Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 10

Pee, TEN hedestnthes | Martin’s Ship Crashes; Men Lost in Wilds Thrilling Episode Involving Leader of Fliers and His Mechanic Reached in History of Journey By LOWELL THOMAS. (Copyright, By the Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate and the Mc- Clure Newspapers Syndicate) “No finer fellow and no pluckier flyer than Maj. Fred- erick L, Martin ever climbed into a cockpit,” is the unani- mous opinion of every man in the air service who knows him. But from that first day when they had the forced landing in the San Joaquin valley, on the way up to Sacra- mertfto, ill luck seemed to dog the aerial trail of Maj. Martir and Sergt. Harvey. At Seattle their world cruiser was tail heavy, and in trying to get off the-water the propeller broke and a hole was knocked in u pontoon Landing in a blinding snowstorm at Prince Rupert, two struts and sev eral vertical wires gave way. At Seward engine trouble held them up, and the other planes circled around over Resurrection bay for twenty minutes waiting for the Seattle to wet. off. On the way down the Alas- kan peninsula they lost their oil and had to make a speedy forced landing in Portage bay. Plane Crashes Into Mountain. Then on top of all this, while try ing to catch up with the other world flyers, they got lost in a storm, crashed into a mountain, and wan- dered for days across the snow fields of one of the most remote corners of Alaska. The story of the hardships they went through and of their thrilling adventures at Portage bay fades into insignificance in comparison with the story of thetr collision with the mountain. This, too, is a tale that has. never been told in full. How ever, it now forms the conclidin shapter of Maj. Martin's report 1 he chief of the air service, and n alstory of the first circumnavigatio of the globe by air could be comple without ft. We have seen in what a dism: place the Seattle came down whe Martin and Harvey dropped bebir. he rest of the flight.on the wa trom Seward to Chignik. Almost i despair of ever getting any clea weather at Portage bay, and fearf test .a “‘willle waws” might swee down the valley and dash thei plane to pleces, gi. 11 o'clock on th morning of Aprii 25 they started o! for Chignik and Dutch Harbor. Ma, Martin states that he does not bé eve a seaplane ever before suc ceeded in leaving the water unde such adverse circumstances. A higi sea was running at.the time anc they started off through a snow storm, thinking that it was only « local disturbance. Post Mountain Lookout. “It was too. dangerous to fly a compass course on account of the poor visibility,” says the major in his report. “This made it impera- tive that we should fly directly over the shore line. We had previously BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG She Taaver Dain Mribine : 5S NEP.54, 1 GOT Bt BLES) Ano T WANT Y BET ON SUMPN = GUT T DowtT WANT Te Take ANY PURPLE CHANKES! _ <5 SK OES YVENNESDAY. DECEMBFR 10, 1924 - By Billey De Beck Feer THE SEA. THAT WILL BULL WATER OVER 4NV MOUNTAINS A€ND FURNISH WATER POWER FOR ELECTRIC UGHTS ANID FACTORIES that COMMON GOLDS ARE (stress See atts pemiet stances Sergt. Harvey was to watch for obstructions such as projecting NATURES WARNING headlands, on the port’ side of the plane, while I was to watch the If Heeded in Time May Be Checked Before Serious with it cut chunks of snow,and ice about a foot square, stacked these up and made walls over which we placed the wings of the wreck for a roof, banked loose snow around to keep out the wind, got out our pipes and tobacco, and made ur- selves as comfortable as possible.” f (To Be Continued) a prepared for us, we packed up the malted mili tablets and two ther- mos bottles that remained unbroken, which contained concentrated f made=from raisins, figs, walnuts, peanuts, barley, wheat and celery, This latter had been presented to us by the Bartlett Nu Products peo- of Pasadena, to use in case of Eat It Here—Take It Out FOOD YOU'LL ENJOY Lunches and Banquets served anywhere at any time Hartman’s Delicatessen Old Public Market Fifth and Wolcott Classified Rates per line. NO AD LESS THAN 80 CENTS. Five average words used as @ shore Ine over the starboard side. if the sergeant saw anything that looked dangerous he would kick the rudder and at times I was forced to bank the vertical to escape disaster. PI just such an emergency as this. We basis of line. Illness Sets In We were constantly in immiment ali ed up as "many other| . THE “CHRISTMAS Gift Suggec- estimating a line. a danger. Rie cece Wwe could carry and atruck |tions” in the Classified ‘Section cut BLACKFACE CAP HEADLINE. KUROKOL BRINGS “Pwo hours and fifteen minutes off to the south over the mountain | down the high cost of Christmas, ‘Tribune wantads bring results. | will be charged tRe espace cf two : ; lines. INSTANT RELIEF | *¢"t bY during which tt was tmpera- into which we had crashed. All charget s@vertwiag vill be tive that I keep on the lookout, on * i ose During this time it was tmposstble bel Sibi lee «eben Yoho Bee eg nese teveupective Yat The next time you have a cough or cold, go to your nearest druggist and buy a bottle of Kurokol,* the new preparation that is proving so effective in breaking up coughs and over ten miles from. the Pacific coast side (the east side) of the pen- insula. But ‘we knew we were cut off frim it by a range'of mountains. ‘We set our course with the ald of a the number of words. CORRECTION .OF _ CLASSIFIED 4D BRRORS. The Casper Daily une will Rot be responsibic tan ete than to study the map. The storm con- tinued and it seemed as though we would never get through. ‘ “The wind blew from the south- colds. Take one teaspoonful. Re- peat the dose in one or two hours, and you will be surprised and de- lighted at the result. The very first dose almost inva- west with a velocity of about twenty- five miles an hour. Finally we found ourselves fiying over a stretch of water, which seemed to be pro- tected from the wind. For fifteen minutes we continued over it, and small card compass that had been. presented _to Sergeant Harvey his friend, Corporal. Foster, leaving Chanute Fiel White Fog Burtes Countryside before one incorrect insertion of any ad- vertisemcnt ordered for more than one json Seeded not the igult of the advei which clearly lessen. the reat value of the advertisement will be rectified only by publication without extra charge within FIVE Gays after insertion. No republica- tion will be made when the error does not materially affect the sense (@ purpose of the advertisement. riably stops the tendency to sneeze and cough and the second or third dose is usually sufficient to arrest the. progress of the severest cold. “Common” Colds and Coughs are noticed that it contained consider- able floating ice. When we tried to get-out of this bay, we plunged into a snowstorm of even greater iptensity than the one we had flown “The fog was both dense and white and seemed to blend right . THE MISSING COMMANDER, into the snow, The latter was so ‘No finer fellow and no pluckier flyer than Maj. Frederick L. Martin] deep and smooth that the country was and is the unanimous opinion of the U.| seemed buried in {t. Everything we OUT OF TOWN ADVEKTISE- advance signals of serious trouble! through from\..Kanatak. 80. we He demonstrated his pluck when, accompanied by Sergt. | could see was dead white. We were MENTS. that can be checked if Kurokol {#]/ turned back, landed, and dropped | Harvey, he wandered about the ico and snow covered mountains of Alaska] «so troubled with not being able Must b. accompanied by cash or taken, Kurokol is made and recom-| ,nchor. It turned out to be Kujulik| after his plane had crashed into a mountain peak. to walk in a straight line. Evident- cheok in full payment of the same. mended by the manufacturers of|),, just east of Chignik ly our sense of balance was not ae. the Pcie vor ace 9 C) ay, : ve - coun! t wo! 1e TARLAC. Land at Chignik. {ce, went over the engine thorough. | turned and flew back, got my hear-| “OrKing. $0 we had to stop, fre- Fato per word for the Casper Dally gv. MU Bod Gruggists.| “after an hour and a half theliy,’ serviced up with gasoline and| ings agnin and fey veweny went: | quently and check our course wi ‘Tribune —Adv. ; bv ypructe ‘he compass, Finally, after walking 5 storm abated slightly, so we took off again and landed at Chignik at . “Snowstorms and high winds pre- vailed on the 26th, 27th and 28th. oil, and got ready to fly on to Dutch Harbor. Take Off in Snowstorm. “When we arose at 4 a. m. on the ground for a short distance, until we came to mountains with Jevel Sorund extending to the northward. Feeling certain that but a slight CLOSING HOUR. ‘Went Ads to be classified properly must be in the Casyer Daily Tribune Ofice before 10. Want Ads received for two hours we returned to the plane because it appeared unlikely that we would be able to reach shel- 2 ter © darkness came down after 10 to 12 a. m. will be inserted AN ee it bene si | morning of the S0th we found it| change of direction could be neces: ees wees hinder the’ “heady "aio ate ee Chignik bay was swept by a. stiff! stil snowing, but perfectly calm. I flew north for a short dis-| “P25 US. Classity.” Late to ale. The next morning we found|/‘The weather . Putting on our heavy, fur lined reports that came through from Dutch Harbor about 10 o'clock led me to believe that we could get through. On the recom- mendation of Mr. Osmund, superin- tendent of the cannery, who said that the rest of the flight had done Ukewise, we decided to take a short cut over a portage northwest of Chignik. So, in leaving, we turned to the north instead of the south, as the course had originally been laid out. In trying to cross this portage, which was supposed to be low sround, we found ourselves sudden. ly flying directly toward a mountain with no water in sight. Thinking that we might have veered a bit foo sharply in leaving Chignik lagoon, I atm be od eccipetel Sen pe enird cae eon As we were now flying over. with pontoons instead of whecls we were getting rather con- cerned. Blue water was plainly visible to the westward, seemingly but a short distance away, so we headed for it in an effort to reach the sea again with the least possible delay. Hit Fog and Then— “Our ceiling now was about 200 feet. For some strange reason the water never seemed to grow any nearer, and we Were approaching fog. I was strongly inclined to.turn back to Chignik and then take the original course. But as we had come this far and the water seemed so near we kept on. The fog grew more and more dense, and forced us almost down to the ground, Still pa ESE eee HELP WANTED—MALE —_—_—_— WANTED —Immediately, an At shoe repair man. Apply in per- son at Union Shoe Shop, 505% E. Second. ———<____ HELP WANTED—Female eee WILL give room and board to schoo! girl, in exchange for light services rund house. Phone 131R, 742 8. jeech, —_—_—————— POSITIONS WANTED suits which we had abandoned on account of their great weight, we built a fire out of broken parts of the plane, and in our helmets, fleece ned motasins, fur gloves and fly- ing suits, we took shelter in the baggage compartment of the fusel- age.. We had to sleep on.just one side of it because it was tilted upjat |: an angle of 45 degrees. Although ft was long enough, \{t was only two. and @ half feet wide, so at first one would s'eep with the other laying aif on top of him, and ther th other would take the lower berth We were cramped and uncomfort- able and it was bitter cold. So we slept but litte. “Next morning, when we crawled out of the fuselage, we found the fog as thick as ever, so we decided finding no water, but feeling cer-|tq watt ‘until {t Mfted rather. than fain that we had left the mountains! pun the risk of walking blindly over behind us, I belfeved that it would] « precipice. ; be safest to climb up over the fox| Buita House from Wrecked Plane. which I felt sure would only extend| «ay ¢hat day, and. all thé-second FOR “ay ORS AieaToe night we remained there. Our fire y finally melted the snow and ice until “In order to make sure of getting through to Dutch Harbor we had| quite a pit was formed. Then we taken on board 200 gallons of gaso- that the spray from the seas break- Ing over the pontoons had frozen on them, and also on the fuselage and wings, making the Beattle look like an iceberg. Fully 400 pounds of ice had formed on her. “The wind had gone down slightly and, for the first time since arriving at Chignik, it waa possible for us to get out to the plane. With a launch belonging to the Columbia river packers we towed her to a more sheltered spot near the can- n carefully scraped off all the They Had a | Wreck— A Michelin-equipped car and a EXPERIENCED manicurist wants position or take a few private cus tomers; have also two years exper! ence In dry goods store. Box B-140, Tribune. : Mrs, ELLEN HEUN ————— COMPETENT woman wants house work. Phone 515. ———— WANT Janitor or porter work, neet took the metal cowling from the yy it at once. Phone 1138. Michélin-equipped delivers Gan Tee an Ot a ats Neary 1084 | plane, ‘put it tinder the fire, took orepy ane of 4 other trains EXPERIENCED trick driver wants ri - ry e plan iy. e ha ~ sang 9 hed RB Ppe : been climbing for several minutes | M® Small spade from the plane and to California & 40h, A.B. Allen." 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The fusel- age went over at an angle of 45 degrees. The force of the impact rove the right pontoon right under HAVE YOU A DAUGHTER? How to Take Proper Care of Her Health W. Mrs. Colby. 3D—Apartments to care for, rent and small salray; first class reference. Box B-138, ‘Tr.bune. y demolished by the crash, and the upper wing on the right driven hal’ way back to the tall. of course was smashed MARCEL and bob curl, complete, Riverview Hotel, 205 N. Cen- Phone 540M. class refereneeis Hastings, Nebr—‘when I war] ye tusclage alonecide the rete MARCEL and bobeurl, complete, 0c. pon: Speers about sixteen years of age I caught! icon and the pontoon struts wore an’ Buncagee Ma Pete Treiene ‘ @ severe cold which caused Irrest| crushed and toriloose. ‘The bot. on | Sundays. ar. Pho! arity and suffering, My tom wing on the right w: } va ———= — TE: Will Stand Hard Use Teription ‘nag’ toes’ aetioe "ot ti], temolinhed by the ofauh and scription and four bottles of it completely restored my health. 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