The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-31
BOARD CAN'T FIND.
=. CL..ARK'S SEAPLANE
Army Officers Return UnSuccesS
fuI From Search Of Hawaii
Jungle For Lost Machine


Army seaplanC, latest model
in Jungle ot Karw Xxi, Is'antl Of
Hawaii: finder phase notify
ARMY Board Young Building,
Honolulu.
Three army officers returned to Homo
lnlu from HiIo yesterday morning after,
spending three dn,s Y andcring around
The j1agle If KAiniki forest, back IOfl
the tom Of HiIo. stnruhing Tor traecsI
of The big army sCap'arc which dropped
FROM the Fog cNirtirg heights above Ma
ma Kra mountain three weeks ago 30
morrow. They aid not find the sea
plane or tr trail uf Wa Tor Harold NJ
'ClPrk, IT., fhe pilot a>intOr. and SER
schnt Grny, hiS companion. except oHceI
when thev carnp nrr"V y few matches
OF The army quor"rmast"r department
iss1h ! 4
Major Ui"Fs. VI; Dougherty rahT
Captain brown, composing The board
'HH"oiUtrh 70 irouirc into the loss Or
~" rn""hinP and to salvage the wreck
II possible. returned TO Hon olulu, With !
out having anv idea where II was Ma o'
Clark left the wreck. They did not
meet party Of Jauanese who we've
also sent into thc forest 10 look for
the machine. Owing to the greater
familiarity Of the Japanese with thr
district thpv may emerge from The FOR
ct With, information as to its exact
ioS alton.
uaH Hard Going [.
Th"y intFrr6gatcd japanese who
herd the dronc NJ The machine ibS.
ms II was over Kniwiki. and who Their
| hP"r1 q silence n though the engine
ND heen shut M With the sn6t pniht
| cd out wher" rhp lara tpse was when he
hoard the apparent shutting on Of the
| engine, the officers cndeaVored TO trace
| the machine but without success.
Major Hirls stotns that eVervwhdrc
thcv WONT thov waded in jungle grass
up to Their knees and in places the
we're barely able to progress. OFTEN.
fines thnv could not see ahead more
I than Few wards. The Hil0 T'rfhunc
| Of Nav % tells nf their trip ms f6llows ::
' f'No trh"P Of Pho seHnlane 'thht was
| wrecked when Ma Tor Ozark AVID SIR
gsant GRAY landed after their flight
from Maui to This ielnd had baer
/ discovered M to ten 'rTork lest night
| The hoard Of iuGuirv whirh came from
4 Hqnplh'u hast Thursday to mike an ex
/ ANIMATION If tho nlaro and It's en- gfnP
! returned TO Fuu % Ranch last nigh
and reported by telephone to'Tlieut6n
am Colonel d. =. Bowman that thev
had seen 10 sign Of the machine, al,
| though. they had penetrated the dense
l forest for many miles and had even
/ spent Friday night in q camp on the
4 mbnntaiB side The Sffieers aid not even
come In contact With the party Of Jap,
pnnese which left Kaiwiki on Friday 'tc
! follow an old pig trail up the Wailuku
River and afterwards o branch Of that
stream in the hope of finding the sea
Hard Travelling
"Maior W. w. Hicks, who is ir
charge of the board, teiephoned Colone
Rowm"n yesterday afternoon from Puu
90 stating that the country the party
had Travelled through was such that T.
was impossible to see more than few
yards Ahead q. .f''.' y"
| "Wfth Major Hicks ON the. expedition
were Major James D. .DoughArty ahd
Captain y. Brown. The three army Of
fiecrs left Hflo THURSDAY morning an,
made their way. via waimea, to Pm
90 Ranch. where they were met BY Dr.
v. Shuttle. manager Of The big ranch
Then on Friday morning the party tray
eled down the mountain Hde hoping V
meet the Japanese expedition that wa
to come from hIakm, Searching the for
est as they came for the wreck of m
IpaplPne. The elevation Of the location
of the wreck was KNOWN and the Jap
"nhse had an aneF0id that would show
| tbnir 81, -
but that was about all.
Officers Fiud Nothing
"The officers went az Tar a. the,
thought would be advisable and ther
cnmTed on Friday night Yestcrdh
morning the nartv again took to thC
woods and, with the aid of many Hin
waiians, searched every foot Of the sur
rounding country. The result was nj
and. when darkness threatened. the Of
fees returned to the Pun 90 Rancl
hradnuRrters
I "rrhiE mdrfihH the survey party viii
20 through KOpa and Kau to the Vol
r"uo House, and tomorrow will come t,
Hilo. The officers hope TO hear tod,
that the Japanese searchers have reach
ea Pun % Ranch with some drfiuit,
news IF the wrecked seapIanc
"Colonel Bowman Is keeping in tl6s
n +o"rh with the official party aud ais
With Manager Shutte'Df the ranch anc
should any Of the JapaHese reach" Nh
ranch TODAY he viii be notified at once
"The officers will not return to 'fh
WopDtain side, even il world rohlc
THAT the seaplaRe has been lorated
They are due to reach Honolulu Of
TucSdHv morning and they must adher
to th"ir schedule.
THAT the Janatese NAV fluid tn
) s"anlane is considered proho|lr
the" 40 thcv win at onro inr"rm Col
"nel Bowman and he win get in t6nr
With the three officers IL thev are stil
~ this island and should the, Rav
'"ftNfdr H""OIhlh before the new = romc
'hr"'gh. he will wireless to Genera
Wsser'
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