Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1924, Page 13

HIGHWAY CAPACITY INCREASE URGED Hoover’s Engineering Com- mittee, Soon to Meet, Sug- gests Safety Methods. Looking forward into a future when the present street and highway trafic will be greatly augmented. reeommendations as to the mest mod- ern engineering practices calculated to_increase the capacity of the high- ways and at the same time promote safety have been drawn up by the committee on construction and engi- neering of the conference on street and highway safety, which will meet Dacember 15 at the call of Secretary Hoover. The report of the commit- tes was made public today. Twenty-four recommendations deal- ing with construction of traffic high- ways and city streets in their rela- tion to motorftraffic are made, among the most important of which are the folowing: Every pavement in a city street should be wide enough for at leas three lanes of traffic without stree cars or four lanes with street cars Those for streets of heavy trafiic should be wider. Parking Space Considered. Right of way for parking space, for clear view at curves and intersec- tions and for future roadway widen- ing should be provided before the cost of land becomes prohibitive. Highways of primary importance should not have curv. less than 300-foot radius. Heavy grades and sharp curves should not be combined. A clear view of approaching vehi- cles for at least 300 feet should be provided at all points on highways of primary importance. Grade-crossing elimination through co-operation of municipalities, States and railroads must be the ultimate remedy for the railroad-highway grade crossing peril, and creation of new grade crossings should be avoid- ed wherever possible. maining at grade should be guarded in every reasonable way. Standard warning signals or pave- ment markings should be supplement- ed by automatic signals, crossing safe- flagmen or gates, depending on the| volumes of highway and rail traffic. Pedestrian lanes in cities shou be marked on the pavement at busy intersections. City streets should be suflici will be unnecessary and trafic signs will be clearly Flood lighting of recommended. Objects near the roadway, such as curbs, poles, fences and rock s faces should be palnted white: obstructions such as columns curbs at the center of und:rpa Parking space as such, the mittee sald, should not le re as an essential part of the city streets. The pa however, usually designed to carry more than the traffic immediately anticipated and this will afford cp- portunity for parking until the traffic authorities find it nec to restrict or prohibit it to room for the moving vehicles The committee recommends that highways on embankments should be protected by substantial guard rails. Safety requires, the committee sug- so that visible. und com- arded sign of nents gests, that pavements be maintained | in good condition, free from holes and depressions, which besides breakage are likely to interfere with driver's control and with the free flow of traffic. This applies to both city streets and rural highways Signs and Signals. Four of the committee's mendations deal with “cautionary or stop signs and signals at danger points, direction and distance signs at important intersections and signs and signals to Indicate special trafiic rules recom- and regulation.” which, the committee | says, “should be provided as part of the construction” and which “should be simple and uniform for a given purpose throughout the United States.” | Uniform color indications for sigus and signals as recommended by the committee are: for “proceed.”. vellow for “caution,” purple or other color as a special pre- cautionary indication at crossroads, with white letters or symbols on the red, green or purple backgrounds and | black letters or symbols on the yel- low. White center lines are recommend- ed for curves, hillcrests, irregular in- tersections and other danger points, but the committee declares such lines should not be used on straight level sections of highway or between blocks in cities. Frank Page, chair- man of the North Carolina Highway Commission, is chairman of the com- mittee. § Featuring Crossings re- | ntly | illuminated so that bright headlights traffic officers is sre, | causing | Red for “stop,” green | LAND TITLE DISPUTES PROBLEM [N PALESTINE Complete Real Estate Survey Ome of Latest Reforms Introduced by British. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. JERUSALEM, October 25.—A com- plete real estate survey ix the latest raform to be introduced in the Holy Land by the British administration, which announces the engagement of an expert who was lately adviser to the Egyptian ministry of finance and previously Inspector of the survey department of that country. This ex- pert will advise the government on the completion of the land survey of Palestine and on the best method of undertaking a land settlement. The agricultural progress of Pale tine is greatly hampered by the exist- ence of many disputed land titles and undertermined boundaries, as well as by other defects in the land system inherited from the Turkish regime. Because of disputed titles Zionist in- stitutions and _individual Jewlish colonists are still experiencing diffi- culties in purchasing land. Even arter the completion of & transaction, the right of the owner to sell is fr quently questioned by squatters who claim ownership of the land they cul- tivate, with resulting delay in throw- ing open large areas for intensive cultivation. B Paris is considering a proposal to tax foreigners. When It comes to paying taxes Americans are not for- eigners, s the Brooklyn Eagle. YOUTHFUL APPAREL FOR EVERYWOMAN F at Tenth St. Month-End Sale Once each month we gather together all small groups of merchandise — forget all about what they cost or were supposed to sell for—and mark them for immediate clearance. in tomorrow’s sale are truly exceptional values. You should get your share. 10 Jersey Dresses, sizes 16 to 38. Special. . 8 Satin Dresses. U special........ 2 8 Afternoon Dresses. Were $49.50. Now.. 6 Afternoon Dressecs. Were $59.50. Now.. 9 Velvet Dance Frocks. Sale price. . 3 6 Chiffon Dance Sale price.. 4 Ostn'c'hl-Trh;I.med D‘““ $2 0 .50 Frocks, .. 10 Sport Coats. Month-end price .. 7 Sport Coats, Most unusual with fur collars. $59.50. cost . gowns. stock Full-fashioned Sale price 5 Every Woman’s Velvet Hat.... Every Silk and Satin Hat s [ s sminow | bilipshorn €08 to 614 New Colors! Frocks. 9 Misses’ Sport Coats 6 Women’s Coats; were 10 Fur-trimmed Coats colors: Penny, cranberry, rust. Month-end price ........... 4 Fur Coats, to close out sample coats at less than 1 Doz. Beautiful Silk Night- Sold for $5.95 to $10.95. Every Sweater in our Black Hose; were $1.95. Sale price. .. 100 Pairs Sport H”'" $1 .00 New Materials! Dainty D’Orsay j Pumps INSANE VETERAN'S CASE HEARING SET Alien Who Fought Through War Faces Deportation—Wife Acts to Halt Step. \ By the Associated Press. WATERBURY, Conn., November 28.—Whether an allen veteran of the World War, who went across the water to fight with the italian army and after turning to_this country became in- ne, can be deported, is a question to be decided by Kederal Judge Ed- win 8. Thomas at Norwalk December 5. Habeas corpus proceedings to pre vent deportation of Salvatore Lamat- tina of this city, now an inmate of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, at Middletown, have been started by counsel for his wife, Philomena Lam- attina of this city. Lamattina was working in a coul mine in Virginia in 19156 when he volunteered for service in the Itallan army. He was twice wounded and decorated for bravery. After the war he marrled and was furnished with a return passage for himself and wife by the Italian government. Twenty days after his arrival he be- came {nsane and was sent to the Mid- dletown hospital. Hlis wife, to whom a child was born, has been working in this city und has paid for her hus. band's care, but recently declared her inability to do so further and depor- tation proceedings were started. Counsel for Lamattina claims that The items $10.00 $15.00 $15.00 $29.50 $39.50 $29.50 $29.50 $10.00 $15.00 . $25.00 $39.50 $59.50 $59.50 1 Off ¥ Off > $1.00 1 Off % Off m | fl fl | [ I m | | | STAR, WASHINGTON, a resident alien who has contracted a mental disease while In service of a o-belligerent during the World War is exempt from regulations govern- ing other aliens. The case is expected to establish a precedent. e LABOR SESSION ENDS. Leave Juarez After Unions’ Convention. EIL PASO, November 28 —Three hundred and forty delegates who at- tended the American Federation of Labor convention here, a dozen news- paper correspondents, left Juaresz late yesterday for Mexico City to attend the inauguration of Gen. Tlutarco Calles as President of Mexico. They are guests of the Mexican government and the Mexican Confederation of Labor. Americans The HOUGC ¥ of Courtesy STRICT AUTO SUPERVISION PRACTICED IN SWEDEN Cars Subject to Inspection Without Warning—Must Show Guaran- tee of Responsibility. Correspondence of the Associated Press STOCKHOLM, November 10.—The extraordinary strictness of gover: ment control of commercial autom bile traffic, including moter trucks, motor busses and jitneys Is revealed by a report from a supervisor of public roads in the province of Stock- holm. The supervision applies to the con- dition and equipment of the car, its operation, the personal responsibility of the driver, and regularity in the conduct of business. Inspection of cars takes place four times a year and without warning. Cars are even stopped in the middle of the road, and the wheels in order to and brakes. At ts also are In- 1s constant checking of speed, ise of 1o wheel pressure, the conformity to published schedules of trips, and the general order and neat- ness of the cars. Every passenger must be provided with a ticket, and even this is subject to inspection in order to avoid counterfeits. The drivers must not only be sober d provided with licenses and traffic ‘mits, but must also exhibit surety papers or other guarantees that any fines or damages assessed on the car can actually be collected. Oldest Priest in World Dead. BELFAST, November 28.—Rev John J. Roche, belleved to be th oldest priest in the world, died yes. terday in the Franciscan Friary at Wexford, aged 100 years. ELEVENTH ST. FARMING PACT WANTED. Russian Institute Seeks to Ex- change Information. ROME, Novémber 28—M. Kucha- renko, head of the Instituté of Agri- cultural Science, at Klieff, has discuss- ed with the management of the In- ternational Institute of Agriculture here the question of possible resump- tion of intercourse between the prin- cipal institutes of agriculture of Eu- rope and Russla. M. Kucharenko in- tends of visit these Institutes for the purpose of renewing exchanges of in- formation ‘regarding experimentx and improvements in agricultural methods. The Russian expert thanked the stitute for the whole-hearted a: ance given to him in his study of the world's sugar industry Philipsborn The Inexpensive Dress Department Will Be the Scene of a Most Exceptional 'After—Thanl(sgiving’ Sale of DI’GSSGS We have made up two enormous assortments of Frocks of higher pricing. that came to us through fortunate purchasing. n511 modeling——and elaborate finish. ery trimming in brilliant colorings. Sizes for Women and Misses. Second Fioor Street and Afternoon Frocks—in Satin Canton, Crepe Satin, Flat Crepe. Crepe Faille, Bengaline, Charmeen. Poiret Twill, etc. They are wonderfully designed—reflections of exclusive imported types—charmingly trimmed with beads and em- broidery. Sizes for Women and Misses. A large group—of finer grades—and still more effective For Street, Aft;rnoon and Formal wear—Crepe Satin, Canton Crepe, Faille Silk, Georgette, Charmeen, Jacquard —in the distinctive shadings—beads, braid and embroid- Second Floor We quote comparative prices—the values are obvious. MCormick Medioa' Classes Fitted E!um! -‘Szogalut R e o Jhe 2 "' - Intensified : 'SPARK PLUG orks i oily NATIONAL EI 1330 oo o] don't have to Fourth Floor Saturday Only 550 NeW‘ Hats Now Shown In— Tan Calf Black Satin Patent Kid Velvet and Satin Patent and Apricot Kid Covered Cuban or Spanish .Hoels Never have we been able to present such dainty, £ the ones pictured. Note each style is different in plain pump, the small bow pump and thg omork pump, de in the newest combinations, such as patent with apricot kid quarter, velvet with satin quarter, or all-over patent and tan calf. Can you picture these on the foot? They are chic and really enchanting. Quality, materials and perfect fitting assured. 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