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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17
TIRE MAKERS
ALTER METHOD

Close on the heels OF the announce
msns Of ita now late processes. the
United States Rubber company again
comes into the limeiight with the
announcement that II II making It's
cord tires on a principle entirely nav
10 tire manufacturing.
Instead OF building up the casing
on an iron core OF the form Of n tire.
the company il making castings rini
on ooilapsibls steel drum. subss-
qnently bringing them 10 shape by
initiation.
To the person familiar with tire
manufacture. this statement - an
adequate explanation ~ a radical IN.
uoyation in tire construction. But
10 the layman the statement prob.
ably has little meaning
AH il well known. cord tires arc
made under the old method by build
Ing up one ply or cord fabric upon
another. tho workman using an iron
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17
Cadillac Expands
to Include Canada

DETROIT. March 5.-The Cadil-
Lao Motor Car company announced
that beginning within a month
Cadillac cars for sales in the domin-
ion OF Canada will be manufactured
and sold there In tho plant Of Cen
eral Motors. Limited at Oshawa. Ont.
states tho 1924 Cadillac plans for
increased production and substan.
tlal saving 10 buyers OF Cadillac
cars turnout the dominion arc three
important factors In the ostablish.
msnt OF tho new connection.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17
'Pussyfoot" Buys
Haynes" Touring

William r. PussyfooD Johnson. of
westervilie. Ohio. internationally
known prohibitionist. who has trav.
eled the world over In his war on the
VETS" was sold a Haynes 81 sport
touring car recently by r q. Holli.
day. sales manager OF the Columbus
Haynes company, Haynes dealers at
Columbus, Ohio.
II have only one eye" said Mr..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17
Non-Skid Appliance
Is Perfected Here

A patent non-skld device which tho
inventor claims will eliminate skid.
ding Of autos has been patented By
Norvai Runstetler. sof3 West s5th
81. Seattle The patent has been
registered at the U. S. patent office
and viii be placed on the market
within a short time. according 70
Runstetler.
.nss device Is 20 arranged as to
send a stream Of sand into tho path
Of the auto when In danger OF
skidding. Pressure for sJecting the
sand Is supplied thru the exhaust OF
the car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

core mounted on a standard for the
purpose When the tire In fully
built IL Il carried 10 the oven and
hakod-vuloanizsd. A standard
sightply cord tirs contains about
1900 separate cords OF cotton. and
unless every one Of these il stretched
TO exaotly the same tension and TN.
less each 10 exactly parallel with tho
others in tho aams layer. all viii not
contribute equally In bearing tho
load and the tire will not last an
long as II should.
Countless experiments were made
and tho resulting tires diHsectnd
Finally II was found that by build.
Ing The tire fiat on n eoilapsibls steel
drum and subsequently, bringing Il
TO shape by initiation. moro salts
factory cord tension conditions were
obtained.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

Dayton chemists ARE snid TO have
discovered a compound which will
increase gasoline mileage 100 per
cent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

Nearly one-fourth OF tho aluminium
produced In the United States goes
into automobiles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

Russia has more flliteratea. and
yet moro book stores. than any
country In Europe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

Johnson. due to an unfortunate In.
eidens In England. but can stin
see good automobile"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

Sixteen million pounds Of hair and
padding went into automoblis up
holstery in 1891.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

are three important factors in tho.
establishment Of the new connection.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17

A piece Of pure gold can be beaten
into 30 thin a sheet that 100000 OF
them. piled one upon another, make
a stack only an inch high.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-17
The Other is Soft
and FLUFFY

The residue that Aristo Motor Oil deposits Is
Of another kind.
1t is soft and fluffy that most Of It blows out
with the exhaust.
It Is softer than your cylinders, pistons and
bearings, so cannot scratch or wear them.
Cars run thousands Of miles farther without
having valves ground or cylinders, pistons and
spark plugs cleaned. Your motor retains full
compression. It doesn't knock"
With Aristo Oil motors get efficient lubrica-
ton without developing these troubles. They
last longer, run more smoothly and give moro
power.
Aristo is made by fabrication specialists
equipped with every known facility for the pro-
duction of perfect motor oil. Used by famous
drivers in the most gruelling tests.
Try Aristo Oil for three months. Test II I'M
der all conditions. Note the Improvement in the
operation Of your motor.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

when they were dumped in by the
Turkish porters. We were rowed across
the Golden Horn to the customs office
by two Kurdish boatmen, and there
were seized upon by a crowd of Turks,
who fought each other for our baggage.
In the customs office, the Turkish Off
ciafs were highly arrogant young men
in uniform, who SMOKED innumerable
cigarettes and refused to pass the
Americans samples of boots and shoes
until he had bribed them with some of
his very best pairs. After that long
delay we took a.carriage and two horses
and drove at smart trot to the Pera
Palace Hotel, where I found my COM
rade of the war, Percival Phillips, and
a bevy Of English and American cores
pondents watching the secret progress
Of a drama which might result in an
other European war and set the whole
east afiame.
1t was Phillips, as well as the high
commissioner, Admiral Webber, and
various intelligence officers who put
me wise" as the Americans say. to the
situation which: had its secret plot. in
Constantinople but it's fighting center
in Augora Here in "Constant" there
gas a mask of. peaceful -ohedlence-1o
Evening star., 1923-08-19

great trouble to the "red caps" who
rounded them up at night.
X x x
TINE American Jacks gave more.
l. Coming from dry ships, they
drew beeline for the booze shops,
and were mad drunk rapidly. The
British 4. L. NJ, with whom | went
round the city one night, had she
genial permission from the American
admiral to have them knocked on
the head by the naval poli"<' ..s 1?uiek-
ly and az smartiy as possible. 1t was
safer for them.
L shall never forget one of those
young American sailors whom l en-
countered at music hall close to
the Pera Palace, known as the Petits
Champs A variety show was given
there nightly by Russian singers and
dancers, with a Russian orchestra.
and it was crowded with all the races
of the world which met in CONSTANT
nople Some of the dancing girls
had been ladies of quality in Russia.
Now they showed their bodies to this
assembly Of wine drinking men and
evil women. of east and west, for the
wages of life. The orchestra played
\
Evening star., 1923-08-19

under the Galata bridge almost as open
as daylight!
Mustapha kemals strength was
growing-nobody knew how strong.
Perhaps it was underestimated. Per-
haps one day the Greeks, holding
long line across Asia Minor for the
protection of smyrna, would get a
nasty surprise. Who could trust
Greek army, anyhow? And what was
the British government doing with
all the pro-Greek policy? 1t was
doing us no good in the Mohammedan
world Even India was getting rest
less because its political agitators
were pretending the sultan was
prisoner and the prophet insulted!
Not that the Indian Mohammedans
cared about the sultan really belong
ing to a different sect. But it was all
propaganda and dangerous. The
whole situation was full of danger
and Constantinople was very inter-
esting city-in this time of history
That was the gist of the conversa
tion ] heard from Phillips and Brit
ish intelligence officers and naval
lieutenants and travellers from the
near OF far east in the smoking
room of the Pera Hotel, which
blocked out to the Grand Rue. with
Evening star., 1923-08-19

that not only gave the same appear
ance, but also possessed wearing
qualities that We're equal to those of
leather Today any of the thousands
holstered with these substitutes and
it takes an expert to tell which is
leather and which is substitute.
From the stage of the old ia sh :
ioned tallow zip, as a means of light
ing room. to the old ia shioned
kerosene lamp was thought in other
days to have been a great step for
ward, but a few years after cleo
tricity began to show to what uses
it could be put and every month saw
an advance. until today there are
comparatively few stores or dwell
ings that do not have this form of
lighting. To just what extent our
modern system of lighting has de-
veloped is shown by the great search
lights and beacons that are now en-
ployed by the government in night
flying with the mails. Some of these
and their estimated candlepower is
500, 100000.
x X X
THE use Of helium gas has made
J. the flying of balloons safe, as far
as explosion is concerned. The great
strides in aviation have made it pos
sible for men to fly across the ocean
or across this continent without
stopping and it is not a far-fetched
dream to think of taking breakfast
here in Washington and having din
ner in San Francisco or London.
Anesthetics have made it possible
for many operations to be conducted
without discomfort to the patient.
Local anesthetics have been employed
during the past four or five years
with great success and now the suf-
ferer may recline and listen to the
surgeons as they cut and delve into
the body in search of some part that
has been causing discomfort The
use of local pain deadeners has also
been applied to dentistry.
From all parts of the world sci
ence is giving to mankind something
that will aid in making his lot an
easier one, doing something that will
permit the people of the earth to
have more time for study and ref1ec-
tion as we'll as for recreation. Prog
ress s-tts-watchword, of the aga,
Evening star., 1923-08-19

some other. South American countries.
Firpo brought several small bales of
it when he came to the United States.
and his handlers declared that it not
only had stimulating effects but that
it also possessed medicinal properties
that made it very valuable drink.
Nearly every one who has a canary
or other pet bird gives little heed to
the fact that bird seed that is given
to the pet is product of Argentina.
The seed Is called alpiste and has
been imported for many years.
Another product that has been used
most extensively during the past few
years comes from Brazil. 1t is mono-
zite sand, and from it we secure the
materials that are used in making
gas mantles. This sand is about the
only substance from which the
mantle that will give a real bright
light can be obtained.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

lowed thick and fast, until today
there is not a house in a town of any
size that does not have this wonder
full convenience.
Thousands of persons are devotees
of cacao. although they may not
know that they are, for when they
drink chocolate or cocoa they are
using the product of the cacao. a
large portion of which comes from
Ecuador. From these beans our
chocolate and the other drinks are
made.
DURINCi the recent fistic encounter
II between Jess Willard and Luis
Angelo Firpo many wondered what
was in the bottle that Firpos seconds
gave him between rounds. 1t was
the beverage made from yerba mate,
a popular nom alcoholic but stimulat-
ing drink that takes the place of
tea or coffee in the Argentine and
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Scientists Have Made Available for World
Useful Products of All Sorts of Regions
South America One of Most Prolific Sources fNe Articles of CmeePunisF Fertilizer
dtlB of

The beans are gathered and sent to
this country, and after course of
treatment are ready for the manu-
facturer, who extracts from the bean
the oil which is diluted and made
vanilla extract
There are many things that the
Americans have given to Europe since
the days of Columbus. especially food
products that were not previously
Known in the lands over the seas.
North and South America contributed
corn-that is. real corn, not the kind
that grew in Egypt. Then there are
chocolate. and cocoa, potatoes. toma-
toes, the last mentioned thought for
many years to be of poisonous
nature and by some called love ap-
ples"; pumpkins, from which those
golden brown pies are made; and
strawberries.
The story of tobacco has been told
many times-the story of the cour-
tier who appeared before his SOW
ereigns smoking a pipe filled with
the new plant from America, as a re-
suit of which Il we'll wisher dashed
IL bucket of water over him, think ing
that he had set himself afire in
ternally.
There are still other products
which have been exported from the
Americas to Europe and have become
food staples in the old world.
One must not be unmindtuI of the
wonderful things that Luther Bur-
bank has done in plant culture and
in food products for man and beast
He has evolved many articles that
are now considered of great benefit
to the race, and other men of science
are striving daily for similar results
Down in the Argentine they have
evolved a method of preserving milk
that serves a most useful purpose
and some of this canned lacteal fiuid
is as palatahie after three years as
placed on the shelves of the corner
store.
x !: * -
TINE use of gunpowder has been in
l. vogue for many years and il is
generally attributed to the Chinese.
but during the last war it was found
that the modern explosive was the
thing that was essential not only to
good shooting, but also for the pur-
pose of closehand fighting. It is also
a fact that the United States had per-
fected a gas that would Kill instantly
and that no gas mask could with
stand its power of penetration.
For many years leather was an
article that was used largely for
making shoes. harness. etc. but as
time went on and the desire for bet
ter looking household equipment be-
came stronger. leather was used in
the upholstering of furniture. but it
was soon found that the demand sent
the prices skyrocketing. \ substi-
tute was invented in this country
Evening star., 1923-08-19

san Sophia on a day of victory. over
the corpses there. and left the i'm
print of a bloody hand on one of the
pillars. where it is now sculptured in
marble White in the sun on the
waters edge We're the long walls of
the sultan's palace. One could see
Galata and the old bridge which
crosses from Stamboui. and above, on
the hill. Pera, with its Grand Rue, its
night clubs. its cabarets. its Christian
churches and haunts of vice.
DEFORE we anchored our ship was
ID surrounded by swarm of boats. as
at Athens, but these were the narrow
naiuues of the Golden Horn. rowed by
Turks. who hung on by thrusting Crap
mel hooks through our portfolios and
by clinging on to ropes. They We're old
sun baked Turks. with white boards,
and Young Turks, with only down on
their faces and rowing eyes for the
unveiled women ON our decks, and to-
gether they raised ii wild chant as they
called "Enendi, E.ffendi.' and invited
US 10 go ashore. Other ships passed us
"a steamer crowded with Russian
refugees fleeing from the bolshevilI
pursuit of Wrange!. British destroyer.
sailing boats with lego mutton sails.
hillowine white above the blue water.
and many of the little caiques where. ON
Turkish rugs. sat Turkish ladies like
bundles OF black silk, deeply reiied. so
that one had no glimpse of a face.
My young son and |, with light
baggage. secured a caique with The
American jew. who had enormous eases
nf samples which nearly sank the boat
Evening star., 1923-08-19

themselves. The lad that was fortu-
nate enough to obtain a whole pack
age was looked upon by his fellows
as most fortunate. The base of chew
ing gum, is chicle and it is imported
to this country from Yucantan and also
from Guatemla, although the larger.
portion comes from the first named
country.
X X X X
livery housewife in this country
IL has used, not once but many
times, the old familiar fiavoring ex-
tract that we call vanilla. In fact,
when young folks start housekeep-
ing. about the first thing that the
bride does is to put vanilla on her
shopping list, for she remembers how
her mother used it in the making of
cake and desserts. Vanilla is OBJ
tanned from the tonka bean, which
grows in Venezuela and Colombia.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Every one who knows anything
about hats will recall a certain brand
that for years was the proper thing
for the cowboys of the west. 1t had
a peculiar body that defied the risors
OF all kinds of weather and proved
to be almost of such quality that il
could not be worn out These hats
were and are made from nutria,
which s obtained from southern Ar
gentina. From the same country. al
though not confined to its southern
parts. is most nutritious cereal
called quinoa.
Soon after the American doug hboy
landed in France the French kiddies
We're running after them and asking
in their quaint English for ''peaze of
chew gum, American, pleze messieur
soldat," and the little nephews of Ma
poleon would follow regiment for
miles to secure this new dainty for
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Chief City of Mohammedan World
Presents Strange Mixture of Races

the DEGREES of the international occu
patton.
= 1t was called international" and
there were French and italian troops
and police on both sides of the Galata
bridge, but the real command was in
the hands of the British high com
missioner and the real power in the
hands of the British fleet. The French
were "huffy' because of that. and
Gen. Franchet de rEsperry had left
in temper because he would not take
orders from the British and was up
to his eyes in political intrigue. Ihe
sultan was a puppet in the hands OF
the British, ready to sign any docu-
ment they put before him. provided his
personal safety was assured. But every
Evening star., 1923-08-19

there are bodies floating every morn
ing at the Golden Horn-stabbed in
the back, I'm Keeping close to Pera."
The first view of the Golden Horn
was as beautiful as l had hoped,
more than l had imagined. as we
rounded the old Seraglio point and
saw in the early sunlight of May
morning the glittering panorama of
Constantinople.
The domes of San Sophia lay like
rose-colored clouds above the cypress
trees. Beyond was the great Mosque
of Suleyman, it's minarets, white and
slender, cutting the blue sky like
lances. Further back. rising above
a huddie of brown. old houses, was
the Mosque of Mohammed, the con-
queror who, 500 years ago, rode into
Evening star., 1923-08-19
by SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

Y \ the spring of 1921 / lay on the
deck of the steamship Gratz,
1000 tons, once Austrian and
now flying the Italian flag,
bound from Brlndisi to Constantine
pie. With me as comrade was my
young son.
Our fellow passengers were a
strange company. mostly Jews from
America, Germany and Greece. going
to sell surplus stocks, if they could,
to merchants in Pera. They talked
fnterminably in terms of international
exchange, dollars. pounds, marks, lire,
drachmas and kronen. and deplored
the stagnation of the worlds mar
kets. There was also a sprinkling of
dark k-complexioHed, somber-ey men
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Turk in his palace and in the back
streets Of Galata and Stamboul was
rebel against his submission, and all
were spies and agents on behalf Of the
nationalist Turks in Angora. Those
were the real fellows. They refused to
recognize the allied terms of peace, or
any peace. They were contemptuous
of the suItan's enforced DEGREES They
even denied his religious authority
They had raised the old flag of
Islam and were stirring up fanacti
cism through the whole Mohammedan
world as far as India.
DUT they We're modern i'll their
- ideas and methods. Nationalist"
and not religious in their faith. They
were raising levies of Turkish peas
ants, drilling them, arming them
with French weapousD. teaching
them that if they wanted 1" keep
their land they must fight for it
There was fellow named, Musta-
pha kemal. He would be heard of
later in history as great leader.
He was raiding UP the coast as, far
as lsmid and little companies of
British Tommics had had To fall back
before his irregulars. Not good for
our prestige But what could "" do
on the Asiatic side. with only few
battalions of boys? Meanwhile. the
Turks in Constantinuple were send
ing money, men and munitions to
the uationalists, a. there was
precious little we could do To stop
them, in spite of our troops and po-
lice Why, there was guu-runnins
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Continued on, Fourth Page.l
Evening star., 1923-08-19
RY JAMES A. BUCHANAN.

~ HE great majority of people
are prone to accept what they
see every day as things that
Il Just naturally happen TO be
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-20
Cspyirk ,os, BY Sldssy Ge,iss
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
once speech denied itself even to Lady
Erythea. Georgina was sobbing gently
| in the chair. Alexander still stood over
her and said nothing.
II seem to find thread Of enllghten-
ment in this story" said Lord Scroope,
slowly. Eyes, I think know enough
Of you, Aimee, to understand. 1 have
question to put. You came here on
the day following the burglary. Where
did you spend the previous night
What were you doing7"
II was In a cavel"
Lord Scroope passed a long white
hand across his brow.
"A cave?" he repeated, blankly. You
have reverted, It seems, to the customs
Of our Neolithic ancestors"
ut was a ripping cave" said Aimee
little Historically, "down In the crag
pits. All the little rabbits for company.
1t was more peaceful than Jervaulx.
know It wouldn't have suited George"
May I ask when this unknown
young man permitted himself to pro-
pose to you?"
Yesterday"
1--WE will not pursue that matter"
said Lord Scroope, gloomily; this
hardly seems the time or place for de-
tailed explanations. I feel"
The door opened and Monsieur de
Jussac entered. He gave slight start
as his eyes Travelled rapidly over the
group.
"A thousand pardonsi A family
matter, perceive" he said quickly, II
will withdraw"
"Don't go, Vicomte!" exclaimed
Aimee. anyone who's a friend Of
mine Is welcome here. You may as we'll
be In at the DEATH"
If can be Of any service" said
Bertrand He bowed courteously to
Aimee's father. Lord Scroope, pre-
sumo"
"You," said Lady Erythea to Ber-
trand. trembling with wrath. were
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-20

Ihence N. 80 deg. o min. E. 1924 fee,
Inc end of drain No. 2-B-2.
DRAIN DITCH No. &c. A branch O,
lateral drain from the main drain No.
q designated az Drain No. &c, with lis
route and terminus as follows
beginning ut q point in the Nell
SW Z OF Sec. II. T. S., r. 80 E.. b.
M, .. Deg. "a min. ". 1858 feet from
the East Quarter Corner of said SEQ.
Thence 8. SO deg. 46 min. w. 1900 fee,
Thence 8. 81 deg. IL min. w. I045 fee,
me end OF Drain No. &c.
DRAIN DITCH n rch mr.
lateral drain from main drain No !,
designated ~ Drain No. I'D. with it,
route ana terminus a. follows:
6eeinning at = point In the SEA
N"4 OF Sec. II, T. s., R. 81 e.. B.
n, y. 81 deg. 16 min. z. 1859 feet from
tne west Quarter Corner of said SEQ.
Thence n. deg. 4S min. z. 600 fee,
Thence n. Sc deg. 80 min. q. 2s5 feet
Inencs .. 20 deg. II min. z. 3S0 feet
The end Of Drain No. I'D.
DRAIN DITCH No. !. A main drain
oeeignated a. Drain No. . with its
route and terminus ~ follows:
beginning ut . point in the sW1
wv OF Soc. -. T. g., r. 90 g.. d.
"a, n: % deg. II min. q. szs feet from
s the northwest corner Of said Soc. 81.