Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-26
Descends Into Forest: May Be
the America II.
SEEN NEAR PORT ARTHUR
Relief Party Will Be Sent After
Aerial Craft.
EARLIER REPORT DIsCREDITED
Mail Clerk Told of Seeing What
Looked Like Airship Near
Fort William.

PORT ARTHUR. Ont, October 2S.T
Forest rangers in the government en-
ploy sent word here today that a balloon
was seen descending in a forest between
this city, which is seven miles from
Fort William, and Black Sturgeon lake.
early this morning. A relief party will
be sent TO find the air craft, which the
rangers think may be the America n.
FORT WILLIAM. Ont. October 20.
A. c. Guerrard, a mail clerk on the
Canadian Pacific railway. running into
Fort William from the east, reported on
his arrival here last night that while
passing Ouimet.e station. forty-three
miles east he and two others. A. J. Co
burn and II. Lee noticed what appeared
to be the light of a balloon which was
going due north at the height of about
mile. They took it to be the America
III. II was visible from 1:45 until s:30
last night.
ST. LOUIS, October o6.-An abandoned
balloon basket has been found on the
shore of Lake Superior, near Port Arthur.
Ont, according to a message received
here today.
Spindler Gets Orders.
The receipt early today Of an Associated
Press dispatch reporting the landing of
the ba loon America III near Fort William,
Ont. caused the Aero Club officials to Or
der Lewis Spindler, who is at Toronto, to
move his headquarters farther west OF
the Canadian Pacific. 1t had been intend
ed TO work from Chapleau. Ont.
Fort William is 3S3 miles west of Chap
leau. Spindler reported to the local club
that he had traced all other reports or
the missing balloon and found that none
anVfhinU do With the America III.
A later dispatch from Spindler said he
would be in Chapleau today and would
prosecute a search for the America IL
based on the Fort William message.
The message from Fort William tell
ing of seeing the aerostat last night Is
not credited here. The balloonists should
have landed a week ago today. and ii is
not considered possible that they could
have remained in the air nine days.
Will Investigate Report.
Spindlers message in full says:
81 have traced all balloons as to time,
course and destination and have no rec
ord of any one actually speaking the
America ii beyond Traverse bay. Mich.
have interviewed all incoming persons
on the steamer Northland, which is just
in from Lake Huron, also the con-
ductors of incoming trains and persons
replying TO newspaper appeals who have
just returned from outings and hunting
trips in the north. None OF them had
seen the America II.
IF they crossed the great lakes I be-
lieve they are in the James bay dis
trict. Stratton the Aero Club Of America
representative has no information at OF
tawa An unidentified balloon is reported
crossing the Canadian Pacific road at
Augoma. L will investigate this report
while at Chapleau.
THE nights are fine here. but the best
guides fear the northern nights for the
balloonists.
Brother Has Little Hope.
NEW YORK, October 26.-'Tm afraid
it is another one Of those unconfirmed
rumors that have been drifting in ever
since the America IL was reported lost,
said William Hawley. brother OF Alan r.
Hawley, when he read the dispatch from
Fort William today. Il don't see how l
can mace any credence in the report until
there is something tangible TO work upon.
There have been so many or these re-
ports.
The officials of the Aero Club of Amer
lea had received no word from the miss
ing balloon today, but have not given up
hope that Mr.. Post and Mr.. Hawley either
will be found or will report by telegraph
that they have landed safely.
OTTAWA. Ontario, October 26-Ihe
outlook for obtaining any Information or
the wherea bouts OF the America III
grows less encouraging every hour, said
Edmund III. Stratton, the representative
of the Aero Club of America, today
THE immensity of the great North
woods the widely scattered settlements
and particularly the absence of means OF
ouick communication make the search for
Nessrs HaWley and Post, even with the
aid of the Dominion and provincial gov
ernmenes, difficult and lacking In promise
of o,,ick results, which is the thing de-
sired
Regarding the balloon reported seen at
Fort William last night Mr.. Stratton
said:
..If balloon it was, 1t must have been
dereIict The America III could not
have been afloat with passengers as late
as Yesterday Escape of gas would have
destroyed its carrying power several days
ago
The search for the missing aeronauts
from this point will continue with un-
abated zeal, however. Every available
avenue of news is being used by govern
nent officials. railroads and the lumber
companies which have men along the
border line between New Ontario and
Quebec.
MAY GO TO PRISON.