The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-26
AMERICA II. STILL MISSING
va DEFINITE err TO BAI-
LOON NOH EIGHT DAYS or.
aEue Rumors Prom the Canadian NIIi>
Lead ~earchers To PiAn Expeditions
for the Relief of the NerOnauts,
HAwIey and Post Perkins's stsrH


left ~ LOUIS with Alan X Hawley and
Augustus ! Post IN the basket trying
I To- win the international race
Tn. news from Canada was even less
r,aS-uTIng than On the day before. for u
developed that the balloon thought L"
I hIv" been seen over RuinS..y Lake t~enty
miles north II Bl~cu.. Ontario was really
seen on Wednesday. and was probably
either the Dusseldorf 80 the H-lvr,ia
i meeting 80 TIA. board - governors
90! the Aero club II America at which
William IIawlry brother ut Alan Il
llawl"v. was present Was held last night
To- d-cid" IN further steps 10 tie taken
IN the search for the two nrronauts
During the evening those at the con
ference were ~ communication with
Edmond i. Stratton at Ottawa. who was
sent to Canada by the club to conduct
the search in conjunction with Louis
Spndler. who went to Toronto TO assist
from there IN behalf 80 the ST. Louis
nero club
The most hopeful news received az
ia" club cam" through q L. Mattice.
division superintendent 81 the Canadian
Pacific at North Bay. Lake Sipissing
VITO had wired all station agents in his
Jurisdiction 10 let hun know II thcy had
sighted hall"un on Thursday. The
agent ~ Ihapleau. In the Alguna district
II OntIrrp. 80 miles from Sudbury.
~" - IN" Canadian Pacific division
POINTS wired that lac Saw hullopn going
'."T To" place At ~ ocl'sk Thursday
ulght beading eastward II this agent
'.rh u"t date III" sight e the balloon a
,LiF late there - NJ doubt that II Is the
America II
InIS uf"rml'tpn lp0nrd up ~ i'm
I",IiIni ~ ~" ih.',u',' ~ Anything else
tha' tie" members IT ~" Aero cub con
''t"u'-. agr-'-i with Mr. Stratton IN
ottawa that n ought To- l~ investigated
~ result Mr. Sprdl"r ~ Toronto was
r'iyr-"d - start irr Chapl'.Iu AZ once
- vn. 'i"oii"'i ~ ia" Aero club ron
irt"n,. Zoo nah" iID Statement 81 further
'Iuit> .rf,l thus rurTrInF IN th" hol". that
~ th'. rrrnutIin" H"ii at To" landing at
th" Nru"rIca would -. received
telegram FROM Dr slower at Toronto
" ir - ~ I:rIfus"v iHk" 49, a. rest th,.
stury originating with Richard Col" who
had beet Ru,lng Dr Noy"r aud hrs wit.'
~ a hunting irIp. thar thew bad seen a
iallpuI on thursday and that tho ballpur
had ariai'utlv rad" "a landing about
Two iuIi.s FROM Eums"y sac m "A driving
snrvstnru H. Meyer wired 10 Toronto
that ih"y law IN" nHllunn on Wednesday
So ,h,. idea ihat IlaNl"y and Post might
-. "a that region was dismissed.
samuel P-rkin - Br.tnn. VINO was
iId ~ PHO, Hans G"rIcsr 81 the DIss"l
Guri II III" Swiss balloon. which landed
~ KIShI-ink Qu"h"C. IN Mednrsday
night got her. yesterday forenoon and
iId has best to encourage the friends II
Haw lev and Post Ia believe that th"y az"
,lf" Nr Perkins was az the In,"Tna-
ti"nal meet Yesterday afternoon and was
much sought after for hls story of his
own trIp and ms opinion 81 tn" lk"ii-
h,-,d ,hat Post and Hawl ley ar" safe
4 am confident that IN" America landed
all right and that "" Will hear from Posi-
and Hawl"v shortly. no said Nv Ice.
lief = that they came down nolr som"
remote. settlement IN the Canadian wilds
and that the delay IN obtaining neWs
from them ~ due 10 IN" fact tina, th"v
A.. out Ut reach Of telegraph and tsI".
nhuH" communication
-GcriCka and I wer" In the air over
fnrtv.twp huurs and during all that time
W.. suffered no particular diScomfUrtz
II wa- a little cold. but ~" stOud IL We
mad plenty II halla-t and could have gone
even further hut W" could readily -..e
that IN" region beneath was wild and
unsettled and that W" would hav" the
tln. e our lives getting baCk II took
IL from Thursday until Saturday to get
nu, 81 the WILDERNESS and during that
time We slept very little Every night
We could hear IN" bowling ~ wolves
and an inc,.ssant racket made by other
animals II IN. Canadian WILDERNESS
and II wasn't CondICiv" to -lIfnh..r
our feet were pretty tender and We n.-.dad
"A new outfit ~ clothing when ". got
out II the woods
W.. didn't suffer for food. because w.
had an extra supply lett ~ TIA" balloon
which We vent back TO get on Thursday
before w. started ont Of IA" NOOd- ""
travelled from Thursday afternoon 10
saturday noon. when IA" guardian of
the P.nnSylvanIa Fish and Gam" club
who. making his fortnIghtly trip up m"
e yer. -lW a fiig "" had ho~'"d ~" fired
a shot and -" responded and I"aTu.d
,ft"rWard that between Thursday and
SATURDAY, "" had covered only two miles
~ IN" wilderness
Word was received at the Aero club
from VII Strittou n ottawa that IN. had
interviewed several Dominion cabinet
Ministers and sent and ansv"retl fnaHN
'"l.Grlul- during IN" dab but ~" only
real meas was that from thapl"au. winch
r..ll1.d IA Nlr SpindI"r going there Ia
edition 80 the news from ~" station
..g.ui ~ Ghnul"lu word came 10 the head.
quarters ~ the provincial polio" that
Unstable No,'urdy ~ Chapi"lu saw u
balloon lass over that town ~ III" c,.dr
fuponlig GIN ~ about II % ClocE On lhursdAv
night lie Thought " had crossed l...kr
SUPERIOR from Mlun'~"'n
II ~ tho gh' that n the balloon kept
g. thlS courS" u would probably land near
BIscnta-ing beyond th" P"rCupin. and
GowgIrda districts ~ northern Ontario
Tho country Their" ~ ttllrd with SINAI
ak and foras'sand II would 10 Impossi
III" for HaWley aud Post Ia reach riyiliza
non without canoes NJ SpIndier and
Mr. Strltron thought a." Information
from Chapl"au was good enough to Wal
rant ~" former IN organizing r'h"t
expedition with ChHpleau az "a has"
To- THF SUN correspondent IN OTTAWA
Mr. Siraiton said last night.
A. soon A. Tho drift II IN" AmetIca
n asCert aimed will send out a we'll
- IuIppad search and relief parry from the
n.are-t avallabl" point II " CERTAIN
that tho America has grounded before
tins time and | don't believe ~ fell into
one ~ the great lake, The reports in
dicaic that The America passed over Lake
Huron safely and had come down some
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