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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04
Hospital League Meets Friday

A meeting OF the Bradbury Me-
mortal Hospital League will be held
Friday at 80 at the hospital and
it is urged that there be large at
tendance as there is important busi-
ness to be discussed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04
Mrs. judith NJ. Parker

Funeral services for Mrs. Judith
NJ. Parker of Castine will be held
Thursday at . o'clock at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Greenlaw.
Northport avenue, Rev. w. +. Skier
rye officiating. Mrs. Parker was the
widow of Rufus @. Parker and was
born, in Northport, her maiden
name being Judith NJ. Nelson. She
had been i'll for some time at the
home of the Greenlaws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04

Letters from former Turnkey C.
Maurice Littlefeld, who resigned a
few weeks ago to so to Boston to
become special prohibition officer
under the Federal government, state
that he likes his work very much
and has been called to several of
the New England states and New
York for duty. He expects to come
to Belfast court week, as he will be
witness in several cases. Mr.. Lit
tlefeld is the son of Sheriff Frank
A. Littlefield and was considered one
of the most able officers the county
has ever had.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04
Court Sent. S3rd

The September term of the su-
preme judicial court will convene in
Belfast on the fourth Tuesday of the
month, which is the 23rd. Associ-
ate Justice l.. p. Deasy of Bar Har-
Dor will preside. There are a num-
Der of bound-over cases to come be-
fore the grand jury, several of the
respondents being held in the coun-
ty Jail and others out on bail. 1t
looks like fairly busy term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04

Thomas Ambrose. commander Of
the Edward J. Poulicott Post of the
American Legion, 4attended the
Maine State Convention he'd in
Waterville recently.
The Pine Tree Canning Co. has
completed their 1924 pack of string
less beans, and will commence to
pack sweet corn on about Sept. 9th.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Car, Tor instance.
Built OF the finest steels. Of the
very same steels we use in the cost
liest of our cars. On some we pay
makers 1876 premium to get just the
quality specified.
Built under an engineering de-
partment which costs US $500, 600
yearly.
Each car subjected in the build
ing to $4,000 separate inspections.
Same stee!s, same workmanship
as in the costliest Studebaker
models.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
BY FREDERICK G. RUSSELL.

1t was a small stone that David
used to bowl over the giant. The
average driver can usually prove that
he had only taken his eyes off the
road moment the time he locked
hubs with the truck. And likewise
il is always a small thing that marks
such definite step in the process Of
depreciation of the car.
The trouble with the minor things
about car care is that being of no
immediate consequence, they are not
done away with until il is too late
Long before the car has begun to
give its best service the owner is vir-
tually forced into the market for
new one. The wrinkles have accumu-
lated, and the process of ironing them
out when they have grown so deep is
too costly.
Better with Age.
!. 1t is unfortunate that the average
car owner fails to appreciate the fact
no relation to its age. barring changes
in new models which might put the
older models at d natural disadYan-
tage. In the fourth year of it's sery-
tIts diiu Will more llGl LJ,UUU miles
TO its credit, car that is carefully
watched has been found to perform
better than at any time during its
entire life. This is due to strict at
tention to the details of adjustment.
While the chassis has been allowed
TO Timber up" there is no lost power
through play" or excessive friction
caused by improper meshing of gears.
The carburctor, after considera BILE
testing, has been adjusted for a Ieaner
mixture than the manufacturer for
merly recommended, ii being found
through actual use of the car that if
the normal mixture were used exces-
Sive prehea ting of the gas vapor
would result, thus preventing the en-
gine from delivering its maximum
power.
Break in Mixtures.
For the first two years of this cars
life il would not accelerate from ten
10 fifteen miles per hour without slight
instant Of hesitation, having the ef-
feet Of a jerk. Investigation showed
that in adjusting the carbGretor there
had been allowed too much Of a break
between the quality OF the idlinG and
high speed mixtures. The remedy was
simple enough when the owner macs.
up mis- mind that the troubIe-it VITA
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Timely attention to Details
Protongs Life of Average Car
With Proper Care AUTO Can Gro,O Better
ast Gro,os Older, Instead of Going
to Junk Heap Early.

beginning to have the same effect On
the car as carelessIy operated
clutch-was remediable
Frequently rear wheel will seem
to hesitate and creak when the car
is running slowly in high gear. The
effect of this trouble can be elimi-
! mated by tightening the wheel on the
tapered end OF the axle, but the cause
is deeper, being the result of uneven
running of the engine, or perhaps .
little too much play" in the drive.
To be certain about this, the plan is
to select some moderate grade, where
without straining. the engine should
be able to propei the car in high gear
If such a test is made on level ground
the momentum of the car will tend tn
make II coast part OF the time thus
making 1t difficult to tell whether
the bucking is due to the engine or
to play" in the chassis.
Chassis Slack Taken Up.
With the car headed uphill in high
gear all the chassis slack is taken up
Thus if the car runs smoothly down
to a speed of five miles per hour I;
is an indication that the bucking Of
the car in high gear at low speed on
level ground is due to lost motion it'll
the chassis drive. The clutch maN
slip a little, and if this is suspected
the motorist can make sure of it by
setting the emergency brake and let
ting in the clutch while the engine is
running ana the car in low gear. If
the engine does not stall Immediately
this Is an indication that the clutch is
slipping.
Excessive play" in thes rear end
can be located by jacking up one
wheel, and with the gear in one OF
the speeds turning il backward and
forward. If the play" thus discov-
cred seems excessive, and If the uni
versal joints are suspected. this can BE-
determined by getting under the car and
turning the propeller shaft first one way
and then the other
If the play" is not excessive at the
joints-that is, il there is no sharu
rap when they are moved-a good
packing Of the joints with a fresh
and heavier grease will remedy the
trouble and iron out temporarily 4
wrinkle in the cars performance
Just beca -se il viii be necessary to
repeat th-t remedy frequently is no
reason WY the motorist should
foregO the plan. No universal joint
was ever damaged by excessive
greasing.
If the car performs the Same climb
ing as il does on the level At low
speed, the trouble IS due to some
small things about the engine which
need adjustment or attention. Drag
CONTINUED on Tenth Trage.D
Evening star., 1924-04-06
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

Does the increase in automobile
drivers mean greater danger for each,
or less?
This is the question many students
OF traffic and safety are asking, ap-
parently unmindful of the old truism
that there is safety in numbers.
The situation is being investigated
carefully, and the general opinion of
those of psychological turn Of mind
seems to be that as the number of
car owners increases there will be
more drivers to oppose those who
have no concern with public safety.
1t is pointed out in support OF this
theory, that as the reckless minority"
represents less than per cent Of the
entire number of drivers, every in
crease in registrations increases the
percentage of safe drivers.
Way Numbers Operate.
1t is a matter of mathematics as
well. For example, If there are 1000
drivers in certain community, so of
them are undesirable. An increase of
the entire number of drivers to 500
brings to the original ! 1,G00 some AIS
desirables and 25 undesirables. The
community finds, therefore, that il
has AIS motor citizens and 10 repre-
SentatiVes of the reckless minority"
or less than 5 per cent. BY this so per
cent increase in local drivers the
community benefits accordingly.
This percentage of recklessness va
ries, but its gradual leSsening as
result of the increase in the entire
number Of drivers is said to hold
good. The contention is that if
thousand people were selected at ran
dom for the task Of driving cars,
certain percentage of them would be
Willfully reckless, re regardlesS of their
true ability, and that, aVeraGed over
all classes, the same percentage would
appear in any additions to this origi-
nal thousand.
Thus il is seen that as the number
of operators increases the percentage
of undesirables remaining is proper
tionally less.
Many motorists say that this theory
ways, where the flagrant vioiator of
conspicuous by reason of the over
whelming number of sensible drivers.
inexperienced at Wheel.
There is stiIl tremendously large
percentage of inadvcrtent careless
ness, but this is considered due
to the natural ine3perience of the
many people who have but recently
taken TO the wheel. Motor vehicle au-
thOritiCS are not particularly con-
cerned with these unskilled persons
since experience has shown that once
Evening star., 1924-04-06
COST OF NEW BEARINGS.

1t requires much more time to fit
new bearings to a crankshsft than
to retit old ones. The new bearings
have TO be hand -scraped and labori-
ouSiy fitted, so that no points of their
surface bear upon the crankpins
more than the others. The work
so don't blame your repairer If the
tim. charges on the bill seem ty.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
PAINT RETARDS RADIATION.

Remove dust from radiator by brush
ing with a stiff whiskbroom or wire
brush. Don't paint 1t retards radia-
tion of heat Drain trans mission Of
the winter light lubricant by renoSiu =
drain plug II night Next day flush with
kerosene and refill After grinding
in valves, run fifty miles at least with
fairly loose tappetS before adjusting
for normal clearance. Gives valves a
cha q seat proDerIE-
Evening star., 1924-04-06
More Drirers, More Safety, ,IsView
Of Observer of Traffic Increase
EUery Thousand NeU Motorists Add
Larger Number of fDesirables-Held
TO Put Check on UndesirabIes.

the average driver learns from his
friends that he is doing something
dangerous he turns over new leaf
Immediately.
as to the ability of the average WON
an to drive Il car competently, but
the cards are face up on the table,
and the country knows that while she
blunders more than the average man
at the wheel, her inexperience has
not begun to cause the trouble which
can arise from the inclusion of ten
clever but reckless drivers.
The highways are endangered by
several million persons who are as
yet not quite certain whether to press
on the accelerator or the brake pedal
when they want to stop, but this SIT
uation is only temporary. Experience
drivers give them wide berth and
overlook no opportunity to hand out
advice, but the inexperienced ones
are naturally careful They take
their lesson good naturedly, and il is
but a matter of time when they are
as competent as any one on the road.
The law Violator is different He
never will learn, and he must be han
died accordingly.
In every 1000 possible car oper-
ators there are certain percentage
who would do foolhardy things with
their cars, regardless Of how skill
full they might otherwise be. These
are the persons who eventually pat
earth would exclude them from the
motor ranks, because they know how
to drive and that is all the state eX-
animation method can cover.
Real Trouble Maker.
Occasionally an applicants bad rec
ord as citizen will serve to exclude
him from the operators list of one
state, but he simply drives without
authority or goes to another state to
obtain a license, which permits him
to get around the law. But usually
he does not reveal himself as an un-
of a car.
This is the type of driver who is
causing all the trouble, but the en-
couraging feature of the problem is
that he is being driven off the road
by the increase in drivers. Every
! 900 additional drivers brings with il
the usual percentage of undesira bles,
but the grand total automatically re-
vealS IA lower percentage OF willful
violatorS. n the increasing number
of drivers. therefore, the undesirable
driver becomes more and more con
spicuouS Thus he is more quickly
singled out, reported and put behind
the bars. where he belongs.
IndesirabIc Being Eliminated
Because the highway undesirable
is becoming SO conspicuous he is be
ing brought 10 trial at a rapid rate,
and through this process it is evident
that the Increase in drivers means
IContinued on Tenth PaEeD
Evening star., 1924-04-06
OBSERVATION.

The man who has never spent
cent on repairs belongs TO the same
club with the man who has never
been sick a day in his life
Evening star., 1924-04-06
AUTO AS CIRCUS FREAK.

Such a curiosity in 1896 was the
motor car that Barnum & Bailey's
circus exhibited "horseless car
riaCe" among their curios
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Tspo great features

There are many features in this
Light-Six found In no rival car. But
we want to mention two in par
tieular.
The motor is perfectly balanced.
That means long life and freedom
from vibration.
The reason is this: We machine
an surfaces of our erankshafts and
connecting rods by 81 operations.
Just as was done in Liberty Airplane
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Undesirable Being Eliminated

Because the highway undeSira bic
is becoming SO conspicuous he is be-
ing brought 10 trial at rapid rate,
and through this process ii is evident
that the Increase In drivers means
r: ilii616i .I;Ilia 49,
Evening star., 1924-04-06
inexperienced at Wheel.

cerned with these unSkilled persons,
since experience has shown that once
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
OPPOSE NIGHT WORK

Oakland, Cal.,-Organized bakers
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1924

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22

Vienna telling of an epidemic of sui
cides in the Austrian capital. Most
of the suicides were attributed to the
widespread unemployment. In one
day alone, eleven persons took their
lives.
American workers can congratulate
themselves that thanks largely to or
ganized labor's refusal to accept wage
slashes in the years following the ar
mistice, there has been no prolonged
period of unemployment in this coun-
try, as has been the case in Europe.
If there had been widespread and
long continued unemployment here,
the papers would doubtless be report
ing epidemics of suicides from Amer
lean cities, as there is nothing tends
more toward the despair which leads
to suicide than unemployment, stretch
ed over weary months and years.
- IA IA ~ r.
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ties. It is partisan to principles.
Every wage Garner should be al
work today for the success of those
principles in the coming campaign.
Organize for victory for labor's
great principles in 1924!
Delegates and candidates are to be
nominated See that labor's princi-
Piles win. If they win in the begin
ming, victory is assured in the end
Arise-and get busy!-The American
Federationist.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
SALMON TRUST
Would Control Alaskan
Water Supply

Washington battle against the
monopolization of Alaska salmon has
been quietly waged in committee
room of the house. The cannery cor
porations are arrayed against Dele
gate Sutherland, representing the
territory of Alaska, and officers Of the
Seamen's union.
The fight is over a bill that would
legalize a decision by Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover, who set aside fish
reserves in the Alaskan waters. The
rule provided how many fish could be
caught, by what method, and, most
important of all, who could catch the
fish. Defenders of the decision said it
was the only way salmon could be
conserved. Opponents insist it is a
denial of every English-speaking right
from the time of Magma Charta and
that the alleged conservation of sal
mon is in the interest Of the cannery
trust.
President Furuseth of the Interna-
tional Seamen's union said it was as
reasonable to set the fox to guard the
geese as to set the cannery men to
guard the salmon. The unionist
urged that all Alaskan waters within
the three mile limit be set aside as a
fish preserve with regulations that
would apply to all fishers.
Members of the house committee
exhibit lively sentiment for fish con-
servation and have instructed sub
! committee to prepare bill to be
brought before the full committee.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
NOTHING DOING
HERE
'Secesh' Ideas Find No Place
In Porto Rico

Washington,-"Th is no move
ment in Porto Rico for secession, in
dependence or separation from the
United States," said Senator Santiago
Iglesias, member of the Porto Rican
Legislature and president of the Porto
Rican federation of labor, affiliated
with the A. F. of L. He, together
with Rafael Alonson, secretary of the
Porto Rican federation of labor, are
members of commission that is now
in Washington in the interest of wider
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
DEATHS IN MINES

Washington, There were 2,452
men killed in coal mines last year, ac-
cording to reports received by the bu-
reau of mines. Coal produced in this
period totaled 641,476,000 tons, or a
fatality rate of 1892 per million tons,
as compared with 4.15 for 1922.
This is reduction of 8 per cent in
the fatal-accident rate per million
tons of coal produced in 1928, and is
equivalent to the saving of 210 lives,
the bureau points out.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22


self government for their island home,
"The idea of independence or sepa-
ration from the American Union,
which certain newspapers attribute to
the delegation from Porto Rico, is a
misrepresentation, said Senator Igle-
sias.
"The organized workers of Porto
Rico, as well as the three political par
ties of the island, do not want separa-
ton. We are American citizens, and
we aspire to be regarded as such. We
ask that congress evolve adequate
measures to raise the people Of Porto
Rico to the standard of life and citi-
zenship that prevail in the mainland
"This is our petition to the presid-
ent and to congress just as it was ap-
proved by the last convention of the
A. F. of L."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
FAIRY STORY TELLERS

Reports from Germany tell of the
appointment of Fraulein Lisa Tetz-
ner, former school teacher, as "offi-
cial fairy story teller" Fraulein
Tetzner's job is to go from city to
city, telling fairy stories to the boys
and girls who begin to toll in Ger
many's mines and mills at an early
age. The government thinks that the
fairy tales will bring little romance
into the dreary lives of the youthful
child workers.
AS yet, the United States hasn't any
official fairy story teller, but it has
plenty of unofficial spinners of fairy
tales. The leaders in this kind of
story telling are the "open shoppers
and their publicity men. Their wild
yarns beat anything that Germany's
official romancer can tell and lead to
the conclusion that Germany hasn't
anything on the United States wher
it comes to romantic stories.
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ARISE! AND GET BUSY!
On every hand discussion turns te
politics.
A national campaign looms close
at hand.
Politicians are fixing fences ane
laying wires.
Labor doesn't fix fences; it doesn't
string wires.
Labor fights always for the one big
thing-HUMAN PROGRESS.
Human progress requires different
measures at different times, but
always these measures have the same
character and the same purpose.
The issues that combine to make
the big issue of HUMAN PROGRESS
at present are many and important
The coming campaign will revolve
around those issues.
The time to work effectively is while
the campaign is being organized
when things are in the making.
The American Federation of Labor
in politics is non-partisan as to par
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22
Issued Weekly at 326 Market Street
Hamilton. Ohio.
Telephone 1926
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIetown. O.
MORE HELP FOR THE KIDDIEs

MORE HELL FOh HE hIDDlES
The boxing show staged Tuesday
night at the Jefferson theatre was one
big, bowling success, financially, So
cially and in every other way, and all
those who fathered, backed and sup
ported the project are deserving of
much praise and the thanks of the en-
tire community on behalf of the un-
fortunate children who are going to
receive much benefit as result of the
big show.
Now another chance is offered to
help in this noble cause. Trades
Council trustees and the labor temple
skating rink management are putting
on mammoth skating carnival at the
rink next Monday night, every dollar
taken in is to go to the kiddies' T. B.
camp fun. Here is chance for every
one to help good cause and at the
same time enjoy great evenings
entertainment. Be there.
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RESULTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment's terrible results
are vividly illustrated by reports from
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-02-22

are unanimous in their opposition to-
night baking, proposed by Wholesale
bakers. The workers say the plan has
been rejected in this country and in
Europe. With night baking there
would be less vigilance by the health
bureau and by the department of
weights and measures, the workers
point out.
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

is the foundation Of all our political
and social Institutions. Seek not to
enforce upon your brother by legis-
lative enactment the virtue that he
can possess only by the dictates Of
his own conscience and the energy Of
his will"