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FOR THE * MOTORIST llrit^li Make I,oral I>.ffort Southeast of Ypro*-—(icmiaiiH SI rip ('ambrai and Hua!i Troop* Into Vital .Sec tion—Heavy Flfthtln^ ('on', miCH in Italj—rKom© Optimistic. t Field Marshal IlaiR switohed his haltering ram to the Yprea sector I hursdajs night. Friday he leported his troops had 'advanced the ' line slightly last night, southeast 1 of Ypres.” Southwest of Combral he said the .lituatlon was without change. The > pres blow was apparently not a general offensive but a highly cou- rentrated local attack. Haig did not mention the exact location of the advance southeast of Ypres. There has been very little major fighting activity in this gen eral southeast sector in several weeks. The Hritish efforts haxn cen tered mainly on the Passchendaele Uidgo, slightly to the north. Due southwest of Ypres would mean the Ypres Menin road, or along the Ypres Fomlnes canal. The Germans have been drawing troops from other sectors and rush ing them to the Cambral region. \ninng them were two companies of • ripples and convalescents, aome of them were raptured, exhausted and helpless from vsliant attempts to < ght under the whips of their o'*!- r#re The most optimistic view of the Italian situation since Gen !Has*a roman took their stand along the I lave was expressed In the Rome frees Frldsy They held the firm i oiding of the line during the Uat tew dsys hsd been more than n de ♦••naive victory and had completely • •lured confidence Altted troop*, ft fM.aare*. »|IS t* iHah artillery has heea ntdlM for more (haa a eecfc The Holahevihl minl*try I* rrn • :tng away ehiie famine la stnlhlag r arer the ra.dtal The datty ration iias »• in rede red eeys a dispatch from » • * ograd The Ksrenahy feed mm- n« in Its mfn^i Iho admiralty statement follo’vs; “Arrivals, 2,531; sai’ings. “Hritish merchantmen sunk by mine or submarine over l.GOo tonn, ten; under I,COO ton.s, aevon. ‘^"ishhig-vessels nunk, none. “Hritish vessels unsuccessfully at tacked, two. Last week’s record of Hritish mer chantmen sunk greatly exceeds th it of the previous week, when only one vessel of 1,000 tons or. over and five craft of less tonnage were sent to the bottom. In fact It represents in Hie aggregate the greatest number of vesiieU, destroyed since the week of October 2K, when 18 were lost. Since then there has been a gradual falling off in shipping losses until the minimum since Germany’s int< n- sified submarine campaign began was reached November H with a total of six. As far as the losses of large ves sels are concerned, however, the present .admiralty report apparently bears but the optimistic statement made recently by Premier Lloyd- George that he had no more fear of submarines and of the first lord of the admiralty that enemy submarines were being sunk to an Increasing ex tent for the sinkings In the 1,600 and over category last week were the lowest since March, except for the weeks of September 16, Novem ber 4 and November tl, when In the two former weeks the total in each Instance was eight and In the latter one. Premier l.loyd-Oeorge In hia ud- dress to the llonee of Com mono early in the present week aald five sub marine* were ennk last Sunday, but he gave no further Information. i AND 10WNS ltaig*M Confidence in Cavalry Ap pear Justified In IJglit of Pres ent Battle—Trooper* Dash Into llmniram) Operate With Tanks In Speedy Attacks C|h>h Strategic Positions. ' ... " 4 4 v •iv ' . GRAND DUKE EMERGES MrHnlee la Hwppnrled by I 1 m» . ♦ and i hi* with pemlfvle nf the • brought the rtty te i • «* x /• i • 4 •>« I • rorlnimed grwond . -ustor ailsch* At entf » eutn* Notro I mm* l hee •hi* to dell the eda* of the * tiuh ceiling edg*. *«<»rding te I :d M•r*h*l ll*i* There they re • •|>l«rod the vtll*** rishtleg of the r -.t v.oloat iniee«ity wn* r«ported r •» I hie ae* tor *f»d hy now the ill again ha«a thangod • , !• i enihrei I* .*•,. 4. It I* now . i tlrMI*h artillery • • iter U o«*< ACtnally I « i»4MO <«f llrllleh oMhlo cveo If the the IN !•» toekr It aolnnoblr f«W Ihr l nrh refagr*** from nearby %|l* ••a lie. latej Cambral h id long - ^ed a» one Of tk« dUtrlbnllng cen i • for ammunition troop« and aup i of every character, being one of • ■> vital link* in the German chain • • ommunlratlonH ! he full iM-opo of the Hritish tie t and with whsl minute care and t nataklng attention to detail the l ittlah staff worked out the problem • »he stack were made Increasingly • narent. Seml-offlcinl dispatches f • instance told of new record* made i highway and railway building by • i ^ineer* in keeping up the constant f w of munitions and supplies to the i nlcHy advancing troops. Miles n on miles of broad and narrow t uge tracks were laid. The construction corps In many i -tajices worked almost-directly bo ll (1 the “moppers up” and German j -isonera. with their arms still up- i sed while they echoed “Kamerad’’ «>■' .ally and rapidly shoving the 1. os along. Their achievements en- ubied the Hritish guns to keep up a most with the iufantry in the move !• ' ward. England's master stroke against mbral was carried through to vic- Ury with an almost incredibly small equally list. The total of German prisoners taken reached the point whore it exceeded by several thousand the v Idle of the British losses In kill ed, wounded and miming. Machinery saved the Hritish r ousands of lives. Use of tanks to I n Her down entanglements instead oi artillery and the surprise nature of the British blow meant practical- lv no retaliatory barrage fire. When the Germans did get. their shelf 'een working, the missiles did not r*nw down infantrymen, They rat- t *d for tybe most part harmlessly pff ri •> steel jackets of the tanks There was also tse life saving ma r inery of the British supply sys- i n __the wsr machine which kept .•tmcUng yard after yard of sup- p‘y railwsys as yard after yerd of g and was taken b> the British I t'k still farther behind the *n vitrh. of »-*r*d In •■oty •Inn* HNled I The Hiirish are carrying forward in<,r< h -tI u 1 ly their manoeuvre which plppar(»ntiy ban as its ofijective the eneirclement and capture of the im portant railroad Junction of Cam- hrai, in northern France. For three (hiys the force* of Gen. Byng have cbeen strictly keeping to their task of Hmunhing the C.erinan positions in this rxv gion and now, having driven the .t r U**my from all hLs fortified strongholds are battling with him in the open, with the monstrous tank* and ' the dashing cavalry everywhere opening the way for onMluught* by the Infantry. Already the British line describes an arc from the west to the south west of Csmbral, with the lower point resting near Fontaine Notre Dame, two and three-quarter miles southwest of the much eought for town. . Although the stroke of Own Byng waa delivered over a front of 12 m!U*. from the Scerpe River to 8t. Quentin. It waa In the center and in the direction of Cam brat that It reached its great rat strength Here the wedge has been driven more than •Is and a half mile*, and In the driving of It numerous towns end vtIUute* bate fallen Into the heads of the British, many of them having been deserted by the surprised tier* Once this moving wall nf mon ster* hsd Martcd on Its way nbth* log could stop them. A* the tanks • foie across thjp «fiell, bru*hlng aside dmrbet wire entanglement* like so much tuMilsh, then smash- log into, thiough nml over every conceivable obstacle that twen tieth century engineering nkJII had j^dg«*l “impregnable” and finally dipping acTOfcs Hie teenches themselves, all the while stream* <d mScIiinV gun bullets shooting out from their front, sides and rear, the'Teutons were struck as if hy the tenor df judgment day. . .^TTiewu. was no answer to theae rip-sawing gi/ints of steel. Jt was a ckse of t4M*hnical skill outskilled. On through “successive belta of German defenses, which were of great’ depth and strength,^ as Sir By Albert L. Clough Fd it or Motor Sendee, Review of Review*. Cooling Solutions (Continued)^ . i\>t. LCONOvritAL MOTOUiST the extraordlnaj-ily high prices lor the alcohols amL glycerine may be worthy of ■ : iLemUcL because they v^iU make their use as a protection . «;u t freeing of any car quite a large item of expense. Commer* ~ : . us. biisinesi cars and public service vehicles are especially to be YnJu d m thit, class. It seems quite poskible that these abnormal coadl* t ( n.>may 'tuii.oiHtc the use of mineral oil and calcium chloride solution it. r u-nti-irct /.c, pm poses. Mineral oil, specially prepared foi motor cooling - iyir^i‘4, is row Uf'on the market and, despite itsi low heat capacity and j ot.:^r ^l^ujLivauta'gt's, it seems caijafele of successful use, especially on car* jVhi'jfi pave liberal cooling sysiems. Mixtures of lubricating oils and r Ui rcseiuv have been Used by individual motorists w ith results reported aa ,s iK'nct.ry Galeiunp chloride, possibly combined with some other salt* 1 i.id (. ^ suppo:redly safe character as regards lack cf acidity, has long Julian "puts it in his bulletin, the | t.ien and still ia upon the market under various proprietary names, bat marched thel r way ahead.” neve; been very largely used because of the fear, upon, the part of Ld what 6 wa8 ma haDwnlM u ‘f n, *.' b8U ,i .*' ou “ * he f r r »‘ Iiat ^ 8 - Eiparimenta Indicate that th* happening, three, four, five miles had been devoured by the tanks. • Behind the*e irresist ible machines British infantry came in close ranks, mowing down every body that hadn't boon felled or wouldn't surrender. English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh,., the pet combination of British of fensives, overran the Hindenburg line’s first defense, then the second, a mile beyond, and then tackled the third, at one point, the last. Gradually the Teutons rallied. They began to hit back with the fury of trapped men. But It was too late to bait the tide. Some pitiful thing* happened then. . Whole companies of frenzied Teutons were seen to tsnks. The hillocks formed by their bodies delayed the monsters for n few minutes, but only s tew min utes. On swept the tanks, lesvlug m in gled fragments of hum in bodies be hind One Teuton •soldier. fHifly wounded, was seen to rise with one Inst sxertton of bis fsd.ng strength, sad with a ghastly grimace, fury personified, smashed hfte bayonet against the side of a task. The im part •hot bark the hull of hie Buka VU betas Mcolsie- Ihr * hom it baa been teng whte- di istlNd na Allied rtrrlea 4 bet be Is the j lei a « ebr» n»«*d nbip the ttue» j«Ma*» , |be Katedlne*s enter raxoteUen t At Isat reports they wove engaged In snrroendiag tho Bonrton tAeed. dtrertly west of Cembral. wbirb demtnstee the entire mglan. mrlndlng ramhmt Bsnlf. and rlannog ont the enemy from the die- irfct n*nr Dee tel ne Net re time This mints wee eapCoref in a bet: Wednesday sight bnt Ml n ronn M Tbrenc by tMo hMMab Ml tbo drive the eert ef renooMdot- ear ae nas lark liar the t» •: » rbtnaa Aad a* th* latter beet eni * T ' ' Rons rlaebed le ba**t ^ mKt\ rr»n*de «o betunrt res*bate ^fttifft llsMiSl * lb* a**tter of f* t Ce.’^ettn | nf Ike nar office mils M The flrittah releetleesly bread their any r ro^tb the stiffsning re- MtSBEYIM TO LOSE N Is _ _ _ la rnglilr be- tng sarrind tarward II la gea Telly known that ell bee nf tbo eetnot of the Fraom wbirb Is haiog as- w by bonr Tbo ** Tbaraday permitted in know been In art ion, net hollleftoid. ae M root one der bet in artnalty infantry, and in tbo Oor- ammmt ww a^ 1*^ nil be to ge from the Fatted ant l<»a r* The Amerl- hrf«*r* allowing tb* I [tor bow dart tbo aMnnlinn la today nod M fta dart it meet eet be forget ten la a renntry nf enttmltad , m said Or. 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Would It be worth my while in view of tbs unproved fuel economy f might se- •«.*• ».» oitKii.wiv.. ( cure to raise the carburetor and d# L. O It. a*.: What la ih. rauM * ,,h ,k * ef te k nnng into the carburetor? 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M wpeid be aM rtggt v* cart| |t •%t. bbi aa « prepesMaeg are era seep mtradi e* fee ibe ed*fe*saii»tp ef gms eg a feemwsg ebaggra egag aid agfg 9N l eg eg eabeegl lasaet araxgfed tl igtese page pee be*«er li a-.i M The «e*aallog of porsry only If a stable « formed shlch the Falted an rtwognlze. If the ;sln control and pursue their xr.«m calling for a ninny th* embargo will neat. A protracted civil wsr also would work to keep the embargo tight, an th* United States then would fear that supplies might go to the llolshevttl faction The provlaionsl Russian govern ment was given credits amounting in Ml to $32M0n.(H»0, of which $191- 000.000 already has been advanced. Much of this money has been spent for supplies now awaiting shipment and the Russians have been given vessels foe Us transport. Shipments will be held up by denial of bunker coal to the ships. to carry through their plana for a surprise attack. Tho stream of Gorman prison er* to hack lino was unabated Friday while hot fighting went on up front. Tank*, cavalry and in fantry were all in action. The enemy has now collected great forces of reserves and these were striving to press back the pincers which the Tommies are squeezing around Cambral. Joyful French chrUlans from Ger man occupied towns now repatriat ed by the British b.low were being transported to rear lines by motor concsntratad at Masnieres. All de clared that practically all the food they hsd eaten In months bad been that furnished by the American re lief commission. If this aid had not been forthcoming, they said they would have starved. So many of these refugees were freed by the British stroke that spe cial arrangements bad to bn made at rear depots for tbalr transfor. Road after kigf of tbsm ware brought to railway stations la motor lorriaa, un der ears of British Tommies who by their atfecUoa- ■mjmh if —MMm Mi Ftrabmea ef ed liar.** while It Is else stated by terraep end sate that the Rrt’uh Mae wings m u f jriber north thaa Grain e*iri. behind the broken wing ef the Mtadenbnrg line. If the lat ter La trae. the retreat of the G*r maa* eatn >4tflhe C j lat:« river Is la addition tn heavy lome* In or wounded mors Than mans bad been mad* prisoner up to midday Thursday. The British casualties are declared to be con siderably less than the number of s men. uri. tn the the French ns from ay, s counter y serious taken by south of region, took Wa9 attack which cost the lotKP* has been effectually blocked and Gen. retains troops are still holding their vantage points. The present battle more than any any other in the western theater has t;.kon on the savor of fighting In other wars when men struggled in the open aad cavalry made thrilling charges agaipst enemy guns. . Many' military critics have long contended ' cavalry was a thing of the past, but ! the mounted men have refuted this! Claim. Field Marshal Haig has clung to his horse troops throughout the weary months of trench fighting. He believes some day he will have a chance to use them and his judg ment has been vindicated. ^ Field Marshal Haig’s blow against the Cambral front represents true strategy. 'He had hammered at the enemy in Flanders until they were worn out. Ho had driven them back as far ate the mud would permit and compelled them to call on every ounce of strength they had to main tain themselves. Then he suddenly sprung his surprise attack in an un expected quarter. The Hindenburg lines on the Cam- brai... front were the strongest the Germans had laid out in the west. The enemy considered them Impreg nable. Not only were they strongly fortified, bnt they were protected by a very deep belt of garbed wire, which It waa thought only a pro tracted bombardment would cut aut hor of prisoners filing back to tba rear also la Increasing hourly It was 20 minute* after • Tues day morning when, after a night marked only by desultory small Br io roll >*'M 'ir*pt that wbirb they *■ • i^ on false prom I*** They nr* to !•? *•▼ lag tO lb*tf adhrr• r.t* W » xI**• yen peace ead lead.* the decree <*»**d oa Friday decUrtag all the fartort** aad workabspa eow tba yrop*«ty of tba warhmea M Tba fat are gaverameat. Dr. Mam hie* aald. will be a bomogeaeaaa all-1 ftoelalHit gov era amt. la regard to! whether tte futare. aoverfiqic^i in *J»l4 be r.a,. d lo rearlade !»r &>*kUe etpr*««*d the^ epluluu HlfT ttlfl lould ndF be the case • But.” be continued, “the fu ture government will have in on* of the planks of Its platform a demand the Allies again state tbelr war and thus cut the ground from under the <*et of th* German mill- tariiits. Before the present trouble began the government had worked out a scheme for forming a volun teer army. The next government will carry out this plan and will have the cordial help of Great Britain and America. This army will probably not be capable of great offensive ac tion but it will suffice for defensive purposes.” Dr. Soskice attributed the final downfall of Kerensky to what he alluded to as the misdirected bu- manitariantsm of the railway em ployees. Kerensky, he said, waa ad vancing from Gatchina with loyal troops and fighting had already be gun when the all-Russian nnion of railway servants issued an order to maintain neutrality by refusing to move trains carrying soldiers or mu nitions for either side. The result of this was disastrous to the Keren sky forces. * • *»Y. If k OM Wafer Want* ITM TU OH COlil MO af **44 vraibat a warn tag agat*«9 l rad la I act, pampe a*4 •ai*f ;*«k« • •-• a>«* amaga and attaudant repute *apenaa appaag tba fewestag axd bnrauug af tbrae frxt end rarity p •him M la v«M knew a. la lan aflan n*4 pr*»lM ageia a ia t»m* a*l nav are put tn much unaeranary anUay nb*fb a little fwc»* * fa i SMU 10 ATTACK VERDUN Germans Thin Eastern FVont for —- New Effort Against French. —^ y * ' _ .... .. •— • —r Mysterious bints from Germany of a large scale thinning of the eastern front, coincident with a sharp Teu ton blow at Verdun and terrific Ger man cannonading on that front re vived the theory that the Crown Prince has not abandoned his ambi tion to redeem himself hr’ taking the big fortress. Ills forces attacked the French Tuesday after violent artillery pre paration north of Canrieraa, on the right hank of the Dfensa. storming forward on n front of one kilometer tfive-eighths of a mile) The French guns flattened the onMsurht copaid- erably. so that the attnebara aontd illy near a 1 the grant •r part af tba In •euraty have a*et<«d x C eft an aaraa wtth tba nuaaai inddi auras and aangM napplag Aa seen aa In*stag sigh safest soar•• ta ram^etaly in drain tba aaatlaa « All tl nltb an rff««U«e nbUlr«%er aniuilaa nh ta lb* danger paint It baheoe* vx<ry awia* u ia catuod jr^ wrr xrirr ^i— r tb* aerp^ou cl * i -■ Ma 1,1 a 1 » uadT- and ora aaxy 4 tahe a tbanea** and dtlay It nniil aetikd *.:.*• r a r pravaiif I* uae'x gsrag* la w«U built anu tigM and If the c:.r *• i . d rather fraqaebU; aoc its baud la well covered at night t»peria!l> whU* the wafer <r* warm. *BL hv»%? blankets er with aa* of the regular padded ha*Hi rtiv«*ra Drawing cl me water whenever the car Is to be left In a trerzlng !• ru;** ra *urt u a m.1* pracltca only If the •)otcm is completely drained, and i)i\olvea •v aUit uu of inx^r which fta zeldoin warranted, aiibi* gh it niakr« prartic inte Die it:. 14 0 th«> sjsieu, with hot waitr w’lun the car U to b^ taken apt 1. l? i«f ;Late* »tartlng of tie engine. A good sized incaitdeseent .,uu :»*,. «»..». u .i; unoc? the hood will help until very cold cutfido tempera- lifH-.,* \a» if ibe hood l» kept heavily covered. Even thi’U^h H r ar „ .t .• provided with artiflf'kal beat, it sometimes bnppf n* ibat « .. 1 ii> prtiMUt lb rough deUy in starting the winter tire* . ( in all garages a reliable lheruiomei.‘j. i„ huiji • ♦ . ear and, when Us Indications approach the danger point • :> be In the morning), anti-freeze SUatlon fhoud h« *1 in ihc coding system, even though i!.*- radiatoi ti CLUTCH DRAGS FROM THICK Oil,. 0 ^ D. F. S. send.s oa the folio wing; Sometunu.s, when ] the < tigiii-® of my Ford, on a cold aiormn^, the car runs slowly forward, «>ven though the lever is in neutrai. Whv Is thlK and how can ii be prevented? a r; tu ,,ir*ntal t.vxk t. 1 have rebuilt ■ . .a u.nn r: - iniv a roadster and am iMKiiinp to put on a fuel tank of •Hiptlca.* forno, measuring as fol- o^.ngfh 86 Inches; longer dla- mcier. 16 inches, and It* shorter dl- •moeter, 12 inches. How can l da te renin* bow many gallons of gaao- Hue It will bold* Answer: First compute the of the elliptical end of the tai k m •quare laches then muKlply fb'»- re sult by the length of tbo taii« in tachra ta gat the volume la cubic Inches and finally divide this product by SSI (the number of euble inches In n gallon), ta gat tba nambor ef gallooo tba tank will hold. Tba area §e tba and af tba tank la Answer: Probably the 61; you are using Is of such a quality. Uuit. it thickens to much when Cold os to cause the diece of the, high-speed clutch te stick together enough to drive tho ear ahead, on high gear, against the resistance of the brakes. Yoqr oil dealer tan probably furnish you wtth a suitable cylinder oil of more satisfactory -cold test.** which will remain fluid*at the temperature* Go which your ear Is subjected Un til you •score *uch att. you lad bet tba front wheel when start- ioab after brake* € OO