The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 7

NDAY, MAY 12, 1924 MO — THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 7 AVIATORS MAKE Rescue Plane Ma OWN RESCUE ( Martin and Harvey Walk for Days to Reach Safety TCH Maj Sergt. Alva an, mies sok brief radiogram f Dutch Marbor reported ed their ¥ HARBOR, Predert Alaska, Martin and Harvey, bis mechani wince April 30, arrived rt Me on the Bering May x 1 Alaska » su Saturda » thelr emers urney to Port ©, the message cutter Algonquin imme confirmation of 1 Marvey here yesterday « t Ma t Moller, to b CORDOVA L. Marth Ame Dutch der way today The has Port M ¢ the the a Until Reports trot ska, May 12 ing Maj, Frederick Alva Harvey td flyers, to were un | to br nd Sergt the wo Unalask © Algonqu' nh Harbor Alaskan peninsula tors, who mira: Harb thetr futur th. te Duteh tone. Moller tell of Martin and from & week of tramp aces Ad unkempt, we the little village FLYERS WALK INTO CAMP AND ASTONISH AMERICANS stirring when ked into North From Seattle Employes of the cannery, the chief} industry at Port Moller, knew the Mory of Martin and Harvey havin Deen lost and had aided in the sear for them. Bi ¢ many others,| they had practic abandoned hope of the flyers b found alive | When the two walked into the fish. ing camp natives and Americans alike were astounded. Groups gath-| ered round them and it was half an hour before it was possible to give them the food and rest thelr condi-| sion demanded. | Martin told the handful of Eng- lshepeaking residents the story of] how, shortly after noon on April 30, his plane had crashed into a moun. | tainside; how he and Harvey had Picked themselves from the wreck: age, salvaged their emergency ra tions and a few useful instruments, | and decided to walk across the snow to Port Moller—the nearest settle ment. ‘The meager stories reaching hers by roundabout ways, relayed by small, private radio stations operated | by cannery compa: have not yet revealed the exact location of the accident. These messages did emphasize, however, that neither Martin nor Harvey sustained injuries more se- rious thar bruls which in no way affected thelr general physical con- dition. Their course in the tramp to Port Moller was set by means of charts of the country carried in their fight, and a small compass sal- Yaged from the wreck of the plat They. finally reached a@ trappers cabin, which had been recently used, and which not only offered them a} chance to help themselves to food. | but gave evidence that they were on a trail that would lead them “out of | the wilderness” and to civilization. SPEND THREE DAYS | IN CABIN; RESUME MARCH They spent three days there, walking the beach day by day and/ resting themselves by night, until | they determined that the cabin's | owner probably would not return to! his remote home soon, and that | their best chance for reaching a set- | flement before thelr rations were exhausted lay In resuming the jour- ney. Again packing what rations they could, they started out once more, following the trapper’s trail, sleeping at night In “watches,” one standing | @uard and watching the rea for some sign of assistance coming to them, while the other slambered; until finally the huts of Port Mol- ler settlement came into view, and once more they knew they were safe. The arrival of Martin and Harvey at Port Moller has ended tle most | thoro search of the Arctic peas his- tory here recalls. Coast guard cutters, cannery boats, dog sled parties and every available mieans have been used in searching the Pacific and the Bering sea coasts! of the Alaskan peninsula since the} morning of May 1, when it was) Mashed that Martin and Harvey had left Chignik for Dutch Harbor, Un- alaska, and had not arrived. NATIVES REPORTED SEEING “GREAT BIZD" IN FLIGHT May 3 the first word of them was received when natives reported they had seen the great winged “bird” fying toward the Bering sea, direct- ly across the Alaskan peninsula, away from the course’that Martin had been expected to follow. ‘This news led the search inland to Biack lake, in the center of the pe" ninsula. Later a trapper reported that In- dians had told him of having seen two men in army uniforms afoot, but search in the vicinity described by this report brought no results. The latter part of the week, altho eo: was still continued, it became @ general belief that Martin and} Haryey had been lost—possibly had drowned ‘at sea, and wreckage of of their plane would be all that would ever be found to indicate their fate. . Then, with hope practically aban- doned, word that they were safe, and, in addition had raved themselves, sent a thrill thru Alaska such as this country, in which hardships are * almost a part of daily routine, had seldom experienced. Their brother aviators, Tieuts. Telgh Wade, Lowell Smith and E: Nelson, in the meantime, were ordered to proceed with the round: the-world flight, and have now cached Chicagoff island, their last top, in the Western hemisphere, from which they will hop off acroan £50 miles of open sea to the Kurile islands, SIDE BUTTONS Gide-buttoned frocks are n pleas fnt relief from the inevitable front fastening. One snappy frock has skirt buttoning on one side and blouse on tho other, | Lieut. E. H. Tonkin oats MOTHER OF MARTIN IS REJOICING OVER NEWS THAT HER SON IS SAFE ONNERSVILLE, Ind, May 12 —Mra, Nancy Martin today celebrated her 63rd birthday in re- Jolcing over news that her son, Major Frederick L, Martin, com mander of the American round. the-world flight, was t Port ler, on the Alaskan peninsula. This is the happlest day of my life," she said when word of her son's safe! ded the strain of tho 12 days Tl he had practically given up hope of ever seetng him again as the days passed without any encouraging word. HERE’S MORE ABOUT MARTIN STARTS ON PAGE 1 air service, today ordered Maj. Frederick L. Martin, commander of the American round-the- world flight, and his sergeant * mechanic, Alva Harvey, to return to Washington. Martin and Harvey eseaped death in a crash on an Alaskan mountain, and reached civilization after days of walking in a frozen wilderness. Both will rejoin the army round. the-world flyers somewhere in Europe | or Asia, depending on where they | ean reach them, traveling eastward | from the United States. They willbe sent with planes to/ some point to be determined later, from which they will complete the! flight with the other flyers. Tho following message was sent tolarrtyal there, it was announced by Martin today by Patrick “We rejoice and thank God that you are both safe and well. Confi- dence in you unabated. You have proved yourself. Still command flight. Can't arrange for you to overtake others by going west, You and Sergt. Harvey will rgport to me without delay. Plan to send you to furthest convenient point east at | which you can finish the journey with the rest of your command.” Word of the finding of Martin and Harvey at Port Moller, Alaska, was received by Gen. Mason Patrick, head of the air service, in a message from Unalaska, dated Saturday, which read: “Maj. Martin and Harvey arrived Port Moller 6 o'clock tonight. Re- ported in good condition. Am send- ing out Algonjuin, one boiler, from Unalaska, to their assistance.” As noon as word was reveived hero from Unalaska, President Coolidge was notified, and expressed his great relief over the finding of tho flyers. The president and Mrs. Coolidge had manifested deep concern, but neither would abandon hope the air- men would be found. Army officers here were interested in reports that “concentrated food" proved the salvation of the two air-ijon flyers, was forced down by a| men in their battle with the storm|snowstorm at Chignik. | and other difficulties of the northern wastes, Officers said they did not know exactly what this food was, as Maj. Martin was provided with funds to supply his fleet with food, and purchased it himself. owe |New “Food Paste” Presented Martin 108 ANGELES, Cal, May 12. A present from Attorney H. C Brown of Los Angeles may have saved the life of Maj. Frederick Martin and Sergt. Alva Harvey, round-the-world aviators. Just before Martin left Santa Monica on his flight, Brown gave him two onequart bottles of a food paste which he had prepared, as an emergency ration. One teaspoonful of the paste 1s said to be as high in nourishment as an entire ordinary ment, Brown said today he believed that this was tho “concenttated food’ Martin referred to in his messages, ee “Supremely Happy,” Says Mrs. Martin BAN DIEGO, Cal, May 12.-—"Ey- orything In in such a jumble that I have no definite plans for the future field aviator gor Bear t Frederick L. a spite of the fact that the major has been found, he declared Mon day morning Licut, Tonkin bases his statement on a wire he received Monday from Col. W, EB. Gilmore, of Crinay field to remain in Seattle until he re ceived further orders, These were | expected Monday out 4. “This w of course, changes my I would not be surprised it 4 be ordered on to Alaska anywa: Sably to do survey or phot phic work 1 am glad that Maj. Martin has been found,” he said, “but I would ertainly be disappointed if I did not get a chance to go north, now that I have come this far. This little plane that was to go North |is some traveler and tt would be a y Go Aviators Ordered to Wait Here for Final Word rth I had inter 4 starting South | ay morning,” t | Tonkin de new experience to fly over Alarka.” HOPED TO MAKE | RECORD FLIGHT BACK } 3 It took Lieut Tonkin and hia) * mechar fergt: Ivan 0. C Bt eight and 95 minutes to f trom ¢ Point by With the right winds I had| U° hoped to make a nonstop filght back,” the I enant declared Mon day. “My fuel tank holds enough tor seven hours and 40 minutes of flying. It would close race between 4) but I think the fuel would have won nt you tolin you and Harvey, and hope you| rejoin fight at| | | } by a very alight margin.” Sergt. Cooper In to be dincharge from the army when the two men return to California, according Tonkin. He had his application In| before coming North, but action wae delayed, as he was wanted on this trip, Cooner expects to do clvillan work at the Vancouver barracks in connection with Lieut. Oakley Kel-/ rial expertaients which will ducted there “Lieut. Kelley once asked me tf 1 knew of a good mechanic,* Teut Tonkin said. “I told him T knew of | the best mechanic. Yesterday I saw Lieut. Kelley here tn Seattle, and he sald Cooper must be all that I had claimed for him, or else 1 would not have taken him on the trip other than those of my husband, a! tho I am supremely happy that he has been found," Mrs. Frederick I4| Martin, wife of the rescued ‘round-| the-world flight commander, sald to | day. | “I never gave up hope that Pred | was alive, and this belie¢ was borne | out by scores of letters I have recety: | ed from friends, telling me to think | of him as safe until I had definite proof to the contrary. | “I would have kept that thought for at least six months longer had | not word of his discovery come yes: terday, | “I never told Robert, our little boy, that his daddy might be dead—I just couldn’t—but he cried when he learn- ed that Fred was out of the race. “I am very, very tired, as the heavily on me." . | |atrain of the last week has fallen | \Chamber Greeting | Is Sent to Martin What is, perhaps, |eram to be received by Maj. Fred k I, Martin on his arfival at ‘ort Moller wan sent by the Senttle Chamber of Commerce immediately | upon receipt of the news of his; the first tele chamber officials Monday, “Tho entire city {# overjoyed at news of your safety,” the message | stated. “We have every confidence | can arrange to rejoin the when fully recovered.” eee Martin “Jinx Log” Shows Five Delays WASHINGTON, May 12—''Here's the Jinx log’ of the Seattle flagship of the army round-the-world flight commanded by Maj. Frederick 1. Martin: March 17—Day of Start from Clo- ver Field, Cal, slight mechanical de- fect forced Martin to land within two hours of his hopoff; no damage to| plane. | April 6—Unable to get plane off the water in an attempted start at Seattle, because of too heavy a load, causing delay of one day. April 6—Damaged his plane land. ing in a storm at Prince Rupert, B, C,, causing delay of three days. April 16—Forced to land by broken crankcase at Portage bay, Aloska, while en route from Seward to Chig- nik, and was lost for 24 hours. April 25—Leaving Portage bay for Dutch Harbor to rejoin his compan. flight | |. April 30—Crashed into a mountain west of Port Moller while en route from Chignik to Dutch Harbor, wrecking his plane. Was lost for 11 days, finally reaching civilization after 2 week of walking over ico and snow. oe (At ER MARTIN JINX WAS FAILURE 4 TIMES, THEN IT WON OUT HE jinx which followed Maj. Frederick L. Martin from the start of the round-the-world air flight, conquered after four un- successful attempts to eliminate him from the trip. ‘The major barely minzed wreck: ing his plane in landing at Sand Point the day he arrived in Seat- tle. Then, on the first day set for departure to Prince Rupert, he was unable to get his plane off the surface of the Jake and later punctured a pontoon. At Prince Rupert Martin broke a strut in a “pancake” landing. 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