Show v J C vu SAILORS OF SPACE SPAGE LAUNCHED IN RACE RAGE Nine Leave Grounds at Chicago for the Atlantic THOUSANDS WATCH FLIGHT Serious Storms Cause Much Anxiety 11 Among the Chicago Jul July 4 fh 4 The nine balloons which sailed aWn away avay with seventeen men an and one bo boy from tIme the grounds of oC the thc club chub cub of or Chicago o Jo today a in the thu second race for tor tho limo balloon championship of the lie worM world mU may be in iii fl tho ho midst of a violent storm that IK is JJ now how ragIng over 01 0 eastern Michigan Michi and Lal Lake gnu gan al nl Huron Dispatches lute Jute tonight said nid aH there were heavy y winds lne and much thun thunder er along the thc mute In Iii which tile the balloons Were n last laI seen U Up to midnight leports had hat been received e from rom roam about half hair of oC time the contestants contestants None of the nine entries has been rePorted re reported re- re ported In In distress At t latest accounts the they were all an Hying rapidly most of oC them beam at a areat great reat height in iii II an aim c easterly direction toward towai the time Atlantic ocean tho time neat coal o of I the time race Some anxiety was experienced to today tola to- to la day at tho time luo club over the time storm reports but time the referee s said ald that he ime was confident that ever every one one of time the pilots was competent competent to guide his craft to a n safe landing handing Lightning 1 Is of oC course time the chief dread of oC time the aeronaut To 10 him it I is what rocks and reefs are arc to lo the tIme marin er cr One flash Clash and his Imis monstrous ar ar- ar- ar br bird collapses into nothing Start l From Club Grounds The Time start sturt from the clubs club's grounds at ut seventh Sixty Sixty street ln et and South Park ParI avenue was as witnessed by persons persons' per per- sons sons' In point of spectators ol's an and the number n lm num ber and character of or entries It I was the time greatest l aeronautic event that ever cr took place In Iii America and antI places Chicago on a n par pai- with with- Paris Purls as a n centO cen- cen tee lor tO for aerial sport sport Even the time state militia that was called to protect the time racers were pow pow- po cle le 5 to lo keep the tIme crowds In chock check The Time balloons started as follows I 1 1 San Fielding Sn Antonio Antono Caplain Cap Cap- CP- CP lain alum II H. lI E E. Honeywell piot Dr Fred Fred- crick Fielding assistant 1542 po p. p m m. 2 JIng Gerald Greg Greg- t J 1 P p. p In IJ C t 3 a. Do Dieppe Captain A. E E. Mueller pilot George lc assistant p. p pIU m. m 4 United States of Minneapolis Colonel H H. H P. P Shirley pilot piot H H. I P. P n assistant 6 I p. p m. m C. C Cincinnati Lu Leslie Mo Haddock pilot piot Georgo Howard o assistant S p. p in m. m 6 American Captain P P. S. S Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son seam pilot Lieutenant J. J J. J Meade Mcade assistant assistant assistant as as- 6 64 p. p mim m. m J. J 7 Columbia C. C S S. I pilot piot Captain Martin Martn Peterson as assistant assistant assist assist- ant p p. p 1 in ma 8 8 Illinois J J. J L L. Casey pilot piot C. C II Ir I assistant p. p in I. I 9 9 p. Coo s 's Chicago Charles A. A COC Cocy Coey piot pilot G. G L L. Bumbaugh assistant assistant assist assist- ant 13 p. p in mm |