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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
RAGrIME AND THE NATIONAL AN.

them don't mix and should be separated,
says the Cooper Mems Bible Class with
headquarters at Sixty-third street and Gil
rard avenue, and to that end resolutions
have been passed urging Mayor Smith and
Councils to forbid the playing Of THE Star
Spangled Banner" for medley or dance pur-
poses
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
'STEARNS AUTOS :
DESIGNED FOR
MEN Who KNOW
The 1880 Retains Same DUAL.
tiles of SturdineSs Which
Mark Heavier Models

As early as 1909 the F. B. Stearns
company realized that the rapidly in
creasing popularity Of the motor car
was destined to divert the trend Of
designing away from the large and
heavy car-that the car Of the future
would have to be better adapted 70
general use and more economical, says
]. K. McAlpine, sales manager Of tho
Schuman Carriage company.
Then began the actual deyelopment
of the Stearns-Knight Of today The
first step was the adoption OF the
knight type or sleeve valve engine3
In 1911, and marked the introductlon
of the knight motored car In this
country. Stearns' next move was the
perfection of the new Stearns-knight
combination, offering as the initial re.
suit the "Stearns-Knight light four,
the first car Of its kind and quality
to sell under $4,000.
This car, with added refinemente
and improvements Is now in It's third
season. When first introduced ita
wonderfully silent power, It's easy rid
ing and handling qualities as wei as
great economy In upkeep and opera
ton gained for It unriyalled POPULAR
ity. These same qualities are pres
emit in a higher degree-and even
greater perfection in the new model
Stearns-Knight four.
And lastly, as Q fitting tribute 60
the final development and perfection
Of Stearns chassis, comes the Stearns-
knight eight cylinder engine
In design It represents the applfca-
ton Of the famous sleeve valve prinr.
ciple TO q "Y' type motor Of Stearns
own design. In construction Il H.
distinctive in an assembly Of one.
third less parts than any other type
engine Of eight cylinders. In per
Torrance IL possesses qualities de-
cidedIy ifs own and impossible In any
other combination regardless Of the
number Of cylinders or type Of power
plant.
Both the Stearns-KnIght four and
Stearns-Knight eight chassis mount an
unusually attractive line Of bodies, IN.
GLIDING seven-passenger touring and
fourLpassenger sport roadster bo0IE.
on the eight-cyIindef chassis, also fIIc-
passenger touring and four-pa6senEcr
sport roadster bodies on the four.
cylinder chassis.
TIie Clover Leaf or four.passsnger
roadstefs feature the divided front
seat and q seat accommodating two
In the rear. The upholstery IN both
models Is Of genuine duh fInisho1
leather with deep springs and hair.
The seating arrangement affords the
maximum comfort and convenience "a
well as that ease OF conversation de.
fincffvo NJ fha Hchurnr,nvrs, rna1nfnM
type. I'll:
The prices range from Sl,700 FOR the
four-cylinder line to $500 for the
eight-cylinder hne, delivered IN Homo
lulu. -
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| A simple method of COMPRISING pls
ton rings when inserting the pistons in
cylinder with detachable head is to
use flexible wire. hoop, as shown N
Figure No. Is. The wire is fastened
to the cylinder at one end and the
other is pulled tight, thus COMPRISING
the rings.
A quick acting jack can be home
made Of a wooden stand and a long
lever pivoted to it, tine short engaging
the car axle or frame. The jack shown
in Figure No. II can be adjusted to
three different heights by changing the
position Of the pivot pin.
There are many short cuts which
are so simple in construction and use
that not even an illustration Is neces-
sary. Many little things can be got
for almost nothing which will greatly
help the garage man in his work with
| his car. Take, for instance, a small.
magnet, which is great time saver
for picking up screws and other small
parts which have dropped into the
mud pan. An ordinary horseshoe mag
net which may be bought for only a
few cents in any hardware store is
sufficient, or an excellent one can be
made from an old file which can be
charged by the apparatus used for
charging magnetic magnets.
Then, again, for attaching spring
bolts q screw jack between spring and
frame will be found a great time saver.
as 1t allows a rapid alignment of the
bolt holes. Such a, jack consists Of two
members with right and left threads
which are Joined by means of nut.
Electric Pilot Light
A great many motorists complain Of
the wet floor which they think indis-
pensable during car washing time.
What really amounts, however, to a
dry floor at this time can be obtained
by placing a wooden grating on top Of
the cement surface of the wash rack.
This grating is made of stats OF wood
%x1h inches, lad on edge and sep
aTated by spaces one-half an incn
wide, placed at intervals of Is inches.
These spaces are inches long.
A pilot light to show whether the
current is ON or not is a worth while
economy on storage batteries charging
circuit, electric vulcanizer circuit and
the like. Without the pilot light these
Is always danger that the circuit may
be closed when II should be open, and
the light indicates this. ANY small
candle power bulb of correct voltage
may be used, and it is placed between
the two wires of the circuit; IN other
words, it is connected in parallel with
the device, whatever it happens to be
Usually the private owner of a car
finds the transfer Of oil from barre!
storage tank a very clumsy operation
Trouble along this line can be avoided
and the oil delivered from barrel to
tank in a very short time by air pres.
sure. The apparatus consists OF a pipe
which is inserted through the bung and
reaches 10 the bottom of the barrel
Then the air pressure is utilized to
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
SUPPLY OF GASOLINE
MAY BE EXHAUSTED

According to reports from the Okla
homa oil fields, the gasoline produc'
ton of 1917 will not be sufficient to
last through the year, Unless radical
conservation measures are taken. DR.
Burton of the Standard Oil Company
told members Of the Society of Auto,
mobile Engineers recently, that as
close as could be estimated, 1917 pro.
duction would reach 2,500, 000,0 900 gat
Ions, of which American automobiles
would use 1000, 600, 00O leaving 500,
100000 gallons, for use by military
trucks, to be exported to the Allies.
The supply of oil can not be in
creased" said Drs Burton. ''EitheG
strict measures must be taken by the
government or double the value ex
traeted from the OIL
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ed In Figure No. IL. Its, form is clear
| ly shown, and IL is put in place be
tween the top Of the push rod guide
and the valve spring seat when the
valve is open. Then half turn Of the
motor closes the valve and leaves the
key free. a, 80 49,
One Of the troubles In a great man.
small garages is that there is no place
provided for such things as grease
graphite and oil containers, which al
repair men and owners should have
within convenient reach. Figure No
IL shows a tin container with pan for
white lead, shellac and graphite and
oil, and on the other side Of the dfvi.
sion large compartment for grease
This container will prove most useful,
far more so than at first thought.
Even II drawers In; the cupboards
contain nothing but cheap tools and
repairing devices no man wishes
them to be stoleL, and to prevent this
the device shown in Figure No. 10 has
been used by many. owners. Wooden
bars are arranged at the outside of
the tiers and, the bars hang free of
the drawers wheI: not locked Locking
Is effected BY bringing the swinging
bars together at the bottom and fas.
tening the ends with a paddock.
An Automatic Door.
In order to keep unwelcome visitors
out OF repair shop and garage it is nee.
essary TO have the doors closed at all
times, but there Is one big difficulty
when q car is driven out the door Is
left open until somebody thinks to
close 1t. A door that shuts automati.
cally when the car leaves Is shown In
Figure No. IA. The door is closed By
a weight in the ordinary fashion, and
when opened the full width a hook
automatically locks It in this position.
When al car passes through a doorway
this hook is disengaged by the front
and rear wheels passing over a spring
plate In the floor. Each time a wheel
runs over the plate it is depressed by
means of cable and pulleys that re-
lease the hook. When the hook is
raised the first time the door moves
only about an inch, and it is not I'm
til the second time. that the door is
permitted to roll closed. This feature
prevents the door from closing on n
car half way~out and is accomplished
by cutting two notches close together
In plate on door which the hook
engages.
Illustration No. Is shows how an Old
broken down ceiling washer has been
made to give better service than it did
when 1t was new by the simple ca.
pedient Of attaching q rubber hose il.
proper fashion. Instead of the hose
merely running from the end of the
washer on to the floor it goes back
along the washer arm to the centSr
and forms q flexible Joint between
washer end ceiling. A board stop ex
tends down from the ceiling and pre-.
vents the arm from being turned
around and aroand, which would re
sait in twisting the hoss.to pieces.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
ONLY ONE WAY TO FLY
FLAG ON MOTOR CAR
TO SHOW LOYALTY

Every motorist should display tbs
Stars and Stripe; on the motor car.
But there Is right and q wrong way
to carry the flag. There SHOULD Be but
one flag of any one kind on the car.
and that flag should be on the front
Of the machine. It should never be
placed on the sides or the rear.
Many motorists have removed tbs
flag from its standard and tackled &
on the rear Of the car body. 0thorI
stretch large flags over the hood
Still others drape the nag over tt
tire carriers or hang It on the sides q
the car. The flag should not be used
in the closed car windows or inside
the headlights. Only one flag 70 necess
sary-and that one should be on The
radiator.
The flag never appears at It's best
advantage except when IL II fioatin@
from its Standard In an upright posi-.
ton and In the most conspicuous place
that can be obtained for t. That II
why the flag Is always carried on the
stern and main mast Of the battieship
Moreover, 1t must always be Il plain
sight in order that It may be defend
ed from Insult or injury.
All seeming r1deness toward the
flag results from thoughtlessness Of
ignorance.
Do not allow frayed. soiIed o.
faded emblem to float from your ear
when ten or fifteen cents will replaces
It. In other words, exercise fair play
towards the Stars and Stripes, tha1
they may ever appear at the besI
advantage and command all the re-
spect that Is their due.
II you are carrying the flags Of the
Allied nations on the front Of yonf
car, see that the United States fIae q
slightly larger than the others. wiz
all due respect to- the flags Of or
Allies, our flag, the Stars and Stripe.
should shine preeminent, here IN -
beloved land.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
BOOSTERS URGE COOPERATION With
WAR OFF|CEIN ROAD BUILDING

Whereas, The great increase in cost
of building and maintaining roads and
streets makes it necessary now to
bring home to the public and to the
representatives of the public, on whom
devolves the road and street work OF
the cou1try, the value Of the coun'
try's highways both for commercial
and for military purposes; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that the highway de.
partments of the several states should
cooperate with the war department
of the United States in determining
the highways of each state that are
important from military standpoint,
and also the requirements which such
highways should meet; and, be it fur
Their
Resolved, That it is the sense OF
this meeting that each state highway
department should at once prepare 4
report on the transportation of ag,
ricultural and industrial products !;
and be it further
Resolved, That is is the sense OF
this meeting that the governor of each
state should file with the proper COM
mittee of the advisory council on ma.
tional defense, or with any body
that may succeed to the powers and
duties now vested in the said council,
a memorial requesting that the rail
roads be not permitted to place an
embargo upon the transportation of
materials, machinery or equipment
for use in the construction Of roads of
military value or required for the
transportation of foodstuffs and other
necessities, but that this class of
freight be put on the preferred list.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28

force the oil up throdghthis pipe into
the storage tank. Air enters through
the side Of the bung plug and passes
into the barrel through the clearance
space between the plug and the de;iv
cry pipe. The bung plug is about eight
inches long, is tapered so that its diam.
eter increases from one and a halt
inches at one end to three inches at
the other, and is provided with fine
thread, sixteen to the inch, so that Ii
may be readily screwed into any buns.
hole.
In attaching this apparatus the first
step Is to put in the bung, and there is
a handle about one foot long to aid in
this, sticking out from one side. Then
the delivery pipe is inserted until its
end touches the other side of the ba-
rel, and the packing gland, which
makes a tight joint between it and
the delivery tube, is screwed down
tight. A flexible metal tube 4 inch
in diameter runs from the end Of the
delivery pipe to the oil storage tank.
A better idea, however, is to have a
flexible pipe connect with common
pIp0 " oil AdNS
branches provided with valves run
ming to each tank. TO fill any giveh
tank it is merely necessary to open j
desired valve.
When chipping in steel, rough
bronze or wrought iron the work will
be greatly facilitated and the tool madS
to act as if much sharper if the edge
is frequently rubbed on an oiled soap
pad of waste or rag, and the heavier
the oil the better the result.
When the edge of a cold chisel
breaks off because it is too hard it IS
not wise to soften it, but grind it back
to the end of the fracture, where the
temper usually will be found about
right for all around work Incidental
ly, many chisels are scftened by too
hasty grinding on an emery wheel: On
the other hand, an overheard CHS i
may have the temper slightly drawl
by hard grinding in careful hands. J.:
snonld lie qaenched in water as sooI
as the color SHOWS about right
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
SERVICE FIRST AND LAST

y A Ford automobile owned by
y the Honolulu Construction & ,
y Draying company has run 40,253
y miles in the two years since it
y was purchased and is still going
= strong, according to J. J. Bel
y ser, manager Of the company.
y 1t has been used by the super
y intendent Of the outside dis
y tricts and now that the company
y has bought a new car it has been
y turned into a truck for the
y transportation of even heavier
y loads.
y The company has also recently (
y purchased two large trucks-a
= White and a Packard. As they
y have very wide wheels it is ex- (
= pected that they will improve the (
y roads by rolling them down rath-
\ er than injuring them. (
4
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Representative men identified with
highway Improvement throughout
the United States met at the Automo.
mobile Club of America in New York
June g., and adopted a set of reso-
lutions urging the cooperation Of the
state highway departments with the
war department for the purpose of de-
termining officially the highway re-
sources of the country with regard to
their, military significance. The res
olutions follow:
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can manufacturers. He added that IN
local office now had On file lists q.
dealers in automobiles and aecess0II<.
in the various countries Of the or|t0|
which may be studied upon reques|
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
Strona Men.

Tolstoi could lift 1sO pounds with
one hand. and when nearly sixty years
of age he walked 100 miles in four days
without fatigue.
1t is told of Lincoln that he was able
to lift three times as much as an ordi-
nary man.
Poe was an athlete. Lamb and De-
Quincy were both great walkers.
According TO DIR. Rogers, johnson,
Tennyson, Wadsworth. Browning, Glib
bon and Porson were men of great
physical powers as well as great ge-
MUS.
Washington was able to throw a sill
yer dollar farther than any man in
his time and covered "a feet in the
broad jump, record which stood un-
equaled for century.-Good Health
Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
EFFECT OF INSECTS ON WAR
Relationship 10 Closer Than Most Peo-
pie Realize, According to U. 8.
Bureau Of Entomology.

Entomology, that branch Of zoology
which treats of insects, has a much
closer relation to war problems than
most people realize, and the bureau of
entomology has asked that pamphlets,
circulars. posters. leaflets. etc, pertain
ing to war phases of the field of
science he sent to Its office in Wash
ington. 40 that they can be assembled
and classified for future reference. says
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Among the questions that properly
come under this head and have bear
ing on the war are those pertaining to
the attacks of insects on crops. the
prevention of mosquitoes, insects in
food and water. and SO on. While
many publications will not possess ma
terial of special scientific value. all
will ut least have n historic interest.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
For parkened London.

Suggestions for making ourselves
visible ''when the lights are low" are
becoming rather alarming. We are ad-
vised, observes the London Chronicle,
to wear Eight clothes for dark streets"
One humorist goes so far as to suggest
a Goat of whitewash" for evening
wear. White hats or CATERS would
call for less expenditure than an ex-
ira light night suit which most of us
would he obliged to add to our ward
robe. But perhaps the simplest device
would be white smock, with special
musical box attachments; for one night
wanderer says he makes practice Of
singing ms he walks to let other folks
know he is coming.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
Heroes of c...ne World.

The Belgian police dogs, on account
of their ability to detect and capture
criminals, and the great st. Bernards.
which were famous for their rescues
of travellers lost in the alpine SHOWS,
was considered the greatest heroes of
the canine world until the present war
introduced the Red Cross dogs, whose
deeds of valor in front of the trenches
have saved the lives of thousands of
sorely National Geographic
Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
humor From British Tar.

An incident illustrative of the quiet
honor Of the British tar is thus de-
scribed:
In Modros harbor. in the eastern
Mediterranean. n coxswain of the navy
ran his picket boat into n trawler, and,
knowing his error, listened with dis
ciplinary patience while the irate mas
ter expressed his views on royal naval
picket boats In n wealth of invective.
The silent coxswnin pushed of, but,
passing under the stern of the trawler,
looked up at one Of the crew and
shouted:
"What do you feed your old man on?
Acid drops ?"-London Tit-BIts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
Germany Great Potato Country.

Germany and Austria-Hungary have
been producing more than twice Is
many potatoes as the United States,
France, Belgium, England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales. In 1914 the Unit
ed States produced 403,921 900 bush
els. while Germany in the same year
grew 1,674,377,OOO bushels, or more
than four times as many as we. Last
year we produced only 2S5437 ,OOO or
less than one-sixth the average potato
yield of the kaiser's people for the
three years beginning with 1912, while
in one year-19l3-they dug from the
ground Just n few thousand less than
100000 bushels.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
Golf LINGO Made Clear.

Henry's father was a golf enthusi-
ast; therefore Henry knew all about
the game. One time he asked:
Henry, why is 1t that men who play
golf always yell fore instead of look
out or some such thing?'
Henry thought for second time be-
fore an inspiration came from looking
at his young sister, who was diligently
getting her arithmetic.
you see" he replied. ut takes too
long to yell 'toot-toot, and that sounds
SO much like 'two-two' that they just
add them together and yell four =
EverybOdy's Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-07-26
DRAWING OF REGISTERED MEN
FOR FIRST sELEcTIvE ARMY
OF es7 600 MEN COMPLETED.
FIRST NUMBER WAS 258
FOR FIRST CALL ALL BOARDS
WILL SUMMON TWICE AS MANY
MEN AS QUOTA CALLS FOR.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, July 21.-America's
Army of Liberty, 100000 strong. has
been marshaled in the order its ranks
will go forward to the last able-bod-
led man, II need be, to battle for coun-
try and the preservation of democ-
racy.
The great draft lottery has tolled
forth, number by number, the order
in which the registered young men OF
the nation will be called for examina-
ton of their fitness for the first select
i've army of $4,000 fighting men. At
2:18 o'clock this morning the blind
folded teller drew from the glass globe
the last of the 1O.500 numerals desig-
mating the rear rank of the entire ag-
gregation OF registrants. rank which
may never be reached in calling men
to the colors.
For sixteen hours the blindfolded
officials. serving in rotation, drew the
gelatine capsules containing the fate
full numbers from the glass globe. AS
each number was drawn it was an
and telegraphed to the newspapers to
be published to an expectant nation Of
relatives and friends of those regis
tered.
The great lottery went off without
mishap except for the drawing OF one
blank. which means that one serial
number among the 10000 assigned to
fegistrants was not drawn.
While the drawing was to designate
.he order of liability for service of all
men in the country between the ages
Of 21 and 80 years. inclusive. the i'm
mediate object is the selection of 6S7.-
900 fighting men, 100000 for the first
increment of the new army and 287,-
900 to I'LL the ranks OF the regular
army and the national guard.
To determine priority of submission
to phyical examination for this serv-
ice, the plan Of the lottery decreed
that men in each exemption district
o. the country whose numbers were
drawn should respond in the order OF
the drawing.
The first number taken from the
fateful glass bowl was 258. That
means that every man whose serial
draft number is 25s. in every one OF
the 1857 exemption board districts of
the country will be the first sum-
moned when the next step in the
great selective conscription scheme il
| taken.
There were 10000 numbers drawn.
because one district in the country. in
Detroit. Mich. contained more than
10000 registered men. In the majority
Of the districts. however, the maximum
number Appropriated 5000.
For the first call all boards have
been directed to summon twice ~
many men as the quota to be required
from 1t in making up the total Of 6s7.-
900 men. That means that 100000
men who were drafted will be asked
to report for examination at once.