Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
Lloyd II. Carter Dies a. Re-
sult'of Fall From Airplan,
at Leaside Field, Ontario
While Being Instructed 81
Flying.
REMAINS WILL BE
BROUGHT BACK HOMI
(From Saturdays Daily,

AioyO hdW1oy CoICeI, 26oQ ~ y00xfs
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H, Carter
1112 North Court street, Is OttumwaX
first victim to the world war. Me-
of his death while under instructa
in flying at Leaside, Ontaria. Cana
yesterday. was received By his fathe,
last night in the following telegram
"Leaside, Ont. March I, 1918.
IF. H Carter, Ottumwa. Iowa.
Deeply regret to inform you thai
your son, 152,159, Cadet Lloyd HaxS
ley Carter, died following an aero
plane accident this evening at LesS
side aerodrome. Wire instructions all
to funeral.
20. c. A Wing, r F. c. N. Toronto. n
ORDER BODY SENT HOME.
A wire was Immediately dispatched
to Leaside to have the body EivaYe
every necessary attention and to fol-
ward at once to Ottumwa, wiring thS
time of leaving and route.
The Associated Press in its accorS 1
Of the death of the Ottumwa await
states that he was killed last night o.
Leaside camp when a machine in
which he was being instructed COZ
lided with another machine immed&
ately over the airdrome at height
of15O feet. The pilot of the second air.
plane was seriously injured. IA
WAS NEWsPAPERMAN
Lloyd Hawley Carter vas born In
Ottumwa, March %, 1897 and would
have been 81 years Of age this nou
had he lived. He was sU&
Of former Mayor and Mrs. Fred IN
Carter who with one other son, James,
Kenneth survive him. He was raised
here attending local schools and grad1
uated from the Ottumwa high school
with the class of 1915. Following hjIs
school days Lloyd took up newspape1S
work becoming reporter on the on
tumwa Review and in January 1914
left Ottumwa for Sioux City where hsl
was a reporter on the staff of til
Sioux City journal.
JOINS CANADIAN TROOPS S
1t was while employed in Sioux q
that he entered the Canadian arm NJ
Too young for the draft, Lloyd With
another reporter named Bundy lefG
their jobs on the Journal and starteN
for Canada where they joined IT,
Canadian Mounted Rifles in May ~ 9
After a few months in this branch OF
the service, he concluded to becomel
an aviator and transferred to the1
Royal Flying Corps in September.
GOLD STAR ON FLAG
The death of Lloyd Carter Will
make his, the first gold star in the1
service flag of the First Congrega1
tional church. There are twenty blues
stars on this flag and the death OF
any of the members causes gold toi
substitute for the regular blue. Hist
star was one of the first to be includ
ed on the flag which is soon to be en- |
larged to make room for more stars
that are, to be added. /
PLAN MILITARY FUNERAL
Plans for the funeral will not be
completed until word is received from
Toronto regarding the time Of sendine
the remains. 1t is planned to have
public military funeral. Senator c
w. Whitmore took the matter up with
the parents of the dead aviator and
obtained their consent to the arrange
ment Senator Whitmore then com
with Adjutant General L0
gan at Des Moines with regard to So
curing a military detail Of eight men,
Logan readily consented and will pfs&
vide the detail.
There being no congressional appFoss
priation to bear the expense Of send
ing such detail, the Elks lodg%
through Exalted Ruler L. T. CrismanS.
has taken Upon itself the privilege of
providing the funds and Postmaster
C. w. McCarty has communicated
with U. S. Judge M. ]. Wade to get the6
use of the federal building in whio4
to have the remains lay in state be1oFN'
the funeral The details of the plan
are pretty nearly completed but awaitj
news of the sending Of the body be-
fore the time and hour Of servfcesS
can be published.