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yesterday. in the home of the bride $
parents, at 1864 Church street, Rev.
Andrew r. Bird officiating
The bride wore a gown of ecru net
over q foundation of pink satin made
with a full skirt and long WASTED
bodice. She had a large leghorn pic
ture hat trimmed in black velvet and
carried an arm bouquet of pink roses.
Miss Madge McIhany Bolen was
her sisters maid of honor and was
gowned in gray georgette crepe made
on straight lines and the skirt fash
Toned in godets. She had black pic
ture hat and her bouquet was Of pink
roses Mr.. Lionel Beeton, brother of
the bridegroom, acted as best man.
Immediately following the ceremony
there was reception for small com
pany assembled to witness the cere-
mony, and later Mr. and Mrs. Beeton
left for wedding trip They will be
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SOCIETY
Senior Don Juan Rano, Ambassador OF
Spain, and Sonora de Riano Hosts
to Cardinal Reig Today.

| Col. and Mrs. Alonzo Gray an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
| ter. Mrs. Olive Gray Street. to Maj
| Herbert r. Odell, United States
Army. at clock last evening, at
| the home of the brides parents. 4l3l
Harrison street. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Henry Teller
Cooke of All Saints Episcopal Church
Chevy Chase. Md. in the presence
of the immediate family.
Maj. and Mrs. Odell will be at
! home after August l. at Corvallis,
Greg, where Maj Odell is on duty
at the Oregon Agricultural College.
Mr. and Mrs. James Paul White
have issued cards announcing the
marriage of their daughter. Harriet
Buckner to Capt. John Miller Ar
thur. United States Marine Corps,
Wednesday, June 16. in New Frank
lin. Mo. Capt. and Mrs. Arthur will
be at home after July ! 5 at the Ma
rine Barracks. at Quantico, Va.
Judge and Mrs William Bailey
Lamar We're hosts at dinner last eve
ming in their Massachusetts avenue
home. Villa Rosa. celebrating their
twenty-second wedding anniversary.
Among the guests We're Mrs. Lamar
two sisters -in-law. Mrs. Roderick Toy
and Mrs. Bockover Toy of Atlanta.
Ga who are their house guests. Mrs.
Lamars brothers will come the end
of this week for visit.
Mrs. l.. W fiugster. accompa MED
by her sister. Mrs. F. c. Norwood of
Frederick, Md. has gone to her Sum
mer home on Casco Bay. Me, for the
season. DIR. Eugster and Senator Nor
wood will leave for Maine the first
week in July.
Tomorrow Dr. James A. Flynn will
sail from New York for France on
the President Harding TO spend the
Summer in study at the University
of Bordeaux.
Mrs w :. Selby. jr.. of Norfolk,
Va. who has been the guest of her
sister. Mrs II. A. Foster at the
Chastleton Hotel, left Sunday. accom-
panied by her niece. Miss Evelyn Fos-
ter. Who will spend the Summer with
her in Norfolk and at Virginia Beach.
Miss Foster will return to Washing
ton in September to resume her stud
les in music and receive her final de
gree in music this year
Sir Waltz and Lady Riddeil of Eng
land are now in Washington. where
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they are guests at the Mayf1ower. Sir
Walter is leaving town this afternoon
for a short tour of Southern business
institutions, after which he will join
Lady Riddell. who will remain at the
Mayf1ower during his absence.
Mrs. Vale, wife of Representative
William n. Vale. will leave the end
Of the next week for her home in
Colorado, and will be accompanied by
Frau Won Lewinski, wife Of the Ger
man consul general in New York,
who will visit for several weeks in
her old home in Denver. Representa-
tive Vale will join Mrs. Vale in
Colorado after the adjournment of
Congress.
Frau Won Lewinski will return East
at the end of July. and has taken a
cottage at Spring Lake. \. j., which
she will occupy through August.
Mrs John B. Henderson and her
granddaughter. Miss Beatrice Hender
son, started this morning by motor
for Spring Lake. n. j.. where they
will be until September.
The Misses Patten will sail Saturday
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Owens-Barras Wedding
In Grace Church, New York.

Miss Martha Jefferson Virginia Bar.
ras, daughterSof Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
r. Barras of New York, was married
yesterday afternoon to Mr.. William
Hamilton Owens, son Of DIR. and Mrs.
Clarence j. Owens of Cleveland Park.
d. c. The ceremony was performed
in Grace Church, in New York. at 4 80
o'clock. the Rev Eliot White. assistant
rector! officiating. Palms. ferns and
white peonieS were used in the chan
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Interesting Wedding in
Vermont Avenue Church.

The marriage Of Miss Orpha Eliza
beth Neill, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin S. NELL Of Columbus Grove
Ohio. to Mr.. Robert II. Wendt Of Pro-
ton, Iowa. took place Saturday eve
ming. June &c, at o'clock. Tho cere
mOny was performed in the Vernon
Continued on Nineteenth Page
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Secretary Of War in Capital
After Visiting Family i'm Maine.

The Secretary of War. Mr.. Dwight
r Davis. returned Yesterday from a
short stay with his family IN their
Summer home at Dark Harbor Me.
where Mrs. Davis and their children
are established for the season.
The first secretary of the legation
of the Irish Free State. Mr.. William
j. g. Macaulay. returned this morn
ing from a tWo-month vacation spent
in Ireland Mr.. Macaulay arrived III
New York the middle of last week.
The second secretary OF the le6a-
lion of the Irish Free state. Mrs.
\. l.. NIacfeat will sail Saturday for
her home in Ireland TO spend two
months vacation and will return here
early in September.
The military attache of the Cuban
embassy and Sonora de Prieto Will
close their apartment at the May
flower tomorrow and go to Spring
Lake. \. j., where they will be at the
Essex and Sussex Hotel for the sum
mer,
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at home after August I at 1929
Newton street.
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@ HE Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Riano were hosts
at luncheon today in honor
Il of Cardinal Reig, their other
guests being the members of
the embassy staff and the members
of the cardinals staff.
The Ambassador of cuba and Sc
nora de Sanchez Aball left Washing
ton today for their home in Cuba to
remain through the Summer. They
were accompanied by the attache of
The embassy. Senior Cayetano de
Quesada
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for Europe to spend the remainder of
the Summer.
Evening star., 1926-10-24

to think that the size of the cylinders
counted most but with racing motors
of 81 y -cubic-inch displacement now
doing more than hundred miles an
hour as an average speed, every one
has a different idea about it. Power
hinges on engine speed more than on
size, according to experience, and for
engine speed it Is necessary to have
many cylinders. This explains the
popularity vf the eights, the straight
eights having the advantage of great
er simplicity than the V-type An
other thing that contributes to power
is freedom from vibration at high en-
gine speed. This brings in your tim
ing feature.
The better the engine is timed the
smoother it will run and the higher
speed 1t will attain without vibration
and excessive friction losses. If you
are familiar with the different firing
orders you'll understand that as yet
there Is nothing approximating an
agreement as to what's what in tim
ing. Every engineer seems to have
his own ideas.
Firing Orders Vary.
"One popular six fires /. 4. 2, 6, 3, 5,
starting with the cylinder next to the
radiator. Most of the other skies fire
1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 4. Bear in mind, of
course, that these firing orders are
closely linked UP with the timing Of
the valves, which is a matter entirely
too complicated for backyard discus
sion.
"One popular four fires /, ., 4. 3,
while another fires /, 3, 4, 2. The lat
ter arrangement seems to be preferred
by the manufacturers of improved
four cylinder engines.
In the eightS the variation is sur
prising. Offhand l know Of nine diff
ferent methods Of firing eights, and
they are found on popular makes of
cars at thar. The order ], 6, 2, 8, S.
3, Z, 4, seems to be the most popular
with the designers of straight eights
Nine makes use that order.
ITO give you an idea of how differ
ent the orders are. let me show YOU
this list"
Smith found one straight eight fir
ing 8, 4, s, 6, 3, Z, ., /, while another
fired /. 3, 2, 5. s, 6. Z, a. The latter
gives one of the oldest sounding ex-
hausts Of any automobile. OF three
popular Weights he found as many
combinations of orders.
What amazed him was to think that
anything appearing so haphazard
could be the result of such painstak
ing thought and precision. 1t gave
him new respect for the builders of
automobiles.
Next week, No. 164-Rhythm of the
Road.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
100000 CARS
SEEN IN 4 YEARS
Head of Pittsburgh Expert
ment Station Revives Prob.
lem of Saturati0n.

Since that elephantine child Of
American Industrial genius. the auto
mobile, was a toddling infant, it has
been the pleasure of thousa nds Of OBJ
servers to discuss "the saturation
point" OF late, however this Elusive
point has been rather lost to sight
in the most terrific wave of buying
in the history of the industry.
1t has remained for DR.. A. c. Field
ner, head of the Pittsburgh Expert
ment Station of the United States
Bureau of Mines, to revive the discus
sion. DR.. Fieldner assumes the satu-
ration ratio of passenger cars to be
one car for every four persons in the
country In recent address in
Philadelphia he declared that auto
mobile registration, on this basis, will
level off in 1882. After that, he he
lieves, any further increase will be
due to population growth.
Sees 81, 900, 900 Total.
The total number of automobile
engines in this country will reach
81 ,0O0, 900 in 1880, DR.. Fieldner esti-
mates, or double the number in use
in 1925. Another 80 per cent will
be added in the course of the next
20 years, bringing the total of 1850
up to 45,000,000.
Terming1 an adequate motor fuel
supply a national necessity this au-
thority went on to say:
production thus far has more than
kept pace with the growing demand
and recent improvements in crack
ling have made 1t possible to crack
any type of crude oil to gasoline, coke
and gas. Present trends in the auto
motive and petroleum industry, in our
opinion, are in harmony with predic-
tions that petroleum will continue to
furnish the great bulk Of automotive
fuel during the next decade"
UtOpian Promises.
Utopian promises for the future of
petroleum are held out by Prof
James F. Norris, president Of the
American Chemical Society. who pre-.
diets that the motorist Of the future
will come to depend on the products
of petroleum for everything connected
with his car except the metal fra me
work
For example the rubber will come
| from diolefine gases, obtained from
| the cracking of crude petroleum.
| IInbreakable glass for the wind
shields and windows will also come
from petroleum products.
To allay the fears of those who see
ra pid diminution of the supply from
| nature. the eventual conversion of
| vegetation into petroleum was pre-
dicted.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
DEFINES IDEAL
AUTO HEADLIGHT
Trade Journal Holds Lack of
Proper Illumination Chief
Cause of Accidents.

Lack Of sufficient light, rather than
overnight or glaring headlamps, is
the chief factor in traffic mshaps re-
cording to statistics presented in the
current issue of the Journal of the
Society of Automotive Engineers.
The ideal headlight is defined there
as the one that shows with sufficient
clearness all that driver needs to
see when the road ahead is free from
approaching vehicles and that pro
jects very little light to the spot on
which the eyes of an approaching
driver are focused.
Obviously, no system Of lighting
can accomplish both objects at the
same time. AS roads are neither
level nor straight, the eyes of an ap-
preaching driver may occupy almost
any position in the pattern of light
thrown by the lamps. hence no ade-
auate lighting is possible that will not
at times cause glare. Any practical
system. therefore, must be compro-
mise.
Adjustment Of Lamps Cited.
The light beams thrown by lamps
mounted rigidly on the car can be adj
justed to any desired angie with the
horizontal but when once adjusted,
all changes in direction, both horizon
tai and vertical. of the axis of the
oar must be followed by the axis of
the light beams. The requisite com
promise in angle of tilt lies between
an axis high enough for Illumination
of the road and low enough TO avoid
the eyes of an approaching driver
The hest possible compromise of this
kind gives at times only 100 to 200
feet Of visible distance on the road
surface. As when approaching the foot
of a hill. whereas on topping the hill
the ma Nimurl light is thrown into the
eyes of an approa ching driver. No
adequate lighting of road signs, pedes-
trians or other objects at the side Of
the road seems to he possible with
this type of lighting.
A compromise effected by devices
for fitting or dimming the lamps in
wolves changing the light pattern
when meeting other cars. The driv
ing light may give the hest pattern
for open-road driving and the meeting
light the hest possible illumination
compatible with the interest of both
drivers.
Where Speed Is Safe.
On all roads where touring speeds
are safe very little light is needed or
desirable on the road surface within
50 to 100 feet, but when meeting
other vehicles bright illumination is
needed in this area and on the shout
der and right hand side of the road.
This makes ii imperative that practi-
cany no light should be projected
above the horizontal at any time, and
the driver, in selfprOtection, is forced
to depress his own lights. thus auto
matically protecting the other driver
from glare.
The safety feature might he en-
HANGED by arranging the system SO
that switching from one adjustment
TO the other would he accomplished
by pressure Of the left foot of the
opera tor the depressed beam being
the one in use except when the driver
holds the button down.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
ALL MOTOR LICENSE FEES
ALLOTTED TO HIGHWAYS

Motor license fees must he applied to
highway building and maintenance in
Pennsylvania. The attorney general
of the State has upheld the Pennsyl-
vania Motor Federation in it's protest
against the expenditure of $25 900 of
such funds for the construction of
concrete plaza in front of the State
Capitol at Harrisburg.
The attorney general in making his
ruling. declared the money must come
from the so-called hond fund--not
from that paid by motorists.
Evening star., 1926-10-24
No. 163-Firing Orders.

az wonder" Smith Speculated as he
cleaned the spark plugs, what would
happen If these ignition wires were
hooked up wrong"
You'd have a scrambled engine" l
told him.
"Hows that? Brown says there are
different ways to fire engines. lie
says his fires quite different from
mine, yet it's six. too"
You can't have a different firing
order unless you also change the open
ing and closing sequence of the
valves" | explained. "Cnderstand.
I'm not stating that you could not run
your engine If YOU happened to fire 1t
in a different order. You can run on
five cylinders, YOU know. | once re-
versed cylinders three and four on a
certain six | was driving, and the only
thing that happened was less power
with added vibration. 1t happened
that cylinder No. was being fired
at time when 1t neither opposed the
normal action of the engine nor con
tributed anything to it. You might
make a similar change and find your
self firing a spark every time the in
take valve opened in the particular
cylinder. That might mean bad
backfire."
But Smith did not understand how
cylinders of the same number could
he fired in different ways. In order
to explain it to him 1t was necessary
to go back to some fundamentals.
Smooth Sequence Vital.
First you want to remember that
If You fired all the cylinders Of a null
ti-cylinder engine simultaneously the
effect would be the same as firing one
large one-cylinder engine" l went on.
1T would be necessary, of course, to
have the valves open and close at ex-
actly the same time in each cylinder,
and a large flywheel would be re-
quired to carry the engine over the
period OF compression, intake and eX
haust strokes. The purpose in using
multi-cylinder engines. however, is to
provide a smooth sequence Of power
strokes. You get more of a sequence
in a two-cylinder affair than in the
one-cylinder type, and more in four
cylinder engine than in the two-cylin-
der variety. Not until you reach the
siXcylinder type, however, do YOU OBJ
tain another advantage. That Is the
overlapping of the power strokes.
I'm a conventional six with the
usual firing order, piston No. 5 starts
It's power stroke before piston No. l
has completed it's stroke. and SO on
down the line. IhlS makes Tor IN
creased smoothness. AS matter of
fact, two-thirds of every power stroke
in a six is augmented by one-third
each of two other power strokes.
When YOU reach an eight-cNlinder en-
gine of the conventional type no power
stroke Is ever pushing singlY upon the
crankshaft. In a II there are alwa VS.
three pistons pushing simultaneously.
Timing Key to SmOOthness.
There are exceptions to these rules.
you should remember. There is one
eight in production that fires like
twin-fours. and a twin-siX that Is no
longer manufactured was twin for
fair. You could run 1t on either set of
six cylinders. If You disconnected all
the ignition wires on one block of a
conventional Weight you would find
that the engine wouldn't perform at
all. 1t all depends upon timing"
Smith wanted to know whether the
power of motor was a matter Of
timing
Power is due to many factors"
explained. I'm the old days they used
Evening star., 1926-10-24
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C.. RUSSELL

whom should welcome He
selfish: he chap willing glad
his Of
the or oher o the motor
Evening star., 1926-10-24
NEW JACKS SUPERIOR.
Latest Equipment Keeps Clothes
Clean From LOW Cars

ment for automobiles will prove their
superiority over the old type If only in
the matter Of keeping the users
clothes. cleaner. Balloon tires and
lower bodies have brought the rotary
jack with its long handle to the front
in most tool equipment.
Evening star., 1926-10-24

Did you ever own an automobile
that grew old before its time be.
cause the body was cheaply built!
You will never have that expert
ence with a Velie. Every Velie
body is built complete in the great
Velie plant and is worthy, In every
particular, Of Americas Long
Life Car.
Both wood and steel are used
in Velie bodies - for no other
combination Of materials will give
the quality that Velie must have.
The framework is built Of the
finest hard wood that the mar
kets of the world aford-every
inch Of it cured to Velie's exact
ing standards. All joints are fitted
Evening star., 1926-10-24
BODIES WORTHY OF
THE VELIE

to the finest limits known to the
wood.workers' craft. Ardoverthis
rigid frame is fitted an armor Of
sheet steel that has been especially
treated for strength and finish.
Theframe.work ofwood makes
It possible to finish the interior
as beautifully and substantially as
the finest hand.built furniture
and eliminates the possibility OF
"closed car rumble"
See the various Velie body types
in the salesroom of the nearest
Veie dealer. And bear In mind
as you inspect them that their
beauty is permanent - that their
individuality will be As striking IN
wears to come as it is today.
1~~~ Hrp, Yrf
The Washington times., 1926-07-20
FREDERICK C. NOACK

Funeral services for Frederick G.
Noack, SIS years old, formerly q
master plumber, who died THURSDAY
afternoon. at his home after being
stricken by a heart attack, We're
Eheld yesterday afternoon at his
home, 907 Eighth st. n. z. The
Rev. bennington H. Hayes OF ST.
Marks Lutheran Church, officiated
Interment was in Prospect Hill
Cemetery. The grave was a mass
of flowers, brought by friends Ill
over the city.
Fellow employees in the meter
reading department OF the Wash
ington Gas Light CompanyA acted as
pallbearers.
Born here, Mr.. Noack was edu.
Gated in the public schools. learning
the trade of plumber shortly after
leaving school. For many years he
was one of the most experienced
plumbers in the city.
Ten years ago he took position
with the Washington Gas Light
Company as meter reader, hold:
ing that position UP to the time o.
his death. He was a member OF
the employees beneficial association
of that company.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs,
Annie Noack; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Pearl Hornback; one grandson, Ru-
dolph Hornback; a sister, Mrs.
Augusta Rowe and three brotherS'
William, August and Howard Noack,
all Of this city.
The Washington times., 1926-07-20
RUBBER PRICES
ARE GOING Up

American MOTORISTS will be forced
to shoulder an increased tire cost
totaling $1s6, 100000 q year after
August because Of the proposed
adoption by the British government
of a new and more drastic restric-
ton of the production and exporta-
ton Of rubber.
This warning was made today by
Harvey s. Firestone, president Of
the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company.
The. minimum price of rubber
under the new restriction will be
40 cents a pound, Mr.. Firestone
declared. The original restriction
act Of 1922 fixed the minimum at
rs cents a pound.
The British colonial office, Mr..
Firestone said, has announced that
1t will place a new restriction on
rubber, allowing only so per cent
Of the normal production to be
exported In the three months fol-
lowing August i.
1T is unthinkable that Ameri-
cans will sit idly by and allow q
commodity 30 vital to our welfare,
transportation and commerce TO be
held in the tight grip Of a foreign
monopoly that tells US how much
rubber we may receive and how
much we are to pay for it," Mr..
Firestone said.
The Washington times., 1926-07-20
DR.. CHARLES r. LUCE

Funeral services for DR.. Charles
r. Luce. 81 years old, for AZ years
a washington resident, and on the
Providence Hospital medical staff
for 40 years, are being held this
afternoon at st. Marks Episcopal
Church. The Rev. William II.
Pettus, pastor of the church. IS
officiating. Interment will be in
Arlington National Cemetery at 215
o'clock.
DR.. Luce died Saturday at his
summer home in Gloucester, Mass.
Acting as pallbearers are Maj. Gen.
Anton stephan, Gen. Lloyd M.
Brent, Col. George L. Tate, Major
Edward H. Hale, Major w. Law
renee Hazard and Mai. Gen. G. H.
Ourand, all friends of DR.. Luce. /.
Coming here at the age OF 16
years he studied Tor medicine, grad
uating with honors from George
town University when he was II
years old. He Immediately became
a resident physician at Providence.
Two years later he became a mem
Der of the staff and held that po-
sition until his death.
A member of Naval Lodge, II. A.
A. NJ, DIR. Luce was also a director
in the Washington National Bank
and the Congress Hall Hotel. He
died a bachelor and is survived by
The Washington times., 1926-07-20
LADIES LOOK
OBVIOUSLY
ON POST
(Continued from Pace 8

Republican politics in. New Jersey.
her old home. She should be able
to count upon the Influence of the
Little Cabinet"-that group OF
women who hold important posts in
the Government service, with whom
she is affiliated. And women like
Mrs. Ellis Yost, head of. the perma.
nent lobby of the w. C. T. u, and
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, some time
head of the League Of Women
Voters and still a power among
women. are strong for Mrs. Van
Wrinkle. Indeed, il she should de-
eide to make a fight for the place,
I've a notion that there'd be a tire.
mendous push from organized
women back of her candidacy.
There is precedent for a woman
Commissioner in Washington. Miss
Mabel Boardman having held the
office in the Wilson Administration
and filled the position very sue.
cessfully.
The Washington times., 1926-07-20
ANTONTETTA VALENTI

Funeral services for Antonietta
Valenti, 10 years old, daughter of
Antony Valenti, 2044 Rhode Island
Ave. ". E., will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the home
of her uncle. A.. G.. Valenti, 1886
Franklin st. N. w. Interment will
be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
The child died Sunday as the
result of an automobile accident
in which other members Of the
family were injured. She Is sur
vived by her parents, a brother,
Gino, and her uncle.