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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
SUPERCHARGER HELD
VITAL AT LOW SPEED
Ace Engine Designer Says New De-
vice More Necessary When
Running Slowly.

Despite the fact that 1t Is not in
evidence at this years automobile
shows, the supercharger may come
into popularity sooner than antici-
pateG. The change is due to a state
ment by Fred Duesenberg. ace engine
designer. to the effect that the super
charger is needed more for low speeds
than for high. The explanation IS
simple.
When an engine Is operating at its
lower speeds the amount Of air sucked
in through the carburetor lie not suf-
ficient and does not travel at high
enough velocity to break up the heavy
particles Of gasoline. The engine
tends to run on q wet" mixture,
which is the height OF inefflciency.
With the supercharger automaucal-
ly controlled by the accelerator. 1t Is
possible to create forced draft.
which breaks up the gasoline to far
better advantage. thereby increasing
power and efficiency at the low en-
CINE speeds as we'll as at the high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Pedestrians Must Obey.
ynehiaI Dispatrh TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, January &c.
The control OF pedestrians and the
prevention of jay-walking in any form,
strict enforcement Of the 2O-mile-an-
hour speed law and safety campaigns
in prblic schools are credited with
holding the fatalities from automo-
bile accidents to III to 100000 of
population in 1924 as recently an
nounced by the United States De-
partment of Commerce.
The use Of common sense always
will keep the number of fatalities
low, according to I. Jay Hubbard.
inspector of traffic.
IF common sense along with q
little less rush to eet solneM ne. 70
were used, I believe traffic accidents
could be materially reduced In Vlrtu-
ally every city in the country. IN
spector Hubbard said. only few
simple rules are necessary. Pedes-
TRANS as well as motorists must
realize that the traffic ordinances
have teeth in them and are rlgidly
enforced.
"However. do not believe the
traffic regulations here are much on
ferent than those of other cities.
Each municipality must set It's own
rules as regards parking time, park
ing places and traffic direction.
..The width of streets. extent OF
business districts. contour of the
ground all must be taken into con-
sideration."
Inspector Hubbard set the following
rules as fundamental:
Educate the public to the tramc
regulations.
Do not allow jay-walking in any
form.
Make pedestrian traffic move with
motor traffic in all directions.
Strictly enforce an adequate speed
Law.
Place traffic officers at all busy
street intersections.
The Governments figures showed
that Des Moines stood third lowest in
the number of automobile fatalities for
the ~ months of 1924. and Inspector
Hubbard said that the figures for
1925 would be even lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Denies High Rate.
SheciaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatcn 10 Inc StdT.
PATERSON. N. j.. January 30
Credited by the Department OF Com.
merce with having the highest death
rate in 1924 from automobile acct
dents, 34S to 900 Of population,
Police Capt. Charles Sautter. IN charge
of the Paterson traffic squad, today
denied that the death rate for local
accidents was so high. He declared
Paterson averaged one death month
for the year and said that the geo
graphical location Of the city caused
all motor accident cases FOR ~ miles
in any direction to be brought to the
hospitals here.
paterson is situated SO that It
draws it's hospital cases from COM
munities within a radius OF 20 miles
or more" said Capt. Sautter. There
are three hospitals In the city and
all serious accident cases are brought
here for treatment. The result IS
that when a person injured in an &C
cident 20 miles away dies in Pater-
son hospital Paterson is credited with
that motor death, when as a matter
Of fact the city had nothing to do
with it other than to provide nos
pitaliZation.
LAS a matter of fact, the actual
percentage of motor deaths that oc-
cur within the territorial limits Of
Paterson Is about one death per
month for the year. The United
States Commerce Departments fig
ures for Paterson are Incorrect
There is no compilation Of Paterson
traffic rules. but the police watch
carefully for speeders and jay-walk-
ers. according to Capt. Sautter, who
declared that the city's regulations
Cor motor vehicles were among the
oest in the United States. There are
policemen at all busy street intersec-
lions and safety educational work Is
going on among the school children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
BERLlOZ HOUSE PASSES.
Lovers Of Old Paris IAmentins
Demolition Of House.

PARIS.-Lovers Of old Paris are
lamenting the demolition Of q house
in Montmartre in which Berlioz lived
and where he composed THE Damna-
ton Of Faust" his masterpiece. The
house had a pleasant wooded garden
containing picturesque old well,
During the demolition Of the house,
which Is to be replaced. by an up-to-
date hotel, a party Of admirers Of the
celebrated musician visited it and
made a demonstration Of regret,
Berlioz. who introduced several novel
instrumental effects, occupied q place
among the great French composers
He was born in 1903 and died in Paris
in 1863. In 1888 he married Hen
rletta Simpson, q young English
actress who played at the Odeon with
an English company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Actively Operate
Windshield Wiper
OF Car in Ice Storm

When parking in an ice storm
keep the windshield wiper going, if
it is electrically operated. While
travelling in the ice storm the
wiper should be run at it's highest
speed. Friction OF the wiper
against the glass will help to pre-
vent ice from forming over the
vision spot of the windshield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31


! the low death rate from motor car &C.
Hidents to the fact that the licenses
Of reckless drivers are promptly sus-
pended or revoked and the care with
which the traffic police guard street
intersections and prevent jay-walk-
ing.
When an automobile driver violates
the traffic laws In Fall River, his case
is considered by Chief Feeney II the
chief considers 1t serious he promptly
recommends the suspension or revo-
cation of the drivers license to State
register OF motor vehicles. who acts
promptly in support Of the police.
Chief Feeney has instructed his Off.
GERS to pay particular attention to the
operation Of motor vehicles at street
crossings. 1t Is his belief that most
accidents, and the larger share of
the fatal ones, occur at such cross
ings. Any motorist who fails to slow
down at corner is tabled to appear
at the police traffic station, and is
sent a letter regarding his onense
At the second offense, instead Of get
ting another summons. the offender
Is sent to court and his license sus-
pended.
About $50 motorists are tagged each
month in Fall River. Chief Feeney
states. Only one warning Is given
because Of ignorance Of the traffic or
dinances.
Chief Feeney asserts that co-opera.
ton between the State officials and
himself in promptly revoking and
suspending the licenses Of reckless and
unlawful drivers may be thanked for
the greater share in keeping the death
rate low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
HELPS to Prevent Skidding.

There will be less danger of skid
ding, even if chains are used, with
lower inflated tires. The fiatter the
tire the more of its tread will come III
contact with the road surface and the
better will be the traction. Remem
Der this some day when a cold raiT
begins freezing on the streets. It may
save a skid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

can is filled? The water will then be
ready for the radiator any time q
supply is needed. If the plan Is fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
MANS CAR MADE BETTER
BY BEING W0MAN,S, TOO
Continued from Second Pare1

only to, find that the emergency brake
was always in the way.
Another important DEVELOPMENT IL
the greater convenience OF the Sear
shift lever. 1t Is only an octave away
from the. steering wheel rim, one man
ufacturer advertises. And 1t is inter-
esting to note that the octave men.
toned is the octave of a woman's
hand.
Apparently women prefer sunshine
to wind. Curtains are still found in the
better furnished closed cars, but wom-
en- seldom think Of using them. Sitting
behind curtained window is too sug-
gestive Of age. Wind, however, is
taboo for the simple reason that the
modern woman cannot look her best
when the wind Is playing tricks with
her coiffeur. Thus one finds the sport
open cars being equipped with wind
wings. On one Of the radical closed
models shown for the first time this
year there are windshield wings on
the rear windows.
Compromise Model Out.
An interesting compromise has been
effected in tho case OF one model. q
convertible coupe. Many men still
prefer the open roadster, but as a con.
cession to the women folk this manu-.
facturer builds his roadster so 1t can
be- made into a coupe when milady
rides.
The feminine influence has invaded
the engineering realm to an extent
where the automobile has been i'm.
proved beyond the goal set by many
of the most extravagant prophets.
Man had become hardened to many
Of the cars shortcomings. He did not
notice how much he was missing by
not insisting upon mechanical better.
the situation a new twist. and the 10.
suits are everywhere apparent.
The modern car is q woman,s car
and as such 1t Is a much better mans
tCopyrirht 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

DrS John A. Harriss, father of the
traffic signal tower system and the
synChronized traffic light system used
throughout the world and in charge OF
the traffic regulations of New York
City for the last eight years, believes
pedestrian rights are so imperiled that
laws are now necessary.
Division of Rights.
He saws: The enormous lncreas Sc
in traffic vehicles has made 1t neces-
sary to provide an equitable division
of the rights of motorists and the
rights of the pedeStria ms to the public
thoroughfares. At present an injustice
IS being done to the pedestrian, and
any legislation, rules or ordinances
that can be promulgated for the bene-
fit of the pedestrian should be put in
force and operation at the earliest pos
sihle moment"
Dr. HarriSs but expresses what Is in
the minds of traffic experts through.
out the Nation, that some means OF
regulation for pedestrian traffic must
he found in the congeSted areas OF
cities.
Some six years ago." said DR.. Har-
riss, Il made an effort to ascertain
the attitude of the pedestrian public
In the congested areas Of Manhattan
toward controlling their movements in
connection with VehiCular traff1c.
With that In mind I instituted what
called pedestrian schools at the cor
ners of Fifth avenue and Forty-second
street, Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street, Canal and Lafayette streets and
several other localities.
Il had in mind the psychological
reaction as well as the practical result
of educating the pedestrian public in
something that directly benefited
them and also supplied the necessary
means to permit of smoothly run
ming vehicular traffic.
That experiment proved to De a
success and, although there were sew
eral isolated cases OF irritability,
where the individual seemed to think
his personal right to be run over II
he pleased was being restricted, the
moving Of pedestrian traffic by police
met the general approval OF all con-
cerned.
Zach learned that the other had
rights, the pedestrian to cross the
street in safety and the motortst to
drive smoothly in continuous move.
ment. This experiment has been
studied, 1 may safely say. by not only
the large cities Of the United States
but also by the large cities OF the
world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
PEDESTRIAN REGULATION
FAVORED BY OFFICIALS
Control of Walkers Inevitable, Say
Traffic Experts-Plan Has Been
Tried and Found Feasible.

The time has in the history of traffic regulation in the
United States when the pedestrian who walks the going
passed his protection traffic officials believe.
Alarmed by the steady the number of fatalities from
automobile accidents throughout the Nation whole the
laory have begun the situation and ded
ing that pedestrian traffic be regulated and regulated by law
The be saved despite himself if he
will not be saved otherwise.
The continuous growth of veicuar traffic has reached
point where the opinion of public authorities the rights Of
both oorst and the pedestrian be Defined that each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Hot Engine Efficient.

A hot running motor is less likely
to carbonize quickly because combus-
ton is always better and choking is
reduced to minimum. But II you
have one Of the newer and cooler en-
gines don't let this point worry you
The newer engines attend TO the pre-
heating in the intake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Revocation of Licenses.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALL RIVER, Mass, January 30
The automobile accident fatality fig.
ure for this city for 1924, as given by
the Department of Commerce In
Washington, is 1872 to 100000 Of
population, making Fall River fourth
lowest in the country.
Chief Of Police Feeney attributes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
ALCOHOL AS REMEDY.

Use Suggested to Prevent Freezing
in Water Can.
If it is annoying to pick up the wa
ter can and find its contents frozen
solid. why not make it rule to add
alcohol to the water every time the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Hupmobile Eight Coupe.

According to the Philadelphia Po-
lice Department. automobile thefts
50 per cent, as compared with the
preceding year
Apparently progressive thieves
figure 1t Is safer to acquire a
car on the dollar down and a dollar
when-they -get-you basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

lowed carefully and the correct pro-
portions Of water and anti-freeZe are
used. the cooling system can be kept
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12
Adam Scofflaw's Journal

Early UP and 10 the printery all
day. And so home at night 10 sup
and take with me "PTiagus and the
Pool" from the bookseller And 50 put
on my old shO0n an sit me down.
And albeit / am, methinks, befuddled
by most poetry, I DO finde brave
musiquo in Milford Conrad Aiken's
SCREENINGS, 10 vii:
%. hush comes; and the winds
a whisper,
One leaf GOES pirUuetting. You stand
az dusk
In the misty shaft Of light the sun
filings family
Through the planes If green; and
suddenly, out Of the darkest
And deepest and farthest Of the for
est waivers
That golden horn, cor anglais, husky
timbergd,
Sending through ali this gloom Of
trees aud silence,
Its iaintest haf-mute nostalgia. o"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

Copyright. 1895, by Los Angeles Ezaminer.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12
Mrs. Ewold McGuiligulick
Was Troubled With Black
Spots in Front of Her
Eyes, Shooting Pains in
the Back, and Ton
silitis.
SHE DIDN'T SLEEP A WINK
Then She Consulted Our
Free Vocational Bureau
And Is Now a Big
Executive in Kansas.

Mrs. Ewold McGulligulick,
prominent society matron Of Terre
Haute, Mass, reports that she was
nervous and run down by autOmo-
biles. She was not satisfied with
her position in the cafeteria.
Cant you help me to reveal my
hidden pOwers?' she wrote TO Aunt
Bella, this departments vocational
advisor.
By return mail Aunt Bella told
her how others have succeeded, why
not her.
After one treatment, Mrs. Nc
Guuligulick reported that she never
felt better in her life, and, so far
as we know, she now has a fine
position in a big semi-public in
stitutiOr.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

Mr.. Harold Scherwitz, sports writer
and gentleman Of leisure. is resting at
the new tourist hotel this week. He
writes to his fiancee, in a bold hand,
as follows:
Cactus Kate
Telephone Operator,
The Light.
Dear Kate
Gayle Talbot, my assistant and
myself are here at the new tourist
hotel.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

Gayle and my
IF played golf
his morning, and
gayle struck out
IN the first tee.
Also played ten
his. Gayle lost be-
sause he is net
ihy on account sf
Is only being two
niles from South
vest TpyaS State
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12
sENp HIM SOME FR0M HERE

(News ltgm)
SMITH CENTER, Kan.-A saxo-
phone band Of 20 pieces has been or
ganized by W. 4. Stevens, city band
master. He hopes to increase it TO
so pieces.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12


hospital. and as you know they come
after you with a large butter FLY
net.
Yesterday we went horseback riding.
Next time we 20 riding i am going TO
ash for one Of them lady saddles where
you sit on one side.
Saturday Gayle and I went hunting
with couple Of 30-3O's. We get two
horses and one COW.
Well, will have TO shove off now
as the horses are waiting in the pad
dock for US. We have our own rid
ing habits-eYerything but the pearl
grey derbies.
HAROLD.
p. Sim giving a dinner dance at
the State hospital tomorrow NIGHT and
hope 10 meet z lot Of your old friends.
Here's one who'll not tell lies,
Sweet dcburante Beth Capers:
She says the thing she docth dc
thDithe
Ith notith in the papers.
u %.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

Ii doesn't seem quite right that
police squads that raid wOmen's apart
ments for liquor should be headed by
q sergeant named Sweetman.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

Consider the following news item
from a Los Angeles paper and profit
therebyS
'POlice operatives attempted to
procure a drink OF liquor at Mrs.
Martins fashionable apartment, and
when she refused squad Of police
officers under Sergeant Sweetman
raided the place and arrested her."
The moral is plain: Always try to
accommodate an officer Of the law.
Northwest Mounted police always
get their man. Metropolitan Morals
Police always get their d..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-12

FAMOUS LAST WORDS
What's the Use Of going 10 the
doctor, if you don't do what he
says?
Evening star., 1926-02-15
chinatown HOLDS
NEW YEARS Event
Open House Is the Rule When
Washington 0rientals Take
Part in Celebration.

Washington's Chinatown kept open
house" Saturday night, as the feStivi
ties ushering in an Oriental year well
up in the four thousands rose to
climax.
Sandalwood incense. The fragrance
OF narcissus and hyacinths, the smll-
ing and warm greeting of friends.
continual passage OF visitors from one
JOSS house to another marked the
Iestivi les which started during the
day and which viii last until the end
Of the ensuing week.
Before the shrines of the On Leong
Association" as the former tong IS
now called officially, are stacks of
greeting cards. all printed on the red
paper of Chinese festvitN.
Cordial Greetings.
- every shop of Chinatown, down
Oh Pennsylvania avenue between
Third and Half streets, are
the bunting and !arder denoting
feast day Let a friend walk in, and
on m are forced cigars and candied
fruits, some exquisite tea. New Year
presents of various sorts and the most
cordial greetings possible.
A reporter from The Evening Star
accompanied Detective Z. j. Kelley,
Chinese expert. from the police detec-
tive bureau in his visits among local
OrieHta.s last night.
Charlie 500, former president of the
On Leong Association, nee Tong;
Charlie Muy, the present incumbent
IN that office: George Wen, press
agent, and other notabIeS of Wash
ingtons elite of Chinatown accompa-
MED the detective and the reporter
on the visits.
Every shop that was entered had
evidence of good cheer.
''Kung he fab toi' Happy New
Year, was the watchWord.
Chinese Music.
When locked doors were encoun-
tered, the words, Kelly he-no-
stranger" opened them. The boys
were celebrating. Music from two
stringed v1olins shaped like potato
mashers, d.scordant clashing from
cymbals of the circumference of the
ordinary dishpan and other instru-
mems of similar structure aided in
greeting the new year of 4692-or
something like that.
At midnight. the celebration rose to
hts height. Chinese ga ,hered, in their
respective tong houses. Since their
ordinary tones of speech resemble
singing, 1t was impossible to tell
whether or not they were musically
announcing the happiness the New
Year might bring. but apparently they
Were exceeding their ordinary greet
tngs in effuSivenesS and general cor
diality.
Last night was hot night" in old
Chinatown, but II was orderly withal.
Not single case Of police interven-
ton was reported.
Evening star., 1926-02-15
CHAPMAN IS DENIED
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Convicted Bandit Loses His Fight
for Return to Atlanta
Prison.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 15.-Gerald
Cha pman, convicted bandit and MUIR
derer. today lost his appeal to tho
United States Circuit Court OF Appeals
for a writ of habeas corpus. The ap-
pellate court sustained the order Of
Federal Judge Thomas Of Connecticut
In dismissing Chapman's application
for the writ.
The opinion handed down today.
written by Federal Judge Manton, de-
clined to go into the question of the
validity Of the Presidents commuta-
ton Of Chapman's sentence. The
court held tha: only the United States
Government would have the right to
enter an objection in this connection
and pointed out that the Government,
through Assistant United States At
torney Cohen, had urged that the SEN
ence Of the Connecticut State court
be carried out.
Chapman, under sentence to hang
on March for the murder Of a New
Britain. Conn.,, policeman. sought by
The habeas corpus proceedings to be
returned to Atlanta Penitentiary
where he escaped after serving only q
short part Of his 25-year sentence for
the million-dollar mail robbery in New
York City.
Evening star., 1926-02-15
FACES CORONER'S JURY.
Alleged Murderer Was Exonerated
by Woman Before Death.

Spencer Rhone. colored. 40 years
old. held by police of the fourth pre-
rinct on a charge Of murder, and
exonerated by Louise Penn, colored,
27 years. his alleged victim, shortly
after the shooting Saturday night.
faced a coroner's jury at an inquest
conducted at the morgue this after
noon.
Spencer and Louise resided at "a
/ street southwest. Police were told
that Louise said the gun was acci-
dentally discharged while her COM
panion was trying to take it from
her in an argument after party
Saturday night. She further told
friends that the shooting was wholly
her fault. The charge entered the
woman's righ knee, tearing the flesh
end shattering bones. She died at
Emergency Hospital early yesterday
morning.
Evening star., 1926-02-15
BISHOP BROWNS PLAN
FAILS TO UPSET CHURCH
st. Johns Ushers Ready to Receive
Negro Body, But Parade Was
Called Off for Week.

By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 1b.-Una-
ware that the projected march OF
Harlem negroes to attend services at
the Cathedral Of ST. John the Divine
had been postponed by the sponsor
Of the program, Or. William Mont,
gomery Brown, deposed Episcopal
bishop, ushers waited in vain yester-
day to offer hospitality to the visitors:
1t was announced that negroes attend
the services regularly, AL If a large
delegation should march from Harlem
all would be given seats.
The plan was instigated at Lincoln
day meeting in Harlem by DR.. Brown,
who asked the negroes to go down
and test the Christianity of the Chris
tians there" Saturday night he an
nounced that the project had been
POSTPONED, but that details would be
perfected at a meeting today, and the
march would probably take place next
Sunday.
Evening star., 1926-02-15
1853 Prohibition Arrests.

Arrests for offenses growing out Of
he consumption. sale and ;ra nspor-
tation Of intoxicants, during the 4S
hours ended at O'Clock this morn
ing totaled 1853. There were 95 per-
sons arrested for intoxication and
four for driving au'onobiles while
Evening star., 1926-02-15
Sergt. Stevens Retired.

First Sergt. John F. Stevens. lott
Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, Artz.
has been placed on the retired list
the Army on his own application after
80 years service.