Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1928, Page 60

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. OTORISTS of the National Capital are displaying as much the coming Automobile Show as those in other. cities. Eager throngs are expected to be in waiting Saturday evening at %:30 o'clock, when the doors of the Auditorium, 1900 E street, swing open on the eighth annual exhibit of His Royal Majesty King Auto. On display will be 39 different makes ol types are produced by the same enthusiasm over | cars, although several | year States. In the District of Columbia the following rules are to be obeyed for the year 1928: The registra- tion fee for all passenger cars is $1. Two license plates must be on all automobiles, one on motor cycles and one on the side car. Tags may be transferred from one car to another, with permission only. Certificate of registration issued and must be carried in car. No method has been adopted to in the five neighboring establish ownership of cars. | gasoline tax is 2 cents. Operating closed jobs in the majority. In|license is $3 for three years. In- the various groups will be found | struction or learners’ licenses and entirely new cars. In the others|chauffeur's license issued and several minor changes will be must be carried by licensec. Age noticed, {limit, 16 years for operators and The |18 years for chauffeurs. Examina- note style the predominating |tion required. The same reci- change. Softer and more graceful | procity is allowed to visitors as lines will be seen, with much at- |the home State allows. The speed tention paid to color. A similarity |limit is 22 miles per hour, unless in radiators has developed among |marked otherwise by official sign. many of the producers’ products|Accidents need not be reported. that can only be differentiated at but identity must be made known close inspection. Most of the!to person at scene of accident. radiators this year possess a nar- |Official in charge of motor row, elongated tyvpe vastly differ- vehicles, director of traffic. ent from the round and squatty style that marked most radiators | in previcus vears. This change adds much to the looks of the car. | Full ecuipment in the matter | of accessories marks most of the cars for 1928. Heretofore, after | the purchase of a machine the; owner was forced to buy bumpers. ! windshield wipers. mirrors and other needed parts. This year these parts are 'a standard inte- ral of the car. even in the low- price machines. All these are &cheduled to add to the comfort of the buyer. manufacturer. The models of each car will be numerous, with the Maryland Regulations. In Maryland the registration | fee is 32 cents per horsepower for passenger cars. Two license plates required on automobiles and one | on motor cycle and one on side car. The display of temporary plates is not permitted. License plates { may be transferred from one car | to_another upon sale of car for | which woriginally issued. Regis- i tration card issued and must be | carried in motor vehicle. Certifi- | cate of title required to g£stablish |ownership. The gasoline tax is 4 |cents. Speed limits, 40 miles in ‘open country. Operating permits |are $1 for instruction and $2 for (operators perpetually. Permits | must be carried by licensee. Age ! limit, 16 years. Examination | must be passed. In Virginia the registration fee is 70 cents per horsepower, the minimum fee being $12.25. Two Stage Set Up. A giant stage, comprising the ibition hall and main floor of Washington Auditorium, has been set up for the display of the 1828 model automobiles. New lines in some cases, new models in many others, and vastly roved and refined automobiles in every instance, the array of The | cars to be exhibited in the Audi- torium this year exceeds in num- ber and appeal any similar exposi- tion in the past. Cars whose names have been by-words for two decades or more now are eppearing in a form about which the nameplate is the only resem- | blance to the design with which the public associates the name. Pioneer producers of one spe- cific type of car have added com- anion products until their full ine aggregates cars of three or even four different sizes in the widest possible variety of body | styles. Those who have not taken | this step in their effort to reach | a wider consumer market at least {limit is 15 miles through cities, | | license plates required on auto- | mobiles and motor cycles and one on side cars. Display of tem- porary license plate is not per- | mitted. License plates may be | transferred. Registration certifi- | cate issued and must be carried. Certificate of title is required to establish ownership. e gaso- line tax is 4’ cents. Chauffeur’s license only is required, and must ibe carried by licensee. No age {limit and no examination re- {quired. Full reciprocity is allowed | | visitors from other States. Speed towns and villages and 30 miles in | open country. Accidents need not | be reported. Official in charge of | have added open and closed mod- | else until the ultimate in this/ respect his been reached. ! This policy, together with the| fact that sweeping and vital, if not radical, changes have been | made over the 1927 models, is| taken by the Washington Auto-| motive Trade Association com- | mittee in charge of the show to {rcsaze the largest attendance in | he history of the exposition. The public, with its sense that a keen competitive struggle underlies the improvement in the 1928 cars, is| avid to view the first battle nrray{ as revealed in the automobile | show, in' the opinion of its| £pOnNsors. | “Manufacturers generally have | denied that there is bitterness in the competitive set-up of today, but show attendance marks else- | where indicate that this denial has not been fully accepted,” says | Rudolph Jose, chairman of the| &how committee. “In the case of | the National Automobile Show in New York' the public’s refusal in this respect was accepted as one of the basic factors in the record- breaking attendance. The Phila- delphia, Cincinnati and other local shows have revealed a simi- lar tendency. The local trade as- sociation sees no reason to be- Yeve tha; Washington will be an exception to this rule.” Record Expected. Anticipation of record-breaking attendarce has led the Washing- ton Autcmotive Trade Association mittee to devise a system that pen every member of the largest possible crowd to see every sinzle display with the least drelay and congestion. This com- ce. in addition to Mr. Jose, is iprised of Frank W. Stewart, Dugan and Raphael Semmes. ment is the keynote of mode] car to be displayed ow, aceording to officials Washington Automotive Association. Taking the 1 of detailed revisions and ications, the trend has ex- motor vehicles, Motor Vehicle | Commissioner, Richmond, a. In West Virginia passenger cars are taxed for registration $13 for less than 2000 pounds and 60, cents additional for each 100 pounds in excess. Two license plates required on automobiles, one on motor cycles and none on side cars. Display of temporary | license not permitted. License plates accompany caraon sale of same. Registration certificate_is- sued and must be carried. Cer- tificate of title required to estab- lish ownership. The gasoline tax is 3! cents. Operator's and chauffeur’s license issued and must be carried by licensee. Age | limit, 14 years. No examination is required. Ninety days reciproc- ity allowed visitors from other States. Speed limits, 15 miles per hour in cities, towns and villages, 25 miles in outlying sections and 35 miles in open country. Acci- dents must be reported. Official | in charge of motor vehicles, Au- tomobile License Department, Charleston, W. Va. Pennsylvania. | In Pennsylvania the registra- | tion fee is 40 cents per horse- | power, the minimum fee being $10. Two license plates required on automobiles, one on motor cycles and one on side cars. Dis- play of temporary plates not per- mitted. License plates may be transferred from one car to an- |other. Registration certificate is- {sued and must be carried. Cer- tificate of title required to estab- lish ownership. The gasoline tax is 2 cents. Instruction, operator's iicense required and must be car- iried by licensee. Age limit, 16 years. Examination must be | taken when license has not been {had in preceding year. Full | reciprocity is allowed visitors from | other Btat Speed limits, 15 ! miles in cities, towns and villages, 30 miles per hour in open coun- try. Accidents need not be re- ported. Official in charge of mo- 80 far as to provide mod- tor vehicles, Registrar of Motor t seem entirely new, it is Vehicles, Harrishurg, Pa. d out. ! In Delaware the registration is this trend better ex- | fee is $2 for each 500 pounds than in the case of the i weights Two license plates re- Dropping of frames, spring ' quired on automoblles, one on mo- , new modes in finishing, | tor cycles and none on side car. tions in the arrangement | Display of temporary plates not mber of hood louvers, the | permitted. License plates may be | ung of wheelbase, in some | {ransferred. Registration certifi- | adoption of lower ‘cate issued and must be carried | served 1o give jn car, Certificate of title required 8L car a lowness that a hip. The gaso- 5. Instruction, operator's and chauffeur’s license | ixsued and must be carried by li- | ensec, Age Jimit, 18 years, Ex-| tamination required for chauffeurs only. Bpeed limits, 15 miles per 48, VRETLET [ pour in eities, towns and villages nothe GESEN Gy nd a8 miles in the open country gearing, asipg)l yeeiprocity allowed visitors urevion and mani- | gom oiher Bates e ) be nowd on many | . carg v be displayed. It 15| 40 ut here that these| point Nowhere 1 emplified boc taken as a re punier- Higher con PLyines ou Comparisons Noted, ‘nanges are not confined v any| From the above it may be seen | one price fleld, pbut are w be | that the neighboring Btates have found throughout the similar regulations Lo the District, {In one respeet, however, all sur- 15 be tollowed | pass Washington in having a title | seven dsys onlaw. This law is being sought by will be open is the Traffic Bureau here and wced by the commitee as|saould be adopted. Bome of the other nearby Btates equal the DI ng Baturday night at 7:30 | trict’s delinquency in this respect 4 co wing until 1030, the ehow will remain closed on Bun- | operators other than chauffeurs, | The doors will be reopened Why drivers other than chauf- L Monaay afternoon at 2 o'clock, | feurs should not prove their ahil- ciosing st 10:30. This schedule iy 1o drive is hard 10 understand will be followed daily until the Not having a ttie law I8 better close of the exposition on Balur- than this lacking and necessary duy rignt, February 4 | regulation Director of Trame Harland has recommended to the Commigsion- | througho Want Uniformity. The plan being considered to have all wame regulations throughout the country on a unl for basis Trathe oMcials have - ved and yellow on the traffie sig- | Inal lights. Mr. Harland believes this delay in trafic throughout by not requiring examinations for | par to Motorists at Dangerous Curve “Here lics one reckless driver. You may be next!” That's the delicately phrased sign poised At a dangerous curve on a mountain highway near Truckee, Calif. It is believed that the warning was erected by a driver who nar- .rowly escaped death as the result of the reckless antics of another motorist. INCOME TAX RULING AIDS AUTO OWNERS Motorists Suffering Car Dam- age in Accidents May De- duct Losses From Returns. A decision of prime importance to the 23,125.000 automobye owners throughout the United States has just been rendered by the United States Board of Tax Appeals of the Internal Revenue Bureau, and i5 being called 10 the attention of the motorists of the country by the American Motorists' Association through its national head- quarters at Washington. The effect of the decision is that 1if a motorist sustains damage to his auto- mobile, as the result of an accident, he may deduct such losses in the com- putation of his income tax. This is true, under the decision, the association points out, whether the vehicle, at the time of the damage, is being used either for pleasure or business purposes. Previous Decisions Reversed. ‘The bureau’s decision sustaining the motorist’s contention that he should be entitled to this deduction, is a com- plete reversal of ell previous decisions The case arises from an accident a motorist sustained In 1924 at Rich- mond, Va. He had pald $1.300 for his automobile which, when wrecked, w being driven by his daughter for plea: ure. The salvage was $135.45, bein, approximately the value of the tires The motorist in his income tax re- turns for the year claimed a deduction of $864.48, as a loss resulting from the destruction to the car. On the appeal this principle, that the motorist is en- titled to this deduction, was sustained, the botrd reversing its’ numerous pre- vious decisions. As a result of the de- awarded a refund of $66.99 Sees Justice In Ruling. Commenting on the board's decision, J. Borton Wecks. president of the as. soctation, declared that “it would meet with the appyoval of the millions of motorists throughout the country, and that the allowance was one which the motorists should have becn entitied to many years ago. Many hardships have been” sustained by motorists who have lost their cars through accidents and under the old law, were forced to pay | the Government an income tax in ad- ditlon t sustaining the loss of their car.” ——————— e and the lights do not show their approach, The TrafMc Bureau has other measures under con- sideration to recommend to the Gibson subcommittee, Although these ideas are not made public at the present time, it 18 under- stood they will ald in clearing up several regulations that have not worked out on a sound basis, Complaints Made, Complaint comes to the bureau about the trafc congestion on M street hetween the Key Bridge and Washington Circle during the rush hours, It has been suggested to ban parking on one side of the street during the rush hours. At Prnnml the trafic officlals have 1ot regarded this plan as wise, and will permit only two-hour rking In its stead The bad odors from the ex- hausts have already been noticed and it is belleved that they come from using bad oll. Others be- lleve 1t Lo come from engines choked full of carbon. AL any rate, in dense traffic the smell al most suffocates the drivers be- hind 1t would not be a bad plan 5 10 abolish the fire signals of | for autoists to clean their engines | the Congress Not only will this help the situn ton, but it will help each own er'B Cal, The aetion of the TraMe Bu- seer, working toward this end for |the streel 18 not needed and is :::r,v v;,;:,; v"' ;. fln,:—yu.,n inter- |often misleading. He stated that $aLing W note the d:gg“;&vt. s meny times the fife englues come ‘b » reau in settling the hrake dispute 18 Lo be commended. of the board of appeals on such losses. | cision, the motorist in this case was | Epitaph Warning MANY BILLS NOW IN CONGRESS FOR PROMOTION OF MOTORDOM |Measures Introduced in Both Houses Cov- ering Large Appropriations for Highway Improvcment and for Other Purposes. | The motor world gained unprecedent- | the Federal highway act granting Fed- |1y during the first part of the New | Year, for during the first 10 days of the | opening of the Seventieth Congress a | great number of important bills were | introduced in both the Senate and House covering road legislation of Na- tion-wide character. the following: | H. R. 383. introduced by Mr. Dowell, { chairman House committee on_roads, ! provides an authorization of $75,000.- 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, ' 1930, and an equal amount for the year 1931 to carry out the provisions of the Foderal highway act in _constructing {roads on the Federal aid highway sys- tem. This bill also carries an authori- | zation of $7.500.000 for 1930 and an- equal amount for 1931 under the pro- visions of section 23 of the Federal highway act for additional authoriza- tion for forest roads and trails. A bill introduced by Mr. Almon cov- | ering the same provisions carries an au- | thorization of $125,000,000 instead of $75.000,000, as proposed by the chair- man of the committee. Highway Act Amendment. H. R. 5518, introduced by Mr. Colton, provides for several amendments and | additions to the Federal highway act. ‘These features are the same as were | included in the Oddie Bill passed by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Congress. and are as follows: 1. The Secretary of Agriculture may make payments in excess of the regular amount provided on any project fnvolv- ing construction in mountainous, | swampy or flood lands where the aver | age cost for preparing the road for a pavement exceeds $10,000 per mile. | 2. Also in the case where by reason ! of density of population or character | and volume of traffic it is necessary to | build a pavement wider than 18 feet. | The present provision whereby 60 per cent of Federal aid in any one year {15 the maximum which can be author- |ized for primary roads is eliminated. An amendment is proposed whereby in States where the public lands exceed 5 per cent of the total area of the State !and the population of the State is less than an_average of 10 people to the square mile of area Pederal funds up to 100 per cent may be used for the con- | struction of a primary road. but the State money released from that rpad | must be used on another road on the | system. Another section provides for | the protection of the shield as now used | as a marker for designated roads on the | system. This biil has also been intro- | duced in the Senate by Senator Oddie Limitation Is Specified. H. R. 7343, introduced by Mr. Colton, authorizes the appropriation of $3,500,- 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and an equal amount for 1930 {and 1931 for the construction of roads ! by the Bureau of Public Roads, on the | main highways through unappropriated Indian lands, or other Federal reser- vations ‘This fund 18 to be limited to the States area in lands hereinabove referred to, and the allocation of this fund shall be equal to the proportion that said lands in each of said States s to the total aren of said lands in the States eligible under the provisions of this act. This bill has been introduced, calling for an extra amount of money for roads through Government-owned lands, be- cause the funds heretofore approprinted have not been sufficient to enable the Government to constiuct these neces- sury main highways t(hrougl. Govern- ment-owned land, to keep pace with the construction in the Stat taide of the Government-owned lands H. R. 7344, Intoduced by Mr. Dowell, | and also by Senator Oddle of Nevada, engineers of the Bureau of Public Rouds to assist the governments of the Latin American Republics in highway matters. ‘This Is in keeping with the re- quest,_ made by the President in his an- nual message to the Congrens H. R. 5650, Introduced by Mr. Reece, provides $50,000,000 for 1920, $65,000.~ 000 for 1030, and 875,000,000 for 1931 o be expended in the improvement of rural post roads over which rural car- riers travel, exclusive of the roads of this character now in the Federal aid liighway system Provides Bridge Construction. H. R 107, introduced by Mr. Burt- ness, 1s a bill rm;umn o regulate the construction of bridges over naviy waters of fhe United Btates. T | the bill which proposes to regulate the { toll-bridge altuation and sets up gov- ernmental machinery so that it will not be necessary for individual bridge bills 1t also provides that the construction and maintensnce of these bridges when they are not owned by the Htates or political subdivision shall be supervised in o the struotion and maintenance by the Blate Highway De- partments 3 RO120, by Mr. Evans, would amend New Right-of-Way ' {Rule Increases Auto | D. C. AND VIRGINIA LACK FORMAL PACT ON "MOTOR RECIPROCITY" Recent “License War™ Brings Out Many Facts Not Understood by Autoists of Both Sections. BY REX COLLIER. | It was under this decision that the The recent Virginia-District of Co- MUch-heralded “tag war” in Fairfax lumbia “tag war” has aroused wide- CSOUNty was waged some months agn. spread interest in the general question | TNe furor created by the plans for of State reciprocity and has brought to| ‘Wholesale arrests” of District truck light some facts hitherto not understood | ©%ners coming into Virginia led to for- among motorists. | mation of a delegation of Washington One of the more sallent of these, revelations is that the so-called * procity agreement” between the Old! Dominion and Washington does not exist formally. Virginia authorities in charge of motor registration may be reciprocal or not, just as they see fit, and in either case they are not bound by any written compact or treaty or interstate “under- standing.” The same holds true with regard to traffic officials of the District of Columbia. “Breach of Faith.” The hue and cry raised by Washing- | ton motorists, and by some officials.| also, alleging a “breach of faith" and a violation of the “reciprocity agree- ment” by the Virginla motor vehicle, moguls was ill-founded. in so far as reference was had to any technical and | binding contract between the two juris- | dictions. There was disagreement, furthermore, between Washington traffic officials and | Virginia motor authorities as to whether | there existed even a “gentlemen’s agree- | mgnt” affecting reciprocal recognition of licence plates. Traffic Director Har- land and Assistant Traffic Director El- dridge were of the opinion that such an | “understanding” did exist, but obdurate and robust “Jim" Hayes. the neighbor- ing but not too neighborly motor vehi- cle commissioner in Richmond, was not 50 sure about it. As for Maryland, however, there does exist a formal “treaty” regarding auto- moblle reciprocity. It was drawn up | pursuant to an act of Congress follow- ing the long and bitter tag warfare which once harassed luckless motor- ists of the two domains. Before this treaty was eme{edmi:m. e;:rrz' x:slk;- ington automobile 0 CATTY - rois’ plates—one f@r the District and one for Maryland. Leads to Difficulties. representatives. business leaders for conference witn the governor at Richmond. One of the surprises of this friendly little tete-a-tete in Byrd's private office in the State Capitol was that Gov. Byrd himself was not wholly aware of the stringent provisions contained in the State’s automobile laws. He seemed incredulous, at firs, that Vir- ginia had a law which prohibited free interchange of commerce. o to speak, ssed the whole proolem with Washington's trade Proposal by Byrd. Althouzh Commissioner Hayes only a few hours hefore had ordered rigid en- forcements of the statute affecting cut- side commercial vehicles. and numerous arrests of Washington truck operators e cally “suggested” 0 le commissioner that the whole matter be held in abevance until the Legisiature had had an opper- tunity to study the situation. Hayes explained that the “ Ject” of his dri fide residents of Virginia to equip their cars w Virginia plates, instead of with the cheap District of Columbia tags. He declared that hundreds of actual Virginians went to Washl gave fictitious addresses in the Distriet, and obtained an automobile 1 S0 as to escape pa State’s registration and license fees, many times that amount. Licenses in Virginia cost from 12 to more than 20 times as much as those in Washington, as the fees are based on the weight the rate of 70 cents per t. District had a title law, th i inate distribution of D. C. tags.” called it, would be haited. Washin; ton's conciliators w in agreemen with Hayes on the necessity for an ade- quate title law for the District, and Accidentsin France The double-tag plan led to insuffer- able difficulties on tour. Many of the | they promised to use their efforis to obtain such a law from Congress at the Among these were | France, it is understood. is going through a wave of automobile acci- dents, with the total increasing almost in the same proportion as the number of cars. Motorists are not blaming carelessness or wanton speeding for this condition, but for the most part place the responsibil- ity on the new rules of the road. Under the old regulations the car on the main road had the right of way over vehicles on secondary routes. The new law gives priority of passage to the car coming from the right. eral aid 100 per cent in public land States. as provided in the Colton hill. and also would amend the act so that the limitation of payments of $15.000 per mile would be changed to 50 per cent of the total cost thereof. H. R. 18, by Mr. Denison. would | amend the Federal highway act so that | TOURSISIN %8 individuals. 659, by Senator Pittman, would provide for Federal funds for mainte- {A. A. A, Estimates Travelers Will Spend $3,500,000.000 During Coming Season. nance in the public land States. H. R. 7724, by Mr. Edwards, would provide that American materials and equipment in highway construction be given preference on roads constructed with Federal funds. H. J. Resolution 79. by Mr. Furlow, provides for a joint commission com- posed of two members of the Senate, | two members of the House, and two to | be appointed by the President, to study | proposals for the establishing of a na- tional system of express highways. Pan-American Project Suggested. H. R. 447, by Mr. McLeod, would pro. More than forty-four million people, Wy B B g wouldipro over a third of the Nation, will take or & n- ples Great Highway Commission. This bill | YACation motor tours during 1028 and 18 very similar to the one introduced in | Vill spend the staggering sum of three the last Congress by Mr. Cameron in and & half billion dollars, according to the Senate, | preliminary estimates of this year's mo- R. 7205 by Mr. Hudspeth, would . appropriate $18.000.000 to construct g | toF tourist business made by the Na- military highway paralleling the Mexi- tional Touring Bureau of the American tates have specific inhibitions against cs-rrving more than one license plate. This was especially true in New York State. Time er time Washington | and Maryland motorists, bent uponi | pleasurable vacation trips along the Hudson and elsewhere in New York.! were victims of vexatious delays and | ofttimes fines for having two tags on | | their cars. No amount of explanation. expostu- | lation or cajolery could answer the | stubborn and quite logical response "or‘ the traffic officer or magistrate that “it | | says right here in the statutes that you can't carry more than one tag on your |car Prominent motorists sometimes | , were subjected to humiliating lnum:-‘ | tions that their -automobiles were cal rving two tags for “no good purpose, and frequently occupants were sub- | jected to close scrutiny and exasperat- | ing quizzing on the object of their | journey. iJ Theyh'onhern officers and judges | | were no respecters of persons, and their | | activities now and then plagued high Government, State and city officials of the District and Maryland. It was this | | accumulating dissatisfaction that finally | {led to the intervention of Congress and the eventual settlemént of a prob- | lem that for years had embittered resi- | dents of one side of the line against | those across the State boundary. 5 The adoption of the “pay-as-you-go” | gasoline tax plan for road construction in Maryland and the District was the prime factor in the amelioration of | what had become a serious situation. Maryland previously had protested ths fact that Washingtonians could buy & cheap tag in the District and then | spend much of their motoring time on | Maryland's good roads,. without con- tributing a peany toward their upkeep. Under the gasoline tax plan this con- dition was obviated. for every automo- bile owner who purchased gasoline in Maryland was contributing his share earliest opportunity. Out of the whole discussion came 8 mutual feeling of good w to displace the distrust that had preceded the par- ley, and it was plainly evident, more- over. that Gov. Byrd is a stanch be- liever in complete motor reciprocity be- tween States. ‘Traffic officials throughout the eoun- try _appear to have come to & jont realization that automobile reciprocity among the States is most desirable. tions between the States. The policy most widely approved today is that every automobile should carry one pair of license plates. and only one. The use of tags of more than one State on an automobile frustrates the | primary purpose of the tag laws—to render easily ascertainable the identity of the car and its owner. Although easy identification of mo- torists was the underlying motive for issuance of license plates, traffic au- thorities in some of the States nave seized upon tags as a source of auto- moblle revenue. It is this policy that indirectly has led to the reciprocity disputes between States. Proves Substitute. The gasoline tax has proved to be an adequate substitute for the plan of charging large license fees. at least the District of Columbia. The authorn- ies in the he fee for tags be merely a nominal one. to cover clerical costs of registration and the cost of the plates, has not come round to the as yet, aithough thers was a distinct movement du the special session of the Legislature last year to ;:umr.ue all but ee, can border. 8. J. Resolution 19, by Senator Mc- | Nary. provides for the designation of a route to be known as the Oregon Trail. | 8. 1182, by Senator McNary. provides for the naming of certain highways | through State and Federal co-operation and provides that when these roads are named by State and Federal authority that the name, or sign, or marker used in designation thereof shall not be used | directly or indirectly by any other au- thority. H. R.4625. by Mr. Moore of Virginia provides $3.500.000 to be expended from | 1928 to 1931, inclusive. for the con- | struction of a memorial highway from | the Arlington Memorial Bridge. across | the Potomac River, at Washington, | D. C.. to Mount Vernon | H. R. 19. by Mr. Denison: H. R. 564, by Mr. Parker, and S. 1252, by Senator Watson, are proposed legislation very similar in character, introduced for the | regulation of interstate commerce by | motor vehicles operated as common car- riers on the public highways. These bills cover very much the same matertal Introduced inthe last Congress, which | would place the regulation of these common carrlers in the hands of the properly delegated State officials, under certaln restrictions and authority. Pro. vision I8 made for ppeals to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Automobile Association today. The A. A. A. estimate for 1928 is based on a detatled study of figures for the 1927 season, with an allowance of 10 per cent increase tor this year, which is about the normal annual growth in the gigantic industry of motor touring over the last few y Approximately forty million people in ten million cars, took to the winding ribbons of paved highways and into the byways for their vacations last year, the national motoring body de- clares. Camps Not Se Popular. “One of ths most impressive and im- portant features the motor tourist usiness in 92 says the A A was the trend away from the tourist camps and toward hotels and tourist homes catering to motorists. The lat- ter enjoyed a heavier business than in the previous year, despite weather con- ditions that somewhat handicapped the annual vacation movement. In this trend. amounting to an increase of 12 T cent In business. is seen a clear indication of the position of the resort hote! as a permanent fixture in the rest and play life of the motorists “The figures for last year show that 29,000,000 people In 50,000 cars pa- tronized hotels and tourist homes. On the basis of last year's figures, the total toward the State's highway program. During &1l of this real.warfare be- {tween the District and Maryland. Vir- ginia, with true Southern haspitality, had raised no objecty to District tags Virginia. in t. welcomed Washington motorists to her historie shrines and her famed parks and val- | leys and mountains. She realited that | the more visitors Virginia had, the greater would be her prosperity, not alone from the standpoint of money brought into the State, but of publicity given her places of interest To say that of late Virginia's atti- tude has suffered a change, at leas with respect to visitors from the Na- tional Capital. would be a distortion of the facts. According to the State's popular and hospitable governor. Harry Byrd, whole tag controversy between the Dis- trict and Virginia, or vice versa. is the e of a misunderstanding. both on Tt of Virginia and the District. Treaty Is Proposed. In the first place. he calls attention to the aforementioned point that there IS no reciprocity treaty between Vire gmia and the Capital That, in his opinfon, 1S really the whole troudle. He believes that such a t worked out and formally adopted. would end for all time the constan recurring misunderstandings that have 1d offset the decrease in receipts increase in the gasoline tax. ad to constder 0 of fees and gasoline commission s under- Te ques and this T of reciprocity cun Byrd and oi» have declared the prodlem will come the prese: If the Virgin: lows the advice of ermar. §t undou present automoa tomotive world at lange URGES PLAN TO PROMOTE SAFETY ON PUBLIC ROADS Street l.:,:hz- g‘;r.-:x;: Wou'd uminate All Highways a: Night as Travel Protection r the pa or unreserved public lands, non-taxable | | having more than 5 per cent of their | would authorize the President to detail | of this class of ‘motorists should soar to 32,000000 this year. * “Flguring four people to a car and | allowing each occupant an expenditure |of $7.50 a day. for an average period |of 10 days. the army of motorists pa- tronizing hotels and resorts would spend nearly two and a half biilon dollars in 1928 “Wandering in nomad fashion. as lured by climate. scenery and history {more than 11000000 campers used that all attend- | their cars last year for vacations The en, the remark. | CAFAVAD numbered about 2,750,000 aulo- Able Interest taken in the Natlonal Au. Mobiles, including house cars fitted out tomobile Show by the press of the coun- | 10F housekeeping and as tratlers This try this season was evident from the | WOUld Justify the estimate that more unprecedented number of newspaper | AN 12,000,000 campers will use over correspondenta visiting the New york | 3:000.000 pleasure cars to visit the great ahow the week of January 7 to 14 outdoors this year. Edward F. Korbel . . who handled the e:::fiu}xl:‘n'.:.': “";ll"IIIL Estimate Meld Conservative. svent, received visita from more. than | o TN, ST shends three times as 300 Saff men, including automeniiy (100K AWAY from home as_ the hotel news editors and special writer More tourist and one a basis of 3330 a day Shan.twioe that number of cuteofstown:| S PRE00: nestly & bllllon and & quar- newspaper and maguzine advertivin | (€F, d0lIATs Wil be left along (e gaso- men, many from forelgn countties, ners | N6 FAL by this class of motorist. prosent. In _addition to these, more | muct oG, *IIALIve estimatea for 1028 than 2,800 restdent representatives wrq | MY ADDOAT Iarge. but they are in real- menibers of the metropolitan e ne |11 (ONSeTVAtIve and are based strictly tended the show. This would ingicnts | 01, the fEures for the past few years that publishers realizo something of a ;‘3‘ :l':“:l-:(rxgm growth that each year new automotive era has daw 4 more car for the dollar m-u“:eir“::f whioh '?.1'.\'3?.5“73‘&'1};‘»‘\3'“‘.'.‘.'.‘..“x.“i fore, and competition In this fleld will | year, are Dlaving & predominant part be especially keen during 1938, They |In the development of America's motor are well aware of the fact that certain | tourist business. namely. the establish. manufacturers are - augmenting and |ment of standardissd motoring services otherwlse altering thelr advertistng | throughout the country and the grows Policies for thia year Ing appreciation of the importance of The record attendance augurs well |the motor (ourist caravan as & creator for the national ahow o be held at |of community growth and prosperity Ohlcago, January 28 to February 4, and | The statement conoluded for the many local showa thr hout | “From rock-ribbed Malne to sunny the country In the next three months. | Mlorida, from the Atiantio seaboard to . o the blue waters of the Pavifio. Amerioa Test Quality of Fuel I8 preparing for - an - unprecedented To teat the quality of the fuel used NEWS OF AUTO SHOW REACHES NEW RECORD 300 Stafr ;lrun and Over 600 Advertising Men Attend Week of New York Display. Aslde from the fact ance records were brok beclouded the friendly relations of the two jurisdictions. Gov 'd has said he wants the present Legislature to “go into the whole Question™ He thinks the Districs of Columbia might help consideradly by sdopting an adequate automobile title law ! It Is an open secret that the governor and his motor vehicle have not been entirely in accord Umes with regard to certatn of the lat- ter's polictes anent District of Columbia tags. Hayes. engrassed tn the work of | rigldly administering the State motor | vehiele laws, is loath to depart from the tron-clad procedure plainly set torth on the statute books. Ryrd, & broad- | minded executive mtent on popularis- | g Virginia to all the world, s just | As reluctant to have Viginia make any ! move that would engender il-feeltng outside her borders i Hayes paints out that the motor ve- ' {hicle laws of Virginia contatn an uns equivocal proviston that persons living outaide of the State, but operating their Aufomobiles 1 Virginia on - business, | MUst equip thetr cars with Virginda | | tags. Washington's bakery trucks, for | example, come mto Virginia for the | purposs of selling bread there, and, he contends. they come within the moan. | Ing of vehicles “doing bustness i v | EIIA" They should be equipped with | Virginia tags, he argues [ | Hayes 1 known to hald stmilar apin- | lons regarding many other types of ! ammervial vehicles and b @ eonsider | | ably l\\‘llfl\\";& \S by Siate Attarney | | OpInton vende | Qeneral John R Saunders, tn whieh Ntdle 1f any discretion i the evemption Of any commercial cars 18 left to the | traffie _authorities {velop & BALTIMORE. January neers Brown said tafe on Staie hgh- dropped greatly s : truction of State high (l‘lf specificatons for 10 speaser street lighing Iacy of erime. tends to red feeling of secy aftoer an conditians Street lghting in COST appronimately 1919 and 9% cen i 110 must reach $2 per capita o sucvesuully effective, e added He malsted that the py lght oo antra by lights s TR 0 accidents he sand & howed 600 fatalities 1908 and N0 @ 1927 PARTS and SERVICE to b dntroduced from time to tUme In | year i motor tourist travel © Thousands Who atayed at home tn 1927, due to the In your car, pour a tableapoonful tnto ! a clean porcelatn dish or cup. Ignite ! It and uf.m 1€ 10 burn until completely | consumed. 1f the fuel burna olean. 1t is d. Poor fuel will leave & heavy de- Posit of soot or & quantity of heavy oll or tarry substance on the bottom of the contatner, ‘The test a slinple and | efteotive, ¢ ool weather that hung over the Na- tHon In the Bummer wonths plan to 1ake 10 the open road during the pres- ent year and to spend mote time en tour " . One-hatt of all the plate glass man. ufactured A atelp 1 foot wide and 12 000 miles long —-goes Lt MOlor cArs \ } ) 1 Ourisman-Chevrolet 610616 H St. N.E. Lincoln 10200 Nouse: Service Buite PEMOUNTARLE Kiws RUNDLETT RIM & WHEEL cO. 1IN Lth N N W