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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
Do Not Wait for Red Cross Workers to Ask
You to Give.

You going be solicited PERSONAL---VERY. one is
going beg of you give to the Red Cross Special War
Relief Fund It's up to you entirely-do your conscience
dictates Turn your money into the nearest bank depart
store hOte-or send your check payable to the
American Red Cross direct to the ST. Joseph County
Chapter Headquarters Chamber of Commerce
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
TEUroNs GAIN FooTHoLD.

PARIS. June 21.-The official re-
port issued by the war Office tonight
reads
After the hombardment reported
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
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\ complete line OF attractive bodies
distiu@mshcs ,hc Nelio product These
models were announced last simmer
pnd will hc continued without change.
In addition t. the two ;md five pas
scnger models, there is a four pas
scngcr runauout. convertible sedan
and nSudsCmc town car and several
others The larger six is made only
with the seven passenger body.
These bodies 1rG for tie small six.
Tie Largo siN coming Only with the
seven passenger open body. Tho five
passenger touring ear is improved II.
appearance by employing a roll edge
around the top Of the body A slightly
tiled Windshield is standard on all
models and Just "A SUGGESTION Of q
double covl. Tho lines 2re straighter
and the whole exterior is smoother.
There h. an men more room In the
front ard four inches more in IT,.
rear, due 10 giving tie body n greater
ovorharg. Tho windows on the
Sprir"ticld sedan may he moved un
or down TO any position and the door
IOsts may be removed and placed IN a
compartment back of TIE rear seat
llCadligat brackets are now ri' eted to
the fiaugcs ana the lamps are tied
together with n substantial rod Ran
del Motor company.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11

in a large press and the hair filling
packed in. When, from experience,
they know that they have the correct
amount of filling, the power is applied
and the seat pressed into shape.
In the manufacturing of tops, the
very finest grade Of mohair IS used.
The room In which Chalmers tops ale
made fairly huns with industry.
Thirty-eight girls operate electrically
driven sewing machines with a skill
and lightning sureness never ap-
preached by mere man. One side "
the room is given over to the cutters.
Along its whole length stretches a
table long enough to banquet a small
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11

factory. At the head OF the cutting
table are heaped great rolls OF mohair
and pantasote, ready to he cut into
tops and curtains. A half dozen of
these rolls are mounted on u rack that
feeds them off onto the cutting table.
Two men unwind these rolls,
spreading the material on the table
layer 10y layer until they have built 4
band 10 thicknesses in depth. ON the
top layer the patterns are laid out
with chalk lines and the cutter sets
TO work There is no time for the
coatmaker's shears. Chalmers tailors
are equipped with an electric knife,
keen as a razor, which buries itself
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
EFFICIENCY KEYNOTE
IN CHALMERS PLANT
Skilled Employees and Time
Saving Machinery In
duce Accuracy.

Probably the first demands Of the
average motor car buyer, after he has
satisfied himself as to the-mechanical
excellence of car. Is concerned with
riding comfort, He is critical I'm his
examination of the upholstery. He
wants to be sure that the cushions
and Seat backs are covered with gesu-
inc leather and not cheap mutations
that will wear out promptly He de-
mands top that win shed water like
a ducks back; side curtains that fit
so snugly that they are absolutely
bad-weather proof.
A trip thru She various departments
Of a big automobile plant, where duat-
ity cars are turned out. reveals some
interesting facts on the process Of
building comfort into car. The up
holstery and top making departments
perhaps best illustrate this feature.
At the Chalmers plant we use three
large cowhides in the leather work on
every Chalmers six. Awaiting their
turn at the cutting tables are scores
of great black hides, draped over hugo
racks The average skin contains So
square feet OF leather and no hides
under go feet are accepted. Only
large western cattle afford hides
large enough for this work All hides
are carefully inspected and must be
absolutely Tree from defect or blem-
ish before they will pass muster.
1t is not practical to attempt to cut
more than one hide in n single opera
tion because of the verying quality
ana difference in size of the hides
After the leather has been cut 20 the
different patterns. there is lett large
quantity of small scraps, no matter
how carefully planned the cutting. As
a single example of the efficiency
methods in vogue at the plant. these
leather patches are sold to button
factories, where they are used for COW
ering buttons.
After the seat tops have been cut
and stitched, they are ready for the
hair filling and the springs. 1t is here
that riding comfort hangs in the bal
ance. The building of an automobile
cushion is work of an expert. and
Chalmers upholsterers are among the
best paid men in the entire plant.
care must be taken that the filling is
evenly distributed so that the seat will
not bunch, sag or knot. Long. curled
hair Of the best variety insures the
longevity of the cushions and pre-
vents them flattening out, even after
several years use.
TWO men work on each cushion
lhe seat cover is placed over a form
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
FAIR PLAY FOR
THE CARBURETa
How to Place the Blame al
Remedy the Common
Troubles Quickly.

How many times have you driv
up to Il garage with the car jerk
aud bugkng. asking, as you enter.
u good mechanic who knows son
hing about a CaTbureter? SOM
times YOU drive away with a SIN
and sometimes YOU cry vengeance
the mechanic who sent you avn
without fixing mp the trouble.
Whenever car develops suddJ
Illness the Carburetcr Is invarlae
he first object Of attack, for event
the Carburcter is not the direct soud
Of trouble IL IL the victim OF the 4
crage driver When the trouble
actually elsewhere, the poor carl
rctcr has TO worry along with its nj
adjustment. be IT good, bad or ind
fcrent 4 few hints may help you|
solve serious road troubles, even Il
the car refuses to run. one Of d
most common carbureter troubles
back firing Let us assume that afl
the car has been driven several mil
you reach n nice stretch of road
the country and are tempted to Cpl
her mp bit. Everything Is love-
the speedometer reads 30 miles
hour, ana YOU are about to skim d
TOP of a long hill, when, much to yo
disgust YOU hear a muffled pop u
der the hhod. The carbureter mab
loud tho short. splitting sound
the same time. You are forced
slow down and altho the car picks
again it win perform the same W
On the next long hill 70 the er0
cuced driver this means too lean
mixture at high speeds and the tro
BILE can surely be remedied by onH
ing the gasoline needle valve n lit
more. or, II the car has a jet, by su
stituting a larger jet.
Should the Carhureter back fire
this manner. when the car is bel
driven at slow speed and no rcce
adjustments have been ma lie. I
lack Of gas may be caIsed by a pa
tial stoppage In the gasoline line
iet The presence of even SIN
quantity OF water in the gasoline "
cause Il decided popping and spitti
In the carbureter. Water VIII c
tirelv shut off the gasoline. which
displaces as the drop of water pass
thru the Jet. This condition "
sometimes be very apparent VII
quickly accelerating the motor even
the car Is standing still.
Since the average car of today
provided with n choking device
cutting off air where admitted to
Carbureter, this means of enrichl
the mixture should be tried to pre-
CONTINUED on NEXT PAGE
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into the cloth and cuts with east along
the chalk lines as directed ny the
operator With this method il Is pos
sible to cut top equipment for two
hundred cars in single day.
From the cutting table the pieces -
TO another pattern maker, who lays
out the route for the sewing machines,
marking the width of seams and in
dicating the location of the celluloid
windows. Thence they are turned
over to the sewing machine brigade
With few weeks practice, girls
become wonderfully accurate in the
manipulation of these power-driven
machines. Each girl concentrates on
one particular part of the work aud
the greatest efficiency is thus oh
tanned. The lighting in this room Is
excellent, as It is entirely inClosod IL
glass Then surroundings aro pleas
ant and the operators take real inter-
est in their work because they enjoy
it, Which may serve In a way To in
dicate the shortage of domestic serV-
ants in the automobile city, inasmuch
AS most girls prefer this clean work
at high wages to the irudEcry of
hOuseWork.
From the sewing machines, the fin
ished pieces are sent to the top-as-
sembly department, where Z Snora Of
filters adjust and alter the varions
sections to fit standard car bodies.
Each part is tailored to ITS particular
car in order that no unsightly creases
, or crevices for the wind or rain TO
creep thru may remain.
That this sort of carefully checked
up work more than repay3 the manu-
facturer has been demonstrated to our
satisfaction by Chalmers owners who
have driven their cars two Hundred
thousand miles or more, with this
equipment still in excellent condition.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
" intoII.

NO change has been made i'm either
Of IN" Wnton skies. Tho Winton Is
very carefully finished for an eNclu-
ave clientele. The owner is cnc1ur-
aged TO suit his taste in details of fin
ish and equipment and consequently
numerous Dptiupa are offered without
%" "''""" Not only are the body
colors optional, but also tho selection
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11

of the leather or the upholstery. Tho
carpet Is detail for the owner to
decide Even the position of the seats.
height from the floor ana so on, will
hc made according TO the owners VIII,
thus the front seats may be moved
Lack for tail driver or moved for
ward for a short one Five wire
wheels are optional equipment. --
Meyer 4 Moore.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11

Fcrs There pre a:so two seven pas
s"uger landaulets aud "a six passcnGe"
'''"" ''"i and four passenger
brougham. - Packard Oklahom 4,
Il. tiI,y.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11

Tho 1917 Packard has pleated up
holstory instead of tufted, disappear
ing rear seats, detachable cylinder
heads and deeper frame sections, these
being the principal improvements IN
model which was new year ago
The geur shift lever is longer, the
thermostat has been moved to the top
Of the radiator and the coils have
been placed next to the timing gear
case ana the front end chain adjust
ment has been changed so that the
work may now be done in half ar
hour.
The principal change in the body Is
the use of Marshall springs, giving a
rluch softer upholstery. In conjunc-
ton with the detachable cylinder
heads there has been a change In the
water outlet system; there are now no
separate water pipes running from the
cylinder heads TO the radiator, but iu-
stead the intake manifold Is sur
rounded by larger pipe Tho alumi-
nun pistons haze three rings instead
Of two, as formerly, the latter one
teing at the bottom and at the end
an oil scrapcr.
Detail alteration in the Delco igni-
ton distributor has reduced the cur
rent consumption, while the Blur
generator has been sDceded Up q lit
Tie and an increased output obtained.
There are two lengths Of chassis,
the larger is l35-inch wheelbase and
the shorter 126 Y inch, being an in
crease OF ] e inches over last year.
On the short chassis there are a five.
seven and o-passenger runabout
and a new four passenger runebout.
also q five passenger solon phaeton.
For the long chassis no runabouts
are listed but there is a seyen-paS-
senger touring car, passenger
solon phaeton, five passenger phae-
ton, fiVe-p passenger solon phaeton,
the word solon signifying that the
front seats are divided.
There arc three closed cars on tho
short chassis three-pass, niger coupe.
six passenger limousine. six-passcnger
landaulct and n fodr-passengcr
brougham. on the long chassis there
are -four styles of lmousines. one for
Elk passengers. three for seven passen-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
A REVIEW OF THE
1917 MOTOR CARS

CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE
are located at the back OF the Gaze IN
line with the tlyWhocl set, but fixed
and incapable of revolving. In the
center OF the case there is 4 shaft with
two 1rnlatures on ii, ons fitting with
in the flywheel and the other within
Che stationary set OF magnets. This
shaft is entirely unconnected with the
engine, but its rear end projects thru
the ,ase and carries the usual uni
Vorsal Joint for a propeller shaft.
The action is as fellows: The en-
gine starts when current from a small
battery is turned into the coils Of the
forward armaturc, which Is held from
revolving by its permanent connec-
ton with the road wheels. Thee. to
start the car, n resistance Is switched
in between the brushes of tine fly
wheel generator, which thereupOn
starts tC generate current. This cur
rent is taken to tho other electric ma
chine at the rear of the case which it
tries to drive as a motor. In this way
the magnetic drag Of the front end or
flywhecl machine and :hc electrical
effort of the rear machine both cause
the arnaturo shaft to turn so start
ing the car.--'iu1rantce Battery COM
pany.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

carried to the mill, where they are
ground into flour.
When they arrive at the mill the
potatoes are in the form of flakes
similar to the common corn flakes.
These flakes are graded before they
go into flour. The best grade is made
into potato flour while the inferior
grade is made into a meal which is
said by the department of agriculture
to have greater food value than corn
meal. This meal is sold to farmers for
feeding purposes
AT the present time bakers are using
potato flour, and. according to reports,
it makes the bread sweeter and more
moist. The flour Is also used in the
preparation of buildings.
According to a statement by the
department of agriculture. the best
results are obtained by mixing potato
flour with wheat flour at the ratio
of about 20 parts wheat flour to one
part potato flour.
Before the beginning of the war this
country was buying potato flour from
Germany at the rate of a half million
dollars worth per year. Since that
time the supply has been cut off and
the shortage has made 1t necessary for
the bakeries to use straight wheat
flour.
The price Of wheat flour will regulate
the price of potato flour. Nothing but
the low grade potatoes will be used by
the management of the mill. This will
give to the farmers a place to sell their
hitherto unmarketable potatoes. At
the present time there are on the floors
of warerooms possibly 20 cars of pota :
toes awaiting the starting OF the clean
ers.-Post, Idaho Falls.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

vator has been completed near the end
of Idaho avenue, and all of the ma
chinery will have been installed within
the next 10 days.
Few people in this town are aware
of the fact that such an institution
will soon be in operation. Germany
has used the same process which will
be followed in this mill with good
success.
The process by which the raw po-
tato Is redu<ed to flour is very simple.
After the potatoes have been placed
in the washing vat which is a long
V-shaped trough, they are elevated to
the huge cooker. II Ia here that the
process is given them that makes it
possible TO turn the meal into flour
From the cooker the potatoes travel
into two steam heated cylinders
These cylinders weigh, when set up.
10 tons each. From these cylinders
the potatoes go into what is called the
"duster." which Is at the top OF the
building. From the buster they are
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

ignated for the camp. but that name
is being held awaiting the result of an
examination which has been given in
an eastern institution.
Several undergraduates who have
been unusually prominent in college
activities are included in the list: Tom
jackson. president of the university
student body and captain of 1917 var
sity eleven; Bert Dingle. varsity quar-
terback and captain of the cadet bat
talon: Maurice Davidson. cadet ma
jor; Give Roberts, football letter
man of the current season and a cadet
lieutenant; Ernest Poe, editor of the
1918 Gem Of the Mountains" presi-
dent OF his class and also q cadet lieu
tenant; Emera Renshsw. baseball
star, and william Richie, . first lieu :
tenant in the cadet battalion. being
among the students now on the campus
who will leave to enter the camp.
The men designated follow:
William B. Dingie, Occur dAlene;
Frederick 8. Gregory Wallace: Give
E. Roberts, Colfax. WASH; Ernest w.
Ellis. Edwards. N. Y; Maurice V. Dav-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23
HAT BANDEAU
NEW PATENT

A patent for a sanitary adjusta BILE
hat bandeau, for which no patent ever
issued has any semblance, 1t is said,
has been granted to Mrs. George OFT,
proprietress of the Bonnet Shop in this
city. The bandeau is made OF sanitary
oiled silk. and can be removed and
sterilized at will.
1t is believed that the invention OF
the Occur dAlene woman will prove a
great boon to the women of the coun
try, in that 1t will do away with the
transmission of diseases Of the SCALP
resulting from trying on of hats. With
the existent custom the same hat is
often tried on by SO or 100 women
before 1t is sold. Each customer is
CHANGING the communication OF some
scalp or skin disease which afflicts any
of those preceding her Mrs. Otis in
vention may be placed in the creation
before it is fitted on the head, and re-
moved and replaced by freshly ster-
ilized band before the hat is again
tried on.
Since the filing of the patent papers
numerous inquiries from different
parts Of the country have come to the
patentee, in which manufacturers were
seeking to obtain the rights to the in
yention. II is planned, however, to
make the bandeaus in Occur dAlene
If 1t Is feasible. Power sewing ma
chimes will be installed in the present
location of the Bonnet Shop. and the
manufacture of the article will begin In
small way.-Press, Occur d Alene.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23
SHOW HONOR TO
THEIR VOLUNTEERS

Smiles and tears" characterized
the leave taking of the 100 splendid
young men, the flower of the DOM
munity. who marched away carly
Thursday morning to the railway sta
ton to entrain for Salt Lake, from
which point they will be sent to the
training camps throughout the doun-
try to become men in every sense of
the word--soldiers.
Idaho Falls and all of this cornmu-
nifty is having the realization forced
upon them that their country is al war,
when they see their country's best
marching away; none but who would
see them go, though II costs many
heart pang-none but who wish for
them quick and happy return.
The parade formed. as planned,
headed by Idaho Falls most dis
tinguished citizen, Captain George w
Edgington, was characteristic Of the
community which has responded so
nobly and readily with all Of its re-
sources. and with its greatest resource
--men-nen of the splendid type.
Al those who saw them, and wit
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23
BEAN CROP WORTH
NEARLY A MILLION

A conservative summary of the
bean production in the Lewiston re-
gion In 1917 is that 100000 pounds
were produced. for which the grow
ers received $4,000 and of this
amount approximately 100000 We're
net profits for the use of summer fall
low land. 1t is estimated that np-
proximately $4,000 was paid for
labor in planting. cultivating and har-
vesting the bean crop and that about
$4,000 was paid for seed.
The Lewiston region embraces the
Potlatch and Clearwater sections, the
Clifford. Culdesac, Lapwai and the
bean growing district between Lewis
ton and Waha. The larger per cent
of the crop for this region is handled
by Lewiston dealers and from these
dealers and the growers, the esti-
mates on production. price. expense of
production and net profits have been
secured.
The season was an unusual one and
the yield in some districts was above
normal, while in other localities the
crop did not approach the normal pro-
ductlon. The best estimate obtainable
is that the average yield for the region
was about $50 pounds to the acre
which would mean that approximately
$4,000 acres of beans were cultivated
in the Lewiston country last season
The cost per acre for labor last season
was about SIT and the cost per acre
for seed was about s3.-Tribune. Lew
iston.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

ison, Post Falls; Charles r. Stillinger,
Moscow; Emera w. Renshaw, Grange
Vile; Alexander T. Schick, Pasco.
Wash: William NJ. Richie. Moscow
Herman c. Nuffer. Albuquerque, New
Mexico; Fred r. Graf, Occur d Alene;
Claude Y. CARRIER, Rochester, New:
Charles +. Horning, Wallace; Thomas
Jackson, Caldwell; John II. McEyers,
Wallace; Lloyd A. Ellington, Mull&n
David A. Eaves, Lewiston; Earl c.
Simpson, Ronant, Mont; Ernest w.
Poe, Moscow; Archibald NJ. Phileo.
Deer Park, Wash; John f. Hayden.
Lewiston. and Thomas II. Dingle, Edni-
colt Wash.-Post Idaho Falls.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23
M YSTERY AIRPLANES
PROVE TO BE VENUS
BY ALFRED RORDAME

bE ALFRED RoRDAME
tMember Astronomical Society of the
Pacific)
A paragraph frequently appears in
various newspapers at the present
time giving an account of a mysteri-
GUS aeroplane. carrying a big search
light, that is seen at a high elevation
in the southwest, apparently coming
directly towards the spectator, and
THEN finally descending to the horizon
| In the west.
What they really see Is the planet
Venus, the evening star, which, on ac-
count of its great brilliancy, is discern
IDLE even in the daytime. A few words
explaining the apparent motions Of
this planet will show how persons ig-
Horant of the principles of astronomy
viii mistake the star for lights carried
| on aircraft.
Venus is only seen for a short time
either after sunset in the evening or in
the morning before sunrise. 1t Is
never visible at midnight When first
seen in the evening after its superior
conjunction with the sun, it appears
VERY near the horizon about 20 min
utes after sunset. 1t continues visible
UoilS ior a very snort time, and de-
sends below the horizon not far from
the point where the sun went down.
Every succeeding evening it rises to
higher elevation and continues a
longer time above the horizon. 1t ap
pears to move gradually eastward from
the sun for four or five months, gradu-
ally increasing in brilliancy until It
arrives at the point of its greatest
elongation, ~ degrees of the sun,
which this year was attained on Nov.
30. The planet now appears station
airy, still gaining In brilliancy, and will
soon appear to retrograde, approach
ing every evening nearer the sun and
continuing a shorter time above the
horizon until Dec. 80, when it will have
gained its greatest brilliancy, after
which, in about three weeks, 1t an
pears lost in the splendor OF the solar
rays and is no longer seen In the eve
ming sky until more than nine or 10
months have elapsed.-Tribune, Salt
Lake.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23

Mystical light on the msts of the morning,
Gernmed as rainbow of jewels aflame,
Seen by the red men, thy mountains adoring,
Gave the, Oh Gem of the Mountains, thy
name.
Stainless and fair as that sunburst of glory,
Staunch as the stars, above swerving or
blight.
Land that we love be thus ever thy story;
God of all greatness still guide us Alright