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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
NEW SUIT BROUGHT
AGAINST GOODYEAR
Accounting Asked of $751;
600, 900 by Stockholders of
Rubber Tire Company.

ny the Aesoo1ated Pre>s
AKRON, Ohio, February 10.--
Another legal action involving finances
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.,
was added TO pending litigation today
with the fling of a suit by a group
of Columbus stockholders against ma
jority directors of the company.
The present action asks an account
ing in the sum of Sis, 900 900 and is
similar to a suit filed here recently
by stockholders committee headed
by r. c. TomlinSon, but names diff
ferent defendants. II brings the num-
Der of actions in Summit County Com
mon Pleas Court to five. other suits
Involving financers and management
of the company are also pending in
Toledo, Columbus and New York.
The Columbus stockholders charge
that stock of the company has de
preciated in value under the present
management, causing $4,000. 900 dam
age to the company. The petition
charges that Clarence Dillon of
Dillon. Read & Co., New York, as
head of a banking syndicate headed
by him made vast profits through
sale of the company's securities.
The suit was filed by Nathan w.
Rice. Fred Brundige, Harry V. Butler,
Nell SchatZman, FRANK q. Larlmore,
Malcolm G.. Dickey and Bertha W.
Wagerly of Columbus. 1t names AS
defendants Grayson NJ. +. Murphy,
New York banker: Herbert II. Spring
ford, treasurer of Dodge Brothers,
Detroit Armin A. Schlesinger, Mil
waukee; William NJ. l.. Fiske partner
of Dillon, Read & Co; Ralph Van
Vechten. Chicago banker: P. w. Itch
field, Goodyear president; Clifford f.
Stone and Frank X Espenhain, vice
president Joseph r. Mutt. president
Union Trust Co, Cleveland and, f. G.
Welmer, president Dodge Brothers.
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COED BANDIT TAKEN
TO INSANE HOSPITAL
Will Stand Trial for Burglary if
Test Shows Her Men
tally Sound.

YANKTON, s. Oak, February To-
Marion Meyers, 19-year-old University
of South Dakota COED, charged with
attempting TO rob the First National
Bank Of Vermilion, entered the State
Hospital for the Insane here late yes
terday for observation.
If the girl is declared sane she will
be returned to the county Jail at Yer
million to stand trial at the March term
of Circuit Court on a charge Of bur-
glsry in the third degree.
Accompanying Miss Meyers on her
trip from Vermilion. where she was
held under 1880 bond, were the girl IS
mother. Mrs. Margaret Meyers of
Woonsocket: the Rev. A. \. Gilbertson,
Episcopal rector of Vermilion, and
deputy sheriff.
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PRISONS HEAD QUITS.

ALBANY. \. Y, February 10 (P>.-
James l.. Long, commissioner of cor
rection in the reorganized State gov
eminent and formerly State super
intendent of prisons. submitted his
resignation to Gov. Smith Yesterday
In recent report on State prisons.
George w. Alger recommended Mr..
Long be not retained as commissioner
on the ground a trained psychiatrist
should head the department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
TX. FLEMMlNG DYING.
Canadian Legislator Named in
Gould Senatorial Contest.

WOODSTOCK, New Brunswick
FEBRUARY 10 OBJ. X. Flemming.
member of Parliament for Carleton
Victoria and one time premier OF
New Brunswick. is at the point OF
death. his physician, w. d. Rankin
said yesterday.
Mr.. Flemming was named In the
Maine senatorial contest last NoVem-
her when opponents of senator
Arthur r. Gould charged that the
Republican candidate paid 100000 TO
Mr. Flemming in connection with
railroad contract in 1913
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sc, ASKS WHEN
DO DECLINING YEARS START
Tiger Insists He Has Grown
Considerably Younger Since
Peace Conference.
War Premier, in High Spirits,
Has Taken on Little
Flesh Recently.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February l0.-Georges Gle
menceau, Frances beloved Tiger,
wants to know when a man reaches
his declining days.
Eighty-six years have not given him
the answer.
The war premier broke for the AS
ISOLATED Press a silence which has
lasted since his open letter to Presi-
dent Coolidge on the war debt settle
ment. He declared then that the let.
ter was his last public utterance.
The statement that he was retiring
to a Normandy farm to spend his de,
clining years stung him into speech.
Not Declining Years.
"H.h.u.m-m.m" growled The Tiger
MY declining years They haven't
yet come to my notice,
The talk of retirement to Normandy
farm life was the first successful prac
teal joke ever turned against Gle
menceau. A Paris paper announced
that he would leave his native depart
ment of the Nendee for Normandy.
The Tiger was showed under with
letters of protest. rebuke and entreaty
from his neighbors and admirers in
the Nendee. That their idol should
leave the land of his birth for strange
soil was an upbearabte idea. The
project of the department. "A mighty
parsonage, even made special trip
to Paris to learn if the report were
true.
When he returned with the news
that a joker had successfully baited
the Tiger there was great amuse-
ment and relief in the Vendee.
Has Grown Younger.
"But the thing | resented most,
said the former premier handing the
a photograph, was the
declining years How does a man
know when he has reached his de-
Ginning years? ! have grown con-
younger s'olce that picture
was taken. 1t shows me as I was
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Moved!

The Notioa Department has been
moved to the main floor, rear
given much more spaee--for better
service to our customers. At the
same time the Art Needlework De-
partment has been enlarged aud.
remains ON the main floor front.
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Would End Pillow Fights. "

ITHACA. n. Y, February 10 A9.-
Another supposedly innocent childish
game has come under scientific ban.
"Pillow fights at bedtime should be
tabooed. says Cornells College of
Home Economics, because of the eff
feet upon Juvenile nerves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

GERS made their arrests while as
tonished guests In evening clothes
scampered out.
The six men were released on
bonds of 800 each.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
IENGINE INVENTION
INTERESTS ENGINEERS
New Valveless Type Declared More
Economical Than Present
Design.

Automotive engineers are under
stood to be interested in an invention
of a Boston man which the latter
terms an internal combustion en-
gine," and claims that lit gives two
strokes in a single cylinder per revo
luton of the shaft"
THE gas is sucked In at the bottom
of the cylinder as the piston rises,
says the inventor. ''On the down
stroke, however, it is squeezed up a
bypass into the head of the cylinder
At the same time the exhaust port
opens and permits the burned gases
to escape under the 17-pound com
preston of the new gas coming in
Then on the upward movement of the
piston tho new gas in the head of the
cylinder is compressed by 32-pounc
pressure and is ready for the spark.
Gas is compressed twice before IL
is exploded. The engine is valveless
all the woring parts moving on bal
bearings, these being the cam, the
roller bearing and the piston contain
ing the wristpin.
"One cylinder of my invention is the
equivalent of four of the ordinary
motor engine, and will drive a lotion
truck" he said. 1.-THE engine will
occupy one-fifth the space of the ordi
nary motor-car engine. 1t will use
about one-fifth the gas needed al
present in a car and one-half pint OF
oil for five gallons Of gas, the oil be
ing mixed with the gasoline
Evening star., 1927-08-28

Motorists are paying nearly S1,00O,-
900 daily in taxes upon the gasoline
that runs their automobiles. Increased
taxes in many States and the imposl-
tion of such levies in two great Gaso-
line-consulning States which hereto
fore have sought no revenue from this
source have served greatly to increase
the total over the same period a year
ago.
Figures which show the extent to
which motorists are taxed for the fuel
they use are revealed in an article ap
pearing in the Oil and Gas Journal, in
which it is pointed out that the high
total is explained by the fact that the
current season is marked by greater
gasoline consumption than any other.
Forty-six States now have a tax of
from to cents a gallon on gasoline
sold within the State boundaries.
The latest State in which a gasoline
tax became effective was Illinois. They
started to collect a 2-cent tax in that
State on August /. The new tax of .
cents in New Jersey became effective
July l. Both of these States are large
consumers Of gasoline. AS shown in
the accompanying table the tax during
August will cost the owners of motor
vehicles, $40,4SS daily in Illinois. and
in New Jersey $22 ,656 daily.
In addition to these new taxes, in
creases in the tax rate have become
effective in several States during the
past few weeks. Included in these in
creases are Florida, from to cents;
South Dakota, 3 to cents; West Vir-
ginia, 31a to cents; Iowa, 2 to 3
cents: California, 2 to 3 cents. and
Pennsylvania, 2 to 8 cents. Due to
the increase in tax, California now
pays more tax than any other State
It's tax during August will average in
excess of 100000 daily. Ohio-which
also increased it's tax from 2 to 3
cents on May 25-is the second largest
gasoline taxpayer with a total of ST.
335 daily, and Pennsylvania third, with
daily tax of $69S7S.
These three States in the order
named follow New York as the four
leading gasoline-consuming States.
New York, whose August gasoline re-
quirements will average 3,295,740 gal
Ions daily, does not have gasoline tax
at the present time. The other State
without a tax is Massachusetts, which
also Is large consumer Of gasoline.
The accompanying table shows that
the gasoline taxes in all Of the 46
States are cents or more gallon.
This is contrast to the situation five
years ago. when most States did not
Evening star., 1927-08-28
AUTO HEADLIGHTS
REQUIRE SCRUTINY
Constant Watch Should Be
Kept on This Accessory.
Says Association.

Constant attention to the condition
of the cars headlights must become a
fixed habit on the part of every motor
car owner, just as attention to the
gasoline supply and engine lubricant
is a habit with the foresighted motorist
This change of attitude is imperatively
essentia if the SlarinS headlight evil
is to be abated, says Il statement 49,
sued yesterday by national headquar-
ters of the American Automobile AS
sociation. in which Thomas P. Henry.
president of the organization. asks
the cooperation of every motor owner
in eliminating the headlight menace.
Agencies of all kinds, particularly
motor clubs. are giving their utmost
attention to the solution of the prob
lem, SAYS the statement, but in final
analysis the issue is up to the 22,000,-
900 car owners of the Nation.
Headlight equipment can be i'm
proved. motor clubs may provide free
headlight clinics and develop stand
ards. cities and towns may provide
official stations where headlights can
be adjusted without cost to the car
owner, laws may be adopted requiring
headlights to meet certain non.glarc
specifications. police departments NAV
wage intensive campaigns against
careless motorists. but all of these
steps will fall short of the desired end
unless the individual is made con-
scious of his tremendous responsi.
bility,' declares Mr.. Henry.
"1t is difficult to understand the at
titude of thousands of motorists on
this question" he adds. Every user
of the streets and highways of the
country is conscious of the evil, but
many go on for years unconscious Of
their own dangerous contribution to
it. The individual objectifies the con-
dition. He denounceS the other mans
lights and does not see the menace
of his own"
Every car owner should have a reg
ular time for inspecting the cars
lighting equipment, it is pointed out.
This period will vary, of course, with
the kind, condition and quality of the
lighting devices on the car. Even
the best of equipment will get out of
adjustment if the car is driven at high
speeds over rough roads or streets.
This being true, it follows that many
headlights almost constantly are In
need of attention, the statement de-
clareS.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Three Traffic Tricks

Many accidents are caused by the
assumption that the man in front has
no reason for stopping. Even if the
stop does appear to be baseless. make
sure this is the case before passing.
The visibility of the driver in the car
ahead is much better, and he may
see a danger that is not apparent to
those in the rear.
If the car suddenly develops a ten.
dency to swerve because Of the in.
equality of the brakes on the front
wheels, one can proceed through
traffic by turning the steering wheel
against the tight brake. The next
stop, however, should be the service
station.
1t does not pay to try to pass a
street car at an intersection. If the
car is moving slowly, another motor.
list may be trying TO beat 1t across.
He could not see the automobile along
side the street car. Pass after the
intersection has been crossed.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
WATER ANNOYS OWNERS.
Gas Still Should Be Kept Dry and
Clean.

Water in the gas still is an annoy
ance to car owners. Most gasoline
tanks are equipped with drain plugs,
but many owners never think Of using
them until the plugs have rusted so
badly that there is danger Of damag.
ing the tanks when trying to remove
them. The same condition exists with
a great many vacuum tanks in serv-
ice. If just a drop Of this water gets
into the base Of the high-speed car.
buretor nozzle or jet 1t will cause
trouble.
A good way to overcome this annoy
ance. aside from the use Of a good gas.
oline filter, which always is advisable,
is to flood the carburetor with gas
and race the engine after it is warm.
This will often dislodge the water
and start the carburetor functioning
properly again, assuming that no more
water is allowed to get into it.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
$1,OOO,OO0 DAILY GASOLINE TAX
PAID BY NATIONS MOTORISTS
Total Greatly Exceeds That of Year Ago
Levies Raised in Many States and Adopted
in Illinois and New Jersey.

have tax. with the highest tax rate
not exceeding cents. 1t is estimated
that the total gasoline tax collections
for 1927 in the United States will be
between $3.50, 100000 and $275 900 900.
This tax on the motorist is in addition
to the registration fees, which totaled
$271,171,724 for the first six months of
1927, according to Government reports.
The daily gasoline consumption for
August was derived from State re-
ports which showed the actual con-
sumption the first five months of this
year. The rate of increase the first
five months of this year over the same
period last year was the basis of esti-
mating the increase for August of this
year over August, 1926. In the case of
States which have a gasoline tax for
the first time, the August gasoline con-
sumption was derived on a basis of
comparative automobile registrations.
Table showing estimated daily gaso.
line consumption and tax collected for
August:
Evening star., 1927-08-28

he let in the clutch. And If he kept
his foot on the brake pedal to prevent
all this he probably would stall the en-
gine anyhow.
You can hold the car with the
emergency brake and let 1t off gradu-
ally as you let in the CLUTCH" Smith
suggested.
That's a poor way to do it," the
garage man interrupted. Better keep
both feet on the pedals and push them
all the way down to the floor. That's
the natural position when you're
scared and want to hold the car. Now
then. when you want to start off let
back both pedals at the same time,
gently In that way you're applying
power as you let off the brakes"
Yes, but with that scheme you've
got to feed gas with the hand control
of the throttle instead Of with the ac-
celerator," Smith tried to pick flaw
in the plan.
"Well, what's wrong with that? He
hasn't got to shift gears and he
shouldn't try to until he reaches the
top of the hill"
Another thing that worried the new
driver was whether he ever could shift
into low gear going uphill, or even on
the level If the car was in motion and
he previously had been in second or
high.
Double Clutching Easy.
Smith was not certain, compromis.
ing by saying that it could be done
with some cars. The garageman,
however, was not so indefinite. He
said that shifting down to low from
a higher gear simply was a matter of
speeding up the engine so as to speed
up the main driving gear of the trans
mission while the gears are in neutral
in the process of shifting through tC
low. He admitted it required quite
lot of practice to do it with any degree
of ease. and that since with low gear
the engine is turning from three to
four times faster than when in high,
for a comparable car speed, it would
be necessary to race the engine to
make any kind of successful shift at
a car speed Of 10 to Is miles per hour.
"This is the process of double
clutching.'" he explained. you have
to let in the clutch for an instant and
race the engine just as you are going
through neutral. It's the process
necessary for making quiet shift into
second from high, either going down.
hill or going up. Few drivers can do
it properly, and never learn, because
they find they can force the gears to
mesh and SO go ahead bungling. Shift
ing down to low gear requires the
double clutching process in more ex-
aggerated form"
Smith drove off feeling that it pays
to try to teach. He had picked up
several ideas through the simple. but
often overlooked process Of learning
by instructing.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Plunger Aids Starting.

Some simple trouble has been ex.
perienced by owners Of cars equipped
with certain type Of carburetor. It
seems that occasionally the carburetor
fails to provide sufficient air to enable
the driver to recrank after having
parked the car. 1t is a case of the
intake and mixing chamber Of the
carburetor becoming somewhat air.
bound. The remedy is an easy one.
Merely raise the hood and press down
a plunger on the carburetor, which
admits the air. The remedy is so sim.
pie that some owners, when shown it.
have refused to believe that it could
have anything to do with refusal of
the engine to start.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Three Touring Tips

On long, open stretches OF highway,
where the car can travel at regular.
even speed. it will rest the driver If
the hand throttle is used to feed gaso.
line to the engine.
Fatigue is not altogether matter
of long hours behind the wheel on the
touring drive. Ones position Is a
factor of importance. Sitting up fair
ly straight, but with the whole body
relaxed. is the ideal position. Slump
ing over the wheel In a cramped, un.
natural posture too often is confused
with relaxing. 1t is not, and, more to
the point, it is very fatiguing.
When a stop is made for gas. Oil
or water, the touring party will find
q good stretch beneficial. Get out and
walk around. The few minutes so
spent can be made up within a short
time because Of the feeling OF fresh.
hess thus created. 1ss.sss4.a ss2-x-lis-lsz szlzlaa
Evening star., 1927-08-28
COURTESY OF AUTO
PROTECTION URGED
Auto Association Official Calls At
tention to Needless
Damage.

One form of courtesy that motorists
as a group we'll might display is that
involved in protecting the other mans
car when pulling into or out Of a mar
row parking space. This is the opin'
ion of Ernest n. Smith. general man
ager of the American Automobile AS
sociation. Thousands of dollars of dam
age to automobiles is done in this way
monthly, he declares.
ut unfortunately is true that the
careless motorist can get by with
great deal of the damage he does to
the machines parked alongside of his
own" says Mr.. Smith.
Owners of the machines so injured
cannot stand beside them all day to
check up on the inconsiderate driver,
but, with the acute dearth of parking
space existing, it is becoming almost
necessary to do just that If one wants
to make certain that his car will be
undamaged.
"As an exhibition of poor driving
and worse craftsmanship, striking a
parked car and failing to notify its
owner, tops them all. The good driver
does not have to experiment. He can
measure a space with his eye and II
it is too narrow for his car, he Is not
foolish enough to attempt to enter it.
Some drivers, however, will try to get
into a space that is too small. They
will damage the tenders of the cars
parked beside the space and then turn
around and flee when they have made
certain no one has seen them.
"They are responsible only to them
selves for the harm thus done to their
own automobiles, but mangling the
tenders of another mans car is quite
another thing.
"Of course, there are many acci'
dents of this kind that are forgive.
able. These are the ones wherein the
offending motorist takes the number
Of the other car and reports to its
owner that he has wrought the dam
age 1t is the only courteous thing
to do under the circumstances and il
is one form of courtesy that vel
might be practiced by every motorist
in the country"
Evening star., 1927-08-28
RATE MAY BE VERY HIGH
Reasons Why Ammeter Sometimes
Fails to Register.

Because the ammeter does not regis.
ter the current discharge when the
engine is being started. many motor
lists do not realize that the rate is
very high. In the case of a large,
heavy engine, the current use runs as
high as 200 amperes when the start.
ing switch first is closed. The aver
age discharge runs around 100 am.
peres. This offers an excellent clue
as to why the engine should be kept
in such condition that it will start
with ease at all times.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Two to Remember

If the segments In the distributor
head are pitted, they should be clean
ed with the eraser of a pencil. Metal
polish also can be used for this pur-
pose.
Many kinds Of nickel polish hardly
are more then useless. 1t would bright.
en- up the nickel as much to wash and
polish with a chamois as to use some
Of these inferior polishes. Your au-
tomobile dealer knows what kind Of
nickel polish to use. You will be sur.
prised to see what difference 1t will
make In your car 49, y n 80 -. Il
Evening star., 1927-08-28
AVOID DIRT AND GRIT.
Upholstery in Car Lasts Longer II
Kept Clean.

Dirt and grit accommodating in the
upholstery Of closed cars cause it to
wear more rapidly than usage ever
does. For this reason the careful car
owner will apply the whiskbroom and
vacuum cleaner to the fabric at regu-
lar intervals-every two weeks at least
during the Summer. II the upholstery
Is spotted. apply one Of the dry-clean.
ing compounds. When it has evapo.
rated, apply hot f1atiron wrapped in
a wet cloth to the spot. Rub lightly
against the nap of the fabric.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
REMEDY HAS DEFECTS.
Lubricants Held Sometimes More
Damaging Than Beneficial.

Heavy oil frequently is used to com.
pensate for wear of engine parts. 1t
is we'll to realize that lubricants of
this nature have their deficiencies.
which may do more harm than good
under certain conditions. The heavy
Oil, in the first place, does not atomize
readily, and this is likely to result in
underlubrication Of vital units of the
engine. If cylinders, pistons or rings
are worn badly, they should be re.
ground or replaced.