The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-27
On Receipts Of Messages
From Missing AeronautS
SAYS THEY WERE ALBRIGHT
Howley and Post Won the Bennett Tro-
ply and Established New Worlds
Record for Sustained Balloon
Flight.

New York, Oct. 27.-Alan r. Hawley
and Augustus Post, the aeronauts in the
balloon America IT, for which search
had been prosecuted in the Canadian
wilds, are safe and well, and have estab-
lished new worlds record for sus-
tanned balloon fight. They travelled APP
proximately 1850 miles and came to
oartn in Chicoutimi county, Quebec, last
Wednesday, but were not heard from
until yesterday when kilograms sent
from ST. Ambrose, Quebec reached New
York
This is the first news from the ball
loonists since their departure from St.
Louis with nine other competing bal
looms in the international contest on
Monday, October II. All the other bal
looms had previously been reported,
Two messages from Hawley and Post
were received here early last night
One was to William Hawley, brother
Of the aeronaut; the other to Samuel
Y Perkins, pilot Of the balloon Dus-
seldorf H. which until last night had
been considerd the winner The mes
sage to Mr. Hawley said:
LANDED in wilderness week ago 81
miles north Of Chicoutimi Botn well.
tSigned) Alan"
The Perkins message ran;
LANDED Peribonka river, north Lake
Chilogana 10Th. All well returning.
IA To la
With the receipt of these kilograms
ended search which had come TO be
regarded by many as almost hopeless
and one in which the governments of
this country and Canada were indirect
Is participating. For, in addition to
the emissaries sent by the Aero club
OF st. Louis by the Aero Club Of Amer
lea, and by William Hawley the United
States revenue cutter service, the sig
nal corps Of the United States army.
the Hudson Bay company OF Canada
and other agents were conducting the
search, scouting the Great Lakes and
making preparations for entering the
almost impenetrable Canadian forests.
Clifford b. Harmon, the wealthy
amateur aeronaut and aviator OF New
York, had offered 81 900 to anyone find
ing Hawley and Post dead or alive and
tits sum had been increased last night
by subscription to more than $1,000.
At the international aviation meet at
Belmont Park nearly $1,000 was sub
seribed among the aviators headed by
$500 pledged BY Glenn H. Curtiss
Young Perkins. who accompanied
Lieutenant Hans Gericke in the Dussel-
dorf. conceded Immediately on receiv-
ing the telegram from Hawley and Post
that he and the German yielded first
place to the New Workers. Perkins
estimated the distance travelled by the
Dusseldorf at ,240 miles He was over
ioyed at hearing from his long lost
rivals and quickly dispatched to st.
Ambrose with instructions to have it
forwarded to Messrs. Hawley and Post
this messages;
Indications are that you have brok
en- the worlds record for sustained flight
in balloon. Please accept my sincerest
congratulations on your success. You
are the only ones ! would be glad to
see win outside myself. know from
my own experience what you must have
risked to make such trip"
William Hawley shouted with delight
when he heard Of his brothers sue
cess and safety. For the past week ne
had been under constant strain and
had been in hourly communication with
points in Canada from which he hoped
to receive news OF the landing. As the
outlook grew less hopeful day by day
he did not lose faith in his brothers
ability to come through alive. He had
sent J. II. Pope and Edmund Stratton
to ottawa to carry on the search but
he telegraphed them last night OF the
happy ending.