Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-23
The UNITED STATES IS
FIRST BALLOON To Land
HAVING MADE 700 Miles
American Balloon Landed Last Night Near Hamilton Ont
Having Made zoo Miles in % ROlfsAll the Other
BaIlOOns Are Supposed 10 Be Still AfIOat

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Caledonia, Ont, Oct. 1.-THE !.
!: balloon the United States. OF :. :
which Major Hersey of the :.
!: weather bureau of Washington, $,
: is pilot, landed about II miles :.
: south of Hamilton, Ont, at s6:15 ::
q p. m. III WIS sit
The United States crossed -
the state Of Illinois, thence ::
= across Lake Michigan and Lake !.
8 st: Clair to the .middl e of Lake :.
= Erie when a change Of wind car =
s: ried it north into Canada to the =
i: place Of landing
: The distance from st. Louis to =
!. Hamilto on an air line approx :.
: nlately is $40 miles. therefore the =
I! United States" travelled about !:
i: 700 miles, which is far ahead OF :
= the record made in the European :.
: races by Lieut.. Lahm, whose bal :.
:. loon won the dnternat ional cup BY i.
: sailing from Paris to a. point in :
: England 402 miles distant
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st. Louis, MO Oct a.. The be.
ginning Of the end Of the greatest bal
loon race ever held in America, the
second contest for the international
aeronaut cup, was signalley tonight by
the landing OF the American balloon
United States s att a point 10 miles
south of Hamilt ton, Ont, near the
shores Of Lake Ontario. The United
States is believed to have held the
lead ii the race at the time Of landing
and in its rs hours OF flight from ST.
Louis had covered a distance Of APP
proximately 700 miles, measured in
an air Inc The United States is
& the present holder Of the cup and rec
ord for a race, having estab lished it
4 III a fight from Paris last year. 4O2
miles is s5ss fss8 Il .ys5
The nearest rival to the II United
State" is believed to- be II the big
chrome yellow German cruising bal
loon Pommern, 4 which was last re
ported as Whirling across Lake Erie
in the teeth Of a 335-niie gale.
8 News Of the landing Of the United
B States tonig was just a bit disap-
pointing to followers OF the araceS here
who were comic ently predicting that
Major Hersey would break the
world : record Of / 200 miles.
The report of the landing of the
United States not having been re-
ceiyed until several hours after the
descent has led to the conclusion that
some Of the other contestants may
have come to earth In places remote
from telegraph facilities. In the alb.
j sence Of definite reports, however
the other eight balloons are believed
still to be in the air.
With the exception Of the United
z States" and Pommern, all Of the
other contestants seem to be scattered
h tonight over the state af Ohio, several
Of them nearing the West Virginia
4 line
Ait Columbus, O., there has beer
much speculation as TO the identity d
4 the balloon which passed over ints
Canada at apparently d wide lead Ii
the big race. The ballon is reported
TO have flown two American flags anc
this fact is accepted by some OF the
officials Of the race TO indicate fhat
the balloon III the United States
with Major Henry B. Hersey, of thu
u. 81 weather bureau, as pilot
Ss There seems no doubt that the rec
ord made In the race from Paris las
year, 4o2 miles, viii be exceeded by
practically every balloon in the pres
1 ent race Nearly all the balloons re
ported ii Ohio have covered more
than that distance of ground Will.
those on The Great Lakes are NOR,
than 100 miles ahead of the record
The report received today that foui
balloons were seen 20 miles southeas
of St Joseph, Mo-. was eoneertinl
for a time to followers Of the race
but IL was not verified and has beel
dismissed from consideration All d