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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
PASSENGERS FROM NORTHEASTERN ARE
 ON WAY TO SEATTLE

BULLETIN--SEATTLE Dec. 13.--Making fast trip south from Campbell River, B. C., steam Alameda, bringing l07 passengers and all but few of the crew of the wrecked steamer North western, arrived in Seattle early this afternoon
 The passengers were cheerful, although many had lost their personal belongings in the werck and confusion of rescue. They greeted by the same friends and relatives who had bid them goodbye
 The officers and crew of the Northwestern and Explorer highly praised by the passengers.
 The passengers staying at Seattle hotels today and tomorrow at the expense of the con,- pany prior to leaving again for the north the Alameda Thursday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
LEIGH WADE
 HAS SIGNED
 FOR FLIGHT

DALLAS, Texas. Dec Leigl. Wade has signed 10 participate in the proposed Dallas-Hongkone flight. Col. William Easterwood who has offered $50,000 prize for the flight announced here to- day.
 Wade, who was one of the United States Army fliers who circled the globe in 1924, will start on his flight next April.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
PARCEL POST NAH.

SEATTLE, Dec 13.--The special sailing of the steamer Alameda is scheduled for Thursday with duplicate orders as far as possible all merchandise lost the North western and special shipment of mail for the interior v- Ing Alaska her annual yuetde cheer from the outside bite the wrecking of the steamer.
 Practically all of the grounded ships parcel post mail consisting of 1899 pounches is also total loss with the cargo destroyed by water The registered mail saved
 Ralph Alexander, mail clerk the Northwestern, worked until the mail than waist deep with water when he forced to hundreds of sacks of Christmas packages destined for Alaskan cities
 The registered mail 5 pouches and 40 sacks of let ers saved Everything that harmed by water was lost. Many passengers also lost their baggage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
LINDBERGH HOPS OFF FOR MEXICO CITY
OKLAHOMA GOV. IS IMPEACHED
4laska,s Drops Lyead at Beet Steak Party

SEATTLE, Dec. 13-A beef steak party for five men end ed abruptly last night when one of their number choked to death on a mouthful of meat.
 The feast had scarcely start ed when Patrick Clements. aged 47 years. an Alaskan, who startled his companions by his avidity. suddenly burst into a fit of coughing and dropped dead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
Hearst Talks On Democratic Candidates

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 Will liam Randolph Hearst. in all article published today in the New York World. says Sena- tor James A. Reed, of Mis- souri, has the best chance of being elected of any candidate in the field for the Democra- tic Presidential nomination, but that Gov. Al Smith has the best chance to win the nomination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
Juneau Federal Appropriation Increased

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.- Carrying an increase of more than $5,000,000 over that provided by the House, the first deficiency appropriation bill has been reported to the Senate by the Appropria tions Committee. The Senate in- creases included S5O,OOO for the Federal Building at Ju- neau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
FELT HATS wANTEp

TOKYO, Dec. 13--Trade obsery
 CTS consider the Far East an ex. cellent market for felt hats, point ing to Japan's 1926 exports with q total value of s1,Os2. 600. Ameri
 can exports to the same area to- tailed only $82.000. China takes 75 percent of the Japanese out put
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
ARGUMENTS IN SINCLAIR CASE
 MADE TODAY
Attorneys Address Jury Liquor Case Will Go to
 Jury This Afternoon

Arguments in the case of the U. s. vs Charles Sinclair. on trial charged with violation of the liquor laws. were opened by George ". Folta, Assistant Dis trict Attorney, for the prosecu- tion this morning in the II. s. District Court. He was followed by H. l.. Faulkner, counsel for the defense who closed his argu- ments at noon.
 U. s. District Attorney Justin w. Harding is addressing the jury this afternoon.
 MT. Folta opened his address with the assertion that Charles Sinclair has shown brazen de- fiance of the law seldom known in similar cases, that Sinclair had boasted he would never be caught, that he was too smart for the prohibition officers. His friends, MT. Folta said are per sons who belong to what is known as lawless vicious element, a fostering sore on the community.
 Sinclair knows where his Studebaker sedan is, MT. Folta said.
 The Assistant District Attorney compared the shooting of Novem- Der Is last to that done by Coast |Guard cutters on .uH4 ulners, and said these methods of cap ture were similar.
 Recalls Testimony
 He recalled the testimony of Diaz that Mathews and Soberg were indebted to Sinclair and at the close of the trial would be given clean bill of health. He said that if the first testimony given by Diaz was false then the whole testimony built up by the defense was false.
 MT. Folta criticised sharply the anti-prohibition policy of The Empire and the news stories of the trial appearing in The Elm pire December 9 and 10.
 Mir. Faulkner's Address
 For the first time in his court experience MT. Faulkner in his address to the jury criticised an officer of the law, Prohibition Agent Chidester whom he said he could not regard in the same light as other officials.
 MT. Faulkner said he could not accept the testimony of Chi dester, that a man who would pretend to be bootlegger and who would employ man like Diaz would not hesitate to go on the witness stand and tell any lie to bolster his own case
 The counsel for the defense said Chidester built up story against Sinclair to turn atten- tion from the fact that he had fired at the defendants car, No yember IS last. endangering the lives of passersby and the occu- pants of the car, one of whom was his own man. He said Sin clair's Studebaker sedan was talk en and hidden away by Chidester for the reason he would not wish it entered as evidence in case he was prosecuted for shooting at the car
 Mir. Faulkner said he was cer- tain it was also the idea Of Chi dester that Diaz be told to get Mathews drunk and take him to the District Attorneys office and that District Attorney Hard ing and his assistant MT. Folta. had nothing to do with it.
 Mir. Faulkner declared Sinclair would be within his rights if he saw man hold out hand indi-
 (C0nfinuod nu papa Eipbf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
Major Reginald Owens
 | Dies m Miami, Fla.

MIAMI. Fla, Dec Major
 Reginald Owens. son-in-law of tho late William Jennings Bryan. vet
 eran of the British Army, die l
 today from illnene contracted dur inx the wqr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13

L. J. Kane. merchant at Hoo nah. is visitor in Juneau this week. He came here on the mail boat Margnita over the weekend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
CAMPBELL RIVER. E. c

CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C.. Dec 13.-Steamer Ala meda left here last night for Seattle with 107 passengers and part of the of the steamer Northwestern which grounded Cape Nudge last Sunday morning at o'clock when northbound from Seattle for Alaska ports.
 The Alameda is due to arrive in Seattle late today and will proceed north again Thursday with the passengers
 Capt. Jock Livingston and part Of the crew remain aboard the Northwestern until disposition of the vessel determined
 The Northwestern listed considerably Sunday night &C., ordng to officers of the lighthouse tender Estevan and the Captain of the Esevan said he believed the vessel badly battered that it will not be practicable to salvage
 The Northwestern is partly filled with and may be total loss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
SAVES CAN OF GOLD FISH

CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C.. Dec. 13.-Frank Gordon prominent merchant of Juneau Anchorage Seward anc Fairbanks aboard the Northwestern in saving of goldfish which his little daughter de manded of Santa Claus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13
U. 5. FORGE IS LANDED
 IN CANTON
Field Guns Taken Ashore from Cunboat--Pro-
 tect Foreigners

SHANGHAI. Dec. 13 The Unit ed States gunboat Sacramento has landed field guns at Canton to protect foreigners.
 The field guns were taken to the United States Consulate and the American forces aided in the evacuation of foreigners from the Chinese sections which are con trolled by Communists who have busted the latest Canton dictator, Chang Fax Wei.
 Armed launches from the United States gunboat Pampanga have been sent to Tungshaw, q suburb of Canton. to bring Ameri- cans there 10 safety.
 LONDON. Dec. 13--Soviet go1- ernment has been established in Canton by the Communists. who seized the city. press dispatches said. One of the most prominent Commissars is leader of the Sea mems Union who was bitterly hostile to Hongkong authorities and was former chief Secretary of Michael Borodin. Russian advisor to the former Canton Nationalist government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-13

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17
Universal Joint Seal

nav SEAL protects the lubricant from outside
dirt and ghus safeguarding the Joint from excessive wear
and adding to the operating efficiency of the car.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
NEW KEYLESS LOCK
HELD BOON TO DRIVERS
Ball Bearing Spring Shackls An
other Refinement Promised
by Makers.

Automobile manufacturers now have
under consideration two interesting
refinements which will be welcomed
by the motoring public. One Is ball
bearing spring shackle. the other a
keyless lock.
The former device replaces the Gus
tomary shackie and spring bolts and
bronze bushings and ohviates the
necessity of fabrication. This shaCkle
is CREASED at the time ii is attached
to the car and that is said to end ihe
matter. 1t will last longer than the
car, 1t is asserted. and. in addition.
will give a riding ease heretofore un-
known except to- owners of cars with
rubber shackcs.
Freedom from the annoyance of lost
keys is said to be ASSURED by the new
combination lock already available in
paddock form for spare tires and incor-
porated in certain automobile lug
gage. The consensus seems to be that
a great many ear owners will be lock-
ing their cars withCnI keys in i=ic
near futura
The owner makes his OWE CumDlnA-
ton and can change 1t If he desires.
He can use his license number, his
year of birth, his phone number re-
Versed or any other secret figure as
| his safeguard.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Do your motoring by the weather,
and not by the calendar.
That is the injunction of Rudolph
Jose, well known local automotive
authority. who points out that, while
theoretically the touring season is
mast. Washingtonians now are in the
midst of the most beautiful of all
driving periods.
November in the Capital usually is
an ideal month in which to take ad-
vantage of a motor car and the splen-
did roads hereabouts. The air is crisp
and invigorating, the scenery unsur-
passed, and the car will seem TO run
better in the cooler atmosphere.
Motorists who overlook this time
of year make a grave mistake, and
cheat themselves out Of many hours
of pleasure and out of the best tonic
yet discovered"
Mr.. Jose points out that many car
owners confine their driving at this
season to within the city limits, hav-
ing a somewhat indefinable feeling
that the calendar fOrb;ds their going
more than few miles from home.
Such an attitude was understand
able years ago." he says, when mo-
toring conditions were so different,
but today no one should neglect taking
Evening star., 1927-10-30
TRAFFIC SAFETY
FOR PEDESTRIANS.
Los Angeles Successful in
Dri''e on Jay-WaIkerS,
Expert Holds.

Pedestrian control definitely has
been proved possible by more than
three years of success in Los Angeles,
according to Miller McClintock, direc'
tor of the Albert Russell Erskine Bu-
reau for Street Traffic Research, who
points to results there as proof that
the idea of such control is practicable,
despite the failure in many cities of
police measures designed to regulate
walking.
From time to time" Mr.. McCln-
took says, various systems of pedes-
trian control have been tried in many
cities, but most of them have proved
unsuccessful. Yet for three years Los
Angeles has so successfully eliminated
y-walking and the congestion aris-
ing from the conflict of pedestrians
and vehicles at busy intersections that
accidents have been materially re-
duced and the flow of traffic increased
so per cent"
This observer goes on to say that
pedestrian control is one of the most
difficult aspects Of traffic regulation,
partly due to the fact that the flow
of pedestrian traffic is so like that of
a stream Of water which follows the
easiest course.
''If the traffic signals are set against
pedestrian movement" Mr.. McClin-
took explains. but there is break in
the line of vehicles, people are tempted
to ignore the signals, regardless of the
number of police stationed at the in
tersection; or, if it seems quicker or
more convenient to cross in the middle
of a block, jaW-walking is almost
inevitable.
THE principal reasons for success
in Los Angeles are the accurate tim
ing of signal devices, good enforce
ment methods by police, cooperation
of newspapers in educating the public
to it's advantages. clearly outlined
crosswalks, and what can be called
the 'traffie-wise' spirit of Los Angeles
people.
'"The time of the intervals in the
traffic signals is changed 16 times a
da-' as a result of constant study of
the requirements of every intersec-
ton. The pedestrian seldom has to
wait at the curb of an empty street. 3"
Evening star., 1927-10-30
Test As One Rides.


Smith perhaps may be accused of
looking for trouble in wanting to
know how to test the car to be sure
that it is running right, but he really
is pursuing n wise course. Millions
Of persons driving cars are running up
repair bills without approaching that
| their machines are not operating
efficiently. Ignorance may be bliss,
but in motoring certainly it is costly.
There are a number of ways in
which YOU can keep check on the i'm
portant units of the car, l told him.
lit is not necessary to resort to lot
of intricate testing machinery, nor to
go out of your way to any great eX-
tent, TO discover what's wrong with
the car, if anything. Tests can be
made daily, and often while you are
using the car for other purposes"
This was hopeful news to Smith,
since he had pictured the matter of
car testing as one of making repeated
trims to service stations. He was quite
willing to have his car serviced regu-
larly and when necessary, but at the
same time he wanted to avoid those
troubles which develop at any time.
II he could discover any such trou-
hles in the making, he certainly pre-
ferTed TO do so.
Shows Slipping Clutch.
I showed him, for example. how to
test the clutch. In this plan, the
holding brake is set while the car is
placed in low gear and the clutch
pedal allowed to engage the clutch
plate. Normally, the engine should
stall instantly because the brakes pre-
vent power from being transmitted
along the drive shaft to the wheels.
And it is the normal thing in car
operation that Smith will want to
look for. In test of this sort, if the
engine continues to run after the
clutch has been engaged it is n GER
tain indication that the brakes are
slipping.
Occasionally a car will begin to get
slow, which, to the experienced auto
mobilist, indicates that something is
wrong with the timing. He may find
that if he takes the car out and opens
it up his top speed may be from to
Is miles an hour slower than it would
be if the timing were correct.
For those who do not find time nor
a suitable place for such a speed test
the same result can be obtained by
driving the car fast in second speed.
Suppose, for instance, the top speed
of the car is somewhere around 80
miles an hour in second gear-that is.
without straining the engine to get
the most out of it. If the timing is
slow. the driver will find that he can
hardly get 25 miles an hour in second
gear.
TO test the carburetor mixture.
many mechanics will head for a steep
hill, and with the spark retarded and
the accelerator all the way down to
the floor board, will allow the car to
climb slowly. If there is bucking or
hesitation or constant loss of power,
forcing the use of second gear. the in
dications are that the mixture is not
right. This test cannot be made very
Evening star., 1927-10-30

there IL the distributor shaft which
needs little oil if it is not equipped
with a greasing connection. Even the
cam of the breaker needs to be touched
with an oily rag occasionally.
Generators and starter motors still
require a few drops of oil every few
hundred miles. The spring bolts may
be thriving as a result of the effective
and simplified high-pfessure systems,
but that doesn't keep the delicate
bearings of the electrical units cool.
Useful in Closed Car.
The popularity of closed cars has
much to do with the return of the oil
can. Oil is the logical squeak remover.
and closed cars are excellent producers
of such annoyances. While grease will
silence the vital bearings of the
chassis, oil alone will stop friction be-
tween metal contacts of the body with
the frame 1t is coming to be rec
ognized that the squeakless car of to-
day is the one to which the oil can
is applied frequently.
The mechanism governing the op-
Grating of the windows may he oiled
by carefully aiming the tip of the can
on the gears of the window lifters.
well as on the litter mechanism.
Oil always has been the motorists s
best friend in an emergency. Lubrica.
ton is so SystematiZcd that q car own
er can stop off at any reputable filling
sta ation or garage and have the chassis
creased in half the time it takes to
worry about it, but no system has ever
been devised that will prevent mo-
tOrist from forgetting to have the
chassis attended to or for putting a
fabrication system where habitation is
scattered. There are times, therefore.
when the old-fa shioned oil can in all
the glory of it's simplicity can he use.
full in quieting a troublesome shackle
or a sticking clutch throwout collar.
Object Lesson for Owners.
Resourceful drivers even have
crawled under their machines on a
hot Summer day to do with an oil can
what they could not do at all by simply
wishing for the grease gum which
they forgot to bring Wi<s< t.lem.
If there is no place TOR an oil can
in the car it is advisable to get a
bracket and make a place for it on
the engine side of the dash. If there
is trunk on the car, spare gallon
can of oil should he attached thereto
so that there will he an ample supply,
not merely for the oil can but also
for the engine.
The motorists who are getting the
most out of their cars are the ones
who, in addition to enjoying the ad-
vantages of modernized fabrication
methods, still use the good old oil can
to help Keep the good cars good.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

satisfactorily with an old car because
a number of other factors. such as un-
steady ignition or loss of compression,
may step in to render the experiment
an unfair one for the carburetor. This
suggests the importance of not nlac'
ing too much reliance on any one test
1t always Is better to look for trouble
from several different angles.
Matter OF Compensation.
Smith appeared to have none of
these troubles. which was fortunate
because it served to hurry US along
things that he observed was that his
car would not run we'll around five
miles an hour in high gear.
You have been testing the timing
of your engine without half realizing
it," | encouraged him. The slow
speed-in-high-gear test is one of the
most useful | know. II car Is
timed trifie fast, you have to sacri-
flee some of the slow running in high
gear. On the other hand, you have
to sacrifice some speed in high gear
if the timing is slow enough for a
creeping speed in high
Il catch the idea," he said. "But,
here's something that puzzles me. l
have been reading about keeping the
breaker points clean, but how can /
tell if they are just right without 60
ing to the trouble of removing the
distributor head and doing a mechani-
cal job?
There are several tests for this"
I replied. "One of them is slow driv-
ing in high gear. Even if you have
a good earburetor mixture and the
timing is right, you can't do much
around miles an hour or less unless
the breaker points are properly ad.
justed and are clean. But the simplest
test of all is in starting the car in the
morning. Does the motor go off with
a snap or do you have to choke 1t
excessively Have YOU tried a richer
carburetor mixture without any par.
ticular results? If so. the indica
tions are that the breaker points need
attention. When these are cleaned
and their surface make proper con-
tact. the engine will start much bet
ter in all kinds of weather and under
all conditions"
Simple Test of Brakes.
When we came to the subject of
brakes, Smith said that while he
favored brake tests, nevertheless, he
felt that it was lot of trouble to get
out and measure stopping distances
and that he wished there were some
simpler method of checking up on this
important unit. / surprised him when
told him that the best stopping
meter l know Of is right on the in
strument board.
Here is the speedometer," I ex-
planned. IAN you have to do is to
note the speed at which the speedom-
eter dial drops down when you step
on the brakes. Take as your stand
ard the speedometer decelerating rate
as you find it after the car has come
out of a service station. Then try to
measure up TO it daily"
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-30
OIL CAN HELD AS SAFEGUARD
AGAINST AUTOISTS' TROUBLES
Writer Glasses 1t Most Important Pre-
ventive, Once Overlooked, but Now
Coming Back Into General Use.

Ask the average motor car owner
to name the most important trouble.
preventive in his kit. and he prob
ably will name everything else before
coming to the one which, on the basis
of consistent constructive usefulness
should come at the head of the list
The tool" in question is the oil can.
Once every mOtorist knew its worth
but then it suffered an eclipse. Now
it is coming back into general use
at the hands of the owner. not to re-
place the high-pressure automatic or
hand fabrication systems, but to sup
plement them.
Hydraulic four-wheel brakes are H.
Illustrative of this point. These brakes
will operate noiselessly and efficiently
without so much as a drop Of oil.
This fact is appreciated. by the man
who is in a hurry, but many car
owner has realized that a few drops
of oil here and there, even in the
hydraulic system, make for better
operation and consequent saving of
expense.
Trouble With Brake Bands.
1t is easy to recall the difficulty re-
pair men invariably encounter IN try
ing to remove brake bands to refine
them. Refining four-Wheel brakes
seems to be so far in the future for
the average owner of a new car that
it doesn't appear to be necessary to
make any provision against what re-
pair men recognize as frozen" pins
and adjusting nuts. Being more
provident, the owner who still believes
in the oil can makes it a point to
drop a little oil on the brake band
anchors and the threads and nuts of
the brake band adjustments. 1t
makes for easier removal of the bands
when they need refining. as they
eventually must.
The brake pedal on this system, as
with all other brake systems, rides on
a shaft-the same shaft that holds
the clutch pedal. A few drops of oil
applied to this point now and again
will. save a little wear and bit of
rafting.
1t is important in the hydraulic sys'
ten. that the wheel pistons return to
the normal position when pressure is
taken off the brake pedal. The springs
on the bands help to do this, but a few
drops of oil on the exposed working
Evening star., 1927-10-30
How to End Spring Squeaks.

Motorists who have taken the ad.
vice of many repair men to restore
the original comforts of the car by in-
st"lling new springs, may note that
there is tendency for the springs to
squeak annoyingly during the early
period of their life. This squeaking
originates at the ends of the spring
leaves, particularly between the mas.
ter leaf and the one next to it. The
remedy is to keep these spring ends
wet with any of the special penetrat.
ing oils used for this purpose.