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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
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FORD'S REPLY
To DISASTER
Plans for Huge, Metal
: Covered Airship
= Made Public.
By FRANK BOGART
Universal Service Staff Correspondent


DETROIT, Sept. 12.-Ralph f.
Epson, pioneer in metal-clad airship
design and chief engineer of the air.
craft Development Corporation, which
Henry Ford last fall provided with
the same facilities given to the Stout
Metal Airplane Company bought by
him outright in April, has been all
this week at Washington, in confer
ence with naval engineers and. tech
nicians as a result Of the Shenandoah
disaster. Edsel Ford and William b.
Mayo, chief engineer for Ford, are
directors of the A. D. G.
In Epson and Henry Ford's intense
interest in mastering the airship prob
lem, Detroit holds the answer to the
challenge given it when the elements
sent the Shenandoah crashing to
earth. ..,-.
FORD IS SILENT.
Mr.. Ford, although he sent private
investigators to the wreck scene, alter
ed his earlier determination to make a
public statement either about the ac-
cident or his future activity in lighter
than-air work, and has left for o
brief outing.
Epson, however, who is through
with all the preparatory work for con
struction of his first metal clad diri-
gibles under Ford auspices, has been
authorized to issue a statement ex-
planning the structural differences be-
tween his metal-skinned MC-2 and the
fabric-covered Shenandoah.
At the outset he explains, that, In
its principal points of design, the
Shenandoah was really 10 years old
although its construction was not be-
gun until four years ago. Most OF the
corrective measurs which he has in
cluded in his ship, have only become
available as the result of experimental
work that has been done in the last
two or three years, he asserts.
AMPLE VALVE FACILITIES.
There will be three times more
valve capacity on the MC-2 than on
the Shenandoah, to meet the dangers
of expanding or contracting gas, with
their resulting evils of excessive or in
sufficient pressure. The range of in
ternal pressure, which on the Shenan'
doah was only from zero to 10 MILL
meters, will be at last five times
greater in Upson's ship, which II
must be stated, is only one-third the
size Of the Shenandoah, both in length
and diameter.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
KEMAL'S WIFE WRITES
OF WRECKED ROMANCE

Latif Hanoum, the beautiful wife
whom Mustapha Renal. the dictator
of Turkey, recently divorced by his
presidential decree, pours out her
heart in the following two letters nd
dressed to an English friend and
former class mate of hers now living
in Paris. The first letter was writ
ten a short time before the issuance
of the decree setting aside her mar
rage. The second was written a few
days afterward.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
By LATTE HANOUM
(The Discarded Wife Of Renal Pasha,
Dictator Of Turkey

| Dictator of Turkey
July 20, 1925.
MAILED at Smyrna)
Dear Friend:
"My love candle began TO flicker
soon after our marriage, and it will
not be very many days before the
light is extinguished and the news
heralded to the world about the dis
carded' wife of the president of Tur-
key. It is terrible-even the thought
of ito have my dreams Of happi-
ness thus shattered. First romance
took leave of my life and now comes
the tragedy, which is near at hani.
by the time you receive these
lines you may read the terrible news
in the newspapers. I mn greatly af-
fected, and the anticipation Of the
day is breaking my heart. l dread
the impending shipwreck and, as the
days approach, when the news will be
officially announced. ] feel that can
not stand the agony.
II have, on many occasions, felt
the sting of our newly adopted civiliz-
alton, but reasoned with myself that
every rose must have seven thorns.
had allowed for a great many dis
! appointments. But this, the breaking
up of our union at will. pains me
intensely, and, at times, angers me.
No doubt, I am just as free to leave
my husband as he is free, to discard
me, but unfortunately, everywhere in
civilized and uncivilized countries, a
woman leaves her husband while a
man 'discards.'
WILL NOT CRY.
"Eut am not like the rest of our
Turkish women, resigned to the will
of Allah
with all my impulse, love of TO-
nance, experience of a happy mar
riage and matrimonial shipwreck, l
am not a woman to cry that is n case
of Napoleon and Josephine over
again. I am only 81 and the better
part of my life is ahead of me yet.
l assure you that you will not find
me crying In my bedchamber, tear
ing my hair and beating my breast.
In all my studies of foreign books
there isn't another woman whom j
have ridiculed more than Josephine,
who ever posed as an injured wo-
man.
IF my husband, in giving out the
news of our impending separation,
ever iasinuates n dot or iota against
my character, he shall not find a
Josephine, but a perfectly modern wo-
man who will tear his assumed mod
crnism to shreds.
PLANS TO WORK.
Il shall write you again soon, but
one thing more j must say, this will
not be the end of my career. The
l days are long past when women die
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
DALLAS BAPTISTS
HONOR DIR. TRUETT

DALLAS, Sept. 12.-Members Of
the First Baptist church viii observe
the twenty-ninth anniversary OF DIR.
George W. Truett's pastorate Sunday
morning, and will formally open the
new seven-story Sunday school build
ing just completed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
DEDICATE ADDITION
TO COKER SCHOOL

Patrons of Cokcr school district
dedicated a new brick addition of
two rooms which replaces a frame
structure DESTROYED by fire last
Halloween.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
MAKE HER SYMBOL.

"He and his propagandists, who
were intent to advertise to the world
that Turkey was about to so through
process of Western civilization
used me as the subject for propa-
ganda, and I symbolized, often against
my wish and desire, the new woman
Of Turkey"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13

of broken hearts. There Is no better
balm for bruised heart than hard
work, and / shall throw myself into
such work as / can do for my coun'
try and for my sex from now on.
have fully made up my mind to stand
for the Parliament in the next gem
eral election. / will show these
Anatolians who still have old heads
and IL under their newly adopted
western ones that it takes much to
break the spirit of a woman such
as l."
THE BITTER CUP.
Aug. 10, 1925, (mailed at Smyrna)
Dear Friend:
"When l last wrote to you, although
certain of the impending catastrophe.
in the innermost recesses of my soul
l hoped and wished that at the last
moment the bitter cup would be taken
away from me. But ut last what !
felt would happen, and dared not
think it could, has happened. The
serpent has finished its work, for
ours was love match even in the
sense in which you understand the
term in the west, and my husband
and / were, during the first three
months of our marriage, as happy as
man and woman could be in our gar
den Of Eden.
II do not have to tell you who the
serpent is. / only wish that l had
needed your warning. No, / do not
wish anything of the kind. / am
even sorry that / wrote the above
line, because il my husband was tickle
enough to yield it would not have been
worth while to have destroyed that
one reptile, because our country is
full of such serpents.
RENAL CHANGES.
"The former inmates of seraglios
now liberated, and without the edu-
cation and the background of real
civilization, feel that freedom means
freedom to intrigue, freedom to Sc
duce and freedom to plot against 9th
ers.
II do not know exactly how long
this process of seduction and intrigue
had been going on behind my back,
but I began to feel it three months
after our happy marriage, when sud-
denly my husband began to reproach
me for behaving in public in a man
ner unwomanly. Every morning and
every night and whenever he found
leisure to be alone with me he sub
jected me to a series of bitter SER
mons. On several occasions he &C.
cused me of being even unsexed.
"The bitter irony of it is that while
I had never worn n yashmah, it was
my husband who induced me shortly
after our marriage, to officially and
publicly discard the veil l had never
worn for the effect it would give to
the world.
MAKE HER SYMBOL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Growing Old Gracefully.

Because an automobile is five years
old. or older, is not n good reason why
1t should look shabby and perform UNI
satisfactorily.
Too many motorists never reach the
point where their cars become part Of
them, when there Is q certain air of
distinction about their cars and when
they commence to reveal u character.
The American idea in car ownership
has been to reveal wealth, prestige
and social standing through ownership
CT a new car every year yet the dis
,'overy is rapidly being made that
there is no longer any distinction in
owning new car AS Il matter of
fact, the motor aristocracy rather
shun the glistening hood and the
stiff motor. They entertain the no.
ton that many persons will he simply
specializing whether the new car has
been fully paid for or whether 1t is
time payment proposition.
If the prevailing style in car owner
ship We're extended to the matter Of
home ownership one would not be like
ly TO see any real livable homes. Es-
tates would go by the board. Highly
priced colonial homes would be extinct
New homes would know no graceful
old age. They simply would go into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
THE SUNDAY MOTORIST
An Abridged Magazine for Gar O,Dners.
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN

state of decay after few years.
Every one would be apologizing for
the fact that the grounds were not
graded.
If automobiles are to have a charac-
ter and grow old gracefully they must
be kept up systematically, improved
and respected. The paper towel idea
in car buying and ownership is wrong.
PeShaps this explains why a small,
but growing, proportion of motorists
buy only cars that have possibilities. 4"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
What's the Answer?

!. How much horsepower lis re-
CURED TO overcome wind resistance if
a car with 10 square feet Of head sur.
race Is travelling 100 miles an hour?
,. Where was the first official auto
road race in America?
). How can a driver tell whether a
spring bolt is properly creased?
4. Is car stopped quicker by ap-
plying the emergency brake stimuli
taneousiy with the service brake?
D. How much alcohol must be used
to keep radiator safe down TO Is
degrees below zero?
Cfhink these over during the week
and look for the answers in this de
partment next Sunday. You may be
wrongD
(cOpyright 1go5I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
JOHN SMITH AND HIS CAR
Continued from Sixth PageD

throw the light rays somewhere
around the intersections of these lines,
thereby determining whether the
lights were in proper focus.
Taking off the lenses, cleaned them
with a little absorbent cotton dipped
In alcohol. Then l busted off the re
Electors with piece of dry absorbent
cotton, being careful not to scratch
the delicate silvered surface. l in
stalled two new 21-candlepower bulbs
Smith could use the old ones foI
spares.
Focusing the Beam
Switching on the lights, we found
THAT each bulb threw Il circle of light
Just where the horizontal tape line
crossed the vertical tape line. This
was exactly right for Smiths make of
lenses, but just to be sure the light
spots were as small as possible ]
turned the focusing screw at the back
of each light, first one way and then
the other. This moved the bulbs for.
ward and backward and proved that
they had been at the right focal point
which is the position at which they
cast the smallest circle of light
Aren't you going to tilt the lights
DOWN." Smith asked just as | WAS
about to attach the lenses Il though
1t was necessary to keep the light just
below that horizontal line"
The lenses attend to that" I eX-
planned. They will tilt the rays down
just the right amount. OF course. If
they tilt them too much we can raise
the headlights accordingly. We don't
want to waste light by throwing
down Immediately in front of the car
Just how much tilt is required by a
lens. If any, can be judged by expert
ment If the lens specifications are not
available
Smith could see, however that the
thing that made headlight adjustment
easy was practice. He also realized
that the perfect adjustment of his
lights was just beginners luck.
Next week-CustOmS Are Costly.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
CRITICS OF BUYING
ON TIME ANSWERED
Financial Soundness of In
dividuaI Makes Worry
Needless, Dealers Say.

There is no reason to speculate
over the soundness of the credi,
structure with regard to the pur-
chase OF automobiles on time pay
mentS so long as the automobile
buyer is financially responsibleA This
- the keynote of a statement by the
Washington Automotive Trade ASso-
citation.
Because approximately $4,000. 000,-
600 worth of 'installment paper" is
III the hands of bankers and other
financial organizations, there has
been much criticism of financing In
automobile circles, some credit ex-
pertS going so far as to sound {.
warming against possible overinfla =
ton. the Washington Automobile
Trade Association points out.
Investigating these warnings the
dealers organization reports that
1t finds the vital credit struc-
ture, the individual credit of the car
buyer, entirely sound.
Buyer Held Sound.
The automobile buyer is tinan-
c'aliy sound declares the w. A. T
y. statement. This is the key to
the entire financial situation with re-
a-pect to 'installment paper There Is;
no reason to speculate over the
credit structure so long as the auto
mobile buyer is not exceeding his
credit limit
The key to the situation lies in
the discovery that. while 65 to IS per
cent of the motorists are buying their
ears on deferred payments, a greater
percentage of buyers today are tinan-
clally able to purchase their cars for
spot cash. That they prefer to pur-
nf iS &c
their desire to purchase on modern
terms. and not an indication of their
inability to pay.
In viewing the credit situation
today, many investigators fail to APP
pTeciate that before time payments
were the accepted way of buying
cars many motorists mortgaged their
homes or resorted to other embarrass-
ing methods Of financing their pur-
chaSes. y larger percentage of such
buyers We're severely criticized for
utilizing such plans and were sus-
peCted of having exceeded their finan-
clal limit Many of these persons are
now in comfortable circumstances and
own the better grades Of cars.
Conditions Better.
There We're. of course, persons
who We're not in a position to buy,
even after mortgaging their property,
but today this condition exists to
lesser degree than ever before.
The fact that a motorist is able
to buy car out of his monthly in
come is further evidence of his finan-
clal soundness. Should he fail to
earn as he anticipates, he has, as a
further safeguard, all the forms of
financing available to him before
pressnt-time payment methods were
instituted, provided he feels that he
must continue to possess his car.
SO long as the car buyer is finan.
rially sound. the finance institutions
should be able to handle all the in
staiment paper required for the de-
velopment of the process of motor
tzing America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

New York State revoked or suspend
ed 4,477 operators licenses during the
past twelve months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
WARMING ENGINE.
''Pock-Backs" When Motor Is Cold
VIII Cause No Damage.

When the carburetor adjustment is
too lean for the weather or climatic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
j. 5. AIDS ROADS
BY $243,0OO,00
Total of 1899 Miles Com
pIeted, Making 1924 Record
Year for Projects.

Work completed on Federal aid
roads for the year 1925 stands as a
record over any previous year, accord
Ing to the annual report of the SeCre-
tary of Agriculture. which records
notable accomplishments in the direc-
ton of giving the Nation a highway
system. of considerable excellence.
The total length of the projects com
pleted is 1922 miles. The largest
previous years work was less than
10000 miles. Mileage completed since
1917 Is brought up to 46,4S6 miles.
12.463 Miles Incomplete.
These figures. however. do not tell
the whole story of Federal aid road
work during the year. They account
for only those projects which are en-
tirely completed, but do not cover the
bodybuilding activities which were in
progress. Incompleted stretches had
a total length of 12,463 miles. The
Secretary's report states that a con-
siderable portion Of this mileage has
been finished.
Work which has been ended repre-
sents cost of approximately $243.-
100000. OF this sum, approximately
Sill .000, 900 was paid by the Federal
Government. The total cost since
1917 to date has exceeded SS45, 900, 900.
ana the contributor or the FEDERAL
Government has been about $373,-
100000
This total Federal expenditure over
the 9-year period" says the Secretary
in his report. has been large enough
to make the Federal participation
effective without necessitating ex
travagant expenditures of State funds
to meet it. AS the Federal excise
taxes on motor vehicles, tires and mo-
tor vehicle accessories have produced
since 1918 Federal revenues amount
ing to $500, 900 900, it may be seen
that the Federal aid highway expendi-
lures have been far more than paid
by owners of motor vehicles
Pay State Costs.
THE same motor vehicle owners
contributed to the State treasures in
license fees and gasoline taxes during
the last fiscal year more than suffl-
cient funds TO pay the States share of
the cost of the Federal aid roads in
all States with the exception of New
Mexico"
Gravel roads constituted the largest
single class of approved types of con-
struction represented in the highway
construction work finished during the
year. This type totaled 1908 miles.
Portland cement concrete roads cover
ed 2,S07 miles of the 1925 addition to
the Federal aid system, with graded
and drained earth roads totaling 2,064
miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
TAGS OF 48 STATES
OF RAINBOW HUES
Wide Range in Color to Be Found
in License Plates Throughout
United States.

The wide range of the rainbow is
presented in the list of colors of new
license plates which will be carried by
ears throughout the country during
the coming year.
In contrast to the Districts black
numerals on chrome yellow back
ground. will be the plates of Maryland
and Virginia. Maryland tags will
carry white letters and numerals on
d black plate. The Virginia color
scheme consists of orange lettering on
a blue field.
The complete list of tag colors by
States fOIloWs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Changing Balloon Tires.

n simple way to mount a balloon
tire and rim on a wheel is to insert
the valve stem through the wheel hole
While the wheel Is around on one side
instead OF st the top. Once the stem
Is in the hole the tire can be lifted up
and on the wheel by simply turning
the latter a quarter. turn. This saves
actually lifting the tire. The wheel
should not be too high off the ground.
The lower the better for this stunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
SPEED COSTS IN WEAR.
Inspiring Weight Below Springs
Often Suffers Heavily.

Consideration of the unsprune
weight of the car is too often over.
looked by car owners. The weight
above the springs may be riding easily
enough over a rough road, but the
axles, wheels, wheel bearings. differen
tial, pinion gear, steering rods, brakes
and other important parts which are
below the springs are certain to suffer
more as the car is driven faster. 1t Is
true that many cars ride better "a 40
miles an hour over a rough road than
mt so, but the higher speed means q
big sacrifice of long life and efficiency
from the inspiring weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

There is nothing new about the no.
yearly model idea. The average car
owner has been praCticing 1t for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Racing Drivers
Reward Starter
For His Fairness

Fred Wagner's contribution to au-
tomobile racing is appreciated widely,
but by no class more than the drivers
in the big speed classics.
Shortly after he had waved the last
car from the track in the Culver City
race last month the veteran starter
was given one of the most plea mt
surprises of his career when he was
presented with a Buick sedan by 19
of the country's leading drivers.
Peter DePaolo, 1925 champion
started the movement to reward Wag.
ner for his fairness and sportsman
ship to those who come into closest
contact with 1.-THE contestants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Balm for His Wounds.

Gasoline prices present a constant
worry for the motorist. When prices
are high he fears they will go higher.
When they are low. comparatively
speaking. he fears they will not stay
down. 1t may calm him, however, to
learn that Mc. Rockefeller ST.. is
closely attached to an old-time electric
which he drives himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

Next week-CustOmS Are Costly.
Copyright 1928
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

conditions, and the driver does not
have the time, ability or inclination to
tr'' for Il better adjustment, the en-
CINE is certain to pop back through
the carburetOr when warming up. SO
far as the engine alone is concerned
there is little likelihood OF mechanical
damage resulting, provided the driver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

does not attempt to have the engine
pull the car. He should allow the
engine TO warm up thoroughly before
starting. When the engine is pulling
the car, the whole drive shaft, aXleS.
differential and transmission gears are
strained
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04

to the city clerks office and registering, or of
giving his registration to to some political
heller with the hope that it would be recorded.
But even if a voter did cast mis- ballot in
the primary he had no way of knowing
whether he would be permitted to vote. One
citizen, for instance, who lives in the Thirty
Ninth precinct of the Fourth ward, went to the
voting place at $40 a. m, serenely thinking
that he had the right to cast his ballot as an
American citizen. He had voted in the primary
and he naturally supposed he would be per-
mitted to vote in the election.
But he was wrong. He was told upon his
arrival at the voting place that he was not
registered, that he had not voted in the pri-
mary and that he had no right to vote. He was
told these things repeatedly and forcibly. This
particular citizen is willing to make as many
af6davits as necessary to the effect that he did
vote in the primary in that particular precinct
and that he had been voting in that precinct
for six years.
This is just one instance Of many similar
occurrences all over the city, Tuesday. The con
s~titution of Indiana gives citizens of Indiana
the right. to vote, and a joke registration law
or the carelessness of election officials, or both,
deprive them of this right.