The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-10-20
WEL.LMAN STARTS
ACROSS ATLANTIC
IN HIS DIRIGIBLE
Ventures in Doubt as to
Whether First Trip VIII Be
a Trial One or the Real
Struggle.

New York, Oct. 15.-The New York
Times received several dispatches from
WelEman during the early afternoon.
They were all dated ION board the air
I%artic," and were as follows:
"f1:0O A. M.-Stopping motor to
work wireless. Now going east, north
east. Everything fine"
! "11:05 A. Nj am sending and re-
oeivina messages by the Marconi wire
less, while the motor is running. We
are going 20 knots an hour: Fresh
northwest winds. Fog still thick"
The next to be received was a mes
sage addressed to Mrs. WeIIman and
Mrs. Vaniman. 1t was timed on board
the airship at 1880 a. NJ, and said:
"AlI going fine, headed east north
Observation-Disclosures"
This is taken to indicate that Well
man intends to head the America
strsight for Europe.
Nav York, Oct. 15.-The airship
America, with Walter Weliman and his
progress over the Atlantic in a north
easterly direction at 1:45 this after
noon. This information was SON.
tanned in a dispatch received by the
Associated Press at 2 p. m. 1t was
dated ION board the airship America,
crossing thu Atlantic, las =. m, Dc
oroI ,af 1S the Is m s55o10f hard. we Av are no5
about IS knots an hour. All going we'll.
"Weilman."
rios s5a the first ST wireless rel s. di 9s a Prom rom
Headed northeast," If said. aAll we'll
on board; machinery working fine.
Goodbye. J. Irwin"
Another message received here at II
o'olock brought the news from Well
man that the start has been made for
Europe. The American is making 20
knots an hour, according to Weilman,
with the course laid east by northeast
"All we'll on board: Fog lifting at
HE'S and every bit of machinery
working smoothly" says the message.
his crew to the local men who backed
his enterprise arrived at 1 .. m. II was
dIrected to Joseph w. Saius, president
Of the local syndicate which has sup
ported the project. 1t says:
"All did nobIy. We are doinu our
best to repay your loyal support.
Wireless Operator Miller, just before
room had again spoken to the America
through a vessel between the airship
and the shore: While the message was
not entirely plain, its purport was that
Wellman and his crew had decided to
rope.
I'VE are headed due northeast, but
have taken no observations and will
not know our exact location until
noon" it read.
he American wireless apparatus has
a radius of about 100 miles.
Word was received here this after.
noon from the weather hIIreaI, ~
Washington that the West indian hur-
rIcane is coming up the coast.
An attempt is being made by Well
mans friends to reach him and warn
storm. 80
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 15.-The
long deferred attempt of Walter Well
man, journalist, %aeronaut and explorer.
to cross the Atlantic from the United
States to Europe in a dirigible airshin
was begun this morning at an early
hour. when his balloon, the America.
left the hanger here and disapneared
to the eastward in a heavy fog.
After weeks Of deIay. which had
aroused doubt in the minds of all hut
the staunchest of his supporters that
any real attempt would be made to
start the fight, news was flashed at
4 O'Clock a. m. today that a start would
De made this morning. Melvin Vani-
man, chief engineer, and F. Mnrrv
Slmons. navigator, had paced the bal
loon shed throughout the night. hating
their work Of examination Of every
part OF the balloon only to look ont
doors at the weather.
Partner Wildly Delighted.
shorty after midnight the wind
dropped to a slow southeast breeze.
followed NV q cntfli-~ Ia =
heaviest fogs known on the coast
Friends of Vaniman, who had stood by
him and declared their belief that he
would try either with or without his
partner, We1lman, We're overjoyed when
at 4 o'clock Vaniman declared the
america would leave the ground within
the next few hours.
1t took more than two hours to got
the airship out of the hanger, with the
assistance of policemen and 6remen
and 1t was S:03 when the craft left the
ground. 1t foated into the fog off
shore and within five minutes was lost
TO sight. About l,a0o persons, ~hc had
the start.
When the airship left the ground,
Mr.. Wellman did not know whether
only a test would be made or whether
the trip to Europe would be started at
once. 1t depended on how he found
things when he got into the air. he
said.
When he left here, it was his inten-
ton to go north. following the New
Jersey coast as far as New York. If he
found the airship working to his sat
tsfaction and conditions remained right
he Intended to follow the route OF
steamers up to Nantucket and then turn
| eastward and follow the tracks of the
transatlantic liners across the ocean
| He expected to make every effort tC