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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04

temple. Plans will be discussed for
the trip to Cincinnati in September,
where the Sovereign Grand Lodge
will hold its ninety-ninth session.
Grand Representative John H.
Wood, who has been appointed grand
instructor for the Jurisdiction, has
called meeting of the various lodge
Instructors at the Mt. Pleasant lodge
room Tuesday evening at 1880
o'clock. A series of fraternal visits
among the lodge degree staffs is
under way. The first was that of
Eastern Lodge No. to Mt Pleasant
Lodge at its last meeting.
Noble Grand Emmett w. Cum.
mings, Friendship Lodge No. IL, has
announced the appointment of j.
Milton johnson as degree director.
Mr.. johnson has the distinction of
being the youngest director in the
jurisdiction.
Noble Grand j. r. Ristine, of
Arlington Lodge, No. 1913, Claren-
don, has issued invitations to Wash
1ngton Odd Fellows to attend the
second annual banquet of the lodge,
which will take place at Cherry
dale Friday evening. Among those
who have accepted are Acting Grand
Master Lawson, Grand Secretary
Wolfe and Past Grand Robert A.
Eouthworth
REBEKAH LODGES.
Assembly President Emma J. S.
Murray and corps of officers will
pay an official visit to Naomi
Lodge, No. 1, tomorrow evening.
This is the home lodge Of Vice
President Alice s. Thomas and
Grand Master John D. Yoakley.
Ruth Lodge, No. 2, headed by Noble
Grand Helen L. Brandenburg, will
attend in a body. The officers of
the grand lodge also will be present,
and Noble Grand Sarah Campbell,
through appropriate committees, has
made arrangements for their COM
fort. Sarah NJ. Sanderson. who has
been i'll at her home for seevral
weeks, was for many years chap
lain of the Rebekah Assembly.
President Leslie B. Messick will
preside over the Assembly Home Cir.
Gle on Wednesday evening in the
encampment room and will an
nounce the appointment Of special
first of which will be a turkey din
ner to be given at Northeast Masonic
Temple March 81.
Degree Director Adolph J. Hide.
brand will hold a rehearsal of the
degree staff Of Esther Lodge, No
8. Tuesday evening in the Temple
Friday evening the officers will al
tend n school Of instruction. to he
held at the home of the instructross
Tiaudo /. Taylor. the Ventosa Apsrt
MEETS
Following short session OF
Friendship Lodge. No. 8, Tuesday
evening there will be a social hour
concluding with a lunch-box party
Noble Grand Jeannett Greer extends
a welcome to visiting members.
Noble Grand Gertrude w. Ger
hold. Dorcas Lodge. No. 4. hal
named Past Noble Grand Bessi,
1928 Cincinnati committee and Pas
Noble Grand Annie M Cole a.
chairman of the 1924 committee
The entertainment committee is ar
ranging for a st. Patrick's part,
and package sale Immediately fol
lowing the session Of March IS, an
plans are being formulated by
special committee for social, t
be given later in the month at tn
home OF Hargaret SeyrAIrr. 1876
Shepherd street northwest The SO
party held recently at the home @
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Allen Ison was
success.
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West Virginia to take charge Of the
/. o. F. in this city.
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ranger Of Maryland, and G. o. Gam
Bile, past chief ranger of Potomac
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ODDFELLOWS
! GRAND VISITS
BEGIN TUESDAY
Acting Grand Master Lawson
and Staff to Open Spring
Series at Mount Pleasant
MAKE CONVENTION PLANS
Committee Will Be Organized
to Make the Arrangements
at Big Meeting Thursday
Odd Fellows Lodges.

Monday-Union No. II, Beacon No. Is
degree.
Golden Rule No. 81, initiation: Amity
No. "a. business; Mount Pleasant No. 20
visitation
Wednesday-Eastern No. z. Covenant
No. 13. initiation; Harmony No. .. de-
gree: Friendship No. IL. instruction and
rehearsal.
g. Initiation; Langdon No. IS. Phoeniz
No. %. business.
Friday-central No. 1. degree; Metro
polls No. Is. initiation; Federal City No
Fatriarchs Militant.
Saturday-canton Washington No. l.
Rebekah Lodges.
Monday-Naomi No. 1. visitation; Ruth
No 2. visit to Naomi No. I.
Tuesday-Fidelity No. z, degree
wednesday-Assembly Home Circle.
lecture.
Thursday-Martha Washington No. 3.
degree.
The first of the spring series of
grand visitations will occur Tuesday
evening, when Acting Grand Master
Wilfred e. Lawson and staff will
appear at Mt. Pleasant Lodge No.
%, Fourteenth and Kenyon streets
northwest. This Is the home lodge
of Grand Secretary Bert v. Wolfe.
Noble Grand Chalmers F. Croft has
issued a special announcement Of
the occasion.
The weeks bowling schedule is:
Tomorrow evening, Eastern VS.. Har-
mony; Tuesday, Brightwood VS.. Fred
ID. Stuart; Wednesday, Amity vs..
Federal City: Thursday, Central VS..
Covenant; Friday, Washington VS..
Mt. Pleasant; Saturday, Salem VS..
Golden Rule.
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To HOLD.
OLD-T|ME DANCE
All Choppers of Capital to At
tend Event Thurs
day Night.
CALENDAR.

CALENDAR.
Monday-Staff Officers Meet
ing.
Thursday-Oak Camp Country
Dance.
Friday-Elm Camp Convention.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
OWNERS LARGELY TO BLAME
FOR LACK IN AUTO SERVICE
Criticism of Manufacturers, Dealers and
Repairmen Not Altogether Just, With
Much of Responsibility on Other Side.

where he falls down in his service
II he Is building for the future he will
take criticism in the spirit in which
1T Is offered-provided that spirit is
sensible.
The trouble has been in a great
many instances that car owners SIM
ply register sort of general COM
plaint when things go wrong and gain
Why isn't my car ready" the kicker
bellows. You promised it for 2
o'clock. I've warmed this bench for
two hours and your wrench artist is
only just beginning to warm up"
x-Ray of Trouble.
An N-ray of this whole service prob
lem (freight, war tax and spare what
nots included shows beyond a doubt
that the trouble originates from the
car owners idea that the dealer
knows what he ought to give in the
way of service, but won't give it.
But the average dealer does not
know. The manufacturer tries to
stress the Importance of good service,
but what is there to induce the deal
er to tie up with the factory's ideas
IL his customers fail TO give him an
idea of their viewpoint? 1t stands to
reason that the average dealer can
not get the customers viewpoint un-
less the customer registers every rea-
sonable kick in a reasonable manner
improvement. In many a case the
dealer confidently believes that a GER
tain scheme is meeting with approval:
IL il isn't he should be told about it,
The most inane thing any car owner
can do is to remark, when things
have not suited him: "I might have
expected 1t at service station"
Just telling dealer that his serv-
Ice is insufferable. and stating the
matter as a finality or a generality,
doesn't help the situation in any way.
IT makes matters decidedly worse.
Treat the dealer like a human. Tell
him that you know where you can
find worse conditions and where you
can find better ones. But be ready to
explain why there is a variation in
your job as critic. be sure you know
what particular local dealers are CIV
ing good service.
Don't take any stock in the idea
1t isn't. In every city there is at
least one dealer who is trying to
hoodwink the jinx or who may be ac-
tually doing it. Get the details Of his
plan and tell your dealer that unless
he keeps up to the minute you'll
body knows what competition has
done in the way OF car equipment. Now
is the time to direct competition to-
ward improvement in service.
One dealer-llRe a number OF the
more progressive motor merchants
requires his customers to bring the
car to the shop once month for free
inspection and greasing. He Is salts
fed that the plan plays him in the
long run. but the arrangement Is far
from the ideal Oddly enough, the
party who puts the black II" In ideal.
and who discourages other dealers
from offering similar service, is the
motor;st himself
Efforts OF Dealers.
Does the average car owner apprs-
ciate the dealers efforts to keen the
Evening star., 1923-02-25
AUTO RENT Project
UPHELD IN MARYLAND
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Is
Enjoined From Inter
ference.
Special Dtspa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. February ga pre-
liminary injunction restraining Auto
mobile Commissioner E. Austin
Baughman from interference with the
business OF Philip Milstone. who has
been hiring automobiles by the hour
to local operators, was granted this
week by Judge Duke Bond In circuit
court.
Milstone. In his petition for the
writ. declared that he began opera
tions hero on January II. 1928. with
eleven automobiles. These, he said
he rented to licensed operators at
rates OF IL and Is cents 4 mile, ac-
cording to tho make Of the car. The
he said, and the patron was permitted
to drive the machine himself. thus
eliminating the need OF q chauffeur.
Shortly after he had begun opera
tions and had ordered fifteen addi-
tional cars to take care OF increasing
business. he said, he was notified by
Automobile Commissioner Baughman
that such a business 10 not permitted
under Maryland motor vehicle laws.
Col BauEhman told him. he declared,
that he would treat each person rent
ing ono of Milstone's cars as the
owner Of the vehicle. and require him
to obtain a new set OF license tags,
markers. registration card and title
to the car.
Milstone added that he was com
PEELED to close his business. and unless
the court ordered Col. Baughman to
desist, he (the petitioner), was likely
to be ruined financially.
Milestone also declared that he ha s
been operating a similar business In
Washington without interruption or
t-t thu anfh0riffeN and
added that other companies have been
carrying on the same kind OF enter
prise in nearly all the large cities In
the United States.
Evening star., 1923-02-25

where & dealer makes . heroic at
tempt to do what the customer wants.
only to nnd that the customer does
not cooperate. The small side ALLEY
repairers have had this to contend
with regularly. As a special favor
such a repairer. for example. agrees
to To-, take e. on Job at Pm. Pm; sharp sss 80
by 8. But the owner fails to ap-
pear at the appointed hour The me-
chanics wait around until 2:30, but
still no car-and still no income.
At 2:46 another driver appears. re-
questing an ignition Job. The me-
chanics go to work and are thus oc-
cupied when the party OF the first
part puts in his appearance. He
wants immediate action. can't get 1t
without inconveniencing the other
motorist, and Is furious. He Is
obliged to leave the car overnight.
No thought that a repairer's time
is his Income. No regard for the
fact thu service is often a matter of
cooperation. You ought to have
some system around here he RACES.
"Yeh." drolls the repairer. looking
kind Of service you want would cost
moro than you want to pay. I'll admit
that service Is moro or less on the
blink. but what are you kickers doing
to improve it?"
That's the answer. Most OF us will
usually get what we go after il we
go after 1t right Mere kicking will
not improve the situation. Let US
realize that the dealer and the re-
pairmRn are human beings, and that
they want to please because their
business depends on US. Help them
to give you the kind of service you
and they themselves want to give
you, and youth get it. 1t Is a case
Of cooperation.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
B. & 0. caution DRIVE
IS SPROV|NC EFFECTIVE
Observations at Crossings Shows
Number Of Careless Autoists
Greatly Reduced.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. February "a 1.-The
constant warning the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has been CIV
ing to autoists in the territory to
favorable results in the saving Of life
and the preventing OF injury" This
statement was made by C. w. Gallo
way. vice president of operations Of
the Baltimore and Ohio. in reviewing
results during the eleven months to
December !. 1922.
According to observations made at
grade crossings during that time"
continued Mr. Galloway "the percent
age OF automobilists observed who
did not protect themselves when
crossing the right-of-way was but
17.2 for the eleven months and 2l.5
for the month of November.
observations were made in the
territory embraced by both the
eastern and western lines of the
Baltimore and Ohio system. During
November only per cent were care
less In crossing the tracks on the
eastern lines. but this watchfulness
was not so apparent on the western
lines, where 28.4 per cent neglected
the railroads cautions"
Pointing 'out the extent to which
the Baltimore and Ohio had recorded
the drivers Of auto vehicles crossing
it's tracks, Mr.. Galloway further
stated: "Out Of s7.625 observations
made at grade crossings during the
eleven months on the eastern lines,
S9,316 had learned to be observant
and cautious by looking in both di-
rections before crossing the tracks,
as against S.b per cent who did not.
On the western lines the percentage
OF carelessness was higher. In that
section, 143,061 observations were
made. showing that from this total
33,279 drivers of auto vehicles
neglected the proper precautions"
Evening star., 1923-02-25
MOST BATTERY "D0PE"
is SAID TO BE HARMFUL
Better Policy Il to Stick to Judg-
ment of Men Who Manu-
facture Them.

According to tho old-time horse
racers. you can dope any horse-if he
is reasonably speedy-so that he can
win one race easily.
And according to battery men 1t Is
possible to dope storage battery SO
that it will show a remarkable amount
of pep for while.
But with both the horse and the
battery the dope Is, experts hold. real
ly the beginning Of the swift, sad
finish.
There are various kinds of battery
dope being put out with rosy promises
OF increased battery performance"
says tho willard service station. "but
they are all alike in one particular
the good they do 10 temporary and IL
far overbalanced by the harm they
are sure to work later.
"All tho builders Of high-grade bat
teries put in acid OF the strength they
have found best for the purpose. 1t Is
far safer to accept their judgment
than to try to improve their products
by adding chemicals.
Evening star., 1923-02-25
RY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

There is something amiss with
motor car service, and no one knows
this better than the automobile
dealers who try to give it and the
car owners who do not receive it,
But here's new angle of the subject
to digest: What is the car owner do
fng-or what has he ever done-to
improve service?
Right there the car owner has in
digestion. 1t is a big morsel TO
swallow in one gulp. But why
vince? The medicine may be bitter,
but the results will very likely be
worth the annoyance.
The manufacturer, the dealer and
the side-alley repairman have stood
for years as targets for criticism;
and in most cases they have answered
their critics by endeavoring to i'm
prove matters. SO here goes for
few ways in which the car owner
can put service dispensers on the
right track and head them for sue
cess.
To start with. the best way to
raise the general level of service is
for the car owner to pass up the
makes of cars which are not properly
represented behind the salesrooms.
With the wide choice of cars in each
price group motorist nowadays
can easily do this without passing
up the sort OF car on which he has
his eyes. If motorists would make
service facilities a prime consider
alton in the buying process instead
of buying the car because 1t is
popular. or sporty, or powerful, and
then complaining because the service
is rank, all dealers who are not alive
TO the subject would be forced to
put their service stations through
course of sprouts.
Service Sometimes First.
Service may even come before the
consideration of make. One motorist
selected a certain car because 1t was
we'll advertised and apparently well
thought of. Something went wrong
with the emergency brake. and then
the service station fell down on the
job of adjusting it. simple thing
like adjusting an emergency brake.
Two independent and supposedly
competent repairers have likewise
failed to remedy the trouble. The
consequence is that the owner goes
about with an emergency brake that
is about as useful as b. V. D.S on a
bear-and he hlames it on his choice
of car.
The trouble is simply inadequate
service-a missing link between the
dealers mechanical department and
the factory'S engineering corps. Un-
doubtedly the quickest way for this
particular car owner to improve con-
ditions would be TO patroniZe a deal
or who is famous for his service the
next time he goes car shopping. When
motorists patronize the dealer who is
trying to do the right thing the deal
er is encouraged to do better, while
the dealer who finds his customers
deserting him looks into the cause
and hunts for remedies.
Sometimes the improvement can be
hastened by showing a dealer just
Evening star., 1923-02-25
IDEAL ROAD SECTION IS BUILT
AT MODERATE COST IN WEST
Model Stretch of Lincoln Highway Con-
structed in Michigan Proves Durable.
Sets Road-making Precedent.

DETROIT, Mich. February 24.-With
the completion OF the paving of the
ideal section" a model stretch Of
road built in northern Indiana by the
Lincoln Highway Association with
funds contributed by the United
States Rubber Company, nationwide e
attention has been focused on the
road. A vast amount of discussion
upon highway design and specifca-
tions has been stimulated. This was
one OF the aims of the Lincoln High
way Association in building the Sec
tion.
The association has long felt that
moro public thought should be given
to the nature OF the improvements re-
sulting from the investment Of hun
dreds OF millions OF dollars now going
into highway construction in this
country annually. According to off,
cials OF the association here, the
American public. which in the long
run is paying the bills, has not taken
sufficient interest in the adequacy and
permanence OF the highways being
constructed. Too frequently public
ignorance Of the problems confront
Ing highway engineers and commits
lie pressure for road improvement at
which was not properly designed TO
carry the traffic it would receive. The
result has been inefficiency and waste.
Understanding Road Problems.
Highway engineers and commits
sioners in many sections Of the Union
have not had the support of the pub
lie in undertaking farseeing improve
ment plans, which, while seemingly
expensive, would ultimately save the
public large sums in maintenance and
reconstruction costs and in facilitating
travel.
A. F. Bement, vice president of the
Lincoln Highway Association, in re-
cent address here said: The associa-
tion Is gratifed that such great pub
lie interest has centered on its short
section OF model road, designed by
the foremost highway engineers and
other authorities in the Union. 1t is
well and correctly understood.
The press in some sections of the
country has, we believe, presented an
exaggerated picture in regard to the
cost IL the improvement.
"The fact Is, economy, not in first
cost. but in ultimate cost. was always
before the technical committee ap-
pointed by the association to design
the ideal section for the traffic of
today and tomorrow. The hard
headed men who determined upon the
plans for the road, which it was
hoped would serve as model for
many years, had no intention of being
impractical or extravagant. Many of
them were public officials having In
charge the expenditures of millions
of the public's funds for road build
ing. They did not advise the asso-
citation to attempt any construction
which could not be economically
justified"
Cost OF .IdeaI Section
The association states that in some
way the impression has gained cur
rency that the ideal section" costs
100000 a mile. This is not the case.
The cost of the reinforced pavement,
Evening star., 1923-02-25

which by the public is generally con
sidered as the road" was but SCI
esf20 per mile. This for forty feet
inforced with eight pounds of steel
10 the 100 square feet. 1t will be
noted that for the ordinary twenty-foot
width this road would have cost but
$3.50 a mile, even though It was
two or three inches thicker than the
paving now being generally laid in
many sections Of the country.
TWO bridges Were included in the
IDEAL section link. and these two
structures cost a total OF S23,I74.2S.
These expenditures are by no means
extravagant. They represent true
economy for the volume and type OF
travel the ideal section OF the Lin
coin way was designed to carry.
Additional funds, of course wara
spent by the association in the devel
opment of the design, and in Tho
carrying out of the many added
features recommended by the teen
landscape work, which involved much
preliminary planning it would not be
necessary to duplicate IL 100 miles
instead OF but one were beautified.
was $4,000 per mile. while the cost
of Illuminating the section for nigh,
travel was but $4,051 per mile. In
handling a project OF this character
money was necessarily expended on
expert engineering consultation and
in the infinite amount of red tape
required to perfect the arrangements
with the federal government, the
state, and the county and the prop
erty owners. The benefits OF these
expenditures are available to any
shape of detailed speciflca tions and
plans which may be had upon appli
cation without expense.
True Ecouomx
Considering the economy of the
umes of traffic, it should be re
membered that maintenance cost will
be practically nil for many years.
while the original improvement will
carry the increasing traffic OF the
next ten to twenty years without
reconstruction.
The cost of a mile of road cannot
be standardized. The sum justif1ably
to be spent in proper improvement
varies with every changing location
York has just finished the construc-
tion of four miles of road along the
west bank of the Hudson River. be-
tween West Point and Cornwall.
known as the storm King Highway
after six years of the most difficult
work and at an expense OF over
$500, 900. or a cost OF $4,000 per mile.
The need for this road more than justi
fled the expense.
The state of New Jersey has ex-
pended over sSo.0G0 per mile on the
construction of certain sections OF the
Lincoln highway Unless the condi-
tions are fully known, no one can say
whether this sum represents the
truest form of economy or the ut
most extravagance. The Lincoln
highway in New jersey carries, in
addition to the heavy volume of local
affic, the ponderous trucks operating
out of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, and the through
CONTINUED on Page z, Column IL
Evening star., 1923-02-25
AUTOlSTS SEEK REBATE.
Want Money Back on Unexpired
Registration Term.

Connecticut motorists will present
q bill in the present session Of the
legislature providing for a rebate to
any car owner for the unexpired
term of his certificate of registration.
Under present conditions a motorist
receives no rebate If he discontinues
motoring for the balance of calen-
dar year, owing to sickness, removal
to another state, loss or sale of the
car and in cases where he does not
buy a new car.
BY degrees the interests of the car
owner are coming to be recognized.
OF course, car owners can't expect too
much consid GRAFTON all at once: there
are only about eleven million OF
themt
Evening star., 1923-02-25
RIDES CURE INFLUENZA.

Harry Challand Of Aurora, H.. has
been cured Of an attack Of influenza
through the use OF his automobile, ac-
cording to q report In the St Louis
Globe-Democrat Challand, who cele-
brated his Tooth birthday anniversary
recently. said regarding his cure:
They told me 1t was my last sick
ness 50 ! had them get out the auto
mobile and l began a round of visits.
In no time I was all right. That's
the best remedy for sickn eSs / know
of. getting away from yourself
Worry is a fertile soil for bad health
Evening star., 1923-02-25
BUILD RUBBER ROADS.
Shock Absorber Interests Only
Ones That Will Be Hurt.

Rubber 10 being experimented with
as highway material. The municipal
ity OF Columbo. on the Island OF Cey-
lon, leads the world with a rubber
road. Tho scheme was first tried out
on q private plantation and the gen
eral results seem to have been highly
satisfactory to all but the spring and
shock absorber interests. 1t is said
that the cost OF the rubber dressing is
about 30 per cent more than that of
and other materials of this
variety: but why worry? Think how
far the road would stretch.