Show Sons of Noted Coach Bear Up Bravely on Trip in Funeral Train Friends Join Party En Route to South Bend Due in Chicago at p. p m. m KANSAS ANSAS CITY Mo 10 April 1 I United Press The Press The funeral party or of f Knute Rockne moved on toward South Bend today after a a. brief pause here Rockne's two sons William 14 and Kunte hunte J 11 11 Charles Anderson assistant assistant as- as Notre Dame coach Father Michael i of Notre Dame and Dr D. D M. M of or Kansas City were in n the party The body of W. W B. B Miller of or Hartford Hartford Hart- Hart ford ord Conn another victim of the airplane crash which killed eight men near Bazaar Kan was on the same ame train It was being sent to Lawrence Mass The sons of Rockne were bearing the he shock of their fathers father's death bravely Although the eyes eye of both were vere red from weeping they greeted greet greet- ed friends with a smile Both were s scents at Pembroke school here POSE FOR PICTURES They posed willingly for several photographs and chatted fr freely ely with the he group that met the party at the union station The Santa Fe train carrying the body reached the Kansas City union station at a. a m. m It left for Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago at a. a m. m The party will arrive at Chicago at p. p m. m and leave at o'clock fo fe South Bend Those attending the body left the train during the 20 minute stop and after spending a n few minutes before the he station in the sunshine went vent to the waiting room to talk with friends The to Chicago includes the points Carrol Carrolton ton Mo a. a m. m mb x Mo 1050 a a. a m m. o o. o 1254 p. p m. m Fort Madison Iowa 1 45 p. p m. m Gales- Gales Continued 4 on S pue Page Seven I RANCHER TELLS HOW HO BIG GRAfT CRAFT DIVED TO EARTH Continued from Pa Pus Pace c One had not nob rained in the vicinity yesterday yesterday yes yes- and there thereas was as no mist at the time of the accident Blackburn said he ho could not estimate estimate esti esti- mate the distance the plane fell orthe or orthe orthe the time the tho fall consumed I II 1 tell you It was awful quick he told Harry Ham C. C OReilly county attorney ney questioning the witnesses When I 1 heard the crash I got In my car but finally had to abandon It and go afoot The wreckage was headed down in tho ground The bodies of passengers were ere strewn about the ground Three or four were near the plane The main portion portion portion por por- tion of the wreckage was in a radius of feet WING BROKEN OFF The wing broken from the plane came down a quarter of a mUe mile away It was broken of off rather square across The edge looked ragged It lit Ut number up The gla glass in on one of the planes plane's lights was unbroken Blackburn said he noticed no Ice Iceon Iceon iceon on the wreckage He saw some spilled gasoline but no evidence of fire Coroner Jacob HInden delayed the inquest until 1045 n. n a. a m. m awaiting ar arrival arrival arrival ar- ar rival of rnest Jrnest McKenzie an undertaker undertaker undertaker under under- taker who identified the passenger I list found on the body of one of the pilots and tickets which had been taken from the passengers R. R S. S Bridges traffic agent at Kansas Kan Kan- Kansas sas City for the Transcontinental and Vest Western ern Air Express read the names one by one from the tickets Knute Rockne he read and paused The little Chase county courtroom instantly became quiet After several moments the agent completed the list I VICTIMS IDENTIFIED Coroner HInden read lead into the record record record rec rec- ord evidence e bearing upon identification identification Identification cation of the victims He said his Identification of all the bodies was wa-s positive and was made chiefly from cards In their clothing Jack Frye vice president of the Transport company in charge of ot on- on at Los Lo A landed b ded his monoplane near the wrecked liner this morning and arrived in Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood Falls in time for the inquest Frye made a brief inspection be before before before be- be fore testifying I have no opinion as to the cause of the wreck at this time he told the jury The official testified that the company's planes were inspected as asa asa asa a matter of routine every 28 hours He said the ill fated craft had been i 1 n ervice a little more than a year ear I It is common in Europe Frye said for such ships to remain in service nine years I Witnesses were questioned by Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Blackburn son sen of the eyewitness eyewitness eye eye- witness to the crash who Is counsel for Edward S. S Goldthwaite father lather of of the victims MAIL 1 POUCHES SCATTERED W WY A. A Stanley attorney for the Tran Transport port company was present at atthe atthe the inquest but declined to question question question ques ques- tion any of the witnesses The jury learned from Agent Bridges that each passenger was limited to 30 pounds of baggage Asked If this was a department of commerce regulation Bridges said As far as I r am concerned it is a limitation placed by the company The exact t weight of the pay load appears on the ships ship's manifest Bridges testified It came to light during the inquest in inquest inquest in- in quest that one of the 18 pouches of mail carried by the plane was found beneath the broken wing whig which fluttered fluttered flut flut- to earth a quarter of a mile mUe fro Ire main wreckage Other pouches were scattered over the ground OFFICIAL ON STAND Sheriff Art Deering told the jury he had received the revolvers carrIed carried car car- ried ned by the pilots Fryes Frye's unheralded arrival by plane from Los Angeles made available available avail avail- able to the Jury of Ch Chase e county 5 stockmen n technical l Information about the Transport company's op op- op They learned that an airliners airliner's airliners airliner's air airliners airliner's liners liner's chief pilot is required by the Transcontinental and Western Air Express to have flown 2000 hours A copilot may be employed with less flying lying time Frye said he never had heard of ofa a R wing wing- of this type breaking off oft be be- be fore Fryes Frye's plane alighted and taxied to a stop near the wrecked air liner shortly after daybreak this mornIng morning morning morn- morn Ing while a a. group of officials were conducting an u inspection of the de de- de bris They were the Kansas Kamas City agen agent for the line H. H C. C Edgerton Wichita Vieh ita ha a district agent J J. J C. C Collins assistant superintendent of the eastern division Leonard Jurdon inspector of at the aeronautical branch brand of the department of commerce and Lou Holland HoIland Kansas Kamas City executive secretary of at the chamber of or com corn merce |