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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-30
By FAY KING.

/ see where q dame tossed a guy
Outta her life the other day when
she found out that the 3-carat dia-
mOnd engagement ring he gave her
was just so much blank ice set in
aluminium instead Of platinum.
That sure was a mean trick to
pass out to your girl . phony ring,
but maybe she was one Of those
DANES that was 80 determined TO
get an engagement ring that would
knock the eye Outta her girl friends
that he figured it was better to get
a phOney one than be In debt the
rest of their married life paying
for the real thing.
1t reminds me OF once when 1
was sitting In q little tI1ree-a~day
vaudeville theatcr reading the ads
painted on the curtain. There was
one ad that had the picture Of q
DANES lily white left with q blaz-
ing diamond ring painted upon her
engagement finger, and Is said that
one hundred dollars in q diamond
had more influence with q girl than
a hundred dollars i'm the bank.
/ thought it was the bunk at the
time, but / know of at least five Of
my own friends that fell for the
bird that rushed in with the big
gest ring and left the guy flat with
the savings account.
3 END IN DIVORCE COURT.
Three Of 'em are divorced now
and the other two run out and
pawn the dazzles every time the
breaks are bad and then get 'em
out and hubby buys q new one
when luck is with him again, be-
cause he figures it will add to the
berries they can get when the
bad breaks get 'em again.
That in and Outta luck life must
be kinda tough sometimes and !
guess those gals think Of the guy
that wasn't so brisk bringing the
ring, but was making q steady
pull with the handbook.
They'd have been wiser picking
him with q quiet wedding and a
gold band ring, and come in for
the diamond bar pin and the
bracelets, when these other boys
are showing them back In the
bread line.
Not every guy that can afford
to give his girl a swell engage
ment ring is a poor provider after
ward. / refer to the bird that is
almost broke at the time he has
the nerve to breeze in with a dia-
fmond and tTumps the others
heart.
IT'S FAITH THAT COUNTS.
But the girl that will jump Mt
the chance to get q gew gawd to
show the girls amt such a mat
rinOn'al get herself, and maybe
the Billy with the handbook Is
getting the best break after all,
when he waits at the church.
These diamOnd-paved wedding
rings they are showing these days
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Many Guys Sacrifice Bank Account
for the Sake Of a Flashy Gem, Only
to Learn That Marriage Is Built
on More Substantial Things.

don't mean one whit moro than
the plain gold band.
Don't let a good guy get away
just because he can't hand you
the kind Of engagement and we'd
ding ring you'd Ike to have.
It amt the cost Of 'edn, it's
faith Of 'em that counts.
Princess Mary and the Duchess
Of York were married with gold
rings. 1 mention them, because
they could have had all the
platinum and diamonds they
wanted.
Maybe II this dame that got
the phOney ring hadn't been 50
dead set on big diamonds, she'd
have got q real one that he could
afford to get.
Foolish debts are the big
dangers in life!
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LINK IN
HUMAN CHAIN
DISCOVERED
Remarkable Skull Discovery
Supplies Long Sought
Scientific Evidence.
By CHANDLER sPRAGUE.


Copyrighted. 1928. by the Los Angeles
Examiner. Permission to reproduce
granted Cosmopolitan News Service).
SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Oct. 20.
The ancestor Of the American In
dian has been discovered.
Two prehistoric skulls, unearthed
at Santa Barbara by an expedition
Of the Smithsonian Institute, have
upset all theories Of the develop
ment of human life on the North
American continent and have set
the scientific world by the ears.
They are considered an archeologi-
cal find Of the highest signifi-
canoe and are said to supply the
long-sought missing link" between
the American Indian and the prirni-
tive races that roamed the plains Of
Europe when the world was young.
OF Paleolithic Age.
John p. Harrington, Smithsonian
archeologist and head Of the expedi-
ton that unearthed the skulls. is ex-
tremely conservative in discussing
his momentous find, But even
the scientists caution does not mr.
hibit his pointing out certain char
acteristics of the skulls that nlace
them definitely in the paleolithic age.
am not prepared at this time, .
said Harrington, TO fix the age of
the skulls.
They are at least 5000 years old
and it is probable they are of much
greater antiquity. But their shape
and contour indicate that they
antedate the NeanderthaI man. 1t
is certain they are not the skulls Of
"a f10S 6f1S
belong to apes. They lie SOME
where between the two and provide
the link for which scientists nave
long been searching to draw asile
the curtain which has shrouded the
progenitor of the American Indian.
There skulls will link him with
the 'sub-men' Of the European CONT
nent. The Santa Barbara Is that
OF a 'sub-man."
This characterization of the
Homo Barbarensis, or Santa Bar
baraman," as the skull doubtless
will be named, completely over.
turns the theories heretofore held
by scientists of prehistoric life in
North America. 1t directly refut rs
the statement made by n. G. Wells
in his Outline of History" that in
America there does not seem to
have been any preceding races of
''sub-men."
1t opens field for conjecture and
for proof of the relation of the
Indian to the European prehistoric
man.
Skulls Have No Forehead.
The skulls were found to have no
forehead whatever. But neither
skull was that of an ape. The
teeth proved that. They were the
teeth of human beings-who chewed
like cows. Accompanying the skulls
were bones which indicate the
Homo Barbarensis was short in
stature. One of the heads was that
Of a woman. The implements and
weapons found near the skulls we're
comparable in workmanship with
those accredited in Europe to the
old stone age Of the Paleolithic era.
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ONE COP KILLED, ANOTHER
WOUNDED IN PISTOL DUEL

CHICAGO, Oct. 3O.-one police
man was shot and killed and an.
other was seriously wounded by a
seventeen-year-old boy who engaged
them in pistol duel when a party
of three officers on Chief Collins
staff raided the grocery store OF
John Montana. sr. Montana's SON
opened fire as the police entered.
killing Sergeant Lawrence Harnett
instantly.
Sergeant Steven Barry, shot
through the abdomen, drew his
revolver and in the duel that follow
ed young Montana's grandfather
was wounded in the arm. The
youth escaped. About 200 gallons
of noonshine were found in the
store.
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coSTLIER TO HANDLE MEAT
IN NJ. Y. THAN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-It costs Chi
cago meat dealers less to do bust
ness than the retail meat dealers of
New York and Cleveland, but in
smaller cities the cost of operation
Is less than that of Chicago, accord
ing to Prof. Horace Secrist, of the
business rearch bureau of North
western University.
Chicago meat merchants pay 20
per cent to do business, Cleveland
ZIG, New York 21.5 and outlying
cities 1871 per cent, according to a
survey.
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PINcHoT TO WEAR NEFF'S
BIG BLACK FELT HAT

HARRISBURG Oct. 30.-The
governor Of Pennsylvania will accept
conditions and all--the gift of q
hat from the governor Of Texas.
Governor Pinchot said 50 when ne
learned that Governor Neff had sent
his big black felt hat to him on
condition that he wear 1t at the next
Republican national convention. The
Pennsylvania added that he and
the Texan got very close while ct
the governors convention.
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ANOTHER ZEV, WORTH $40,
STOL EN- IN KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 3d.
The bulletin board in police head
quarters carried notice of the first
horse reported stolen here in many
years. Placarded among the notices
Of many automobile thefts, the bull
letin read:
"STOLEN-Bay horse belonging
to Abe Greenbaum, twelve years
old, deaf, answers to the name of
Zev; value 500"
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,er stipulated. play its part n mar

ger stipulated. play its part II naals
riage. 80
II do not believe i'm limiting
births" she said, "but In controllin8
them. When a family is in such CIR
cumstances that the birth Of chill
dren would not benefit the race
their births should be controlled.
ssIf we keep on going the way we
are today--preventing the dissenl-
nation of birth control knoWledge
we'll be pretty puny lot 1000 years
from now"
The conference is today and tonor-
row.
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SEX BEST GUIDE
FOR MA HVG
IS CLAIM
Mrs. Margaret Sanger Says
Science Should Control
Number Of Births.
b. 1nternatlonaI News servIoe.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-There never
can be any adequate substitute for
genuine sex attraction as guide TO
mating, said Mrs. Margaret Sanger,
birth control advocate, here for the
mid West conference of the Ameri-
can Birth Control League.
Science should, however, Mrs. San
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-30
IRISH PRISONERS
BREAK HUNGER STRIKE

DUBLIN, Oct. 80. Republican
prisoners in Free State jails have
discontinued their hunger strikes, it
was stated by the government today.
The republicans recently claimed
there were more than 5000 prisoners
on hunger strikes.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

be changed for q racer, such as gas
feed, etc? Where can get COM
plete plans for building a racer?
Where is a good place to buy body
for one? ). II.
When you speak of making name
for yourself and then ask me about
transforming a stock chassis into a
racer. you ask the impossible. Speed
wav racing today calls for cars ca
pable of 125 miles per hour maxi
mum. These cars will average
around 110-t15 miles for short races
GOO rniles). Such cars must be made
of the very best materials and de-
signed and put together by experts
with years of experience. Harry Mill
err Engine Company, Los Angeles,
can supply you with an engine, or
you can get one from the Duesenberg
Motor Company, Indianapolis. These
are 112 cubic inch eight-cylinder. Ii
you want to buy racing car COM
plete and put a new 112-inch engine
into it, get in touch with Harry Seip,
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
Auto Encyclopedia Is
Valuable Aid In
EMERGENCY

The new edition Of Dykes
Automobile Encyclopedia, just
off the press, is literally mar
vel Of assembled information.
It oozes facts on every page for
the mechanic and for the car
owner alike.
The enviable record of sales
of half a million copies that the
book in earlier editions has az
tanned will be enormously in
creased, since it is a work that
is indispensable to everyone that
has anything to do with driving
or with repairing a car. And
nothing but the newest edition
will serve, of course, in these
days of overnight development
in the automobile industry.
After reading the new and
"Greater DYKE" and absorbing
the fundamental principles OF
the entire range of subjects IN
volved in a car, there is no
automobile on the market that
need present a puzzle in any
emergency to its owner or to
the man called on to repair it.
If a copy of dyke" is at hand
as it should be with everyone
the Digest Of Troubles" has
the answer to the puzzle.
The book is not only worth
while; it is a necessity.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

tires you, will get easy riding such
as you never dreamed of.
Practically every transmission
makes a noise in first and second.
An unusually loud grind may mean
slightly worn counter-shaft bearings
or badly worn first and second speed
gears.
Dear Barney Oldfield: / am reg
ular reader of your weekly articles
and have obtained some very valuable
information from them. / am an au-
tomobile mechanic, but that is not
my occupation. We have two auto
mobiles at home, a four and big six
cylinder car that l have to keep in
repair. I study everything on auto
mobiles that can find.
My reason for writing to you is
that I intend to build a racer and go
on the race track-not just an ordi-
nary racer, as I want to make a
name for myself First of all, what
do you think are the three best en-.
gines for racing, both eight and six
cylinder? Would it be o. K. to buy
q used chassis, tear 1t down and re-
build 1t, only changing the gear ratio
and such other things that have to
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WHAT is YOUR
OLD CAR WORTH
Bv BARNEY OLDFIELD.

Copyright
thousands of automobile that
the old trade
who sells
bigger thinks and the
advisable
three.
like Nearly
the sold have trade involved This conservative
which automobile dealer
before he sell and then he must find buyer for the
When he offers
old his based the market
value many determine Among
condition Of
given demand for type The values
of list price something like this
After the first car worth So cent Of list
After the second worth 48 of list
After the third is worth 81 of list
After the fourth worth % of list
fifth worth Is list
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
Winter Drivin" Causes Rusted
Rims,

A car that has been in use all
winter should be lacked up, and
the tires removed from the rims.
Snow and moisture that have gath
cred around the rim, have probably
soaked in between the rim and the
head OF the tire causing rust on
the rim. This rust has a damaging
erect on the beads. Tires should
be removed when dry weather ar.
riVes and this rust removed. Beads
have been known to have rusted
solidT to the rims and when the
tiresS have been removed portions
OF thu bead have stuck to the rim.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

jumps and the engine knocks. It
hits fine when the engine is labor.
ing. What is the cause Of this.
J.R. D.
The jerking may have many causes.
Misfiring of the engine Is the com
monest. Worn transmission gears.
---o'.n oinion bearing, too much play
between ring gear and pinion, worn
alLIerentiaI washers. etc. Il te
uneven engine torque produced BY
mIsI,rIng u. -.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
Happenings Of
Interest to
the Trade

Andre Ciffeon, the French auto
mobile manufacturer. sometimes
called 1.-THE Henry Ford Of France, p"
is now in this country on an ex-
tended visit. Citreon Is reported
to believe that his little ten-horse-
power car would sell well in this
country at $500 and his visit may
preclude an invasion of our market.
The Winton Company recently
celebrated the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the sale of the first
Winton. which was bought by
Robert Allison, of Port Carbon, Pa,
April /, 1898.
Frank 8. Stratton and associates,
Of Cleveland, Ohio, has purchased
the two factories Of the Monroe
Automobile Company, of India
napolis, for $1,1O0,O00 and is re-
ported to be looking for a third
plant, in which to manufacture a
car to retail at about $500.
c. A. Vane, general manager of
the Automobile Dealers Association,
has compiled some interesting
figures with regard to car thefts.
Record Of twenty-eight "index"
cities, show that fewer cars were
stolen in 1922 than in 1921 and that
recoveries were 7S per cent of all
vehicles stolen.
N. e. Darby has been promoted
to the position OF assistant sales
manager Of the Moon organization,
being succeeded as advertising
manager by o. A. Life.
Harry T. Clinton, long general
sales manager for Fiat in this
ountry, has been appointed as
sistant general manager of the
Cortland Cart and Carriage Works.
Sydney, New York, manufacturer
of the Hatfield car.
e. D. Gibbs has resigned as ad-
verttsing director, Of the Goodrich
organization, to open offices as
special advertising and sales coun-
selor in New York city.
Howard e. Blood has been ap-
1ointed assistant to A. P. Sloan,
IT., vice president in charge of
operations Of General Motors.
George M. Graham, vice president,
charge of sales Of the Chandler
Motor Car Company, has been
Elected a director Of the organiza-
ton.
Durant Motors, Inc, a few weeks
1go celebrated the production of it's
OO,O0Oth motor car, the event oc.
CURING after sixteen months of
operation.
The Studebaker Corporation has
let contracts for the erection of a
gray iron foundry at the South
cost about $4,000 900.
John Tainsh, until recentlv sales
manager of Mitchell, has been
elected vice president in charge of
sales with KisseI. He will be 10.
Gated at Hartford.
The Peerless Motor Car Co.,
cleveland, Ohio. in its first year
under the direction OF r. Fl Collins,
showed profit or 81 900, 900.
The Oldsmobile Motor Works has
put in operation fiat rate svs-
tenn, whereby every Odds owner will
know exactly what any given re.
pair will cost him
Willys-Overland for the wear 1920
showed q profit Of $2,779,831, q
satisfactory indication of the recent
adjustment process in that com.
pany.
The National Motors CORPORATION
is offering 100000 worth Of first
mortgage TN per cent sinking fund
bonds.
Motor exports for the month ef
January, 1928, totaled $1O.7s7, 344
gain Of nearly 30 per cent over
the 1922 figures.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

care advertising department, Motor
Magazine, 119 West Fortieth street,
New York. He has ten racing cars
for sale, understand. You cannot
buy separate parts, such as body.
frame, ETC., without laying out a com
plete chassis and this means you
must be a racing car designer. OF
course, you can put a car together
and 1t will run, but it cannot be ex.
pected to compete favorably with
present day cars showing LIS miles
per hour.
Dear Barney Oldfield: I am con.
slant reader of your articles and
would like you to answer the follow
ing questions:
When going at a speed Of fifteen
miles an hour or up my car runs fine,
but when slowing down from fifteen
miles it seems that when the car gets
to running at the engine speed there
is a jerking movement It bucks and
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Mt. Vernon Sales Co., Alexandria, Va.
r. v. Norris, La Plata, Md.
Fry Motor Co, Charlottesville, Va.
Ashby Motor Co, QuanticO, Va.
Bates Bros, Orange, Va.
Hudson Sales CO., Winchester, Va.
WiIlis-HudsOn Go, Culpeper, Va.
Baker & Cosby Columbia, Va.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

Concerning the COmmutat0r.
It is a good plan to clean the
commutator when 1t becomes gum.
med. Crocus cloth can be used 70
advantage if the copper surfaces
are thoroughly wiped with the
cloth. Never use emery or sand
paper.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

Portable Scales for Automobiles.
Light, portable scales for weigh
ing motor vehicles have been in
vented. Each wheel Of the vehicle
Is run upon a platform and weighed.
and the weights are added together.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

the outside castings Of the cells be-
come damp. Dry cells should be
installed in a dry place free from
moisture. They should also be
packed in such a manner as to pre-
vent rubbing.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Dear Barney Oldfield:
I would like your advice on the
proper size tire for a seven.passen-
ger car. / am using 34x4 tires at
present. Would you advise a change
Of size, as I sometimes think the
tires are too small for a car Of this
size. I have more or less trouble
with them. Please advise as ~ - =
car grinding. When it is operated
in second and low IL a.
form any better when ir -
r. r. A.
The tire size (34x4 is Il ;, ,Eh
for your car. but If YOU want to
get the maximum mileage and
much easier riding I suggest SIX
Az cords Of good make. IF vo,,
want to go to a little expense which
would really be worth while | sug-
gest wire wheels with the new 32x6-
inch tires, which you can run at
thirty pounds pressure With such
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
Carr of Dry Cells.

NNAU VI DIy OCAAO'
II dry cells are carried in a box
on the running board, they should
be carefully watched for short cir
cults. Water sometimes gets into
them when the car is washed and
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
A new Model Motorcycle.

A motorcycle has been invented
IN Germany with an engine on it's
front wheel. There is no variable
gearing, no clutch, and no free
wheel.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

A New Record.
All previous records were broken
when more than 364,000 motor
vehicles were produced in the
United States in April.
The Years Automobile Production.
In the twelve months ended April
30. 3,2O8, 900 motor vehicles were
built in the United States. Trucks
represented 10 per cent Of the out
put.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26
DEALERS

Hargrave & I4NwiG, West Point, Va.
Campbell & Beahm, Luray, Va.
]. ii. Campbell, Reedville, Va.
Virginia Meters Co., Fredericksburg, Va.
White House Service Sta, Hyattsville, Md.
Andrew ]. Clark, CrOzet, Va.
A. C. Powell, Jr., Waterview, VaGS
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

Fred nj. Lynn, OccOquan, Va.
Richard Brauner, Indian Head, Md.
b. F, Brown, Jr. Laurel, Md.
G. C. McClain, Greenfield, Va.
l.. C. Dawson, Alton, Va.
MOnOeacy Garage, Beallsville, Md.
o. r. BENSON, Rockville, Md.
The Washington times., 1923-05-26

Motor exports for the month of
January, 1923, totaled $1O,7s7, 344,
gain Of nearly 30 per cent over
the 1922 figures.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
THE LAST PLASTERER AND
~BRICKLAYER.

There is reason to ~apprehend that
bricklayers will become as uncommon
as veterans of the war of 1872.
When one reflects on the princely
wages of bricklayers, it is a lamenta-
bic thought that they have to die,
but as with all the worlds great, no
way has been found to save them
from this unhappy fate. An occas-
ional veteran of the war of 1912 is
recruited by fraud, and an occasional
apprentice is admitted to member
ship in the bricklayers' union, but in
neither case does the number of re-
cruits begin to equal the mortality
list.
The National Association of Man
ufacturers says that the number Of
apprentices admitted to the Brick
layers Union last year was less than
half the number of members taken
by death. At this rate, bricklaying
will COn become a lost art, and our
grandchildren will marvel at our skill
in laying brick as we wonder at the
lost process of our remote ancestors
who understood and practlced this
%tempering of copper. The passing OF
the plasterers gives even greater rea-
son for apprehension and disquiet-
ude, because they are passing even
faster than the bricklayers. We re.
plenish our streams with trout anC
We protect our song birds from ex.
termination, and we take no thought
of BUR plasterers. By reason of the
limitation of apprentices, most of oul
plasterers are aged men and will mo-
be with US for long. The years art
not many when we shall regard Will
W. the last survivor of the Plaster
ers' Union very much as we regarC
the last survivor of the charge o
Balaklava.
With the growing scientific inter
est in these matters, it is not unlike
ly that the professors at our institu
tions Of learning will soon undertak,
a study of this disappearing type a
they do the small remnant of som,
of the aboriginal tribes. While Their
is yet time, we suggest hat there b
preserved on the photograph for flu
ture generations the voice of a plas
terer discussing long hours and slav
wages for the era is not remot
when all we shall know of this spe
cies must come from a study Of tn
( fossil remains.
What antiquarian interest vii
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
HAMILTON TO ENTERTAIN
FIREMEN.

Plans for the entertainment of del
egates TO the state firemen's cOnven-
ton, which will be held in Hamilton,
August 9, 10 and IL, are well under
way, according to Fred W. Johnson,
president of the Hamilton association.
James Higgins, ST., who has been
fire chief at Hamilton for many
years, is leaving nothing undone to
keep up the enthusiasm for a big
time.
The first day of the convention will
be spent at Stevensville, where the
fire boys of Montana will be royalty
entertained at the renowned annual
creamery picnic of that town.
A trip to Sleeping Child Springs is
planned for the second day, and the
third day will see the visitors at
Medicine Springs for a part of the
day. A banquet will be rendered the
firemen Saturday evening as a grand
finale to the program. Baseball
games and a dance will be features of
the entertainment.
Hamilton entertained the firemen
several years ago and plans are being
formulated which will eclipse all for
mer entertainment. The Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce is lined up
with the volunteer fire department to
show the visitors a good time.