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Evening star., 1926-05-21

English miners admit that they do
not wish to quit work, but still insist
that they will have to see some pecu-
mary inducements to remain at home
instead of coming over to this country
as bricklayers or plastererS
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Baltimore has had fire costing
lars. In view of Baltimore's historic
record in such matters it must be re-
garded as a minor incident
Evening star., 1926-05-21
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Evening star., 1926-05-21

Money wasted in an unsuccessful
by some of our legislators as q viola
ton of some of our most cherished
ideals of economy
Evening star., 1926-05-21

The first speech over the radio by
Thomas Edison was very brief and
not particularly pointed. The facili-
ties of air communication are not yet
developed to a degree that serves the
purposes of a rapid-tire questionnaire.
Evening star., 1926-05-21

The Hohenzollerns demand their
estates. Their success in avoiding
loss of property as d result of the
war will probably be equal to their
success in avoiding loss of life
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Even the introduction of a grand
Jury fails to take the life story of
Harry Daugherty from the "once-
upon-a time" class.
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Atoms are now supposed to make u
sound that may be broadcast by radio
An atom stands chance of being
more interesting than the average
small-town talker.
Evening star., 1926-05-21
Leadership.

Are you a leader of public opin.
ion?"
II am," answered Senator Sorghum.
"At least, if can get an idea of
which way it is going, I'm several
laps in advance of it."
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Russia has yet to disclose d man
who can be as influential in political
thought as Rimsky-Korsakoff is in
music.
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Legislation is now engaged in con.
sideration of insane patients with a
view to establishing a guardianship
over guardians.
Evening star., 1926-05-21
A Polar Convention.
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From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Seemingly this would be as good a
year as any in which to hold the an.
nual convention of explorers at the
Pole
Evening star., 1926-05-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Always Secure.

Always Secure.
1.-The country is in danger
I hear it every year;
But I am still a stranger
To all distrust and fear.
With every agitation,
When all the votes are in,
I hear the grand Grafton
The country's saved ag'in.'
Evening star., 1926-05-21

Pennsylvania decided to shift the
great economic issue from soft coal to
hard drinks.
Evening star., 1926-05-21
Turn About.

From the Portsmouth Star.
Now that we've had wet referen.
dunn, how about a dry referendum?
Evening star., 1926-05-21
Queer Stuff.

Queer Stuff.
1 cannot sing the songs that wuz
With sentimental slant;
And when 1 hear the folks as does,
I'm sort O. glad can't.
"De bootlegger," said Uncle Eben,
"is mebbe de magician dat trans
formed what we used to call 'tangle-
foot into de Charleston"
Evening star., 1926-05-21
Art.

"Why do you go to Europe to spend
your money!"
Il want to study art"
"What particular art?''
s'The art of salesmanship.'
Evening star., 1926-05-21
Lack of Facilities.

Lack of Facilities.
The Arctic sea out there is still
Beyond our common reach.
1t won't amount to much until
1t gets a bathing beach.
Jud Tunkins says a great man is
one whom posterity judges by what
he did and said and not by the pic
lures and statues of him,
Evening star., 1926-05-21
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening star. with the sunday morn
ing edition. is delivered NV carriers VIM, Wl
the city at so cents per month: daily s onis
40 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may he sent by mali or or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is maoe o9
carrier at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
The man who used to appraise car
by kicking the tires now slams the
doors and strokes the upholstery.
PENNY Wise. Pound Rash.

Students of automobile trends are a
bit alarmed over the drift toward
chea per cars and are squarely BACK
of the few manufacturers VINO are
crying out for higher prices and bet
ters cars.
The reason is not so apparent. how
ever simple IL may seem, Wnen one
has assimilated the facts. In order
to understand why cheaper models
of famous cars may not produce de-
sired results, it is necessary to know
why manufacturing concerns elect to
develop lower priced models.
The big profits in the industry have
been in the quantity production field
manufacturer sees that the builder
of q low-priced car attafns record
production and accumulates fortune
for stockholders. The manufacturer
who decides to follow this rainbow
sets out with the avowed purpose of
making more money. lie cannot pos
sibly be thinking of pleasing his own
clientele. for he knows that as soon as
he sponsors a cheaper product he
makes enemies of the people to whom
he has sold better cars at higher
prices.
What upscts his calculations in an
unusually large number of instances
is the fact that most of the fortunes
have been lost as we'll as made in the
quantity production field. The manu-
facturer that is lured into big produc
tion finds the competition unexpected
ly keen. He finds there is public
preference for the cars already we'll
established in this field. And, finally,
he discovers a painful fact: He has
lost his original customers.
Very few people who can AFFORD
$4,000 for a car are going to be con-
tent with 81 500 one. The misguided
manufacturer thinks that IL his plans
do not work out as anticipated at
least he will be able to please his
original customers with the new
models at the new low prices.
He learns his lesson only too late.
When he goes back to his old fol-
lowing he finds ii rolling around in
some other make of car in the price
class he abandoned.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

gle sleeve proposition. In this type,
however, additional mechanism is re
quired to turn the sleeve OF each
cylinder into new positions while II is
working UP and down.
There are many kinds of rotary
valve gear. but the idea behind each is
the same. Rotation of the valves pro-
vides entrance and exit for the gases.
In some cases the valves rotate in
dividually with mechanism to accom-
plish this, while i'm one arrangement
the valves all are a part of the re-
volving valve shafts. In other words,
valves and camshaft are one.
Now the Piston Valve.
THE farther you get from the pop
pet type the more freakish ii seems to
be. but that is only because we are
not familiar with it. Way down the
line of novelties you find the piston
valve, Each cylinder is connected
with smaller cylinder in which a
piston travels. 1t opens and closes
the port of the cylinder and provides
for the entrance and exit of the gases.
"In all of these there is the constant
striving for silence and freedom from
adjustment But there has been so
much progress in the poppet and
Knight types. however, that the others
are being neglected. In one of the
overhead tappet arrangements. for in
stance, the hollow camshaft shoots "a
cushion of oil on the head of each
valve tappet just before the cam
strikes it. This is providing for quick
or opening of valves without noise and
extra wear. and means more power.
concluded with the remark that 1t
isn't always the idea behind piece
of mechanism so much as the way II
is worked out. Some Of the quietest
engines embody poppet valve gear de
spite the fact that this is recognized
as the noisest type.
Next week. No. II: Where Quality
Counts.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Points in Their Favor.

Nowadays it is the rule to poke fun
at every convention in automobile
design. Some carry it to extremes
and prove themselves poor judges of
design. Everything now cherished as
necessary in design may perish in the
evolution process, but at present it
is well to consider the points that are
still in their favor.
Possibly engines would be more eff
ficient if placed closer to the rear
axle. but the forward engine has one
outstanding advantace from the stand
point of safety. 1t is a good bumper.
Wooden bodies are being displa ced
in measure by steel. but there are
those who will admit a wooden body
is easier on ones nerves in a bad
electric storm.
1t seems there is something to be
said for everything. Closed cars are
safe in that they prevent passengers
from being thrown out in event of a
collision Open cars offer the
convenience of getting out quickly
in the same situation.
Even smelly and poisonous eX-
hausts have their value. They keep
careless drivers from tagging on be
hind and are much more effective pro-
lection against rear-end collisions
than the signs that inform the man
behind when he is too close.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

the situation largely in the hands of
the rubber chemists and technologists.
But what of research on synthetic
rubber? There are SO many examples
of monopolies broken as result of
research that il would seem reason
able to expect some results from this
quarter. Indias indigo monopoly was
broken by German research. and Ger
many's monopoly in synthetic organic
chemicals has been broken by research
in other countries, among which
America is by no means the least
Japanese camphor has lost much of
its world importance with the perfec-
ton of synthetic camphor
The advantage which abundant
raw material has given the United
States and Canada in the production
of methanol from wood Is threatened
by synthetic methano, Synthetic
ntrates are the source &c much con
Germ to Chile. which has for years die
tated the worlds nitrate policies.
Aids to Synthetic Production.
I'm addition to recorded work. our
increasing knowledge of petroleum as
a raw material indicates that it will
yield a variety of oletins and diolefinS
as by-products which may serve ad-
mirably as raw materials for the syn
thesis of rubber. We may have here
an entirely new and promising attack
on a problem of a long standing diff
Guilty.
with this record of achievement,
why should not the rubber associa-
tions, the National Automobile Cham
Der Of Commerce or all the rubber.us-
ing companies in cooperation Suppyrt
a joint effort toward the synthesis Of
a material that will have the neces-
sary properties of rubber, even if it
is not a molecular duplicate?
I'VE venture the opinion that re-
search, adequately supported. in this
field could produce results in less time
than it would take to bring trees into
bearing on the contemplated rubber
plantations.
Let us not quarrel with Great Brit
ain over "A Well-earned advantage.
There must he better way out"
Tires built on the fiat tread principle
are claimed to give longer wear.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Did You Know That

After an engine has been rebored
and new oversize pistons have been in
stalled the car should be able to run
for longer period before carbon will
have to be removed? After reboring,
an engine has a slightly greater pis-
ton displacement. More carbon is re-
CURED to reduce the displacement to
point where compression is raised
enough to cause knocking.
Rims sometimes squeak because
they are too tight? In tightening the
Jugs too much rim is often thrown
out OF line so that it does not run true.
1T isn't necessary to keep the crank
case entirely filled with oil where
pressure oiling system is used? Three
quarts of good oil will enable the pres.
sure oiled engine to operate just as
well as SIX quarts, barring hot weather
or mountain climbing. A greater oil
supply is a protection against running
with too little oil. A larger oil supply
also means better fabrication since a
little oil will thin out or heat UP quick.
er than larger amount.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
SOME HELPFUL TIPS.
Grades Often Sleeper Than First
Glance Indica tes.

Grades are often actually sleeper,
than they look over country roads
This is due largely to humps, or
"tha hankyoumams." which often double
the grade at time when the engine
has enough to do to make the aver
age grade of the hill. II you would he
straininG the engine at Is miles an
hour in high over a macadem road of
the same average grade you would he
straining 1t at 20 over country road.
Cars that are used extensively over
country roads should he examined fire.
quently to see that the wheels are in
alignment and secure on their axles.
Those ruts spell wheel strain even il
you are careful not to swing in and
out of them recklessly.
When wheel starts sinking into
the mud, stop. The longer you try to
get out, without doing something to
give the wheel better traction, the
deeper it will dig its way into the mud.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

be bad Knockers depending upon the
crude and the refining process.
?. All makes of cars have air-cool-
ed engines. A ma iority. however are
also equipped with water-cooing sys-
TENS.
3. 1t is advantageous to use the
hand throttle in traffic to avoid the
loss of precious time required to
transfer the right foot from accele-
rator to brake pedal when a quick
stop is demanded.
4. The amount of gasoline wasted
in stopping a car on the level can be
measured by the amount required to
start the car into motion again at
the speed at which 1t was travelling
before the stop.
5. The best way to keep brakes
equalized is to keep them clean.
Downright 1921
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Lawful If Necessary.

Drivers who think ahead when
finding themselves trapped in a pre-
carious position are reasonably safe
in assuming that they will not be
charged with negligence if. in at
tempting to avoid an accident, they
are found to have violated some tech
nical road rule. This point is GOV
cred in a recent court decision in
Mississippi
To avoid colliding with an oncom.
irg vehicle the driver went over to
the wrong side of the road. where his
car was found after the accident oc-
CURED. 1t was held that he was justi,
fed in violating the rule in order to
avoid the mishap. even though he
was unsuccessful in his attempt at
safety.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
'lnability to Kill"
Swiss Drivers Test
For Auto License

Before one gets a permit to operate
an automobile in Switzerland one
must prove ones inability to kill a
man. Here's the test.
The police examiner plants himself
unconcerredly in the middle of some
unfrequented thoroughfare and orders
the potential motorist to drive swiftly
down upon him, with the injunction
to stop and stop only when the rim of
the bumper touches his waistband.
Many have had their nerves shat
tered and fail in this feature of the
test.
There are no reports of what hap
pened to the policeman in these fail
ureS.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
DANGER FROM SPARK.
Running Lever Up and Down May
Cause Hackfre,

Few drivers know that there is
danger in running the spark control
lever up and down from retard tc
reverse while the ignition is switched
on, even IHCush the starter motor is
not being used at the time. The
ammater will show that in doing this
the movement of the spark control
may make and break the ignition cur
rent. with the result that an induced
spark is sent to one OF the spark plugs
Whether a backfire results depends
upon whether the spark happens to
reach cylinder that is under com
preston or on its intake stroke. The
chances are 10 times as great IL the
engine is warm.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
RUBBER SHORTAGE
! |SBLAMED ON j. s.
Britain's Advantage Due to
Foresight, Chemical Society
/. Journal Says.

American complaint against thu
British rubber monopoly is not justi
fed; 1t is asserted editorially by Indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry, off
cial journal of the American Chemica
Society, of which DR.. Harrison f
Howe is editor.
Great Britain's advantage, ii is de
clared, is due to foresight. Other
countries, having let the British do il
all, now have no real grievance, says
the journal, pointing out that 1.-THE
application of technical information
obtained by the chemist would make
II possible to use annually enough re
claimed rubber to replace 100 10000
pounds of crude rubber, the product
Of 200, 900 acres
This, it is said, indicates the neces-
sity of continued research and expert
ment, to the end that compounds may
he based upon a correct eValuation of
the ingredients and their heha vior
under service conditions. Small guam
titles of selenium. it is added. have a
decided effect upon the resistance of
rubber compounds TO abrasion.
Explains Monopoly.
loudly of reprisals against Great Brit
diD bC'duSc VI dllcSCd
and monopoly OF rubber do not mea n
much of what is credited to them" the
journal says. "Monopolies are either
bestowed by nature in the form of
highly concentrated or unique de
posits or are created by far-sighted
constructive working policies.
Many years ago Great Britain
foresaw the coming Importance of rub
ber and took steps to insure an ade-
quate supply. Others, satisfied with
their source of supply, let Great Brit.
ain do 1t all. We cannot see that we
have any real complaint to make.
Surely our course is not to sit
about and complain. but to, take legiti.
mate steps to break that monopoly.
With very few notable exceptions.
those who depend upon crude rubber
have heretofore made no effort to
grow their own supply. and, as we
pointed out previously, many factors
have delayed progress in research on
synthetic rubber.
Great Shortage Predicted.
1.-The statistics presented before a
congressional committee indicate that
on the most conservative basis we
shall see a shortage of more than
35 900 tons of rubber within the next
four or five years.
The rubber industry is encourag-
ing a buyers strike among the users
of its products. The tire users are to
be encouraged to get the utmost out
of their tires.
Organizations that might have be-
gun years go to plant rubber are now
taking steps to provide for the future
There is renewed activity in substi-
tutes and in recovered rubber. and we
may expect these developments to
take normal course.
IF experience bears out in practice
what now seems probable in the use
of reclaimed rubber. then the Steven
son plan may prove to have been a
blessing in disguise. It has encour.
aged the planting Of rubber and the
proper maintenance of old plantations.
Reclamation Big Factor
"1t is conceivable that the price of
crude rubber from these trees NAV he
Influenced almost to the point of con
troll by the extent to which reclaimed
rubber may be employed. thus leaving
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Turks Have Few
Traffic Rules and
Violate Those

French taxi drivers. who use the
accelerator instead of the brakes,
according to common rumor, are
reported to be. ultra conservative
when compared with the car oper-
ator in Turkey. Constantinople
has few. IL any, traffic laws, and
the native motorist takes every
advantage of the situation.
The Turkish motorist goes
through the town at 40 miles an
hour, passing street cars on either
side, careening corners and vio-
lating every rule that is supposed
to make for highway safety.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
SHOW DANGER OF AUTOS.
Police as Educators Patrol Rural
Schools in Michigan.

A safety education campaign I'm all
rural schools on trunk lines in
Michigan is being conducted by 40 uni
formed motor cycle policemen under
the supervision of the State depart
ment of public safety. The officers
are visiting the schools and giving
personal instruction in the necessity
for safe play on school grounds and
how to avoid danger on public high
ways.
The campaign has been indorsed by
the State department of public in
struction and the State Teachers AS
SoCiation.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Always Use Foot Brake.

Now that so many hand brakes op-
crate on a single drum just behind the
transmission. a warning is in order.
Rraking a car at this point places a
terrific load on the propeller shaft.
Cars which have service brakes at this
point use steels built for this strain.
but many manufacturers have not
taken so much care at this point. If
the hand brake is to he used the foot
Evening star., 1926-03-07
A Word to Remember.

Recourse" is word that motorists
will hear often during the next few
months in discussions of car financ-
ing 1t is well to be posted. The
recourse" plan means. simply, that
the automobile dealer signs the note
for the car he sells. rendering him
self liable for its repurchase and sale
if the customer fails to meet the pay
Evening star., 1926-03-07
EXHAUST GAS KILLS RATS.
Warning to Drivers Not to Leave
Motor Running.

Agriculture suggestion to kill rats
with the exhaust gas from the car
ought to he reminder to the motor
ist not to run the engine more Than
a few minutes when entering and
leaving the garage. The department
claims that by running a piece of
hose from the exhaust pipe to the
rat hole the pests can be extermi-
mated. Yet motorists will run their
engines-even when the garage door
is open--and wonder why they don't
feel right the rest Of the day.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Both Devices Needed.

The discovery through Bureau of
Standards tests that oil can be di-
luted excessively with gasoline with
out engine wear provided water and
dirt are excluded, and that if there is
no dilutent no wear will develop if an
unusual amount of silica dust is fed
through the intake, suggests the
necessity for using both oil rectifiers
and filters, operating simultaneously.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
SAFETY AS GAME
LURES CHILDREN
Safeguard in Attractive
Form Is Being Tested
With Success.

Making safety a game is the most
effective way of teaching it's vital les
sons to- children and parents should
make capital of this fact, reports from
all parts of the country where the
method has been tried reveal. II. NJ.
Lucius, secretary of the Automobile
Club of Maryland. commenting on the
results of this type of training. says:
Boys and girls-particularly boys
used to think it was smart TO dodge
vehicles in traffic and to swing aboard
street cars while they were still in
motion. Some of them still do. as a
matter of fact, and that is one Of the
greatest dangers the parents must
guard against.
Sample Game" Cited.
"One game taught in a Midwestern
kindergarten comes TO my mind. since
it has been declared so successful
The children walk on sidewalks
and at each point where they must
cross the street they line up on the
pavement with the curb line as a
mark. 1t is the beginning Of a race.
The fash of the green light on a
traffic tower starts competition and
the dash is for the opposite curb.
The contestants may not start with
the flash Of the signal change, or
they will he disqualified. The green
light is the signal.
"Other kinderEartens and lower
school grades are teaching safety
songs with catchy tunes which make
their impression on the singers In
many cases the teacher merely
makes up an appropriate verse as q
parody on some popular song OF the
day. but ii carries a message OF
safety Sometimes prizes are offer
ed for the best safety verses writ
ten by the children themselves. II
can be seen readily that the child
must see the danger on which the
verse is based or the sense will be
lost.
Use Miniature Traffic Signs.
miniature traffic signs, marked OF
streets and sent the children along
their way. the game being that the
child who in given length Of time
passes along the street without
failing to observe every sign wins
the contest.
"These or similar plans could he
worked by parents and teachers
everywhere to good advantage. The
success of these schemes has proven
their worth and each mother should
realize that. whatever her efforts in
this direction, they will be wort h
while in the possible prevention of
accident to her child.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Flush the Crankcase

Always flush out the crankcase.
when changing oil. with a quart of
fresh oil, not kerosene. Costs a little
more at the start but saves repair
bills because it obviates the possibility
of oil dlution.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

Smith whom should welcome he
il he willing and glad TO
experiences for the beneht OF
the othe OF o clan.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Now You Have It.

|. "No-knock" gas is not the same
as highest gas. The latter is a mat.
ter of test or quality, while the for
mer is a matter of detonating char
acteristics. Some highest gases may