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Evening star., 1925-04-05
Standardized Traffic Units
Held Essential TO Safety
Henry Says Different Types of Carriers
Eventually Must Be Segregated to
Eliminate Traffic accidents.

is a tendency in large cities to place
all electric lines underground, where
they will OF only cease to be an
interference to the automotive type,
but benefit to themselves as well.
Example in PhiIadeIphia.
The philadelphia Rapid Transit
Co.'s recent activities is typical OF
this trend Chestnut street in Phiia
delphia. will virtually have q double
level street, the inclosed portion being
reserved for the electric lines, the
upper for automotive lines.
The problem of arriving at a
homogeneity of traffic units has been
greatly sImplified by the Willingness
of the street car interests to appre-
ciate the need for segregation of con-
flicting types of traffic. The other
conflicts with horse-drawn vehicles
and bicycles should eventually solve
themselves.
'High-speed elevated and subway
lines have not served to simplify
traffic, according 10 the experience o.
the leading investigators OF city
transportation, because surface street
car lines have had TO remain in order
TO take care Of passengers who would
not walk to the high-speed stations,
and also to take care of the business
interests that would be injured be
cause OF their location midway be
tween the elevated or subway stations.
There IS, therefore, a growing realizs-
tion of the fact that local subway
lines should be simply street cars
that make the customary stop at each
block.
Substitution Is Studied.
There is also another possibility
which is receiving serious thought.
l refer to the plan Of substituting
motor bus service for street car serv-
ice along those lines where street
cars are being maintained because OF
public demand for the service as sup
Elementary to overhead high-speed
service or underground service.
"In one large American city main
tenance of a surface line under a Ger
tain elevated road costs the traction
interests $1,000 600 a year. Because
of the f1exibility OF bus service this
loss could doubtless be turned 10
service for the surface street car line.
The busses could take IN the side
streets and make a profit for the COM
pany through giving the public stiil
greater service.
Regardless of local conditions and
the many obvious details to be ironed
out, it is evident that the Nation is
4Fo'llllS d pV4lA "A4cIE IHo uSCCSEllA
Of elimination OF types OF traffic units
is being reco ognized. And where one
| type of traffic cannot yield entirely
to the other We are seeing them be-
come definitely segregated. The
grade crossing. is passing and the
street car lines are going under
ground 1t will be far safer and bet
ter for every one concerned, partic-
ularly for the motorist, who is also
Ia diSod Ivan "a Of
experimental and unstandardized reg
ulation'
Evening star., 1925-04-05

Declaring that the future safety or
Americas street and highway trafhc
may in part be accomplished merely
by a Standardization Of traffic units,
Thomas p. Henry. president Of the
American Automobile Association, has
sounded a new note in safety thought
in a bulletin just issued from the
organizations headquarters in this
city.
There are altogether too many
kinds OF traffic units on the streets
and highways for the safety OF the
public" the A. A. A. executive de-
clares in summing up the situation.
Homogeneity in traffic units, in Mr..
Henry's opinion, is the keynote of the
basis for a genuine and lasting
safety.
Must BE Standardized.
The future safety of Americas
street and highway traffic" he says,
hinges partly upon a Standardization
of the many types Of vehicles trans
porting our public. Until we have
reached this conclusion and taken ap-
propriate steps we cannot hope to
achieve anything but temporary reHel
from collisions and accidents.
There are too many varieties of
passenger carrying units in trafrc.
There is the street car, the auto
mobile, the bicycle. tho horse drawn
vehicle, and, most illogical OF all,
the steam railroad train at grade
crossings. If these are not to give
way 10 one type, then they must be
segregated for the safety OF the
public.
The rules that apply to the safe
operation of an automobile, or the
safe and efficient handling of auto
mobile traffic, cannot be applied to
the street car or the horse drawn
vehicle. Thus the streets and roads
in America are virtually operating
under a variety OF regulations in each
separate locality. The conflicts be-
tween the various units are, accord
ingly inevitable.
Sample OF Progress.
The motor bus, being essentially
similar to the passenger automobile
in operation and control, is a sample
of what sort OF progress traffic must
make for the safety of the country.
Motorists everywhere report that
they are having less and less difficulty
with the motor bus, since it conducts
itself in very much the same way
that any passenger car would"
1t is stated that Mr.. Henry has
assurances from the leading street
| car transportation interests OF the
country 10 the effect that the street
car eventually will be segre gated
from the vehicular traffic in most large
cities.
The most convenient and most
| modern form Of short-haul transpor-
| tation is the passenger automobile
and the motor bus" Mr. Henry ex-
plains, and the automotive form is,
| therefore, entitled to the most con
venient portion of the available traffic
space, which is the city street and
the highway. Realizing this, there
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Study of Instrument Board
Of Automobile Pays O,uner
Fe,v Driuers Understand 1t Fully-Is Con.
stunt Record of Cars Performance.
GiUes Aduance Notice of Trouble.

when the car has been standing out in
the cold the temperature OF the engine is
also indicated by the high pressure
read OF the gauge.
Since gasoline gauges have been
added to the instrument board thers
is a lot more that the driver can tell
from observing and comparing the
indicators III front of him. Before the
appearance of the handy gasoline
gauge 1t was not possible to know
at just what speed the car was most
economical. Now it is possible to
compare the reading of the odometer
(he part OF the speedometer that
gives the mileage covered) with the
gasoline consumption. II the driver
hits a pace OF so miles an hour and
finds that gallon disappears over a
distance of 10 miles, whereas his nor
male mileage is Is, he knows there
is something wrong. If it isn't that
he's driving at a wasteful speed il
may be that his tires are too low or
that his carburetor is out of adjust
ment
Guide to Cars Performance.
The gasoline gauge Will sometimes
tell something of the character of the
road. Its reading dial will be very
much distributed over a rough road
and in some arrangements the grade
or hill can be judged by the driver.
In climbinb a hill the level OF the
gasoline in the tank is changed so
that the float that controls the in
strument-board gas gauge is dis
turbed accordingly. The instrument
may thus register more gasoline or
less. A little investigation will tell
the driver quickly which way the
indicator goes when climbing hills or
when descending a hill, and a little
practice in judging conditions from
the instrument will often make driv-
ing easy.
Since making use OF the gas gauge
for this purpose one driver says that
he is surprised to discover how often
he misjudges the grade of a hill when
depending upon his vision Naturally
he does not strain the engine.
The instruments are on the board to
be used, and the more practice one has
in using them the less mystery there
is to the workings of the engine and
chassis.
The instrument board is more than
a decoration. 1t is a guide to the
cars performance. The gauge of a
drivers skill as an engineer of his
car is largely his ability to interpret
the fancy layout of appurtenances
that face him when he is at the
wheel.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-04-05
SCURRYING u. S. MOTORS
INVADE SYRIAN DESERT
Cars Traverse Areas Where Camel
Caravans Trod for Thou
sands Of Years.

Picturesque camel caravans that
have trod the Syrian desert for thou
sands of years are at last yielding to
modern invention.
Along the routes where only recent
ly camels could safely travel scurry-
ing American motor cars, according
to advices to the Department of Com
merce, are now making their regular
trips from Aleppo to Bagdad. from
Bagdad to Beirut, from Beirut TO
Damascus and way stations, with a
precision and dispatch that is looked
upon as a harbinger of a new era
The success of this service, the re-
port states, already has had the un-
expected result of increasing tourist
traffic both from India and Europe
The route from London to Bagdad
can now be completed in days, in
stead of % to 20, as formerly.
Evening star., 1925-04-05
REMOVING SPEED LIMIT
is URGED BY MACKALL
Maryland Official Blames Conges-
ton Of Traffic on Slow
Moving Vehicles.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 4.-Abolition OF
the maximum speed limit and the
substitution of a minimum speed law
Is being advocated by John y. Mack
all, chairman of the Maryland State
Roads Commission.
Congo stion of traffic occurs chiefly
on account of the slow-moving We
hicles, in the opinion of Chairman
Mackall. AS a remedy to this stu
alton he recommends that slow NOV
ing vehicles not be allowed on GER
tain highways during the peak hours
of traffic
Evening star., 1925-04-05
EASE BREEDS TROUBLE.
Owners Find Clutch Works With
Too Little Effort.

Most OF the clutch trouble car
owners have nowadays is because
their clutches work with too little
effort. They can get results with the
clutch half engaged, and half the
time they are driving around town
the clutch plates may never be fully
engaged. In the old days It was a
lot OF effort to hold clutch out, even
to slip it. But the old.type clutches
were a strain on the rear end. Now
we save the propeller shaft, the uni
versals, the pinion gear and the rear
axles, but abuse the trouble saver
the clutch. It's hardly logical.
Evening star., 1925-04-05
ng device operated by a driver whom

ing device operated by a driver whom
I could see with my own eyes had
never used such device before"
What are you driving att"
Well, for one thing you seem to
think this device is so perfect as to
cover every contingency in driving.
You are making the mistake of let
ting George do it-George being the
signaling device. These devices Of
the moment are designed to supple
Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star., 1925-04-05
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Smith
selfish; rather he motoring chap willing and glad
the oherl or rmorem members of the motor
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
Vassar Reports Radical
 Changes in Last Decade

Poughkeepsie, N. T., March 20. -- Ten years have wrought vast changes in the characteristics of Na.ssar college students, charts pre- pared by the college office show. In 1910 a total of 5S percent of the students prepared for Nassar in public high schools and only 42 per cent in private schools. By 1920 the public schools were furnishing S5 per cent.
 Registration lists in 1916 were closed two and a half years before entrance. Students entering in the classes of 1925 were registered four and a half years fin advance.
 Quite as extreme changes were found in subjects required for en- trance. In 1865 entering students were examined only in algebra. Latin and French. In 1920 five sub jects were required and 12 were on the alternative or elective lists.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
Ravaged by Wild Rabbit,
 France Seeks Security

Paris, March 20.-Phorteetio against the ravages Of wild rabbita is another phase of the security problem which recently has occu- pied the attention of the French parliament.
 A bill declaring the rabbit "a nui- sance and noXious animal" sign cd by Premier Herriot. Minister of Agriculture Queullle and Minister of Justice Renout has been intro- duced, It is couched in similar language to that aimed at the wild bears infesting Normandy and Auyergnc. passed by the chamber some weeks ago. It gives authority "to any one. at any time and any where, 10 destroy rabbits by any and all means"
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
STRANGE INFUX
 CAUSE OF ALARM
Fear of Chinese Invasion
 Prompts Warsaw Action

Warsaw. Poland, March 90. -- Fearing q so-called Chinese inva- sion because of the visits 10 this country of nearly 1000 Orientals during the last flow months, the Polish government has decided that no more Chinese will be admitted until their applications have been passed upon by tho Warsaw Foreign Office. The Chinese government, it is understood, Is awaiting further details Of the Polish governments s action before taking up the ques' tion with the Warsaw officials
 Tho invasion began last fall when Chinese peddlers began arriving in Warsaw with Chinese wares and curios, most of them coming hy way Of Berlin, where visas had been granted by the Polish con- sulate. Some weeks later several hundred additional Chinese applied for permission to come to Warsaw and were granted visas, and carly this year there were further apph- cants until it is estimated that ap- proximatcly 1000 pcddlers had visited the country, all representing themselves 10 be tradcsmen.
 Recalling the fact that several months prior to the outbreak of the war Poland, then under Russian rule, was visited hy several thou sand Chinese. all representing themselves to be tradesmen and speaking Russian and German flu ently, the Polish authorities have become suspicious. They have re- ceived reports from their agents that some of the 0rientaIs posing as tradesmen are in reality engaged in espionage, probably for the Bol- sheyist government. They speak Russian as well as German, and ap-
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
London Police Meet
 Trouble in Recruiting

London, March 2O,--The after ef- fleets of wartime privations on the nations physique are shown up strongly in the number of police re- cruts rejected on medical cXamina- tlon. says Sir Leonard Cunning, re- porting on the county and city or borough police force in England and Wales for 1924.
 "Pcrhaps," Sir Leonard continues, "9O per cent of the applicants for appointments never get so far as the doctor because they are manifestly lnsuitable while the single oduca- tional test knocks ont so many moro that the chief constable k lucky If he finds Ave suitable men among 100 applicants"
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
Tiny Mice Given Homes
 In LOndOn's Noted Zoo

London, March 2o.-The smallest animals at the London Zoo are a family of pgmy mice, which ar rived recently from Cambria, in western Africa. They are smaller than humble bees. and a pair could easily set up housekeeping in an ordinary safety match box. While the pigmics were being shipped to London 15 of them escaped through hole smaller than might be made by slate pencil. and none of them was ever seen again.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
BETTER TEACHERS
 NOW ARE NEEDED
Fundamental Problem Of Present
 Day Education

pes Moines, Iowa March 2o,-- Better prepared teachers is the fun damental problem in present day education. Dean w. r. Barr of the college of education of Drake uni vcrsitN declared here recently in urging that the National Education association take steps to place the profession on n higher plane.
 During the last % years there has been much talk about better preparation of teachers" Dean Barr said, but all the agitation has end- ed in talk, just as many of our great moral issues bring forth noth- ing better than talk.
 "The fact is that school people, as q whole, arc afraid 10 take hold of the problem of securing legislation defining minimum educational quail tications of teachers.
 "To be a lawyer or a doctor or to be a minister in the older churches, one must have prepara- ton far beyond anything required for the certiication of school tcach- CTS. Qualifications, now invplved in our legal requirements for getting n certificate 10 teach should be writ ten up by some person with a sense of humor, for they would be scream ingly humorous if they were not so tragic.
 In spite of the fact that we do not require anything of our teach- CTS legally, we have educational or ganizations talking about minimum salary laws, the poorly paid teach- CT. and the necessity of having a secretary of education in the presi- dents cabinet. All of which indi- cates that we are merely trying 10 cover up our own weaknesses.
 Whenever we get down 10 bed rock and demand that we have a legislation on teachers qualifications
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
Seeks Shakespearean
 Fire-PreventiOn Slogan

london, NUrCh .O.-SNakospear- quotations are used by the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade in an effort 10 caution the public against carclcssncss where fires are concern ed,
 One quotation in particular, "A little fire is quickly troddcn out, which being suffered rivers cannot uuench," has been hung in the fire brigade headquarters in London and distributed to various fire prevention bureaus.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

ing his b0 years employment at the works he has not lost single min ute of time. The reason he gave for never being late was that he always went 10 bed early, and had a good nights rest.
 In recognition of his unique rec-
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

as lawyers and doctors have de- manded, and when we, as a group of educators, can bring ourselves to organize protests against low quail fications, as the medical fraternity has done in recent years, we shall begin to gain for ourselves a respect that we cannot otherwise hope to have"
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

sical training compulsory for ell students. One of the arguments ad- vanced for athletics is that they dis courage drinking.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
On Time for 50 Years,
 EmplOye Receives Watch

Warrington, Eng March 2o,-- Thomas Coreoran, m employe in Il soap works here. believes in punc- tuality and devotion to duty. Dur
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

ord coreoran was presented with a gold watch by his employers.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
DISCOURAGE DRINKING

Jena, March 20.-Jena University, taking the lead among German in" stitutlons of learning, has made Shy-
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

pear to be prosperous whether they do much business or not.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
 BRING GOOD RESULTS
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
BOONE FAMILY ID
 ATTEND FESTIVAL
NH Gather at Big Celebration
 in Kentucky

Lexington, Kyp May 2s (AP) --- Beginnings of Kentucliys history ldo years ago, with the glamor cast upon 1t by memories of Daniel Boone, the pioneer American. whose bones lio on the hill over looking the Kentucky river. will be celebrated the first week Of June.
 Natives are using stamps, cap- toned "rhe Battle of Lexington" to put an extra lick to notice of the Lexington esqui-centennial cele. bration. The stamps were issued by the government in commemoration of the battle In Massachusetts, the shot heard round the world"
 Echoed by great celebration in the Blue Grass of Kentucky. during the entire week Of June 1, the bat tle for freedom will be revived fin a pilgrimage to Boone's last resting place a trip to Boonsboro, his fort, ceremony at Pennsylvania uni versity where Lafayette visited in May, 1895. and services in memory Of Boone in pageant, addresses and dedication of tablets,
 Boone. who bazed the way from the Atlantic coast through the wil- derness 10 Kentucky. will be the central figure commemorated.
 Gov. W. J. Fields invited 5000 members Of the Boone Family as- sociation. scattered over the nation, 10 hold its first family reunion here, and William Boone Douglass, Wash. ington, D, G. acting president, &C., ccpted kentuckys cordiality.
 Ceremonies will open with regis
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Plans Boarding House
 To Cut Down Expenses

Geneva, May 26 (AP)-So nu- merous have become the activities Of tho League Of Nations, that the British government is considering the advisability of establishing permanent league headquarters at Geneva. The idea is to lease or buy some building not too far from the league secretariat which would serve as an office and a place Of residence for English delegates while they are in Geneva.
 Scarcely week passes now but what some league meeting necessi- tates the presence of one or more government reprcsentatove, and England figures that it's budget for league expense would be consider ably lessened by housing It's dele gates in it's own official residence rather than having them in oxpen- sive hotels.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
ARCHERY CONVENTION
 SET FOR ROME, N. Y.
National Association Win Meet There in August; i7-Iear-OId
 Boy Center of Interest,

Rome, x. Y, May $ (AP)-This Mohawk valley city which. in the last few years has become a veri- table stronghold Of archery en'hr- siasts. is making extensive prepara- tions for the 18th annual tourna- ment of the National Archery as sociaton to be conducted here August 12, 19, eo and q. A. P. Knight, SrY Of Rome, president of the national association. has order. cd 20 targets enough to accom- modate So archcrs in competition.
 NahonWide interest will focns this year on Rudolph Lagai. the IT, yoar-o'd Rome boy whose victories in the tournament Of the Eastern Archery association st Eyr. x. T.. last year, over pr. R. r. Elmer Of Wayne, Penn, several times ns- finnal champion made him double champion Of the Eastern Archery association. Lagai competed also in the national tournament at Deer field, Mass Here again he amazed
 
 the elder hoWmen hy the accuracy and consistency Of his shooting. Though first aS at Rye in the double American round. he had 10 accept third place at the longer distances Of the doubls York round. James & lilies Of Pittsburgh. Fa.. became national champion.
 Probably more women than ever before will participate in the ap- preaching tournament. Among the rival for national honors among women archers are Miss Dorothy n. Smith Newton Center. Mass; Mrs, H. l.. Bailey. Elizabeth. \. J.: Mrs F., W. Tronlz, Melrosc. Mass: and Miss Stella Ives. Boston.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
TO PRESERVE FAMOUS
 FALLS ARTIFICIALLY
Minnehaha Falls, Immortaiixed by Iongfcilow. Must be Kept Alive
 by Man-Built Wells.

Minneapolis. May 2e tAP)--Pic- turesque Mlnnehaha falls, immor- talked by Henry Wadsworth Long, fellow. and known throughout inc country as n park showplace as- soeiated with much Indian lore, Will be saved from virtual drouth and preserved by artificial means, undertaken by the local board of park commissioners,
 Due to m abnormal deficiency in precipitation In recent years, Min nehhha creek which supplies the waterfall, has suffered such 4 de- creased flow, as to make it impos- sible to sustain the falls, 1t was ex- plained by Theodore Wirth, super intendent of the local park board.
 As a remedy, the park board has begun a project of supplying the water through the drilling of wells. An 8O0-foot fell Is being sunk in Minnehaha creek. Superintendent Wirth said, and 1t Is hoped to strike a flowing well, but falling in this, pump will be installed. Should one well be insufficient. several others will be sunk.
 Minnehaha falls has a beautiful 6O-foot drop, and Is about 4S feet vide Tourists from many states visit the waterfall and adjacent park. legends Of which are con- tained in many of the romantic works of the Indians who once in- habited 1t.
 Work on the project is expected 10 be completed by middle summer. Mir. Wirth said.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Red Tape Compelled Old
 AviatOrs to Learn Anew,

Croydon, May 2G-- tAr)--Officials pilots and mechanics at this air sta ton had good laugh at the ex- pense of government red tape re- gently. All the air express pilots are members of the air force re- serve, and one or two were up for their annual training as reseryists. To the amusement of their fellow pilots and officials, they were not allowed, owing to regulations 10 take up an airplane by themselves.
 They had to go through the usual instruction sitting in pupils seat while the instructor showed them how to fly the planes.