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close to or very slightly above the
horizontal line in the center only.
A space in the upper lefthand Sec
ton of the screen about nine inches
above the horizontal line stimulates
the light which would probably reach
tho eyes of an approaching driver as
binding glare at a distance of 100
feet from the test car. Special care
should be exercised in the adjustment
of all headlamps to see that none of
the principal beams strike in this
region. In this connection it is
notable that the common practice of
switching off bright lights when
passing another car may be dan
gerous on a dark road unless the
car is being driven very slowly, for
it takes the eye an appreciable
length of time to ad lust itself to the
new condition. and until such focal
adjustment is made the driver is
practically blind. SO far as seeing the
road is concerned
x x x x
TINE headlight devices tested on the
l. Washington motor ears consisted
of % those recommended for ap-
proval by the motor vehicle admin
istratcrs' conference of May /, 1923;
(2) devices that are of some value,
but are not on the latest approval
lists. and ca devices that are prac-
tically worthless because they cannot
he adjusted to eliminate glare with
out decreasing highway illumination
below the limit for safe driving.
OF the 400 cars inspected, 2sS were
equipped with approved devices of
the first class, ninety-f1ve were
provided with devices of the second
class, while seventeen of the cars
carried headlights that were worth
less.
Although the tendency among Dis
trict of Columbia motorists is to
maintain approved headlight devices
on their cars which comply with
the local requirements, the adjust
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HERE are approximately s6,.
500 motor cars of every type
and description in and near
q, the National Capital that now
display the official licenses of the
District Of Columbia, and approXi-
mately S1.742 of these automobiles
are operating headlights that violate
the traffic regulations of Uncle Sans
native heath, according to a survey
of horseless-carriage illumination
latterly made by the automotive en-
gineers Of the Department of COM
merce.
True. only 400 cars were inspected
and diagnosed for illumination ills
and evils by our national specialists.
but these were representative and
typical OF the general run of auto
mobiles here.
OF the 400 cars examined only
thirty-two were operating head
lamps that were in strictly f1rst-class
condition. The 37s other cars to a
greater or less degree were violating
the edicts and ethics of our night
time traffic laws. What is true of
conditions in Washington, without
question. Is representative of condi-
tions throughout the United States.
To mention to the average motorist
or the automobile expert that nine
teen out of every twenty cars in the
country are drastically sick with
defective headlight disease devel-
opment of neglect on the part of the
owners to maintain their lamps In
the pink of service condition lis
considerable of an accusation, but 1t
can be proved by making compre-
hensive surveys and tests in any city
An the land today.
This novel and interesting informa-
tion about the shortcomings of auto
mobile illumination systems is the
first of It's kind collected in the his
tory of the American motor car In
sdustry The manufacturers who
make the cars, for the most part, are
.15t to blame, and the dealers who
SELL the cars are not at fault, but.
in the main, the responsibilities rest
with the owners and operators, who
1eopardize the lives and limbs of all
who ride in their cars, as well as
occupants of other automobiles who
pass the machines with the glaring
and lily adjusted lamps.
x x x
0F the 400 cars whose headlights
" were examined and corrected
732 per cent were obnoxious to the
general motoring public because their
lenses were out of focus, while SIS
per cent of the automobiles bore
dirty lenses that markedly curtailed
their illuminative properties. One
hundred and eighty-seven of the ma
chimes had their headlights improp-
erly tilted, with the result that their
glares were distracting and binding
10 the eyes of approaching drivers.
Four of every ten cars tested carried
refiectors that were either dirty.
rusted or dented. One hundred and
forty-three of the automobiles had
their lenses twisted in the head
lamps, while ninety-five of the gas
oline vehicles boasted headlampS that
were not parallel.
Every Washington motorist can
readily recall some rainy night re-
Gently when the pavements were
slippery and skiddy and he met, not
one car, but many whose glaring
lights blinded him temporarily, SO
that all he could do was hug the edge
of the roadway and hope for good
fortune. Recently, in a ten-mile run
on a rainy night out one of Washing
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were then turned out at night on the
platform at Saurabrot, hungry, chilled
to the bone, with a biting wind and
hard frost, and without a place in
which to lay our. heads.
Here I'VE waited all night till dawn.
and the one room in which there
was shelter from the wind was
crowded to suffocation by peasants s
lying asleep on their. bundles, and
was filled with a foul, sickening heat.
One fantastic figure stood among the
Serbians with their peaked caps,
leather coats, and baggy white
breeches. He wore q frock coat and
tall hat, and looked as though he had
just stepped out of the Rue de RivoH.
He was a French journalist on his
way to the front!
I was as dirty as a Bulgarian
peasant, and exhausted with hunger,
when at last I reached Sofia
Still war had not been declared,
but its spirit reigned In Sofia. OUT
side the old white mosque. with it's
tall and slender minaret-the one
thing Of beauty which had been in
herited from the Turks-there passed
all day long companies of soldiers,
heavily; laden in their field kit, and
bands of Macedonia volunteers.
Through the streets there was the
rumble of bullock wagons and forage
carts, drawn by buffaloes On the
plain. of Slivnitza,, the old battle
ground between the Bulgars and Ser
bians. there were great camps of, the
Macedonians who drilled all day long.
and at intervals shouted strange war
cries, and flung up their fur caps,
while, from primitive bagpipes. there
came a sauealing as though a herd of
pigs were being killed. In the ranks
stood many young girls, dressed in
the rough sheepskin jackets and
white woolen trousers Of their men
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petticoats, they made a pretty pic
ture as they pressed toward the great
cath edral The square was filled with
Macedonian peasants, in their sheep
skins and white wooden trousers,
standing bare headed and, reverent
before the cathedral doors. There were
remarkable faces among them, be-
longing to young men with long
f1axen hair, parted in the middle and
waving on each side, like pictures of
John the Baptist. Others We're old,
old fellows, with brown. rugged faces.
white boards and bent backs, who, in
their ragged skins and fur caps,
looked like a gathering of Rip Van
Wrinkles.
After exasperating delays, the cor
respondents of all countries wild
horde-who had come to describe this
war, as though its bloody melodrama
had been staged as spectacle for
a dull world, were allowed to proceed
to Stara Zagora, where King Ferdi-
nand had established his head
quarters. A special train was pro-
vided for this amazing crowd. accom-
panied by the military attaches and
a large number of Bulgarian staff off,
GERS. The journey was uneventful.
except for strange sign in the
heavens, which seemed a portent of
Ill omen for the Bulgarians. AS night
came over the Rhodope mountains
there rose a crescent moon with one
bright star in the curve of its
scimitar. 1t was the Turkish emblem,
and the Bulgarian officer who had
been chatting gayly in the corridor,
became silent and moody.
4 y
TN THE town of Stara Zagora, which
i my humorous friend. Ludovic
Nodeau, called invariably Cascara
Sagrada, came in touch for the first
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orally be. swamped with cases. To
remedy conditions, experts. say, the
| most practical system to follow
would be to promote a campaign of
education to be followed by strict
law enforcement after the District
drivers were fully informed about the
possible defects of their. headlights
and the need of correcting such evils.
.. The plans of the Washington. Safety
Council to erect number of test
screens carrying simple directions
for testing and adjusting headlights
available free OF charge to the gen.
eral pubiic-is practical educational
method of improving conditions. Au-
tomotive engineers also suggest the
revision of traffic regulations to the
extent that provision should be made
sistent with safe driving AS we'll as
maximum.
IuEADLAMP and lens manufac-
turers also can aid in eliminat-
ing existent illumination ills, accord
ing to Uncle San,s investigators.
Lenses and lens mountings could be
so designed as to make proper lens
position automatic; that is, by pro-
could be secured only when the lens
was in the correct position. Some
! easily operated system of removing
the lens so that the cleaning of the
lens and reflector and the replace
ment of the bulb would be facilitated,
is another suggestion made by the
federal experimenters. Some system
of external focus adjustmnt should
be provided in all headlamps. Only
| few motorists appreciate-that it is
necessary TO refocus lamps every
time a bulb is replaced on account
of the slight difference in the posi-
tions of the filaments in different
| bulbs and the possibility of acci-
tions of the filaments in different acci-
dental change in the position Of the
bulb socket during such replacement
Headlamps so mounted as to prevent
accidental displacement may be poten.
tial development. Some simple means
order to correct for accidental mis-
placement should be provided.
If anything, the facts and figures
emanating from the recent District
| of Columbia headlamp tests are en-
| tirely too conservative as, representa-
| tives of country wide conditions. The
I 400 owners who requested that their
headlamps be tested and corrected
| were really anxious to improve the
| illuminative properties of their ma
chimes without endangering fellow
| automobilists whom they would meet
on the city street or country highway
Hence the data in this article prob
ably represents decidedly better than
average conditions. Throughout the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and the rest of the United
States, the great majority of drivers
neglect their headlamps except tc
occasionally replace bulbs and perhaps
to wipe away the dust and rust. In
til such careless car owners are edu.
Gated up to the point Of maintaining e
headlights In the best of service con-
dition constantly. accidents due to
defective lamps are sure to continue
while the risks of motoring at night
Will not, be lessened, II drivers will
but devote a little time. and atte ntion
to headlamp maintenance, the more
| costly sentences of the traffic courts
will not have to be resorted to in
! imbuing them with the imperative
Importance of this I".ounce of pre-.
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rRICT AUTO LAMPS DEFECTIVEl

SurveyB -Four Believed Show Conditions Generally
dintheC Country
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TN THE town of Stara Zagora, which
i my humorous friend, Ludovic
Nodeau, called Invariably Cascara
Sagrada, I came in touch for the first
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-14

Nuestro sestimado amigo y compa-
nero el sefor A. ]. Perrone, Ayudan-
te de Legion Americana en- Puerto
Rico, nos ha. enviado para su publi-
cacion una copia de la carta que con
sfecha 10 del mes en- curse, dirigi6 al
Hon. Comisionado de instruction
.Lcdo. Juan B. Huyke, partieipandole
que el Certanen de la Leon Nacional
Americana, ha sido estensivo Puer-
to Rico.
La carta que ha sidO dirigida al Co
n1isionado. de Instruction, dice asf:
Hon. Juan B. Huyke,
Conisianade de instruction,
San Juan, P. R.
Mi querido Mr.. Huyke:
Tengo ell gusto de acompanarle a
Ia presente una circular anunciando
Iel Certamen Literario de la Legion
Americana Nacional, desde mayo 25
Ihasta octubre u, 1928, El departa-
nento de la Legion Americana, con-
Tsidero que en- Ell Certamen debfae in
cluirse a. Puerto Rico tanbien. Hoy
he recibido informes del director de
i ~ A
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-14
sEI Certamen annual de "a Legion
Americana ha sido hecho ex~
tensWo a Puerto Rico

la Comision Nacional de Americanis-
mo, para que la Legion Americana
anuncie ell Certamen en- Puerto Rico.
Y en- virtud de la autoridad que me
ha sido otorgada, tengo Ell honor de,
Esolicitar de I'd. que Sc sirva nombrar
un, jurado compuesto de tres personals,
para que estes seleccionen los tres
mejores trabajos. Como esta indicade-
en- la adjunta circular, todos los jo-,
venes y seiioritas entire las edades de
IL 18 amos inclusives pueden tomar
parte en- el Certamen. Solamente un
trabajo puede presentar cada perso-
ma, y no podra ser de mas de 500 pa
labras. Todos los trabajos deberan
ser sometidos al Jurado antes de la
media noche del 'dfa IL de oetubre del
corriente. l
Ell director nacional de la Comision
de Americanismo Mr.. Garland W. Po-
well me avisa 10 siguiente:
"Yo adjudicare Puerto Rico dos
Nedallas, priniero Y segundo prenaios,
" I'd. puede igualmente coinpetir en-
los prenios nacionales."
LIE agradeceria mucho, que I'd. por
medic de su departamento anuncia-
Sc este Certamen, para que asi las
condolences del mismo, y los premios
ofrecidos, puedan ser conocidos por
los iovenes y senoritas en- Puerto Ri
co elegibles para entrar en- compe-
tencia.
Mientras tanto, me he tornado la
libertad de enviarle a los periodicos
copia de esta carta anunciando ell
Certamen. Sirvase, informarme a su
mayor brevedad possible los nombres
de las tres personals designadas por
I'd. como jurados para asi participar-
selo a Mr.. Powell.
Dandole las gracias por su coope-
racion, y con los mejores deseos me
suscribo de I'd. muy cordialmente
suyo,
(fdo.) A. J. Perrone,s
Ayudante del Dpto.
Ell tema para el Certamen es ell 81
guiente: 'tPor que America Prohibe la
Immigration por cinco amos. Los
lauros designados por la Legion Ma
cional Americana son.. primer, premio
$4,000; segundo premio, $5O0.O0, y
tercer preniio, $25O.OO.
El primer prennio en- cada Estado
sera una medalla de plata; ell segun-
do, una medalla de bronco Y. Ell terce-
ro, un certificado de merito expedido
por la oficina general de la Legion.
Los premios en- efectivo Sc daran en-
becas, pudiendo Ia persona que 10 OBJ.
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.DsGus0 del RenBssR-
.taltG S0Gia|iSta
fContInuaci6n de la 2a.)

= y
perdure sempitelnamente, es menes-
ter que hagiis buen uso dc ella. Ell
preefo de III nislna es vuestra eterna
vigilancia
FL prOgreso y respeto que pueden
aspirar los pueblps, como las colectivi-
lades acreedofes, del carlcter q. estes
sean, es determinado por iel grado de
cultura v ciyismo de sus integrantes.
Mo gastarfa que vuestra union fue-
Ia dentro de POGO Y asf me pareee que
serd, tan fuerte, tan intelisente tan
previsora que por el esfuerzo coleeti-
vo inteligentemente combinados de to-
dos sus asociados desplegados en- su
seno ,fuera capaz por los medios lega-
les CD armonfa, con las Leyes, esta
tuidas en- nuestros C6ligos, de posee,
totlos los Cines de San Juan para bieni
de vosotros y dc esta comunidad.
En- el presente cn que vivilnes, ciu
dadanos ciudaGanas, hermanos to
dos el cooperatismo y 81 indnstrialis-
mo, estdn siendo la esprrairza de es-
ia humanidad en- los pielagos de este
mar de iiicertidunlbre, hiseria y.
egoismo. lComo empezar esa gran
OBRA? Piies, por la voluntad ex-
presada en- Ii uni,lad como base y pun
to de partida.
Termino, pres, pordHe la hora avaf-
"a va, pero nunca sin antes expresar-
les tai1ibi6n, mi agradecimiento y gra
cias infinitas v por In fina atenci6n de
que he sido objeto de parte dc vosotros
en- este festival cfvico Y patri0tico en-
que Sc ha respirado uns awbiente de
paz Y fraternidad, y quiera Dios, que
en- el pr6ximo aiio para esta misma fe-
cha nos congreguemos asf como esta-
mes ahora bajo esta misma teGhum-
ibre de cualquiera otFa para cele-
br,r., no la aprobacion dc una Legis-
loei6n como | aquc nos ocupa, sino la
possession adquisici6n y control de los
tentros cines de san Juan por y para
yogotros He terminado.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-14

4. IIa lefdo I'd.
las cartas serna.
males, escrit as
| por latinoameri.
canos, en- las
| que refren la
/ historic de sus
/ Esufrimientos
| por enfermeda.
/ des de la piel, y
la forma enque
Sc ealiviaron? He
aquf unas cuan.
tas lfneas toe
| madas de una
Ecarta del Sr.
Juan v. Chalas,
de San Pedro
de Macoris. a
quienUd. puede
escEibir, 81 as5
10 desea.
EN- nombre
de mi madre, la
SRA Florentina
Rodriguez. de.
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tenga designar el colegio donde de-
see estudiar.
Debe escribirse solamente en- un Ia
do del papel, v dejar como una pulga-
da de margen.
( Despues de terminado ell trabajo ell
papel debe doblarse diestramente y
no en- rollo
Los que hayan obtenido los premios
nacionales, seran anuneiados sus NOM
bres despues del dia ounce de no.
viembre, por Ell jurado nacional, cuyos
nombres seran conocidos mas tarde.
NJ. .'..nl...
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gratitud por lce resultados completes obtenidos
en- su case con Lavol. Durante muchos amos
sufri6 de una enfermedad de Ia piel, y aun
cuando contAbamos con los mejores doctorea
para que Ia atendieran, estos NADIA .pudieron
gracias Lavop Sc encuentra completa y
absolutament bien.
Podemos enyiar q I'd. el relate de casos en-,
su propia poblaci6n. Pida mas testimonies, o
niej0r todavia, conpre hoy nisEno linfraaco de
Lavol. lPara que sufrir otro momento mas
el tormento de la comez6n? Este lfquido depu--
rativo y cicatrizante harA desaparecer su enfer~
Tedad. de Ia pieL Pida hoy mismo en- b
Sc gssde sss toddB las Fdsmaqas
LAVOL malssI'Is:s aiaR'ss
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Yea la edicion gra.
flea de los sabadoS.
D.B.)
PERMANENTE ACABADO De ESMALTE
AL HORNO

ACE ocho amos cuantlo Dodge Brothers origina-
ron la caFroceria toda acero para automoyil Sc
apPovecharon de La ausencia de MADEIRA para
cocer al hofno ell acabado de esnalte sobre la superb
Gle del acerO.
En- una Sere de hoTnos electricos especiamente di-
sef1ados construidos por los ingenieros de DODGE
BROTHERS para este procesO, tres dstintas capaS
manos de esmalte negro Sc lc cuecen sucesivamente
Sobre e acerO una temperature intensamente alta.
I'll reslIltado es I'm acabado tan resisteey durable
que raFanente requiere mas que una buena limpieza
y pulimento para restaurar su brillantez original.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-11
ED ROMMEL
FAILING TO
ISHOW STUFF

PHILADELPHIA, July lift Ed
l. Rommel had shown tho form this
year that no did last season the Ath.
lctlcs would Just about DO out in
front" oplned Connie Mack. Rom.
mel was tho one pitcher on my staff
that / banked on ut the start, yet
he has been the least consistent per.
former. Naylor. who recently suffer
cd n setback because of n wrenchcd
knee, has aupplanted Rommel as my
nce for the time being ut least. A re.
turn TO winning form by Rommel Is
necessary IL we are 10 stay up In the
race"
Tho disappointing showing of Rom.
mel this season Is all tho moro UNI
usual because OF the big yenr he had
In 1922. Last year Rommel won ~
games with a seventh place club. Tho
Athletics won only 6b games, 10 that
Rommel was practically 80 per cent
OF tho pitching staff. AZ one stage
OF tho race ho turned In nino straight
wins.
Rommel is fnr from an impressive
pitcher 10 watch. His best bet ls
knuckle or finger.nail ball, which
seems to stagger thru the air on the
way TO the plato. This delivery Is
invariably a ball IL waited out. His
fast ball Ia hittable speed.
Some OF the experts are inclined to
the belief that opposing teams nro
waiting out Rommel this year. and
after getting him In tho hole, pick
on tho fast ball cripple when he tries
10 get II over.
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PASSING OF
TWO CHAMPS
DIFFERENT

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE pass.
~ ing OF the championship title
from Jimmy Wilde and Johnny XIII
bane was In decided contrast. Both
title holders lost via the Knockout
route. but the finish was decidedly
different.
Kilbane. In losing TO crlqui.
passed out OF the title picture with.
out suffering any undue punish,
msnt. His snd came IN a most
buslness-like manner Starting tho
bou, with much confidence. he early
lost his eare-free manner. lie must
have quickly realized that criqui
was too strong for him. The punch
that knocked him out was a sting.
ing blow. but KiibAne took tho
count whom &, seemed that ho would
surely be on bis fec, before the
fatal 10. Perhaps no realized that
It would DO useless and took the
easiest way out.
Wilde. on tho other hand. was
badly punished. IL was a shame
that the referee and hts seconds per.
mlttcd him to be 40 roughly han.
died Wilde was too game TO stay
down when he saw that no hadn't
tho slightea; chance against tho
fighting Filipino. lie finally was
knocked unconscious twas 10 min.
utes before he was revived. II WA
a spectacle that In now way helped
tho boxing game. wiide. when
asked 10 coneede defeat. replied:
Il am champion must 20
down fighting like n champion"
The finish OF tho wiidc-yiiia bout
was a most dramatic ono. wilde
went down like a champion. knocked
out. whlle the hugo crowd begged
the referee 10 ssve him that humill.
alton. when u was apparent tina, he
had no chance.
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iLden Is
NOticeabLy
off Form,

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July IL
Il Observers al tho national clay
court tennis tournament here today
profcssed 70 80 additional "otfform"
In tho playing OF William T. Til.
den. Philadelphia, who was defeat.
Cd by Manuel Aionzo. Spain. a,
skokio last week.
Altho he won. T.lden appeared
10 30 stale In his set with Albrecht
Kipp. veteran indianapolis player.
yesterday. The score was 81, ca.
e..
big Bill" meets Fred Bas,ihn.
Indianapolis. today in the mems
single matches. AlonEo will play
l.. Kuhler. Cincinnati. by virtue OF
hla victory over Jack Harris yes.
terday. &C.. 90.
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arena tomorrow night TO see
the two giants Of the ring
battle.
Receipts probably will suTpasa
$500. 900 which. in comparison with
tho N.eoo.o0o Dempsey. Carpenter
'ga,e viii not be poor considering
that the top for the hattie be
tween the Frcnchman and the
champion was $50. while the best
seats for this International battle
nave been sold at SIS.
Willard and Firpo finished hard
training yesterday and they will do
only enough today 10 keep them.
selves on edge.
Frpo looks ready and tit for the
fight that some believe may lead
him to tho worlds championship,
he looks much better than no has
been for any OF his previous fights
here.
Practically all of-,ha rough edges
that were apparent In his work
against BIZ Brennan have been 70.
moved under tho skilled hands OF
Jimmy DeForrcst In his laAt big
fight with Jack McAuiiffe no was u
changed Flrpo over the one who
had fought Bill Brennan and as
he has worked Up for the Willard
bout he looks about 30 per cent
better than he did against Nc.
Auhffe.
The South American seems much
fsster on his feet. He has learned
much more abou, the use OF his
eft hand and no seems 20 have
developed tho process OF thinking
rho results % his boxing with the
speedy young MoAulffc are ap.
parent In hls work
F1rpo Is one OF the best bust.
ness men in the ring and IL does
not make him feel bad 20 figure
hat his 20 per cent Of the gate
receipts may net him over 500. 600.
Like all the fighters that De.
Forrest has trimmed. Firpo has per.
fected the style OF following his
left with a hard right hand with
every lead. He has developed an
aggressive style lIkS Dempsey and
he has perfected a good right upper.
cut.
His heart ~ thn only doubtful
factor and that Is doubtful only be.
cause he has never been forced 20
submit 10 great punishment. In
several OF his early fights here he
was on the floor and no came up
fighting hard He was punished
some by BIZ Brennan but he has
never had the opportunity 20 show
that gamsness that his opponent
did In Toledo.