Show I M 15 ING DIED IN PLANE MiNE AIR AIH MAIL CARRIER APPARENTLY DIED INSTANTLY WHEN SHIP HIT INTO MOUNTAIN Natural Camouflage of Trees Trees- Baffles Baffle Search From Above Thousands Thousand Were Were On Hunt For MillIng MissIng Miss Miss- ln Ing Aviator Belle Delle Fonte Pa The Th frantic search for Charles Ames air mail pilot who disappeared several days ago ended on Nittany mountain six miles mUes northeast of Belle Fonte when the body of the birdman was was f found und h in his wrecked plane which h hid had d crashed against the side of the mighty hill A party of searchers one of the thousands who tramped the hills and valleys since Ames was reported lost came clune upon the wreckage Ames Ame's body bearing only a few bruises was found in the cockpit of the tho ship Nature conspired to keep the fate of the birdman unknown for when the wrecked ship of the air was found it was discovered that four kings of the forest broken off elY when the plane crashed into them had formed a perfect cover Under these thew four big trees completely shrouded rested the wreckage containing the I pilots pilot's body Word of the find spread ad through the mountains like wildfire and within a short time hundreds of searchers together together to to- gether with air mail officials ls from 1 iiA eL Thalia 1 P lohl It w. w warn nn ran tha th The b d th k scene ne The body lifted f from fth the tho cockpit cockpit cock cock- o pit was brought to Belle lle Fonte Fonto An and taken to an undertaking establish ment That Ames met instant death was the belief of the air mall mail officials His face was badly bruised but the body contained few other marks The point where Ames crashed is densely woo wooded led It was evident that the pilot flying low crashed into the four trees the plane coming to a stop atop against the trunk I of a fifth filth The trees closed in Sn upon the wreckage making it impossible for the air men who have searched this entire region to locate the spot where Ames met death Ames was on his court and was near the Heda Hecla light Deacon for airmen air air- men when he be met his fate Over the tbs point where his body rested in the debris other ether airmen have passed each day flying east cast and west with their cargoes of mail for New York and Chicago The shipment of mail in in Ames Ames' I plane was war intact and shortly art after r it was removed from the wreckage it was on its way west in a plane piloted pi by F. F B. B Hill For several da lays days s 's the search for forAmes forAmes forAmes Ames had centered in the Clarion region re re- gion west of Belle Fonte wh where re thousands thou sands of volunteers Pennsylvania national na guar guardsmen and aviators combed a wide area in the belief that the pilot fell fen In that district Little hope was held that held that he would be found east of Belle Fonte One party of six led by two men named Yarnell and MacMullen started start start- e ed up the west slope of the mountain I Fighting their way through the heavy underbrush and dense woods woodS' the searchers pushed their wa way toward toward to to- ward vard the crest Near the top buried under the trees they found the wrecked wreck wreck- ed plane The searchers rushed for for- ward A moment later silence replaced replaced replaced re re- placed the shouts of ot members of the party for there in the cockpit could be seen the lifeless form of Ames |