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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Miss Gretta Loui and Frank CAL
laway, two young persons Of good
character in PIatteville, were married
last week, the Rev. Father LillIs
officiating. The bride is a graduate
OF the Normal and has taught three
years. They Will be at home, after
a short honeymoon, on the groom's
farm, near PIatteviile.
Benton will celebrate the Fourth,
but the doings will occur on Saturday,
the Sd. Again the Fourth comes on
Sunday, but that is not so bad as it
used to be. when we had noisy
Fourths and the celebration would run
through Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day.
Henry Schwers, a man of German
birth. about 70 years old, committed
suicide in his room in the Grant
hotel, Galena, last week. with shoe
string. He was thought to be de
mented. His home had been at
Belmont, Wise, for number Of
years, and he had relatives there.
At last the cattle that have been
IN quarantine on Hawthorne race
track, Chicago, for so many months
,are released. This is all pedigreed
stock, and has been under quarantine,
since the dairy show, last October.
CassvllIe is getting chesty over
the victory of its base ball team over
the Lancaster team. Ohe score was
6 to 1, and the game was played
week ago last Sunday. Cassville was
charged with three errors, and Lam
caster, so far as the score shows,
played an errorless game.
1t is the Crawford County Press
that got off the wild story this time.
According to that usually reliable
journal, a farmer over in Clayton
county, Iowa, was blowing, whereat
his pillow bumped an obstruction. Of
course, being farmer, not
specuIator, he thought his dirt
digger had hit rock, and he de-
cided to digger out. So he got his
shovel and wentater. But it was
pot of iron, with an iron lid there
on, and which was wired on with
copper wire. Isn't that a sweet
story so far? But wait, gentle
reader. Being a farmer, the plow-
ing man knocked a hole in that pot,
or kettle, quicken Jack Robinson
could have bonner. And, 10, or Lo,
that pot contained full of gold.
Some were of Mexican vintage; other
COINS were of American vintage, but
all of them were almighty old. And
then the farmer did not faint away,
nor 60 to town and buy an automobile
no, we suspect that never happen
ed. Rather we suspicion that
''Herbie" Beach, the gentle dreamer
of the Press walked up. 1t was
good story, wanting only the bottom
end of rainbow to make it sound
real funny and almost true. "Herbie"
is sweet dreamer, except on the
booze question, and at that he's
there with iron-clad goods.
Mrs. John C. Donahue, Cuba, died
at her home last week, after a linger-
ing illness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Over at Five Points, Richland
county, there was held lively picnic
bv the farmers Of the American
Society Of Equity, last Saturday
afternoon This place IS just northeast
IF BoscobeI and it Is said the farm
ers we're out for miles round. The
Society of Equity is strong with the
farmers of Richland.
Richland county is doing a lot
toward making permanent roads.
There il a fine highway from Rich
land Center to the Wisconsin river at
Gotham, now the scheme is to make
the road perfect down the river, 90 as
to take in Muscoda, and even as far
as Boscobel.
Mrs. Roy Eley, Rockford, recently
gave her life in an attempt to save
the life of her baby, Hazel, four
years old. She had her three chill
dren out gathering flowers for decora-
ton day, and by some reason the
babies got on one side of the railway
tracks and the young mother on the
other. Just then a freight train
came along, and the little one started
to run to her mother; and the mother
seeing the danger, started to catch
the child. They met in front Of
the awful engine. Both were buried
at RichIand Center, the childhood
home of the mother.
HiIIsboro is a nice little village,
away off in the east end of Vernon
county, at the end of stub line of
railroad that has its genesis in Union
Center, dub of a switch near ElIoy,
on the Northwestern main line. But
Hillsboro is ambitious to get more
bigger, 80 II would protrude its stub
to RichIand Center. A beginning
has been made, and Mr.. Cash, who
owns the stub line, says he will ex-
tend to Yuba this summer. Yuba
IL a wild community or the north
shores of Richland county. From
there to Richland Center is down
nil slide-a slippery ellum' PROPOSE
ton.
From Minneapolis comes the cheer
i.Ig news that -four is on the decline
in price. The price of -four is not
always regulated by the price OF
wheat. no more than the price of beef
Is regulated by the price of live
steers. There's a middleman in all
these matters, and he must be con-
suited.
1t now looks as if an 8-foot
channel from the Takes to the gulf is
certain. The Illinois Legislature IS
about through with the scheme, and
when they finish there will be little
to do, except to dig the ditch.
Richland Democrat is authority for
the statement that 81 commercial
travellers -salesmen-got off of one
train in that city, one evening last
week. Looks as If Richland Center
is a dead one. 1t has municipal
theatre, and a lot of other con-
veniences that listen modern. If
any town in Wisconsin lets the light
of the boulevard lamps shine away
out into the country, that town is K.
G.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Is the compressed oxygen method
satisfactory for cleaning carbon out of
cylinders so that the pistons and valves
will be thoroughly cleaned, or is dis
assembling engine and scraping the
different parts necessary?
Removing carbon from the cylinder
by the use Of compressed oxygen is en-
tirely satisfactory and highly to be
recommended. However, it is some
thing that is best done by garage. as
it would hardly pay you to buy an out
fit just for yourself. The carbon is re-
moved by burning. and the reason Oxy-
gen is used is that carbon, or any sub
stance for that matter, will burn about
five times as readily in oxygen as in
ordinary air. Thus carbon will burn
with the rapidity Of celluloid in an at
mOsphere Of oxygen, yet the incrusted
carbon cannot be ignited when expos
ed TO the ordinary atmosphere.
The operation is simple. One Of the
valve caps and also the spark plug is
removed from each cylinder and the
piston is brought to top dead center.
Then the cylinder is filed with oxygen
gas and a piece Of cotton waste is
dropped into the cylinder and lighted.
AS long as there is any carbon to be
burned oxygen is supplied to the cylin-
der. The reason that compressed oxy-
gen is used is so that a great quaint
ty of gas can be stored in q cOntainer
of a given size. The oxygen gas Is
never used under pressure In the cyl
tnder. .,.e.s.,ss, ns4sar.,<.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Is it possible to adjust the detachable
rims on 2 So BY 4 wheel so that SO by
4La tire can be put on? If not, what
is the reason? The wheel at present
will take "a by 3la or IS by tire.
A SO by AZ tire can be put on a 81
by 4 rim because this is the oversize
for that fire. 1t cannot, however, be
put on a 81 by 315 rim, as the over
size for this is the 80 by 4 and not sc
by ~.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

My car misses in the front cylinder
II will run from one TO twenty miles,
and then it will miss. The spark plug
gets oily and will not fire. have put
in a new plug, and it does the same
thing. What is the trouble?
Evidently there is a leakage of oil,
due to loose fitting rings or pistons.
Remove the piston and rings and ex-
anime them carefully. Replace them
so that the joints of the three rings
will be eqNally spaced around the cyl
inder. as it is possible that they are all
in line now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Is half kerosene and half wood alco-
hoI a good carbon remover?
Half kerosene and half wood alcohoI
is a good carbon remover After TAX
ing the carbon from the cylinders the
oil in the crank case should be renew
ed in order that the lubricant will be
in good condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Does a six cylinder start easier on
the magnetic than a four, and does not
the srnlaSure on a six cylinder magnetic
make more revolutions to the crank
shaft than does one on a four?
The magnetic in six travels one-halt
as fast as the crank shaft, just as it
does in a four cylinder motor. The rea-
son six may start easier on the mag
neto is because in one revolution of the
crank shaft there are three explosions.
whereas in the four there are only two.
This makes the chances of firing a
charge greater in the six than in the
four.
AS soon as ! GO into third or high
gear my car runs in a ierky manner.
If 60 back into second speed and push
on the acceIerator TO give the engine
more speed for about half square and
then GO back into third or high it runs
smoothly. What is the matter?
1t seems most probable that the mo-
tor is missing, or at least does not run
smoothly at low speeds. Adjust the
spark gaps on the plugs to one thirty
second of an inch, tighten all wiring
connections and look for short circuits
caused by poorly insulated or bare
wires.
See that the brushes on the magnetic
are in good condition and adjust the
breaker points if they need it. There
may be temporary short circuit in the
switch at times. Adjust the carburetor
carefully. The air valve is for high
speed and the needle valve for low.
Test the compression. 1t may be that
the valves need grinding, or there is a
leakage past the pistOns or the valve
stem guides.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Is it advisable to wash a car with wa
ter each day?
Cars should not be washed unless it
is necessary. Sometimes only wiping
of the body and busting of the cush.
ions are needed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

What is the best way to keep tires
from sticking to the rims?
In order to keep the tires from stick
ing to the rims it is necessary to pre-
vent the rusting Of the rim, and this is
most satisfactorily accomplished by the
use of fake graphite. The graphite is
mixed into a creamy paste by adding
a sSnan percentage of gasoline. This
is then applied to the rims the same as
ordinary paint. The gasoline evapo-
rates and leaves the graphite, which
not only prevents rusting to a large
extent, but holds the bead of the tire
away from the metal of the rim.
The spark lever on my car is very
hard to turn, especially when the mo-
tor is hot. Where do you think the
trouble is, and how can ! remedy it?
While this stiffness may be in any
of the joints of the Hnkage operated by
the spark lever, it is most likely that
the breaker LoX is too tight a fit, so
that when the motor becomes heated
the expansion of the part on which it
breaker box from the linkage and note
whether it moves freely. If it does
not, remove it and rub the interior
surface with emery paper until enough
material has been removed to allow it
to work freely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

money. All depenGs upon Tie veignI
of the plates as to whether the vibra-
ton will be high.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

What is the easiest way of locating
loose push rod?
A loose push rod can easily be found
by feeling with the hand. If there is
too much clearance between the stem
and the top of the rod it can be as
-certained by rafting the push rod, and
if this is the case it should be adjusted,
preferably while the motor IS warm.
Make the space about one One-hun-
dredth of an inch, or the thickness of
a sheet of writing paper
If the rod is worn in the guide a GER
tain amount Of lateral movement will
be noticed when force is applied to the
rod by the hand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

When ! put my foot on the electric
starter on my car it makes a noise as
though every gear were being stripped.
Can you tell me the cause and how to
remedy this?
1t is possible that the gear teeth are
worn or that the armature bearings
allow play. Inspection should show
whether this is so. 1t may be that the
gears need Oiling. 1t must not be for
gotten that a starter should make a
little noise, the amount depending on
the design, workmanship and material.
When I change from intermediate to
low, or from high to low very quickly
my gears go into high and low both.
The car stops with a jerk and | cannot
chance TO neutral until ! get under
meath the car and kick out high. When
/ change slowly it is all right. Is there
any way of adjusting the spring tension
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09
Expert Advice For the
Automobile Owner

Queries and Replies Covering Matters Of
Importance to the Man Who Runs Car
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10

orders not to make public the com
plete confession made and signed by
Onni Talas. at the Sd Branch Detective
Bureau, on 1l6th Street, yesterday
morning after an all night grilling. He
summarized the confession verbally. as
follows:
"For some time several men have
been after Tslas TO stand in with them
10 rob Mrs. Nichols. He had refused
up TO Tuesday night, when he con-
scented, with the agreement that Mrs.
Nichols was not to be molested and
that no Jewels would be taken other
than those she wore on her person. By
arrangement, the three men arrived in
front of the Nichols house. at o'clock.
A prearranged signal, the ringing of
two bells at the basement door, ad-
mitted them.
"Talas permitted the man TO tie his
wrists together behind his back, but
he was free to walk about the house
or give an alarm if he had so desired.
They found the maid, Edith Langfeldt,
in the buffers pantry in the basement.
She was tied up, and one of the men
was left TO guard her while the other
two went upstairs to the third floor.
Talas says that he is ignorant OF what
occurred in Mrs. Nichols's sitting
room. He heard nothing until the men
came down after ten or fifteen minutes,
passed by without saying a word and
left by the front door He remembers
hearing the command of one of the
men to hurry up and that's all.
Talas refuses TO go into details as TO
what would be his share in the rob-
berry. He named some OF the men con-
nected with the crime. and we imme-
diately started search TO round them
up"
Inspector Faurot refused TO say
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10

the neck which were supposed to show
that Mrs. Nichols had been strangled.
When asked for his opinion on the
strangulation theory, Inspector Faurot
said that the sheet which was found
around Mrs. NichOls's head had been
removed when he arrived at the house
on Wednesday night. He understood,
however, that the sheet had been wound
about her head and mouth to act as a
gag. He refused TO confirm or deny
the report that small dolly In add
ton to the sheet was found knotted
about her neck.
Maitland F. Griggs, of Ardsley-on-
Hudson, a nephew of and attorney for
Mrs. Nichols. announced last night that
funeral services would be held from
the house on East Seventy-ninth Street,
probably on Sunday afternoon. The
funeral will be private. Burial will be
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
"Nrs. Nichols was very reticent about
her love Of jewelry," said Mr. Griggs
when questioned about the approximate
value of his aunt's precious stones.
"She never told me how much jewelry
she had in the house, and ! have no
way Of knowing the value Of the rings
stripped from her fingers. ] do not
believe. however, that more than SlO,-
600 worth was taken. Whether she
kept most Of the jewelry in safe de.
post vault downtown. do not know
More Arrests, Says Faurot.
Several more arrests will be made
said INSPECTOR Faurot at p. m, as ne
left for his home to get some sleep.
"A score of detectives are at work try
ing TO round up the other men connect
ed with the crime. Talas will not be
arraigned before the Coroner until to-
morrow" ,
The inspector said that he had had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
FOUR NEW STRIKES
IN FACTORY BELT
Labor Troubles Grow in Ammu-
milton Making Section of
New England.

Strikes continue and rumors of more
strikes persist in the ammunitions
manufacturing belt of New England.
More than 1900 employees of the Ameri-
can Graphaphone Company, in Bridge
port, Conn. quit work yesterday at 10
a. m. They demand the eight-hour day,
20 per cent increase in wages, adjust
ment of wage cut on piecework a
year ago and the correction of q condi-
ton said to have developed by the en-
ployment at less pay OF 400 women in
place Of men on certain kinds Of work.
In Waterbury, Conn, 200 operatives
Of the tubing department Of the Bene-
dict & Burnham branch of the Ameri-
can Brass Company struck. Laborers
at the Noera Manufacturing Company's
factory stopped work, ausing the plant
to close Fifty freight handlers at the
local freight house also struck for 81
q day and eight hours.
A statewide campaign for the eight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
WIFE NO.'3 PUTS
FITZSIMM0NS OUT
Farm Sold to Pay Claims Of
Lawyer in Divorce Suit-S10,.
900 Place Goes for 500.
(By Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Metuchen, n. j., Sept. 9.-ln his bout
with Edward F. Houghton, of Middle
sex County, Bob Fitzsimmons received
knockout. His farm of fifty acres
at West Dunellen, near here, was sold
under foreclosure proceedings by
Sheriff Houghton.
The sale was under an execution
held by Cornelius See, Chicago law
yer, who had a part in the divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by Julia Clifford,
Mrs. Fitzsimmons number three. There
are several other executions, one bein,
held by Charles Convent oven, OF New
Brunswick; one by Joseph Hendricks,
Of Atlantic City, and one by Mrs. Fitz-
simmons number four.
Joseph Hendricks bought the prop
erty subject to all claims for 800. The
place is said to be worth $4,000. Fitz-
simmons did not attend the sale. A
week ago he announced that his wife
was on the Pacific Coast and she had
$4,000 worth of his jewelry with her.
At the time he said he expected to get
some of his jewelry, with which he
would save his farm, but Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons No. did not come back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
MRS. NICHOLS DIED
MARTYR TO HOBBY
Continued from page ]

left Mrs. Nichols, recommending Talas
as his successor.
Five associates of Waldemar and
Talas are held by the police. The cook
and Edith Langfeldt, the maid, are held
as material witnesses in the House OF
Detention. Inspector Faurot has ex-
onerated them Of any responsibility in
the crime. Ernest Vital, the head but
Ter, has proved a complete abb.
Medical Examiner Silent.
An autopsy was performed on the
body Of Mrs. Nichols yesterday after
noon a. the undertaking rooms Of Will
lam J. Minor, i05 Fourth Avenue, by
Assistant State Medical Examiner Otto
Schultze, assisted by DR.. Benjamin
Schwartz, Of the Coroners stall. Or.
Schultz refused TO make any state
ment about the cause OF death, re-
ferring all reporters 10 Assistant Dis
trict Attorney W. Deacon Murphy, head
of the homicide bureau.
On the death certificate which Dr..
Schultze made out, however, death is
attributed to the assault made upon
Mrs. Nichols. The autopsy revealed
that she was afflicted with chronic in
terstitiai nephritis and hypertrophy OF
the left ventricle. Abrasions OF the
forehead were noted. These Affections.
coupled with the shock of being con-
fronted by masked burglars, might have
Killed Mrs. Nichols, but the death Ger
tifcate bears out the charge Of homi-
eide made against Talas. The ply
sicians who performed the autopsy re
fused TO say anything about marks on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
SPEEDER IS TAUGHT
FLATBUSH GEOGRAPHY
Pays SOS to Learn That Parkway
Isn't Outside Village Limits.

Herbert B. Holman, twenty years old
Of Mechanicsville, Penn, motored tow
ard Coney Island yesterday. On arriv-
ing at Ocean Parkway Boulevard,
Brooklyn, he considered that he had
reached the village limits, so he
loosened his speed lever until he was
making about fifty miles an hour. At
Beverly Road Bicycle Patrolman Dough-
erty, of the Parkville station, overlook
him and summoned him to the Flatbush
court.
81 thought was outside the village
limits, your honor" said Holman apol-
ogetically, addressing Magistrate Ester
brook.
81 am going to give you a lesson in
geography, young man. You were vio-
lating the Flatbush speed ordinances,
and Flstbush is a part Of New York
City. Ny tuition fee will be s25"
The Mechanicsville youth thanked
the court and paid his fine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
GODOWSKY FOUND
RUDELY SHOCKED
SO He Told Tenafly Police
When Papers Break
SecIuSiOn.
Wouldn't II make you mad n:

wouldn't IL make you mad ".
You planned 20 go away 70 oulst
place and write your MASTERPIECES, lesY.
ing behind a note stating your in.en.
tions,
And
An English foxhound that eats Geor.
gia peaches should hide the note unit!
an Irish wssherwoman should find the
note in a pile Of soiled linen,
While
Your friends made more noise over
your absence than Pittsburgh MILL.
merry buyer eating soup in Maxims,
And
Skeptical policemen said the thss.rI.
cal season was about 70 begin and
talked about press agents?
OF course it would.
So that you can appreciate how Leo.
pold Godowsky, found yesterday in
TenaAy felt when his quiet was broken
by loud headlines in New York papers
he accidentally came upon In farawa5
Hackensack.
He was "rudely shocked"
In those exact words he described
his feelings yesterday TO B. K. {,
Smith, who bosses the Tenafy poles
department. He also told Mr.. Smith
he intends TO remain in TenaAy. Mr..
Smith told Guy Scull, deputy police
commissioner, adding that GodOwsky
plans to go back 10 his retreat.
Knowing all that, can you imagine
what Mr.. Scull said?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10

hour day was begun in New Haven
under the direction of the American
Federation OF Labor. Leaders who have
figured in industrial adjustments in
Bridgeport since early summer came to
plan a speaking campaign. The strike
az the Columbia Hosiery Company,
where one hundred girls are out, WAS
unchanged.
The management OF the Excelsior
Needle Company, the Standard Com
pany and the Progressive Manufactur-
ing Company. in Torrington, Conn,
posted a notice of a new working
schedule Of fifty-fve hours a week, an
increase Of 10 per cent in wages, and
piece work prices TO be adjusted as
nearly as possible on the same basis.
The Torrington Manufacturing Com
pany also posted notice of a fifty.
five hour week and an increase of 10
per cent in wages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
POISON DROPS LURK
UNDER CANDY COATING
Sweets Man Sent Wife with Love
Contained Mercury Pills.

A box of candy left by the husband
Of 4 patient in the Essex County Hos
pital for the Insane, at Overlook, n.
j., few days ago, was found to con-
tain mercury tablets covered with
chocolate. A nurse, tempted by the
appearance of the sweets, bit into one
and discovered the poison. Authorities
Of Essex County and hospital officials
are now looking for the husband, who
is said 70 live in Newark.
The patient is patient Of middle
age. Her husband has frequently
brought dainties 10 her. His last call
was made on day when visitors were
rot SLOWED, and DR.. Guy Payne, medi-
cai director, refused TO let the man see
his wife. Later he returned with the
etndy and asked that it be given TO
her. with his love.