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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Fred Richards and son and wife
MI ana Mrs. Nathan Richards. and
misses Molly and Olive johnson q,
ST Adams motored to Augusta Sat.
crdaH to PASS the weekend with NJ
and Mrs. George F. Reynolds ~ M
l3e Water street and on Sunday vis,..
cd Fred Richards daughter. Mrs
charles Dondero Of Chelsea with
whom he will make an extended ,.s,,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Locke and son
Raymond and Mrs. Locke's sister.
Mrs. j. B. Tyler. left Saturday for
Quebec, where they will visit Mrs
Locke's son. John F. Locke. who is a
chemist in an ammunition factory.
Ihey will! make the return trip by
way OF Montreal and the mountains
They expect to be away about three
weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03
AUTOMOBILE
REGISTRATION

The receipts up to Saturday noon.
Sept /, 1917, at the Maine Automobile
Registration Bureau. Department of
State, amounted to s46913s.5o against
1887 ,45s for the same period of 1916 and
an estimated s425,O00 for the entire
season of 1917. To accomplish this,
So 900 pleasure machines have been
registered and 45,3o1 operators IL
censes issued, besides the business of
the other classifcations. as shown by
the following tables:
Total registrations and licenses to
Sop+epober . 1o1T-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

ing farther to do with the case ana
that no appeal from its decision mad
been received. Future action would
be court action, in settling the mat
ter.
1t is interesting to note that but
two appeals have been taken from
decisions of Maine Public Utilities
Commission since it began the exer-
else OF its authority and in each case
the decision was upheld by the su-
preme court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03
Draft Rulings

The following draft rulings have
been received by Governor Milliken
from Provost Marshal General E. H
Crowder
Masters, mates and licensed engi-
neers are entitled to file claims for
discharge as in the case of mariners,
under subdivision G, Section 90.
Rules and Regulations, Form Is.
Claim for discharge my be accepted
when approximately modified to COW
er such cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Melendrv and
son Oakley of Westboro, Mass, where
Mr. Melendry is supervisor of a hos.
pital, arrived Saturday for a two.
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Edison
Worthing at their home at No. State
street place. The two ladies' ara sic.
tiers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Fletcher a,
dorchester, Mass. formerly of An.
eusta, have been making a short visi,
this city as guests of Fremont p
Fletcher and have gone to Roves
Point for a short outing before their
return home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Miss Marie Hagan, Miss Lucy II.
mer and Miss Mary Shane Of phil,.
delphia have been guests for fsr,
days of Mr. and Mrs. Willis r par,
fridge. They took the islander SIM.
day morning for Capitol Island
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

one OF the real cheerful sights AZ
the capitol Driving park is the re-.
mains of a snake that adorns the
renee near the entrance to the track
IL is some three or four feet long and
is said to have been left by the cir
Gus which recently exhibited there
tHen II dead, it is not a handsome
sight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett e. Folsom, 10.
Saturday afternoon for an oyer.snn
day and Monday visit with relative.
in Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Soldiers Will Be Given Same Opportunity Vote the Constitutional Amend
Automobile Registration Figures Have Reached Total $780,
Maine AssdTO"n of Milford Bks at Public Utilities
Work lite Hearings
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03
Public Utilities
Hearing Ordered

Nf1e RNf1o "FII6 were DUDIlC
saturday at the office of the Maine Public
Utilities Commissions
Hearing Ordered
The Public Utilities Commission has or
dered hearing to take place in the Sc
leetmen's office at Bar Harbor at 100 P.
NJ. Monday, Oct, l, on the petition of F.
H. Macomber and others, compliments,
alleging that the rates tolls and charges
demanded by the Bar Harbor and Union
River Power Co. for its service to the
public at Seal Harbor and Northeast
Harbor are unreasonable and excessive
and unjustly discriminating
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

Sumner Buckley left Saturday after
noon for weeks visit in Boston and
vicinity. fl-t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03
ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL

Dorothy Phillips in "The FIashlleht
Girl" Priscilla Dean and Eddie Polo
in "The Gray Ghost" Victor Comedy,
Nestor Comedy. Good Show. Good
Orchestra. Best Of Treatment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-03

The outlook above the dam is a
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

Spread the ends just enough so that the pin cannot be pulled out with the fingers. Sometimes the ends of cot ter pins spring apart so that it is inn possible to insert them in the hole the split ends against hard flat sur face and with a hammer gently strike the top of the pin. It will be found that the ends of the pin will come to- gether and the pin can be slid into position without trouble. A good method of locking the pin is to cut off a small piece of one side. Obviously this makes one side longer than the other Insert the pin in the hole and then strike the long end of the pin while holding a small block of wood against the looped end. This will cause the long side to buckle and hold the pin in place. Removal of pin so se- cured is simplicity itself.
 Cleaning Carbon
 Many manufacturers who equip their engines with aluminium pistons, advise against the removal of carbon de- posits by the oxygen method, because the extreme heat generated is likely to injure the pistons.
 Speedometer Drive
 A much neglected part of the mechanism is the speedometer drive which the car owner seldom inspects or lubricates. If the driving gears of this part are fabricated once a week. they will operate more quietly and fol a considerably longer period.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

motor buying public from coast to | coast and border to border.
 No sooner were the star salesmen aboard the steamer South American at Toledo on the morning of Wednes- day. September 5th, than they were notified that the first business meeting would open at 9:30 o'clock.
 On the previous afternoon those who had already arrived in Toledo for the cruise had listened to an instructive discussion concerning Changed Con- ditions That Make Necessary More Thorough Methods in Selling" and also a talk on how they could best harmon iZe their sales activities with the ad- vertising.
 The Wednesday morning session. the first one on the boat was largely devoted to discussion of the suggested standard sales procedure. Willys- Overland, Inc, has recently inaugu- rated system of standardizing sales methods which has proved amazingly successful in various districts where it has been adopted.
 On Wednesday night, the question of service in relation to sales was ably explained. This was followed by an open discussion of the subject and also ! discussion of several other topics hay ing to do with labor saving tools and methods. It was brought out con- clusively that good service is necessary to sales.
 i At each session on Thursday and | Friday the salesmen were urged to make every. possible suggestion which would tend to carry out the main idea
 satisfy all public requirements by the finest detail.
 1 Every man who spoke, and each of 1 them had something to say at one time or another, insisted that the most sue cessful motor car is the one which ex- { cells in appearance, performance, com i fort, service and price,
 Those points of merit, it was con- 1 ceded, tell the whole story of Overland and Willys- Knight success
 Henry Walker of Dillonvale. Ohio. 1 the high record salesman of them all said: Tt is not remarkable that more | Willys- Overland products have been sold at retail this summer than ever l before in the companys history. If is more remarkable that those records,
 which we have just made, were not at tained a long time ago. This, for the | reason that we sell a product compris- ing all of the five essential points of
 motor car merit while the average car boasts of one. With some cars, ap-
 pearance is the outstanding feature
 With others, it is comfort and others
 boast principally of performance. The
 Overland salesmen can boast of them
 all and, more important, prove them all by actual demonstration. That is why
 our selling records are so enviable." Just before the party disbanded in
 Chicago, a farewell luncheon was served at the La Salle hotel A few
 hours later the star salesmen were or 1; their trains bound for home, each with
 d firm determination and absolute con. fidence that he will achieve ever greater selling records when the nex
 Willys Sales congress rolls around
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
FACTS ABOUT THE
 STEERING SYSTEM IF MUCH IMPORT

The average motor car owner will probably be surprised to be told that he doesn't know what really good steering means. The reason is that so many factors contribute to helping or hinderiug the easy guidance of the modern car that many of them are en- tirely overlooked by most owners and the result is that they consider satis factory steering what is in reality very far from perfect.
 All modern automobiles use essen italy the same steering system, com- prising the wheel, fastened to a post and connected by linkage to a nov able knuckle, attached to the side of the front axle the two knuckleS being connected by a further linkage. By turning the steering wheel the post moves the linkage to one front wheel and because of the connection to the other this also moves in unison.
 The steering gears, properly speak ing, is the mechanism at the lower end of the steering post and the diff ferent types take their name from the forms of gears used in them. There is the worm and wheel type, the worm and sector, screw and nut, bevel gear, and rack and pinion. All these gear ings are merely different ways of ac- complaining the same end. They are nothing more than a reduction gearing for reducing the motion of the steer ing V heel. The worm and wheel and the screw and nut types are those commonly in use today.
 To begin with it is important that the front wheels shali be properly aligned, if the car is to steer with maximum ease. Now all wheels are cambered and toed-in to a certain extent. The amount of this varies with different cars, but the owner should
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
IMPORTANT FACTS
 ALL AUTO OWNERS
 SHOULD REMEMBER
Loose Spokes

EOOSS 0POHcS
 Wooden wheels with loose SpOkeS emit squeaking sound which Is ln- tensely annoying. The noise will be more distinct when the car is being driven around a corner. Sometimes this looseness may be obviated by re- placing one or more spokes, or it may be cured by forcing small wooden wedges between the spokes and the hub. A wheelwright Can do the job in few minutes.
 Wheel inspection
 One of the most frequent causes of excessive tire wear is faulty align ment of the front wheels, which causes them to scrape the tire along the road surface at each revolution. Whenever excessive tire wear develops, the wheels should be inspected for miSallgnment and if the car owner is not familiar with the method used in aligning he should have the service station do the job. The charge for aligGllng the wheels vares but $2 is about the average and this usually includes a complete inspection and adjustment of the steering mechanism from the post forward. Front wheels are al- ways cambered and gathered that is, they 'toe in" in front, making the distance from wheel to wheel in front less than that in the rear. At the same time, the distance between the points of contact with the road is less than the distance between opposite points. These distances vary with the differ ent makes of cars, but usually the gather equals three per cent of the tire diameter. Thus, with a thirty four inch tire, the wheel will be gathered , about an inch. However the car own CT who proposes aligning his wheels should get the exact figure from the manufacturer or from the service sta ton.
 Ford Hint
 | It infrequently happens that when /, the first speed pedal of the Ford car 1 is depressed the motor stalls without apparent cause, because the engine has ] been running fast enough to take care of any ordinary load. The trouble will : be found to be caused by the fact that 1 the first and second speed band is overlapping and rubbing against the reverse band.
 l Spinning Wheels 1 When the rear wheels are in a muddy spot, do not try to drive the car out by spinning them The slower tht
 
 gripping the surface. If the car car be rocked by alternately engaging ant disengaging the clutch, it will be found that the pendulum action of the cal will carry it out of almost any baC spot.
 Removing Stud | When a stud has become frozen 1T place, remove it by yerewing on two nuts and turning the lower one witt wrench. The upper nut acts as ; lock and permits the lower one tC pull the stud around.
 Commutator Trouble , Grease should not be used for thu fabrication of the commutator; cylin- der oil is the proper lubricant and i should be sparingly used. This apple. to all commutators or ignition distribu tors. When grease is used in the com mutator it is quite likely to proven the distributor arm from making con tact and an annoying type of ignition trouble ensues.
 Cotter Pins
 It is unnecessary to spread the end of cotter pins a great deal, thougl many car owners make this mistake which renders it difficult to get tn pin out when that becomes necessary
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
QUESTION bOX

I understand that the taking up of a connecting rod bearing by removing shim is not a good thing but I have done this and find no trouble. Why do they say it is not advisable ?-Chas. Van D.
 When a shim is removed the bearing is merely made tight without reference to it's fit around the shaft. You can not tell when fitting in this way whether the bearing is tight on one side or all around, hence you do not really fit the bearing but merely make it tight. It also is difficult to deter mine just how tight the bearing fits with respect to the others. Making one bearing very tight and the others free may result in a knock and posi- lively in damage to the crankshaft.
 Have you ever heard of trouble in 2 &vacuum tank caused by the float not operating because of puncture? This happened to me on the road but of course l did not discover it until I was lowed to a garage. What might cause it?-L. K. T.
 It is usually caused by vibration of the float and is not common trouble. The engine stops altogether when this happens because the vacuum tank can not feed the carburetor. You could have driven home by filling the vacuum tank at intervals or by re- moving the tank cover and repairing the float.
 What disposition should be made Of the tires and tubes when the car is placed in dead storage for the winter? Harry Sands.
 The tires should be removed and the tubes taken out. The latter should be inflated just enough to make them take their normal shape. Both tires and tubes should be cleaned, covered with cloth and placed in a dark room some where in the house.
 I use a great deal of oil in both of my cars and 1 have found that by changing it often I get a smoother en- zine and less repairs. What 1 would like to know is whether the oil I take out is worth Altering, and using over again in the engine?-S Argusin. You can use the old oil over again but would advise that you mix it witt fresh oil. Or you can use the old oil Tor lubricating other parts of the car. You will find that after allowing the drained oil to settle there will be quite bit of sediment at the bottom which can be drawn off, making the filtering process easier.
 Should the battery meter on the dash indicate anything when the engine is stopped? Also which way should the hand go when the car is moving?- Twiller.
 When the engine is stopped the hand
 should be at zero. If it is not, either the hand is bent or something is wrong inside the meter When the car is
 moving slowly the meter should show discharge and when it is moving fast ! usually over 20 miles per hour, it should show charge
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

care needed by the steering system is not onerous. If it is regularly carried out, it becomes a matter of minor de- tail and the returns for the care are an ease and flexibility in the steering function of the car that cannot be ex- aggerated. Moreover, easy steering is something that the car owner has req son to value, for it's benefits are felt by him every minute of the time that the car is in motion.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
Ask Yourself About The
 Hudson Super-Six Consider it's Value Now in Face of Accent Price Advances of 51 Cars.

Suppose you look at the importance of buying Hudson Super-Six now in this way.
 It's present price is based upon the material costs of last year. When supplies from which the present pro- duction is built is exhausted, then the price of the car must be advanced. By taking your Super-Six now you save an amount -equal to whatever increase will later be made in the sell ing price.
 You have no such opportunity with other wanted cars. Their prices have already been increased More than fifty makers have advanced prices within the past two months. It has entirely rearranged automobile values.
 Cars which have always sold in the S1,2O0 and $1,300 class are now listed to sell at about the present price of the Hudson Super-Six. Cars which sold at a trifle more than the Super Six have been advanced so much
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

cording to the plans as outlined by MT. Wlllys, was to get the factory heads into the closest possible touch with the
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
WII,LYS SALES
 CONGRESS WAS
 A BIG SUCCESS

(Continued from Page One)
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

that they are now in the $2,000 and $2,5OO classes.
 The situation of the Hudson is unique. It's value cannot be com pared to any other car on the usual basis of price. The increases which have been made iD the prices of other cars has been equal to reducing the price of the Hudson by S20O to $500.
 Prompt action in buying now means a saving to all purchasers. Hundreds realizing that fact are buying now. Hudson sales, therefore, are now at their highest point. We have already exhausted our allot- ments of certain models. The fac tory has notified us that we are to receive only definite number of cars as present prices. On the more i'm portant and staple models we are even given the final shipping dates on our last cars. Production on at least two models will be completed within two weeks. If you want to save, now is the time to act. -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-17
Wants America to Control Balkans.

Amsterdam. Sept. 16.-(By Mail.l-Am-
erican control or supervision of the Bal
kans is advocated by the Bulgarian
newspaper Mir, in long editorial which
says:
"Of all the belligerents the Americans
alone are in position to form true
appreciation of the situation in the Bal
kans. They are disinterested and well
acquainted with local conditions. and
are in a position to give everybody his
due. Having such knowledge of the
Balkan peninsula they ought to have
the moral will to exert their authority
on their allies in the interests of justice
and democracy in the Balkans.
we do not ask that America should
take our side and that she should pro
tect us. We desire that she should take
the defense Of oppressed rights in our
countries and that She should become
an impartial judge between US and her
allies. We desire that she should create
n situation in the Balkans which will be
in agreement with the principle of ma
tiona unificatiOn. international justice
and true democracy. We would like to
see the United States exerting their
moral influence not only where their
material interests are affected. but also
where moral truth and sacred justice
call out to them. Devastated Macedonia
cries for justice to all the world Can
America remain a silent witness when
other countries are endeaVoring TO sub
jugate Macedonia"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-17
Japan BUILDING
MORE WARSH|PS
BtTTs.EsHIP MtrSt TO CARRY
LARGEST GUN or ANY IN
NiPPON'S FLEET.

Toxic sept. --lCorrespondence of
the Associated Prcssl-The oonstruc'
,ion of six new destrovcrs for the pur
pose of naval repietion az Il cost OF &c.,
100000 Is 10 be started shortly and the
work win DE expedited to complete them
within the present fiscal year ending
April next The destroyers viii all he
Of middle size.
The building of the following battle
ships. cruisers and destroyers Is To be
Gin soon at the navy dockyards and at
shipbuilding yards az NagasakE
Battieship Mutsu. tNagato typel with a
displacement Of $1,000 tons, Cruiser
lama. with a displacement of $500 tons;
Cruiser Kuma, with "a displacement Of
a.s0O tons, and first class destroyers
KawakaAe, Minekaze ana SawakaZe,
each OF about l.20O tons
The battleship Mutsu win carry the
largest and most powerful main gun
ever mounted on amy battleship of the
Japanese navy and the cruiser Tama
will he the largest warship of the kind
IN the Japanese navy The first class
destroyer Kawakaze which win be one
~ the largest destroyers IN the Japan
ese navy. is the substitute for the de-
Stroyer of the same name which was
hunt in France after the outbreak of.
the European war and was sold later
to an entente power.
Besides these warshlps a big special
service ship with a displacement of
$4,000 tons and five submarines. each
displacing 700 tons, viii he built at the
Kure navy dockyard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-17

ferred with Secretary Lansing II he
came known that he had laid the sit''a'
tion regarding the seized mail pouches
before the secretary, and also informed
him that statistics OF sweden's food sup
ply. asked for by the food administrh'
lion. in the administration OF the ex'
ports embargo, were being wi'hheld
from the American government by
Great Britain's action
II also became known that the iilthh
embassy has asked the London foreign
office for instructions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-17
Chinese "spir;ts" Come Back.

peking, Sept 20.-tBy MaiD.-Since
Chang Hsun's overthrow and the defeat
OF the shortllved monarchy, evil spirits
have been reported by superstltious Chi.
nese In the vicinity OF Chang Iisun's
headquarters in the Forbidden City.
They are alleged To be the spirits of
Chang Hsun's soldiers who we're killed
H. the bombardment Of his headquarters.
Every night they are supposed 10 ap.
pear and proclaim loudly. I'VE were not
fairly treated"
In an effort 10 appease the spirits
fore altars erected In the compound
fore altars erectede in the compound
f.rmcrly occupied by General Chang
Hsun, and generous offerings of lood
are made nightly.