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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11
BERLIN IN STATE
OF ANARCHY;CIv|L
WAR HAS STARTED
SpartaCans Seize Public Buildings
Thousands of Workmen
Armed.
Fierce FIGHTING IN STREETS
Rattle of Machine Guns Heard in Va
rious Parts of City-Doctor Lieb-
knecht Rallies Forces for
the Final Battle.

Copenhagen, Jan. 8.-Berlin is in a
state of complete anarchy and civil
war has begun there, according to the
Munich correspondent of the Politi-
ken.
His information, he says, is based on
telephone messages from the German
capital.
All the banks are barricaded and
a great number of the public buildings
are In the hands of the Spartacan, or
extreme radical group.
Thousands of armed workmen OF
the Spartacans' faction are crowding
the streets, and at several points firing
has begun.
The sound of machine gun fire could
be heard from all parts of the city.
Liebknecht Leads Red Forces.
The message reported the intention
of the government to make an effort to
storm the building of the police guards
later in the day and take possession of
| all the machine guns and cannon
there.
DIR. Karl Liebknecht, the Spartacan
| leader, has been seen here and there
about the city organizing his troops
for the final fight, which is expected to
begin very soon.
Hundreds of persons are reported
fleeing from the city.
Fighting In Streets.
Complete anarchy reigns in Berlin
aceording to- teleph enic / messages re
government factions. Thousands Of
has broken out between Spartacus anc
ceived from the capital. Civil wal
workers are fighting In the streets
The rattle of machine guns can be
heard throughout the city. Sparta
cans have barricaded themselves il
many of the public buildings, and are
reported to hold all the banks.
Central Berlin Occupied.
The central offices of the Wolff
semioficial news agency Of Germany
sent the following message to the Co
penhagen office, which was received
today: Central Berlin has been oc
cupied. Send kilograms to Frankfor
temporarily"
Russ Reds Aid Liebknecht.
Adolf Joffe and M. Radek, leader
of the bolshevik mission to Germany
are in Berlin assisting Doctor Lieb
knecht and Rosa Luxembourg in fc
menting a bolshevik revolution. AC
cording to advices received here, the
are believed to be at the police head
quarters, which Is the stronghold o
the Spartacans.
The independent Socialists, who's
leaders were recently dismissed fror
| the government, are reported to hav
gone over entirely to the Spartacan'
These two groups have issued a joir
proclamation, declaring that the fins
hattie to preserve the revolution mus
now be fought.
Use Grenades to Guard Buildings.
The streets leading to the chance
Ior's palace and the Tiergarten in tn
afternoon were full Of crowds hui
rying to the respective demonstration
7 the Spartacans In the Siegasello an
the government supporters at tn
chancellor's palace in Wilhelmstrass
The guards in front of the foreign o
k fee and the other government bull
ings are equipped with hand grenade
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11
ENGLISH Queen Mother Cables.

Alexandra, queen mother Of England,
cabled the following:
81 am indeed grieved to hear of the
death Of your great and distinguished
husband, for whom had the greatest
regard. Please accept my deepest
sympathy on the irreparable loss you
have suffered"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11
TURNED, Alleged spy, Dies.

Paris, Jan. S.--Luis Tunnel, repre-
sentative in the chamber of deputies
for the Cotes-du-No who was arrest
ed in October, 1917, on charges of
trading with the enemy, is dead.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11

says:
by his death America loses great
citizen, the allies good friend, and
the world a vivid, interesting, and
virile personality that can Ill be
spared"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11
waters Agree to Abolish Tips.

Berlin, Jan. S.-Striking Berlin
walters and their employers reached
an agreement The agreement calls
for the abolition Of tips and o fixed
wage scale.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11

George II. Peet, who has for sew
eral months been towering" diplo-
matte news in Washington for the AS
ISOLATED Press, has been given a
unique assignment by the French gov
eminent. He has been appointed liai-
son officer in Paris, and his duties will
be to give to the American correspond
ents whatever news is released by the
French government. In this capacity
he will not only obtain from the
French news which the correspond
ents desire, but will advise govern
ment officials as to the kind of news
should be released in America. His
appointment was secured through the
French high commission in Washing
ton. Mr.. Peet has been decorated by
the king of Sweden as chevalier of
the Order of Vasa.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-11
Ree4riotlons Removed on Anthracite.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. Sail re-
strictions on the shipment of egg-size
anthracite coal were removed Monday
by the anthracite committee of the
United States fuel administration.
This size coal may now be shipped to
any part of the country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
DETERIORATION
TIRE TALK NO. 7
BY George G. Mcfarland

for a little while until the rubber
surface becomes soiled. In this way
the pores are filled with dirt,
preservative effect thus being OBJ
tanned.
Those who have had any expert
ence with Photographic plates or
films are aware that warmth spoils
the emulsion. In the case of gum
both light and heat bring the sui
phur to the surface and make the
rubber minutely porous, somewhat
as sugar may occasionally grain
and crystalize on the top of a
housewives candy confection. Gum
checking" or oxidation swiftly de-
stroys the nerve" of the rubber,
with a corresponding resultant eff
feet in respect of flexibility and
durability. A dark, dry room in
which the temperature stays from
forty to fifty degrees is best.
In winter, when ones car is laid
aside, or whenever it is "in dry
dock" for any length of time, the
stale air should be removed from the
tires. The latter should be parti-
ally inflated with fresh air-enough
to round. them out - and covered
with muslin or light-excluding me-
dium. The weight of the machine
should then be supported by blocks
or jacks, in order that no burden
may fall upon the wheels.
When spring returns, examine
your tires as you overhaul your
house. Look over them sedulously
for cuts on the outside; get all
tacks or small nails out; reinforce
any small abrasions in the fabric
within; and then cause them to feel
good by a dose of lubricant. Be
certain that rims are not dented or
otherwise irregular. Apply a thin
solution of graphite, shellac, and al
cohol.
(The End)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05

What has already been said in
these talks has dealt with q num-
Der of topics. The necessity of at
tending to tires at the right time;
the importance of choosing the
proper size and type for a given
capacity; the danger of misapply-
ing tire to rim, the proper care of
inner tubes, particularly the value
of fresh air; the use and economy
of flaps; and the relation of such
factors as imitation to riding COM
fort, have already been discussed
Let us speak further of deteriora-
tion, subject that has already been
suggested at least in Tire Talk Num-
Der 4.
Deterioration in tires, up to a GER
tain limit, is not necessarily a re-
suit of age, any more than it is in
people. When a man or a tire has
lasted for a long, long time, of
course we allow him or it to begin
to break down a little. Until that
limit is reached, however, the tia .
has no more business to "go back
than has the man.
The conditions under which q ,Cip-
ment is kept have more to do with
the life of tire, especially of the
inner tube, than has age. Inner
tubes are not fitted by nature to en-
dure light and heat. Rubber is par
ticularly susceptible to the rays of
the sun, and rather quickly becomes
dry, hard, and "crackly." AS a
protection Firestone tubes, after
final inspection at the factory, are
invariably wrapped in paper, q pre-
caution which also serves to main
tain the shape of the tire. The
paper covering may we'll be left
on extra tires. If anybody has the
idea that such a sheath looks a lit
tie queer, and insists upon taking
it off, the tires may be put in use
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
'SELDEN TRUCK
DISTRIBUTORS
TO REBUILD
Erection of Three-story Fire
proof Garage to Start
at Once

During the past few months the
business of the Seldom Truck dis
tributors, local agency for Seldom
Trucks, has increased to such an ex-
tent that larger quarters were made
necessary and e. l.. Craft, the man
ager, negotiated for and secured the
large lot adjoining their present
garage in Market street which also
has frontage in Cameron street,
and will begin operation at once to
place a modern three-story, fire.
proof garage there.
The architects, Markley and
Starr. have already turned the
plans over to the contractor, Harold
Nipple, and materials are already
being hauled with the actual work
starting. in all possibility, next
week.
This new building will have a
frontage of 65 feet in Market street
and will contain three large store
rooms and a large driveway into the
garage that will be placed in the
rear. There will be a frontage of SO
feet 6 inches in Cameron street
where there will also be two store
rooms and an arch driveway into
the garage.
The two upper floors will be fit
ted out for storage and also in such
a manner that they can be used as
convention hall, for automobile
shows, etc. Instead of elevators,
there will be an per cent. grade
incline, IL feet wide, made of con-
crete going to the upper floors.
Since January 1, the Selden Truck
distributors have sold So trucks.
They are entered in a contest for
the sale of trucks that is being held
by the Selden Truck Company and
stand fourth in the list of dealers
who have sold the largest number
of trucks Such cities as New York,
! Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore
are listed so that it can readily
be seen that the local dealer must
hustle some to keep in the running
with the larger cities.
| With the completion of the pro-
posed building at the corner of
Market and Cameron streets. the
corner will not only be more invit-
ing to the eye, but will contain as
modern a garage as will be found
in the city. It will also add to the
business of that section of the city
for 1t is proposed to place accessory
stores and automobile salesrooms in
the storerooms that will form part
of the building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
Why Batteries Will
Not Last Forever

Most people can understand why
tire wears out, or why bearing
points of car work loose" says the
local Willard service station dealer
but they don't quite see why a
battery should ever wear out"
"Of course the main trouble is
that it's harder for anybody to
imagine a chemical process than a
mechanical one, and the battery is
strictly chemical"
There's not much inside bat
terry. About all there is to it is q
set of plates with insulators be-
tween each pair, and solution that
covers both plates and insulators.
These plates are simply lattices of
metallic lead filled with lead COM
pounds. The insulators may either
be wood or threaded rubber"
Before a battery can be used at
all it has to be charged. The cleo
trio current coming in, causes GER
tain chemical changes. When you
turn on your lights or step on the
starter, changes start in the oppo-
site direction and supply you with
current.
"Of course this constant changing
back and forth will wear out a bat
terry in time, just as contact with
the road will wear out tire. And
even if the battery is in storage and
is kept charged, some wear will go
on, as the chemicals are all present
and are never absolutely idle.
"The way to get the longest life
out of your battery is to keep in
mind the fact that its life depends
to a great extent on how we'll you
treat 1t, and to remember to add
water and make hydrometer test
at least one every two weeks"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
How to Make a Correct
Test of Your Battery

Many motorists know that it is
necessary to use a hydrometer
syringe to test storage battery, but
they do not always know just how
to use it. 1t is not hard to learn
and it is really worth while if a
man would save himself from a bat
terry repair bill.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Will
dermuth, the local Willard Storage
Battery dealer, we are able to pub
lish the instructions on the use of
a hydrometer as sent out by the Will
lard Storage Battery Company.
The hydrometer has q scale grad
uation in the upper part of the tube
ranging from 1.150 to 1900 with
.005 graduations and reads correct
ly at seventy degrees Fahrenheit A
fully charged cell should read about
1.2S0 and a completely discharged
cell should read about 1150 specific
gravity, both of which are marked
by red line on the scale.
The Hydrometer test should he
made before distilled water is add
ed. IF distilled water is added and
then the test is made, the reading
will not be correct
Make the test as follows:
1. Remove vent plug from top of
cell.
2. Force the air out of the HYDRO
meter springs by squeezing the rub
Der bulb
9. Insert rubber tube through
the vent plug hole into the cleo
trolyte, or battery solution.
4. Release the bulb and draw I'D
sufficient e1ectrilvte into the glass
tube to float the hytlrometer.
5. See that the hvdrometer
floats freely. touching neither top
bottom or sides.
6. Move the hydrometer syringe
so that the level of the electrolyte
in the glass tube is on the level of
the eye.
Z. Read the point on the hydro
meter scale which appears level
with the top of the electrolyte.
s. Then force the electrolyte
back into the cell from which 1t
was removed.
Tt is advisable to rinse OUT the
hvdrom eter svrinoe with water as
the electroIyte will in time destroy
the containing case.
In some cars the battery is SO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
How to Make Your
Battery Last Longer

The man who is not used to hand
ling batteries might say that the way
to get the most out of battery is
to use it just as little as possible.
AS matter of fact, that would be
just the wrong way to get at it
Batteries are made to be used and
they can be used regularly and put
through some pretty stiff PAGES and
yet last long time, if the man who
uses them only follows few simple
rules of battery care.
Here are a few of the rules:
l. Be sure your ignition switch
is closed.
2. Pull out your checker.
8. Push out your clutch pedal,
so that your starting motor will
have to turn only the engine.
4. Then step on your starting
button, and your motor ought to take
hold. If it does not, then the
thing to do is to find where the
trouble is and remedy it before you
make another trial.
Battery life will be prolonged If
these rules are observed all the year
round and in all climates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
MANY. DETOURS
ON HIGHWAYS
Don't Take a Motor Trip and
Expect to Follow the
Main Highway

In contemplating a motor trip
these DAYS through Central Penn
sylvania, don't lay your plans to
travel any fixed distance on the State
highways, for the first thing you'll
bump into a sign with the WORD
"Detour" on it and a hand pointing
the way out into some unknown ana
unheard of road where the rut and
bumps will put you in mind of the
rocky road to Dublin"
Practically every State road is
undergoing a complete renovation.
During the war these roads were leit
to deterioate and now that the work
of repairing them has started many
detours are necessary. AS a matter
of the fact the many detours through
Central Pennsylvania take you into
some very picturesque scenery ana
fully repays the motorist for the
roughness encountered in travers-
ing them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
Buick Agency Moved to
Shaffer Garage in 18th St

On the 1st of July, George B.
Zech. the local Buick distributor
moved his offices. salesrooms and
service station from 2S S. River Ave.
to the Shaffer Garage at SO to so
S. Camefon Street, in the rooms that
were formerly occupied by the Mil
Ter Auto Co.
Mr.. Zeck will use the large sales
rooms and office of the Miller Auto
Company for his salesroom and has
the upper part of the garage which
he will use for service for Buick
cars
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05

placed that it is difficult or impos-
sible to hold the syringe in an up
right position over the battery. I'm
der such circumstances pinch the
rubber tube with the left hand so
that the battery solution will not
run out of the hydrometer. Then
lift the hydrometer out and away
from the car and hold it upright to
take the reading. Be careful not to
release the rubber tube until it is
again placed over the hole in the
top of the cell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
SATURDAY, JULY S
PAGES
1O-II-12-I3
Dauphin Motor Car Co.
Moved to Larger Quarters

Last Tuesday the Dauphin Motor
Car Co., Inc, moved their service
station from 125 Cherry st. to the
garage formerly used by the Buick
distributors at 28 S. River Ave
This location is little less than a
square south of Market street on the.
Ave. between Front and Second.
This garage is of two story con-
struction, the lower floor being used
as a repair station for Oakland ex--
clusively, the Dauphin Motor Car
Company being the local Oakland
distributors. The second floor Will
be used for the parts department.
and offices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05
MILLER AUTO co.
MOVES OFFICES
Occupies Temporary Offices
in New Location, Third
and Locust SITS.

The Miller Auto Company Inc,
local distributor for Oldsmobile,
Maxwell and Haynes touring cars
and Mack Trucks, have moved their
Offices into temporary quarters at
their new location in the old post
ONCE building at the corner of
Third and Locust streets.
Work of remodeling the building
into an up-to-the-minute show room
and offices as well as two large
storerooms facing Third street, will
start Monday morning. The Bell
Telephone Company will occupy one
of these storerooms as their local
offices. The other will be used as
offices by the Miller Auto Com
pany until their main room is fin
ished.
The service station and parts de-
partment of this firm will be con-
tinued at their old location, 6S
South Cameron street. They will
maintain a full line of parts for
the cars they handle and will main
tain efficient service at all times.
Owing to the necessity of NOV
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05

ing from half tho garage that they
formerly occupied. they are selling
several used cars CT different makes
in a sale that started q few days
ago. 1t Is understood that they
still have several cars for sale.
, 1919-06-26

Senator Knox's resolution designed
to separate the peace treaty from the
League OF Nations covenant was the
subject of hot debate in the senate, Mr..
Knox himself leading the way in a
speech that was forceful and impress
sive, whatever one may think Of the
correctness OF his views. He attacked
the covenant ms destructive of human
progress and liberty" citing especially
the pernicious provisions embodied in
article 10 which are designed to fix
through all time-and merit Is made of
this purpose of the provision-the
boundaries set up by the treaty of
peace"
Senator McCumber OF North Dakota.
, 1919-06-26

Mrs. Tevis whenever it pleases her to
give me the least encouragement.
She's the image of her Aunt Molly at
girl but Molly"
why not marry Molly now and
leave Patience to me-" suggested Ar
chic. savagely.
Because you're idle and not fit for
any girl to marry. Go to work and
drop this social game here, Arch, and
I'll give you a chance to win her from
me. Meantime I give o warning"
The next two months Larchurst
wondered and pondered just what
Patience intended doing with the
colonel. He had become her most de-
voted admirer, or, as Arch put 1t more
neatly, Dads got the inside track"
Archie had gone to work daily in the
city. Doggedly he had taken up the
challenge to make good, but evenings
he shared Patience's society with the
colonel. and when he grouched at his
work his father would laugh and tell
him to quit If he liked. He was win
ming, anyhow.
But he watched the boy keenly, and
saw that he was holding his own at
the office game and had the makings
of a good soldier in him. after all. The
eighth week he found Patience alone
on the upper porch. He was tired, af-
ter cinching two contracts for the firm
that warranted a steady salary for
himself and the surety Of his place in
the firm, but he had a determination
about him that was new n his second
proposal was far different from his
first.
I'm not a bit blind" he told her. 81
know dads in love with you, too, and
that you can take either Of US. I'm
just the cub, l suppose; but, Patience,
we're both young, and even If we do
fight and disagree and have troubles,
won't 1t be worth while to start life
together and build?"
Patience smiled up at him from the
porch hammock. swinging on long
iron chains from the roof.
Last time you SAT- you could make
your father hand you over enough for
us to live on until he passed along"
she said. you've grown more the
past two months than you ever did all
your life before, Arch. I'm going TO
say yes"
who'll ever break the news to
dad?" said Arch gloomily, after the
most wonderful five minutes of his
life. 81 just can't tell him that he's
lost you, dear"
81 will,' said Patience laughing at
him. 1--WE arranged the whole thing
in Paris, Arch, just to see If we
couldn't make you a real husband"
, 1919-06-26
COOLING MILK ON THE FARM
During Hot Weather 1t Is Best to Ar
range System So That Water
Comes Direct From Well.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Milk may be cooled most efficiently
on the farm by running 1t over a sur
face cooler in which the available wa
ter supply is used at its coolest tenn
perature and the cooling completed by
storing the cans of milk in a tank of
ice water. 1t is possible in that way
within a short time to lower the tenn
perature of milk to below so degrees
f. Frequently the water used for cool
ing milk is not used to the best ad-
vantage. Spring water is sometimes
allowed to flow owe the surface of the
ground and is warmed several degrees
before reaching the cooling apparatus.
During the summer water from a stor-
age tank above ground is usually much
warmer than that drawn directly from
the well. 1t is best, therefore, to ar
range the cooling system so that the
water which flows through the sur
lace cooler or cooling tank comes d.
rectly fror. the well or, If from a
spring, 1t is conveyed in a pipe well
below the surface of the ground. If
ice is used in a cooling tank the guam
tity of water surrounding the CAM
should be as small as possible to give
satisfactory results. Space enough
should be provided between the sides
of the tank and the cans of milk to
allow for a sufficient quantity of ice
and water to COO the milk properly.
If a large volume of water has to be
cooled much more ice will be neces-
sary. If 1t is desired to cool milk
quickly from an initial temperature of
about s5 degrees F. to one of so de-