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Evening star., 1925-08-09
STATES DIFFER ON TESTS
FOR LICENSING MOTORISTS
Many Require No Examinations of New
Drivers-System Fails to Cut Down
Traffic Accidents.

particular test lead TO the belief that
tbs quicker a driver acts in stepping
on the brakes the more competent he
is as a driver, but experienced drivers
and motor vehicle officials know bet
ter. This may explain why there is
no landslide in favor of driving tests
and examinations.
While DR.. Moss has gone into the
matter more thoroughly perhaps than
it ever has been gone into before. he
does not hold that the standardized
tests are the answer to the accident
question. He cautions specifically
against drawing any sweeping conclu-
sions from whatever facts he has re-
vealed. In his opinion, the human
side of automobile driving has been
neglected. "It seems obvious" he
says, that greater safety in driving
automobiles must come primarily from
giving attention to the human factor
rather than to mechanical things
Those who have studied DIR. Moss
paper carefully lean to the opinion
that a standardized test for drivers
will be considered as supplementary
to licensing, but these tests could not
be considered as absolute methods of
keeping the unfit from the wheel.
This was clearly demonstrated by
the exaggerated report drawn from the
drivers are better than men. All
the Moss investigation showed was
that the average reaction time of
three college women was 56-100 of
second as compared with 59-100 of a
second for men from the same in.
stitution. This might be taken by
many a practical psychologist as evi-
dence that women are too impulsive
and that they skid more in driving
because they are too quick to lock
the brakes.
Because the facts bearing upon
women's role in these earnest studies
were subjected to too. sweeping con-
clusions. which DIR. Moss specifically
cautioned against. many traffic officers
have felt obliged to declare that in
every phase of automobile driving
women are inferior to men, despite
the fact there are some excellent
woman drivers, and many who are
better than the male average.
No Rating Agreement.
Clearly, there is no agreement as
to how drivers can be rated as to
their undesirability. A bill provid-
ing for the licensing of all Illinois
drivers as a means of wedding out
the unfit failed to pass the House,
and Illinois is still among the great
majority of States which assume that
every ones a driver until he's proven
to be unfit. This often is a costly
way to examine" operators, since 1t
means the State must wait until the
operator is involved in an accident
or a serious violation before suitable
action can be taken against him.
Prominent motor vehicle authorities
who are not in favor Of testing driv-
Evening star., 1925-08-09
SCENIC BEAUTY OF MAINE
LURES MOTOR TOURISTS
Picturesque Lakes, Crags and Ocean
Meet ON Route Outlined by Auto
mobile Club of America.

West Falmouth, Gray, Dry Mills and
Sabbath Day Lake to Poland Springs.
situated on broad plateau surrounded
by terraced foothills.
1.-The outlook from the top of Kicker
Hill is superb-a beautiful rolling
country of forest, lake and farm, with
the peaks of the Presidential Range
on the horizon, sometimes a gray-blue
in the distance or snoW-capped in the
Spring and Fall.
"A visit to the spring where the well
known Poland water gushes forth and
to the bottling house where the water
is prepared for shipment all over the
world is very interesting.
"On the route to Belgrade Lakes,
our next destination, we turn due east
to Danville and run through the city
Of Auburn and cross the bridge over
the Androscoggin TO Lewiston. Lewis
ton Falls may be seen on the left while
crossing the bridge. Thence through
Greene. North Monmouth to Winthrop.
the center of Names great apple coun-
try. About 19 miles beyond Winthrop
and Just before reaching the village
of Belgrade Lakes one of the finest
views in all New England lies spread
before our eyes as we reach the top of
a ridge.
Chain of Seven Lakes.
Belgrade lakes are seven in num-
ber-L0ng, Great, North, East, Mes
salonskee, McGraw and Ellis. Great.
Lake. IL miles by 3, is the largest.
The section about these lakes was
the hunting and trading country of the
Kennebec Indians, and at various
places in the valley round stone
hearths are TO be seen, where the coun-
Gil fires of aborigines were wont to be
held. The Pilgrim Fathers traded ex
tensively with these Indians. The
early records show that the colonists
were in debt to their London agents
to the extent of some 1900, and that.
under the leadership of Gov. Bradford,
Miles Standish, John Alden and Will
liam Brewster this debt was paid off
by means of the profits from the fun
trade with the Kennebec Indians.
Leaving Belgrade lakes for Kineo.
on Moosehead Lake, we run to Gull
ford, the center of the agricultural re-
gion which borders the Piscataquis
River: thence west to Abbot and north
(CoDtinuad On Eyiphth Pace
Evening star., 1925-08-09
BY WILLIAM UILMAN.

Can unfit and undesirable automo-
= bile drivers be weeded out by the driv-
ing test?
This is a question on the minds of
all police authorities and motor We
hicle officials, If not the entire motor
ing public, and some very definite de-
cisions already have been reached.
Connecticut has been one of the
most consistent administrators of the
automobile driving test, but something
akin to alarm is felt throughout the
State as result of the discovery that
3,403 persons had their driving rights
suspended during the first half of the
present year.
Only seven States and the District
of Columbia require the examination
of non-paid operators. These are Con
necticut, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania. Vermont, how
ever, requires an examination for first
license. while Colorado. Delaware, New
York. Rhode Island. Maine, Washing
ton and West Virginia are privileged
by law TO examine applicants or to
ask for proof of competency, and do
so frequently.
No Examination Law.
Thirty-three States make absolutely
uO plONlSlOHS whatsoever lOI the tA
animation of non-paid drivers. In the
face of this clear-cut division of opin-
lon and pronounced unpopularity of
the driving test or examination, two
general schools of thought have de-
veloped:
Those in favor of an examination
for all operators point to the unpopu-
larity of the driving test as having an
important bearing upon the fact of
there being % 900 fatalities and 61S, 1000
serious personal injury accidents on
streets and highways for 1923. the
official figures upon which the Ma
tional Conference on Street and High
way Safety bases its conclusions.
Those opposed TO an examination
system point to the failure of exam
ination States in curbing accidents
and to such admissions of inability to
weed out the unfit as just revealed in
Connecticut.
In an effort to determine what could
be learned from testing drivers F. A.
Moss, staff psychologist of the United
States Bureau of Public Personnel Ad-
ministration, has just completed a
series of standardized tests for auto
mobile drivers. These were divided
into eight general tests, which, in turn,
We're composed of numerous individ-
ual tests. One of these general tests
was a very accurate method of meas
uring the applicants reaction time"
TO the signal stop. 1t was shown that
the average reaction time for the va
rious groups of persons tested was ap-
proximately half a second, though
there were some reaction time as high
as one and one-half seconds.
Hasty conclusions drawn from this
Evening star., 1925-08-09

ers, however, point to the inherent
weaknesses in even the most ad-
vanced of tests. In the Moss test,
for instance, the applicant is asked so
questions bearing upon driving prob
lens. Four suggested answers are
printed with each question, and the
applicant is asked to select the cor
rect one. In New Jersey they have
been asking such questions for years,
and many who consider the Moss test
will recall the reply made by a wom-
an applicant when asked which car
had the right of way at a street in
terSection.
Her reply was, THE one that gets
there first" Any observer who stands
on any street corner anywhere will
note that there was as much truth as
humor in her answer.
Obviously the majority of States
Continued on Sixth Page.)
Evening star., 1925-08-09

Entertainment features, arranged
by r. j. Murphy, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, include songs
and dances by Miss Leona Davis, Miss
Ethel Adrian and Miss Gertrude
Clifton.
Evening star., 1925-08-09
AUTO TRADE ASSOCIATION
MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT
Talk on fabrication and Song and
Dance Entertainment Arc
Scheduled.

The monthly meeting Of the Wash
ington Automotive Trade Association.
which was postponed last week. will
Club. E. r. Hallock, manager of the
manufacturers division of the
Vacuum Oil Co. of New York,
will talk on "Lubrication from the
Marketing and Technical Standpoint" !"
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Cleaning Spark Plugs.

In cleaning a two-part spark plug
be sure to adjust the points before
replacing the plug in the engine. In
taking the plug apart one is apt to
destroy the original adjustment.
Evening star., 1925-08-09

Lindsey Motor Company, Alexandria, Va.
Bates Brothers, Orange, Va.
Dents Garage, Great Mills. Md
Robert ". Norris, La Plata Md.
Auto Supply Company, Saluda, Va.
Marlboro Motor Company, Marlboro, Md.
w. v. Miller Surratsville, Md.
Universal Service Station, Front Royal Vas
Evening star., 1925-08-09

Rally Chance, Bowling Green, Va.
Baker. Crosby & Cowherd, Columbia, Va.
Culpeper Sales & Service Co., Culpeper, Va.
Hargrave Lewis, West Point. Va.
Winchester Hudson Company, Winchester, Va.
University Hudson Motors Company, Char
lottesville, Va.
White House Service Station Hyattsville, Md.
Perry Boswell, Mt. Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1925-08-09

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Evening star., 1925-08-09

Earle X. Trone, Clarendon, Va.
Brosius Brothers & Gormley, Rockville, Md.
Woodstock Garage, Woodstock, Va.
New Market Motor Co., Inc, New Market, Va.
w. Earl DUNCAN, Callao, Va.
A. c. Bruce, Inc, Greenwood and CroZet, Va.
c. w. Hubbard & Son, White Stone. Va.
Hammer Motor Company, Scottsville, Va
Herbert j. Fry, Leesburg, Va.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
RADICAL ACTIVITIES VS.. INSTITUTIONS

bn recent stirring address in New York city
on the subject "Are Radical Activities Weakening
American Institutions" Martin w Littleton, one
of the ablest constitutional lawyers in the United
States said in part:
"Polyglot radicalism-embracing everything
from disgruntled republican and a dissatisfied
democrat to a purrlng socialist and a raging Red
dissolved into it's original elements in the fierce
fires of the last campaign. Each of these ele
ments in it's own way is initiating the stridulant
grasshopper in the corner of the fence.
"The Fictitious and fictitious alliance is broken
and the defornity of the whole movement stands
uncovered; but the real purpose of radcalism is
unchanged. It's forces may be shattered into UNI
related fragments and its union of paradoxes
may be dissolved; but revolution, of the essence
OF which it was but symptom, abideS with us
always
1T inheres in and cngs to all civilization 1t
is not provoked by war nor allayed by peace 1t is
not born of political detection nor cured by poll
tical harmony 1t is present at the birth of every
government and administers not infrequently at
the death of many
Government substitution for the individual
government taking the place of the man and the
woman government lowering over the community
and Sitting the air, making the breath of liberty
hard, difficult. Government, with it's agencies
and its ninions and it's authorities, treading or
your heels wherever you go, crossing youl
threshold, invading your home, reaching into the
mystic ages set up to govern and to control and
adjust and administer to man. Government is.
mine and yours to do with as in our judgment and
our intelligence we think it should do, always
mindful of the Individual Any government thai
invadeS the sacred domain of individuality is
government which does not belong to period Of
American liberty.
Public ownership proposals are but step in
the general direction in which radicalism is Ell
ieavoring to lead the government"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
PEDDLERS DETRIMENT TO FLAGSTAFF

Peddlers selling everything from mouse traps
90 rain coats ply their trade in Flagstaff with
regularity and with more or less success Dresses
and lingerie silk hose and ~salve coffee and
vacuum cleaners all are distributed by the ardent
callers who work on the women with their var
ous WileS.
We ought to remember, when these folks call
chat the men who are paying the bulk of our
Town taxes to keep things going, and through
whose efforts the town is the good place to live
hat it is, are selling the same articles of prob
ably better quality at lower prices 1t isn't faiI
o pay cash to the peddler and make the home
merchant wait. 1t isn't fair to the merchant to
3uy of the pedders at all.
The town authorities would be justified in
boosting the license fees so high that the peddlers
would be kept out
We hold no brief for Flagstaff merchants
They are able to take care of themselves and are
long it. So far as we know these peddlers are
lot GRIPPING them. But the Flagstaff merchants
nave invested their money here and in the taxes
md salaries they pay help to make Flagstaff z
bigger and better town, help to support oul
schools, pay for our road and other improvements
and when any special drive is on always are the
ones first solicited and contributing most
These itinerant peddleTs have no investment
here, contribute not a cent to any of our institu
Cons, carry all they get away where it is lost for
all time to the community Therefore we as well
as the merchants are losers from their activities
We, the people of Flagstaff interested in the
prosperity and growth of our city, owe it to our
selves and to our neighbOEs to sefishy guard oul
mutual interests, trying as far as possible to en-.
courage home enterprises and boost the volume
If trading at home. For the dollar spent at home
our dollar, is an addition to Flagstaff's
wealth; While the dollar sent away, through a
peddler or to a mail-order concern, is a dollar
taken from Flagstaff's assets and added to the
wealth OF some other town.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
POLITICIANS

There iAa certain school in this
state where lecturers are very un-
popular and it all came about through
speaker whom the children have
voted as being the meanest man in
the country. This speaker had made
his address to be a very quiet aI1d
we'll behaved audience and as he fin
ished he singled out one small boy
and called him to the platform.
"My lad, have you purse" he
asked
"Well, that's too bad" he continued
after the urchin had answered in the
negative, '.for if you had one, / was
going to give you a half dollar to
put in it,
The same man was scheduled to
speak there again tae following month
and when he came, the boys were pre-
pared for him. An empty purse lay
hidden in every pair Of trousers.
And sure enough, at the end Of his
speech, he called another boy to him,
Have you purse, little man?" he
asked.
Eyes, SIR cried the boy eager''y
drawing it quickly from his pocket.
"I'm glad of that" said the lee
turer, "for if you hadn't had one
should have felt it my duty to give
you dollar to buy one"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
COULDN'T BE SHOCKED

Jimmie Wilkinson, editor-in-chief OF
f. B. O. pictures, outside Of business
hours is a wireless fiend. When it
comes to radios he knows all there is
to know, which explains how, when
one of those rare occurrences, a thun-
der storm threatened Hollywood, he
went out and lowered his aerial and
buried one end in the ground.
"But my heavens!" exclaimed Ted
Cheeseman next day, weren't you
afraid the lightning would strike you
while you we're doing all that?"
"Of course not" retorted Jimmy
Knowing that silk is a wonderful nom
conductor | did all the work wearing
my silk pajamas and socks. An outfit
like that may be shocking under GER
tain circumstances but not while fix
ing radio"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

SOCIALISM BY INDIRECTION

President Coolidge has asked the federal and
state tax experts assembled in conference in
Washington, to evolve more simplified and eco
lomically sound method of raising revenues He
argues that there should be economy in income of
revenue as well as outgo.
The overlapping of federal and state inheri-
lance taxes, he says, has resulted in situation
that amounts to virtual confiscation-W wherein in
many cases the total taxes levied may exceed the
otal value of the estate
The president reiterated the belief he expressed
last year when he signed the revenue act that the
government should withdraw from this field Of
taxation. He points out that in the past the gov
ernment has sought revenue from estate taxation
only IN time OF war emergency and that it always
exist
referring to the action of congress IN not only
continuing but actually increasing the rate on
this form of taxation, the president said:
IF we are to adopt socialism, it should be pre-
5ented to the people of this country as socialism.
and not under the guise Of law to collect revenue.
lhespeope are quite able to determine for them
serves the desrability of particular public policy
and do not ask to have such policies forced upon
them by indirection."
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
THEY SATISFY

Weary and disgusted with the r.
difference of motorists, sign paint
er working for safety campaign pro
moters in Houston, Texas, recently
was inspired to paint few thoughts
of his own to enhance the conven-
tional warnings.
"A few of these ideas especially
suitable for railroad crossings were
recently reported to the Automobile
Club Of Southern California. Among
them the following stood out as be-
ing especially striking:
"Don't stop Nobody will miss you.
"Come ahead. You're unimportant. "
"Try our engines. They satisfy"
"Take a chcance. You can get hit by
a locomotive only once"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
KNOCKING HUBBY,s BOOK

Mr.. and Mrs. Author were COINS
out for the evening. They had en-
gagged a new nurse and she was left in
charge of the children for the frs
time.
Dear" remarked Mrs. Author, as
she came downstairs. 81 looked into
the nursery and noticed nurse wa
reading. Who gave her the book?D
Il did," replied the husband.
"What book is it,"
"My last" he answered.
Darling" exclaimed his wife. "Anl
you know how important it is that
she hould not go to sleep until we
returnp
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
EXAMINATION

The United States civil service COM
mission announces that a construction
engineer, UNCONVENTIONAL examination
will be held on March 27, 1925, for the
purpose of filling vacancy in the po-
sition of construction engineer in the
U. S. national park service at Grand
Canyon national park, Arizona
Application blanks and further in
formation may be obtained from thr
local secretary, board Of civil service
examiners, at Grand Canyon, Ariz.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
THE NEW TONGUE

First Girl Ito her friend): "My dea~
asst night ! met the most divine egg
| have ever witnessed. He's the por-
upine's quill, all of them. He has the
biggest shoulders, they're too cute for
anything, and his nose and eyes are
gorgeous, just gorgeous. Does he
dance well? A regular st. Vftus, I
mean to tell YOU And not only that,
my dear, he plays the saxophone like
an angel out of heaven! He's the oil
works, all right.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
HER SENSITIVE HUSBAND

She was one of the oId-fashioned
wives. And she spoke as one.
Yes she said, speaking of her
husband to a friend, "he's a wonder
full man, but so sensitive, Why, do
you know, every time he sees M
chopping kindling he has to 60 and
shut himself indoorsp
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
!. !. !. :. !. I. I. I. !. I. !. + !. :. !.

Boss: Now why on earth do you
insist on sliding that roll of sand
paper along the floor Can't you
carry it on your shoulder 2"
Hardware Clerk: "Aw, what differ
ence does it make ~
Boss: Never mind! I'll have no one
pulling any rough stuff around tbs
place"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
TEN MINUTES MORE

Mr.: Aren't you ready to go yets"
Mrs: Tell me, doesn't my gown
look as if it were slipping off my
shoulders 2"
mo; let's 60"
"Well, you'll have to wait. It's sup
posed to look that way"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
THEATRICAL HTS

Press Agent: Il wouldn't have any
thing to do with that actor; he's a
bad egg"
Manager: "Well, I've known bad
eggs to make their mark on the
stage"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06
EXACTLY

dad, why is it you have no hair
on your head 2"
Because grass doesn't grow on
busy street"
"Oh, | see. 1t can't get up through
the concrete"
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

Half OF the electricity used in the world is gen
Grated and used in the United States, where nine
tenths of it is developed under private initiative
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

Many man with one foot in the grave ha
pulled it out and kept on going.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

When a man can't accumulate money he is like
y to pride himself on his high ideals
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

a large city is place where a man can carry
cane without being snewballed by small boys
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

If justice were not blind she would see that
everyone owned the kind of car he wished.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-06

A lazy man does not have to worry about being
prominent in the community
, 1925-07-15

FOR r. MT.

THE large c%ommodious dwelling
2 No. So King Street, Christian
sted, electric light and bath.
For further particulars, apply to
A. j. BLACKWOCD.
Estate Annually, Frederik-
sted, ST. CroiX, vi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-01
SAP IS RUNNING
IN 100000
TREES
Tapping Begins in Green
Mountain State-Prices to
Be About Same

By international NOWD SerVBCS"
MONTPHELIER, VT, April L.
"Sap's running" Tapping has be-
gun.
In other words, 100000 marie
trees in the Green Mountain State
are delivering maple sep, which will
be made into syrup and sugar for
American homes.
Maple sugar men state that the
price paid to the producers by the
large buyers will be about the same
as last year for the highest grades.
but less for the lower grades.
Farmers have the usual labor
shortage problem this year. FIX
perts, however, do not expect any
unusual trouble. The fact that un'
employment is reported in some of
the Industrial centers is not looked
on as a source Of relief, as It Is i'm
possible to induce the residents of
cities to go out into the sugar belt.
The weather will govern the stu.
alton as far as the size Of tho
crop is concerned. Maple sap de-
ponds upon the sky.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-01
TRAINING CAMP
APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED
District Exceeded Its Quota
by Three Times Last
Year

The headquarters of the Washing
ton unit. organized reserve, now
are receiving applications for ad-
mission to the civilian military
training camps to be conducted In
the Third Corps area during July.
Last year the District of Column
bia led all other units in the states
of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, in the number Of applications
received. 1t exceeded it's quota
three times. Most Of the Washing
ton students will spend their train
ing period at Fort Eustis, Virginia,
and certain specialized courses for
Washington students also will be
given at Camp Meade, Maryland,
and Fortress Monroe.
Lieutenant Colonel John Scott,
1902 E street northwest, is In
charge Of the Washington appllca-
tons:
In addition to military instruc.
ton there will be athletic instruc-
ton in boxing, wrestling, tennis,
handball and other sports. Swim
ming instruction will be given at
Yorktown, and the students will be
carried there daily by motor lorry.
The entire expense of the students,
from the moment they leave home
until their return, is borne by the