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Evening star., 1928-02-26

The American Automobile Association
official road car No. has Just corr
plefed an inspection of Southern road
between Washington and points In Flor
ida. According to the log compiled b.
the road car going South, the distance
between Washington and Jacksonville
Is 822.5 miles The following is re
view Of the route to. follow as compiled
b. the American Automobile AsSOcia
ton here in Washington:
Washington to Richmond. 107
miles. Road paved. In excellent con-
dition.
Richmond to South Hill, 1873 miles
via route 81 An pavement: two
l-n.ilc, good detourS at Alberta.
South Hin to Sanford. 1885 miles
via route 81 through Virginia and
No so through North Carolina.
Trough Raleigh road all paved; 66-
mile. good detour between Sanford
and Moncure.
Sanford to Rockingham. 65 miles.
All paved. no detours; excellent con-
dition
Rockingham to Camden. n miles:
e3 miles south OF Rockingham con-
struction 10 S. G. line. Roads In
South Carolina are Sand-clay, well
maintained.
Camden to Columbia. 3l7 miles:
l4.9 miles sand-clay. remaining mile
age hard surface.
Columbia TO Savannah, 160 miles;
81 miles paved. mostly sand-clay.
Detour Ridgeland- -Hardeeville. %
miles. In dry weather use route 80
from Fairfax to Tillnlan. avoiding
Getour
Savannah TO Brunswick. 80 miles.
Paved excellent condition.
Brunswick to Wayerly under con-
struction: impossible.
Brunswick TO Jacksonville. 81
miles: % miles paved. balance sand
clay and short stretch OF unimproved
road. From Sterling TO 40 miles
south OF White Oak road is rough
Woodbine- -Kingsland, 92-miie de-
tour. bad when wet; will be opened
shortly.
jacksonville TO Wsycross, 1913
miles Road paved. excellent condi-
IN. New bridge being built at st.
Marys River. so cents toll on old
bridge now IN use.
WaycrosS 10 Alma. Ga, via route
IS. 38 miles north OF Waycross,
i2-mile detour over old road bal
ance of SO miles into Douglas good
sand-clay. Detour we'll maintained.
An optional route VARYING some xha
Evening star., 1928-02-26

Research as far back as human
knowledge extends has lately disclosed
some surprising things in regard to
paved roads. salient feature Of mod
| ern civilization in which the United
! States now leads the world. For in
stance. Nebucha adnezzar. King Of Baby
| lon GOA to 582 BIC. proves to have
| been the first to build paved through
fares. Materials now entering into the
| construction Of our highways have
been demonstrated to be more than
l00, 900 years old. Credit for the in
PRODUCTION of the modern hard. stone
surfaced road goes to John L.owden Nc
Adam. a Scotch engineer. How the
ancient materials used by Nebuchad-
nezzar have been combined with the
and the modern automobile highway
evolved is another story equally as
romantic and instructive.
Nebuchadnezzar built his procession
street" of asphalt. beginning at the
Tower of Ishtar Gate. and dedicated it
to his beloved gods. Nabu and Marduk,
and the memory of Mabopolassar. his
father. An ornament on the wall Of
the tower, still existent. represents Sir
rush. the fantastic companion of the
god Mardus. Nearby Nebuchadnezzar
had laid a tablet in the street pavement
which reads:
"NebuchadneZZar. King of Habylon,
he who made Esaglia and Ezida glo"i-
Gus. son of Nabopolassar. King of Baby
lon The streets of Babylon, the pro-
cession street of Nabu and Marduk. my
lords. which Nabopolassar. King OF
Babylon. the father who begot me. has
made a road glistening with asphalt
and burnt brick: I. the wise suppliant
who fears their lordships. placed above
the bitumen and burnt brick a mighty
superstructure of shining dust. made
them strong within with bitumen and
burnt bricks as high-lying road.
Nabu and Marduk. when you traverse
these streets in Joy. may benefits for
me rest upon your lips: life for dis
tant days and we'll being for the body.
Before you I will advance upon them.
May I attain eternal age!"
AS cementing medium or morta.
asphalt had been used as far back as
the time of the ancient Sumarians.
about $500 BIC. but it remained for
discoveries recently made in the asphalt
beds of Carpcnteria. in Santa Barbara
County. Calf. to disclose that the ma
teriai used by the Sumarians and by
Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. and now
used on the streets and roads of Amer
lea. must have had its origin more than
100000 years ago. while the eastern
part of this country was buried under
the great glacial ice sheet. Sealed for
ages in these beds of asphalt have been
found lately the bones of mastado..
saber-toothed tiger and other mammals
that inhabited the United States at
that time AS these bones are brought
to light and deposited in the Santa
Barbara Museum OF Natural History.
as were deposited in the Los Angeles
Museum those found in the asphalt
beds near Los Angeles, they are being
studied hv a prniln of scientists who
Evening star., 1928-02-26
NEW STANDARD SIX COACH

motor in low. priced Six maintaining all of
Willys-knights quality supremacy beauty,
luxury. roominess. flashing activity and
sustained hrlliance.
TtpO other 1928 .Sixcs
Willys-k night Special improved finer: now
still further distinguished by such advanced
features AZ crown Tenders, window reveals.
steelrmmed roof. beautiful new color options.
Willys-knigh Great Six taking front rank with
Americas most luxurious cars, Now = larger.
more powerful engine inSures even higher and
smoother speed and even flasher acceleration.
Wys knisht Sizes range In price from si,N tN $.<s
in the standard Six Special Six aud Great Six divisions
Prices b. factory aud specification subject 20 change
without ncties Willy Overland lac. rctedN. Ohio.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

ruling are Prince Georges and Mont
gomery. where an elaborate system o:
distribution Of costs among constablcS
the shcriffs and magistrates had bce,
inaugurated.
ST. Marys County provides a straight
$3.50 fee for magistrates hearing GRIM
inal and civil cases, which heretofore
had included motor vehicle cases
In a letter accompanying the opin-
ion. Mr.. Baughman also warns the
magistrates of Gov. Albert c. Ritchie
declaration that he will refund fines
where he finds motorists arc convicted!
without fair trial.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

NIOW-at the lowest price in history-you
~ may own a six-cylinder five-passenger
Willys- Knight closed car. The beautiful
new Standard Six brings you the important
advantages of the patented sleeve valve
engine - silent power that improves with use.
velvet smoothness. simple. trouble free de-
sign. quick starting. profitable economy.
Since its presentation at the New York Auto
mobile Show In January, its popularity has
spread everywhere. Thousands of new owners
have expressed amazcment that car Of such
beauty and outstanding quality can be sold ut
so low price!
Because of the greater cost of building this
superior engine. IL IL only today. after fourteen
years of experiment and progress. that we have
succeeded In incorporating the sleeve valve
Evening star., 1928-02-26
DEALERS WATCH STEP.
Ecuador Bars Cigarette Lighters on
Cars.

Cars.
Matches and motor cars may have
nothing in common to the laymon. out
to one American automobile manufac-
turer they mean something In so far as
motor car shipments to Ecuador are
concerned.
In this South American republic the
government has just granted Swedish
match concern the sole right to sci!
matches in that country. Under this
contract matches mean anything that
produces fire. and therefore electric
cigarette lighters come under the gov
ernmcnt ban.
Ecuadoran consuls all over the world
have been instructed to refuse TO certify
invoices for automobiles on which Gig
arctic lighters are standard equipment.
while masters of ships calling at ports
in this country must place all foreign
matches under seal.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

bic. This type of accident is, however,
in the minority.
In the vast majority of accidents it
is easy to establish the fact that the
accident occurred because the vehicle
or vehicles involved we're being operated
at rate of speed which was unreason
able and improper. taking into consid-
ration the traffic and highway cond:-
tions at the time and place of the oc
rurrence"
Evening star., 1928-02-26

before. because. instead OF reducing the
quality of their products with {. ach cut
In price. tire manufacturers continued
10 take advantage OF mot:crn c.ve,op.
ments and have built tires that further
reduced the cost OF au,om bile opera
ton.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

Agricultural experts are studying the
kinds of bacteria in different soils
hoping to gain light on why some sois
are productive and others are not.
Evening star., 1928-02-26
BUSSES AID EDUCATION.
County Children Carried by Motor
to City Schools.

Under new law in Texas every child
who has completed grammar school
work and cannot receive high school
instruction in his home district is en-
titled to free tuition in a high school
elsewhere in his county.
Buses have been bought by various
county school boards to carry pupils to
the high schools In the larger towns
and cities in each county.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

Important advantages
of the
new Standard Six
Patented high-compreSsion
Sieeve.vaiVe engine: 45-
HORSEPOWER
Positive. mechanical. type
4-tVhceI brakes
Narvosc body posts at wind.
shield for clear vision
3 TImken bearings In front
axle for easiest steering
Roomy. comfortable infe-
riOrS
Wide. deeply cushioned
form. fitting seats
Li9ht control for dir,n,ing.
on toe board at LETT
Adjustable steering post on
all models
Adjustable front scar on
Sedan
Berer ventilation -- extra
large cO,VI penfjinfor. and a
windshield hafopenS excep-
non1Iiy wide
Remote controls on doors.
Convenient ia the hand
ThcrmOSfnf $3.50 air cleaner
oil recfifer
Evening star., 1928-04-11
MAR00NS NOW LEAD
FOR HOCKEY HONORS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MONTREAL. April 1f.-Visions Of
the Stanley cup. the prize denotinz
worlds professional hockey supremacy.
were nearer reality for the Montreal
Maroons today as they held a shade Of
two games 10 one ON the Eeg York
Rangers in their f1ve-contest competi-
ton
Flashing rare form last night. the
Maroon brigade marched of with the
inird game Of the series with the RAN
gers by count Of 2 goals tn 0. The
fourth encounter will take place here
tomorrow night.
tiff Of fists was staged By two SUBJ
stitutes, Lamb Of the Maroous and
\ thompson Of the Rangers. in the third
period. for which they drew match
penalties. The teams. therefore. were
forced TO play the final IS minutes of
tne last period with only five men
apiece, while both Lamb and Thonp-
son are automatically suspended for to-
morrow nights tussle.
In the event the New York sextet
levels the series count bv winning to-
morrow night. the issue viii be extended
70 the NTH and last game here on Sat-
uTday night
Evening star., 1928-04-11
TWO ROUNDS LISTED
IN MS. GOLF EVENT

PTNEHURST, N. c.. April II RD.-
Deferred two days by rain. match play
in the North and South amateur goli
tournament was on the cards - today.
with two rounds scheduled for tomor-
row,
First days nostponement came SAT-
urday in the qualifying round the
second yesterday,
George Voist, defending champion.
was opposed by I. Hunter OF North
Adams Mass; G Ross Sommervile,
former Canadian champion. by N e.
Edgerton Of Raleigh; Richard Wilson
Of Southern Zines by Robert Strana-
han. Toledo. Ohio: Eddie Held New
York by Eric d Thomson. st, Johns,
Nova Scotia. and Eugene Homans tr.,
Princeton freshman by e. e. Giles, jr.
Pittsburgh in feature first round
matches
Evening star., 1928-04-11
NEARLY $4,000 In PRIZES
FOR DUCKPIN TOURNAMENT

Mount Pleasant by winning It's set from
Columbia. Pumphrey led the Golden
Rule attack. having the best game, 1877.
and highest total SAT. Mccarthy help
ed along, with 333. and Tobey amassed
total of 322-in fact. the whole
Golden Rule quint performed we'll
Loyalty, Arlington and Eastern Kept
their states clean at the expense of
Fred d. Stuart. Central and Canton,
respectively Davis Of Loyalty Harville
and Vessey OF Fred D. Stuart. Gordon
Of Arlington. w Mason of Central,
Kelly of Eastern and Ernest of Canton
knocked over the most NAPLES for their
teams.
Amity won the first two games from
Mount Nebo. but Jim Strobel and Joslin
came through with good games in the
last contest and prevented the former
from making a clean sweep Sanford
Of Mount Nebo had the best total for
his team. while Wallace Donaldson and
Rodgers rolled well for the winners.
Sam Ehrlich's 343 total for Covenant
had much to do with his teams two
game victory over Magenenu Ferguson.
rolling anchor for Langdon. was the
the 300 mark In the match between
his team and Brightwood No. 2. The
Brightwood boys won the first and last
games
Brightwood No. met Central In q
game which had previously been post
Dcned the latter taking the set. Cen
tral rolled rood duckpins. with Fl
Mason and WEIGH setting the pace.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
D. C. BOXERS ENTERED
IN SOUTH ATLANTICS

Joe Proctor, Ed Roberts. Roland Col
Inns and Frank OlenicZ are among local
boxers scheduled to show their wares in
the South Atlantic A. A. u. champion
ships and Olympic tryouts starting to-
night at the 104th Medical Regiment
Armory in Baltimore.
Finals in the heavyweight and light
heavyweight classes only will be decided
tonight. The first bout will start at 8
O'Clock. The tournament will be con-
cludcd tomorrow night.
Spike Webb's Navy fighters are the
favorites TO win the team trophy The
MILDLY combination, one of the most
formidable ever entered in a South At
lantic boxing tourney, includes five for
mer intercollegiate champions, three
Maryland title holders and one holder
Of q feet crown.
1t Is expected that heavyweight. light
heavyweight. welterweight and f1yweight
classes will produce the best fights.
Winners of the eight bouts in the
tournament will go to Boston April %
and "a to represent this district in the
final Olympic tryouts and national
championships.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
GERMAN SETS MARK
IN ENDURANCE SWIM

HAMBURG. Germany. April II Cp).-
Otto Kemmerich Yesterday finished the
longest recorded continuous swim in
human annals and also outlasted a
California sea lion.
Kcmmerich swan several thousand
laps Of small circular basin only a.
feet in diameter He was in the water
46 hours which Is IA hours longer than
the record set recently at Miami Beach.
Fla. by Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemmell
of New York.
When Kemmerich started with his
pet sea lion. Leo. as a companion. after
10 hours Leo dropped asleep He was
reused by a meal of herrings and start
ed up again All told he disposed of
35 pounds of herring but became IN
creasingly languid and finally quit at
2 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon. He had
been In the pool ~ hours
Kemmerich was fed at frequent in
tervals
The physicians decided that he had
to give up because Of nervous rather
than muscular exhaustion.
Evening star., 1928-04-11

Ssonals and amateurs passed him, and
instead Of being at the top of the heap
he was far down the list again he
finished outside the money, with great
tirSt round and three mediocre ones
Then some one fastened on him the
name One Round Sandy" and il
doesn't sit SO we'll For Sandy can play
golf as well as any man, and he knows
II, Just why things so well for one
round ana then quit going sc we'll, he
can't quite figure out But he's gong
To keen on trying, hoping that The
link will work itself out VI wes1 itself
cut or whatever lnXeS do.
Sandy and Mcleod lief, washington
cutie early nn the first day nf the Rich
mend tourney, motoring in Armour' s
car, Down in lower Virginia between
TTcderinkSeure and Richmond. a farm
er's wagon pulled suddenly out in front
Of them and their bumper struck the
rear of the wagon a gentle blow. not
hard enough to hurt anything The
farmer insisted that they must pay fol
the DAMAGE. and there were Sandy and
Mel cod. arguing on the road while the
tournament went on rs miles away.
They talked and they discussed the
thing. and Armour finally said. An
riGht how much do you think II win
cost 10 get vour wagon fixed up?"
Il reckon 81 ought 10 get il fixed
| think my axle is broken" the farmer
replied
Two dollars, SANDY replied. What
do Won mean by wasting Is minutes Of
our tim" for So" And he gave him
a fve-dolaT bill
Yesterday was cod, raw fay. far
more suited for font ball than tor golf
or base ball. but Jack Gilmore of Con-
gresSinnal insisted that we 60 TO the
base ball game with him. so We went
TO see what this years edition of the
Washington base ball club looks like
and see those famous hitterS of a golf
ball sam Rice and Goose Goslin-
wallop a bigger pellet And we saw
the Goose and Rice fail TO deliver
Man o War" got one hit rather a
scratchy one at that, and the Goose
allied to connect But little Joe Judge
had a field day at bat. which must
have irked George Sisler somewhat
Al any rate. we concluded that golf
must have been given up for the day.
for the ball orchard looked like a con-
vention of polar explorers and golfers.
Bundled up in heavy overcoats and
locking as If there were many more
conf Jstable places they might have
been we saw ]. e. Baines, Hugh Saum
j. W. Baller. H King Cornwell. not
TO mention Clark Griffith and several
otf sr members of Columbia. Tommy Ar
mogr, r, Lester Rose and many mem
hcrs of Congressional; Bob Stunt7 and
some others from Indian Spring and
any number of others who had deserted
the golf courses for q frigid day in the
ball park. And We hold that If they
Evening star., 1928-04-11
w YASHINGTON CITY DUCK
n PIN ASSOCIATION will dis
wv tribute $1,000 In prizes
among the winners In the

annual tournament which
opens At King Pin No. alleys next
Monday night. in addition to IL major
tronhieS and many smaller awards,
This figure exceeds that of last year
by more than S700. the 1927 total being
S2,253
A draft OF the tournament schedule
has been completed and viii be an
uounced Saturday
Team and individual prize winners in
North Washington Church Bowling
League will receive their awards tonight
at a banquet To be neld at Emory Meth
ndist Episcopal Church. commencing al
Gas o'clock.
Winners in the annual North Wash
,netnn Church Duckpin League tourna-
men, for girls teams at King Pin No. ]
allcvs last night will be guests at the
banquet and receive the cup donated by
the league.
Members Of the Central Presbyterian
rirls team. which won the match last
night by a threc-pin margin over Co
lunnhia Heights Christian. are Geraldine
Shook. captain. katherine Wright. Eilz-
abeth Gerber Adeline Alexander ana
Moselle Hunt Wallace Memorial. Pet
worth Methodist Episcopal and Emory
Methodist Episcopal teams finished In
order behind the other two teams. Cen
tral Presbyterans rolled 1850. against
1856 for Columbia Heights.
RIauO and HyattSyille All-Stars Will
continue theu bowling feud SATURDAY
night at Hyattsville Rialtos won oV IL
pins in the first block at the Coiseum
two weeks ago Both teams BOAST soma
hich-scoring individual s.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
JAP DAVIS CUP PLAYER
TOBE BAPTIST TEACHER

NEW YORK. April II UP).-Tamio
Abe. tennis champion of Japan and
member of the Japanese Davis Cup
team, has been engaged as teacher
at Mabie Memorial. a famous Baptist
school for boys at Yokohama.
This school, with its campus high
on the bluff overlooking Yokohama
harbor, is known to all visitors to
Japan. The buildings we're destroyed
by the great earthquake OF 1923, but
temporary structures we're erected on
the campus and the enrolment is now
about the same as before the disaster.
Tamio Abe is a Christian and is
son of Prof. Abe of WaSeda University,
who has been active in Baptist work
among the students of that institution.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
ONLY FOUR GUESTS
HAVE TITLE CHANCE
Ry the Associated Frees

Ry the Assuciatpd fress.
CHICAGO. April 1 Only four play
ers. Willie Hoppe OF New York. Jorn
LavtNn Of ST Louis Gus CopuloS OF De-
troit and Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia.
the defending champion. were consid-
cred in the running for the national
three cushion billiards title today.
v'Ni'" 'oppc and Layton were tied for
first place with only one defeat in five
s Copulos was proving the tartar of
the race After a poor start. he has
shown remarkable reversal Of form,
making difficult shots and leaving his
nnnnn ants difficult ones To-day he was
In third place with five victories and
tw defeats
Allen Hall of St Louis was conSid-
nred out nf the title chase He lost
his third match last night TO Reiselt
so TO As. I'm GA slow innings With stars
Ike Hoppe. Layton Copulos and Retselt
in the field. three-car1e dcficit nor
mall" Is too large a handicap to over
cCme.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
PAYNE KEEPS HIS LEAD
IN JAUNT ACROSS u. S.

CLINTON. Okla April II Lp).-With
a 50-mile trek from Sayre failing 70
change the status Of Andrew Payne and
Peter Gavuzzi in the cross-country
marathon, these leaders today had a
35-mie iaunt to Bridgeport to further
test their endurance.
Payne who halls from Claremore.
Okla. retained his leadership by COW
ering the so miles Yesterday in a dead
heat with Gavuzzi in hours 81 minutes
40 seconds This gave the Oklahoman
an elapsed time of 234 hours 81 min
utes 81 seconds for the 1886 miles from
Los Angeles GavuzZi, Southampton,
England. entry held second place with
total of 236 hours 10 minutes 20
seconds.
Eighty-two runners and walkers re-
main in the race to New York.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
Improvements Are Completed Golf Courses Clubs About Washington
TENNIS STARS TO PLAY
IN PlNEHURST TOURNEY

PINEHURST, N. c., April II OP.-
Entrants in the North and South ten
mis- tournament here today awaited
favorable action of sun and wind on
the courts so that play might proceed.
Doubles teams announced include
George Lott, jr., Chicago. and John
Doeg Santa Monica. Calf; Howard
Vo3heI, New York, and II. B. HYDE.
Hartford, Conn: Frank Shields, New
York, and Fred Baggs, New York.
Evening star., 1928-04-11
INTERCITY BALKLINE
BILLIARD PLAY SOON

The annual intercity balkline billiard
tournament between Washington and
Baltimore will start at Lewis and
KrauSe's Academy next Thursday night
at o'clock. with the first block of a
200 point contest On Thursday 200
points will be played. and the COM
petitors will be Frank Turtan Of Wash
ington and Howard Crook Of Baltimore
and Capt Wolfe Of Washington and
Clarence Crook of Baltimore.
April 13 has been set for the final
block to be played at Klein's Academy
in Baltimore Competitors in this block
will be: Powell. Washington. vs. Matheis,
Baltimore. and Fonts, Washington, VS.
Hall, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1928-04-11

don't play golf better than they swat
base ball the Goose and Sam Rice
shoulC give up golf. even though We
once saw GoSlin drive the seventeenth
green at Washington and we've played
and admired Sam Riee's game
Work Is to start soon at the Indian
Spring Club on the new thirteenth tee,
lengthening the hole about 80 yards and
making quite a long earry~over a cross
bunker about $50 yards from the pres
ent tee This is the only major change
planned in the course this Spring.
Evening star., 1928-04-11

Eddie Lisensky, crack second base
man and shortstop of the Eastern High
team last Spring. and an all-high Sc
lection is laid up for while with an
injured ankle and 1t may be that he
will rot get In the Lincoln Parkers' first
public high championship series game
against Business on April 20.