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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Waterproofing Cloth Now pore VA.
Electricity and Alunninmn. 'M

Rubber. wax or resin appliea !.
cloth makes it waterproof. but ~.
makes it impervious to atr &,
therefore unsuited for various usss
Cloth impregnated with a soiuss..
insoluble in water win turn wsss
and will let air through, ana M
this fact has been established !.
new branch of the electro Clients,
industry that is now In SUGGEST
commercial operation.
In effect, the new process consI.,,
in electro-p plating cloth with 4 dlr
of aluminium. An endless band \
cloth runs through a Chemical dn
and thence through rollers tn
squeeze out all surplus moistur,
From the rollers the cloth travis
between sets of electrodes, down On,
side of which is fed a solution 4
aluminium acetate. The action Of III
electric current upon the solutso
causes an invisible impregHation d
the cloth with aluminium, with IN
result that the treated cloth Is con.
nletely rainproof, but not impeHieul
to air.
The new process was first tried out
during the war in the preparation d
khaki for aviators' uniforms. II b,
since been perfected and enc factay
in the East is now treating thIrjI.
six million yards of cloth a year, II
product including wool. cotton and
silk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Speed Limit in Ireland in the Good
Old DAYS

Ireland was a paradise for motorists
when motoring first became the rage
There were once two policemen on
duty at the roadside. and Colonel MI
gent asked them what they were do
ing, as each had a notebook in his
hands and wore an tair of intense
responsibility.
"We're watching out" they said
, ''for to see that them motorists isn't
exceeding the legal limit"
At the time the cars were going
call out" along the level stretch OF
road, few of them under forty miles
an hour, and many of them far be-
yond it. Whereupon Nugent, much
amused, asked the sergeant what'he
would do in the possible event OF
seeing one that appeared to be ex-
ceeding the limit?
WED order him to desist," said
the sergeant.
At that moment a roar was heard
down the road and dark blue tor
pedo shaped racer. with driver and
mechanic in leather skull caps
croaching low in their seats, came
along at about seventy miles an hour
"a flying blur of blue on the high
way.
II Scelieu tHdt mere d. ldSl was q
case where the "order to desist' must
inevitably be given. The colonel
waited with great curiosity for the
result. But not bit of it,
Good for ye," yelled the excited
constable, at the flying car; and the
sergeant, making a speaking trumpet
of his hands, shrieked out encourage
ingly: "Ye're the besht yet!"-"Fur-
Their Memories of Irish Life" by Sir
Henry Robinson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Three Touring Tips

Always take the detour even II
some cars are travelling over the
main road which, while partly bar
red, does not seem to be under con-
struction. 1t often happens that a
road, closed to through traffic. will
of necessity be open to local traffic.
Sometimes it pays to reverse, the
usual order of things, as for in
stance the matter Of stopping at the
top of a hill to rest and allow the
engine to cool off. 1t would be more
logical to stop at the bottom, The
engine would then give better per-
Torrance up the hill and would not
overhead.
Carry along duster so that
when a rain is in the offing the car
can be busted off, thus saving lot
of cleaning later on. Rain on q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Motorists, Please CopyI

1t has been announced to stock
holders of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company that a new record
in street car operation was hung up
in the city of brotherly love on June
rs and y. The city's street cars
were in operation for SO consecutive
hours without one car having to be
removed from the streets because of
accident or defective equipment. At
the close of last year the +. r. T..
had in active service ISIS modern
cars. During 1924 the p r. It. car
ried nearly billion passengers, or
909,305,945. On this basis it carried
approximately 3,750,000 people in the
6-hour-record period.
During the month of June only
one Philadelphia street car in 375
was removed from the streets for
service. Such removal in other
cities runs to as high as one in
every 6. The record attained by the
p. r. T. is the result of an eff
fective maintenanc system.
Troubles with rolling stock are
caught before they upset the sched-
ules.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

state. If the engine is run slowly
the kerosene may be vaporized, may
turn into fuel and, being too rich
as a fuel combined with the regular
gas mixture, may easily produce
more carbon than it removes.
The commutator of the horn motor
should be cleaned about once a
month. While the horn is being
operated hold a piece of clean cloth,
previously moistened with a little
machine oil, against the eommutator.
There should be little play" in
the front wheels. If the nuts on the
axle ends are turned up too tightly it
will not be possible for grease to
work into the wheel bearings and
the latter will suffer as a conse-
quence. Too tight adjustments
render normal fabrication impossible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

hours, Is minutes. The car was a
stock model Studebaker Standard Six
Coach.
A remarkable feature of the run
was that a trained endurance driver,
vegetarian living on California
fruits, gave up the drive at Kansas
City when his home state products
ran out. and the rest of the run was
made in record time by an amateur
who never had attempted such driy-
ing.
This, with the fact the car was a
stock model Studebaker Standard Six
Coach taken off the sales floor at Los
Angeles, made the record run more
nearly akin to the experience of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
After the Bawl is Over

Being bawled out by a traffic cor
isn't the pleasantest of experiences
but after the bawl it is well to keep
in mind few important facts. Per-
haps these will stick in the memory
better if listed as follows:
A traffic cop has good memory
for driver he has bawled out.
1t is risky to joke about what hap
pened. There may be a stricter Of
ficer at the next corner.
There is no time like the present
for getting a copy of local ordin-
ances and reading it before another
cop proves that this simple but
necessary procedure hasn't been fol-
lowed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

make any difference what kind of
gasoline you buy ought to spend a
few days with me here in the shop.
1t isn't so much the risk of gettin'
poor gasolines when you amt par
ticular as to what you buy or where
you buy it, but mainly the engine
troubles that come from usin' too
many different kinds and grades of
gas.
Figure 1t out for yourself. l know
one chap who went to the service
station to have his carburetor adj
justed. They spent a lot of time on
the job because he wanted it right.
He wanted power, mileage, pickup,
easy startin' and everythin' that is
ideal in the way of adjustment. Then
he went right out and bought an
other grade of gas.
The engine fell down on the first
hill. He strained it a little because
only the day before it had tackled
the hill in good shape. He couldn't
make it out. Next he had a little
trouble startin', and because it came
on him so Unexpectedly he got bal
led up with the job and choked the
motor too much. That added little
carbon and helped to dilute the oil in
the crankcase.
Then he went back to the service
station for better carburetor adj
justment. This wasn't much of job
for the mechanics because they were
so busy they forgot all about his
previous visit. One of them did
happen to say, however, that maybe
the owner got some poor gas. That
was unfortunate. When the owner
drove off with a perfect mixture for
the gas he had in the tank he i'm
mediately went to another tank
where he got another brand of gas.
That day the car ran fairly well on
the mixture of the two brands, but
the next day when the engine was
operatin' on the new brand entirely
the results were different.
The engine had lots of pep, but
the gas mileage was awful A
month of this and the cylinder would
have been full of carbon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

1. How much of the engines
power output does the average fan
consume when the car is travelling
fast?
2. Is there any car with eight
cylinders which is not an eight?
3. If there is stoppage in the en-
CINE oil circulation system will the
oil gauge on the instrument board
register zero or maximum?
4. What is the difference between
full floating ana semi floating rear
aXles?
5. How can you tell whether the
clutch is dragging if you are not
shifting gearse s,
(Think these oyer during the week
and look for the answers in this der
partment next Saturday, ~
Copyright 1926 by The Ullman
Feature Servicel IA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
coverase Not Written

In. an eastern State the other day
a man, upon striking another car,
actually said that he didn't care.
since he was well insured. A short
while later he ran through the rail-
ing of a bridge and paid the SUI
preme penalty. There was no en-
dorsement on his policy to cover
that particular point, however.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Worth Remembering

When introducing kerosene
through the carburetor, as a means
OF loosening deposits of carbon, it is
goad speed 70 run The 'h ne engne ., at tna
treatment is to have the kerosene
drawn into the cylinders in its raw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

''You wish to marry my daughtaf
she asked.
He was a diplomat
mot so much that, madam. The kn.
stone of my ambition Is to be ahA
to point to you one day as my mott.
erin law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Useful Things Made from Old Auto
Tires

The following articles were made
by amateur mechanics who entered
a contest, recently conducted by Sci
ence and Invention to ascertain just
how many useful articles could be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

ers has appealed as greatly to the
statesmen in the contests preceding
the convention as the prospect of be-
ing set aside among their fellow
workers as master statesmen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
Unusual Trip
| Across Country
| In Seven DAYS

In seven days the United States
has been crossed by a closed auto
mobile, establishing a feat of signifi-
canoe to two industries-the autonlo-
bile and the moving picture. Actual
running time for 1870 miles was 90
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
What Price Price!

cars the order of the day, following
4 half year Of intense and unpre-
cedented production, many motorists
are trying to figure out just what is
gained by everlastingly trying to
shop for bargains.
What is the price of price? That
seems to be the question Of the day.
It has been analysed in a variety OF
, ways, but the general line OF thought
seems to be the same. Just to make
it clear to the average motorist one
party has put it this way:
''Of what advantage is fifty dollars
saved on the list price of car when
the upholstery and paint start to GO
bad just because they are not of a
higher grade?
(which is worth more: a saving OF
twenty-fi five dollars in first cost or a
set of better valves?
How much is a fifty dollar saving
on the list price of a car worth when
one is caught on the road with a
spring that should have been able to
stand road shock, but didn't?
IN short. what price price? What
is there to be gained by buying
something little cheaper when
motoring has reached the point
where everyone needs something a
little better?"
Motorists are blamed for the pres
ent tendency to cut prices. The
motor car manufacturer is usually
proud of his product and would
rather be making fine car than a
cheap enc, if the public would lei
him.
One trouble with lowering automo-
bile prices, as one expert on produc-
ticn puts it, is that when the cost OF
raw materials go up and sales re-
sistanee stiffens it is difficult to raise
prices. The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fore
ed upon the manufacturer by the
public-is to cheaper the car in the
lesser essential details before boost
ing the price.
Clearly the demand for lower
prices may entail a sizeable loss for
the motorist in the near future.
Motor Odds and Ends
More tires, better tires and cheap
er tires. That has been the rule in
motordom up until the present dis
ruption caused by the radical IN
crease in the cost of crude rubber.
One of the leading tire companies
earned a profit of S9,306,97S in 1918
when producing 4,26S,144 tires,
whereas in 1924 when profits were
$8,116,6S9 tire production had in
creased to 6,627,973.
A series of questions put to eight
of our leading paint companies re-
garding the advantages, details and
opinions on the use of laquer finishes
for cars revealed an astounding
divergence of views The nearest
thing to an agreement was when
seven of the companies replied that
they had decreased time and labor
required in rubbing and polishing.
The eighth remained silent. From
the motor owners standpoint this
virtual agreement is perhaps of
prime Importance.
Bullet-proof bodies for cars are
now obtainable. For a moderate
priced sedan the added weight is
under 200 pounds. Even the glass is
bullet-proof.
The Old Mechanic Says:
You fellows who think it doesn't
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03
THE MOST IRRITATING MoToRlsr IN THE WORLD
What's The AnsMer7

clean ear is frequently as good as q
Ii.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

The Old Mechanic Says:
You fellows who think it doesn't
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-03

Bullet-proof bodies for cars are
now obtainable. For moderate
priced sedan the added weight is
under 200 pounds. Even the glass is
bullet-proof.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14

her petty allies. A fiat currency representing
little more than printing press, cannot cir
culate in competition with gold.
That is the lesson of the recent action of the
American government in lending it's whole
hearted support to the British government in
its effort to return to gold basis. OF course
there were the other considerations involving
the desirability of restoring international
trade to normal basis, but from the stand
point of world peace, the greatest effect must
be upon Frances foreign policy.
She must now choose between trade and the
policy of financial bluff which has signalzed her
foreign trade relations during her socialist re-
gime. The danger which now lies before her
will not be lost upon such an eminent financier
as Caillaux.
There is not the slightest doubt that he will
propose the essential steps to avoid the grave
dangers that lie ahead. Taxation must be in
creased and collected. Armaments and govern
ment expenses generally must be reduced.Th
tremendous sums boarded in the mattresses
and stockings of the people of the country must
be put in circulation. The debased currency
must be placed on solid basis by evaluating
the franc at something like it's real worth.
We may expect much noise from the press
and politicians at Paris during the next few
weeks but reason must soon supplant the idle
promises made by politicians during the last
few years. The situation is too dangerous to
temporize with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
FRANCE AND GOLD BASIS.

In the years preceding the great war, when
ever conferences were held to discuss interna-
tional law, the possibility of establishing an
economic blockade to discipline fractions ma
ton was invariably given serious considera4
ton. 1t was proposed as method of avoiding
friction. The proposal rested upon the prin-
ciple that no nation could long live prosperous
~ il other nations declined trade dealings.
That in effect is what is happening in Eur
ope today, but strangely enough the method
applied is so different from that originally pro-
posed that the principle is hardly recognized
France today IS the object of the discipline
Months may pass before the effect is discern
IDLE but the operation is proceeding. In the
strictest sense, an economic blockade would
mean interference with her foreign trade by
refusal to deal with her or through her ports
In the present situation, no such method has
been resorted to- nor is there any intention of
such action Instead, wall of gold is being
built around her and if the process continues
she will find the expense of attempting to
maintain her foreign trade over this wall pro-
hibitive
With the return of Great Britain to the gold
basis approximately ninety per cent of the
foreign trade of the world is on that basis.
Against this all but universal combination
stands France and her impecunious allies of
the Little Entente
Her deprecated paper currency cannot long
do business over this economic wall without
completely denuding her treasury of its small
amount of specie reserve and with that gone
the already debased franc would take its place
on par with the almost worthless paper of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
Sky Is the Limit In DeauvilIe.

At last the "ideal town" of our
apostles of personal liberty" has been
found. 1t is Deauville, France, where
there are to be no laws, statutory or
moral, and everything goes"
The new mayor announces "a reign
of love and liberty" Bathers may
wear what they like, or nothing; there
is no limit on gambling. and nc clos
ing hours for anything. Sinners are
invited to come and sin some more, in
a community where nobody cares,
Nothing is taboo except the Ten
Commandments. II you have the
price-which in Deauville is high
you may buy whatever you care to
pay for. Deauville proudly enthrones
the world, the flesh and the devil, and
invites those who like that sort Of
thing, and have the price.
If, as is likely, it turns ors that
most of these are from puritan"
Arnerica-we can spare them, if Deau-
Vile can stand them.
Maybe Christendom Become Christian.
Secretary Wilbur. who is a good
Christian, thinks that the war stood
the Christian test Far be it from US
to suggest that Christendom become
Christian.
But one is reminded of certain doc
trines once accredited as Christian.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
TOM SIMS
Says.

Nazimova, stage and screen star,
says she doesn't want divorce, MAX
ing one who doesn't.
New order says Annapolis gradu-
ates must learn to fly. We say that
is higher education.
Los Angeles rich mans wife asks
divorce because she washed dishes.
May be why he is rich man.
The Florida Legislature is consid-
ering making it illegal to be descend
ed from a monkey.
The average Chicagoan lives only
az years, proving it isn't as danger
Gus as we thought.
Health expert says middle-aged PEG
pie should dance. They would, h
most of them are married.
= You are not old If at midnight you
start wondering what you will do I'M
til bedtime.
An optimist is a fisherman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14

The paper says Paris is holding her
annual street car strike.
A new spot has been found on the
sun. Perhaps it is the dove of peace
settling down at last.
Iowa City prohibits bathing suits on
the streets. Doesn't matter. They
are too warm for summer.
Coolidge, president, is for economy.
But the electric horse he rides cost
more than a real one.
Astors sold their Fifth avenue
home. Got three million. Reminded
US our grass needs cutting.
London's House of Lords will install
loud speakers. We elect them.
Jack Dempsey puglist, has sailed for
Europe. There is talk ofta match with
Hindenburg. # tes~2 Eg
Chicago University students have a
mustache- growing contest. 1t should
stop necking parties. @&
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
Daily Health Hint
TO RELIEVE HEADACHE.

If constipation is the cause of head
ache, laxative diet should be select
ed.
Fruits and vegetables are service
able. Prunes, bran mullins and the
like may help.
Taking hot glass of water upon
rising and retiring is good habit.
Whole wheat bread should be pre-
ferred, and bran mullins or. biscuits
should never be served when real hot.
The less fried food one eats, the
better.
Exercise should be taken regularly,
especially abdominal work, such as
bending.
Sometimes a spoonful of good I'M
adulterated olive oil few times daily
will help to lubricate the intestines,
and in that way assist nature.
1t is always better, however, to re-
lieve constipation naturally, by exer-
else, diet, etc, than to resort to arti-
fetal stimulants.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
THE EXILE OF ERIN.

"What are your political sympathies,
ComrRde 2"
"oi'm against the government, dom
it."
"But here there is no government.
This is complete anarchy"
"Thin Dim against the anarchy"
Harvard Lampoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
FOOD.

The prime reason behind the up
rising of the Riffs against the French
and Spanish is crop failures in the ma
tive regions.
Famine spurred the French revolu-
ton. Famine put over the Russian
revolution. If wilhelm could have
kept his subjects well fed, he'd still
be emperor of Germany.
A we'll fed populace seldom revolts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14

aye have heard that it hath been said,
An eye for an eye, and tooth for
tooth. But / say unto you, That We
resist not evil" "Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use YOU" And
much more.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
!. AsCENT nF snuNn.

Paris - Unique experiments have
been made by M. Camille Flammarion,
the noted scientist, on the audibility
of sound at various heights. He con-
Quoted the tests in balloon. A mans
shout was heard at 1900 feet; the
,croaking of frogs in marsh at 5000;
the music of an orchestra at 1900;
church bells at 5000; the report of
rifle at 5000; the noise of railway
train in motion, at 5000 and the whis-
tie Of locomotive at 10000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
IMAGINED HER aMURDER.' .

London-Just before her death, Mrs.
Winifred Newhouse, 81, said she was
attacked by. huckster An examina-
ton by physicians revealed that she
had not been attacked. Testimony
was that a clot of blood in the brain,
which later brought death, caused her
to imagine the attack