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The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Around the
Toun

A carload of Dixie Flyer Firefly
models has been received by the
Potomac Sales Company OF iii
Fourteenth street northwest The
FREELY exhibited At the recent auto
mobile show excited considerable In
terest because of its unique and at
tractive design and finish.
The Elcar taxicsb being shown By
p. F. Tippett. Elcar distributor for
the District Of Columbia and near
by Maryland and Virginia, is an ex-
ceptionaIly we'll appointed car. The
furnishings are well selected and the
design Is Characteristic Of the Elcar
thoroughness. This model is on dis
play with other Elcar models in the
temporary show rooms at 607 Eighth
street southeast. After April Is the
Elsar show rooms and service sta
tion will be at 712 Z street south
east.
A. e. Bennett. formerly with the
George c. Rice Auto Company. has
opened a garage in the rear of 2112
Fourteenth street northwest. Mr..
Bennett Is man of considerable
experience In the handling OF motor
cars and should enjoy a very ma
terial patronage in his present loca-
tion.
r. w. Matthews has opened a
welding shop at 3422 Georgia ave-
nue.. Mr.. Matthews was formerly In
charge of the welding department of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Philadelphia, and during 1917 was
doing welding for the Washington
Railway and Electric Company.
Welding of all kinda will be done
In the Georgia avenue location, but
particular attention Is being given
to automotive work.
Few Washingtonians have been In
the automotive trade longer than
Charles e. Miller, who conducts q
thriving tire business at Fourteenth
street northwest. Since Washington
first realized that the automobile
was on earth to stay Mr.. Miller has
been one of the leading figures in
local automotive circles and when
he says that the tire business is due
for a big season as he did yeste rday,
Wen say 1t is"
The several Case models displayed
by the Atlantic Garage at lot Sixth
street northwest have interested
many Washington motorists who
have inspected the features which
distinguished the 1921 Case from the
Case of last year. Both open and
closed models are attractive cars
and possess very commendable special
ties in the way of things that appeal
to motorists OF today.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
NANTUCKET GIVES UP
AUTO DISBARMENT
Motor Chemical Fire Truck Is
Towns Entering Wedge.

when flivvers fit on Nantucket
must be blue-penciied from the die
tionary of SMILES. no longer does
1t qualify as a never-never phrase
in the annals of Nantucket, for fliv-
vers. not to mention automobiles, are
fitting the high and low ways of
Americas lapd-end isle to the east
ward After battle of years, by
use Of the Australian ballot, the bars
have been voted down.
Could you see the picturesque gray
town. sitting primly close about the
harbor, for all the world like the
Quaker meeting II used to be. you
would understand better the stub
born spirit that made history of the
long. stern fight over motor travel.
Reserve is born and bred in the ma
tive families certain gentle self
sufficiency which makes foreigners"
apologize for not having kin on the
island.
Assorted factors entered into the
beginning of the great fight" on
Nantucket-probably the last stand
Of automobile opposition in America.
The opening wedge was driven by
the towners' fear of conflagration,
one which dates from a midsummer
day OF 1S46 when thirty-six acres in
the heart of the compactly-built har-
Dor village were razed by flame. Re
membrance of this tragedy led the
town, in 1912, to purchase a motor
driven chemical truck.
Then the antis appealed to the leg
islature for blanket exclusion law
and got referendum. The vote
showed a majority of 140 against ad-
%
Fear Of better roads was perhaps
the most amazing argument of the
islanders.
Their in-focused viewpoint may be
expressed in the local newspapers
heading for the summary OF years
events: 1--WE are glad to record that
there have been no murders, no sui
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
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Since 1915 361. .0UI motor vehicles
have been manufactured in Canada.
American motorists consume twenty
times more oil per capita than Great
Britain.
Back in the days of the bicycle.
New Jersey was called "the mother
of good roade."
Farm tractors in use in this country
have increased from 5000 in lolo to
approximately $4,000 last yea.
The sales of automobiles in Mexico
in 1919 amounted to S1,O65, 100; in
1920 the total importations were more
than $500, 600.
License fees charged in various
States in the Union for five-ton motor
trucks range from 81 to $3.50. The
average of all States is $55.
Because private bids for highway
construction were too high. the state
of Illinois has decided. as an expert
ment, to go into the roadbuilding
business.
Approximately 4,o1s.ooO. 900 gallons
of gasoline were consumed by motor
vehicles in the United States last
year, or an average OF 1921 gallons
per car.
Ohio Is the first State in the Union
to consider a model law for the
regulation of motor vehicle traffic
suitable for uniform adoption by all
other States.
A motorcycle. weighing seventy
four pounds, and capable Of making a
speed of thirty miles an hour, is now
in production in Germany. The tiny
speedster costs about $50.
The State Department of Washing
ton has a travelling exhibit consisting
of all automobile license tags from
every State in the Union and twenty
foreign countries.
Motor propelled vehicles in use
throughout the United States repre-
sent an annual consumption of nearly
100000 900 barrels of gasoline and
7,450,0O0 barrels OF motor oil.
Some part of the labor of prac-
tically every man, woman or child.
employed in a productive capacity in
the United States, enters into the
construction of each motor vehicle.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
MOTOR CAR SHIPMENTS
SHOW GREAT INCREASE
March Expected to Show 65
C. Gain Over February.

The report of the traffic committee
at meeting OF the directors of the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce, April 5, indicates greatly in
creased activity in motor car ship
ments and sales. The shipping record
OF factories producing two-thirds of
the total volume indicates that COM
plete figures for March will show an
increase of SO per cent over February
shipments. A year ago the March
shipping was the heaviest of any
single month on record and exceeded
February by 20 per cent. The ship
ments for March this year will be AZ
per cent of this record month a year
ago.
In February shipments increased
SO per cent over January This in
crease in the previous year was 13
per cent. The figures for March will
amount to 16,500 carloads, in addi-
tion to which 10000 machines were
driven overland from the factories
In February there were 9,92O car
load shipments by rail and 7,491 ma
chimes driven overland.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
DRAKE TO DISCUSS
! TARIFF REVISION

J. Walter Drake, chairman of the
Foreign Trade Committee OF the Ma
donal Automobile Chamber of Corn-
nsrcs, will speak on the subject of
rsciprocity In tariff matters. at the
ninth annual meeting of the Chamber
Of Commerce of the U. S. A. at At
lantic City. N. J.. on April 81.
Mr.. Drake will talk on the follow
Ing resolution that will be submitted
by the National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce for the consideration OF
the business interests that will at
tined that gathering.
Whereas the expott trade of the
United States, amounting in 1920 to
more than $4,000. 900. indicates its di-
rect relation to domestic prosperity;
and
Whereas in the present period OF
worldwide reconstruction a tendency
- developing in some foreign coun-
tries to discriminate against Amer
tean interests by means OF inimical
tariffs. and taxation and regulations; !;
and
Whereas our government should
be provided with means to prevent
the the continuance and addition
abroad, Of acts prejudicial to the for
eign trade OF the United States;
Therefore be 1t
"RESOLVED, That a request be ad-
dressed to the appropriate IegisIa.
tive bodies OF the United States urg-
Ing q provision in the general tariff
for application Of additional duties
on products imported from countries
that directly or indirectly discrimi-
nate against the trade of the United
trfes.~
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Fees Swell Treasury.

The registration and license fees
for motor vehicles in the United
States last year amounted to $lO2,-
O34,lO6. Revenue derived in New
York State from this source was
about equal to the entire registration
revenues of the country in 1918.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09

According to present reports. the
New York and New Jersey vehicular
tunnel, under the Hudson River. will
be opened not later than December
21, 1924. The construction will cost
S2S, 1858. 900.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Automotive Trade Association
Thanks Berberich For Auto
mobile Show Publicity

meeting the Washington Automotive Trade
Association the City Club Monday Of this week the members
Joseph Berbech of the Berberch
shoe stores associations automobile show
The action Berberch in using hree-quarters Of full
The Washington Times Of
copy which almost direct automobile show pub
licy typical of the and his public spirit.
Evening star., 1921-09-10
Prohibition and Christian Burial.
This is from Toronto:

Prohibition was blamed for the
scarcity of bodies furnished to medical
DR. J. B. McCnrrich. professor of
anatomy at the University of Toronto.
"anadian Fmbalners; Association
Since prohibition. DR., M"Cnrrich said.
ruen belonging to the class that for
merly died destitute through indul-
~ence in liquor were now leaving
money enough to give them regular r
burial. and colleges rarely obtained
any bodies from that source. He ap-
realed to embalEIers to assist as much
as possible in furnishing bodies to
research of the medical schools.
Is there like complaint on this side
the Canadian line? And shall we see
the vets use it in next years cam
paign?
This is a new charge against pro-
hibition. 1t is usually represented as
the enemy of personal liberty But
here 1t is arraigned as the enemy of
science. Under its malign influence
men are actually arranging for Chris
tian burial. They are providing for
themselves what is called "a coffin
fund" They are choosing between
that and a soak's fate-a night or two
in potter's field and then hurried ride
to dissecting room.
The subject is gruesome. But it goes
along very well with the subject Of
the drink traffic. Want and misery in
life and the cold steel after death for
the traffic's devotees.
But maybe the American vets will
forbear. The argument is loaded. 1t
might explode in their hands-or
mouths. They cannot afford risks.
Cocky as they are at present, and or
ganized for battle, with trained leaders
in charge and munitions Of war in
abundance, they will find the job Of
undermining the eighteenth amend
ment of mans size, and demanding
great care in the execution.
Evening star., 1921-09-10
Children's Dangerous Play.

A little boy was suffocated yesterday
in a sand hopper near the Georgetown
water front, in which he, with some
companions, was playing. These boys
had been warned repeatedly against
playing on the sand pile from which
the hopper was fed, but persisted in
their sport. Probably now the warn
ings will be needed and the children
will avoid this dangerous place.
This is one Of the peculiar traits of
childhood. Little folks will not give
heed to warnings of danger until
tragedy shocks them. Again and again
they are told to avoid certain places
and to abstain from certain pastimes
and pranks, but they continue. They
are willing to take chance, for they
do not believe the danger is as great
as stated, or perhaps the warning, as
the phrase goes, passes in one ear
and out Of the other" The truth is
that childish attention is hard to ar
rest, and words seldom accomplish it.
Psychologically speaking, it is per-
haps well that children are not gov
erned by fears. While the tragedies
that attend their plays and recreations
are, Of course, deplorable. and to be
Evening star., 1921-09-10
The New York Battle.

The republicans of Greater New
York will nominate a candidate for
mayor next Tuesday. On the 22d. at
Syracuse. the republicans of the state
will meet in convention, nominate a
candidate for the court of appeals, and
adopt platform.
There are divisions in the party
which are causing anxiety. Fusion
will be necessary to defeat Tammany
in the mayoralty race. and fusion is on
the card. But it is conceded that some
Of the fusionists are 4 little languid.
They might show more spirit without
running the risk of exhausting them.
selves.
The platform is giving the most con-
Germ in the state affair. So wide are
the differences of opinion about what
it should contain a committee is al
ready at work sounding sentiment and
ironing out wrinkles. Gov. Miller has
made some enemies, and they must be
reasoned with. Upon the whole, he
has given the state a good administra-
ton.
Last year everything in New York,
city and state, was republican. Mr.,
Harding received majority of over a
million. The republican candidate for
governor received majority of about
10000. He ran against the most popu'
lar man in the democratic party.
No such figures. of course, are pos.
sible this year. But unless the two
campaigns-the one in town and the
one covering the state-show substan
tial republican results according to
off-year conditions the democrats will
take a substantial degree of comfort
from the tusSle.
Evening star., 1921-09-10
The Responsibility of Office.
A dispatch from Columbus say!

A dispatch from Columbus says:
Mayor Herbert A. Atherton of New
ERIK, Ohio, was removed from office
today by Gov. Harry l. Davis on
charges of gross neglect filed by the
Newark Law and Order League. Evil
nounced, that gambling has been
running wide open in Newark and
that Mayor Atherton was derelict in
prosecuting the gamblers.
officials should at all times be held
to strictest account in the matter Of
law enforcement. They cannot afford
to loaf on their job. They should be
diligent, and play no favorites.
At this time in particular alertness
Lawbreaking has become almost an
orgy. Many men seem to be deciding
for themselves which laws to observe
and which to break.
All officials, therefore, are practically
put on notice. Catch me if you can"
The lyncher says this when he starts
on a murder foray. The bootlegger
says the same when he starts out to
deliver the stuff" The gambler locks
his door and tells his guests to go to
it. "Who's afraid?"
Too often there has been no reason
to fear anybody. Lynchers, bootleg
gers and gamblers have gone to it with
zest and almost boastingly. One result
is the assertion by more than one Off
cial Of high station that the execution,
or rather the non-execution, Of the
criminal law in the United States is a
disgrace to civilization.
Men elected to Office. and who enter
upon their duties under oath, are
charged with a heavy responsibility,
and when they prove unequal to it
they should either resign or be put out.
Evening star., 1921-09-10
On the Upgrade.

Reports reaching the President
through official and unofficial sources
reflect general Improvement in busi-
ness conditions, and it is stated that
q feeling of reinsurance prevails at
the White House on the score Of the
industrial situation. This Is character.
istic Of the feeling that prevails in
business circles. There is a general
belief that the corner" has been
turned. and that industry is on the up
grade after a serious and protracted
decline. This is partly due to the pros
pect Of early legislation fixing the tax
scales and relieving the country Of the
excees profits exaction with its mis-.
chievous effect Of unstabilizing all
prices. It is due also, in part, to the
growth Of a spirit Of cooperation on
fhe part Of the worldngmen of the
country, who are accepting wage re.
auctions from the wartime scales
much more readily than was appre-
hsnded q few months ago. It is due
also. In part, to the restoration Of con-
Adence ON the part Of the buying pub
lio IN the sincerity Of producers and
distributors In their efforts to return
% normal prices.
These are but some Of the causes Of
Evening star., 1921-09-10
The Americ n peleca.es.

One of the most highly developed
Faculties of President Harding, prog
nosticated before he entered office and
proven since ti'at tire. is his ability
to select the right man for given
task. No more outstanding example
of that characteristic nf a great eXecu-
tive could be found than that afforded
in the announc ement of the make
up of the American delegation to the
conference on the limitation of arma-
ments. Charles Evans Hughes. Elihu
Root, Henry Cabot Lodge. Oscar w.
Underwood comprise the list, and
though one search the rolls of those
considered for the duties involved
and that list is long-the choice could
not have been more wisely made.
The opportunity for service to their
country and to the world which has
been placed in the hands of these
American delegates is so great, the
responsibility of translating that op,
portunity into successful achievement
so heavy, that mistake in the ap-
poirtments in question would have
been frausht win most grave pos.
sibilities
The conference must succeed. The
contributions of the United States to
the solutions of the great international
problems today before the world have
been too markedly of negative char
acter. With the conference once un.
der way our. chance to contribute far
reaching positive benefits will be in
our hands. We cannot fail. And Presi-
dent Harding in appointing those upon
whose abilities failure Or success de.
pends gives full evidence of his ap-
probation OF that fact.
-Four outstanding representatives of
America" was his characterization of
his appointees as he made formal an
nouncement of his choice. With that
characterization the country, as a
whole, will heartily and confidently
concur.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

the restoration Of business health.
There are many others, major and
contributory, all Of them part Of the
great complex that can never be def
nitely analyzed. Economists are always
bafi1ed in the digest Of a national
situation to find the ultimate determin-
ing cause Of rise or fall. The collapse
of a bank may start a local disorder.
The failure or closing down Of big
mill may throw a community into dis
may react against other communities.
may spread to states. may in turn and
time affect the whole national situa-
ton. But they will not so spread un-
less there are other causes at work.
other conditions developing making
for lack of confidence.
Just so the constructive process OF
confidence restoration is complicated.
Abundance of money for financing i'm
provements. itself governed by many
factors. may turn the scale upward.
In this present situation the railroads
are perhaps more definitely the con-
trolling factor than any other. The
railroads. it is now expected. will sVn
be getting a powerful tonic through
the adjustment Of the federal liabili-
ties. and as soon as they are deter
mined the great transportation lines
Of the country can proceed with con-
fidence in their rehabilitating process
that will give employment to many
thousands.
Those who look for rapid. uninter.
~upted revival Of business will prob
nbly be disappointed. The process will
he slow and gradual. If the country
returns to normal industrial conditions
IN two years it will have been fortu'
nate. Sufficient for today is the pre'
vailing belief that the upward scale
has now been definitely reached. That
is the most important factor for re-
covery Of Industrial health.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

avoided by every precaution that
ADULTS can provide. 1t would be lam
entable If every child were to be
surrounded and governed continually
by apprehension. This Is not to say
that the child should be encouraged
in taking chances or In risking safety.
But there is something of positive
good in freedom from fear.
1t might be suggested that those
who had warned the little boys in
Georgetown away from the sand pile
as a dangerous place might them
selves have done something to prevent
the tragedy. II the place was as dan.
gerous as their warning suggested,
and as the tragedy proved. it surely
should have been safeguarded against
trespass. 1t is hardly fair to put all
the responsibility of avoiding danger
upon the youngsters.
Evening star., 1921-09-10
Anartment House Music.

When The Star noted the other day
in its news columns the fact that in
one of the apartment houses in Wash
ington leases were being written in
terms to bar reproducing music ma
chimes as well as dogs. cats. par
rots, ETC., some apprehension was
created lest this was a general condi-
ton. But it has proved upon inquiry
to be only a sporadic case affecting
limited number Of tenants. Apartment
house owners, it appears. are not SO
exacting in their stipulations as rule.
They are sympathetic with the .nusi-
cal tastes Of the tenants. True. they
are subject to pressure on the part
of some who do not care for canned
music, or, in fact, any other music,
and who want the machine owners
regulated. Some landlords stipulate
the hours between which music can be
ground on the machines. Very few.
perhaps none outside Of the single
case noted, are so heartless as to ban
the boxes entirely. This is good news
to those who like synthet1c opera ana
Jazz The lovers of Caruso. Galli-Curci.
Nice Cormack. De Gogorza, Gluck, Kreis-
Ter, Hofmann, Heifetz and all the other
great artists. vocal and instrumental.
can go ahead and grind them out and
get new records and entertain their
friends without fear Of eviction. But,
really. there should be some consider
alton for others in the arrangement
and rendering Of these needle-made
melodies and harmonies and disso-
nances and shimmy tunes. At all
events. the soft needle after a certain
hour! The more real consideration
shown in the reproduction Of apart
ment house music the less danger
that future leases will carry the clause
that has caused the present discussion.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Complaint by New York critics that
American art has become decadent
may encourage Mr.. Butch McDevitt
to try for a reconsideration Of his
statue as an example Of massive real
ism; nothing fantastic and insincere,
but plain Butch for Butch's sake.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

The press congress of the world will
meet next month and take up, with
.ther things. the question. ITO what
extent is freedom of the press de-
sirable?" This may serve to bring Mr..
George Creel forward once more as an
expert on the subject.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Having decided on wage cut for
workers on buildings, Judge Landis
may be inclined to consider with
patience the contentious by congress
men that he is in personal danger Of
receiving too much compensation.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

The French political suspect who
half may at last have discovered q
way OF persuading the colonel to be in
terviewed for publication.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Occasionally a so-called secret So
ciety preserves most Of it's secrecy in
connection with the ultimate disposi-
ton Of the dues.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Sovietism encouraged freedom Of ir-
even the orators too weak to talk.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Mexico has the oil and the U. S. A.
has the market. The most genial re-
lations would under the circumstances
seem mutually desirable.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Another important problem Is that
Of reducing the habitual bootlegger to
q state of unremunerated unemploy-
ment.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Since motion pictures got into the
stock market their repertory of thrills
has been considerably increased.
Evening star., 1921-09-10

Britain and Ireland can scarcely fail
to agree that a situation which per-
mits renewed parleys is always hope
full.