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Evening star., 1928-04-01
MOTORING IN SOUTH
|SDUE FOR BOOM
National Convention Dele.
gates viii Find Many
New Roads.

Motor travel In the South and South
west is due for a marked boom this sea-
son from the national convention Of
the American Legion and five other
great national gatherings to be held
In this section OF the country this Sum-
ner and Fall.
With the large amount Of new con-
struction completed, the 100 900 Legion
naires and the 100000 members OF the
other organizations attending the con-
ventions will find splendid highways for
motor tours In the most romantic re-
gion In the United States with a his
tory dating back beyond the American
Revolution.
The Legion meets at San Antonio
october 8-i2 and already inquiries on
roads are coming In. according 10 Philip
b. Stapp. Legion convention director.
Junior Chamber OF Commerce, San An
tonic. May General Federation Of
Women's Clubs. San Antonio. May:
Shrine. Miami. May; Democrats. Hous-
ton. June; Elks. Miami. July.
Automobile clubs, newspaper infor-
nation bureaus and tourist bureaus are
sending in highway inquiries daily To
the Legion convention bureau and the
Old Spanish Trail Association and
other information centers here. The
volume OF inquiries Is much larger than
normal, due. according to Harral Ayres.
managing director of the Old Spanish
Trail Association. TO the Legion and
the other five conventions.
Twenty million dollars worth Of new
construction has recently been opened
on the Old Spanish Trail alone. making
a total OF $4,000. 900 recently completed
on this one main artery, which Is now
an aIl-weather highway from st.
Augustine 10 San Diego, with the ex-
ception Of small stretch In Baldwin
County. Alabama. which Is good except
In very bad weather.
Major projects just opened include
Lake Pontchartrain bridge. New Or
leans. 1914 miles. cost. $500, ,000 Mo-
bile Bay bridge, l0.b miles, $4,000, 900; ;
Sabine River bridge, 3 miles &i 900. 900 :
bridge at Bay 81. Louis, Miss, 2 miles,
s760000 concrete pavements and new
bridge In East Texas, $1,000 900: COM
pieted road across New Mexican desert,
bridge over Ola River. Arizona. pave
ment In southern California sand hills
and grade through Granite Mountains
near San Diego. 81 .000,0 900.
Travelogs and information may he
obtained by writing To American Legion
Convention Bureau or the Old Spanish
Trail Association, 0unter Hotel. San
Antonio, Texas
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Widening of Streets Causes Increase
In Values of Abutting Property

When city widens a street 1t Is not
a speculation In any sense Of the word.
Street widening. In most instances. has
increased the value of abutting property
to a point exceeding the cost Of the
project. according TO recent survey
conducted by the magazine Roads and
Streets.
Aside from the increased value OF
property along the improvement, WIDEN
ed streets have accomplished other
noteworthy things. the survey shows.
Business and residential growth has
been stimulated on subdivided proper
ties: low-class residential property has
been changed into high-claSs business
property. and ordinary business frontage
has been transformed into. highly de-
sirable property.
Property values In progressive cities,
OF course. grow greater with passing
years. yet the survey indicates that Wild
ened streets have appreciated a great
deal more rapidly than those unim-
proved. Property on Summers street,
Charleston. w. Va, widened to rs feet,
was valued for tax purposes at $325 a
front foot In 1919. After the widening
the evaluation rose TO 81 900 a front
foot an increase of about 20T per cent
Property along a comparable street In
the same city. and which has not been
improved, rose a scant third in value
A similar case Is that in Baltimore
Property on Hillen road. widened from
80 feet TO 100 feet IN 1929. changed in
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value from S523 front foot to 81 ,89S
In 1927, an increase Of 254 per cent
Property along similar street, which
was not widened, increased but SO per
cent In value.
Investigations In Cleveland. Milwaukee,
New Haven. st. Louis and Akron further
substantiated the theory that street i'm
provements really pay for themselves,
not only through freer movement of
automobile traffic, but through this in
creased value of abutting land
Two-year-old Wacker drive, Chicago's IS
two-level street. has already expressed
In dollars ano cents the wisdom OF
widening streets and Of double decking
them where traffic warrants Wacker
drive has added considerably more to
the value OF downtown Chicago than its
actual cost Of about S22,000,000 The
augmented value of abutting property,
and not including the sharpened value
OF adjacent property. Is conservativeiy
estimated at $65. 100000 Before the
street was improved the square foot
value ranged from SO to SIG Unirn-
proved property. OF which there is very
little, is now held at from $3.50 to $500
a square foot.
Such progressive steps as street Wild
ening and double decking will ultimate
ly conquer traffic congestion, which, say
highway authorities. should yield to the
highway doctor in much the same de-
gree or success that measles and small
pox have succumbed to the ministra-
tons OF the physician
Evening star., 1928-04-01
j. S. COURTS RULE
ON AUTO|ST CASES
Decision in Suit for Damages
Seen as Having Local
Application.
BY HARVEY L. COBB,
General Counsel. American Motoris,s'
Associ alton

Two decisions OF interest to the
motorists OF the country have Just
been handed down by the United
States Circuit Courts OF Massachusetts,
and Oregon. which under like circum-
stances might have local application
in the District of Columbia. according
to the legal department of the Ameri-
can Motorists Association.
In the Massachusetts, case a car
owner. with his wife. left Boston for
another Massachusetts, point and in
vited guest TO ride. After driving
for two hours the owner OF the car
asked the guest 10 drive. The guest
did so. wrecking the car. killing the
owner and badly injuring the owners
wife. who subsequently sued the guest
for damages.
On the question OF the guests iiabil-
ity the lower court held that he was
not liable. on the theory that he was
the agent OF the owner, who was held
negligent In permitting the guest TO
operate the car at speed OF about
the crash the owner and wife were sit
ting In the rear.
Decision Is Reversed.
The Circuit Court reversed the de-
ciston. holding that the wife might
recover from the guest-driver on the
| ground that the accident was caused
by the negligence of the guest, and
that the husbands negligence In per-
mitting the guest to drive so fast was
not material
THE defendant owed the plaintiff a
duty not TO drive In so reckless
manner and with such gross negligence
as To iliure her. Although driving the
car At the time as the agent ot her
| husband, the duty TO drive safely was
none the less binding upon him." the
higher court declared In reversing the
decision and awarding the wife $4,000
damages
The second decision. which In Of in
terest TO the dealers and agents selling
cars who retain vender's liens on same
was handed down by the United States
District Court for the District Of Oregon,
In this case the court held that narcotics
carried by passenger without the
knowledge and consent OF an auto
mobile owner does not warrant the
forfeiture OF the car under the Fed
eral law forbidding transportation of
narcotics,
Auto In Released.
The Government sought TO libel a
small car under sections a0di and a062
OF the Revised Statutes. The facts
showed that the operator OF the car
was accompanied by woman who
had In her possession three packages
Of opium. When placed under arrest
ths woman threw the opium from the
car, and the lower court held that
the Government had q right to seize
ana sell thn car tlndef tha nadAfnl
law. The higher court reversed the
decision, holding that there Ia Moth
ing 10 show that the car was being
used as an fundamentally for the con-
ceaiment Of the unlicensed drug"
The court found ak matter ot
fact, that the opium was not con.
eealed IN the car, but on the person |
0f The woman passenger, albeit she
was In the car.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
This light ,ras built to Out.perform,
outlook, out-ride and out-value anything
euer offered 80. price, $1S95 If. o. b. factory

CD Performance -- Straight eight
motor of so horsepower (Marmon-
built), delivering 20 to so miles per
hour. Flashing acceleration-fast-
est ever known!
(2) Appearance-Looks smarter,
even in the company of cars we'll
over its price, An entirely new de-
sign, Note new type tenders, ra-
diator. head lamps and cowl lamp
The interior is an entirely new ef-
feet in the decorators art. Mar
mon has gone out OF beaten paths
to attain the unusual
(S) Riding ease--This is an auto,
mobile of lo0-inch wheelhaSe with
the comfort dimensions heretofore
Evening star., 1928-04-01
AUTO TRADERS TO MEET.


The Washington Automotive Trade
Association will meet tomorrow night at
3 O'Clock. at the CITY Club. Edward
M Wallace, president, VIII preside,
John Allen will address the meeting
on Trends and Policies In Modern
Business"
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Some idea u the part that motor
bslsSes pisy Ia the transportation of
Londonfs trsfile Ia gotten from the
snnusi report of the London Omnibus
Co, operating +.ss7 biissss. which last
year transported an average of 5.900.-
900 passengers D day The company
transported q total ~ 3.123, ,423. 900 pas
seHgers during 1927, according 10 the
American Motorists' Association,
Evening star., 1928-04-01
A CHINESE SYSTEM.


entail "Jay Walkers"
The Chinese system OF educating
Jay walkers" might help IN this c0un-
try, according ~ the public safety de-
partn1ent of the Automobile Club OF
Southern California.
The club quotes the following ad-
monitton 10 the public In China
Now the swift motor car and the
street car are just like tigers, and If
you do not obey the policemAn'g signals
you VIII not live 10 grow and acquire
many eofE. but will be killed, and your
sons, too, 50 that your ancestral tablete
VIII be untfndsd The road Ii like q
tigers mouth. from its center keep
away"
Evening star., 1928-04-01

available only i'll the largest, bulk
lest cars Perfect chassis balance
combined with extremely long
chassis springs mounted in rubber
add new significance to Marmon'S
reputation of building the easiest
riding cars in the world"
Where else in the industry can
So much be had at 81 ,SoSs
See this car and drive it-then re-
member that It's price is only little
more than the conventional volume
SiNes,"
(4) Prices and types-Six stand
ard body styles (hoth open and
closed typeS), Sl.SoS apd upward,
alLunder $1,000, t O, b, factory.
)TORS, Inc. u.,..,...e. and s,,.
IS Pres ~ N'Ae.,
las7 n 81, NV.
Evening star., 1928-04-01

License plates should be kept clean al
all times. II covered with dust and
dirt, they prove vaiueleas aud might as
well be taken of. They are the easiest
part Of q car 10 be kept clean.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

These are made very full Tn size with reinforced saddle seats and lace trimmed ruffles. 0H
 Priced at =. pair ZOC
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
GETS S25,000 FOR
 RECOVERING AUTOS
Police Captain Testifies That That Was Where He Got Consider
 able Money

Philadelphia. Oct. 3 R-Charles C. Beckman, captain of detectives, on trial before the civil service com- mission on charges of conduct Ln- becoming an officer, testified befo1 c the grand jury recently that in seven years he had collected S25,000 in rewards for recovering stolen auto- mobiles.
 This was revealed today at the commission hearing. Beckman was brought to trial before the commis- sion after the grand jury investigat- ing bootlegging and police corrup- ton had made a report that Beck
 man was unfit to hold a position un- der the municipal government. He had been under investigation as to
 the source of his wealth. He was suspended by the police department but could not be dismissed from the service without trial by the con- mission
 After the grand jury testimon, | given by Beckman was read at the
 trial today, William B. Mills. super. | iutendent of police, took the stand and testified that in q period of ter
 years the rewards collected by moro
 than 500 policemen had not reached
 the figures which Beckman claimed as his own share.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
MRS. KNAPP RELEASED FROM COUNTY JAIL
Former Secretary of State in New York Serves
 90 Day Sentence

Albany, N. I.. Oct. (CP) - Prison gates opened today for Mrs. Florence F.. s. Knapp. New York states only woman secretary of state.
 Formally released at g o'clock this morning from the Albany county jail, where on September 4 she began serving a 30-day sentence for peculation of 1925 state census funds. Mrs. Knapp was whisked away by relatives in an automobile to Bedford, Mass.
 There she will attempt to restore her health, shattered by two years of charges, indictments and two trials, climaxed by conviction and a jail sentence.
 For the entire term of her incar- ceration. Mrs. Knapp was kept in the sick room of the jail. Two weeks ago it was reported she was suf- fering from a relapse of her ner- vous and heart troubles. Dr. A. R. Davignon. her physician. visited her daily
 i Eleven other indictments still are outstanding against the former state official. Unless something un- foreseen occurs between now and | December 22. they will be quashed ] and the extraordinary court pre- sided over by Supreme Court Jus- ! Vol og I,r sentenced her, will be dissolved.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
|BARNES,SARAzEN ALL
 EVEN AT FIRST IS
Match Certain to Elimi. nate Contender for
 Hagen's Crown s

Five Farms Course, BaltimorA, Oct. 3 R-Gene sarazen and "Lon6 Jim" Barnes, playing the feature match of the second round of play in the national professional golf championship tournament finisheA their morning IS holes all squara, Gene came from behind to take the lead in the second nine, but the Die. turesque Barnes evened 1t up at tho home hole.
 The pace was fast from the me ment they left the first tee. On the opening hole. a 424 yard proposition with par of four, both got down in birdie for half. On the next hole Barnes forged ahead with . par to Genes 5. The lanky long. trousered veteran clipped dead to the pin from just short of the green with his third while Sarazen over. clipped and took two butts.
 The Barnes-Sarazen match, the days headliner since it is certain to eliminate a former holder of the title and a leading contender for the crown now worn by Walter Ha. gen. attracted the lions share of . good sized gallery. The day was the warmest of the tournament. The tenacious Barnes clung dog. gedly to his one hole lead and when they finished the first nine his mar- gin was unchanged.
 | After halving the first and drop. ping the second. Sarazen had sQuAr- ed the match by holing . IS foot putt on the third for birdie three. (Continued on Page 15l
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
EIGHT MILE SPEED LIMIT
 AT MAIN AND EAST MAIN
Experiment Being Made With Traf. fic On Principal Artery In
 Business Center.

Under direction of Sergeant J, J. King. signs were installed today on the traffic post at Main and East Main streets, ordering vehicular traffic to slow down to eight miles an hour. Mayor Paonessa recently suggested to the police board that the light at this point. also others in the central section te taken out and a speed limit of eight miles an hour enforced and it is in keeping with this suggestion that the trial was made.
 This forenoon three automobiles almost collided and each of the drivers blamed the others. but the real test of the arrangement will come at o'clock in the afternoon when traffic is heavy. Traffic is never stopped and pedestrians must make their way as best they can through the slow moving line of vehicles under this plan.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
HOOVER ADDRESSES NEW YORK VOTERS Says He Has Great Responsibl. ity and Needs Help
 FLY TO WASHINGTON
Nominee Tells Young Men and Women Aim of Party Is to Meet Problems With Human Sym- pathy.

Washington. Oct. R-The aim Of the republican party was des- cribed today by Herbert Hoover as one which must meet the great na- tional problem with policy which comes of openmindedness and hu- man sympathy.
 In an address to young men and women voters of New York City who called on him at his headquarters he said that "the party, to maintain it. self in vigor, must be constantly re- plenished, not alone in members, but in spirit and ideals"
 Tt cannot rely for it's mainte- nance upon historic achievements, nor upon the long line of distinguish ed leaders who have left their tradi- tions upon it." he continued Tt is the traditions of their service, their ideas and policies which must link to the necessities of the present."
 MT. Hoovers address was in re- sponse to one by John Mckee Strat- ton, chairman of the campaign com- mittee of the New York Young Re- publican club, who flew here from the Metropolis to present the half hundred men and women who had preceded him by train.
 We are going to help you carry New York state. and we salute you as the next president of the United States" Stratton said.
 In response to the greeting, Mir. Hoover said:
 T am grateful for your coming. appreciate also your words of en- couragement. It is most heartening to have busy men and women like yourselves travel so long distance to tell me that you are with me in this campaign. It is a heavy re- sponsibllity to head a great party in such a battle, and feel the need of all the help that you so generously offer"
 Talks of Progress You speak of the way in which the aeroplane has facilitated your coming here. It marks another ad- vance in invention which will have q profound effect upon our national Continued on Page EighD
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
JEWS BUY MORE LAND F0R SYNAGOGUE SITE Sons of Israel COngrega- tion Acquires the Eddy
 Property

Additional land as d site for a new synagogue has been obtained by the Congregation Sons of Israel, the Eddy property on West Main street. having been purchased. The property adjoins what was known as the w. l.. Damon property. pur- chased by the congregation several months ago from Irving l. Rachlin who was then the owner of record.
 Through this deal, which was handled by the realty offices of Rab- inow Raschkow. the congregation TOW owns West Main street frontage of 110 feet, and Park place front age of 163 feet. It is planned to break ground within the next few months.
 The Congregation Sons of Israel now owns the synagogue at Chest nut and Elm streets. The church is of frame construction and has been in use for many years. Plans for the new building provide for mod ern structure.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
SLAYER PREPARED
 ID SHOOT FAMILY
Mtl Shotgun Shells Found in
 kndrtYs' Coat Pocket
HATED HIS FATHER.M.LAW
Bristol Murderef Ol Child and Eoe- , mer Wtfe Contemplated Commit
 ting Suicide Several Mooths Agu When Funds Were Low.
Especial to the Hsraid)

Especial to the Heraid)
 Bristol. Oct ! - That Howard L. Andrews. building contractor and former school committeeman. who murdered his divorced wife and i've year old daughter in front of their home on Wolcott street Tuesday morning and then committed Sui- eide. had considered taking his own life several months ago, was indi- cated by statement made by him at that time in the office of local attorney. He intimated that he would take such course in the event of financial reverses and it is understood that he was recently on the verge of bankruptcy.
 At that time Andrews contended that only brave man could kill himself. on which point the lawyer disagreed with him. Andrews cited the case of friend who. afflicted with an incurable disease, had com- mitted suicide by shooting. Unlike Andrews, however, his friend died without the taint of murder.
 Might Have Plotted Family Doom
 In the opinion of the local police, Andrews set out from his home. To- cated only about 200 yards from where his wife had been living with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Peter Gus tafson of Wolcott street, since her divorce last December. prepared to murder not only his wife and child. but also his wife's parents and other they appeared on the scene. This conviction is strengthened by the fact that, in addition to the four shells in the chambers of the two double -barreled 12 gauge Parker guns which he carried in the car. he had four additional shells in the pocket of his coat. Since the di- vorce decree he had not concealed his hatred for his father-in-law, who, he often stated, was responsible for his marital troubles.
 Was Czar Of School District
 Andrews, for number of years. had been the stormy petrel of the 12th school district. and for two terms as chairman of the district committee. ruled the affairs of the school with an iron hand. Later when he was defeated. he opposed bitterly the attempts of the new committee to provide new school house for the district and after his appeal to the local board of edu- cation had met with failure, he then took the matter up with the state board of education. At a meeting Of that body in this city, his attempt to prevent the erection of the new school on the site pro-
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New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
YOUNG URGES GOLD | RESERVE PROTECTION
Tells Bankers They Should Not Be Depleted Too
 Rapidly

Philadelphia, Oct. (uP) - To maintain sound banking conditions the Federal Reserve System has the duty ito shape it's policy in such . manner as to protect our gold re. serves against too rapid depletion. Roy A. Young, governor of the fed eral reserve board in Washington told today's general session of the American Bankers association.
 During the past year. we lost $500. 100000 in gold, and no one knows whether the redistribution ol gold has been completed or whether the United States will lose additiona gold to the rest of the world" said the speaker. Our gold reservei now are S1,000, 0,000,0o0 in excess ol the legal requirements and it is fol the growing credit needs of the country.
 "The loss of gold for the past year has been a desirable thing, not only from the point of view of those who received it and used it as the basis of monetary reconstruction but also from the point of view oi the United States. It has removed from foreign trade of the United States the risks arising from un. stable exchanges and disorganized conditions among its foreign GUS. toners.
 "The reserve systems responsi. bility is to make such use of its re. serves as are in the interests of the country in the broadest sense of tho word. This involves close attention to developments both here and abroad and makes the framing ol federal reserve policies not only 2 matter of national but of interna. tional importance of the first magni. tude."
 He said the federal reserve sys. tenn also had measure Of responsi bilty for the rapidity of the growti of bank credit in this country. Experience of the last If years hal demonstrated conclusively that banI credit frequently attains such mo mentum that it is some time befor' federal reserve policies become eff fective. Young said.
 The federal reserve board gover nor said changes in the discount an, open-market policies in the pur chase and sale of government securi ties were the means the system em ployed toward easier or tighter con ditions in the money market. evel though the influence may be slow Ii opening. Thus he said it can, to certain extent. encourage or dis courage the growth of bank credit.
 Since the federal reserve bank 1 furnish the basis of credit growtl in any field. whether 1t be commerce indu~try. agriculture or the tradin in securities. the reserve system feel concern about excessive growth f any line of credit" said Young. "l is impossible for a reserve bank t ear-mark the credit it releases. bu when too rapid growth in any lin of credit threatens to upset the nancial structure of the country an make undue demands on the reserv funds, which should be conserve for t-.e legitimate growth of tn
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