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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Black Sheep
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-A
flock of sheep faces accusations
of stealing-and eating-eleven
money orders fro.h Postmaster
w. L. Clemmons at Temo, Tex,
postoffice inspectors were
advised today.
ClemmonS reported loss of
the orders. He said he slept
in the sheep lot in warm
weather. The money orders
were under his mattress. Glenn
mons said the sheep pulled
eleven orders out and ate
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
TALKS TO civic LEAGUE

City Engineer A. H. Moore will
speak Tuesday night before the
Sherman Emerson Civic League at
School 81, Wallace and East Tenth
streets.
Annexation of territory between
Michigan and Sixteenth and Emer-
son and Arlington will be discussed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
TAKES POST JAN.

Professor D. E. Weidler, Columbia
university will become head of the
education department at Indiana
Central college Jan. l succeeding
DR.. H. w. Marshall who becomes
head of the psychology department
of the State Normal university of
New Mexico, it was announced to-
day by President I. j. Good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Ice EmbeYS
Red Saturdays Flame Is
Only a Chill as Glow
WinkS.
BY ARCH STEINEL

I'D ED Saturday night! Six days
N work sloughed off in one
night of theater loges, buying dia-
monds, sewing machines and
clothes "a dollar down.; dive
keepers worn out punching the
cash register; a blackjack game
bet 'em high, wide and hand
some, and sleep in the streets" the
motto of a wide. section of the
population.
Red Saturday night, when the
younger generation swings into
Primrose path on two wheels, is
Up to forty in second gear and
making eighty by the end Of the
first block to flash on to the end
whatever it may be-disregard-
ing all the stop signs.
Or so you've been told by the
dyspeptics.
ITO necker-land, then, to find
Il out where the (Y) East be-
gins. One who remembers the
days when necking was done in
vine-hiden porch swings or in
dim-lit living rooms with no one
at all around, still young enough
to set in on Red Saturday night
and not be suspected.
All right, to necker-land we go.
INTO the shaded glow of
i North Meridian kitchenette,
where the slogan is Take your
coat off and start the Vic"
Dramatic persona: A glue
salesman from Chi" who refuses
cigaretS and hands out cigars
from a never-ending supply;
black-muStached clerk with a
flair for 1923 neckties; down
souther" with sub at each
request for a cigaret light; two
Indiana co-eds, heavy afoot, but
happy; seller of Trader
Horns" and Van Dimes work
who aspireS to be an Ann Penn
ington-and Scratches"
NIGER ale misses the glasses
" and splits at the ceiling.
This uns got too much in it."
Put on another record, Trader
Horn"
Couples slide on the apartments
= concrete floor to the wheezy mel
ody of a photograph on its last
table-legs. Bodies close together?
Wrong. A public dance hall could
not ask for better decorum.
n
ICE is cracked. Glasses shine
l. with chilled promise of inward
warmth. They're "twosing" now.
This-maybe-this is the meek
ing" hour.
Nope! A surreptitious kiss per-
haps, a hug and then struggling
shoulders that fiounce from her
companions into the waiting
arms of the southerner who wants
to dance.
Drab talk WHITES and the dim
ly-lit room brightens.
a n '
"CCRATCHES" talks-of her
- children. She works among
the citys' poor.
MY hand-how did it get
scratched? Oh, he didn't mean
it. He's not-not all there, you
know. I told him not to do some
thing. He didn't obey. I tried to
take hold of him, to talk to him.
Then he did it"
There's a rainbow round my
shoulder" means the photograph.
Slippered feet skid on the Kitchen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
SUMMER WHITE
HOUSE URGED BY
COOLIDGE NOTE
President Gives Need in
Letter FeIiCitating
Newspaper.
BIZ United Press

BU Untted Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 10-Estab-
lishment of a summer White House
lin the hills within easy striking
distance of Washington, where the
President could get a complete
change of atmosphere, is advocated
by President Coolidge in a personal
letter to Joseph Pulitzer, editor of
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, felici-
tating that paper on its fiftieth an
niverSary edition, Sunday.
The President intimately discuss
ing his personal health habits since
attaining office, asserts, Il have been
the healthiest President that the
country has ever had" but points
out that any chief executive who
permits himself to be engaged in
all kinds of outside enterprises will
last in office about ninety days"
LAS President about to retire, -
Mr.. Coolidge writes, IT feel at liberty
to write of certain phases of that
OAAASC WA4ASAA O44C WIZ Was GIllGI-
ing upon its duties might feel some
hesitation in discussing. 1t is of
course obvious that the President
should not burden himself with de-
tails. Those should be attended to
by his department and his Office
staff.
There is, however, one thing
which the government could do
which 1 think would be of great
physical assistance to the Presi-
dent Washington is practically at
sea level. Its climate is exceedingly
good all the year round, but at times
the humidity is high, and, unre-
lieved, it becomes monotonous.
1.-THE only avenue of escape for
the President is the naval boat
Mayflower. The handicap about the
Mayfiower is that it must necessarily
go down the Potomac, which is a
change of view and Of considerable
relief, but affords no change in al
titude and very little in climatic
conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
CAPTURE BOY L00TERS
Four Youths to Be Tried by Juve-
nile Authorities.

Four 11-year-old boys, appre-
hended looting the Stout hardware
store at 17O1 Howard street Sun
day afternoon, are held for juve-
nile authorities on charges of petit
larcency and delinquency. They
were captured by a pesserby.
Each of the boys had cartridges,
knives and other small merchan-
disc in his pockets,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
HOLD FUNNIEST TONIGHT

American Society of Steel Treating
to Stage Affair at c. of G.
Indianapolis chapter of American
Society of Steel Treating will sold
a Christmas Funniest tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce.
H. B. Knowlton, metallurgist of
the International Harvester Com
pany, Fl. Wayne, will speak. A
dance will follow the address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
STOP GLOBE TRoTTERS'
Boy Runaways From Muncie Picked
I'm Here

Two Muncie boys. Emil and Ber-
nard Reiselman, 8 and II years old,
set out to see the world Saturday,
and got as far as Indianapolis on
their globe trotting tour.
They were picked up at Raymond
and Meridian streets, where they
were hiding in weed patch, and
taken to police headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

cite floor lodging divans and
chairs.
n
CMOG Sits through the opened
~ window to mingle with the
stale odor of empty glasses and
cigaret butts.
Sunday knocks on the kitchen
cites door
The mustached clerk aids the
sick ones. Trader Horn has
passed out. The glue statesmen
talk about Chi" the goods are
sleepy. No "necking." Never was
more'ns done in movies.
What are we?" asks Scratches.
n
NNE still young enough to get
~ invited out on Red Saturday
night lies like a gentleman and
tells her how wild she is.
And bushes, thinking of wilder
nights in a vine-shaded porch
swing or a dim-lit living room.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

In San Francisco study of 1000
fatal motor vehicle accidents recently
showed that woman drivers comprised
20 per cent of the total drivers, but
participated in less than per cent of
the fatalities.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

For noisy brakes drop or two of
printers ink is very effective. This has
a slight lubricating effect and is capable
of spreading as well as working into the
lining.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
CHAIN TIRE STORES
EFFECTS DISCUSSED
II. G. Moock Explains Competi-
ton and Points Out Duties
of Dealers. E

Can tire dealers withstand the
competition of chain stores in the tire
field was a question propounded and
answered by Harry G.. Moock, distribu-
ton engineer of Chicago, speaking last
week before a convention OF national
tire dealers in Boston, Mass. ~
They can If they will study the
trends and learn the simple facts Of
what the tire distributors function in
the field of merchandising is, Moock
declared. Mock is former automo-
bile salesman and dealer, for five years
head of the National Automobile
Dealers Associations, and for the last
two head of the market development
bureau of the Automotive Equipment
Association.
Moock cautioned his hearers to be-
ware of the false gods of merchandis-
ing, the prophets who promise a new
salvation, land of milk and honey, a
life of ease.
Chain stores are not the retailers
biggest problem, but one of his most
insignificant. The retailer is his own
worst competitor-it is the retailer
himself who complicates his own prob
lem by price cutting, merchandise
giveaways, insufficient and incompe-
tent service and a generally unfriendly
attitude toward his public.
''The tire maker has done and will
do good job of manufacturing and
sailing, winning the public for his
wares, but the retailer cannot be just
a stowaway on the boat-he must dupli-
cate the manufacturers efforts locally
He must also diversity his efforts and
his sales-he must become conscious of
the fact that he has professional
technical service to sell and therefore
become more professional. The tire
dealers problem today is to learn how
to better service this public that buys a
half billion dollars worth of tire mer-
cEandiSe yearly
Evening star., 1928-11-25
BATTERY PLANTS
INCREASE OUTPUT
Industry Develops Ingenious
Methods for Controlling
Air to Cut Costs.

The problem of quantity output Of
electric batteries to meet q demand
which for volume and variety is with
out precedent in automotive circles has
been solved by air conditioning engi-
neers, who have introduced mass pro-
duction" methods to battery manufac-
tu~-
Production lines similar to those in
the plants of the quantity producers of
automobiles are feature in s.veral of
the shops of the big battery makers
Thousands of batteries move forward
daily on belt conveyors, while men,
affix parts and perform operations
which finish the product that gives
electrical energy for starting and light
ing millions of automobiles.
Scientific application of the latest
engineering developments to cut COSTS
improve product, speed up output and
protect the health and lives of work.
men has been adopted in one big East
ern plant. It is in this plant where
fumes from melted lead, gases and pois-
onous dusts used in large quantities are
recovered by control of air conditions
through system of powerful ventilat-
ings fans which segregate these hazards
without danger to workers.
In the group burning room of this
plant, where the battery plates are
formed into groups. lead lug of con-
siderable weight are blown through
pipes by an air pressure which approxi-
mates 3 miles minute These lugs
which are the ragged edges cut of from
the plates, are remelted to become the
material in other plates. Fine lead
dust, and other material are handled in
this way, although the company uses
an air washer to recover lead dust from
the air which is blown through a spray
OF water. The air washer RECEIVERS ap-
proximately IS pounds of lead per week
by removing the dust, according to the
plant engineer of the company.
In the foundry hoods are used over
the. lead pots to collect the lead oxide
fumes which come from the melted lead
Suction fans draw the fumes up through
large pipes to remove the danger from
workmen. One Of the most unusual
applications of mechanically controlled
air in this plant IS for the purpose of
blowing acids from the storage rooms
near the railroad tracks through pipes
a distance of 500 feet into the develop
ing room, where the acids are poured
into the battery. which, acting on the
plates, produce electrical current.
In the box room Of the plant, where
wooden separating plates and other
wooden products are made, scrap lum-
ber, sawduSt and Shavings are blown by
air suction to another part of the plant
and used as; fuel.
In cooperation with air conditionir =
experts, this company has developed a
dustless system of blending lead oxides
to manufacture battery paste. In for
mer years this was considered impoSsi-
BILE. The system is arranged in such a
manner that all the various operations
are synchronized into co-ordinating
closed system. The result Is that lead
oxide is being handled at a rate of 5
to s tons per hour.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
DRIVERS CONTEST"
CUTS FATALITIES
Baltimore Truck Operators Show
Good Record in Attempt to
Reduce Accidents.
special pispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. 49,.
BALTIMORE, November 24.--Of the
rs companies operating fleets OF trucks
in Baltimore who are members of the
interf1eet drivers safety contest, under
the auspices of the Baltimore Safety
Council, 81 companies operated 8,741
truck days without an accident during
October, according to council report.
A total of 1900 commercial vehicles
about one-tenth of the trucks in the
city-are operated by the companies
participating in the contest.
Fifteen fewer people have been killed
by trucks in the first nine months of
this year than In the same period Of
last year, according to the counci,
Fatalities frcm trucks have steadily d.
clined since the contest was organize
in 1926. Last year safe drivers certt:
Gates were awarded 900 men who hat
no accidents in 12-morth period.
Five classes of trucks, the report
showed, had no accidents during Oc-
tober, although their trucks were op-
Grated total of 2,443 truck days. These
were coal, lumber; cleaners and dyers,
house funishers and industrial COM
panies. -
Public utilities led in the number Of
accidents, with 13 in month, but they
also had the greateSt number of ve-
hicles. running up 1850 truck days.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
ONLY FIVE PER CENT
OF GAS POWER USED
Autos Could Go 800 Miles to Gal
lon if All of It's Force Were
Harnessed.

Three hundred miles of travel to the
gallon of gasoline would be a common
average for the Nations motorists II
automotive scientists could devise a
process for converting all the. latent
power of gasoline into momentum.
"Only 5 per cent Of the pent-up power
in gasoline is transformed into actual
momentum in an automobile" says a
bulletin issued in Chicago by the Amer
ican Research Foundation. But could
100 per cent of this potential force be
harnessed, a single gallon OF gasoline
would drive motor car not 15 miles,
but 20 times that distance.
1.-THE amount of imprisoned kick In
gallon Of gasoline is almost beyond
calculation. A gallon Of gasoline will
evaporate into 1000 cubic feet of gas.
This gas, if ignited, will expand 800
times this space.
Gasoline has no equal for furnishing
a vast supply of Stored-up energy at a
remarkably low cost. No synthetic motor
fuel of greater power at any competing
cost has yet been discovered"
Evening star., 1928-11-25

ing program of past years has been
started by most companies and ship
mentS will start early next month,
Everything points to a year of in
creased sales and profits both for manu-
facturers and dealers in 1929, and this
optimism so far is reflected in the
first Spring dating orders received.
Under the scurrent program manufac-
turers are expected to step up produc-
ton within the next fortnight and con-
tinue through the Winter months on a
steady schedule so as to build up fin
ished inventories to meet the certain
heavy Spring buying. All Spring dat
ing orders carry the deferred payment
feature, the time of payments varying
according to climatic belts of the United
States. In the Northern States, where
a late Spring will deter heavy con-
sumer buying until the new year is
we'll advanced payments on Spring Or
derS from dealers are not scheduled
until mid-year.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
MARYLAND AUTO TAGS
READY IN ONE WEEK
Baughman Sees No Reason for
Motorists Not Having Plates
on Time.
Special D,snatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 24.-n Ma
ryland motorists experience delay in
getting their 1929 license tags, they
will have no one to blame but them
selves, according to E. Austin Baugh-
man, motor vehicle commissioner, who
said all application blanks will be in
the mails by November 80.
Issuance Of licenses will begin De-
cember 1. In Baltimore City and three
of the counties-Prince Georges, Ale
gany and Harford-the applications will
be sent first to the tax assessor so that
tax bills may be affixed; in all other in
stances the blanks will be mailed direct
to the automobile owners.
Because of the unprecedently large
number of employees who will look after
the issuance of the licenses, Mr.. Baugh-
man predicted that there would be less
congestion than ever during the rush
period this year.
The 1929 licenses, manufactured at
the Maryland Penitentiary, will have
blue numerals on q white background.
According to present plans, city auto
mobile owners will be given licenses un-
der the 5000 mark, and higher nu-
merals reserved for county motorists.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
AUTO PRODUCTION
CURTA|LMENT SEEN
Industry at Low Ebb for Fall,
but Far Ahead of
Last Year.

Passenger car production schedules
continue to show about the same de-
gree of curtailment that has been no.
ticeable for the past three weeks, ac-
cording to 3. H. Cram, president of
Grams Automotive Reports, Inc. 1t
is apparent that the industry has
reached its low ebb for the Fall and,
while further declines may take place
during the next two weeks, these prob
ably will be so small as to have but
little effect on the total. -
Production for the current week
shows an increase of 8 per cent as
compared with last week and cons
tinucs about 10 per cent above that
of year ago-a fact that augurs well
for the fourth quarters total as COM
pared with last year. Several manu-
facturerS who have been, practically
inactive during the past three weeks
are again turning out assembled cars,
and while this output Is still small 1t
will increase daily until it reaches a
normal footing In about month from
this time.
Sales Holding Firm.
Sales are firm, the normal slack
ening being Offset to some extent by
the stimulation brought about by price
cuts on the low-priced models.
The truck branch of the industry
shows no great change as compared
with last week and continues to follow
the same trend as established by the
passenger car. output while curtailed,
is still seasonally high and will increase
further within the next few weeks.
Sales are firm throughout most parts
of the country. The medium and
heavy tonnage models are selling best,
certainty which exists with regard to
the light delivery models which are
slated for changes.
Tire manufacturing companies are
proceeding on an unusually aggressive
mid-Fall production basis. Solicitation
of dealer orders under the Spring-dat-
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Cops "COmebacks''
At 5Autoists Held
"Traffic Bromides''

Commenting on the worldwide
tendency toward Standardization, the
American Motorist, official publica-
ton of the American Automobile
Association, calls attention to the
universal use of the traffic officers
"comebacks' at offending motorists.
"You would think" says the ma
tional motoring magazine, that this
lingo had been duly adopted IN con-
vention and sworn to by traf1lc OH
GERS on pain of immediate dismissal
from the service. Here are few OF
the standard traff1c bromides:
/. 'Wottdya think this is--a race
track?'"
2. "'Say-are you color blind?'"
3. You're from the country
amt ya?'"
4. First time you've driven
carp"
S. Don't tell me that, brother
I know better"
6. Just wot's the idea2'"
z. Now, don't get funny with
me-"
8. "'Well, wot's it this time-going
for doctor?'"
9. Now, now, now-1 drive a car
myself"
10. 1.-The Judge is receiving guests
tomorrow at 10 am. Here's your in
vitation.'
Evening star., 1928-11-25
WINTER. CAR CARE.
ROUTINE OUTLINED ]
Autos in' Storage and in
Service Need Special At :.
tention for Season.

To assure automobile owners of max
imum automobile comfort and efficiency
during the coming cold months service
experts have prepared list of sugges-
tionS which cover the essential points
of pre-Winter car preparation.
Where motor car is not to be used
during the Winter, the experts advise
storing it in dry, evenly heated and
not too light place. The car should be
washed and dried, all oil and water
drained off, wheels lacked up to lift
weight from tires, the tires partly de-
f1ated, and unpainted metal parts
coated with heavy oil or vaseline to
prevent rust or corrosion.
Oil Should Be Added.
To prevent rusting of rings and
cylinder walls the spark plugs should be
removed and one gill of engine oil
poured into each cylinder. Then dis
tribute the oil by turning the engine
over a number of times and replace the
plugs.
Where 1t IS intended to keep the car
In commission changes in operating
conditions call for attention to certain
important details. 1t is important that
cars be in good operating condition to
overcome the rigors imposed by cold
weather. Whenever possible owners
are urged to use the facilities of service
stations. For those who prefer to con-
dition their own cars these suggestions
should be followed:
Remove all accumulated sludge from
the oil pan and refill with oil of good
quality. Frequent oil changes during
the Winter, with proper adjustment OF
the crankcase ventilator, will safeguard
oil circulation. Lubricate the chassis
completely. Change oil in the trans
mission and differential. Inspect and
clean the generator and replace any
worn parts. Check the battery and
recharge the electrical system If neces-
sary. =.
Remove and clean the starting motor
Evening star., 1928-11-25

and replace worn parts. Clean con-
Meeting cable terminals of electrical
system and grease those at the battery,
generator, starting motor and starting
switch. Clean ana adjust. distributor
and spark plug points. Inspect cables
and replace If necessary. Reset timing.
Clean gasoline and vacuum tanks. gas
lines and carburetor. Adjust carburetor
to proper Winter mixture. =, Tighten
water hose connections or replace worn
hose If necessary. Pour in anti-freeZe
mixture If alcohol is used check spe-
cific gravity weekly to prevent freezing
of the mixture.
Align wheels to prevent tire wear.
Tighten body bolts and spring clips.
Adjust clutch. brake pedals and brakes
for cold weather driving.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Tunnels for Traffic.

The authorities of the City of Mon
treal have agreed to the construction of
a tunnel under the Lachine Canal
which carries the ST. Lawrence River
traffic around the Lachine Falls just
above the City of Montreal. This work
will cost $2,5o0,O 900. The proposed tunnel
will consist of four tubes, each 20 feet
in diameter and 1000 feet long. which
will connect the outlying districts of
Verdun, Lasalle and st. Gabriel with
the heart of Montreal. All four tubes
nTe designed for yehicular traffic two
exclusively for the use of street cars
and through one of them will pass a
vide sidewalk for the convenience of
g astrians.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
HONOR ROAD ENGINEERS.
Maryland Chief Is Named officer
of National Association.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 24.-John
Mackall, chairman and chief engineer of
the Maryland State Roads Commission,
was named an honorary vice president
of the National Highway Traffic Associ-
alton at the annual meeting this week
at Toledo, Ohio.
The National Highway Traffic Associ-
alton was formed in 1918 to promote
efficiency and regulation of highway
traffic and transport.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Big Piece of Betting.

What is said to be the largest power
belt in the world has just been built
at Oakland, Calf. It is 1920 feet long,
AZ inches wide and is valued at $4,000.
1t contains 10000 pounds of rubber and
5000 pounds of cotton fabric in eight
plies.