Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-20

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today had searched nearly all Hawaiian
waters without finding the slightest
trace of the Miss Doran and the Golden
Eagle, Dole race entrants, three days
overdue in Honolulu and without doubt
either wrecked or helpless.
Submarines have investigated the
windward side of all the islands except
Kauai, while seaplanes have rounded
Cahua and most of Maui and Molokai.
Submarines also searched the waters
between the islands of Maui, Hawaii
and Kahoolawe.
Meanwhile other naval vessels are
searching from San Francisco and the
destroyers Sunnadin and Pelican are
covering fixed courses at sea north of
Maui. The Sunnadin and Pelican have
day following the departure of the two
missing planes from Oakland.
The Associated Press representative
aboard the Sunnadin reported high
seas off Makapuu Point. Island of
Oahu. at midnight of Wednesday,
which caused naval authorities to eX
press doubt as to the ability of any
airplane to survive on the surface of
the water in such weather.
At 9 o'clock Thursday night the
Sunnadin reported having sighted a
flare in the north. Both the Sunna-
din and the Pelican investigated but
found nothing.
Crop of Rumors Smaller.
The rumor crop Friday was much
smaller than on Thursday, principally
because Of the reaction locally against
in ha 1Jtft n leo,
of the erroneous report that the Miss
Doran, piloted by Pedlar and navi-
gated by Lieut.. Knope. with Miss
Doran as passenger, had been found
and those aboard rescued.
Residents on all the islands, how
ever, continued to watch the seas care
fully, and some reports We're received
Of mysterious" floating objects. The
credulity Of the people has been
strained, however, and they are seem
ingly unwilling to guess at anything
being an airplane unless it is pretty
we'll proved not to be anything else.
Rewards for the recovery of the lost
flyers now total $4,000, half from
James Dole. sponsor of the Oakland
Honolulu flight; $4,000 from William
X. Malloska Of Flint, Mich, sponsor
Of the Miss Droan, and $4,000 from
the San Francisco Examiner, whose
plane, the Golden Eagle, is one of the
missing.
The successful flyers in the Dole
contest were entertained last night
by the Engineers Association. at
which Art Goebel, pilot of the Wool
aroc, winner of the flight, declared
flights from San Francisco to Hawaii
can be made with perfect safety pro-
vided proper preparations are made.
Those present at the meeting stood
for half minute in silent prayer for
the safety of the occupants of the Miss
Doran and the Golden Eagle.
Believes Plane Nearer Mainland.
Martin Jensen, pilot Of the second
place plane. Aloha. expressed the
opinion that Pedlan, in the Miss Doran.
probably came to the water between
600 and 500 miles from San Francisco,
basing his belief on his remembrance
Of Pedlars previous mechanical
trouble with the ninth cylinder of his
motor. which never had functioned
properly. Jensen said Pedlar and
the others could float their lifeboats
safely for 10 days.
Jenseu's average speed during his
flight in which his average altitude
was for the most part between 10 and
20 feet, was % miles an hour. The
first land Jensen saw was the north
coast of the Island of Oahu. from
where he shot over the mountains
into the back door" of Wheeler
Field.
In response to rumors of a 'myster-
ious floating object" having been seen
drifting yesterday between Black
Point and Diamond Head, on the
southern side of the Island of Oahu,
military authorities turned their
searchlights on the waters from Dia-
mond Head scanned the waters and
saw nothing.