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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
By Beck

precautions which he and the traf-
fic authorities might take for his
protection. Psychology is the rea-
son given it being contended that
there comes a time in everyone $
life when precaution fails him and
when circumstances combine to
render him victim.
This is not the fatalistic viewpoint
that it seems upon first thought, for
the more you analyze it the more
evident 1t becomes that traffic safety
is a social problem and that by
working at it from the broad
angle. rather than by expecting the
individual to solve the problem by
trying to lie careful, results will be
accomplished.
There could be no better reason
for q National Safety Conference.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Be Glad You're Not in Europe
By ERWIN GREER I
president Greer College of Automotive Engineering
Bx ERWIN GREER

Seventy-hve cents gallon for
gasoline; no parking permitted in
the downtown districts; a speed
limit of twenty miles an hour; heavy
fines passed out to the chappies who
exceed this limit and license fee Of
one hundred and twenty-five dollars
a year tackled on an automobile.
Be glad, then, that, you're not liv-
ing in Europe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
What's wrong with this picture ?

N tnlS picture
Compressed air pumps at cara
are practically unknown. Hat
goes fat why the old hand ind d
pumps-together with a lot d d,
grease-pumps it up again \
champions in this line can pun
a tire in less than ten minutes
Laugh that offl
An import duty of one-thhd
the cost of the car is charged
every car brought into England 4
for every spare part Of an impuh
car. This gives rise to endleu 4
tape and delays, for the owner d
foreign car must get each spare I
approved by three separate 'edalI
house officials before he can II
it on his car.
The moral of this tale IS: Amen
first!
Next Weeks Article: Greer h
diets Future of Motor Car"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Nea Social Precautinn

Arc trafIIc accidents entirely pre-
ventable? Someone has dared to
raise this question in the very midst
of a great national movement
against traffic care!essness and law
Iessness. But the point is as inter-
eSting as it is novel.
Accordin" to the new view it is
held that everyone would meet with
a traffic accident sooner or later If
he lived long enough, despite all the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
The Old Mechanic Says

II, makes difference when you do
the things that you figure are nee
essary to keep the car in trim. Too
many owners seem to think that
they can do a car job any time and
have It Just as effective as if they
did 1t at the right time.
I've seen this happen many time
with batteries. A motorist keeps
putin off the matter Of addin' a
little distilled water to the cells. and
finally decides that he will do 1t the
! last thing before leavin' the car on
certain night that Is convenient to
him. What happens Is that he finds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Riaht OFF The Hood

Now YOU can insure against your
inability to meet the deferred pay
ments on your car. provided such
inability is the result of disability
resulting from bodily injury or
sickness and for death resulting
from bodily injury one of the
casualty insurers is writing this
form of coverage. 1t should be vel
come to the man who wants to give
his family the enjoyment of an
automobile without adding the
burden Of the possibility of his not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
What's the Answer?

Why do some cars run the engine
exhaust manifold forward and then
join it to the exhaust pipe which
curves around under the carburetor
and thence rearwards to the muller?
What is meant by 'Hotchkiss
drive?
Will a new engine tend to de
velop more power between the time
it is limbered up and it's first valve
grinding treatment?
tThink these questions over during
the week and look for the answers
in this column next Saturday,
Copyright 1925 by the Ullman
Feature Service)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24

whole of England, with the ~
tion of a few that have been rer,,
installed by Americans. Thex ,|
have to change the habits Of , /,
ton before they become pcpub'
for in England everyone that css,'
car carries his gasoline in ! \,
gallon can in the tonneau (yeo. N
still call 'em "tonneaus" over thr
OF his car.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
THE SATURDAY
EMOTORIST2
A~A5vs4,'ta 6:essa,: te~ CO.. o1';r~s -;
IA WILLIAM u11A1AN : 4&
7hR 40 - In &lsgS1

arate penalties for recklessness.
Prohibition of township speed limit
Of less than Is miles an hour unless
local conditions necessitate lower
limits, in which event zones must
be plainly marked accordingly. IN
rural areas, abolition of absolute
speed limit. Driver must prove af-
frmatively the reasonableness of
speed in excess Of IS miles per hour.
Detailed reports Of accidents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
More Power To Him

Acting on the theory that it's
never too late to make few new
resolutions a wise motorist has this
to tell the world:
Resolved: To turn over a new
leaf in driving. not my car;
To remember that 1t may be even
nicer to motor in 1926:
To burn my fool habits of care
lessness, not the road:
To watch my step on IT.:
To keep in mind what happens
when a driver leaves the ity' off
; hospitality.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Three Traffic Tricks

Just how slippery is 1t today?
Ask yourself this question and an
swer it by trying a quick stop on
quiet street before entering traffic.
1t will relieve your mind of all
doubt and help you to drive more
comforta bly, and more safely.
Most of the trouble experienced
in gear shifting in traffic is the re-
suit Of failing to keep the foot off
the accelerator when the engine
should be idling Nervous tension is
the explanation.
Stop a little behind the white line
at intersections. You can then
start up when the traffic officer
starts to swing the sign to GO"
without leading him to suspect that
you're impatient. Gives you a fly
ing start and insures you against
crossing the line too soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Now You Have IL

tNO~ bOu -
Answers to questions propounded
last week)
When we speak of Tin Lizzies it is
not all a Jest. During 1928 tin was
used in the manufacture of automo-
biles to the amount of 1900 tons.
Set the hand control for the throt-
tie in a position SO that the engine
will idle faster than usual when
shifting through gears after starting
up on a cold day. The concealed
lubricant in the transmission will
compensate for the increased speed
of the engine, clutch and main driv-
ing gear, thus making for a normal
shift.
The Owen Magnetic car, no
longer manufactured. had no actual
connection between the engine and
the propeller shaft. The contact
was by means of magnetism. No
magnetic contact between the engine
and propeller shaft magnets allows
the engine to idle. while variations
IN the magnetic intensity as con-
trolled by the driver allowed for the
equivalent Of gear changes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
, being able to earn the amount OF the


being able to earn the amount oi Inc
deferred payments.
How can jay-wallzing be stopped!
A bright mind recently took up this
subject and came right back with
the answer; Fences. Another
bright mind, however, Immediately
pointed out the difficulties in park
ing as a result of wire fencing along
the curb. or even the difficulties OF
stopping to discharge or take on
passengers The answer seems to be
a compromise. But fencing along
the curb near intersections where
parking Is usually not allowed. rms
is where most of the jay-walking
occurs and where such a safety de-
vice would be most desirable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24

Leninsrad, Jan. IA. P. bv =.
Revolution Museum has
an interesting document frc,s \
Moscow government. 1t Ia thu -.
return which was filled r. q h
czaristic family in 1897 The -.
of the then car and czarina /. \
question, What is your profssssI.
was Master and Mistress n 4
Russian empire"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24
Insurance Inquiries

nearly double and the results may
not be entirely satisfactory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-24

ism concerning the genera, o.,.,..
the export situation. Amsrsss
produce cars which win mss, I
pean requirements and prodne. 4
cheaper than the foreign ma
turcr. The market is rips y.
present time. Backing up III.
ment he stated that a numbar !. 1 |
tributors had been signed up - y
Federal Motor Truck Co. AZ -.
ant points in foreign countr;. ~
are paving the way to large ~
entail sales in the Immediate t,.al
Evening star., 1925-01-13
'Tisn't SIeet Y'see, Nor Is 1t Hail,
s Just Frozen Rain. Weather Man SAYS
SIeet Freezes Coming DOtUn, Hail COugeas Going
Up-WhM You See FrOse After
Ii Got Here.

and hurl them upward again TO great
heights. where the temperature is
below freezing. The warm drops turn
to ice and start falling again. They
may then reach the earth without
further interference in the form of
very small pellets, or they may go
skyward each time getting an addi-
tional coating of ice. until they be-
come quite large. That is why we
hear occasionally of hail as large
as eggs
About Sieet and Hail.
But remember this: Hail always
occurs in thunderstorm, so it us
ually occurs only in Summer. Rarely
a Winter thunderstorm will crop up
and produce genuine hail. Sleet. on
the other hand. occurs only in the
Winter, when the temperature near
the ground is much colder than that
above. The warmer air in the skies
allows the precipitation to begin in
il passes through the cold layer OF
air earthward. ma king sleet
But neither sleet nor hail ever
cover trees or telephones with the
coating of ice you referred to. That
is caused by rain. congealing on the
cold limb or wire. Sleet bounces off
such objects. We often read in the
newspapers of sleet-covered telegraph
wires, but the statement is erroneous.
hope | have made myself clear"
Well. If he didn't, he will find out
this afternoon when he reads this.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
HUSBAND GUILTY, WIFE
FREED In GEM THEFT
Former Musical Comedy Actress
Acquitted in $136,OOO Robbery
in New York.
Rr Lie Associated Prc.s.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. La. January 10
Isador Foss of New York, indicted
with his wife, Margaret, for the $136.
600 diamond robbery in local hotel
last November. was convicted by a
jury in Criminal Court Saturday. Mrs.
Foss former musical comedy
actress, tried jointly with her hus-
band, was acquitted. Foss was re-
manded to prison. Sentence will be
pronounced within the next few days.
Counsel for the convicted man in
dicated an appeal would be taken
The specific charges against Foss
was larceny md entering in the night
time. The jury found him guilty of
breaking into the hotel room OF
Henry Agate. New York jewelry
salesman, during his absence. and
stealing diamonds and jewelry car
ried in d trunk. He and his wife
were traced by police to New York
where they were taken into custody
several days later. The jewelry was
recovered in a New York pawn shop.
Foss is under federal charges for
violation of the act prohibiting inter
state traffic in stolen vehicles. Ac-
cording to department of justice
records he transported a stolen auto
mobile from New York to New Or
leans.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
WILL RENEW FIGHT
FOR SCENT CAR FARE
Senator Mcclellan to Offer Amend.
ment to District Appropriation
Bill Providing Reduction.

Senator McKellar of Tennessee ex-
poets TO renew his fight for a scent
car fare in the District OF Columbia
by again offering his amendment TO
the District appropriation bill when it
comes before the Senate. He indicated
today that he might go even further
and offer the amendment to the sub
committee of the Senate appropria-
tionS committee which is now con-
sidering the bill.
The amendments reads as follows:
The Public Utilities Commission of
the District of Columbia shall not
hereafter have or exercise power to
fix rates of fare for the street railway
companies in the District a rates in
excess of the rates of fare fixed in
existing charters or contracts here
tofore entered into between said COM
panies and the Congress, and from and
after the passage of this act the said
street railway companies shall re-
ceive cents per passenger on a cash
fare, but they shall issue and sell six
tickets for 20 cents provided in
existing charters"
This is the same amendment that
Senator Mcclellan offered last year,
but on which he was defeated. He
said today that he intended to give
much time to pushing considerat tion
of the scent car fare for Washington.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
Court in District
Holds Common LaiU
Marriage Inudlid

Justice Hitz of the District SUI
'common-law' marriage is not
valid in the District of Columbia
and so dismissed a suit for a sep
aration and maintenance brought
by Mrs. Kate Tender against Nor
ris Tender. The court granted an
interlocutory decree for a nullity
of the marriage asked in the hus-
bands cross bill. The decision is
said to be the first time the court
has taken this view of the law, and
the case will probably be appealed
for an authoritative determina-
tion of the question.
The court in passing the decree
denied the contention of the plain
tiff that a mere living together
with the defendant. after the death
of her first husband. without the
as is required by the code of laws
of the District of Columbia, con-
stitutes a valid marriage. 1t is
understood that the court in it's
decision took the view that mas
much as no common-law marriage
is valid IN Maryland it follows that
such marriage is not valid in the
District of Columbia in the absence
of an act of Congress.
Attorney F.. Hilton jackson ap--
peared for the defendant and At
torneys Abe Shefferman and s.
Shapiro appeared for the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1925-01-13

Slightly at sea regarding the fine
just ordinary frozen rain. a Star re-
porter broached an appropriate query
to the weather man today to get
the question settled
Trees look pretty today, with all
that sleet on them don't they" he
discussion in a way that wouldn' [
divulge his ignorance.
'Sleet? On the trees? Most ex-
traordinary," came back the voice
of the forecaster over the telephone.
Il mean the hail, you know" the
reported, sensing a faux pas, hastily
interjected.
Is Frozen Rain
2You certainly mean nothing of the
kind" the voice chided. You mean
the frozen rain, don't your"
Exactly the reporter agreed My
mistake. BY the way. while we're on
ing to me just what the difference
sort of cloudy on them, | admit"
1T is very simple. Sleet is rain
which freezes coming down and hail
is rain that freezes going up"
Il beg pardon"
Not at all. 1t is this way: In the
Summer time we have thunderstorms
and when we have thunderstorms we
have swirling air currents. The
swirlng air currents catch hold of
the rain drops they start down
Evening star., 1925-01-13

elected by the Union Trust Co: Jo-
seph II. Crawford, G.. Thomas Dunlop,
George T.. Fleming, George f. Hamil
ton, John Il Hanna, Walter S. Har-
ban, Frank c. Henry, John c. Hoyt
ID. j. Kaufman, A S. Kenny. James b.
Lambie, Thomas p. Morgan. Arthur
Murray, George II. Myers. Daniel w
ODonoghue. Aulick Palmer, ID. 5. Por-
ter. Ord Preston, Francis A Richa rd-
son, John II. Small Emmons S Smith
Luther +. Speer, Edward }. Sten-
wagen, Charles f Wilcox
The board Will meet late today for
the purpose of organization. No
change is anticipated from the pres
ent lineup, which consists of the fol-
lowing:
Edward j. Stellwagen, president:
George +. Hamilton, vice president,
attorney and trust officer: George E
Fleming, vice president ana assistant
trust officer; Walter s. Harlan. vice
president; Edward L. Hillyer vice
president and second assistant trust
officer; Edison b. Olds, vice president
and treasurer; Irving Zirpel, secre-
tary and third assistant trust officer;
w. Frank ID. Heron. assistant treas
urer; S William Miller assistant
treasurer; g. Elmer Flather, assistant
treasurer; William S. Lyons, assistant
secretary.
security Savings and Commercial.
Stock holders of the Security Saw
ings and Commercial Bank re e-elect ed
the following directors for the year:
Francis j. Addison, jr.; Edward c.
BaltZ. Diller +. Croft. John B. HarrelI.
George II Judd, Harold IL. Levi. Fred
J. Thilnan HendricIl./ George H Judd,
Harold H Levi, Fred Mckee, Townley
A. Mckee, Laurence Mills. julius l.
Peyser, Morris Simon, William w
Spalding. Sidney W. Straus and William
Clark Taylor.
Following the stockholders meet
ing directors organized. as follow:
Julius |. Peyser, president: Fred
Mckee, vice president; Francis G. Ad-
Olson, jr., vice PRESIDENT: Samuel r
| Baulsir, cashier; Latrobe owen, as
sistant cashier. and J. Louis Sihpley
assistant cashier
The annual meeting of stock folders
of the Northwest Savings Bank re-
suited in the following board: James
! NJ. Beall, DR.. Gregg C. Birdsau. Dion
5. Birney, Frank 5. Bright Frederick
/ G. Bryan, Gregg c. Burns. NJ f.. Dyer
/ II. Lewis Flemer, H. =. Gerald. Harry
| Hall, Stanley r Holland, Jesse H
| Hedges, Charles G. Hubbard, George
| H Macdonald. W. c. Miller. Charles
| w. Morris. Francis NJ. Savage. X O
| Savage, oliver Smith, DIR. Garden F
Warner and Charles D. Weidenhamer
| Following the meeting the direc-
! tors reelected Francis NJ Savage
president: Frank s. Bright and
James NJ. Beall. vice presidents: DR.
Gregg c. Birdsall. treasurer; Gregg
c. Burns. vice president and cashier;
| Charles c. Hubbard. assistant cashier
and Dion S. Birney, counsel
Evening star., 1925-01-13
BUST OF CAESAR FOUND
IN RIVER WINS PRAISE
Marble Head Declared Second
Finest in World-Taken From
Water by Dredge.
BY the Asseciated Pres.


NEW YORK, January IA mar
BILE head of Augustus Caesar. drawn
up from the Hudson River by War
Department dredge. is on exhibition
today in Fifth avenue art gallery.
Many critics are of the opinion that
the sculpture is the work of a master
of the first century.
The head was imbedded 10 feet in
hard clay. Engineers said it might
have taken 100 or 200 years for the
marble to sink to the depth at which
it was found.
How the piece came to be there is
a puzzle One theory is that it might
have fallen overheard or been thrown
from sailing vessel years ago.
Another is that it might have re-
manned on the river bed from some
maritime wreckage.
The piece was slightly damaged
when it was sucked up by the dredge
spot over which virtually all ships
from Europe pass in making their
piers. The nose and parts of the
ears were broken and the neck and
chin were loosened by the fall of
the stone into the dredge' s hold.
One expert said that despite the
battered condition of the head, il
was the second finest of many mar
hlcs of the Roman ruler in existence.
1t is of Carrara marble and weighs
SO pounds.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
FOOD SHOW BIDS
SENT TO CAPITOL
Members of Congress Invited
to Attend Exposition SeS-
sion Tonight.

Members of Congress have been in
vited TO attend the national food show
and household exposition at Convcn-
ton Hall tonight as guests OF the
Retail Grocers' Protective Associa-
tion and the Capital Retail Grocery
Association. under whose auspices
the show is being conducted.
1t was the opinion of the manage
ment that the legislators would be
especially interested in the session
tonight because of the national aspect
given it by the presence of "A large
number of out-of-town food authori-
ties.
The largest group will be delega-
tion of grocers from Baltimore. who
will take the opportunity to see how
Washington grOcers conduct their
shows. with a view 10 tagging SINH
lar exposition in Baltimore.
Woman Officer to Come.
Accompanying this delegation will
be Miss Ethel Clark. manager of the
food show department Of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Grocers,
who has co-operated with local mer-
chants in various parts of the coun-
try in putting on food and household
! expositions.
Another nationally known figure in
the retail grocery field who will be
| al the show tonight is II. c. Balsiger.
secretary of the National Association
| of Retail Grocers. He will inspect
| the Washington exhibition as a guest
| of John Brayshaw. president of the
| Retail Grocers' Protective Associa-
| tion, and Perry 2. Patrick, secretary
| of the show
incidentally. the show this after
| noon and tonight will welcome all
| baldheads in the city as free guests.
! THE less hair. the heartier the well
| come" Secretary Patrick announced
| today. Red hair and freckles were
much in evidence yesterday afternoon
and last night, following the invita-
| tion extended by the anagement to
women with Titan tresses and
| freckles.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
ROB BANK MESSENGERS.
Five Masked Bandits Get Away
With $21,5 500.

PHILADELPHIA, January 13-Five
masked men held up and robbed
two messengers of the Bank &
Trust Co. of West Philadelphia of
approximately $4,000 in cash and
81, 500 in checks. The robbers escaped
in a motor car and late last night were
still at large
The money represented Saturday s
business at a branch of the bank, n
day and night institution, and was
being taken to the main building by
Levergne Taylor and Elmer Tuttle.
The hold-up occurred at the front
door of the bank.
Evening star., 1925-01-13
FORD IN BIG DEAL.

VICkSBURG, Miss, January 49,
Options on thousands of acres of land
near here and extending over a large
timbered area have been obtained b,
a group of Northern capitalists said
to include Henry Ford and Harvey
Firestone, according to several own
ers of the property involved in the
deal.
The capitalists plan to establish a
game preserve and hunting club, 1t
was said. Reports of the number of
acres included in the proposed pur-
chase are from $4,000 to 100000, with
the amount to be paid for the land
running into millions of dollars.