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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
HINTS FOR WINTER
EXPERT TELLS MOTORISTS HOW
 TO AVOID FROST DAMAGES.
Use Rich Gas Mixture In Starting Mo- tor on Cold Days-Provide Anti freezing Solution for the
 Radiator.

Every year motorists find them selves overlooking the fact that Jack Frost is no respector of persons and automobiles and that he will go out of his way to pay his respects to the radiator and congealing the water therein-and in the water jackets of the cylinders-cause a pretty repair bill and deny the owner the use of his car for a week or more. Pointing out how owners can get the most service and pleasure out of their cars during the winter months, an expert said:
 '.The first fall of snow no longer is viewed with alarm by motorcar own them to put th~ir cars away until spring. More and more car owners are coming to realize that in keeping their cars in dead storage for three or four months every year they are carrying an idle investment, besides doing the car more harm than good. Disuse breeds depreciation as surely as does misuse.
 "On cold days help your starting motor by providing a rich gas mix ture. Prime the carburetor in the usual way, or, better still, choke the air inlet. Some cars have this car buretor adjustment plunger conven- iently located on dash. Not all of the gasoline in the rich mixture will reach the cylinder-much of it will condense on the cold walls of the intake mani- fold. So you will understand why 1t is wise to provide as rich a mixture at the carburetor as Is possible, and the careful owner will take this means of removing a good share of the burden from his battery.
 Take warning now and provide yourself with a few gallons of dena- tured alcohol and when the weather turns in a decided manner feed little into the radiator, thus insuring your self against damage that surely will come otherwise. The proportions de pend upon the temperature. It will require a 5-per-cent solution of alco- hol to prevent freezing at 9 degrees, and a 23-per-cent solution will take care of the water system down to zero. As low as 10 below, the solution should be 30 per cent, and if the ner- cury happens to drop to 15 degrees below the percentage will be 35 of alcohol, whereas ten more degrees be- low will require a 4O-per-cent solution. At present prices glycerin is out of the question as an antifreezing agent besides, alcohol Is far better and cheaper, even If 1t does tend to evapo- rate easily.
 "Cover your radiator when the car is allowed 10 stand idle, and If it is to remain in the cold for any length of time let 1t face the wind and not back up into 1t. If left in the latter position the wind has a clear passage under the car and above the drip-pan to the motor.
 Tt requires no more effort to do things correctly than 1t does to do them wrongly, and lack of understand Ing is the only barrier. Watch the lit- tie details"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
ARRANGED FOR
 HOME COMFORT
House of Nine Rooms That Is Sure to Please the
 Appreciative.
c0zY N00KS ARRANGED FOR
Interior Construction Such That Each Member of the anniIy May Have his or Her Particular "cerner" as They De-
 sire it.

Mir. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building. for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacturer. he IS. without doubt. the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries to William 4. RAdford. No. 1Sz1 Prairie avenue, Chicago. H.. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 Every home owner who has an op- portunity to spend a very considerable part of his time at home desires in his house as many features which will contribute to his comfort as it is pos sible to include in the design. The arrangement of the rooms and the character of the special features will depend upon the personal taste of those who select the design. There are certain features. however. which are appreciated by almost anyone who Is interested in homes.
 There are features which must be included for each member of the fam fly. Undoubtedly the most important member of the family to be considered is the 'lady of the house." If the av- craze family is considered, she will no
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doubt spend more time in the house than any other member. It also falls to her duty to keep the house in order and make 1t place which will be sufficiently attractive to hold the fam fly at home. The preparation of meals is the most persistent of duties. The housewife cannot be expected to sue ceed in making an ideal home unless the house is arranged to help her car " on her duties in her own way. Special attention is required in the living room to enable her to make this room the center of attraction. The kitchen and its connected rooms must be arranged to eliminate lost motion. The dining room must be fitted so that she may make her cut glass and other dining-room furnishings as attractive as possible.
 As a rule the ''man of the house" demands little more than a cheerful and comfortable place where he may spend his evenings. Most men, espe- cially those who find pleasure in an after-dinner cigar, are partial to house in which there Is room which may be fitted up as den. In this room there must be a comfortable
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

one wall under the windows. On the opposite side of the fireplace is a small bookcase. This nook will either serve as a cozy, secluded corner or it can be considered as a part of the large living room.
 The living room is very attractive and is well lighted so as to be bright and cheerful.
 The basement is very important large as this one, a good basement is necessary for several reasons. In the first place, it Is desirable to have an efficient and satisfactory heating plant {: and this cannot be accomplished un- less there is plenty or head room. The basement under this house should also be large enough so that 1t can be used for various purposes. A laundry should be built and careful attention to its design with regard to conven- fences will be time well spent. In some corner, as far from the heating plant as possible. storeroom should be pro- vided for fruits md vegetables. A small workshop could also be provided in some part of the basement that is not being otherwise Ised.
 The basement is reached by stairs that open into the back hall on the first floor. All the rooms on the first floor, with the exception of the dining room, can be reached through this hall A back hall such as this has marked effect in preserving the privacy oi each of the rooms, as 1t is not neces. sary to go through other rooms tG reach any one room.
 One bedroom Is provided on this floor and also a bathroom. The der
 or sewing room can also he pressed into service as 6 bedroom if the oc. casion demands. This will hardly be necessary, as there are four more bed.
 rooms on the second floor. Another
 bathroom Is also located on the second
 floor.
 On the opposite side of the house from the bedroom, on the first floor. Is | the dining room and the kitchen. The dining room is connected to the living
 room by double swinging doors- A
 large convenient buffet is built against
 one wall of the dining room opposite the windows. There are three fairly
 wide windows along the wall and also q smaller one that opens to the front porch. There is also another small
 window opposite this.
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attention given the living room and irs

hooks and cozy corners.
 Q The house shown in the accom .,any- ing illustrations contains many fea- lures which will please all of the members of the average family. Its exterior Is distinctive and homelike. There is brick porch. and tn. walls of the house are finished with shin gles. Details of trim are carefully handled throughout. The room arrange ment is especially well taken care of.
 A cozy little nook is a most desir- able feature to have in a house if 1t Is at all possible to include 1t in the plans. It makes a quiet and attrac- tive corner in which to read or just to sit and think. These little hooks are sometimes built merely as a small seat set back alongside the fireplace. Some times they are alcoves and other times
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
HAS NEW STEAM AUTOMOBILE
Most of Objections to This Type of We. hieIe Are Overcome by Detroit
 Mans Invention.

As a result of prolonged experiments a Detroit inventor has developed a steam power automobile which seems to obviate most of the objections usu- ally presented by vehicles of its type, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. IL embodies many of the best features of both gas and steam cars. By turning a switch and opening the throt- tie the car is started almost instantly. There are no gears, levers or clutch to operate, while unlimited flexibility is afforded. From a snail's pace to a speed of so miles an hour the car IS said to run practically without engine vibration. There is no noise and noth- ing to watch but the road. So far as appearance is concerned, the machine would ordinarily be mistaken for & gasoline car. Fourteen miles without replenishing the water supply. The fuel is vaporized, mixed with air in a carburetor. heated and burned in a specially ly-designed combustion cham Der. A small electric blower supplies the necessary volume of air while the ignition is accomplished electrically. The latter is the striking feature of the system, for 1t relieves the driver of the necessity of giving attention or labor to the matter of firing the boiler. In case the car stands inactive for sev- eral days about a minute and half is required in starting 1t. If, however, it has merely been idle overnight or during corresponding period. 1t starts at once.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
Trains Have No Choice.

Trains have no choice of routes !; patrons require that they be on time, if possible. On the contrary, motor car drivers can choose their own routes and the occupants of such machines usually are not pressed for time.
 If automobile drivers would make 1t c habit to associate the sight of a grade crossing and its advance notices with the sight of a traffic policeman. and control their machines accordingly, grade crossing accidents would cease. No man is immune to the accidents at grade crossings which are so frequent with the constantly growing use of the automobile.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
Bojljnu Radiators.

The number of furiously steaming radiators to be noticed, even on the coldest days, calls attention to the fact that the average driver of a motor ve- hicle has very vague ideas about oper- ating his engine-and this is only one point in which he Is lacking. The pre- vailing error seems to be In running with full throttle and retarded spark. a sure method of overheating the en- zine, and one which would soon result in disaster if the cooling apparatus was not extremely efficient. Even as 1t is, such practice does the engine no good. When speed is to be reduced the first operation is to check the throttle until there are signs of knock : ing. when the spark may be gradually retarded; and when increasing speed the operation Is reversed, the spark be- ing first advanced. followed by opening the throttle. Many a lowly motorcy- clist, with his air-cooled motor, could give points to the superior automobilist on efiicient and economical driving.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
NEW TIRE.cHANeiNe TOOL
Recent Invention That simplifes Job Which Is Usually Laborious
 Out on the Road.

Until recent years the job of replae- ing punctured or blown tire while out on the road somewhere has been mighty laborious job and one which has caused a good many unkind words to be spoken into the innocent aimos- phere. Then the advent of the de mountable rim made a big improve ment in things. With one of these and a properly-infated tire on it, nounted somewhere on the rear or the side of the car. one did not worry much about the possibility of delay from a pune ture or a blowout. If either of them happened, all that was necessary wal to jack up the wheel. take off a half
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

chair, table and smoking outfit for the man himself, and such other furniture as will be required to fit the room for Ruests. The walls of this room are quite often hung with the various equipment and spoils of fishing and hunting trips, and a large and diversi- fled assortment of other trinkets with which there is associated the memories of pleasant days. The best ITS tI- house ..-, ciace in this den; beau ty must give way to comfort
 The young sons cf the house require the least attention as Ear as house ar raneement is concerned. Their inter- est fn life cenfers In the out-of-doors. The young daughters must be consid- ered with a little more care. Their love for home must be cultivated and made to develop in the most health ful and pleasant surroundings- The rownup sons and daughters divide fhear interest between their own rooms and tks living rooms- For obvious reosons. the daushters desire special
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they are really a part of the living room and are large enough to hold the fireplace and some bookcases.
 The one shown in this plan is of the last type. It Is separated from the living room by colonnade which con tains a small bookcase on each side. Another bookcase could be placed along the wall opposite the seat. The seat extends from the fireplace along
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
New Use for Oats.

One of our Fort Peck reservation Indians did a queer stunt with his auto last week. He had leaky tube and no patches. so he filled the tube with oats and ran in some water. All went merrily for three miles till the oats swelled too much and there was a blowout and a ride home on the rim. This Is a new wrinkle and not patented-yet-Brockton (N. D. Bull letfn.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
Does Very We'll.

"So you are going out West for the first timer
 "Yes. All the knowledge l have of tha' part of the country was acquired at mcving- picture shows."
 'Thec you have a pleasant surprise in store. The West is not inhabited chiefly by Impossible cowboys, spectac- ular sheriffs and beauteous maidens who never get a minutes rest from the unwelcome attentions of half-breed desperadoes." Birmingham Age-Her- ald.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
Mada AimseIf q Brake.

The novice at the auto wheel can draw courage and confidence from the experience of Otto Huffman. Phillips burg (Pa.) butcher. While taking a trial spin with his new machine, all went well until Otto tried to work the brake. Failing to connect with the right lever he jumped from the seat grabbed the rear wheel ard brought the car to . standstill by main strsogth.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
6io Car Increase.

Figures from the office of the sec retary of state show the big strides the automobile industry has taken during the past year in New York state.
 There are 302. .429 owners, as against PAID in 1915: 2.46S dealers, as against 2,179 in 1915; o6.557 chauf- feurs, as against 71,1l2 in 1915. and receipts to the stats of $2,502, ,4065Q e aeainst $l,061.ooe b 1o1F
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
Imper,onation Gone Wrona.

"Did you put on false whiskers and bring the children's toys in a bag swung over your shoulders"
 "Yes," replied Mir. Growcher. And as usual, I spoiled everything. Some of the safety pins in my disguise worked loose and now the children are in tears over the discovery that Santa Claus Is profsne person"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

Italian scientists have perfected . highly nutritious bread that is mads from partially sprouted grain.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

Heavy, soft cloth in variety of col must have deep fur collars and cuffs.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21
FOR WOMAN MOTORISTS

Milady wears fur garments-or, at least, must have them fur-trimmed- when she motoring goes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

Ocelot and raccoon are two of the popular furs now being used on the long, full-skirted outer garments.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-21

For exceedingly cold weather fur hats are used, and fur hat trimming is demanded with fur garments.
Evening star., 1917-01-26
NOT INCLUDED IN LIST
OF PRESIDENTS GUESTS
Representative Wood and Senator
Lodge Fail to Receive Invitations
to White House Reception.

Representative Will r. Wood of Indi-
ana, author of the resolution which
started the Lawson leak hearing. ex-
poets to be barred from all social func-
tions at the White House. and. as a
matter of fact, did not receive an invi-
tation to the congressional reception
given by the President and Mrs. Wilson
Tuesday night. In answer to a ques-
ton on the subject. Mr.. Wood told
newspaper men today:
q did not receive any invitation to
the congressional reception"
Representative Woods resolution of
inquiry, introduced by him shortly
after the crash in Wall street Decem-
Der 20. asked Congress to ascertain
whether any one closely connected with
the administration had profited by SELL
ing short in Wall street. being fortified
by previous knowledge that the Presi-
dent would address a peace note to the
belligerents.
1t is reported that Senator Lodge has
been barred from White House social
functions. Senator Lodge charged in
the campaign, on information (naming
his informanD. that on one of the notes
sent to Germany on the submarine is
sue the President had added private
information to the effect that the for
eign government need not pay strict at
tention to what was in the note. This
was later proved to be untrue and
Senator Lodge retracted his statement.
Evening star., 1917-01-26
BRITISH LABOR MEN FOR
PRESIDENTS PEACE PLAN
Manchester Convention Adopts
Unanimously Resolution Urging
Formation of World League.

MANCHESTER. England. January rs,
1910 p.m.-The labor conference in ses-
sion here unanimously adopted today a
resolution urging that "all the British
representatives at the peace conference
should work for the formation of an in
ternational league to enforce the main
tenance of peace on the plan advocated
by the President of the United States
and approved blythe British foreign
secretary" The resolution also demand
ed that the British plenipotentiaries
should include an adequate number Of
parliamentary representatives of or
ganized labor. The mover Of the reso-
luton remarked that many words had
been spoken about Russia, but it should
not be forgotten that it was Russia
that initiated The Hague conference.
The conference also adopted a resolu-
ton declaring that labor was opposed
to the afterthe-war policy of the Paris
conference and demanding free trade
for every country with safeguards
for the maintenance of international
labor conditions fixed by international
trade union agreements.
Another resolution passed urged the
government to purchase all imported
foodstuffs in the country of their pro-
duction and that the government ar
range for their transport and distribu-
tion at prescribed rates. 1t also urges
similar measures for the control of the
home production of food.
Evening star., 1917-01-26
REMOVAL OF u. S. ENVOY
STIRS RUMANIAN WRATH
Declared Germans Did Not Wish to
Have Impartial Witnesses in
Bucharest.


LONDON. January 26-The Times
Jassy. Rumania, correspondent tele-
graphing under date of January %,
says that Germany's demand for the
removal of Charles J. Vopicka, the
American minister. and Jonkheer Van
Vredenburch from Bucharest aroused
Indignation in Jassy. The removals
are ascribed to what is termed the
anxiety of the Germans to rid their
presence of impartial witnesses
THE American representative" saws
the correspondent, was especially OBJ
noxious. owing to his having sane
toned an investigation by officers of
the legation into the circumstances of
the discovery of packages of explosives
containing microbes of dangerous
disease. which were found buried in
the garden of the German legation"
The correspondent adds that 1t was
probably also thought desirable to re-
move foreign representatives. before
the proposed meeting between Emperor
William and other sovereigns of the
Teutonic allies In Bucharest
The intense cold, says the corre-
spondent, has virtually stopped mill
tary operations and increased the suf-
ferings of the wounded and refugees.
Evening star., 1917-01-26
MRS. BYRNE is WEAKENING
RESULT OF HUNGER STRIKE
Woman Serving Prison Term as
Birth Control Propagandist
Loses Physical Strength.

NEW YORK. January 2s-"rbe
hunger strike" began Monday night bv
Mrs. Ethel Byrne. who is serving a
thirty-day term following conviction
as birth-control propagandist. is
gradually weakening her. according to
today's bulletin of the prison physician.
Her blood pressure was within normal
limits, but wavering." the bulletin said
while temperature was slightly beIow
normal and pulse had moderately
weakened"
At noon today she had tasted nearly
ninety hours.
SO far as we know. Mrs Byrne has
not eaten, Burdette Lewis. commits
sioner of prisoners. said TODAY: .but
we cannot be certain of that In an
institution of 5000 prisoners il is AL
most impossible to prevent food being
smuggled to an inmate"
The commissioner said il rested With
the prison medical board to decide
whether Mrs. Byrne would he fsd
forcibly IL she persisted in refusing 70
eat. :"
Advocates of birth control declared
that Mrs. Byrne's hunger strike Ia ac-
complishing all that she intended Nv
giving prominence to their crusade
Evening star., 1917-01-26
"HIS MASTERS VOICE."
TRADE COUNCIL DEBATES
SHIPPING POLICY OF U. S.
Work of the New Shipping Board
and the American Merchant Ma
rine Are Discussed.

PITTSBURGH. January 26.-Discus-
sion of the national shipping policy held
the attention of the delegates when the
second days session convened here today
of the fourth annual convention of the
National Foreign Trade Council Ad-
journment was taken shortly after noon
in order to permit the visiting business
men to inspect various industrial plants
in thta vicinity ss,-s y, s..-s.
After the convention had been called to
order by President Alba B. johnson the
merchant marine committee Of the coun-
ell submitted a report on world shipping
conditions and the American merchant
marine"
]. w. Powell, president of the Fore
River Ship Building Company, then spoke
on THE Present Position and Future
Prospect of American Ship Building"
shipping to Latin America" was the
subject of a brief survey by A. Eugene
Bolles. manager of the Spanish edition
Of the Worlds Work magazine. The last
vice president and manager of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce, on the
subject, How Commercial Organizations
Can Aid Foreign Trade Development"
Many delegates continued to arrive last
night, until now more than LOO are
registered at the convention headquarters.
Miss Jane Carroll, representing the
York city, is the only woman delegate
present.
The annual banquet will be held tonight,
at which James Farrell president of the
the principal speaker. The convention
will adjourn tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1917-01-26
MANUFACTURER SENT TO JAIL.
Court Hopes to Teach Lesson to Man
Who Broke Fire Laws.

NEW YORK. January 2S.-Asserting
that a sentence in prison should teach
a far-reaching lesson to factory own
ers and tenants who fail to provide
proper fire exits. Supreme Court JUS
tice Kapper today sent Samuel Barkin
to Sing Sing for from two and one-haIf
to five and one-half years. Barkin Is
partner in shirt-making company
housed in a Brooklyn building where
nine women and four men. operatives.
lost their lives in a fire because the
trap door between their place of work
and Barkin's floor was locked.
= Barkin was convicted by a Jury
earlier this week. His partner, Samuel
Simon, and the buildings owners, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward L. Diamond. proprie-
tors of a candy company in the struc-
ture. are still to be tried on charges
similar to that on which he was found
guilty.