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changes. however. care should be ex-
ercised to avoid OVERRIDING 1t. Some
of the best effects are obtained with
the most minor changes.
Carburetor adjustments are an ex.
cellent example. Removal Of a small
bleeder plug in one commonly used
make of carburetor will cause the en-
CINE OF one make of car 10 be very
sluggish in acceleratinS. Remove the
same plug from the motor that has
snappier valve action and a. higher
speed motor and gas mileage will in
crease without any sacrifice of aCcel-
Grafton.
Change often involves n sacrifice,
but where the advantage is preferable
to the sacrifice the course is obvious.
Many car owners would be happier IL
they would dispense with some of the
things that seem to be advantages,
but of which they have grown tired.
Here is "A good example. "A true
story which Smith and ] picked up
from conversation at the motor club:
The owner of the car in question
complained OF low gas mileage and
excessive carboniZing of the cylinders.
Some one asked him If his engine
started easily, and in replying that II
did, he did not realize that he was
corfessing the reason for the poor
mileage and the surplus Of carbon.
BY running with a. much leaner mix
ture, using the choke more to faCili-
tate starting, and by sacrificing the
quick starting feature of his engine
he has found what he wanted.
Many times it's simply the change
that makes a new car seem so won
derful If you don't believe it, try
changing something on the old one.
Copyright
Next Week, No. 161.-Helping the
Pepairer
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FRONT-END DRIVE
ISCALLED BETTER
Builder of Racing Car Tells
Advantages of Method
Over Old Type.

VIII front-end drive soon be a fea-
ture of the American passenger au.
tomobile? The question has been
asked with increasing frequency of
late i'll automotive engineering circles
Following the success of the special
racing cars which embodied this me.
chanical feature in recent speedway
events.
Harry Miller of Los Angeles, builder
of this type of racing machine. was
quizzed as to the future of the devel-
opment as 1t applied to passenger ma
chimes at the Summer meeting of the
Society of Automotive Engineers.
This type of drive has many posi-
bilities. he declared, enumerating
among others that:
1t pulls instead of pushing the car.
It permits the body TO be. placed as
low as desired.
1t is easy to drive.
1t steers more easily without any
need for oversteering.
1t has all the mechanism at the
front, where 1t is accessible.
He said that as much of the car
weight as possible is placed on the
front wheels. All that is carried on
the rear is the fuel tank, and the rear
axle weighs only about &c pounds. The
inspiring weight on the front axle Is
only about 20 pounds more than II
would be with conventional construc
ton. The transmission is carried by
the frame. and a bent axle goes around
it. The brakes are on the transmits
sion instead of on the wheels. The
front wheels have no tendency to
Shimmy If they are balanced. The
universal joints rotate at wheel speed
instead of engine speed, and the ex-
trelne up-and-down movement is only
about IL inches. On the turning
radius four ball bearings are used in
each joint. On the racing cars the
steering angle is about 80 degrees, al
though never more than 3 or 4 de-
grees is used in making the track
turns.
The racing cars are driven by tiny
eight-cylinder engines of 3.16 inches
bore by inches stroke and have a
piston displacement of 9112 cubic
inches. The engines have a super
charged compre ssion ratio of 5.35 to
at the maximum crankshaft speed of
1000 revolutions per minute. and de-
velop 154 horsepower. A car speed of
1905 miles per hour has been attained
on the board track at Los Angeles.
The supercharger, said Mr.. Miller, is
seven inches in diameter and the tips
of the blades have a. peripheral speed
of 6S,533 feet per second, or 720 miles
per hour This gives a supercharg1ng
pressure of 161s pounds. From Is to
20 horsepower is required to drive the
supercharger at maximum engine
speed.
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For the motorist seeking good
roads combined with scenic country
rich in historical and literary asso-
Citations, the run to the tip of Cape
Cod and Provincetown should be
one of more pleasant experiences on
the gasoline trail to which one Will
return again and again.
From New York one follows the
Boston Post road to Providence. and
thence to Cane Cod by way of Fall
River and New Bedford The first
part of the trip also may be made
by going to New Bedford by way of
Newport If this route is chosen, it
will offer two breezy ferry rides
across Nara gansett Bay as a pre-
liminary introduction to the sea that
lashes the coast of the Cape Cod
country.
After one passes New Bedford.
with it's seafaring atmosphere, one
comes to Fairhaven. with the next
town, Mattapoisett, typical of the
Cape Cod community of clustering
houses surrounded by tall arching
trees. On toward Wareham the route
goes, to pass through the gateway
to the Land of the Windmills."
To outline the whole cape, one goes
trip Is scheduled so that time is linz
tied, il may be shortened by making
directly for Hyannis on the South
Shore from Barnstable,
There are many pretty little towns
on the cape which well serve as
headquarters for motorists who de-
sire a point from which they can
make their explorations, One of
these is West Harwich, situated at
a point where the country Is fiatter,
and without the hills that are found
to the westward.
Chatham, called the graveyard Of
ships" because of it's treacherous
coast that has meant death to many
a sailor, has added. despite its terror
to the grandeur of the country there
abouts. Chathams white sands are
suggestive of the Maine coast or the
Silver Strand of California.
Scenery thanking the road from the
elbow to the tip of the cape is as
varied as 1t is fascinating. Rolling
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No. 1sO-Changc as a Remedy.

This car is getting to be somewhat
of an ANNOYANCE. Smith surprised
mo by complaining recently. y think
I'll have 10 get another one. Maybe
! want just a. change.
"If that's all you want" l suggest
ed why don't you change some de-
tailed feature of the car? You'd be
surprised TO find what a big differ
ence it may make in the whole car. !"
"Oh, but the engine is a carbon
collector" he argued i don't know
what you could do to change that.
unless you buy me some magic fuel
Another brand OF fuel, or another
type will make a big difference, L
replied, ''but just for the present let 8
try much simpler type of change.
Smith agreed to this proposal, but
was annoyed when he found that l
was going to tighten the fan belt
There's nothing wrong with the
fam" he said. ITS turning all right
and certainly you can't say the belt is
loose. Leave 1t alone"
But l frightened the belt and. lock-
ing the hood. suggested that he give
the car trial spin over a few good
hills where the carbon ordinarily
would cause knocking. A half hour
later Smith came back with wonder
ment written all over MS race.
Troubles Magical Exit.
It seems that the engine had made
all the hills he tried In high and with
out the knocking that had become
such bore to him.
"A little change is good for any
thing, including an automobile en-
CINE" / explained. Your fan was
working well enough to keep a clean
engine cool. but not one that tends TO
overhead because of the higher COM
preston and the tendency TO preigni.
ton caused by the deposits of carbon.
The extra cooling seems TO be needed
for normal performance when alb
normal conditions exist in the engine
A faster running fan. with no posi-
bility OF slippage, offers the necessary
remedy"
Change Is an excellent remedy for
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Next Week. No. 161.-Helping the
L2apairar
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southern seacoast. 1t was at Barn
stable, through which the road passes,
that Priscilla lived, while Plymouth
stands out as the beginning of colonial
history on the North Atlantic coast.
the Pilgrims having made their land
ing there. In the old burial ground,
overlooking the sea, lie the remains of
the first settlers, while in museum
rich in mementos of those trying days
three centuries ago. and in many land
marks scattered in and about the
town, are reminders of the sturdy folk
who settled the north coast.
The tour may be continued north
westward along the coast to Boston
and then northward or westward into
more country of rolling hills and steep
mountain grades. with many apparent
proofs of the slogan, See America
first"
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"The drunken driver is just as
dangerous, If not more SO. as a
gunman. A hold-up man will not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Do You Know That

The only genuine reservoir of cleo
tricity in the automobile is the con-
denser?
The speed of an automobile engine
can, and sometimes does, exceed that
speed at which horsepower reaches It's
peak, but at a great risk?
Hard riding springs are source OF
power loss since the engine must com
pensate for the lack of freedom with
which the car adjusts itself TO the in
qualities of the road surfacep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
NEW DEVICE PREVENTS
STALKING AT LOW SPEED
Recently Patented Transmission
System Said to Eliminate Gear
Shifting Altogether.

Electric gear shifting arrange
ments and other similar devices de-
signed to free the driver from this
burdensome feature OF car opera
ton have been tried on automobiles
for years.
Now comes a Beaver Dam, Wis,
man who has patented transmits
sion system that eliminates gear
shifting altogether. In addition, the
claim Ia made for the Schlay product
that II prevents stalling at low en-
CINE speeds.
The working feature of the inven-
ton lies In an adjustable eccentric
by which the output of the engine is
adapted to the load or the resistance
of the traction wheels.
The inventor was awarded the
patent on his device month ago.
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shoot his victim except in extreme
cases. and often does not use his
weapon except to scare his victims.
But the drunken driver has lost all
sense of responsibility. I have yet
to hear sound argument against
sending drunken drivers to Jail.
Most drunken motorists should go
to the penitentiary. though I think
that such sentences should be OPP
tional with the courts, even if many
OF them have been too easy with such
criminals. The Judge who hasn't the
courage to do his duty In such cases
Is a poor excuse for a magistrate.
lie should be replaced by a man with
backbone
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URGES DRUNKEN
. DRIVERS Be JAILED
Maryland Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Holds Safety of
Public at Stake.

Penitentiary sentences for drunken
drivers are the best possible deterrent
for this growing menace to human
life, in the opinion of L. Austin Baugh-
man, Maryland motor vehicle commits
sioner.
In making this statement the Mary.
land official made it clear that the
question of a mans right to drink
or not to drink intoXicants was not
involved in any way. Declaring that
he has yet to hear a sound argument
against sending drunken automobile
operators to Jail, Commissioner
Baughman says:
I'm this connection l desire to be
understood as asserting my belief
based on over nine years of official OBJ
servation and analysis-that no one
user of the highways has the right
to so conduct himself as to endanger
through his own acts the lives of
other users of the highways. At the
same time | am convinced that the
drunken driver is becoming a deadly
menace, not only to pedestrians, but
to other motorists also.
Deaths Show Gain.
Statistics from some IS cities show
an alarming increase in automobile
deaths directly chargeable to the more
or less insane recklessness of intoXi-
Gated joyriders With others who are
studying the question l feel that the
hour has arrived for such orGani-
cations as the National Safety Coun-
Gil and it's affiliated organizations,
Chamber of Commerce and automo.
bile clubs throughout the country to
unite in a determined drive to reduce
the number of fatalities caused by
this particular type of human ele-
ment in the traffic problem which
the entire country-and, indeed, the
entire worlds trying to meet and
solve.
I'VE should, in no soft-hearted
nor mushy way, impress upon motor
lists who are addicted to taking drink
that unless they fix and observe a
dead-line which allows a wide margin
of safety that they face the chance
of an appreciate stay behind iron
bars if they attempt to drive an auto
mobile after having taken any intoM-
eating liquor.
One Drink Incapacitates.
Even one drink of the poison that
is being peddled these days is enough
in many instances to incapacitate
many motorists. If they will not see
and avoid this risk then national
tence must be instituted to curb this
evil.
statistics received from reliable
sources throughout the country show
that the loss of life and limb caused
by drunken drivers Is increasing
every month, partly due to the fact
that some of the courts have been
lax in imposing adequate sentences
on offenders convicted of killing or
injuring people while driving under
the influence of liquor. In some
cities, however, where judges have
imposed seemingly harsh sentences,
the number of automobile fatalities
has decreased, thus evidencing that
such examples deter people from in
dulging in drunken joyrides.
Dangerous as Gunmen.
"The drunken driver is just as
dangerous, If not more SO. as
gunman. A hold-up man will not
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John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

whom motorist should welcome lie
NOT selfish: rather a motoring chap willing and glad
in beneht
the or more members of the motor can
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Better Slow Speed Action.

Under such circumstances il is A
good plan TO retard the timing just
little, so IL the driver forgets to re
tard the spark at the steering post
he will get a smoother slow-speed
action anyway. In making any
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automobile ailments, as Smith learned
from this simple experiment. 1t has
been a very useful rule in my per-
sonal motoring, and | neTer fail to
try something different when the car
seems to be getting into a rut Of per-
Torrance.
Changing the air pressure in the
tires often will effect a pleasing
change in the riding qualities, partic-
ularly If variations in pressure be-
tween front and rear tines are tried.
Sometimes this will stop an annoying
galloping effect.
Changing Throttle Position.
One Of the most interesting changes
l ever made was a slightly different
setting of the idling position of the
throttle. Just by fixing 1t so that the
throttle did not close as far as usual
the engine idled fast enough to over
come a tendency toward noisy gear
equipped with a clutch brake which
slowed down the clutch gear too
quickly when the clutch pedal was
disengaged Urior to shifting. A faster
| idling engine will tend TO overcome
this condition.
BY setting the spark a little farther
| in advance the whole character OF the
car Is altered. 1t can be made to
run to 10 miles faster. although
| it will not run in high gear so slowly
as before the change. The driver
| will have to give more attention TO
spark control with this arrangement,
! particularly when accelerating and in
climbing hills but the change is quite
apt to make his car seem like an en-
| tirely different machine. And it will
make a new driver of him.
| Suppose the car is not especially
we'll adapted for slow driving in high
and the owner has much need for
such performance in traffic?
Better Slow Speed Action.
Under such circumstances il is A
i rrnnA III "a 90 I'd tho timing ifISf
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-16

Testifying before the senate commit
tee, Alfred P. Dennis, vice chairman
of the commission, told story of dis
sention and delay that is the COM
missions rule.
No action has been taken on the
cotton hosiery case, said Mr.. Dennis
To prove the need for tariff reduc-
tions in this industry, Mr.. Dennis
said that American manufacturers
export goods in competition with So
called pauper labor in other countries
He pointed out that Americas an
nual production of cotton hosiery is
100000 pairs, of which 5,159,75(
pairs are exported. Imports are only
APT 900 pairs.
Notwithstanding the relative in
significance of the imports, and the
fact that domestic manufacturers
have such domination of the market
that they export $10,OOO,0OO worth Of
these goods annually, Chairman Mar
vim and others of the commission pro
tect high prices by refusing to con
slider the case, Mr.. Dennis said
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Minneapolis. s.-Organized labor op
poses the secret and unlawful dis
charge of seven public school teach
ers by the board of education. The
boards action was taken without Civ
ing the victims an opportunity to de-
fend themselves. No charges wers
presented. Two are members of the
American Federation of Teachers
They served more than the three
years required by law to establish
tenure.
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ences which lead teachers into a
spirit of revolt.
That "the teachers must live and
work in an atmosphere of freedom
and self-respect" was written into the
preamble of the constitution.
I'VE wish to encourage all move
ments having for their object the
modernization of the school curricu-
lum to bring it into harmony with
social and economic progress" was
written into the first platform. The
social sciences were advocated as a
part of curriculum at several conven-
tions as we'll as teacher participation
in curriculum making.-A. F. of I
Monthly Bulletin.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddletOwn, O.
HAMILTON'S CLEANUP

Hamilton is in for one of the most
thorough clean-ups in its long his
tory. 1t is three years since the city
has had real 'bath" and it is need
ing one badly. Those in charge of
the "wash-up" this year are deter
mined to see that the job is done
right and in workmanlike manner.
Usually it took one week to do the
annual polishing, but because of the
neglect of it the past several wears
two weeks will be given to it this
year.
All this is to happen the last week
IN April and the first week in May
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-16
TEXTILE BARONS
Demand Protection Yet
Compete With Europe's
Cheapest Labor

Washington.-A senate committee
is uncovering methods employed by
the United States tariff commission
to maintain high customs duties,
while domestic manufacturers who de-
mand protection" compete with
Europe's cheapest labor.
Thomas O. Marvin, former lobbyist
for New England high tariff inter-
ests, is chairman of the commission.
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LABOR WILL NEVER QUIT

1t should be unnecessary for the
workers to announce their right to
trade union organization. The right
to voluntary association is firmly
established in the Declaration of In
dependence and in the federal con-
stitution. The very forces which
make civilization possible depend
upon organization for their success,
yet one of organized labor's gravest
problems today arises from the bra
zen determination of some employers
to prevent their employees from
enjoying the right of voluntary
association. They dare not publicly
disclose their purpose, but mask
their efforts under such misleading
terms as an "open shop" or the
American plan"-shops which are
only open to the unorganized under
plan which is in open fragrant viola
tion of American institutions.
These self-constituted overlords in
industry believe in organization for
themselves and the federation of
their organization into national bodies.
These men enjoying the priceless
right of voluntary association, apply
every possible method which their
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GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies' and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's.
1862 N B street. Phone 2617-L
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most cunning attorneys can devise to
destroy or prevent the right of organ
ization among their employees.
The non-union conditions which
they establish create inequality OF
rights and of opportunities, and
establish the employer as master
and converts wage-earners into help
less servants. This most un-American
condition, this condition which its
sponsors intend should give them
rights and privileges which they can
successfully deny to their employees
is contrary to the principles of JUS
tice and to human liberty.
1t is non-union policy which the
American trade union movement in
tends to destroy, root and branch, as
thoroughly as our nation, as result
of the Civil War, destroyed the be-
lief in some mems minds that they
had legal, constitutional right to
buy and sell other human beings.
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Aa pa IA "a
THE BREAD TRUST QUIT?

THE BREAD TRUST QUIT?
The $4,000 100000 bread trust has
surrendered it's charter to the federal
district court and is no more, but
what of it? Equally big corporations
owned by the same interests are al
ready dividing the spoils from the
sale of bread and other articles of
food.
Great public outcry, beginning with
the farmers and labor group in con-
gress and the progressive forces.
were responsible for the nipping in
the bud of the giant combination that
was to put the steel trust in the
shade.
Nevertheless, consolidation in the
making of bread and cake stuffs, mass
production and combination is likely
to continue as the trend of the times.
With the bread trust dissolved on
paper, those who have at interest the
needs of the producers and consum-
ers will look with interest at the per-
formances of the giant corporations
still in the field.
There is the $1O0,OOO,OO0 General
Baking Company, the $600,000,000
Continental Baking Corporation and
the $150,OOO,OOO Ward Baking Com
pany still going strong, extending
their tentacles for the complete
monopoly of foodstuffs.
The purpose of the Baltimore con-
sent decree is to restore or protect
competition in the sale of bread.
Whether any Improvement will result
remains to be seen.
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