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The New York herald., 1921-08-29
TAXI FARE REDUCED
WITH AID OF PISTOL
Chauffeur Causes Arrest Az
ter Accepting Cut Rate.

Charles Reilly. a taxicab chauffeur
Of S04 West 154th street. entered the
East Fifty-first street station last night
and told the police there that a man
who later said he was Otto Ottisen of
l45 West 145th street, had pressed a
pistol against his abdomen at First
avenue and Fifty-third street and COM
PEELED him to accept a SO bill in pay
ment for a taxi bin Of 1910.
Detective Jones went with Reilly and
in Fitty-third street, near First ave-
nue., found Ottisen and searched him.
The detective said he found an un-
loaded pistol IN the mans pocket, and
that Reilly identified him. Ottisen was
locked up. charged with felonious as
sault.
The New York herald., 1921-08-29
HIRSHFIELD ATTACKS
MEYER COMMITTEE
Resents Exposure of City Of
ficials and Calls Investiga-
ton a Smoke Screen

David Hirshfield. Commissioner of
Accounts in the Hylan administration,
returned to his attacks on Senator
Schuyler M. Meyer and the Meyer in
vestigating committee last night in a
statemens In which he declared that
like an ostrich making itself invisible
by digging its head into the sand, Sen
ator Meyer attempts to hide his own
shortcomings behind a smoke screen Of
nisstatements and innuendoes.
Before ahe most honorable Senator
undertakes to abuse city officials or de-
mand their removal from office" the
statement continues" he should clean his
own house.
Hay Fever Silver Lusk is still a
member or the committee.
Socialist Lane is still on the payroll
or that committee.
Former Senator Brown is still the
counsel and professional for pay re-
FORMER. Wallstein, Lusk's law partner
Berger and James Z. Smith are still as
sistant counsel TO said committee
Former Senator Brown is still the
counsel and professional for pay re-
Former Wallstein. Lusk's law part
ner; Berger and James T.. Smith are
still assistant counsel to said committee.
Senator Meyer himself has persist
emily refused to take the public into his
confidence and tell why ne, as an AS
semblyman from New York I'm 1918, in
troduced and put through q dill increas-
ing by 81 per cent. the cost of clevating,
loading and unloading grain ond cattle
Ieed, and TO that extent Increased the
cost or bread, flour, cereals and break
1ast foods of every man, woman and
child In this State and the city of New
York.
After the Beef Barons.
While on this subject of cattle feed
1t recalls to my mind the fact that the
combination OF cattle feed producers.
garry products manufacturers and fruit
and vegetable Gamers and the beef
barons not only control the price of
the grain which is being fed to the cat
tie, OF milk. butter and cheese, of canned
fruits and vegetables and of meats, but
also, according to the witness Raymond
smith, in many instances public Off
eials. including legislators. 1t seems
that because Commissioner O'Malley has
attempted to regulate in this city the
quality and prices OF foods and food
products he was marked for persecution
by this committee presided over by grain
elevator mems friend Meyer
This reminds me that the press state
ments OF former Commissioner Days
removal from office is erroneous Com
missioner Day was dismissed upon the
charges made against him by Senator
Bennett. and after hearing which
lasted several days. at which Commits
sioner Day was represented by two at
torneys Commissioner O'Malley will
lan laes
his own behalf.
The two most important departments
In the city of New York which have
most to do with regulating and controIl-
Ing the supply and prices Of food 10 the
public are the Markets and Docks de-
partments. The food and feed combina-
tion has marked both these departments
for slaughter
nf
The New York herald., 1921-08-29
SYRACUSE STUDENT BROWNS.
Accident Is Due to Capsixing o
Sail Boat.

SYRACUSE, Aug. 2s.-Carroll s. Adams,
a student az Syracuse University, was
drowned to-day at Crooked Lake near
here, when q sailboat In which he was
riding capsized.
Adams, who resided at ManIius, was
q Marine veteran of the Second Division.
The New York herald., 1921-08-29
Control OF Water Front.

The passage of the port control bill
by the present Legislature at its session
last winter was for the purpose Of gain
ing control of the city water front and
its Dock Department and the reorgani-
zation of the States Department Of Ag-
riculture with the Council of Farms and
Markets, and for the purpose OF de-
stroying the New York city Department
Of Public Markets. When Commissioner
O'Malley began to and did establish thus
FAR over twenty outdoor markets, in
The New York herald., 1921-08-29
Gross Deemed Lucky.

Whose influence persuaded Mayor
Hylen to approve the appointment OF
Magnus Gross 10 the S4.50O secretary
ship created in the teachers pension
system was not disclosed al the time
Of the appointment. August ]. 1919. But
though Mr.. Gross has been for years
president OF the Teachers Association,
many active workers In the Department
of Education have been asking uues-
tions about that appointment. Mr.. Gross
had been teacher In charge" AZ Public
School 20, with a salary Of $4,000 a
year. lie had never qualified for prin-
opal, which would have meant a salary
81 fS.500. So when lie stepped Into a
$4,000 position--now s4.500-urdcr
Mayor Hylan. many Of the teachers felt
Mr.. Gross bad been extremely fortunate.
Many Of these teachers who back In
1902 and subsequent years invested their
saNngs In corporation known as tho
Ne1 York Teachers Plantation Conn
pany, Of which Magnus Gross was n ci-
rector and vice-prcsident expressed the
hope that In his new position, ,having
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Rolls-Royce Carries Out
Its American Program

About ten months ago the wheels
began to turn in the American works
of Rolls Royce at Springfield, Mass.
Deliveries commenced this spring. The
chassis built in America was a perfect
reproduction OF the Rolls-Royce.
Pains we're taken to accomplish this
bringing over picked men from the
Derby works for example. Also sales
have been very satisfactory, being
larger in April than in March and
larger in May than in April.
The entire plan of American pro-
duction, preservation of quality and
distribution of the product has been
carried out strictly according to
schedule.
Rolls-Royce has made progress in
the development of the sales organ
ization in America. In Boston the
branch has just occupied permanent
headquarters at 1885 Commonwealth
Avenue, with J. Roy Hiltz as manager.
In New York John Inskip is manager,
at 785 Fifth Avenue. II. S. Hamilton
in Chicago manages the branch at 900
Michigan Avenue. Among the manu-
facturers' represen tatives may be men
toned D. B. Southland on the Pacific
Coast
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Taylor Scores Double
Victory i'm 'sY'' Meet

Robert Taylor, of the 135th Street
branch, was the only double winner at
the annual Y. NJ. C. A. championship
track and field games, which were hel 1
yesterday afternoon at Macombs Dam
Park. Taylor won both the 100-yard
dash and the running broad jump in
the senior divisions. His time for the
century was II seconds. yer 500 boys
competed
The summaries:
7o-yard dash (midget)-won by ]. Rem
netA, e-aonA, bissetu. West Side, second ::
Geiser, Twenty third Street third Time,
:0q 3-5
1Oo-yard dash Ouniorl-won by uaupt
East Side; Feidman, Bronx second; Sulii-
van. West Side. third. Time, OIL 2-6
1oo-yard dash fsenior) Won by Taylor,
l35th Street Jaffrey, West Side, second
Ahlers. Bronx, third Time. oil
-, Potato t,, raee--Won by. sansone. Twenty
Desoin. East Side. third.
s-pound shot put UNLIMITED weight
class)--won by Gebhardt. Twenty.third
street go feet inches); Audreys, French
Side t37 feet nches). third.
Running broad jump (unllmted weight
ciass) s)--Won by r. TAYLOR, IS5th Street 119
feet 4 inches); Sansone, Twenty-third
street 81 feet inches). second; Har-
third ~ t"enes''
Standing broad jump (nidgct)-w by
y, Null, Bronx q feet 10 inches); Geirer
Twenty-third Street (T feet inches). sec
inehes). third.
4to-yard run tsenior) Won by Jaffree
West Side; Kiumbacher, Bronx, second:
Snsesluno. East Side, third. Time. 0.55 2~5
van. West Side; Feldman. Bronx, second
Cheslund, East Side third Time O.26
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

brake is brought into play and ov..
comes the tendency to drag.
Usually the best result can he =,
tanned in shifting from first to secons
gear by speeding the car Up q Ht.i. -
first, shifting out of first, hesitat;,n
instant in neutral, and then Shift
into second. Unless the clutch -br.Ls
action is harsh, the clutch pedal aborrs
be depressed all the way in m.kt.-
the shift. The procedure is the ,o,rs
IN Shlltlng from second into tbirJ
speed. Care should be exercised ~
ever, not 70 speed the car up too 'ronch
Delore shifting and the throttle sbonIs
De IN closed position and the accslers-
shift. LINE of
Changing from & higher to ,o-.u
gear Is Where much of the hunoiliat;o.
is experienced in shifting gears, 7hi.
IS uSuaHy due to the fact that tbs
car IS oeing driven al perhaps twentv-
liye OF tnlrty miles an hour, and tbs
dfiVer thinks for some reason or o+tas
that he is going to have use. saw '.ser Ser
second speed. Immediately he beg;rs
to shift, and the inhabitants for ijaS nijaS
around know what has happened ~,
the noise. Usually no difficulty sIoDgg ~
this line viii be experienced if az
car speed is diminished sufficient.
As a general rule when shifting ~
lower gear the speed of the car ehon,5
be a little less than when shifting ~
a higher. between the same relative
gears. ''s
This Change Is Iafreouept
In ordinary driving it is NOT nscs,
sary to shift the gear to first snsad
except when the car is brought to
standstill. And on a fairly level roaS
the second speed gear need not be en-
ployed until a speed as low as five ~
ten miles is reached The gear sbopId
be shifted when the car speed has been
decreased to this extent, and the
driver should guard against shiftine
before slowing down simply becauss
his judgment tells him he is going to
have to use a lower gear if he de-.
sires to make silent Shift.
To belong to the Order OF the Silent
Shift is to have become established
IN the automotive world as an eff.
clent driver. The membership in this
order is not overcrowded. 1t wonId
e good thing if others would seek
o qualify for admission into its rites.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Three Day yourneyto Berkshire
Couatrya sa HolidayMotor Tour
Scenery and Roads Are About All That Any One
Could Desire for Leisurely July Jaunt

toward North Adams, is one Of the
finest in the New England States.
Coming down from North Adams TO
PittstfHid. and then 70 Lenox connect
ing with the short cut from Sprlnghe Id
over Jacobs Ladder, and passing
through Stockbrdge 20 Great Barring
ton, the tourist turns west, gradually
running out Of the Berkshires and COM
ing into the Hudson Valley at Hudson.
y Y. still bearing proudly the name Of
the famous Dutch explorer. At Hudson
ferry is taken across the river -
Athens on the West Side, whence the
route is continued down through Cat
skill to Kingston, for miles within sight
Of the Catskill Mountains, short dis
tance west. The last stage Is the more
familiar part of the trip, from Kingston,
sometimes within sight of the river and
nowhere very far back from it, to New
burgh; thence through Tuxedo and 5uf-
fern to the Dyckman Street or West
ls0th Street Ferry, crossing the Hudson
Cor the last time of this circuit, iato
New York
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
A. e.. A. Tours Guide for
1921 Makes Appearance
Information Given ON 10000
Miles of Highways, Chiefly
in the Eastern Country

The Automobile Club of America has
just published the 1921 edition Of the
Associated Tours Guide, a popular and
widely used automobile touring book.
This convenient handbook Of motor
travel is now in it's eighth year Of
publication and it becomes more nearly
complete with each issue. The present
edition contains all the necessary in
formation on $4,000 miles of selected
highways covering all the favorite
touring sections of New York, New
England, Southern Canada, Long ISL
and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware, Virginia and right on
through the South to Miami on the
east coast Of Florida and Tampa on
the west coast.
y The middle West is thoroughly COW
cred and two transcontinental routes
are given; one goes by way of Newark,
Easton, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Cleve-
land, Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt
Lake j. City, Reno and Sacramento to
San @Francisco; the other passes
ington, Wheeling, Columbus, Indian
apolis, st. Louis, Kansas City, La
Junta, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Flag
staff and San Bernardino to Los An
geles.
There are many full-page tour maps,
more than fifty city maps, with COM
plete itineraries, towns, mileages, fer
ries, hotels and garages on all the
routes.
Motor laws, license regulations and
time allowed visitors in the various
states are given in concise form; the
color band routes are listed. and there
are much more data Of great useful
ness to automobile owners.
The price of the Guide has not been
advanced. 1t remains at so cents, post
paid, despite the increase in size to
ninety-six pages and the great number
of new routes. Copies are obtainable
at bookstores, garages, supply stores,
automobile clubs and direct by mail
from the Automobile Club of America,
York.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
The Scrap Pile

Questionnaires certainly will pro-
dUcc Some extraordinary results, or at
least results not exactly what might
have been expected. For instance, a
poll made of motorists in twenty states
and covering more than thirty makes
of cars revealed that most of them re-
garded endurance of n car as the first
point, economy second. comfort third
and price fourth. 1t would have been
our expectation that most of them
would have specified performance as
the first classification and, of course
performance would include economy
and comfort Perhaps all the things
there are about an automobile are in
clrded in the word performance, and
fol that reason that is too general a
term.
The table shows the buying points
by percentages as follows:
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Motorists Interested
In New Conduit Road

The hope that the new Conduit Boule-
ward will eliminate the congestion that
now exists ON all the roads leading
to the south shore of Long Island has
aroused the automobile owners of the
metropolitan district more than any
other projected highway Improvement
in recent years. The Importance of
this new road is evidenced by the an
nouncement that comes from the Auto
mobile Club of America of an inspec-
ton trip by the chief roadman of the
club through the Long Island communi-
ties that will be affected by the new
route.
The new Conduit Boulevard will pro-
vide splendid wide gateway from
Brooklyn and Queens through Nassau
County into Suffolk at Amityvile. 1t
will directly benefit the many towns
through which it passes and facilitate
the traffic of every community, large
or small, between the East River and
Montauk Point.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Mrs. Mallory Has Easy
Time i'm Tennis Final

ROEHAMPTON, June 1S.-Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory defeated Miss Haw-
kins, of England, in the final round of
the ladies' singles by 6--1, 6--1, 60.
The tournament was club affair only.
Francis T. Hunter, the American
tennis star, defeated Dr. A. A. Fyzee. of
Great Britain, in the final round of
the mems singles. The score was 1--e,
Ii, SIS, 6-1, 6-3.
In the mixed doubles final f. M. B.
Fisher and Mrs. Larcombe, of Great
Britain. beat S. M. Jacob, open cham
pion Of India, and Miss Shepherd, of
England, Ga, 6-2.
In the final of the lad es' doubles
Mrs. Larcomhe and Miss Elizabeth
Ryan, of California, defeated Mrs.
Edginton and Miss M. McKane, of Eng
land. Sc 6--0
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Finch Wins Connecticut
Trap Shooting Tourney

NEW HAVEN, June 49,. Harvey
Finch, of Norwalk, to day won the trap
Ns'"' ny mrionship Of Connecticut,
breaking 1914 pigeons in 200 shots. A.
-. t,ann,y, of Greenwich, and W.
Truesdale, OF Hartford, were tied for
second with 1872. Captain William II,
Richard, the Winchester shot won the
professional championship with lS9 in
200, lie is the American small-bore
champion and began trap shooting only
thiq wear.
The professional doubles were won
by Del Gross, Of Hartford A. E. Ran
ney won the all-round championship of
Connecticut with 1923 ard d. D. Gross
took the professional all-round title
with S2S, The state handicap was tie
between Pop Mills, of Hartford. and
George Sievers, of Bridgeport. at 92.
Mills won the shoot-off, II to IA. Guy
Empey, soldier and author, broke 95,
but was disqualified, as he is not
Connecticut resident
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Neav York Bureau to
Hand Out Aut0 Plates

ALBANY, June 181--From .TuIv I
artoTaobilists and motorcyclists. ~
cept those residing in Erie and a.
bsny counties and New York c;tg
will get their registration nls+S5,
from their respective County ClsrLs
rather than through the Secre+anr,,,
Of States Office. e'Afy
In Erie County plates will +.
given cut from the same off, ~
at present. The same plan will nro
vail IN Albany County and No.
York City "es
Dealers desiring demonstrate.
plates will continue to sern~e tTu
same from the Buffalo. AIbanv snS
New York Offices Of the Tax corn1 a-u
mission. 0'in-
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Women Golfers
Rally for Tourney
AT Nassau Club
Mrs. Feiiner Will Not Defend
Title; Big Field Is Assured
for ''Met" Championship

The largest field that every competed
for the women's Metropolitan golf
championship will tee off tomorrow
ct the Nassau Country Club. More
than 100 of the best women players
in this section will take part in the
play.
Mrs. Quentin Feitner, the present
title holder, will not be on hand to
defend her laurels as she is abroad at
present. Miss Marion Hollins, former
champion, will be an absentee also.
However, the field will not be lacking
in quality with such stars as Mrs. Will
liam A. Gavin, Mrs. Arnold Jackson.
Mrs. Thomas Hucknall, Miss Elizabeth
Hardin, Miss Kate Romann and Mrs:
A. S. Rossin, as we'll as number OF
others competing for the title.
The pairings and starting times are
as follows:
Starting
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

H c. Bradfeld, OF Detroit. has been ap-
pointed director of sales and advertising
for the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Com
pany. Of Chicago. Mr.. Bradfield, who has
been president and general manager of the
Bradfeld Company, Detroit, has discon-
tinued his Detroit business. The yellow
Cab Manufacturing Company, In addition
to being the largest manufacturers of taxi
cabs also manufacture Yellow Cab trucks
in the threc-quarter and one and one
quarter ton capacities and a sx-cyllnder
motor car the Amba ssa6Qr.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
We've Been Waiting for This

Poland's first motor car factory has
been opened at Warsaw, under the title
of Spolka Akcyjna Samochodow Polski
Fiat, with capital of 100000 Polish
marks. The new concern, which is
most generally described under the ab-
breviated title of the Polish Fiat, is an
offshoot of the big Italian Fiat Com
pany, of Turin.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Bears in Double Bill TODAY

jeff .Tesreau's Bears will grapple
with the Bacharach Giants in a double
bill at Dyckman Oval tomorrow aft
ernoon. The Bears have record thi,
season of having won fifteen straight
games. The Giants have returned cefom
a western tour in which they were
ictcrious
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Big Garden Pool Opens

Madison Square Gardens swimming
Pool I,,t was ,opened last night. The Red,
White and Blue Troupe of twenty two
infant swimmers from the Panama
oanai Zone helped celebrate the in
sugursl oy giving exhibitions. as did
several Olympic chamnions.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Quiet Shifting Of
Gears Is a Sign of
The Expert Driver
1t Doesn't Take Much Prac-
fice to- Get Used to Right
WAY; Worth While Know
ing When Climbing Hills
By H. Clifford Brokaw
Technical Director, West Side Y. N.
c. A. Automobue Schools


Perhaps automobile owners have suf-
fered more humiliation in the opera
tion of the gear shift than in any
other realm of automotive endeayor.
Especially is this humiliation keenest
when, in undertaking to shift gears
going uphill, the engine is stalled. The
grinding noise and the backward move
ment of The car before the driver can
apply brakes tend to confuse the owner
and to strike terror into the hearts Of
other occupants.
A great deal Of attention has been
given by car manufacturers to per-
fecting the gears so that this posi-
bility would be reduced to the mini
mum. The manufacturer is interested
in eliminating any factor in motoring
which is destined TO take the JOY out
of life at the steering wheel. Six eight
and twelve cylinder engines have fewer
problems along this line. But the maxi
ers Of four cylinder engines have been
| able to design their motors for higher
speed with greater gear reduction,
which makes it easier for the engine
to pick up the load from the very
4oWeSL Speeu, ana consequently IeSSenS
the trouble with gears. The three
speed sliding gear transmission seems
to be the most satisfactory, considered
from all standpoints, including cost of
manufacture, ease of repair and care
required.
Learn To Be Quiet
The owner should learn at once how
to manipulate the gear lever with as
little noise as possible. This can be
accomplished easily by practice in
shifting gears. When a man gets into
a strange car he can hardly be expect
ed to shift gears noiselessly under all
conditions. 1t takes a little time to
become adjusted to the workings of a
car new to one. But the man who owns
a car and drives it should take pains
to learn quickly all about the peculi-
arities Of that particular car and be
able to make the required gear shifts
with ease and confidence.
Shifting gears at the proper time and
in the proper way saves racking the
entire mechanism of the car. 1t usu-
ally is not specially difficult in the
average car TO shift to higher gear,
although some folks succeed in making
big racket in doing it. One of the
sources of trouble in respect to this is
a dragging clutch. Most cars are now
equipped with clutch brake. and byl
depressing the pedal far enough this
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

large new showroom has been opened
by the Sidney B. Bowman Automobi
Company at 1922 and 1924 Broadway, at
Sixty fourth Street. This showroom will
be maintained in addition to the Kissel and
Grant showroom in the Bowman building
at broadway and l31st Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Some day somebody Is going to be
arrested and fined for reckless walking.

One of the greatest sources Of danger
TO other drivers is the incompetent car
operator on a hill. There is nothing
worse than to get in back of some one
who bungles climb. Just about the
time when you believe it is all right to
step on 1t little bit and take advan-
tage Of the engines power on the hin
some one ahead lets his engine fail,
and Immediately there is a mess.
One of the things for which intend
ing operators ought to be examined is
their proficiency in handling an auto
mobile on grade. The examiners at
the Secretary of States Bureau ought
to take the candidates over on San
Juan Hill and let them see what they
can do there. 1t is easy enough to shift
gears and to control a car on the level.
but it is the management of a machine
on hill that is the best tip-off on the
below-th he-average driver.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

1t is interesting to note that 90 per
cent of the motorists poled expressed
an interest in specially featured parts,
such as motors and springs, but as per
cent were not interested and % per
cent non committal
One practice that the police will do
well to prevent is that of motorists
turning their cars in the middle of a
olock. 1t leads to great deal of con-
fusion and delay in traffic, and, unless
the driver is very expert and can get
around in one switch, he jams things
up for himself and everybody else.