The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
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pint bottles of beer, forty-two quart
/ bottles of water and five more of dis
titled water, a quantity of sausage, and
canned goods consisting of ham and
/ chicken, and quantities of wine, bran
dies and WHISTLES presented them by a
| Kansas City liquor house, Ober Lieu
tenant Hans Gerick, pilot, and r. o.
| Duncker, aide, are known as hearty
| eaters, and probably took more pro-
visions than any of the contestants. A
quantity of fishing tackle, and a Ger
man military gun with range OF $500
/ feet, finished the outfit, which might
| be all included under provisions. The
two Germans estimated that they have
! enough food to last them ten days.
/ In contrast to the Berlin ii. the Ber-
| lin piloted by Lieutenant Leopold
! Vogt with Lieutenant Martin Schoeller
aide carried only mineral water to drink
excepting two bottles of wine and q
small flask of whisky. Cold sausage
and canned goods completed the list,
| enough to last for three or four days
Because of the small military maps
which the men carried, Lieutenant
Vogt provided himself with magnify
| ing glass with which to read them.
The Million Population club, with
John Berry, pilot, and Paul McCul-
Tough. aide carried no liquors with
provisions for four days. Several bot
ties of coffee were included in the list.
They also carried fishing tackle.
Condor III, the French balloon, car
ried a case of champagne and one
dozen quarts of water In addition 10
the provisions, a tank OF oxygen was
in the basket to use in case an altltude
which made breathing hard should De
reached A short shotgun was taken
The Buckeye, with Lieutenant Fran
Lahm and J. H. Wade, Jr, IN the
basket, carried large supply OF eIne 94,-
twelve bottles of water Besides the
regular canned meats, there were
mum Der of cans of United states army
emergency ratiOns, which consists u
beef wheat and chocolate. me dlrec-
lions say that one can will last man
"a hours The car carried two lie
preservers and two pairs OF heavy
Cvershoes-
TreIeaven Is Interested
Several persons were on the nelo
from Topeka to see the Topeka IL go
up Among them was MI. TreleaVeh,
general manager of the Topeka Gas
company. 1t was in Topeka that nat
uraI gas was used for the first time Tor
balloon ascensions- 1t has since been
Mr. TreleaVen's contention that nat
ural gas, property treated, would De
better for balloon flights than the
manufactured kind.
Jahn's FTancee Not Worried.
In Mansfield. O., today is a girl who
/
with more anxiety than all the aero
clubs of the United States and Europe.
Her name is Miss Gertrude Jenner ana
she is to marry Lieut.. F. 2. lAanm'
pilot of the Buckeye, october a. You
would naturally suppose that the bride
would object to Lieutenant Iahm en-
tering this race, but Miss Jenner only
condition was that he must Win
Miss Jenner is a Smith college girl
and devoted to all outdoor sports She
is an expert equestrienne and plays a
strong game in tennis or golf
Berlin Had Trouble With Appendix.
As the Berlin hoated away it was
soon noticed that the rope which tied
the appendix would not loosen It when
pulled. 1t was quite necessary that the
appendix should be open to prevent ex-
plosion in case Of gas expansion Many
of those in motor cars had field glasses
with which they watched the 1ran liz
efforts Of the balloonists to open the
appendix There was a gasp among
some of the women with binoculars as
they saw one of the men climb up
rope ladder into the rigging and after
fully ten minutes work loosen the rope
that throttled the appendix One Wo-
man said:
4 just can't bear to look at him fo~
fear he will fall and yet can't lower
these glasses.
There was a great sigh of relief as
the man lowered himself back into the
basket. The height was about 500 feet
at the time
Blythe.
An interesting spectator on the field
was Samuel G. Blythe of the Saturday
Evening Post. Mr.. Blythe said that
these were the first real balloons he
had ever seen. Back in upstate New
York, as very young man, he hao
seen Professor Belazzo go up in a hot
air balloon and walk a tight rope over
the street. but never before had he
looked upon the real article. His par
tfcuIar interest yesterday was III see
ing the Frenchman's basket stocked
with provisions and wines When a
half bale of hay was placed in the
basket Mr.. Blythe's establishment was
complete He said he could understand
how they could eat the bread and pot
ted meats and drink the wine, but he
couldn't imagine sufficient hunger to
cause the balloonists to eat half
bale Of hav-