Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-19


OF the IL balloons which assembled
from Indianapolis between and 6
O'Clock yesterday afternoon passed
over the environs of Pittsburg late
| today and at dusk tonight were re-
ported as still pursuing a course east
by north at rate of from 10 to ~
miles an hour. In the "a hours since
| the ascension the aeronauts have COW
cred about 400 miles.
Besides these three definitely sight
ed, dozens of conflicting reports came
in, one from Wheeling, w. Va, read
ing:
"One near Martins Ferry, Ohio,
four over Wellsburg, w. Va, two at
F'olansbee and one near Moundsville,
at noon"
The only landing reported was from
Washington. Penna., this evening. The
Topeka landed at 1874 p. NJ this af-
ternoon, in a barnyard seven miles
south of Washington Pilot r. S. Cole
and his aid, +. M. Jacobs of Topeka,
Kas reported that most of the night
they had travelled; closely to the
others of the big aeronautical party
that they could talk from basket to
ba sket
The Topeka, which was entered In
the freefor- all event, assembled at o.46
p. NJ, yesterday.
Eastern Ohio, West Virginia and
Western Penns ylvania were all balloon
hunting today. All the afternoon local
reWspaper Offices were advised from
outlying districts that three balloons,
sailing high and separated by about
Nor a.
The first report here came from WASH
ington, Pa. The balloons having neeli
sighted there at 1 o'clock and the thlrd
had passed at $50 P. M. They were
all over ;000 feet high.
AT Cannonsburg, just northeast OF
Washington, the balloons were SiShteh
NV hundreds of people and one man got
so excited he turned in fire alarm
over the junction of the Monongahela
and Youghiogheny rivers, the aeronaut"
evidently encountered trouble with the
lower air currents and avoided tho' I
nv mounting to the height of nearly u
mile At this altitude they sailed w.
the Monongahela valley, over the hr1
and smoke of numerous steel mills.
Between and o'clock the balloon
were sighted from the southern SUI
urbs of Pittsburg, at Mieksport, EllZa
beth. Garrick and Mount Oliver. =
that time one of the balloons had 6
2O-minute lead over the other two an
the latter were so close together ina
it seemed as if they would bump.
During the evening the follo"ln''
note. which was dropped from IN
| ..MilIion Population Club" balloon OF
Ct I.ouis. was brought into local
newspaper. The note read:
"post Dispatch. st. Louis, Mo-: W"
arc now at the 25OO-feet level. travelling
,,r+he.st with IA sand bags left; l3'
y NJ Don't think we will be ablc I"
STAY UP all night"
(Signed) "LOUIS Won PHUL. pi'o'
and JOSEPH O'RElLL4' a'u.
The "Million Population club. pai
loon went up at SIS T. nj. at i'io,'H u.
apolis yesterday and was ehtereu IN
| the American championship eN'n.
Nothing further had been hearu iron
,nv of the balloons up to Midnight "
night.
1rdianapolis Ind. Sept. lo-l H.
| D.;ftar entered in the free for all
| want and the first to leave the lndlah-
apolis motor speedway IN tHe '''''oo'
| meet Yesterday, landed iaIe .o'a'
1rniontown. w. Va, according 10 u,e
match received here tonight
balloon was piloted by Albert f'oin'
| of Cincinnati and carried George
Howard AS aid ., f.,,
NJ renorts have been received from
| tho other twelve balloons.
/
balloon Buckeye, which ascehoeo ''
| indianapolis yesterday. passeo 'N''
tbis city at Z o'clock this evening"
| Wheeling. W. Va, sept lo'-rou' Vi nv
balloons which started from lhoid'iap'
saturday crossed the Ohio river over VI
near this city today and nlth ianue'
| at Irniontown, w. Va. Inc paiiooil VIII
landed at Uniontown was the D''i'el
with Albert Holz pilot ana Heorse ~
Howard aide. The aeronauts saiu '.f'
tbey encountered three storms "h'ie ny
,rg of an altitude of about 2Soo rect, anu
| o..,,5 tho Ohio river three times. lheii
~. r.s bag was soaked and was MADE sc
heayy nv the rains that they were lorce'
to descend.
| columbus. Ohio. Sept. 1s.-Iwo oai'
,o,s participants in the Indianapolis
contest passed over this city carry 'i,'S
morning. Their names were not o, on,
tanned. A report from Athens, oano mo
saws three passed over that clty CIV an. .
40 of them, the Missphia, dropped
message at s42 this morning, nea'
marnenter. Ohio. saying that the crew
rod "a bags of ballast left and that !,
Nd rained on them all night. The oai-
, yras then travelling southeast
i -. cposs ALPS FLIGHT