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THE DATLY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, ORE. SATURDAY, JUNE 1. 191?. 1916 MAXWELL . . V" 1917 MAXWELL . -FIVE PASSENGER OAKLAND SIX MAXWELL ROADSTER - 1 ' OAKLAND ROADSTER An of these Cars are in wonderful shape and are guaranteed. See these; prices are right. . Lee L. Gilbert Elgin and Franklin Automobiles Phone 361 156 S. Commercial St. Commerce and Moreland Trucks 4tM Hints for the Motorist By Albert L. Clough . Editor Motor Service, Review of Reviews Copyright, 1917, The International Syndicate. Keeping The Engine Warm. CHE NECESSITY OF KEEriNG ENGINES sufficiently warm has long been reaMied by automotive engineers and la gradually being rec ognized by car manufacture as shown by their adoption of various device for this purpose. Quite naturally, engine temperature reg ulating devices were first adopted by the pioneer manufacturers of cars ' with eight and twelve' cylinder engines. Such high multiple cylinder engines possess such a largo proportion of cylinder wall area In comparison to piston displacement, that the necessity of keeping the cylinders hot is especially urgent, If reasonable fuel economy Is to be obtained. With rator cooled cm, engine temperature control Is obviously secured by vary ing tha amount of heat the radiator Is permitted to reject to the air and this in turn, Is regulated cither by varying the amount of engine-heated water which passes Into the radiator or by controlling ths amount of air draw through the radiator. The former method comprises the use either of a thermostatically operated valve set into the engine Jacket which, when closed, entirely blocks the circulation to the radiator until the Jacket water temperature is sufficiently high or the use of a by-pass pipe con nected around the radiator, which is held open and prevents the radiator from receiving engine-heated water until the Jacket water reaches a prop erly high temperature, tha controlling valve being thermostatically op- erated. The latter method comprises the use of an adjustable radiator shield applied to the radiator front, usually built like a window blind out ot thin, Interconnected Blats which, when all turned fiat with the radiator, almost completely cover It and, when turned at right angles to this position 1 effor very little obstruction to the passage of cooling air. The slats can either be opened by a hand operated rod which Is brought through to the dash, the indications of a radiator thermometer being followed by the operator or they can be arranged to be automatically opened by a ther mostat, as soon as the Jacket water attains a suitable working temperature and automatically closed when the water temperature falls. The adjustable Bhlold method has the advantage that It somewhat protects the radiator against freezing while, with the other method the radiator Is left entirely pen to the air, with no water circulation through it, until the Jacket water becomes warmed up and thus the cooling systama of cars equipped with valve control of their circulating water temperature must be filled with anti freeze solution at all times when freezing temperatures prevail. Numerous makes of cars are already equipped with water temperature control devices and many more are likely soon to be, and such devices, applicable to cars by their owners, are already beginning to be marketed. OVERATIXG SPOTMGHT FROM FOKD MAGNETO. R, T. L, aoksi Will the Ford magneto operato an 1J volt, 21 candlo power spotlight in addition to the hoftdlumps. without afflicting the Ignition f I have also Installed a dash lamp and a tall lamp of two candle power each. Answers From Inquiries wa have made, wo understand that it Will carry the spotlight all right In ad dition to the usual head lumps and we do not bollcve your diush and tall lumps will make much differ ence. We think that a smaller bulb In the spotlight will give you all the power you need, If the reflector is a good one, COIUtODEI) BATTKHY CONNEC TIONS, 6. C, F. asks: How can 1 best re move the green substance, which I Hod has formed upon the connecting terminals of my storage battory? Answer: You can go over th parts with emory cloth and remove It or you can soak the parts In a solution of buklng soda, which should dissolve It. If you take cure to keep these parts eoatod with vase lino, they will be protected from the acid sprayed by the battery and the green copper compound will not be formed. Batteries or Automobiles f THE SOLUTION of battery troubles. Equip your car with an "Exfoe" Battery bucked by "Exffcc" Service R. D.BARTON 14SS. Commercial St Phone 348 THE CAKE OP YOUS CAE. "The active motoring days are here. Each motorist wants to receive the max imum service from his automobile, and the daily servic. his car will render him depeuda altogether, aside from the meehauical dependability of his auto mobile, on the care and -attention he gives to thn combination of metal he rails his automobile," says F. U. Delano of the Salem Automobile company, local dealer iu Chevrolet tutomobiWs. "if the owner will start out with the . that bis automobile is a machinery, subject tothe same degree of wear and requiring tbv?s a me watch fulness that you would expect to give a tine watch, dvnamo, or steam engine it is safe to assume that he will be stow oa it the care and attention it deserves. "At the outset, it is a good idea to rs- move all, seutimeutal thoughts of your automobile. You may be especially proud of it, or it may mean quite an investment to ypu, but regardless ofj that, it a pivce of machinery, deaf and dumb. It cannot help itself. It must depend ou yon for care. "The manufacturers supply with each car complete instructions as to the pro per earo of their cars. These are writ ten after years of experience bith in the manufacture and operation of motor cars, and v.'c urge you, as a duty to your car, to study these carefully, to become familiar with as many of the working pint as possible, and to regu larly practice trie rules set forth, aud the motorjst will sav.e for himself many embarrassing situations. "It is easy to understand, then, that the service that an automobile will ren der you will depend on tho attention it receives,; Neglect it and it will show the neglect by causing troubte. Treat it with cafe and it will treat you well." I ' ' " - f, - i - - it ; " J. S. HANSEN Salesman for ep L. Gilbert, distribu tor for the Klgin (Six, Frank automo biles and Commerce and Moreland trucks. Mr. Hansen comes from San Franciiico and has had a wide exper ience in tho automobilo field. VIGILANTES WAR NOTES. Princeton I'ntvcrsity is to bo turned uto a military college for the duration of tho wnr, snys J.-'aso Lynch Williams. The plan for its reorganization has been worked out in conjunction with the Army and Navy departments, and means that atter next fall all students of eigh teen and over will tw enlisted in the service of the United States Army or iNavv. will be. in uuuorni, under mill tnry discipline, and "detailed, inactive, for study and instruction," Thev will be subject to call bv tlv; President ot the United States for active service be fore the age of twenty-one, "but only in case of great national iv.'ed." After tho first vear the sthdent will be free mi with his purely academic studies if he chooses, or he may take up courtvs similar to those at West loint and Annapolis. As a matter of fact, ho will almost certainly pursue the military training. Tho plain truth is that tho Trustoes of Princeton for tho past year or two havq have been in danger of see ing their perfectly good class rooms do- sorted and their groat university re duced to idleness, by such an exodus of students as Oxford and Cambridge wit nessed at the beginning of tho war. The wise decision of the Trustoes not only saves on old institution to use fulness in a great national crisis, but will heJp to provide our fighting forces with much ueedod eompetent young officers. HEAT AND SUGAR BOTH UNDER BAN No Wheat Flour at AH and Only Small Allowance of Sugar Within a day or so, Marion county will go on a wheatless basis and al most on a sugarless basis. Fred W. Steusloff, county food ad ministrator, has received instructions from the state food. administration that the state is about to go oa a basis of a limited sale of sugar. According to in structions, this sugar limit enables the city dweller to purchase only two pounds at a time and those in the rural districts, five pounds at a time. The state administration figures that each person should be limited to three pounds of sugar a month. This does not hold good for canning purpose and any no who will sign the card at the grocers, stating that the sugar is for canning only, may buj 100 pounds. Monday, tho state will be on a wheat- loss basis. During the past ten days, about J."iO barrels of flour have been returned to the county food adminis trator, the greater part from large hold ers, this will be shipped m a car load early next week, consigned direct to France. While the state is now going on a wheatless basis, there had been no general reduction in the price of sub stitutes. In fact, prices remain about the same as in tho past month or so. Rolled oats sell for eight and one-third cents a pound, and eight cents a pound is still asked for corn meal, corn flour, barley flour and oat flour. Eice as a substitute sells for about 12 cents a pound and potato flour when there is any, about 15 cents a pound. Macaroni is not a substitute as it is made of wheat flour. At a recent meeting held at the. Commercial Club, Mr. Churchill, of the office of W. B. Ayre, state food ad ministrator, stated that tho price of substitutes would soon be lower as there was already a decline in prices in the east and that Oregon would buy substitutes as soon as the big mills had sold out their present stocks. It is understood some of the big mills bought pretty heavy of substitutes and if this iB the case, there will be no reduction- in prices of substitutes tor. some time to come. PHONE 66 41 THE ROYAL CORD Warranted 8000 Miles THE PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP WARRANTED 6,000 IDLES . QUAG Shoots The Trouble were finally madn in a few hours. In England the work would have taken much longer, but would have been un dertaken in tinw. ' Thn NewTork Volks Zeitung reprints an article by Knrl Kautsky, the general ly recognized authority on Marxian So cialism in Germany, in which he shows from many kisrie facts that liberal wutimeut vanishes in every instance of German victorious aggression, and comes to life only when the military enste suffers a : reverse. Ho cites the war of 1806 of Prussia against Austria, and recalls the general detestation in which Bismarcki was held before that war opened. "Kb war," he says, "call ed forth such popular protest. If the Prussian army had not been victorious it is quito certain that tliero would have been a revolution in Prussia which would surely havH led to the fall of the Bismarckian system and the establish ment "of a real pailianvjutary govern ment Bismarck dissolved tho Prusinn Parliament before tho war when there was a majority of 21 to 111 ngninst him. In the election of 1870 tho number of liberal deputies dropped to 50." Just so in the present crisis, every success' of the army in flates the German egotism with dreams of world eonrmest and dominion, stren gthening the Junkers, Fan-Germanists, and military reactionaries. A German peace would mean th0 annihilation of freedom iu Germany as well as in the rest of tho world. ; ' HIS SERVICE CAR AT YOUR DISPOSAL 219 N. COMMERCIAL ST. ' 219 N. COMMERCIAL ST. '.- i : i: 1 : i ; i t REACTIONARIES TRIUMPH IN GERMAN REICHSTAG Universal Suffrage Bill Meets Decisive Defeat at Hert Fing's Hands By Joseph Shaplen (United Press Staff Correspondent) Stockholm, June 14. A complete story of the defeat ol ttie universal (.franchise bill in the German reichstag is given in the Berliner Tagcblatt, show ing the triumph of reaction in Germany and the utter contempt of the govern ment for its own people. The Tagcblatt asserts that Chancellor Von Hortling privately "warned tlvo lead ers of the opposition that he has an or der for dissolution of the Prussian laud tag from the kaiser and will not hesi tate to uso it if necessary. The couservativ.3 and rcactionalistic block was completely victorious jih the fourth reading of th0 bill by a vole of 235 to 104, a large number of centrists flopping to the opposition. Likewise, thore wera many members of the right wing who feared to oppose the govern ment. "Tho reactionary majority puts the patience of the people to a superhuman strain," the Tagcblatt said. "In these bitter hours where there are countless sacrifices at the front there are poli ticians who dare to deny the people the most elementary political rights and sort the people into opposing groups iu order to disfranchise the whole na tion in favor of an industrial clique. "No word of protect is strong enough for condemnation. We will not stop un til the remotest corner of th0 country icavns of the robbery of the franchise from the people." At Grasmere Staten Island, wlkore a I'uited States baso hospital is located all building records were broken tho other day. A force of JOO men erect.ed a building 230 feet long and 36 feet wide. Tho work started at seven in the morning with tho men digging post holes. When the noon whistl0 blew the lost workman was putting oa his coat, aud the task was completed, with steam heating pluut, sewer connections, elec tric lights and a bathroolu with tiled floor. This shows what Americans can do whim they try, and what might bp ac complished in war work under coimv- tent administration speeding up. The same capacity for speed was noted as an American characteristic by tho French Commissioner M. Tardieu, who remarked to a friend on the astonishment ho felt on passing one day a rising office build ing, already several stones high, where onlv a few dnvs Uefore he had seen only a great excavation. Iu France the build. ing would have been as well done, but much more slowly. An English, official in Washington bore similar testimony from his own ex perience. H.9 spent three or four days iu an attempt to have some alterations mado in a room provided for him in one of the departments. After vexations. OFFER FINE PRIZES FOR STOCK EXHIBITS Cash Prizes Aggregating $1,- 275 Offered by the Live stock Associations Besides the thousands of dollars in prizes offered by tho State Fair board, special cash prizes aggregating approxi mately l,27o aro offered by livestock associations in the livestock department for the coming State fair, A.H. Lea, sec vetarv of tho board, announced today. In addition to a considerable number of handsome medals are offered by sever al of the livestock associations. Tho American Shorthorn Breeders' association, the American-Aberdecn-An. cus Breeders' association, the Ilolst.oin h'rinsiun association, the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' association, the Ayer-j shir0 Breeders' association, have offered prizes iu the cattlo division, and it isj expected that the Guernsey Cattle elubi will offer a premium. Tha American! Shorthorn Breeders' association offiirsj S'JOO; tho Anierican-Abcrdeen-Angu Breeders association, cash prizts total ing ifioO; the llolstein-Freisian associa tion, prizes totaling $300; the Brown Swiss Breeders' association $23; and the Ayershiro Breeders' association a silver cup. In tho sheep department the American Shropshire associations offers cash premiums totaling the American Hampshire Sheep asweintion premiums totaling totaling $42; the American Ox ford Down Record association premiums totaling $00; the American Cotswold as- Goat Breeders' association a silver tro phy cup. Th0 Chester Whito Swino Eecord as sociation is offering $20 in the swine department and the Aaienran I olaud Chiu Kecord association. ,aad the Duroc Iteeord association both renew their fu turity. In the horse division medals and rib bons are offered by the Perehcron So ciety of America, the Shire Horse So ciety of Great Britain, and the Ameri can Shetland Pony club. Last year the livestock show was the largest and best In the history of the fair, aud indications are that the show at tho coming fair Will be equally as largo and as good, if not better. Be cause of tho demand for livestock as a result of the war special effort was made last year to make tho show in structive, and the board hopes to make it ewu more instructive this year. Serious Food Riots Occur In Lemkrg Zurich, June 14 Serious food riots occurred in Lcmberg last Saturday, it wa8 learned today. Mobs plundered shops and military lorries loaded with supplies bound for the Italian front. The police were powerless and trooips five thousand additional troops. A report waa received today that tho Austrians have executed M. Pod tiolkon, presdent of tho peoples com missaries of the Don region. Martial law has been .proclaimed in tiie Kcmton it was said. Thirty peasants wore killed in a bat tle between peasants and Austrians in tho Jamipoul district The Austrians have occupied several villages. Western Union Will . Organize Own Employes New York, June 14. The Westera; Vuion today began work on a plan t orgauiz.9 its employes into an associa tion which, officials say, will do away with the need for a union. The plan, ac cording to officers of the company, is modeled largely on the association form ed for employes, of the Colorado Fuel aud Iron Company, which came about! after labor troubles. Commercial telegraphers' officials d not agree with the Western Union's an nouncement tnat sucn an associauom will take tha place of tho union, and acteriza tho scheme as "camouflage" and "paternalism." Mlska Fights Tonight. San Francisco, June 14, "Knock out" Kruvosky and Billy Miske stej into the ring here tonight to settle tins burning question of supremacy. Kru vosky discounts Miske 's record of hav ing fought such men as Fred Fulton ana Jack Dempsey by pointing to the fact that he won from Willie Meenan ana all Miske got wa3 a draw. Toby Irwia will referee. "Baker would Have Loafers oa Farms" Morning contemporary. Yes, but the farmers wouldn't. Secretary Daniels Gives Flag Day Address Albany, N. Y-, Juno 14. "There is no place in America for any other flag except those wo display of nations with aims kindred to our own, ard no place in America for any man win has onioj-cd its hospitality who does no love its flag better than any -other eimiblcnn in the world," said Secretary of the Navy Danelds, in his flag day address at .Lincoln park here. "The day for aliens among us has passed. No matter where he comes from, tho place of every man who pra ters to lave an America is at the bal lot box on election day and in an Am erican uniform on the dav of crisis." The secretary was the guest of hon or of the city today in itg flag day celebration. A parade of 20,000 citi zens and organizations, led by a com. IlilBpipWllll were callml out. JNumerous arrests 'pany oi xrenca uius aevis," preceu were made. The authorities asked foncd the address. K. L. TURNER is putting over the Elgins, Franklins, for Lee L. Gilbert, distributor. dawdlings aud delay the alterations sociation, $13, and the American Angora GATESTIRES Cost As Much Millionaires don't WASTE Tires! The milHonaire appreciates quality and appearance in his car and in his tires. This is not pride hut a trained sense of value . , The neglected car deteriorates quicklyso does the neg lected tire. Gates Half-Sole Tires make your worn tires .better and stronger than any standard tire yoa can buy and there is no better looking tire niade. Yet they cost only half as much. ... .. INTERNATIONAL RUBBER SALES CO. 177 South Commercial Street. Phone 428