Show VIOLENT STORMS BUFFET BALLOONS Seven That Started in Trophy Contests Land Safely Two Not Heard From NO RECORDS ARE BROKEN Captain John Berry Veteran of Many Plights Has Narrow Escape From Prom Death t t f f 4 44 t 4 t t t 4 t t tt t t t 4 4 City Oct C. C IWo C. Two b baj- baj J- J f 4 ff f 4 loOns loon the Oze Condor iaK Lg the lb fJ flag 4 f 4 of France and the Deri Berlin I a II II tAr car 4 mug the Jl color eolo u. u oi at G r- r 6 1 4 man many are still In lit the air tonight bt f 4 fighting for tor the honor of winning winning- the James Gordon Bennett Dennett cup f 4 from America f 4 T Twice In Jo u lve have bare 4 the fhe Star Stere and Stripes Stripe floated d from f 4 the balloon in the he 11 lien lien- 4 T winning Inning n nant 4 nett ant race and bad had A America won OD 4 till years year's ear race the Dennett Uennett t 4 trophy ronld have hare b been D this hla 4 country's r po uie I 4 nt t C t-r-f-ft t f f f f f f f By Dj Associated Pre Press I. I Kansas aneas City Mo Oct G. G Rough G.-Rough Rough weather toda today drove to earth sc seven se n of th the nine racing balloons that left lett here yesterday In contests for tor the James Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Bennett Dennett trophy troph and the Lahm cup Neither of ot the other two bags bage that sailed has hos been heard from No records were broken by any of ot the balloons that are down Their estimated estimated esti esti- mated distances ran range e from to miles miles- Two fell tell In Wisconsin two In Minnesota and three in Iowa Reports from the landed balloons bring stories of ot hard battles with a violent vio yb- lent snow enow rain and windstorm that raged over o northern Iowa lown Minnesota and Wisconsin last night and toda today The disturbance appears to have ha been traveling traveling trav tray eling cling In a a. circle Two balloonists stated In brief dispatches that the they were carried car car- nod ried south man many miles b by the storm None one of uC the flyers was watt seriously In Injured Injured injured In- In but J. J C C. Hulburt of ot the tho America II 11 I sustained severe ere brull bruises s Cs C's when that bag was forced to descend In coining cominG down the balloon encountered a telephone telephone tele tele- phone wire and both occupants of ot the basket were hurled to the ground William Wil Wil- liam F. F A the pilot was not hurt hUtt tC Thrilling Experience Captain John Berr Berry veteran of ot man many balloon flights went through the worst experience nce of ot his hla career wh when n he at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted to bring the balloon the Million Population Club to tu the ground near Mason MaBon CI City t Iowa The balloon anchor struck a barn and tilted the ba basket k t. t ao so that A. A J J. McCullough l lough aide to Captain Derr Berry was as thrown out Derr Berry saved himself by clinging to a rope as tho the bag relieved of ot McCulloughs McCullough's weight shot upward Dangling b by the rope Berry Derr was carded carried car car- ned ried hun hundreds reds of or feet teet into the air and I.- I. I n 0 a le B did t to I eral miles away Berry did not try to anchor the aerostat and It sailed awa away ot the southwest until lost rn fn the dark dark- ness D Despite the rough lough e experience neither man was stas seriously hurt Derr Berry returned here tonight Opinions vary as to the locations loc of ot tho the three thre missing balloons Some of ot tho the Aero club officials here think the they are still being buffeted about In tn the storm which caught the tho other fler flyers Patrick Conner government o forecaster fore for caster at the local weather station says it is possible the bags rose hl high h enough h to clear the storm and are continuing their northward flight Into Canada lla All tin balloons reported down traveled tra at ata ata ata a high speed pe d and ancl If It some sorno of ot those missIng miss miss- In Ing did not clear th the storm th they are probably out of or- or orthe the tho United States Where h rf They The Tho balloons baBoons In landed tl as follows America II William II William F. F Assmann I pi pilot pilot pi- pi lot J. J C. C Hulbert ahle aide landed near Em- Em Iowa at nt I 1 O a. a m. m estimated estimated esti- esti mated distance 90 miles P Pennsylvania I J. I-J. J- J C. C pilot B g. R IL 11 aide landed near Buffalo Center Iowa lawn C 20 a. a in estimated esti est mated distance 00 miles mile Topeka II Frank lI-Frank Frank It M. M Jacobs pilotr pilot W r W W. Webb Webb ebb aide landed neRr Dunnell Minn S 20 J a n. n m. m estimated distance 3 5 miles Berlin I Leopold I Vogt Yost pilot Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Martin Scho lIer aide hIe landed near Austin Minn Mino nt at 10 a. a m m. estimated esti mated distance miles Jes Buckeye Lieutenant Lle Lieutenant Frank C C. Lahm L pilot J J. C. C Wade a II l' l Jr aide nide landed near lacrosse Is estimated distance C miles nil c J- J Jam Kansas am ts City II lI J. J. J C. C Honeywell pl plot pl- pl lot Jot ot John Watts Vatta ath aide aille landed near I Ken Ken- en- en nan nm WIs Is nt at O estimated distance i aGO 40 miles |