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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
WHY ENGINES OARBoNIzE
so HEAVILY NOWADAYS.

A. r. Z. asks; Why do We have so
much carbon in our engines from the
fuel We are u ing at present? What are
is effects upon the engine, II not at
tended to- Il certainly must have some
thing 60 do with power and fuel con-
sumption,
Answer: The trouble is that we have
10 feed through the engine much more
fuel than Is actually consumed. some
o. Il does not burn at all and some
burns but partially and leaves solid
residue. Rdhering to the piston heads
and combustion chamber walls. II the
fuel were OF high test II would be al
most perfectly consumed and PRACTICAL
IN no solid materials would be left. IN
homely way. Ii is like coal fire. II the
coal is good there are only few fihe
ashes TO take out, but II it Is poor there
is an immense amount Of unourned
fuel. slate. clinkers and ashes TO clog
the CRATES. Carbon deposits cause
overheatiug In the combustion spaces.
premature lf-ignitions and loss OF
bower through explosion forces acting
In the reverse direction. This causes
waste OF gasoline and damage to engine
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
sUNDRY INQUIRIES.

u +. G. asks FOR answers 10 the fol-
lowing a. Why is 1t that some Fords
are more difficult to start in summer
than in winter? t2l Doss The use Of
spark intcnsficrs result IA Incl ea&Cd
power and easier starting 60 While
my engine is running id,o, Their g. a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
SHAFT END PLAY AND
LOOSE PISTONS.

}. =. p. writes: My engine produces
an increasingly loud knock or slap at
speeds above Is m. y. h. and / find
that the crank shaft has about t-S2
how can II be reduced I also find
that there is considerable play Of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
y ALBERT L. CLOUGH
Edif0F WofOF ScfT7ce BuT0du RetTeH Of ESoVI9t8

driven with their aN making hummng
grinding which Objectionable usually proyentabe
indication the driving
only rapd possible hreakaEe
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27

humping noise eEaFg naW ana lhan
WHIST causes ne
Answer H1 Tow lavei of gasoline
in the aarhuretdr float .ChambeF. air.
leaks around tulet-yaiEr stems OF
elsewhere between rarbuFetuT and cyl-
iHdeFs, failure 10 choke C,irburgt0r afr
sufficiently or choking &c sofmuCh that
cylinders become flooded with EasU-
line spark plug points adjusted too Tar
apart. weak magnetic magnets. defec-
live connection al the magnetic contact
spring. use Of too heavy oil ON the
timer and Yibratars too stiffy adjusted
90 We cannot see why 10 should. tD
Probably. one cylinder misses fire Oc-
Caslouaiy and the next time II comes
around il contains a perfectly clean
mixture. which fires quicker and more
powerfully than that ia other cylinders.
producing a jerk that takes up end
play Of the shaft or some other me-
ChaHiCA iooseness
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27
NOISY VALVE ACTION, ETC.

T. L. S writes; on putting my en-
CINE together, after overhauling. find
there is end play In he crank shaft to
the amount OF nearly lie inch. How
shall | overcome this? The overhead
valves on this engine have become
very noisy: what can | do to quiet
them? Lately. when | throw out the
clutch, can feel sort of drag with
my foot, hut when the car Is coasting
with gears disengagcd, this ceases
What causes e?
Answer; In many engines, end play
Ia limited by the crank shaft timing
gear acting AS a thrust collar against
the front main bearing. Perhaps you
did not replace this gear fully along
the shaft Possibly you need wash
or between 1t and the bearing to bring
the end play at least down to one one
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27

utEtHna u ihUIr cylinders HEl the
fittings 30 Eet % oversize usstoH-
rings EtUt, this slap hr what would you
suggest as remedy
Answer. This "a altogether more sd
play than is generally allowed. enc one
huudredIh Of an inch should Re liberal
We DO not know how end play ts taken
40 90 your engine but frequently 1t IS
done bv placing q properly Tilted WASH
er on the shaft between the front bear
nE and the timing gear, lt Is not our
experience that properly fitting rings
will stop the slap Of a loose piston and
We think that you viii have 10 III
oversize pistOns as well as rings.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27

~ from ne trHa a a
eaEine TRYING O. ron backward
The British iutardepnLtmenialt COM
mittea ou production and utilization Of
power alcohol has recommended extern
sIve experimental work for the devel-
upmeut Of alcohol as an automotive
which viii be synthetic and obtained
from the gas works and coke ovefis
cau be produced for about 80 cents a
gallon
IN view OF the fact that alcohol is
not suited TO most type Of carburetors
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-27

tJuR OF motor car engines n any
event. it la more than an idea ana
British authorities are deyutina gefg
considerable attention 90 lt st this time.
Motor Life Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
POLICE COURTS
FILL VACANCIES
New Employees and Promo
tions Announced to
Complete Staff.

The long delayed appointment OF
new employees and promotions to MI
vacancies on the staff of the Police
Court was announced yesterday oy
Chief Clerk Frank A. Sebring. They
are:
William s. Adkins, former deputy
financial clerk. promoted to be chiei
financial clerk; Edward r. Thomas,
promoted from deputy assistant
financial clerk to deputy financial
clerk; Chester ]. Fitch, appointed
deputy assistant financial clerk to
succeed Thomas r. Brook Gott, ap-
pointed deputy assistant clerk to NIL
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of ]. B. Egglestont Thomas a.
Adams, promoted from bailif to
deputy clerk; J. L. Woody, appointed
bailiff to succeed John G. Evans, re-
signed.
Miss Mabel E. Beatty. formerly OF
the Woman's Bureau. appointed as
sistant probation officer; Mrs. Ethel
Spates, widow of Outerbridge Spates,
former States attorney for Mont
gomery County, Nd. appointed stem
ographer.
All these appointments and pro-
motions become effective August /.
There is yet one clerk and one bailin
to be appointed to fill vacancies.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
PRESS PROVES
PUSSY INVALID
Police Department Printing
Apparatus Causes Much
Annoyance.

Repairing a job printing press
in Washington is approaching the
dignity of a ceremony. according
to Sergt George Sellers, who prints
the daily police department bull
letins at headquarters.
The press upon which the bull
letins are printed recently went
wrong somewhere in the compIicat-
ed anatomy.
After finding that the nearest
press veterinary was established in
Baltimore, he brought him to Wash
ington. The doctor of mechanism
viewed the press with a mournful
air
The next day Sellers was direct
ed to send the broken part to Bal
timore. He did so. and later was
notified that the patient was in a
press hospital in Pittsburg.
Necessity proved the mother of
invention. Sellers rugged up some
machinery to take the place of the
missing part and waited. He wait
ed for a week and nothing hap
pened. Then he sent an order for
a temporary duplicate of the broken
part to Cleveland. The order was
filled in four days. The machinery
in Pittsburg was started to Wash
ington by freight sixteen days ago
and has not arrived
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
IRISH DEFEND
JAMES LARKIN.
Philadelphia Meeting De-
nounces British Plot as
CausingArrest.
Sl00 RAISED FOR TRIAL
Enthusiasm Aroused by AL
lusions to Patriot as
Workers Friend.
CPublic Ledger scrvicea

Philadelphia, Aug. a. Railroad
ing tactics, as the result of a
British conspiracy. and unfair
means landed James Larkin, Irish
labor organizer and patriot. into
prison in this country, according to
speakers at a meeting held In
Grand Fraternity Hall under the
auspices of the James Connolly
Literary Club.
Thomas ]. O'Flsherty, secretary
Of the Larkin Defense Committee,
told of efforts to gain a new trial
for Larkin. who was convicted un-
der the criminal anarchy act in
New York, April 81. A Miss O'Rellly,
Of Chicago, a member OF the execu-
tive board of the Teachers Union
there and an avowed socialist, told
OF Larkin's work in this country,
and described the need "of remind
ing rich Irish in America Of the
place they came from" A fund OF
one hundred dollars was collected
to aid in Larkin's defense when he
comes up for trial.
LdTkln was described dS Ohc VI
the foremost Irishmen OF the gen.
Grafton, who has devoted his life tc
the betterment of the working
classes. Mr.. O'Flsherty declared he
was jailed here because Of the de-
sire of England to keep him out oi
that country and Ireland. where he
organized the Irish transportation
which is now the backbone Of the
Irish Republic.
The speaker said that as an alier
1.arkin should have been deportec
under the law which convicted him
but England preferred that M
spend his days in an American jail
The Irishman was called the friend
CT the worker, regardless of race oil
religion, and the first contribution
offered by a man who said he was
Jewish and a friend of Larkin be
cause he was the workers friend
ELECTED long applause.
The speaker declared Larkin's con
viction comes with little grace from
a State where representative gov
eminent has been repudiated anC
the peoples voice unheard." The
English were described as foreign
invaders of Ireland" and the dec
Iaration that Irish strikers were
fired from vessels flying the red tiae
was received with acclamation. II
was the strike Of 1912 which LASTED
eight months that resulted in sub
sequent revolutions in Ireland, il
was said
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
AIRPLANE STOLEN
FROM CHICAGO FIELD

Chicago, Aug. 2.-The hrst THEFT
of an airplane in Chicago was re-
rorted to the authorities here. Two
men were seen to open the hangar
at Checkerbosrd Field and a mo-
ment later trundled a standard plane
to the field. One climbed into the
cockpit. the other primed the motor
and turned the propeller.
Contact" yelled the pilot, and
with a roar the plane took to the
air as the ground man swung into
the mechanics seat. Pilots took
the air to search for the stolen
plane. They found it several miles
away. The thieves had been forced
down by engine trouble.
They had stripped the plane OF in
struments valued at several hundred
dollars.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
ZONING AND PRINTING
TALKED BY BROWNLOW

The Effect of Zoning Upon the
Printing Industry" was the subject
of an address by Commissioner
Louis Brownlow at the weekly
luncheon of the Typothetae of
Washington. held yesterday in the
Ebbitt Hotel.
Following the commissioners
speech. Oscar T. Wright, president.
who presided, appointed a commit
tee to frame a report for the Zon-
ing Commission pointing out why
printing establishments should be
considered as light industries and
retained in the first commercial
zone.
following:
Franc Z. Sherry. Frank P. How
ard, Joseph ID. Ashby, Oscar T.
Wright and William ]. Eynon.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
COAL CAR WASTE
ORDERED STOPPED

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission issued an order yesterday
prohibiting more than one recon-
signment of all freight in open top
cars and coal and coke in all cars
and fixing penalties to prevent un-
due detention OF railroad equipment
under the present emergency. The
order. to become effective on FIVE
days notice to the commission, Is
desinged to relieve the coal short
age due to the shortage of freight
cars.
The rules do not apply on coal
originally consigned to lake or tide
water ports for trans-shipment to
vessels and reconsigned to other
ports or to other consignees at the
same port, nor to coal consigned to
lake ports for trans-shipment to
vessels and left over after the close
OF navigation.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
Pacihst Hunger-Striker
Spurns Food Fifty Days

Bernard Salmon. OF Denver. a
conscientious objector who has been
imprisoned at Fort Douglas, Ariz-,
has been brought 10 St Elizabeth's
government hospital here for eNaml-
nation.
Fifty days ago salmon refused 10
eat but prison officials al Fort
Douglas gave him liquid nourish-
ment by force. when ne arrived in
Washington he had not psrtaken ot
any nourirhment for forty-clTht
hours. He explains that his hun-
ger strike is protest against
miiitaTism." and has expressed a de-
sire TO talk with a number Of gov
ernment ofhcisls. with whom he
claims personal Acquaintance.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
FRENCH WAR DATE
PASSES UNNOTICED
tWashington Herald-PubIic Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)

Paris, Aug. There was no gem
cral observance in Paris or appar-
emily even general recollection of
the fact that six years ago August
! France went to war. The only
morning paper which seems to have
remembered the anniversary was the
Royalist organ, Action Francaise.
This printed a two-column ed
itorial by Leon Daudet, which. while
more than usually vituperative upon
the subject of the "incompetents
who govern France" seems to have
nothing better to offer.
However. the Socialists have prop
erly commemorated the death of
Jean Juares and the Foreign Legion
held a reunion yesterday morning
at the Invalides which was atte n de d
by the few American survivors in
France OF the regiments that got the
most citations and suffered the heav-
lest lossSs of any in the French
army during the war.
Copyright 1870, by Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
CANCER FIGHT
TOREACHS,O00
New York to Begin Using
$4,000 Radium Pur-
chase October |.

New York. Aug. 2.-According to
an announcement yesterday, the
State of New York will begin it's
fight on cancer October ], using the
$4,000 supply OF radium recently
purchased by the State for that
purpose.
The necessity for such a fight was
shown by figures given out by DR..
II. r. Gaylord, director Of the State
Institute for the Study of Malignant
Diseases, who said that at present
10000 persons die OF cancer every
year, and about 5000 of this number
fall victims in New York State.
Cancer, he said, has caught up
with and passed tuberculosis as a
fatal and prevalent disease
The radium treatment will be CIV
en- free of charge, but cases regard
ed as hopeless will not be treated,
DR.. Gaylord announced. The use
of radium has been greatly re-
stricted because of the cost OF the
agent-a unit sufficient for efficient
use would have cost the practitioner r
no less than $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
JENKINS TO SUE
FOR IMPRISONMENT

Mexico City. Aug. 2.-w. C sen-
kins. American consular agent. fm-
prisoned by the Csrrznss govern-
ment on a charge OF collusion with
bandits, will file suit for CARRIAGES
as result Of that action. q dispatch
to Ell Universal from Puebls said
today
jenkins wants to get indemnify
for suspicion cast upon him by the
Csrranza regime.
His action probably win be nled
against local authorities at Puebia-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
NAMES COMMITTEE

Twenty-Five members of the
Southern Society of Washington
were appointed yesterday as the re-
ception committee to serve for the
ensuing year,
They were: 4. B. Merritt. chair
man: Lee Lamar Robinson, vice
chairman; Posy L. Altizer, DR.. Fem
ton Bradford, j. G. B. Bulloch, MAI.
f. NJ. Burrows. Mrs. Josephus Dam
iels, Mrs. w. F. Dennis, Charles NJ.
Galloway, Gen. p. c. Harris, Thomas
w. Harrison. Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth, Leonard Imboden, Mahlon H.
Janney, Gordon Lee, John +. Little.
A. NJ. Mclean. w. ]. ]. Mansfield.
Mrs. Francis B. Moran. Harry Pey-
ton, Joseph Z. Ransdell and DR.. A.
r Shande.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
FROM ATLANTA TOD. C.,
Is CRY OF SOCIALISTS

Chicago. Aug. 2.-"From the white
walls of Atianta's Bastile to the
White House at Wsshington"-'from
the dungeon to liberty"-was the
call of the Socialist party sounded
here today by Seymour Stedman ac-
cepting the Vice Presidential nomir
nation of the party.
Immediate socialization of the
railroads and mines, -four mills and
stockyards was advocated in the let
ter of acceptance directed to the ma
tional executive committee here.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
A. E. F. Officer Enters
Army Staff College

Col. Frank s. Cocheu, former
commander Of the 319th Infantry,
Tightieth Division, will arrive in
Washington this afternoon to enter
the staff class at the War College
August 20.
Col. Cocheu Is on the General
staff and has been attending the
staT officers school at Fort Leaven-
worth. Ksns. He is a brother of
Mai. George w. Cocheu, OF the Cen
cral stan. Washington, whose home
is in the Wyoming apartments,
California street and Columbia road
northwest.
During his years stay in the Dis
trict Col. Cocheu will make his
home in the Westmoreland apart
ments. 2122 California street north
west.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
Traders Zoning Board
Nearly Ready to Report

The Board of Trades special COM
mittee on zoning will meet in the
board rooms, Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
Thursday afternoon at o'clock, for
the purpose of putting the finishing
touches on its report.
At AIS o'clock the board will
gather in the red room Of the will
lard Hotel, to receive and act on
the report.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
Trustees for Fleet Corporation.

r. H. Dean, general counsel for
the Shipping Board; G. D. Gon.
general counsel OF the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, and r. H. Bailey.
assistant to the chairman. have been
appointed trustees of the Fleet
Corporation, Admiral Benson, chair
man of the board, announced yes
teTday.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
FORD'S RAILROAD
TO BE REORGANIZED

Henry Ford's railroad is to be re-
organized.
Application was made to the In
terstate Commerce Commission yes
terday for the Detroit and Ironton
Railroad Company, a new corpora
ton. to take over the Detroit, To-
IedO and Ironton Railroad, recently
purchased by Ford to insure his De-
troit auto plant a coal supply
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03

ONE OF TIL drawbacks to be-
in a great man is, you're apt TO
have nickel cigar named after
you.
Live so that after you're dead
somebody will clip tn grass over
your grave.
Copyright. 1890. Thompson Feature serviee.)
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
Trace Cox Family Tree.

Montclair. n. j., Aug. Gov.
James NJ. Cox, Democratic nominee
for President, belongs to the family
tree of James Cox who came from
England in 1900 and founded the
first Baptist church of New Jersey.
according to the genealogy of the
Cox family traced by Mrs. Theodore
Cox Sullivan, she said here today.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
Alaska Planes Leave Alberta.

The army Alaskan flight sxpedi-
tion which on Saturday was held
up at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
left there Sunday and arrived a
few hours later at Jasper, the War
Department announced yesterday.
The next stop will be Hazelton,
British Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
GQDMEDAI
pl42!l!kEQ> pl4!!!!EQ>

bring quick relief and often ward
OF deadly diseases. known as the
national remedy of Holland for
more than 200 years. All druggists,
in three sizes.
Look for the name Gold Medal on
every box and accept no imitation.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
How the Public Has Responded ::


The American Public has literally Jumped
at this opportunity to save itself hundreds
OF thousands of dollars. The Office of the
Director of Sales has received hundreds
OF kilograms and letters from the Mayors
OF many cities, the presidents of large in
dustrial corporations, the heads of large
wholesale distributing establishments, de-
partment stores, grocers, hotels, institu-
tons, and other fields of business inquiring
tor definite information regarding the sale
OF these meats.
The sale OF these rneats-the most palata-
BILE, the most nutritious and the most care
fully packed canned meats in the world, has
not only placed them upon the thousands
OF American tables, for breakfast, luncheon.
dinner, or supper, but it has aided the Gov
eTnment in its campaign to reduce the cost
of living.
You will find at hotels and cafes, on din
ing cars, on housewives orders to their
dealers, in the dining rooms of thousands
OF homes, in picnic lunches, and in dinner
pals. these Government canned meats
You will find them part of the daily
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
SLOW
DEATH

Aches, pains. nervousness. dificulty
in urinating, often mean serious
disorders. The worlds standard
remedy for kidney, liver. bladder
and uric acid troubles
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
FOOD PRICES SIN
MILLIONS OF CANS MEATS AT BELOW PRE-WAR PRICES
The War Department offering the American Public
Roast Beef---Corned Beef--Corned Beef HASH.
eve kwrh he fact thai
coa o has naeas eneay in

menu of hundreds of thousands who knew
CORNED BEEF, CORNED BEEF HASH,
AND CANNED ROAST BEEF, only as
name until this big War Department
Campaign was started.
The effect of this sale on food costs in
general will be tremendous and the dealers
who appreciate this are the ones who are
selling these meats. They are performing
great public service in helping to reduce
the cost of living. The American People
in every community, irrespective of size,
have a right to expect their dealer to CO.
operate with the Government in this move
ment.
What This Means to the Dealer:
The merchant who is alive to this oppor-
tunity. who takes full advantage of the
general publicity and the cooperative ad-
vertising which the Government supplies,
will be immensely benefited not only by
the fair margin of profit which he makes
on these sales, but by the creation of a
good will of untold value and the unques-
toned influence in the making of other
sales throughout his store.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-03
THE TIME TO BUY IS NOW:

lHE lime lU bUl ID NUW:
These canned meats are not being offered
for export. The Government wants the
American People to benefit by the low
prices at which these goods will be whole
sailed. Dealers in every atty, town and
village should sell these meats If they
haven't them, they can get them either
from the Government direct or through
their wholesaler.
1t is the purpose of the Government to
dispose of these meats preferably in train
load or carload lots, and special quantity
discounts are granted on large purchases.
1t is possible, however, for even the small
est dealer to purchase these commodities,
since the Government will accept orders as
low as $aso.oo.
Housewives are advised to buy these meats
by the case. They were packed by the
best packers of North and South America
under strict Governmental supervision
only the choicest cuts of meats were Sc
iected and a guarantee of the Government
both as to. quality and condition is behind
every single can.
e your Living Coss-Tel your neishbos.
following addresses: O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-20
Negro Kneels in Prayer as Verdict
 FaVOrs His Case

Jefferson City, April 17.--When tie foreman of the jury in the Circuit Court announced the verdict allow ing Cotton Boyd, a negro farmer and preacher, the sum of $199 on account of corn sold by him to Judge E. c. Smith, of Cole County, the negro be- came so overjoyed that he dropped to his knees on the floor of the courtroom In loud voice he peti- toned Heaven to help the jurors, Judge and others who had given him the verdict. Proceedings in the court were stopped until the old negro had finished his application.
 "White folks sure do give negro justice" he exclaimed, as he arose from the floor.
 The suit was brought on contract to deliver the corn to Smith, the lat ter contending that it had not been done. Boyd on the witness stand, said he had made delivery. The jury believed the negro's story.
 Boyd is a well-known character in the Wainwright neighborhood across the Missouri river from the capital. He was slave in his younger days and was owned by Swan Ferguson, a pioneer farmer.