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The Washington times., 1923-09-08

center one finished first. then the
front bearing and then the rear.
After fitting the front bearing
check up the crankshaft gear mesh
or IL q chain sprocket is used. be
sure the chain will ride evenly
over the sprocket:
The connecting rod bearings may
also be reamed, thAn scraped to
get a finishing fit and then aligned
on an a1igning Jig to he sure the
rod is at right angles to the shaft.
The aligning Jig may be used be-
fore the final scraring.
One Of the most important things
is to be sure that no bearing is
fitted to- q journal or crank pin un-
less 1t ID perfectly round. Check the
roundness with caliper. II as lit
tie as .O02 out Of round have the
crankshaft resurfaced.
The actual scrapinR nf q bearing
simply consists in cutting off the
high spots and trying another fit.
This Is done until the bearing
shows contact over practically all
its surface and the shaft or rod
may be turned by hand. The use
of abrasives In fitting bearings is
not recommended, for there is
bound to be some abrase left in the
soft bearing.
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
GUT IN PRICE Of
CHALMERS IS
EFFECTIVE
Rush of Orders Follows Sur
prise Announcements Of Re-
duction In Model Cost.

The announcement made public
last week that q substantial reduc-
ton on all improved Chalmers SIX
models was effective Immediately
has resulted in q heavy rush of
orders, both from individual pur-
chasers and dealers throughout this
territory, according to III. B. Leary.
jr., Maxwell and Chalmers distrib-
utor here.
1.-THE reductions came as . COM
plete surprise to us, for we already
considered the Chalmers an excep-
tional value, everything taken into
consideration" he declared. The
fact that the reductions are most
substantial very naturally, makes q
strong appeal to those interested in
fine cars like the Chalmers.
The Washington times., 1923-09-08

his week marks the Closing OF
the popular nearby resorts until
next summer and the ending of the
moonlight steamboat excursions.
Chesapeake Beach, one Of the last
resorts to close, will be darkened
at 10 o'clock tomorrow night and
will reopen no more until next
year.
The day. Of the organization out
ing and picnic, too, have passed
for another year. Where q few
weeks ago there were as many as
five and six Washington organiza-
tons holding outings each day,
there have been less than half that
number during the entire week
past.
Angling at Its Best.
Though the resorts have closed
there are still many hundreds Of
Washingtonians for whom the va
cation season has not ended. Scores
Of anglers gather daily at each Of
the bay and lower river fishing
grounds, where the game fish are
running at their best. The noun
tains and the country still beckon
the motorist each weekend.
The past season has been one
of the greatest in the history of
the upper Potomac and the nearby
hill country. More than $4,000
Washingtonians during the sum.
mer Joined the army Of campers
in and near the District.
The upper Potomac. especially IL,
the stretch from Chain Bridge tc
a few miles above Great Falls,
proved the strongest magnet to
District campers, and more than
100 new ones were established this
summer.
Many New Clubs.
Many new camping clubs were
organized ana steps were taken
looking toward the founding of a
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!, CONNECTING 6oD
6EARLWG BURNED
OUT BECAUSE HE
EASnOT IA
OWVV1& OOOOV To
DIT ON M CRANNCASE

SU/ OIk@ ~ S|O&VNNNS~HS-
pstitute only a part Of the bearing
surface.
In the first place the most essen
tial operation in fitting main bear.
ings is to get them absolutely in
alignment, and this is done In the
shop with a line .reamer which
reams the bearings out and aligns
them in one operation. Other tools
are employed to getzsthe same re-
suit. After the roaming the bear
ings must be fitted to the shaft.
Some shops employ the method Of
fitting the bearings tightly and
then running them on" that is,
operating the shaft until the bear.
ings have worn down somewhat
and are free. This is a factory
production method and is satisfac-
tory IL care is taken to get equal
tightness Of bearing and the right
running-in speed.
bearings are scraped In by hand,
or they are simply scraped and no
roaming is done. The mechanic
is not sprung by having one bear:
ing higher than another. When
the crankghaftF is net perfectly
true in the bearings it sdisturbs the
gear mesh in front and also upsets
clutch action by giving a new posi-
ton to the flywheel. Any change
in the position of the crankshaft
also upsets the alignment of. con-
Meeting rods and pistons, for the
rods must be absolutely at right
angles to the shaft, otherwise there
will be rapid rod bearing wear,
piston wear and cylinder wear.
In fitting main bearings, get the
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cspv.ssAs 1873. BY Ins1 Fs.ur. Services. Inc

hot, and there is not enough oil on
its surface to carry off the heat
That is why new cars and over
hauled engines are given an extra
quart Of oil-so that the bearings
and other parts will be sure to get
a good supply.
In fitting either main or con
necting.rod bearings that are badly
worn it is almost impossible to dc
the job right while the crankshaft
is in the engine. A slight "takeup'
for slight wear may be accomplish
ed without doing any harm, bat
when the bearings are SO badly
worn that they pound or knock
then the work should be done right
or trouble will come later on.
In fitting main bearings, for
example, the SHIN or spacer be-
tween the bearing halves must be
reduced in thickness to bring the
halves closer. The bearing is not
round when worn, therefore when
the SHIN is reduced in thickness
only certain parts of the bearing
touch the crankshaft journals.
Those parts that touch are called
high spots. If the bearings were
simply frightened they would run
only on the high spots which con-
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
MAN TRANSPORTS RUM
IN HIS WOODEN LEG

CHICO, Sept. s.-A hollow Ia,
cdpaclty Tor one quart of bootleg
booze was the undoine Of Tsra,,1
Kelly, of Bangor, when ha was o.
rested by Sheriff r. N. Andersen
and charged with transoortine
liquor in violation Of the VoIstea1
set.
Kelly has a wooden leg which he
uses to carry booze in to mis- c,,s.
toners, but he was intercepted nv
Anderson while proceeding from his
sun. near Bangor, to the county
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business building Of 1923 Seven
teenth street northwest was sold to
H. Bricker and David LorenZ. This
property faces the new Hotel
Walker.
Genevieve A. Stokes was the pur-
chaser Of the new colonial house at
1904 Reno road, Chevy Chase, D. C.
This property was built by Allan
E. Walker Investment Company.
A new detached brick house To-
Gated at 122 Webster street north
west, built by Allan e. Walker In
vestment Company, was sold to Mrs.
Mary Grogan.
A very desirable residence at
1414 Madison street northwest was
sold for Ernest L. Thurston Ito
Rowland B. Mahoney.
Beatrlce Leedy purchased from
f.. Young the business property at
2437 M street northwest.
Rebecca- E. Kammerer sold to C..
B. Mullins lot Is, square So, located
on Twentieth street, between and
K streets.
Allan e. Walker Investment
Company sold to a local investor
a three-story modern residence at
1T51 Corcoran street northwest.
A new modern brick dwelling at
laos Quincy street northwest was
sold for N. G. Irwin to Ottie B.
Taylor.
The business property at 1923
IWenIy-1ifth street northwest was
sold to William T. Duvall for MARY
V. RouZee.
The Allan e. Walker Investment
Company sold to Maynard Burrell
a parcel Of ground adjoining Web.
ster street in Petworth.
D. f. Scanlon and John 7. Scan.
ION purchased 1112 Nineteenth
street business property from A.
H. Grant.
John B. Lord purchased from
Mary F. Campbell lots 1, and 3
in square 1867.
Investment Purchase.
George 8. Cartner purchased
from Robert 8. Cooke a piece of in.
vestment property, Nos. 1908 and
12lO Twenty-fourth street north
west.
For Marie G. Aver the downtown
property at 1415 N street north.
west was sold to G. H. Kelley, who
also purchased from VIM. Sahm a.
business property at 1906 Twentieth
street northwest.
The vacant property at the south
west corner Of Linworth and G.
streets southwest was sold for Jas.
II. Clark to J. H. Carter.
Edgar Leedy sold the property
at 1906 Twenty-first street north
west to local investor.
James NICK. Bikin sold to M. A.
Wolff a piece Of business property
at 2405 M street northwest.
For VIM. Donaldson a property
at 1881 Jefferson street northwest
was sold to w. r. Galliher & Bro
Beulah e. Bunch sold to Roy G..
Dyer the modern residential prop
erty at 1907 Alton place northwest.
For Edward X. Cooke and A. g
Minnix, the property at the south.
west corner OF Forty third and
chesapeake streets was sold to C.. TT
Gurnee. This is one of a eroun of
six detached houses just completed
by A. c. Minnix.
The Allan e. Walker Investment
Company sold to Richard J. HINT
the three-story brick building at ITO
ID street southwest.
In addition to the above-rner.
toned properties, the Allan T.. Wal
ker Investment Company has inSt
SOLD cooperative apartments in va.
rious buildings totaling $1OO OOo In.
creating very active market In
that direction. Al
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
BANKER coNFESSEs HE
STOLE $4,000 BONDS

BOSTON. Sept. S.-Joseph r
Marcino, brought here from Houston
Tex to face trial on the charge Of
wrecking the First National Rank
In Warren last February, admitted
that he took $4,000 in securities
from the bank, according to Assist
ant United States ATTORNEY John "
Sullivan.
Marcino declared he knew where
the bonds were, and hoped that the
bank would recover every dollar, Sui
liVan said.
Marcino explains his action, SuIIi-
van said, by claiming that when he
took the securities he was opDrass.
ed in his business ventures and for
the time being had lost the use Of
his reason"
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
Vacation Season Ends
With Chesapeake
Beach Picnic

AS the leaves begin to into the and yellow stage
and the heat of midsummer slowly gives to rains
and the chill premonons of coming autumn, the curtain
slowly begins to fall on the Washington summer resort
stage and the Washngtonian pnges into the pile of work
which has been accumulating during the summer.
Saturday holidays and holidays draw to close for
another year and all but scant thousand Of Govern
ment clerks have returned to their desks
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REAMXVG oAe SI4ALz/NG He
CONNECTING roo 4EAEAN9
70 me ENACT DIAMETER
TIE C/eAMyGGIN -
By ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,
Editor Of Motor.
Copyright. 1923, by International

Editor Of Motor.
Copyright. 1923. by International
Feature Service. Inc.)
Every owner of an automobile is
interested not so much in. knowing
how to do big repair jobs as in
knowing how they ought to be
done. The average owner. would
not know how to refit engine bear
ings even If he knew. every
step in the work, but the owner
should acquaint himself with
the details Of the work and what
dangers creep In If the work is
done by an incompetent mechanic.
Only a short time ago a reader OF
this department wrote complaining
that the engine was very noisy and
had just been overhauled. He said
the bearings wore tight, as the
mechanic did the work on4y a week
before. This owner was told that
the mechanic may have been at
fault in not properly aligning the
"a Wal 4u50I So LIIdL LH0
crankshaft gear mesh was dis
turbed, also the connecting rod and
piston alignment. The noises he
heard were the result of this error.
The bearings Of every automobile
engine in the country are made Of
babbit, a soft metal that is some
thing like a solder. There are
MANY. conditions which in time
cause this comparatively soft metal
to become worn, Lack of lubrica-
tion-yw melt snch bearings in a
short time. Insufficient fabrication
will cut the bearings and the shaft
in time. Dirty oil will cause cut
ting and rapid wear. Poor Oil or:
the wrong Oil body" will cause
rapid wear. When the engine is new
the bearings are tight, and all tight
bearings must wear into a fit.
They will not wear in properly I'M
less the engine is driven slowly
twenty miles an hour and under).
Fast driving may burn a tight bear
ing, as such q bearing gets very
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
Eouipping Cars Complete.

According to several manufac-
turers of automobiles. the 1924
models will have everything on
them that the average driver
wishes. Bumpers and spot lights,
combination stop and tail lights,
windshield cleaners of all varieties,
cigar lights, lamps, and double tire
carriers are among the things to
be carried by, some companies. b
The Washington times., 1923-09-08

municipal camping site on the
banks Of the Potomac near Wash
ington, for which $4,000 will be
asked.
A number Of additional summer
camps were opened by social serv-
ice organizations this year and
many Of the old camps were en-
larged and improved.
Labor Day, which marked the
closing Of the majority or the
resorts near Washington. brought
out record crowds Of pleasure seek
ers.
This week marks tho last ex-
cursion Of the season, which Is
being held today to Chesapeake
Beach.
Printers Close Season.
The honor Of holding the last
organization outing goes to Plate
Printers Local Union, No. q. which
Is giving an elaborate athletic pro-
gram and picnic at the popular bay"
side resort.
Chesapeake Beach will be open
tomorrow for the last time this
season. Thereafter only sufficient
railroad service will be maintained
to take care Of regular residents at
Chesapeake Beach and North
Chesapeake Beach, . except on Sat
urdays and Sundays, when special
services will be maintained for the
benefit Of anglers.
Trout. rockfish, hardheads and
spot are said to be running in large
schools at Chesapeake Beach and
other bay and lower river grounds
and anglers returning from trips to
these places are reporting unusu-
ally large catches.
Fresh water fishing in the upper
river is also reported fairly good,
with bass as the coveted prizes for
the anglers skill.
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
Cars for An to Ride.

Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota
have an average. Of one automobile
for every five persons in the three
States. The entire population could
get in these cars and move out in
stantly without leaving anyone at
home and with having to make O
return trim :t & t;S.G
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
KING AND QUEEN DINE
AT HOME OF U. S: ENVOY

FORTE DEL MARMI, 1taIv
sept 1.-THE king and queen
OF the Belgians dined with Ambas
sador Child and Mrs Child in the
American's villa in Apuana, where
Ihey are spending the summer.
King Albert recalled with keen
appreciation the warm reception ho
ana the queen received in the
Cnlteo states and he expressed tho
nope they would welcome Annbas.
saoor Child and Mrs. Child as their
guests in Belgium. 80
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"a Palace on Wheels.

The finest touring automobile
ever constructed was recently COM
.pieted for Wv Kellogg. million
aire, and world traveller The
motor palace has convertible seats
and berths. The interior is finished
In mahogany and the finest Of
feathers throughout. It is equipped
with: shower baths, radio, wardrobe
and linen closets, oil and electric
stoves, sink, faucets for hot and
cold water, an ice making plant.
iceless refrigerator, etc.
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
Traffic IN Land Of King Tut.

Seven young men, sent by the
Egyptian government, are. touring
the United States to study automo-
bile manufacture and traffic prob
lens. Upon their return they win
go into the governments service and
establish, control over all motor
TRANSFORMATION in Egypt.
The Washington times., 1923-09-08
La Toilette in Petroerad.

MOSCOW, Sept. S.-United Sates
arrived in Petrograd today.
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Dotty Dill's
Diary
By La Monte WaIdrol,,

IT AN. 25.-Wel1 dairy I'm as
happy as q cat in fish
= market Sence Chef rot frce
from the hooks of at varnu an
came back to yours truely we ben
goin more and more out in so.
city. But had a day OF turf
labor at the works. Now / unes.
stand Jest wat the judge. his hnu-
or, means wen he says so many
Of EN- with lard labor. Bad enuf
to be shet up in a cage, poor
birds I'm sorry for en-.
Anyway Chef rusiles me over
to the Superba Restraint tonite an
there we run into a guy All fixed
up like a 9Th Ave. lounge lizard.
Some clothes. Some hunks OF
Ice. An his necktie would nut
YOUR eye out. He was inter.
duced to me as Mister AIick
Wooder. Him and Chef got cOp-
fcdentia1 / seemin to be out Of
it an Wooder acted as q book
agent tryin to hang sumpin onto
you you don't want. He kept talk
in low and feerce bout casea. and
pints and quarts till I thought ne
must be some high guy in ths
milk bizness.
Chef didn't seem to fall for it.
hear him say he has . GOOD
reasons-he amt Rockefeller IL
pay them prices an wasn't iooIxin
for no ticket to hear the angels
sing. Anyway Wooder got kinda
sore and slid out leavin us in
piece. ! asst Chef whom he was
an Chef said he was thirst curer
an his nonicker ougfta be i.
Woody Alkohol. Then i tumblcts
that he was a bootligger. l,e.
seached Chef to leave at stuff be
an he says hes libel to at the
price.
Vile we wus destroyin our up
petites who shouls breeze IN but
Rolly Keats town Jess the burg
lar yamp. AS they brushed past
out label I hear her say to ROIly
Amt it a scream? + wonder IL
she intended a slam at my Hd i
RELY do need a new one. j
think shed like to Of bit me.
Chef pays no attention 90 her
so ] think hes safe. I pertend I
didn't even no she was in the.
US. so she didn't get no rise oaita
!. me. Well life is movin smooth
as a greeced pig agin dairy but
there's more work tomorrer. Gee.
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BELIEVE IT?
By Les Conklin.

~ N April 81. 1921. a Detroit
plumber who was going to
Ma banquet put on, bow
tie in ten seconds without soiiins
his collar.
On February 20, 1922, q Chi
cago man walked fifteen blocks
without being stopped by. a dead
beat with a hard-luck story.
On June 81, 1920. an Atlantic
City flapper wore stockings while
in bathing.
On September 81, 1922, a movie
actress took poison. after shoot
in her husband, and forgot to
leave a diary.
On February so. 1929, . Boston
man had so much coal in his eel
lar that he gave a ton of. il to. his
children to play duck-on-the-rock.
On November 81, 1921. a: Seattle
broker discharged his stenog-
rapher because she used lip
stick and bobbed her hair.
On April 81, 1911, the son Of
country minister drowned him
self because his father made him
go to the circus instead Of at
tending prayer meeting.
On February 20, 1918, a New
York lawyer swore at his secre-
tary because she kept smiling at
him when he was trying to con.
centrate.
On July 7. 1850, a Detroit girl
went to 8 dance and forgot to
bring her vanity case.
On August Is, 1491, Philadei-
phia beauty turned down an offer
from a California movie corpora
ton because she was afraid Of
grizzly bears.
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Hi links Says

You gotta give the drug stores
credit. They can make a two-cent
girl look like a million dollars.
Marriage IL a business. de-
clares q philosopher, and q stats
tician says 80 per cent Of all new
businesses ara failures, 80 there
you are.
Chicago asks. When do we ride
in a comfortable subway? That's
what New York has been trying
to find out for the last twenty
years,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26
A Nasty Dig.

Flora-Jack proposed to me
last night,
Dora-What did you do about
IT?
Flora-Weil, fer sns thing l
certainly gave him a piece Of my
mind.
Dora-Oh, that explains IL;
wondered why he looked 30 fool
ish this morning,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26
The American Language.

The fat lady says: Il must
fast"
The dry-goods clerk says:
''These colors are fast
4 man shouts: Tie that horse
fast
And the old cat says: THAT
flappcr is fast
g. --Parrakeet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How a prohibition agent passes
you by when he sees you carry
Ing suspicious. looking package
labeled rye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

Taxi drivers are slowly bang
educated TO the point where they
realize that If the woman in
the back seat says Stop" she
isn't talking to thcm.-MaIteaser
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

The best way to do is to put
your money in the safe and lock
the cashier in with it.
Copyright. 1929. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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DazZled

Jewels move a woman > mind,
So the poet said;
And 1t might be added.
They also turn her head.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How the cop let's your dog live
after he has bitten three children
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Medbury
Says
By JOhr, P. Medbury.

GU can pick up any news.
paper and read about some
cashier who has eloped with
his firms dough. It's getting SO
that one cashier can clean a bank
better than six janitors.
A lanitor sweeps up with a
broom, but cashier cleans the
place out with suit case.
The average bank has TO hire
two detectives. One to watch
the cashier and the other one to
watch the detective.
Most of them run away to
Europe, and that's why the aver
age firm likes to employ cashier
who gets seasick.
It's foolish to hire an auditor
who has been a travelling man.
A travelling man travels on
your money, but cashier travels
with it.
OF course he has money of his
own. but he usually takes fifty
or sixty thousand dollars Of yours
in case he runs short.
He figures out his expense &C.
count in advance and reimburses
himself before he leaves.
There's no sense in sending a
detective after him; he'll come
back as soon as the money is all
gone.
Most cashiers want to earn an
honest living even il they've got
to be crooked to do it.
The bank pays a cashier what
the president thinks Is right, but
he takes what he thinks is fair.
The officials get worried as
soon as the books won't balance.
That's nothing. anything is apt
to be little lopsided.
The president usually has a
hard job examining the ledgers,
but some cashiers save the presi-
dei.r this trouble by taking the
books with them.
A lot Of officials get worried
every time they see cashier put
his hat on.
It's hard to tell by his expires.
sion whether he's going to lunch
or Europe.
II he doesn't come back for
two or three days the chances
are he hasn't gone to lunch.
One cashier went out at noon
tine alo tlle.- found him four
weeks satcr in Paris. He said he
had just gone over there to get
q Frenci: dinner.
When cashier goes out to
lunch and doesn't come back it's
hard to tell what country to look
for him in. You never know
whether he's gone after chop
suey, pigs knuckles and sauer-
kraut. frogs legs. swiss cheese or
spaghetti.
The best way to do is to put
your money in the safe and lock
the cashier in with it.
Copyright. 1929 by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
EVER NOTICE?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How your next door neighbor is
ever ready to clean the snow
from in front of your house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How happy you are when you
get up in the morning and find
the thermometer at freezing and
no coal in the cellar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How the box office man is will
Ing to let you get away without
paying the war tax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How easy it is to tell the boss
that ne doesn't know his bust
ness-3nd get away with il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-26

How easy it is TO tell your best
girl she is ugly and make her
admit il.
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EVER NOTICE?
By A. F.

~ OW the baby never thinks
of monkeying with your
AA watch.
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When a cashier goes out to
lunch and doesn't come back it's
hard TO tell what country to look
for him in. You never know
whether he's gone after chop
suey, pigs knuckles and sauer-
kraut. frogs legs, swiss cheese or
spaghetti.