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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-31

After delay OF several hours, oc.
casioned by the nonarrival OF "a juror
the trial OF sixteen defendants accused
Of melting draft resistance was resum.
ed yesterday afternoon In federal court.
Sixteen prisoners were arraigned for
trial. OF the nearly goo who We're in.
cluded in the indictment, about 100
entered pleas OF guilty and the : arges
against several were dismiss, Arhe
governments opening s;ateme1
made and It's first witness. \. NJ. y. -
ard, was placed on the stand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-31

CONTINUED on page 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Spark Plug S Life APP
parently Is 1000
Miles
By Charles E. Manierre

The following are some OF the points
Of general interest from paper pre-
sented 1t a meeting of the Indiana sec
ton of the Society Sof Automotive En-
gineers. The paper in full is printed
in the September number of the jour
nal of the society. The author is Al
bert Champion, who is the president of
a corporation which manufactures
spark plugs.
Among other things it is stated that
the annual output Of spark plugs is
sufficient to supply each car with an
average Of six sets OF plugs. As mat
ter of fact. the average per car is ap-
proximately 5000 miles a year. 1t
would seem, therefore, that the aver
sge life of spark plug is 1000 miles.
Mr.. Champion states that all Ameri-
can porcelains absorb carbon, and after
time become useless by reason OF
the short circuit so established, even
though the porcelain is not cracked.
French and Bohemian porcelains do
not have this defect. The electrodes
between which the spark is intended 20
Jump are almost pure nickel. ms
metal is good conductor Of heat. The
metal will carbOniZe. however. and be-
come brittle and useless il an excess Of
lubricating, oil finds its way into the
. explosive charge, as for example by
working past the piston rings.
In this case the failure. though seem
! ingiy tho faulr or the plug, is not so in
fact. On the other hand, the heat of
the explosion Of the proper mixture has
/ a beneficial effect in burning of the
/ carbon upon the porcelain surface, thus
! tending to keep the plug clean.
As the plug dcteriorates the proper
! ton of the electric current diverted
| from its intended course - increased.
! The spark becomes gradually weaker
/ and incapable of exploding gas MKT
ures which are either too rich or too
poor. As this condition commonly oc-
! currs in throttling and picking up at
high speed and in heavy work, when
/ these failures occur one OF the things
! 20 be considered and examined should
/ be the condition of the plugs.
Glass and quartz have proved 10 be
inferior 10 the poorest porcelain as IN
sulators. Mica, on the contrary. * eX-
cellent in this regard. and is not sub
| iect to breakage. but fails at last upon
/ becoming oil-soaked. When made in
! best form there is of necessity large
/ wastage of imperfect plugs, which re-
suits in a very high price.
Steat;te is manufactured from Ger
man sospstone. 1t has great strength,
is not so liable TO breaksge as porce-
lain. but the glaze upon it is subject to
cracks. in which carbon lodges. giving
channel for short circuits. The best
gaskets are formed OF copper, with as
bestos inclosed, but the author empha-
sizes the fact that these are subject to
leakages, and although he does not say
so. he no doubt would approve the ad-
vice 10 use fresh gasket whenever
! the parts were unscrewed.
In closing, Mr.. Champion intimates
that large item Of service costs to-
day is for unneeded adjustments Of en-
gines where the trouble lies wholly in
| faulty spark plugs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Curing a Bucking Engine

End play in the crankshaft is apt to
first be noticed when the car is throt-
tied down TO around five miles an hour,
when bucking will take place, accom-
panied by knocking. If the play is ex-
cessive the knocking will be heard as
the speed increases. This condition
may be caused by the main bearing
ends becoming fattened or worn too
much. so that the shaft can move back
and forth, and as il does so 1t pounds
against the bearing ends still more.
In many cars with four-bearing
crankshafts the second bearing from
the rear is designed to take the thrust.
Replacement of that bearing is suffi-
cient. In three bearing shafts the
centre or rear bearing usually is the
one which requires replacement. In
the four bearing shafts it IS best sim
ply to change the one bearing instead
of attempting 10 remove the play by
using two or three bearings with
thicker Ranges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Unless You re Hired
To Drive, You re
No Chauffeur

A legal decision which appears TO
relieve automobile repairmen, mechan-
les, statesmen, ETC., of the necessity for
taking out chauffeurs' licenses in this
state, where they are not hired specIf-
ically to drive cars, has just been de-
cided In the Schenectady County Court.
The case as reported By Motor
World" is that of telephone repair
man who used an automobile fur
nished to him by the telephone COM
pany 10 convey himself and materials
from place to place.
The repairman was convicted by a
police justice of the city Of Schenectady
on the charge of violating subdivision
i of section 2S9 of the Motor Vehicle
Law OF the state of New York, which
provides that no person shall operate
or drive motor vehicle as chauf-
feur upon a public highway of that
state unless the person has complied
with the requirements OF said section
2S9. The court, upon conviction, sus-
pended sentence.
It appeared from the testimony OF
the case that the repairman, in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Hitting qflAsp Twelve
GET. ScharpS

HOSE readers The Tribune who have expressed doao o.
vaue Of kerosene as engine fuel will be interested
u written bv Miriam Pope, editor of "Automobie TOPICS vi
,b;act of $3.50 gasolene kerosene mixture IN he ~
r Of such ration from the STANDPOINT VI
If nothing Mr. Pope writes: -. r., ;.ood of
The reason that gasoene is used for autonopie iue
kerosene is that at lower temperature , .
when it is cold-even wheh - 'S
a Whom the engine however, the heat OF 'he c!
ec;o,t 70 vaporize and Will run the engine
rav less IKE using egg
coal in of regular stove COAL WIN e :A 80 -
| % tho stove burns all right do not keep right al
il is apt make lot of clinker' ana il w" 'e''' 90
out and prove hard to start - ..D,ro,or
for In your carpuie'o'
would NOT only nre hard to cold weather nut ngh'
missing and other difficulties. including smoking anu A.
shark pug-unless you all the time at one Speeu i ~ Wv
carbureor be adjusted thar hand
lust a little kerosene a thankful Of gasoene OH tne o ~
Ill - rac+av no difference either the starting or 'he run
i M the car and if YOU experiment with lue eoS S
"s V - !; ir that increasing the amount of Kerosene
until point where the engine oe'''
",IarIy or rrove hard in the morning You can
even Get over the latter difficulty if you squirt niue S'a
lene into the chamber of the caroure'or' VI " ~ "
inders afte removing spark plug - ,orosera alone
BEFORE the present gasoene engine can be used LOT
or certain changes in will be ound necessary
rerience If company makes specially OF KEROSENE
& ora loss of 115 in maximum output as VIZ
casolene carbuor and the kerosene carouretor i"o
soroyer is made up of about per cent oeins
L b1 lower compression in412 cent 10 the hshei
as compared with gasolene The amount OF loss Is pe
as improvements device are perfected ana ue
can be reduced the connection Oh ethe oh OH
in;ection an exceptionally efficient radalng SYSTEM " ny
combination of all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Have You Cot In
Your Order For
a Fageol?

"What Is there about this car that
makes the chassis worth slo,ooO?" the
Automobile Editor asked at the Bit
more, where the Fageol pronounced
FadiD car was being shown all last
week.
ITO begin with" was the answer
"the engine costs $4,000. Then, too
all the other parts are specially made
to our order By parts makers. And in
small quantities it is easy to see how
the cost mounts up"
That is true enough. There are to
be only twenty five Fageol cars made
for the market. Don't crowd. please.
Plate glass for an instrument board;
ivory handles everywhere and an illu-
minated name plate. are decorative
features of the car. The front seats
in the touring model shown run on an
IS-inch bail bearing track. Nd can be
stopped at half-inch intervalsto adjust
TO the comfort OF the passenger or
driver. The headlights are adjustable
bv means of handles underneath the
hood. They can be tilted 80 as to con-
form to lighting requirements any
where.
The car has the Hall-Sco<t aviation
engine. ak cylinders. , by :. The
spcedometer is fitted for 125 miles an
hour. A picture OF this car was print
ed last winter in The Tribune. Bodies
are TO order at anywhere from 1000
Up. The cars will run on Ordinary gas
olene, and will use unscented lubri-
cHnts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Verse and Reverse

Save the gas-don't waste a penny,
BY and by there won't be any
Gas at all if we are wasteful.
Such a thought is quite distasteful'
Save your temper, don't be swearing
At the bills for your repairing;
Watch your car and don't abuse 1t,
Learn just how you ought 10 use it.
Save your tires, rubber's higher
Than it was-if you'll inquire.
As it's high, there's nothing clearer
Than the fact it will be dearer.
Save the roads. don't wear and tear
them,
Twill be long fore they repair them;
Labor's scarce and one is daring
To prognosticate repairing.
Every little waste prevented.
Every leak. that's stopped. cemented,
Means so much toward the winning
OF the fight we're just beginning.
II. s. OSBORNE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
State Auto Association
To Meet at Corning

The Corning Automobile Club, Of
Corning, y. Y, will entertain the New
York State Automobile Association and
its III affiliated clubs at the conven-
ton on October 10 and II.
State officials will deliver addresses,
among them Francis VI. Hugo. Secre-
tary of State; Edwin Dufey, Commits
sioner Of Highways; Senator Charles
J. Hewitt. Senator ]. Henry Walters,
General ". W. Wotherspoon, Superin-
tendent of Public Works; Major George
+. Chandler, Superintendent Of State
Police; Frank Williams. State Engineer;
W. p Capes. secretary Conference o.
Mayors Mayor Burns. Of Troy, presi-
dent Of Conference Of Mayors; John
y. Carlisle. Commissioner of High
ways; l. b. Rowland, Canadian Auto
mobile Association; ". I. Marlatt, W.
G.. Robertson. secretary Ontario No
tor League; j. Moffitt Ross, secretary
Ottawa Valley Motor Car Association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Automobile Makers
Draw for Show Space

The following makers IS members
OF the National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce have drawn space for tae
coming automobile shows in New York
and Chicago:
Abbott, Allen, Apperson, Auburn,
Austin, Briscoe, Buick. Cadillac. Case
Chalmers, Chandler. Chevrolet. Cole,
Columbia, Grow. Davis. De'roiter
Dodge, Doris. bort, Elgin. Eikhsrt
Empire, Fiat. Franklin. Grant. Glide,
Hackett. Hal. Haynes. Hudson. Hupp,
interstate. Jackson, Jordan, King, kls-
sci, Kline, Lewis, Lexington, Liberty,
Marion Handley, Malmon. Maxwell.
NcFarlau, Mercer. Mitchell, Moline,
Monroe, Moon, Nash, National, Oak
land. Olds, Overland, owen. Packard,
Paige. Paterson. Peerless. Pierce-Ar-
row. Premier. Regal REQ, Roamer
Saxon. Scripps. Standard. Stearns,
Stephens. S,udebaker, Stutz, Ne.ie.
Weatcott. WHY'S and Wintou easoiene
cars; Anderson. Baker, Milburn, Ohio
and Woods. electric cars.
Glide, Doris. lIackett and stephens
viii be shown ~ Chicago only. The
Kline will be exhibited at New York
alone
Space was allotted to the following
concerns, not members Of the y. A.
c. c.; American. IIarroun. Monitor and
Stanley steam The American will
exhibit at the New York show only.
The others will be at both shows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Motor Army Kitchen
Serves 5000 Meals
d Day

A new type Of mobile army Kitchen
was demonstrated recently at Ne" ma
ven. Conn. on Yale Field. Seventeen
hundred and fifty men Of the lO2d In
fantrv were fed in less than an hour'
The new kitchen will serve. three not
meals day to force Of 1000 men
and can provide enough coffee for ,OoO
men every ten minutes.
The Taft Army Field Kitchen, as the
unit has been christeneG, IS practically
a steam hotel kitchen mounted on a
motor truck. IL is the invention OF
]. c. La YIN, manager Of the hotei
Taft. Associated with him IN the de
velopment OF ms idea were c: VI. BRAD
lord who supplied the Riker truck
chassis on which the unit is mounted,
and II. d. Baldwin, who built the BODY.
The idea Of building a really efficient
army kitchen came TO Mr.. La Vim dur
ing visit to the Plattsburg camp OF
1916. The wasteful and unsanitary
methods OF food preparation he saw
there determined him TO devote ms
knowledge and skill 70 the building OF
model army kitchen.
United States army officers who saw
the demonstration at New Haven SAID
the Taft kitchen will probably revolu-
tionize existing conditions OF feeding
armies. and that compared 10 II the
much Wanted mobile German soup
kitchen looks like toy.
The kitchen proper consists OF a ten
horsepower steam boiler, two 90-gallon
stew, soup or pot-roast kettles ana two
5O-gallon coffee urns. The Kettles ana
urns are heated both by steam jackets
and by live steam injection. Az the
demonstration at Camp Yale coffee was
boiled from dead cold in less than SIX
minutes So compact and well planned
Is the arrangement that the Tart Kitch-
en-. with two cooks, displaces two COM
pany kitchen units OF eighty men ana
forty horses. Two Of these mobile
units will feed a full regiment, either
in camp or on the march. Being capa-
ble Of a speed of almost fifteen miles
en- hour, the unit can precede its bat
talon on the march, cooking a meal on
the road. and be ready to serve hot
food Immediately the battalion halts.
When the troops entrain tho Kitchen Is
nut on a fatcar and goes right on cook
ing.
There il another way in which the
Taft unit is an immessurable improve
ment over the old methods-in the
cleaning Of mess kits after meals. Any
one who has ever seen a company OF
soldiers all trying 10 clean their kits IN
three iron kettles full of grease. pieces
of unused food aad little warm water
will realize what blessing unlimited
boiling water and live steam will be.
II is planned to add to the equip
ment siX-kilowatt generator, 10 be
operated by the truck engine. This
would furnish current for 40-candle
power lamp in the tent of each officer,
for a l2-inch searchlight and for field
wireless apparatus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
PASSING the Tax Along

ENERA the sellers of automobiles appears 10 be
" that the the cent tax on cars TO be
met by the consumer this charge is being added as war item "
This applies also to all new accessories other
which attached to the machine
dealers adding the TO the full list OF the machine
and accessories basng the solely the cost price of
Tho c as il comes factory This to be
b nssmch as Congress manufacturers and dealers
70 sec that the collected and recorded If there is still tax
and they per cent on full list at
h this makes they being taxed twice on the one
niece Of goods Rather a impost
the when
hue. list
that he presumed dictated by legal counsel Tor the company
as being Interpretation of the government idea out hat S WEI"
be of those who charge
tho LIST than on because they unwilling
of the CT proh on the
Of course figured simply This IS foolish idea unless h
who things
-. t sd AZ nrof reasonable will resent dealer
rc fair prof However the figures show an unfairly large
other words an overpced customer has gnu
tight TO obiectto being exploited -. - III
II apparent that the revenue measure not ehtey Clear "
in he motor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Garage Rates Are
Going Up Again
On Nov. /!

Motor car owners In Manhattan VII,
have been grooming under the raise /,
garage charges, announced on October
/, and who have been scurrying around
looking for other places where they
may store their cars cheaper will prob.
ably have additional cause Of complain,
after November /. Average rates, which
we're advanced to s35 for touring cara
and $40 for closed cars az the beginning
of this month, will 90 % $3.50 FOR
touring cars and S45 for closed ,ars o.,
November /. These rates vii. apply /,
about 100 Of the better grade garages in
Manhattan, which are members OF the
Garage Owners Association.
Their. is tendency toward higher
storage rates everywhere throughout
the greater city. Even UP in The Bronx.
where rents are low and garage space
fairly easy, rates have been going up
from around So 70 sl4 month to sis
to sls month. Brooklyn rates also
are advancing,
II Is stated tina. labor and materials
conditions apply in the garage business
to make charges higher as they do IN
other lines. Garage men sag they are
paying far higher wages 70 washers and
polishers. that soap has gone Up abou,
500 per cent and chspois. even Of the
inferior grade, about 200 per cent. The
best grade chamois cannot be had al
all. Space in Manhattan garages is lin.
tied, TOO. and has not at al. kept pace
with the numbers OF car that have
been sold.
OF course, against all these per
cents" OF advances in labor and sup
plies TIL elimination Of tho 3 rer cen,
20 the chauffeur, which obtains so gen
orally in garages, would he only a
tr!fng Offset. But az that 10 might be
a great idea for garage men 70 try il.
with an idea of reducing their own COS,
Of doing business, if not 70 benefit the
car owner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Have You Killed Yours?

industry mas
49, e % ore6fth of the 100000 motorists in this country Kill
=, M o chicken year and 900 chickens weigh pound
dressed chicken at So cents pound the annu" loss " W '
S2sOOOO ~, -; ., h,+
But that Those chickens left to pursue their a'a p
would live long produce average OF l2o
in fashion In other WORDS oVVVooV
dozen you prices bring The dollars are pg
up rapidly. . , - . A., oo5
ne e some Of those chickens by the of the road
night be ROSTERS available producers Also ~
bt die unmely deaths pip the of the barnyard cog
ages the big thing
An appea therefore all automobists to help save
the country by sparlng the chickens ana e ~ ~ ~
he axe rather than under the axle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

performance Of his service, had the
use of Il runabout. which was used
exclusively 20 convey himself and the
tools and materials that were neces-
sary for him 70 use in the performance
Of this work. He received no add
tiona compensation because Of his
ability 10 operate the runabout, for
the evidence is that he received the
same compensation. both prior to and
during the time he used the car
The court held that the. sole and
only question in the case was wheth-
er the repa.rman was intended 10 be
included within the Motor Vehicle
Law as a chauffeur. and as it was IN
convinced by any legal definition or
authority 10 which its attention had
been directed that the term "chauf-
feur" as employed in the law in ques-
ZION was sufficiently comprehensive TO
include within ITS provisions a per
son whose only duty of driving a
motor car was 70 convey himself and
the tools to the place where the work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Turning Over

the average reader supposed nothing tasty a
l. sucen statistic well served taste Here are sta
cs CHILLED from motoring writings designer hgu out 'a
one Of his engines going twenty-five miles an hour Tor O e VIII
~ ver 24 600 times Multiply this by all the small fouryn
der engines in you total that will saggr the imagination
and will keep tapping the O key his typewriter until he Is
dizzy. -. -oo
The other one is this 34x4 tire which makes nearly 800
oions mile Of gives 5000 miles Of wear it will have
revolved nearly . 500 times before it out
srslv aren't the automobile and its fittings marves of
rorc now Won come to stand against
h and of the handling of the ineXpert and
still 10 give anything approxmaing service?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Straining Out Alkali
Dust from the Air

Tourists who have made 'cross-conti-
nent trips, or who have been obliged 20
traverse Western country where the
alkali dust must be contended with.
have complained that the dust gives
rise 10 carbUretion troubles. The small
PARTICLES make their way into the car
buretor and clog IL so that it is i'm
possible TO get good engine operation.
It has occurred often that engine stop
page was a result, and It required many
patient hours to get the parts in work
ing order again.
One of the drivers Of a record break
ing transcontinental car avoided all
this trouble by causing the carburetor
20 draw all of its air from point under
the cowl, where the air is free from
The alkali dust. To do this the hot air
tube Of the carburetor was removed
and a longer one substituted. this lat
ter being carried through the dash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

ager. is an old Hupmobile man. SO is
Showers. The store is one Of the bes,
appointed motor establishments in the
city. The repair and used car depart
ments are on the upper floors.
The Nash line includes tive-passen-
ger car Of l21-inch wheel base. finished
in Nash blue and cream colored wheels.
selling for 81 PCS; four passenger road
ster, 1895; sedan, $685.. aud Model
81. the only unit brought over from
the Jetfery line, selling for sl.46J.
In addition TO the passenger cars
there is complete line of trucks. in
Guiding the quad the truck that drives,
brakes and steers on four wheels
selling for $3.250; a one-ton truck for
Sl,495, and two-ton truck for Sl,875.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
When the Engine Misses

The usual cause OF poor engine oper
alton az low car speed IS iH The car
buretion system. Often Ag air leah
throws out the ca.buretor adiustmen.
so that AL insufficient amount Of fuel
is fed. Wide plug gaps with q ma-
neto with weak magnets is o como.na
ton which may give this trouble. Win
a battery system in use ne ignition
may be neglected at first ard the car
buretion attended 20. bur ibis done tn'
Ignition should be gone over carefully
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Don't Neglect Tire Chalk

Many persons neglect the use of tire
chalk when changing a tube. II disap-
pears in use and must be replaced
every time. Some of it is made from
mica and some from soapstone. Both
seem to be equally good. The powder
helps the tube to settle into place while
it is being pumped up and reduces frle-
ton between shoe and tube all the
time the tire is used on the road. Use
IL literally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

ton here. c. B. Voorhis. general sales
manager of the Nash company, estab-
lished wholesale representative for
this district. the Warren-Nash Com
pany. This concern is headed by c. b.
Warren. an old General Motors man.
On the retail side. the car is handled
for the metropolitan district by the
Kaufman Morris Company, Inc.
This company, which has also the
Peugeot and Premier. has just moved
into ! prominent location az Broadway
and Fifty-seventh Street. A. G.. Kauf-
mann has been active on the sporting
side of automobiles, having raced
Peugeot cars for several seasons.
George r. Morris. who has associated
with him +. c. Showers as sales man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

was TO be done, and that the only use
he made OF the motor car was merely
incidental to his regular employment,
the court decided, as mis- duties were
principally and substantially those OF
repairing telephones that were out
of order, the repairman was not guilty
of violating the Motor Vehicle Law
People vs.. Dennis, 1876 New York Sup,
plement.
If this principle is upheld generally
it will upset decisions rendered else,
where that much affect employees of
automobile concerns.