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Evening star., 1925-10-11
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul, the
age-old story Of false economy, has a
modern application to automobile
| ownership. In attempting to solve
automobile problems many car own
erS give themselves new trouble equa1
to that which they have banished
There is some sort of remedy for
every car trouble, but in q great many
instances the remedies are Just as
bad as the troubles. Interest cen
ters particularly in those so-called
remedies which motorists concoct
themselves or try upon the advice
| or those who are supposed to know
| what is best.
Experienced repairers, however
know there are many remedies to be
adyolded. One is the practice of us
Ing heavy grade of oil when piston
| or piston ring trouble has developed
This serves frequently TO silence a
slap or to prevent excessive Oil pump
Ing, but it carries with 1t certain
troubles of its own. The least of these
is the possibility that the cylinder
walls will not have sufficient oil when
the engine is being driven at top
speed. A certain amount of oil pump
Ing Is advisable at higher speed to
take care of the maximum expansion
OF the pfstons, otherwise the pistons
may bind in the cylinders.
Oil Mist Devices.
There are on the market several
devices intended to provide an oil
mist in the cylinders by admitting a
little oil-laden air through the intake
manifold. One advantage claimed for
these devices is that the oil forms a
seal at the pistons so that the gases
| cannot so readily force down into the
crankcase. This means more power
and less oil dilution. Clearly, then
1t is an advantage TO have a little oil
get past the rings into the cylinders
at both high and low speed. To use
heavy grade Of oil, therefore, may
| mean too little cylinder wall Iubri
cation at all times.
When the engine is cold the heavy
| oil is concealed and will not flow and
| splash readily. When the engine is
hot the oil will be too heavy to
| squeeze past the rings, which fit very
tightly because Of the increased ex
| pansion through increased friction.
Remedies for engine knocks are
blamed for much of the trouble mo
tor1sts have with their power plants
There is one case on record where
| in a three-year effort to locate one
| knock an owner managed to add three
others.
Too Much Tinkering.
This was the result Of having the
engine tinkered with too much. BY
the time the original knock had been
traced to the water pump shaft the
engine had been tampered with to a
point where it was actually out of bal
ance. The reboring process had not
been any too accurate. And the new
Pistons had not been carefully Sc
lected as to weight.
Not all remedies" are as bad as
this, but they are often bad enough.
One of the most unfortunate rene
dies for a piston slap is to line up
the connecting rods. This process
actually makes them softer and more
inclined to bend out of line again,
Connecting rods are built so as to
bend a little under great strain, as
when the car is being driven slowly
Evening star., 1925-10-11
Bun-Eating Bus
Drivers Banished
With "Petters''

The one-armed automobile driver
who hearkens to amorous prompt
ings and otherwise occupies him.
self in traffic with but one hand
free to guide his car is not confined
entirely to America. His proto-
type is the bun-eating bus driver
of London.
So widespread has become the
custom OF bus drivers Of the Eng
lish metropolis to satisfy their
hunger at the wheel that a circular
has been issued by the bus COM.
pany prohibiting the practice Of
food-munching In dense traffic.
THE front Of public service
vehicle in crowded traffic Is not
the place for bun eating" the cir.
cular warns.
Evening star., 1925-10-11
QUALIFYING SPEED OF ll8 MILES
MAY BE DEMANDED AT LAUREL
Entry List Too Large, Officials Face Necessity of Put
ting Preliminary Test High to Reduce Size
of Field in October "a Race

A qualifying speed of 11S miles an
hour probably will be required of the
automobile race drivers scheduled to
compete in the second big speed
classic on the new Laurel track, Oc-
tober "a, according to plans now be-
ing considered by speedway officials.
Because Of the unprecedented op-
portunity for record setting. the local
speedway will subject the pigmy
racing cars to the severest test of any
track in the country. With banks
Evening star., 1925-10-11

inclined dangerously near the per.
pendicular. motor race experts are Of
the opinion that the higher speed will
enable the drivers better to negotiate
the curves. In the inaugural classic
last July the qualifying speed was
set at 110 miles an hour, but many Of
the entrants turned the giant bowl at
125 to 1870 miles an hour.
Compared with the requirements Of
other speedways. it Is pointed out that
Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star., 1925-10-11
New York AutOists
Warned to Light
Licenses Better

Motorists Of New York have
been warned by the police that au-
tomohile license plates must be bet
ter illuminated. Drivers have COM
planned to the authorities that they
have been unable to obtain the
license numbers of cars, which had
collided with them because the
tags were poorly lighted.
Evening star., 1925-10-11

i, Lower right insert: Young Bob Nc.
Donough, former flying ace, who
threatens to write his name In motor
racing history as one Of Americas 3
greatest drivers.
Lower left insert: Peter de Paolo,
with four victories thus far this year
to his credit, faces one of the most
hotly contested battles of his meteoric
career.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

in the manufacture of jujubes and
lozenges. Another of the kelp products
is a superior breakfast food, haky and
delicious.
Edible products made from seaweeds
have a peculiar marine" flavor, an aro-
matte taste of the sea that is very appe-
tizing. In Japan one species is cultivated
on considerable scale. 1t is called "por-
phyra," and has the form of leaflike
sheets, purple in color. Bushy twigs are
planted in rows in shallow water in the
Spring between tide marks, and the deli
They are picked from the twigs, washed,
and dried on reed mats.
There seems to be no reason why some
of the best varieties of kelp should not be
introduced along our Atlantic Coast. By
that means a profitable marine farming
might be developed, affording a great
addition to our food supply. Further
more, the food from such source would
be cheap. Whether this be done or not,
the kelp resources of our northwest coast
are inexhaustible and readily available
and the time is surely coming when we,
like the japanese, will turn them to ac-
count for the manufacture of desirable
food products on a large scale.
The KEEPS are a source of iodine. In
fact, all of the worlds supply of iodine,
so valuable in medicine and for other pur-
poses, is obtained form burned KEEPS.
The dried plants are put into iron retorts
or brick ovens and converted into a very
porous charcoal, from which the iodine is
easily separated. One ton of KEEPS will
yield five pounds of iodine.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

more in length, which is sustained by an
alrbulb, thus floating at the surface. One
specie, has a bulb that will hold several
gallons.
There are some 10000 square miles of
these KEEPS in that region. They are
annual plants. All of them die in Winter,
and are replaced by others which start
from spores" in Spring. Thus the beds
may be said to plant themselves; and
when il is considered that these giant sea
weeds are as good to eat as any vege-
tables grown by our truck gardeners, it
seems absurd that, accessible as they are,
they should not be drawn upon for food
supply.
The japanese know better. They con-
sumo l00,000,000 pounds of such kelps
annually, converting them into at least
fifty marketable products, every one a
dclicacy. The leaves are first dried, then
shredded and sliced. In the market they
appear as sheets, crisp sticks, sugared
wcctmcats, powdered as a "curry" for
rice, and even as a kind of tea. The
keeps have been utilized as food in Japan
since 1890, and in Osaka alone fOrty-fve
factories are devoted to converting them
into edible products.
They are the source of the pure sea
weed gelatin called "agar-agar," which is
bacteria. From them, by boiling and re-
timing, is obtained a substance known as
"algin," which, when pressed and pol
ished, is perfectly transparent, being
used in Japan for window panes. II is
employed for thickening buildings and
soups, and as a substitute for gum arabic
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

utilized, though only to a small extent in
this country. Dulse is one of them.
Comparatively few people in the United
States are acquainted with dulse, which
is much relished by the Scotch, and j.
commonly sold in the markets of Glasgow
and Edinburgh.
In the neighborhood of Scituate, Mas,
and also on Cape Cod, between May and
September Of each year, the gathering Of
the kind of seaweed called "Irish moss
is a considerable industry. 1t is collected
in large quantities at low tide, and d,
prepared for market by spreading it in
the sun TO dry From this material is Oh
tanned "sea moss farina," and valuablo
ingredient of buildings. For blanc mang"
there is no substitute equally good. j..
furnishes a jelly deemed valuable a
food for consumptves.
Another kind Of seaweed called "lavcr,"
or "sea spinach" is much eaten in Ph.la-
delphia, cooked like ordinary spinach
There are two varieties, green and pink.
both valuable a. an ingredient of soup
LAYER and dulse are exceedingly plentiful
along our northwest coast The Haida
Indians Of that region use them largely,
drying and pressing them into solid
blocks, which are cut into slices and
boiled.
of the Straits of Fuca and. the coast
Of southeastern Alaska are vast beds Of
the giant seaweeds known as "kclps."
These are the largest plants in the world,
their stems, anchored to rocks on tho
bottom, being sometimes as much "a 700
feet long. At the top of each stem is
tuft of enormous leaves, thirty feet Or
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

coal mines under the sea, and in New
foundland there are iron mines whose
workings run for miles beneath the floor
of the ocean. In Cornwall there are
tin mines under the sea. There, a few
years ago, rich tin ore was discovered in
a rock that was exposed at low tide.
Engineers built around the rock wall of
masonry high enough to shut out the
water, and proceeded to sink a shaft.
Much high-grade ore was taken out, but
a big storm came along and destroyed the
wall, putting a stop to the operations.
There must be oil in many places under
the sea bottom. In California, at Sum-
merland there are oil wells a consider
able distance out from shore. Recently
oil has been noticed in the Gulf of
Mexico under such conditions as to indi-
cate the presence of submarine petroleum
in large quantities. If means can be
found for giving ship the requisite sta
bilty, there should be no difficulty In
boring for oil at the bottom of the sea,
even though the water were 1000 feet
deep. 1t would be simply a matter of
dropping pipe down and drilling.
The waters Of the ocean are very
complex compound of mineral elements.
They contain more or less of number of
metals, including half a grain to a gram.
of gold to the ton. Thus the quantity of
gold in sea water may vary from $40
worth to $50 for every $50 to 500 tons.
Some day, perhaps, means will be de-
veloped whereby the yellow metal can be
separated out profitably. There are bill
lions of tons of gold in the ocean; the
trouble is to gather it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

called to the fact that a method of the
kind is already adopted by fish-culturls-s
to increase the productiveness of fresh
water ponds. Fertilizer is sprlnkled
around the margin of the pond, and, en-
couraging the growth of minute plants
therein, with consequent increase OF
microscopic animals, provides more food
for the fishes.
The plant life of the sea consists main
" of diatoms, which are so tiny that 200
of average size in a row would measure
no more than an inch. Mostly they grow
in chains, linked together. Seen under
the microscope the body of diatom Is
enclosed between two lids which fit to-
gether like the bottom and cover of
pill box. The boxes, so to call them, are
fashioned of silica, of exquisite beauty,
of many shapes, and often highly orna-
mented. Most commonly they have the
shape of a canoe.
They reproduce their species by pro
cess of splitting, each one dividing into
two, the two into four, the four into eight,
and 50 on, indefinitely. What this means
may be appreciated when it is realized
that if one diatom splits into two in
twenty-four hours, and its progeny do the
same in the course of single month one
billion Of the little plants will be pro-
duced.
With reproductive capacity of rough
Is 900 900, 900 per month, all the d.
atoms in given marine area might be
DESTROYED except for a single one to each
1876 quarts of water, yet in thirty days
the full number would be again restored.
This shows clearly the immense advan-
tage that the minute diatoms have over
larger plants as floating organisms IN the
sea, and why it is that the marine vege-
tation, except along the shores, IS all
microscopic.
The amount of plant life in any given
region of the sea is always very variable
In given spot the water will swarm with
tiny plants, while at other times 1t may
be practically barren. In some places tn
difference in productivity at different sea
sons is almost as great as in garden on
land between midsummer and mldwinler.
In the shadows of the ocean along
shore grow many plants of large size and
complex structure which we call "sca-
weeds" Here there is an enormous devcl-
opment of brown, green and red aig@
Some of the Towering plants, too, have
become adapted to marine conditions, and
one of these, the eelgrass, belonging 10
the pOndwecd family, forms extensive
beds in localities favorable to its growth
The alga are not rooted in the bottom,
but are merely attached, and, as result
of the movement Of the water about thcm
they have constantly delivered to them
fresh supplies Of the dissolved substance
which they require for their nourishmcut
and support.
1t is a certainty that in the near future
much more extensive use will be made
of seaweeds, which are a neglected source
Of food supply. Many of them are good
TO eat, and some of them are already
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

tn c m in immense
quantities by a quasi
artificial method of
culture.
The exploring cx-
petition soon to be
sent out by the Gov
eminent is to make a
comprehensive sur
vey of the ocean bot
tom all over the
world. It's work will
be continued for a
mum Der of years.
Even the contours Of
the sea floors are to
a great extent I'M
known, and in the
North Pacific there
are 100000 square
miles of bottom that
have never been sur
veyed.
Unique S t ionably
there are beneath the
ocean enormous de-
posts of valuable min
erals, and it may be
practicable to get at
some of them. In
Nova Scotia there are
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

Before long the time must arrive when
vast areas of sand and mud flats along
our Atlantic Coast, from Long Island to
Florida, will be utilized for farming the
clam. There are thousands of square
miles of such flats, now mere wastes,
available for such cultivation and the
United States Fisheries Bureau says that
an acre of tidal flat planted with 'long"
CLAIMS and properly managed will produce
500 bushels per year, with a larger money
profit than can be obtained from the
most fertile acre of dry lnad.
There are also great possibilities in
mussel culture along our coasts, if only
our people can be taught to appreciate
the deliciousness of that bivalve. In
northern Europe mussels are regarded as
a choice delicacy, and the French obtain
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

Last Year We Took 5000, ZOO, 900 Pounds OF
Fish From the Neighboring Waters Along the
Coasts of the United States If All These
Fishes Had Been Nodded Into One Gigantic
Food Fish 1t Would Have Measured Nearly
1000 Feet in Length-a Huge Marine Food
Monster, More than Eight Blocks Long,
Whose Back Would Have Reached Over the
Roofs of Most City Buildings and Its Mouth
Could Have Swallowed the Statue of Liberty,
Pedestal and All.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25

1t is known that the
food resources of the
oce an, animal and
We G e t a b | e, are so
enormous as to be
hardly calculable; and
it is realized that they
have not been ade-
quately developed be-
cause of la ck of
knowledge of their
extent or practicable
means of turning
them to economic ac-
count. Nothing can
be more m a nif e S t
than that the products
of the land areas of
the world will not be
able much longer to
keep pace with in
creasing human popu-
lation. 1t becomes,
therefore, necessary
to look to the sea, and
to inquire how it can
be made to yield
crops pTOpOIllOlldlS
to its possibilities.
1t might be possible
so to fertilize ocean
waters in a sys-
tematic way as to
augment their yield
of fishes and other
food animals. Lest
this appear to be too
imaginative a scheme,
attention m aV ID q
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-25
YOU Turns to the Sea as the Future Food
Science Nou
Supply of
Mankind

- CHEMISTS have pointed out that the
time is near at hand when the in
creased population of the earth will
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15
Telephone Calls Recorded

To keep record of the number OF
calls made on a telephone and so
check up the telephone bill at the end
of the month, a Brooklyn IN. W in
ventor has devised a meter that regis
tiers the calls automatically. 1t is at
tached to the neck of any desk phone
and registers when the receiver is put
back on the hook after each CALL
Popular Science Monthly.
Marriage makes one of two, but
somehow it doesn't seem to decrease
the worlds population.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15
Mexico City Crimes
Average 1O2 Per Day

Mexico City.-Barred from police
headquarters because, they assert
their papers published the truth about
crime in the capital in April and MAY,
police reporters on the leading papers
have devoted their efforts to outside
investigation.
AS a result, they claim to have
proofs that, during the early DAYS of
May, the crime average reached 1902
cases daily.
Investigation of records at the pros
ecuting attorneys Office has disclosed
according to El Universal that 10000
cases are consigned annually to the
penal courts. During the first trimes-
ter of 1924, it is stated. there were
2,267 kses of assault. resulting in
injury, and 1.272 of robbery.
Statistics secured at the federal dis
trict penitentiary and the Belen and
municipal jails, the same paper asserts.
show that 1924 persons were either
detained or imprisoned in these insti.
tutions during 1924.
Ninety-five per cent of those held
for infractions of the penal and civil
codes, it is declared. go unpublished
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15

Brand spied something moving against
the crack of light by the galley door
Thinking to play joke on Chips, who
had got so he couldn't bear 10 have
tapirs spoken of in his presence, he
sung out, Look out, the tapir's broken
loose
oh Gawd! the tapir! Alf yelled.
and dove into the lazareet and barri-
caded the door.
Word passed that the tapir was
loose, and eight men and the bosun
b gan hunting it in the dark. IT was
dirty weather, the old ship rolling. she
was so light, all the birds and animals
squalling and jabbering, the jaguar
meowing like a chorus of tomcats,
and the anteaters giving shrill cries.
"The men carried no lantern, and
there was one nasty moment when two
of the crew tackled the bosun-he was
Bristol man, and they came from
Cardiff. They handled him a bit
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15
HELPED THROUGH
CHANGE OF LIFE
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound during
This Critical Time
Benefited Greatly

Baltimore, Maryland. -'T took lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15
Student of Lightning Says,
First Get Under Cover"

Milton, Mass.-About this season, as
the old almanacs used to say, expect
thunder storms. Inevitably they bring
danger to human life, but the hazard
can be diminished considerably If the
advice of men who have made thor
ough study of the electrical discharges
of the atmosphere is followed.
One of these experts is Alexander
G. MacAdie, director of the Blue Hill
observatory and professor of meteor
ology at Harvard university. In the
little building on the wind-swept sum-
nit of Blue hill, the highest point in
eastern Massachusetts and in the
midst of the Blue Hill forest reserva-
.tion. he has spent many years in
watching and analyzing the action of
the elements.
Studies Thunder Storms.
He has made a special study of
thunder storms and some time ago he
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15

roughly, and it didn't make matters
any better when they explained that
they had mistaken him for the tapir
Finally, the chief took hand, and
found the tapir in the galley. Only It
wasn't the tapir after all. 1t was the
four-inch white marmoset.
zone of the parrots was dying and
its mate set up such a jabber that the
marmoset could not stand it. He
didn't like living with parrots anyway
and was nearly crazy from the smell
of the Brazil nuts in the hold.
1.-THE marmoset had crept out of the
basket and found its way forward to
the galley. When the chief found it
it had just finished piece of biscuit
and jam the doctor had been eating
aid was swearing horribly because it
had burned its nose in the doctors tea.
"'Come on out = the chief called.
We've got itr
$50 Alf crawled out of the lazareet.
"'Here's your tapir !! said Mr.. Brand,
pointing to the little chap, who was
trying to bite the edge off one of the
chiefs brass buttons.
"Alf looked at It, Strike me pink .
was all he would say then. But the
men said later that the language he
used forward was horrid."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-15

not stop with one bottle, but took it
through the whole critical time and am
now practically well woman. have
two daughters whose health was verv
bad before they married and was wor-
ried about them. ! got the Vegetable
Compound for them and it helped them,
and after they married it also helped
them in bearing their babies. This is
great and good medicine for all COM
plants of women, and ! recommend it to
all. Mrs L. GINGRICH, 1876 N. Gil
NOR St., Baltimore, Maryland.
The Vegetable Compound is "a depend
able medicine for women of middle age.
Let it relieve you of nervousness, that
feeling of strain and those annoying hot
flashes so common at this time.