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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
]. s. LEADS WORLD
IN MOTOR TRUCKS
Number in Use Here Greater
Than in All Europe-Crude
I Types Used Abroad.

Just as the United States has proved
itself a world-beater in the production OF
automobiles of all classes. so has it dem
onstrated its alertness and progressive
ness in the use Of the motor truck" says
John N. WHY'S. There are more trucks
in use In our own country today than in
all the other countries Of the world COM
bined and, judging from the bright out
Look for this branch of the industry, our
record will never be in danger from our
competitors abroad. The most striking
example of American progress in this
line is given in comparison Of the mo-
tor truck situation here and in Europe.
Despite the fact that their roads.
streets and pavements are vastly superior
to our own, Europeans have been slow
in adopting the logical successor of the
horse. Ones first impression on visiting
London, Paris. Berlin or any of the i'm
portant cities of the old world is the
ecarcity OF motor trucks.
Crude English Models.
'Tn London, which has more motor
propelled vehicles for the transportation
Of merchandise than any other one city
abroad. the trucks are crude and unsatis-
factory affairs. A majority Of them util-
stacks, located forward on, the chassis.
and belching clouds of steam and smoke,
they present picture to amuse the
American, who Is accustomed to big,
powerful vehicles, hauling immense loads
and operating through the congestion of
traffic Of our large cities as easily and
quietly as a pleasure car
.Jt is only in the utilization Of the mo-
tor truck as bus that Europe leads the
United States, and with the remarkable
development Of this branch of the bust
ness In our country within the very re-
cent past 1t is beginning to look as though
we would take the laurels away from
them on this score, too. OF late we have
found a good market for our product in
the bus field. More than dozen of our
Garford- trucks have recently been sold
for use in the transportation of passen-
gers in various parts of the country In
the United States the adaptability OF the
truck for this work is becoming more
evident every day, and We look for a
healthy and steady growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
new MOTOR FUEL TO
SELL AT LOW FIGURE
"Gasene" at 4 Cents a Gallon Does
Work of High-Priced Case
line, Is Claim.

1t is reported that another substitute
Tor gasoline. which has wonderful pos
slpllities as fuel for motor cars, has
been discovered at Warren, Pa. 1t is
called gasene, and, according to re-
ports, will sell wholesale at 3 or
cents gallon, as against IS cents for
slxty-eight-gravity gasoline. With this
rldlculously low price, 1t is claimed that
a mileage rs per cent greater than with
gasoline Is obtained from each gallon
of the new fuel
Gasene Is the discovery Of an employe
of refining company in that
town. For the last eight months,
it is stated, the refinery has been
experimenting with the formulate.
1t is reported that the officials of the re-
fnery find that 60 per cent Of a barrel of
crude Oil can be converted into gasene, as
against 16 per cent OF gasoline from the
same quantity Of crude.
No Carbon Deposit.
According to officials OF the company.
the new fuel leaves no carbon deposit and
can be used In any carbureter.
Coming SO closely upon the heels Of the
recent announcement Of the discovery of
motor spirits, the announcement of
gasene Is a coincidence in other ways
The latest gasoline substitute seems to
be quite similar to motor spirits, so far
as may be judged by the incomplete data
given out by its hackers. The same ad-
| vantage over gasoline in the matter OF
mileage is claimed for 1t, somewhere near
the same per cent OF distillate from the
crude Is said to be obtained and 1t seems
to be similar in other respects. The most
radical difference apparent at present is
| in the price. Whereas motor spirit is of
fered at cents less than gasoline, gasent
according to the newspaper reports-is
| to be offered at 3 cents wholesale. This
figure Is regarded as too good to be true
by oil men, who state that 3 or 4 cent?
is less than the pTicn Of the crude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Autos and Roads.


For purposes of transportation it is
impossible to consider the motor vehicle
apart from the road on which it travels;
the one is as necessary as: the other.
And, ultimately, the mechanism Of an
automobile rests not on the brick founda-
tons Of stationary engine, nor on the
ideally conditioned steel. rails OF the rail-
road. but on the ordinary road surface
which changes during every second of
running.
True, the modern automobile acquits
itself nobly of its tasks, when used sensi-
bly,. But the chronic speeder, who is
apt to, be disgruntled at what to him
may seem unreasonable wear and tear,
must bear in mind that he is putting
his car to severe trials every time he
races 1t over the ever-changing road sur
face with every ounce of reserve power
In action. s:s~,
Similar observations may be made in
regard to hill climbing. The persistent
high gear climber is first cousin to the
scorcher. Climbing every hill on the
high gear, while 1t may be done, inn
poses the hardest kind of work not only
on the motor, but on every other part
of the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
WHERE SPEED COSTS
Life of Motor Cars Shortened
by Constant "Scorching."
RACING MAKES REPAIR BILL
Hill Climbing on High Gear Equal
ly Bad for Machine-HoW
It Figures Out.

Speed is costly. To reverse many well
known axioms, the saving of time is not
always saving of money. Fast travel.
whether in trains, in motor cars or In
the pace of human life, inevitably costs
something. Just as speeds increase, SO
the ratio of cost runs up.
1t is known, for instance, that one
fast train makes no money, and It Is
equally certain that those who. Live a
fast life seldom live a long one. Why
should 1t be different in the case Of the
motor car. which is run at top speed all
the time?
Driving a motor car at its highest speed
all the time involves an expense beyond
all proportion to the pleasure obtained
and always results in shortening the life
of a car that ordinarily would cost but
little to maintain.
Most of us know the motorist> who
tears through the town with wide-open
throttle, in gleeful realization of the
fact that his machine. by being pushed
to the very limits of it's capabilities. will
attain and maintain speed OF mile
minute, or even more. s-E4
1t Is to the everlasting credit of.the
automobile that the civilizations ofsspeed
may be continued with comparative i'm
punity for a considerable time. How
ever, he who is familiar with railroad
mechanics and knows the Intervals with
in which the average locomotive goes to
the roundhouse for repairs. understands
that though the locomotive travels on an
ideal road surface which is not Interrupt
ed by the slightest inequality, every de-
mand upon the engine beyond the nor
designed must result in abnormal wear
and tear, .a..,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Difference IN MOTORS
Engineer Discusses Running
of Four and Six
Cylinders. !:

The following explanation is given In
response to Inquiries by local motorists
as to what is the action difference In
the running of a four-cylinder and a six
cylinder motor?' by one of the foremost
engineers on the construction of six
cylinder motors In the United States:
The six-cylinder engine has CON
tinuous torque,' as the engineers call it
that Is, delivers power continuously in
stead Of applying it at intervals and in
jerks. One, two and four cylinder en-
gines cannot possibly have this advan-
tage.
"AI gasoline motors deliver power by
explosions. like shooting a bullet out Of
gun. The explosion drives the piston,
which turns the shaft connecting the
engine with the rear axle and SO makes
the wheels go. Unless something were
interposed to break up the stocks the
car would seem to be propelled by d
series of blows. Therefore the fywheel
was introduced to maintain an even en-
CINE speed.
obviously, the milder the force of the
explosions and the closer together they
come. the smaller and lighter the fly
wheel may be made. So automobile in
yentors have worked from the beginning
in the direction of developing an engine
in which the explosions should be as
nearly as possible continuous and would
not have to be SO forceful.
Compared to Bicycle.
I'm the one-cylinder engine power b
applied only one-quarter OF the time. &
is as IL a man riding a bicycle and us
ing only one foot pushed down on the
pedal and then waited until the pedal
went all the way round and came UP
second time before he pushed again.
The effect is a jerky motion. You might
expect that four-cylinder engine could
apply power steadily, but as a matter of
fact it Is necessary to release the power
as the piston approaches the dead-center
at the end Of each stroke. No push is
exerted ON the piston during the last
fifth of the stroke, SO there is still a
jerk when the power is applied TO the
running gear
I'm the six the idle pauses oe the
fewer-cyiinder types of engine are ccrn-
pletely eliminated. The strokes not oaly
meet, but they overlap each other Be
fore the first cylinder has stopped ap-
plying power the second begins, and SO
on In other words, each revolution OF
the engine Is divided into three periods.
and during each of these periods two
cylinders are working at the same time.
One thing the adoption OF the six-cylinder
engine accomplished was a considerable
saving in dead load, for 1t has made II
possible to reduce the weight of the n.y.
wheel one-third."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Use the Low Gear.

Lower gear ratios are provided for hill
climbing, and they should be used for it.
1t may be we'll to consider little more
carefully the amount Of work done by
an automobile climbing a gradient on.
say, a gear ratio of three to one. This
means that one revolution OF the driv-
ing wheel is produced by three revolu-
tons of the engine crankshaft. with
the other gear ratios, the intermediate
and the low, the number of revolutions
of the engine becomes still greater, as
compared with the number Of driving
wheel revolutions.
1t Is not difficult to compute with ex-
actness the distance which a car Is pro-
PEELED by one explosion of the engine,
and the power consumed In hill climb
ing. The circumference of 32-tnch
wheel is approximately 100 inches, and
in covering one mile the driving wheel
revolves 633 times Since the motor
turns over three times as fast as the
driving wheel, 1T will require 1889 revo-
buttons of the crank shaft to proper the
car one mile.
Thus IL, for instance. a car should pro-
coed at the rate of thirty miles per hour,
approximately $50 engine revolutions per
minute are required. With two power
strokes for each revolution there are
| LOO explosions a minute, or $500 ex-
plosions per mile. and each explosion
| propels the car about one foot and four
| and one-half inches.
| This estimate presumes that the car IS
| propelled over level ground. To mount
| a Hill means simply that grade resist
ance is added to the various frictional
and other resistances. An automobile
| weighing 21OO pounds, climbing q hill
200 feet high measured vertically sim
ply performs the task of overcoming the
action of gravity or lifting, and the cal
oulation of the power required to do this
must involve the factors from which the
| horsepower unit Is derived.
TO lift 2,100 pounds zoo feet high in
one minute is the same thing as lifting
2, 100 times 20 or 420,O0 pounds one foot
| high in one minute. Theoretically, then,
the lifting of 2, 100 pounds 200 feet high
requires $1,000 divided by $1,000, or IL. 20
horsepower. and the losses through frtc-
ton, air resistance, ETC.. consume the
remainder of the theoretical horsepower
output.
From the foregoing 1t must become ap-
parent that rushing up a steep hill on
the high gear must subject any car to
enormous stresses, which are likely to
affect the life and service to a consider
able extent. Gear shifting Is not a cum
bersome task and the mounting Of gra-
dents will not be attended by harm. II
the gears are put to the use for which
they Were intended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Waverley Opens Salesroom.
New Automobile Concern.

Raymond A. klock and H. B. Dietrich
for number of years connected with
the United States Motor Company,
have formed a partnership to be known
as Klock & Dietrich, and will be To-
Gated at 1888 14th street northwest.
The firm will conduct general supply
and repair business. The building has
been leased at the above number, and,
in addition to having q large repair
shop Is provided with a commodious
saleSroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23

Continued From Sixth Page.)

L
dolph & West Company as manager
of the automobile department, will
in a motor boat through southern wa
tiers. He will be accompanied by his
wife, who is also an enthusiastic lover
Of the sport.
New Crawford Agent.
The Crawford automobile will be
handled in the future by the Auto
Trading Company, with salesrooms at
1924 14th street northwest. William
HI. waldron is manager Of the new con-
Germ.
Will Handle the Regal.
w. D. Arrfson, sales manager for the
A. Loffier Company, closed a contract
yesterday with the Clark Motor Car
Company of Baltimore. Md. to handle
to Baltimore the concern will have
three adjacent counties.
A Regal roadster was delivered last
week to Lieut.. George M. Baum, u. s. N
X X X
Commerce Truck Delivered.
A Commerce truck, with panel body
was delivered during the past week to
w. H Fisher OF this city.
* X X
1913 Cadillac Deliveries.
Nineteen thirteen Cadillac phaetons
were delivered during the past week
to Benjamin Woodruff and NJ. L. Fer
son.
Left for Indianapolis.
J.. Harry Miller of the miller ceplpahy
left yesterday at noon for Indianapolis.
Ind. to arrange for "a shipment OF
Stutz cars. He expects to return in q
few days. = -
Appointed Manager.
e. w. White has been appointed man.
ager of the Dupont Sales Company. FILL
ing the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton Of r.. A. Klock. Mr.. White has
been selling Hudson cars for several
years past. and is thoroughly familiar
with the line.
* X X X
Waverley Opens Salesroom.
Edward 8. Ash and NJ e. Mangold
have opened salesroom at 1887 14th
street northwest. to be known as the
Waverley Sales Company. The company
will handle the Waverley electric line
and in addition will conduct a storage
and up-to-date service department for
electric vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Cause a Leakage.

cause IeaKdSt.
Compression leakage past the valves OF
a motor may be due to a great variety of
causes. The valves may warp due to the
use of inferior material I'm their manufac-
ture, or to faulty cooling Of the valve
chamber. This latter may be brought
about suddenly by an obstruction in the
jacket around the valve. Excessive
grinding of the valve will reduce the
clearance between the stem and cam, SO
that the member cannot close completely
This will be noticed Immediately after
grinding. and the remedy is to take
enough Off the stem to obtain the prop
err clearance. Deposits OF carbon on the
vaIveseat will also hold the valve off IL
and allow the compression to escape.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
OIOGcers Will Avoid
Excess in Drinking
By E W. RICHARD. ws.his,oa. D. c.

duty they will forfeit their for the period during which they
FACILITATED This the substance Of order by General Wood chief
staff pursuant provision in the army appropriation inserted
the of army authorities The order applies also the
drugs and o diseases 20 misconduct
Heretofore the of enlisted they fined
rmaEy for drunkenness which disabled
aggravated officers have been brought coumar and
suffered loss of rank dismissal the service
public scandal been attached
have not been public hagran punishment has followed
An officer disabled from duty through of his vices has been
treated the military hospitals and his absence from duty
matter of
By the regulation the army will be brought nearly the
situation which prevails in civil life.
Modern standards raroading for example, approaching the
point where harmful ndugnces either duty regarded
cause dismissal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
Interesting to E|yites

From Tower News:-A number
of Tower and Soudan people went
to Ely Tuesday night to attend a
concert given by the Lyric male
chorus of Gustavus Adolphus col
lege of St. Peter which is making
a tour of the range towns. Those
who attended were greatly pleased
with the entertainment Mrs.
Harry Winchell came down from
Ely Saturday to visit her mother
and sisters. and Mrs. E. E.
Chapel have given up their resi-
dence here and moved to Duluth.
Louis Bauer was in town Sun
day from Ely visiting his sister,
Mrs. A. Weinzierl.-Fred Helm is
in charge of the Duluth & Iron
Range yards in Ely this week dur
ing the temporary absence of the
regular yardmaster, Thomas Nc
Laughlin.- large audience was
entertained with musical program
rendered by the Viesti choir of Ely
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
CLASS PLAY
To be Given by Senior Glass O
High School

The Class of 1913 will give as
their class play the dramatization
of Dickens Cricket on the
HEARTH 1t was chosen not only
for its classic worth and educa-
-tional value but because it seems
we'll adapted to the class. The
production will be given May 9Th
at the High School Auditorium.
Rehearsals are now going on and
Judging by the enthusiasm
expressed by the members of
the cast as we'll as by the members
of the faculty. who have been in
charge of the coaching of the play
it bids fair to be an entire success.
The scene of the play is in Eng
land some fifty years ago, and the
plot is one which has lent itself
verv well to the facilities for
staging which are to be had at the
High School. The costuming OF
the characters has been placed in
the hands of expert professional
costumers of the Twin Cities.
The cast will be as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
McDernOtt Company

Amended articles of incorpora-
ton have been granted to the Nc
Dermott Development Co., of Eve
leth. The officers are c. H. Nc
Dermott, president and treasurer;
Mrs. G. H. McDermott, vice presi-
dent, and Miss Mayme Murphy, of
Tower, secretary. The company
is the fee owner of 100 acres of
land in section 30. township 81,
range IS west, about five miles
south of Tower. The company is
incorporated for 100000 divided
into 100000 shares of the par value
of 81 each. The object is to ex-
plore and develop the property in
case ore in paying quantities is
found.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
First Meeting Of New Council.

The newly qualified city council
had its first official meeting Tues
day evening and the wheels went
around smoothly. AS can be seen
by the proceedings in another col
umn, much business was trans
acted.
All the employees that served the
city efficiently the past year were
reengaged and received substantial
raises in salaries. This latter move
was fitting recognition of services
we'll rendered.
The new council started business
in business-like manner and had
their affairs all in ship shape in a
brief time.
Read the proceedings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
OF Scale Of Tips is Fixed
by Uncle Sam
BY c. P. STEWART

specifying the tips that it's employees include in their travelling
while trancng public business Some be inclined
the scale Of tips they accept the
weights and measures, establishing the standard
The treasury department of national administration that has tried
make speciality efficiency and employee New
York Chicago persons who bring his meals to him
than so cents day. He like sum for this service
of other cities Of considerable the of which
specified For the of poe he spend 20 cents
a day and of chair-car porters Is cents day.
he the Atlantic he $40 for stewards fees
going Hawaii he the stewards SIS going from
Panama Porto Rico So He not allowed to baggagemen
rs the arrival departure from hotels
wharves, railroad stations and such places.
Tipping serious matter American of small
Not few persons wish they had the federal treasury behind them to
stand the expense of tips when they travel
comfort them somewhat know that the treasury itself
cells out the tips with considerable degree of prudence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
Cigarette Least I arm-
full Form of Smoking
By DUNCAN c. MINER

least harmful form of smoking From the complete articles the great
medical journal this found be but part the truth The Lancet
statement that the probably using
cigarettes than in cigars pipes
1t also states that too much emphasis has been put nicotine and
too little other huu substances The Lancet take back
single warning of the evils smoking and especially for boys
Charles B. Towns regarded high authority the question of
narcotics had notable article the Century magazine Th Injury
Tobacco He the ST consider that
cigarette smoking the greatest devastating humanity today be-
it is doing than any other vice to dorae the race
Mr. Towns represented in the work of driving out
opium smoking from the studied the question of
co and drugs the Orient has made great driving
out the of opium.
great tobacco company american and Brith) spent large
amount of sending statesmen and demonstrators through
China show the people smoke cigarettes Mr. Towns estimates
that onea the cigarette smoking the world in China and that the
cigarette evil is than that of opium.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18

and is making great change in the
| place in appearance and room.
| @. McTaggart has begun the cree
Jion of his pool and billiard hall. The
structure will be 24x60, one story.
John Smith and Ernest Rydeen
have returned from Duluth and Still
water where they visited friends.
The platform at the depot has been
started and will be complete in few
days after which start will be made
on the side track back of the depot
All those having closets and sheds on
the right-o'- way must move them.
The school foundations built last
! fall must be torn down and rebuilt as
of result of the freezing.
O The vaudeville by Herbert and Mau
dena was well attended last Monday
night at the ST. Croix Hall as well as
spoken of as being one vaudeville
stunt that lasted over Is or 20 min
utes. Outside of the Scottish enter.
tanners which showed here recently
a comeback Of the former would be
appreciated at any time.
Mrs. Korbi is still very sick and has
slight chances of recovery. We hope
for the best.
Messrs. IsenbeIg and Weed left
Thursday for Duluth On a business
Tip for a few days.
Mrs. A. j. Stein and Mrs. Peter
Teeto and children spent Thursday
afternoon at Ely with friends.
G. McTaggart ordered the supplies
for his pool room Thursday.
Miss Edith Ellefsen called on friends
about Winton Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. VIM. ELLINGTON called on hel
parents and friends at Ely Thursday
Alex Dahleen of Virginia was a
business caller Thursday.
Lumber was purchased for the
pOliCc ucduQ udIUclS duu Ouc CclcpuOuS
manager was over from Ely and Two
Harbors looking up the wiring to be
done for phones at police quarters
and at STEMS shop.
The family of VIM. G. johnson who
have been living on Main street have
moved Into the large red company
house in the northwest corner of the
village.
Gust Ferguson formerly of >Hote
Winton is installing pool table and
stock of tobaccos in the Ole Larson
place.
One Of the. most risky feats of stop
ping runaway team attached to q
wagon loaded with lumber was sue
cessfully accomplished by Robt. San
ger this week. just as the driver was
on top of the load some of the lumber
slipped and scared the horses into q
gallop. Bob sprinted and successfully
secured the lines and brought the
team to stop.