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Ambulance Airplano oes Down iI Wind Storm and All Occupants are Instantly iled, Five Army Men and Two Civillans. Washington, M4y 29.-$even men, Ave of the army and two civilians, were kili9d in the wreck of an army CurtssdEagle \ amliulance airplane near Indian Head, Md., forty miles southeast of Washington yesterday ev -ening in a terrific -wind and electrical storm. The dead are: Lieutenant Colonel Archie Miller, U. S. A., M. H1., 'Washington. Maurice Conolly, of Duibuque, Iowa, former inember of the House of Rep resentatives. A. 0. Batchelder, of Washington, chairman of the board of the Aneri can Automo-bile Association. Lieut. Stanley M. Ames, of Wash ington, pilot of the l)iane. Lieut. Cleveland W. McDermot.t, Langley Field, Va. Lieut. John M. P'ennowill, Langley Field, Va. Sergeant Mechanic Richard Blumen kranz, Washington. Army air service oillcers said the accident rxas the worst in the history of aviation in the United States, either military or civil, and that it was one of the few in which all of the passen gers in a failling l)Iane had been killed almost Instantly. The shi) struck the ground nose first and the force of impact was so great the big 400-horsopower Liberty motor in the front end of the craft was torn from its chassis and thrown back into the cock l)it on tol) of the pilot czcEA Money back without quest on it HUNT'S QUARANTRUD SKIN DISEASE REMDE (Hunt's Salve and So p),faiItinL the t reatment ofitch, heczmn,?w Ir R(ngworm.Tetterorotheritch' Ing atin diseasen. Try thio tPreatment at our 1rk. SIX GILLETTE BLADES WITH HOLDER $1.25 PREPAID In Attractive Case Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded This offer for a limited time only. Remit by money order or cash--(no stamps) Frad Razor Co. 1475 Broad~way New York City . HotStuffl Red Devil Lye' sure is strong. Just try it and see how much better you like it. Next 'time you go to scrub put two 'tablespoonfuls of 'Red Devil Lye in a pail of water. ,Then instead of scrubbing - jus t mop. It does the work. Get.rid of dirt, It qulckly loosens the dirt because it softens the water I Great for all cleaning . .savea work and purifies / while it cleanses. Your Grocer gilwa,. Selis It 'e-rn .ED DEVE~ Y Sun,. Sjrnong/ as SCH h.~MFG. Co. - - 8?. LUIS. MOen.S. A ILANWREI and the passengers. All of the bodies were badly mutilated. - The Curtis-Eagle was returning from a trip to Langley dield, near Now Port News, Virginia, anid 'had just crossed the Potomac river when it ran into the storm which had passed over Washington an hour before. The exact cause of the accident probably never will be known, as those in the machine were dead when witnesses from -Morgantown, a village near In dian Head, reached the scene. An ofilcial investigation Rf the ac cident twill !be ordered. At that Inves tigation it is possI-ble anOiniquiry will ibe made into the general design and practical use by the army of such a machine, the only one of Its type in the army air service. Air service oellc era said today that when the plane left Langley field, it was aiwparently in perfect running condition and -had beenjfunctioning properly during sov eral hours in the morning and after noon. Craptain d Lavergne, air attache of the French embassy, who made the trip in the Eagle from Washington, said tonight that in his opinion the iEagle was unbalanced. "The machine was badly .balanced," Cptain do Lavergne said. "It had a small motor, of only '100 horsepower. The wei-ght was too much; the pilot could not control it. I declined to re turn in it and came back by boat." Representative Campbell of Kansas chairman of the .1louse rules commit tee, and Walsh of Massachusetts, 'who went to Langley field in the Eagle, al so returned to 'Washington by boat. Mr. Campbell said tonight the element of safety had not entered into their decision not to return in the Eagle; that both of them were seasick and the air in the closed .plano was bad. "if the ship had been open we would have returned in it," sa4id Mr. Camp ball. "I suggested to Walsh that we return by boat. -lie was seasick and I didn't feel very steady. We had been more than two hours at sea in a Mar tin bomber observing bombing experi ments. "On the way down to Langley field the air was rough and very bumpy. We had a wonderfully good pillot. -e would run into an air bank like it wvas a hillside and then the machine would drop, sometimes more than 100 feet." 'BrIgadier General Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, who ac companied the plane in a smaller one, and who had an exciting battle with the storm during his return flight, said Lieut. Ames, piloting the Eagle, swas regarded as one of the best pilots in the service and that his shlip was ap parently in perfect condition. "We felt no concern for his safety," said the general, "and when the Eagle circled over the fild a couple of times before straightening out on the north erly course for WVashington, it was running perfectly. We waived -gobd bye from the field, expecting that the big boat would .be in -Washington be fore we wvere read'y to leave Langley." The Eable left Langley field about 4i:30 p. m. yesterday. 'rho time of the wreck 'Is placed at 6:20 p. mn., the hour at which a iwatch carried by Mr. Con nolly was found to have stopped. Naval ofileers at Indian Head, who saw the plane go down, declare that Pilot Ames tried to bring his mchine down before the ilull force df the storm struck, 'but that ho was iprevent ed from making a landing at the first lttemp~t by a grove of trees. The air ship crossed over the trees safely and nappeared to put on power to reach an loen fid a short dlistance away. Apparently the motor either failed to resp~ondi or the high iwind checked the shil)'s flight for it was seen to turn over and fall nose first. It then was only a few hundrv"'eet in the air. Ollcers at Indian ' d sent a detach mont to the scene, out it was some time before they arrived and word of the accident did not reach Booling field here until 11 o'clock last night. Oflicers at the field had been await ing the arr'ival of the IEagle, -but when she failed to arrive early in the even ig they assumed that she either had landed somewher'e to escape the storm or had turned back to Iggey field. Mirs. Ames, wvife of the- apilot, ras waiting for her husband at the landing field -hero and when the re port of the accident came, she started for Morgantown In her automobile, ar r'iving after midnight andl remaining there through the night. The bodies of the dead were taken out of. the plane by the nava,i detach mont and early today were started to Washington on navy anotor trucks. Meantime omelers in charge of the army ambulance -had been sent f'rm 'vs city and the bodies were trans red to them and carried to Walter Reed Hospital here.. The ftailies of the dead have been notified and their wishes with regard to the funerals will be carried out. ilFnr the trip to Jangley field from Whington, which began yesterday morning, the plane ewes str1pped. of its hospital equipment 'and seats protid Od.1or t-he passengers who w.ere taken to the Virginia aviation grounds to witness a review of the army air fleet which is to participate in the naval bombing tests off the Virginla 'Capes in June and July. Suggesti'ons that the wrecking of th9 plane .was cgused ;by a bolt of lightning were scouted iby army air service offlcials,' who declared that there iwas no record of lightning hit ting a plane. They said that even -had a bolt struck the Curtiss-Eagle it could have done little if any damage as the lightning could not have affect ed ,a grounding necessary to cause daniage. The theory of soie officers is that an unusually heavy blast of wina struck the ship on one side and tn balanced it, sending it into a nose dive from which it could not recover be cause of the short distance to the ground. In preparation for the official in quiry Lieutenant Paul 0. Wilkins went to the scenc of the accident today to take photographs of the wreck and to obtain from eye witnesses and others and possible information that might be of use in solving what is now a mys tery. Statements of naval officers at In dian Head that the plane fell only a short distance caused surprise to army air service oficials, vlho exam!ned the i:cersonal effects of the passengers which r'were brought to Bolling field today. A stick of shaving soal) and its nickel plated container was found mashed almost av flat as a knife blade. A heavy black leather handbag was ripped and torn while a straw hat which one of the civilians had worn was torn to shreds. Lieutenant Colonel Mil er W.as a na tive of Illinois and was appointed to the army from Missouri. He served In the S'panish-Americitn war, the Philip pines, w'here he won the congressional medal of honor, and in the World War. lie was executive officer of the avia tion division of the army when the United States declared war on Geir many and later was assigned to con mand the Mitchell .ield, Long Island. Ile xas 43 years old and is survived by a widow and several children. The action which won for him the highest decoration within the gift of the American government took place on Tian Island, July 2, 1909. The Am ericans were opjposing hostile Moros and Colonel Miller, under heavy fire with the assistance of an enlisted man, placed a machine gun in advance of its former position, about 20 yards from enemy, in accomplishing which he was obliged to splice a .piece of tim ber to one ley of the machine gun's tripod. Mr. Connolly awas the Washington representative of the Curtiss Airplane Company and was born at Dubuqiue, Iowa, .14 years ago. lie served in the air service during the war with the rank of major. For a time he was ex 'utive officer irn command of Wiibur Wright Aviation School, Fairfleld, )hlo, and he flew for Liberty loans. * * * * * * . * * * * a * . L IANFORDl NEWS * * * * * * * * a * a a * . Lanford, May 29.-Mrs. J. S. liig gins delightfully entertained the menm bers of the ;Rural Impirovemenlt Asso elation Tuesday afternoon wvith re freshments -consisting of a salad course, olives, sandwlches4, cake and ice tea. They all pronouncedl her a charming hostess. The program was "Fducation," topics discussed by Mrs. J1. M, Fleming, M\rs. J. 13. Williams and others. Miss 'Pearle Cha~pman paid us a fly ing visit last Tuesday. She has accept ed a school elsewhere, much to the regret of her many friends and former pupils. Mrs. Will Martin and Mrs. E. D). Lonmas of Gray Court, visited Mrs. 10thel Lasford last Monday. Mr. 'Layton and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Lanford, of Woodruff, Mrs. C. B. Cox and Lilly Mae Cox, were guests at.the home of Mr and .Mrs. T. M. Burnett, last Sunday. Miss Nora Cannon is visiting friends and relatives in Rock 11111, and 'will bring John M. 'Cannen, Jr., home with her in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Boho, of Lau rens, visited Mrs. 0. *F. Fowler a few days ago. Mr's. Fowler is seine -het ter at this writing. \lias Lottie Lee Langston, of Foun tain Inn, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. J. T. Patterson. Mrs. C. L. Waldrep and children, and. Mr. C. C. Cox spent Sunday in Gretn wood with Mrs. Othello Payne. Mr. 3. T. Burgess and family, Mr. Brooks Fowler end Mr. C. D. Cox at-, tended the singing convention at Lucas! Avenue Church S'unday. hm . Miss Mary Higgins returned hm from Limestone College, to spend her vacation 'with parents. Miss Aud ry 'Franks, of Spia rtanb~urmg, spent the week-end with her iparents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. R. Franks. 'Miss Carry Lou 'Higgins is at home Mr. and Mrs. J. '. Cooley 'are visit- To Stop a Cough' Oulck from her school at Duffalo. Ing friends and relatives in Knoxville, take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, & .'Mrs. J. 0. Higgins attended the fun- Tennessee. cgh medicine which sto the coogh by ral of Mr. J. L Nabors, -at aurens. heg the Iinlamed and ritated tisue A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE Mrs. J. V. Waldrep spent Monday SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and in Woodruff with her -brother, Mr. J. No Worms in a Healthy Child ' Is enclosed with every bottl' of B. DoShields, who hps boon very sick. Allbildren troubled with Worms hav an 00- HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve Mr. J. M. Fleming attended healthy color, which indicates poor blood, an as a should be rubbed on the chwo and throat the rule. there io m'or or I Me stomach eof children suffering from a d or Croup. Shriners' meeting at Greenville last GROVES TASTEIES8 CHILL TONIQ given reds. The heallageffect of Hayes' Healing Honey in week. larly for two or three weeksawIn enridh the blood. side the th bioe d w i =t e dt es effect of linvrovethe digetn. nd a a agennsolwrjg t'Okl-Peaonrstep alv tough w orso Mr. Mel -Fleming has returned home enngTontotthew olestem. N tu ewllthen Bhremedi rep cked none caron and o o. from the old soldiers' reunion which or i the worm and the Child wlbe cos the ar combined t crtuont as the was hold at Camden, Inverfectheal. Plettotake. 600erboftb Just k your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. 30x3%Standard Non-Skid Tire This new low price is made possible by strictest econ omies and special ized production. 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