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BOTH MISSIH^ WORLD FLIERS SAFE
SEVERAL SLAIN xxk GERMAN DAY” RIOT
Police and
Reds Clash
Near Halle
Communists, Defying Orders,
Attempt to Eniter City—Po
lice Fall Back. Then
Return Fire.
- Scores Wounded in Fight
By O. I». TOL.1SCHIS.
I nlvrrt.nl Service Staff Correspondent.
Halle. Germany, May 11.—One po
liceman Is dead, three are dying, a
half dozen are wounded, between
five and 10 communists are dead,
about 40 are wounded, and 450 are
In jail.
This is the Red record of the na
tionalists' "Deutsche tag." or ' Ger
man day," which was celebrated here
on the occasion of the re-erection and
unveiling of the first von Moltke
statue today.
Defying the government's order
forbidding the communists to make a
counter demonstration to the nation
alists' celebration, communists at
tempted to invade Halle, known as
the "red citadel" of central Germany.
.Strong police reserves occupier all
the roads Into the city. A troop of
r.000 communists coming from Leip
zig. according to police reports, sud
denly broke up Into small groups and
opened fire on the police. Six of the
latter fell.
The police fell hack, then returned
the fire. Aocording to an estimate
given me by police headquarters, the
ommunists’ casualties were about
:,n. About 430 of the Invaders were
rounded up during the fighting and
1,000 others were taken from a com
munist meeting in a beer hall In an
other part of the city. The police
locked all of them up, but released
tin latter tonight.
The police are in full control.
• The nationalists' affair here today
with Ludendorff at the head, was the
I. i -i st demonstration of that politi
cal element since the end of the war.
Following the ceremonies, about
.',0.000 members of the nationalists or
, mizations. carrying 3,600 flags and
banners, marched past Generals Lu
dendorff and Hutier. Admirals Schroe
der, Seheer and other war leaders
at the race tracks where 150,000 peo
ple had assembled.
The national sing. "Deutschland
Tiber Alles," rolled wave-like again
and again over the long line. Luden
dorff raised the battle cry of "Down
with Communism.”
WOMAN, 77, DIES
IN BLAZING HOUSE
Special Dispatch to The Omaha llee.
Spencer, Nebr., May 11—Mrs. David
Payton, 77, was found dead In the
fiercely burning home of her daughter
Mrs. Ed Locker. Saturday night. The
Lockers, who live outside Spencer,
discovered the blaze on their return
home.
Locker rushed In to the burning
structure and carried Mrs. Payton
outside. She was dead when found,
hut It is thought that death came as
a result of shock, rather than from
burns she suffered.
The origin of the fire Is unknown,
but it Is thought that Mrs. Payton
was attempting to start a fire in
the kitchen range.
She Is survived by her husband
and by several sons and daughters,
all marrie<J. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow.
We Have
With Us
Today
Milton Schachtel,
Cleveland, O.,
Salesman.
Mr. Schachtel began coming to
Omaha In 1902, and he can trace I he
rapid expansion of tha city from the
time the prairie began at Fortieth and
Farnara streets.
Born In New York in 1882, Mr.
Schachtel obtained his education in
the Cleveland public schools and at
West High school there. At the age
of 20 he went to work for the Glau
ber Brass Manufacturing company,
and he has worked for that company
ever since. And during almost all
this time he has traveled through Ne
braska.
"I consider Omaha my real
home,” ho declared. "X predicted its
great future 22 years ago, when I
first arrived here, and my prediction
has been realized. But Omaha's
growth has Just started. I am In all
the cities of Iowa, Nebraska. Colo
ratio, Wyoming and South Dakota
several times a year, and of them all
f I consider Omaha's prospects th»
best.”
Mr. Schachtel was a guest id th«
banquet given In Hotel rtome Friday
night by master plumbers of the city
for Journeymen plumbers. He is at
expert In plumbers' brass, and has t
w ide acquaintance among plumbers oi
the city, numbering msny of the ”oIf
timers” among his closest acqualo
• titnges.
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Ex-Nebraska Convict, 80, Behind
Bars 50 Years, to “Go Straight”
By t'nivcrsal Service.
Joliet. III., May 11.—John Robinson
is out of the penitentiary and plans
to "go straight.’’ He is 80 years
old and fifty of them have been in
prison.
“I'm getting old and T'm going
straight from now on.” the veteran
prisoner said. "I'm going right to the
poorhou.se and behave myself."
Here is the record John claims:
Five terms in Joliet prison.
One in Sing Sing.
Two in Missouri state prison.
One in Kansas state prison.
One in Nebraska state prison.
Sixteen in Chicago bridewell.
All the crimes and offenses that
kept Robinson in prison 50 of his
80 years were minor ones. He never
got more than 30 .years.
His last crime, in 1918. was smash
ing a jewelry shop window He
claimed he did it because he wanted
to get back in the penitentiary.
Taking him at his word the sheriff
handl'd him the commitment papers
and let him go. He went straight
to the prison, where he served six
years without claiming "time off"
for good behavior.
Jap Exclusion ;
Section Back in
Immigration Bill
Committe Restores July 1
Date in Plaee of Cool- •
idge-Hughes Amend
ment.
B.t Ini versa! Service.
Washington, May 11—The immi
gration bill, with the Japanese ex
clusion section of the original mea
sure restored in place of the rejected
iCoolidge-Hughes amendment has
been agreed upon by the conferences
representing the senate and the house
:epresentatives.
Approval of the bill by an over
whelming vote of the house Is as
sured. The senate is prepared to
take action immediately upon receiv
ing the report from the house. By
the middle of the vteck the measure
will be placed on President Coolidge's
desk for signature or veto.
Faced with the flat refusal of the
house to accept the president's pro
posal for delaying exclusion until
March 1, 192.1, pending the negotiation
of a treaty on the subject, the house
and senate conference were qulcly
In reaching complete agreement. They I
restored at once the original provision
of the house bill making exclusion
effective July 1. next, simultaneously
with the other Important sections of
the measure.
With the house and the senate In
complete accord, the White House
alone remains the center of Interest
in the Immigration controversy. Sec
cretary of State Hughes. It has heen
openly Intimated, has made the mat
ter a "question of confidence" be
tween the president and himself. De
spite this, however, members of both
the house and tlie senate doubt that
the president will veto the bill as it
now stands.
OPPONENTS OF |AP
GOVERNMENT WIN
By Associaterl Press.
Tokio. .May 11—Election returns
from 104 constituencies indicated late
this i'fternoon that the Kenselkal, a
minority party In the retiring diet,
will be the largest party In the new
diet and, combined with other oppo
sition faction", will have a derisive
majority against the government.
The returns showed that seats had
been filled as follows:
Keoselkai, 37: Selyukal, 21; Selyu
honto, 16; Kakushin club, S; business
men’s party. 6; independents, 16.
There remained to be reported 360
seats.
Notable defeats include that of for
mer Premier Takahashl, one of the
leaders of the Seyuhonto, which Is
considered the party of Premier Ki
youra. The Kenselkal. Selyukal and
Kakushin club have been active In
opposing the Kiyoura regime.
13 Farmers Want Larger
Drainages in Power Suits
Beatrice, Neb., May 11—Motion
for a new trial In the Barpestou dam
case has been filed In district court
by attorneys for 13 farmers who
were awarded $21,775 this week for
damages because of construction of
the power dam near their farms,
causing backwater to overflow lands.
Exceptions are taken to the Judge’s
instructions to the Jury, to the en
gineers' examination of the dam and
to the special Jury’s investigation of
the premises.
The plaintiff farmers asked $130,000
damages from the Beatrice Power
company. Attorneys for the power
company this evening filed a motion,
objecting to a new trial to four'of
the farmers, Hlrmon, Rodgers, Taylor
and Prehyl.
Unarmed Bandit Pushes
Groceryman Down Stairs
An unarmed bandit, pushed Harry
Fellman down the basement stairs of
his grocery at 602 North Eighteenth
street, locked the door and escaped
with $417 in cash.
Governor Reviews R. O. T. C.
Iowa City, la,. May 11—Governor
Kendall and hta staff were guests
Saturday of the University (if Iowa,
which celebrated Governor's day with
a review of the 1.200 R. O. T. <
troops. The program closed the
year's activities for the university's
military unit. The governor and his
staff and President Walter A. -Jes
sup reviewed the parade and viewed
competitive drills.
U. S. Navy Lags
Behind Britain.
Roosevelt Savs
Ratio of Strength. Instead of
5*5-3, Now 5*4*3, Sec
retary's Letter to
Butler Declares.
Washington. May 11—The Ameri
can navy ranks second among the
navies of the world, instead of being
on an equality with Great Britain as
contemplated in the 5 5-3 naval treaty
evolved by the Washington arms con
ference.
This was officially admitted In a let
ter written by Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Roosevelt to Representa
tive Butler, chairman of the house
naval committee.
Instead of the 5-5 3 ratio established
by the arms conference, the Ameri
can navy has now* deteriorated to the
point where it Is five for Great Brit
ain, four for the United States an 1
three for Japan.
This represents an "approximate"
strength, according to Roosevelt's re
port.
The expectation prevails that
Roosevelt's report .will form the basis
fur a renewed drive in congress for
more appropriations to bring thi
navy tip to treaty strength.
Philippines Plan
to Grow Rubber
1 . S.. Seeking to Beeonie In
in prudent of Foreign Sup
ply. Kinds Soil Suitable.
Washington, May 11.—Announce
ment of the location of a vast tract
r»f land In the Philippines with soil
well adapted for rubber plantations
was made today by Secretary Wal
lace,
Experts ef the Department of Agrl
culture, with those of the Department
of Commerce, working under a $500,
1)00 appropriation by congress, have
bene searching for the last year in
the Philippines and South and Central
America for means of developing new
scuries of crude rubl>er, to make the
United states inde|>endent of British
colonial and odier foreign producers
who now furnish about 10 per cent
of the world's supply.
The lands located by theigovern
ment's Investigators are on Mlndnno,
an island about the aize of Indiana,
and on adjacent smaller islands in
the Philippines, Mark Baldwin, noil
expert of the Department of Agricul
ture. who has Just returned from the
Philippines, reported to Secretary
Wallace that the soils of the Islands
were more fertile than much land in
the Malay peninsula and Sumatra,
where rubber now is grown exten
slvely.
Men Battle
Rock to Give
Miners Air
Rescue Crews Drilling Into
Debris in Effort to Save
Quintet Entombed in
Colorado.
Cavein Prevents Digging
Gilman, Colo.. May 11.—Rescue
crews today were attempting to drive
a diamond drill through a mass of
debris In the 1,900-foot level of the
Black Iron mine of the Empire Zinc
Mining company here, In an effort to
force air to five men impriscgied
yesterday by a cavein of sulphite ore.
Continued caveins yesterday and
today forced rescuers to abandon at
tempts to dig through the debris to
the entombed men. Whether or not
the men sre alive is not known, but
mine officials sad today there was a
chance that four of them might have
been able to escape the fall of ore
by leaping onto a ledge.
The men entombed dre William Xes
blt. 28, of Breckenridge, Colo.; John
Anderson. 21, of Leadville, Colo.,
both timbermen'R helpers, and three
Mexicans. Xesblt and Anderson had
been employed at the mine only a
short time.
Mine officials said today-, the fact
that the sixth level, where tha cavein
occurred, is being dug on a 14 per
cent grade, it was probable that the
ore slide was very rapid end had car
ried it down for several yards. The
temperature at this level la high,
which would tend to increase the
danger from gas and dust, officials
said.
j Socialists Gain
in French Vote
First Returns Indicate Defeat
of Andre Le Fehvre,
Nationalist.
________
By C. F. BERTELLI.
rillversnl Service Staff Cerr capon dent.
Paris. May 11.—The vote In the
national French elections was ex
tremelv heavy everywhere today, with
indications that the socialists , made
strong gains.
From the south reports atste that
the gains there by the socialists are
especially heavy.
The first returns to he received st
Paris show that Andre 1-eFebvre,
former minister of war. and moat aril
ent nationalist, was defeated as deputy
at Marseilles.
COAST TO COAST
FLIGHT PLANNED
Mitchell Field. L. I May 10 —
I .lent. Russell L. Maughan of »h°
army air service will make his third
.attempt to fly from const to coast be
tween dawn and dusk of the same
day, about the middle of June. He
will use a Curtiss pursuit Mpiane and.
as on the other two occasions, will
start from Mitchell Field with San
Francisco as his objective.
Maj. William M. Hensley, com
mending officer of Mitchell Field, In
making the announcement today,
said that everything possible would
he done to enable the ship used to
meet the strain.
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“Ain’t Nature Wonderful”
By UNCLE PETE.
J
V ’ —
O'Neill. Net,.. May 11.—Professor
M. H. Horlakey of Beaver Flats, one
of the lending ornithologists of north
Nebraska, will ship a rnr load of hl«
trnlned haying sparrows to Falls < ltv
this summer to assist the farmers of
Richardson county In putjlng up
their winter's forage
The professor gained some little
notoriety several wlnteis ago when
he discovered the hibernating caves,
on Whiskey creek, of the (irrat
plains man eating mosquito, and In
traduced therein a number of hats.
Through Ills efforts the mosquito
has been entirely exterminated In
northern Nebraska for sonic time ^bd
since then the professor has devoted
his energies to finding employment
for the hitmens* flocks of Idle spar
rows which have Invaded the rural
districts since the advent of the auto
mobile on the streets of The Flats.
Oh serving the rapidity with which
the sparrows formerly assembled
spears of straw and hay above the
doorways and In Hie awnings of the
business buildings about The Flats
and how they refused to desist al
though each morning the results of
tlielr previous labors were destroyed
Professor Horlskey erected a largo
hay barn on his estate Just west of
town, with numerous orifices In Its
walls, each lust large enough foi a
bird to enter.
The bjfda were qulcji to take up oc
oupancy of the building and until they
had acquired an affectlqp for the
place they were allowed to proceed
with their neet building In Its in
terior undisturbed.
Then, after a time the neat* were
torn down each morning and the
sparrow* shooed outside to gather
more material from the neighboring
hay meadow* being harvested. An
abundance of feed was provided for
them about the building and only
withheld on days when they didn't
gather much hay.
They gradually came to understand
what wa* expected of them and
.Worked willingly. From the hint
of the harvest they were permitted
to build pests and raise a brood or
two of young, that the specie* might
not become extinct.
For a considerable time Professor
Horlskey refused to sell any of the
trained birds, fearing that they
tnlght fall tnto the hands of un
scrupulous persons who would Use
them to steal hay from their neigh
bor*. hill he at Iasi has succeeiU'd 111
so developing the homing Instinct of
the birds that each flock stays pretty
well to its own hay barn and vicinity
and mi has derided to accept the of
fer of several Falls Pity residents for
a car load of (lie sparrows, the latter
having observed them at Work while
visiting relative* at The Flail* last
1 ear
“Happiest Woman in San Diego, ’ Says
Martins Wife; Never Lost Hope
Major Frederick L. Martin, his wife and son.
By I'niversal Service
San Diego, Cal., May II—"I was supremely confident that m> hus
band was alive and well in spite of what all the world might believe to the.
contrary. I never doubted for a moment but that I would hear from him'
eventually.
•'Of course, I am delighted to get definite word of hi* safety and health.;
hut my faith In hi* welfare has never wavered, night or day.”
Her voice vibrating with happiness. Mrs. Frederick Martin, wife o f.Ma-j
Jor Martin, thus discussed the news of his rescue at Port Moller, Alaska. She
continued:
•‘I believe I am the happiest person In San Diego. I received an un
signed raTTIo message from Cordova at 8 o'clock this morning telling me ray
husband was safe, now I want to express my appreciation to I'niversal >er
vice for giving me the details of his experiences in the wilds of that north
ern country.. Certainly, any wife, under similar circumstance*, would be
as happy as I am this minute.
‘•One of the reasons why I felt certain he was not dead war because he
mentioned In his last letter to me that he and his mechanician each had
thermo* bottles filled with concentrated food, made in I-o* Angeles, and that:
if any disaster should compel them to mnke a forced landing in tlie wilds,
this food would sustain life for several days.
•‘I am glad to know that this timely precaution was the means of sating
both men under unforeseen circumstance*."
Ex-Mayor Held
in Bank Robbery
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"Don’t Know Why I Did it,"
Says Former St, Joseph,
Mich., Executive.
Sari DIpro, Cal., May 11.—A man
who said lie was A. It. Morford, former
mayor of St. Joseph, Mich., was arrest
ed on « San Diego and Arizona rail
way train at Seeley tfi the Imperial
valley yesterday afternoon and held
in connection with the robbery of
more than $3,000 from a branch of
the First National bank here yester
day. He had about $3,000 in a satchel,
also an ammonia gun, such as was
used on the teller.
"I don't knowr why 1 help up the
bank." he said in the El Centro jail
"I never attempted anything of the
kind before. I was In poor health
and came to Snn Diego last fall after
resigning as mayor of St. Joseph.
Out here 1 was idle all winter and 1
didn't get much better. I suppose
that bad something to do with It."
St. Joseph, Mtch , May It.—A it
Morford. arrested in Ze*ley. Cat , in
connection with the robbery of the
First National bank at San Diego,
was mayor of St. Joseph until last
November when he resigned because
of III health, lb was, also cashier of
the Coaimerclah National bank here
and relinquished that position st the
same time.
Morford's wife ami one son reside,
here.
P1NCH0T ASSAILS I
BUTLER, MELLON
Springfield, Mats . May 11.—Assail
Ing President Nicholas Murray Hutler
of Columbia university as a nulltfler
of the prohibition law and secretary
of the Treasury, Andrew \V. Mellon
as nn open defender of Its violation.
Governor Gigord Plnehot of Penney 1
vnnia brught 3,000 Methodists to
their feet In wild applause at the
men’s convention here tonight.
Fruit I« Saved.
Des Moines, May 11 No dam
age has resulted to Iowa's fruit crop
from the recent cold snap, according
to It S Herrick, secretary of the
State Horticulture! society. Poll ini
7.ition may have been somewhat re
tarded, he said, but this unfavorable
rendition probably will be overcome
h> one or |wo days ol food west lies j
BOB HAIR BANDIT
HOLDS UP STORE
Buffalo, N. Y . May 11—A girl I
bandit, w 1th bobbed, blond# hair and
\ male companion, ahot and prob
ably fatally wounded Rufus Eller, 25.
i clerk, during a daring holdup of
the Hoyler jewelry store.
The shooting. according.to best po
lios Information, was dons by the
man after the girl had seized two
trays of diamonds.
A sensational chase through the
business district, participated in by
several hundred persons followed the
shooting. The pair, however, finally
escaped.
Police believe the bandits are How
ard A Kcovin and his young wife,
who last Sunday night helped hint
make a daring get away from prison
at Canandaigua, N Y., where he had
been held as a slaving suspect.
TWINS BORN 29
HOURS APART
Cedar Heights. May 11—Twins
born to Mrs. Fred !!. Lawrence will
celebrate their birthdays 29 hours
apart. The girl was born at 2 w in.
Thursday .and the boy at 7 a. tn- Fri
day Each weighs eight pounds.
Will of Former Com
Makes Bequesi
Iletrolt. May 10.—The will of |
Sophie Lyons Burke, reformed Inter
nationally notorious confidence ,
women, will be filed for probate :
tomorow, it haa ben enounced by
Judge Ira W Jayne, special admlnls
Irator, who bored open a safety de
posit l*>x in order to locate the In
strutnent. The exact valu# of the rs
tnte was not made public.
Mrs Burke, who died last Wednes
day at the ag# of 7S. after having
spent the first half of her life In
crime and the last hnlf In assisting
to reform criminals, made many gen
erotts bequests to relatives and
friends, and left n large portion of
her estate tn he devoted to prison
welfare work. It Is to be kept Intact
for 50 years
A Sophie Lyons memorial home for
i htldren, one or Is'th of whose parents
are prison Inmates Is provided for In
Instrument, which ssks the blessing
of Hod upon Its contents and ex
presses the hope that all Iho testa
toi a sma hate l rep forgiven It rv
Message From Martin,
Like Voice of the Dead,
Comes Out of fey North
Lost in Great Fog Bank, Plane Craves Into Mountain
Si(je—Major and His Mechanic Wander for Days, Living
on Concentrated Food—Reach Port Moller Exhausted
and Send News to Anxious World.
Escape From Wilderness Looked on as a Miracle
Cordova. Alaska. May 11.—Like a voice from the dead
there came out of the frozen north today a message from
Maj. Frederick L. Martin, lost world air flyer. “Alive and
well,” said the message which came from Port Moller,
Aleutian islands. .
Lost in a great fog bank, the airplane had crashed into
a mountain. The plane was wrecked. Both Martin and his
mechanic, Alva L. Harvey, escaped injury however, and
after many wanderings they arrived safely at Port Moller.
The accident occurred April 30, the day after they left
Chignik for Dutch Harbor to catch up with the three other
planes of the world journey which had preceded them to
Dutch Harbor.
Neither Hurt.
This message was received here to
day from Major Martin:
"Port Moller, Aleutian Islands,
Alaska, May 11:
"Shortly after leaving Chignik
bound for Dutch Harbor on April 30.
we lost our way in a large fog forma
tion and crashed Into a mountain of
the Aleutian range The accident;
occurred at 12:30 In the afternoon of
the 30.
"Neither Sergeant Harvey nor I
was hurt, but the airplane was a
total wreck.
"The fact that we managed to ex
1st in the frozen wastes is due to the
concentrated food reserve we carried.
"After wandering aimlessly about
In the fog for days, we located a
trappers’ cabin. This proved to he a
point In the southernmost region of
Port Holler bay.
"At this cabin we found food and
drink. We rested there for three
days.
"Leaving the cabin we walked along
the beach and arrived at Port Moller,
where we w ill rertlain awaiting further
instructions. (Signed.)
MARTIN.”
Hiteti I p For Dead.
Both Major Martin and Sergeant
Harvey had been given up for dead
after a desperate search in the frozen
silences of the north.
The escape of the airmen Is con
sidered a miracle. Their adventure
will ever be one of the epics of the
Arctic.
A pall of tragedy that has mantled
itself all over Alaska as the result
of the disappearance of Martin and
Harvey dissipated Into thin air today
when Major Martin's message was
broadcast from end to end cf this
nbrthem empire.
Frenzied searchers who were still
hoping against hope breathed as they
had not breathed for 10 days.
The coast guard service, the coast
and geodetic survey, trappers. Ksklmo
fishermen—scores of them—had tried
In vain to locate the missing fliers.
Today's wireless from Martin puts a
happy end to their efforts.
The missing men have been found.
They are safe and well.
By Associated Press
Cordora. Alaska. May 11.—To the
tale of Major Martin’s fate, for w hich
the world has been waiting 11 days,
a strange feature is contributed by
the fact that two men at Port Moller
throught last Sunday evening that
they saw a plane 10 or 15 miles from
Port Moller. But the place where
Major Martin hit the mountain ap
parently is at least 30 miles from
Port Moller. which Is ?0 miles from
the southern end of the hay.
Major Martin was making his sec
ond desperate effort to rejoin his
command which went on without him
when he descended April 13 between
Seward and Chignik. with a leaking
crank case. On departing from
Chignik he turned north Instead of
taking the route laid down, which
went south westward
Major Martin left Chignik tn such
a storm that the other members of
the expedition then waiting for him
at Dutch Harbor. h*d considered It
certain that the commanding office!
fHence Woman
1 for Prison Reform
quests thst no attempt be made to
contest Its provisions.
Many pieces of dazzling jewelry
were found In a long black hng which
enclosed the will. One of the jewel
hexes contained five diamond lings,
one pearl ring and a pair of ear
rings, a large brooch, a sunburst
with an eight carat stone In the con
ter and a diamond and a pearl bar
pin. one diamond and emerald ring
and a 12-stone diamond square ring,
which Was Sophie's engagement ring
from Hilly Burke Another box con
tained an equal array of Jewels tn
eluding a large diamond studded
cross.
A piano for the Detroit house of
correction: magazines for prisons In
New York. Massachusetts, Sioux
Kails. S l* . and Michigan are pro
vided for by Mrs Burke A sum of
$500 is lo be spent on any Jewish
orphanage Krcd \V Hutxel. one of
the trustees, might name Also 5100
is to l>e spout annually on Sing Sing
$50 of whir h Is to go to the sir k and
$50 for dellcoctes foi inmates in tlx
death house
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Maj. Martin May Get
Another Plane to
Resume W orld Flight
Major General Patrick, head of
ilie Army Air Service said today
at Washington, that he would
not determine what instructions
to give Major Martin until Mon
jay.
Read \diuiral Bullard offered
the services of the Coast Guard
Cutter Bear, now outfitting at Se
attle, to carry another air plane
to Fort Moller for the use of
Major Martin should it he derided
to instruct the world flier to pro
ceed on his journey.
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would not fly that day. Northwest
gales and anow prevailed.
Other Three to Hop Oi.
The prolonged peril that the major
and his mechanic have Juat survived
was preceded by a forced landing
April 25 in Kumllk bay. enrpute from
Kanatak to Chijnlk. After pausing
in the face of a blizzard to get their
bearings, they flew on. only to be
forced down again fn Portage bay,
where they were rescued by the Unit
ed States destroyer Hull. At ICanatak
a new engine was installed In Major
Martin's plane, the Seattle.
The other three planes of the ex
pedition, commanded by Lieut. Lowell
H. Smith, reached Attu island Friday,
and at latest advicea were awaiting a
favorable moment to Jump STS miles
across the berlng s»a to Paratna
shire island. In the Kurllea. at the
north end of the Japanese empire
This : = the longest single flight of
the 27.000 mile circuit of the earth
which the fliers are _makirg.
The three planes-—the Chicago, pilot
ed by Lieutenant Smith; the Boston.
Lieut. Leigh Wade, and the New
Orleans. Lieut. Frlk Nelson—are LS***1
miles from the wreck of the Seattle.
The flagplane met disaster deer In *n
Inaccessible wilderness
The world flight squadron left Santa
Monica, Cal.. March 17.
By AwM-isIrd Frees.
Washington. May 11.—Safe arrival
at Port Moller. Alaska, of Maj. Fred
erick L. Martin, commander of the
army world flight expedition, and his
mechanic, Sergt. Alva L. Harve>
was announced today In messages to
the army and navy air services and
the coast guard.
Major General Patrick, head of the
army air service, said the air service
had "never lost hope.'1 He added ft
would be Impossible before tomorrow
to determine what instructions would
he given Major Martin.
Services of the coast guard cutter
Bear were offered to the air service
today by Rear Admiral Bullard. If it
Is decided to dispatch Major Martin,
with another plane. In pursuit of bis
squadron, which went ahead without
him.
Admiral Bullard also placed at the
air service's disposal the Bering sea
patrol squadron.
With the Bear available, the prob
lem to be determined would be
whether It would be advisable to hold
up the squadron until Major Martin
oould..join It. As messages today hade
given only meager information aa to
his physical condition, it is expected
that a decision will be withheld pend
ing more complete Information.
I oolldge tins t.ood News,
Dispatches to the Navy department
telling of the safe arrival of the two
men at Port Moller were transmitted
to the White House Immediately
upon their receipt and were read by
President Coolldge Just before leaving
to attend church services.
Dally inquiries have been made by
the president of War department of
ficials since Major Martin and hie
mechanic were reported lost and yes
terday Mr. vVolldge. In a statement
given out in response to an Inquiry,
said "every effort the government can
make is being made to find these gal
lant men" and added that "we have
not given up hope that these efforts
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