The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-04-08

advocates of slower rates won. All
such considerations as transportation,
road capacity, etc, were subordinated
to safety first" which won by the
votes Of three-fourths of the delegates.
Nathan w. MacChesney of Chicago
advocated lower speed limits and
pointed out that as speed is increased
over any given highway the number OF
cars which that highway will accom-
modate is automatically reduced, be-
cause the space intervals between cars
must be made greater.
@At % miles an hour" Mr.. MacChes-
ney said, 1890 cars could pass
given point on a road; at 26 miles,
2,570 cars; at 81 miles, $500 cars; at
"a miles. 2,400 cars, and at 40 miles
only 2,OSO. But curiously enough when
you decrease speed to 20 miles, you
again moved 2,570 cars as for 20
miles and at Ia miles only 2,40O
cars, as at "a miles. Our studies show
that at % miles you got about the
maximum capacity Of the road"
TNHE United States will be repre-
/ sented at the preliminary confer
ence on disarmament to be held under
the auspices of the League of Nations
in Geneva, beginning May II, by Hugh
S. Gibson, minister to Switzerland
now here on visit. At present 1t is
not thought likely, however, that this
country will be represented at the
meeting of league members to be held
in Geneva next September.
ECRETARY OF NAVY WILBUR
- has announced that Col. Alexander
S. Williams, commanding the Fourth
regiment Of Marines at San Diego
Cal, must face court-martial on
charge Of intoxication at party in
hotel in that city Mr.. Wilbur de-
clined to make any comment on the
defense Of Colonel Williams against
the charges fled by Brig. Gen. 'Smed-
ley d. Butler. successor to Colonel
Williams as commandant of the Ma
rine base, on the ground that the ac-
cused officer has right to his own de-
lGnSC anu IucIClOlC QlO 0Ob ACCA wal
ranted in making public the written
statement which the colonel sub
mitted.
a SUBCOMMITTEE report adverse
( "A to the election claims of Senator
Brookhart (Rep.. Iowa) was approved
by the full committee on privileges
and elections of the senate. The vote
was ten to one, with two members not
recorded. Under the subcommittee
report, as accepted by majority of
the full committee Daniel f. Steck,
the Democratic nominee in the 1924
election, is held to have been elected
OF 1,42O votes. The report has been
submitted to the house and 1t is ex-
pected, at this writing, that action on
the contest will be taken in the near
future. Present indications are that
Steck will be seated which will prob
ably mean that Senator Brookhart will
file petition for the Republican sena-
torial nomination against Senator
Cummins (Rep., Iowa) in the Iowa pri
maries In June.
United STATES Ambassador Ny
~ ron 7. Herrick is en- route to
Morocco to take look at the French
war against Abd-eI Krim. Prep
arations are being made to re-
ceive him at Rabat, then to take him
to Fee, which is the base Of the French
offensive operations for spring. The
high command expects to take
the ambassador touring and possibly
give him peep at the battle against
the Riffs, with the French aviators
bombing the natives and the tanks,
armored cars, machine guns, field
artillery, and all modern implements
of warfare combining against the
Mauser rifles of the Moors.
DERU has accepted the tender OF
4 the good Offices of the United
States for nonplebiscitary settle
ment of the Tacna-Arica question.
Every effort has been put forth by
officials here and at Santiago and
Lima to bring about an agreement
for settlement Of the question by
another method than the plebiscitary
one. Chile accepted an earlier tender
made through Ambassador Collier at
Santiago.
TT is expected that the March re
ceipts Of income taxes will great
~ exceed Treasury department esti-
mates. r. the estimate OF $450,000,-
600 natures, receipts for the current
| fiscal year certainly will 60 we'll above
| $500, 000,0oO from this source