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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
Our Stocks Are Largest

at every nrice-st&&e, TO be found any
where More than fourteen different makes
are represented. each the leader In its par
tlcu!ar class. Included are such well~known
reliable instruments as: MASON 4 HAM
LIN, CoNONER. HAZELToN. N0SE 4
Sons. CABLE. BEiR BROTHERS, SCHT.
BERT, kINGSBER1. WELLINGTON. DE-.
koNEN, ELLINGTON. CAMBRIDGE: also
EtPHONIA and GARCIA PLAYER
p!ANOs and ELECTRIC REPRODUCING:
PIANOS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

Give the boy or girl a Vain out
fit and let them begin the study in
the school classes. Complete Out
fits, including sweet-toned Violin,
Case. Bow and Music stand, at
S25 up.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
Give Sheet Music

dozen copies of the hits wi make a
wonderful hit with the piano-pla All the good
here we'll big assortment Of standard
selections: Zoe up.
Distributors for Yorke Band Instruments.
We wholesale and retail distributors for the
celebrated Yorke Band Instruments and carry
pleta stocks offer lowest prices.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
Our Pianos Are Reliable

-f'"thlhg nut GOOD Pianos can find a place
IN our stocks and amy instrument you may
f'''"t4 mere regardless az its price. is thor
!saH utfehaat4e. Inc reputation of this
@la established Organization - known
throughout the South for fair dealing
Nt3has teitind every Plane sell as wsIi ssx
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
Our Prices Are Lowest.

IS they always have bcen--at which
Fidnos Of equal grade can be sold due 10
our tremendous volume of business. which
ehahles ms to make large purchases This
Yeaf our foresight in making contracts raanv
months ago gave us the advantage of much
ever prices than have prevailed since which
s5@h8 an even greater saving to our Gus
toners
Com" IN early this week and lei cur
ftaito experts give You the benefit of thar
experience lit selecting t-eur FiUuo or Player
fiano' Used Pianos taken in exchange "a
part payment and convenient payment terms
MAY los arranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
CARS SHIPPED FROM j. S.
TO SPAIN WITHOUT TIRES
In Accordance With Restrictions on
Automobile Exports During
World War.

Spain, according to the recent agree
ment with the United States, now is
furnishing Gen. Pershing's Army with
plies, but American automobile manu-
facturers, making sporadic shipments
to the kingdom of Alphonso, cannot
reciprocate by eQuipping these cars
with tires.
This is one Of several peculiar re-
strictions put on automobile exports
that is the result of the world war, a
restriction that has been in force since
the summer of 1914.
When Great Britain, controlling the
seas, entered the war, an embargo was
declared and the English government
refused to Npermit any crude rubber
shipments to the United States unless
the American tire makers promised not
to export tires to neutral countries so
located in the war zone that either le-
Ultimate trade or border smuggling
with Germany could not be prevented.
The American tire makers were forced
to post a bond of 100000 as a guar
antee of their good faith in keeping the
agreement.
have been sent to Spain and to other
neutral countries of Europe in the last
four years left the factories with bare
wheels, the tires being consigned to
the British government and shipped to
England. Here they are held in stor-
age as contraband until the Spanish
owner satisfies the English authorities
that the tires will never travel over
other than Spanish highways.
This embargo. while inconveniencing
the American automobile manufactured
and the inha bitant of neutral Eurb-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Great Light Users.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
DIR. Walter Clark of Philadelphia has
recently made some interesting investi-
cations to find out how the oldtime light
ing conditions in his city compared with
those of today. He has discovered that
until as late as 1855 only Pickering sperm
oil and candles We're in use. Not until
the following decade did the highly inn
proved kerosene lamp appear. Gas did
not come out until the period between 1865
and 1875. And then only the wealthy
could use it. 1t sold at $3.50 per 1000
cubic feet! The efficient welsbach man
izing artificial illumination. The present
era began in 1895. when gas and electric
ity came into general use-gas selling at
81 per 1000 cubic feet and electricity at
10 cents per kilowatt hour Since this
time the gas mantle and the electric fila
ment have seen vast improvements. SO
that today the average family is obtaining
about eighteen times as much light as the
people Of half century ago had, though
they pay only about three quarters as
much for it as their grandfathers did for
the dim lights of other days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
THE OTHER ANGLE
News Crazyquilt
BY KIRK MILLER.

Kaiser's war aims include center OF
gravity. north and south pole and
champion Chicago White Sox for a
standing army.
1t don't look now like Berlin will get
a franchise in the American League.
Didn't take the drafted boys long to
learn the difference between revielle
and taps-it's about eight hours
When the daylight saving bill be-
comes assiduous alarm clock will re-
turn to vogue, like trench coats and
four-foot libraries.
The first crocus of spring was seen in
Lafayette Park, but one violet don't
make wedding corsage. Don't shed
your winter f1annels in midstream!
Colored private rehuked for address,
ing his captain as sergeant, said: We'll
boss. some day you might get to be a
sergeant
While were making war on German
measles and German carp, let's don't
embroider an armistice around Turk
ish towels and Turkish baths.
Patriotism is noble institution, but
loving ones country don't consist OF
wearing it under your fingernails.
Being chief nut of a nut column isn't
SO tough when one looks at all of the
inspiration one has around him.
AS poor Richard would say: Let not
thy left hand concealeth ought from
thy right-investeth in w. S. S. with
both"
Thou saideth it!
There,s a LOT of Ouakers asking fo,
exemption on conscientious scruples
who do their quaking from the knees
SOUTH
Although the cost of living has gone
higher than a CRATES top freckle we
haven't met anybody who's willing to
cut it out.
The tri-color of France is all right,
but how about the tri-initials of
America-the F. F. VS. of Virginia, the
I. O. Us of everywhere. the I. c. c. of
Leavenworth. the B. V. DIS of Palm
Beach and the G. o. P's of yesterday.
maybe tomorrow. but not today?
That Queer QUESTIONABLE.
Has your Christmas jewelry turned to
pewter yet?
How many cigars can you smoke at
once?
Have you ever seen a live sardine-
was it in Baltimore?
Do three feet still make yard of
spaghetti?
Are you round shouldered from carry
ing around w. S. s.?
IF so why not?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
High Tide of Army Trucks.

The high tide of sales of Army trucks
to our allies was reached in 1915. when
22,0s4, worth $59,S39.3o3, were shipped
Last year the number fell to 1891
worth s36.364.773. Some at least of this
decrease was made up by shipments of
trucks to France for the American ex-
peditionary force. but these do not ap-
pear in official report of exports.
What the export trade of the automo-
bile industry means to the prosperity
of the American workingman and to
the many lines of trade on which the
industry draws for supplies of mater
ials is shown by the fact that 'exp6Hs
Of motor cars and parts. engines and
total of S13S, 043.075 last year.
Shipments to Territories.
To this should be added more than
$3,300,000 worth of motor vehicles ex-
ported last year to Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico-non-contiguou terri
tory of the United States-and also
$5S7 900 worth of automobile parts,
not including engines and tires, also
exported to these American posses
sions.
The exports of passenger automobiles
and motor trucks exceeded in value by
so per cent last years exports of rail-
way locomotives and passenger and
freight cars, or of all electrical loco
motives, machinery and appliances,
were eleven times as great, as the COM
bined exports of carriages. wagons. BIZ
cycles. motor cycles. airpianes. trac-
ton engines and caterpillar tractors.
and nearly three times as great as ex-
ports of all agricultural machinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

NEW, YORK, February IA worn
out 1913 hivver costs $1,000 in France
today, and is cheap at the price. The
life Of a car used in carrying supplies
for the soldiers is not more than three
months on the average. There are al
most no repair shops, and there aren't
even tools available in France"
This sums up a few Of the difficulties
in the problem that the Young Mems
Christian Association is facing in
France at present. in getting food and
other supplies for the soldiers to its
canteens, according to W. o. Wilson.
secretary in charge of transportation,
attached to it's headquarters stan in
Paris. He has come to America to make
arrangements for great system OF
Young Mems Christian Association
service stations and repair shops in
France, to get more cars, and to secure
a number of expert drivers and me-
chanics.
THE war is sometimes almost war
of transportation" Mr.. Wilson said. at
the International Young Mems Chris
tan Association building. 124 East 2Sth
street. Our Army is scattered
through many villages instead of being
In centralized environments as it is in
America. The problem is therefore dou-
bled in size and Importance. After hav-
ing studied divisional distribution and
distribution at the front, l have come
back to America to get together an or
ganization that will be prepared to
face and overcome almost insurmount-
able difficulties.
Five Hundred Cars Needed
THE Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton has approximately one hundred
These consist of cheap American auto
mobiles, two or three-ton trucks and
Italian. French and English cars. Send
ing automobiles from America to France
must have from 900 to 500 cars there
by spring early summer to carry on
it's work.
One can get an idea of what we are
up against by the fact that the French
government Is building 1880 of the
Foyers du Soldat. or " huts. for the
French army, and an American division
OF 1900 men is scattered at many
points. These French " huts will be
in charge of the American Young Mems
Christian Association.
Where the soldiers of division are
at from thirty to fifty different points,
1t means that the lines of communica-
ton between each of these and the
Young Mems Christian Association di-
vision or base headquarters must be
kept open, and that tons Of supplies
must be transported to each unit. The
activities of hut depend upon the
transportation department.
THE Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton is rapidly organizing a thorough
and efficient repairing service system,
with small emergency shops almost at
the front. larger ones to the rear OF
these. and completely equipped machine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Y. NJ. C. A. SERVICE STATIONS
{. FOR AUTOMOBILES IN FRANCE
Is Object of Visit to This Country of Score
tary in Charge of Transportation At
tached to Headquarters in Paris

shops and service stations at the larger
bases.
Parts and Tools Also Shipped.
Gar parts and tools. as well as the
cars themselves, are being shipped to
France in large numbers. A great many
of the drivers and repair men who will
be at these new service stations Will
also go soon. They are the very best
| of their kind that the association can
get. We have found that the best
drivers and repair men are none too
good to go up against the critical tests
| over there.
When the ~ truck rolls into a viii
! lage, and some one yells The "Y' is
here! the driver and truck almost need
a bodyguard for a time. The hut sec
rotary has to come down and calm the
men by saying:
o'clock. and I'm afraid you'n have to
wait till then At 3 o'clock the whole
camp has heard Of the arrival of the
truck, and the poor old canteen is once
more almost demolished"
The daily and weekly movements OF
every Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton car and driver are known at any
given moment to the transportation
department of the association in Paris.
Large charts hang on the wall there.
showing the approximate positions OIL
each car and driver. The needs of the
individual divisions are constantly
known at the neaoquarterS. Inc Cargo
of every car is checked and inspected
by the stores department, and thus
each truck is sent on its way in an
explicit and definite order.
Not Drop Wasted.
Gasoline. or essence, as the French
call it, is controlled in a very complete
and efficient way, SO that not a drop is
lost Each truck driver and truck mas
ter is provided with a book issued by
the government authorities, which is hon.
ored throughout France at the many es-
sence depots. The driver need only pre-
sent his little book to the Frenchman in
charge. who pours out. very carefully, just
| SO many liters of the valuable fuel
/ ~e can learn much from the French
and English systems of mechanical
! transportation Mr.. Wilson remarked.
A long train of the great 'camions,' with
| it's quota of forty to forty-five poilus, is
able to make an average speed with full
| load of nine and a half miles an hour.
| This is rapid transportation of soldiers
| In more than one instance the great motor
| Tory has saved the day for both the
I French and the English. The roads OF
| France are splendid, and are well kept up
but they are now beginning to show
| wear under the extreme heavy traffic OF
| the truck squadrons.
We must look to the motor truck
| more and more during this war. The
French railroads are doing splendilly to
| handle the enormous traffic demanded by
our Army and the Young Mems Christian
Association, and it is not to be expected
that they will be able to continue to dc
| all this as the problems of the war in
| crease. In many cases, getting both food
and news of the outside world to the as
ISOLATION huts can be accomplished
only through the motor trucks Trans
portation is one OF the most vital prob
lens of the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
American Car Appreciated.

These figures are significant Of the
appreciation of the utility of the Amer
lean motor car in all countries of the
world, when it is remembered that i'm
ports of automobiles have been pro-
hibited during the past year in Eng
land, France, Italy and India; that
Germany. Austria, Bulgaria and Tur-
key have been dropped from our
trading list; that shipments have been
almost impossible to European Rus
STA; that tires could not be exported
to the Scandinavian countries, and that
Australia prohibited the importation
of automobile bodies.
Tremendous changes have occurred
in the motor car market of, the world
in the last TWO years. Whereas exports
of passenger automobiles to the United
Kingdom decreased from IA, 1877, val
ued at 81 ,4S3,675. in 1915, to 1,349, val
ued at $1.97S.94S. in 1917, the exports
to Chile increased from 497, worth
$31S,913. to 1897. worth s3.4s1,661, OF
eleven-fold in the same period. During
the same two years exports to Russia
dropped from a total value of $780,
019 to $1,761,3SS. while passenger cal
exports to Canada increased from 81
304,71S to $12,401,705.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
EXPORTS OF AUTOS
SKATER RECORDS
More Passenger Cars Sent
From U. S. in 1917 Than
Any Previous Year.
FIGURES ARE SIGNIFICANT

More passenger automobiles were
exported from the United States during
the year 1917 than in any previous
year. despite import prohibitions by
the countries, that were formerly the
largest buyers of American motor cars
and scarcity of ocean cargo space. with
consequent greatly increased shipping
rates. The report of the Department
Of Commerce shows that there were
exported during the twelve months
ended December 81 last Co., passen-
ger cars, valued at $51 ,9s2,96 whole
sale. This is almost double the value
of the combined exports of passenger
and commercial cars in 1913 or 1914,
and an increase of 4s per cent in ex-
ports of passenger automobiles over
1915 and nearly 10 per cent over 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

pain country that buys an Amer4onn
car. has proved a war measure sf
paralyzing effectiveness to Germany,
where there is a famine OF automo-
bile tires. and the efforts Of scientists
to find a synthetic substitute for rub
Der have been futile. Were IL not fer
the drastic order, German agents in
Spain, Holland and Denmark would
probably buy thousands Of American
cars and stripping them OF tires for
the kaiser's war vehicles junk ths
machines,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

The first crocus of spring was seen il
Lafayette Park, but one violet don
make a wedding corsage. Don't shet
your winter f1annels in midstream!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

When the daylight saving bill be
comes assiduous alarm clock will re
turn to vogue, like trench coats ant
four-foot Libraries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Didn't take the drafted boys long to
learn the difference between revlelle
and taps-its about eight hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
At the Reception.
The Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
What strange manners that author
has,"
Yes. II you didn't know he was a
literary lion you'd mistake him for an
! educated pig"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Don't Waste the Leaves.
From the Fort Wayne News.

From the Fort Wayne News.
Don't burn the leaves. Put them IN
your backyard. throwing boards or
earth over them to prevent them blow
ing away, and in the spring you have
ideal fertilizer for your flower beds
Better yet, spade them into your gar
dens in the fall and. give the earth full
benefit of their contribution to its
strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
PROGRESS IN USING
COAL GAS IN MOTORS
Utilized in England Because of
Restrictions of Gaso-
line Power.
line Power.
ENDORSED BY TRADE BODY

Remarkable progress is being made
in the application of coal gas to motor
cars, London automobile experts say.
Three main systems are available: Gas
bag storage at low pressure, bolster"
storage at medium pressure. and metal
tank storage at high pressure.
The simple gas bag is at present the
favorite type. and very considerable i'm
provement has been made in it's design
and fitting. The gas bolster is a re-
ceptacle built on the lines of a pneu-
matte tire. 1t can safely withstand
considerable gas pressure, and now that
metals are so scarce there is much to
be said in favor of the rubber and
fabric gas container.
AS a result of restrictions imposed
by the English government on the use
of gasoline for motor vehicles. coal gas
is being utilized in that country as fuel
to an increasing extent. 1t is reported
that the new scheme was started in
| Manchester, and the success of the first
experiments was such that the idea has
been widely adopted.
To Provide Charging Stations.
In the commercial part OF, Lancaster
steps are being taken to provide charg-
ing stations so distributed that vehicles
need never be more than five miles
from a fresh supply, while the move
ment is similarly spreading throughout
industrial Yorkshire, and in Glasgow it
is meeting with appreciation.
The project was Endorsed at a recent
meeting at Nottingham of the Motor
: Io oysafs &c nnti osv> II
garages throughout England will soon
be in a position to supply recharge of
local gas.
In view of the development, consid-
cradle attention has been given to the
construction of suitable containers. The
use of steel tanks has been generally
abandoned. as the strength required to
compress $50 feet Of gas-the amount
| required to equal gallon of gasoline
could be supplied only by tanks
weighing more than 500 pounds.
Another disadvantage of the COM
preston was the attendant likelihood.
in low temperatures, that the gas
would turn to liquid The ordinary ar
the Scientific American as Consisting
| of gas bag made of balloon fabric
fastened to light wooden rack on ton
of the car.
Discharges Gas Into Carburetor.
A supply pipe usually runs down the
edge of the wind shield on the car
bnretor side of the engine and dis
charges the gas directly into the car
! buretor or into the intake pipe near
the carburetor. The danger of a back
fare is obviated by a check valve.
In this same pipe, back of the check
valve, IS connection for the gas sup
ply main to be used when the gas ba q
is filled-an operation requiring about
ten minutes
It is admitted that an engine driven
with coal gas develops about 80 ner
cent of the power that is obtained
when it is driven with gasoline and
that to get the best results the en-
CINE must be driven at high speed.
an arrangement by which a small SIM.
ply of acetylene gas could be regulated
and mixed with coal gas at the car
buretor would strengthen the exn1o-
sion and supply the necessary kick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

kaiser's war aims include center of
gravity, north and south pole and
champion Chicago White Sox for a
standing army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

1t don't look now like Berlin will z
franchise in the American League
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Just So.

| From the Boston Transcript
People who wait for the Lord to provide
seldom die of the govt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
AMERICANS
REPULSE FOE
IN NEW RAID
NEARVERDUN
By FRANK J. TAYLOR.

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE, April 22.-(Night)
Fifty Germans raided the Ameri-
can sector north of st. Mihiel (be-
tween St. Mihiel and Verdun) today.
The American artillery repulsed
the Boches as they reached the
American barbed wire entangle-
ments.
The German wounded were car
ried off, but two dead were left on
the wires. The Americans made a
counter raid on the German
trenches, bringing back two pris-
oners.
The other American sectors were
quiet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23

Saturday, used every diabolical de-
vice known to TeutOnic war genius,
the Americans stood up like seasoned
veterans and gave blow for blow.
One of the weapons employed by
the Germans was an automatic pistol
that can fire twenty-eight shots with
out refeeding.
Stories OF individual bravery are
still being told. That Of Infantry
Corporal George Houlison, of Ware,
Mass, indicates what our men passed
through in defense of American ira
ditions and the democracy of the
world.
HOuIlsOn's Story.
Houlison, who is lying in the hos
pital suffering from two shrapnel
wounds (neither serious) said:
'Our skipper (the captain) told US
TO support a machine gun company
as he suspected trouble.
THE skipper comes from Connecti-
cut. and a gamer man you never
saw. He fought alongside OF his men
throwing grenades.
when the thing began I was IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
.GUATENALAN WAR
DECLARATION WILL
BEAD TOALIES

Gustemala's entry into the war was
regarded favorably here today for
its moral effect on central and south
America.
Authorities said IL would aid ma
terially in the campaign against
German propagandistE. active IN Cen
supplies.
Minister Mendez declared Guats-
mala in making war, desired to show
her fall sympathy with the .Unitsd
StatsA - = = 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
congress Did Yesterday Haa r.

The Methods and Results Of FnchOnng Explained and Illus
raed- How Secretary McAdOO FwcOned Successfully in the
House Results on the Intellect Of the House, as Explained by
Mr. Ge and Others An EI Post FactO Report in the Hands
Of the Printer Fuslage for Civilians in the Senate M
Chamberlain Of Oregon Again DsappOVed by the PresidentA
Rebuke for Seattle HOd Carriers VndcadOn for Patriotic
Farmers