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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
U. S. FOREIGN SERVICE
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
Assignments and Transfers Affect
Posts at Paris, Madrid and
Other Offices.

Recent changes in the United States
Foreign Service, announced at the
State Department, include the fol-
lowing:
Francis White of Maryland, tenn
porarily assigned to the embassy at
Paris, transferred to Madrid as coun-
selor of legation: Alphonse G3ulin,
Rhode Island, consul general at Rio
de Janeiro. assigned as consul gen
eral at Paris: Julian G. Greenup. Cali
fornia. consul at Las Palmas. re-
signed; Robert L. Mosier, Indiana
vice consul at Conception resigned
and Hyatt Cox. Illinois, consular
agent at EdmOnston. resigned.
Officers now detailed to the State
Department have been ordered to
other stations as follows: r. Lammot
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NatiOnal-''Charley's Aunt" COM
edy. at $40 pm.
keith's-Stella Mathew, vaudeville,
at 2:15 and Sis pm.
Earle-Maryon Vadie and Ota Gigi.
vaudeville, continuous from 1870 TO
II pm.
Strand-"Town Topics" vaudeville.
continuous from 1890 to IL pm.
Metropolitan-"The Wise Guy" at
l1:25 am. lis, 3:35, 500, 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
COlumbia-"Th Boy Friend" at
1925 am, l:l0, $50, 4:40, $40 and
9:55 pm.
RialtO-"Paris at Midnight at
1l:40 am. lao, $40. $40, 7:40 and
$40 pm.
Palace--"Silver Treasure" at $40.
4;30. els, sos and 9:55 pm.
AmbassadOr-"As No Man Has
Loved" at sos, $50 and $40 pm.
Silence" at 1890, >. $50,
5, $50. S and $40 pm.
Wardnan Park-"The Birth of a
Nation" and pm.
LincOln--"Born to the West con
tinuous. 3 to II pm.
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BOTH DIVISION REUNION.
Veterans to Meet August 90 to 30
at Petersburg, Va.

Everything is in readiness to greet
all former members of the Blue Ridge
Division when their reunion to be held
in Petersburg on August 2629 opens.
according to word received here from
Petersburg. 1t is expected that all
records will be broken in the number
to attend. Numerous features have
been added to the program within the
past few days. and every veteran that
attends is assured Il good time.
Reduced railroad rates have been
secured. and blanks may be had on
application to S0th Division headquar
ters. SIG Union Trust Bldg. Peters
burg, Va. or S0th Division Veterans
Association, 4l3 City Hall, Charleston
w Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13

An athlete runs mile and moves
only two feet and yet the same fell
low moves three feet in running every
ward. figures the Office Boy.
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Other Recommendation Made.

a number of large Government build
ings within a short distance of this
site
Other Recommendation Made.
The wharf committee also recon-
mended that the fire tug company be
moved to share the new concrete
wharf between NJ and y streets with
the police department. Space should
be provided by widening the new
wharf to the proportions originally
contemplated and erecting another
headhouse adjoining the present quar-
ters of the harbor police precinct"
added the report. The Police De-
partment could use the downstream
side of the wharf and the Fire De-
partment the upstream side, there
being sufficient room for both activi-
ties. This would not interfere in any
way with the proposed general i'm
provement Of the waterfront"
Pointing out that the morgue wharf
is in bad condition. recommendation
was made that the morGue be moved
to another location, especially 'since
only % of the 172 inquests held last
year concerned drownings. Another
recommendation was made that the
sand and workhouse wharf be not
moved to the Anacostia River front,
as has been suggested, but left where
it is.
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Woman Asks SIS, Damages.

Suit to recover 5000 damages for
alleged personal injuries was filed yes
terday in the District Supreme Court
by Lucille Penn against the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany. She says she was passenger
on car at Truxton Circle, March S
last. when she was thrown to the floor
of the car by a sudden jolt. When
she regained her feet she was thrown
second time. she states by another
jolt Attorneys Whelan & O'Connell
appear for the nlaintiff
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Medical Officers Shifted.

Officers on duty at Walter Reed
General Hospital. this city, have been
ordered to other stations as follows:
Capt. Frank w. Pinger, Medical
Corps, to Balboa Heights. Panama
Canal Zone; Capt. Daniel B. Faust,
Medical Corps, to Honolulu, Hawaii:
Capt. Ernest p. Cameron. Dental
Corps, to the Panama Canal Zone.
and Capt. James b. Mann and First
Lieut.. Everett r. Arnold. Dental
Corps to Manila p /
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WHARF COMMITTEE
ASKS MARKET SITE
Recommends Location Next
to Fish Mart in Report to
Commissioners.

The District wharf committee in its
annual report to the Commissioners.
submitted today. recommends the To-
cation of the farmers produce mar
ket on the waterfront. adjoining the
municipal fish market.
Attention is called to the avail
ability of the waterfront on the Wash
ington channel between the fish mar
ket and Fourteenth street as a site
for the new farmers produce mar
ket," said the report. 1t now APP
pears that the central heating. light
ing and power plant. authorized by
Congress about 10 years ago. will not
be built on the Washington channel
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets southwest
Would Encourage River Trade.
establishment Of farmers prod
uce market on the water front should
tend TO encourage "A resumption of
water traffic in vegetabl fruits and
other commodities from the rich tide
water counties of Maryland and Nir-
ginia- Moreover, railroad transporta-
ton is available across the street.
Because of the municipal fish market
on the waterfront it would appear
that "A farmers produce market ad-
joining on the west should be a logi-
cal extension Of market facilities.
There has been a gradual change
IN the character of southwest Wash
ington in the last 10 or Is years from
residential to commercial and in
dustrial. so that a farmers market at
this location would not appear to be
In the least Objectionable.
About 20 squares in this section of
the City have been zoned for COM
mercial or Industrial use and there
appears to be a tendency to estab lish
large warehouses, refrigerating plants
and other structures for storage of
meats and other foodstuffs
Upon completion of the Federal
public building program recently
authorized by Congress. there will be
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Belin, Pennsylvania, to first secretary
at Constantinople: Curtis c. Jordan,
California, to consul at Barcelona;
John d. Johnson, Vermont. to consul
at Strasbourg. and Hugh $. Fullerton,
Ohio. to consul at Halifax.
Benjamin r. Riggs, Pennsylvania,
second secretary at Bucharest: May
nard Barnes. Iowa, consul at Berlin
and Richord Ford. Oklahoma, vice
consul at Penang. have been ordered
to this city for duty at the State De-
partment.
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People of India have a prejudice
| against any food that has been kept
overnight.
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a number of large Government build
ings within A short distance of this
site ~
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The Old Mechanic Says:

more time studytt' their cars. They're
wastin' too much time gettin' opin-
ions from mechanics. This time
might be used to better advantage
havin' repaired those things than any
one with half mind can see need
attention.
/ even have been asked whether /
thought a front wheel was too loose
or too tight! All the owner had to do
was jack up the wheel and spin it. II
1t did. not turn freely it was too tight.
and If it was loose the nut needed
tightenin'. ] don't see why a motor.
list needs a mechanic to decide such
points.
Yesterday was asked to take a
ride with a man who appeared to be
intelligent. He wanted to have me
pass judgment upon his engine which
he seemed to think was goin' to the
bowwows. Upon approachin' the first
big hill he pressed way down on the
accelerator and never even took the
trouble to retard the spark. The en-
CINE knocked badly, of course.
But there was no "of course" with
him. He preferred to worry over his
own ignorance. The situation was no
different than if he had demonstrated
to his doctor that while swallowin'
prunes whole, and one right after
another, he suffered a feelin OF dis.
tress.
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DETOURING DECLARED
ALMOST NEEDLESS
A. A. A. Official Says Alternate
Routes May Be Taken to Nearly
Every Destination.

Automobiles are taking too many
detours this season, in the opinion of
Ernest N. Smith, general manager of
the American Automobile Association.
AT least half the detours can be
avoided by taking alternate routes, -
Mr.. Smith explains. America is past
the single route stage in it's motor
touring. Today there are two, three
and sometimes four waysfof reaching
ones destination via highways. If any
one route is being rebuilt the motor
tourist should take an alternate route
and not the detours
Taking detours is a relic of the
earlier days in motoring. Detouring
today is evidence of ignorance of
routing. The people who take the
detours almost invariably are motor
lists who are not familiar with their
touring grounds.
There is no excuse for being un-
familiar with any section of the coun-
try. Highway information is COM
plete.' BY following the example of
over a million organized motorists the
tourist has simply TO consult the auto
club experts on touring and have his
route mapped out for him in advance.
Even transcontinental touring has
ceased to be in the one-way class.
There are several different routes
from coast to coast. 1t is typical of
the multi-route trend of the day.
when road building is under way,
take another route. If you are mod
ern tourist you do not have to go the
detour way"
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Composite Engine
Has Six Cylinders
And L-Head Valves

What are the specifications of
the composite American automo-
bile, 1926 model? Taking one ex-
ample of each make and seeking
the average, one finds ones self
confronted by a passenger
sedan which features a six-cylin-
der engine, L-head valves, ESQ
inch piston displacement, peak
horse power of 81, dry clutch, cool
ing system characterized by a
water pump and Boyce motom-
eter.
The wheel base of this average
car is 121 inches. 1t has Ale1nite
fabrication, four.wheel brakes of
which the service brake is me-
chanical. semi-f1oating rear axle
and semi-elliptic springs.
The price of the car is approx
ynately $1,535 and, more than like
ly, it was bought on the INSTALL
ment plan.
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If people sought medical attention
the way they seek repairs on their
cars the country would need twice as
many doctors. And these doctors
would be spendin' all their valuable
time tellin' patients whether or not
there was anythin' the matter with
'em.
Imagine goin' to a doctor and tellin'
him that you're not sure whether
you've got acute indigestion or
whether you're perfectly well! Sounds
foolish, doesn't it? Yet that's exactly
the sort of thing I have to put up
with. Every day have to listen to
a dozen engines just to tell their
owners whether the blame things are
runnin' all right.
People have got to spend a little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

d1IOTO 10 get SUCK IN the nlu0 OF get
a wheel in a ditch.
Shift into lower gears at the bot
tom of steep climbs, not during the
climb. Give the engine more gas
through a richer carburetor adjust
ment when travelling through the
mountains
Do not be surprised IL the engine
loses power, stalls and refuses to keep
going at some time during the noun
famous trip. There are many places
known as pockets" where different
carburetor adjustment is necessary II
the car is to run at all. Consult your
carburetor man before leaving and
learn how to make these simple ad-
justments when and If they are neces-
Sary.
Always remember that when turn
ing around on a narrow road II IS
essential to keep the rear wheels on
the paved or dry portion. You can
risk having the front wheel sink into
the mud a little provided the rear
wheels, the drivers, are where they
can get traction.
Keep on the crown of the road and
drive slowly when the road has been
oiled. When meeting another car,
turn to your side of the road and stop.
Don't try to swerve out and pass the
will mean skidding, even with balloon
tires and four-wheel brakes.
Use DINNERS in Fog.
Be especially careful when a light
rain is falling on an oiled road. Since
the road will not seem so oily under
such conditions it is all the more rea-
son why the driver should be careful.
In fog keep the DINNERS and tail
light on. Do not use the headlights,
for that will create unnecessary glare.
At night the maximum speed under
such weather conditions should not
be more than Is or 20 miles an hour.
Never try. to recrank a stalled en-
CINE on a railroad crossing. Place
the gears in low, step on the starter
and get off the tracks. 1t isn't good
for the battery and starter, but new
batteries and starter-fnotors can be
bought. The same cannot be said of
a life.
Many suggestions have been offered
to tourists regarding how best to ne
gotiate strange traffic. but one of the
best ideas is to follow native drivers.
This foilow-the-leader plan eliminates
the annoyance of trying to digest the
traffic system. Whether or not left
turn is permitted usually can be deter
mined by looking for tire tracks on
the paving.
Intelligence goes a long way toward
developing skill necessary to make
the trip a success from the transpor-
tation standpoint. Taking along a
good assortment Of ideas, and being
well equipped through practice in gear
shifting, backing, stopping and engine
control, mean assurance of a better
outing in every way.
(Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
IMPROVED
IN CARBURETOR JET
New Finer Spray Tested by Bureau
of Standards Found to Keep
Mixture Uniform.

An atomizing fuel Jet used instead
of the conventional carburetor jet
will assure quicker engine starting,
experts of the Bureau of Standards
have found after thorough tests. This
fact is revealed by j. o. Eisinger, as
sistant mechanical engineer of the bu.
reau, in the current issue of the Jour.
nal of the Society of Automotive En-
gineers.
Mr.. Eisinger explains that in the
tests an ordinary throat spray was
used for atonizing the fuel, air under
slight pressure being passed through
a small orifice in the center of which
was located small fuel jet. The fuel
was discharged vertically and in the
direction of the air flow, but some ex-
perin1ents were made in which the
jet discharged in the opposite direc-
ton to the air flow, and even under
these conditions the atomizer gave
distinctly superior starting.
The quicker starting with the finely
atomized fuel probably is due to a
more complete diffusion of the fuel in
the ,fuel-air mixture, which produces
charge of more uniform quality
With the atomizing jet the sound. of
the first explosion is very faint, and
at times almost inaudible. With a
uniform mixture, when the fuel con-
tent Of the charge at the spark plug
is just sufficient for the charge to
be fired, the mixture throughout the
cylinder is equally lean. On the other
hand, II the mixture is not uniform,
as is the case with the ordinary Jet
the average fuel content required for
ignition is higher, as the mixture
must be richer in other parts of the
cylinder in order to have sufficient
iy rich mixture at the spark plug, and
the first explosion is correspondingly
stronger.
These tests indicate that better
atonaization of the fuel at engine
cranking speeds will facilitate starting
and save fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

HAOSL CdIllplHS Is uOIl6 III OuL-OI-lHe-
way places. The camp grounds may
be only stones throw from the road,
but it doesn't require many bitches
to rattle driver who has guaged his
ability entirely on his skill in getting
about the we'll paved streets of his
home town.
Unusual Conditions Found.
The annual outing brings the high
hills. the awkward situations on the
detours, the highly crowned roads, the
oiled roads, the slippery roads, strange
traffic systems in cities passed
through en- route, narrow roads and
frequent turning.
Almost any kind of driving can be
expected on an extensive motor out
ing. but few pilots bother to anticipate
any such conditions. Fog, heavy rain
and hail are all on the cards and
must be encountered at one time or
another. In addition, there is back
ing, considerable gear shifting ana
contingencies which make 1t essential
to have the car under especially good
control.
How MANY motor campers and tour
lists are preparing themselves Tor drlv-
ing contingencies? :,
Why do they carry a f1rstsald medl'
cal kit and yet give no Thought 10
what to do when faced with a driving
predicament? Why are they SO partl-
cular about carrying along SUFFICIENT
clothing and vet overlook the fact
that they are traffic lubbers when It
comes to driving the car?
Inexperience Is Blamed.
Inexperience seems to be the only
answer Extensive outings with the
car are of comparatively recent origin.
A number of successful picnics with
the car lead to the conclusion that
camping trip is just one step farther.
Too many motorists forget that they
usually select ideal days for the pic
MICS and travel along roads only with
which they are familiar.
Successful motor tourists and camp
ers contend that driving is the most
essential feature of the whole outing,
since the comfort. enjoyment and
safety of the whole party hinges on
TRANSPORTATION and since many OF the
cars defects can be covered up
through skillful manipulation OF the
controls. Here are some suggestions
along these lines:
Never coast when driving over a
strange road. The road ahead may
look safe enough for coast, but If
YOU never have been over the road
before you never can tell. Have the
car under control at all times when
the course ahead is not clear.
Don't be misled by detour condi-
tons. Much time and trouble can be
saved by making inquiry of other
drivers or of the natives. Sometimes
detour signs are out of date, the new
highway having been completed.
other times one may be led into think
ing the road is open just because some
other driver takes it, not realizing
that the other driver may be going
only part way and that the road is
not open to through traffic.
Inspect Camp Site.
Do not drive the car into the camp
ing site until you have walked around
and surveyed the ground. You can't
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OF rubber In London under the control
or powerful interests whose purposes
are best served by having this new re-
striction, and as the act calls for the
price to be fixed for each day by the
last sale at 8 pm, it should be very
plain to Americans that this quarter s
average is more likely to be a little
under AZ cents than a little over, and
that on August 1 we will again have
British rubber production and expor-
tation restricted to only 80 per cent
OF normal production.
Minimum Price Higher.
This being so, 1 want to call par
ttcular attention to the fact that the
minimum price Of rubber fixed by the
new restriction is AZ cents instead of a
minimum price of rs cents fixed in the
Stevenson rubber restriction act Of
November 1, 1922, or II cents>a pound
higher. One cent a pound advance
en- rubber imported into the United
States in one year means over eight
million dollars. 1t is very easy to
figure that American automobiles
have an additional minimum fixed
charge on their transportation of
$136, 600, 900 per year
1T is unthinkable that Americans
Will SlI Iuly ny 1IlO dIlOW d COI1n1OUIJJ
so vital to our welfare, Transportation
and commerce to be held in the tight
grip of q foreign monopoly that tells
US how much rubber we may receive
and how much we are to pay for it.
In January, 1923-two months after
the Stevenson rubber restriction act
was announcedr-I presented figures
and statements to officials in Washing
ton showing them the seriousness of
the situation, and succeeded in April
of the same year in having Congress
appropriate $685. to investigate
new sources of rubber supply. This
tionS that I have made show there
are many tropical countries where
rubber can be grown profitably.
."On account of the enormous CAPT.
tai required for the growing of rubber
and as investments are without return
for SEVERAL years, Americans are not
keen to make these investments I'M
less they are in countries under the
control or protected by our own Gov
eminent, no matter how large the re-
turns on the investments may be.
The Philippine Islands hold out great
opportunities for America and also for
the Philippine Islands itself If proper
legislation is enacted to encourage
capital to invest there in rubber grow
ing on substantial scale. Soil and
climatic conditions are ideal, and rub
Der in a small way is being grown on
the islands of Mindanao and Basilan.
These islands could be made the rich
est and most prosperous country in
the Far East. It is estimated that
Great Britain now has over $500, 000,-
900 invested in the growing of rub
Der, which gives big returns. There
can be no question that today it's rub:
ber-growing industry is one of the
most valuable possessions the British
Empire has. This fact is borne out by
the significant statement of Winston
Churchill in referring to the Stevenson
restriction legislation that one Of the
principal means of paying the debt to
America is in the provision of rubber.
Imports Into u. s..
1.-THE following statistics show the
number of pounds and invoice value
of rubber received in the United States
from 1920 to June /, 1926
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l9 Miles an Hour Is Most Dangerous
Speed, Says Mackall, Asking Higher Rate

When the automobile speedometer
hovers around 10 miles an hour, it is
the most hazardous pace at which
motorist can travel, in the opinion of
John N. Mackall chairman of the
Maryland State Roads Commission,
who asserts that 95 per cent of all
traffic accidents occur while cars are
proceeding at this speed. He said:
'Ninety-fve per cent of the auto
mobile accidents occur as a result of
a speed of 10 miles an hour, as sta
tistics show on the sworn testimony
of those who figured in the accidents.
81 am not interested in speculations
as to the most comfortable rate of
speed when a crash occurs. What /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

am interested in is to avoid the crash
by regulation of traffic at a uniform
and reasonably rapid rate of speed.
cannot say definitely what Is the
most desirable minimum That must
be decided by tests.
1T is certain, however, that rate
of % or 80 miles an hour would tend
to eliminate the jockeying for position
in line which results when one auto
mobile creeps along at Is or 90 miles
an hour in front of other machines
which want to get somewhere.
with a rate of speed sufficiently
rapid to obviate the necessity of one
machine getting out of line to pass
another, the greatest cause of auto
mobile accidents would be removed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
TOURING BRINGS MANY -
NEW PROBLEMS TO DRIVER
Road and Traffic Conditions Often Lead
inexperienced Motorists
Into Difficulties.
BY WILLIAM .ULLMAN.

Because outing with the automobile from
the daily grind of city traffic conclude
equipped tackle the different types of outoftown driving with
assurance of complete success.
say tourists who have had experience with many kinds of
driving and who find that the greatest obstacle successful
motor outing is in being poor pilot
Experience demonstrate that while the camping fea
of the vacation may appear be the ampoan objective
than half the waking hours of the vacation
the driving roads and through environment
In view of this would be advantage bear mind
that knowledge of and of meeting varying driving
conditions vital part of the preparations for the pro-
visions for comfort sanitation, safety and shelter