Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
AERO FUND GROWING
Already $28,856, and Mishap
Balks Greater Increase.
DELAY IN MAILING LETTERS
Great Carnival Projected by Pro
moters of Meet.
ADJUSTMENTS OF ALL SORTS
Plans to Be Feature
of Aviation Meet if Held at
College Park.

The guarantee fund for the proposed
Washin gton- Bait more international aero
nautic meet is soaring upward after the
manner Of the monopIanes and biplanes.
Today at noon it reached an altitude Of
$685. $50. 1t might have gone higher had
the person in charge Of sending out the
letters put the stamps on the envelopes
as soon as the ink was dry.
AS IL happened. the printer was in
structed to do the entire job, addressing.
teemen. At O'Clock yesterday. how
ever, after Charles E. Howe had told the
newspaper men that the business men Of
the city were probably reading the letters
and were writing out their subscriptions.
the telephone rang and Mr.. Howe was
asked whether or not he wanted stamps
put on the letters.
The question gave Mr.. Howe the dis
tinction Of being the maddest man in the
city at that particular moment The
stamps were put on. but too late for all
the men and firms on the list to get them
in time to make the extra-large rise lin
the fund that was expected.
Norment Confident.
However. no one on the joint committee
and the finance committee believes for a
moment that the entire $4,000 will not be
raised. Clarence e. Norment. at the head
of the finance committee. il most san
guine on the subject.
He said this morning:
The fund will be raised. But I wish
every one to understand the importance
Of subscribing quickly. 80 that Washing
ton will have the honor of being the iirst
city to say, We are ready That fact
would be grand help. l believe, toward
getting the meet here.
I'VE have not heard yet from letters
merely to an unfortunate misunderstand-
ing on the part Of the people IN charge OF
the printing.
1--WE have not heard from the hotels or
railroads. I am looking for big sub
scription from them"
The executive committee expects to
meet again next week to discuss finances
and preliminaries.
As the meet Is talked over by those in
terested i'm 1t the fact becomes clear that
there has never been q circus or a snow
Of any description since the world began
that Is going to equal the next 1nterna-
tional aviation meet. especially II II snouid
come to Washington.
1t is not going to be q mere matter OF
going out to College Park, or wherever
the flights will be held, and camping out
for several weary hours waiting for the
gasoline motor on q biplane to give evil
dences of being even q slight success.
Not at all.
Sideshows to Be Great.
There will undoubtedly be the greatest
aggregation Of untamed and domestic
sideshows ever gathered together In one
ten-acre lot. The big show may have the
world wide reputation. but the army OF
camp followers is going to add 90 much
color and fun to the occasion that they
will De worth a trip by themselves, 1t
would seem.
To amuse the enormous crowd. the joint
committee here is going to rack its very
fertile brains and get up some sort or en-
tertainment that will add materially to
the week OF gliding and sailing through
space. At nights on the streets OF WASH
ington there will be illuminations and at
fractions Of all sorts. SO that nobody can
complain of Washington looking like q
cross roads town after dark.
II the hopes of the committeeman take
tangible form. tnen the Washington Bal
timore meet is going to eclipse anything
from the time of the Roman pageants
down to the last three-ring show that
came here.
Latest Subscriptions.
The latest subscriptions to the guar
antee fund are: j. Selvin TAFT. $50;
James F. Shea, $50; Max M. Rich, 500;
r. w. & ]. B. Henderson. Inc, 500:
Joseph Strasburger. 800; r. P. An
drews Paper Company. $3.50; Dulin &
Martin Company. $3.50; N. III. Shea.
500; d. N Walford e. Co, $25; Sam
ueI ]. Prescott, IS: +. r. Weller, 81: g..
Bowie Chipman. 800: George ]. Eas-
terday. s1oo; Allen E. Walker. Slo9:
Crane, Paris & Co., 5000; Grimth Hal
stead. $500, and Norman Beston' $50