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NEW OIL COMPANY
SOON WILL START

Active field operations will be be-
gun next week by the Tennessee Pro-
ducing and Refining Company. cor
pOration recently formed by a group
of Washington business men who
have acquired oil properties in Pick
cit, Scott, Macon, Fentress, OvertOn,
and Hamilton counties, Tennessee.
+. II. Thompson, formerly of the
+. II. Smith Company. is president OF
the new concern; c. L. Bowman, for
mer cashier of the Union Savings
Bank. is vice president; f. L. Costi-
gan. Union Trust Building. is secre-
tary; and r. NJ. Hilands, vice presi-
dent of the Security Tube Company,
is treasurer. II. F. Cary, general
passenger agent of the Southern Rail-
way Company, one of the directors, is
another Washington man connected
with it.
The company expects to complete
its pipe line by June l and has three
wells sunk now which will aggregate
fifty barrels a day when transporta-
tion facilities are available.
Approximately $4,000 900. repre-
senting tax funds collected in the
District. will be redeposited in the
| national banks of this city, according
1 ~ dn the
! Department. This will be done in
| four weekly installments. and will be
| to offset Withdrawals from banks in
cident to tax payments.
Election OF officers for the Wash
| ington Chapter of the American In
1 stitute of Banking will be held to-
] day. The only nominee so far for
| the office of president is Victor B
| Deyber, cashier of the Second Ma
\ tionaI Bank, who was nominated
without opposition to succeed E. j
| McQuade. whose term expires with
the present session.
| Others nominated are W. NJ. Seay
vice president; J. r. CheseIdine, treas
urer: Norman L. Towson, secretary
]. B. Skinner. assistant secretary, and
| w. NJ. Rankin, jr., chief consul.
Five members of the board of gov
ernors will be elected from the fol-
| lowing seven nominees: E. ]. Nc
| Quade, Ross E. Pollock, F. r. Stef-
fens. I. ]. Roberts, w. s. Cavender, ],
! Frank Price, W. w. Maloney, third.
A quarterly dividend of IL per
cent has been declared by the di-
rectors of the Lanston Monotype
Company. payable May 81 to stock
| holders of record May 81.
Donald Woodward. president of
Woodward & Lothrops. was elected
a director of the Washington Loan 4
Trust Company at a meeting OF the
board yesterday afternoon.
Mergenthaler featured today's trad
ing on the Washington Stock Ex-
change. Twenty-Five shares in eight
small lots were sold at 141 =, and Is
shares in two lots at 142.
Other sales were made of Capital
Traction SIS, Potomac Electric first
SIS. and Potomac Electric general SIS,
and Capital Traction and Washington
Gas stock.
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WANTS GERMANS BEYOND RHINE.

METZ, May S-The newspapers of
Lorraine publish an appeal from the
mayor of Metz inviting all inhabitants
of Alsace and Lorraine to sign a pc
tition asking France to protect her
self economically, politically, and mill
tarily "by putting Germany back be-
yOnd the Rhine" The petition is ad-
dressed to President PoIncare. Pre-
mier Clemenbeau and the presidents
Of the chamber of deputies. and SEN
ate
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DEATHS

IA FETEA-On "Wednesday. May :, at
l2.20 4 m ~ 3l"3 MI Pleasant street.
SARAH DOAN. beloved VIII" Of Geor=e
II Ia Frtrs in her seventy y-SIXth year.
Funeral st Metropolitan NJ. T.. Church
on Friday, May 2, at = J.. m InJcrmcLt
private s.
SMITH-On Wednesday, May :. at 3 o'clock
D. m. - his late residence. 5@J r street .
W SCOTT. beloved husbs nd Of Anne ST
Smith (nec DehautD.
Funeral from his late residence Friday
at ) y. m. IntcTmcnt private I-s'
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Births, RarrlagRS, DEATHS
Notices Mag PhOnsd ,. N Main $780, Brunch

John A. and Bessie s. Golihew. girl.
Shirley r. end Josephine V Blake, girl.
Percevil &. and Eva C. Binsted, girl
John and Georgia Wesley, girl.
Robert A. and Maggie Stewart, girl
I.orenzer and Sara Hurt, girl
onna a. and Lucy G. DOzier. girl
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CLAIRVOYANTS
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DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS. .
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PALMISTS AND LIFE READERS.

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bypSy JIalTVOyanT
And card reader; advice given on business
and divorce; this woman has
read for many people in many countries.
Her predictions are Telia BILE. Room 33 1901
@ St. corner 18th, second floor. l-lOH
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PROF. ARTHAN,

Noted spiritUaIist psychic medium: read
inKs daily all affairs OF life: tells you
everything; best adviser; see him, you will
lake no mistake. Studios sos @ ST. y. W.
Hours TO L, / 10 .. m. 1-8'
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PRUNEs WE'RE TOO MUCH.

NEW YORK, May Sherman. tn.
marines hard ostrich, thrived on ex
celsior, but died after his first board
ing house breakfast. it is ALLEGED.
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The Safest investments

are those that do not nuetuats during dlt-
turbed conditions OF the money or sIoek
markets First deed Of trust notes thrSt
rnortEaEes), well secured on real estate -
the District OF Columbia, couBtituts giil
edge" investments. and they 90 not y,
ne6d upon the financial responsibility 81
individuals or corporations for their Sles
NIFTY We can supply such Investments -
iat. E1Concerning Loans ana InveatmsneR
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PROPOSALS

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. MAY {. 1913
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received a,
the office Of the Secretary Of the Board of
Commissioners. Room 5l1, District Build
ing, until o'clock, j. M. May 10th. 1919.
for furnishing and installing two pipe
mOdUlation system Of steam heating Cor
the Head House Of the Norfolk & Washing
ton Steamboat Company. located on Water
Street, at the foot OF seventh street soutn-
west. Blank forms Of proposal. SpecifIca-
lions. plans and all necessary inTDrma i8n
may be obtained from IN" chief Clerk. En-
Elrcer DcpartTn'nt, Room ~. District
Building Washington. y g A deposit 81
nyc dollars viii bo required from bidders
20 insure The return Of the plans and speci-
ications. LOUIS BROWSLDW. W
GWYNN GARDINER CHARLES =
7s2Io.I2.la
OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS, ID.
g.. Washington. j. G.. April .. 1919
Sos led proposals viii b. received al this
office. Room 5ll. District Building. until
O'Clock .. N. Thursday May -. 1919
for furnishing and delivering GROCER rs
DRUGS and MEATS during the fiscal year
beginning July !. 1919. and ending June 30
1870 for use OF the various branches of Tho
Form of proposal specification and neces-
eary information may be- obtained from the
trict building LOUIS BROWNBOW, "
C;WYNk GARDINER. CHARLES "
KI5'rZ, Commissioners. u. G 6.I.S.9,IO. IL
PROPOSALS. FOR WRECKTNG HOUSES.
<. r. WASHINGTON. u. {.
Sealed Proposals VIII be received at !,
: Housing Corporation, Ole 9 street on
MAY g-ll 90 a NJ FOR WrcCEIug and &c
moving Il frame houses from squares IUy7
and IlO3. = r Washington.
Form OF proposal and specifications can
be obtained upon application 6I5 Street
y ". 4.J,6.7,s
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, ID. e.,
Washington, May ,. 1879. SEALED
PROPOSALS will be received AZ this Of
fice. Room 5ll. District Building, until .
o'clock J.. NJ, May 18th, 1919, for grading
certain streets, aggrcgatnE about 100
cubic yards Of grading. Blank forms OF
proposals, speciiCa tions, and all necessa ~
Information may be obtained from the
chief 'I'TI. Engineer Department. Room
42T District EuiIdIHE. Washington. d e.
LOUIS BEOW<IOW. " GwYNN GAR
DINER CHARLES W. KUTZ. ComTnis-
Sioners. -. c. l-myZs5s6.Is.y
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FLORAL DESIGNS
H. SMALL g. SONS, Florists

J. H. SMALL & SONS, Florists,
Corner 18th and II SITS. WASHINGTON:
Waldorf Astoria, and sos Madison ave
New York. Flowers for funerals a spe-
cialty. Prices moderate.
FLOWERS for All occasions. Call FrankIin
1906. residence, Franklin 1856. GEO. H
COOKE, llO2 Conn. ave. nVlG-I59t
FUNERAL DESIGNS
OF every Observation-Disclosures pricsA
GUDE,
1914 r ST. N. w.
UNDERTAKES
j. WILLIAM LEE,
UNDERTAKEN AND LIVERY,
SSS Ea. ayS. ~. -.
Telephone II. l726. WASHINGTON. y. G
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WALL STREET MARKET

NEW YORK, May S.-FractionaI
gains were shown at the stock mar
ket opening today. United States
Steel was 9914. up y; Southern Pa
cifc 1918, up IS; Mexican Petroleum
1T7E I'm 9,
The Washington times., 1919-05-08

Donald Woodward. president OF
Woodward & Lothrop's, was elected
a director of the Washington Loan &
Trust Company at a meeting OF the
board yesterday afternoon.
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PALMISTS

Palmist and clairvoyant; readings daily
1Os
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A quarterly dividend Of IL per
cent has been declared by the di-
rectors of the Lanston Monotype
Company. payable May 81 to stock
holders of record May 81.
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BELMONT
MADAME EDWARDS

Genuine Egyptian Scientific Palmist, reads
your entire life, past, present and future;
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trucks used only BJRhIiALTER'5
FAPRESS CO.. 4Vs kentucky ave. 3. y.
Line. s7ls. mhI6.get
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
100000 AUTOS MADE
!: In AMERICA In 1919

Seven million six hundred thousand
automobile registrations in the United
States for 1919 sets a new production
record, and the much feared "satura-
tion" point seems to be farther away
than ever. for practically every fac
tory in the country is behind in its
orders and thousands are buying used
cars because they cannot get new
ones OF their choice. This enormous
production has been made possible
only because of the American idea Of
Standardization and quantity output.
1t has been said that American
manufacturers have not captured their
share of the foreign trade because
they do not cater to local prejudices.
while the Germans, French. italian
and English manufacturers make
these concessions and give the people
what they want.
With the domestic demands absorb
ing cars as fast as they can be pro-
duced the American manufacturer is
not at present worrying about the
South American. Australian and con-
tinental European trade
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
Where Next Will Rainier
Truck Be Found ?

r. W. Veitch is the automobile
editor of the 'Times-Leader. or
WiIkes-Earre, Pa. He was for many
years on the New York papers before
Soin- to the Scenic City of Pennsyl-
Vania and knows how to get the
-soat" of the publicity man. The
particular case in point is as follows;
Putram Drew. publicity director Tor
the Rainier Motor Corporation of New
York. sent several stories to ''R. W..
telling of Rainier Trucks being sent
TO JerusalenI to Bombay and to the
Gold Coast of Africa. r. w. used
them in his columns and then sent
~. d. a note in which he said:
Two to one that you can't find any
Rainier Trucks in Ponta Delgada or
Tahiti
Drew had to give up on Tahiti but
Re did find out that one had gone to
Ponta Delgsda. So he splits even
Nth VeitchAand each will have to
buy the other man the cigars!
:. 1T Is harry a safe bet for a poor
newspaper man to make with the
Rainier publicity head. for these
trucks have gone to almost every
quarter of the habitable globe during
tine past few years. Yet their vogue
10 the United States was never so
great as now.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
PARKING FACILITIES
NEW CITY PROBLEM

The growth of American NUM-
cipalitics in the last score of years
has brought a realization of the
needs for parks. Fairgrounds. open
spaces and the arrangement of pub
lie buildings so that sightliness and
beauty will unite with accessibility
and utility" says Harry NJ. Jcwett,
president of the Paige-Detroit Mo-
tor Car Company.
within the last decade the ques-
tion of traffic has been the biggest
factor with which these commits
sions have had to deal in the larger
cities. The extraordinary multiple
ity Of automobiles and motor
driven trucks-they now number
nearly 100000 in the United
Statcs-has seriously complicated
the situation. Transportation has
been motorized and new problems
have arisen.
The necessity of considering the
AUTOMOBILE" in this connection is
just beginning to be realized. Not
alone should city commissioners in
rearranging cities provide arteries
for through thafiic so as % eiimi-
nate congestion Mt busy points. rs
fas as possible. but public garages
| and parking places should he given
immediate and serious attention"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
TAXI DRIVERS IN MANCHURIA
PUT NEW YORK IN THE SHADE
Ride in Ford Costs From 800 to 5oc
Rublcs Whatever
That Is

In the city of Hardin. which is in
Manchuria, ride in a Ford taxicah
today costs anywhere from 800 to ;,lJ
rubles, according to a letter received
from there recently from Evera rd
Thompson. who won fame as the
builder of the Yale bowl and the motor
speedway at Shccpshead Bay. Thomp-
son is in the Far East preparing a
trade analysis for the Firest0ne COM
pany.
"Harbin taxi rates" he writes,
would bring the blush to the most
hardened New York driver. Perhaps
even the Hardin driver bushes when
he takes his fare That, however, one
cannot observe readily, since the dust
lies thick in Hardin. which possesses
an unchallenged claim to being the
dirtiest city in Asia.
"One hot afternoon recently when
! happened to be about two miles
from my hotel in the New Town Sec
ton of the city and wished very
much to return. l was unable to
find drosky. / came upon a Ford
taxi of the vintage of 1916, and ap-
preaching the driver took my intro.
duction to Harbin's taxi ratea
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
CADILLAC WORKERS
REMAIN LONG ON ROLL

No one realizes better. or even so
clearly. as manufacturers themselves.
the great value of a factory organize
ton that remains intact year after
year.
Consequently. manufacturers strive
to hold their workmen together after
they have been painstakingly trained.
In this respect the records show
the Cadillac Motor Car Company &C.
cupies a particularly advantageous
position.
The Cadillac record of employees 10y
atty is unique in the automobile indus
ry. which has been marked through
put. its relatively short history by fire.
Iuent changes. There is at least one
workman whose continuous employ
ment under Cadillac auspices ante
dates the beginning OF the company
itself. He is an inspector who has
followed the same line of work. with
the Cadillac and its predecessors, fol-
twenty-five years.
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L---f You OuUned Million Automobiles Today You
Could Easily Sell Every One of Then,

exported over cars imported. you
fnd that in 1915 there were 1886:
in 1916. 3S6.42s. and in 1917. 6is.S43
cars which did not go to increase
the registration total over that of
the year before and were not ex-
ported. These cars must, therefore.
have been used to replace cars
which had been worn out in serv-
ice.
At the end of 1914 there were
l.7ll.339 cars in use In the country.
II. as we have shown to be the fact,
1896 of these cars went out of
commission and were replaced in
1915. the replacement percentage
for that year was ISIS per cent
In the same way it is found that
1873 per cent of the cars in use in
1915 were replaced in 1916 and 1874
per cent of those in use in 1916
were discarded and others substi-
tutrd for them in 1918. The aver
age percentage of replacement for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
ENGINE AND CHASSIS NOISES
CAN BE ERADICATED EASILY
Vibrations Loosen Various Parts of Automo-
bile and Are Real Beginning of Many
Troubles Unless Given Attention.

the trouble. The remedy is obviously
the reduction OF the clearance TO the
correct distance. and this work should
be done while the engine is heated.
because of the expansion Of metal
when heated. in which condition the
valves necessarily run.
Occasionally noise in the gear syss
TEN Is caused by the litter being loose
In its guide. To locate this trouble
the entire litter assembly will have TO
be removed. A worn litter will have
to be replaced. though in certain de-
signs the guides may, be sprung
slightly. so that they will grip The
litter more tightly and this remedies
the trouble.
Another possible location Of noisy
operation is at the cam. between
which and the follower there NAV BE-
too much clearance. Fitting new fol-
lowers usually takes care Of this trou-
Bile. Worn valve stems or guides ~ o
produce noise. Removal of the spring.
will enable the operator to local. any
trouble at this point. There snoul1 be
no side play of the stem In lis guide.
and if this condition is found to
exist. bushings should be fitted IN
the guide. or else a new waive with
an oversize stem should be Installed
fabrication VIII Help.
When the valve system Is o. the
overhead type il is natural To LOOK
for more noise than in the convcu-
tional type. Adequate fabrication viii
do much to remedy this tro.bl. q. IN
the overhead system. Occasion IL
side play develops in the rocker arms
CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
Upholstery Cleaner.

There is no better agent for clean
ing leather upholstery trHU the 1li
fashioned formula: Raw llnS"ei oil
and turpentine mixed in proportions
OF two of the former to Cre Of the
latter. For cloth upholstery. which
is so much used for closed car work.
the best cleaning agent is plain cold
water and a solution of threc-quar-
icTs of an ounce OF common wood
alcohol. This mixture is rubbed on
the cloth with a sponge dampened
in the solution.
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your product, but it's another thing
sometimes-and this is one Of the
timcs-to fill the demand when
your establishment is not tuned up
to do so. That was the situation
in which the automobile makers
found themselves. Their plants. or
the larger part OF them. had been
on war work. Automobile produc-
ton had been curtailed. Materials
had been diverted from their usual
channels and had been going to
those who used them in more i'm
mediatcly necessary ways. 1t took
time to reorranize the induS.ry.
Meanwhile demand grew and the
shortage became worse.
Is ii any wonder that you can't
get the car you want just when
you want il? Is ii any wonder that
used cars are worth more today
than they ever have been before?
Is it any wonder that things on
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21
QUESTION
i HAS TWO SIDES
Autoist Should Be Careful,
Of Course, But How
!About "Jay-Walkers?"
BY v. w. WALTER.

tOne day last week it was reported
that there were about sixty autoists
arrested for speeding and violation of
Che traffic regulations.
Some complain that the autoist
aows his horn at an inopportune
dine, thus startling the Jay walker"
gho is absorbed IN reading the
BILLY news or studying the sky line.
others complain that the car owner
drjyes his fiery demon through the
streets of Washington at terrific
rate of speed. endangering the Sc
realty of those who have quietly
chosen the street for their morning
walk or evening constitutional But
did anyone ever hear of a Jay
walker" being arrested for deliber-
Itely walking out in front OF an
kuto? No. not in the city of WASH
tpgton- Did anyone ever hear OF
franc cop stopping a Jay walker
S>ho walked right under his nose
while cutting across the cor
ner diagonally and sending
BIN back to the sidewalk and COM
psIIing his to cross squarely at the
corner? No. not in this city OF
daily trafic horrors" Has 1t ever
been even so much as whispered
that there was ever anyone to blame
but the blood-thirsty car owner
ehen an accident occurs? Certainly
oct.
/. Considerable space has been used
lately telling how horrible the speed
ers and traffic violators are in the
city, and how if they are not curbed
The public will take clubs in their
hands and hurt them" LynchlnS
has even been suggested. Plans have
been proposed to stop speeding. and
the inference is that when this has
been sufficiently curbed that accidents
will stop in the city.
Accidents will continually be on the
Increase, no matter how many laws
are passed or resolutions made al
fecting the car owner, and they VIII
anIy begin to decline when a CAM
paign of education has been success
fully launched and driven into the
minds Of the pedestrians that the side
walk is their place and not anywhere
on the street at any time they may
choose. The street is the car owners
right of way, and in any well regu-
lated city the pedestrian Is required
to recognize his rights just as the car
owner is compelled to observe the
rights of the pedestrian. Not until
law is PASSED governing the use or
the streets by pedestrians, compelling
them to cross at corners IN the
proper manner. and then and then
only will the question come near
solution, which seems at this min
me paramount.
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! than million and a quarter cars
ar. to be definite. just 1305,34a, be-
fore they could catch up with nor
NAL demand.
It's one thing, and a fine thing,
if you happen to be n manufacturer,
to be faced with a huge demand for
Automobile row" are as they are?
Ii isn't.
The automobile business is a big
one. 1t is big any way you look
at it. Its annual output this year
will probably be not far from 2,OCO-
000 cars. There wer more than
6000.000 cars in use in this country at
the end of 1918. Just to keep this
number of cars running requires
what alone would be a mammoth
output.
Taking the average replacement
percentage which we have Just
figured out and which gives six and
one-half years as the average
length of a cars life. we can soon
determine that merely to replace
the down and outs among such an
aggregation requires more than L.
100000 cars year or. If you want
the figures in detail, Just S4.6S2 cars
each month. nearly 1000 cars 4 day,
two cars a minute
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replaced. The rest remained on the
job for another year after their
normal period of usefulness had ex-
pired. To rut it differently. and
perhaps more forcefully. there was
at the end of 1918 a replacement
shortage of, a positive demand for
1929 cars and trucks to take the
place of those that ordinarily would
have been discarded. which is more
than the total production per year
was only few short years ago.
Just to replace cars which in nor
NAL times would have been regard
ed rs worn out We needed almost
three-quarters of a million cars
when We started to make them
again after the first of this year.
But that's not all--not by any
means. We must expect a steady
increase for some time in the total
number of cars in use. There has
been such an Increase each year and
it has been a substantial increase,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-21

How much to New Town" 7
ASKED in very bad Russian.
rive hundred rubIes.'
No. no. l said, thinking the
urlVer had misunde rstood nv cues
.lon. merely want to sbc driven
10 my hotel; l do not want to buy
Ten minutes of BARGAINING
brought the price down to a mere
Soo rubles and l made a luxurious
Journey home in the flivver."
Heartiess profitcers should not.
however, take a great amount of
.onsoiation out of the methods of
me Hardin taxi drivers. Mr.. Thomp-
son goes on to explain that although
Sv>rubles had q value of $50 in the
uays when the mighty Car sat firmly
on his throne, that sum TODAY is
worth only about $500.
Harbin. which spreads out over six
teen square miles of territory in
housing its 10000 population. has
ABOUT 200 motor cars, Mr.. Thompson
says. Practically all are of Amer
ican make. A score or more are in
pubic hack service. The remainder
are In private usue.