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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

ator pedal is now placed to the tight of the brake pedal-an advantageous location-and its construction allows for a most restful foot position.
 A ball and can type of gear shift control arrangement replaces the previous "H'' plate type, and the lever location is most accessible, greatly facilitating the speed changing op- eration. A gear shift lock is stand ard equipment Accessibility also ap- plies to the position of the emer- gency brake lever, and construc- ton change gives improved leverage and security.
 Many other Improvements are also incorporated in the new model Hud- son shown at Pryor Motor company, local Hudson Essex distributors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
b|G INCREASE
 SHIPMENTS OF
 FRANKLIN CARS

Syracuse, N Y, October 15-The Franklin Automobile company re- third quarter of the year (beginning with July l and ending with Septem- Der 30) showed per cent increase over the corresponding quarter of 1920. Shipments for September were 21 per cent head of Auguest, indica- tive of a quick response to the price reduction of the Franklin car effec- tive September l.
 New F'ranklins are being shown at Scouten Motor company. local dis tributers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Careiessness

Never pour water rapidly into the cooling system when a motor is hot. Cold water. when striking the over heated cylinders, is likely to cause them to crack, because of the rapid contraction which takes place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR IN- SURING LONGEVITY OF
 THE CAR
Brake Efficiency

Faulty adjustment of brakes causes Every car owner should adopt a fixed habit of making systematic brake in- spection regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
An Emerrency Fuse

temporary fuse can easily bel made by wrapping small leaf of tin foil, the kind that comes with chew ing gum or cigarettes, around theI burned fuse and reinserting it in the fuse box. One or two layers of the foil are sufficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
C-C-C

The three big "C's" of the motor ists alphabet are: Caution, courtesy and cool-headedness. Without knowledge of these three letters and what they stand for, no automobile operator can hope to avoid disaster on the road.
 Playing Safe With New Spare Tires
 Tire thieves are most active when they can walk off with q newly pur- chased spare tire. Therefore trouble and expense can be saved if new tires are put in use at once--if only for a short time-before placing them in the spare rack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Who's Driving.

Rear seat drivers are the most dan- gerous kind of passengers. They con- stantly keep their feet working an imaginary pedal and give verbal di- rection in the operation of the car. They are nervous individuals who do not realize that their rear seat driv- ing gets the real driver nervous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
TIMELY TIPS

Keep the engine clean.
 Flush the radiator occasionally. Test the valve springs for strength. Grease the wheel bearings at in- tervals. ties.
 Keep spark well advanced and save gas
 Wash the car with a light stream and a sponge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Timely Tips

Keep Inc engine clean.
 Flush the radiator occasionally. Test the valve springs for strength. Grease the wheel bearings at inter vals. ties.
 Keep spark well advanced and save gas.
 Wash the car with light stream and a sponge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Get the Habit.

A valuable practice of automobile owners is to keep careful records en mileage travelled by each tire and the quantity of gasoline and oil con- sumed. These records will show which make of tire is giving the best service, and any repairs or adjust ments necessary when the car begins to fall off in it's mileage per gallon on gas or oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
nRAIlE EFFICIENCY

Faulty adjustment of brakes causes more accidents than anything else Every car owner should adopt a fixed habit of making systematic brake inspection regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Never park your car just around 6 curve on a narrow part of the road. The first driver to come along may be a combination of joy rider, gno- ramns or road hog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
.Check Un, on Gn..

Approximately 75 per cent of the
 estimated total of 5000 gasoline sta tions in New York state are giving motorists short measure on gas. The amount paid is from s300,000 to s59o,- 900 for petrol they do not get Keep your eye on the pump, and beware of filling stations where the delivery is outside and the pump inside the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

When using a hammer on any art of a car always keep a block of wood between it and the metal part to be hammered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

At speed of 20 miles an hour car should be able to stop within 37 feet. At 40 miles a nhour a distance of 14S feet is required.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Many fatal accidents have occurred to operators who thoughtlessly itep
 on the accelerator instead of on the brake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

tDlole days wHhout he usual fatigue 10 driDer passenger
 Thai IS reliable htdt attention Dih oil uirtuay constitutes its sole Serpice requirement,
 Such WdS the aim and such IS the dcheUen,era-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Once-Overs.

When figuring in an automobile accident do not talk too much Get the time, the place, names of those in the car and their addresses if you can, and by all means take down the number of the license and state where issued If there are any by- islanders who saw the accident. 1t is well to get their names and addresses. even though the car is not badly damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Think of q light, econonical moderate priced car th@ does these Things
 Tha is so fleet and smooth in its response 10 your WW you are neper conscious dl IS piece of machinery. lhat IS so easly operated you can gulde II Jor hours through crouded ciy traffic send couy for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

[ jay walkers on highways are -he
 two worst enemies of automobiling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Tn some future time. reckless walk ing will be conside red just as serious as reckless driving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Get New and Joyous Thrill in Motoring

incredibly small repair bills judged by the usual qurements of motor car operation.
 But the new improved Essex lengthens the period of that service. Simple and inexpensive ways to replace parts they provided Thus the tight squeak free and rattefree qualities and lively performance of the Essex when new may be retained throughout the upon to serve, needs years for proof than oppor tunity has vet provided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Endurance. economy. comfort and price are the four most popular xea- lures of passenger automobile.
 Road hogs" in motor vehicles and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

A cheap mechanic usually proves the most exDensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Keep oil off the motor. It gathers grease.
 Never "cut in" short after passing a vehicle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Every automobile operator has his pet fool trick" even though he may pride himself on his careful driving. While a large percentage start their cars with the emergency brakes on. others try to shift gears without throwing out the clutch. Some drivers are known to throw the gears into a forward speed while the car is moving backward, or vice versa. Starting from standstill on high. and racing the motor when cold. are also classed as fool tricks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Careful drivers save fuel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
STERN PREVENTION

he wounding of large number of persons at
Knoxville, Tenn, in fight to protect prisoners
from a mob is deplaroble but not so much SO as
the failure Of the officers TO protect their prisoners
would have been
Lynching is not merely blot or our civliza-
ton as it is often described but it is a canker that
is corodng the whole fabric. 1t is applied
archy The things which make civilization pos
slbIc, respect for law, respect for the rights of
others. respect for recognized authority, can not
exist along with it. 1t is the substitution of gov
eminent by law with government by assassination.
Beginning with The federation Of lynch law for
just one crime, we have gone on. applying it to all
sorts of crimes, and even to ofenscs which do not
amount TO violations of the criminal code, until
the ynchmg spirit is becoming supreme. 1t crops
out not only at the stake or tree, where the trem
ling victim is tortured to death, but in the form
of tar-and-feahcr parties whippmgs and other
personal outrages and in the thousand different
ways by which men who are supposed to be free
arc coerced by others.
Such incidents as that at Knoxville show that
officers can, if they will, keep the mob away from
their intended victims The conclusion is that
where lynching's occur, negligence of the author
tiles may almost always be predicaed. Hence,
one remedy is stricer accountability of officers
for their prisoners. If lynchng in a county
meant a vacancy in the office of the sheriff, that
might be long step toward changing the public
attitude toward these crimes. That failing, the
only recourse seems TO be the imposition of pc
cunaiy penalty upon the community. Lynchings
can only occur where there is basis of public
sentiment to support them. Those who do not
participate are thus virtually as much responsible
as those who do, and the only way TO reach them
is by making the community itself responsible. Un-
less the whole country is prepared to abandon the
courts and trust to the mob for the vindicaton of
justice, we may expect to see some such drastic
means employed, because the time is coming
rapidly when either lynch law, or all other law,
must go.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
Jay WALKING
must go,

Lakeland's official edcl against jay walking IS
good thing. 1t is good for the Automobiles and
good for the public The practice Of darling
across streets at all angles and all points is not
only dangerous 10 life and limb but an infallible
symptom OF Ruhits 1t bctrays greater faml-
iariy with tall timber than with tall buildings
And along with this practice should go another
equally Objectionable of obstrucling the
sidewalks. Lakeland in that respect is not SO
badly infected as some of the ncighborng cities
The public should be impressed with the duty Of
staying on the right side of the walk, going at
gait at least equal TO that maintained by other
pedestrians, walking moi more than two abreast,
and never, under any circumstances, stopping in
the middle Of the pavement to chat with friends.
If visiting is in order, take the curb, or find park
ing place which will net interfere with the neccs-
say activities Of Others 1t might be unreasonable
10 impose The same restrictions IN cities like Lake
land, | ampa. that prevail in the large north
cn cities, but at any rate, the street crowd should
get the idea that there arc always few who are
en- business, and in d hurry, and they should be
given open track By beginning now the po-
lice could net only keep the walks reasonably
clear but they could establish correct street habits
which would save lot of trouble and inconven-
cn.e III the fuule.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
AS Others See 1t
BORAH IN ERROR


Great Britain has indicated that it does not
look with favor on the proposition to exempt
American coa4lwiso shipping fron payment Of
Panama Canal tolls. We do not blame Great
Britain Neither do we
Senator Borah is one of the ablcst men in
congress thorn in the side of the reactionaries
and mossback5 of both the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties, but this time lie has made Sc
rious error
His apparent purpose is to give our ailing mer-
chant marine tonic to help build up its health
and at the same time administer deserved chas-
tiscment to the railroads. worthy purpose but
the means chosen are not to be commended.
Great Britain has good and just ground for
complaint. Did Mr.. Borah ever hear of the Hay
Paunccfote treaty?
Its chief provision is assurance to the United
States of sole control OF the Panama canal and
sole right to maintain its neutrality in return for
which the United States bound itself to preserve
equal rights to all nations to enjoy the benefits of
the canal
That treaty has never been abroeated.
Mr. Borah, whether he knows it or not, is 20
ing about to add it to the collection of infamous
scraps of paper which have made of international
honor subject for ribald laughtcr-or for tears
Mr. Borah will say that American coastwise
although that is probably not strictly true since
some of the goods carried through the canal in
British bottoms probably does compete with
American goods shipped by water from
coast TO the other.
But granting that such competition may not
exist, who is going to pay the difference in the
canal tolls when there are no receipts from our
coastwise carriers? Soucbody has got to make
il up.
Great Britain argues tlat il aud other foreign
nations will do 50 in Increased rates. That is
one possibility. Md right there attention of our
shippers to foreign ports is called to the point
that in that case they too will be penalized for
the benefit of the coastWise lines. since Mr..
Borah would not have the nerve to charge one
rate to them and ano;hcr to foreign shippers.
He knows too well that if he did he would set
the stage right there for the biggest war ever
to shake the world.
AS matter OF homer we cannot in decency
release coastwise shipping from the canal
tolls
And supposing that By some sleght of hand
this extra money is passed to the foreign
shippers. vino is goine to pay it? You and l.
dear taxpayer
III the COaStWiSe trade exempted from tolls
either other shipping Will subsidizo it to just that
extent, or Will Nature abhors Il vacuum
and does the secretary of the treasury. With
all OF the things we must pay for in the years
ahead. let us not take unnecessary burdens
Let the coastwise trade carry its share and pay
its tolls like GOOD citizens. Every subsidy puts
premium on Incompetence AID graft and good
ness knows our shipping trade needs no cncour-
agement in either line.
For the sake Of our national honor and self
respect; for the sake of good international re-
lations; for the sake of our pockctbooks,
Mr.. Borahs bill should be killed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
Daily Poem
BEAUTY

dennis A. Mccarthy
Oh, sing me song OF beauty! I'm
tired of the stressful song,
I'm tired of all the preaching the
arguing right and wrong.
I'm fain to forget the adder that I'M
der the leaf lies curled,
And dream of the light\ and beauty
that gladdeps the grey old worlG.
Oh, sing of the emerald meadows that
smile all day in the sun!
The ripple and CLEAN of the rivers
that on through the meadows
run!
on sing of the signing branches Of
trees in the leafywoods,
And the balm for the heart that )
hidden affair in the solitudesl
The birds-let them sing in your
singing and flash through the
lines you write.
The lark with his Tilt in the morning,
the nightingale charming the
night,
The butterfly over the flowers that
hovers on painted wing
All these. let them brighten and
tighten the beautiful song you
sing! e
And let there be faces of lovers, and
let there be eyes that glow,
And let there be tears of glaGress in
stead of tears of woe,
And let there lie clinging kisses Of
lips for a time that part,
But never a .trustful shadow TO
darken trustful heart!
Ay, sing me a song of bcauty-away
with songs of strife!
Away with the spectre of sorrow that
saddcns the most of life!
Though under the leaf the adder of
death and of doom lies curled,
Oh, sing for a space of the beauty,
that gladdcns the grey old world:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
WELL ENOUGH ALONE

Old Bill, who once was kaiser, his
saving mill. and had he acted wiser, he might be
kaiser still a lt-bcspanglcd sinner, he ruled Il
mighty realm and Prussia seemed winner, with
Wilhelm at the helm. lie might have kept on
ruling, before the awcs;truck crowd, till he was
old and drooling and ready for the shroud had he
cut ont the schoming that proved to be good
but he was fond of dreaming-and now he's saw
ing wood Alas no wizard, gnome-eyed, APP
preached the monarchs throne to hand him out
this bromide. Let well enough alone!" No pro-
phct or forccaSter. no sccrs in double teams, inn
pOred the royal MISTER to can the hotpoint
dreams so Wilhelm went planning to make
the world his realm the farthcst oceans span
ning-and now he's whacking elm. With rusty
saws and axes he lays the hemlock low, and he
must pay his taxes like John Richard Roe.
But few of us are kaisers. and few of us have
thrones were mostly early risers who rustic
for the bones But many Disguised with well
enough" know: and some day they'll be busted,
and full of shredded Woe because some fool am
btion has led them far astray; the well enough
condition cant please the hophead jay. Old
Bill, that outcaSt critter. might still be on his
throne had he known when to twitter, Let well
enough alone
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23

the treaty. these, added to their ranks, may be
sufficient to turn the trick
On the other hand, the passage Of the bill will
be step toward lowering the cost of living; it
will give this country full control of its greatest
terprise and it will constitute declaration of in
dependence against the sehshncss of the land car
riers which have already cost the nation SO many
millions. BY all means, let the Democratic mem
bcrs Of both houses fall in line and make clean
record on this proposition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
SO ..,'s>
<uAtlI r eAsES
,sast15jsl =
THE CANAL TOLLS


Il ,yc,,id f. nity f,r tbe Democratic marty to
NM i..!f IN rcccrd ,e,;nst tbo n,sxaec of the
bll o;,,ne American co,.r,,ise dim. the free uso
o( he Panama Canal The Democratic nl,t(orm
Of 1912 dc. l,trd to, froc toll. Mr. Wilson was
elected ,pon that nledgo. ,nono others. After the
election h., saw. n,,,. liobs in, he never divocd 10
IN, n,bli,. tho cb,,,ctar If his Illumination
The onfv g,ound ,,non which h. asked con-
o,,ss lbo ,c .,,- tb,t, "doic,to
,lnlomatir' .,ua,ion made sucb , course cxped;-
cnt De-pitc his influence however. some Of the
ables Democrats in both horses notably Cbamn
Clark speaker Of the house. and Oscar Under
wood IN ,be senate c,,o.od rcoo,I n the utmost
So far as the a.g,meal went, the driving power
wa, s9nnlic. bv Renublic,os Ike Root and
Lodge. while il was an open secret that the cam
n3;sn Of c,nc,,;on" was enonoored Nv the frame
continental railroads.
Much VA, nsJe Of certain ambouous pro-
visions II .b. Ljay-p,,nce{,;, tre,t,, PM ;s
ONLY h. sra5j,p the ,,iain in,oot and n,earno
Of common ward. Ib,t anv orooment can be built
en- that document ag.jnst free tolls II does NOT
saw tina, American sbips shall nav tbc same tolls
as tic Sbins Of other nations Tho effect Of tic
lareuaoo we ouc,o from, memory. ), i,a+ Amor
ica agrees lo trent all nations alike Considering that
the canal ,y,. IN American en,c,nr;se tbrouobou,
and ,L,t N H.. negotiations All the work al ,be
risk end ali the responsibility were assumed by
tbs country, it would simply be absurd TO assume
una, by an 'mo'%H"Hs clause" Joker which every
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
Laugh Line
Quite II View

A farm boy was standing on high
hill. looking the country over, when
a tourist motoring by stopped for a
chat.
You have fine view from here,
my lad. How far do you suppose you
can see tO-China|'
Much farther than that, mister
Flows that?'
When that cloud goes away I'll be
able to see the sun very easily
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23

What was at first supposed TO he
the beginning of big building boom
here failed to develop, as the eXcd-
waiting which was observed near the
postofficc earlier this week proved to
be Sim Flinders digging for fishing
worms.
i Il
Miss Flutic Belchcr is Commissioning
from a bad cold. which she contracted
Wednesday night when she went out
without her hair net
Miss Gondola Henstep is looking
Tor the strange agent who came
through here last week and sold her
some insect powder for talcum
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23
Too Terrible TO Think OF

An American who had been married
a couple of years confessed to having
five children.
The first home was in the twin city
of Minneapolis and st. Paul, and twins
arrived. They moved to the city of
Three Rivers, and triplets came.
What on earth.' said the father,
would have happened if | moved to
the Thousand Islands 1 dare not sur
mise
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23

/ he Tampa Tribune wants to know what some
Ct The mems tics displayed in Tampa windows
ate meant to lie worn with With nerve, we fancy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-23

The Mellon revenue bill was cut Of course
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-17
Farmers a Unit on Marketing Plan

Farmers a Unit on Marketing Plan.
That farm organizations of Mime
sofa will unite to boost the movement
for national cooperative grain sales
agency was the principal feature de-
veloped at the meeting of the execu-
tive board Of the Minnesota Farm Blu
reau association held at the old capt.
tol, st. Paul, few days ago.
A state meeting will be held in St.
Paul on March %, when authorized
representatives Of the Farm Bureau
federation, the Equity Cooperative
exchange, the Minnesota Equity union,
the Minnesota Grain Dealers associa-
ton and the Minnesota grange will
select six delegates to attend the ma.
tional conference at Chicago to ratify
the Committee of Seventeen's market.
ing plan. The farm bureau will be
given two delegates because: of it,
large membership and other organiza.
tions one each.
The federation's executive commit
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-17
BABCOCK SCORES AGAIN,
Senate Road Committee Favors One
Man Control by a Vote
of IL to 5.

AS the Minneapolis Tribune re-
marked, the public hearing of the SEN
ate highway committee last Friday
developed into a praise service for
Charles Babcock. From the tone Of
the article it would almost seem that
this "praise service" was not exactly
to the Tribune's liking. However, the
demonstration for Commissioner Bah
cock at the meeting was the express
sion of the sentiment of the majority
of the people of the state.
Yesterday afternoon the senate
highway committee, by vote Of II
to 5, endorsed the single commissions,
hplan. Now when the senate acts or
the question the matter will be settled
and the highway department will b.
in a position to push the road building
program.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-17
the part of the loser by fire was

the part of the loser by fire was
shown.
Representative M. B. Cullum of Du-
luth has fathered bill putting pay
ment of personal property taxes on
the same basis as real property. The
provisions allow half of the tax to
be paid by June l. No penalty at
taches until after the latter date,
when 10 per cent interest shall be
added.
Representative E. Nimocks' two
bills providing for re-establishment
of the death penalty in Minnesota by
electrocution, were killed in the house
committee on general legislation. The
senate took similar action last week.
Provisions for increases in county
auditors salaries, ranging from ST.
800 to $4,000 year, were annulled by
the senate committee on towns anc
counties when it killed bill provid
ing for standardization of salaries by
basing salaries on assessed valuation
Of counties.
An appropriation of $4,000 to tn
State Dairymen's society for publish
ing reports and running the organiza
ton is asked in bill by Representa-
tives O. A. Swenson and F. G. Nc
| Givern