Details of Meeker's Death Received

Details of the death of W. H. Meeker '17, who was killed in France on September 11th have at last been received in this country. As was known, Meeker was flying alone when the accident occurred, but according to the latest report his engine did not stall as was stated at first. After having reached a height of about 3,000 feet he undertook to spiral towards the ground. When a few hundred feet from earth he should have righted the machine and planed down, but either because he lost control of the machine, or became dizzy or ill, he failed to do so and plunged to the ground at a speed of an hundred miles an hour. Mr. Meeker has received the decoration which his son received at the time of his first promotion.

Because of the fact that Meeker was enlisted in the French service at the time of his death, it is probable that his body can not be brought back to this country until after the war.