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The Washington times., 1924-02-11
IMPROVEMENT.
Or ROADS
PLANNED
Arlington County Road Com
missioners to Make Trip
Of Inspection.

CLARENDON, Va, Feb. H.
Headed by, Arthur Orr, chairman
members Of the executive commit
tee chosen at the last meeting O
the. Arlington District Good Road
Commission met at the Arlington
county court house yesterday ant
with the county engineer, Captain
John T. Talman, drove over the
roads Of the district with a view
Of submitting a plan Of road i'm
provement at the next meeting o.
the commission.
The commission will hold its mex
meeting next Friday at O'Clock
at the court house when a tentative
road building plan will be received
and also report from special com
mittee appointed to figure, on tn,
amount Of. bonds proposed.
Raids on a building owned b..
the American Coal Company in
Hell's Bottom, jefferson. district
Saturday, night, resulted in the
arrest Of sixteen colored persons
They were taken to the Arlington
county jail where they were locked
up charged with gambling. They
will be given a hearing before
Police Judge Harry r. Thomas to.
day. Those In the raid were John
r. Burke, Howard A. Smoot and
Bruce Smoot.
Announcement is made that all
plans have been completed for the
Valentine Dance to be given by
Clarendon Rebekah Lodge, No. 2S,
In Clarendon Community Hall, We'd
nesday night.
The music will be furnished by
the SengaIno Band of Washington.
Dancing win start at 9 o'clock.
The program has been arranged by
Donald Doyle, banjoist Of the band.
Chief F. F. Williams, of the
Cherrydale fire department, has
announced the appointment of c..
A. .Candee as general chairman to
make all arrangements for the
eighth annual banquet which will
be held in the main hall Of the
fire house on March 81. Many
prominent Virginians will be in
vited to speak.
Special evangelistic services start.
ed at the Cherrydale Methodist
EFOCeSLdnL CnuTCn IN charge Oh IH0
Rev. L. G. Robie, those assisting
are the Rev. Mrs. C. A. HasfOrd,
music director, soloist and woman's
worker, and Rufus Perkins.
The citizens of Mullhall and Vicin-
ity, Arlington county, announce the
formation Of a new citizens associa-
ton with the following officers:
President, L. G. Denslow vice pres
ident, James r. Williams secretary
treasurer, Holt, L. johnson.
The new association will meet at
the home of Holt L. johnson Of
Mullhall tonight at 8 o'clock. Muir
ray Kay, engineer of the Federal
Bureau Of Public Roads, will ad-
dress the association.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Park Lane Citizens Association
will be held tonight at o'clock.
|. The Arlington County Republican
Club will meet at the Chronicle
office at Rosslyn tomorrow at 8
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
POSTAL SERVICE KEPT IN
LINE BY G. o. p, CHARGE

The postal service, and the rural
mail service in particular, is being
organized by the Republicans for
the next Presidential election, ac.
cording to charges made by the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League
on information from the Indiana
Anti-Spoils League. 81.
Several instances were cited to
show that Democrats in the postal
service were being forced to resign
when they were charged with petty
infractions Of the postal rules, while
Republicans doing the very same
thing were continued in office, the
league declared in a statement.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
Madrid Paper Suspended.

MADRID, Feb. 1.-THE promi.
nent newspaper Heraldo today was
suspended by the military authori.
ties for publishing articles not
passed by the censor.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11

sales Of CARCASS beef In Washington, d.
c., for week ending Saturday, Feb 0,
1924, on shipments sold out. ranged
from 10000 to 1880 per pound and
The Washington times., 1924-02-11

"Ths strOngest bond of
human sympathy, outside of
the f0nily relation should Be
one uniting all DOrking psO-
PIE, of all nations, and
tongues, and kiqdrsds." ~
Abraham Lincoln.
In the American Ice Com
pany family of workers there
are people Of many nations
and tongues, but all kindred
in Loyalty. In the Company's
service are four generations
of one family, while there are
many, many workers with
terms Of service ranging
from 20 to 40 years.
And the bond Of "hunsan sympGthy"
III more close, because some officidIs Of
the company started as "toGgon help
eTS," e. y
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
Named for Cancellation Post.

Morris Lewis, negro, Chicago,
was appointed today by Secretary
Of Labor Davis as commissioner
of conciliation, succeeding Phil
Brown, of Kentucky, deceased.
field, prominent Atlanta society
woman. She filed the damage suit
following alleged "improper con-
duct" by him while the two were
enroute to Europe on the steam
ship Berengeria.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11

It was brought out at the De
Bouchel Gambler hearing that he is
worth more than $5,000,0O0, al
though the banker refused to
testify as to the approximate extent
of his fortune.
Walter T. Gambler, son of Asa
G., will appear in March as a de.
fendant in a 100000 suit filed
against him by Mrs. Sarah q. By
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
CLINTON

Mrs. Jennie E. Wheeler will en-
terrain the members of the l.. o.
L S., class of Brown Memorial Sum-
day school at her home Saturday
afternoon:
/ The monthly meeting of the Ma
bel p. Judkins Philathea class of the
Baptist church will be held We'd
nesday evening, March II. at the
church vestry. Mrs. Blanche Simon
son and Mrs. Herbert c. Roundy
will act as hostesses.
Mrs. Eben S. Gordon will enter
tain the Pine Cone Club at her home
Tuesday afternoon. A St. Patrick
day program will be given.
The Arcana Club will meet Tues
day at the home of its president.
Mrs. w. NJ. Keene. The subject of
the program will be American ora
tors.
Mrs. Isaac Irving returned Thurs
day from Skowhegan, where she
went to accompany her son, Isaac.
Jr., who is n surgical patient at the
Somerset hospital.
George Stone of Waterville was q
business caller in town Friday.
award Chase of Winslow was in
town recently on business.
-. 80. Eliza Roundy. who suffered
a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago,
seems to be steadily improving.
Mrs. f. r. Besse. Mrs. Omar Ger
aid, Mrs. Wilbur Holt. Mrs. Fred
Walker. Mrs. "A. Leroy Adams adm
Miss Emma Nelson were business
visitors in Waterville Friday.
Laurel Lodge of Rebekahs is max
ing plans to give an entertainment
and food sale in town hall. The
date has been set for Monday even
ing, March 10.
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Dexter

A meeting of more than usual in
terest was held this week by the
local w. c. T. L. at Temperance hall.
The devotional service was lead by
Mrs. Lizzie Towle. q veteran worker
of the State w. c. T. T., who has
now retired and lives with her son.
Charles Towle of this town. A most
interesting talk was given by Miss
Annie l.. Ridgweway. pastor of the
local Free Baptist church.
The Mission Circle of the Univer-
salist church will meet Tuesday af-
ternoon. March II, with Mrs. Cert
rude Waldron at 80 O'Clock.
There will be no meeting of the
Sunshine Club Tuesday afternoon,
March II. on account of the school
exhibition. Unless further notice is
given the meeting will be omitted
entirely and the next regular meet
ing of the entire club will be held
Tuesday, March % with Mrs. Belle
Foss.
Kingsbury Il. Piper will be at the
local office of the Merrill Trust
company on Monday, March 10th.
This will be the last opportunity for
customers to secure his aid in max
ing up income returns. as the re-
turns must be on file in Augusta
March 10Th.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church will meet Tuesday
afternoon at go, with Mrs. George
Gleason. So Liberty street.
In connection with the program OF
the University of Maine Deputation
team. all boys and girls desiring to
take n hike" Saturday afternoon
arc requested to meet in front of the
First Baptist church at 80.
A general meeting of the Dexter
fire department will be held at the
central engine house Monday even
ing. March 10. for the purpose OF
nominating engineers of the depart
ment to be voted upon at the annual
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The Old Mechanic Saws:


Every unit q the car has sound
OF its own, and the trained ear
profits by KNOWN when such sounds
ring true. Motorists are forever
drivin' in here with the fear that
somethfh' is goin' wrong just be-
cause they suddenly hear new
noise, when as a matter of fact
they may have just become con-
scious o the fact that car units
make certain noises but don't know
how. to interpret EN-.
A properly adjusted fan will
sometimes make slight purrin'
sound, and on cold day if the belt
slips it will offer noise similar to
4 scrapin' valve. \ driver with a
good ear for sounds-and particular
~ good sense o their meanin'-
will know what's wrong when the
usual sound is replaced by another.
Transmission gears should make n
certain noise when the car is in
second or low. one local chap who
had n keen ear FOR trouble, but lit
tie experience in the way of trouble
huntin'. found that in second his
transmission seemed to offer an I'M
pleasant chatter. took n short
ride with him and found that the
emergency brake handle, being join
ed 70 the transmission case, was
vibratin.
\ clutch will give n slight sound
like the soft rubin" of sahdpaper
whenever the car is started. If this
increases very radically, and if the
clutch is of the cone type, 1t means
that some oil and water kae gotten
on the facin'. In the case of a
plate or disc clutch that runs in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
Accidents and the Jay Walker

Barron Collier, special deputy COM
missioner in charge of the Policy Blu
reau of Safety. has compiled some
very interesting statistics on the mo-
tor vehicular accidents in New. York
City. The most astounding feature
being that there are more than twice
as many killed from "jay walking"
as from any other cause. the number
Of deaths reaching a total OF zS1.
while those injured numbers 6.764.
1t is not intended that pedestrians
should abandon the streets. but II IS
preposterous to think Of regulating
one kind OF traffic ((vehicular) while
We allow another kind to dart IN
and out. to the right or to the left,
governed only by its own sweet
whim.
All Of which brings US down to the
difference between, Europe and
America. In America the common
assumption is that whenever a man
on foot is struck. 1t is the drivers
fault. In Paris the opposite Is true.
If in this European city a person is
knocked down by a motor vehicle,
while crossing without waiting for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
Divided We Fall

While motor car manufacturers
are talking mergers, and merging
ne quickly as they deny II. the
motorist goes merrily on proving
tho rule that divided we fall These
combines OF the car makers have
an unusual Significance for the
motorist. and he Is missing good
opportunity for tho Improvement of
motordom If he chooses to overlook
them.
by merging, the manufacturers
find 1t easier to get what they want
when they want 1t. There Is less
waste through scnseless competition
Better and cheaper motor cars are
the result, and motordom steps to n
higher round of tho automotive lad
der.
IL suggests the necessity for
a car owners merger as means of
putting through the legislation de-
sired and repeating that which Is
not only unnecessary hut detri-
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of the Nation" Both lecture and
pictures are something all should
hear as there Is no subject more be-
fore the public today than that Of
child life.
In the evening the pastor will be
at his Burnham church to conduct
n service which includes the dedi-
cation of floor pulpit lamp. the gift
of the Victory Pythian Sisters of that
town. Both the knights of Pythias
and the Sisterhood will attend the
service in a body.
The usual servicesswill be held at
Brown Memorial church with spec
ial music at the morning service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
SPARK PLUGS

Attention is called by the Publicity
Department of the Buick Motor
Company to the fact that $4,000 auto
mobiles pass the corner of Fifth
avenue and Forty Second street
New York. every "a hours. 1t is
pointed out that these cars carry
an aggregate of people surprising
tie population of such representa-
tive cities as Spokane. Washington.
Albany. New York. Lowell. Mass:
Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma
CITY.
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mental to motoring. United, the
motorists of the country could do
what the manufacturers are doing
for themselves and for motoring.
They could obtain what they know
they need.
TOO many car owners imagine
that they have done their part in
the merging process when they have
paid their dues to the local automo-
bile club. But that is but the first
step.
Every automobile club needs
moral support, enthusiasm, coopera-
ton and perspiration quite as much
as 1t needs promptly paid dues.
1t isn't SO much the capital behind
the big motor combines that
counts as the spirit and ability OF
tho MEN.
When you join your club make up
your mind to merge with $4,000 900
other car owners, Register your
kick where it will count.
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st Adams were in attendance at our
town meeting.
Schools at the Adams, Marsh ana
Gale begin their spring term next
Monday.
+. w Dyer was in Watervillc Tues
day on business.
Among those who went to New
port ON Wednesday to attend a meet
ing of the East Somerset Pomona
Grange were Mr. and Mrs. II. IT.
Fuller. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Dyer, Mr..
and Mrs e. II. Webb. Mr.. and Mrs.
\. i. Howos, Il. l.. Fairbrothcr, w.
A. BlaiSdell and III j.. Goodrich.
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An Oil Can Hint

Most every car owner or mechanic
has grasped an oil can in a hurry
to find that it refuses to work. the
bottom failing to spring back when
pressed inward. A sharp blow us
ually causes the bottom to return to
it's original position, but this means
a loss of time and waste of oil. A
good plan is to insert spiral spring
inside the can. pressing on the bot
tom. If the can is of the solderless
type, the bottom may be heated ana
a drop of solder applied to hold the
spring in observation-disclosures Di-
CCSt
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Carry Old NEWSPAPERS

Saving things for a rainy day is
always good advice. so don't laugh
when 1t is suggested that you carry
with you in the car a supply Of
newspapers. Many an old news
paper has protected some occupant
of the car when a rain curtain was
torn. Folks who get caught without
sufficient clothing for protection
against sudden change in the
weather find that newspaper cut
so as to slip over the neck and fit
under the coat furnishes excellent
protection against pneumonia.
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TinLercrs, Take Note!

The motorist with an imagination
should be interested to know that
in order to make mere $4,000
automobiles. 100000 screws are re-
CURED. Bolts purchased by one firm
for its production show that each
car required about 1000. showing
that the tinkcrer still has a lot Of
things to monkey with despite the
greater simplicity of cars.
Copyright 1924 by The Ullman
Feature Service.)
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Proddinu The Memory

Absent minded motorists should
not get into the habit of buying too
much gas at one time. The less
frequently they visit the filling sta
ton the more likely they are to for
get it altogether, with the result that
they will be stranded at times when
they imagine the tank is amply sup
piled. When q motorist buys only
five gallons of gas at time he con-
tinually reminds himself that he
cannot go very far without stopping
to rep!enisll his fuel supply. With
this on his mind he is far less likely
to run out of gas.
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while q car full of people are knock
ing neighbor. But if there is no
conversation the level of con-
seriousness never gets above the in
sufferable road, with the result that
4 mile Of detour or construction
work seems like the last ride.
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If you only kneav
See the Studebakers

Studebaker builds more fine cars than any
other plant in the world.
Last year las, 167 wise motor car buyers
paid $2O1 100000 for Studebakers.
The demand has almost trebled in the past
three years. Studebaker now holds leading
place in the high-grade field.
Our modern plants and their equipment
cost $50,OOo,o0o. All to give you the maxi
mum value at the minimum of cost.
It is folly to buy car in this class without
knowing what we give.
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LIES LITTLE oIsAPPolNTMENTs

oil the absence of this sound would
probably indicate need for addi-
tional oil. In the dry plate type
excess noise would indicate slippin'
while absence Of this light shuffiin'
would indicate too tight an ad-
justment. OF course all these
symptoms must be considered with
reference to other car behavior"
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Church Notices

Rev. F.. r. Longley, the pastor.
will occupy the pulpit of the Bap-
fist church at the morning service.
Sunday school at the usual hour,
with a cordial welcome to all menu
bers and visitors. At the evening
service. Loring S. Strickland. super
intendent of the Suday School. as
sisted by Mrs. Strickland. will give
a steropticon lecture on Child life
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Soma Ercinht Bills

The next time someone commences
depicting the difficulties experienced
by the railways. and starts blaming
the automobile for it, don't fail to
remind the calamity bowler that
one motor car manufacturer pays
railroad freight bills to the tune of
1880, 900 annually. And don't for
get to remind him that on all tie
raw products shipped to the auto
factory the railroads also make a
t,rnHf
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Locating Clutch Facing Troubles

Locating the nigh spots on cone
clutch facing usually appears diff
cult: however. this may readily be
accomplished by depressing the
clutch pedal and inserting a piece of
white paper between the fly wheel
and the clutch facing. Engage the
clutch and then disengage it and re-
move the paper on which will be
noted the high spots which should be
trimmed down to n uniform surface.
Automobile Digest.
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the traffic signal, he Is arrested. not
the driver, for interfering with the
traffic.
A straight line may te the shortest
distance between two points. but
judging from the price the ''jay
walker has paid, 1t must be con-
cluded that this theorem in geometry
need not be proven while crossing the
street.
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When Road Gets Rouoh

Whenever the road gets rough
start a conversation on some con-
troversial subject. Anything to keep
your passengers minds off the hor-
rors Of the bumps and jolts. And
Your own. 1t is most amazing
thing to note how many miles Of
rough roadway can pass unheeded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08
Carbon and Compression

European automobile race drivers
are experimenting with pistons that
are raised and rounded at the top.
They call this doming the pistons
and find that it increases compress
sion and power by forcing the gas
vapor to occupy smaller space
when compressed. This is exactly
what happens in the average motor
(only on smaller scale) when car
bon cakes on the piston tops. But
the carbon preignites the gas and
thus wastes power. knocking
proves IL.
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parts comes from the eostliest steels.
For some we add 1879 to the quoted
price to get exactness in them.
That Chase Mohair, used in our
closed cars, is made from the soft
fleece of Angora goats. Cotton or
ordinary wool, or combination of
both, could reduce our price 500 to
$3.50 per car. but it would sacrifice
Studebaker quality.
Note the bumpers, the steel trunk,
the extra cord tires, the motometer,
the courtesy light on some models.
Figure what they would cost as ex-
traS.
The infinite care
We use IS formulas for steel. each
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year to choose Studebaker cars.
Some sell at $l,o45. Some meet
with every requirement in size and
power and luxury. But the chassis
are all alike, save in size. The same
steels, the same standards through
out. Every important Studebaker
part represents the best we know.
Il -
People have learned these facts
hundreds of thousands of them. The
demand for Studebakers has almost
trebled in three years. It has become
overwhelming, even for our facilities.
Investigate the reasons. You will
find them by the scores. Then, il
you choose rival car, we shall have
nothing more to say. .-.-.-..<..
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PALMYRA

Mrs. II. l.. Goodrich has sufficiently
recovered from her recent critical
surgical operation to be able To be
removed to her home and is gaming
quite rapidly.
A. +. Bigelow and NJ. II. Martin o.
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town meeting, March II. All fircmen
are asked to be present
Business visitors in town Thurs
day were r. b. Dodge of Bangor;
DIR. n. r. Cook OF Newport and I. T..
Christopher of Norridgewock.
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been added during the past FIVE
years.
Sl0,0oo,Ooo in body plants to give
you superlative beauty. To give that
final touch for which Studebakers
have been famous for decades.
125 experts who devote their whole
time to studying betterments. Who
make 100000 tests per year to main
tain our supremacy.
Consider Studebaker history. For
II years this concern has stood for
high principles and policies.
For two generations, against all
the world, it held first place in horse
drawn vehicles.
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Did You Know


That when the pedal Of the
clutch comes up nearer the driver
the clutch plate Innings are wear
ing and need adjustment? One is
liable to overlook this point in view
of the fact that the brake pedal
situation is just the reverse.
That testing for equality of brake
adjustment by lacking up each rear
wheel separately and having the
garageman try to turn it while you
have the brake pedal depressed is n
haphazard way of looking out for
your safety? No mans strength is
a match for the momentum of your
car when it is running twenty to
forty miles an hour. If you want
to be absolutely sure that your
brakes will grip each wheel with
equal force, press the pedal, lock the
wheels and note whether each wheel
leaves the same length of tire mark.
Do this at ten miles an hour so as
to save unnecessary wear on the
tires. If it works at ten it will do
the same at fifty.
That excessive fouling of spark
plugs is n cue to suspect excessive
oil dilution in the crankcase? When
oil can work UP past the piston
rings raw gas, as in starting it can
leak down into the Crankcase. The
fact that oil is being burned up eX-
Cessively, and the remainder diluted,
calls for a special warning. Which
is: Don't judge by the oil level
indicator. 1t may be indicating gas
instead of oil,