New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-09
CUP 70 GERMAN BALLOON
Tho Berlin II Sails 468 Miles and
Wins Bennett Trophy.
(, LIEUTENANT LAHM IS SECOND
Newt International Race Will Be
Eeld in Germany, Which
Takes Cup from America.

s@,~.-.,s CITY. No. oct Sin winning the
60 Gordon Bennett trophy in the inter
..o,sl balloon race which started from
- CITY on Thursday. Lieutenant Hans
i,---,,ke. Pilot Of tho Berlin II. was lost to
- world for the third time
..exsst night. after al the other entrants
"A hsar heard from. a telegram was sent
49, tho Aero club of Kansas City 10 Fred
- Airsworth adjutant general OF the
,,-ess states Army. asking that all life
..r,o- stations in the Great Lakes region
i. reorestrd 10 look for the German bal
ocH
shortly after This telegram was sent a
-..ssage was received from Lieutenant
-.r,oka telling OF his landing ar Ladysmith.
rs AZ r o'clock yesterday morning He
I'D travelled i6s miles Gericke and HIS
"a r n bunker. who came from Ger
nam with the pilot landed IN q wilder
,.ss uu.nfursd. but We're unable 10 reach
+sler~aph station before midnight
Lieutenant Gericke was given NJ as lost
lssf year IN the International race. which
,a--ss from ST. Louis In the German bal
i,or Dusseldorf TT he was IN the air forty
tro hours travelling eleven hundred miles
ana landing fn the wilderness Of Canada.
from v1icl he and bis aid emerged four
ssvs Iate-. after enduring many hsrdships
rercka also was given up as lost last
srrra~ when he went II from Berlin ~
ne German elimination race He drifted
crt over TIE Norrh Sea He was sighted
IN England. but was again lost from view
ors- -rs North See He finally landed ~
France
90. The nearest rival ~ the German balloon
rtrls years race was the Buckeye rilotsd
b. Lieutenant Frank Lahm. Of the United
States army II landed near la Crosse.
WIS e-' miles from Kansas CITY I8eu-en-
snr Is-r and hts aid. 7 r Wade landed
IN q swamp. suffering from The cold. ha~
ing encountered q severe storm. after hav-
i-F passed over Chicago and dristed ont
over Lake Michigan. They met south
ward current which completely changed
trsir course They tried m rise above this.
bur succeeded only I'm finding a current
which carried them westward They we're
.- 10th worn out snd exhausted With their
7i1s-ho1- vigil and n was decided hat
'sey land
r r HInneven who went I'D as aid 10
Arthur r. Atherholt. pilot OF the Pennsyl-
~avi7. returned % Kansas City lest night
Re saws that when they decided 20 come
DOWN their valve failed 70 work. and they
rsso--=d 20 the rip cord ar a height Of three
thousand feet. The balloon fell swiftly
and r.- rle ground with terrific force
IN winning this years race Germany has
taken the Bennett cup from America into
whose possession o. would permanently
-to-.r-s. America had won the champion
-1.7 for two successive years The next
race VII be held IN Germany
Cleveland. Oct. 81. H Wade 'r.. the
Young Cleveland millionaire. VINO witf
Lieutenant Frank P Lahm. OF Mansfield
Ohio participated IN the international bal
loon race tor the James Gordon Bennett
trophy N the balloon Buckeye. has returned
here and relates a thrilling story Of theil
rs~l1us fight. Lost for hours IN the dark
ness high above the clouds. driven milei
over the country by a terrific gale. forced
20 the ground by heavy rain, and dragged
Through woods and across fences. were
some Of their experiences last Thursday
night and Friday morning. They were
iuaIly compelled 20 land in the Wisconsin
food district, having covered 365 miles and
having been IN the air nine hours.
al- Wade said.
Starting from Kansas City at O'CLOCK
Thursday night. before dark we were higt
above lle clouds For hours We few
-r0.Er utter darkness and intense cold
After midnight We ran into severe storm
The rain weighted the balloon down like
lead and We We're forced down steadily
despite our throwing out of ballast. The
gale was blowing fifty miles an hour
LreI.led % the skin and blinded by IN,
wind and rain. we were almost helpless
Tile ralr was holding US down. while the
vino Was sW eepiCE as onward.
Owing TO the darkness, wind. rain anc
. clouds we never knew just where we were
70 was growing too hazardous 20 keep 90
BIZ SOW We were swinging over uelds
SONG through fences, splash.ns 10 grea
.gg.l es of water DlOushlug through THO!
WOODS 1~ just missing striking farm build
ugs So ve threw out our anchor in
c9wt-Ia rot far from MillstOwn. Monroe
COUNTY WIS.,. in the certre Of the hooc
ere and NOT far from the Black River.
Neither o. us was injured ia the flight