Show I I I I BALLOON ASCENSION Aeronaut Stays Close crose to Earth out hut Has Plenty of Ex- Ex 5 l New YorK orl Aug 20 U U-B. B- B F. F Ackerman Ackerman Acker- Acker man nian mu made e a u balloon h at ut Bayonne N N. J. J today loday He did h not get far fai from r the ground but his effort was every bit as thrilling as though he had hind dropped with his parachute as ashe he hue originally Intended to lo do ito Ackerman went up UI from Melville l hark fark A strong wind caught tho the balloon balloon baloon bal- bal loon oon and anti whirled It along at express s train rain speed Ackerman was hanging from a Y trapeze c at al the did ond 1 of a 3 rope ropo rigging lIe Ie was little more mOIe than clear from the he ground when he was WI stopped of or telegraph polo t the lie top tOl a ti j Tho The jar eau caused him to lose loso his hold s son on the trapeze bar and antl he C f f 11 iI across th the wit wires 5 i He Tie w 8 was but able t lo to move mo i and amid ho he thrashed about man in an au aimless way to lo release himself Time Tho wires Ires upon Ulion which he rested are arc ll it feet from tho ho ground A crowd gathered shouted anti and to Ackerman to lo liCe keep still He Ho was un- un abi abl to unde understand them and made mado frequent convulsive con jerl Jerks 6 with his le leg aid arms arias l lory ory move ho lie mado S threatened to lo shako shake him from omit i-omit tho wires and anti drop droll him Into tho time street Io e Into Life Net I alls haEL nell to lo his aid No ladder was wl i Ie so SQ soone soone one man with a 0 pair of or pliers climbed thc lie pole hole anti and cUL cui the wires it-it-es while others oth- oth ers rs got s-ot a bed from flom a nearby house and spread ll It as a a. life lire net under un un- der dol time the balloonist When the time wires ivere were cut Ackerman 4 dropped heart head first He lie landed on tho that sheet all right but It was vas not nol strong tron enough to I hold hohl him hini Ho lie went through striking ln th time Iho ground on lila his head however how how- etl 1 thin tho ever e the Iho Interruption afforded by sheet served Cl to 0 break breal the lie force of thu fall aJl limo Tho carried him lo to a u. hotel whore where h lou was taken laken f I Icaro lIe He was wa found round 5 caro care of b by a physician to have hao concussion of ot the brain and many man bruises bruise but bul ho he will recover 61 i l M Ll rr f W J |