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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

boulevards and speedways, yet WITH
approximately a IS per cent saving on
the engine, including a comparable saw
ing on gas and oil. A careful check
of the rear axle reduction ratios will
show that most of the new cars. re-
CARELESS Of the transmission type, are
geared higher.
Usable Speed Is Aim.
In former shows ~extravagant claims
were made for hill climbing ability, but
the latest motor exhibit reveals che pic
ture as having changed in favor OF
| speed ability. The new products are
equal to any reasonable hill because Of
such improvements as dual carbure-
ton, higher compression, twin tgni-
ton, positive fuel supply by pumps or
vacuum boosters, enlarged cooling area,
heat resisting valves, aluminium alloy
pistonS and non-dragging brakes, but
they are not being designed for stunt
work on up grades. disable speed Is
the aim.
The increase in horsepower output
of most of the engines has been OBJ
tanned through the addition Of cylin-
derS, increase in bore. improvements
in valves, tightening parts and install
lation of improved ~carburetion. In
some instances the greater diSplace-
ment of most of the motors merely
takes care of the added weight OF the
longer chassis and heavier bodies Of
the new jobs.
Very definitely the industry has aban-
doned the idea of the small European
type car, which was indicated two years
ago and which appeared to be losing
ground at the 1923 exhibition. The
1929 car is bigger, longer and heavier.
1t Is built to get somewhere, to hold the
road and to give it's occupants a sense
of security never before enjoyed. This
trend has progressed to the point where
there are 26 chassis with wheel bases
| of 100 inches or over, and n maker
has definitely announced continuation
of a line of bodies which were criticized
in 1923 as being clumsy. Because there
is more room inside for passengers, the
manufacturer finds the public Is stead
lily coming to appreciate the product.
Those who delve deeply into trends
in body design, which now are closely
linked with chassis features. maintain
Continued on Seventh Page.)
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LICENSE R%EVOCATIONS
INCREASED THIS YEAR
Violations Of Maryland State
Motor Vehicle Law Show
Considerable Gain.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 12.-Revo-
cations and suspensions Of driving
licenses for violations of the State
motor vehicle laws showed a consid-
cradle increase this year over 1927,
according to Commissioner E. Austin
Baughman.
The driving licenses Of LAO mo-
florists were revoked and the licenses
of 2,116 other drivers suspended for
periods Of from 10 days to l year.
Aside from arrests made. by men,
beers Of the State police ON the high
ways, 34,474 drivers were warned or
reprimanded for unsafe practices or
minor breaches of the law. Investi-
gators, special deputies and examiners
issued warnings to BITS more drivers.
The legal examiner of the commits
sion held hearings for 2,264 motor We
~hicle operators. These hearings re-
suited in the revocation Of $50 licenses,
the suspension of 437 others and the
administration of 1869 reprimands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Only Four Cars Survive of 81 Exhibited
At First National Auto Show Held In 1900

Recalling the first National Auto
mobile Show, held % years ago at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
Frank N. Mutt, prominent in engineer
ing circles, and who every year has at
tended a national show, reciteS some
interesting "reminiscences.
THE first show was held November
5 to 10, 1900" Mr.. Mutt says. Thirty
n different makes of cars were shown.
Eight were steam driven, eight electric
and fifteen by gasoline motors. Twelve
OF the Is gasoline cars were fitted with
single cylinder motors, two with two
cylinders and n had three cylinders.
"Out Of the thirty-one makes of cars
then on display only four are still be-
ing made.
Power plants with one or two ex-
ceptionS were located inside of the body
and under the front or rear seat. The
steering wheel made its appearance on
one or two cars, n commentator say
ing editorially a few have adopted that
foreign freak, the wheel, which is in
convenient and complicated and can
not compare with the lever
The show, sponsored by the Auto
mobile Club OF America, was an I'M
qualified success, and the club came in
for a lot OF praise for the efficient
n in which it handled New
York's first real automobile show
"One publication contrasted the ex-
hibition with the farce held in 1893
when a dozen vehicles were gathered
together and palmed off as an auto
mobile show, at which vigilant guards
prevented visitors from kneeling to
look under the carriages-and promptly
sent away any n exhibiting too much
intelligent CURIOSITY
I'm addition to viewing the cars the
visitors we're treated to test demonstra-
tions in the Garden. These tests were
designed to show that the cars would
run and could be steered and stopped.
ut is interesting now to recall some
of the specifications of cars at the 1906
show. Here are a few:
"Tops-mostly none; some canopy.
Tenders or mudguards-metal frame
with patent leather sewed over the
frame.
"Windshield-none; used goggles.
Steering gear-stick or lever; one o.
two had wheels.
"springs-full elliptic or long semi
elliptic.
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..4.81 MOTOR CARS LISTED
FOR EACH HIGHWAY MILE
Worlds Records Also Show Aver
age Of 59.91 Persons Are Car
ried by Each Vehicle.

There are 4.81 motor vehicles to every
mile of highway in the world and 1891
persons to every automobile.
The road mileage in the United States
is almost equal to that of the rest
of the world. This country has 3,005.-
614 miles Of roads, as compared &c
6,582, DOL in the entire world.
There are a total of 81, SIT, SIS motor
vehicles in the world, of which 25.001,-
625 are located in North and South
America, and 1886, 542 of this num-
bar in the United States.
The range in the number Of persons
to every motor vehicle Is from ST. In
the United States to 64,102.6 In
Ethiopia. France has 36.6 persons to
every car. Germany, 1874, and the
United Kingdom has 23.8.
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OVERHEAD RAIL CROSSING
OPINION is RENDERED
Holds State May Compel Roads to
Build Them With Due
Regard for Safety.

A decision of Importance to mo-
florists of the country, from q stand
point Of safety, has just been rendered
by the United States Supreme Court.
holding that q State has authority to
compel railroads not only to build over
head highway crossings, but that they
must be built according to s~pecihca-
tions and with due regard to safety,
according to a report of the decision
made by the legal department Of the
American Motorists Association.
The railroad cannot prevent the ex-
ercise Of a States police power by the
excuse that the change from grade
crossings to overhead crossings would
interfere with interstate commerce or
lead to the bankruptcy Of the railroad,
the court declared. The present de-
cision broadens a similar decision rem
dered previously that a railroad could
be forced to build overhead crossings,
the present decision going further by
holding that the overhead crossing
must be built with due regard TO
vehicular safety,
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Removal of Snow From Highways Saves
Vast Sums to Business During Winter

cluded in the snow belt, are traversed
by plows shortly after the snowfall
reaches a depth of five inches or so.
Michigan, typical of the States of
heavy falls, pays out about seven per
cent of State road maintenance funds
for snow removal. For this sum-, three
months or more are added to the
period of usefulness Of several thousand
miles of roads.
Gas Tax Repays Minnesota.
G. M. Babcock, commissioner of high
ways, Minnesota, points out that in his
State last Winter $500, 600 was spent
for snow removal In three months.
During this time, the gasoline tax COL
lections amounted to $3.50, 1000. Only a
fraction of this sum could have been
expected If the sno had not been
shifted. Further, it indicates an eco
nomic stability that could not have
been obtained otherwise.
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will hold forth Thursday, with its pres
ident, Thomas j. WaSser, Jersey City,
N. j., in charge. The manufacturers
will also meet Thursday morning.
Thomas H. Macdonald, chief Of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads,
will share honors with Senior Dubois
of Mexico in presiding over the Pam
American sessions. A number of Spe-
cial receptions, teas and social honors
will go to the foreign delegates while
in Cleveland. Senator-elect John G..
Townsend, former governor Of Della
ware, will speak at the road builders
annual banquet for 1000 guests
Wednesday evening at the Hollenden
Hotel. The Hollenden and the Public
Auditorium will house all the meetings
and social affairs Of the week.
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and water tank a part Of the lamp;
electric and electrics.
"Drive-chain.
"Signal-mechanical and electric
bells.
"Ignition-make and break; one or
two with jump spark.
"Instruments-no speedometer, I'm
meters nor gauges"
New Britain herald., 1929-01-25

Consists of 6O-inch Buffet China Cabinet,
Oblong Extension Table, Enclosed Server.
5 Side Chairs and Arm Chair. Seats
covered in choice of genuine leather.
tapestry and jacquard velour. Entire
suite Duco finished. Regular $3.50 value
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
A New Note of Peace
too late

The French government has granted the Lufthansa
Company. Germaay's leading aviation organization
permission to fly its planes over FIT. Cherbourg, near
the principal seaport of France to speed up delivery
Of mail between Germany and the United States.
The mail bags will be dropped on the deck of the
Bremen, Germanys record-breaking transatlantic
liner.
Frances action is commendable because it indi-
Gates less Of the distrust and suspicion that have
the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
But at the same time will there be much necessity
for any nation guarding the secrets of its forts if
another big war should come? Will not those forts
which helped stem the German advance into France
in 1914 be as obsolete as the cannon of Civil days?
If that war should come. death will rain from
the skies and what good viii few forts be? The
long-range cannon that bombarded Paris during the
World war amazed the entire world, but since then
aviation with nonstop flights for planes of more
than 1000 miles and for drigibles OF more than 5000
miles has made the Big Bertha" appear as a puny
weapon of war.
The next war can not be confined to combatsnt
armies 1t is certain that the death toll of civilians
children. women and helpless old men-wH be
terrible.
For these reasons the statesmen and peoples OF the
world should 90 everything possible to prevent such
conflict Anything looking toward that end must be
encouraged ferventy The people of the word do not
want war and their representatives in international
councils must represent them truly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15

protoplasm of new cells in the process of growth.
1t will be remembered that a plant is composed OF
millions of tiny units known cells.
Three processes go during growth One is the
enlargement of cells Another is the division of cells
by which cell splits into two. The third process
is the modification of certain cells without any in
crease in their size,
tt will be remembered that each cell consists Of
three parts. First there is the outer wall mem
brane. In the of plant cells this outer wall is
heavy and composed of cellulose.
Next there is the interior of the cell cytosome.
Finally there is the denser spot within the cytosome
which is known the nucleus.
All three undergo important changes during GER
tain stages Of growth.
When a cell is growing. the wall of celulose is
stretched and grows thinner and thinner. When a
cell divides or splits into two cells, wall grows
up between the two parts.
AS an enlarged cell grows older. the wall grows
thicker and thicker Cellulose is very complex
bohvdrate which is manufactured by the cell out of
the sugars and starches which present. Sugars
and starches are both simpler carbohydrates.
Cotton fiber is pure cellulose. AS be seen from
the examination Of such fiber celuloSe is colorless
and insoluble in water and possesses considerable
strength.
Abundant water supply, warmth and strong light
favor growth Water is needed because protoplasm
is mainly water.
Strong light increases photosynthesis or the manu-
factre Of food and therefore increases the supply Of
materials needed for growth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Motor Cars and Health

Did you ever think of the big part played by the
automobile in getting Americas urban population
to fresh air.
Twenty-Five years ago millions of people were
cooped up day after day in the sitting heat and
soke-led air of large cities Fresh air specials
loaded with poor children were run into the country
districts.
But new nearly every family is able to get the
pure air of the country at least once week. The
automobile takes them there. Look at the greatly
increased number of golf courses, most of which are
crowded The same applies to beaches, camps and
other places where outdoor sports available.
One of the greatest contributions Of the motor car
to modern civilization probably will be improved
health resulting from more fresh air per capita.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
1T SEEMS TO ME BY WILLIAMS 32H

Mr.. Geiser was standing on a
street corner in Cleveland, ponder
ing the mysteries of life. A ball
game was in progress between the
Cleveland Indians and the New York
Yankees.
Presently tremendous cheer cut
into Mr.. .Geiser's meditations.
Aroused, he looked up to see a small
white sphere spinning through the
air. Interested, he gave pursuit.
1t proved to be the ball with which
that great American, Mr.. George
Herman Ruth, had made his 500th
home run, feat never before con-
trived by man, woman or beast.
Returning the ball to the great
citizen, Mr.. Geiser was presented
with moneys, gifts and otherwise
hcnored for his active participation
in a deathless chapter of the ma
tons history.
Today he is known from Butte to
Boston as the man who retrieved
the most famous baseball ever
smacked into an outlying jurispru-
dence.
1t will be interesting to follow the
future of Mr.. Geiser. Obviously he
is a favorite of the gods. When the
cards of fortune are dealt he seems
predestined to hold only pat hands.
I can vision but one possible draw
back to this ultimate success. Some
body may convince him that a fell
low ought to work to get by.
Copyright, 1929. for The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15

Franklin, late of Brooklyn, was
slashed badly in the leg and forced
to retreat. A hero of many fren-
zied subway rush in his native city,
it is impossible to suppress aston
ishment that the gentleman would
flee from a mere bull.
Hardened campaigners of the sub
way are prone to look upon the
Infatuated bovine with the same
contempt that a buzz saw holds for
a talloW candle.
In Mr.. F'ranklin's case, however,
there are extenuating circumstances.
The bull came into the ring with
bare horns. Generally it is the GUS
tom to cushion the horn points with
rubber pads.
This serves to deaden the impact
when the bulls stickers happen to
caress the gladiator's backsides and
produce an effect reminiscent Of the
rowdy days in the old Mack SEN
nett films, albeit without presenting
anything like the hazards Messrs.
Turpin, Chaplin, Sterling and Conk-
lin were compelled to risk.
Be that as it may the humanita-
rianism of the world cries out
against that barbarous practice OF
permitting bulls with unpadded
horns to face matadors armed with
nothing more than sabers, cutlasses,
claymores and a road map to the
nearest exit. Something ought to
be done about it for the sport will
get a bad name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Summary Execution

Henry virkkula, a confectioner Of International
Pals, Mimi was shot to death on public highway
by an ocer Of the United States customs patrol when
ne did not heed an alleged order to halt his auomo
bile
Mrs virkkua, who. with their children. riding
With him. said that in the heard the order
to stop.
The customs agents searched virkkula's car. They
found no liquor.
The agent who killed virkkula was arrested. and
rs usual the federal government interviewed in his
behalf. He is awaiting trial. before federal judge
and with federal attorneys to defend him.
virkkula was, killed June Citizens of the
cofzmunity aroused. They went 50 gar as to APP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Passing of Hot Air

IF most major activities had not
! yielded to science, politicians
would have better chance OF max
ing people believe that cities can
not be managed on a business basis,
and that government is one place
which leaves no room for system, ex-
pertness and efficiency.
Time was when the hot air artist
dominated every trade, profession
and enterprise, when farmers looked
to the preacher for advice. when
merchants were guided by supersti-
ton. when statecraft consulted the
astrologer and alchennist, when men
did about everything by guess and
had little choice but to heed the
loudest talker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Times Readers
Voice ViezCS

Editor Times-I congratulate you
on THE Truth About Prohibition"
by Mabel Walker Willebrandt. It is
a courageous service and will be ap-
preciated by tirnid people. who fail
to see the psychology of constant
news content of law defiance.
Nothing can more quickly annihilats
conscience than front page arti-
cles on lax prohibition conditions.
Really, I welcome them, for they
catalog a well-dehned attempt on
the part of a few TO break down
social standards held valuable by
the larger number of real Ameri
cans. The Willebrandt story has
an interest I am sure 7 shall read
it carefully. F. A. HAYWARD.
Formerly Executive of the Fede<-
ated Baptist Church, Tndianapo-
I,1
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A study made by the National So
ciety for the Prevention of Blindness
of school children in the United
States in 1922 and 1928 showed de-
fects of vision among them varying
from 6 per cent in Tennessee to 1874
per cent in Virginia, and averaging
about IL per cent for 100000 chill
dren.
Practically all schools make
arrangements for regular tests of the
eyes of the children with the Smell
len chart, which contains letters Of
various sizes which the child is
asked to read at a distance of twenty
feet. Young children are asked to
identify symbols instead of letters.
In the study of a create many
children in San Francisco schools,
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| ANNIVERSARY
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FIT. DEARBORN MASSACRE

Aug. Is
0NE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN
" years ago today, on Aug. Is,
1912, the Fit. Dearborn massacre &C.
Cured.
On that day the garrison of six
ty-seven men, under Captain Ma
than Head, evacuated the fort, To-
Gated on the site of Chicago, under
injudicious orders from General Will
liam Hull.
Accompanied by about thirty resi-
dent settlers. including men. women
and children, the garrison started for
Detroit under the escort OF a body
of Miami Indians.
At a short distance from the fort
they were attacked by an arnbushed
body of 500 Indians, assisted by most
of the escort. Two-thirds OF the
whites were captured,
Most of the captives were subse-
quently ransomed at Detroit. On
the day following the massacre. the
fort was destroyed by the Indians.
The fort was rebuilt about 1916, was
evacuated in 1928, reooccupied in
1928, and demolished in 1856.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Conviction Of Shook

cNoOK. married and a college
y professor, who hammered The
ora Hix to death after sex orgy
stimulated by drugs, must die in the
electric chair.
1t took a jury composed of eleven
men and one woman only twenty
eight minutes to reach the verdict.
Since there was no recommended
ton of mercy, the sentence is man
datory.
Even those who disbelieve in CAPT
tai punishment will find it hard to
be sorry.
The shocking character of the
crime for which this man has been
convicted consists not only in its
revolving beastliness, but in the fact
that it originated and came to a
climax amid the atmosphere of
higher education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
SnoWden's Threat

DRIAND met the issue by agreeing
- that all allied troops be with
drawn from the Rhine by Christmas.
That serves two purposes. In the
first place, it satisfies Germany, and
in the second, it takes the wind out
of Snowden's threat.
BRAND, as the United Press points
out, now is in position to say. not
only to The Hague conference, but
to the whole world:
Gentlemen there is only one
thing that stands in the way of
evacuation of the Rhine region and
settling the entire reparations prob
lem, that is acceptance of the Young
plan, to which Great Britain is the
sole objector."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
CleyeIand'S Manager

ONCE again politicians challenge
" the people of Cleveland to save
the city manager plan.
Since Cleveland is the largest
American city operating under the
manager plan. the battle resulting
from this challenge is of more than
local significance.
Hundreds of communities through
out the country will be influenced
by Cleveland's decision.
Some of these communities have
adopted the city manager plan and
some are on the verge of doing so.
In each and every one, however,
there is a sharp lineup between
those who regard government as a
science and those who look on it as
a pie counter.
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cases of cross-eyes were found,
cases of poor vision with repeated
headaches, cases of trachoma, cases
in which children had had foreign
substances in the eyes with infec-
ton for long periods of time.
In the San Francisco schools, 1913
per cent of the children had de-
fective vision. Many children were
using eyeglasses which were not in
any sense of the word suitable to the
conditions of their eyes.
1t is important that any condi-
ton of the eye resulting in defective
vision be given prompt attention
and that children with very seriously
defective vision be put in special
classes which will educate them and
at the same time save as much of
their eyesight as is possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
Character Training

CTILL science does not answer ev-
- cry question.
Something besides mechanical
knowledge is needed to elevate hu-
mainly.
That intangible thing we call
character demands training, as is
proved by disagreeable events every
day in the week.
Dishonesty and crime are not con-
fined to the ignorant or poor.
Our prisons contain may men who
not only have money, but college
degrees. ,
Material progress has not solved
the problem of making people de-
cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-15
On the Bounce

r AM not so sure after all that Mr..
L Coolidge is correct when he
writes that the surest road to sue
cess is hard work, patience and con-
slant devotion to ideals. Fame be-
ing akin to success, it is well to con-
slider the present glamorous estate
of Mr.. Jack Geiser of New Phila-
delphia, 0.