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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01
Has a cut-out any material effect on
the power of a carr

With most ears the use Of the muller
cut-out increases slightly the power to
increase may be obtained depends so
much upon the condition Of the muller
and arrangement of the cut-out that no
exact figures may be given. One should
expect at least ) or 10 per cent increase
In an old car. "
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01

Will a self starter operating from a
storage battery of six volts and eighty
amperes work from a dry cell battery
that is, four dry cells that make six
volts and about twenty-five to thirty
amperes?
No. Dry cells are not intended for
such heavy discharges as the starter
requires. A dry battery would not last
long enough to pay for the trouble,
much less the cost. Storage batteries
are rated in ampere hours, while the
dry battery rating of simply amperes
means that they will deliver current of
their rated capacity for an indefinitely
short time. Your storage battery will
give you eighty ampere hours, say ten
amperes for eight hours.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01

What is the difference in connecting
the battery cells in series or in paraI-
lei?
When batteries are connected in Sc
ries the positive poles Of one cell are
connected with the negative OF the
next, and so on. When in parallel all
the negatives are connected and all the
positiyes. Connecting in series gives
the effect of adding the voltages, while
connecting In parallel adds the amper.
age. Thus if six one volt cells were
connected in series the result would be
n six volt current, while In parallel the
voltage would he about one.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01

How can | stop the rafting IN tho
brake bands On my car?
Possibly the brakes need refining.
When worn down they usually are
noisy. Also SHIN up the suspension
points so that there VIII be no lost
side motion. 1t is advisable to use
small coil springs TO keep the suspend
ed parts from hitting the brake drums.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01

In adjusting valves should there not
be just enough room for q piece Of pa
per to slip between the tappst and the
valve stem, and 10 IL necessary TO look
at the timing Of the motor?
You do not have to pay any attention
to the timing In adjusting valves. the
timing cannot be altered except by
changing the position Of the cam shaft
with relation to the crank shaft. This
is done by altering the mesh Of the
cam shaft gear or chain and driving
sprocket. as the a 8 may be. In tap
pet adjustment you have a good setting
when you can just pull a piece Of
heavy paper out from between tappet
and valve stem without tearing.
What 10 the best way to stop . leak
In the filler cap TO the gasoline tank
Of my carr have soaked the leather
naskst In oil and frightened the cap ~
much ~ possible, but still Il leaks.
After having drained all gasoline
thoroughly, solder II. This Ia a dan
gerous job. Be sure the gasoline va
Dor Is all out Of the tank or you may
have an explosion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01
Bulletin No. 2
Why We Are Opposing A
Government ArmOr Plant
Bulletin No. 2
To the People,:

ToHe People:
Some people say that the very fact that the Bethlehem Steel Company is so asgrSINeiy
tghtngt the propose to bud aGOVenment aTnorph plant is conclusive proof that the Company
is seeking aSue Dri itself the" vast profits derived from private manufacture
The fact is that rmo making is the least profitable feature Of steel manufacture.
The reason we oppose a Government plant is very simple. tits this:
Even though there but little profit in the making of armorw We have invested over
$1,000 000 in our amorp plant;
That plant is useless for any other purpose fa Government plant is built the useful
nGsO our plant deHoNed
1t would be good business or us to make armor for the Govern
melta a. n price over and above the actual shop cost.R RATHER
THAN SACRIFICE OUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT.
W do nOt@ e to saVeb big profits; our purpose is very frankly to seo our m
plant itself built solely fort the @o the Government from gMng to he scrap heap
1 do that, we are prepared to agree for any period to any terms of manufacture
which the FederdII Trade Commission shall say absolutely proteds the Government
of tn Uned States.
EUGENE GHcE m~%%s Bethlehem Steel Company
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01
Can you give mo some information
on the care Of tlres7

Can you give mo some information
on the care Of tlresf
The most important thing is to keep
them pumped up to correct imitation all
the time. Never run in car tracks nor
take bumps at high speed. Avoid run
ming too close to curbs, as you are apt
to snag the tires against the rough
stones. Be careful to avoid sharp stones
In the roadway. and examine the
treads frequently for cuts and stone
bruises. Remove any stones or other
foreign matter that may work itself
are apt to get farther and farther un
der the tread the longer they are al
lowed to remain, and this loOsens the
tread disastrously. Never let the cal
stand In water II 1t can be prevented,
and avoid n garage floor that Is GOV
cred with grease and oil. II you are
going to store the car or leave 1t stand
ing In the garage for any length of
time jack up the wheels so that the car
weight Is of the tires. Never run on
a fat tire. This Is likely to chew up
the inner tube and rim cut and other.
wise damage the casing.
When prime my motor Il gives
about six revolutions and then stalls
The carburetor 10 now and the spark
ssems to be all right ~ II runs when
! prime Il. Before starting ! open the
needle valve two turns and open throt-
tis about hall. What 10 the mattsrf
Evidently there is a stoppage some
where. either In the tank or in the line
between the tank and the carburetOr
or in the carburetor itself. II the car
buretor Is taken of and thoroughly
cleaned out and the tank and line are
cleaned out you should have no further
trouble. as there Ia unQuestionably dirt
or foreign substance somewhere be.
tween the gasoline tank and the car.
buretor or In the carburetor In the nos
NE. preventing same feeding properly.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-01

What can do to the lining Of my
brakes to make them hold when they
are glazed, with the wire showing
through the fabrio7
Evidently your brake Innings are bad
ly worn out. The best thing to do is to
have the brakes refined. There is prac-
tically nothing you can do to Innings
that are badly worn out except to re-
place them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
FIRE PREVENTION DAY

Today, the anniversary Of the
great Chicago fire, is Fire and Ac-
cident Prevention Day. About forty
States have most appropriately
designated this date for observance
of kind that is calculated to i'm.
press people with the uselessness Of
the vast fire waste that constitutes
a brake upon national progress and
prosperity.
It cannot too often be impressed
on Americans that the fire waste of
this country is, per capita Of popu-
lation, about ten times that of the
six leading European countries.
England has a very small fire loss
compared to our own; yet since the
war started it has been proved that
most Of England's fire waste is pre-
ventable. When the Zeppelin raids
and other new menaces arose, au-
thorities set about to put everything
in the best possible condition for
prevention of fires, and for effec-
lively coping with them when once
started. Though there has been a
heavy loss through the Zeppelin
bombardments, these precautions
have prevented so many other fires
that England is actually losing less
by fire than before the war. In
other words, the Zeppelin destruc-
ton has saved money to the coun-
try!
Property in the United States is
burning at the rate Of $4,000 per
hour. twenty-four hours in the day;
nearly $90,0o0,00o a year. OF that
loss, $4,000 per hour is sheer waste
as result of carelessness, ignorance,
or both. Under the most effective
prevention administration, with in
cidental cooperation to the limit,
the national fire loss should be $10,-
00O, 900 instead Of $90,OO0,OOO
Washington is far above the aver
age American community in fire
safety. Yet since January /, 1915,
over 400 fires here have been started
by careless use Of matches; more
than $50 by carelessness of smokers.
No amount of rules and regulations
by public authority can put an end
to the preventable loss if the citi-
zenry will not cooperate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
IS THERE A LIMIT TO AMERICAN
PATIENCEa

The steamship Stephano was sail
ing to, not from, an American port.
She was carrying excursionists, not
contraband. It was perfectly APP
parent that she could not be carry
ing contraband or anything else to
the enemies Of Germany, because
she was going to, not from, an
American port.
Yet she was sunk, and her COM
pany left adrift at sea in open
boats.
At the very beginning Of the war
the American ship William p. Frye,
carrying wheat, was sunk at sea by
a German commerce raider. At that
time Washington laid down the rule
that ships companies must not be
turned loose at sea in open boats.
OF course, we didn't exactly mean
that warning. II we had meant it,
we should have followed it by action
many months ago. The real ques-
ton Is whether at any time since the
Inauguration Of Notwithstanding
piracy. the United States Govern
ment has meant anything it has
said. The time seems at hand when
the world will learn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09

phyxiating gas, bombardment Of un-
fortified and unmilitary places from
the air, submarine destruction of
merchant ships, both belligerent and
neutral owned-these have been es-
tablished as "proper" methods Of
war within the view Of the power
that proclaimed the "war zone;"
why should not another power pro-
claim a "peace zone" and make its
own definition Of that zone7
Washington, we are informed, re-
CARDS the new situation az men,
acing. It surely would seem 30;
about as menacing as II possibly
could be. It menaces the POSSIBLE
ity that some more notes will ret
quire to be written, and later on
maritime murders will be more nu-
merous than they have been in the
past. Beyond that, 1t Is not appar.
ent that there is any special menace
that this Government will be able
to recognize.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
WHAT MAKES THE WHEAT
PRICE tiI0h2

Demands for an embargo on wheat
have been raised by the master
bakers and by various organizations
throughout the country. People
who imagine that almost anything
can be accomplished by govern
mental edict, assume that if no
wheat were allowed to be exported,
the price would come down, and the
situation be secure.
Let 1t be assumed that the real
reason for the high price of wheat
is the export of that cereal to Eu-
rope. Then, evidently, the price
will be the European price, less the
freight and expenses of shipment to
the European market. That seems
perfectly logical.
But it doesn't work that way. Chi
cago is the great Western wheat
market; Baltimore is one Of the
greatest seaboard exporting mark
cts. If exports fix the price Of
wheat, then the price at Baltimore
ought to be the Chicago price, plus
the freight rate to Baltimore.
Looking at the market reports,
one discovers that this rule doesn't
work at all. This mornings market
reports show that yesterdays clos
ing price for No. 2 red wheat-the
grade grown in this section, and the
grade Of which the largest bushelage
is produced in the country-was
$1.60% in Baltimore, and $1.61 to
$1.62 in Chicago.
In other words, instead of being
worth more money in Baltimore, af-
ter paying freight rate of about 8
cents the bushel to get it there, 1000
miles nearer the foreign market
wheat was actually worth less in
Baltimore than in Chicago! Evi.
IDENTIFY nearness to the European
market makes wheat worth less
rather than more. Evidently, too
the European market isn't what is
making prices high.
One of two things must be re,
garded as pretty clearly proved by
this situation. Either the foreign
market is not fixing the price o.
wheat at all, or else there is some
thing rotten about the Baltimor,
wheat market. Baltimore paying
lower price than Chicago pays-anc
it has repeatedly done that this sea
} sons entitled to the suspicion o,
every farmer that produces whea
in the country tributary to Balti
, moro. ...-,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
RoUMANIA IN GREAT DANGER

Roumania has not cut an heroic
figure since her entry into the war.
The rush into Pennsylvania at the
very beginning was spectacular, and
doubtless, like the French thrust at
Alsace-Lorraine in the beginning of
the war, was inspired in large part
by political considerations. But
there was some excuse for the move
Of Joffre in sending a force against
Alsace. He had instant need to feel
out his enemy, and learn by what
route the main advance or Paris was
being sent forward. His defenders
have insisted that the Alsace cam
paign provided him with that infor-
nation, and that because possessed
Of it he was able to make his dispo-
sitions with all confidence, for the
defense that at length saved Paris.
The Roumanian advance into
Pennsylvania did not have SO good a
justification. 1t should not have
been made at least until there was
assurance of the most ample and eff
fective Russian support. The effort
to crush Bulgaria, likewise, ought to
have waited until the allies in
Macedonia and Albania were in pos
ture to make their pressure most eff.
fective. The cooperation of Rus
siAns, Roumanians, and the cosmop-
olite armies of Saloniki and Albania
should have been assured in every
detail before such a grandiose Of.
fensive was undertaken. Like every
project of the entente powers in the
Balkans. this one has come to mis-
fortune because of the terrific diff
culties of effecting that cooperation
Small wonder that such unifica
ton of effort is hard to bring about
The various fronts and forces ar,
widely scattered, political interests
conflict, languages are almost al
numerous as army divisions. Blu
all this gives a tremendous advan
tage to the Teutons, who with shortel
lines, control of transportation, ant
thoroughly organized forces, are no
threatening Roumania with a SWEEP
such as that which wiped Serbian
nationality almost out Of existence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
EDUCATING THE ALIEN-BoRN

The plan Of the school officials to
reach the foreign-born residents of
the city through night school classes
and teach citizenship as we'll as the
fundamentals deserves the hearty
cooperation of the business men of
the city.
The census Of 1910 In the District
showed q foreign-born population of
24,361, or 1913 per cent Of the total
white population. OF this number
81 per cent were unable to read or
write in any language, and 81 per
cent could not speak the English
language. Only 1,195 Of these for
eign-born residents attended school.
From the legal standpoint, immi-
grant education deals with three
quite distinct groups: ~ Children
who come under the provisions of
the compulsory education law; (2)
youth Of both sexes between the
close Of the compulsory school. at
tendance period and the close Of the
school age period; and (S), all above
the age limit, who may be termed
adults from the school-age point OF
view.
It is the children Of the second
and third groups that present a
problem. In some few States laws
compel illiterate foreigners to at.
tend part-time schools; but NOT
enough States have such laws.
Public schools are universal
throughout all the States, and have
been established in response to the
deep-seated conviction that educa.
ton is essential for individual hap,
piness and efficiency, for civic wei.
fare, and for national prosperity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
, TIE BUREAU OF
ANIMAL INDUSTRY"

Sir: May suggest that Hermione
and her Little Group of Serious Think
ers take UP the subject OF oysters-their
purity and impurity-whether they
ought to be vaccinated In order to have
their purity preserved-what the value
to humanity would be to have scien-
tifcally diseased oysters-the punitive
and nutritive value OF vaccinated oys-
ters-whether II would be advisable 10
pass a law making II compulsory for
oysters to have themselves vaccinated-
the advisability OF having Boards Of
Health appointed among the oyster FAM
lily to pass on their relative useless
ness when unvaccinated-also to pass
laws for appointments OF large numbers
OF oysters to examine the small minor
ity of oysters left to determine whether
they shall be given the right to life.
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness I'M
less they become the object OF scien-
ti1c investiga tons for the good OF the
few who were tough enough to stand
the Treatment" and thus lived to a
good old age because they were stamped
as scientifically diseased and OF no fur.
ther use to science. Oh, it's q big sub
ject. a wonderful subject. II you ge,
what I mean. and worthy OF even Her.
mione's time and unusual ability for
research.
DAILY PDRUsER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
Picked Up Civil War
Shell; Powder Is Good

DUKE. N. c., Oct. 9.-Dr. F. p. Run
was driving past the battlefield Of
Averasboro recently and saw exposed
a piece of iron. He stopped and dis
covered that II was a shell used in the
civil war.
The shell Is about four inches I'm di-
ameter The opening was stuffed with
something similar 10 paper. This was
removed and 1t was found that the
shell was loaded. and the powder. wher
particles of II we're spread upon a
paper and the match applied. would
burn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09

Probably Roumania will not suffer
so severely; her allies are nearer, in
better force, understand what is re-
quired better. But none the less
Roumania faces the possibility Of a
great disaster, and it is plainly in
line with the German policy Of ter
rorizing the smaller nations, to make
the blow at Roumania as crushing
and swift as possible. SEQ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
Twilight.

I love to walk beside a wood
When evening hovers nigh.
And all the afr II sweet and good.
And soft the swallows fly.
For there Is peace and happiness
Where skies are free and blue,
And heaven Is bending down to bless
The world. and me. and you.
<EARL SIMONSON.
When Poets tcrtte the tcorid u brutal
II Dorks EN- up to CONCERT pitch
think they re hdppiest When theu
tootIe
OF Sadness, Suicide aud sick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
Who They Are.

Sir: II is with somewhat Of sadness
that I realize my evident fitness to
join your little bunch OF serious con-
fessors. but, as you insist and have set
the example. will admit that 1 am
that easy looking man whom strangers
meet. give a hasty once over, and Inn
mediateIy try to borrow money FROM
e. A.
Sir: Whom am I? am the wife Of
the man who thinks II Is witty to
make testing illusions to beating his
wife-and about every fifth person won
ders IL there may not be something
back Of the jest.-Ella.
Sir: I am the old copy reader who
is always kind to cub reporters II isn't
that they interest me. But I've seen
such a lot OF them turn into managing
editors.-Tortoise-S She'll
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
Chicago Fire Anniversary.

CHICAGO. Oct. 9.--Just forty-thres
years ago today Mrs. o'Leory's cow
kicked over the lantera and started he
great Chicago fire. Since superseded In
size. but not In novelty OF origin, by the
Ban Francisco and Baltimore connASra-
ttSAA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
The Aptronymic Scouts.


Sir: Until two or three years ago
there was. and perhaps there still Is. a
lawyer named Barwise In Wichita Falls,
Tex. LESTER BRAGDON.
Biz: Would it, interest you to know
that Mr.. Brush is secretary OF the Dem
Ia cura Tooth Paste Company. Newark,
N. ]. PAULA ZEISLER.
Sir:
never saw a chimpanzes
Go on a joyful outing
But that thought of You and Me
Out aptronymic scouting.
ID. T.
Allan wants US to know that Samuel
Seaman is secretary OF the American
Navigation Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-09
Views OF Editors On
UBOQt Activities
BOSTON HERALD-The Euro

BOSTON HERALD-The Euro
pean war has been transferred to
our own shores. Germany is. for
practical purposes, blockading the
ports OF the United States. This
raises the whole submarine con-
troversy afresh. and in a much
more acute form. The Admlnistra-
tons presumed purpose TO make a
grandstand play against British az
erosion just before election thus
appears frustrated by events. We
protested against Britain's vessels
holding up ships outside our ports.
and she modified me policy In that
regard. What shall we now say to
Germany?