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The Washington times., 1925-09-02
NATIONAL AUTO
THEFT ACT IS
!. UPHELD
. r.. E. HHH
Supreme Court Unanimous As
to constitutionatity of
Federal Law

Verbatim copy Of the opinion OF
the Supreme Court, Of the United
States in 9 re- Brooks VS.. United
States completely establishes the
constitutionality - of the National
Motor Vehicle Theft Act, according
to C. A.. Vane, general manager Of
the National Automobile Dealers
Association. The constitutionalitY
of the law was the sole point in
volved in the case and the Supreme
Court in "a : unanimous decision
handed down by Chief Justice Taft
holds that the act is constitutional.
Thus after nearly six years the
effort of the National Automobile
Dealers Association to thwart auto
mobile thieves is given final sane
ton Of the highest American court
and all question removed as to the
Nations right to punish those who
move stolen motor vehicles in inter-
state commerce.
In the particular case which went
to the Supreme Court Ray Brooks.
Sioux Falls. =. Oak, garage owner,
was convicted Of removing two
stolen automobiles, valued at $1,000,
from Sioux City. ToTa, to Sioux
Falls, S.. Oak, in September, 1921. He
was sentenced to eighteen. months
Imprisonment. In sustaining the
constftutionaTity Of the law (which
was introduced in Congress by Con
gresham L. c. Dyer. of st. LoAi5
at the request of the n. A. D. A. and
which. became effective October 20,
$780,. Chief Justice Taft declared:
TT is known OF all men that the
radical change in transportation of
and goods effected by the introduc-
ton of the automobile, the speed
with which it moves and the ease
with which eyii!minded persons can
avoid capture.:h greatly encour-
aged and increased crimes. One
OF the crimes which have been en-
couraged is the theft of the auto
mobiles themselves and their i'm
mediate transportation to places re-
mote from the homes of the own
ers.,
aEIaborately organized conspir-
acies for the theft of automobiles
and the spiriting them away into
some other State and their sale and
other disposition far away from the
The Washington times., 1925-09-02

| traffic which experience shows TO
| be so detrimental ito it.
| Doubling the life of the average
road is often a matter OF widening
/ it, This serves to keep drivers iron.
running in the same old tracks, re-
CARELESS of how invisible they may
! be at first. b.
| Inspections made by the Govern
ment have shown that the average
motorist keeps about eighteen inch
| es from the edge of the road
! If the road were widened q few
feet. therefore, the motorist would
| drive over a comparatively unused
| section of the old road. -
Owing to the development of the
side road. and its use for detou!'
| purposes, it is now possible to taEc
a road out of service for repair
sooner than formerly. This means
that road can be given first aid
treatment when it first shows signs
| Of trouble.
Carrying Spare" Roads
| 1t is expected that this method
will result in considerable progress
within the next year, since the de
| velopment Of alternate routes be
tween principal cities has now
ISoCiISN q pOiII "HGES Is II pOSSlbA :
/ to carry a spare" road at all times.
| Much of the development in road
| building parallels that of car own
| ership. Every motorist knows that
| a new car must be treated with
respect for it's newness.
| But the public is only beginning
to see the folly of forcing a brand
! new road into immediate service.
! Concrete surfaces should be al
| lowed to harden before being used.
! But the policy has been to sprinkle
| dirt over the road for a few days
and then plunge the highway into
service. a.
Failure to provide proper. shou1.
! ders to new road before allowing
traffic to roll over it has shortened
the life of n1any>a highway - -
The shoulder rs receiving much
more attention than formerly. -
In the new method. OF. resurfacing
roads it is customary to build UP
the shoulders and extend :. the as.
phalt concrete to cover them.
Road experts are of the opinion
that oiling or taPrfnG an unsur-
faced road will bring it into use
SO as to relieve the surfaced roads
somewhat. from traffic burdens and
cut down, reconstruction costs.
Yearly Bill $1,000, 900, 900
At the beginning of this year
there were 2,396.061 miles of high
ways in the United States not as
| yet hardsurfaced. The nation
! spends one billion dollars annually
/ on roads.
! If approximately half the county
roads could be treated to this an
nual appropriation some year there
would be about $1,000 available fol
. improvement per mile.
/ 1t has been demonstrated that {
little tar on the country roads an(
balloon tires on modern cars soor
makes of side road a popular
route.
Many sections of the country are
| seriously handicapped for want o.
slight but important Improvement
of country road. The money #
being spent to reconstruct u Dad!
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
CARBON GAS IS
DANGER To
AUTO|ST
SA~
Lack of Oxygen Is Cause of
Monoxide Creation-Carage
Doors Should Be Open

Motorists should beware or carbon
monoxide gas. warns the National
Safety Council, which in d recent
bulletin says:
Carbon monoxide is deadly, color
less and odorless. The air in the
garage or room may seem perfectly
pure, yet may contain enough car
bon mOnoXide to Kill you.
Carbon monoxide may be formed
by burning almost any kind Of fuel
without enough oxygen. A very
small percentage in the air will
cause headache. then unconscious
ness, then death. The blood has a
great affinity for carbon monoNldc
and absorbs it from the lungs in,
stead of tho oxygen which is need
cd to sustain life.
An automobile engine running i'll
an average small garage with
doors and windows closed Will pro
duce enough carbon nOnOXide in
Il few minutes 10 cause death. "
Il person is alone in such Il CARA e
he is generally overcome Witho 1T
warning,
The only safeguard is never to
run your engine unless the GARAGE
door and windows are open, or at
least the door. If your engine is
running ana YOU feel any head-
ache or raintncss even if YOU think
the ventilation is all right, 60 ut
once into the open alr-thcre may
he It pocket of gas in some corner
of the garage.
If YOU ever find anyone uucCn'
scous in a garage, drag him at once
to the open air. if possible. If YOU
cannot do this. open the doors and
windows wide. If the victim is
breathing start. artificial respira-
ton by the prone pressure meth"d:
Send some one to call the RolicG, or
ambulance.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
W|LLYS KNIGHT
.BLAZES NEW
TRAIL.
Pathfinding Car to Mark
Highway From Superior
to Gulf

Nividly recalling. the old frontier
days when that intrepid French
explorer, Father Marquette. was the
first white man TO drift down the
Mississippi river, the WHY'S Knight
Sax path finding car is now blazing
a trait from Lake SUPERIOR to he
Gulf of Mexico for wealthy. Chicago
motorists. ..A.r
cago On July q in charge at
Franz. ]. krnulik. .edltor Of the
illinois Motorist. official journal OF
the Illinois AutomQhil2 CLUB, which
is sponsoring the TRIP or its nl9:1-
IierS
In addition to breaking the trail
for the intrepid Chicagoans, the
Willys-knight Six wilt return 70
Chico go i'm time to lead the eXpedi-
ton as pilot car early in October.
which already are too popular and
which are carrying entirely too
much traffic.
Better distribution of traffic is
recognized as an important feature
of getting more service OUT Of the
roads. A good gravel road costs
$4,000 mile and, while it will
begin to show ruts when traffic
exceeds 800 to 600 vehicles per day,
it is believed traffic on these roads
can be kept below the danger line
if enough of the back roads are
so improved e....
The possibilities in road building
appear to be secondary TO those Of
economical road use.
The times demand, not so much
, more roads as more use of the
roads already built and more @udi-
cious planning of new construction.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02

owner and his neighborhood, have
aroused Congress to devise some
method for defeating the success Of
these widely spread schemes of lar
cenv. The quick passage of the
machines into another State helps
TO conceal the trail OF the thieves,
gets the stolen property into an
other police jurisdiction and facih-
tates the finding of a safer place
in which. to dispose of the booty
at a good price. This is gross mis-
use of interstate commerce.
Congress, may properly punish
snch interstate transportation by
anyone with knowledge of the theft
because of it's harmful results and
its defeat of the property rights
Of those whose machines, against
their will, are taken into other
Jurisdictions"
According to General Manager
Vane the Supreme Court decision is
of tremendous Importance. to the
automobile trade as a final endorse
ment of a very valuable weapon In
the hands Of peace officers against
organized bands of automobile
thieves.
washington. d. c., New York,
Chicago, philadelphia. Boston: Nil
waukee, Pittsburgh, ST. Louis. IA
other large centers but lew naues
from boundary lines of other states
suffer heavily from the organized
raids of interstate motor thieves,
Vane declares Prior ito the pas.
sage Of the Dyer law, We found
it extremely difficult to get local
peace officials to take any concern
in the theft of automobiles from
cities outside their. State. With the
Dyer law to rely on, however, we
nc longer have to suffer m silence.
but can seek our indictments in
Federal district courts where justice
is fairly speedy and more import
ont more certain.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02

One of the most important de-
velopments in this respect is the
resurfacing of worn concrete high
ways with fairly thick layer of
what is known as asphaltic coacrete
This effort to, salvage old roads is
being made by several States, no.
tably California and Connecticut.
Reluctantly. a road which trav-
elers recognize as on the down
grade. suddenly takes on a new
lease of life and becomes, at com
paratiyely low cost, an excellent
highway.
Inquiry into the small amount of
traffic over comparatively new
stretches of concrete road on the
outskirts of several cities revealed
the fact that the average driver
breads many a new road because 1t
is too narrow.
Paralleling these roads are thor
oughfares which suffer from TOO
much traffic. "a
Traffic could be served better II
the narrower; newer one were maze
q little wider so as to attract mo-
florists.
More Ollty OIL fSOduS
Getting more out OF the roads IS
the keynote of much of the high
way construction work done by
many States.
Instead of building a complete
stretch of new highway, the pollcy
of many highway departments rs
10 reconstruct certain sections d
an old road.
would. not attract the tourists are
being brought back into service.
The tourist puts up with the
had stretches of highway, knowing
that he will be repaid for his
Massachusetts offers an, excellent
instance of this policy in New Eng
land route No. 8.
The motorist enters the Berkshire
Hills over q good macadam road IN
Connecticut, then goes back. 10
primitive roadway for few miles
and finally finds a long stretch OF
ideal highway in the Bay State just
after leaving New. Boston.
Before the route leads into the
Jacobs Ladder section, however,
the road goes back to the prlmlttFe
form again for a few miles. ROAD
roadway in the Bay State attracts
tourists who would otherwise go the
regular way and Overburden the
more conventional routes TO that
section of the country.
Modern Methods Win
The Pennsylvania highway de-
partment has kept in mind> the al.
Iractiveness of the new road and
has designed its latest highways to
withstand much more traffic than
would be normally expected L
travel over them.
This is in line with modern meth
DDS of road building, but an extra
margin of safety is had when the
State rebuilds a few Of the lesser
used routes simultaneously with
building a new route.
In this way the old road becomes
more attractive and the new road
IS spared much of the unexpected
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
%5S$WASHINGTON TIMES MID ~WEEK9d9A
@&+ AUTOMOTIVE SECTION N4SS
Famous Broadway
Star Buys His Ninth
MarnOn

Raymond Hitchcock, the ia
nous "Hitchy-Koo" of the the
alter, recently took delivery of
a Marmon roadster in New
York-the ninth Marnlon car
he has owned and, is continu-
ing the habit he formed with
his first Marmon-that of driv-
ing the car from one city to
another while on the road.
have driven cars all over
the world have driven in
every language and sworn at
them in. every language and l
find my Marmon, in my opinion,
the best car for che road" he
wrote, after he had his road
ster for several days. THAT is
why 1 am buying my ninth.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
New England Cars

There are 1915 Al passenger ana
, lGS.347 motor trucks scattered
throughout the six States of Now
England Massachusetts leads with
-, IL $50 -Cars4il4ltA $50 1--tTa Lek sr--
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
U. S. Largest Owner

DO you know that four-fifths of
the automobiles, trucks and motor
cycles in the entire world are To-
Gated in the United States;
Evening star., 1925-05-15

Mrs. Clarence Phelps Seaverns and
Miss Alma Seaverns of Brookliue.
Mass, are spending some days in
Washington and are visiting all points
of interest.
Evening star., 1925-05-15

citation has issued invitations to its
members to attend the twelfth ami
versary dance at the Swanee. Tues
day, May 19.
Evening star., 1925-05-15
NINE HOMES ROBBED
WITHIN ONE NIGHT
Woman Deputy Asks Alexandria
to Watch for Virginia High
lands Thieves.

Special Dispatch to The Star,
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May l5.-Nine
houses were robbed in Virginia High
lands in one night, according to re-
port received by local police from
Mrs. Pauline Smith, deputy sheriff of
Arlington County. The loot consisted
of food taken from the iceboXes, ana
other petty articles, the biggest haul
being 20 curtains.
Washington and Alexandria police
are Watching secondhand stores for
the sale of the curtains. The bur
glaries are blamed on hoboes who are
now moving along the lines of the
railroad, migrating to the North after
a Winter in the Southern resorts.
They are forced in many instances to
walk from Potomac yards into Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1925-05-15

The Young women's Hebrew Asso-
Evening star., 1925-05-15
SOCIETY
Continued from Eighth Page.)

Dimock and Miss Mabel Boardman.
An interesting program has been
arranged by Mr.. Edouard Albion, di-
rector general of the Washington
opera Co. Mime. Sabanieva, who sang
the leading role in the Washington
company's performance of La Travi-
alta Wednesday evening, will be
among the soloists.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wynkoop
stltt were hosts to small party at
tea following the christening of their
baby son in St. Stephens Episcopal
Church Sunday The great great aunt
OF the baby. Mrs. John r. London of
ROCK Hill, S. c., for whose late hus-
paild the baby was named, was pres
ent, while Mr.. Baylis Earle, Mr.. Sherod
Earle and Miss Mary Earle, uncles
and aunt of little John London Stitt,
were sponsors.
MISS Jane Dunnock Brewer, daugh-
ter of Mrs. James Albert Dowie of
Evening star., 1925-05-15
Mime. Helena Delights.

Nine. Helena showed fine tone. clear
enunciation and delightful enthusiasm
in singing her songs. She gave two
arias with much dramatic effect, the
popular One Fine Day. aria of Puc
cini's Butterfly" and "Ah, fors lui"
and "Sempre liberia" from Verdi's La
Traviata." Her finest songs were
Brahms "Sappic Ode" and Tosti's
"Ideale" and "Good-bye." She pleased
her audience immensely, however
with her interpretations of favorites
such as Il Dreamed ! Dwelt in Marble
Halls from The Bohemian Girl";
The Kerry Dance" Comm Through
the Rye" THE Last Rose of Sum
mer," Because" F'arley's The Night
Wing" a negro spiritual, called Lazy
Song; a quaint little encore, The
Lilac Tree" and "Marcheta," given by
request
Evening star., 1925-05-15

North Braddock, Va, is attending
Campus week" exercises at Carnegie
Institute, Pittsburgh. Miss Brewer
will return to North Braddock the
latter part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth 'Vieth, the
latter formerly Miss Mary FRANCES
Stamper, have returned to Wasnins-
ton from Atlantic City, where tney
have been since their marriage IN St.
Johns Episcopal Church, Braoiey
lane, Chevy Chase, Nd, April 20. MT.
and Mrs. Vieth are at 1882 jackson
street northeast until the completion
of their new home June i.
Evening star., 1925-05-15
ABATED COLDL|FTS
AMUNDSEN'S HOPES
Polar Flight May Be Attempt
ed Sooner Than Expected,
If Weather Holds.
By JAMES Il. WHARTON.

Special Dispatch to The star and the Nort
American Newspaper Alliance
KINGS BAY. Spitzbergen, May 15.
The blizzard that howled out of the
West Sunday and which led Roald
Amundsen to say he felt the hand of
God had interviewed to prevent the
Hight TO the North Pole last week, has
apparently spent itself. We awoke to-
day under a cloudlesS sky and with
the breath of Spring in the air. The
Wlrd which ragged across this settle
ment again choked the harbor en-
trance. Ice Tuesday turned back the
expedition ship Hobby when she at
tempted to reach Green Harbor for
mail aboard three sealing vessels. one
OF the sealers was caught, and is now
locked in an ice prison.
Engines Perform Well.
Tuesday evening the snow and wind
abated and the four engines of the
two flying boats III which the 6O0-mile
flight for the pole will be attempted
were warmed up. All four performed
so we'll that Mechanic Green officially
declared them O. X. 1t now only re-
mains to keep them so.
There is much speculation about the
trial flights and the hop-off 1t has
not yet been decided whether to make
preliminary trials or to combine the
trials with the hop to the airplane
base at Danes Island. It is possible
that the planes will start for the Pole
and if everything proceeds smoothly
simply keep on going The hesitation
about the trials is due solely to the
fear of damaging the planes in landing
on the ice. The Amundsen statement
last week fixing the end of May or the
nrSt of June for the hop-Of to the
Pole has not changed the general
opinion of the expedition that should
the weather prove favorable the dash
viii be made sooner.
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Evening star., 1925-05-15
MUSIC

A large, enthusiastic audience at
tended the performance of Felix
MendeIssohn'S dramatic oratorlo,
"Elijah." given as the principal and
concluding event in the two-day music
festival held at Maryland University,
College Park. Md.
This oratorio which has beautiful
music was sung by the festival
chorus, assisted by Edyth Helena, so
prano, and Aimes Olson, contralto, of
New York;, Rollin Pease. Chicago,
baritone, and Paul Bleyden, tenor, of
Washington. DR.. Homer House was
in charge of the performance and Mrs.
Jessie Blaisdell was at the piano, as
sisted by the string quartet.
Mime. Helena seemed to put much
feeling into her work, giving dra-
matte quality to her role that was alb
sorbing to her audience. Miss Olson
is a young singer who has not yet
conquered all the many difficulties OF
technical training, and her lack OF
breath control greatly hampered eff
fectiveneSs in her singing. Mr.. PeaSe
has a good baritone voice and seems
not only to understand how to use it,
but to thoroughly enjoy singing, Il
gift that many professional singers
lack. Mr.. Bleyden's individual style
of singing is well known in Washing
ton. The chorus was excellent.
In the afternoon Nine. Helena gave
a recital, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs Blaisdell, who also played three
solo numbers, two of Liszt's works,
the we'll known Eight Rhapsody" and
lie NAL du Pays" from "Annees de
Pelerinage." and Poldini march as
Evening star., 1925-05-15
Political Study Club Give
Annual Breakfast Monday.

Mrs. Odenheimer, the outgoing pres,
ident of the Political Study Clulo, VIII
preside at the annual breakfast TO pe
given at Franklin Square Hotel Idoh
day. at 1890 O'Clock. A number OF the
executive committee will act as
hostesses, one at each table.
Mrs. Franklin T. f. Johnson Is
chairman OF the breakfast committee,
and Mrs. William Jones Monro IS
chairman of program. The Secretary
Evening star., 1925-05-15
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following
L. Karlton Mostiller and Mabel f. Frere.
George c. GrImmeI and GereIda NJ. Duff
field.
Raymond G. Traylor and Maggie B. Lucas,
both of Richmond.
Allen r Cousins and Aruazine NJ Coulter,
both of Dumharton. Va.
julius c, Sale and Julia A. Wright. both
OF Richmond
Howard " Cation and DelIas M. satter-
field, both of Fairfax Va
Ralph G. Pack and Margaret PendIeton
Theodore Ray and Elnor McKenyon
Abe Goodman and HuIdah 2. Prissman,
Elmer \. Tarbutton of Crumpton, Md.
and Ruth +. sharp of Long Beach Calf
, Purvis Knight of Alexandria. Va and
Martha Jackson of this city
Carroll +. Anderson of this cIty and Grace
Sedbold of Baltimore
of Baltimore 'o'A'
William B. P. Gray and Rose Koch.
Evening star., 1925-05-15

Mrs. John Allen Munson will he
hostess at the tea to be given by the
Woman's City Club, % jackson place
Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 6
o'clock. Assisting Mrs. Munson will
be Mrs. James +. Callbreath, Miss
Agnes Winn and Miss Florence Bell
Mrs. L. +. W. F'ehl will preside at the
tea table
Evening star., 1925-05-15

Dr. f. T.. Slosson, director of the
science service, will be the guest of
honor tomorrow at a luncheon to be
given by the American Association of
University Women. DIR. Slosson. who
is author, philosopher and chemist, is
a delightful speaker. He will speak
on Some New Things in Chemistry"
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will be
hostess.
Evening star., 1925-05-15

The salvinS and breaking up of
German destroyers sunk at ScaDa
Flow Will occupy the rest of the wear.
and after that raising of the battle
ships Will begin.
Evening star., 1925-05-15
nieva and M. Jaques Samassoud.

Mrs. William B. Hill of Baltimore,
who was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles j. Williamson at their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel, has
returned home.
Evening star., 1925-05-15

OF the Navy will be the chief speaker.
while Mrs. Frederick S. Purnell will
give three soprano solos, accompanied
by Mrs. Karl Chindblom. Mr.. Conrad
Young, who will be accompanied by
Mrs. Paul Bleyden, will render several
tenor selections.
Other guests of honor will be Mrs
Wilbur. Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs
John Sherman, natis.al president of
Women's Club. and Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, president of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Greece-America Society and
the Greek-American League of Inter
collegiate Clubs gave a brilliant re-
ceptlon last evening at the home of
Miss Anne Darlington, on Twentieth
street, in honor of Mime Thalia Saba
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-04
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
In Antioch of PSidiG

these sincere people of very con-
sentative temper that they are the
defenders Of true religion and thus
1t happened in this case.
The Jews urged on "the devout
women of honorable estate" and the
chief men of the city, and in this
way stirred up opposition against
Paul and Rarnabas and thrust them
out.
Nothing daunted the missionaries,
so they went on TO Iconium. There
was no thought Of surrender. If
their course was shaped by the
seeming triumph of their enemies
they had the spiritual triumph Of
proving faithful to their mission.
Is there not in that a spiritual
parable of life?
Few of us can choose the environ
ment that we might prefer. To all
Of us come changes and disappoint-
ments, and perhaps we are disposed
to say, eff I could only have had a
better chance, could have done so
much"
Yet here were these men Of Chris
tian faith, driven from place to
place, fulfilling their mission no
matter what the conditions. A new
environment and new opposition
meant only new vigor in meeting it.
They triumphed in their own day
and the largeness of their triumph
has become apparent through the
centuries. II was these efforts that
spread Christianity to Europe.
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