundred miles away, near the Faroe Islands. “As we passed over the Faroes we saw a telegraph line, which we fol lowed around Sybero island until we came to a village, where we dropped a message. A bit north of the Faroes we picked up the Rilllngsby. But be fore we reached her Lowell bad writ ten two notes, each identical, describ ^ uig Wade's mishap, ilie peril lie and Ogden were in, their exact location, lime "f landing, and ilie condition of both sp:i and wind so that the naval officers could CKliinatri bow far the wind might blow them in Ilia interval before a rescue could be affected. "The first note we put in a mes sage bag, but Hie destroyer happened to be under way, making folly 20 knots, so 1 missed her deck by sev eral yards. We bad only one note left, and every moment was precious. It was imperative that this one should get to tlie? captain of the Blllingsby. .So I tied it to my one and only life preserver, and when I dropped it this time again missed the deck, but a sailor dove overboard and fished it out of tile sea. "Tiie note ended with * request that if they understood and would at once start to the rescue, to give us three blasts from the whistle. Wd circled around, saw the captain seize the message, read it, run across the deck, anil shout his commands. A moinfnt later we saw three long wiille streaks of steam coining from Ilie whistle, and almost at the same moment clouds of smoke poured from (lie funnels, and the destroyer shot ahead and was off like a flash. It seemed to jump Just like a grey hound. Never have I seen a vessel leap ahead ljke that. Later wo learned that she had traveled so fast •lie hod burnt all tbo paint off one of her stacks. Am HilMMKVT. 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You can reduce steadily and easily without going through long sieges of tircHonia exorcise* .mil •tarvatlon *1 Jet with f«*ur of had pffe. is. flat a ho t n»d start gel t mg slender now. ^CKACHEl Nine time* oat of ten its canted by confestion The Quickest, Safest, Most Effective remedy is an Atlcockts PLASTER A Standard External Remedy ef Ooo 70 Years' Standing ■old by druggists In avery ’ j part of tho civilised world* l A IIVMITIHI' M l A r 6 6 6 Is a Prescription prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It la tba moat spaedf remedy wa know • Frfyentipg Pneumonia "A* the raced rnrough the sea at p31 knots the captain wirelessed to the cruiser liichnxvid and the latter Im mediately started to the rescue at * speed of S3 knots. "We now returned to our course, and from here on to Iceland flew through light rain and fog. In order to see the water we had to fly 60 feet off it for ewer 300 nftles. But the wind was still with us snd v* continued to average 3 00 miles ah hour. Through mist and rain we flew over the cruiser Raleigh, snd al though he had no way of checking our rompaes course, Lowell piloted us right In to Hornafiord. After mooring along side the New Orleans, Krik and Jack pitched In and helped us service up, while crowds of Ice landers, descendants of the Hanes, came out in rowboats propelled by funny shaped oars. “There on the shore. In a large fisherman’s hut, with a ring of grim mountains, a smoking volcano, and five glaciers for a background, we anxiously awaited word from Wade and Ogden.” No Warning of Trouble. Lieutenant Wade In describing the misfortune that befell the Boston de clared that everything had seemed Ideal for a quick trip to Iceland right up until the moment when ttie acci dent occurred. Their trouble came without warning. "All of a sudden I noticed the oil pressure going down.” Wade said. "In a few- seconds it dropped all the way to zero. So there was nothing to do but land at once and take no chances on the motor freezing and our falling into a spin. Our altitude at the moment was approximately 500 feet, so I had no difficulty in -turning and leading into the wind. “When we reached the water I dis covered how deceiving the sea is when you are above it. From 500 feet it had looked fairly smooth. But when we landed we found it so rough that the left pontoon wrapped itself completely around the lower wing and snapped two of the vertical Wilt'S. "At first I thought the oil tank had burst and let the entire supply drop out. But It was still full. So we knew- that our trouble was simply due to the failure of the oil pump. This meant that our repairs could not be made at sea. "Smith and ‘lies’ were circling around us, and I was fearful that they might land and crack up also. That was why we signaled so fran tically for them to stay In the air. We indicated to them that our engine had failed, that our repairs could not be made at sea, that they should hurry on to the nearest ijestroyer, and that we were utterly helpless. The last we saw of them they were disappear ing in tho direction of the Foroes. Conserve Fond Supply. "Tlie first thing we did was to fasten the anchor to 1 lie bridle and (heave it. overboard. But we hadn’t been bobbing up and down on the waves for many minut<% until we dis covered what a nasty business it was to lie in mfdocean on a fragile plane with the swells hitting It at right angles. We both soon grew dizzy and our heads were fairly spinning. But wre realized that unless the vertical wires were repaired the ship might not ride out the sea until help ar rived. So we managed to crawl oil to the. wing and get it fixed. Then, climbing into our cockpits, we settled down for a little vacation near longl tilde 5 degrees and 23 minutes west and 60 degrees and 40 minutes north. "We were Just’ about midway be tween the nearest points from which belli might couie. Our oil pump could hardly have picked Out a more remote spot In which to let us down. Know ing the approximate locations of both the Billlngsby and Hie Richmond, ng den and- 1 figured that the very ear liest wo might expect help would lie late In. the afternoon. Of course, it fog settled down over us there would be no telling when we would bo picked up. Fearing that fog might cause us to be marooned for several days, we deckled not to drink our meager supply of fresh water and not to eat our emergency rations until driven to it by hunger and weakness. It was exactly 10:56 s. m. when we landed on the water. Two hours went by during which we saw no living tiding, not even a porpoise - only those eold, gray swells that kept us from having a morn*pi’s peace. The waves looked mountain 1 tgh as they rolled toward us. Only the superb workmanship and the strength of the materials which lam aid Bougies had put Into these ends era prevented the Boston from being knocked to pieces within an hour. "The first sign of life that we saw was a sea gull. As it swooped down to have a look at us we fell a lilt • like Noah and the Inmates of tho ark must have felt when the dove came back Hie first time. ’Hank’ if marked that we surely must be near laud or wo would not be seeing any birds, but 1 pessimistically assured him that gulls fly many hundred* of miles out to sea. Missed hy Rescue Ship. "Nevertheless it wHs comforting lo even see one bird ami to fee| that Ho nt least had one friend In (ids part, of the world. As we drified about tlie ocean the waves would carry Ufl fnrlher and farther away from tlie Idl'd. But after we had drifted .<*1 yards or so (lie gull would t-avt off and come alongside again. "1. urged ‘Hank’ to get a hit of "Jeep. Iiecuusq I knew we might htCve to take turns all through the night. So he curled up In his cockpit while I kept a lookout. Als/ut 2 o'clock, away off on tho horizon to tlie star board, I saw a wisp of smoke. Shout ing to ‘Hank,’ T crawled out. on the top wing and waved a sheet of can vas while ho fired flares with the Very pistol. Although Hits boat if malned in sight for n half an hour, and although ve signaled frantically all that time, our efforts were In vain. "I p lo this moment our spirits had been high. We had felt, sure that it would not he long before a boat would pick us up. But now we real ized that a ship bad to be fairly close In order to see us, because we were such a tiny speck bobbing about out. (here on that gray expanse of wa ter. A drizzly rain nnd fog started closing In on us from tlie northwest, and tlie wind was picking up fnst. So we began Ih vvomler just what our fain was going to lie Never in our lives 11<HI either of us felt so lone some, mi utterly helpless. 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