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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30
nnentinns md Answers.

g have a l'l' mode - car me
/, md that there is a little play hetwcen
The wheels and rt1 hs the h Mhes Ii ms
be turned a little without having any e.
feet on r hs of TOR sTes hTk ,hn! shf
htTfakinf of please tel me how to tighten
\ The riay OF the rear wheels and
engine is m 'qral and is due e the htSS
Of ne oSes IS prG6haHlSS due % her b hay
M Sehy 'S ero@ded f%ad See tha, there re is
so WRs, II run ne , Wheel ssn " Sou Nil n
that the outer ilbres, OF the axle break
Weakening II the axie breaks duo 70
twtstinc only. the fracture Will be at IS
eS Il ;hs b the s'S Case 700 You mish; oF have
a little heavier axle made.
ruT; in new sSy pistons when pu,iinc IN new
TinGs: Does II make difference which
tod ,6a, Tins j. not the same ihickHsss
a.! the way around j. j.
a. \ new piston Is no: required. In
equal distances apart and not in line. TRY
the rines IN !he eyiinaers before pu;tinE
on to the pIsi3ns. as many tome little
oyer si+y .t.y insm ~ the piston grooves
SSth onto SMOOTH board IAN and rub the
ring on this to SNUG hut not tight lit
,nesgr opposite TN sois sa aTe ,hsy ean
lee put on the p!StonS IN any position.
-. Please answer the following Qu. s.
tion: | would like 70 know how you can
model. l have wheel ruller and Would
Ike TO have you tel me the way 10 WORK
\; Remove the hub cap. Remove tho
Fqrfed Of swollen. nie i a little, screw
wheel pu'les on IN place OF the hub
cap Turn IN the pu!!sr screw until there
Is good pressure Tap head OF screw
little and screw in again until wheel comes
70. please ton me how to thin down
10 make cement. and II so. what IS used
\, most Of ;hc rresen'-dsy cemen, is
thnned hy gasoline. do not think YOU
can make a worthwhile cement without
special equipment. though IL is claimed
that pure rubber can be dissolved in caso-
in tires they can seldom be so dissolved.
=. VIII you pleas. tel! me how 10 time
the ignition 81 Dodge car? Is there
ans special wa " having the distributor
Nut II around 70 position. and how do you
Know when car is exactly timed?
\, 70 time, any distributor system, re-
the engine IN tho direction OF rotation.
watch 40. exhaust valve. when vou
see TINS III. SLOWLY revolv" engine until No
0!!tOH IS on ton center Next look nj
spark lever notch az time. The point
should omen At tho second to fourth notch
WhFn points are omen the distributor
brush should make contact with the wire
VIZ should so 20 The riuEs in he engine
.t.n5 c-te. SO as 10 give the sparks in
Q There is a bad Gu, in one OF nv
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tires but the cloth is not cut. only tn,
rubber. What should l do TO ity

rubber. What should do to III,
A.. Fill the cut with some ,ire-cut nih,;er
which can DO purchased IN any supply
g. have been running. 1913 Overland
eSanTIi aan66rii o siwaEs knofks now when
all the way retarded. What causes this;
haS epw when Se you TsmedS n does met
.: The trouble Is, undoubtedly. due
my system. See ihSt Inc wat Water III is cir cir.
is not slipping. as believe that t" there
Is a little oyerhea,inE also
town and am planning to buy car What
car would you recommend for very h!lily
a. cannot recommend any particular
car over another, for obvious reasons. You
furnished with n bigger gear in the final
drive, ny is used on, Sedan or. heavy
great additional expensc attached to this
9, have 1915 car: ana recently. have
aE'nf hs 5Ggble Th
Sharses it for me. SAYS need a new one
OF The battery Was Won wonde ring Il TT /
E IS o, nes Mha ns %S Hfnc and why this one
4. The life OF battery is rated at NJ
for 5000 niles Ss'S When isGm YOU t rct
b"nSerEI niss plaT,sd OUT;
rsnr S' The aM Mater H Mn 'S Sas 'h hn
s should no, ,rs , thsF?e ans FensSn ThT
Viii be destroyed. 1 would have the radia.
tor tor repa v. by an exert in This Kind Of
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1900 to 1900 batteries day. Tho
company is planning to build a fac
tory of two or three times their
present capacity on adjoining prop
erty. The full limo OF Westinghouse
batteries will include batteries for
home lighting systems, train lighting
and railway signals.
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handicap of the early months and
make possible substantial in
previous records.
crease for their product over all
Nevertheless, during the twelve
months demand stepped ahead of
production. its rapid advance having
resulted in large part from the pub
Lefty given the wartime perform
ance OF the truck and from tho accu-
mulative power of demonstrations
made by the truck itself in COM
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Packing Company Elect. omcer..

Appalachian Packing Company, re-
Gently Incorporated here with $780,
900 capital stock. has been organized
by the election of tho following off,
GERS: j. III. Mcconnell. president; John
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average WholcsaIe Nricc Tor 1919
-sl,33S
tire automobile industry was on
practically 100 per cent wa rhasis.
Due TO this fact passenger car pro-
duction was slightly less than in
1917. although greater than in
1918 But manufacturers OF motor
trricks Mnrn ahln TO oNercnme this
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30

=. Wilson. secretary-treasurcr. and
9. +. Colbert. superintendent. A cans
merry and. fruit preserving plant Ia
being erected and tho machinery for
its installation has been purchased.
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MOTOR TRUCK INDUSTRY
MAKING RAPID STRIDES
ftftccn Years Secs Vehicles Mount
From al In 1919, To
Tn tnin

Production figures over period
Of years. as complied By the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce.. show tho giant strides
the motor truck industry is taking.
accelerated last year Tho figures
are as follows:
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
LEADING INTERIOR
 MERCHANT DIES AT
 INTERIOR METROPOLIS
Peter Vachon, Who is at Juneau, Learns of Death of His Brother
 and Partner

Peter Nachon, one of the lead ing merchants of Alaska, who has been in Juneau for several days this morning received the news of the death of his brother and busi- ness partner, John Nachon, at Fair banks. The death occurred a week ago, and Mr Vaehon was notified at Seattle, but the telegram was not forwarded to him until this morning. Simultaneously with the notification of his death came the news O. the funeral.
 John Vachon was ,38 years of age, an active and capable business man, it was not regarded that he was dangerously so and, his brother gays, it was believed that he would recover with the coming of Spring.
 The Vachon brothers, Peter, John and Andrew ,are among the leading business men of the Interior, and have been so for many years. They have large stores o, at Fairbanks, Panama and Tolovana, besides min ing interests, fox farms and other enterprises.
 Peter Vachon, the senior mem- Der of the firm and the. leading owner, is returning to the Interior, and expects to leave Juneau on ihe next Westbound steamer. He has beer in the States since last August. He arrived at Juneau on the Northwestern, and has been at the GaStineau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
PERSONAL

Robert E. Hitch, interested in the Douglas Island Packing Company, is staying at the Zynda Hotel He arrived {. short time ago from Port land Oregon.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. E. Conrad and family are registered at the Zynda Hotel. MT. Conrad. will be connect ed with the Juneau Lumber Mill of this city. He arrived on the last boat from the South.
 l.. Adyt who will take a posi- ton as filler at the Juneau Lumber Company mill is staying at the Zyn- da Hotel. MT. Aydt arrived here on the last boat from Seattle.
 H. B. Ambrose, who has been at Haines, arrived from that place on the Estebeth today and is at the Zynda Hotel.
 Loren C. Richards arrived to- day from Fort William H. Seward and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. Mr Richards is on his way South
 E. G. Wilson of Tacoma, who has been on business trip to Haines and Skagway arrived in town today and is staying at the Gastineau Ho- tel.
 Clare E. Warren of Portland, Ore gon, is registered at the Zynda Hotel.
 T. F. Southern, wife and child. arrived in the city today and are at the Gastineau Hotel
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
SOLEMN CEREMONIES
 BY SCOTTISH RITE


 Alaska Chapter Rose Croix No. i, of the Scottish Rite Masons will celebrate tonight the ceremonies of MaundysThursday of the Extin- gushing of the Lights. The cere- monies are to start at 730 at the Odd Fellows Hall. The celebration of this ceremony is obligatory upon every Knight Rose Croix. The cefe mony was to have been followed by banquet but that part of the cece. mony has been postponed on account of the recent death of Alvin Gold stein who was a member of the order.
 The ceremony of Relighting the Lights will take place on Easter Sunday at three o'clock in the after noon, at the same place.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
NEWSPAPER MAN FORMER SOLDIER
 DIES AT JUNEAU
D. M. Hooker of Fairbanks Dies at St. Ann Hospital of Brain
 Fever and Influenza

Durwcod M. Hooker, 26 years old, died at St. Ann Hospital yesterday afternoon of brain fever.
 MT. Hooker was taken from the Alameda last Sunday morning to St. Ann Hospital. In AS hours after entering the hospital he became nn- conscious, and passed away yester- day He had been suffering from influenza while at Cordova recently, but had thought that he had entire ly recovered until he was taken i'll on the boat.
 MT. Hooker was on his way to Ju- neau where he was to be employed as telegraph editor on The Empire. Previous to the outbreak of the war he was employed in that capacity on papers in the South. He enlisted and was sent to Alaska as a mem Der of the Signal Corps and was stationed at Fairbanks Besides do- ing his regular work with the Sig nal Corps, he had been employed on the papers there.
 He was recommended to the man asement of The Empire as g capa- ble man and a wire was sent to him offering him employment. He wired that he would leave Cordova cn the Alameda for Juneau, after having secured his discharge from the army at Fort Licsum. He had came out over the trail from Fairbanks.
 Mrs Hooker is somewhere on the trail between Fairbanks and Cor dova where she was held up by while on her way to join her husband. Wires have not reached her and the details of the funeral will not be arranged until she is heard from.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
FRIENDS SAY HE HAS
 sa THE FIRST WAR BRIDE

Friends of Frank Gehring, who recently arrived here with his wife, claim that to MT. Gehring should go the honor of having brought back the first war bride. MT. and Mrs. Gehring were married in Eur ope while he was q member of the A. E. F., and it is claimed by the friends of the couple that their mar mances between soldiers and Eur open girls that has ended by the parties of the romance coming to Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
OREGON HEN LAYS TWIN EGGS
 GOLD HILL, Ore, April Twin

eggs, nearly normal in size were laid by a hen on the ranch of C. D.. Morgan near here recently. They were joined by a narrow length of shell
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Now Bound North

ALASKA due here Sunday morn ing
 ADMIRAL WATSON scheduled to arrive here Saturday.
 Northbound SaiIings CITY OF SEATTLE scheduled to leave Seattle Saturday.
 Southbound Sailings NORTHWESTERN scheduled to sail southbound April A., ADMIRAL EVANS scheduled to sail southbound April 5.
 s
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01

Meals any time you want them rt the Alaska Grill. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT
 UNTIL NINE-THIRTY

City Clerk A. B. Cole an- nounced this morning that he would keep his office open until 9:30 o'clock this even ing for the accommodation of voters who are unable to register during regular office hours.
 REGISTER TONIGHT,
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01

Arcade Cafe open to 1:oo a. m.-adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OFFICIALS
 SAY PRICES FALL
Period of Extravaganza Seems To Have Run its Course; No
 More Priceless Buying

WASHINGTON, April 1-Reports from every section of the country in. dicate that the postwar era of ex. travagance and reckless buying is nearing an end. Officials say they note a hesitation if not actual reces- sion in prices, and this they con. slider an index of more hopeful conditions in the future.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
SEATTLE AD MEN
 TO GO TO CALIFORNIA

SEATTLE, Warsh., April 1.-Ad vertising men of Portland, Spokane, Seattle and other northwest cities are planning to go to the Pacific Coast Ad. Club convention at Stock ton, Cal, this summer in an automo bile caravan. About 15G automobiles will make the trip. Trucks carry ing exhibits of northwest products will form part of the caravan.
 Arcade Cafe open to zoo a. m.-adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
REGISTER! REGISTER !
 REGISTER!

Every citizen who is resident in Juneau owes the duty to his city to register and qualify to vote at the election next Tuesday!
 The municipality belongs to the people who reside in it. It is the duty of the people to care for it.
 DO YOUR DUTY. REG ISTER NOW. and VOTE NEXT TUESDAY.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-01
TWO TICKETS
 IN FIELD FOR
 CITY ELECTION
Citizens and Peoples Tickets File For Election;; Two Run
 For School Board

Two full municipal tickets-and only two-have filed for the muni- cipal election which will take place next Tuesday, the Citizens Ticket and the Peoples Ticket. The for mer ticket is supported by the pres ent municipal administration, and 1 the latter is sometime referred to I as the valentine" ticket. The time for filing in order to have the names printed on the official ballot ex- pired at , o'clock yesterday even- ing
 The Citizens ticket is as follows: For Mayor-Ralph E. Robertson.
 For Councilmen-W. c. Johnson, Ray G. Day and c, w. Fries.
 The Peoples ticket is:
 For Mayor-F. Wolland.
 For Councilmen-S. J. Arneson K. D. Mclean and w. A. Sparks.
 The Citizens ticket was filed yesterday afternoon.
 The name of c. w. Fries, who has served before on the Juneau City Council was substituted for that of P. L. Coleman yesterday. MT. Cole man, after considering the matter, declined for business reasons to be- come a candidate
 Two Candidates For School Board
 There are two candidates for School Clerk, which includes mem bership on the School Board w. ". Casey. who has been a member of the Board for several years, has filed for reelection. Cash Cole has filed against him. f.
 Below Normal Up until o'clock thisi afternoon j70 persons had registered for the city election. This is way below the normal registration that should be in by this time.
 To stimulate registration and to give those people who do not find it convenient to visit the office in the day time, City Clerk and Reg istration Officer A. B. Cole will keep his office open tonight and to- morrow night between the hours of 7:15 and 9:30 o'clock
 The registration books close at o'clock Saturday afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31
ALBANIA WOMEN ENJOY CLUB life
DESPITE HUSBANDS TRADITIONS

into staying Tor committee meetings.
But the committee meetings were
made as interesting as possible. The
cases OF all the poor women in the
hospital were discussed. The cUrios-
ity Of the women was too much. They
wanted TO see the hospital
That was arranged They were to
visit the hospital only when the man
doctor was not there and then only
the women's wards. For two or three
days they whisked discreetly IN and
out
But one day there was a very III
women patient who had LITTLE baby.
Madame Toptani Beg and two other
ladies were absorbed in talking to
her. Then they wanted 70 know sx-
actly what the doctor said about her
Doctor @EKplains.-
The American woman with them de-
murely suggested that they wait until
ask him They waited The doctor
gave Il a long name which conveyed
little either 70 American or Moslem.
Would madame Toptani Beg care
to talk to the doctor herself2
There was a moment OF hesitation
while the American woman waited
for the fate Of her Woman's club TO
be sealed.
Madame Toptani Beg saw the doc
tor and talked with him.
And now the hospital committee Of
the Ladies' Humanitarian Society Of
Tirana-Which is its name-visits the
hospital at any and all times They
chat with the doctor even If he is a
man They even visit the men
patients.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31
Medium, Aided By ReptiLian
GhOstLy Rod, Lifts Chairs
And Tables Without Effort

I ONDON. Eng. Jan. 3l.-Has ". r.
| HunndaI. of CamberwelL. who is
Offering q salary of 5000 a year
10 a really reliable medium. yet got
into touch with Miss Kathleen Co
higher. of Belfast
Miss Goligher's amazing claims as
medium are being set tortn with
great wealth Of detail by ". ]. CraW-
ford. of Belfast university
DR.. Crawford's experiments have
differed essentially from those OF all
most every other Investigator into
spiritualistic phenomena, because, be-
ing a highly trained mechanical engi-
neer. he has concentrated upon the
purely material side of the subject
Miss Gohgher can lift and turn up
side down a hea-ily weighted table
with which neither she nor anyone
else has any apparent contact.
Can Produce RappinEx.
She can produce alsO-0r cause to
be produced by some force over
which she exercises control-tremen-
dous rappings that can be heard out
side the house.
She can ring handbells without
touching them and cause trumpets 20
float about In tho air
The phenomena themselves are not
unusual; IL is the engineers eXplaua-
ton which sets them apart. This
explanation, supported so far by the
printed particulars OF 12S experiments
is that an the phenomena are caused
by flexible rodlike projections from
the BODY Of the medium.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31

starving parents or dying ehT-
dren.
one is most miserable IN vienna be-
cause he can never get warn As
they have not been heated for weeks
the hotel rooms are damp, which
makes them seem colder than the
street
The city IS crowded to overflow
ing and 1t IS almost impossible 70 get
hotel rooms when the tri-Weekly
Prague train arrives, a taxi and car
rage race starts for the Grand no.
tel The word has been passed over
central Europe that the Grand hotel
is in spots heated Because hadn't
offered what he considered an ade-
quate bonus for getting there first,
my coachman was slow. and nine car
riages and two taIis were slinsd I'D
before the Grand when ] arrived ali
from the same train Not even a
bathroom 70 be had The drivers
waited. for they are accustomed TO
the nightly program Of driving their
charges from midnight until dawn.
stopping at hotel altar hotel IN
search OF a room
Vienna Is filled with foreigners. OF
whom the Italians and French are the
most numerous, taking advantage OF
the low value OF the Austrian cur
rency- Leather goods, for which Vi
emma Is famous, has increased 1000
per cent in price. In the last three
ing their best stocks. the crown is de-
preciating so rapidly from day to day
that IL IS better 70 have their capital
in merchandise than in money.
The opera house and thezters are
sold out days in advance. Five or six
symphony concerts and rscitals a day
are crowded 70 the doors. Vienna re-
quires music as well as food 70 live.
besides. a room always gets warm
when IL IS crowded full Of people and
a warm place in Vienna needs no fur
Their attraction
The theater performances begin be
tween 4 and S o'clock and they are all
closed before g. BY $50 or g o'clock
you VIII find block after block Of
large apartment building totally dark
everyone in bed. You have electric
light and may turn IL on But wee
20 the family whose meter shows thar
they have burned more than the very
limited number OF kiloWatt hours ra-
toned 20 them Their wires are cut
and they get no more current until
next spring.
Vienna has not lost her pride: she IS
threadbzre. but still chic Hungry
and cold, she meets her troubles like
a thoroughbred. with patience and q
cheerful smile
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31
British Do Not
Fear Supremacy
of .. S. Tn Air

London. Eng. Jan s1.-American
progress toward popnIar1zfnE civil
aviation is giving the British govern
ment no fears OF the United States
achieving a supremacy IN this line Of
aeronautics- A white paper Just Is
sued BY the government lists France.
Italy and Germany as England's most
serious competitors n securing an
International aircraft trade
Efforts are being made IN italy 70
form combine to strengthen the po-
sition Of the aircraft industry.
serni-riEid airship OF LOO, 600 cubic
feet capacity is being constructed for
civil aviation and should be ready
for service soon
IL Is believed that IN this ves-
sci the Italians VIII attempt a
flight from Italy TO Rio de Janerio
II a. intended also to dispatch a
squadron OF alrplhnea from Italy
to japan.
The French have sdopted the prin-
ciple Of Substituting airplane service
and 100000 francs have been ear
marked this year for that purpose.
II is understood that the present
policy is for the French government
10 supply the material for a CONNER
cial airshiD service from Merseilles 70
Africa and later 70 South America
by way OF Dakar-
Germany is understood to Be de-
veloping airship services TO Scandi-
naVia- The policy foreshadowed IS
for all German airdromes TO be ia
the hands OF the state and for q com
hination TO be formed Of all firms
for working purposes Each firm is
planes are 10 be approved By the
government
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-31
VIENNA ISGAY, WHILE BERLIN GROWLS
Witness Tells How Woman
KnownAs The BZondeLady'
Was Head Of German Spies

7 LILLE. France, Jan. 51.-Admissions
] made before a courtmartial here
- by a Frenchman named Blanquert,
accused of intelligence with the
all through the war Of German
espionage center near Antwerp, the
directing spirit OF which was
woman. Her identity has not yet
enough is known 10 make certain
that she was the daughter OF the
niece OF Gen Won Heinrich, formerly
German governor OF Lille.
She is referred TO in all the testi-
mcny before the cOurtmartial as The
Blond Lady"
was Powerful Agent.
Endowed with extraordinary beauty.
gifted with unusual intelligence and
charm, this mysterious woman was
picked out early in the war by the
German spy bureau as one Of the
most powerful OF its agents Her
work was centered in a chateau near
the great Belgian port, where she
began her activities soon after the
occupation OF that city in the fall OF
1914. Banquet was one OF her prin-
cipal workers inside the French from
tier, according to the Cnarge made
dent Of the courtmartial.
Capt Nernier. in his preliminary
examination OF the man. tried 10 OBJ
tain from Banquet precise indications
o. the location Of the chateau The
alleged spy. however. declared that.
although he visited the place many
times in the course Of his nefariOus
work. he is unable TO tell exactly
where Il is. except that the chateau
is in the enVirons Of Antwerp.
Place Guarded Well.
Every time he had occasion TO go
u the spy center. Banquet asserted,
he was blindfolded and. moreover.
the curtains OF the automobile which
transported him and his guides were