The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-15
Young M'Queen'S
WILD FLIGHT9A II O uN u
THE CLOUDS
Guthrie Boy Had Thrilling
EXperienee on Airship


ST. Louis Mo, Nov 15.-Lost in the
hhaa&.s Sastes u (aher coo feet
shose ,he4 soudE. witbseray the srn
for company and the creaRilg of the
balloon ropes as the only sound to
break the jilence that hung. over the
scene iikeA bdh three MEN heard 'lta
hrst aireless iteIssrAhs 6Jef sent und
er similar condidohsd at 3;45 O'clock
Friday afternoon. The sender Of the
message stocd on the American De
Ferest Wireless telesraph tower on nc
world's fair etdunds. while ths three
men who received the message, out Of
sight of the thousands Of exposition
fsisiicrs.l who had watthe'l the cav
drift slowly into the distant clouds,
were Paul lSnabenshue, of Toledo, O.,
A. w Mcqueen, a wireless operator
and Win s. Forman. OF the Globe-Den-
ocrats Worlds fair staff
.rhe story ~ tre transmission and
tho receipt bf the telegran,s marks au
epoch ia enc world of science; but
The story toidfhS the three men who
descended Ia the aerial craft is one
Of danger, beauty and emotion. There
have been NUMEROUS balloon ascen-
sions carrying the SAME elements OF
nnncxaegerated danger0hO the aero
siihins biItjFndhy's fiightds,i the first
IN history where the perilaof 1.-The 0e.
cupants of the speedius car was seeul-
1ngly rHIieyada1by, q eenoNuraging ames-
saEes dashed 60 tlien.ntDropeh two
rniles Of AR larse3 has 81 Io
The balloon left the neronautio con
course at 81 l5ino'clock friday after
aOon. Knabenshue was riding in the
rigging, carrying 70 pounds of ballast
in his lap Mcqueen and ForIqan,
stood in the basket. the former wear
ing the wireless apparatus oser his
head a
Sensation of Motion. if.a
There WAS the sensation of notion
the balloon careened slightly. caugh.
by gust of wind from tine west. The
ascent could hardly be feit il was
rather sensation Of moving lnterally
Slowly the ground seemed to drif
downward, the car apparently hanging
in midair, Knabenshue threw on bel
last The car responded to the les
sered weight and the magnificent
panorama q the Worlds fair lay out
like . monster has ronef 400 fces
below the aeronauts.
TO The left. q picturesque pile o'
lights aud shadows pillars Of plm,
domes, was the main picture 1ha.
spurt OF tho fountains in the rlain la
eooh sent sfiall columns of mist Wind
.ng upward toward the balloon Th,
Ferris wheel 1S5 feet in height ap'
pearcd IKE the pinwheeli ot some. day
light pyratechnioal soheme The
Philippine reservation spread out like
sorne Enthusiastically conceived fan, withI
Arrowhead lake surrounding as q sill
yer thread.
Throughout the rapidly disappearing
picture ofept small objects stopping
aI times as though watching the IN
significant vehicle that was carrying
the n,ea toward the sky. They were
Qeople--men and women. apparently
the size of peas A sweep Of wind
carglt the gas bag She Qu!yered
and swept back toward the west, rls-
ing With the speed of an arrow.
Top Of Fair Building.
Lock at that farm below" called
Knahenshue. from his seat in ihe rig
girg. "see the di0ereht helds--ligh'
and shallow Isn't It great7"
That's he top of the Agriculture
building" objected Mcqueen, rubbing
his hands from the cold
Ut can't be, responded Nnaoer-
thue. "Ne must have drifted far from
that part u the fair grounds We're
going fast yon know 4"
"But there's The Philippine coserya-
tion away to the west" insisted Nc
Queen, The three men stood looking
intently AZ the area below Before
they had settled the dispute they were
enveloped in the clouds and the earth
was lost to view
The discomfort OF that voyage
through the clouds is all but indie
scribable. The cold was interse Tho
Vapor cut through the garments Of
the men like a knife. Knahenshue
was alternately rubbing his ankles
with his hands and paying out ballast,
feeising a warmer current The wire
less instrument began 20 tick and