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—— + About Y: To Drive 40 average motoriat considers marking of these row ANSWERS TO LETTERS, Patemebile bdiwe i have a now 1916 Over! On level but on going Up & bill the sound, even with nm the bill is m to declir the tap goes away top of the h mains until Fatt this hb 1 by the cause by arbon burnt put In c ef piston + out and new «park ch might be noisy w jected to a slow pulling load. the Moreedes Company English Whitworth Hroughout ite chassis’ the difference be n and ean standard t CW. HAMME The Mercedes Company of Ger- many uses the metric thread entirely. There Wh English Whitworth pitch and the pitch of the) American threadc. There is also a difference in the design, the Whit- worth thread being round top and Betton. What catises a valve on lx-cyl- inder Studebuke tap? T have ex- amined the valve and found It all right and hav tas close i® possible, The enz clean and ine r J.B, MATALA Usually a valve tap will be caused . @ poor adjustment of the tappet. If adjustmant is correct would su; t that the roller of the tappet be | mined to see that the pin and roll- | in good condition. If the vaive | 8 worn a noise will occur, and quid if the spring is not of the proper ten- sion the valve will not seat properly. Aittomobite Kai If both brakes give way while on a hill with the car going thirty miles an hour, would it be possible to throw off switch, put it in first speed and stop? I didn’t think the gears would mesh, but wa that when cluteh will mesh in any sped or in regardless of momentum of i 1 is impo: to throw t or reve’ gear in when the fair motion. Incidentally it is a ‘bad thing to try. Automobile Kaltor Could you inform me as to the proper amount of ether to mix with ‘one or two gallons of gas to get more power from a motor FP. B, WALTON, According to my estimation, would say that one ounce of ether be used for two gallons of gasoline. Automobile Extitor I have a which has pri of motor as Henderson motorcycle lly the same kind eyl- 50c Used for All Druxeiats, Cramps = Malaria Faintness in Bowels Cold/Chills Nervousness Diarrhoea Indigestion ur Stomach Heartburn 5i k Stomach Sick Headache i it 0 drops inte rellet. MOTORISTS’ PROBLEMS SOLVED Amerton's foremost men wishing to Npos iwi tv take m cvurme in your Pra iehoo sey ‘and EB Classes; also orivate in- weuction at hours to convenience, Special Cl s for Ladies Call or write for booklet. Stewart Auto School 286 WEST 57TH STREET (at Broadway) Men desiring 10 be trained aa Motor Truck Drivers or as Chauffeurs full Information, without aay qitlen. ‘ alking wit a°Sitirday realy Tithe West Bide 1 Atguenme gompor. Daraeriansassaas Ragan. What You Want to our Auto It and use| fir tre ads bout, is a difference between the| daily paper ‘sderth | | to Know and How and Keep It Raped Advivs How to Auterebtic: Bunning Smeothly a 17 | nan) so aa eo ——— By GEORGE B. ROBERTSON. im trips throughout the country experiences tyouble in selecting proper reed at the various intersections due to the poor Uswally at the metp cronsways the roads are tmtelli- gently marked, either by conapicw ous signs put up by the county off Gale of some outerprising sutemo bile club or dealer However, there bas been 6 tendency to tet the side roads (ake care of themecives, as It were, or to put up signe thet are sreolutely unreadable, or point in the wrong direction with the help of mischievous youngsters For instance, on the road to the Knglewood ferry in North Jersey, « part of the country which is well travelled, the signs are poor badly placed. This is confusing to the strange motorist. The roads ap prowching Atlantic City are marked by many indefinite signs, and not only are they hard to read, but they point in all sorts of directions. I believe if the local automobile clubs and dealers would look into this | = they could greatly benefit conditions, thereby helping the motorist. * fails on hills which #he her ti ne about 6,000 mi relative position of marks on ti gears (both valve and magneto) position of pi ne? C, READE From your ription would sug- geet that you look for carbon in the motor. This will cause the pound you mention and cause loss of power. What is the ing 4 you mention might The timing gears are properly marked undue amount of \to coincide with each other. Yn one cylinder or a Aut en caobile Raltor Would you advise buying a second 1 automobile and would it be pos- * to get a Lancia, Stutz or any class car for about $600 (runa- 1914-15)? o direct to the manufacturers or try ha passengers you wanted to sorry. our passenger car at $450 might do the work required, then again you may neéd a seven passenger, which would cost about $1,500. Send me more definite information, character of the roads, &c, and | will be glad to advise you. Automobile Bditor: Does it harm a car to run boiling water through the carbureter to re- move carbon? If not, how often should I do it and to what extent? I have a Rayfield car. E. H. A few drops of water put in at the air intake o' clean the carbon. water, which is convertod inti softens the carbon, Automobile Kaitor; Are the so-called puncture cures which are on the market good for tires, and what effect does it have on rub! DAVID FRIEDMAN, | have used many of the puncture proof compound have only found the work | one or two that will ITEMS FOR INVESTORS, A petition to C, M. Schwab, President of Bethlehem Steel, is ctroulated | bein; among holders of Bethlehem common a call for a species of atock 1 meeting uestin, i Supentoniae, to the the number of share: 1,600,000 without there! present authorised capital al Mond ne v8.00, Exchange member- a on high, 1 am! ¥Y miles out of a as 1 ought and mes out of crank case which amell, The machine has Would it be best to| tt | firing two shots at Louis G. Guell of TEE SVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, ‘BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE ENDS PLUNGERS’ WEEK —— WITHADIZZY WHIRL Jumps to High Record and Tumbles 12 Points—Many | Inflations Punctured. Wall Street closed a moon to-day werk of apeoulative plunging on order ocke ith « prrotheckelc performance in Baldwin Loromotive shares in two hours of reckion| trading this tseue salle? up seven) polnte to ite high record of Mt and) then tumbled beck twelve pointe to Mf, wiping ont many fortunes of paper, The play started on rumors of the company bring taken into Wiliam BE Corey's new Midvale stort combination . and collapsed «when Corey ineued « den fense\ional exbittions marked mu-| merous industrial stocks during the} ork, notably Bethivhem Mtee! ing to 60 ad various motor com-| Dany shares speeding up to extracrdl DATY prices, but punctures were * in many inflations to-day Maxwell Motors was the only one) to clome at the top, all ite issues of | firet preferred, second preferred and | common reaching high prices on | prospects of at inet paying a« divi | dend, Studebaker climbed 28 pointe during the week tw 1% and General * gained 64 to 381, but neither | as able to hold all the gain, ! Kaliroad securities =m tittle change and United States Bteel held four-cycle, Lately she knocks | a. 44 2 “Rtock Mexcha eat «iven gan, but this can usually 4 by retarding park, Home, | 014 to-day for $74,000 Wien et eames trom previons clowing Wish. Low. Kaa, ehanae. | Aleks (oki Mines. 3) By 8 - B Peregiowy #8 Heo B BS fet § 04 on ig M48 we aK oy | e. 8. 8 we We § By WN 41 wl son t § 3% ke + we ae = m8 TR 44 Am: Woollen Co. pf, 08 = TA fe + 3 Ath tap. eee, Ry soe rod 7 re ke Onion, is \ Hethieiem Stet?’ ax, 8h” ah Tao" — to buy from a private party? y+ 4 CHARLES WELLS, B+ & The cars you mention are very good, ast jbut | do not think you could get | ¢n: aaa a either one for $500. Look over the 164 — % isements and in Ht + fs this way you might strike a bargain, mete Nutomobite Falitor 106% — 6 What is a good automobile school & th where 1 can learn the trade thor- |¢ wm $48 oughly? ne, = | The Stewart Automobi! at 4 one of the best of that z city. fas = js uivinobile Haitor ies I have a National, 1918, Model V. wie = ¢ Sometimes it is necessary to crank it ry the engine a half hour before I can BY od get started, after priming same re- 3 +i peatedly, I have the same trouble In Tay — Ap starting even after the engine 1s | la BS + x warmed up. When I give it gas and Ma uy ++ Fil |the spark ts advanced, I get a metal-|\ we tom lic click from the motor, This will OO + 9% continue until I retard the spark all | oie |the way, The engine also overheats | \, By + 3% itself. Can you advise a remedy? as $% PRED R, ie” 3 2t Cold weather causes aie 100, wou Hoy — 14 aL ~ tion is in good shane. i ri ae 8 hae the mixture be made a littio eet 8 richer and that the air be closed S27 * when the motor inked. + % y|throttle should not be op wed +,% on the quadrant. Regarding the click | fn. ton! “Comer: es = you mention, the National motor h am 19 very high compression and a little ire carbon will caui ie. jon will a Sika cause ameter te overheat Automobile %—1 I have a tary Overland run- 97 % about that I have just overhauled and ss 8 put in carbureter, The engine | hi ty =,8 runs fine and will go on first speed, 4 t g but will not go on high. When I By t % jack up the rear and start the engine 3 2% and throw on high, the driving wheel | t Ft -—- & hums around, but when I press 7} against the wheel the engine hums zs around, but the wheel almost stops. oy + & What causes this and how can I ae t g remedy {t? WHITE. Tel wt 4g Have the high speed cluteh looked | Toiat sale. Bi8;810 over. It probably needs taking up. Serererennnese Automobile Editor; NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. I wish to buy a car for the purpose Open. High. ow. Last. of carrying people from a railroad | December... ne 12-60 12-40 12.40 station to a hotel, about four miles. 13.68 Hy nt ie What make would you advise buying? 1k 12.88 SAMUEL DICKMAN. 96 12.90 12.90 It depends upon the amount of Wlariet losed steady, s points off to money you want to spend and the|5 up _—— Bank Reserves Increase Again, The statement of the actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust com- panies for the week shows that they hold $192,800,050 reserve in excess of legal requirements, ‘This is an increase of $4,536,330 over h week. Boy Charged With Shooting. Joaquin Orrantia, seventeen-year- old son of the Colombian Consul at London, was arrested at his lodgings at No. 110 st Sixty-fourth Street and taken to Mineola jail to-day by Detective EB. T. Morse of Nassau County. He will be charged with loral Park, in whose care his father left him @ year ago. According to the boy, he in New York on the day in which Guell charges the shooting |took place. Orrantia says he had re- fused to do work for Guell and war Jed to go to college, Finally, he s jhe was ordered to shoot a cat. jcame to New York and went to work lin'@ laun to Boy's Arrest. When Louls H, Vogel and his wife | got home from the theatre on the night of Oct. 15 they found that their three-story brownstone hou Halsey Street, had been r top to bottom'by thieves, Ji clothes worth $4,000 were t tectivon Rand and Kavanagh, watch- ing the boys on the corner of Pulesk) Btreet and Reid Avenue, last night saw a big roll of bills in the Rani 14 Herman. an) fy ela Clghteon | Went with, mites ‘and NGontitiea worth of his belongings. Antokolaky Se held in $1,600 bail for examina- | HOME GYMNASIUM FOR WOMEN To Preserve Health, Strength and Figure SV PAULINE FURLONG Next week Miss Furlong’ care of the oki quiry he has NO. 37,- To-day's exercise illustrates finger stretching, and is performed by holding (he fingers far apart and tensed and closing them sharply several | times, Another on held up and back come down with one with the tip with your full strength. ¢ and unfastening them quickly half a dozen times or more, is still another | good exercise to improve the muscles od on these subjects. HANDS AND FINGER EXERCISES. to strengthen the bands and Ange’ |bolding the wrist and forearm down on a@ table, and while the by is practised by| fing sping the hands and interlacing of the hands and fingers, remove excess fat and build healthy flesh on the bony hands, Any and all of the hand, finger® and wrist exercises are valuable in re- leving cramp and rheumatism, and are really necessary to pianists and stenographers who desire to attain ef ficiency and speed in their work, Yex- terday | told you about the various internal disorders which are plainiy | indicated in the hands and finger nails, and to-day I shall tell you how, ~ to partially correct some of theae. Cold hands, which are an \ndica- tion of poor circulation, may be tem~- porarily relieved by plunging them into first hot and then cold water half a dozen times, Dry briskly and rub with a Turkish towel, This causes reaction and stimulates the poor circulation. Red, rough hands, caused by indi- gestion and acidity, may be improved by taking one-half teaspoonful of bi- carbonate of soda in half a glass of hot water before breakfast, This also aids digestion. Perspiring and clammy hands, rigid and brittle nails, which are due to nervousness and acidity, may be per- manently cured through healthy out~- door exercise and the health regimen as to foods, bath, &c., in general. Pale and colorless nails, which in- dicates anaemia, will assume the deep pinkish hue of health by improvine the condition of the impoverished blood with deep breathing, proper and nourishing food: eges and milk, Readers of Miss Furlong's art’ cles are invited to write to her, in care of The Evening World, re- questing information that will aid them in following her illustrated lessons. and healthy greens and fruits, Cyanosis, bluencas and swelling at the finger tips caused by weak action of the heart or faulty compoattion of the blood, may be benefited by mild exercise, simple plain food, copious water drinking and a free action of the bowels, nosis, should first have the diagnosis ot @ reputable physician, as grave heart trouble may be existing. The latter ailment, cya- Rheumatism and swelling of the Joints may be greatly improved by pers! hands and fingers to quicken the cir- culation and help remove the retained waste matter which the muscles. Here water drinking and buttermilk also will hasten the relief. nt exert the wrists, deposited in jain plenty of And now my readers will under- stand how study each day of the value of proper foods and practice of the exercises will practically cure many troublesome and even dangerous ail- ments, about which nature warns us by various indications in the hands, fingers and finger nails, the hands to age. They are one of the first parts to show signs of departing youth, keoping the hands in hot water for any length of time, well and massage at night with cocoa Do not allow Wear rubber gloves when Always dry them REAL ESTATE FOR SALE— RICHMOND (St: ind). __ RICHMOND (8taten REAL ESTATE FOR SALE— id) On Staten Island In New York City “There Are Four Things Which Never Come Back Word, The SF sped J Arrow, Wasted Time, Neglected Opportunities.” About a month ago we opened Eltingville Acres, As this is written (fhursday) just enough of the property remains for one more week-end’s busi- ness—if the selling continues at the rate it has for the past four weeks, ‘The greatest boost for the bargains which we are offering is the fact that they are selling about as fast as our salesmen can wait on the people. You have been doubting somewhat, the pudding, ete.’ and run down to E reading our announcements, perhaps, but “the proof of So now do yourself justice ngville Acies. Let us show you the greatest real estate bargain today in New York City. Aore Plots (;:2,) $1,000 (i, "sn. ) $10 Down—$10 Monthly Bungalow Plots (“J") $290, $10 Down—$5 Monthly Come to-morrow—free railroad tickets. Special trains { Sunday—every hour on the hour from 10.00 A, M. tos P. M, Take St. George, Staten Island, Ferry from Battery. Go from boat to train and get tickets from our agent, wearing yellow badge. WOOD, HARMON & CO., PHONE BARCLAY 6500 261 Broadway, N. Y. at a time and bit the table! te Tre wn tee & on — Letters Prom Brening World Readers Fottowing Mise Purtong’s Lessons anrnin & (fen ta oo when yw “ nacamary | running? ' by insutfinee: tung | eas Only deep breathing ane aitiee me rs LAREN Oe # m five tom four h ghowid | wed me hundred an yOu eRerciong vu. $. UNDER SEA wineccss | Sater wietees he muperion # betng pert ted bey ™ devote OM Rab thie sooth hurhly 6 pended im ¢ are (ramen Kiates culmarines AEAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. Long experience has adjoining 70% on mortgage. [a Mt “STEAMBOAT. a HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE Daily thusnt between New lephoue 414 lode corer Up the Hudean Sunday Falls | nea To Savings Your money in the Your accumulated labor is fairly safe but not pp ne ve when it only pays you 4% per year. Invested in lots earn 10% to 50% per year If the lots are bought at low prices at auction sales These Lots Have Got To Be Sold No Matter What Price They Bring You may be able to buy a lot for $700 ($210 cash) Right Off Broadway, Within a Few Hundred Feet of a Subway Station Don’t you see you can’t make a mistake If you pick up lots in this location You take no risk—You run no chances You have your money working hard for you if it’s invested around 238th Street and Broadway, where it’s just starting to GO TO THE ABSOLUTE AUCTION sale ot 329 Lots For Whatever They Will Bring at Broadway, 236th, 237th, 238th and 240th a and adjacent avenues and streets, Including 47 Lots on Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, 244th Street and adjacent streets, belonging to the TUESDAY, OCT. 26TH, AT 10 A. M. At Exchange Salesroom, 14 Vesey St., N. Y. Savings bank books taken as deposit To Reach Property Take Broadway Subway to 238th St. For maps and particulars apply to J. Clarence Davies, 149th St. & 3d Ave. Joseph P. Day, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. pane Highland Newburgh, eycat and Weturn, 1.00, 0 Str. ‘‘Ho ler madell! June) mule, Frauklin St, West 1 oi h at 020 A. MM. snitral I ours Line TATE AT AUCTION, | ABAL ESTATE aT S Bank De artes an Ee ee shown that a few hundred dollars On or near Broadway, where it’s just starting to build up, Particularly at or near Subway Stations, or $600 ($180 cash) or $500 ($150 cash) Or Less—We Don’t Know You must make money At any such prices? uild up. the beautiful Fieldston Development, Bowie Dash Estate Titles Insured Free, on the purchase of lots. Agents and Auctioneers. SAUEATIONA INSTRUCTION, @¢|_ ‘The Woman Who Dared,” By Dale Drummond mission Slits. OVEROOATE, GIG. ig AGTH ON CHEE, NADE-MADE TO ORDER i gs MARL re | Now Appearing in The Evening World A Married Life Serial With @ Moral fer Husbands aad Wises Clothing for {Vien and Women PRUDENTIAL OUT riNO, co. 24m Wast basta Strict’ qmnonds « Gre DTW SWEETS CO™ dit 170 B way-O Floor ie"alos da —— WORLD WANTS WORK WONDERS| Pince, (Open Eventnesd, —MALB, AGTONOMILE BODY PYLLD ERS wanted _—_————_———— ais ae