The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-26
STILL NH0PE
AERONAUTs[|Q
Two Nations Join i'm Search for
Balloon America H., and
Its Occupants.
CHANCES OF ESCAPE
FROM DEATH REMOTE
Starvation in Wilderness or
Drowning in Great Lakes
More Probable.

OTTAWA, Unt., Oct. 25.-The black
fastuesses of the north tonight still
held the secret of the lost balloonists,
Alan r. Hawley and Augustus Post Of
New York, and their skyship, the Amer
lea II.
Various rumors have reached the bu-
rean established here by Edmund p
Strntton, representing the Aero club Of
America, but when sifted down they
produced nothing that would indicate
the whereabouts Of the aeronauts.
What appeared to be promising clue
developed early in the day when dis
patch from Huntville stated that Rich
ard Cole, a guide, and hunting party
had seen balloon on Thursday twenty
miles north of Disco, Ont This item
of news, taken in connection with the
fact that all other balloons in the con-
test were known to have come, to earth
on Wednesday, according to DR.. :MeyfF$
and might therefore have .bee4 eithts
the Isle de France or the Azufeu, both
Of which landed in that neighborhool- :
The idea that the party saw the Amer
lea has not been given entirely up, but.s
the incident lost most of its signiHe8nc5
with the change in date. -
Another Doubtful Story.
A. second report that balloon had z
been seen on Thursday in the district
Immediately north of Georgian bay
reached here late today from the pro-
vincial police, MT Toronto. The repqyt:'
Chaplain. Some doubt also is cast tluppn
this story. 1t is figured that the Amer
ica on Thursday would have been either =
several hundred miles to the north. ~
to the northeast of Chapleau. ~. =
Louis Spindler of the st. Louis Aero
club, who has been gathering data from
friends in Toronto today advised SAfr.
Stratton by wire that he would leaye<l
foEff fhe !alorth tonight ,tqi make q per, Z.
soBitls IN lttHBti Una of rbot# the go3e -
McCurdy stories.
A third report came from Quebec, hut
it is regarded as the least promisip4
Peter Brown, constable of the SpFo:
seen a balloon over Lake Kipawa an =
Wednesday,. Both the Germania and
the Dusseldorf II. passed through this
territory, and itsis possible that it afas
either of them that Brown, saw. -. s
Probably Beyond Rescue. ~
Opinion is divided as to the posi-
bility of rescuing the men. even If they
passed safely over the sLakei Huron and y
Georgian bay into the, vast wilderness (
of northern Ontario and Quebec OK the p
nngave DISTRICTS, still farther porth.
geological surveyg, who knows the coun- !.
try like boo,,tgW of the opinion that q
the aeronauts VIII surely perish If they
sailed into the far northern sections.
There are parts of it, he said, where.
Indians and half breed hunters have q
starved to death. , q
Other officials, Including Sir Wilfried
xyhn ic .Sakiuu Enn irtf q cVoc;{ a
in the search for. the lost men, believe
they will come ont all right, especiailys
if they landed south Of the line of 'ths1
railway. Except for
a gap of ia miles near the border hug
between Quebec aud Ontario and 4a-
Lake Superior, the .ehtire'line is ipfs0nleY 4
stage of construction. .SouthF of IT. fli45 ~
woods are traSersed BY scoEess Of hunt 81
ers, bushwhackers, prospect tors, - HyfiE
wardens and indians, Nany of Twh x
would aid the. aeronauts. South of a. ~
line there is a chance, but NORTH of
IS regarded ias death. -. i ~ III
Communication Restrfcted.s e
The lack of means of communi III ation
With governments agents in unsettled rs--/
sions of Quebec: issnfa ak1ngsit extremely 81
plotting out the courses of the ,1sle de =
france, Harburg Ill, AzureR, Heivetia, q
iermania aud Dusseldorf from miscel.
aneous reports. AS a. su bstitute, it has ~,
been decided to work from . map show.
ng the courses as remembered by the ~
,alloonists themselves
The reports from points distant from
he territory covered BY any of the six
will be investigated and followed up if
he lead proves promising. 1t is under
tood that the balloonists' MAP is now
III the way to OTTAWA. When it arr
ives, it is probable that the bureau of
Information established here Will be
to Toronto.
Still Hope Of Rescue.
Despite the somewhat pessimistie
lew by the dominion government Oil
ials of the result to he obtained from
search of the vast wilderness of north
rn Ontario, Quebec and Ungauva,. Mr.. a
tratton is confident that a definite
rail can be established which will lead 4
o the finding of the America IT. and
he rescue of Pest and and Hawiey; MS stratton
that as the situation now stands 1t
-ould be ridiculous to send out re-
eff expeditions But with the eoopera-
on of the press of Canada and the re- 3
orts from all sources, believe we can
'ith fair degree OF accuracy deter.
rovidcd she got safely ncross Lake
uron and Georgian buy. Aa
"The last reports of the America II,
,mc from Maclsinnc island. Beyond
lat point il is mere speculation.
+" Little fear is entertained that the
are in distress, The America
/. carried provisions for four days and
aterials for securing fish and gama,
hich arc plentiful in all parts of tha
gion where the America III, may have 4;
nded. Besides this. there is always
e probability TINT they viii como; ~