Arizona republican., 1915-11-04
AEROPL
 ARE BRANDED
 AS DANGEROUS
Testimony is Introduced at Court-Martial of Lieut. Col. Goodier to Show the Planes Dangerous and AViatOrS Not Warned
Republican A. p. Leased wirel


 l SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. &.-Testi-
 mony Iurportins to show that cer-
 tain jyFes of aeroplanes used at san 1 bics" California and Brownsville. Texas, in the aviation section of the army, had been branded as dan
 Ser""s by experts and that the ayi- a'"fS mad not been cautioned. was introduced today by the defense at lhe court martial of Lieutenant colonel Lewis F. Goodier. judge aG- N"cate of the western division of the army.
 Lieutenant T. F. Dodd of Browns Vile, formerly instructor in aero httucIs It san Diego. said that soon after charges had been preferred against Captain Arthur $. Cowan commandant of the school. by him Sel and the late Lieut. W. R. TaH- leiro he was ordered to Browns vile Lieutenant Dodd said that rom information he had gathered hlmSelf he knew that the machines 2t Brownsville were unsafe but that ne had never officially been fn
 formed to that effect
 At san Diego, Lieutenant Dodd testified. he had seen a leport bv Lieut.. J. C. Hunsaker. assistant naval constructor in special duty at the Massachusetts Institute n: Technology. to the effect that the aeroplanes were dangerous if tilted at d greater angle than one to ten degrees when making flights. This report. he said was made to Lieu tenant Colonel Samuel Reber. chie- of the aviation section. who had giv- en endorsement to the assertion that the machines were unsafe if tilted al an angle of more than one to ten degrees
 No pilot could fly without tiltinc an aeroplane considerably more than mentioned in Lieutenant Hunsaker's report said the witness. He said he knew that the machines of the type in use at Brownsville were statically unsafe and Major General Funston evidently knew of these facts because he had teIegraphed him to avoid putting the aeroplanes into action.
 Before he left san Diego this fall for Brownsville there was much dis satisfaction among the aviators be- cause of the condition of the ma chimes. he said. Finally. testified the witness Lieut. Edgar S Cor rell telcgraphed from san Diego to Colonel Reber requesting that tine aeroplanes be passed upon by a board of expert aviators before aI- lowed to be put into use Dodd said he knew of two accidents at San Diego which tended to bear out the report If Lieutenant Hunsakcr
 The surprise of the day at the hearing was the statement of Car- tain Dennis P. Quinlan. acting judge advocate of the third division, who said that he never told Colonel Reber that Colonel Goodier had said he would get that - out of the service" referring to Captain Cowan This contradicted the testimony cfI Colonel Reber given yesterday. But told It to others" he added nam ing Louis Call, chief clerk in the office of the judge advocate general in Washington. and the judge advo- cate himself, General E. H. Crowder
 Captain Quinlan said he did not believe Colonel Goodier had any per sonal animosity against Captain Cowan. This was brought out by questions with q view of taking the sting" out of the remark attributed to Colonel Goodier
 How it feels to be under fire" when q soldiers superior is gun hing for him was told by Lieut. Robt. II. Willis, of Brownsville, for merly of the San Diego Aviation school. Willis said il was common knowledge among the San Diego aviators that Captair Cowan was "Sunning for them because they were dissatisfied with the conduct of the school
 Nearly alI of us" he said, ''felt that our positions as aviators were hanging by a thread he said.
 Lieutenant Willis said ne began l hearing criticisms of Captain Cowan | last November, and that virtually all | the aViators were generally dissatis- | lied because the commander was | drawing flying pay" and was not l qualified as an actual pilot.
 Lieut.. Lewis E. Goodier, Jr. in Jured twice by falls at san Diego | was another witness for the defense Lieutenant Goodier is still a patient at Letterman General Hospital, san Francisco, as a result of his last fall 2 year ago when both legs were broken. He has since been relieved of aviation duty Colonel Reber tes- ufled yesterday that this was be- cause Captain Cowan felt that he was physically unfit to take up avia- ton work again. Lieutenant Goodier said that he was eager to re-entcr the aviation service and that he be- ieved he would be able to qualify IS soon as he recovered the use of his limbs
 Testimony Of Lieutenant Taliferro before an army inspector with ref erence to the charges against Captain : 'owan was introduced. It was to be effect that the charges against { 'aptain Cowan were worked up by : he aviators themselves and that [ 'olonel Goodier had no knowledge of { heir actions until one of them wrote O him for advice as to how to pro- { 'eed further. Colonel GOodier is accused of con- luct prejudIcial to military discipline I n that ba o1vica1