The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-05
WANTS STATUE or
L|NC0LN|N CAPITAL
Senator Cullom Says Government
Has Delayed Action Long Enough
Other Washington News.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-The cree
ton OF monume [ IN this city in
honor OF Abraham Lincoln will be
urged upon congress for approval by
Senator Cullom Republican lllinois).
lie believes that Lincoln has been too
long neglected and that a memorial
should be erected without further de-
lay and regardless OF expense. Wheth-
er the cost should be $2.00O,0O or
S3.O00,0O0, Senator Gullom said should
not be given consideration i'm the So
lection Of suitable design.
Cullom was close friend OF Lin
coln and thus the personal element as
well as his admiration for l.incon's
greatness enters into his desire To see
the emancipation properly honored.
Provision for the erection OF me-
mortal, he says, lis wish | cherish
as duty which / hope may be full
filed before l end my service"
The lroject has been pending in
congress for years nut failure OF tho
statesmen TO agree upon site has
prevented legislation.
Two statues OF Lincoln now grace
the streets OF Washington. One
shows him in the act OF striking shac-
kles from slave and the other is \
small statue OF the war president
standing on high pillar OF stone. The
demand. however Is for grand me-
mortal and Senator Cullom believes
that. conditions are favorable for get
ting action By congress this winter.
lnvents New Auto Tire.
Tidings from England herald the in
vention OF All automobile tire with all
the good qualities OF a pneumatic tire
but containing no rubber. This re-
markable sep in the progress of auto
improvements is cOncisely described
by ConsLi General John l.. Grifiiths IN
q report from London, as follows:
The springs are MADE OF slightly
tapered strips OF special steel coilcd
spirally ia such way that the greater
part of each turn is within the proceed
ing one. and that under sufficient com
preston the whole OF the inner coils
can be forced within the outermost
one. To the surfaces or the links
which roll on the ground are cement
ed blocks of 4 hard composition az
fiber and gutta-percha compacted dn-
der pressure. and these IL is stated.
can be renewed VIXEN worn away at
cost of 81 cents &c 1922 for each
wheel
The aim of the invention has been
TO initiate the action OF the pneumatic
tire. An obstacle such as stone
does not cause the whole wheel to
rise, IA in the case with an ordinary
iron-tired wheel. but is. as II were,
swallowed up. the link or links Inn
mediately effected yielding by virtue
Of the hinges and bringing into play
the resilienCy not merely OF one or
two OF the springs, but OF the whole
OF them round the entire circumfer-
ence
THE wheel is intended for use on
heavy commercial vehicles and mo-
tor omnibuses. 10 give them the bene'
At of the pneumatic tire with the
employment of no particle OF rubber.
Another advantage claimed is immun-
ity from side slip. while dust is sucked
up To much smaller extent than
with pneumatic tires.
A short run in London traffic on
pleasure car eXperimentally fitted
with these wheels showed that they
AFFORD remarkable degree or re-
siliency and it is stated that their
effectiveness is enhanced at high
speeds"
Reports concerning saving banks 49,
sued by the comptroller OF the cur
rency carry some OF the largest
figures in the government records.
The latest report shows that there
were 9.142.90S depositors and the mum
Der of saving banks was 1853. The
total amount Of the deposits was S4,-
O7O. 4S6.245. an average OF $445.2O to
each depositor. The states in when
the saving deposits aggregate more
than 800, 100000 are in round mum
bers. New York, 81 100000 California,
1894, 900, 600; Massachusetts. SOL
600 900; Connecticut. S247 900, 900:
Iowa. s168.00O, 900: Ohio. $4,000, 900:
Pennsylvania, sl76,00O,000, and New
Jersey, $106000,000
"Hark, From The Tombsl"
Harking back nearly half century
and resurrecting relices Of war times,
United States Attorney Clarence X.
Wilson has reopened case which his
father. Nathaniel Wilson. as assistant
United States attorney, closed In 1863.
The quaint old case involves the dis
tribution OF fund Of sl,l69.9S the pro-
ceeds from the sale Of twenty-three
horses and mules. which were seized
as prizes of war on the Upper Ten
nessee river in 1863, by three federal
vessels. the Lexington, the Robb and