Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-25
HOPE FOR A|R-MEN
Lines of Search Extending for
Missing BaIIoOnists.
RELIEF SHIP TO START
Will Sail From Michigan to Follow
Probable Course of America II.

/ NEW YORK. October 2J.-Lines of
| search. extending out into the wilds of
| Canada, sent no word today of Allan X.
! Hawley and Augustus Post. who sailed
in the balloon America ii from ST. Louis
! October Il. in the international balloon
| race. and have not been heard from
! since shortly after the start. Members
j of the Aero Club of America were still
! anxiously waiting word today of the
| missing aeronauts. who believed to
| nave landed somewhere in the Algomo
district and are slowly making their way
/ TO civilization, through the bogs and
! forests.
! rescue balloon will be sent up i'm the
northern part of Michigan in hopes that
| 1t may take the direction OF the America
| H. and sec any distress signals that may
! have been set after the aeronauts landed.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. October 2J-Prepara- =
tIons TO send the rescue balloon for Haw-
ley and Post were hastened today. S.
Louis Won Phui, who will pilot the re-
night for Canada. He plans to begin his
aerial hunt from Sault Ste. Marie.
Two Countries Searching.
That the search for the balloonists is
being made by two countries is shown
by the kilograms which have been re-
ceived by the Aero Club of ST. Louis
within the last twenty-four hours. These
have come from the heads of the ca
madam government. and from the Sig
nal Corps of the United States Army and
officials of the Canadian railway systems
Altogether. sixty kilograms have been re-
ceived from persons hunting for the
America ii.
e. L. Mattice, district engineer of the
National TranscontinentaI railway teIe-
graphed from North Bay. Ontario. that
he has iwred north and will report later
Mr. Mattice's Jurisdiction extends Over
the region in which the local club Off
Gals believe the America III Will be
found. Other district engineers of the
railway have replied in like tone.
Deep Interest in Canada.
OTTAWA. Ont. October 25.-The
work of systematizing the search OF
Hawley and Post of New York, the
missing aeronauts, and their balloon
the America III, is we'll under way here.
Edmond F. Stratton, representing the
Aero Club of America, spent a busy
night following his arrival here late
yesterday and has already made his
headquarters focal point at which
reports from Ontario and Quebec will
be received. From the data already
available and that which is coming in
map is being prepared upon which
the location and time Of sighting bal
| looms last week will be noted
Within forty-eight hours" said Mr..
Stratton today, Sufficient advices
probably will be at hand to indicate the
courses of the balloons known to have
crossed Georgian bay. If, when the
courses of the Azurea, Dusseldorf III and
others are plotted out. there still re-
mains several points on the map where
ha hc1 ha1 =
these points indicate a fairly straight
course, it will be taken for granted
that the America III got safely across
the great lakes.
Hopes to Establish Trail
Despite the somewhat essimistic view
held by the Dominion government officials
of the results to be obtained from a
search of the vast Wildernesses of north
ern Ontario, Quebec and Ungava Mr.
Stratton is confident that definite trail
can be established which will lead to
the finding of the America il and the
rescue of Messrs. Post and Hawley
Il concede," said Mr.. Stratton. that as
the situation now stands it would be ri
diculous to send out relief expeditions
But with the cooperation of the press
OF Canada and the reports from all
sources I believe We can figure with a
| fair degree Of accuracy the course of tho
A
across Lake Huron and the Georgian
bay.
The last definite. though unverified. re-
ports OF the America ii came from
Mackinac Island. Beyond that point it is
| up TO this time mere speculation. Little
| fear is entertained that the aeronauts are
yet In distress. The America III CARRIED
provisions for four days and materials for
eIuhihg seI S hsh and game. which are plenti-
1ul IN all parts of the region of Ontario
| and Quebec where the America III NAV
| have landed
| May Meet With Hunters
| Besides this there is always a prob
ability that they will come in contact
with hunters, Indians. prospectors or
game wardens. who cover the country
| pretty thoroughly"
| The story brought down to Hunts
| Vile by Richard Cole, guide who has
returned from New Ontario, to the ef-
feet that he sighted balloon last
! THURSDAY Will be investigated at once
part of his story. as viewed here, is
that he fixes the date as Thursday.
| The Dusseldorf. Germania and
Azurea. the balloons covering the long
day, and If Coles story stands it will
be regarded unmistakable proof that
| the America III got safely across Lake
| Huron.
| Guide Cole. it developed today. was
| with DIR. and Mrs. Meyers of Toronto
! on Rumsey lake, about twenty miles
north of Biscoe on the line of the Ca
madam Pacific Railway. when the bal
loon was sighted 1t apparently made
a landing on the shore of Fox lake
some two miles from Rumsey lake
and about twenty-five miles due north
of Biscoe.
A heavy SnowStorm and fear of frost
drove Cole and his companions out be-
fore efficient attempts to reach the
aeronauts could be made, but upon
reaching Biscoe a searching party was
dispatched Provisions were left b,
DIR. Meyers in a hunters cabin OF
Rumsey lake. and shots were fired tc
attract the attention of the aeronauts
Active Man, Aged 1O3.