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The Washington times., 1928-12-26

The saturation point of auto
mobile ownership seems to be a
first cousin of the vanishing point.
With this steady increase in
automobile ownership, the highway
takes on a new aspect. The ques.
ton is no longer whether or not
the pavement mileage shall be IN
creased. The problem is. how can
more payements be financed.
Two Chief Costs
Forward looking communities
now consider automobile travel to.
be composed OF two chief costs: the
direct payment of money for gas.
tires. car depreciation. etc: the
indirect payment for motor comfort
through the various taxes collected
to improve roads,.
Car costs are directly dependent
upon the road surface. At one
time cars lasted only half as long
in Missouri as they do now since
the adoption of a sensible paving
program. Tires in many localities
give only half the mileage that is
nossible over pavements. This loss
alone may be SIS or $50 year.
Road improvements
highway dutuOFllleS pOA1lb CoA
that by slightly increasing motor
vehicle taxes, perhaps thereby in
creasing motoring costs for a short
time, cheaper motoring costs viii
be brought about. Most road inn
provements are paid for, In one way
or another. by car owners.
Consequently. the proper levying
and expenditure of road taxes will
shortly bring about saving that
more than offsets reasonable taxes.
Indian for instance, Is consider
ing the raising of the mqtor-vehicle
license fee by IS. This extra in
come will permit the sHoosiers to
complete the paving of the State
highway system in five years,
rather than the 16 years that will
be required If present highway in
come is not enlarged.
The 26,000,0Oe cars will be served.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Unused ArmOry Given
AS ChiIdren's Hospital

WILKES.BARRE, Pa, Dec. 20.
The South Main Street Armory,
erected in 1892. and the home OF
the local National Guard regiment
until two years ago. When the
new armory on the west side was
completed. was ordered transferred
to the Wilkes Barre General Hos
pital and the Wilkes Barre Home
for Friendless Children. by Judge
B. r. Jones. as provided in the
trust deed.
The charter provided that when
no longer used for military pur-
poses the property should go to
these two institutions. The pres.
ent valuation OF the armory and
pronertY is in excess of 800 600
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Nurse Injured in Crash
On Way to Hospital

BLOOMSBURY, Pa. Dec. 26.--
Miss Esther Jones. Of Shanokin. 4
student nurse at the Berwick Hos
pital. landed on the top OF green
house just below here when the
automobile In which she WAS riding
left the road. Miss Jones suffered
concussion of the brain, bruises and
shock. Miss Sarah D0dd, night
superintendent OF the hospital SUI
fered bruises and shock and nm in
Jury to the back.
They were returning from Dan
vile. where they had visited Mrs
Bruce Kelly. hospital patient.
with them was Mrs. Keily's daugh
ter. Frances. years old. who SUI
fered bruises and decorations.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Staying of 2 Seen AS
Reprisal of Gangland

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-With all
circumstances pointing to the con-
clusion that Mr.. and Mrs. Soro
Graziano were lured from home
and shot by members of a gang.
the Nassau county authorities have
been baffled in their efforts to get
definite clue to the gsngsters.
Both victims were shot by more
than one person, 1t was established
yesterday. Detectives sitting sand
where Mrs. Graziano's body was
found recovered .38 caltber bullet.
Other bullets with which she was
struck were of As ca!iber. The
same was true of the wounds in
Graziano's body.
The fact served merely to cor.
roborate other evidence that the
Grazianos were lured to the lonely
bungalow by well-armed gang.
bent upon vengeance.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Convict Rewarded
For HerOisln in Fire

ALBANY, Dec. rs. Governor
Smith has rewarded the heroism Of
Timothy Ross, a Sing Sing convict,
with communication of sentence.
Ross was convicted Of murder. sec
ond degree in New York county, on
August %, 1917 He was serving
sentence of 20 years to life.
According to facts placed before
the governor, Ross risked his life
last spring in fire in one Of the
Sing Sing shops, fighting to extfn.
guish the flames. Not only was his
effort successful, but according to
the report placed before the COVER
nor, State property and other con-
victs probably were saved by Ross
action.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
IS Miles for "a Hours
Makes 12 New Records

when two Studebaker President
Fights each Travelled "a hours at an
avoeMge of more than 85 miles an
hour on the Atlantic City speedway
recently, they created IL new rec.
ordg.
Engineers declare that the me-
chanical fuel pump played an i'm
portant part in the runs because it
feeds fuel uniformly regardless of
speed or load.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
No More Leniency for
Smoke Law ViOIatOrs

SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 26 U.N.SD
Violators of the Salt Lake City
smoke ordinance will receive no
more leniency, according to an.
nouncement by city officials.
This warning was given residents
who, 1t is said have persistentiy
violated the smoke ordinance. Their
action has resulted in a heavy smoke
screen hanging over the city on
cold winter mornings
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Woman Killed by Auto
When Going to Hospital

NEW BRIGHTON, Pa, Dec. 26
While on her way to the Beaver
Valley Hospital to visit her daugh-
ter, Nellie. a nurse, who is ill, Mrs.
Sarah Thompson was, struck by an
automobile, driven. police say, by
Howard Ramsey, Is, Of Beaver
Falls, and killed.
She had just alighted from
motor bus and started to cross
Tenth Avenue, where the automo
bile struck her. Ramsey is held
by police pending an inquest by
Coroner H. c. McCarter,
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
School Teacher Leaves
A Fortune of $500. 900

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Dec. 26
Bessie Lee Lathrop.
New Haven school teacher, who
died recently. left an estate of
$500 900. it was revealed here
when her will was filed. She had
saved the major portion of her for.
tune from her salary. which had
varied from 81, 500 to $2,400. Sixty
thousand dollars, however, had been
inherited three years ago.
The bulk of her estate was left in
the form of scholarship funds for
teachers and students in the New
Haven public school system.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
In One Church 70 Years
And Married IS Years

MIDDLETOWN, r. J., Dec 2G
n.N.SJ.- Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Pea.
body who have been members Of
the John Clarke Memorial First
Baptist Church for more than 20
years, have celebrated their sixty
fifth wedding anniversary. Mr..
Peabody ia q deacon Of the church.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Bogotd Is Putting III
Modern Streets

American methods Of building streets to withstand te
Of modern automotve traffic 50 high favor
that the quaint city Of Bogota which perches plateau
in the Andes Mountains $500 above the has engaged
expert American talent.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
rs, 900, 600 Autos on
Roads Foreseen
BY z. Z. DUFFY

At present there about 24500OOO passenger cars
trucks this comtrys roads and streets By
the end of 1929 automobile registrations will be but few
less than 26 100000 vehicles.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26

II you would make wise Investment
for the new year, buy piece Of wash
ington real estate. Select IL from
today's Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26

vision. Is now laying some Of the
finest streets with q strong and
durable bitulitnic pavement. origi-
mated and developed by this firm
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
MANY MOTORCAR TROUBLES
FOUND To Be Of DUAL NAT TURE
BY J. LEO SUGRUE

That many troubles have dual nature and that
both sides Of problem be attacked and eliminated
before repair job be concluded successfully, is one
of the many features of automove maintenance frequently
overlooked mechanics know it, but rarely does
the realize the part played by this principle
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Wins
Pontiac
Coach

d II gs
Mr.. Timothy Gales was proclaimed winner
of the Free Pontiac Coach by Judges COM
posed of Washington neWspapermen.
Mr.. L. P. Steuart presented the new car to
Mr.. Gales on Christmas Day.
Mr.. GALES SAID:-
"Its great thrill and you extremely happy
Chrsmas-the Pontiac will always hold spot in
hear-t is great and it indeed pleasure to
mend both the Pontiac and Oakland to friends appre-
ciate their support"
The success of our Free Pontiac anG
$4,000 in Cash Campaign which has just
closed was huge success-hundreds re-
ceived checks-we are therefore prompt
ed to announce new campaign. You can
n the plan to you. No investment. Follow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
THE REAL REBEL
BY DR.. Frank Crane

To notion is commonly held and is faacous
IN THE wretched miserable and oppressed the
!: = people reader they revolution"
things that believing just because
II looks self-evident, the earth flat
who revolt it is the thinkers
labong class that made the French Revolutions
tvasth encyclopedias and their disciples.
mouks Russia that caused the DOWNFALL
Czasm nteecuals. The Russian always
the its tyrants kissing the the
Obsessed obsequOusy the feet Ivan Terrible
Catherine the Obscene
The negroes America did revolt it the Northern
Phillips Stowe and the hkethat brought
on the
The d German horde threw the yoke the
zolerns--France, England and America knocked it off
Spain is at the tail end of social because misery
ignorance endemic there.
You find workers most troublesome where they best paid
and have most comfort
win eat dirt and live in squalor
spunk enough to revolt
The American cclonsts that revOed from England
slaves peasants or ous they well fed and hard headed
Misery does not social advancement impedes
The webeng intelligent and comfortable
among the the ambitious harder
-
The dangerous" man is the Thinker sufferer
Those whom tyrants have 10 fear
Men who their duties know, and knowing dare maintain
#. Prevent the long aimed blow,
And crush ne tyrsni while they rsnd che chain"
t1f1nsat hscue tsssnspf isnasasl ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
LISTEN WORLD!
You1e Doing What You Want r. %
By Elsie Robinson

rot COULD HAVE BEEN TIL;
THING YOU WANTED 10 BE
If YOU WERE WILLING TO
PAY THE PRICE.
But there was the rub
When il came right down TO
brass tacks. you didn't want TO
pay the price.
You had never thought much
about the price one has to pay
for rich, full living--the price Of
pain. loneliness, labor and loss,
risk and ridicule, misery and
rnonotony. You knew that such
conditions existed but somehow
you thought that YOU could skin
BY them.
SO when opportunity presented
itself. and flashed a G.. u. u. On
you before it would deliver, you
began to haggle and hedge.
IT, wasn't the right job. Or the
boss wasn't fair. Or the family
didn't understand you. Or you
were still crippled bv some old
grief or remorse. Or you gor
mad. Or you were afraid you'd
lost money, or people would laugh
at you. Or you were too lonely.
Or the job wasn't big enough. Or
something got your goat.
There were thousand reasons
for evading that particular oppor-
tunityfor evading the price one
must pay for any real opportunity.
You thought of those reasons and
YOU passed the opportunity, and
waited for the next one. And
gradually the months and years
slipped away and You found your
self living life you hadn't plan
ned to live. A dull. futile sort
OF life. quite different from your
rosey dreams. And now YOU try to
blame everyone else for making
YOU live that sort of life. But
you alone are to blame.
you ARE LIVING THAT SORT
OF LIFE BECAUSE YOIT
WOULDN'T PAY the PRICE
FOR Al BIGGER ONE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
SECRETS OF
III EALTH
by DR. g. "A 4. Reed !

Abhs Ns xAe - - 80
VoUR child may have head
aches without realizing what
they are.
Headache Is connmoner il the
adult than in the child.
ii babies and young children
it Is rare.
After the age of five. however.
it becomes INCREASINGLY common,
although the reason for this can
not be stated with certainty.
Headache has many causes. and
Il Is important for mothers and
nurses to know something about
them.
The baby shows pain in the
head BY putting its hSnds up and
scratching and rubbing the head.
and by wrinkling the forehead.
crying and restIeSsness.
Earache Is by far the common
est cause Of these signs. and is
especially frequent when teeth are
cutting or when there is q cold.
In fact, earache Is such 4 com
mon accompaniment OF teething
that 1t need not be regarded as
serious. provided there Is no dis
charge s from the ear. a few
drops OF warm sweet oil dropped
into the ear will often cure the
pain.
True headache in infants is to
be regarded seriously. Disorders
of digestion, constipation, etc,
which are such Il common cause
Of headaches in later years. do
not cause headache In babies.
1t is for this reason that real
headache in a baby must always
be 4 matter of consultation with
a doctor.
In older children eye-strain is
the commonest cause of head
aches which lastsmore than few
days. II most often shows itself
when school begins and appears
at the end OF the day.
Eye.strain headaches thus diff
fer from poison headaches.
which. are worst in the morning.
Poison. or toxic. headaches
may be due to q great variety
OF causes. The acute infection
scarlet fever, tonsilitis. etc.
usually causes a short-lived head
ache which seldom lasts long
enough 10 need any treatment.
Morning headaches occur In
some children who have prolonged
disturbance of digestion bad tom
sis, adenoids, or infected teeth.
Usually these sufferers are be-
low the age OF seven. At this
time there occurs, usually. a, re-
markable Improvement OF digest
i've power. following the eruption
of the second teeth.
Children with digestive head
aches have furred tongues, foul
breath and impaired appetite, and
are often constipated and
distended with gas. A common
fault is giving heavy meal
shortly before bedtime. Treat
ment consists in finding diet
which is satisfactory. correcting
constipation and allowing at
least two hours between the last
meal and bedtime.
The other kind OF toxic head
ache due TO acknowledgements
tonslls and adenoids requires
special consideration. These ~
% focted structures constantly pru-
duce poisonous matter which ~
swallowed. upeets the dieestioh
and 10 causes headache. Those
children have nieht cough de.
TURNED sleep, puffy eyelids ana
darn shadows around tho eyes'
and nFina their teeth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
Action Us. Explanations IN
Local Sewer FIOOdings
Sewer Extensions Are Also Imperative

HERE arc many official and expert explanations IS 70
the serious flooding Of Washington homes By failure Of
city sewers TO perform their functions
Explanations going to prevent Of these
destructive and unhealthy nOodng Action and as soon as z
can possibly be had what the victims and the people Ct
Washington went To see
carefully explained that Washngtons sewer system
IS whole adequate for what experience has shown the
itv NAV expect III the way 81 rainfall yet twice this year
many homes entirely have been flooded because
sactions Il e claimed flooding quite often bringing
damages and upset conditions
The two disastrous experiences in the month Of August
should be sufficient to arouse District officials e definite ano
done at the present these noOdings should be DONE
but thes VIII appear the same Cd excuses 6 ack 81
appropriations BIZ Congress- The blame now and n me
future win Be placed On that body
Congress partly to blame for inadequate sewer facilities
II NE District but the blame must be shared BY District
officials IA recent years Congress has given the District
asked for III funds for municipal needs "
M nct been Is liberal as to il might have been
been somewhat perfunctorly submitted to the House
Appropriations COMMITTEE and that body i guided e some
extent BIZ what the Commissioners seek
Nothing gained however BY placing blame for past
mistakes It Is The future that must Be cared for The District
Commissioners recognize that serious conditions prevail
and they must place the situation before Congress time after
time and insist SIMPLE funds for remedial measures they
must act In that viii impress Congress- and stick 70
the task year il and year out
sewer must Be strengthened to Withstand
unusual tests Besides that the system must be extended TO
increasing needs This true as 70 both main sewers
s4
with tie extension Of sewer facilities there must Of COURSE
be extension o water facilities and street improvements There
necessarily coordination in these three things Il is held by
municipal officials that streets should be graded before water
mains are put Water mains should 60 in before sewers
This Is not always necessary.
Whatever methods Of District officials In these matters
more sewer mains paramount in the District
which seemingly far behind other municipalities providing
these necessities to its citizens
Before the House Appropriations COMMITTEE at the last
session Of Congress the sanitary engineer Of the District
testified that In one section Of the District alone there were
then $500 without Of any kind producing
conditions not sanitary There TOO homes without
sewers tnan five years before that.
East OF Anacosa River alone there $4,000 people
without facilities Other portions Of the District have
Jared better
Thus the District going back instead Of making progress
supplying taxpayers with the convenences they should have
There is 10 question that conditions in the District
o Columbia need definite sustained attention from the
District Commissioners and Congress
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29

WHAT are you doing in life!
Wv YOU'RE DOING WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO.
You don't believe that You
deny /. with aggrieved yelps.
You reel forth yards Of evidence
to prove that you're NOT doing
what You want to do--that you're
the victim of circumstances iat
Fate has gyped you and human.
ity double-crossed you.
You actually believe that evil
dence-iust as believe most OF
my excuses and aIibis. But II
yor have the courage and hon.
esty to face the facts. AM ii
REAL DESIRE TO FACE THEM
F0Is YOUR OWN GOOD. you'H
be forced to admit that what /
say is true.
YOU'RE DOING WHAT You
!, WANT TO DO.
There are, of course, certain
acts of Providence over which
you have no control. You may
be born crippled, or acquire
terrible injury. Well discount
sucn misfortunes--although many
q Htdu IldS ElScEI dpORS IISIIis
Wea assume that your life has
merely the normal handicaps.
In that case you may be sure
Of this
YOUR LIFE, WHATEVER 1T
Is, HAS NOT BEEN SHAPED
BY THE SHENANIGANS or
FATE NOR THE MALICIOUS
MANElTVERING OF HUMAN.
ITY -" 1T HAS BEEN
SHAPED BY YOUR OWN DE.
CI5IONS YOUR OWN DE
CISIONS OR EMISSIONS.
You wanted to do splendid
things In life. You wanted to
be strong. adventurous, courage
Gus, original. in short, super
human. You felt that the seeds
Of all such grand achievement
lay within you.
And. as matter of fact, they
did
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
]. In what lire Plutarch famous?
2. What thor
"Merrly merrly shall live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough!,
8, What a person the "harpy" applied to?
a. What is ST. Christopher the patron of? '
D. What given follower OF Roosevelt IN the
campaign of 1912?
Who the typewriter that actually wrote let
z. Who was the first Englishman I'd sail the Pacific:
Match correctly;
8. North of Bosto Zona Gale
8. Faint Perfume" Anatole France
10. Suppressed Desires. Henrik lbsen
IL. IAN Enemy of the People" Robert frost
IL. "The Red Lily" Susan Glasel
Complete these quotations:
10. There q good q bad peaee"-FranklIn
II. "Woodman, spare that
Touch not a single ---."-Morrs -
ID "Or the silver be loOsed or the goden bowl
be brOken."--Bible.
(Answsn on FICTION PagsI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
SA YINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
RY Helen nWland-
Loves Thermometer

MY daughter, BY the light q
V1 the harvest neon many
things are made clear. For BY
that time, do. i man ana 4 darn-
sci know in their hearts whether
the romance born Of April sunsets
and June moons is going to
take" or not.
Go to. 1t is easy for a dansei
to be fair and for q man to be
gallant by lampiight. But the acid
test OF mans VOWS and wo-
mans charms is the good old
Midsummer-time!
Midsumnler-when powder turn
eth to paste and rouge runneth
down the cheek. and man may
spy wornan's. real complexion
and judge how she will stand the
cold north light OF a Winter morn.
ing.
When 4 woman may note how
her beloved aDpeareth without .
collar and discover whether the
Lord or his tailor is responsible
for his slender waistline.
When a man may teach 2 dam
sci to swim and discern how good
a sport she is, and how much she
owetl1 to Nature and how much
to her modiste.
Or may take her camping and
judge how good cook, how good
a scout and how good pal she
would make in q marital mara
thon.
When a damseI may note just
how helpful or how fastidious
a man is around Summer b1nga-
low. and just how peevish he
would be II the ants got into the
pudding.
And a man may take a damsel
fishing and observe how long she
can KEEP SILENT at one time.
Yea, verify, Midsummer is the
magic season, when mann and
a maid discover whether IL hours
together seem like long, long
day. or like brief and slamor-
Gus interlude!
When a damsel may find out
just how susceptible a man is to
moonlight, scented silence, soft
music and OTHER women, and :
learn whether or not she could
trust him for all the Summers to
come-and just how FAR.
And when a man may judge
whether or not a woman's kiss re-
payeth him for the exertion of
catching the lis on hot Satur-
day afternoon, when all the roof
gardens are calling in his ears.
Verify. verify the Springtlme is
full OF seductiOns and false from.
ises. but the good old Summertime
telleth no LIES!
And by Labor Day, a wise woman
kn0wth whether or not to order
the orange blossoms; and man
knoweth whether or not 10 buy
the platinum rirai For the Mid.
summer sun, and not the MAY
moon, IL the safest guide 70 love.
sELAh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29

(AnsWsFs On Fiction Pass'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
Psychic Deafness
A New Kind

ZEN women afflicted with Deafness have been able 70
1V4 hear after flying at great height
Stunt flying supposed to make the cure more eff
cacious
Scientists investigating the alleged are inclined to
doubt their genunenes There is however type Of deafness
exceedingly called psychic Deafness in which the
subconscious mind refuses to hear.
young girl distressed by hearing her father and mother
constantly quarreg said to have developed such deafness
Flight at great height, with occasional downward
swoop may have good effect But surgeons ought to be
able for ordinary deafness than any stunt flight
could do.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
Bee In the Car
We Suggest ] Bee Drill.

Somervle M u four went hospital two expected
TO die because Of bee that entered an automobile il
notion causing the driver Mrs Loretta Knoler lose
troll 81 TIE machine.
Very accidents from the have occurred
repeatedly sometimes the driver being sug sometimes only
frightened
- bee drill for automobile drivers training % keep
their presence mind when bee the car might
used if bee came the subconscons mind would
help the driver II would say to him. Steady remember
the drill .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-29
Dr. Butler?
He s a Good Democrat.

DR BUTLER head Of Columbia College says Hoover won
- do; he is too dry.
Mr. Raskob, late Of General MOTORS managing the
Democratic Party says II wish knew how could get Dr.
Butler into party
DR. Butler is in already This campaign fight Of vets
and drys for and against prohibition you dry are
Republican you wet you Democrat although you
may not know it,
Or Butler is wringing wet and he i Democrat.