Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 4

« PREVIOUS ACCIDENT Tells of Mishap After Leaving Seward, in Letter Made Public by Wife. -FOUND OIL EXHAUSTED Major and Companion Spent Bad Night in Ship. DIEGO, Calif., May 12.—Maj. Frederick L. Martin in a letter writ- ten just a short while before he dropped from sight, and sent from Kanatak, tells in epic terms the ex veriences of the who are endeavoring .to world a new conquest in and transportation. An optimistic tone the letter, which reads: Our experience was one with the Rreatest possibilities of disaster., but none of the experiences we actually inderwent was the least bit danger- ous—uncomfortable, yes; but not re- quiring the overcoming of obstacles well nigh insurmountable. Flight From Seward. “We four left Sktvard at 10:10 am. April 15 after getting many weather report, e as we w. iretty well el Sup on thia "o tr onS ditions we had had. 1t was a glorious day, the only good day we had en- j0yed for a flight. Nelson was lead- ing, as I have been giving them all + chance at it. He held df t on the {ompass course and cve 5 was The ously give the mechanics characterizes water never looked danger- rough and the mountains at e were like glistening white & We p: d through Sheli- Strait. just off the northeast shore of Afognak lsland; thence up the midchannel of e strait, half Way between Kodiak Island and the Alaskan Peninsula. 1 could check the reading of n nstruments occa- onall At 20 1 wrote Harvey a note IHEER up a sandwich. 1 nished eating it when Harvey raised P and looked at the instrument yoard, & ‘hing he had never done sefore Foand No Oil Pressure. Harvey noticed that we had no pressure. We were then flying at al e of 1,000 feet, about three es off Cape Igvak, at the west of Portage Bay I throttied E using the engine as little glided to the lee side of the cape, where the water was fairly £mooth ed down the beach to a voint where w 1d expect to reach th: bottom with anchor and 100 teet of line, ca hin 200 feet of shore and dropped anchor “Harvey looked at thes engine and found a hole in the crank case you +ould stick your The t side of the fuselage meared with oil. I don't know how long this had en going on. This happened “.40 p.m., and as ] was sure the oth- ors saw u 1 expected them to re- turn in bout three hours, or roon as they could get gas at Chig: nik, 100 miles away. ol s possible, h winds of the coast of Alaska for hi and in the home of the ‘woolies, which did not make us feel very com- furtable, although it had been a won- derful day and gave promise of a wonderful night. It was snowing when we landed and snowed inter- mittently for hour just in our immediate vici Saw Storm Brewinz. “At 8 o'clock there seemed to be a storm brewing in the southwest and Harvey suggested we work ourselves as near shore as we could, pulling on the anchor line and throwing out the ten pound anchor we had aboard, get twice the length of the anchor line toward the shore and wade th rest of the distance. so doing we could save our lives, but would doubtless cause the ship to be so damaged as to ruin our chances of completing the trip. “We had our baggage ail ready to do tnis when 1 made a careful survey | of the sky and could see no indica- lions, although it might blow at any time him to do anything he did not think wise, but I was going to stay on the ship and try to save it. He said, without any hesitancy, ‘I am going to stay with you.' So we putl every- thing back, crawled in our cockpits and made ourselves as comfortable as possible for the night. Had Wonderful Night. ““The moon came out znd the clouds Aisappeared. The mooziight on the water and the snow in the mountains were wonderful. I took the first watch, $:30 to 2:30. It was deathly quiet, except for six little butter- ialls which played and spooned on water in_the moonlight. I sort re: ted the fact that they were © happy so isolated from mankind, und 1 was so lonesome. At 10:47 Harvey and said I could go to sleep, as he could not. I slept until 2:10 am., when 1 awakened cold and stiff. My lees are too long to stretch out in those cockpits. After this we cat- napped a little until 4, when Harvey yulled the cockpit covers over him ind went to sleep. The moon went down at this time: it had been most hful and had been on the job all at long, so it was entitled to a Saw Wisp of Smoke. At 4:35 am. T saw a wisp of smoke on the horizon to the southeast, which 1 was afraid to belleve came from a boat. The field glasses were hehind Harvey and 1 did not wish to awaken him until I was sure. In a few minutes T was sure and there seemed to be two. I awakened Har- vey, who was pleased to hear the news. With the glasses you could *c¢e the smoke was coming from two loats, but the boats were still out of sight. When they came into view 1 saw they were destroyers, but I was nonpulussed, as I did not know Wwe had any destroyers in these waters and I was quite sure no Japanese destroyers would be in these waters. “When the leading boat was well abreast of us and about three or four miles away 1 fired a white rocket from the Very pistol, followed by iwo more at minute intervals. The leading destroyer, the Corry, slowed down and finally' hove to, but after # short wait started on. The second one. the Hull, had slowed down about two miles astern. As the CorTy start- ed to move on I fired three red rock- ts. The Hull came into the east side of the bay, then cruised to the jar end and dropped anchor, remain- ing there until 9 o'clock, when she moved out slowly. We were watch- ing her carefully, as we could not understand why she did not come over to us, and we had used all of our Very 'pistol ammunition. The Hull finally turned in our direction and about half a mile away she dropped anchor and sent a launch to us with the executive ‘officer and towed us astern. We went aboard and the captain of the Hull, Lieut Commander Hilliard, gave us some jood, while all the officers gathered around to hear our story.” Maj. Martin closed his letter by re- counting the arrival of the coast #uard cutter ‘Algonquin with spare engine and parts, and said: “This is one of the windiest places in the world and 1 will heave & sigh of relief when we get away. Cook a Deserving Character. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. oT saw a rather stout person out riding in your car yesterday afternoon who was a stranger to me. Have you a relative wvisiting you? 0. That was our cook. She has the use of our car two afternoons a week.” " 1 would consider that a downright sition. American aviators at | s b | “At 6:15 this hope was abandoned. | We knew we were on the worst part 1 told Harvey I did not want| 3 | stirred around | | | | leaving Sitka April Of Relief Funds Scouted in Japan By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 12—Newspaper propaganda for the return to the United States of the many contri- butions made for Japanese earth- quake relief is nonsense, high government officials declared to- day. The newspapers had proposed return of the funds as a protest against the exclusion provision of the new American immigration bill. Official circles said it was “unthinkable” that any responsible statesman should consider such a move for a moment. LOST FLYERS SAFE, TO LEAVE ALASKA AT ONCE FOR HOME (Continued from First Page.) the weather was inclement, and the aviators were forced to remain in Seattle. The next day the Seattle developed engine trouble and a pro- pellor tip was broken off. This ne- cessitated taking the plane out of the water for repairs. The jinx still per- sisted, however, on the day the aerial agnada left Statle Ma) Martin's pa#np refused to force gasoline into the tanks, and a pump was taken from another machine. Lieut. Leigh Wade, pilot of the Boston, also had difficulty for a time in trying to rise out of the water. He was delayed hour after his thres companions left. On landing at Prince Rupert in a blinding snowstorm, Maj. Martin miscalculated the distance to the wa- ter and two struts on the wings of the Seattic were snapped. Special spruce was rushed from Prince George, repairs were made and the flight continued April 10, after one day of stormy weather, to Sitka, Alaska. - Heavy seas nearly beached the Seattle and Boston at Sitka, but the airmen won an elght-hour battle with the elements and saved the ma- chines from damage. The flight from Sitka to Seward, Alaska, was made in a blizzard said by the fliers to have been the worst they encounter- ed to that time. A crash in mid-air was also narrowly averted. Martin Forced Down. The squadron got under way again, 15 for Chignik. Maj. Martin was forced down three miles south of Cape Isvak, a short distance south of Kanatak, because of a hols in the crank case which caused loss of oil. The other three planes proceeded to Chigmik. A twireless call for aid was sent from Chignik, and the United States destroyers Hull and Corry, receiving it near Seward while en route to Seattle after making soundings for a new Alaska cable. turned back and steamed full speed to aid in the search for Maj. Martin. They dis- covered him and towed him to Kana- tak, a small_Standard Oil station, where he waWed for a new engine rushed from Dutch Harbor aboard the cutter Algonquin. Departure From Kanatak. The departure from Kanatak. the point being described by Maj. Martin in a letter just received by his wife in San Diego, Calif., as “being one of the windiest places in the world,” was also under a big handicap. Gales of more than a week's duration | forced all the water out of the bay, it impossible to float the Seattle. A special raft was built and hauled to deep water. A snowstorm set in, there was no turning back, for such an attempt might wreck the plane. s Maj. Martin ‘started from Kanatak April 25. The intensity of the storm forced him to alight in Kumlik Bay. He reached Chignik and then awaited a chance to leave for Dutch Harbor. Maj. Martin left Chignik in such a severc storm that other members of the expedition, awaiting him at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Lieut. Clayton L. Bissell, who had made all arrangements for ‘the flight from Se- attle to Attu Island, considered it certain the commanding officer would not fly that day. Though the morn- ing of April 30 dawned fair and clear at Dutch Harbor. northwest gales and snow soon started. At Chignik violent winds, carrying much_snow, making | arose almost the minute the Seattle had taken the air. Maj. Martin flew 100 miles, however, and then crashed against a mountain during a dense fog mnearly 100 miles to the south- west. HAD GIVEN UP HOPE. Maj. Martin’s Mother Believed Her Son Dead. By the Associated Press. CONNERSVILLE, Ind, May 12—"Tt has certainly been wonderful Mother's Day for me said Mrs. Nancy J. Martin, mother of Mal. Frederick L. Martin, when informed the aviator is safe at Port Moller, Alaska. Mrs. Martin, who was over- joyed at receipt of the news, said she had given up all hope of her son ever being found alive. “My hopes died when no word was received after he had been missing for three days.” she said. Mrs. Martin whose home is in Richmond, Ind, has been visiting a sister near here. HER PRAYERS ANSWERED. Harvey’s Mother Thinks God Saved Her Son. By the Associated Press. CLEBURN, Tex, May 12.—Mother’s day brought news to one mother here today of the safety of her son, for ‘which she had been offering prayers. The mother, Mrs. Luther Harvey, was overcome with emotion for a short time after she had been in- formed that her son, Sergt. Alva Lee Harvey, mechanician in the round- the-world flight, with Maj. Frederick L. Martin, was safe in Alaska. Her husband likewise was overjoyed. “We prayed constantly,” Mrs. Har- vey said. “Not for a moment did we lose hope. And. oh, how grateful I am to those Christian friends who joined in our prayers. And Alva, too, started his journey with a prayer, for I got a letter from him Saturday which said, ‘I think God is watching over us and will carry us safely around to our dear ones in the States.” NEVER GAVE UF HOPE. Mrs. Martin Believed Husband Was Alive at All Times. (Copyright, 1924. United States, Canada and Tt Rieatn by North America Newspaper Association.) SAN DIEGO, May 12~Mra Fred- erick Martin was so moved when the correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance read to her over a telephone her husband's account of his smash-up and subsequent hard- ships, published exclusively by The Star, she was unable to s=peak for some moments. “I think it wonderful that this ac- count of my husband’s rescue comes to me so soon after he was found,” she said, “and I certainly appreciate the efforts of the North American Newspaper Alllance in this bit of brilliant newspaper work. Thought Husband Alive. “I have never believed that my hus- band was dead, but all the time I suf- fered because 1 knew e was down somewhere in the Alaskan wilds, and with Harvey was undsr‘o%.- just such hardships as the story by the special correspondent sets forth. “It was something more than in- | ond | John | tion. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON #& MARTIN DESCRIBES |Proposed Return REGION WHERE FLYERS WERE FOUND UNALAS K D. C.. MONDAY, Above is shown a picture of the mountainous coast line of the territory in which Maj. Frederick L. Martin and Sergt. Alva L. Harvey were lost. Martin's plane crashed. It was into such a range of mountains, covered with fog, that Maj. The drawing shows the approximate location wher e the plane was wrecked, about 100 miles west of Chignik, from which point Maj. Martin and his mechanic made their way north to Port Moller. ALEUTIAN RANGE LAND OF HIGH MOUNTAINS AND DREARY WASTE stinct that told me that Maj. Martin would be rescued. It seems to me that Providence was watching over my husband. When the major and Sergt. Harvey were first lost in Port- | age Bay I was supremely confident that they would be found. The sec- time they were lost I felt the same way, but T must admit, now that everything is all right again, it was a terrible strain “It is needless to say that it is a tremendous relief to me and my son to_know that the major and ergt. Harvey are safe. I do not think it will be possible for them to continue on the world flight, but it T know Maj. Martin as well as I think I do, he will want to join the others. Thrilled at Story. “Lieut. Commander Hilliard, com- mander of the destroyer Hull, which rescued Maj. Martin and Sergt Har- v in Portage Bay, told me that the country over which the American fivers had to cross and the particular stretch of coast where the major's plane was wrecked, was, for desola- absolutely bevond deseripti 1 am overjoyed to learn the details of how my husband and his mechanic managed to get back to the outposts of civilization. “Just as soon as I can get word to Maj. Martin I am golng to ask of him that which T know will be the greatest sacrifice to make. 1 am £oing to ask him never to fly again. It will be hard for him to accede, be- cause he loves fiying. But the strain of the last few days has been too much for me to ever risk enduring it again. Maj. Martin has proved his stamina and courage. He will want to carry on, but I shall insist that he quit the air service.” HUNDREDS DEFY RAIN TO SEE CIRCUS SET UP| Preparations for Opening Today | TUndeterred by Downpour—6 Performances Listed. Braving one of the heaviest rain storms recorded in Washington this spring, hundreds of persons. unable to withstand the lure of the circus, mushed around the soggy and muddy grounds at Camp Meigs yesterday to watch the multifarious duties per- formed by workmen in preparing the Ringling Brothers and Bamum & Bailey’s “bis show” for the three- day annual visit in Washington. There's an old adage to the effect that with a circus comes rain. That probably accounts for the cheerful spirit in which the hundreds of cir- cus employes defied the storm and mud and prepared the “big show” for its encampment. They, perhaps, were accustomed to driving piles in the mud, pulling out mired wagons and working under other similar difficul- ties. Within record time, however, the workmen had the big canvas erected, the ground covered Wwith cinders, props painted and the horses bedded in deep straw and everything in readiness for Lou Graham, the famous circus announcer to step into the ring this afternoon and signalize the opening of “the greatest show on earth.” Fae e, oo, o o ved at the ;:l:terdly morning from Philadelphia. Six _performances— three afternoon and three evening—will be given be- fore the stakes are pulled up Wednes- day night and the “big show's” itine- rant journey is continued. — PROBE OF PACKER’S PARTY GIFTS ASKED Senate Adopts Resolution Asking Investigation Into Donations to Both Funds. Details of all campaign contribu- tions made by the Big Five packers to the Republican and Democratic campaign chests since 1920 were sought in a resolution adopted today by the Senate. Offictals of the two national com- mittees were requested to furnish the data, but during the debate it was conceded that the request could be ignored if the committee so desired. The resolution was introduced by Senator Johnson, Farmer-Labor, Min- nesota, who declared $1,600,000 was spent by the Republican party in the 1920 campaign in his state. “Why not add the Farmer-Labor party and the Non-Partisan e asked Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota. “Because ~they didn't spend much,” said the Minnesota senator. Senator Norbeck retorted that the Non-Partisan League spent_ $396,000 in South Dakota alons, declaring “their expenditures were more lavish in my state than ever were New- berry’s in Michigan.” Pl A Alrplanes may be used to transport ore from mines that otheywise would be inaccessible. so Port Moller and Chignik Bas, and the mountains between along the Alaskan Peninsula are described in the following bulletin issued today from the National Geographic ciety’s Washington headquarters in connection with the escape of Maj Martin. “The Aleutian range between these points offers frequent pitfalls for| the aviator,” the bulletin says, “be- cause it consists largely of conical peaks, rising suddenly out of dreary tundras or matshes. | “The entire Alaska Peninsula, ex- | treme west of Alaska's mainland, is| 1 mountain ridge of several hundred miles, with spurs and sides sharply | descending to the sea. “Only about a dozen permanent Es- kimo settlements are left along 2,000 miles o! indented coast Village of Port Moller. “The Aleutian range begins near the roots of the Alaska Peninsula | and extends on out to its tip, and| beyond into the Aleutian Isiands. The highest peaks are near the east- ern end, but even at the western tip of the peninsula heights of 6,000 feet and more are attained. Port Moller, the community to which the airmen made their way on foot, is only about 150 miles from the tip of the penin- sula. This little settlement, consist- ing for the most part of a salmon cannery, is on the Bering Sea or north side of the peninsula It is close to the point where the 161st degree of west longitude crosses the 56th parallel of latitude. “A nest of high mountains almost surrounds the deep indentation on MARTIN TO REJOIN FLIGHT ON LAST LEG (Continued from First Page.) So- ecated engine would have been e pask on the EFasoline tank. The Seattle, however, contained the latest safeguards from fire from crashes, by means of fire walls, dis- tant location of the fuel tank from the engine and a gravity feed line to the carburetor. To the failure of the plane to catch fire and turn into a blazing pyre immediately after the impact. Maj. Martin and Sergt. Harvey owe their lives, it is believed here. The two men were well supplied with food and clothing and the opinion was throughout the time they had been reported missing ihat if they were uninjured they eventually would be found. Message to Navy. Messages announcing the location . Martin also were received by :xlwut?avy Department and the coast guard here. The message to the Navy Department from Unalaska, May 10, read: . da"‘fddaj, My;u'fln and Harvey arrived 6 o'clock tonight. Reported in good condition. Am sending out Algon- Qquin, one boiler, from Unalaska to their assistance. Chief of air service notified. (Signed) “Capt. G. C. CARMINE, 5 “Commander Coast Guard Patrol. Capt. Carmine also sent this mes- e coast guard: B laska. via Tear! Harbor, Ha- wail, May 10. “Chief of Air Service. “Port Moller reports Maj. Martin and Harvey arrived there 6 o'clock tonight in good condition. Am send- ing Algonquin from Unalaska to their assistance. Samiral Billard placed at the air service's disposal the Bering Sea patrol squadron and the Bear. Descriptioin of Country. Port Moller is a sixable cannery i n at present. The National CeoRraphic. Sotiety, describing the territory where the plane crashed, paints the whole coast in the region as extremely rugged, witn numerous indentations and off-shore inlets. A short distance inland rise volcanic mountains. The islands are treeless, save for a few scrubby willows along water courses. Dense growths of grass and moss cover the hills and mountains and small patches of low- 1an e April 30, the following steps have been, taken to find the lost plane: Coast guard cutter Algonquin and coast survey ship pioneer de- tached from convoying the flight across the Pacific and made complete Search of the shore; broadcast to all canneries along the coast to hunt for the men; two dog sledge parties organized at Chignik; every bay on the south side of the peninsula searched; Bering Sea side of the peninsula covered by coast guard patrol, and there was nothing more to be done on the Pacific side, the Bear, carrying pilot, mechanic and airplane was to have left today for a search of the Aleutian peninsula. Worst Part of Flight. The three planes now at Attu have completed the first of =ix divisions of the flight, a distance of 4,255 miles, or sixty and ome-half hours’ flying time from Santa Monica, Calif., which they left March 17. The average speed the planes made between these two points was seventy-one miles per hour. The jump across the Pacific to the Northern Kurile Islands is re- garded as the hardest of the flight, the only rival being between Iceland and Greenland, where ice floes are expected to furnish a serious obstacle. Maj. Martin is forty-two years old and a former artilleryman. Sergt. which Port Moller is situated, and the main ridge of the Aleutian Range, wiht numerous peaks, runs just south. Onee having gotten over the land In the fog and struck down this raige It was almost inevitable that & crash should occur. Between the peaks in this region are a number of low passes from the Pacific to Bering Sea. ‘Through these blow moist winds fro mthe Pacific r air from the north, meeting the col, make this the foggiest regions | on the peninsula Devoid of Trees. “The mountains in this part of the peninsula are devoid of trees, sunted bushes grow in the hollows. No active voleanoes are known in the imemdiate vicinity of Port Moller, but about_seventy-five miles farther west is Paviof, one of the most striking of the ever-smoking peaks of Alaska. . “Caribou or wild reindeer, is the principal land animal in the Alaskan | Peninsula. The palmy days of walrus hunting and other catching are past. Salmon fishing is now the all-im- portant industry, and most of the setlements where white men are found are around canneries. *~ “A phenomenon of the Alaska Peninsula is the mirage—that optical magician which shows headlands and islands in the air, paints snowy ridges where they don't exist, and erects Greek temples for the mind's eye. “At entrance to Chignik Bay Is| Castle Cape. also called Tulifumnir Point, which bears a striking re- semblance to a castle, with towers and turrets clearly outlined. It is soft gray, tinted with rose. Sea birds circle it, screaming dismally the youngest member of the expedition, being only twenty- two years old. He enlisted at Cle- burne, Tex., when seventeen. Maj. Martin has a great number of acquaintances in Washington, where he was stationed for a long period at the outbreak of the war. He learned to fly at Bolling Field and under conditions which seldom have been experienced by any other pilot now in active service. His duties at the War Department here kept him close to his desk and perhaps once a week he would snatch away an hour or two for instruction at the field under Lieut. C. V. Haynes, who is on duty here now. Several times he had narrow escapes with faulty equipment and weather conditions and in later days it was a source of wonder how he ever missed death. He completed his flying training in Florida. FANNIE BRICE HERE. Husband of Nicky Arnstein Seeks to Visit Him in Jail. Fannie Brice, New York actress and wife of Jules, alias Nicky, Arnstein, was in Washington today and visit- ed the courthouse, where her husband surrendered last Thursday and was committed to jail to await transpor- tation. to the penitentiary to serve two vears for a consplracy to bring stolen Wall street securities into Washington for hypothecation with local financial institutions. Miss Brice said she hoped to be able to pay a visit to her husband at the jail, but as Monday is not a visiting day she may have to obtain a special permit to see him. She had a conference with Attorney William E. Leahy, who prosecuted the case against her husband, in ref- erence to having Arnstein sent to At- lanta instead of to Leavenworth prison. Attorney Edward McGee of New York was with Miss Brice. DAMAGED SHIP IN PORT. NEW YORK, May 12—With a hole in her side fifteen feet above the water line the steamship Orca of the Royal Mail steam packet line steamed into quarantine today bringing th& half hundred passengers who were aboard when the ship was rammed by the Norwegian freighter Porsanger o:rg:;uhor Point, Que., last Thursday night. Harvey is MoCormick Medical Glasses Fitted Eyes Examined Graduate Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist oYty Ay 10th and G Bts. N.W. BANK OFFICES In our modern building at Gth and H N.W., suitable for dentists, lawyers, physiclans and brokers. Heat, light and Janitor service free. Rentals Very reasonable. Apply INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK Tel. Main 4747 but | MAY 12, 1924. (Continued from First Page.) weather would permit wings of the fuselage. We slept in the fuselage in our fur-lined flying suits, using part of the ship for fuel “We remained there next day on account of the fog. Then on the morning of May 2 we tried to reach the Pacific coast again, but the fog still blinded us. Finally we reached a small stream running northwest. e followed this all day, as we could not have seen where we were going otherwise. “That night we slept in an alder thicket. We spread alder branches on the snow and lay down in our ordinary clothing, without the fur flying 'suits. under the Two Aviators, Confused in Fog, Snow incambered, With Only Liquid Food, Flounder Along | Blind Trails. tracks s those of elephants, | the largest s large I ever saw “The first night and there been the slightest kind of a bre On the sixth day there was still onls a gentla north wind, but it was very | chilly and made the night almost im- possible to bear “We left camp at 4 in the morning. going on downstream, and at § had a Start Out Once More. | “We were afraid to continue toward | the north shore because we had no| information about the inhabitants, so we returned next day to the ship.| ‘We remained there the night of May | 3. Next day we tried again for the | Pacific coast, leaving at 5 o'clock in | the morning. | “‘The atmosphere cleared and every- thing was visible except for the mountain tops. But we could not locate any passage to the Pacific and | headed toward a lake in the distance to the southwest. We camped agaln in an alder thicket three miles from the lake which we reached the noon of May 5. The going_jvas slow be- cause of our weaknes¥ and struggles with the snow. We found no people at the lake as we had hoped, and so ~ontinued, following a stream which flowed down from mountains to the lake. “We .came to still another alder thicket that night and made camp, just about two miles from the lake. This made a total distance of about | “Without any fdea of our position, we followed the stream southwest back into the mountains, crossed a low divide and found another stream. We camped in an alder thicket again, the night of May 6. Bear Tracks in Snow. “It was a terrible night. I myselt was snow blind and Harvey was breaking trail all day. Both of us| had a completely exhausted feeling whenever we stopped. The snow was | METHODIST URGES w2 BETTER NEWS SOURCE, | | Resolution at Conference Asks Place in Press Gallery | at Capitol. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 12.— The need of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a place in the press gal- lery of Congress was presented to the general conference today by a New York state delegate in support of his resolution to strengthen the Methodist Press Bureau at Washing- ton. The resolution was referred to a committee. “The Catholic Church has a repre- sentative fn the press gallery” said the proposer, Alfred J. Higgins of the Troy delegation. “He attends the press conferences with the President and cabinet members and gets all government press material, often of inestimable value. The Methodist Church ought to have the same ad- vantages. The church news we get through the secular press is colored to suit the fancy of men in certain churches. We want our information uncolored.” A resolution by Rev. William W. Moore of Wisconsin, inviting Presi- dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Co- lumbia University to present his views on prohibition to the confer- ence was decisively rejected. Dr. Butler recently refused a like invita- tion from Dr. Clarence T. Wilson of the commission on temperance. Pinchot Assails Mellon. Assailing President Butler of Co- lumbia as a nullifier of the prohibi- tion law and Secretary of the Treas- ury Andrew W. Mellon as an open defender of its violation, Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania brought 3,000 Methodists to their feet in wild applause at the men's convention here last night. “The secretary has publicly de- fended conditions which our whole people know to be scandalous in the extreme,” Gov. Pinchot said. “He | has_publicly denounced the proposal to let in the light on the federal enforcement service.” Fifty-Fifty. From the Boeton Transeript. “So you dare to say you are an ideal match for my daughter?’ said old Gotrox “I do, sir,” replied the cheeky youth. “Why, you have never earned a dol- lar_in your life" ‘“Neither has she.” REYEM 1331 F Everything for the five miles covered that day. | | (Copyrigh: | o'clock arrived at a trapper's cabin. The head of Miller Bay was only| three miles away, but travel was pos- | sible only on the rocks on the edge of the ream. We were A'v\nflnxnl.\{ breaking through the ice, and the snow crust was too weak to bear u. “The cabin was deserted, but found a scant supply of food. There was some flour and pickles and sal- mon_bellies. 1 made hot cakes for | the first time in my life, but they )‘u.'e‘ tasted good | Both Very Weak. | “We were so weak we could hardly | stand. All the previous seven days we had been existing only on liquid | condensed food we carrled with us. | After two hot cakes we fell asleep | without blankets, awakened and had | more hot cakes, fine this time. | slept again and had creamed salmon | and hot cakes for breakfast were still very weak. “At noon next day a brace of mal- lards lighted on the bay in f the cabin and we killed them with the | trappers’ rifle. Roast duck and hot cakes for dinner, and, man, but they were good! | “Harvey we: out on reconnaissance | and killed two Alaska rabbits. We | had too much food. After a southern | breakfast of fried rabbit, and left for Port Miller | “We followed the | miles, arrivi ican fisheries at 6 o'clock. humanity since the cras “What a grand and glorious feeling, | safe at last! We were carried across the bay by a native to the cannery, | and the authorities were most hospi- table and solicitous of our welfare. There was plenty of delicious food and rest where the fires did not meit down into the snow, and not the least of their generosity is a bath and a shave.” at 7:45 a.m ach for twenty | Pacific Amer- | 1924, in T da and South e X America an News- |U. S. ASKS REVIEW IN MARKET CASE| | Appeals to Supreme Court for Writ. Judgment Paid in Fall Solicitor General Beck of the De- partment of Justice today presented to the United States Supreme Court a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals entered in the Washington market case modifying the award of commissioners which was made in respect to the property of the Wash- ington Market Company. The court took the petition under advisement. The attention of the Supreme Court was directed to the fact that the bal- ance of money necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of Appeals had been paid to the market company by the general accounting | office without the knowledze of the | Attorney General and without author- | ity of the President. Payment Never Authorized. ! Pointing out that the law under | which the property was to be acquired provided that the money to be paid by the government should be disbursed by the President, Solicitor General Beck | pointed out that the President had neyer authorized the payme! The solicitor general the | court that he was surprised after | filing the government's motion for a | review of the decision of the Court of Appeals to find that on February 14, 1924, the general accounting office Fad paid to the Market Compan $877,157, which together with the amount 'previously paid, equalled the judgement awarded by the Court of Appeals to the Market Company. In making the payment, the so- licitor general contended, the gen- eral accounting office acted on_ its own Tresponsibility “in disregard to the provisions of the act” and “with out inquiry of or consultation with the Attorney General, who had charge of the litigation _hot cakes | erally accepted that he w and gravy we put the cabin in order | fro | which at Port Miller, | in rst sight of | that The government urged that payment of the money to the market the the Supreme Court as constituting a payment of a judgment, and preclude the right of the government to have its petition for a review of the case passed by the Supreme Court Bishop of Portland Dies. PORTLAND, Me., May 12—Rt. Rev. Louis Sebastian Walsh, Roman Cath- olic bishop of Portland, died today of ¢ cerebral hemorrhage. SHOES Four-Piece Suits For Business Or Sport Wear 4.50 LA ONSERVATIVE, ENGLISH AND COL. LEGIATE—SOME HAVE 2 PAIRS OF LONG TROUS- A FEATURE PRICE. eyer’s Shop Street Well Dressed Man MALLORY HATS company should not be construed by | | | IN TARIFF GROUP Differences in Commission Ove Sugar, Oils and Lumber Stir Rumors. Points—Many Protests Heard. roversy in out ations the Commissior of to procecd ing with imports of d hem! ions that President Coolidge e asked to intery Erowing failurs deal sugar, vegetabl with inve oils fir. spru and west indl ma ern k1 has brought ne, and so ons before the sum mer vacation adjournment. Chairman Marv and sioner Burgess, Repub! Commissioner . De pear to be lined one set of opinio; man Culbertson Costigan, Republica sioner Lewis, site views st dela ha differer described to bu on Comn Cane G erat d ns Democrat riou ated and fear nle Commis and Co holdir Bro recer nt missione them are turbance hastened changes In so far as the sugar ra concerned, it was explained soon the independent offices propriation bill is passed the co sion can get to work, that ing an amendment prohibit ment of salary to any commi: member who has a direct or interest in any case pendi the commission. Commissi sie has said that tments in sugar, and it is 1 be bar in the ca t the deadlock would Jken In connection with the differer the commission, it was mentio the Pres L c both Mr. Marvin and M in disposing of recommendations wheat duties, while the nitrate case only Cu called in SHIP EULIN(; REVERSED. four feet deep and there were bear DIVIDE EQUALLY ON ISSUES ;Three on Each Side on Disputed Tariff > talk TU. S. Held Liable for More Than Materials in War Requisitioning When a vessel under construction durin; the war it became liable, the S Court held today, for more t bare materi ich had gone its construction The question of federal liabi was raised in a case brought b Brooks-Scanlon Corporation, whic had a contract with the New Yor lding Corporation of for the construction of hip. While the ship was unde construction the United States Shiy ping Board requisitioned it over the contra The Brooks-Scanlon Corporatio sought to recover the value of tr contract, but the Court of Claims lowed only compensation for the ba materials. That decision was tod reversed by the Supreme Court. FRENCH FRANC DROPS. PARIS, May 12.—The dollar we up today as a result of the electic Before the opening of the bourse ti dollar was quoted on the curb at francs, 95 centimes. 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