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The Washington times., 1929-05-15

1t will be recalled that most OF
the improvements were of a de-
tailed nature. There were a host
of them. representing in some cases
quite radical departures in the
smaller things about the car.
In service what have they turned
out to mean? Crankshafts which
were increased 10-pounds in weight,
for instance? Or the booster that
was supposed to overcome the de-
ficiency of the vacuum tank in
supplying fuel at high speeds?
oil quantity gauges, twin-beam
headlights, the fourth ring at the
bottom of the piston in certain
engines?
Evidence Massive.
On all these and other similar
features, the public has put more
than the first 500 miles Long
ago, it passed the breaking.in period.
Already it is well into the miles
that prove or disprove. The evi.
dence it has ammassed Is great
and conclusive.
The verdict Is unanimous in
favor of the detailed improvements!
They have proved themselves in
nearly every respect, although some
of them, especially the new con-
trolls, seemed a bit inconvenient at
first to many car owners. Once
familiar with their use, however,
the motorist has become a convert.
For instance, one of the detailed
improvements of several cars in
recent months has been the le-
location of the starter button on
the dash where it is operated by
hand. The first time the motorisr
encounters this system, he may put
it down as immeasurably con1pli-
Gated, whereas it is merely radically
different. He is accustomed to
reaching out with his foot and
stepping on a button. He may
have done it for years and the
gesture has become sub-conscious.
But, after a while, the driver
learns a new gesture, and the old
one becomes the strange and un-
usual.
The Single Control
Several makes Of car now are
equipped with a single control for
horn, starter and lights. When
they first experimental with it
drivers found themselves inclined
to let their hands slip when blow
ing the horn with the result that
the lights were turned on. Again
they learned quickly and the COM
plication is as obsolete as if these
The Washington times., 1929-05-15

Motorists in the State Of Mary
land paid an average tax OF $lS.Ol
and consumed an average OF 470
gallons Of gasoline.
Owners in Virginia paid an aver
age gasoline tax Of $2S.S9 and con-
sumed an average of 4S5 gallons
per motor vehicle last year.
The highest per capita gasoline
tax was paid by the motorists Of
Florida, each paying an average
in 1928 of $32.1S and each pur-
chasing an average of 636 gallons
of gasoline, the associations com.
putations show.
North Dakota Lowest
The smallest per capita gasoline
tax was paid by the motorists Of
North Dakota, the average tax
being 1852 for 1928 and the aver.
age gasoline consumption in that
State being 426 gallons per motor
vehicle registered.
An analysis of the figures shows
that the five leading States, from
a standpoint of gasoline per vehicle
consumed in 1928 are: Georgia. SAG
gallons; Louisiana, $50; Florida,
636; Alabama. 602, and Wyoming,
564 gallons. From the standpoint
of smallest gasoline; consumption,
per vehicle, the leading States are:
Iowa, 3S8 gallons; South Dakota
412; North Dakota, 426; Mime
sofa, 42S, and Vermont, 4S2 gal
Ions.
The five leading States per cap
ita gasoline tax paid by each mo-
torist, are: Florida, $32.1S; New Mex
leo, $2S.17; Georgia. $25.S6; South
Carolina, $25.45; and Arkansas,
&25.O4. The States in which the
tax was smallest in the order
named, were: North Dakota, 1882:
Minnesota, 1856: Wisconsin, 1924;
Rhode Island, $40, and Missouri,
1914.
Detailed Figures
Following are the associations
detailed figures, showing the gaso'
line tax paid by the motorists in
each State and the gasoline con-
sumption per automobile in each
state, the States of Illinois, Massa-
chusetts and New York being omit
ted because of the fact that no
gasoline tax was collected in these
States during 1928, the Illinois tax
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
Wheat Reaches Lowest
Price at Martinsburg

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May Is.
Declining steadily since April l.,
wheat here is at the lowest point it
has touched for IA years, it Is
stated.
Wheat was quoted at $1.32 on
April and the closing at Baltimore
on Friday at $1.07h per bushel set
the price here for wheat for sale
and shipment at about IS cents. A
local elevator is paying $1.10, how
ever, for wheat grading up well
enor~h to use in making up their
own flour.
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
POIRET PRAISES
AMERICAN
CARS

A high compliment to American
automobiles was paid recently by a
European, who is recognized in his
own home as leading stylist-a
man whose opinion on the harmony
Of lines and colors is valued
throughout the world. The au'
thority is Paul Poiret. Partisan de-
signer and style arbiter.
And M. Poiret voiced more than
h casual opinion for. on his last and
recent visit to this country. he
hacked un his statements by pur-
chasing an Oldsmobile six. which
won his favor while visiting spe-
cial showing of General Motors cars
held during the automobile show In
Chicago.
interviewed just prior to sailing
for France, M. Poiret voiced some
decided opinions on automobile de-
sign. He said:
Must Radiate Beauty
"An automobile is the family
home while travelling. Therefore
II should be as beautiful and artlstic
as ones living-room. 1t Should
radiate beauty through simphclty'
which. in itself, is a virtue. overly
ornate decorations violate good taste
when used in an automobile as they
do in the home.
There should be nothing on OF
in an automobile that Is not es-
sential to the operation OF the car
or for the comfort Of it's passen-
gers. Decoration for decorations
sake is distasteful to the truly ar
tistic. Simplicity and harmony
should be the goal of the designer.
"Color is another important fea-
Aure in the car beautiful. While it
Is not by any means universal, there
still appears to be an occasional ten
dencv to use too loud and vivid
color combinations. These are most
distasteful, artistically. More quiet
hues. harmonious blended, are in
much better taste and less irritating
to the discriminating eye.
Buys OIdsmObiIe
"These are my Impressions of some
of the principal things a truly
beautiful automobile should or
should not have. They have to do
entirely with what you term the
eye appeal. Mechanically, am no
competent critic, but | believe that
the American automobile leads
In power and performance. Per
haps this is due to the fact that
your engineers are not faced with
excessively high horsepower tax and
extremely high petrol, or gasoline,
charges as exist in most European
countries.
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
AUBURN NAMES
SALES HEAD :.

AUBURN, Ind. May 15.--An-
nouncement of the appointment Of
N. e. McDarby to the position Of
director of sales for the Auburn
Automobile Company has been made
by Roy H. Faulkner, vice president.
At the same time, Faulkner an
nounced that the position Of sales
manager for the Auburn division Of
the company would be filled by
Harry L. Brinck, formerly super.
visor of district sales managers.
Both men are in their thirties
and of the vigorous type, fitting
we'll into Auburn's aggressive or.
ganization of which e. L. Cord
president, is the youngest chief
in the automobile industry.
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
ChangesonNeOAutos
ProUe Their Worth
BY J. LEO sUGRUE
rIn.a. AnAnnnhlln Ehitn.

These detailed improvements about which the world of
motor enthusiasts volumnously informed back in
January when the models made their debuthave they
anythngG Have they justified the
proud boasts their beha Are they important they
to sound when first introduced?
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
D.C.AutoistsAUerage
SO. 90 Gas Tax

Motorists in the District paid average gasoline tax Of
consumed 498 gallons Of gasoline during 1925
cordng compilations of the American Motorists Assoca
on based upon United States Census figures showing the
total tax fuel in the District Of Columbia to be
$2684s and the total gasoline consumed to be 6S157S67
The Washington times., 1929-05-15

men here who protect citizens anS
fight fires have been organizei into
police and firemen's posts Of the
American Legion. =
Post meetings win be held In. the
city council chamber.
The Washington times., 1929-05-15
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The Washington times., 1929-05-15

So marked is the difference between
Chrysler performance and all other per-
Torrance, that in appraislng other cars
the motor-minded almost invariably'use
Chrysler as the standard of comparison.
Chrysler began, FIVE years ago, with
smoothness, speed andaccelerationwhich
at one single stroke obsoleted all pre-
vious conceptions of what motor car
performance ought to be.
ALI phases of Chrysler designing and
engineering are carried out with absolute
precision and with the inclusion Of new
ideas, new refnements and new simple
tiles, growing out of endless research
and fixed habit of advanced thinking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
TRASH DUMPING
STIRS CITIZENS
Belmont Avenue Residents
Complain to City.

Citizens living on Belmont ave-
nue. from Oliver avenue to Wyoming
street were aroused today because
numerous complaints to the board of
public works have failed to secure
removal of city-dumped trash from
their front lawns.
Houses are located only on the
south side of the street. north Of the
roadway piles of brush, tin cans and
old cars, higher than a mans head,
which extend for two blocks. The
present roadway, according to Mrs
Francis Frank, 804 Belmont avenue,
is included in the lots on the south
side of the street. The place where
the trash is dumped is city prop
erty and was intended for the street.
Just before the big storm, July Z,
some of the residents went before
the board Of public works and asked
them to do something about all the
cans dumped along the street, be-
cause rats we're getting numerous.
According to Mrs. Frank, the board
promised to act, but instead of re-
moving the trash, proceeded to let
the street department pile all the
brush that blew down over the city
during the storm along the street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
SOLICITORS TO MEET
100000 Hospital Drive to
Be Discussed Thursday.

Approximately 400 workers who
will participate in the weeks in
tensive drive of the Indiana
Christian hospital to raise 100000
will meet Thursday night at the Co.
lumbia Club. The meeting will be
one of instruction preliminary to the
projection Of the campaign July %
and Aug. 5.
The organization includes fifteen
divisions which are headed by
division leaders. Each division COM
prises six teams Of ten members. A
meeting of the leaders will be held
Friday night.
The active campaign will follow
two weeks Of activity on the part of
the advance gift committee. More
than half the quota Of 100000 of
the committee has been obtained, it
is reported.
William B. Boatright is organiza-
ton chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
STATEPROBES
LAKE COUNTY
$4,000 WASTE
Northern Officials Merely
Shrug Shoulders About
Huge '0verCharge.'
ORR WILL TAKE ACTION
Attorney-GeneraI viii Be
Asked to Investigate
Furniture Deals.

Data showing a $4,000 overcharge
on $21 900 worth of furniture bought
for Lake county courthouse offices
over a period of several years will be
certified to the attorney generals
office for criminal prosecutions or
civil recovery suits, in his discre-
ton, Lawrence Orr, chief of the
state board of accounts announced
today.
The announcement followed a
conference of Orr with Lake county
officials Tuesday afternoon in which
Orr got little satisfaction.
The officials took the attitude that
the furniture purchase was water
over the dam" and what of it now?"
according to Orr's report of the con-
ference. They showed no remorse
and appeared to resent the state in
vestigation, it was said.
The furniture bought over the
long period was purchased from Eu-
gene Carpenter, formerly of Indi-
annapolis, now a printer in Ham
mond.
Carpenter appeared with the Of
flcials and said that he had con-
tracts for the furniture and that
was enough.
In cases where payment was made
and no deliveries found he declared
deliveries are now being made.
The failure to arrive at any set
Element of the matter caused Orr to
declare that he will certify the en-
tire data to the encouragement for
action. This will mean a civil re-
covery suit and possibly criminal
action later if the case warrants,
it was said.
Lake county politicians are
mumbling against The report and
allege that it is discriminatory since
there were other furniture accounts
besides Carpenters and these have
no been investigated.
Orr declares that the work is
continuing and he has thirteen
field men busy in Lake county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24

around which the pontiff will circle,
is outside the Vatican grounds and
only recently has become the ter
ritory of the Holy See.
st. Peters square will be guarded
by Italian troops, who will hold
back the tremendous crowd expect
ed to witness the historic event. The
troops will form cordons to insure
success of the ceremony and to
guard against unexpected incidents.
Organization of the ceremony has
proved to be task which called
upon the resources of Rome and
Vatican City. Stands for distin-
guished guests were built. All sorts
of precautions had to be taken to
avoid accidents and to guard against
possibility of the tremendous crowd
breaking through, if eagnerness to
get close look at the procession.
Osservatore Romano, official organ
Of the Vatican, published the official
regulations for the ceremony on
Thursday, signed by Monsignor
Respighi, pontifical master of cere-
monies.
The procession will be divided into
three parts, beginning with the reg
ular clergy, such as monks and
friars. Then will come the secular
clergy. Then will come the papal
procession of forty-eight sections.
The seninarists, because they
number 5000, will not be in the
march. It was decided that it
would take more than three hours
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
DISMISSAL or
SUTTON SOUGHT
MansIaughter Statute Con-
StitutionaIity Is Attacked.

Dismissal on the charge of fail
ing to stop after an accident for
which George Sutton. %, of 1903
West Tenth street, is being tried in
criminal court was to be asked this
afternoon by Sutton's attorney, Alva
Rucker, at the close of the defense's
testimony before Special Judge
Robert r. Dalton.
Fuckers motion was to be based
on contention that the statute under
which Sutton is being tried is I'M
constitutional.
Sutton is charged with failing to
stop his auto after it had killed Miss
Elspeth Urquhart, 1922 West Tenth
street, Jan. %.
The defense introduced evidence
tending to show that Sutton was
suffering from nervous ailment at
the time of the accident and should
not be held responsible for leaving
an accident scene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
GOVERNOR TO
give PUBLICITY
ON CLENENCY
AH Pardon Plea IndorserS
viii Be Named, Says
Leslie.
CITES TO0HEYS CASE
Politician Acted in Behalf
of AyreS Store Bandit,
Says Executive.
CITES TOOHEY'S CASE

All pleas for clemency for pr1s-
oners Of Indiana penal institutions
and the authors of them viii be
made public from now on Governor
Harry G. Leslie announced today as
he left for Michigan City to attend
a meeting of the trustees Of Indl-
ana state prison to act on paroles
Thursday and Friday.
Il am not doing this to shift the
responsibility of my action in ex-
tending executive clemency," he eX-
planned. But I want the people OF
the state to know on what evidence
I grant favors and who the parties
are that are seeking them.
1T has always been my policy to
keep politics out of such matters
and parole persons whom I believe
are worthy and will make good.
Thus far none have disappointed
me and I trust they never will do so.
Politicians, as such, are apt TO
handicap a petition for parole more
than aid so far as am concerned" -
He cited the political efforts made
to free Edward Toohey, l.. S. Ayres
81 Co. store bandit, who has served
more than two years ovre his min
imum sentence, as an example of
where the handicap worked.
There has been a great deal OF
talk of money in this case, even in
one instance a sum of $4,000 hav-
ing been mentioned as an offer
made to get aid. Such things,
brought to my attention, are the
worst handicap that prisoner can
have. The just simply don't go
down.
I did not hear until after my
election a story that was being
bruited about to the effect that Too
hey's release was one of my prom
ises."
Il told at least one politician that
came to me in Toohey's behalf that
I was surprised to see him taking
part in the affair" the Governor
disclosed.
Senator Arthur r. Robinson's
law firm once represented Toohey.
Carl w. Roberts. one of the Fit.
Wayne bank bandits paroled by
Leslie, wrote a long letter to the
Governor Tuesday, thanking him for
his action and expressing sorrow at
the criticism it has caused
7 wish that people knew how l
feel. then maybe they would under
stand" the letter says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
FIRE HOUSES
ARE BRANDED
! BLOT ON CITY
Living Conditions in Many
Stations Called Disgrace
by MCCIoSkey.
NEW BUILDINGS NEEDED
Works Board Member Asks
Action at Once for
Construction.

Urgent need for modern fire en-
CINE houses to replace the obsolete
stations which were built for horse
drawn apparatus was cited today by
John G. McCloskey, works board
member, who has made a survey Of
fire department housing.
ut is disgraceful to have city fire.
men living in some of the houses.
There are as many as seven stoves
in some of the older stations. Fire
men come back wet from fighting
a blaze and there is no fire for
them" declared McCloskey.
A bond issue will be required to
erect modern houses.
ut will cost money, but the city
could make no better investment.
Any money spent on the old houses
is wasted, because they are not
adapted to modern equipment" said
McCloskey.
Wants Bungalow Type
McCloskey recommended the
bungalow type houses to replace
the large tWo-story structures which
provided huge hayloft in the old
days.
Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell rec
commended relocation of station
No. 8, where the electrical depart
ment is housed in an old shed, and
No. 25, in Irvington, he said should
be moved east.
No. 8, at Massachusetts avenue
and st. Clair street, should be
moved farther north to eliminate
No. 16 at Ashland avenue and Six
tenth street.
I'm not going to make any re-
pairs on No. 8 except to prop it up"
Vosheu said.
The station site at Hawthorne
lane and East Washington street,
bought for $12,5OO by the Duvall
administration, should be replaced
by one as far east as Sherman
drive, Voshell said. McCIoskey APP
praised the site at $4,000.
Would Sell Station
A chimney on Engine House No.
10, in the old West Indianapolis
town hall, Harding and Morris
streets, recently fell on an automo-
bile parked near by, McCloskey
cited
McCloskey proposed selling the
West Washington street station and
building a modern house on West
street with the money derived from
the Washington street property.
Voshell asked an appropriation for
equipment for new houses in the
Fairview district, and near Sixteenth
street and Emerson avenue, to serve
newly annexed territory.
eve don't want to intimate the
exact locations, because property
owners would ask a million for their
lots if they knew the city wanted
them" said Voshell.
"I recently saw a beautiful sta
ton in Kentucky which costs only
$4,000, including the site. 1t is
shame the way they hold up the city
here" he declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
TRIBUTE PAID TO
KELLOGG, BRAND
UNCOVER SPEECH

WASHINGTON July President
speech proclang remuneration
April 1928 result Of discussion between secretary Of state
affairs
Secretary Kellogg propose nations
they binding follows
their respective people that they condemn for the u
international
policy relations with another.
Article contracting that the settlement
conflicts of whatever whatever
among
Dacifc means
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24
BANKS OPPOSE PLAN
State Official Says Nation
aIizatiOn Unacceptable.

Naturalization of all banks, as
proposed for discussion at a con-
ference by j. w. Pole, controller Of
currency. is apt to meet with small
favor from the state banking Off
Gals. according to Luther F. Sym
onds, state banking commissioner.
Symonds suggests if such a con-
ference is held it should deal rather
with making the federal reserve
system acceptable to state and
banking commissioners" He feels
representation at such meeting
should be based on the proportion
of resources between state and ma
tional banks cd work should be di-
rected toward strengthening both
state and national systems.
In Indiana there are TIC state
and 900 national banks. Total re-
sources in the United States are
S4S.644, $4,000 and national S29,021, :
$4,000, according to Symons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24

In one sense it will be the real
beginning of the re-establishment
of the peace between the church
and Italy, the real beginning Of
Vatican City as a temporal state.
Since ratification Of the treaty and
concorda, the world has been
awaiting the time when the pope
would end his self-imposed i'm
prisonment.
Pomp to Mark Ceremony
A ceremony Of great ponp and
Splendor will mark the emergence.
Because of terrific heat from which
Rome has been suffering during the
past ten days, it was decided to
hold the ceremony in the evening,
about l o'clock, when the city
ordinarily is cool.
Five thousand seminarists are in
Rome to help in the rites. They
arrived here several days ago and
Tuesday they attended mass at st.
Peters, after which they gathered
in the square, before the windows
of the pontiff. Pope Plus appeared
at the window of his private apart
ment and blessed the sen1inarists,
and the crowd which assembled, with
an apostolic blessing.
Under the terms of the Lateran
treaties, the territory on which
Pope Plus will step Thursday be-
longs to the Holy See. But the his
torical significance of the occasion
Is not lessened in view of the fact
that st. Peters square colonnade,