The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-03
MAJOR MARTIN,
MECHANICIAN,
BEING SOUGHT
Search For Major Martin,
Round World Leader,
Being Extended
PASSED ONE POINT
Searchers Learn He Was Seen
Near Cannery-Fear Dis
aster Overlook Him
PASSED ONE POINT
TO USE DOG TEAMS

False Pass, May Shy the A.
PA party with dog teams will
go today from Chignik, Alaska,
to the north side of the Alaska
peninsula to search for Major
Frederick l.. Martin. missing
Globe flyer. along the Bering
sea.
The weather early this morn
ing promised well here and it
was believed that three Other
aviatOrs who were at Santa
Monica. California. May IL with
Major Martin, will depart soon
from Dutch Harbor, $50 miles
west of False Pass.
Major Martin, who took the
air at Chignik Wednesday with
his mechanician staff fr-sergeant,
Alva L. Harvey. to fly to Dutch
HarbOr, 400 miles southwest Of
Chignik, was believed to have
flown over a portage across the
peninsula to its north side.
False Pass, Alaska, May 3.--(By
the A. P.)-Definite information that
Major Frederick l.. Martin, who has
been missing since ll;10 Il. m. We'd
nesday passed the .annery at CHG
mix Lagoon in the direction of Port-
age Bay, just north OF the Shumygin
Islands, was reported by an overland
searching party when it returned
here tonight.
Belief that Major Martin was fore
ed down by a strong gale which arose
shortly after he departed from CHG
mix toward the Bering Sea resulted
in orders being broadcast for vessels
to "comb" Immediately the Bering
seashore line from Dutch Harbor,
Unalaska Island, to Unangashik,
north of Chignik.
The overland search ing party de-
finitely learned that Major Martin
and his staff sergeant Alva Harvey
passed over the Alaska Packers can
merry at Chignik Lagoon, just outside
of Chignik, in the dire ction of Port
age Bay. He was believed to have
chosen his route as shortcut to
Dutch Harbor.
At the time of the departure, a stiff
northwest gale sprang up and it
started showing shortly after the
airplane was out of sight from CHG
mix.
1t was pointed out that if Major
Martin had been forced down before
he reached Portage Bay the overland
party would have located him. The
members Of the party also declared
that if the American commander of
the aerial squadron encircling the
globe had landed in Portage Bay
without anchoring the plane, the ma
chine would have been blown out to
sea.
The latest information received by
the searching party which covered
the Portage Bay territory indicates
that Major Martin might have leen
forced to the Bering Sea side. Or
ders were broadcast to all wireless
stations to issue calls for any vessels
equipped with radio in the Bering
Sea to start the hunt for the missing
COMPANIONS CONFIDENT
Washington, May 3.-Comrades at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Of Major Mar
tin. missing commander of the army
around the world flight expedition,
believed Martin and his companions
are safe and will be located.
A message from Lieut.. Lowell
Smith, senior officer with the
planes at Dutch Harbor, received to-
day by Major-Genera Patrick, chief
of the Air Service, declared Martin
and Sergeant Harvey had matches
and emergency rations with them
sufficient for several weeks.
We believe he (Martin) is safe
and will soon be located" Lieut..
Smith telegram said.
The message said the weather was
good there We 3terday, which helped
in the search. No ship was expect.
ed to reach Dutch Harbor until Fri
day, it said, from the most likely
location of the missing flyers. 1t
was pointed out that there are nu-
merous harbors for possible refuge"