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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
Safety Hints Given
by Automobile Club

Automobile club bulletins giving
information on road conditions arc
now carrying safety suggestions on
spring driving with special refer.
encc to the need for chains on ter.
tain roads during the rainy season.
Tho Washington Auto club and
clubs in other territories where
spring weather Is now well under
way arc performing valuable
service to members in this dircc.
ton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
new EQUIPMENT
ON 0AKLANDS
Accessories Now Furnished
by Car Manufacturer

The motor cars exhibited at auto
mobile shows this year reveal
greater amount OF factory equip
ment-eauipment that previously
had 10 be purchased As accessories
than during any previous shows
In tho history q the industry.
c. ". Mathcson vice president
and director OF sales % tho oakland
Motor chr company. points % this
development as another proof that
cnrs today are gclling az lower
cost than az any time In the paat
four wears Not only Is tho aver.
ago list price OF al automobile
lover. taking all makes into consid.
Grafton, bat the actual reduction "A
greater because OF the extra equip
ment included.
Particularly ON closed models Is
the tendency toward more fully
equipped cars noted. according 20
Afr Mathcson. Ho points out that
az the New York show considerably
more than 50 per cent u the mod.
cls displayed had windshield clean.
ora. approximately IS per cent o.
them being automatically operated.
Suubbcrs. sun visor. transmission
lock. rear view mirror. dome light
and heater are Eomn Of the other
features OF equipment 10 b found
on kIge percentage q ears To-
day. particularly CA the closed
MODELS.
''rhis development has come about
mainly in the Inst five years" says
Nfr. Matheson. In my opinion. II
Is significant because il shows O
sincere effort on tho part Of the
motor car manufacturers 20 effect
saving for the owner. hy romov.
ing the necessity for purchasing
extra equipment AZ a higher price
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
Ontario to Put 3
Cent Tax on Gas

The provincial treasurer OF on
tario announced 10 tho legislature at
Toronto on March that a tax OF Q
cents a gallon Imperial gallon equals
i20o9 Z. s. gallons) win be levied on
an gasoline sold in the province Of
Ontario. The tax "a expected TO be.
come operative within the next two
months, according 20 a report from
Consul Harold Shantz. Toronto.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
German Company
Opens New Plant
&sttle Youth Develops Big Business Here by
Making Western Product for the West

ors Cor charging tho lead oxide plates
whom they arc submerged In acid,
changing them 20 peroxide OF lead
The standard battery Of tho firm
fits ~ different makes 81 automo
blles
we are firm boosters Tor North.
west products" said :, !, Smyth,
secretary ,trcaSuror OF the firm. our
concern Is owned by the people opcr.
ating u, We make our own materials
and buy the raw proluets hcrr. We
expect 20 grow with the country and
Viii serve the automobile trade with
as good a battery as can be obtained
anywhere.
Tho firm sells entirely by whole,
sale 10 dealers. supply houses and
battery shops
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
SMALL AND LIGHT

Small cars 10 Europe have engines
with piston displacement OF from 50
to 81 cubic inches. much smaller sven
than the 93-lnch displacement 10
which racing cars In America have
been brought down 10 for this year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
WHY THE SMALL CARR

The small car has been made
popular ia Europe primarily because
its maintenance ls low and then be-
cause taxes on Il are low In add.
ton It Is best FOR city conditions. be.
ing faster. easier 70 operate and
easier TO park
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
MAKE ANY
TYPE KNOWN

Any type Of battery that has over
been used In an automobile can be
replaced al the plant. It also turns
out hundreds Of various types Of mn
rirs batteries for Sound and Lake
craft.
The firm is completely equipped
With a large power plant. 4 motor
generator is capable OF charging zoo
batteries AZ one time.
There are two 500 ampere general
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
AFTER nrRrN DRIVERS

Tho Automobile Club Of Southern
California !B renewing its standing
offer Of $50 and $3.50 for the arrest
Of any driver who strikes a person
or other vehicle and fails to stop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28

flcxibility gained thru tho use Of the
winfield are constantly being re-.
ceivcd at the Western Auto Supply
Co. in every city where they have
established an auto supply store
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
NEW prsT SETTLER

A Holland candle maker Is expert.
menting with coal tar preparation
FOR settling dust on the highways.
Repeated sprinkiings arc said TO
form road covering similar 10
nsphalt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
BY John W. Nelson

Eight years ago a slender youth
with an idea started out 90 learn
The automobile battery business
ne visited every large factory in
America and studied the making
a batteries Then he toured k.u-
rope ana went thru the biggest bait
tery plants there. Returning. no
came hack 20 Seattle, intent on be-
sinning the manufacture Of bait
,eries
Hut there was one branch OF the
business that he felt unframed Ia.
me cost % running factory was
a problem So he wen, 70 san
Eranciseo and obtained employment
IN the parts department of the Ma
,ional Carbon Co. makers Of u ma
,ionaily known battery.
That young man IS r. J, Cor
man. who recently celebrated his
.s,h birthday. For four years he
las been making batteries in seat
he. and ust now no IS fitting up
the 100000 battery plant OF the
nrm az 1901 Rainier ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28

The Lincoln highway in Pennsyl-
vania is TO carry markers al historic
points telling the story OF each To-
caiity. 30 that be who drives may
read
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28

Yosemite National park is going to
have n museum for It's tourists.
where specimens and other exhibits
from the park win he on view.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
ALL ri BBfK
C0>TiINER

The outstanding feature Of the
Gcrnian battery is the allrubbCr
ease, IN one piece. This prevents
seepagc Of acid into the wood. pre-.
zTves the life OF the battery and ts
10 more expensive than tho old style
wooden box. stili widely used
Every part Of the battery with
,hs exception OF the box, Is manu-
taetured in the Rainier ave. plant.
The firm uses IS tons OK lead each
mssh aud there arc "a employees,
ngton. Idaho. British Column.
1Nion,ana. Oregon and the north
srn part Of California arc supplied by-
,he Local firm,
The new factory Is ideal In ar
tangement. There is a large chem
isal department where the raw chem
Gals are put on the grids Then the
plates are put in the acid, where u
i seasitized. They are then put in
batteries and charged aud finally are
fitted with parts and tested thoroly
ofore being stamped and made
ready for shipment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28
BATTERY FOR
WESTERN CLIMATE

~westarn batteries tog Western
climate" Is the slogan that German
adopted when be entered the battery
business in a small shop. where his
capacity was two batteries day,
me same slogan sim guides the In
ausirial enterprise. tho il has ex.
banded until its capacity Is $50 bat.
isriss \ day incorporation has been
raised from $4,000 TO SlOo. geo. and
ire firm is producing IS batteries
d and selling them all. in addi.
o. 4 large list Of parts. radio II
batteries. battery shop equipment
and other articles
The trade field invaded by Cor.
nan batteries extends from Alaska
10 California. from Montana 10 tia-
wAii and the Philippine Islands.
Inquiries have been received from
asia. and shipments TO the Orient
are in prospect FOR this growing Sc
sffts firm,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-28

The slender youh nothing mp the big battery Is r. j.
German, 90 founder md o,gaazer oeH president Of
The Il. j. German Co., Inc. Seattle battery makers Upper
ioit shoWs the German plant ut 1901 Rainier Gve.
Lower le is the charging Of the plant and the
ADORE shocs the chemical plates being treated in acid to
precptate the meta before they PIT into the batteries.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
Filipino Coast Guard
Nucleus Of New Navy

Manila.-With the organization and
training Of the officers and crews Of
the lnsular feet Of coast guard cutters
along military lines. approval Of which
has been given by Governor General
Wood, department heads and Brig.
Gen. Rafael Crane. chief Of the con
stabulary. are laying a modest begin
ming for a future Philippine navy.
General Crane, with the approval Of
Secretary Of the Interior Felipe Agon-
clio. recently authorized the transfer
OF arms and other military equipment
fer use Of the coast guard sailors, the
men having volunteered to furnish
ehelr Own uniforms.
At present the coast guard force con-
saats o. 300 oflcers and men, Although
the sailors are not required to per-
form military service. It is said all
have volunteered to do this additional
wnEk aboard ship and Ashore.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
British Give Names
to Railway Locomotives

London.-The London & North East
ern railway has revived a custom Of
the old stage coach days, when every
coach had its name, and now gives
every locomotive a title instead Of a
number.
The first of a series will be named
for well known race horses, some Of
the new locomotives being labeled
"FlyIng Fox" "Ormonde," Hermit"
"Diable," Donovan" "Doncaster,"
and other notable runners Of the turf.
The Southern railway also has
adopted the idea, naming its engines
Cor well known men. "His Majesty"
the largest locomotive on the line, Is
one, and s'The Prince Of Wales" an
other.
Every locomotive IN the passenger
service. throughout the country 0
viii have its nam and in time none
but the little freight yard switching
engines will be known by numbers.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
A Novel Bottle.

In furnishing information con-
corning Calcutta's supply of the va
rious soft" drinks, Consul General
William H. Michael refers as follows
to an improved bottle In use:
This bottle is SO blown as to con-
tain in the neck a round glass stop
per, which is forced upward by the
gas in the bottle and holds the gas
perfectly. An expert can remove
half the contents of n of these bot
ties and by a shake force the ball up
into the neck and thus preserve the
remaining half fo- future use. It
is an ingenious device and every way
superior to the old-style corks. In
opening a bottle a wooden, cup
shaped device which fits into the hol-
low Of the hand and contains a short
nipple, is placed Owe and against the
glass ball stopper and pressed down
ward. This causes the ball to drop
down into the neck of the bottle. pre-
vents too rapid escape of gas and
foam, and. If only part of the con-
tents is required, the ball may be
forced back into position as stopper.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
Fleas, Rats and Bubonic.

1t las long been known that rats
are an important of the spread
OF plague, but more recent research
es seem to indicaL that fieas serve
as an intermediate link in conveying
the disease from rats to Ac-
cording TO the observations and con-
clusions Of Simond, infection OF
plague from one human being to
another takes place, but in, an IN
significant number of cases COM
pared with those where ieas carry
the infection from rat to man. The
recent experiments Of the plague
commission at Bombay have estab-
Iished the fact that tieas convey the
plague from lnrected to healtny
rats. and it has been shown that q
species OF tea concerned is always
found In plague-infected houses.
Medical science therefore declares
war upon TEAS ae upon mosquitoes
and the mystery Of e%pidemics Is pro-
rorsicnal,y cleared up. Yet much
rer- N.la be learned.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
GOV TRAITS OF THE LION.
Frequently Lives for Days on such
PIebian Food as Rats.

The king Of beasts" declares IA
writer upon the lions of Africa, is an
unmitigated nuisance. The stock
owner loathes him for the havoc he
causes a.-ong the herds. There is no
security against him. He is always
travelling. A pair of lions may find
q spot where game is easily obtain
able. and make a considerable stay
there, but their real home is the
whole weld If the lion slew only
as much as ne coul eat, he would be
less hateful; but he will often kill
four or five oxen and content himself
with devouring only the entrals OF
one.
He is a low, crafty brute, M that
takes no risks, for, unlike the Loop
ard. he will never leap a wall unless
he a see what is on the other side.
A paper fence would keep him away
from a herd of cattle provided they
did not break out through terror OF
his growing and his smell. The
lions roar is the subject of another
fiction; not that he Is not capable of
making the most terrible, awe-inspir-
ing sound emitted by any living
thing, but because when he is roar
ing he is harmless. It is the lion
which keeps quiet that is to be fear
ed for as a rule, the male and fe-
male work in couples, and the one
that makes the noise is merely driv-
ing the game down the wind to the
silent partner.
In a single respect only-on the
score of strength-does the lion de-
serve ais name of king of beasts"
He cam, drag a large. bullock over
rough ground with the greatest
ease; he can carry a mule on his
back after hoistlAs 1t there by some
strange sideways jerk Of his head;
ne can leap a ave-foot fence with a
full-sized donkey grtpped In his
mouth. Otherwise, speaking from a
seven years experience in the lion
country, / have no hesitation in de-
scribing the king of beasts as a
fraud, at least SO far as his alleged
nobility is concerned.
Ills regal attributes lose some Of
their glamor when one learns that
the so-called monarch frequently
lives for days at a time on such uleb-
ian food as field rats; and the Wis
ion o the kingly creature sitting pa
tiently on a fat rock waiting for the
rats to come out from underneath is
a rather unheroic one.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20

In the Northern part of India
sheep are put to a use unthought OF
in European or American countries
They ere made to serve as beasts of
burden, because they are more sure
footed than larger beasts, and the
mountain paths along the foot OF
the Himalayas are steep and difficult.
The load for each sheep is from Is
to 20 pounds. The sheep are driven
from village to village with the wool
still growing. and in each town the
farmer shears as much wool as he
can sell there and loads the sheep
with the grain which he receives in
exchange. After his flock has been
sheared he turns its homeward. each
sheep having on its back q small bag
containing the purchased grain.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
How to Tell Rabie in a Dog.

Here are the symptoms End pro-
gressive stages of rabies, given by
Dr.. George G. Rambaud of the Pas
teur Institute, by which owners of
dogs may know the diseases in their
pets. The symptoms appear in this
order.
/. Change in the disposition of
the dog.
2. Jnusu.l show Of. attachment
% its MASTER
3. Disappearance from It's home
for from several hours to two days.
A. Change in the bark or total
absence of barking, eve on provoca-
ton.
s. Lack of appetite, difficulty in
chewing and swallowing solid food.
6. Excitement and hallucina-
tions. The dog snaps at imaginary OBJ
Jects and may attack its master. 1t
Is excited by the sight of another
dog though this stage may be absent
In the dumb form of the disease.
4. The dog eats It's own bedding,
tears cushions, carpets, &C.
8. 1t seems to be unable to eat.
The dog takes food into the mouth
but the food drops out after n or
two attempts to swallow it. Drink
ing, however. is interfered with very
little, o. not at all, and there is no
hydrophobia ("water fear'') in the
St1icted sense of the word.
g.. Unsteady gait, which shows
the beginning of paralysis In the
hind quarters. The pupils of the
eyes are dilated.
10. Later. there are paralysis OF
the lower jaw. shown by the drop
ping Of the jaw. general paralysis
and death.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
All b a o

Twill you please take that book
out of this seat?"
"What for?"
I'D like to sit down there"
'Plenty of other seats in tAss ear,
are there not?"
YES. sir. but this happens to De
the one | want"
Just So"
(Pause.)
win you take that book OFT of
this seat?"
mo, SIR"
"You will not?"
81 will NOT"
II think it's hoggish for a man to
Pile his baggage on the seat alongside
or him"
{ CAnother pause.)
"ODcs move. will yen take that
hook orp Of this seat?"
"Once more, sir, no"
Then I'll throw it out of the vim
dow"
Il advise you not to do it."
1907"
eyes; you might get yourself into
trouble"
BY the way of reply the irate pas
senger picked up the offending book
and hurled it through the open win
dow.
Now, sir" be demanded, what
are you going to do about it?"
Nothing. The book isn't mine"
Whose is it?"
Il think it belongs to that husky
looking fellow in the other end of
the car, who seems to be coming back
to look for it."
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
Tenement ARMY OF
WALL STREET UNITED
Clubhouse and Playground
Provided by Corporations.

New York.-Wall street with Its
skyscrapers houses ON Office population
Of 100000 by day and is held by a
tenement garrison of 10000 by night.
Wall street is the sole livelihood of
this skeleton force Of nightfolk. In
discharge of a sense Of obligation it
has quietly fostered an interesting
piece Of citizenship work the last ten
years.
The major result of the work, lead
ers say, has been to convert the dis
trtct from New York's most polyglot
belt, with 400 families representing
% nationalities, into probably it's most
closely knit, most homogeneous COM
munity.
Financed by 1000 Corporations.
The work is financed by 1000 cor
porations, firms and individuals under
the name Of the Bowling Green Neigh
bOrhOod associations.
The activity is expressed, for ex-
ample, In terms of a model four-story
dwellinghouse on West street for head
quarters; a $4,000 playground cover
ing nine city lots on the river front
70 dourishing orchestras and clubs for
young people; nine social and political
clubs and lodges for adults; educa-
tional classes, health clinics and com
munity services in general which the
association operates either singly or in
conjunction with uptown agencies.
Irish pioneers, later joined by Aus
trlans. Syrians and Greeks, head the
census In downtown Manhattan, which
also includes Slavs, Turks, Armenians,
Serbs, Rumanians, Scandinavians and
other nationalities seemingly too di-
verse eve to bring together. Yet
racial demarcations, socially consid-
cred, are disappearing, association
heads assert.
Common Employment Has Helped.
Common employment has helped to-
ward this coalescence. Wall street
buildings like the Equitable, Empire
and the various banks carry on their
payrolls for cleaning and other work
some 3.731 women and 2.651 men of
the n~eighborhood. They work split
tricks at the start and the end of the
night. as a rule, and often double in
restaurants at noon. Annual earnings
for families in the district, with both
parents working, average $1,000 each,
according to Paul Franklin, executive
director of the association.
Group activities and the second gen.
GRAFTON of children have been the prin-
cipal factors in the "get-together'
phenomenon presented by the commu-
nifty. II was said. The association has
long since dispensed with interpreters.
Where grownups have not picked up
English their offspring are on hand to
piece out. To@all practical purposes
the % nations. speak a common tongue.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
"FINDING's KEEr1NGs" MYxuz
10 Avoid Arrest One Muot Restore
Property to Loser.

- AVOAu AtCSD Onc muD@ NeCStOEC
Property to Loser.
That there is still some faith in
the truth of the old-time juvenile
dogma, findings keepings' is occa-
sionally attested ~ cases n which
the finder of lost articles complains
bitterly yer the size Of the rewards
offered to them on the restitution Of
the goods to their owners. Now and
then a New York messenger boy is
proclaimed in the prints as the finder
of a pocketbook containing papers
and checks or large value Tor whicnS
the owner is willing to give only a
small sum in return. The sugges-
tion Is held out that injustice is
done to the honest" boy by the
meagreness of the compensation.
Somehow or other the ruth does
not effectively establish itself that
a reward is a gratuity. lot a right,
and that there is no possible course
for an honest finder save to restore
the property to its owner. Ii find
ing things Is regarded as a legitimate
line OF trade. the hnder must take
his chance. , or getting a sufficient
recomponse TO pay for his trouble
An instance of this doctrine lead
ing its holder into trouble has just
ccme to view in the dispatches from
a Southern city which tell of the ar
rest of ali employe In a waste paper
establishment who declined to sur
render certain letters which he had
found in the scraps purchased by the
firm. These letters had VI been
delivered by the postal authorities
and were technically in the custody
of the United States Government.
When the porter declined to give
them up unless rewarded he was
promptly put behind bars, a whole
scme object-lesson for these who
contend that there is virtue in tho
theory that findings keepings."
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
After-Egects OF the Grip.

DR.. Clouston. of Edinburgh. said
it seemed as II mo disease Of whose
effects there was any correct record
had such far-reaching evil effects as
this one, and among its seQuelae he
enumerated a depressing influence on
the whole nervous energy, melancho-
liza. neurasthenic conditions, prema-
ture senility, various forms Of paraly-
sis, neuralgia affections and a gener-
FL incapacity for work.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
a Peal Luxurv.

Waiter" said the diner. lit says
here on the menu green bIuefish.'"
Eyes, sir. That means fresh -
right from the water, sir"
"Nonsense!" said the diner. you
know well enough they do not take
bluefish at this season."
"Oh, that, sir" he said with an air
OF enlightenment, that am hot-house
bluefish. sir"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
Mixed Percentage.

A small boy, writing q compost
ton o.. Quakers. wound up by say
ing tina. the "Quakers never quarrel,
never get into . fight, claw
each other. and never jaw back. He
added: PA is a Quaker. but really
don't think ma car be-"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-12-04
ere It not for the press the labor movement vend not Be
what today who tries TO inue labor paper y
traitor to caue"-Samuel Gompers.
THE CHEHALIs DREDGING PROJECT.

Tomorrow the working win vote the project Of pro
vdng channel the Chehas river from Aberdeen to
ontesano election of and several counclen also
slated but the Chehs project IS the most when the
future prosperity of Gays Harbor taken into consideration
Many years ago Chehals river and especially the Grays
Habor bar unsafe for all ships except the very smallest
citizens Of this county struggled and fought added
burden and wrested oday prosperity from the bleak
hills dismal tide lands that seemingly blocked progress
handicap handicap that hits chiefly at Montesano and
Ea indirectly all of Grays Harbor Aberdeen Hoquiam
and Cosmopos large ships day. and
Grays Harbo the greatest lumber export center in the world
ontesano the grand total but there is vast
stretch Of land between Aberdeen that could be
turned into productivity instead of being lair for
stills if channel for moderately large ships
vided
Organized the working of Aberdeen and Grays
Harbo generally it to themselves and their community to
yes the proposed bond issue to provide this channel
when they go TO the polls tomorrw.