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The Washington times., 1917-03-03

principle Is amply testified by its r.
cent revival. After the many years
OF neglect imposed upon the steamer
by the phenomenal rise of the gas
car, the former is coming in again as
an active competitor. and using the
flash boiler substantially in Serpol-
let's form as q fundamental feature
OF its design.
For several years before Serpollet
began his work, two other answers
to the question OF how to make the
motor vehicle sufficiently flexible TO
perform its work were in process of
formulation. These had one thing in
common, the circumstance that each
involved the substitution for steam
of another power source. Otherwise
they were as radically different as
well could be.
Power In Reserve.
The first of these to attain the dig
nifty of worthy representation on an
actual carriage was the storage bat
terry, representing a reversion to the
conception of a power reservoir. The
gradual growth Of the storage bat
terry from an idea to a definite fact
carried this with It as a necessary
consequence The development of the
electric car is so completely syn
chronous with that of the storage bat
terry that 1t may very well be left for
the historian of electricity to deal
with. All we need do here is chroni-
Gle the facts that serious experiment
ing upon electric cars began in the
early eighties, that these were in
variably Of attractive design, being
usually built to simulate the horse
drawn pleasure vehicle, and that the
first permanently and commercially
successful model came along in 1885,,
when Immisch, OF London, built for
the Sultan of Turkey an eletcric
dog-cart.
Last to enter the field, but first to
dominate II, was the gas car. The in
ternal combustion engine. which aban-
dons the plan of introducing an ex-
pansive vapor into the cylinder from
without, in favor OF burning an ex-
plosive gas inside the cylinder and
making 1t act directly upon the piston
head, Is perhaps the first of the dis
tinctively. twentieth century concep-
tions developed by the nineteenth.
Unlike the storage battery, it came
Conceived and built for
the first time in 1879, 1t very soon in
vaded the field of the "auto-motive
to borrow a term from
another of our early issues. In the
same year that saw the Immisch cleo
trio, Benz car ran in the streets of
From this point the development of
the motor vehicle runs in two parallel
involving on the one side
the history Of the gas engine, on the
other, the evolution of the car body.
American.
The Washington times., 1917-03-03

ination of friction, friction having
only one place where 1t is OF value
in an automobile, and in this place
friction produces traction between the
tire and the ground.
so, of course, all the motor cars Of the
class Of 1917 are fitted with either ball or
roller bearings-not all over. II IL true,
but somewhere in all the revolving parts
wherever their use is indicated. The
American makers Of ball and roller
bearings now lead the world in the vol
ume and value of their output. as their
huge plants and their productive ca
pacity testify. to.
The artillery wood and wire wheels.
of course, are supreme in their order as
named. Originally we used hose pipe
tires cemented on; then followed the
clincher type Of tire. the detachable tire
and rim and. last but not least, the de-
rim; and so universal Is the
use Of the demountable rim today that
all the American makers fit demountable
rims to their cars, with the exception
Of two makers.
CIincher Type Passe.
The clincher type Of tire rim might be
said to be almost passe. excepting In the
bIndlleT anu anu oi1cS OA
tires, the straight-side tire having grad
ually come into its own
"The matter OF demountable rims Is
of more than passing interest, my
own elementary foundation patent
having been filed in 1906; and as q
matter OF fact the rim problem has
engaged the attention Of automobile
engineers ever since the advent OF the
The United States Patent
Office reports show nearly 1,500 pat
ents of all classes dealing with de-
rims OF one kind and an
other. In 1916 the American tire in
dustry alone consumed one-half the
worlds 1915 production Of crude rub
Der, and s5 per cent of the United
States Sea Island cotton product, be-
sides which 1t is estimated that 25,-
DOC, 900 tires will be made in 1917.
Meanwhile, the non-skid tread
leads them all, the cord tire Is the
popular high priced one, and motor
EAR makers everywhere are adopting
the S. A. z. standards for regular
tire sizes. oversizes. and iron sizes"
The Washington times., 1917-03-03
DARTMOUTH FOR DEFENSE
College Takes Definite Stand for
Preparedness.

HANOVER, N. H, March 3.-Dart-
mouth College has taken a definite
stand for preparedness with the ap-
pointment of a committee to formu-
late plans.
Heretofore President E. NJ. Hop
kins has not approved of the move,
which he thought might prove need
less, but yesterday he issued state
ment in which he said the college
should be ready for any conditions
which might arise.
The Washington times., 1917-03-03
GASOLINE ESTANDARD
ADOPTEDN DETROIT
Nationwide Campaign Plan
ned to Improve Operation Of
Motor Cars

Following q series Of investigation
conducted by c. C. Hinkley, chief en-
gineer Of the Chalmers Motor Com
pany, and J. C. McCabe, Detroit city
engineer, the city OF Detroit has
adopted q set Of standards for gaso-
lene which must be strictly observed
by all dealers In the city.
Designated as Detroit City Stand,
ard" the new type of gasolene II de-
fined as q liquid hydrocarbons OBJ
tained by straight distillation or by
the cracking process and having q
boiling temperature not exceeding $50
degrees Fahrenheit. 1t must distill
at least 20 per cent at 220 degrees
Fahrenheit and so per cent under 800
degrees Fahrenheit when tested by
the distillation test provided for IN
the ordinance.
Purchased GasoIene Samples.
Any mixture of gasolene and kero-
sene which does not measure up to
this test must be labeled Mixed G-Kr
and sold as q mixture of the two oils.
Signs designating the quality Of the
gasolene sold must be plainly dis
played on the pump from which the
liquid Ii drawn so that that the cuS-s
toner knows which type he il paying
for.
with the constantly decreasing
quality Of the gasolene being sold on
our city streets today, we decided IL
was time to stage q campaign OF edu-
cation for the beneft OF motor car
USERS" said Hihkley, discussing the
new ordinance. For test purposes we
purchased samples of gasolene at dif.
ferent stations around Detroit and
tested 1t for kerosene.
For Nationwide Campaign.
I'VE found that from 8 to % per
cent of the liquid was Kerosene. The
big oil companies blame the various
dealers for, the adulteration and have
o. KID the Detroit city standard as a
method of protecting the public from
an inferior product
I'VE are sending the Detroit form
ula to other cities and are endeavor-
ing to start a nationwide campaign
which will materially improve the.
operation OF cars for hundreds of
thousands OF automobile owners"
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
The True Socialism.
capsc we love.

Once in khaki it matters extremely little what you were in civilian life. Among the group of thirty-odd rufiians who compose the population of my hut are an author, a journalist, two actors, q land agent, schoolmaster, an agrl- cultural gentleman. diversified bust ness men. and striplings fresh fro9a school and university.
 Each of Us preserves his own in dtyidnality-off parade, and in civiia~ life syach q variegated group would iH- faIlibiy split up into little cliques and cahais. Ks it is, We are informed with on suitability and spirit of mueaal hrlpfuiHess which iS, I imagine the true socialism. although so idea1 a brotherhood has never yet been achieved by the political socialists who have had opportunity to put tileir theories into raetice.-London Globe,
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Cork Homo for siIent Monks.

A striking curiosity near Cilz4ra, Portugal, saNS writer in the Wide World, is an racient convent built par tially in the interior of an immense rock. The convent is situated in a very isolated spot and was formerly surrounded bs. Il dense wood of cork trees. The convent is known as the Conycnto da Cortica, or Cork Con vent" for tha reason that the monks cells. chapel, kitchen and refectory are all lined with cork to keep out the damp. From 1dG0 to 1891 the convent was inhabited by an order of monks known as tle Capuchins, a remark able feature of their religion being that, except en certain occasions, si- lcnee was obligatory.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
India's Wheat Crop.

bdvices from India indicate that there are 33,040,o00 acres under wheat cultivation in that country, compared with 30, 143,000 acres last year. or an increase of about 10 per cent The total yield is estimated at 10,160,006 tons for this year, as against S,518,0O0 tons reported at this time for last year, Il gain of practically 10 per cent. These figures are based on the final re- ports on the Wlaeat crop received from local authorities and relate to 0S.5 per cent of inc total wheat area in India. The figures covering both area aud yield are the highest on record.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
BANK ROBBERS ID TRY FOR PAROLES
DeOueen Men Hope Ia Regain Free dom by Being Model
 Prisoners.

Little Rock. Nov. 27-John and Enoeh Warnix and William Hester, who pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing the Bank of DeQueen August IS and were sentenced to serve three years in the peniten.iary, were brought 10 Little Rock yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff Henry Mclaughlin ol Sevier county and turned over to the peniteatiary authorities.
 There is one thing they always got wrong in the newspapers, said one of the mea to 6 Gazette repor-er yes terday afternoon. and that is that we tunneled into the bank rom our store. We 5ug from the second build from the bank and not from our sore, which is in the middle of the block"
 .'Tne officers told Us We had near ly $1.500 when We were arrested at Wichit5i Falls. Texas, five days after the robbery. said Hester. We never knew hoH much We had because We had been traye.iag day an3 risht aft CT leaving GeQueen and had not found time to eoun the money @a went tc sleep t,t tie steering wheel of the car
 The robbery oeetfoI on the night of Saturday, August IS, and the three men let! DeQuee2 Sunday night in an automobile They were arrested the following Thursday a. Wichita, Falls and all tie money taken by them was recovered.
 file uon told how they worked night aater night on the tunnel aat bow theg 1ele forced to dig through three CT eur brick founaatio..5 6e- ioIe 5Hes 34aeheI the banH vau.s. The Girt vas scattered un5or the floors ot toe buildings under which they dug their Way and diseose of in such a ntanper that no one suspected what was being done The floor of the bank Ysalt oae-e3 gre Ger resis. .anee taan tie brick ~a..s, hu. aeter nights of labor tHcy 9C:C rC"2. C51. Els final break into the vault was made on Saturday night.
 Hester was born near DcQueea The Warnix boys are from Fordyce, but have liyci at DeQueen for several years. Hestee is an electrician, but the other men have no trsIe Hester served one enlistment in the navy john. the older of the WarniX broth CTS. had little td say but Hester an5 Enoch WarniX talked freely ans seemed very cheerful
 We are hoping they will not seat Us to the farm" ss'd Hester, "bu wherever they send Us We are goins Ito be model prisoners so We can SC cure parole as soon as we are eligi t}e. When We get out of here we ar. soiug in the straight and narren path
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
their methods unwise; but it is the

their methods unwise; but it is the natural outcome of people long op- pressed, suddenly feeling their power Have we relieved the oppressed, when We have permitted children, who ough; to be safe-guarded by the rights of childhood, to be worked like animals in ill-lighted, ill-ventilated sweat shops and factories, for ten, twelve and four teen hours "a day?
 HaVe We relieved the oppressed when we permit families to be huddled together in tenements unfit to be in habited by beasts-ten and fifteen stories from the ground, just because they can afford no better; where the only playground for the children is a fire escape? Have we judged the phpans by the thousands every year, be- cause we allow the curse O.. the liquor traffic to kill their fathers for the sake of revenue and then starve the or phans because the grain that ought 10 be made into bread for them, is being made into beer, to mslie more orphans.
 It may be unpatriotic, but l believe it would be effective if every house. wife in the land would refuse to as the breWeries of the country are permitted to waste by the ton. It IS a national disgrace. Look at Russia she prohibited the sale of vodka the first year of he war. Tie United States has had three years to observe the benefits, and yet we have waited until We were actually in the war be- fore Congress ever did one thing to- ward national prohibition. Talk abou5 preparedness, what good are ships and guns. and aeroplanes when hunger gnaws?
 H}ye net We stopped our ears to the cries of the widow, and fatnerless in Belgium, Serbia and France, and gone headlong, spending more money for luxuries than We ever have-fritteriIg away our time with frivolous things- laughing, while others weep? But our time has come now; some of us are going to knew what it is to be hungry, what it is to be cold; what it is to have those We love slain upon the battle field, or maimed for life, before VIC shall come back. Would lhat we could be taught some other way. but our hearts arc too stubborn.
 Yet there is g,eam of hope whivh Isaiah held out to his people-their return. God has not forsaken, only His people have erred. At las5 through blood and sacrifice, we shall have | learned our less0n-ah, but the price l Yet the outcome will be worth it: a better world. better because people are free; because democracy rules
 better because false ideas and theories
 ere equal in deed and in truth; better
 because God has first place in ou1
 hearts; better because Peace h9!
 spread her wings over the whole O
 this blood-soaked earth-te1tc. be
 capse we love.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
SAFES BUSINESS GEATER THha EYER
For First Time in 0Ycr iD Years, the State Has Been Placed oa
 q Cash Basis.

Little Rock Nov. 28.-4este@day State omp,roller Reynolds and his i assistant. Van Simms, submitted to the Governor a detailed report cover ing the financial transaetlons Of the Gil ire sta.e. in all it's departments. fc: the quartetr ending September 70, 1917. The business handed by the sfste during that time were tine most yoluminous in the history of Arkan- sas, necessi sting the handling Of a greater amount of money than was ever before received and Gis bursed by state officials during a given quar- CT. All outstanding Wttiaats that were presented were redeemed, and the books now show only $22, ,199.Si war rants standing. The Wasian g le- deemed by the State Treasur! show the staggering total Of $3 PSI ,4if -, the reeeipta for the same period amount ing to s4,515.02917.
 For the frs time ia more than ten years, UlS SJalc HdS UtGIl il@=1d d4i o cash basis through the issi.alce of the Brough notes, the veto Of items amounting to $34.440, and the with holding by consent of heads of de- palsmonts o: items aggregating $251.- 10000
 The responsibility for the mainte- nance of the states credit is therefore upon the heads of departments in re- Training from the expenditure of the amounts they agreed 70 withhold. Tne report says We believe with pr Honeywell that it is sin for an indi- vidual to spend more than lie makes, and would it not border on the unpar- donable for the representatives Of the 1ate to spend more than the repre- sented receives? We giant that extra ordinary circUms anCes might mako additional and imperative demGnds on the state, as sickness and 6eath do tic case of individuals.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Warning Order.

In the Little River Chs acery Court Little River County, Arkansas. Hester DeLony plaintiff vs. Nose DeLony de fendant The defendant Nose De Lony is hereby warned to appear il this court within thirty days and an swer the complaint of the plaintiff herein, Hester DeLony Witness my hand and the seal of said court this Fist day of November, 1917.-Chas. H Perk, Clerk. s. l.. Jones, D c. Seth C Reynolds Atty for Pltff. A. P Steel Atty ad litem. s
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Warming EErEpr.

Ill the Little River Chancery Court
 Little River County, Arkans as. Lu- genia Williams plaintiff vs. Jess Will Hams defendant. The defendant, Jess Williams is hereby warned to appear in this court within 30 days and answ- CT the complaint of the plaintiff herein
 Lugenia Williams. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 3rd day of November, 1917.-Chas. II. Park
 Clerk. By s. l.. Jones, D. C. Seth C. Reynolds, Atty for Pltf A. P Steel, Atty. ad litem. Z
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

R. R. Sipe of Anderson, 1zard coun- ty, drove yoke of oxen A miles to Batesvilie in g hours last week, The oxen pulled a heavily laden wagon Mir. Sipes said he could have made the trip in much less time if his oxen had been shod.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

Orrin Ba tie of Hope has purcheise1 from the Les Goldman Cotton Co pany of St. Louis, for $50 000 the But Ter plantation of 1 ,4C0 acres northeast of Washington. The sale included a. cotton gin and tho stock aad farm machinery on the place.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Eiete sns5 There !n
 krkansas.

Tie City Council o June ion City has appointed a committee to take up with the Arkansas Light and Power Company the matter of extending it's transmission lines from Fl Dorado to Junction Ci.y to furnish lights opw to Junction City to furnish Junction City with electric ligtf,s and power.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

Washington, Nov 26-Se cnetary Me Adoo todae decided that under the trading with the enemy law the busi- ness of all 5nsurance companies in- corporated ip Germany or ally of en- emy countries is to be hquidated, with the exception of life Insurance companies, whieh are allowed to con- tinue existing ceGtracts.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

An Atlantic Port, Nov 26.-Tho par ty Of American consrossmea members of which had marrow escapes from death or injury when they came under German machine guD fire recently wEile visiting the trenches of the Brit ish front in France, returned home on ar American steamship which ar rived here today Included in the par ty is representative Goodwin of Ar kansF
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
NOTICE

The undersigned, aS administrator of the estate of William Ann Gregory, deceased, will apply at the October term of the Little River Probate Court for an order to sell the real estate be longing to said deceased to pay debts allowed and claased against said es- .hte-Tom Owens, Administrator, 4t
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

There is much prospecting for oil ill Madison county and a part of Carroll county. Several hundree1 thou- sand acres have been leased and the taking of leases coc1i inues.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Understandable

Divorce Lawyer Your husbaBd TO- fuses you the common nercssit.ea Of IfH?
 Fair Cllent-He even kicked about your retaining fee.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

X eurfew law is in force at Barry vile. Children under 16 years O. age are not allowed on the streets att CT S:00 o clock in the evening.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Joys of Travel.

1T like to travel"
 "You occasionally meet some nice people,
 "AHd you may never see 'em again. that's anothes good point.''
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

The first car of popcorn ever ship ped from BaM,er county was shipped from Mountain Home recently. It went to Chicago.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

John Evans Of BatesEille has rai~ $60o for 8 pearl which was found if he White river some time ago.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01
Bu#LLE I i N 5

An Atlantic Port Nov. 26- Eight survivors of the crew of the American steamer Rochester, torpedced off the Irish coast early this month arrived here today. They confirmed repors Jhas he vessel was sunk H'itheHt warn ing.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

Chicago. Nov. -Democratie na- tional committeeman and other lead CTS frorl Middle Western Stales met here today to discuss plans tor the 1918 caH,paign.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

New York. Nov. 26--FranIllin Math- oHs of the faculty of the Columbia University school Of journalism diea suddenly on train entering the ci=y. He wGs ,. yeears cid.
The Little River news., 1917-12-01

Several of the crew were five days in open boats be ore being rescued. David Caldwell, oae of the arrivals. said they suffered suicide and fifth begged the captain to shcot him.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-30
LODGE ANNIVER-
SARY.

Msrtinsville, Va. March ~
Douglas Lodge, No. 90 K. OF p.
held its annual anniversary ex.
@Icises at High St. Bap. church
at 3 o'clock D. m. on March 18th
and rendered . 6ne program h
large and interesting audisnce
FIRST: Music by the X OF p
choir, Scripture reading by Sir
j K Watkins. Prayer led by Sir
O. @. Hsrston. followed by mu-
sic. then the old G. O.. Sir Frank
Harper. briefly stated the ebjsc,
Of the meeting.
At this stage OF the program
Mrs. Eva Sanders read a mos,
excellent paper IN behalf of Ju-
piter Court No. 80. of which. in
my opinion. the readers OF The
Mcdowell would erjoy reading
It and for this reason the lodge
requests that the paper be pub
'ished In the Tines"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-30
DEATH CLAIMS
SAMUEL E.
5 A N D E R S

Samuel f Sanders, of Blue
beld' W. Va, died Tuesday At.
'rnoon At l:3O o'clock after a
orisf illness of nine DAYS.
Mr. Sanders was an excellen,
'oung man, loved by all who
1ew him. tie was born at Eggs
'oro' Henry county. Va. March
$50 He served in Co. y a.
/ ifantry during the Philippine
'mpa'gn ard was mustered ON,
'ColUmbuS. Ohio. in 1902 re-.
Orning to h's home a. Martins.
lie Va tie came to Blue field
y ''O4 a"d has made this CITY
ns homo stree
IL l''sese wid)w. one infan
laughter. Catherine, OF BIpe-
~ ". a mother, Mrs.
Noocv Sanders. of MartipsviIle
va two brothers. William w
;harlest"n. w. Va, and John
hsrt'nsviIle, Va. besides q host
I friends who are grieved At
IS departure. Funeral services
we're held at BIuefieId Thursday
'fternoon at 2 clock.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-03-30
COl0REB WOMAN DEFENDS HERSELF
AGAINST WHITE MANS INSULT

Congratulations by the hun
dreds are pouring in tn Miss
Cordie Lipford at Eckman for
her heroine stand and defense
OF her morals and womanhood
against an uncalled for assault
by white man Tuesday morn
ing at Eckman. The white man
was a total stranger to Miss
Lipford as she was to him. He
seemed to have been somewhat
aged but as soon as he dared in
suit her honor, she at once col
Jared the intruder, clicked him
aud being a woman who weighes
about ls0 or 100 pounds and ac-
tive as cat, protected further
oy the pride of her unsupported
honor, being industrious. pans
taking and a woman whose fami
ly record meant purity, refused
to submit to such an insult. She
pounded the white mans head
and face till he was forced to
seek a physicians aid who, after
an hours washing, stitching and
dressing got the poor. unit bought
ful and cowardly creature in q
shape to leave. The doctor want
ed TO know whether the white
pedestrian meant TO secure a
warrant for Cordie's arrest. but
Oh, my goodness. the man con-
sidered the idea preposterous
The thing for me to do IL TO get
away from here" he said, and
truly he did hike it away too.
We are pleased at the bitter
denunciation OF this white cul-
prit and protest made against
such a cowardly attack on the
colored woman by the manage
ment Of the Pulaski Iron Co.
Mr.. Cunningham and Mr.. Calfe
are two men who do not stand
for any mistreatment OF any OF
the men and women on that op-
Grafton whether they be white
or black. rich or poor. Men and
women are constantly coming
into this office expressing their
good wishes for Miss Lipford
and wishing that all OF our wo-
men would be as brave. Several
say they want TO give her q pres
ent. Colored women. that's the
way 70 defend yourself.