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Evening star., 1926-12-10

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dtton. Very fine rubber and large Jewett
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S225 is like stealing it,. Small cash payment
aud 2 long time on the balance. Ask TO
see No. 3039. Sterrett & Fleming. 2155
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Evening star., 1926-12-10

A fine selection to choose
from.
, 1926-06-14
NOTICE
To Incon-e Taxpayers.

BLANKS for submitting Income
b Tax returns for the year 1925
by iDdivldu Is whose earned net
incomes were less than $1,000. % are
new icing distributed by the Col
lcctOr Of internal Revenue.
Returns for this class Of income
must be made on or before July l,
1926 in order to avoid penalty
which will be placed on delinquents
after that date.
All persons whose earned net in
comes were les than 5 100000 dur
ing the year 1925, and who are not
exempt from paying Income Tax,
are enjoined to obtain the necessa-
ry blank forms at once and submit
their returns Immediately.
Despatching Secretary's Office,
st. CIoiX, June II, 1926.
G. P. SHAMER,
DeSp0tcbjng Secretary.
, 1926-06-14
Just Received
AT
StoRer?arn'S Store.

\ new supply Of Ford Paris in
Guiding
Commutator Wires for new and old
style Fords, Starter Motor Drive Gear,
Spindle Eodies. Main Bearings, Magnets,
Coil Boxes, Connecting Rods. Brake
Shoes, Brake Band Innings, Fan Belts,
Generator Armalures. Coil Boxes D. 5.
& A. S. Bearings, Muffi-rs, CYL. Head
Baskets, Starting Switch, Ignition
Switches, Diff. Drive Gear. Thrust Wash
ers. Pumps, Fire Gauges, Carburetors,
and many others too numerous to men
ton.
Christiansted, June 10th, 1926.
, 1926-06-14
Publication.

It is hereby made known, that the
House and Land Taxes for the
, year 1925 for the town and coun-
try properties, which became due
for payment on LIST inst, will be
received at the Branch Of the Ma
tional Bank OF the Danish West
Indies in Christiansted for the town
and country districts of Chris
tiansted and at the Frederiksted
Branch for the town and country
districts Of Frederiksted.
At the expiration Of the month
of August, the lists of taxes in
arrears will be forwarded to the
Sheriff for further measures.
Government Of the
Virgin Islands of the United States.
st. Croix, May II, 1926.
G. P. SHAMER.
DeSpatchjng Secretary.
, 1926-06-14
Publication.

PURSUANT ID paragraph 8 Of The
I Charter eli ]olnda ion Of Upper
Chamu8riain FaJteiulr fully Won
C1lo.la .a4 Wits Legacy for as
s.stlu. ned. person@, it is hereby
brought to pubic rH ice that the
SUM Vi rlull~o I,uyo.I0, represent
ing interest accrued on the invested
capital Of the above named legacy,
will be on hand for distribution on
July l, 1926.
Applications containing the re-
Quisite information and duly certi-
fed should be forwarded to the
undersigned on or before the 10Th
day of June, 1926.
Despatchjng Secretary's Office
Chiistiansted, St. Croix. VI
3 June, 1926,
G. P. SHAMER,
Despatchjag Secretary.
, 1926-06-14
Publication.

PURSUANT to paragraph 2 Of the
l Charter Of Foundation Of Mor-
chant Wilhelm Smidt's Legacy for
assisting poor persons in st. CroiX,
it is hereby brought to public notice
that the sum of Francs 672.57!, re-
presenting interest accrued on the
invested capital Of the above named
legacy, will be on hand for distrihu-
ton on July /, 1925.
Applications for participation in
this distribution, duly certified,
should be forwarded to the under
signed on or before the 2Ist day Of
June, 1926.
Despatchiag Secretary's Office,
St. Croix, Virgin Islands,
3 June, 1926.
G. P. SKINNER,
Despatchjng Secretary,
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Leave It to Father.

From the Kansas City Star.
F,ddie-What's saving sense of
humor. dad?"
Father-It's the kind possessed by
people who always want the joke to
be at the other fellows expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09

ford was the last Assistant secretary
to occupy the office prior to McCarl.
Transfer of the personal effects of
the Controller General today consum-
mates the big move which has sub
stantially consolidated the principal
parts Of the General Accounting
ONCE in the Pension Once Building.
and will allow for expansion of Treas
ury activities in the big Treasury
Building. The General Accounting
Office, however. is still spread through
Is different structures.
The War Finance Corporation. of
which Eugene Meyer. jr.. is chairman
is also planning to leave the Treasury
Building tomorrow. IL was learned to-
day. and will move to the Investment
Building.
The space vacated in the Treasury
by the General Accounting Office and
the War Finance Corporation will to-
tai more than 5000 square feet. and
will be used by several Treasury &C.
tivities. Final moving plans have not
been completed. hut il is known that
among those who will benefit will he
Gen. Andrews. and his force. the
Bureau of the Budget. the Supervising
Architect, the Controller of the Cur
rency. Public Debt Service. and per
haps others.
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an updrift Of air to keep the dust in
suspension. Check drafts were placed
in the tube to prevent backfire To
avoid use Of a hand crank an electric
motor was used to drive a pully on q
shaft connected with the rear of the
engine.
To operate successfully we'll bal
anced proportion of dust and air must
be maintained and 1t was found that
the compression stroke collected dust
on the top of the piston before
ignition occurred.
Later piece of six-inch pipe was
forged into shape to fit around a cylin-
der. with valves in top and back. A
glass plate was clamped over the top
of one chamber for observation and
the other covered with a steel plate.
The Bosch ignition system. Undue
ton coil and dry cells, was replaced
by a regular Ford distributor and a
lamp bank using 10 volts from the
power line in the laboratory. The
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being more susceptible to control. Re-
Gently dust engine has been de-
veloped and successfully operated in
Germany, but the Department of
Agriculture experiment Is the first in
this country.
The latent power in grain dust Is
illustrated by such examples as the
complete destruction of a ten-million
bushel grain elevator by an explosion.
1t is estimated that six pounds Of
grain dust is equal to one gallon of
gasoline in BTU" content, or the
amount of heat necessary to raise
pound Of water one degree in tenn
perature, the constant by which
motor fuel efficiency is measured.
Ford Engine Used.
In the Arlington experiment a Ford
engine was used. The carburetor was
taken off and to the intake manifold
was attached metal tube which con-
nected the engine with a chamber
squipped with a small fan and cir
culation pipes arranged to produce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
GRAIN DUST USED
TO DRIVE ENGINE
Agriculture Department Ex.
perimenters Demonstrate
Use of Gasoline Substitute.

An internal combustion engine was
operated successfully at the color
laboratory Of the Department OF Agr1-
culture at Arlington farm yesterday
with grain dust as the motor fuel.
Twelve successive explosions in the
cylinders, equal to "a rotat atoms. were
observed without a miss, thus demon
strating that the device was prac.
tical engine.
The experiment. which has been In
progress for several months, not only
points the way to a vast and un'
utilized source Of energy, but provides
practical use for hitherto waste
agricultural products.
The work has been carried on by
w. A. Noel. associate engineer Of the
dust explosions division of the Blu
reau of Chemistry. and Rudolph He'll
bach, technician of the color labora-
tory.
Dust Is Pulverized Carbon.
Grain dust is, for the most part.
pulverized carbon. When ignited by
an electric spark or otherwise, this
carbon unites chemically with oxygen,
forming carbon dioxide gas. 1t is this
action which is responsible for &C.
casional disastrous explosions in grain
tors now are kept clear Of dust most
of the time. Hundreds of tons Of
the substance are carted to dumps,
although in some localities the dust
is used as a cheap animal food. Most
lN il is pure waste.
The proposal is to utilize this dust
for stationary engines when the en-
CINE advances beyond its present ex-
perimental condition in which its
operation Is necessarily crude. 1t
might even be used as an automobile
fuel.
But the possibilities by no means
stop with the use Of this waste dust,
it was pointed out. There is a likel-
hood that all waste vegetable and
some waste mineral material can be
made useful, and 1t might be pos
sible to utilize surplus grain crops as
motor fuel.
Gunpowder I'm First Engine.
This experiment goes back to the
first internal combustion engine. in
vented by the Dutch scientist Hug.
ghens in 1880. He used gunpowder
as fuel, but this was expensive and
not very practical. so that the use Of
engines did not develop until steam
was utilized. But the idea Of dust
explosion engine remained in the
minds OF inventors. and Or. Diesel, in
ventor of the Diesel engine, first con-
sidered using powdered fuel instead
Of oil But he returned to oil as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
ANDREWS TO GET
LARGER QUARTERS
Controller McCarI's Move to
Pension Office Benefits
Prohibition Chief.

AS j. r. McCarl, controller general
of the United States, moved from the
Treasury Department Building today
to the Pension Office, plans We're
under way for transfer of Gen. Lin
coin c. Andrews, chief of prohibition.
to the spacious Offices on the first
floor vacated by McCarl.
Gen. Andrews, since his accession
to the new post Of Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury in charge of all prohi-
bition forces Of the Nation, has had
his office on the second floor of the
Treasury on the Fifteenth street side,
adjoining the corner Office of Under
secretary Winston.
The place to which it is probable
Gen. Andrews will move was occupied
formerly by Assistant Secreta ries Of
the Treasury, before the controller
general took it over Edward Cliff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09

TO what better use can you put
L Summers day than to visit
the quaint and serene streets Of
old Annapolis and the wide,
water-framed acres of the United
States Naval Academy?
The Naval Academy is open
every Sunday to visitors who
come from everywhere in the
world to see the sarcophagus of
John Paul Jones, in the Crypt Of
the beautiful Academy chapel;
the armory with its rare collec-
tons of antique ordnance; Ban
croft Hall lone of the largest
buildings of the world, where
the 1000 midshipmen live, sleep
and play; the famous ships In
Santee Basin, and q dozen other
intensely interesting sights.
Az for Anna polls itself, it 10,
perhaps, the only one Of the pre-
revolutionary cities which has
preserved all the charm and
beauty Of ito Colonial origins.
There are, for instance. still
standing and unchanged. the Old
State House where Washington
resigned command of his vic
torious army and where the first
Constitution delegates were as
sembled; the Richard Carvel
House, around which Winston
Churchill set his romance; ST.
Johns College. founded 1876; St.
Anne's Church, established BY
parliament 1892; and the homes
Of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
Samuel Chase, William Paca and
Thomas Stone, all signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
This excursion costs only &2.32;
on Sundays only $3.50. Children
under II, half fare. The ride by
swift and comfortable w. B. & A.
electric trains is delightful-the
whole way through fresh, open
country. Trains leave terminal
every hour on the hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09

manifolds were removed and the dust
fed by hand through tube to the
intake valve.
Glass Plate Shattered.
After the II successive explosions
observed the glass plate was shat
tered to bits which were thrown 80
feet in the air, accompa by a
terrific report.
The chief need now is some consta mt
method Of feeding in a measured guam
tity of dust.
In addition to grain dust there are
enormous amounts of power latent
in powdered cornstarch. powdered SUI
gar, powdered aluminium and powder
ed sulphur, the latter two producing
even more explosive gases than car
bon dioxida Coal dust provides the
least power of all these materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
TONIGHT.

The National Fellowship Club will
give a dance in the rose room of the
Washington Hotel Visitors welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Delta Sigma Fraternity will
open it's season Saturday at LAiglon
Club for the initiation of - candi
dates. A business meeting will fol-
low a smoker.
The Washington City ChiropractOrs'
Association will meet September -
s pm. in rooms Of the Central Chino
practic College. Dr. n. l.. Fell will
speak.
The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity will
hold a luncheon tomorrow. 1890 pm.
at the Franklin Square Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
City ChiropractOrs'
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

TODAY.
Kit Carson Post. No. >. will meet.
O'Clock. at G. a. r. Hall.
TONIGHT.
Garnett January will conduct class
in Lessons in Truth at the Unity
Auditorium. 1926 | street northwest,
at s o'clock.
The International Language tluh
will meet, 7:30 o'clock. at 1882 Monroe
street. A beginners class in Espe-
ranto will be organized.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
PUBLIC OPINION
CONTROLS TRAFFIC
Success of Movement De-
pends on Support Given,
Dealers Say.

Commencing the get-together en-
deavors on the part of the authorities
and the citizens of the District to
obtain a solution to traffic problems
within the community, the Washing
ton Automotive Trade Association, in
a statement issued yesterday. pledges
it's cooperation in the movement to
gain the support of public opinion
for proper control of traffic.
The dealers organization views the
recent conference of the traffic council
with city officials as move in the
direction of uniting the efforts of
every one concerned and making pos
sible composite solution to a veXins
question that will be acceptable to all.
"A most heartening development in
connection with agitation regarding
traffic regulation in the District of
Columbia has been the attempt to
coordinate divergent opinions and
assemble from all quarters suggested
remedies" the W. A. T. A. state
ment sets forth.
THE recent conference of the traffic
council with officials who are en-
deavoring to improve the situation
here apparently is a step in the right
direction and should be given every
t1ltouIdScIlcllt. mere tdll pt Ilo
successful solution to the traffic
problem in Washington or anywhere
else until the community is unit
on the proposition that there must
exist set of sane regulations and
that these regulations must be given
the hearty cooperation and respect
of every one who uses the city
thoroughfares.
How to arrive at a determination
of what are desirable rules to impose
on the public-the motoring public in
particular-is a task which scarcely
can be accomplished without the sup
port of public opinion. The wishes of
those who are to be affected by
regulations should not he overlooked.
1t was to make certain that no
opinion was disregarded that mem
bers of the community were consulted
The Washington .Automotive Trade
Association sincerely hopes that
efforts to solve our difficulties with
traffic control will be productive of
greater ease in handling traffic and
increased safety for every one. To
achieve this end. the association
pledges its support to all constructive
measures looking to the reduction of
traffic accidents and the factlitatioa
Of traffic control"
Evening star., 1926-02-21

drill night to an actual Inspection OF
the Reserve on the drill hall floor and
on their ships.
Particular attention will be given bv
the examining boards, 1t was said, to
determine what forward steps were
being taken under the reorganization
scheme as provided in the new ReserY.
act. In addition the board will visual
ize what each division has in the wal
of equipment. such as field guns AMI
rifles for landing forces, radio equip
ment, signal outfits, boats, and facili
ties for. storing and manning boats
wharfage facilities, etc.
The Reserve Division has inaug
urated the policy Of calling into th"
department at Washington for three
or four weeks duty of Regular officers
assigned to duty with the Reserves. for
the purpose Of matchmaking then
with the policies and problems. which
Will have 10 be handled. This Is done
for the purpose Of having officers o.
the field who know what problems the
department faces so that when thev
come up in their respective districts
they will be enabled to handle them
without voluminouS correspondence.
At the same time efforts will he
made to keep in the various ReserVs
organizations a Reserve officer on pei
manent active duty, who will be f.
miliar with the continuing policy and
serve as a consultant with the Regu
lars as they come in from time to time
for this duty.
Several officers already have beer
assigned to the department now for
this duty, and while II is not practi,
able TO have officers from all the dis
tricts at this time, because Of lack Of
funds and local conditions in the DiS
trict. nevertheless this has been lai
down as a policy for guidance and &"
| be put into effect in entirety as soon
as possible. 1t may be two or thre.
years, however, before this is done.
The Midwest and Pacific Coast dis
tricts are being given first attentIul,
| because of their great distance from
the department. The nearby districts
it was said. are in closer touch with
the department than the others. II
the case Of the District Of Columhit
it was said there the officers charged
with the administration of the affail-
here are so close to the department
that they can bring their problems u,
Immediately. For the same reason. II
was said. 1t probably will be SON"
| time before a Reserve officer i par"t
| on active duty here.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
LUBRICANT ILLS
MAY Be AVOIDED
Engineer Experts Propose
Remedy for DiIution of Oil
in Crankcase.

Remedy of engine troubles due TO
dilution of the lubricating oil in the
crankcase by diluting the oil before
putting il into the engine was pro
posed by Robert f. Wilson and Rob
ert f.. Wilkins of the Standard Oil
co. Of Indiana AT the recent annual
meeting Of the Society Of Automotive
Engineers in Detroit.
The suggested remedy iur lubrlca-
ton troubles. such as difficult starting
in cold weather, when the oil IL very
stiff and does not flow TO the cylinder
walls and bearings, Followed by IN
adequate lubriCation with the OIL 100
thin in hot weather operation or when
the engine is running at full load IN
low car speed. is to dilute fairly
heavy oil with from 10 TO Il per cent
of a petroleum distillate that is prac-
tically identical with the heavy ends
If the gasoline that gets into the pres
ent oils in the crankcase.
Suitable Oil Produced.
Bv this means ii is possible to pro
duce an oil that is thin enough to
give easy starting and good cold
weather fabrication and Yet IS so
near TO the average constant per
rentaee of dilution i'll cars in use on
The road that in general the pre-dl-
hIted oil will maintain its Viscosity
throughout its entire period of service.
This paradoSical method of solving
some of the fabrication ills due to oil
dilution in the engine was heartily
approved by a number of automotive
experts present at the meeting. who
corrobOrated many of the statements
made and asserted their belief that
the proposed remedy was entirely
feasible and would reduce the oil con
sumption as well. The use of air
cleaners. oil separators or purifiers
and water eliminating devices TO keep
The oil in the engine clean would be
just as desirable with the pre-diluted
oil as with the present oils. it was
said, but with such devices in use
on cars the Oil could be used almost
indefinitely, as oil does not wear out.
Source of fabrication Troubles.
Present fabrication difficulties are
due to the fact that if an oil heavy
enough for proper fabrication when
the engine is hot is used in the crank
case at the start, it is so thick when
cold that it makes the engine hard to
start and does not get onto the walls
Of the cylinders until the car has been
run several miles, whereas if a light
oil Is used to avoid these troubles il
becomes too thin for safe fabrication
after the engine warns up or in hot
weather.
Neither kerosene nor gasoline will
serve the same purpose as the care
fully fractionated distillate that Is be
ing put into the experimental oil, ac
oordinG to Mr.. Wilson. There are
enormous quantities of this distillate
available and the price of the pre-
pared mon -dilution" oil should be
lust about the same as that If medium
oils as now sold. The new type of
oil has been patented and is expected
to be on the market in sufficient guam
titles TO meet the demand in another
year.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Company E, 121st Engineers, still
maintains the top Of the list in the
percentage Of drill attendance this
week, with an average Of 1925. Since
the inauguration OF the attendance
competition recently as q result Of a
drive, the general figures Of all the
commands have shown q decided
Evening star., 1926-02-21
BY No Means Certain.
From the ROYAL Mag 2azine.

From The Royal VI az azlne
Following a dinner of Savants a
certain professor of PHYSIOLOGY
thought he would test negro cloak
room attendant as to his memory.
Although the professor pretended to
have mislaid his ticket, the boy with
out hesitation handed him the right
hat.
"How did you know this one was
mine?" asked the learned man.
"Ah don know dat. suh.'
"Then why do give 1t to me-"
Cause you give TO to me when
YOU come in. sub
Evening star., 1926-02-21
"SH|MMY" MALADY
NEARLY OVERCOME
Manufacturers of Balloon
Equipment See Efforts
Largely Successful.

The efforts OF tire manufact TO
eliminate front wheel "shimmy" Of
balloon tires. which now are used as
original equipment on almost all
makes of cars, are said TO he largely
successful.
The explanation of this dancing
motion of the front wheels by tire
experts is that the "shimmy" Is a
synchronism of the vibrations of the
automobile and road shocks timed
with the revolution of the wheels.
When these came at regular intervals
the vibration or shaking of the
wheels resulted.
Asphalt paving with low wavy
irregularities, for instance, is con-
ducive to "shimmy.' and a car may
run many miles on other roads with
out doing it until it strikes a type of
pavement that is conducive to this
action.
Type of Paving Doesn't Matter.
However, no matter what type of
paving is encountered. wheels will
not "Shimmy" until the car is in the
proper speed range. it is declared.
Despite the popular opinion, this is
not condition experienced only with
balloon tires, as machines on high
pressure tires as we'll may show the
same result.
At high speed the front wheels ap
pear to oscillate from one side to
the other, instead of rolling forward
along a straight path. In addition to
these slight oscillations there is also
an up-and-d down movement. all OF
which can be stopped by a reduction
of the speed of the car.
Effect of Tread Design.
Tread design also has an effect on
the susceptibility and intensity of the
"shimmy." according to tire engi-
neers, the combination ribbed design
being among the best in eliminating
it. Through the development of
gear shaped fiat tire tread, with ribs
around the circumference of the tire
in the center Of the tread. tire experts
have done a great deal in eliminating
this motion.
The low-speed "shimmy." engineers
declare. usually is due to slack. loose
ness. or wear in the steering mech
anism, and is the form that most
people are familiar with. The high
speed type often doesn't appear until
a car has gone 10, so, 60. and even
20 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Boston-New York in So Minutes

Two new types Of passenger ain
planes designed for regular passeu-
ger and express service betv cen New
York and Boston will. when com
pleted. be able to cover nearly 2Vc
miles between the two cities in IS
minutes, according to +. T. Kurt o.
the Aeronautical Engineering Sociely
Of Boston. Models of the machines
says the Popular Science Magazin.
are being subjected 10 eXhaustiy,
tests at the Massachusetts Jnstit1rt.
Of TerhnOloPy