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The Washington times., 1927-03-03
CHINESE SEIZE
j. s.. VESSELS
By International News Service

By international News Service
PEK1N. March S.-United States
Consul Lockhart has protested to
the Hankow authorities against the
unwarranted seizure of American
shipping in the Yangtze by the
Chinese militarists.
Japan Increases Fleet.
TOKYO. March 3.-Orders were is
sued by the navy department today
for the cruisers Isuzu and KawacIi,
carrying 500 sailors. to proceed to
Shanghai tonight.
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The Old Mechanic Says:

I've been interested lately to learn
why so many car owners get discour
aged with repair work, and | find its
largely because they take their cars
to mechanics who do not test the
work as they go along. Some me-
chanics claim they can't tell whether
a Job is going to turn out good or bad
until it's finished.
There are always ways of testin
'repair jobs as You go along, and you
ought to insist upon them. BY fittin
n bearin' and paintin' it with Prussiau
blue / can get it SO perfect that its
a foreGone conclusion nothin' will be
wrong with the job when ! put up
the crankcase again. There's no use
takin' chances on things when it's sc
much easier to make sure. of your
ground as you go along.
I've found lot of car owners who
seem to be reluctant to have the
valves ground because of the many
troubles they have after the job is
done. One man told me that he never
seems to be able to get his engine
quiet again after hayin' the valves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
AUTO SHOW CROWDS REVEAL
KEEN INTEREST IN NEW CARS
Attendance of 10000 at Exposition Re-
garded as Harbineer of Good Year
for Trade in Capital

, throngs who crowded in upon us at
the Auditorium represented very
real, very definite. a very ernest.
very fine tribute TO the superlative
cooperative effort without which
there would be no automobile show
no automobile and no progress.
Attendance Is a sribute.
THE 10000 persons who passed
through the various exhibits represent
70 me. and | am sure they do 10 my
colleagues of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, the appre
citation of the entire Washington
public. motoring and non-motoring
alike. that this industry is the en-
bodirnent of the economic life OF the
Nation, the symbol of why America
is the greatest industrial region i'm the
world the epitome Of its straddlins
commercial supremacy.
Il am convinced that this is in no
measure accomplishing the case
| | am SuCe that any number of We'll
Informed persons would readily agree
| that no endeavur is SO truly repre-
sentative of that American faculty
| which has made the country the first
| state. from an economic and an In.
! dustrial point of view. as is this appar
I entity proSaiC business of manufaC-
| all those elements which we have
| come to regard as the prime rcQui-
sites of vigorous, progressive industry,
| an element literally pulSatinE with
! life and the real joy of living and
| doing.
| THAT was the attitude Of the many
| thousands who attended the show
| That attitude was reflected in the
| quest ions they asked. the deep interesS
/ 49,,
| life and activity everywhere-in the
| show itself, in the crowds and in the
| automobiles on display"
| This evident strength and power
\ and virility, Mr.. Jose believes to he
| the basic keynote developed by the
| eXpoSition-the cue of the entire sig
| nificant performance.
| 81 believe he asserts. that the
| story of the show. which is written in
| vivid. flashing and tireless incandes
| cents. casts a long shadow before. in
| dicating clearly and graphically the
broad highway of progress which lies
| just ahead
| According to Mr.. Jose, the automo-
| tive exposition revealed in very strik-
| ing fashion the excellent state of eco
| nomic affairs within the District Of
| Columbia a the present time, and the
| results achieved by those represented
| in the show indicated that the much
discussed prosperity of the community
| is an undoubted actually.
Is Gauge OF Prosperity.
'"rhe automobile industry certainly
| is an accurate gauge of economic
conditions, and the trend of the show
| was such as to point clearly to the
fact that general conditions in the
National Capital leave little to be
desired. There can be no question,
the exhibition developed. that retail
distribution of motor vehicles during
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the engine. What could that have
to do with the gears? He gave the
matter his best thought and then he
found the answer.
BY removing carbon the mechanic
had, i'll effect, made the cylinders a
little larger. More gas was being
burned in them This affected the
idling OF the engine, making it run
faster than it did before the carbon
was removed AS result, there was
more Of tendency for the clutch
plate to follow the fywhecl. This
intcrfered with the normal action of
the gears in being shifted.
The remedy was to set the throttle
stop adjustment so less gas would be
fed TO the engine while iding.
Whenever something of this ma
ture happens. it is we'll to think
back over experience and try to re-
call whether anything may have been
done to the car to alter its delicate
adjustments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
MOTORING
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN
That ahead burning soft coal be
scientific reality chemists through with it.
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN

cant cleaners. have annihilatcd viz
tuaily all Of the most deadly foes OF
engine efficiency.
With the greater efficiency Of en-
gincs has come economy OF opera
| ton. This feature is expected to
catch the imagination OF the man
who is skcptical of his financial ca
pacity in relation TO new car. 1t
is decidedly vital one and the engi-
neer has given it his closest attcn-
ton.
The new car is safer than its
predecessor. 1t steers easier and
brakes more efficiently. No radical
mechanical principle has been de
veloped to assure these advantages.
Old principles have been applied to
better effect.
The 1927 car, then, surely advances
the mind of motordom. When mo-
tordom's mind is advanced it acts
with rapidity and assurance.
Having fully described the car he
wanted to trade i'll, prospective
purchaser for new car asked what
he would be allowed on it toward
payment Of the new machine He
seemed to be quite pleased that the
dealer was willing to allow SIS.
But" the dealer stipulated, IF YOU
dare to bring that car around here
the deal is off
But II is your car now. the mo-
toriSt argued. Il think | ought to
bring il in and turn it over to you"
Drive it over cliff snapped the
dealer. I'VE don't want to sec it at
ALL"
1t seems that used cars often arc
more OF nuisance than ANYTHING
elso. Dealers frequently are puzzled.
If customer should ask for an al
lowance on an old overcoat when
purchasing a new one the store. if
granting such an allowance, would
toss it over the counter and. later,
burn it or give it away. Used cars,
after they reach a certain age and
condition. cannot even be given
away. They take up as much stor-
age space as real automobile Even
the junk man will not take it unless
the dealer first spends money on it
reducing it to orderly scrap. The
city wont permit him to leave the
car on an open lot! And it costs
money to tow it to the wilderness!
X x
For providing strange experiences
the modern automobile certainly is
a winner. Some of the most trouble
some things are the result OF the
slightest changes in the cars anat-
omy.
Recently an owner became an
noyed with difficult gear shifting
The clutch appeared to drag little
so that when dcclutching he could
not shift to low without a clatter.
Making the other gear changes was
equally bothersome. Thinking back
over the events leading up to this
difficulty, he remembered that he
had had the carbon scraped out of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
BY HERBERT $. HOLLANDER.

With the closing of Washington 8
seventh annual automobile show last
Saturday night. the local automotIve
industry passed another milestone IN
its forward march on the road to prog
ress. milestone which all observers
are una nimouS in declaring the most
important ever noted in the history
Of the long. and often weary. struggle
from the "hOrseleSs carriage to the
superb 1927 product of the engineers
genius.
From many points Of view. the out
standing fact developed by the auto
mobile exposition just closed Is that
interest in the motor vehicle is liter
ally. as we'll as fguratively, over
whelming. The displays OF previous
years drew immense throngS, but
never in the seven increasingly active
years since the first show was inaug
urated was attendance SO great and
interest so intense as i'll 1927
According to figures compiled by
Rudolph Jose. chairman of the show
committee of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association. aud the
veteran Cadillac dealer upon whose
shoulders have fallen the major re-
sponsibilities for all the exhibitions
held by that organizat ion. more than
30 900 persons visited the Washing
ton Auditorium from January 20 TO
February s. This tremendous total
means that the vast hall was filled to
capacity practically every night. and
that large crowds took advantage of
the early afternoon opening.
Other Results Significant.
But there were other highly sig
nificant results attendant upon the
exposition which cannot be measured
in statistics. do not show up in balance
sheets, and which do not bear guaglng
by yardstCk or tape line. These in
tangible results, SO elusive yet so den
nitely practical, so easily overlooked
and so graphically seen il but viewed
| in the proper perspective. easily STAND
out as the most important net effects
| of the great effort of industrial CO.
| ordination which makes such an expo
sition possible.
Discussing this particular phase
of the show, Mr.. Jose. who has been
| IL close observer of observation-disclosures
| 1ace trends and movements in the in
| dustry in which he has been an active
| participant for more than quarter
century, bring out the following pro
vocative thoughts. He says:
1.-The show this year came to con
| clusion with the richest promises
| To those who might have felt some
uneasinesS regarding the material
| well.being of the industry. the exposi
| ton was like the rain-iaden gale of d
| hot Summer afternoon. 1t brought
renewed vigor. renewed confidence
renewed strength. IT did these things
| because the show brought to the
attention Of all those connected with
| the distributive division of this great
| industry the fact that the public is
| Interested, as it never has been before
| in what we are doing.
| "On the other hand. and this is OF
| great Importance, the mountaineering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
MOVE LEVER GENTLY.
Gears May Be Broken When Force
Is Used.

1t is possible, by using ones
strength to put the car in gear on
these cold mornings when the grease
in the transmission has hardened.
However, it isn't wise. One should
avoid this first by seeing that the
transmission lubricant is as light as
possible. The second step is to use
the gear shift lever gently, working
it back and forth into every gear com
bination until the CONCEALED lubricant
has loosened up sufficiently to make
the shifts. relatively easy. Gear shift
levers can he broken. and there is no
more effective way to make the car
unuSahle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

touched. He prefers to leave them
alone, KNOWN, of course. that while
he is avoidin the mechanics mistakes,
the engine itself is not hein' helped
any.
l sized up the situation and CON
Guided that the trouble was due TO
the way the mechanic went about adj
justin for tappet clearance. Too many
assume that because an owner brings
in his car for valve grindin' the tap
pets are loose and noisy. but the own
er may he orderin' the work on gem
eral principles and because he thinks
it will pay him in the long run.
If the engine is quiet, ] warm it up
and remove the valve cover plates. /
check the amount of clearanC at the
tappets. Then ! let the engine cool
and check clearances again. This not
only gives me the clearances, but the
expansion rates as we'll Why should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

An order requiring motor cars in
Hungary to be equipped in such a
way that lamps Illuminating the rear
plate cannot be extinguished from the
drivers seat was recently issued by
the Hungarian Minister Of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

| have to experiment when putting
back the valves and do the read
justin then?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
Blosser

was 51,38414. Other bids include R.
H. Martin of Tucson, SCI ,126.2O, and
Whiting Brothers and Tanner of Hol-
brook, $59,449.55.
The bid of Veater and Davis of Ell
Paso was $81, 1856. Other bids for
the 81 miles included the Lee Moor
Construction company of Ell Paso, $751;
O61.70; r. H. Martin of Tucson, $685.
773.98; Ken Hodgman of San Carlos,
$97, ,32O.28, and John Mulligan of Yuma,
$82, ,728.15.
The contract for the bridge over the
Little Colorado at Holbrook will call
for the construction of a structure 397
feet long consisting of four steel truss
spans 871s feet long each, resting on
concrete abutements and piers. The
roadway on the bridge will be 10 feet
wide and made of concrete. A four
foot concrete walk on each side of the
roadway across the bridge is called
for in the contract. 1t will be the first
built in the state with sidewalks on
it, although this same feature is con-
templated in the bridge to be built at
a future date over the Salt river at
Tempe
The contract for the construction of
the road on the Tucson-Benson high
way will call for a new road over
new survey from a point one mile
south of Tucson southeast to a point
three miles south of Vail. The road
will be 26 feet wide on subgrade OF
80 feet in width.
1t will run south of the Ell Paso and
Southwestern tracks and will eliminate
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
MansIaughter Charge
Filed Against Driver
Killing Pedestrian

PHOENIX, Dec. 6 (R-For the sec
ond time in two days, a rnanslaughter
charge in connection with the death
of a pedestrian struck by an automo-
bile, was filed today by the county
attorneys office.
The defendant in today's case is F.
3. Knight, United States Rubber com
pany employe, driver of a car that
struck and killed j. D. Witt, rs, short
ly after noon Saturday. Knight was
released in $4,000 bail to appear. for
preliminary hearing December 20.
A similar complaint was filed in
justice court Monday against Dr. A..
g. Lugo, of Phoenix, in connection with
the death of Frank S. Baird, 54, Phoe-
nix business man. Baird was struck
by DR.. Lugo's car last Thursday morn
ing at downtown intersection and
died Saturday afternoon. A coroner'S
jury, in an inquiry held over Baird's
body found that Lugo's car hard been
''recklessly driven
Lugo also is at liberty under bond
for appearance at later date.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
LTTHUANLA WILL
NOT GIVE inch
AGAINST POLAND

GENEVA, Dec. 6 .tR)-The big five"
have failed to settle the Polish 'Iith-
uanian dispute and it must be fought
out before the council of the league
of nations tomorrow or Thursday.
Foreign Ministers BRAND and Strese-
mann, and Foreign secretary Cham
berlain, met with representatives of
Italy and Japan this afternoon to dis
cuss Lithuania's complaints against
Poland, but failed to accomplish any
thing much toward solution of the
problem AS the big five delegates left
the meeting they gave the impression
that only questions of procedure in
volved in presentation of the dispute
to the council were discussed, but it
is known that some Of the statesmen
reluctantly acknowledged that their
direct efforts at conciliation had failed.
The combined political pressure of
these great. powers, and also Russia,
has not caused the little Lithuanian
dictator, Premier Waldemaras to
bulge from his position. He told the
Associated Press tonight he was ready
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

States government spent 100000 on
the Coronado national forest during
the fiscal. year ending June 80, 1927,
according to an announcement made
today at the headquarters of the for
est service here. OF that amount,
$4,000 was for improvements, chiefly
roads and trails, and $4,000 was for
operating expenses, of which the larg-
est single item was fire prevention and
suppression with grazing administra-
ton coming second:
The revenues derived from the Coro-
nado national forest during the last
fiscal year totaled $4,000, Of which
$4,000, or 25 per cent was returned in
cash directly to five counties in the
Coronado national forest. The total
amount returned to all counties by
the service was $4,000.
This refunded amount is to be used
for schools and roads. The Coronado
national forest comprises parts of
Pima, Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pinal
counties in Arizona and Hidalgo coun-
ty in New Mexico.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

to give the council every guarantee of
Lithuania's pacific intentions, and his
willingness to set up neutral zone
between Lithuania and Poland, but
said he could not SO into the ques-
ton of immediately restoring diplo-
matte relations with, Poland or allow
ing the Poles untrammelled entry into
Lithuania.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
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The most common expression OF
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

a number of bad curves and railroad
crossings found in the present high
way which runs north of the tracks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
T'U|C'SON-.:BENSON U !. S |. J ! /
ROAD CONTRACT
LET BY BOARD

PHOENIX, Dec. 6 up - The Levy
Construction company of Denver, Colo,
submitted the lowest bid received by
the Arizona state highway commission
today for the construction of a, low
bridge over the Little Colorado river,
while Veater and Davis of Ell PasO,
Texas, submitted the lowest bid for
the construction of 81 miles of road
on the Tucson-Benson highway The
contracts for the two jobs will be
awarded later, it was announced by
Perle Mcbride, of Globe, chairman of
the commission.
The meeting OF. the commission, call
ed incident to the opening of bids for
the two jobs, was devoted to a dis
cussi0n of various matters relating to
the work of the highway department,
and will be resumed at $3.50 a. m.
tomorrow.
During the meeting today the COM
mission, after receiving complaint
from a number Of residents in the
Florence Grande valley asking
that the route of the road from Casa
Grande ruins to Picacflo be changed
SO as to run past their ranches, de-
cided to visit the district Thursday and
to view the surveyed route which runs
from the ruins through Coolidge and
Randolph to Picacho, and the route
asked by the petitioners.
The bid Of the Levy Construction
company for the bridge at Holbrook
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

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Evening star., 1927-05-15
Bay State Society to Meet
Tuesday Evening, MAY II

The next regular meeting of the
Massachusetts Society will be held at
the Washington Club. 1901 X street
northwest. Tuesday evening. May II.
at $50 o'clock sharp. This is to be
known as the Home Talent Night;
various members Of the society will
furnish the entertainment. On the
program are: Mrs. John A. Chamber
lain, accompanist; H. E. Angelica,
Italian tenor, and the Rev. Frederick
w. Perkins, pastor Of First Universal
list Church, recently of Boston, will
give short address. There will be
other numbers to follow. Tables
have been reserved for those desiring
to play cards. Dancing will follow
the program. Plans are under way
for the big annual chicken dinner at
Commonwealth Farm in June, in
honor of Bunker Hill day. Tuesdays
meeting Is the last Of the season, and
brief business meeting will precede
the entertainment.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Front Royal Remount Depot. in
Virginia.
The members of the executive com.
mittee include Edwin Gates Babcock.
secretary and treasurer; William S.
Blitz. assistant secretary; John Nc
Entee Bowman, Gen. Mortimer d.
Bryant. William M. Greve, Col. James
r Hewlett, Charles F. Hubbs. Harvey
S. Ladew. John c. Loud. Frederick D.
H. Salmon. Col. John r. Thomas. jr.,
and J. Macy Willets.
Entertainments are in order for
Miss Julia Brokaw, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard c.. Brokaw. who is
to be married to James Russell Lowell
on May 10. Mr.. Lowell is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Lowell.
The wedding is to take place in st.
Thomas Church.
Recently a dinner dance was held
at Sherry's by Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell
cluded the members of the bridal
party and a few additional friends.
81 *
Announcement has been made of
the wedding plans of Miss Esther
Bowers Stevens, younger daughter of
Mrs. Robert Livingston Stevens. She
is to be married May 21 to Duncan S.
Ellsworthy, only son Of Mrs. Duncan
s. Ellsworthy, The ceremony will
take place in st. Bernards Church.
Bernardsville. n. J. Miss Stevens has
chosen as her only attendant her
sister. Mrs. Matthew Baird, Sd. who
returned recently from England.
where she has been living since her
marriage a little over a year ago.
Archibald A. Hutchinson. uncle of
Mr.. Ellsworth. will be best man, and
the ushers will be John II. McFadden,
his brother-in-law: George B. Cabot,
Lewis S. Thompson, jr., and Kermit
Roosevelt of this city and Bayard
Wharton of Philadelphia.
Miss Stevens will be given away
by her brother, Robert Livingston
Stevens.
Only relatives and O few intimate
friends will be present at the cere.
mony. which will be performed at 1
o'clock, but large reception will
follow at Annandale, the country place
of Mrs. Stevens. Special cars will be
attached to the Bernardsville express,
Lackawanna Railroad, leaving Hobo
ken and returning there after the re-
ception.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Gard Party in Interest
OF School Fairgrounds

The Home and School Association
of the Henry d. Cooke School will
give a card party Tuesday, May "a.
for the benefit of the Fairgrounds.
The Hecht Co. have given the use
Of their auditorium. The co-opera-
ton of all the parents and friends is
earnestly desired. Tables are mod
erately priced and tickets can be OBJ
tained at any time at the school.
Reservations may be made by calling
either Mrs. Kenneth Lord or Mrs.
Norman B. Haley, Columbia 500, at
the Ontario. Patronesses are Mrs.
Arthur Houghton. Mrs. Harry Fulton,
Mrs. Edward Wilson. Mrs. Kenneth
Lord. Mrs Norman Haley, Mrs. NJ.
A. Perkins. Mrs. G. N. Connor, Mrs.
Robert Ginter. Mrs. Roland Mckee.
Mrs. Wilbur Metcalf. Mrs. Henry ID.
Allen, Mrs. Edward Crane, Mrs. A. ID.
Engle, Miss Mildred Saunders, Miss
Annie Criswell. Mrs. Albert Carter,
Mrs. Robert Cries, Mrs. Edward Biz
zard, Mrs. Frederick Carl. Mrs. w.
H. Atwell, Mrs. w. II. Ross, Mrs. f.
c. Sassnet, Mrs. w. Hurd, Mrs A.
Crenshaw, Mrs. e. w. Armitage, Mrs.
A. G. Keyser, Mrs. j. Frank Steel,
Mrs. J. f. McCombs.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

selections and Miss Florence Adams
gave some amusing recitations. Ad-
dresses of welcome were made by
Bishop Frank Bristol also a former
pastor of Metropolitan, and Mr.. Clar-
ence Duvall, president Of the official
board. A beautiful bunch of roses was
presented to Mrs. Montgomery by the
Ladies' Aid Association. Mrs. Mary
Logan Tucker making the presenta-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Dewhirst
and MIR. and Mrs. John l.. Slye acted
as hosts and hostesses. After a social
hour refreshments were served by the
young DeOple