The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
GERMANS LEAD.
They Have Apparently Won the
Balloon Race.
The POmmern Covered a Dis
tance of $50 Miles.
YETONE ITO HEARFROM
The Whereabouts Of L'Isle de
France Not Known.
Flight of st. Louis Stopped by
Fear of the Sea.

t.. Louis, OCC. Zo.-AC CLOCK I0lS
afternoon and only one balloon, L'Isle
de France, to be heard from the Ger
man contestant Pomnern, which land
ed at Asbury Park, N. J., at a. m,
after covering $50 miles, had a lead of
go miles over its nearest competitor, the
German balloon Dusseldorf, which
landed at Dover, Del, after a fight of
100 miles. air line from st. Louis.
At IL a. m. message was received
at the Aero club headquarters stating
that Alan r. Howley and Augustus
Post, who sailed in the balloon st.
Louis, had landed at Westminster. No..
at S:45 this morning. The distance is
750 miles on a direct line from st.
Louis. The message stated that the
landing was made because of the proxi-
nifty of the Atlantic ocean, towards
which the balloon was sailing.
The St. Louis could have remained in
the air much longer, but the atmos-
phere was very hazy and the pilot and
his aid being in doubt as to their
whereabouts and fearing that they
were approaching the ocean, decided TO
descend. The landing was made with
out difficulty and the balloon is intact.
Westminster is % miles northwest in
an air line. r.
be awarded to the balloon that has COW
cred the longest distance from st. Louis
measured in straight line, regardless
of how long the balloon may have been
in the air or how many miles the re-
cording instrument carried shows to
have been actually travelled. For ex-
annie, a balloon that has Travelled LOCO
miles and returns to within 100 miles
of ST. Louis would lose the race to a
balloon that Travelled only $50 miles and
landed that distance from St. Louis.
The Previous Records.
The rao0rd for fha raca sailed
from Paris last year was 4O2 miles
The German balloon Pommern, No. i,
with Oscar Erbsloeh as pilot, landed
! today at Ashbury Park, N. j., after
covering an air line distance from st.
Louis of nearly $50 miles. The worlds s
record for fight, not made in con-
test, however, is 1000 miles, held oy
Count Henry De La Vaux of France.
Count De La Vaux also nefo tne 1u-
ration record of Al hours and 40 m1n-
utes.
Iy held the lead in the race AnotneI
| German contestant, the Abercron VIII
| Pa11l Nickel as pilot, the SMALLEST Dai-
| loon in the race, being half the size
| of some of the giant rivals, is appar-
emily second, having landed near Do
| yer Dell which is a distance Oh ap-
proximately s25 miles TO ner cae4o, e,9ot
the distinction of having been the only
| balloon and aeronaut to cross the
Alps. g. 1,,,s has
,.ndad at westminster, not far from
| Baltimore. after a fight of 73O miles
The United states landed last night az !
| Caledonia, Ont. after nlgnI u ~
| miles. The English contestant Lotus
II. has landed in Ohio, loo niies M s, a"Hy tiy.
having descended because OF the ~, ~,
nass Sf lieutenant Brabazon, the aio
to Pilot Brewer.
The contest for first honors is sure
| ~ he close and the official record made
hv the balloons will not be known m uh-
~ measurements are received from
| Government sources at washington.
The Pommern's achievement is re-
rarded with a great deal OF lnteresL s,
The daring German aeronauts uIo '., no
descend until confronted by the VerS
| shores of the Atlantic ocean. ~ tnl'
condition had not been met IL Is pc.
lieved the Pommern might easlly nay y,
axceeded the 1900 miles made oS
Count De La Vaux oo ha,.
Mount Holly N. J., Oct. zo.-A pa,
loon at a very high altitude and sall-
ing RAPIDLY northeastward passed oee'
Mount Holly about ll;So arta a. m a,ned' ned
RaItimore Md, Oct. pa rePor
oornas from st. Margarets, Anne
| Arundel county that at O'CLOCK III.
morning a balloon was seen 10 s,,er, sA..e ~,
disannoaring on the eastern shore I~'
Naps and the figures of tw omen IN I'M
, basket were discernable.
, Frenchman Is After Them.
; Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. "a pat
, loon carrying a French nag wnlci
3 nassed over Mount oily, n. j., 20 mlie
{ portheast of here at noon today ma
, hoa,, renorted near Hightstown, n. j
5 moving in the direction of Lam
Branch, N J., not far from As6ur
: PARK, where the German naifooI
Pommern landed. The balloon
L'Isle de France and II Is the oliiS VII
e that has not landed. -. .