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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1918, I Some Questions Answered. X iff x STOP ABUSING YOUR TIRES! Mow More than One Hundred Million Dollars Can-be Saved by Car Owners and Drivers in the Coming Year. By II. S. Firestone President Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. ! w-- T " - '' l WV J You immediately investigate a knock in your engine or the slightest noise in your car mechanism anywhere. Because tires give no alarm until they blow out or go pat, many motorists fail to give them even a casual examination. It is a good plan to look them over carefully every day. You forestall a big loss by having the first sign of trouble attended to. You keep your tires efficient and by saving from waste, you keep your money efficient. SIXTH ARTICLE , Ineffective Repair Attention should ba given to punc tures, cuts, snngs and other injuries, oven though they may appear to be trivial, Small injuries of seeming un importance often grow into serious con sequences. It is advisable to have the lepairs made by an experienced work man. As a usual tiling, llio amateur 'ocs not reinforce tho injury, when wooded, and is apt to vulcanize tho rubber too leng this not only makes ii hard and brittle but burns tho ma terials around the ropair. Pieces of fabric of different sizes placed iusidj of the tire, regardless of t'io weave of threads, will wrinfclo, reparate nnd not afford any appreciable t.:e3';th c reinforcement. All fsbrlcs, for every stylo of repair ihould be cut on a bias in the same ! lanner that the fabric is cut for the cr'ginal construct ion of tireu. F.opn!rs t!iut are hard and bulge aro generally n result of cutting tho fabric straight v.'ith the roll, u e.t lengthwise ana with the warp. Repair of Corfl Tires. The same method of tearing down and building up fabric cases can bo idied in the repair of moBt cord tiros. rjhe cord can bo obtained from tho riaaufarturer just as tha regular fixb rfl is obtaiaed and is applied in the time v. ay. It ii por,t;ib!j to build v.p unction:.! repairs v,Ui regular fabric, but tha repaired set'tioji T.ill bo otiffcr .al loss elastic than c'.her. parts of tho tiro, and thcro ia eoi-.o da'ijcr cf t!'0 repair burrpirsg and loosening in sorv i;e. It is not recommended. Tho new cord layers should bo ap plied so tlirit tho cords will run parallel with tl 3 C3rd3 of tho layer roinovod, putting the now material up tightly against tha old matorinL It is then ad visable to apply a thin, narrow strip of cushion gum over the joints. The same breaker strip fabric and chafing Btrip fabrio ia used as in tho repair of fabric cases. Ko special equipment is necessary for the vulcanizing of cord rases. Care and Usage of Inner Tubes. If the tire users understood the con traction of inner tubeB, and things vliich contribute to their wearing out, it would be easy indeed, to secure more nnd better service. Spare tubes should not be carried in cardboard boxes as furnished from tho dealers' shelves there is danger of the tubes boing chafed. Tube bags can be secured for this purpose. If the car is equipped with smaller tires on tho front wheels than on tlii roar wheola, an extra tubo should be dorured for each size. The cross sections of inner tubes are jnndo a littlo smallor than tho normal air space iuside of the cases. It ia not advisable to use a 4,, inch tubo in a 4 inch case. This usually wrinkles and creases the rubber with bad results. Do not use ft 4 inch tubo in a 4Vi inch case for any length of timo. When thiB is done the rubber is required to stretch too much and tho effect of heat and action due to displacement of air in the tire quickly usos up the life of the tubo. Imbrication ia most important to conservation of the tube, but it is a mntter that is given lenflt attention. Practically all tire manufacturers treat the Inside of. cases with a white solu lion to prevent tubes from sticking to the adhesive "friction" of the fabric a good lubricant, however, should be tisod. Some customers neglect ilnstlnff soap utone inside of the case when changing a tube others uso the soapstone so sparingly that it does but littlo, if any pood, or they may uso so much that it loon more harm than good. If a quan tity of it bo dumped into the case it will rollect at one point, and during the hot wcuther will heat tip to such an ex tent as to bum the rubber of the tube, making it very thin, brittle and life less. This can be recognized by tho honey-combed appearance. Snowing the honey-combed appearance of an Inner tube which wee burned by eoupstontt collecting at one place. Soapstone is the lubricant most used for tires and it ia quite satisfactory, hut not lasting; therefore a fresh sup ply should bo put into the tiros at least two or three times during the season. Powdered mica has proven a more dur able lubricant than soapstone and quite as effective as graphite, as well as more pleasant to handle. Pinching of an inner tube usually occurs from oversight or carelessness in, application of tire to rim. Illustration showa how the tube way; be caught underneath bead of case. This may occur from putting too much air iu tho tube before application or from not using care to keep tube away from rim until beads of case have been properly engaged; in clinches of rim. This may also occur from using a tubo of wrong oizo. For example a 4',Sj inch tube in a 4 inch case. If flap works out of position when the tire id being applied to rim, tube may be injured by flap or beads of case. When a tire ia ridden soft there is a tendency for tho beads to lift up at the toea duo to the internal pressure and weight of car and sometimes permit tubo to w6rk under bead. This is aggravated when the tire has been constantly ridden Soft and beads have boon cut and broken by rim. Don't crowd a tiro or wrong size on a rim sTmply bocause you are able to do so, by physical force. It is not econ omy aside from tiie injury to Tne beads, much annoyance can be expected as the result of tubes being pinched. Deterioration Storage. Deterioration, contrary to the gen eral impression, is not necessarily a re sult of ago but is largely influenced by the conditions under which tires aro held in stock. Tiros should not be kept In a warm place for any great length of timo, as light and heat will cause tho sulphur to come to the surface and make tho rubbor minutely porous. A dark, dry room at a temperature of from 40 to 50 degrees is most favorable for re tarding chemical action. When tho car is laid tip for the winter, or for other reasons is not used for several weeks, tho stale air should be removed from tho tires. Partially inflate with fresh air enough to round up the tires and cover them with muslin- or other material to protect frost the light. The weight of the car should be supported by blocks or packs, so that there will not kg ffly weight on the tires, SWAY CF (RE (Contiuued from page nine) tlu niKoh e.s, and so Armenians" were Hlarving. In Armenia, in Russia and iu other plm-is Christians are starving, while miPiong of Christians all over the win Id have idouty. I plead with you fir h"lp for n v people. ACCOUNTS CAREFULLY AUDITED. The American Committee for Armen ian and hyrh.n Relief employs expert accountants to audit its books regularly. The financial methods of the Commit tee have been approved by these amlit ' ra ami by a special romoiittce of the Kxecutive Committee who presented the following report: T the American Committee for Ar menian and Syrian Relief: I'y vovr authority we have caused the liooks'and vouchers of the Committee to l e examined by Messrs. Harrow, Wade and (iuthrie & Co., chartered acconnt ants of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia (sail Prnminco, Boston and London. They have submitted on extended re port which shows a most satisfactory : .-onditioii and an exrotionai record. Kvery dollar received by the Treasurer im heen forwarded for the relief of the IKMM'IC lor WUim fi'--" The report further shows that the committee has sent for relief $3,162.25 more than has been received in contri butions, this amount representing iu terest received on daily balances held against outstanding drafts from the field. Attached is a brief abstract of the Auditor's report: , Your Committee has now arranged for a continuous audit of our accounts by ilurdman and Cranstown, chartered ac countants, who will make a formal re port to us every six mouths or more fre quently if requested. No part of the general relief contributions are being used for expenses. (Signed) CLEVELAND II. DODGE, HENRY MORGENTHAU, EDWIN M. DILKLEY. Auditing Committee. This report was rendered while Mr. Charles R. Crane was Treasurer. Mr. Dodge now acts in that capacity, and has asked to have another succeed him on the auditing committee. lTlrnt' 1.Vurll niri thnt whnrpr the average girl gets the notion that she kf.ird look like a seareciowx the American Kitchen weeps; and when the average boy thinks he is goiuij to make Charlie Chaplin look lik a s- arecrow, the American kitchen livery sialics hang out the "help want ed' sign. In the first place it should be remem bered that a large number of these people arc helpless . refugees wholly outside of the Turkish dominions. In the Russian Caucasus alone there are 350,000 refugees who have fled from Turkey to the protection of Russian soil. They have nbw been more than two years exiled from their homes in a strange land and under a demoralized government that caunot give them sup port. A quarter of a million of this num ber aro now in aire distress. Over 100, 000 of them are orphans whose parents perished in the so-called deportations. Large numbers of refugees are likewise found on the Urumia Plain of western Persia and throughout Mesopotamia as far south as Bagdad and the site of old Babylon. These refugees are now under Russian and British flags and every facility is granted to our committee to sustain them until they can be restored to their romcs on a self-supporting basis. To care adequately for these refugees alone would more than exhaust all the Committee's available resources. But the Committee is pleased to re port that within the Turkish domin ions its commissioners are able to ad minister relief effectively without in terference from many govornment and is moreover able to guarantee that every dollar given for relief goes for relief without the diversion of one cent lor any other purpose. The money remains in the hands of reliable American ad ministrators from the time it loaves New York until it is transformed into food or clothes which missionaries and othor relief administrators personally eive to the destitute. There are more than one hundred missionaries, physi cians, teachers, former consular agents in various sections oi tue luraisji Empire today remaining heroically at their posts for the sole purpose of ad ministering relief and saving these peo plo from starvation. We have at times sorely tried their faith in American Christianity by leaving them empty handed in the faco of a most appalling need with people dying of starvation before their eyes. They willingly risk their lives. A score of them have died from contagious diseases contracted in the service. Dare we withhold the funds with which to make their ministry ef fective 1 Identically the same machinery for distribution which Ambassador Elkus and Ambasasdor Morgenthau organized with the same personnel of distributors, is still operating effectively with the full knowledge and approval of all gov ernments concerned. American consuls teachers and other eyewitnesses recently returned to Am erica bear authoritative witness to the fact that relief is being effectively ad ministered and that thousaads of lives are today absolutely dependent upon its continuance. What is the Relation of this Work to The American Bed Cross? The closest and most helpful rela tions possible have from the first been sustained between the American Bed Cross and the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Belief. The treas urer of the Armenian and Syrian Belief Lommuieo was cnairman of the com mittee that brought about the organiza tion of the Great Bed Cross War Coun cil, The officers of the two organiza tions are in constant consultation, hav ing but one dominant aim the largest possible relief for the sufferines of maDiuia. The American Committee for Armen ian and Syrian Belief cooperated in every possible way in the Bed Cross campaign for $100,000,000 last May and the War Council of the American Bed in turn has given its endorsement to the Armenian and Syrian Belief Com mittee Dy appropriating B300.00U per month for a period of six months to the Armenian and Syrian Belief Com mittee for relief work in Western Asia. In doing this, however, they recoir- nize that "substantial and important as this appropriation is it is WHOLLY INADEQUATE to meet the full need, and that to provide for the entire num ber of people dependent upon you for aid would practically exhaust the en tire fund of the American Bed Cross which, of course, is contributed largely lor tne reiier ana comfort or our own soldiers and sailors and those of our al lies. We understand that your Cojnmit tee will continue to press its appeal for funds with which to meet more nearly tne tasK that is before you." Tho American Committee for Armen ian and Syrian Belief deeply appreciates tne sympathy and co-operation of the Bed Cross. It is to be remembered that a large part of the Bed Cross funds aro contributed primarily from patriot ic motives by people who expect tifeir contributions -to be used largely in the interests of "our boys" and the sol diers of our allies. Our Committee rec ognizes that the major part of the Bed Cross funds must be thus used, and with deep appreciation of the substan tial appropriations-being made by the Bed Cross we appeal for further con tributions from those who in addition to their patriotic gifts to the Bod Cross and other organizations are willing to make additional sacrifices for those on the verge of starvation in Western Asia. How Are The Apportionments Made? The amount of money needed for the next six months in Western Asia has been apportioned on a purely mathe matical per capita , basis to more than 23,000 cities, towns and villages in the I Hints for the Motorist i By Albert L. Clough Editor Motor Service, Bevicw of Reviews 4 - Copyright, 19i7. by The International Syndicate A Cold Weather Warning. ITH THE ONCOMING of cold weather a warning against the danger of frozen radiators, pumps and water-Jackets again becomes timely. The damage and attendant repair expense consequent upon the freezing and bursting of these frail and costly parts. while It ts well known, la too often not provided against in time and earelesx motorists are put to much unnecessary outlay which a little, forethought and precaution would entirely have avoided. Very severe early "cold snaps" often come with the utmost suddenness and heedless car owners ara often caught napping. As soon as freezing nights become the rule the safest course is completely to drain the cooling system of water and to fill it with an effective anti-freeze solution. Whenever the temperature drops to the danger point it behooves every motorist to take thought of his car and to consider whether it is adequately protected against damage, r.nd in this connection "delays are dangerous." Everyone desires to ptit off the adoption of a non-freezing solution on account of Us expense and bother and one may "take a chance" and delay it until settled winter weather prevails, if one's garage is well built and tight and if the car is used rather frequently and its libod is well covered at night, especially while the water is warm, with heavy blankets or whh one of the regular padded hood covers. Drawing off the water whenever the Car is to be left in a freezing tempera ture is a safe practice only if the system is completely drained, and Involves an amount of labor which is seldom warranted, although It make? practlc able the filling of the system with hot water when the car is to be taken out and thus facilitates starting of the engine. . good sized Incandescent lamp left burning under the hood will help until very cold cutside tempera tures prevail, if the hood is kept heavily covered. Even though a car le housed in a garage, provided with artificial heat, it sometimes happens that the freezing danger is present through delay in starting the winter fires and it is advisable that in all garages a reliable thermometer be hung rather close to the car and, when its indications approach the danger rolnt (which will usually be in the morning), anti-freeze solution should be substituted for water in the cooling system, even though the radiator Is kept covered.- CLUTCH DRAGS FROM THICK OIL. D.f F. S. sends us the following: Sonrvetlmes, when 1 start the engine of my Ford, on a cold morning, the car runs slowly forward, even though the lever is In neutral. Why Is this and how can It be prevented? Economize Wisely -A Maxwell Car Will Help Waste is often committed when the intention is to economize. A Maxwell car, famous for its economy, will cost you only a few dollars a month to operate and maintain. Which is the real economy : (1) To tue the car and save time, strength, and mental vigor? (2) To do without the car, load time in your business, lose the health -gained from motoring, and worry your self into illness? Use "of a MaxwelLcar will give you self confidence. Your neighbors and associates will get mental inspiration from you. f " As wave circles widen when a pebble hits the water, so will your good example benefit your entire community. Save yes; but do it sensibly, and let the Maxwell help. Touring Car $745; Roadster $745; Berime $1095 , Sedan with Wirt wheels $1195. F. O. B. Detroit Halversen & Burns 5M CAiWITY V KLLIITICAL TANK J. tc4J. writes: I have rebuilt a tourlnj vu into a roadster and am planning to ut on a fuel tank of elliptical . !ii, measuring as fol io: Lrt li 38 Inches; longer dia meter, ts -nehes, and its shorter di ameter, 1 nches. How can I de termine i u-.ny gallons of gaso line 1 .. -Id? Answm Fi-st com-flte the area of the dliiical end of the tank In square ni - I hen multiply this re sult by the ith ot tho tank In Inches tj rev the volume In cubic liichoi Od .nally divide this product bv 231 (th number of cubic Inches In gallon , 'o get the number of gallons tr ' nk will hold. The area of the nd of Hie tank Is obtained by multiplying together the longer and shorter diameters and the decimal 0.7S54 thus. 16x1 JxO.TS54 160.8 square Inches. Then (150. Sx S6) J-131-21.S. Tour tank should hold over 23 gallons. United States. It is natural that the apportionment to the individual cities should seem "altogether too large,", "wide of the mark," "impossible." In answer to this we can only say that if absolutely every one of the 23, 000 cities, towns and villages of the United States were to pay their appor tionment in full the Committee would have considerably less than ten cents per day per capita with which to feed clothe, shelter and protect the homeless, helpless refugees and other defenseless non combatants wno ere dependent up on the Committee. So the question, "Is the apportion ment too large", resolves itself into the question "Is ten cents per day per capita too large an apportionment for the support of the dependent peo ple, many of them exiled from their homes, in a land where the price of foodstuffs is much higher than in the United States T" The National Committee can only place upon the local committee in each city, town and village the responsibil ity for answering this. question in the way that seems to them right. REMITTANCE 8 TO CENTRAL RE LIEF COMMITTEES (From Oct. 1, 1915, to Oct. 22, 1917) Constantinople and Asia Minor ?i,yuj,022.i Bagdad and Mesopotamia 46,000.00 Tiflis and Russian Caucasus 1,288,395.16 Tabriz, Teheran, Urumia, and Persia woa.iiu.uu Beirut and Syria ended the independence of Armenia Armenia" was- eventually- -divided be tween Turkey, Russia and Persia. Of the estimated 4,500,000 Armenians (in 1913), 2,300,000 lived in Turkey about 1,500,000 in Russian Armenia, and the remainder were scattered over the world. In Turkey, despite the oppression and obstructive rule, the Armenians have been one of the principal con structive forces and have, together with the Greeks and the Syrians, en abled the Turks to satisfy his mani fold wants. Tho Turkish printing press, the Turkish grammar and the Turkish theater owe their origin to the initiative of the Armenian. General Sherif Pasha, the former Turkish ambassador at Stockholm, made the following statement as recently as October, 1915: "If there is a race which has been closely connected with the Turk by its fidelity, by its services to the country, by the statesmen and functionaries of talent it has turnished, by tne intelli gence which it has manifested in all domains commerce, industry, science, and arts it is certainly the Armenian." The Syrians. Svria is a narrow strip of land ex tending- from the Tauric Mountains in the north to the Sinaitic Peninsula in the smith, tho Mediterranean sea on the west and the desert on the east- It occupies a strategic position in tne map of the old world, being a connect ing link, a bridge, as it were, between Alexandria and Egypt 19,474.00 Jerusalem and Palestine .... 4U,uuu.uu 665,562.38 j Europe, Asia and Africa. fetal $4,919,364.45 WHO ARE THESE (Continued from page nine-) Answer: Probably the oil you are using is of such a quality that It thickens so much when cold aa to cause the discs of the high-speed clutch to stick together enough to drive the car ahead, on high gear, against the resistance of the brakes. Tour oil dealer can probably furnish you with a suitable cylinder oil ot more satisfactory "cold test," which will remain fluid at the temperatures to which your car Is subjected. -Until you secure such oil, jrou lad bet ter block the front wheel when start ing the engine and also look after the adjustment of tht Inside brake. 0efioii of antral interest to motorists trill be nsvrd in tad rclmn, pacv permtfrtaff. Addrts Albert L. Ctouon, cart oj thit ejfifit. 100,000 have joined Protestant denom inations, as a result of the work or American missionaries, and the re mainder were the adherents of the Apostolic Christian Church of Armen ia. Today this shurch has 100 bishops and archbishops, about 10,000 ecclesias tics of lower rank and 3,909 parishes. Following her conversion to Chris tianity, Armenia was in a continual death grapple with Zoroastrian Persia and the ever surging hordes of bar barians from the wilds of Asia. Armenia was the highway upon which crossed and reerossed the alien enemies of civilisation the Moslem Arab, Mongol, Tartar and Turk. The Ar menians, isolated and separated from the rest of civilization, represented the West in the East and fought its first battles. Finallp exhausted hj the swelling tide of the pagan and Moslem forces, they retreated westerly and in 10S0 set up the kingdom of Lesser Ar menia, along the coast of the Mediter ranean . Here thev became the active allies of the crusaders. But with thf collapse of that unfortunate movement. the wrath ana Syria is the birthplace of two Mono theistic religions Judaism and Chris tianity, and is closely Telated to the birth and development of a third, Mohammedanism. The country has five provinces: Aleppo, one of whose cities is Antioch; Damascus, whose capital by the same name is reputed to be the oldest city in the world; the Lebanon, famous for its cedar trees; Beirut, whose capital by the same name is the sea port of Syria; and Jerusalem. The Svrians are not Assvrians. The latter term is sometimes abbreviated into Syrians; but the Assyrians arc Xestorians living in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and northwestern Persia Thev are in no way related to the modern Svrians on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.- Neither are the Svrians Arabs. The confusion on this matter has arisen be cause they speak Arabic, but their adoption of the Arabic tongue is a com- parativelv recent event m their his tory, subsequent to the invasion of the country by the Arabs in the seventh century. Most of the Syrian Moslems are of Arabian stock and number about two millions. The Christians, number ing more than one million, nave suf fered most in the terrible events of the past two years- Who, then, are the Syrians! They are a mixed Semitic race, the remnant of the Phoenicians who were the first to discover the laws of navigation and who disseminated the alphabet. They are the descendants of the Aramaeans ther fell a rrev to the wrath vengeance of the Mameluke Sultaa of j who transmitted Greek culture and Egypt. King Leon VT. f ter eight j philosophy to the Orient, and whose months' defense of Sis. his capital, laid j language Christ used as a mother down his arms in May, 1375, and thu- j tongue. Some Syrians rightly trace their origin to the Arabs, who in tlif middle ages were the only bearers of the torch of civilization; and others to the European crusaders,many of whom settled in the country after the eclipse of their kingdom. Aside from their religious contribu tion to the civilization of the world, tho Syrians have other things to th?ir credit. More than one of them suc ceeded in capturing the Roman crown and installing himself in the imperial chair of the Caesars. Two of the main contributors to the Justinian Code of Laws were professors at Beirut. Tho founders of Neo-Platonism were from Palestine. One of the tutors of Tiber ius Caesar was a Syrian. The great engineer who planned Trajan's palace and the bridge over which he crossed the Danube was from Damascus. A Syrian, by discovering "Greek Fire," saved Constantinople to .the Christian world- Jiusebius, the "father of ec clesiastical history," was a Syrian, and so was Justin the Martyr. The Greeks. The Greeks in Turkey arc confined mostly to the shores of Asia Minor and the. adjacent islands. They aro direct descendants of the Greeks who held sway in Constantinople until its cap ture by the Mohammedans in 1453. They number in Turkey about five millions, speak Greek and profess Orthodox .Christianity. The Greek element is one of the most progressive elements in Turkey and controls tho finances of the empire. They have suf fered the loss of all things through deportation and are counted among the needy om?9 of Turkey. The Assyrians. The Assyrian Christians inhabit a portion of the territory known to ancient history as Assyria, including a part of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and northwestern Persia. They arc also sometimes designated as Nestorians Syriac is their mother tongue. Some of them are under Turkish rule; others under Persian rule. They number about 140,000 persons. It was Nestor ian or Assyrian missionaries who car ried the gospel of Christ to Arabia, India and China. The Occident is in debted to this church for preserving the divine message and transmitting it to the modern world. The Jews. The historical status of the Jews and their contributions to civiliza tion are well known. A great many of the inhabitants of Palestine in Syria are Jewish and depend upon American aid, for they have suffered quite as severely during the present war as the other peoples of Western Asia. In the United States, there are several organ izations formed bv Jews for the relief of their race. Representatives of the Armenian-Syrian Committee, of eonrse. render such help as they can. The narrow silhouette will predomi nate during the coming season, and yet skirts, whether separate or to go with suits, have a tendency of fullness about and just below the hips which frequent ly effects the narrow ankle line by il lusion.- aucn is fashion's dictum, ana though we are too mucl of a man to know just what it means, we're strong for the narrow ankle line stuff.