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Show 'TksSi' No Reliable Word Has Been Received From 1 Balloon America .Montreal. Oct. 2d. A dlxpatch from Fort W illiams sass: "Balloon America Amer-ica reported."' Knit William. Ont.. Oct. 20. A. 0. Ouerrard, a mall clerk on the Canadian Cana-dian raclllc railway running Into Fort William from the east, reported on his arrival lure last night thai while parsing Ouinntte station. A', miles east, he and two others, A. .1. Coburn and If. Lee noticed what appeared to b- the light of a balloon, which was going due north at a height of about a mile. They look it to In- the America Amer-ica II. It was visible from 7.40 to S.:;0 last nighu Ottawa. Ont.. Oct. 20. "The out look for obtaining any Information of the wh'i ealienit-s of the America II grows less encouraging every hour," taiil IMmunil H. St ration, rcpreseiua-tlve rcpreseiua-tlve of the Aero club of America, today. to-day. "The immensity of the groat north woods. Ih? wldelv scattered settlements settle-ments and particularly the absence of mens of quick communication, make the search for Messrs. Hawley anil Post diflleult and lacking in promise of quick rebuilt;, whith is the thing desired " Regarding the hnlloon reported at Fort William last night, Mr Rtratton said: i "If balloon it w.ik. it no st have ho?n a derelict. The America II could not have ben afloat with passengers as late as yesterday. Escape of gas would have destroyed Its carrying power several days ago." The F.oarcu f..r tho missing aeronauts aero-nauts fiom this point will continue, howi'ver. Kvery available avenue f news, is being used by the goernmnt ofhVinls, railroads and the Inm'.ier companies whk-h have men along tho burder between Ontario and O.uehee. 'This morning's mall brought offers of aid from man quarters af' Fomc p-porta Troni persons whu had been balloon.-.. There was nothing in the latter class of communication, how-i how-i ever, that was considered worth fol- lowing up as a pir.niising clue as to j the whereabouts of the America II. I The reports from the sectloi dlreci. i 1 mTtli of Georuia May aic numerous, numer-ous, but there i. ki k of proof tint the balloon sighted was the America II. A letter from Montreal slated that the writer hail teen a Killoon over a suburb su-burb of that city as lale as last Fri-da. Fri-da. Mis st-uy, like all others, will be investigated, but without mirli hepe of a definite result Major O Far roll, on leave of absence ab-sence from the department ( mines, todav volunteeied to aid Mr. Stratton in the search and his offer was ac-cepteJ ac-cepteJ Discredited the Message. St l.cuis. Qet. 20.-r A later dispatch frem Splndler said he would be In Chnpleaii today and would prosecute a search for the Anie.-ra II, based on the Fort William message. The message from Fort William, telling of seeing the aerostat birt night is not credited here The bal loouists should have lauded a week fgo today ami It Is nut coii.iid.red possible: pos-sible: they could have remained in the air nine days. Spindler's message In full says. "I have tineed a)l ball iinns as In I lime, cr.urse and destination and have no reee-rd of any one actually speaking speak-ing to the Amer ca If. beond Traverse Tra-verse Day, Mich I have interviewed all irci.ming persons on the steamer N'oithland. which Is j 1st in rrom Lake Huron, and who are legisiered at bo t ls; also the conductors of ineomli g trains ami persons replying to news paper appeals who have just returned from outings ami hunting trips in the noith. N. ne of them had c-et ii the Amrr ra II "If Ibey cn.rse.l the treat lakes. I believe i hey are in the James Rny uixtii.t irtralton (the Aero Club of America representative! has no informal in-formal ion at Ottawa. An unidentified ballo;,n is reported crossing the Cana-d::in Cana-d::in Pacific railroad at Augoma. I will investigate this report at ( hapleau. 'The nights are line here, but the best guides fear the northern nights fni the ballounists." j |