The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-12
FLOAT OVER
 GREAT LAKES
FROM KANSAS CITY STARTING POINT FAST FLY
 ING NoRTHEAsTWARD.
Are Scattered All Along the orthcast Border of his Country Now and Will Attempt Lake
 Flights Today.

| Kansask City, Mo-, July ll.-To- wards the great lake regions where treacherous air currents and water constantly menace aeronauts, two Of the balloons that raced away from here yesterday in the elimination contest, are believed to be speeding tonight.
 Five entries landed safely today and the remaining contestants were last heard from while they were sail ling across Illinois to the northeast.
 The balloons still in the air are the Million Population Club and the St. Louis W. Each is piloted by men i of iong experience and aero club off, lficials here believe either balloonists would take a chance on crossing one or more of the great lakes If neces- sary to win the race.
 | The location in which the balloons landed today and the unofficial dis tances made by them follow: 1 Miss SOfia, William F. Assman, lpilot, and John M. O'Reilly, aide, representing the St. Louis Aero Club landed near Franklin Park. suburb of Chicago, distance 45 miles.
 Buckeye. J. P. Wade. Jr., pilot, and R. H. Hitchcok, aide, representing the Cleveland Aero Club of Cleve- land, landed four miles east of New Holland, Ill.,, distance 315 miles. l Topeka II, Frank M. Jacobs. pilot. land R. Emerson, aide. representing Ithe Western Association of Topeka. landed near La Harpe, H., distance 190 miles.
 i New York. Clifford B. Harmon. pilt. and Augustus Post. aide, repre- sentlng the Aero club of New York. landed at Fremont, Iowa, distance 15S miles.
 l Kansas City, Captain H. E. Honey well. pilot, and John E. Watt, aide. representing the Kansas City Aero Club, landed near Lindy. Iowa. dis tance 150 mics.
 The balloon Missouri, which left here shortly after wark last night in an attempt to break the distance re- cord for 10000 foot balloons, came down near Coal City, Iowa, about HAS miles from here. A message from Cowan Hubert, said his aide, Hen " Weber and himself, landed safely Ibut encountered storm. They failed ta touch the record which is 325 miles.
 The New York, the Buckeye and the Kansas C:,y. were f'so forced to de- ssend because they encountered a Isevere ,rrnderstorrl.
 The New York was sucked into ttiie center of the storm and % vio- llently was the basket shaken that lboth men were forced to hold to it's lsides to leep from being thrown out lTheir rallcon rose to an altitude of lS,000 feet. When they finally at ltemptsd to land they were dragged lin the basket for more than mile before the balloon stopped.
 Honeywell and his aide descended lshortly after o'clock this morning and slept in their basket until day flight. They carried thirty sacks of ballast when they alighted, but so lfiercely was the storm raging they lcould not rise above It.
 Immediately upon landing Captain Honeywell and his aide started to return here and the occupants of the lNew York headed for New York. r Not since early today, when they were lying northeast on the western ledge of Illinois in the vicinity of Mo lime, has any direct communication Ibeen held with the occupants of eith- Ter of the two balloons still in the air | The Associated Press received messages from both while they were lin that vicinity.
 Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, pilo lof the St. Louis ". was faring badl, Iwhen he dropped message at Wcs Liberty, Howa. west of Davenport His balloon was within sixty feet Q the ground and his guide rope wal dragging. But report from Molin' later said Lahm's balloon had ascend led to higher altitude. As the Mil Hon Population Club balloon passe' lover Moline. Illinois, the pilot, Johl M. Berry, dropped message sayin lhis craft was flying high and nicely
 Until telegram reached the off Icials of the Kansas City Aero Clul