The Washington herald., 1918-01-30
CALLS EXPERT
AIR ENGINEERS
Holland Tells Of Dayton
Dedication of Clubhouse
Built by Leaders,.

un Saturday OF this week the
noble structure recently erected at
layton, Ohio. for the purpose OF
serving at headquarters, or club
hOu-e. for that great body of engi-
u"rrs whose service Is in the Miami
Valley of the Ohio. will be dedicatA
'd by approx riate ceremony. Some
10 the engineers OF New York City.
no have gained high professional
distinction. have been invited to
take part in this ceremony as guests
Of the Engineers Club
The building. which is of most at
trICtive architecture and commo-
dious, and which Is conveniently sit
uated near the bank of the Miami
River. is the gift Of Col Edward A.
Deeds snd Charles F. Kettering.
No structure Of this kind was ne
ccssuTy TO establish permanent
memorial to the services of these
two men.
Gel Deeds is now second In au-
thOTity TO Gen. Squier at Washing
ton and he is occupied with the
details of the great aviation con-
structiOn and instruction upon
which the government has now
'.'NNAN ~" AAN vas DNAOAN hC NhNNA Nd
the service of the government, as
sociated with Mr.. Kettering In
highly important manufacturing in
dustriCs at Dayton.
These industries reflect the inven-
tive genius of Mr.. Kettering and
wise counsel and engineering ex-
perFnCe of Col. Deeds. These two
men were also associated in the
working out OF the invention which,
y hen perfected by them, made pos
sible the apparatus now commonly
in use which Is called the automo-
bile self-starter. Their interest in
this apparatus was sold for a hand
some sum to a corporation largely
occupied in certain branches of the
automobile industry. Both men
had earlier served under John H.
Patterson in the great industry
which Mr.. Patterson established at
layton and which his name iden-
tfics- Col Deeds has been from
the beginning and is now. the chief
engineer in charge of the great
work in the Miami Valley whereby
a recurrence of the disastrous flood
OF 1918 will be made impossible.
This work has entailCd the services
of many highly competent engineers
nearly all of whom will take part
in the dedication Of the new club
house.
Meeting of AyiatOrS.
This gathering at Dayton on Satur-
dsy should be of special Importance
not only to the government, but to the
people, because there will meet upon
that occasion the largest body. in
numbers. of highly skilled aviation ex-
perts that has met in the United
states. One of the great aviation
fields-or. it mqy be called plants-is
established at Dayton. and it is of spe-
cial interest because with it is asso-
GATED Orville Wright as a consulting
authority.
Although the United States expects
10 have COmDIctcd within a few
months many thousand aircraft. repre-
S"UtinS. rs whole. the best types Of
Ar machines. Yet there are some prob
Ions which are TO be worked out be-
fore the government can feel perfectly
confident that these airships will do all
that Is expected OF them. There is to
he, perhaps. a new improved liberty
'oEOr that will be Of avail for very
l7rSo aircraft. an Improvement over
tho one which was designed and per
fSctcd by the engineers. who. after
having made hnrmits Of Themselves At
. hotel in W@ShiugtOn for a few davs.
Demonstrated that they had con-
StrUCted the best type Of liberty motor
IN 20 this time known
FH"n there is the highly important
3ud puzzlinE question of fabrication,
" IS something to which the govern
'1Tut has given great deal Of
thought. TheS motors require an es-
? ci0lly adapted lubricant. and the aI-
'hOTities have found themselves re-
Cgrtiy wondering whether the hest
lubricant is not caster oil. But IL that
he the best. the use of 1t entails an
ether problem. since enormous 1uanti-
Ties Of it must be used in order IN
lUhriCate tho motors, perhsps 5npU
gallons a '-Iv. VIII II he possible IN
secure through the cultivation Of Tho
castor bean a sufficient suppIv nf
castor Oil?
Graphite a. Fnetor.
G0rma ny. II is known. IS making
use or a very small percentage of
Eraphite. one-fifth Of 1 per cent,
held In oil. and this Is believed by
the authorities to explain the ner-
N''li I'm WHICH lNH herman air
machines operate so far as the mo-
tors are concerned
Questions which refer tn tho por-
f"rt Air machine will be at least in
formally discussed among the anrI-
H""rs who meet at Dayton on Satur-
cay and Of whom there NAV be as
many as 400. As whole thew will
r"prcsent the entire United states
There are other important questions
associated with various aspects of
war movements which these highly
competent experts win In ALI nTnb-
ability discuss. There is sure 70 he
some detailed explanation of the
remarkable work which is being ac-
Complished by the Mai mi Cousery-
anCe Association. and there is likely
TO be some reference to the instant
absorption by men Of capital of Nety
York Of the recent issue of $4,000
600 Of conservancy bonds which was
offered by authority Of the state of
Ohio. and which it. IL believed will
he sufficient in amount thoroughly
10 complete the remarkable projects
which reflect the energy and leader
ship OF Col. Deeds
II should be reported here that the
only service which Col. Deeds did
not abandon when he accepted a
commission under Gen. Squier was