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THE -3IORWING OREGONIATT FRIDAT. JUNE 12, 1914. 3 BALLOONS STILL UP, DRIFTING SOUTH "Kansas City III" Is First to x -Take Ascent Before :. Great Throng. SCENES ATTENDING DEPASTURE OP BIG RACING BALLOONS UNDER FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION AUSPICES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHTNING STRIKES BALLOOW 3 TIES Story of Terribie Experience Tolrf by Dr. W. E. Stewart, With HoneyweN on Trip; ROSCOE FAWCETT IS AIDE STORM PLAYS WITH CRAFT Sporting. Editor or Oregonian Is Pilot Watts Basket Mat Honey 1 well and Stewart Were Leading ; When Heavy Blow Began. Gas Bag Dashed 10-00 Feet to Earth and Bounced Up Again Pilot, Broken-Hearted Over Fale, Pulls Ripoord for Safety. WATCH FOB THE BALLOONS. Persona In neighboring towns and cities should watch for the balloons which started from Portland yeBter day at 4:10 P. M. In the Rose Festi val balloon race. The .balloons will stay In the air as' long aa possible. - - The distance traveled depends upon the air currents. Persona picking ' up messages dropped from the . balloons today should telephone or telegraph them "collect" to The Oregonian. i (Continued From First Page.) tt literally grabbed the bag and dashed it to the ground. They arose again and Just barely cleared a stand -of pine timber about a quarter of a mile wide. The balloon was thrown to the ground a second time. It proceeded a luilf mile farther, all the time at the mercy of the wind. V Finally Captain Honeywell selected an open space In a field for a landing. He landed safely, barely missing a big pine" tree. The bag was badly dam aged in coming in contact with a limb Of the tree. Dr. Stewart returned at tonce to Portland. Captain Honeywell remained with the bag. Late last evening W. T. Wold, a tele graph operator at Canby, reported two of the balloons passing over that city. They were close to the ground. The balloon race Is a part of the Rose Festival entertainment, and is conducted under rules and regulations of the Aero Club of America, A purse of $3000 will be divided among the contestants. Oregonian Reporter in First Baa;, ' The first racer to leave the field, at Twenty-fifth and Raleigh streets, was the "Kansas City III," piloted by John Watts.;. With him In the basket as volunteer aide was Roscoe Fawcett, sporting editor of The Oregonian, who, upon bis return, will write for The Oregonian an account of bis experience and impressions. It was 4:09:30 P. M. when the "Kansas City III" left the ground. i ' Th "Uncle Sam of Portland." with Captain. H. 2. Honeywell, of St- Louis, as pilot, and Dr. W. E. Stewart, of Portland, as aide, left at 4:15:60? the "Springfield," piloted by Roy Donald son, of Springfield, 111., and carrying Wilbur Henderson, of Portland, as aide, got away at 4:25, and the. "Million Papulation Club of St. Louis,' with the -veteran Captain John Berry .aa pilot, and George T. Morrison, of Portland, as aide, followed at 4:30:14. ' Balloons . Traveling Southeast. At latest accounts last night the three balloons were traveling steadily in a southeasterly direction. Each pilot had been supplied with a liberal quantity of blank messages, which will be dropped ' to the ground from time to time, with instructions to the finders to send them to The Oregonian. In this way the public will be constantly Informed of the progress the air trav elers are making. Precision marked every particular of the start. Each of the four pilots is a veteran of many previous nights and was well versed In the work and duties required. Each had every detail in readiness for . a long and successful flight Lead better's Father Objects. The race was scheduled to start with the departure of the first balloon at 4 o'clock. For fully 10 minutes before that time the entire quartet of . bags was ready. A delay of nearly 10 min utes was occasioned, however, by the inability at the last hour ol E. H. Lead better, who had arranged to accom pany Pilot Berry, to make the trip. His father, C. H. Leadbetter, would not permit him to go. Morrison, who was "among those present," watching , preparations for the" start, learning o. this,- promptly Volunteered to- take Leadbetter's place. " "But you are not prepared," protested Berry. .. "I can prepare quick enough," insist ed Morrison, and, with a word of en couragement from the pilot, he was off In an automobile for his rooms, where he secured clothing and. other supplies for the trip. All the bags were held to the ground until the arrival of Berry's aide, so that, after the start of the first balloon, the others could be sent up at five-minute intervals. Starter Letter Gives Word.' As soon as Morrison 'was ready to - line nis piace in the - basket, O. C. Leiter. the starter, gave the word and Watts' balloon sailed gracefully away. It rose gradually and gracefully, drift ing slightly to the south and east at the start, for fully a minute it seemed to hover over the grounds. Watts calmly surveyed the crowd, smiled, and then, noticing Joe. Rieg, manager of aeronautics for the . Festival Associa tion, clapped his .hands together and shook them as a farewell signal to everyDoay. Fawcett was equally cool, although this is nis first night by gas balloon. He has traveled by aeroplanes. He. too, looRea aDout, smiiea and threw kiss to his wife, who was standing near, and, as the bag passed from sight, seemingly was engaged in conversa tion with Watts. Watts at once got busy with his sand, of which he carried a great quan tity. He had been in the air less than five minutes when he could be seen pouring sand from his bags. He emptied at least three bags as he passed over the southern part of the city. Later he poured out more. Until tie had disposed of a considerable quan tity of sand, he hovered comparatively near the earth, rising less than 1500 feet. - . . . Honeywell Leaves Some Clothes. Captain Honeywell got away before he really was ready and left some of his clothes behind. A suitcase and a bag of oiled silk, containing a sweater and some blankets, which he Intended taking with him, were standing on the ground beside his basket, where he had placed them when he entered. He had miscalculated, evidently, the carrying capacity of his balloon, for he thought he had enough sand attached to it to hold it down. He told the men who were hanging onto the basket to "let go." They did, but the sandbags were Hot heavy enough. A look of disappointment and chagrin wept Captain Honeywell's face as he . , , , ,, , -T7r,y.- .-r-j i r-r r-r-r- ..-r --'-7 7 jj U I ft1 1 .7 fV ': if ; -r i -i -. Vb& .. JW!t4A s : v r 1 1 v'--Vv, . v T -4 -A I , .v. . - a - -- - j i . ..if hi -""-VL n?i 1 . V&' v.-V,; I - 4 J S r liffi : v yufA , : I,-- ;J - i z " " - t" 1 ---,- M', . - 1 I - ti . tpfm- -. v. - . " t ' t ' f 4 1 Pilot Watts and Aide Roscoe Fawcett, Sporting; Editor of The Oregonian, Jurvt as Their Basket Lett Ground. 2 Pilot Berry and Aide George L. Mor rison Sailing- Over the Crowd. 8 Pilots Looking Over Maps Before Get ting Ready to Start From Left to Right Berry, Watts, Honeywell. Donaldson. saw what had occurred. He glanced longingly toward his clothes. 100 feet below him, then smiled and waved a salute. Dr. Stewart looked about cau tiously, as If to inspect his surround ings. Then he settled himself comfort ably In the basket and at last sight seemed to be enjoying himself. Donaldson's Golnsjr Most Spectacular, Donaldson's departure was the most spectacular. Just before he left the ground a committee of women, representing- the Illinois society, presented him with a big bouquet of roses, which he accepted by leaning over the edge of his basket. The presentation was made by Mrs. Maude Coburn. Others in the committee were Miss Ethel Bar ton, Mrs. James H. McMenamen, Mrs. T. Ganderson, Mrs. H. C. TJthoff. Miss Nell L Spurck and Miss Ella. M. ' De- mady. . , Donaldson wa. neatly attired and wore a straw hat. Just before the sig nal-was given for him to start, he carefully brushed his hair, adjusted tiis tie and ' collar and inspected himself carefully, as if intent on making a presentable appearance.' Henderson worked in the Donaldson car with the experience of a' veteran. He seemed to relish the idea of taking an aerial trip, and soon acquired a def inite knowledge of what was required of him. . "I'm safer here than I would be In a streetcar," he commented, as he was about to start. - Donaldson Tosses Rose. As Donaldson's balloon left the earth he tosBed out to the spectators a bou quet of roses. Miss B. Neas. a-guest at the Festival, caught the bouquet and carried the trophy away amid the envious glances of those who stood about. ...... . A few seconds later Donaldson tossed out a strip of red, - white and blue bunting. As it "fluttered down, the crowd beneath swung to and fro in the eager effort to grasp the prize. It was snatched by B, J. Mickey, of 76 Sixth street. - Other strips of bunting were tossed out as the baloon sailed south ward, falling in the -Westover Terrace section, where an immediate long distance race was begun between small boys to hunt for them. W. D. Skinner, officii, starter, caught the time at Just 4:25 when Donaldson's balloon ascended. Captain Berry was ready by this time. He waited only for the other bags to get located, when the starter told him to go. Captain Berry waved his hands to "the crowd as he arose. Ballooning is almost an every-day business with him. He says he is as accustomed to a seat in the basket as -he is to one at the table. The crowds waited for a while and watched the air vehicles floating about. Then there was a gradual movement to the streetcars and waiting automobiles. Entire Population Watches. It is probable that nearly the entire population of Portland saw the' bal loons, either when they started or Boon after. A great crowd filled tne grounds im mediately surrounding the lot, to which the Portland Oas & Coke Company had laid mains. A special brand of gas was developed for filling the bags. A heavy pressure filled them rap'.ly. The streets and empty lots surround ing the starting place imparted the gala appearance of circus day. Trees and housetops were filled. The slopes of the steep hills rising immediately west of the city afforded a place from which thousands could view the start to advantage. A band entertained the crowd- befqre the start. When the first balloon went up the band played "The Star bpangied Banner,' but for some strange reason It shifted to more mel ancholy tones a few minutes later. Then some one told the band leader to play more lively airs and the spirit or depression that had settled on some of the crowd was lifted. Balloonists Least Affected. It is probable that the balloon men were depressed far less, than many in the crowd. It was not expected that any of the pilots, all of whom have made many previous ascents, would be netvous, but none of the aides was in the least disturbed. Cach balloon went prepared to pro tect its passengers from all kinds of emergencies. Provisions were carried to last fully- two weeks. Fruit, bread, hardtack, canned beans and fresh eggs were among the edible supplies. No cooking equipment was carried, as fire might ignite the gas. Each basket carried a, big can of fresh water, a plentiful supply of rope and an anchor. The anchor will be used to catch hold of trees or other solid sub stances near the earth when a land' ing is attempted. In addition to the water Donaldson and Berry carried a can of grape Juice. . , Messages Begin Dropping. Each of the aides began dropping messages to earth soon after he left the ground. Morrison, on board Ber ry's car, seemed to be extremely busy. No less than a dozen of his messages were picked up. . Floyd Hebard, of Thirty-second and Sherman streets, picked up a card dropped from the Berry balloon at. 5:25. Mrs. R. C. Banks, of 9 Buchtel ave nue, picked up & Berry report at 6:15, which said that the balloon then was 4546 feet in the air, traveling south east by south, - and -was over East Portland. - A. few minutes later tho Berry balloon- was reported from Bell Station on the Oregon Water Power Line. It was traveling due. south. ' At 6 o'clock the' Berry balloon was reported near Clackamas. As the Berry balloon passed over Milwaukie it descended near to the ground. - - A card, written by Morrison, was dropped. It read: Just had a bad drop, used Ave bags of Band; came within 50 feet -of - earth." It was timed 5:40 P. M. -Frank Babcock picked up the card and .- followed the balloon - for more than a mile on a motorcycle. Miss Hasel White, who lives on Sixty-third street, between Sterling and McCarl streets, found a similar message. Babcock reports that when he saw the Berry balloon it was so near the ground that he could carry on a con versation with the pilot. Berry called Jokingly to a group of girls as he passed oy. Each basket carried three pigeons. which will be released at intervals. with the expectation that they will re turn to the lofsts of the Orearon Hom ing Club. Three birds returned last night. One had lost its message. One message was- sent from Donaldson's balloon at 6 P. M.. then 3600 feet up. A thunder storm was reported. The third pigeon had come from the Honeywell : balloon, which was then leading the others. It was a mile ahead of Berry and three miles ahead of Watts and Donaldson. MAJESTIC REOPENS TODAY New Front of Theater Is Ready and Special Bill Is Arranged. The new front of the Majestic Theater at Washington and Park streets is about completed and the theater will be opened to the publio today for the first time. A special programme will be given, beginning at 11:30 o clock this morning and will continue throughout the day and. even ing. The new lobby la banked with a re markable marble, the Alaskan sham rock. wJilch contains every conceiv able blend of color, in variegated de signs. ' The ticket booth in the center of the entrance lobby will resemble a sun burst. It will be made up Of a shaft of plate glass with a glass cornice, surmounted by a dome giving an ap pearance of an - immense cut glass bowl. The entire front of the building will be finished in white enamel and apple green and ornamental plaster of the same colors prevails on the celling of the entrance. The Interior also will oe -decorated In the near future. A large force of men was busy all last night on the new entrance. AS THE BALLOONS APPEARED FROM THE OREGONIAN TOWER. - PILOTS ARE CAPABLE All Have Made Air Races for ,' European Cups. ' ' WATTS ONCE HELD AS SPY Pilot Lands His German Balloon on Russian Soil, Where He Is Taken and Placed in Jail lor Five Days Until -Released. ' ' The four pilots who sailed away from Portland yesterday were in a similar race just about 11 months ago. It was tho 1913 Gordon Bennett trophy elimination race from Kansas City on July 4. . , ' . Donaldson made a poor start In Kan sis City. He went up with too ' much sand and found that he had a leaky appendix valve on his immense sack. He was compelled to let out tho gas and land in a corn field but a short distance from Kansas City. - John Watts and II. H. Honeywell had successful voyages and qualified for the Gordon Bennett trophy' race, which was held from Paris last Fall. ' The Million Population balloon. Cap. tain Berry pilot., landed at Manchester, Mich., at 1 o'olock July 5 less than 24 hours from the time it had started from Kansas City. Its. distance approximate ly was 590 miles. Watts Takes Firs Place, John Watts, pilot of the gas bag In which is Roscoe Fawcett. sporting edi tor of The Oregonian, won first place It went a distance of 638 miles. Second place went to Captain Honeywell, who landed at Rockwood, Mich-, a distance of 642 miles. s Captain Berry's balloon, " therefore, traveled the shortest distance. This is the bag which was in "trouble East of Portland last night when he sent in word that he was close to the ground and had to heave overboard five bags of sand. The Kansas City race was won by the Goodyear of Akron, O., which, with AT SUNSET LOOKINGf SOUTHEAST 7 Pilot Upson, went 647 M miles before coming to earth. That was Donaldson's first big race. The start was an ill-fated one, but yesterday's ascent was beautiful and regular. Donaldson started with lots of sand and his get-off was as cool as if he were going for a motor trip to the coast. ' Aside from Donaldson the pilots have made names before In other Na tional races. In 1912 H. E. Honey well entered the race from Stuttgart. He won third, with, a distance of 1056 miles. First place in that race was taken by Maurice Biename. who landed at Moscow, a distance of 1361 miles from the starting point. Second place was made by Emile Dubonnet, who traveled 1211 miles. Honeywell's landing was at Dukchty, Russia, and his experiences of spend ing five days in a Russian prison he told at the banquet Wednesday night. Honeywell Makes Record. In the Kansas City races of 1912 Cap tain Honeywell made the greatest flight in America up to that time. It was 940 miles and his landing place was the field of the battle of Bull Run. This pilot has been in every race ever staged in America. He won five of them. Honeywell, despite his unexpected start, was as cool as any of tho pilota While the men were working his 80, 000 cubic foot gas bag he was taking pictures of -some of his friends, who bad stepped up to see him off. When the famous pilot left Stuttgart, the American Minister threw a large flag to him with the date written on one corner. That was the big flag which fluttered as the bag went up yesterday. . Flag Tells Flight, 1 Story. That same flag went with him to Russia In 1913 and consequently had another record written on one of the stars. Tomorrow lie will write the story of a third race. -Captain Honeywell is such an en thusiastio balloonist that he expects to have history written on each of the stars before he quits tho game. John Watts Is another pilot of inter national fame. His last race abroad almost caused war. He brought his big bag from America with him but had trouble in a preliminary trial. The German balloon Dusselldorf II was loaned to him. With this he went a distance of about 1000 miles over to Russia, landing at Pskow, where, ho was arrested, suspected of being a German spy. He spent five days In a Russian JaiL Because of the change of nationality, the balloon was disquali fied and Watts did not place despite his distance. In -the 1911 races of Kansas City, John Berry won with a distance of but 293 miles, flying the balloon Kansas City. In the 1910 races from St. Louis. Honeywell was the only one to make any real mark of -those, who started yes terday. - He went 552 miles before he landed. . The race was taken by Allan R. Haw ley irK the America IL This was the bag which went far up into the Can adian wilderness, finally landing at Lake Tchotagama, near Perebonka,. a distance of 1173 miles from St. Louis. Country's Currents Strange. Despite the fact that Berry was the last to start yesterday, he did not get an advantage. The country was strange to all of them, and. naturally, they were not acquainted with the air con ditions. Honeywell at the start was anxious to get the right weight Watts started first and was carried due south in the lower strata. It was plainly visible that he was not In a rapidly-moving current. Honeywell meant to go up light, but not quite as light as ho finally did leave. He shot up rapidly and, hit a high strata right over the Heighta Berry also went high and the wind carried him east to the Columbia River. The Willamette Valley has been fairly warm the past two days, and the shel ter of the hills expanded tho gas o yond normal. Berry struck the cold winds of the Columbia River - Valley, the air from off the snow mountains of the Cas cades, and he began to sink rapidly when his gas contracted. He threw off sand and rose high enough to get the current carrying the others south. The others began to pick up as they rose Into the higher strata . of air. Honeywell, despite his start. ' eeemed to have judged pretty well, for he seemed to stick In a fairly rapidly moving current and kept on going. Donaldson also made a good start in Judging altitude and weight. ' OLD BAG RACE REOAXJjED Pilot With Winter Underwear Wins Because it Weighs Most The' science of aeronautics Is per haps not generally understood by the public, and, although a deep study, an account of the balloon race from St. Louis to Detroit, held a few years ago, might explain an amusing side of this exciting pursuit. There were' five balloons in sight of each other 36 hours after the start; a few hours later two of these took the lead and the efforts of each pilot to win the raco ever will bo remem bered. A balloon is guided by the currents in the air. A race naturally depends upon the length of time a balloon may remain In the air. Therefore, when a balloon starts, it carries all the Band ballast possible and, as the gas leaks out of the bag, the ballast is gradu ally lessened. In the case of the two last balloons In the St. Louis-Detroit race each pilot commenced throwing everything over board, parts of the baskets were torn off and finally the pilots began to strip themselves of their clothes. They had got down to their underwear and were still a tie. One man wore Win ter underwear and the other wore a light Summer emit. . Desperate with anxiety, they finally cast off their un derwear and the man with the Winter underwear won. because he had more weight to release and his balloon therefore remained longer in tho air. DAMAGE CASE UNDECIDED Jury Xot Able to Agree in Snit Against Street Railway Company. After deliberating for two days on the merits of the case 01 Mrs. Anna Alden. who was suing the Portland Railway. Light &' Power Company for $10,000, the . Jury reported to Circuit Judge Gatens yesterday Its failure to reach a verdict ana was oiscnarged. Mrs. Alden testified that , she was injured August 2. 1913, when a street car started up as she was boarclng it. She said she was thrown and Injured her right knee. The company main tained that she had not exercised due caution and that she should not have attempted to board a moving car. , Mrs. Alden was represented by . Li Teats and O. R. Richards, and the com pany by Griffith, Leiter A Allen. -Seaside Xatatorinm to Open. SEASIDE, Or., June 11. (Special.) Seasides new 335,000 natatorium will be formally opened Saturday with, a programme. The swimming tank of the natatorium is said to be 'the finest as well as the largest In the Northwest One-half the population of France Is en gaged in agriculture. In the history of ballooning rarely will there be told so dramatic a story as that by Dr. W. E. Stewart, Portland passenger in Captain H. E. Honey well's St. Louis balloon. Uncle Sam. on his return to Portland last nlght.- The worst experience I have ever had my 195th ascension," Captain Honeywell told Dr. Stewart. Before the balloon, the first to come down, landed at 7:30 P. M.. six miles south of Oregon City, near . Beaver Creek PostofTice, the giant bag had been torn and bruised by two oppos ing electric storms,- Flashes of light ning played around the Uncle Sum and the Captain admitted frankly he was frightened. Thunder roared around the two men. The balloon had a bad start. Too little ballast was taken," said ? Dr. Stewart. "This fact made it Impossi ble for the skipper to use his skill, lie could not Jockey the balloon. . He had not the ballast necessary. Besides this, personal equipment was left behind. ' Dr. Stewart came to The Oregonian office; at 10:30 P. M., showing some thing of the strain through which he had passed. ; Captain Honeywell was - keeping guard last night over the remnants of the balloon and its freight and ar ranged for sending it to Portland to day. This is what happened to the. bal loon as Dr. Stewart told the story, late last night: :. Lightning struck vhe balloon Vhrco times. Twice it was hurled bodily to.-. tn ground with frightful force. Twice it was whirled, in a vortex of the two opposing storms. There could be but one end. All' bal last had been thrown over from the beautiful silver bag. -. -, Broken-hearted, Captain Honeywell knew that he would be risking-: two lives and he pulled the rip cord -and Blit the bag from top to botcoxn. Three hundred yards from where he bal loon finally landed a giant fir .was trebly split by the lightning. . "We were above Oregon City when we saw a Htorm to the Southeast." aid Dr. Stewart. "Promptly Captain Hon eywell tried to jockey to the West. Out of a clear sky there appeared, us some tangible thing, gripping us, holding us, tearing at us. another storm. We tried to drop down. Immediately both storms descended upon us. With lightning whirring round the silk tides of tho balloon and standing our hair on- end, the storm took us and swung us up and down and round at a frightful Bpeed. "Then the storm grabbed us again and literally threw us at dreadful speed against the earth, a distance of in 00 feet. The basket flattoned out. - We bounched up-again. "Again we wero thrown' to earth. Now Honeywell began to see and fear the danger that the flashes of electric ity still playing about us would ig nite.. - So he ripped the balloon. Just as the storm struck us the other balloons saw our plight. We saw them throw out bags of sand wholesale. Like rockets they tore up wards and I believe sailed over the storm, which was quite local. Captain Honeywell declared he has never had such an experience. There are but few words In the English lan guage to describe It frightful, dread ful, awful." This is the log of the Uncle Sam as Dr. Stewart gave it. Through the clumsiness of the bal loon holders, or owing to mistaken sig nals, the balloon was released before the aeronaut was ready and after five bags of sand had been removed at once. So sudden was the start that Captain Honeywell yelled: , "Hold her. don't let her go." But It was too late. In the sudden start the clothes for colder regions of both men. were -left behind. The Uncle Sam went up about 2500 feet and encountered an easterly wind of about eight miles an hour. wBScii carried the bag over the city. No head way of a satisfactory nature was dis covered, so Captain Honeywell let the gas out and dropped to 500 feet ami caught a southerly wind up the Wil lamette river, 15 to 20 miles an hour. Tho sun came from behind a cloud at Oregon City and expanded the gas. The balloon shot up to 6000 feet. Thunder clouds began to gather and lightning to play over and around the Uncle Sam. Contraction resulted and the big bag dropped to 500 feet, when the southerly course was resumed. The first pigeon was released about 6 P. M which returned to Portland. From this moment the storm began. "Would you go again?" Dr. Stewart was asked. "Like a shot," was the reply. "But for these exceptionable circumstances we should have gone 700 or 800 miles." At the time of tho storm the position of the other balloons with reference to the Uncle Sam was as -follows: The Berry's "Million Population" bag was one mile north and at- the same level. Berry threw many bags over and shot to 10,000 feet, probably es caping the force of the storm as he disappeared above the clouds. - The other two balloons were four miles to the west, reasonably close to gether and out of tho worst '. of the storm area. After Captain. Honeywell' and Dr. Stewart had . dragged , . themselves bruised to their feet they' saw these two balloons sailing to the south. - SEATTLE GIVES UP GOODS Jewelry Stolen by Arthur . Waters Returned to Portland. Detective Captain Baty received yes terday from Sheriff Cudihee, at Seattle, jewelry stolen from- the home of Mrs. Bertha Loewenberg, of this city, whicn Arthur James . Waters, the confessed boy thief, burled in the back yard of his mother's home in that city. The loot was first found upon in formation which Waters gave Detect ives Swennes and Pat Moloney. To save save the expense of sending a man. to Seattle, the local bureau asked Cudihee to dig up the stuff, and he complied. After he had found it, he telephoned Captain 'Baty that the goods were all wanted in his own city. Captain Baty mado a formal demand for the jewelry and it was returned.