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and had several more to serve. His
wife came to see him. At the leave
taking in the dark corridor Gabril and
his wife embraced with especial
warmth, the parting kiss being so
movie-like in length that the guards
noticed it and were moved.
Gabril had a slip of paper in his
cheek 1t passed his wife's lips during
the embrace, On the paper was writ
ten:
Tomorrow. during the recreation
hour I will jump over the wall. Have
vehicle waiting for me on the other
side of the moat."
Mrs. Gabril had the vehicle. Her
husband got away and hasn't been
heard of since. She was detained by
the authorities
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Endless Track for Plane.

Landing skids consisting of endless
belts are being tried on airplanes In
France. Preliminary tests have indi-
Gated their feasibility. The belt, or
travelling track" is mounted on a
set of ball bearings between two alumni
mum shells. The belts are said to re-
duce the chance of the plane over.
turning, to simplify the task OF land
ing on rough ground, and to ease the
shock of aliEhting.
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Medicine Sent by Raft.

To give medical relief to the tiny
West Indian island. of ST. Vincent. the
liner Andes, on it's way from South
America to Lisbon recently, went 100
miles off its regular course. II had re-
celved wireless s. o. $. that infu-
enza was raging among the islanders
and remedies were scarce. The liner
approached within a mile of shore.
and to prevent the disease spreading
to the ship, the needed supplies were
placed on raft built for the purpose.
the natives rowing out 10 II
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trict when he 10 relieved has not beth
determined by the authorities at the
War Department.
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provements that have been made in
this city. Miss G. f. Stewart of Bay
onne, n. j.: Rev. C.. l.. Russell. gen.
eral secretary of the league. and the
president, Mrs. NJ. l.. Russell, also
spoke.
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II ECREATION URGED
ION EPWORTH LEAGUE
Diversion for Young Members
Stressed by Speakers at Con-
ference Session.

More recreation and diversion should
he provided for young members, speak
ers declared this morning at the an
nual session of the Epworth League
of the Washington Philadelphia Con-
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KISS WINS FREEDOM
FOR MAN IN PRISON
Note Passes to Wife's Lips
During Embrace in
Corridor.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-A kiss in the dark got
Frenchman out Of prison the other
day.
The prisoner. Fritz Gabril. had
been behind the bars for two wears
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BARNHARDT ASSUMES
DISTRICT COM Inland
Takes Over Temporary Post, Sue
ceeding bach-Permanent
officer Undisclcsed.

Brig. Gen. George c. Barnhardt,
recently promoted has assumed tenn
porary command of the military dis
trict of Washington, which has juris-
dictinn over al Regular troops in the
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ness, represented in the sale of 10000
cars.
One of the interesting facts re-
vealed in the compilation of sales
data is that automobiles priced at
more than $1,000 outsold those cost
ing between $1,000 and $1,000. Sales
of the former totaled 10000, as
against $1,000 in the lower-price tier.
X X y X
That the ur-speed transmission
will come back into a measure of
popularity again is certain, in the
opinion of many who have studied
trends in automobile design. Four
speed transmissions, once recognized
for their great economy, had to be
abandoned by the average manufac-
turer because those who were buy
ing and operating cars did not like to
shift gears so often. Today, how
ever. the operation of the automobile
is so greatly simplihed that many
thousands of persons are perfectly
willing to learn some new tricks.
This is where the four-speed trans
mission IS bound to come in for fur
Their consideration. With such a
transmission, the driver can drop
into a ratio that will give him high
car speed with comparatively slow
rotation of the engine shaft. This
means freedom from engine vlbra-
ton, greater speed and increased
gasoline economy.
Drive over to the right as far as
possible at all times.
If the cars service brakes are func-
tioning properly. they will stop it
within 50 feet from a speed of 20
miles an hour.
If the street is wet and slippery,
allow at least 80 feet between your
car and the one ahead, except at low
speeds.
Never pass a car going in the same
direction until you are positive its
driver knows your intention.
When driving fast keep firm grip
on the steering wheel. A puncture
or blowout otherwise may cause the
car to swerve off the road.
Remember that the inside of the
fdb w bNIOASo ~ ttlN Ndl Wiling
from the other direction.
x X X
When the density of traffic is con-
sidered-particular1y at night, and
most especially Saturday nights-and
when the narrowness of the streets
is borne in mind, traffic conditions
around Fourteenth street and Park
road are relatively good. The move
ment of vehicles there is exception.
ally heavy. yet the flow of traffic
rarely is checked for considerable
length of time, and jams, so-called,
are more or less infrequently expert
enced. The manner in which the
unusually thick streams of Saturday
night traffic are handled is tribute
to the men in charge at that vicinity.
The whole situation, it seems, is
worthy of very favorable mention.
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AMERICAN AUTO GROUP
CONVENE JUNE 1917

Problems of interest and importance
to Washington motorists and to mo-
tordom as a whole win be discussed
at the annual convention of the Amer
lean Automobile Association, to be
held at Philadelphia June Is and II.
The interests of Capital motorists
will be represented by Stanley Fl. Hor-
ner, chairman of the advisory board
of the District Of Columbia division
of the A. A. A; George w. Offutt
and perhaps an additional member of
the council.
Full discussion of score of i'm
portant questions will be an outstand-
ing feature of the convention. Among
those to be taken up are compulsory
insurance, safety, remaining portion
of the war excise tax on motor ve-
hicles and organization service. The
annual election of officers also will
take place.
Approximately 400 delegates are
expected to attend the meeting.
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oil, and If the gas has a chance IN
leak down the valve stems it cleans
off all the lubricating oil and gives
you sticky valves, Better crank a
bit with the throttle closed and with@
out using the choke.
Now we'll see what we can do by
way OF a snappy start. The first step
Is to pull the choke all the way out.
not just part way. II you want the
pistons to suck raw gas up through
the carburetor and the intake, you've
got to choke off all the air. And il
you don't open the throttle part way
how on earth can you expect to get
any gas to the engine? Time and time
again / see people in hero cranking
away for dear life while the throttls.
is closed to the idling position. They
might just as well get out and dis
connect couple of spark plug wires
before starting" 1865
Being With Ignition on.
Smith watched this much of the
starting process as staged by the
garage man, but he was surprised at
one thing. His instructor had stepped
on the starter without switching on
the ignition. 4..s
How are you going to start with
O0L IL dSkCus
Like all experienced drivers" the
other replied. when you switch on
the ignition right off the reel, you ron
the battery of much Of the juice it
needs to operate the starter motor.
That's bad, because unless a starter
motor turns the engine at a lively
rate, not enough gasoline is sprayed
to compress the vapor properly. 1t
pays to crank a little before switching
on the ignition
The wisdom of this was demon
strated by engine action the instant
the ignition was switched on. Imme-
diately, however, the garage man.
pushed the choke all the way in ana
closed the throttle to a point where
the engine did not race. A second
later the engine threatened to stall.
and Smith noted that his instructor
pulled out the choke and just az
quickly pushed it in again. This was
done several times. from which Smith
deduced that it was better than leay-
| ing the choke part way out during
the warming-up process.
fCopyright. 1927
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Starting Over Again.

Because it had been such a pleasure
to start the new car each day, Smith
had not noticed the long time spent
in the process. When the novelty
had worn off a bit, he began to OBJ
serve that other drivers got under
way much more quickly.
The other morning he actually was
surprised to find that it took him
about five minutes to get under way,
the engine suffering, stalling and
back-firing during the process. He
realized that something was wrong.
This engine doesn't start the way
it should,'' he told the garage man
later. There was no trouble when
it was brand-new, but lately it's get
ting more bothersome. Maybe there's
something wrong with the points"
"Nope," the other assured him. tits
Just your method. You want to change
your system of startin'. It's been this
way ever since you breeZed in here
with that new bus-only you didn't
notice it,"
Delay Helped Car Start.
Smith was skeptical. He may have
been no past master at handling auto
mobiles, but neither was he novice.
ut ought to start promptly despite
at those points. I just read in the in
struction book that if they're dirty or
pitted. there won't be a good spark
at the start"
I'D rather not" the garage man
declined. but l tell you what / will
do: Just let me show you how to start
that engine without all this fuss"
A minute later the garage man was
behind the wheel. The demonstration
was on!
Before 1 begin" Smiths Informant
explained, mote the part this delay
has played in helping matters. You
cranked and choked so long that the
cylinders flooded with raw gasoline.
The fuel could not vaporiZe and
wouldn't have had enough air for a
good combustion mixture anyway. So
the engine stayed dead. While we've
been talking, some of the raw gas has
| leaked down past the valves and also
past the pistons into the crankcase
The engines nearly ready for business
again.
| ST say nearly because a brand-new
engine like this is tight all over. Flood
| the cylinders with gasoline, and 1t will
stay there far longer than in an Ole
| engine where the pistons are loose
| Now just to make sure that / get al
this excess gas out of the cylinders
I'll step on the starter and not use
the choke. Also I'll keep the throttle
closed
Crank to Eliminate Gas.
| The starter turned the engine a few
times while Smith witnessed for the
first time the trick of clearing the
cylinders after having made the mis-
| take of flooding them with gas
through excessive cranking and chok
| ing. 1t was g. very simple process
and one that he could use to good ad
vantage any time he made mistake
in cranking and did not have time tC
wait for the natural escape of the
gasoline.
| LAS matter of fact, / would rec
ommend this system any time you
happen to flood the cylinders-or even
when you think you have flooded
Them" the other suggested. IF you
| wait for the gasoline to leak past the
pistons. you just dilute your engine
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MOTORING
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.
bearing from burning the

- VERY one knows that auto
4 - mobiles have been remarkably
improved within the last five
SA--@ years, but an excellent way to
check up on the extent of this prog
ress is to drive a car of 1922 vintage.
The test is made much better If the
car happens to be of the same make
one owned back in that early period.
A motorist who has owned five
cars of the same make in FIVE years
recently had an opportunity to drive
one of the models with which he
started. Here are few of the things
he found:
The motor, although basically the
same, has been smoothed out and re-
fined in a manner that would have
seemed beyond all expectation in
1922. Although the car, even in the
earlier period, was characterized by
especial feetness, the current model
is infinitely superior in this respect.
The old engine was noisy. The new
version is so quiet it scarcely can be
heard
In the matter of power transmits
sion the car has been equally inn
proved. The old car had a cone
clutch After few months it either
took hold with a spine wracking
grab or failed to take hold at all.
The current model starts off with
perfect smoothness.
There is no comparison between
the driving ease of the two cars.
One appreciates steering simplicity
as it is built into cars today only if
he has chance to compare It with
what passed as the same quality but
a few years ago.
Driving the old car, on. had to
make allowance of virtually three
times the stopping distance, in spite
of the fact that the brakes were III
good condition 1t really was not the
condition of the brakes: the prin-
ciple merely has been so greatly i'm
proved
To make the picture complete. it
should be said that the 1922 car has
been owned in the family of man
who runs high-class automobile re-
pair shop. 1t has been kept in fine
condition, and the speedometer was
Registering Dut 1OUOO 1lllIGS. II 10
far from worn out 1t simply is an
tiquated in the fullest sense of the
word.
X
No motor car maker is suffering
from a dearth of patronage, judging
by statistics based on car sales for
1926. The figures are interesting in
connection with persons who are
buying cars and what cars they are
buying.
Naturally, the lower priced cars
have an enormous lead. Figures
show that II per cent, or 3,025,7O0
units, of the total automotive pro-
duction last year was priced under
$1,000 Manufacturers whose prod
ucts are priced from $1,000 to $1,000
got 1916 per cent of the total busi-
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The Old Mechanic SAYS:

here this mornin' to be repaired. Well,
on the way over, he had another pune
ture. Instead of calm us, he drove
the rest of the way to the shop on.
the fiat.
He came in madder'n a hornet.
While I was removin' the punctured
tire, one of the boys was exanin' the
tire on which he had driven fiat last
night He didn't have to look hard
to tell that the tire was so badly cut
that repair was almost out of the
question. When l got the other tire
off, / found it in about the same
shape. Repairin' them would have
meant vulcanizin' or usin' blowout
patches almost all the way around the
tires.
The upshot was that the customer
had to buy two new ones, all be-
cause he lost his temper and thought
he didn't give a hang II he did cut
the tires all to pieces.
Tires are just one item and that's
only one customer. There are lots of
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Car owners who lose their tempers
usually are mighty good customers
for the accessory and repair man. l
have no way Of calculatin' just what
my profits have been from this type
of customer, but I'll bet they'd total
up mighty big.
That fellow who drove out when
you were turnin' in here, is good
illustration of what I'm sayin'. You
probably didn't notice it, but he has
two new tires on his car that he need
not have bought at all if he hadn't
allowed himself to get ravin' mad at
the idea that he should have four or
five punctures in as many days.
Almost every day this week he's
left tire here to be repaired. Last
night he had another puncture. He
was about a mile from home and be-
cause he was sore at the world he
drove home on a fiat. When he got
into the garage, he put on the spare.
thinkin to leave the punctured tire
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SIERRA NEVADA MOTOR
PASSES REPORTED OPEN
BY BECK

Both passes of the Lincoln Highway
through the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains now are open and, with the
exception of a stretch of road in east.
ern Iowa. the highway is in generally
good condition throughout the coun-
try, according to latest reports from
the Lincoln Highway Association,
Detroit.
Motorists crossing the continent via
this highway are advised to enter
Iowa at Dubuque instead of Clinton,
as paving between the latter city and
Marshalltown now is in progress and
detours over dirt roads. impossible in
wet weather., are necessary. A short
stretch between Fallon. New, and
Sacramento, Calf, will necessitate u
detour.
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VALVES EASILY FIXED.
Trouble Usually Due to Disturb
ances in Tappets.

Valve trouble often is not valve
trouble at all. but form of tappet
disturbance. In some engines the tap
pets do not receive a sufficient guam
tity of oil, with the result that they
start to squeak and become noisy.
This can be remedied in several
ways. One of the simplest is to run
an oil lead from the pipe to the oil
pressure gauge to the valve compart-.
ment. Small holes should be bored in
this pipe so that oil that forces out
of it will drip or spray directly upon
the tappets. This remedy will not
interfere with the efficient operation
of the oiling system, and in addition
will provide certain amount Of mois-
ture in the valve compartment, which
is good for the valves and valve stems
themselves.
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other items and lots of other GUS
toners of the same type. They help
my cash drawer, but they're not the
most pleasant kind of chaps to deal
with
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John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

John Smith mOt0ris
He selfsh rather chap willing
interesting
Of members OF the
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FOR SALE-Ideal ranch for raising mink, beaver and muskrats, on north side Wasilla lake, miles east of Wasilla. Good house and fox pens, abundance of fish and game; wild mink and muskrats on ranch. Very cheap. Write D. B. Stubbs, Nc Kinley Park, Alaska.
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FULL SEASON FUR
 HAL|BUT FISHING
 SOUGHT KETCH|KA|V
CLUB REQUESTS BUREAU TO REVISE FISHING
 REGULATIONS

Fishing privileges Tor the halibut fleet throughout the entire year, rather than the existing plan of nine months. will be advocated by the business men of Ketchikan, it was made known to the Ketchikan Chronicle when members of the Con- mercial club at their regular weekly meeting, instructed the organization s secretary to ask Henry O'Malley. Commissioner of U. s. Fisheries, to consider a 12-month seasaon.
 In reviving the regulations to per- init a full season. it was suggested that closed areas be established at regular intervals to protect the in- dustry's resources. This plan, Con- mercial Club members believe, will allow adequate propagation of pro- duct and at the same time permit halibut vessel owners to employ their huge investments all through the year.
 Under the present system, it was pointed out, the industry's entire in- vestment, including boats, gear, and overhead which continues regardless of activities, lies dormant three months out of each season.
 In the secretary's letter to the Bureau it was also requested that the halibut report of 1926 be forward ed when completed.
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LEGAL NOTICE

NO. 127
 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FIN
 AL ACCOUNT IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, SEWARD, PRE- cINcT, AT SEWARD. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY A. METZGER, De- ceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That John Stiefel, duly appointed, quail fled and acting administrator of the estate of Henry A. Metzger, deceased, has filed in the above entitled court his Final Report and Account, and that May 18th, 1927, at the hour of 200 P. M. in the court room of said court at Seward, Alaska, has been set as the time and place for the hearing on said Final Report and Account.
 All persons having any interest in the above matter are hereby admon- ished and cited to appear at said time and place and offer their objec- tions, if any, why said Final Report and Account should not be approved and settled and said estate closed in accordance with law.
 This notice is dated and the date of it's first publication is the 18th day of March. 1927.
 JOHN STIEFEL, Administrator of Estate of Henry A. Metzger, Deceased. Published March 2S. April 4, II, 18, 25, 1927.
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PORT OF MISSING MEN

Information regarding the follow ing named persons is desired through the Governors office, Juneau Alaska ::
 John MacFayden, about 65 years of age. He came to Alaska in 1898, had four brothers. His family desires information.
 James H. Bullock, about 75 years of age Family inquiring
 c. F. Barsalon, left Prince Rupert in 1916 with friends for Anchorage, Alaska, and never heard from again He was about 45 years of age and a native of Quebec.
 George Lavery, of Montreal, was in Alaska about six years ago.
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or woman to distri- bute Raleigh's Food Products, Household Remedies, Extracts, Flavors, Spices, Soaps, Toilet Pre- parations, Stock and Poultry Sup plies. 30 million packages of these Products sold to United States and Canadian consumers last year. Rawleigh's business established in 1899; 15 million dollars capital. We train and help you-no exper- fence needed. Pleasant, profitable work. Write for particulars 1&v- ing full information about your self Enclose snapshot of photo if possible. The w. T. Rawleign Co.,, Oakland Calif., Dept. c.
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If by chance this evenings summer breezes wait to ones ears beautiful melodies think not it may be a New York program coming in for it is one of the two nights of the week the Seward band is practicing for those 20 public concerts.
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OIL COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE
 LOS ANGELES, April 1. P)-The consolidation of the Julian Petrol cum Corporation and it's subsidiaries with the California Eastern Oil Con- pany was effected here today.
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U. OF CAL. DEFEATED

LOS ANGELES, April 1. (P)-Uni- versity of Southern California defeat ed the University of California in a duel track competition. The runner up was 76 to 54.
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If Mrs. Snyder and Judd acquitted they have an excellent opportunity for engagements at Hollywood in of those "cerse passions productions being ned out by the mile and cut off as needed
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WALKER TRANSFERRED
 10 WASHINGTON, ). [.

According to word received in Jun eau and announced from the office of the U. S. Biological Survey. E. P Walker, head of that department in Alaska as well as executive officer of the Alaska Game Com:n'ss'on. has been transferred 10 the head office in Washington. D. C.. and his former chief assistant in the Juneau office H. w. Terhrne will succeed him here. Mr. Walker 'os been a resi- dent of Juneau for several years and was in charge of the U. s. Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska before being transferred to the Biological Survey eight years ago.
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BANDIT IN GOLDEN
 GA F INTRODUCES
 NEW STYLE ROBBERY
VICTIM WAS FORGED TO WALK WITH GUN STUCK IN HIS RIBS
 ROBBED OF $iO9

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. (P)- Roy McCurdy, says that he was rob- bed of $1O9 as he was walking through The Golden Gate Park He says the bandit fell in behind him and probed him in the ribs with a gun then demanding him to keep moving and hand over his valuables, this march kept up for over 20 min utes, when the bandit suddenly dis appeared. McCurdy could not tell how long he had been walking after the bandit had disappeared as he thought the bandit was behind him all the, time When he finally must cred up enough courage to look be- hind he discovered that the bandit had disappeared.