Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-25
m HE foregoing telegram, received
last night indicates the president

| last night, indicates the president
II of the Aero Club of America will
| attend the Los Angeles aviation events
as the official representative of the
! federated aero clubs of this country
and the International Aeronautlc Fed
Grafton. An invitation was tele-
graphed to Mr.. Bishop by Chairman
Hamburger of the aviation week ex-
ecutive committee, and the formers
message is in response.
Other kilograms reassuring the
aviation week committee and promis-
! ing the attendance of the worlds
! champion aeroplanist and the cham
pion balloonist of America were re-
ceived from Glenn II. Curtiss and
Capt. John Berry. The former sent
the following message:
Have heard nothing about San
! Francisco; Baldwin Is not going there.
Aero club all right. Suggest inviting
Bishop. Fanciulli en- route"
This Is taken to mean that Curtiss
aeroplane has been shipped to Los
Angeles, as jerome S. Fanciulll, his
general manager, was to have ar
ranged for the shipment before start
ing for California; that Curtiss is COM
Ing and the Aero Club of Americas
sanction is understood to be settled by
the Curtiss telegram. Mr.. Curtiss him
self probably will start for Los An
geles New Years day or Immediately
afterward, and he will be accompanied
by Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin.
Holds Title of Champion
Capt. John Berry of st. Louis won
the national balloon race from Indian
apolis last summer and with 1t the
official title of champion balloontst of
America" which he will hold until
defeated next year or at some future
national contest. An official invita-
ton had been extended to him several
weeks ago, but at that time he wrote
he would not be able to attend. Last
night however, Dick Ferris received a
message from Captain Berry asking II
ARRANGEMENTS can be made for trans
porting three balloons to and from Los
Angeles for the use of Captain Berry
! and two other pilots of the Aero Club
of st. Louis. The invitation was
promptly renewed by Mr.. Ferris. who
added, Greatest pleasure ballooning IN
the world. Better come"
That the governments army dirigi-
BILE will be seen here was assured yes
terday, when a telegram came from
Senator Flint asking for shipping in
structions. The committee directed
that the big airship be consigned TO
Chairman Hamburger and asked that
IL be sent in time to reach Los An
| ReleS by January D.
| Capt. II. w. Slotterbeck of company
| A, signal corps, national guard, Is
anxious TO have his aeronautical squad
| take advantage of the opportunity for
| instruction in handling a military
dirigible. He accordingly wired Sena-
tor Flint requesting him to arrange, II
possible, for permission from the war
department for a daily ascension with
| Captain Baldwin by member OF the
aeronautical squad
q. Committee Inspects Site
A delegation representing the avia-
tion week committee, the Pacific Elec-
! tric and others interested went over
the site of the aviation camp on the
Dominguez ranch yesterday afternoon.
| Those in the party were Dick Ferris
chairman of the grounds committee;
William M. Humphreys, J. L. Vignes,
Roy Knabenshue, Lincoln Beachey, 5.
p. Reeve and the following Pacific
Electric officials: Thomas McCat-
frey, general superintendent; d. A.
| Munger, general passenger agent, ana
e. A. Roome, superintendent OF tele-
graph and signal service.
A course of two and one-half miles
was tentatively laid off and sites were
selected for the grandstands. general
| admission grounds, automobile parks
| and concession locations. These are
subject to changes which may be found
advisable after surveying the grounds.
| S. B. Reeve has been commissioner
to survey the entire camp, and VIII
have three men at work MonGay
morning and he will deliver blue
prints and other data to the grounds
committee the next day.
Following the French, aviation Gus
tom, the field will be known as AVA
tion Camp" The site is situated west
of the Pacific Electric main line used
by the Long Beach, San Pedro and
| Huntington Beach lines, starting on
the Dominguez hill and extending
westward with a free space clean to
Hoiolulu," as one member of the in
spection committee remarked face
tiOusly.
Safe Landing Points Necessary
The course will allow lap of two
and one-half miles, making a double
| circuit for five miles The necessity for
choosing safe landing points away
from the gullies on the edges of the
hills presented quite a problem, but
this will be solved by adding to the
grounds a cultivated field. The COM
mittee will be compelled to pay for the
barley crop now in, but the enlarge
ment of the grounds was found a ne
| cessity.
Preliminary arrangements were as
| signed to members of the committee
while on the grounds. w. M. Hum
| phreys and j. L. Vignes will at once
| take up improvement of the automo-
| bile roads leading to the course, and
Mr. Humphreys was busy last night
going over maps and initiating other
| details.
The Pacific Electric road will have
a large force of men on the grounds
Monday morning. Extra tracks will
be laid and switches placed to facili-
| tate movement of trains.
| "No matter how large a crowd may