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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
FIRED
LIKE TORCHES
BY international News Service

BY International News Service
BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.--A muir
der in which one man was burned
to death and another so badly
burned that he probably win die
was perpetrated early today in the
Middle River resort district.
John G. Haraway. rs. is dead.
and his companion, Chester PugIl.
%, lis dying in Baltimore City Hos
pital They were beaten up, gaso-
line poured over them and match
applied to their clothing.
Haraway died on the operating
table In great agony. screaming.
THE Kid got me. the Kid got me. !"
Al short time later, police arrested
q local pugilist known as Xii"
Julian. and Edward Gaff, his COM
panion
Pugh told the police that he and
Haraway were returning to their
cottage on Middle River In an
automobile
At lonely point on the road.
he said. another machine blocked
the way and its three occupants
dragged them from their car. beat
them up with black jacks and threw
them into q deserted cottage near
by,
Half unconscious, Pugh told the
police he heard one of the men
saw "Hit him again, Kid"
The next thing he knew gasoline
was being poured on him. he said.
and a match applied. The men
left hurriedly.
Pugh said he managed. to, crawl
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As the rescue party, its hope
turned to despair, poled it's boat
through the stygian chill of the sub
terranean river of darkness through
a gloom widely articulate with the
chattering chorus of asmillion bats,
with the endless drip and tFickle of
unseen waters, their lantern CLEANS
picked out white object upon a
high ledge, above bank Of PREACHER
Gus ooze.
They paused, GREATNESS and ex-
pectant. They clambered perilously
up the SLOPE clammy with the mud
of ages. and there they found the
object 10 be q human skull. perhaps
that of another venturous explorer
Of other years. who, like Ashley, had
dared too greatly.
Symbol OF Defeat
The skull was like symbol of the
hopes of Ashley,s comrades, They
seemed dispirited and hopeless to-
day, with no organized effort for
rescue. They were beaten phys
ically also, having worked night and
day In endless shifts since the alarm
was sounded wednesday morning,
after Ashley failed to return.
When the eighth sally into the
darkness was repealed last night. tle
rescue party led by Postmaster Bill
Parker veteran and resourcefui
miner, returning haggard with
weariness and disappointment, ine
workers admitted they were beaten
and said they knew not where next
to turn.
Only response from State Nine
Inspector o. r. Pyle, who has heen
asked to send experienced mine re-
lief workers and modern equipment,
will bring about resumption of or
ganized search, 1t was admitted.
Thus far the jewellers Of the tiny
community OF Shelimound. among
whom Ashley had lived for three
years, have worked una ded III the
search sacrificing every other in
terest.
Admitting his fear that Ashley
is dead, Claude MeBee, the geaio.
gist's assistant, went about pre-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
WALKER KEPT
UP BY J|GS

DUBLIN; Aug. 90. Mayor James
y. Walker, Of New York city. who
came to Ireland to visit the birth.
place Of his father In Kilkenny, up.
held his reputation az i lover Of
night life when he attended an all
night dance given in his honor by
American visitors in Ireland. He
got TO bed at 4 a. ms today, tired,
hut happy.
The mayor was due In the Hotel
Gresham for dinner dance at II
O'Clock last night, but did not turn
up until three hours later. The sup
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

CAPT. WILLIAM Fl ERWIN, Of Dallas, Tex, who
hoped off yesterday from Oakland Calf for Honolulu
is believed lost in the Pacific His radio final
S O 5 that his plane going into tail spin. Capt
Erwin is shown here with his wife, also flier who was
restrained from going on the trip
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
Erwin Believed Down From
Tail-Spin Reported BY Radio

Six Dole filters and daring girl passenger were feared
to be in peril of their lives today, somewhere on the
broad Pacific between the mainland and Hawaii.
Capt. Bill Erwin and Alvin EichwaId Of the Dallas
Spirit believed have crashed into the sea late last
night while flying zig-zag trail the great circle
55.T ass ssa
Erwin and Eichwald had taken off from the Oakland
srport yesterday afternoon fly Honolulu In search
Of the Miss Doran and the Golden Eagle which were
lost while racng in the Dole 900 derby last Tuesday
TURN OVER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
HIS WIZ /,
SHOOTS SELF

CAMDEN. NJ u, Aug. 2O. Ferd-
einand Smith. ~, building con
tractor of Maple Shade. N. ~. shot
and killed his wife and then shot
himself ending his own life, in
their home today.
I'm tired of being cursed" the
police quoted Smith as saying. He
and his wife had quarreled FIRE.
quentiy. They had five children.
Smith left two notes explaining
his action, but the authorities did
not reveal their contents. Smiths
condition Is critical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
PL EA I'll Ed
Here FOR
SAC(O

The dramatic fight being
waged to save Nicola Sacco
and Bartolomeo Vanzetti from
the electric chair reached the
United States Supreme Court
today.
As a sort Of forlorn gesture,
Michael A. Musmanno, of coun-
sci for the condemned men,
walked into the empty cham
bers of the Supreme Court and
filed an application for a writ
Of certiorari. The court is not
in session and there is no mem
Der of the bench in the Capital.
Hitch In Filing
There was q hitch in the filing,
however, owing to the fact that
Muscanno did not have with him
the record Of the State supreme
court to attach to his application,
as required by the United States
Supreme Court rules.
Harold Willy, assistant clerk Of
the court, ruled that these papers
would have to accompany the APP
plicatiOn, and Musmanno telephoned
to Arthur Hill in Boston to rush
them post haste.
Application Accepted
willy accepted the application
and the filing fee Of $50, however,
but said he could not docket the
case until the papers reach here
probably on Monday.
In strictly technical sense. the
application was not ION file, court.
attaches said. until the necessary
records are forthcoming.
1--WE lodged the papers with the
court. paid the filing fee, and the
records viii be along at once, said
Musmanno as he left the court,
After a talk over the long
defense counsel, Musrmanno an
in, the rase was on its wa from
Boston and would be filed with the
Supreme Court Monday.
Hill declared that he would ask
Justice Holmes, in Beverly Hills,
Mass. for a stay Of execution pend
ing the outcome Of the case IN the
Supreme Court.
Later, Musmanno went to the
Department OF Justice In an effort
to have made public the depart.
ment's files in the case.
Basis For New Respite
Presumably. the only purpose of
filing the petition here ii to lay
| the basis for new plea for an,
other extension of time before the
sentences are carried out. Having
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
Grinning Skull Mocks
Gaze Hunt Defeat
BY CARLETON COLLIER
international News service

SHELLMOUND Tenn. Aug. 2O-The powers of darkness
whose secrets Lawrence s. Ashley geologstexp
friend of the tragic Floyd Collins had dared ngehsnded
Ashley friends probed every foot of Nickaac in vain
searching for the scientist who has been lost depths
since Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20

MRS. RUTH SNYDER
LAWYERS FOR MRS. RUTH
SNYDER !. who was convicted with
Henry Judd Gray If Staying her
husband, held conference with
her in the Sing Sing death house
yesterday. regarding 4 petition to
the court Of appeals for more time
70 ar.ue the appeal from the
death sentence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-20
SeapIane to Take Mail
To Leyiathan at Sea

The United States seaplane
PHO, piloted BY Lieut.. G. I'll,
Schildhauer. will take off from
Squantum. Mass, about dayhreak
and oyertake the Leviathan about
225 miles from New York: will try
10 drop two sacks Of supplement
tary mail on her forward deck and
return to the airport
FIR market Mace from which to
yeieet q good used eaP we recommend
the automobile columns NJ the ElasHI-
fled Rda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
New Kern River Highway, Just Dedicated,
g Marvellous Auto Route to Pacific Coast

with the dedication Of the new
Kern River Highway, which cuts
through the Sierra Nevadas, the high
est mountain ranges in the United
States, California has been made
available 10 the Nations motorists
another important and scenically
marvellous passageway TO the Pacific
Coast.
Completion of this road opens up a
route stretching 205 miles across the
State and connecting its three main
trunk highways. It also brings
closer the long-dreamed-of highway
up Mount Whitney, highest peak in
the United States, at q height Of IL, 500
feet. The Kern Canyon Highway Is
@ vital link in the proposed route.
the trail for which was originally
blazed In 1915 by engineers of the
Automobile Club Of Southern Cali
fornia-
Rivaling the famous Columbia
River Highway in scenic splendor, the
newly completed smooth. wide high
way runs through an awe-inspiring
gap in the towering mountains, and
the sparkling, surging Kern flows
Just below the road.
More than three years Of work has
been required in cutting this new
State route through the narrow can.
Won. Convict labor was employed.
end in many places drillers had to be
lowered over the sides Of the great
gTMnite cliffs to bore holes for the
dynamite blasts. The road was Out
through the canyon under great handi.
caps. since IN various sscEicns thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

ditions is given great emphasis in the
directors discussion.
MY observation OF traffic conditions
in Washington, he asserts, "con-
vinces me that there Is entirely too
much speed for conditions
twenty-five miles an hour, as fixed
by Congress, Is ordinarily safe on q
dry street where the traffic Is light.
A speed of 80 miles an hour In the out
lying districts and on certain sections
Of other highways, where conditions
are normal. may be perfectly safe.
But, when the streets are wet, slip
perry or icy, and in foggy or rainy
weather. and on streets where traffic
is heavy, the maximum limit OF "a
miles an hour appears to me to be too,
fast, unless controlled by electric
traffic signals.
There is apparently a feeling.
which Ii rather widespread among
Washington drivers, that II they are
driving about % miles an hour they
are perfectly safe under all ctrcum.
stances and conditions. The result
Is that most of them drive at that
speed and even more when q police
officer Is not in sight.
II am fully convinced that the only
way to curb this tendency toward fast
driving regardless Of conditions In by
the enactment Of regulation, which
will provide that on wet, slippery or
icy highways and bridges not con-
trolled by traffic lights, and on high.
ways where traffic Is heavy. or during
rainy or foggy weather. a speed In
excess of Is to Is miles an hour shall
be construed as prima facie evidence
of reckless driving.
Rush Called DelusiOn.
THE mad. unrestrained rush on the
part of few motorists to get some
place in a hurry through city traffio
is only delusion and a snare, and,
combined with the careiessness Of
those who walk, Is the cause Of most
Of our traffic troubles.
MANY motorists appear to be af.
fected with a speed complex. They
are always In a hurry. They are
never satisfied until they have passed
the car ahead. I sometimes wonder
what they expect to do with the few
precious seconds thus gained: where
~ are going and what they expect
to do when they get there.
Taking a tip from old AeSop-the
sneed artist should remember that
the race Is not always to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong
"Al those who are genuinely inter
ested in safety appear to be con-
WINGED that If drunkards, epileptics.
mental detectives and chronic speeders
were prevented from driving auto
mobiles fewer traffic accidents would
occur.
II am convinced that If ell motor
lists and all pedestrians could be edu.
Gated TO fully realize the tragic results
Of carelessness, traffic accidents and
deaths wolld be reduced to a
minimum"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
CAREFUL TREATMENT IS URGED
TO PRESERVE LIFE OF OLD CAR
Used Cars That Receive Same Care as New
Ones Hold Up Much Longer Than
Machines Suffering Neglect.

the benefit Of new car driving. The
proud owner is careful to keep the
speed below 25 miles an hour. He
shifts gears gfngerly. He tries to
get along without using the brakes
any more than is necessary, because
he likes the feel of them and hopes
to be able to prolong their efficiency.
He buys the BEST grade Of oil for
the engine. The first squeak bothers
him until he locates 1t and has it re-
moved. He Is even inclined to dam
age the car through excessive lubri-
cation and too much fussing, and in
doing so he doesn't leave any reserve
care for the days when the car, old
and struggling. can still benefit by
the sympathy and understanding of
it's driver.
Care Adds Many Miles.
Proving the'theory that old cars can
be improved by new car care, there
is the record of cars in the hands of
the second or third owners. When a
man buys q used car he treats 1t the
same way he would treat a new car,
and instead of falling apart it de-
velopS into a very useful article. He
does not try to force 1t on hills. He
knows that the way to keep it in
good condition is to treat 1t to intel
ugent and regular care. He knows
that its body needs as much polishing
as a new car. II not more. He checks
up on wheel alignment in order to
save its tires. He tries not to use
the brakes any more than Is abso-
lutely necessary, for he knows that
the more he uses them the sooner he
will have to refine them. He does
not leave 1t standing out in the rain.
snow or hot sun when 1t should be
put in the garage. He does not as
sumo that because 1t is old it will
stand punishment.
The psychology of a. new car own
err helps to keep the new car new.
Conversely. the psychology of the
owner Of an old car tends to prevent
it from growing newer. Passengers
will exert every care not to mar or
scratch the paint or upholstery of a
new car. but they are prone to scuff
their feet against the upholstery of
the doors and assist materially in
the old car look shabbier.
The owner of an old car may give
1t new lease on life by adopting
some of the ideas Of the man with a
sparkling new machine. The man
who buys a used car is paving the
way for a new car in the matter of
car care and consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Color Blindness Is Rare Among Women,
Maryland Officials Find In Auto Tests

Color blindness is rare among
women. Color ignorance Is equally
rare. Men are both color blind and
color ignorant.
This information is adduced by the
examiners of the Maryland motor vehi-
Gle commissioner office, who failed to
find one color-blind woman among the
$1,000 persons who were examined
this year in connection with the issu-
ance Of automobile operators permits.
In the Is months that the eyesight
test has been in effect in Baltimore,
but one woman has been found who
was unable to distinguish between
various hues. or the men given the
same test. between 6 and per cent
failed.
Eye tests for driving license appli-
cants were introduced at the Office
of the motor vehicle commissioner
as an experiment on the suggestion of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
AUTOSF|ND new
USEFORRUBBER
Enters Makeup of Various
Parts and Acts as Shock
Absorber and Spring.

New uses for rubber in motor We
hicle construction constantly are being
found. For years, in addition to tires,
rubber has been used for hose connec-
tons, fan belts, windshield strips, floor
and step mats and door bumpers, but
recently 1t has become also the ma
terial for universal joints. radius rod
supporters, torque joints, balancers,
engine supports and spring mount
ings.
This change was pointed out by c..
5aurer OF the Mechanical Rubber Co.
in recent address before the Society
Of Automotive Engineers. in which he
said:
"A great deal of experimental work
has been done to develop a suitable
compound and manufacturing proc
esses for the production of rubber
shims. to be inserted between the
chassis frame and car body, which
will not be affected by heat and will
have a long life. Rubber axle bump
ers and other nodded parts can be
made of a composition that Will out.
last the vehicle"
Rubber shock insulator mountings
now applied to motor vehicles, par
ticularly motor coaches, include sprins
shackles, torque insulators and mount
ings for the engine, transmission.
radiator, steering post, gasoline tank,
passenger seats and motor truck cab,
said Charles Froesch of the Interna-
tional Motor Co., speaking before the
same meeting. The main advantage
of rubber as a, shock abSorber lies in
the fact that 1t absorbs shocks quickly
and stores them nearly SO times as
long as steel, which continues to vi
brate for q considerable time after
shock because the energy is absorbed
slowly.
In many locations rubber is particu.
larly valuable, since 1t breaks UP vi
brations and prevents them from
being carried from one part of the
vehicle to another, said DR.. w. A.
Gibbons Of the United States Rubber
Co.. another speaker.
Rubber will withstand stretching to
10 or IL times its length without rup-
ture or appreciable permanent de-
formation. Its tensile strength. calcu-
lated on Its cross section at the instant
of breakage, Is $4,000 pounds per
square inch, which approaches that of
steel. II a one-inch cube Of rubber Is
stretched to IL inches by load OF
4 900 pounds, the rubber will have abb
sorbed 1900 foot-pounds of energy, he
said, and one pound Of rubber, occupy
ing about rs cubic inches. will absorb
10000 foot-pounds.
II the elongation occurs in cycles OF
one minute the rubber will absorb en-
ergy equal to IL horsepower. A steel
spring capable of doing this would
weigh from so to 100 pounds, depend
ing on the type of steel used. The
Of rubber are approached
by steel spring in a dash pot. but
rubber Is a combined spring and shock
absorher within itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
GAS MAY BE WATERED.
Well Drained Service Station Will
Avoid Trouble.

Motordom is entering the season
when melting SHOWS result in a large
Of watered gas being sold in
good faith. Often the caps on the
storage tanks are not tightly closed,
or there Is so much wa@r around
them some Of 1t is bound to seep in.
To avoid risk of buying watered gas
some discrimination should be made
between filling stations at this time.
and when q well drained station Ia
found that % the one ct which tho
tank Of th1 oae should b nlled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
SELFISTNESS ROOT OF MOST
TRAFFIC EVILS, DIRECTOR SAYS
Blowing of Horn at Pedestrians Seen az
Exaggerated View of Motorist as to
His Own Importance.

That selfishness is at the root Of
most traffic troubles is the belief of
Traffic Director M. o. Eldridge.
eff every man who drives or walks
would DO unto others as he would
have others do unto him. the traffic
millennium would be at hand" the d.
rector asserts.
In the opinion OF the head of the
local traffic office, the blowing of
horns at pedestrians crossing the
street at a crosswalk indicates that
the person behind the wheel has an
exaggerated view of his own i'm.
portance.
Unless the ever-increasing accident
list is soon curtailed, the director
believes that some day II Will be
necessary to put some penalty on the
sounding OF horns at pedestrians who
are using crosswalks.
Selflshness Dangerous.
At times. it is declared. selfishness
on the part of motorists becomes a
positive danger and this is pointed out
by Mr. Eldridge as follows:
Our regulations provide that when
a motorist approaches an intersection,
which Is occupied or about to be oc-
cupied, by pedestrians or other
vehicles. he should slow down and
then give the right-of-way to the per-
son on the right. A meticulous OBJ
servance of this rule and it's rigid en-.
forcement by the police and the
courts would end most of our traffic
troubles-especially those involving
intersection collisions.
"A persistent horn blower Is usually
a persistent right-of-way snatcher. To
blow the horn involves no effort-no
thought and no consideration for the
rights Of others. To use the brakes
and to shift gears requires intelli-
gence,, energy and thoughtful con-
sideration for the old and young, the
lame and the blind.
THAT many motorists lack this
intelligence, this energy and this
thoughtful consideration is shown by
the fact that our streets are being
bathed almost daily with the blood of
some elderly person or some young
child, who is unable to escape the on.
slaught Of these horn-blowing Jug
gernauts."
Motorists. however, are not given
the whole blame for the difficulty of
keeping traffic moving without mis-
haps and the traffic director makes
this plain when he says:
'I do not wish to convey the Inn.
preston that motorists are always at
fault-far be 1t. Our records show
that In a great majority Of cases the
persons who are killed or injured in
automobile accidents have no one to
blame but themselves. There Is just
as much carelessness and lack Of con.
sideration displayed by those who
walk as bv those who drive"
That speed is an element which
must be judged according to con.