New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

.a,. massage received by L. N Scott.
~ the balloon race. says that the King
nan-s landed at Hampton. M4nn-. thirty miles
Edw"< e. Paul at 7:4I p. n The balloon In
scufn -, u necane caught in telephone wires So
desee7 nnorn. the pilot. Lieutenant Bennett. was
far AT O'Clock the other four balloons
unn''u,nr high over Eden. Mimi. sixty-nine
~en soufhxest OF St Paul. they having swerved
nass ~s.tward after starting toward Lake Mich
iesn .,.,o.r ,o-nieht Manager Scott had
Up - -o,5 Of the landing OF two other balloons
re0 ~. King Edward. The America came to
eesa@ miles southeast OF Owatonna, Mimi.
earn r-n;ted States landed at West Concord,
MINI Ian r...,v.d of the Pommern or
If the Chicago
ine event of a week that had been devoted
'ne ..-.,,;,v and psgeantry. incident to the con-
&c :, shriners in this city. was witnessed by
thousands ,,..,. ,,..r,.,+
iHe rben the first attempt was made to start
W ruoon King Edward. the smallest OF the nve
W 81 c,aft a large number OF spectators mar
.scaped the basket, and for moment II
- - ss IL some one might be caught In the
SEN The balloon was quickly brought back to
,s,-;,r place, however, and no one sunereo
us w,rse than nomentary fright
NJ -.oe was scheduled to start at O'Clock.
. lang before that hour the crowd began 10
80 - n witness the imitation of the gas bags
e.e'. yesterday prevented a test Of the lifting
- - the gas and when the work OF lnnation
- - This af:er7loo,- It was discovered that the
pee heavy and that, therefore. it would be
"a, hours before any OF the balloons ~ouio DO
-, enough to rise with their loads
p... ,,k of imitation began about 1-So O'Clock,
o,clock none Of the balloons was moro
LIZ sn. .--.e-ousrters filled, while the Chicago. the
&c of the five. was just beginning to oeiiy.
".s,.nsnt J. B. Bennett, pilot OF the King Ed
-,, owned by the Canadian Aero Cluo' OF WIZ
r;u.e was The first TO get away
r.orge l. Adams, Minneapolis reporter, mao
.,.rn.a IN 90 with Lieutenant Bennett in the
rsrord hut ss the balloon was about to
:. ~,s.ses Il was discovered that Adams woufd
"a zoo much weight TO the load which the oai-'
,oor xould be compelled to carry This balloon
,ss oauacity Of only 5000 cubic feet.
A. fbe national guardsmen tugged at the guy
,o,es 10 prevent the balloon from rising the VINO
carried the gas bag forward toward the efouno' 80
that II alrnost caught In IT'S nel'ihe '"0
who crowded around
-su ., z.1e O'clock the King Edward vas
..-r r.,..sed. II was too heavily ballasted, how
.v.- and though Lieutenant Bennett tnse" o"'
...s !. vas clear that the balloon was going 80
loulv ,hst the basket would strike the other nai-
laons and possibly inture many persons
tn. King Edward was brought back 10 the start
a.. r,sce more gas was pumped into 1t, and nnaisy
.. ..s bauled without the Enclosure and at 4-ss
,c,oc. was released. AS the balloon rose Lieuten-
senne.t poured out ballast. and. still rising the
yi,r Edward passed over the granosfano toward
the southwest.
As struck the higher currents OF Az tne osi'
,oon +urned toward the south and then toward inc
- - -+., n vanished from sight II was SAIL
ing eoutheast ,,,-,.a
p-.narst;on for the sailing Of the America owned
hv1, \ Scott Of ST. Paul, was then hurrleo' ano
81 5ss O'Clock this balloon. which has caaaoty o.
seae cubic feet was released. Captain +. e. auu-
son of Louisville, pilot CT THIS craft anu ''e
sssis.sn, was Horace B. Wild. OF CnicasD,
-ss-e-t - ,.u ras the United States, owned by
pcbsrd Ferris Of Minneapolis This balloon was
njo,.d bv CAPTAIN A. p Mueller. who was accom-
pa,.d by ". G. Sheppard, a Minneapolis newspaper