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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
TO HOLD SEIZED TRUCK

NEW BRUNSWICK. Dec. Is
Judge John p. kirkpatrick in the
court of common pleas this morning
refused the application of the South
erland Transportation Company of
Brooklyn, to regain possession of
their truck which was coniscated
by the local police with a load of
beer. The excuse given the court
was apparently insufficient to grant
the request.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
s~teepIejack Falls

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-After
a S6-year career of scaling dizzy
heights. r. +. Atkinson, a steeple-
jack is in the hospital here today
from injuries received in a fall
downstairs while sleep walking. At
kinson, among other activities, had
gllded the top of the Woo1wortls
building, New York. put lightning
rods on the Washington monument,
and repaired the statue of Penn atop
city hall here
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Woman Driver KiIls Man

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-Mrs.
Bessie Smith, of Merchantville, N. j.,
is today under technical arrest here
following the running down and kill
ing of George O'Brien, 10, last night
by her motorcar. Mrs. Smith tainted
over the boys body when he was
pronounced dead at the mercy hos
pital, and she is now under treat
ment there for breakdown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
SeWaren
Social Personal

Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Demarest, Miss
Marie Demarest. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.
Demarest and son Irving V. Dema-
rest, and their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Demarest and daughter Miss
Helen Demarest of Tacoma were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gage, of Westfield, at a dinner
party given at the Shackamaxon
Club on Wednesday night.
Mrs. w. il. Tombs and Mrs. ]. r.
Ridelon attended the Federation Day
of the Metuchen Club yesterday af-
%ternoon,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Plan Formal Dance
For Miss Meyer

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Meyer, of The
Palace Hotel, are entertaining at a
formal dance in the new Y. NJ. II. A.
hall in Madison avenue, tomorrow
night in honor of the sixteenth birth
day of their daughter Mabelle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
SiSterhood to Meet

The Beth Mordecai Sisterhood
held their regular meeting in the
Beth Mordecai temple yesterday
afternoon. Following a short bust
ness session a social time was en-
joyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28

PERRINEVILLE. Dec. 2Si-FaII-
ing from the cellar steps of his home
here today to the concrete hooring
below, Simon Lazarus, ffty-te, sus-
tanned a broken neck and died al
most instantly. The nan was going
into the cellar at the time to fix the
furnace.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
LIEUT.. WOOD
SILENT ON DEAL
Says he has no Comment to
Make Regarding his
Stock Transactions

MANILA, Dec. 2S (By The Assoc
ciated Press):-Lieutenant Osborne
C. Wood, who is in Baguce in the
Province of Benguet with his faith
er, Governor General Leonard Wood,
declared that he had no comment to
make regarding his financial trans
actions in the United States, by
which he is reputed to have made
between $500, 900 and 100000 in a
telegram received here from him to-
day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Goldberg, of New
I Inswick, entertained at a dinner
and reception recently in honor of
the engagement of their daughter,
Ida, to Harris L. Levin. son of d.
Levin, of this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
YES. ne HAD ami Alihi

JUDGE-You are accused of steal
ing some swords and fencing foils
from a pawnshop-and you'l1 prob
ably tell me you did 1t because you
were hungry.
THE ACCUSEp-Yes your honori
I'm the sword swallower at the cir
cusEPrinceton Tige~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Ferry Co. Declares Dividend

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2S:-The
board Of directors of the Philadel-
phia and Camden Ferry company
today declared a special dividend of
ten per cent in addition to the reg
ular six per cent quarterly dividend
payable January 10 to stockholders
Of record December rs. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
GrIef strIcken: Triss suioida

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Grief over
the deaths of his cousins, John FIJI,
his wife and two children who died
in Paterson, N. J., Christmas day
from gas poisoning, caused Max
Mikolonka to attempt suicide last
night. He stabbed himself five times
and has a slight chance for recovery,
it was reported today at Bellevue
hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Mrs. VanderhiIt Ill

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S:-The con-
dition of Mrs. William X, Vanderbilt,
who is i'll at her home in Fifth ave-
nue. with bronchial pneumonia, was
somewhat improved today. She spent
a comfortable night, her physicians
said.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Pity the Poor Mani

MAGISTRATE-You are accused
Of stealing twenty reams of foolscap
and a gallon of ink, Have you n
defense?
PRISONER-Yes. your honor. I
am a novelist. I simply was coll
lecting material for my new story
Exchange,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28

Airplane service in the interior of
Alaska has cut the time to make the
tri7 from Fairbanks TO Liyengood
from fifty hours by trail to fifty min
utes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
OBITUARY
Funeral for Mrs. Anna Sorenson

lOf Mrs. anna SOFenSOn
-Four sons, Charles, Frank, Henry
and Fred Sorenson acted as bearers
at the funeral of their mother, Mrs.
Anna S%orenson, wife of Christian
%Sorenson, held from her late resi-
dence, 4S6 Brace avenue, yesterday
afternoon. Rev. o. Jensen, pastor of
st. Stephens Danish Lutheran
church, and Rev. Frederick Nieder-
meyer, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church, oficiated at the SER
vice. The interment was in the AL
pine cemetery. Many friends and
relatives together with the members
of Mohawk Council No. SO, Degree
of Pocahontas; Freja Lodge No. SO,
Danish Sisterhood; Dana Ladies So
city and the Women's Relief Corps,
of which the deceased was a mem
Der, attended the services and
brought floral tributes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-28
Funeral for Israel Ward

The funeral for Israel Ward, Sr.,
who died yesterday at the hospital,
Will be held Sunday afternoon at
ais o'clock from his late residence,
416 Rector street. Rev. Wilbert
Westcott will oficiate. The inter-
ment will be in Alpine cemetery.
Mr.. Ward was. an old resident of this
city having been IN FISHERMAN and
fisherman for a number of years.
Besides his widow he is survived
by three ons. William and Israel,
of this city; James, of South AM
boy; two daughters, Mrs. Frank
Morgan and Mrs. Harry Springer:
two sisters. Mrs. Silas Gardiner and
Mrs. George Ryder, Of this; city
three brothers, William Ward Of
South Amboy, George and Walter
Ward, of ahway. and a number of
grandchildren. He was employed
at the Perth Amboy Dry Docks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

founding record had been a..
tires disappeared from racin. y
ami solid rubber tires on biss.s
were replaced by pneumstie ~. 49,
ment. As the forerunner a 49,
tomobile the pneumatic.a -
bicycle expressed q human AsS.pa
faster and more comfortahis - Y
portation. usat
To the pneumatic bicvcl. ~
due the great popularity he 49,
experienced during the latter ~ |.
the nineteenth century and ths = q
part Of the twentieth century ~
the improvement in bicycle Ivy
came improvements in tires - ~
the changing needs Of service
When the automobile hec.-
practical means Of transnort.. !
from a mechanical standpoint \.
Goodrich Company had pros,.as
in its development Of the pnen,,.s
tire-thanks to its experience sas
the bicycle tire-far enough ia -. w
impetus to the automobile 800
facturer's adaptation Of his yehisi. !.
road conditions. Y
Since 1893 the Goodrich co,.
has developed the cord tire, belis,s,
the cord construction the ulfir.S
means Of combining the rrs.s.s
utility with efficiency. With ~ !.
vent Of the automobile this tho., =.
was carried to greater ends anS /.
days Silvertown Cord Tire IL ~ =
GlIlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

and through tough going. It 10
driven until the tester is satisfied
that every part Is perfect and in per-
feet adjustment. Not only do these
expert mechanics and drivers make
sure that the car is perfect, and COM
plete all necessary adjustments, but
they also start the breaking in pro-
cess for the owner.
1--WE have learned that no artificial
test can exactly duplicate the con-
ditions Of actual driving" says w.
A. Wheeler, vice president Of the
rnanufa curing division OF the Paige
Company. Our ideal is that the
Paige 60 shall be second to none
among the worlds finest automobiles.
Our long and careful road test is but
one OF the many old-fashioned palms.
taking processes that we now use to
insure real and lasting quality and
a perfection that means to the owner
dependable performance and free
dom from annoyance. These things
take time and cost money, but we
believe that they are appreciated by
the veteran motorist who wants a
really fine motor car
Gear Ratio
BY the term gear ratio" Is meant
the number Of revolutions a driven
gear makes in relation to its driver II
the driving gear turns twice to each
turn of the driven gear, the ratio is 2
to ]. The size of the gears is imma-
terial; it is the relation between the
number of teeth in the two gears which
determines the ratio. On an automo-
bile running in high gear, the trans
mission ratio which is the ratio be-
tween the number of revolutions of the
crankshaft and the driveshaft, is l to
/. On second or third gear the ratio is
lower; the drive shaft will turn slower
than the crankshaft. The rear axle
ratio is the ratio between the drive
shaft and the rear axle. To calculate
the gear ratio. divide the number of
teeth in the driving gear into the num-
Der Of teeth in the driven gear. To
find the total gear reduction between
the crankshaft and the rear axle. null
tiply the transmission gear ratio by
the rear axle ratio. The same rules
apply to chain-driven trucks. the num-
Der of teeth on the sprockets being
used On worm driven trucks. the
number of leads or starts" on the
worm divided into the number of teeth
on the worm wheel gives the rear axle
ratio. The gear ratio Of any car has
an important bearing on both the
speed and power. A car with to
/ ratio will have more power but less
speed than n car with a 3 to l ratio,
the same engine being used.--Automo-
bile Digest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
The Old Mechanic Says:

"Testing your car for accuracy OF
adjustment Is necessary if you in
tend running it efficiently, but un-
less you make the tests properly you
might as we'll not try them. There
are ways to make tests without the
necessity of straining the car; and
II you keep your eyes open around
here you will see what l mean.
when I want to find out whether
the carburetor is adjusted for quick
pick up you never see me taking the
car out on the street and doing
stunts with it. I've got to guaran-
tee my work, which means that
can't afford to run any risk of loos-
ening the bearings through strain.
Instead of trying to accelerate from
five to twenty five miles per hour in
ten seconds l retard the spark and
quickly open the throttle-with the
engine idling and the car starting
right here in my shop. If she pops
back just little l know the mixture
is just lean enough to be cconomi
cal; and if. with spark advanced, l
get prompt response without lag
or popping back. I know that the
mixture is just rich enough for an
efficient pickup.
Its the same with testing the
brakes. w nat 40 you 1OlkS 40 When
you want to find out how quickly
YOU can stop? Look at your worn
down rear tires: they explain it,
You hustle along at thirty and then
slam on the brakes. If the wheels
lock. and the tires Slide, you're sat
isfied.
Here in the shop were more
sensible. Sam jacks up the rear
wheels, while I run the engine. When
the speedomcter reads forty l press
on the brake pedal. or the emergency.
whichever 1 happen to be tackling.
If Sam tells me that both wheels
stop instantly the adjustment is all
you can ask for. If there is a lag,
or if one wheel stopc quicker than
the other. we get busy on tho ad-
justments. 1t takes but half the
time you spend. and doesn't waste
the tires. But it's accurate"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
There's 4 lot Of money spent on
motor cars, but give US just what is
owed.
Your Problem Too

Dealer organizations are giving
much thought nowadays to a
problem which appears to be the
outstanding annoyance of the busi-
ness Of selling cars. The average
car owner speaks of 1t with passive
interest as the used car problem"
never realizing that 1t Is the out
standing annoyance in the business
of buying cars as well.
A dull market for used cars lowers
the market value Of your present
car. thus holding up your plan to
buy q new car. In the long run the
real cost Of motoring Is the cost per
mile, everything included: and I'M
less used car values are kept up TO
a certain level car costs become I'M
necessarily high. 1t is not always
possible to obviate this by holding
the old car another year. as the re-
pairs necessary to keep 1T in service
may more than equal the loss taken
in trading it in or selling it out
right.
The used car problem is as much
your problem as the dealers. The
time may come when it will be en-
tirely your problem, with the dealer
in position where he tries TO help
YOU solve It, Dealers are learning
through costly experience that the
used car end of legitimate new car
business is not profitable. even con-
sidering the profits on the sale OF
new cars made possible by taking
over used cars in trade 1t is OBJ
vious that the time is rapidly ap-
preaching when dealers will be sat
isfied with smaller volume OF
business confined to new cars alone,
because it will mean more profit and
less worry 1t will be up to the
motorist to meet the situation by CO.
operating with the dealer in an effort
to clear the way for new car sale
by disposing OF the old car at fair
price.
In view Of the fact that the ma
jority Of the domestic sales of new
cars will from now on continue to be
replacements the motorist can APP
preciate how little deep thinking on
the subject will benefit him.
In driving a car three rules are
worth observing:
Be careful
Be very careful
Be very careful always ;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
To Beat Street Car

Getting ahead of street car is.
oddly enough. an easier matter when
the automobile docs not start off
neck and neck With it. When a
street car stops. most drivers who
are trying to work their way past
will stop on a line with the front
door. believing that when traffic
moves they can jump ahead But
very often they find that the car
gets ahead of them While they're
trying to SHIFT from one gear to
another. The wise driver stops on
a line with the rear door Of the
street car and then when it appears
that the street car is about to start
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Puzzlina Gas Prices

Contrary to general belief. the
price of gasoline is not in direct pro-
portion to the seasons of the year
with the exception of the Pacific
Coast States one of the lowest points
reached in the past two years was
the month of September. with Octo-
Der prices averaging approximately
the same. This was just the time
of year when everybody burned gas
to the best of their ability, when oil
stocks were being dipped into at a
furious rate and when an increase
in the price of gas would not have
d3mpened the desire to tour. In
several Sections of the country maxi
mum prices for gas appear to be
reached in the months Of January
and February. There doesn't seem
to be any logic to the relation Of
price and demand. Can 1t be that
the Oil barons get generous when
business is f1ourishing? If that's
the case perhaps motorists could
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
TIRES WITH SEQ NAIL
HOLES LEAK no ALE

Mr.. Y. ii. Milhurn of Chicago has in
vented now puncturc- proof inner
tube. which. in actual test, was pune
tured SEQ times without the loss of any
air. Increase Your mileage from TO-
Gao to 1000 miles without removing
this wonderful tube from the wheel.
and tho beauty of il all is that this new
punCturc-proof tube costs no more
than tho ordinary tube. and makes rid
ing a real pleasure. You can write Mr..
V. II. Mlburn at $50 West 47th St.
Chicago. as he wants them introduced
everywhere. Wonderful opportunity
for agents. If interested write him
today. may26. sat. If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
No Artificial
Testing For
Paige Cars
BY Beck

A return to first principles and old
fashioned methods is found in the
Paige plant in Detroit where every
Paige automobile is now being road
tested. When the chassis has been
finished. inspected. and tested within
the factory in the usual manner, a
test body is mounted upon it and it
is turned over to the road tester. The
road tester is instructed to consider
himself the personal representative
of the man or'woman who will event.
ually own that car.
The car is driven at varying speeds
over smooth streets. rough pave
ments. rutted country roads, up hills
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Use Up Old Tires

This is good time of year to wear
out the old tires. Even the one with
the torn tread-thc one running on
the bare cord fou. dation-will serve
YOU for maybe a month or so until
the touring season begins. But use
it on the rear. on front wheel it
is dangerous and impractical. A
blowout may cause the car to swerve
off its course. \ puncture means
difficult steering ;ad the necessity
of changing tires at on g. A blow
out Of a rear tire involves no danger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
How He Could Tell

A Georgia Cracker" tells this I'm.
on his own people: He says a Non.
ern man who had settled in Geor,i,
was visited by Il friend who AZ,
him how he liked the place and a.
people.
"Oh. all right" replied the man
Now tell me-" asked the frie,a
what is a Georgia cracker? Hr
can you tell him from another nv.
SOM"
WELL" replied the Northern nj.
tier, you see out in that field bad
object?"
YES" said the friend.
"Now," said the man, that ma,
be either a Georgia cracker, Or !,
stump. Watch it for half an hour
and if it moves, why. it's a stump'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Two Traffic Tricks

The habit of accelerating the en-
CINE when standing in traffic with
the idea of making sure that it's
running is as annoying as it is I'M
necessary. Watch the ammctor. Just
as long as the needle flickers. or
registers not too even discharge.
the engine is idling. When the
needle settles down to a calm dis
charge reading the engine has
stalled. Accclcratng the engine not
only wastes gas but makes it I'M
comfortable for other motorists
Even where the driver hesitates to
trust the ammctcr the pra ctice of
setting the throttle for little faster
idlins speed is preferable to the
habit of internationally racing the
engine.
In lesser congested districts where
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
What Nancy Hanks
Did for the Wind
Filled Tire

Looking back over the 50 years Of
its development. the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber Company has found its own
history indclibly linked with that Of
world progress and events of far
reaching Importance to both the
realms of business and sports.
When Nancy Hanks set the horse
racing world agog in 1892 by trotting
a mile in o.04, she was responsible
for bringing to the pneumatic rubber
tire the worlds acknowledgment
that it was speedy and practical. She
had clipped more than four seconds
from her best previous record, which
had been made in a high-wheeled,
steel tired sulky.
In a few months after this as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Observations

The oil situation doesn't worry the
Doowells in the least. They have
just bought new car. You can tell
because Doowell was seen busting
the hood.
Mechanics are said to hate to
knock each others work. It's hard
ly necessary so long as car owners
can attend to it so satisfactorily.
The highway department Of New
York State will use a special record
ing instrument to chart the doleful
condition Of the roads. Funny they
couldn't take a motorists word for
it.
Copyright 1923 by The Ullman
Feature Service)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

the crossings are supervised by
traffic officers chiefly for the pur-
pose of protecting school children
the potorist has to he on his guard
for sudden commands to stop. Ir
these instances the officer is likely
to give much more attention tc
pedestrians than to traffic. with TIC
result that he will often give cars an
order to stop when such unfore-
warned stopping is most difficult
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

he has he length of the car to run
in and to shift from low" to sec
ond." BY the time the street car
actually does start he is running
along at about ten miles an hour,
thus having u decided handicap over
bis rival
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Tell.Tale Marks

Don't think you can get away with
some high speed and then go back to
the dealer with a complaint about
the knocks in your new motor. All
he has to do is look at the white
marks on the exhaust pipe to learn
that the engine has been driven too
fast and prematurely overheated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Ecoromy in Reverse

Economy is equipped with a very
speedy reverse gear 1t occurs when
YOU are OBLIGED to hire a taxi be-
cause Your own car is laid up in the
shop for repairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

at normal speed: and II the tire is
on its last legs you can drive home
on it without trouble.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

stimulate sales little more If prices
were a little more reasonable all the
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02
Americas First Low Priced English Type Car

Here is a new and brilliant
American achievement in eco.
nomical motoring the big new
Overland Red Bird.
"A new delight to the eye! A new
thrill to drive! A Joy to ride in!
A revelation in economy! Re.
Aecting Enthusiastically the vast
experience and resourcefulness of
the great Willys.Overland organi-
cation.
A creation in rich, cleaning Man.
dalay Maroon, topped in khaki.
AZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

"A larger, more powerful motor.
A much longer wheelbase, a
roomier body, and the fleet lines
of a revenue cutter. Glistening
nickeled radiator, head.lamp
rims, windshield stanchions, scuf
plates, door handles and back
curtain frame. First quality Fisk
cord tires. A windshield wiper,
bumpers both front and rear
everything!
Examine the new Overland Red
Bird in our show room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-02

In driving a car three rules are
worth observins:
Be careful
Be very careful
Be very careful always