Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-16
Has Gone Without Warming
Up Over College Park.
PRESIDENT DOOMED SITE
Promised to Help Gate Receipts BY
Attending Aviation Meet.
CRITICISM OF FIELD ANSWERED
Lieut.. Lahm Declares It Was Never
Wright Army Aeroplane.

After two days of entertainment, during
which he inspected possible sites for
holding the next international aviation
meet, President CORTLAND Field Bishop
last night returned to New York to re-
port his observations to the board of
directors of the Aero Club of America.
He did not intimate while here whether
Washington would get the international
meet He said positively. however, that
the meet had not been promised to any
other city.
1t Is known that before coming to
Washington Mr.. Bishop had made a
provisional offer of 5000 toward financ-
ing the meet IL it were held in New
York, provided nineteen other men could
be found to contribute a like amount.
He said at the time he did not think
the nineteen other contributors would
be forthcoming. The mere fact that he
has made such an offer is considered dis
quieting.
President Boosts Washington.
President Taft. at the interview with
Mr.. Bishop. expressed a lively personal
interest in the meet, and said that IL 1t
were held in the neighboorhood Of Wash
ington he would attend. adding that one
of his duties under the Constitution was
to help swell the gate receipts.
This promise of presidential patronage
is considered by those in close touch
with the matter as an important induce
ment- The Aero Club OF America is
strong on the social end Of the affair,
and regards the presence of the Presi-
dent. the diplomatic corps and official so
ciety generally as essential for a sue
cessful meet.
Mr.. Bishop took a long time looking
over the grounds at College Park. His
only criticism was that the held was
too narrow to allow turns to be made at
high speed.
Lieut.. Frank p Lahm. who was in
Washington at the Chamber of Com
merce reception yesterday. said he had
flown over College Park a great deal and
that the objection was not well taken.
Possibly the map that Mr.. Bishop had
been studying was wrong, he suggested
as 1t was not an official one
Bishop Lectures on Aviation.
The principal event last evening was a
lecture and moving picture exhibition at
the home of Herbert Wadsworth. 1901
Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Bishop was
the lecturer, speaking Interestingly to the
distinguished company. the guests of Mr..
WadSworth, concerning the recent prog
ress in aviation and describing the work
OF the foremost competitors In the inter-
national competitions.
His talk was illustrated by a number
of slides from photographs taken at the
various aviation meets. There were also
several moving picture films of excep-
tional interest, some of them taken dur
ing the Wright tests at Fort Myer last
summer. some taken at the Los Angeles
meet, some at Rheims and others at the
St. Louis aviation carnival In 1908.
The Los Angeles pictures were excep-
/, tonal In their clearness and vivid repre-
sentation Of the flights. including some
OF the best motion pictures ever taken
of aeroplanes
Curtiss and Paulhan May Come.
1t was stated at the reception given
Mr.. Bishop at the Chamber Of Commerce
yesterday that the chamber and the
Washington Aero Club were trying to in
duce both Glenn Curtiss and Paulhan to
come to Washington for exhibition flights.
Curtiss is talking about establishing a
training station here for the teaching of
pupils who buy aeroplanes.
The scheme for having Paulhan make
some flights here before leaving this
country has been discussed before. 1t is
thought that the practical opinion of
question of whether or not College Park
Is suitable as a flying ground.
In the meantime the Automobile Asso-
citation is in session In Washington. 1t Is
talking of taking charge of national aero
nautic events. although it could not con-
troll international events, not being =
member of the International Federation.
The Automobile Association has men,
bership of 1900, with -, affiliated clubs
and organizations in thirtytwo states. 1t
Ii an association wherein the affiliated
clubs have an equal vote In the plan of
government. In this respect 1t differs
from the Aero Club of America.
Aero Club Dissension.
There is a movement in the Aero Club
on now to have the club modelled more on
the lines of the Automobile Association.
The clubs treasurer. c. G. Edwards,
said yesterday that the Aero Club of
America intended to appoint a committee
consisting of representatives from all af-
filiated clubs to settle the time and place
of holding aviation meets.
He said this would not be done for six
weeks. Before that time the place for
holding the International meet will have
been decided.
he American Automobile Association.
a very powerful institution ,.t had long
Club of America, which then occupied
about the same position in automObiling
that the Aero Club now occupies in avia-
ton. The association finally wrested con-
troll of automobile racing from the club
and is now preparing to do the same with
aeronautics.
Backing Aeronautic Society.
To this end it is backing the Aeronau-
tic Society in New York and proposes to
make of 1t an affiliated club or section,
to have charge of aeronautics. This Aer-
onau.ic Society is composed Of some ac-
tive members, and while not SO aristo-
cratic an organization as the Aero Club,
has a habit of doing things.
II was the first organisation in Ameri-
ca to buy an aeroplane and 20 in for ex-
hibitiOnS. 1t a CurtiSS machine that
il bought While II bought the plane I'M
der a guarantee from the Curtiss-He
ring company to take care of any suits
for infringement, il was the nominal de-
PENDANT In the suit for infringement re-
Gently brought by the Wright brothers
against the Curtiss company.