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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
Look to Ignition
System Before Touring
nv q Clark Mather)

(DN NI. SIdIh Md(HcIj
(Chief Engineer, Paige Detroit MO
tor Car Company
The ignition system, including the
spark plugs and generator and the
cooling should be gone over before
| the tourist starts on cross-countrE
travels, The wrong adjustment OF
breaker points or spark plug points
or the failure of the water and air
cooling systems win be the source OF
continued aggravation during long
summers trip.
All ignition systems must have the
! breaker points in the distributory
cleaned. There is certain gap
clearance for every ignition system
| which must be maintained If salts
factory results are to be had. On the
| Paige and Jewett, breaker points
F, should be set. at from .012 to .0l6. In.
If the points are set too wide on any
make of motor it will affect the high
speed performance as we'll as power.
| If they are set too close the idle ana
| low speed performance may sufrer,
also the points are more subject 10
7 burning and will require more ire
Quent cleaning.
1t is recommended almost univer-
sally in making an engine overhaul
! that new spark plugs he inStalleu.
| The points should be set with feeler
| gauge. The best point setting varies
on some makes of cars. On motors
manufactured by this company the
! points should be set at from .022 to
| .O25 in. The same remarks regard
! ing improper setting of points as APP
| piled to the distributor apply also TO
the spark plugs. If the points are set
! too wide the high speed performance
| will not he as good and If they are
! set too close the low speed and idle
| performance will suffer.
The old-time advice was that spark
plug points should be set with thin
dime. The public surely has learned
] by now how ridiculous that advice
was. There is really no data avail
able on how thick thin dime is, and
: therefore it will pay motor car own
ers to invest in a set of 'feeler'
gauges.
If the reader is driving a car with
n siX-volt battery system the output
| of the generator should be carefully
checked, preferably with a portable
! ammeter, and. if the maximum out
PUT of the generator is over Fam
peres, it should be reduced to a r.
ampere maximum. \ greater rate
results in not only boiling the water
out of the battery, but is also hard on
the plates of the battery itself. Other
evil results are the frequent burning
out OF lamp bulbs and the pitting of
distributor points.
The battery, of course should he
checked at n service station to see
| that the electro lite is of the correct
density and that there is sufficient
, liquid to properly cover the plates.
Battery terminals continually corrode
with a grayish, gummy substance.
| This should he removed by washing
off with brush and hot water. Coat
the terminals with vaseline.
! In preparing the cooling system
T., the radiator core and all other pas
! sages should be flushed out and thor
, oughly cleaned. Possibly the hose
will need replacement, especially il
J the rubber has started to disintegrat e
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31

without askin' me. AS matters stand
I wouldn't recommend tearin' down
the engine On a wild goose chase.
Maybe you've been chokin' the en-
CINE too much, or runnin' on too
rich a mixture. Keep track of your
oil for few days and let me know
what you And"
Now that was a lot o. trouble
for him. cause he didn't find much
fun drivin' that car the way she
was cuttin' up, and the funniest part
of it is he could have helped me
dope out the trouble If he'd been
able to convince me that he was not
runnin' on too rich mixture or
forgettin' to push in the choker
after the engine warns up.
IL he coulda produced some facts
as to how many miles he was get
tin to gallon of gas it would have
been a different story. A lot of wise
car owners know when there's
somethin' wrong by referrin' to
their records. A drop from twenty
to fifteen miles to a gallon means
trouble somewhere along the line.
They come in here and tell me
about 1t. Doesn't take long to put
your finger on the trouble when
you're sure it amt imagination.
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Bucks. to be supplied by a frm IN
Tsingtao. knowing the Chinese as l
do. and have lived in China nearly
twenty years, say that this is the
sincerest compliment that couio
possibly pay you.
Having watched the daily per
Torrance of these cars, under tne
heavy requirements of 24O miles oaiis
of dirt road, loaded always 10 ca,
nacity. rain or shine, has compelled
me being an engineer myself. to ex-
press to YOU some appreciation OF the
sturdy type of car you are offering
to the public today"
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is required a slight tug al the fv-

is required a slight tug at the fly
wheel will save lot of time.
That the drive gear of the speedo-
meter where it meshes with the
special speedometer gear at the rear
of the transmission does not al
ways receive sufficient fabrication
from the transmission? In one in
stance where the transmission
lubricant was supposed to take care
automatically of the speedometer
drive gear it was found that the as
sembly was bone dry. This re-
suited in an annoying clicking noise
that seemed to come from the head
of the speedometer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
Now here's a car to ~
put the song of the
open in your heart!

HERE is the open Of the country, the
II quiet Of star-leavened skies, the power
of thousand giants to transport you magi-
cally to the land Of dreams-come-true.
A car world-famous and distinguished, the
product Of q vehicle-maker internationally
acclaimed for the supreme in fine carriages
since the days Of Lincoln and Grant.
All the Injuries of fine car-for It is a
6ne car. The same steels, the same engineer
ing as the most costly Studebalrer models
and that means the best men know. The
same ease of handling, the same quiet,
smooth operation. long life, low upkeep cost.
Now ride in II. Note is quick response to
the slightest touch Of the accelerator. Feel
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keep coming ahead. however slowly,
tho pedestrian will prefer to reject
the invitation to cross first.
Just because the driver in front
keeps to the center of the street
while slowing down is no reason to
imply that he is going to make d
left turn. He may he signaling to
YOU to pass around him to the left
or to wait until he has completed
his maneouvre. 1t is risky to pass
MIN to the right, since it is quite
possible that he is planning to turn
into a driveway to the right. In
order to get a sufficient swing and
to avoid blocking traffic by backing
up several times he must start turn
ing in from the center of the street.
The likelihood of his turning into a
driveway is largely determined by
the nature of the street. Keep. your
eyes open for all possibilities.
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Keep This in Mind

When a clutch drags a bit the
main driving gear does not stop
spinning promptly enough for
quick shift to low" in starting. One
way to overcome this annoyance is
to hold the clutch out and keep The
car in low gear, but it is a very
dangerous process. Should the
drivers foot slip off the clutch the
machine would dart forward and
perhaps run into a pedestrian. The
safer way is to hold the clutch ont
and keep the gears in reverse. AL
most as quick start is had with
none of the risks Of the other
method.
Copyright 1924 by the Ullman
Feature Service)
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Some day we'll have . Melody
car-to be sold on time and car.
ried on notes.
Inc UIo Msehanlo says:

Inc OLD Mechanic says:
SO you think it's q lot Of bother
to keep track of gas and oil mile
age? Well then. here's somethin
that may interest you:
The other day I was tryin' to
dope out just why a customer was
havin' trouble with his engine.
Looked to me as II the old boat
was pumpin' Oil. Spark plugs in
bad shape. Engine smoked a bit
out the exhaust. Valves all .choked
up with carbon. I asked him what
sort of oil mileage he WAS gettin',
and that seemed to be his cue to
look blank. Never keep track of
that stuff" he says. What's the
use?"
Just this" Iicame back at him. TT
you'd kept track Of the oil you use
IL wouldn't be necessary to hire me
to dope this out for you. You'd
know the pistons need new rings
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q .
DIX

the thrill Of its tremendously powerful six
cylinder motor. Mark its ease of handling.
its comfort. its fine car re6nements.
Then note its price is we'll within the limits
of economy - the cost of upkeep low. The
terms of payment liberal It offers the SUI
preme value of today in the $1,000 field.
We invite you to take out a Light-Six
model for comparison with other cars at near
its price. Then with cars selling for several
hundred dollars more. Wen place a Light
Six at your disposal for this purpose any
time you name.
Buy no car at $500 or more without max
ing this test Don't buy blindfolded.
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Two Traffic Tricks

Many motorists wonder why the
pedestrian does not cross in front
of them when they give him the
signal to go. The pedestrian has a
ready answer for this in the fact
that invariably when drivers extend
such courtesy they are not so COM
plete in their act as to bring the
car to a dead stop. Just so long
rs the drivers allow their cars to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
Training Camps

June 13-1S-Oficcrs school, 240th
Coast Artillery Corps. Fort Wright.
Long island Sound.
June iB-21-l52nd Field Artillery off,
GERS school. Pressure Isle.
June 23-2S-S6th infantry Brigade.
officers school. Camp Reyes. Augusta.
July 7-2t-24Oth &. A c. enCampment
Fort Williams.
July 25-Aug. Seth brigade encamp-
ment. Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont.
Aug. 11-25-l52nd Field Artillery,
Camp Keyes. Augusta.
Aug. 25-30-State rifle competition,
Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31

Some cars are. equipped with re-
serve gas tank, but all engines
carry a reserve power supply. 1t is
for this reason that a large per-
Centage of motorists keep going
day in and day out without realiz-
ing that they are running on the
engines reserve power and that
suddenly the engine is going to give
out altogether.
Reserve power is such an i'm
portant point in the design of some
engines that it is possible to climb
steep hills in high gear with the
cylinders hitting on only five or
seven, depending upon whether the
engine is a six or an eight. This
may be due to faulty spark plugs or.
which is more likely. to a valve not
seating properly. Compression in
the particular cylinder approximates
nil, and contributes hardly anything
to the work of the engine. The
other five or seven cylinders carry
the burden, and. do it exceptionally
we'll
But suppose a second cylinder
grows weary? When you run on
the reserve you skate on thin ice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31

Here's another reason why all
families should own two cars.
Baltimore and BSston are consider
ing the three-day- week parking
plan whereby cars with even
license number can. park downtown
on even dates, cars with odd license
numbers parking on the odd DAYS.
All you need to do Is see that YOU
have one car with an odd license
and another with an even one.
Either that, or ask your friends to
offer you the service of their cars.
Taking the subject by and large it
begins to look as though traffic
must be letting up somewhat,
Otherwise the city officials would be
too busy to think of such absurd
plans.
While London Is Worrying over
the nuisance of multi toned auto
horns 1t might be a good idea to de-
sign a horn that would encourage
safety without adding to the bedlam
OF city streets. Such n horn would
give an instantaneous warning,
but would not keep on blowing if
the driver kept his finger on the
button. 1t would blow every time
he needed it but would not let him
do the road hog stunt. Short
warnings and plenty of them. with
long shrieks tabooed. That's the
idea,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31

Gle told me ] was so interesting
and so beautiful" And you will trust
yourself for life with n man who be-
gins deceivinG you even at the be-
ginning of his courtship,"
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Did You KNOW

That If the fiywheel of the engine
is of the exposed type, breaker
points. timing and valve adjusting
work can be facilitated by making
the changes in the crankshaft
position through Juggling at the
fiywheel by hand instead of stepping
around to the front of the car and
using the hand crank? Where, as
in the case of breaker points, a
very slight movement of the shaft
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Car
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-03
sRumania. demand .SsA
Argentine. demand $500.
Brasil. demand 1885.
Toxic. demand 40.
New York Produce Market
New York, Oct.

New tocks OCT. :.
@wHEAT-spot strong: No. dark
northern sprinS New York lake :
lake ard rail l,60s: No. Manitoba do.
l.ssa in bond; No. mixed durum do.
CoRN-Spot strong; No. yellow
c track New York lake and rail
1854: 40. > mixed do. 1884.
OATS-Spot rirm; No. white 81,
LARD-Strons: middle west 1900
1880.
Other articles unchanged ~
hxss1 Essa
extras, SO score, sss@ss; creamery
nrsts. SIS to 81 score. S4iGSs
EGGS-Flrm: receipts e%.Ss+.
POTATOES-Dull; Long Island per
$50 lbs. - s.3a: New York per lS0
iDs. elsae.s@ go
CABBAGEs-Firm; Long Island per
head 40 Sc: southern per crate 1850
1877; New York per ton 1900 so.oo.
Raw sugar prices while firm were I'M
changed today. sos for Cuban duty
paid. No sales we're reported locally
bags Cuban prompt shipment at elsa
eos.
Raw sugar futures were higher, re-
hcctins the frmness of the spot market.
Prices advanced 8 TO IL points on COW
ering aud trade and Cuban support. but
reacted near the close under realizing.
Final prices were to points net
higher. December Ava. March SIS, May
gar was still light with prices UNI
changed at us to $50 ror fne gran
ulated
Refined futures were nominal.
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Sheppard Chapman
At Boston Tonight .

Boston. Oct. 1.-The natural
match of the season shapes up in
the bout between Johnny Sheppard
OF Woburn and Red Chapman Of
Chelsea when they meet at Mechan-
les building. Boston, the night OF
October = under the auspices Of the
Suffolk A. A..
Sheppard. the blonde tiger-cub.
has never owned championship nor
claimed one. but what he has done
to champions is ring history. He
won over Worlds Champion Abe At
tell Goldstein in Boston ring so
thoroughly that no inducements
have been able to induce the cham =
pion to climb under the ropes with
Sheppard again. He carried frankie
Genaro through the toughest l.
rounds the little Italian ever went
through, by his own admission. He
hit former Worlds Champion Joe
Lynch with everything but the club
franchise. beating him so merciless-
ly that the fans begged that the
slaughter be stopped. He twice de-
feated Bud Taylor, the man-ktlier.
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Pine Tree Staters
Strong at Kents Hill
PLAY NJ. CT Sat.
Especial to Kennehec JeurnaD

NSpSSidi ~ NSuiCutS cOut hoiJ
Kents Hill. Oct. 2.-rhe Kents Hill
football team opens its season tenor
row with the Maine Central Institute.
the game to be played at Kents Hill
The NJ. c. l. boys have already trounced
the Higgins Classical team and 50 have
the advantage of having worked to-
gether in a game. but Kents Hill has
had squad Of from 25 to 80 boys prae-
Using for the last three weeks and the
team should give a good account of it.
self.
AS usual. Maine boys are in the ma
jority on the team. There is a plenty
from outside the State, some Of it with
good experience, but OF the IL who will
probably answer to the first whistle
seven are from the Pine Tree State.
or last years. veterans "Husky"
Hartsgrove of Hebron Is playing in his
old place at halfback instead Of at
center. where he was last year Jack
O'Neil of Lewiston will be calling sig
nails as before. Dave Allen Of Lewiston
and Mcclellan of Arlington are also
Milling their former places at end and
guard. respectively, while Luce of
Read1eld and Irwin Of Portland. SUBJ
stitute linemen of last year. and Much
more suhstifute hack .re mating a
strong bid for the frst team, honors
A. 1aa.t ~. ~ th.r, q. ,,,.oI,. a.. -. -,
Saturday S,,ill,nss ~ poI.tar.s Mil.
wbo nIav.d har. tr,o -. 49,
returr.a .nd g., .,;ts ~ Ri, 49,. o..
nr.ctic. lac +ha, v..,. .. ,,orn,,;,
ths oth.r oard;d.t.. g. -. 80 80
OF tn. new Candidates a trio Of cid
portI.nd tI,s,, r..,,.rs 80
Kirv.n ard Z.<.ri.n In ~. it, ara
amorx ths nron,isins cnnt..,,nt. o.
n,acss viii, Iorns az p.rwie,, w-usan
~ r,iot Sshj, ara p..s. ~ v-;,,n,
so clos. that II :. hsra 70 a.. ~. s;f.
fersnce p.v Nussnict.l for,,.r,,, ~
Rrish.or uirb uho .tshi;s,Ad Me rAr-
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Boston Produce Market
Boston, Oct

Boston, Oct. =.
BEEF--Choice whole cattle 1870 l6i.
BCTTEK-EXtras SSiQ3s; hrsts IS
0ss.
CHEESE-Fresh choice %; hrsts 2li
G22.
CoRN-No. 2 yellow 1850 1856: l.ss
q 1874.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras ESQ IS; white and mixed extras 50
d 81; western extras 5s45i.
FLOUR--Spring patents. 196-lh.
sacks, special short $3.50 800: stand
ard 7.759s.e0.
HAY-No. 2. timothy aS027.
HANDSPRING 20Ge2.
OATS--Forty pounds &C di0
PORE-Mediunn backs 30bGS2s
POTATOES-Green Mountains LOO
LEO per 100 lbs: new southern asa
ESQ per Dbl; sweets 3.S0@t25.
SCGAR--American Sugar Refinery
quotes $50 cents in 100-baprel lots
less 2 per cent. for cash.
VEAL-12 Gel.
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FAST COLBY FIRST
YEAR MEN MEET
HEBRON SATURDAY
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

N~bSSAoA ~ NShASOSS oOui NdlJ
Waterville. Oct. 2-Assistant Coach
Edwards announced this afternoon
that the Colby freshman team would
face the fast Hebron eleven at He
bron this coming Saturday after
noon. This announcement will ef-
feet the Winslow-freshnan game in
that the second ysarling team will
meet the sridsters from across the
kennebec on Saturday afternoon in
stead Of using the heavy first team.
The first yearling team will meet
the Hebron team on nearly equal
tie experience which the Green has
had in games so far this fall. The
Blue and Gray first year eleven has
plenty Of beef and speed and should
give an excellent account on the
gridiron Saturday afternoon. The
college men will have in Littlefield
and Nee two guards whose equal will
be hard to find as well as two pretty
working tackles in Drummond, for-
mer Coburn Classical Institute star
lineman. and Tufts. One, surprise in
the announcement of The hrst yearl-
ing team was the placing of Bern
hardt at quarterback II was gen
orally conceded that Erickson. for
mer Newburyport, Mass, high school
star performer. would have that
position cinched but Bernhard has
come along so fast under the tutelags
OF Coach Edwards that he is looked
upon as being better man than
Erickson Undoubtedly the latter
man will he taken along with the
squad.
Two teams We're worked tie limit
tbs afternoon ard their grind did
not cease until the sun was we'll
below the horizon. After running
sisuals a better part OF the after
noon and learning some new plays
which were given out Nv Coach Ed :
wards. tire yearlings were taken np
onto the athletic field ard run
through speed drills and charging
work for a half an hour. TIE mar,
will be in the best Of condition for
cheir first games ard should com.
through well after tie training that
thew have had.
The frosh lineup for the Hebron
game will be as follows: Mcdonald.
le; Tufts, l.: Litt!eeeid. ls: West, :
Nee ~: Drummond. IT. Ca;iashar.
re: Bernhard, oh: Mclean. RIB:
Flaherty. lhb' and BagnaH, fb.
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RECOMMEND CASE
AGAINST FIRP0
Be DISMISSED

New York. Oct. e-Immigration
Commissioner n. H Curran today rec
commended to Secretary OF Labor Davis
that the deportation proceedings insti-
tuted against Luis Angel Firpo. Ar
gentins heavyweight. BE- dismissed
Omcials said this would entitle the
pugflist to remain in the country pro-
vided the commissioners recommends
tion ID not overruled by Secretary Da-
Wis. Another action against Firpo.
charging him with perjury in connec-
tion with his entry into the country
last July. Is still pending.
A New York newspaper was said by
Curran today to have been the figure
behind the Firpo prosecution. The COM
missionex~ declared that Canon William
S. Chase. who appeared as the ostensi-
BILE prosecutor. had testified At q -.
cent hearing before an immigration
board that he had waged his fight At
the instigation OF the newspaper, which
paid counsel fees OF the case. The
canon denied he had beS1 paid any
thing.
Canon Chase charged that Firpo had
brought woman to the United States
for immoral purposes when he came
here from Ruenos Aires for his fight
board OF inquiry concluded there was
no evidence upon which to recommend
deportation.
Il have sent to the secretary of labor
my recommendation that the warrant
OF arrest be cancelled and the deporta-
tien proceedings dropped" Curran
said.
Canon Chase admitted under oath
that he had stated to prospective wit
nesses at Ellis Island that If Firpo
has good friends they will tell him
to get out before 1t is too late. because
there are five years staring him in the
case This refers to the perjury pro-
eeedings instituted by Canon Chase
II Firpo's friends had successfully fol-
loved the canon's advice the result
would have been Firpo would have
jumped his bail. l doubt If this advice
from the canon would be considered to
be in the interest Of law and order.
THE trouble with the rest Of Chase's
statements was that those tina. had
any importance proved to be entirely
without support in fact although the
statements were all made by Chase un-
der oath.
1.-THE proceeding itself was hampered
throughout by the hip-hip-hurrah tao
tics Of Chase
Canon Chase is understood TO be in
Middlttown Springs. VT. with his fam
lily. His attorney. Bernard Sander.
refused to comment on Commissioner
Curran's statement that newspaper
had paid his fees.
'Curran applied for the warrant and
now makes finding reversing him
self" Sander said. II believe it is
the first time in tho history Of the 10.
partment Of labor 4 warrant was issued
and the commissioner whe issued it
reversed himself. IT'S very strange"