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Evening star., 1924-11-16

"The fumes from this combination
have not been instantly deadly In
| these fatal cases. but have ranged
in their effects from severe nervous
| arrangement to insanity, or to vio
| lent seizures ending in death. All
Of the men affected. to whatever de
gree. except the deceased. are now In
hospitals under observation and
treatment.
Prior to these regrettable aoci-
dents there has been some public
warning that lead fumes. which are
well known to be toxic, added TO the
gasoline fumes. might present a ru
nicipal problem where traffc conges-
tion is already so great that the or
dinary exhaust from the motors has
become obnoxious and dangerous 10
pedestrians.
1T is regrettable that almost every
advancement in science is made al
the expenditure of considerable hu-
man life. The commercial manufac-
ture of tetra-ethyl lead Is very new
and the fatal results in this case are
not necessarily indicative of care
lessness on either the part OF the
workers or the company.
nevertheless there is the usuai
rush of health commissioners and
State boards and workers welfarc
associations, who are prohibiting the
use of lead or other deleterious sub
stances in gasoline" are promisinc
to pass laws preventing the intro
duction OF lead or anything else in 20
gasoline which may make the fumes
dangerous. If in their enthusiasm 10
interfere with other peoples bus
ness they succeed in eliminating car
| bon monoxide, which has alread
killed q great many motorists, fro,
| the gases of combustion in the aut"
mobile motor we shall be indebted
them.
Government Seeks Antidote.
"The one hopeful investigation l
der way, assuming that the comp
! nies themselves would be so shori
| sighted as not to take proper step
! in this direction. Is that the Burea
Of Mines has sent A group of gas e..
| perts from its Washington labor
| tories to begin a research into III,
| nature of this particular case and to
strive to find an antidote as we'll a.
TO develop remedial methods whiciI
| will avert further disaster in thi-
new process.
The bureau has been carrying O..
extensive experiments for about fl !.
months with tetra-ethlyl lead.
Thus far II has not been founG
| that life and health are more ser
ously jeopardized by use Of gasolin.
with this rev ingredient than with
out it. Eager health commissioners
| and other political satellites might
| well follow the advice of the Bureau
| of Mines, which Is the country's high
| est authority on the toxic gases"
Evening star., 1924-11-16
Employment Blamed in Part
For Many Traffic Accidents
Certain Classes of Work Believed More
Conducive Than Others to Careless
ness In Automobile Driving.

miliar with the cities in which they
are looking for business. In reading
f1rm names and in wandering about
in search of prospects they are said
to become frequently involved in most
unnecessary collisions.
Persons in eXacting lines of work,
such as banking, are expected to
show high record Of safety in their
driving. but such facts will doubtless
the average motorist will be con-
vinced. The psychologist reasons
that because banks balance before
closing the employees have nothing In
business way to preoccupy their
attention when they drive home in
their cars. The men in this business
who carry the weight Of the responsi-
bility-the executives-as in other
lines of business, often employ chauf-
feurs. their business therefore not in
fluencing their driving.
Responsibility in business. appar-
emily, does not encourage responsi-
billty in driving where the business
man handles his own car. His
safety is believed to be in inverse
proportion to his concentration upon
business matters. This is said to be
demonstrated by the large number of
accidents in which intelligent per-
SONS are lHNOiNeu because lHeS were
not thinking what they were doing"
Phyaicians' Accidents Serious.
Physicians represent an interesting
case. While they invaria bly, drive
fast on emergency calls, they repre-
sent the sort of safety that is char
acteristic of the experienced fast
driver in that their attention is CEN
tered upon the job in hand their
mind having less opportunity to wan
der than in the case with the very
slow driver. Like the fast driver
however, the physician motorist is
likely to get into serious trouble if
he gets into trouble at all.
The physician is unique. however.
in that he Invariably knows his
ground. SO that he is able to drive
fast much more wisely than the av-
erage so-called fast driver. He
knows where the danger points are
and can apportion his speed accord
ingly. 1t is only when his mind
wanders off to thoughts of his pa
tient that he is likely to forget what
he is doing. but such trouble as he
gets into under such circumstance
is likely to be the sort that calls for
the ambulance.
A physician. in rushing to the
hospital, recently ran feadlong iSto
street car that was approaching
His excuse was that he thought it
was going in the opposite direction.
but those who support the theory
that ones business is greatly respon-
sible for ones characteristics and
Continued on Eleventh Page.)
Evening star., 1924-11-16
Bureaus Experiments Indicate
Tetra-Ethyl Lead Fairly Safe
Mining and Metallurgy Editor Says
Tests Sho,O Gasoline No More Danger.
GUS With Ne,U Gas Than Without It.

Experiments conducted by the
United States Bureau of Mines on a
small menagerie OF animals show.
thus far, that gasoline containing
tetra- a-ethyl lead is not more danger
GUS with this ingredient than with
out 1t. according to Col Percy E. Bar
bour. editor Of Mining and Metal
lurgy. official i"'lrnal Of the Amer
lean Institute ci Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers.
Col. Barbour warns against the
hasty passage of legislation to pre-
vent the use of lead or other sub
stances which make fumes danger
Gus to motorists. The death of five
Standard Oil employees in New Jersey,
he thinks, does not necessarily indi-
| cate carelessness.
During the war extensive expert
| ments were carried out to discover a
dope for gasoline that would increase
its effectiveness and power in motor
driven vehicles" says Col. Barbour.
by the accidental suggestion Of a
ntechntcal man connected with
one Of the large copper refining COM
panies which produced, a by-prod-
uct. considerable quantities of tel
lurium, for which there was no
known commercial use, 1t was dis
covered that tellurium could be used
as dope with marvellous results.
EaIIy Tests show Results.
"One of the largest motor compa-
MES of the country, after extensive
tests, became convinced Of the value
Of tellurium for this purpose. How
ever. the total production of tellurium
in this country was only about l per
cent of what they estimated would
be the normal motor demand, so that
tellurium was dropped. and still re-
mains a metellusgical monstrostty
without any practical use.
Further experiments revealed the
| fact that tetra-ethyl lead was more
efficacious than telluriun. The Cen
! eral Motors Company, the Standard
| Oil Company and the du Pont Com
| pany have been making experiments,
and commercial process for the pro-
! duction Of tetra-ethyl lead has been
| worked out, and a great quantity OF
| gasoline has been sold with this in
gredient as dope. and a very large
public demand has grown up.
| The product brings an increased
| price but tends to eliminate the
knock and other motor troubles. and
that, from this standpoint, it is de-
sirable by the motoring public is evil
denced by the increa sing demand al
| filling stations.
During the last week in October
! fatalities began to result in the Bay
| way laboratory and plant of the
| Standard OIL Company, which were
! attributed to this gas. OF the As en-
ployes there have died and only lC
have remained unafected.
Evening star., 1924-11-16
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

'STell me his business and I'll tell
you what sort OF driver he is
Thus boasts a practical psych olo-
gist, who believes that business bears
direct relation to automobile safety.
Just as the Department Of Com
merce Is obtaining data in an effort
to determine whether illiteracy Is an
automobile accident factor, so are
Psychologists attempting to deter
mine, from record of facts. whether
a man is a safer driver in one line
or business than in another.
Motorists who must be shown in
all questions Of this sort point to the
fact that fire insurance people are
often the most careless about fire as
evidence to explode the theory that
business has any direct bearing on
safety in driving. but many inter-
esting facts in support of the theory
have also been advanced.
Private Drivers Safest.
1t has been noticed by executives
OF large organizations which send
their men out on the road equipped
with cars that there Is definite tend
ency TO take collisions lightly be-
cause the car belongs to the com
pany." In majority Of such colli-
sions the damage does not extend be-
yond crumpled tenders, bent bumpers
or broken headlights, but safety ad-
vocates are alarmed at the attitude
taken by the drivers.
1t is pointed out that where the
car is privately owned greater at
tention Is paid to. traffic and thus to
safety. For this reason some COM
panies pay their repre- ntatives sal
aries sufficient to enable them to buy
their own cars and maintain them.
Many traffic officers are of the
opinion that travelling men are among
The most annoying traffic law vio-
lators, for the reason that too much
attention is paid to business and not
enough to the job in hand. The opin-
ion is also that the degree OF such
violations depends largely upon the
nature of the business the salesman
driver is engaged in. Representa-
tiyes who normally register at the
city's leading hotel before making
their business calls are said to be
very nearly as cautious as the aver
age motor tourist, though they are
prone to be a bit dull and careless
ing long distances over tiresome
roads.
Salesmen Careless.
Statesmen who plan only TO stop in a
Town or city for the purpose Of visit
ing customers are said to give en-
tirely too little attention to the busi-
ness of driving. This is particularly
true Of salesman drivers who are
covering new territory, being unfa-
Evening star., 1924-11-16
SMOKE CLOUD EXPLAINED.
Idling Motor Stores Unburned Oil
in Cylinders.

VIII. does a car that has been run
ming idle at the curb often give or q
cloud Of smoke while going the first
few blocks and then show no further
sign OF it? Simply this-all the time
the engine was running idle Oil was
passing into the cylinders. but it was
not being burned up, because there
was too little fuel being used to con-
sumo it. When the throttle was
opened the hot flame generated had
an excess of oil to get rid Of. The re-
sult-smoke, just like coal on a fresh
Evening star., 1924-11-16
EASY POLISHING METHOD.

Lacking a can OF metal polish you
can brighten up the trimmings and
remove some Of the rust by wIping
them off with a chamois that has been
wet and then wrung out You will
notice that after washing the car
and drying 1t with a chamois the
garage man seldom has to polish the
nickel unless II Is in bad condi-
ton. This plan Is preferable to try
ing to brighten the nickel with a
dry rag.
Evening star., 1924-11-16
MAY FIT TOO SNUGLY.
Advice to Car Owners on Sticking
Cone Clutch,

The sticking of a conc clutch may
be due to a tendency of the clutch
member to fit too snugly in tho cone
part of the fly wheel. This is usually
the result of worn facing OF the
clutch member. caused. in turn, by
burning the facing through a habit
of slipping the clutch. A new leath-
er facing should remedy the trouble
and n handy temporary solution is
to wedge broken pieces Of a hack
saw blade between the facing and
the clutch member at several points
Evening star., 1924-11-16

fre-but when the excess oil was
consumed the flame burned cleanly
the slight amount passing the pistons
Evening star., 1924-11-16
READ AND SAVE TENDERS.

Obviating the danger OF accident
ally humping the left front fender of
the car directly behind your park
ing space when entering IT is to
make up your mind always to park
the car properly by driving up along
side Of the car ahead and then back
ing. No matter how sharply you
cut the wheels under this arrange
ment, If the rear right wheel is
slightly behind the left rear of the
car ahead. no damage can be done
except by the front tenders, which,
however, are easy to keep track Of
Evening star., 1924-11-16

on its circumference. This will often
smooth out rough and sticking cone
clutch.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
AGRICULTURE INTERBCREAU LEAGUE.
STANDING OF TEAMS

| Kettler of the Soils team occupied
the spotlight during the past week
with a high game of 1877 and set of
| 373. Curiously enough, his team lost
the game in which he rolled his 137,
| the Public Roads outfit spilling $50
to beat the Soils $40.
Capt. Stork's Accounts rollers sur
prised by taking all three games from
the Property and Purchase team, the
Cap himself leading the way with a
135 game and 335 set. Locknane
backed him up beautifully. however,
his ia game turning the tide in the
third.
Tucker and Nelson did the best
bowling for Property. Nelson, in
spite of his teams defeat, kept up his
good work and now leads the indi-
viduals for the season with the nifty
average of 108.
Public Roads, taking advantage of
rGowan's absence from the Soils line
up. took the odd game from that
team, Humphries, Nairn and Cooper
doing the heavy work. Cooper, a re-
cruit to the Roads five, showed excel
lent form, having a single game of
1872 and a set of 315. The Roads out
fit will bear watching.
The Economics ensemble put over
three beautiful games against the In
terbureaus, taking ALI oftthem. Mill
ler led the way for Economics with a
set of 338.
The defeats of Property and Soils
and the sweeps by Accounts and Eco
nomics did much to tighten up the
race, and the league starts in on it's
second quarter this week with but
four games separating the first and
fifth teams and with the first four so
closely punched that single eve-
nings rolling might shift positions
entirely. All eight teams are remark
ably we'll punched in pin fall.
Capt. Holmes of the Interbureaus
feels that he has been given very
unjust kick in the Stats by Dame
Fortune, his team having lost no
fewer than six games recently in which
they spilled better than 500.
Solicitors took the odd game from
Plant Bureau. Seaton and Murphy
starring with 331 and 322. respective
ly. Capt. Murphy, who, incidentally,
is having a banner year. averaging
better than 107 for the first 81 games,
insists that his team is now on the
way up and will be 1-2-3 at the half
way mark on the schedule. After last
weeks experience, Plant Bureau is
inclined to concur in this statement
Evening star., 1924-11-09
GOOD BOXERS TO MIX
IN M'BRIDE Benefit

Terry o'Day, local leather pusher,
will tackle, one of the toughest ban
tamweights in this section when he
meets Nick Brown OF Baltimore In
10-round feature bout of a boxing
show to be staged Thursday night
at Alexandra for the benefit OF Bill
Mcbride. former sandlot athlete, now
an invalid.
Brown has engaged in more than
100 battles, having pointed the way
to such scrappers as Benny Schwartz.
Kid Julian, Hank Dundee. Charley
Ray. Patsy Flanagan. Young Howard,
Reddy Tender. Buck Kansas and
Johnny Cousins.
Several local boxers affiliated with
Mohawk Athletic Club will appear
in the preliminary bouts against some
Of Fort Myers ring talent. Sylves-
ter Breen, prominent Alexandria
sportsman. is interested in the affair
Bill Mcbride, for whom the show will
be held, was one of the most talented
athletes in this vicinity.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
DISTRICT LEAGUE.
RECORDS FOR SEASON.

High team set-1.712 Curb Cafe.
High team game-615. Meyer Davis
High individual set-3SS. Rosenberg, Curl
Cafe; 3ss Bailey. Regulars.
High individual game-163. Thomas, Termi-
High Individual averase-1eo-s, Rosenberg
Curb Cafe for the fourth successive
week took all three games of its
scheduled set. In this time they have
hung up a team average Of ISL and
defeated in the order named Stanford
Paper Company, Mount Peasants,
pany, with team sets of LIP, 1852,
1858 and 1.610, respectively.
Stanford Paper Company, with 1862,
rolled the best set Of the week against
Y. NJ. c. A., Earl Lewis being high
for the evening with 349.
The consistently good bowling of
Hank Bailey has done much toward
placing Regulars in the runner-up
position. He is leading the league in
spares with AZ, is tied for high indi-
-yiduai with 3S8 and has an average
of 1910 for Is games.
Max Rosenberg, anchor for Curb
Cafe. is doing some phenomenal roll
ing. In the five sets he has bowled
he has hung up totals OF 3S8, $50, 344,
345 and 351, giving him an average
Of 1905.
Tommy Thomas, the chubby captain
OF Terminal Ice Company, is doing
the most consistent work for that
| team. He has rolled the highest indi
viduaf game. 1853, and his sets have
been uniformly good.
Weinberg of Goodfellows, who takes
his Instructions from Maj. Sullivan, is
leading that team with the good aver
age of 112-l and has proved yalu-
able acquisition for Chalmers Croft.
George Friend with II strikes is
the leader in that respect, having
passed Metrakos Of Mount Peasants.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

Now comes Tolley with a wallop
the writer has not seen equaled by
any other golfer Even professionals
gasp and talk about Tolley's hitting,
and pros especially the stars, do not
admit readily that they have a
superior in the matter of long hit
ting. Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen.
Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones, Mike
Brady and Johnny Farrell are all ex-
tremely long drivers, but they all
freely admit Cyril James Hastings
Tolley is king of the hitters.
Knows His Capabilities.
What is more. Tolley himself
knows his own capability in. this re-
spect and delights in polling them
out of sight for his appreciative
galleries. He handles his driver with
fully as much confidence as Babe
Ruth swings base ball bat. He
slams into the little white sphere
with every ounce of his 210 pounds
and he rides the ball with terrific
carry to distances far beyond the
expectation of the onlookerS.
In a match with Bobby Jones at
the Druid Hills Club in Atlanta re-
Gently Tolley gave the greatest ex-
hibition of driving ever seen there.
The easy-going Britisher negotiated
every so-called test" drive. That
is, he carried every ditch or trap
that can possibly be carried, some
of which are never even attempted
by the good golfers. All of these
yards to 290 yards. Tolley also drove
several green's which measured more
than 900 yards from the tee.
TolIey did the same thing in a
match the other dav at Wykagyl, In
which he and Bobby Jones were
beaten by Jim Barnes and Mike Brady
Brady, who hits his drives with
of run on the ball, was finding him
self outdriven from 20 to so yards
consistently.
That guy sure does hit them"
Brady remarked to Long Jim as they
walked along one of the fairways fol-
lowing the drives. Barnes agreed he
did
Has n Peculiar Stance.
Tolley's style is quite different from
that of Mitchell, Hayers, or any Of
the other long hitters. In fact, it, is
quite different from that of any other
golfer. He addresses the ball with
square stance but with both toes
turned in, evidently with the intention
of getting a firm footing. He uses
rather short driver, keeps his hands
very low in addressing the ball and
then takes the club back in a very up
right position.
Havers has a swing that is quite as
long as Tolley's and like Tolley he
has q fine follow through. But
Havers doesn't toe in to the ball and
he takes the club back more deliber-
ately than Tolley. Mitchell uses a
slightly open stance and has a very
short back swing. Also he stops the
club rather abruptly after the ball is
struck. But Mitchell has powerful
forearms and large hands and can
WELD a club of 16 ounces as easily as
the ordinary golfer can swing one
weighing but 13 ounces.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
TOSS DECIDES MATCH
FOR GUN CLUB TITLE

Age and youth battled in the all
around championship shoot of Wash
ington Gun Club yesterday over the
Benning traps. but the outcome was not
determined by markmanship, as a flip
of the coin decided the 1924 champion.
After Joe Hunter, veteran of long
standing, had tied H. Derringer, new
conner, with 79 breaks out of possible
100, darkness prevented a complete
shoot-off, and it was decided to settle
the issue by a toss. Derringer was for
tunate enough to win
The victor received five-dollar gold
piece, while Hunter was awarded half
that amount in gold.
Horton was barely nosed out as he
registered a IS. Williams got a II.
9. Other scores were: Morgan, 73x1OO; !;
Monroe, 72x100; Parsons, 72x100; ;
Reamer, 72x100; Wilson. 71x10o: Britt,
71x100; Green. 59x100; Cain, 51x100; !;
wynkoop, 63x10O; Simon, 45x100S Ger
man, 35x50; White, 15x20; McKibbin,
22x40, Shore, 35x60; Gill, 1Sx2o.
Evening star., 1924-11-09

rough day. I did not, like the looks
of things this morning. and when the
wind shifted to the southeast from
the southwest and then died down
for time, 1 Immediately commenced
to look to the northwest for a blow
in the afternoon. Well, it came all
right and / didn't start any too soon,
or maybe 1 would have been out
there still, anchored or perhaps
grounded on the other shore"
All that this party had landed during
the day were five pan-size rockfsh.
none of which weighed over a pound.
But during the past week many good
catches have been made. some of
them weighing Is and Is pounds.
To the angler these disappoint-
mentS are soon over and forgotten,
and another trip with just as much
enthusiasm and anticipation is plan
ned and taken.
Well Worth the Effort.
These trips are daily being made by
anglers in quest of the big rotkflsh
and will continue to be until the
weather gets too cold for comfort
In fact, Capt Trott has his boat
booked up each day during the re-
mainder of the present month and
there are great many boats for
anglers at Annapolis. 1t is well
worth anybody's time to get chance
to hook one of these fish.
The plymouth bass and erappies
are being caught in the Potomac in
the Georgetown Channel. The Tidal
Basin also has its quota of anglers
after anything that is attracted to
the bats offered, and the Washington
channel also has it's casters after the
bass. The Virginia creeks below
Alexandra also have their visitors
and many good catches of. bass have
been reported.
AS has been the case for the past
month. live bait is scarce, particu-
larly smelt. the little silvery minnow
that has caused many a bass to fall
victim to some anglers hook. Its
place, through necessity, has been
taken by the pike minnow, which in
some instances has proved a mighty
good substitute.
1t is with deep regret that this col
umn learned of the drowning of a
woman angler in the waters Of the
Potomac yesterday afternoon while
fishing above Great Falls.
1t goes to prove that warning
given by this column at the start of
the fishing season should not be for
gotten. An ounce of precaution is
worth a pound of cure. Be careful,
no matter where you are fishing, in
boat or from rocks along the
shore.
Evening star., 1924-11-09
BANKERS DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
STANDING OF TEAMS

There have been no big scores, with
one exception. This was the high
game of Stunz of Park Savings, who
rolled 165 at the beginning of the sea-
son..
OF those who have rolled 10 or more
games. Schweinhaut of Washington
Loan No. 1 team is leading in aver
ages, with 107-12 in Is games, fol-
lowed by McCambridge, with 1918;
Hayden. 1866, and Wood. 1O5-15.
McCambridge Of Federal-American
leads in strikes, with II: Heinze of
Hibbs is close behind with TO-
Forty spares each is the greatest
number so far. Wood of National
Bank Of Washington and Schwein-
haut being tied at that figure, fol-
lowed by Osborn and Buckingham
with 81. Robinson follows Stunz for
high game, with 142.
Stunz. with 1858; Schweinhaut 367,
and Esch 361, have the high sets
American Security has high team set,
with 1909. Hibbs is next, with 1904.
Park Savings. by rolling Gil, leads
all the, others by good margin for
high team game.