The Washington herald., 1910-10-25
SEEK AERONAUTS
BYUSE OF BALLOON
st. Louis Airmen to Search
for America II.
TRACED TO MICHIGAN CITY
Determined Effort Made by 81. Louis
Aero Club TO Find Lost nag Re-
ported Continuing North of 81.
Johns Lake and Probably south
of Hudson Bay-BrOther Alarmed.

St Louis, Oct. 24-Tony Won Phul and
Joseph OReHly. well-known St. Louis
| aeronauts. viii leave here within thirty
six hours with the balloon st. Louis No
3, with & capacity OF 5000 cubic feet OF
gas. 20 search for the missing balloon
America II and Alan R. Hawley and
Augustus Post. its crew They will hrst
80 to Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. and viii
take along a big telescope for searching
purposes.
4 determined effort is being made by
A. +. Lambert. president OF the Aero
Club OF ST. Louis 10 trace the course OF
the missing balloon America H. believing
that is the only way 10 locate the where
abouts of its crew. who left ST, Louis in
the international race week ago.
Traced to Michigan.
Already the course Of the balloon has
been traced as far as. Traverse Bay,
Mich, where It is reported the America
took an easterly course al an altitude Of
5000 feet. Il is not believed that this di-
rection was maintained long, but that the
balloon went lower, continued north, and
is now probably somewhere east Of Hud-
son Bay north Of St Johns Lake. and
possibly as far south as James Bay, the
lower portion Of Hudson Bay.
With this in view Lewis Spindler, rep
resentative OF the Aero Club. went 10
New York from Toronto. Canada. TO
Chapleau. Ontario. where an operating
base will be established tomorrow morn
ing. Chapleau is a junction on the Ca
madam Pacific Railroad, which road is
taking a part in the search for the bal
loon. and has instructed all of its en-
ployes 10 report when and where they
last saw IL.
BY obtaining the reports of employees
of the railroad and ar possible informa-
ton from hunters in the employ OF the
Hudson Bay Company, as well as from
the Canadian police, when and where
they last saw what they are certain
was the America, IL will be able to trace
the balloon for large part OF its course
and possibly 20 locate its landing place.
HawIey's Brother Alarmed
Lambert talked with William Hawley
in New York, brother of the missing
Reronaut, for three-quarters of an hour
over the long-distance telephone this aft
ernoon. The brother is anxious to have
all possible information and called up
Lambert for the purpose.
Hawley said a representative OF his
had LETT for the Canadian district. out
did not know from what point he would
operate.
4 letter addressed to Hawley to-day
from a farmer was opened and showed
that the America II had passed Delavan.
Mich, Tuesday morning. \ message re-
ceiyed from J. w. Hannah. OF Traverse
City, Mich, tonight reported additional
information as TO the course of the bal
loon. Ike message stated that a balloon
declared TO be the America II was OBJ
seryd in many places in the Traverse Bay
section Tuesday. October IS, and was near
enough TO the ground for conversation.
II was sighted at 4:40 p. m. al Lake
Ann. at ) o. m. at Cedar ten miles west
of Traverse City. and at $40 passed over
Omena, Mich \ few minutes later the
balloon was seen at North Port, Mich,
sailing northeast. soon after IL rose TO
an altitude OF 5000 feet and changed its
course to due east, disappearing al p. m
four miles from the Old Mission resort
People at the point OF the peninsula saw
lights in the balloon as il passed there.
Ottawa, Ont, Oct PA special from
Quebec City at s o'clock tonight says:
A report reached here this afternoon
that America II, the missing balloon,
had landed in the wilds of Quebec and
that Alan Hawiey and Augustus Post.
the aeronauts, are on their way TO this
city.