Fliers Hire Natives to Paddle
Crippled Flagship From Lagoon;
f New Engine Installed With Speed
' ■ Told by LOWELL THOMAS.
P t (Copyright. 1924.)
Tn order to tow the Chicago from
the lagoon where Smith and Arnold
had made their forced landing, to the
ancient Annamite
city of Hue, three
native sampans
were hired
They were • ape
cial war sampans,
built for speed. Jn
each stood 10 pad
Jlers who wore no
clothing except loin
cloths and wide
Y,- . 7~“ "V cone shaped hats
- ^ ,eut £-OU.e!i made of palm
£nutrl\ leaves. Their wives
■ followed alongside
In other sampans,
[ passing drinking
-—' water, food, and
clgarets to the oarsmen during the
Journey. For 10 hours they paddled
without ever letting up except for
a moment now and then when one
would snatch a bit of food or a puff
or two on his wife's clgaret.
Tn tha how of each boat sat a ns
tiv* with a tom-tom. and the pad
dlerg ’dtppeil to the rhythm of these
drums. "The heating of these tom
toms served three pui posses," said
Commander Lowell Smith, "to warn
other boats tip the river to pull out
tn one side, tn attract the attention of
the villagers on both shores so they
would he sure to see what an honor
had come to the men who were pad
dling us. snd to enable the paddlers
to pull together."
Chief Travels In Slate.
“The chief of the tribe came along
with us in his royal sampan, his
wives paddling, while he reclined in
luxury under a sunshade. His favor
ites sat beside him, rolling his cigar
ets, lighting them, and even feeding
him. The foliage on both banks was
so dense that we could only see
through it a few' feet. At times we
came to place* where the river was
so narrow ther&i wag barely room
for *he wdngf. of the plane to scrape
by. Then again it would open out and
w« would pass a village where men,
worn'"', and children would come run
ning out of their thatched huts to
tump into their sampans and paddle
along with us. So all the way during
our 25 mile trip up the river to Hue
we had an escort of sampans, some
times 15 or 20, and again as many
'•» 100 or mote.
“I.es and I took the cushion* out
j the cockpits and rigged up com
fortable seats under the w-ing. where
** was shady and fairly cooj. Our
greatest regret w’as that we hadn’t a
camera. Every bend In the river re
vealed s different view that would
have been worth photographing. And
to aee the Chicago come through that
jungle propelled hv naked peddlera In
(heir queer-shaped sampana was a
sight In Itself.
fircat Rrceiptlon Committee
“Our Er“nch -friend had sent *
courier In a dugout r noe on ahead
to Hue to warn the inhabitants that
we were coming. So when we fin
ally arrived the entire population was
nut to meet us Erik srid Chevalier
* had also arrived ahead of tis by mo
tor. They hart rounded up a company
of Annamite soldiers to guard the
plane, which we beached under a
bridge that looked like It would be
the best place for changing engines.
It seemed to us that it would be a
lot simpler to use the bridge and
drop the new motor down from it
than attempt to rig up a derrick so
far away from civilization.
“The engine and our tools were so
hot In the blazing sun (here at Hue
tint we couldn’t, touch them until we
cot the plane in th“ shade beneath
the bridge. But we were so Worn
out that we dropped our work for
11 e afternoon.'’
The experiences of at least one of
die other men in getting that motor
f to Hue will haunt him as long as h*
I live*.
Heigh Wade remained in Tourane
to *ce io it that no mishap occurred
to the "Boston " ami “New Orleans."
N'-Non Hording, and Chevalier rode
In the automobile, while “Hank" Og
den got in th* motor truck with the
engine.
“Tee driver of that truck.” Ogden
saol to me, "turned out to be a reek
tees, fiend who cared nothing for his
own life and less for mine. We left
T uitane af'er dark, and a* we sped
along the road through the jungle
the biarknees was so nearly npsqu"
thst I couldn't tell what sort of coun
try we were going through. But it
felt »« though we were making fully
"0 miles an hour. And traveling at
(list rate in a truck is enough to
Sfc shake your heart right up Into your
larynx even if you are engaged In the
somewhat hazardous occupation of
flying around the world in an air
plane.
Wild Ride Through dungle
“Cp and up and up we went. Tt
s“em«-d as though we must he ascend
lug Hike's peak or Mount Everest.
Occasionally I saw two balls of fire
gleaming through the trees and knew
that it must be some wild animal
Finally we came to the top of the
mountain range and started to coast
, down the other aid* Vnd didn't we
• coast? I'll say we did' If we were
” making a mile an hour we were do
ing <0 and 50. Sometimes we would
buzz around a corner on two wheels.
If I had a stick of dynamite I cer
tainly would have put It und»r that
Annamite, and then driven the rest
of the way myself.
"Suddenly the humping reaped. 1
felt as though I was riding In an
airplane again. And sure enough, we
had le't the ground and taken off
tnto the air, because a moment later
we crashed into some trees. Mr. An
namite had whizzed right off the road
Into the jungle, it look us 30 minute*
to disentangle, the truck from the
underbrush and get It back on the
road But even that taught him noth
lug. On we went as though allot from
a catapult. Fifteen minutes later
mid wo jumped off the highway and
landed against a pile of rocks. Next
day when we returned T took particii
lar notice of this plaee and If It had
n't Ipperi for these rocks we would have
shot right over a precipice Into a
cam on 1.090 feet below Surely the
good Hnrrt was watching over me
tin that, ewlld midnight rld» through
•v* Jungle of Indo-Ohlna
"TVhen we got to th» bottom ot th*
mountain (hero was a pla. e w here
i tha road went diagonally across a
railroad track. Instead of continuing
on the road that fool Annamlte
swerved off.on to the railroad and
we went bumping over the ties. The
jolting threw me from one end of
the truck to the other and bounced
another Annamlte right on to the
track. It took us snotlm- half hour
to drag the truck back to the road.
Off Road Frequently.
“We crossed a second range of
mountains, and on our way down hill
this time the brakeband broke. I
had climbed Into the seat with thla
wildeved native, hoping my presence
at his side might tend to restrain
him. This time he at least had brains
enough to reach down and throw the
engine in low gear. But in doing so he
let go the steering wheel and we left the
road again. If It hadn't been for aorne
trees I am sure we would be going
yet. because there was a deep valley
right under us. My heart stopped
heating a dozen time* during that
wild ride. But this was not all.
“When we had reached the next
vallev and I was just congratulating
myself on being alive, we came to |
a lagoon over which the truck had j
to he transported on a barge. Seven j
natives poled the barge back and'
forth, and it took them more than
an hour to make the trip. When we
were right In the middle of the la- I
goon T noticed that the barge was I
sinking lower and lower. Examining |
the center of the thing. I saw it was
filling with water. When I called the
attention of the Annamltes to this
thev became popeved with fright and
immediately started to pole It hack to
where we started from. We got there
just In time. Had it been 15 minutes
longer the bargp, truck and the new
motor for the “Chicago’’ would have
gone to the hottom of the lagoon.
“By this time the first streaks of
dawn was showing through the roroa
nut palms, and the crew on the barge
hallooed across the lagoon to their
fCends on the other side, who came
over with another barge for 11s.
Record Time for fliange
“When we got to Hus we easily
located Smith and Arnold at the little
French hotel, and In a short time all
were at work changing motors. On
the under side of the bridge where
thev had beached the plane, there
was a little track and car on wheels.
We got the old motor tip nut of the
‘Chicago,’ then rode 1t along on the
track and dropped It on the heach,
hoisted up the new ’Liberty’ and drop
ped It Into place. The whole job of
changing motora took ua less than
four hours. T have never seen this
sort of thing done with such «peed.
and although we were away out
there In a lonely comer of French
Indochina, I believe we broke all re
cords
"Only 71 hours had elapsed be
tween the time Smith and Arnold
had their forced landing on T.ln Thuy
lagoon, and when they were found
by Erik and M. Chevalier, towed 55
miles down the river by sampans, a
new motor brought 500 miles hv de
stroyer from Oaigon In Cochin China,
transported 50 miles hv night In a
truck through the jungle and across
mountains, and until that new engine
was Installed and running."
Nelson, Hording and Ogden return
ed to Tourane by auto, and Smith
and Arnold flew from Hue In about
40 mlnules. In making this flight
they flew along the same river down
which they had been towed hv native
sampans. Where It had taken 10
hours, drawn by man power, It only j
took 10 minutes to fly.
Next morning ala. m. the hoys
were out to the planes and shortly
after five they got off for Saigon.
On the way down the roast of Indo
china they passed a lighthouse on a
rocky promontory. There was a
French flag flying, and as they dtew
near the lighthouse keepers dipped
the flag three times as a salute to
the world filers, and the hoys roomed
three times In response. After flying
over miles and miles of jungle, la
goons, paddy fields and native vil
lages, at 1 :.10 they arrived at tl
mouth of the Mekong river and
marred In front of the < itv of Saigon,
"the Baris of the orient."
i
Read the next Installment of the
thrilling story of the round the world,
flight In The Omaha Bee tomorrow.
Large \ttendanre Expected
at Good Road* Convention
Kearney, Dec. —Between 600
and LO^ft highway boosters wer# ex
peeled to attend the Nebraska Good
Roads association meeting, which is
to be held In Kearney Monday. Jan
uiirv 12. According to word re
ceived from President Blackman,
both eastern and western parts of
the state will be strongly represented.
T^irge delegations from Omaha anti
Lincoln are assured. j
Invitations have been extended I
every civic organisation. Interested fn
promoting the Nebraska six year
program, to he represented.
Wedding of York Couple
Kept Secret Three Months
York, Dec. 2f> Miss Mae Rogers of
Bloomfield, for the last four years
bookkeeper for the York Daily News
Times, and Bdwsrd Harman, e York
county farmer, announced on Christ
mas morning that they were married
September 11 last at Council Bluffs.
Th*v will resid* on a farm near
York.
Seven Hunter# Kill 96
Rabbit# in Three Hour#
Tyrdgepole, Dec, —Seven hunter#
killed 12 larkrahhlt# and four roller
t»ll# In three hour# In thi# vMnlt
Rabbit# are becoming e peet here
and are ronaumlng lol. of corn A
big hunt will be alaged heie aoon.
c*--- .. , .. N
York Telephone Men
Aid Stalled Molorist%
by Opening High way
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York, I)n*. ?9.—Kloven York trie*
phone mrn did a public nervier
worthy of notice in o|»rning thr S.
Y. V highway through thr snow
drift*. Tlir.v had hrrn working
near llamton and aftrr thrlr own
truck* beesmr *turk In thr drift*
had abandoned them. On learning
that YU motorist* had spent the
night at a farm house g^l
• hovels, f (eared the i .tails and
helped (he stalled motorists out.
asr«a£— i ■■ n —
Truly Astounding Are the Opportunities for Saving on White Merchandise During This Sale
HP HAT exacting women think of the bargain
opportunities in the Brandeis January Sale
of White, is best told by the vast throngs of thrif
ty homemakers who have taken advantage of the
mighty reductions prevailing in this sale.
IN your consideration of the hundreds of un
matchable Values—a few of which are men
tioned below—please remember that quality was
£iven first consideration when our buyers were
searching: the mills and markets for the values
in this sale.
MOUNTAINS of snowy white -Linens, under
wear. Lingerie, Sheets, Sheeting, Towels,
Laces, Domestics, etc., are here all marked at
reductions that make it profitable to inspect your
supplies now and lay in a supply for months to
come.
— 1 ■ ■ ' 1 1 -- —
50 Horen repperell Si-Inrh Andrnscrog- 81-Ineh SlxiMl-Ineli 100 Horen 300 Mercer- 500 Yards 1,200 Extra Extra Special
Mohawk - njlj 1‘epperell *!„ nilow Bleached Bleached Turkish *-*«*•* 1 il"*n Large Hock m i
Sheets rl1 Shriinfi Tubing sheeting Sheets Towels Table Table Towels r,af
.1-39 32c 29c 42*c 1.10 “If U'M C“s I
firrsiV wrw ’SWAKU SSS,*r "-"”v 1.00 1.19 JdxrsK :
-!,;onSlx‘0 01 3 froni’ tuhinsr over *1 x 1 >’ for its w*>ar- making full quality mint- assorted col- hemstitched snowy whiu red borders. jimit 8 p u r- |
I si7a rulfi jean. in* qualities sized sheets 1,n cen- ored stripes. and scalloped all linen darn- Very special. chases
n . 7 ter mm. some coiored aak: *i8 inches
na^mrni- Rneement— Raaement— nn»rment— Ha<omfnH Mn,n Floor— nord^rs. wide. Slain Floor— Main Floor— |
: or North North North North South Mnln Floor-— Slain Floor— South eat jg i|
_ South South _ _
__ ^
January White Sale of
I durable Linens
300 Imported Linen
Luncheon Sets
Worth 8.50 to 12.00
6.25
A holiday number which ar
rived too late for Christmas
selling. White linen with col
ored border, or solid colors in
yellow, blue and rose. Lunch
eon cloths cotne in sizes lo
suit all tables, round, square
and oblong Set consists of
1 luncheon cloth and 6
napkins.
All Linen
Toweling
Tull bleached all
linen kitchen tow- \
ellng with colored
borders in assort- f
ed shade*. Very |
absorbent.
Fiber
Bed Sets
Silk fiber bed
set s, beautifully J
colored in shades
of r<*«e, blue and
yellow, combined
with white or
cream. Size 81 too
spread and bol
ster. J
Crocheted
Bed Spreads
IOC spreads. 78x
88; Rood heavy ;
| quality; very sat- A
• Isfactory and ser- f I
vlceable for hotels I J, §
and rooming:)
I houses.
A-k
Samples of Fancy
Bed Spreads
1/2 Price
COO fancy her! spreads, manu
facturerg' samples of.pllsses,
in;-1 .jeilles. patchwork and nov
ellte sets, and many others. In
blue, rose, lavender and orange
combined with white. Spreads
you would not think of getting
for such low prices.
6.75 Bed Spreads 3.38
7.50 Bed Spreads 3.75
7.00 Bed Spreads 3.50
10.00 Bed Spreads 5.00
^_r
Mercerized Clothe
'on—MxSS-lnch Cloths
Mercerized satin fin
!sh. round and squar*
hemstitched, scalloped
and plain; many ha\
colored edge; wor>
1 50, special.
2,000 Turkish Towels
Medium sixes Of
snowy whJte terrj ]
cloth with neatlv
hemmed ends. Ar L
exceptionally I
fcjor><J value In f
hand t^wph
All Linen Crash
Steven's natural col
ored linen, with blur
border. 16 inches aid*
An extra value fo
roller tow»|*. hand
towela. kitchen towels
etc.
100 12x72 Heavy
Linen Cloths
An extra heavy
• j'iallty of linen A
damask In prattv *\| I j
designs One of b^st Atl/V |
eloth va1u*s we .
i*ve *vor offered.
100 Yards Fine
Linen j
Damask
V 70-inch heavy ^
• luality linen dam
ask in beautiful de
H-ns This damask ^ (\Q
■ • mes in fill’ I MX
! Cached and silver 1 • /V/
>arb*d fin i she
5 7 00 value.
Mercerized Cloths
1 ^0 Cloths n
mercerized dam
i*k An tmuatial And
excellent value.
Fancy Turkish
Towels
1 '‘Of' a ▼•rv heat'
quality towel: manu
facturer* close out of
.ill towels of this
K rade.
Fine Cotton
Toweling
In all whit* or in th* -i
natural rolor. \>rv
annd quality for rn|i»r
1< trh«n and hand tow
-la.
On Sale Basement and Main Floor
January White Sale of
Jff AS fcUGooDS#
Wp have assembled tremendous stocks of sheets, slips, sheeting, tubing
and all domestic fabrics, and priced them at savings you are able to
make only in such a big event as our January White Sales. jj
Laconia Sheets
Sheeting—Pillow Cases
T.aeonia Sheeting is identical in construction and weight
with the best domestic fabrics made A wonderful wear
ing quality and of 3 superior finish. Th*> Brandeis Store
is Exclusive Omaha distributor for this fine product.
Laconia Sheets and Cases
Torn Size Slx99-ineh Sheets, each. 1 .4»9
Torn Size 81x90-ineh Sheets, each, 1.59
Torn Size 42x'16-ineh Slips, each. 39#*
Laconia Sheeting
9-4—Sl-inch Bleached Sheeting, yard, 59#*
w> 4—81-inch Unbleached Sheeting, yard. 53r^r
76-Inch Unbleached
Sheeting
Fire heavy quality for
making full
nheei s. Vn unusual
I value fur th.s low
price.
42x36 Inch
Pillow Cases
Made a pood dual
ity muslin In the most
popular size, fall thr-,p .
ineh hem and French
seam.
Fine Berkley
Nainsook
Berk ley n.v.nsook
i« 16 tnehei wide
In white. fleeh
honey dew. nieUe
nlle, blue end or
chid 10 yard bolt
Hemstitched Utica
Sheets
He c'l^bratad Utica
4
I J M
X • M Jr
value
Hemstitched
Pillow Cases
II*-metltdhfd p • 1 1 n u '
< *>f « made of good
.rude mu*j|n. size 4 - \
•s; an n ^ ant ' slue
Fine White
Plisse Crepe
The wanted ma
teria! for tinder
« e * r. pajama*,
night jownt, chil
dren’# bloomer#
etc.
II .i %e nt r n l—fenter
imported White ’ !;
Dimity [|
In Bs«or*d checks'*
sr.d stripes. Very j
shee- and popular
for dr»s mi |
blouses, etc. ; ;
36-Inch White . t||j;
Underwear Cloth
Alto *n colors All |Kj|
standard qualities I jjfij
with neat cheek?. * I jjiy
Very durable.
40-Inch Fine
White Batiste !|
In »xira lustrous
■i ,ality. highly S <
an mercerised
F.ir infants' wear, wj
1 .ngerle, etc. «Jlj
j5-Inch White
if
Longcloth
|5nwhite with
f A\/
h a ni o i s f nith I ii- */oC •
: r ■ !dr<
undies I K
I pi
30 Inch Fine
White Flaxon
1
A sheer. crisp ma Jj^
teriaI for aprons E
dresses, uniforms j
snd childrens , I
t* ear. 5
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Tuesday—The Second Day of Our January White 1
ICf^Sale of Fine Undergarments I
A Splendid Value Group of Underwear f
200 Pretty Chemise
1.98 Value for
.Made of '-ollea, crepe, shadow batiste snd
e'riped batistes, trimmed daintily with wide
and narrow laces. Inserting* and colored
embroideries
280 Pretty Night Gowns
1.98 Value for
. Crepe, voile, shadow batiste and striped
■ b.itlste and novelty materia!*; bands of wide
y lar* or narmw Insertion and colored cm
f broidery. Also trimmings of hemstitched
narrow ruffle
500 Pretty Cotton
Undergarments
ftrrHUiia tlii'V me ullghlly i on it t • i unlli'it.
ilunr rre rnlurrd In nno-half prim.
Thn Inf lududftft rhi-tnlsr, strp-ltis. w-yls,
palflcoiila, IlngrllB »llp», Nlrrly trltnmri
with Ucbb, ambrnldptw and rlbbnrn,
150 Crepe de Chine
Envelope Chemise
Regularly 1.98
1.00
Trimmed in wide bands of lace
and insertion; scalloped and lace
' dye at bottom._
t'lir llrsndrU More thliH ri««r
600 Princess Slips
1.79 Values
Made of plain sateen or ltngette; fine white
muslin; fancy and plain tailored st>les; all
have shadow- proof hip hem.
400 Philippine Gowns and ;
Teddies '
Worth 1.98
All beautiful hand i d<> garment* of fin.
n’(nsook, hand embroidered and hand
sewed throughout. Gowns are full rut and
long; teddies correctly sired.
200 2.98 Value
Costume Slips
1.59 .
F.nre trimmed, bodice top with wide
bands of lace. s. ",np 1 bottom witfc
narrow Uee trim.
