The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-16
vVELLMAN
TRAVELLING
OVER SEA
Airship America" Is Making
Good Time on It's Aerial
Voyage to Europe.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT
BEGINNING OF VOYAGE
Wirless Messages Being Sent by
Adventures Being Picked
Up by Steamers.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT
BEGINNING OF VOYAGE

ATLANTIC CITY y. j., Oct ID
Sailing into a thick fog that hung
over the Atlantic ocean q few minu.
les after s o'clock this morning.
Walter Wellman. with crew OF five
men, Is tonight believed to be on an
epoCh-makng voyage 10 Europe in
the huge cigar-shaped airship
America
Numerous wireless messages were
received during the day and the latest
indicated that Wellman is tonight sail
ing through the darkness off the New
York coast
The men making tho nignt are Wal
ter Wellman: Mcvlin Vaniman, chief
engineer and next in command. F
Murray Simons. navigator; j. X. 1r'
win. wireless operator. John Aubert
and Albert Louis Loud, assistant en-
gineers.
Dramatic Beginning Of Trip.
The start of the balloon America
was one of the most dramatic events
ever occurring here, Roundly criti
cized by people who did not believe
that he would ever undertake what
was thought to be a fooi-hardy ven
tme. Wellman startled the whole is
land by bringing the America" out
Of the shed and without ceremony
going into the air 1t wes about 4
a IN. today that the final decision
TO 90 up was made by Chief Engineer
Vaniman. All night he watched at
the weather bureau and as dawn
broke he decided Rousing the crew,
who slept in the car, Vaniman called
Wellman on the telephone at the ho-
tel Chalfont aud notified him that
the time to start had arrived.
"Good-9yes" to Wives and
Sweetho1rts.
Wellman soon was on his way TO
the inlet in an automobile with every
ting ready for the word let go" and
the crew climbed into the car hang
ing from the balloon. The final
"good.byes" were said to wives. re-
latiyes and friends and the last word
to the ground was given.
On the board walk and beach was
assembled crowd estimated at about
6,00Q The crowd stood in awe as
the airship began to rise and sailed
forth Then cheer after cheer fol
lowed when the craft began to dis.
appear In The mist Within five m'nu-
les the shin was out of sight
Robert Miller, the wireless opera
tor stationed here, kept calling the
"America" but II was not until 1906
a. m. that there was any reply Then
ont OF the air came this message, the
first ever sent from an airship at
sea:
Message From Airship.
Headed northeast: ell well on
board. Machinery working fine. Good
bye.A7J Irwin
After this. messages came frequent
ly and all reported good progress.
The last message received from
WeHman late today. said the course
had been laid Tor the North Passage
from New Foundland and that speed
had been cut 20 fifteen knots an
hour. to save the gasoline Enough
gasoline is being carried to keep the
Americas" engines going FOR at
least nfty days under the new speed
pressure
Ready for Emergency.
The airshlD is equipped with pro-
visions for thirty DAYS and a 27-foot
life boat is carried II the ship gets
into difficulty in the way of motor
trouble to the two sixty horse power
engines and a donkey engine. which
Is carried the wireless VIII he de-
pended upon to summon ships
Should the whole structure col
lapse the crew will take TO the life
boat and being in the track Of steam.
ers expect to be picked up without
drifting long In the ocean Ii all is
well tonight & Is believed the
America" through her wireless. Is
in communication with ships and
these in turn are passing the word
along to ocean liners further east.