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MAT 3,1922.
Motor Notes
for THE
Ow a ner-Driver
FIND ENGINE TROUBLE BY SOUND
Even experienced motorists find It hard sometimes to loacte various
engine troubles. This chart will help you do it. It Is a compilation of ail
kinds of sounds emanating from beneath the hood an dthe cause of each.
Keep this list handy. It will shorten many a search for the source of some
dargerous knock or pounding.
SOUND TROUBLE.
Hissing. Cylinder release cock open; walls scored; head
gasket loose; spark plug loose or broken.
Hissing or whistling Air leak in manifold joints.
Hissing, back firing. Valve stems bent.
Knocking Spark too far advanced; lower crankcase bolts
loose.
Knock at high speed Worn piston.
Knocking when spark is
advanced. Carbon In combustion chamber.
Short, metallic knock. Cylinder block loose.
Knock from overheating Water Jackets clogged.
Dull, metallic knock. Worn or loose piston pins.
Shaip knock. Loose connectnlg rod: lappet out of adjustment'.
Heavy, metallic knock. Looseness or end play In main bearings.
Dull knock. Loose camshaft bearings.
Clicking. Fan blades striking obstacle; broken fan hub
bearings; valves loose or cracked; valve stems
worn; timing gears loose or teeth worn.
Dull pound. Loose flywheel; loose crankcase; over-heated cool
ing system due to radiator leak, etc.
Grinding, squeaking. Oil level too low; pump obstructed.
Squeaking. Magneto or distributer bearings dry.
Blowing sound. Oil leaking through crankcase gaskets.
Back firing. Broken or weak valve springs.
Misfiring. Spark plug gap too small.
AUTO CIGAR LIGHTER
ytSzqP
Another product for the comfort of
the passenger is the cigar and cigarette
holder and lighter. Besides being a
container for cigarettes. It holds matches
and also has a receptacle for ashes. Some
of these accessories have a battery and
spark attachment in place of the match
holder.
RADIATOR FINS
A small door hinge and a pair of
pincers are all that is necessary to
straighten bent radiator fins. Place the
bent fin between the sides of the hinge
and clamp down with the pincers, as
Shown.
STANDARDIZED
SEDAN—A phaeton, completely and
permanently enclosed. That Is the
TIIE A R OF VICTORY
Service Is Part of Every Monroe Purchase. It
Is Efficiently Directed Factory Service, Too—
and Paid for By the Factory.
Monroe Cars are now sold directly from the factory to
the user. This eliminate? a large part of the selling cost.
That's why the phenomenally low price.
It Is also the reason for the Increased amount of free
service which goes with every MoDroe car The important
item of service is liberally provided by the Monroe fac
tory. and the owner gets ALT. of it. There is no shrinkage
through the dealer—because there Is no dealer.
You are accustomed to pay at least five hundred dollars
more for a car like the Monroe.- There is economy in tha
purchase price, and continued economy in the mainte
nance.
A request for descriptive literature Incurs no obligation
on your part.
Price Now SB/5 Factory |
/There is a prof liable place in the Monroe\
| program for reliable service garages every- I
\where. Write for details. /
Monroe Automobile Cos.
Capitol Avenue at North Street.
Indianapolis, Indiana. Phone—MA in 3871.
Studebaker
Special 6 Touring
$1575
Indianapolis
#
standard decided upon by the standards
committee of the American Society of
Automotive Engineers, and adopted by
American automobile manufacturers.
More than S3 per cent of the motor ve
hicles in the world are in the United
States.
Mrs. Hawkins
Reports a Gain
of 22 Pounds
Health Is So Perfect Since Tak
ing Tanlac It Is Hard To
Realize She Is Same Person,
Declares Little Indianapolis
Woman.
“It is nard for me to realize that I am
the same person I was a short time ago.
My health is perfect now and I have
gained twenty-two pounds in weight in a
remarkably short tim“," said Mrs. H. F.
Hawkins. *521 East Twenty-Fifth street,
Indianapolis, Ind.
“I had been In ill health for years and
was growing worse all the time. It Is
just beyond my power to describe the
tortures I used to suffer Irom Indigestion.
To make bad matters worse, last winter
I had an attack of the Hu which left me
with so little vitality and so weak I
never expected to know a well lay again
“Tanlac has made me feel better than I
ever expected to feel again. My digestion
seems to be perfect now. and I never felt
better or stronger in my life. My hus
baud says I am the picture of health and
he is Jus as enthusiastic about Tanlac as
I am.”
Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.—
Adv.
NEWS OF INTEREST TO
AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS
APPEARS IN THE TIMES
EVERY WEDNESDAY
AUTO NOTES
Never race the engine.
Keep battery terminals clean.
Tighten all bolts and nuts.
Use of chains when streets are dry
causes less life of the tires.
Oil the springs before going on a
tour. '
Tighten battery terminal nuts often
so as to maintain contact.
If carburetor catches fire from back
fire, turn oft the fuel supply and race
the engine. ,
Squeaking r!ra lugs means they need
tightening.
U. S. Bureau of Mines reports a gaso
line reserve of 818,500,000 gallons, the
highest on record.
About ten times the number of motor
Why a One-Year
Guarantee?
We are giving a written One -Year
Guarantee on the Gardner Car
because its record through the
actual driving experience of many
thousands of owners warrants this
unusual confidence on the part of
the makers.
THE GARDNER MOTOR CO„ INC.
ST. LOUIS. U. S. A.
GARDNER
j ■ ■ **to
Gardner Division
LEXINGTON MOTOR SALES
Distributors
1142 MERIDIAN ST., NORTH
Indianapolis, Ind.
Statement of Condition
OF THB
Great Union
Fire & Marine
Insurance
Company
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
B*o Untea st
ON THH
slst Day of December, 1921
W. IRVING MOSS, President
ARTHUR S. SUET, Secretary.
Amount of capital paid up 9 *80,000,00
NET ASSETS OF COMP ANT.
Catrti in banks (an lateral*
and not on Interest) .1 El.dol.gg
Bonds and stock* owned
imarkat valne) 213,007Jti
hisrtgag* lean* an real ra
tata (fra# from any prior
lncumbranea) taa.TSQ.OO
Accrued securUla* (lntarast
and rants, etc.) 7.097.70
'’reralums and accounts du*
and In process of collection 2,996417
Cash la office 822.86
Bill* receivable 887.07
Reinsurance recoverable 626.82
Total net asset* 9 068,880.06
LIABILITIES.
Reserve er amount necessary
te reinsure eutatandlng
riaks 20,670.80
Losses unadjusted and In sus
pense . A024 00
Bills and accaunts unpaid.... 13.U0
Other liabilities of the cent*
pany 1,056 AD
Total HabOJtlea t 02.gte.T0
Capital 280,000.80
Surplus 285,349.87
Total 9 667,890.66
State of Indlaao, Office of Commissioner
i of Insurance.
I, the undersigned. Commissioner of In
mrsnce of Indiana hereby certify thft
tiio above Is a correct copy of the stat*
nsnt of the condition of the above men
tioned company on the Slat day of De
rember, 1821, as sbowu by the original
itateintat, and that the said original
Cat omen t la new on Ola In tala office.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto sub.
crtlbe my norne and affix my
auuui
INDIANA DAILY TIMES
trucks In nse In 1914 ara being used to
day.
Improper mounting of rim and tire
causes unnecessary wear on the tire.
If you have to cross a bump in the
road, coast over It.
Take obstructions at an angle, so one
wheel will strike It at a time.
Wash the car frequently during warm
weather.
Final revised registration figures show
one motor car to every 10.2 persons In
the United States.
There are 881 motor vehicles In the
Canary Islnnds.
Nearly half the motor cars In Buenos
Aires are taxicabs.
France hag one automobile to every
152 persons.
Belgium has doubled Its motor csr
supply since the war.
Nearly all automobiles In Arabia are
In the city of Aden.
Poor roads have restricted the sale
of automobiles in Japan.
Nine States In the Union have more
than 400,000 motor cars each.
U. S. Department of Agriculture has
organized sheep and poultry school on
motor trucks.
Mexico was the only country that im
ported more automobiles in 1921 than in
1920.
Florida showed the largest percentage
gain In motor car registration last year.
Statement of Condition
OF THE ,
United States Fidelity
and Gnaranty
Company ’
BALTIMORE, MU.
Chlrert and Redwood at*
OR TEE
31st Day of December, 1921
JOHN K.. BLAND, President
R. HOWARD BLAND, Secretary.
Amount of capital paid up. ...94.900.000 06
NET ASSETS OF COMP A NT.
Cash In banks (on Interest
and not on Interest) 9 2447,832.26
Real estate unincumbered., 2,274,128 00
Bonds and stocks owned
(market value) 20,756470 *6
Mortgage loans ou real es
tate (free from any prior
lnoumbn. ce) 47460.00
Accrued securities (interest
and rants, etc.) 27t.6D8.44
Other securities, Ist ns on
eolia tarsi 6BJWL4O
Deposit with workman's
comp, rates, bureau 41A&83.24
Department guaranteed at
torneys * IOLISLU
Other assets 41i,36.*9
Premiums and seeonnta dne
and In process sf eellse
tlan 6.401,081.73
Total net assets $88,572,460.22
LIABILITIES.
Reserve #r amount nseeo
sary te reinsure autstand
-8 reel • reserve fer unpaid
llabUlty and cemp. loasen 6,608.841 •!
Losses adjusted and not dus 2,301,04068
Losses unadjusted sn4 In
suspense 6it0.944.83
Other llabUlues of the esm
pany 2.764,446.40
fatal UsbGlttea 923,838.805. 68
Capital 4.006,000.00
Surplus 8,234,141.64
ToUl 983.672,450.22
State of Indiana, Odlce of Cemmlaeloner
of Insurance.
I, the undersigned, commissioner es In- {
snrtnce of Indiana, hereby certify that
the above la a correct copy es the state
ment of the condition of the above men
tioned company on the Slat day of Da
cetnber, 1821, as shown by the original
statement, and that the said original
statement Is sow on file la this allies
In testimony whereof, I hereunto aeV
scrib* my name end affix toy
USAIa) official seal, this Ist day ad
G. 0. P. PLANS
FOR CAMPAIGNS
IN 28 STATES
Senator McCormick Says
Party Will Urge Tariff
and League Issues.
WASHINGTON. May 3—The Repub
lican party henceforth will carry on an
active campaign against Democrats in
twenty-eight States for the election or
re-election of Senators this fall. Senator
McCormick, chairman of the Republican
senatorial campaign committee, an
nounced today. The Republican tariff bill
and the League of Nations, he said, ap
peared the outstanding issues to be con
tested.
Decision to confine the campaign to
twenty-eight States wag reached after a
conference of party leaders. They con
cluded that any efforts to elect Repub
For Men and Young Men
All Models c C * f -Includes 2 Pairs Trousers I All-Wool Fabrics l
sports l-.VCiy fcjllll_l, Strictly All-Wool blue serges *
ONE-BUTTON TWEEDS
t™e E ™on Over 3,000 Suits in This Sale .
FOUR-BUTTON REGULARS STOUTS JUNIORS 5 K CHECKS
DOUBLE-BREASTED LONG STOUTS SHORT STOUTS LONGS 1 Ep PLAIDS
CONSERVATIVE SHORTS Floor. I WORSTEDS
THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO.
Statement of Condition
OF THB
General
Accident Fire
and Liie
Assurance
Corporation
of PERTH. SCOTLAND.
4th and Walnut its., Philadelphia. Pa. <
ON THE
Slst Day of December, 1921
FREDERICK RICHARDSON. U. 8. Mgr.
Amoust es capital paid np....9 450,000 00
NET ASSETS OF CO MPANT.
Cash In hanks (on Interest
and not on 1ntere5t)........9 852,456.06
Real estate unlacumbered..., 842,306.63
Bonds and stocks owned
(market value) 6,685,341.64
Accrued securities (Interest
am' rents, etc.) 80,432.65 I
Premiums and accounts due
and In process of collection 1.U&4,011.51
Amounts recoverable for re
insurance 8,682.05
Total net assets *...88,458,130 73
LIABILITIES.
Lessen adjusted and not due. 53,065,305.18
Bills sod nocounts unpaid.. 251,97472
Other liabilities of th com
pany 8,686,671.61
Total liabilities 86,974,251.41 \
Capital 450,000.(10 I
Surplus 1,028,879.22
Total 13,453,180 73
State of Indiana, Office of Commissioner
of Insurance.
1, the undersigned. Commissioner of In
surance of Indiana, hereby certify that
the above 1* a correct copy of the state
ment of the condition of the above men
tioned company on the 31st day of De
cember, 1821, as shown by the original
statement, and that the said original
statement Is bow on 61* In this office
In testimony whereof, I hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix my
(SffiAX*) official gam, this Ist day f
dffi^
OUCH!
WU PEI FTJ'S HEADQUARTERS,
PAO TING FU, China, May 3.
Cowardice will not be tolerated In the
armies of Wu Pel Fu.
A local general, after a ten-mile re
treat, was beheaded and his head
mounted on the city wall ns an ex
ample to all of Wu’s armies.—Copy
right, 192 Z
licans In Virginia, Florida, Mississippi
and Texas would be wasted. They will
double their efforts in several border
States, however. There are thirty-three
Senators up for re-election this fall. Os
the thirty-three places available, the Re
publicans will actively seek twenty-nine.
“JEWEL GIRL'S” TRAGEDY.
PARIS, May 3.—Mile. Ulvette Pergeres,
known as the “Jewel Girl,” because she
always wore In public gems worth a
i fortune, was mysteriously murdered In
' her vilia near Nancy.
Statement of Condition
OF THB
Virginia Fire
and Marine
Insurance Cos.
RICHMOND. VA.
1015 E. Main st
ON THE
31st Day of December, 1921
WM. H. PALMER, President;
B. C. LEWIS, JR., Secretary.
Amount of oapltal paid up.... 9 600,000.00
NET ASSETS OF COMPART.
Cash In banks (on Interest
and not on Interest) 9 126,629-83
Real estate unincumbered.... 120,000.00
Bonds and stocks owned
(market value) 2,275,036.00
Mortgage loans on real es
tate (free from any prior
Incumbrance) 70,600.00
Accrued securities (Interest
and rents, etc.) 26,747.16
Other securities, collateral
loans 26,640.58
Premiums and aooonnta due
gnd In proosM of eeUaotlaa 326,921.60
Bsteanranc* das for paid
lass as 1M91.3T
Total not assets. $2,896,278.64
LIABILITIES.
Reserve or amount neces
sary to reinsure outstand
ing risks 9L140,207.48
Losses unadjusted and In sus
pense 132.293.41
Bills and accounts unpaid.... 25,000.00
Other liabilities of tho oom-
Pny 100,000.00
Total liabilities .f1,406,590.88
Capital 500,000.00
Surplus 968,687.70
Total 82,803,276.04
Orem tost amount la any one
risk 8 50,00000
Gres test smonnt allowed by
rules of the company to ba
Insured In any one city,
town or village 9 100,000.00
Greatest amount allowed to be
Insured In any one b10ck...9 60,000.00
■ltate of Indiana, Office of Commissioner
of Insurance.
I, the undersigned, cemmlsoloner of In
surance of Indiana, hereby certify that
the above Is a correct copy of the state
ment of the eocdltlsn of the above men
tioned company on the 31st day of be
cember, 1021, as shown by tho original
statement, and that tbs sold original
statement is now In file In this office.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto sub
scribe my name and affix a>
(BEALf official
U. S. WILL NOT
ADVISE CUBA
•*•- -
President Says No Interven
tion Is Attitude Regard
ing Island.
WASHINGTON. May 3.—The Cuban
: government has received no suggestion
from the Harding Administration, either
directly or through the Cuban minister In
Washington that Intervention, financial
or otherwise, is contemplated by the
United States.
The United States, It was said official
ly at the White House, has merely dis
cussed "in the most friendly way” with
tho Cuban government the effects being
made by President Zayas to adjust the
Cuban budget. What suggestions have
been made by President Harding and
Secretary Hughes here or Major General
Crowder in Havana have been advanced
Statement of Condition
OP THE
Autoist
Mutual
Insurance
Company
CHICAGO, ILL.
1837, 208 LaSalle st.
ON THE
Slst Day of Deoember, 1921
GEORGE r. BALLON. President.
WALTER C. STONE, Secretary.
4mprint es oapltal paid up...... Mutual
NET ASSETS OF COMP ANT.
Cash in banka (on Interest) .9 18,710.08
Bonds and stocks owned
(value) . 144.15L53
Accrued securities (Interest
and rents, ate.) 1JM6.53
War savings damps 27.83
Premiums and accounts due
and in proceos of collection 7.958 S2
Total sot assets $ 172.869.34
LIABILITIES.
Reserve or amount nsceo
sary to reinsure outstand
ing risks $ 76.644.1 g
Losses duo and tmpaid 5,736.00
Losses unadjusted and In sna
pense 96J.d8.85
Other llablUtlea of the com
pany 602.00
Total lie bill tie* 8 U 5.890.60
Surplus 59,068.84
Total 9 172.380.34
State of Indiana, Office of Commissioner
of Insurance.
I, the undersigned. Commissioner of In
surance of Indians, hereby certify that
the, above ts s correct copy of the state
ment of tho condition of the above men
tioned company on the Slat day of De
cember, 1921. as shown by the original
statement, and that tbs said original
statement U pew on file In this office.
In tostlmoay whereof, I hereunto mV
scribe my name and affix my
o**sM *clat £*!, this Ist day <4
t! fe. MekußßAt, J*.,
UufealMlnnan
without placing nndue emphasis on
America's sponsorship for Cuba.
President Harding regards the question
of adjustment of the Cuban budget as
wholly a matter for the Cubans to ar
range and It Is understood he is favor,
ably impressed with recent reports that
progress is being made in reducing the
heavy governmental expenditures which
grew up on the island as the result of
the war.
“Nobody here has talked of Interven
tion,” Is the manner in which the sit
uation was described at the White House.,
Identified as One
of Three Bandits
Charles Higgins, 2933 Moore avenue,
Identified Joe Connor, 1829 North Capitol
avenue, as being one of the three men
who held him up on the night of April
24. Higgins was robbed of $47. Connor
was arrested by detectives several days
ago on a vagrancy charge, but he is now
i charged with robbery.
Statement of Condition
The
Potomac
Insurance
Company
WASHINGTON, . CV IjHy
900 ff it. North weld i&afjy
ON THE —T—d
Slst Day of December, 192}
GEORGE W. WHITE, President,
ALEX K. PHILLIPS, Secretac*
Amount of capital paid ip,, .4 a^/ra^
NET ASSETS OF COMPARE*
Ckah In banka (on Interest
and not on 1ntere5t)........! 4&6MUS9
Baal astato nateo-om bored,...
Bonds and stocks owned
(maykst vote#) 586,4aM9
Mortgage loan* on real e*>
tots (tese from any prior
Incumbrance) 3&LB2&fi3
Accrued aacaktioa (inters**
and rente, oto.) S9,feai
Premiums and accounts da*
and In process of csdloctloa BT.SJKH
Total net strata NVCU|
LIABILITIES.
Reserve or (meant nests.
sary to reinsure outstand
ing risk# $ 537,69649
Losses adjusted and not dna. 16,7*643
Losses unadjusted and in sus
pense MfiauM
Bills and accounts unpaid... 995.46
Other liabdittos of tho com
puny 1048119
Total HabtUUs# 9 4T4J35.il
Cipltll •••saoa*o9fWM9MMt Wooo^>oo
I Surplus 8W,786,79
Total 9 94*t*4|
Greatest amount in any one j
risk 9 88,60691
| state of Indiana, Office of Commlostonai
of Insursace.
I, the undersigned, Commissions^.fjw,
snrance of Indiana, hereby cjrtlr (hat
the above Is a correct copy of th* of S*.
ment of the condition of the above men.
tlotied company on the Slat dty of De
cember. 1921. as shewn by the odgflSal
statement, and that tho said oytglnal
statement la now on file In this each. 1
la testimony whereof, I hereunto fete)
scribe o.y name and affix
(BEAL.) official Seal, teb Ist Out
AijrU, *m
*■ MehOTEffi*. J*,
Commissioner,
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