Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18.-Only three Of
the thirteen balloons that started from this
city in two contests yesterday have landed,
according to reports received late tonight.
The three that have dropped out of tho
race are the Topeka, at Washington, Pa. !;
the Drifter. at Uniontown. w. Va. Both
entered In tho free-for-alI contest, and the
Drifter, piloted by Albert Holz Of Cincin-
natl. has been declared . winner OF the
free-for-au race by A. B. Lambert. official
starter, on the ground that the other threo
entrants I'm the event were not ready at the
scheduled time.
The eleven balloons which have not re-
ported landing aret
America III, Miss Sophia, Indiana III, MIL
lion Population Club, Pennsylvania, Centen-
niaI, Hoosier, Buckeye and New York, all
the entrants in tho championship race, and
the University City and the Luzerne, In the
free-for-all event.
The Million Population Club balloon, en-
tered from st. Louis in the indianapolis
meet and pIlOted by s. Louis Won Phui, with
Joseph Reilly as aide landed near TraffOrd
city. a few miles east of Pittsburg, Pa, at
1925 o'clock p. m. today. Won Phul has
shipped his balloon to st. Louis.
PITTsBURG, Sept 1S-At least
three of the thirteen balloons that as
cended from Indianapolis between 5
and p. m. yesterday passed over the
environs of Pittsburg late this after
noon, and at dusk tonight were re-
ported still pursuing a course east
by north, at a rate of from ten to IL
miles an hour.
In the twenty-four hours since the
ascension the aeronauts have covered
about 400 miles.
The only landing reported was from
Washington, Pa, this evening. The
Topeka had come down at o'clock
this afternoon seven miles south of
Washington, on account OF shower
Pilot r. S. Cole and his aid, F. M.
Jacobs of Topeka, reported that most
of the night they had Travelled so close
to others of the big aeronautical party
that they could talk from basket to
basket
The Topeka was entered in the free
for-all event.
Eastern Ohio, western West Virginia
and Pennsylvania were balloon hunt
ing today. All afternoon local news
paper offices were advised from out
lying districts that three balloons. sail
ing high and separated by about ten
minute intervals, had been sighted.
The first report came from Washing
ton. Pa. Two balloons had been sight
ed there at p. m. and the third had
passed at 1850 p. m. They were all
over 1000 feet high.
TURNS IN FIRE ALARM
At Cannonsburg, just northeast of
Washington, the balloons were sighted
by hundreds of people, and one got so
excited he turned in a fire alarm.
over the junction of the Mono ga
hela and Youghiougheny rivers he
aeronauts evidently encountered trou-
bles with the lower air currents and
avoided them by mounting to height
Of nearly mile. At this altitude they
sailed up the Monongahela valley, over
the fire and smoke of numerous steel
mills.
Between 2 and 3 o'clock the balloons
were sighted from the southern sub
urbs of Plttsburg, at McKeesport,
| at Elizabeth, Carrick and Mount Oliver.
| At the extreme height 1t was 1mpos-
sible to identify the balloons and as
duck closed in they were reported bare
ly visible as they proceeded northeast
| along the course of the Allegheny river.
/ During the afternoon showers threat
ened several times, and at p. m. some
rain fell here, but at that hour no re-
| port had been received of any OF these
| three balloons landing.
The wind held steady at about twelve
| miles an hour, as 1t had all day.
The local weather bureau reported
| that during last night the aeronauts
! couId not have had a wind OF much
| better than four miles an hour, but
| at daybreak 1t was almost brisk.