The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-24

1872 miles north OF Quebec and 1,1l0
miles from st. Louis, only the Amer1co
II. Is left unaccounted for OF the ~
that sailed from st. Louis week am 8
Since the Germania and Dusseldorf
II. both descended north Of Quebec
and the Helvetfa at Lake Temi6knWs
Ing, In northern Ontario, It Is thought.
there that the America II. may ~ 4
down somewhere between Lake Ten
iskaming and Lake st. Jonn. r. q Yf.4
on the other hand, the America ~
crossed Lake Superior well 10 tGo
west, as has been reported, atr celf.{
rents may have carried II into ~ ~
seIIsvs Men Are ssf1. u \
II Hawley and Post have Land
somewhere In the desolato ~
nesses OF northern Quebec or O.
tario 1t may take several days Tor
them to communicate with the our
side world. Unless some grave 90
cident has occurred to their bal n
looms the men are in no danger, ~ y
the country In which they probably
have landed Is well stocked with
game and they have arms and am
munition with them. The Indiana are IS
friendly and intelligent and are mOv- q
ing out to their hunting grounds II y
this season.
Besides the search being made Tor
the America ii. by the Canadian K:
government, the United States ara IS
the Aero club OF America, 1o.0Qo
officials. engineers, contractors ap4
laborers on the trans-conttpsntnl
railway system between La Tuquo, e
p. 8. near Quebec, to Superior Juqo.
ton I'm Western Ontario, are IN IA a
lookout for the balloons. g. ~ ~. n
ent, chairman of the National tp4nng u
continental railway commission No. n
Of the divisions at La TuQue, ue<el
Superior Junction that the Ameg1oo
III. Is still missing and direcsing
that any news Of 1t or it's crew ~ 4
Immediately reported to him. This
being Sunday" said MIR. Parent,
"the men will be scattered thr0uyh \
the woods away from the lines,
1t was believed that up to he
time the Dusseldorf III. was reported
at Lake Kislxisink, 1.240 miles from
the starting point, that the Ger
mania which descended at La Tuques
Quebec, had won the race for the
international cup after traverstne
approximately 1900 miles. II nav
appears that the Dusseldorf IL has
won the coveted prize for Germany
instead OF its team mate, uni0oo
Messrs. Post and Howley have cOy.
cred even a greater distance Bosn
balloons have exceeded the. worlds
record established by Comte Henry
de la Vaulx In his 1.19S-mfle hight
from Paris to Siberia several years 4
ago.
The hazardous flight Of Hans Ger &
icke. pilot and Samuel Perkins, aide,
OF the Dusseldorf, II vividly told -
an interview with them from Kinr
kisink. The aeronauts made thas
statement:
we had fifteen bags Of ballase
when we landed and We could hAx9
stayed ND 36 hours longer only To- X
had we gone to the end Of I'll roAk
roads we could never have goete2
back to civilization. Our route No.
from ST. Louis to Milwaukee. then
about northeast to the end Of Oe
Journey. We had a good wind unfk
across Michigan, when We were -
Gained Ave hours.
Balloon In Wind Storm.
Then We struck big storm 80
and few across the continent g ~ a
rate of seventy-fve miles an - b
consequently the landing Wa ~
rough and we were lucky 70 tee co.
with no broken bones. KNOWING e1
we were near the end Of civfhsn9o1
we chose Lake Kiskisink TO lnna -
from a point Ave miles before ~
were over Il. but the valve would -
act. and. as we were $4,000 fee< n1G
az that time To get q favorable NJ
we did not dare to come down s. jl
we passed the city; but when ve e.
come down we descended n
minutes. landing some disknn0
yond the city.