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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
HONOLULU HAS
NEW INDUSTRY

Honolulu has brand new industry.
The Automobile Cleaning & Polish.
ing Company has been organized aud
is now located permanently at BiShoJ
and Merchant streets. where IL is "a.-
gagged in a general automobile clean.
ing and polishing business ..-...r ..
The manager Of the new concern.
VI. c Lewis, was formerly connected
with the ven Hamm-Young Company
and the Schuman Carriage Company
and has also had considerable shtO.
mobile experience on the mainland.
Mr. Lewis is the patentee Of an aptH-
mobile polish which will quickly bring
back the original lnster on an old chr.
II removes the oil and CRIME without
irjuring the enamel in any way, auI.
from the. der Cnstratiuns made. seems
to be without any equal on the mar
ket. The new company will also con
duct a general brokerage business in
used cars. -. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
MOTOR CAR EXHAUST ..
KILLS OUT G0PHERS

At Dallas, Ore, a new way of ex-
terminating gophers was tried and
pronounced a success. It consists of
using the exhaust from a motor car.
A hose is attached to the exhaust pipe
of light car and the apparatus is
complete. The other end of the hose
is inserted in the mouth of fresh
hole and the hole is then plugged up
around the hose with an old rag and
a little fine dirt, taking care not to
plug up tho end of the hose by push
ing it into the hole. In few minutes
the gas will begin to come out through
othoF holes a few feet away, and as
these holes are plugged up and other
ones opened farther away, the gas
keeps spreading through the gopher
settlement. Then the hose is removed
and all holes plugged up and the work
is done. The gophers are suffocated
right in the holes and never live long
enough to come to the surface of the
ground or to even open a hole. T..
Recently a badly infested patch,
which contained nearly three acres,
was thoroughly treated at the total ex-
penditure of the price of one gallon
of gasoline, used in the engine.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
MOTORS USED ~ UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS
NEW RECRUITING PLAN

WASHINGTON. d. .C.--To reach
virgin fields eff railroad lines. the
United States marine corps has nut
in operation three combination freight
and passenger automobiles fitted w
as virtual rolling recruiting offices 20
strike into interior sections wnera the
soldiers of the sea" are hut little
known and the opportunities their ser.
vice offers TO enlisted men less m
derstOod j.: ...
These recruiting offices on wheels
will first operate from San Francisco
Atlanta and Boston, bet If the eNPcri-
ments made are successful the idea
may be extended to other sections.
The ranks of the marine corps have
been kept to overflowing for more
than three years, but as Congress is
expected TO increase the strength: by
5000 men the automobile innovation
has been worked out in line it'll tho
CORPS, reputation for preparedness
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
BILLIARD TABLE co. II.
ENTERS AUTO FIELD 49,.
WITH COMPLETE LINE

The Brunswick Fake Collender com.
pany Of Chicago, New York, San Fran.
cisco and Paris for many years manu-.
facturers of hard rubber sporting
goods articles and billiard tables, has
greatly increased its rIbber factory
capacity and announces its entrance
into the automobile field with a com.
plete line Of automobile rubber parts
and accessOries-from tires to the
smallest rubber unit found on a car.
A newly erected addition to the fac
tory at Muskegun, Mich, will house
the manufacture Of the Brunswick
Skid-Not tire; which will be of the
wrapped tread single cure type with
black tread and side walls.
The kBalke-Collender com.
pany has procured J. E Duffield, for
merly western manager for the Their
mold Rubber Company, and more re-
Gently with the United States rubber
Interests, TO be manager for the en-.
tire rubber goods and automobile di.
vision.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
WELLS TALKS OF
RECENT ACCIDENTS

George Wells, manager of the Royal
Hawaiian Garage, local distributors of
vacuum cup tires, in speaking of
some of the recent automobile acct.
dents which were the direct results
of the machines skidding, says:
Motorists should be more careful
when driving after recent showers
that their cars do not have an orpor-
tunity to skid Our rains are not of
sufficient duration to warrant the car
rying of skid-chains yet there is
danger of skidding unless the car is
equipped with the proper type of nom
skid tires. - .-. -. ...... -.
Mr. Wells says the San Francisco
police and fire department cars are
all equipped with vacuum cup tires
which make it impossible for car to
skid on account of the vacuum prin.
ciple used on the tread.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
A LAMP REPAIR.

John J. Clause, Parkersburg, w. Va,
has suggested a novel method of re-
pairing bent headlight rims. If the
rim is of nickel and has become bent,
the following is suggested as me.
thod of Strengthening it without diff
Guilty. Remove the rim from the 9th.
er headlight and pour molten babbitt
into the hallow portion of it. This
will not injure the nickel finish, it is
stated The hardened babbitt when
removed is placed in the damaged rim
and a small hammer used for forcing
the rim to assume. the shape of the
babbitt. .... .-.@
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
REQ INCREASES
Ill.,. ~: OUTPUT 0NE-HALF

=. The REQ Motor Car Company OF
Lansing, Mich, has bought out the
National Coil Company, which en-
ploys about 10 men. The building
will be used to extend the manufac-
turing facilities Of the REQ company
Although no figures are given out, it
was stated by an official of the REQ
Motor Car Company that it has been
decided to build so per cent more REQ
passenger cars for the season 1911.
This will probably mean a total pro-
duction of from $4,000 to 10000 cars.
4: prorortiouqte schedule has been
adentcd. by the REQ Motor Truck Com
pany
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
CARE OF THE TOP.

Never fold a top while Il is damp or
wet, but allow the top to remain open
until thoroughly dry In removing
spots do not use gasoline, as in many
tops this will have tendency to dis
solve the rubber in the fabric. Most
makers recommend good CASTLE soap
and water for removing stains. Rub
the lather in with a stiff brush AMI
then wash with clean water, Chlo-o-
form is often used for removing
stains n
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
AUTO BUYERS MAY ..
PICK THEIR C0l0RS

The Scripps-B Booth Company has
evolved plan which gives car buy
ers a wide range Of color choice
while retaining standardization so
that cars are not held up in the fin
ishes. a--fs. ..
TIE plan gave the buyer choice
of two standard finishes. blue-black
with white trimming and gray, and
each month a certain number Of
bodies are finished in some other
colcr. -. f.. 49,.
A person buying early in the
month often has choice of four
f'o'ebes % there are occasionally
special finished bodies left over from
the preceding month. =t...
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
WAY TO DETERMINE
MOTOR POWER TOLD

The electrical energy required to
operate motors, lamps. heaters, etc@
may be determined by multiplying
the power by the time. provided the
power remains constant throughout
the entire time. This method of de-
termining the value of the energy
cannot be used, however, when the
power in the circuit is fluctuating in
value as in the case of motor which
is driving a variable load, such as
would be found in the ordinary ma
chine shop or in an electric car.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
VAST DEPOSIT OF POTASH FOUND
.INOREGON BY mining MAGNATE
Product is Known as One of Germanys Minerals Kept From
America Due to War-CoIe Car Used in Trail to Region
Which Promises to Be One of Importance in Future-Ma
heur County Rich in Mineral Products

From an automobile standpoint con
siderable interest is also attached TO
the prospecting tour Several years
ago; the Cole Motor Car Company Of
Indianapolis sent several cars into the
West for testing purposes. Their per
furmances in the rugged sections Of
that district attracted widespread at
tention, with the result that when tho
prospectors decided on the potash tour
Cole Eight cars were selected for the
difficult journey.
Pilot Interested ..-.
r. p. Henderson, assistant sales
manager of the Cole Company, who
became acquainted with the project
through the selling of the cars for the
tour, was given the honor of acting
as pilot OH the trip. He has made
D,ore than one peIilous tour through
the most trying sections of the West
and it was thought he was. well quail
fled for this task II was expected
that two weeks or more. would be re-
Quired for the tour. .-..
Capitalists everywhere in the West
are ready to back the pSash project
to the limit" said Mr.. Wilson, before
the tour got under way Should
everything pan out as We. hope it will,
the draining of Malheur Lake and tn"
irrigation of the surrounding districts
will be almost as sensational an enter.
prise as the reclamation of Imperial
Valley. 1t will mean great develop
ment for large part of Oregon and
for the city of Caldwell, which is a
depot point for the entire section
roundabout" .,.,. =.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
KISSING VALVES.

OF course when you hear kissing
that comes from escaping compress
sion you naturally think of valve
grinding. But it does not always
follow. A small piece of grit may be-
come fastened to a valve head sur
face and prevent the valve seating
tightly, or variation in stem ad-
Judgement by vibration may cause the
valve to seat imperfectly and in
either case there will be a kissing
sound =.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN. SATURDAY AUGUST 10. 1916
- n Nv tn TR Il E' 4Nb 0M 'N512 =
DON'T BREAK SPEED LIMIT
FIRST DAY IN NEW CAR

When the coach spots a man that
he sizes up for likely full-back ~
dosent rush him into uniform and
send him into hard game all in the
same day. Not on your life-it's a
case of careful development. Tho
noyice's muscles are soft His wind
is bad. If he were put into heavy
scrimmage without preliminary work.
ing out the chances are ten to one
led go to the hospital in thirty min
utes. If he escaped with a whole
neck, he'd be so stiff after the frav
that he'd probably be ruined for fur
Their work on the gridiron
Yet the first inspiration that comes
to the proud possessor of a new auto
mobile isl wonder what she'll do. -
And the chances are even that If this
is the first car he has owned, he'll
head straight for a level stretch of
country read and send the speedo-
meter needle running amuck
This is eactly the worst thing he
could do, The car is fresh from the
factory It's parts are stiff. 1t is not
ready for mile-a-minute speed
The, old hand will tell you that best
results are to be obtained by starting
her in easy. Keep inside the twenty.
five mile an. hour mark for the first
six hundred or a thousand miles Wait
until she's limbered up. Then you
can take her out where the road is
clear and give her the gun. The hard.
er you drive her the better she'll take
it. And there won't be any scored
cylinders either.
CHALMERS Ct UENAN
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
MOTOPcYCl ES AGAIN
PERMITTED IN r. +. D.

A bill permitting rural free de-
livery carriers to use motorcycles on
their routes recently passed both
houses Of Congress. About year
ago the postmaster-general issued an
order barring motorcycles, but latter
modified it to permit the use of
motorcycles with side vans The new
law opens up a market for about 10,
600 motorcycles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
MIDLAND TRAIL BOOK

The Midland Trail Association is is.
suing a new and revised tour book.
covering its route The booklet con-
tains almost geo pages and many illus.
trations, maps and descriptions CT
cities and localities as we'll as com.
plete running directions. .'s
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
TIGHTENING NUTS.

In Tightening nuts such as those
holding the bearing caps in place one
nut should be drawn up a little and
the opposite nut drawn up an equal
amount. 1t is wrong to fully tighten
one nut and then proceed with the
other. This will invariably spring the
metal and cause poor contact This
same method of tightening should be
followed in other parts of the car.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
REMOVING CYLINDERS.

When removing or mounting cyIin-
ders one person should handle the
cylinder and another take care that no
injury is done to the pistons or rods
The rods can easily he sprung out Of
true if the cylinder is not lifted off
straight. .'-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19

The Auto Service & Supply Com
rany has received a shipment of Good
year tires The company has been
remodeling the place to make room
for more stock. Business during the
past week was good. Harry Parker,
who has made success at this bust.
ness. has taken the outside work on
his hands and has been meeting with
good success The addition of one
new man has given him more time, II
attend to the sales end on the out.
side 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19
MOTOR HONKS
BY Otto Horne

Eight Excelsior motorcycles have
hecn disposed of during the past week.
Four of them were new machines,
while the other four were secondhand
cycles
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19

The Schuman Carriage COMPANY
reports number Of sales during the
past week. The trouble has been that
cars could not be obtained. An Over
land shipment was received and three
Pierce-Arrows have been disposed Of.
Among those who have purchased
Pierce-Arrows are w. H. Shipman of
Hilo and S. A. Baldwin
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19

Gus Schuman, president of the
Schuman Carriage Company, is ex-
pected to arrive from the coast NEXT
week While on the mainland Schu.
man has been visiting a number of the
automobile houses
Evening star., 1916-10-01

the foundation and basis all enlightened knowledge Here facts
ncrnmgA
andh quail
Evening star., 1916-10-01

This illustration shows a selling price of
ST, 100 for the manufacturer car and ST $50
for the assemblers car. The buyer must pay
$3.50 (about 23%) more for the assembled car
simply because it is an assembled car. The
manufacturer gives his customer the benefit of
the savings derived from manufacturing his
own parts whereas the assembler has to pay
this excessive cost and put the burden on the
customer.
Manufacturers Advantages
1t is well known within the automobile in
dustry that large manufacturers, with $1O,-
100000 to $4,000, 900 invested in complete
plants and ample capital and resources, pur-
chase the most modern and expensive labor
saving machinery. and then in manufacturing
their engines, steering gears, axles. transmits
sions. dferentials bodies, tops. ETC., their costs
are lower, if anything. than parts manufactur-
ers' costs for the same articles.
Manufacturers producing $4,000 cars an
nually produce more parts of a specific type
than any parts manufacturer produces. AS
rule, parts manufacturers are not specialists in
the sense that they make only one type of body
or axle or engine. Although their total output
may sometimes (but rarely) exceed the guam
tity of any large automobile manufacturer,
they make numerous varieties, and hence do
not obtain as low manufacturing costs as the
large automobile manufacturer obtains
Hence, the large automobile manufacturer
produces his own parts at lower cost than the
parts manufacturer produces similar parts for
an assembler who buys in small quantities, and
it follows that the 23% excess cost of the assem-
bier illustrated above is not exaggerated.
Another point is that the assembler, buying
parts from numerous sources, and often the
same part from several sources, cannot obtain
the same precision of machining and assem-
bling in the finished car which the large manu-
facturer obtains.
Still again. the assembler's profit per car is
larger than the manufacturers profit, because
the assembler usually sells only few thousand
cars annually. The illustration shows that this
profit is 60% more than the manufacturer re-
ceives and we believe this percentage is not
overstated Also the dealers discount is
greater on the assembled car, because his list
price is higher.
AS stated above out of hundred automo-
bile concerns selling cars in this country, about
Evening star., 1916-10-01

cost of the $500 worth of parts which the as
sembler must buy, and on which he must still
add good substantial profit of his own.
The Selling Cost of Any Car
Consider the following table as the basis
upon which the selling price of any car must
be fixed:
Excess
Items which make Mfrs. Assemblers of Assem-
up Selling Price Cost Cost bed Car
Factory Cost $500 $840 $l40
Administrative, adver-
tising and selling and
general expenses-say
they the same in
both cases oU 6V
Discount from list al
lowed dealers assum-
ing 209o the maximum. 220 270 50
Makers Profit ....... 100 100 so
Totals ..,..... .$1.1O0 $3.50 $3.50
Increase 239o)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
F ormer Richmonder
Here With a Dog
Which Thinks

Beyond all possibility Of doubt, there
never was a dog like Jasper, who
headlines the bill which opens at the
Lyric Theater this week Jasper IS
owned by Dixie" Taylor. a Richmond
man born and raised on Church Hill.
People who saw the dog in ~ Dung
America, in which he was one OF
the featured actors, Immediately
conceived an affectionate admiration
Tor him II they could see him in the
privacy Of his own apartment, freed
from the lettering self-consciousness
that the glare of the footlights gives
10 the most self-possessed Thespian.
they would not only like and admire
MIN, they would love him and rave
about him. For. while Jasper is a
good actor-there are few better hui
man or canine-rit Is as an Individual
that he Is most remarkable. OF course
II Is directly opposite with most
actors, ON the stage they may be
interesting, even brilliant, hut Off
that's another story
Jasper is quite different. On the
stage, you think OF him as an excep-
4onally fine looking dog and very
well trained one. You have visions of
some. painstakine taskmaster toiling
over him for hours teaching him TO
perform. But when you meet him
In propria persona. so to speak. you
immediately become convinced of
your error, In the first place. Dixie"
Taylor, his Virginia master. could not
under any possible circumstances be
considered taskmaater, and. In the
second place. You don't have to toll
.evex JAaRer - tssch 49, aH1hln1r
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
MUSICAL COMEDY AND
MINSTRELS AT ACADEMY;
DRAMA AND THE MOVIES
Richmond Entertainment Seekers Have Wide Variety of Offer
ings to Select From In Coming Week-Al G. Field
Returns-Bijou Has Cort Production
Bills Film Houses.

shows Noon day ON the Plantation +.
1 the second, Evening and the third.
/ The Humdinger Express" modern
/ view with a realistic railroad scene.
suggesting the changes that have
come into the old life of the South.
The next scene is one Of dazzling
beauty. and bears the title, The
| Land at Flowers" In this setting Is
presented "A Modern Minstrel Caba.
ret, which is designed by Field to
assemble into one number the posi-
hiIl'ies Of mInstrclsy today.
Tho fantaSy. Christmas Eve At
Home which Is one Of Fields own
compositions, IS staged with a success
sion If charming and imposing pic
lures. Included IN these are an old
cabin home with its cotton field sur
roUndlnRs. a vast mountain gorge.
with "a water fall a river ana a weird
environment, a rich drawing groom in
terror and finally tho ro0f-toys OF a
hlg ojty with santa claus and his
RENDERS mounting to the sky,
The background for the saxophone
sextot'e olio number strikes new
note also The baseball trayesty
The Battle Of the Bats shows first
= familiar exterior Of a baseball
ground and then the diamond Itself
fanked by the hioachcrs and so ar
ranged as to wildly suggest the i'm
mense crowd Of fans
The Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels
arc al the Academy Friday and Sat
.rdaN. and Saturday matinee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

Jasper Is not trained dog; he fs an
intelligent dog. Jasper may be a
freak. but when you look at him you
have the impression of merely an un-
usually keen and expressive dog face.
Dixie Taylor will tell you that
Jasper knew the meaning of about
two hundred words when he was two
years old Now that he Is five, he
knows almost 1000. He can tell the
difference between a COW and horse.
between a window and a mirror; he
pie and a drunken man. For the lat
ter. by the way, he has no use what
soever
He can point out the various OBJ
jects in any room or office, and takes
delight in giving the Masonic grip,
and in whispering the pass word in
the callers ear.
Now comes the freak" part. Jas
per Is put out of the room. Taylor
suggests that you indicate something
for him to do, warning YOU in adj
vance that sometimes he fails in this
test There is an empty milk bottle
standing on table--the remains of
part Of Jasper's luncheon. You put
it on the floor and suggest that Jas
per knock 1t over.
Here's n Wonder.
Jasper Is allowed to re-enter. He
watches his master carefully. know
ing that he is being put to the test
What do you want to do. Jasper ?"
asks Taylor, suggestively. his arms
folded across his chest.
Jasper watches him attentively for
a moment. shifts wistfully two or
three times and makes a tour of the
room. No words other than those
quoted pass between master and dog
Yet, directly, Jasper goes to the milk
bottle and knocks it over with his
paw.
Born In Maryland.
Taylor. who Is known all over the
South as an entertainer, The Man
From Qixia they call ~ - 1nx
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
AL G.. FIELDS NEW
PROGRAM SPECTACULAR

II lie q well-known fact that Al c.
Field has not only kept mlnstrelsy m
pace with the elaborate scenic devel-
opments OF the stage but has often
biased the way. and this season his
production is on plane which places
II among the big stage spectacles of
the day.
The audience is introduced TO
sumptuous effects at the very opening,
when the development of minstrelsy
from plantation life in DixieIand is
sptctured Ii three beautiful. impress
11l1esaA toA1eass4 tn Asge
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
GERMANS IN FRANKFORT
CAN BUY CHEAP MEALS

Frankfort, Sept. 1.-THE Society
for Social welfare has opened a new
restaurant, which furnishes meals 10
about one thousand people daily at
astonishingly low prices. A dinner.
consisting Of soup, four ounces of
meat, potatoes and other vegeta bles.
costs Is cents, and without soup q
Ia cents Persons not desiring meat
can get half a pound of fish. For
desert from three to five cents extra
is charged. and for ! IA cents cup
Of bouillon or mutton broth can be OBJ
tanned by those who only desire to
take a light lunch.
The restaurant Is very coy and the
service excellent. Spotless white linen
covers all tables. which are also deco
rated with flowers. The kitchen Is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

his impersonation of Brother John
Jasper" of DE Sun Do Move" fame.
after whom the dog is named. picked
him up in F'rostburg, Md, FIVE years
ago, when he was a pup. A travel
ing Snowman. having a litter he didn't
know what to do with. gave this one
to the lecturer Taylor says he never
attempted to teach him any tricks,
but that somehow he always seemed
to know Just what was said to him.