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Evening star., 1925-05-03
Believe It or Not.

Why are gasoline prices uniform at
filling stations?
This question has been raised by
interests that suspect the oil COM
panies of price fixing and other COM
mercial evils. 1t is answered inter
estingly by an oil company official
about like this:
One company increases its price
with the idea of losing enough sales
to enable 1t to conserve its stocks.
a continuation of the older and lower
selling price would mean depletion of
stocks at too small a margin of
profit. Other companies, he says. are
usually in the same predicament.
and, in addition, they are glad of
the opportunity to improve their rev.
enues.
The downward trend appears to
require far less explanation. Each
company tries to meet the lowest
price in order to hold its normal
trade.
That we'll known partnership, Sup
ply and Demand, is blamed for start
ing the swing upward or downward.
No account is taken. however, of a
factor known as what the traffic
will bear"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Automotive history has been gener
Ously supplied with so-called "mys
terry cars" and their common name
: was Dennis.
Accidents Are Accidents.

Some interesting sidelights of the
I sccident problem are coming to the
fore as u result of recently published
facts and figures from various
sources.
An investigation by the Bureau of
Public Roads of the United States
Department of Agriculture reveals
that of three Northwestern States
Montana, Washington and Oregon
Montana, with the smallest number
of accidents per ] 900 CaTs. has the
lowest registration, as against Wash
q ington's greatest number of accidents
per ] 900 cars, with the largest reg
istration.
This is reversal of conclusions
drawn from national estimates, in
which it is shown that the rate of
accidents decreases with the increase
in registrations.
The National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce was plainly optimistic
over improved safety conditions
throughout the country in its latest
bulletin on the subject, vet the city
of Hartford, Conn, has just adopted
some new traffic regulations and
added to the police force in order
10 prevent a recurrence of the record
of six fatalities in the month of
March. an alarming number of deaths
for a city of it's size.
The Bureau of Public Roads ex-
plains that out of 1906 accidents in
Nestigated during a period of eight
months in the three Northwestern
States mentioned above, faulty op-
GRAFTON by the driver was responsible
for 1920 of them. OF the 20,7S1 ac-
CidentS recorded in Connecticut dur
ing 1924, the motor vehicle commits
sioner estimates that not less than
1859 We're the result of recklessness
of motorists.
TO offset this there is the argu-
ment against compulsory insurance
employed by the Hoover conference
10 the effect that drivers could not
he held TO blame at law in at least
60 per cent of the accidents.
More and more it is becoming evi-
dent that accidents are accidents
They happen in spite of reason and
often in spite of precaution.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
WHERE GREASE is NEEDED

Your radiator shutter device should
have a little greasing now and again
if it is to work efficiently. 1t may
seem as though little grease on the
shutter bearings should last for a
long, long time, but you forget that
there is often considerable heat at
this point.
Ordinary oil will quickly thin out
and run off. Then, too, In extremely
cold weather the grease may get
gummy and hard, so as to interfere
with efficient operation of the device.
The answer is to see that the shutter
ends are always clean and fabricated
in accordance with weather and driv-
ing conditions.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Why Gas Tank Floods.

Gasoline tanks usually overflow
because no provision is made for al
lowing the air to expel as the gas is
pumped in. This can usually be
avoided by seeing that the nozzle
isn't jammed down into the neck of
the tank. but another precailtion is
advisable where the neck is provided
with Il special section to act as an
air vent. In this type of neck there
will be two divisions, one very much
larger than the other. Make sure
that the nozzle directs the gasoline
into the larger one, otherwise in
going gasoline and outgoing air will
meet and cause an overflow of the
former
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Did You Know

That the battery may show hy-
drometer reading of 1,275 and yet not
be fully charged? If the plates are
slightly sulphated and the acid is
particularly strong this is likely to
be the case.
That if the ammeter registers dis
charge when lights and ignition are
off, the cut-out or relay is not func-
tioning and that the battery is dis
charging into the generator? Dis
connect the battery leads at once if
you cannot remedy the trouble your
Evening star., 1925-05-03

to remove a rear wheel but not to
remove a front wheel?
3. What is the outstanding objec-
ton to compulsory automobile in
Surance?
4. What entirely new automobiles
will shortly be offered to the motor
ing public?
(Think these over during the week
and look for the answers in this de-
partment next Sunday. You may
be wrongly
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Another Side to It.

Closed cars occasionally are brand
cd as being more dangerous than
their companion open models. but
there are two sides to the story. 1t
is true that the pillars of closed cars
must be made narrower as a means
of eliminating the blind spots. 1t is
true that one does not hear as well
when the closed car is closed. And
a poorly built closed job might be a
trap in event of an upset. But con-
slider what the closed car has elm
mated in the way of hazards.
People 10 longer endanGer them
Evening star., 1925-05-03
HINT ON STIFF MOTOR.

In order to crank n particularly
stiff motor, as for instance one that
has been rebored, fitted with new pis-
tons and frightened up all around, ii
may be a convenience to put two bat
teries to work on the job. In doin &
this connect the second battery with
the old one in parallel, not series.
By connecting in parallel is meant
connecting the positive pole of the
second battery with the positive of
the first and. similarly, negative to
negative. This increases the amper-
age, but not the voltage--the capac-
ity rather than the pressure.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Lessons From Accidents.

There was just d little snow on the
ground as he attempted to pass the
street car. But the next moment he
found his car being wedged into a
very narrow space, SO narrow. in
fact, that the street car caught a rear
fender. Then he tried to steer away
from the street car. only to find the
car swinging around into a jam be
tween a parked car and the street
car. He had not figured on ridge
of ice beneath that light layer of
Evening star., 1925-05-03
THE SUNDAY MOTORIST
An abridged Magasine for Car OaOners
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN

selves and others by driving when
they are half frozen and in no fit
condition to shoulder such response
bility. Failing objects mean very lit
tie to the man in the closed car. In
event of collision the passengers
are not thrown out so easily. Visi-
bility in closed cars has always been
far superior to that of the curtained
open car, and the latter must be
curtained at times when visibility is
most essential.
apparently there is another side to
the question of safety in models.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

owning or driving an automobile. If
you will just stop to figure in the
mental equipment of auto drivers,
however, it is not so difficult to pic
ture the fractional type.
A news dispatch states that the
bus and street car are now at peace,
but every now and again this news
is lacking in plausibility when the
bus and street car are discovered not
only at peace but in pieces.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
What's the AnsWer2

l. Why Is 1t easier to shift to
high" than to any other forward
speed?
2. Why is a wheel puller needed
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
RUSSIAN TRADE BAIT

The latest Russian move to secure recognition
from the United States by holding up to American
business men a tempting bait of two billion dol
lars worth of trade, has fallen flat for obvious
reasons, the first of which is that no well informed
business man in America believes that, even
were America to recognize the Red government
Of Russia, and abandon it's stand on the repudiated
Russian debts, any such amount of trade as in
Dictated would be possible.
The same bait of a monopoly on Russian trade
has been held out by the Russians to the coun-
tries of Europe. Two of these countries, Germany
and Great Britain, entered into negotiations with
Russia, with very disappointing results. The
great Russian trade which was to be theirs did
not materialize, and shows no evidence of mater
ializing. Not only this, but the resumption OF
official relations with Russia Embossed a great
flood of communist propaganda in both countries
and the situation resulting in Great Britain is 81
serious that efforts are now being made to drive
every alien Red out of the country.
The United States at present is not losing any
considerable amount of trade by refusing to rec
Ognize soviet Russia. And in remaining alOO
from the Reds it is guarding something which i
far more precious than trade-the constitutions
integrity of the United States.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
JUSTICE IMPEDED

The courts and police officials have been loaded
down with too much work by the multiplicity of
laws according to the attorney general of Indiana,
Arthur L. GilliOm, who is quoted by the National
Republic, which says:
attorney General Arthur L. GilliOm, of In
diana, has put his finger on one of the chief
sources of la~wlessness when he declares that by
multiplying laws regulating conduct we have
loaded down the courts and police authorities with
more work than it is possible for them to do. So
many acts have been made wrong by legislative
fiat, which heretofore were unknown or legal,
that the work of our police forces has been null
tiplied to the point where it is impossible to give
sufficient attention to detecting and furnishing
the more serious crimes. Mr.. GilliOm says:
"This is a condition which has come about as
the result of the ever increasing tendency to regu-
late almost everyone and everything by setting
up moral standards and arbitrary conceptions of
conduct, and by attempting to compel obedience
thereto by means of our police forces and other
enforcement offices. If this tendency continues,
I fear that it will ultimately lead to a condition
of poorly protected people against real crime on
the one hand, and a terrifying enforcement OF
tyrannous laws which invade the sphere of pri.
vate conduct on the other. To me it seems plain
that we must keep such police forces as our people
are willing to sustain, sufficiently free to permit
them to cope with those who are the real Grim.
inals, and we must stop demanding their prOtec
ton primarily for a vague public instead of the
interests of the public"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
ENFORCING TRAFFIC RULES
Havre Promoter

Public officials, councilmen, members of police
departments, traffic officers and others who have
occasion to watch the enforcement of speed regu-
lations and other traffic prohibitions mourn the
apparent inability to stop the offenders.
It seems to be agreed among those in charge
of enforcing such regulations that it is almost
an impossible task to perform. There are entirely
too many loop holes for the alleged offender to
escape when faced with punishment for his Of
tense.
ConstantinOple has adopted a system that might
commend itself to police in this country. It should
be effective to say the least and should make
speed violations very expensive.
Emin Bey, the energetic perfect Of the police
in Co~nstantinOple, last week issued to the police
stout planks b~ristling with nails. Throw these, /"
he said, before speeding motor cars"
If this should be followed by a policy of shooting
out the lights when they glare contrary to law
two evils of traffic violations might be overcome
But it win take some such strenuous methods
to stop the speeding and headlight evils.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Washing-
ton foreign diplomats who some time
ago scoffed at the LOcarno confer
snce in the making have given over
their attempt to 'pOO-hoO'' the pres
ident's ideas that assemblages of thi
character can be successfully con-
Quoted. For the first time In many
years diplomats, representatives Of
the several nations of Europe, gath
cred round a table and talked, not
as prime ministers, allied diplomats,
on linguistic sleight-of-hand artists,
but as men really trying to bring
abort a sterilization Of world con-
ditions-a sterilization that, if carried
out, win mean much for the peoples
Of the world.
The people Of the United States
know that the president is DESTROYS
Of steps being taken that viii make
wars improbable, If net impossible
that he realizes that nothing can be
gained by killing off human beings
And, ia this connection, it might be
well to state that what the president
wants be generally gets.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
! = CAPITAL

put this forth at the f~Orty-secOnd IN
ternatiOnal convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association of the
United States and Canada.
It is evident that the president de-
sired to impress upon the people Of
the country the fact that the fate Of
the child rests in the hands Of the
parents when he said, 'TOO many peO-
pie are neglecting the well being Of
their children, shifting the response
bility for their actions and turning
over supervision Of their discipline
and conduct to the juvenile courts. It
is stated on high authority that a
very large proportion Of Outcasts and
criminals comes from the ranks of
those who lost the advantages of
normal parental control in their
youth. They r the refugees from
broken homes"
President Coolidge said, zone OF
the chief characteristics of Christian
ity is that it is a militant and crusad-
ing faith. Those who have become
partakers Of its inspirations and It's
consultations since it first began + = 4
have been constantly spreading it!
truths. = = = It will not be sufficien.
to have exalted preaching by The
clergy unless there is exalted Evins
by the laity."
In plain language, he issued a mes
sage to the more mature %citizenr!
when he said, ct is not enough tina
there should be action in the pulpits
There must be reaction in the pews.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Demo-
cratic congressional politicians r al
ready showing evidences of a new at
tack of investigation fever. Their real
purpose is not really to investigate,
but to Obstruct constructive legisla-
ton and to threw mud, in the hope Of
confusing the voter in the 1926 cleo
tions.
Senator Claude Swanson OF Vir-
GINA has come out with a lengthy
statement that we are paying off the
national debt too quickly. This is a
bright example and a humorous sam
pie Of how some Democratic leaders
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. C-The Davis
family is we'll represented in official
circles in Washington today. Dwight
F. Davis, who was just recently ap-
pointed secretary of war, was ap-
pointed to that position by President
Coolidge because of his outstanding
qualifications for the office. His car
eer has been studious and energetic.
He performed each task as it con-
fronted him and in all lines of en-
deavor in which he has been engaged
he has made a success.
The other member of the Davis
family in the cabinet came to this
country as an immigrant boy from
Wales. He worked as a puddler in
the mills and slowly but surely rose
to a point where his honesty and
ability were recognized by his fellow
men. Mr.. Davis commands the re.
spect Of all who know him. Both Of
the Davises r untiring workers and
earnest supporters of President Cool
idge.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
By National Press Service

- ASaa ~ wv II
WASHINGTON, d. C.-When the
hearings by Chairman Green and the
members Of the ways and means COM
Of the house, having in charge
the new tax reduction measure, are
completed, approximately n hun
dred different individuals or organi-
cations will have presented their re-
quests to the committee. Up to the
present time about seventy requests
have been made in the matter Of tax
reduction. The estate tax has occu-
pied quite some time. This tax is a
matter which many of the governors
claimed should be handled by the diff
ferent commonwealth rather than by
the federal government. Numerous
business men appeared before the
committee. For instance, the auto
mobile people have requested that the
federal tax on cars be taken off. Jew
elers have appeared asking for a re-
ductiou Of taxes on Injuries, under
which heading jewelry is classified.
Theatrical and moving pirture repre-
sentatives asked that the taxes on adj
missions be discontinued. Many other
business interests were represented
at the hearing and, in addition to this,
numerous briefs were filed by indi-
viduals, firms and corporate bodies.
In the opinion Of many the commit
tee would do we'll to follow the plans
outlined by Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon who, after all, provided a very
sensible, wOrking-plau blue print of
what could be done in the matter of
tax reductions.
The people Of the country must not,
however, imagine that the bill re-
ported by the ways and means com
mittee will be the one that is ulti-
mately adopted. The chances are
ninety-nine out of a hundred, that the
real tax reduction measure will be
framed in the senate. Whether or not
this bill viii be a real tax reduction
measure depends upon the action Of
the Radicals and some of the Demo.
Gratis. It is an open secret in Wash.
ingtOn that the Democratic politician,
are trying to load up the bill in sucl
a manner as to prevent it from be
coming a law. They have alread!
prepared schedules of such drasti,
cuts as to render the bill impossible
Cuts in tax reduction can go just s.
far, because, in order to run the gov
eminent, there must be a certain
amount Of revenue. If such revenu
is not produced then bonds must b
issued, which, in the end, means NOR
taxes. If the Democrats are homes
people they will favor an honest ia.
reduction measure. In. speaking 0
the action of some Of the Democrats
| leaders, honest and thinking Demo
Gratis are sadly shaking their head
and saying, "Will they never learn?
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
Bright Child Stuff.

GRANDDAUGHTER I was young I had
an awfully old head on my shoulders.
Little Elsie-Yes, and now that you
are old you have an awfully young
one, haven't you, grandma?
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. CT residert
Coolidge may have shocked some Of
Che new-th0ugat thinkers ia domes-
ticity in his enunciation. ia a milder
form. perhaps, Of Che old adage
fSpsre the rod and spoil the child.
3ut he must have at least awakened
cheerful thought la the minds Of
nae Of his audilors. Tile president
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

think. The learned Vfrginian neg
.lects, however, to explain that the
system of payment adopted means
cutting down each year the total Of
interest on the desst. He does not
represent the feelings Of the people
Of the country.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The al
legged ~oratOrical weakness Of the Cool
idge cabinet is being discussed with
some satisfaction by the Democrats.
It is true that the president does not
possess in his official family such
vOcalists as Helm Of Alabama, the
vitrclic Reed Of Missouri, or other
noise producing experts.
Secretary Mellon, VINO has most
skilfully guarded the finances of the
people, is decidedly diffident when it
comes to making a speech. Attorney
General Sargent prefers to white
rather than to gallivant around the
country exuding vast and copious
quantities of language. Herbert
Hoover speaks only when the occa-
sion demands. Business achieve
ments rather than oratory count with
him. Secretary Kellogg makes but
few public speeches. Senator Viii
liam M. Butler. of Massachusetts,, who
is the chairman of the Republican
National committee and n Of Pres
ident COOlidge's advisers, works OF
the theory that silence is golden, anC
he accomplishes much.
The people of the country like this
system. They believe in deeds rather
than words. The Coolidge admins
tratiOn has no need for a vOciferOu'
"bally-ho."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

When &c comes to preventing war the best play
ers in the league Of nations don't seem able r.
The Washington times., 1925-03-24
CADMAN INDIAN
EP|CS, RICH IN
QUALITY
Rauscher Recital Presents
Composer as Brilliant
Pianist
By JESSIE MacBRIDE.

When Charles Wakefield Cadman,
composer pianist. gave a recital
chiefly of his own compositions at
Raucher's last Saturday, in the
Mcdowell Colony benefit arranged
by the musical sorority of Wash
ington, the Mu Phi Epsilon. he
presented an interesting study of
the influence of Indian themes on
music. Princess Tsianina, of royal
Indian blood. gave the music in its
true tone quality, much of 1t in
the Indian language.
To an unknowing ear, these
Indian songs have a kinship with
the Japanese. This comes in the
intervals, 1t also holds good in the
persistent repeated undercurrent OF
rhythm, though with the Indian it
Is more barbaric while with the
Oriental It has more that monotony
that belongs to. the East.
Two arias from Mr.. Cadman's
Indian opera 'Shanewis' were
sung By Tsianina. The Robin
pathos and a certain native quality
that gave it's depth and almost a
religious fatality. Sunworshirer,
moon-worshiper is here, too, in an
Indian lament. To capture this
racial thing in music is a rich con-
tribution to the folk lore OF the
world This is one of the great
assets of these programs and
Tsianina stands as a pioneer mid
way between the culture of the
hour and her tribal heritage. Her
Sioux "Ho We Warriors on the War
path was quite the most signifi-.
cant of the Cadman arrangements.
Mr.. Cadman, as soloist, digressed
from the Indian mood with some
HOLLYWOOD sketches of California,
the comedy sketch on Charlie Chap
lin being a real example OF humor
In music.
Two piano transcriptions of his
own orchestral works were per.
haps the richest, q waltz setting TO
an Omaha theme From the Vii.
lage" and Dance Of the Corn
Maiden used in a Ruth st. Denis
ballet When Mr.. Cadman holds
the epic heights or the Indian he
is at his musical best.
The final program of this inn
portant American composers series
will present Bruno HUM. April 4.
The Washington times., 1925-03-24

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The Washington times., 1925-03-24

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