Evening star., 1924-05-06
HAVE NOT DEsPAIRED.
Coast Guard Crew Still Hopes to
Find Lost Flyers.
ny EVAN j. DAVID.
Correspondent of The Star and the Nor
American Newspaper Alliance.

Correspondent of The Star and the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
ON BOARD THE U. S. COAST
GUARD CUTTER ALGONQUIN, CHG
mix, Alaska, May 5,-We have not de-
SPARED of finding Maj. Frederick l.
Martin, commander of the round-the-
world flight, and his mechanic. Alva
Harvey. / received definite informa-
ton today from r. j. Sachenroder, a
white trader on the north side of
Maj. Martin at II o'clock am. April
so, flying up the lake in the direction
OF Bering Sea.
1 also learned that before leaving
vided with large package OF sand
wiches and thermos bottles filled with
hot coffee by Mrs. James Osmund,
wire or the cannery owner at CHG
mix, at whose home they stayed. Mrs.
OSmund is a resident of Astoria. Ore,
and comes north each spring with her
husband. This food, in addition to
their regular rations, may well be the
means of saving their lives.
From SachenroderS statement it is
evident that Maj. Martin changed his
plans to fly to Unalaska while in the
air, due to the snowstorm. Instead
of flying from Chignik, southwest, he
turned his ship due north and headed
into the twenty-five-mile wind, blow
ing from the northwest, in the hope
of finding the wind on his right hand
after he reached the Bering Sea side
OF the peninsula The drift of his
plane would then be continually to-,
ward the land and not away from IL,
IS would have been the case had he
flown south
This is the most hopeful news up
TO date for it gives us a definite To-
cality to search for the world flyers
and eliminates the greatest fear of
Capt. Gabbett of the Algonquin, that
me major and his mechanic had been
blown out into the mid-Pacific
The Indians sent from Chignik with
dog team are now nearing IMAM
gaShik Lake, where it is hoped that
Maj. Martin landed his plane and is
there at the village of Unankashik. or
waiting for help at the lake. II they
instructed to proceed as far as Bering
Sea. They are equipped with first aid.
The information as to whether or
not the plane passed over Unangashik
where the world flyers went, down,
for they did not reach that village
il is reasonable to believe that they
crashed somewhere in the area be-
tween Chignik Lake. where they were
last seen by Sachenroder, and the
Bering Sea at Seal Islands, it will
take forty eight hours for the Indians
20 mush back from the Bering sea to
Chignik with this information.
Meanwhile Dr. Spear and Capt.
Gabbett and the crew of the
Algonquin are in readiness here to
land first aid, in case the flyers are
found. and: if need be. to go overland
to Berfng Sea and bring them out.
interviewed Mr. and Mrs. James
Osmund today, at whose home Maj.
Martin and Mechanic Harvey lived
during their stay in Chignik.
II served big breakfast for them
osmund. for I knew it might take
them six or seven hours. before they
landed at Unalaska. I thought per-
haps those brave men might again
out in the open, as they had at
Kanatak, without anything hot to
eat, so / made UP. a big bundle of
sandwiches and a couple of thermos
bottles with hot coffee for them.
When the major saw me come out
with such an armful he laughed and
said, oh, Mrs. Osmund, you have got
so much food for Harvey and me am
afraid the airplane will not be able
TO get off the water
IT told them" continued Mrs. Os-
mund. that there was no telling how
much they might need before they
reached their destination, and little
did think how true my words would
prove. I mentioned emergency ra-
tions to the major. and he laughed
and said that what they had didn't
amount to much"
From Mr.. Osmund, who, by the way,
was the last man to talk with the
fiyers before they left, learned that
Maj. Martin had had strange dream
the night before.
mfr. Osmund," the major said, "1
dreamed last night that I lost my
ship. It was bad dream. I guess
these delays because of unfavorable
flying conditions, are reacting on
me-"
Il. "oh, dreams don't mean anything"
( Mr.. :Osnund iaughingly replied
know that" added the major,
"and conditions here this morning are