Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-09-20 | Page 1 | Wright Will be in Hospital for Months

WRIGHT WILL BE li HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS World-Famous Aviator, Injured in Accident Thnrsday, Expected Ex-pected to Recover. WASHINGTON, Sept. 39. Orvillc Wright showed signs of improvement today to-day at the Fort Myer hospital, and his condition is satisfactory. Miss Kathcr-ino Kathcr-ino Wright, sistor of tho aviator, visited her brother twice today and several arm' officers and friends wore permitted per-mitted to seo him. Lieutenant Selfridge will bo given a militan- funeral, probably on Thursday. His father loft San Francisco toda' for Washington, and until ho arrives the bod' will remain in the receiving vault at the Arlington national cemetery, where burial will probably bo made. Telegrams of condolence from all over the world have been received at the war department. . Lieutenant Creccy of tho marine corps, who saw Mr. Wright loda3', said: Knows Selfridge Is Dead. "I think he knows now that Lieuton-ant Lieuton-ant Selfridge is dead, although no one has asked him or endeavored to learn whether ho really knows about it. It is presumed that he learned of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Selfridge 's death from letters in his mail, which ho was permitted to read today. ' ' Mr. Wright 's sister is the guest of the signal corps while in this city, and has been extended every facility for assisting assist-ing her brother. It will probably be two or three months before Mr. Wright will be able to leave tho Fort M3-er hospital. hos-pital. Miss Wright today viewed the wrecked machine and showed familiarity familiar-ity with all of its intricato parts and the cause of the accident. Ma.-jor Foumier, tho French military attache; called a I. tho hospital today, and Colonel Baron do Bode, military attache at-tache of tho Russian embass3, sent a telegram to tho chief signal officer. Charge d 'Affaires Des Portes of the French cmbass3', called on Acting Sec-retar' Sec-retar' of Stato Adeo today and left with "him also tho French government's noto of sympathy evoked by the accident acci-dent to the Wright aeroplane at Fort Mycr Thursdaj.