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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
TUFTS CHARIOT HAD
UP-TO-DATE WHEELS
Auto Expert Amazed to Find
Modern Ideas In $500
Year.OId Designs.

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.--The sem
sntional find Of q number Of rich
~ ornamented. gold tired chariot
wheels In the tomb OF King Tut
Ankh.Amen at Luxor, Egypt, has
sharply revived scientific interest
In the origin and development OF
wheels Of modern type.
Expert scrutiny reveals remark.
ably up.to-date design and constr1c.
ton In the wheels that carried
Egypt's pharaohs in battle and
procession $500 years ago, states
one OF the country's foremost au-
thoritieA, G. C. Carlton, secretary
OF Motor Wheel Corporation, Lam
sing, Mich.
THE hub, spoke and rim con.
strilotion or the wheels used by
King Tut-AnlSh-Amen show surpris-
ing grace OF outline, combined with
extraordinary strength. Built for
the violent exigencies Of warfare,
they had to be extremely light. for
speed, as well as tremendously
strong to Withstand the shock Of
collision and inaneuvering over
rough terrain.
Notable also is the excessive
length Of the hubs and their mar
row diameter, perhaps calculated
to reduce friction and to enable the
holding Of proper alignment"
In the bronze used for spindlos
and bearings the Egyptians pos
sessed bearing metal that modern
metallurgy has never been able to
duplicate. The unique process that
gave this metal its marvellous hard
ness and wearing quality ranks
with the lost arts, perhaps never
to be rediscovered.
Equally as amazing as the struc-
turAl soundness Of the wheels tlfl.
earthed at Luxor is the richness Of
their ornamentation. Imagine the
wealth Of "a dynasty that enabled the
use Of solid gold for tires.
Even 30, King Tut-Ankh-Amen
would probably have found q jour
f1ey in modern motor car much
more to his liking. Springs were
unknown in those days, as were
pneumatic tires, disc wheels, shock
absorbers and other accessories III
common use by millions Of Amer.
leans today.
For cushioning rough roads, sole
reliance was placed upon tightly
drawn SKINS that composed the
chariot floor. This may have been
satisfactory for the limited distances
that q chariot had to cover, but
what d wall 1t would bring from the
owner Of q modern motor car.
With all the pride we take in our
own civilization, however, and its
marvellous accomplishments, trans.
cendant recognition seems due the
ancient Egyptians for the high state
to which they advanced the mechan-
ical arts, thousands Of Years In ad.
vance Of our time.
Had this development proceeded
uninterruptedly, instead Of being
swept away and buried by famine,
war and pestilence, our present
scientific attachments would prob.
ably have reached heights today
that even our current sensational
rate of progress will not have
achieved centuries hence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Studebaker Car
Soon to Be Shown
In New Building
VIII Be on Exhibit Mean
while in Temporary
Quarters.

Joseph McReynolds. local dis
tributor for the Studebaker. will
move from SO Fourteenth street
northwest about March / and will
occupy temporary showroon1s st
1916 Connecticut avenue until the
completion of the new building at
Fourteenth and r streets northwest.
The excellent service furnished
Studebaker owners will in no way
be impaired by the removal to the
temporary location. The complete
Studebaker line will be shown there.
The new building which will be
one of the show places of the local
automotive trade will be finished
within a reasonably short time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
271 Spark Plugs
Made Per Minllte

The factory Of the Chamuion
Spark Plug Company at Toledo n
said to be the largest In the world
devoted to making this important
article OF motor equipment.
On its present schedule the
Champion company II making 1a0..
900 spark plugs each working day,
produced &C the rate or III per
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Removing Hum of
Sedan Next Task

Popularity Of the closed car has
risen by leaps and bounds. despite
fault that builders are trying
their best to correct. That is the
steady. bothersome hum while the
auto Is In motion.
This hum, say coach designers.
comes from the transmission "a the
rear and is increased greatly In
volume within the sedan. no cor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
$45, 900, 900 for
Country Roads

OTTAWA, Ont. Feb. 24.-Since
the passing of the highway inn
provement act and to the end OF
1892 the ~uIn OF $4,000, 600, approx
imately. has been spent on con-
etruction and maintenance Of coun-
try roads.
Toward this the province Of On
tario has contributed about 500.
90, 1000. according to Robert c..
Muir, chief engineer Of country
roads in the province of Ontario.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Auto Sparks
Keep a record Of all numbers Of

Keep a record of all numbers of
the car.
Tighten bolts regularly to pre-
vent squeaking.
Never keep an engine running
when it is excessively hot.
Never run a car with a broken
headlight lens; it ruins the re-
Hector.
Every motorist should carefully
study the automobile laws of his
State.
Emery paper should never be
used for cleaning moving parts
Of a car.
Never use the same can or
bucket to carry water and gasoline.
A particle of water or dirt in the
gasoline may cause lot of trouble
A broken windshield or window
can be temporarily mended by past
ing paper binding strips (the, kind
used to secure packages) on the
outside and inside of the break.
II you intend sending your car
to the repair shop, remember that
the period including the months
Of March, April and May is the
time when demands are heaviest
for overhauling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

LATE Traffic being bu the A. B. c. Mo-
n Company 6H NeW York The Traffic
GheUed nUiabe reputation for sturdy economy
operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

Inspector Headley, Of the Police Traffic
Bureau, announces vigorous drive against
trucks failing to observe the Rear View
Mirror Law. Do not violate the law!
Equip your truck and your pleasure car
with Rear View Mirrors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Power in Reverse Gear.

When car has not power enough
to negptiate . hill even in low gear,
try going up backwards. The car
viii climb the grade in this posi-
ton without much effort, the reason
being that reverse speed IL of the
lowest-gear ratio OF all transmission
speeds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Tire Sizes.

diversified tires should be used
when cars are employed to carry
excess passengers, when numerous
accessories are included, and IL easy
riding is expected. Otherwise the
regular sized tires will not give the
service ordinarily expected
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Entry Blanks Out
For Big Auto Race

Entry blanks for the eleventh an
nual 500-mile international sweep
stakes for a purse Of $4,000, to
Be held on the Indianapolis motor
speedway on May 30, have been
sent broadcast by T. e. Myers. Sec
rotary and general manager of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Com
pany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
Al Shine That Iasfs.

Metal surfaces can be protected
after the metal is highly polished,
by applying several coats OF lacquer
on celluloid varnish. Apply the
liquid with q camel's-hair brush.
Be careful that there is no grease
on the metal before lacquering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

THE White Truck recently Washington
Transporting the daily supply ne1osprn from the
houses the The load SOn here 1880
The transportation of such load Without the slightest difficulty
WeH for the ability of the White.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

More than two-thirds Of the rubber
produced in the world Is being manu-
featured into automobile tires of
various kinds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
PLAN TO ASSIST WHEAT FARMER IS F RME:D FALLACY
Head Of Chicago Board Of Trade Says Taxpayers Will
 Have To Pay Anyhow
By JAMES MCLAIN Special Lensed Wire To Age-HerRld (By Lensed Wire To Age-Herald,l

CHICAGO, Oct, 10.-The organiza- tion of wheat farmers for co-opera- tive marketing through an assocla- ton, launched here Monday by farm leaders with the approval of the Cool idge administration, is condemned as an economic fallacy" by John J. Stream, president of the Chicago board of trade.
 Stream Wednesday attacked both the proposed cooperative selling or wheat and use of funds of the war finance corporation in supporting the farmers Financially, as was guaran- teed by Eugene Meyer, Jr., head of the corporation.
 'The discrepancy between the pur- chase price in America and the Flu ropean sale price and any sales losses would be footed by the war finance corporation and, therefore. by the American taxpayers, under the agree ment reached for organizing the wheat farmers" he declared.
 Q Q c
 Called Wide Guess.
 "The proposal is the widest kind of a guess" Stream continued. "Theve is no guarantee that it will bring S1.50 wheat It IS more likely that the government will have to buy large amount of the crop each year and that in time of depression the tax payer will have to go to, the aid of every other farmer, particularly the one-crop man. Then we will have to support these fellows all of the time"
 wheat could not be sold in the world market for more than Canadian and Argentine grain. and that. If the American price is raised above the 30-cent differential set by the tariff on imported wheat, a flood of grain from other countries would be invited.
 o O o
 Doubtful Of Plan.
 Tt is a question also of whether the present efficient system of mar keting grain, with its years of prac ,ical experience, can be improved up- on by any hastily thrown-together make shift organization" he added
 Complete organization of the wheat farmers for cooperative marketing. as planned here Monday, is expected in five years Former Governor Frank o. Lowden, chairman of the associa- ton, Is preparing to open offices to direct the organization work from Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
SUSPECT PLOT TO- SMUGGLE FRENCH
 LIQUOR INTO U. S.
Shipment Of 96 Barrels Ot "Hides" Proves To Be
 The Real Stuff

NEW YORK. Oct. 10.-Customs of- ficials today stumbled upon dis covery which may reveal a plot to smuggle French liquor into the United States on a wholesale scale. hides along a Hudson river pier after a shipment of se barrels had been unloaded from the French liner. Chicago, which docied last Saturday trpped and n. barrel crashed into an iron girder. A cds- toms inspector, standing nearby. ex- pected to see brine In which hides usually are packed. gush from the broken slaves. The expected flow was not forthcoming. Opening the barrel. he found inside 4s bottles If Scotch. Benedictine and Apricott brandy. A few hides were used for packing. He tapped five more bar reis. Tn each was found 4s bottles of contraband liquor.
 A report was made to Deputy Surveyor William F. Sanders. who ordered the entire shipment seized And .ake.l to the ap, ..a stores for examination, If each barrel con- tains the same amount of liquor. the estimated value of the seizure will be about s25.0o0.
 Almost every French ship brings in shipments of hides" and customs officials now fear that thousands ,,f cases have been smuggled into ths country.
 Both shippers and consignecs of
 tcday's lot were said to be known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
MENACE OF FOREST FIRES |S LESSENED
 BY HEAVY RA|NFA ALL
One Death Reported And Oth- CTS Likely In Northwest
 Conflagration
tContinued From Page one)

county, is threatened by re sur rounding the '-ilage, and the town of Green. six miles away. is in danger. Lumbermen estimate so square miles already have been burned over. Far mers in that locality as we'll as sev- eral in Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga counties. are moving to open spaces for safety.
 Two summer cottages at Twin Lakes, south of Houghton, were burned and others are threatened.
 Douglass, Ashland. Bayfield, and Ironwood counties in Wisconsin are dotted with flames. Breathing there is described as torture and heavy smoke hangs low over the land. Nav igation on Lake Superior has become serious problem. the smoke cover ing the water more denseiy than the heaviest fogs. Wisconsin Highway No. 10, between Ashland and Hurley. has been made impossible by flames and smoke. Near Hurley tho entire woods Is burning and the whole town of Drummond, west of Ashland, turned out to fight fires. Near Kim ball. Ashland county, considerable loss from burning Of cut lumber was re- ported
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
Cold Dismal Lake Foq
 Aids In Fight On Fire


 ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10.A cold, dismal fog sweeping off Lake Su- perior with it's dampening effect upon the parched woods, tonight brought lull in the scattering brush and forest fires in northern Wiscon- sin and Michigan.
 Reports early tonight indicated the fires made comparatively little prog ress today although the weather was dry and hot as the wind changed several times, whipping the flames about so that they remained prac- tically stationery. Stories of addi- tional farm homes destroyed late yesterday came in today.
 In northwestern Minnesota the situation was declared by Grover M. Conzet, assistant state forester to be very satisfactory" considering the dry condition fo the woods.
 With the generous use of men and equipment, the forestry forces are holding the fires to comparative small areas.
 Wisconsin national guardsmen, called out Tuesday night by Cover nor Blaine, are assisting in combat ting the brush fires in the immedi- ate vicinity of Superor and adjacent parts of Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
SAYS COMMUNISTS TO CONTINUE FIGHT. UNTIL II IS WON.
Foster Says Workers Party Will Go Forward Despite
 SetbackS
By RODNEY F. BUTCHER Leased Wire to The Age-HernId)

CHICAGO. Oct. 10.-"The commun- ists will continue their fight until it Is won!
 "The workers party will go for ward under the leadership of the communist international until the workers of this country win their struggle against capitalism and es- tablish the workers and farmers government"
 This was the defiant answer of William z. Foster and c. k. Ruthen- berg, Americas most prominent com munists. Wednesday to the over whelming series of defeats handed out to the policies and supporters at the national convention of the Amer ican Federation of Labor In Portland, Ore.
 Members of the central executive committee of the workers party here. openly admitting their utilization with the Moscow Internationale. claim to see In the Portland reverses only a temporary ascendancy in the labor movement of Samuel Gompers and John L. Lewis. and their ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
SALVAGE PRINCE" OFT BRITAIN IN AMERICA
Made Reputation By Junking Shells
 And Ammunition

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.--Francis S Pickett known as the salvage prince" of Great Britain, arrived on the steamship Majestic with his wife today for an extended visit ln the United States.
 Pickett is head of F. N. Pickett & Son. Inc, the remainder of the firm being his Syear-old son. After the war when the British govern ment was about to dump $75.000. 900 worth of munitions into the sea rath- CT than continue having soldiers blown up in salvage operations. Pickett bought the lot for 3.000,00o pounds.
 He cut up the giant shells, bombs and small arms ammunition, salvag- ing 600.o00 tons of steel scrap In the process. He also was credited wl:h ihventing means of cutting up old shells and removing tho explosive without danger to workmen. He lost the tip of an ear In an explosic T, however before completing the m vention.
 Pickett also salvaged s25,ooo. 900 worth of munitions for France and Belgium. maintaining 16 ammunition dumps there. besides 32 in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
DAVIS FLATS RADICALS
Send Them Back To Nations When
 They Land, Is His Advice

BTSBEE .Ariz., Oct. TO- America is the greatest most powerful and richest nation ln the world, and 'radl- calls who came here to preach the gospel of hatred and tell of greater governments should be seized by the nape of the neck and thrown aboard the next ship that sails for the na- tions of which they speak in such glowing terms, Secretary of Labor Davis told an audience here last night.
 Touching upon the immigration question, Secretary Davis said: We should have selective immigration or none at all. The foreign nations. after their penitentiaries are filled, give their criminals passports and send them over to us.
 ''Resigstration of aliens is the only way to eliminate the radical and un- desirable foreigner. for here are said to be as many to come into this coun- try as through the proper channels" he continued. We should register them and teach both the children and parents the true spirit of America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
fuses 70 Confer JYh 2erEl On Settlement Of Ru Situation

chine" All the workers. they insist. are really with Foster and Ruthen- berg, the only hitch being that they have no mouthpiece yet through which to make their howl of protect articulate.
 What are the measures the com munists proposc?" Poster and Ruth enberg ask in a joint statement. "Or- ganize the unorganized. AmaIgama- tion of the craft unions into indus trial unions! A labor party! Recog- milton of Soviet Russia!"
 Gompers Criticised.
 The two radical leaders point out that "Gompers, Lewis 6 Co.," are ac- tuaily in favor of private ownership of industry and adequate return on eration's statement of principles.
 Then, to clinch their charge that the workers aren't behind Gompers and Lewis, they point out that the rank and file of the United Mine Workers have declared for nationaii- zation of mines, the railroad en- ployes have declared for the Plumb plan and scores of central labor bod ies are on record for public owner ship"
 Hence, the communists deduce. "Gompers and his. machine, whether consciously or not, are the agents Of the employers, But
 All the power of the Gompers ma chine cannot stop the advance to- ward more militant trade union movement which the communists are leading, because the communists stand for those measures on which the life of the unions depend.
 "The workers party does not deny it's fraternai affiliations with the communist international. It is proud of it. It is proud to acknowledge the leadership of that international or ganization which is the hope of the workers tho world over In the fight against reaction. fascism and capi- talism."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
L. & N. IN MARKET
Uaiiroad To Purchase $7,624, ,OO0
 Worth Of New Equipment

FRANKFORT, Kl.. Oct. 1O.-New equipment valued at s7,624.O0O will be purchased by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company through II. l.. Borden and Homer G. Day Of New York and the United States Trust company of New York, accord ing to an equipment lease filed in the office here of Fred A. Vaughan sec- Fetary of state.
 The new equipment includes six Pacific type locomotives, 30 Mikado type locomotives, t4 all-steel new baggage cars, To- all-steel baggage apartment cars, IS standard straight coaches and 2,3O0 all-steel hopper bottom coal cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
sALEsNIAN MAY DIE

MEMPHIS, Tenn., oct. 10.-E. ?. Longshore, Montgomery salesman. who was shot in Clarksdale, Miss, Monday night following an argument over @ dice game. was reported in a critical condition in a local hospital tonight. Longshore's spine was shat tered by bullet, said to have been fired by ". K. Herrin. Jr., a planter. Allen Moore, proprietor of the hotel where the shooting occurred, who was wounded in the affray, is not seriously hurt, according to reports from Clarksdale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
TOOK WRONG MEDICINE
Experiences Internal Tango When
 He Swallows Jumping Bean

SANTA BARBARA. Cal, Oct. 1O--- A police sergeant got up in the dark to take a capsule las. night. Some time later he noted a most unusual commotion in the region of his uia- phragm He told the doctors that 1t felt like riot of capsules, or an in- ternal tango. What the doctor found with stomach pump Is shown in the Following conversation:
 Dear" said the sergeant to hls wife. was there anything else on the dresser besides my capsules?"
 Why, yes, dear, there was a comb and brush and a little box with your Mexican jumping beans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
ClSTINE CHOIR COMING

ROME, Oct. 10.-The sistine Chapel choir has sailed for America for an extended tour, accompanied by its vice director, Monsignor Antonio Bella. This choir, it Is semi-official- ly explained at the Vatican, is an old organization which gained much fame in the past, although it's official status has not been maintained in re- cent years, as only seven of the orig inal members are now alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
OIL EJACULATION DOUBTED

TULSA, OkIa., Oct. IU.-~IBy AS sociated Press. 1.-The federal govern ment Is totally without constitutional authority to regulate the petrt leum industry, through the various states have the power to control produc- ton waste, c. E. Ames, chief counsel for the Texas company, declared to- night in an address before the Mid Continent oil and Gas association, a unit of the International Petroleum Exposition and Congress in session here this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
nrNnY rn I-NnERGo npERATIoN

NEW YORK, oct. l0.--Secretary or the Navy Edwin Denby will undergo an operation on his right leg tomor- row morning. he announced tonight after his arrival here from Lave Hurst, N. J.. where he officlated at the rechristeninG of the ZR-1, which was made the U. s. s. Shenandoah. Several days ago while playing baseball with some children" as the secretary put 1t, he severed the achilles tendon of his right leg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
Recovers From Group

My boy had & very bad attack of croup. Tried everything but nothing did him much good. Then used Foley's Honey and Tar and he not only recovered quickly but he has had no trouble since" writes Mrs. William Sims. Burlington. Wyoming Coughs, colds and croup quickly re- lieved with Foley's Honey and Tar, the largest selling cough medicine In the World. Free from opiates- ingredients printed on the wrapper. Sold cverywf ere.-AdV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
HEAns srEEI. soCIErY

PITTSBURG, oct 7O.-George Kim ball Burgess of Washington. D. C., director of the United States bureau of standards, was declared elected president of the American Society for Steel Treating at the associations annual convention. Others named were R. A. Bird, Bethlehem Steel company Bethlehem, Pa. vice presi dent: Fay Jeffries. Aluminium Com pany of America, Cleveland. Ohio, Treasurer, and J. F. Harper. Allis- Chalmers company. Milwaukee. Wis. dircctnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
SERIOUSLY HURT BY ROCK FALL,

Ernest Burgess, Altoona, Ala, wa" was seriously injured Tuesday in the Altoona mines by falling rock, was still in a serious condition Wednes- day night at the Norwood hospital. according to reports by attendant. Burgess sustained internal injuries. besides having his leg broken in two DIapas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
A TERRIBLE GOITRE

Removed Without Operation-Mrs. Cox Tells How-Was Short Of Breath. Eyes Bad-Could Not Work-In Bed Part Of Iime-Stainless Liniment
 Used
 Mrs. Dot Cox says come to Troy Ohio, and 1 will show you what Sorbol- Quadruple has done for me. If you can't come, write.
 Get more information at Eugene la cobs' Drug Store, Greene Drug 70 drug stores everywhere or write Sorbol Company, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
TOM MIX HURT
Charge Of Dynamite Explodes Pre-
 maturcIy

SANTA CRUZ. Cal. Oct. 10.-Tom Mix, movie star. in Santa Cruz mountains, was hurt today when a charge of dynamite was prematurely discharged.
 Mix was to ride by and the ex- plosion was suppoded to follow im- mediately. Instea' 1t occurred as he approached and he was peppered mith missiles. His injuries are not serious.