New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-25
SYSTEMATIC SEARCH
FOR LOST AERONAUTS
Edmond F. StrattOn Arrives in
Ottawa to Direct Hunt
Through Canada.
RELIEF PARTIES TO GO OUT
No Word from Hawley or Post
May Be Starving to Death
in Trackless Canadian
Wilderness.

Ottawa. Ont. oct. 24-An organized
effort 10 find Alan r. HawIey and AU-
gustus Post. the crew of the missing
bollOOn America II, was started were to-
night when Edmond F. Stratton. of New
York. a member of the Aero Club of
America. arrived and at once opened IA
bureau to conduct inquiries throughout
Eastern Canada in some part of which
the unrepOrted aerostat is believed TO
have taken ground
Il purpose to conduct as COmprehen-
sive and thorough an inquiry as can be
expeditiously made" said Mr.. StrattOn.
land as soon as the drift of the Amer
lea II is ascertained l will send out a
well equipped search and relief party
from the nearest available point Other
expeditions for more extensive explora-
ton then will be dispatched from several
points"
otter and ChapIeau. Ont, have been
designated as two of the bases Of oper-
atoms. and there will be at least one in
Eastern Quebec All will be directed
from the headquarters in this city.
Will Trace Drift OF Balloon.
What 1 purpose to do in Ottawa now
is to compile a route map and. if pos
sible, establish the definite drift Of the
missing balloon" said Mr.. StrattOn in
outlining his plans. Il am sending out
notification to the papers Of Canada ask
ing every one who has seen any balloon
To wire at my expense the day. the hour.
the direction and the color of the balloon
and the place at which it was seen
will also get reports which may be sent
10 the Aero Club of America. at New
York or to the Aero club OF st. Louis
will have from the crews Of the re-
ported balloons a statement Of their
exact route.
with the aid Of one of the Canadian
government geographers l will plot the
routes of the balloons which have re
ported and indicate on the same map all
the PAGES at which balloons have been
seen in the air by individuals in Canada.
Many of these should be on the routes
which the reported balloons have fol
lowed.
When there are reports from points
off one OF these known routes we will
he reasonably certain that il is the
America II which has been seen These
reports should give US the direction the
missing balloon has taken, and il is in
this direction We will send searching par
ties if Hawley and Post do not turn up
safely.
Party May Start at Once.
1T may take one or two days 10 collect
enough fnforna ton to warrant our send
ing out parties. or We may have enough
information to warrant a party being
sent out Immediately.
William HawIey. brother Of the miss
ing Alan Hawley, is in New York com
piIing information there. and We viii ex-
change in formation. I Will also cooper
ate with Louis Spindler. Of the st Louis
Aero Club, vino has gone 70 Toronto 10
collect and compile information there
Tonight marked the end OF a week
since the big balloon faded from the
sight OF those who cheered al ST Louis
the departing contestants in the inter
national balloon race No commuuica-
ton, not even a message dropped from
the clouds on the printed blanks carried
for the purpose, has been received from
the aeronauts since last Tuesday
Four days ago. at the latest. II is es-
tinated. the gas which buoyed the bal
loon in prevailing northeast winds must
have lost its potency From what spot
the sky travellers may have been en-
deavOring to fight their way 10 civiiza-
ton since that time. or at what Isolated
haven with friendly Indians. wOOdsmen
or trappers they may be awaiting sue
cor. are problems now engaging dtten-
ton Of experts summoned here by MI
StrattOn-