The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-18
CANNOT LOCATE
WELLMAN PARTY
Wireless Operators Fish the
Atmosphere In Vain.
STEAMSHIPS HAVENONEWS

Beaten All Records For Continuous
Fliqht - son.In.Law OF Intrepid
Aeronaut Believes Decision as to
Advisabillty OF Continuing Trip
viii Soon Be Made-Hsnssr Ready
For His Return.
New York Oct. 1S.-The wireless
people fished the air all day and
mght for Walter Wellman and the
dirigible America, but there was no
answer to the incessant call "Wn,"
sridulating from steamships in the
North Atlantic lanes and from the
many public and private stations
along the coast.
At the rate Welman and his crew
were senGing along the America, the
airship, If still aloft, should have
PASSED Sable Island, n. s., but the
Nlarconi station at Camperdown, n.
S., could not connect up with Jack
Irwin the wireless operator of the
America
Word has been received from 25
Atlantic liners. none of which men
toned the America, although all of
them presumably had been calling to
Irwin for a tip as to his whereabouts.
The westbound Italian, San Gugliel-
mo. reported herself 200 miles east of
Sable Island, and she had no news of
the America. Tho Columbia cracked
down her own location to the Mar
conf station at Cape Race, but gave
no report of the balloon.
From Nantucket to Cape Race, the
wireless operators logged ships VIII
asked for news, but had none which
to give. Many of them were in posi-
tions where they might have been
expected to hook up aerials with the
America. The Numidian was off Cape
Race, as were the Iverna. the Presi-
dent Grant and the Teutonic. The
Sable Island wireless questioned the
Cedric hopefully when they caught
her 1876 miles southwest of Sable
Island, because she was about where
the America should have been; but
the Cedric knew nothing. Also
southwest CT Sable Island were the
Madonna, LaGascogne and the Kroon-
land, but they showed on with only
formal reports for the station log
books.
With no word from Wellman in &c
hours, the friends of the Americas
crew are getting anxious. There is
absolutely no indication as to where
the dirigible has veered, whether she
was still pegging away toward Ire
somewhere on top Of the United
States or in Canada's basement.
If the America is still sailing, she
has beaten all records for continuous
flight of drlgibles, possibly all rec
ords for endurance by gas bags.
Count Zeppelin on May 81, 1909, sail
ed his dirigible 81 hours, travelling
more than $50 miles. At Atlantic
City Wellman's hackers were figuring
that he has travelled at least 1000
miles in the SO hours the America
has been afoat. They knew that
to head across for Europe or to head
around and scoot for the hanger
which Is kept warm for him at AT
lantic City. Wellman told them be
fore he was pushed off that he would
start back for Atlantic City the mo-
ment he and his men decided that
the voyage to Europe is impracti-
cable. Leroy Chamberlain, Walter
Wellman's son-in-law, said:
$50 far as we can make out by
study of the maps and charts which
we have, the America has reached a
point where it can be decided wheth,
er there Is a chance to reach Europe
II is almost safe to say that this de,
cision is being reached now, or will
he reached within the next few
hours, by the men aboard the Amer
lea. ! believe that the America al
might fall was off st, Pierre, N. F..
and had turned east directly in the
transatlantic steamer line"
Lots OF folks along the board walk
and around the hotels were betting
that Wellman would reach the
hangar here before he did Ireland
They were willing to hand it to Well
man, and especially Vaniman, for an
apparently sincere attempt to reach
Europe by the air route, but they
were betting that nothing much
would happen.
II was said here that Wellman had
requested President Salus of the
company backing the venture TO keeE
the hangar mp ready for him, so that
~ case they decided It lunracticable