Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Promoters Urging Aviation
Meet for National Capital.
REQUIRES LOT OF MONEY
Birdmen Want Guarantee Before En-.
tering for Contests.
BALTIMORE PLAN OPPOSED
Warrington Business Men Can See
No Advantage in Meet Just
Outside That City.

To hold an aviation meet. or not to
hold an aviation meet?
That is the question that is agitating
Washington, the Washington Aero Club
and the Washington Chamber OF Com
merce.
No less than four propositions have been
laid before the Chamber Of Commerce
during the last two weeks for an avia-
tion meet early In November. The Cham
Der of Commerce. however, has reached
no decision in the. matter, and. in fact.
is now waiting for the Aero Club OF
Washington to take action.
DR.. Albert F. Zahn, secretary Of the
Washington Aero Club. said today that
In ell probability q meeting Of the officers
of the club would be called within the
next few days to take up the matter
of holding a meet here this fall. Charles
]. Bell. the treasurer Of the Washington
Aero Club, who was a prime mover in the
effort to obtain for Washington the in
ternational aviation meet, is expected to
return to Washington this afternoon from
Europe. No action toward calling q meet
Mr.. Bell.
Promoting Aviation Meet.
]. s. Berger. q promoter of aviation
meets, Is in Washington today again to
urge that his proposition for holding q
meet here be adopted. Mr.. Berger called
upon President GUIDE Of the Chamber of
Commerce, and was by him referred to
DR.. Zahn and Mr.. Bell. Mr.. Berger ex-
planned in detail his plan to DR.. Zahn. He
told the secretary OF the Aero Club that
he would bring to Washington GrahAme-
White, Brookfns and Johnstone, the avia-
tors employed by the Wright brothers;
Willard, who is employed by Glenn Cur
tiss; Capt. Baldwin, Clifford Harmon and
Connors. the we'll known amateur avia-
tors.
MIR. Berger said that he was willing to
finance the meet IL he were given a bonus
of $4,000 BY subscription from Wash
ington merchants for bringing the avfa-
tors here and drawing a large crowd
Of out-of- town yisiters-he estimated that
from 100000 to 1000 would come here
during the meteor he would run the
meet under the direction Of the Aero
Club or the Chamber Of Commerce, with
the understanding that he would get rs
per cent Of the net proceeds.
Mr.. Berger said that he was willing to
cooperate with Col. Jerome H. Joyce of
the Baltimore Aero Club In regard to
holding the meet at a place midway be-
hold meet for a week in Washington
and then q week in Baltimore.
Waiting on Mr.: Bell.
Mr. Berger was advised by DR.. Zahn
to take the matter up with Mr.. Bell
as soon as the latter returns to the
city.
Thomas P. Jackson, who represents
the. Wright brothers, accompanied Mr..
Berger on his visits today to President
GUIDE and DIR. Zahn. Mr.. Jackson pro-
poses to bring Brookins and Johnstone,
the Wright aviators. to Washington for
promote a meet either in Washington or
Baltimore, but wherever the meet is held
he will bring the aviators. he says
Both Johnstone and Brookins have
broken records in the air for altitude
and for duration Of night.
Mr.. Jackson says that when he leaves
Washington he will go to the Pacific
coast to arrange for flights by the
Wright machines during the winter.
aviation meet at Halethorpe. Md, six
miles outside Of Baltimore, which was
submitted to Washingtonians interested
in the proposed meet yesterday, has met
with a cold reception here.
Discussed Two-City Meet.
Glenn II. Curtfss. accompanied by his
manager. H. w. Sutton; Col. Jerome H.
Joyce, president Of the Baltimore Aero
Club, and several friends came to Wash
ington yesterday by automobile from
Baltimore to. discuss with Representative
Of the Washington Aero Club and the
Chamber Of Commerce the proposition to
hold a meet between Baltimore and
Washington.
TIC .,to. ,,,aro discussed Tyaletborpe
and College Park, Nd, and the Balti-
moreans were heartily In favor of Hale
thorpe as the place for the meet. Hale
thorpe Is only six miles outside of Bal
timore. but it is thirty-four miles away
from Washington.
Mr. Curtiss did not declare himself In
favor of either of these sites. merely say
ing that both had their advantages. He
said that the Halethorpe site with woods
and a railroad embankment about 1t
would make it difIicult for persons to at
tend the meet and see the birdmen with
out paying the entrance fee.
Cost Estimated at $4,000.
It will cost $4,000 to hold the proposed
meet, It was said. II a number OF the best
aviators in the world are to take part
suggestion was made that stock COM
pany be formed to finance the meet and 1t
was said that a number OF Balttmoreans
were ready to subscribe.
The meeting between the Baltimoreans
and the Washington men interested In an
aviation meet was held at the Office Of
the washington Aero Club In the Union
Trust building. DIR. Albert F. Zahm. Sec
retary Of the Washington Aero Club;
President W. +. GUIDE Of the chamber
of commerce, A. I.eftwich Sinclair. chair
man Of the aviation committee Of the
chamber: J. Lynn Yeagle and Capt.
Charles J. Fox Of the National Aviation
Company were the Washingtonians pres
ent.
Objections to Halethorpe.
While the Washingtonians expressed
every desire to act In concert with Baltf-
more In bringing about an aviation meet.
they did not look with favor upon the
proposition to hold the meet at Hale
thorpe, which is. they say. entirely too
far away from Washington. II Washing
ton Is to take It's part not only in run
ming the meet, but also In financing II.