New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Hitting on All Twelve
: GET. SchArps

fxAc1ty the point raised by Magis-
rTAte Mancuso in a statement published
recently IN the newspapers, has often
been brought up by autom obilists- In
commenting on the cases Of women
nonvacted Of certain offences on the
mn cuEroborzted testimony Of police
officers, he says that to discredit the
unsupported testimony OF the police Of
ileeT would be to prevent convictions
IN the TRAFFIC Court also; for instance,
Magistrate Mnncuso said: "If it were
true that conviction in this case
could not be had on the unsup-
ported testimony OF the police officers
then the same principle would apply
to vlolatoIs Of the traffic laws where
hundreds of persons are convi cted daily
IN the Traffic Court on the testimony
OF one police officer who pursues the
v1olAtor on his MOTORCYCLE
1t Is just this thing to which most
motorists object, because they do not
see why the unsupported testimony
OF the accusing officer should be enough
to insure conviction Most automo
bills1s have thought that it is also
the only kind Of case in which the
pol1ceman's word was enough to make
a conviction Now, however, it is
shown that there is one other type of
offence in which this applies.
1t Is not particularly a Hattering
class11i cation for the motorist to be in
Guided in But now that there seems
10 be chance Of getting an occa-
s1onal case IN which the poiiceman's
word alone is not enough there may
be some hopes for the automobilist
too.
The annual outing Of the Automobile
Dealers Association will. as ever, take
the form of lambake. and again, as
ever, will be held at Fred Wagner's
farm, at Shutdown, L. l. September II
VIII be the date.
An appeal will at once be filed from
the decision by the Court Of the South
ern District Of New York, Second Cir
cunt, holding invalid the patent to
Pugh, 1.057,702, covering the triple
spoke lacing, employed by the Wire
" heel Corporation of America and it's
Licensees, the Standard Roller Bearing
Company, the Hayes Wheel Company
and the Dayton Wire Wheel Company.
The Pugh patent in question covers
only one Of the many exclusive features
embodied in the Houk. House. Rudge-
Whitworth, Hayes and Dayton wheels,
aao this decision, which, by the way, is
not final, will not cause any change in
me pOlCy OF inc W Ire W heel CORPORA
ton, to establish the validity and to
stop the Infringement Of its principal
patents.
"An expenditure of more than SIG
100000 by the state on new roads this
year, and the birth Of a campaign for
good roads and always open were the
two salient features disclosed at a re-
cent meeting OF automobile men in AL
bany," according to Charles G. Bond,
counsel for the Motor Truck Associa-
ton of America.
BY the terms of Senate bill 1850, Mr..
Bond says, the state will receive from
the Automobile Bureau in 1920 a sum
estimated TO be more than $4,000 900 to
be spent for maintenance and repair
of highways, as against S2,700,00O from
the same source in 1918.
Mr.. Bond gives these figures of 1919
expenditures:
Direct appropriation for main
tenance and repair ...... $500 600
From automobile fees ......... 5000, 900
State aid to towns and counties. 2,1S0,0o0
Federal aid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40, 900
State appropriation to equal this. o15, 900
For relief of contractors to enable
them to finish pre-War contracts $500, 900
New bridges. Observation-Disclosures. 900, 900
Total Observation-Disclosures. sl6.223o, 900