The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-29
Two Of the Gas Bags Were unreport.
ed This Morning But Others
Had all Come Down
Safely.
LANDED IN A PIG PEN
Doctor and His Bride Who Went up In
One OF tho AIrshIps Came
Down on Hogs
Back.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 2s--Re-
ports we're still lacking early today
from two balloons starting in the ma
tional elimination race here Satur-
day. According to the officials of the
Aero Club, the Kansas City II piloted
by John Watts, is the winner OF the
race so far, though 1t may develop
that the two missing bags have land
ed at points further away than the
Kansas City II. At ell events It is
certain the Kansas City II will be
one of the contestants in the inter
national races in Germany, as the
three leading balloons qualify.
The balloons still unreported are
the Uncle Sam, piloted by H. e. Hon
eywell and Million Population Club l.
John Berry. pilot.
Balloons are reported to have been
sighted near GAINESVILLE, Wis, by Ben,
ton Harbor, Mich, and Springfield
Ohio.
The Kansas City II outdistanced Its
closest competitor by 215 miles, land
ing near Belleville, Mich, $40 miles
from Kansas City. The balloon hae
remained in the air for 23 hours.
All pilots reporting told OF encoun.
tering severe storms.
DR.. Milo Hartman and his bride re
turned to Kansas City today and the
bride told of their honeymoon triy
having ended in pigpen where thu
balloon landed. tfrs. Hartman got ,
corncob for a souvenir. The Hart
mans were married just before the
pilot balloon was sent away.
Barry Has Landed.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 29.--
Word having been received today
from Captain John Berry pilot Of the
balloon Million Population Club 1
which landed near Nora, H., but one
Of the gas bags starting in the nation
al elimination race here Saturday is
yet to be heard from OF the six re
ported the Kansas City II, piloted by
John Watts leads, having covered 54C
miles. Berry in the Million Popula.
tion Club lis made about $50 miles
The Uncle Sam. piloted by H. e.
Honeywell, is still missing.
Flying Over Canada.
JACKSON, Mich, July 29-Al-
though they were at too great a
height to make out their names, 1t is
believed here that one of the two bal
looms which passed over this city late
yesterday is one of the two gas bags
in the elimination race which started
at Kansas City Saturday, which re
main unreported today The balloons
were sailing eastward at great
height when they passed over this
city and late last night one the Kan
sas City II, was reported to have land
ed at Belleville, few miles east oi
here. It is thought the other kept on
and is today somewhere near Canada
Honeywell Wins.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 29.-H E
Honeywell, of st. Louis, pilot of the
balloon Uncle Sam is the winner oi
the national elimination balloon race
Word was received from Honeywell
today that he had landed near the
Bull Run battlefield at Manassas, Va,
having started from Kansas City Sat
urday afternoon with the six other
contestants in the race, Honeywell
covered approximately 925 miles in his
flight. The time of his landing was
given at 5 a. m. today in his telegram
to the Aero club officials here.
The three balloons covering the
greatest distance will represent Amer
lea in the international races in Ger
many so that the Kansas City II ant
the Drifter have also qualified. The
Kansas City II, piloted by John Watts
covered Gao miles. 1t landed at Belle
vile, Mich. The Drifter, piloted by
Albert Holtz, of Cincinnati lan6ed al
New Berlin, Wis, having covered 42i
miles.
The mark set by Honeywell is near
| ly 500 miles further tsan the distance
that won the international race las
year and sent the James Gordon Ben
nett cup to Germany 1t falls cou
pie of hundred miles short however
of equaling the worlds record set BY
Alan R. Hawley.
R. F. Donaldson was Honeywell't
aide in the flight.