Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-31
Cheers Greet Winners of
Round-WorId Race.
WONDERFUL FEAT ENDS
Driver and Companions Tired, But
Happy.
NO LIGHTS; PUT UNDER ARREST
Honors Paid Victors-Wi1 Push on
to America After Few Days
in France.

The arrival of the Thomas car in Paris
winner of the New York to Paris auto
mobile race is told in a special cable
gram to the New York Times. The dis
| patch reads
| Escorted through the boulevards of the
! city by a great cavalcade of automobiles
| who had driven to MeauX, twenty-five
miles away, to meet them, four dust-be-
grimed, tired out. khaki-clad men rode UP
in front of the office of LIE Matin on the
| Boulevard Possoniere at o'clock last
night in the American Thomas car, which
| had circled the globe in the New York
| to Paris race, the winners Of the coveted
trophy.
Cheers for Winners.
Crowds thronged the streets in expecta-
| ton of the arrival Of the intrepid Ameri-
cans and cheered them to the echo from
the moment they entered the city limits
| until their journey ended at LIE Matin
office.
| The committee having the race in charge
awaited the men in LIE Matin building, and
when they could force their way through
the throng that gathered about the car.
| they were the recipients of the heart1est
congratulations. All concurred In declar-
ever undertaken in the history of sport,
| and hailed the crew as heroes.
| At the Matin Office an informal recep-
| ton was rendered to George Shuster
| George Miller. Capt. Hansen and George
MacAdam, at which toastS were drunk In
| their honor and in honor of America
after which they left the offices to pro-
coed to the garage. where their car was
| to be housed until its return to the
| United States.
AS the machine made its way through
the lines of lighted cafes on the boule-
| wards gay crowds cheered wildly In Its
honor ''Vive lie car Americaine" they
cried block after block taking up the
| shout with heartiness and spontanelty
| that was most inspiring.
Arrested for Not Having Lights.
With the American flag floating behind
the Thomas made it's way to Place de
l'Opera. where in front of the Cafe de la
Paix, a policeman stopped the car
You're under arrest" he declared. You
have no lights on your car"
| A crowd Of Americans rushed from the
cafe and explained the situation to the
officer telling him that the machine was
| finishing the round the world race. while
| Shuster declared that the lights had been
broken on the journey. but no explanation
| could move him. Suddenly man on a
| bicycle came forward and offered his
| lantern 10 the crew, DuI IL COulu not Ut
| detached from the machine. Finally the
bicycle was lifted on the front seat of the
automobile and placed between Shustel
| and Miller. while the man climbed In the
! rear seat, and the car was allowed to pro-
| ceed
The Thomas continued the trip to the
| Boulevard des Capucines. where 1t waf
| finally garaged, while the party went to
| the Grand Hotel to attend a supper given
| in the court by George st. Chaffray In
| honor of the Americans.
Honors to the Winners.
| Americans clustered on all sides to NEE,
the men who had come through such a
remarkable experience. many of then
men who had seen the car start out from
Times square in New York on Lincoln's
birthday, and never expected to see il
complete the trip. These showered con
| gratulations upon the winners. The mer
| in khaki became the center of interest ir
the smart supper room and were unable
| to escape the attentions thrust upon then
until they retired to their rooms in the
| hotel for the night. They will remain ir
Paris only a few days, when they will
push on to America.