The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
ALLDOWN BUT ONE
Eight of the Nine balloons That
Started Saturday
In the Aero Club Races Have
Been Heard From.
INDIANAPOLIS WON.
Both on Grearest Distance and
Time in the Air.
1t Assembled to a Height of
$4,000 Feet.
INDIANAPOLIS WON

Indianapolis, Ind, June All but
one of the balloons that started in the
Aero club of Americas great nation
al race Saturday, have been heard
from. The st. Louis III is supposed
to be sailing toward the Gulf of Mex
leo.
The Indianapolis won the cup Of
fered for the greatest distance by the
indianapolis Merchants association,
having approximately made 16 miles
better that the Ohio. She also won
the Fisher trophy for time in the air,
having a margin of almost two hours
over the Chicago.
The victory of the INDIANAPOLIS
men and their 10000 cubic feet capac-
fty balloon, is considered remarkable
inasmuch as they are new at balloon
. ing. They started on their fight with
hve bags of sand, or approximately
$50 pounds of ballast and were light
ly proVisioned. They made 235 miles
and were in the air 19 hours
A message to the Associated Press
from the men says their highest alti-
tude was 1900 feet, approximately
u miles. They were shot at twice
as they went over Kentucky, but
were not hit.
A. H. Morgan, pilot, and ]. A. Wade,
Jr.. assistant of the Cleveland, re-
turned to Indianapolis today. They
were much displeased over the show
ing made by their balloon. The balloon
after attaining a height of 10000 feet
and after going 20 or 80 miles began
to spend its force rapidly and to drop.
They dropped over not only all the
sand, but also began emptying can
teens and throwing away provisions
and overcoats. But the fight was
doomed and they finally came down in
a field eight miles west of Columbus,
after being in the air less than three
hours.
Mr.. Harmon said:
THE only incident to mar our trip was
about 10 o'clock Sunday night, We were
passing over the center of Morgan
county, Ala
Expecting to land in the wiIds of
Canada, we were loaded with guns.
ammunition, heavy shoes and clothing
and canned goods. In an endeavor to
find another air current to carry US
higher we decided to throw away about
200 pounds of stuff. Not wishing that
1t should be lost, we descended to with
in 900 feet of the earth and began put
ting it where it would be found near
houses and villages. When directly
over a small village eight miles north
of Birmingham a man with rifle
cried: Come down here-you, or l will
bring you down.
I'VE continued our course and he
fired three times one of the bullets 60
ing through the basket. Officers have
been sent from Corinth in an endeavor
to arrest the man. We had plenty of
ballast and could have stayed in the
air longer, but we were turning north
and could find no southern current.
We saw Coey descending as we were
crossing the Kentucky line"
The balloons that landed Saturday
night were:
The Ohio with DR.. H w. Thompson
and ]. Blake, in the Indiana race; at
Nashville, Ind.
The Cleveland with w. H Morgan
and ]. Wade, in the National race; near
Columbus, Ind.
Three landed yesterday were:
The Chicago with c. A. Coey and
John Bennett, entered in the Indiana
race; at Scottsville, KY.
The Indianapolis. with DR.. Goethe
Link and R. j. Irwin, in the Indiana
race; at West Moreland, Tenn.
The University City, of st. Louis,
with John Berry and John Mccullough,
in the National race; at Blanche, Tenn.
The Indiana with Carl Fisher as
pilot, was reported last night to have
landed for a few minutes and then put
up in the air again.