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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
De Palma to Race
European Demons
In the Grand Prix

Ralph De Palma who proved the
sensation Of the recent international
sweepstakes race at Indianapolis by
making the pace In his speedy Good
year-equipped French Ballot car un-
I'll he broke connecting rod In the
27oth mile, IL on the high seas en-
route for France to drive in the
Grand Prix next month.
The popular driver will captain
the Ballot team In the famous lie
Mans road contest, and his admirers
both in America and in Europe be-
lieve he will give the stars OF two
continents the race Cf their lives.
De Palma has no peer as a road
race pilot in America. and few, IL
any. abroad He will be pitted against
such brilliant drivers ss Guyot, who
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Sealing Wax Paint. ,

Melt small pieces OF sealing vzx
in alcohol The wax should Be COW
cred with the liquid and be left Tor
a day or two. when Il viii be found
TO have become about the consist-
ency of varnish., When used tins
compound is applied as a paint, 81
dries fairly quickly and is acid proof
which makes IL favorable for use on
connecting bars and other
battery fittings. i-E
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Chalmers Special
Good After Eleven
Years of Racing

"A 1910 model special speedster
Chalmers. owned by @. r. woods, Of
Little Rock. Ark. has had 4 hard
and . widely varied career during
its eleven years Of service.
It was originally the property of
Eddie Bingham. the famous race
driver. and has performed In the
Elgin, ILL.,, road races and on the
PENSACOLA. Fla, speedway, to say
nothing OF "barnstorming" ali over
the country. At another time. n
was scout car on the Lincoln
Highway.
When questioned. about the car.
Mr. Woods said: she Is some boat
ana she has some record. too. Hal
some pretty tough grinds hut she's
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

turn the engine over snappily and
IL the lights do not burn with due
radiance the trouble is probably
caused by the battery. II the
lamps do not burn properly but
the starter seems to be working
all right obviously the lighting
end of the system should be in
spected. The best way to attack
the matter Is to begin at one end
of the line and work right down
to the other. Start at the bulbs
and work back to the battery. ex-
amining on the way.
Bulb. Burned Out.
Sometimes the trouble will be
found right in the bulbs. which
have burned out or have suffered
broken fllaments through excess
sive vibration, though this will
seldom happen to two bulbs at
once. The connectors that lead to
the lamps may be loose or the
contact points may be corroded
Next examine the wiring back to
the switch. See that all wires are
fully insulated. In one wire
system see that that wire is fast
ened to the metal to which il is
attached. In cases where a func-
ton box is used there may be a
short in this box or the connection
here may be loose or dirty II
there are fuses in the wire a fuse
may have blown out or the fuse
connection may be poor or corrod-
ed. II after installing a new fuse
that blows out the trouble is in
the system. The fuse is intended
to protect the system in general
from the effects of excessive cur
rent supply. Some systems en-
ploy circuit breakers instead of
fuses.
Dirt In Switches.
Switches are another seat of
trouble. through dirt, looseness,
poor adjustment. etc. Every
switch should be inspected in case
of trouble. Most starting and
lighting systems today include q
cutout which disconnects the bat
terry from the generator circuit
when the engine is running slow
ly, usually at ten miles an hour
car speed. The ordinary form is
electro magneticaIly operated and
the magnetic points should be kept
clean. The cutout terminals, if
they become dirty or loose, will
cause trouble. If the cut-out does
not operate properly undercharg-
ing may result with battery ills in
consequence.
Finally, it is best to use a wiz
ing diagram of the car in hunting
for trouble so that each circuit
may be carefully followed from
end to end. If the owner has not
a diagram it will be supplied by
the car manufacturer or the near
est service station.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Rubber Solvent,

Only pure unvulcanized rubber is
soluble. However, If the pure rub
Der is shredded into small particles
and covered with mineral naphtha
or pure benzole. IL will be reduced
to gelatinous liquor. In case a
quick drying solution is desired, car
bon disulphide should be used as a
solvent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

stili good. Guess she'll make about
80 orfmore per hour. She has prob
ably gone way over 100000 miles
but she's good for at least $4,000
more. The original factory rings
and pistons are still in the motor
and are in good condition. The
cylinders are not scored and have
never been rebored.-
Mr.. Woods was At one time mech
anician for Z. J. fitzpatrick
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Front Spring Suspension

Springs bolted to center plate. each end being
supported by shackles on the rods Truss rods
take stress and strain of springs and hold wheels
In vertical position at all times Flexing of springs
permit each wheel to absorb shocks of road with
practically no effect on car or passengers in car.
Steering arrangement is standard as on any car.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

lhs model left the plant of the Developing Engineers
in Detroit May g. 1921 headed for points in Pennsylvania
and New York with the President of the Company Hon. Samuel
Carlson, Mayor of Jamestown NJ Y; George Mechem the
Financial Agent of the Company; E. Weaver General Mana
GER and James Wright, Chief Engineer as passengers In
Erie. demonstration rides given rough cobblestone
streets at s. and 40 miles per hour that other ordinarily
covered at miles less Solid axle driven
this type of street in Erie best safe speeds of 49, Fl and Is
miles per hour. and the drivers refused drive faster.
The Birmingham Car has since been driven prepared
roa!way of logs and timbers spaced feet apart at 10
to ~ miles hour without hurting the giving undue
shock to passengers.
On the country roads, travelling across country on an
average OF 300 miles day. The Brmngh daily proving
superior riding quaehe easiest of riding on the road
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

is averaging IS miles per gallon of gas and 700 miles
per quart of OIL The after 5000 miles of the rough
driving have just begun show indicating that
will get better than 10000 miles from set of tires
CAR THAT is
The easiest riding wheels
Economical to maintain and operate.
As handsome the best
Appealing strongly to the public.
WILL 1T SELF WE KNOW IT WILL YOU KNOW IT,
WILL for you will want of these yourself.
An investment in Birmingham Motors stock will permit you
participate in the profits from the sale of this
LOOK INTO THIS-DO 1T now
Stock selling $1,000 per share in minimum blocks of
shares Each block carries a which you
of first profits of the Company the of money you
leaving your stock intact.
Information al local Office
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Gas for Twenty Years.

According to figures from the
United States geodetic survey. there
are 5000. 900. 600 barrels Of crude oil
IN thu fields In the United States.
or enough to supply this country
with "gas. for the next 20 years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Motor Postal Service.

Motor vehicle service for the
transportation OF United States
mails is now established in 1853
cities. There are $50 rural routes
using cars or trucks.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Why Discount Bonds Help One to Save

Q"e'o"Wond be enough erplaim q rate loe
' coma better auestment for single th depend
e"S ana NOT dependent
o"des th"gh hat for bonds equal
aed hft maturity coad be In
y" ana she other low yield but the
"'e"e '0oWd oe the same on bonds of equal
~ net asking your
soer s Sunday understood overlooking
good bet because income if there are
profits by aOoitng.-C. W. E. F.
Answer-Our general proposition along
oad buy high
VINO desires to add to his capital by
coupon rate at discount which
ne invested We assume that understand that the difference
between selling profit true
appreciation, but of the yield.
lake for instance three bonds merit yielding per cent
ana having thirty
o, the second
thrd a per cent bond and it sells at
now II you buy at
~ ~ OUT OF the 800 you receive each six months
money and invest it, that the
sums VIII amount to S3830 the premium For you your
interest at the end of the thirty years you paid only
S1ooo and your principal will have shrunk s138.30.
On the other hand the holder coupon rate bond
WHICH we said before yields the per cent
entitled to spend each months
cashg ms smaller because getting
oy year he is waiting These
theoretically at compound equal thirty years
h discount SO0 minus $72320
at maturity the investor back what spent
MS coupons and thereby have his principal unchanged
s tSs S0 a nasnT e THAT & is With @ $40 instead
@ means % o aS M
person who has not the inclination spending all his
s % pmiu@s f % h ss pn tinsss af
waiting S y buy T 5oa % at tss I a.
par n R1 but but nsa 9y The
ne only way make go from higher
srt 7 sa that % sRsi a b. before psos T sqF
s % ] ysn x No p50hs M ALL
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Why We Don't Tell How to Trade

Question-Some time back I bought ffty
shhres united States Steal common at III
anu thanking switch to some other stock
auVlsapIe my broker suggests 100 Texas
company at market or about 49, which
would pay better and possibly enable me
10 recover my loss quicker than by carry~
ing the Steel Your advice would be an
preclated, also as to a possible switch on
lo0 Ray Copper, bought at %. although 7
think this more likely TO recover sooner
than the Steele. G.
Answer-Your case illustrates one
reason why We do not try to tell our
readers how to make money in specu-
lative stocks. If you have carried
Steel as long speculation all the way
down from III to below 80 in the face
of all the plain signs that Steel could
not remain above par in the present
and prospective state of. the industry,
we fear that you are essentially dis
qualified as a stock market speculator.
If we told you stock that was going
up ten points in a month there is no
reason TO believe that you would make
money out of it. Therefore we leave
such cases to others who may or may
not have more savoir faire, though,
surely, they make money out of advis-
ing people how to trade We do not
know what Texas Company stock or
Ray will do, if anything, on the long
side.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Holds Three High-Grade Bonds

Question-Wiu you kindly give me your
opinion Of the following bonds: Riordan
Company. Ltd, twenty-year sinking fund,
first mortgage and refunding 8 per cent
gold bonds. series A, due 194o one Bell
Telephone of Pennsylvania per cent,
1915, one Kingdom Of Belgium per cent,
1914; one Republic of Chile per cent
1941; one Montana Power per cent, 1913
The above have been purchased for long
investment and if you think l should
switch 10 something better please advise
p. NJ. s.
Answer-Bell Telephone of Pennsyl-
vania, Kingdom of Belgium SIS and
Montana Power 5s. are high-grade in
vestments, suitable for your purposes.
Riordan first mortgage IS are secured
by a mortgage on a paper mill having
a capacity of $4,000 tons or more a
year. The property is on the upper
Ottowa River and is reached by a
branch of the Canadian Pacific. The
company, however, has had a rather
hard time recently, as SO many paper
manufacturing companies have had,
and we would not class either this bond
or the Republic Of Chile in the same
high grade category as the other three
Chile IS are good business mems in
vestment, in our opinion. If you
should desire to switch from either
Chile 8s or Riordan IS we would sug-
gest the new Northern Pacific-G
Northern 65zs, due 1886, and the re-
Gently offered Chicago Union Station
61as, due 1868, guaranteed principal
and interest jointly and severally by
the Chicago, Burlington e. Quincy, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul, the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & ST. Louis and
the Pennsylvania Company.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
frontier Mortgage Company

yv5uid ypu advise investment
e stock OF the FSensscr Mortgage Cor
g pi ssaa ~ Rufalo. er would you consider
'..seeusation j tS,clcSe prospee tus. 49,
ssswer-Ws advise you not to in
in the stock of say company deal
i second gsiortga ses. We disagree
- the cqapany's statement that
- mortsa ges "offer the utmost of
@a.syitv." and furthe more, you should
:. consider at all investing in it's
.es.k without seeing balance sheet
~ statemenFs of earnings, and OBJ
Eng from q seurse you know to be
..asle and trustwo thy a recommen-
;st;an of the moot corporation, which
!, bspdling Il yisaus.
3 6n Friday = was developed before the
,.,kvood co 1ittes in Buffalo that
- Frontier est;age Company was
.v,eting fro 30 .owers bonuses of
= per cent sec nd mortgage loans,
~ that peo a Buffalo were indig-
s.rt because g , rporation's interest
sssrces nette eb' l6 per cent. When
cuestioned taIs the secretary
!; the Freu atft said, well,
...ond mort e risk is not a thing
ss.t s usople Y generally" We agree
.,itb that i'll 81 ting statement under
,,ts but it te iifferent from the
eIsim Of the propectus quoted in the
ssregoing. 1t is eur notion that money
l.rders who charge such rates of in
s,rsst are risking trouble.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Will Take Chance with His $1,000

Question-Have 81 900 with which wish
to speculate. Am considering Radio Cor
poration preferred or common. Which
would you advise? Or would you advise
fifty or 1oe shares of each? Also. what
is your advise General Motors and Mid
die States Oil. Am willing to take a
chance. Am working for the General
Electric and know they working on
Radio-T. l.. NJ.
Answer-There is so much water in
Radio Corporation stock that its pur-
chase is gamble, in our opinion, and
besides that the company does not
make public an earnings statement.
Motor and oil shares have been drift
ing downward for months and we
think it takes more market sense than
you probably possess to speculate in
them successfully, especially in view
of the current reductions which are
being made in automobiles and oil
prices. If you insist on speculating
with your $1,000 pick out good
equipment or power company or
company manufacturing and retailing
tobacco, and do not chose stocks be-
cause they sell at small fractions of
800. That does not make them cheap.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Woman Demands High Degree of Safety

Question: have about $4,000 TO invest
at once and have for some time heen try
bonds or to succumb to the temptation of
higher return from foreign bonds I now
have mostly Liberty bonds of the various
issues. one SoiVay and one Canadian Gov
eminent. / want security first, as I am
dependent upon myself for old age sun
pert. am bit afraid of even the Swiss
bonds. in the unsettled state of Europe
government of Newfoundland, due 1889
loGks attractive Do you know of any OBJ
jepsiou to that? Also Province of Mani
buy fourth Liberty, In view OF both Sc
curity and long term? I found my banker
very wary in advising anything but Lib
critics for a woman miss E. E. B.
Answer-Your banker is quite right
in being cautious about advising an
investor who is dependent for old age
support entirely on the income from
investments. There are, however some
bonds other than Liberty bonds which
we consider safe enough to form mart
of such an investment. For instance.
the Chicawo Union Station 6h per
cent bonds. guaranteed principal and
interest jointly and severally by the
Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy, Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago e. St.Louis,
Pennsylvania Company and Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, are an invest
ment that appears to- be so safe ander
almost any conceivable adverse econo-
mic situation. short Of a radical change
in our Constitution itself, that it can
be recommended. We do not share
your fear of trouble to a country like
Switzerland.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Erie General Lien As

Question--Would esteem it favor if you
would advise me the margin OF safety
and prospect of continued payment of in
terest on the following bonds: Erie general
lien IS, 1895; Bush Terminal Building S.
1850; Kansas City Southern 5s 1850, and
Southern Railway as, 1956--T c. N
Answer-Bush Terminal Building 5s
are secure, in our opinion, as to both
interest payments and principal, as are
also the Southern Railway As, unless,
in the latter case, the railroad situa-
tion should continue to go from bad
to worse. While the decision of the
Labor Board was not as satisfactory
to railroad men as it might have been
it was long step in the right direc-
ton, and we think that it will afford
reasonable protection both to the class
Of bond represented by the Southern
Railway as, due 1856, and the Kansas
City Southern SIS, due 1850. The Erie
general liens are not quite so safe:
nevertheless, the Erie has pulled
through most trying time without 81
reeeivership, and we think that it has
a good chance to continue solvent.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

Exports to India, which had main
tanned in March figures of 1858, ,573, a
parity with February figures of $3.50
TIA, although both months had dropped
below the s1o,347,7oS exports for
January, declined in April to $3,484 1888.
Dye and dyestuffs, structural iron and
steel, Woodworking machinery, type
writers, printing paper, condensed
milk and steel plates all suffered de
clines, and while Illuminating oil. pas
senger and commercial automobiles,
unbleached cotton cloths and steel
sheets registered increases, they were
too slight to Offset the losses in tbs
other items.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Republic Iron and Steel

Of 5sssstion-k Kindly give me your opinion
ssis sunllc Iron and Steel Company how
s9d soa consider the preferred diyidene
heu,, you know OF some other PREPARED
u sLiSai selling at about the same price.
,asss salch lch you consider still surer 10 CON
it7~~vp paying dividends. will you mention
r,;ti ,a;taswer--0n the day your letter was
CemDn Cns.en the Republic Iron and Steel
IT, passed the common dividend.
set;. shairman of the board said that
H. tsss'ol was taken because profits for
Inv year 10 date were substantially be-
eas. a'Yidend requirements and future
slssu lgs were very uncertain. That
s.snent explains itself. The pre-
grs's g%'a stock of this company has an
pas ~ dividend record. 1t failed to
i9i9 me ne dividend on senior issue in
stss f 1914 and 1915. American Tobacco
nj snaf;s.fed Is much better investment
ran Is selling around 90 The same
Oe SAID Of Studebaker preferred.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Pittsburgh & Vest Virginia Stock

.,,S. S.aestien-Is Pittsburgh & West Virginia
s.elisriee regarded as good investment
stoei soek to business mani Is the common
MN s,ook good speculative issue for busi-
.,1s ssSs man who can afford 10 take some
hss hss' am told that this company's stock
r ss great posi- ibiii%ies on account Of the
so7-c E 'i'''
y. answer-The Pittsburgh & West
,Fglnh preferred is TO be regarded
amer as an attractive speculation for
. ouslness man than as an investment.
We think. The Pittsburgh & West Vir-
sa slaa Itself is the new company which
s0ok o7er the Wabash Pittsburgh Ter
a.ias, which represented a speculation
s.ae 1he Goulds that proved complete
.shdr. as railroad project. Con-
sectet . with the railroad project, how
a. was an investment in some coal
. ,, saas 1t may be that these coal lands
p;.i a prove TO be valuable, but the
..ag'soargh & West Virginia stock can
speealation. ~
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Proposed Airplane Mail Service

According to Consul Lathrop, an act
has already passed its first reading
IN the Bahamas House of Assembly Ls
which certain concessions are glvss
to the Bermuda & West Atlantic Avia-
tion Company. a British limited com
pany with registered offices in London.
A subsidy of $4,000 year is provided
IN the decree for the purpose OF carry
ing mails between Nassau, Bahamas.
and Miami, Fla. Itiis expected that the
hangar and repair shops constructed
by the company will be open to the air.
planes of all nations on reasonable
terms. although at present the bin
provides for this only by inference
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Looks Askance at Preferred Stocks

Question: should like to know il you
think it would be best TO transfer my
stocks. or any part of them, into bonds:
Some dividends have recently been passed
on good preferred stocks, and 1 am Won
dering If it is likely to happen to any Of
these: Fifty shares Standard Oil of New
Jersey preferred at 1854 25 shares United
States preferred at ia. 7 per cent; Is
shares American Car Foundry preferred at
116h, per cent; 15 shares United States
Rubber first preferred at 113a4, per cent;
As shares American Locomotive preferred
at low. +. C.
Answer-You have an excellent list
of stocks. The weakest of them, in
our opinion, and the one you should
watch closest, is the United States
Rubber preferred, but the company
seems to have turned the corner and
passed through the recent trying
months in good shape. Your two equip
ment companies are in strong financial
positions, we believe, and the preferred
dividends are we'll protected. The
Standard Oil and United States Steel
are practically as high grade as when
you bought them, because of their huge
earning power and relatively small
funded debts.