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Martin Ship Hits Side of'Mountain; Seattle ^recked Commander of World Flight Forced to Quit Trip; Makes House Out of Dam aged Plane. Told by I.OWKIX THOMAS. (Copyright. 1»I4.) “No finer fellow ami no pluckier flyer than Maj. Frederick L. Martin ever, climbed into a cockpit.’’ is the unanimous opinion of every man in the air service who knows him. But from the first day when they had the forced landing in the San Joaquin valley, on the way up to Sacramento ill luck seemeij to dog the aerial trail of Major Martin and Sergeant Har vey. 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 a pontoon. Hand ing in a blinding snowstorm at Prince Rupert, two struts and several vertical wires gave way. At Seward engine trouble held them up and the other planes circled around over Resurrection bay for 20 minutes wait ing for the Seattle to get off. On the Way down the Alaskan peninsula they lost their oil and bad to make a speedy forced landing in Portage bay. Crash Into Mountain. Then on top of all this, while trying to catch tip with the other world fliers, they got lost in a storm, crashed Thto a mountain, and nun t dered for days across the snow fields of one of the most remote corners of Alaska. The story of tlie hardships they went through and of their thrilling adventures at Portage hay fades into insignificance in comparison with the story of their collision with the moun tain. This, too, is a tale that has never been told In full. However, it now forms the concluding chapter of Major Martin's rejiort to the chief of the air service, and no history of the first circumnavigation of the globe by air could be complete without it. Wo have seen in what a dismal placje the Seattle came down when Martin and Harvey dropped behind the rest of the flight on the way from Seward to Chignlk. Almost in despair of ever getting any clear weather at Portage Bay, and fearful lest a "willie yaws” might sweep down the valley end dash their plane to pieces, at 11 on the morning of April 25 they start ed off for Chignlk and Dutch Harbor. Major Martin states that he does not believe a seaplane ever before suc ceeded In leaving the water under such adverse circumstances. A high sea was running at the time and they started off through a snowstorm, thinking that it was only a local dis turbance. Post Mountains 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 imperative that we should fly directly over the shore lino. AVe had previously ar x ranged that under such circumstances Sergeant Harvey was to watch for obstructions such as projecting head lands, on the port side of the plane, while l was to watch the shore line over the starboard side. If the ser geant saw anything that looked dan gerous lie would kick the rudder, and at times I was forced to bank the vertical to escape disaster. We were constantly in imminent danger. “Two hours and 15 minutes wen! by, during which It was imperative that I keep on the lookout. During this time is was impossible to study the map. The storm continued and it seemed as though we would never get through. “The wind blew from the south west with a velocity of about 25 miles an hour. Finally we found ourselves flying over a stretch of water which seemed to be protected from the wind. For 15 minutes we continued over it and noticed that it contained consid erable floating lee. When we tried to get out of this hay we plunged into a snow storm of even greater in tensity than the one we had flown through from Kanatak. So we turn ed back, landed, and dropped anchor. It turned out to be Kujulik bay, Just east of Chignlk. land at (Tiignik, "After an hour and a half the storm abated slightly, so we took off again and landed at Chignlk at 5:60. "Snowstorms and high winds pre vailed on the 26th, 27th and 28th. All during the night of the 28th Chignlk bay was swept by a stiff gale. The next morning we found that the spray from the seas breaking over the pon toons had frozen on them, and also on the fuselage and wings, making the Seattle look like an iceberg. Fully 400 pounds of ice had formed on it. "The win had gone down slightly, snd, for the first time since arriving at Chignlk, it was possible for us tfl get out to the plane. AVilh a launch belonging to the Columbia river pack ers we towed it to a more sheltered Spot near the cannery, carefully scraped off all the ice. went over the ADVKRTISKMKNT. END RHEUMATIC PAIN WITH NEW POWDER FROM ITALY Shake It In Your Shoes. 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Solution or yesterday's puzzle. engine thoroughly, serviced up with gasoline and oil, and got ready to fly out to Dutch harbor. Take Off In Snowstorm. “When we arose at 4 a. m. on the morning of the 30th «e found it still snowing, but perfectly calm. The weather reports that came through from Dutch Harbor about 10 a. m. led me to believe that we could get through. On the recommendation of Mr. Osmund, superintendent of the cannery, who said that the rest of the Night had done likewise, we decided to take a short cut over a portage northwest of Chignik. So, in leaving, we turned north instead of south, as the course had originally been laid out. "In trying to cross this portage, which was supposed to he low ground, we found ourselves suddenly flying directly toward a mountain, with no water In sight. Thinking that we might have veered a bit too sharply in leaving t'hignik lagoon. I turned and flew hark, got my hearings again, and flew over level ground for a short distance, until we earns to mountains with level ground extending to the northw ird. Feeling certain that hut a slight change of direction oojuld he neces sary, I flew north for a short dis tance. As wo were now flying over land. with pontoons instead of wheels live were getting rather concerned, lilue water was plainly visible to the westward, seemingly but a short dis tance 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 near er, and we were approaching fog. I was strongly inclined to turn back to Chlgnik, and then take the original course. But as we had come this far and the whter seemed so near we kept on. The fog grew more and morn dense, and forced us almost down to the ground. Still finding no water, but feeling certain that we had left tlie mountains behind us, I ^be lieved that it would he safest to climb up over the fog which I felt sur^ would only extend for a short dis tance. "In order to make sure of getting through to Dutch Harbor we had taken on board 2U0 gallons of gaso line and oil. With this heavy load the plane climbed slowly. We had been climbing for several minutes when suddenly a mountain loornhed up ahead, and I caught a glimpse of sev eral bare spots where the snow had been blown away. Snialli Into a Mountain. "At that instant the plane crashed. The right pontoon had struck an In cline right at a point where a 1,000 foot precipice suddenly tapered off to a more gentle slope. The plane came to a final stop about 200 feet up this slope. The fuselage went over at an ! angle of 43 degrees. The force of the impact drove the right pontoon right under the fuselage alongside the left pontoon, and the pontoon struts were crushed and torn loose. The bottom wing on the right was completely demolished by the crash, and the up per wing on the right driven half way back to the tail. The propeller, of course, was smashed. “Sergeant Harvey got out without a scratch and I merely suffered minor Injures to my face. "But the tragedy to us was that as far as we were concerned the world flight was at an end. "We realized the seriousness of our situation because we knew that the Alaskan peninsula was almost unin habited. Then They Hoof It. "After eating the sandwiches which Mrs. Osmund of Chlgnik had prepared for us, we packed up the mailed milk tablets and two thermos bottles that remained unbroken, which contained concentrated food made from raisin*, figs, walnuts, peanuts, barley, wheat and celery. This latter had been pre sented to us by the Bartlett Nu Prod ucts people of Pasadena, to use in case of Just sfpi an emergency as this. We aisowfiacked up as many other tilings as we could carry and struck off to the south over the moun tain into which we had crashed, "We figured that we were not over 10 miles from the Pacific coast side (the east side) of the peninsula. But we knew' we were cut off from It by a range of mountains. We set our course with the aid of a small card rompas that had been presented to Sergeant Harvey by his friend. Cor l(i Ask for One of jj» r> T. L. Combs Good «;! Jewelry Books •> •i •’ Illustrated and Nen<sy jj>j ijj Free and Valuable }j|| *! 305 S. 16th St., at Farnain »| id _ t _$ pornl Foster, before leaving Chanute field. White Fog Rtiries Countryside. “The fog was both dense and white and seemed to blend right into the snow. The latter was so deep and smooth that the country seemed buried in It. Everything we could see was dead white. AVe were also troubled with not being able to walk in a straight line. Evidently our sense of balance was not working. So we bad to stop frequently and check our course with the compass. Finally, after walking for two hours, we returned to the plane liprause It appeared unlikely that we would he able to reach shelter before darkness came -down upon us. Putting on our heavy, fur-lined suits which we had abandoned on ac count of tlirlr great weight, we built a fire out of broken parts of the plane, and in our helmets, fleece lined moccasins, fur gloves and fly ing suits, we took shelter in the bag gage compartment of the fuselage. AVe had to sleep on just one side of it because it yvas tilted up at an angle of 45 degrees. Although it was long enough, it was only two and a half feet wide, so first one would sleep with the other laying half on top of him, and then the other would take the lower berth. AA'e were cramped and uncomfortable and it yvas bitter cold. So we slept but little. “Next morning when we crawled out of the fuselage we found the fog as thick as ever, so we decided to wait until it lifted rather than run the risk of walking blindly over a precipice. Build lln iisp From AY reckeiV Plant. "All that rlay. and all the second night we remained there. Our fire finally melted the snow and Ice until quite a pit was formed. Then we took the metal cowling from the plane, put it under the fire, took the small spade from the plane and 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 ourselves as comfortable as possible.'' Itead the next installment of tlie thrilling story of the round-the-world llight in The Omalm llee tomorrow’,. Son of Late Bishop Talks on Mission Work in India fleneva, Dec. 9.—Ur. Clyde Stuntz of India, son of the late Bishop Homer C. 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