Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
M|XS STORY
 IF FLIGHT Winner of James, Gordon
 Bennett Cup HIS THRILLING VOYAGE
Much of the Time the Di- rection Could Be Ascer- tained Only By the Com pass - Everything Had Gone Overheard

Paris, Oct. Edgar W. Mix of Columbus. Ohio. winner of the inter national balloon race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy, which start ed from Zurich. has sent from War saw the following account of his voy- age to the Associated Press:
 Leaving Zurich on Sunday at 3:57 ?. m., we were unable to recognize our route only as far as Constance Thence to the finish the direction could only be determined by compass During Sunday night our balloon was in drenching rain and sometimes it seemed to be at a complete standstill. By o'clock in the morning half our ballast had been used.
 The passage of the Bavarian Alps through rain and clouds was thrilling. Once we swooped down the mountain side with frightful velocity, plunging into a chasm of fog which seemed bottomless. It was as if the earth had opened to swallow us up. ''The balloon several times crashed through tree tops. After two hours we. emerged from the valley and got a northwesterly slant of wind. When clear of the mountains we moved at lively rate. Our guide rope dragged over raffn houses, breaking tiles and chimneys. and peasants rushed out with cries and imprecations.
 We then found the guide rope had become unraveled and hoisted it into the basket for repairs. A few hours later we recognized several villages and then the town of Konigstadt.
 After passing over Konigstadt, which cost three sacks of ballast, we rose through clouds to an altitude of 4.O00 meters (about 15.000 feet). We began to descend at r. 70 D. m. Emerg- ing from the clouds about 4S0 meters above the town of Waldenburg. We were obliged to jettison eleven sacks of ballast and half of our provisions to keep clear of the roofs, but as it was the guide rope dragged over the wires of the fortress and the railroad station, creating consternation among the population.
 We rose again to 2.S00 meters. throwing out life savers. mattress and the remainder of our provisions. Gradually we continued to ascend af- ter attaining that altitude until 6 o'clock in the evening With good equilibrium we managed to keep afloat until 3 o'clock Tuesday morn ing and without the expenditure of ballast, of which, as a matter of fact. there was not an ounce left.
 '.The balloon landed and became wedged between pine trees in the forest of Gustova. We waited until 6:30 before deflating and then search of whom had been in America and spoke a little English. With their aid we loaded the balloon on carts. While this was in process a forest guard wantonly killed a dog belong ing to one of the peasants. arousing great indignation. We accompanied the owner to the proprietor of the es- tate to lodge a complaint and found a peasant woman speaking a little French, who registered in our log book an entry of our landing. While the peasants were conveying our bal loon to Ostrolenke the woman gave us a primitive meal of potatoes and and water
 "On our, arrival at Ostrolenke we were stopped by the police, who took us, together with the balloon. to the station, where we remained until in- structions were received from St Pe- tersburg for our release