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OMAHA, MONDAY MOltXIXd, SHPTKMUEli , 19, liMO-TJOX J KS.
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FOR THE DEFENSE
OP PANAMA CANAL it
Forty Millions of Dollar it the Eiti
mated Coit of the Fortifications,
ai How Contemplated.
TERMINALS TO BE PROTECTED
Armament, Consisting of Great Gum
and Mortars.
FORTS 05 BOTH, OF THE COASTS
Passage's Between the Islands Are
All to Be Mined.
OBJECTIONS OF EVANS ARE MET
Alalral Dewey Contend that Water
war "! B Nentrnl Path
war Ilium the Im .
Orwt Oceans.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.-(Spcial Tele
gram.) Plans for the fortification of the
Panama canal at a cost of $14,140,000, an
Increase of i,r76,&21 over the estimate sub
mitted la 1905 by ' the National Coast de
fense board, of which President Tart was
then chairman, were sent to congress last
April.
The proposed expenditure refers only to
"seaooast defenses for the terminus of the
canal." but It I also planned to provide
means of defending the portions of the
canal other-than 'the terminals from at
tacks to which those portions might be
subjected by forces operation on land,
with the object either of getting possession
of the canal or of Interfering with the
locks, dams, etc.
Twenty-five million dollars Is a con
servative estimate of wbat tho final plans
for the combined aeacoast and land de
fenses will call for. and It Is not con
sidered Improbable that the total cost oil
the fortifications will be nearer xw.uwmw
than $14,oiW, out).
Tha seacoast defences now being urged
by President Toft comprise tha following
armament: Ten 14-Inch rifles, twelve
6-nch rifles, twenty 8Vs-lnch mortars,
besides an elaborate system of submarine
defensea. HI of the 14-Inch rlfle-the most
powerful and most costly gun In the world
will be located In places on the Pacific
coast and four on the Atlantic In pairs.
Secrecy In Maintained.
Although the greatest slci-toy la main
tained concerning the forUficatiun plans.
It 1 known that the malu fort defending
the; Pacific elranca will be built on Bosa
hill and armed with four 14-lnch rifles, six
8-lnch rifles and eight 12-lnch mortars.
This will be namd Fort Amador, after
the first president of tho republic of Pan
ama. Two other 14-lnuh rifles will be placed
on Ancon hill with smaller' artillery, and
the Islands of Naos and Z'erlco. .In the
Ms r-of Panama, ''min also be fortified,
Willi the 'object of enabling an American
fleet to pass through the canal and form
lit line of battle on the Pacific side out
side the range of any gun on a ship that
can come within range of the guns on the
Islands, . whloh In turn will be protected
and commanded by the guns on Sosa and
Ancon hills.
The plan wa adopted to meet the objec
tion of Admiral Evans, who pointed out
that no matter what fortifications were
built, a fleet passing through the canal
would have to come out one by one and
that' "It would be Impossible for a fleet
to pas from one ocean to another If there
were a hostile fleet awaiting It; the hostile
fleet could destroy the vessels as they
came out."
jrurthrmnr, the original plans for the
Pacific entrance of the canal have already
been entirely changed for strategic reasons.
The locks were to have been built at Sosa,
thus affording the greatest possible con
venience to commercial shipping, but
Colonel Goethals has moved them several
milea Inland to a sheltered position.
Defease) em Atlantic Side.
The defenses on the Atlantic side will
consist of two twin displacement of 14-lnch
rifles, each reinforced by 6-lnch rifles and
U-ineh mortars; so that there will be
practically four forts In all two on the
Pacific and two on the Atlantic side. As
on both tha Atlantic and Pacific sides ap
proach to the mouths of the canal la only
vosfclble for large ships through a dredged
channel. 500 feet wide, extending three
miles out to sea, the protection of these
channels' by submarine mines Is easy. On
the Paclflo side it Is also Intended to mine
the passages between the Islands In the bay
uf Panama so as to prevent an enemy's
ships from taking refuge behind them.
Admiral Dewey, who as senior member
of the Joint board of officers of the army
and navy appointed In November, 1909. to
report on the fortification of the Panama
csnal approved the foregoing armament. Is
n record as opposed to the principle of
fortification, lie said. In an Interview some
time ago: "Fortifications? Why, of course,
os I understand It. the canal Is to be and
should be a neutral commercial ' pathway
between the two great oceans. To fortify
It Would Pimply result in making it a bat
tleground In case of war. Fortifications
would he enormously expensive and ought
not to be erected."
V SCI. 13 SM KOW Ol SO I'BOTKST
Itere
Interested la Seelaw
t
Kept Uprs fur lac.
UONOON, Se-pt.. 18 (Special Cable
gram.) Tha report that Ambassador
Bryce, upon his return from the Isthmus
of Panama, will Inform Secretary Knox
that Great Britain prefers that the United
State fortirv the canal la not credited
her. ' Since president Taft In his me.s
aaga to congress n April recommended
' that tha United States fortify tha canal
the. Foreign office has been engaged in
the matter.
As a result Ambassador Bryce's visit to
tha Isthmus waa decided upon, and ex
charge views with the powers took place.
It la understood thut tha powers are
agreed that the free and uninterrupted
navigation of tha canal at all times and
Us free-Jem from obstruction or damage
by acta at war are matters of Impor
tance te all nations.
No representations have been made to
the American government nor will be"v,n" togeiner a. "
made unless tha congress of the United miraf"' barracks.
States tka some action Incompatible i The night that General Martin a division
with tha tea ma of the Hay-Paunvefota I rvpulsed. Downing and Miller atarted
treaty, tha purpose of which U to facill-jf'r the marine headquarters to Investigate
tate tha construction and exclusive eon. j '' situation. Government troop puiaued
trol by the Uplted States of an Inter-1 thM" and a Honduras officer cried;
oceanic canal "Without Impairing tha gen-1 ' Kill the Americana!"
eral principle 4 neutralUatlun ealab. I Reaching Miller's house, the American
.v i.. article Vlll ut tha ci.vImii.HhI. ! flag was raised. The emblem was torn
war treat.'
oulists Will
'ame Candidate
.For Crovernor
Mnch Specnlation in State Over
Action of Party at Committee
Meeting- Tuesday.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN. Sept. M.-(3pelal -Consldf
able Interest attaehea to the romlng meet
ing of the populist state committee, wh'ch
Chairman Manuel has cnlled for next Tues
day, at the Lincoln hotel.
Vp to this time the names of the com
mittee have not been published and very
few people know the personnel of the com
ml t tee. The list has not yet been given to
the newspapers and It Is probable that
Chairman Manuel and Secretary Walrath
have the only authentic lists of names.
Walrath kept the record of the Grand!
Island convention and thnt pnrt of the
proceed: nes In which the committee wn
named was not given publicity Insofar as
the state papers were concerned.
Ho, unless Manuel and Walrath know. It
Is not likely that anyone knows Just what
the committee will do In repard to selecting
a candidate for governor. Manuel Is
I anxious to Indorse C. H. Aldrlch, the re
publican nominee, as he Is committed to
county option, which was endorsed by the
populist convention. Others on the com
mittee, It Is reported, want to Indorse a
member of the populist party and T. II.
Tibbies Is being' mentioned ns a probable
candidate. Elmer K. Thomas of Omaha
has sent letters to members of the com
mittee or to populists asking them to line
up for Aldrich.
If the populists do Indorse Aldrlch It
probably will help Mr. nryan light with
out being so Irregular, as he has always af
filiated with the populists when a can
didate. In the meantime, a statement Is due from
Mr. Bryan within a few days, so It H said
on reliable authority.
Ministers Hear ,
Appointments
Bishop Jlclntyre Gives Out List of
Assignments for Coming Year at
Northwest Conference.
AINBWORTH. Neb.. Sept. 18. -(Special.)
The list of appointments ror the North
west Nebraska conference. Is as follows:
Chadron District A. U. Julian, district
superintendent; Alliance. J. I P. Jones;
Allinnco circuit, J. W. Thomas, superin
tendent; Andrews. ,V. It. Hell; Canton, A.
K. York; Chadron, V. It. Beebe; Crawford,
A. T. Carpenter; Cody and Kly, W. I).
Kir.lt h; Gordon, Benjamin Kuhler; Harri
son. A. H. Halslup: Hemlngford. C. C.
I. use; Hay Springs, Ira K. Nolte; Lakeside,
A. W. Washburn; I.avacca, I. M. Kendall,
superintendent: Merrlman, Bazll Hunt;
Kushvllle and Clinton. Frank button;
Whitney, 8. P. Caress, superintendent.
Long Pine District J. H. Cams, district
superintendent; Alnsworth, W. J. Brlent;
Alan wort a clrculti J'rnnk CampbMlf Butt.
J. C. Dillon'. Harnett, Edward Maglll; Bur
ton, to be supplied; Crookston. C H. Bur
leigh; Highland drove. May Ulbson; Inez,
to be supplied; Johnstown. J. It. Jordan;
Jamison, to be supplied; Dong Pine. W. S.
York; Newport, Theodore Dudwlg; Norden
C. E. Carter; Pprlngvlew, J. M. Felden;
Stewart. A. J. Heebe; Valentine, J. E.
Baker; Newton, A. C. Cumbo.
Ballinger Endorsed
in Wyoming
Text of Resolutions Adopted by the
State Convention Held at
Rawlins.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Sept. 18. (Special. )-
One of the resolutions that met with most
popular favor at the recent republican state
convention at Rawlins, Wyo., was one en
dorsing the administration of Hon. Richard
A. Ballinger, secretary of the Interior. The
resolution In full, which was adopted unani
mously, as follows: (
Believing that the secretary of the Interior
has been actuated by a desire to faithfully
serve tho entire people of the United States;
that his administration has plainly evi
denced his recognition of the varied Inter
ests dependent upon the faithful and im
partial conduct of his office, and that his
department is endeavoring to observe close
ly tho spirit and letter of the law, we de
sire to express our entire confidence in h
Integrity and ability, and deplore the un
warranted and unjust attacks upon his
character and his public acts.
Judging by what has already been said
by the democratic press of the state, the
democrats will make this resolution the ob
jects of their attack, and will take sides
with Plnchot and Garfield, leaders of the
attacks upon the secretary of the Interior.
ATTACK DAHLMAN TUESDAY
Rev. J. M. I.rldy Has Goae to Lincoln
to Present Ouster Petition to.
Governor.
Rev. J. M, I.eldy. superintendent for
Omaha of the Antl-Salloon league, left for
Lincoln Sunday and expects to present his
petition to have the governor oust Mayor
Dahlman early next week. He will have an
Interview with the governor by appointment
Tuesday and will probably make his de
mands then. Rev. Mr. Leldy was In Lin
coln Friday but did not see the governor,
as tha state superintendent could not be
with him and the anti-saloon forces desire
to move together when the demand Is
made.
Engineer Downing Tells
of Escape from Honduras
NEW ORLEANS. Sept 18 -(Special Tel
egram.) II. C. Downing, a railroad engi
neer from Salem. Ore,, has reached here
after a thrilling experience In Honduras,
where his Ufa waa threatened because , he
,wes suspected of being In sympathy with
the revolution of Manuel Bonllla. lownlng
and another American, F. E. Miller, were
1 by tha Honduras soldiers and tha two
WOMEN ADOPTING
CAMPAIGN PLANS
National Woman Suffrage Association
Gets Busy and Takes Up Polit
ical Tactics.
START IN FEELING THEIR WAY
Want to Find Out Where Senators
and House Members Stand.
CIRCULARS ARE SENT BROADCAST
Numerous Questions Propounded and
Answers Expected.
SOME CANDIDATES MAKE REPLY
Headquarters Are Established la
Washington and a Vla-oroas
Campaign la to Be Waged
from Now Oa.
WASHINGTON, Sept. lS.-lSrecial Tele
gram ) Candidates for political offices and
their followers are not the only persons
huFily campaigning during the dog days.
Not to be outdone by the politicians of the
unfair sex, the sleepless enthusiasts of
"votes for women" have taken the warpatri
on their own account, and adopted cam
paign tactics. Candidates for congress as
Uct :is nominated are being wot printed
circulars asking what their attitude Is
toward woman suffrage. ,
The circulars are being sent by the con
gressional committee of the National Wo
men's Suffrage association. Up to date
few candidates have failed to respond. The
chairman of the committee, Miss Emma M.
(Jillctt. is gratified at the large number of
responses received.
The middle west shows a surprising gain
In suffrage sentiment. In Kansas, which
has partial suffrage, the candidates, with
few exceptions, express themselves In favor
of full suffrage or women. The "show me"
state's would-be representatives are not be
hind their Kansas brethren In expressing
the view that the women should vote.
Questions Propounded.
Among the questions asked are:
"Are you In favor of the full suffrage for
women?
"Are you for municipal suffrage for wo
man? "Aie you In favor of school suffrage for
woman?"
"Ate you In favor of suffrage In any
form for tax-paying women?"
"Are you opposed to any form of aufrage
for women?
"If in favor of full suffrage for women,
do you approve uf an amendment to the
United States constitution In effect as fol
lows: 'The right of the citlsens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States nor by any
state thereof on account of sexf
"If you do not favor an amendment to
the national constitution would you support
a woman suffrage amendment to your state
constitution or to city charters In your
state?
Candidates Make Reply.
Several candidates have amplified their
answers by going Into detail in their views
of woman's sphere. ,
Others state that women of their dis
tricts are satisfied without the vote. Repre
sentative Adamson of Georgia, who an
nounced himself "a worshiper of the ' wo
men, says their domination In matters
political, social and domestic throughout
Georgia is now unquestioned.
"Whenever they make up their minds to
vote there is no doubt they will do so," he
adds, after announcing himself not In favor
of full suffrage for those whom he admits
he Idolizes.
The hoaJnuai lei s of the woman's jn
gressional committee is a busy place v-jse
days. Its chairman. Miss Gillett, Is a prac
ticing lawyer, and two of Its five members
are the daughters of former congressmen.
Mrs. Katherlne Reed Ballentlne Is the
daughter of the late Thomas B. Reed of
Maine, who was several times speaker of
the house of representatives. The father of
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Judge Taylor of
Ohio, was chairman of the house Judiciary
committee to which woman suffrage pe
titions are consigned.
GOW FUNERAL IN LINCOLN
Last Rites Will Be Said In Former
Home for Omaha Court Hooae
Clerk.
The funeral of Allen T. Gow will be held
this afternoon at I o'clock In Lincoln at
the home of the deceased's mother, Mrs.
L. A. Gow, 640 North Twenty-seventh
street Charles L. Gow of Omaha, who
went to Kewanee for the body, declared
last evening that the supposition was cor
rect that heart disease had carried off
his brother who died on a railroad train.
Mr. Gow was 40 years of age.
Victim of Peculiar Accident.
' giQUX FALLS, 8. D.. Sept. 18-(6peclal.)
Frank Melllck, a young man who re
cently came to South Dakota from Peru
111., and secured employment with a thresh
ing oumt working in Jerauld county, was
seriously Injured as the result of a peculiar
accident. He was pitching whe.tt Into the
machine when the prongs of the fork be
came fastened In the big belt. In an In
stant the fork was snatched from his hands
and hurled around with terrific force, the
handle striking him In the stomach. It is
feared he waa Injured Internally. Those
who witnessed the accident believed he had
been Instantly killed, so great was the force
of the blow.
men forced to flee to the home of Mr.
Van Blarcom. There a sentry was found
on the front ateps. Miller and Downing en
tered by a rear passage and for sixteen
days were kept prtsone'S In the place, sur
rounded by troops demanding their Mr
render before the American vice consul at
Puerto Cortes could a-t and procure bond
fur the men.
I-ater, In their absence the two men wero
tried by court-martial and convicted as
revolutionists. But for the firmness of
Mr. Van Blarcom In refusing to give them
up. the Americana would no doubt have
been murdered. Downing and Miller stole
a locomotive at night and ran down to the
shore at the other end of the city where
they boarded the steamer Hiram. Miller
went to Hellxe, British Honduras, while
Downing cam here.
$hp of toe V
From the Minneapolis Journal.
MANY DISLIKE PRIMARY LAW
State Officers Free in Expressions
About the Act.
WHAT SOME OF THEM THINK
attorney General ' Calls It Mon
efroaltr. "Wnllt VwvcrnoP Shallen- '
bergrr'e Views Are) Not 'All
G(ven to tho Pa bile.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept 18. (Special.) Nearly
everyone around the state house Is talking
about the state wide primary law under
which tho present candidates for offices
were nominated, and so far there is not &
state officer who has one word of com
mendation for the present measure.
'Attorney General Thompson referred to
It yesterday as a "monstrosity," while Gov
ernor Shallenberger has repeatedly con
demned It. saying on one occasion that he
should have recommended that It be re
pealed by the late democratic legislature,
which waa responsible for it In Its present
form.
Other state officers, Including those who
were nominated under It have expresse
themselves as have the two officers men
tioned. Some Insist that the law should be
repealed In Its entirety, whlje others be
lieve that the return to the old convention
system should be by degrees and very grad
ual. Secretary of State Junkln Is of the opinion
this legislature should amend the law so
that It does not apply to candidates for
state offices, but that delegates to a nomi
nating convention may be selected at a
primary and that other than candidates for
state offices be nominated as at present It
Is his opinion that the legislature will not
consent to repeal the law in Its entlrey, but
that It will take the first steps which are
to finally result In doing away with It
Some Want Change.
State officers realize ' that It will be a
hard matter to repeal the law for the rea
son that those who have been nominated
under lis provisions and elected to the legis
lature have no very great protest to make
at Its operation. But on the other hand
there will be many members of the legisla
ture who spent aleepless nights worrying
over a nomination due to the wiping out of
party lines in the late election, who other
wise would have had little cause to worry.
These will Insist on a change.
In the First congressional district there
was never very much doubt In the minds of
the friends of Will Hayward that he could
easily secure a nomination at the hands of
the republican voters, but the fact that so
many of his friends were In favor of the
nomination of Mayor Dahlman or some
other democrat on the ticket, caused them
much worry and his fight was to keep the
i republicans In their own party at the rii
mary. ,
In other Instances men failed of nomina
tion by reason of republicans who opposed
tho county option plank in the republican
state platform and knew of no other way to
express their protest than in voting the
democratic ticket
Several articles
found last
were
week.
Did
you lose
them?
Tbey are advertised In the Lost
and Found columni of The Bee
from day to day.
People have learned to look for
auch things there.
Thousands are reading the want
ads today.
Read them yourself.
They are newsy.
Everybody reads Bee want
ads.
After the Maine Elections
Dr. H. S. Ganson
Leaves Clothes
by Riverside
Nebraska City Man Supposed to Be
Early Morning. Suicide in ;
" Missouri. ,
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Sept. IS. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A pile of clothes and naked
foot prints leading to the Missouri's bank
are the last traces of Dr. II. S. Ganson,
who Is feared to have committed suicide.
Dr. Ganson, one of the city's most
prominent men, left his home at 2:30 this
morning, mounted his bicycle, rode away
toward the river and has not been seen
since. The clothes wero found neatly
folded by the bank and the print of bare
feet led down to the water.
Dr. Ganson's household knew of his de
parture but thought little of It because
he has been troubled with Insomnia nnd It
was supposed that, unable to Bleep, he
was merely taking a ride. When he did
not return duilug the day eeaicli was ill
stiuted. Dr. Ganson. who was a dentist by pro
fession belonged to the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, the Knights and Ladles'
of Security and the Modern Woodmen.
These societies have offered $150 for the
recovery of the body and the river Is
being dragged tonight. Dr. Ganson was
married and there are four children.
NUPTIALS DETERMINED BY
FATE PROVE A FAILURE
Couple Believe Themselves Affinities
Because Names Are Nlmllar
Wedded In Omaha.
Raye Burns has been granted a decree
of divorce from Ray Burns at Council
Bluffs. They were married In Omaha on
March 4, 19o, and lived together until
December, 19"7, when the husband de
serted his wife. It was said that the mar
raige was the result primarily of simi
larity of names, which created the belief
that fate had designated them thus to
Indicate that they were affinities.
Board Will Sne School Ma'am.
LAURENS. Ia.. Sept. 18.-(Speclal.)-Jef-frles
did not "come back," but the school
board here did. Miss Meyers of Dexter,
ia., was enganeu ns a leacner or our
schools. She signed a contract, but pos
sibly did not read all It said. Just before
the school was to op mi she notified the
board that she was not coming, gracefully
closing with the hope thnt they would not
experience' any trour-.e I.) .ijot'.'r.-; someone
In her plate. But that part i.l '.ho pro
gram made no difference. ' Thcr; was a
little clause In tne contract at : . a 130
forfeit In case applicant I)'it-JK c ome,
and Miss Meyers refused. tin- Uwrd
will Institute proceedlr.gs against her for
the t-i0.
Awakening Continues to
Go on in Celestial Empire
'NEW YORK. Sept. IS (Special Tele
gram.) Captain Joseph H. Heugh of the
Knglish navy, retired, stationed in Pekln,
teaching Chinese sailors how to handle a
battleship, who arrived today on the Phila
delphia from Southampton, talka with en
thusiasm of the readiness with which the
Chinese are taking hold of western meth
ods and ideas.
"The EngllHh language." he said, "is nowja revonnoltei Ing party of lUhfeen who were
being taiiKht In the schools of China by
an edict of the celestial kingdom, and be
fore long It mill be recognized as official.
"The Chlneee princes, whose aspirations
In former times were entirely literal, are
now going into the navy. The navy hap
pens to ba my particular flaldJ but
JOSLYN WILL REBUILD PLANT
President of Chemical Reduction
Company Discusses Fire.
CERTAIN IT WAS INCENDIARY
Nevr Plant Will - B. carer In nnd
Larirer Tfcan "old,- W hfch Woa
Largest ' Llthla Factory In
World.
George A. Joslyn. president of the West
ern Chemical Reduction company, whose
plant In Kast Omaha burned to the ground
Saturday morning, arrived In Omaha yes
terday from a short trip In the east. Mr
Joslyn suld that it was too early ns yet to
say anything definite, but that It was
certain that the company would rebuild
and within a short time. The new plant
will not be located on the old site, but will
be nearer In to the city. It will be con
siderably larger than the old one.
'I am at a loss to understand," said Mr.
Jaslyn, "how the fire broke out. It must
have been Incendiary, as we had no com
bustibles or lnflamable material In the
building, having closed down the plant for
repairs."
in the Western Chemical Reduction com
pany Omaha can lay claim to the largest
llthla manufactory In the world. The com
pany has been producing over 75,000 pounds
of llthla every year, which Is about 80
per cent of the world's consumption.
The company also manufactures llthla
carbonate and some by-products such as
sulphate of soda and supplies a large num
ber of special plants with the rompaud.
The ore reduced is shipped from the Black
Hills. The company was established In
Omaha four years ago.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO GO
INTO THE COTTON FIELDS
Will Instruct the Farmers and Others
Relative to the Application of
the New firades.
WASHINGTON, Sept 18. -(Special Tele
gram.) It Is learned at the Department of
Agriculture that the agenta now In the
field buying cotton used In making samples
of the new grades will more than likely
be employed this winter to go through the
country teaching the farmera the applica
tion of the new grades. These men, as
already announced, will visit the state
superintendents who will In turn Instruct
the county superintendents to promote the
new grades among the farmers.
Dr. Cobb, who has charge of making tho
samples ot the grades, Is now In attend
ance on the meeting of the National Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers at Ports
mouth. X. H.
Officials of the bureau of plant Industry
are still Insistent that they have but an
impersonal Interett In promoting the use
of universal grades of cotton. They further
more claim that all the correspondence
they have received concerning the grades
has so far been favorable.
similar awakening Is going on In all de
partments of Chinese life.
"The modern spliit Is rreeping In even in
the government, the last stronghold of tho,
reactionaries.
"The reign of the Manchu dynasty Is vir
tually at Its end. Tuan Shal Ksl, former
premier, will soon be restored to power."
Captain Heugh ia the only survivor of
ambushed by African natives at Benin
In 1Mb, during an uniting against the Brit
ish rule. Every man In the party was rid
dled with bullets. Most of them died on
the spot and all tha rest except Captain
Heugh have since succumbed to their
aJ wounds.
BALLOONS IMSS
OVBli PITTSBURG
Only Two of Thirteen Starting from
Indianapolis in Long- Race
Report Landing.
THREE STAIE3 HUNTING THEM
Light Wind Duriny Night and Gas
Bags Go Slowly.
T0PIKA COMES DOWN IN SHOWER
Aeronauts Travsled So Closely They
. Could Talk to Each Other.
BRIFIER LIGHTS IN W. VIRGINIA
At Husk Last Mitbl Tt.rfe r
Sighted nt Itluh Altltntte Ihrnunh
Smoky Mrir Over Pllts-hnrar.
PITTSBCRO. Sept. 11 At least three of
the thirteen balloons that ascended from
Indlnr.si oils between R nu H o'clock yes
terday afternoon, passed over the cnvlrona
and ritlslnirc; Into this aftcinoon nnd at
dusk tonlitht were reported ns still pur
suing a course east by north at n rate of
from ten to twelve miles an hour, tn tha
twenty-four hours since the ascension the
aerornuts have covered about miles.
The only landing reported was from
Washington, Pa., this evening. Tho
Topcka had come down at 3 o'clock this
afternoon seven miles south of Washington
on account of a shower. Pilot It. S. Cole
find his aide. K. M. Jacobs of Topeka,
Kan., reported that most pf the night thoy
had travelled so closely to the others of
tho bin aeronautical party that thev could
tnlk from basket to basket. The Topeka
was entered In the free-for-all event.
Eastern Ohio, western Virginia and west
ern P nnsylvnnin, all are balloon hunting
today. All ufternoon local newspaper of
fices were advlnod from outlying districts
thnt three balloons, sailing high and sepa
rated by about ten minuta intervals, had
been sighted.
Slithted nt AVsshliiBton.
Tho first report here came from Wash
Inston, Pa. The balloons had been sighted
there. nt 1 o'clock and tho third had passed
They wcreat 1:10 p. m. They wero all
over 1.000 feet high. At Canuonshurg. Just
northeast of Washington, Pa., the balloons
were sighted by hundreds of people and
one man got so excited he turned In a
fire alarm. Over the Junction of the
Monongahela and Youghlob'heny rivers the
aeronauts evidently encountered trouble
with the lower air currents and avoided
them by mounting to a height of nearly
a mile.
At thin ailltudo they sailed up the Monon
gahela valley, over the fire and smoke ot
numerous steel mills. Between 2 and t
o'clock' the, balloons were sighted from tho
southern suburbs ot Pittsburg, at McKees
port, Elizabeth, Carrlck and Mount Oliver.
At tho extreme height It -waa Impossible to
Identify the balloons and as dusk closed
in they were reported as barely visible as
they proceeded northest along the course
of the Allegheny river.
I During the afternoon showera threatened
several times and at 8 o'clock some rain
fell here, but at thut hour no report had
been received of any of these threo bal
loons landing. The wind held steady at
about twelve miles an hour as it had all
day. The local weather bureau reported
that during last night the aeronauts could
not have had a wind much hotter than
four miles an hour, but at daybreak It waa
ntoro brisk.
Drifter In West Virginia.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Sept. 18 The
Drifter, entered In tha frewfor all event
and the first to leave the Indianapolis
motor speedway In the balloon meet yes
terday, landed late today at L'nlontown,
W. Va., according to a dispatch received
here tonight. ' The balloon was piloted by
Albert lioll of Cincinnati and carried
Cleorge. H. Howard as aide.
No reports have been received from the
other twelve balloons.
A light breeze waa blowing to tha
northeast as the first balloon, the Drifter,
left the Indlunapolls Motor Speedway at
3:58 yesterday and was carried rapidly
away, but tha breeze, died down and the
last balloon to leave the course, the New
York, which ruse at 5:6H, waa slow la
traveling after Its companions.
Only the long deluy In sending up tha
first balloon, duo to failure to have tha
gua liags properly Inflated and the bas
kets provisioned on time, marred the
I start of the great contest.
Travel to Northeast.
All of the bulloons traveled to tha
northeast with the exception of America
II, which, pi.oted by August Post, has
made two i.lglus in International con
tests In Europe, and it took a more east
erly course. Alan II Harley Is the pilot
now drifting with the America II, and
August Pust Is his ulde.
The balloons at latest reports were
racing In a generally easterly direction,
probably over toward Ohio. A dispatch
from Winchester, Ind., near the Ohio state
line, said that six balloons had passed
over that neighborhood bound east. These
balloons probably were the same that had
been sighted, at M uncle earlier In tha
night. The pilots of four of them dropped
I cards identify tiiT them as the America II
of New York, the Indiana' II of Indiaa
apulls, the Buckeye of Cleveland and the
Centennial of Bt. luls. All proceeded in
the direction of Winchester.
No Information had teen received front
any other of the thirteen air crafts, ' al
though the pilots had arranged to send
telegrams to this city aa soon as they
should land.
May Make ev Iteeerds.
Wind conditions were perfect. There waa
a slight breeze from the southwest that
suggested a delightful Journey, and It la
thought some of the balloons may establish
a world's reco'd for distance If the cur
rents become a little stronger. It is ex
pected that Cleveland or Buffalo mill be
reached by tomorrow morning. All tha
pilots figured thut they might cross Lake
Erie some lime tonight and their basket
were equipped with life buoys. All carried
enough food and water fur three days. If
the wind veers more to the north soma of
the entiles may land In the rit. Lawrenca
valley, but w hen they started It was hardly
strung enough to carry them at mora thai)
ten or fifteen miles an hour.
All of the starters except Charles Walsh,
Klncrlon, N. Y., ai'd Colonel 6am Heber,
known as the "I loonier," flew away aa near
the ground as possible. Intending to remain
low through the night and then be ralse4
by thd warmth ot the morning sun. Walsh
apparently had less ballast, aa ha