The St. Charles herald. [volume], March 23, 1918, Image 2

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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.
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"Refined Gentleman Escorts" Available in Gotham
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.—
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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.
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Alien - Enemies Must Avoid the District of Columbia
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ' "
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