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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

produced IN the past Whine n 20 true
that the prices viii be higher, this %
not due TO increased cost OF material
alone
Better parts OF more costly design
will be used throughout
The tremendous demand for auto
mobiles. following q shutdown OF the
industry during the war, showed
that the unit manufacturer is really
the greatest business ally OF the car
builder. Had the majority OF car
manufacturers been producing their
own units, instead OF purchasing them
from highly specialized organizations.
car production would today have been
at least a year behind Severe losses
would have been sustained by many
car and truck producers were IL not
for the balancing effect that the
motor and accessory manufacturers
were able TO give them in the way OF
changing schedules, both increasing
and decreasing, according TO the rapid
ly changing situation.
Due to the fact that the motor and
accessory manufacturers had a num-
Der of outlets for their parts, they
were able to lend the greatest Coop
Grafton TO the automobile producers
cooperation which was very needful
and which vitality affected the con-
tinuance Of many organizations. The
automobile industry has learned that
il must figure further ahead for its
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
Burleson Shows Value
Of Parcel Post Trucks

According to Postmaster General
Burleson. the use of more motor
trucks on parcels post routes will
prove an excellent means of reducing
living costs in the cities" says w. L.
kissel' secretary and treasurer of the
kissel Motor Car Company.
Mr. Burleson has not only urged
Congress to provide the necessary
equipment for such motor parcels
post expansion, but claims that they
will, In addition, show a profit. Nine
such routes between Washington and
Philadelphia have been established
during 1919
Without doubt this recognition
by prominent government oficial
is result Of the adaptabiiity and the
way the motor truck has helped the
government meet the transportation
requirements at a time when the coun-
trys transportation equipment proved
unequal to the demands made upon
it"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

stem. You are more likely to do
this II you make the adjustment
when the engine is cold. When this
happens the valves affected do not
seat properly and compression is
lost. A proper adjustment will en-
able them to seat as they should
and save gasoline.
Do Your Brakes DraSf
Do you throw of the emergency
completely after each stop? No
good idea to give the lever an extra
push once in a while to be sure that
the brakes are entirely free. A lit
tie drag on them will make a lot Of
difference in the power required to
drive the car. It's like going up
hill all the time. It's not good for
the brakes and 1t eats up gas. Be
particularly careful about this just
after your brakes have been re-
lined.
Carbureter Adjustment.
OF course. the adjustment of the
carbureter is the most important
factor in obtaining gasoline econo-
my. Adjusting a carbureter is a job
for an expert. and 1t pays to have a
not required often. Carbureters
stay adjusted better than they did.
but even so you want to be sure
that yours is right. and if you are
not qualified to do the adjusting
yourself. have someone who is look
at 1t IL there is evidence in the form
OF excessive gasoline consumption,
that all is not as il should be. 1t is
safe to say-well whisper it for we
do not want to encourage tinkering
that most cars would not only
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

longer than you should with the
choke valve closed or too far over
on the side marked gas" or cold"
or start" or something Of the kind ?
OF course. with the kind OF stun we
get for gasoline today. 1t is necessary
TO have a good rich mixture to start
OH. But when she begins to turn over
in good shape. it's time to swing thai
little lever or thumb button on the
cowl ovor to the running position and
to get it just as far over to the ''air. "
warm or run side as is possible.
without causing splitting and back
firing. and keep it there. If you don't,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

determined by an ideal performa nee
is all shot to pieces, as it were. and
you find that what you are really get
ting in miles per gallon is much less
than it ought to be.
There is only one way in which to
find out what your real miles per gal
Ion average is, and that is to keep
track Of all gasoline poured into the
tank and of all miles turned by tho
tires. Do that. not for n day, but for
a month, and you may learn somc-
thing that will do you good.
Many things affect the results OBJ
tanned by a test of this kind. for there
are many things in the adjustment
and condition of a car and the man
ner in which 1t is driven that increase
gasoline consumption and thereby de-
crease the miles per gallon. Here are
some of them. They all can be pre-
vented or avoided. They all cost you
money and give you nothing for it.
Are they worth while? We say not
Speed Is Expcnsivc.
One thing is high speed Fast run
ming. that is, travelling at thirty miles
or more eats into the gasoline sup
ply faster than the miles are run up
on the odometer. Most cars are so
geared that when going along at be-
tween twenty-five and twenty-five
miles per hour their motors are run
ming at the speed of greatest econo-
my. There are a whole lot OF other
reasons for not running fast. but let's
leave them for another time.
Close the Choke Valve.
As we have started with the gaso-
line consumers of car operation. let's
take another one. Do you ever run
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

How many miles do you get from
q gallon OF gasoline? II you ill up
the tank. run 100 or 200 miles with
only a couple OF stops. and then figure
1t out you get one result II you
measure the quantity used In a month
or a week and divide It into the num-
Der OF miles run up on the total reg
lister of your odometer. you get a re-
suit that Is quite different Nine
times out Of ten. after the latter kind
Of test your supposedly fine average
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
WONDERS OF AUTO WORLD
s NGRAND DISPLAY SATURDAY
Many New Features to Mark Goth Annual
IS Passenger and Truck Shows
in New York.

New York is accustomed supeave things. but
,oan New York will be amazed Saturday afternoon when it
its FIRST look the passenger division of the twentieth annual
National Automobile Show, the greatest held spread
cleaning coorfu ranks four full floors of Grand Central Palace
Smarty artistic decorations will the big show fitting setting
inspection hundreds of New Workers and thousands of
oown while simultaneously the Eighth Coast Artillery
Amo. Jerome Kngbse road and 94h street, the
biggest truck show history, throws open the
be the doors of the counys largest amo displaying 10000
square feet of floor covered with trucks and
sories.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

set by hand to either OF two posi-
tinns. one for starting and the other
for running. after which the advance
and retard are cared for automati-
cally Running on a retarded spark
increases gasoline consumption. The
spark must be kept advanced to the
fullest possible extent. Here's just
one reason for it: Say you want to
run at twenty-five miles per hour.
Your spark is fully retarded. At
the throttle position. which would
give you your desired speed with the
proper spark advance. you are get
ting, we will say. but twenty-five
miles per hour. To get the other
three miles per hour you give her
more gas and you also bring down
your average miles per gallon by
that kind of driving. Proper spark
advance with no more gas would
give the extra speed at no more
cost
A retarded spark causes overhead
ing. stimulates carbon formation and
indirectly decreases the economy of
the car in other ways. Keep the
spark advanced.
Faults in the Car Itself.
So much for driving and car oper-
alton. Let's look now at the condi-
ton of the car itself as it affects
the possible miles that are poured
into it compared with the actus,
miles got out.
We can say first, that anything
which tends to reduce the power OF
the motor, nor its ability to deliver
it's full power, at the same time re-
duces it's thermal efficiency, as the
engineers call its capacity for turn
ing the heat units in the gasoline
into useful work.
Carbon in the cylinders and on the
pistons causes knocking and makes
il impossible to obtain the engines
full power with the result that more
gear changing must be INDUCED in
and a wider opened throttle used for
given or desired speed. Both OF
these mean more gasoline for each
miles Travelled.
Piston Rings, Valves and Lost
Compression.
Leaky piston rings and leakS
valves mean lost compression and
consequently reduced power with
increased gasoline. consumption for
the same results in car speed and
hill climbing. II. with, good COM
preston. your car will take a GER
tain grade on high at twenty miles
per. hour at half throttle and with
poor compression she needs full
throttle to do the same trick, the
gasoline bill goes up while the mile
age remains the same. Good rings
and tight valves pay for themselves
in miles per gallon Of gasoline,
And then there's valve adjustment.
Sometimes when you attempt to
take a tap out of q valve tappet you
get things too tight. You don't al
low sufficient clearance between the
.tappet and the end Of the waive
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

stand a finer adjustment Of their
Carbureters, but would run much
better for ii. Phew! how some OF
the many bum mixtures that we run
up 10 and overtake in a days jour
ney do smell! That's good gasoline
going to waste.
Look After the Leaks.
And here's something so stupidity
simple and so simply stupid that
you never thought of il in this con-
nection. How can you get the most
miles out of the gasoline you buy If
you let lot of 1t drip away through
leaks in the piping and at the car
bureter? Some cars are run only on
Saturdays and Sundays. During the
rest of the week a good deal of the
gasoline in their tanks drips out
onto the garage floor. That which
is lost costs as much as that which
gets 10 the engine. but it doesn't get
you anywhere.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
NEW YEAR TO SKATER RECORD
NAUTOMOBl.E PRODUCTION
May Reach 100000 Passenger Cars and 3oo,-
900 Trucks-War Lessons to Aid.

The passing Of ls1s win have record
ed more changes in the sutomottve
field vitality affecting its growth. It's
financial status and the quality Of It's
products than has been experienced at
any time since the beginning Of the
industry.
Just before the close Of the war.
automobile manufacturing was fast
approaching a standstilI. The sign
ing Of the armistice, November u. 1918.
put the brakes on what would soon
have been a complete shutdown OF
every plant producing automobiles.
With the gradual completion and
elimination of war contracts in the
various automobile plants. attention
was again turned to producing cars
which were discontinued, or on which
production had been curtailed during
the war period. At the same time.
practically all manufacturers were
planning on new models to offer the
public for the year 1890.
The low production early In the year
1919. with the rapidly pyramiding de-
mand for cars, on the part OF the
public. placed a tremendous load on
the manufacturers. They not only had
10 lace q SIlOTldet Vi DhA a
growing unrest on the part of labor
made it exceedingly difficult to get
producing organization lined up.
The year 1919 has done much to
prove to the automobile and truck as
semblers the value and importance OF
having as their sources OF supply. re-
liable and progressive unit makers.
On every hand II was demonstrated
that TO increase car production was
a simple matter. but that TO increase
the PRODUCTION of units was a task
heretofore not appreciated. Unit
manufacturers were compelled 20 pur-
chase additional machinery and to ex-
pand their plants. while they were
at the same time finishing up war
contracts. Remarkable strides have
been made by the motor and accessory
manufacturers in helping the car and
truck manufacturers to get back into
business.
Auto for Every Fifteen Persons.
In the year 1880 there will probably
be an automobile for about every
fifteen persons in the United States.
There will be nearly eight million
power driven vehicles. including both
passenger and commercial cars. in
actual use by the dawn of the New
Year. II is likely that the production
Of passenger cars for 1891 will near
the cocoon mark. while the output Of
commercial vehicles will be about
90. 900.
One Of the marked effects Of the
war has been TO standardize automo-
tive power and transmission units.
More consideration has been given the
designing of motors to handle low
grade fuels than ever before. On the
whole, the quality of cars and trucks
for 1870 will be much superior to those
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

ployes. as we'll as scores of industries
would have had to shut down.
owing TO the fact that the motor
truck did not employ coal as a source
of its motive power. made their opera
lion economical and efficient and did
not use up fuel that could have been
used in any way by industries or mu-
nicipal buildings.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
Cinders Improve Garage Floor.

Inc average car owner may not
know that a layer of cinders six
inches thick makes a very satisfac-
tory moor for the home garage. The
cinders should be thoroughly tamped
down, hose being used to wet them
GOWN during the operation. This floor
apsorbs grease. Oil or gasoline; that
may leak out of the mechanism. and
y Vs., moyseYerA spra cticsl iy dustlsaa.
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
New Use for Old Files

Frequently it is necessary for. the
car owner who does his own repair
work to file a piece of cast iron that
mas been subjected to friction and
so has acquired glaze or skin. THE
best way to get through this skin
Is to use the edges Of an old Ale.
II new file is used on this sort
Of surface 1t Is likely to. be ruined,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS CO.
New York Wholesale Prices

Butter Creamery, higher than extras. lb., 57Q571ac; extras, 56 F c;
 dairy, tubs, finest, 56@ 5612c; good to
 prime, 43 O 55c
 Eggs - Fresh gathered, extras,
 dozen, 48 F @ 49c; storage packed, ex-
 tra firsts, 47 F O 4Sc.
 Apples - Albemarle Pippin, $7 co
 Is: Winesap, bbL, $12.5O; Baldwin, sS@11.5O; Ben Davis, $6@S; Russet, $S@11.
 Potatoes - Bermuda, $3 @ 9.5O; South Carolina, bbI., S2 e S9; lorida, new, $2.5O c $50; old. 1so lbs, $4 O G.. Poultry, Dressed - Turkeys, b., 39 O Ale. Broilers, colored, Ib., 60 Q Csc; white Leghorn, b., soc. Fowls, 50 lbs, and over to doz., 36 O g F c; under 30 lbs, 34c. Chickens, 31 to 60 lbs. and over to doz., 42 e 43c. Poultry, Live-Spring BrOilers, col l ored, large. h., sec; small, 50 e 55c. Broilers. White Leghorn, l h., soc; white I1eghorn, under I lb., 40 O 45c. Fowls, 39c. Turkeys, 25c. Ducks, 25c; spring. h., 42c. Geese, 1Sc. Guineas, pair, s1.10. Pigeons, pair, S5c. getables-Asparagus, dog. bchs., | s1@4. Lettuce, bbl. .S2 e 5; bsk., s1.50 c 3. Rhubarb. 100 bchs., $2 O
 4.50. Radishes, 100 bchs., S1 e 2. 1 Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl., $3.50@ $50; l old, white, bbI, s1 @Z.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
SAD TALES 0F
 THOSE ESCAPED
 FROM THE REDS

Omsk. Siberia, May 29.-(Corres-
 pondence of The Associated Press)-
 4 thread of suffering runs through
 the stories told by the refugees from
 all parts of European Russia, hun
 dreds of thousands of whom have found asylum here. Almost all of them fled from Bolshevik territory. They tell of murder of the members ! of their families, deprivation of prop erty, savage treatment, hunger and terrible hardship of their flight from Bolshevik bandits.
 The correspondent of The Associat- ed Press talked with a number ot these refugees in order to learn their adventures. Several cases came to light in which girls unable to escape before the approaching Bolsheviki shot themselves rather than fall into the hands of the terrorists. The wife of Russian colonel now at Omsk said to the correspondent:
 We lived a life of comfort and contentment on our land not far from Samara. Warned by our peasants we fled across the hills hidden in a farm cart My cousin, a girl of IS, who thought she could not escape, took a revolver from the desk in her draw 4I4S room ana SHOl IeTSetI | the head because she knew what her | fate would be. You can understand why it is difficult for us to believe in Bolshevism.'
 This preference for death rather | than capture by Bolsheviki seems to 1 be prevalent among the young wo- l men and girls of former well-to-do i families of European Russia who are | now in Omsk. The wife of an assist | ant minister of state and her sister, | a girl of 25, fled from Bessara bia. | The girl said with quiet Russian fa- | talism: If the BOlsheviki succeed ll | getting to Omsk I shall shoot my l self"
 l Some stories tell of the famine i which existed in the district of the l Ural Mountains. When a relief train l arrived at Kalma not far from Perm | it was surrounded by children beg | sing for bread.s A man of 72 years i was so overcome when he received a | loaf or bread that he fainted and 1 two little children, when given bread, 1 became insane from sudden joy. l The refugees tell of several cases l in which peasants murdered the pro- | prfetors of the land upon which they 1 lived in order to obtain possession of l the farms. On the other hand some | of the peasants imperilled their own 1 lives to help the land holders to es- cape from the Bolsheviki
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
SELL WAR PIGEONS.

London, May emobilization of English war pigeons and men who care for them in France has taken place, with the exception of birds and men selected for the Army of Oc- cupation. About 10000 birds that had served their country faithfully were sold in France and Belgium and the proceeds of sale divided among charitab ble institutions of those coun- tries and England in accordance with the wish of the breeders who had donated the pigeons to the British army.
 Many a man owes his life to the rapid flight of pigeon from a broken-down seaplane. In the bat tie of Messines 1.200 pigeons were used to carry messages, not single one of which went astray.
 The German pigeon service was very thorough. A Birmingham med al maker initiated so perfectly a mess age-container devised by the enemy that it was possible to send a number of ''dud'' messages to German lofts with their own captured birds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
RETURNED SOLDIERS.

The following named men enrolled with the Welcome Home committee in the Common Council chambers at City Hall today.
 Christie Dennison, Queen street, private, Company D, 12Oth Machine Gun battalion, 32nd Division, AIsace, Aisne, Marne, Disc, Mouse and Ar gonne. Lawrence 1T. Motley, 113 Austin street, private, Company C, 302nd Ammunition Train, 2nd Divi- sion, St MihieI, Mount Blanc Ridge and Argonne; wounded in back. William H. Lynch, 147 Prospect street, sergeant, Company A, 16th Engineers, Lilies, Somme, Mouse and Argonne. Robert Polansky, 70 Center street, private, Company H, 18th Infantry. 29th Division, Malbrouch hill, Molleville farm, Bois D'Ormont, Grsnde Montague, T2traye ridge and Bots Belleau. Theodore $. Huck, 592 Norman street, sergeant, Fifth ord nance depot, A. E. F. Paul V. Claus, 333 Dover street, cook, Company E, Ninth infantry, 29th Division. Cha teau-Thierry; shrapnel wounds in left forearm and wrist, also gassed. Alfred Minevieco, 35 ,Hallett street, private, Company F. 18th Infantry, 29th Division, Haute, Alsace and Molleville farm. Louis H. Huber. 5 , Alpine avenue, first lieutenant, Camp Holabird, Baltimore, Md. Ronald NJ. Ward, $50 Park avenue, Naval Coast Defense reserves. Earl D. Lockwood, 96 Hazelwood avenue, Mitchell Field, Long Island, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
Police Arrest Three For Violation of
 Traffic Regulations

That the Traffic Division of the Police Department are striving to en- force the law against autoists who persist in violating the state and city regulations was manifest in the. City Court this morning. Four drivers of cars appeared before Judge Bart lett on various charges. Harry J. Blums of 36 Cheever street, Ansonia, was arrested on Main street at 5 o'clock this morning for speeding. korta Geergevitch, of SAP Putnam street, was arrested at ' o'clock this morning for passing a standing troll ley car. Frank s. Younss. 120 Hol- ley street, a motor cyclist, was pinch ed at o'clock this morning while proceeding up Golden Hill street with bis muffler open. The above named were discharged upon the payment of costs. The Court, however, did not deal leniently with Thurman J. Mill CT, a taNi-man of 9S Ruth street, Rye, New York. He was arrested on Fairfield avenue yesterday after noon driving a car while under the influence of intoxicants. He was med S100 and costs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-29
COWS, CORN, CLOVER"

In recent issue of the Franklin County Farmers Bulletin" Joseph H. Putnam. a native of Connecticut and graduate of Connecticut Agricultural College but now county agent of Franklin County, Mass, presents an interesting view of the present con- troversy raging in New England rela- tive to livestock farming. MT. Put nam says:
 'The Connecticut Dairyman's As sociation used to have a slogan The C's-cows, corn and clover' as a basis for rebuilding New England agriculture"
 Personally we do not know of a single farm in Franklin County where the above formula has been followed and a large amount of stock kept where there is not a prosperous farmer and a productive farm On the other hand, I do not know of a single farm that has been built up to a productive stage, outside of the special onion and tobacco crop lands of the Connecticut Valley, except on the basis of more livestock, and even there they are finding that livestock or imported manure is absolutely es- sential in maintaining their produce tive soil. and that those lands which for many years maintained a large number of livestock are still their most productive soils. The farms which have bought large amounts of western feed and kept large numbers of livestock are not the farms that are deca dent in New England. They are for the most part more produc- tive than ever before and some of them more productive even than the lands in the middle west from which they have purchased their feed.
 Livestock farming is the basis of a continued fertile soil. This is not all that Is necessary however. ana with cheap grain gone a rational TO- tation including the growing of grains and leGumes is equally essential There can be no doubt but that the shipping away of the whole milk makes necessary more careful handling of the soil and a better TO . tation in order to maintain a produc- tive farm, and the farmer who makes good must adopt more prudent agriculture, must manufacture less and farm more. Cows, corn and clover will turn the, tricll.'