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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
AUTO|STS MULCTED,
ISCHARCE BYA.A.A.
Practice of Making Arrests
on Highways Held System
of Fee Grabbing.

Declaring that "the practice of ar
resting motorists on our highways,
bringing them before a justice Of the
peace and fining them has become
so fragrant as to constitute a ma
tional sea ndal." the American Auto
mobile Association yesterday issued d
declaration Of war against the mulct-
ing OF millions of dollars from motor
lists, following an exhaustive survey
or the opera ton of roadside courts
and speed traps throughout the United
States.
The investigation proved that fully
30 per cent of the roadside courts
and speed traps now in operation are
maintained for the sole purpose of
revenue and not for the enforcement
Of the motor vehicle regulations, ac-
cording TO announcement from A. A.
A. national he2dSUaTters here.
Tho A. A. A. offered to open TO the
public its records of thousands of
incidents where motorists during the
present touring season were the We
tins OF a system OF enforcement for
revenue only"
Arraigns trresting Officers.
Your average justice oE the peace
and the constable and deputy con
stable working with him have only
remote interest in the enforcement of
law and the administration Of justice"
said Thomas z. Henry, president of
the \. a. A. after reviewing the
evidence of highway bandltry as prac-
ticed in various sections OF the coun-
try. In the great majority OF cases
the justices Of the peace who operate
these courts are not only ignorant
of the Law but in q great many cases
they are violating the statutes of
their States in imposing fines and
taking money in the manner they do.
We have virtually no enforcement
of motor vehicle laws by justices of
The peace, Regardless of whether he
IS a fragrant vtolator or whether the
violation Is trivial. every motorist is
fined the costs Of court, which are
nothing more or less than the fees
split between the justice. the constable
and the deputy. Under such SyS-
tenn law-abiding citizens are often
compelled to pay blood money for
the use Of the highways.
Fee Grabbing" Alleged.
Just as soon as a stretch of road
IS paved, fee grabbing constables and
deputy sheriffs start q drive on So
called 'speeders.' That they only do
II for revenue IS certain because be-
fore the paving of the roads no one
was ever arrested, although a speed
of 20 miles an hour on an unpaved
road is more dangerous than a speed
Of 30 miles on a paved road
President Henry cited numerous in
stances to show the extremes TO which
the practice of gouging the motorists
at the hands of speed trap artists and
waySide courts has been carried.
In one instance in North Carolina
court and speed trap were converted
into family institution. The father.
as justice of the peace, holds the
court, and the son, as constable,
catches the motorists and hauls them
before his father. The spoils are thus
kept IN the family and part of it used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
Engine Noises Vary.

Noises In the engine vary accord
ing to speed. To differentiate be-
tween engine and chassis noises, the
driver should run the engine as a
stationary power plant. II the car
is coasting and the noise does not
vary when the engine is accelerated
by itself. the trouble can be traced
to the chassis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

whom moior should welcome He
a motoring chap willing and glad
his benefit
the 100000 NOR members Of the motor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
THEFT-PROOF LOCKS
FOR AUTOS SOUGHT
Baltimore Police Officials Ask Law
Compelling Owners to Take
Precautionary Step.

BALTIMORE, September pa
city ordnance making 1t obligatory to
place theft-proof devices on all motor
vehicles is favored by police officials
to reduce the number of automobile
thefts In this city.
Police say that the increase of
thefts here Is due largely to the care
lessness of the owners, who fire.
quently park machines unattended
with keys in the ignition and trans
mission.
IAN ordinance requiring automo-
bi1es to have locking devices that
would reasonably insure them against
theft Is an excellent idea and would
virtually eliminate auto thefts." de-
clared Charles ID. Gather, Baltimore
police commissioner. Few, If any,
machines which have been stolen are
equipped with any form of locking
device.
THE police department is doing
everything possible to prevent thefts
and recover machines reported stolen.
but with more than 10000 cars In the
city II Is ma nifestly impossible for 1850
members of the police force to keep
a close watch over such great
number. OF all machines reported
stolen, less than one-tenth are actual
thefts. The ma iority are driven off
by joyriderS and bootleggers and
abandoned n short distance away. In
the matter Of recovering cars. Balti-
more has excelled every other city
in the country. our avera ge for the
last three years has run from 80 to
81 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY.

Hope Council. No. I. has arranged
scrap supper next Tuesday and a
Halloween dance October q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27

South America took 224,4 57 tires out
Of a total OF 1904 exported from the
United States during the first half of
1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27

Federal motor taxes collected dur
ing the last fiscal year totaled S15S.-
900. 900, or S4,000000 more than the
budget CT the state Of New York
A Justice of the peace in Ohio took
in $4,000 in fines from motorists in
two months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
Simplicity in the
NEW CADILLAC

Only gigantic organization such as Cadillac
containing within itself the necessary resources of
men and machinery, could institute improvements
and rehnements at SO vast and SO minute as
those of the new Cadillac
In this new Cadillac engine, for example there are
no rocker arms levers. The valve action is
positive and direct. The cam slides or tappets
through which the valves are opened and closed
are operated directly from the camshaft by means
OF rollers contained in the cam slides themselves
This ultra-refinement eliminates thirty-two wear
ingsurfaces increasesthe durability the engine
and makes operation even more quiet
To guard and protect Cadillac quality in even the
smallest detail has been the constant aim, and the
result, in this magnificent new Cadillac, is ample
reward and justification for the painstakng effort
Evening star., 1925-04-20
PALACE-"Man and Maid"

New faces on the screen greet the
rams at the Palace this week in Elinor
Glyn's picture, Man and Maid -
whi--a also introduces Lew Cody. the
suaVe villain and "other man" of so
many screen stories, as the hero,
since Mrs. Glyn is said to have de.
clared she recognized in him the DUAL.
ities of the hero lover.
With Lew, therefore. and Harriet
hammond, pretty blond, and recent
recruit from the bathing girl ranks,
thlS story of love and war and ro-
nance has some interesting moments.
th0ugh 1t Is typical Glyn product.
Inc scene opens in the apartment Of
a war hero in Paris, still convalescing
from wounds. He is besieged with
attentions of women who spend their
time IN trying to amuse him, in re
turn for which they receive gifts of
rare value, for our hero is enormous.
~ wealthy and able TO have ANYTHING
ne happens to desire. But, wearyiDg
OF all this, he sends for a secretary.
determined to write a book Unknown
10 MN, she proves to be 4 Red Cross
nurse who found him wounded on
the battlefield and helped nurse him
through ms first days of illness. She
mas had reyerses and is obliged 10
seek work. She is a girl of good fam
IcSS iicl the lQea OF
working in a gay bachelors apart
ment unchaperoned, but, remember.
ing her invalid mother and father.
an lnVeterate gambler and who has
Drought them tc this state. she ac.
cepts the position.
Days of work follow for these two
ana gradually the man comes to see
IN her the qualities of sweet woman
iiness that appeal. He dismisses his
llsht-minded, selfish friends and de-
votes himself to his work-and the
secretary. Afraid of his love. she re-
Iuses TO listen to his protestations of
devotion. She has seen how he lived
formerly and believes him unable to
recognize true love or the finer
thlngs in life. 1t is not until she
learns of his act in saving her father
from disgrace after cheating at the
gambling table that his true quail
ties dawn on her and the story ends
IN a typical Glyn embrace. Renee
Adoree, Paulette Duval and Alec
FRANCIS have important roles in the
cast.
Harry Langdon furnishes hearty
laughs in 'Boobs in the Woods" and
news reels and orchestral music com.
plete a good bill.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

gang, during which the two men en-
deavor to ascertain If and where she
has hidden the missing coin. OF
course, the sweet little girl exerts
a reforming influence upon the long
lost brother, which, after the real
thief is found, has the effect of con-
Vert1ng him into a mounted police
man and a happy husband. The cast
includes Tom Moore, Edith Roberts,
William Russell, Theodore Won Eltz
and Wilfred North.
sylvia Altman, Washington's prod
ICY OF II, won the admiration of a
large audience for her rendition of
Beethoven's Second Concerto in B
Fiat Major" and Rachmaninoff's
Prelude in c Minor" The musical
Dill was continued with songs by
Guarino and Cooper and the orches-
tras overture, Echoes From the
Metropolitan Opera" under the able
direction of Mischa Guterson.
The International news reel, a short
MIN, mo Place to Co." with Arthur
Lake, and a crossword puzzle com
plete an entertaining bill.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
CENTRAL-"Born Rich"

First Nationals screen story, Born
Rfch, featuring Claire Windsor, Bert
Lytell, Cullen Lands and Doris Ken.
yon, at Crandall's Central Theater YES
terday and today is an adaptation of
the novel by Hughes Cornell, directed
by VIII Nigh. 1t is a story of socia |
intrigue and financial piracy which
eliminates in a rehabilitation of two
very much spoiled members of the
ultra-rich class. Miss Windsor is cast
as the wife and Mr.. Lytell as the hus-
band who come to know each other
better after financial cataclysm has
annihilated the rotund bank account.
Bert Roach, in "Papa's Pet" short
reels and pipe organ music complete
the bill.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
TIvOLI-"Charley's Amt /"

"Charley's Aunt" Christie's fine
screen version of the famous old
comedy of the same name that ha s
oeen favorite of the stage for almost
80 years. is featured at Crandall's
I1voh Theater the first two days of
this week. Sydney Chaplin, Charles
Drother. achieves the triumph of his
life as "Charley's Aunt" in a delight.
ful entertainment of pure and IN
alloyed fun. The story is too familiar
to be repeated.
The action hinges upon the attempt
or a group of students at Oxford Uni
Versity to foist one of their number
upon unsuspecting fiancees and
guardians as the aunt of a pal lust
arrived from Brazil. Sydney Chaplin
Is seen in the title role. Others of the
cast are Ethel shannon, Alec r.
FRANCIS, James r.. Page, PhiIlips
Smalley, Eulalie Jensen. Priscilla Bon
ner and Mary Akin.
A new Aesop Fable, IS. O. s." and
one of Grantland Rice's interesting
"Sportlights," Traps and Troubles" +"
with excellent pipe organ music by
Otto F. Beck and Harold T. Pease
complete the bill
Evening star., 1925-04-20
MUSIC

Washington has a young yiolinist
of whom the city can be especiallv
proud, 14-year-old of much promise
This prodigy is Milton Scharwtz. who
gave his first formal recital in his
home town yesterday afternoon at the
National Theater, under the auspices
of Josef Kaspar, his first teacher. For
the last FIVE years Milton has been
stuyding in New York and his debut
recital there last. Fall received en-
thusiaStic notices.
The opening number was Bee
thoven's First Sonata, in which Mas
ter Schwartz displayed sure technique
and fine resonant tone, handling the
difficult yet melodious passages intelli-
gently. Particularly artistic was his
playing of the rondo movement. The
Bruch Concert in ID Minor" bril-
liant work, was played with the skill
of an individualistic artist.
In the group of short compositions
the Sarasat Gypsy Airs were played
in a manner that would stand COM
parison with the Interpretation given
them by the most experienced pro-
fessional artists. Kreisler's Caprice
Viennois" and the lovely Bach Air
on G String" were other especially
fine interpretations. Gardner's From
the Canebrake" was well chosen
encore.
Harry Kaufman was a inc accom-
panist.
To Jascha Heifetz, newly made cit
izen Of the United States of America
and one of the greatest violinists the
world has ever known, fell the honor
of giving the first recital in the new
Washington Auditorium last night.
Appearing under the auspices of the
Peggy Albion Concert Bureau before
an audience that numbered more than
1000 persons and playing his instru-
ment as the violin seldom has been
played here before, Mr.. Heifetz won
ovations after every group. Wash
ington has been called the coolest
city in the United States" for a mu-
sical performance, and there have
been not q few occasions when that
title has seemed warranted. 1t would
have been impossible, however. to
have found a more warmly enthusi-
astic audience anywhere than gather.
ed at last nights performance. Fer
haps 1t is the psychology e.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
IF. KEITH'S-FIorence Reed.

Florence Reed, whose success in
emotional roles on the stage and
screen stand like a monument in her
name, in a tense and gripping
dramatic sketch, "Tinsel,'' is the piece
de resistance of the current bill at
B. f. keith's Theater. The playlet
abounds in comedy and pathos, but
above it all towers the effervescing
dramatic force. the technique and per.
sonality of Miss Reed.
The action takes place in the dress
ing room of a legitimate star during
first night performance of Anthony
and Cleopatra" 1t opens humorousIy
and changes swiftly to pathos. closing
with A fearful scene that drew sobs
from some in the audience. support
ing Miss Reed are Thelma Page
Donald Macmillan, Arthur Behrens
and Alfred Shirley.
Ted Trevor and Diana Harris a
pair of noted English dancers, give
a series of Terpsichotean maneuyers
10 the strains of exotic jazz music
provided by Paul Fried's Chicago
Ramblers. They scored their greatest
hit with the London version of the
fox trot, which they executed beauti-
fully and gracefully.
Lillian Shaw, American chanteuse,
was given an emphatic welcome, and
proceeded to capture the comedy
honors with her hilarity-breeding
matrimony sketch. She has her own
inimitable style of provoking laughter
that is refreshing
The Mitchell Brothers. banjo wizards,
could have stopped the show If they
so desired, but walked off amid
Vociferous and protracted applause.
These boys are the co-authors of that
tuneful melody, Nobody Knows
What Red Hot Mamma Will Do
and sang it in addition to other of
their compositions.
One of the cleverest canine acts in
vaudeville is presented by Carlton
Emmy and his Mad Ways" For in
telligence his IS acrobatic dogs can
not be surpassed. Rose Irene Kress
has a novel skating act which serves
as the opener. With her supporting
trio she gives a variety of interpretive
dance exhibitions on roller skates.
Eddie Kane and Jay Herman, 1.-TWO
Midnight Sons" please with their pat
ter. even though some of it is ancient.
The finale is sensational and
hazardous trapeze act by Joe Fanton
and company. The usual subsidiary
film attractions complete the bill.
EARLE-"Scranton Sirens"
The program this week at the Earle
is only fair, compared with the really
good layOuts of the past three weeks,
which has ceased to be a novelty, al
though it's harmony is good. William
Lustig, director, and his IL musicians
under almost perfect control, jazz the
classic, "Cavallieria Rusticana," with
the beauty of the grand opera being
retained.
The big number on the straight va
liety list is Jed Dooley and his wife
in glorified Will Rogers act. Dooley
is just naturally funny, and by intro
6ucing new chatter into his display of
{asso whirling maintains an easy po-
sition at the top with the headliners of
vaudeville. The large audience
thoroughly enjoyed the Offering, and
the lights We're lowered several times
Before the show could proceed.
Mollie Fuller. at one time starring
with Fred Hallen of Hallen & Hart,
has an interesting sketch, entitled
gilight," in which she does some
effective reciting. and carries her lines
with the impressive effectiveness of an
Evening star., 1925-04-20

In this latest concert, however, he
showed mature conception of the
moods of the music and sympathetic
coloring of his crystal-clear tone that
made even the least musical in his
audience feel the presence of genuine
genius.
The Grieg Sonata in C Minor was
exquisitely played. with romance theme
of the second movement beautifully
depicted, and a last movement in
which the melodies fairly throbbed
from the instrument. The unusual
selections included the Mouret-Dande-
lot "Serebandede in E Minor" Couper-
IMPRESS Les Petit Moulins a Vent"
Evening star., 1925-04-20

first group of short numbers; Joseph
Achron's arrangement of Mendels-
sohns "On Wings of Song" and
Beethoven's Turkish March," after
the second group; Sarasate's "Sapa-
tada," Drigo's "Valse Bluette' and
Burlei9h's Perpetual Motion" after
the final group. Isidore Achron was
sympathetic accompanist, but at
times seemed to have difficulty in
keeping up with Heifetz's swift tempo.
1t was indeed an auspicious opening
for the Peggy Albion Concert Bureau,
and an enthusiastic farewell for Mr..
Evening star., 1925-04-20
METROPOLITAN-"The Lady. 4"

Mother love, a theme as old as the
beginning of time, and yet ever new
in it's appeal to faltering and often
clumsy mortals, is the very solid
foundation upon which Norma Tai
madge's latest film success, '"rhe
Lady" is built. The picture is offered
this week at Crandall's Metropolitan
and bids fair to win the approval of
all admirers of screen drama "a la
Talmadge."
The opening scene of The Lady,
is the interior of a rather low grade
dance hall in Marseille, the place
having been BritainiZed for the enter
tainment and diversion of English
soldiers back from the front in the
great war. A woman of middle age.
sad-eyed and weary in appearance,
owner and manager of the cabaret,
is talking with a man-plainly true
friend and ounselor-when the
f1oodgates of homesickness and heart
sickness give way. Thus begins the
unfolding of the life story of Polly
Pearl.
Back to the London of "a years
ago shifts the action, with Polly Pearl
the headliner in a dancing show, idol
of throng of would-be wooers and
loved by the son of a wealthy Lon
doner. A romance that promises
li6lDpIIIcSS u1lIO tItIIlly the
sacrifice of everything save love itself
comes to grief on the honeymoon in
Monte Carlo, leaving the lonely.
though unschooled, dancer-bride dis,
illusioned and heartbroken.
A mother searching for five years
without success the streets of London
in the hope of gaining but a glimpse
OF her son may perhaps bring tears
to the eye, but no one will be ashamed
to be seen weeping. There are other
scenes which may cause eyes to be
misty and there are some laughs.
but The Lady" is not a laughing
picture.
There are enough situations, moods
and emotions in this production to
draw upon every line of work that
Miss Talmadge has ever done, and
each scene is portrayed with the
beauty and finish for which she is
already famous. Perhaps the story
is bit melodramatic, but if so the
producer erred on the right side, for
The Lady is strongly of the Norma
Talmadge type and it will not disap-
point any one who loves a mother,
be she lowly or exalted, or whether
she be just a mother. The screen
story is adapted from the play by
Martin Brown. The supporting cast
is large, but has been exceptionally
we'll selected
A Neal Burns slapstick comedy,
Why Hesitate and the usual news
ana music complete the program.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Consular Clerk Transferred.

c. Clarence Frick of the District of
consular clerk at Dublin,
Ireland. has been appointed vice con-
sui at Swansea, Wales.
David X. Z. Bruce of Maryland.
who recently qualified as a Foreign
Service officer under the State De
has declined appointment
in that service,
Evening star., 1925-04-20
AMBASSADOR-"Tbe LADY "

Norma Talmadge, in THE Lady" is
the feature also at the Ambassa dor
the first three days of this week. The
merits of tn epicture are described in
detail for the Metropolitan Theater.
Deep Stuff" delightful Aesop F'a-
Bile, news reel and organ music conr
plete the program
Evening star., 1925-04-20
STRAND-"Stars of the Future. ("

a diversified program, with STARS of
the Future" by a sextet of pretty and
beautifully costumed girls as the head
liner, is provided in this weeks bill
at the Strand Theater.
The seXtet, featuring Shirley NAL
lette, who appeared in 1.-The Vanities, .
includes Marion Stevenson, Hazel Ro-
maine, winsome girlies from the
Broadway musical success, Keep
KooP'; Berta Gilbert, a song and dance
eccentric, from THE Follies"; Doreen
keegan, snappy colleen, from kid
Boots, and Mae Lubow. who twinkled
in THE Music Box Review" They
furnished popular songs, clog and toe
dancing, blues singing and parodies
on the ukulele. which were immensely
enjoyed by last nights audience.
Paul Burns and Walter Kane give
clever songs, dances, gags and buff
foonery, in "Broadcasting," which
made hit. Kendall, Byton and Slater
present AT the Studio" and in trying
to produce an adam and Eve" they
produce a lot Of comedy. Ubert Carl.
ton, black-face comedian, offers
Black on White" with songs and
encores. The three Nitos offer THE
Best of Eccentricities. in the open
ing act, with acrobatic clown stuff,
slapstick and burlesque and with vio-
lin and trombone playing.
The photoplay, THE Midnight Girl
features Lila Lee. The cast is well
supported by Gareth Hughes, Dolores
Cassinelh, Charlotte Walker, Bella Lu-
gos1, Ruby Blaine. John d. Walsh,
William Harvey, Sydney Paxton and
n. Salerno. Localed in New York
City, it is the romance of a discarded
rich mans son and a poor singing
girl. 1t finishes a we'll balanced bill.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
RIALTO-"On Thin Ice"

The program at the Rialto this
week provides for variety of tastes,
On Thin Ice,' the feature picture,
is crook story of the usual run, in
volving gang of crooks, pretty
and innocent girl, a bank vice presi-
dent and satchel of money. The
girl finds the stolen satchel and hands
1t over to the bank officer, where
upon he has her prosecuted because
the satchel is full of washers. At
the end of her 30-day sentence the
crooks take her in, one of them pos
ing as her long lost brother. A va
cation on a farm follows for her, the
long lost brother and the head of the
Evening star., 1925-04-20
PRESIDENT-"White Cargo"

Leon Gordon's interesting story,
white Cargo" continues at the
President Theater this week, and
standing room signs seem likely the
entire week.
The story appears to appeal The
theme is wrapped around the strug-
gle of one Langford who is deter
mined to conquer the damprot of
The country that refused to be won.
The world is demanding rubber, and
II l4angford can ship back to civili-
Zation the wealth of that material
that lies useless in the jungIes of the
West Coast" he can become rich
beyond his dreams. He might have
succeeded had it not been for Tonde-
lego, the half caste woman, who is
the only representative of her sex in
the play. Throughout the play is
well acted.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Heifetz from the Capital City of his
adopted country for the lengthy tour
around the world that he anticipates.