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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS.
EmerEency Valve Removal.

NAlNe removal
To tackle a valve replacement sin
glehanded when you have not a
valve lifting device is not anything
to look forward to. There is a way
Of getting around the difficulty. Sim
ply interpose a piece Of packing, al
most anything will do. between the
valve cap and the valve head; refix
the valve cap and the packing viii
prevent the valve rising. To lift the
spring and take out the cotter Is not
hard now.
Spring Clips.
The small clips that are frequently
mounted on the outer ends OF the
leaves OF semi-elliptical springs
must always be kept drawn up tight
ly. The function OF these Gins is 10
prevent the leaves from getting out
or alignment and they also act even
az shock absorbers by bringing the
outer leaves into action on the re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

How many storage batteries can I
charge from lighting circuit such as
is used in the shop? How is it done?
-Edmonds.
In the first place the light circuit
current must be direct current other
wise rectifier will have to De placed
in the line as only direct current can
be used for battery charging. I as
sumo the circuit is one of 10 volts.
This line will take care OF IL six-volt
batteries or the equivalent in bat
teries Of other voltages. The batteries
are connected in series for charging,
and by means Of a variable resistance
in the charging line, the charging rate
Is changed depending on the size,
number and types OF batteries. Usu-
ally a five ampere rate is used. Get
a book on battery charging from one
OF the large makers OF storage bat
teries or from the Westinghouse &C.
or General Electric.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
MOTORCYCLE MAN
VISITS Ell PASO

Austin ". Burgess. who has charge
of army sales for the Harley-David-
son Motorcycle company, with head
quarters at San Antonio. was a visitor
in FL Paso this week and spent some
time with the Smith Machine COM
pany, local representatives OF the
HID line. Mr.. Burgess reports an or
der from the army for 5000 motor
cycles and states that the motorcycle
is one OF the big factors in war work
on the French front.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

information bureau for truck trans
portation and business men may call
up this bureau and make arrange
ments for truck hauls OF from one TO
1000 miles. The service is conducted
by private concerns but the factory
cooperates in securing the business
and in establishing fair rates
1T must be remembered. too, that
the Packard truck is in great demand
by the army at the present time and
it is practically impossible to secure a
new Packard numerical car without
a long wait The action OF the factory
is not to stimulate sales for their own
trucks but to help to better business
and to make the business men OF the
east realize the wonderful possible
ties OF the motor truck. No longer do
the eastern papers publish maps tor
pleasure tours Now they publish
maps showing the best truck routes
Plenty Of Republics.
THE largest factory devoted en-
tirely to truck production is that Of
company has a wonderful stock OF
material on hand: a stock SO big that
a great portion Of it is stored on va
cant land near thep liant Big as the
Alma plant is. there is another huge
plant in Cleveland which is a very i'm
portant part Of the Republic-the
Torbenson internal gear drive rear
axle plant. Together these two plants
employ many thousands of men and
after a visit 20 the plants. one for
gets to wonder at the many yellow
chassis trucks in the far southwest.
1.-The White company at Cleveland
had finished a government order OF
1900 trucks when the writer visited
there and the huge concern was busy
endeavoriEg TO catch up with the
many orders from commercial con-
Germs that had piled up while the
army order had the right OF way.
There will be advances in the
prices Of motor trucks, possibly not to
the same extent as in passenger cars
but still enough to make 1t advisable
to order now the truck you will want
in three or six months from nJw."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
METRIC SYSTEM
FOR AUTO TIRES
Requirements of the Allies
Brings New Measure to
This Country.

Motorists using Goodyear tires have
noticed some strange numbers brand
ed on the side walls OF their tires, and
have mailed many inquiries TO the
company at Akron. concerning the
significance Of the mysterious nu-
merals. The explanation lies in the
fact that the company is now showing
the metric measurements as well as
the size in inches.
The Goodyear company has for some
time realized that Standardization in
the measurement OF automobile tires
would soon become necessary, and has
now taken the pioneer step in show
ing both inch and millimeter sizes on
the tire. With SO many tires going
abroad il is necessary to show the
sizes in metric measurements. as our
American markings mean nothing to
the continental Europeans. There is
no intention Of forcing the use of the
metric system upon the public. The
double marking simply permits the
user TO apply the term which he IN
derstands best.
With the United States supplying
not only its own army. but all the al
lied armies. with tires. it is obvious
that some universal system of meas
urement must be adopted to meet the
interchange. The metric system Of
measurement appears to be the So
luton to this problem. It makes for
international efficiency. Marketing
tires in the export trade has always
been done ut more or less of a disad-
vantage. on account Of the difference
in measuring systems. SO that the
value of an International system in
stead Of unrelated units, is appealing
now as never before.
The metric system has been legal in
the United States since 1866. but It
has not been extensively used. The
present situation, however. has
brought the matter squarely up 10 the
engineers of this country. Without
soon be using the metric system. in
connection with materials intended
for use abroad.
In the utilization OF the metric sys-
tenn in designating tire sizes the Good
year company has inaugurated a radi-
cal change in the method OF determin-
ing the size. American tire sizes are
expressed by the outside diameter and
the cross section diameter. Metric
sizes are determined by the size of
the rim on which the tire is to be used
and the cross section diameter. For
instance: q 30x3h tire in metric terms
becomes a 90-5S5, meaning cross sec
ton diameter of 30 millimeters to fit
a rim Of 585 millimeters. An inch
equals about 25 millimeters-
Automobile and truck tires are two
American products that must help to
win the war, and their use many thou
sands Of miles away from the point
Of manufacture, by nations using the
metric system Of measurement. neces-
states the adoption of the system Of
most familiar to them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

castings" said Mr.. Freeman II Is
true that selection Of castings should
be made with care but a great many
motorists overlook the fact that the
inner tube expense often runs into
big money. The Michelin tube has
long been = standard OF quality and
am glad 20 say that the heavy
sales Of AIichelins in II Paso make it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

evident that FL Paso motorists are
wide awake to the fact that money
can be saved by the careful buyins
OF tubes Buy good tubes and you'll
buy less OF them"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
CAREFUL SELECTION
OF TUBES IS URGED

c. D. Freeman states that war time
conservation is already evident
among the motorists of FL Paso- "One
Of the mistaken ideas i'm motoring is
that the big tire expense is with the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

according 20 the latest census taken IN
New York there are more women than
men in the Empire city.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
FEWNEWMODEL FOR 1918BUT
PRICES WILL ADVANCE HIGHER
Herald Representative Reports on Long Trip Around
Factories; Output for This Year VIII Be Less Than
1917; Trucks Used for Long Hauls, Both for
Army and Business Firms.
Few Really New Models.

Of. Of more years viii be right on the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
BRITISH TROOPS
TRIUMPH IN WAR
DRIVES OF DAY
Casualties of Great Proper
tions Inflicted on Enemy
in st. Quentin Area

With the British Army in France.
Oct. 2.-Yesterday was another day
of victories for the fighting British
army. The Belgians also continued
their forward movement. Gains of
the greatest importance were made
by the Australians between Cambrai
and st. Quentin, and it seems that
they have crossed the canal every
where. Long lines of enemy trans
ports are fleeing east and northeast
ward from this region. as we'll as
other regions.
The day was an ideal one for fly
ing, and the British aviators, VINO
had not been busy for several days,
again came into their own. The
planes flew low over the enemy,
masses and poured bullets by tens of
thousands into them, while at the
same time bombers picked massed
troops as targets and often loosed
their projectiies on the transport
columns in full flight. infiicting ter
rible damage. The better visibility
also enabled the British gunners to
do more accurate work.
Once more casualties of great pro-
portions have been inflicted on the
Germans, who now are fighting with
greatest desperation, realizing that
their position in this entire area is
more precarious than at any time
during the past four years.
True. there has been again the
hardest sort of close fighting astride
and in the Hindenburg system; but
back of here there is open country.
Joncourt now is we'll behind the
British lines after brisk fighting.
The lines are some distance east of
'Levergies Estrees, captured once
and then lost in a counterattack, has
now been taken again by storm. The
Australians smashed we'll eastward
of it, making sure of maintaining
their gain.
From. mere the battle line curves
back northwestward. passing about
1900 yards southwest of Gouey,
which also has once been reached
by the allied troops but at the pres
ent moment is in German hands.
The torch has been applied TO
Camhrai and the town is burninr
briskly. It is evident that the Ger
mans realize they must get away
from this locality. and consequently
they are burning Cambrai and other
places. Great tongues of flame and
billows of smoke are rising from
Cambria.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
GERMANS YIELD
TO YANKEES in
ARGONNE DRIVE
American Sappers Clean Up
Teuton Machine Gunners;
L. S. Airmen Busy
BY Associated Press

With the American Army North
west of Nerdun, Oct. 2.-The enemy
last night appeared to be withdraw
ing on the American left in the di-
rection of the junction of the Brun-
hild and Kriemhild systems.
In the Argonne forest Americans
made progress during the day. East
of the forest they were operating
north of Cierges and held positions
on the road from Gesnes to Exer-
mont. They repulsed a counterat-
tack north of Apremont.
In this district there has been
stiff fighting, local positions repeat
edly changing hands until the Amer
leans yesterday established their su-
premacy.
The American aerial force has
bagged one hundred hostile planes
and twenty-one balloons since Sep
tember &c.
In the Argonne forest there has
been a strange blind struggle in the
very thickest part of the wooded
bastion, where the underground is
so dense that opposing platoons fill
Iereu through edCn Otnef without
being aware of it.
The Germans several times utilized
these mistakes by turning machine
guns on men who had passed them,
but American sappers, cleaning up
behind the advance, soon put a stop
to this by cleaning up the enemy
gunners
On the American left during the
advance the Americans were faced
by determined opposition which de-
layed them for two days. Here the
greater part of the fighting was
across the mouth of the valley up
which runs the high road to Dun
on the Meuse. The Americans We're
confronted by a German division
which had been resting in Alsace
and was thrown hurriedly into the
fight.
In this region the nearest ap-
proach to hand-to- hand fighting took
place, grenades being used in pref
erence to any other weapon. Great
work was done by pioneer troops in
cleaning out machine-gun nests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

Charles l.. Snyder. Phoenixville.
William Stanford, Philadelphia.
Charles a. Stone, Scranton.
John +. Rrcnneman, Columbia.
Lee Cassidy, Washington.
Coleman II. Conroy, Coraopolis.
George Fletcher, Forrest City.
Samuel ii. Smith, Jr., Oxford.
George Ii. Vented, Charleroi.
Edwin Jonathon Williams, May
field.
John Reraback, Perkasie.
Albert L. Roberts, Scranton.
Stanislaw, Ruszecki, Pittsburgh.
Bernard Geseller, Philadelphia.
CHARLES III. Green, Jersey Shore.
Edward +. Hermann. PHILADELPHIA.
Howard j. Jeffs, Philadelphia.
George I. Knoll, Philadelphia.
samson y. Koon, Pottsville.
Phillip II. Lucas, Mechanicsburg
Bay L. Pomgratz, Erie.
John Robert Quigley, Philadelphia.
Samuel Robertson, Philadelphia.
Francis G. Seabolt, Sonman.
Rudolph Smith, Philadelphia.
Patrick Quinn, Philadelphia.
John r. Mathews, Plymouth.
Patrick II. O'Brien, Titusville.
Anthony Rohman, Duquesne.
Andrew Roy. Bishop.
MISSING IN ACTION
Corporal
John A. Knell. West Newton.
Privates
Bartole l'oca, Philadelphia.
phia.
BENJAMIN II. Hanzer, PHILADELPHIA
Orrfs Johnston, Lock Haven.
Joseph Rogers. Maitland.
Joseph j. Wolf pottStourn
Munzio Ee-Maio, Philadelphia.
John J. McAdoo.
Prisoner
Joseph Widkowsky, McKeesport
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
Luke, Arizona Birdman,
Fires Three Hun Balloons

With the American Army OH the
Lorraine, Oct. 2.-Three more
enemy balloons have been added to
his already long list by Lieutenant
Frank Luke, Jr., of Phoenix. Ariz,
Confident that he would get the bal
looms he desired, Luke dropped a
message as he flew over the line on
posite the points he intended to at
tack, telling the Americans to look
out for burning balloons. A few
minutes later two enemy observer
balloons fell in flames. After a brief
intervai a balloon further down the
line was seen to be on fire, marking
Luke's dash over the enemy front.
The attack was made during the
darkness
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
TURNS HIS BACK YARD INTO
WELL-PAYING WAR FARM
William Glover Finds Profitable Investment in His Patri-
otic Work; City Lot Used to Good Advantage

and the market value of the crop was
S36.S3 reckoned on the basket quan-
tity. If ne had sold the crop as Is
usually done at market by the half
peck or quart, the revenue would
have been probably twice as much.
The first planting was done the
first week in May. In July he gath
cred the first crop of string beans
and promptly planted another crop,
which he continued to gather, the
last on Monday of this week. He
raised pole beans between the rows
of beets which gave him two crops III
the same ground space.
Mr.. Glover's tomatoes were of the
prize variety; large and fine in quail
ity. When il is known that his fam
lily, which includes his wife and two
children, enjoyed fresh vegetables
from this small tract through the
summer and then canned, preserved
and picked 152 quarts for winter
use, Mr.. Glover can with confidence
be regarded as one of our leading
agriculturists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

Few persons realize what the war
has done for this country in the mat
ter of promoting intensive agricul-
tural efforts, especially in the re-
stricted areas of the cities and towns.
William S. Glover can lay claim to
being one OF the leading farmers of
Harrisburg. He lives at 3S3 Muench
street and here is the story of lis
seasons trucking on lot is by 10
feet, surrounded by board FENCES and
buildings:
During leisure hours from his reg
ular employment he planted string
beans, pole beans, lima beans, beets,
cabbage, corn, parsley, and tomatoes
and after using on his family table
vegetables throughout the summer
and up TO the thirtieth of September,
Mrs. Glover was able to can, preserve
and pickle 152 quarts of the excess
yield of the vegetables named.
Mr.. Glover says the total cost was
S2.55-S1.95 for seeds, so cents for
manure and 10 cents for spraying,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

Jacob Trauger, Doylestown.
John B. Walsh. Altoona.
Charles c. Walters, Bloomsburg.
Henry. r. Baker. Reading.
Charles Bondi, Fort Kennedy
William Flicker, Homestead.
Arthur A. Yerger. Pottstown.
Nelson j. Brown, North Lans
downe.
Joseph T. Conway, Peoples.
William II. Coles, Pittsburgh.
Moran Elmer Delaney, Carlisle
John Albert Edwards, Chambers.
burg.
Edward !. Erb, Parnassus.
Carl d. Estes, Wattsburg.
Paul Henry Adams, Kittanning.
Charles A. Diebold, Pittsburgh.
Samuel Dinbinder, Philadelphia.
Frank Delvacco, Philadelphia.
Clarence Leo Hinkle, Chambers.
burg.
Hippolite Augustinss, Pittsburgh.
John J. Edwards, Philadelphia.
John b. Wolf. Indianna.
Samuel Boardman, Philadelphia.
Joseph J. Fiocca, Philadelphia.
William j. Rupert, Stetersburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

John F. Callahan, Philadelphia.
Leo Moore, Philadelphia.
James R. Meyer, Parkers Land
ing.
thomas r. Nowack, Pottstown.
William O'Donnell, Lebanon.
lngersoll Olmsted, Philadelphia.
Emil Frederick Pashley, franklin.
Vincent A. Mullen, Philadelphia.
george E. Neeley, East Pittsburgh.
CHARLES Frederick Rapp, Philadel-
phia.
Ignacy zacharowicz. Blackfield.
Roy w. Leiby, Allentown.
charles E. Livingston, Dillsburg.
John c. Walsh, Philadelphia.
FRED ID. Gray, Philadelphia.
frederick Charles Henning, Nor
ristown.
Eugene \. Kissinger, Chester
John koFler, Jr., Pittston.
Merle Lewis, Cambridge Springs.
Jonn E. Link, Philadelphia.
Hoke +. Mutzabaugh. Columbia.
Peter NJ. X. Schwenk, Philadel-
phia.
charles SlversRy, PHILADELPHIA.
ABE Dewey Smith, Kennerdell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
Accused of Having S Wives,
Indictment Mars Honeymoon

New York, Oct. with two
women claiming him as husband
and three others alleged to have
married him in cities scattered
throughout the country, Howard
Lee .'ones, a mechanical engineer,
VINO is said to have held an official
position at New Orleans with the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, was
indicted here yesterday on a charge
of bigamy.
Jones, who claims Alexandria, Va,
as his home, was arrested last Fri
Gay at Wilmington, Del, where he
was spending a honeymoon with
Ethel Canney Crumb. of New Or
leans. Miss Crumb. who says she
welded the prisoner last month, and
MNe Marguerite Maxwell. of Cleve-
l. nd. who says she married him in
Srptember. 1917, accused him be-
fc' Q he grand jury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
Liberty Bonds What Is nv Share?

THIS SCALE has been
worked out by members
of our committee, with
the help of labor leaders.
If it is followed, the
wage-earner will have
done his part to make this
loan a success.
Be true to yourself and
to the man who is fighting
for you.
Those of higher in
comes should subscribe in
like proportion.
The Liberty Loan
Committee
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
STATE COMMERCE. CHAMBER
ELECTS DIRECTING BOARD

The following directors, to hlll va
cancies. were elected at a meeting of
the board of directors of the Penn
sylvania State Chamber of Commerce
at meeting in the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commences:
ber of Commerce, of Pittsburgh
Harry b. Mcdowell, cashier, McDow-
ell National Bank. of Sharon; George
Nicholson, treasurer, Vulcan Iron
Works, of Wilkes Barre; Ernest T.
Trigg, president. Philadelphia Cham
ber of Commerce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
TWELVE CLEAR DAYS

The monthly weather summary for
September, as reported by Weather
Forecaster f. r. Demain, shows there
were twelve clear days, seven partly
cloudy, eleven cloudy and twelve on
which rainfall occurred, while the
lowest temperature, forty-two de-
grees, was registered Monday. The
highest temperature was eighty four
degrees, registered September 5. The
amount of rainfall was 292 inches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
WOMAN DRIVES TRUCK

The Harrisburg Bag and Box Com
pany, Seventeenth and Vernon streets.
has employed the first woman truck
driver in Harrisburg She is Mrs.
Nettie Frost. 1925 Vernon street. Her
husband is employed at the Central
Iron and Steel Company. and is in line
for the draft
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
Another Conservation Idea
Liberty Luncheon Sets

Liberty Luncheon Sets made of-yes, oil coth-but
they look dainty linen Sets consist of centerpece and
four trays ST. sets of six sinch pieces ten-inch
pieces large cenerpiece 5 Shown blue and
white
:. ;.
trimmed shades
Dives Pomeroy ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
Getting the Riddles Ready
For Jack Frost

Winter winds will soon be whstng and little folks must
be outhtted in time with Our chdrens section
readiness for the with chdren
duroy in yoke styles and beed backs COPENHAGEN
brown navy green and S695, S795 and $50. .95
..50c 10
Dives Pomeroy Stewart,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
CAMS pRoNoTIoN

George c. Hoover. West Fairview,
has been appointed chief of the Cen
trail Iron and Steel Company police
Hoover has been a lieutenant in the
c. I. & S. police force for some time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

BLACK DRESS GOODS
yards French Serge, s14.00 value Special Thurs
day . .SlO.OO
yards French Serge, 5000 value. Special Thurs
6H yards French Serge, $500 value. Special
Thursday overwhelmingly; 5000
yards Costume Serge, $500 value. Special Thurs
.S1
yards Poplin $5.25 value. Special Thursday $3.50
3M yards Gabardine, $500 value. Special Thurs
uay S12.0O
"a yards Panama, $6.75 value. Special Thurs
uay S0.4O
2. yards French Serge, $500 value. Special Thurs
DAY S3.36
2 yards Zibene, $1,000 value. Special Thurs
uay 81 80
AZ yards Broadcloth, $3.50 value. Special Thurs
day Observation-Disclosures $14.5O
Dives, Pomeroy &