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Show Missing Balloon May Have Crossed Ocean To Land In Norway BREMEN. Germany Nov. 1. The missing balloon Duesseldcrf II.. with the two American aeronauts. John Watts and Arthur T. Atherholt on board, was probably prob-ably tho balloon seen sailing to the north on Monday by John Berry and Yon Hoffman Hoff-man when they landed with the Million Population near Danzig. Berry ami Yon Hoffman said today: "An ho'ur after we' had landed near Uee.ke-rninende (at noon on Monday) we. caw a. balloon sailing at the height of from P00O to Jl.'jfO feet towarda the northeast. It soon disappeared in the clouds. "We believe the balloon was the Dnes-scldorf Dnes-scldorf IL. and that the pilot had aimed to reach Norway. Since the balloon was so high In the ar ;tnrj was traveling at leant torty miles an bou; the. pilot could not have dcsceiuled before dark and we were of the opinion that he would not be able to tell where ho was before next morning. "By that time tie must have sailed at least COO mile.0, and If the balloon kept in the direction it wan taking when wc observed it. It must have been carried far Into Norway or Lapland, or even beyond be-yond or Into the Arctic ocean." The Duesseldorf II. has not reported for live full days since she started In tlie race for the Gordon Bennett cup from Stuttgart on Sunday evening. |