Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-27
BALTIMORE NOT SLOW
Neighbor City Hust|ing for
Aviation Meet Here.
COMMITTEE is AT WORK
Meanwhile Washington Contem.
templates Active Campaign.
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Monumental City Expects to Send
Invitation to Curtiss to
Take Part.
Committee is AT WORK
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Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, September 81
Chairman Jerome H. Joyce of the Bal
tinore committee to secure the inter
national aviation meeting next year for
Washington announced today that the
subcommittee on permanent organization
would meet this afternoon at the rooms
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association
Mayor Mahool announced that he would
send resolution to the city council this
afternoon officially inviting and request
Ing the Aero Club of America to select
College Park. near Washington. as the
place for holding the meeting. This will
be passed at once. signed by the mayor
club.
At the meeting of the subcommittee a
committee on finance will be appointed
and treasurer selected. 1t will be neces-
sary to have an active secretary. The SUBJ
sists of Everard X. Pattison, James P.
a. O'Connor, Col. Israel Rosefeld, Frank
c. Wachter and J. Albert Hughes.
The appointment of finance committee
is one of the important matters to be
taken up. A guarantee fund OF about
100000 will be needed.
1T must not be understood that sub
scribers to this fund will be giving away
their money" said Col. Joyce I'VE ex-
pect to realize enough on the meet to
pay all expenses. and i'm that event all
of the subscriptions will be returned. A
record will be kept of every cent re-
cefved, so that each man may get back
just what he gave at the beginning. In
Rheims. where the meet was held. they
had about $4,000 left after the meet was
over We can do better than that in
Baltimore and Washington
To Invite Curtiss.
Another matter to be taken up at the
meeting will be the framing of an off,
cial invitation for Glenn H. Curtss, the
American aeroplane champion at
Rheims. to visit Baltimore and go out
TO College Park for an inspection of
the proposed location. An invitation
will also be extended to the committee
from the Aero Club of America that is
to select a site for the next meet.
Col. Joyce is also in favor Of the forma-
ton of aero club here. 1--WE should
have club in Baltimore he said. IL
will put us in more direct touch with the
movement and give better standing
with the Aero Club of America. Without
a club we would be on the outside, so to
speak. And then, should we succeed in
getting the meet, and l firmly believe we
will, we shall be in better position to
participate in the event. believe in going
after things in the right way, and noth
ing would help us more, in my Judgement.
than club
Word was received by DR.. A. F. Zahm
of the Washington Aero Club commit
tee today from Joseph A. Hall. secretary
IF the Norfolk Board of Trade, In reply to
he inquiry as to whether or not Norfolk
would join Washington in its effort to OBJ
tain the aviation meet. Mr.. Hall said
that. speaking unoficially, he was hearth
~ in favor Of doing everything possible
to aid Washington. He said at the next
meeting Of the board OF trade he would
lay the matter officially before it and
would be glad of any additional details
as to Washington's plans that would
help the board Of trade to better I'M
Outstanding Of the situation and show
{ how its assistance could be most eff
fective.
DR.. Zahm said that he would write
at once and tell Mr.. Hall just what had
been done so far, both in Baltimore and
Washington.
May Appoint Committee Soon.
The next aim Of the Washington COM
mittee is to appoint a committee to Sc
cure subscription pledges, SO as to see
about how this city will stand financially.
This will be done at the first meeting
of the committee.
One of the influential recruits that the
Baltimore committee has secured is Rob-
ert P. Scott, himself a member of the
Aero Club of America. In fact. Mr..
Scott was present at the organization
of the parent society. and was the first
man to sign the register Mr.. Scott has
long Deen on terms OF friendship WIN
the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss. with both
of whom he has personal influence, and
ne has promised to use 1t for whatever it
is worth toward bringing the aviation
carnival to Washington.
He is practical aviator as we'll. He
has made a number of balloon flights,
but he is at work now on a heavier-than-
air machine of a special design. 1t Is a
machine about eleven feet long with
only eighty or ninety square feet of sup
porting surface. He requires a very light
and powerful engine, and has not yet
been able to obtain that sort. 1t is posi-
bic that he will be forced to build one
he will exhibit it at the aero show in New
York in January, and will bring il to
Washington for the meet, If it is held here
next year.
Bishop Bringing Regulations.
Bishop. the president of the Aero Club,
who will reach the United States shortly,
will bring with him the regulations for
the next meet. that will be drawn up at
the conference of the International Aero
nautic Federation in Zurich this week.
These will be essential in passing on the
applications Of the several cities that are
anxious to get the aviation carnival in
this country next year.
Howard Gill, one of the motor enthusi
astS of Baltimore, who has recently taken
TO ballooniHg, made an ascent from Wash
ington Saturday afternoon This is the
second time that Gill has brought his bal
loon from Baltimore to make a flight.
He rose to height of 1000 feet and trav-
eled south.
He was accompanied by Hilary Beachey
who is also a balloon enthusiast The two
Travelled to point south of Mount Ver-