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Evening star., 1928-02-26
Speed Limits Climb As Public
Demands and Receives Faster Cars

Most people in this country travel
faster than the ancient winged gods.
who mythology says. sped as fast as
the wind. Wind ordinarily travels no
faster than 20 or 30 miles an hour, ac-
cording TO E. E. Duffy, highway cduca-
tional writer. The American, equipped
with an automobile rather than pair
Of wings. can hardly coutlnc himself TO
such low speed, and occasionally he may
pass all 60-milc gale.
OF late this question has arisen: Are
automobile manufacturers justified In
advertising the speed qualities OF their
cars? The answer is yes. The public
Is demanding speed. Science and cngi-
neering have provided cars that travel
fast with safety. Better roads are be-
ing built.
Roads are the most important exter-
nal factor affecting automobile speeds.
Before rural highway improvement be-
came widespread. States were entirely
sensible in establishing speed limits on
main thoroughfares But now that rural
roads are. on the whole. much better
than they were 4 few years ago. 1t is
only proper to expect States that have
built considerable mileages OF hard
pavement 10 raise the speed limit.
Abolishes Limit.
Several States. among them Indiana.
North Carolina. Maryland. New Hamp-
shire. Oregon and Washington now per-
nit motorists to travel 10 TO 20 miles
ar hour more than formerly Michigan
with a vast mileage OF concrete roads
has gone step farther by making no
limitation beyond that OF stipulating
penalties for reckless driving. a rcser-
vation which still gives that State a
definite check on those who cndanger
the lives and property OF others. Michi-
Gan'S new law states that car shall
not be driven at a speed more nor less
than Is reasonable and proper Thus
the sloWpoke is remembered
With all the potential speed automo-
bile manufacturers are making avail
able 10 the individual. 1t Is folly not tc
take advantage OF 1t. AS railroad en-
gincs were bcttered. tracks were bull,
more substantially. Light rails replaced
the strap iron. heavier steel replaced the
light rails. and now OH railroad trunk
| lines rails are used weighing l30 pounds
per yard. which safely carry 60-mile.
an-hour trains. Experiments with con.
crete roadbeds give promise of still
faster trains at no sacrifice OF safety.
IS Miles Is Best.
The same principle must be applied
to roads so that the automobiles great
| est efficiency can be attained. Au,omo.
biles are now designed In such a man
| ner that the gasoline consumption ap.
proaches minimum at about As miles
an hour At this speed. also. even
Evening star., 1928-02-26
RAILROADS WELCOME
new TRANSPORTATION
Autos Have Made Great Change in
Short'Haul Outlook, Says
Speaker.
pecisi Dlsphtch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. February c5.~-Rail-
roads welcome Gil means OF transpor-
tation. They know that new trans
p0rtation methods arc necessary to
help care for tho tremendously growing
population and the marvellous business
development OF this country. Francis
X. Milholland. assistant to George NJ.
shriver. senior vice president at the
Baltimore a. Ohio Railroad declared
In speech here this week
The railroads, by the very nature OF
things will have 10 handle the great
bulk OF freight and the large number
OF travellers.
THAT there has been q great change
IN the business Of transportation Is
quite evident" said the speaker. "The
automobiles have made great inronds
on the shcrt-haul traffic and will. no
doubt SO continue. For while they
affected the long haul Of the carriers,
but again. by the very nature OF things.
It WAS found that that means Of trans
portation was not competent to meet
the demands and by degrees the bnsi-
ness IL returning to the railroads which
are equipped for such purposes.
"Of course. nobody can definitely tell
Hhat the future viii bring forth. While
i am personally Vu'tS iht~lehtcu H'
aviation and an advocate Of It's de-
rclopment. think that, too. while very
desirable and helpful IN meeting the
demands Of the country for transpor-
tation. 1t has specific field to cover,
While IL may TO n degree, interfere
with railroad trafflc, II can only OF IT.
self be AN auxiliary,
In other words. the railroads have
been an important factor In the OK
psnsion and development Of this colln-
try and will continue tn be just Al I'M
portant and necessary In the future. but
In 4 different way"
Evening star., 1928-02-26
AUTOMOBILE CREDITS
INCREASE IN STABILITY
Report of Large Firm Shows De
crease in Repossessions and
Overdue Paper.

BALTIMORE. February 25 (SpeciaD.
AS indicating a more staple line Of
credit in the automobile business, the
Commercial Credit Co. OF Baltimore.
which is one OF the larges: auto finan-
cial concerns in the country. in its an
nual report. points out that 1t had only
5l3 repossessed cars on its hands at the
end Of 1927. valued at Sl94.474. This
compared with l506 cars. valued at
1864. $50, on December 81, 1926.
In volume and character OF paper out
standing the finance company also re-
vealed quite a different position. The
amount Of open accounts and similar
paper outstanding increased from ST.
2S3.o85 TO S22.777 ,029 In a year. At the
same tine the amount Of these out
standings" which were more than two
months past due. shrank from sal2,756
to S2l0o48.
Volume Of automobile paper outstand-
ing declined from s69.3S9.7s7 10 s43,-
1222 243 The amount of motor liens over
two months past due was ss9.iio at the
end Of 1927, compared with s3o3.4ol a
wear previously
Evening star., 1928-02-26

though the motorist is driving one Of
the cheaper cars will be found motor
smoothness The vibrations Of old that
caused bacx-seat occupants to grip top
supports with terror have vanished.
Danger In some degree is always pres
ent in automobile driving, On smooth,
hard-surfaced roads. with well banked
curves. conspicuously marked railroad
crossings and highway intersections. the
accident likelihood Is reduced to a mini
mum. With confidence In the road
surface ana with complete visibility. the
n,otorist can select his own speed. But
in travelling at a high rate, the motor
ist is charged with being doubly alert,
for 336 feet are required In which to
stop a car travelling so miles an hour
After all. 1t makes little difference TO
accident records whether automobiles
are designed to travel so or 90 miles an
hour. for there are those incapable driv-
ers who will have accidents at 20 miles
an hour A number OF States have at
ieas, weed,d out most Of the unified
drivers by requiring examinations and
tests
The age OF personal speed is here
The day Is not far distant when one
will travel from coast TO coast In six OF
seven days. This can be done now.
but not altogether comfortably or en-
tirely safely.
Evening star., 1928-02-26
IGNITION CARE URGED.
Use of Carbon. Proof Plugs Best for
coil" pumpers.

Proper inspection OF the ignition ap-
D3ratils of old motor cars Will make
them run better and prevent tfoubie
far out ON the road. In the opinion OF
II Rabezzana, a leading authority on
internal combustion engines.
Some engines after they become oio
have d tendency ~ pump oil" Mr.. ia
t,szzana says. s''fhe reason Is that the
rings ~ longer 1T tightly. In many
eases even new rings are Of httie
value when the cylinder itself is ever
~ slightly out of round sometimes
the amount Of oh that gets into tne
chamber Is - slight that cannot bt
deteckd as oil. but appears as a thick
or gImmy eDot upon the head of the
piston or on The spark plugs
How " keep such motors running
well has long been d problem WIN
repair men In nearly every instance
new plugs are folled up within silott
time after installation.
"As remedy, carbon proof spark
plugs III the correct type are The most
iogice! plugs for engines that have
tendency " foul the spark plugs Thekt
plugs also afe desirable for cool Ell"
gines.
"Iney have what is known as
carbon proof insuiator. with "a series Gl
higtl~tNmpsratIre FMS girdling tht
lower end These fms quickly attain
sufibcient heat 10 burn on any de-
posits 0f soot or oh, thus Offering e.
tectiYe resistance 10 carbon troubles
Evening star., 1928-02-26

Americas railroad cars can seat o.
800 900 people Automobiles can seat
90, ,000, 900 over 20 times ~ many.
Evening star., 1928-02-26

1t always ia well 10 hapeut the po-
siiion of ones tires before leaving The
car after parking, Sometimes 1t hap-
pens that u tire IN left standing on the
edge of rl,t IN the roadway. II the
rul has a sharp edge and the tire Ia
placed with the side wall touching II.
serious injury Is almost certain, A good
look al the tires before leaving the car
viii. ~ the long run, pay high dividends
In the form of lesA wear ana fewer
punctures Or blowuutA.
Evening star., 1928-02-26


The time liz approaching for the
tif!cl5.g of the Dlat.!ct 70 examine
tic various streets of the city III
regard 10 resu!acing. The frost
VIII be gore from tiie ground be
.gIn many weeks, and then IL
the time 10 get the highways
tnto proper rGpaif, Although the
Winter 70 cate has not been a
fevcfe one. there are many of the
wei Travelled tkor0ugnfares that
ere III need of attention. Ma&Sa :
tnySct,s avenue is one main ar
terry that iS quite rough, and re-
Ialr work should be contemplated
Washington seems 70 have trou-
be with It's bridges. TO dwell
up0n Chain Bridge would be repe'
tJtlon Highway Bridge, however
one of the most important ap-
proaches 10 the city. shows much
neglect. It's safety Is It's sole at
tribute But the f0ughnes2 o!
both lanes VI traffic on the bridge
Is a disgrace 10 the city. Not onl3
IS the asphalt cracked badly Oh
both sides. but In many places
deep ruts and holes have beer
worn into the surface. The yislt0l
.fst notes the approaches 10
city and his first viewpoints al
Evening star., 1928-02-26

carriage OF Federal plans. would have
been in commission since the Summer
Of 1919. building roads in the United
States:
$500 dump wagons.
524 caterpillar tractors. 5-ton.
1895 caterpillar tractors. lotion.
$500 trailers for tractors.
500 miles industrial railway track
200 industrial, railway locomotives.
$500 Industrial railway dump cars.
80 donkey engines. IS gasolne
engines
200 hosting engines, TO 80
horsepower
400 road rollers
800 rock crushers. complete o1t-
nts. l23 to 200 tons capacity.
200 steam sfovels
200 buckets, clam-shell, orange
peel. bottom dump.
80 excavators, caterpillars and
drag-line.
100 pile-drivers. complete outfits.
400 elevating graders.
100 concrete mixers.
200 motor-driven road-oilers.
Is diaphragm pumps. $50 centrif-
ugal pumps. $50 steam pumps,
and inches.
The cablegram. however, reached
Paris when negotiations for the sale Of
the contents Of warehouses in France
were we'll advanced. To disturb them
would have been unwise. The entire
contents, including this road machinery.
were sold; $4,000, 600. 900 worth of nler-
chandise at 20 cents on the dollar.
Later additional purchases Of surplus
war property in this country were made.
amounting to s7.o00.000 making a TO-
tai OF s407 100000. France executed
407 obligations" OF a million dollars
each. bearing 5 per cent interes, ard
maturing couple Of years hence Each
semi-annual interest payment has been
made promptly on time.
| illustrates His Idea.
If I give you something, the gift
| representing deliberate :orethouglat and
! fixed purpose and not merely a vnin,
and If before can place the gi.t in
| your hands an agent OF mine sells 10,
I would try to carry out my original IN
tentior by giving you the proceeds Of
| the sale in order that you might. II
| possible. do with the proceeds what
/ you would have done with the gift it
/ self
/ Objection may be made that the road
! machinery was but q small part OF the
! contents Of the warehouses. whereas
! tIl@ S4Ut,UuU.uUU represents the eELlTe
/ Indebtedness from the sale The answer
, is that the road machinery cost Us hun
6reds of millions and that the failure
/ 10 receive It the Summer Of 1919 has
seriously delayed the road-buildilg pro-
gram Of the United States. resulting
! in loss far in excess Of the amount
/ now asked for. Think OF the many
/ thousands Of miles Of pavement we
would have had had this ecuipne,!;
/ been in commission since l9le-wh,ch
! for nire years have remained uniEn-
proved and yet have had 70 serve the
| needs of motor transportation.
The United States holds 4o7 obi
cations" o. bonds OF the French Gov
j eminent covering the sale This was
purely commercial transaction. en-
tered into after the war We sold and
France boush: an invoice Of over tao
billion dollars for s407 900 600 a1i
this was absolutely new merchandise.
! France sold some OF this property.
which waS reSo.d in Chicago. New
Orleans and elsewhere at pyrsniced
/ tconstnued on Seventh Psge.l
Evening star., 1928-02-26

Engine bearings should he taken care
of ii at all i00se, in order " prevent
expensive fepiscement later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
WELFARE SESSIONS /.
OPEN FEBRUARY 70.
National Charities Meet viii
Hear Hoover and Other
Leaders at MayfIoWer.

Four hundred representative Ameri.
can business and professional men are
expected to attend the first nation.
wide conference ot citizens on Com.
munity Responsibility for Human
Welfare" ut the MayIiower Hotel.
February 20-2l. 1t wat announced to-
day by William Cooper Proctor of
Cincinnati, chairman Of the national
citizens committee, who was appointed
by the American Association Of Com.
munity Chests and Councils.
Secretary Hoover. who IL vice chair
man of the citizens committee. will
deliver an address on THE Human
Welfare Responsibility Of Community
Chests" Other speakers on the pro-
gram are Louis Marshall of New
York. whs will speak on Where
Should Leadership and Responsibility
for Community Welfare Be Found?'
G.. NJ. Bookman of Cincinnati. presi.
dent of the Association of Community
Chests and Councils, and vice chair.
man of the national citizens com
mittee, who will speak on The Com.
ounity Chest. It's Aims and Oppor.
tunities.'' Newton -. Baker. Cleve.
land. former Secretary Of War and OK.
mayor of Cleveland. will speak on
The Responsibility Of Local Govern
mept for Welfare Work"
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Bookman will
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altitude in order 10 get the greatest
results from their guns and bombs
and Furthermore because the growth
and brush is so thick that at 1000
feet altitude the entire SANDING army
would be concealed. Mai. Brainard.
while awaiting transportation home
after his flight to Managua went out
on raiding party and before de-
parting he had in mind what he
thought was an undue risk on the
part of the Marines I'm flying right
over the tree tops.
The flight had IN make contact
with a bull-cart train and the air.
men went down 10 the level of the
foliage. The train was picked up.
panels were laid out for the airmen
and instructions were received. Mai.
Brainard was flying at 1000 feet and
the entire transaction between the
flight and the train passed unseen
by him because OF the concealed
condition of the ground forces. He
was willing tn admit after being told
what had happened RICH, under his
eyes that very little effect could he
had on the bandits from a COM
paratively safe altitude.
Furthermore. the attack" aviation
In which the Marines are specializing.
and which is a postwar serial Of
fensiye development, requires opera
tions at this extremely low altitude.
Attack aviation's force Is felt against
ground troopE. troop and transport
trains. supply depots and other units
too scattered and too obscure for the
big bomberg with their 1000 and 1000
pound bombs.
The base of operations Of the flying
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force in Managua Is about $50 miles
from the scene of the flyers work
In taking off from the flying field NJ
the Nicaraguan capital. the Marines
must fly across u miles Of water
over Lake Managua, at the far side
OF which reposes 1000 foot. range
cf mountains. In this - miles the
flyers must gain sufficient altitude
In clear the mountains and then ny
for one hour and As minutes over
the rugged country to their operating
zone.
New Planes Faster.
On arrival at their work they
are limited TO about three quarters
OF an hour patrol and fighting ana.
neuyers and then. with the gasoline
supply running low. they must beat
II for home over another $50 miles.
On more than one occasion the rlares
have glided into the field with few
drops of gasoline In the small ~
/ gallon reserve gravity tank in thu
center wing section of the DIS.
The 1lo.gailon tank il filled md
the pilots again take off for n $50.
mile flight. With the new corsairs
and Falcons In use. the pilots will
have more time 10 spend In lighting.
as these planes have a longer cruis-
ing radius and much more speed.
Whereas now the DIS make about
100 miles an hour wide open. tho
newer types can exceed this maximum
by at least 30 miles per hour.
Then, too, In diving down on their
targets from a thousand or two feet.
the Marines, with the DIS, IN not
feel like utilizing these craft rs
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awful to fly over. very mountainous
and dotted with active volcanoes. IT
il mighty rough shedding in case nf
forced landing. IL you are able TO
make safe landing the bandits arc
right on your trail. so where are you
Referring To contemplated drive
against SANDING. which occurred few
DAVIS ago. Lieut.. Schilt wrote: Ell ]
don't get shot down. ] expect tn have
some fun bombing and shooting at
Sandino's stronghold In the chitope
Mountains"
PiefacinS his statement with the
expla nation that he has flown over
the entire United States and i'll Haiti
and Sauto Domingo. Maj. Brainard
declared he never saw such terrible
country fer flying as exists in Mic.
liaEua Bull cars, he said are the
only modes OF transportation outside
of the cities. the carts consisting OF
Two solid wooden wheels. drawn by
two bulls yoked across the horns. The
reads consist ot two tracks for the
.bulicart wheels and I'm the wet season
tho carts sink down TO depth re-
duiring the Juggling of from / 10 10
bulls 10 eAtricate them.
Flyers ON Scene.
By bull cart. one would spend FIVE
weeks in travelling from Leon TO Oco-
tai. whereas. an airplane can fly from
Mana-u To ocotal. Il much longer
distance. in an hour and 20 minutes.
In addition TO Lieut.. Lamsnn Serb.
ner ard Lieut.. Schilt. the following
Marine pilots are conducting the oper-
atoms: Ma. r. r.. Roweil. comma nd.
ing: Capt r. ! Archibald First IieLv
v. NJ Guymop. Second Lieut.. r, ID.
Weir. Marine Gunner Mike Wouaic-
zyk. Gunnery Sergt. NJ. r. Shepherd.
GunIeiy Sergt. 4. =. Munsch and
Sergt. l.. I'll. Pabst. All except Lieut.,
Schilt. Lieut., Guymon and Gunnery
Sergt. Shepherd, participated In the
battle of Ocotai when the Marine air
force came To the rescue o. maroonsd
ground forces and killed 200 bandits
with their bombs and machinc-sun
IRE. The pilots, with the exception
of Maj. Roweil. who Is stationed nj
SIN Diego, ar. based permanently ri
9uanttco.
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gpeak At n dinner ut which Perry Ly.
man Wilbur. president Of Leland Stan
ford University. will preside. William
J. Norton of Detroit Is chairman Oh
the program committee.
President ard Mrs. Coolidge have
extended an invitation tn the confer
ence delegates to attend reception
at the White House on the openin Z
dav of it's session.
In addition to the general meetings
a series Of round table conferences
have been pl3 nned. at which the fol-
lowing subjects will he discussed: Di-
vision of Responsibility for Welfare
Work Between Local Governments
and Private Organizations; Co-opera-
ton Between National Welfare Or
CARNATIONS and Local Communities.
Responsibility Of Local and National
Corporations for Community wei
fare; Whic. Local Organizations
Should Be Included in Community
Chests: How May Permanent Funds
Best BE Given or Bequeathed for
Human Welfare?: The Fund Raising
Campaign: Importance Of a Fact Basis
for Community Welfare Programs:
The Problem of Education Publicity,
and How Can the Public Most Effec.
lively Be Told About Community
Welfare Work?
Committee Members.
Mr.. Proctor announced that the
following business and professional
men and representative women have
accepted membership on the ma.
tional citizens committee TO arrange
for the meeting In February.
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis.
Senator James Couzens. Detroit: Fre1-
erick r. Kellogg. Morristown. y. j..
Evans Wooden. Indianapolis. Miss
Belle Sherwin. Washington: Harvey
:. Fisestone. Akron: G. :. Wooiworth.
Ralph A. Amerman. Scranton. pa.
Mrs. r. III. S,sedman. 81. Louis:
Iames Lester Goodwin. Hartford
Conn: W. Fl. SchwarzschiId. Ricn-
mond: Henry G. Stevens. Detroit; 7
ID. wilkins, Greensboro. y. e: John
Lord O'Brian. Buffalo: julius Rosen.
valid, Chicago: John Stewart BRYAN
Richmond; August vogel. Milwaukee:
Mrs. Henry Fairfax. Richmond. Va:
J. ID. Robinson, Toledo: Mrs. John d.
Shermon. Estes Park. Colo.
" q. Thompson. Columbus: Fred
@rick Lazarus. Columbus: G.. NJ. Book.
man. Cincinnati: William NJ. Elkins.
Philadelphia: Wiilouyhby G. wailing.
chicago: Janies J. Davis. Secretary OF
Labor; Charles r. kette-.ng. DAYTON;
Charles T.. Adams. Cleveland: W. .B
Bayless, Memphis: Sydney NJ. Colgate.
Orange. y. j.: L. d. DuffieId. Newark,
y. j: William j. SHREDDER. Cincinnati:
j. Herbert Case. New York: Leon
Mann, New York
Samuel Ma:her, Cleveland. Vance
McCoruic:;. Harrisburg. Pa: Free, W.
Rnm~rit ticsel1r,i. II enrv n. sharpe.
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insult ACQUIRES i
| PLANTS IN VIRGINIA
Alexandria, Charlottesville,
Warrenton and CuIpeper
in Reported Deal.

SPECIAL Dispatch to The star
ALEXANDRIA. Va, January L.
/ Samuel insult and associates. one Of
tire largest owners Of electric light
plants IN this country, has purchased
! the electric plants. NJ the National
Public Service Corporation. which in
cludes the Virginia Public Service
Co. of this city and other plants in
Cha rlottesviile Warrenfon and Cui-
perer.
Representatives ~ the purchasers
will arrive here next Friday to CON
duct an inspection. and E1ter will dire
with the local officials Of the Virginia.
Public Service Co. at the George
Mason Hotel
The New Jersey Central Power T.
Light Go ard other electric light
properties IN Delaware. Maryls nd.
Virginia. North Carolina. Georgia and.
Florida az well as all If the pr 1perty
formerly owned bv A. T. F'itkin. Inc,
Western United Gas 4 Electric Go.
ami the Inland Power 4 Light Cor
pors ton will tie uoder insult control.
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D. c. TYPIST MAKES
CHARGE OF BIGAMY
Winchester Business Man Wed
Her in 1925. Says Mrs.
Kathryn Myers Cooper.

Special Dispatch tn The star
WINCHESTER. Va. January -
ST. Elmo Cooper. local business man,
who was married January = TO Miss
Elizabeth Carter March. former stu
dent nurse, daughter Of William A.
March. was arrested today on
bigamy charge. on complaint of Mrs
Kathryn Myers Cooper. who claimed
she never had been divorced from
him although they had not been living
together for several months. Mrs.
Cooper said she had been earning her
own living recently as stenographer.
and typist in Washington.
Cooper was released on $500 bail.
for a hearing Tuesday. In applying
for Il marriage license Monday he ex-
hibited TO the court clerk a paper
purporting TO be copy Of divorce
decree obtained in Maryland. J. H.
Myers. father Of Mrs Kathryn Cooper
and business partner of Cooper. said
his sonin-law has resided here con-
tinuousiy since marrying his daughter
December ). 1925. He is a son Of VIII
lain Cooper. formerly Of Front ROYAL,
Va. now living in Maryland Mrs
Kathryn Myers Cooper declared she
never had heen served with any d.
vorce papers.