The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-25
GENERAL ALLEN
RIDES WITH WHITE

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24.-Follow-
kept busy today watching the fortunes
OF j. Armstrong Drexel, who yester,
day established n new worlds altitude
record, and of Claude Grahame-White,
an English aeropIanist, who brought
TO a close a series of successful ex.
hibitions at the Point Breeze race
track
OrexeI tho star.
DreXel again proved to be the star
attraction. He attempted to lily back
from Oreland to Philadelphia IN the
same Bleriot monopIane in which he
reached a height of 1870 feet yester.
day. He became lost AID was forced
TO land at Trenton Junction, four
miles from Trenton, n. ].
OTcland is about thirteen miles
from Philadelphia, but DreXel in his
flight of one hour and ten minutes
travelled twenty miles,
Mr DreXel landed because OF i
shortage of gasoline. He mistook the
DtlG al - llNNl l'Jl IAl' A2NatAiS sAal, stlu
travelled north instead of south
White Looking Tor OrexeI.
Claude Grahame-W White and several
thousand persons were awaiting Mr..
Drexel in Point Breeze and when
word which proved TO be untrue, was
received that the former was coming
down the river, Mr. White arose in
one OF his machines and sailed up the
river to meet him. This gave hun
dreds of persons whose homes are
south and west of Philadelphia, 4
thrill After his descent, word Of
Mr.. Drexel's landing was received.
General Allen In Flights.
Mr. White gave several exhibition
flights today and on one OF his trips
took aloft General James Allen. chief
signal officer of the United States
Army.
General Allen was takon around the
field several times at height of sew
eral hundred feet He was SO much
at ease that he wGs taken for Il trip
over the Philadelphia navy yard. which
is about a mile from Point Breeze
General Allen was In the air about
ten minutes.
Will Protest OrexeI's Record
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 2I-Thomas
F. Jackson, one OF the representatives
Of the Wright brothers on the Pacific
coast. and who Is in San Francisco
negotiating with a local committee for
flights by the Wright team in the ayia-
ton meet to be held in this city In
January, declared tonight that the
WriShts would protest to the Aero
Club of America against The accept
ence of the flight by ]. Armstrong
Drexel in Philadelphia yesterday as
the worlds record altitude flight
While not questioning Mr. DreXels
Feraclty in the matter" said Jackson,
the tact remains that he lid not COM
ply with the conditions required for
record flights. and [ do not think that
his figures OF 1870 feet will be ac-
cepted by the Aero Club oi America
as an official record. 1t Is the inten.
ton OF tho Wright iiers TO enter
protest against the record being al.
lowed to stand officially.
The conditions for official records
require that the flight must be made
within sight OF the judges and that
'he aviator must land where he start.
ed from. or at least. near the starting
point MIR, DrcXcl landed % miles
away. Ralph Johnstone, who was
killed at Denver a week ago, held the
Official altitude record and, as mat
ter of loyalty to him, If for no other
reason. we are going 10 protest
against the record being given to Mr..
DTeXel unless he makes 2 flight com.
plying with the official requirements
rs did Mr.. Johnstone."