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Evening star., 1922-07-30
By FREDERIck c. RUSSELL

In that special time you set aside
for the purpose OF keeping the car in
good running condition 1t is just as
important to be prepared with a
knowledge of what not to do as it is
to know what to do. Give some pco-
pie monkey wrench and a screw
driver, and the damage they will do to
a car often will more than Offset any
actual repair they make.
For example, there are the clamps
which hold the storage battery in
place. Once while refilling the bat
terry Of my car l noticed that these
support clamps could be further
frightened. SO. thinking I had done
something to prolong the life of the
battery. I got busy with the pliers.
Then I replaced the floor boards and
went my way.
A week later I noticed that the
wooden case was badly cracked di-
rectly beneath the clamp which 1
had frightened most. A few more days
of hard riding and the cell nearest
the broken side Of the box would
also have broken. allowing the bat
terry solution to leak out. The bat
terry was only saved from the junk
heap by putting the cells in new
case. All of which was a lesson that
as long as the battery clamps nold
the battery tight enough to keep 1t
from coming loose they are just right
In nine cases out of ten the battery
clamps are something not to tighten
Valve Adjusting Tedious.
In the course of time all drivers
are tempted to apply the wrenches
to the valve adjusting and lock nuts.
1t is unfortunate that valve adjusting
is such tedious and accurate work. be-
cause IL there is one thing all motors
need it is constant checking up Of
the valve clearances About one mo-
tor out of a hundred Is free from
valve tapping.
Even when cars come from the
shop, apparently AL in every respect
invariably one Of the
valves will be just loose enough to
produce an audible click or tap.
When. as in the case Of the twelve
cylinder engine, there are twenty
four valves to adjust. all of which
must be tight enough SO az not to
produce tapping and yet with enough
clearance to permit perfect closing
Of each valve and every valve. II is
nearly impossible to adjust every one
Of them with the exact desired clear
ance.
Most drivers. finding a valve loose.
adjust the push rod so that there
isn't any clearance between the valve
stem and the rod. This makes the
motor run quietly, but it will lack
quick acceleration. The car will fail
to take ordinary hills on high" If.
however. the clearance has been re-
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IA MOTORS ard MOTORING ~ aiEz5s4|

exact signals are prescribeJ Tho
IoIiowing signals are almokt uni
seTsaiiy used, and any dtfffrencesI
may De easily learned from the near
signal On Left EasH
AS most American cars now have|
tne ieft-hand drive the msfter od
sIsnaiiing ones intentions ID an easy
Hms. Sss TX the operator is going to the|
,eIt ne should hold the arm out in al
horizontal direction. keeping it rigid
This liz like the bar of a gate and
indicates to those back of him tha
'"Sy shouid not come up on that side
"nen making A right turn the carl
snouIo De run close to the curb and
.he signal given by waving the left
hand In a small circle with a forward
swing. as if to say: Come up on this
SIDE. This indicates that the left
sac VIII be clear. ar he intends sol
turn 10 the right. The come on''
mouon is not prescribed by law fn
an cities. but has become A custom,
OF the road and it would be well m
more drivers used it, These two sig
nais leave no doubt in the minds Of
those following. IF sudden stop is
necessary the hand should be held
upward and outward This is Tho
signal by the coachman on the how
and liz well known to all users of tbe
highway.
Turning Around DificuIt.
But turning to the left around thc
center OF intersection of two streets
In proper manner is something
which most motorists seem unwilling
or unable to do. Where there is an
ohcer stationed at this point they get
over their unwillingness temporarilv.
but they will persist in cutting cor
ners TO the left when they are not
watched. Many accidents have oc-
CURED from this cause and some day
the law will be enforced even more
strictly. There is. however, a GER
tain difference in the laws governing
this matter in different communities.
Some cities permit the driver to go
to the left of the center Of intersec-
tton-that is. to cut the corner closely.
SO long as he leaves room for another
car to come from the opposite direc-
ton. II you know this to be the law
you may do so. but IL is best in al
cases to go to the right of the cente Z.
of intersection, as il is much safer
Where there is semaphore the
usual rule is to drive to the left. As
there is usually an officer at this
point, he will direct the driver prop
erly. or he can wait and see which
way the other cars go. The best rule
in all cases is to play safe. Remem-
ber that the judicial authorities In
many localities consider out-of-toN II
motorists as proper fowl for the
plucking and do not hesitate to set
the maximum penalty for all infrac-
tions. Less haste and more speed
lis a good maxim to have in mind IN
regions.
Evening star., 1922-07-30
EXCESSIVE ATTENTION HELD
BIG DANGER TO AUTOMOBILE
Overuse of Monkey Wrench and Screw
Driver by Motorists Offsets Benefit
of Repairs.

moved entirely there Is a likelihood
that the valve will be slightly open
WHeh II 10 supposed to be shut. This
VIII cause the respective cylinder 10
mss and the motor WILL lose power
ehd run uneVeniy. II the valve which
~ too tightly adjusted happens to be
an intake valve there will be back
nrlnS into the carburetor.
Use OF Lock Nut.
IL is better not to touch the valves
unless one Of them developes an audi
pie tapping. which is the same as
saving that IL the push rod for the
PARTICULAR valve shows a clearance
iting card when the valve is closed.
then the push rod needs to be length
ened. This Is done by means Of an
adjusting nut and a lock nut: the
latter must be turned of before the
adjustment can be made and should
maintain the adjustment.
IN these days OF low-grade fuel
many drivers are tempted to blame
the carburetor for things for which
1t isn't at all responsible. One driver
! know took his carburetor apart
leaking gasoline. Whenever the car
had been standing he found fuel in
the pan below the motor
But all his work revealed nothing
except that the carburetor was in no
way to blame for the trouble. He
should not have tampered with the
gas line. for later he was informed
at the service station that the fuel
he found in the pan was simply kero-
sene which condenses In the intake
manifold and runs back into the car
buretor mixing chamber and thence
out into the pan when the engine
cools. II is entirely due to the low
grade of gasoline used nowadays.
Rim LuEs Too Tight.
A very common source of unneces-
sary trouble results from being too
eager to keep the rim iugs extra
tight. Car owners are told that un-
less the lugs are kept tight at all
times annoying rim squeaks will de-
velop. Frequent exercise with the
lug wrench seems to be a simple way
Of forestalIing such trouble and. SO,
many a car owner Immediately pro-
ceeds to jump into the fire. believing
that he has been in the frying pan.
The leverage one gets with a lub
wrench. or any socket wrench for
that matter liz SO great that one turn
too many will shear Off a lug or
nut in no time.
Too much advice about keeping the
car well creased and oiled frequent
ly leads the newcomer into a lot of
otherwise unnecessary trouble. Many
a driver has oiled his generator and
starter motor too literally with the
result that the commutators became
oil soaked and went temporarily out
of business. 1t isn't q half bad idea
to consult the instruction book nowt
Evening star., 1922-07-30
VALVE CAP VALUABLE.
Absence Permits Sand and Dirt to
Produce Leaks.

Motorists arc warned not to err
by taking 1t for granted that 1t m&Kes
little difference whether q cap is used
on the tire valve and when a cap is
lost to proceed without one, This
idea Is entirely erroneous, says a
veteran tire salesman. and motorists
who do not use the valve cap can
expect trouble.
When the cap is not used there is
every probability that sand and dirt
Will work down into the valve and
ultimately produce q leak. While a
tire remains inflated this dirt in some
cases may do no hare, but when a
new imitation In made the pump drives
the dirt down into the valve and
makes an air-tight connection almost
impossible.
Evening star., 1922-07-30
GEAR oILING IMPORTANT.
Lengthens Cars Life and Develops
Higher Engine Power.

Besides lengthening the useful life
OF car, correct gear fabrication
makes IT handle more easily. the
gears shift more quietly and deliver
higher percentage of engine power.
worth while. Gears, cars and power
are expensive, but proper fabrication
is cheap.
Evening star., 1922-07-30
TURNING CORNERS
MOTOR PROBLEM
Limit of Four Miles an Hour
Prescribed by Wise
Legislation.
NOVICE NEEDS PRACTICE
Dangers Of Traffic Call for Intel
ligence in Matter Of
Signaling.
NOVICE NEEDS PRACTICE
BY ALBERT n. ATkINso..

Turning corners properly Is not as
simple a matter as it seems. The law
requires that the speed shall not be
more than four miles an hour. 1t is
dfHicult to coast around a corner at
-FOUR miles an hour and, IL the high
speed is used, the car goes too fast.
so the novice should practice going
INTO second speed just before he
reaches the corner and then drive
Iouhd At the speed prescribed by law.
An occasional glance at the sneed.
ometer will tell him II all is well.
another detail is that of signal.
ing. The law states that a driver
must signal in some unmistakabIe
manner which way he is going to
turn; In TACT, in some localities the
Evening star., 1922-07-30
D. C. MOTORISTS WARNED.

Washington motorists touring north
ward and intending To pass through
Wilmington are warned to make their
journey by the way of Aberdeen.
According to a local motorist. who
made the trip just recently, there is a
detour of about five miles of exceed
ingly bad road from the Wilmington
pike to Kennett Square. There were
five cars there with either broken
springs or axles." he says in a COM
munication to The Star
Evening star., 1922-07-30
FAVOR MOTOR BUS LINE.
South Pasadena Votes overwhelm
ingly for Los Angeles Route.

The returns on a QUESTIONABLE sent
out to 1000 citizens Of South Pasa-
dena. Calf, Indicated a six-to-one
majority in favor Of the establish
ment Of a motor bus line between
Pasadena and Los Angeles and that
more than half the population of Los
Angeies-3l2.000 out of the 575.4S0
residents-use the new union motor
bus depot regularly. the ticket sales
amounting to 100000 for nine
Evening star., 1922-07-30
SECRET OF EASY RUNNING.
Modern Improvement Due to Better
Materials and Lubricatio

Whether the improved running
quality of the modern motor car IS
due TO improved materials and design
or to more scientific fabrication IS
somewhat of bone OF contention at
present between the automobile
manufacturers and the makers OF
lubricants Each claims the lions
share of the credit. The answer
ought to be. There amt no lions
share" and split the credit fifty-f1fty
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so BIRD HOUSES IN
Audubon Club Contest ArouseS
Interest in Schools.
Prize Awards Made by Commit
tee in Charge Today.

There We're more than fifty bird
boxes submitted in the contest in
building which ended Thursday night.
A large number of the boxes were put
into place so that they might be oc-
cupied, as a special prize was offered
for occupied boxes. The committee
went to the boxes which had been put
into place to inspect them.
The committee appointed by the
Audubon club to supervise the awards
consisted of Miss Edna E. Haywood,
Chester Woodwarl and Thomas w
Williamson. The committee started
judging al o'clock Thursday after
today.
The prizes were awarded as follows:
First group. Martin houses-Walter
Wiley, first place; Robert Wiley. sec
ond place; Lawrence Oneal, third
place.
Second group. Wren houses-Leland
HascaIl, first place; Jay Coates, second
place, and Irving Porter third place
Third soup, Bluebird houses
Curtis Cowherd. first place.
Prizes for the best workmanship in
the Sixth grade. were awarded as fol-
lows: Jack Coleman.
In the Seventh grade. Walter Grit
fin. first place; Lester Reiber. second
place.
In the Eighth grade, Lyle Boyd first
place
In consideration of the houses best
adapted to the species for which they
were built. the committee awarded
prizes as follows: in the Sixth grade,
Fred w. Epps, Jr.; in the Eighth
grade, Warren Jones.
The prizes given for houses most
closely resembling nature were award
ed to Lewis Steward in the Seventh
grade, and in the Eighth grade to Ken
meth Boyer, first place, and Harold
LOwman, second place.
Clayton easier was awarded a prize
because he was the first bog to report
his house occupied by a bird. The
first bird to make its home in one
of the new houses was a wren.
Troop No. 81, with headquarters at
the East Side Methodist church, was
awarded the prize for having the lar
gest number of houses submitted.
Troop No. %, with headquarters at
Shiloh Colored Baptist church, was
second.
The prizes will be presented at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon by Miss Ruth
NJ. Price, president of the Audubon
club
All the prize winning boxes are TOD
be exhibited in the windows of the
Hall Stationery company on Kansas
avenue. Several of them will also be
placed on display at the Boy Scout
booth in the Pageant of Progress
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half its size would have been
proper or a taffeta bag studded in
steel beads in a conservative de-
sign. With sport suits one should
carry a leather pocketbook or a
strictly tailored bag. In the case
of the sport frock a bag of the
same material as the dress IS all
right.
Miss Daniels, who stars with
Jack Holt in "North of the Rio
Grande," a Paramount picture,
has drawn the long gloves back
from the hand. This is permissi-
Bile only when madame is actually
engaged in lunching or tea-ing or
in some pursuit that requires the
use of the hands, but for just
standing about or walking or sit
ting with the hands unoccupied it
is considered very bad taste not to
wear the gloves fully. They
should then be worn entirely.
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young woman draws nearer you
are able to take in the details of
her costume. Horrors! With this
dainty visiting frock she wears a
hat that was designed for the ten
mis- courtI And shoes that were
designed for the golf course! She
has her "tempos" mixed, and the
result is a jazzy sartorial compo-
sition that is in tune neither with
the salon, the sport world nor it
self.
The culprit in the photo above
is Bebe Daniels, the Paramount
star. She doesn't mind being
caught in this outfit, because she
knows you know she knows better.
And she did it on purpose anyway
to illustrate some "don'ts" in
dress. And to complete the horri-
BILE picture she swings an over
ornamented, much too long, much
too fancy handbag. A beaded bag
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HERE we have the picture of a
d. n young lady doing a lot of
things she shouldn't do. In the
first place, with an afternoon dress
she is wearing sport shoes and a
sport hati A most impossible
combination that is Earring to the
eensibilities. Never make the mis-
take of mixing sport materials or
accessories with afternoon or
dressy gowns. This is not just an
unreasoning don't" but an ad-
monition based on the psychology
of dress and therefore a rule for
good taste. q
You see, for instance, a young
woman like the above enter a
room in an afternoon frock, a
frock that is graceful, soft and
extremely feminine. Immediately
one knows the frock was designed
to grace the tea-room, the must
Gale or the reception. As the
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THOUSANDS GREETED WILSON.
Cheers Bring Former President to His
Door-Too Weak to Speak.

Washington, April 2S.-Several
thousand women. including numerous
delegates to the Baltimore convent on
of. the national league Ct women
voters, and to the convention here of
the League of American Pen women,
staged a demonstration late today be-
fore the home here of former Presi-
dent Wilson.
Cheers of the women brought Mr..
Wilson to the door and upon requests
for a speech he declared that while
he appreciated the compliment very
much, he felt he was mot strong
enough to make a speech"
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KANSAS BAPTISTS TO MEET
Forty-Five Leaders VIII Visit Topeka
on May IL.

The quarterly meeting of the kan
sas Baptist convention will be held
in Topeka May II, according to the
Rev. J. T. Crawford. executive secre-
Jary. F-orty-five Baptist leaders in
Kansas will be in attendance.
The opening session will be held at
10 O'Clock in the morning. A report
of the work of the convention for
February, March and April will be
presented. A summary of the work
of the fiscal year ending April 80 will
also be presented.
The new world movement, the mis-
sionary program in Kansas, and other
projects will be discussed.
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DEATH IS VICTOR
Paul DeschaneI, Former Head
of France, Dies at 76 Years.
Most Popular Politician as the
Tenth Head of Republic.
(By the Associated Press.l

Paris, April 2S.-Paui DeSchanel,
former president of France, died this
afternoon.
The immediate cause Of death, ac
cording to physician. was pneumonia.
NJ Deschanel who was rs years
old, was twice president of the cham
Der of deputies before becoming pres
ident of France in 1920. He served
only short time, resigning because Of
illness. An attack caused him to fall
from a train on one occasion and he
accosted a pedestrian on a country
road, announcing to the mans aston
ishment that he was the president of
France.
Yes, I am Napoleon" the man said,
only to discover later that the strang-
er was in fact the president.
Deschanel had been severely i'll for
several days. He had never fully re-
covered from the illness which caused
his resignation.
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POSSES AFTER BOOTLEGGERS.
One Alleged Member of Gang Shot
and Killed by Agents.

San Antonio, Texas, April IS
Posses of dry agents are combing the
ckjacks, twenty-five miles north of
here today in a search for a gang of
bootleggers who engaged in a gun bat
tie with them last night, during which
Frank Payton, an alleged member of
the gang, was shot and instantly killed
by the officers.
The dry agents We're working under
the direct supervision of Harry Ham
ilton. He was accompanied by Agents
Harry Mckay and former Ranger Cap
tain Charles Stevens
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Free Information Service
for All Readers.

The State Journal maintains an in
formation bureau in Washington. d.
c., for the free use of it's subscribers.
Thru this agency the direct help of
the Federal Government. and all
other great educational institutions.
may be secured by any reader who
asks for it
There is no charge for service ex-
cept two cents in stamps for return
postage. Address
The Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau.
FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Director.
washington. d. c.
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CAN'T MARRY THERE SECRETLY
Wisconsin L. Puts Ban On by ExpelI-
ing a Newly We'd Pair.

Madison. Wis, April 2s.-Secret
marriages will not be tolerated among
students at the University of Wis
consin.
Announcement was made today that
Robert Johonnot. a student of Beaver
dam. and his 21-year-old bride. for
merry Miss Doris Moses of Delavan,
had been expelled.
We cannot sanction secret mar
riages at this institution" said Dean
S. H. Goodnight. "Our university
must be recognized as a place where
no mother will hesitate to send her
daughter for fear she will be married
without her knowledge"
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ID Ike Stadium. Des MOines, Ia,
April 2S.-The preliminaries in the
thirteenth renewal of the Drake re-
LAYS were held here this afternoon
with a fair crowd in attendance. The
final Will be held tomorrow. Paulu.
OF Grinneu, college flier. won the
first heat in the l00-yard dash. break
ing the tape in 10 lis seconds. Hayes,
OF Notre Dame Won the second heat
Of the 1O0-yard dash in 10 Is seconds.
The third heat went to Stetz. of Wis
Censin- Simmons. of Michigan. fin
ished second and kearney. of Kansas,
was third. Time. 10 Is seconds.
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YOUTHS ROB TRAIN CREWS.

Parsons, Kan, April 2S.-Two
youths climbed over the tender of NJ.
X. & T. No. Il at Fort Scott last night
and robbed the enginemen and train
crews of more than 500 and three
watches.
Three other holdups occurred in
Fort Scott last night, and one of the
men held is suspected by Katy special
agents as being implicated in the train
rnhhar-N
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ON LODGE SETTLEMENT
II Occidental Can Raise $4,000 Re
straining Order Nav Be Set Aside.

Officers of the Occidental Mutual
Benefit association. of Salina, were
comforting today with Judge James
tempt to arrange the affairs of the
association in such a manner that the
receivership suit brought by Attorney
General Hopkins may be dismissed.
There is said to exist a deficit in
the mortuary fund which. together
with the costs in the litigation,
to about s4,5OO. In the event
this money is replaced the suit prob
ably VIII be dismissed and the re-
straining order preventing the COM
pany from doing business in the state
will be dissolved. it was indicated.
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W. W. RAMEY IS DEAD.
President of Manhattan state Bank
Came There in 1906.

Manhattan. Kan, April 2s.=W. W.
Ramey. president of the Manhattan
State bank. died here today. He was
IS years old and was a banker at
Eskridge before coming to Mania ttan
in 1906-the year the Manhattan State
bank was organized.
Before entering the banking bust
ness Mr.. Ramey taught school at Her
ington and was once county superin-
tendent of schools of Wabaunsee
county
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KANSAS.

Windy windy. Kansas,
Of the balmy breeze.
With your shifting sand dunes,
And your treeless plains.
With your faults and failings,
And your drouth and heat,
Yet We love you dearly.
And think you can't be beat.
With your SHOWS in winter,
And your billiards. wild,
Yet in all your grandeur.
You stand out undefiIed.
We are ever ready.
To worship at your shrine,
Kansas. glorious Kansas.
Most beautiful and sublime
MRS. LENA b. UNDERWOOD.
Rush Center, Kan.
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Jetmorc school Girls in Exhibit.

Jetmore, Kan. April 2S.-Miss
Maude Kigore, assisted by her pupils
of domestic science and art classes of
the, Hodgeman county high school
gave tea to the ladies of the county
yesterday afternoon. The visitors
were shown the display of sewing,
which included dresses, aprons, and
lingerie made by the girls taking
domestic art.
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Salem. Ore, April 2S--Information
reached here today of the death in
Portland of w. H Odell. SO years old.
former editor and owner of the oregon
Statesman. Mr.. Odeu crosses the
plains from Indiana to Oregon in
1881. He acquired the Oregon States
man In 1871 and owned ii until 1854
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Cioni wins quarter Mile Skate.

.Chica go, April 2S.-Skating against
time. Roland Cioni. worlds profess
sional champion. set a new worlds
roller skating record for the qua rter
mile when he made the distance in
AZ 2-5 seconds at the grand American
roller skating derby being held here
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Aggic-Ncbraska Game Saturday.

Manhattan, April g. ANNOUNCE
ment was made at the Kansas State
Agricultural college today that the
baseball game scheduled for tomor-
row between the Aggies and Ne
braska university will be played here,
weather permitting. Todays game
was cancelled yesterday on account
of IA