Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-06-03
ZEPPELIN BREAKS
A|RSH|P RECORDS.
German Count Sails 456 Miles
Without Landing.
STAYS IN THE. AIR ~ HOURS
Emperor, Empress and Princess Await
Arrival In Berlin But Are Dis
appointed-Soars Above
Several Provinces.

Berlin, May 31.-Count Zeppelin.
whose remarkable performances in
his first airship brought unbounded
honors to the inventor, guided his Zep-
pelin H., from Friedrichshafen to Bit
terfeld, distance of more than 456
miles in 20 hours without landing.
It was announced and widely dis
tributed in special editions of the
newspapers that the count would come
to Berlin and land at the Tempelhof
parade ground. Hundreds of thou
sands gathered there.
Emperor Waiting for Him.
The emperor and empress, several
of the princes and the leading military
officials and officers were present, and
towards evening, searchlights were
set to work, in anticipation of the ap-
proach of the airship. Soldiers kept
an enormous space until half past
ten o'clock at night, when a dispatch
from Bitterfeld announced that the air.
ship was returning to the starting
place at Friedrichshafen which caused
the most intense disappointment.
Count Zeppelin, who personally was
in charge Of the airship and whose
hand was on the tiller during the
greater part Of the journey, had not
allowed a word to be made public rel
alive to his intention to undertake an
endurance trip. 1t was, however, COM
mon knowledge that he purposed to
seize the first favorable opportunity to
proceed to Berlin in his newest craft,
Zeppelin II, which was built to replace
the one destroyed near Echterdingen
last year.
The voyage began under rather I'M
favorable conditions. There was a
lowering sky, rain clouds and a strong
side wind when the airship left the
floating hall shortly after nine o'clock
Saturday night. The residents did not
were accustomed to night flights, and
when the great ship took the air at
8 40 there was not cheer to speed
her on her way. The ship assembled
directly for a few hundred feet and
passing over the town of Friedrich
hafen proceeded northward
Awakened by Airship.
Early in the morning the people of
Treuchtlingen, a small city In central
Bavaria, were awakened by the noise
Of the propellers of the craft which
was passing slowly. At this place the
count dropped out card divulging his
intention to proceed farther north.
This was the first occasion he had
journeyed over Bavaria and his arrival
an hour and a half later at Nurem-
berg caused the greatest surprise to
thousands of pleasure seekers, who
were preparing for the holiday excur-
sions.
Count Zeppelin continued his cruise
onward without interruption in d.
rect line towards Berlin, passing over
several towns at low altitude amid
the cheers of the populace, until he
the airship was headed straight for
Leipsic.
kilograms received from the south
indicated that Count Zeppelin would
land, 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
a series of maneuvers for half hour,
coming at times comparatively close
to the tops of the buildings.
He then went on, crossing Halle to
Bitterfeld. No time was wasted there
and to everybody's surprise the air.
ship after describing a great circle
turned again and sailed to the south.