Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1927, Page 13

B e | MAJOR SEGRAVE - STOPS IN CAPITAL Auio Racing Ace, on Way]‘ Home, Hopes to Return for | Contest in West. Maj. H, O. D. Segrave, British auto- | mobile racing ace, who & fastest speed on land by driving the | remarkable average of 203.79 miles per hour in two l-mile speed trials at Daytona Beach on March 29, stopped over in Washington a scant 20 min utes this afternoon en route to New York from the scene of his recent speed triumph. This athletic, boyish looking Brit isher, who is taking back to England with him the world automob record, promised A. A. A. offic met him at Union Station to return to the United States, if possible, to try his luck against America's greatest | drivers over the Indianapolis course on May 30. 5 3 Maj. Segrave sails from New York next Wednesday, with his 4-ton “Mys. tery Sunbeam,” to participaté in a strenuous racing season that will find him pitted against Europe's best. Given the right racing conditions, he declared today that his giant twin 1 cylinder racing car can do 216 miles easily. May Return for Stunts. The great size of this racer, which is 23% feet long and 6 feet wide, makes it impossible for two such cars 1o meet on a racing track, but the in trepid Britisher hopes to return to America. within a year, if he cannot enter the Indianapolis races, to show his friends on this side of the water racing stunts in his smaller Talbot ttuined the Segrave was met at Union Station by Ernest M. Smith, general manager of the A. A. A.; Val Hare- snape, secretary of the contest board, and A. J. Montgomery of the local A. A, A. His speed test at Daytona, conducted under A. A, A. auspices, stands as an established record over & measured mile. Accompanying the racing ace to New York were K. L. Guinness, ex- British driver, and William F. Sturm, Segrave's American manager. All were enthusiastic in their praise of the conditions which they ° encoun- tered here during their brief stay since March 8, Segrave will enter the famous Hartford cup race in Eng- land ‘on_ April 27, driving a “Sun- beam,” besides a number of other races. of lesser importance. He also will compete in the French grand prix races July 2 and in the Italian grand prix races on September 5. Born in Baltimore. The United States is no strange country to MaJj. Segrave for he is American born and en route to New York today he passed *wrough Balti- more, where he wars oorn 30 years ago. In New Yor' he will pick up Lord Rossmore, *.no came over here to witness his Daytona trials and who will accompany him to London. A. A. A. officials were disappointed that Segrave could not remain longer in ‘Washington and the racer ex- pressed his extreme regret and appre- ciation for courtesies shown him dur- ing his stay in this country. Maj, Segrave accepts his honors modestly. He is 30 years old. Aute - racing has been his hobby for a number of years and the con- siruction of fast traveling cars his serious business. Since his recent ss#chievement at Daytona he rightly claims the title of the world’s great- est auto racer, as he was known as Europe’s speediest, before his arrival here, Theugh born in Baltimore, Segrave left that city for England when only 4 years old. During the World War he served in the British infantry and aviation services and was cited for hig services. outstanding racing ‘hievement before his Daytona stunt over the Boulogne course, where he made 140.6 miles an hour last year in a “Sunbeam” racer, a car of his own make. EUROPE’S FALLING BIRTH RATE CONSOLES FRANCE French Welcome Report of Sharp Decline in Several Nations, Including Germany. By the Associated Press PARIS, April 2—The falling birth rates of nearly all European countries consoles the French. Statistic en’t up to the minute, but the 1925 figures, just complete, show France no longer is the only “dying” nation France, in 1925, had 18.07- births per 1,000 population. Sweden dropped and even England made a showing than F the glorious part of it, to the French, is that Germany, with a rate of 357 a quarter of a century ago, now boasts only 2 “Nature hates a vacuum,” says one commentator, “and Asia, resuming her march, will swarm over to fill the void." Iven Switzerland, say the statis ticians, is on the downward trend in its b rate HORSES’ MENU REVISED. Army Finds Mounts Need More Food in Field Than in Garrison. After three years of experimenting, Army has found out that its food when on in garrison, and when the doughboys’ r menu of 1 m 14 pounds 2 in m will be left disturbed when he takes the fleld. hi allowa will be cut from 1 duty but ds whe pounds inds to 15 will be giver march of stra rse at the ) pounds ground Proportic have heen ked out fo and lighter horses U. S. PAY ROLL CUT. the District owest total nber of nee ear On Febru rere were bu 302 employes vernment pay n Wash loss for the month of red and fifty-six ad rmy mules | v month were 1 balanced by 669 separations. The largest turnover occurred in the Treasyry Department, where there were 88 additions and 125 separations, & net loss of 37. Other departments showing reductions in total force were War, 20; Post Office, 11; Labor, 2; Gov Printing Office, 8: Interstate | ; Commerce Commission, 1; Civil Sery Alien Pre THE SLAT B LKELY ONNAVAL ARSHIS Metal Craft Builder, Here for Patents, May Seek Diri- gible Contract. SUNDAY STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 3, 1927~ PART 1 Thomas B. Slate, a former Wash- 0o Nyl a5 12 our gallons of water be n-ea-l,rr to ubnmhem steam for that perform- ance, he After test flights Mr. Slate plans to fly it to Washington for exhibition to officials here. During the war Mr. Slate invented the wind driven gen- erator for radio equipment. He -said the work was undertaken in a small shop near the P Street Market. —_— URGES MORAL EDUCATION Eugene C. Clark Addresses Birney Parent-Teachers. Declaring that “character education” sary to Be Followed by Campaign for 10,000 Members. 4 President William Mather Lewis ‘@¢ George Washington University will be the principal speaker at the anniver- v public meeting of the Assoclated | Charities tomorrow evening at Rausch- 4 Connecticut avenue. ingtonian, who is building at Glendale, Calif., an all.metal airship employing a hitherto unused principle of con struction, is in Washington arranging for patents on several features of this unusual craft, and while here plans to submit a bid to the Navy Depart- ment on the proposals for two 6,000, 000 cubic feet rigid alrships which will be opened about the middle of May. He claims that he can build the type of ships called for by the Navy, which will be one-third as light as the Zep. pelin . type, three times as strong, carry a net load of 200,000 pounds and fly 120 ‘miles an hour at crulsing speed. Mr. Slate's ship will be propelled through the alr by means of a fan blower located in the center of the nose and which in turn will be power- by a steam engine. Two of this type under construction have been completely wrecked by storms since last September, but a_third now is ready to go forward. This ship will Maj. H. 0. Segrave (center), who recently shattered the world auto speed record in his “Mystery 8," photo- | FoA0Y to g0 forward. Whis ship will graphed yesterday at Union Station, while passing through Washington. He is with Krnest N. Smith, genoral man- | drogen gap. will ve 500 fest 1ong and A A ager of CHICAGO ELEGTION TROOPS DEBATED Governor Orders Survey After Appeal to Have Guard Ready. By the Assaciated Press | CHICAGO, April 2 Adjutant Gen. ) Carlos Black was ordered to Chicago from Springfield today to . determine whether it will be necessary to call | out the national guard to insure a | riotless mayoralty election here next | Tuesday. | Gov. Len Small,.in a statement re- | vealing the order to the adjutant| general, said: “I have instructed Adjutant Gen. Black to go to Chicago to confer with Maj. Gen. Roy D. Keenhan and Sheriff Charles E. Graydon and give whatever situation may arise his per- sonal attention, Confidence in People, “I have too much confidence in the people of Chicago to think there wiil be race riots or other serious disturb- ances. But when a sheriff asks in- tervention or preparation for inter- | vention, his request must be taken seriously. ““We are going to see that the people of Chicago can go to the polls Tues day and safely cast their ballots.” The Governor's action followed a re- | quest by Sherift ydon of Cook | County, that the r be prepared | to mobolize the National Guard on quick notice. Pandemonium in Streets. Pandemonium in the city’s ‘thre cornered mayoralty contest broke to. night. Shouting, ~ jostling crowds jammed downtown streets. Spasmodic fist fighting was reported by police The streets about the hotel in which Mayor Willlam E. Dever, Democrat, | and William Hale Thompson, Repub- lican; both have their headquarters, were crowded, The third candidate is Dr. John Dill Robertson, running on an_independent Republican ticket. Sheriff Graydon, who aligned | with the Republican anization backing Thompson's candidacy, said he was.impelled 1o ask Gov. Smali to beé ready with troops ‘by what he characterized as a “Democrat-inspired plot.”” This was the sending of let ters to 10,000 negroes under the stamped signature of Thompson. The letters requested the recipients to meet Thompson at his hotel headquar. ters yesterday. Thompson said he believed the let ters were for the purpose of filling | the downtown streets with large num. | bers of negroes wearing Thompson | badges. A fight was to be started, ac- | cording to Thompson adherer the possibility of a riot resulting Managers of Mayor Dever's cam paign said the plot appeared to them to be somebody's April fool joke, They | disclatmed knowledge of it. Wheth, or not soldiers are called to guard tk ballot boxes, there will be unusually | strong police protection | BIRD LONGEVITY TESTED. | “Banding” Process Is Reported as Revealing Surprising Results. The growing practice of bird bang ing is revea) surprising in: nces of the longevity of birds. The United | States Bic ical Survey has recent received a 'return record” of a pin tail duck treated for duck sickness i | Utah by Dr. A r We! s of | the Smithsonian Institution b in | eptem 914. The duck was cured | and released by Dr. Wetmore, after | having affixed 1o it Biological Survey | band No. 519 In Octobe i was shot by H. ornia, showing th n carried for ove 1e duck was a full g 3 old when it must have been at le when shot Sclentists commentins dent in the ornitholog urnal Con dor, consider it “a m mark record in view of the t that e: season it had run the gauntlet hunters, and also had escaped poisonous alkall areas where many thousands of ducks die annually fro 1926, the | Sevbert in | band had | {au sickness and other Lie 2003 Columbia Road Four-Course Dinner Attractive Dinir Potomae 295 REAL ESTATE LOANS MADE AND SOLD J. LEO KoLB 923 NEW YORK AV. MAIN 8027 Paid Up in 14 Years With { Present Dividends $5,0005 6.5y Georg;: E. k;éler, today aservice Commission, 1130 Investment Bldg. A. (left), and Val Haresnape, secretary of th-e contest hoard A. A. A, (vight). 50 feet in diameter. He believes that was of the utmost fmportance in the life of the child, Eugene C, Clark, sec- ond assistant superintendent of ele mentary schools, divisions 10 to 13, told 500 persons at the annual Spring| meeting of the Birney School Parent- Teacher Association Friday night at the Birney School, Nichols avenue southeast, that parents should give thelr children more systematic oppor- tunity for character building in the home. He sald that co-operation be- tween the home and the school was necessary to do effective work in this direction John C'. Booth, supervising principal of youth, The association unanimously in- dorsed John H. Wilson for membership on the Board of Education MISS FRA meeting marks the forty-sixth riversary of the founding of the es, and just precedes opening of the annual Easter cam Associated Chariti uesday. This will extend until Sunday in the hope of securin 10.000 members or partners in t wide relief work f stands or whic The slogan of this year's campaign will be “Yof r money or their lives," There will be no solicitation of funa at the anniversary meeting. CES D. PARTRIDGE, ult of an : N > | Auto Owner Sued of division 13, spoke on “delinquency | Supreme Record Keeper, Woman Benjamin J and sald there were too| Benefit Association, the largest fra-|wife, Sadie, many children in the Juvenile Courts. | ternal benefit society composed ex- clusively of women in the world. Miss | Kandel as the res Dekelbaum and ve filed suits aggre, $30,000 damages against Joseph utomobi! collision November 24 last, at Eighth Partridge is making a trip through [and P streets, in which th o wife say Two plays were given, one by the | the South in the interests of the as-|she sustained serious injury. The wife children in the seventh grade, the yociation, and will be the guest of scene laid in China; the other by the pupils in the sixth grade, dealing with [ honor at the Quadrennial Great Re- husband wants the American Indian. Alfred Johnson, | view of Washington D. C., which will | expenses incident director of music for the colored|he held April 4. schools, sang several solos. torneys sent the plaintiffs EEE@EEEEE:—EEE:—EEEEEE 1 he Foening Sfaf Offers to Its Readers the Remarkable New Work Answers Questions By Frederic J. 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