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The Washington times., 1924-08-13
Sc rs
NEW HIGH
RECORD
HERE
Allowance Will Be $1,000, 900
Above Allowance of
Last Year

Estimates totaling $31,551, sos
for the next fiscal year may be
submitted by the District Com
missioners to the Budget Bureau,
local authorities were notified to-
day.
It is the largest budget ever
allowed the District and the Com
missioners are elated.
Brigadier General H. M. Lord,
Director of the Budget, informed
the Commissioners that if this
amount was insufficient they
could submit supplemental esti-
mates.
Amount of Increase.
The allowance this year, although
$4,000,000 below the tentative est
mates of the Commissioners, is S.
100000 higher than the Budget Blu.
reau allowed the city last year.
The work of preparing the $31.
SOL sos budget gets under way tc
day. The estimates will be sub.
mitted to Federal authorities before
September Is.
A program of public improve.
ments such as the city has never
known is planned.
Schools will come in for a large
share of the budget, enabling the
Board Of Education to carry on an
extensive program of new schools.
Roadways of the District likewise
will come in for paving, repaving
and resurfacing. A plan for high
way Improvement costing several
m lions of dollars is under prepare
ton.
There is no doubt but what the
large allowance will cause general
satisfaction throughout the city, as
it will enable the District Commits.
sioners to improve every section of
the District Of Columbia.
Washington now seems to be
free from the severe program of
economy in effect in Federal depart
ments. This economy plan has
seriously retarded the District.
Local officials always have con-
tended that the economy program
should not be extended to the CITY,"
Commissioner Oyster said.
The increased budget is a direct
result Of the action OF Congress in
repeating the 60.40 fiscal relations
plan and substituting for 1t an an
nual $4,000, 900 appropriation by the
Federal government.
General Lord believes. it was
said today, that inasmdch as an in.
creased budgeu would not be costly
to the Federal government. the
people of Washington should be al
lowed to spend as much as the city
heads deemed necessary.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
Charge Transit Co. Loaned Without La1u
llEARDIt0SEENt0
ALL pRlcE4c rAAe&Aa
H AND 5 BOB SUGGESTED.
81 BILL PRICE,

II AND s BOB SUGGESTED.
Dear Bill: / see that EVER
EFT suggests that girls svho are
for La Toilette 1UeCr the flight
ing Bob" bob, a drawino of
(Which you printed. / don't .objec:
to that, bat / 1OGnt to suggest
that 1Oe get up a Heard and
Seen bob for the thousands of
1Oonsen folks tOho follow the Good
Old Column and think 1t is such
a0onder. I do not believe you
realize hotO many t0omen read
your fine column and haze fGith
IN 1t. Therefore l ask some one
Of your artists to get up a drGU-
ing of an H and S bob; one that
VtH be attractive to girl fans of
the cOLunan and one that theN
WiIl be glad to wear. There are
doubtless many BARRIERS who
read the column and they could
offer you some suggestions as to
a real classy bob for the aUomen
of our big H and S family.
I'm not kidding about this at
all. An II and S bob can be
made the real thing, and let US
haze one by all means.
CORA K.
Wen have to depend on our
artist cOntribs to get up some
thing real classy, and Washington
BARRIERS who want to make repu.
tatiOn for themselves may want
to offer suggestions and advice.
Let's give CORA X. a run for
her money and get up a bob that
IS q bob. Come on, artists, and
do your stuff.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
DONOVAN IS SEEN AS
SUCCESSOR TO DAVIS

United States Attorney William j.
Donovan, Of the Western district of
New York. has been requested to
come to Washington for a confer.
ence with Attorney General. Stone,
the Department Of Justice an.
nounced today.
AS result Of the request, il was
reported that Donovan is to be AID.
pointed Assistant Attorney General
to succeed Earl j. Davis, Of Detroit,
who resigned.
No selection for this post has
been made as yet. the Department
OF Justice said. 1t was understood
that Donovan would discuss the
Canadian border smuggling situa-
ton and other activities of his Of,
flee with the Attorney General.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
JUNIOR ORDER TO HOLD
EIGHTH ANNUAL REUNION

Members of the Junior Order Of
United American Mechanics of the
District, Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, will hold their eighth
annual reunion tomorrow at Pen.
Mar, Md.
The Junior Order Band of Wash.
ington will accompany the Wash.
ingtonians who. will attend and will
give a concert. The Pen.Mar com.
mittee has chartered special train
on the Baltimore and Ohio and
members from this city will leave
Union Station at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
"VVlFE RUN AROUND" HE
SAYS, ASKING DIVORCE

Two years after their marriage,
his wife began to run around with
other men," alleges Robert II. Crog
gon, Ills D street southeast, who
today filed suit in the District SUI
preme Court against Ruth D. Crog.
gon for absolute divorce, alleging
misconduct, and naming a core
spondent.
Plaintiff, represented by Attorney
H. M. Fowler. says that June 3
last he and his wife entered into a
separation agreement, according to
which they lived apart from each
other. They were married at Rock.
vile. Nd, August q, 1920, and have
no children.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
SCHOOLS COMMUNITY to-
GIVE PROGRAM OF FILMS

Motion pictures will be shown
and musical program given at
7;30 tonight in the Central High
School Stadium by the commu.
nifty center department of the pub
lie schools.
Through courtesy of Z. X. Bur.
low, films of Alaska and Hawaii
will be shown. Another program
Friday night will include a concert
by the Thirteenth ENGINEERS Band.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
Women's Club Meeting

The business and professional sec.
ton of the Woman's City Club
will serve a dinner in the club gar.
dens this evening at $40 n. m.
Mrs. Clara Sears will preside. and
the platform and political parties
will be discussed by able speakers.
Subscriptions will be 81, and will
be limited to 100 persons.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
NAVY TO DECIDE IF
SHENANDOAH GOES WEST

A definite decision will be reached
on Friday with respect to the SEM.
ing of the dirigible Shenandoah on
Western tour as far as Denver and
Fort Worth, 1t was announced ut
the Navy Department today.
The Shenandoah is now operating
with the fleet off the Atlantic coast
and some naval officers think that
she cannot be spared for the West.
ern flight.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13

No1O comes a German SCI
enlist who says that bobbing
the hair wil soon result IN
aOomen hGVing Whiskers.
When that time comes the
wOrld 1Oill see n big sGUing in
cosmetics. Jttst imagine say
ing to your best girl, "Cutie,
your Uhiskers scratch mi
face" and she answers,
"Why, deGrie, / shaved this
morning"
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
SUMMER TONICS AND
SOME ARE NOT.
s:AS


Scientists say bObbing hair will make
women bald.
If i does they will stay nrOunl
For who in public would care to he
THAT lovely young thing with an
an ivory DOME"
She tried the daily dozen prescribed
by Walter Camp.
And with unloading knees her fin
gers touched the floor.
She encaSed her bullying body in q
rubber corset clamp,
And found ut the end of thirty days
she weighed just ten pounds
more.
He wa, was e lounge lizard Of the trOp-
Who always with his board bill was
q week behind.
And, like tropical lizard, when a
girl would poke him,
The shock Of a small s'touChs'
usually broke his mind.
EbeneEer jackson Eaxed intently ut
Powers Greek Slave"
Come right away" said Mrs. j.,
as her voice in anger rose.
At was her prompt endeaVOr Eben-
exer's soul to save.
Cant you see that ere gal haIn't
got ON stitch Of clothes"
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
Orders Dogs Vaccinated

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., Aug. 10.
AN ordinance passed by the city
commission directs that all dog ;
censes will not be issued to those
who cannot show certificates of vac.
cination. The law becomes effective
November /.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
THE .MIRTH MAKERS.

There Is NO room for Old Man Gloom
In the place where Bills gang stays /;
But plenty of place for a smiling face,
And time for tricks and plays.
It's no time to be blue, no matter
who
Is down in the dumps today
But tits no sin for one to grin
Or pull q prank or play.
Then here's to the one who Is full
of fun
with zest and zeal to spare,
VINO whistles along or sings song
And gives Old Gloom the air,
GEORGE +. H.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
MAIL SHOPS REQUIRE
MAN TO MEND SCALES
Can You repair scales?

can you repair scales?
Can you live on So a day?
Those answering in the affirn,s.
tive are in line for a position in
the Mail Equipment Shops of the
Postoffice Department. The Civil
Service Commission will consider
applications for the job received
before September 9.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
CALLS FOR THE b. b. PIN.

Dear Bill: That Blues Boumcer
business is great stuff and II it
should nsGteriGlize I'd feel right
proud to weGr button, pin, or
aOhGteUSr insignia mag be Sc
Lected. G. S. RHODES.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
THE OFFICE GOAT-NOBODY
LOVES HIM.

Solemn thing,
Whiskers, horns n everything;
Stands straight on q mountain top,
Just as stiff as q city cop.
Poor old goat,
You're sure a joke,
You must be full o. moon,
Or H. 1t You were drawn too soon?
o. g., please don't take Offense at
this note,
hut, Bill. give us another goat,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03

scored, connecting rods thrown out
Of alignment or bearings burned.
To eliminate the evils of the So
called "drive, away the. governors
of all new cars would be sealed at
the factory so that it would not be
possible for dealers employees to
drive the cars at excessive speeds.
If these seals be- broken all respon-
sibility for any consequent damage
would be waived by the manufac-
turer. 1t would not be possible for
the dealer to sell the particular car
with the regular manufacturer s
guarantee. He might guarantee it
himself, but without, manufac-
turer's guarantee the particular car
would have to be sold at a dis
count.
This idea of the seal has been
demonstrated to be practical in the
case. of the generators with which
ther mpdern. cars are equipped. To
maintain the proper balance be-
tween charging and discharging for
normal running the generator
third brush is set so that the
maximum charging rate comes at
a car speed of about twenty miles
'anehour. 81. 1t is sometimes necessary
to- increase, or decrease the charg-
ing rate, depending upon the uses
to- which the car is to be put. This
is accomplished simply by moving
a small lever which changes the
position of. the brush. But nothing
can be done until the seal is broken.
In = order to prevent voiding the
generator manufacturers guaran-
tee 1.-The motorist must take the car
to the nearest authorized service
station where the work is certain
to be done Properly.
in the case of the sealed governor,
with the exception that after the
car had, been run the required 500
or 1000 miles, depending upon the
Judgment of the manufacturer, the
car owner would drive to his service
station and would there have the
seal broken and the higher speed
adjustment :, made by some one in
authority to do this work.
Legislation Required.
The matter of voiding the guar
antee in,ethe event Of breaking the
seal and changing the speed limit
of the engine, however, is the only
thing the manufacturers could do
by way of curbing chronic speed
ing which is so fatal to the many
cars. which are not designed for
this sort of performance. To make
Roadway with the governor idea
State legislation would of course
be necessary. Let us see how such
a law, If sanctioned, would operate.
The most interesting feature of
the proposal is this: The speed
limits of cars would not be made
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03

Car owners, particularly those
who have not been through tie ex-
perience mill, do not seem to ap-
preciate the necessity Of keeping
the speed Of the new car below
rs miles an hour for at least the
first 500 miles, preferably the first
thousand. This is old stuff, as
every motorist knows, for the
sticker which every manufacturer
affixes to the windshield of his new
product can hardly be overlooked.
Printing presses have carried this
message to millions, yet every day
Of the year dealers are receiving
complaints from car owners who
claim that there are mysterious
knocks in their motors.
.,,a.. Car Names Damaged. "a.
Motorists are not hceding the
nlanufacturers' warningG Some-
thing must" be done about it be-
Tore motorists, through careless
ness, injure the regulations of the
car makers. Accordingly the govt
ernor, so commonly used for just
this sort of thing on commercial
cars and trucks, has been suggest
sd as the solutionG - ~ - -; $50
sgThe matter Of installing..a4 .govers
nor on a passenger car sis me-
ehanically simple, and while It adds
to- the; manufacturing cost it is
reasonable to- believe that manu-
facturers would favor il. inasmuch
as. the savings in complaints, RET
placements and reputation would
more, than pay for -Ef1'e, investment.
With more and more car owners
eeming from those who are not
mechanically inclined, the ;rprinted
warning is bound to be ignored
for the simple reason that those who
do not understand the operation
Gf 1.-The. gasoline engine cannot be
expected to visualize the perma-
nent damage. which speeding when
new is likely to inflict upon it.
TIn other words. it will sooner or
later Become necessary, for all par
ties concerned, to limit the, speed
of the new car by means of a
sealed governor. If car owner
elects to break the seal and thus
raise the speed. limit of the motor
the manufacturers guarantee wiz
be null and void, with absolutely
no come back in case. cylinders are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03
Motor. Briefs
BY Alexander Johnson.


The Georgia legislature has before
it a proposition to issue $40, 900 900
in bonds, the money to be spent on
highway Improvement and develop.
ment. The bond issue is to be re.
tired in twenty-eight years from
the proceeds Of motor vehicle and
gasoline taxation.
Automotoive exports are now
running about $25, 000, 900 per month.
This total will be largely augmented
when Europe gets back to some.
thing like a normal basis. It il
funny to remember that before the
recent war France was the largest
motor car exporting country, with
our own In second place. Now we
are first, with the rest out Of sight
around the bend.
For the 1926 renewal of the In.
dianapolis 5O0-mile race, a piston
displacement of 122 cubic inches has
been decided upon, while for 1926
the limit has been set at S1h
inchess This will make some very
interesting experiments necessary in
reducing capacity and increasing
speed. And the results will appear
in our passenger cars OF 1926 and
1927. -
Nash Motors has organized q new
company known as Ajax Motors to
build a new light car in the old
Mitchell plant, which Nash recently
bought. Presumably the new car
will be known as the Ajax.
The Winton plant in Cleveland
has been bought by Frank N.
Riley and associates and thus
definitely out of the automobile
industry. Old timers will view the
passing of this historic name with
keen regret.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03
BOON
!. WAS STARTED {.
IN WEST
G. M. Williams, of Nordyke
| & Marmon Co., Discusses
|. J, Facts Found on Tour

Business pessimism is giving way
before a general feeling Of optimism
which prevails in the larger cities
Of the West and Southeast. and a
period Of prosperity lies just ahead,
said G.. NJ. Williams, president and
general manager Of the Nordykc
and Marmon Company of Indiana.
polls, upon his return from q three
weeks tour of investigation of the
principal cities of the West.
The object Of the tour was t.
investigate business conditions az
they actually are and to meet per
sonally Marmon dealers, distributors
and statesmen whom he had not
already met.
From Salt Lake City through
the middle West there is sound
prosperity, "he said" There is gen.
orally, an optimistic feeling. In
Seattle, where they have been pes
simistic for four years they are
feeling very much better and be
Mevey good business lies ahead.
I'm Texas, the cotton crop is be
yond all expectations. There is
plenty of money in the banks ir
the larger cities.
Discusses Factory Outlook.
Discussion Of business conditions
with our dealers, bankers and pro
minent men indicates that we car
look forward, because of the very
sound economic prospect ahead, t.
very desirable business"
Discussing the general automobile
factory outlook, Mr.. Williams sale
that he interprets conditions al
indicating a 1925 production on {
par with that Of 1924 rather thar
that OF 1923.
Manufacturers as a whole are
rapidly coming to realize that closer
relations with the public and with
their dealers, are necessary.
EVERY manufacturer, of course
4 must keep abreast Of the times
and must improve his product
But changes and improvements ir
| automobiles should be logical ano
gradual instead of in sudden jumps
"a car can be kept ahead OF
its day, with the public getting
the benefit of the most careful re-
search, yet without penalizing pub
] lie and dealers by sudden changes
I IN type. lou might say tnaI the
public is sick of undigested ex
periments and that the factories
are realizing it this summer more
than ever before.
Must Help Purchasers
"In a way the factories have
been too intent on selling a job OF
a lot of jobs. to a man. Now they
are appreciatin~ the fact that after
they have sold him they have got
to help him conserve and get the
most out of his experiment.
Mr.. Williams said that today the
automobile is q transportation ne
cessity just as is the steam loco
motive and that the. industry can
no more afford to allow a faulty
car to be turned out than Baldwin
can afford to turn oft e. faulty
locomotive.
1T has come to the point where
the factory that will not build a
real value-giving car cannot expect
to survive.
"In the past the industry has
known all this. . But today fac
tories and dealers are realizing II
and acting on 1t. Both the indus
try and the buying public will
benefit more and more from the
realization of these basic facts"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03

equal. In other words, a car cap
able Of doing seventy miles an hour
would be sealed by the states auto
mobile department so that sixty
would be its limit, whereas it is
possible that the department would
elect to make twenty tive miles an
hour the limit for another make Of
car which is quite able to do forty.
This would not be a case OF dis:
eliminating against the lighter, less
expensive and older cars, but a dis
tinction based entirely upon the diff
ference in the weight, the construc.
ton, the safety factors and the
braking power Of the various cars.
AS in the case Of governing the
speed of the new m"tor, restrictions
on the speed Of highway traffic
would be a matter Of considering
the car owners own interests.
The records of the insurance com
panies are enabling the statistically
inclined to discover which makes
of cars are registering the greatest
number of collisions through speed
ing. The insurers know which
makes Of cars present the greatest
fire hazards and rate the machines
accordingly. A rating by the
states based upon the relative like
lihood of collision is, therefore. q
possibility Of the very near future.
1t would not be fair nor practical
to arbitrarily seal all governors so
as to restrict the speed limit Of
machines to twenty-five, thirty or
thirty.five miles per hour depend
ing upon the particular StateI be-
cause it is now recognized that
with the coming of the concrete
highway forty to- fifty miles an
hour is a safe speed for a car that
is safely built. Speed laws will
doubtless be. changed during this
next few years, with the tendency
always toward higher speed limits.
But, should the, governor plan ma
terialize, the distinction made he
tween the sped limits allowed to
owners of different makes of cars
will remain. There are new cars
today, and any number of aged
ones, which are not safe over twen-
ty-five. ,s.
AS breaking the governor seal
would constitute al misdelneanor.
punishable by fine, the matter of
circumventing the law would be
rather difficult. AS always there
would be some owners who could
find a way of speeding when they
wanted to, but with the rank and
file of the motoring clan aware
of the value Of the plan the speed
ing driver in a frail car would
stand out like a. sore thumb and
would. be reported as a consequence.
All this will simply b. in line with
the tendency Of motorists to get
together for their own welfare.
(ConyriRht l924O
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03
ABS\NASHINGTON TIMES MID ~WEEK. Q4A
GEzsb-AUTOMOTIVE SECTION -%N9
H0rton, local pueaenberg ana stutz

Horton, local Duesenberg and stutz
dealer. =
Golf might very easily, be dan
gerous, and the sport made very
inconvenient to all who engage in
it," he says. III the public on the
links refused to play the game &C.
cording to its well.defined rules
He pointed out the great inpor-
lance Of playing the game" az q
safeguard by calling attention to
the fact that safety Is maintained
on the golf course Without policing.
The player driving off a tee
calls fore to the players ahead
because 1t is part Of the game" says
Captain Horton. "In motoring the
average driver considers IL a nui.
sance to bother to sound his horn
when he wants to pass, and hazards
are the result. When we learn to
consider safety measures in driv.
ing as part Of the game. automo
bling will be far safor without the
! expense and annoyance Of station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03
Automobiles Must Suit
Communities Where
They viii Run

"The man who brings the
most Intelligence to the purchase
of a motor car gives as much
thought to the community in
which he will use the car as to
the car ITSELF" says Joseph B.
Trew, of the Trew Motor Com
pany.
"A good car in one town
might not be a good car in some
other town. The stability, re-
sponsibility and facilities of the
local dealer are just as vital to
satisfaction in ownership as the
make and model Of the car.
"The manufacturer delivers a
car to the dealer, but the modern
dealer delivers dependable auto
mobile transportation to the
man who buys the car. To do
this. the. dealer must be strong
enough to. constitute a guaran-
tee Of. satisfaction in the owner
ship of anything he sells"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03

in Ell Paso, Texas, came baGk. to
the United States today from. Peru
and learned they were no longer
Americans because the mother had
married a British subject,
immigration authorities permitted
them to enter the country of theiT
birth for period OF six months.
Mrs. Knowles, who brought; the
children to the United States to
educate them, said she. would ap-
veal to authorities in Washington
to extend the six months period.
Mrs. Knowles husband IL en-
ployed by a mining company in
Feru.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03

ing a motorcycle officer to every
block.
THE average golfer feels that he
liz up on the game II he knows
enough to- practice such etiquette
as is required to keep. the game
safe. The average motolist has a
notion that II he Is fiissy about
safety rules he will not be suf-
ficiently sporty to gain the ap-
prevail Of his fellows.
TITS just a warped attitude
which is bound to be corrected as
playing the, game becomes as pop.
ular'. in motoring as 1t is In any
other sport. :"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-03
TRANSPORT METHODS
= SURVEYED I'M BOOK

A survey of transportation
methods in the Coal Industry has
been published for free distribution
by the General Motors Truck com.
;pany, Pontiac, Michigan, in a book
let entitled Modern Transportation
for the Coal Industry"
The contents Of the new booklet,
which is literally illustrated, re-
present data gathered by a staff
of experts during year of in.
vestigation and apply to the local
transportation problems of all divl.
sions of the coal industry, includ.
ing references and recommendations
on equipment. and methods.