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The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES SHOW LOSS IN 4 YEARS
 WHILE AUTOS INCREASE

Figures given by City Collector Fosberg of Chicago to the Trailer Manufacturers Association of Ameri- ca, from the records of licenses issued for vehicles under the wheel tax law in that city, show that during the last four fiscal years ended April 30. 1919, the number of horse-drawn vehicles licensed decreased from 49.5S2 to 3D. 489, or 34A per cent; while the auto mobiles and motor trucks licensed in- creased from 43,127 to 77,332, or 77& per cent in the same period.
 There were slightly fewer motor ve- hicles, including motorcycles, in the city April 30, 1916, than there were horse-drawn vehicles. but at the end of April this year there were 21s times as rnany motor vehicles as horse drawn. The changes have been fairly consistent, but the greatest increase of motor vehicles occurred in 1916-17. when 17.752 were added to the license list, and was followed, as might be expected, by the largest decrease in horse-drawn vehicles the next two years, when 6,S74 and 7,107 disap- peared from the records in the respec- tive periods.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
NOT ALL THE CALIFORNIA
 ROADS ARE BOULEVARDS

Enter a protest from Arizona about what has been reported in Los An geles relative to the conditions of the highways in that state. s. w. Hig- ley, a resident of the neighboring state, arrived in Los Angeles a few days ago after making the trip with his family in a Chandler touring car.
 Said Mir. Higley:
 "We people over fin Arizona are tired of reading in the Los Angeles papers that we have such terribly bad roads in our state that it is next to impossible to drive over them with out breaking up the car in some places.
 "It is true that some of the roads are bad, but let me tell you that there are no roads in Arizona that are worse or even as bad as those in Cali fornia over which we came in our car. There are more than 100 miles in this state (that brides itself upon it's fine highways) between the Colorado river at Parker and the junction with the Old Trails National Highway east of San Bernardino that are what we Ari- zonans will term bad. You would have to hunt for long time to find their equal in our state."-Los An geles Times.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
KEEP YOUR TREES
 OUT OF THE WAY

A giant Holt, 6-cylinder, 120-horse- power tractor, weighing 15 tons, came to town the other day. It was turned over by the United States government to the state, and was consigned here in care of J. B. Francis, who unloaded it from the flat car and will care for it until the state begins to use it on the federal aid road work.
 This big tractor has never been in use. It got to France too late to get into the hostilities. The few scars it bears are some left where the salt spray got through its hide of battle gray paint in one or two places. It is of the caterpillar" type, its craw! mechanism on either side being built on the same principle as used in con- structing the celebrated tanks"
 Herbert S. Scurlock, who helped to unload the tractor, says his regiment, the 65th coast artillery, had 36 of these same tractors in use to haul around heavy artillery and to pull loaded trucks out of the mud. When they were hitched to truck, if the truck didn't come along, the axle did, anyway. He says one of these trac- tors got into a bad place where there was no chance to turn or back up. There was an eight-inch tree right ahead. Finally the driver, getting peevish because of the numerous shells Heinie was sending over, put on the power, threw in his clutch, and sailed into the tree, breaking it right down and going over it as it lay on the ground.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

The starting motor takes the cur rent from the storage battery through brushes. It sometimes happens that these brushes, for various reasons, are not making proper contact, and this means more or less failure of the sys- tenn. When trouble arises in this sys- tenn these brushes should be carefully examined. Again, one of the cells of the storage battery runs down before the others, which are therefore called upon to do more work than they are able to handle. Also grain of grit or foreign matter may be between the contact points of the switch and may make a world of trouble before it is discovered and dislodged.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

cred it of sufficient interest to pre- sent to the reading public. These are pictures of mountain sheep, although they are usually called goats, and it is plain that they ranged in greater numbers then than they do now. It is said that the last herd has been driven from the neighboring mountains to refuge in the region of Pinacate Peak in Sono1a, despite the game law.
 The Picture Rocks of Tucson are located thirteen and one-half miles northwest of the city by the old Yuma trail, now called the Silver Bell road. and up into the hills of the Tucson mountain range for a mile. They are right beside well-traveled road and are the easiest to reach of several such photographs in the vicinity of Tucson. A run over this picturesque
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
Ancient Indian Drawings rocks Tucson Goodrich Rubber Co.,, scout car party

This is a picture of an aboriginal signboard. The artist was an Indian and his crew lived thousand years ago, more or less. It is one of the signboards which are found on the mountain trails of the good hunting country of Arizona, and is clipped into boulders. Scientists call it pet rograph.
 Honest, none of the archaeologists know what the significance of the big drawing is, so that your guess is as good as theirs, and the guesses range all the way from the record of mighty hunter to the slate scrawls of the tribal boys willing away an idle afternoon.
 A party in a Goodrich Rubber Go. scout car visited the picture rocks on a trip through Arizona, and consid-
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
DOING HER BEST

"Yes, grandma" Said the fair young thing. q am to be married during the bright and gladsome month of July"
 "Rut, my dear," said the old lady, earnestly, ."you are very young. Do you feel that you are fitted for mar ried life?"
 q am being fitted now, grandma" |" exclaimed the prospective bride, very sweetly. Seventeen gowns and three costumes"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

desert road to the picture rocks makes an interesting afternoon excursion.
 The durability of the drawings is due to the chipping away of the dark colored outer rock, showing the white rock below, the chipping probably having been done with flint or bassalt tools. Other pictures on the boulder gre the coiled snake which may have meant either water or danger; the sun, and certain ritualistic markings. Cornell, one of our best authorities on the modern Apache" states that the modern Indians have had nothing to do with the hieroglyphics.
 The picture rocks of Tucson have been preserved for posterity by the late Dr. Merrill P. Freeman, who filed location .on them and posted notices to protect them from vandalism.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

Some drivers prefer to hold down one vibrator at time, noting the ef- feet on the engine when trying to find miss. If the engine slows down it is live cylinder; if no effect is produced it is a dead cylinder. This is the same reasoning as used when short circuiting the plugs with a screw driver.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

An air vent is put in the bowl of a carbureter to equalize the pressure between the gasoline in the bowl and the atmosphere to obviate the forma- tion of vacuum in the bowl. It is vitally important to keep this hole open and not allow it to become clogged with foreign matter.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
SAFETY IN THE AIR

"The young woman you were talk ing to seemed much alarmed by the honking of passing motor car"
 "Yes. She says she is terrified at the thought of being run down by a motor car, truck or trolley car" Y "A sad case of nerves"
 Quite so. She is professional aviatrix, and never feels safe except in the air"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

An engine run for 5000 miles needs a general going over. It probably is badly carbonized, the valves need re- grinding, etc. The engine lacks the power because of these things. Don't touch the carbureter or ignition.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

It is good plan to wipe off all tools on bit of oily waste before restor- ing them to the tool box. The oil de- posted on the metal keeps it from rusting, which is a trouble to be guarded against.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

By taking out the inner tubes once in two months and reversing their position in the tire, the danger of hay ing the tubes rubbed through by the edges of the flap or by any other very slight projection in the casing is re- moved.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
HARP OR PrTCHFORK?

Host: Wont you try a piece of my wife's angel-cake
 Guest: will it make an angel of mel"
 Host: "That will depend on the kind of life you have led"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08

A noisy valve tappet, the cause of the trouble being wear, when no ad- justment is provided, can generally be remedied by placing a fiber washer under or over the valve ends.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-08
DEFINED

What's egotism, pa?"
 "A sort of ingrowing self esteem, my son."
Evening star., 1919-02-02
Germany Threatens to Fight filler
Territory Is Encroached On byAMes
Insists Allies Adhere Strictly to Presidenfs Principles.
- Antcipases France VIII Make Claims to West
Bank Of Rhine, Il n Rslisued.

The German people are somewhat
consoled to the loss of their colonies.
but are jealous of their own bound
aries.
The allies are not worried over the
bold war talk Of Berlin officialdom.
but realize that the seizure of the
west bank Of the Rhine might infiame
the people, now decidedly restless. to
armed resistance. which would give
the Dolshevists greater chance of per-
petuating their influence within Ger
many, and make uncertain the tenure
of the present government, which.
though under suspicion, maintains
order to degree and has successfully
combated the bolshevists.
OF two evils, struggle or a
bolshevist Germany, the European
allies prefer war. -
Evening star., 1919-02-02
DALMAT|AN ISLAND
IS REPORTED SEIZED
Twelve Thousand Italian Troops
Sent to Occupy, Report
in Paris.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and the
New York Tribune. Copyright, 1919.


PARIS, February lis it true that
fortnight ago Italy landed 10000
soldiers on one of the Dalmatian
islands as an evidence of the Italian
governments determination to keep
what was promised it under the
treaty of London and what it under
stood as promised in President Will
sons fourteen points. There is no
Italian in Paris today who would con-
firm the story of the landing party.
but there IS none who would not. if
pressed, have declared his country had
decided to control the Adriatic sea.
The present situation regarding the
ltalianJugoslav controversy amounts
to this: England considers that the
armistice terms abrogated the treaty
of London, and President Wilson is
apparently in tentative agreement
with England. Against these powers,
Italy stands pat" for "au that Dor
tion of Dalmatia promised" her in
1915. which was part of the reward
pledged her for her participation in
the war against the central empires,
and she is firm that the reward must
be paid.
Italy. 1t may be said on excellent
authority admits that in 1915 she
agreed to the kingdom of Hungary
having free access to the sea at
Fiume. that port being Joined but
not submitted to the Hungarian
crown But there is now, the same
authorities argue. neither a crown
nor a kingdom of Hungary. Fiume is
Italian in spirit and in language, it
is contended, and under President
Wilson'S doctrine of self -determina-
ton II should be Italian in fact.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
RUMANIA'S PLEA HEARD
BY COUNCIL OF POWERS

The council of the great powers
gave most of the session today to
hearing NJ. Bratiano and NJ Mishu
concerning Rumania's territorial
interests, which. in addition to the
Banat region at issue with Serbia, in
clude Dobrudja province and ports ly-
ing along the Black sea, as well as
Transylvania and Pukowina regions
and portions of Bessarabia.
The council gave its final instruc-
tions to the commission about to start
for Poland to Investigate the entire
political, economic and military sit
uation. The somewhat warlike sit
uation in the Teschen region between
the Poles and Czechoslovaks has
been Professionally adjusted by an
agreement between the delegates of
these countries, which the council ap-
proved.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
WOULD BREAK B0LLES WILL.
Widow Sues for Part of Millionaire
Husbands Estate.

JACK KSONVILLE. Fla. February l.
susan L. Thompson Bolles of Cali
fornia today filed a bill of complaint
in chancery in the district court of the
United States to break the Will of the
late Richard ]. BoIles. The suit in
wolves property worth millions of dol
lars located in this state, Bolles hav-
ing died possessed of over 100000
acres of land in the southern part of
FLORIDA and personal property valued
at more than SS.500,ooo.
II is alleged in the bill by Mrs
BolIes that the will. dated October 10,
1915. and filed for probate in this
county. did not make any provisions
for her, the widow of the testator.
BolIes was one of the wealthiest men
to endeavor to develop Everglade lands
In Florida.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
AMERICANS WOULD NOT
OBJECT TO BERNSTORFF

PARIS, February 1.-The American
delegates to the peace conference,
it is understood, will raise no objec-
tion to the appointment of Count Won
BernStorff. former German amba ssa-
dor in Washington, as one of the Ger
man delegates to the conference. all
though not attempting to Influence
or speak for the entente delegation.
1t is declared that it is beyond the
power of one government to say that
il does not desire the presence of any
person that the other party to the
treaty-naking process may select as
q representative.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
GEN. JOHNSTON DEAD.
Former Confederate Officer Passes
Away at Winchester. Va.

WINCHESTER. Va. February l.
Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston, aged
eighty three, native of Alabama.
one of the last of the old line gener-
ais of the Confederate army, died
here today at his farm, White Post,
which he has actively managed since
he left his law practice in North
Carolina.
Entering the Confederate army at
the age OF twenty eight, as a private.
he advanced rapidly to the head of
his brigade. His brigade covered
Early's retreat from Winchester, in
1864 He was a brother of the late
Gov. Johnston of Alabama, and was
prominently identified with military,
professioal and social life in the
-soutk
Evening star., 1919-02-02
FEUD FIRES FLAMING
IN TENNESSEE MURDER

OAKDALE, Tenn. February IA
deadly feud has famed anew follow
ing the assassination of Hilary
Holmes at Petros last night, possibly
by Press Willoughby. Holmes being
shot from ambush while standing in
the door of DR.. Eblen's office.
Some years ago Holmes killed hfS
son-in-law, a son of Press Willough-
by, and several attempts have been
made on the life of Holmes since that
time. Holmes has two sons who have
figured in other killings at Petros,
and further trouble is feared Will
1oughby has disappeared since the
murder last night.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
Bugles Call to Decks.

SOUTHAMPTON, February / (by the
Associated PressI. The American
steamer Narragansett ran on submerged
rocks off the east end of the Isle of
Wight. which have claimed many vic
tins in the past. The crew was Ameri
can and the ship carried 1000 soldiers.
of whom sixty were Americans. Most
OF the men were in their hunks when the
crash came. Bugles called them 10 the
decks. Destroyers took them off with
out loss. The Narragansett was so
badly damaged that salvage officers
think she will be total wreck.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
SOCIETY OF NATIONS PLAN
PRESENTED TO DIPLOMATS
Embraces the Ideas for Perpetuating World
Peace Advanced by American Organization
of Which William Fl. TAFT Is President

which will provide for the develop
ment of international law and take
common action in matters of general
concern.
"(Two)-The representative council
will watch over the freedom of ma
tions and the maintenance of interna-
tional order.
"(Three)-Consideri itself invest
ed with the moral guardianship of un-
civilized races, the representative
council will secure the execution and.
in case of need promote the develop
ment of international covenants neces-
sary for the protection and progress
of those races.
"fFour)-A permanent committee
of conciiiation skaIl take in hand all
differences between the associated ma
tions. The committee will act in the
first instance, as conciliator or medi-
ator, and, if necessary, it will refer
the differences. according to their ma
ture, either to arbitration or to a cuort
of justice. 1t will be charged with
making all such inquiries as it con-
S1ueIS useful, ana Will
necessary limits of time anu condi
tions. In every and any state refus-
ing to obey either the award of the
arbitrator or the decision of the COM
mittee the application of appropri-
ate sanctions will be proposed to the
representative council and the associ-
ated governments by the committee.
These sanctions shall be obligatory
in the case of violence or aggression.
Limitation of Armament.
n "Fifthly-To limit and supervise
the armaments of each nation and the
manufacture of all materials and
munitions of war, having regard to
the requirements of the league.
"Sixthly-To renounce the making
of secret treaties.
'Seventhly-To admit to the league
on the basis of equal right before
the law all peoples able and willing
to give effective guarantees of their
loyal intention to observe it's cove
nants.''
Evening star., 1919-02-02
PLANE CARRIES $4,000
TO PAY ENLISTED MEN

AAfERICUS, Ga, February THE
Army airplane was put to new use
here today when Lieut.. P. NJ. Whitney
of Washington, quartermaster of
Southern Field, flew to Albany. Ga,
and brought back $4,000 in cash to
pay off the enlisted men at the field.
The machine, piloted by Lieut.. Floyd
A. Wilson of Denver, made the round.
trip. approximately 100 miles, in sixty
minutes flying time.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
go AMERICANS SAVED
ON THE NARRAGANSETT

The Navy Department announced
tonight that sixty American troops
were aboard the steamer Narragan-
sett, which grounded off the Isle of
Wight Friday night. and that all were
taken off safely by tugs. The safety
of the men was reported in a dispatch
from Admiral Sims, stating that other
troops aboard were British and that
there were no casualties.
The bottom of the vessel was dam
aged, but it was said an effort would
be made to float her.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.


PARIS. February THAT Germany
will fight in case the allies encroach
on German territory in the readjust-
ment of world affairs by the peace
conference is threatened, according to
reports reaching official channels in
Paris.
The German government insists that
the allies shall not depart a hairs
breadth from the Wilson principles.
Since the decision regarding the dis
posal of the German colonies new pro-
testations reach Paris. 1t is believed
the German government is anticipat-
ing Frances demand for the seizure
or naturalization of the west bank
of the Rhine, a possibility which has
aroused Germans of all political faiths.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
Assuming Uglier Phase.

BELFAST, February 1.-The strike
situation here is assuming an ugiier
phase. The Strike Bulletin, gotten out
by the strikers. announces that be-
cause of the refusal of the employers
to consult with the lord mayor re-
garding the situation Serious con-
sideration is being given to the ques-
tion whether more drastic policy
should not be adopted"
Strike pickets have intimated to the
owners of two of the big shfpbuilding
plants that they will not be allowed
to visit their works without a permit
from the strikers committee.
There have been several highway
robberies in the fashionable suburbs
of the city.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
Textile Workers to Walk Out.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, February l.
Fourteen hundred United Textile
Workers of America decided at a
meeting Saturday night to enforce
the eight-hour day, beginning Mon
day, by walking out of the Brook
side Mills here at 1880 o'clock that
afternoon.
Evening star., 1919-02-02
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
COMPROMISE IS SEEN
Expected to Follow Like Action Taken
Regarding Colonies and Russian
Situation.
BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER.

BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER.
CableEram to The Sunday Star and the
New York Tribune. Copyright, 1919.
PARIS, February 1.-The decision of
the council of ten regarding the dis
position of the German and Turkish
colonies is held to be far from sat-
isfactory in some quarters and equally
pleasing in others. It Is q compro-
mise decision, and furuishes 4 clue
to the disposition Of many great
questions which the peace Spnferenpe
will haveFto handle. 81 3: ,eS,
The big five compromised on the
Russian question; the council Of ten
compromised when it !. came. to. the
settlement of the colonial problem.
1t is probable that there will be a
compromise on the league Of ma
tions.
President Wins Some Points.
President Wilson won some points,
Lloyd George scored heavily, while
Clemenceau has more. than. broken
even On the other hand, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and japan
can hardly claim a draw. s
Mr.. Wilson found the international
situation unpalatable, and substituted
the mandate as a remedy for the
worlds colonial troubles. An agree
ment was reached only after the Bit
terest kind of a struggle.
Mr.. Hughes, the Australian premier.
who travelled up and down the Brit
ish isles advocating colonial prefer
ence, a high protectionist policy, the
economic boycott and the German COL
onies for their conquerors, fought
bitterly and has not quit yet The
japanese. who understand the value
of the strategic retreat better than
most, capitulated gracefully before
the overwh whelming odds.
String Tied to Colonies.
All through last year the British
asked, What is to become of the
answered their own question with
-Of course, the dominions have first
claim and we cannot interfere"
It is true that the dominions get
the colonies-Ney Zealand, Samoa,
Australia. Kaiser Wilhelm Land
South Africa, Southwest Africa; In
da, Mesopotamia-but not outright.
There is d string to them-weak, it
may be, even for the liberal American
variety. which gives state control in
perpetuity, subject only to the trus-
teeship of the league of nations. But
that is far from satisfactory to the
people who expected to hold them
outright.
Then there is France. Togoland
and the Kamerun go to France under
a mandate which is understood TO
provide for open ports. equal eco
nomic rights and equal opportunities
Hence the management of these new
possessions will contrast sharply with
French control in her own colonies.
French claims to the occupation of
Evening star., 1919-02-02
Responsibility Committee to Meet

PARIS, February / (Havas).-The
committee of the peace conference
charged with the investigation of re-
sponsibility for the war has organ
ized and will meet Monday to begin
its work.