Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 76, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1924 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1924

BUICK MECHANICS ASSEMBLE AUTO BEFOREAUDIENCE Workmen Build Car Rapidly From Parts Stored in Indianapolis, Two Automobile Company workmen tojlay started with nothing but a handful of tools and access to the auto parts department of the Indianapolis Buick branch, and wound up with an assembled chassis, driving it away under Its own power. The demonstration of assembling the car took place in the vacant lot south of the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The mechanics, William and Otto Hess of the factory at Flint, Mich., working on a platform built on a large truck, requisitioned from the local company’s stores everything that goes to make a Buick chassis from the tinest bolt to a Buick motor and built it up before the eyes of spectators. Patrick Keating of the factory service department explained the work as the men assembled the car, a Buick Master Six. The Hesses and Keating are making a 10,000-mile tour of the United States. They started May 29 from Saginaw'. Mich. They will end the tour at Des Moines, la., Nov. 7. Their route takes them from lakes to gulf and coast to coast. The purpose of the tour is to impress the public with the interchangeability and standardization of Buick parts, and the complete parts stock carried by dealers in all parts of the country. WAR GOD TAKES VICTIM Overseas Veteran Dies From Effects of Gas Attack. Veterans of Foreign Wars were to conduct funeral services of Charles B. Moore, 37, World War veteran who died Tuesday at Government hos%tal No. 79, at Dawson Springs, Ky./at 2 p. m. today at the home, 1531 Villa Ave. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. Death was attributed to a gas attack during eighteen months' service in France. Surviving: The widow; father, John F. Moore; a brother, Boynton Moore, and a sister, Mrs. Effie Siebert, all of Indianapolis. Pipe Tied to Him PARIS. Aug. 6.—M. Herriot hardly dares to be seen in public without a pipe in his mouth since the widespread publication of a photograph showing him smoking one at Chequers. The pipe has become a part c.f his makeup, caricaturists have fastened it upon him, and advertisers are asking him to recom mend various brands of pipe tobacco in the newspapers.

Every 1925 embodies the same design of 6 cylinder, valve-in-hcad engine duteh.transmission.rear axlespring suspension, low pressure tires, -4-wheel brakes, and body lines BUICK MOTOR COMPANY Division General Motors Corporation INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH Meridian at Thirteenth—Wholesale and Retail Huff-Buick Sales Cos. Thomas-Waddell Buick Cos. Illinois and Vermont Sts. 3839 E. Washington St. Central Buick Company 2917-2919 Central Ave. When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them

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If you have not as yet enjoyed the pleasure of a camping tour, you have before you a most enjoyable experience. Os all the ways to spend a vacation, you will find motor camping one of the very best. Month after month during the year, we see and do very much the same things. We eat the same kind of foods, see the same faces, go to the same kind of shows and get very tired of it all. When vacation time comes, we want something different. We want to get into the open spaces where the air is fresh and crisp. We want to get into a comfortable old suit and a pair of shoes, and see fresh places and faces. We want to eat and sleep when we feel like it and enjoy oqrselves in our own way. You cannot have this kind of vacation if you simply take a train and stay at a hotel in some other town or large tourist resort. There is only one way you can have this model vacation and that is to pack a tent and camping equipment and go on a camping tour. A camping tour is different and w r hat is perhaps just as important, does not cost a great deal of money to enjoy. It can be done for as low as $lO a week each for a party of two or three people, and this includes all expenses, gas, oil, food, etc. Like everything else, however, it pays you to lay your plans and prepare a little in advance, so that when you do start out, you are properly equipped and prepared for the tour. If you have never had a camping vacation before, you will find the tips I am giving you today and during the next few weeks 'will help you to make a success. Naturally you do not want to have any trouble with your car during the trip, so that the first thing to do is to see that it is in good condiion. A few days before you plan to — leave, get into a pair of overalls or an I fflfT / old suit and take out the tool kit, for y OU want to be sure that all parts Hti that are liable to work loose are V~' \ tightened up. Step on the running I| | board and sway the body, from one — illvf at B *de to tbe otber - be sur ' M /Vl prised at the number of squeaks ' HjZiivLm I an( * £ roans that greet your ear. i Sometimes you can tell at once where a noise comes from, but often If it is impossible to locate it exactly. Generally it means going over all pnrx foam gir>F ta bolls and nutß ’ 80 that when y° u SIDE TO LOCATE SofifAKS JL are flntehed - y° have tightened all — LCKA C: that were loose, and silenced all noises. Start with the fenders. Give them a blow with the side of your hand. If your ears are greeted with a rattle and clatter, tighten up the nuts and bolts on the fender irons and on the clips that hold the fenders to the Irons. Sometimes the noise comes from the joint where the fender and the frame come together and this can be cured by pushing a piece of leather or felt down between the joints. The running boards and the splash aprons attached to them are great noise producers. See that the bolts holding the brackets to the board are tight. Make sure that the lamps, bumpers, tire carrier and license plates are held securely. Inspect the floor boards and see that the screws holding them are screwed down tight. If the floor boards are loose, you will find it out when j'ou rock the car from side to side. You can locate the exact floor board causing the noise when you are on the road by pressing your foot on different boards. When you find the noise stops with your foot on one particular board, you have found the spot where noise comes from. If tightening the screws in the boards does not stop the noise, remove them and secure a few strips of felt. Soak the felt in oil and then place under he boards and between the cracks, then screw down. This will generally stop any noise.

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Examine the lacing's on which the hood rests on the radiator and cowl. If they are hard, soften them with a little oil. Another point to inspect is the hooks that hold the hood in place. If the springs are weak, the hood will rattle badly on the road. The only remedy is to fit new clips. Now get on your back and crawl underneath the car. Test the tightness of the bolts that hold the body to the frame. If they are loose, the body will move about and this will cause a number of squeaks and groans. Do not pull these bolts excessively tight or you may strip the a little oil between the body and the

KIDNAPING MYSTIFIES Girl Silent After Disappearance From Home. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 6 Complete mystery surrounded the alleged kidnaping and finding of Ilene Roselett, 13. Parents of the child returned to their home to find their home practically wrecked on the inside and the child missing. A posse later found the girl. She refused to tell what took place. She was unharmed. ORIGIN OF FIRE PROBED Flames Damage Four Barns in South Side Neighborhood Investigation was being made today to determine origin of a fire that damaged four barns on the south side Tuesday to the extent of ?300. The blaze, starting in a two-story barn owned by Mrs. A. Bowlux, 850 Fletcher Ave., spread to structures belonging to John Young, 854 Fletcher Ave.; J. C. Parham, 846 Fletcher Ave., and Charles Stuck meyer, 941 English Ave. PROMINENT DOCTOR DIES Dr. Thomas I. Padgett Called at Terre Haute. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 6. Dr. Thomas I. Padgett, 60, one of the best known physicians of the city and former Army doctor, is dead at his home here. He is survived by a son, George D. Padgett, managing editor of the Terre Haute Star, and a daughter, Mrs. John E. Young of St. Petersburg, Fla. PASSENGERS GENEROUS Give “Delay” Money to Family of Victims Killed by Train. By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 6.—Passengers aboard the Broadway Limited, Pennsylvania train which killed three members of the McWhorter family at Bourbon Sunday, voted to give to the family of the victims, money the railroad owed them for delay in the train schedule. Passengers on the Broadway Limited are paid $1 an hour for e-> cry hour’s delay in arrival at Chicago. i Dead Man Declared Suicide By Times Special PORTLAND, Ind., Aug. 6.—Coroner A. C. Baders has returned a verdict of suicide in the death of Daniel Booher, found dead on the kitchen floor in his home in Redkey. He had taken poison, the coroner said. Children Hurt In Panic By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 6. Tragedy nearly accompanied a Sunday school picnic hare. A street car, carrying youngsters to a park caught Six children were sightly Injured in the panic that follow,.!.

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frame before you pull down the body bolts. This lubricates the material that Is placed between the body and the frame to stop squeaks. Now, while you are urider the car, strike the brake rod with the side of your hand and see if they rattle. If they do, you may be able to stop the noise by fastening a light spring between the clevis on the end of the rod and the frame. It is better, however, to have new pins fitted and cure the trouble permanently. See that the nuts on the clips that hold the springs to the axle are tight and at the same time examine the springs closely to see that none of the springs leaves are broken. NEXT WEEK—INSPECT TO SEE THAT RUNNING GEAR AND ENGINE IS O. K. (Copyright, 1924, by the S. N. L. Technical Syndicate.)

CONCERN RENTS CARSFOR m This Includes Gas, Tire§, Tax and '■".ranee. By Times Specie LONDON, A.- . 5—A motor con cer here has inaugurated a policy for automobilists which, if it proves successful, will be widely copied. It is called the “hire-maintenance system.” The concern provides the cus tomer with an absolutely new car, painted and finished to his specifications. The list price of the car is $2,125. This car is turnedover to the customer at a yearly rental of $1,250. This rent seems high until you see what goes with the car. A1 lrep and adjustments are made free of charge, all gasolene oil, grease, tires, etc., are furnished to the lessee. The lessor also pays the goverrnment tax, the driving license fee and fire, theft and personal liability insurance charges. In case the lessee is obliged to

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buy gasoline or oil on the road, the money spent is refunded to him. In case the car is laid up at any time for repairs, a substitute car is furnished. Once a month the car must be turned in to see if adjust ments or repairs are needed. In case of a breakdown, the lessor, if called by telephone, will send out a substitute car and take charge of the disabled one. The charge of $1,250 a year is made on the basis of 6,000 miles travel in a year. If more miles are traveled there will be an Increase in the rental; if less, a decrease. The garaging, washing and clean ing of the car are. provided by the hirer. These being the only charges he assumes. At the end of a year the car is revarnishod; at the end of two years completely repainted. When all things are considered the idea seems a rather attractive one which would appeal to many persons. Civic Meeting Postponed Mapleton Civic meeting scheduled for Tuesday night to discuss “Getting the Community Ready for Butler” war postponed, due to lighting conditions 'n Weber Hall, where the meeting was >o have been held.

SURVEY SNOWS DAVIS NAS 183 VOTESON START La Follette May Deadlock Electoral College—--266 Is Majority. Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—To elect a President of the United States requires 266 in the electoral college. That 's a bare majority of the 531 electoral votes. With La Follette in the race, it is possible neither Coolidge nor Davis nor La Follette will be able to obtain ihe required majority. The the election would be thrown into Congress. Each of the candidates, of course, is desirous of landing the necessary 2C6 votes. This applies particularly to Republican Candidate Coolidge and Democratic Candidate Davis. Neither of these men welcomes an election undecided at the polls in November. of the two has the best chance of getting the magic 266? Wall Street is betting 2 to 1 on Coolidge. Just why the odds should be greatly in the President’s favor does not appear from a study of election conditions. In fact a survey Indicates Candidate Davis has all the better of the argument when it comes to what

may be called “sure-thlng” votes. Davis, at this writing, has 189 votes to his credit without making a move. Nothing that now appears on the political horizon will prevent Davis from carrying the solid South and border States. Here is the list of “sure-thing" States. In the first column are the States Cox was able to garner in the face of the Republican landslide of 1920. In the second - column are the border States which went Republican by small majorities in 1920, but are regarded safely Democratic this year. * Electoral Votes Alabama 12 Arkansas 9 Florida 6 Georgia 14 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 10 Mississippi 10 North Carolina 12 South Carolina , 9 Texas 20 Virginia 12 Arizona 3 Maryland 8 Missouri 18 New Mexico .., v . 3 Oklahoma 10 Tennessee 12 West Virginia 8 Totals 189 This gives Davis 189 votes to start with. It means his entire campaign from now until Nov, 4 can be and will be devoted to an effort to get seventyseven more votes. Landlord Shot by Roomer By, Times Special MARION, Ind., Aug. 6.—lra Arthurhlutz, 25. was in a serious condition today from gunshot -wounds, received when he was fired on by mistake by Melvin Smithley, a roomer. Reunion Opens By Times Special ENGLISH, Ind., Aug. 6.—The thlrty-eseventh annual soldiers’ reunion opened here today Democratic and Republican candidates for State offices spoke.

YOUTHFUL MAYOR CUTSEXPENSES $52,000 Debt Is About Squared Away. By NEA Service WASHBURN, Wis., Aug. 6. Paul Ungrodt, “boy mayor,” is saving Washburn from bankruptcy. The 2)-year-old college youth, through a drastic program of municipal economy, is paying off all bills and revising civic morale. And Washburn is regaining a bit of the prosperity it enjoyed during the war, when the nearby Du Pont powder plant at Barksdale here made it a bustling little town. Ungrodt and his councilmen are turning their salary checks back into the municipal treasury. And any number of jobs have been dispensed with entirely. “Before the end f the year all our unpaid indebtedness, totaling $52,000 when I took office, will be squared away,” says Ungrodt, probably the youngest mayor in the country. J Check Writer Sought By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 6.—Police here today were seeking a man who, for several days, has been passing worthless checks for room rent on unsuspecting landlords. Summer School Closes By Times Special \ SOUTH BEND, Aug. 6.—Diplomas were awarded to eighty students in graduation exercises, which marked the close of the Notre Dame summer school. It was a record number

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