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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-23
To PROMOTE
BIC ENDURANCE
RACE IN OCTOBER
Will Be Biggest Affair of Its
Kind Ever Held in New
Jersey.

The Newark STAR has always been
recognized as tho great friend of the
motor car interests, and has in the
past done everything possible 10 pro-
mote and encourage the automobile in
dustry. The STAR now proposes to
take a step farther in advance and to
offer to the dealers in automobiles one
of the greatest opportunities ever
given in New Jersey to enter a con-
test of endurance that viii be one of
the features of an already big motor
vehicle year.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to hold an endurance run early in
October that will be a fair test of the
running qualities of the cars handed
in tho Newark territory. A sanction
for holding the event has beer applied
for from the contest board of the Amer
lean Automobile Association, and the
contest. which 1t is nov planned will
he of about 100 miles duration, will be
run under the auspices of the Newark
Motor Club. the local representative of
the A. A.. A.
A tentative route has already been
laid out as follows: From Newark to
Hackettstown, over Schooley's Noun
tain, thence to Sparta and Newton, to
Newfoundland, to Greenwood Lake, to
Pompton and back to Newark via
Mountain View.
Such a route for an endurance con
test would combine every element Of
road work that an automobile might be
subjected too, as the roads encountered
VIII range from the most modern mac
adam to narrow country dirt ~by-paths,
and from the smoothest stretches Of
highway in New Jersey TO the steepest
and severest hills.
Already, 'cfore the official entry
blan,,s are printed. several dealers in
automobiles have signifed their inten-
ton of entering the contest, which will
be the only big motoring event in New
Jersey this year and OF pitting their
cars against the pick of the various
makes In an endeayor to win a perfect
score cup that will be offered by the
Newark STAR.
The cars that have already been mem
toned as entrants include the follow
ing makes: National, Stoddard-Day-
ton, Cole, Otto. White, Ford, Correja,
American. Buick, Everett, Jackson.
Mitchell, Alec, Premier. REQ and
Schacht, while practically every other
car represented in this territory will no
doubt be found In the lineup when the
contest starts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-23
NEW STODDARD MANAGER.

A. ]. Nj. Edwards, formerly connect
ed with the New York branch OF the
Stoddard Motor Company, has been
transferred to the Newark agency OF
that company, With offices at SO Hal
sey street. having taken charge as
manager this week, succeeding S. T..
Oplinger, who goes to the sales de-
partlnent of the same company.
Previous TO his connection with the
STANDARDIZATION forces Mr.. Edwards
was in charge OF the retail department
OF .Studebaker Bros. and prior to that
was manage OF the Electric. Vehicle
Company. and has been in the automo-
bile business practically since its in
ception, He Is n Of tho best known
men in the trade and is certain of
making a great success with the Stod-
dard- Dayton product In this territory.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-23

TRANSMISSION is Of the three
speed. selective type, having two
q inch shifter rods extending from
rear of case.
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NEW AL INVADES TOWN.

Manager j. n. Nicol, OF the Nicol-
Wincklhofer Company, announced yes
terdsy that he had closed with the Nc
Farlan Motor Car Company, OF Con
nersvllle, Ind, to represent the Me
Farlan six-cylinder ears in this terri
tory.
The McFarlan ia built with a six
cylinder motor exclusively and the
company has had vast experience in
building n handling automobiles. so
that the new six is sure to make u
popular name for itself in Newark,
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THE COMMERCIAL OTORT'RUCK
1900 AND 5000 POUNDS CAPACITY

The lew car built by the Commercial Motor Truck construction Company of Newark +.
has created surprise in the motor truck field Built Throughout as mmercal carte ARC 1--WE
hfcany buHta md designed to produce a practical truck for uninterrupted service under any
Remarkably simple and yet complete in very daan strong add durable, wtha Ill the most
advanced and improved features known in motto consruchont today, places tHc car in a CLASH
itself. A careful examination of the COMMERCIAL speaks fol itself and an actual running
test will convince the most skephcal of its sup eiony in comparison witt other trucks
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-23
SUSSEX CLUB RUN.

The first 9 aual run OF the SUSSEX
Automobile club is scheduled TO take
place today The committee having the
affair in charge have arranged an at
trsctive n huudred-mile trip from
Newton TO Bernardsvllle and return.
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Specifications

MOTOR, 4-cylinder, 4-cycle. water
cooled. vertical. 4-inch bore and 41s-
incl stroke.
CYLINDERS are offset. made from
higlI-grade material with very gen
erous water PAGES at all points.
PIsTONs are long and light. Both
p~istons aud rings are carefully
ground and fitted
CONNECTING RODS arc of drop
forged. open-hearth steel, adjustable
and pushed with die cast cadmium
nickel bronze.
CRANksHAFT is made from a
drop forging of high carbon steel,
which is e treated and ground,
with a large iange TO which ny
wheel Is bolted.
CAMSHAFT is a one-pfece forging
carefully hardened and ground, OF
large diameter, the cams having a
wide face. There are but three spur
F.. gears used in the entire motor, the
valves being all on one side and no
intermediate gear being employed.
MAGNETIC is of the high-tension
type, with automatic advance, with
or without battery.
CARBURETER is automatic, re-
q~uirine no adjustments whatever,
and which works at any speed of the
motor whether the weather Is hot or
cold. No springs or air valves which
get out of order.
MOTOR BEARINGS arc of very
generous dimensions and made of
die-cast cadmium nickel bronze.
oILING SYSTEM is automatic and
a combination of force feed and
gravity. The base carries a large
supply of oil, which is forced by a
gear pump, driven by the timber
shaft to a channel through the en-
sine base, and is screened each time
as II passes through the motor. this
screen being easily removed. From
there it Is delivered by gravity to a
pocket over each of the crankshaft
bearings, and a stream OF oil also
flows on the connecting rods as they
revolve, this oil l~ubricating these
bearings and throwing the excess oil
into the cylinders and upon the cams
and cam-shaft bearings.
CLUTCH is made of steel discs.
which arc tempered and ground. and
is so arranged that a stream of oil is
thrown on 1t at all times while motor
Is running.
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comfortable for the sergeants. who in
a fit OF desperation determined to fire
the gun 'as she was" The elevating
screw was given half turn less eleva-
ton, and the primer was inserted In
the vent. Then one of the sergeants
ran down the spiral stairs to see If the
coast was clear. leaving his comrade
in very uncomfortable position at the
end OF the lanyard. and lying fat on
the floor
1t was getting hotter up there every
second. and perfect hurricane OF shot
was sweeping over the PROSTATE SOL
der. Human nature could stand 1t no
longer The lanyard was pulled and
the gun was fired.
The other sergeant was Fastening UP
the stairway. and had almost reached
tho top. when he met the gun coming
down. or at least trying to. Having
been fired from battery" it had re-
coiled over the counter hurters. and.
turning q back somersault. had landed
across the head OF the stairway.
Realizing in moment what had hap
pened. and what would be to pay II
they were found out, the second SER
geant crept to the head Of the stairway
and called his comrade, who. scared al
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interior was filled with building ma
teriafs, guns. carriages, shot. shell, der
ricks. timbers. blocks and tackle. and
coils OF rope in great confusion. Few
guns were mounted, and these few were
chiefly on the lowest tier. The work was
intended for three tiers of guns. but the
embrasures of the second tier were in
complete, and guns could be mounted on
the first and third tiers only.
The complete armament OF the work
had not yet arrived. but there were more
guns on hand than we could mount or
man. The first thing to be considered
was Immediate defense. The possibility
of a sudden dash by the enemy, under
cover of darkness and guided by the dis
charged workmen then in Charleston, de-
manded instant attention. 1t was i'm
possible to spread sixty-five men over
ground intended for 60 some of the
embrasures had to be bricked up. Select
ing those, therefore, essential to artillery
defense, and mounting guns in them, An
derson closed the rest. This was the
work of many days; but We were In no
immediate danger of an artillery attack.
The armament of Moultrie was destroyed
it's guns were spiked and their carriages
burned; and II would take a longer time
to put them in condition than 1t would
to mount the guns of Sumter
Moving such immense quantities or ma
terial, mounting guns. distributing shot
and bricking UP embrasures kept us busy
for many weeks But order was coming
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On the Decorated.

e ENATOR BEVERIDGE. at O reception
~ in Washington, smiled delightedly as
an ambassador passed whose coat front
was one blaze Of decorations.
They look NICE" said Senator Beveridge.
'but. after all, they don't mean much"
He laughed.
IAN actor" he resumed. 'once played
In small German principality for a fort
night. The grand duke. to his disap-
pointment, failed to decorate him. He
mentioned this oversight at court din
ner to a chamberlain, and the rext day
he was sent for.
My friend said the grand duke.
handing the actor a box, here Is some
thing to remember me by
THE overjoyed actor departed, but his
cab had hardly gone ten yards when or
dering it to return again. the actor was
once more ushered into the grand dukes
presence.
"'Oh. SIR he said. Z had to drive back
There are two crosses in the box
oh. no matter said the grand duke.
Give the other to the cabman.'"
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directed that shot be fred every five
minutes, and mentioned that there was
some danger of the magazine eXpIod
ing. Some of the men rushed to the
door of the magazine and hurriedly
dug trench in front Of 1T. which they
kept filled with water until the dan
ger was considered over.
1t was during this excitement that
ex-senator Wigfall of Texas. visited
the fort. 1t came the turn Of one OF
the guns on the left face of the work
to fire, and as the cannoneer approach
ed for the purpose of loading, he dis
covered a man looking in at the en-
brasure. The man must have raised
himself to the level Of the embrasure
by grasping the sill with his hands.
A short but lively alteration ensued
between the man and the cannoneer
the man pleading to be taken in lest
he should be killed with his own shot
and shell. He was hauled in, Thomp-
son, the cannoneer, first receiving his
sword. to the point Of which a white
handkerchief was attached. not by way
OF surrender, but for convenience.
Once inside. the bearer asked to See
Maj. Anderson. The major was soon on
the spot and opened the conversation by
asking, ITO what am Indebted for this
visit2" The visitor replied, "I am Col.
Wigfall of Gen. Beauregard's staff For
Gods sake, major, let this thing stop.
There has been enough bloodshed al
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The Right Sort.

"PIERpoST MoR ;tS said . soma
Willard. has the happy faculty of keep
ing many faithful friends.
II said to a certain northumberland the
other day:
do you remember coming to me
It's twenty years ago now-and asking me
to get you Job under Mr.. Morganr
You bet I do the millionaire replied.
You got 1t for me, too
Yes. got IL for you,' agreed. You
told me to tell Mr.. Morgan that you were
SO anxious to be near him, to learn under
him, that you'd black his boots and brush
ber?'
No. I don't remember said the mil
lionaire, but I'm sure i said it, for I'd
gladly black his boots and brush his
clothes today"
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tsie alone. where the IS soldiers were sta
tened. required 800 men for Its derense'
Fort Moultrie was considered rather
pisasant station. Sullivans Island being
Q favorite summer resort Many OF the
wealthy citizens Of Charleston had their
summer residences there, and, indeea.
some Of them lived there all the year
around. The garrison consisted OF two
skeleton companies and the regimental
band Of the LIST Artillery. They had &C.
cupaed the fort since 1857 and were
fairly we'll acquainted In the neighbor-
hood. Indeed. several of the men had
been enlisted at the post and were native
Carolinians.
As the political pot began to boil to-
ward the close of 1880 and secession was
openly discussed, the social position Of
the garrison became anomalous. Army
officers had always been favorites in the
south. but enlisted men were social out
casts. 1t was rather surprising, there
fore, to find them receiving attentions
from civilians. But the secessionists were
determined to have the fort. and they
wanted to get 1T without bloodshed. They
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left. This was about O'clock in the
afternoon
Wigfall's conference was not OF long
duration. He left the fort in the small
boat which brought him from Morris
Island. Shortly after his departure an
other small boat from Sullivans Island.
containing officers I'm full uniform (Wig-
fall wore citizens dress with his sword,
approached the fort.
The officers in this boat were very much
astonished and annoyed at being warned
off by the sentinel and compelled to
show a white flag before they were per-
mitted to approach.
They were received by the officer OF the
day, who apclogized for not meeting them
affoat, saying that all our boats had been
destroyed by shot or burned up They
were indignant at their reception, and
demanded to know whether or not the
fort had surrendered. What was said I'm
reply was not distinctly heard by the
writer. but II was believed to be a mega
tive. The officers then asked what the
white flag meant. and Wigfalrs name
was mentioned in reply.
About this time Maj. Anderson made
his appearance, and the visitors, still talk
ing in an indignant tone, addressed them
selves to him. What was said seemed to
be a repetition of what had just been
said to the officer OF the day. The ma
jor's replies were inaudible where the
writer OF this stood. except when he
raised his hand in a sweeping sort Of
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haA failed with the commissioned officers.
and they had no better success with the
soldiers: every enlisted man remained
faithful to the Union.
The old commander OF Fort Noultrie,
Col. John L. Gardner, was removed:
the new one. Maj. Robert Anderson OF
Kentucky, arrived November 81 AS a
southern man he was expected to be rea-
sonAble. If he had scruples upon the
question of qualified allegiance he might
surrender on demand. on purely profess
slopal grounds. But his actions clearly
indicated that he would not surrender on
demand He continued defensive prepara-
lions with much energy and zeal as
his predecessor. and manifestly meant to
fight. This was very discouraging to the
peoachers Of bloodless secession, and
when he transferred his command to
Sumter their occupation was completely
gone. Nothing but war would now get
him out
The transfer OF Maj. Anderscn's COM
mand from Moultrie to Sumter was neat
ly executed early In the evening of De-
cember rs, 1890. 1t was few minutes
after sunset when the troops left Moul-
trie, the short twilight was about over
when they reached the boats: fifteen or
twenty minutes more carried them to
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to the effect of such shot on the IRON
clad battery. The gunners made excel
lent practice, but the shot were seen to
bounce of its sides like peas. 1t was
evident that throwing thirty-two-pounder
shot at it, at a mile range, was a waste
or iron, and the attention of the gunners
was transferred to Fort Moultrie.
Moultrie was, perhaps less satisfac-
tory target than the tronclad. It was
literally buried under sand bags, the very
Threats OF the embrasures being closed
with cotton bales. The fact that the EN-
brasures were thus closed was not known
in Sumter till after the bombardment. 1t
explained what was otherwise inexplica-
Bile Shot would be seen to strike an en-
brasure, and the gunner would feel that
he had settled one gun for certain, but
even while he was receiving congratula-
tons Of his comrades the supposed dis
abled gun would reply.
4 y
The smoke which enveloped the Con-
federate batteries during tho first day,
while not 50 thick as entirely to obscure
them. was sufficiently SO to make visual
aiming extremely unreliable; and dur
ing the second day, when Sumter was
on fire, nothing could be seen beyond the
muzzles Of our own guns. But the aim
ing arrangements. due to the foresight
an ingenuity OF Capt. Doubleday. enabled
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and took a few steps toward the en-
brasure, when the major called him back,
saying, IF you desire that to be seen
you had better send it to the parapet"
There was a good deal more said on
the subject OF the white flag both by
Wigfall and the major. but the end Of it
all was that white flag was ordered
to be displayed from the parapet at the
request OF Col. Wigfall, and pending ne
done. a hospital sheet being used for the
purpose. Then the firing gradually
ceased, and the major and his officers
and Col Wigfall retired into the hos
pital bombproof. the only habitable room
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gesture in the direction OF Fort Moul-
trie, and said, Very well, gentlemen, you
can return to your batteries" They did
not return, however. Immediately but
were conducted into the hospital where
Wigfall had been, and remained there
some time. When they left we learned
that there would be no more firing until
Gen. Beauregard had time to hear from
his government at Montgomery.
About 4 o'clock in the evening another
white flag brought the announcement that
the terms agreed upon between Gen.
Beauregard and Maj. Anderson had been
confirmed, and that We would leave Fort
Sumter the following day: which we did,
after saluting our flag with fifty guns.
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tars had kept up a very slow fire all
night. which gradually warmed up after
daylight as their batteries seemed to
awaken, until its vigor was about equal
to their fire of the day before. The feet
was still off the bar-perhaps waiting to
see the end.
Fire broke out once or twice In the OFF,
GERS quarters. and was extinguished. 1t
broke out again in several places at once,
and we realized the truth and let the
quarters burn. They were firing red-hot
shot. This was about 8 o'clock. AS soon
as Sumter was noticed to b on fire the
secessionists increased the fire of their
batteries to q maximum. In the perfect
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clear out of battery, but did no further
damage.
The fire had now enveloped the mag
azine, and the danger Of an explosion
was imminent. Powder had been car
ried out all the previous day. and 1t
was more than likely that enough had
sifted through the cartridge bags to
carry the fire into the powder chamber.
Maj. Anderson. his head erect az IL
on parade called the men around him;
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us to fire with as much accuracy when we
could not see the object as when We
could Early on the first day several
vessels of the feet were observed off the
flag to them. This was done. and the
salute was returned.
Maj. Anderson had given orders that
only the casemate batteries should be
prompted by a desire to save his men. it
operated also, in some degree. to save the
Confederates. Our most powerful bat
teries and all our shell guns were on the
use. We were compelled to oppose q de-
structive shell fire with solid shot alone.
Had we been permitted to use our shell
guns we could have made 1t much hvelier
generally for our adversartes.
This was so apparent to tho men that
one Of them-a man named Carmody-
stole up on the ramparts and deliberately
fired every barbette gun In position on
the Moultrie side Of the work. The guns
were already loaded and roughly aimed.
and Carmody simply discharged them in
succession; hence the effect was less
than 1t would have been II the aim had
been carefully rectiied. But Carmody's
effort aroused the enemy to sense of
his danger. He supposed. no doubt. that
Maj. Anderson had determined to open
his barbette batteries, so he directed
every gun to bear on the barbette tier of
Fort Sumter, and probably believed that
the vigor Of his fire induced Mai Ander
son to change his mind. But the contest
was merely Carmody against the Con-
federate states; and Carmody had to
back down because he was unable. sim
gle-handed. to reload his guns.
Another amusing incident in this line
occurred on the Morris Island side of tho
fort There. in the gorge anglo, a ten
inch columbiad was mounted, en- bar
bette. and as the forty-two-pounders Of
the casemate battery were making no
impression on the Cummings point iron
battery. two veteran sergeants deter
mined to try a shot at the iron battery
from the big gun.
AS this was a direct violation Of orders,
caution was necessary. Making sure that
no officers were near. the two sergeants
stole upstairs to the ten-inch gun. 1t
was loaded and aimed already. they very
we'll knew. so all they would have to do
was to fire it. This was the work OF
few seconds only. The gun was fired.
and those in the secret down below
watched the flight of the shot in great
expectations OF decided results
Unfortunately the shot missed not
bad shot-almost grazing the crest of
the batteryJbut a miss, A little less ele-
walton. a very little, and the battery
would have been smashed; so thought
the sergeants. for they had great faith
in the power Of their gun. and they de-
termined to try a second shot. The gun
was reloaded, a feat of some difficulty
for two men. but to run 1t I'm battery"
was beyond their powers. 1t required the
united efforts of six men to throw the
carriage 'in gear" and the two sergeants
could not bulge It,
Things were getting desperate around
them. The secessionists had noticed
the first shot, and had now turned
every gun that would bear on that ten
inch gun They were just getting the
range. and it was hsEi}ni1E to be un-
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ready" To which the major replied,
There has been none on my side. and.
besides, your batteries are still firing on
me-" At which Wigfall exclaimed. "Pll
soon stop that and turning to Thomp-
son, who still held the sword under his
arm, he said, pointing to the handker-
chief Wave that out there"
Thompson handed the sword to Wig
fall, saying, in substance, "Wave it your
self" Wigfall received back his sword