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The Washington times., 1921-09-11

tern over the gravity type, which was
the rule few years ago. Is that It Is
positive in action while the engine is
running. While the description may
seem little complicated. the vacuum
system as used today Is really very
simple, with few delicate or compli-
Gated parts to get out of order. About
the only troubles that arise In the syst
tenn are sticking valves or leaks at
the joints. which are easily seen and
remedied. One word Of caution. The
vacuum tank should be drained at In
tervals, as q certain amount OF aedi.
ment collects and viii impede the flow
OF fuels IL II IL not gotten rid of In
time.
The gravity system OF feeding fuel
is still popular, and It has certain
definite Advantages. 1t 10 simple and
fairly efficient, depending on the prin.
The Washington times., 1921-09-11
MOTOR TOURING
INFORMATION

Motor tourists arriving in
Washington after 5 p. m. and
desiring road information so
that an early start may be
made the following morning
will find a completely equipped
branch Of the A. A. A. tour
ing bureau in the main lobby
Of the New Willard Hotel,
Fourteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue.
This branch was established
for the convenience of tour
lists desiring information be-
fore the opening and after
the closing Of the A. A. A. main
offices. All the service avail
able at headquarters may be
had at the Willard station.
The main touring bureau ut
HOS Sixteenth street opens
at 8 a. m. and closes at 8
p. m.
The Willard station opens at
q a. m. and closes at 8 p. m.
Members and non-members
alike are invited to make use
Of the facilities Of both Offices.
National State and local
road maps.
Special routes prepared.
Hotel and garage informa-
ton.
Composites and how to camp.
State motor laws covering
reciprocity, license fees, speed
limits, headlights, signals,
traffic and all other essential
touring information.
The Washington times., 1921-09-11
CAR.
STANDS NOVEL
TEST ON Gears
Driver Shifts Speeds Into Re-
verse While Going Ahead
Without Damage.

ANY motorist who hes ever tried
to shift his car into reverse while
going forward has either paid for
a stripped gear az he was strong or
experienced the feeling that the bot
tom Of his car was dropping OUT
says H. B. Leary, jr., local Maxwell
Chalmers dealer,
ITO try this without even throw.
ing out the clutch makes matters
just that much worse.
And yet, out in San Francisco,
Lou II. Rose. Maxwell Chalmers dis
tributor in that city, recently re-
moved the clutch pedals from three
good Maxwells and then spent an
hour or so running about the streets
shifting from one speed to another
and into reverse without the aid OF
xhe clutch.
"The drivers would speed up to
about twenty miles an hour or 20
and then slam the gears into reverse.
The cars would go ahead few feet.
a moment and the car would begin
to move backward.
several hundred motor fans saw
the demonstration, which had been
advertised beforehand, and when X
was over. followed the cars to the
salesrooms. where the covers were
removed from the gear boxes and
the gears washed,
They saw for themselves that the
gears were in perfect condition,
without a tooth even chipped.
THE demonstration was made TO
an awful amount of punishment, and
the fans who witnessed It went away
convinced of that fact"
The Washington times., 1921-09-11
PRINCESS GETS I.
CADILLAC AUTO
AS BRIDAL GIFT
Elizabeth Of Rumania Received
Handsome Enclosed Model
From Bucharest.

According to the London Daily Mail.
when Princess Elizabeth Of Rumania
was recently married. to Prince George
Of Greece. the gifts to the bride were
among the finest ever given royal
pair.
Among those received by the bride
was a Cadillac enclosed car, given by
the city Of Bucharest.
The gift. which is ranked by. the
Mall with the jewels given by the
government and the great SITS by the
groom. is in thorough keeping with
the regard in which the Cadillac Il
held in Europe.
Its remarkable performances as the
official car Of the American army
thoroughly impressed the people Of
Europe with the worth OF the Cadillac,
and It il now q faxorite with those
in position to purchase fine motor
car.
The Washington times., 1921-09-11
AUTOMOBILE STEALING
BECOMES AN INDUSTRY

Automobile stealing has become so
nearly nationwide industry" that
some Of the largest insurance com.
ranies in the United States have
stopped writing the familiar sire
and theft" policies, and 90 per cent
of the others are planning Is insert
clauses In these policies eliminating
from protection all accessories. such
as tires, tools. etc. fEt
The Washington times., 1921-09-11

There Are Four Distinct Typess
Vacuum, Gravity, Pressure,
and Combined Gravity and
Pressure.
BY ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,
Editor Of Motor.
TyUEL feed. systenis. which means
simply the method used in feed.
ing fuel TO the carbureter. are
Of four different types-vacuunh gray.
ity. pressure, and q combination OF
gravity and pressure. OF these the
vacuum system finds a place on more
cars than all the others combined. Its
rise to popularity has been spectacular
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Ruling Blocks
Big Rent Raise
On New Tenants
Supreme Court, ON Appeal,
Deals Another Blow to
Profiteering Landlords.
Reversing City Tribunal
Owners Must Prove Price
Boost Fair, as in Other
Cases Under State Laws

A decision Of far-reaching impor-
tance in connection with the present
housing situation, was handed down
in the Appellate Division of the Su-
prcme Court yesterday by Justices
Lehman, Mullan and Burr. The ruling
prohibits landlords from charging new
tenants any higher rent than was paid
by the previous occupant without proof
that the increase is justified. The
court holds that lease or contract
entered into by a new tenant does
not jeopardize his right to relief from
an excessive rent.
Tho decision, which reverses the
order Of Justice Young In the Fifth
District Municipal Court. who held
that q new tenant having signed a
lease and paid the first months rent
had no right to claim "uniust. un-
reasonable and oppressive rental"
The case was that of Milton Elias
schattman, a lawyer, who signed a
lease with Ellen A. Stewart for an
apartment at West 1o5th Street at
the rate of $3.50 q month, on April g..
last year. The lease took effect the
following day. Schattman paid the
May rent. but the June rent was not
paid.
The landlord then Instituted proceed
1ngs to oust Schattman. At the trial
on June %, Schattman asked for time
to get deposition from the fcrmer
tenant, who was in Los Angeles, to the
effect that the rent prior to Schattman
signing the lease was $50 a month. He
appealed on the point of law involved.
The landlord argued that tenant had
no right to make such defense under
the rent laws enacted year ago.
The decision was written by Justice
Lehman and reads as follows:
"The fact that new tenant enters
into written lease for premises not
previously occupied by him, and pays
the first months rent, may be evidenc.
to be considered by the court or Jury
upon the question whether the agree
ment is actually oppressive. But it
does not as a matter Of law bar such
tenant from raising the defense that
the rental is unreasonable and the
agreement oppressive.
1T was the intent of the Legislature
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
England Ignores Report.
OF Inquiry in America
Sir Hamar Greenwood Tells
Il. p. O'ConnOr Indictment
ON Ireland Has No WEIGHT

LONDON, April 9-Thc lyndon
Times this morning publishes Il reply
Of Sir Hamar Greenwood, the Chief
Secretary for ireland, to 7. p. O'Con-
nor. one of the Nationalist leaders in
Parliament, who had asked Sir Hamar
whether the report of the American
Commission of One Hundred on con-
ditions in Ireland had represented
British forces as killing, assassinating
and torturing people and also with
destruction in Ireland, and whether
the British government would make
representations to the American gov
ernment in Reply to "this serious in
dictment.'
The note of Sir Ramar to Mr. O'Con-
nor follows.
"No copy of this report has yet been
received by the government, but !
understand it contains allegations of
the nature indicated in your questions
The report is entitled to no more
weight than should be given any judg-
ment based entirely upon ex-parte
statements put forward by persons ad-
mittedly holding extreme views.
81 need hardly say the commission
has no official character and therefore
affords no occasion for representations
from his majesty's government"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Slash Nations
Costs to Bone.
Plan in Capital
Heavy Retrcnchment Vital
TO Tax Revision, Mellon
and Penrose Agree, if
Profits Levy Is to Go
May Hit Army and Navy
Abolition of Rail Labor
Board, Trade Commission
and Ship Body Advocated
From The Tribune's Washington Bur.o,.

WASHINGTON, April 8.-After n
protracted conference over tax revision
between Senator Penrose, chairman Of
the Senate Finance Committee, and
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon this
afternoon there were strong intima-
tions'that both the Administration and
leaders in Congress recognized the
necessity of a vigorous policy of re-
trenchment if anything like d satisfac-
tory solution is to be found of the ma
tion's tax problem.
The possibilities that important econ
omies will be effected in the army and
navy appropriation bills which have to
be passed in the coming extra session
was indicated by Senator Penrose. The
Senator declared not only for retrench-
ment in army and navy expenditures
but for cutting off many useless boards
and commissions. He called for aboli-
tion of the Federal Trade Commission
and the Railroad Labor Board, and held
it was time to get the Shipping Board
ready for the scrap heap.
Although there was secrecy as to the
details Of what passed at the confer
ence, there is reason to believe the Ad-
mnistraton and the leaders are en-
barrasscd over the question of what
taxes are to be imposed if the excess
profits tax is repealed. Inasmuch as
the Administrator is committed to re-
peal Of the excess profits tax, there is
growing recognition of the fact that
substitute taxes should be avoided as
far as possible by means of economy.
Experts Accompany Mellon
Secretary Mellon was accompanied by
Treasury experts, including DR.. Adams,
head of the statistical board In addi-
ton to Senator Penrose, Senator Wat
son, of the Finance Committee, was
present a part Of the time. Senator
Knox was in attendance in the early
part of the conference.
Senator Pcnrose announced after the
meeting that he did not expect the
recomm endations Of the Treasury De
rartment to be made Immediately, and
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09

that by about May he expectcd tho
experts OF the Treasury Department. n
be able to say definitely and for ne
lrst time what the requirements Of tho
government would be- Senator Penrose
pointed out 1T was impossible to know
~" lusC "hat these would be, AS the
army ana navy bills had not passed and
the estimates on these bills nv tha d.
partments might be reduced NV Cnn
gress. ~ N'"-
ouainted Secretary Mellon Wiz ~.
plans of the Finance Committee for 'ae a,s
investigation into salient ouestion.
connected with tax revision. This ~
vestlgation will begin next week Tho
nrst thing taken up will be the salos
tax Abolition of the excess profts
1ax Will then be considered. although
senator Penrose said he thought tba
committee was unanimous for it's aboli-
ton. A'' AooiA-
emphasizing the need Of economies
IN army and navy and in other re-
spects, Senator penrose said:
My own thought about tho arnv
ana navy Is that both ought to have
their appropriations reduced to the
lowest minimum. l would look on each
as would on an industrial establish
menC that was inactive. I don't think
the organization of the army or navy
ought to be curtailed, but everything
else should be curtailed." o
Sees no Chance of Wars
he referred to prospects of this ma
ton becoming involved in war with
any country Of Europe as so remote
tney need not be taken into calcula-
ton, and said for purposes Of national
defense at home America was unap-
proachable. He thought no war hkeiv
IN the next generation. He declared
pig reductions could be made in these
branches, and a long line of boards
and bureaus should be abolished
"Their expenditures run into verv
many Millions" said the Senator. "The
Federal Trade Commission has become
a national stencil and scandal The
hallway Labor Board ought to go, and
the scrap heap ought to be got ready
1or the Shipping Board. 1t is gigan-
'lc mass of incompetence and is be-
yond rescue, in my opinion
1T is needless to say an army Of
employees, especially in WASHINGTON.
can be disbanded"
Senator Penrose said the Finance
Committee would have to give careful
consideration to abolition Of long
list OF consumption taxes, including
transportation taxes, running up to
about half billion dollars.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09

term. Mr.. Craig told his Wall Street
friends. some months since that ne
would not be q candidate for renomina~
ton.
His feeling toward the Mayor. never
cordial increased in power until last
winter, one day, at the meeting of the
Board of Estimate he quit the council
chamber in anger and he has not at
tended a meeting of the Board since
Deputy Comptroller Henry Smith sits
in" for him regularly and the work Of
the Finance Department goes on as
usual.
The fact that Tammany was able 90
block the Comptroller's bill for the
abolition Of the Office of City Chamber
lain has added gall and bitterness -
the Comptroller's cup.
Comptroller Craig is regarded IN
Tammany circles as a dangerous fignf-
er wheh aroused, and the fact that
ia preparing TO fight the Mayor IN the
camnaign surprised and startled ths
Tammany men yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09

or agreements in the recent tho nav
ment Is withou, prejudice to tho rights
OF either party.
inc sixth amendmcnt relates to
costs. Under the present statute costs
ioilow automatically. A landlord de-
nanus sou, the tenant makes deposit
Oh Soo, and the court finds $50 to bo a
aeasonaoie rent Then judgment is
entened Tor $50 plus S13 costs. Under
the new law the landlord would hava
COSTS only IN case he receives from the
court the full amount demanded.
The seventh amendments Ia rr,
ssectlon intended to put an end to
harass'ng suits and defenses which
nave peen many times brought or in
terposed to annoy the other party. II
reads as follow:
=, Where there has been an adjudfca-
'lon OF the reasonable rental value of
premises, such adjudication shall do
termlne and be binding In any subso-
quene action between the same premises s
tor a subsequent period, unless the
plaintiff or the defendant, as the case
may be, plead and prove facts which
snail have occurred since the period
1or which the prior adjudication has
neen made affecting the rental value
of the premises
"The eighth amendment provides
that If an action for rent Is brought
IN Ihe supreme of County Court it
shall be in the county where the prem
lses are situated. and if in the Municipal
court IN the district where the prem
lses are situated. This puts an end
to the practice of some landlords Of
taking tenants into courts long way
from their place of residence, involv-
ing unnecessary loss Of time and
money"
Another bill restricts the suspension
OF electment actions to cases which
are strictly between landlords and ten
ants. AS the law stands now no eject
ment action can be brought, even in
cases where the relation of landlord
and tenant does not exist.
The section relating to hold lover
proceedings provides that where a
yearly tenant remains in possession by
virtue of the rent laws the lease under
which the tenant last went into pos
session shall be binding on both the
landlord and the tenant until the first
OF october next under all the terms of
the lease except for rental, which shall
be "fair and reasonable"
Another amendment to this section
provides that upon the expiration of a
lease for one year or more the land
lord may notify the tenant four months
before the termination of the lease
that he will renew the lease at the
same rent. In this event the tenant
must notify the landlord at least
thirty days before the lease expires if
he desires to accept g lease for one
year. or more. This notification must
be made in person or by registered
mail.
District Divided
The fourth bill of the group makes
amendments to the dispossess section
so as to make its provisions conform to
the amendments of other sections Of
the law amended by the legislation
offered to-day.
The last of the group divides the
Seventh District Municipal Court of
Manhattan, embracing Harlem and
Washington Heights, into two dis
tricts. Since the creation of this dis
trict the population has increased to
more than 100000. Now the conges-
tion in these courts is 80 great that il
takes months for case to be reached
on the calendar.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Women Voters to Cleveland

Forty-five delegates will leave New
York to-day for Cleveland to attend
the convention ofsthe National League
of Women Voters, which opens there
Monday. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
and Miss Mary Garrett Hay will head
the delegation, accompanied by Mrs +.
j. Shuler, Miss Esther Ogden, Mrs
Halsey w. Wilson, Mrs. Walter Timme,
Mrs. Robert T. Oliver, Mrs. Henry H.
Russell and other district leaders OF
the New York City League of Women
Voters.
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, Mrs. Caspar
Whitney and other officers of the New
York State League of Women Voters
will depart tomorrow.
The convention will devote its cner-
gies chiefly to planning ways of push
ing women's legislation now before
Congress and of educating the women
of the country in good citizenship.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09

in enacting these statutes t. prevent
landlords from using their property
for purposes Of oppression. The Legis-
laturc has not expressly limited the
statutes to cases where the premises
arc occupied by tenant who was in
possession before the statute went into
effect, and can see no grounds for
holding that such limitation was i'm
piled. The Legislature has determined
that unusual conditions made it ad-
visable that the landlords freedom to
contract shall be limited, and that the
rent that they can charge for premises
to be used for dwelling places no
longer shall be regulated solely by
competition, but that tenant may in
terpose as a defence to an action for
rent accrued unGcr an agreement for
premises in the City Of New York oc-
cupied for dwelling purposes that such
rent is unjust and unreasonable and
that the agreement under which the
same is sought to be recovered is
oppressive"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Craig to Fight Hylan
From Stump, Is Report
Comptroller Is Angry at Tam
many for Refusing to Give
Him a denomination

Iammany's turning down of Comp
troller Charles L. Craig for renomin-
alton has aroused the deepest resent
ment on the part of the Comptroller
and those directly affected by prospec-
tlve retirement of the Comptroller.
There is very strong probability
that the Comptroller not only will on
pose the denomination Of Mayor Hylan.
put that he will go to the length OF
taxing the stump against him.
comptroller Craig's friends said YES
GSELluay enat 1t was no surprise that
have decided to refuse him a ssconS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-12
MASONIC VISITORS
Elkins Lodge To BE Banque!ed To-
night In Young Peoples
Building

About 100 members Of William L:
Elkins Lodge No. GAG, Masons OF
Philadelphia, today are the guests
Of Alexandria Washington Ledge,
and tonight at 9:30 o'clock they VIII
be rendered banquet in the Young
Peoples Building which it is expect
cd will be attended by $50 local Ma
sons.
The visiting Masors arrived N
Washington this morning and were
met by big delegation Of local A!a 4,
sons in automobiles and carried
through Rock Creek Park. They an
rived here early this afternoon and
were rendered luncheon in the Young
Peoples Building which vas served
bv members Of Martha Washington
Chapter No. ~, Eastern Star
This afternoon the visitors made
a motor trip to Mount Vernon. Po-
hick Church and Camp Humphreys;
At I O'Clock tonight they will attend
a meeting of the Alexandria Wash
ington Lodge when the Master Ma
son degree will be conferred and at
$3.50 o'clock will go to the Young
Peoples Building for the banquet.
They will return on special car to
Philadelphia late tonight.
During the banquet out OF Gown
talent will put on vaudeville enter
tainmcnt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-12
Mrs. Van Wrinkle Of Wash
ington Guest Of Business
and Professional Club
TELLS OF WORK IN D. c.,
Makes Plea For Co-Operation Of
The Women of Alexandria in
This Work.

The regular meeting Of the Busl
ness and Professional Womcn's
Sub was held last night at the
Chamber of Commerce. A dainty
and scasonable supper was served.
after which various matters of rou-
tine business were disposed Of. Two
now members. Miss Winifred Rich
and Mrs. Richard 0. Hayden were
elected to the club. Mrs. Nina e.
Van Winklc was present and ad-
dressed the meeting. Mrs. Van
NinkIe is chief of the Women's Ru,
reau of the Police Department of
Washington, and ranks as lieuteE-
ant of police. The club members
feel that they were very fortunate
il, hearing such a worthwhile and
pleasing speaker. Mrs. Van While
told Of the various phases of york
hy the poiicewomen of Washington.
explained the reason for the exist
cnce of this bureau and made plea
fer the cooperation Of the women of
Alexandria in this line OF work. At
lie close OF her talk, Mrs. Van
Wrinkle was given 4 rising vote Of
.nanks by the club and the meeting
adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-12
Older Boys Conference
Alexandria Sunday Schools Send
Representatives to Lynchburg

Alexandria will be well represented
at the Virginia Older Boys Confer,
encc to be held under the auspices OF
the State Y. NJ. c. A., at Lynch
burg the 14th, 18th and 10th OF this
month. The conference will be tine
first state conference held for Older
boys in Virginia for several years,
but it is planned to continue thcm
annually after this year.
Marshall Travers and John Sher-
man Fowler will represent st. Paul's
Sunday School at the conference;
Clark Slaymaker the Second Prespy-
terian Sunday School, Keith Wade.
the first Baptist, and it is thought
that the NJ f. South Sunday School
will have at least one delegate. Jack
son has been selected by the faculty
of the Alexandria High School to
represent the student body at tnN
conference.
Secretary Wallace of the local y.
NJ. C. A. will head the delegation
which will include also delegates
from Freedricl;> .r.. Manassas and
Culpeper Mr.. Wallace has visited
these cities in the interest OF the
conference and has been promised
delegates from each high school. The
delegates will leave Friday morning
and return Sunday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-12
WorIo Series is Again a Tie
With Three Games Won
BY Each. 3 Home Runs
FINAL SCORE s to 5
Chick Fcwstcr. Substituting For
Babe Ruth. Makes Home Run VILE
One on Base.

New York. Oct. lit may be
necessary to put q pink ribbon on the
Giants and a blue one on the Yankees.
Otherwise folk may grow confused
and begin calling them the GanfccS
and Wants. for they now look exactly
alike. Each team has won three
games of the worlds series. The
Giants climbed up level yesterday hE
smashing theYaniees by 4 score Of
s to ).
For Just four innings it was any
body's game. Home rams were flying
all over the place and endangering tn"
spectators until Jesse Barnes thought
of great idea. "The best way to
stop home runs" he reasoned, SIS not
to let EN- hit the ball at ALL Putting
lis theory into action, he gave =
marvellous exhibition of pitching, ana
in eight and onc-third innings he
struck out 10 men. Tie struck OUT
every man in the Yankee lineup cx-
cept Harper, who did not stay around
long enough to come up to the bat,
and Frank Baker, the pinch hitter in
the ninth Just for good measure he
famed Erin Ward twice.
OF course, you know Jcse Barnes
Hc is the man who pitches for he
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