Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1927, Page 7

/ \ SALM SUIT OVER, ATTORNEY HOLDS Cdintess to Get Son and ount to Receive Around “$500,000, Is Report. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March Ludwig Salm von Hoogstr: drawn_ separation suit American _heiress wife. Millicent Rogers, today over. With the Austrian count countess both on the other the Atlantic and with trial of their scase scheduled for resumption in preme Court here on Monday, his at- torney authority for the case had been settled greed that 17.—Count gainst his the former appeared all the countess ve custody of the three- son, Peter Salm, born in and that the count would get between $350,000 and $500,000 of the Standard Oil fortune of his wife's father, Henry Rogen: There were also reports that the countess would get a divorce in Paris Says Suit Settled. Returning from abroad after inter- viewing both parties to the suit, who are traveling in_different parts of Europe, Herman B. Goodstein, attor- ney for the count, “In a few days it will be a matter of record. The suit has been settled. Goodstein made light of the report- ed money consideration for Salm. Some reports were that Goodstein would receive a fee of $100,000. Attorneys for the countess and for her father were more uncommunica- tive. Mr. Rogers, who refused his | blessing to the marriage of his | daughter to the count, was reported cruising in the West Indies. Case Twice Adjourned. In the trial of the case, which has been twice abruptly adjourned, the reading of love letters written by the countess encountered vigorous objec- tion from her counsel. A dislike for further similar publicity on the part of the Rogers family is seen as a rea- son for her father's consent to com- promise. The count and Miss Rogers eloped and were married_at the municipal butlding in New York. Her father never received the count, but went to Paris somg time after the marriage and brought his daughter home. Salm is now on the Riviera. Here during the litigation now settled he declared his intention of becoming a citizen. COTTON BROKER SHOT TO DEATH IN AUTO Young Widow Companion Tells . Police Three Highwaymen Kill- x ed E. B. Hogan. By, the Assoviated Press. MACON, Ga., March 17.—E. B. Hogan, wealthy bachelor and senior member of the cotton brokerage firm of Hogan & Levie here, was shot to death on a lonely road near here late last night while driving with Mrs. Eva Tanner, a young widow. She told the police that three highwaymen who drove up in an automobile and stopped their machine shot her escort after demanding money. Mrs. Tanner said she jumped from the automobile after imploring the hold-up men not te oot and ran, screaming for help. e was found Jater by a passing motorist, who found Hogan lying dead in his auto- mobile. Hogan, she said, had answered their demand for money by a movement as if to reach for his pocket, when one of the men shot. Just before that, he had said, she quoted him: “Take my car, take everything that I have, but don’t kill me.” Officers found he had not been robbed of either the money which he carried or jewelry valued at some $4,000. OTTERY TO AID ROADS. ¥ Proeeeds Will Build Highway From Tia Juana to California. LOS ANGELES, March P).— ,Col. Estaban Cantu, former governor of the northern district of Lower California, announced here yesterday that he had been granted a concession to conduct the Lower California lot- tery, the proceeds of which will be used for road building Authority for his announcement came from Mexico City, he said. The first of the proposed roads will be from Tijuana to Ensenada, Lower “aliforni r s long- | aid | Postal Heads Seek To Eliminate Odd 0dd sizes of mail matter cause a rift in the smooth running of the postal machine. As a result, the postal authorities are - ing to eliminate from the mails 2 1 small Christmas, er and other pecial Progress instyructioi postmasters efforts with distributors within smallest s by 4 inch inches, Cards and letters beyond those its are objectionable because annot be run through can- celing machines, requiring hand- postmarking and other extra work. has been made, but have gone out to to continue their manufacturers and keep the cards asonable S| The e recommended is 2% ; the largest, 4 by 9 MEMORIAL DESICN WILL BE REDUCED Original Navy and Marine Tribute Plans Attacked by Andrew. A reduced design for the Navy and Marine Memorial, to be erected in East Potomac Park, will be laid be- fore the Commission of Fine Arts for its consideration within a month, fol- lowing an attack made on the original design and the method of raising funds for the memorial made by Representative A. Piatt Andrew of sachusetts. embers of the commission, at their monthly meeting yesterday, discussed at length a design of the memorial, o picturization of sea gulls fiylng over a wave, but took no action. A year ago the commission disapproved a larger design and recommended that the memorial be removed from its contemplated location at Hains Point to a spot near the proposed inlet im- mediately south of the railroad via- duct in the park. Considers Flag Decorations. The commission viewed designs for a standard flag decoration for some of the downtown streets of the city and announced their approval of them for some streets, but delayed further action on types of decorations for Pennsylvania avenue. The flags, 4 by 6 feet in size, are to be mounted on 14-foot brass standards sunk in sockets near the curb 22 feet apart along the principal downtown thor- oughfares. The proposed design was laid before the commission by Capt. G. F. Unmacht, department ‘adjutant of the American Legion, and C. H. Reilley, .representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars. After viewing temporary buildings at the Naval Hospital, commission members suggested a permanent building to replace six temporary structures. Plans for two bathing pool areas, to be included in the grounds of the new McKinley Manual Training School at Second and T streets northeast, were laid before the commission by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- on. School Plans Approved. Plans for construction of the Gar- net-Patterson School at Vermont ave- nue and U street were approved. Members viewed a suggested plan for completion of the lower gardens of Meridian Hill Park, and announced that special studies of the treatment of the walls of the park will be made later. The commission also considered the location and plans for memorial tablet to Brig. Gen. Smedley D. But- ler, U. S. M. C., proposed to be placed in Marine Corps headquarters - in Washington and discussed with Com- missioner General Campbell plans for United States participation in the in- ternational exposition at Seville, Spain. Machine Destroyed After Georgia Flogging, Is Charge. SOPERTON, Ga., March 17 (#).— Sheriff W. L. Thighpen of Treutlen County, Joe Leeand Henry McLendon, the latter a farmer, were arrested again today on warrants charging them with burning the sheriff’s auto- mobile the day after the flogging of M. M. Flanders of the Soperton News. Ay The wheat has been saved by so many snowstorms, the Atchison Globe says, it must feel like the heroine in “Way Down East.” W.L.DOUGLAS *5 %6 & 37 Shoes for Men Holiday Card Sizesl THE ¥FVENING | | | i Big Auto Are Handmade. TIRES WILL LAST To Give Monster Its Terrific Speed (Note:—This is the third of of jive articles by Mai. H. 0. D. Fritish ‘motor race driver. describ attempt he will | make 'nert establish man's fastest land speed. today's article, Maj ve reveals the details of the ‘construction of the re markable “Mystery Car’ he will drive in the greai test Tomorrow's articte will discuss the terrific Aazards that will be encountered w0hen the car gets above 180 miles an hour. " At certain speeds the car no longér answers to its steering. Maj. Segrave ‘points out. and although there are other dangers 'awaiting his_ experi- ment, he looks upon this as the greatest.) series a Segrare, BY MAJ. H. 0. D. SEGRAVE. Never, in the history of motoring, has so much engineering knowledge and experience been brought to bear in the design and construction of a single as in the case of the “Myster; or “Hush-Hush"” car, which is the name given spontaneousl by the English press to the monster I have brough! to Florida. Only a favored few were admitted to the building where it was built, but I noticed that every one who saw it for the first time gave a gasp of astonishment. Take the chassis, for example. It has been handmade of girders 14 inches deep, strong enough to make a raflroad bridge. Take the gear wheels, some of which are bigger, and all of which are stronger, than those used to drive an electric train. Take the back axle, which would be too strong to use for a Pullman. Take the chain drives, which are larger and stronger than those used on the biggest motor trucks. Take the body, which s polished aluminum. The tall sectfon alone would completely cover a “filvver,” while the angle iron used to strengthen the whole would stretch two blocks. Huge Brake Drums Used. Take the brake drums, which are the size of the wheels of a Ford, and have been turned from solid ingots of high tensile steel, each weighing 850 pounds. They now weigh 32 pounds apiece and are lined with cast iron. The engines are amazing. KEach has 12 cylinders. Each cylinder has four valves and two spark plugs. There are eight magnetos, each with a separate switch on the dash, while there is a master switch to cut out the lot in an emergency. The dashboard carries no less than 28 separate instruments. With the exception of the chassis and the body, every single piece of the car has been cut out of solid fcrged ingots of specially invented high tensile steels. Nothing has been left to chance, and this long and expensive method 18 necessary in order to use the grain of the steel the right way and to make sure that there will be TO GIVE S LY 7 MINUTES | Safety Factor Lowered ' STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 19217. ESPECIALLY MADE STEELS ARE USED TRENGTH TO MYSTERY CAR Vital Parts of| guard the driver in event one of the rence at racing car speeds. The tires on Maj. Segrave’s mongter racing car in which he will attempt to reach a speed of 200 miles an hour are expected to last but seven minuts This picture shows why. The change wrought in the shape of the fully in- flated tire is clearly revealed by this photograph of the rest and at a speed of 156 miles an hour. Special precau | | | i tire when at ns are taken to tires flings a tread, a common occur- day Shaping the body given a 1ot | of trouble, The curves are so delicate and so scientifically worked out that| they have defeated even the most| skilled draughtsman. Wooden molds have been constructed from the draw- ings and then planed down to the last fraction. Another point is the springs. Bach leaf is polished like a looking glass to reduce friction, while there are four shock absorbers of the largest size to e: and oil are filtered twice before they reach the engine. There are two oil gauges ‘and two ofl tanks to each engine. The car takes a gallon of gasoline a mile and car- ries enough to run for half an hour. Last and by no means least, the en- glnes and the entire transmission are mounted on a three-point suspension system, with ball-and-socket joints to take up any strains or twists in the chassls under the enormous stresses to which it will be subjected. Tires Present Problem. Then there is the question of tires. When 1 went to the greatest tire manufacturers in the world and asked them to make tires which would stand 200 miles per hour, they held up their hands In horror at the mere idea. After months of research, they pro- duced special tires, which they have been able to test to destruction only on speclally designed machines. They are not certain, but they hope that these tires will be able to stand a speed of 200 miles an hour for just seven minutes. 1 hope so0, too, for my life depends on it! England has no space large enough no hidden faults or cracks in the ma- terial. Even a simple part, like a front axle swivel, has taken one man and one machine a whole fortnight to carve from the solid. ‘Why were all these precautions? The answer is that in order to keep the weight down the “factor of safety” in the design of each part has been cut lower than any one ever has dared to do it before. The standard Sunbeam practice is a factor of safety of eight. In the Mystery car, it never exceeds four- and-half. If it did the car would be too heavy. Never before has a car of this colossal size been “cut from the block.” Exhaust Noise Deafening. I need not describe the engines too minutely, as most persons know roughly what an airship engine looks like. I may say, however, thdt each has 12 exhaust pipes, only a few inches long, and that after each engine test in which to test this car at full speed. In fact, to test the engines at full speed we were obliged to fit water re- sistance brakes to the back-hubs. in the workshop and “rev.” the engines up. We have found that they come well up to the standard expected. The bullding in which the car was completed was partially destroyed in order to get it out, since in the days when the bullding was constructed no one ever dreamed that it would be the birthplace of so vast a muchine. And this brings me to another dif- ficulty. In order to get it to America, I had to pick the Berengaria, which is one of the few liners that had a large enough hatch to take the car. The greatest care had to be exercised in hoisting it &board in order to avold damage to the machine on which time, thought and money have been expended and on which so much de- pends. I also had to bring to America a complete set of spare parts, weighing my mechanic and I were deaf for two s many tons, since, of course, almost every piece of this elephantine mo er is unique and If anything goes wrong replacement would take weeks. But nothing will go wrong. In every department of the great factory which created the car there hung the motto in huge red letters: “A concealed mistake is a crime; remember it may cost a brave man's life.” 1 derfved a lot of comfort from the 135 000 FOR RIVER WORK HERE URGED Jadwin Proposes Sum for Projects In and Contiguous to Washington. Allotments of $135.000 for local river and harbor and dredging v Washington engineer recommended by M Jadwin, chief of en port which has the retary of War i Included in this total is § work at Washington and $60,000 for dredging the Potomac River below Washington. Of the appropriation of $19,000 for work in_the Potomac Ri t Wash ington, $10,000 will be used in prepa ration of a new deposit f ceipt of Potomac River lieu of Columbia Island, now part of the Arlington Bridge proj- ect. This Iy will be below the railroad bridge at Gravelly | Point, where new levees will be started. Other Items Her Other items te be expended hington are $6,000 to opera repair the inlet and outlet the Tidal Basin; $1,000 for mainte- | nance and care of the Government plants and proper The allotment of $60,000 for work in the Potomac below Washington will be extended in continuing the dredg ing and channel deepening in seven shoal channels between Wast and Colonial Beach, Va. It w plained that work at Naval M Shoal has been completed and that on Kettle Bottom Shoals and Colonial Beach s now in progress. Dredging of this project is to continue at Mar- shall Hall, Mattawoman opposite In- dian Head and Smith and Maryland Points below Quantico. The allotments for dredging and snagging work in the vicinity of Washington include: $6,000 at Occo- quan Creek, Va.: $14,000, Nomini Creek, Vi $20,000, Rappahanock River, Va.; $8,000, Mattaponi River, Va., and $8,000, Pamunkey River, Va. thought of that motto! (Conyright. 1927.) WESLEY HEIGHTS BUS EXTENSION IS DENIED Public Utilities Commission to In- spect Center Trolley Poles on Georgia Avenue. A petition of the Northwest Subur- ban Citizens' Association for an exten- sion of the route of the Wesley Heights motor bus line to Forty-first and Fessenden streets was denied to- day by the Public Utilities Commis- sion on the ground that present traffic does not justify the extension. The commission also decided to make an inspection of the center trol- ley poles on the Georgla avenue line of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Removal of the poles from the plow pit at W street to Rock Creek Church road already has been ordered by the commission, and consideration is now being given to a proposal to remove those from Rock Creek Church road to Buchanan street. Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary of the commission, was authorized to confer with officials of the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. regarding 2 proposal to-substitute the new type gasoline-electric driven busses for its present gasoline-driven type. The new busses are saild to operate more quiet- ly than the type now in use. o Rail Car Sho;;;;um. ELKINS, W. Va., March 17 (®).— The car shops of the Western Mary- 1and Railway here were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin early to- day with a loss of $200,000. The fire destroyed 21 new cars in addition to tools and machinery. Two hundred and fifty shopmen were laid off re- cently for lack of work SAVE ON_YOUR LAWNMFENCE FRIES, BEALL & SHARP 734 10th N.W. 4th and S N. Main 1964 The One-Lamp Living Room Never Satisfies $41,500,000 for Nation. Appropriations totaling approxi- mately $41,500,000 were recommended for the entire country. Allotments for other projects near Washington, but outside the Was ington engineer district, include: 000 _for the inland wate: Anthracite One of our well satis- fied customers, Mrs. L. E. Thomas, 829 10th St. N.E., writes us: “I have been so well pleased with the results of ‘Superior Anthracite’ that I feel it my duty to let you know how much benefit and comfort I have ob- tained from it. ‘Superior Anthracite’ has burned to a fine ash, free from clinkers and has given me a nice, warm home.” Aren’t you tempted to try this coal this Spring preliminary to putting in your next Winter’s coal. Let us send you a trial ton. John P. Agnew & Co. { approval - 7 HUNDREDS OF DYING LIE ON BATTLEFIELD | Nicaraguan Conservatives Lack Medical Equipment to Care for Wounded. Delaware River to Chespeake | $350,000 for Baltimore Harbor | $450,000, Norfolk, Va., | Nansemond River: | $ ames River: $1,800, Tagan River, Va. and $100,000, Thimble | Shoals Channel, Va. $500,000,000 LOST. New York Official Cites Big Se- curities Fraud Toll. @ | By the Assos FORK By The| MEXICC March \m':‘l:‘\;’ \‘ x[:-‘)l\”';(v,d (f’r' s_.l"yf:' dreds of Nicaraguan Conservative sol o battlefiel the last 30 months through | yp,, seuy and Tier llhf\zulnlnrfl e, of fake securities, it I estimated | nedical attention, say_dispatches re head of the Stale o Pin | retved by Pedro Zepeda, envoy here \ Bureau. | for the Liberal Nicaraguan regime un Investor: f of $100,.| der Dr. Juan Sacasa. 000,000 annually \red, through | The Liberals are l]xnnblr‘“m nup‘ml publicity in a dozen so-called f 1| them as their medical supplies are in- newspapers, some of which suffictent for their own needs, the dis Bt Tirced o ausnann Dpatches say. Zepeda charges that the sl gt Dyl il Ameri authorities have forbidden e itiais Do Attoenay the ;-mv")\wf v;u(‘h supplies for the use s : = of the Liberals A Paaneac i aneget The Liberal eflvoy is informed that S X the casualties on both sides in the Muy Muy battle were heavy. The Libe launched a bayonet charge | after seven hours of firing. routing 00 Conservatives under Gen. Reyes, o0 left 170 dead on the field “Countless wounded,” the dispatches add, “are crawling along the road to Mina Verde seeking medical attention ind many are dying from exposure and Bay; . Gov. Whitfield Near Death. March 1 . itfield has la fousness and the end I He had SPECIAL SERVICE The International Bank has established a Special Service Department for the convenience of its patrons in all parts of the country. This Department is equipped to represent the busi- ness and financial interests of its clients at the National Capital. 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