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Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

Extending an honor to Phoenix en- joyed by no other city in the United States under 100000 population, ex- cepting Fl Paso, the International Traffic Officers association in conyen- tion at San Francisco August 23-27 elected Bush Anderson, chief of traffic of this city, to the treasurership of the organization.
 In addition to- the honor just men toned, MT. Anderson was the first member named for the executive com mittee of 34 members, which will meet in Cleveland on Dec. 2 to formulate a uniform traffic law for adop- tion by every state legislature in the Union.
 To illustrate the signal honor thls city has received the following cities only are represented on this commit tee: New York, Chicago, Baltimore: San Francisco, Montreal, Buffalo, To- ronto, Cleveland, Rochester. Oakland, Portland, Oregon. Vancouver, B. C.. Los Angeles, Fl Paso and Phoenix.
 Following is a list of the members of the executive committee which will draft the uniform traffic law:
 Bush Anderson, traffic chief, Phoe- nix.
 p. w. Braun, manager Asso. Cham bers of Commerce Chicago
 Walter B. Fawcett. Nat Auto. Un- derwriters Conference, San Francisco.
 c. D. DeMar, associate member I. T. O. A, San Francisco
 David Van Schaack, Nat Safety Council, Chicago.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
CALAMITY HOWLERS
 TAKEN ID ACCOUNT

Turning a deaf ear to the so-called "caIamity howlers" who view with alarm the cotton situation, the short age of transportation facilities and the alleged tight money market" Charles J. Pottberg, vice president and sales manager of Barret & Pottberg, Inc, Studebaker distributors in this vicinity, expressed himself yesterday as more than pleased" with business as he has found it recently and suggested that the prevailing depression in some sources might be only a state of mind"
 "I,Il tell you frankly" MT. Pottberg ,.,,,asTlxad s.r have not found business duU in any sense of the word. July ana August were both good months with us-much better than an average ana o1lr business is continually on the up- ward trend.
 "On every side I hear moaning ana Iamentation regarding the cotton stu ation. AS see it (and I believe that my opinion is indorsed by the bankers and larger cotton men themselVes) there is absolutely nothing to be con cerned about in the cotton market, at least insofar as it affects the long staple cotton of this valley or course, if may be necessary to hold the cotton longer than some of the rahchers an ticipated and in that way lncon- venience them to some extent.
 seAlI this talk about there not being any market for cotton this year; that ft will have to be held until spring; that the tire companies are not going to make any more tires for a year or if they do. will use short staple cotton instead of the long staple cotton-why in the words of the immortal poet that is bunk At least that is the way l see it and I've thought about it a good deal.
 What is needed more than anything else here in Phoenix, and everywhere else in the United States, is more work and less gloom; more thoughtful energy and less idle talking; more scientific methods and less waste. The world is not all wrong; conditions are not hopeless: the world is as bright as each and everyone of us makes it and opportunities for success are as numer- ous as ever before.
 Cotton will move; the railroad situ ation is greatly improved and getting f better every day; it is true money is i a little ttmid just now. but in sixty ] days l venture things will open up as never before Why # must be that way There is no other way for it to
 be. All We have to do is think it. and ] work for II and expect it Lets all
 pull that way and not hold back and
 be prophets of gloom"
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
Some Things They Did Al
 Frisco Traffic Convention

The following are some of the things the Interna- t1onal Traffic Officers convention accomplished it's convention held in San Francisco:
 Recognition of Phoenix by the election of Bush Anderson local traffic chief treasurer of the asso ciation
 Further recognition of Phoenix by the appoint ment of Bush Anderson to the executive committee of 34, to meet in Cleveland December 2 and draft uniform traffic law for the state legislatures ratfca tion No other city except Fl Paso represented this committed has a population under 100000.
 Smashed up a number of perfectly good automo- piles in tests to determine the best method of prevent ing skdding
 Tested all manner of trick bumpers bumpers that do not hurt the bumped, but that stop the within Is inches, turn off the motor and blow the horn all at the same time.
 Inspected scores of signal devices for the guidance of ''the man behind' as well as in front.
 Tested the power of brakes to hold At fifteen miles per hour driver could not stop until his 250 feet from the tape line
 Inspected a contrivance for the automatic stop ping of trailer that gets loose from truck. The air hose, which is supposed to break failed to do and the trailer smashed up along the cuhb. The second test proved successful, demonstrating really wonderful cOntTvance
 Discussed an address by Lady Police Comms siOner, advocating penalty for the Onearned driver-the fellow who drives with arm and hugs ms glrl With the other ~4-sy--@
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC CONVENTION
 HONORS PHOENIX AND TRAFFIC CHIEF
ETNA OFFICIAL
 IN SAF FETY LAWS

One of the principal addresses at the convention was that Of David Van Schaack,. director of accident preven- sion of the Aetna Life Insurance com pany.
 This traffic officers convention" he stated. $ a significant and conclusive recognition of the real need for public accident prevention. When the traffic officers of the country, the men on the job in traffic safety, find it advisable to devote an entire week to the best methods ef preventing accidents, the question of whether organized public prevention effort should command se- rious attention. admits of no further argument
 MT Van Schaack drew attention to the fact that while insurance makes possible the financial distribution of losses, they have to be paid just the same. collectively, if not Individually, and by so much as they are avoidable they are an unnecessary drain upon the community and the nations l wealth.
 The national safety councils meth cd of community public safety organ ization rests on the idea of bringing together all the civic forces public officials, industrial and civic organiza ftions. and indrviduals-who should be interested in public safety
 Tn the past many of these organ izations have been working at cross purposes and with mutual suspicion, as for instance, traffic officers and police judges on the one hand and automobile owners and chauffeurs on the other. | The first step of a general public safety organization is the bringing to- getfler of municipal officers, represen- tatives of large industrial and mercan- tile interests and railways, and repre- sentatives of the churches, schools clubs, etc.
 In defining what he considered the proper automobile legislation to adopt Mir. Van Schaack suggested the fol i lowing:
 To secure the enforcement of state and municipal traffic laws and to reg l ulate pedestrians traffic
 To establish safety zones at sections where traffic is particularly heavy tc aid pedestrians waiting for and alight- l ing from street ears.
 To provide instruction in accident 1 prevention for motormen and con ductors.
 l To conduct a chauffeurs school with i lessons on such subjects as the follow ing: rules of the road. parking regu. l lations. traffic rules. mechanical haz- i ards and efficient driving. hazards o the street, accidents, statistics. reports safe operation of automobiles anC l trucks. and the qualifications Of a saft and competent driver or chauffeur.
 To make a survey of roads and pos warning signs at dangerous crossing: 1 and roads.
 To survey the situation as regards 1 gra6c crossings.
 1 To provide proper inspection fol bridges and Inclines
 To adopt uniform method of han ding traffic violators.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
WARSHIP TONNAGE
 OF THE WORI D

Tn a statement made by Rear Ad miral Albert P Niblack, director of naval intelligence, before a committee of naval officers. the warsbip tonnage of the principal naval powers on July 1, 1919, was as follows: The vessels completed in total tons were, for Great Britain, 2,652 130: the United States, 1.160.355 tons: France. 623.S50 tons; Japan. 5S0.7i6 tons and Italy, 454.293 tons. The total tonnage of ships build ing was, for Great Britain, 246,650 tons; for the United States. 995.313 tons; for France, 147,050 tons; for Japan, 267, ,250 tons, and for Italy, 147250 tons These figures for ships built must be reduced for Great Britain by several hundred thousands tons. for the 150 vessels. in cluding pre- -dreadnaughts, which have been stricken from the list. Similar deduction on a smaller scale should be made for the other powers.-Scientific American
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
UN|F FORM BRAKE
 LAWS ADVOCATED

Fred S. Wilson, vice president of the Thermoid Rubber Company, of Tren- ton, N J., addressed the convention on the subject of Brakes"
 MT Wilson said in part: "A law is sometimes construed as city or state telling it's people what they can and cannot do just to show authority. We should consider law from thls angle that it is a prescription with pep Tn it, which, if taken and observed. would save all hands agony and grlef We should consider it as bringing to our minds the Golden Rule, and as con sequence, we would all learn to love law"
 How much better is the world to- day than it would have been without the Ten Commandments? ?" he asked. Those commandments cover the ground today. but as the world has grown, we must be specific. For iIl- stance, Inspect your brakes is merely another way of saying, Thou shalt not kill.
 The Eighteenth Amendment was not thought of until the liquor traffic went from bad to worse, and if the brewers and distfllers had corrected the evils they knew existed, the coun- try would still have liquid refresh ments."
 MT. Wilson stated that as a general rule. evils known to exist are not cor rected until the public is aroused, and then the rules and restrictions are over strenuous.
 He paid attention to the Road Hog" as the only animal unknown to Noahs Ark" and suggested measures for his behavior
 There is. perhaps. no part of train, an automobile an elevator or any other moving machine" he stated, and I may add the human habit, quite as important as the stopping. It is easy to start a bad habit, but the real trouble comes with the stopping.
 Prior-to 1893 there were no govern mental restrictions or Specifications covering braking devices on railroads. Each road used it's own Judgment with regard to breaking equipment, and 1 must say that some of their judgment was based on the first cost of the article
 T was then young fellow selling brake hose, and more than once have been asked the question, Whats your price rather than being asked to prove the quality of the article"
 MT. Wilson then said that Congress of railway brakes. placing specified tions upon brake Things, hose, fabric, etc. This law was passed in 1S93
 The railroads cried ruin" and wide ly advertised figures showing the tre- mendous costs of installing the equip ment specified, but the law was passed and the roads were given a five-year period to comply. They then took hold and installed the necessary equip ment, and the savings that resulted have many times over paid the cost of the change, both in property dam age and lives saved
 MT. Wilson pointed out that in 1919 | | Al,. -s.-1I passengers as in 1892. yet, with proper braking facilities the killed in 1919 was 1277, against 7174 in 1892. | Safety" he concluded, isn't a mat ter of how fast you are going. It is l how quickly you can stop. A car going 1 at 15 miles an hour. if it's brakes are 4 right, can stop without skidding in 20 eeet, at 20 miles an hour, 37 feet, 25 ms an hour, 5S feet, and at 50 miles an hour 231 feetv
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
CARS SMASHED IN
 SAFETY STUNTS 1T
 TRAFFIC NEE I IN [

Several safety first stunts. ar ranged as object lessons for the benefit of the delegates to the convention at San Francisco eXceede the cops fondest expectations
 Two automobiles were smashed to smithereens. These autos were not in- tended to be smashed.
 The first test was to show motor ist how to skid on wet pavement Under the direction of the Safety First demonstration committee. Bush An derson chairman. the street was thor oughIy hosed. and an automobile got running start from point block away.
 The driver of the automobile ap- preached the wet pavement at good rate of speed. and almost immediately developed skid.
 He kept on skidding and skidded so we'll that he crashed into an iron light pole. thereby reducing the machine to a beautiful pile of scrap iron. Strange to say. the driver was unhurt.
 The second test was even more of thriller A large auto truck with a trailer attached dashed along the street The trailer was supposed to be equipped with automatic brakes the theory being that the trailer brakes would lock the instant the trailer cut loose from the truck.
 The watching crowd of traffic off cers and civilians kept their eyes peeled on the driverless trailer. Instead of stopping it kept going. It ran full speed ahead and made for the curbing. The untamed trailer certainly would have been ruined had it not been for the presence alongsf fde the curb of a brand new touring car, parked there.
 There was crash that could be heard for many a block. The trailer had smashed up the touring car so that even it's factory engineers could not have recognized it. The trailer being the more lowiy of the two, escaped unhurt.
 A later test of the trailer proved that the device for stopping it was effective after all, most of the time.
 Numerous signal devices were ex- am.ned. the majority being of the electrical type.
 A trick bumper, so constructed that it would not hurt the bumped was a very interesting feature of the tests. This bumper was made of a coil of wire, projected in front of the car much as the regular bumper is. At a speed of to 12 miles per hour, this bumper when 1t strikes a person, gives back toward the radiator. and in so do- ing. pulls its supports into their cyl finders, makes contact with the electric switch, thus cutting off the ignition, sets the brakes and blows the horn, all at the same time. In the tests the man bumped did not even sustain black and blue spit, the car being stopped in from one to IS inches.
 Tn nearly every case the occupants of the car were thrown fOrcibly toward the windshiek1, indicating that an auxiliary could be very effectively placed in front of the wheel to pro tect the wTndshild from the passen- gers.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
RUBBER FISH

Movie sportsmen who stalk into the picture carrying fly rods and strings of trout. apparently 50 freshly caught that their tails still wiggle, are not necessarily lucky fishermen. Until re- gently. film directors who needed ang- ling scenes in their pictures were de- pendent upon the notoriously unre- liable moods of living fish. But mod ern efficiency demanded a method more certain and less wastefuI of time. California picture concern therefore engaged a manufacturer of rubber to produce a string of accurately fash toned rubber trout, and an artist com pleted the elastic fish. with oils, in na- ture,s colors.-Popular Mechanics.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
MUSIC HATH CHARMS WHICH SOOTH TIRED
 TRAFFIC OFFICERS

Not all of the time did the visiting traffic officers sit and listen to pre- pared speeches Music of a splendid quality was interspersed with the lec- lures and discussions.
 No less a parsonage than the famous French prima donna soprano. Mile. Bertha D'Aubigny delighted the big assembly with her entrancing voice and the Fiest trio, composed of Oscar Walch, Herbert Folff and Philip Price. rendered a selected program through out the convention.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
l. $. Is MOTORIZED n GREATER DECREE
 THAN EUROPEANS

According to Floyd w. Parsons in the September II issue of the Satur- dav Evening Post. the United States, in spite of it's 100 million population, is more nearly motorized than any other nation. Following are some Of the figures Parsons gives to support his statements:
 The United States has one car for every II people; Canada has one for every 21 people; Hawaiian Islands. one for every % Hawaiians; New Zealand me for every 4s Qf her people, and f-,,ba. one for every 97-
 In Great Britain there is car for every 1s0 people, Australia the ratio of ,ne 10 fS5. France one to every l9S, and s;,,,itzerland one to every 262 persons.
 Tn sweden one person out Of 390 owns ear, in Belgium one to every ;25 cermany has S66 people for every ,utonaobile. while Mexico has one for every s69. The ratio for Italy is one o aS5. Spain. to 13S0 Russia. one to -'-e,, 900 and lastly Japan with one 10 every 15.0oo people
 Aueri-an aufoufotsils as tire manu- lecturers maintain their owf'--f1i42 per
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
DON'T WANT TO DIE
 IN nANTnN NnAAy

DAYTON. O.--Beiug the home town of a presidential candidate has i'm proved Dayton health People refuse to die while inc campaign is on. Tn August onlX 119 deaths were reported. lowest in several years for the month, while births were more than three times that many.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19
MILLION
 ARE COL

Washington is becoming a commun- ity of miIlionaires. According 10 esti- mates made from income tax returns the basis being an income of s50O00 or more year-the District of Colum- bia contains no fewer than 15O persons worth $1 ,000 900 or more. From season to season the number of wealthy Americans who settle in the national capital mainly attracted by it's social opportunities, is perceptibly Sgrowing. Philadelphia Public Ledger
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

Airplanes are being used to spot schools of fish and then direct the fishing vessels to the place
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

Experiments have recently been made in driving motors by spirit made from straw.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

A vessel sailing around the British Isles at night need be out of sight of a light only six times.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

Australia. for the first time ss her history, is issuing nickel coins 'se
Arizona republican., 1920-09-19

Auerira1 autonfotsils ss fire manu es.turers maintain their owF7-atiboe nianfations in tropical countries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-29

the Republican National Committee. The post office says that this organ is owned by MT Hays. MT. Weeks, MT. Hilles, MT. Adams, MT. Mckinley and others now actively engaged in man aging the Republican campaign.
 .'Thus this shameful cartoon ran a very gauntlet of official Republican approval ending at last with the en- conium~ of him-who Senator Hard ing declares to be one of America S great minds who claims that Senator Harding was nominated in his room and through his astute planning who is a frequent and welcome guest in Senator fHarding's house and who will continue to be confidant and adviser if he is elected President.
 "I refer to George Harvey, as re- gently as Tuesday evening the con fidant at dinner companion of MT. Harding himself on which occasion they presumably discussed how to escape the consequences of approving sacri1ege political argument. After three weeks of widespread use of this cartoon in official organs and Repub- lican newspapers, they now seek 10 repudiate it because they have found that the public consequence is aroused against it. That's the whole story. I can best express my opinion of the good faith of MT. Hays and the decency of Republican subsidized
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-29
l3 Baseball . Indictments
 Coming Today

Chicago, Oct. Establishments against thirteen persons in connectios with the throwing of games in the 19f9a-world series between the Chi cago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds will be returned this afternoon, to Judge Charles A. Mcdonald by the special Cook County Baseball grand jury, it was announced by the states attorneys office today
 The jury which last Tuesday com p1ete6 the taking of testimony in is five weeks investigation will hold it's final session today. In addition to acting on the true bills already voted it will begin a. preparation of it's re- port on the inquiry.
 lis report may reveal information obtained by the jury which has not yet been made public. It also is ex- pected to make recommendations concerning the future administration of professional baseball and to point outYfways by which $ gambling and game fixing would be curbed.
 The report will not be made public today. however. The jury probably will outline certain fundamentals of the. report and then turn it over to several of it's members to complete. It prpbably. will be given out. some time next week. Esf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-29
THE TIMES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1920

not a subject for debate between chairmen of contending political par ties; It involves the public attitude toward a sacriligious attack upon the common decency that encompass all religious be1iefs'
 MT. Ryan's letter fol1ows:
 "Oct. 28. 1920 t'Mr. George White, Chairman Demo
 cratic National Committee, New
 York City:
 Dear MT. White-I observe that Will H. Hays, chairman of the Repub- ucan National Committee, has at- tempted lame apology for the car- toon which involved blasphemy and sacrilege in the, interest of the Repub- lican ticket. His apology does not however, recite the true chronology or all the facts. As a write you on Oct. 23 this dissertation of the Chris. tian religion formed a prominent fea- ture of Harvey's Weekly last week. This journal is a purchased organ of the Republican National Committee, as I wrote you on, Oct 25. Reid, the cartoonist, who drew it, was and still is the official cartoonist of the Repub- Ican National Committee. I have since learned that the committee not only sent out this cartoon in it's free press service but that 1t was print in the Oct. 9th issue of the National Republican, also a subsidized organ of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-29
MONROE

Patrons of Husbandry Grange are 1ookins forward with great Interest 10 10 the visit of Shelton Grange on hnursday hss b evening. A fine program
 MT sand- Mrs. Edwin e sShe1ton 1e. 11erta1ned friends from Milford and Irumbull on Sunday.
 Monroe's voting list shows a total uL 4I1 names of which 16o are
 several from Monroe attended the is iLsaeue or Nations meeting at the hlgh Ia g school se1,sd auditorium in Bridgeport Me- 2@alurGay @ afternoon and heard Ine EPworth League at East yi1- age made over $20 at their box so- c1aI last Friday evening.
 me teachers in town attended inc last. Hrloay
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-29
HARDING CAN'T DEBATE.

Senator Pat Harrison, chairman ot the Democratic Speakers Bureau, ue- vised a scheme whereby 1t was thought possible to get senator Harding so committed to some one of his positions on the League ol Nations that he couldn't possibly wigg1e around or wobble out of It The plan was to have a joint debate between Governor Cox and Senator Harding, but the Republicans were wise enough to decline the invitation without thanks.
 In this connection, Senator Hard ing is not going to be allowed by the Republicans to come to New York.