Show OfFICIAL DISTANCE MADE BY BALLOON New ow York lork Nov NoY 19 IDLess Less than titan 22 r separates tho the official distance made by LJ Alan R i Hawley md antI Angus Augus Augustus Ills Post In the balloon America II 11 from being the worlds record According to official in received from William Welch chief draught of or the war department Washington the flight of Hawley Ha and Post from St Sl Louis Lotus to t P rh nv 01 or in the international cup Ull UI race last l covered a distance of 1171 I 13 miles Instead of 1355 miles as re rc reported ported at the time lime of oC the ruce ru e The worlds worl s record Is la 1193 miles made mode by IW Comte Comic Henri de In la Vaulx in his flight from France Franco to Russia in and hours houis But nut Hawley and Post POt established a anew new nr w American record rec rd for Cor balloon flights No doubt Is expressed by h members of the Aero club that the tIle board of oC will accept those measure n as flue final when tho the next meeting tokes takes place But Bul Haloy and Post do donot donot donot not propose to abandon claim to the worlds record despite the fact that thal the tho official measures shows how the dis lis distance tance tanco traveled to hayo havo been heen a trifle trine less than that heretofore fore accredited to Comte do La Lo Vaulx Mr 11 says BayS I 1 am m not nol surprised that tho lie war de do departments measurements reduced the distance credited to me But Dul I will not yield the tho title LItle to the record to do de La Vaulx until his hig hi distance has been definitely established by a similar measurement of his flight I Ido Ido Ido do not believe boll eo the distance ho lie tray trav traveled tra I clod was official officially established as Is done in the caso of the tho cup races The distance made mado by the tho other con of tho the Inte races are arc reported by tho the war department export expert as follows The Tho Dusseldorf II n Germany Hans pilot S F P aide I Que Quo 1131 miles mile The Tho Garmany Gauman Garman Captain Hugo lingo Von pilot Herr Au August August gust Blankerts aid Que Quo bee 1079 miles The Switzerland Col Coi Theodore Theodoro pilot Paul Arm Armbruster bruster aid ihie Marie Quo Que miles Tho Hamburg III Germany German Vogt pilot W V F Assman aid Lake Ont miles Tho The Azurea Switzerland Capt Messner pilot Leon aid Biscotasing Ont miles milos The Tho Isle do France France M if MAlfred Alfred Le L Blanc Walter alter De Do Demuth muth ninth aid Ont Oat miles The St Sl Louie Loula No Nc N 4 J American AmericanA A F I Honeywell pilot juliet J W V Toll Tolland Tolland and anti aid Hillman Mich lUch nulles The Condor Condol France M 1 Jacquese Fauro Faure pilot E G C aid Two Rivers WIs miles Tho Million Population Club Am America AmerIca America erica S Louis Louts Von Phul PhuI pilot J JM T M iI 1 OReilly aid ailt Racine Wis Vis miles |