The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-27
LOST BAL[OON|STS
ARE NOW LOCATED
LANDED IN A WILDERNESS AND
NOW MAKING THEIR WAY
BACK TO CIVILIZATION.
ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD

Miles and Landed on the 10Th
News Of Their Safety Received
Joyously by Friends.
New York, oct. 26.-A'an r. Haw.
ley and Augustus Pos, the aero
nauts OF the balloon America II,
for whom search had been prose.
cuted in the Canadian wilds, are
safe and have established a new
worlds record for sustained fligh..
They travelled approximately 1850
miles and came to earth in Chicou-
timi county, Quebec, on Wednesday
last, but were not hear from un-
ii! today, when kilograms sen. from
st. Ambrose, Quebec, reached NeS
York.
The balloonlsts started from St.
Louis with nine other contestan S
in the international contest on Mon
day Oct. II. All the other balloons
have been reported
Two messages from Hawley and
Post were received in New York
early tonight one was to William
Hawley, bro o,her of the aeronaut;
the other to Samuel f. Perkins
pilot of the balloon Dusseldorf II,
i " Crht hnH
sidered the winner. The message to
Mr.. Hawley read:
Landed in wilderness week ago,
fifty miles north of Chicoutimi-
Boh well-Alan."
The Perkins message read:
Landed Paribunka river, north
Lake Chilogana nineteenth. All well,
returning.-Hawley, Post"
Search Is Ended.
With receipt OF the news there
ended a search which had come
TO be regarded by many as almos
hopeless and in which the govern
ments of this country and Canada
were indirectly participating
For in addition to emissaries sent
by the Aero Club of St Louis, the
Aero Club OF America, and by VIII
liam Hawley, the United States rev.
enue cutter service, the signal corps
Of the army, the Hudson Bay com
.
/ ing the search, securing the great
lakes and making preparations for
entering the almost impenetrable
Cana ian forests.
Clifford b. Harmon, the wealthy
ANA eur aviator of New York, has
offered $1,000 to anyone finding
I IlaWley ard Post, dead or alive,
and this sum had been increased
tonight ly subscription TO more
than $1,000 At the international |
aviation NEE; at Belmont Park near
ly $1,000 was subscribed among the .
avia;ors this afternoon, headed by
$500 pledged by Glenn H. Curtis.
Perkins Not Sore.
Young Perkins, who accompanied
Lieut. Hans Gericke in the Dus.
seldorf, conceded Immediately af
ter he receiyel the telegram from
Hawley and Post that he and the
German had lost first place to the
New Workers. Perkins had estimated
the distance Travelled by the Dus-
seldorf at 1910 miles. He was over
joyed al hearing from his long-lost
rivals and quickly dispatched to St
Ambroise with instructions to for
ward this message Of congratula-
tons to Hawley and Post:
indications are that You have
broken the worlds record for sus-
tainei flight in balloon. Please
accept my sincerest congratulations
on your skill. You are the only
ones | would be glad to see win
outside myself | know from my ,
own experience what You must have ,
risked TO make such a trip"
Wlllilm lldwley was elated when q
he found his brothers success and q
safety For a week he has been .
under constant strain and had 4,
been in hourly communication with u
points in Canada from which he q
hoped TO receive news OF the land p
ng. AS the outlook grew less hope
.ul day by day. his anxiety became
greater, but through 1t all he di
not lose faith in his brothers abil- \
ty TO come through alive. He had
sent J. II. Pope and Edmund Stra.
on to Ottawa TO carry on the search o
'ut he notified them tonight of the
lappy ending. a
The America II was reported o