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Evening star., 1927-05-22
9D-FOOT STOP SET
ASCODE STANDARD
Limit Fixed for Foot Brake
With Auto Moving at
20 Mile Speed.

BY the provisions Of a safety code
for brakes and brake testing which
in being developed, every passenger
car, with certain specified exceptions,
weighing 5000 pounds or less must
be equipped with foot brake which
will bring the car to a stop within
so feet from a speed of 20 miles an
hour. while q mandrake capable of
stopping the vehicle from the same
rate of speed within a distance of IS
feet is required.
This code has been prepared by q
committee representing the American
Automobile Association. the United
States Bureau of Standards and the
Society, of Automobile Engineers.
working under the procedure of the
American engineering standards COM
mittee. The code is recommended for
approval and adoption by the various
States in regulating brakes and the
testing of brakes.
Heavy Vehicle Standard.
Trucks, tractors and other motor
vehicles for transporting goods or
materials, which have a gross weight
of more than 5000 pounds. whether
operated singly or in combination
within so feet from a speed of 20 miles
an hour upon the simultaneous ap-
plication of both foot and hand
brakes and within IS feet upon the
application of either brake alone, the
code provides.
The draft also provides that new
motor vehicles shall conform with its
requirements and that hraking equip
ment on vehicles in service before the
date when the code is made effective
in a State shall be modified if nee
essary to conform withits provisions.
The requirements relating to trucks
and other freight vehicles are recon-.
mended for enforcement for period
of two years, after which time the
requirements should be the same as
for passenger vehicles.
Most Vehicles Pass Test.
Some general provisions are that
all motor vehicles except motor cycles
shall be equipped with independently
operated brakes, except that electric
vehicles purchased before the code be.
comes effective need not have indie
pendently operated brakes, but must
meet the foot brake and other require.
ments. and that all vehicles shall have
at least one brake retainable in such
A position as to restrain the vehicle
from moving.
Should four-wheel brakes become
universally adopted, revision of this
code within doubtless be necessary and
expedient, according to a comment of
the committee. An analysis of test
data showed that vehicles weighing
5000 pounds or less, which constitute
70 per cent of the road traffic. are ca.
pable Of meeting the specified require
+nents. but that IS per cent of the
height vehicles weighing more than
5000 pounds gross were incapable of
Teettng the requirements for passen.
er vehicles. There is no reason whv
Yey should not be required to do so
eventually, however, it is stated.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
SOCIETY TO DETERMINE.
: VALUE OF CHASSIS TEST
Ohio Students Will Probe Dvna-
mometer Process as Applied
to Used Cars.

extensive tests to determine the
value OF a dynamometer test on the
chassis of a C; : in judging the phy.
slcal condition of motor vehicle after
II mas been operated for considerable
mileage are to be conducted bv the
ONO State University student branch
OF the Society of Automotiye Engi.
neers. These tests will be conducted
under The supervision of H. NJ, Jack.
Iln' professor of automotive engi.
neering.
TaXieabs that have been operated
Tor various mileages, as 10000. 25. .O0O
oo,000 and up to 100000 miles. are 70
ne turned over to the student gropn
|hich will examine the condition of
tnelr various parts and test the horse
power at different speeds. the fric-
tlonaI losses, the fuel consumption and
otner pertinent operating conditions.
Data so obtained then will be com.
pared with the taxicab company's rec.
ords or mileage travelled by each cab
repair work done on it and all main.
tenance work or costs.
IL such tests prove reliable. h,,vars
or used cars may hope for protection
When making their purchases bv de.
test
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Those New Car Troubles.

Troubles that develop in new cars
often can be traced to some human
failing rather than to inherent i'm.
perfections in the machines them.
selves. This is a point which few
owners of new cars consider and ex-
plains why some cars are condemned
before they have had an opportunity
to demonstrate their worth.
There were few minor matters
puzzling Smith, so the topic was
quite in order when we were having
luncheon together the other day.
Il didn't expect to buy a perfect
automobile, he admitted. but the
things that are happening do not
seem TO be what l ought to expect
at this stage of the game. The en-.
gine seems to buck when / give it the
gas and it doesn't have any speed
at all. / thought that was because
the engine was new and stiff, but I've
travelled over a thousand miles and
certainly ought to be able to step on
it little"
My mind went back to the many
odd things that go wrong with new
cars but which can be eliminated If
one will take the trouble to sit down
and figure it out. My own car had de-
valoped an oil leak at the timing gear
case week after it was delivered
and things looked very disappointing
The trouble was an error in the in
struction book which called for more
oil in the crank case than the engine
was designed to use.
Spring Tension Too Strong.
Knowing Smiths car intimately, it
was not a difficult matter to decide
lVhnf ha ~
than when trying it out the accelera.
tor had appeared to be hard to de.
press The spring seemed entirely
too strong, or perhaps the shaft Of
the pedal scraped against the floor
board. Literally Smith has to push
to make the car so, and it is because
he applies gas so slowly that he
passes from the low to the high
speed carburetor jet too delicately.
1t is difficult problem to make these
two carburetor mixtures dovetail
nicely, but usually the blend can be
achieved If the throttle opens a little
more easily.
I suggested that Smith take a look
at the accelerator and ease up on the
tension. I warned him. however, not
to make it too loose, for that makes
for jerky feeding Of the gas, particu-
larly over rough roads.
Frequently early troubles with the
new cars develop because the driver
carries over from his experience with
his old machine some remedies or
theories which are not suited to the
new automobile. A good way to en-
courage clutch trouble with the new
car is to keep thinking that one is
operating machine with one of
those balliy clutches that had to be
engaged with real gentleness.
1t is very easy, as I told Smith. to
Evening star., 1927-05-22
HIGHWAYS AROUND
BUSY AREAS URGED
Federation Head Cites Need
of Avoiding Centers of
Congestion.

Roads which will carry through
traffic around congested areas are be-
coming more and more essential, in
the opinion Of Samuel +. Wethefiil,
jr.. president Of the Regional Planning
Federation of the Philadelphia Tr1-
State District, and such roads which
had already been constructed must
be improved. This opinion rently was
expressed when Mr.. Wetherill ad.
dressed the Pennsylvania section OF
the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Many of the bypass roads now III
use are poorly marked and too lndl-
rect and thus force tremendous
volume of unnecessary traffic to now
into and through the centers of the
largest cities of the United States, the
speaker said.
New roads," Mr.. Wetherill assert
ed probably would be forced to go
through open farm lands to avoid
costly destruction of existing improve
mentS, to tie together outlying COM
munities and to open new territory
to development.
THE present highway system of
radial roads that are now great trunk
highways carrying tremendous traffic
in and out of the cities was largely
determined by early travellers in their
Journeys from home to market. bu.
not until much later. when the coun-
try was further developed, did inter
course between the outlying towns
Justify the building of cross.connect-
ing roads. These later roads. built
around the center a link at time,
were. irregular, disconnected and far
from adequate for present needs"
Great express and freight highways
are an urgent necessity, continued
Mr.. Wetherill, who said that the high
way system must no longer be per-
mitted merely to grow, but must be
designed expressly for the purposes
1t is to serve.
Regarding the Tri-state district, he
said that 1t comprises metropolitan
area of more than 5000 square miles,
bound together by common interests
and problems but with its affairs ad-
ministered by 357 different political
subdivisions operating under greatly
differing. legislative powers. Without
proper legislative and administrative
machinery for securing joint action
by these many units. it would be diff
cult. If not impossible, to carry out
major development projects.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
HIGHWAY PROBLEM
IS SERIOUS IN AFRICA
American Cars There Constructed
to Meet Great Obstacles
in Travel.

Because of the lack of good roads,
the only cars which have proved
successful in most sections of Africa
are those which can cope with the
greatest obstacles, according to the
Transportation Division, Department
of Commerce. The American car,
having been developed to meet the
most severe tests, is admirably
adapted to use on this continent and
for that reason Africa promises to
become an increasingly better market
for American automotive products.
1t has been said that transporta-
tion will solve the secret of mans
economic development. Whether this
is true or not. adequate transporta-
tion is one of the factors which Will
play q large part in the economic
development Of the interior of Africa,
according to officials of the Trans
portation Division.
Due to the sparseness Of population
in the interior of this continent, the
construction of railroads has been
unsound from the financial standpoint
and inhabitants are turning to the
motor vehicle to solve their trans.
portation problems. South Africa.
Kenya Colony. the Anglo Egyptian
Soudan, the Gold Coast and other
sections now have installed bus lines
which operate into the interior and
form a convenient means OF trans
porting both goods and passengers.
hicles should keep to the extreme
4 IL.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
ONTARIO IS PLANNING
MUCH ROAD BUILDING
Province Hopes to Complete High
way Work Before Season
Ends.

With the approach of favorable
weather, the Province Of Ontario.
Canada. is planning extensive road
construction and maintenance work.
TO be- started shortly. 1t is hoped
that the work will be completed and
the roads opened to traff1ce before the
end of the touring season.
Among the major projects on which
work is expected to be begun soon Is
the extension of the Lake Superior
International Highway 10 Hydro,
Ontario, and the widening of the road
to 30 feet with 24-foot crown. This
work in the Port Arthur and Fort
William district is expected to cost
approximately 100000
Work on roads aggregating more
than 234 miles is to be undertaken
shortly in the eastern sections Of the
province. These include "A different
projects. in addition to the erection
Of several bridges. The largest prof.
ect is the treating and repair of the
highway from Niagara TO Jarvis, q
distance of Al miles. A concrete road
AZ miles in length. also is to be con.
structed between Shelbourne and
PrimrOSeS Corners.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
|SATURAT|ON POINT
HELD NON-EX|STENT
Beecroft Declares Auto Pro-
duction Hinges on
transportation.

That the saturation point in motor
vehicles is the saturation point of
transportation and for that reason Is
something virtually non-existent, Is
the opinion of David Beecroft. vice
president of the Chilton.Class Journal
Co, as expressed in the May issue of
the Journal of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers.
Statements that the saturation point
soon would be reached have been put
forward since 1912, the writer points
out, but as time goes on that period
seems to recede further and further
into the background. Many enter
prises are being pushed which definite
ly put such thing as the saturatiOn
point In automobiles out Of the rum
ming for the present.
AS an illustration, Mr.. BeecrOft cited
the Federal road system, which IN
cludes the building Of 10000 miles of
highway to be completed by 1881.
With this completed. 80 per cent of
the population Of the United States
will have that highway system within
10 miles of their doors, he says.
"Our Federal Government has ap-
propriated $54 1000, 900 for the construc-
ton of this SYSTEM" says Mr.. Bee
croft, land our States are making ap-
preparations that amount to as large
a total. Wherever we look we see
evidences of great improvements. The
vehicular tunnel under the Hudson
River from New York City to New
Jersey will be opened within a year,
and the State of New Jersey is build
ing a 13-mile roadway to extend from
the mouth of the tunnel to a point
south of Elizabeth.
This tunnel and highway will
shorten the time of every trip between
New York City and Philadelphia by
/ hour. Consider what this will
mean to commerce and the transporta-
tion of passengers"
Other important enterprises are
Wacker Drive, in Chicago, a double
decked street. the Bear Mountain
Bridge over the Hudson above West
Point, and the Bronx River Park
way, the writer shows.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
BRAZIL SEEN AS GOOD
MARKET FOR u. S. AUTOS
Country Already Is Second Best
South American Buyer of
Motor Products.

among the countries which are said
20 nave great potentialities for Amer.
lcan automobile sales, Brazil ranks
well up to the front. This country
ALREADY is our second best South
American buyer of automotive yehi.
cies' according to the Department of
.oInlnefce, being superseded only by
Argentina, and with the deyelonnay,t
OF good roads and the countrv's main.
raj resources sales are expected 10
increase ma terially.
During 1926 this country was the
fourth most important market for
american passenger cars. The long
distances TO be traversed and the need
Tor motorized transportation in tie
coIee districts of Sac Paulo and Mi.
mas Geraes have been the chief fac.
tors IN making Brazil one of the i'm.
portant markets for American auto.
mobiles.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

risings of the natives as we'll as poor
road conditions. Originally the latter
company followed the route Beirut,
Damascus, Rutbah and Bagdad. The
use of this route was interrupted for
more than a year. due to the uprising
Of the Djebel Druse tribesmen and
the company changed it's western
terminus to Jerusalem.
With the improvement of the situa-
ton. the line moved it's terminus
northward again, but after a short
while, marauding Bedouins forced
them to change routes and long de.
tour was made necessary. Communi.
cation also was hampered by heavy
snow falls, as we'll as the heavy rains,
which mades the desert trails almost
impossible to negotiate.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
NEW AUTO TAX PLAN
ADVOCATED IN GERMANY
Manufacturers Urge Displacement
as Substitute for Present
Horsepower Basis.

Suggestions that the tax on passen.
ger cars in Germany be made on a
displacement basis rather than on a
horsepower basis, as now is in force,
have been made by the German Auto.
mobile Manufacturers Association.
The proposals call for a tax of 25
marks for every $50 cubic centime-
ters Of engine displacement. For
trucks it is suggested to make a tax
Of 1850. marks for every 100 kilo.
grams, net weight.
Under this new rating the tax on
one American make Of car, which is
now rated at 10 horsepower and pays
a tax of 375 marks, would be reduced
to 2S7 marks, while on another make
Of car which sells in this country for
$4,000 the tax would be reduced from
Zoo marks TO SIS marks.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Three Bus Lines Compete with Private
Autos in Syrian Desert Transportation

Three companies at present are
operating bus services across the
Syrian Desert, between Beirut and
Bagdad, two of them being controlled
by Syrians and the third and most
important by French and British cap
ital. This latter company also main.
tains a bi-weekly service between
Bagdad and Teheran. Persia. In ad-
dition to these established companies,
numerous independent drivers operate
more or less regular passenger serv-
ice between Beirut and Bagdad.
The difficulties which the COM
panies have experienced during the
past several years have been excep
tionally great. the route having to be
a number of times, due to up
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Instruction Book Useful.

instruction books that come with
the new cars are vastly different than
the OLD ones in the story they tell.
NO motorlst can assume that he
knows the new car merely because
he knew the old one. That is why
II pays to make a thorough study OF
the instruction book as one of the
most important features of the fret
few days of ownership.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

craos. fish or oysters rampant on the
Maryland automobile tags.
The discussion followed the RECENT
of news dispatch from Massa-
chusetts, which stated that the Bay
State has decided to make it's Goldfish
more renowned by putting its pic.
ture on the Massachusetts license
plates.
1t was thought that perhaps Mary,
land would want to do some similar
service for its famed crabs and oys.
ters. Accordingly, Mr.. Baughman's
opinion was sought.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Clean Crankcase
Is Held Necessary
For Best Results

Dropping the crankcase and CIV
ing it a thorough cleaning is a
worthwhile gesture that too few
motorists make.
It Is not necessary to do this
very often, but, after several
months of usage, the average
crankcase collects a glutinous de-
posit that contains abrasive Sab.
stances that might much better be
removed.
Washing the case with kerosene
serves to good effect. but care
should be taken that all Of it Is
removed before the case Is put up
again.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Maryland Oyster Will Not Get Picture
On Auto Tags Like Bay State Goldfish

Regardless of the example set by
Massachusetts, the Maryland public
will continue to have it's crabs. oys.
ters and other bay food served on
dinner plates. At least, they will not
be served on automobile license
plates.
For that the Maryland motor car
owner has the assurance of Motor
Commissioner +. Austin Baughman,
whose word is final in deciding the
design of the States auto license tags.
Mr.. Baughman made it evident
with emphasis that there R.ll be no
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Speed Is Handicap
To Hasty Autoist
In Traffic Driving

The secret Of reaching ones
destination with dispatch. particu-
larly in city driving, is not a
matter of trying to exceed the
speed limit.
The driver who makes the best
time is the one who gets in the
lane of travel that permits him to
go ahead. being held up as little
as possible by traffic turning to
right or left.
Tests still show that the motor
list who keeps going sanely ahead
makes better progress than the
man who proceeds by fits and
starts.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
13 DEAD IN COPENHAGEN.
Auto Toll for 1925 Is Low. With
14,60o Cars Registered.

only 13 deaths due to automobile
accidents were recorded in the citv
OF Copenhagen, Denmark. during
1926. Car registration at the end of
The year totaled 14.600, or one auto.
mobile to every 40 inhabitants.
In 1922, when the car registration
was only about half Of the present
figure, the number of deaths due to
automobile accidents amounted to IA.
This high percentage Of decrease is
due TO stricter enforcement of the
traffic regulations as we'll as the en-.
actment or more stringent regula.
81 ions
Evening star., 1927-05-22

The driver who likes to show his
sense of the comic by driving through
mud and water so as to splash Pc
destrians is a fit subject for the psy-
chopathic hospital, says the National
Safety Council.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

John Smith moOrst should welcome
He sefs rather willing
exploited the benefit
of other members of the clan
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Operating costs per mile on a car
are much lower if the car is RIM AZ
moderate rather than high speeds
nanufacturers and enpinnarc nrnnr+
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Slow moving as well as heavy ve-
hicles should keep to the extreme
right of the roadway.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-28
FINE ENERALDS
ON DISPLAY

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-A rare
collection of emeralds, said to in.
clude the largest carved or plain
emeralds in the world, were ex.
hibited by East India merchants,
at the Hotel Plaza.
They were brought from India
last week by Udharam Partahrai.
one Of the leading gem experts Of
that country, and a close friend
of the former owner, the late
Nawab obaidulah Khan Bahadur
of Bhopal, whose family wishes to
dispose Of them.
The collection. which consists Of
five carved pieces, has a value of
q 100000. The largest emerald, a
Chinese figure. is $500 carats and
IL valued at 100000. There is a
sixth piece, in the form Of a ring.
of forty carats. which Is valued
at SIS, 900.
According to the expert, the
emeraldS were purchased by the
prince. one of the ruling princes
OF East India, from a Mandarin
in China about twenty-five years
ago. They are said to be at least
1000 years old.
The Nawab, he said. was a we'll.
known collector Of antiques and
fond of gathering precious stones
and Persian art. He died in 1924
and his family, which Mr.. Master
described as belonging to the new
generation. handed the pieces over
to him to be disposed Of. either to
some museum or private collector.
The fact that the emeralis are
carved, he said, was one reason
why the collection was 40 valua.
Bile. He described the emerald as
very soft stone, exceedingly diff.
cult to cut, especially 50 deeply
carved as those in the Naval
collection.
The largest emerald figure ia
about eight inches in height.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-28
I RUNK SLAYER
STILL FREE


NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 3D.
Tracked as a drlnk.crazed, insanely
jealous husband, who crashed the
skulls of his wife and sister-in-law
with a lead club. methodicaIly cut
their bodies to pieces with a huge
knife and stuffed them dismenl-
bered and mutiiated into two small
trunks, all within sight and hear.
ing of his three small children.
Henry Moity, sign painter, was
still at large today.
District Attorney Eugene Stanley
radioed seven ships which sailed
Thursday to search for stowaways
and seamen matching Moity's de.
scription. Police Of New Iberia,
his former home. and Port Arthur,
Tex, also. Were asked to aid in
the search.
Five out OF the seven ships re.
ported during the night that Henry
Moity was not aboard. 1t was
Henry Moity. police believe. who
left the mutilated bodies OF Mrs.
Theresa Moity, his wife. and Mrs.
Joseph Moity. his sister-in.law In
the trunks In their apartment In the
heart of New Orleans Bohemian.
French quarter, center of the ar.
fists colony. where they were dis.
covered Thursday afternoon.
Every detail of the gruesome dou.
BILE murder, police say, points to
Henry Moity an the slayer.
Sometime between IL o'clock Wed.
nesday night and a. m. Thursday,
the murderer of the two women
found his way into their dingy
abode, went to their beds and hacked
them to pieces with the knife and
piled their remains into the trunks.
Joseph Moity. brother of Henry
and husband of one of the slain
women. identified the bodies at the
morgue. He was held az a witness
after cody processing the belief
that his brother was responsible for
the crime.