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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
INSURANCE MEN PICK THE
STUDtBAKERS TO RIDE IN
1t is Thought That Showing Of
Great Safety Influenced
Their Choice

Automobile insurance, protecting
the owners OF cars against accident
robbery and other hazards, Is now q
highly specialized business. More
than 10000 claims are passed or
daily by the officers OF the "a acciden
insurance companies. making up wha
is known as the Detroit conference
Records on which rates are based
rival In degree OF completeness those
accumulated in many years Of life
insurance history.
One OF the most interesting tables
furnished the conference at it's an
nual meeting in Detroit few days
ago showed the percentage and
variety of accidents, arranged accord
ing TO the various makes of motor
cars.
Strenuous efforts were made by
several manufacturers TO secure this
table. II was readily appreciated that
the manufacturer whose cars made
the best showing In the table would
be fully qualified TO claim his product
the safest on the market. The insur-
ance men refused to allow such use
OF their private information, but the
word was quietly passed around that
the Identity OF the true leader In the
table would be disclosed In an informal
way before the conference was over.
One of the scheduled events of the
Detroit meeting was an automobile
ride which would carry the delegates
around Belle Isle, through a part Of
the city's manufacturing district and
along the shores OF Lake st. Clair,
east OF town. TWAS naturally infer
red that the executive officers of the
big accident insurance companies
would pick for this outing those cars
which their table showed winners of
the safety leadership
Detroit hospitality was never more
freely offered All the Detroit manu-
facturers offered cars for the ex-
dealers representing manufacturers
located elsewhere. The conference
virtually had its pick Of the entire
American field.
The decision came In the form or
a letter TO the Studebaker Corpora
ton from Henry c. Walters, repre-
sentative OF the conference. In II
Mr.. Walters reviewed the situation
and stated that, with the safety tabu-
lation playing the star part In the
choice, the members OF the confer
ence had expressed desire 70 make
the seAedalsd-ride In Studebaker
cars
The cars were gladly supplied and
the trip made without incident, the
Studebaker "20" and go" cars living
up to their tabulated safety reputa-
tons in every respect
The testimonial from the insur-
ance experts Is proably the first that
has ever been rendered car in q
contest where safety was the sole de-
termining factor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
FLANDERS WANT TO GET
tLECTRICS IN BIG TOUR
Pelletier Suggests That Dis
tinct Division for This
Class Be Created

Inasmuch as the route has been COW
cred by the Flanders Electric and It's
feasibility thereby proven, E. lie Roy
Pellitler. advertising manager Of the
Flanders company, has suggested TO
the touring board of the A. A. A., that
separate and distinct division be
created In the forthcoming National
Reliability tour-Detroit to New Or
leans-for electric pleasure vehicles.
This schedule to be somewhat slower
than that for gasoline cars.
II believe this would do more to
enlighten the public and the trade on
the possibilities OF the modern cleo
trio than anything else that could be
DONE" says Mr.. Pelletier, "and the
Flanders company would welcome the
opportunity to demonstrate under Of
fetal supervision, the possibilities or
our electric"
AS to charging facilities, Mr.. Pelle-
tier assures the A. A. A. that any
electric which can make 125 to $50
miles on a charge on city pavements,
can make this trip. for, while II Is
not possible to make as great mile
age on country roads and over hills
and through sand, as on pavements
and boulevards, any good electric
ought to make rs miles on a charge
even under the worst conditions that
Will be encountered on this trip.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
AuIOMObILE ROAD RACE
RECORDS ARE TO FALL
IN MILWAUKEE MEETING
Race Drivers are Blowing Into
Milwaukee to Prepare for
Big Events
ls BRIDGES ARE REBUILT
Four Turns Have Been Made as
Safe as Possible by
Long Sweeps

r MILWAUKEE. Wis. Sept. RE
cent rains, which have fallen on the
Wauwatosa track, which is now prac-
fically ready for the Vanderbilt cup
races, have proved helpful TO the
highway, and experts who viewed the
course today predicted that several
road race records would fall when
the automobile race drivers hit the
track on Sept. IL, 20 and 21. Plans
were made to close the course tomor-
row to general traflc in order 20 put
on the finishing touches.
~ A dozen more race drivers are ex-
pected to arrive today. Caleb Bragg.
the youthful millionaire who has
piioted his cars to victory In several
races; Ralph De Palma winner or
two road races at Elgin, H.. last Sat.
urdRy: Hughie Hughes, who took the
Aurora cup at Elgin, and Brad. Pullen,
renowned as road race driver, are
now CHARTERED here with their cohorts.
The Wauwatosa course included
four turns and four long straight
Always. The turns have been con-
structed with sweep that makes II
upossible to take them at high speed.
The Sommerville turn. the least
safe Of the four, can be made at
speed OF 20 miles an hour, according
to the drivers who have visited the
track. The courage of the driver and
the speed ability of the machine are
the only limits 10 the miles an hour
on the straightaways.
Nineteen bridges and culyerts on
fhe course have been rebuilt OF con-
trete with roadbeds OF a minimum
width OF 80 feet. The drivers Will be
permitted TO tune their machines up
bn Wednesday. Sept. ], giving them
Xix days to practice on the course at
any speed.
The distance in the Grand Prix
which opens the meet, is 40 miles.
The course is approximately eight and
one-half miles around. The winner
will receive the gold trophy donated
nv the Automobile Club OF America,
and $4,000. The second prize Is S2,-1
so: third, $3.50; fourth. $3.50, and
eth, $500. The Pabst blue ribbon and
Wisconsin Motor Challenge trophy
.contests will be staged on Friday.
Inc HIST Prize tOE thc dbct AaNV VI
900 miles, will be $500 and the trophy;
second. $500; third, $3.50. and fourth,
SIPS. Prizes are the same for the
wisconsin race OF 175 miles.
+ To the winner of the SO0-mile event
OF Sept. 81, is given the Vanderbilt cup
and $4,000: second, $4,000; third, ST.
900, and fourth, $500. Ralph milford,
present holder OF the cup, VIII de-
Tend It,
Three more entries were made this
week. These are trio OF Mason
cars entered for the wisconsin trophy
event, which takes place on Sept. 20.
three days after the Grand Prix event.
This Is 174h-mile event for cars or
from 1920 cubic inches. AS yet
the pilots for the little cars have not
been picked. but Harry Endicott may
head the team. Another Mason car
has been nominated for the 21S-mile /,
Pabst trophy event, and will strive TO .
capture the beautiful prize offered by /
Col. Gustave Pabst.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

duced It's cars in 1907, and their out
put for 1913 will be approximately
10000 cars.
The story OF Fred w. Haines, at
the age OF 80 the operating head of
enc OF the most progressive automo-
bile companies In the country. reads
Ike a romance. II is story OF strus-
gle and victory over adversely.
As a youth Mr.. Haines aspired 10
become an electrical engineer and
spent all OF his spare time experil
-mentn2- and-delYing into the acience
OF electricity. After his schooling
was completed he started out for him.
self In the electrical construction
business.
At this time automobiles were in
their infancy but Mr.. Haines deter.
mined TO own one. Unable to afford
machine. he built one himself-a
crude vehicle compared to the motor
cars Of today.
Mr.. Haines determined to excel
and he constructed another car
which was so good that capital was
/ speedily interested, and eventually
the Regal Motor Car company was
founded In the fall OF 1907. Mr.
Haines threw his energy and individ
uality into the venture. and II was HIS
vision and ability that gave the world
the first moderately priced 3O.horss
power touring car.
Mr.. Haines-a practical engineer
himseif-was convinced OF the utility
: aaa safety of the "Hnderslung, prin,
ciple as applied 10 the automohiia-
convection that resulted in the con
-strnetieR and marketing On a tFemen
dons scale OF the Regal Underslung:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
HANDLEY COMPLETES
NEW ORGANIZATION

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept 7.-(Spe-
csal) -Announcement was made here
yesterday by President J. J. Handley,
OF the Marion Motor Car company. OF
the completion OF his new organiza,
ton Under his direction an execu-
tive stan composed OF men OF national
prominence In the industry have come
to this city and have reorganized the
Marion company.
Some four months ago Mr.. Handley.
who also remains president OF the
American Motors Company, turned his
attention TO the Marion factory, In
creased the capitalization. and mado
big plans for enlarged production and
distribution.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

Four favored employees or the Ford
Motor Co. are constantly possessed
of ebullous spirits. They chatter
quick, incisive snatches OF converse
ton as they work. They walk with a
springing step that betokens excess
OF animal energy. Never are they abb
sent from their places In the big au-
tomobile factory because OF sickness.
On the other hand they steadily grow
stronger and more healthful. The
four are the fortunate ones who are
selected to magnetic V-shaped pieces
OF steel for service In the Ford mag
neto.
Shop superintendent and foremen
who have observed the different men
employed on the magnetizers during
the last three or four years, say II Is
wonderful what changes take place In
the men.
Where before a man walked with
shutting gait and performed his
duties Enthusiastically, after three or
four months on a magnetizer, he be-
comes saturated with animation and
energy. His health which may have
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
pont,s For MotorcycIlsts.

Don't start on a long trip without
first alltng -up-the oil and gasoline
tanks.
Don't use automobile or any old oil
for your motorcycle. Use only
heavy grade OF oil made especially for
motorcycles.
Don't forget to remove the battery
plug when you stop the motor;
short circuit will soon ruin the bat
teries.
Don't open the cutout in the city.
Don't ride fast In the city OF aroun
sharp curves. You may not be able
TO stop quickly enough.
Don't race your motor on the stand;
1t will overhead and ruin II.
Don't forget to strain the gasoline.
Dirt and water will cause carbureter
trouble.
Don't ride your motorcycle II the
tires are fat: It will cut and pincn
the inner tube.
Dent neglect keeping all nuts set
tight: loose OF lost nut may CAUSE
an accident.
Don't carry passenger on the
tank OF your machine.
Don't forget TO oil the chain; its
bearings need oil occasionally to keen
II In good order.
Don't ride a machine whose belt
slips excessively either shorten II or
apply some good belt dressing.
Don't neglect or abuse your motor.
cycle and II will serve you as a
friend.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

mechanical experience, is always a
better designer than any factory man.
nc matter how long the latter may
have bee min the business.
When a battery is weak the proper
procedure Is to put her on the mag. I"
which Is a more or less logical abbre-
Walton Of magnetic. IL the driver of
a four-cylinder car fails TO get his mo-
tor to fire on the normal complement
OF cylinders he describes II as hit
ting only on one" but that condition
can't keep up for long. The car which
is normally equipped with bit one
cylinder, OF which there are so few
nowadays, was long ago christened the
"one lunger." When a car fails to
yield its full power or stops 1t dies"
Similarly to stall motor is TO kilt Is
It"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
PIPE THE SLANG THESE
CHAUFFEURS HONK-HONK
AS THEY GET THE GAS
An Automobile is Never a Gar"
to Chauffeurs; It's
a Boat
OR A BUNCH OF JUNK
He Never "Cranks" a Motor,
But He "Spins 'er" or
Turns 'er Over"
)R A BUNCH OF JUNK"

Any new business or amusement
brings with 1t its own line of slang
phrases, but although automobiling Ia
hardly a brand new thing the de-
velopment Of racy and original
phrases in 1t has been slow. Perhaps
because the chauffeur, who ought TO
tie responsible for the growth OF mo-
tor slang, contents himself with using
phrases that belong to other crafts
there Is no very lengthy glossary Of
motor car phrases.
When the chauffieurs says ''step on
her tall he-means "totake II on the
loop" which, OF course, is to give
her the juice or In other words TO
make the car bound over the road.
Occasionally he varies these by telling
hat he gave her a KICK" the general
idea being that he made use OF the
accelerator in order to hurry the car
along. II he says he ''tickled the mo-
tor" he does not necessarily mean
that he went around with feather
trying TO excite the risibilities OF any
rart Of the machinery, but simply that
he ''jiggled" a par of the carbureter
in order to get little fog Of gas into
the cylinders preparatory to spin
ming her,
BY spinning" OF course he meant
the operation Of cranking the motor.
The chauffeur never "cranks" a mo-
tor He either turns her owe" or
spins her" With the growing use
OF the self-starter or self-cranking de-
new system Of describing this oper-
alton.
An automobile, by the way, Is rare
~ a car machine. but usually a
boat" Boat" however, Is not as
ecent or In as good form as "botter.
Boiler" is no heritage necessarily
from the days OF steam cars, but II
applies very we'll TO -few-ef-them
which get overheated. A chauffeur
does not speak OF the fuel he uses as
gasoline or-as some folks who are
not very well acquainted with alto
mobiles say-"oil." The stun he uses
is always gas" so that he has no dis
tinctive phrase for acetylene, which
Is used in some headlighting systems.
when a chauffeur says oil he means
lrbricating oil.
The chauffeur has his own set OF
dislikes. which generally begins with
bis employer and includes his car and
all the appointments on IT, However.
IN the presence OF other chauffeurs
he Is more than likely to defend the
particular boat" be Is handling, and
OF course IL II happens to be a fairly
large sized machine he describes any
thing else smaller than II as a road
lcuse." That Is particularly the
phrase for a taxicab. There are some
small touring cars which scuttle about
tie roads to which his name always
isSpplied.
"A bunch OF junk" is undoubtedly
originally a chauffeur's phrase FOR de-
scribing a car which he did not like,
perhaps because he could not get his
commission from the dealer for In
eucing his employer TO buy one. n
Is to- be understood that bunch Of
Junk" IS not an entirely severe con.
domination, because that phrase il APP
Bl.ed 70 any car OF which he does no,
even In the least particular approve.
II must be known that the chauffeur
no matter how little his driving or
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
They Magnetic Pieces of Steel
And Get New Life from Their Work
Ford Factory Possess Ebuous Spirits Working
in Magnetic Department

been none too good, suddenly begins
TO improve, although he visits no doc
tor and takes no medicine. He Is I'M
dergoing the finest OF electrical treat
ments for eight hours each day.
His muscles swell and assume the
proportions Of those OF the workers
in the foundry, believed by some To be
place where muscle growing is a
specially. But the electricity develops
finer physiques than maui and crow
bar ever did.
One employee was threatened with
tuberculosis. He was put to work on
magnetizer Inside sf a year all
trace Of the dread white plague had
fled.
1t is explained by the wise ones that
when the steel receives the shock or
the electric current il passes some or
this current on TO the man who Is hold
ing II, not very much, but enough TO
count after constant repetitions. II
is this shocking hundreds OF times
each day, that causes the bubbling
spirits, the robust health and the en-
ergetic carriage.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

Undaunted by the sight OF a sister,
aviator dashed to death from an aero
plane while she herself scared at the
dizzy height of 5000 feet, Miss
Blanche Stewart Scott, International
ly famous as a trans-continental auto
mobile and air pilot, is TO try for a
new woman's record. She will at
tempt a fight OF the English Chan
mel in a hydro-aerorlane within a few
days.
Though 1t was only after three
sickening attempts that Miss Scott
was able TO land her biplane when
Miss Harriet Quimby was killed q a
Boston aviation meet, few weeks
ago and though the former collapsed.
and hysterical when her
machine finally reached the earth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
Though She Saw Sister-Aviator
Dashed to Death, She Flies Still
Miss Blanche Scott Watched Harriet Qumby Fall to He
Doom But She Won't Give up Aviation

her indomitable spirit would not al
low her TO give up the flying game.
Within a week after the accident Miss
Scott was in the air again and she Is
now about 10 undertake a very diff
Hcult feat, the navigation OF the
treacherous air currents above the
English Channel which have proved
the Waterloo Of many an intrepid
flyer.
Miss Scott's first experience in the
thrilling life she has chosen came in
1903 when she drove an Overland
automobile from New York TO San
Francisco. This was at a time when
women automobile drivers. even on
the streets OF quiet villages and
cities. were as scarce as the proven
bal hens teeth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
Break PsthandIup n.ror..

= All records tor rsFste-IiE4= I4stEgadtng
We're broken by Dat III Lewis I'm iay-
lnk out the route for the endurance
run, OF the Automobile club 81 pnYaIo
hfaing With George Crist IN a stude-
BAKER 80 Lewis covered and charted
more than 500 mites In four DAVIS. The.
exact average was 213 miles a day
,enis bre1ts the Glidden- tour pathhnd-
ing record held by the studchaker go
Which Iald the route between New York
ana Jacksonville q year ago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
STAY AWAY FOR Is
DAYS"

That's the limit on D. & c.
Line excursion @to=the north
country Monday. September
9th. Sufferers from hay fever
viii get positive relief from the
pine-scented air Of Mackirac
Island. Make your reservations
early.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
Motorcycle Races.

Chairman Thornley,, OF the F. A. VI
competition committee has issued
sanctions for race meets az Oshkosh.
Wis, Towanda Pa. Cleveland. Ohio
fUuugwusd.. Pa-,on Sept. s, i0.@I1
and II respectively.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

a Cutting. 1913 model. has been Sc
lected a. the pathfinder car for the
rhicago reliability run. which will start
Oct and end Oct IL The car left
.chlcaKo. wednesday, Sept g. and has
loo miles OF northern Illinois and
resterp Iowa 20 cover. L. j. De Bronx.
81 the Dan Dodge company. dis
, iFlhntora for Cutting cars In Illinois, IL
dffvlnn the pathdnder.==
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

The contest board of the American
Au,omobIle association has formally
recognized as a record the performance
OF Jack Tower who drove Studebaker
car rs miles in 21:l2i2. during the
eneedwaY Meeting at Los Angeles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09
1000 MotorcxeIe. m Cook CO.

n Il estimated that there are e,osa
motorcycles IN Cook county w., and
most Of these are in Chicago, the
county seat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

Mrs. J. O. Nyman. OF Savonburg.
Kas recently drove her Studebaker
$50" from her home 10 Denver and re-
turn accompanied orfy-by- her sister
The girls had uninterrupted trip
ard sre planning something even more
extensive.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

T61fl1e KID" Nichols. the one-tlme
Amour Boston pitcher is making a
|II1l record az an automobile sales
('>rpsr.sisn,s kansas CITY branch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

Bu.Ips.s-TIke PrfnH,s no fuss ,ad
NJ fertilizers Thr piain neat KtHd IL,
looks right. Times Pvintins Co.. ~
John R--st p IT city -sass
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-09-09

Don't start on a long trip without
first allIng -up-the oil. and gasoline
tanks.
Evening journal., 1912-05-13
AGAINST pANKHURsr METHODS.

- UFFRAGISTS IA Great Britain at last have awak-
- ened to the fact that riotous campaigns such as
been led by Mrs. Pankhurst and other militant
leaders far from profitable the and that
II they to accomplish anything practical they must
comport themselves more as their American sisters
in the doing That is confessed frankly
by Mrs Fawcett president of the National Union Of
womens Suffrage Societies OF Great Britain who with
other earnest workers for the cause, is dsmayed by
the fact that several members OF Parliament who had
pledged themselves favor for women have
nounced those pledges. In explanation Of such
citation they have said that they be allied with
a movement which is under the control of women who,
abandoning argument and orderly methods, resort to
riotous demonstrations. including window-smashing
and assaults.
It may be said the credit Of the National Union
Of womens Suffrage Societies thatit never has been
identified with such demonstrations They have been
made under the auspices of the Women's Political and
Social Union militant branch that controlled by the
Pankhursts and the Mrs Fawcett says she
has been filled with because of the conduct of
the misguided women who follow the Pankhurss and
the Lawrences She adds that the organization Of
which she the head always has disapproved of the
Of physical force means of political propaganda
Mrs Fawcett adds very sensbly that the Justice and
expedency of any cause are not affected by the un-
wisdom of of its advocates.
"The steady augumentave agitation Of forty years
men Of ong-deferred hopes, methods anger and i'm
patience and of violence have been resorted to"
Mrs. Fawcett says. "The newspapers full of in
citement TO the authorities to uncommon puish-
ment in dealing with the unhappy who have
committed these actions That may be necessary but
it is only necessary evil II is remedy. 1t deals
with the symptoms, and not with the We are
still hoping working to the end that statesmen
will the necessity of getting at the real cause of the
unrest"
The stand taken by Mrs Fawcett and her associates
will command public respect The conduct of the mill
suragiss in England under the leadership Of the
Pankhursts and the Lawrences has become inter-
national scandal To the credit of the American suf
fragsts be it said they have preferred adopt
orderly in their efforts to obtain the elective
franchise. That is particularly true OF those earnest
and intelligent Delaware women who never have per-
mted their fervor for the lead them to for
get that above all other things they and that
it paramount importance to maintain the esteem
and respect Of the public.