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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

That is to say Hold Filler, Eddie CT
cote and other birds who fool 'em
with doctored pills would be the sub
iects Of prohibition. They are kick
ing as hard as the guys who found
the traffic sign against them on the
portal Of the thirst-quenching empo-
rum. Eller, Cicotte and others well
come the prohibition OF the splitter
and shine ball as a hard-boiled and
red nosed gent would welcome an in
vitation to an ice cream soda joint.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

The war Of the trlple-entente vs.
the allies in the American League
The triple entente being Frazee, Rup'
pert and Comiskey and the allies be-
ing what is left-has sort OF over
Swallowed the real honest-to- good
ness fight being waged for and against
the shine ball, the splitter and acces-
sories to the crime.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

They've even gone so far as to plan
the enforcement legislation. Prohibi-
ton isn't so bad alone, but when they
couple up an enforcement measure
with3it there's nothing left but the
lake or the river and guy can either
drink 1t or drown himself in it. 1t is
hard to imagine a fellow drowning
himself in plain water after trying to
drown himself in booze for all these
years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

All Russians, men and women, have
a weakness for beautiful footwear, and
the result is that there are more
snowy boots worn in Russia than any
whore else.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

The main idea seems to be to get
through spitball and shine ball pro-
htbition. The baseball powers would
get it through as the dry got through
national prohibition without the folks
prohibited having any voice in the
matter. (All they have left is the
thirsty
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

The prohibition against the splitter
and the sinner might go so far as to
take the pitchers glove from him
thereby prohibiting him from hiding
therein resin, cut glass, broken glass,
gravel, tobacco juice, parafin and lie
orice drops. The suspicious legislat-
ors in baseball congress imagine a
shine ball pitchers glove is something
like the stomach of an ostrich.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

1t is claimed that the first person
TO suggeM the idea Of daylight saw
ing was Benjamin Franklin when ne
was minister to France.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12
THE WEST YRGnAN FARMoNT WEDNESDAY

Owing to the scarcity Of true cork
in Sweden, wooden corks are being
used.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

Thirty-two new poisons were COW
cred by the recent munitions actyi-
ties in the United States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

II you'd take tho glove away from
a pitcher oftentimes he'd have moth
In CLEFT but the prayer as the old
fashioned saw runs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-12

In earl yplaying cards swords tco&
the place of spades" and representa-
lions of coins were the equivalent oil
diamonds"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03

however that he had never stolen the
cars, and was just "joshing" the
brothers at the Jail along to keep
them in good humor.
However, Gladue (his real name)
is not a stranger to Hutchinson. He
has toured this part of the country
speaking for the Red Cross, it is said,
and in this capicity he was no SLOUGH.
He claims that he was gassed in the
battle Of Verdun and that he was
quite a distinct part Of the French
army. He spoke here some time ago
on behalf Of the French cause, and
recently drove an icecream wagon
for local establishment, wearing a
soldiers uniform.
When at his highest he married a
girl at Liberal, the daughter of a
prominent family, and his acts Of
heroism were recited before large
gathering Of friends.
Soon afterward he deserted his
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
SAME CRITICS AS OF OLD

The gentlemen who are now lead
ing the Republican party, criticizing
the President of the United States
and warning the people against the
policies Of Wilson and the League Of
Nations, are the bad advisors of old,
the discredited leaders, the men
whose advice had to be discarded be-
fore America could make progress.
Is this too general assertion. Let
me be little more particular. Was
it not Senator Lodge who proclaimed
in the Senate that the Federal Re-
serve System was foredoomed to
failure? Was it not Senator Root
who said that the Federal Reserve
System would ruin the financial
structure of America? Was it not
Senator Penrose who took the same
position?
And did not all these gentlemen
oppose the passage of the Shipping
Bill which was urged by Secretary
McAdoo two years before the war be-
gan Was it not this same group of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
WHAT WILSON ADMINSTRA
TON HAS ACHIEVED

From a Speech by Chairman Cum
mings)
The Democratic party came into
power on the 4th day of March, 1918.
Its achievements in the way of do
nestle reform, constitute miracle
of legislative progress. Provision
was made for an income tax, thereby
relieving our law of the reproach Of
being unjustly burdensome to the
poor. The extravagances and in
CAPABILITIES of the tariff system were
removed and a nonpartisan Tariff
Commission was established. Pan
Americanism was encouraged, the
great reaches of Alaska were opened
up to commerce and development;
dollar diplomacy was destroyed;
corrupt lobby was driven from the
National Capital, workman's COM
pensation act was adopted; the Fed
eral Trade Commission was created;
the Smith-Lever bill for the improv-
ment of farm conditions was passed;
the parcel post and the rural free
delivery were developed; a corrupt
practice act was adopted; good
roads bill and rural credit act
were passed, and the Federal Re-
serve system was established. This
last law not only reformed an ar
chaic currency system, but placed
our financial affairs upon such a
sound basis that we successfully met
the vast. expenditures made necessary
by war, and without strain or panic,
were able to supply the needs of our
Allies.
When war came we provided the
necessary legislation. A war fin
ance corporation was created, the
office of alien property custodian
was established, war risk insurance
was provided while the shipbuilding
laws reestablshed Americas sup
remacy upon the seas. Vocational
education was provided, industry was
successfully mobolized and the navy
was expanded until it became the
second in size in all the world and
the first in efficiency.
An Army of 100000 men was
organized and more than 100000
soldiers, fully equipped, well officer
ed and indomitable in spirit, were
safely transported across 5000 miles
of sea, won imperishable glory and
triumphed in the greatest war that
the world has ever known. Petty
criticism of minor defects and in
dividual officials may, for time at
tract superficial attention, but the
significant things the great out
standing facts of the last six years
plead eloquently for the Democra-
tic cause.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
VERDUYNE is NoBLEMAN,
ALSO A CAR THIEF.

Reno county is now the possessor
of real French nobleman, according
to Verduyne, himself, who was cap
tured in an attempt to steal car at
the Parker greenhouse mile the
other side of the Reformatory. He
bases his claim on a magnificent
family tree, but officials fear that
it is a slippery elm tree"
Verduyne has served term at
the reformatory, at which time his
wife sued for a divorce, obtained it.,
but did not obtain the alimony which
she asked, said to be 100000.
When captured Verduyne admit
ted to stealing four Ford cars out Of
Hutchinson, taking them to Nebraska
and one Marmon from Riverside
Park, disposing of the Marmon at a
good profit. Investigation showed,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
BOOSTING THE BOOSTER

Boost your city, boost your friends
Boost the church that you attend.
Boost the street on which you are
dwelling,
Boost the goods that you are selling
Boost the people round about you,
They can get along without you,
Cease to be chronic knocker,
Cease to be a progress-blocker.
If you'd make your city better,
Boost it to the final letter.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03

wife, went away from Reno with an
other woman, and one night the off
Gals Of the county touched him on
the shoulder and presented a warrant
for his arrest for white slavery. He
was sent to the reformatory-and
the castle in France tumbled His
wife sued for a divorce. He was
released on parole.
He was wearing mixed U. S. SOL
dier's uniform when arrested and
said he enlisted originally in the
Canadian army and served in various
capacities in England and France
Hutchinson News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03

leaders who are responsible for the
opposition to the Income Tax, the
Farm Loan System and the Agricul-
tural and Labor Bills These are
the same bad advisors, who, hopeful
that America has forgotten their bad
advice, are now rendering their sug-
gestions as to the future.
They remind one of the criticism
of the military experts of Germany
on our ability to create an army
Pratt Union.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
KENNEDY SAYS:

got a plumb dandy Buick Six car,
good cord tires on all the wheels ex-
cept four, top in fine shape for a
cloudy day, paint looks like new in
the dark, she'll do 60 miles going
down hill with a good wind, absolute
ly modern except heat, and very
good car for the shape its in. If you
want a real auto bring on your mon
ey, marbles or chalk, its the best bar
gain in a used Buick in the State Of
Kansas. Also have a gentle Max
well that wants to be bought.
Griffith & Baughman. Phone 121.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03
KENNEDY SAYS:

Geronimo the old Indian Chief
lived to be 105 years old, and the doc
tors said drinking killed him. Some
of US ought to attain a ripe old age.
Even the moon can't get full now.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-07-03

Stark Brothers Nursery trees bear
fruit. 7tf
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
National Plans to
Build 5000 Cars
New Sextet Model Will Go Into
Production ON Larger Scale
Than Usual

simultaneously with the announce
ment Of its new Sextet series Of cars
William G. Poertner has received word
that the National Motor Car and Vehicle
Corporation is planning a greatly en-
larged production programme for 1920
During the war the National company
discontinued the manufacture of pas
senger vehicles and built quantity of
four wheel drive trucks for army use
At present the final steps are being
taken to change the factory over for
building the new Sextet model, and
production will soon be in full swing.
1t is estimated that the first years
output will total 5000 cars. with
chances greatly in favor of exceeding
that figure.
Owe have never been a large pro-
duction factory" stated President
George Nj. Dickson, "preferring to
build no more cars than we could
build we'll. We shall soon enter upon
our twenty-irst successful year in the
manufacture of motor vehicles, in
which time we have seen many COM
panies come and go. We hive con-
tlnued an even, prosperous existence,
building quality automobiles that find
ready market all over the world
We expect to continue our status in
the industry as long as automobiles are
manufactured"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Apply Square Deal
To Used Car Business
1t Appears to Work Out Well,
as the Case of SchOOnmaker
& laced Shows

One Of the interesting Automobile
Row developments is that of Schon-
maker & Jacod. the used car dealers.
who maintain a selling and service
establishment at Broadway and Fifty
fourth Street. Four and a half years
ago this company opened for business
in a basement with three automobiles
as its stock in hand. A year later it
moved to it's present location, but oc-
cupied only one-half the store it leases
now on the ground floor. Six months
later its business grew so that it was
necessary to take the entire corner
store and another floor upstairs. For
three years Schoonmaker & Jacod have
been operating in their present estab-
lishment and building good will and
prestige steadily.
Both Schoonmaker and jacob have
been practical automobile men for q
long time, the formers experience go
ing back to the bicycle days and the
latter having first become connected
with the selling of automobiles in 1911
H. |. Cook, the sales manager. entered
the automobile business in 1900. He
first drove and overhauled Mercedes
cars and later entered the selling
branch of the business. He has been
in his present ace for two years
Schoonmaker & Jacod knew owners
needs and established their business
on plane of efficiency and square
dealing. They deal only in high grade
cars. A car must pass a rigid exami-
nation before it is accepted for resale.
When car does pass, it is put through
the service department and overhauled.
This applies not only to the engine
but to the finish and appointments of
the car. One who goes into the sales
evN,o n< Ill L.
every car offered for sale is new
car. Repairing and refnishing are
done in the service department up
stairs, and even new tires are put on
all the cars.
Furthermore, the guarantee of this
concern is something tangible. Cars
are kept in good running order after
they are in the hands of owners. If
anything defective comes to light re-
placements are made free of charge.
Customers cars a.so are resold upon
request.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Five ssDon'ts" That
Will Make Driving
Safer and Better
By William II. Stewart. X.

President Stcscart Automobile \ scoy
Don't apply tho brakes suddenly
when driving on a wet pavement. This
will start skid. especially II the
brakes do not take hold evenly. II you
feel the car start to skid, turn the
steering wheel in the direction Of the
skid. AT the same instant release the
brakes. Better control will result if
the brakes are applied gradually on
and off. Many drivers lose their heads
in such an emergency and feel that
they have done everything possible
when they have locked the brakes,
Don't permit the driving wheeis to
slide either in starting or stopping.
Gradual clutch and brake engagement
will avoid this. Proper adjustment
eacn ana good judgment in driving
will amply repay you.
Dor't run your car any distance or
q Debated tire. At the first warning
stop and make the change. Nothing
will break down the tire walls more
quickly and you can hardly estimate
the cost Of damage by such neglect.
Don tr3 10 maze every hill on high
speed Nothing Is to be gained by so
doing. Your gearset 10 designed to
meet such requirements. If you per-
sist in this practice you will soon find
1t necessary to reft the engine bear
ings.
Don't approach q down grade at
speed and then apply the brakes sud
denly to bring the car under control
Many accidents occur from this cause.
especially on wet roads. Aside from
this your tires suffer and your brakes
wear out quickly.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

would burn all right for little while
after starting the car, then would dim
or quit Sometimes the DINNERS would
work and sometimes not. The garage
man tried to remedy this and put the
DINNERS out of commission altogether.
"A battery expert was consulted and
pronounced the battery to be in good
working order. but he could not ex-
plain why the lights would not work,
hot being wiring expert, etc.
Then the horn began to balk and
would not do business until the car
had been running an hour or more.
The owner was a business friend and
casually mentioned his trouble when
we met. A few questions developed
the fact that the driver was employed
most of the day and did his driving
chiefly at night, though he made long
week end trips. He -an late into the
night on Saturdays and Sundays. Dur
ing the week he was knocking about
town. making many stops, necessitating
much use of the selfstarter and con-
tinuous use of lights, though the car
was standing much of the time.
Of course this at once suggested
that the battery was being starved,
and could no more do it's full best than
man under similar conditions. Tests
of the wiring by the owner disclosed
no trouble and so l advised that the
battery be removed and fully charged
at a service station. 1t ended the
troubles at once.
lhls was case where the gen.
orator did not have a chance to keep
the battery charged, for the discharge
was at q high rate and the recharging
at a low rate. Even the se.f-starter
helped empty the battery more than it
had earlier in the season, for the frosty
evenings made starting harder and con-
sumed more current. SO my friend
was using an excessive amount of cur
rent running slow, burning lights and
starting often. while the observance Of
speed regulations made the generation
less than usual.
Some generators have an adjustment
for cool weather so that they will pro-
duce more current to offset the in
creased use, and where there is this
adjustment it should be regulated at
this season. If there is no adjustment
the battery should be charged occa-
sionally from outside.
Another feature not ordinarily taken
into conside ration is that the storage
battery does not function as efficient Y
in cool weather. Where there is self
starter there is bound to be sediment
in the bottom Of the cells which in
time causes an internal discharge
They should be cleaned at least once q
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

button places it in operation, and one
talks in conversational tone, the mes
sage being transmitted audibly to the
compartment ahead.
"ln the tonneau are found gem
tleman's smoking set and a lady's
vanity case. A heater installed in the
floor can be regulated to furnish the
the car comfortable Two corner
lights, controlled by switch in con-
venient reach of the occupants of the
rear seat, and dome light, which is
Illuminated automatically with the
opening of the rear doors, furnish
lighting suited to the demands of all
seasons.
"Automatic window regulators are
installed throughout A new type Of
counterbaanced window regulator OPP
crates the rear quarter glasses so that
they may be adjusted without arising
from the seat The regulators at the
locked in pace, either when complete-
~ lowered or raised, thus preventing
rattles.
"In the Tourosine and Sportosine
models, which are designed as chauf-
feur- driven cars, glass partition di-
viding the front and rear compart-
ments is operated by an automatic reg
ulator This partition may be low
cred completely into the back of the
front seat, permitting the use of the
car as family sedan, or raised, to In
sure privacy in the tonneau.
"In the Toursedan and Tourosine
the seven passenger models, extra
seats, when not in use, are housed in a
compact space at the base of the front
seat, completely out of view. In po-
sition, they lock securely in pace. In
the Sportosine and Sportsedan the six
passenger models, two auxiliary cab
seats are furnished. They fold into
the back of the front seat and can be
raised or lowered in an instant"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

year-that is, if the battery lasts that
long, for the average life is only about
eighteen months. though some recent
models have greater longevity. Don't
throw away your battery which is not
acting right. however, until you have
tried having it recharged at the service
station. And if YOU have not already
got it, ask the battery manufacturer
for an instruction book At least one
manufacturer puts out q real compen-
dium on the battery.
A case was brought to me recently
where the starting motor failed to turn
over the motor. 1t would start to re-
volve I'D then stop with a grind. Try
ing new battery did not help any and
the motor was moved for eXamina
ings in which the armature axle re-
volved were worn SO much that the
armature sections hit the pole pieces
as soon as any speed was developed.
The motor would turn, but as soon as
The engine compression was cncoun-
tered the starting motor stopped, not
having power enough to overcome in
ternal friction and compression. Of
course new bushings ended this trou-
BILE.
Any number of cases of trouble de-
veoped that the commutator of the
motor or generator was worn rough, or
he copper segments worn so that the
mica insulation was high, making the
brushes jump on high speed and quit
charging though at low speed the dial
showed charge" In q few cases the
particles of pper were worn away and
grease had blldged over the mica in
sulation which was properly undercut.
In another case the cymmutator had
been turned true-ostensi ibly-but the
mechanic did not get it centred right
on the lathe and it was ovaled.
We had other cases-several- where
one pair of brushes was woln so that
they did not touch the commutator and
in some cases weak springs had the
same effect. And | heard Of one case
where 'mechanic" sent to replace a
brush could not find the proper carbon
brush, and so put in one cut from hard
rubber-it was black, you know. In all
these cases the cure is suggested by
the trouble once it is located
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Larson Favors
Tax ON All
Users of Road

New York states new policy Of motor
car taxation. which becomes effective
soon, under provisions of recent
amendment, is causing wide discussion
and is provoking keen interest in the
Motor Club. c. H. Larson. president of
those who stoutly declare that it is an
unfair discrimination against automo-
bile traffic to levy tax for road use
OIL motor cars only.
1t is Mr.. Larson's contention tina,
every class of vehicle should be made
to pay equitably-in proportion to the
damage done to the highways. The
states present law. now almost ten
years old. taxes automobiles according
to their horsepower. The change in the
statute will take into account also the
l'st price of the car, fully equipped, and
its age.
Tire amendment will make the tax
more evenly distributed" Mr.. Larson
says. $50 far as automobile owners are
concerned but the palpable injustice Of
permitting horse-driven vehicles to
escape entirely still remains No one
qnestions the states wisdom in assess
ing mobiles to pay for road build
ing and upkeep, but certainly motor
lists should not be the only class that
pays a direct vehicular tax.
Ire mere ract tnat automobile trRf
fic predominates does not excuse the
older fashioned transportation from
naving its share. Why penalize prog
ress?
at Is no secret that the burden of
rising costs has left its mark upon
highway Improvement in the same en-
phatic way that it has in every house
hold and business. Labor WAGES and
TIE prices Of road materials have in
creased so tremendously tNat heavier
| motor car tax was not unexpected. BY
the same token. something should be
done to make all road users refer
rariicrlar'y 20 horse-drawn vehicles.
pay their share"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Burning Lights Longer Than
Usual Takes More Out of
Storage Than Is Put Back
Into Ii
Starvation Usual Trouble
Occasional Outside Charging
Is Necessary and, Indeed,
Recommended, Says Ex-
pert
By II. Clifford Brokaw
rechxiccI Director West Side Y. H. c. A.
Automobile Schools


A lot Of drivers are having "trouble
With the battery" these days. A flood
Of inquiries is coming in asking why
the lights act queer, or the horn re-
fuses to toot, or the self-starter Will
not start.
The chief trouble in most OF the
cases reported SO far is that the
drivers have failed to take into nc
count the change of season and shorter
days. With the end of the daylight
saving season there will be many more
having trouble from this same cause.
Not all the complaints have had this
as a basis, for we have had some new
trouble causes in recent days,
In general, however, the troubles
enumerated come from a starved bat
terv. The fact is that it is much more
difficult to keep a battery charged at
this time of the year than during the
long days when there is less running
after dark. The sun sets earlier and
lights are turned on earlier if one
obeys the law.
One fellow reported that his lights