Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-23
Major Hsrsey, Of The Government
Weather Bureau Travels $40
Niles Before Landing.
SAILED 70 NEAR HAMILTON, ONT.
Several Of the Other Contestants in
the international Race Have Not
Been Heard from, But 1t lie Believed
That the Anne leans Have Won the
Big Event.
tny AssocInted pressl

ST. LOUIS MO, Oct. 22.-Scatter-
ed through Ohio. with one or two In
the vicinity of the Great Lakes and
another heard from near Chatham.
ontario, all nine of the big balloons
participating In the second internn.
tional ae.onautic cup race Ncrc still
in the air tonight. Throughout the
afternoon reports of balloons AT VA.
rions points In Ohio nave been com.
ing IN, while Detroit first sent word
of the contestant which afterwards
passed the Canadian border The
Identity OF only four of tho balloons
has been definitely established.
Through kilograms dropped and adj
blessed TO the Associated Press the
balloon America. one Of the Three Am.
erican contestants containing Mrssrs
Mccoy and Chandler. reported from
Marion, Ohio. The message said that
the America would descend on the boI-
dcrs of Lake Erie. probably nea.
Cleveland. The German balloon Pom.
mern passed over Cleveland late this
afternoon and Pilot Oscar Erbsloeh
dropned q note saying: Open water
ahead. All Well"
The PonAnern had been reported
enrlier-m the day III the. interior OF
Ohio. ''s es8'
A note dropped This morning at New
| Augusta. Ind. near indianapolis con
veyed the Information that the bal
! loon passing was the Lotus ILL., the
i English ontiant.
| The French balloon Isle de F. ance
dropped message for the Associated
| Prcss at Columbus Ohio.
! There has been much speculatlon
/ II ere as TO the identity of the balloon
which PASSED into Canada with an.
ma emily wild clead in the big race
The balloon is reported TO have flown
| two American flags and this fact is
accepted by some of the officials of
the race MS indicating that the balloon
Is the United States with Maio. Henry
u. Hcrsey. of the United States
Weather Bureau as pilot.
The United States was the winner
of tho International race of 1906.
Look Upon He-sey as the Winner.
The lnllOon carried two American
flaggs. but all tho contestants were
deco. ated with flags and bunting. The
Aero Club of ST. Louis is inclined Ia
believe. however, that there can he
| no mistake as TO the identity of the
leader and are freely predicting That
Niajor Hersey will win the contest
The balloon reported at Detroit and
late ut Chatham has followed the
course which Major Hersey would
take. Thee seems no doubt that the
record maze in the race at Paris last
year of i02 miles will be exceeded BY
every balloon. Nearly all the balloons
reported in Ohio have covered more
than that distance while those on the
Great Lakes are more than 100 miles
| ahead OF the record.
Rroke-All Records. N
CALEDONIA, ONT. Oct 22.-The
balloon. the United States. of which
Major Hersey. of the United States
Weather Bureau mt Washington. Is
the nilot landed alnut l2 miles south
OF Hamilton. Ont. at 6:l5 u. M. The
United States crossed the State of II
linois. then crossed Lake Michigan
and LakeySt. Clair to the middle OF
Lake Erie when change of wind
carried 1t north into Canada to the
-, 2iacs 81 iGs.:s I'll,
( -, ouis to Hamilton. Ont. on an air
. line is approximately 600 miles. There
fore tho United States travelled abont
Clio miles which is far ahead of the
| record made in the European race b,
Lieutenant Lahm, whose balloon
won the international Gun by Saline
from Paris to point 402 miles dis
tant