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Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07

T. c. Youle, for many years one of the proprietors of the Arcade cafe in Fairbanks, returned from the h. terior Saturday and departed for Seattle on the steamship Alaska. MT. Youle was called north in connection with the Fred Struthers trial.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07

c. c. Dunlap, oldtimer from the Interior, arrived in Seward Saturday and was among those journeying south on the steamer Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07

w. A. Thometz, special agent for the Bureau of Investigation, passed through the city Saturday on his way to Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07

Ask for the film in the yell, W box. Eastman's Films. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07

Mrs. Jack Chovin, wife of the Anchorage electrical store man, was a passenger on the steamer Alaska for Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07
AT THE HOTELS
SEXTON

Andy Anderson and family, w. H. Dryden and family, Anchorage.
 VAN GLIDER
 James Kennedy, Anchorage; John Vasstrand, Unga; c. H. Keil, City; G. P. Harwood, Cordova; Clara A. Rager, Washington; Chas. H. For ward, Anchorage; J. A. Johnson Ko- diak: Norman M. Lack, Anchorage; c. w. Wagner, Anchorage; W. s. Jones. Anchorage; MT. and Mrs. J. P. Gamalielson, Anchorage.
 SEWARD
 Mrs. A. Stern, M. Carlson, o. F. Haines, H. Gleason, T. J. Selby, Carl Carlson; Margaret J. Mackenzie Ketchikan; V. Vaughan, Esther Ma guire: Bella M. Crawford; J. c. Main Seattle; MT. and Mrs. A. c. Collins, Whittier, Calf; Rose Melby, Will liam Sargent, John Weiss, J. F. Col lins, Thos. Leach, Tom Clemens, J w. Baldwin.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-02-07
OVERLAND

J. Ryan, M. E. Keys, W. c. Grand jean. Fairbanks; A. M. Laska, A. J. Sakrison, Mrs. M. Monroe and family, E. Sandvik, Charles Ahaners, E. Holtz, Carl Nyberg; A. B. Stevenson, Mile Five; c. R. Booth, Seward; James Henry.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

The country's first modern fuel and
gasoline station will be established in
Iceland shortly IL the application of
q British company Is granted.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

of the distributor? Well, this has TO
be right If the spark is to travel to
the rotor contact and reach the vari-
GUS ignition wire buttons in good
shape. l can't quite find the trouble
with this distributor, but the instru-
ment makes a queer snappin' noise,
and my mind goes back to a similar
situation which came to my atten-
tion about six months ago. In this
former job / installed a new brush
and rather felt that the trouble had
been solved. But here's my own per-
sonal puzzle:
The owner of that former car never
came back. Just paid his bill and
went his way. 1 never knew whether
l really fixed his car or whether 1
gave him some new trouble.
I'd like to try the same stunt with
this car here. but maybe I'd be askin'
the owner to spend his money for
nothin'.
Car owners don't realize it, but they
help us mechanics with our work.
Everything they bring to our atten-
ton is dividend for them as we'll as
for US.
If that fellow l serviced six months
lgo only had come back and said o. X.
or n. G.. he would have helped
number OF other car owners. which
in the long run means helping himself
as well.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
RUBBER YIELD SCARS
AFTER BUD GRATING
Company Announces Triple Pro.
duction Under Process
Now in Use.

Rubber yield per acre will be almost
tripled by the process of bud grating
as employed in the plantations of the
United States Rubber Co. in Sumatra,
according to c. B. Seger, president of
the company, who points out that
1000 pounds Of rubber will be gath.
cred from an area that at present is
yielding only $50 pounds. Fertiliza.
ton, seed selection and other scientific
methods already have served to in.
crease the rubber yield from the SO, 900
acres the company has planted, but
nothing comparable to the gain fore.
cast as a result Of bud grating has
occurred in the past, Mr.. Seger SAYS.
Discussing the process which has
been so much in the foreground of
late, Mr.. Seger declares that "the real
problem In budding Is to find a strain
that will not only run true to yield
through succeeding generations of
trees but in other desirable character
istics as well. 1t takes several genera
tlons of trees to be sure that a strain
has all the desirable characteristics.
including high yield.
we now have as the result of 10
years work on budding experiments
segregated 81 strains which we have
approved and which we are using ex
clusiyeIy In all of our new paintings"
Evening star., 1927-10-30
CAR TEST STATIONS
NAMED IN MARYLAND
$4,000 Garages and Salesrooms
Designated by Commissioner
Baughman.

Twelve thousand Maryland garages
and automobile salesrooms have been
designated by E. Austin Baughman.
State commissioner of motor vehicles.
as official motor car inspection sta
tions in the save a life" campaign in
,augurated by Gov. Ritchie. The cam.
paign, which began last Monday. will
continue until November 12. 1t will
be Statewide.
: 1t is hoped to obtain information In
the tests through which to frame a.
bill to be introduced in the next Legis-
lature making it compulsory to in
spect all automobiles in MARYLAND at
definite periods.
The inspection Is free, and IL any,
thing is found wrong with a vehicle
the owner has the option of having
repairs made on the spot or of taking
his car to a shop of his own selec-
ton. Cars found in good condition
will receive small stickers to be pasted
on windshields.
During the campaign, inspection
stations are making daily reports to
Mr.. Baughman, and at it's conclusion
police will be required to check up on
all cars that were not reported as in
perfect condition.
The inspection will include brakes.
lights, steering gear, horns, mirrors
on solid tire trucks and muffiers. Lii
cense tags obscured in any way also
will be corrected or reported.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
AUT0ISTS ARE URGED
TO FIX DRIvEWAYS
Many Winter Calls for Help
Come From Cars Bemired in
Own Yards.

Cinder and crushed stone driveways
should come in for the motorists con.
sideration at this period If he would
later escape the narrowing experience
of being begged hopelessly in his own
yard when the rains and SHOWS of
early Winter begin to fall. This is
the warning sounded by the District
of Columbia division of the American
Automobile Association, whose emer-
gency service is called upon to rescue
many car owners from just this pre-.
dicament.
A recent bulletin on the subject
reads:
lone Of the things that is so easy
to forget in connection with ones mo-
toring is the roadway leading to the
private garage. AS long as the weather
is good there is no need for consider
ing this subject, but when late Fall
rains set in scores Of driveways be-
come veritable sWamps through which
passage is impossible. The cinder and
crushed stone and natural driveways
of course, are the particular offenders
in this respect.
"The surfacing material has q way
OF disappearing mySteriously before
the motOrist realizes it. This club and
others that make up the American
Automobile Association have found
this to be true in an amazingly large
number of cases when they have been
called upon to rescue members an.
chored in the mud.
THE expense of resurfacing this
type of private roadway is not great
In majority Of cases, but it Is not the
expense, however. that holds motorists
back in having this vital service per.
formed. They fail to act merely be-
cause they are not conscious of the
need for action. Motor clubs call the
matter to the members attention
much for the same reason that they
periodically advise brake and headlight
adjustments-because getting the work
done saves Il great deal of trouble"
Evening star., 1927-10-30
MOTOR GROUP ELECTS
BAUGHMAN PRESIDENT
Maryland Auto Commissioner Is
Named at Convention Of
Administrators.

E. Austin Baughman, Maryland mo-
tor vehicle commissioner, last week
was elected president of the Eastern
Conference of Motor Vehicle Admin.
istrators at the regular quarterly
meeting held in Boston. Mr.. Baugh-
man succeeds Robbins B. Stoeckel of
Connecticut.
The conference is composed of two
Canadian provinces, Ontario and Que
bee, and the States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island. Connecticut, New York
New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Maryland
Delaware, Virginia. North Carolina,
Ohio and the District of Columbia.
That interest in the organization is
growing and it's membership increas.
ing is indicated in the fact that North
Carolina and Ohio were admitted at
the Boston meeting last week and that
West Virginia probably will be admit
ted at the next meeting.
Through it's meetings, the confer.
ence has been able to bring about
important improvements in traffic con-
ditions by means of the interchange
of ideas thus provided.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
YOUNGEST PARK
MAY SET RECORD
Zion National Reservation in
Utah Draws "a, 1903
Visitors in Year.

That the youngest of the country's
national parks-Zion National Park,
Utah--may make the best attendance
record for this year is pointed out by
the Automobile Club of Southern
California, which says that since this
new playground was opened to the
public only three years ago it has
proved exceptionally popular among
sightseers and outdoor enthusiasts.
The travel year for Zion closed Sep
tember 30 with a new record of a to.
tai of 24,303 visitors. This was an
increase of 1889 persons. or IL per
cent, over the same period last year.
Visitors From Every State.
Visitors were registered from every
State in the Union and Hawaii, Aus
tralia, Canada. Egypt, nearly all
European countries and South Ameri.
ca and South Africa. OF the total
visitors. 21,250 entered the park in
6,203 private autos. The remaining
1858 came by rail and stage.
While the number of visitors in
creased over 1925 by only IL per cent,
the increase in the number Of automo-
biles was 20 per cent. California fur
nished the largest number of cars of
any State outside of Utah, with 1873
machines carrying 1886 persons.
One of the principal reasons given
for the heavy increase in motor
travel Is the Improvement made in
the park highways.
100000 Spent on Roads.
During the past year there was eX-
pended or authorized for expenditure
by the local. State and Federal Gov
ernments $1,580,000 for maintenance
and construction OF roads throughout
the Southwest, which were of direct
benefit to Zion Park. At no previous
time were the highways in such good
condition.
Construction has started on the
Zion-Mount Carmel highway, which,
it is said. will be one of the most
spectacular roads in the world when
completed. 1t will bring all of the
great scenic features of Zion, Bryce
kaibab Forest and the North
Rim of the Grand Canyon on one
great scenic route trip.
Although the 1927 travel year Off
clally ended on September 80 as far
as the record books are concerned,
the park will remain open, and per-
sons carrying their own equipment
may enter the park at any time of
the year.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Motordom has had many interests
since the days when attention was
centered upon the latest mode in
gauntlets and busters, but none has
been so constant as the desire to know
What color license plates are they
going to have for next year?"
So perennially great is the interest
in this particular phase of motoring
that the American Automobile Asso-
citation has compiled information show
ing exactly how the States 1928 tags
will look. According to this data, AZ
States have adopted new color COM
bination scheme, while there are %
different color combinations, with 6
States and the District of Columbia
retaining the 1927 colors, but revers-
ing them as to background and nu-
merals.
Blue and White Popular.
It Is interesting to note that two
combinations are tied for first place in
the number of States using them. Six
States have selected dark blue back
ground with white numerals, with
another even half dozen choosing a
green background and white numer-
ais. Five States will boast cars car
rying tags OF white background and
black numerals; four will use yellow
and black, and another four orange
and black. According to the American
Automobile Association, the combina-
ton of orange and black, popular for
many years on account of visibility
claims made for it, lately has suffered
a marked dimnution in popularity.
Following are the 1928 colors for all
the States:
Alabama, black on yellow; Arizona,
vermilion red on copper; Arkansas.
black on deep orange; California, gold
on blue; Colorado, maroon on French
gray; Connecticut, white on dark blue;
Delaware, black on white; District of
Columbia, black on chrome yellow;
Florida, orange on maroon; Georgia,
Evening star., 1927-10-30
COLORS OF 1928 MOTOR TAGS
LISTED TO SATISFY CURIOUS
D. C.. to Have Black Numerals on Chrome
Yellow Background-Blue and
White Most Popular.

white on dark blue; Illinois, white on
maroon; Indiana, white on brown;
Idaho, natural brown potato on vine
green, with figures in green Iowa,
black on white; Kansas, dark blue on
white; Kentucky, white on green;
Louisiana, minimum, blue on white;
maximum, white on dark blue; trucks,
red on cream.
Maine, blue on white; Maryland.
white on blue; Massachusetts, white
on forest green, with fish at bottom
of plate; Michigan, white on green;
Minnesota, passenger black on drab;
trucks. black on gold; dealers, white
on maroon Mississippi, white on black;
Missouri, blue on orange; Montana,
black on orange: Nebraska. white on
blue; Nevada, white on vermilion red;
New Hampshire, white on green;
New Jersey, white on light blue;
New Mexico, passenger, gold on light
navy blue; commercial, reverse; New
York, yellow on black; North Carolina.
white on green; North Dakota, pas
senger. white on black; trucks. white
on light green.
Black Is Favorite.
Ohio, white on dark blue; Oklahoma,
black on yellow; Oregon, black on
white; Pennsylvania, dark blue on
orange; Rhode Island, white on black,
South Carolina, black on gold; South
Dakota, white on dark red: Tennessee,
white on black: Texas, white on dark
brown; Utah, black on federal yellow;
Vermont, dark green on gold Virginia,
orange on black; Washington. black
on orange; West Virginia, white on
dark green; Wisconsin, black on
orange, and Wyoming. yellow on blue
United States possessions also have
distinctive color combinations for their
motor car license tags. Alaska's for
1928 will be red on canary yellow,
while Hawaii's are to be deep orange
on black. The Porto Rican tags will
be violet on gray, while the Philippine
Islands have made provision for
combination of black on white.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
NEW CHANCE FOR OIL CAN.
Rumble Seats Require Hinges to
Be Well fabricated.

Rumble seats, appearing in con-
stantly increasing number on road
sters and coupes have provided new
opportunity for the oil can. To facili-
tate raising and lowering these seats,
it is imperatively necessary to keep
the hinges well fabricated. This is
particularly true on those cars with
rumble seats that are operated from
the front compartment. More than or
dinary care is required in this work
for oil carelessly used will wreak
heavy damage to clothing Of the next
person to use the seat.
There were 153 $50 miles Of surfaced
highways in the United States in 1904
and 521 ,9l5 miles in 1926.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
The Old Mechanic Saws:

/ certainly am troubled by the car
owner who comes in for repairs and
who never shows up again when he's
paid his bill. You see, l never know
whether he's satisfied or whether he
was so disgusted that he couldn't
come back again without losin' his
temper.
Ill just give you an illustration of
how the thing warks out. / can show
you very nicely on this job I'm work
in on now.
See this contact brush in the center
Evening star., 1927-10-30

It seems but yesterday when mo-
tordom was discussing air cleaners,
gasoline filters, and the many other
rehnements developed within recent
seasons. 1t is proof of the progress
siveness of the American public that
in the specifications of majority of
American cars today the shopper
will find engines equipped with air
cleaner, oil filter, crankcase ventila-
ton, thermostatic heat control, gaso-
line filter and some form of vibration
dampener
The last mentioned feature may
take the form of balancer, damp
ener, or tandem fywhecls. These
features have become necessities
even while the public was trying to
Judge their merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
SCHLEE HOPS0FF
FOR GLOBE FLIGHT
Expects to Start Wednesday
on Attempt to Break Round
World Record.

DETROIT. Mich, August ED
ward L. Schlee, president of the Way
co Oil Corporation. and his pilot vii.
liam Brock, who will attempt to break
the globe encircling record, hoped off
from Ford Airport at 1921 O'Clock this
morning for Curtiss Field, J.. l., en-
route to Harbor Grace, n. F., their Of
fetal starting point
The take-off was made only 10
weeks after Schlee conceived the idea
of attempting TO break the record of
% days IA hours and 30 minutes, es-
tablished last year by Edward S.
Evans, Detroit manufacturer, and
Linton Wells. newspaper man. Evans
and Wells made the journey by rail,
steamer and airplane. Schlee de-
clared that the idea first occurred to
him last June, while he was on a
board of commerce cruise. Brock was
instructed to begin preparations for
the flight and arrangements were
made for the placing Of supplies
along the route after he returned
from that trip.
Schlee's plane, Stinson-D etroiter
monoplane, was piloted by Eddie Stin-
son. first place winner in the recent
national air tour Reconditioned and
christened Pride of Detroit. the
plane is painted yellow with red
trimmings and bears the name Way
co and the numbers NCS57.
The flyers plan to leave New York
for Harbor Grace Tuesday. and.
weather permitting. hop from the
latter place for London Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
CAPT. ERWIN'S WIFE
BREAKS UNDER STRAIN
Youthful Bride, Who Narrowly
Escaped Husbands Fate,
Holds Little Hope.
By the Associated Press.

DIV Tile ASSoCfdttu ltSos
COLLINGSWOOD, n. j., August
22.-Hope virtually was abandoned
Yesterday by Mrs. Constance Erwin,
young wife of Capt. William p. Err
win, pilot of the missing airplane the
Dallas Spirit, that he will be found
alive.
Here at the home of her mother,
where she has been ministering to a
brother ill of typhoid fever, she has
maintained that her husband would be
rescued. Today. however, with no
word of the missing plane, she col
lapsed.
"I want to be alone" she told her
mother, Mrs. J. w. Oil, as she sought
the seclusion of her room. 81 felt at
first that Bill would come through.
But now they tell me I must expect
the worst. Why couldn't 1 have been
with him when he fell?"
Only a technically is the reason for
Mrs. Erwin's being here instead OF
Somewhere in the Pacific" with her
husband. She and Capt. Erwin had
completed plans for fight around
the world from their home. in Dallas,
Tex They planned to take part in
the Dole flight to Honolulu and com.
pete for the Easterwood prize for a
flight from Dallas to Hongkong. Then
in leisurely hops, they were to con.
tinue around the world. spending sew.
eral days at the American Legion
convention in Paris.
At the last minute 1t was learned
that all the contestants in the Easter
wood fight must be q years old or
over. Mrs. Erwin is 10. Disappointed,
she boarded a train for Collingswood a
half hour before her husband took off
for San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. August o.
The first transoceanic air race in his
tory has taken a high toll in men and
money. To date the record shows
three killed. seven missing and in eN-
cess of S300, 000 spent to win $4,000
in prizes and fame.
The only contribution to the devel-
opment of commercial aviation made
by the flight. according to aviation eX-
pe,-ts. is that professional aviator
starting on a flight over 2,40Omlle
course to Honolulu, has the odds four
to one against his getting there. Orig
inally there were 13 starters in the
race who obtained planes. Three were
killed en- route to the take-off place;
one never got far away from his
home hangar and another was ruled
out before post time.
OF the eight who actually faced
the starters flag two stumbled and
crashed at the start, two put back
with engine trouble or damaged
planes, two reached Honolulu and
three are missing today.
The third was piloted by Capt. VIII
liam Erwin. who. after being forced
back, started out in search of those
who were missing in the race. James
Dole. Hawaiian pineapple maSnate'
donor of sthe prizes, did not con-
template an air race when he offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
THREE DIE, z LOST, 100000 SPENT
TO WIN $35. 900 DOLE AIR RACE
Only Contribution to Aviation, Experts
Hold. Is That Odds Are a to l Against
Completing 2,4O0-Mile Fig int to Hawaii

the awards. He believed. as did ex-
pertS in the aviation world. that 1t
would he some months before a prop
erly financed aerial expedition could
be equipped and sent on its way.
Instead. before the National Aero,
nautical Association had time to for
mulate rules and fix date for the
race, two Army Observation-Disclosures
and Neutrality-suspicious. the
feat for which the prize was offered
but were not eligible to the awards.
A few Weeks later, with glory as
their only award. two civilian aviators.
Ernie Smith, pilot, and Emory Bronte,
navigator, made the dash in a mono
plane and reached an island in the
Hawaiian group just as their gaso-
line supply became exhausted.
At this point the Dole prize money
began to loom as the stakes for 4
race and a condition undreamed of by
the Hawaiian millionaire resulted.
Entries f1ocked into headquarters from
all parts of the country.
A chronological history of flight
shows:
August 1O-Lieuts. George D. Covell
and r. S Waggener killed when their
plane crashed in the fog off Point
Iona while bound for Oakland.
August 1.-THE triplane of Capt.
James L. Giffin and Ted Lundgren
crashed into San Francisco Bay as
it was approaching Oakland Airport
from Long Beach, Calf. No one was
injured. hut the occupants of the
plane We're compelled to swim for
their lives.
August 12.--Capt. Arthur Y. Rogers,
flying a tandem engined plane near
Los Angeles, was killed when he
jumped from his plane after the en-
CINE stopped. His parachute failed
20 open and he crashed to death.
The list of missing follows:
August 16-Miss Mildred Doran.
passenger: J. A. Pedlar, pilot. and
Lieut.. V. r. Knope, navigator. started
in their biplane from Oakland Airport
as competitors in the race.
August 16-The Golden Eagle. entry
of the San Francisco Examiner, pilot
ed by Jack Frost and navigated by
Gordon Scott. put out for Honolulu
and has not been heard from since.
1t was equipped with every known
safety device.
August 19-The Dallas Spirit, a
monoplane, piloted by Capt. William
Erwin and navigated by A. II. Eich.
waldt. took off from Oakland in search
of the missing planes. About 500
nautical miles out they put an sos
call on the air and have not been
heard from since.