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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
IT DOSEN'T PAY
TO NEGLECT TIRES
Cuts, Punctures and Snags
Should Be Given Prompt
Attention.

The service of tires will be abbrevi-
ated to a considerable extent II cuts,
punctures and snags are neglected
too much care cannot be exercised
in avoiding Injuries of this nature
as much as possible or. at least, give
,them the proper attention within a
reasonable period.
New macadam roads, especially
when wet, are liable to damage the
rubber cover. 1t is recommended that
the speed OF the car be slightly ac.
celerated and clutch depressed be-
fore coming up on loose. crushed
stone in the road; it is better to coast
over sharp stones rather than cause
tire traction by leaving gears en-
gagged.
The rubber cover may receive num-
erous small snags and cuts If rear
wheels lose traction and spin around
on wet pavement or in mud or sand.
1t rear wheels slip, back car for a
short distance and then start forward.
When this fails, jack up rear wheels
and wrap with rope or place some
thing firm underneath to give the
tires n grip.
When Cut Is Made.
The elasticity of the rubber per-
mits cut in the tread to expand
and in contact with the road. In this
way such foreign matter as grit. sand
and pebbles are forced into the cut.
With each revolution of the wheel the
accumulation of foreign matter acts
as a wedge and further forces itself
between the cover and fabric of the
tire. 1t Is not unusual for these Jumps
or mud boils," If neglected, to cause
a complete separation of the tread.
An entire new cover can often be ap-
piled in satisfactory manner, pro-
viding the fabric is in fairly good
condition, but 1t is more practical and
certainly less expensive to attend to
the initial injuries when first no.
ticed.
Owners are sometimes surprised and
disappointed to learn from the re-
'f1air men that 1t Is not advisable to
rebuild tires having good covers and
appearing, from the outside, to be all
right. This Is often due to separation
and decay of the fabric body, caused
by water working through neglected
cuts The fabric is the real founda-
ton and strength of the tire and it is,
therefore, highly important to pro-
tect it.
q Should Examine. Tires.
1t Is suggested that after n long
trip, cr at regular intervals, the tires
be examined carefully. Remove tacks.
glass, nails and other objects before
they cause serious damage; wash mud
and other foreign matter from the
tires and heal the cuts, punctures and
snags with Cure-Cut or similar prep
aration on the market for emergency
Apairs. If unable to repair the in
juries in this way, have the work
handled by an experienced and COM
petent repair shop.
II Is pretty generally known that
gasoline, grease, oil and other fatty
substances are solvents OF rubber.
Oiled parkways and roads are not
particularly harmful, especially after
the oil has soaked into the roadway.
II garage floors are not kept clean
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
he pleases. as he pleases, and how he

ne pieases, aS ne pleaSes, ana now ne
pleases.
The automobile has developed all
classes Of transportation. Street cars,
railroads and boat lines all travel over
fixed routes and their running time
depends on the schedule mapped out
for them.
Miss train and there is nothing to
do but wait for the next one. You
are governed entirely by the time ia
BILE. A motor car puts you nearer,
in time, to your train, no matter where
you live. With a motor car you can
take q short cut and speed up. II
necessary, 10 keep an appointment or
make train connection. You are the
master and the car waits for you,
and after pressing the starting button.
you can 60 as far and as fast as you
please.
Fifteen Years ago the horse and the
railroads were depended upon almost
entirely for transportation. Then the
motor car began to forge rapidly to
the front as means of carrying peo
pie and merchandise and 1t was not
long before 1t had relegated the horse
to the BACKGROUND.
The automobile. more than any
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
"BLANE 1T ON THE TIRE"

He didn't pump it full enough,
though all the air is free;
He left il soft and spongy like, and
scooted on with glee;
He skidded and he gridded and
whopped through dust and mire,
And when it burst
He cursed and cursed,
And blamed II on the tire.
He drove 1t on the street car track
with confidence superb;
He scraped II on the lamp posts and
he scraped 1t on the curb;
He slammed 1t and he jammed 1t any
way he might desire.
And when 1t popped.
Right out he hoped,
And blamed 1t on the tire.
He cut 1t on some broken glass, but
said that didn't hurt;
He kept right on through sand and
mud and filled the cut with dirt.
It spotted here and rotted there and
soon he howled in ire.
When up 1t blew
He blew up too,
And blamed 1t on the tire.
He put on chains that ground and
chewed and gouged into the
tread;
He knew his wheels were out of line,
but what Of that?" he said.
He whizzed along and sized along, he
picked up nails and wire.
And when it banged
His fist he whanged,
And blamed 1t on the tire.
Who Is this man? Go ask the boys
who meet him every day;
60 ask the boys who have to hear the
things he has TO say.
He bores In and he roars In with
words of angry fire.
Though he Is to blame,
II is all the same,
He blames 1t on the tire.
"A. ]. Polin, U. 8. Tire Man.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
other Transportation agency. hl

other transportation agency, has
brought city and country together. 1t
Is the only thing that has made sub
urban life away from railroads posi-
Bile. Where the railroads touch only
the high spots Of civilization. the motor
car weaves its way among farms and
villages In the most obscure parts Of
the world.
Motor cars have quickened the dis
tribution Of farm products and have
increased the radius Of the merchants
delivery system. Travelling statesmen
now find 1t possible to double their
territory and cover the ground in one
half the time It used to take them
with horse and railroad facilities.
In fact, the automobile has been a
boon to all mankind and II any one
class has been benefited more than
another, It Is the farmers. This is
especially noticeable since tho email,
light, economical car has been per-
fected, as Is shown by the increasing
number Of light models that are find
ing their way into the rural districts.
Daily Oklahoma.
The World Want Columns will set
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
INDEPENDENCE IN
Transportation
One of the Benefits Which
Automobiles Confer
ON Millions.

One Of the greatest advantages Of
the modern. small, light automobile
lies In the fact that 1t places at the
hands of millions OF people a means
OF transportation entirely within their
individual control. Time. speed and
direction are all controlled by the man
at the wheel and no matter whether
the objective point is one or one hun
dred miles distant. he can 60 when
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-16
Is This True2

why the brown study"
What shall I wear to the High
Thought society?"
what makes the difference? No
body writes up what you wear to an
intellectual affair"
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
HE DROPS CHARGE
OF SHOOTING, SHE
DROPS LOVE SUIT
Unique Legal Trade Made By Former
Lover of Woman Who
Wounded Him.

Eindlsy, O., Feb. ll.--Just before Miss
Ada Warner, Al. was to have been placed
on trial here yesterday on a charge OF
shooting her former lover, Norris II. Pow
ell. AZ. Nov. l3, last, it was announced
that the charge had been dropped by
Powell ON condition that Miss Warner
drop her breach of promise action against
him for $1,000
This settlement marks the end of one
of the strangest cases ever brought into
the Ohio courts. Miss Warner was
charged with having donned mems clothes
and entered, at night, Powell's home,
where he lived alone, demanding he marry
her, and when he refused, she is said
TO have shot him. He was found with
a bullet in his lung by neighbors, and
told his story.
Miss Warner was found an hour later
at her home mile away with knife
wounds in her throat, having evidently
attempted suicide. Both lowered near
death for weeks and finally recovered.
Miss Warner in her suit against Pow
ell charged that he promised ~ years
ago to marry her, and had failed to do
so, that she waited 20 years for him UNI
iii his mother died. and then discovered
he had decided not to wed her.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Human Sacrifices.

In battle the Aztecs stEoye to save
life so that they could use their pris-
oners as human sacrifices to the gods.
They had the art of ambush reduced to
such a science that it was nothing I'M
usual for them TO bring home 25,O00
prisoners after campaign. Their bat
ties were not fought for the sake of
any principle, nor yet TO gain territory.
They fought in order TO capture prison
ers, and the hot headed young soldiers
were given wooden swords, for fear
they might in the heat OF battle unwit-
tingly slay a foe. A dead enemy was
dead, and hence of no value
for sacrificial purposes. Were the Az
tees humans? Well, not so that you
could notice. But their destruction OF
prisoners on tie affairs of their beauti-
full temples was done in the name OF
religion and hence not reprehensible..
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Formosa's Umbrella Snake.

Venomous snakes take the place of
wild beasts in Formosa, and their at
tacks are formidable, says a japanese
traveller, who has just rcwrned from
a trip In the southern ISLAND. There il
a venomous snake on that island by
the name of amagasahebi. SO called
from its umbrela-like head This
snake is generally found in watery
places, often In a ditch flowing out Of
a kitchen. A maid working In a kitch.
en- is not infrequently startled at the
ugly appearance OF the snake The
animal makes n peculiar noise by the
nimble movement of its tongue. A
slight touch of its fangs is fatal. A
native Of the island was bitten by the
snake In the thumb. A doctor who
treated the wound made a simple APP
plication. The man returned home,
thinking the wound would soon be
cured, but to his CONSERVATION his arm
had swollen up. He soon lost sight and
hearing Next morning he was dead.
East and West News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
LOOKING FOR WORK

Everywhere men complain about
work; even boys and girls in school or
business find work tedious and irk-
some. but it ism the work half so much
as their own lack Of physical strength
that makes it hard.
Rich blood, strong lungs and health
ful digestion make work pleasurable
in business. in school or even house
work. and If those who are easily tired
who are not sick, but weak and ner-
vous-would Just take SCOTS Emul-
sion for one month and lei its pure
concentrated food create richer blood
to pulsaie through every artery and
vein-let il builda structure Of healthy
tissue and give you vigorous strength
you would find work easy and would
look for more. Insist on SCOTS.
sloa q Bssus. ElDozsssd. ~. IS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Folk Songs of Servia.

The folk songs of Servia are less
known outside the borders of that
country than the songs Of any other
nation. but some day great musician
is expected to arise and make the
Seryian music known throughout the
world, just as the composers OF Aus
tria, Vienna and Russia have made
their folk songs known,
1t is in these folk songs that the
Servians express chiefly their devotion
to their country and their intense pa
triotism. There are, of course, love
songs, death songs and harvest songs,
but 1t is in these wild patriotic out
bursts that the Servian spirit Is best
shown.
For the Servian is intensely patriotic
As a nation 1t is home loving The
principal industry is agriculture, and
the natives. on account of the noun
famous regions, have much of the spir-
It of the Swiss patriots.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Natural Ace of Man.

The question rs TO what is the nat
ural age of NAH is by no means set,
tied, of course. but many are of the
opinion that the Frenchman Flourens
was not far ont of the way In his esti.
mate of the time a man should live.
Taking his observations from the
group mammalia, of the class vertebra'
ia. as having the closest resemblance
TO man and such species as are per-
mitted TO live the full term OF their
natural life under circumstances not
admitting of error or doubt, Flourens
found that their natural life extended
TO about Eve times the period of their
lives from birth up TO maturity. APP
plying the rule thus obtained to hu-
man life and taking the age at which
the body is fully matured to be TWEEN
ty years, be concluded the natural
duration Of the life OF man to be 1o0
years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11

to two doctors, then my mother got
bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and | took it. never had
any more trouble and got strong fast
Then / took it again before my little
girl was born end it helped me a good
deal and give the Compound the credit
for it. Then this spring / felt very
badly again, but / took the Compound
and hare been well all summer. / can
not be grateful enough for your medi-
cine" - Mrs. HAROLD NJ. SMITH, 470
Water Street, Clarksburg, w. Va.
For forty years it has been making
women strong and well, and curing back
ache, nervousness, uterine and ovarian
Inflammation, weakness, displacements
irregularity and periodic pains.
Ifyou want special advice write
Lydia II. Pinkham Medicine Co.
{confidentiaD, Lynn. Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Animal and Plant Life In Brine.

Just west Of Promontory Point sta
ton, Utah, is pond cut off from the
Great Salt lake by the railroad EN-
bankment AT times of high water in
the lake this reservoir fills by percola-
ton through the embankment, but dur
ing the summer this water is concen-
trated to brine by evaporation. The
deep pink color Of the brine is phc-
nomenon that appears in salt ponds
generally when certain concentration
is reached. In the salt ponds of San
Francisco bay this color is due to a
certain bacillus which lives In satu-
rated brines and also in the heaps of
salt as it is piled for drainage and
shipment. Prohibitive to life as such
an environment might be considered,
strong natural brines are, in fact, in
habited by number of minute organ
isms, animals as well as plants. The
pink color disappears in winter or
when fresh water is introduced into
the pond.-United States Geological
Survey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11

cate little fellow, and no one thought
of him In the matter of defense, though
he had Endorsed Henderson's notes for
the machinery. and if it passed into
other hands he would be the loser.
But In that delicate body were both
! courage and resource. and these go far
| to make up natural leadership. He
make a defense. Henderson refused
| to consent to a defense under the cir
cumstances, but he would not desert
the others. Deering offered the men a
goodly reward If they would put them
selves under his command and outlined
his plan of defense to them. They
agreed to stand by him.
Deering ordered them to throw up
the earth in a circle surrounding the
boiler that produced the power for the
drilling. They made an embankment
five feet high in circle about twenty
feet in diameter. This having been ac-
complished, what wood and iron ar
ticles as were at hand were piled on
the parapet in such fashion as 10 form
apertures here and there in lieu Of loop
holes. This was all the preparation
that was made for defense, and when
it was completed the boring recon-
menced.
The next day half dozen men We're
seen approaching the well. Some of
them had guns, while the others Were
Cd f1lI
Henderson and the men that since
there was only one weapon for de-
Tense and he could handle that him
self, they were at liberty to retreat If
they liked. They chose to remain, as
sorting that it might be necessary for
one or more of them to take his place. |
When the approaching party saw the
earthworks they stopped for a confer |
ence, then advanced again, and one of |
them called out demand for a sur /
render. Deering replied that he was
hard of hearing and asked them to
come nearer. At this every man lower
I'd his rife from his shoulder or drew
his revolver, and they advanced in
body. When they had reached point
70 suit Deering he directed man at
he steam cock to turn on steam, Deer
ng holding the nozzle of hose con-
lected with the boiler. A jet of steam
struck the foremost man in the face.
\ panic followed. Several shots We're
ired. Deering could have parboiled {
very man of them, but refrained from i
loing so, pointing the steam jet aside.
The man he had hit was In a terrible {
ana the others took him up {
nd carried him off. {
That was the end of the claim jump
ne. Margaret Henderson a few days
lter procured the signature she had
zen sent for, oil was struck in large =
uantities. and all were made rich.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
BOY SCOUTS ARE
BOOMING AHEAD
Increase in Membership During the Past
Year Reached 40 Per
Cent.

Washington, Feb. ll.-An increase OF
46 per cent In membership during last
year was announced yesterday at the
annual meeting of the national council
of the Boy Scouts of America. The in
crease TO 1892 boys and scoutmasters
made the year the most prosperous in
the six years history OF the movement,
Among the significant items OF the
chief scout executives report were that
scout troops had been organized in al
most every church denomination in the
country, and that the 1907 scoutmasters
included clergymen. physicians, lawyers,
teachers and other professional men.
The membership shows that there is
one boy scout in every ass of population
in New York state; one in every 269 in
New Jersey, one in 44s in Maryland,
one in 232 i'm Delaware. one in 26S in
one in 40 in Pennsylvania.
one in 3a2 in Massachusetts. one in l72
in Utah and one in 297 in the District of
Columbia.
Among the features reported were: A
department Of education provided by
Two special gifts, training courses in sew
,ral universities and colleges. budgets
in 40 cities. and library dc
,artment concerned with the influence of
books on boys.
Late yesterday President Wilson re-
eived and addressed the members of the
rational council at the White House.
Mr. Wilson, as honorary president OF
he scouts, pinned an eagle scout badge,
he highest honor in the organizations on
raymond Scaggs of this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
Test For a Field Glass.

Inquiry has it that the absolute and
infallible test of a field glass by the
purchaser is to see what size letters
can be read across the street from the
opticians shop.
1t isn't. The real test is TO climb up
a long and bushy hill until the breath
comes hundred to the minute, then
snatch for the glass, reposing in a
shirt pocket, to see whether the buck
is the one you want before you fire.
If it won't go in your shirt pocket II
is not the glass you want; others are
made that will. If 1t shakes in your
agitated hands it is not the glass you
want You cannot see enough more
with high power glass 10 pay for
the times when it is unusable. because
you cannot hold II steady.-Outiug.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
House Committee Practical
ly Unanimous Against
Continental Idea
BILL READY
WITHIN A MONTH
Would Be Unconstitutional
to Make Guard a Fed
eral Body

Washington, d. C., Feb. ll.--Presiden
Wilson vast told fatty yesterday by Re
publicans of the House military commit
tee that they believed the committe,
was virtually unanimously opposed &c
the continental army plan sponsored by
the war department.
| The said they believed the committee
favored strengthening the National
Guard and empowering the president to
draft it into the regular army in time
of war.
The Republicans left the House with
the impression that the president still
believed the continental army plan the
best so far devised.
He showed no disposition, they said,
to attempt to force adoption of any par
ticular plan, but expressed the convic-
tion that the committee would bring out
a bill for an adequate army.
The president told them that while he
did not believe it feasible to substitute
the National Guard for the continental
army, he favored strengthening the Ma
tional Guard. The president urged speea
and was told that the committee will be
framing the army bill next week anc
that it should be ready for the House
in three weeks or a month.
Outside of the continental army fea-
ture the congressman said, no important
detail of war department plans was OPP
posed by the committee.
President Wilson has definitely given
up the idea of making an extended
southern trip to speak for preparedness.
He told senators and representatives
who invited him to various cities yes
terday, that he might later make few
speeches, but at present would not make
another trip.
The president has concluded that he
is needed in Washington to keep in touch
with the army and navy bills and other
legislation.
When ever possible, however, he will
accept invitations to make visits to cit
les which will not keep him away from
Washington long.
Discussion of national defense featured I
the concluding session yesterday OF the
annual convention OF the chamber of
OF the United States. Secre-
.aries Daniels and Garrison were the
speakers on the days program.
The national defense committee OF the
'hamber had prepared a report on the
'esults Of their Investigations and gem
raj discussion of the preparedness ques-
ion followed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
The unicorn-

Chinese annals Of great antiquity
contain numerous detailed accounts OF
the supposedly fabulous unicorn. In
which the descriptions are identical
with those handed down from the ear
Hest times IN the mythology Of occi-
dental countries. From this Il is in
fcrred that at some time in the remote
past there actually did exist a single
horned equine or ceryine animal Of
some sort