Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 64

8 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 3, 1926—PART 3 John Smith and His Car “KING" SURPRISED i TITLE IS HONORED L. P. Yates, Winner in Wheat Competition, Is Held Cham- pion Over Canada. ris Laning, Pennsylvania; David E. Theleen, New York; Lyman A. Cot- ten, Richmond; Frank L. Pinney, Mil- waukee; Edward S, Jackson, Langley; Thomas R. Kurtz, Galveston; George J. Meyers, Patoka; Adolphus Staton, Asiatic Station, and Donald C. Bing- ham, Dobbin. ‘The commanders who during next Summer will complete their two years of duty afloat are H. T. Kays, Moody: W. 8. McClintig, Cuyama: J. N. Fer- guson, Arctic; R. E. Ingersoll, Noko- mi; 3 toot, William Jones; C. C Baughman, Farenholt; F. R. Berg, Case; G. M. Courts, Reid . B. Coffey, Savanpah; R. Edwards, McDermut; J. H. Ingram, Stoddert; Conant Tay. lor, Barry; W. H. Lassing. Shirk; T. A. Thomson, Doyen; J. H. Burk Mgrvine; L. M. Stever v: T. F Caldwell, Henshaw; J. Woods, Meyer; H. E. Shoemaker, Tulsa; J. J. London, destroyer division 40, scout- ing fleet; R. A. Spruance, Osbhorne. and E. R. Shipp, Camden. DENIES GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL WEATHER French Undersecretary Refuses to Take Blame for Coast Storms. By the Associated Press. . PARIS, January 2.—The axiom coined by Mr. Dooley when the pres- ent Chief Justice of the United States was President, “If it rains just blame Taft,” finds little fivor with members of Premier Briand's cablnet. In an open debate in the Chamber of Depu- ties Charles Denelieu, undersecretary for the merchant marine, announced flatly that .the government would not assume responsibility for the weather. This declaration of principle was pro- voked by the Communist deputy Andre Marty. This deputy demanded that the government take drastic measures to prevent recurrence of some recent losses of lifeboats along the Britanny coast. “These disasters cannot be imputed' to the government,” M. Denelleu re- ported. “The sea and weather alone are responsible. At any rate, we are doing our best to encourage life-sav- ing organizations.” Army and Navy News By M. H. Mclntyre. Navy, and unti! the naval aeronautic organization is sufficlenly manned it cannot assume its proper place as|cannot assumerlu;l proper place as a a balanced arm of the fleet until it | balanced arm of the fleet. has suffiicient personnel,” declared : Rear Adm. W. A.| Due to the death of Capé. Orton T Moffett, chlet of | yackson, U. S. N., on December 5, the the Bureau of | foliowing officers have become due for. i upony | Promotion (o the grades indleated: To ohn R. Bea ; to lieu- P Nres of Fishtan, Mont. who at and cnlisted per| and to lieutenant, Thomas H. Binford chaplonahip at Chicago in wheat | Ny Yine —opectally | Shackford, U. 8. N., on December 1, e ona Il Shich e et Huacor | has the shortuge|, .’ %o ome dye for promotion to the growing, with which went the ! ot vl Sy e dye for pi n to the sed when his rights 3 : to 4 Wery throughout ~thelcommander, Theodore I3. Chandler, were recognized. | L q If his honor had been won through naval establlsh-| 0 eutenaat, Perley E. Pendleton. ment during the | a live-stock exhibition he would not ingl tho have been so astonished, for he has s e spent 40 years breeding fancy stock. gt et The 20-acre fleld of Marquis wheat Cibassd alc anti which produced the grain given the el o highest award at the International|sdmiral Moffett continued, are far in Hay and Grain Show is only a slde lexcess of the proportion of qualified line with him. personnel gained during this same Many Rejoice Over Result. period of time. There ':\’re ljlo"prinve.s" and “prin-| 4 U“ed“"' this B%"l"nsb'l lnsatlubl% e : Prin-l demand for a constant increase of e e At iR ro% | naval aviators, extensive efforts have has been brought out of Canada,|yeqn made by the bureau to interest where it has been held for several| msorg of ail branches in the aims Jears, and placdd o e Brow, L thell | and_requirements _of naval aviation. wart iss of 13, however, thinks her | Bspeclally Lave elonsibesn foade 1o V1 . o x = » | encourage e younger officers to vol b olf::“‘c’o,xx;fl‘;'l‘:;’“”";{‘l‘{;“’{‘fie unteer for assignment to naval avia 5 tion duty. Though during the past girls of her community, is preferable | nyca1 year a net gain of 54 naval O O P ring was working | &viators was made, a greater yearly Ssdiie & e % | increase Is essential if the demands of in his cattle lot when word came that [ perease |8 ehseatiol 1f Che his wheat had taken the highest 8 - honors for 1925. Being Missouri born, | A study of the fiscal year figures for he was skeptical at first; then as proof | 1924 and 1925 shows that for last year came in the form of money bonuses | total of 53 officers were assigned to and a huge silver cup, he was con. | the naval service, while for 1925 the vinced but still mystified. He decided | number of officers assigned to this that he would not feed any more of | duty was 554, an aggregute net gain that grain to the hogs, although there | Of 18. The greatest gain, as above were 700 bushels left in the bin. indicated, was in naval aviators, the - 3 g net increase of officers assigned to Doesn’t Know Who Sold Him Seed. | this duty being 54. There was a de- don’t know who sold me my first ease of 12 student naval aviators seed,” he said, commenting on reports | during the past year, 47 being engaged that the seed for the prize-winning in this training during 1924, while for grain had been grown north of the 1925 this figure dropped to 35. Line border. “I got the seed here In the | ground officers for 1924 totaled 42, as county seven years ago and have been . John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to + | have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or mcre members of the motor clan. Britain Losing Monopoly by g . . i — V] 2 e 11 h Company Head. NAVY. “The naval aeronautic organization X registers zero. 1If the rear wheels do career Smith appreclated the real | 10T 00 wimuitaneously, the speedom. value of the instruments and meters | ater vill tell the story. The dial on the dash. He had not pald any | \ll- indicate a very much reduced attention to the subnormal condition | gpeed, but will not drop to zero. This of the ammeter, choosing to pay a |js due to the action of the differential generator repair bill instead. Then |yhich permits power to be transmit- it was that he bought every new in-!ted to the free wheel. Under such price was pointed out by William | Strument-board device that he could | conditions the car's momentum is O'Neil, president of the General Tire | find and settled down to the business | substituted for the engine's power, and Rubber Company, recently in an | ©f keeping track of the condition of |but the differential action is the same address at Akron, Ohio. || the car by watching the flickering |so far as the speedometer is con- “There are signs that rubber will be | Indicators. cerned. £rown in many new regions along the | The gasoline gauge interested him | Because the propeller shaft brake equator all the way round the world,” | particularly. ~ He found that the one |eliminates the differential action with declared Mi. O'Neil, nd among other | be had bought told more than merely | respect to the speedometer, correct s iBrazililoamal asain | how much gasoline was in the tank. | operation of this brake should result source of some relief from the present | Because of its hydrostatic principle of | in immediate registering of zero on vubber shortage. The Brazilian relief | operation, it told him whether or |the part of the speedometer. can be made immediate, she has | not the vacuum tank was working Smith found much value in com- the rubber trees already growing properly paring the action of the different de- her forests and jungles. and th The za vices on the instrument board. For for a long time will be high ena pressure, instance, when the ammeter com- interest her workers and rubber ma- | pr menced registering lower and the nipulators 4 speedometer showed a reduction in ““When Brazil had practically a mo the car’s speed, Smith looked to the nopoly of crude rubber production, | motor heat indicator and found that about 15 years ago, she made a squeezo the engine was overheating. He knew T by cutting out exportation of | this was a warning of a slipping “rubber altogether for a time, and wait- | cluteh. ed until the price rose to §3 a pound | hefore letting it That caused the 1 ning of the plantation ac tivities in the Middle ast, which have That Great Britain is losing her B, tlis Asgociated Fress. monopoly on crude rubber and her ability to control and manipulate the ARMY. The law member of the Army gen- eral court-martial which tried Col. Wil Mitchell, Col. Blanton Winship, J. D., it was announced this week by the War Department, has been ap- pointed assistant to Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, judge advocate general of the Arm This is in recognition of his abllity as a military legal expert Previous to coming to Washington to serve as law member of the Mitchell court, Col. Winship was on C. M. T. duty at 1st Corps Area headquarters, Boston, Mass. A proposal has been made by e warrant officers of the Navy suggest- ing that after 20 years' service, or over the age of 40 years, members of this group be allowed voluntary re- tirement with 21 per cent of their pay for each vear of service. Should this proposal be carried out, it is pointed out in the Navy Department it would amount to a considerable sa; ing to the Government, because if any of the members of this group waited until they reached the age of 45 vears their pay would be greater. It is a matter of speculation, of course, as to the number of this class who would apply for retirement, but the opinion has been expressed in the department that a considerable pro portion of this group would themselves of this opportunity. mates have been prepared and pre. sented as to the practical effects of this suggestion. It is estimated that should 200 of these officers apply for voluntary retirement under these pro- visions it would mean a saving to the Government of $8,000,000, which is not in conflict with'the financial pro- gram of the President. Rear Adm. Moffett. e was controllec operated by air in turn, by the sure of the gasoline in the tank. 1wcuum tank does not suck gaso > from the rear tank all the time. There are short perfods of suction and then considerably longer periods of rest. Whenever the vacuum sys- tem is sucking gasoline forward to the vacuum tank, there is a hydro- static disturbance’ in the rear tank. With giuges operating on this princi- ple, the indicator will fall back to the made G t Britain and the Dutch | “empt. point during the vacuum the greatest of rubber producers and | tahik refilling process. took away 40 per cent of the Brazilian Guide to Vacuum System. business “It worried me to see this indicator registering ‘empty’ now and again,” | TSmith explained. “But when the | tion if the engine were st situation was explained to me I saw ed. that the gauge would be doubly he agreed. “‘But I had been | ful. 1If its indicator doesn’t fall back | watching the ammeter for some timé to ‘empty’ every now and again, I'll | previous to the trouble. That made a | know there is something wrong with | difference the vacuum system.” | ‘ou have been watching it for sev. Inspired by his discovery of the dual | eral years.” I said. “Where does that | importance “of the gasoline gauge, | make any difference?” Smith commenced wondering whether | “It makes all the difference in the he couldn’t learn more about the | world, he explained. “I've often| operating condition of his car by ob-| poticed that the ammeter indicator serving the speedometer mo v. | rises gradually to & charging rate of Several important di: |12 to 14 amperes. Then it starts the result of this decision | traveling back to zero again as the| Previous to this, whenever he want- | o1 fncreases speed. The day this ed to know whether the brakes actual- | oluich trouble happened the indicator the Army is seen Axton, chief of cha ment to build Army chapels. In fact, this movement has gained such head- way that the designs of two chapels are being studied. The fact that these places for the encouragement of re- ligious worship in the Army will be | built by non-sectarian groups, upon the completion of which they will be presented to the War Department { with no strings attached thereto, us- sures their succe: Enthusiastic citizens of the Twin Cities have undertaken to raise a fund | of $100,000 for the purpose of con- | structing a chapel at Fort Snelling, Congressional Medal of Honor, Capt.| Minn., for which a design has alreadsy Holderman also holds the Distin- |been chosen. The plans will call for guished Service Cross and the highest a two-story building with o stong decoration of every allied nation. |tower dominating the structur It was in October of 1918, while com- | Ample room will be provided for manding Company K, 307th Infantry, [auditorium for we rship, a par of the 77th Division, that Capt. Hold' | house, a place for socil erman was ordered to the support of |for Sunday school the so-called “Lost Battalion,” in com- | Frank C. Rideout is mand of Maj. Charles W. Whittesley, | Fort Snelling. now deceased. For fivo days and| The Women's Patriotic League for nights, it will be recalled, Maj. Whit- | the service is leading a movement f tesley's command was completely sur- | the construction of & chapel at Pla rounded by the enemy, but he refused | burg Barracks, N. hich will b to surrender, although the Germans |dedicated to the memory of those men employed all known tactics to per-|who were trained at this camp during suade or compel Whittesley's com- | the war and who made the supremo by Col. Though probably none but the Army medical authorities at Walter Reed General Hospital are aware of the fact, the most decorated member of the A. E. F. Capt. Nelson M. Holderman, 4th Infantry, stationed at Fort Willlams, Me., is now a patient at this institution, having the mili tary surgeons extract relics of the Argonne, pleces of shrapnel, from his body. Besides being awarded the Tale of the Ammeter. 1 asked him why he did not assume that a reduction in the car speed and a lower charging rate as shown by the ammeter meant simply lower engine speed, calling for inspection of the ac- celerator, the carburetor adjustments or the engine oil. “Wouldn't you have the same situa- v of oil?” &o. Britain Following Steps. be So it may brought S-cent Britain, not having learned from the experience of F undertook a squeeze play t Stevenson restriction act—a colonial teasure purely—and brought about dollar rubber. This in turn stimulates rubber growing all over the world, and in about 10 rs i will bring a plen tiful supply at about 35 cents a pound which, it seems, fizure enabling plentiful production at a « rtable profit. And incidentally Brazil « into her own agair a ducer. that $3 bber: then rubber Gire: rough the plain u3s Orders will shortly be issued b; the Navy Department detaching Com- mander David McD. Le Breton, U. § ., from duty as executive officer of the U. S. S. Wyoming and assiening him to duty in the office of Intelligepce, Navy Department. is a compared with for the 1925 fiscal ever since. fleld | year. During 1924, there were a total “Forty-cent rubber wouldn't interest azil_bec of the cost of her la bor. But rubber at 80 cents offers a profit and an incentive to produce. “Just how many millions of rubber trees are growing in Brazilian forest and ju knows. It is a fact, gles no one 1y locked the wheels, he found it nec | €ssary to apply them severely and then look for the tire marks on the street. This was rather a costly way of chec ing up on the brakes, because very often the tires did not make marks as 3ut there was the speedomete plainly as he looked for, or he would BUC thercw & | faster. had been behaving according to Hoyle, and when 1 stepped on the gas rather | suddenly it started showing a lower charging rate just as it should. This| 1 proved that the engine was running owever, ago that of the woi of the highest grad that up to about 15 year country supplied 43 per cent | rld’s requirements in rubber | . though, of course, brake this being way confuse other tire marks with his own. T have seen him test the emergency al times before itisfied ‘that the brake was in seve Smith’s part. He caught the w that the car wasn't following | This was pretty good reasoning on idea growing it My vielded 40 bushels to the acre this year, and the wheat welghs 65 pounds |to the bushel. It is clean and uni- rm. That prize-winning sample came directly from the graln spout of the threshing machine.’ Mr. Yates said he would continue to regard himself as a stockman first and a farmer second, but would se | lect carefully the seed he plants for of Tt number duty 101 staff gro he number of naval of being but five. nd officers, compared with 99 for 1925, a decrease of but two. observers for hoth vears remained unchanged, the officers assigned to Officers having mand, who were dug in fox holes. to surrender themselves. When the bat- | talion was ordered to advance it wa 700 strong; at the end of the sieg only 192 men were able to leave their points. Capt. Holderman was wound- ed seven times during his service at marder Willlam F. Halsey will relieve Commander Le Breton of his duties on the Wyoming. Rear Admiral ¥rank H. Schofield in command of the destroyer squad- rons of the battle fleet, and Rear Ad- rifice on the field of battle. Ap- proval has been given by the War Department for a site and funds will shortly be raised. Free automobile camps are ,being miral George R. Marvell, commander | of the fleet base force, are the only two flag officers who will complete the normal two-yvear sea duty in the next ear orders during the fiscal this 1924 totaled 13, while for 1925 number had increased to 16. The continued shortage of enlisted flight when his company went to the s port of Whittesley's command. the front, five of which were sustained State officials say they attract persons up- who become public charg | | abandoned by Nevada towns because | several months. Speculation is rife in naval circles that one of these berths will be given to Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, who is now on duty as naval attache at London, while the other place will be given to eithe- Rear Admiral Archibald H. Scales, com- mandant of the fourth naval district, or tear Admiral Benjamin F. Hutchison who is now on duty as commandant of the Washington Navy Yard and superintendent of the naval gun fac- tory. e followinge captains, with their command positions designated, will that an experienced driver must not | (Gt (HESTUIY only read the gauges and meters on|'PEJ928 crop. L the dash but interpret them Wisely. | gain " he said, after giving credit to | enlisted situation, has compelled the | “the natural conditions of this won- | department to greatly curtail alrcraft derful country.” operations at various air stations and . to continue the operation of 12-plane squadrons instead of expanding to the authorized 18-plane squadrons for the fleet aviation units. At the end of the fiscal year for 1924 there were 1,788 aviation ratings and 1,814 gen- eral service ratings, or a total of 3,602, For the fiscal vear 1925 the aviation ratings totaled 1,711, while the general service ratings numbered personnel, Admiral Moffett pointed Approval has been given by the Sec- out in commenting upon the naval air retary of War of the wearing of lapel | ribbons by members of the regular establishment when in civilian dress. | The authorized ribbons are miniature replicas of the suspension ribbons for | decorations, with the exception of the medal of honor and service medals. | FOR ALL WHEELS The wearing of the ribbon is governed | - Rundlett Rim Co. by the same regulations as are pre- | 1336 14th St. N.W. the while d wearing. good condition n the tires were sliding Now, when he wants to test brakes, he ates them vigorol ind, instead watching the pave-| Next week: Redesigning the Car. ment, watches the speedometer. 1f (Copyright.) - SR | WINE OUTPUT POOR. THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS: r— the demand then was not nearly sc great as it is now. The trees already located and formerly tapped run into | many millions, and even at the high of former production the work was not done systematically and the available records are far from accu- rate “Then there are still vast areas in the rubber beit that even been explored. They a almost inaccessible hecause of na ul ob- | stacles and are inhabited by wild and | savage tribes of Indians. A number ! of scientific and commercial exploring the Brazilian have not Famous Chinon Brands Have Very Bad Year. ®).—Wines of including the famous scribed for the wear of the lapel but- | ton. In making this announcement it | was stated at the War Department | that the lapel ribbon does not renlm:?]'A e R 1. | Attention, Automobile around the rear axle housin’ where the |owner has sheered off the head. In | order to get out the remainin’ part of | A wrench is a fine tool to use in keeping the car fit, but it can cause lot trouble e an inexperi- enced owner a new wrench and there PARIS, Touraine, January 2 A the lapel button, but is in addition e and in lieu thereof. parties are up this veat. port ver *Brazil apparently ancestors East and other cou wild. All were while e trying to penetrate the far nd lateral country mysteries some of these should r shortly has a gi is sure to repair shop, enced is on the He thinks t eat opportunity and awake to it now. The of the plantation trees of the natives of that country, they must be planted in ntries, in Brazil they grow | that is needed fs stimulation on the “feels finds a exac owner steerin’ little be work for One of the first places the inexperi wrench adjustment. play” in the wheel and decides to take up adjustment to gear is too much tries use a here until of in the tly right. difficulty the nearest wheel course, turnin’ the bolt, I have to cut a slot acr the bolt so as to be screwdriver to unscrew it. Wrenches are bad things hands of the inexperienced, in with the carburetor and fuel line co; nections, becau: cate and won't rough treatment. he stand for a lot the able to use a the particu- larly if the owner starts to monke: these parts are deli- of Besides there are Chinon, celebrated heartily by Rabelais, have had one of the worst years in their history. The red wines, according to the re. ports sent into the different municipal offices, will equal only one-third of the normal output and the white wines even less than this proportion. Very unequal quality in the reds is in sharp contrast with an excellent quality among the Touraine white wines gen- 1597, or a total of 3,308. This is a decrease of 294 enlisted ratings dur- ing the year, and since the fiscal year 1922 there has been a reduotion of 1323 in these ratings. The shortage of both commissioned and enlisted personnel in naval avia tion has severely hampered the activi ties of air units with the fleet. It i recognized by the aviation authorities in the Navy Department that this complete their two years of sea duty during the Summer of 192 nk B Upham, Tennessee: Frank H. Brundy New Mexico; David W. Todd, Nev: E. Yarnell, aircraft squz f i A _rebirth of interest in religion Yoriveturnedt Studebaker scouting fleet: Edward C. Kalbfus. Trenton; Hayne Ellis, Rochester; Ju- lius F. Hellweg, destroyer squadron 14, scouting fleet; Byron A. Long, An. tares; John Downes, submarine divi- sion 11; Milton S. Davis, Medusa; Ar- | Owners | During January we will refinish |any make car with lacquer at the foliowing prices: s8. Sedans. .§1 -Pass. Tour ... $83 Puss. Tour. . Roadsters . Chev. Sedans... $65 | Chev. Coupes. . Chev. Tour. . 835 | Chev. Roadstér. 850 o5, Sedans. .$100 big adjustment nut, because he hasn't E { gaskets in the carburetor and 2 lot of gaskets e Donaldson, Auto Painting Co. | tradeforonetoday! | thur J. Hepburn, West Virginia; Ra mond D. Hasbrouck, California; Har- shortage of personnel is shared gen- erally by all of the activities of the of the trees i readjustin’ the connections often starts a leak. This also applies to the bolts on |the cylinder head of the engine. If these are turned down in any old way, | the gasket is likely to be thrown a little off its equilibrium and start a leak. The least damage the motor- |ist can do is to pull the head down closer to the block and upset the Rear 455 N. Y. Ave. Phone Franklin 8694 business of actually tapr nd bringing rubber to the por considered the nuts that lock the ad- | Justin® nut in position. And if he dis covers this, loosens the lockin' nut until the big nut is turned a bit and hen starts to tighten the ‘lockin’ nut gain, the chances are ten to one that hell put all of his strength into it and crack the steerin’ gear housin’, Socket wrenches are the worst of fenders because the inexperienced owner can always get so much lever- | valve tappet adjustment. I often have to fuss| A monkey wrench is certainly well insmission case or named. Reducing Current Loss. In colder weather it is true that lights seem brighter. When there is snow on the ground the light from the headlights is actually amplified. Since night driving is a drain on the battery in cold weather, many owners find it a good plan to use headlight bulbs of lower candlepower, and save the deco- rative lights on the car. Amazon River was the highway over which I of rubber were formerly the seaports. Natives. mostly Indians, did the work, and most of them oper- d ‘on their own’ in small parties or as individuals, not under company or government direction. There are now slgns of activity on a more organized [age with ‘em. basis." | with a bolt in a t “A Happy New Year” - To All Washington Motorists — Our Patrons We know 1925 has been a happy and prosperous year—especially for Light- Announcement tearns-Knight Luxurous Motor Cars b4 Control of the F. B. Stearns Company, oldest American Manufacturers of Knight Motored Cars, has been acquired by interests closely associated with John N. Willys. By reason of his tremendous development of the Knight Motored Car in America Mr. Willys’ personal interest in the F. B. Stearns Company adds greatly to its facilities in every direction. Stearns Knight Cars were the first Knight Motored Cars built in America. They have upheld continuously the European Knight tradition of “Luxury First—price last.” Reprint From Herald, December 23 COLD DISABLES 15,000MOTORS; CAPITAL WALKS Garages and Service Stations Unable to Care for Cars Caught in Zero Weather ning Motor Fuel users who have obtained more miles—eliminated carbon from their machines. - This did not happen with the 65,000 Lightning Motor Fuel Users —-who run constantly and obtain quick starting in the most severe The cold wave vesterday and last might assumed serious proportions when 16,000 motorists in the District were forced to abandon their cars on the streets with the thermometer hovering saround zero. Radiators burst, batteries froze, and oiling ems wers made use- Je while owners of the automo: This manufacturing practise, which for 27 years has given Stearns Cars a high reputation for luxury and quality, will be maintained strictly. No changes of policy are contemplated in models, prices or dealers. Stearns Knight Cars will continue to be sold through Stearns Knight merchants who will be indcgendent of mer- chants selling any other Knight Motored Cars. THE F. B. STEARNS COMPANY Represented in Washington by George C. Rice Trading as Stearns-Knight Motor Co. 1601 14th St. N.W. North 5273 Use Lightning and get more P Oow e r—more speed — quicker starting — smoother motor operation. There’s a Light- ning Station near you—de- mand the origi- nal — it stops knocking TNING H MOTOR FUEL