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Evening star., 1928-03-03

three 10 six months TO thoroughly in
culcate the habit In the community.
Ones own home may be spick and
span and colorful. but the cheerfulness
and pride OF It's occupants may be sadly
marred by the appearance OF other
peoples property on closely adjacent
streets or lots. Slovenliness on the part
Of neiPhbors depresses the spirits OF the
owners OF we'll kept homes and reduces
the value of the home itself.
Tht general appearance OF the neigh
borhood has almost as much infi,icnce
In the decision OH the location for 4
home as does the condition and appear
ance of the specific piece Of real estate
hence the admonition In the official
proclamation customarily issued In
heralding the cleanup campaign.
Away with the rubbish piles! Banish
the plague spots! Clean up streets and
alleys, Cut the wccds~-mow the lawns
and trim the hedges! Repair and paint
every building that needs Il! Remove
needless fire hazards!
Evening star., 1928-03-03
ORIGIN OF WORD SINCERE
Latin Derivation Quoted AZ Mean
ing "Without Wax"

The modern word sincere" is direct
ly derived from the Latin sine cera, or
without wax"
IT Is recorded that the builders OF GER
tain Roman buildings Of antiquity were
required 10 furnish a guaranty that
their marble structures were In no
places CLOSED over with coating of
wax 10 conceal defects Of the stone or
Of workmanship.
Sine cera" gradually came to be ac-
cFpted In all matters as denoting what
w nov call sincerity.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
Buy Upshur Street Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Long. now
located at 1925 Girard street, have pur-
chased home at 1922 Upshur street.
built by Preston. which they will oc-
cupy about March Is. The house con-
tains seven rooms and has a built-in
garage.
Evening star., 1928-03-03

Sanitation. protection against disease,
Is no less essential In building than pro-
lection against the elements.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

men to accompany the fire trucks and
arrest all who failed to heed the right
of-way law, and 1t is understood he has
not entirely abandoned the idea yet.
1t is deplorable that this should be in
any measure true.
When you draw up to curb to let a
fire engine pass or refrain from crossing
the street on foot when they approach,
or do any other act which may facilitate
the passage of piece of fire apparatus
along the street, you are not only obey
ing very specific law, but you are in
addition complying with the dictates OF
humanity, you may be directly aiding
in saving some ones life.
Our great civilized state of today is
chiefly distinguished by the care and
solicitude we display toward our fellow
men. In early days it was not unusual
for people 10 kill off the old and weak
as well as the disabled members of the
community. We. on the other hand,
treasure our aged relatives and no one
commands our sympathy to the extent
of one who is physically disabled We
give generously and invariably when
some great misfortune has befallen our
fellow men.
1t is, therefore, our paramount duty to
aid fire apparatus in every way possible,
because they do more to save lives and
prevent suffering than any other agency
in the civilized world.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
DAMAGE TO TENDERS
EASILY REPAIRED
Modern Equipment Makes Task
Easy and Economical for
Car Owners.

Any fender which comes out Of a
crash short of being Shredded" can be
restored to its former gracefulress OF
line and smoothnesS of finish In a short
time and at comparatively low cost
as a result of improved equipment with
which the high-class repair shop tackles
such task. Many car owners unaware
of the great progress made in this i'm
portant form of car repair, are tolerat-
ing serious deficiencies in the appearance
Of their automobiles merely because they
think the only remedy is new fender
These points are made by Rudolph
Jose, director of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association.
Hundreds of motorists have a vision
of fender repairing that is several years
out of date" says Mr.. Jose. They re-
call that in the past the main dents
were removed, but in their place a
series of smaller ones appeared where
the repairer's hammer had left its
mark. On top os these was smeareC
some black enamel and the job was
done. 1t looked better than If nothing
had been done. bat nothing like the
original.
To-day fender Strengthened and re-
finished by the expert in the modernly
equipped establishment is done so per-
fectly that 1t Is virtually impossible tc
locate the spot upon which the work
was done"
The point is a good one to know in
this day of heavy traffic congestion, Mr.
Jose declares.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
ADEQUATE ALCOHOL
URGED FOR SAFETY
Danger of Warming Up Car
in Closed Garage Again
Stressed.

Motorists with unheated garages
avoid the deadly menace of carbon
monoxide gas asphyxiation by using an
adequate amount of denatured alcohol
anti-freeze solution in their cars radia-
tors when these cold November morn
ings present the temptation to warm
her up" behind closed garage doors, ac-
cording to DR.. Lewis H. Marks, execu-
tive secretary of the Industrial Alcohol
Institute in New York City.
Laboratory tests show the exhaust
gas expelled from a running automobile
motor contains from to IL per cent
carbon monoxide. Because this gas is
practically odorless, its danger is en-
hanced as it quickly permeates the
average one-car garage, and the motor
iSt Is overcome, frequently with fatal
results, before aware of his peril. The
extremely swift action of carbon mon
oxide upon the human organism is that
it displaces the oxygen from its COM
bination with hemoglobin, the coloring
matter in human blood whose function
is to absorb oxygen from the air and de-
liver it to the different tissues of the
body. Withdrawal of the oxygen by
carbon monoXide gas is in the average
case followed by death before relief
can be administered If the victim has
been exposed for any length of time, >
DIR. Marks said
The Winter car user should be equip
ped with an accurate alco-tester OF
hydrometer, and determine before
garaging his car for the night that
there is sufficient denatured alcohol ir
the radiator to offset the lowest antici-
pated temperature for that night. With
this precaution early morning starting
will be facilitated, the expense of froz.
en- cooling systems and cracked cylin-
der heads and pumps eliminated, anc
the danger of carbon monoxide poison
ing removed.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

sleeping soundly but a moment before,
now coughs, barks few times and then
BIZ. SIS into life with a deep, full
thrcated believing roar that browns
out all other sounds.
The doors at the front of the station
slide open automatically and out into
the street they move, and by the time
they reach the curb they are already
moving fast. Under the Skillful hands
of the driver who has made this turn
many times, they roar along. With
siren shrieking madly, its banshee wall
announcing to all who hear that some
body'S home, somebody's business, or
maybe somebody's life is in danger
Who can fail to thrill as they watch
this monster thunder past? Whose
heart can fail to pay tribute of
civic pride as he watches it pursue Its
unselfish way?
Does this culprit stop to think as he
pulls the little lever. that there beside
the driver as he bends, every nerve
taut, behind his wheel-rides Specter,
a familiar specter to fireman, the
specter of grim death? A specter mock
ing, jeering, taunting him-a Specter
who sometimes rides back from the
run with him triumphant. Does this
culprit ever stop to think that not only
Goes he endanger the lives OF flremen
but others as well, a little child may
choose that unfortunate moment to
, cross the street, or a noise may cause
some motorist to fail to hear its warning
siren with the resultant fearful acci-
dent, or some luckless pedestrian be-
coming confused, might fall its VIC
tim? Does he not think of the expense
to the taxpaying public entailed by
every alarm, no matter how groundless.
Does he ever stop to think that some
bodys home may really become afire
F.; while they are absent on this false
alarm? Does he ever stop to think that
a Fire Department is the most unSel-
! fish, noble purposed institution on Gods
green earth? That they are organized
and maintained solely for the public
benefit That firemen are ready on a
moments notice to risk their lives and
frequently sacrifice them. Sometimes
to save the humhlest abode-equally as
| Quick as the nobleSt mansion in town.
What motive, indeed, what thought
impels the action of this person so de-
void of sense of public spirit? When
his hand has pulled that lever he has
by the very act stamped himself as
| one who cares little for the life or limb
! Of others or the safety of the homes OF
+; his fellow humans. How does he know
| what 1t may be some one dear to him
who will suffer? What makes him ap-
parently confident that his home may
/ not catch on fire while they are out
| chasing the will-o-the-w -wisp? Only God
! n His infinite wisdom and mercy
! knows
! Motorists Careless.
This writer. from his own experience
as a policeman. has often seen Incl
! dents where motorists failed to give the
| proper right of wav to fire apparatus.
At one time Mai. Hosse was seriously
considering detailing MOTOR cycle police
Evening star., 1928-11-25

Every inch of the steel wire now be-
ing woven into the 19-inch main cables
which are to support the Ambassador
Bridge, which is to connect Detroit with
the border cities of Ontario, is tested to
insure uniform strength, according to
the engineers in charge of construction.
The high-Strength wire used Is said to
represent step forward in the devel-
opment of special material. Its ability
to carry load without permanently
stretching has by a continuous heat
treating process been increased over 80
per cent compared with cold-drawn
cable wire, or, in the words OF the en-
gineers, an elastic limit of over 10000
pounds per square inch Is specified.
Past practice in making acceptance
tests has been to make chemical analy-
sis of the ingots of steel and determine
tions of the physical properties OF sam
pies of the wire cut from the ends OF
the reels or taken at the mill during
manufacture. The fact that all the
pj q IS tested measure up to the exacting
hign standards specified by the engi-
neerS is, of course, good foundation
for a belief that the untested portions
of the mill run of the reel are equally
good; but science has devised another
method of checking the uniformity
which does not require destruction OF
the piece tested.
Carefully plotted charts comparing
the physical properties such as elastic
limit, breaking strength. hardness ETC.
with the magnetic properties of the
wire show that whenever there Is any
appreciable variation in these physical
properties there is a corresponding va
1.;o fjn,, iv, tho no ca with Uhirh the ufire
can be magnetized.
The method Is really extremely simple
and can be readily understood by the
average radio fan or by any one famil-
lar with the principle underlying the
action of transformers and induction
coils. The moving wire as 1t passes
from the last operation in the wire mil
toward the reels on which 1t Is woun6
| for shipment acts as the core OF 8
transformer, the primary winding OF
which is energized by alternating cur.
rent. Any irregularity In the amount
of current generated in the secondary
winding Of this little transformer indi-
Gates some irregularity in the physica
properties of the wire, and any fluctua-
| ton beyond the high and low limits
established is signal for rejection OF
portion of the wires.
This, the Ambassador Bridge engi'
neers explain, does not mean that there
are any fewer chemical and physical
| tests made than before the development
of the new induction test. The new
| test does not tell just what Is wrong
but 1t does indicate that something Is
wrong which might make the particular
part of the wire unsuited for the impor-
tant work it is expected to perform II
Evening star., 1928-11-25
CANADA TO PROVIDE
EXHIBIT BUILDING
Construction Would Pave
Way for Spring Automobile
Show in Toronto.

TORONTO, November "a (SpeciaD =
Great interest has been stirred up in
Toronto automobile circles following the
announcement of a new automobile
building at the Canadian National EX-
hibition 1t will be a great boon to one
of Canada's leading industries. not only
during the weeks of the big fair but
also in the Spring, because, undoubt-
ecily, the building will house Spring
motor show.
Every effort will be exerted to make
the new building one Of the finest on
the continent, and 1t Is estimated that
the cost of construction will run We'll
over 81 100000.
OF 100000 square feet of floor space
which the proposed building will con-
tain, $4,000 square feet will be allotted
to automobiles and buSSes, $4,000 to
trucks and $4,000 square feet to Ac-
cessorieS There is no doubt but wrat
such a structure would make Toronto
virtually the center of the automotive
industry in Canada and would be the
means of bringing thousands of peo-
pie to the city for the Spring show.
The benefit to the trade in general
would be great. 1t is not realized by the
general public how great Is the value
of the motor show at the exhibition
as far as the promotion of sales is
concerned. After the last motor show
representative Of one of the largest
manufacturers of cars stated that
enough prospects to last through the
entire Winter were cleaned from the
crowds who strolled through the build
ing.
Another dealer estimated that the
motor show stimulated business to the
extent of nearly 80 per cent.
A Spring show would, dealers say, be
of equal If not greater benefit and.
coupled with the regular exhibition,
would mean great things for the in
dustry.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
HIT-AND- RUN DRIVERS
GROWING IN NUMBER
Baltimore Safety Council Reports
Traffic Menace Increases, While
Highway Accidents Decline.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 24.-Hit-
and-run automobile cases increase 148
per cent in the nine months ended
September 30, as compared with the
corresponding period of 1927, according
to a report of the Baltimore Sefety
Council. Although traffic accidents in
general decreased, the hit-and-run
cases increased from 240 last year to
500, with IA persons killed and 172
injured
The number of persons killed in
traffic accidents decreased nearly 26
per cent
The total number of accidents
dropped 7.6 per cent, the report showed,
and the number of persons injured de-
creased SAT per cent.
The decreases resulted, the report
said, despite an appalling increase in
the number of hit-and-run cases and
heavy increases in reckless driving
cases" The report covered an analysis
by the councils statistical committee of
all accidents reported by the police of
the CITY,
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Widen Verdun- Bordeaux Road.

The highway stretching from Verdun
to Bordeaux-nost famous in the his
torical annals of France, from the era
of Roman rule down to the present
time-is being widened to accommodate
greater traffic demands and will be sur
faced with asphaltic concrete, the
French Society of Economic Roads an
YlOlfNce9
Evening star., 1928-11-25
POLICEMAN UPHOLDS SPEED
). AS FIRE APPARATUS REQUISITE
Safety of Human Life Often Hangs on
Seconds When Flames Suddenly
Break Out.
BIZ r. J. ALLEN.
mher Of METROPOLITAN Police Force

Member of Metropolitan Police Force.
There was a great amount of contro-
tersy recently concerning the speed OF
fire apparatus, ambulanceS and other
public vehicles which are required by
the very nature of their duties to travel
at high speed along the streets OF the
city.
That these vehicles are required by
the nature of their duties to travel at
high speeds through the streets Is a
fact that no amount of controversy pro
and con can alter. Yet a close study
of the actual record reveals how aston
1shingly few accidents occur here in
Washington in comparison with the
amount of runs" the Fire Department
makes.
It is not at all unusual for them to
answer as many as Is to 20 alarms in
q single night: never knowing which
alarm may be the last run" for some
Of them.
A very frequent expression heard
from people. who apparently have new
er stopped to reason the thing out is:
"Oh, and they are only rushing to a
little old fire that could have been put
out with bucket of water" That to
my mind is about the most ridiculous
statement imaginable How do they
figure the firemen know when the alarm
comes in whether 1t is an explosion Of
gasoline in some cleaning establish
ment, which may soon have the whole
block aflre, or the Smoldering of some
rubbish in some ones cellar, which is
easily extinguished? How do the fire.
men know until they have reached the
scene whether or not they needed to
come in desperate haste or whether
they could have travelled Ieisurely?
Then, too. as they thread their way
through trafiic, they must be ever
mindful Of the anxious ones who may
be standing on the sidewalk watching
their home in flames and praying that
the firemen will not be late.
Victim May BE Trapped.
Also, there is ever present the hor-
rible possibility that some hapless VIC
tim may be trapped in the fire with
their sole hope of rescue depending on
whether or not the f1remen can reach
the scene in time. But perhaps the
most urgent need OF speed when a fire
alarm has been turned in-is to get
there in time to prevent the spread of
the flames. It only requires mighty
little headway on the part of the small
est blaze to have it become a disas-
trous fire. No one can fail to be i'm
pressed after viewing the earnest, Sc
Ilous and businesslike manner in which
firemen go about the task of putting out
me smallest fire. Experience has taught
them the value of ordered haste in the
Quenching OF incipient fires.
Fire Chief Watson once said. sneak
ing before gathering of citizens of
Bethseda, Nd, that the most impor-
rant time to consider about a fire was
che first three minutes.
Or course, when some deplorable ac-
eioent happens, people on the whole
Evening star., 1928-11-25

rarely reason calm
ly and, of course,
the people bereav-
ed are often rem
dered bitter by
their great loss.
They are always
those to say well
If so and so was
not the case, ii
they We re not
travelling fast, or if
the street was a
lot wider, etc.
why no one would
have been hurt.
That re m in d s
me of a story abou!
an old farmer WIN
lived d near me-
Fr-nnVS r 49, lgLAN
Evening star., 1928-11-25

ing OF a loud, harsh
bell, which galva-
niZes into instant
action every man
in the f1rehouse.
They hastily strug-
gle into boots, he'll
NETS, etc, a n d
each man dashes
to his prearrange I
place. Some me ;
leap to the top OF
the truck, others
dash to their places
in the rear and the
driver climbs to his
place behind the
wheel. He touches
a lever and that
giant beneath tht
hnnfi who wa 6
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Rumble Seat Bars Hoop Skirt.

The American Motorist. official pub
lication of the American Automobilo
Association, says: Whenever a man
drives up in cloud of dust and tells
you that the modern fashions in wom-
ems clothes are nonsensical, ask him
what would happen If hoopskirt tried
to get into a rumble seat"
Evening star., 1928-11-25
TEXAS SALVAGES ROADS.
Lone Star State Spends $70O, 900 to
Improve Highways.

Determined to maintain the excellent
status of its state highways, Texas is
spending 100000 to salvage 396 miles
Of old gravel and macadam roads in %
of its counties. Work under this ap-
preparation constituted the initial pro-
ject of the 1928 highway program,
which called for the surfacing of ap-
proximately 1000 miles of gravel and
rock roadbed with asphalt. The 396
miles of roadway affected by the appro-
priation for new surface construction
are being given an asphalt surface
treatment.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Every Inch of Wire in Huge Suspension
Bridge Tested for Uniform Strength

supporting the 1,850-foot span Of the
Ambassador Bridge, which when COM
pleted will be one of the longest bridge
spans in the world.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

When the bottom of an oil can fails
to spring back when pressed inward,
insert a spiral spring inside the can
pressing on the bottom to place spring
in position
Evening star., 1928-11-25

All Is peace and quiet and over
everything there broodS a sense of wen
ordered movement. Suddenly this peace
and quiet are shattered by the clang-
Evening star., 1928-11-25

This writer, from his own experience
as a policeman. has often seen Incl
dents where motorists failed to give the
proper right of wav to fire apparatus.
At one time Mai Hesse was seriously
considering detailing moor cycle police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
ARMIES OF CHANG
TRAPPED BY FOES
Forces Pounded on South by Ma.
tionalists and Menaced by Muk-
IDENTITIES on North.
By the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING. September 13.-The troops
of Chang Tsung Chang, the former die
tator of Shantung province, who is try
ing to maintain a semblance of power
against the Nationalist, are fighting
with their backs against the Great Wall
of China.
They find themselves between the
devil and the dcep-blue sea. for Ma
tionalist soldiers under Gen Pal
Chuns-Shi are pounding them from the
south and west, while the Mukdenite
garrison at San Hai-Kwan is on guard
to prevent a retreat into Manchuria.
Shan Hai-Kwan is a Manchurian out
post right at the Great Wall and the sea.
Dispatches received here today said
that Gen. Pal occupied Luanchow this
morning That city is at the crossing
Of the Luan River on the Tientsin-
Mukden Railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
GERMAN VETERANS
SEEK REFERENDUM
Super Patriotic Societies
Wish Vote to Change
Constitution.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MoWRER.

BY Radio TO The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright 1878.
BERLIN, September 10. - Reaction
airy Germans who are dissatisfied with
present political conditions are threat
ening to attempt to open an offensive
by the simple expedient of appealing to
the democracy they despise-namely
by demanding referendum.
This is the plan in the heads of the
leaders of the Front Fighters" an
organization o. war veterans from the
first lines of the Steel Helmet Associa.
ton, perhaps the most violent Of all tho
super patriotic societies. Of which Pres
ident Won Hindenburg is honorary pres
ident.
The plan was discussed at the recent
Steel Helmet meeting in Emden. but it
has not yet been definitely approved.
since a formula for a plebiscite is not
easy to attain. The Front Fighters"
want the German constitution changed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13

fed himself with the promotion of
civil aviation In the Free State.
He took a prominent part in the
establishment of the Irish Aero Club.
The Irish Free State, he holds, has
lost her shipping ports and must not
let the same thing happen to her air
ports. He believes that Irelands geo.
graphical position gives her an excep-
tional opportunity to benefit by the
development of transatlantic air travel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
Cuba Hits Oil Interests.

HAVANA Lp).-Legislation now pend
ing in Congress and aimed at foreign
oil refineries operating on the island
may result in cessation of gasoline re-
filming If passed. Reports are that the
Standard Oil of Cuba may stop its re-
fining process here If proposed laws
relative to taxation are passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13

abolishing parliamentary responsibility
namely, the necessity for the cabinet
to have O parliamentary majority-and
abolishing the immunity from arrest
which the present Deputies enjoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
SEES IRISH AIR FUTURE.

Fitzmaurice Believes Erin Has
Great Opportunity.
DUBLIN LPD.-Col Fitzmaurice, Irish
member of the Bremen's crew on its
transatlantic flight. has actively identi-