Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 54

18 . AUTO-PERMIT RING HITS GOTHAN PLAN Defenders of Rigorous Driv-| er's Test See It Meet Need, However. Br_Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—Disclo- sure this week of a ring for the sale of automobile opera and chauf- feurs' licenses to incompetents has ng of a black eve to te’s ambitious plan for omobile accidents by it, declar ortunities for most progres- | pACK S M be settled until Mr. Edwards gets sive idea ked out for solvin; the traffic problem. While it is true that some incompetents have bought licenses, and perhaps a great many more than the investigation in this city has so far indicated, it is also true that thousands of incompetent drivers have been given ‘square” nd ruled off the road until learned to drive safely. Moreover officials of the American Automobile Association point out, the ew York law has teeth for the comb- 12 out of incompetents even after they have been licensed to drive. The vehicle commissioner is em powered to revoke licenses of drivers who fail t up to the traffic rules and Co oner Harnett has been | out at the rate of 100 h since the law became Casualties Decline. Motor casualty records for New York City have shown a steady de- cline ever since the policy of testing all drivers was adopted, and even in the last few months, when the “ring” was grinding out its licenses for in- competents, the downward trend has continued This, the authorities say, is partly due to the educational work being done by the police department, but it is a in larger measure to the wee out of persons who cannot drive safely In 1923, with approximatel cars e the c num { fatal accidents was 1, or 3. each 10,000 cars. In 1 wi 0 cars, the total dropped For fatalities—with tion—have been at the rate of 1%15 for the year, or 22.2 per 10,000 cars. mployes Watched. The only problem left, authorities say, is to evolve some scheme of keep- Ing the motor vehicle bureau’s inspec- tors and other employes honest. That, it is conceded, is something of a job. Besides the “fixers” who have thrived in the ne.ghborhood of the bureau’s New York offices, there are scores of “automobile schools” where licenses are “guaranteed” that must be looked t Is an open secret that customers in touch with an or who will make things for them in consideration of a five spot or a tenner. MOVIE DIRECTORS’ WAGES GO FROM $75 TO $2,000 Salaries Vary According to Abil- ity—Save Studios Much ‘Expense Money. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Cal, August 15.— An explanation of the wide variance in amounts of the weekly salaries of motion picture directors was given here recently at a meeting of film executives. The average salary received by the ‘topnotch” director approximates $2.000 weekly. Other directors—many of them new in the industry—are paia lesser amounts, ranging as low as $75 & week. One producer in speaking on the question, “How much is a director worth?” ' said, “A director who does not know every detail of the motion picture game. is._expensive at any- price. One who does know is worth $2,000 a week, because he will save his salary a dozen times in the cost of a production. “Through the inexperience of a di- rector, studios sometimes are com- pelied’ to retake the work of many weeks. This means that the cost of keeping the company and the me- chanical staff on the sets for the ex- tended length of time was greater than the difference between what the pro- ducer paid his small salaried director and what he would have had to pay a “topnotcher.” A SV e SR S S London Judges Snare Speeders. Oorrespondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, July 28 —Scorching mo- torists are being frowned on by the London magistrates. During the first three months of this year 2,573 were prosecuted in the metropolitan dis- trict for speeding, of whom 2,510 were convicted. | ing Government sanction for the sale | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Passed Like Hot Cake, Hetch-Hetchy Project Is in Interior Department Passed around from office to office, the Hetch-Hetchy project, pet of San Francisco ‘and the se of several | major political upheavals in the West, has finally been returned to the Sec- retary of the Interior from the De- partment of Justice, with the nota- tion that the Attorney General can- not give a decision on the right of the San Francisco Power Company to sell power from the electric plant located in the Yosemite National Park Even though Hetch-Hetchy and its local problems are 3,000 miles away, the entire matter has come before the Government here forcibly in recent weeks, for Mayor Rolph of San Fran- cisco and a delegation of San Fran- 0 business men have been in Washington for nearly a month, seek- of power from the project. When they arrived here Assistant _Se. | tary Edwards of the Interior Depart- | ment told them that they would have | to wait until Secretary Work arrived back in Washingon. Mr. Work came back and sh after Mr. Edwards ow the matter cannot back In the meantime the Attorney Gen- eral was pressed for a decision on th right of the Pacific Gas and Electrs = lf:/.'fi\\:\ N L | Co.. which furnishes San Francisco with light and power, to resell power from the Hetch-Hetchy project in vio- lation of the law authorizing construc- tion of the dam and power plant. At- torney General Sargeant has ruled that any decision he might give in the' matter might place the Depart. ment on record in a case which it like- ly will have to prosecute in the Cali- fornla courts. So the case has been returned to the Interior Department, where the Californians are now await- ing the return of Assistant Secretary Edwards. The Hetch-Hetchy power ~resale matter has betome known from coast to coast as a political foot ball, of which all men fight shy. If Secretary Work approves the resale of power by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the Government will be on record as favoring a step specifically forbidden by the law authe {of the project. San Francisco con- tends the power to rescll will not be | sold by the city, but by its power | lessor, the gas and electric company. | e Miss Winitred Arthur, a pretty 19- vear-old girl from New Zealand, is | conducting the orchestra at the great London Hippodrome. are little trays into which you pour drinking water. This gives you sparkling cubes of pure ice to tinkle T ingly in the water gob{ets. In this same freezing compartment you can aldo prepare many types of fros- desserts. $365:% Completev Time payments if desired. charge.) One year service free. (Small carrying We believe this to bt the best refrigeration at the lowest price. 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