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The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Proof Gaze Men Used Autos
Giuen By Arkansas Motorist

Age. II Is skeptical-but thsre Is
the Photographic. proof.
1t being within the memory OF all
how Old Dobbin SHE'D in terror at
the first automobiles. Daniels is al
most afraid to reconstruct the seems
In early days 100000 years ago.
Think of the fright of the dimorpho-
dons. first winged vertebrates, at
sight of a pneumatic-equipped din
osaurless six. driven by Paleolithic
Pete rumbling along Main street.
Imagine our Stone Age ancestor
rising at dawn to the chime like
song of the diplodocus-a alarm. clock
of those times-grasping his crude.
stone implements and reporting to
work at the Paleolithic Rubber
Company. At nightfall after a hard
days work building tires he jumped
into his speedy Cro-magnon runa-
bout equipped with pneumatics and
gave himself over to the joy of the
chase.
> Upsets All Dope.
Perhaps he went to some shady
pool and with hook and line angied
for the willy. dinichthys or threaded
forest trails to do battle with the
ferocious triceratops and the cum
ming ceratosaurus. You've got to
hand it to those ancient industrians
for facing prehistoric mammoths
and other towering carnivorous di.
nosaurs with nothing in the way Of
weapons butt smooth stones flung by
"a muscular right arm. Shades OF
Goliath and Christy Mathewson!
The dope of ages is upset-throw
away your encyclopedia.
AS George Nj. Cohen used to sing
amid a galaxy of fiag-waving
chorus beauties There's Nothing
New Underneath the Sun"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

the clutch and gear box has fastened
to it's inner end by means Of what
the engineers call splines, an almost
fiat disk which Is made of plain
metal. At. its outer edge this disk
is fat and 1t is placed between two
rings Of friction fabric. one OF which
Is fastened to the face of the fiy-
wheel and the other to the fiat face
Of a metal ring on. the opposite side
OF the disk. This latter ring carries
three toggles or hinged levers which
at their outer ends press against
studs or shoulders In the clutch
housing and at their inner ends
against a sliding piece which is
forced inward along the central
shaft by the clutch spring. The
movement Of this sliding piece in
toward the fiywheel operates the
toggles and presses the outer ring
against the disk and squeezes II be-
tween itself and the face OF the fly
wheel. The friction SO set up first
causes the engine power to be trans
mitted gradually from the 1ywheel
to the disk with some slipping be-
tween them and as the full pressure
of the spring comes into play, to
lock the two together.
The action of pressing the clutch
pedal with the foot with such a
type of clutch relieves the thrust
of the spring from the toggles and
moves the sliding member back
along the shaft, causing the toggles
to be shifted to such a position that
the pressure between friction faces
of the ring and ,fywheel and the
two sides of the disk is released with
the result that the fywheel is free
to turn without driving the disk.
In the so-called disk clutch there
are always an odd number of disks,
usually seven. nine or eleven. four
FIVE or six OF them being secured
by their outer edges to the fywheel.
usually by means Of pins or splines
In the interior of the clutch hous-
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
TIRES
BRING SUCCESS
Pneumatics Held Largely
Responsible for Success
OF Motor Express.
ARE DISPLACING SOLIDS
Truck Distributor Says Ad-
vantages Of Using New
Type Are Many.
ARE DISPLACnNG SOLIDS

The evolution of the motor ex-
press from a minor factor to an
important place In the nations
transportation system during the
past few years may be traced
largely to the adoption of pneu-
matte tires and the increased ALI
round utility of the motor truck.
according to Harry Henderson. dis
tributer of Garford motor trucks.
Pneumatic tires are rapidly dis
placing solid tires on motor trucks
engaged In nearly every line of
hauling activity" says Mr.. Henoer-
SON. "One authority states that for
1920 there will be built 100, ,00o
three-quarter-ton trucks. 100 per
cent of which will be equipped with
pneumatic tires: 100000 one-ton
trucks, 80 per cent of which will
be equipped with pneumatics: and
$4,000 one ne-and-one-half ton trucks.
IS per cent Of which will be equip
ped with pneumatics. 1t Is predict
ed that within two years all motor
trucks under three-ton capacity
will be equipped with pneumatic
tires.
THE advantages of the improved
pneumatic over the solid type are
numerous. and may be summed UP
as follows: Reduced operating and
repair costs, increased speed and
power, decreased consumption Of
gasoline and oil. and greater trac-
tion ability in mud, sand and snow.
To these may be added the lessen
ing of fatigue for the operator, re-
duction in the liability OF breakage
and the lessening Of wear on the
roads.
"Pneumatics, it has been demon
strated, contribute materially to the
life of a truck by reducing road
shocks. The increased speed which
they make possible is particularly
advantageous in the operation Of
motor express lines.
Numerous instances OF the ad-
vantages of pneumatics over solids
have come to our attention Aside
from the fact that trucks equipped.
with pneumatics all around are capa-
BILE of greater speed, it has been
found that operating costs have been
exceedingly low. There are cases
where owners state that upkeep has
been reduced as much as Is per
cent"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

the wheel Of his touring car and drive
them awav. The federal army was
In close pursuit and the bandits con-
sidered 1t advisable to give up their
horses
"It was a rough haul" said Hugo.
There were practically no roads;
the ruts were deep, sand heavy and
hills hard to climb. But through II
all the car performed beautifully. /
could see that villa and the others
were admiring her.
Several days after this interview
the Eagle Pass dealer was surprised
to see Hugo again driving about in
his same, familiar car. He learned
with equal surprise that 1t had been
mysteriously returned. just as Hugo
had been mysteriously released.
Villa had sent word to him to be at
an appointed place at a given time.
He went, and found his car await
ing him. with the rebel general s
compliments.
over 300 miles of that wild coun-
try and running just as fine as ever;
not even the d. B. MONOGRAM was
scratched" smiled Mr.. Hugo, the
ranchman, as he posed for a photo
graph.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
or clutches there are the


Cone.
These are the three types in use
almost exclusively in automobiles to-
day. In relative popularity among car
manufacturers they stand, for one
reason or another. in the order
named. But II was not always so.
Time was when the last was first and
the first was not yet known.
Back in the early days of motoring,
among the cars with sliding gear
transmissions. the cone clutch pre-
dominated to the extent of at least IS
per cent to - cent for all other types
At that time the only material we
had for clutch facing was leather.
Our woven fabric friction materials
had not been developed. They first
came in for brake lining and soon
were adopted for the facing OF clutch
friction surfaces. In fact, because Of
them the drive disk or plate clutch
is possible. Such types would be i'm
possible IL we had to depend on
leather for facing material.
In the multiple disk clutch two sets
o. steel disks Zone on the driving and
the other on the driven members) are
pressed together by a stout spring, to
transmit, and are separated by the
release of the spring pressure. to cut
of. the driving power of the engine.
Ii was the forerunner of the dry disk
clutch of today and is still used to
sore extent, being opera@ed in an oil
bath. The engineers reduced the
number of disks somewhat, faced
them with. friction fabric and ran
them dry. That's the kind Of clutch
we have on many cars today.
, The. plate clutch is really a disk
clutch with single disk for the
driven member. II you look at the
lower right hand illustration in the
layout you will see that the shaft
which extends through the center of
the clutch to the coupling between
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Cold Air and Missing.

In some cars it is possible for cold
air blowing on the inlet manifold
to cause so much condensation that
the forward cylinder will develop
habituai missing5 This may be cur
ed by fitting a metal shield in such
4 way as to defect the air from the
manifold at that position.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Debating Tubes.

A cotter pin is useful on occasion
to help in debating an inner tube
that has been punctured by a nail
or in such a way that it still holds
air. The cotter is compressed with
pliers, and the end is pushed
through the tube wall. after which
it is allowed to spring open. This
opens up a large enough hole to
permit the air. to pass out quickly.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Main Drive Gear Bushins.

The main drive gear bushing of
the Chevrolet is difficult to remove
unless the operator knows just how
to work. The proper method is to
start one-inch pipe tap into the
fastening the tap in a wise
and driving the gear off with a
punch and hammer.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Kerosene In Ensines.

After flushing out the crankcase
with kerosene. which should be done
when the oil is changed, it is a good
plan to allow the engine to stand
idle for a day with all drain cocks
open. to permit the kerosene to dry
out thoroughly.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

The Washington Automotive
Trade Association will sit in their
regular meeting tomorrow night at
the City Club, Mr.. Jose presiding.
Mr.. Lum, of the Auto Car Company.
will speak on gasoline and other
fuels. Plans for Buy a Motor Car
Week" will be rounded out at the
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

Under the management II II. F.
Dewitt. the Acme VulcanizinS Com
pany have opened at 1920 Fourteenth
street northwest, and will carry a
complete line of accessories along
with the agency for Horseshoe tires.
Located right in the middle of WASH
ington's accessory pool they should
do a whirlwind business from the
starts Watch 'em,
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

Charles Brett has taken on the
distributorship OF the Auburn tire.
succeeding Schaefer & Ridgley and
will occupy the show rooms of his
predecessors at 1411 s street north
west
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29

Morgan Brooks managed to get
clear out to Chevy Chase in a little
gas slipper" presented to him by
Martin Dempf for a small stipend.
The chill spring wind had nearly
famed a chorus girl" complexion
on our frozen visages. We had just
begun to wax enthusiastic over our
little bus when-why tell what hap
pentd?-hours later we flatwheel-
ed up to the VINE. very unhappy.
Cold storage inspection of our acci-
dent showed up a two-inch rip in
the casing and one twice as large
in our tube. Johnnie Ligon calmly
informed US, between cramps, that
they were not running a tire repair
emporium-but 10, he knew not
whereof he spake, for standing there
beneath his very roof was a man
with the answer in the palm of his
hand. In less than two minutes we
were coaxing our inner back in the
casing with a neat little Vulcan
Patch over the four-inch rip. We
offered Mr.. Devery coin Of the realm
nothing doing-we,re now solid on
this little patch of his and direct
doubling Thomases to headquarters
at 1870 Fourteenth street to be
shown.
Charles Brett has taken On the
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
What Is a Plate Clutch |?
BY JULIAN CHASE

coDyrIsh. 1870 ey rh. MccIar. New.p.per syndle...
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
UNCLE JOE," /" S4,
GIVEN OVATION
illinois Congressman Waves
Acknowledgment Of Houses
Birthday Greetings.

In the words OF Majority Leader
Aohden, Uncle Joe" Cannon IL
This tribute to the veteran former
sIYhty-four years young today.
sneaker caused an ovation In the
House at noon when Mr.. hondell
reminded members that "Uncle joe
had reached another milestone In his
long service in Congress.
"on behalf OF his colleagues l Wish
to extend the wishes OF the day, said
Mr.. Mondell, "and a continuation OF
that mental alertness, that physical
figure and that kindly philosophy
with which he IL SO richly endowed"
AS 'Uncle joe" with a red carna-
lion. stuck jauntly in his buttonhole,
waved a hand to his colleagues, Mr..
Mondell said he wanted to remind the
House that Mr.. Cannon soon Is TO re-
ceiye his twenty-fifth nomination to
Congress.
.Uncle Joe" started celebrating
his birthday early. He attended the
Mckinley dinner at the Army and
Navy Club last night and despite
lack or sleep showed up for break
fast early this morning at the Cap
itol restaurant.
His first gift was a box OF cigars
from Congressman Hick. OF New
York.
Mr.. Cannon will be the guest at a
unique luncheon, given in his honor
by Senator Page, OF Vermont. The
luncheon Is for the seven Oldest
members OF Congress. all born before
1S43
The old boys" will be Senator
Page. Senator Dillingham;, Senator
Nelson, Congressman Sherwood. Con-
gresham Stedman and Congressman
Greene.
Vice President Marshall, who doesn't
claim to be old. also was invited to
attend the luncheon.
Mr.. Cannon received a number of
telegrams OF congratulations. One
was from former Congressman
Eugene Kinkesd, OF Jersey City, IL
read:
May you still be young In round
ing the century mark"
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
SOnets Strip Women
OF Finery, Drive Them
To Ten Years Servitude

MOSCOW, April IA decree
punishins extrsvAxsnce and dis
play BY women. with ten years
seryitude In a labor army-the
culprtts TO wear for the first six
months garments OF sackinK and
shoes or birch bark-haA been is
sued by the central soviet OF the
Nolga Commune.
The soviet arrested on this
charge the wives OF Commissarles
Platonoff and Miezdln, and conn
PEELED the whole city OF Kazsn 10
witness their degradation. The
Two women were undressed of
thir hnery on a red-painted plat
FORM ON q Volga barge. forced to
put on the new penal garb, and
then driven with whips TO their
new work on a harbor mole.
In Piatonofrs, house were dis
covered 2,700,0O rubles and vast
boards OF precious stones, silks,
silver. and old pictures.
The Washington times., 1920-05-07

make their Notation easierr Cum
minis asked.
THAT would be no different than
Issuing a Government bond" Han
auer answered. IAN issue OF Govern
ment bonds would decrease the value
OF Government bonds would decrease
the value OF Liberty bonds and seri-
ously sffect the credit of the coun-
try"
How would you meet the situa-
tion?" Cummins asked.
lwould increase the tenure of the
S3o0,OOO.OOO loan or as much OF II as is
to be spent for equipment for fve to
nfteen years" Hahauer replied. .I
also would advice the more complete
use OF the present equipment"
The income tax has driven the
large investor from the market. The
man who now has more money than
ever before is spending II on luxu-
ries." Frederick w. Allen. banker. of
New York, declared. Their condition
makes the Notation of securities DIFF
ncuit. The general credit OF roads
adds to that difficulty"
Suggestions made by Hansuer were
subscribed to by Allen.
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
RAILWAYS UNABLE
TO RAISE FUNDS
Hanauer Tells Senate Commit
tee Roads Can't Get Money
On Market.

Railroads would be unable to raise
5000. .0OO. 900 on tho market TO finance
their needs at once. Jerome j. Han,
auer, a New York banker. today toIa
the senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee considering additional appro-
priAtions to the railroad revolving
fund.
"It cannot be said how much eould
be raised, that could only be deter
mined at the time OF sale" Hanauer
said.
"AH railroads are not now able 10
finance their roads" Hanauer sslo'
''The condition on the market 10 sueh
that the large investor could not De
relied upon TO invest in the taxable
securities the roads would have TO
issue.
"The small investor would have to
be relied upon. IL would be haro 10
saw how much could be raised.
II would call your attention TO the
possibility of the equipment TO be
purchased with the money not being
needed under normal conditions"
Hanauer said.
as there a condition which pre-
vents the investor purchasing securi-
ties OF the roads even at the present
terms?" Chairman Cummins asked.
only the roads with a very high
standing could sell without EFFORT"
Hanauer said.
"If the Government would goaran-
tee car trust securities, would IL not
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
STRAUS GIVES 100000
TO EUROPEAN SUFFERERS

NEW YORK. May IA contribu.
ton of 100000 from Nathan Straus
to the non-sectarian campaign for the
relief of sufferers Of central Europe
was announced last night by Rabbi
stephen S. Wise at a meeting Of work
ers at the Hotel Biltmore.
Mr. Straus. who was on the plat.
form when the announcement of his
gift was made, declared that he had
been unable to sleep at night because
of the sufferings OF his co-religionists
in Europe and that although he had
made many contributions he still felt
he had not done his full duty.
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
U. S. employees TO SEEK
ACTION ON PAY REPORT

Plans to procure action on re-
classification at this session OF Con-
gress were urged last night at a
special meeting OF the board of
representatives of Federal Employees
Union No. 2 in Musicians Hall.
A committee to Join with similar
committees from among government
employees to form a joint conference
committee on reclassification was
appointed. This committee will sup
plement the machinery of the local
and national organizations OF the
federal employees by enlisting the
rank and file OF Government workers
for reclassification legislation.
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
TO LECTURE TONIGHT.

DR.. Charles Alphonso Smith, head
OF the Department OF English at the
United states Naval Academy, at
Annapolis. will give a talk at the
Women's City Club tomorrow evening
at S o'clock on the Decentralization
OF American Literature.
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
FAMOUS SINGER DEAD.

PARIS, May 7.-Horense Schneider.
the original Helene in Offenbach's $
opera, La Belle Helene" died yes
terday in Paris, aged eighty-two
years. The opera was first produced
in Paris in 1854
The Washington times., 1920-05-07
NAMES SENT TO SENATE.

The following nominations were
sent to the Senate this afternoon:
To be United States attorney, Dis
trict of Delaware, James II. Hughes
jr., OF Wilmington, Del; to be United
states marshal, District of Delaware
Martin +. Fairy. of Wilmington, Del
The Washington times., 1920-05-07

Wherever thcr~ II sin and derrada-
tion. the Salvation Army will Be
needed and will be there.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-11
KHIVA SHRINE DIvAN.
FOR CEREMONIAL IN
AUGUST COMPLETE
COMMITTEES FOR AFFAIR NENT
MONTH ARE SELECT.
ED.


The divan Tor lihiva shrine Tempt"
was announced last night. The diyan
viii have charge Of the first Shrine
Ceremonial tu be- held In Amarillo Fri
day. August g. George Stapleton u
potcntatc. q. r. Nicholson at sham
rock IL chief rahban and =. Il. Inmi'
son II assisian, rabban. Roy w.
Thompson ~ high priest and prophet
and DR.. j. A. Caldwell oriental guido.
Committees ON noyices. entertain
mcnt, refrcshmont. music. publicity
decorations. automobiles. hotels, wei
fare. ladies' reception. finance, parad'.
transportation. medical advisors aud
first aid To- the injured, legal advis.
ors to noyices. and reception and glad
hand have been appointed.
IN addition number of aides 10 the
putcnintc have been selected. Practical
~ every city In the Panhandle II rep
resented In the list of aides.
AZ the new headquarters NJ the
shrine. one window is completely Gov
cred except Tor small opening above
which are th,a' words. For men on
Is" when one looks through this up'
,ning. ne will find the following state
mcnt. "khiya shrine Ceremonial Aug
ust g. Get novice"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-11
SALVATION ARMY WILL
HOLD REVIVAL SERVICES

CAPTAIN \. ". lIolhrook viii conduct
series IT meetings ut the salvation
Army Hall with the old time cNangclis'
tic stylc ct preaching. captain HOY
bronk before his conversion was
snortlnE writer and a commercial tray
,lcr. Ills work brought him In touch
with all class q OF men and then hay
ing Travelled extensively In the Interest
" 'lost humanity" assures all who
come e. hear the message that they
win have something ~ interest brought
to them
The music and singing will he lively.
ns the salvation Army believes In put
iing life into their r"ctiugs. All the
scrmons will be- on the practical side ~
Christianity.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-11
ELkS SHUT OUT
FARMELL, 10
HORTON PITCHES STEADY BALL
AND ~ GIVEN GOOD
SUPPORT


The Amarillo Elks made a race track
ont of the baseball diamond yesterday
afternoon AT the new park. defeating
Farw,ll - tn o In a loosely played
game. Horton pitched steady bah and
was given marvellous support. Hill
started the game Tor Farwcll. but was
relieved in the fourth inning
Fnrwvll did not have It's full team
here. 1t II said. and -four II i've strong
players will be- In the lineup today.
This afternoons game viii hp called
az l:3o o'clock. Ferguson viii pitch
for the Elks lie played only a few
Innings IN right field YESTERDAY, hut
WAS taken out after IL was seen the
game would be- easily Won. Hunter
took his place. Kennedy. who play.
rd IN lett field WAS also taken out
Smith relieving him.
In the first muin. Merry walked
and stolc second Ferguson hit To the
left field, fielder dropping the hall,
Merry SCORING Dimawny knocl,cd a
two bn." hit. scoring Ferguson.
This tells how the nine runs were
made in the second inning: Calvert
singled mud stole rrcund Shntwcll
, singled, scoring Calvert. Horton hit 60
! left fielder who made an crrsr shot.
well going Ia third Kennedy hit ball
10 third haseman who fumblod. Shot,
wei scoring. Horton scored ON pass.
cd ball, Kennedy going 10 hocond
Blanchard singled. Kennedy scoring.
Dunaway hunted to the pitcher. who
made an error ana Ferguson scored.
Woodward hunted tn the pitcher. who
threw bad to second. Dunawny helm
! safe and Woodward ns we'll Calvert hit
, for two bases. Woodward and Duna.
way scoring. Shoiwcll walked. Cnlvcrt
stole third. Horton was out. catcher
to first base. Calvert scoring On the
/ play. Shotwcll went H. third base On
! the play Kennedy was ont. shortstop
tn first base, ending the inning.
I Tho Fllls scored In rather u freak
Z ish way In the fourth inning. After
| two outs had been made. Horton came
| m ana made no effort tn hit safely
, lie lifted fly gently over second
hare Ter scratch HIT Shoiwcll run.
! ming for him. stole second and third
/ NfWNNfNN NfNN WI W NNNN .lfl lIliN'N
a hard hall 10 the pitcher. Shoiwcll
scoring
The Elks staged another rally IN The
sixth Inning. Calycit first man up
hi to third hascman. who pcggcd high
tn first hasr Calvert going 10 third or
The play. Shotwcll singled. scoring
( Calvert. Horton singled To- center
field scoring Shotwcll. Smith single,
Horton going Ia third. Smith SCORED
on lianchard's single
The Ell,s scored again In the seventh
inning. punuwnN rot q scratch hi
through III" pitcher and stolc second
Woodward singled scoring him. Wood
ward stole sccuud and third Calvrr
hunted aud scored Woodward. bcini
safe ON the pitchers error.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-11
VEGA FARMER KILLED
IN ELECTRICAL STORM

ncn. y. prathor. q, was instantly
killed near Vega ~ o'clock Friday
night during an electrical storm Will"
he was holding down wire fence for
AN automobile to cross over. The BODY
was brought to Amarillo and prepared
Tor burial 10y blackburn y Malone.
Alr l'tnth'r had br"n In the Panhan'
de Tor tive years. lie ~ a grandson
and nnmcsnkc uf Colonel Zen +. Pra'
ihrr uf Whitfield Georgia. aud q son
nf W. 49, Ifathcr of the same state.
lln II also u nephew Of Mrs John J..
Alnnning of Amarillo.
The body was sen yesterday after
noon to Chattanooga, Tenn. for burial
IN the family plot, Burial viii u"
Tuesday at Dalton. Go, about three
miles diflant from Chattanooga. Mrs.
Morning accompanied the body.