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a sj£ GOTHAM Chicago's Battling Dan Loves a Fight and Gets Two f* HK AGO. Dan Yates, no nddresg, makes a specialty of fighting policemen. If there Is anything in particvÄar that Dan loves it is to maul a copper. SDiey dido t know that up in Hinton Q. Clabaugh's office, and thereby hangs tale of much action. Albert Smith, special officer for the Rock Island, who took Dan In tow in Hlnky Dink's port of call, weighs 255 pounds. Also Op erative Sweep® weighs 319, and is agile, yet Dan Yates himself is no slouch, about 6 feet 3. It was Al's busy day. He had Just turned in a report on a cache of barreled booze, and the revenue depart ment had made the guilty man pay $3,000 revenue and penalty after dig ging the stuff up. Now, Hlnky's was & Bafe haven for those who sought to escape the rigors of shoveling snow. Dan, fighter of policemen, was there, and, witnesses saith, was cursing certnln persons named Wilson, Hoover, and McAdoo in no uncertain terms. He reviled them individually and collectively in rare words. Albert Smith, fresh from one victory, put the comealongs upon Dan and he landed In the federal building. They had got the search of him Just as far as a bottle of heroin when Dan cut loose. My, but he cut loose 1 In a flash a flood of red blood was spurting from Al's head and his lip shed more. Dnn is all fists in a fight, except his Woodsmen's boots, hob-nailed. It was right brisk ! When they pulled 255 plus 319 pounds off of Dan's form he wore more bracelets than a queen and was storming with his mouth. Down at Harrison street, where they booked him on a collection of charges, they searched him again and he tried to whip some more policemen. Dan shed cocaine, heroin, bottles of mysterious liquid, and some unidentified collection of drugs as the skies shed snow. Dan was the only one thereabout that wasn't damaged much. /s 'O E "Refined Gentleman Escorts" Available in Gotham N EW YORK.—Add to the list of uncommon professions that of the Refined Gentleman Escort. Ladles or gentlemen escorted to the theater, business or sightseeing. Excellent references. Rates reasonable. If anybody has a grudge against fat, self-satisfied old Father Knickerbocker and would pic ture him as others see him he would do well to talk for half an hour or go with J. Frank Kerrigan, the town's leading, perhaps its only exponent of the gentle art of refined gentleman es corting. After nearly a year's experi ence with escortable visitors Kerrigan (las summarized the general outside of little old New York about as fol lows : Broadway is less attractive than Hain street in Lansing. Mich. Manhattan's Chinatown is slower than the Celestial colony in Birmingham, Ala. The Bowery is a Joke to tourists from Pueblo, Cola To anybody from south of Philadelphia or west Of Buffalo the greatest city in the world is insufferably tame; to the men, at least. "But New York Isn't entirely to Warne if men from the short grass don't always like it," said the gentleman escort. "Most of them belong to town t>oo6ters' clubs back home and come here loaded down with figures intended to convince us that we are Just a few laps behind their own budding metropolises. "A gentleman from Indiana wouldn't concede that New York has a single thing that Isn't matched ln Munde fill I took him to the Aquarium. Then he had to give in. He had never been so close to salt water before and was ferced to admit this exhibition was something new to him." HWK CAST SEAT rouNOc vrtY FAR > $ Detroit Girl Posing as Boy Held Her Job One Year D ETROIT.—Frances Tarillion is the handsomest kind of a boy, with Just a bit of débonnaire Swagger, but you must 6peak to her as Miss Frances, for though yesterday 6he was a boy, today she is a girl—a rather Involved way of saying that the police discovered her to be masquerading. Frances has the appearance of a ruddy-cheeked boy of fourteen years. No one would think of calling her "Miss Frances" as she stands there in a natty brown suit, stylish shoes and Jaunty soft hat tipped rakishly up on one side. And for a year no one ever did know. Frances walked the streets of the city as an errand boy, she worked in a grocery owned by B. J. Worthman, and still no one knew or suspected. There wasn't any task too hard nor weather too disagreeable and for weeks the grocery man valued the services of a cheerful worker. Miss Tarillion seemed somewhat surprised that anyone should be curious to know just why she preferred to be a boy. "Why, I can make much more money as a boy," she said, thrusting hands In trousers pockets. Her voice is deep and fuy, with a pleasing, sonorous quality. "I would rather drive a car, but this Is no kind of weather for a girl to be out." Miss Tarillion Is expert In the mysteries of cylinders, transmissions and other automobile complications. "I wouldn't be here, either. If it wasn't for some of my friends who knew me well. It Is probable they tipped off the polie«-. Well-" and Frances smiled and there was pride In her success. Him hud h«-r hair cut In Hut latest mode and combed straight back In the manner affected by high mcIhkiI lads. "Oh, yes, my parents know all about It," she said ua unconcerned ua If ber escapade were an everyday mutter. 'SOMFOrtf <*J9T HAVF TIFFED OFF Vi POLICE 03 -A sjr Risks His Life to Save Wolfhound From Icy River N EW YORK.—"By golly! That's a fine specimen of dog," exclaimed I'alntl man McCarthy, as a wolfhound trotted up and down In front of »he Penn sylvania ferry house at Cortlnndt street. The hluecoat u#iretiaed Iho remark to Joseph Cane, a Staten Island ship worker, who stood near. Cane, a friend of the patrolman, bas deep regard for his opinions. "Well, Mac," said he, "if yon think the dog's a good one, he's worth hav ing." So Can® ran for the dog and the dog ran for the ferry house. Down tho pier they went, dodging in and out among trucks and motorcars. The fer ry boat Chicago was just pulling out. She was only a yard or two away when the dog reached the end of the slip hard pressed by Cane. Hasty decision! between leaping for the boat and falling into his pursuer's hands was neces sary, and the dog chose the former course. The leap fell short, however, and the boat drew out, leaving the dog standing on a cake of Ice In the water. Seeing the animal's plight, the Chicago's captain stopped his boat and backed up. A deckhand lassoed the dog. but the latter wriggled out of the noose. A crowd gathered and watched the dog struggling in the water amid the ice. After desperate efforts he reached the end of the slip rack anti pawed at it, vainly trying to climb. Cane went out on the top of the rack, dropped between the piles and pulled the dog out of the water. Climbing with great difficulty to the top of the slippery rack, Cane swung the big dog to his shoulders and, amid yells of approval from the folk on bout and shore, 6lowly retraced his steps. The dog was taken to the'house of Engine No. 6 at 113 Liberty street to v. -ait his owner. On his collar was a French license tag with the inscription: ^r. N. Planter, Hotel Bristol Paris." The dog was emaciated, iudfcatiog that he had been without food many flays. PROPER CARE OF BATTERY ON CAR Must Be Kept Charged and Pre vented From Freezing. TWO THINGS OF IMPORTANCE Equipment Standing Idle for Any Length of Time L®®es Its Charge Reading la Indicated by the Hydrometer. (F. E. ANDREWS. Colorado Agricultural College. Fort Collin«, Colo. 1 Many automobile owners do not real ize the Importance and necessity of giving their starting and lighting bat teries proper attention In the winter. The battery is a delicate piece of ap paratus, and If mistreated, will very quickly depreciate. Two things are of prime importance: the battery should be kept fully charged, and it should not he allowed to freeze. A battery when standing idle for any length of time, gradually loses Its charge. Therefore If the cur Is not run regularly during the winter, in order to keep the battery fully charged the, engine should be run at regular periods to charge, or else the battery should be churged from an out side source of current. This should he done every two or three weeks. Charge Easily Read. The state of charge ran be easily read from a specific gravity hydrome ter 6yrlnge, which can be purchased for about a dollar from an auto supply dealer. A reading of from 1,250 to 1,300 Indicates full charge. The read ing is Indicated by the number on the hydrometer at the level of the liquid. If the battery is fully charged, It is not apt to freeze when the temperature is above zero, Fahrenheit. It is best, however, to take the battery from the car and into the house In extremely cold weather. External Charging. External charging can be done from Bn electric lamp socket If the current Is direct, by the use of a resistance to limit the current going into the battery. If the current Is alternating, a rectifier must be used to make it direct. Small lamp socket rectifiers are now made quite reasonably. KEEP SPARE TIRES COVERED Manufacturer Take« Pains to Wrap It Thoroughly for Protection From Light and Air. A cover for the spare tire Is some thing more than a bit of decoration. You will notice that the careful tire manufacturer takes pains to wrap the new tire thoroughly. This is to pro tect it from light and air. The action of sun and storm on the spare tire hardens the rubber and injures it so that its mileage will be less when It Is put in service. A well-fitted cover is an economy anfl will more than pay for itself by protecting your tire In vestment WHEELS WITH LOOSE SPOKES Squeaking Noise Which Is Quite An noying May Be Eliminated by Any Wheelwright Wooden wheels with loose spokes emit a squeaking sound which is In tensely annoying. The noise will be more distinct when the car Is being driven around a corner. Sometimes this looseness may be obviated by re placing one or more spokes, or It may be cured by forcing small wooden wedges between the spokes and the hub. A wheelwright can do the Job in a few minutes. PRACTICAL AUTOMOBILE KITCHEN TO FOLLOW OUR SOLDIER BOYS AT FRONT m f*. rT mm n ÜS — m m pi A a> £* TRAVELING KITCHEN, RUN BY MOTOR POWER. Feeding our soldiers is an important matter, and the problems it presents have Interested many of our Inventor*. The traveling kitchen, run by motor power, is a very natural product of the times. There are several types. The kitchen with its big kettles, large enough to cook food t\ r two hun dred and fifty men at one operation, is mounted upon an automobile truck, which can also carry reserve supplies to feed two hundred and fifty addition al men. For the chauffeur a protected cab is provided In front and the cook may attend to his work in the kitchen even while the truck is moving from place to place, by standing upon a step in the rear. To prevent his being jolted off 6.1 rough roads a hand rail has been provided to which lie can hold.— Popular Science Monthly I ly to to NEW DEVICE FOR HEADLIGHT Motorist With Can of Paint Should Be Able to Fix Lights to Suit Laws of Any State. The Illinois law requiring the dim ming of headlights on approaching an other vehicle does little more than muke u formality of what has long been a custom. More drastic luws in other states, however, bid fair to get the Chicago motorist into trouble if he tours fur afield without due prep aration. Many headlight devices have been approved for use in these states, but the simplest suggestion for comply ing with the most of the varying regu lations seems to be that suggested by Macey F. Demlng, who framed the law now In effect in New York. Mr. Demlng says five minutes spent in painting your light bulbs will give a motorist an effective nonglare de vice In any state. For New York he describes the method as follows: •Taint the right side of the light bulbs green and at the tip of each bulb make a circle of green paint one half the diameter of the bulb. The paint should cover the right of the bulbs, looking with the car. for an arc of 150 degrees." Painting the right side of the bulb* is prescribed because the New York law limits the amount of light that many he directed to the left of the car. The reason for this is the fact (which seme motorists know and muny don't) that the light rays which come from Reflection of Light. the right side of a bulb strike the re flector and are thrown to the left-hand side of the road—and, of course, vice versa, as indicated in the diagram. Keeping this in mind, and remem bering that to limit the light thrown upward one must paint the lower side of the bulbs, the motorist with a can of paint should be able to adapt his headlights to almost any state law. GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER Trouble May Be Caused by Leaky Pump and la Put Into Action by Priming Feed Line. In cars equipped with oil pressure gauges and a piston type oil pump the owner often is at a loss to know why the gauge does not register, know ing that there Is sufficient oil In the engine. This trouble may be caused by a leaky pump. It may be put i*to action in many cases by priming. In doing this disconnect the oil line back of the gauge and while the engine Is running slowly squirt oil Into the feed line by means of an oil can. Continue doing this until oil Is squirted back through the feed line, after which the line should be connected. USING GASOLINE IN WINTER Average Car Showa Tendency to Con sume Mora During Cold Weanier Than In Summer Months. It Is the common experience of mo torists that the average car shows a marked tendency to use more gasoline in winter weather than during the warm months. A cold engine prevents the proper vaporization of the fuel and necessitates a very rich mixture. Cost of operation is thus excessive during the starting and warming-up processes. The problem is to shorten or eliminate this period of costly operation by heat ing up the engine fast, ns an engine will work as well, winter or summer, nfter it is heated up to the even-run ning temperature. msniNGTonp SDELIlj/YO ill Alien - Enemies Must Avoid the District of Columbia h) 1 locked up instantly. „rASnINGWN.-Al.cn If Z Ä W lumbla. 1> °" t tbe wurnlng the United States attorney-» office Issued after investigating the cases of two aliens who deliberately violated the law. Assistant United States Attorney Arth said, in talking to Frederick Xander, an alien who left the city December 15 only to come back again, that his office has got tired of warning aliens that the exclusion act must he obeyed to the letter and that no ex cuses will be taken any more. Xander's act was a deliberate vio lation, the authorities say, and he wai «ent to the District Jail. Tbe man, who formerly lived at 3721 Conduit road, pleaded homesickness for his wife and babies. He had coached hie family as to what to do in case he was apprehended and they assisted him to hide. This Is his second trip to Washington. He stayed in Baltimore for a while and, according to bis story, he failed to secure work and took a chance and came back to Washington. Another alien. Joseph Obrecht, said to be an Alsatian, was informed by Marshal Splain that his Joining an Alsatian society, of which the French am bassador is president, did not make him a Frenchman, and he must go out with the rest of the German subjects. Obrecht came back to Washington after a visit to New York city and again took up the occupation of a chef. He was placed on the train for Baltimore. CCD ALIENS OUT Ktfr Bootlegger Sadie Picked Wrong Man for a Customer D ETECTIVE HARRY EVANS ran into a walking "bootlegger" one morning while on his way to police headquarters. He was about to board a car near his home when he saw Sadie Putterson, colored, lugging a heavy suit case. Sadie gave him a smile and the detective's inquisitive nature was aroused. "What have you in the suitcase?" he asked. "Whisky," she answered. "Whnt are you going to do with it?" queried Evans. "Sell it ; I've got eight quarts—you want to buy one?" »"Sure; how much a quart?" asked EvAis. She told him $3, and the de tective handed her the money and she produced the whisky. She was arrested, to her astonishment, and taken to police headquarters on the charge of violating the Sheppard act. Washington has become literally as dry as a bone. It has been that way since Inst autumn, and that is one of the most striking phases of the wartime changes a stranger notes here. Men who formerly poured libations to the god John Barleycorn pledge one another In cider, ginger ale or grape Juice with a pinch of lemon. And yet it is only a few years since William Jennings Bryan and his grape Juice proclivities were the prime Joke of the Washington Journalists. To he sure, prohibition does not completely prohibit In the District of Columbia any more than it has done elsewhere. One reads in the local papers almost dally of the arrest of some enterprising "bootlegger," who has smug gled in from Baltimore, which Is the nearest oaftis of large proportions, a consignment of strong waters. ? Girls Juggle Station Baggage in the Capital City T HE newest thing to come to light in the "invnsion of a man's province" in Washington Is a flock of girl baggage masters at Union station. For six months they have thrived In their new atmosphere "unnoticed and unsung." Each girl handles daily as many as 160 pieces of baggage. During rush seasons they "lift" 200 pieces per day. Punching the checks, sending the suit cases down the chute, they declare is the most thrilling part of the work. Lots of muscle and a sweet disposition are the necessary qualities. Miss Grace Withy and Misses Mary L. and Ethel Simpson acted as spokesmen for the group of 12 girls. "Do we like our work?" they an swered. "We're Just crazy about it. "My whole heart is In my work," said Miss Withy. "It is really fnscinat mg. We get lots of 'knocks,' but we don't mind It much. We can take care of ourselves." The girls wear uniforms on the line of the messenger uniform. They are dark blue, and set off with a regular messenger cap. Miss Mary Simpson holds the record for muscle achievement. "I carried a trunk that the porter couldn't even get out of the taxi," sha said. "What is the first thing you do when you come to work In the morning?" the girls were asked. "Oh, no, we don't powder our noses first ; we put on our uniforms," they replied. Stnndlng behind the counter of the baggage room, they look very much like steamship pilots, with their blue uniforms and seafaring caps. TATH' m Qm kVfe: Humors and Exasperations of the Red Tape Tangle I N THE labyrinthine paths of nn expamled government one comes across a few definite signs. For Instance, the government wants more workers and wants them badly. The government wants more buildings. The government wants more homes for newly arrived clerks. The manner in which the govern ment goes about getting Its help would be a source of unending Joy to the ap plicant did It not fret him. The same Is true about buildings and In a lesser degree about homes. Here Is part of an appeal which the civil service commission has sent broadcast all over the United States: "Thousands of workers are urgent ly needed In the prosecution of the war. The actual fighting forces would be powerless withfiut an officiant civilian army behind them." Among the many who responded to this appeal was a former Texas woman of excellent education. She worked in the post office of her home town, and is the kind of material which should be inval uable te the government In these stressful times. She visited the civil sen-ice commission. "Are you a resident of Washington?" asked the clerk. Her home, the applicant explained, wns In Texas. "Then," said the clerk, "under the regulations you must go to Texas an* take your examination." "But." protested the applicant, "if you want clerks as badly as you The clerk was inexorable. "You must go hack to Texas and take the examination," he repeated. And Uncle Sam thus lost a clerk. A prominent expert—«me whose time is supposedly of considerable value to the government—was recently ordered to make some tests in a Western city. He went there two months ago, stayed two weeks and returned to Washington without having done anything—for the simple reason thut none of the material required to make the tests had been sent to him. About a month ago he made a second journey. The offices in which he was put to work were so cold that the work could not be carried on. About half of the required material had arrived. H e came back to Washington. He made his third trip to this city to do the work he set out to do two months age. and he is there today waiting for ihn necessary paraphernalia, to arrive. ' " say