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New-York tribune., 1921-02-14

known in shipping circles as "the bull
and another is Sir William Raeburn,
who has served as head of the Chamber
Of Shipping of the United Kingdom
Sir William looks for a reduction in
costs to help matters.
SO far MS America is concerned. the
outlook for a reduction in wages in
shipping and the industries allied with
1t is not SO favorable as 1t was week
ago. Representatives of the officers
ana crews on American vessels have
rejected the shipowners' suggestions
for lower wages and the elimination
OF overtime pay in order to make it
possible TO operate more American
vessels at the low level of freights and
thereby decrease unemployment.
Ship Labor Holding on
The present wage and working agree
ment does not expire until May /. and
the men are holding to it, Thew have
however, made tentative offer to give
up overtime pay, provided the owners
Wall extend the agreement for another
year. 10 maintain rates at the war
ievel with freights about Il quarter OF
what they were is, in the shipowners
eyes, impossible. Unless some ar
rangement is reached before Nav /.
therefore, there is the possibility of a
strike, unless continued decrease in
employment brings the men to sec that
work at lower pay is better than no
work at all
Shlpyard workers have been ballot
ing on the proposition to accept lower
pay, but no announcement has been
made as yet regarding the decision
reached. Shipbuilding continues to de-
crease IN volume and it is weeks since
a new order of any consequence has
been reported by an American yard.
British Shipbuilding Hit
Although British shipyards regained
their old position last year as the
worlds ship builder, more than 40 per
cent of the construction in the United
Kingdom being for foreign account.
there is no likelihood that 1921 will re-
peat this record. Recently there have
been many cancellations of orders for
non British account, the prospective
buyer finding it cheaper to sacrifice
the installments paid on the ship than
to take and operate it at practically
certain loss. Others have profted by
canceling orders and buying com
pleted tonnage in the open market at
the present low range of values
Renewal of the movement to limit
immigration is viewed with apprehen-
sion by ship owners, many of whom
have spent large sums on recondition-
ing vessels to fit them for the steerage
trade. The discovery of cases of
typhus on a number of incoming ves-
sells will also add to the difficulties Of
the situation, for every day that these
ships are tied up under quarantine will
aan loss of thousands of dollars -
the owners.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14

Antwerp; Tonstsd (Norl, Genoa; Glen
Orient city (Brl, Hamburg,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 13--Arrived Strs
Vica tSwed). New York; Ossabaw, New
York; Grecian, Boston; Philip Publicler
NuevItas sailed; Str Bayonne New York
PORT EADS. La, Feb 13-ArriVed: Strs
Geiba HIond). Ceiba: Hercules (Nor)
Havana Oswald Boyd (Br) Mexico
Lumina tBr). United Kingdom: Scantic
Norfolk, Sailed: Strs Agwimooa. Port Lo-
bos; Atenas, Cristobal FL Captain, New
York; Ellis (Nor). Tela; Giulia QD
Trieste; Jeanne D'Arc Orr cruisorJ, Pen.
sacola; Potter, Bombay; Rajah. Progrcso
SinaIoa (Norl, Frontera; svartfond (Norl
Progresso; Tegucigalpa (Hond), Celba
Winnebago. Barrow, England.
PORT TAMPA. Fla, Feb 13--Sailed: StrS
Mascotte. Havana; Hornby Castle tBr)
Ghent.
PORTLAND, Nc, Feb 1a--Arrived: strs
Cairnvaloma (Br), Genoa; Admiral Hast
ings Norfolk Sailed; Strs Volturno 40,
Gibraltar; Langley (Br), Antwerp.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb 13.--ArYived: Strs
Youngstown. Charleston; City of Mont
gomery, New York. Sailed: Str Pasadena
Norfolk.
TAMPA Fla. Feb 13-Arrived: Str Lake
LiCOCo, Tampico.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Manchester Lines Resume

steamers operating TO and from Man
chester, England, have been resumed
and regular sailings have been inc
augurated between Manchester and
overseas ports which have not hitherto
had a steamship connection.
During 1920 direct sailiugs were es-
tablished between Manchester and
Portugal and steamers now load regu-
larly for Lisbon and 0porto Other
developments include the regular sail
ings from Calcutta to Manchester. and
the importation of large quantities OF
Indian tea which prior to the war
went to London.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Foreign Trade Notes

/, pt good demand is reported to exist
hiiS;tnaa Tor structural steel and other
II iSu,Hg Sn;igS,m materials, as a large amount
esns;daaaaln g Is In progress and under
lppsO.aIiion lp,ueiation in connection with the
Pe,Sisning centennial celebration of
wan independence.
saas, Ss sE; sSEFesment has been arranged
WITH rat which France supplies Denmark
srr,rIp,tash potash and Denmark returns
ui'ura! products.
s,s Ss ssnana american and two British firms
iaf tSa ported to have secured Contracts
taass ' construction of dams. irrigation
sitS : and md, other work in connection action
.astern tpeclamation scheme in north
iactarer00 Of prominent British manu-
ton Of ~ S,a;a'e nave announced their inten-
4 view W tso,S,tng Canada this year with
10 looking over the markets.
ID Egyptian Bureau of Commerce
EgyptIanfy has opened an exhibition
industries at Cairo,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14

Monterey, I; vera Vera Cruz. s:50 An 1900 NJ "
Santa Clara, Buenos
y. Ayres .:;.. ;,....,.'f2:oo NJ S:oo I'M
Sail Friday
Bergensfjord, BerGen".l0:30 AM 200 PM
Raracov, Teneriffe. 1900 NJ 900 PM
Panama, Crst bal....12:0o NJ 400 PM
TRANSPAC1FIC MAILS
The connecting mails close at the Cen
Station, New York, at p m. as follows:
Hawaii and specially addressed matt for
Japan, Corea and China. via San fran
ruary "A
Nivaria February is
Philippine Islands and specially addressed
mail for Japan. Corea and China via
Seattle; steamship Arabia Maru. Feb
japan, corea; China, Siberia. French 1ndo-
Sumatra) and Philippine Islands. via
Vancouver and Victoria, B. c., steam
ship Empress of Japan. February 49,
Matsonia, February IS. SSA'''''''p
Hawaii. Philippine Islands, French Indo-
china and specially addressed mail for
Straits settlements and British india, Via
san Frar cisco steamship Wolverine
State. February 20
Hawaii, Samoan Islands. Australia and
specially addressed for New zealand,
Y5a TsorSapy sap Eraneis'0' e. steamship Ventura
Tahiti Marquesas. Cook Islands Now
Zealand and Australia, via San Fran.
cisco, steamship Tahiti, February 26
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
N n, and Shippers a. Odds
slJer Fay for Seized Vasaala

ssresnpaskG. Feb. 1S.-The German
saes hs~ss h~s and the steamship com
ns eoncsrot not yet reached an agree
al to tbefhlng tbe the indemnity to be
ss'at for S tSo companies by the govern
terms &c tonnage confscated under
&. neetiroi VI the Versailles treaty.
spping Ing irss. between the heads Of the
sSSSaonies "@fests and the Minister Of
adayT wa, which had been called for
sI.nnsaass,l as Indefinitely postponed The
s90Ny00o offer of indemnity Is 90
saaSsdSSv, I, marks below the sum de-
" the shipping companies.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
AMERICAN PORTS

BALTIMORE, Feb 13-Arrlved. ST..
East Chicago. Avonmouth; Juniata, Jack
sso,nville; H9nara tHond), Port Lobos;
CHARLESTON, c, Feb 1s-Arr,vad
Str CotopaM, New York. Sailed: Str
Taizan Maru (Jap}, Marseilles.
GALVESTON, Feb 13--Arrived: Stra
A Doughertys Tampico: Torres, Tampico:
Wellesley. Tampico: Clark Mills, BARGE
Iona; + Dasche, New York. Sailed: Strs
York; Pennant. Tampico: Paul II. Har-
wood, Tampico: Gladysbe. Tampico
NORFOLK, Va, Feb l3-Arrived: strs
Escambla, Hamburg: william Page
Cristobal; Mundrway (NQr). New York :
Hoyeisan Maru (Jap), Harold Dollar (Brj'
New York; Lake Ellerslie, Ney York
Eurydames tBr). Crstobal; Dunolly (Brl,
Baltimore; Hilda tBr). Galveston: Stephen
p Jones Savannah Sailed Strs East
Gate (Br)s Hamburg; CanAdier (Br),
Evening star., 1921-02-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FOR THE A AUT0MOBZZZS7S

ing cooling system was stopped or
broken while the sengine was in op-
Grafton, overheating would most likely
resulE because it is the pump only
which creates circulation of the water
in this system. 1t may be possible for
some water to circulate past the pump
after the manner of the thermo-Sy-
phon system. but hardly sufficient to
cool the engine while running.
9. If dry cone clutch slips and the
leather facing of the cone is in good
condition. slipping is due probably to
the presence of oil on the surface of
the leather. This must be dissolved
or absorbed in some manner. which
can be most easily done by applying
some form of powder. such as boraN
or soapstone or by using fuller's earth.
10. The exhaust valve of an auto
mobile engine remains closed until a
piston has covered about seven
eighths of its power stroke. During
stroke the valve begins to open. This
is so arranged because the force of
exploding gases in each cylinder has
exerted almost all of their pressure:
when piston has reached seven
eighths of it's stroke. and the valve is
opened trifle early. it allows the
full amount of burned gas to pass out
of the cylinder. which occurs during
the next stroke of the piston, called
exhaust stroke.
This Weeks Questions.
1. Is it possible to overcharge a stor-
age battery with a generator in the
automobile?
q. When car is running along a
road and a sudden humping is felt by
the passengers what may be the trou
BILE?
g. How is the silent chain construct
ed SO that its operation is noiseless?
A. What is benzol?
S. What is the common tmagneto
trouble which will cause an engine to
mjsfire?
s. What care should be given the
universal joints?
T. What attention should-be given to
the timer or interrupter of the electric
system?
s. What advantages are there in u.s.
ing the best obtainable grade OF gaso-
line in the automobile engine?
9. What are few points to remem-'
ber in handling the car when turning
a corner, SO as to prevent possible skid
Evening star., 1921-02-20
452 GAL. "GAs" A YEAR.
Figures Show Average Consump-
ton Of Fuel by Autos.

The American Petroleum Institute
has compiled figures showing the
quantity of gasoline consumed in 1920
by twelve states where such informa-
ton is available These figures, TAX
en- in conjunction. with automobile
registrations. indicate a total United
States consumption Of gasoline by
motor vehicles of 4.e1s, 100000 gall
Ions in 1920. The states reporting ac-
count for a gasoline consumption to-
taiing Ss9,524,S44 gallons.
Without attempting to make any al
agencies. and without including in the
compilation consumption by motor
cycles and motor boats, the figures
shown indicate an average annual
consumption of gasoline per car. both
passenger cars and motor trucks. in
the states given. of 1921 gallons on
the basis of 1920 automobile regis
tration figures.
The total registration of passenger
cars and motor trucks as Of Decem-
bar 81, 1920. was 8.8sI,5i2 cars On
the basis of an average consumption
of 452.1 gallons per car, the indicated
gasoline consumption by motor We
hicles In the United States in 1920
was approximately 4,01S 100000 gal
IONS The gasoline output of the
United States refineries in 1920 was
about 4,s70.0eo.000 gallons.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
FRANK R. ADAMS WRITES:
OF MOTOR TRIP TO COAST
Thinks Bandits Were Too Busy
Selling Oil Stock to
Trouble Him.

Frank R. Adams. famous author,
playwright, traveller and soldier. re-
Gently completed a motor tour from
Whitehall, Mich. to Santa Barbara,
Calf, and it proved SO interesting
that he could not restrain himself
from writing a letter about it. His
letter is directed to Ray Long, editor
of Cosmopolitan. He writes:
"Once fifteen years ago when fol-
lowed the Santa Fe trail on horse
back. the principal objects of interest
skulls. vertebrae, ribs and other re-
pair parts of cattle. Now after ira
versing the same ground by motor.
my principal memory Is of almost
equally numerous abandoned automo-
biles. some buried. some overturned.
others smashed and looted. There
must be a story in each one.
WAS warned all along the line to
beware of bandits. but no one tried to
rob me Of my ten dollars. Probably
all the professions are selling oil
stock in the new boom towns.
eff your Americanism wabbles the
least bit. the medicine is trip from
coast to coast by automobile. In no
other way can you realize the tre-
mendous extent Of the land you own
it's breadth. its heights, and the depth
of it's mud. especially in Oklahoma.
Also advise crossing Glorieta Pass,
n. NJ. by winter moonlight. If you
don't slip you will carry away a last
ing thrill.
was uniformly impressed by eff
cheney and courtesy of western gar
age men. Am in favor of a movement
to deport some of them to some east
ern cities / could name.
"It was a luxuriously upholstered.
high-powered four-cylinder Dodge
Brothers open face caboose as did the
trick. No repairs, no adjustments. al
most no gasoline Kept perfect time
all the way. Short wheelbase. handy
in mountain passes. Car would meet
itself on some of the turns
the Place and the Girl" "A Stubborn
cinderella" and other musical come
dies. One of his songs is II Wonder
Who's Kissing Her Now?'
Evening star., 1921-02-20
Answers to Last Weeks Questions.

1. A car which jumps or runs in
jerks has an engine which is mis-
firing or is "galloping." which latter
is caused bv too rich a carburetbr
mixture or insufficient air being fed
to the cylinders. Misffring could be
due to a number of engine or ignition
troubles. poor compression or poor
carburetion.
3. a heavy oil or grease is used
for slow speed bearings. transmissions
and differentials, steering gear and
wheel bearings. because these parts
are more or less loose fitting and
there is space between balls or rollers
of the bearings or teeth of the gears
which must be filled to prevent noise.
Also with gears a heavy lubricant
is necessary to cushion their action
and prevent wear. The high speed
in a tight fitting bearing bushing or
piston calls for a light oil which win
present on the bearing surface. II a
heavy lubricant were used for the
tight or high-speed bearing it would
not flow fast enough to cover the
surface. In other words. path
would be cut in the lubricant, which
ing.
3. High tension applying to the
ignition system means high voltage.
High tension current is necessary to
make a spark at the plugs in each
cylinder under compression. \ volt
age of some sixteen thousand volts
is cres ted in the ignition coil or mag
neto for each spark at plug, but
inasmuch as there is no amperage
or flow of this electricity. excepting
for the instant when the spark occurs.
the ignition current is not dangerous.
the spark to penetrate compression
within the cylinders.
a. a pair of automobile headlights
Will draw on an average of about hVe
amperes of current from the storage
battery when the lamps are burning.
The electric starter when cranking
cold engine in winter consumes quite
a large amount of current. about as
much as eight or ten miles of driving
at a speed which will charge the
battery.
5. Carburetion is the mixing of the
proper. amount of air and gasoline
vapor necessary for the engine to
run efficiently.
s. Two-point ignition is an ignition
system whereby two sparks instead
of, one are made to occur in each
cylinder at the same time. Two
secondary terminals or two systems
of distributing the current and two
sets of spark plugs are used in this
system.
7. Keep water away from all parts
of the electric system. Use care in
washing the car. Do not oil any part
of the motor or generator. except the
places specified as oil cups or oil holes
the commutator of the motor or gen.
orator should never be oiled. Be sure
your car is not in gear when stepping
on the starter pedal. This strains the
starting motor and the battery. Lu-
bricate occasionally, but do not adjust
the silent chain which drives the
when a great deal of slack is noticed,
which may occur after long usage
Before making any adjustments be
sure you understand the system. All
of the above are points necessary to
observe in taking the proper care of
your cars electric system.
8. If pump of forced circulat-
Evening star., 1921-02-20

Cleveland, the Cleveland Trust Company,
the Citizens Savings and Trust Com
pany and the Garfield Savings Bank
Company in Cleveland. the First Nation
al Bank and the National Shawmut
Bank in Boston.
Briefly. the work which these trucks
do is the same formerly done, only less
efficiently, less promptly and with more
danger to human life. by trusted mes
sengers. They transport money betw cen
main banks and their branches, banks
and railroad stations, post Offices and ex-
press offices distribute payrolls; collect
deposits from stores which do a daily
cash business; collect money from scat
tered pay stations of public utilities ;
call for jewels. silverware and other
valuables. to be placed in safety de-
posit vaults. and in general furnish Il
swift and sure specie service to con-
Germs having need for such service.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
U. S. BUILT 10000 MILES
OF HARD ROADS IN 1920
&c, 900 Miles Will Be Built Each
Year in Near
Future.

During 1929 the United States prob
ably built $4,000, ito $4,000 miles of
-hard-surfaced road-thate is, roads
built OF macadam. cement, brick and
gravel stone. 1t is probably not too
much to predict that within, the next
ten years the building OF real hard
surfaced roads win rise to $4,000
miles per annum. ana then 25 900, and
perhapa $1,000 miles sayA Paul Clay.
in Forbes Magazsnss,New York
To the motor trYek this. means just
what the FsubstitutIon a
alloy steel rails for wool s. 2sySS
mas already meant to sSaif
This Improvement in thes 69as in
creased the trainload a.n, Sb0ut
10000 per cent. Just so tf1S{ime will
como when a two-ton truck in almost
any one of about forty states of the
Union will be able to do as much
work as Is now done by a fve-ton
truck AS to distances for passenger
automobiles. they can be divided in
most states by two or three, or in
some cases by ten. Already the 400
mile run from New York to Buffalo
mas been made shorter than many a
run OF 200 or 100 miles, or even fifty,
miles. in some of the interior and
-,
&, Automobiles were largely >instru-
mental in creating the demand for
good roads, and now the roads are
creating a further demand for auto.
mobiles.
In 1909 we had in this country only
about two cars for every mile OF
hard-surfaced roads. but now we
have twenty-five cars per mile, there
being about 100000 cars and 316, 900
miles of hard-surfaced road.
One might say that every mile Of
new road makes market for twenty
f1ve additional cars. This is not lit
orally true. because so many other
factors, such as earnings and in
comes. enter in; but 1t is true that
the number of cars in use has grown
much faster than the mileage of good
roads, and that it will probably con-
tinue to grow somewhat faster for
many years. Hence it is not unrea :
sonable to expect that in the long
run the additional cars registered
will be equivalent to at least twenty
five for each additional mile of good
road.
Let US notice how this applies to
the case. The 1850 miles of road
built in 1919 made room, SO to speak,
for $4,000 cars and trucks; and the
$4,000 miles of road per annum which
We shall soon be building will make
way at this ratio for 500.0 900 addi-
tional motor vehicles yearly.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
PROPOSED UNIFORM CODE
FOR TRAFFIC SUPPORTED
VIII Be Presented in Most of Vari-
Gus State Legislatures During
Present Term.

San FRANCISCO. February. ia
Reports froms practically every state
IN the Union Indicate almost una1i.
nous support fof the proposed uni
iorm tranic COZ swhieh will be pre-
,ented in mosssSf the various state
legislatures urhssthe present term,
according to adiic4s received locally
Iys Lieut.. Dan Sfivkster. president Of
he international Aramc Officers Ass
soeiation. and ~ e. ne. WHIT De Mar,
one Of the other spr0minerft leaders
The proposed codst& adopted, eEiil
make it possible f6A5ak mosg1et1po
travel from one e&dF6f he Gz3A y
to the other with4ut V83tN or Eh-
oafrassment as a>Exsult s0f constantly
changing local laws and regulations.
One of its most important provisions
ID that requiring a system of illu-
minated license plates in every state.
Evening star., 1921-02-20
PRESIDENT ELECT WILL RIDE
! TO HIS INAUGURATION m AUTO
Smashes Precedents Established by Long
j. Line of Predecessors Relegates
Horse to Dodo Land.

President Jefferson rode horseback
from the Capitol to the White House
when he was inaugurated. All other
Presidents have used carriages in
corresponding trips. President-elect
Harding will smash precedent: his
conveyance will be an automobile.
This seems to be the last echo of the
re1egation of the horse to the land
Of the dodo in city highway pas
senger traffic. says Coker F. Clark
son, general manager. Society of Au-
tomotive Engineers.
1T is hard to appreciate fully the
part automotive vehicles have in our
national life. not to mention the de-
velopment that is to come in pas
senger cars. motor trucks. farm. mill
tary and industrial tractors. motor
boats. aircraft. semi-portable engines
and farm lighting units. 1t is clear
that the form and extent of use of
these are in their infancy.
Eject Of the Evolution.
zones mind can grasp only in
general way what will be the man.
ner and effect of the economical de-
sign, production. use and servicing
Of gf tens of millions of these vehicles.
The case is like the sage advice. Pay
our debts. look cheerful and be. kind:
hen. il immortality exists you will
participate. The intellect of Jules
Verne or an H. G. Wells is not ade-
iuate for the INSTALLATION of what
he autmotives will be and do.
The people of this country have
.een spending for motor cars. and
heir parts perhaps 1000, 10000 an
iually. 1t is stated that more than
Fhis lis expended for tobacco and
bout half as much for candy, $780,
100000 for chewing gum. $750,O00 for
berfumery and cosmetics. $490, 0,000,O
Tor toilet soaps. These are pertinent
data in luxury and utility studies.
In the effort to restore that proper
economic balance which is essential
o national prosperity. the automotive
ngineers will play their full part.
rhe achievements with which they
re to be credited are a good indica-
ton of this. 1t is said that most men
have conviction. that some have cour-
age. and that the names of those who
have both illuminate the pages of his
fory. This thought typifies the for
ward looking engineer. He deals
With facts and proceeds according to
hem. He has to solve the problems
ef-<the ''perversity". of matter In
knowledge of operating conditions in
-sanufacture and of the policies that
$hould be pursued in connection
sherewith he stands between capital
md labor, and probably no one can be
efsgreater assistance in the solution