The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-28

started from SC. Louis with nine Ot1er
contestants in the international con-
test on Monday, October II. All the
other balloons have been reported
Two messages from Hawley and Post
were received in New York early to-
night One was to William Hawley, a
brother of the areonaut; the other to
Samuel F. Perkins, pilot of the balloon
Dusseldorf H., which until tonight had
been considered the winner The mes
sage to Mr.. Hawley said;
Landed in Wilderness.
Landed in wilderness week ago, so
miles north of Chicoutimi. Both we'll
Alan"
The Perkins message ran: Landed
Paribonka river, north Lake Chilo-
CANA 10Th. All Well; returning-Haw-
ley, Post"
ended a search which had come to be
regarded as almost hopeless, and in
which the governments of this country
and Canada were indirectly partici-
pating. For instance, in addition to
emissaries sent by the Aero club of
st. Louis, the Aero club of America
and by William Hawley, the Uried
States revenue cutter service, the Sig
nal corps of the army, the Hudson
Bay company and other agents were
conducting the search, securing the
great lakes and making preparations
for entering the almost impenetrable
Canadian forest.
Clifford B. Harmon, the wealthy
amateur aviator and areonaut of New
York, had offered $1,000 to any one
finding Hawley and Post, dead or alive,
and this sum had been increased to-
night by subscription to- more than
$1,000. At the international aviation
was subscribed among the aviators
this afternoon, headed by $500 pledged
by Glen H. Curtiss.
Young Perkins, who accompanied
Lieutenant Hans Gericke in the Dus-
seldorf, conceded, as soon as he re-
ceived the telegram from Hawley and
Post that he and Gericke had lost first
place to the New Workers. Perkins had
estimated the distance travelled by the
Dusseldorf at 1,240 mills. He was over
joyed at hearing from his longlost
rivals, and quickly dispatched to st.
Ambrose with instructions to forward
message of congratulation to Haw-
ley and Post.
All Records Broken.
The new record established by
Hawley and Post, unofficially esti-
mated at 1850 miles, exceeds all pre-
vious flights. Only this year Count
Odenzoff of Russia, claimed TO have
flown 1924 miles in 40 hours, hut the
| figures were not officially verified.
If the estimated distances are made
official the long standing record cf
Count de La VaulX of 1,193 miles,
made in 1900 in flight from France
to Siberia, has been broken by at least
three of the contestants in the recent
race-the AmericaII., the Dusseldorf
II. and the Germania. The official
figures will be required, however, to
definitely settled the question.
Samuel F. Perkins, aide in the Dus-
seldorf, which alighted approximately
10 to 125 miles from the spot where
the America II. descended, out of his
experience tonight threw some light
on the hardships probably encountered
by Hawley and Post. He said:
"It took us four days to make our way
II miles through the thick under
brush from where we landed to
Kiskisink and it probably would have
taken us II days more had we not
come upon a guide who took us 10
miles of the distance in the last half
day. l believe the delay of Hawley
and Post was due to similar hard
ships. Apparently, however, they had
a river to make their way along,
which lightened the hardships, or it
: would likely have required many more
) days for them to have got into touch
with the world"