The Washington times., 1910-09-18

INDIANA POLLS, Ind, sept S.-Ac-
cordinE TO the data al the Weather Eu-
reaJ office here. in the absence Of di-
rect communication uD TO noon today,
the balloons that LEFT the Motor Speed
vav last evening in the championship
and free-for-aE races should be IN the
vicinity OF Cleveland or SandUsky. Ohio.
some Of them Hossibiv lowering ggsr
r.a'se r.
An unconErmed geographic rtnnor was
current here Al $50 O'Clock that some Of
the balloons had been sighted near
Cleveland. This IS not unlikely in view
q the course Of the wind and the dis
tance that could reasonably be expected
20 be traversed.
The records al the Weather Bureau
show that Jhe aerCnauts did not have the
rest night for aerial travel that could
have b1Cu desired The surface currents
az the start were very gentle. rot oZ-
ceodinS eight or ten miles an hour
While The afternoon had been bright
tho weather cIcUded UD soon after the
start and a storm seemed imminent. Il
was not serious however though IL be-
gan 10 rain about $50 u. m and con-
tinued to dTizzle throughout the night
UntI about O'Clock this morninG. The
faH vas not heavy bat It was sufficient
TO give the aeronauts a good wetting
unless they rose above the clouds
Trend Toward Northeast.
This morning over northern Ohio the
weather was cloudy. but there was No
rain, except a slight fall at Columbus
There was q varied assortment II air
currents that NAV have affected the
tiGued TO be toward the north ..sst
At Toledo the wind was Blow ing north
east, while at Cleveland the direction
was due north However, 10 onset this
there was a current coming down from
Michigan toward the southeast. which
would, If the balloons reached the vicin-
ity Of Cleveland. keep them still headed
toward northern Pennsylvania, western
New York or Canada. The aeronauts.
before the start, were hoping that this
direction might be maintained, and the
figured on Nova Scotia OF Newfound-
land as a possible landing place
Carl Fisher. OF Indianapolis. pilot OF
the Indiana II, had not been heard
from here up to 70 a. H., Cut just be
fore the start yesterday ne said that
he expected 10 cross the big lakes some
tine today II he was not compelled TO
descend last night or this morning. 81
is probable that his expectation viii be
realized today.
Safe From Drowning.
Should the Indiana IT be forced t.
come down in the great lakes, Fisher and
Bumbaugh, its occupants, Will be reason
ably safe from drowning, as AROUND the
top Of the lar-s,e basket is a rubber tube
inflated with air, which, on a practical
test kept the basket afioat
If the balloons are near Cleveland as
reported, Pilot J H Wade and his aid,
A. II. Morgan, in the Buckeye, may
take SUNDAY dinner at home II they so
desire. as theE are residents Of that
city The Buckeye at the start was
conceded to be the most beautiftsl bal
loon Of the thirteen
The first to land of the balloons that
ascended from the motor speedway last
evening was the LUzerne, L. E Custer,
Dayton, Ohio. pilot, which was entered {
in the free-fOr-au event The Luzerue
came down last niSht at 7:15 near No
bleSviIIe Ind, though the news was not
received until this morning
Smallest In Race
The Luzerne was the fifth balloon to
ascend and left the grounds at sos p. m /
This bag had a capacity of only 2i.0o0 (
cubic feet, and was the smallest of all
the thirteen ships that sailed aw2- in
both races. 1t looked almost like a
TOY compared with the other monsters
that had preceded * and those that