The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-31
ALL RECORDS
LEFT IN REAR
BY ZEPPELIN
Count Sails Through 456 Miles
of Air and Starts on Re-
turn Voyage.
GREAT TRIUMPH FOR
GERMAN INVENTOR
DISAPPOINTMENT OF KAISER
AND PEOPLE WHEN THE AIR
SHIP TURNED BACK.

Behlin, May 30.-Count Zeppelin,
whose remarkable performances in his
first airship brought unbounded honor
TO the inventor. today accomplished
the most striking feat i'm his career. He
guided his Zeppelin II from Friedrichs-
hafen 10 Bitterfeld a distance OF more
than $50 miles, without landing. The
Journey lasted nearly twenty-five hours
and so far as known tonight Count Yep
pelin is still in the air on the return
journey to Friedrichshafen. He mas
already beaten all records for dirigible
{ balloons with the opportunity Of great
/ ly improving Che performance
Berlin Disappointed.
/ It was announced that the count
/ would come to Berlin and land at the
] TemDeIhOf parade ground. Hundreds
! of thousands gathered there this after
/ noon Tine emperor and empress, sew
| eral Of the princes and the leading milf
/ tary officials and officers were present
and toward evening searchlights were
set 10 work, in anticipation Of the ap-
/ prOach Of the airship- Soldiers Kept an
/ enormous space clear until haf-past
10 o'clock AT night. when q dispatch
from Bitterfeld announced that the air
ship was returning TO the starting place
most intense disappointment
Count Zeppelin, who personally was
iu charge Of the airship and whose hand
was at the tiller during the greater part
Of the journey. had not allowed a word
to b1 made public relative to bis inten-
tion to undertake an endurance TRIP. II
was. however, common knowledge that
ne purposed to seize the first favor
able opportunity To proceed TO Berlin
i'm his newest craft. Zeppelin II. which
was rebuilt 10 displace the one de-
stroyed near Echterdinsen.
Conditions Favorable.
The voyage began under favorable
conditions. There was a lowering SKY,
rain ClCUds andJa strong side wind
!. when ths airship left the floating han
4 shortly after 9 O'Clock last night.
The ShtB. assembled directlY Tor few
hundred feet and passing over Tie
town of Friedrichshafcn. proceeded
. northward.
Early in the morning the people of
TrouchtIingen small city in central
| Bavaria. were awakened by the noise
Of the propeiiers of the craft which was
passing slowly. This was the first oc-
casion the count had jOurneyed over
Bavaria and his arrival an hour and a
b half later at Nuremberg caused the
greatest surprise to thousands Of
pleasure seekers, who were preparing
: for the holiday excursions.
The ship Unanswered over the city
, and then a card was thrown out, stat
: ing that a greater amount Of water
= and benzine had been used than was
expected. and that the craft would de-
! sCend to the surface Of Lake Dutzen-
b teich to repienish the water supply.
e This however, was not carried out.
3 Count Zeppelin continued his cruise on-
e ward without interruption in direct
e line toward Berlin. passing over sew
eraI towns at a low altitude until he
f reached the frontier Of SaXony, where
] the airship was headed straight for
e Leipsic.
2 Evoiutions In the Air.
] kilograms received there from tho
south indicated that Count Zeppelin
would make a landing and the entire
population waited for several hours IN
the streets and open spaces to greet
: him. Instead Of landing the count put
his craft through series OF maneu-
vers for a half hour, coming at times
q comparatively close to the tops OF
n buildings He then went on. CrOssing
! Halle to Bitterfeld. No time was vast
{ ed there and to everybOdy's surprise the
- airship. after describing a circle, turned
e again and sailed TO the south.
s In the meantime tho military author
70 tiles at Berlin were absolutely without
advices as TO the counts plans. Major
o ] Cross. commander of the army balloon
70 corps. said that no arrangements had
!, been made for the landing Of the air
e / ship at TegcL the military balloon mead
n quarters. The local authorities, how
p ever. learned from private dispatches
that the airship was apDroa ching anf
e 50 informed the emperor and the prince
e When Il was definitely announced thai
Il the airshiD would not land here tn,
y crowds ar first refused to give credencs
to the report. but finally dispersed.
Dispatches Received.
. The following dispatches were re-
) ceived here throughout the day. de-
: scribing the progress Of Count Zeppe
, Inns flight from FriedTichshafen alons
: the route to Bitterfeld. which IS abOu
= ninety miles from Berlin,
"FriedriChshafen-C Count Zeppelin as
; cended in the airsbip Zeppelin IT at ga
2 last night. Complete secrecy was main
= tanned as 20 the object Of the trip. bu
Z it was reported that If condition.
? Continued on PsQs 7.