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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
Answer. to Last Weeks Questions.

answers TO Last Weeks Questions.
l. With silent engine and distrib-
utor exactly at firing point it is possible
to get a continuous spark at the spa ri,
plug in the electric system which utiI-
ICES the vibrator induction coil, but not
with the system which has a non yibra
TOR coil or high-tension magnetic for
furnishing the spark at the plugs. The
vibrator coil has an arrangement where
by incessant sparkling is produced at
one plug at time as long as the points
OF the timer or distributor are in con-
tact. With the non-vibrator coil and
the magnetic. high-tension current is
generated to produce a single spark Just
when the timer contacts separate,
breaking the primary circuit. The
quicker this circuit is broken, the more
powerful spark is produced at the spark
plug.
p Valve clearance varies from two to
thirty-five thousandths of an inch, ac-
cording to the make of the motor. Each
manufacturing concern specifies the
correct amount of clearance necessary
for efficient operation of it's motors, and
such clearance should be maintained at
all times to obtain the most mileage
from fuel and power during operation
made to open trifle more than the in
let valve, but in no case should the in
let open further than the exhaust.
3. If an automobile is continuously
equipped with some approved locking
device for spare tires an allowance of 5
per cent is usually made in theft pre-
miums, providing the lock is always
used correctly and that it is kept in
efficient working condition.
4. To remove an old valve stem and
replace it with a new one, first make
small slit or hole distance from the
original place of the stem, push the old
stem into the tube and withdraw it
through the second hole that is made.
Insert the new valve through this hole
and draw it up tight in its proper place
Vulcanize the second opening. In this
way the valve stem opening in the tube
is not injured or enlarged, insuring a
more alright fitting for the new stem
5. Because of the fact that the motor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

!" what types of brakes are in pres
ent use on automobiles?
=: How can radiator be painted
easily and quickly without the use of
a brush?
.. What is the cause of vibration in
speedometer pointers?
b. What are two methods for timing
OF valves, should the present timing be
incorrect, or on reassembling a motor?
T. what is the firing order of multi
pie cylinder engines? Is it possible for
cylinders to fire in consecutive order. as
they are numbered from front to rear
of the engine?
s. Is all of the gasoline vapor which
is drawn into the cylinders consumed by
inc ignition of the charge at the be-
ginning OF the power strokes?
3. What is the difference in results
from using low gravity gasoline as
a fuel or that of high gravity? When
IS each used to most advantage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

by dissectin' his hot-air?
You don't! Well, try it.
Do you ever fully realize when calm
down your wife,
The chances that the poor dear took
when she hoped into your life;
An while it might seem mighty
tough to pay at every turn,
That in the law it's plainly writ,
what's yourn is partly hern?
You don't! Well, try it!
Did you ever stop to think before you
said some spiteful thing,
Which didn't seem much at the time,
but left nasty sting,
That 'twould have been far better, the
way the matter stood,
For you to have kept silent when you
felt you'd say no good?
You didn't. Well, try it!
An do you know that had done one
half I've asked of you,
There amt no doubt about it, I'd have
fewer things to rue?
So before your answer has a chance
to get within my reach
I'm gonna beat you to it an try to
practice what I preach!
We didn't, did we, Bo! So let's try
it. for it's a grand old world
after all. DOPEY DAN.
Note-Lon says If there be one among
We who still claims that woman can't
usually get what she's after let him
stand I'D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

25.613 stolen in 1918. 2o,2o3 were re-
covered. ISIS per cent.
Cars stolen which were not recov
cred We're valued at approximately
S6,410,000 in 1918, and at $S,65S,360 in
1919.
New York again led the cities in
cars stolen with 5,527 in 1919, against
3,340 in 1918. an increase of S5.5 per
cent.
OF the other eighteen cities men
toned st. Louis was the only one to
show a decrease in the latter year.
Sentences up to twenty years have
been assessed in ST. Louis for the
theft of an automobile.
General reduction in the number OF
automobiles stolen is expected during
1920, because of the fact that inter
state transportation of stolen auto
mobiles is made federal offense un-
der the Dyer law The national motor
vehicle theft law, however, did not
become effective until November
1919. Numerous convictions have been
made throughout the United states
under this act this year.
Records for Twenty Cities.
The detailed list of the twenty
cities follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

10. What magnetic trouble will cause
an engine to miss fire on high speed?
Copyright. 1870. Thompson Feature Service.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
NATIVE OF THIS STATE.
Lieutenant Commander Webb Born
In South Carolina.

The State.
Lieut.. Commander James Reid
Webb, whose death was announced
in the Associated Press reports Mon
day of the wreck of the submarine
HI off the coast of California Sun
day, was a South Carolinian and has
many relatives in the state-at New
berry and Chappells and in Oconee
county. William R. Reid of New
berry is an uncle. He received a
telegram on Monday from his sister,
Mrs. Webb, confirming the sad news
contained in Mondays papers. Num-
bers of persons in Newberry knew
the brave young officer, and feel
sure that the last moments of his life
must have been spent in efforts to
save his boat and the lives OF his
men. He is survived by his wife, to
whom he was married about year
ago.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
Surprising Political Matter Said to
Be In Air.

The State.
Washington, March 16.-South
Carolina is likely to participate in
surprising political matter of very
much more than usual Importance
during the next few days. Certain
persons high in public life were in
Washington today with reference to
it but because of the very confiden-
tial way in which the information
was secured, it can not possibly yet
be made public. If the situation de-
velops as indicated at this time there
will be real news for the Palmetto
state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
the rolls of the college as such.


"Such members of the freshman
! and sophomore classes who do not
return by 1880 p. M, March p,
1920, shall be adjudged to have vio-
lated paragraph 325, cadet reeula-
tions. and their names shall be drop
ped from the rolls of the college.
To Run College. -.
when these conditions are met,
these students falling within the
classes herein described will be re-
quired to subscribe anew to the
pledge given by them upon their
former entrance into the college to
obey and abide by its rules and regu-
lations and to make up all work !
missed. If these conditions of re-
entrance into the college appear to
the public or the student body as un-
duly harsh the board would have each
to understand that this institution in !
the future as in the past must bel
run and will be run by its legally
constituted authorities, and with the
full appreciation of the significance
of the statement, that this board |
would prefer to close the doors of
this institution forever than it should
be conducted other than by its con-
stituted authorities.
"The ease of the freshman and
sophomore Glasses presents Difficult
ties not; met in the consideration of
the case of the upper classes. The
board is convinced that these lower !
classes acted without that due con-
sideration of the effect of their !
course as would be expected OF !
more mature persons and largely un-
der influence arising outside of thelr.
: own membership. Il is felt that they
allowed themselves unconsclously to !
be used by others for the attainment
of purposes which. they themselves
did not fully understand, or whose |
consequences they did not fully ap-
preciate.
This feeling induces the board to
conclude that members of the fresh !!
man and sophomore classes Will be |
received into the college who return |
by 80 o'clock p. M, March Il,
unless in the opinion of the presi-
dent unavoidably detained, and who !
shall. with the written approval OF |
their parents or guardians, subscribe |
to an affirmation distinctly and posi-
lively renouncing any deliberate in
tent to defy the college authorities
or to rebel against it's rules and regu-
lations by his conduct of March l0, |
1920, or who shall affirm that his ac-
tions of that date were under COM [
pulsion or coercion of his fellow
classmen or others.
"None of these requirements here
in contained apply to cadets of the
freshman and sophomore classes on
leave of absence, who present upon
their return the passes or permits |
under the authority of which they |
are now absent.
(Signed) ''Alan tombstone,
s.President Boar dof Trustees"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
Relatives in Newberry.

Greenwood lndeX-J ournal.
Capt. James Reid Webb, .. S. N,
who was drowned on his vessel OFT
the coast of California as stated IN
Yesterdays Index-Journal was a
nephew of Mrs. VIM. r. Reid of New
berry. His parents live in Washing
ton. D. c.. where his father holds
a responsible position with the
Southern railway. Capt. Webb's
father is native of Hartwell, Ga.
He is not related by blood to the
Webbs of Greenwood or Chappells.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19

W cSNSpI c1&1 SoSiA SSAANi NN4hNAStSAAS ~
are herein prescribed.
''To that end, as condition prece-
dent, the board will require of each
individual of the senior and junior
classes who signed the petition, or
more properly, ultimatum, heretofor
referred to, to sign and file with the
president of the college for the board
of trustees by II 80 p. m, March 2l,
unless excused by the president, a
written withdrawal of approval of
the last paragraph Of the document
signed by them and filed with the
board of trustees. Such members of
these classes as have failed or refus-
ed to file with the president Of the
college for the board the statement
herein required in the time required
unless, in the opinion OF the presi-
dent, unavoidably detained, shall be
deemed to be in state of insubor-
dination and shall be dropped from
the rolls of the college without the
privilege Of reinstatement at any
time in the future.
@'And such of these classes who do
not reI,r~ in accordance with the
terms of their present leave without
sufficient excuse, in the opinion of
the president of the college, shall be
adjudged deserters and dropped from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
Colonel John Bogart,
Noted Engineer, Dies
Mighty Projects Marked Career
in Federal, State and
Private Work

Few engineers Of this day have had
careers 50 distinguished and useful,
and scarcely any so varied as the vet
eran Colonel John Bogart, who died at
his home at $40 Madison Avenue on
Sunday: He had been an engineer for
the United States government, for the
State of New York, and for the Park
Department Of the City Of New York
He had built Notifications at Fortress
monroe: the mighty Washington Bridge
across the Harlem River, power p:an..
at Niagara and at the 800" railroad
terminals ct Buffalo and elsewhere
haroors Venezuela, and he had with
equal skill and zeal been associated
with Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux in thu
creation of the park systems of New
York, Brooklyn, Albany, Chicago and
other cities.
He was an army engineer during the
Civil War, for four years State Engi-
neer of New York. and for six years
chief engineer of the Park DEPARTING mt
Of this city; chief engineer for the
Rapid Transit Commission. for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
DIR. W. C.. Wilkinson.
Noted Educator, Dead
Professor of Poetry at Univer
sity of Chicago Succumbs to
Injuries From Fall

CHICAGO: April 2s.-Dr. William
Cleaver Wilkinson, Professor Of
Poetry and Criticism in the University
OF Chicago, died yesterday from the
effects Of a fall.
DR.. Wilkinson spent some years Of
his early life in the Baptist ministry.
He was born at Westford, VT, the son
Of DR.. Thomas and Sarah (Cleavcr)
Wilkinson, and was graduated from
the University Of Rochester in 1867
and from the Rochester theological
was pastor Of the Second Baptist
Church of New Haven, Conn. and
then, his health failing. went abroad.
On his return he became an interim
professor in the University of Roches-
ter, but again his health failed and
he went to Colorado. A second pas
torate was attempted at the Mount
Auburn Church, Cincinnati. only to be
abandoned for the same cause as be-
fore: He conducted private school
ut Tsrrytown. N. Y, and for nine
ter Theological Seminary. In 1892 he
accepted the chair of poetry and
criticism in the University Of Chi
cage.
DR.. Wilkinson was known through
his textbooks in English for the study
Of Greek, Latin, French and German
literature. He was the author Of sew
eral volumes Of poems and essays and
some theological works. He was mar
ried In 1868 to Miss Harriet Richard
son, daughter Of Professor J. F. Rich
ardson, Of the University Of Rochester.
His daughter, Mrs. Wilfrid Muir
Evans, Of Westport, Conn, is known
as poet. novelist, dramatist, must
clan and lecturer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
DEATHS

William Henry Barry. Funeral from 2ss
West 145t1 St, Tuesday. at 80 a. m
1nterment st. Raymond's Cemetery. :
Bianchi Funeral Wednesday. at 40
=. m. from 31S Jefferson st.. Hoboken. :
BLAKELEY-Annie e. Blakeley Funer.,
at ~ Hezletou A., RideeAeld Park, N. j..
on Tuesday evening, at Z 80 o'clock In.
terment Hackensack Cemetery. :
bOGART.on Sunday. April Is. at his resi-
So@.1t IN IN h n' sstS ay Colonel John
I ices from ST. James's Church. MaSi.on
Az. and fist st.. Wednesday afternoon
A A1nal- %, at o'clock. 1nterment at
BRITT-Cornelius J. Britt. bu.b.na =. D..
Britt Funeral from 72e Rector st., Union
q. m. Interment ST. Johns Cemetery. %.
CALLAHAN-Thomas Callahan. F,n.-.,
W - tne ddrsnsasnration Church. 80 a. M.
c11Asask "a: M: Clarke. Funeral At
e!S Ocean ave-. Brooklyn, Tuesday' At
CVLLlNS-@John j.. husband Of Annie Mur-
pny Collins. Funeral from 113 West Josh
u, tuesday morning. 1nterment CALVARY. :.
CUONEY-Mae Murphy, wife of Franc,.
MOE Nconey. Funeral from 104 West 1929 At
new York. on Wednesday. at 8 40 a.. N
perry C'r4s" april 25 1920. Roderiek
EM uN.1ld and Edward Livingston WI
C CSSr.is. age Year,. Funeral from rrinits
SS7aurch: Southport Conn.,. Tuesday. Anr;I
0A m.!i. naR Dixon. husband OF the lat.
High st.. Newark. on weSn mers' at s. so4
noon, at o'clock. 4'e'oAS AFTER
14pwIN-Henry P. Erwin. r,n..,
!empIe. corner Schermerho-, -
,,t ana 50 ave. Brooklyn, on Wedne.d 81.
st., Brooklyn, Tuesday. "a from ~ India
ment Calvary Cemetery. 'O ~ M Inter
fTpn .sn. A.. husband ., x,;...
M. ~ i71 H Services Monday a.
R, FL; az ~ vermilyea ave. New YOU S,. p.
c.u uneasi tuesday at 80 a. m. 0fS City.
D Dr.. John = G.n,. Hall wife Of til. lat.
--- -. 0Annon. Funeral St Thomss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
Gen. W. III. Seward,
Civil War Veteran
And Banker, Is Dead
Son and Namesake of Lin
colp's Secretary of State
Dies in Auburn Mansion
Following Long Illness

AUBURN, N. Y, April 26.-General
William Henry Seward, youngest and
last surviving son and namesakA Of
Lincoln's famous Secretary of State
died to-day at the Seward mansion
after long illness.
General Seward was ono Of the last
personal links between the present ane
the times Of the Civil War. He wa.
an active and conspicuous participant
in the stirring events Of that earlier
period. He was born on June 1s, 1889
in the family mansion which his ma
ternal grandfather, Judge Elijah
Miller, built in 1916, the third ane
youngest son of William Henry anc
Frances (Miller) Seward.
He was privately educated by hi.
mother and tutors. severe afflictior
OF the eyes making attendance al
school impossible, and aspired t.
nothing more than q mercantile career
In his boyhood he became a clerk In
an Albany hardware store. But At the
age Of twenty he went to Washington
United States Senator. and a year late,
organized the banking house Of Will.
lam H. Seward l. Co. at Auburn.
Having grown up in an atmosphere
Of politics and intense patriotism, he
soon relinquished business to enter the
army In tho Civil War. Until the fall
of 1852 he was kept busy enlistina
and forwarding troops. Then he was
sent to Washington with his regiment
to take part in the defense Of that city
IN 1853 the President sent him on q
delicate and important mission to Gen.
cral Banks In Louisiana.
AS colonel of the 9Th Artillery he
vas attached to the Army Of the
the Petersburg campaign. He led ona
Of the most desperate charges at Cold
Harbor. Then he was hurried to Fred
erick, Nd, to head off General Early.
At Monocacy he was wounded, after
Having acted with rare gallantry," as
General Lew Wallace reported.
A little later Secretary Stanton sent
him an autograph letter with a COM
mission as brigadier general "for gall
liant and meritorious services" As
soon as his wound healed hc went into
action again In the Shenandoah Valley
and for time commanded at Harper's
Ferry.
At tho end Of the war he resigned his
commission and returned to his bank
ing house, which he made one Of the
strongest institutions of the kind in
that part Of the state. He was one Of
the builders Of the Southern Central
KalIroad, now part Of the Lehigh Valley
system; a director Of the American
express Company, q trustee of tho
Cayuga County Savings Bank and presi
dent OF the Seymour Library.
he was always q strong Republican
IN politics, and in 1888 was preside emit Of
the New York Electoral College. He
married in 1860 Miss Janet Watson.
OF auburn, who died in 1913. He is
survived by his son, William Henry
Seward, and two daughters-Mrs.F Fred.
erlck l: Allen, of New York, and Mrs.
II. $. Messenger, Of Auburn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
Amundsen, Ice-Bound, Quits
His Quest for North Pole

family in Norway, but no information
regarding the condition Of the members
OF the expedition OF the reasons for
turning back were given.
A dispatch received to-day in answer
to message to the Cordova station,
asking for ali available information re-
garding the polar party, said mes
senger, had started south and that
Amundsen intended to take the steamer
Victoria at Nome, Alaska, for Seattle,
but that the time would depend on
when the expedition could get clear
Of the ice. This message came from
the Anadir, Siberia, station, several
hundred miles from the mouth of the
Kolyma River.
Officials at the Navy Department
said it was probable the Maud, Amund-
sens ship, was still ice bound in the
kolyma River and that party had
been sent overland to the trading post
radio station, on Anadir Bay, to es-
tablish communication with the out
side world. 1t was not considered
probable the explorer, had been able
to get the Maud around to Anadir
through the ice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27

Brooklyn Park Commission, for the
New York, Westchester 4 Boston Rail-
way; consulting engineer. for tho New
York Central Railroad, for tho Niagara
Falls Power Company. for the St. Law
renee Power Company. and for . dozen
other such concerns in ell parts of the
country.
Colonel Bosart was descended from
Cornelis Bogaert. who came from Hol-
land and settled at Fort Orange, now
Albany, about 1889. He was born 1t
Albany on February 8, 1896, and wss
graduated from Rutgers College in
1853. receiving from his alma mater
the honorary degree Of Sc. d. hfty-ninc
years afterward. He was married in
1870 to Miss Emma Cherington Je6eris,
Of West Chester. Pa, who survives
him. His funeral will be held to-mor-
row at 4 p. NJ, at st. James's Protest.
ant Episcopal Church. Madison Avenue
and Seventy-first Street. Interment
will be in the Rural Cemetery, Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
JOSEPH SMITH

Joseph Smith. who is believed to have
been the Oldest resident Of Putnam
County, died yesterday at his home
near Carmel at the age Of ninety-seven
Death was the result Of . severe fall
in which his hip was broken = week
ago. Mr.. Smith was born At Lake
Mahopas, and lived in Putnam County
all his life. His father, James Smith
was sheriff Of the county at the time
of the Mexican War. Mr.. Smith was
the proprietor Of . grist mill for more
than fifty years, using for power water
from Lake Gilead, now the site of a
summer resort. He was Prohibition
list leader, and for some time was ex.
survived by daughter, Mrs. Ophelia
Craft. His funeral will be held on
Wednesday in the Carmel Baptist
Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
Marjorie Cooke, Author,
Is Dead of Pneumonia
Noted Writer Is Stricken While
Touring the Orient With
Her Mother

A cable received here from Manila
yesterday announced the death there
Of Marjorie Benton Cooke, author
from pneumonia. Miss Cooke was tour
ing the Orient with her mother.
Born in Richmond, Ind, in 1875, Miss
Cooke was graduated from the Uni
versity Of Chicago in 1899, and immcdi-
ately allied herself with the suffrage
forces Of the Middle West, delivering
addresses and monologues on the sub
.joct for several years. Her novel
"Bambi" was published in 1914, and
was tremendous success. This was
followed by "The Incubus" "The Dual
Alliance" "Cinderella Jane" and 1.-THE
Threshold"
She was a member Of tho Mcdowell
Club, the Authors League and the
Little Room, Of Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27
BIRTHS

DLUMBERG-Mr and Mrs. Ira Blumbers
(nee Pear! Rubin. Of $50 West 1l1th Vt.
announce the birth Of 4 daughter April 25
1920.
FRANKEL-Mr. and Mrs Gustavc FRANKIE
announce the arrival Of a son. Gerald
at 666 West 1921 st. Chicago papers please
copy.
JOSEF H-Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lazarus
Joseph. ~ Fort Washington av.. a son, q,
the Flower Hospital. April IS.
L1NDSAY-Dr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Lindsay
announce the birth of daughter. IS West
96th st.
LINEHAN-Mr. and Mrs. Frask J. Linehar
jr.. Of Boston, Mass. (nee Dorothy Jennie
Oakley. late Of this city,. announce the
birth of a son on the 22d Of April.
6lMON-Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Simon nee
Edith Rosenthal) announce the birth Of q
son April rs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The
Amundsen polar exploration party in
the Steamer Maud is ice bound at the
mouth Of the Kolyma River, Siberia.
and awaiting an opportunity to sail
southwark, it was indicated in radio
dispatches made public to-day at the
Navy Department.. Amundsen, who
discovered the South Pole, apparently
has abandoned his attempt to reach the
North Pole.
The expedition left Dixson Island, in
the White Sea, in September, 1918, and
had not 1een heard from until the
navy radio station at Cordova, Alaska,
established communication with the
pArty recently. The first message
from Amundsen was picked up at Cor
dova, March Is, from the station on
St. Paul'o Island. 1t said:
est. Paul reports S S from Rus
sian station at Anadir, saying Amund-
sen expedition ice bound in Kolyma
River and requesting we handle i'm
portant dispatches"
Later radio messages were inter
changed between Amundsen and his