The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-28

 DOWNCAST' Wires the Kaiser That He Cannot Reach Berlin
 Before Tomorrow MANY ACCIDENTS
 DURING FLIGHT Thousands of People Wait in Vain to See Landing of
 Dirigible Balloon Great Excitement and Police Hard Pressed to Check
 Disturbance
Especial from United Press.) }

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-Count Zeppelin wired the Kaiser late this afternoon from Bitterfeld that it would be inn possible to reach Berlin today with his new dirigible balloon.
 Just preceding the message from the Count the Kaiser was in receipt of a telegram from Crown Prince Fried rich Wilhelm. who is with Zeppelin at Bitterfeld, awaiting the arrival of the balloon, in which the Crown Prince asked his father to order Zeppelin to remain in Bitterfield over night and conclude the trip to Berlin tomorrow.
 The Crown Prince took this step for fear that the Count, in his great de- sire to fulfill his promise to arrive in great risk in view of his impaired health. Almost to the very last Zep- pelin- clung to the hope that he would be able to sail the big dirigible into Berlin before the day was over. At noon he telegraphed the Kaiser that as soon as he boarded the balloon here which he then expected to do about sunset, he would drive in with all possible speed in an effort to reach the capitol before midnight.
 Later reports as to the progress of the kShip, however, showed that it was encountering adverse winds and soon as expected. This news almost broke the Counts heart and he wept when he realized that he had broken his promise to the Kaiser. The Crown prince tried to cheer the aged aviator but he refused to be consoled.
 When it was definitely announced that the balloon would not Arrive to- day revolutions were enacted by the countless thousands that thronged ev- cry available open space in the city and environs. Hundreds of extra po- lice were needed to quen the disturb ances and in several places. notably z %1c Tavr1 1r1r1I fnr- 1.fr ,1 diers assisted the police in checking the disorders. The crowd had waited patiently, most of them since early morning, and believed they had been the victims of another joke such as the one which brought them out on May 30.
 The city's decorations will be kept in place and the program tomorrow will be carried on almost as large a scale as that planned for today.
 The entire population of Berlin and a half million visitors suffered the keenest disappointment today in the failure of Count Zeppelin's new dirigi- ble balloon to arrive in time for the unprecedented program of festivities that had been planned in honor of the balloon and it's builder.
 The Zeppelin III, after undergoing repairs at Nuremberg, sailed from that city this morning at o'clock At 10 o'clock it was reported over Hof in Bavaria. It had taken hours to
 
 The vast throngs that gathered at all the vintage points to witness the ar rival of Zeppelin, were. in varying moods today as the time progressed and the airship failed to appear. At times the crowds became SO unruly that extra platoons of police were called into service to preserve order. Early editions of newspapers told of the slow progress the ship was mak- ing and the impossibility of it's ar- rival today. This greatly incensed the people who remembered the fiaScO Of May30 when the people were hoaxed ing to the capital in his balloon.
 To allay the anger of the people the newspapers quickly issued other edi- tions informing the public that the creased speed and would reach the city late in the afternoon. These an- nouncements had the desired effect, though the wisdom Of the action is rive the thousands who are now gathered on Temple Hofer Plain at Tegel, Krenzborg, and score of oth- CT vantage points will undoubtedly be angered to the rioting point by their long, needless vigil. A huge multi tude began streaming toward Tempel Hof.r Plain early this morning, for it was nere the airship was to descend the shouted greetings from the Kaiser before landing at Tegel. There was a similar exodus to Tegel and late this afternoon thousands made for Kreuz- berg Hill overlooking Berlin. Every hill around Berlin is now thronged. There are two persons in Berlin who are not believed to be disappointed over the failure of Zeppelin's newest airship to perform up to expectations. They are Major Gross and Major Parz- val, two rival airship inventors who have bitterly opposed the rigid type of balloon that Zeppelin prefers. They have been reSpOnSible for The war ministry's rejection of the rigid type.