Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-06


for Major Frederick Martin, missing
leader of the American round-the-
world airplane flight. last night re-
solved into logged battle against
cruel Arctic wastes and a fading
hope,
But with the courage which is the
essence of the romance of these al
most unknown spaces, searchers re-
fused to accept defeat and merely
pressed on the harder at each ap
rarent setback.
At midnight Saturday Major Mar.
tin and Sergeant Alva Harvey. his
mechancian, had been missing 50
! hours.
They had practically no food
with them when they roared away
from Chignil<, hoping to reach
Dutch harbor in few hours. They
faced chill, snow-laden winds and
wild almost uncharted countr.. dot
ted with volcanoes and SO forbidding
that only a few Indians inhabt it.
All the odds now seem against
them. but hore has never been
abandoned.
I9A 1LAPCuttOHS Oub
Up to Saturday six separate expedi.
lions in small boats which have
searched the coves and inlets OF the
coast line along the Alaskan PENN
sula have returned home with no
word Of the missing plane.
The coast guard cutters, Algon-
/ uun and Haida. and the survey
ship Pioneer, have steamed over
most of the course Martin was ex-
pected to follow. but have found no
trace of him.
The only word thus far has come
from a group of native Indians VINO
told of the great-winged bird" hav-
ing passed over their village at the
head of the Chignik lagoon.
1t was headed towards the Behrlng
seattle opposite side of the Alas
kan peninsula from Chignik-which
would indicate that Martin sougE@
shelter from adverse winds on the
other side of the volcanic range
which forms the peninsula's back
bone.
Sled Party Searching
Working on this theory. dog sled
party with Indian guards started az
daybreak today from Chignlk to toi-
low over the snow the probable
inland course which Martin would
have taken.
This will lead them to Lake CHG
mix, a large body of water, now PROB
ably ice covered, in the center OF the
peninsula. There is some hope OF
finding the message flyer there.
While the search for Major Mar
tin continued to occupy the main at
tention, word was awaited as to
whether Lieutenants Lowell Smith.
Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade, Mar
tins companion flyers, had succeed.
ed in getting away from Dutch Har-
Dor in their efforts to continue the
flight around the world
Last reports were that they PLAN
ned to hop off today for Nazan on
the Island of Atka and, il conditions
were found favorable, to CONTINUES
on without stop to Chiagoff, on the
Island Of Attu-a flight Of $50 miles.
FRENCH Filler TAKES LEAD
IN GLOBE CIRCLING FLIGHT
PARIS, May 3.-France took the
lead in long distance airplane ef-
forts of four nations today when
Lieutenant Pelletier D'Oisy, in the
big Breguet plane in which he is al.
| tempting a flight from Parts to
Toxic, reached Agra, India, having
covered approximately one-half the
distance on his schedule.
D'Oisy took off from Karachi At
6:45 q. m. and made the S00-miles
flight to Agra without a stop. ar
irving at a 80 p. m. He expects To
take off again tomorrow probably
flying to Calcutta.
The leg was one of the most diff.
cult on the schedule, the route lying
over a barren desert where terrific
heat waves make flying difficult.
The air ministry announced D'Oisy
made the flight without incident ex-
cept that heat caused the canvas on
The upper planes of his machine to
split and that part of it was torn
away. The plane is being repaired at
Agra.
The ministry called attention to
the fact that during the flight
D'Oisy passed almost directly over
the town of Parlu, in the desert
where the British und-the-world
aviators commanded by Major
Stuart MacLaren are held up wait
ing for new motor for their am
phibian machine.
THREE u. s. PLANES REACH
ATKA ISLAND STATION
CORDOVA, Alaska, May 4.--tBy
the Associated Press. l-Three United
States army aviators. who continued
their werld flight from Dutch
Harbor, Unalaska Island arrived al
Atka Island at 3:15 o'clock this aft
ernoon. according TO wireless mes
sage received here.