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The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
EXPERTS STUDY Wild
WHEAT IN Philippines
Bureau Of Agriculture Finds Ad-
lay, Used for Ornaments,
Is Food Grain.

The cultivation of adlay (coix lacry.
ma jobD, with the view to its utiliza-
tion as food grain, has been under
taken by the bureau of agriculture and
natural resources of the Philippine
islands.
The grain, which is not unlike a
wheat kernel, grows wild in the Phil
ippines, and other tropical countries
and has been chiefly used for orna-
mental purposes such as necklaces and
for ornamenting picture frames, al
though the inhabitants Of southern
China are said to use the grain for
food In small quantities.
The bureau of agriculture has for
some time been engaged in developing
the production of adlay at its expert
mental stations in various parts Of
the islands, and is now able to an
nounce that the grain may be grown
in such quantities as to form valu-
able food product. The average yield.
the bureau says, is between 1000 and
1900 pounds to the acre, and the plant
can be grown successfully without ir-
rigation at all elevations from sea
level to 5000 feet above the sea.
In a statement on the preparation
Of adlay for food, the bureau Of agri-
culture says:
"As to the use of adlay for human
food, more particularly as wheat sub
stitute, we have found that when
hulled 1t cooks like rice and can he so
eaten; cracked. it makes an excellent
breakfast cereal. the meal, mixed
with two parts adlay and one part
wheat -four, bakes into light biscuits
fully equal to graham biscuits.
sit Is worthy of note that flour I'M
ports into the Philippines are steadily
increasing, showing that the Filipino
is gradually changing his food habits
and is beginning to eat wheat instead
of rice. 1t is believed that adlay merits
serious attention as grain crop In
the Philippines. With a greater pro-
tein and fat content than either rice
or corn, it is a more complete human
food than either of those grains"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
MEMORIAL TO ROOSEVELT
plan to Build Roosevelt House" for
Men of Harvard University.


A proposal for the erection at Har-
ward university of building to be
known as Roosevelt House" was
made in a report to the Associated
Harvard Clubs by a committee OF
alumni.
The building would contain work
ing floor for the use of university de-
partments, and particularly for con-
ferences between tutors and students,
together with a reading room where
Roosevelt memorabilia Of all kinds
would be kept.
The committee suggested that all
books andestate papers written by the
former president, and books written
about him, together with hunting tro-
phies and other material relating to
him, should be kept in the reading
room, with the hope that this room
awould be resorted to by all VINO
wished to know or write about him"
The chairman of the committee
which presented the report is Charles
q. Washburn Of Worcester, classmate
and biographer Of the colonel.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
"combination Fish"

Junction City, Kan.-A ''combina-
ton fish" is the term that is applied
to Arthur Johnson's twelve-pound
catch for want of better name. Fisher
men who have almost lived on the
Smoky Hill river for forty years say
they have never seen anything like
it. The fish resembles a salmon, but
has a sucker mouth way under the
jaw. The body is round and twenty
inches long, with very few bones.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
BOY is LIGHTNING READER
TweIve-Year-Oid School Pupil Read
Twelve Books of Average Size in
Single Day, and Wanted More.

Raleigh, N. C.-Raleigh claims to
have, in the person of Louis Silver,
twelve years old, in the seventh grade
of the public schools, one of the fast
est readers for his age In the coun-
try. The boy few days ago read II
books of the average number of pages
In single day, and declares he could
have read several more 'if I could
have gotten them."
In test given him by his teacher,
Miss Florence Fitzgerald, Silver read
624 words in minute and answered
every question correctly when she
ouizzed him on what he had read.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
ouadrupIets Born.

New Haven, Conn.-Three boys and
one girl were added to. the family Of
Michael and Josia Solso, No. 8 Oliver
street, the other day. The quartette
make eleven children born to the
couple in their nine years of married
life. Eight are living.
The weight Of the babies ranged
from 4 to 51z pounds All are perfect
ard they and their mother were in
good health.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
BANK NOTES AS WALL PAPER
Geneva Innkeepers Find Austrian Cur
rency Costs Little and DrawsD
Trade as Decoration

Geneva.-Papering the walls with
Austrian bank notes proved such q
good advertisement for a st. Gall
restaurant that the other innkeepers
have taken up the idea.
They have found that the cost is
little more than that of wall paper.
A Geneva firm recently began pin
ming Austrian notes of from 10 to 1000
crowns on each woman's garment sold.
according to the amount of the pur-
chase.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
Farmer Kills Lion.

Yoakum, Tex.-N P. Hagan, a farm
er living near this city, reports that
he killed lion on his ranch near
Kelly Creek, in Lavaca county, and
sent the hide to San Antonio to be
made into a rug. Since the killing, he
says, three more have been seen in the
same neighborhood, but were not cap
tured.
Mr. Hagan is unable to account for
the appearance of these beasts in this
part of the country, as they are the
first ever seen here by the present
settlers.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
PRAYER on Pin Head.

Murray, Ky.-C. 81. Baker is ex-
hibiting a pin head on which he has
inscribed the Lords prayer. There
are sixty-five words of 254 letters.
To be read the letters must be put
under a microscope and magnified 398
times. The thing was three years and
six months in the making and 5000
pins were destroyed before it was per-
fected.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
unhoIds sitting in Lovers Lap.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Lovers have
found friend in Municipal Judge Tom
Chambers.
He handed down decision that sit
fling In your lovers lap is not disorder
ly conduct. The decision was given
In the case of Denny OLeary and
Grace Reader. Police had preferred
charges Of disorderly conduct against
the couple, claiming they found the
girl sitting on OLeary's lap.
Judge Chambers is young and un-
married.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
elrl,s PolIteness Wins.

Cambridge, Md-Politeness won ST.
500 for Miss Lillian Sherman, the win
of Jerome Thomas Of Dorchester
county, fled the other day, showed.
Miss Sherman is cashier of the @. and
P. Telephone company, and 1t was
her courteous treatment of Thomas
which caused him to name her In his
will
The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-06-23
TAKE MONKEY FINGER PRINTS

A monkey from the Washington zoo
being finger printed at police head
quarters by a detective from the
bureau of Identification. The bureau
is making an experiment in comparing
the finger prints of monkeys with those
of human beings.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Traffic Association
Cites Taxi Abuses
Public Meeting at Auto Clul,
Tomorrow Night May Aid in
Correcting Condiainrns

The National Highway Traffic Asso-
citation announces that it will hold a
public meeting tomorrow evening at
the Automobile Club of America to i'm
press on the city authorities the neces-
sity for correcting the taxicab situa-
tion in the city. The announcement
says:
"The taxicab situation is considered
70 be in most unsatisfactory condi-
tion. due to the following reasons:
"Taxicabs are frequently used in as
sis-ing thefts Of merchandise, pay rolls,
holdups, etc.
1T mas developed that many chauf-
feurs are convicted or indicted crimi-
mails.
"a large percentage Of the taxicabs
are in a dirty, insanitary condition.
"A big proportion Of the taxicabs are
in such poor condition mechanically
that they are grave menace to their
patrons.
MANY taxicabs are suspected Of hav-
ing meters which have been tampered
with, resulting in charges in excess of
the legal rates"
The association requests the attend
arce of those in the automotive in
dustry and others who are desirous of
rectifying these conditions. A dinner
viii be served at $50 o. m, costing
s1.50 a cover. Those wishing to at
rend should communicate with the
Office of the secretary of the Auto
mobile Club of America, Circle 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

obtained here. Under the existing pro-
ccdpre the courts generally accept the
word of the police officer. In one case
Of thousand, where the driver and a
witness swear that they were looking
at a speedometer and the driver is able
to prove that the speedometer is ac-
curate, the policeman is discredited. In
the 999 other cases the unsupported
word of the policeman is accepted in
court ard the motorist is found guilty.
Any motorcycle policeman has the
power to convict for speeding when
ever he desires.
"The enforcement and non-enforce-
ment of the speed law Is joke. Taxi
cab and truck drivers drive madly
through New York's streets in broad
daylight without danger of arrest or
censure. A driver going through the
wide vacant streets of the Bronx or
Queens at midnight, running at the
safe speed of twenty miles an hour,
is held up.
Says Police Accept Bribes
"a driver knowing that his punish
ment for violating the fifteen nile
ordinance would be nothing more than
fine will generally attempt to bribe
the officer who stops him. What will
he do when he knows his arrest means
term in Jail? The few dishonest
policemen who are now collecting SO
from motorists will be able to charge
$100 or even more. The proponents Of
he new ordinance claim it would put
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
NeaU Earl Dealer
~ ell Kno,CY, Here by
Public and Trade

Announcement was made yesterday
Of the appointment Of George S. Nor
row, president Of the Morrow Motors
Corporation, 1851 Broadway, as the
New York distributor for Earl Motors,
Inc, Of Jackson, Mich.
MI Morrow established himself on
Automobile Row through his introduce
tion here of the TemDlar and Saxon
cars. Since 1919 he has been handling
the Templar exclusively He will con-
the distributor for Earl cars The ac-
QUESTION of the Earl leadership gives
Mr.. Morrow medium priced product
with which to meet certain demand
apart from that which he has created
for Templar cars. The Earl open car
is priced at $1,2S5 and the closed car
at S1,995. The Templar open car sells
for s1,9S5 and the closed car for 2,785.
eve nave taken on the Earl line
principally because we believe that
right organization assures success"
said Mr, Morrow. eve think the Earl
is that kind of organization. The fac
tors Of product, price, quality, rroduc-
tion, selling, advertising or general
merchandising behind any motor car
are good or bad, successful or unsuc~
cessful, in direct relation to the brains
of the organization behind it. We be-
lieve the Earl car is the best buy at it's
price in the country to-day"
Mr. Morrow has been in the automo-
bile business since 1904. H was trav-
cling representative of the Studebaker
CORPORATION out of South Bend, Ind,
when that company was building cleo
tries. Then he became sales ma ager
of the Minneapolis branch for Stude-
baker. He resigned in 1910 to go with
thu General Motors Corp colds
mobile division) as district manager in
the Southwest. Later being transferred
to the Pacific Coast in a similar ca
pacity with Oldsmobile, he next went
TO Pittsburgh as branch manage. Sub
sequently he became the Oldsmoble
dealer at the latter place. He sold out
in 1915 and came to New York, buying
the local factory branch Of the Saxon
Motor Car Corporation. He continued
"a the Saxon distributor here, ard also
took or the Templar leadership in 1919.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Better Inventories.
Industry's Slogan
For Coming Year
Car Manufacturers Admit
Necessity for Rigid but
Sound Economies, Due to
Losses by 1921 Methods

Conservative, balanced Inventories
will be the watchword of the automo-
tive industry in 1922, due to the lesson
of losses incurred by manufacturers
in the year now closing, says state
ment issued by the Motor and Access
sorry Manufacturers Association.
The question: What is the para
mount lesson learned by the auto
motive industry in 1921? 2" was put to
400 affiliated manufacturers by the as
sociation. A summary of the replies
has just been made public by M. L.
Heminway, general manager of the
association.
A large majority Of the responses
indicate that the chief fundamental
lesson learned was the necessity OF
maintaining better inventories. Corol-
laries, mentioned by most of the com.
panies, are the danger of over expan-
sion and over optimism; the menace
Of excessive overhead; the necessity for
rigid, but sound economics, and the
elimination of rainbow chasing
Conservatism in buying, prudence in
making commitments and closer period
the executives who contributed to the
symposium as last years principal CON
tribution to business wisdom. Another
significant recurrent note is that the
viewpoint of ~the ultimate consumer
must to a greater extent guide produc-
ton and distribution policies.
Some of the Replies
The replies ars replete with phrases
such as these:
"Order more conservatively-resp
contracts"
Quality workmanship at fair prices
Keep your house in order"
Greater efficiency-lower price"
Study costs"
The experience of the automotive
industry last year, in the opinion of
a leading automobile engine manufac-
burer, whose statement is typical of the
rest, will be Enormously beneficial ir
guiding the future policies of the in
dustry. 1t has taught every one the
need for closer period buying"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
REQ Adds Three Models
To Sneed Wacnn Line

Three new speed wagon bodies es-
pecially designed for winter use arc
announced by the REQ Motor Car Com
pany, Lansing Mich. Panel sides,
screen sides and open sides constitute
the latest models, which represent a
big advance in body construction.
Any one of these bodies is par
ticularly adaptable to big city trade,
and it was with this idea in mind that
the REQ designers put them out
The new bodies represent an effort
on the part of the REQ Company to
produce type of car that will fit the
requirements of winter service, such
as is given by department stores,
laundry companies, bakers, florists and
a dozen other branches of trade favor
ing the closed cab and whose business
demands panel sides for their truck.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
New Automobile by
Earl Motors, Inc,
Introduced Here
Numerous improvements
To BE Seen in Models
OH View for First Time:
George S. Morrow, Dealer

Clarence A. Earl, president of Earl
Motors, Inc, of Jackson, Mich, is now
Introducing the Earl car through the
Morrow Motors Corporation, 1861
Broadway, which concern has been Sc
lected by Earl Motors to handle the
new automobile here.
There are five different body types
the touring, roadster, touring sedan.
broughan and sedan. All are mounted
on standard chassis and present a
snappy appearance seldom found in
the new cars price field. Mr.. Earl saws
the com pany's financial condition makes
it possible for the company to purchase
materials for the cars construction
which insure the best possible prices.
From the genuine black walnut
hand rail to the barred type head
lamps in front and the Alemite high
pressure lubricating system, there are
numerous improvements about the new
car which are bound to attract atten-
ton. No other car of the same wheel
base swings so near the pavement or
hugs the road so closely on corners or
at speed.
The equipment on ali bodies includes
92x4 nonskid tires, drum type head
lights with DINNERS, Liberty non-glare
lenses, motometer Sparton horn. wind
shield wiper, New Era spring bar
bumper in front, special Earl-made
steering gear with 17-inch corrugated
walnut wheel. spark, throttle and horn
button mounted on top. robe rail, Ale
mite high pressure fabrication, and on
the walnut dash, speedometer, anule-
ter, oil pressure gauge and instrume ent
light.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Speed Convictions
Obtained ON Word
OF One Policeman
Dealers Association Head
Crificizes Enforcement
Methods Now i'm Use
and Charges Bribery

The enactment Of motor vehicle
Legislation to reduce the number of
casualties from street accidents in this
city should be based on common sense
and not hysteria, w. A. Woods, presi-
dent of the Automobile Dealers Asso-
citation Of New York, says in discussing
the proposed ordinance which would
send to jaN without the alternative of
a fine any motor car driver convicted
Of violating the speed laws.
"In view of the horror with which
this city regards accidents by automo-
biles," said Mr.. Woods, "the proposed
change in the law might be regarded
favorably by many who do not realize
the manner in which convictions are
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Sales of Parts, Etc. Fell
; Per Cent in October

Sales of parts and equipment by ap-
proxin1atcly three hundred representa-
tive manufacturers selling TO principal
car and truck makers fell per cent
during October, according to the latest
survey of the Motor and Accessory
Manufacturers Association. Cred t
managers and financial executives who
contributed the figures and reports
comment on the fact that. in view of
the abnormal seasonal conditions dur
ing October, the figures are not surpris-
ing
''The consensus of opinion seems to
be that the Improvement will be
steady, fundamental, and hence some
what gradual" says the report of the
survey. "Although no sharp squirt is
expected overnight, most students of
conditions in the automotive industry
look for a substantial upward trend i'm
med ately after the automobile shows
in New York and Chicago next Janu-
90,
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

teeth in the motor law. Perhaps il
would encourage easy graft. There is.
no guaranty that such an ordinances
would reduce accidents. The drivers
who run wild now would still run wild.
THE motor vehicle problem may be
solved by drastic punishment o.
drivers who injure pedestrians b. the
fixing of different speeds for different
zones and different hours, and by ad-
herence to the state law, which re-
prudent speed Downtown at noon fl
teen miles an hour may often be
criminal speed; uptown at night thirty
miles an hour may be safe.
$50 long as the court virtually gives
the police the power of conviction cr
acquittal the city must not give to the
police the power to send an innocen5
man to prison.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Yoke With Handley-Kn,ght

AS one Of the first steps toward in
creased activity in the merchandising
end of the business, j. l. Handley
president of the Handley- Knight Com
pany, of Kalamazoo, announces the ap-
pointment of John Yoke as commercial
manager of the company, in complete
charge Of sales. Mr.. Yoke is veteran
Of the industry. He left the wagon end
of the Studebaker company in 1910 tc
go into the newly created au+omohi1
division, and later entered the sales
department. In 1913 ne Followed rlan-
ders to the Maxwell. In 1916 he went
with the illys-Overland Company
and until now has had charge of the
branch sales activities in Toledo.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
By Fl. Clifford Brokaw

oy A~ Mill lCI0 I1IOkaW
Technical Director West Side Y.M.
c. A. Automobile Schools
Motors are like some men. When
they are going at top speed their per-
fcrmance is excellent. But when com
PEELED to travel sloyly they sputter and
knock.
Many drivers want to know why they
cannot throttle down the engine. 1t
goes all right at medium high speed,
but skips at low speed.
Where magnetic ignition Is used this
often may be overcome by adjusting
the interrupter points for a little wider
gap. That makes the interrupter points
open a little earlier and causes the
spark to occur when the magnetic arma-
ture is In a more favorable position
and wider interrupter gap Mt the
slower speed gives spark with little
more kick in it.
Widening the gap Of the spark plug
also will help to overcome skipping.
not drawn In, and compression is low
and temperature low in consequence
The mixture is not so near the self
ignition point when the spark occurs
as it is at higher speeds, therefore a
better spark is needed to ignite it. BY
widening the gap in the plugs the Sec
ondary current is held back until it
acquires high enough pctentiality to
jump the greater gap, SO that when it
does occur an exceptionally powerful
spark is obtained.
Spark Gap Attachments
This may be demonstrated where the
engine is equipped with vibrating
coil. Set one OF the cylinders on top
of compression ready to ignite. Turn
on the current, and, while the itrator
will buzz, the spark inside the cylinder
is not strong enough to ignite the
charge. Now detach the spark plug
terminal and turn on the current. The
extra gap will increase the strength
of the spark in that cylinder and it
will ignite the charge, starting the en-
gine. This has led to the use, in some
cases, of outside spark gap attach
nents.
Widening the gap and getting a
longer spark is not what ignites the
charge. 1t is simply that the greater
gap causes the current to build up to
higher pressure, or voltage, before
II will jump the gap, so that when it
Goes occur 1t is of greater intensity
There are several other things about
sparkling not generally understood by
the novice The general opinion is
that the greater insulating surface of
plug there is inside the cylinder the
less likelihood there is of short cir
cutting and consequently the more GER
tain will be the spark occurrence.
This is only partl trnue. 1t is true so
far as short circuting is concerned, but
where the surface is too great and
SCOT or carbon is deposited upon the
insulator surface the carbon acts as a
condenser and absorbs the secondary
current. The effect is that it will not
build up sufficiently nigh voltage TO
jump the gap. Very heavy insulation
on the secondary wires absorbs current
in the same way.
The fact that the spark jumps across
the points Of the plug when it is in the
open air does not necessarily mean that
it jumps when the points are under
compression in running conditions. A
current VIII lch will cause a spark to
jumj quarter-inch gap in tie open
air Will cause it to jump gap of only
one thirty second inch under normal
running compression. Failuer to appre-
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Big willys-Overland Shipment

A rush order for delivery before the
first Of the year of another big train
load of Willys-Overland automobiles
has been received at the factory. This
is the second large order received in
the last two months from the West
The latest order calls for 400 cars,
worth in the aggregate approximately y
$500,000, which is about the size of the
first order for Los Angeles distrib-
utors. The second shipment will go to
San Francisco distributors. Both or
ders indicate a marked revival of sales
Of this make of car. Dealers on the
Pacific Coast report they expect grea.
tourist trade this winter and unusually
heavy sales.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
November Shipments We're
q p. G.. Under October

November automobile shipments.
partly estimated, decreased 21 per cent
under October and were 100 per cent
Of November, 1920, figures obtained by
the traffic department of the National
Automobile Chamber Of Commerce
show. Last year shipments were 81 per
cent less than October.
It is estimated, says a statement o.
the N. A. c, c., that approximately 49,
600 cars and trucks were produced by
ali makers in November.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
De Jonr Joins HAYNES STAFF

J. a. De Jong, for the last three
years associated with the Cole Motor
Car Company. Of Indianapolis, has be-
come affiliated with the selling division
If the Haynes Automobile Company, OF
Kokomo, Ind, as Canadian district
sales manager. Mr.. De Jong was dis
tributor at Omaha for twelve years
prior to his association with the Cole
cQmpauY.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
News of the Trade
Laying Goes With Peerless

George Fl. Laying has resigned as
vice-president and manager of manu-
featuring CT the Cadillac Motor Cai
Company to accept a sim liar positio
with the Peerless Motor Car Company
He thus resumes his former close as
sociation with r. H. Collins, formerly
president and general manager of the
Cadillac company and now head OF
Peerless.