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Evening star., 1924-01-13
MISALlGNED TIRES
BASIS OF WARNING
Source of Great Trouble, Is View
of One Who Has Had
Experience.

Wheel misalignment produces a tire
abuse that has grown more rapidly,
probably. than any other. Under
wheel misalignment are classified
many conditions which are caused by
wheels failing to run true and in ac-
cordance with a course naturally to
be assumed on a motor car. One fea-
ture of this abuse which many mo-
torists do not understand is that any
wheel on the car can be put out of
line.
The front wheels are cambered to
provide ease in steering and are toed-
in to take care of the spread as the
car is driven forward. However.
should the Gambler or pitch be de-
creased or increased IL will affect the
toe 10 a great extent and cause pre-
mature wear owing to the fact that
the tire runs one-sided and does not
meet the roadway as it should.
! Rims occasionally are responsible
| for a wobble which can be miscon-
strued as misalignment. The wheel
itself can be in perfect alignment
and yet the rim may not fit snugly
on the wheel and the tire, therefore,
wobbles. Frames become bent and
sprung, so that the aXles do not run
parallel and this brings about mis-
alignment. This springing or bend
ing may not even be noticeable, but
| it Is none the less destructive, ac-
cording to Miller tire experts. Rear
as well as front bearings may become
loosentd and allow the wheels to
spread and drag. In any case of
premature tread wear on a tire II
is very advisable 10 check up on all
nf n
vent any recurrence of this abuse
which disposes of the tread very
quickly. Any changes which are
made In the chassis provide another
angle from which to attack this dis
tresSing condition.
A motorist never makes a mistake
by checking all these things over
himself at frequent intervals, or by
! asking any reputable tire dealer to
examine them for him
Evening star., 1924-01-13
10 2s-presentine the Claim.

Upon investigating, Smith discov-
cred that the fire damage to his car
was more serious than he thought it
was. when he pressed the starter
button the starter motor turned over
as usual, but that was all. There
was no response from the engine.
81 know what's the matter" Smith
declared at length. THE fire burned
all the gasoline in the carburetor and
the vacuum tank"
This was only half true. as l ex-
planned to him. The backfire had set
fire to the gasoline in the carburetor,
but it had not spread to the vacuum
tank, otherwise there would have
been an explosion.
There's plenty of gasoline in the
carburetor now" ! said, pointing to
the float chamber, which was then
overfowing. The needle valve is
stuck and the fuel is flowing down
from the vacuum tank"
Paving the Way.
/ spent about fifteen minutes re-
moving the cover from the float cham
Der and adjusting the needle valve
and float in their proper places. The
Evening star., 1924-01-13

carburetor showed more evidence Of
fire on the outside than on the in
side, but in any case II would require
Il thorough cleaning. Finally i ad-
Justed it 80 that the needle valve
opened and shut properly.
Now try cranking again" / sug-
gested.
The starter motor churned. The
engine started. 1t skipped, coughed
and then stalled. We had overlooked
the fact that the insulation was
burned off the ignition wires.
When the garage man saw this he
offered to put one of his mechanics
Immediately on the Job of rewriting
the engine.
Go ahead" Smith said. I'm in
sured, you know. The insurance com
pany will pay the bill. And, by the
way. while you're working on the car
see what ails this clutch. 1t seems
to be slipping lately"
smith Too Hasty.
"One minute" ] urged. "Let me
caution you against repairing things
too quickly. You are fully insured in
a reliable company. but In the ad-
justment Of this loss you must deal
with the company's representative,
the loss adjuster. And you must CO.
operate with him. When an adjuster
is sent to inspect q loss he assumes
that there Is a loss. Likewise he as
sumes that the claimant is honest. If
Evening star., 1924-01-13

you go ahead of your own accord and
have this car repaired he will have to
take your word for it that the car
really had been damaged
Smith interrupted to remind me
that he would have the repair bill to
show for it.
THAT would only further compli-
cate matters" l replied. You We're
just now suggesting that the me-
chanic do some work on your clutch.
That wouldn't be the company's obli-
cation. The best plan Is to send a
written notice Of the loss, together
with a rough estimate of the cost to
repair the damage, to both your in
surance broker and the insurance
company to investigate losses report
ed by your broker or the agent. When
the adjuster sees the loss and learns
the details he will authorize you 10
have the work done. By co-operat-
ing with him in this way there wont
be any hitch in the adjustment Of
the loss"
Terms Of Policy.
That's all right in this case"
Smith argued. But what il my car
had been damaged while on the street.
Would have to leave it there until
an adjuster authorized me to take it
to shop?"
"You would be voiding your policy
contract II you didn't remove it,"
retorted. Better read your policy
again, especially the part where it
speaks about protecting the property
against further damage"
But Smith was impatient to pre-
sent the claim and have the new eX-
perience of meeting an adjuster. He
was yet to learn that the fire policy
had been written with the under
standing that he would equip his car
with a fire extinguisher and that he
had technically voided his policy by
not doing so. 1t is some etimes well to
anticipate trouble.
Next week: Meeting the Adjuster.
Copyright, 1923, by the Ullmau Feature
Service.)
Evening star., 1924-01-13

John Barry. John Gunnell and
Thomas Trip!ett. After the Ameri-
can revolution Pohick Church
came to he poor and shabby be-
cause OF the decline in the num-
Der of Episcopalians in the neigh
borhood and because some took
pewS in Christ Church at Alex
andria. Interest in the church was
revived. and it was fairly we'll at
tended and kept in decent repair
until the civil war.
Union and Confederate troops
were successfully in possession of
it, though it was most used as a
Union picket post. Soldiers had
Evening star., 1924-01-13
Then He Looked It Up.

From the Boston Transcript.
II hear that Badger told YOU to
your face that you were swollen
headed and stuck up and you let him
get away with it
"Yes, confound him. He said / was
'orgulous to an extreme degree and
l thought he meant something flat
tering."
Evening star., 1924-01-13
AutOists' Scrapbook.

Each Sunday The Star will
print Trips for Motorists to
Nearby Historic Points" for the
benefit of those desiring to
make short Journeys out OF the
city. Maps and descriptive mat
ter concerning objective points
and their Significance will be
presented for the convenience
of The Sunday Stars thousands
of motoring readers.
Cut them out, paste in scrap
books and carry them GlI\ vs.
in your car for quick rcfcreace
on all your tours.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
Serious Matter.

From the London Mail
First Actor-What's the matter
Has the producer been worrying
you?
Second Actor-Ycs lie has asked
me to put more life into my death
scene.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

John Smith character whom He
selhsh rather he motoring willing
have exploited interesting the
the 100000 o. more members of the moor
Evening star., 1924-01-13

used the flooring as firewood and
quartered their horses in the
building
About 1900 Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
became interested in the old
church, and made contributions
with which some repairs were
made. Since then various phil
anthropic persons and patriotic
societies have brought about the
restoration OF the church.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
RIOT SUSPECT MISSING.
Alleged Klansmen in Lilly Case
Gone From Hospital.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. May 22.-Worthy
Davis of Johnstown, one of the three
alleged klansmen injured in the Lilly
riot April 5, and against whom
charges of murder and riot have been
made. has been missing from the
Johnstown Hospital since May 9. it
became known last night Hospital
authorities declared that Davis had
been regularly discharged from the
institution, and District Attorney D.
P. Weimer declined comment other
than to say that a warrant had been
issued for Davis arrest
The day previous to Davis disap-
pearance Samuel Evans, another al
legged klansman, was arrested as he
was leaving the hospital and taken to
the Cambria county Jail, where more
than score of men are awaiting trial
upon murder and riot charges in con-
nection with the riot Harry Johnson,
the third alleged klansman injured in
the riot, still is a patient at the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

the effort of the western institutions
to bridge the distance
Under the tentative plan worked
out by the Detroit and Cleveland
banks, it is proposed that an airplans
leave Detroit at o'clock every after
noon of a bank business day, this
plane to stop off in Cleveland and
again hop off by $50 o'clock. arriv-
ing in Buffalo in time to make con-
nection with fast trains of the New
York Central reaching New York be-
fore 10 o'clock the next morning. The
volume of credit renittances flow
ing constantly between the two i'm
portant middle western cities and
New York is s50.000.000 or more, the
total sometimes reaching 500, 900, 900
Evening star., 1924-05-22
LOVE NOTE IS BLAST CLUE.
Attempt to Blow Up Los Angeles
Bridge Nearer Solution.

Los ANGELES, May 22.--Frag-
fnents of a love letter. a. piece of fuse
and the tire tracks OF two auteNnor
biles were clues which city officials
predicted would solve the mystery
of a spectacular but unsuccessful ut :
tempt to blow up the Los Angeles
Lone Pine, about 200 miles north Of
here.
The explosion. which occurred be-
tween midnight and | o'clock yes
terday morning. heaved up about fif-
ty feet Of the concrete lining of the
aqueduct, which is an open ditch
at that point. and puiverized some
sections of it, but did not destroy
the ditch.
According to william MulhoIiand,
builder and chief engineer of the
aqueduct, the damage done was
slight.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
WESTERN BANKERS PLAN
PLANE SERVICE TO EAST
Detroit and Cleveland Leaders to
Speed Carrying of Credit Re
mittances to New York.
S O.. S..

By the Associate ted Press.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Although the
fastest trains are employed to carry
credit remittances from Detroit and
Cleveland to New York, this service
is too slow, in the opinion of the
western bankers, who are considering
the inauguration of combination
airplane and railroad service
New York bankers have been in
formed of the proposed plan and it is
said that definite results can be ex-
pected this summer
At present remittanees leaving De-
troit or Cleveland at the close OF one
business day canot reach New York
in time for the opening of business
day is frequently lost. Daylight saw
ing in New York has further cramped
Evening star., 1924-05-22
SUNDAY is IMPROVED.
Operation Not Needed Now. Clinic
Physicians Saw.

ROCHESTER. Mimi. May 22.-The
condition of Rev. William Sunday,
not require an operation at this time,
Mayo clinic physicians, who com
pleted diagnosis of the evangelist's S
case. announced yesterday.
Mr.. Sunday is in excellent spirits.
This little delay will not interfere
with my work." he declared. I'VE are
going to Elmira- n. Y, for our first
meeting and then to Nashville. Tenn"
Evening star., 1924-05-22
Four Ticket Stations Held Up

NEW YORK. May 22.-Two sub.
way stations and two elevated sta.
tions in widely scattered parts o1
the city were held up almost simuta.
neously early today the bandis get
ting s1.S13, according to the police
The ticket agents were the sole vic
Tins. Patrolmen were stationed at all
stations Immediately. to prevent q
repetition of the robberies.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
1852, 900 BlACKMAIL
REVEALED BY MAN SO
NsaIly Blind, Infrm and Suffering
\ From Heart Disease, Victim
q Tells of Plot.
PARTY" COST HIGH
Declares Money Paid Former Pros
ecutor on Trial.

B.fhe Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, May. May ED
mrind d. Barbour, eighty-three, suf
IaRing from heart disease, infirm and
ahle to see but a few feet in front
Of him, tottered to the witness stand
opthe Middlesex superior court yes
te~day and testified that he had paid
over to Daniel II, Coakley, disbarred
Boston lawyer, s362.OOO in cash, bonds
end stocks for ''petting" party he
had in his office with Mrs. Daley
Barbour, a Boston china merchant
told the court that he has never been
the same since the occurrence-that
his body became infirm and his men
ta1ity was shaken.
,Coakley and William J. Corcoran
former district attorney of the county.
went on trial today on indictments
for conspiracy to eXtort money from
barbour and Others by means of
threats between 1914 and the present
time. Coakley is conducting his own
defense.
The incident, according to the wit
ness, occurred in 1915. Barbour said
that he had known the Mrs. Daley"
Tor ten years before that. On one
day in July, 1916. he testified she came
to his office for money. While she
was there" he said, Il embraced her
and we had petting party-just a
pettlng party your honor and nothing
else
Snw Eyes at TransOm.
Suddenly. the witness explained. he
heard a noise over the transom and
saw the head of man. who said he
was policeman. IL was all excited
and didn't know what to do. But
while the man was still in my Office
Mrs. Daley mad the suggestion.
which l accepted, to go see Mr.. Coax
ley, who would be able. no doubt, to
straighten the matter out"
Barbour testified that when he
reached Coakley's Office only two
hours later he found not only Coax
ley and Mrs: Daley" there. but a
husband. II told Mr. Coakley the
whole story. and he said that / should
return at later date and he would
then be able to tell me more definitely
what he could do for me-" the witness
added.
Gave 100000 to CoakIey.
By the time he got through pay
ing resentful. but unidentified detec-
tives. lawyers" and the injured
woman" Barbour testified that he
had expended 1862 1000 This amount.
lie said. he delivered to Coakley in
ash. stocks and bonds
However. in all this" tile witness
safd, Il was never permitted to see
or know the name of the detective
VINO looked over the traiisom, and l
toid Corcoran in one of the confer
encss l had with him and Goa kley
that l was entitled to this"
There's force in your argument.
out it can't be arranged" Corcoran
is alleged to have told the witness.
Corcoran is now under fiyc-year
sentence on other blackmail charges
Evening star., 1924-05-22

Here we shosv what happens
to q nail when it strikes q Lee
Ptutctuye-P PROOF fdndisstop
BY the steel disc Sheathing
under the tread.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

A woman admires IL man for his
achievements and respects him for
his character, but she loves him be-
cause his eyes are like brown pools
it's perfectly evident that he will
never be bald.
The Washington times., 1924-03-20
FREE STATE HAS
NEWARK
CHIEF
Resignation Of MuIcahy Is
Developing Split in
Official Ranks.

DUBLIN, March 20.-Gen. Owen
O'Duffy, former commander of the
civilian guard, assumed complete
control of the Free State army tc.
day, succeeding Gen. Richard Null
cahy. who resigned yesterday. Null.
cahy's duties as minister Of de-
tense in the Free State cabinet
have been taken over by President
William T. Cosgrave.
A serious split has developed with
in the Free State government, and
leading officials who formerly op-
posed the "mutineer group" Of army
officers are now sympathetic toward
them.
Debate upon the dissensions in
the army continued in the Dali
Eireann, while the government In
vestigates the grievances of the
army group headed by Mai. Gen.
Liam Tobin and Colonel Dalton
It is probable that Mulcahy's
resignation will lead to an omen
breach between the supporters and
foes of the Anglo-Irish treaty. Hn
early general election is in prospect.
Republicans are becoming more
active In home quarters.
The Washington times., 1924-03-20
58-YEAR TERM
SETS POSTAL
RECORD
John N. Van Zandt Has Been
on Job in BIawenburg, N. j..
Since He Was ~.

Nearly fifty-eight years a post
master-such is the long distance
record of office holding hung up by
John n. Van Zandt, who is in
charge Of the mails at Blawenburg,
N. ]. On April % next, MI. Van
Zant will celebrate the fifty.eighth
anniversary Of his appointment to
his present position. Not long
thereafter he will celebrate his
eightieth birthday. He was twenty.
two years old when President An
drew Johnson signed his commits
sion as postmaster.
Blawenburg. for the information
of those who may not recall the
location OF this coming metropolis,
is about halfway between Phila-
delphia and New York.
The duties Of the postmastership
are not so heavy as to engage Mr..
Van Zandt's entire attention, so he
also runs a general store and tends
q two-acre tract of garden and fruit
trees. He rises at s o'clock in the
morning, eats heartily, worries none
at all, and smokes just as much as
he wishes. He is a believer in the
Volstead law, the Republican party
and the theory of heredity. His
grandfather lived to reach the age
Of ninety-one. and his great-grand-
father ninety-six. He doesn't see
any special reason why he snouldn' t
do likewise, nor do his friends, for
in general appearance he seems to
be nearer sixty than eighty years
of age.
Mr.. Van Zandt has held office
longer than any other postmaster
in the United States. The chief
reason for this, according to officials
Of the department, is that he has
always been attentive to his duties,
courteous and obliging.
Copyright, 1894. by WilliEm Pickett
HalVVN
The Washington times., 1924-03-20
MILLION YEARLY
FOR PARKS
ASKED
Luce House Bill Provides for
Creation Of Capital
Commission.

Systematic and continuous devel.
opment of the park and playground
system Of the District Of Columbia,
with an annual appropriation Of not
less than $1,000,O 900, Is provided in
a bill introduced in the House today
by Congressman Robert Luce Of
Massachusetts.
The bill is similar to one intro
duced during the past week in the
Senate. 1t is designed to preserve
the flow OF water in streams flowing
through the District, to preserve
parks and natural interests in and
about Washington. and to provide
for continuous and systematic de-
velopment of the park system.
The measure provides for creation
Of National Capital park commits
sion, composed Of the chief Of engi.
neers Of the army, the District En-.
gineer Commissioner, the director Of
the National Park Service, the chief
Of the Forest service, the officer
in charge Of public buildings and
grounds and the chairmen Of the
Committees on Public Buildings and
Grounds Of the Senate and House.
This commission is given author
ity to decide which lands are to be
purchased and to arrange for the
purchase.
The bill provides for an appropria-
ton in the annual District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill of a sum
approximating 1 cent for each in
habitant of the continental United
States. Three-fourths Of all these
funds are to be used for acquisition
Of land within the District Of Co
lumbia and the remainder for park
extension outside the District proper.
The Washington times., 1924-03-20
The Teeming Times
By TINY TESSIE

To say that all this oil dope Is dra-
matte SENS quite true,
II one likes melodrama with the
entertaining brew.
Methinks mayhap. that Sheridan.
that early bard Of plays.
Would brand this school for
Scandal now the Senatorial
crazA
In years gone by Frank Craven. a
comedian of note.
and was great. playEoers Vote:
Now II he'd take that self-sam0
show to Cosgrave. Irish lad,
1t might be well; they need new
dictator" very bad.
We know that fancies tickle do
carouse in Southern climes.
And McAdoo in Georgia seems to
illustrate these lines
For we'll l guess that McAdoo in
Presidential reaches,
Is piling votes primarily from all
the Georgia peaches.
Now while we're on this fruity.
luscious, nowsy rhyming scheme.
We might as we'll admit that Mrs.
Pinchot takes the cream;
In ri. lighting ting wrong shes supsrfine.
But she's the spiders spittoon"
when 1t comes to tapping MELONS.
While Mrs IL a-oleaning up the
avenues of the mind,
The Mr.: 10 engaged in giving Pitts
burgh one grand shine:
But faint no use no matter how
much Plnchot slaves and slaves,
That city'll be as black as night
unto the end Of days.
A I0dy 10TH q dImpTed fGce, ~
sttres 1t 'O1tnSt the breexeS
! t0oMder tohen the girls toiH start
inSNrinO di1nQIed kHeeSeS.
The Washington times., 1924-03-20
CONGRESSMEN
ARE HEARD IN
CLARENDON
Addresses Are Made Before
Smoker Given by Knights
of Columbus.

CLARENDON, Va, March 90
The members Of Edward Douglas
White Council, Knights Of Column
bus, Of Clarendon attending the
smoker given last night in the au-
ditorium Of st. Charles school, were
given a surprise when Joseph
Dugan, lecturer, announced that
two prominent speakers would ad-
dress the council. The first speaker
introduced was Congressman Will
liam P. Connery, jr., Of Massachu
sets, World War veteran, who
described his adventures in France.
Following his address he sang sew
eral songs accompanied by his
brother. i. J. Connery.
Congressman James O'Conner, Of
Louisiana, following Connery, spoke
at some length on the general good
the Knights Of Columbus and the
cnurch in general are doing
throughout the country, and said
both were to be judged by the
conduct of its members.
1t was announced by Mr.. Dugan
that it was the intention Of the
council to continue the plan of
holding smokers and to have prom.
inent speakers at each meeting.
That the Democratic committee
Of Arlington county is rapidly be-
coming very active in carrying
out the plans laid down by the
county chairman, William L. Bragg,
became known today when he an
nounced that separate committees
were being organized in each pre-
cinct in the county.
The minstrel show to be given
by the members Of the Cherrydale
fire department in the auditorium
tonight and Friday promises to
outclasS any given by the depart
ment in previous years.
Chairman Russell King an
nounces that the old favorites doe
and Handy" will appear with sew
eral new songs.
The proceeds will be used to fur
nish needed equipment for the de-
partment.
A large and appreciative audience
attended the regular monthly meet
ing OF the Woman's Civic Club of
Clarendon last night and witnessed
an interesting illustrated lecture by
s. B. Detwiler, Of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, whose subject was
THE White Pine Beautiful and
Useful"
The evenings program included
a violin duet by Dorothy Hunt and
Alfred Feltman, accompanied by
Mrs. w. F. Sunderman, on the
piano and a plano solo by Thomas
Payne.