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4 * OPERATORS REJECT MINERS' DEMANDS worster wass vaver a7 Yards Before Driver Could linois Ultimatum Threatens| Actin Face of Any Danger. Walk-Out April 1 Unless Pact Extended. Steering Across Timing Strips Six Yards Wide Will tha Assoctated Press. 7 By the Amnctaied Preee. o—an uiima:| POV Most Diffioult.Feat. tum of 72,500 Illinois coal miners that the operators must extend the present wage scale agreement for another year or they would walk out April 1 \\nx: rejected by the lllinois C Operator: Assoclation upon its receipt here yes- terday. The operators voted to refuse re. newal of the present agreement and to demand instead a reduction in wages. Unless the miners agree to a new wage scale at a reduction in pay. Rice Miller, president of the operators’ as- soclation, declared that more than 200 mines in the State would be affected. He charged the miner: with refusing to arbitrate, and expressed the opinion that the strike would be a lengthy one. According to Mr. Miller, there is on hand at the present time a supply of coal which, it was estimated, would meet requirements for the next two months. The figure was placed at about £0,000,000 tons. The annual pay roll of Illinois mines totals about $144,000,000. It was sald that miners are now receiving on an average of $11 to 0 a day, with a minimum fixed at $7.: Note—This article concludes the series of fire in which Maj. the difficulties that stand 1n the Il‘rlj 2us efort 1o establish a land spee 200 miles an Aour. BY MAJ. H. 0. D. SEGRAVE. You often have heard the expres- sion: “As quick as thought,” as if thought were the quickest thing in the world. It is nothing of the kind. The 1,000-horsepower car which I brought to America is quicker than the swift- est moving human brain. Let me explain this more fully. When the eye sees something or your finger touches something, the time taken in communicating that mes- sage to your brain is .4 of a second, if you are an average human being. This is-known as reflex. Few human beings have a quicker reflex than this, though there are some exceptions, of course. The swiftest known reflex is that of v, which has an average re- 26 of a second. u think it over and do a simple sum, vou will find that a car when traveling at 200 miles an hour will cover just about 47 yards in .4 of a second. Big Premium on Time. This means that if T see anything in the way when T am going at that speed, or notice a bump in the ground or feel anything going wrong with the car, I shall be 47 yards nearer the danger before the message reaches y brain and able to take the neces- v steps to avoid it. to put it another way, the minimum distance in which I can do the simplest thing, even if it is only taking my foot off the gas pedal, or itching off the engine, will be nearly of AVIATION PROGRESS DESCRIBED AT DINNER Majs. Lester Gardner and Roycroft Walsh Speak at Air Transport Meeting of S. A. E. Two {llustrated lectures setting forth the progress of aviation in both ymercial and military flelds fea-|s ed the “air transport dinner” of tLe Washington section of the Society o Automotive Engineers last night. » dinner, attended by approximate- 00, was held in the ballroom of the Club. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- tary of War and civilian head of the Army Aviation Corps, and Willilam P. McCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and chief of the Nation's clvilian air resources, introduced the speakers. Maj. Lester Gardner, the first &peaker of the evening, dwelt on the 21,000-mile air voyage over Europe &nd Northern Africa last Summer. He declared the superiority of air travel ‘was immediately obvious to the per- son who decided to see the wonders of the Old World from a plane. This point he illustrated with contrasting slides of the various scenic wonders, one taken from the ground and an- other from the air. Maj. Roycroft Walsh, Army fiyer, recounted the high lights of the Ameri- can Air Service's “good-will” mission to the countries of Central America. This lecture also was illustrated. John O. Eisinger, secretas of the Washington section of the S. A. E presided at the dinner. Even a monkey—assuming I could train one to drive the car—would be unable to do anything under 20-odd yards. The difficulty alone answers the question which I often have asked: “What is there to this business of just driving fast anyway? It also explains why it is impossible to attempt these speeds except where a long stretch of perfectly clear and smooth sand is available. It is difficult for those who have not experienced high speeds on land to realize the necessity for quick think- ing on the part of ‘he race driver, so to make it plainer 1 will translate the problem into the terms of -ordinary motoring. Average Far Different. Take a man driving a car at 30 miles an hour. He sees, say, a hole in the road ahead. The message-ls communicated to_ his brain, which in turn orders his hands to deflect the steering wheel, or his feet to apply the brakes, as the case may be. And all this can be done, assuming he possesses the average human reflex, before the car has traveled more than 7 yards. So he has plenty of time in which to act, in most cases, But imagine what it would be like it he was powerless to do anything until his car had traveled nearly seven times this distance. Or again picture the appalling traf- fic wrecks which would occur if driv- ers suddenly contracted a disease which slowed down their reflexes GREAT COMMONER IS GIVEN TRIBUTE Members of Memorial Association MARCH 19, 1927. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, ISEGRAVE CAR'S SPEED FOUND FAR "QUICKER THAN THOUGHT" SEGRAVE'S RACER REACHES DAYTONA Six Hours” Work Required to Remove Big Car From Train and Case. By the Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 19. —American eyes first saw Maj. H. O. D. Segrave's brilliant British: red “Mystery S,” in which he plans Tues. day to travel the wave-hardened beach of Daytona at 200 miles an hour, night at the end of six hours of work, Maj. Segrave inspected the machine, pronounced it in good condition and left for Miaml. The work began at 2 o'clock, when a United States customs official ar- | MAJ. SEGRAVE, imagine what it would be like driving your car if the nearest thing you could see was almost three blocks away. This rafses the difficulty of steering at high speeds. It is impossible, of course, to steer in the ordinary way by the road. One has to steer by landmarks like an airman. Even in ordinary motor-racing at comparative- ly low speeds like 130 miles per hour one has to adopt this practice. Be- fore a race I always go over the course and select suitable landmarks such as trees, bulldings, steeples and &0 on. Marks Carefully Chosen. I start off by selecting a mark a couple of miles ahead. I know that if I steer on that from the start I have a straight run of just over a mile, when I have to slow down for a curve and then pick up another mark another five miles ahead, and s0_on, When I try out the car in Florida I shall have a straight run, of but that is by no means eas: sounds, because the speed of the car has to to be timed electrically by means of contact strip, six yards long laid across the track a mile apart. Well, that is a small enough target to aim at from a long distance, and one of the greatest problems at this speed will be to manage to keep the car straight enough to drive it over the timing strips. In order to make it easfer, the route will be marked with large flags every 50 yards, but I have said enough in previous articles about wind deflection to show that it is none too easy to keep straight ahead anyway, and 1 doubt whether the flags will be of much assistance. The tiniest deflection from the strajght at 200 miles an hour—even if it is insufficient to see the car in a spin—will make it almost impossible, in the brief interval available, to get the car back into a straight course :{:a‘in, in time to pass over the timing rip. Like Steering Cannon Ball. It will be more like trying to deflect a projectile from a monster gun than trying to steer a car, I have found it difficult enough with a light racing car like the small Sunbeam with which T did 153 miles per hour over a measured mile on the sands at South- port, England. seven things. If this happened, with other things, the automobile industry would cease to exist. But the man traveling at 30 miles an hour has another advantage over the 1,000-horsepower car at 200 miles an hour. He can see right ahead of him except for perhaps a couple of yards immediately in front of the car. In the big car at 200 miles an hour, T cannot see anything closer than 200 yards ahead, and from what I have explained of the speed of reflexes, it would not be much use to me if I c Place Flowers on Grave on Bryan'’s Natal Day. Today marks the sixty-seventh an- niversary of the birthday of William Jennings Bryan and this morning members of the executive committee of the William Jennings Bryan Me- morial Association lald flowers upon the grave of the Great Commoner in Arlington Cemetery. The committee meets in executive session this afternoon for the consid- eration of routine reports and matters pertaining to the campaign which meeks to raise funds for a_suitable national memorial to be erected here ould. Think this over, too, and try to PRESIDENT PREDICTS But with a 1,000 horsepower car, weighing three and a half tons and traveling at 200 miles per hour, or over, I myself find it hard to realize the difficulties, especlally in view of the opinion of scientists who say at this speed the car will lose its “direc- tlonal stability,” or, in other words, will not answer to its steering. As I have shown, it may even be- me obedient to some mysterious ourth dimensional” law, of which man knows nothing as yet, and re- fuse to be steered at all! We shall see! (Covyright. 1927.) an active Interest on the part of the to Bryan. Those participating in the placing ©of flowers on the grave this morning comprised: Josephus Daniels, former Becretary of the Navy and president of the association; Col. Patrick Henry Callahan of Louisville, Ky., secretary; Charles A. Douglas, chairman of the executive committee Frank Morrison, Charles H. Ingersoll, of Newark, N and Michael Friancis Doyle of Phil- adelphia. A new stone was placed over the grave about two weeks ago. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. ‘The joint rally of the District Chris- tian Endeavor Union with Christian Endeavor Alumni Fellowship was held last Monday at Memorial United Brethren Church. Willlam Knowles Cooper, general secretary, Y. M. C. A. spoke on “Evangelism and Bibl Btudy.” The Christian Endeavor Alumni Fel- Jowship elected the following officers: v Withers of Ver- ) vice president, lee Smith of United Brethren Church; secretary, Miss E dora C. Lawson of Luther Place Me- morial, and treasurer, Miss Monette Hallam of Calvary Baptist. Dr. Darby conducted ~the installation services for these new officers. A history of Christian Endeavor in the District of Columbia is being compiled to be prese Francis E. and those who are acquainted with the history mbout 20 years or more ked to communicate with Merritt L. Smith, president of District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union, at head- arters. A loyalty chart has been compliled to be used in place of chart, which is too compli will be ready at headquarters soon. The April union meeting. will be in the form of a “going-to-Cleveland” soclal, April 4, at Metropolitan Pres- byterian Church, Fourth and B streets southeast. ' The shield for best per centage of attendance was awarded the Church of the Brethren. After the business meeting the host soclety entertained with music and refresh- ments MISS HIGHLEMAN TO WED. Nitce of Ar’n’\y‘hv;dgerAdvcca!e to Marry International Lawyer. BARIS, March 19 (#) ment s announced of Miss Tifin Highleman to Raymond Harper, an international lawyer of Paris 1 b i ever, is whether the exempted classes Wispstughisoun Jsi e S shall be increased so that ultimately B e s 1 9f| Snly persons of 45,000 a year incomes Judie hn Hull, U or over will be paying Uncle Sam's - . o nees. Mr. Harper is & son of Donald Har D aind (ihat this s woulT iba pe b New Nork @nd paris. subject to criticism on the ground of i ¥ wedding Swilll gtake unfairness to the smaller group, and Enyipnin atey that it would foster the {mpression . that the people of wealth, by paying To stabilize prices of rice, the|most of the taxes, will occupy a spe- favorite food of Japan, the Japanese |clal status in America. The distribu- government is preparing to buy locally | tion of some taxes among the persons mare than 1,000,000 bushels of the|of smaller incomes has been defended sRpn @, 1 Congress a3 ope means of relaining TAX CUT, BUT URGES DELAY IN PLANNING (Continued from First Page.) Green of the ways and means group already is making arrangements for committee meetings about six weeks in advance of the next session. PROBLEM IS INVOLVED. Success of Debt Reduction Will Af- fect Size of Tax Cut. The success which has attended the Government's refunding policy in the last fortnight and the forecast that a billion dollars will be cut from the public debt this year may vitally affect the size of the next tax reduc- tion, Until the dramatic example Wwas given of how a surplus may cut in- debtedness and indirectly reduce in- terest charges for the future the tendency in Washington was to regard the surplus as logical prey for the ad vocates of tax reduction. Politics pre vented a rebate or credit being given at the last Congress on the surplus that had accumulated, so the alterna- tive was application of the same funds to debt retirement. The Treasury has all along been favorable to this idea of using the surplus, but has ylelded to the clamor for tax reduction. Hav- ing succeeded beyond its own expec- tations in driving home the idea of debt retirement because it strengthens all Government securities and enables the Government to borrow at lower rates of interest, the Treasury will naturally assume a defensive position toward those in Congress who would make a drastic cut in income taxes next time. Politics Complicates Matters. The sinking fund requirement is that only $250,000,000 annually be ap- pited to debt retirement, but when the Treasury has been able to cut the public debt by four times that sum the disposition will be to inerease the sinking fund requirement of preventing too much of ‘The problem is complicated by the fact that 1928 Is a presidential cam palgn year, and members of Congress who ate up for re-election will wish to appear before the electorate in the most favorable light. In order to gain the maximum number of votes, a tax reduction on the smaller incomes will be an inevitable method of ap- proach. The principle involved, how- The engage. place in citizen in Government expenditures and as a sure check against extrava- gance. Mellon Watches Conditions. Congress has rarely been confront- ed with the possibility of a cut of a half billion in taxes, yet if the present | Al: tax rates should continue as produc- tive as they are now the next rev- enue bill will be based on the idea that a cut of at least $400,000,000 would be safe. Secretary Mellon is making no predictions, for he wants to see how business conditions look in December next before hazarding a prediction as to the probable total revenues to be received. The next tax law will be based on incomes earned during the calendar year 1927 and payable next March. The private opinion of mpst officlals is that a prosperous condition of the country, though perhaps not as high as 1926, will be encountered in the remainder of 1927 and in 1928. The recommendations of the Treasury as to the size of the tax cut will be based on the thought that if the estimates are too conservative and a large sur- plus results, it can be effectively used for tax reduction and, judging by the reaction of the people to what was done with this year's surplus, such a course, in the view of the Treasury, will not be unfavorably received. D. L. (Copyright. 1927.) FESTIVAL OPENS TUESDAY Methodist Women to Hold Spring Affair at Calvary Church. The Spring festival of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Churches of the District of Columbia will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in Calvary Methodist Epis- copal Church, Fifteenth street and Co- {umbia road. Among those H. Fowler, Dowell, Mrs. J ‘B. Moulton, M Frank X Pierce, Mrs. Belle Fowler, Mrs. W. A. Nell and Mrs. 1 in charge are Miss Mrs. Willlam F. Me- Phelps Hand, Mrs. H. Mrs. Lucius C. Clark, \. Long, Miss Elizabeth . L. Harvey, Miss d’ Wolfe, Herman he rooms will be decorated with Spring blossoms under the supervision of Mrs. Ji Shera Montgomery. Fancy articles, cakes, candy and nov. clties will be on sale. Dinner will be served each evening from 5:80 to 7 o'clock. The dining room will be in charge of Mrs. Harry Hoskinson, district treasurer of the soclety, assisted by the treasurers of the Woman's Forefgn Missionary So- cleties of the different churches. The hostesses in_the dining room will be Mrs. H. E. Woolever and Mrs, Mark Depp. Thirteen days left to file your per- sonal tax retu Shares of stock of natfonal banks and other banks lo- cated in the District of Columbia are not taxable, & rived here from Jacksonville for the legal technicality of twisting a frail tin Government seal from the box car in which the speedster was locked. Hauled on Big Truck. It had been sealed by the Govern- 'ment In New York pending the post- ing of $40,000 bond to Insure the car being taken out of the country at the end of the speed trial. Until 5:30 teamsters wrestled with a huge case, 32 feet long, 8 feet wide and weighing 6 tons gross. At the end of that time it was dumped on the floor of & garage near the beach, hav. ing been hauled across town on an au- tomobile truck, which had been fol- lowed by a curious crowd of several hundred, Then seven mechanics tackled the case and three sides were unbolted and removed in two hours. Machine Closely Guarded. A flattened sheet aluminum tube, British red, 24 feet long, 8 feet wide and little more than 4 feet high was revealed. The name and make of the machine lettered on the side and crossed British and American flags on the prow are the only marks. All this is only for the initiate to see, as two policemen and six mechanics stand about the little platform on which it stands in the rear of the garage. The racing party is to return from Miami Sunday, when the mechanics expect to have the speed car tuned up, and Maj. Segrave will make his first trial spin on the sand Monday morn- ing. The speed record attempt has been set for 4 p.m. Tuesday. weather , |and other conditions being favorable. WILL MEET AT BANQUET. Men’s Club to Have Feature Pro- gram Monday Evening. The Men's Club of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church will have a banquet Monday evening, at the church, the principal feature of which will be an illustrated lecture and moving pictures by Dr. Louis T. Mann of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the capture of the giraffe and other wild animals recently brought to the National Zoo by the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedition. Dr. C. C. Galloway is president of the club. Rev. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the church, is engaged in a revival meet- ing with the First Christian Church of Chattanooga, Tenn. He will re- turn to the city April 1. Tomorrow Rev. Finley B. Sapp of Cumberland, Md., will occupy the pulpit. Dr. Sapp was one of the early pastors of the H Street Christian Church of this city. SHIPPING NEWS Sallings From Arrivals at and New York. ARRIVED AT NEW YORK. George Washington—Bremerhaven..March 8 DUE TODAY. Columbus—West _Indies cruise. 11:30 a.m. La Savoie—Havre, March 9, 9:30 a.m. DUE TOMORROW. Avon—Bermpda, March 18, noon. Pastores—Crlutobal, March ‘11, 10 a.m. Lituania—Ds o zig, March 5, 10 a.m. Orizaba—Havana. March 17. afternoon. DUE MONDAY. MARCH 21. Duilio—Genoa. March 11, forenoon. Colombia—san Francisco. Pebruacy 19, fore- ‘noon. Celtic—Liverpool. March 12. afternoon. Xoordam—Rotterdam, March 8. forenoon. Letitia—G] . March 12, afternoon. Santa_ Eliss—Valparaiso. March 2. forenoon. Fort Victorla—Bermuda. March 19, 10 am. AUgonia—Southampton and Cherbourg. March 10, afternoon. San Lorenzo—San Juan. March 17. forenoon. Hamburg—Hamburg. March 11. forenoon. DUE TUESDAY. MARCH 22. American Banker—London. March 12, after- noon or Wednesday. BT iverpool: March 12, forenoon. Berlin—Bremerhaven. March 12, forenoon. Republic—Bremerhaven. March 10, forenoon. Olympic—Southampton and Cherbourg, March 16. E"i‘l‘l}xfl“. NirarTrinidad. March 12. forenoon. |- Igfifl!)’— avana, March 18, forenoon. Briqpetown—Puerto Colombla. March 11, forenoon. DUE WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23. United States—Cobenhagen. March 11. fore- Vaibaii—Buenos Aires, February 28. after- ! Boon. DUE THURSDAY. MARCH 24. e . March 11. forencon. B e Bermuda. March B3 about Aracusyg—Bermuda. March 22. about 11 ey ) h 19, t © a.m. siivia—st. Johna. March “»a?gs\tmmfim irta. arch 15, forenoon. larch 16, forenoon. DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 25. Berlin—DBremerhaven. March 12, forenoon. n—Piraeus, March 9, forenoon. B erpoo]. March 17. forenoon Gresident Harding—Bremerhaven, March 1 Reliance-=Weat Indies cruise, forengon. OUTGOING BTEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. aiti—Port_au Prince, Puerto Co Heia and Cartagena. Leviathan—Cherbourg and TR - w:?-:gpx-nawpi and London . Bremen—Cobh. Bromer Volendam R i M e Cadiz, Malugs and Barcelona o5 Drottningholm: Conte ituncamand ples and b eeCobh and Liverpool. (nm:;—k(l”n.{?u. L(um- and Live Dol o ¥ Castila. Paierto. Barri Sastillu. . Paerto Barrios o Casti o BIIGE | Noon 1:00 P.M. Bermuda ~ .. 1111000 AM; ArBEuY o lifax and S Jotn's 0 Noon Hirbadon. Rio' de a- Vol itovideo and Bucios Alre : Georke—Termuda. D111 1100 &M Tor dam——West Indies cruise. ... 1:00 P/M SAILING MONDAY. MARCH 21. olumbus—Plymouth. Cherboure GOl remerhaven . ...-.-. .-+ Midnight SAILING TUESDAY. MARCH 22, cidente Wilson—Lisbon. Gi- Preniitar, Nuplos and Tricate. Ancohe—Port au Prince and Cris- o and " Da 1:00 10:00 SDAY. MARCH 23. Iymouth 1:00 P.M. 11:00 A, ang 300PM. _*"'10:00 A.M. oulogne 11:00 AM. 4:30 PN 1100 AM. Noon 110:00 A.N. 11:00 AM. LitSuma—topenbagen Avalh—Bermuda 1 SAILING WED: George Washingto! G ehourk, and rel La 6l PM. AN 11 00!:‘\":(" Vol sHavre.. .- 003 e Verdi Paierino. " Naples . Fl Al Noon Fort Victori L 11:00AM. Tivives—Kingston, Cristobal. Car- tagens. Puerto Colombia lu\(l‘ nta Marta.. 1:00AM. DAY. MARCH 24. armer—Plymouth and nd ‘Val- American London .. Ebro—Cristob paraiso . Bourdonnais—Vizo San Lorenzo—San Juan: SAILING FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 4:00P.M, EIETEIRIETESEI SRR ETE A MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Girls' Friendly Soclety Arranges Admission Sesslon The annual admission of members of the Epiphany branch of the Girls' Frienaly will ba held In Epiphany Church tomorrow ening during the & o'clock service The members will be presented by Mrs. H. €. Bolton, branch president At the same time two members will be promoted to be senlor members of the soclety Rev. Dr. 7 service oty B. Phillips, rector of Epiphany Church, will continue to deliver "Monday afternoons during Lent his talka for girls, which are Intende; for all members of the Girls’ Friendly Soclety in Washington, as well as other Interested women and girls TORNADOES KILL 25 IN ARKANSAS—MANY HURT IN MISSOURI __(Continued from First Page.) almost all business bufldings, on the square and fn practieally every home. No effort was made to combat the fires, The entire population, that portion that escaped the storm's fury, was milllng about the streets during the early morning hours waiting for day- light to reveal the true picture of disaster, Women, g0 hysterical, some scantily clad ng children clinging to then roamed the streets. ' men were doing their bit toward re- covering the bodies. Lanterns flashed here and there through the streets, and motor cars and stretchers, bear- Ing injured and dead, moved to the two churches, The known dead at Green Forest Included: Mrs. H. T. Jones, Mrs. R. B. Galloway, Mrs. Fannie Norris, Mrs. Jerry H. Jones, Mrs. Hulsey, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Moore, Polk Jones. Bables Feared Killed. Several bables and children of grade school age were thought to have perished, as many of the victims were caught in their homes at about 8 o'clock. Tinson mountain country farmers said the storm broke near Berryville about 7:45 p.m. and swept southeast to Green Forest to level the south end of the ecity. The tornado apparently centered in a path three-quarters of a mile wide and 15 miles long. The hail fol- lowing in its wake covered a much larger section. Ike Stovall and his wife were in- jured when their farm home, near Marshfield, was destroyed. Two other homes in this section were reported demolished, but the fate of the occu- pants was unknown. 30 at School Play Safe. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 19 (®). —A citizens' committee was in charge of relief work for the homeless at Benton, 30 miles southwest of here, today as a result of the tornado which swept the section Thursday night, killing 10 persons and seriously injuring 12. Thirty persons gathered to see a school play at Point View were saved from probable death when the storm struck there and demolished the school building. A beam was caught in such a position that the weight of the debris was suspended 2 feet above the ground. Although several persons were hurt, the be- wildered victims managed to crawl to safety without a single fatality. TENNESSEE STORM SWEPT. Children Killed by Lightning—100 Homes Unroofed. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 19 (#).— A rainstorm and tornado unroofed 100 homes in Hohenwald, Tenn.; lightning killed a child in Mount Pleasant, ‘Tenn., and a heavy hallstorm fell in Columbia and Wartrace and swept middle Tennessee yesterday afternoon and last night. Gladys Thelma Graves, 3 years old, was instantly killed at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Graves, Mount Pleasant. She was leaning against a wall when a light- ning bolt flashed across it from a tele- phone wire, burning her hair from her head and causing instant death. ELKIN, N. C. Aliene Dorsett, when struck by lightning as she was standing by the kitchen sink at her home during an electrical storm here last night. She was the daughter of Robie Dorsett. SNOW COVERS TWO STATES. Heavy Storms Grip Colorado and Wyoming Towns, DENVER, Colo., March 19 (#).— Colorado and Wyoming lay under one of the heaviest snow blankets of the winter today following a storm last night that approached blizzard pro- portions at many points. Traffic in many mountain towns was virtually at a standstill today, while m'%{'l\l!ways were blocked with deep s. Silverton, San Juan Basin mining town, blockaded for a month by slides, received a heavy additional amount of snow to delay again crews attempting to clear rallroad lines. ‘Weather bureaus reported the storm raged from Casper, Wyo., to Colorado Springs and today extended eastwar to North Platte, Neb. Sharp drops in temperature were recorded thorughout the storm zone, with the prospect a cold wave would 6.]enter the Southwest an parts of the Middle West today. Finding two men living in a piano box at Mildura, Australia, the health inspector had notices placed on the box saying that camping was pro- hibited there. TS ETETETETE LT ETE TR NEW BOEING PLANE TESTED BY NAVY One of Three Types Offered in Competition for Use on Battleships. The manufacturers’ performance test of the Boeing “battleship fighter, one of three planes submitted to the Navy by the aireraft industry as candidates for adoption of a new type of naval military craft, was given at the Naval Alr Station, Anacostia, yesterday afternoon before officials of the Bureau of Aeronautics. R. R. Tower, chief test pilot of the Boeing factory at Seattle, Wash., and a former Army pursuit pilot, put the plane through loops, rolls, spins, dives, maximum and minimum speed and upon landing it was turned over to the test board of the Navy for service trials. The Curtis Sea Hawk, first of the three candidates to arrive, was given a manufacturer’s performance test Wednesday by Temple Joyce of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., and that plane now is in the hands of the test board. Competition Ts Keen. The third competitor, the Co- manche, first product of the Ehers hart Alrplane & Motor Co. of Buffalo, also_was flown yvesterday by George R. Pond, former naval aviator. It will be given a further demonstration, however, before being turned over to the Navy test board, which is com- posed of Lieuts. George R. Henderson, chief; James D. Barner and S. W. Callaway. The competition is the keenest ever held at the air station sinee test work was undertaken several years ago. All three planés have a high speed in excess of 160 miles an hour and represent the latest development of fighting aircraft for use on battle- ships. Each plane is equipped with the Pratt & Whitney 400-horsepower air-cooled nine-cylinder radial engine. which the Navy has adopted as the power plant for pursuit and observa- tlon planes of the heavier and larger type. “Have “Floatation Gear.” The Boeing and Curtiss planes are equipped with a “floatation gear” which will enable the fuselage to re- main afloat on the water in case of a forced landing at sea with wheels on, or should the pontoons spring a leak. The *‘gear” consists of blisters which in a few seconds can be in- flated with compressed air. The per- formance trlals yesterday were made with wheels. The demonstrations were witnessed by Orville Wright, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Capt. Emory S. Land, assistant chief, and other officers of the bureau and officlals of the three competing aircraft companies. During the coming weeks the planes will be flown by the test officers to determine the best performance in maximum altitude, rate of climb per minute, maximum speed, minimum speed, maneuverability, fuel consump- tion and landing and taking off ability. NURSES AND MEDICAL STAFF BLAMED IN DEATHS Chicago Coroner’s Jury Holds Neg- ligence and Inefficiency Killed Six Babies. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—The negli- gence of two nurses and the “great laxity and inefficiency” of the medical staff of the Columbus Memorial Hos- pital were held responsible for the deaths of six babies February 28, who were fed a boric acid solution instead of sterile water, a coroner’s jury de- cided yesterday. No criminal responsi- bility ‘was found, the jury reporting that “there was no criminal intent.” The two nurses, Misses Alleen Cal- lahan and Margaret Cuff who prepar- ed and fed the solution were held “negligent,” while the jury sald it was also their belfef “that there is a great- er need for closer co-operation be- tween the medical staff and the nurs- ing staff.” . “In the last analysis, the responsi- bility must, of course, rest with the medical staff,” the report said. Open an Account with this Association and receive 5% Interest Compounded Semi-Annually Columbia Permanent Building Association Melvin C. Hazen, Pres. Floyd E. Davis, Treas. 733 12th St. N.W. 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Gentry, George E Warfleld, Gardner Lloyd Boothe, John | G. Graham, Robert E. Knight, John | W. May, Benedict Weil and Thomas Chauncey, who will serve on the| board for two years, and J. E. W. Timberman, David Boyd-Smith and | Frank Michelbach, who will serve one | year. The annual reports were read by Claude W. Fletcher, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and J. T Preston, secretary and treasurer. Sev eral resolutions were presented be- fore the meeting by John W. May, which were acted on after discussion and referred to the board of directors. The newly elected board will meet within the next 10 days to elect a president and secretary-treasurer. To Enforce New Law. The ordinance adopted by the City Council recently regarding the dis play of merchandise on the sidewalks is to be strictly enforced by the local Police Department, according to Capt. W. W. Campbell, who is notifying merchants on King street of its pro- visions. Those violating the law will be cited Into court and violations are punishable by fines of $5 to $40. The State law governing displays of food- stuffs, providing that they shall be kept in glass cases, also will be en- forced. Funeral services for Willam H. Breen, a former resident of this city who dled Thursday at his home in Washington, will be held in St. Paul's Church, Washington, Monday morn. ing at'9 o'clock. The body will be brought here for burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and several children. Edmond C. Bell Dead. Edmond C. Bell, 85 years of age, died at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ola V. Bell, 321 South Lee street, yesterday following a long illne: Funeral services will be held in Wheat- ley's mortuary chapel Monday after- noon at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Ernest M. Delaney, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, and burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Gaining entrance to the home of Robert L. Goods, 201 North Columbus street, by breaking the slats in the kitchen blinds and removing the glass panes from the window, burglers ran- sacked the home while the family was away on a visit some time during the last week. The only missing articles ‘were several jars of preserves, a comb and brush and bed linen. Earl Carter, 403 Oronoco street, to- day reported the theft of his sedan from in front of his home last night. Marriage Licenses. roarriage licenses have been issued to the ollowi, Sol Taishoff of New York City and Bett Meyeroviteh of this cits. i lesse S. Majors and Julia E. Cundiff. Ciarence Hanton and Helen E. Jackson Willlam _G. Verger of this city d Ethel loore of Barcroft, Va. E. de Lorme and Gladys L. Ryan, mond. Va riefer, .. of Baltimore, Md.. [cDermott of this city. ngton and Juanita’ Brook Henry 8. Jolliff 'and Edna K. Steinbrucker. Willfam M. Williams of Hollywood, Calif.. and Caroline Loud of Charlotie. N. C. NICARAGUA REBELS CLAIM BIG VIGTORY Rout of Diaz Army Reported by Liberal Agent in Mexico City. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 19.—Redro J Zepeda, local representative of the Lib eral government of Nicaragua, an- nounged yesterday he had received dis- patches saying the Liberals have won their greatest victory in the warfare with the rival Conservative govern ment for control of Nicaragua. Zepeda's advices reported the con servative troops have been routed with heavy losses at San Goronimo The capture of Teustepe, Boaquito and Acoyapa by the Liberals also s an nounced. LOAN REPORTED APPROVED. $1,000,000 Project Sald to Have Been 0. K.'d'by Cabinet. MANAG Nicaragua, March 19 (#).—A special cabinet meeting last night, attended by the Conservative President, Adolfo Diaz, approved a loan project of $1,000,000 sald to have been submitted by the Guaranty Trust 0. and J. & W. Seligman & Co. of New the money to be used solely for “restoration of peace and order in Nicaragua." President Diaz announced that he had been informed by his financial agent that the Washington State De- partment has no objection to the pro- posed financial arrangement. The loan project will be presented at a special session of Congress today. —e. MT. VESUVIUS SEEN IN ACTIVE ERUPTION Residents of District Show Alarm, But American and English Tour- ists Deeply Interested. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, Italy, March 19.—Mount Vesuvius is in eruption, causing some alarm to residents of the district, but putting on a good show for tourists. Many of the latter stayed up all last night to watch the spectacle and yea- terday a party of English and Ameri- cans climbed the slope and were allowed to go into the crater. The volcano resumed activity last night to the accompaniment of a series of light earthquakes, which con- tinued today. The crater is belching forth columns of flame and smoke and throwing fragments of stone high in the air, while it keeps up deep, rum- bling noises. 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