Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-05
4 WRIGHT DUE TONIGHT SURGEONS IN SESSION
Comnq to Give Instructions in Two Meetings Held Behind
Aerop|ane Flying. Closed Doors.
! LAHM TO BE FIRST PUPIL Il LUNCH AT NEW WILLARD
LAHM TO BE FIRST PUPIL
Baltimore Aero Club Wants College
Park for Carnival.
STARTS TO RAISE $4,000 FUND
Aid Of District Commissioners to
Bring Event to Washington
Promised by mcfarland.

Wilbur Wright will arrive in Washing
ton from New York this evening. The
governments Wright aeroplane may
move its quarters from Fort Myer to Col
lege Park tomorrow.
If this is done, however, there is little
prospect of practice flights before next
week. The first pupil In the flying lessons
will be Lieut.. Lahm. 1t will depend or
Lieut.. Foulois' return whether he or an.
other will be the next pupil.
At last accounts Lieut. FOulois was still
in Europe. He is one officer scheduled fo,
aeroplane training. and may return In
time for the practice flights.
The ground at College Park has been
satisfactorily cleared up. Not much re-
mains to be done before lessons COM
mence.
1t has been practically decided by the
Baltimore Aero Club, which is engineer
ing the campaign for holding the next
aviation carnival In Washington, that 1t
will take over College Park IL the meet
comes here.
Lease Would Cover Time.
The government has a lease of the
grounds running till next March, with the
privilege of renewal at a price not great
newed for six months it will carry the
use of the ground we'll over the time
when it is intended to hold the meet
The Baltimore aviators have appointed
a committee and have started in to raise
$4,000 as Baltimores contribution to the
fund. Nothing has been done about the
Washington end of the guarantee fund,
but the last active move at a meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce was to pass
resolutions favoring congressional ap-
preparation.
Discussing the desire Of the Chamber of
Commerce to have the cooperation of
the District Commissioners to securing
the aviation meet for Washington, Com
missioner Mcfarland said today that a
fortnight ago he informed President GUIDE
of the chamber that he was ready to do
everything in his power to aid.
Macfarland Ready to Aid.
He said to President GUIDE that when
ever the Chamber of Commerce and the
Aero Club of Washington desired such
action he would bring the matter form
ally before the board of Commissioners
and ask for its official participation in
whatever way seemed most desira BILE. He
said that the Commissioners stood ready
to do everything possible to bring the
aviation meet to Washington and make
1t a great success.
He made similar statement to Mr.
Bell. chairman of the committee of the
Aero Club of Washington. Both Mr.
Guide and Mr.. Bell replied that they had
been counting on his cooperation and
that of the other Commissioners, and
that when the time came they would tell
him just what specific action was desired.
Mr.. Macfarland said he believed that
the United States government ought to
make an appropriation out of the ma.
tional treasury for the purposes of the
aviation meet, which would be national
in character If held in the National
Capital. At the same time, he believed
that the public-spirited citizens of Wash
ington would give or guarantee whatever
money was necessary to insure its official
success.
He thought the generous rivalry of
Baltimore had been a wholesome stimu-
lus. and that cooperation between the
two cities would insure success.