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Evening star., 1924-05-12
u. S. ASKS REVIEW
IN MARKET CASE
Appeals to Supreme Court for Writ.
Judgment Paid in
Full.

Solicitor General Beck of the De-
partment of Justice today presented
to the United States Supreme Court
a petition for writ of certiorari to
review the judgme nj of the Court of
Appeals entered in the Washington
market case modifying the award of
commissioners which was made in
respect to the property of the Wash
ington Market Company. The court
took the petition under advisement.
The attention of the Supreme Court
was directed to the fact that the bal
ance Of money necessary to comply
with the judgment of the Court of
Appeals had been paid to the market
company by the general accounting
Office without the knowledge of the
Attorney General and without author
ity of the President.
Payment Never Authorized.
Pointing out that the law under
which the property was to be acquired
provided that the money to be paid by
the government should be disbursed by
the President, Solicitor General Beck
pointed out that the President hao
never authorized the payment.
The solicitor general advised the
court that he was surprised after
.
| review of the decision of the Court
| of Appeals TO find that on February
"a. 1924, the general accounting office
lad paid to the Market Company
s877.157, which together with the
| amount previously paid, equalled the
| judgement awarded by the Court oi
Appeals to the Market Company.
In making the payment, the so.
| licitor general contended, the gen.
eral accounting office acted on it
| own responsibility lin disregard t
| the provisions of the act and with
| out inquiry of or consultation will
| the Attorney General, who had charg,
| of the litigation.
The government urged that tn
payment of the money to the marke
| company should not be construed b,
| the Supreme Court as constituting
payment of judgment, and preclud
| the right of the government to hav
its petition for a review of the cas-
passed by the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
RANGE LAND OF HIGH
MOUNTAINS AND DREARY WASTE
ponr HEIDEk.

which Port Moller is situated, and the
main ridge of the Aleutian Range,
whit numerous peaks, runs just south.
once having gotten over the land
In the. fog and struck down this
ratge IL was almost inevitable that
a crash should occur. Between the
peaks in this region are number
OF low passes from the Pacific TO
B-ring Sea Through these blow
moist winds fro mthe Pacific which,
make this one of the foggiest regions
on the peninsula.
Devoid OF Trees.
The mountains in this part Of the
peninsula are devoid OF trees, but
sunted bushes grow in the hollows.
No active volcanoes are known in
the irnemdiate vicinity Of Port Moller,
but about seventy-five miles farther
west is Pavlof one of the most
striking of the ever-smoking peaks
of Alaska
Caribou or wild reindeer, is the
principal land animal in the Alaskan
Peninsula The palmy days of walrus
hunting and other catching are past
Salmon fishing is now the all-im-
portant industry, and most of the
settlements where white men are
found are around canneries
nj is rse Of the apaaa apeai
magician which shows headlands and
islands in the air, paints snowy
ridges where they don't exist and
erects Greek temples for the minds s
eye.
"At entrance to Chignik Bay is
Castle Cape, also called Tuliiumnir
Point, which bears a striking re-
semblance to a castle, with towers
and turrets clearly outlined. 1t is
soft gray, tinted with rose. Sea birds
circle II, screaming dismally."
Evening star., 1924-05-12

Port Moller and Chignik Bay, and
the mountains between along the
Alaskan Peninsula. are described in
the following bulletin issued today
from the National Geographic So
cietys Washington headquarters in
connection with the escape OF Mai
Martin.
THE Aleutian range between these
points offers frequent pitfalls for
the aviator" the bulletin says. be
cause it consists largely of conical
peaks, rising suddenly out OF dreary
tundras or marshes.
The entire Alaska Peninsula, ex-
treme west OF AlaSka'S mainland, is
a mountain ridge of several hundred
miles, with spurs and sides sharply
descending to the sea-
only about q dozen permanent Es-
kimo settlements are left along 1000
miles o. indented coast.
Village of Port MolIer.
'1The Aleutian range begins near
the roots OF the Alaska Peninsula
beyond into the Aleutian Islands.
The highest peaks are near the east
ern end, but even at the western tip
of the peninsula heights of 5000 feet
and more are attained: Port MoIIer.
the community to which the airmen
made their way on foot, is only about
$50 miles from the tip of the PENN
sula This little settlement. consist
ing for the most part OF a salmon
cannery, is on the Bering Sea or
north side of the peninsula II is
close to the point where the l6lst
degree of west longitude crosses the
56th parallel OF latitude.
"A nest of high mountains almost
Evening star., 1924-05-12
PROBE OF PACKERS
PARTY GIFTS ASKED
Senate Adopts Resolution Asking
Investigation Into Donations
to Both Funds.

Details Of all campaign contribu-
tions made by the Big Five packers
to the Republican and Democratic
campaign chests since 1920 were
sought in a resolution adopted today
by the Senate.
officials Of the two national COM
mittees were requested to furnish the
data, but during the debate 1t was
conceded that the request could be
ignored If the committee so desired.
The resolution was introduced by
Senator johnson, Farmer-Labor, Min
nesota, who declared $1.6oo,ooo was
spent by the Republican party in the
1920 campaign in his state.
why not add the Farmer-Labor
party and the Non-Partisan Lacquer
asked Senator Norbeck, Republican
South Dakota.
Because they didn't spend SO
much" said the Minnesota senator.
Senator Norbeck retorted that the
Non-Partisan League spent $396,000
in South Dakota alone declaring
their expenditures were more lavish
in my state than ever were New
berry's in Michigan"
Evening star., 1924-05-12

stinct that told me that Maj. Martin
would be rescued 1t seems to me
that Providence was watching over
my husband When the major and
Sergt Harvey were first lost in Port
age Bay 1 was supremely confident
that they would be found The Sec
ond time they were lost I felt the
same way. but must admit. now that
everything is all rigtt again, it
was terrible strain.
1t is needless to say that II is a
tremendous relief to me and my son
John to know that the major and
Sergt. Harvey are safe. / do not
think it will be possible for them
to continue on the world fight, but
if know Maj Martin as well as !
others.
Thrilled at Story.
Lieut. Commander Hilliard, com
mander of the destroyer Hull, which
rescued Maj. Martin and Sergt Har-
Vey in Portage Bay. told me that the
country over which the American
flyers had to cross and the particular
plane was wrecked. was, for desola-
ton. absolutely beyond description.
I am overjoyed to learn the details
of how my husband and his mechanic
managed to get back to the outposts
of civilization.
Just as soon as 1 can get word to
Maj. Martin 1 am going to ask of
him that which I know will be the
greatest sacrifice to make. am
going to ask him never to fly again.
1t will be hard for him to accede, be-
cause he loves flying. But the strain
of the last few days has been too
much for me to ever risk enduring &
it again. Maj. Martin has proved his
stamina and courage. He will want
to carry on, but L shall insist that he
quit the air service
Evening star., 1924-05-12


heated engine would have been
thrown back on the gasoline tank.
The Seattle, however. contained the
latest safeguards from fire from
crashes, by means OF nre walls, dls-
tant location of the fuel tank from
the engine and gravity feed line to
the carburetor.
To the failure of the plane to catch
fire and turn into a blazing pyre
imme ediately after the impact Nal
Martin and Sergt- Harvey owe thelr
men were well supplied with food
and clothing and the opinion was
throughout the time they had oeen
reported missing that If they were
uninjured they eventually WouIo De
found.
Message to Navy.
Messages announcing the location
of Mai. Martin also were received by
the Navy Department and the coast
guard here The message to the
Sayy Department from Unalaska-
dated, May 10, read:
.'Mai. Martin and Harvey arrived
s o'clock tonight. Reported in good
condition. Am sending out Algon-
quin. one boiler from 9naasHa ; szico 70
iiof Tsiened, "Capt. G. C. CARMINE, :.
"Commander Coast Guard Patrol.
Capt Carmine also sent tnls mes
sage to the coast guard: u
'Unalaska, via Peari aafo
waii May 10.
"Chief of Air Service. NJ. ,r,-.;,
"Port Moller reports Maj. Martin
and Harvey arrived there O'CLOCK
tonight in good condition. Am sena-
ing Algonquin from Cnalaska 10 'neii
Admiral Billiard placed at the air
services disposal the Bering Sea
patrol squadron and the Bear.
Description of Country.
Port Moller is a sixable cannery
in operation at present. The National
Geographic Society, describing the
territory where the plane crashed,
paints the whole coast In the reglon
indentations and off-shore inlets. A
short distance inland rise volcanic
mountains. The islands are treeless,
save for a few scrubby willows along
water courses. Dense CROWNS OF
grass and moss cover the hills and
mountains and small patches of low
Since April 80. the following steps
have been. taken to ind the lost
plane: Coast guard cutter Algonquin
and coast survey ship pioneer de-
tached from conveying the flight
across the Pacific and made complete
search of the shore; broadcast to
ali canneries along the coast to hunt
for the men; two dog sledge parties
organized at Chignik; every bay on
the south side of the peninsula
searched; Bering- Sea side of the
peninsula covered by coast guard
patroI, and there was nothing more
to be done on the Pacific side, the
Bear, carrying pilot, mechanic and
airplane was to have left today for a
search of the Aleutian peninsula
Worst Part of Flight.
The three planes now at Attu have
completed the first of six divisions
of the flight, distance of 4.255 miles,
or sixty and one-half hours flying
time from Santa Monica, Calf, which
they left March II. The average
speed the planes made between these
two points was seventy one miles per
hour The jump across the Pacific
to the Northern Kurile Islands is re-
garded as the hardest of the flight,
the only rival being between Iceland
and Greenland. where ice foes are
expected to furnish serious obstacle.
Maj. Martin is forty-two years old
and a former artilleryman. Sergt.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
METHODIST URGES
BETTER NEWS SOURCE
Resolution at Conference Asks
Place in Press Gallery
at Capitol.
BY the Associa ted Press.

by the ASsocia ted Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May l2.-
The need of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for a place in the press gal
lery of Congress was presented to
the general conference today by a
New York state delegate in support
Of his resolution to strengthen the
Methodist Press Bureau at Washing
ton. The resolution was referred to a
committee.
The Catholic Church has a repre-
sentative in the press gallery" said
the proposer, Alfred ]. Higgins of
the Troy delegation. He attends the
press conferences with the President
and cabinet members and gets all
inestimable value. The Methodist
Church ought to have the same ad-
vantages. The church news we get
through the secular press is coloreo
to suit the fancy of men in certain
churches. We want our information
uncolored"
A resolution by Rev. William "
Moore of Wisconsin, inviting Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Co.
lumbia University to present his
ence was decisively rejected. DR.
Butler recently refused like invita-
ton from DR.. Clarence T. Wilson o1
the commission on temperance.
Pinchot Assails Mellon.
Assailing President Butler of Co.
lumbia as a nullifier of the prohi bi
tion law and Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrew w. Mellon as an oper
defender of its violation. Gov. Clifford
Pinchot of Pennsylvania brought
5000 Methodists to their feet in wilc
applause at the mems convention
here last night.
''The secretary has publicly de.
Tended conditions which our Who'll,
people know to be scandalous in the
extreme" Gov. Pinchot said. HI
has publicly denounced the propose
to let in the light on the fedora
enforcement service"
Evening star., 1924-05-12
RESERVATIONS HINTED
IN TARIFF GROUP
Differences in Commission Over
Sugar, Oils and Lumber
Stir Rumors.
DIVIDE EQUALLY ON ISSUES
Three on Each Side on Disputed
Points-Many Protests Heard.

\ new controversy in the Tariff
Commission, growing out of failure
to proceed with Investigations deal
ing with imports Of sugar, vegetable
oils and fir, spruce, cedar and west
ern hemlock logs. has brought indf-
cations that President Coolidge NAV
be asked to intervene, and some talk,
also, Of designations before the sum
mer vacation adjournment
Chairman Marvin and Commits
sioner Burgess. Republicans. and
Commissioner Classic, Democrat, an
pear to be lined up in support OF
one set of opinions, with Vice Chair
man Culbertson and Commiss .oner
Costigan. Republicans. and Commis-
sioner Lewis, Democrat. holdire op-
poslte views. Letters protesting
against delay in the various injuries
recently have accentuated the M
misSioners differences and SON ~
them are described as fearing d.
turbance to business unless act.5a s.
hastened on the appeals Of rate
In SO far as the sugar rates are
concerned, it was explained that a.
soon as the independent Offices ap-
preparation bill is passed the comm s.
SION can get 10 WORK. INdt Dill carry
ing an amendment prohibiting pay
ment of salary to any commits On
member who has a direct or family
interest in any case pending before
the commission. Commissioner C.as-
sic has said that his family has n
vestments in sugar, and il is gen
orally accepted that he will be barred
from participation in the case H.
which event the deadlock would b.
broken.
IL oo.,oo,ia, ,,.;,L ~. a;a.or..,
in the commission, it was mentioned
that the President consulted with
both Mr.. Marvin and Mr.. Culbertsou
in disposing of recommendation on
wheat duties, while in the sodium
nitrate case only Culbertson was
called in.
Evening star., 1924-05-12

four feet deep and there were bear
tracks as large as those of elephants
the largest | ever saw.
THE first night and day there hao
been the slightest Kind of breeze
On the sixth day there was still only
gentle north wind. but it was very
chilly and made the night almost i'm
possible to bear.
1--WE left camp at in the morning,
going on downstream, and al .
o'clock arrived at a trapper's cabin.
The head of Miller Bay was only
three miles away, but travel was pos
sible only on the rocks on the edge
of the stream. We were constantly
breaking through the ice, and the
snow crust was too weak to bear US.
THE cabin was deserted, but we
found a scant supply OF food. mere
was some -four and pickles and sal
mon bellies. / made hot cakes for
the first time in my life, but they sure
tasted good.
Both Very Weak.
1--WE were so weak we could hardly
stand. All the previous seven days
we had been existing only on liquid
condensed food we carried with us.
After two hot cakes we fell asleep
without blankets, awakened and had
more hot cakes, fine this time. We
slept again and had creamed salmon
and hot cakes for breakfast. We
were still very weak.
"At noon next day a brace of mall
lards lighted on the bay in front of
the cabin and we killed them with the
trapperS rife. Roast duck and hot
cakes for dinner, and, man, but they
were good!
Harvey went out on reconnaissance
and killed two Alaska rabbits We
had too much food. After a southern
breakfast of fried rabbit, hot cakes
and gravy we put the cabin in order
and left for Port Miller at 7:45 am.
we followed the beach for twenty
miles, arriving at the Pacific Amer
lean fisheries cannery, at Port Miller,
at 6 o'clock. 1t was our first sight of
humanity since the crash.
What a grand and glorious feeling,
safe at last We were carried across
the bay by native to the cannery,
and the authorities were most hospi-
table and solicitous of our welfare.
There was plenty of delicious food
and rest where the fires did not melt
down into the snow, and not the least
of their generosity is a bath and a
shave"
Copyright, 1924. in C. s., Canada and South
America by the North American News
paper Alliance.D
Evening star., 1924-05-12

Harvey is the youngest member of
the expedition, being only twenty
two years old. He enlisted at Gle
burne, Tex. when seventeen.
Maj. Martin has a great number of
acQuaintances in Washington, where
he was stationed for a long period
at the outbreak of the war. He
learned to fly at Boiling Field and
under conditions which seldom have
now in active service. His duties at
the War Department here kept him
close to his desk and perhaps once
a week he would snatch away an
hour or two for instruction at the
field under Lieut.. c. V. Haynes, who
is on duty here now. Several times
he had narrow escapes with faulty
equipment and weather conditions
and in later days it was a source of
wonder how he ever missed death.
He completed his flying training in
Florida
Evening star., 1924-05-12
MAI. MARTIN TELLS OWN STORY
OF WANDERINGS AFTER CRASH
T,co A1iators, Confused in Fog, Sno,0 fncumbered,
With Only Liquid Food, Founder Along
Blind Trails.
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weather would permit under the
wings OF the fuselage. We slept in
| the fuselage in our fur-lined flying
suits, using part of the ship for fuel
I'VE remained there next day on
account of the fog. Then on the
morning of May we tried to reach
the Pacific coast again, but the fog
still blinded us. Finally we reached
small stream running northwest.
We followed this all day. as we
could not have seen where we were
going otherwise.
THAT night we slept in an alder
thicket We spread alder branches
on the snow and lay down in our
ordinary clothing, without the fur
| flying suits.
Start Out Once More.
I'VE were afraid to continue toward
| the north shore because we had no
information about the inhabitants, so
we returned next day to the ship.
We remained there the night of May
}. Next day we tried again for the
Pacific coast, leaving at o'clock in
the morning.
THE atmosphere cleared and every
thing was visible except for the
mountain tops. But we could not
| locate any passage to the Pacific and
headed toward a lake in the distance
| to the southwest. We camped again
| in an alder thicket three miles from
| the lake which we reached the noon
| of May 5. The going was slow be-
| cause Of our weakness and struggles
| with the snow. We found no people
at the lake as we had hoped, and so
| continued, following a stream which
| flowed down from mountains to the
| lake.
We came to still another alder
thicket that night and made camp,
| just about two miles from the lake.
| This made a total distance of about
| five miles covered that day.
| without any idea of our position,
we followed the stream southwest
back into the mountains, crossed a
low divide and found another stream
| We camped in an alder thicket again.
the night of May 6.
Bear Tracks in Snow.
at was a terrible night I myself
was snow blind and Harvey was
breaking trail all day. Both of us
| had a completely exhausted feeling
| whenever we stopped The snow was
Evening star., 1924-05-12

the weather was inclement. and the
| Seattle. The next day the Seattle
| developed engine trouble and pro-
| pellor tip was broken off. This ne
cessitated taking the plane out of the
sisted. however, on the day the aerial
armada left Seattle. Maj. Martins s
pufnp refused to force gasoline into
| the tanks, and a pump was taken
| Wade. pilot of the Boston, also had
! difficulty for time in trying to rise
! out of the water. He was delayed
| an hour after his three companions
left.
| On landing at Prince Rupert in a
| binding snowstorm, Maj Martin
miscalculated the distance to the wa
! ter and two struts on the wings or
the Seattle were snapped. Special
spruce was rushed from Prince
| flight continued April 10, after one
| day of stormy weather, to Sitka,
Heavy seas nearly beached the
| Seattle and Boston at Sitka- but the
| airmen won an eight-hour battle
with the elements and saved the ma
| chimes from damage. The flight from
| Sitka to Seward. Alaska, was made
| in a blizzard said by the f1iers to
| have been the worst they encounter
! ed to that time. A crash in mid-air
was also narrowly averted.
Martin Forced Down.
| The squadron got under way again,
! leaving Sitka April Is for Chignik.
| Mai. Martin was forced down three
miles south Of Cape Igvak, short
! distance south Of Kanatak, because
OF a hole in the crank case which
caused loss of oil. The other three
planes proceeded to Chignik.
A wireless call for aid was sent
from Chignik, and the United States
| destroyers Hull and Cory, receiving
| il near Seward while en- route to
| Seattle after making soundings for a
| new Alaska cable. turned back ana
search for Maj. Martin. They dis
| covered him and towed him to Kama
| tax, a small Standard Oil station,
where he WAVED for new engine
rushed from Dutch Harbor aboard the
| cutter Algonquin.
Departure From kanatak.
The departure from Kanatak. the
point being described by Maj. Martin
in a letter just received by his wife
in San Diego, Calf. as being one of
ln6 "lnQl6SI places III INC obAes
was also under big handicap. Gales
of more than a weeks duration
forced all the water out Of the bay,
making it impossible to float the
Seattle. A special raft was built and
| hauled to deep water. A snowStorm
| set in, there was no turning back, for
such an attempt might wreck the
plane.
Maj. Martin started from Kanatak
| April 25. The intensity of the storm
| forced him to alight in Kumlik Bay.
He reached Chignik and then awaited
a chance to leave for Dutch Harbor.
Maj. Martin left Chignik in such a
severe storm that other members of
the expedition, awaiting him at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Lieut.
Clayton l.. Bissell, who had made all
arrangements for the flight from Sc
attic to Attu Island, considered it
certain the commanding officer would
not fly that day. Though the morn
ing of April 80 dawned fair and clear
at Dutch Harbor. northwest gales
and snow soon started At Chignik
violent winds, carrying much snow,
arose almost the minute the Seattle
had taken the air. Maj Martin flew
100 miles, however. and then crashed
against a mountain during a dense
fog nearly 100 miles to the south
west
Evening star., 1924-05-12
SHIP RULING REVERSED.
q. S. Held Liable for More Than

When the government requisitioned
a. vessel under construction during
the war it became liable, the Supreme
Court held today, for more than the
bare material which had gone into
its construction.
The question of federal liability
was raised in a case brought by the
Brook s-Scanlon Corporation, which
had a contract with the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation of New
Jersey for the construction of d
steamship. While the ship was under
construction the United States Ship
ping Board reQuisitioned it and tooh
over the contract.
The Brooks-Scanlon Corporation
sought to recover the value of the
contract, but the Court of Claims a.
lowed only compensation for the bare
materials. That decision was today
reversed by the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
HER PRAYERS ANSWERED.
Harvey's Mother Thinks God Saved
Her Son.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEBURN, Tex, May 12.-Mother's
day brought news to one mother here
today of the safety of her son, for
which she had been offering prayers.
The mother, Mrs. Luther Harvey,
was overcome with emotion for a
short time after she had been in
formed that her son, Sergt. Alva Lee
Harvey, mechanician in the round
the-world fight, with Maj. Frederick
L. Martin, was safe in Alaska. Her
husband likewise was overjoyed.
I'VE prayed constantly" Mrs. Har-
vey said. mot for a moment did
we lose hope. And, oh, how grateful
l am to those Christian friends who
joined in our prayers. And Alva, too,
started his journey with prayer. for
got a letter from him Saturday
which said, L think God Is watching
over us and will carry us safely
around to our dear ones in the
States"