Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-25
SEARCH FOR MISSING
MEN TO BE SYSTEM AT1ZI,n

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systematizing the search for S,nn = ~
HaWiey and Augustus Post ~ Na,v
= ork' the missing aeronauts and their
Dalioon. America II. Is We'll under wn h
mere. Edmond +. Stratton REPRESENT
ing the Aero Club of America. spent /,
busy night following his arrival#iate
yesterday and has made his headu;,ar.
tntF local point at which reports
ceived. i
from the data already available and
mat winch y coming in, n2map Is be-
ing prepared unon which the location
ana time Of sighting balloons Last
week viii he noted
N1tlfin AZ hours. said Mr.. Strut
, % ,,,sltiicient adv Ices probably Mil BIO
~ Hand TO Indicate the courses Of the
balloons known To- hlve crossed thai
t.t-2 SssfH = {! when the courses Dff
the szuIes, Dusseldorf III and others 4
are determined there stili rcmnins sew
era points on the map where balloons
Z nave arrived and these points Indicate,
Tor stmted that the America II rot,
safciN across the Great Lakes"
Despite the somewhat 2pcssimistic
view by the Dominion government of-
( iicials OF the result to be obtained from
search of the vast wilderness Of,
49, s'INi ~ N'iiAdIip, tSutDtc3 ana l0nEaNa, K
MI. Strntton liz confident that defi-
mite trail can be established which Will
lead TO the finding of the America IL
and the rescue Post and Hawlcy.
~ concede," said Mr.. ,Stratton, that
as the situation now stands it would no
ridiculous to send out aErcilef- eXpedi-
ton. Hut with the cooperation of the
press of Canada and the reports from
al sources, believe we can withi.a
fair degrees of accuracy. determine the
course OF. the America III provided she
got safely across Lake Huron and
Georgian bay
LAST REPORTS;
The last reports Of the America II
came from alacitinac island Beyond
that pointit is mern speculation.
Little fsar is entertained that tho
aeronauts arc in distress The America
II carried provisions for four days
and materials for securing fish and
game, which arc plentiful in all parts
of the region where tho America II may,
have landed. Besides this. there Is all
ways the probability 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, a guide who has /,
returned from New Onta. that he sight
ed q balloon last Thursday will be In z
VeSt)Eatcd by AIR. Strutt0n.
The Dusselford, Germania and Az
urea, tho balloons covering tho long
est distance, came to earth on Wednes-
day. and If Coles story stands, II will {
be regarded as unmistakable proof that
the America II got safely across the
Great lakes,
Guide Cole. II developed today, was
with Mr.. and Mrs, Meyers Of Toronto.
on Rumsey lake, about 20 miles north
OF Biscoc. on the line of tho Canadian
Pacific railway, when the balloon was
sighted 1t apparently made landing
on the shore OF Fox lake, some two
miles from 1tumsey lake and about %
miles due north OF Biscao
a heavy snowstorm drove. Cole and
his companions out OF their attempts
to reach the place, but on reaching
Biscoe a searching party was dis
patched Provisions were left by Or.
Meyers in II hunters cabin on Rumsey
lake and shots were fred 10 attract
the attention OF the aerouauts.
A reward of 5000 was offered today
by company Of fur dealers which has
10000 correspondents in canada for in
formation about the missing neronauts.