Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
SEE 0RV|LLE WRIGHT
Aviator C0nferS With Gen. AL
len and Capt. Chandler.
KABITZKE MISHAP SLIGHT
Aeroplane, It Is Said, Was Not Sc
riously Damaged.
PRAISE FOR ARMY AIRMEN
Signal Corps Head Says They Are
Splendid Body-Lieut. Call
Latest Addition.
PRAISE FOR ARMY AIRME]

Orville Wrigh tarr1ved in Washington
this morning. and at once entered upon
a conference with Brig Gen. James Allen,
chief signal officer of the army, which
was participated in by Capt. Charles de
f. Chandler, in charge of the army avia-
ton school at College Park The inventor
and the army officers denied that e ac-
cident suffered by William kabitzke, the
Wright demonstration at the park yes
terday afternoon, was as serious as re-
ported, and it, was stated that the aero
plane in which Kabitzke was attempting
to meet the, governmental speed test at
the time was not seriously damaged.
'Kabitzke was flying close to the ground
at the time Capt Chandler said, land
his engine slowed down as he came to the
end of the course. so that one wing of the
aeroplane touched the earth. The mishap
merely broke the skids in the center sec
ton of the aeroplane, and Kabitzke was
not thrown out. He stayed in his machine
and stepped out of it to the ground when
it stopped"
Gen. Allen took up the question Of send
ing another machine to the Philippine
Islands station. and Mr.. Wright discussed
with the Signal Corps officials general
questions pertaining to the stabilizing of
the Wright machines, which is the subject
to which the Dayton, Ohio. aeroplane fac
tory is devoting most attention at this
time Mr.. Wright will go out to College
Park some time during the afternoon to
inspect the Wright machines there.
Opens Up Question.
II am glad the accident to the Wright
ma chine yesterday at College Park did
reported" Gen. Allen said today. This
accident, small as it was. opened up again
the question of what a hard time the con-
tractors are having to deliver perfect ma
chimes to the government which Will pass
our various tests. The burgess people
broke their machine in their trials be-
fore delivering it to the government, and
the Wrights also smashed up one, so that
attempting to pass our tests is pretty ex
pensive work for them, inasmuch as
hood of $4,000 each. and. of course. the
government does not pay for machines
until they have passed all tests and are
delivered in perfect order
I'VE still have about 100000 left of our
appropriation. having only spent about
ten or twelve thousand dollars so far
this fiscal year. Later in the year we
expect to take up the question of pur-
chasing one or more of the foreign type
of machine the monoplane type. We
are not quite ready yet to go into that
subject"
Gen. Allen paid tribute today to the
flying officers of the Signal Corps. de-
claring that they are a splendid BODY of
men, He said he was merely repeating
the comment of foreign aviatOrs who had
observed the army officers at work with
their aerOplanes.
I'VE have about fifteen officers in the
various flying squads nOw,' Gen. Allen
added. II think it may safely be said that
there is not a finer body of aviators any,
where in the world We are attempting
of course, to get the best machines pos
sfble. and with them IL am pretty sure We
are getting some of the very flower of the
army among the young officers as avia-
tors
Lieut.. Call to Fly.
A Washingtonian has been added to the
staff of aviators under instruction at Col
lege Park. First Lieut.. Loren Call of
Company 1O1, Coast Artillery, recently
stationed at Fort Totten. NJ Y, having
Joined the corps. Lieut.. Call is son of
Lewis w. Call. who has for twenty years
been a chief of division i'm the Judge adj
vocate generals office of the War De-
partment and will reside while here with
his family at 144S Newton street north
west. 1t has not vet been settled what
machine Lieut.. Call will fly, as he will
first make a study Of all of them at the
park. He will undergo instruction for
several months.
Second Lieut.. Eric L. Ellington of the
Sd Cavalry will join the army aviation
school in about ten days.
Nothing is known officially at the Greek
legation Of the report from Chicago that
Aviators John Schaefer of New Orleans
and Robert Elliott of Brooklyn have left
Chicago, at the request of the Greek con-
sui there. for Washington. to make ar
rangements with the legation here to go
to Greece for aerOplane scouting service
in the Balkan war. The legation is at a
loss to know why these aviators should
come 20 Washington for such a purpose.
The Greek army has an aviation corps,
as have all the other European armies.
The Greek aeroplanes SO far have been
used only in the army maneuvers and
have never had chance to try them