The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-16
WHITE TO LECTURE
IF NOT TOO sick"
Commodore Ryan Induces
Aviator to Keep Con-
tract-for $500.
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refused 70 give the lecture which has
been advertised all OYes the city and I
Cor which a large number Of tickets
were sold, Grahame-W White asserted
that he did not care 10 lecture IN
public for money"
This was the same excuse given by
Berger when was first approached with
regard 10 dhe lecture The National
Capital Lecture Bureau, which was be-
hind the lecture, and which, IN good
faith. has contracted S234 worth Of eX-
penses for this lecture, made the propo-
sitiOn At the time that they glEe
GTahame-W a medal and no Pc
cuniary compensation for the lecture.
This Berger acceded 70 at the time,
saying that he had the consent OF
Grahame-White.
White Changes Mind.
Three days later. when the arrange
ments were rapidly nearing completion.
Berger approached the representatives
of the National Capital Lecture Bureau
and told them that Grahame-W bite mad
changed his mind with regard 10 the
| lecture and that he would deliver It for
half the box office receipts. Although
they had gone to the added expense OF
having a handsome medal designed ana
made by a local jeweler, NJ. J. Buckley
and r. W. Wooley, who We're repre-,
senting the lecture bureau. changed
their plans and again consented 10 Ber-
Then came the climax. Three days
ago they inquired Of Berger If the con
tract for the lecture was completed ana
signed. Berger answered:
mo, but you can go ahead with the
arrangements; it's all right
! Moreover, he told them that he had
received a telegram from the aviator
win settle matter Of lecture on
| Wednesday Go on with it"
Taking this for the consent OF
| D. II CL
the lecture went on with their plans,
| thinking that the division would be
| on a basis of. half and half, as they
/ had planned.
numerous demands on the part OF
! Messrs. Bulkley and Woouey, Berger
J appeared in person and SAID that
| Grahame-White had changed his MINI
! again and had refused to lecture un-
| less ne received in addition to his
half Of the receipts the sum OF $500.
| Messrs. Wooley and Buckley refused
| this demand and Berger declared the
lecture of The gentlemen in charge
| Of the arrangements Tor the lecture
| tried on two separate occasions TO see
the aviator but in vain. he would not
be seen.
White Reports "Sick."
Neither could he be seen today
| When a reporter from The Washing
| ton Times called upon him at the
| Willard he gave as an excuse the
fact that he was sick and did not
| care to discuss the matter, even though
he was told of the fact that il was a
chance TO set himself straight with the
| world.
! In Grahame-W Whites ante-room,
| Berger told The Times representa-
tive that he CBerger) was responsible
for anything that might have gone
before and that Grahame- w hlte hao
| n n IN
| When taken downstairs and con-
fronted with the two men with whom
he had dealt in making their arrange
meuts for the lecture, Berger was
forced 10 admit that he had told them
that Grahame-White had known all
about the arrangements and mad sane
toned them. ,.
pudiated HIS manager and said thar
he had known nothing Of what ne
} was doing and had had nothing TO dc
| with the arrangements.
RYAN Interviews White.
When it was announced this morning
that the lecture had been called off, and
! that the money paid for tickets would
/ he refunded to the purchasers, COmmO-
! dore Ryan went at once TO the Wlllard
, and had an interview with the English-
man, the details OF Whlch ne uec4lheu
- on coming down stairs, however
| Commodore Ryan called Clifford 3.
Harmon, Mr.. WOOlley, and Mr. Bulk
I eley into conference, and proposed that
he personally. give Grahame-Wh ite a
| check for theNS50O, and that the lecture
be made an invitation affair.
This the other members Of the party
| did not care to do, as they did not con
| slider II right for him to guarantee tho
ii expenses of the lecture personally, so i
| was finally decided that the talk would
| be held under the auspices Of the United
! States AerOnautical Reserve, that bOtf
N Grahame- White and Clifford Harmon
! would speak-prOvided that the former
! was well enOugh-that Gen. Nelson A
| Miles would introduce the speakers, an(
! that Commodore Barry himself would
give a short talk on the Aeronautica
III Reserve.
/ With this decision In view, Clifford
| | Harmon retired TO the room Of Ora
| hame- White. and it was thirty-hv'
! | minutes before he could induce hin
! / to accept Commodore Ryan's offer.
ii Finally, however, he agreed to TIT
| proposition and said that "if he wa
| not too sick" he would speak Tn
exact terms of the agreement wer
! not made public