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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

VIII you givs the meaning and
pronunciation OF the word ''shedk'
and who Is the author of the book
by that name?
The word is pronounced shilx, sh as
In ship. as in police; or shek. Q as
in prey. In countries the name APP
plies to the head of tribe or the
chief The author of the novel by
that name is Edith M. Hull.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

DISAPPEARANCE Of coal will in 1900 instead of
5000 years formerly stated Begin saving for your last
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

Do bedbugs have lungs7
No. They breathe by means Of air
tubes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15
What is the Harvest Moon?

The full moon nearest to Sept. 81.
This Is because the moon then rises
for several consecutive evenings at
nearly the same hour, giving an un-
usual number Of moonlight evenings,
most noticeable in the higher lati-
tudes. It Is not true at the equator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

is butter ever made of fishes?
Yes, the natives of British Columbia
make a butter substitute of the
eulachan. a fish from to 8 inches
long and almost all pure oil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

Is it correct for a gentleman to
take a lady's arm when walking
across a dance floor?
No. This is one of the few times
when It is correct for her to take his
arm instead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

Mrs. Bergdcll says her son Grover
twill take his medicine" showing that
Mrs. Bergdoll has an unusually strong
naotherly grip on her boy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15
Where is the sunshine center"
e Aio Ir.IAnd CAnAno3

of the United States?
It is situated in the extreme south
west, near the mouth of the Colorado
River. According to the National Geo.
graphic Society, Yuma, Ariz., fur
nishes the dot on the map on which
to place a compass and draw the circle
into which the sunbeams pour almost
ceaselessly during daylight hours.
Only eighteen days in the average year
can be called cloudy in Yuma and in
rough circular area about 100 miles
from the city in every direction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

RETURNED traveller says the two Americans best known
Europe Henry Ford and Volstead Same
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

A wise man says we are on the
wrong track when we try to change
the home-cooaSing of immigrants, but
he will have to admit we are on the
right scent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

When were roller skates in
vented and first used?
Patented in France as early as 1919.
About 1864 the mania for roller skat-
ing appeared In Austria. ana In 1855
the "rinking' fever broke out in Aus
tralia and spread thence TO England
and the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

How does one rid garden Of
snails7
Sprinkle alr.slaked lime over the
T;ants affected and around the garden
When the lime gets on the snails they
throw off so much slime that they be
come weakened and die. Other rene
dies are SCOT. road dust and sifted
wood ashes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

LLOYD GEORGE says he neither a missionary
bootlegger. That makes him twice welcome
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15
What is the origin Of the name

TLetChWOrth Z
1t is Of Scotch origin. the letch be-
ing e. stream running through
sNannY soil
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

OF what nationality was Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor of
the telephone?
BY birth he was a Scotchman; he
was ar American by adoption.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15
Observations

It will be awful If that Chicago
church shooting proves to be q prece-
dent. The crack Of pistols VIII I'LL
the land, whsn wives go to shooting
up folks who accuse their husbands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

MARY GARDEN says all to reduce sooner OF
later" Name him, Mary, lhim
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

What does the abbreviation
mo" in books mean.
These designations date back over
100 years, when print paper was made
only in one size, say 24x24 inches; this
folded twice made a quarto, 12x12
inches printed so as to make eight
pages on each side of the sheet 1t
formed an octave. vo. Printed to
make twelve pages on each side, duo
decimo, IL mo: 16 pages. 16 mo; "a
pages, "a mo; 81 pages, 81 mo. Later
these designations were vailed. as
cap quarto, crown octavo-the latter
being a fraction larger than the old
IL mo and smaller than the old octave;
however, they mean nothing In these
days, when the size of the sheet is
limited only by the capacity OF the
press; indeed, some Of the cheaper
books are printed on webb presses.
The dimensions mention above are ap-
proximate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

When is the best time of the
year to plant trees?
Between the middle OF October and
the middle of November.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

If King Solomon cams to the old
world now hb would undoubtedly de-
eide the wisdom business has its linn
its.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15

EV1 ASHINGTON, Oct. 15.--Con-
IWI tracts are now being lei in this
country for the GREATEST wire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
Income OF $500 Auto
Owners Averages
About $4,000

Statesmen of one of the large
tire manufacturers recently
were supplied with some very
interesting figures on the av-
erage income of car owners,
cleaned through the National
Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton, for whom they were com
piled by a security concern
IN Cleveland. Ohio.
According to these statistics,
say Firestone sales executives,
OF $500 car owners selected
at random by this Cleveland fl
nanclng concern, the average
showed definite monthly in
come of $349.7O. The cars
purchased averaged 1861. The
average buyer was thirty-four
years old. Seventy,four per
cent were married and 80 per
cent had bank accounts. Sixty
nine per cent carried life in
surRnce. The $500 car owners
were exclusive Of Ford owners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

there is a corresponding taking up
steady push is substituted for a
series of impulses.
Noise in gear is caused by
Vlberat1on of the gear itself and
OF other parts near it. Naturally
the slower and smoother action
Of the spiral bevel eliminates vibra-
tlon-producing jerks of the straight
oevel and the noise problem dis
appears.
In the full floating axle there must
be two bearings for each wheel, and
they have to take the side thrusts
as well as carrying the load, so they
need to be large. well spaced apart
and well adjusted. In the semi and
outer bearings have little to do but
outer bearing shave little to do but
take the weight, the shafts he'd the
wheels stiff against side stresses,
and the latter are usually transfer.
red through the shafts to the bear
ings in the differential housing
Parallel roller, taper roller and ball
bearings are used by different axle
makers.
In mounting the differential and
the bevel pinion, the conditions are
harder. Here the bearings have to
take more thrust load, as the ten
dency is for the gears to spread
apart.
To get correct backlash looseness
between the teeth of pinion and
gear, the pinion nNst be set at the
proper depth of engagement with the
ring gear. To get this mesh and also
to maintain the proper relationship
between the gears, it is necessary
to adjust both pinion and gear. OF
course, this is a factory adjustment
made once for all and not afterward
touched, but to allow for the proper
fitting of replacement parts adjust
ment has to be provided. Usually
the differential bearings are set in
threaded cups, which allow the whole
assembly to be moved to the right or
the left by loosening one and tighten
ing the other. The pinion, however,
usually lis mounted as a complete as
sembIy with it's bearings. and sin.
gle adjusting collar provided which
moves the pinion and it's bearings at
once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
LINCOLN PILOTS
BIC SHRINE
CARAVAN
Capt. Bernard McMahan En-:
thusiastic Over Car on Cross
Continent Jaunt.

With a record of having twice
crossed the continent and covering
more than $4,000 miles. the Lincoln
car of Capt. Bernard S. McMahan,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and manager of
the National Shrine Touring Club,
is now plotting the caravan which
left Oakland, Cal, May l for Wash
fngton, D. c., to attend the national
Shrine meetings scheduled for June
), s, and q
Following the Washington meet
ing, Captain McMahan Will pilot the
autoists over a Northern route on
their return trie, the big white Lin
coin blazing the way as pathfinder
Selections of the Lincoln as the
official pilot car is a notable tribute
10 the sturdy and enduring char
acter of this car and it's mastery
performance under all kinds of road
conditions.
Captain McMahan is enthusiastic
over the Lincoln and declares that
it has the most wonderful nechan
ism he has ever handled.
Aside from its mechanical func-
tioning during the entire time he
has driven it, the thing that inn
presses him most about his Lincoln
is the extremely high tire mileage.
a feature frequently commented
upon by other Lincoln owners.
In speaking of the performance
Of the car, Captain McMahan re-
Gently said that on his last trip
across the continent he consistently
got thirteen miles to the gallon of
gasoline in open country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
ORIENTAL CARTS
MURDEROUS To
ROADS
HeaviIy-Laden Knifelike Wag-
ons Sink Deep Into Ma
tons Highways.

The narrow-tired cart of emma
SAYS Trade Commissioner william l.
Irvine of the Department OF Com
merce, who has lately returned from
an investigation of the motor mar
kets of the Far East, gives China
q road maintenance problem quite
beyond the experience of other
countries. Springless, two-wheelcd
wagons with knifelike rims to their
wheels. laden heavily with all
kinds of freight. sink deep into
the soil and even into asphalt. On
some of the new motor roads: as
for example, the highway between
Picking and Tungchow, stone side
paths are provided for carts and
tkey are forbidden to travel on the
macadam center of the road Though
the Chinese are clever in eVadinE
traffic laws when the pol eeman is
not looking, observers say.
The chief competitor of the mar
row, two-wheeled cart is the wheel
barrow. One would not accuse the
average wheelbarrow OF being n
menace to roads, but when a Chi
nese wheelbarrow is fully loaded its
wearing power is considerable. Pas
genger wheelbarrows frequently
carry as many as eight persons,
with one husky coolie as motive
power
1t is no uncommon thing to send
freight 800 to 500 miles up coun-
try by wheelbarrow. And if tie
harrows do not wear out the roads
as much as the two-wheeled cart
the depreciation they cause in the
auditory organs of the inhabitants
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

served is not to permit anything
in the nature IF whitehead to touch
an aluminium body panel, as, If the
moisture gets though to that par
ticular coat, 1t will cause cora ~
sion, perishing and the disappear
ance Of the entire finish.
In the opinion of Mr.. Pulsifer.
metallic surfaces can be pre-.
pared best for the paint coats by
a properly dried sand blast. Son.
materials used for removing rAst.
cut deep and take it off. If those
materials are themselves subse-
guently removed or washed off
with a material like benzol. the
job then sprayed with super
heated steam and then coated as
soon as it is dry. good results can
be obtained without A sand blast
The ordinary gasoline of today is
bad thing to use as a cleanser
before painting because It contains
kerosene, oil, tar and other ma
terlals that do not evaporate read
lly or entirely. It is better to
use benzol or denatured alcohol, or
perhaps give a final wash with
these materials after using caso.
line
Care must be exercised in the
selection and use of body polishes.
Inc sureEt means Of keeping
car looking fine is careful wash
ing with clean water. Take it TO
the painter for new coat of fin
.%h Farhlsh once the surface is
seen to be disintegrat ting in any
way with proper care and reason
ape service TINS refinishing process
should not be necessary more
than once in everv eighteen
months of use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
WHY AUTO PAINT
TURNS WHITE
EXPLAINED
Color Changes Due to Varnish
Absorbing Moisture-Expert
Urges Better Care.

Most of us look upon paint and
varnish as mysterious mixtures OF
chemicals whose properties lie be-
yond the realm of the average lay
man. 1t seems such a simple mat
ter to us to apply coats of finish
to household articles, that we sell
dom realize how much study and
research has been put upon var
nishes that are made to Withstand
the rigorous service and exposure
on the body and metal parts of our
cars. In spite of the remarkable
strides made toward the attainment
of greater durability in paint fin
ishes, one often hears the comment
that our automobile finishes do not.
wear as well as the old coach and
buggy varnishes. l.. V. Pulsifer, a
prominent paint chemist, recently
addressed the Society of Automobile
Engineers in Detroit and had some
thing to say regarding this criti
cism and other points relating to
painting
The BLUSH appearance that is
noticed on all automobile bodies, if
it rains on them long enough. is
ishing-varnish of a small amount
of moisture. When this moisture
is in the finishing coat, we get a
white appearance, due to the optical
effect of having two things with
different light refractive values to-
gether; ordinarily. this disappears
with the first sunshine. The per.
manent whitening that sometimes
q nf
change in the varnish induced by
either prolonged or frequent wet
ting. In that case the drier COM
pounds of the varnish absorb mole
cules, of water and form a hy-
driated material that is actually
white and opaque.
Today it is possible to obtain
varnishes of at least double the
durability of the best varnish that
existed in the heyday OF the old
carriage business. But. who ever
saw a Brewster horse-drawn
broughham going down a street at
sixty miles per hour? The automo-
bile is out more of the time: it is
driven faster: it is washed less
frequently and more carelessIy: II
is soaked with the fumes of easo-
line and .smeared with oil and
grease The old carriage was low
ingly cared for by some coachn1an
who took real pride in its ap-
pearances
BY following proper engineering
practice in the application of au-
tomobile varnishes, and making
use of the best materials, it is
possible to attain a life Of from
two to three years. The materials
used in the many coats must
have the proper rela ton between
their elastic properties. All the
coats should not. have the same
elasticity necessarily, in fact, "a int
chemists recommend a high degree
of elasticity in the top and bot
tom coats, with a relatively small
elasticity in the middle coats which
are generally the ones containing
the color The finish might, and
probably would, go to pieces more
quickly If all these coats were Of
the same elasticity, than it would
if there was a proper graduation
from primer to finishing varnisn
Some believe that steel bodies
hold their finish for n longer
period than those with aluminium
panels; the paint experts do not
believe that there is any appreci
able difference.
The only precautiop to be 90
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
Dixie Robinson Joins
A. A. A. Here AS
Road Director

V. d. L. Robinson, who has
been connected with the Vir-
ginia Good Roads Association
and who has had considerable
experience with automobile
clubs, highway associations and
newspaper work, has become
associated with the A. A. A.
as director of roads.
Robinson, who is Familiarity
known in good roads work
throughout the country as
Dixie" organized the Chatta-
nooga Auto Club in 1914 and
was largely instrumental in
organizing the Dixie Highway
Association on which he served
as secretary from 1915 to
1920.
For the past three years he
has been executive secretary
of the Virginia Good Roads
Association, in which capacity
he has worked increasingly for
the betterment of roads in
that State.
Robinson will have offices at
A. A. A. national headquarters,
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

In the full floating axle the ends
of the housing are themselves tubes
projecting right through the wheels.
The latter turn on bearings outside
the housing and the drive shafts
come through inside, being linked
to the wheels by a driving connec-
ton. The shafts have nothing to
do but turn the wheels.
The three-quarter floating con-
struction is just halfway between
the two, the wheel being partly sup
ported by the housing and partly
by the shafts.
The full floating axle is the
strongest, the heaviest and the most
expensive construction; the semi
floating the lightest and cheapest.
With modern materials the semi
floating is also much more than
strong enough. The usage of one
type or another is influenced more
by established habit than by any
thing else. Very few new cars in
the last several years have had
anything other than semi-floating
axles and they will probably steadily
come into still more extended use.
Axle housings are of two main
types, the pressed steel or banjo"
made of two halves of heavy sheet
steel stamped out and welded to-
gether, and The built-up type, con-
sisting of tubes bolted or otherwise
joined to the differential housing
which may be a forging or a cast
ing. The former is the typical
American design, the latter the
typical European.
Another part Of the rear axle
design that has undergone good
many changes Is the actual drive
itself. The original bevel gear was
always very troublesome to make
quiet. With increasing engine
speeds and consequent reduced axle
gear ratios this noise trouble grew
worse and worse.
Just when increasing production
was making the problem acute
there appeared a spiral bevel gear
now used in every car. The diff
ference between the two kinds of
tional bevel every tooth is straight
In the spiral bevel the teeth are
curved somewhat as though a
straight tooth bevel pinion had been
made red hot and then twisted
around a quarter turn.
The difference in action is this:
when straight tooth bevel pinion
is turning round in mesh with "A
straight tooth ring gear. each tooth
as it takes up the load does SO
over it's entire length at the same
instant. The action may be likened
to that OF man pulling round
the steering wheel of ship by
grabbing the spokes one after an
other. With the spiral bevel the
load comes on one end first and
rolls along the length as the pinion
turns. Instead of one tooth letting
go all over at once. while an
other takes holds there, is a gradual
release OF load off one tooth while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19

through whose villages they pass
is terrific.
The proper answer to the OLD
conundrum, What makes more
noise than a pig under a gate?" is
"A Chinese wheelbarrow. Oiling a
wheelbarrow appears to be, if not
Illegal at least immoral, iii the
opinion of their propollers.
It may be different with two
wheeled carts, for one of their nor.
NAL adornments is a small porce-
lain bottle hanging from one of the
shafts Of the cart which IS said 70
contain oil for eliminating squeGks
Few foreigners, however, have ever
seen one used. nor is the eli alma
ton of squeaks very noticeable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
REAR Axle DESIGN
By BARNEY OLDFIED.

Syndicate lnc) 2
three fundamental of
the threequarter floating and the smfoating
Originally all designs the last category
been great return to it, Meanwhile the other types
fourished and attained large degree of popularity
The semfoatng axle in which the
bearings in the axle housing and have projecting
wheels keyed In this
support weight reason for the de-
of other that
impossible obtain which would this double dutv
unless the shafts made large
using the axle housing to part all of weight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
DAN YOUR FOR SIGHTSEEING TRIP DURING SHRINE WEEK
nempMu uGmmHeH mrBn gGwmgNa rdDsuphn dYuu
Decrease in Auto Thefts.

There were 1888 automobiles
stolen in twenty-eight principal
cities in the United States last year,
as compared with 81 .554 in the
previous year New~York City led
the list with 7,107 cars stolen, Chi
cago followed with $3.50. and De-
troit with 1874.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
when There Is Water in the Gas. +"

Water in gasoline can be deter
mined by the irregular misfiring of
the engine. If much is present it
causes it to stop and makes start
ing difficult II water is suspected.
the drain-cock at the bottom Of the
carburetor should be opened and the
contents of the float-chanber should
be drawn off into a tumbler. Water
and gasoline do not mix any more
than do oil and water, and if the lat
ter is present it can be readily seen.
The line OF separation between the
gasoline and water is perfectly dis
tinct Liquid should be drawn until
it comes free of water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-19
peak Of AutOuatLye Industry.

Nineteen hundred and tWenty.tWU
was the biggest year the altoanobsle
industry has known. Every stats
in the Union shows an increase IN
the number of cars operated as CONS
pared with the preceding year. ~.
day there is one car for every SIS
people in the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-11
transportation Rates
Coal to Be Investigated

Washington, July 10-Acting upon
a recommendation of the Coal COM
mission the Interstate Commerce
commission today ordered a general
investigation Of all rates for trans
pCrtation of anthracite in the United
States and into foreign commerce.
A paragraph of the recent coal
commission report on the anthracite
industry declared that railway rates
or anthracite apparently constituted
very large proportion of the con-
sinners cost of the commodity. The
level of such rates was said to be
possibly too high to be justifiable and
the Interstate Commerce commission
was asked to look into the subject.
Complying with the recommended
ton, the commission today served
notice on all common carriers that it
would seek evidence on the subject,
taking up rates on cargo and bunker
coal at ocean ports, and rates on boat
lines over the Great Lakes. Times
and places for hearings will be fixed
later.