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Evening star., 1925-08-30
MOTOR CYCLE STARS
TO RACE AT LAUREL
Forty of Worlds Fastest
Riders to Compete for
Purse of $1,000.

Forty of the worlds fastest motor
cycle race riders will compete for
national championship honors and a
SIS 900 purse at the new Baltimore
Washington Speedway, near Laurel,
Md, Labor day. This will be the first
appearance of the two-wheel mounts
on the famous track, where Peter De
Paolo, Bob McDonogh, Harry Hartz,
Ralph De Palma and others, cham
pion automobile pilots, made motor
racing history last July. Speedway
officials already are contemplating
making the motor cycle races an an
nual event. it is stated.
With Johnny Seymour, Jim Davis,
Joe Petrai. Eddie Brinck, Johnny
Krieger, Bill Minnick, Bob Sarkegian,
Curley F'redericks and "a score of other
riders, equally well known in the two
mount field, scheduled to appear, the
forthcoming classic promises to be one
of the most thrilling yet staged in the
history of motor cycle racing.
The program includes the following
races for motor cycles of 81 cubic
inches piston displacement: Five mile
open single, s175: 10 mile class b,
$325; 10 mile open single national
championship. $3.50; 25 mile open sin
gle national championship. $3.50, and
SO mile open single national champion
snip, 81, lou. Livery fluer tIleleu loi
any of the races will receive mini
mum guarantee.
On account of the highly banked
turns-48 degrees-side cars will be
barred on this track. Racing experts
who viewed the inaugural classic last
July proclaimed the Laurel track the
most spectacular in the world, the
cars being required to maintain a
speed well over 100 miles an hour to
stick to the steep curves. This speed
way embodies the latest engineering
principles of track construction, and is
banked higher than any other track
ever constructed.
Anticipating a larger crowd even
than that which attended the in
augural automobile, race, speedway
officials are improving the roads lead
ing to the bowl and making detailed
arrangements for handling the heavy
traffic.
The speedway is situated about two
miles south of Laurel and a half mile
east of the Washington boulevard.
The races are scheduled for 2;30 pm,
Evening star., 1925-08-30
HENRY AND SMITH
TO DRIVE TO COAST
A. A. A. Heads Plan to Make
$500 Miles to San Fran
cisco in Seven Days.

With view to obtaining first-hand
Information on highways between
Washington and the Pacific Coast and
establishing minimum time for trans
continental travel, Thomas p. Henry,
president. and Ernest. n. Smith gen.
eral manager, of the American Auto
mobile Association, will start on a
S,200-mile tour today to San Francisco.
Starting from the Zero Milestone,
the A. A. A. executives propose to
cover the distance within seven days,
driving % hours day and averaging
from 16 to &c miles an hour, driving
time. Contrary to the accepted meth
cd of touring, the trip will be made in
closed car, each driver taking turns
at the wheel and alternating between
periods Of sleep in the Pullman ac-
commodations. They must average
$50 miles a day in order to reach San
Francisco in the time proposed, Sep
tember s. Mr.. Henry will carry a
message from President Coolidge to
the Governor of California in connec-
ton with that States diamond jubilee
celebration of its entry into. the Union.
Many Issues to Be Studied.
Conditions of roads, the amount of
paved highways, uniformity of traffic
highways. direction, information and
caution signs and other matters per-
tanning to highway travel will be OBJ
served closely by the A. A. A. officials
for the benefit of other motorists who
contemplate transcontinental travel by
motor.
Business and civic organizations of
San Francisco are sponsoring the run,
including the Chamber Of Commerce,
the California State Automobile Asso-
citation, the diamond Jubilee committee,
the California State Highway Associa-
ton and the California, Utah and Ne
vada Highway Association.
The schedule of the run is as fol-
lows: First day, Washington to In
dianapolis. 576 miles; second day. In
dianapolis to Des Moines, 556 miles;
third day, Des Moines to North Platte,
Nebr., or Big Spring, Nebr., 455 or $40
miles; fourth day, from North Platte
or Big Spring to Rock Springs, Wyo.,
BIG or 442 miles: fifth day, Rock
Springs to Elko. New, 457 miles; sixth
day. Elko to Truckee, Calf, $50 miles,
Evening star., 1925-08-30

"After an early breakfast we left home
at 10 minutes past and arrived at Della
Ware Water Gap in time for lunch or, to
be specific, at 20 minutes to I. That's
just z hours and 80 minutes for the 243
miles and Ue did not make any effort to
establish any speed records, simply bo.Uied
along. We are delighted uDith the car"
The Hupmobile Eight cannot fail to
please the most discriminating. But to
appreciate these things you must see the
car and drive it. Then, and only then,
will you understand that Hupmobile has
turned a new page in motor car history.
A phone call to Columbia $3.50 will bring
the model in which you are particularly
interested to your door. All models, both
Fights and Fours, on display at our con-
venient and attractive showroom at Cham
plain Street at Kalorama Road.
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and seventh day, Truckee to San
Francisco, 23S miles.
"If motor trips are we'll planned, 3"
said Mr.. Henry in commenting on the
proposed run, there is no more rea
son why automobiles should stop at
night than that railroad trains should
stop. With better marked roads and
adequate touring information the day
is not far distant when night travel
ing will be the rule rather than the ex-
cepcfon. This is one way of relieving
congestion. We intend to so plan our
trip that at no time will 1t be necessary
to speed unduly or to undergo any
hardship. To learn how to travel is
one of the big needs of motordom to-
day.
I'VE are interested in the completion
and development of a transcontinental
system of highways that will ade-
Evening star., 1925-08-30
PLANT TO TEST ROADS.
Connecticut Gets Laboratory to Try
Out Materials.

The Connecticut State highway de-
partment will test road-building mate
rials in a new State laboratory at
Portland. An appropriation Of s25 900
was authorized by the General Assem-
bly, to establish and equip the plant.
The laboratory will be used to test
sand, steel, concrete specimens and
other materials used in highway con-
struction to see that they meet speci-
fications required by the State for its
contracts.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS
"ENJOY IT-yOU PAY FOR IT,"
repaired by the public information committee of
AutomOtiYe Trade


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FEW CAR DRIVERS KNOW
HOW TO OPERATE ENGINE

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process. Still others are fioundering
around in between. High-speed en-
gines are usually designed with the
idea of permitting cars to climb ma
jority Of steep hills in high gear and
to furnish flash acceleration without
resorting to a lower gear, yet thou
sands of drivers with this type of
engine will continue to drop back
into second or perhaps try to make
these engines deliver high car speed.
The reverse is true of the typical low
speed engine. Drivers strain them at
low speed in high gear, and overlook
the advantages of using the engine s
speed ability as an aid in hill climb
ing.
Even If driver cannot tap authori-
tative sources of information in his
effort to know what sort of engine he
has acquired, he can at least learn
to get best results from it by study
ing it's characteristics. Many cars
that are equipped with certain make
Evening star., 1925-08-30
Fans Troublesome Now.

This is the time of year you are
likely to labor in vain to keep the fan
going. You think the belt is slipping.
but the chances are 10 to l that the
fan bearing is dry, or that, in forget
ting to lubricate it properly, the bear
ing is damaged
Evening star., 1925-08-30

along we are receiving letters and post
cards most every day from some owner
who is spending at least a portion. of his
vacation behind the wheel of his car. For
many of them it is the first real opportunity
that they have had to prove to themselves
just what the automobile is capable of under
all sorts of road conditions. The owner,
a part of whose letter is quoted below,
probably best expresses it when he says
$50 surely is like 15." In part, his letter
is as follows:
eve feel like thanking you many times
oUer for selling us our Hupmobite "8"
Sedan. We are taking our uacation and
our car is a real pleasure. 1t is impossible
to express the sensations one gets from
driving it-only experience can tell it.
We haue noticed your advertisement that
so is like 49, and .De can appreciate Uhat
you mean. so surely is like IS in our
Hupmobile so Sedan.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

quately meet the growing needs of
motor travel of the increasing COM
mercial use of the highways and of
national defense. With this in mind,
the principal message we carry to the
West is the Importance of every in
terest working in cooperation to Sc
cure the completion of the Federal aid
highway program"
Evening star., 1925-08-30
New Brakes Dependable

A car with first-class four-wneel
brakes should stop quickest during
the last few feet of the stop. There
is no sudden jolt when the brakes are
first applied, but this should not be
taken as an indication that the car
may not stop in time to avoid an ac-
cident
Evening star., 1925-08-30

and the gates will open at ! o'clock.
The motor cycle races will be held
with the sanction and under the rules
of the American Motor Cycle Associa-
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-
The most-talked-of car in the coun
Neither words nor pictures can give you
the remotest conception of what to expect
when you sit behind the wheel of Hup-
mobile Eight. You must be prepared for
standards of performance and reliability
heretofore associated only with the highest
priced and heaviest cars. And this is
where Hupmobile excels, for it does every
thing and more than other cars, SO easily,
so buoyantly and so free from the slightest
feeling of effort.
In unison with speed far beyond your
needs, pickup that fairly takes your breath
away and pulling power that sends you
over the road in high gear regardless of
contours or traffic speed, you enjoy econo-
my of operation unprecedented in the
eight-cylinder type.
Owner enthusiasm about the Hupmo-
bile "S' is running higher and higher
every day. AS the vacation time gets
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09
ONLY ONE PART OF STORY

In one of his recent addresses,
President Coolidge had a word to say
about opportunity. He referred to the
fact that ours was still a young land
in which opportunities multiplied as
it grew older.
There is a popular notion to the
effect that in life opportunity is the
thing. Nothing could be wider of
the mark. Opportunity is only part
of the story of success. Opportunities
are like musical instruments. They
must be played upon or remain inert.
The most finished instrument that
Stradivarus ever made is mute until
some one draws a bow across the
strings. To the violinist a violin is
opportunity; to the pianist, the piano
But to play either the violin or piano
well one must know how. There
must be training Of some sort. Mere
natural aptitude will not do the trick
Practice and more practice is the ans
wer.
And thus it is with opportunities.
1t does not matter in the least how
many of them there are if those to
whom they come are not prepared to
play upon them. There never was a
time when this truth was more i'm
portant than right now. For ours is
a generation which balks at prepara-
ton. American civilization is abol-
ishing the apprentice, AS a result
craftsmanship is disappearing. In
stead of individual excellence, we
have standardization. The trend
everywhere is toward uniformity.
That means that opportunity finds
an almost equal welcome on every
hand.
President Coolidge is right when
he says that civilization multiplies
opportunities. But it is not so GER
tain that it multiplies those ready to
greet them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09

this year were S7,27S, goo, a saving Of
more than two and a half millions of
dollars. Another class of citizens who
have had a burden lifted from them
are the candy users, who paid $780,
600 in taxes in February, 1924, and
paid none at all this year. The tax
returns on cameras and Photographic
supplies were reduced nearly half.
Decreased federal taxes, of course,
were brought about by national econ
only and decrease in governmental
expenditures, coupled with the reve-
nue. producing qualities of our protec-
tive tariff laws.
1t is to be regretted that there has
as yet been no noticeable decrease in
State and local taxes. Such decreases
can of course be brought about by
economies in State and local govern
ments. Eternal vigilance is needed to
reduce these taxes and the taxpayers
should see to it that every reasonable
economy is practiced at home as well
as at Washington. To the ordinary
citizen the local taxes are more bur-
densome than those paid to the fed
eral government, and he should see
that somebody sits on the lid in the
city and county as we'll as in the ma
ton. 1t is only in this way that the
burden of high taxes can be relieved.
Like most other virtues, economy
should begin at home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09

the Weber greenhouses. Private w.
S. Wolfe left Oakland shortly after
the race and settled on a farm in the
Northwest where he died ten or more
years ago; Private Sweeney died in
a Cincinnati hospital last year; Ser
geant Boyer died suddenly at Come
aut, Ohio, ten or more years ago;
Private Wiseman was killed on the
Western Maryland Railroad near Par
sons, West Va, while performing his
duties as a freight conductor on that
road, and Private Thomas R. White
died in Oakland number of years
ago of tuberculosis. The men partic-
ipating in the match were all men,
bers of the old Garrett Guards.
The people of what is now West
Virginia did not get their supply of
salt at the corner grocery in the early
days, relates a historian of that State
in recent publication. Those who
lived in central and northern West
Virginia went either to Winchester,
Va, or Cumberland, Md, for it. The
journey after salt was long and diff
cult. At first it was made on foot. A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09

deavOr and patients came from twen-
ty-two different communities for ex-
aminations. Twenty-Five of the eigh-
ty-eight cases were found to have tu-
berculosis, Is of which were incipi-
ent or early cases. Ten cases had ac-
tive pulmonary tuberculosis and were
a source of communication to all indi-
viduals who were in close contact
with them, particularly if they were
not in good health. If you keep your
self in good health the germs cannot
hurt you if you are exposed to them.
They only effect rundown people or
those otherwise in poor health To
prevent the spread of tuberculosis,
each man, woman and child must
learn the common facts about this
terrible disease. Such information can
be obtained from the Maryland Tu-
berculosis Association upon writing.
A clinic will be held at Kitzmiller
on Wednesday, April 10Th, and at
Friendsville during the month of
May.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09
Protect The Children From In
fectiOn.

The old idea that we'll children
should mingle freely with those who
are i'll with measles or mumps or the
other communicable diseases, in
order that they may have the disease
and have it over has given place, ac-
cording to DR.. R. H. Riley, Chief of
the Bureau of Communicable Diseas-
es, State Department of Health, to
the strong conviction that children
should be protected in every way pos
sible from contact with others who
are i'll.
One-half Of the sickness that oc-
ours in the counties of Maryland from
scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria and
whooping cough is to be found among
children under ten years old, accord
ing to studies made by DR.. Riley. The
records in other states show that this
condition is general.
The Maryland figures were based
on the total number of cases reported
during a series of years. Out of a
total of 1885 cases of whooping
cough at all ages, 6,076, or over four
ffths were among children under ten.
A similar showing was made by
measles. Out of a total of 30,2S1
cases, 18,068 or nearly two thirds oc-
cured among children under ten.
When it comes to diphtheria, half
of the cases, or 2,413 out of the total
of ATT occurred among children un-
der ten. The records Of scarlet fever
showed that out Of a total of 5,783
cases, 3,0S6 or over half occurred in
the children under ten.
Studies of this Sort" said DR..
Riley in commenting on the figures,
"show where we must concentrate our
efforts for the control of these dis
eases. The figures indicate that there
are two groups that need especial
protection, first, the group of what
we call the preschool children, that
is the children who are under school
age, and second, the children in the
lower grades of school.
eve have very definite weapon
against diphtheria-we can protect
the children by vaccination against
that disease, and it is being done in
several counties, but when it comes
to the other diseases, the most effec-
tive safeguard that we have at pres
emit is to keep those who are well,
away from those who are sick. The
idea that we'll children should mingle
freely with those who are ill from a
communicable disease, on the ground
that they might as well have it and
have it over was exploded long ago.
We know now that every infectious
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09
FRANK II. HARVEY.

The death of Frank H. Harvey, for
merly of District No. 8, occurred at
Bayard, West Va, last Saturday ev-
ening following a brief illness from
blood poison which the deceased con-
tracted while at work in a coal mine
located near his home. Mr.. Harvey,
upon leaving Garrett county about
three years ago engaged in the mer-
camille business at Bayard. His health
declining he obtained work in mine
and about ten days ago inhaled some
gas which scared his lips from which
the poison to his system developed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09

disease is likely to leave a disabling
REFLECTION the eyes,ears, heart,
lungs, kidneys, OF to register inself
in some other way in the system.
Accordingly and here is where
mothers can help-if you want to
protect your children from communi-
cable diseases, keep them in as coed
condition as possible, by attending to
their diet, and to their general health,
but by all means, keep them away
from children and from grown-ups
also, who are i'll from some communi-
cable disease"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09

Mrs. Frank B. Ross, of Bridgeport,
Ohio, former resident of Oakland
and sister of Mrs. J. T. Faherty and
Mrs. Charles D. Bosley, is patient
in the Martins Ferry CO., Hospital
to which institution she was taken
following a sudden attack of illness
last Saturday evening.
The midday Lenten services at the
Presbyterian church in Oakland Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and today,
have been well attended. All places
of business have been closed promptly
at twelve o'clock and have remained
closed until the services are over half
an hour later. Tomorrow from twelve
until three o'clock union service will
be conducted in the Episcopal church
and during the hours indicated all
places of business will remain closed.
The first public meeting held in
what is now West Virginia for the
purpose of expressing determination
to adhere to the Union instead of
breaking away was in Preston county
on November IL, 1860. So unanimous
in feeling were the men composing
that gathering that resolution was
adopted declaring that "any attempt
on the part of the State (Virginia) to
secede will meet the unqualified dis
appreciation of the people of the
county" Twelve days later a similar
meeting was held in Harrison county
and two days after that people of
Monongalia county assembled and
passed similar resolutions. A short
time later Taylor county fell in line,
followed later still by gatherings of
citizens at Point Pleasant and Wheel
ing.
Forty years ago last Saturday at
the original Offutt's Hall the thirty
hours military endurance walking
match closed, the winner being Pri-
vate James Kemphfer, who made 81
miles and IS laps in that length of
time. The other contestants ranked
as follows: Private Walter S. Wolfe,
second; Private Thomas Sweeney,
third; Sergeant Charles E. Boyer,
fourth; Corporal George w. Wiseman,
fifth, and Private Thomas r. White,
sixth. Of the number Kemphfer is
the only one now living, he being
resident of Oakland and employed at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-04-09
POLLUTING THE CHILDREN

In spite Of the overwhelming vic
tory won at the polls last year by the
friends of constructive Americanism,
the communists and the other forces
seeking to break down the American
Constitution are still busy. One of
the most dangerous plans now being
tried out by the reds is that which
has for its purpose the lining up of
the children of America in the social
istic movement. 1t is the purpose of
this plan to teach children to disbe-
lieve all stories of patriotism, to hate
the flag and to refuse to support the
American Government.
At a recent soviet meeting in New
York, attended by $4,000 people who
paid fifty cents head to get in, Jack
Shatchel, an organizer Of the Young
Workers Communistic League, de-
clared: eve are trying to organize
the children Of the working class, for
in the schools they are. taught to be
traitors to the workers"
Fourteen year old Morris Sector, of
Brooklyn, pupil in the public school
and an organizer for the Young
Workers League, furnished the eli
max Of the meeting when he address
ed 400 school children seated near the
platform.
Down with capitalism; down with
its system; up with the soviet repub-
lic," the youngster shouted while the
other children cheered and the big au-
dience broke into volleys of applause.
1t was evident that the boy had
been taught the speech by an older
communist and had committed it to
memory. The red workers have num-
erous young agents of this type at
work trying to teach the youngster
that patriotism is something to be
ashamed of, that the American gov
eminent is that which is now in vogue
in red Russia.
Patriotic Americans cannot afford
to overlook this new menace.