Evening star., 1921-05-30
SEVEN KILLED AS PLANE
CRASHES SDOWVN STORM

, gress from Iowa His home in Wash
| ington was at the Benedict apart
! ments.
| Mr.. Connolly was a warm personal
! friend of President Harding, although
! he himself was a democrat. He visit
ed Marion, Ohio. se:eral times during
| Mr. Harding's front porch. cam
paign. This was the second air accl-
! dent in which he had been a partlcl-
/ pant Several years ago ne mao
, miraculous escape from death. Wnen
plane in which he was making
practice flight crashed into tree.
/ Mr.. Connolly was born in DUBUQUE;
! Iowa. forty-four years ago. He served
| in the air service during the war.
| with the rank of major. For time
| he was executive officer in command
of the Wilbur Wright Aviation Schooi:
! fairfield. Ohio. and flew for the ND
| erty loan campaigns.
Graduate From Cornell.
! Graduated from Cornell University
in 1897. Mr.. Connolly received the
ILL., B. degree in the New York Law
School in 1895. and afterwards took
! post graduate courses at OXFORD, Hell
! delberg and Balliol colleges. He was
a member Of the Sixty-thIrd Congress
! and was a delegate to the democratic
| national convention at st. LOUIS IN
1915. He was defeated for the United
States Senate by Senator Cummins
and then became interested in air
plane manufacture. He also was
regent and member of the executive
| committee Of the Smithsonian lnstl-
tute and had many business cohhec-
tioriS in Iowa
He was a. member of the American
Legion and OF the Aeno CUB on
| America, the Metropolitan Club, the
! Army and Navy Club, and the Ma.
tional Press Club. He was president
Of the Iowa State Lodge OF Elks III IN
jl913 and was a member of the Ma
tional Carriage Builders Assoclauon'
of which he was president In l9os.
Mr.. Rntcheedor Business Leader.
Mr. B atchelder, the other civilian
| in the plane. was identified with
! eyerv big roads movement designed
! to advance the interest of the United
States He was native OF Attlca.
n y He was forty-one years old.
! and was one of the organizers or the
American Automobile Association.
zation at the time Of his death. he
| had been a resident OF Washington
since 1913 when he established head
quarters of the auto association IN the
Riggs building, now Albee building.
He received his early training as a
! newspaper man. and was the first edl-
! tor of Motor. an automobile maga-
J zine. His home was at 1872 18th street.
| His wife, at Jackson, Mich. when his
death occurred, is now on her way to
! Washington to make funeral arrange
ments His daughter claimed the body
at Walter Reed hospital and it was
| taken to an undertaking eSta bllsh-
ment.
! Lieut.. McDermott. whose home was
I in Syracuse. y. Y. was stationed at
Langley Field. He served in both the
Canadian and American flying forces.
y nd A1 h1y
! mcnts for valor in the world war. He
was officially credited with bringing
down two German planes.
I Lieut.. Pennewill also was stationed
at Langley Field. having recently been
,Sent there from Kelly Field, Texas,
i:be held next month. Both Lieut.. Nc
!; ;Dermott and Lieut.. Pennewill decided
to take the trip in the ill-fated plane
| for the ride" according to officers at
| Boiling Field.
| Ranked High as Mechanic.
! Sergt. Blumenkranz was a member
of the 99th Aero Squadron. and was
said to be one of the best mechanics
| in the air service He had been sta
I'Hls sister. Mrs. Helen O'Connor, lives
at 3249 n street. He was twenty years
! old.
! Sergt. Blumenkranz's brother. T. w.
Barton. a field clerk in the air serv-
ace, also is stationed at Boiling Field.
The brother said today he recently
had his name changed from Blumen-
kranz to Barton and that Sergt. Blu
, menkranz had planned to have his
| name changed to Barton when he
reached majority. Funeral service for
Sergt. Blumenkranz will be held at
Arlington cemetery tomorrow after
| noon. Complete funera arrangements
for the, other six men have not been
made. :.
The. hospital plane is a total wreck
! and no part of it will be salvaged. A
ed 9 today to eo to ibe apos
Morgantown where the Fokker fell