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Show I . LAST OE OF FAMOUS AIRTRIO AIR AIRTRIO I TRIO FAILS FAllS TO DEATH OEATHI DEATHLieutenant DEATHi DEATHLieutenant I famousI I Lieutenant J : A Woodring OOdrlng . , famousarmy famous famousI famousarmy famousarmy I army aviatorand aviator aviator- - - and last of the army armys"Three armysThree s s"Three s"Three "Three Three " . Musketeers .Musketeers of Aviation , , " of ofwhom ofwhom ofwhom whom Li Lieutenant utenant John J WIlliams Williamsson , . son of Dr , . andMrs and and- - Mrs J . W . Williams of ofr ofMoab ofMoab r , Moab , was thCi the ; first to be killed kllled , fell to tohis tohis r rhIS hIS death last Friday at Dayton , OhioLieutenants OhIO OhioLieutenants I ' . LIeutenants Woodring , Williams Wllliams and andW andW andW W . . L Cornelius several years ago were wereknown wereknown wereknown andI I | known as the three most daring army armyflyers armyflyers I Ii i flyers , and earned for themselves the theI theI thename thename I I name Three 'Three ' Musketeers " They have haveall haveall : all fallen to their deaths while work work- WOrkling working working - ling ing to advance the science of aviation aviationThe aviationThe aviationThe WOrk-\ WOrk \ The following press dispatch , dated datedFriday datedFriday I datedI Friday , carries the particulars of ofLieutenant ofLieutenant ofLieutenant , Lieutenant Woodring's Woodrings ' ' fatal crash * . ' I Death reached into the air lanes to- to toI today today to today - I day for Lieutenant Irvin A WoodringI Woodringand Woodringand Woodring Woodringand , I -and and - and thus passed the last of the thearmy's thearmy's thearmys I [ 'army's armys army's ' ' "Three Three " Musketeers of Avia Avia- Aviation A Aviation vla- vla vlation - tion " i 1 I ILike I Like his fellow musketeers , Lieuten Lieuten- LieutenI Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant - - I ant WOO Woodring 1rmg < died in harness trying tryingto tryingto tryingto to advance ladvance the standards of army avl- avl avi- avi avlatlon aviation avi aviation - I avlI ation atlon He fell 2000 feet near Wright Wrightfield Wrightfield Wrightfield WrightfieldThe ; field fieldThe WrightI I The danng daring flier's fliers fher's fhers ' ' ' experimental at- at attacktype attacktype at attacktype - tack-type tack type - ship flew to bits and his hisbody hisbody hisbody body was thrown clear Apparently he hehad hehad hehad had no chance to use his parachute parachutethe , the device that twice before had saved savedhis savedhis savedhis his ! life 1le , as it was found unopened undpened on onthe onthe onthe the bodyThe bodyThe body bodyThe onI I The accident was the second within withinthe withinthe withinthe the month that has claimed the life Ufe of ofa ofa ofa a Wright field flier fIler engaging Inthe in inthe inthe the hazardous business busmess of export experi- experi experimenting experimenting - menting with unproved ideas il1 in avi- avi - - ation Captain Hugh Elmensor of ofWashington ofWashington I Washington , DC D C , was killed In an anexperlmenal anexperimenal anexpcrlmenal experlmenal experimenal pursuit purswt plane last FridayIn FridayIn Friday FridayIn In 1928 , while stationed at Rockwell Rockwellfield Rockwellfield Rockwellfield field , San Diego , Cal , Woodring and andtwo andtwo andtwo two fellow lieutenants l1eutenant.s-'V l1eutenant.sV l1eutenant.s l1eutenants 'V V lieutenants-W lieutenants W . - - ' W , . L Cor- Cor Cornelius Cornelius Cor Cornelius - - nelius and J . J . Williams-won Williams won Williams - - won world world- worldwide worldwide worldwide - wide renown and their title of mus mus- musketeers mus- mus musketeers musketeers - - keteers by their thefr daring teasThe fossThe foas teas foss foasThe The first to die as Lieutenant Wil- Wil Williams Williams Wil Williams - - liams , who crashed in an inverted for- for formation formation for formation - mation at .at . the national air races at 1 . < > Los LosAngeles LosAngeles s sAngeles Angeles in the same year ColonelCharles Colonel ColonelCharles ColonelCharles Charles A Lindbergh took Williams Williams'place Williamsplace ' plaoo place Williams'lplaoo and the remaining musketeers musketeersearned musketeerscarried musketeerscarried Williams'l Williamsl earned carried onLieutenant onLieutenant on onLieutenant Lieutenant Cornelius CorncIlus met death a amonth amonth amonth month later In a collision with Lieu Lieu- Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant - tenant Roger V Williams , who para- para parachuted parachuted para parachuted - - chuted to safety . . Lieutenant Woodring . , a member ofthe ot of otthe ofthe the flight test branchat branch at Wright field fieldwas , was 31 and a . native of Enid , Okla Okia . . He Hehad Hehad Hehad had been stationed here two weeks weeks.The weeksThe . The widow survivesIn survivesIn survives In 1927 Lieutenant Woodring won wonthe wonthe the Mitchell speed spc-ed spc ed - trophy race for army pilots pllots at Dayton But his most mostwidely mostwidely mos-widely mos widely - widely known contribution to the his- his history history his history - tory of aviation probably came in inOctober inOctober inOctober October , 1930 , when he carried docu docu- documents documents documents - ments of the Japanese ratification rnt1lica.tton rnt1licatton . ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the London naval treaty from Van Van- Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver - couver , B . . C , , to Newarkr Newark , . N . J , in inrecord inrecord inrecord record time . Another pilot carryingduplicate carrying carryingduplicate carryingduplicate duplicate documents on that trip- trip tripLieutenant tripLieutenant trip tripLieutenant - - Lieutenant William W11liam Caldwell-fell Caldwell fell Cahdwell-fell Cahdwell Caldwell - fell to tohis tohis tohis his death in a . Wyoming bUzzardror blizzardFor blizzard bUzzard blizzardFor LlcutenIant LleutenIant For ror that dangerous flight , Llcuten-I Llcuten I Lleuten-I Lleuten Lieuten Lieutenant - ant Woodnng received the Distinguish- Distinguish Distinguish-1 Distinguish 1 Distinguish1ed Distinguish-ed Distinguish ed Distinguished , - , ] i ed " ' Flying 11ying Plying Cross . , ' , |