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Evening star., 1925-07-26
No. 1OS-Locating Power losses,

Every now and again Smith SuS-
poets that something is about to go
wrong with the car, just because it
runs so we'll. This sort of psychology
is quite natural. / rather anticipated
it when he commenced worrying about
piston slaps and was not at all sur
prised when he informed me the other
day that his engine had lost all its
| pep
It's losing power somewhere and
l am beginning to suspect that / need
to have the cylinders rebored," he
complained. II knew something would
have TO happen, just when everything
was running along so smoothly"
He wasn't in any frame of mind to
be argued with, so l started in to
locate the source of the power loss,
trying TO use a little common sense
by starting with the simplest tests
first. That is how l happened to re-
lease the emergency brake and COM
mence pushing the car out to the
center of the floor.
"Oh it's not as bad as all that ="
Smith laughed. shes got enough
power to pull out of the garage" ="
Cause of Power Loss.
Good enough 1 answered. I'm
just trying to see whether your brakes
uIdS, OF II lie WllcSl bSetI IlSS IeSu
greasing. Sometimes, you know, oil
of too heavy a grade in the trans
mission and differential will take
away a little power"
We'll, now that you see the brakes
are not too tight
Il haven't been convinced of any
thing of the sort" l interrupted.
That's just your trouble as a
diagnostician. You don't make half
enough tests, and when you do make
d test you jump at conclusions.
wouldn't be satisfied with the brakes
until l had tried them up hill and
down. When you hold your foot on
the brake pedal going down a moder-
ate hill, and heat the brake drums
to 500 degrees, the drums will eX-
pand as much as so thousandths.
When YOU reach the bottom and
start uphill these brakes are going to
drag and kill your power. OF course
if l were making the test on my own
car wouldn't bother TO go that far.
l would simply drive a few miles and
then feel the brake bands. If they
We're cool l wouldn't give the brakes
another thought"
But Smith insisted I was wasting
time. The power loss, he believed,
was under the hood. Before l had a
chance to find out whether he had
enough air in the tires he was telling
me of his suspicious regarding stick
ing valves and incorrect timing. He
even had the carburetor down for an
ovefhauling.
Process of Elimination.
There was only one thing to do: go
through a few engine tests in their
logical order and satisfy him as to the
various units that need not have been
considered. That would at least help
him narrow the trouble down to a few
possibilities and prevent him from
jumping from one conclusion to an
other. The first thing 1 did, there
fore, was to get out the hand crank,
and with the ignition switch off as
a safety precaution, turn the engine
shaft over a few times. I opened
five petcocks on the top Of the engine,
leaving the one closed on the cylinder
7 IL
Evening star., 1925-07-26
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

John Smith whom should
selhsh rather chap willing
exploited interesting experiences
the other 100000 members the motor
Evening star., 1925-07-26

Highway expenditures in the
United States last year amounted to
$780, 06S3,770.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
SHACKLES OF SERVICE
BY MEIGS C.. FROST.
Copyright. by Doubleday. Page & Coz

group in the Algiers yards when the
Sabine rolled on her last trip. What
the triple-heated Hades you doing
here?"
Neve mind what am I doin' heah
Jim, husked Dad, yet irate at being
blocked on his run to Brashear
w hatre you doin heah, I'm askin'?
WHAT'S yo' dum-blasted alibi fo'
clutterin' up the track in front of a
real locomotive? Ed Maddox run
outa Oil or elbow grease or somethin'?
or yo waitin' TO some plantation
mules t hitch on her?"
Time was when the Sky Rockets
conductor would have fiared to the
insult But just now the imminence
OF real danger barred him from re-
partee.
Listen, Dad" said he soberly.
you'll get your orders mighty soon
from the division superintendent
He'll be back in a minute. Hell's
busted loose. Crevasse broke through
ahead of us up the line. Looks like
the whole dam Mississippi Rivers
runnin' through the Ievee Carried
away Gros Tete bridge clean, up the
line a ways. Two section hands
managed t get down the track an
tagged US before we poked our noses
into 1t. But look at the way the
waters spreadin'."
The crew of the Sabine looked out
the cab windows once more, this time
their attention centered on the water
Of which they had been only casually
conscious while their heads were filed
with other matters. Sure enough, it
was rising. They had seen flooded
swamp and flooded lowland before
along that line. But never, now that
they gave II closer scrutiny, had they
seen water so high. 1t was tapping
up around the sides of the embank-
ment. It's brown fingers were claw
ing at the sloping barrier of earth
in its path.
The upper part of the emba ankment
was still far out of water, the tracks
clear and open. But the valley folk
know, as no others can know, how
quickly the crevasse flood spreading
out from the channel it cuts In it's
first rush. will make a swirling lake
of level fields for miles.
THE bos'll be here in a minute,
Dad" sounded Jim Peterson's voice.
He was making the run in the
Burlingame private car. You know
what his orders'll be, of course. We've
got to get back down the line through
Tete Noir Swamp and get across
Bienvenu trestle to that ridge
Looks like you're right, Jim, ;"
assented Dad.
Then the Sabine's cab was boarded
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Wife Dismisses Divorce Suit.

Mrs Katherine G. Boudren has dis
missed her suit for a limited divorce
from Bernard T. Boudren. Attorney
Harry A. Grant appeared for the wife.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
One of a series of best
short stories publish
ed during the past
year.

by unannounced invaders. Up one
side, where they had come back along
the rails from the stalled Sky Rocket,
climbed the Honorable Henry Burlin-
game. With him was Frank Wilkin-
son., division superintendent of the
Delta Valley.
If profanity, as tradition has it, can
turn the air blue. the cab Of that
ancient locomotive would have SHIN
mered in bright azure from the
moment the chairman of the board
saw who sat at the Sabine's throttle.
ell-Roarin', Hank He'd earned that
name.
At last he grew coherent.
What" he demanded, -apoplectic
ally, "are you two shrimp-gutted old
mummies doing aboard this engine?"
We've" began Dad hesitat-
ingly.
MANI" roared the Burlingame voice
of battle.
"They-they had t drop off down
the line, back a ways, Hank" STAN
mered Dad placatingly: $50 men
Mickey, we done took her along"
Time enough to explain details
later, figured Dad. Under Henry
Burlingame's present belligerent and
coldly inquiring eye, Dad wasn't feel
ing much like detailed explanations.
There could be better times for ex
plantations, he felt. All the blazing
defiance of few hours earlier had
vanished, somehow, at the sight of
authority in action in the field-and
in emergency. 1t was one thing to
cuss the powers when you sat at
ease in a roundhouse group. But
there by the Sabine's throttle, the
throttle he had so unprecedentedly
made his own. the old railroad dis
cipline, long dormant under retire
ment, clamped down on his shoulders
once more.
We'll find out about all that later
gritted Henry Burlingame.
He turned to the division superin-
tendent.
Frank" he said. with the swift
decision of the railroad man who had
met and conquered many a problem
in the field, under fire of emergency
conditions, you're the operating boss
here, but you won't mind my making
suggestion, / know. Hadn't we bet
ter run the Sabine on the siding over
there with those construction flats.
and give the Sky Rocket a clear
right of way to back down through
the swamp and over the trestle to
the ridge? What do you think? We
can make 1t before SO comes along"
You took the words out of my
mouth, boss" said Wilkinson. IF we
Evening star., 1925-07-04
BURIED AT ARLINGTON.
Victim of Potomac Drowning In
terred With Honors.

The body of Lieut. Albert John
Cleare, jr., World War hero. who was
drowned in the Potomac River last
August, was buried in Arlington Gene
terry Tuesday, with military honors.
Lieut.. Cleare served with the Royal
Flying Corps during the World War.
The remains had been temporarily
lodged in a vault in the Confederate
Cemetery at Fredericksburg, Va, his
mothers home town, while arrange
ments were being completed for final
interment in Arlington Cemetery.
The funeral procession, consisting of
military escort. military band and
representative of the air forces, pro
ceeded from Fort Myer to the grave
in the Dewey section. where Rev. Mil
ton O. Bebe, chaplain of Fort Myer,
administered the last rites.
Lieut.. Cleare was officially credited
with having destroyed three enemy
planes and unoffiCially brought down
three more. He was a member of the
Royal Aero Club of the United
Kingdom.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

leave those passengers here on the
chance of a rescue, the Lord knows
how long the Sky Rocket'll be ma
rooned."
The division superintendent turned
to Dad and Mickey.
'I don't know how the hell YOU
got here or what the hell you're
doing here in McMastcrs cab" he
rasped. But now you're here, you
get this damned old relic off the main
line and over on that siding, and you
get her there almighty quick!"
Then as Dad reached for his re-
verse. the Sabines cab saw yet
another invasion. Up the step swung
the two who had sped down the line
motor car.
They were Buck McMasters and
Jazzbo, his fireman.
For the love of Christopher Co
lumbus," opened up Henry Burlin-
game, launching into another volley
of language at which roundhouse ex-
perts would have listened with awed
admiration. What's this? Old Home
week? What'Ve you two prize prima
donnas been doing? Drop off along
the line to pick daisies? Stop to call
on girl?"
Tell you all about that later, boss
said Buck McMasters, with a scowl
at Dad Adams. II wish that old relic
was half his age and twice his weight
for five minutes. But that can wait.
Listen here, boss. There's a crevasse
back of you as we'll as in front of
you. There amt anything but the
piiin' left standing on Bienvenu
trestle. The whole top works got
torn off by heavy drift logs that
down-river crevasse shot through.
The Sky Rockets caught smack be-
tween two floods. The agent at Bien-
venu didn't have any way to reach
you by wire before you got to Gros
Tete Bridge, but he figured the sec
ton hands might flag you. and he
sent me along on this motor car. to
tell you what they're doing back
there. They've taken that construc-
ton gang off the branch line, near
Bienvenu, and they're fighting to get
new caps and stringers and ties on
the trestle piling with some light
branch-line rail on 1t. SO you all can
back out on the ridge"
Time was pressing. But a railroad
is run with some decent regard to
Evening star., 1925-07-04
SPEECH Is BROADCAST
FROM MOVING AIRPLANE
Feat Accomplished for First Time
in Radio History at Altitude
of 5000 Feet.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 4.-For
the first time in the history of radio,
a speech was broadcast from a moving
airplane yesterday, at an altitude of
more than 5000 feet with one of the
latest military sets used for broad
casting. Brig. Gen. Paul B. Malone,
commanding the I'd Division at Fort
Sam Houston, was the speaker.
A flight of three airplanes equipped
for two-way radio communication be
tween ships and with the ground
station, maneuvered over the city
under radio orders from Capt. H. J.
Houghlan, commander of the I'd Di-
vision Air Service.
Gen. Malone spoke for 10 minutes
on the American Legion endowment
fund drive for disabled soldiers and
orphans of veterans of the World War,
and on the Defense day program. The
entire manipulation of the set was
handled by Gen. Malone, who also
acted as observer. All of the mes
Sages and speeches were picked up
clearly at the ground radio station
located at the Air Service hangar, and
a large number of radio sets in the
city picked up the broadcast. The set
has range of so miles.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Continued from Yesterdays Starr


The two ancients peered through
ahead up the track, clear in the chill
light of the Wintry day, stood the Sky
Rocket. Stood When by all details
of the schedule she should have been
Whooping along miles beyond that
point. Plumes of smoke and steam
rose from 74S. The long line of Pull
mans stood as still as though they
were parked in the yards waiting fol
the cleaning gangs. Heads were Gran
ing from open vestibule doors.
Dog my catsr' howled Dad Adams
Il done toll Ed he better crowd that
fiivver of his'n, f he did'n' wan t
keep the OIL Sabine waitin'. Caught
him this side of Brashear, doggone his
nidei"
Uncle Mickey's common sense had
brought him back to where both feet
we're on the ground by this time.
Come back L earth, ye wild ould
divil," he grumbled. Something s
wrong, or ye'd never caught a smell
av her this far this side o Brashear.
'Tis great engine the ould Sabine is,
Dad, but she's no fiyin' machine"
Now this was rank heresy against
the olden pride of the road. But even
as Dad sought for answer fittingly to
crush the presumptuous one, he
caught sight of a figure speeding to.
ward them, up the track ahead. He
spotted it's identity, instantly. Itwas
Jim Peterson, conductor of the Sky
Rocket.
AS Dad shut off his throttle and
threw in his brakes to await the
arrival of the blue-clad one. who sped
over the ties to meet him, Uncle
Mickey's voice rose beside him.
VIII ye look what's coming up on
our tail?" begged the old fireman.
Back over the track whence they
had come through the swamp the
two looked keenly. They saw gaso-
nedriven motor car rushing toward
them, it's fianged wheels whirling as
it crowded on every ounce of power at
the command of its thudding motor.
On it were two men. They were yet
too far distant to be recognized.
"Doggone, Mickey, she looks like
we're getting mo- and mo- popular, "
said Dad.
He didn't know half how popular
he was going to be II being the focal
point of interest spelled popularity.
1t was Jim Peterson who reached
the Sabine first.
Dad" he gasped in surprise. Sur
prise. for he had been one of the
Evening star., 1925-07-04
"LARRY" O'DEA WINS
S5,541.76 IN BACK PAY
Judgment for Detective Who Sued
District for Compensation With
held During World War.

Detective Larry" O'Dea, rated as
one of the most active members of
Inspector Grants force of sleuths,
was the happiest member of Maj. Dan
Sullivan's force today, having received
word that he had won his suit against
the District for back pay. He did not
get the full amount he claimed. but
he expressed great satisfaction when
he received a court order showing he
had been given judgment for So. .541. 10.
Congress will have to appropriate
the money for him. He is perfectly
willing to wait until Congress can act
on such measure, he stated for the
appropriation, he believes, is certain
to be made.
O'Dea felt that he had a grievance
against Commissioner Brownlow for
the treatment he had received. He
had been loaned to the Federal Gov
ernment during the World War, he
said, and was employed in the Rail
road Administration Bureau under
Chief Flynn. His work was eminently
satisfactory, it is stated, and October
l. 1919, his return to the Police De
partment was requested by Maj. Pull
man.
Commissioner Brownlow wanted
O'Dea. to give information about the
seizure of liquor from the baggage of
the wife of a prominent Democratic
officeholder, O'Dea stated. and because
he refused to divulge a Government
secret, he declared, he was carried on
the police rolls as being absent with
out leave. This was done against his
protest, he stated.
1t was said by O'Dea that he failed
to induce Commissioner Brownlow to
prefer charges against him in order
that his status as member of the
Police Department might be de-
termined. He continued to report for
duty each day, he stated, and actually
made arrests. so certain was he that
he had been deprived Of his rights
without warrant of law. The judg-
ment of the court is looked upon by
him as a complete vindication.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
WIFE DENIES CHARGES.
Mrs. Cummings Answer to Navy
Commanders Divorce Plea.

Mrs. Mary d. Cumming of Ports
mouth, Va, has filed an answer to the
suit for an absolute divorce brought
against her in the District Supreme
Court by her husband, Comdr. John
W. w. Cumming, u. S. N, who is
stationed at Washington. The wife
denies the charges of her husband
and declares that although stationed
in Washington. the officer is a legal
resident of Portsmouth, Va. She also
files cross petition asking Il limited
divorce on charges of cruelty and
neglect.
Mrs. Cumming says her husband is
insanely jealous and abnormally sus-
picious and has threatened TO mutt
late her face so that other men would
not look at her He has also squand-
cred his money hiring detectives, she
says, instead of using it for the needs
of his family She is represented by
Attorneys Inlay & Wainwright.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
i. S. PROBES OYSTER.
TYPHOID GERM CASE
Grand Jury Meets at Norfolk
Monday to Quiz Score En-
gagged in Industry.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NORFOLK, Va, July 4.-Summonses
were issued yesterday for a score of
fsh and oyster men of this city. Bal
timore and North and South Caro-
linas, to appear Monday before a
Federal grand jury here.
The nature of the proceedings has
not been made public, but is believed
to be. the result of the typhoid fever
scare of last Winter, originating in
Chicago, where charges were made
that oysters carried. germs The
statement of Judge Groner, who sum
moned the grand jury. at the direc-
tion, it is said, of Attorney General
Sargent, styled the investigation that
of the United States against j. M.
Brauchlir." District Attorney Paul
hear, refused to make a statement.
w. Macdonald Lee, Virginia commits
stoner of fisheries, and several United
States secret service agents have
been summoned to give evidence.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Petersburg Only
City IL, 80 With No
Suicide Last Year
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 4.-Peters-
burg, Va, was the only city among
so in the United States that did not
record single suicide during 1924,
Frederick l.. Hoffman,. consulting
statistician of the Prudential Life
Insurance Co., announced today.
He estimated that between 10000
and 5000 suicides occurred in the
country last year.
DIR. Hoffman's calculations gave
the country a current suicide rate
of 1873 per 100000 population. Chi
cago reported rate of 1873 and the
metropolitan area of New York
1876.
Cities of the South, Middle West
and Atlantic seaboard uniformly
made a better showing than COM
munities in the far West. accord
ing to DR.. Hoffman's tabulations.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
EDITORS MOTHER DIES.
Parent of P. S. Ridsdale Expires
From Heart Attack

p. S. Ridsdale, editor of Nature
Magazine, received word today of the
death in New York city of his mother,
Mrs. Jean Gordon Hanson of 232
East Seventy street. Mrs. Han
son, who died of heart failure, was
identified with settlement work at the
Henry Street Settlement with Miss
Lillian Wald. Besides Mr. Ridsdale,
two daughters. Mrs. George Knox Full
larton of Ridgewood, n. j., and Mrs.
Norman Roberts of Cleveland. Ohio,
survive Mrs. Hanson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ridsdale left at once for New York.
The funeral will be in Wilkes
Barre, Pa.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Majestic List Is Record.

NEW YORK. July P).-The
steamship Majestic sailed for Europe
yesterday with $50 passengers. the
largest list. carried by any passenger
ship since June. 1914. The Leviathan
is expected to set a new record today
with 2.700 passengers.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
OUTINGS ARE NUMEROUS.

Fourth Brings Exodus From Rich
mond-Sports Feature Celebrations
Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va. July 1.-THE holi-
day exodus began here yesterday soon
after the closing of the banks and
many of the larger mercantile places.
Hundreds of men and their families
took the afternoon trains for the coun.
try, some few going to the seashore
and others to the mountains. Very
many of the women folks and children
took the morning trains for the open
spaces. Seashore resorts drew many.
These visitors will return to Richmond
late Sunday night and early Monday
morning.
There are to be several entertain
ments and picnics in and around Rich
mond today, with base ball and
other contests. The defense test pro-
gram called for men who are ready and
fit for service to go to the armories
and to register today.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

physical facts. Henry Burlingame's
jaw clamped a trife tighter. if that
was possible. The division superjn
tendent was turning purple in fhe
face.
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's star.a
Evening star., 1925-07-04
NEEDY CHILDREN
ARE GIVEN OUTING
$50 Celebrate Fourth as
Guests of Gospel Mission,
Aided by RotarianS.

They were all colors and of many
nationalitieS, but that small matter
did not prevent $50 needy children of
the National Capital from having the
, time of their lives today helping Amer
lea celebrate Independence day.
Waving flags and cheering for their
adopted country between mouthfuls of
dog" sandwiches and gulps of lemon
ade, the young inhabitants of the
streets and alleys hard by the Capitol
grounds put in a full day of breath
taking excitement as guests of the
Gospel Mission on the farm of John
Newbold, Queens Chapel road.
About a third of the celebrants were
motherless or fatherless or both, and
make their home at the Missions chill
dren's home on c street. The others
represent the membership of the Mis-
sion's unusual Sunday school, the per-
sonnel of which is rounded up each
Sunday in a gospel truck which tours
the alleys and streets under the direc
ton of Harvey V Prentice, superin-
tendent.
ROtarians Help on Outing.
All were youngsters who otherwise
might have forgotten the glorious
Fourth" and what it means. All
days look alike in the alleys, especially
so the Fourth of July since the
familiar crackIe of exploding fire
We ks has been relegated to the realm
q forbidden things.
The children, with many parents
and friends, were carried to Mr.. New
bold's place in a bus provided by the
Rotary Club and in other automobiles
donated for the occasion. The ma
chimes toured the alleys and picked
up the boys and girls along the route
usually followed by the Sunday school
truck. Forming a long caravan. the
cars then proceeded to Queens Chapel
road and to the farm.
Upon arrival they were served with
4 copious dinner and in the afternoon
a program of athletic events was to
be staged Local stores donated
prizes, flags. paper cups and plates,
etc.
One of the features was n patriotic
talk to the assembled children, fol-
lowed by their pledge of allegiance to
the American flag.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Father Reported as Re
covering From Illness.

PLYMOUTH, Vermont. July tp)
The condition of Col. John " c.
Coolidge, father of the President. con
tinues favorable, and no formal bulle-
tins are being issued by his physicians.
He sat up in a chair in his bed
room for a while and 1t was hoped TO
have him out on the piazza today.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
COL. COOLIDGE IMPROVES

(Continl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
DAILY IN FULL
CHARGE AT MINE
Chewing Gum Distributed to
Rescue Workers.
Times Stan COrrespondent


SULLIVAN. Ind, Feb. 21.-A. c..
Daily, chief State mine inspector, Is
In full command of the mine rescue
work, with four State deputies.
Working with him are Charles
Kerbert of the Federal mine rescue
station at Vincenues and three dep
uties, and John j. Ogilvie Of the
Knox County Operators Association.
with Ave men.
Mrs. Louise Pigg of the Business
Women's Club is director of a group
OF women who worked throughout
the night preparing ham sandwiches,
doughnuts and coffee for the mine
rescuers. Work is being financed
by popular subscription. Large
quantities of chewing gum are be.
ing distributed to the workers pre-
vented from smoking by gas in the
mine.