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Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-21
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1.-THE COMING OF AMOS"
 AT+THE LIBERTY TONIGHT

Not even a princess can account for the tricks her heart plays on her.
 In the case of the Princess Nadia Ramiroff," the exotic Russian noble woman so colorfully sketched by Will liam J. Locke, in the Coming of Amos" which is playing tonight and tomorrow on the screen at the Lib- erty theatre.
 This Cecil B. DeMille supervised production starring Rod La Rocque portrays the Princess, surrounded by ardent suitors of wealth and title, fall ing in love with "Amos'' an artles boy suddenly transplanted from a sheep ranch in widest Australia to the sup er-sophistication of the Riviera.
 Uncouth, ignorant and grotesquely
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-21
MORE 0|N ALASKA
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rich mineral resources still untapped, rivers and adjacent seas stocked with fish and large tracts of land suitable for pasturing cattle, sheep and rein deer. Furs in Quantitl are still talk en there. .
 But extravagant hopes for bring ing Alaska's, economic development rapidly to fruition have brought dis appointment in the past and will prob ably prove illusory in the future Little of the land is as yet privately held, though arrangements of various sorts can be made for the exploita- tion of certain resources. Further more, the mining industry and the fisheries, which employ the bulk of the small population, depend for the sale of their products upon the inter- national market, prices being scarcely affected by the local demand
 Gold mining was until 1915 the principal mining activity, about S350,- 100000 worth of metal having been taken to date in Alaska since placer gold was first mined in the south eastern section near Juneau in 1880. In the early days many rich bonan- gas were worked and the recovery of gold per cubic foot of gravel sluiced was very high. Because of depletion of the richest deposits, gold placer mining for securing the metal from alluvial deposits is being increasing ly prosecuted with power-driven ma chinery, allowing for the recovery of the country's vast resources of low grade auriferous gravels. Further developments along this line must go hand in hand with increase in trans portation facilities which will permit lower freight rates on imported ma chinery and stores and cheaper trans portation of labor and delivery of the Of
 Commercial production Of copper has been carried on in Alaska only in the last quarter century. War de- mand caused a spectacular rise in the price of the metal and Alaska's in dustry was stimulated tremendously by the increase. Production jumped from 21,0O0,OOO pounds in 1914 to high point of 12O,OOO,O0O pounds in 1916. Postwar refation hit the cop per-mining industry a severe blow and production has been much curtail- ed though it is still far above the pre- war figure.
 Petroleum accumulations have been located in various parts of the country and some oil has already been produced. Large fields were survey ed by a government expedition in 1923 on land lying southeast of Point Bar row, the northernmost point of the Territory. These reserves constitute Naval petroleum Reserve No. 4. Since they lie in a district. which is open to navigation only about two months in twelve, considerable rise in oil prices will probably be neces-
Evening star., 1926-06-15
fierce CIVIL WAR
ON AMONG GERMS
Scientist Finds "Bacterio-
phage" at Work Killing Eel.
low Bacteria in All Life.
Special Dispatch To The star.

Special Dispatch To The star.
BALTIMORE, June 15.--'rhe hac-
teriophase Is alive" So maintains
Or. +. dHerelle, its discoverer. front
ing the skeptical criticism of rtiany
other men OF science, In his new oooR
on the subject, Just of the press here
The bacteriophage is alive. and nc
mere chemical phenomenon; and II
maintains itself, he says, as parasite
of parasites. a deadly submicroscopic
germ that kills other germs. No c'il
ture Of bacteria can be pure as far
as the bacteriopha ge is concerned; II
is harder to f1nd r germ without its
bacteriophage accompaniment than II
Is to find a woody dog without f1eas
in Summer.
But the bacteriophage Ia not a mere
annoyance to the germs It infests. ac-
cording to Dr. d'Herelle. 1t kills
them. Just as some germs kill men
and animals and plants, and then 1t
dissolves their corpses. And just as
there are special germs that attack
men and not horses. and others that
attack horses and not sheep, SO there
are special breeds of hacteriophage.
each ot which has its favorite germ
which Il attacks.
Some Are Indiscriminate.
Ellt JlSt AZ some germs. Iuf eAb1II-
pie anthrax. will attack men. horses
and sheep indiscriminately. so there
are some varieties of bacteriophage
whose appetites are equally indis.
criminate, permitting them to devour
several different species OF bacteria.
DR.. d d'Herelle claims that he has sue
ceeded in isolating single bacterioph-
age "corpuscles." and in breeding up
pure cultures Of these different strains.
According to the author. these
super germs" are almost unima gina
bly, small. having diameters of 90
thousands If thousa ndth Of milli-
meter-and = millimeter is about a
twenty-f1fth Of an inch. They pass
readily through the pores of very
fine porcelain filter. that will stop or
binary germs as though they were
marble in a colander. But one of
these tiny organisms. he says. will
penetrate into the body of a bac.
terium. and there will divide and di'
vide again. just as germ does in the
body of a man, until the bacteriophaSe
family" becomes so numerous as TO
burst the unfortunate bacterium
asunder and SO cause its death.
Effect On. Health.
Man and all other animal organisms
habitually infested with bacteria carry
about with them all the time one or
more strains of bacteriophag that
make war on their commoneSt germ
enemies. When the germs get the
upper hand of the hacteriQpha ge, we
are sick: when we are convalesCent,
DIR. d'Herelle SAYS. our private bac.
teriophage strains are in state of
especial virulence against their special
germ victims.
Dr. d'Here1le made his discovery Of
the hacteriophage while he was at the
pasteur Institute in Paris. He is
now at Alexandria. Egypt. working on
problems of the contrel of tropical
slseas ses.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. June Is tSpeciaD
Mrs. Mary Beatrice Bowman of thi:
county and Washington. has beer
granted a limited divorce. by Judge
Robert 3. Peter, in the Circuit Court
mere, from Samuel F.. Bowman. She
charged cruelty and desertion. The de
cree also gives Mrs. Bowman custody
of the couples 3.year.old child and al
lows her alimony of SIS month. At
torney Robert Peter, jr., Of Rockville
represented her.
Mrs. Bowman's suit was instituted
October 10, 1923, and on the same day
her husband filed suit against her fol
an absolute divorce, which, however
was dismissed. The husband was rep
resented by Attorneys Dawson and
Welsh of Rockville.
At a meeting of the congregation oi
the Rockville Baptist Church follow
ing the services Sunday morning II
was voted to extend call to Rev. r
NJ. Osgood of Fort Dodge. Iowa, to be
come pastor Of the church. and the
minister, who preached at the Sunday
morning service, let it be understood
that he probably would accept and
would give a definite answer during
the week. The church has been with
out a pastor since the resignation OF
Rev. p. Rowland Wagner several
months ago.
Miss Mary Fenwick Rites.
The funeral of Miss Mary Eliza beth
F'enwick. lifelong resident of Wheaton
district. who died Of pneumonia at her
home near Forest Glen. after a. short
illness. was conducted yesterday from
81. Johns Catholic Church. Forest
Glen. The pastor, Rev. Charles Q.
Eosensteel. conducted the services
Eural. was in st. Johns Cemetery.
Miss Fenwic< was g. daughter OF the
late James It. Fenwick and was sis
ter of Miss Agnes r. Fenwick and
George B. Fenwick, both Of the For.
est Glen neighborhood.
Kyriokas P. Tsolamos Of Brooklyn
y. Y. and Miss Phoebe Allies Wilson
of Bethesda, were married a few days
co ir, CT 1nbrta Ex,iSnnnn1 fHh,xnl,
Evening star., 1926-06-15
Sent to Omaha.

Col. Joseph S. Heron, 18th Field
Artillery. at Fort y. a. Russell. Wyo..
has been ordered to Omaha, Nebr.. for
duty with the National Guard.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
Copyright. John Ollie CO.

Bethesda, by the rector, Rev. James
Kirkpatrick.
Galthersburg business and profes-
sional men will hold a meeting in the
public school building at Gaithersburg
next Monday evening to further the
movement inaugurated early In the
month for the organization of the
Gaithersburg Chamber Of Commerce.
| The committee named at the initial
| meeting to draft a constitution and
bylaws. composed of DR.. Bates Etch-
| ison, chairman. and Rev. William
| Stevens. Ernest Gloyd, Herbert l..
| Diamond and Robert Fl. Ramsdell. Is
| expected to submit its report. and the
selection of permanent officers Is
| planned for the meeting. DIR. ". D.
| Barnett and Robert II. Ramsdell are
temporary chairman and temporary
secretary. respectively.
Policeman's Trial Today.
As a result Of an automobile col
lision on the Rockville pike near Gar.
rett Park. Saturday evening. Sergt.
Charles T. Cooley of the Montgon-
cry County Police Court and l.. r.
Miles Of the lower section of the
COUNTY, drivers OF the two cars. are
| scheduled to appear in the Police
Court here today to answer charges
! of violating motor vehicle regulations.
Both men are charged with reckless
driving, and Cooley is under the ad.
ditional charge OF operating an auto
! mobile while under the influence Of
intoxicating liquor.
| Deputy Sheriff Clifton l.. Howard
swore out the warrants charging
| reckless driving, while Il. H. Herr Of
| Woodside. who was a passenger in
the car driven by Miles, preferred the
more serious charge against Sergt.
| Cooley.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
5000 Pairs
Rumed Marquiseh
Curtains
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Evening star., 1926-03-07

Americans own more than 10000 900
Of the approximately 25,975,00O auto
mobiles in the world. statisticians have
revealed after survey of motor
vehicle conditions in all nations: In
oher words, the United States, with
but fraction of the worlds popula-
ton. possesses more than / ; per cent
of the world s motor cars.
Judging from recent report of
the Department of Commerce. experts
declare that the adoption of busses
and trucks for commercial purposes
has not kept pace with the use of
passenger cars in the United States.
For instance, although the United
States has somewhat more than
Is per cent of the worlds motor cars,
which includes busses and trucks, this
country has S3 per cent of the worlds S
pleasure cars.
On the other hand, it has about 20
per cent of the worlds total number
Of motor trucks-something like
100000 as compared with a total of
about 3,500,000 in the entire world.
1t owns only. about A per cent of
Evening star., 1926-03-07

There is limit to the length of
time, or the number of feet of travel
the service brake can be applied with
out burning out the lining. Most
drivers who are always burning out
their brakes could avoid this by max
ing a test to determine just about
how much continuous application of
the brakes is possible without injury
to them.
The advantage of such a test will
show that less heat is generated at
the brakes If they are applied inter.
mittently. even though forcibly. The
driver will find that while he will be
able to allow the car to gain head.
way and then bring it to complete con-
troll several times during a descent,
the brake Innings will begin to smoke
if the brakes are applied continuously
for Just a portion of the downgrade.
1t is always better on steep hill
to shift into a lower gear, but there
are occasions where the driver finds
himself relying upon the brakes. and
Evening star., 1926-03-07
AMERICANS OWN 2O,OOO,OOO
OF WORLDS 25,975,OOO AUTOS
Possess 83 Per Cent of Pleasure Cars, But Only ID
Per Cent of Buses, Indicating Prosperity of Peo.
ple-Foreign Market Expected to Grow.

the worlds buSses-a pproXimately
so, 900 as compared with world total
of about 1872 900.
The conclusions experts draw are
these. Although the United States
does not make as good a showing in
the use of trucks and busSes as in
passenger cars, it does not mean that
we are backward in their use. Instead
it shows merely that, although COM
mercial cars are being adopted here
generally, conditions are so much
better as compared with the rest of
the world that a greater majority of
persons can afford to own and operate
passenger cars.
The survey also indicates that
there is a vast potential foreign
market for automobiles, as we'll as
automobile tires, the production of
which is centered in the United States,
and that a constantly growing market
for these commodities from across the
seas will be observed Developments
in automobile and tire manufacture
in this country indicate that the
United States will have a major part
in the motorization of the world.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Battery Sometimes to Blame if Car
Loses Speed and Falls Back on Hills

Recent experiences Of travelling
man may prove beneficial to those
who imagine a battery is doing it's
best toward making the car run prop
erly II it manages to start the engine.
This driver noticed that his car
would lose speed on hills and fall back
to about 25 miles an hour, although
the engine would pull well enough at
this speed He went to the expense
of having the timing checked over and
the carbon removed, but the car acted
no differently. Finally he bought a
new battery and was surprised to find
the car performing beautifully on the
hills.
One repairman said the battery
could have nothing to do with it be-
cause. as he maintained. the ignition
is operated direct from the generator
at any speed above Approximately 10
miles an hour. But the motOrist was
not satisfied. He made inquiry of
others, and this is what he found:
Up to about 10 miles an hour the
ignition is operated direct from the
Evening star., 1926-03-07
ASSERTS MOTORISTS
ARE BEST WALKERS
A. A. A. Official Declares Driving
Has Taught Them Lessons of
Safe Pedestrianism.

Whoever may be impressed with the
idea that automObiling is making peo-
ple forget how to walk Will do well
to revise that IMPRESSION
This is the conclusion reached ny
Ernest y. Smith. general manager of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton. after gathering some statistics
on the subject and making some per
sonal observations.
According to Mr.. Smith, comparative
ly few automobile drivers are caught
off their guard when walking, ma
iority of pedestrian accidents involv-
ing persons who have had no expert
ence in handling cars.
"Automobiling is teaching people
how to walk safely" he explains. "An
active motorist is also an active
walker. for in using the car he has
gested districts He knows which way
to look when he steps across a one
way street and when crossing at
crossings he is aware of the ever
present hazard Of the car that IS
making n right hand turn.
when the autOmomile driver walks
he does ii in a competent manner,
and when he crosses streets At pOliCed
intersections he makes allowances for
the inability Of the officer to look out
for every one. Automobiling shows
the motorist a perfect picture of the
danger he faces as a pedestrian, and
so when he walks he conducts him
self accordingly.
Persons who do not drive motor
cars have no conception of speed or
stopping distance. They see traffic
from a narrow angle. being unable to
see hazards in their proper proper.
tions. The real dangers often escape
their attention while they are busy
worrying over things that would not
be likely to harm them.
"Automobiling is not making peo-
pie forget how to walk. On the con-
trary, it is making them learn to
walk in way that bef1ts the mod
ern age"
Evening star., 1926-03-07

battery. the generator being cut out.
Above that speed. the generator fur
nishes the bulk of the current, but
not all Of 1t, as a great many persons
believe. When he was running fast at
the bottom Of the hills, the battery
was being forced into play again. and.
being weak. was not supplying the
necessary amount Of current.
This can be told by watching the
ammeter. After the pointer reaches
10. 12 or IA on the amperaGe scale.
and if the speed of the car is increased
beyond %, the pointer begins to drop
back toward zero. This means that
the ignition 0he sparlD is taking an
excessive amount Of current which
the battery must make up. The rea-
son the generator does not meet all
the requirements at this higher speed
is because it is designed to waste all
current output over about II amperes
as precautiOn against OVercharEinG
the battery al normal speeds of 25
Or 30.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
RULE FOR BRAKE TESTS.
Equal Grip on Each Wheel Deemed
Essential.

In testing brakes to make sure that
they grip each wheel equally it is the
rule to ignore the emergency brake.
A motorist will slam on the service
brake and If both wheels lock con.
cludes that he is not likely to suffer
skid because of uneven adjustment.
Sometimes he will be precautions
enough to make the same test with
the emergency brake. But when he
is forced TO tackle an emergency stop
he steps on the service brake pedal
and automatically reaches for the
emergency brake. Against his better
Judgment he thus attempts to lock
the wheels, but 1t may be that the
combination braking force of service
and emergency on the wheels may
result in sufficient inequality to cause
one wheel to lock quicker than the
other and remain locked longer. 1t is
warning to test brakes individually
as we'll as in combination.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Fast Today Faster
Than Before, But
Only Relatively

How fast is fast? many motorists
are asking. Some years ago 20 miles
an hour used to seem like high speed,
too high for city driving. Now 40 is
common on a good road, while 80 is
found on many city streets. In fact
it has become so common that many
people consider fast as being any
thing in excess of such speeds, but
that's just where the trouble lies. One
can be driving too fast at Is, while
so NAV he a trif1e slow. It's relatively
in popular sense If any driver
wants to know where to draw the line
he should consider the speed of his
car at all times in terms of the density
of traffic, paving conditions, weather
conditions and mechanical accuracy
and condition of the car itself.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
SECONDARY HIGHWAY
SURFACING STUDIED
Type of Top for Natural Soil Roads
Is Held Urgently Needed by
Engineers.

a type of road surface that will
serve for secondary or local traffic
and yet be low in first cost and main
tenance is one of the big problems for
highway engineers in all parts of the
country, experts are agreed.
Though considerable has been ac-
complished in the development of the
higher type surfaces on main traffic
roads, comparatively little progress
has been made in the methods for
improving secondary or natural soil
highways of. the country. These con-
stitute about S. per cent of the total
mileage in the United States. In their
present unimproved condition the
local roads cannot function properly
as feeders to the main routes, thus
depriving large areas and thousands
of individuals of the benefits of those
highways already completed.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Mirror Features Novel Stunt.

A miniature mirror attached to the
rim of a headlight and bent over so as
to catch some of the rays from the
light proved to be car owners novel
stunt for lighting his motormeter at
night. The small mirror reflected the
light just where it was needed, thus
saving lot OF wiring and the neces-
sity of burning another light. The
light it took from the headlight was
negligible. Rather economical and
ingenious, what?
Evening star., 1926-03-07
COURTEOUS MOTORISTS
GIVEN FAIR REWARDS
Detroit Automobile Club Has De-
vised System to Commend
Kindness on Highways.

In one part of the country. at least
courtesy has ceased to he its own re-
ward. In its campaign to make high.
ways safe for pedestrian and motorist
alike. the Detroit Automobile Club has
gone back to first principles and one
of the novel features is the courtesy
reward plan.
Whenever a member of the club no.
tees an act of kindness on the road
by fellow motorist, the latter's mum
ber is taken and a report of the Incl
dent is sent to the director. The latter
Immediately prepares a letter com
mending the courteous motorist for his
conduct.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
"HANDY THING TO KNOW"
Battery Works Better When Per-
mitted Rest at Intervals.

A battery is capable of greater dis
charge if it is permitted to rest at in
tervals. In regard to starting the
engine this is n handy thing to know
because the starter takes the best the
battery has to offer. Thus If the en-
gine does not start in a few turns,
stop about a half minute and then
step on the starter button again. The
battery recuperates enough in so short
time as to be able to deliver a much
stronger current for the next few
turns of the engine. This snappy
cranking is what counts in starting.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Useful Tip Given
On Safest Method
OF Cranking Auto

With the Summer sport season
nearing a great many automobile, bus
and truck drivers will miss the use
of their right arms. Here is a tip
for car cranking that might be use
full:
Always pull the crank up. not
down; do not spin the engine unless
it is absolutely necessary. When
grasping the crank. place the thumb
on the same side of the handle with
the fingers. then if there is a kick
back, the handle will slip from the
hand. Keep the spark retarded until
the engine has started
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Hint on Radiator Filling,

Don't fill the radiator to the brim.
If the level of the water is too near
the overflow pipe much of the water
that you add is likely to syphon out as
soon as it gets into circulation and
the car starts hitting the high spots.
A little water goes long ways. Too
much NAV be as bad as too little
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Intermittent Use of Brakes Saves
Innings, Easily Burned ON Hills

under such conditions it is we'll for
him to know how to obtain the great
est amount of service from them with.
out burning them.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

Each time the engine gave this per
iornlanCe the alarmists would shake
'heir heads as much as to say. There
how, isn't that warming enough? If
you don't take the tip and have the
pngine gone over thoroughly 1t will
9ost YOU a new car" AT times ]
thought they might he right, but
something kept urging me to consider
the whole thing as a mere false alarm
This something" | mention was
simply the things l learned as l en-
deavored to track the screech to its
lair.
For example, l tried putting oil in
the gas so that the pistons would have
an excess of fabrication. but invari.
ably the screeching would commence
at the usual speed. One of the first
things I thought of was to see that
the water pump shaft was we'll lubri'
Gated. I noticed that the oil l sQuirted
on each time the car was taken out
of the garage was hurled off the shaft
through centrifugal force. so
smeared the pump casing with cur
grease in such a way that as II heated
up grease would slide to the shaft and
keen it fabricated at any speed. But
always at 40 the alarm was given.
When I explained the situation te
thS service station they diagnosed II
Evening star., 1926-10-31

YOT greatly troubled by the
Boche shelling, that died to
VI spasmodic bursts az the night
went on. the battalion mount
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