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Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

Heart trouble proved fatal re- gently to Louis Polos, well known resident Of the Anchorage district Polos had worked in and around the Inlet town since early con- struction days on the railroad.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

Polish your floors and IInoIeum with our Universal Electric Floor Polsher for rent by the hour.
 B. & H. CORP. Hardware Dept.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

Mems dress shoes $2.5o to $4.oo: Mer's rubber pacs $35O to S4.00 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10
SMOKED SALMON

Extra fine, 35c; Anyone desiring to order phone Adams 15, mornings.
 Seward Fish Go.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

Caribou meat is a very plenti- ful commodity in Valdez this sea- son.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

MENS' RUBBER PACKS, THREE DIFFERENT MAKES, AT $3.50 AND $4.OO WHILE THEY LAST. Seward Leather Work.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-10-10

THE NEW BRUNSWICK PORTA BILE ARE HERE AT S27.5o. SCHAL LERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
AUTO ADVERTISING
FORMS DISCUSSED
superlative Expressions in Allur-
ing English Employed in Winning
Public Attention, Is Claim,

Alluring English is now applied to
latest creations of the automotive world
with the same successful effort 1t is
used ir the movies, according to the
American Motorist. oficial publication
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton.
The A. A. A. publication says:
"Superlative expressions in advertis-
ing are hitting the auton1otive field as
they hit the movies two years ago
wide open and roaring. These frag-
ments: Most vivid manifestation of
the ultra-new quality worlds
greatest value i. supreme among all
fine cars such beauty among all
fine cars :. such Beauty was not
dreamed Of =. nothing In the mar
ket to approach it. -. to call 1t a
sensation Is putting 1t mildly'--are ex-
amples of the unbounded confidence of
1929 builders.
Are these overstatements or merely
challenges to competition? Can they
all be right? To an extent they are
surely right; they blow the trumpet of
a vast and bewildering progress In en-
gineering and artistry They sound a
gospel of greatness and indirectly pledge
the future to perfection. The buyer
gains from every exchange of salvos
by the advertising bugles. The battle
of gorgeous words is giving Mr.. Ultimate
Consumer unparalleled car value and
shrinking the producers profit per unit
in most cases to about hundred dol
lars"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
NEW ROADS TO ADD
TO USE OF GASOLINE
Tires, Oils and Other Supplies to Be
Sold in Increased Quantity
Next Year.

The year 1929 will see the improve
ment of the Nations byways to the ex-
tent of hundreds of thousands Of miles,
with consequent increase in the annual
car mileage, according to tire experts
This viii be reflected not only to
larger increase in tire sales, but also in
large sales of gasoline and oil, and other
accessories in the use of automobiles,
u is believed.
Authorities are as one in the opin-
ion that with the task of improving
main thoroughfares we'll under way, the
next important step is to improve roads
into districts of the main travelled roads,
where large bulk Of the rural popula-
ton lives. 1t Is pointed out that al
though cars are used at all seasons, even
OF the improved highways, 1t is often
with dificulty, particularly in the Win
ter and Spring months.
County off1cials throughout the coun-
try nave mapped out programs of intra-
county and intratownship road i'm
provement for the next few years that
will increase the mileage of improved
roads tremendously, generally at no
cost TO residents outside the section
where the roads are located. Naturally
such roads are less expensive than main
roads, and gravel, cinders and Stag are
much used for resurfacing.
Road improvements into the rural
districts are expected to reduce the
traffic on main highways at the usual
times of traffic congestion, as most auto
lists out for pleasure driving will take
to the less Travelled roads. Such a pro-
gram viii speed up traffic flow on main
highways and every autoist will benefit.
Rural residents may expect increased
service from their tires when the rough.
unimproved roads are rebuilt. Driving
In rlts and over frozen or stony unin-
proved roads causes notoriously rapid
carcass and sidewall wear on tires.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
PLAN TO PAY GARAGE
BILL ON BUYING CAR
Test in Capital Successful, So
Scheme Will Be Adopted
in New York.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. n
NEW YORK.-Pay your garage bills
when you buy your automobile.
This, the most recent innovation in
the automobile world, may be given
trial in metropolitan New York early
in the coming year. Already 1t has been
given a test in Washington, and so sue
cessful has been the experiment the
Automobile Service Association of New
York City viii consider trying the plan
here.
The idea is prepaid service charge,
and would guarantee the purchaser of
new automobile 10000 miles without
any further cost for repair The amount
of this charge would depend on the
make and price of the car purchased,
and would be fixed by each manufac-
turer
The Automotive Service Association
is an organization composed of service
executives, authorized and specialized
service stations and the managers of the
commercially and privately owned auto
mobile fleets in metropolitan New York.
At the January meeting of this or
ganization the proposal will be explain
ed fully to the membership, and prob
ably definite steps will be taken to give
the plan a trial.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
HARD-S SURFACED ROADS
REPLACE DUSTY TRAIL S

A11rerican tourists, who doubt reports
of tthe remarkable expansion in the
good roads program in that part of
China enveloping Canton and other
SEAPORT sectors, are convinced Of these
fa9ts when they set out on a motor
trip to the interior of the Land of the
Dragon"
Frhelr Installation of dusty trails.
rich in romantic traditions and brigand
ore, is soon erased when the car fol-
lows broad ribbon of hard d-surfaced
road, which runs far into the interior
from the city limits of Canton. But
they may revive their romantic antici-
lpations, II they travel far enough in
land, for there they will find the trails
as primitive as they were in the days
of Genghis Kahn.
China Is anxious to expand its sys-
tenn OF modern roads as rapidly as pos
sible and Is planning further construc-
tion projects on highways for the in
terror regions as well as the old cara
van trails leading out of Peking to-
ward the Cobb Desert. There are ap-
proximately 1000 miles of hard-sur-
faced highways stretching out from
Canton.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Talking Movie Now
Aid to Business
AS Super-Salesman

The talking motion picture has
been put TO work. This newest de-
velopment OF the movie, the worlds
entertainment medium, already has
been seized upon by industry and
commerce and sent out in the world
to earn its way as a producer Of
busineSs--a super salesman.
The possibilities of the talking
Aim in business are without limit.
1t is freely predicted by some that
1t is destined to revolutionize meth
DDS in many lines Of commerce. en-
abling the masters of industry to
exert their forcefulness and theft
personality Ito SELL themselves and
their interests the world over.
The advantages of the talking
Aim in business are we'll illustrated
in its first use. A motor company
that has message to its dealers
throughout the country is delivering
that message by showing the worlds
f1rst commercial film. projected
through the first portable reproduc-
ing devices ever made, at meetings
in many different cities.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
JUDGE FAILS TO GET
RULES OF TRAFFIC
Man Shows Regulation in
Police Court Which Per-
mits Passing Lights.

An apparent lack of cooperation be-
tween the Traffic Bureau and Police
Court has been evidenced in several
instances within the last two weeks.
A misunderstanding between the two
was brought to light early last week,
when police made several arrests of
motorists for driving past the yellow
light at the ne.g light-controlled inter-
sections on Rhode Island avenue
The first man brought to trial ad-
mitted he drove past the yellow light,
but said the regulations permitted him
to proceed If he could clear the inter-
section in five seconds. Neither Judge
Mcmahon nor the arresting officer had
ever heard of such a regulation, but
the defendant produced a copy of the
latest trafic regulations to prove his
statesments correct. Confronted with
, this evidence, the court dismissed that
case and the assistant corporation
counsel'S Office nolle pressed several
others of similar nature.
Judge Mcmahon declared he had not
even been furnished with revised edi-
ton of the traffic act, such as the
motorist brought to court, and re-
marked that if the policeman had been
given one he evidently had not read it.
On the matter of prohibiting the use
Of 1929 tags before December IS the
Traffic Bureau and Traffic Court were
again shown to hold different views.
When motoriSt arrested for display
ing the tags about a week early was
brought IN for trial Judge Mcmahon
held that the man was to be COM
mended for getting his tags early and
took his personal bond. At the same
time he implied the Traffic Bureau was
inconsistent in urging automobile own
erS to get their tags early and at the
same time prohibiting their use until
an arbitrary date. He quite frankly
suggested to the officer who made the
arrest that he use discretion" in en-
forcing such regulation.
The regulation requiring taxi drivers
to promptly notify the Traffic Bureau
of any change in address or occupation
was criticized by JUDY, Isaac r. Hit,
who held that the mere publishing of
such a regulation was not sufficient
and the drivers should have been noti-
fed personally. Judge Hits criticism
was occasioned by the remark of a
policeman that everybody" knows they
have to notify the Traffic Bureau of an
address change. The court replied that
everybody did not, that he did not,
and that it was up to the Traffic Bu-
reau to send out sufficient notification.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
EXCESS ALLOWANCE
POLICY IS ASSA|LED.
Truck Buyers Commend Ac-
tion Taken by Manufacturer
to Combat Practice.

Public reaction to the mo excess al
lowance" policy, recently announced by
a truck company, has been surprisingly
swift and favorable according to Paul
w. Seller. president of the company.
Truck buyers have been quick to
commend us upon a step which they
recognize as a benefit to the user OF
trucks" Mr.. Seller said.
Many competitors also have been
kind enough to comment sincerely and
favorably," he added.
Experience and opinion in the truck
industry as whole have been steadily
leading up to such move, Mr.. Seller
declared. During three vcers of serv-
ice, with other heads of the industry.
on special committee of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, ap-
pointed to consider the problem of eX-
cesSive trade-in allowances on used
trucks, he had access to data showing
the alarming growth and harmful in
fiuence OF the padded list" and excess
Sive- allowance custom.
There has never been any question
as to the unsound and vicious results
of this practice" Mr.. Seller said. 1T
has been plain to all who studied the
subject that excess trade-in allowances
must hinder and thwart real develop
ment of commercial transportation by
truck
"AcCion against it has been delayed
only by lack of leadership sufficiently
strong to make the move widespread
and thoroughly effective. Some, who
have taken a stand against excessive
allowances, unfortunately have not had
influence enough to swing the industry
solidly into line. That is why we find
so encouraging the prompt and Ma
tion-wide response-from public and in
dustry alIke--to this move We have
taken to further the whole great cause
of better commercial transportation"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
.A,51Q,O)O MOTOR
REGISTRATION SEEN
Increase of at Least 6 Per
Cent Over 1927 in U. S.
Anticipated.

There will be an increase of at least
per cent In the motor vehicle registra-
ton in the United States this year as
compared with approximately per
cent for 1927, according to complete
figures from the 33 States and the Dis
trict of Columbia where the number of
automobiles at the close of September,
1927, and for the same date this year
have been reported.
At the end of September last year 33
States and the District of Columbia had
registered 16,685,967 motor vehicles.
while on the same date this year the
registration had increased to 1864 lao.
Florida was the only State of this num-
Der to show a decrease, while the Dis
trict of Columbia, with an increase of
164 per cent, reported the greatest gain
in registration during the 12-month
period.
Forty-three States in addition to the
District of Columbia reported their mo-
tor vehicle registration to the automo-
bile department of national insurance
company, which has just announced
the figures However, 10 we're unable
to report the number of motor vehicles
registered on both October l. 1927 and
1928. thereby making 1t impossible to
n1AANC dV hAJ SOAAP6A0SAFC ASNAC0 AOL
these States.
Twenty States had an increase Of
more than per cent in motor vehicle
registration on October l this year as
compared with the same date in 1927
Connecticut Montana. Alabama, North
Carolina. South Carolina and South
Dakota showed gain of more than 10
per cent.
In Arizona, where 1923 figures were
reported, but on the basis of May 1, in
one county, and August 81 in IS, there
was a gain of Z per cent over the total
registration of 1927 In Delaware there
was an increase of So per cent during
the first nine months of this year over
1927, while in Illinois, Indiana and
Wyoming the gains we're 81. eight
tenths of per cent and ST per cent,
respectively, for the first nine months
of this year over the complete 1927 reg
istration
With the remaining three months of
the year likely to show a greater regis
tration than the last quarter of 1927. it
is probable that the percentage of gain
for the United States as whole will
be greater than the So per cent indi-
Gated for the 12-month period upon
| which the compilation is based. This
would mean that there would be a gain
of about 400, 600 motor vehicles regis
tered. or, in other words. total regis
tration of about 24,50o,00
Evening star., 1928-12-16
COUNTIES WILL FIGHT
ROAD TAX REPEAL
Maryland House Members to OPP
poss Withdrawal of Lateral
Thproughfare Levy.

Special DispAtch to The Star.
BALTINTOPE, December 15.-Rep-
resentatives of the counties to the Leg
islature vFll fight any attempt to re-
peal the d Il cent lateral roads gaso-
line tax, (which will be sponsored by
the delegation for Baltimore city.
Frequent meetings In the various
counties fhave made 1t apparent that
the fight will be waged bitterly. and
the latest discussion indicates that the
nine Eastern Shore counties will throw
their solid support against the proposed
repeater
The Eastern Shore County Commits
sioners' Association at a meeting In
Caroline County last week passed a
resolution urging Senators and Dele
gates 10 fight the repeal to the last
ditch.
State Senator Cecil C. Squier of Cecil
County denounced Baltimore opposition
TO theftax. and said he believes the pro-
ceeds fshould be spent to develop State
and lateral roads and, in addition,
smallkrural roads.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
AUSTRIA GETS BOON
In TOURIST TRADE
Provides Nation With Greatest
Industry, Says Motor Club
Head an U. s. Visit.

- ing that the tourist business is
greatest industry, w. Boeckl
to the export committee of the
.~@~l Automobile Chamber of Com
re- list week that Austria had an 30
r~r c-nt increase in motor registration
t;1-ing 1923 and expects to double its
r. Tst-aticn next year. s4.
s-r. Eoeckl is director of the Auto
biis Club Of Austria and of the Asso-
ctat ticn of Highways in Austria. He
sr~.y-d in his country last week in re-
Sponse to an invitation from the Ma
tional Au' 'cmobile Chamber of Com
Eleyce to attend the international day
which viii be held in Connection with
the New ork Automobile Show Tues
day, January 8, win be international day
at the show and the visitors from
abroad will hold an International con-
ference on the preceding day at cham
ber headquarters, $50 Madison avenue,
New York
Adequate financing for highways in
Austria is the most important move
which can be made toward the pros
perity of that country, Mr. Boeskl holds.
He will spend considerable of his time
IA America at the Offices of the United
States Bureau of Public Roads, study
ing highway construction and finance
methods in this country.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
WAR ON CROSSINGS
IS GIVEN IMPETUS
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Ruling Is Regarded
as Aid to u. S. Railroads.

The campaign for the elimination of
grade crossing death traps has been
given a decided impetus through the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission recommending that rail-
roads concentrate their attention and
resources on doing away with danger
Gus grades instead of spending further
money on the installation of train-con-
troll devices.
This statement was Issued recently
by the American Automobile ASsocia-
ton, which has fought for elimination
of grade crossings and viewed with
alarm the ever-rising death curve at
the intersections of railroads and high
ways.
The organization points out that
there we're 11,435 people killed and
32,998 injured in 27,326 grade crossing
accidents in the period of 1928 through
1927.
During the same time" the state
ment continues, there were 885 people
killed and e,971 injured in derailments
on the railroads, while $40 were killed
and 9.817 injured In rail collisions.
This means that more than seven
times as many people were killed at
grade crossings than on railroads and
nearly twice as many were injured in
the five-year period"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Bx the Associated Press.

BY lIIb ASSUCIHIEU FTtSS.
Scientific study of the causes OF
faulty acceleration of motor car engines
is being made by engineers of the Btu
reau of Standards
Investigation is being directed to-
ward determining whether the fuel is
to blame or whether the fault lies in
the engine, or in the carbureter which
mixes the fuel and air.
The study thus far indicates gen.
eral relationship between the character
of the fuel and the acceleration per-
formance obtained with it, One point
of interest is that of two fuels the one
which gives better acceleration under
conditions of Winter operation may be
poorer than the other under Summer
conditions
1t has been found that while an en-
gine will accelerate about as well with
Evening star., 1928-12-16
GERMAN WAS FIRST
TO USE GASOLINE
Automotive Leaders Specu-
late. on Substitute Fuel
When Supply Is Gone.
BY DAVID J. WILKIE.
Associated Press Correspondent.

DETROIT, December IS (P).-Gaso-
line as fuel for mechanical locon1otion
first was brought into use by Carl Benz,
the German engineer, who applied 1t to
a tricycle. IL Mannheim in 1885. When
he brought his device to the Chicago
Worlds Fair in 1893. he probably did
not envisicn the day when the motorists
of the United Ststes would spend more
than two and one-half billion dollars
for gasoline
Consumption of gasoline, which in
1927 reached an indicated total of
f0,596, 100000 gallons, has brought
various predictions of what would hap-
pen when the supply became exhausted
and coincidentally scores of suggested
gasoline substitutes.
Alcohol Substitute Planned.
The substitution of alcohol for gaso-
line as motor fuel has been advanced
most frequently but other suggested
sources range all the way from eucalyp;-
tus Gil to gas generated by charcoal,
coal dust and that extracted from straw.
Some years ago South African in
ventor claimed to have obtained a new
motor spirit" obtained from the juice
of prickly pears, and said the fuel had
propelled a six-cylinder car % miles
on one gallon without special carburetor
adjustments.
Various ignition and carburetion prob
lens have entered into the search for
gasoline substitutes. In the case of q
French discovery. which its inventor
said had the valuable property of not
heating the motor, it was found neceS-
sary to start the engine with gasoline,
because the substitute was not sufficient
ly volatile until it became warm.
Scientists generally are convinced
they can produce a gasoline substitute
when necessity arises, yet most of them
who joined in predictions a decade Ego
that the present day would find the
gasoline supply rapidly diminishing have
put off still further the day when :omc
other substance will need to be utilized.
Gas Use Held Accidental.
The use of gasoline was more or less
accidental" in the opinion of Charles F.
Kettering, president of the General
Motors Research Corporation. mo ona
asked whether 1t was the right thing
for motor. It was the nearest thing
at hand. Gasoline then was simply 2
by-product, almost to be had for the
asking"
Mr. Kettering does not believe tn:
! present generation will see the ex-
haustion of the supplies of comhuGtible
| materials now used in the manufacrtl
| of automobile fuel He does believe
| however, that science will be ready with
substitute-and practical one--when
| that time comes.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
MIAMI READOPTS
TWO--WAY TRAFFIC
Desire for Normal Growth
After 1924 Emergency
Leads to Change.

MIAMI, Fla. (speciaD Miami. long
held the shining example of efficient
one-way traf7ic operation, has return
ed to the two-way system of four years
ago, which was ruled out when Miamis
population jumped more than 800 per
cent.
A network of circumstances, chief of
which was healthy development, led
the City Commission, headed by Com
missioner John G. Knight, to make
the change. The emergency of 1924
had passed, they agreed, and if each
section OF the business district was to
grow normally the two-way system
had to return
Miami In boom days was a mecca
for motoring tourists and traffic author
tiles introduced the one-way system
to lead the city into safer channels
In the years of it's operation it worked
to the advantage Of certain sections
while the business of other districts
suffered in consequence.
With its so one-way streets now oper-
ating under the two-way system, Mi
ami sees the aboliShment of the divi-
sion between choice business quarters
and poor and merchants whose busi-
nesses have felt the attendant depres-
sion expect the change to bring them
the development that has settled on a
select few.
Growth Moves Eastward.
In the four years past the business
development has moved eastward to the
bay instead of westward to the reSiden-
tial districts of Miami Merchants in
and along West Flagler street have
been at disadvantage, although topo-
0Y9I4fN0l1VY De tA al
path of business development.
Many of the better class shops and
stores have had to give way to mer-
chants Of lesser distinction simply be-
cause Of the iatter's advantage in To-
cation due to the one-way system.
Commissioner Knight. with the sup
port of group of merchants In the
less favored business districts, started
agitation for the two-way system dur
ing the Summer and after q consistent
succeeded In winning the ap-
proval Of City Manager Welton A. Snow
and H. H. Arnold. director Of public
safety.
The five commissioners finally agreed
on the revision of the trafiac rules and
Miami returned to Its original system
System Wins Much Notice.
AS city using almost exclusively
the one-way system in Its downtown
district, Miami has won considerable
notice In the past four years Being
distinctly q tourist city in Winter,
Miami has problems which confront
few other cities. Most of its Winter
residents are tota7ly ignorant of the
traffic rules, but despite that feature
the police department had worked out
o comparatively simple system with
which the visitor easily familiarized
himself
Miami, with "a view to spreading
hospitality, desiues to present itself this
Winter as the most courteous city
in the South. Through the Summer
trafic police we're tutored and schooled
in courtesy and politeness, and the new
conner will not Ebe severely reprimanded
for the common infractions of traffic
rules which in many cities bring forth
a torrent Of abuse and more often than
not summons.