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Evening star., 1928-12-09
TOURISTS TO CANADA
BRING BIG REVENUE.
Spend $276, 1888, ,14o, Exceeding AL
of Country's Exports In
Value but Wheat.

OTTAWA, Ontario.-MotoristS tour
ing through Canada last year gave the
Dominion a larger revenue than that
obtained from the electric power, min
ing, trapping, or fishing industries, and
wheat is the only one of the country's
exports that exceeded in value the
amounts spent by visiting motorists.
The total outlay expended by the
approximate 12.600,000 Canadian motor
visitors In 1927, amounted to about
$276, ,288, ,140, according to a report of
the department Of colonization and de-
velopment Of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, made public here.
Eleven per cent of the total en-
trants, or 3,3l5 received permits TO stay
more than go days, but less than six
months; 740,398, or over % per cent,
remained for periods not exceeding so
days, and '2,410,087, or 76 per cent,
stayed only "a hours" says the report.
at Is assumed that each person In q
motor car, which averages four to the
car, was responsible for an outlay of
$5 daily for supplies and exportable
purchases.
"Canada'S tourist flow for 1928 will
probably break all previous records. BY
June !, 1,028,427 automobiles had been
admitted at the international border,
and since the peak Of tourist traffic Is
not reached until after July /, these
figures are taken to represent not more
than a quarter Of the total trafic for
the current year.
approximately 3,153,soO cars crossed
the Canadian border in 1927. the
average touring motor vehicle entries
recorded at the 145 ports along the
international boundary being 21,75O
automobiles"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
SUJBTERRANEAN PARKING AREA
Is URGED AS TRAFFIC AID
System of Staggered Reporting Time for
O@ceholders Also Suggested in
Reducing Congestion. 4H

condition Of affairs applies generally over
the entire downtown section OF the city.
Streets are being widened, trees cut
down, curbs set back at cost to the
city Of more than a thousand dollars per
parking berth for privately owned auto
mobiles.
Space for 1000 Cars.
Below the areas occupied by La
fayette, Mcpherson and FRANKLIN
Squares and the streets linking these
squares together is ample parking space
for more than 1000 cars, or more cars
than can be parked on all four SIDES
of so city blocks. All the cars now be-
ing parked between Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and N street and from Twelfth TO
Nineteenth street could be parked IN
these areas. The writer estimates that
subterranean parking spaces which
would in no way interfere with the
present parks or the vegetation could
be constructed at cost not In excess
of $3.50 per car Properly ventilated
drained and lighted, these subterranean
spaces afford an opportunity such as Is
not to be had in any other city OF get
ting the cars off the streets, making
them accessible at all hours Of the day
to the owners, Sheltering them from the
weather and eliminating to large ex-
tent the time now lost in searching for
parking places.
THE Federal Government spends
many millions of dollars on parks, mon
umentS and memorials, many OF them
in the District of Columbia. To say
nothing of the convenience afforded
the people, what better monument could
the Government build than the rid
dance to the streets of Washington OF
the cars now parked upon them? When
the expense of street widening and
maintenance is taken into consideration
which expense is now being borne by
the taxpayer, it will be seen that the
cost of constructing Subterranean park
ing spaces will infiict no additional bur-
den. AS an offset to the cost of con-
Struction, it is possible to remove the
earth excavation hydraulically by flume
under the city and deposit it into the
Potomac River marshes now being filled
in by ordinary dredging processes.
1.-THE parking problem here has only
begun. Fifty years from now it will
be insurmountable, unless some thought
is given the matter and means taken
to prepare for it. The time to give
consideration to this matter Is right
now. OF such Importance is the sub
ject that to neglect consideration of il
on the part of the authorities Is only q
postponement to some future time when
the problem has grown to such pro-
portions as to make the use of the
automobile of no practical value for
ordinary business purposes. Eventually
why not now?"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
'S,OD0,ODO,O|)D ROAD
. MEASURES SLATED
House to Consider 81 and
Senate 28 Bills This
Session.

A total of 81 bills in the House and
% in the Senate, involving nearly three
billion dollars of expenditures in behalf
of the Federal-aid highway construction
program of the United States, will be
considered by the present Congress
which convened Monday according to
a legislative survey made by the Amer
icaf1 Motorists Association. These are
highway bills which were introduced
at the last session of the present Con-
gress and which were not disposed of
before adjournment.
The associations summary shows that
there are 10 appropriation bills which
would authorize q total of So, 1913. .841 las
Immediately as expenditures in further
ance of the Federal Governments high
way construction program during the
next three years.
OF that number the largest Is the
Browne Watson bill, designed to create
a special highway fund of $407, 100000
from the proceeds of the sale of sur
plus highway equipment and war ma
terials sold to France following the war;
The bonds, in payment of this equip
ment, are now in the United States
Treasury and mature next August. The
measure has received the Endorsement
of the American Motorists and other
motoring and allied organizations.
Many of the 19 Federal-aid appropri-
alton bills now pending provide for
special funds ranging from fifty to one
hundred million dollars year for the
fiscal years of 1929, 1880 and 1881, to
be expended on highway construction,
in addition to the regular annual
SITS, 900 Federal-aid highway author
ization.
There are three flood relief bills, au-
thorizing a total of $14,545 1894 for re-
pairing highways damaged in eight
States by last years floods. They are:
Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Missouri,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas. Ken
lucky and Vermont.
Of the total number of pending bills,
18 are for the construction of new
highways between certain points, three
of these being Lincoln Memorial High
ways, three for the construction Of
highways in Yellowstone Park and high
ways in the States of California,
oregon, Washington and Florida.
Special assistance In the construction
of highways in States having large
percentage Of public lands is provided
for under the terms of 13 bills similar
to the Colton-Oddie bill, authorizing
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Failure of States to Require Licenses
OF All Motorists Limits Vision Tests

privilege which has not been granted
by license, and impossible to control
and regulate unless the individual
driver is licensed.
"The first essential, therefore, is that
all drivers Of motor vehicles of all
States should be granted licenses only
upon sufficient proof that they are
properly qualified to drive. The physi-
cal qualifications are of obvious signif-
icance and an important requirement
should be fairly good eyeSight."
The survey showed that very small
proportion Of the drivers of motor We
hicles in the United States are required
to give evidence that they can see suf-
ficiently we'll to enable them to operate
a motor vehicle safely upon the public
highways.
Satisfactory eyesight tests of all ap-
plicants for drivers licenses are being
conducted as a necessary precaut1on-
airy measure by the licensing bureaus OF
only six States, one territorial posses
sion and in the District of Columbia"
the report continues.
1.-TWO additional States, Delaware and
Michigan, require that all applicants
for licenses to drive motor vehicles for
hire shall pass an eyesight test, but no
provision is made for other operators.
Specific mention Is made concerning
the testing of the eyesight of motor
drivers in the laws Of two other States,
California and Pennsylvania, but III
practice the work appears to be very
specifically administered. The made
uuacy of the tests and the limitations
of the requirements make the work OF
little, II any, practical value.
he iY1ff CfnfnG -
sight of motorists apparently Is not
considered of sufficient Importance to
warrant the establishment of eyesight
tests as a requirement for safe driv-
ing.
Strange as ii may seem. many of
these States are thickly populated, and
in them are situated many Of the larg-
est cities in the United States"
State and municipal traffic officials
without exception, the survey discloses,
believe that good eyesight Is an impor-
tant requirement for safe driving. The
public was also found to be friendly to
the tests.
"This unanimity Of opinion" the re-
port asserts, "iS the result Of intimate
experience with the complicated motor
traffic problem. State commissioners
of motor vehicles and city superin-
tendents of police recognize that the
eyesight test is necessary require
ment.
zone official believes the time soon
will come when aroused public senti-
ment will demand such tests another
hopes that it will be possible to induce
all States to adopt program of eye
sight examination. Both of these COM
ments come from officials in States
where eyesight tests are being salts
factorily conducted"
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Failure Of nearly two-thirds of the
States to require licenses Of all drivers
of motor vehicles blocks the Nation
wide adoption of vision tests, called es-
sential to safety on the highways, ac-
cording to the Eyesight Conservation
Council Of America.
Poor eyes are contributing to the
growing number of automobile acc1-
dents, IS 900 of which had fatal results
last year, declares the council in max
ing public report Of survey OF the
eyesight Of motorists in the United
States,
Responding to a QUESTIONABLE. the
motor vehicle officials in every State
and territorial possession. and the
police chiefs in 68 of the largest cities
were unanimous in declaring that proof
of proper vision should be officially de-
manded of all drivers.
Before eyesight tests can be intro
duced in all States, it is necessary Tor
each State to require licenses OF all
drivers of motor vehicles" says the re-
port. "It is surprising that almost two
thirds of the States do not consider IL
necessary to demand some assurance
that an operator is qualified to drive
motor vehicle. This is considered of
sufficient importance to be provided by
law in II States and the District OF
Columbia, and surely the laws of the
remaining States should make the same
provisions.
"It Is true that 19 States do realize
the Importance of licensing chauffeurs,
but it is hard to understand why the
law is confined to this small group OF
drivers 1t might well be argued that
chauffeurS are more capable than other
drivers, because they are driving con-
stantly and being selected for employ
ment are more likely to be more quail
fed. 1t is wise to determine that
chauffeurs are qualified to drive, but
even more important to pass upon the
ability of the ordinary driver.
"In the remaining IL States, there is
no statutory provision requiring auto
drivers of any class to be licensed.
Safety measures on the public high
ways cannot be adequately enforced un-
less drivers know that the privilege of
driving may be taken from them. 1t
Is difficult for the State to remove a
Evening star., 1928-12-09
AUTO PRODUCTION
Low IN NOVEMBER
Output Is Below October
Mark, but Much Better
Than a Year Ago.

Production for the month Of Novem-
Der will be well below that Of october,
according to b. H. Cram. president of
Grams Automotive Reports, Inc. On
the other hand, production Is expected
to run approximately rs per cent high
er than that of November, 1927, when
a. total of 134,411 cars and trucks were
turned out.
A conservative estimate places Mo-
vember, 1928, output at 225,000 units
combined for both lines. No particular
changes are effected in the retail sales
situation. Volume of business is re-
ported as holding between fair and
good, considering the season OF the
year, which is generally marked as
slack period. It Is the belief that dur
ing the month of December ordering
may be fairly heavy, but actual deliv-
cries will continue to decline until after
January /.
The truck situation is practically the
same as that which exists in the pas
senger car field. Output for the cur
rent week was reduced, but the Novenn-
ber total will be well over that OF the
same time year ago, thus adding con-
siderably to the accumulated years
COCdl ana bringing ILLS up w q ASul Z
comparable with that of last year.
Sales continue fair, with some improve
ment noted in the bus manufacturing
division. Export sales are holding up
we'll and account for substantial por-
ton of the business now being done. 1t
is expected that truck sales during the
month of December will not fall OFT
in as great proportion as passenger
car sales, due to the excellent foreign
market which is being comparatively
we'll maintained.
Tire manufacturers continue to pro-
duce on seasonally heavy schedules, the
present output being equal to or higher
than that shown for any corresponding
period in past years. Dealer orders
under the Spring-6 ting system con-
tinue heavy and are responsible for the
aggressive production which reflects the
effort of manufacturers to build UP in
ventories to meet the heavy delivery
demands which will develop later. Orig
inal equipment ordering is somewhat
reduced, but the next two weeks should
show decided change for the better
in this branch of the business. Retail
sales. while following the seasonal
trend, still reflect strong consumer
demand.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
PAVING IS URGED
!. FOR TURNPIKE GAP
Delegation Asks Completion
of Northwestern Highway
Stretch in Maryland.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispdtcn 10 Inc star
BALTIMORE, December s.-Comple-
ton of that portion of the Northwestern
Turnpike which passes through West
ern Maryland was urged this week by
delegation composed of 81 men from
points in Western Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and Ohio and headed by
John j. Cornwell, former Governor of
West Virginia. The delegation confer
red with the Baltimore Association OF
Commerce and John N Mackall, chair
man of the State roads commission.
Mr.. Cornwell explained that the
Northwestern Turnpike was started
about 100 years ago. 1t runs, he said,
from Winchester, Va. to Parkersburg.
w. Va, traversing parts of four States.
It was planned originally by Virginia,
Wien West Virginia was included In
that State, in order to make a direct
highway from the eastern to the west
ern boundary of the Old Dominion and
as thoroughfare from the East to
Ohio and the West.
BY its completion at this time, he said.
| it would provide q new direct route to
and from sections of the Middle West
and washington and Baltimore, and
would eliminate dangerous mountain
| detours.
Mr.. Mackall, representing Gov
Ritchie, assured the delegation that ef-
forts would be made to have the forth
coming session of the Legislature pro-
vide for the completion Of the remaining
unimproved portion next year.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Faeton, $845; Roadster
EspGnoI, $845; Sedan
Coclte. $S45; Cupe Busi-
ness, $S45; Sedan, $SS5;
CuPe de Lujo, $SS5;
SedsH de Luj0, $955.
All prices &c fsct0ry.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

$3.500,000 annually to be spent in link
ing up the Federal-aid highway system
in States having more than S per cent
of public-oWned land.
The construction of Pan-American
of eight bills, the ultimate object of
which is the completion of highway
running from Canada, through Mexico,
Central and South America Eight bills
are purely regulatory, dealing with in
terstate traffic. routes, highway signs,
research and kindred phases of highway
construction
Evening star., 1928-05-13
SALvATI0NISTS PLAN
DRIVE FOR S35O,OOO
Campaign to Aid Building Project
Will Be Opened Tomor-
III. row Night.

The Salvation Armys campaign for
$3.50 900 to aid In It's $500, 900 building
project al Sixth and streets will open
tomorrow night at 9 o'clock with dim
ner In the ballroom of the National
Press Club Building. Commissioner
William A. Mcintyre Of the Southern
division Of the Salvation Army will be
one of the speakers. Music will be fur
nished by the Salvation Army Band.
At the dinner the campaign workers
will receive final instructions and choose
from a list the names Of those they
wish to solicit for funds. This pro-
cedure lis TO be followed to avoid dupli-
cation In soliciting. Robert N. Harper,
chairman OF the campaign committee.
will preside at the dinner.
Mat. Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman
of team organization for the campaign
Edward d Shaw and Merritt O. Chance.
section leaders. divisional leaders. team
captains, team members and all other
workers are to attend.
The new building will be used to
house the Salvation Army's various ac-
tivities here and relieve congestion IN
it's present quarters 1t Is planned TO
make the new building modern social
service center.
Evening star., 1928-05-13
JOHN SUMNER WINS
KITE COMPETITION
Awarded Cup in Contest Staged by
Miniature Aircraft
Enthusiasts.

John Sumner. i7s4 Pennsylvania
avenue. was declared winner OF the
third and Anal kite-fiying contest OF
the District OF Columbia miniature air
craft tournament held at Meridian
Hill Park yesterday afternoon. With
10 points to his credit. Sumner was
awarded the silver cup for the highest
score In the three contests
Other awards we're as follows.
For pull" Arthur Kvale OF the Nc
Reynolds Apartments, bronzea medal L.
for design and workmanship. Thomas
NJ Robins. 1880 Twenty seventh street:
far steadiness. John Sumner; for orig
inality, Charles Cook, high-point Ecor-
er In the junior class, 1871 Euclid street
street
There were over 30 kites OF various
sizes and designs entered In the con-
test.
The judges we're Carl o. schory. con-
test manager Of the National Aero
nautical Association: Walter Hinton
and A. b. Porter.
The announcement was made that
there will be rising oil ground" con-
test for scientific miniature planes In
which points viii bs awarded for dura =
ton and distance. next Saturday mora
ing from D 10 10 O'Clock Mt Boiling
Fieid Trials also will be held for hand
launched planes There viii be ape-
ciai bus services In operation from the
Anacostia car line 10 the field.
Evening star., 1928-05-13
! v. cox HEADS,
Mr. LEASANT BODY
District Representation Like
Iy il Drive Is Concentrated,
Says Dougherty.

joseph W.. Cox was elected president
Of the Mount Pleasant Citizens Asso-
ciatjon at the annual meeting at Mount
Pleasant Library last night, succeeding
Mai. A., NJ. Holcofnbe. Other officers
elected we're: Vice president, G. d.
Marsh; secretary, John De La Mater,
and delegates to the federation, Or.
Charles 3. Campbell and DR.. Arthur A.
Chenay. =.
( prediction that Congress probably
would Grant national representation to
the District of Columbia Ii the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations. with
representative delegates should concen-
trate It's fire ON this objective, was n1ade
by District Commissioner Proctor l..
'Doughcrty, in an address. { e@
Commissioner Dougherty praised die
work of citizens associations especially
as they flied place m the District
which has no ballot box. About $50
communities he said were, represented
In the Federation, which he thought was
typical cross-sectior of the city life.
The population of the: District, he SAID,
would rate about two Representatives
and two Senators If national represefi-
tation, were granted. Citizens here also
he said we're entitled to che same legal
status IN courts as citizens In other
parts OF the country ~4' - 19l
The ir1sanitary condition OF PfrFsy
Branch was the subject Of a'repert ty
a special committee headed BY Df.
Campbell and presented bysDr. Chenay.
Sewage entering Piney Branch :poilutas
both that branch and Rock Greek TIE
committee declared. The association
ordered the matter taken up with TIE
Federation OF Citizens Associations, tie
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. the Medical Society az tffe
District of Columbia and HE District
committees Of the House and Senate,
A small appropriation was made for
athletic equipment for the johnson
School 2-,Pt
President Holcombe explained TIE
need for the Salvation Army $3.50 600
drive for a building fund.
w. Barron Clever. r. J. Murphy arIjd
DR.. Clark B. Cooksey were elected n
membership.
Evening star., 1928-05-13
MEMORIAL IN CANAL .
ZONE is PROPOSED
House Member Urges Recognition
for Persons Aiding
in Project.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal to erect at a suitable site
In the Panama Canal Zone a memorial
To commemorate the work OF the per-
sons and agencies that aided In bring
ing about the construction Of the canal
was made yesterday In D bill by Repre-
sentative Thatcher. Republican. Ken
tucky.
The measure would create a commits
sion Of seven to which would be sub
mitted designs for a memorial In the
form OF building with an auditorium
ut which might be held meetings OF a
patriotic, civic or international charac-
ter including Pan-American con-
crosses"
The structure may be appropriately
adorned and embeilished with statues.
sculptures. tablets. carvings paintings,
drawings and frescoes OF commemorative
character and with desci iptions of
events incident TO the history of the
Panama Canal including the French as
well as the American period, and of the
Panama Railroad and the Isthmian
regions"
The United States or the Panama
Railroad would furnish site for the
structure.
The commission would recommend 10
the President a design for the memoir
iai. the cost of which would not exceed
$4,000. .00D and upon approval of the
plan by the President and Congress,
appropriations might be made for IL.
The measure would authorize the ap-
preparation Of the sum necessary to
build the structure, in addition to
$3.50 900 for the expenses OF the COM
mission.
Evening star., 1928-05-13
-FOUR D|E,21 HURT. | ;.
IN LAUNDRY BLAST
Six Seriously Injured as -Four.
Ton Tank Is Blown.
Through Roof.
BY the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press, s,..t
KOKOMO, Ind. May 12.-The ex-
plosion OF steam mangling machine
in the Fridlin laundry here today took
the lives of four women. caused the
serious injury to six others, and about
Is other employees suffered bruises and
cuts
The laundry building was destroyed
and windows in business establishments
for two blocks were shattered as re-
suit of the blast. Pieces OF the iron
machine were blown several blocks, and
the detonation was heard for miles
around.
All of the dead women were. IN
stautly killed. ...
About Is women were employed in the
main laundry room when the explosion
occurred. -.
The drum of the maneling machine,
weighing approximately TOUR tons, lore
q great hole in the roof Of the build
ing The front wall Of the structure
also was torn out The room I'M
mediately was enveloped In steam and
those who escaped the flying pieces Of
metal were scalded.
Charles F'ridlin, owner OF the laundry.
was severely hurt by flying pieces OF
iron and from severe nervous shock
He collapsed shortly after the explosion
and 1T was said his condition was re-
garded as serious --=
All doctors and nurses In the city
we're called to care for the injured, sew
eral of whom are believed to have suf-
fered injuries that may prove fatal.
Men workers of the laundry. most of
them in another part of the building
escaped with only minor bruises.