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The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Lack of Care Is
Bad for Batteries

The majority Of electric troubles in
gasolene automobiles are due primarily
10 improper care given to the battery.
The maker of the accumulator issues
Instructions regarding the battery. and
4 these are not lived up to trouble will
result.
When the starting motor acts slug
< shly there are three possible causes
Of the trouble-failure of the battery to
deliver the proper amount of current.
wiring trouble between battery and
motor. which includes the switch, and
trouble in the cranking motor itself.
The electric motor, like a fan motor.
gives little trouble. Every one knows
that the office fan can be operated for
years without being in the repair shop
once. The cranking motor of the car
is equally as serviceable unless tam
pered with. Oiling of the motor bear
ings should be the only care necessary
The battery. however. needs a little
more attention, and the Society of Au-
tomobile Engineers standard rules are
familiar TO every one Sometimes an
owner will depend entirely upon a dash
voltmeter or ammeter. or some form of
pocket meter for determining the con-
dition of the battery. Such instru-
ments, while of value, should not solely
be depended upon to tell battery con-
dition. The only safe way Of telling the
condition of the battery is to use a
hydrometer
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
DEALER
SEES PROSPERITY
W. S. KeeIer, Manager of ZeII
Motor Car Company, Pre-
diets BountifuI Year.

Discussing the dawn Of what prom
lses to be the greatest automobile sea-
Son in the history of the industry. w.
s. keeler. manager Of the Zell Motor
Car Company, agents for Chalmers and
Saxon cars. said:
The bountiful crops and sound,
staple banking system have pulled
American business through a trying sit
uation caused by the breaking out of
war in Europe.
There Is going to be a great bust
ness done in this country this fall The
United States is the most favored
nation in the world: We are at peace
and shall continue So
The country Is blessed with the
greatest crops in its history. Millions
and millions of wealth are now being
taken from the field. The country will
haze more money to spend then ever
before, and tnat means that everybody
will have more money to spend than
ever before.
There will be more automobiles sold
In this country than ever before in the
same length Of time. because the whole
country is prosperous.
I'VE have felt the buoyant effect Of
an era of prosperity. The first-class
financial automobile factories and the
first-class finapcial dealers are far
sighted men. and, in common with
others, they see the dawn of a record
breaking year.
Public confidence has been restored
In the ability of American business to
weather any storm and to come out
with colors flying"
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
ENGLAND BUYS z
OVERLAND MACHINES
New Cars, According to John
g. N. WiIIys, Will Be Used in
PatroIIing Coast.

Twenty-Five Overland automobiles
were sold and delivered on August to
the war department of Great Britain,
according to word received from John
n. Willys, president of the Willys-Over-
land Company, who has just returned
from England. Together with num-
Der of motor cars of the same make
already in the service of the English
army, the new cars will be used for
patroljing and guarding the coasts
The automobile is proving invaluable
to the English coast guard" said
Willys. Motor cars also are being ex-
tensively used for transporting men,
ammunition and supplies both in Eng
land and on the continent. They are
already a great factor in Red Cross and
other humanitarian work.
The ability of motor cars to cover
great distances in a short space OF time
has created a great demand for them
among the military authorities. Many
cars owned by private citizens have
been Communicated for purposes OF war.
There is also a great field for motor
trucks On the other side OF the Atlantic.
Although difficulties are being encount-
cred at present in shipping motor
vehicles from the United States to Euro;
pean ports, / believe the situation VIII
clear within few weeks.
Practically all of the motor trucks
in Europe are suosidiz-
ed by the governments and conse.
quently are subject to call in case OF
war, The withdrawal of these We
hicles from their ordinary work has
been followed by heavy levies upon
horses for military use. Although
delivery systems throughout the Con-
tinent have been paralyzed. the tre-
armies in the field are not
entirely provided with the needed
facilities.
"As the call for military reserves
has practically unnamed all Of the
large automobile factories on this
side of the Atlantic, new vehicles OF
necessity must be purchased from
in the United States"
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Device Tells Way Car
Will Turn at Corner

A mechanism for indicating to the
driver Of a following automobile which
way the car ahead is to turn has re-
Gently been placed on the market. The
device is. of course. attached 10 the
rear of the car and provides four illumi-
mated spaces besides the regulation
lamp.
Located on the steering wheel are two
switches, each OF which operates an
electric lamp on the appropriate side of
the device and the pressure of A thumb
on one switch turns on the current in
the corresponding space at the rear OF
the car.
These spaces are Of ground glass ar
have 4 white arrow on a red back
ground. the illumination thus showing
which way the driver intends TO turn
The SLOW signal appears whenever
the clutch $ thrown out or the foot
brake is set: the stop" signal shows
when the emergency brake Is applied
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW OWNERS.

Here are some helpful suggestions
which should be learned by the ne"
owner and which it would be well for
the older and more experienced owners
and drivers to read over and refresh
their memory. The latter class of mo-
torist knows these things by instinct
still no harm can be done by repeating
them.
Never drive fast on slippery streets
is the first law of motoring that should
be remembered, for wet streets cause
a car to skid and the greater the speed
the greater the risk of accident.
Never drive with fully retarded
spark. Never start the motor with open
throttle. Never neglect the fabrication
of your car. Never attempt to start
the motor on advanced spark.
Never drive fast around turns or over
rough roads. Never apply brakes sud
denly, except in case of emergency.
Never attempt to shift into reverse
gear when going ahead. Never allow
your clutch to engage suddenly. Never
race your motor. Never release your
clutch when driving without first clos
ing the throttle, as this will allow the
motor to race. Keep out of crowded
master of your car. Never attempt to
start the motor with any of the trans
mission gears in mesh. Have the gear
shift in central.
Study carefully the method given
for starting motor, starting car, shift
ing gears, driving and stopping your
car. If unusual sounds develop. in
vestieate and find the cause. Do not
allow them TO continue, as an accident
may result. Do not tamper with your
carburetor unless you know it is out
of adjustment, and not even then un-
less %ou know exactly what you are
doing. Keep your tires well inflated
at all times. Never allow them 10 get
under sixty pounds pressure. 1t Is bet
ter to keep them at seventy-fiVe pounds
pressure.
The plugs should be taken out Of
the toll pan every 600 to 1000 miles.
the oil drained and oil pan washed
out Clean oil should then be added
through breather pipe on motor.
IF every owner of a motor car would
remember each Of these suggestions
the garage and repair man would not
be so overworked. and repair bills
would not be so large. Besides, there
is that big factor OF safety to be con-
sidered. Follow these suggestions and
your car will te in such perfect order
that an accident will be due only to
your own carelessncss, and not me-
chanical fault
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
GET RUBBER SUPPLY
BY PROMPT ACTION
mo War Prices on Tires," Says
Goodyear Company, as Re-
suit of Quick Work.

The recent announcement of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. of
Akron. Ohio, that there were mo war
prices on Goodyear tires" attracted
widespread attention In motoring cir
cies. Commenting on the announce
ment, F. A. Sieberling. president of the
company, said:
We advanced Goodyear prices, az
others did theirs, when the rubber
panic came. Almost in a day crude
rubber rose in New York from 50 cents
per pound to much over a dollar. And
as most Of the worlds rubber comes
via LONDON or Antwerp, We saw no
way out for time.
The New York supply was too small
10 consider European exchange was
entirely suspended. Merchant ships
had ceased running.
But We have an almost worldwide
organization. and We brought IL at
once into play. We are the worlds
largest buyers Of high-grade rubber. so
We have our own experts in London.
Colombo. Singapore. and Para.
We cabied our London people to
puy up the pick Of the rubber there.
By acting quickly and paying cash
they obtained 100000 pounds Of the
finest rubber there. They bought be-
fore the advance-before the other bug
ers saw a way to get. London exchange
or to bring the rubber here
That big supply of rubber is now
nearly all on the way to the GOODYEAR
factory in Akron. II constitutes the
best of the London supply. On the an
fefior grades remaining. prices have
since been rapidly advanced
We have since taken other steps TO
insure US continuous supply, all Of the
highest grade rubber. In all the chief
sources of rubber supply we have the
experts on the ground. All is being
done that can be done to secure the best
rubber. the exchange to pay for it and
the ships to bring it here.
The result Is that Goodyear tire
prices are now the same as in June.
We are using the same grade Of rubber
and the same amount Of it as we always
have used in these tires
We are running our factory with
three shifts of men, twenty -four hours
a day. So long as we remain this
fortunate on rubber. we shall supply
tire users at before-war prices to the
limit CT our capacity
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Switch and Wiring
Troubles Are Frequent

Switch and wiring troubles are fire.
quent. Often the cable insulation is
broken down or there Is a short or
open circuit in the switch. All these
things must be looked after before the
cranking system is condemned. The
lighting generator and its auxiliaries.
such as regulator and cut-out may re-
quire more care than the cranking sys-
tenn. The generator brushes require
trimming periodically and the cables
often need to be refastened.
When it comes to regulator and cut
out troubles the novice owner should
not attempt the repair Of the parts him.
self The adjustments. while not deli
cate. require clear understanding of
electrical apparatus.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Girl Tries to Go to War
With Canadian Troops

VAL CARTIER CAMP. Quebec. Aug
g.-Determined to go to war with the
Canadian troops. young woman was
discovered in the full uniform of
private near headquarters here A sen
trv became suspicious of the dapper
looking private and challenged him
The suspect was taken to the head
quarters Of Lieutenant Colonel Bur
stall. and he ordered the supposed
nfantryman to the guard tent Later
the young woman was placed upon a
rain for Quebec
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Adjustment Will Save
Current in Vibrator

Motorists will be interested in the fol-
lowing piece of advice given by an ex-
pert in electricity as applied to auto
mobiles:
One of the causes of excessive cur
rent consumption in ignition systems
employing vibrator coils is too much
tension on the vibrator springs The
spring adjustment should be slackened
until the motor commences to miss eX-
plosions and then frightened down grad
ually until the firing again becomes
regular. Further tightening results only
In useless consumption of current"
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Care Gipen TO Car
Prevents MiShapS
Even Experienced Automo bile Drivers Should Read
Over List of Motor Donts Adapted to All Sea-
sons of the Year.
By HARRY WARD.

''How to care for a motor car during the various
S of the year, both hot and cold has been discussed
at length for good many seasons, says j. E. Hanger r
of the Cole Motor Sales Company but there many help
full suggestions which can be made to the new and
which are always in place.
"Every owner of an automobile should know the car
he drives from the radiator to the tail lamp Become thor
oughlv familiar with its every detail and you will expert
ence less trouble than the who Just allows the to
run as long cam The careful motorst husbands the
strength of his car and remembers the don'ts.
SUGGESTIONS For NEW OWNERS.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Steps Are Gummed
Or Fouled by Dust

When a motor is turned over slowly
with a crank it may appear that all the
valves are working properly and seat
ing as they should but il sometimes
happens that the steps are gummed
dry, or fouled with dust and dirt, so that
they cannot move fast enough to keep
pace with the motor when 1t is running
This is A good point to watch, for II
may easily cause misfiring and other
apparently causeless troubles.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Straining Lubricator
Prevents Abrasion

Although rarely done. it is better
to strain lubricating oil before it IL
put In the tank or reservoir. not only
to prevent the clogging Of oil ducts
abrasive action. due to foreign sub
stances, but also to prevent foreign
matter from getting into the pump.
Such matter may cause the pump to
stick and some part to become broken.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Will Confer September q.

Following a conference September 4
Of the Federal Reserve Board with
bankers from the reserve cities and
other business Centers. announcement
will be made of the date Of opening Of
the new banking system. A tentative
program for the meeting and the an
nouncement was mapped at a meeting
Of the Federal Reserve Board in the Of
fee OF Secretary McAdoo yesterday.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Will Use Motorcycle
In Chinese Mission Work

With the expectation of greatly
broadening the scope Of his activities.
DR.. L. s. Morgan. a medical mission
arv located at Tsing-tau. China. has
purchased a motorcycle. With the aid
of the two-wheeler DIR. Morgan says he
will be able to penetrate much farther
into the interior and still be only a
few hours from his headquarters.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
II. C.. Frick Better.

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. 2s.-The
condition of Henry Clay Frick. the
steel magnate, who is i'll at his sum-
mer home at Prides Crossing, Ia de
cidedly better" according to his
physician.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29


ports the sale Of 1915 Overland touring
cars to Major NJ. II. Barnum. Mrs. j.
H. Cox, T. L. Mahoney and S. C.
Rowan.
Robert H. Martin, manager of the
Buick Motor Company. had an exhibit
of Buick cars at the Rockville fair this
week. Those assisting him were Brooke
Nyce. Robert Haskin and Stanley
Horner.
A novel automobile feat was per-
formed at the Rockville fair on Thurs
day by J. P. Seitz, Of Baltimore. Seitz
drove a Cartercar touring car up the
grandstand steps into the grandstand
and was loudly applauded when he
reached the top of the stand.
r. c. Smith. of the Smith-Trew Motor
Company. REQ agents, will leave Mon
dav on a trip through virginia. West
Virginia and Maryland. He will visit
REQ dealers in various towns in those
States.
Gov. Samuel B. Ralston of Indiana
mas always been an ardent lover of
learned to love the motor car also, as
evidenced by his recent purchase Of a
Cadillac" said Rudolph Jose, of the
Cook Stoddard Company Now a
part OF tne executive stables has been
turned into a garage, and the governor
uses the Cadillac more often than he
drives out behind his fine horses
whether Governor Ralston will learn
to drive the car Is question For
the present. he says, his son will do
the driving. For a long time the gov
ernor has been besought by automo-
bile men to add car to the executive
equipages. and for a long time resisted
all attempts to get his name on the
State license lists. But he could not
resist the lure Of the Cadillac. He
says he is proud Of his selection and
that the members Of his family are
exceedingly we'll satisfied with it,
Among Studebaker purchasers this
week. as reported by the Commercial
Automobile and Supply Company. were
Major N. c. Butler, Major w. r. Da-
shell. r. G. Althouse, and Gurney
Goswell.
This week the Cartercar Sales Com
pany sold a fve-passenger Cartercar
touring car to H. n. Wiseman and fore
door Metz cars to Dr. H. ]. Mccarthy
and F. E. Williams.
Robert Barrett. who has been iden-
titled with the motor car business of
this city for a number Of years, will
leave Monday for Detroit. where he
will become associated with one Of the
big automobile companies OF that city.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29
Automobile Dealer GiUes Timely Hints on How to Care
Automobile Notes

The Harper Overland Company re-
ports the sale Of 1915 Overland touring
cars to Major NJ. II. Barnum. Mrs. J.
Fl. Cox. T. L. Mahoney and S. c.
Rowan
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

Robert H. Martin, manager of the
Buick Motor Company, had an exhibit
of Buick cars at the Rockville fair this
week. Those assisting him were Brooke
Nyce. Robert Haskin and Stanley
Horner
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

Robert Barrett. who has been iden-
titled with the motor car business of
this city for number Of years. will
leave Monday for Detroit, where he
will become associated with one Of the
big automobile companies OF that city
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

Company. REQ agents, will leave Nom
dav on trip through Virginia, West
Virginia and Maryland. He will visit
REQ dealers in various towns in those
States.
The Washington times., 1914-08-29

This week the Cartercar Sales Com
pany sold a fve-passenger Cartercar
touring car to H. n. Wiseman and fore
door Metz cars to DR.. H. J. Mccarthy
and F. E. williams
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-22
rarchV is devoted to this end.

rarchY is devoted to this end.
When congress tried to exterminate
polygamy by the passage of the Ed
monds-Tucker law the Mormon leaders
saw they must secure statehood and
thus get the control of polygamous liv-
ing out of the hands of the government.
They got revelation to suspend the
practice, so they claimed, then Dersua-
ded the government that they had cut it
out and pledged their people to exercise
the right of franchise without the die
tatlOn of the priesthood and thus OBJ
tanned statehood under false pretenses.
The state was Democratic. Roberts n
polygamist, was elected to congress bv
a good majority. His election aroused
the country and in answer to petitions
that Hooded congress he was sent home
A constitutional amendment forever
prohibiting polygamy was about to be
presented and the country was ready to
adopt it. At this critical moment two
Norman apostles and Jack Morrison
tone playing Mormon for political pro-
notion, appeared in Washington Citv.
They had an interview with Mark Hanna
and several leading Republicans. The
amendment that was to wipe out this
disgrace from the fair escutcheon of our
nation was put to sleep and no public
notice was given of its death. Next
year Utah, the solid Democratic state.
gave sweeping Republican majority.
We can form our own conclusions. 1t
VIII uproot our government at the
earliest momen possible What is the
duty of all citizens toward this living.
apostate hierarchy, this enemy of our
government and our homes. Get the
facts, and have given you some of
them, and every one | have given YOU
can be proved from their own writings
and sacred books. This nation is Sleep
ing over volcano which will, ere they
are aware, burst forth with all its vile
and putrid eruptions. Take notice and
act accordingly. The solld vote of the
Mormon church will be given to the
political party that will do its bidding. ,
The Christian people of Utah have not
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senator, Reed Smoot.

senator, Reed Smoot.
They have been able to prevent the
securing of an anti-polygamy amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States. 1t is simply paganism with
Christian names.
The mere statement of some of its
doctrines is enough to cover it with in
fanny and consign it to its proper place,
perdition. They teach that there are
many gods; that God is an exalted man
and polygamist;; that the men OF to-
day may become gods by living up to the
Mormon principles, including polygamy.
They believe that their church is the
only true church; they teach baptism
for the dead, by proxy, for the salvation
of relatives who died without the faith:
that one who leaves the Mormon church
IS eternally lost unless his blood be shed
IN order that he be saved in the next
world; he must be killed outright to in
sure his salvation. They believe that
Jesus Christ was man and became God
by practicing polygamy; (horrid bias.
phemy); that sin is necessary to devel-
opment and progress. Adam, who was
God the Father manifest in the flesh.
"sinned that man might be-" that
Christ, ''our Elder Brother" the son of
Adam, God by natural generation, paid
the penalty for original sin, but we
must work our own salvation for our
own sins, by being baptized into the
Mormon church, obeying the priesthood
and paying tithes to the Mormon church.
They teach that women can enter heaven
only as sealed to some devout member
to the Mormon church for time and
eternity.
They still believe in and practice DO
lygamY, though its practice has been
suspended, according to the testimony
of its leaders at Washington. The com
mand allowing polygamy is still printed
in the church books, but the order sus-
pending the practice does not appear
even in the newer editions.
One who has studied the questions and
knows the truth says: "No student of
polygamy as doctrine and practice of
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must be performed for the dead and the
living, Q5) They get the Holy Spirit
by the laying on of the hands of the
men who have been ordained to admin
lister it. Q6) Salvation by faith is evil.
90 The priesthood is part of God
Its dreadful for any one to oppose
this doctrine for its authority is unlim-
tied. The subject must surrender his
his private judgment.
They teach that all ministers and
Christian churches are frauds and anv
who receive baptism from them shall be
damned.
They claim to have visions. revela-
lions, to speak in divers tongues, inter
pref tongues, to heal disease and work
miracles.
Their sacred books are the Bible.
which is of least value, the Book of
Mormon, Book of Doctrines and Cove
nants, Pearl of Great Price and Savings
of Joseph the Seer. These are their
= N4N@N" VI AoiIh anu DIdCIlCe. IQey say
the Bible Is of little value, that the
priesthood can make scriptures. The
priesthood has the only right to govern
all peoples, governments and nations.
They plainly teach that there is no safe
ty under the government of the United
States. They are damned if thew reject
polygamy
AS to the origin of man: He was
born in the spirit world and came here
for body. I'VE came to this earth
that we might have body. The great
principle of happiness consists in having
body. The devil has no body, and
herein is his punishment''-Jo Smith.
They 1.-THE. Well tithing is all right
and scriptural and the church has fallen
short in this duty, but it is not done
with the Mormon m0tiveS. They say it
must be done so that they will not burn
at his coming. Records are kept of all
who 1.-THE and these tithing books are
Judgment-day books.
Organized Mormonism is a secret
reasonable political machine, working
for the control of the United States gov
eminent. The best talent of the HE