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$5,O0o,O0o FUND FOR
COUNTY HIGHWAYS
Pennsylvania Road ALLEGATIONS
Must Be Matched Equally
by Recipients

Allocations aggregating s5,000,0 900
were appropriated from the Pennsyl-
vania State motor fund to be used
for State-aid construction of highways
in the various counties of the COM
monwealth when Gov. Fisher re,
Gently signed bill passed by the Leg.
islature. Counties, in order to share
in the allocation must match dollar
for dollar the State appropriation.
ALLEGATIONS are made on mileage
basis, the county with the greatest
number of miles of township and
county roads getting the largest ap.
portionment. Because of this, Ian.
caster County, with a total of 2.6ss
miles Of roads. will receive the larg.
est share of the appropriation
amounting to S170.55S.37. The second
largest amount given to any county
has been granted to Westmoreland,
with 2,626 miles Of roads. This sum
totaled $166,624.36. Cameron county
received the smallest ALLEGATION, S..
1859 being granted it. There are 1O6
miles of township and county roads
in this county.
Other counties. relatively near
Washington. received quite large
amounts. They are: Cumberland
County, 1923 miles of roads, S71,637;
Delaware County, sos miles of roads,
S3s,57S; Mercer County. 1904 miles of
roads, $95.431, and York County, 2,422
miles of roads, $153,6S0.
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jiority of motorists would be willing
to stand for a mean between the ad-
justments-in other words. one that
would give relatively harder starting,
but far better operating conditions.
So, experts are advising leaner mix
lures. The volatility of today's motor
fuel is superior in both of it's common
forms. These are starting volatility
and opera ting volatility. Because this
is true, 1eaner carburetor adjustment
is possible both as to low and high
speed jets.
The big opportunity for increasing
gasoline mileage in the average car
lies not so much in the purchase of
this or that gasoline as in a closer
watch on the carburetor adjustment
as many view it. This, of course, is
only relatively true, but the motorist
who has his carburetor leaned out"
to what seems a reasonable limit and
then leans" it some more for good
measure has made a long stride
toward real gasoline economy.
There are dollars in it for the indi-
vidual. and for motordom as whole
il means millions upon millions.
fCopvright, 1927
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DANGER Gus AGE FOR MOTORIST
SOUGHT BY TRAFFIC STATISTICS
District Authorities Plan Data to Show
Whether Extreme Youth or Advanced
Years Make Mistakes.

The 1927 figures indicate an increase
in this class. which accounted for 40
accidents for this years first quarter.
On the other hand. accidents between
the ages of IS and "a numbered $40
during the 1926 period and only 279
this year. A decrease also Is shown
for the ages from 25 to 81, with 927
mishaps for last year and $50 for 1927.
There is a slight decrease for the ages
OF 55 and over, with 3S for 1926 and
81 for the first quarter of 1927.
Similarly, men are charged with
having caused 1888 accidents during
the first three months of last year
and with 1.072 for the same time In
1927. Women. on the contrary, caused
but II mishaps in the first quarter OF
1926 and 20 during the same period
of 1927.
What. then. do these figures mean?
The fact is that they mean virtu-
ally nothing. They are interesting,
but if any attempt is made to inter-
pret them the conclusions which might
be drawn are certain to be for the
most part wrong. 1t cannot be other.
wise. Traffic officials assert, because
it is manifestly unfair to say that
man drivers are reckless as a class
because the figures credit them with
a much larger number Of accidents.
| unless it could be shown at the same
| time that as many women were per.
| NIT holders as men and were driv
| ing as much as men. BY the same
| token. the decrease in the mishaps
caused by man drivers from 1888 TO
| ,0z2 may he even more significant
| if records could show that there were
more men driving this year than in
| 1926.
Dangerous Age" Questionable.
| The same reasoning, traffic authori-
| ties state. holds for an analysis Of
ages. To say that drivers between
| the ages of % and 81 years are more
unsafe than between IS and "A years
| simply because the older group in
the three-month period caused nearly
three times the number of mishaps,
it is pointed out, would be to judge
the 25 to 81 group unfairly because
| it is safe to assume that this group
! is the larger by far. How much
| larger it is. however, 1t is not possible
| TO state until the necessary records
| have been compiled.
An analysis that is eminently fair
to all groups. authorities state. must
take into account the number Of in
dividuals in each grouping. This is
| the only way a fair proportion can
be determined. and the Interpretation
after all is dependent upon the de-
termination of the ratio existing be-
tween the number involved in acci-
dents and classifications of these in
| dividals.
Whether the dangerous age, then, is
extreme youth or may be charged to
the more mature motorist is on the
way to solution. What this conclusion
will be is expected to produce some
information of tine keenest interest
| to local motordom
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approximately 81 per cent of all
persons killed by automobiles are chill
dren under IS years of age
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MOTORISTS WASTING $638,0O0000
WORTH OF FUELS EVERY YEAR
Government Scientists Figure Huge Losses
Incurred Annually Due to Ignorance
of Gasolines Quality.

quality and permit of closer carbu.
rotor adjustment.
This is true of the average gasoline.
1t is particularly true of many of the
higher quality motor fuels which are
being marketed under a wide variety
of trade names and proving exception
ally popular.
Distillation Tests.
The fact. of the general improve
ment in today's auto fuels is deter
mined by measuring them by the dis
tiIlation tests which cover the specifi-
cations OF gasolines bought by the
United States Government for its cars.
Throughout the entire distillation
range from initial point to end point
in other words. from the temperature
at which the first component point of
the fuel begins to boil until the least
combustible turns into vapor-the av-
erage fuel runs slightly better than
the Federal specifications. The dis
tillation curve of many of the highest
grades of motor fuel run so far under
the curve in the Federal specifica-
tions that it appears to be graph OF
an entirely different substance.
These tests, which are made from
samples of gasoline marketed in vari-
Gus parts of the country, are made
twice yearly-during the Winter and
in the Summer. They reveal the in
teresting fact that refiners make al
most no distinction between the two
seasons in their products. In other
words. though a much less volatile
gasoline is possible for Summer use,
the refiner markets a product that is
up to the Winter average in COM
bustibility.
1t is the confident belief of all ex
perts on gasolines that the average
carburetor is set for too rich a mix
ture. AS a matter of fact, they hold
virtually every carburetor design
tends to contribute toward this end
The carburetor of the new car is ad-
justed to allow for easy starting,
which means a richness of mixture
to overcome stiffness in the engine.
The result of this is an adjustment
that, while ideal for starting, is too
rich for operation. If judged from the
standpoint of economy.
Applies to Every Car.
What is true of the new car is
equally true. though in lesser degree,
of every car in operation. The setting
that assures relatively easy starting
is the one given in most adjustments
made by service stations and repair
shops.
The belief is growing that a ma.
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Crankshaft Balancer Used to Prevent
Passing of Imperfect Parts on Autos

One of the most interesting devices
used in perfecting the American auto
mobile is the crankshaft balancer.
These now are being used in many
American factories. Several varieties
are of such an intricate and exacting
nature that they will not pass any
crankshaft that is not perfect. 1t is
not merely case of getting the shafts
to balance in the commonly accepted
use of the term. but also of making
them free from centrifugal distortion
at every speed at which the shaft is
likely to be operated.
After the special alloy steel used in
crankshafts has been made ready for
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0ILING OF MARYLAND
ROADS PROGRESSING
Completion of Some Work An
nounced and Other Is
Under Way,

Oiling work on a number of roads
in nearby Maryland has been com.
pleted, and still other similar work
now is underway, according to an.
nouncement by the Maryland State
Roads Commission.
Wilson Lane, the Old Georgetown
road, Chevy Chase Lake to Kensing.
ton, kensington to Wheaton, Silver
Spring to Fleeck's Corner, District of
Columbia line to Takoma Park via
Georgia avenue, and Sligo toward
Colesville, all have been finished. The
road from Glenmont to Norbeck now
is being worked on, while stretches
from Olney to SHELLS Bridge and from
Colesville TO Ashton are contemplated
for the immediate future.
Another unit of the State Roads
Commission has completed five miles
of the Shady Side road and the Chesa
peake Beach road from the Solomon s
Island road to the railroad crossing
1t now Is oiling the balance of the
Shady Side road. following completion
of which it will oil the Solomons
Island road from South River to Har-
wood.
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shaping, samples of it are taken to
the testing laboratories and carefully
inspected. If there are any seams In
the steel, it is detected Immediately
and the batch of steel from which it
was taken is scrapped.
After the crankshafts are made and
niachined TO exact measurements.
they are taken to the testing machine
where they are given an even more
exacting examination. These devices
themselves are remarkable for their
detective work. being able TO register
the location of the out -of-balance. as
well as the amount of it.
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BY w. j. VOSS.

What is the dangerous age for the
Washington motorist?
Is it the age of extreme youth when
flashy roadsters have their greatest
appeal; is it middle age when superior
Judgment still experiences an occa-
sional lapse in driving skill; or is it
advanced age which, too, makes mis-
takes?
District traffic authorities long have
desired information which would sup
ply the answers to these questions,
but no figures have been available
from which deductions might be prop
erly drawn. The answers will be
forthcoming, however, in the near fu
ture and for the first time in the his
tory of traffic regulation i'm the Dis
trict there will he exact statistics
classifying the holders of permits ac-
cording to sex and age.
The reissuance of all outsta nding
permits is to be the source of this
information. and after July i, when
all old drivers licensse will be void
and will have been reissued. records
of the traffic office will show the total
number of man and woman drivers
and the number of persons at varying
ages who are licensed to run their
cars in Washington.
Data Heretofore Unavailable.
Heretofore there have been no ex-
act data existing which would supply
the necessary information upon which
an analysis of accident records might
he made, because there was no classi-
| fcation kept as permits were issued.
Accordingly. it was not possible to
analyze intelligently the part played
in, tr fiC hx,Y,
| by drivers of 81 or 45 or any other
| age.
Issuance of new permits has re-
| moved the lack of necessary data and
| is supplying a compilation of the facts
! which have been needed to interpret
| accident records which ascribe certain
| accidents to men or women, or to
| drivers of various ages. Heretofore
it has been unfair to attach any par.
| ticular significance to the tabula tions
| of data on traffic accidents.
| Examination of existing data will
| show, for instance, increases in the
number of accidents caused by driv
ers of certain ages while younger OIL
older motorists are credited with hav.
| ing caused fewer mishaps. The fig
| ures, however, may be extremely mis-
leading and cannot be taken as proper
| ground upon which to form conclu
| sions regarding various age classified
| tions, since it is not known just how
| many drivers there are of different
| ages.
| A comparison of the figures for the
first quarter of 1927 with those for
the corresponding period of 1926 SUD
plies good example of how much tn,
classifications are needed They show
for instance. that in the first three
months of 1926 there were 13 acci
dents caused by drivers under 1S
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Do drivers ever begin sudden
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FULL CHANGE PROPOSED.
Motorists Advised to Be on Guard
Concerning Batteries.

If the battery is in such condition
that the plates need changing, 1t is
we'll to install new negatives as well
as new positives. A battery rebuilt
with the old negative plates will lack
capacity, and. eventually. will prove
more costly than it would have been
to purchase a new one The old plates
may appear to be in good condition,
but this should not be permitted to
throw the motorist off his guard. The
change should be complete.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
HINTS GIVEN ON JACK.
Care Should Be Taken to Have
Correct Position,

Crowded garages and tight spaces
frequently call for the use of large
garage jacks and, in using one of
these devices, few precautions are in
order. Care should be taken to see
that the jack is under the axle only
and that it does not catch the tie rod
it used under the front axle, or the
brace rods, if used under the rear
axle of some cars employing this con.
struction. The second precaution is
more complicated one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
STRANGER HELD
BEST MANAGER
Business Scheme Praised
by Cincinnati Man.

If indianapolis wants a nom
political city manager, a capable
executive from some other city
should be selected, according to w.
E. Glennon of Cincinnati.
Glennon, Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance Company
chief inspector, here Saturday de-
clared the best people of Cincin-
natl are 100 per cent for the man
ager form"
Colonel Clarence Sheriff., city
manager of Cincinnati, was brought
to Cincinnati from, Washington. He
is not bossed b. local politicians
they haven't even found out his
politics." declared Glennon.
IF a local man is selected, he
usually is bossed more or less by
local political fathers. Colonel
Sheriff. formerly was an engineer
and is able to pass intelligently on
city contracts. He has many times
saved his $4,000 annual salary" he
said.
Political fixing was common in
Cincinnati under the old political
system, but now you can't even get
a sticker taken care of. and the
policemen are not fred every few
years as before"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
CITY TEACHER DIES
Miss Mary AItIand Instruc-
tor for 40 Years.

Funeral services will be held at 2
p. m. Tuesday for Miss Mary G. Alt
land, 70, of SOTO Park Ave-, who died
Sunday. Services will be at the
Flanner g. Buchanan Inortuary and
burial will be in Crown Hill ceme-
terry.
Miss Altland was a teacher in 10
cal public schools for forty years.
For many years she was first
grade teacher at Benjamin Harrison
School. She resigned in 1902 and
went to San Francisco, returning
from there in 1903, when she be-
came a teacher at School So. For
the last ten years she was teacher
at School IL.
Miss A1tland was member of the
Memorial Presbyterian church,
Queen Esther Chapter No. 3 Of the
Order of Eastern Star. Indianapo-
lis Teachers Association and the
Grade Teachers Association.
Miss Altland was graduated from
Shortridge High School and the In
dianapoliS Normal School. She at
tended Butler and Indiana Uni
versities.
She is survived by Samuel Altland,
a brother, of Chicago, and a sister,
Miss Louise Altland, 3070 Park Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
Raymond Wright, 3O40 Martindale
Ave-, Ford, from Meridian and
Arizona SITS.
Harry Swope, 1874 N. East ST.,
Chevrolet, 564-244, from Washing
ton st. and Senate Ave.
F. c. Markell, 443 N. Pennsylvania
ST., Chevrolet, 556-071, from Penn
sylvania and Michigan SITS.
City plan commission, Ford, no.
City, from garage at 1918 w. Thirty
Fourth st.
j. F.. Robinson, 2009 Ashland Ave,
Ford, from Missouri st. and Ken
lucky Ave.
BACK HOME AGAIN
Andrew Rioza, 9O2 N. Arnolda
Ave-, Chevrolet, found at Pearl and
Roanoke SITS.
William H Sellers, AIT N. Jeffer-
son Ave-, Ford, found at South st.
and Capitol Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
CITY ADS TO co
IN COMMERCIAL
Contract for Legals Is Let
on Attorneys Advice.

Acting on advice of City Attorney
Edward H. Knight, the board of
works today awarded the legal ad-
vertising contract for the next two
years to the Indianapolis Com
Inercial.
The legal contract will amount to
about $1,000. A rate of z cents an
agate line was quoted by the Com
mercial, of which Mark v. Gray,
Democrat, is part owner. Gray said
copies of the paper will be delivered
to property owners affected by i'm
provement resolutions.
Action on w. Forty Sixth ST.,
which leads to Butler Universitys
Fairview campus, and resurfacing
of Meridian ST., between Fall Greek
and Thirty Eighth ST., was rescinded
several weeks ago when John K.
Ruckelshaus, Republican, then city
attorney, held the advertising in
one paper does not conform to the
1927 statute.
Ruckelshaus held the advertising
must appear in two newspapers of
opposite political faiths. The Com
mercial submitted the only bid Nov.
l, 1927, after advertising for bids
was printed in the Commercial.
President Oscar F. Smith and
John W. Friday, Democrat, signed
the contract. Charles L. Riddle, a
Republican, said he believes new
bids should be asked.
1t would have cost the city about
$4,000 more if advertising was re-
quired in two papers, it was stated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
DEDICATE ADDITION
Bishops Preside at Roberts
Park M. E. Church.

The 100000 addition to the Rob-
erts Park Methodist Episcopal
Church was dedicated with three
services Sunday. Sermons at the
morning and evening services were
delivered by Bishop H. Lester,
Helena, Mont. Bishop Frederick D.
Leete of Indianapolis presided.
Bishop Leete addressed the Epworth
League in the evening.
Five hundred persons inspected
the new building at the open house
in the afternoon.
Meetings at the church this week
include: Today, $50 p. M, annual
banquet of the City Missionary So
ciety, Bishop Joseph F. Berry,
Philadelphia, speaker; Tuesday,
1:30 p. M, meeting of Rivervale In
stitute Council; Tuesday afternoon
and night and Wednesday morning,
meetings of State Area Council;
vednesday evening, dinner of Kun
.Sble Sunday school class.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
NO POLITICS IN
PLAN, HEAD Or.
ORDER ASSERTS
Believes Vote Would Bring
Decisive Action by Big
Political Parties.

Edward E. Spafford, national
American Legion commander, speak
ing at conference of State adjutants
and commanders at national head
quarters today, explained his
suggestion last week that poll on
the wet and dry" vote issue be held
by this organization.
I'm speech in New York City
the other evening, Dec. g." said
Spafford, II proposed that poll of
the American Legion be taken on the
wet and dry issue. This proposal
was made on the highest plane, for
L am one who tries to uphold and
extend the Constitution of the
United States.
1.-THE poll, if taken, will not be in
dulging in partisan politics. How
ever, after careful consideration, it
seems that it is so controversial as
to cause misunderstanding among
our own members, and I have de-
cided not to bring the matter be-
fore this body, nor shall I bring it
before the national executive COM
mittee.
"Unless ordered by the national
executive committee, a poll will not
be taken.
"a poll of some organization like
ours would be of tremendous assist
ance to our nation, for it undoubt-
edly would cause our great political
parties to write into their platforms,
in clear and unmistakable language,
just where they stood on the greatest
moral question of the age"
The commanders statement fol-
lowed a brief address by the Rev.
Gill Robb Wilson, national chap
lain, Garden City, Kan, who said
the object in Spafford's mind when
the proposed poll was suggested has
been accomplished, in that attention
to the issue has been emphasized
and that the question, as a national
issue, is one that should be settled.
Mrs. Irene Walbridge, Legion aux
iliary national commander, Pelham
ST.; George Dissell, Forty and Eight
president, and Watson B. Miller,
national rehabilitation committee
chairman, also spoke this morning.
The meeting is an annual event
and will last three days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
HOOSIERS meet
Annual Chicago Affair Is
CoIorfui Event.

Committed to a succession of
Hoosier presidents, 800 distin-
guished native IndianianS nomi-
mated themselves as Coolidge's sue
.cessor at the twenty-th annual
banquet of the Indiana Society of
Chicago Saturday night and then
bestowed the honor upon the only
man who did not seek it-John T.
McCutcheon, Chicago cartoonist.
The big show" at the Palmer
House was colorful extravaganza
ION the White House lawn" Young
women uniformed to represent the
Marine band marched across the
stage, maids burst into song from
the White House porch, orclestras
did a musical marathon from sthe
last-minute jazz tunes to 1.-THE
Banks of the Wabash" and White
House chefs sent out to the Hoo
sier diners an elaborate seven
course repaSt.
Clement Studebaker, the society's
president, presided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
FIVE YOUTHS FACE CAR
THEFT, BURGLAR TRIAL
Scuffie and Gun Play Used in Cap
ture, Officers Say.


ture, Officers Say.
Confessions of i've youths held in
city prison on charges of vagrancy
solved theft of seven automobiles
and burglary of a store in Ken
lucky, according to Detective Chief
Claude F. Johnson.
Patrolmen Martin O'Connor. and
Melvin Wilkerson arrested three of
the young men in a stolen auto at
Traub Ave. and Tenth st, Sunday,
escorting them to Engine House 9,
at $50 N. Belle View Pl, at the point
of gun. They gave their names
as Bernard Lewis, 10, of 2001 Bluff
Rd.; Ralph Darby, IS, Of IA S.
Southern Ave, and Herschell Rue
ker, 20, of 1909 Roache st.
In a scuf1e at the engine house,
Lewis tried to use a gun, the Off
GERS said. Two other guns were
found in the car.
Detectives later arrested Clifford
Lewis, Is, brother of Bernard, and
Thomas Noe, 10, of 329 E. Orange
ST., and found, at some of the
homes, loot consisting Of auto parts
and clothing. The clothing was
taken from a general store fifty
miles south of Louisville KY, the
youths confessed, according, to po-
lice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
JULIAN BEFORE JURY

L. G. Julian, Evansville business
man. former partner of D. G.
Stephenson, was a political corrup-
ton probe witness before the Marion
County grand jury today.
For many months after the cor
ruption investigation started a year
ago in october, prosecutors tried to
get Julian before the grand jury in
an effort TO get custody Of the
BLACK boxes" in which the ex-Klan
grand dragon hid a number of the
documents relating to his political
corruption charges.
Julian finally appeared before the
jury last summer. In July he turned
the "black boxes" over to Special
Prosecutor Emsley w. Johnson.