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I -C Safety Valves Of Earth Sound Volcanic Alarm Scientists Look for 'Blow Off in 1929 Warning Comes From Hot Subsoil at La Bourboule. By STERLING HEILIG. L Bourhoule, France, Aug. 20. (Special.) The old "extinct" vol- . canoes of Auvergne, in France, are awaking. The ground, here at La Bour boule, as at Royat and Mont-Dore, at the depth of an ordinary well, is three times as hot as any corres ponding subsoil m France, French scientists are scared of earthquakes and volcanoes breaking out of peaceful hot springs, between now and 1929 when the sun's ac tivity will have its greatest power to make the earth's crust "pulsate." These "extinct" regions of Au vergne have been tranquil during long geological ages. When the Alps and Pyrenees rose from the plain the volcanic mountains of Au vergne were old and "dead" already. It was easier for the Alps and Pyrenees to rise than for these an cient safety-valves of Auvergne to loosen up again. So, now, if Auvergne is awaking, the earth is threatening to blow off steam worse, than when the Alps and Pyrenees arose! The Grand Climax. There is a sublime story here. It is vouched for by the Abbe Moreux, dircct&r of the Bourges ob : servatory; Camille Flammarion, . brother-astronomer; the geologist, ; Suess, in' his studies of the Carlsbad ; hot springs, and many others. The grand climax mentioned in the ; Book of Revelations and the secend Epistle of St. Peter will arrive when the earth's crust grows too thick to pulsate at all. But long before the earth blows up for good it will blow off some steam. It threatens soon. Look for something like this in central France in 1929! Unless the subsoil around La Bourboule cools off meanwhile. Sphere Theory Blasted. The earth is not a sphere. Neither has it the shape of orange slightly flattened at poles," as we were taught in an the old geographies. The earth is a four-sided pyramid. Of course, the flattening of the surfaces is slight, compared with the total size; but the fact itself is as certain as that the earth is a soft boiled egg or a cream-puff, whose liquid molten magma, hotter than 2,000 degrees centigrade, is solid by force of pressure. The earth's crust is comparative ly cold and unimaginably thin. Geologists agree on 40 miles to 100 miles thickness. Compared to the I ,euu miles ot the interior molten mass, the crust of 100 miles is like an egg-shell or orange-peel I English Discovery. - - The discovery of our pyramidal form was made, not by a French man, but by an Englishman, Lowthiau Green. Long ago, all the surface of our .earth was molten paste, like Jupiter today. Under rotation, it began to flatten itself at the equator; but the intense cold of space soon formed a crust which thickened, little by .ittle, At first, the crust was a smooth J and compact whole. But as the in- tcrior paste contracted as it cooled, the outer crust was left too large. Hence cracks and folds the first inequalities of our surface. Als.o, the first shiftings which we call earth quakes. Once, it was imagined that the mountains were thrown up by hazard; but Lowthian Green has shown that the great lines of frac ture were produced by the most beautiful rule. Lateral Compression. Every sphere submitted to lateral compression tends to form a four sided pyramid. Our earth did not escape it. Examine a terrestial globe. Are not the oceans laid out regu larly on three sides? These great plane surfaces are (1) the depres sion of the Pacific; (2) that of the Atlantic and (3) that of the Indian ocean. They are three plane sur faces of the pyramid, their depres sions attaining frequently five miles; and they are bounded by the great lines of fracture-which are the edges of the pyramid. What are these lines of fracture? Why, the mountain chains! Many parts of them have been worn down by erosion and others covered by water. The fourth great plane is found at the North Pole. Its corresponding summit is at the South Pole, where excessively high Mountains are discovered. Lowthian Green, pursued and am plified by the Abbe Moreux, has ihown that by astronomical causes the earth has undergone a twisting, resulting in what geologists call the Mediterranean depression. In America this twisting is very marked in the subsidences around Panama and "the Ditch of the An tilles." Further on it is continued by the Sahara, the Mediterranean, the gulf of Bengal and the Malay Archipelago. All these regions are doubly volcanic and quaking. Enter the Sun. Now, the sun mixes in. The earth's crust dilates under re curring solar in.luences, in periods of 11, 33, 100 nd 1,000 years. As the crust dilates the gases im prisoned in the interior of the earth immediately profit to quit the solid although molten magma in which they exist confined. No harm yet. But a period of solar calm arrives. The earth's crust tends now to contract again; but the gases, not being able to re turn to the interior mass, mus,t es cape. So we have volcanic action. Earthquakes are shiftings of the crust, in the same play of dilatation and construction. In the past year the seismographs of the world have registered some 2,000 earthquakes which nobody felt! Burns the Hand. Pulsations of the crust are relieved from too great stress by the safety valves of the volcanoes. But suppose we find old extinct safety-valves, completely clogged up for 7,000,000 years, beginning now agaiii to, loosen up, we'll say that B. J. Flannery Joins Dort Sales Company B. J. Flannery, formerly with the Omaha Dodge agency, has joined the salesmen with the Dort Sales company, 2211 Farnam street. Mr. Flannery is known as one of the most conscientious automobile salesmen on the row. there is something new upon the program. So say these Frenchmen of science, as they measure the unprecedented and constantly increasing subsoil heat at La Bourboule! Are the "extinct" volcanoes of Auvergne now opening up again not necessarily to "blow their heads off" next year, but just uncorking more and more under gathering pressure? If so, the forces beneath them must be unprecedentedly terrific! Why, this old volcanic region of Auvergne was "extinct" remained corked up and did not budge 2.000,- 000 years ago, when the Alps and Pyrenees were hurled intq the sky! And now the subsoil burns the hand, at La Bourboule it .1 i iifi Montns and Miles- Of Battery Service Hew many months will a battery last? Well, how many months will a pair of shoes last? Or a pound of sugar? Or anything else that "wears out" or is "used up?" Elmer Rosenglen, Nebraska Stor age Battery company, says: Obviously the life of any such object depends not alone upon its com nualitv hut also nnon the kind of use it gets. j car owner wno urives iu,uuu miles per year certainly takes more out of his battery than one who drives 5,000, just as a pedestrian who walks a great deal wears out his shoes faster than one who spends most of his day at a desk. "The driver who starts and stop's frequently, with short runs in be tween, or who uses his lights to ex cess, is not recharging his battery nearly so fast as he is discharging it. He is like the housewife who keeps dipping sugar out of the sugar jar faster than she replenishes the supply from the store room, "It is just as ridiculous to ask how many months a battery will last as it is to ask how many months a pair of shoes or a pound of sugar will last, without inquiring how they are to be used." Cadillac Ranks Close To Fords in Detroit Recently the Detroit Automobile club checked its records to ascer tain what cars the members drove. It was found that the Ford wa3 first, with 2.577, but the remarkable fact about the figures is that Cadil lac was third with 1,102, having more cars than all the so-called popular-priced lines with one exception. When it is considered that the people of Detroit are "motor wiser" than almost any other city in the country and that they know motor cars intimately, this can be taken as a distinct tribute to the Cadillac. This goes to disprove the old adage about a prophet and his own country, because the Cadillac certain ly has the implicit confidence of the motor car owners of its own city. v Britain Buys Overland Coupes for Embassy The representatives of Great Brit ain at the forthcoming conference on disarmament will to all . intents have the archives of the British em bassy at their very elbows at the con ference table, although the embassy is more than a mile from the White House or from the other state halls where conferences may be held. The accessability of the British records on all questions will be due to that fact that several of the staff of the Eritish embassy have been equipped with Overland coupes. z CUT PRICE AUTO STORE Some Exceptional Bargains Chandlers Oaklands Open All Day Sunday Chinese Prince Fears to Ride In Automobile Sends Out Card and Lets Chief Minister Make Trip to Tomb of Royal An cestor. An automobile party drove up in front of the royal palace in a Chinese province a few weeks ago and sent word in to the ruling prince that they would like to take him out for a ride. But this particular prince, it seems, had never seen an automo bile before and was so ternlieil at the prospect of riding in one that he did not even express his regrets in person. He did his inspecting from a safe distance and then sent out his card. The appearance of the car, accord ing to a Chung Mei News agency dis patched from Peking, caused great excitement through the prince's home town. "Commander Thomas Hutchins, American naval attache, and E. C. McPherson, manager of E. W. Frazar & Co.," says the dispatch, "have completed the round trip to Tungling, the Ming eastern tombs, by automobile and it is believed that this is one of the first times that this trip has been successfully made." Took Three Days. "In the old days, when it was the fashion to go out on horseback, the trip took some three days one way, at least two nights being spent on the road. By automobile, in spite of the sandy roads, the rivers that had to be, crossed by ferry, and the many other difficulties encountered, the entire trip was done in eight hours, and without any mishaps of any kind. "The party left the Isihyamen, or East Gate at 6 on Thursday morn ing; 6:30 saw them at the Pei Ho, and 9:15 at San Ho Hsien. This was the place that was selected in the days of pony travel as the stop ping place on the first night, and by automobile was reached in a scant three hours and a quarter. The sec ond night's stopping place, Dichow, was reached at 11:45 and at 2:15 the party rolled into the eastern tombs and were met by the Manchu prince's bodyguard. The old-fashioned troops, still carrying broadswords, and some even bows and arrows, were half-terrified, half-fascinated by the appearance of the car. "The old Manchu prince appar ently could not screw up his courage to sufficient height to venture the trip in the machine, that was offered him. After preliminary courtesies, he withdrew and thereafter sent in his card, excusing himself. The priest and his 'number two' went, however, and it was , said that they were scared out of their wits through out the entire trip. Meet Little Trouble. "Little trouble was encountered on the way. The three rivers that were crossed gave some trouble, one be cause the bridge seemed ready to cave in at any minute, and the other two because there were no bridges at all, and the crossing had to be made by means of three boats lashed together, with the car put on them laterally. At Dichow, the stone block in the center of the main gate way, against which the city gates are closed, was so high that the car could not pass over it, nor was there any other way around. So part of the city wall vas appropriated and a runway built across the gateway, over which the car crawled as easily as you please. Removing Wheel Hub Washer The job of removing the wheel hub washer of the front wheel is often an almost impossible job, but it can be made easy by the use of a simple tool that can be made by any car owner. Take a pair of round jawed pliers five or six inches long. File a notch on the inside of each jaw near the end and then reduce the diameter of the jaws until they will just slip into the holes in the ends of the split washer. With this weapon it is easy to remove the washer. Simply hook the ends of the pliers into the holes, close the pliers to contract the washer so that it may be drawn out of the groove, when it is easy to slip it out by run ning a screw driver point around the edge. Mud Scraper A convenient home-made mud scraper may be made by cutting a shallow oval in the running board before the door. Across the outer edge of this oval a piece of bar steel is screwed corresponding to the thickness of the running board. It is very simple to scrape mud from the shoes and the dirt so removed falls through the oval cut-out in the board. Commutator Lubrication Grease should never be used for commutator or timer lubrication. Cylinder oil is the proper lubricant for this part, and it should be used only sparingly. This applies to all commutators or ignition distributors. When grease is used here it frequent ly serves to prevent the commutator arm from making contact. THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21. lasi. Practical Paragraphs Spares The question of what spares to take on reasonably extended tours is one that bothers most motorists, Here are a few useful spares that are frequently forgotten. For instance, extra bulbs for the headlights ought always to be carried. A few dry cells may be invaluable m emer gency. Two or three pairs of pliers instead of the customary one should certainlv be carried. Spare tire valves and a hand tire pump for emergen cies will be friends in need on oc casion. Clutch Grabbing This trouble is the opposite of slip ping. The clutch takes hold too sud denly so that the car is jerked in starting and needless strain is in volved for the entire power transmit ting mechanism. Grabbing is caused by too heavy spring pressure, by tac ings that have become rough and dry, by end play in the clutch shaft, by too tight an adjustment. The driver who jams in his clutch is quite likely to produce a grabbing clutch. Internal Short When one of the cells shows a loss of specific gravity in its electrolyte of 0 or 75 points, and no leaks can be discovered an internal short circuit is indicated and should be remedied at once. Whenever the specific gravi ty of one cell falls more than 20 points below that of the other cells there is trouble somewhere and it should be run down without delay, even if it is necessary to call in the service station. Grinding in Transmission When a grinding noise is heard in the transmission case it will be found to be caused by one of the following conditions : Lubrication failure, either the oil has leaked out or is too thin in body to do its appointed task, the shatts may be out of alignment, Deanngs may De badly worn or broken, or there may be chips from injured teeth in the case. Whatever the cause it should be run down and eliminated immediately . Axle Noises When noises issue from the axle housing they may be ascribed to one of the following causes: Maladjust ment of the driving gears, gears that have worn out of round. or become warped, differential bearings that are worn or broken, a broken tooth or teeth in the gear, or metal chips in the mechanism. SALES REPRESENTATIVE WANTED Cleveland manufacturer has opening for a thoroughly ex perienced salesman regularly covering Nebraska and Iowa, calling upon automobile acces sory dealers and jobbers, for sale3 on a commission basis. The article is new and of ex ceptional merit, is selling fast " where introduced and the trade is being supported by co-operative advertising. Applicant should state details regarding trade acquaintance, age, whether married or sin gle, references and merchan dise or firms now represented. Address Box D. T. C, Omaha Bee What comes after the purchase price? Touring Car $985 Roadster $935 Sedan $1785 Coupe $1585 Panel Business Car $1135 Screen Business Car $1035 F. O. B. Factory OMAHA. NEB. HARNEY AT 2BTH. $T. HARNEY 0123. Dorts Dodges Overlands Fords 2514 FARNAM STREET Women's Feet Are Inspected By Londoners American Women Have Most Beautiful Feet, German And Dutch Largest, Says Chiropodist. London, Aug. 20. Which country possesses women with the largest feet? This question arose from an in spection of women's feet in Bond street during the busiest hour of the morning. Women of many na tionalities passed, displaying "under standings" that varied considerably in shape and size. Japanese Have Smallest Feet. "Dutch and German women have the biggest feet in the world," said Mr. Robert Wortley, court chiropo dist. "Their feet are flat, and they wear shoes which emphasize their flatness. British women have the longest feet, but they are narrow; Japanese women have the smallest feet of all, and Americans the most beautiful, because they are well cared fpr from youth. "After the American feet I award the beauty honor to the French woman, whose foot is a triumph of grace, while dancing has given a E act as the service de partment of the Hyatt, Timken and New Depart ure companies in this city. Genuine new bear ings for any model of motor car, truck or tractor ever built are carried in stock. 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And then and there in the middle of the park, the chiropodist was obliged to take off his shoes and socks and show his feet to his sovereign. "No woman has beautiful feet," said another chiropodist. "Why should they, since men are descended from monkeys? I saw the foot pos- Note $200 Less $895 nonj, $695 Coupe, ivas, $1425 now, 895 ra, 695 Sedan, was, 1475 now, r. o. ft TMJl DISTRIBUTORS "House of Van Brunt" ESTABLISHED 1868 SPORTING RANGE 3'K.Tgf-ii.J6L sessed by the original of Trilby and it was not beautiful." Road construction throughout the country last year cost about twice as much as it did in 1919. As a consequence, the cost of gravel roads increased from $535 to $7,250 a mile; concrete from $21,165 to $40,000. and brick from $33,000 to $55,000 a mile. $1000 1275 Council Bluffs J is A B1