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Evening star., 1924-05-11
Speeding for More Than Number
Of Miles Speedometer Sho,us
Mental Agility of Driuer Must Keep Pace
With MiIes-an-Hour Dial or Accidents
Happen, Tests Reueal.

est possible stop. The driver with-
out speedometer actually failed in
time TO avoid q collision just because
he thought he was stopping quickly
enough and never bothered to reach
for the emergency until it was too
late!
The experiment may be interpreted
to mean that the average driver has
very little conception OF accele ration,
speed and deceleration and that he is
always speeding when his conception
of these points exceed the actual
facts by more than an allowable mar
gin of safety.
Speedometer Only One Guide.
It is evident to him. and to those
who have made similar tests, that
the speedometer is but one of the
guides to the driver in obviating the
possibility of such misjud gment \
driver, to be safe, has to know def
nitely just what actual speed his car
is running and what rate of speed it
is accelerating or stopping. He must
know whether this speed or rate of
speed change suits the particular
conditions under which he is driving.
And, finally. he must know whether
meets only the first requirement.
1t is now believed that majority of
accidents are the result of made:
Quate guides TO these other points
If there were two other indicators on
the dash as accurate as the speedom-
etsr there might be considerable
change for the better
What is skiddipg but ignorance of
speed in relation to driving condi
tions?
What S recklessness but Ignorance
of speed in relation to ones ability to
handle the car satisfactorily in an
emergency?
Slows Under Compulxion.
The average motorist drives slow
ly in traffic not because he is aware
of the effect of the rabble upon his
efficiency and ability, but because he
has to. That is why so many acci-
dents occur when q. driver finds q lit
tie opening ahead where he can
hurry.
Speeding can happen at any time
That explains why one man can run
along at forty without mishap while
another will get into trouble at hf-
teen If one follows the comparison
carefully one is likely to find that
when the first driver is running at
fifteen the other will be running at
twenty-five, showing vast difference
III judgment as to the appropriateness
of speeds
Psychologists are coming to find
out that where it is entirely safe for
one man to drive forty miles an hour
another man with the same make of
car should not drive over thirty un-
der the given conditions This is be-
Evening star., 1924-05-11
ALAVANCHE OF TIRE
LORE HITS AUTOIST
Must Bniearn Most Of Rufes WdiEA
Prevailed During Rsign Of
High Pressure TypeS
THREE STYLES NOW POPULAR
u. S. Rubber Company Opens Query
Bureau In Nsw York.

With the COMING OF balloon tires an
avalanche of new tire lore has baen
Let loose on the car owner. II he
equips his car with balloon or bal
loon-type tires he finds he rnust un-
learn most Of the rules that prevailed
during the undisputsd reign of the
regulation high-prsssure tires. srd
Learn an entirely new set OF reguta-
tions.
The tazk is not a formidable one
once installed and properly adjusted
the new styles require no more ~
ten ntion than ga-pressure tires. Sat
it is very essential that the proper
start be made, and that wheels y1Z7s
imitation and all the other sub1ec1s
of importance be correctly adjIsaed
at the beginning If All the pre-
liminaries are carefully worked out
the car owner will be able TO e-5oy
his new tires to the fun and get a
lot of pleasure out OF telling hi
friends about the unapproachable de
light of riding on balloons
Three Distinct Types-
The first thipg to unders-and
clearly is that there are three dr.
tlnct types of tire on the markst
today: First, the regulation high
and, third. the balloon-type tire The
regulation high pressure tire is Of
course. a simple matter-this type Of
tire has been in use by all nnotorlsts
for SO long a. period that there arc
no longer any mysteries about it.
But the balloon tire and the bal
loon-type tire are new. The balloon
tire is found chiefly on new cars u
requires q wheel of smaller diameter
than that used on all cars manufaIc-
tured in recent years, and most car
owners Will not go to the trouble Of
putting on new wheels. The bal
loon-type is made for the express
purpose of being used on preseu.
wheels, and for that reason will be
a big seller in the balloon field for
some years.
Will Answer Queries.
Practically all of the tire dsale1s
of the country are In q position 3
now to advise motorists on the gsu
eraI facts about Installing ether bal
looms or balloon types But If . ca
owner has some particularly knott
problem requiring sound technical
advice on all the details that are IN
volved in Installing either OF the tpo
new styles Of tire equipment the
United States Tire Company has an
nounced q willingn sss to answer AL
queries through its technical service
department, 1899 Broadway, New
York
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Learn to Keep Car
Bet,Ueen Curb and
Center of Street

Learn to drive at point about
half way between the curb and the
center of the street. Many cities
have ordinances 10 compel cars TO
drive as close to the curb as possible,
but this is not always common sense
1T usually helps to speed up traffic by
clearing the center of the street for
those who are in a hurry to reach
their destination twelve seconds
sooner than necessary. but 1t means
that the slower moving driver Is in
greater danger of running into a
Pedestrian who JUST happens to step
on the curb or around behind a park
ed car at the wrong time. When
driving all the way out to the cen
ter Of the street there isn't much
opportunity to get by the car ahead
Of 1t stops suddenly, because there
Is traffic coming In the opposite di-
rection all the way out to the center
Of the street
A safe plan when driving In close
trafic is to follow cars equipped with
rear bumpers 1t is good insurance
against an accident
Evening star., 1924-05-11
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

With majority of the automobile
accidents being accredited TO speed
ing and with the average motoris st
running undistUrbed along the high
way at thirty to forty miles an hour,
a few million car owners are begin
ming to wonder just what speeding
is anyway.
Many OF them recall the days when
seven miles an hour was about as
fast a clip as the average person
cared to go. Many of them. old and
young, sit in their limousInes while
James steps the Rolls up TO fifty.
Yet there Seem TO be just as many to
believe that there is something
nagicaIly safe about motoring when
: the speedometer hugs close to twenty
What is speeding? If il is the prI-
mary cause of majority OF auto acci-
dents isn't 1t about time to put a
label on it SO that the average person
who takes the wheel of an automobile
will know just what's what?
This, in substance, is what some
traffic students are asking. and it is
fair to presume that the thinking mo-
torist is equally Interested. He has
already noticed that he speedS some
times when the Speedome ter registers
comparatively low hSure. he
plainly puzzled.
Test Results Surprising.
One driver has just discovered that
there is much to be learned in this
line by driving the car now and
again with the speedometer discon-
nected- For such tests he obtains
the service of friend who follows
him over a prescribed course. The
driver with the disconnected speedom-
etsr proceeds just as he would un
der normal conditions and then
checks up with the actual speed rec
ord as noted by the friend folloWin &
him. The results are surprising. In
variably he drives from Ave to fifteen
miles an hour faster than he thinks
he is going.
This was particularly noticeable
IN traffic and in going downhill on the
open highway. On the straightaWay,
where speed was dependent upon the
power plant and Whers there was
little foreign noise, he cam much
closer to guessing his speed. owing
TO the sound of the engine, vibration
and other indications from the mech
anism that he was exceeding d GER
lain known speed But on the whole
1le was all times driving faster
than he imagined.
An interesting thing happened on
one of these tests The sudden ap-
pearance Of another car turning in
Srom a crossroad called for the quick
Evening star., 1924-05-11

equipment is in the Same ca4s4oF5
with the driver who does not know
that his speedometer is insseurats,
or who does not care.
Disregard for driving conditions
presents the same situation, aud IL
one cares to go into the subject in
more detail disregard for the linita-
tionS of the car is also form OF
overstepping the Limitations of safety.
When these limits are oyerstepped
the driver Is then speeding ins its
true meaning.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

the fact that there is danger ahead
or that the car is not stopping as
quickly as it should
There are as many sluggish minds
IS there are sluggish brakes How
quick are you? How careful are you
to drive within your mind limits?
Or within the limits of sofety as
pre- escribed by conditions?
That will tell you what speeding
Is and whether you're guilty.
lOopyright 1a24l
Evening star., 1924-05-11

The Oakland engine is true blue because il It
the many natural advantages of @Si1n have
been developed oadegree that will delishtyeu.
from annoying vibration which, you will
agree, is essential to complete closed1car sati.-
factions there is extreme de1bility which
makes gear changing rarely necessary; there
is surprising ability to respond to unusual
demands quickly and without hlss-sH Of
which qualities you will surely seek in select.
ing your next closed car.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

cause the former is at all times bet
ter acquainted with demands placed
upon him as a driver by reason of the
rate of speed he is travelling. His
mental faculties being more alert he
can indulge in higher speed just as
safely as a man with better, safer
and more easily stopped car whose
mental equipment Is perhaps less
active.
Mental Speed Vital
To put the matter in a graphic way,
the driver who over ersteps his mental
Evening star., 1924-05-11

Then there are four-wheel brakes (ycu cer.
tainly should not buy a car without this proved
essentially exclusive centralized controls On the
steering wheel; special body finish which
retains its lustre indefinitely, and dozen
other features.
Isn't it true that the problem Of choosing the
right car-closed or open-is merely matter
of getting the most and the best for your
money? Examine the True Blue Oakland Six.
Ride in it. Drive it yourself We welcome
frank comparisons.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
4 6rtvsr may not realize it but he
Usually dspends upon his speedometer

VSuy ospeaos up0u uts St<euoln11ef
to guide him when stopping He
xsss Danger ahead, notes that he has
ahept three hundred feet in which to
stop and than presses on the brake
pedal IT the speedometer does not
drop from thirty to fifteen in short
order he presses more vigorously
upon the pedal, or reaches for the
emergency. But he has no such con-
vsnient guide to tell him how quick
iy his eyes have reported TO his brain
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Menta Speed Vital

Oakland blue because designed with
definite purpose nand-to make it the finest six ia its
class Take Oakland closed for example Here
bes They blue because their distinctive
real cosedar bodies-with makeshts compromises
entering into their construction appointments inside
Oakla,1d's Six-C Cylinder Sn,ootlrness
Means Greater Closed Car Comfort
Evening star., 1924-02-28
ROAD ESSAY TO WIN
COURSE IN COLLEGE
High School Students Eligible to
Highway Education Board
Contest.

The highway education board will
provide four-year college course.
with all expenses paid, to the high
school student who submits the best
essay on the subject THE Relation
of Improved Highways to Home
Life" according to an announcement
issued today by the board.
The rules of the contest provide
that any student of high school grade
is eligible to enter. Essays must not
exceed 700 words in length and the
presented to school principals Is
April q. 1924. The contest is open to
ali high school students throughout
the country.
The four years at college constitute
scholarship given annually by III. s.
Firestone of Akron, Ohio. This con-
test is the fifth conducted in as many
successive years under auspices Of
the highway organization.
The third annual contest was won
by Karl q. Pearson of this city, who
now is student at George WASH
ing:on University. The subject of his
essay was How Good Roads Are
Developing My Community"
In the conduct of the contest the
highway education board will have
the active assistance of extension di-
visions Of the leading universities in
each state or of the state depart
almost unanimous Endorsement and
support of cit!- and county school au-
thCTities, the announcement added.
Inquiries should be addressed to
the highway education board, Will
lard building, Washington, d. c.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
ROTARY AIMS PRAISED
BY SIR HARRY LAUDER
Noted Scotch Entertainer Here as
Guest; Of Club at Luncheon.
Brings Message Of Peace.

Bearer AZ friendly greetings from
British Rotarians. and declaring that
he would rather build friendships
than battletehips." Sir Harry Lauder.
noted Scotnh entertainer. was the
guest Of honor at the Rotary luncheon
in the New willard Hotel yesterday.
The little singer said that Rotary is
the best social organization in the
world today. Abut it has to raise its
voice in its dA,ing for the sake Of
humanity" he added. Tho people
Of the world haSe heard enough about
war and are tinsd Of it,"
George Harris Of the firm Of Harris
& Ewing. photoeSaphers. detailed the
growth Of his business, which started
In Washington in 1905.
Introduced by President Arthur d.
Marks. Henry JenDatngs. president OF
the Baltimore Rotary Club. urged a
large attendance at the thirty-fourth
district convention 10 be held in the
Monumental city March 81 and April
l. e. D. Hathaway. chairman of the
work among boys committee, sub
mitted a brief report.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
DECLARES FRANCE
SWEPT BY GRAFT
William Knowles Cooper Describes
Conditions in Europe in Ad-
dress to Lions Club.

France is in the midst of graft
charges and some of the most amaz-
Ing instances Of corruption in con-
nection with the rehabilitation of
that country are being brought to
light" declared William Knowles
Cooper, former president of the
Washington Rotary Club and head
of the Y. NJ. C. A., in an address be-
fore the members of the Lions Club
at their weekly luncheon, at the New
Willard, yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Cooper recently visited fourteen
European countries. He declared:
II soon discovered that France has
not n high opinion of the United
States at this time: tho French do
not understand the nature OF our
people; they feel that America de-
tion of the destroyed agricultural
areas was s6 per cent complete
through the energies Of the French
peasant and that so per cent of the
villages and towns had been re-
stored, but without modern improve
ments. Mr.. Cooper explained the
rations situation and declare that
they had q national debt five times
that Of the United States.
France Is confronted with Ger
many with all it's agricultural lands
debt free, and q birth rate seven
times that of France" declared Mr..
Cooper.
Poland, he declared, was in a bad
financial situation. Her entire reve-
nues for a year paid only 35 per
her army. necessitating the borrow
ing of money from France for whom
she is one of the steel ring around
Germany, he explained.
He spoke of the situation in Russia
and Austria and Cechoslovakia, the
only country outside of Great Brit
ain which is getting ahead" he said.
The Lions Club indorsed the fire
protection movement in tho nations
forest by the Forestry Service. II. L..
McKeever has been appointed chair.
man of a committee to take up plans
for the clubs annual banquet.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
AUTOMOBILE KILLS
WOMAN NEAR CAPITOL
Mrs. Carrie Harris Knocked Down
and Dragged on Street by
Speeding Car.
DRIVER FAILED TO STOP
City-Wide Search Ordered to Lo.
cate Death Car.

Mrs Carrie Harris, colored, fifty
four years old, 1916 South Carolina
avenue southeast, charwoman in the
House office building, who was knock
ed down by an automobile at Now
Jersey avenue and street southeast
and dragged east to 1St street Tues
day morning, died at Casualty Hos
pital at 6:2a o'clock last night.
Police officials directed members of
the various commands to make every
effort to apprehend the driver Of the
car that injured the woman. and
Representative Little Of Kansas has
appropriation Of $500 to offer as a
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the driver.
Witnessed by Several.
Several persons standing at LIST and
Is streets waiting for a car saw the
speeding machine approaching. It
was a large touring car. they stated,
and the driver made a turn south on
LIST street. None of the, witnesses
was able to tell the number Of the
license, one of them saying 81 was
part of 1t. Coroner hewitt arranged
to hold an inquest at the morGue at
. o'clock this afternoon.
A verdict of accidental death was
reported by a coroner's jury at an
inquest held at the morgue yesterday
afternoon In the ease Of Mary L.
Rurnett. hfty-Seven years. who was
fatally hurt by a motor truck at 7th
and NJ streets northwest Tuesday
night. The verdict exonerated Way
man Carroll, colored, driver OF the
truck.
Woman Knocked Down.
Alma Minnick, colored, twenty
four. so p street northwest, was
knocked down at Massachusetts ave-
nue. and North Capitol street last
night by an automobile driver by Syl-
rester Jackson. 422 Kirby street
northwest. and injured about the
right foot and arm. She was treated
at Casualty Hospital and taken home.
Sailie Taylor. colored. five years
old. l40 L street southeast, yesterday
afternoon ran against the automobile
Of q. W. Follinghofer, Bladensburg,
Md, at 4th and G. streets southeast
and was slightly hurt. She was
treated at Providence Hospital by DR..
McNulty for cut over her left eye.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ii. Lynch, 251S
18th street northwest, were knocked
down at 18th and Euclid streets last
night by an automobile driven by
Charles Faniason, colored. 2422 18th
street northwest. and slightly hurt.
They were given first aid at Emer-
gency Hospital and taken home.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
AUTO SHOW BOOKINGS
EXCLUDE DOUBTFULS
Dealers More Cautious in Repre-.
senting Makes Not As
Sured Of Future.

Following the recent decision Of the
Washington Automotive Trade Associa-
ton to hold a spring motor car show,
plans have been perfected to have the
exhibition in Convention Hall, March 8
to IS. II was announced today by Ru-
dolph Jose, chairman OF the organiza-
tion's show committee.
This years display, 1t is stated. will
INCLUDE open and closed passenger
cars, light delivery vehicles, motor
trucks and accessories.
The forthcoming exhibition" Mr..
Jose said. will reveal conclusions
reached by the motor car manufac-
turers through the great national
shows which have preceded II. II
VIII be a clearing house for informa-
tfon automotive buying.
There, will be no doubtful cars
represented. Never before have deal
ers made such concerted effort to
look to the future in the makes they
choose to tie up with. For the mo-
torist this means assurance against
the possibility of buying an orphan
car or of having his dealer fold up his
tent and depart at the TIME when his
services may be needed.
"A number OF special exhibits, which
we're excluded from other shows be-
cause of conflict with national show
dates. will be on display here. In
other words. the District motorist
will have the latest In cars, as we'll
as the latest in public experience with
them.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
TWO PURSES SNATCHED.
Miss Ethel Wariug and Sallie 7
Barnes Victims Of Robbers.

Miss Ethel Wzrfng, Ventosa apart
ments, was robbed Of her handbag,
containing $3.50, keys and cards, early
last night while on tho street near
her home. She told the police her
handbag was snatched by q colored
boy about thirteen years. old, who
disappeared before she could find a
policeman
avenue northwest, had a similar ex-
perience an hour later while on W
street between 11th and 12th streets
northwest. Her handbag, containing
$3.50 and keys. was snatched by q
colored man. about twenty five years
old.
Mrs. Katie Rosendorf, 2Sl5 NJ street.
told the police she was knocked down
by a colored man in her store yester-
day afternoon and a coat stolen. She
named her alleged asSailant and said
she had purchased the coat from him
earlier in the day.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Kitchen Cabinet
Davenport Suite

Per piece delivers a fine mahogany
anish duofold suite. with black
Boston leather upholstering, dou-
fold opens into a full size bed with
new mattress, comfortable chair
and rocker. You may buy this
beautiful suite here tomorrow for
only $67.SO.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
ACCUSES TRUCK DRIVER.

Miss Alice Duvali, 7o2 H street
southwest, reported to the police that
an unidentified cotored driver. or
motor truck at 7th and B streets
northwest, near Center Market. Tues
day evening took hold of her arm to
pull her in the truck after making an
insulting remark.
The young woman pulled away
from the man and sought q policeman.
Yesterday afternoon she reported the
affair to the police She failed to OBJ
tain the license number on the truck.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Gangman Pantano Convicted.

NEW YORK. February 2s.-An-
thony Pantano. charged with being
dered two Brooklyn bank messengers
last November. last night was found
guilty OF murder in the first degree.
The jury was out nearly seven hours
Pantano Is the fourth man to face
the electric chair in connection with
the crime.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Typewriter Desk

= Delivers an oak-hnish Typewriter
! desk, with two drawers and extra
drop leaf This desk is in goou
condition and should sell for at least
double our price of only $13.96.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Couches

n Delivers long Turkish couch up
n holstered in black or brown imita-
al ton leather and tufted. Buy these
tomorrow for as little as only
p sI5.75. These are brand new.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Has Your Husband.
Got Indigestion?

Nothing creates domestic dscord quicker
than an attack OF indigestion, and moth
ing gets rid Of indigestion quicker than
Bisurated Magnesia. No man can he sweet
tempered. good natured or even fair mind
ed when his stomach is constantly SICK,
sour. gassy and upset with after-eatinS
distress. If your husband has stomach
trouble neither scod nor pity HIM, but
help him by seeing that he has supply
OF Bsurated Magnesia teither powder or
tablets} constantly at hand. u teaspoon
full of powder or two tablets taken in u
little water after meals will instantly
neutralize the acids in his stomach that
are causing his trouble and lie can enjoy
his meals with no more fear OF indges
tion Bisurated Magnesia is the special
form of Maguesia used by thousands to
ueutralize stomach aci,ity and quickly
overcome Indisestion--do not confuse with
Milk, Carbonate. Block or Citrate of
Magnesia. Insist on Bsurated Its action
is safe. prompt and sure aud it can he
obta ined at small cost from any reliable
drug tore.-Adye-tiscmeBt.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
ADDRESSES ALUMNI.
Former Amherst President Speaks
to Brown Graduates.

DR.. Alexander Meiklejohn, former
president Of Amherst College, was
guest Of honor yesterday at lunch
con given at the Cosmos Club by the
Brown University Alumni Associa-
ton. Men who N their student days
had known him as Dean Meiklejohn
of Brown extended greetings and
listened to a talk which he gave on
the subject OF educational methods
and the contribution OF the college to
American life. Tho address by the
associations guest was followed by
an extended discussion OF the subject
that had been presented.
A. L. Gottahaii, president OF the
Brown alumni organization, presided
at the luncheon table.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Folding Bed

Delivers a continuous post folding
bed. in white enamel. equipped with
Il comfortable link spring and guar
anteed new mattress. Width feet.
Tho early buyer can get this to-
- morrow for only $1975.
Evening star., 1924-02-28
Wardrobes

Delivers large oak double-door
u Chfforobe and wardrobe combined,
6 ample space to hang clothes on one
~ side, and seven drawers with hat
compartment and mirror on other
side Will be sold tomorrow for
only 31a8S.