Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-14
PRESIDENT BISHOP IN CITY
Escorted to White House by Distin-
guished Committee.
LIKES COLLEGE PARK FIELD
Gives No Promise, However, That
Washington and Baltimore
Will Get Meet. -;

L lie frSSldent or the United STATES anu
the president OF the Aero Club of Ameri-
ca met this morning and talked over the
future OF aviation and the prospect OF
holding the next international aviation
meet near Washington.
Courtland Field Bishop the Aero Club
president, arried at the Union station at
o'clock this morning. He was met by
Arthur c. Moses. William f. Guide, DR..
A. +. Zahm and Gen. James A. Allen. He
was shown over the big station simply
to assure him that it was terminal big
| enough to handle any crowd OF sight
| seers that might attend the aviation
meet.
He was taken from the station up to
the Cosmos Club. whete he met a large.
delegation from the Baltimore Aero Club,
the Washington Aero Club and the
Chamber of Commerce. After remaining
there for about an hour the party went
to the White House. where they had an
appointment with President Taft at 10
o'clock.
In White House Party.
The party at the White House consist
ed Of Gen. Nelson A Miles. Gen. Clar-
ence Edwards. Thomas Nelson Page, Will
liam F. GUIDE. Charles J. Bell, II. B. F.
Macfarland. Arthur c. Moses, Clarence
| Norment, Herbert Wadsworth, George
Oakley Totten and DR.. A. F. Zahm, all OF
Washington. The Baltimoreans present
were Mayor Mahool, Col. Jerome II.
Joyce, +. K. Patterson, Gen. Clinton L.
Riggs, Judge ]. H. O'Neil and joel Gut
man.
The party was introduced by Represent
ative Herbert Parsons of New York. Mr..
Bishop presented to President Taft the
resolutions passed by the convention Of
aero clubs in st. Louis asking that the
President urge on Congress the advisa-
bility of making a further appropriation
| for aeronautics in the army.
| Gen. Miles spoke on the advance OF
aeronautics from a military standpoint.
| and said that the time would come when
aeroplanes would be used not only for
on the field of battle, but when the gen.
| eral commanding the army would himself
| go up in flying machine to look over
the disposition of his own and the enc
| my's forces. He said that the United
States had been the first country in the
| world to develop a practical man-carry-
Ing machine, and we were In position
to keep In the van Of aeronautic devel-
nautfcs at this time.
No Appropriation Now.
The President replied that he was very
much interested In the development Of
| aeronautics personally, but an effort was
| being mad. just now to hold down the ex-
penses of The various departments, and
he did not think that an appropriation for
aeronautics was likely at the present mo-
ment. However, he said that during the
coming short session there would be a
better chance to put through an appro-
priation and he would see what could be
done about 1t.
| He jokingly added that what he was
| most interested in was to know whether
| an aeroplane had yet been developed
capable of carrying him. So far as a
| general in the field taking active part in
| hostilities per ,aeroplane, he was very
much in hope that both he and Gen. Miles
strenuous exertfons.
Promises to Attend
AS to the likelihood OF the international
J aviation meet being held in the neighbor
| hood Of Washington next October. Presi-
| dent Taft said he hoped very much that
| this would be DONE, and that if such
! were the case he would remember that
| one of his constitutional obligations was
| to increase the gate receipts. and that he
certainly would be present. In talk
with former Commissioner Mcfarland
and Mayor MahooI of Baltimore the
| President said he would promise to at
| tend the aviation meet il it were held
| somewhere between Baltimore and Wash
ington.
| From the White House the party went
| to the War Department, where they were
| introduced to Secretary Dickinson, and
| had short talk with him and with Gen.
| Allen and Mai George o. Squier.
| At the conclusion of the visit at the
War Department the party went to tie
Commercial Club where luncheon was
served at 1880 and at 80 the whole
party took automobiles and went to Cob
| lege Park, where they looked over the
government tflying field, which IS one of
| the possible sites to be considered If the
| international aviation meet is held near
Washington next October.
College Park Field Pleases.
This was not Mr.. Bishops first view
Of the aviation field. as he had come
over from Baltimore yesterday in an
automobile in company with William :.
Hilles. and had gone over the ground.
expressing himself as very much
pleased with the open stretch that 'vRs
offered. He said It was more like the
field at Rheims than anything else he
had seen in this part of the country.
The party WAS entertained yesterday by
Lieut. Commander John r. Eddie at his
home on Rhode Islann avenue, and re-
turned to Baltimore last night.
Mr.. Bishop did not say definitely that
Washington would secure the next avia-
pleased with the facilities offered by the
College Park field. and said that the at
titude of President Taft would, of course,
have great weight.
FIRE LOSS, $150,O00.