Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-24
TELLS Of MURDERSIFATE STILL IN DOUBT
East St. Louis Prisoner Ex Friends Fear the Missing Bal
poets to Hang, He Says. Ioonsts Have PerIshed.
ONE VICTIM IN CHICAGO NO NEWS SINCE TUESDAY
the Alrshlp Was Then Passing Over
Michaelis Michigan Town
HAD BEEN POLICE MYSTERY SLIGHT oNLYFOR HOPE
Factsa dian Forests n fol
to Author II.
Friends Fear the Missing Bal
Io0niStS Have PeriShed.
NO NEWS SINCE TUESDAY
Airship Was Then Passing Over
Michigan Town.
SLIGHT REASON oNLYFoR HOPE
Rescue Parties to Penetrate Cana
dian Forests in Search for
the America II.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. October o4-ThA
balloon America III. the only one of tho
international race entrants which has
not yet reported landing, passed over
Thompsonville, Mich. Tuesday. October
is. according TO n message received
this morning by tho Aero Club of st.
Louis
The message was signed by Allan r.
Hawley and Augustus Post, pilot and
aid. 1t read:
"Thompsonville. Mich
America ii passed over this place
Tuesday. Course due NORTH
The delayed message was dropped to
a farmer eight miles from Thompson
vile. and was forwarded by T. s.
Northrop Of Thompsonville.
Northrop, replying IL a message of.
inquiry. said the farmer who received
the message from the balloonists
talked with them, and read the name
of the aerostadt on the gas bag The
course OF the balloon was west Of St
Ignace, Mich. over Suttons bay.
Followed Two Others.
The America III, according to North
rop's message, followed the course Of
the Azurea and the Helvetia- The
former landed thirty-two miles north
east Of Biscotasing. Ontario. and the
latter near Vile Marie, Ontario.
The receipt of the message revived the
hope Of the Aero Club officials that Haw-
ley and Post are alive. and now it is only
the question OF getting them back TO
civilization. Lewis Spin0ler. who is
route to Toronto to lead an expedition
OF rescue, has been advised to confine his
work TO points westward of Sudbury. on
the Canadian Pacific. The hudson Bay
Company teiegrdphed that all OF its trap
peIs at the outposts have been advised
TO look for the missing balloonists and
render any necessary aid They ware
also instructed TO forward word OF the
landing soon as possible.
Dispatch Not Confirmed.
Hope that the balloon America Ii and
its pilot and aid are safe lies. il 10 said
here today. Ia the unconfirmel dispatch
that a yellow gas bag landed last We'd
nesday thirty miles beyond the place
where the Dusseldorf III came to earth.
The dispatches from Montreal say that
a relief expedition has gone to the place
where the balloon is supposed to have
landed The Aero Club OF st. Louis Oh
American entry is in the Georgian bay
district, and it is that point Lewis
Spindler. now en- route TO Canada, Will
search first.
If Allan r. Hawley and Augustus Post
landed beyond the Dusseldorf III, Ii IL
thought they will be able to make their
way to civilization in the same manner
that Hans Gericke and Samuel +. Per
kins of the Dusseldorf did Hawley and
Post We're well provided with extra cloth
ing and were better acquainted with the
country than any of the other pilots and
aids in the International race.
Friends Fearful, But Not Hopeless.
NEW YORK. October 24.-Gravest fears
are expressed today for the safety or
Allan r.. Hawley and Augustus Post. who
started from St. Louis a week ago today
in the balloon America ii, in the inter
national balloon contest, and are thought
to be lost in the wilds OF Quebec. far
from civilization. No word from the
officials OF the Aero Club Of America, to
which, under the rules OF the contest.
the aeronauts must report as soon as
they reach means of communication.
I'VE have no word from the America
II, but are not without hope" was
the statement made at the Aero Club this
morning.
Edmund Stratter, an intimate friend or
Mr.. HaWley, left for the Quebec region
early today, whence he Will direct and
concentrate the search for the missing
balloonists William Hawley. brother OF
Allan Hawley, anxiously awaited news
from his brother today.
Said to Have Landed
There were reports from Ottawa last
night that the America liz had landed
somewhere north of there at kiskisink.
Quebec. This is near the place where
the Dusseldorf II landed. and IT Is
thought that that balloon was mistaken
for the America II.
II the America II has escaped tha
dangers Of descending on any OF the
inland lakes the aeronauts still face the
serious hardship Of forcing their way
through the battling forests of the now
north, through which rove bands
OF wolves and wild animals.
Dusseldorf II in Lead.
A dispatch from st. Louis says:
With no news of what distance the
New York balloon American III may have
the Dusseldorf is placed BY
the experts as having the longest flight.
Lacking returns from the New Workers.,
the Dusseldorf holds the record at about
100 miles In the flight for the James
Gordon Bennett trophy and several cash
prizes.
Judging by the experiences of others
in the race who landed In the Canadian
wilds. Hawley and Post may be enduring
the greatest hardship. Gericke and Per-
kins of the balloon Dusseldorf III and
Capt. Emil Messner and mis- aid of the
Swiss balloon AZurea experienced the
greatest hardship in returning TO civili-
cation. Some of them had TO swim icy
rivers and almost succumbed to exposure
in their frozen clothing. All found the
penetration OF the underbrush so difficult
that days were required to cover few
miles
Yellow Balloon Sighted.
MONTREAL, October 24-Blanckerts
arrived here yesterday from La Tuque.
Quebec, some distance from the spot
where the Germania landed Wednesday.
He and Capt. Hugo Won Abefcorn had
desperate fight for their lives after COM
ng to earth. They were thirtytwo hours
orcing their way through an unbroken
crest to the railway line, with only q
ew crusts of bread for sustenance. Their
clothing was torn to Shreds and they
we're almost in a state of collapse when
hey struck the railroad.
There they met a construction gang and
rom them learned that a large yellow
alloon had preceded the Germania over