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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
STATES CAR LAWS
ARE VARIED PUZZLE
Motorist Meets Differences
at Boundary Lines That
Complicate Procedure.
BY HARVEY L. COBB.

General Counsel, American Motorists Assn.
The motorist- travelling from State to
State meets with varying rights and
duties at each boundary line. He can
not know wherein the laws of one State
differ from those of his own or a
neighboring State and only by exercis-
ing the highest degree of care can he
hope to avoid annoying circumstances.
AS general rule, non-residents are
held amenable to the same regulations
as resident motorists In the use of
highways in given State The prac-
teal difficulty of serving process upon
the transient motorist. who has caused
personal injury or property damage
while passing through a State, has been
met by different States in different
ways.
Some States have adopted the theory
that a nonresident motoriSt by simply
using the highways thereby constitutes
some State official his agent for the
service of writs in any suit growing
out Of his negligent conduct. Such pro-
visions In State motor codes have been
broadly sustained by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Power Is Limited.
nate a State official as agent for a non
resident motorist for the service of
process Is not without definite limita-
ton.
In recent decision of the Supreme
Court, statute of the State of New
Jersey, providing that a nonresident
motorist, by using the roads of the State
thereby constituted the secretary of
State as the person to accept service
of writs In any action against the nom
resident for damages arising from negli-
gent driving in the State, was held I'M
constitutional.
Constitution Is Cited.
Failure of the act to require that
actual notice of the suit should be for
warded by mail or otherwise commune
Gated to the nonresident defendant
rendered the law invalid as offending
the fourteenth amendment of the Fed
eral Constitution, the court held
Where the service of summons is
limited to service Of the secretary of
State or some officer of the State. with
out more" said the Supreme Court, st
will be entirely possible for a person
injured to sue any nonresident he
chooses. and through service upon the
State official obtain default judgment
against a nonresident who has never
been in the State, who had nothing
to do with the accident, or whose auto
mobile having been in the State has
never injured anybody A provision of
law for service that leaves open such
clear opportunity for the commission
of fraud or injustice is not reasonable
provision. and in the case supposed GER
tainly would be depriving a defendant
of his property without due process of
law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March l6.-Magistrate
Alva Lamkin of the Traffic Court this
week explained a moot question of why
some automobile drivers are summoned
for trial on charge of reckless driving
when the accident is obviously attribu-
table to another driver who failed to
give right of way, or when the accident
was not witnessed by the policeman who
issued the summons.
There are several reasons for this
condition arising" Magistrate Lamkin
said. First. there is the case where the
policeman did not see the accident. It
may be an accident at street corner
involving right of way. or it may be
an accident away from the corner
wherein the right Of way is not TO be
considered. or it may be such case
as the knocking down of a lamp post
or cOlliding with street car or run
ming into a store front or the front of
a dwelling. or it may be striking a
blinker light or safety zone guard or
O guard at an excavation in the street,
"As I have said before, reckless driv-
ing covers multitude of violations. II
the accident occurred at a street corner
and one driver evidently failed to give
right of way, the policeman usually
gives the driver having the right OF way
a summons charging him with reckless
driving This is done chiefly to keep the
records of the policeman clear. Many
drivers resent he charge being placed
against them and contend that if the
policeman were clear-headed he would
be able to determine then and there
that the only driver chargeable with any
offense is the driver failing to give the
right of way.
This theory should apply 100 per
cent. but il does not. Now. why? Sim
ply because We have many drivers on
the streets willing to take advantage
of any technicality, and these drivers
will probably agree on the street at the
time of the accident that they are to
blame in failing to give right OF way
and that the other driver, the one who
gets the reckless driving summons, Is
not to blame.
The policeman gives but one sum-
mons. and that is TO the driver who
failed to give right of way. little
later on and before the case is heard
in traffic court this right-of-Way yto-
lator talks with his friends or his rela-
tives and about the first question they
ask is whether the other driver got a
summons When they are told he did
not he is urged to go to the traffic court
immediately and have the other driver
charged with speeding or reckless driv-
ing: ~
1@ek.s the rssv7 IT, -hovo tia et9sfr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
AUTO EXTENDS SUBURB.

"The automobile has made possible
the modern suburb, says Alfred Reeves,
general manager of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, in Build
ing Developer. Before its advent the
area Of suburban community was linn
tied to the convenient radius OF horse
and wagon from the railroad station
Today the area is limited only to the
rapid transit Of the motor car and by
the freight facilities afforded by the
motor truck. One is likely to think at
first that the automobile causes con-
gestion in cities. but If we should re-
place each motor car with horse and
buggy We can readily picture the piling
up of this slow-moving traffic which
would result"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
BY II. CLIFFORD BROKAW,
Automobile Technical Adviser.

This matter of traffic is increasingly
the subject of study as millions of new
automobiles take to American highways.
It is we'll that attention Is being given to
the problems growing out of complica-
tons which arise as numerous vehicles
undertake to get from one point to
another This is especially true in urban
communities. Not only in the big
metropolitan centers, but In the smaller
cities as we'll, Is this traffic question be-
coming pressing.
In the smaller cities the streets are
quite likely TO be rather narrow, espe-
cially the main thoroughfare where most
of the business houses are located. One
difficulty with these smaller commune
ties lies In the fact that the solutions
of traffic problems are likely to be ex-
pensive and to involve bond issues.
Other suggestions include directing the
course of cars away from business
houses, and consequently they are likely
to affect adversely the trade of some
business firms. Naturally such sugges-
tons are not popular with whoever of
the merchants are affected.
Metropolitan Centers Cited.
In the big metropolitan centers the
cost of putting into effect plans for
traffic which are really practical are
also costly. However, it is often easier
to put through effective measures. For
one reason, in large centers Of popula-
ton traffic congestion slows UP bust
ness and consequently retards business
profits. Industrial leaders are willing
to pay taxes to help meet the cost of
Improvements which will improve the
facility with which the processes of
business can be carried on.
Some people believe that the present
solution of automobile traffic in most
of our American cities is to facilitate
the movement of automobiles into and
out of the city and the movement of all
vehicles on the streets as much as pos
sible. The theory of this seems to be
that If the movement of this traffic is
speeded up congestion will tend to de-
crease. If this we're true in the past,
it does not appear to be so at present.
In some of the larger cities the main
arteries of entry are handling more
vehicles than there are streets in the
downtown sections to accommodate.
The traffic situation in these downtown
sections consequently is not determined
entirely by the desire of motorists to
enter such sections Most of them de-
eide to go downtown, but great many
OF them have a greater desire to avoid
the excessive traffic conditions, and con-
sequently park their cars in the more
outlying regions and use street cars to
accomplish the last leg of their journey
Perhaps some plan might be effected for
controlling the destination of automo-
biles coming into the city from suburbs
and rural sections. Even without many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
COMPLETE STUDY OF TRAFFIC
NEEDED AS AUTOS MULTIPLY
Safety Problems Up for Solution as Mil
lions of Motor Cars Enter Compe-
tition on America Highways.

of these suburban automobiles, the city
would still have problem, with It's
trucks and business cars, its taxicabs
and it's vehicles owned by people living
within the city limits.
One Plan Is Commended.
One plan which appears to be work
ing we'll in many communities Is the
providing of a route whereby the mo-
torist desiring merely to pass through
the place in the least possible time Is
directed over streets which do not in
clude the main business thoroughfares.
Signs are posted near the entrance to
these communities to the effect that
those wishing to find the business sec
ton may follow one sign-those wish
ing to pass through with the least pos
sible inconvenience are directed to pro-
coed in another direction. The larger
the city, the better such plan is likely
to be worked out. For one reason large
cities have their own unique traffic prob
lens and can employ experts to help
solve them. In small communities such
experts are not so often employed.
The taxicab situation presents COM
plicated traffic problem. The impress
sion is that there are too many of them
This is probably false impression, since
the competition In this field is keen
dIlu OIlly tIlUSS dI6 likely W survive WLlO
find it profitable to operate a single
taxicab or a feet of them. On a rainy
day, when one has difficulty in finding a
taxicab, complaint is made that there
are not enough of them. Even on
pleasant day we are accustomed to be
irritable If we do not succeed in secur-
ing taXicab on the spur of the mo-
ment. These vehicles form an important
service.
Congestion Problem Discussed.
One relief for traffic congestion has to
do with limitation of the time of park
ing automobiles in the business sections
Even In some communities where park
ing in the business areas is limited to
from 80 minutes to an hour 1t Is very
difficult for one to find place to leave
a car within several blocks from where
the owner wishes to do business. If
the parking time is unlimited the situa-
ton becomes much more complicated.
Relief is frequently secured by limiting
the time of parking on the busiest thor
oughfares and setting aside other
streets, usually the broadest ones. where
motorists can park their cars for longer
periods.
What to do with truck and other
business vehicles Is a growing problem.
To certain extent they could be rout-
cd along streets especially set aside for
7uch traffic. Some of those people who
have made the greatest amount of study
IN this traffic situation believe that in
large cities the only practical solution
lies in building underground passage
tunnels or streets below the regular
street levels for the exclusive use Of
automobiles
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
GAS N. OYLE.

LADIES AID GENTLEMEN,
WE WILL NOW TAKE YOU
ON 4 PERSONALLY CONDUCT
Ed TOUR OF THE WASHINGTON
MOTORISTS GALLERY OF
WElEkNOWN DRlVERSe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
COURT PLAN WINS FAVOR.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 16.-A contin-
uous day and night Traffic Court, as
proposed in a bill pending in the Gen
eral Assembly. has the approval of Po-
lice Commissioner Gather.
THE need for a continuous Traffic
Court is steadily growing. This court
should have sessions night and day and
on SUNDAYS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
TIRE WASTE ECONOMIES
Lack of Proper Care by Auto own
ers Costs Vast Sums.

Hardly any article in general use to-
day gets more abuse than the automo-
bile tire. yet none is more responsive to
proper treatment. Every year literally
millions of miles of tire service are lost
through failure on the part of car own
ers to take proper care of their tires.
says the Rubber Association of America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

At this time Of year owners should
inspect tires carefully for stone bruises,
cuts and minor punctures caused by
driving over Winter roads. Deep ruts,
Jagged icy surfaces and stones loosened
by frost have put an extra strain on
tires, and careful inspection and re-
pair will pay immediate dividends in
extra mileage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

David Herson. connected with the
automotive trade here for the past Is
years. has opened a chain accessory
business. His present two stores are To-
Gated at 1706 Seventh street and 33o3-5
.Tauvt ea,a&11- s$eeot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

The man who regards the automobile
as a luxury cannot consistently ride in
a Pullman car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

a fabrication engineers definition
of oiIiness: ~. ftUo lubricants hG0-
ting the same Visc0sity may possess
different qualities of fabrication,
sCiich differences are commonly re-
.ferred to as oiLiness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
maryland GOODS
CROWN MAY QUEEN
Rose Alice LaughIin Rules for
Day at Fete for Seniors
by juniors.

University of Maryland CO eds
crowned Miss Rose Alice Laughlin Of
the class of 80 Queen of the May in
the annual junior May fete given on
Gerneaux Green yesterday In compli-
ment to the senior class.
Miss Laughlin has won many honors
during her college career. She Is pres
ident of the Pan-Hellenic Council, secre-
tary of the senior class. secretary of the
students assembly member of the Foot
light Club and New Mercer Literary So
ciety, sponsor for the first battalion,
r. o. T. c.. and president Of her social
fraternity, Kappa XII.
Dances Tell Story.
In a ceremony depicting the union of
the land and the sea, Neptune chose
his queen, and, after browning her and
selecting her court, presented tableauX
Of dances introducing to her the sub
jectS" of their watery realm, including
the winds, the oceans, Starflsh, sea
flowers, sea sirens, Gree, walruses and a
bevy of green sea waves, who danced a
sea pole" dance as the climaxing fea-
ture. Interspersed between the dances
were several vocal selections, with
Misses Leonore and Virginia Blount al
ternating in solo numbers and offering
several duets. They were accompanied
by Edgar Jones.
Attending the queen as maids of honor
were Misses Emily Herzog, Edith Burn.
side, Betty CARRIER and Mary Murray.
Miss Mitchell Is Neptune.
Miss Margaret Mitchell carried the
role Of Neptune; Miss RoSalie Nathan
son was Triton. and Miss Isabel Bewick
was Gree. Others in the cast were ::
Oceans, Misses Elizabeth Jones, Caro-
line CheSSer, Genevieve Wright, Curry
NourSe and Virginia Fooks; sea fish,
Misses Adelaide Grey. Felisa jenkins,
Elizabeth KlrkwoOd, Lorraine Magruder
and Elsie Stanford; sea flowers, Misses
Aiine Boswell, Minna Cannon, Char
lotte Clemson Ruth Reed, Marion
Lane. Katherine Siehler, Christine
SimmondS, Edith Stinnette and Isabel
Tolson: winds. Misses Elizabeth Car
michael, Margaret Karr, MaryVee Glass,
Roberta Harrison.
Sea sirens Misses Catherine Barns
ley, Norma Finch, Resale GOodhart,
Roberta Howard, Virginia Kalmach,
Maude Lewis, Lillian Lunenburg and
Margaret Wisner.
Walruses- Misses Dorothy ASpinal,
Eleanor Baumel, Madeline Bernard,
Mildred Kettler, Ruth Miles and Vir-
ginia Smith; echo and narsisSue, Misses
Marian Billiard and Jane Hammack.
Waves-Misses Marguerite Claflin,
Margaret Creeger, Regis Dunnigan, Isa-
bel Dynes. Games Harrison, Estelle
Hoffa, Margaret Leighton, Grace Max
well, Florence Mcleod, Margaret Meigs.
Evalyn Ridout, Elsie Ryon. Barbara
Schilling, Annie May Snodgrass, Alice
Taylor and Louise Townsend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
W|CKERSHAM ASKS
M|LDER DRY LAWS
Declares Jones Law Probably
Will Defeat Self Through
Its Consequences.
BY the Associated Press.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May g.
George w. Wickersham, former Attor-
ney General in the Taft administra-
ton, believes a more general observance
of the prohibition law would result from
a legislative scheme of small penalties
easily enforced.
Speaking before the students of VIII
liam and Mary College, he said:
THE policy OF the Jones law. which
seems to compel observance of the pro-
hibition law by more rigorous penalties.
probably will defeat itself through the
consequences it entails. It requires the
prosecution by indictment and not by
information in every case. This will
mean one of two things, either a very
large increase in the number of Federal
judges or the continued embarrass-
ment of civil litigants in the DELAYS
caused by the swelling tide of criminal
indictments and trials under the pro-
hibition act"
Mr.. Understands address was the
second lecture of the Cutler Foundation
Of the Marshall-W ythe School of Gov
eminent and Citizenship on the ConSti-
tuition OF the United States.
DR.. John Garland Pollard, dean OF
the Marshall-Wythe School and candi-
date for governor of Virginia, presided.
DR.. w. A. r. Goodwin, who was instru-
mental in securing the establishment
of the 100000 Cutler Foundation, in
troduced Mr. Wickersham.
Yesterday DR.. Goodwin was host to
the speaker and to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ford at Restoration House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
ESCAPED CONVICT
SHOT BY GUARD
Prisoner, Wounded Twice in Lung,
Eludes Officers for Two
Hours.
Special pispatch to The Star.


Aide, Va, May s-Struggling
through mountain underbrush for sew
eral miles with two gunshot wounds in
his lunge Wilbur L. Sorrow, convict,
sentenced to Is years, was finally cap
tured by guards after he had escaped
from prison road camp near here yes
terday with another 10-year prisoner.
The gunshot wounds were inflicted by
James Edward Lawler. guard, who
along with other guards pursued the
two men through the mountain passes
here.
The 10-year man, whose name could
not be learned, Is still at large and a
posse is at present beating the noun
famous area here in search OF him.
Lawler found Sorrow lying exhausted
in wooded patch several miles from
Aide after he had followed trail of
blood through the heavy wooded growth.
He lifted the wounded convict to his
back and carried him to Aide, where
he was later removed to the Warrenton
Hospital. Physicians there say his
condition is serious, but have hopes for
his life.
The sensational escape came late yes
terday afternoon, while more than 200
convicts were working on the State
road between here and Middleburg. The
men suddenly threw down their tools
and made a dash for liberty. Some diff
ficulty was encountered by pursuers,
due to the heavy underbrush, and 1t
was two hours before Lawler discov-
cred Sorrow and shot at him. The con-
Wet struggled on through the noun
famous region until he fell exhausted
and was captured.
Sorrow was sentenced to IS years in
prison by Danville court for robbery.
Police here expect to capture Sorrows
companion within q few hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
STUDY OF Conduit
ROAD AREA |S:SfT
Senator Tydings Notifies CitN
liens of Survey to Begin
About July l.
By a star Correspondent of The star.

oS otaH Correspondent OF Inc StAr.
CABIN JOHN PARK, Md. May e.
Study of the area adjacent to Conduit
road from the District Of Columbia line
to Great Falls, with view to widening
and providing other improvements for
the expected increase in traffic, when
the new bridge over the Potomac is
constructed at the falls. will begin about
July /, 1t was disclosed Monday night
at the meeting of the Cabin John Park
Citizens Association The information
was contained in a letter from Senator
Tydings, who was instrumental in hav-
ing the appropriation for the survey
provided. The study will be made under
the direction Of Maj. Brehon Somervel1,
United States Army engineer in charge
of the Potomac River district.
Provision of a water supply for fire.
fighting purposes in the area has been
made, it was announced, by obtaining
permission from the Federal authorities
to take water from the conduit, which
supplies the Capital city.
The association unanimously Endorsed
Mrs. Nina Church Brann for the posi-
ton on the board of trustees Of the
Glen Echo-Cabin John School. The
action of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation on the school program and
the Rockville courthouse project was
also unanimously approved.
Mrs. G. r. Smith, vice president, pre-
sided during the first part of the meet
ing, and President A. C. Wilkins the
latter part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
SECOND JURY BRIBE TRY
Barred IN ELLER'S TRIAL
Venireman Approached in Chicago
= Case on Election Riots,
Officials Learn.
'By the Associated Press.

6y Jne ASSDClAttd TIcsS.
CHICAGO, May 8.-The second at
tempt to bride a prospective juryman
In the trial for election disturbances OF
four followers of City Collector Morris
Eller, head of a political faction here,
was disclosed late yesterday. Earlier In
the day another venireman told OF
having been approached in an effort to
get his vote for acquittal in event he
was selected for jury service.
Frank Szymanski, being examined
as a prospective juryman, told the court
three men had promised him 5000 to
$500 II he would agree to return YER
dict of acuuittal. Michael Hoppe, the
first venireman approached, named Paul
Harters, former candidate for alder
man, as one of the men who asked him
to give the boys a break"
Judge Frank Comerford in Criminal
Court asked Szymanski to name the
three men who attempted to bride him
and ordered the trio brought before the
court as soon as apprehended.
The four Eller aides OH trial are =:
State Senator James Leonardo, Sam
Kaplan, Rocco Fanelli and John Ar
monde. No additional jurors were Sc
cured today. eight having been pre-
Viollsly accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
Il PUPILS SCORE PERFECT
IN MUSIC MEMORY TEST
Three Rural Schools Tie for First
: Place in Annual Competi-
ton at Marlboro.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, May g.
Twenty-one pupils of the rural schools
of Prince Georges County made perfect
scores and three schools tied for first
place In the fourth annual music men,
DRY contest in the Parish Hall here
Monday.
When the tie was broken, Forestville
was awarded first place, Glen Dale cap
tured second and Silver Hill third.
The pupils who made perfect scores
were: Mildred Wilson, Accokeet; c. Hy-
miller, Camp Spring; r. Lusby, Camp
Spring: Dorothy Peters, Cheltenham;
Burnett Grow. Cheltenham; Helen
Owens, Richie; Louise Brady, Richie;
Elizabeth Wetherall, College Park; Har-
old Tallman, College Park; Elizabeth
Taylor, Berwyn Heights; John Bickford,
Berwyn Heights; Robert Springer, Bald
Eagle: Marian Pollock, Jane Anderson
and Bernard Mattingly of Forestville;
IilliaS Keim, Robert Beatty and Lester
Klein of Glen Dale and Helen Middle
ton, Elizabeth Duvall and Edith Per-
kins of Silver Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
FINES. TOTAL. $1,835.45.
Prince Georges County Court Sub
mits Monthly Report.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, May g.
Fines and costs totaling $l,835.45 were
collected in Prince Georges County Po-
lice Court during April. it is revealed
in the monthly report Thomas r. Hen
ault, clerk, submitted to the commits
sioners yesterday.
The sum was realized from ITO cases,
according to the report, l02 OF which
involved infractionS Of the motor We
hicle laws.