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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-11
rHEATRE ATTRACTIONS
,,,yrspAY and THURSDAY

.,rnNrspAY and THURSDAY
,,.;,.s Theatre-Cecil De Miles
hariece. "The Golden Bed with
na.'II ~ ROGUE and Irene Rich and
koo go "Battling Bunyan" star
~ VI Wssley Barry, Harry Langdon
reg .dv sThe Hanson Cabman." In
esn..tinssi news and orchestra.
n,.r. .House-"The City that
Vp sieeps" featuring Richard Cor
nssTT n,,lse Dresser and kathlyn
y tse,,.,.rrs. Charlie Chaplin In re-
wlI, II "Tillie's punctured Ro-
W. A true detective story, "On
,s.ys AZ Absence"
.r,.r Theatre-The Henry Garlic
ou, r,svers in Common Clay, a
y! ga in 1 acts. Curtains rise at
~ o'clock.
,,,,sn F. Beale. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
- reaIA Of Augusta, and Miss Hat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-11

The following bills were introduced
Tuesday in the house of representa-
tives:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-11

The following measures were intro
Guced Tuesday in the senate.
To Require Security for Motor LA.
bjIity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-11

skating world AND her solo eAhlbi:
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Speed Is Big Factor to
Be Considered With Oil

Speed is not only factor to be con-
sidered in Oil economy, but handy
method of testing for oil dilution. If
the car is not driven over 80 miles an
hour as in city driving, gallon OF
oil in the crankcase may last for LOCO
miles, yet the wise owner is faced
with the possibility of considerable
oil dilution, since short runs in the
car mean excessive use of the choker.
When he suspects that there is lot
of gasoline in the oil he steers for the
open road and runs fast fer awhile
watching the oil level carefully. II the
level does not drop rapidly the oil is In
good condition, but If 1t becomes neces-
sary to add quart or two he knows
that he has been driving with far too
great gasoline content.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

This difficulty is overcome by provid-
ing a luggage carrier of the kind
shown in the drawing, which is also
convenient for statesmen. Two 30
inch lengths of Pinch angle iron are
securely bolted to the frame under the
rear end Of the car, with the ends pro-
jecting about 10 inches. Across these
ends is bolted brace of 1-inch angle
iron, long enough to be bent over to
permit fastening the ends to the fen
ders with short bolts. A piece of l.
inch board, just long enough to fit on
the frame thus made, is provided with
cleats, and serves as floor on which
the luggage is carried. The carrier
may be enameled to match the color
of the car and will support weight OF
300 pounds safely.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
THE WRONG VARIETY

Mrs. Albertson--I hear that young
bride Mrs. Garner is mad about the
present her husband got her for Christ.
mas.
Mrs. Smith-How can that be?
understood he had bought her very
nice new dress.
Mrs. Albertson-Yes, but 1t was o
house dress, when she wanted dane.
ing Observation-Disclosures.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
AUTOMOBILE BIC
FARM NECESSITY
Only Real Drawbacks Are
Original Cost and Con-
sequent Upkeep.

The average man living some dis
lance from town. has found the auto
mobile very necessary part of his
equipment. In fact, he would, once
he realizes its full Importance, just
about as soon part with his right hand
as to get along without car. The
only real drawbacks are the original
cost and the upkeep. Ways are be-
| ing found to reduce both. First, buy
good car and then secondly keep 1t
in AL condition.
Years Not Mileage.
Statistics show the average life of
the automobile to be about five or six
years-years-no mileage or service.
1t is doubtful If the average farmer
runs his car over 1900 to $500 miles
per year. At this rate his total mile
age in six years would be $4,000 to
10000 miles in round numbers. But
no automobile ought to be worn out
from this mileage. The fact is, that
the car that is ready for the junk
heap after $4,000 to 10000 miles,
whether used one year or six, has very
likely been abused either through ig
norance, carelessness or neglect. With
proper care the average car should
give many times this mileage.
| This is an age of specialists. Why
not let the boys on the farm learn to
keep the cars in repair? At least one
boy on every farm ought to be me-
chanic-to keep the car, the truck,
tractor and the rest of the farm ma
chinery at the top notch of efficiency.
1t is not only the cost of the repair
| job-labor and parts-but the time lost
that counts. A great many big repair
bills can be avoided entirely by the
| timely care and attention that any
fairly good mechanic and handy man
can give, to say nothing of increased
life of the machinery.
Change Oil often.
The careful car operator will change
oil often, every 500 to 1000 miles, and
never take a chance ON cheap or I'M
known oils. 1t never pays to 'guess
there's enough oil to get to town"
You may get there without apparent
trouble, but later on you learn that
your motor has been seriously dam
aged. At your leisure you can trace
this back to the time or times when
you "took a chance"
Watch the ammeter. It will give
you timely warning Of electrical trou
bles. If the hand wavers unsteadily
or remains at zero, the cause should
be located at once. Look for loose
connections and if this doesn't rem
edy it then 1t is best to have some
competent auto electrician make tests
which will show what must be done.
A timely inspection may prevent
burned-out armature which may cost
the car owner $40 to $50, depending
on the car.
Watch the battery carefully, espe-
cially in the winter to keep it fully
charged. A fully charged battery
won't freeze. Don't forget that you
don't, as a rule, drive as much in win
ter and, therefore, your generator
doesn't have the chance to charge the
battery as thoroughly as In summer;
besides your car starts or cranks much
harder in the winter on account of
cold motor and CONCEALED (thick) oil.
This has a tendency to discharge or
run down your battery much more
quickly than in summer.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Attaching Frame Bolts

1t is sometimes rather difficult to get
bolts that run through the frame chan
nels back in place after they have
been removed. Where these bolts are
drilled to take a cotter pin the sim
plest way to replace them is to run a
piece of wire through the frame hole
and then out through the hole in the
bolt. The bolt may then be drawn
through the hole.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Worn Cylinders Cause Trouble

One of the sources of engine trou-
BILE is due to worn cylinder walls.
These wear most at the top, causing
the cylinders to become tapered and,
therefore, permitting oil and gas to
leak past the piston rings. A lengthy
and costly operation Of reboring and
the use of diversified piston rings are
required where the cylinder walls are
cast en- bloc.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Battery Posts Need Care

Did you ever wonder why the en-
CINE does not show the accustomed
pep or why the lights burn dimly or
the ignition seems poor? Unfasten
the wires and bars at the battery teR
minals and notice If they are clean.
They must be clean If current is to
flow freely. Scrape off with stick
any green or white deposit you see,
and spread a little cup grease over
the parts to prevent corrosion.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Keep Check on Horn

Always keep the horn motor, button
and connections in such condition that
the horn is sensitive to the briefest
touch of the button. In an emergency
one has little time to sound warning
and whatever brief touch of the button
is given must produce immediate re-
suits. Clean the commutator of the
horn motor, oil It's bearings and see
that the brushes are clean.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

When the crankshaft turns over
with a steady and unusual resistance
it probably means that there is de-
post of gummy substance under the
piston rings. This may be removed
by putting an ounce or two of kero-
sene through the petcock of the en-
CINE with the spark plug wire discon-
nected to that cylinder for few min
uteS
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
More Retractions

Mary--I took your advice, mum. and
wrote to tell him l didn't mean what
said in my last letter.
Mistress-What did you say in your
last letter?
THAT didn't mean what said in
the one before"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Obseruant Tommy

Suitor-Tcmmy does a young man
call here In the evening to see your
sister?
Tommy-Not exactly to see her, be-
cause there's no light in the room
when he's there.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
NOT ON LADDER OF FAME

Returned Native-And what's be-
come of Bill Jones who was going to
be an artist-climbing the ladder Of
fame?
Old Inhabitant-Wal, when / seen
him this morning he wuz climbing the
ladder of ole man Brown, going to
paint the roof of the house.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

"Tve never had an accident" said
the careful driver, "for the reason that
] never drive faster than fifteen miles
an hour"
Never an accidentY
"Never an accident that was re-
sponsible for. OF course I've been run
into from behind several times"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Famous Tree Gone

The dwarf tree made famous by
Robert Burns, who, under its shelter
ing branches kept tryst with the Mary
that afterward slept by Sweet ATOMS
murmuring stream" was recently
blown down, snapped at the butt.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
SpoiIine the Oyster

'My boy, you are little too acid
In your dealings with people,"
saw, the world is my oyster"
"Yeh, but don't use so much vine
gar on it."
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Might Be Worse OF

Thankful What have to be
thankful for? can't pay my bills
Then, man alive. be thankful yor
aren't Que Of your Own creditors"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Use Flexible Cable

Vibration of the car will often
times break the battery ground wire.
All battery connections from the
starter, starter switch and battery
should be made with flexible cable stiff
battery cable will sometimes shake
battery cells loose from the box.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

"a college has just made me doc
tor of literature"
What did you ever writer
swell, wrote nice, fat check"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
A Real Fusser

Debutante- you believe in long
engagements?
Divorcee-Every time. They make
married life so short, you know.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Just the Opposite

Harold was told that the Smoot
family went to Canada to settle.
Eva-From what / know of them,
they have gone there TO avoid settling.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

whenever l look at those stars.
dearest, always think of your
Thanks They are Capricorn-tha
goat! |"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
The End

Nov that you are married / sup
pose you will stop your fooleries!"
Certainly, my dear. My marriage
Is the last Of them"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
HorD Half of World Lives

"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives"
"Yes, sir. don't know how my next
door neighbor cuts such a dash on his
salary"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Matter of Direction

The pleasures that we rashly win
Too often leave us sad.
The joy ride Is a merry spin
Till 1t goes to the bad.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Modernizofion

For classic music, l may state.
i seldom have the time.
Until they bring 1t down to date
And add some foolish rhyme.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Luggage Carrier Quite
Handy for the Roadster

Farmers who own roadster automo-
biles find it difficult to carry egg cases,
cream cans and other articles without
tying them on the running boards.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
Query: Is the poor man who mar
ries a rich grass widow in clover?

When both husband and wife are
saving, that family POUNDS fortune.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13

Miss zono NJ Longreth daughter United
seh Of Little
until
low practice before
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-03-13
If you leap into well, Providence
Is not bound to help you out.

Evolution is not force. but
process, not cause, but law.
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Bridge which spans the Eastern

Bridge which spans the Eastern
Branch. The Canal road at north
end of the bridge Is narrow, and the
right-angle turn to the bridge is diffi'
cult. The south approach to the
bridge is narrow and has a sharp turn.
Traffic between Washington and Vir-
ginia bordering the upper Potomac
and passing through the Piedmont
plains and valleys Of north Virginia Is
growing fast. 1t is not plain that the
engineers consider Chain Bridge un-
safe, but 1t is an obsolete bridge, and
the increasing weight Of it's traffic and
the jarring of the bridge must be re.
ducing the margin Of safety.
Engineers will have an easy job
building a new bridge over the Poto-
mac and flood plain at Little Falls. but
they will have a tough task getting
people to call any kind Of bridge
there other than "the Chain Bridge"
1t was in the 30s or early 40s that a
single short-span bridge was hung
over the narrow, fast-howing stream
below Little Falls. The span was sus-
pended from four chains on the prin-
ciple by which later suspension bridges
were sustained by steel cables. It was
such an engineering feat and curiosity
in bridge construction that the Chain
Bridge of the Potomac became
among one Of the local "won-
ders OF the world" From the
north end of the bridge a road led
over the rocky, tree-grown fats to
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal runs.
Much of the time this road could not
be used. Before the Civil War a
wooden bridge on low stone piers
was built across the river and flats,
but people called 1t Chain Bridge.
That bridge. after being damaged by
flood and repaired several times, was
replaced by the iron bridge on the
old stone piers, which were height
ened. and, as everybody knows. this
bridge is called Chain Bridge. II the
engineers build a concrete bridge at
that point, there is no doubt that we
will call 1t the Chain Bridge. And
there is very good argument that we
should preserve the name and men,
ory of the old and real Chain Bridge,
for 1t was a bridge that made its
mark in history.
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Once for ALI.

One of the decisions apparently
reached at the Spring meeting of the
Federal Advisory Council and Reserve
Board was to proceed forthwith with
plans for rechartering the IL reserve
banks when their first charters eX-
pire, in 1884. From time to time the
reserve system has been under fire.
Some organized opposition to the re-
newaI of charters when the time
comes is anticipated and friends of
the system will map out their cam
paign well in advance.
They would do well TO bring the
question of charter renewals to the
attention of an early Congress. The
whole extension issue should be con-
sidered well in advance Of expira-
ton of present charters. The time
should never come when uncertainties
affecting the continuance of the sys-
tenn might. be carried over into in
dustry and business generally.
And when the charters of the re-
serve banks are extended they ought
to be extended not for another 20
years, but indefinitely. The system
has established, a definite place for
itself. 1t has proved its usefulness
and should not be required at regu-
lar intervals in the future to prove
its right to continued existence.
The reserve system which function
ed so advantageously during the war,
and which Is functioning SO well to-
day, may not be the reserve system
exactly suited to the needs of the
country so or 100 years hence.
Changes which may be needed can
be made by amending the law as the
need arises, but the IL Federal banks
should be chartered as permanent In
stitutions.-. Any. uncertainty as to
their permanence ought to be allayed
as soon as possible and once Tor all
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Painleye's Vote of Confidence.

The Painleve ministry has wealth
cred its first storm in France, yes-
terday gaining a sustaining vote in
the Chamber of Deputies, 304 to 21s.
This vote was given after a dramatic
scene, in, the course Of which Call
laux, the new finance minister, who
was present and sat without sign
of perturbation throughout the tu-
multi, was savagely denounced.
This vote in the Chamber express
ing confidence in the new minister
was not as large as had been hoped,
and the negative vote was somewhat
of a surprise. But for the present
the action serves to establish the
ministry in the lower house. a Sc
we're test is yet to come, in the Sem
ate, which body sat as Cailiaux's
trial court, and which is less in
f1uenced by the Socialist sentiment,
which so largely prevails in the
Chamber.
The issue in France today is one
between sentimental and practical
patriotism as regards Caillaux's g
status in the ministry. Caillaux is
recognized and by even his bitterest
enemies acknowledged as the ablest
financial administrator In France to-
day. The country Is at crisis owing
Evening star., 1925-04-22
The World Champions.

Washington unanimously turns Its
attention today to the large tnclosure
at Georgia and Florida avenues, Of
ficially known as Griffith Stadium. but
popularity called the ball park" There
a great multitude is assembling to give
welcome and good cheer to the world
champions, the Washington ball club,
the surprise of the season Of 1924.
1t hardly seems real. So long has
Washington hoped and wished and
wondered and faithfully held on to
the possibility, of some day having
winning ball team that when the
flag was won last Fail, followed by
the supreme triumph of the world
championship, the Capital was dazed.
And it has hardly emerged even now,
with the aetuality established and
the plaudits of the world of base ball
still reverberating for the plucky
and skillful work of Manager Harris
and his teammates.
The spirit that won the champion
ship. in the American League last
year and the world title in the post
season series is still in evidence in
the apparently strengthened team
that takes the field this Spring. 1t
has been manifested already in games
played away from home, games
plucked out of the lost" column by
persistence, nerve and steadiness. A
team that will not be beaten is a
hard team to beat. Last year proved
to the Nationals that faith works
wonders. They now have faith in
their prowess, just as the public has
faith in their capacity to repeat the
triumph of 1924.
And so Washington welcomes the
champions and wishes them the best
Of luck for this new year. confident
that they will maintain the highest
standards of the national game
throughout the season and again set
a winning pace.
Evening star., 1925-04-22

Lord Lee recently was heard of in
Philadelphia. Everybody supposed
he would come to Washington. But
even the British embassy has no
trace of him, nor necessarily would
have, for he is no longer in public
life. Lord Lee tthen Capt. Arthur
with our Army in Cuba in 1898, and
ne struck up great comradeship
with Theodore Roosevelt.
X X x r
Geisser Celesia. former secretary
of the Italian embassy In Washing
ton and now attached to the foreign
office In Rome, took home with him
our native knack for nicknames. He
writes this observer that Benito Mus
solini has come to be known as Big
Ben," a sobriquet hitherto associated
exclusively with the great clock that
booms from the tall tower of the
Houses of Parliament In London.
X x
William Marshall Bullitt of Ken.
lucky, former Solicitor General of the
United States, says that every dollar
Of the $4,000, 100000 of life insurance
in force in the United States may be
taxed, If the Supreme Court sustains
fore 1t. Mr.. Bullitt appeared before
the tribunal the other day on behalf
of the Association of Life Insurance
Presidents. The case is forerunner
Of the contest over the constitution
ality of the gift tax. While well set
tied that Congress can levy an in
heritance tax on the estate Of a de-
ceased person, the present statute at
tempts to tax the life insurance owned
by the beneficiary directly. The bene-
ficiaries Of the late Henry C. Frick
received $425,0 in insurance on his
life. The amount was payable to
them directly, but the lazy requires
them to pay tax based not on the
amount of the life insurance they re-
ceive, but on the full amount of the
Frick estate. A tax Of 25 per cent cost
them $1oS,000. The issue the Supreme
Court is called upon to decide is
whether the tax was or was not
legitimately imposed.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Chain Bridge.

It Is indicated that in the next Dis.
trict budget the Commissioners will
include an item for a new Chain
Bridge. This matter has been under
discussion for years. This is another
Of the old bridges Of the Washington
region which traffic and the times have
outgrown. In the 70s there was a
period Of bridge construction in and
near Washington, and two or three Of
the wooden bridges which had been
thrown across the Potomac and East
ern Branch long before the Civil War
were replaced by iron-girder bridges
resting on stone piers. The Chain
Bridge at Little Falls was one Of these.
1t was a long and modern bridge in
its time. A horse and buggy and a
farmers heavy two-horse wagon
would cross without causing the bridge
to shake as though 1t would fall apart.
Travel over the Canal road to the lit.
tie settlement Of Chain Bridge and
over the Leesburg pike from the south
end Of the bridge and up the steep hill
Of Pimmit Run Valley or over the
Pimnit Run Bridge, which broke
down as a truck passed year or so
ago, was very light two generations
ago. though the people Of that time
considered 1t busy way.
In 1925 professions Of autos pass
both ways across the bridge, and 8
and 10 ton trucks shake the old bridge
into livelier rattles than the Capital
Traction cars used to shake the Cal.
vert Street Bridge Chain Bridge rat.
tIe0 more under its traffic load than
the 'snew' Pennsylvania Avenue