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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
GROWING FATALITY
LISTS ANALYZED
American Road Builders As
ISOLATION Urges More
Highways.

Motor vehicle accidents in the United
States are on the increase. In 1880
there were $4,000 killed by motor We
hicles. 100000 injured and almost a
billion dollars in property damage.
There are either too many vehicles or
too few reads.
Some alienation of the death toll is
possible through the universal enact
ment Of the uniform vehicle code, in
Guiding q drivers license law with man
datory examination CT new drivers, as
prepared by the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety. 1t has
been found that the accident hazard in
cities with modern motor vehicle laws
Is IS per cent less than in cities in
States without such laws.
The loss due to congestion and delay
on the highways is roughly estimated
at $1,000 100000 annually, sum equal
to about 20 per cent of our total tax
bill-Federal, State and local, Much
Of this loss Is occasioned at tntersec-
tons where long lines of vehicles can
often be seen waiting an opportunity to
pass. The disciplining and control OF
traffic will accomplish much, but ade-
uuate roads must a'so be provided where
the traffic demands. Limiting the use
Of vehicles, except in the case of incom-
petent drivers, merely serves to limit
the usefulness of the roads.
Comprehensive studies of trafic con-
troll TO reduce congestion have been
made by the American Road Builders
Associa ton, and the results of these
investigations appear in the proceed
ings Of that association.
Perhaps the greatest relief from trafic
congestion can be obtained by a con-
certed effort on the part Of the motor
vehicle driving public to observe traffic
laws and signals designed to facilitate
trafic. Observance of the law must
follow the will of the public to comply
with legal provisions. Many agencies
are now trying to educate the public TO
the need for traf1c observance. The
surest way to reduce accidents is to
avoid congestion and consequent delays
and accidents by building adequate
roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

An array Of problems that are caus-
ing serious concern to the car owners
Of the country will be aired and reme-
dies will be suggested at two confer
ences of organized motordam to be held
at West Baden, Ind, June to June 4.
On Monday, June /, according to an
announcement from the national head
quarters of the American Automobile
Association today, the secretaries and
managers Of A. A. A. clubs from all sec
tions Of the United States and Canada
will convene for a two-day conference,
the main purpose of which Is to dis
cuss touring and travel problems ana
the betterment of facilities for the EN-
cient handling of the tourist caravan
at home and abroad.
VIII Elect OfRcials.
The thirtieth annual convention Of
the associa ticn will follow Immediately
on the heels Of the secretaries and man
ayers conference. The annual conven-
ton, 1t was stated, will. in addition to
the consideration Of pressing motoring
problems, elect national offlcers for the
year 1892.
The oficers to be elected are presi-
dent, seven vice presidents, secretary,
treasurer, members of the Executive
Committee and 20 members Of the
board of directors, which consists Of 100
members.
Thomas P. Henry Of Detroit, Mich,
who as president of the A. A. A., has
piloted organized motordom for many
years. said today that he expected the
West Baden meeting to make q new
record for attendance, as well as for
clear-cut statements Of policy on mat
tiers Of vital concern to the motor We
hicle owners of the country.
The fact" he said, that the annual
Decoration day race at Indianapolis
comes on Saturday, May 80 while our
first meeting starts on Monday, June /.
will afford our people an opportunity to
see a unique spectacle. and will in turn
augment our attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
FUTURE CAR DEPENDS
ON ABILITY OF DRIVER
Bulletin Of American Research
Foundation Makes
Prophecy.

Revolutionary steps forward in auto
mobile construction and driving speeds
of the future will be largely dependent
on the ability Of the driver to adapt
himself to them, according to bulletin
issued by the American Research Foun-
dalton.
THE ability Of the man at the wheel"
says the bulletin, must keep pace with
the increasing skill Of the automobile
manufacturer. That the driver of today
the car of tomorrow is evident from the
fact that mile-a-minute speeds and
driving conditions that would have been
considered hair-raising 10 years ago are
taken for granted by the 1881 automo-
bile owner. Unquestionably the driver
of today has speedier reactions. q
quicker eye and more instructive judg-
ment in handling a car than his prede-
cessor Of a decade ago.
s "As the average drivers facility in
handling car has progressed, his
knowledge Of its mechanics operation
and care also has increased. He has
learned that there is definite rela-
tionship between the type Of gasoline
he uses and the performance Of the en-
CINE. He has learned whether regular
gasoline or the high-compresSion or
aircraft, types are best suited to his
individual car. He has learned, too,
that the maintenance Of power Is de-
pendent largely on fabrication and that
as piston and cylinder walls wear 4
heavier bodied oil Is necessary TO seal
the widening space between them and
prevent Losses Of power. He has learned
that this change to heavier oil 10 de-
sranle IN the average car after 5000 TO
5000 miles of average driving.
The experience Of the past decade,
In which. year by year, amazing i'm
provements in automobile construction
and longer life have been achieved, Is
simply q forerunner Of the improve
ments probable in the next 10 years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
SAFETY PROBLEMS AND TAXES
TOFEATUREA.A.A.G GATHERING
National Highways and Road Beauti6ca-
ton Also to Come Up at West Baden
Meeting June l.

"At the same time West Baden is
centrally located from the standpoint Of
our widely distributed motor clubs in
the United States and Canada. This
should assure the conferences of better
than average representation from every
section"
While expressing reluctance to dis
cuss policies pending the completion of
the agenda for the annual convention.
Mr.. Henry stated that he considered the
developments Of the last IL months as
offering serious challenge to highway
transportation in America.
Subjects Under Consideration.
at is too early as yet to speak of the
matters that our annual convention will
take up or Of the policies that will be
formulated" he said. However, the
last IL months have been most impor-
tant from the standpoint of motordom.
The toll Of highway accidents has con-
tinued to rise. The Legislatures have
continued to pyramid the taxes levied
on the car owners. Conditions pertain
ing to safety, sanitation and decent ap-
pearance along our roadways have not
materially improved. The great objec-
tive of a system Of national express
highways has not advanced beyond the
talking stage. Programs for highway
widening in congested urban areas are
still the exception rather than the rule.
Few States have adopted a scheme for
grade crossing elimination.
I'VE may as well realize now that the
progress Of highway transportation will
in the final analysis depend on the solu-
ton Of three major problems-the oper-
alton of the motor vehicle with safety
the operation Of the motor vehicle without
an undue burden on the owner or the user.
and the provision of such facilities as
will make ownership and use profitable
and pleasurable. Our convention, 1
trust, will examine each Of these prob
lens from the standpoint of the present
and the future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

One thing you can say for the woman
with an obile-she Is always try
ing to start something.
A writer tells me that she reads two
or three of her favorite authors every
day before sitting down to her type
writer. She claims 1t puts her In
better mood for doing smart work.
There's an ideal Why not OCCASION
ally accept an invitation to ride with
some one you know Is rated to be
skillful manipulation Of the steering
wheel?
Does IL ever pay to let the engine
idle?
1 think so. There Is, for instance,
the case Of q neighbor who regularly
drives to school to pick up the kiddies
for lunch. She has only few blocks
to run, and the engine would not have
sufficient time to warm up. BY letting
1t idle while waiting for the children
she brings the engines temperature up
to more efficient point and forestalls
a lot Of valve trouble.
This may be the newest In labor
saving, but when two young women
went to visit uncle in new car they
suggested that he ride back with them
new machine. Not until the driver had
experienced q wild ride through New
York did he realize that the ladies were
side-stepping the ordeal Of operating q
car that wasn't percolating properly.
Girls will be girls!
While learning to drive a woman
wanted to know why the manufacturer
no longer marks the various positions Of
the shift lever on the floor mat. She
thought this change was robbing new
corners Of an opportunity to make
faster progress. Her instructor explained
that this was done primarily to dis
courage the habit of looking down at
the floor instead of ahead on the road.
Many of the earlier drivers have never
been able to break the habit Of watch
ing the pedals when they should be
locking where they are going.
A husband who studies Einstein and
the cosmologists has found a way to
keep his wife from exercising the speed
ometer too freely. He told her that ac-
faster anything travels the create its
mass becomes. It's mass is, of r1-..rse,
its weight. And the wife was reducing
One Of the many women who fill my
letter box with food for thought says
That she is surprised how OFTEN service
men will advise treatment of the car
not mentioned in the instruction book.
This lis not difficult to explain. The
man who wrote the book thought in
terms of a perfect car. The men who
service the car are dealing with the
human element as well.
valve gear comes near to sounding
like headgear, but milady will find quite
difference. However, it is true that
the mechanism known as the gear" of
the valves is invariably found near the
head Of the engine and often actually
in the head.
The "poppet" type IL the most COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
WORLD LOOKS TO AMERICA
FOR TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS

KANSAS CITY, May 9.-Au the world
looks to America for solution Of the
universal traffic problem, judging from
requests received here for copies Of "a
Traf1ic Control Plan for Kansas City"
During the past three months 435 orr
ders for copies have been received, COM
ing from every part of the globe. The
report was written after q comprehen-
sive survey by DR.. Miller McClintock,
director of the Albert Russell Erskine
Bureau for Street TRAFFIC Research Of
Harvard University.
Analysis of the orders show that they
were received from Phara. CzechoSlo-
vakia; Kito, Japan; Johannesburg, At
RIGA; Gravenhege. Holland: Milo, italy,
and Stockholm. Moscow, Berlin, Man
chester, London, Honolulu and Is Cana
dian cities.
OF the 400 orders received from with
in the United States most came from
governmental departments of various
cities. and many came from libraries,
street car and taxicab companies, cham
bers OF commerce. universities and busi-
ness associations. The model trannc
code contained in the report is appar.
emily the item of chief interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
SKIDLESS BRIDGE BUILT
BY CHICAGO ENGINEERS

A new bascule bridge goes up and
down in Chicago as boats steam their
way through the Chicago River. TO
all outward appearances this bridge Is
Just another bridge, but there Is some
thing different about this Wabash Ave-
nue. Bridge.
It's floor is Of o new type Of con-
struction that Is likely to exert a wide
influence on future bridge construction.
One OF the annoying bridge problems
has been that of obtaining light, per-
manent and skid.free bridge foor Tor
bascule bridges-the type of bridge that
rears back on its launches and lifts It's
driveways into the air.
The motorist who drives onto the
Wabash Avenue Bridge in wet weather
finds that he Is on safe surface
when he throws on his brakes he does
not skid. for the floor is made Of spe-
cial concrete Of Light weight. Large
slabs Of concrete, 5s4 inches thick, cast
before placed on the bridge, are welded
to the structural steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
INDIANAPOLIS SWEEPSTAKES
TO BE POWER PLANT BATTLE
New Records Expected to Be Broken at
Nineteenth Racing Classic
on Decoration Day.

! this season, the entry list dlscloseS q
variety OF engines. new and rebuilt
/ from racers Of other years. Among
I them are several four-cylinder Fords,
/ one of them a model A special. TWO
others have Buick and Hudson engines
revamped, and in the lengthy list there
are fours, skies and Fights Of the older
vintsges.
This years rules forbid super-charE-
ers on the four-cycle jobs. but on the
two-cycle cars allow what the officiAls
call a scavenging pump OF positive
type super-charger. as well. Four valves
per cylinder are permitted instead Of
two. One carburetor may be used for
each pair Of cylinders in place Of two
on one engine, which was the 1890
limit.
The rules as now laid down, recurring
two-man cars with q mechanic riding
beside the pilot, are contribution to
safety. according to Mr. Edenburn. with
the larger engines AMI seating capacity,
they are heavier and stop II q track
wall happens to be hit. They are less
liable to roll and get in the way OF cars
that may be following at high speed.
In this connection, the general mix
up in last years race which brought six
cars together in heap. is recalled.
This was perhaps the most perilous
situation that has ever developed In
speedway competition. In 1t no lives
were lost, although at later stage an
other car catapulted itself over the OUT
side of the track, resulting in two
deaths.
The six-car Jam was so involved that
i took the officials several days Of lis
tening to stories of the participants TO
figure out what really had happened.
Last Years Jam.
It was in the twenty-third lap and
the half dozen racers we're smashed up
so badly that all we're eliminated. As
explained In the records of the A. A. A.
Contest Board. Roberts car started it by
going into spin. Babe Stapp. trying
to pass him on the final spin, caught
the tail of Roberts car and was thrown
to the outside wall, Roberts going to
the inside.
Johnny Seymour, following close
behind, tangled with Stapp'S Duesen-
berg and also hit the outside wall.
Deacon" Litz, coming on, hit Stapp's
car and then Seymour's, losing the left
front wheel and sliding along the inside
wall. Marion Trexier's car then plunged
into the n1ix.up With brakes set and
hit Roberts. Then came Lou Moore.
Seeing trouble ahead, he set his brakes,
but released them, causing his car to
skid and hit the outside wall beyond
Stapp and Seymour.
With this portion Of the track viz
tual heap Of machines and men. along
came Billy Arnold. the eventual winner.
Luck was with him. He slid through
the heap with no other damage than
the loss of the HartE- Millers left rear
hub cap. His car won total Of $50, 800.
This was the largest amount of prize
money ever won by one car at Indian
apolis. It swelled above the $4,000 first
prize total because the Hartz-Miller led
for 1913 of the eco laps. adding 500
for each lap so completed.
Copyright. 1881. by North American News.
paper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
so.e,.I n,sn,teh 10 The star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
DETROIT, May e.--Automobile rae
ing's annual test of brains, skill and
performance, otherwise known as the
Indianapolis 5o0-mile sweepstakes, is
going to be another battle Of the power
plants this year The contest to be
run of on May 80 will be the nine
tenth in succession.
Seventy One Cars Nominated.
For places at the starting line no
fewer than II cars have been nomi-
mated These include new cars and
rebuilt cars Of virtually every class
that the conditions will permit There
are so per cent more Of them than
we're entered for the race Of last year
Behind the wheels will be many Of
the pilots who have made the history
of track speed, and numerous new ones.
Only 20 cars will be allowed to
start and this means that by the time
the elimination trials are over there
will be a hand-picked group Of the
fastest racers that can be produced
ready for the gong.
This Is the belief Of W. D. Edenburn.
Detroit racing Official who is in charge
Of the annual contest operations for
the A. A. A. on this event.
Given any kind Of good weather" is
his view, this years winner should
Billy Arnold. 1880 winner and
A. A. A. champion for the year. is of
the same opinion, and qualities 1t with
the assertion that the 1881 racers will
be to 10 miles an hour faster than
before.
Arnolds mark Of last year was
100.44S miles per hour and only 0.68
below the existing record OF 10l 10 miles
per hour credited to Peter De Paolos
Duesenberg special back in 1925.
Arnold. whose Hartz-Miller special
front-drive car. built and owned by
Harry Hartz, made a three-way clean
up Of the race championship last year
by winning at Indianapolis and twice at
Altoona, Pa, is in again for 1881 with
with Duesenberg nominated by Hartz,
his boss.
Second Entry Of Interest.
A second entry on which attention
will be conferred Is that of william
(Shorty) Canton. who Is to be at the
wheel Of new l6-cylinder car that he
and his patron, Bill White of Los An
geles, claim can do 200 miles an hour.
1t is a Harry Miller special.
Two other 16-cylinder cars are on
the program. Leon Duray, an absentee
in 1880. Is to drive one of them, en-
tered by r. Clifford Durant, while the
third is the Sampson special In which
Louis Meyer got fourth place last year.
Meyer also is to be represented by q
Miller eight, for which the pilot will be
Myron Stevens, new to the track.
For the first time a Diesel-engined
racer will essay the 50o-mile test. This
is the Cummins Diesel, which runs on
oil as fuel. It belongs to G. L. Cum
mings, Columbus, Ind, engineer, and
at Daytona Beach in March travelled at
the rate of 100 miles an hour. Dave
Evans, a veteran. is to drive 1t.
AS the conditions Of 1880 calling for
two-man cars with q minimum of 500
inches displacement are retained for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

per cent of the fatal accidents,
and in 10 per cent of the non
fatal mishaps. More persons were
killed and injured in left-hand
turns of cars than in right hand
turns. The backing of cars was
responsible for IA deaths out of
every 1000, and for II injured out
of every 1000. Skidding was the
cause of more than 6 per cent of
the deaths and for more than 5
per cent of the injured, which
numbered during the year more,
than 100000 victims.
The report gives a very COM
prehensive study for those inter-
ested in traffic matters and should
prove helpful to those in insur-
ance business or not. There can
not be too much said or written
about the deplorable record of
motor fatalities. The ever-growing
numbers must be reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
AUTO RATIO SHOWN
One Car Registered to Every 81
Persons in Washington.

The ratio Of automobiles to the total
population Of the United States shows
that there was one registered vehicle
for each as persons during the calendar
year Of 1880. The District of Columbia
has percentage Of 81.
The figures, compiled by the Ameri-
can Motorists Association, are based
upon revised figures Of the United
States Census Bureau, showing the pop
ulation as of 1880 to be l22,775,046 in
possessions, and upon revised figures of
the various States, showing the total
motor vehicle registration last year to
have been 26,523,779 passenger cars
and trucks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Announcement is made by Fred L.
Halter, president Of the District Motor
Co., dealers of DeSoto automobiles, of
its removal from the old location, at
1887 Fourteenth street. Sales rooms,
service station and offices will all be
maintained under one roof at the new
location, 1929 Fourteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
SPEED LIMIT RAISED
IS Miles an Hour Permissible in
West Virginia After May 90.
Special Dispatch to The star.

JP'IIaI DIspaLCu 70 ne BtAr.
MARTINsBURG, w. Va. May o.
Motorists In this State may drive IS
miles an hour on May 30 on the open
nlgnways; The new speed law. enacted
by the 1881 Legislature, becomes eff
fecti7e on that date.
Copies of the ncw law, which also d.
fms reckless driving. are being dis
tributed to ell State troopers end jus
tices OF the peace. The present speed
limit on the open highways u IS miles
On hour,
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Time of Accidents.

The peak of accidents during a
day of "a hours occurred from 4
pm. to 9 pm, as 38 per cent of
the accidents which resulted in
deaths happened within those flve
hours. Thirty-seven per cent Of
the non fatal accidents also &C.
CURED from 4 pm. until 9 pm.
The objection of travel was
straight ahead In more than SS
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