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carried by Mr.. Connolly was found to
have stopped.
Brig. Cen Mitchell. assistant chief
of the air service. also flew plane
up from Langley Field Saturday night
and battled with the same storm
which caused the accident TO the hos
pital plane. but came out safely.
peculiar feature Of the accident
was the fact that although it hap
pened shortly after s o'clock Satur-
day. officials at Boiling Field and at
the War and Navy Departments were
not informed of it unaif nearly mid
night Boiling Field was informed
shortly after IL O'Clock. Saturday
night by telephone from the Dolphin.
the Navy vessel from which men
went to the assistance Of the men in
the wrecked plane. Newspaper of
dent of that character just after it
hapens. were not informed until yes
terday morning.
Mitchell Orders Probe.
While men from the Dolphin were
attempting to assist the men in the
wrecked plane. Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell. second in command of the
Army air service. was on his way
back by motor from Rock Point. Md,
where he had gone to assist Capt
Burdett S. Wright, his aide, who had
crashed to earth in the same storm
which Gen. Mitchell had ridden out
He arrived in Washington after mid
night and was Immediately informed
of the accident by telephone.
First reports from Indian Head
Gen. Mitchell said. gave the number
of dead as three. He Immediately or
dered Lieut. Paul c. wilkins and a
detail Of enlisted men to go to In
dian Head and make a preliminary
investigation of the accident.
Gen. Mitchell could give no reason
why the newspapers were not in
formed Of the accident until yester-
day morning. He said there had
been no attempt to keep it from the
newspapers pending an official invest
igation. 1.-The Army air service has
a theory of the cause of the acci-
dent" Gen. Mitchell said. II will
confer with newspaper men this
afternoon on the. accident and its
possible causes"
Reason for Delay.
The War Department was informed
as soon as possible of the accident. it
was said The probability, Gen.
Mitchell said. why news Of the acci-
dent did not reach Washington soon
er than it did, was because every
one connected with the Dolphin was
stunned and too busy attempting to
succor the passengers of the till
fated plane to telephone this city. The
bodies Of the seven passengers were
placed on board the Dolphin and
were brought to Washington yester-
day.
Winners Of War HOnOrs.
Several of the officers killed wore
decorations for service in the world
war and both of the civilians were
widely known in public life.
Lieut.. Col. Miller was native of
Illinois and was appointed to the
ARMY from Missouri. He served in
the Spanish American war. the Phil
ippines, where he won the congress
sional medal of honor, and in the
world war. He was executive officer
of the aviation division of the Army
when the United States declared war
on Germany. and later was assigned
TO- command the Mitchell Field. Long
island, station. He was forty-three
wears old, and is survived by his wife,
who before her marriage was MISS
Madeline Whitesde, daughter of the
daughter thirteen and eight years old.
respectively. While in Washington
he lived at the Burlington Apartment.
He was a member of the 1921 gradu-
ating class Of the War College.
Leaves Bride to Mourn.
Lieut.. Ames,. pilot of the ill-fated
nlane was married only about three
weeks ago to Miss Josephine Boyn-
ton. 1922 18th street. former en-
ploye of the geographic section of
the air service here. whom he met
while on duty in Washington. He
was twenty-eight years old. His
home is at 2o6 Common street. Wal
pole. Mass.
Lieut.. Ames had been stationed at
Boiling field about year and was
testing and engineer officer at the
station: He was regarded as an ex. :,
IN aero engineering He lived, with
his wife, at 1740 Euclid street.
Lieut.. Ames had served in aviation
for A number of years. He enlisted
in the Canadian army at the out
break Of the war and later was
transferred to the American forces
in france. While. with the Canadian
forces overseas he suffered a severe
bayonet wound. He also had seen
service on the eMxican border while
in the American air forces. and for
several days was lost in Mexico.
Formerly Served in Congress.
Mr.. Connolly. one Of the civilians.
was the Washington representative
of the Curtiss Airplane Company, and