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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23

Two New York men
Or a Lake or arrested for having
a Locomotive drugs in their pos
session had, besides
a quarter of a million dollars worth of
heroin. cocaine and morphine, two re
volvers. sword and club. II they
had been given rope enough they might
have developed into a suicide club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23

The first Edge Law
bank opened its doors
in New York yes
tnrIay md tho fnri
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DAJ ACE 1914 MARKET STREET
i HLNNL 10 A. NJ, IL, 2, 8aS
$40, :45. $3.50 =. n
Anita Steuart FIGHTING >,
SHEPHERDE5S'
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Phil.d.iphi.. Wednesday. June Is. 1920
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A L. CHESTNUT ST. Bel IsTI
ArCdQld 10 A. NJ. ~. =. 3;46.
5:45. 7:45, $3.50 P. NJ
Robert Warwick THE CITY Gus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23
GIT WILL be thirty years,

i fifty, before the world will recog
nizc at it's full value the work the so
ciety-mcaning the American Socict!
for Psychral ResearchShas been ant
is doing" he said.
1T is n work that develops yer!
slowly. We are compelled to wad,
through such n mass Of irrelevant ma
teria to find the few grains of trutl
that lie concealed within.
"The world expects instant results
1t docs not appreciate the difficultie
that surround every step we take. I
grows impatient, then skeptical, ant
finally dcrisive and abusive. But tn,
light will come some day"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23

Now, you may agree or disagree with
This attitude Of mind. But it indicates,
certainly. that those who retain it have
made some momentouS decisions in re
,ation to life and that they have
achieved the end of long road They
know no evil. They know only error
and ignorance.
We arc all familiar with the expln-
nations nj the wars origin offered by
amateurs in historical observation. All
sorts Of people could tell YOU what was
up and what was down in the world,
They knew, II was the sheer mon D.
gtrousness Of tho German ruling mind
that almost wrecked the world. IT was
greed in all countries. 1t was rivalry
among commercial groups. IT was a
taint in the Hohenzollern blood. But
tn" persistent Samaritans. whose pas
siOnloss service in high places and low.
in the affairs Of governments and among
the bcwildprrd and the furlorn Of Eu-
rone helped 50 greatly in restoring
something like now balance for civ.
ilization, were not so cocksurc.
They felt that unless ignorance wa,
WlueSpFCdu IN tNc OluCr nations greed
aud blood taints or commercial riyaIrrs
never could have driven them to general
butchcries
Who, then, kept these people in ig
norauco and left them thereby helpless ?
Now and then the spirit that domi
mates in the impractical Samaritan
takes complete possession of a man,
and then a saint is made. Lincoln was
supposed 10 be impractical. Vet his
mind sheltered race and out of his
loneliness the most powerful nation in
the world got new strength. They arc
cternalIy faithful, the people who man
age somehow to be always compassion
ate, aud it is because they are stronq
that they are gentle, II may be that
they are guided by a force greater thar
reason. But the men who give up their
lives every day in the service Of others
and soldiers who do the things about
which songs and legends are made, dc
not act in accordance with reasoned
processes alone. Nor DO the missioner
J or those who watch night in hos
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23
THE PSYCHIC RIDDLE
Or. conwell Wili~Teii OF His Own
Experiences - Doctor Hyslop's
Death the Last OF Three
Great investiaators-.Hls
Own Views ..
BY GEORGE NOx MCCAIN

nR. RUSSELL II. CONwELL will,
~ l understand, shortly publish book
dealing with his experiences in the field
of psychical research. r.
1t will be worth reading, because OF
the conspicuous position Doctor Con :
we'll occupies as theologian and as the
founder and president Of Temple Uni :
versity.
Doctor Conwell Is like all the great
pioneers in this work--Professo Child I.
wick, +. W. II. Myers. Sir William
Crookes, Sir Oliver Lodge, Wallace,
Arthur Bnlfour and the conspicuous
galaxy Of Englishmen who began as
skeptics and ended as earnest investi-
gators il not believers.
The list Of membership In the British
Society for Psychical Research reads
like the roster Of the Royal Society.
In fact, the majority Of the presi =
dents of the British organization In
recent years have been drawn from the
membership of the Royal Society. .
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N.l:. MARKET STREET Ab. srH
lCCOrld "a. NJ. to 1l:l5 p, NJ
Georges Carpenter WONDER M,y
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Thus. the cry that General Jan
Smuts raised against n reviving i'm =
pcrialism ut the Paris conference will
continue to echo in the world after the
names of tho practical men who op-
posed him are forgotten.
Philip Gibbs. like SHUTS. is one OF
the brotherhood which answers to a
voice not heard by everybody. He went
for five epic years with the harassNd
armies in France and saw the great end
and the great beginning. Yet he
emerged out of that experience without
a sense of victory. triumph or achieve
ment. What he felt was rage and pity
for the wasted youth Of driven world.
Some similar passion moved Joseph
Elkinton. of Moylan, who died on Sun
day in London.
The dispatches said that he was on
n mission of relief that included most
of the area of the recent war.
Those who knew him could hardly re
member a time when he was not some =
where in strange places on missions OF
relief.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23

1LODE AT JUNIPER
II A. ". to II p NJ.
Continuous Vaudeville, 'Overseas Revue
Eddie Cassidy; Others
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|DECENJT MARKET ST. Bel. llrH
NLNLlN WILLIAM FARNuM
| Tale OF Two Cities
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CAPITOL 724 M.RKET s|nFs TrTphas sTREFs
TELEGRAM
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-23

Mr.. Elkinton was Quaker. But the
quality of feeling expressed in his life
is larger and more universal than
Quakerism. 1t does not originate in
greatness of character alone nor is it
due merely to religious conviction. 1t
is not an exclusive or an ordered thing.
odd adventures came TO this man.
who was fairly typical of the minorities
everywhere who read tho great purposes
of their lives not in t"rms of possessions
or achievement, but in the wiStful faces
Of the poor. For he was merely un-
able TO find any peace in a world where
there was great unhappinesS. He went
TO Russia in the old days and spent his
money to help people who seemed to
have no other friends. The work done
by him and others like him in Europe
since the armiStire has had a quality
of spiritual horuiSm The impractical
Samaritan follows no accepted rule and
recognizes none Of the limitations com
mon to most Minds He is of the sort
who cannot pass a b"ggar on the street,
despite all the warnings Of those who
make charity n work of science.
''ls this man depravod and a liar?"
he will say 20 yOu. VERY we'll. That
is all the moro reason why should pity
and help him 80
Men like Smuts and Gibbs and Elkin =
ton. in their various ways. have in =
sisted on maintaining n somewhat sim
liar view and 50 distress routine thinkers
everywhere.
Each expresses tho same philosophy
in the same way: These people were
evil: They are undcserving? Yet |
will help them. Why% | do not know
"ThiS man was my enemy? Very
well. What have | ever done to make
him ,7r friapdS'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
BATTLES CAR IN CREEK
AS WIFE KN|TS IN SEAT
Motorist Makes Good Use Of Rock
Creeks Abundant Supply
of Water.

Have you heard the latest idea in
washing cars? The important fact
about it is that it was presumably in
vented by District motorist-at least
It was entirely new to the observer.
On second thought it couldn't really
be called washing" at ALL Bathing"
more like the Saturday night BATH"
might express it better.
Well. to get to the point, the follow
ing sight met the astonished gaze OF
motorist driving through Rock Creek
Park at twilight" one night recently.
A small car was pulled off to the
side in one Of the fords. A woman sat
in the car busily knitting, man. at
trousers, hat of the same material, was
industriously bathing" the car, while
the purling waters of Rock creek flowed
benignly by. What could be sweeter?
And furthermore, he was making
good job of the bathing. The swift
current took away most Of the mud on
the wheels, and the rest was gently
persuaded to join the swift waters by
the aid of a large bush. A cake of
soap on the running board showed that
before the chamois was applied the
car was to get a good firm lather
And why not! No leaky hose to fool
with. fresh water twelve inches deep
whenever desired-in fact. all the COM
forts of the little garage around the
corner" with none of it's inconven-
fences. And, any way, what could be
better way to work up good appe-
tite for dinner.
To be sure, a prominent congress-
man was discovered recently washing
the wheels Of his car in one Of the
fords in the middle of the day. but the
twilight bathing. with complete para
phernalia, is a new one on US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
TRADE NOTES.

Joseph N. Thompson, w. n. Wood
and Guy Livingston have formed a
new company, to be known as the
Hood Tire and Accessory Company,
Inc, and have leased the corner build
ing at 14th and Corcoran streets, for
merly occupied by the local branch
Of the Hood Tire Company of Water
town, Mass. Mr.. Thompson is well
and was recently associated with
Harry Wardman and was one of the
incorporators Of the Cafe St Marks
w. N. Wood has been connected with
the tire business for a number of
years and has for the last three
years operated the Wood Tire Com
pany, at 1923 14th street. Mr.. Liv-
ingston has been connected, with the
wholesale accessory business and first
introduced the visible gasoline pump
to Washington motorists. The new
company will handle Hood and other
tires and do a general accessory BUSH
ness.
George Scibert, field supervisor of the
Monroe Motors Corporation Of Indiana
polls, was a visitor in the National
Capital the past week. While here, he
was the guest of the Black Motor Car
Company, local representatives for the
Monroe. He stated that the factory
had reopened and was now running
full time, with a production Of twenty
Ave cars per day. About $4,000, 900
worth Of spare parts were in stock. as
surfing the rapid completion Of automo-
biIes daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
AUTO SIDEWALL CASING
IS MORE THAN BILLBOARD
Main Duty Is Protection and It Is
Compounded for En-
durance.

The side wall of an automobile
casing is not simply an advertising
billboard for the manufacturer, nor
is its main use to specify size and
type of tire. Though it carries prac-
tically all the markings on the
casing. it has a much more important
mission in life. Like the skin on
the body. it's duty is to protect the
carcass underneath.
AS some skins are red. some white
and some yellow, so are some side
walls red, some white and some tan.
Some are gaudy, others conservative.
Some are black and blue and striped.
While the side wall is a thing of
beauty. it is primarily compounded
for endurance and resiliency.
At the edge of the rim it forms
seal against water seepage. 1t
prevents chafing between the rim and
the inner fabric. and serves as a
bulwark between rim and tread line
against rays of the sun, the grinding
of the road and the moisture, which
causes rotting.
At the uppdf edges it servesas an
anchor for securely fastening the
edges of the tread. Altogether it is
only a fraction of an inch in thick
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
VARIOUS TIRE TYPES
AND THEIR VALUE

When a tire salesman says, What
will YOU have. Q. D. clincher' or
straight SIDE. or regular clincher?"
what do you say? Here are the talk
ing points that will give you conf
dence and relieve your embarrassment.
o. d. stands for quick detachable.
A o. d. tire simply slides on and on
the rim, requiring no stretching.
Generally the outside fiange or edge
Of the rim is also detachable, so that
this can be done. Some Of these
tires are being used on split rims.
which are easily forced "out-of-
round"
Some quick detachable castings are
built with a clinch or hook which
fits into the fianges of the rim. which
are also hooked. Others do not have
this clinch, but are straight. This
has given rise to the term straight
side"
! The quick detachable castings with
the clinch to hold 1t on the rim was
the original type. The straight side
ca sing represents an Improvement or
later development in the quick de-
| tachable, eliminating innumerable
rim cuts. according to Miller Rub
Der Company officials. 1t was found
that a wire bead imbedded in the
bead edge OF tire was sufficient to
hold it on the rim without the aid
of the hook.
The fact is that there are two
types Of hard non-hexible beads
Q. D. clincher and 9. D. straight stdA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
ny THEODORE P. MOVES.

When the District of Columbia
adopts headlight laws. which is
thought to be a step of the immediate
future. serious consideration should
be given the spotlight before regula-
tons are made prohibiting its use.
The spotlight. if used correctly. is a
valuable adjunct to the motorist. az
many will testify who have occasion
to travel the roads at night.
Several OF the eastern states, in de-
vising headlight laws. have taken the
stand that the spotlight. with no anti
glare device, constitutes glaring
light. and have forbidden it's use
In Maine, for instance. no spotlight
is allowed to pc lighted on a car
while it is in motion, and in New
Hampshire. practically the same law
applies Any one travelling through
these states is almost sure to run
afoul of the authorities even il he is
using a spotlight in a perfectly legit-
innate way.
The spotlight is just what it's name
implies: a spot of light. and if it is
directed downward and to the right
OF the road. how can 1t glare into the
eyes of the oncoming motorist? The
answer is that it can't.
Can Turn on Headlights.
operated in this way. downward and
to the right. the spotlight shows up
the ditch, and in case it is desired to
turn on the headlights. to keep from
binding another driver, the driver
can still proceed in perfect safety.
No matter how stringent the head.
light laws may be, some drivers are
never going to be able to drive in
the face of a light that is strong
enough to insure safety for the man
behind it.
Therefore. the courteous driver.
when he observes that his light is
binding another man, will turn it
of. Now. with the spotlight adjust
ed in the way described. instead Of
being in total darkness when he dims
for the other man. he will have q
spot of light playing on the right
hand ditch, and he can proceed with.
out reducing his speed.
At times it is ludicrous to watch
two cars approaching each other. One
driver will turn of his light. cut
down speed, and a minute after the
other one will follow suit. Then
both cars will grope along the road.
at about FIVE miles an hour, in total
darkness. hoping to get by each other
without running into the ditch. In
many cases it is really more dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
SEES ENOUGH GASOLINE
TOLAST MANY YEARS
Auto Manager Declares Reports Of
Shortage in Supply Are
Largely Fiction.

much has beeen printed lately con-
corning the shortage Of Americas
supply of gasoline and the bearing
il will have on future automobile
production. Most of these stories be-
long to the world of fiction" says J.
I. Farley, general sales manager. Au-
burn Automobile Company.
Let US see what the latest produc-
ton figures tell us about the worlds
petroleum supply. In 1913 We pro.
duced in round numbers 37600O.0Oo
barrels of petroleum. Our consump-
The difference OF about 100000 bar
rels was imported from Mexico.
I'VE know that during the next
twenty-five years our production will
constantly increase and refining proc
esses undoubtedly improve, thereby
keeping our importations wlthih
reasonable figure.
.aTo what extent we rely on inn
ports from Mexico. our nearest source
of foreign supply? According to un-
official but authoritative figures COM
piled by George Blardone of Tampico
Mexico's petroleum production Tor
1920 will approximate 140.000.00o bar
rels. compared with S7.35s.s36 barrels
for the preceding year. or an Increase
Of 60 per cent. OF this production
close to 1875 900, 900 barrels should be
exported. compared with 7S.72S.214
barrels in 1919. a gain Of nearly 50
per cent for export. At the rate In
which new wells are being drilled and
pipe lines completed. Mexico in all
probability will export as much Pc
troleum in 1920 as all the world COM
bined. including the United States.
How long can Mexico maintain
this increase of exports? lMexico's
petroleum industry is only sixteen
years old. yet in this brief period Of
time it has climbed to second place
in the worlds production Of petro-
Ieum And its wells are far ahead OF
all others Mexico has single wells
whose run exceeds some Of our larg-
est Texas fields Mexico's possib BILE
production is estimated at from
three quarters to one billion barrels
a year. Many Of the southern oil
fields, especially near the Isthmus OF
! Tehauntepec. where the finest quail
ity of oil has been found. and where
the Pearsons of London have bought
tup vast stretches Of land, the coun-
try has hardly been prospected.
IF this government encourages and
protects American interests in foreign
fields. as it should do. and as Britain
! does. then America need not be
alarmed over an ample supply OF good
| gasoline at fair price for many
| years to come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
WRITER PLAYS CHAUFFEUR.

Fred c.. Kelly, magazine writer. was
sitting in his car in front of a local
hotel waiting for a friend. His cap
was pulled down over his eyes, and
travelling man who rushed out OF
the hotel mistook him for a taxi
driver. He climbed briskly into the
car and directed: Drive me to the
Union station The author. enjoying
the situation. assumed a properly re-
spectful air and did as directed. When
the passenger alighted he asked the
fare.
'Ten cents" replied Mr.. Kelly.
"Only 10 cents" exclaimed the trav-
eler. why, l have always paid
dollar.
SORRY, sir: but the law won't let
me charge more for this trip"
You mean that 10 cents Is the legal
fare?"
rious manner, I'D be arrested II l
charged any more"
Aha" cried the traveller with de-
light in his eye. wait until the next
taxi driver tries to charge me a dol
lar I'll knock his block of"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
CLAIMS "TRAVEL AUTOMOBILE"
WILL CUT OUT HOTEL BILLS
Cruiser" Designed by Washington Man
for Comfort Touring, Now Being Tested
on District Hig hways.

A practically completed travel auto
mobile. called by the designer and
builder "Fifty-fifty Cruiser" is be-
ing tested out and limbered up on
the roads of the District. The
"ffty-fifty" indicates so per cent
mobility and so per cent comfort and
convenience. While many automo-
plies OF this type have been con-
structed in the past for travelling in
oependently of hotels and railroads.
they have been designed either with
travel as the paramount idea, with
comfort subordinated, or vice versa.
In this instance the machine, COM
Tort and travel have been given equal
Importance. 1t has attracted wild
spread attention wherever it stops.
The machine has a homelike ap-
pearance and general air of service
ability, at the same time being mex
pensive and within the reach of the
average car owner. The body has
been constructed on a Dodge car
chassis. the entire weight of the
CHASSIS and body being only 200
pounds. or the same as the original
car with two passengers. The cruiser
with two passengers weighs the
same as the original car with four
passengers. Thus the designers idea
that the cruiser could navigate about
as well as the original car works out
in practice.
Economy in Space.
The cruiser body is six feet four
inches wide and ten feet long. BY
using the front seat as a bed across
the width of the machine more space
is permitted for cooking purposes
To get this width the body is ex-
tended five inches beyond the tenders
and running boards on each side.
The headroom inside is six feet. The
sides of the body are covered about
three feet high with galvanized iron,
81 gauge, fastened with bolts wher-
ever it touches the framing wood,
which is of light, dry oak. The roof
and sides above the galvanized iron
are covered with good quality canvas,
waterproofed by the manufacturer
and further protected by saturation
with linseed oil and white lead. This
canvas is tackled on rather loosely to
avoid strain.
A feature of the construction is the
use of many small bolts, which are
put through wherever two pieces of
wood cross, many of them going
through the galvanized iron. On each
side forward is a door, as in the or
binary touring car, giving access to
the front seat These doors are for
use when travelling. They are covered
with iron up to a window about if
teen inches square. The windows
have fixed screens and are fitted with
canvas flaps for use in Indictment
weather. On each side of the body
amidships is also a long, narrow win
dow, similarly equipped.
In the rear is door 80 inches wide,
for use while camping. when the
front doors are blocked by the seat.
which is reversed and serves as a
couch. In the rear door is small
glass window which gives the driver
a view of the road in the rear of
him. The seat in the front, which is
also used as a couch. is 26 inches
high and Is inches wide. When it is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19

gerous than driving with headlights
on full.
Spotlight Would Help.
What a difference it would make
il both of these cars were allowed
the use of spotlights. Each one
hand ditch. and, instead Of slowing
UP and almost stopping every five
minutes to get by another car. could
continue at uniform speed along
the road.
People are using cars more and
while on tour. will drive all night
in summer to escape the heat Of the
sun in the daytime. so that barring
the spotlight works a real hardship
on a large body of motorists.
MARYLAND and Connecticut ac.
headlight laws. have taken this fact
into consideration and allow the use
Of the spotlight.
The state law Of Connecticut in re-
gard to lights reads:
no spotlight shall be used when
another approaching vehicle is in
sight. except when projecting it's rays
directly on the ground at distance
not exceeding thirty feet in front of
the vehicle using such spotlight and
to the right and the center of the
highway"
AsAoA A0AN hdo ooOSt0hSAohy ShC
same regulation.
To satisfy yourself. Mr. Motorist,
that the spotlight is not binding. the
next time you get in a dark place
tighten up your spotlight in the in
dictated thirty feet away from the
car. and on the right side Of the
road. and step in front Of the car and
see II any Of the light gets into your
eyes.
Should he Focused.
Practically all spotlights can be
focused and should be to comply with
courtesy and the law. Bring the bulb
back as far into the reflector as pos
sible. and the result will be a small
shaft Of light, which should make a
small spot on whatever object 1t is
directed. That is the way it is sup
posed to be used.
The spotlight has so many uses in
addition to the factor Of safety in
road driving. such as locating sign
posts and numbers along the road.
that it is hard to understand how the
authorities in some states can find
cause to bar it.
It il hoped by the majority of mo-
florists that the District. in it's pro-
mitigation of an anti-glare headlight
law, will not take adverse action in
regard to the use Of the spotlight.