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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-13

the two ends Of, the drive shaft
where they could be disconnected.
such sealing to be done by motor
vehicle inspectors at the time a
car is first registered. When seals
are broken for the purpose Of
making repairs, notice to the auto
mobile department of the State OF
such repairs would be required by
law. 1t would, therefore, be an
easy matter to check up the
motorist who turned in a suspicious.
Iy low travel score at the end OF
the year.
The one big objection to the gaso.
line tax, which IL levied on motorists
in a number Of States, is the fact
that it is but an offspring OF the
present illogical method Of taxation.
Advocates Of the gasoline tax be-
lieve that those who buy the great.
est quantity Of gas benefit most
from the use of the roads. But
they overlook the wide difference in
gasoline consumption of various
cars. One man may use the roads
just twice as much on five gallons
Of gas as another, and the car
that weighs more may be the more
economical. The man who Is using
the greater quantity Of gasoline is,
therefore. being taxed unfairly.
Now that weight in it's relation
to taxing motor cars Is receiving at
tention and horsepower rating is
slated for the discard, it is hoped
that officials will see the injustice
of the present methods and turn
their attention to a simple but eff.
fective plan which will take into
consideration the real factors in
road wear.
(ConvriRhk lA2A1
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&8sS\MASHINGTON TIMES MID ~WEEK> 2dA
NB1- AUTOMOTIVE SECTION -%A@

mobile departments. But there
was no evidence of any particular
interest in the new" method Of
rating because, having been en-
couraged to give the matter lit
tie careful thought, it became evil
dent to many others that the
newer, method was merely the old
evil dressed up in new clothes.
1t required more mathematics Of
the car owner and served only to
puzzle him into believing that there
really was some justification in
assuming that horsepower had
something to do with road wear.
The moment attention was d.
rected to the fact that, the N. A.
C. G. horsepower rating basis Of
taxation was. and still Is, not only
unfair, but illogical, more progress
sive States began to wonder what
horsepower had to do with taxa
ton, anyway. The result is we see
a tendency to drop horsepower
rating altogether and base license
fees on weight. Delaware. Idaho,
Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, North Da-
kota, Washington and West Vir.
gtnia have already made q practise
of taxing cars according to weight.
Thus automobile taxation Is drift.
ing toward another fad. which may
prove to be equally Illogical.
Wear Should Govern.
There doesn't seem to be any
clear conception as to how an auto.
mobile inflicts wear upon a road
Obviously the amount OF wear each
car inflicts upon the roads should
be the fair basis on which it's owner
ought to be taxed. A machine may
be equipped with a 100-horsepower
motor, yet may only be used on q
very few occasions, thus wearing
the roads but very little. On the
other hand, the owner Of a 20.
horsepower car may have occasion
20 cover 10000 miles of the States
highways every year, thus enjoying
tremendous use of the highway sys-
tenn without paying for 1t in fair
proportion.
The element Of weight. while ap.
parently just coming to the fore,
has been indirectly considered ever
since horsepower was taken as a
basis for registration fees. The
thought has been that the higher
the horsepower rating Of a car the
greater would be its weight. This
reasoning applied well enough in
the days when power was only had
at the expense Of adding additional
weight, but today such relationship
between weight and horsepower
does not exist.
Because many Of the more expen.
sive cars are expertly designed of
the finest materials they are capa.
BILE Of delivering more power than
many other cheaper cars, and still
weigh less. l have in mind q 81.
horsepower car which weighs sixty
pounds more than one of only ~
horsepower, 70-horsepower motor
car which weighs 329 pounds less
than a machine powered by a co.
horsepower motor, and a 107-horse,
power car which weighs $50 pounds
less than a 70.horsepower machine.
Stock touring car models are re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-13

Smith adds. 1T encourages him
to perform his duty to better ad.
vantage and II reminds the careless
minority among automobile drivers
that the progressive motorists Of
the community are making q con-
ccrted effort to minimize prevent
able accidents.
1.-THE hope is that If local motor
lists are particularly careful of chill
dren playing on the streets this
summer there will be an even
greater improvement in safety next
fall when school hours serve to
simplify matters"
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This Weeks Motor
SermOnette
A TIP for the 7'ipsteT.

prepared by the Public InfeEma-
tion Committee Of the Washing
ton AutOmOtive Trade AssOcia~
tlon.)
Telling another motorist that
he made a mistake in buying
a certain car is more than a
matter Of bad taste. It re-
veals a warped idea of car
selection.
A woman was telling recent
ly- of her experience with a
friend who questioned her
wisdom in purchasing a GER.
tain make Of car. II didn't
mind being insulted," she
said, but 1 felt rather badly
to think that he didn't know
that people should buy cars
that suit them, not somebody
else"
The car didn't suit the man
in this case, so he figured
that the woman should see
nothing in II to suit her.
This is a popular failing, and
it leads to a lot of dissatis-
faction among car owners.
Particularly among persons
who have taken great pains
to select cars that seem to
meet their individual require
ments. To tell one of these
people that he has made a
mistake is to soar over the
fact that there Is no make or
model of car suitable for
everybody.
People select cars nowadays
for q great variety Of reasons.
They don't have to worry
about reliability and dealer
representation. They are,
therefore, Justified in making
their decision hinge upon what
in the old days might reason
ably have been called de
tails"
If some friend buys a car
that you wouldn't even con-
slider let It be a lesson to
turn a deaf ear to promis-
cuous advice when next you
are shopping for a new one.
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Bay &e6est oil bit Bay
1Hyn1sneS and the name
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-13

same as the well-known fivver
which can only develop 20 horse.
power and weighs 1850 pounds.
This Is because the N. A. c. c..
horsepower rating-which does not
take into consideration the stroke
OF the MOTORS taken as the basis.
This same sort Of inconsistency
will continue in most sections of
the country.
Expected Following.
When one Of the States, which
prides itself on being ultra-modern
in its handling of automobile prob
lens, recently decided to eliminate
the possibility Of such Inconsistency
by taking into consideration the
stroke of the motor its officials
believed that they had hit on some
thing which would be quickly fol-
lowed by a number Of other auto
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-13
Horsepower Is Found
Poor Tax Basis
BY J. LEO SUGRUE,
Times Automobile Editor.

Every and then State discovers that its method
of taxing automobile on basis Of horsepower
puted by of makeht formula all wrong and that
the true horsepower of each should be the basis Of
ton In recent instance the discovery not only
made, but followed by revision of the laws The motor
vehicle authorities of the particular State believed they had
done something noteworthy and there much bouquet
throwing consequence. But in the light of what
mon sense has to teach concerning the proper basis of
automobile taxation appears that the State question
merely jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
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Horsepower should never have
been considered as a basis for auto.
mobile taxation. 1t was a makeshift,
pure and simple, and the great
wonder is that it has been retained
Ill these years. The horsepower
Of car has no more to do with
the wear and tear of a road than
the candlepower of it's headlight
bulbs. For years a 3,900-pound
car which can develop ~ actual
brake horsepower was taxed the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-13
rail" Sedan Used in Wrecks

The Southern railroad operates
an automobile on Hanged wheels
over it's system for inspection trips
and emergency calls, to carry ply.
sicians and nurses to railroad
wrecks.
The railroad sedan" makes 80
miles an hour, weighs 5000 pounds
and is sufficiently heavy to operate
the electric block signals on any
railroad
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-10-02
hook or crook be attached.
The Indian Rureau has cea

The Indian Bureau has ceased to
exist to such an extent that by
intimidation it squelches any criti
cism by its employees. 1t has so
ceased to exist that it can keep an
Indian from entering the courts of
the United States to seek redress
for the wrongs done him. 1t has
so ceased to exist that it has under
its control the money and property
of Indians worth a billion dollars
In short, the Indian Bureau, like
all bureaucracies, has used its wide
powers, and exercised its absolute
discretion, in such a way as to en-.
trench its own position-in such a
way as to make its despotic rule
invincible, while it's main concern
for the Indian was concern lest be
become independent, and thereby
end all excuse for the Bureaus
protection"
There have been, and there are,
unselfsh workers 10 the Bureau,
but they have been outnumbered,
aud their hands have been tied by
the great number of those not
strong enough or conscientious
enough to withstand the tempta.
tions of the Bureau. The Indian
Bureau heads of today may really
wish the Indian well-but the
Systems tradition of gag rule
apparently renders them impotent
so far az an equitable solution of
the Indian problem is concerned.
What is an individual against a
System a century old9
1t is just 100 years since the In
dian Bureau was created for the
avowed purpose OF educating and
protecting the Indian with view
to making him a good citizen.
There is not an immigrant race in
the United States that has not, in
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-10-02
SOLOMEN SEAL 8
lodge by
the Dunes"

A Camp for little Indian Child
ren. Write r. +. d. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge of this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, and a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has rs an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who under.
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
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much less than a hundred years,
become so adopted to our national
ideals and customs that it can exist
without Government paternalism.
Even the Chinese, followers of a
civilization directly opposed to
ours, have managed tolive amongst
US in peace and prosperity with
out special Government protection.
Yet might we say that the hund.
red years of Indian slavery had
been profitably spent, could it be
shown tnat in that time the Indian
had made an appreciable advance
toward amalgamation with his
fellow Americans. But he has de.
generated. In 1924, it is true, he
was wild, uncivilized. But the
typical Indian of that day was
courageous, hardy, generous, res
olute, and possessed a remarkably
high moral sense. Aside from his
wilderness savagery, and a close
attachment to the ways of his
forefathers, he offered splendid
material for civilizing influences.
He was true diamond in the
rough.
What is he now? The typical
reservation Indian is lazy, unam.
bilious, uncouth in habits and sus,
picious of the Government that has
ruined him. "Why should l
work." he says. 'If l do the
Government will not feed me.
My fathers worked where the
white man told them to work, aud
the white man took away the lard
my fathers made good. If l work
l will not get rations, No, l will
not work."
Not the Indian, but the century
old Indian Bureau, is responsible
for the red mans condition today.
The Indian lives and dies in indo.
lent squalor, not because he chooses
CONTINUED on 4th page)
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Catarrhal Deafness

Is often caused by an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube Is infiamed you
have rumbling sound or Imperfect
Hearing. Unless the Inflammation can
be reduced. your hearing may be de-
stroyed forever
HALLS CATARRH MED. INE will
do what we claim for it-rid ur system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh.
Sold by all druggists for over 40 Years.
+. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
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information requested in the three
separate lists of interrogatories
covering fourteen pages so that it
will be available by the time the
Committee reconvenes in Novem.
Der.
If the plan first herein outlined
is adopted l can see no reason for
the continuance of the Committee
hearing other than to submit to
the Committee the result of the
agreement arrived at and request
its approval by the Committee for
the guidance of Congress.
Awaiting your early reply.
and trusting that a complete argee
ment, just to the United States
and to the Indians alike, may be
reached, l remain,
Sincerely yours,
Webster Ballinger.
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Attorney for Minnesota Chlppswas Suggests
Plan to Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
That Would Greatly Facilitate the
Moulding Of Beneficial and
Necessary Legislation.
PROPOSED conference WOULD DO
AWAY WITH Committee HEARINGS.
Fourteen Pages q Intsrosatoriss subnittsd
For Answer by the Dstarimsat in Case
Proposed Plan is not Accepted.

In a communication to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. under
date of September 18th, Webster
Ballinger, Washington, D. G., at
torney for the Minnesota Chippe
was, asks for a conference With
officials of the Indian Bureau on
Chippewa matters in order to come
to some understanding as to just
what Legislation will be necessary
to submit to Congress this winter
in seeking an adjustment of the
affairs of tie Chippewas. Mr..
Ballinger also submitted fourteen
typewriter pages of interrogation
les far answer by the Department
in case the request for a conference
is turned down. Mr.. Ballinger's
letter to the Commissioner, to
gether with a memorandum of
Chippewa items to be considered
in proposed legislation, is publish
ed below. We regret that the
interrogatories submitted are too
lengthy for publication.
Washington, D. c.,
Sept. II, 1924.
Hon. Charles H. Burke,
Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, Dept. of the Interior,
Washington, D. g.
Dear Mr.. Commissioner:
Enclosed find memorandum of
Chippewa items which it is. believed
should be provided for in legisla
tion by Congress at the coming
session, and which i5> is believed
will be satisfactory to the indians
and the Department.
l request that this matter re
ceive your early Attention. If the
plan proposed meets with your
approval and you will designate a
representative or representatives. to
act for the Department can ar
range my business affairs so that !
can spend whatever time may be
necessary during this month in
assisting them in getting the legis-
lation in proper form, so that the
result can be submitted to the In
dams, explained to and approved
by them before Congress conyenes.
Please advise me of your decision
at an early date. .>=.a
If the above outlined plan is
adopted further hearings before
the Senate Committee will be
rendered unnecessary. If the
hearings are to proceed l request
the Department to furnish me, fol-
use before the Committee, the
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. know of no more encouraging fact
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Matters TO be Considered at Conference
REQUESTED.

Matters to be Considered at Conference
Requested.
Proper amendments to H. R. 26
and H. K. 81 so that bills will state
on their face that if it is later de-
termined that the Indians are en-
titled to greater amounts the pay
ments therein authorized shall not
operate as payment in full but
shall be treated as payments on
account.
Amendments to jurisdictional
bill so that all claims of all the In
dians can be presented to the
court, with proper parties before
the court. and the court given
complete Jurisdiction to determine
the claims when presented and the
particular Indians VINO are to be
the bene6ciaries Of the judgments,
if any, decreed by the court.
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Preparation of legislation for
Q) Equalization of allotments.
~ Preparation of complete
money payment rolls.
(3) Equalization of money pay
ments.
az Classification of Indians ex.
elusive OF the Red Lakers.
(5) Setting aside from existing
funds of an amount to be agreed
upon to be used, in addition to the
shares set aside to the credit of the
incompetents for their use and
benefit.
(6) Segregation of the proper.
tionate interest of the Red Lake
Indians in the funds standing. to
tie credit Of all the Chippewa In,
Jdians in the State of Minnesota
and like segregation as additional
funds accumulate.
(D Capitalization of remaining
funds, their individual segregation,
payment of shares to adult In
dians found to be competent, and
Eshares of incompetents to be held
expended under control of Depart
ment.
(8) Capitalization and segrega-
tion of all funds hereafter received
and payment of shares to compe-
tent Indians.
(9) Cancellation of drainage and
other charges and assessments
placed upon allotments in violation
of the terms upon which the allot
ments we're made.
(lO). Provision for the election
of council to act for the Indians
in. all matters pertaining to the
adjustment of their affairs author
lied in the bill and ju-isdietioual
bill.
1D Disposition of all remain
ing property.
(12) And such other matters as
may be deemed of Importance.
The Washington times., 1924-09-26
BRAK ENltN IS KILLED
ON PREsID ENT's TRAIN

On the train which brought Presi-
dent Coolidge. ana his party back
from Philadelphia last night, M. u.
Plaine. brakeman. was knocked
or the engine tender aa 1t passed
under . bridge III Baltimore and
was Instantly killed.
Plaine had left the engine cab
to see how much water was III the
tender when struck BY the bridge.
The special train continued on It's
way to Washington after q delay
or about five minutes.
President Coolidge was not In
formed OF the accident until the
train reached Washington. He Inn.
mediately sent q message OF condo.
leIce to Paine.s widow.
The Washington times., 1924-09-26

rived from Mukden. has been &C.
tive IN official circles. 81
Simultaneous with these deveI.
HOpnentss the Japanese government
Is withholding It's commitment to
the League ue Nations arbitration
scheme, the sefni-official press stat.
Ing the scheme would tie Japanese
hands with regard " China. s
The Washington times., 1924-09-26
PAIIESE MAY
INTERVENE
IN CHINA
Unofficial Report Sage Cow
eminent VIII Not Permit In
terests to Be Jeopardized
nv IuteFnstIonai lge,va 1870 y,

TOKYO Sept. 26. The Hochi, :
Japanese newspaper, quotes d high
government official today as saying
that the government attitude ~
swinging toward intervention tn
China should war spread and jeop-
ardtze Japanese interests.
Colonel Machine, Chang Tso Lima
Japanese adviser, who recently al /.
The Washington times., 1924-09-26
MOTH ER- II l.AvV He SHOT
DIES SO tIE KILLS, SELF

BUFFALO. N. X. sept. IS.
Louis Gielow, wanted tor the
r,urder Be his mother .in.iaw. Mrs.
Theresa schuster, committed suicide
b. shooting ID vacant lot near
the Waterfront
The suicide followed cIoaeiy upon
the announcement * the death Of
Airs. achuster az 4 hospital. Gle
law shot Mrs Snhuater ~ her
home. .
The Washington times., 1924-09-26

sos, had been stolen from his home.
1859 RaIoraltaa road northwest. Be.
tween June 12 and September 10,
while he was away from the city.
The Washington times., 1924-09-26
Senator Dial Robbed

Senator N. 81 Dial, of South Caro-.
lllla. reported To police last night
that q suit and Overcolt. valued 1T
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-13
FIRE DAMAGES ROOF
OF Mill ENGINE HOUSE

Fire was discovered yesterday
forenoon on the roof Of the engine
house at the flour mill and as the
roof was covered with tar paper it
soon spread over the whole surface
and proved a stubborn blaze to ex-
tinguish The department reached
the scene with great promptness and
had the fire under control in ten or
fifteen minutes but the roof was
practically ruined. The building is
good size two-story iron covered
structure standing apart from the
mill The first floor houses a pro-
ducer gas engine while the second
floor is intended for storage but was
empty at the time of the fire Mr.
Neely, who recently purchased the
mill from Mr.. Listerud believes the
fire caught from a spark from the
stack that extends a few feet above
the roof The engine on the lower
floor was not damaged but a large
quantity Of water and ice made a
mess of things.
Mr.. Neely and his son had gotten
the plant in first class condition and
begun operating it about the first of
last month. The fire at this time
was very unfortunate for them as
they carried no insurance on this
building. Mr.. Neely has requested
the Herald to convey in behalf of
himself and son their sincere thanks
and deep appreciation to the boys of
the fire department for their excel
lent work in putting out the fire. He
says he has been in many cities and
towns all over the United States and
observed the work of many depart
nents, but never yet saw one reach
a fire as quickly as the Wolf Point
one did Wednesday.