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Evening star., 1924-11-30
Speeders in Autos
No,o Break Quiet
OF Holy Jerusalem,

Disfiguring the medieval quaint
ness and disturbing the peaceful
quiet of the Holy City is the latest
charge to be laid against the auto
mobile.
The growth of motor traffic in
Palestine since the war has in
creased so greatly, says a report
from the Holy Land, that the mu-
nicipal government of Jerusalem
has taken steps ito curb the mad
careening of automobiles through
the crowded streets and the harsh
honking of the horns"
The report, received in this coun-
try by the Palestine Foundation
Fund, states that the government
of Jerusalem has issued DEGREES
handing out drastic punishment
for speeding and reckless driving
and stipulating that after January
l all automobile horns must be re-
placed by bells. The latter, the
government declares, are more in
character with the spirit of Jeru-
salem.
Taxicabs. which formerly reaped
a harvest by getting any fare they
could. it is said, are now re-
post the regulation tariffs on their
cars in the three official languages
of the country-Hebrew, Arabic
and English-and severe punish
ment will be meted out to all
drivers who attempt to charge
more than the legal rate.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
PREDICT WINTER MOTORING
ON SCALE ABOVE AVERAGE
Managers of WdsIlingtOn AutOmOtiue Trade AssOcid-
ton See Car Oluners Encouraged by Their
Experience in Recent Cold Snap.

cars away. Service stations through
out the city were taxed TO he limit
dispensing aid and information TO
motorists who formerly left Winter
preparations for the other fellow. In
a number OF cases motorists declared
that had they known the prepara-
tions were so simrlifed by present
service methods and the advantages
have abandoned the storage idea long
before.
Other Factors In solution.
Service stations had been max
ing preparations for resdjusting car
buretors, alta ching exhaust stoves,
changing the engine oil and attaching
Winter accessories. This in a num-
Der Of instances helped TO encourage
owners to obtain full use OF their
cars by driving them throughout the
Winter
Having had accessories attached.
batteries charged and adjustments
made, many owners recognized the
folly of sacrificing the transporta
tion advantages of the car by put
ting it out OF service for the next fe W
months.
Had the cold weather come on
very gradually ii is certain that a
large percentage of those who Gus
tomarily store their cars for the
Winter would have gone through the
usual procedure of looking fer dead
storage space and of anticipating a
season of steadily adverse weather.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
HEAVY DAMAGE LIKELY.
Warning Against Hammer Blows
on Inflated Tires.

II sledge- hammer blows be rained
Dn a heavily inflated tire it is quite
possible that not even mark or IN
sientation would be left on the out
side of the casing. An inspection OF
rhe inside of the casing. however,
would reveal broken inside fabrics,
end that is exactly the kind of trying
experience that many tires are SUD
dected to unknowiugly by their users
The tread of the tire is rubber ana
therefore resilient, and although the
fabric is pliable, it does not respond
10 the shock with the elasticity or
rubber: hence, Il greater strain IS
placed upon il, and, obviou1ly, 1t Of
ten breaks
A blowout may happen any time
with broken fabrics, even while the
sar is standing still. Furthermore,
che broken fabric is almost certain TO
Dinch the tube, inasmuch as the thin
rubber of which the tube is COM
posed when filled with air will hnd
its way into surprisingly small
spaces. The pinching causes the tube
TO break, the tire goes fiat, ana the
fnotorist cannot understand what
happened because there is no pune
ture through the casing.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
END SERIES OF TESTS
OF DANGER SIGNALS
Maryland Officials Inclined to
Favor Combination of Red
and Yellow Lights.

BALTIMORE. November 29.-Re-
suits of tests made in Maryland dur
ing the last few months to determine
types Of danger signals most suit
able for use on highways have been
submitted to Thomas II. Mcdonald.
chief of the United States Bureau Of
Public Roads, by Harry D. williar.
jr., assistant engineer of the State
roads commission.
They will be considered at con-
ference to establish uniform systems
or danger signals throughout the
country.
z. The safety conference recently de-
cided that green lights should not be
used as danger signals on highways,
since such lights are used in many
cities as go signals for traffic, Mr..
Williar said. Green signals are now
in use on Maryland State roads as
warning signals at crossroads.
The tests made in Maryland were to
determine what color could best be
substituted for green lights. Several
colors were used in the tests includ-
ing blue, purple, and color combina-
tions. A combination of red and yell
low lights were selected as the most
efficient signal
If this type of signal is approved by
the safety conference an effort will be
made to have 1t generally adopted
throughout the country. The green
signals used at curves in Maryland
will be replaced with the red and
yellow signals If the new type is ap-
proved.
Pending the decision of the national
safety conference, no explanations are
being made in the warning signal
system on Maryland roads. it was
said. After a substitute for the green
warning lights is approved the state
roads commission plans to place self
lighting reflector warning signals on
many State roads.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

That Washington's recent cold
spell will be the cause OF more ex-
tensive motoring for hundreds of car
owners this Winter. is the prediction
of the service committee of the
Washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation in its latest bulletin.
According to the committee, the
unreasonable cold spell and the re-
turn to warmer weather has dis
couraged hundreds of local owners
from following their custom of putting
the car up for the Winter, since they
have been given a demonstration of the
mistake of thinking that Winter is con-
tfnualy adverse TO motoring.
Car owners who have discovered
how quickly temperatures change
have been willing to admit, it is set
forth. that many days during the
Winter are excellent for motoring
even of the pleasure type. 1t is
pointed out that a large number of
local car owners were forced to a
sudden acquaintance with cold wea
ther driving and found it far less
troublesome than feared.
Important Role In MOTORING.
"The sudden cold spell and the
equally sudden warming up has play
ed an important role in Washing
tons motoring" the W.A.T.A. COM
mittee states. In particular it has
shattered the time-honored belief of
many owners that because Winter as
a season is unfavorable to motoring
the individual days are unfavorable.
These car owners found themselves
driving in the sort of weather they
formerly considered best for storage
of the car, and as soon as they dis
covered how simple it is to motor
in cold weather when few simple
precautions are taken against trou-
BILE. the weather moderated. This
suggested to them the mistake in
thinking that the Winter season is
continually cold and unpleasant.
"One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the cold wave was the in
terest taken in Winter preparations
by owners who usually put their
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Common Sense Greatest Need
In La,us Controlling Traffic
Legislation and Regulation Which Leave
Nothing to Judgment of Driuer Often
Found Responsible for accidents.

the right he should have the right Or
way.
And that is just why the expert
enced driver sidesteps the law, sub
stituting in its place common sense
and good judgment. The usual right
of-Way law adds a provision which
Is usually overlooked, because the
average person skins over the Law
and does not absorb the whole of it
The typical law specifically stipulates
that the speed of the cars concerned
takes preference over the position
This makes great difference, but
it means that if driver who under
stands the law happens to meet 4
driver who has absorbed only the
superficial thought about position
there is bound to be trouble.
One version of the typical law reaos
after the conventional and mislead-
ing first para graph in reference II
granting the right OF way at streei
or highway intersections to any
hfcle approaching from the right
provided such vehicles are arriving
at such intersection at approximately
the same time The law in the con-
monwealth of Massachusetts, further
clouds the real point Of the require
ment by stating: Provided tha
such vehicles are arriving at the
point of intersection at the same pt
stant." What is meant, OF course, is
provided that such vehicles are ar
irving at the point of intersection
approximately the same rate OF speec
and at the same time for il we too'
the law literally ii would mean tha
should both cars come within sigh
of each other at approximately the
same instant, or time, the man to the
right would be within the law if he
usurped his right, even if the man -
the left might be travelling 10 or -
miles per hour faster.
Such action would be foolhardy ana
dangerous, but there can be no doub
that the law, through it's misleadins
wording, encourages the averas6
motorist in the belief that mere p1
sition at an intersection estabiishes
right of way. If it is the purpose %
the motor vehicle law TO safeguard
motorists and other users of the high
way then it is apparent that this par
ticular law is not meeting the aim Of
true motorcar regulation Rather. il
is leGalizinE evils.
The right of-Way law has been
frequently held in ridicule because
Of it's failure TO solve the case Of
four vehicles approaching crossing
at the same time from different d.
rections but the question is too Sc
rious for consideration of the petty
annoysnccs which il occasions. We
find not only that drivers are occa
sicning all manner of needless acci-
dents hy reason of misinterpretint
the law. but that many who are
learning that speed-or, let US say.
the time Of approach at the intetsec
ton counts quite as much as the
position Of the cars are committing
the dangerous practice OF speeding
UP when they find they are qualified
FOR right or way b5 reason of posi-
tion. hu; not of speed
Some experienced drivers reporf
that Very frequently when they tech
nically and logically have the right
OF Way a driver to the right will a.
tempt 10 manufacture his technical
right by speeding un. This inEa-
riahly results in collision. And il
Continued on seventh Page)
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Bi WILLIAM LLLNAN.

With daytime already overworked
for automobile traffic touring ard
trucking attention is turning to the
possibilities of putting traffic on Il
2f-hour basis.
There is no reason, many believe,
why the Nations motor transporta-
tion should he crowded into the day
light nours when. through better
distribution, it could be extended
over the entire day and night. Once
more distribution is being advanced
as a remedy to a national problem.
Already there is a movement un-
der way to encourage commercial
firms 10 put their trucking ou Il "a
hour basis as a means OF speeding
IN frrishtinG through avoiding con
ccStion and So-Called peak hours Of
traffic. owners of passenger cars
Pre- watching the movement with
keen interest, bnlieVeinG that there
may be something in tho idea for
general motoring.
Considerable passenger touring be
tween principal cities is being done
after dark as we'll as before dawn,
and with the great Improvement in
routing rs we'll as highway illumi-
nation night traffic is developing
without any of the special dangers
hich had been feared.
Charged Up to s-Hour Day.
The S-hour day is held by some
TO be Il leading cause of present mo-
tor vehicle congestion. The theory Of
this is that with the hours of work
growing fewer III daily duration.
movement Of vehcles is being mar
rowcd down TO the one point OF the
DAY where traffic il normally heav-
lest. Tho automobile is now the fast
,r,-ip ,f
American people. and with every one
soiug t. work later and coming home
earlier distribution of traffic is Serl-
"usly n1euanctd.
If working conditions We're as they
were 10 wears ago, and the automo-
lille were in its present state Of pop
ularity. cars would be taking their
owners to work over q wider period
Of time in the morning and bringing
them home any time between " ana
r IN the afternoon. Persons who
a,c now at liberty to start for home
a. any hour they choose find 1t
almost impossible to avoid heavy
traffr II they start at ; in the
afternoon they find themselves in the
motor shopping traffic. At many
of the trades are releasing an enor
NOUS number of automobiles. St
one finds all the traffic that used 10
he off the streets until ..
If a motorist waits until b ne Sets
Into ALI the stragglers of the last
minute rush. He seems to have no
alternative but to take Whatever
comes along. And what applies 10
motor traffic applies to street car
TRANSFORMATION, which, in turn. mas us
influence upon motor vehicle move
ment.
No effective remedies for the condl-
tfou u.hich the eight hour day has de-
velored have been advanced, and, ac-
rordinsIy. many feel that the oniy
way out. for the present. at least Is
10 attempt to give touring, recrea-
,ional and trucking traffic wider
distribution, keeping it out OF con-
eirt with city and suburban of1ce-to-
home traffic.
plan Adopted In Touring season.
During the touring season Just
closed many persons found 1t an ex-
ceIlent nIan to spend the entire day
at the resort points of their timer
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Picnicking in Safety.

Strengthening roads when rebuild
ing them has an advantage which
is just coming to light. Unused sec
tions OF the old road make ideal
places for the tourist to stop for his
picnic lunch without blocking traffic.
Usually the man on tour hasn't time
to look for choice spots and so in
winds up by stopping along
the main road. Under the new plan
he can MUNICH his sandwiches without
danger of becoming one himself.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Every Minute Counts.

If you buy your engine oil in gallon
cans-as you should - you have
doubtless noticed that the oil often
pours out much more slowly than
you would prefer. Maybe this Is why
you some times dash out the garage
and on your way to business when
you know that the engine needs Oil.
For a quick oiling just remember to
punch a hole in the top of the can
with your screwdriver. This lets air
in and allows the oil to pour out dou-
BILE quick
Evening star., 1924-11-30
BAUGHMAN SUSPENDS
PERMITS FOR DEATHS
Action Found Advisable in Auto
Fatalities-Backed
by Officials.

BALTIMORE, November IS = The
practice OF Automobile Commi ssioner
f. Austin Bauehman of Suspending
the licenses of drivers who have
killed persons with their automobiles.
and of revoking them entirely where
there is conviction for man
slaughter. meets with the approval
of city officials, including Herbert r.
O'Connor, States attorney. who highly
commended Commissioner Baughman
for his action
Commissioned BauShman is very
strict in that regard" Mr.. O'Connor
said, and I think his practice is
good one. AS soon as there is death
after an auto accident he recalls the
license and notifies US.
Sometimes in cases where the
Evening star., 1924-11-30

driver is exonerated by a coroner,s
jury and no charge is preferred
against him We receive letters from
Commissioner Baughman informing
US that y certain driver whose ma
chine killed some one Is applying
for the return of his license and in
quirinG if there is any further action
TO be taken against him.
In such cases. ! understand. nc
does not return the license until he
has checked IN very carefully. In
cases where there is a conviction on
a manslaughter charge he rcvokes
the license
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Head in for Heat.

II may look neater. and it may be
easier in some instances, to park cars
in their spaces in the public garage
in the customary way. but in ex-
tremely cold weather there is every
reason why parking the car in its,
stall head first should be done where
ever possible. The garage radiators
are run along the walls, so why not
put the cars radiator next to a good
opportunity for warmth andsA snappy
etartf
Evening star., 1924-11-30
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

One of the most singular facts in
the history of automobile regula-
tfon Is the almost universal adop-
tion of a requirement which, crudely
interpreted, means that the man to
the right at a street or highway in
tersection has the right of way.
Every day it is being demonstrated
in a variety of ways that the law is
legalizing number OF the very evils
1t was designed to overcome. 1t is
q fair example of what happens when
uniformity in motor vehicle regula-
ton takes place too hastily.
If legislators were TO weigh and
dissect this right-of-way law as they
are in the habit of doing with many
other laws which have met with con-
siderable success in other localities,
they would soon realize that it is far
from ideal. They would not add it
to the statute books in the belief
that 1t would solve the street inter-
section problem, but would first test
IL to see whether it was being adopt
ed elsewhere on merit or as sop
to the present agitation for uniform
ity in motor vehicle regulation.
When there are laws on the
statute books which motorists choose
to disobey the answer is stricter en-
forcement, but when motorists side
step a law because they feel that
IT does not always make for safety
the answer is further Investigation
of that law and a motion for its re-
peal, If il is shown to b. incon-
sistent with good judgment and
safety
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Danger in Following.

Following a car with ineffective
brakes Is very unsafe. You uncon-
sciously judge road condition by the
speed of the car ahead and there's
bound to be trouble il the driver of
the other car is trying to stop and
you do not know it.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
SPEEDING UP URGED.
Necessary Procedure When Shift
ing Gears.

When you want to shift into neu-
trail, either to coast or to shift to an
other speed, always speed up lit
tie. If this is not done the gears
will stick" little. even to a point
of resisting change until the car
has slowed down almost to stand
still. When the engine is pulling
the driving gears too vigorously, or
when the car itself is exerting a
yaryinr force, the pressures on the
gears at their teeth surfaces is not
equal. This causes sticking" and
the difficulty of pulling them out Of
mesh. Speeding up the engine little
will usually tend to equalize these
pressures.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Baby Coaches Rival Autos.

The baby coach manufacturers are
said TO be tasting their first real COM
petition from automo obiles. You can
have a car now for $50 down and
the rest as heaven wills. Why push
the baby when you can jump in, too?
Evening star., 1924-11-30
When Study Is Needed,

Thus, in the case Of the right-of
law, we find the majority Of experienced
drivers sidestepping it in the inter-
eSts of motoring, which is evidence
splenty that there is something fun
damentally wrong about the law. Any
legislation which does not app al TO
reason, or which admits more traffic
complications than it was designed 10
obriate, is necessarily matter to he
looked into carefully.
When asked why he did not act
strictly in accordance with the right
of-Way law, an experienced driver
explained that to obey the recdia. ion
In its true meaning would be most
hazardous, since the great majority
of drivers misunderstood il He
strikes right at the core of the stu
alton when he says that the mis-
leading point in the law is its habit
of featuring the thought that posi-
tion alone of the vehicle counts. In
other words, the average motorist is
led TO believe that if he happens to
be approaching an intersecting street
and finds that his car is the one to
Evening star., 1924-11-30

CONTINUED on seventh Page
The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-14

more than thirty other bunko artists
around the country.
In Denver, during the time that the
district attorney was on the trail of
the local bunkn ring. time after time
attempts to have suckers picked up
by the gang net with failure. To OBJ
tain definite evidence against the ring
District Attorney Van Cise needed
witness who would work with him,
get the goods on the gang, tip the dis
trict attorney and permit the conf
dence operators to be caught red
handed.
Out OF clear sky came Norfleet- In
Denver on the trail of members of
the Furey gang still at large, Nor
fleet was picked up by a steerer for
the BlOngerD r gang of Denver. Nor
feet notified the district attorney and
agreed to go through as a state wit
ness.
The result Is that aged Lon Blon-
ger (nOw dead), A. w. Duff, Dapper
Jackie French, Artful Artie Cooper.
Louis Mushnick and the lesser lights
in the Denver bunko constellation
were sent to Canon City.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-14
Hanihara Is Well Liked at the Capital

print or what not. If he knows any
thing he doesn't desire to see printed
he just doesn't tell ii.
In 1901 he was assigned as one of
the secretaries at Washington and was
one of the staff of the embassy at the
Portsmouth peace conference follow
ing the Russo-Japanese war. He was
recalled to Japan in 1910.
When the agitation against jap
anese immigration began to stir things
on the Pacific coast back in 1915, he
was named consul-general at San Fran
cisco. His tact and discretion contrib
uted much to the settlement of the
question at the time.
When Viscount lshil came to this
country in 1917, touring the United
States with a large suite, Hanihara
was his chief of staff. His next ap-
pearance in America was at the arIi.5
conference called by the late Presi-
dent Harding, coming as the secretary
general of the Japanese delegation
Later he succeeded Ambassador
Sidehara, who was In poor health.
With all his smiling suavity, Ham,
hara never agrees with anything he
doesn't want to agree with and despite
his long association with occidentals
and his ability to get the western view
point in most things he never forgets
his nationalism.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-14
Norfeet, boomerang Sucker" From Texas

Y FRANK NORFLEET of Hale
county, Texas, famous as the
= nemesis of confidence men. will
receive $4,000 by congressional
appropriation if bill introduced by
Representative Marvin Jones of Texas
and backed by Representative VIII
liam NJ Vaile of Colorado passes. Nor
fleet is known in Denver as the
boomerang sucker, who aided Philip
S. Van Cise, district attorney, In
rounding up and sending to prison
members of the S1,000,000 Denver
bunko ring.
The Jones bill requests congress to
reimburse Norfleet to the extent of
$1,000 for expenses incurred in
roundup of "a confidence men who
fleeced him out of $4,000 four years
ago. At the risk of his life and at
very heavy expense he trailed Joe
Furey and Furey's gang throughout
the entire country. and a few weeks
ago put the last of the Furey ring
behind the bars, congress was told.
His aid to the Denver district at
torney and authorities elsewhere has
been instrumental in the>conviction of
The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-14
Aviation; Central America; panama Canal

1t might even prevent war with any
Asiatic nation. for our air position
would make attack futile.
1t would create great peace time
advantages for Central, South. and
North America, linking the three by
air. creating closer business friendship
and stimulating trade.
The U1ited States, 1t is believed,
could have the chance to develop Cen
tral American aviation for the asking.
Guatemala already has asked us to
step in. Nicaragua has indicated un-
officially a similar desire. Other ma
tions are reported officially to he hold
ing of from offers of foreign concerns
in the hope that America will act-but
they cannot hold off forever.
This statement came from Rear Ad-
miral William =. MOffett: "Air STRAIT
egy is today fundamental considera-
tion in defense of the canal. and the
islands Of the Caribbean are In most
cases potential air bases which must
enter into any problem of defense and
national security. Development OF
aviation In Central America by our
interests would assure us safety for
the canal"
A bill. already passed by the senate
and now pigeon holed. II seems, IN
the house. would give navy and ma
rine officers permission to go to Cen
trail America to train Its dyerA