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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Il y I'M early Gays or the auto
motive industry. some observer
made the sage remark that IL
Il wasn't the initial cost so much
as the upkeep.'
Although the phrase itself became
popular. the thought behind il did
not interfere with the sweeping public
surge i'm favor of the automobile. The
buyer realized that the idiom, while
passingly interesting, did not apprise
the automotive engineer of a fact that
hitherto had escaped his attention.
1t was known that the engineer was
busy then and has been busy since
with the problem of cutting the
upkeep.
Each year has recorded the engi-
neer's progress toward this goal.
Some years, naturally, have shown
greater advances than others. The
current year will reflect the greatest
progress ever recorded toward this
end If the engineer does not miss his
gl1ess-and he never has missed a
guess on this point. The technlcian S
prophecies, predictions and forecasts
are based upon exact data. and this
gives him a great advantage over the
individual who observed that it was
not 1.-The initial cost so much as the
upkeep.'
Feature of Economy.
Nineteen-twenty. seven's~ cars have
made their debut. They have won
Nationwide acclaim for their beauty
or design. their flaming color, their
comfort and their advanced engineer
ing principles Before the year Is
very old they will be hearing the
Nations applause, duly earned, Tor
their economy.
No manufacturer, regardless OF the
nrice range of the product turned OUT
has failed to give consideration 10 TINS
end. All have done 1t by increasing
the efficiency of the machine when
hears their name plate. All have paid
the price for this advance cheerfully
Broadly, there are but two items oil
GENERATING expense which concern the
owner. These are fuel, service and
depreciation. In estimating the Vlr
tues of the 1927 car, the motorlst car
start from the premise that all OF
these items are reduced.
Every automobilist is most conscious
of the cost of fuel, regardless OF the
fact that it is not the greatest item
Of car expense. 1t seems larger than
the others, merely because ii is com
paratively omnipreSent. Driving in
wolves stopping at filing stations with
greater frequency imam II means SJop
ping at service stations. So the aver
age owner regards this process .as the
most expensive.
CarburetiOn Is Improved.
What has the manufa cturer done
to make filling station visits less nee
essary in 1927? Much has been &C
complished. In the first place, nu
merable efficiency devices have beer
added to the cars poweE plant. Carbu
retion Is improved from one end OF
the automobile line to the other. The
great foes of engine efficiency have
been put largely to- rout by the new
artillery developed to fight them
cleaners, filters and rectifiers, speak
ing of them generically.
Carburetors will breathe dirty air
but the engine will not. All the
dust will have been cast out before
it reaches the vital parts of the
power plant. Gasoline will carry no
impurities into the engines interna,
organs. Oil in the crankcase will
have a minimum of dilutent, siudge
and abrasive. Ventilation in many
cars will annihilate the evils caused
by condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

metrical whole. This did not come
about by accident. 1t is not the re-
suit of chance. 1t is the effect of the
work of artists compiled with that of
engineers, nodded to form a thing of
beauty and a factor of utility"
Mr.. Jose pointed out that today all
cars, whether in the lower price
classes or in the upper ranges, reflect
this duality of spirit and purpose and
showed that motordom. now is one un-
broken picture of artistry combined
with durability and practical useful
ness.
Mirrors American Life.
'These things are the elements to
look for at the automobile show. OBJ
serve the models carefully or. il you
must, specifically, but do not lose
sight of the great and important fAn-
damentals which underie the entire
manifestation. Remember that prin-
cipleS and movements, as well rs mod
els, are involved. Naturally. we want
all those thousands who will attend
this exhibition to attend the cars, but
we want more than that, because,
viewed in the large, more than that is
warranted by it.
I'm other words, the show should
be looked Mt in two separate ways
separate, yet allied. The cars them
selves will prove highly interesting,
more so than ever before. They will
be seen to be made up Of many new
features which add either to appear
ance or TO utility. They are the
finest cars ever turned out of Ameri-
can or any other factories; they rep
resent the last word in automotive
achievement.
And in addition they are a cheval
glass rejecting the flood tide of a
great upward movement in American
life; material manifestation Of a vast
and sweeping advance.
mat, | believe, is the meaning of
the 1877 automobile show"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
All Body Styles Available.

The prospective buyer will have
no difficulty in finding the body style
he wants In one or the new lights"
Paige offers six standard body types.
So does Marmon. Elcar, ISissel, Gard.
ner, Stearns-knight, Auburn and
Chandler have q model for every posi-
bic taste.
One Of the novel features in this
trend is offered by Paige. 1t is a
four-speed transmission. The high
speed drive is direct assin conventional
practice, but in third speed the drive
is through two pairs of internal gears
instead Of double set Of external.
Both drives in the new transmission
are obtained without using the counter
shaft.
Power Is the feature of the new
Stearns- Knight eight" which really
does not fall into the category light"
This new car, employing the sleeve
valve engine in such multiplicity Of
cylinders for the first time-in the
United States-is reported to develop
100 horsepower at $500 revolutions
per minute.
Kissel has the distinction of offer
ing the widest range of body styles in
this field. one can make ones choice
from II types. All are built on a
lZo-lncn WnoeiDdSe anu All nOuelS
are powered by an engine that de-
yelops 65 horsepower.
Elcar offering it's new eight strikes
note that will register with many
Bodies are mounted on cork to elimi
nate squeaks. The car also contains
other individual features.
Auburn's latest car, the SIT, Is
| typical of the light eight" trend. The
car Is a companion piece to the larger
eight and the six produced by this
company and involves many interest
| ing design features.
Gardner and Chandler offer unique
notes in their most recent products
| that are powered by the new light
| veryerul motors.
Oyer-All Size Is Small.
The overall stature OF the new
Lights" reflects, in the main, the
| manufacturer effort to produce q
| car that will meet all conditions oi
traffic. He believes there is a need
! and q field for a motor car that will
| perform with the largest and park
with the smallest.
StutZ, coming into this classification
| offers several minor changes over its
| product of last year. Its engineers
| however, saw no need for sharp re
vision of any of the principles or prac
| tees involved In their product as il
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The Washington times., 1927-03-17
N D n I GOMERY.
.BREV|T|ES

ROCKVILLE, Md. March IT,
In the hope of arousing greater in.
terest in the work of the Mont
gomery County Social Service
League by letting them know some
thing Of the work in which the
organization is engaged, a meeting
was held at the Montgomery Coun.
try Club here yesterday under the
joint auspices Of the welfare com.
mittee of the League, of which
Estelle Moore. Of Sandy Spring, is
chairman, and the social service
committee of the Montgomery
County Federation of Women's
Clubs, headed by Mrs. ]. Darby
Bowman, Of Rockville.
Mrs. Walter e. Perry and Mrs.
Julian B. Waters, of the county
board Of education; Prof. Edwin w.
Broome, county superintendent of
schools, and DIR. George e. Lewis,
supervisor Of county public school
property, have gone to Raleigh,
N. c.. to attend the annual con.
ference of Maryland public school
authorities.
The week beginning April will
be observed as cleanup week in
Rockville. 1t was decided at the
March meeting last evening of the
Rockville Chamber Of Commerce.
Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, chairman
Of the street, roadway and civic
Improvement committee, outlined a
plan Of activities.
Mrs. Mary A. Higgins, of Laytons-
vile, this county, has been granted
an absolute divorce by Judge Robert
B. Peter in the Circuit Court here
from Joshua Higgins, Of Washing.
ton, who was charged with failure
to provide suitable home and
properly provide for the plaintiff
and causing a separation Of the
couple on November 20, 1919.
Mae Grace Watkins, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. T. Watkins,
of Cedar Grove. and Mr.. Richard
T. Schaeffer, Of Boyds, were mar
ried at Cedar Grove last night.
The Rockville auction pitch team,
The Washington times., 1927-03-17
Photo by international

known as the Pole Cat Club, went
to Poolesville Tuesday evening and
for the third time in succession won
a majority Of the games played
with the Ground Hog Club OF that
place, the score standing 46 to 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
nANkS HIT MAN
IN 9O-FO0T FALL
Pedestrians Barely Esc4pe as Bun
die Topples From Top of
Press Building.

A workman on the National Press
Club Building, Fourteenth and F
streets, was seriously injured and a
score of pedestrians and workmen
narrowly escaped injury this after
noon when bundle of 20-foot planks
being hoisted to the top of the un-
completed building slipped and crash
ed 80 feet to the ground. A half
dozen of the inch-and -a-half thick
timbers were shattered when they
were hurled into r street, barely
missing passing automobiles.
Tony Augustine, who lives at Rose
mont. Md. was rushed to Emergency
Hospital In q taxicab. Physicians
said his skull is fractured and his
condition was pronounced serious.
Ills wife and three small children
were summoned to the hospital
Workmen scurried out of danger
when the planks fell. but Augustine,
who was working near the base of
the working elevator shaft. was
Knocked down before he could es-
kape. The lunch hour crowd jammed
about the scene of the accident and
trafiic was delayed for Ave minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
AID PLEDGED CITY
BUILDING Project
District, Federal and Con.
gress Leaders Promise
Cooperation.

District and Federal officials and
leaders in Congress today expressed
their enthusiastic support of the plan
discussed at the meeting Of the Public
Buildings Commission, attended by
members of the Commission Of Fine
Arts, Saturday, for' erection of a
model municipal group of buildings or
each side Of John Marshall place
which would be widened into park
way effect-between Third and Sixth
streets, on the north side OF Penn
esylrania avenue.
Engineer Commissioner Bell pre-
sented the proposal to the joint com
mission meeting: Senator Smoot, as
chairman, promptly gave assurance
that he would do all in his power to
have the proposal carried out, and
Charles Moore, chairman of the Com.
mission of Fine Arts, expressed ex
treme qualification and pledged
cooperation.
1t would be $25 5000. 900 project
and would bring the Federal Govern.
ment and District people into the
closest working relations on stimuli.
taneous reclamation of both sides of
Pennsylvania avenue, giving a most
impressive vista from the Capitol-a
INSTALLATION Of the wealth. power and
dignity OF the United States.
Estimates Not Discussed.
No estimates have yet been dis
cussed in the joint conference of al
the agencies cooperating in the pro
posed Capital development, but the
District officials have been directed te
make very careful detailed study OF
the probable cost of the area and the
present and prospective building needs
of the District looking toward an or,
derly and coordinate grouping Of the
municipal workshops.
It is contemplated that John Mar
shall place will be widened, with a
central parkway, carrying out the
original L 'Enfant and Mcmillan plans
for a branch panel effect here that
would afford a vista of the court
group from Pennsylvania avenue
with q somewhat similar vista ur
Eighth street from the avenue to the
historic Patent Office, and a cross
panel on the Mall itself between
Seventh and Ninth streets--to break
up the monotony Of the long stretch
of greensward from the Capitol to
Lincoln Memorial.
On either side of John Marshall
place the half dozen, maybe even.
tually more. new District buildings
would be grouped. The main admins
tration building is planned to face
Pennsylvania avenue between Third
street and John Marshall place. This
would bring 1t at the juncture OF
three of the most important avenues
in the world-historic Pennsylvania
avenue, the great boulevard that is
being built from the north side Of the
Capitol along the Mall to connect
with Arlington Memorial Bridge and
the new avenue cutting diagonally
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
REFUSED
DNDOtD|EGsBhI
SO Senators Favor, 81 Op-
pose Limiting Debate on
Triangle Measure.

The Senate refused today to apply
the cloture rule to the public build
ings bill, which carries authority te
buy the Pennsylvania avenue triangle
for Federal buildings in Washington
and also adds 500, zoo. 900 to the Fed
eral building program throughout the
country.
The vote was SO for cloture and 81
against. While this showed a ma
jority in favor of adopting the rule
which would limit each Senator tc
one hour of debate and thus bring
the bill to a vote promptly. it was
less than two.thirds majority, re
quired to make cloture effective.
Although the Senate has declined
to apply cloture to the public buildings
bill as a means of Fastening a vote
lieve they will he able to have the bill
passed before adjournment Friday.
Roll Call on Petition.
The Senate and House both have
approved the authorization of $25,
000.00 to buy the land south ot
Pennsylvania avenue for buildings ir
Washington, so that the only question
remaining for the Senate to act on Ii
the House amendment adding $100,
100000 to the program for Govern
ment buildings in the States. The
roll call vote on the cloture petition
for the public buildings bill follows:
For cloture, Republicans-Cappe
Curtis, Deneen, Ernst. Fess. Goff
Gooding. Greene. Hale, Harreld
Keyes, Lenroot, Mclean, Means
Metcalf. Oddie, Pepper. 'Phipps. Pine
Reed of Pennsylvania, Robinson o-
Indiana, Sackett, Smoot, Stanfield
Stewart, Warren, Watson, Weller ant
Willis.
Democrats for cloture - Ashurst
Bruce, Copeland. Ferris, Fletcher
Harris, Hawes, Heflin, Kendrick, Nc
Kellar, Mayf1eld, Neely, Pittman
Robinson Of Arkansas, Sheppard. Sim
mons, Steck, Swanson. Trammell
Tyson, Walsh of Massachusetts
Walsh Of Montana. Total. So.
Opposed to Cloture.
Against cloture. Democrats-Bay
ard, Blease, Bratton, Broussard, Dill
Edwards. Gerry. Harrison, King
Ransdell, Smith. Stephens and
Wheeler.
Against cloture, Republicans-Bing
ham, Borah, Cameron, Dale, Frazier
Howell. Johnson, Jones of Washing
ton, La Toilette. McMaster, McNary
Moses, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Short
ridge, Wadsworth and Shipstead, the
Farmer-Labor Senator. Total, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
French Confident
Debt Proposal Is
Acceptable to U. S
BY the Associated Press.

Ivy the AssOcla ateu Prese.
PARIS, February 2S.-The French
finance ministry, it was stated to-
day, expects to conclude an ar
rangement with the United States
shortly along the lines with that Of
Great Britain, providing for pro-
visional payments on the debt
funding agreements, which have
not yet been ratified.
The ministry's confidence that an
accord was in sight was taken in
some quarters to indicate that Pre-
mier Poincare had received a reply
from President Coolidge accepting
his proposal regarding provisional
payments.
At the ministry it was said that
"the negotiations have been con-
Quoted in a favorable atmosphere
on both sides" and that only a few
details remained to be settled.
It was reiterated today at the
Treasury that no formal offer has
been received from the French
government to make a payment on
the unfunded $4.025 900, 900 French
debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
New Workers Win
"Social Register
Came of Base Ball
By thu Associated Press.

By tt/ Associated Press.
PALM BEACH. Fla. February
2S.--Two base ball teams composed
of millionaires found money easier
to hold than a base ball here yes
terday when the social colony of
Philadelphians lost a 4-to-1 deci-
sion to representatives OF New
York's Social register
With a toss of coin. each player
took the position '1ady luck" IA
vored and grabbed at a glove or
mitt wherever one could be found
three gloves. four bats and a ball
constituted the entire equipment.
Golf knickers and tennis bucks
served alike as uniforms, and not
a base ball cap was to be seen.
After the smoke Of nine jeering.
cheering innings had cleared away
the scorekeeper figured four runs
for the New Workers. against one
for the home town of Connie
Mack.
Marquis OF Queensbury rules
were announced before the contest
started, but no one was hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
WAY
TO O3-POWERPA
Reply to Coolidge Accepts In
vitation to Discuss Further
Naval Limitations.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press ,.
Great Britain's response to the
ssAasnxieaag for fne eAseEHls.zAs
limitation. Teceivesf at the State lie.
partment today. accepted President
Coolidge's Invitation to discuss the
subject and said that the British dele.
the success of the proposed converse
tion.''
Together with the Japanese accept.
ance, the reply was regarded as prob
ably opening the way for a three
power consideration of limitation of
smaller classes of warcraft, In line
with the principles applied to f1rst-line
ships at the Washington conference.
Replies Carefully Studied.
It was thought that some such
project was under study here. al
though the British and japanese ac.
ceptances, together with the French
and Italian refusals. will be carefully
examined before any decision Is an.
nounced.
The text Of the British note follows:
His majesty's government received
with cordial sympathy the invitation
VI LuS III bIlC OHItCA
States of America to take part In
conversation at Geneva on the further
limitation OF naval armament.
'The view Of his majecty's govern
ment upon the special geographical
position of the British Empire. the
length Of inter-imperial communica.
tions and the necessity for the protec.
tion Of its food supplies are well
known, and together with the special
conditions and requirements of the
other countries invited to participate
I'm the conversation, must be taken
into account.
Invitation Is Accepted.
"TIis Majesty's Government are,
nevertheless, prepared to consider to
what extent the principles adopted at
Washington can be carried further,
either as regards the ratio in diff
ferent classes Of ships between the
various powers or in other important
ways. They. therefore, accept the
invitation of the Government of the
United States of America and Will
do their best to further the success
of the proposed conversation.
"They would. however, observe that
the relationship of such a converse
ton to the proceedings OF the pre-
paratory commission at Geneva
would require careful adjustment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
CLOTURE INVOKED
IN SENATE DEBATE
OVER DRY BUREAU
Members Limited to One
Hour Each in Discussion of
Proposed Reorganization.
DECISION is REACHED
BY VOTE OF SIS TO 27
Petition Is First Of -Four, Suggested
in Past Few Days to Be
Adopted.

The Senate by a vote OF 55 to 21
today invoked the cloture rule, limit
ing each Senator to one hour of de
bate, on the bill creating a separate
Bureau of Customs in the Treasury
Department, and also reorganizine
the Prohibition Bureau for the pur
pose Of bringing about greater CT
ficiency.
This was the first OF four cloture
petitions that have been voted on In
the past few days. to be adopted. The
final roll call Of 81 to 27 showed one
more than the required tWo-thlrds
necessary for tho application of TINS
rule. This automatically displaces the
much discussed Boulder Canyon bill,
which has led to such a spirited de-
bate since it was broached before the
Senate early last week.
Gets Right -of-Way.
Under the cloture rule the prohibi-
ton and customs reorga nization bill
must be kept before the Senate to the
exclusion of other business until finally
disposed OF.
The three cloture moves defeated
would have curbed dcbeate on the
Boulder Canyon, officers retirement
and public buildings bills. The last
named was beaten just before the pro
hibition measure was voted on today.
while the other two were put to vote
Saturday.
Before the vote was taken on cloture
on the day bill. Senator Willis. Repub-
lican, OF Ohio, and one of the dry lead
ers In the Senate, explained that the
pending bill does not in any way in.
volva the merits OF prohibition itself
or of the Volstead act. but is designed
merely to apply to the law enforce
ment organization in the Treasury De
partment.
Just before the vote was taken,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
SINCLAIR NOT REACHED.

This finding covered not only Do,
henys lease for development or the
Elk Hills oil reserve in California
but his contract for construction OIL
oil storage facilities at Pearl Harbor
Hawaii. Since these agreements were
tainted by fraud. said the opinion.
claim for compensation could nave
no standing in the courts and the
only recourse Doheny would have
would be to secure passage OF a spe
cial act of Congress.
Secrecy Is Cited.
In its finding of fraud. the court
cited not only the secrecy i'll which
the negotiations were conducted. and
the fact that there was no competi-
tive bidding. but alluded TO the now
familiar STORY of how Doheny sent
Fall 500, 900 in a little black satchel.
Recently the oil man and the
former Interior Secretary were ac-
suited in District Suprenle Court t,.',r. on
O criminal charge bf c0sis -
based on passage of the SioV,uup. put
the highest court said today that the
evidence that conspiracy and fraud
existed was clear and unnistakable.
This finding will have no effect
on the criminal proceedings against
the two men, which were concluded
by the acQuittal.
Says Fall Dominated"
Justice Butler declared that after
the issuance of President Harding s
executive order transferring the navai
oil lands from the Navy to the Inte'
r.ior Department, Fall dominated the
negotiations that eyentuated in the
contracts and leases.
matter
policy or action OF importance was
determined without his consent, said
fhe court. "Denby (former Navy
Secretary, was passive throughout"
Quoting from correspondence be-
tween FAN and Doheny, which was
offered in evidence at the rail-
Deheny conspiracy case here. Justice
Butler continued
Long in advance of receipt OF bids
Fall knew that the Transport Co. IA
Doheny concern) would offer to con-
struct storage facilities at cost and
20 fill them with fuel oil in exchange
for royalty oil and for the assurance
that other leases on lands in reserve
No. / would be granted to 1T. Others
were not advised that the United
states would consider a bid condi'
toned on assurance to the bidder OF
other leases or preferential right to
leases.
Preferential Treatment.
due to the interest of Fall. the
Transport Co. had opportunities for
conference with and advice from
those acting for the United States
which were not given to others. ="
Invitation for proposals was sent
two construction companies; but Fall
understood and stated that it was
impossible for either of them to bid
because payment had to be made In
royalty oil"
Justice Butler declared that the
lease of the Elk Hills reserve on De-
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