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The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Beware Of the War Liar.

The United States Marshal is LOOK
ing for persons IN Kansas who IN
nocenuy or otherwise are passing on
the pro-German story OF the WON n
who found the sweater she made 1o-
her soldier son on another man and
proved It by cutting open q place N
it in which she had concealed a SO
bill This yarn is aimed at damsgil :
the Red Cross The way to deal "! n
the war liar, whose aim is TO stir NJ
neighborhood gossip. TO the injury ot
the United States, is TO deny any tals
that reflects on the United States "A
this war. Make the person who stoops
to circulate it furnish the proof.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

never missed New York show since
the birth OF the automobile display in
1901. but in these eighteen years have
never felt as encouraged over the fu-
ture OF the industry as I do on the
closing day Of the 1913 production. The
show has proven to me that there is
just as great a demand for cars today
as there was in the peaceful years OF
the past, even though the country is
now a participant in the greatest war
OF all time"
When the curtain drops at the Grand
Central Palace tonight the exhibiting
companies, with very few exceptions,
will ship their cars and accessories to
Chicago, where the second of the big
national automobile shows will open
at the Coliseum. January 26 Encour-
aged by the success of the New York
show. automobile manufacturers ex-
pect to break all sales records at Chi
cago. center of the richest motor car
market in the country, since 1t DON'T
mates the agricultural States that pro-
duced a crop valued at $1,000, 900 last
year.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Within the past few months the
minds of most Americans have dwelt
often and hopefully on q production
that has been named the Liberty mo-
tor, the standard airplane engine pro-
duced by the United States govern
ment to help In the subjugation Of
the unspeakable Hun. The motor car
owner Of today may not see much
connection between his favorite sport
and the aforementioned fact, but,
strangely enough. the enormous
strides In airplane engine construc-
ton that have been made during the
war are going to have a very d.
rect bearing on the automobile power
plant Of tomorrow. In other words,
the lessons learned In the exacting
school Of military necessity are going
to dictate the development of the
automobile engine during the next
few years.
This is, In a way. poetic Justice.
for the airplane woulG never have
been possible without the internal
combustion engine, which reached
relative perfection through the de-
the airplane cancels its original debt,
W lAAC ALlCAhaA NOulDhS-
ton power plant to a still higher
degree of perfection than the motor
car had reached, The whole subject
Is of enough interest to even the
casual car owner to Justify a brief
review OF the field.
Qualities Of Engine.
To begin with, the designer of the
aircraft engine has to keep always
before him three essentials. weight,
power and fuel economy. These he
must achieve or HIS design is
worthless.
In the beginning the airplane en-
gine designer started with what
was practically a motor car power
plant. To reach his three deside-
rata, he has increased the power
of the engine, reduced its weight,
reduced its fuel consumption, in
creased its fabrication efficiency,
perfected its carbureting system
and its ignition. All these improve
ments are certain to be. in fact, are
already being, copied by designers
OF motor car engines. insofar as
they apply to the surface type OF
vehicle.
The airplane designer started
with the same mat rials that his
confrere of the land had used, the
same metals. the same methods.
Intensive experimentation, however,
showed him many things about heat
treatment and alloys of metal that
had never been dreamed OF before.
He learned how TO make steel of
unimagined toughness and light
ness which enabled him to produce
what would have been a miracle
FIVE years ago, an engine develop
ing a horsepower for every two
pounds of it's weight By devising
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

side Of the castings washed with soap
and water to remove all traces of
oil, Injuries should be looked for
and repairs made II needed. The tires
should be laid fat IN a cool, dark
room after being wrapped in clean
cloths or preferable black paper.
Tubes should be taken out of cas-
ings, slightly inflated. and also laid
fat in a cool. dark place with no
weight on them.
II the tires are not removed from
the wheels. jack up the car. leaving
only enough air in the castings to keep
the tire tight and in shape.
Cars should not be left for any con-
siderable period OF time without jack
ing up the wheels. as the prolonged
strain on the tires tends to stretch
them and develop weak places in their
structure.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Aircraft Engine Makers
Add to Worlds Science
Production of Motors Has Advanced Rapidly
During Last Few Years; Experiments
Bring Surprising Results.

methods OF getting and retaining
higher compression. the airpiane
designer increased the power of his
engine. while he was reducing IA
weight.
One problem that gave the air
plane designer many anxious hours
was that Of increasing the fuel econ
omy Of his power plant. Obviously,
an sirplane engine might fuifill every
requirement as TO speed and power,
but II II consumed too much gaso-
line to achieve those qualities. the
plane would be unable TO carry
enough fuel to give the vehicle the
necessary cruising radius. For this
reason the airplane engineers con-
centrated much Of their attention on
this problem OF reducing gasoline
consumption, without reducing either
speed or power. That they have sue
ceeded in harmonizing all these
varied and seemingly almost mutual
ly destructive requirements, 10 at
tested by the fact that they have
produced planes that can travel al
the rate Of $50 miles per hour and
having a cruising radius Of 500 or
GOO miles. 1t is impossible IN the
brief space available here to go into
details Of how this end was achiev-
ed; suffice 1t that the motor car
engine of the future 10 going to show
fuel economy undreamed Of in the
power plants OF today. simply be-
cause Of the lessons learned In plane
design.
In the course OF their striving after
greater power, aircraft designers have
| learned many things in regard &c
crankcase rigidity and gasketing. The
Importance Of leak-proof gasketing tc
Withstand the high compression OF
the airplane engine had added TO our
knowledge immensely, and unoues.
uonably the lessons will be applied
TO assist in getting Greater power
IN proportion to engine size from
teh post-bellum power plants.
Design IL Compact.
Another respect in which the air
plane engineer has added 10 ou
knowledge, is in increasing compact,
ness Of design. Obviously the airplanc
engine must take up Just as little
room as possible, though its parts
must have a maximum degree of ac
! cessibility. Now our present automo
bile engine types are creditable ex.
amples of compact design, but the
air plane engineer has carried thIi
| quality to far greater heights. WheI
the influence Of his design gets q
| chance really to become disseminated
after the war, we are going to have
even more compact automobile en-.
gines than those OF the present
Now IL must be remembered ti,at
the airplane designers Of today car
! eliminate one element that IL thu
largest Of all for the commercial au-
| tomobile producer and that is the fac
tor Of cost. Governments at war want
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Pacific Coast routes will be from
San Francisco to Stockton and Sacra-
mento C25 miles) and from Los An
geles to Redlands (7s miles.)
These truck routes are not rural
free delivery lines. They are star
routes" that being the name by which
the government designates steamer,
stage and pony mail routes-any
routes. in fact, other than rail.
A recent law permits the govern
ment to specify the sort Of vehicle
to be used. II bids for the service
are considered excessive. the POST
office Department may establish its
own routes. with salaried drivers and
nation-owned trucks.
Government trucks already are car
rying parcel mail between Washington
and Baltimore and Philadelphia Ql0
miles), Annapolis and Solomons. Nd.
(6S miles,. Washington and Leonards-
town GA miles,, and Baltimore and
Gettysburg 63 miles.) ....
There is Just one missing link in
the proposed routes SO far mapped
out. The exact course of the con-
nection between Washington and
Lynchburg has not been decided. II
probably will go through Richmond.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Benny Kauff's S Swat
Disproves Theory

Hugh Jennings pet theory that au-
tomobile driving hurts the batting eye
got a terrific jolt in the third game Of
the world series when Benny Kauff
connected for two home runs. The
sensational outfelder Of McGraw's
Giants is an ardent motorist and
pilots the same make Of car as his
boss. Harry Hampstead. president Of
the New York National League Club
q National
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Proper Care Of Tires
Means Fewer Purchases

Tire neglect in winter is RESPONSE
BILE frequently for unnecessary pur-
chases in the spring. Tires should
be removed from wheels and the OUT
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Uncle Sam is competing today with
his own railroads.
Interurban motor trucks carrying
parcel post.
Nearly 800 miles Of such routes are
now in operation.
Within three months the mileage
may be increased to 5000 or 1000.
This will relieve railroad congestion.
One chain of government motor
truck routes will extend from Port
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

offered by the National Company
Highway blue and Highway gray.
Since introduced on racing cars ive
years ago, wire wheels never had a
greater vogue in this country than
they have at the present time, statis-
tics compiled by the National Motor &
Vehicle Corporation, of Indianapolis,
showing that one out of every three
cars shipped from the factory are so
equipped although there is an addi-
tional charge for the substitution of
wire for wood.
Following the sinking Of the LusI-
tania by a German submarine. Mrs.
;. NJ Blish, a wealthy resident of
seymour, Ind, whose husband was a
victim Of Teutonic frightfulness, sent
National roadster to Gen. Joffre
with the request that he add II to the
motor equipment of the French army.
Mrs. Blish then purchased a National
touring car and took 1t with her to
France, where she is now engaged in
caring for the wounded of the allied
forces.
1t Is one OF the proudest boasts of
George M. Dickson, president of the
National Motor Car and Vehicle Cor
poration. of Indianapolis. that he has
a perfect record for attendance at the
New York Automobile Shows, having
participated in each of the produc-
uons that. Sam Miles first staged I'm
1909. .fE
Geraldine Farrar, who divides her
talents between the movies and grand
opera, has hung up an enviable record
as a cross-country motorist during
the past year. Accompanied by her
husband. Lou Tellegen, and aIternnt-
ing with him at the wheel Of their
National she has made three trips
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

Hanging tenaciously to old tradi-
tons and customs, the National Motor
Car & Vehicle Corporation Of Indiana
polls. refuses to sentence the tester to
the oubliette and replace him COM
pletely with the dynamometer. Six OF
these rough riders of the motor
range" who once were legion but now
almost as extinct as veterans Of the
revolutionary war. are retained to put
each Of the twelve-cylinder Nationals
through their PAGES and afix the o.
h. stamp thereon.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

land. Me-. to New Orleans, La. rum
ming through Atlanta. Another will
connect Atlanta with Cincinnati and
Columbus. Ohio. From Columbus
routes will run west to Indianapolis,
and east and southeast to Pittsburgh
and Lynchburg. At Lynchburg they
will connect with the Portland-New
Orleans route.
These routes are expected to lower
the high cost of living.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13

South America furnished a rich mar
ket to the automobile manufacturers
of this country during the year just
closed. the National Motor Car &
Vehicle Corporation. Of Indianapolis.
for example, trsbling its exports to
the Latin republics during 1917. All
cars shipped to Central and South
America are given only a priming
coat, the automobile buyers of these
countries having cars painted a
brighter hue than the standard colors
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
In RefiIIing Water System.

In the main there is no danger in pouring cold
water into the cooling system Of the engine.
no matter how hot the later may be. But
If 50 much Of the water has been lost that the
tops Of the cylinders are uncovered. the engine
should be allowed to cool of before the water
system Is filed The reason Is obvious IL cold
water IL poured directly on the hot cylinders,
where they are exposed, there is danger Of
cracking them, owing to the contraction due 10
the rapid cooling effect OF the water.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Practical Paragraphs.
Emergency valve Removal.

To tackle q valve replacenent singlehaDded
when you have not a valve lifting deyios Is
not anything to look forward to. There Is .
way Of getting around ths difficulty. Simply
interposs a piece Of packing. almost anything
will do between the valve cap and the valve
head; redx the valve cap sod the packing viii
prevent the valve rising To Hft the spring
and take out the cottsr is not hard now.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Emergency Connection.

Il Is possible TO make a very acceptable con-
nectiOn for ths end Of electrical wires, by
slipping the bare cable ends into a small piece
Ot copper tubing Of suitable size, which Is
then pincned in the viss TO give q good gnp
Of the wire ends Next the end Of the copper
tubing is spread by hammering. hole is drilled
or punched in the center and an open pathway
cut through TO make the connection detachable
without taking of the terminal head.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Spring Clips.

The small clips that are frequently mounted
on the outer ends Of the leaves Of seIni-elliI-
teal springs. must always be kept drawn up
tightly The function Of these clips is to pre-
vent the leaves from getting out Of alignment
and they also act even as shock absorbeTs By
bringing the outer leaves into action on the
rebound, while they likewise increase the fric-
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Drills and Drilling.

Even In REGARD to- drilling holes, d, operation
that the man who does his oNu repair work y
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Keep Planetary Gears Tight.

It Is q wise precaution to occasionally go
over the bolts which secure the several sections
Of . planetary Transmission, 10 see that no
loose1ess has developed. While the loss Of a
bolt or 20 might not be enough to allow the
gear 10 separate entirely. there is danger that
it might weaken the fastenings 50 as to permit
the gears to work slightly out Of mesh, or
that the remaining bolts might be sheared on
a. q result Of being overloaded.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Corroded Terminals.

Battery terminals that have become eorroded
may be cleaned best by q strong solution Of
washing soda. After they have been dried
a light coating of yaseline will serTe to protect
them against . return Of the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Rim Rustlng.

When a rim has had some of the paint
Knocked off, take the precantion Of applying
some graphite paint at once. not only for the
looks sake but to prevent the formation Of rust.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Sighting the sight Feed.

II for any reason it is difficult to observe
the rate q flow through the sight feed oilers
mounted on the dash. try slipping 4 bit Of
white paper behind the tubes 10 give a light
background. against which the contents Of tbs
glasses win show with considerable distfnctness.
even in q proper light
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
The BeIasco-.Another Man. Shoes

The Belasco-"Au0ther Mans shoes"
Frederic Mckay will present An
other Mans Shoes" a new American
comedy at the Belasco Theater. on
Sunday evening. June 26. The new
play is the collaboratiye effort of
Laura Hinkley and Mabel Ferris. the
basic thought having been taken from
a story entitled Craven" which Miss
Hinkley wrote several years ago.
For the new production a cast oil
Metropolitan favorites has been Sc
lected. The featured member OF the
cast is Lionel Atwill, a young artist
who has achieved extraordinary SUI
cess. Although well known abroad
he did not come into his own until
this season when he shared hHnors
with Nazimova during the recent Ibsen
season at the Plymouth Theater. His
rise to stellar honors after but two
seasons in this country has made
theatrical history.
In support of Mr.. Atwill will be
found two well known women. Miss
Elsie Mackay and Miss Sue MacMan-
amy. Miss Mackay is to be renleIa-
bered for her delightful work with
Cyril Maude. and Miss MacManamy
created an important role in "Lom-
bardi,. Ltd" The cast also includes
Frederick Burton. Harry Ashford.
Alice Fleming, Lucia Moore, Joycc
Fair. William H. Powell. Walter
Young. Philip Leigh and Charles NJ.
Holly. Another Mans Shoes" has
been given a brilliant production by
Mr.. Mckay and was staged oy Will
lam H. Gilmore.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
What the Press Agent Says, That Say |

With a whoop and hooran the Mo-
ton Picture War Service Association
was put through with a bang last
Sunday afternoon at the mass meet
ing of film folk in the auditorium
in Los Angeles. $4,000 was raised in
less time than it takes to tell it, and
the BABY charitable association
sprang to a good size man in one
afternoon.
According to the plan. the associa-
ton will build and equip a hospital
for the government that will cost
s1S5. 200 and If there Is any money left
Iover, they viii start another one.
This Is in accordance with the plan
Of the mo1ing picture people which
was formed some time ago, to build
a hospital for .convalescent soldiers.
If any fans could have gotten into
the big building Sunday. they certain
ly would have had the time of their
lives as everybody in filmdom was
there and the huge auditorium which
seats nearly 4,50o people was packed
to the doors with people connected
with the industry, and much talent
was displayed.
The affair was organized with d.
w. Griffith as chairman of the execu-
] tive board. and the following. vice
chairmen: Cecil B. DeAfIle. Loii
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

Minnie Dupree, who has been Off
the stage q year or more. will return
tomorrow night to the stage in a
playlet entitled "Nocturne," by A. p.
Wharton.
A comedy called "why Worry"
by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert
Goodman. is to be produced late
this summer with Fanny Brice in
the leading role.
"Just around the Corner" the farce
by George V. Hobart and Herbert
Hall Winslow. opened last week in
Detroit.
William Hodge, who is now starring
in "a Cure for Curables." has finishen
play which will be produced by the
Shuberts in the remote future.
"The Liberty Gun." drama by Rob-
ert Mears Mackay and Victor Mapes,
was produced for. the first time last
Thursday night at New Haven, Conn.
Robert Edeson has the leading role.
Under actual fire In the British and
French trenches at intervals coverius
q period Of more than eighteen months
-. -. 80
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
The Gayety-Turner Va. Oxar.

With both contestants In fine trim
'an is in readiness for the wrestling
match to be staged at the Gayety
Theater tomorrow night. when Jack
Ozar. of Lebanon, Pa, will again en-
deavor to wrest the belt representing
the middle-weight campionship of the
world from its local holder. Joe TuI.
ner. In Ozar. Turner is said TO nave
a formidable opponent. demonstrated
i'm the two previous meetings Of these
athletes. In the first OF these Ozar
won the decision; in the second each
man had one fall 10 his credit, when
Ozar sustained a serious injury, neces-
stating the interruption Of the match.
The contest will be staged under
catch-as-catch-can rules. strangle-hold
barred. two falls out Of three gaining
the decision. Pat O'Connor, an always
popular referee, will he the third man
on the mat. An interesting prelimi-
nary will be provided in a bout be-
tween a wrestler selected from the
Marine Corps at Qusntico and a SOL
der from Camp Meade.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

road again next season In a drama
and under the management of Max
MARGIN. who controls for the present
her stage destiny.
Christie Mcdonald. the comic
opera. musical comedy. and film
star. is another who has taken the
Keith oath of allegiance for a sea-
son and will be seen here at B. F.
Keith's theater the middle of next
month.
Lee Kugel win have a new play for
Emma Dunn next season that has not
yet been named.
A musical version Of >''The Road to
Yesterday" is to be produced under
the title of The Dream Girl"
"Hitchy Koo 1918" had its FIRST
performance last week In New York.
Raymond Hitchcock and Leon Eroi
furnishing the comedy work
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

The longest season in its entire
history ended when the Gayety The
alter closed last night. Had COM
panies been available. there Is but
little doubt that It would have been
possible to continue performances
throughout the summer months.
The new season. however. will be
fnaugurated early in August, and in
the meantime. the edifice will be In
the care of painters and decorators.
who will make extensive alterations
In its interior.
Helen Ware is coming to B. r.
Keith's the second week in July.
30 are Lydia Barry. Mehlinger and
Meyer. and Kramer and Morton.
POLY With a Past terminated It's
gun at the Belasco Theater, New
York, last week.
Josephine Victor. although added
Sow to Keith yaudeville's list of
summer attractions. will take to the
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

Weber. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pick
ford. Douglas Fairbanks and William
s. Hart.
Max MARGIN has new play ION the
Threshold"
A revised edition of Inside the
Lines" the melodramatic comedy by
Earl Derr Bigger. is to be produced
in Boston this summer.
Charles Hopkins will produce a dra-
matte version of Nina WILCOX Put
mans story, Ladies Enlist" at his
Purch and Judy Theater in New York.
Albert De Courville. who is now in
London, has cabled New York that
he is getting ready to produce the
musical comedy, "The Butterfly Kiss. !"
In the production Of Madame
and Her Godson," the cast will in
clude Donald Brian. Frank Doane
Jack Hazard, Ada Meade and Dor
othy Brunton.
A play called THE Man Who Went
will be produced this summer in Bos
ton. 1t Is by w. A. Tremayne. oi
Montreal
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
PoIis-"Hearts Of the world

Two presentations of Hearts OF
the World" at Polls today, begin
ming at 8 and $40 p. m. will AFFORD
an opportunity for many Sunday
visitors to the capital to witness d.
w. Griffith's latest cinema master
piece.
The turning OF hundreds away at
nearly all performances during the
past week caused a hurried rear
rangement of the bookings for
Polls and the retention of Hearts
of the World" for a second week
The spectacle will remain this week
with performances twice daily at
2:10 and $40 p. m.
The sensational success : of
Hearts of the World" in Washing
ton Is merely a duplication of its
ord-smashing feats in other
cities, which have surrendered tc
Grifith's wizardy in this new mas
terpiece to the same degree that
they did to "The Birth of a Nation.
In Hearts of the World" the pro-
ducer has used the great war as a
background for a love story of ma
jestic tenderness and with the usual
Griffith Accomplishments of SYM
phony music and realistic stage eff
fects he has created an offering that