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New Britain herald., 1929-08-01

Boston, Aug. 1 P}-Jesse Harding small children, whose crimes horri- fled the country more than half a century ago, was due today to glimpse for the first time the mar Nels of modern life as a closely guarded automobile whisked him from the Charlestown state prison to the state farm at Bridgewater, a distance of about 30 miles.
 It was to be Pomeroy's first auto mobile trip and probably the frs time he has ever seen a machine The trip itself. would be replete with amazement for the East Boston newspaper boy who, since he enter ed the grim prison in 1873 at the age of 17, has never stepped outside it's confines.
 In "Solitary" I1 Years
 Pomeroy had been sentenced to hang for the murder of Horace Mil Ian, whose tortured body was that of the newsboy's third victim, but because of his youth. the sentence was commuted 10 life imprisonment For 4 years thereafter he suffered solitary confinement, a record prob ably never cqualled. Then he was allowed to take his place with other fife prisoners.
 Early this month his counsel, John F. Daly, opened a fight to have Pomeroy transferred to Bridge. water and announced he would seek to mandamus Dr. A. Warren Stearns state commissioner of correction, to take such action. There were no legal proceedings but Dr. Stearns
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
NASH OFFICIAL CITES
"DEPLORABLE" TOLL
Solution of Traffic Fatality Prob
lem Hinges on Car Makers,
He Says.

It is estimated that $4,000 people
met death in traffic accidents in the
United States last year. according to
j. T. Wilson, vice president of Nash
Motors Co
In some of our great cities this
deplorable toll exceeded 1000 during
1928, in spite Of the marked improve
ments in street and boulevard facilities
and traffic control and the effective ef-
forts of great safety agencies.
Physical safeguards, such as high
way pavement widening, double deck
ing of heavy traffic streets separation
of grades at dangerous railroad cross
ings and highway intersections, and
automatic light control have served to
materially reduce these traffic casual
ties, when we consider the annual in
crease in the number of automobiles
registered Year after year, since 1917,
fewer deaths per 100000 cars in use
have been reported. But the appalling
fact remains that these thousands of
lives were lost. 1t is a fact that de-
mandS serious attention by every right
minded man in the country, and is
one of vital concern to automobile
manufacturers.
by far the biggest contribution
made to traffic safety by the industry,
over and above the constant support
it gives to general safety campaigns,
is the concentrated engineering effort
it eXpends on improvements in driving
control. 1t is obvious that automobiles
under perfect driver control at all
times reduce traffic accidents to a
minimum. The one sure way to ma
tional traffic safety lies in mechanical
improvements to the cars themselves"
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TRIO THAT CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED

and the countries and districts which
supply the array of metals such as iron
nickel, aluminium, copper, brass and
silver are as important contributors as
the laborers who. gather wood and silk
in various corners of the earth to serve
as the basis for upholstery and fittings.
This list might be extended greatly,
but to my mind even more important
is the manner in which the automobile
industry looks toward new inventions,
methods, ideas and developments. 1t
has been said that the brains of 10000
men are apparent in the modern auto
mobile, and believe 1t is no eXaggera-
ton.
Engineer Board Maintained.
practically every automobile factory,
including our own, maintains board
of engineers for the purpose of keep
ing in touch at all times with the
progress being made in every industry
allied to the automobile and with every
industry which has even the most re-
mote possibility of supplying some con-
tribution to the motor car.
Merely the fact that spark plugs are
used in the engine of motor car means
that the ceramic industry is vitality in
tereSted in the automobile industry.
Ceramic chemists are at work continu-
ally to evolve better formula, perhaps,
for the production Of the bit of porce-
lain insulation Of each plug.
Probably no group of scientists has
furnished more contributions to the
automobile, or is more keenly interested
in its development, than metallurgists.
Their contributions number into the
many thousands; babbited bearings,
special alloys for pistons and piston
rings, experiments to find stronger yet
lighter metals suitable for chassis and
bodies and chromium plating are but
a few of the contributions of metal
lurgists. In the field of electrical engi-
neering there is another great group of
scientists who have contributed such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
THOUSANDS HELP
|NAUTO RESEARCH
All Branches of Science and
Labor Contribute, Marmon
Head Points Out.

To develop the motor car to its pres
ent state Of efficiency, the automobile
industry has drawn from every form of
scientific research and from practically
every branch of labor, it is pointed out
by G. M. Williams, president of the
Marmon Motor Car Co.
Though 1t is the function of the auto
motive engineer to develop and perfect
new and more efficient points of design
and construction, it also is his duty to
keep abreast of advancementS through
out the world of science, for often, in
some remote corner of the earth, new
idea may have an important effect on
the automobile industry, Mr.. Williams
continued.
To draw an interesting illustration.
Mr.. Williams declared that even the
half-savage native in far-off Africa who
finds a better way to remove the gum
from a rubber tree Is a contributor to
the progress Of Americas greatest in
dustry. Most manufacturers, such as
Marmon, he said, maintain a board of
engineers which regularly collects and
analyzes reports from all branches of
science.
Savages Contribute.
'1f there is a country in the entire
world or a State in the entire United
States that does not contribute SUBJ
stantially to the automotive industry in
products, brains, or even unskilled labor.
do not know its NAME" Mr.. Williams
said. THE savage in Africa or South
America, gathering the gum from rub
Der trees, later to be exported to the
United States for tires, Is just as i'm
portant contributor to the efficiency
of the automobile as Is his better paid
cousin in a giant factory who carefully
fits pistons into the cylinder block of an
engine.
Southern European countries have
sent their unskilled labor to America.
There are the tool and guage experts
Of the Scandinavian countries who
have contributed in no small way to
the exact science of measurement that
is used in building automobile engines.
There are the woodSmen who send ma
terial for body and interior wood work,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
WOMEN INTERESTED
IN AUTO ENGINES
Combine Demand for Beauty With
Insistence Upon Good
Performance.

While the beauty appeal In the mod
ern automobile has developed new mar
kets among woman buyers, they are
looking more closely into the mechani-
cal details of the car than ever before,
recent survey of the Dodge Brothers
dealer organization showed. The In
creasing number of woman drivers has
resulted in manufactures generally Of
fering improvements in motor cars with
features appealing directly to the femi-
nine viewpoint.
There was time when women were
satisfied with a smart looking automo-
BILE" said Dodge Brothers engineer.
who assisted in the survey of the dealer
organization. 1.-THE machinery under
the hood was taken for granted. It
was an uninteresting and UNEMPLOYED
region as far as they were concerned
engineering questions were left to the
men to think about and decide. 1t / ;
longer seeks appearance alone. Sh
wants q mechanically perfect automo.
bile in the bargain.
Many woman drivers today view thu
automobile through the eyes Of the me.
chanic. To use an expression Of the
automobile world, they are 'n1otor-wiSe.'
Their questions are as practical as those
asked by men. They are equally exact
ing about the performance of the par
ticular model they are considering. They
want to know if it is dependable, spirit
ed, easy to handle and whether it has
smooth-riding qualities. And they want
to know why. They are as keen to de-
mand quick acceleration as men are,
with the assurance that their car will
be out in front when the traffic light
turns from amber to green. They ask
for gears that change easily and noise
lessly. and brakes that hold when even
the slightest foot pressure is applied.
Manufacturers who do not keep the
woman driver in mind when new models
are announced are far behind the times.
Utility Is just as important to women as
appearance, for they demand an auto
mobile that is mobile in traffic, safe at
all speeds and handles easily"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

this group falls those inventors who
make the marvellous gauges to which
parts are held to insure precision work.
manship. Another group works on time
and labor saving machinery-fguring
out how some new machine can do bet
ter work with less imam power, or how
a plant may be rearranged for more
efficient production. y
"Mathematicians and physicists, too,
have important roles to play In the
manufacture of the automobile. They
must be able to figure out correctly such
things as the horsepower necessary to
efficiently pull a motor car of a certain
weight, or how much inspiring weight
car must have in order to insure safe
comfortable riding.
Another Group Of Pioneers.
During the last two decades an
other group of pioneers has beer Civ
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important features as head lamps, ig-
milton, the magnetic and tail lamps
The work of rubber chemists and paint
chemists is plainly seen. In addition,
hundreds of contributions have come
from clock and instrument makers,
woodworkers, glass workers and many
more. t
Know What Is Going On.
"It is the duty of the board of engi-
neers to know what is going on always
in these varied industries and to be
ready to change an entire manufactur-
ing or assembling department on mo-
ment's notice If some new development
is made which obsoleteS the one al
ready in practice.
There is almost as large a group
that busies itself with planning, MAX
ing and improving machinery to make
the various parts of an automobile Into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
RAIL PASSENGERS SHOW
BIG DROP SINCE 1920

Comparing present rail receipts with
the high period of 1920, the Interstate
commerce Commission finds that the
motor vehicle business is helping to
improve the freight receipts of the rail
mes, though passenger revenue is light
+.
AS compared with conditions in
920, the passenger revenue of 1927
declined PAP per cent, the number of
passengers declined 1913 per cent and
he number Of passenger-m declined
81 per cent" says the forty-second
Ilnual report of the Interstate Com
nerce Commission. "TheSe declines
are striking, but in considering their
from the standpoint of
railroad finance, it should be consid-
cred that the development of the auto
mobile industry has helped to swell the
freight revenue"
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ing Invaluable contributions to the
automotive industry. That group con-
slsts OF the race drivers, engineers on
tnelr own merits, who test from year to
year the improvements made by all in
dustrieS for the automobile. If such
improvements survive the gruelling
speedway tests they are meritoriouS
enough to be placed on the regulation
automobile.
Il do not believe" Mr.. Williams con-
cluded. that any product manufac-
tured has as interesting a life history
or family tree as the automobile.
Archimedes, the famous Greek physicist,
has contributed to it. So has New
ton. The automobile makes use of the
discoveries and inventions of Franklin,
Edison and the others, as well as those
exclusively of its own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
AMERICAN MOTOR CARS
POPULAR IN RUMANIA
OF $4,000 Autos in Bucharest
10000 Are of United
States Make.

BUCHAREST OP).-Rumania, one Of
Europes smallest nations, is a -four
ishing market for automobiles of Ameri-
can manufacture. OF the 10000 cars
registered in Bucharest, the capital
city, 10000 are medium priced motors
from the United States.
Despite favoring customs dues, con-
tinental manufacturers have been I'M
able to break down the. prejudice in
this country in favor of the American
car.
American trucks and tractors are
familiar sights in the rural districts of
Rumania, which exhibit a sprinkling
of Canadian motor tractors, but pre-
fer those made in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
AID CAR EFFICIENCY.
Wornout Spark Plugs Cause Poor
Running.

An automobile properly Serviced, en-
gineers agree, should give as good per-
tormance after $4,000 miles Of driving
as 1t did when new.
Among the important minor servicing
items that should be looked after regu-
larry are spark plugs Old or wornout
spark plugs, according to AC Spark
Plug Co. engineers, cause poor starting
and excessive drain on the battery
poor running and loss of power, es-
pecially on hills.
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Japan Bans yellow" on Cars.
Motor cars painted yellow are not
sold In Japan, since this color, not the
conventional black, Is significant Of
mourning, according to an export report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
PROTEST ON LECTURE
BY MRS. WILLEBRANDT
Some Members of New York Bar
Declared to Have Registered
Complaint.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 19.-The New
York Herald Tribune said today that
some members of the Association of the
Bar of the City of New York had pro-
tested against Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt,
Assistant United States Attorney Gen
eral, lecturing before the association.
The paper said one member had writ
ten a letter of protest to James A.
Davis, chairman of the committee on
lectures, and that a member of the
committee had rendered his resignation
but later withdrew it when he learned
that the invitation had been extended
before the presidential campaign.
Opposition to Mrs. Willebrandt, the
paper said, grew out of her campaign
speech making and other activities.
She is to address the association next
Thursday on the work of the Depart
ment of Justice. The association adopt
ed a resolution February IA urging the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act and calling for State
regulation of liquor traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
BIG SLOT MACHINE
ALLIANCE REVEALED
Probe Shows Millions Taken In.
High Officials of Chicago
Face Indictment.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March ia politico-
criminal alliance involving slot machines
and the millions of dollars they have
taken in has been revealed by secret
investigation conducted by the States
attorneys Office. aided by 40 detectives.
The evidence already obtained, ac-
cording to Assistant States Attorney
Northrop, is vast" and the list of in
dictments which is expected before the
end of the month may include the
names of several holders of high public
office. it was indicated.
Not only is the slot machine racket
exposed In evidence which has been
collected, but light has been thrown on
several Chicago bombings which were
the outgroWth of warfare among slot
machine men. Several groups engaged
in other illegal rackets, the detectives
found, sought to muscle in" on the
large profits of the slot machines, and
bomb warfare was a result.
The Herald and Examiner said today
that the most important State witness
is w. E. Kenney field agent and in
stallation manager for a slot machine
company which held the rights" for
the entire South Side of Chicago and
other large territories. Kenney, ac-
cording to the newspaper, produced
much documentary evidence, including
the books and files Of the slot machine
,hyndicatS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
MARCH INCOME TAX
GAIN IS SO, 100000
Total for Month Is Reported as
$109, 9,346,s54 by Col
lector.

BY the Associated Press.
Collections from income tax reported
to the Treasury on March Is amounted
to $36,842,347, bringing the total for
the month of March to $109, 9,346,854, an
increase of ss,ooo.ooo over the similar
period of last year.
Total income tax receipts for the
fiscal year starting last July now
amount to $1,1s4,547,6 ,649, lacking only
$lo,oo0,000 of equaling the sum col
lected from the same source during the
same period of last year.
A Treasury statement issued today
showed that the excess of expenditures
over ordinary receipts for the fiscal year
now amounts to $500 0,586,7 ,752, but that
the Treasury, due to sales of Treasury
certificates of Indebtedness, had on
hand at the close of business, March 16,
balance of $4O9, ,357 ,694. A year ago
on the same date, the excess Of expendi-
lures over, ordinary receipts amounted
to only $40, 0,255, 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
FIRE WAGON CRASH
INJURIES four MEN
One Seriously Hurt, 3 Escape
With Minor Cuts and
Bruises.

Skidding as 1t turned from Massa-
chusetts avenue into Forty-sixth street
this morning, in responding to a fire
alarm, the hose wagon of No. 20 fire
engine company overturned, seriously
injuring one fireman. Three others
escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
Pvt. Webster r. Frye, the driver, was
thrown clear of the engine, striking his
head on the ground. At Mount Alto Hos
pital, where he was taken, it Is thought
his skull Is fractured. DR.. w. A. Aimone,
physician treating him, said that there
were indications Of hemorrhage of
the brain.
Lieut.. Gilbert G. Fletcher was treat
ed for cuts, bruises and shock: Pvt.
w. L. Fielder suffered a possible. frac-
ture OF several ribs, cuts and shock, and
Pvt. E. v. Fowler was cut on the hand
Fletcher and Fielder were treated at
Georgetown Hospital. Fowler refused
medical aid.
The apparatus was responding to q
chimney fire in the home of Pvt. c. G.
Limerick, fireman of the same COM
pany, at 46l5 Van Ness street. The
blaze did slight damage.
Strikes Ditch and Oyerturns.
According to firemen who witnessed
the accident. the hose wagon was
proceeding down long incline on
Massachusetts, avenue when the driver
attempted to swing the machine into
Forty-Sixth street. The wagon skidded
in the loose gravel and overturned when
its left front wheel struck ditch.
All four men were thrown clear ex-
cept Fowler, who, feeling the apparatus
going over, jumped. Other firemen
rushed to their aid and summoned the
Fourteenth precinct police patrol. Frye,
Fletcher and Fielder were placed in 1t
and rushed down Wisconsin, avenue
toward Georgetown Hospital Just be-
fore they passed Mount Alto Hospital,
Frye revived sufficiently to notice where
he was. Seeing the Government insti-
tuition, he told his companions he was q
former service man and requested to be
taken there.
The others were taken on to George
town Hospital. Ehsre they were treated
by DR.. William Burke of the staff, and
then allowed to 60 to their homes.
Frye's Condition Grave.
Frye's condition is considered grave
Besides q possible fracture of the skull,
he may be injured internally.
The fire was some distance away
from the nearest water plug and almost
5000 feet of hose were laid, but were
not used. The fire was extinguished
with chemicals.
At the time Of the crash. the hose
wagon was in charge of Lieut.. Fletcher
and Acting Battalion Chief H. B. Barker
was in charge of all the firemen on the
scene. It was estimated that the
damage to the apparatus amounted to
about $500 in value. Immediately fol-
lowing the accident, it was righted and
towed to the repair shop at 639 North
Carolina avenue southeast.
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Promising discrimination"
Campaign, Gales Plans
Advance on Chihuahua,
Strong InSurgent Base.
ESCOBAR CONSOLlDATES
POSITION AT ESCALON
Fled to Spare Inhabitants Horrors
Of Air Raids, He Says-Request
Of Peace Terms Is Reported, but
President Portes Gil Refuses to
Negotiate.
ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
Having captured the rebel
stronghold of Torreon without a
battle, federal armies today were
pressing pursuit of the insurgents
to the north.
Gen. Gales, commander-in-
chief of the government forces,
promised a campaign of "ex-
termination" against the rebels
and was organizing a strong
column to advance on Chihua-
thua, now important rebel base.
Gen. Escobar, insurgent chieftain,
who evacuated Torreon yesterday, con-
Solidated his position at EScalon, 100
miles to the north, and said he expected
to engage the federalS in major battle
within "a hours.
He asserted he evacuated Torreon to
spare the inhabitants the horrors of air
raids, several of which over the week
end took four lives.
A request for peace terms was re-
ported to have been received by Presi-
dent PorteS Gil, who declared that he
would not treat with the insurgents.
The rebel generals, however, denied
suing for peace.
Escalon, the new insurgent head
quarters, is a virtual oasis in an arid
desert region. The insurgents believe it
strategically stronger than Torreon.
The situation along the border was
unchanged. Federal forces at Naco
were still entrenched, while both sides
awaited developments in Chihuahua.
Rebel troops were reported advancing
along the south coast again toward
Mazatlan. where 1000 federals are
holding the town.