davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

In order to ger the maximum value
out of q motor car ii is necessary Tor
the new car owner to follow certain
definite rules which 30-odd years or
experience has taught both automo-
bile makers and users. These rules
must be constantly brought to the
attention of the public, according to
automobile manufacturers. as they
continually are being neglected and
violated. to the detriment of efficient
motor car operation. The rules are:
Don't try to see what she~willslo"
until you have covered at least 800
miles with your new car; better still. a
thousand A nicely running engine
is better than nicely run-out bearings.
Don't try to drive fast until you
have mastered the various controls
and obtained a proper feel of the
steering. 1t may be easy to start a
car, but less easy to stop one in a
tight place.
Don't try to run your car without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
GOOD BRAKING MAKES DRIVING
ENJOYABLE AS WELL AS SAFE
Hints Given on Means of Keeping Mechan-
ism in Efficient Condition and
Preventing Accidents

and the steel ScorinGS III turn cause
noise. I So a wire brush TO brush out
all foreign particles.
3 LubriCate anchor brackets and
toggle pins. These parts are polished
by the movements during the brake
action and soon rust, causing slug
giSh application and release.
To eliminate grabbing brakes-lm-
properly adjusted rear wheel bear
ingS allow the brake drum to run &C.
centric and often cause brakes to grab.
To eliminate glazing brakes
function for short time in traffic and
then seem to lose their gripping
power, they are said to glaze. Causes
and corrections follow:
Rear Wheel Grease Leaks.
/. Rear wheel grease leaks Will
often cause this condition. The grease
coats the lining and. as long as the
grease is cold the brakes hold fairly
well, but as soon as it heats in traf-
fic. it becomes thin and the brakes
lose their gripping power. Clean
the Innings. replace grease retainer
washers and drain diffcrential to prop
er level.
.. Muddy water or n mixture of
water and particles shed from the
lining often cause glazing. The rem
edy is to thoroughly brush the lining
with n wire brush, usilns terpentine
or gasoline.
3. A heavy coating of grease and
road dirt OH the brake mechanism
will reduce their efficiency about 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Vigilance Always Needed to Keep Auto
In Proper Condition and Save Expense

understanding some Of the elementary
principles of car construction.
Don't trust all so-called experts.
Take your car to an approved service
station.
Don't neglect your transmission: 1t
is not there for ornamentation. Use
your gears; to pull hill in high may
be smart. but it is also costly in motor
life.
Don't buy oil a quart here and n
quart there. Find out the best Oil
no suit your engine and stick to 1t.
Take spare quart when going tour
ing.
Moderation is best for anything.
Don't overlubricate engine, transmits
sion and differential.
Don't neglect your tires. Test the
pressure with a proper gauge and
examine the tread from time to time
for loose sharp gravel, nails and glass
that may be projecting and remove
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

of evident public demand, and | look
for Il continuation of this policy.
"The automobile industry will al
ways share largely in the national
prosperity. American cars will con-
tinue to maintain their high intrinsic
value. American cars are now being
sold wherever automobiles are in use.
and the volume of our exports last
year was about 900 cars. This
overseas business has a marked stabi-
lizing effect in maintaining production
in ollr DlantS -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
TIRES FREQUENTLY
BLAMED UNJUSTLY
Mechanics Make Good Living
by Assuring Longer Wear
Without Work.

Tires are blamed unjustly for a
great many ills. and many mechanics
are making n living by developing a
technique for making tires wear lon
ger without doing u thing to the tires
themselves.
since we have made a specially Of
tire engineering-tha is. curing a lot
of troubles beforehand instead of wait.
ing for them to happen-we have
learned many things that mean say
ing and satisfaction TO car owners,
says n representative of one of the
large tire companies. He continues:
Just the use of n lead and plumb
line often reveals tire predicaments
and points the way 10 a cure. Front
wheels of all automobiles always toe
in. a front view If the automobile
reminds one somewhat of a pigeon
toed' person Toe-in is intended to
make steering and turning as easy as
possible.
Too Much Useless.
Too much is useless and makes
the wheels partly Side and partly run
over the ground. This wears tires on
the outside half of the tread much
faster than normal wear.
different auto engineers have diff
ferent figures for the amount OF toe
in that is most efficient. One can
easily ascertain whether his toe-in is
correct or equal. There are numer-
Gus gauges for this purpose, and an
occasional inspection may save a lot
of tire money. Gambler is another
out-of-line condition to which front
wheels are subjected by automobile
engineers. Gambler is the difference
IN distance between the tops of the
front tires and the bottoms. the latter
being closer together. \ plumb line
dropped over one front tire and then
the other. measurement of the dis
lance from where the line touches the
ground TO the side Of the tire, quickly
tells whether wheels are cambered
equally.
IF they are not; if one wheel leans
more than the other, there will be
quick wear on the side of the tread
Of the tire on the wheel which has the
most Gambler. A little attention to
these details means loss of tire miles.
Proper Sizing First.
Always of first importance. OF
course, is the proper sizing of tires
The new cars, with their new pep,
require more tire than they formerly
did, and il is part of our business to
know when cars are underlined and to
iCtOIiIAleIiu plOpei SlHlIiS. we CdHIiot
repeat too often the importance of air
pressures. Neglecting air is as bad as
Eeglecting oil in the motor. and just
as costly.
1T is more and more important that
a tire dealer be able to recognize
symptoms in his business. The great
growth of commercial transporta ton
9TH of passengers and of freight.
IL .kes tire service business PROPOSE
q n
are here to see that he gives himself
n square deal and that his tires re
ceive a square deal. Tire engineering
is more and more important all the
time.
1.-The tire specialists are rapidly re-
ducing their work 20 an exact science
with special tools and information
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Co. which had an output of 10000 Ina
chimes during 1926. Second comes
CitrOen with a production of 45.00o
cars and trucks. and the third largesl
company is the Peugeot organization
which manufactured $4,000 automu-
bileS.
Exports of automobiles during 1925
amounted to 10000 as compared with
56.6S9 in 1928. while the imports OF
automobiles dropped about one-third
as compared with 1925 figures. il is
estimated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Passing Car Ahead Sometimes Helps,
But 1t Often Better to Stay Behind

But passing can be just as great an
inconvenience. One instance is when
drivers try to pass cars just as they
are nearing the main business section
of a strange city. The man who at
tempts this sort of thing finds sud
denly that he is the leader in any
traffic move. and that he has to figure
out for himself all the rules and regu-
lations of the particular section. He
takes unto himself all responsibility.
If he would stay behind the process
sion 1t would be but q matter of fol-
low the leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
MORE LIGHT ON SKINNY.
Due to Defective Car Design Rather
Than Tires.

Tire manufacturers see, i'm a recent
meeting of car designers. corrobora
ton of their claim that front vince
shimmy is due TO defective car design
rather than to the tires. The coming
of the balloon tire with it's greater air
space and less riGidity spread the
shimmy to the hichcr-priced cars.
The cure of the cars tendency 10
''wiggle" is, as always. simple mat
ter of closer adjustment and. iu som.
cases. q readjustment of the steering
apparatus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

per cent \ periodic cleaning and oil
ing is the remedy.
4. Rivet heads have about one
third as much friction as brake lining
and also if they come in contact with
the brake drum the lining does not
have a chance to grip properly. The
heads should be driven under the lin
Ing surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

There are times when it is better
to pass the man ahead, and other
times when it pays to stay behind.
This is(the experience of drivers who
have made enough mistakes on their
passing to appreciate that the subject
is linked up closely with labor saving
in driving.
En- route to a ferry, passing the
cars ahead often means saving wait.
The sooner one gets to the dock the
better, and being the first means
avoiding being one too many for a
crowded boat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Properly operating brakes not ON!
are necessary for the prevention OF
accidents, but they also constitute one
of the chief factors in making auto
mobile driving enjoyable. Brakes mat
are 100 per cent efficient are WITHIN
the reach of every motorist and each
car owner should make it point TO
see that his brakes are in as good
operating condition as is his engine
Following is Il list of means by
which most brakes may be maintained
in perfect condition.
To eliminate noise
l. Keep rivets out of contact with
drums by driving them deeper INTO
lining with the ball end of hammer
or with the brake-lining machine.
Road Grit Causes Noise.
. Road grit, becoming embedded in
the Innings, not only causes noise
when it comes in contact with the
brake drum, but also scores the drum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

press the clutch SO far out and YOU
also double-clutch as l have told you
before. For shifting from low to sec
ond or from second to high YOU will
need to press out the pedal far enough
to get a little action out of the Gluten
brake. but not when changing gears
when going uphill
Consider Your Brakes.
but there are other brakes TO con
slider. You'd never believe it, but you
have four unseen brakes in your
spring control devices. Those straps
attached to the axles wind up into a
coil and each operates Il brake. When
YOU are going over smooth paVements
these brakes are just barely working
against the rebound action Of the
springs, but when YOU hit a bump
they are applied automatically in such
a way they hold the straps which in
turn hold the springs. This checks
the rebound. The bigger the bump
the greater the brakinE force of these
devices.
Just one of the odd brakes on your
car are the spring leaves themselves.
And they operate on the same prin-
ciple as the brakes that serve to
stop your car--friction. Between the
spring leaves enough friction is de-
veloped hy the fiexing of the leaves
upon striking bump to keep the
spring from rebounding excessively.
OF course, many motorists violate the
rules of common sense by lubricating
the spring leaves excessively and this
destroys their hraking capacity.
'Then one has to get shock absorb
ers for the car. A little fabrication is
necessary to keep the friction from
heing so high as to endanger the
leaves and to stop spring Squeaks, but
too many carry it too far.
Require Similar Care.
From this glimpse of the unseen
brakes you can see that a common
rule applies to all brakes. They must
be kept at high point of FRACTIONAL
efficiency, otherwise they cannot per-
form their duty to best advantage.
/. "On rare occasions they will stand
for a little lubricant, as when the
car brakes screech, Or when the
springs seem stiff Too dry a clutch
brake, particularly if the pedal throws
out far. is apt to cause the clutch
shaft to stop too quickly, and that
will annoy you when you are shifting
gears. These spring control devices
on your car have special graphite and
bronze inserts which keep their brakes
just right.
such provisions are not necessary
where parts are more exposed he
cause it is assumed that you will take
the trouble to apply a drop of oil as
needed
Next Week, No. 179-LOcking the Car.
tCopYright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

American passenger cars sold in
Germany last year amounted TO about
5000 units. \ 30 per cent increase in
sales is expected for 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

well. I guess ] know pretty nearly
! the whole story about brakes, smith
compimented himself after having
watched a mocha mic refine the service
! brakes and adjust the emergency.
you don't know the half of it, !
replied There are some brakes on
your car YOU never even have seen
This was n new one to Smith ana
doubtless it will be to millions of other
car owners. Yet it is true that I'M
seen brakes are playing an important
role in keeping American cars running
efficiently and comfortably.
Lets take the clutch first | sug-
gested Here is a Woodworking
brake that isn't half appreciated. Hid
den away in the clutch housing, 1t
goes about its work seldom giving
trouble but capable of giving plenty
Of it when abused. This particular
brake serves to stop the driven mem
her of the clutch when YOU press down
on the clutch pedal. otherwise YOU
would have trouble getting into low
gear when You want to start"
I'm having that trouble now,
Smith said.
Brake Simple Device.
"Then were on a subject that
should be doublv beneficial to you. ]
suggested. "The brake in Il simple
plate clutch which is the common
style nowadays. is located just back
of the driven member. 1t is nothing
but Il small, fiat ring covered with
brake lining material and attached to
the front of the transmission. When
YOU press down the clutch pedal, YOU
are pressing the driven member of the
clutch away from the driving member
which also means that YOU are push
ing the driven member back toward
the brake ring. 1t happens that the
throWout mechanism comes between
this driven member and the brake ring
and that when YOU press out the
clutch YOU press the sleeve assembly
Of the clutch back against the brake
ring The effect is the same as II YOU
pressed the driven member against
the brake ring. for the driven mem
Der and the clutch shaft Immediately
slow down and stop. This stops the
rotation of the driving gear of the
transmission and the countershaft
gears. You then can shift into low
gear without clashing.
'All this is true, of course, only II
the clutch brake is efficient. If there
is. some grease on it, or oil. it will slip
and YOU will have trouble shifting. If
YOU understand this brake, you will
have less trouble shifting gears, for
YOU will see that when starting i'll low
it is best to press out the clutch as
far as it will go. On the contrary,
when YOU are shifting from high to
second you do not want the clutch
brake to work at all, so you don't
The daily worker., 1927-04-09

him visuaiiy. Slowly he elevates his weapon, looks
into the glass and his target as though ne
were few feet away. Sometimes it is mud stained
face-or else "tin hat'-or sometimes even a
laughing boyish face not yet deadened by the an
guish of war. pull of the trigger and the laugh
straightens itself death. To be compelled to he
q snper is a terrible and lonely fate. War is
grccarious Enterprise. Men mangled in masses
and battered in battalions. To be singled out to
be an individual killer is to be unUsual-a thing no
soldier desires. A captured sniper is as good as
dead.
1t was now dawn and as the day rations
were divided, the men would 60 to sleep, leaving
one sentry on guard duty. 1t quiet, deathly
quiet, is usual in the daytime when the line is
being merely "held."
The lance-corporal spread rubber sheet along
the firing step. He bent low and emptied the small
sack of food into the Sheet piece Of yellow cheese
two large onions some tea and sugar and hunk
of grayish war bread. With hungry, grimy fingers
he deftly cut and sliced and divided the food His
men looked on with greedy, alert eyes to see if
justice being done. As the diving process went
on the corporal crouched low and looked nervously
The daily worker., 1927-04-09
By CHARLES Y. HARRISON

over his shoulder from time to time in the direction
of the concealed sniper in the distant woods One
man Strengthened up for a moment to get better
view Of the cutting up. The corporal barked at
him: ''Keep yer head down or yuh won't live teat
yer chow"
into five equal parts He looked at the five piles of
food with a critical eye and if one piece looked
larger than another, he righteously shipped a bit
off. Each man took his share and stuffed it into
his haversaek.
The rubber sheet was cleared now for the division
Of the sugar. Precious sugar to sweeten the strong,
hot tea which up at midnight, tea that was
so strong and bitter it would curl ones tongue
The brown sugar dumped in pile into the
center of the sheet. The watched the corporal
in dead silence The corroded metal spoon for dish
ing out sugar and such things stuck in the parapet
between two sandbags Glad to straighten himself
for moment, the corporal stood up to reach for
it. From nervous habit he looked his shoulder
in the direction of the woods.
In that instant his head jerked back yiciously
from the impact Of the bullet. He sagged to the
bottom of the muddy, sloppy trench, his neck twisted
at a foolish impossible angle. Between his eyes
was a small neat hole.
At the crack of the snipfr's rifle, the four
privates ducked lower in the trench and looked
with dull amazement the corporal feel clumslly
into their midst. They looked without resentment
in the direction of the woods, animated only by the
desire to keep under cover In quiet tone, Number
One said, "Them lousy bastards shoot.
They pulled the heavy, awkward body out of the
mud, laid it the firing step and covered him
over with a gray regulation blanket Covering the
head it reached only to his ankles. His muddy
shoes stuck out in Information.
Number One took charge of the squad and went
with the corporal's duties Dispensing with the
spoon he used his hands, dividing the sugar into
four, instead of five parts.
That night the bitter tea was a little sweeter.
Before the corporal's body was taken down to bat
talon headquarters, his mates took his hunks Of
bread and cheese out OF his haversack
-Four days later the corporals mother received
word that her son twas killed in .lct4on in defense
Of his country"
The daily worker., 1927-04-09
Enflade Fire

7 was late November The icy sheets of water
which had poured down upon the area for the past
three days had ceased during the night. As the
grayness of breaking day showed itself, the soaked
earth Uttered with the debris of battle, gave off
the odor of sodden garbage dump. 1t had rained
with the bleak monotony that only northern France
knows.
Five men stood in the bay of a trench. For
fourteen days they had not been out of their clothes
Saturated and numb with cold, they were I'M
mersed in that stupor which men fall into through
extreme misery. They one lance-corporal and
four privates
The portion of the trench which they held was
situated so that they were exposed to enfade fire;
the terror of the infantryman. At any moment
sniper could if he so minded, shoot, from his con-
ceaed position in the hollow of tree half nnle
distant, down the length of the trench
This unfortunate circumstance compelled them to
move about the trench almost doubled over in two
much as a man does who is suffering from abdon-
inal pains Sometimes to get relief from this agon-
izing attitude, they crawled like infants on all
fours It was not that death in the abstract fright
ened them, not the ceasing-to-be the negation OF
life itself, but rather to die here like rat in
hole to suddenly be torn to pieces, to linger a
slow agonizing end this actuated them to seek pro-
tective postures To each one had come the thought
thousand times that swift death would be
pleasant thing. Yet at the crack of the distant
rifle, the sweep Of burst Of machine-gun fire,
each body bent lower in silent fear.
They were clerks and laborers in uniform, drag
ged unwiIlingly from the small comforts of city
life into the glaring ndecency of violent death
The possibility of a sudden and unsightly death pro-
duced at first, horror, held in allegiance by the
check-rain Of military discipline. In the face of
repeated dangers however, the showing of fear
became permissible So they crawled about, each man
covering in fright and dismay.
After "stand down" the daily rations were brought
by carrier who crawled on his belly to them.
Nax q 10 uho tr IN oIad aIQ
waited position with high-powered rifle with tele-
scopic sights and shoots with unerring accuracy at
the slightest movement of enemy life. Looking along
his sights his victims are brought quite close to
The daily worker., 1927-04-09
The Molly Magulres

in their hearts in their activities. The aim Of
their organization not criminal one, far
as the labor movement is concerned OF course, in
the eyes of the coal barons the Moe Maguires were
criminals just as today the brave fighters of West
Virginia branded criminals and being
prosecuted with sword and fire.
The Mollie Maguires sprang up as a secret organ
zation and attained great prominence in the midst
of the most inhuman conditions in the coal fields of
the country. The anthracite coal miners led bit
ter strike in 18741S75 which lasted for months
and the workers were crushed into submission. The
once militant and powerful WorlGngmens Assoca-
tion was entirely disrupted. Wages were reduced
and the miners found themselves in a desperate sit
uation. There could be no talk about legal organ
ixation of the workers. secret action the only
thing possible Therefore. the miners united their
forces under the banner-the Mollie Magures,
secret organization. For the Irish miners of those
days secret organization not a expert
ence-in the old country they at least some of
them, had belonged to the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ians which had been formed to fight the landlords.
The organization of Mile Maguires developed very
rapidly and reached every centre of the coal indus
try. 1t is said that the MoIlie Magures had
about 5000 local units.
The coal barons Immediately saw the danger in
this new movement. Now they determined more
than ever TO crush any organized resistance the
part of the miners. AS usual, in such cases, they
sent spies and provocateurs from the Pinkertons
Agency into the Mollie Maguires to follow the ac-
tlVltleS oil the workers ana 10 commit crimes III Ler
name in order TO hunt them down later criminals.
These provocateurs played their role very cleverly
and successfully and the murders in the coal fields
became so numerous that by 1873 the time was ripe
for striking a final blow at the miners organiza-
ton The bourgeois newspapers the politicians, the
priests and the ministers of the church created the
opinion in the country that the Molie Maguires was
an organization established for criminal purposes
and composed Of criminals only. At the same time
the spies knew by heart all the connections of the
secret organization and its most active members and
officials. The way prepared for the final at
tack OF course it is possible that these provocateurs
may have succeeded in inducing some members of
the Organization to commit crimes, but nothing