Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-31
COUNT ZEPPEL|N'S
AERIAL VOYAGE.
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Took His Airship from Fred
erichshafer to Bitterteld, 456
iaiIes. Without Landing.
HE HAS BEATEN ALL EC0RDs.
Inventor Personally in Charge Condi-
llors Fayorablc--,Jour,cy Took
Twenty-Five Hours.

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Rerlin, May so.-count Zeppelin,
whose remarkable performances in his
first ftirship brought unbounded honor
to the inventor, today accomplished the
most striking feat in his career Ha
guided his Zeppelin II from Friedrlchs-
alafen To Bitterfed, a distance of more
than 1855 miles. without landing. The,
journey lasted nearly o. hours and 50
far as known tonight Count Zeppelin is
still in the air on the return journey
to Frieirichshafen He has already
beaten all records forsdirlgible balloons
with the opportunity OF greatly im-
proving the performance.
1t was announced that the cotlnt
would come to Berlin ana land at Tho
Tempelhof parade ground. Hundreds
or thousands gathered there this after
upon The emperor and empress, Sex
eral OF the princes and the leading mile
cary officials and officers We're present
and toward evening searchlights We're
set to work, in anticipation of the APP
proach of the airship, Soldiers kept an
enormous space clear until half past
10 o'clock ut night, when u dispatch
from Bitterfeld announced that the air.
ship was returning to the starting place
q Mt Frledrichshafer. which caused the
most Intense disappointment. ~
43 Count Zeppelin, who personally WAS
lin charge of the airship and whose hand
was at the tiler during the greater part
of the. journey, had not allowedsa word
10 be made public relative to his inten-
ton to undertake an endurance trip.
lit was, however, common knowledge
that he purposedto seize the first favor
able opportunity to proceed to Berlin
in his newest craft Zeppelin III, which
was rebuilt to displace the one de-
stroyed near Echterdingen.
VOYAGE BEGUN.
The voyage began under favorable
conditions, There was a lowering sky,
rain clouds and a strong side wind
when the ;lirship left the floating hail
shortly after 3 o'clock last night.
The ship assembled directly for a few
hundred feet and, passing over the town
of Friedrichslafen, proceeded north
ward
Early in the morning the people Of
Trouclltlingen, a small city III central
Bavaria, were awakened by the noise
siof the propellers OF the craft, which
was passing slowly. This was the first
occasion the count had Journeyed over
Bavaria and his arrival an hour and IL
half later at Nuremberg caused the
greatest surprise to thousands of pleas
nle seekers, who We're preparing for
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The ship maneuyered over the city
and then Il card was thrown out. stat
ing That a greater amount OF water
Il and benzine had been used than was
8 expected and that the craft Mould de-
scend to the surface of Lake putzen-.
teich to replenish the water supply.
This. however, was not carried out.
4 Count Zeppelin continued his cruise on
ward without interruption III d direct
line toward Berlin, passing over several
towns at a low ,altitude5until he reached
the frontier Of Saxony where the air
ship was headed strght for Lclpsic
Nl4ANEUNERED AIRSHIP.
kilograms received there from the
& 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
lis craft through a series of naneu-
&rers for Il half hour. coming at times
comparatively close to the tops OF
buildings. He then went on, crossing
Halle to Bittorficld. No time was wa ST.
cd there and to everybody's surprise the.
airship, after describing a circle, turned
again and sailed to the south.
In the meantime the military author
tiles at Berlin We're absolutely without
advices as to9thc counts plans, MAI
y Gross, commander of the army balloon
corps, said that no arrangements had
been made for the landing of the airs