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The Washington times., 1916-11-18
AUTO UPKEEP NOW
NEAR TO MINIMUM
Chevrolet Has SILL Repairs in
10000 Miles.

In essfy days, cars were heavier and
constructed of Daser metals. Power was
wasted through insufficient attention TO
the efficiency OF carburetors and count
less other minor though Significant, de-
tails.
The advent ftime has brought q
change. Today the automobile industry
In America Ia one of the most efficient
branches Of manufacturing In the world.
Not only have systematic methods OF
production been developed 10 the high
est perfection-in order to meet compe-
tition In decrease OF price-but especial
care to the refinement Of detail has been
exercised in oonstruction-to meet COM
petition In cost of maintenance.
The economy Of maintenance Of low
priced cars today would be unbelievable
to the automobile owner Of decade past.
Competition in cars OF low up-keep Is
now more important than competition in
low price. The last has reached its
lowest level. The former 10 nearing II
everyday.
For instance, the owner OF Chevrolet
-Four Ninety has recently completed
an economy record trip nearly one and a
half times round the earth with repair
bill amounting to the COST OF a theater
ticket. Charles Zenn, OF South Bend
Ind, sends word that he has driven his
! Chevrolet over 5000 miles and during
that time has had a repair bill of SAIL.
This minimum repair bill IL highly sig
nificant In the light II sheds on the pres
ent stage OF Efficiency to be found IN the
popular priced car. It exhibits the care
paid to thorough construction and the
use of high-grade material. Inded. the
lofty level Of manufacturing ideals
aimed Mt the construction OF medium
priced cars today reflects credit on the
automobile manufacturers in this 'ooun-
try
The Washington times., 1916-11-18

his entry. for. after Barber has
primed and tuned and adjusted this
car II will be fit with capital r.
Barber knows cars from top to
tread. and when the Bullet enters the
lists on November 20 II will be at it's
best.
Seven new entrants are promised
for the fall event. Among these are
a Delage, another 'Il0'' Stutz. a
ford. TnfortunateIy' however S%S cra tSe
names OF these drivers may not be
published until their entries have
, peen uIed WIN me American Au-
THAT the boiISaY ,o,k will ,,,.
fast field in the proposed program
seems certain.
Will Avoid DeI.xs
"seema certa,r a. .aIa .s..,,
The motor roc. 80. -
ly interest,ng in svarv ,n.,s. 80
the meet vii, he mn nndar a. o Nv,
pervision of expert starters vho Ss,I
brook none OF the tedious DELAYS
which rnarred the Labor Day pro-
gram. This move on the part of the
will be many Thanksgiv,na d,nnors
ing feast waits on neither Tina or
tide nor motor races.
But the Seems certain" mart NJ
our discourse applies 10 the motor.
cycle events. Just whv the to
events for motorcycles were included
In the last meet-especiaiiv the
to see. The program was airssdv
long with DELAYS which mad. a. fnn,
ger. 'o"
Memory Of Cycle Race.
In entertainment OF this sort srv
utes In performance must be a con-
test And all,we can recall OF IN.
Ave and tweufy milo r,otor.,,cI. =,
fair, IN s.a,z,,n.
sep'0oe arc visions or
TWO leather-headed bullets leaving q
field Of amateurs trailing like snum.
In a law vake n x,o,,rs o.r,,a,.,,s
M -. 49, 'os se",einah
.Ouo nionk AT thirty miles an
hour' smiling. italian fashion. at the
grandstand when he went by. ana n
The Washington times., 1916-11-18
MARYLAND LICENSE /
OFFICE is MOVED
Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles
To Be at $40 Twelfth St.

biiists was consummhted during the
present week when Col K. Austin
Baughman, commissioner Of motor We
hicles for Maryland leased the premises
$40 Twelfth street northwest, next to the
corner Of New York avenue.
He will there maintain his office for
the issuance OF automobile licenses for
Maryland to those who wish TO. secure
them In the District OF Columbia, and
for the transaction OF all business per-
tanning to his Office. II will be In charge
of a deputy commissioner,
The new location IL very central, Its
convenience for the motorists being
added to by the spacious plaza. iformed
by the intersection Of Twelfth street and
New York avenue.
The Washington times., 1916-11-18
English Market Flooded
By Gasoline Substitutes

The English market has been flood
ed with gasolene substitutes, since
the use of gasolene has been restrict
ed by law. The Engineer (L0ndon)
states that nearly all these substitutes
consist of kerosene with a small ad-
mixture of some other substance. and
need an admixture OF an equal guam
tity of gasolene before they are
readily disable.
II Is also stated that some "substi-
tutes" are miXtures OF kerosene with
turpentlne. 1t would be interesting
to know the exact function of the
latter liquid.
The Washington times., 1916-11-18
NEW FEDERAL REPAIR
SHOP OPENED HERE
Service Station for Motor Trucks
In Wisconsin Avenue.

Tn the future we shall give service
on Federals at 1886 Wisconsin avenue"
said Veale of the Parkway Company
yesterday. I'VE have installed a hrst-
class shop for this department of our
business exclusively. and appointed q
corps Of mechanics who will give their
entire time to Federal repairs,
I'VE have delivered two this month,
and have several more on the way to
Washington. And we are still prom
Using immediate deliveries to our GUS
toners"
Federal trucks are made in one. one
and ope-half. two, three and one-half
and five ton capacities
The Washington times., 1916-11-18

may or II may not interest q. r.
to know that, grab II from the Auto
mobiles headlins. "Bias "a Mitchell
Purchasing Agent" Further, we are
advised that Bias has been identi-
ned with the Mitchell company since
The Washington times., 1916-11-18

Sir: Did you know that the Hayn.
iight six was mentioned IN the Bible!
NO! The Old Testament distinctly
has t'that she went up on high.
HAYNES PIONEER.
Well. old Elwood HAYNES certainiv
Ia getting along in years.
The Washington times., 1916-11-18
WI Ting Fang Named
Foreign Minister of China

The appointment of DIR. WI Ting
Fang, former minister TO the United
States, as foreign minister OF China,
has been announced by the Chinese le-
cation here.
DR. WI was recognized as one Of the
ablest members Of the diplomatic corps
received news Of his appointment as
premier with. qualification as they be-
lieve he will go far toward settling
China's internal and external political
troubles.
The Washington times., 1916-11-18
Gasoline Again Drops
In the Chicago Market

Gasoline is selling at 1876 cents a
gallon In Chicago. which price shows
another drop OF one cent a gallon.
This price is general throughout the
State OF Illinois.
The Washington times., 1916-11-18

init that We are strong for the quiet
bearing in each.
On the o. H., we like fast car.
And yet-+the best Of both need
a little lubricant occasionally. 10
which you might add occasional
skids.
Customer--I would like TO see
good secondhand car.
Salesman-So would ].
November Motor Life.
The Tourist was driving his car
into q strange town. He picked out
a motorcycle cop and followed him.
The cop was moving along at a
smart clip so the Tourist opened up
until he drew alongside. He got his
information and was pinched.
But" protested the Tourist, Il
wasn't driving fast"
'"I'know you weren't" said the
Law. "But ! saw you coming down
the street a block back of me. and
I'm driving at the speed limit. and
in order to catch up with me you
had to drive fifteen miles an rour
faster. Tell It to the Judge"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
The Truth About The Birmingham News


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control of the Brnngh
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
TOMMY IN THE TRENCHES

cynicism; their generally sardonic hunor,
which so effectually DISCUSSES from for
eign eyes the fact that they have any
heart at all; their retcence; the void in
them which occupies the place of dra-
matte sense; their attitude of good hui
NOR, scorn and contempt for any and
everything they do not wholly under
stand fairly wide field, you
know-ther incorrigible apparent harsh
ness, and their consistent absti-
nence from all the minor graces and po-
licensees, which is more than mere abb
stinence, conceive what an impervious
shell these things would represent to the
average Frenchman.''
The Tommy Atkins here pictured is no
stranger to US. Kipling has described
him to us infinitely and at length. Null
vaney, Ortheris and Learoyd are in
France battling for General Haig. The
Tommes who are fighting their way to
Baupaume are evidently of the same teni-
per as the Tommies who cleaned up In
dia. The British officers laconic word
picture will bring comfort to those who
were in doubt as to the mettle of Kitche-
ner's army.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
Favors Emergency Tax

Bob Mccain is tonsorial artist and
civic patriot. He informed President of
the City Commission George B. Ward
yesterday afternoon that he would gladly
pay his street tax and that he was out
of sympathy with constant legal attacks
upon the city government and it's fiscal
affairs;
L am going to pay my street tax"
said Mr.. Mccain, because 1 believe that
1t is good tax. 1 believe that the
liquor inspection tax was a just source
of revenue and I also thought that the
city was entitled to the special tax of
mills that Tom Mcdonald knocked out
in the courts. The trouble with this town
is that poor and rich alike want some
thing for nothing.
II know a fellow in my part of the
town who won't pay his poll tax. 1 asked
his wife why he didn't vote and she re-
piled: Why, Jim would not give $1.50 to
vote for anybody
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
A MODERN TENDENCY

A MODERN TENDENCY
1.-THE prisoners here seem to think
great deal of their warden"
"Why shouldn't they? He does every
thing for their comfort and enjoyment"
Everything he can, eh?''
well, not everything, it's true. They
are not allowed to spend week-ends with
friends or relatives, although I wouldn't
be surprised if that privilege were
granted before long"
A PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPIST
1--WE would like for you to subscribe to
our foreign MISSIONS" said the earnest
young woman.
Foreign missions, eh?" unused the capt.
talist
Eyes, sir Our purpose is to shed light
in dark places"
And that's our purpose, tool We are
putting on the market a patented illumi-
nator that is going to make the jungies
of Africa as bright after dark as Coney
Island"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
WHAT TRENCH LIFE MEANS

From "a Bomb -Thrower in the
Trenches" by Lieut.. T. of the British
Army, in the August Scribner, Fiction
Number.
This is from the front, and firing
line, and I am writing in loathsome
dungeon of "dugout" made of sand
bags filled with clay. The bags are old
and rotten, and have come away, 1eav-
ing the walls sort of vile crumbling
material that falls in showers on you
and your stuff all the time. Needless
to say the roof is so low that you can
fine rain that necessarily falls on this
wrethed country. Day in, day out, not
emitting the nights, 1t rains this fine
rain. Splashes of sunlight occasionally
and occasionally also splashes of heavy
rain. We are very near to a real fight
ing center, Just to the southwark. On
July 80, we distinctly and plainly heard
all the appalling fight which took place
when the Huns used flame projectors"
on us for the first time. The following
dawn Bedlam broke loose again up
there, when the trenches were re-
taken by us. This morning, at peep of
dawn, or 2:3e a. m, the same terrific
booming of big guns suddenly started,
preceded by a perfect frog-chorus of
rifle popping, up in the same direction,
north of us. wish you could only hear
it once. 1t is overwhelming when you
merge sound into thought and magma
mt To ha nd xyo+
are very glad you are not. You are
overawed completely. Human thunder
and lightning is the best description.
You hear the crash and roll, and you
see the flashes on the horizon of the
great bursting shells, and you can feel
for the poor chaps who are under 1t
all, both Sides you feel for both. The
AS the uproar goes on, the news of
orders evidently reach great big gun
batteries farther off, and one by one
nearer to us, the big guns, howitzers,
begin to talk. In this fight great guns
Immediately behind our front Joined
nj sending their shells for miles. Afar
off continues the regular booming roll
and near by the roar and crash com
bines, high up, as the big howizer shells
tear their way through They come so
fast that you cannot distinguish the
beginning or the end of any one shell
fight. Coveys and flights Of them like
gigantic birds, with great beating
! wings, whirr their way at fabulous
pace to join in the pandemonium in the
iii stance
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
ARE YOU A MAMMorHREpr,
scial to the New York World.

Special to the New York World
Cambridge, Mass.-"You impudent
mammothrept.''
That's what southern girl called Jack
Donovan an amateur photographer who
had bet he could snap six of the pref
test young women in the Harvard sum
mer school within 70 hours.
The picture mans first victim was a
pretty blonde from Alabama. He sighted
his lens and fired. The beauty sighted
her flashing orbs and returned the fire
doublefold.
You mpudent mammothrept." she
cried. Disabled but with exposure No. !
liz his possession the photographer re-
II Gated not knowing what he had been
called but fearing the worst.
whereupon he consulted numerous au-
thorities and finally found in a diction-
airy this: "Mammothrept-a child reared
by its grandmother; spoiled Child
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
HOTEL LOBBIES
Street Tax as Police Measure

1nls is one of the best times to clear
the pool rooms and other lettering places
of Migrants, while the street tax collec-
tors are at work. said Tom K. Allen
OF Lige Logs. yesterday
There will be no excuse for a minor
visiting these places. If the collector
thinks that a patron of these halls is
not of age, he can demand a street tax
receipt If the visitor cannot produce
the receipt. he should be made to pay
the tax or be arrested for visiting places
where minors are prohibited. 1 think that
the street tax is one of the best police
measures in this line that 1 ever heard
of, and it should be pushed by the collec-
tors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW

BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW
IF 1 could write a play as great as
Hamlet 1 would be content to rest on
my laurels," said the ambitious author.
And the chances are" replied the sue
cessful theatrical manager, IF you wrote
a play as great as Hamlet in these days
and times, you would be compelled to
rest on your laurels for lack of any other
support"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
eff 1 WE'RE DEADn

BY Coventry Patmore
IF I were dead. you'd sometimes say
poor child"
The dear lips quiver'd as they spake,
And the tears brake
From eyes which, not to grieve me
brightly smiled.
Poor child. poor child!
I seem to hear your laugh. your talk
your song.
1t is not true that love will do no wrons
Poor child!
And did you think. when you SO erie,
and smiled,
How l. in lonely nights. should lie awake
And of those words your full avenger
make?
Poor child. poor child.
And now, unless it be
That sweet amends thrice told are com
to thee,
o God. have Thou no mercy upon md
Poor child
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
BADLY FRIGHTENED

You say your father gave you start
early in life which was a great help to
you in after years?'
YES" answered the eminent capitalist
Financial assistance. 1 presume?"
mo. He came to me one day and said
that on and after a certain date every
meal ate at home would cost me quar-
ter. That game me such a start I went
to work and have been hard at it ever
since.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
A DEPLORABLE SPIRIT


From the Admission STAR
There seems to be a determined effort
on the part of certain persons in Bir-
mingham to force that city into the hands
of receivers; for, not content with having
defeated the recently ratified bond issue
by an appeal to the courts, an effort is
now being made to prevent the levying
of the proposed per capita street tax,
which is measure proposed in dire
financial emergency.
Nearly every thoughtful. citizen of the
Magic City today is str Ing to answer
the question. What is TIA matter with
Birmingham To an outsider, it seems
that the trouble can be abstractly dag
nosed in the phrase, Lack of community
spirit" There are too many factions
there; too much self-interest and not a
sufficient appreciation of the comfy Of
interest on the part of the people as a.
whole.
Birmingham, like Admission and other
cities, needs a greater extent of auton-.
omy in its municipal government; but
even local self-government will not be-
successful where the majority of the peo-l
pie act through selfshness and lose sight
of the interests of the people as a whole.
There have been bond issues here in AM
niston that might hav been defeatd by
clever lawyers after they had been in
dorsed by the voters. and we all know
that the sanitary tax levied sometimei
ago is open to suspicion. Be it said tol
the credit of our people, however. that
no man in Admission, approaching the
cIty's imperative need Of operating ex-
penses. has attempted to set aside my
measure thus conceived in the interest oil
the public good. Certain people in Bir4
mingham, however, seem to lack this
spirit of self-sacrifice in behalf of the
mass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
BIG AND LITTLE CHARITY
m the New York Telegram.

From the New YORK Telegram.
1t takes as much generosity. but far
less courage, to give piecemeal to in
dividuals as wholesale to causes.
To give away tenth of ones in
come at once is to face sacrifice. To
give it in driblets is a different thing.
Il have parted With a little this
month"; says the piecemeal giver.
Next month 1 shall keep it all for my
self"
He does not; he gives again. But to
give lump to a cause, leaves him with
sinking of the heart. vision of the
poorhouse, a sense of having parted
with what he cannot afford.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
Good Times in the East

According to Phil Painter, a well known
attorney who recently returned from a
vacation in New York, business condi-
tons are in a booming stage in the east
generally.
Everybody seems to have money" said
Mr.. Painter, except the people of Bir-
mingham. Everybody that 1 saw in
other cities on my trip to the north re-
ported prosperity and the only COM
plants of bad business that 1 have heard
in the past six months come from Bir-
mingham. 1t must be that we are a set
of croakers instead of boosters.
I'm Philadelphia the city government
appropriated $500 just for the entertain
ment of the Associated Advertising clubs
of the country and we had a good time
In New York money Is very free, and
with everyone seemingly loaded to the
guards with the coin of the realm it
must follow that business is in an excel
lent condition in all lines.
However, in Birmingham the city is
broke and the worst part of it is that
we are always talking about it. The con-
slant reiteraton is not going to help US.
The least that we could do would be to
make noise as if we were prosperous
and we would be prosperous If we be-
lived it long enough to stop croaking."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
SELLING POWER OF NEWSPAPER

Edward A. Filene. Boston, at the Adver-
Using Mems Convention
Those papers are most valuable to us
as advertisers which resist the pleasure
of us advertisers and equally resist the
pleasure of any financial interest and try
only to serve the common good, for. as
the regard for that they command the
confidence of their readers If we adver-
Users undermine the confidence in the
papers we advertise in. eventually they
will cease to be good mediums for us to
advertise in. Those which command the
most confidence of their readers are, as
have said. the ones that get the best re-
suits for us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
MAKING LIFE PLEASANT

Surely you don't wish to be rich be-
ycnd the dreams of avarice?"
"Oh, no." replied Mr.. Dubwaite,
thoughtfully. I'm not greedy by nature
I'd merely like to be rich enough to
nave private physician who would play
golf with me every day and let me beat
the socks off him for fear of losing his
job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-o, Cod
give me freedom. Loose me from
the shackIes of fear and hate ana
all sin. Break my cage and lead me
out. Let me feel the wings which
I have dreamt about. Tame the
heights for me. Give my soul i's
proper air. show me the fuiihess
and the far-reaches of n1e' IN
Christ,s name. Amen.-H. Nj. T..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
PASSING STRANGE

Beyond this valley of tears
Thus named by the pessimist;
Its idle hopes and fears
And temptations we can't resist;
This farcical thing called life
BY cynics who see nothing fair,
Well rest from the toll and the strife
And the woman with nothing to
wear"
While the tides of eternity roll
Will presumably feel quite fit,
And styles won't vex her soul,
Though that will be strange, we admit