Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-14

probably the only individual who eyer
fell that lnr md lived to tcll nbou' i
Dnr of the most spectacular tcHts Wns
performed bv balloon all hy itsalf u
broke lpo-o wjtb 10 nDo ID bc Lasbei and
flew around FOR . number ii dats, dra1-
glng Itl heavy etecl rahir acrna- four
ziates u Illlrd borsc. picking hiu np
bodily by sudden lrrl nhieh wrapped
fbc cabt 1bont han. amt dashiuZ nifY
down again II alsp picked up i specI-
men ~ tint modern rival of hr horz"
tho HlvVcr. ond carried Il acrpea two citY
blocks bcforc dropping II 1gajn 7 he
owner ~ he Iuarhine SAID th"t BE- dldrf
mind onlv the steering gear Hos thrown
a trillc ont of adjustment
rhi- balloon simply got ~ ono of thr
grraf circular air currents urh orc Eli.
Ha5s ID motion, and winch bring orr
"ariaflnns - weather G1c weather
bureau rae alunt- abir - prrdirf rih
eonsl,lor1bc certainty whcrr de- balloon
would ~ n gi-rn tunc y fnali} ioll
IL earth and aae recovered
Tho groaf danger d al balloonng f
tha' ~ big ga bog vill catch frc d
'iilcd sith hvdro2cn ard th~ RI racu
mixed uth air = mgh!r pfowuablr
1 lhus The tinicet iosl ucnn1 + point nf
nHimmabiifv Whlrh rua, yo 3uchrd.pi
~ -tptir clectricItg or ae fast NJ .ighf-
uing Onc gnnn tho-e 9TH ing rHlgh IA
tre and who could uof make Jug para
chute vort -eocrdcd n putting ou+
fhr - rhcn all iut 4 ut ii thc fop " h'-
falloon had rnrnrd 1p Rt anollv tod
~ .rrly manipulating nt- rnpc= 9c ,nadc
thlz tr N Iafr'r acf ~ a parachute trd
Irt hirn down to earth inharned
mArrr ~ r< rRrr H,ffnns-
Thcs. adventures aith burning ga5
hags both happened III free balloons
hat Is balloon. rot connected With thc
earth bv cables nor driven br .nglnes
b,lt lnpv goatug fila af ti control
save what the pilnt iuay rxcrcie" d THROW +
Ing over ballast M irffing nut gaS and sr
rlslng nr aiilug ntn a3r urrruf- uoviGy
n tho dlrcc + H. WISHES n 10
4 he free balloon tnn ,ao-t a7maa1he
md .he east a-efli trt.. lar cautite
1aiolIon winch nas aow Jecn Mghis
Perfected - f-c4 fpr directing lrfJirrE
TIRE and for ta KING observations. fht
dingibIe inven tv an engine n-
fii4pensable for roast patrol rork t.gW
+. n thc submarine has aecn Developed
tn6o a craft aHa eau 20 .IlGf@t anvufleTc r
hc world TIE iree balloon - l-ed 4t
present only tor raining observers
getting them uSed to the on4atnn- III
iitlng and teaching hem - manipulate
hc ~. Tag
COL Prrnu77 hcieIc- hat 'ne rre
balloon has 1 great future thc study
ii the AR, 80 haf i NAV be made -4le
tor other alr crayif II II wel known han
the -aietv 81 HI ur er.ltt dependent
upon accurate knowledge ar the tTnp--
phere At hlgh elevations anu j. ia ar-
curate weather prediction our own
weather bureau has hten making >..iaao.e
studio. II ne upper ltnos puere tl
sending ~ .ny balloons 0lJu n4tU.-
Inents attached 10 them
Col Preutlss iaEof- the establishment.
sitter the war. Ii d great governments
balloon field which all 4t once 4exe.uy
ne science 81 ballooMnZ. tuI u4;4Ac
possible 2 more rumueteut -tj44l 81 -hc
ar by carrying he weather axpert = II
any elevation lie a.sne, tn .51dy There
would be nothing mpraclca0le Uu..t
carving q whole lapuratorz up Is ae
elevation oi >ay IN 'hos~.,.a .e,.. s....
there making observations alraH-
period oi uany hours