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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
Irwin D. Rocap,' Of King Com
pany, Lectures to Traffic
Officers Of Chicago.
OTHER CITIES WANT HIM
Subject Included All Means OF
identification Of Bodies, En-
gines, and Tops.

Irwin d. Recap. technical expert for
the King Motor Car Company. recently
gave a lecture on car identification to
800 traffic officers and $50 detective SER
geants in Chicago. which In to be dupli-
Gated in cities in many sections OF the
The lecture in Chicago was given un-
n %sht n In G an eiOrt 70 check the
ing number OF stolen cars. During the
year, 800 cars have been stolen In Chi
cago. OF which more than 100 have never
been recovered.
will Tour to Lecture.
In the past week the King company
has had requests from Los Angeles.
Louisville, Philadelphia. Denver, Min
neapolis, and Milwaukee for lectures
similar to the one given In Chicago and
Mr.. Recap. commencing October ". al
Los Angeles. will make tour OF these
other cities.
The lecture includes all possible means
OF Identification. Taking the subject OF
car names he instructs the police where
the name may be found, the genera,
outline and appearance OF all makes OF
cars and the various models. showing
tell the year the car was built
Discusses Car Parts.
He tells OF the factory or serial mum
Der, State and city license numbers. tor
numbers. motor. steering gear. carbure'
ter, front axle and rear axle, radiator
Ignition make, clutch, gearset, tires
speedometer. tire pump. lighting sys
tenn. starting system. and shock ab
sorber numbers and how and where u
ind them.
He also describes how detectives anC
police can identify stolen AUTOMOBILES
even after many of their parts or mum
bers have been changed.
The question Of describing cars Il
| taken UP and the police are told o
ways to determine the number of cyl
| inders, the parts OF a motor. the tru
| color Of the body and wheels. the maxi
OF carbureter and radiator. and the typ
of clutch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
COLOR OPTIONS FOR
CARS ANNOUNCED

An announcement OF custom service
In Crow-Elkhart bodies has been made
by A. J. Jennings. OF the Crow Motor
Sales Company. Word OF the innova-
ton was received from the factory this
week and Immediately put Il into oper-
alton In this territory.
Ten color options and three upholstery
options constitute the chief features OF
the new custom service.
The body colors are olive green. gray,
black, light brown. etc. while the UP
holstery options are Spanish brown
leather, pearl grey leather. and the con-
ventional black. Wheels, of course. are
to be finished In colors to match.
The reason for the establishment of
the custom made service 10 given in the
fact that the Crow Elkhart operates its
own body shops and does It's own paint
ing and finishing. and II 10 a simple
matter from a manufacturing standpoint
to accomplish the custom service on the
car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
WILL BUILD MOTOR
CAR AT EVANSVILLE
Carter Brothers Company Obtains
Rights Of Monarch Concern.

The Carter Brothers Co.. OF Hyatts-
Vile. Nd. has secured the exclusive
manufacturing rights and material of
the Monarch Motor Car Company. OF
Detroit. Mich. manufacturers OF the
Monarch eight and twelve-cylinder cars.
Material Is being moved to the Hyatts-
Vile, Nd, factory where the eight and
twin-cylinder models will be manufac-
tured.
In addition to these two standard
models a new design OF small car en-
bracing many advanced mechanical
features will be produced and marketed
as tho Monarch Midget and priced un-
der six hundred dollars.
Tho acquiring OF the established busi-
ness of the Monarch Cars will be con-
tinued under the name of the Monarch
Motor Car Company, which becomes q
subsidiary organization of the Carter
Brothers Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04

Plug hole with piece of match. Case
lene soaks into wood, making q tight
Joint. Later you may pull out plug
and solder lightly using az little solder
as possible. Test by holding noat in
flame.
Motoring Department, The Times-rn
month or two intend to overhaul
my sx,oyhnder motor. Would II be
advisable to change the old piston rings
for leak proof" ringsf Would the I'M
provement In the operation Of the
motor justify the extra expense1
G. v. L.
There are several Teak proof rings
on the market They overcome the dis
advantage OF the slot In the ordinary
ring and 20 improve the compression q
a. great extent. II would be we'll TO pu,
one at the top OF each piston. but q
complete set would be somewhat ex.
pensive. II the rings are badly worn
they should certainly be replaced
Some owners mako a practice OF 70.
placing broken rings with leak PROC,
rings. BY this means the cost 10 dis
tributed over q longer time.
Motoring Department. The Times
Ny car IL a - with - oarburetor
Recently the carburetor caught Are ant
had trouble putting II out. Conse
Quently 1 have been In dread OF q fir,
ever since. Please tell mo what causes
q carburetor to catch nre 30 that I car
avoid the danger In future. X. B. c.
A. Popping back at carburetor may b
due to lean, mixture. leal<y inlet valve
short circuit. distributor wired up incor
rectly. on interrupter shifted on shaft
! II there IL much gasolene around tn
! carburetor. due to excessive printing, 1
may catch IRE. Go over the above point
carefully. Fasten n fine wire screei
over air inlet or extend inlet pipe b,
flexible tube at least a foot upward an,
away from carburetor.
Motoring Department Tho Times
My Ford car has begun to miss explo
sions recently. I have cleaned spar
plugs and adjusted the gaps to one-six
teenth inch. Compression and lubrica
ton seem to be good. The current zoe
, to the plugs, but doesn't seem yer
strong. Can this be the trouble1
@. B. q.
II Is evident that the vibrators nee
adjusting. Disconnect one wire at
time from spark plug. placing end nc
more than one-fourth inch from engin
so that spark can jump. Put switch o
battery and crank engine until time
makes contact for coil you are adjust
ing. Turn adjusting screw down until
white hot spark Is produced. Continu
with remaining vibrators. II you hav
no battery. run engine on remainin
cylinders while adjusting. Try spar
plug gap at one-thirty-second inch G
less. One-sixteenth inch IL too wide. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
Vehicle No Longer Used Only by
Invalid Women and Old Gen.
tlemen.
HAS GREAT RESERVE POWER
Feat Of Climbing Steps at
Wardman Home Proves Its
Worth. ,
By MONTE w. SOHN.

Styles. with their Kaleidoscope
mhanses, invade-in motordom-not
merely bodies and upholstery. They
ride with utter indifference over the
conventions of yesterday and romp
through the mechanical scheme as re-
gardless.
Yesterday the electric vehicle was q
staid. motherly old soul. we were wont
20 look upon It as a nice thing that In
valid ladies spd faint-hearted old gen.
tlemen piled from home TO library or
Rock Creek Park.
II Is style that sets the pace for
And soft II that the electric vehicle
OF today vies with the gasolene car In
various desirabilities and some of its
merits are not found In any other type
HeberIiDS~A L-demonstra..d the
nsw Detroit last week.
Test of Power.
OF course, II was essentially q test OF
power.
But power II exactly what was never
That was why 1t was a sort of octo-
genartan's omnibus.
The ultra folk Of Connecticut avenue
and Chevy Chase who saw the Detroit
electric climb the stiff grade OF steps
residence at Woodley road were shock
ed by the Internationally of II.
Why, the idea!
II was not done-you know.
An electric was a woman's car-foi
Adopting. you know. and all that sor,
OF thing.
An electric was not supposed to hav.
power. Everybody used to think II wa<
nne thing for the wife, but really. the
oar has changed. 1t really II an auto
mobile.
Just SO,
Not q Hard Task for Car.
And 1t was no difficult task for IN,
Detroit to climb those steps. Their,
was ample reserve power for q grad,
infinitely sleeper. infinitely more Sc
we're.
To dispel any wrong Impression,
which may have been gathered b,
Detroit's remarkable climbing feat. lie
us say that the only reason the step
OF the Wardman nome were selected
for this test was because no hill II
the sort OF climbing problem that woui,
show Its power.
Another thing.
The car-after les easy ascent-waI
turned around ana headed back dow
the steps TO Connecticut avenue. Tn,
Detroit weighs no less than the aver
age gas car.
Yet Heberling permitted only SUI
ficient speed on the returrA to averag
three miles an hour.
RrAkesi
The car merely ambled down.
And when, after its leisurely return
me Detroit once more stood at tn
curb below the wardman residence
the brake bands were not even warm
May Never Need Reserve.
n In hardly likely that the averag
Detroit, in the hands of the averag
owner will ever know the need for II
tremendous reserve power But II mus
be comforting to that owner to kno,
that II Ii always there. always avail
abba.
Styles have changed under the beau
dful bodies and luxurious upholstery @
modern automobiles.
Tho nice little electric vehicle q
yesterday IL gone.
In its place Is a virile, powerful Va
hicle that moves majestically an
swiftly In city traffic and over urba
roads.
An automobile is the modern electro
That Is large, unadulterated cincl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
Shakespeare Society Hear
Lecture and Musicale

A lecture and musical program were
given before the Shakespeare Society
In the Cairo last night
william A. wilbur. dean Of the Column
bian College OF the George Washington
University, gave a survey OF Shakes
peare's comedies. Mrs. Samuel Bur
leigh. accompanied by Frank Gebest,
sang selections from Faust"
THE Rev. George Buckler. president OF
the society. was the presiding OFFICER.
The Rev. DR.. Earle Wiley will lecture
on the tragedies of Shakespeare at the
next meeting Of the club November 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
Italy Is TaPulating
Its Wandering Sons

ROME, Nov. Although her foreign
consuls Italy has begun to take q CEN
aus of all Italians, native born or other
wise. who live in America and else
where Tho figures will be used In the
scientific study Of immigration problems.
a. q aaid
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07
Town Planning Does Not Mean Heavy
Financial Burden for the Citizens
BY THOMAS H. MANSON
Special Lecturer at University Of Liverpool. England

Beauty should be inherent quality Of the object sought be
obtained and uperimpoed of As Mr. William Law Ohm
stead long declared that yacht motion the beautiful
created by he pointed
and of hull
cheney only Everything it of whole perfect
work Of art.
There beauty think the highest kind shop
its long of shaftng wheels and betting
clean full OF at their MONDAY meal There think
full of clerks working splendid lighting conditions
therefore always telling people that beauty thing
upmpoed object but
own-pannng not the attempt to pull down your city rebuild
at expense but merely deciding upon settled policy along
which to work. that from time time when the opportunity occurs
do little toward converting YOUR dreams
and gradually and by degrees making opportunity as
and generally spending only money spent some
another gradually order things
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07

shipped in carload lots by owners than
any other class of live stock. Cattle
hogs and calves follow in the order
named. In sales to local buyers hogs
lead, with calves, cattle and sheep fol-
lowing in order.
The study discloses that the time of
buying stockerS and feeders and the
selling of finished animals is restrict
ed too generally to a few months of
the year. Should stock-feeding opera
tons be better adjusted to market con-
ditions, a decided influence toward a
more even distribution of the supply
would be the result.
Cooperative associations of cattle
laisers are becoming an important fac
tor in marketing, the report shows
Seven hundred and fifty organizations
which market cattle in a cooperative
way now exist in 10 states. -Four
hundred and thirty of these organiza-
lions are primarily livestock shipping
associations. The greatest activity of
this sort was found in Minnesota,
where 215 cooperative livestock ship
ping associations are located. The de-
partment specialists declare that these
associations bring greater returns to
the farmers because of the reduction
of marketing expenses and the realiza-
ton of the prevailing prices at the CEN
tralized markets, and that they are also
valuable because of their educational
features.
The system of centralized livestock
markets in the United States is the
largest single factor in the marketing
of meat animals. 1t is noteworthy that
this system is peculiar to the United
States, no other country having de-
veloped such markets for their live
stock. Not only is live stock sold for
slaughter at the centralized markets,
but large proportion of stocker and
feeder cattle also passes through these
market centers.
The chief outlet for food-producing
animals IN this country, the study dis
closes, is wholesale slaughtering and
meat packing. Such industries usually
are associated with the great central
lied markets. More than 1,20O slaugh-
tering and meat-packing establish
ments were operating In the United
States in 1914, and turned out products
worth $1,651, 765, 424. The specialists
report that one of the striking features
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07
Universal Military Service Intensely
American in Its Origin and Conception
By ROBERT BACON
Former Secretary Of State

Universal military training and service constantly msepresented
tending toward mtarsm Nothing could
from the facts
Universal military training and service not only intensely Aneri
conception Nothing could
1t equazes distributes the burden
sponsb Universal universal patriotism The
the poor the from the country and the from the city
called upon contribute each his SHARE ohe national well
fare 1t throws together the the ranks the
all classes and gives that knowledge Of
and appreciation his fellow citizen from another walk life by which
alone class distinction which fatal democracy
All the
and without favor
The bugaboo of miasm in connection with universal training has
been bred through ignorance and missament Mtarism spiritual
and physical mpossbty democracy preuppoes tran die
which the American people would tolerate
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07

from Arcadia to Jupiter across Florida.
The Lexington-Knoxville link is in
course of construction now and will be
passable within six months. The trip
from Nashville to Chattanooga can be
made over the mountain, provided dry
weather precedes the trip; otherwise
the road by way of Huntsville 1901
miles farther, is best. The counties in
central Florida are hard at work on
the road and hope to provide good
route in another year. 1t is the aim of
the Dixie Highway association to pro-
vide route within two years time that
will enable motorists to travel comfort
ably from Chicago to Miami in six
days.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07
GUESSING AT COST or ROADS
Need OF Standard System of Account
ing for Highways-DifficuIty of
iowa Commission.

There are so many conflicting state
ments regarding the cost of road work
that the desirability of a comprehen-
sive method of highway accounting is
evident in order that taxpayers may
not be misled concerning the total ex-
pense of such work, according to
American Highway. The Iowa state
highway commission has had consid-
cradle difficulty in finding out what
the counties in that state have been
spending, because of this failure to
have complete system of accounts.
One rich county reported collecting
$4,000 for road work, but after in
vestigation the commission found S32,-
800 had been collected. An investiga-
lion of the accounts of another
wealthy county reporting $1,000 col
-ected revealed a total collection Of
$4,000. The discrepancies were not
1ue to an intention to hide the amount
of the funds but merely to lack of
good accounting.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07

Fairies, Gnomes
and Elves know
that Witches have
somehow a very
ga d Name, but
that really they're
dear, jolly old
Souls who tell
them Stories. And
that they are as
Gentle, as Gentle
,an be.
4" 'Well,' said the
Z o v ell y Chicory
Flowers, or Blue
Sailors, we have
often taken the
place of Tobacco,
so that the Dad
dies of Children
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07
SPLENDID SPECIMENS OF BEEF TYPE.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Meat and meat animals are marketed
by three general methods in the United
States, the extent to which the particu-
lar practices are employed varying
greatly in different sections of the coun-
try. The three general methods are :
Shipping to the large centralized mar
kets, selling to local butchers and pack
erS and selling in the form of farm-pre-
pared meats to dealers or consumers
There are also marked differences in
the extent to which the different
classes of animals are marketed in the
three ways. These facts are brought
out in a report of survey of live
stock and merchandising conditions
of the country made by specialists of
culture and recently published as Part
V of a comprehensive study of the
meat situation in the United States.
The bulk of the animals from the
Central states, it was found, is sold
through the centralized markets, while
some form of local marketing pre-
dominates in the extreme eastern,
western and southern sections.
The great central markets handle
four-fifths of the sheep and lambs, two
thirds of the hogs, and approximately
one-half of the beef cattle. For local
slaughter about one-third of the beef
cattle, one-eighth of the sheep and
lambs, and one-twelfth of the hogs are
sold. Nearly one-third of the hogs
and about one-tenth of the beef cattle
and one-twentieth of the sheep and
lambs are slaughtered on farms and
ranges. Relatively more sheep are
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07

away.
''Well,' said the poison Ivy, 4 60
all over, but If People Pick me or in
terfere with me l will Poison them.
You know years ago they used to like
to Pick vines and pretty Leaves of all
sorts-the Grown-Ups did-and l just
wouldn't have it any more. So told
the Family about it and they thought
1t an excellent Scheme. We saw the
Family Flower Doctor about it and
we fixed it so that from that time to
this we have been quite Poisonous
and People go away from u.s.
"I don't think said the Black-eyed
Susan, that this is to your Credit at
all. don't Admire either of you. The
very idea of not wanting to be Picked
and of not wanting to give Pleasure.
There is nothing that gives me more
Joy than to hear Grown-Ups and
Children pass by and say, "Oh, how
lovely and bright those Yellow-Orange
Flowers are with their great Black
Centers. We must take some Home"
Then they Pick us-great great
punches of us-and we're so Proud
We Cheer them up and make them
Happy. They like to see us Grow
ing by the Road when they Drive by
and they love to Pick us and put us
"T think l belong to rather a ia
nous Family said the Steeple Bush
I am relation of the Meadow-Sweet
the Goats Beard, the Ipecac, and the
Wild Rose. Aren't all those Relations
to be Proud of? And l have Shops
for the Butterflies and Bumble-Bees
They all come to get Honey from me
They like me, yes, they do And the
Steeple bush Trembled in the Wind
and Waved about. 4 feel the Cold,
continued the Steeple Bush, and I'm.
der my Leaves you will find Woody
Hairs, if you look, and so all the
Cold Dampness that comes from the
Earth doesn't touch me. For as you
can see my Pink Blossoms are all at
the top!'
eyes agreed the Black-eyed Su.
sans, we think you're nice-extreme.
ty Nice, but there is another Flower
talking. Let's listen
"And in the rustling Breeze the
Mullen or Velvet Plant began Speak
ing:
L am nothing but the Mullen Plant
or Common Mullen as 1 am some
times called. But I am Related to the
Figwort Family, the Butter-and-Egg
Flowers, the Monkey Flower, the Blue
Toadflax, the Hairy Beard-Tongue and
the Indian Paint Brush I like dry
Fields but I am near this Bank where
the Button Bush lives because it is
very dry Bank, even though there
g Marsh below. Dear old Witches
love to carry mel make such a Nice
Staff or Stick"
ooh. DEAR" said the Children, "did
they like to be carried by Witches,
Oaddy?"
eyes, indeed, they did" said Daddy.
For all the Wild Flowers, Birds,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-07
"Mile-a-Minute" Fiction Bad for Boys
For 1t Gives False Idea of Values
BY CHARLOTTE A. BAKER
OF Colorado Agricultural College

The manufacture of "miaminue fiction" good paying bust
with marked facility for writing Gripping plots" the
manager lie outlines his plots and parcels them out the
who work under him. and them all they twenty thirty
and, the OF welknown fifty hrers
not think that these books bindings
Externally they well groome have bindings are often
displayed the juvenile Of reputable
each Boys like these tales because they express spirit the
battle cry
Men of action of might
Stern defenders of the right!
Are you girded for the fight?
But M difficulty with the "me-a-mnute fiction gives
the boy lse idea of values and DESTROYS his magnatir