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Show - oo AVIATOR KILLED IN MAKING TEST FLIGHT El Pago, May 3. Jack Mayer of San Francisco was killed yesterday at Agues Caliente6 in making a test flight of one of the aeroplanes purchased pur-chased for the Villa army, according to a telegram from J S. Berger of Chicago, who is manager of the Villa aerial corps. It wag stated in the message that Mayer wag flying at the rate of sixtv miles an hour when the biplane he was driving struck a building, crushing crush-ing the aviator's bead and shoulders. The body is being shipped to the border bor-der here. General Villa has several aircraft, I nearly all of which are manned by Americans It has been used only for scout dutj and not for bomb drop-pine. drop-pine. San Tranrisco. May '.. .lack Mayer, May-er, whose home was In San Francis O, was 35 years of age and a novice in flying, having only recenth completed comple-ted a course in an aviation school here He left foi Mexico about a month ago |