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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20
IMPROVED MOTORS DEPENDENT
ON GAS

Automobile designers must work
hand in hand with the men who de-
vote their lives to the improvement
OF fuels or all their hours OF careful
study and work have gone for
naught, The designers have deTel-
oped engines OF increased compress
sion, thereby gaining greater power
on proportionotely less fuel, but
the extent to which compression can
be raised or spark effect increased
depends entirely on the quality OF
the gasoline.
The basic problem OF the fuel
producer has been the development
of something which may be added
to the gasoline to render it smooth
acting in advanced types OF engines.
Addition of benzor or ethyl fluid are
Two ways in which highpowered fuel
can be made. Such methods, how
ever, are only regarded by the re-
lining industry as one step in the
general line of progress.
California crude oil produces
better gasoline by old-fashioned
methods than almost any other
crude in the United States, accord
ing to officials of the Sun Oil Com
pany, but it is very poor practice for
refiner to confine himself to par
ticular crude.
Gasoline extracted from almost
any crude oil by the old methods
would knock violently during accel-
Grafton or hill climbing in modern
engine. whereas gasoline made by
the most up-to-date methods will
operate as smoothly and as power
fully as may be desired.
Equipment for making the Inn
proved type Of gas is much more
complicated and somewhat more
costly. Consequently, it will be
some years before all gasoline pro-
duced is Of modern type. but it Is in
evitable that the orders of supply
and demand ultimately will cause
the disappearance Of premium-priced
motor fuels.
When Sun Oil began the manu-
facture of gasoline few years ago
ON a large scale it was not handicap
ped by heavy Investment and was
able to erect its modern refining
plants with a minimum Of scrapped
machinery. Within two years plant
facilities for the production OF Blue
Sunoco have been increased 500 per
cent and plants to be completed this
year will add another Zoe per cent
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20

Home methods Of setting colors in
fabrics. such as soaking them in salt
water, or water with vinegar added,
are of no. avail. Textile specialists
of the Bureau of Home Economics
point out the fact that If there were
any such simple way OF securing fast
colors, manufacturers would use it.
Dyes. however, have greatly improv-
ed in recent years. II you take
home a sample OF the material you
like and wash it. and expose It 70
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20

strong sunshine. you can tell for
yourself whether the goods win be
reasonably fast to water and to
light.
A little girl needs q pocket on
every dress. When 1t interferes
with the trimming or design to put
it on the outer part, place It on the
boomers. Here it will alGp help to
show which is the fro OF the
boomers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20

to be absorbed by other foods fish
should be kept in very tightly COW
cred dish in the refrigerator. and
used as soon as possible.
Here's good menu for sum-
mer evening party: Fruit salad.
made from lettuce, oranges, pears.
peaches. cherries, and sliced pine
apple, dressed with whipped cream.
and garnished with nut meats;
crackers spread with cottage or
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20
Roqueford cheese; iced tea or q
fruitade of any kind

Watermelon can be served as a
course. like fruit cup or muskmelon,
for lunch or dinner. The water
melon should be thoroughly chilled,
then Sliced. the rind removed, and
the flesh cut into convenient-sized
blocks which are piled on plate.
See that salt is at hand for those
who like it on watermelon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20
! ..rNsIDn. 1NFoRMATroN

Don't wrap the Ice in paper or
cloth 'sbianket." 1t Is true thatryou
snrvill save Ice BY doing So but you
sin not save food. In order to re-
duce the temperature in the refrig-
sfator the Ice must melt.
Nish loses it, fresh favor when
kept. and spoils very easily in not
weather. Since ne favor y nks.y
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20
TO HOLDERS OF
Third
Liberty Loan Bonds

The Treasury offers q new
33< per cent. 12-1S year
Treasury bond In exchange
for Third Liberty Loan Bonds.
The new bonds win bear
interest from July Is. 1928.
Interest on Third Liberty
Loan Bonds surrendered for
exchange win be paid in full
TO September Is. 1928.
Holders should consult their
banks at once for further de-
tails Of this offering.
Third Liberty Loan Bonds
mature on September Is,
1928, and win cease to
bear interest on that date.
A. w. MELLON.
Secretary Of the Treasury
Washington. July S 1875
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-20

MOWER KNIVES GROUND
The undersigned is prepared to do
grinding OF moving machine knives
and sharpening Of any other sort of
knives, promptly and in satisfactory
manner.
F. P. KEPPLE,
Rising Sun, Md.
Evening star., 1928-05-09

has been always favorable, and In 1920
an act was passed granting retirement
to the disabled emergency officers OF the
Navy and Marine Corps Now, with
passage by the Senate and with favor
able report from House committee, the
measure to extend the retirement to
disabled Army emergency officers is
ready for consideration IN the House.
IT'S friends hope for its passage with
out amendment. so that it may SO to
the President for signature at this pres
ent session.
The amount added to the annual ex-
pendturcs OF the Government Is small
compared with the needs Of the men
who will be relieved by its provisions
II Is true that there is Just at present
q fear lest the appropriations granted
by Congress this year are mounting.
and that heavy obligations cntailing
large future drains upon the Treasury
arc contemplated and III process of
provision. But in this respect the Gov
eminent cannot now afford TO count
costs to the denial of equity 10 these
men. who served it faithfully, 10 their
serious detriment and disability. and
who arc entitled now to the grant OF
privilege which has become established
as a feature of the American system.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

Spirit OF retaliation flames In the
American Army because OF the German
barharity In hayoneting the American
doughboys after they had killed them.
Every man In imbued with do~or~die
spirit TO defeat Germany, and do II
quickly, American casualty list
today contains 10 names. Ten killed
and one captain prisoner.
Government agents still continue
searching for and nrresting draft
dodgers throughout country
Secretary Baker announces that Gov
ernment has made arrangements with
United States Steel Corporation 10 build,
through Government. a monster ord
nance plant To turn out cannon OF
largest caltbef and heavy proiectilea In
large quantities. A large Ger
man patrol attempted TO rush the
American positions on the plcardy front
last night. but was driven on. The roar
of heavy artillery continues day and
night Ia this sector. British
under Haig take offensive In area north
OF KENNEL and Germans lose the gains
they made yesterday. The British re-
establish their lines completely In their
old positions Ine Tealats vigorously,
but the dngged spirit OF the British all
through the night and into the morn
ing finally prevails AT Albert
The Germans are pressing ahead deapite
heavy losses. occupying the British no~
sitiona on a front nf about 30 yards,
Evening star., 1928-05-09
Practical Aviation.

The agc of adventure and meaning
I"ss stunts IN The air will be replaced by
the practical and businesslike develop
ment Of aviation. according TO Harry F.
Ciuggenheim, president Of the Daniel
Gucgenheim Fund for the Promotion Of
Aeronautics. who yesterday. at lunch
con In New York, received gold medal
"for distinguished service" III the pro-
motion Of commercial peace. Mr. Gug-
scnheims words in connection with the
future of aviation as he graphically
pictured il are we'll worth repeating. He
said.
The American aviator has flown to
the North Pole He has flown across
the Atlantic and half way across the
Pacific; he already has accomplished
achievements in altitude. speed and en-
durance beyond the fantasies Of our
f0ndest dreams. There really is little
left In the spectacular field 10 be de-
sired. Building upon these exploits We
have developed the airplane as an In
strumcnt Of public utility, The United
States now leads III commercial and
civil aviation.
Mr.. Gugeenheim speaks truly. In
fights fraught with hazard, aviators
have created marks that were thought
impossible 3 few years ago. Many have
lost their lives in the pioneering work,
but some one has always stepped III to
better existing records. In the majority
of cases. however. the holder OF world
titles has strained himself and his ma
chine TO a tremendous degree to attain
them. Human energy and machine
construction have been put through
tests of narrowing intensity.
Some OF thoss who have brought avia-
tion to its present state Of development
entered the competition for scientific
reasons. others for glory and still others
for publicity and personal gain. The
FIRST two classes are composed OF skilled
men. who have, through their ac-
complishments, awakened public conf
dence In the art OF flying and at the
same time have been instrumental In
promoting heavier-than-a achieve
nents. The other class. the selfish
publicity-nad type. have In many cases
paid With their lives for their daring
and done nothing for the great cause
The time has now been reached, as
MFR. Guggenhein 50 aptly puts It. when
about everything that can be done with
the prcsent-day airplane has been done.
Improvements In engine and plane con-
struction will inevitably follow as man
learns more Of the mysteries Of the air.
but safe and sane program should be
pursued by those charged with the
development Of aviation. The spec
tacaKar should be succeeded now by the
conservative, and By this means avia-
ton win 60 further than any one has
yet visuaiized-
Evening star., 1928-05-09
Letting George Do 1t.

Judge Edwin r. Parker, chairman VI
the board of the United States Chamocr
OF Commerce. has called on American
business to clean It's own house unless
Ii wants the Government. In tho unat-
tractiVe role of long-nosed house,
cleaner, to step in and take over the
job, Judge Parker's plea is based on
high ideals as we'll as good common
sense. IF there are bad spots in husi-
ness practice 1t devolves upon some
body TO cut them out. And II business
is disposed to let George do 1t, George
must, despite the walls and the weeping
over governmental tendency to meddie
and to regulate.
American business. as whole, Is
good, There are bad boys. of course.
and there always will be bad boys In
business as well as IN every other form
of endeavor. But the bad boys are In
the minority, The difficulty does no.
arise from their mere presence. The
trouble is due to the fact that business
suffers them to exist as part OF the
natural order of things is disposed to
regard them as evil necessities. and as
long as they do not cross the borderlnc
which separates methical conduct and
commission of q crime, is disposed TO
let we'll enough alone. But to charge
business alone with this fault Is unfair
discrimination. The fault is found in
all the professions, and 1t explains much
of what is wrong with the American
institution of politics. individuals who
would not soil their own hands by shady
tactics in business, in professional prac-
tice or in political life, look on with
what they misconstrue TO be tolerance
while others do the dirty work.
Judge Parker directed the attention
of the hundreds of business leaders
gathered here from all parts of the
country for the sixteenth annual meet
ing Of the chamber TO the inevitable
result OF such tolerance on the part Of
ethical business men. 1t means gov
ernmental interference, regulation and
hampering the freedom Of initiative
Business does not want this. No one
wants It. But 1t Is the price OF laziness,
practiced in the name of tolerance.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
Carol of Rumania.

While the movement of the peasants
Of TranSylvania toward Bucharest TO
demand a change of ministry was fiat
tening ont under government pressure.
former Crown Prince Carol of Ruma-
MIA has been having an unpleasant
experience In England. lie went there
a short time ago with the lady of his
choice. as guest OF Rumanian of dis
tinction now living In that country.
simultaneously with his appearance in
Great Britain manifestos were issued
relating to the peasant revolt. The
British government acted promptly.
Notice was served upon Carol that his
presence in England was not desirable
and he was asked to leave the country.
According to the latest dispatches. he
has protested that he was in no wise
accountable for the manifestos but.
finding no sign Of a softening of heart
on the part of the British authorities
he is disposed to accept his expulsion
and to quit the inhospitable land. pos
sibly for Belgium. From Brussels comes
word that Carol will be permitted to
enter and to remain in that country If
he does not engage In propaganda.
This unhappy young man is reaping
the harvest OF his own indiscretions
and follies. Had he behaved himself
he would today have been the King of
Rumania. succeeding his father But
he did not. He left his wife, eloped
with another woman. and then left her
and took under his protecting wing a
third companion, who now declares her
intention TO stand by him through thick
and thin, but expresses her willingness
TO leave him II by her sacrifice he can
be restored to his "rightful position In
his native land. He seems to be weak
character. In the troubles incident to
the death of the King and the bestowal
of the royal rank upon his own son, an
infant, he blew hot and cold In his
Paris retreat. made signs of active in
trigue and then yielded to the advice
Of sensible friends and quit his activi-
ties. VS.
This present turmoil In Rumania ap-
pears TO have been queiled. The march
Of the peasants Of Transylvania was a
pitiable fiasco Their leaders abandoned
them when the government established
an escort" of cavalry and airplanes,
The promised ultimatum was not served
upon the Bucharest ministry. A boy
colt Of the government has been pro-
posed. but there Is no prospect that IT
viii have any effect. Evidently the
government is too strong to be over
turned by such a gesture. and Carol is
well advised TO stay out Of the affair.
for even IL he we're to undertake TO
stage a return to Bucharest. he would
probably be stopped and he might find
himself In q less agreeable situation
than he now occupies. embarrassing
though 1t may be In some respects.
Evening star., 1928-05-09
Retirement Of Emergency Officers.

Tomorrow the House Of Representa-
f4wea win consider the bill, already
PASSED by the Senate and fayorabIy re-
ported from committee With recon-
nendation of passage without amend
raens, which provides for extending the
retirement privilege 10 ofseeEs Of the
volunteer forces Of the United States
VINO we're engaged In the Great War.
This genzte bill differs IN ore respect
from = House bill previously reported
fasogabsy. end It's substitution for the
House measure is advocated by the COM
ngletee, In order 70 INCLUDE certain dis
sbied emergency officers Of the Navy
end Marine Corps who did mot obtain
retirement under the act Of June 4,
1870.
All CONGREGATIONS u equity demand
that this measure be enacted into law.
TO DO 10 would not In the least affect
ene status and privileges Of oficers Of
fhe Regular forces. either now retired
ey sisglple tor retirement. ~ would add
10 tire annual cost 0f retirement the
sun d about sz2szy 900. IL woaid re-
lseys distress tn number Of csseE,
former emergency officers gho we're dis
aided Ia serV3cs and whose present COM
ygesaaztion Goes ret suffice W maintain
t5seua end tl1eir families
An argument has been advanced that
tie retirement oi these emergency off,
cefs would De discrimination against
tie rank sBsd fle ~ the forces, vino
gerge1 ~ CALAMITY and giao In many
cases are Sc deserving. But against this
x,onsAntion stands the fact that sinee
fsse begtnElng ~ the American Govern
knenG retirement hiss been the pkeroGa-
4tye ~ the commissioned ranks rather
4l1an ne enlisted. In the Great War the
emergency ofsGeFs we're from twelve "
fourteen years cider than their enlisted
comrades Many ~ them we're married
a1a had families. aflc because OF tiasii
family obligations they could not have
entered the seFytee mt for uleir higher
pay rs officers. a gfese many Of then
abandoned pfomistgg ana eaeeessjii
eateefs In order ~ eefYf the a9tlhIj
IL. yar. aEd upon iifelF return found
4f4ir positions taken by ofliffts tiiell
careers 3n Dusinsse ~ tie pfofsesiafA
sa1t snort llaeiF opportunities for earn
egg reduced,
Originally opposea 10 this measure
.>g1le War Department haS GOV yAIast
Is opposition. Ifs May DsDarthiafn
Evening star., 1928-05-09

Napoleon Bonaparte is supposed tc
| have written 10000 letters during his
| lifetime. This mass OF correspondence
IL must be remembered. was in addition
to innumcrahle military orders, speeches
and bulletins.
Yet 1t Is prcsumahle that the En-
pcror Of the French might have written
three times that many letters IL he had
not early put in effect a scheme which
may be partly recommended to this day
Boufienne. his secretary. in the sixth
chapter of his memoirs gives the fol-
lowing interesting account.
During the time when the prelimi-
naries Of Leoben suspended military
operations Napoleon was not anxious to
reply Immediately TO all letters
He took fancy to do not exactly as
Cardinal Dubois did when he threw into
the fire the letters he had received, say
ing, There, my correspondents are an
sWercd, but something of the same
kind.
ITO satisfy himself that people wrote
too much and lost in trifling and useless
answers valuable time he told me to
open only tho letters which came by
extraordinary couriers and to leave all
the rest for three weeks in the basket.
AT the end of that time II was un-
communications. Some were themselves
answers, some were acknowledgements OF
letters received, others contained re-
quests for faVors already granted but
Of which intelligence had not been re-
ccivcd.
MANY were filled with complaints
respecting provisions. pay or clothing
and orders had been issued upon all
these points before the letters were
written, Some generals demanded rein-
forccments. money. promotion. etc. BY
not opening their letters Bonapartc was
spared the unpleasing Office of refusing
when the general-in-chief compared
the very small number of letters which
1t was necessary to answer with the
large number which time alone had an
swered he laughed heartily at his whim-
steal idea.
Would not this mode Of proceeding
be preferable to that Of causing letters
to be opened by any one who may be
employed and replying to them by cir
cular to which II Is only necessary to
attach date?"
Thus IT. will be seen that Gen. Bona
parte antedated Gen. Lord. director OF
the budget. by more than century In
his idea that letter writing in Govern
ment departments costs too much,
Napoleon evidently was the first eff
cheney expert" His efficiency. however
came about as the result of his i'm
petuosity. As young man---he was
only ~ when he evolved the above
scheme-~he was too impatient TO wade
through stack Of correspondence
He had the dictatorial nature which
made him say to himself. "Aw shucks
what's the good OF going through all
these letters? II / let them alone
thrce-fourths of them will answer them
selves"
ANY one who handles masses OF cor
respondence week after week realizes
that there is something to be said for
the Napoleonic method. Such system
Is. above all. a blow at routine.
Routine has its place, but 1t Is ques-
tionahle whether its true place is In the
epistolary art, Too often routine here
spells red tape" an insufferable form
of boredom, which hampers the indi-
vidual as we'll as the group.
y * VI "
The individual. however. will do well
10 make certain that he Is another
Evening star., 1928-05-09
small.Change Campaign Costs.

The first haul OF the seine cast by
the Senate special committee on cam
paign expenditures hardly paid for the
throw. Eight candidates for the pres
ideutiai nominations Of The two parties
personally testified. all Of them together
presenting showing Of payments to-
taiing only $4,000. They range from
Senator Eorah. who has spent nothing,
up 10 Senator Curtis, who has spent
aII,44f.I5. The real minimum of the
list was that Of Senator Norris, IN
whose behalf 90 has been spent. He,
however, accompanied this testimony
with the following statement: Il have
not been, have not wanted 10 be, and
have not tried IN be q candidate" He
could have prevented the use Of his
name In Nebraska and Wisconsin, but
has decided 10 pefnt,1 ilis friends ~
vote for him. The 50 expenditure was
in payment for an advertisement lii d
Nebraska county newspaper which waa
printed In his interest. but which he
did not authorize and Of which he knew
nothing until he received bill for IT.,
Interest In this enterprise will be
progressive, ~ the research includes
tiloge who may without depreciation
Of the merits Of the already quizzed
.'pogaiblIities' be rated o. the real
contenders In the field. When the
Smith and Hoover accounts are isid
tefore the committee, the flgnres viii 90
into a higher range These two cam
pstgns have been yaged With assiduitg
and igase included the services u large
numbers ~ workers In hIl paris of tie
country In aii likelihood all of the
ezDenshs haze been legitimate There
Iae been a great deal NJ printing and
/ there laas been much travelling ab1ale on
/ The part ~ managers and workers
/ Lively campaigns hsye been staged IN
/ various states, The primary contests
have beei1 numerous and holly eontsst-
81 0na 10 today eiimasing In Indiana
/ whieH hns undoubtedly eost eaasiders.
sls asoneg oa both sides In tha Hspnb'
Evening star., 1928-05-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

name OF machine politics. Mr.. Fox tes-
tifled that there had not been an hon.
est election in Philadelphia during his
quarter OF a century In public life.
Teamwork for prosperity" Is the high
spot Of this weeks annual meeting of
the Chamber OF Commerce of the United
States at Washington. The unemploy-
ment situation naturally is coming in
Tor a good deal of attention at the hands
Of the Nations business leaders. They're
convinced It's temporary phase. Err
nest T.. Trigg. a Philadelphia manufac-
turer and director of the national cham
ber, pointed out that about 80 per cent
OF existing unemployment In traceable to
the introduction during the past 10 or
IL years Of labor~saving devices of all
sorts. But who knows he asked,
what immeasurable new industrial de-
velopment may not be just over the
horizon? Who could have imagined, %
or 30 years ago. that industries like the
automobile, motion picture, radio and
aircraft trades would today be among
the foremost In the land? American in
genuity Ia the future, as in the past
viii evolve ways and means for putting
Its industrial talent TO work"
Representative Harold q. Hoffman
Republican, of New Jersey. one of the
baby members of Congress~~aged 30
and IN his first term-~Says his busiest
Job all Winter and Spring was telling
people about the Hall-Mills murder
case The cause celehre had It's scene
in Mr. Hoffman's district. He is one
OF the coming young men in Jersey poll
tics, Beginning life as a reporter. he
degenerated into banker after bril-
liant fighting record with the 29th Di-
vision in the Meuse~ ~Argonne region.
The narcotic division Of the prohibi-
ton service has new worry. It's dis
covered that dope bootleggers are now
using carrier pigeons for transport of
drugs, A prosecution Is under way In
New York, involving narcotic ring
which has put birds in the Illicit trade.
tcopvright 1881