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New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
PREPARING FOR TOURING
novice Automobilist Generally
Overloads on Equipment.

Al this season OF The year the motorist
"sAlhg his first venture into the hitherto
shAno"n land Of car ownership is studying
.cSessory catalogues and wondering what
BUY In order that his car may be con-
noered complete from every point of view.
N'e temptation being to buy everything not
'.ppheo by the manufacturer.
me beginner likes the idea OF equipping
car with every new device regardless
" overlooking both engine and tires. HIS
ainoation contrasts strongly with that Of
"o experienced owner, whose first thought
70 remove every needless accessory, to
eu' down rather than add extra and un-
,.'oeseary ~ equipment. The latter would
,'ae whole tool kit In a. cigarette case
ie wants 70 carry in his pocket almost
very needful accessory, and the makers
some or the newer devices are wise
'nough to meet his requirements
AZ the matter Of tire repair kits, for ex-
-'hpae' the Michelin company supplies every
need In box no larger than, and of about
a.e same shape as a half-pint ice cream
o''cH There Is a quantity of "mastic''
repairing cuts and bruises In tire cas-
.ss ana FOR sealing punctures In inner
'uDes' cement for patching, and an en-
,s'ope OF assorted red para patches; a
.'"-out patch. that does not require
"ent designed for making quick though
enpofsry road repairs; a quantity of tale,
~ very complete and well illustrated
uir'y-two-psge instruction booklet. With
."s outht the automoblist is practically
sA'nuhe from being laid UP on the road.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
WANTS A TESTERS PARADE
Novel Feature Suggested for Big
Celebration in Detroit.

The city of Detroit will this year IN.
augurate the first Of series Of great an
nual water fetes. II is "Cadillaqua." and
gets its name from Cadillac, the French ex-
plorer. who founded Detroit el2 years ago.
and the Latin word aqua" which means
water. The president OF the R.-C.-H. Cor
poration suggests that the Detroit Board or
Commerce, the organization having in
charge the celebration which Is planned -
outdo California's fetes and the famed
Mardi Gras, have a motor car testers pa
rade. At the start OF the Glidden In 1903
Detroit had a parade with over 1900 cars
In line. II was the greatest parade OF au-
tomobiles which had ever been heard OF.
The land parade OF "Cadiilaqua" will be
one Of at least 800 automobiles.
"The automobile tester is really the cav
alryman Of the industrial world" says the
Detroit manufacturer. The Cossacks OF
Russia and the Bedouins Of the desert are
not whit more picturesque. Can you pict-
ure a division at the head OF the mammoth
motor car parade for 'Cadillaqua' COM
posed of those daredevil testers logged In
their mud and dust stained khaki. There
are probably 1900 Of these men in Detroit.
and they would furnish a spectacle that
visitors would travel many miles TO see.
The tester Is 10 the automobile what the
cowboy was 70 the horse whose place the
easolene vehicle has taken"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
European Cars Are
Preferred. Says Visit
or in Detroit.

The odds in Australia are 10 10 J IN
favor O., the English. French or German
ears. Australian motor car enthusiasts 90
not look as favorably upon American
made automobiles as on those made IN
European countries Such Is the report
received at the Regal factory In Detroit
from visitors recently arriving from the
little continent across the Pacific.
This condition" said one OF the Aus
tralians. rs largely due TO the fact that
the European manufacturers were on the
ground first and realized what the Aus
tralians wanted in the way OF an automo-
bile Conditions are such that they require
a moderate priced touring car, not two
passenger vehicle that wastes petrol but
a four or FIVE passenger car that has
enough power TO cope With our ROAD con
ditions.
The roads near the coasts ar" excel
lent but in the Interior Of the comment
are very poor You would say here IN
America that they have no bottom. and
that is about right, for I'm the rainy sea
son the highways become 80 heavy with
mud that they are practically lmpasshhie'
The attention OF the government has been
called 10 these conditions, and. with tho
increasing popularity Of motoring there
Is every reason TO believe that steps will
no taken to make permanent improve
rnents in the roads.
The rate Of travel over the best OF Aus
trallan roads averages about twenty miles
an hour. The speed limits vary In diner
ent localities. much as they do in the
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
CONDITIONS
in Far-OW Australia

United States but the people who own au-
tomobilcs or expect to own them are de-
sirous OF reasonable speed In the cars they
buy. There are a few high powered. high
priced European cars to be seen In the
cities. but the general demand is for
moderate or low priced car that develops
reasonable amount Of speed and power.
The future for the product Of American
automobile manufacturers in Australia will
brighten materially II they continue TO
send the good cars which have arrived re-
Gently. Some OF the automobiles sent over
would not stand up in competition with the
European makes. and as a result the aver
age Australian has a better opinion OF the
English. French or German cars than he
has OF those which come from the United
States. II American manufacturers con-
tinue 10 send good cars their prospects
Will brighten materially"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
REGULATION Of TRAFFIC
LARGE Cities Move to Suppress
Unnecessary Noises.
MANY NUlSANCES ABATED
Recently Passed Ordinances fut
Ban on Smoke, Dazzling
Headlights, Etc.

s.cond only TO the advancement which
has been made in securing UNIFORM STATE
motor vehicle laws is the adoption by ihdhy
leading cities throughout tile country oi
ordinances regulating motor vehicle traHc'
c,b,ef ar,ong the recommendations Whlch
uare made at the American hoau
Congress in Richmond last fall were lhe
suegestions that all vehicles should carry
lights from one hour after sunset 10 one
hour before sunrise; prohibiting the use oi
the nufler cut-out in cities ana NlHases'
a,d rrovidinr for the use Of dazzling
headlights on all motor vehicies III e''!e'
and villages where the streets are eoe-
ouately lighted. In many parts OF '"o
country these recommendations nave peeh
enacted into law.
Another important recommendation which
has been adopted in many cities pro"ioite
tho unnecessary use Of warning signals IN
majority Of cases the ordinance requires
that an adequate warning signal shail pro-
duca an ABRUPT sound sufficiently loud TO he
hoard under all conditions Of trafhc' oHt
nrohIhIts its use except as a warning OF
danger Only last week the Board or
Aldermen OF New York City passed the
muf1er cut-out ordinance which was
drafted. II Is said by the Touring Clup Vi
America.
In commenting upon the Touring Cubs
| recommendations for set OF stahuaiu
traffic regulations. Major Richard syiVeS-
| ter president of the international fonce
| Association, and superintendent oI t"e
METROPOLITAN Police OF the District OF Co.
| lunbia. in a recent statement says:
Every city having in view faVoraoie
renutation in traffic regulation must to-day
make provlsion against excessive emission
NJ smoke and gases from automobiles tha'
| would be offensive 10 pedestrians ana o'H-
ers patronizing It's public ways II shouIo
be lust as diligent in suppressing uncaneo-
| for noises from running engines after motor
conveyances have stopped ana other uii
necessary mechanical noises when MOVING
Dense or prolonged smoke or noises shouio
be placed under the ban through proper
authoritative enactment
an cities all vehicles should be required
10 carry lights, and all business convey
ances should be numbered. The neeo iof
| such regulations is at once obvious. Criu'
| cism can also be made justly IN this con-
| nsct,on. against the bright and dazzhne
headlights on motor vehicles In congesteo
A,stricts as well as against the freduen'
failure TO throw sufficient light upon license
| numbers of automobiles anywhere ano
everywhere.
Equally necessary are the sound sigma
On motor conveysnces and they should bs
Of a kind as near in accord as possible. and
their Use avoided for announcing that the
machine is waiting and for similar pur'
poses
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
NEW STUDEBACKER RECORD
March Output Largest in History
Of BIC CORPORATION.

All records for manufacturing were oroK-
an during March by the studebaker Cor
nora.ion. whose Detroit factory produced
a. almost equal number Of EMF and
uYonders automobiles, TO the combined
vaIu. OF H,27s,oO0. At Walkerville. Ont.
,be Canadian plant was increasing this
record by an output marketed at &3250o
more The grand total for the months
.,orL wa. therefore, exactly H.e0l. 200.
This record was set despite the fact that
. freight car famine was prevalent in De-
troit throughout the month r'gidiy limit
ing the number Of automobiles which could
be marketed daily. But for this handicap
the value of the March product would have
been increased by at least 10000.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
HEAVY HAULAGE BY TRUCKS

Some remarkable exhibitions OF truck ef-
hciency in heavy haulage have been brought
out I'm the last two weeks a result of
rush orders from hotels for coal. the pro-
prictors fearing a shortage on account OF
the existing strike. One OF the most strik-
Ing was that furnished by three CONNER
machines, owned by II. l.. Herbert & Co,
In delivering a capacity supply to the Ho-
tel Belmont
Three of the companys trucks. OF Ga tons
capacity each were put al work on Sunday
morning. March q BY nlghtfall OF that
day they had delivered into the hotel
SO 10 tons. or more than l25 tons each
The round trip haul from the yards at 2oth
street and East River IS 3-5 miles. Eigh-
teen round trips were made by each truck
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
DEALER HAS HIS WORRIES
Chronic Kicker, However, Re-
wards Overland Distributor.

That the life OF the dealer in motor cars
Is free from troubles and unpleasant cpl
sodes that are the bane Of nearly every
line OF business is a mistaken idea. In gen.
eral the layman imagines that the automo-
bile dealer does nothing but take the pur-
ohaser's money with never another thought
after the delivery OF the car. But if he
wants 10 be disillusioned on this score all
he has 10 do is 10 make inquiry in the first
salesroom he comes 70.
The prospect" as the intended purchaser
Of a motor car is known. does not need
much sympathy nowadays. He has grown
wise IN his generation and knows how 10
Get what he wants to nicely. True ne
has had good cause in the past TO sharpen
his wits The chronic kicker, however, 10
the man who causes most OF the trouble
and mental worry of the dealer. and makes
the phrase Satisfied customer seem Ike
nightmare He is all the more aggravapng
when the fault lies at his own door.
Apropos Of this c. T. Silver. the local
Overland distributor received letter on
April 2 which bears out his policy OF be-
Ing tolerant with a complaining customer.
He sold an Overland TO the writer OF the
SsseT IN NOFtnDcIs 4oLV 1hN SN0'O~'
continually found fault with one thing or
enothsr. but Mr.. Silver treated all his COM
plants with courtesy. He was finally re-
warded by receiving the letter, which read
In part as follows:
I bought this car in November, 1870
mad some trouble at the beginning, which
now blame on the man l hired TO run IT,.
eince began driving myself. now over a
year. have covered over $4,000 miles. I am
well pleased with the results the car gave
me. After running 1900 miles I had 1t
oVernauled. costing $3.50 and II is now as
5000 as new. had cars costing 1900 10
"~" ana had no better results. My plan
p'enty OF grease and oil and handle with
care"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
Milwaukee Almost Sure to
Conduct Struggle for the
Vanderbilt Cup.

No members OF the Motor Cups Holding
Company could be seen yesterday with ref
erence TO the award OF the Vanderbilt Cup
race to Milwaukee for the current year s
renewal W. X. Vanderbilt, jr., however
Is generally considered to be the court OF
final resort in matters pertaining to the
trophy, which he offered and II is accepted
I'm motor circles that the cup will be con-
tested for i'm the West. Automobile race
enthusiasts hope that the Milwaukee Auto
mobile Club will be able to convince the
holding company that II can properly con-
duct the contest. believing that the West Is
entitled to one Of the classic races.
It was reported yesterday that Mr.. Van
derbilt's action followed the receipt OF
telegram from the Savannah Automobile
Club, in which the Southern organization
said substantially that, while 1t did not
care to promote the race this year. 1t might
do so IL allowed to name its own terms. II
this 10 the attitude that will be taken tow
ard the Grand Prize of the Automobile
Club OF America, II Is improbable that this
race will be staged in Chatham County
in 1912
There is strong probability that the
Milwaukee people. having practically land
ed the Vanderbilt Cup race, will go after
the Grand Prize and make it double
event. If the gold cup contest is an
nounced in the near future there is great
chance to obtain greater number of Eu-
ropean entries than In any year since 1908.
Milwaukee has three courses for the race
All are in the southwest section of the
city and are easily accessible to the crowds
from the city, being reached at many
points by interurban and city trolleys and
steam roads. The trio OF available circuits
are each about ten miles I'm length. the
| Milwaukee club having been told that Mr.
Vanderbilt favored this distance In pref
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
Now King of Tires

In "a months the demand for
this tire has multiplied six
times over.
In the last II months we have
sold half a million.
No Rim.Cut-Tires have be-
come the sensation. But we
spent l3 years in ceaseless inn
provement to give you a tire
like this.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
AUTOMOBILES.
THE RECOGNIZED
OF BARGAINS"

.uroMOBILEs-1o . 1911 and 1912 Models.
hOio srSe stock, all standard makes. and all
aaasssnteed to be exactly as represented.
sss us before deciding;
TIRES at 5oss of regular psice, 9, All Al sizes, and
Jus, ~ ws ouote herewith a few:
as1s. sssssSc ssss1ss".......'SS22 ss1s e % %
S0xs'''' 100 and all other Sizes
az proportionate prices
wrNDsHmIps. hs; 5ssuslar,IySs ssus ,ysl sold at $50.
!a.OUrrs;rE aOrs; S Tnnrinr and Toy Tonnsnr. s75 up.
sMoopPoRs, sops cyI!sa.I. at 1ss 1sr%n.r q sc;t sr,,s
EEEEpITs, EEESIIETiss rHESFs. HSFFsss ETC. - .sstisss. is
FINES so. AUTOMOBILE CO..
,.,a n Rway. Phone 1865 Col.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

an unusual distance considering that there
were thirty-six loadinss and unloadings. 1t
10 also remarkable that one OF these trucks
has been In the Herbert service daily for a
year and made as many capacity trips as
did the two others Of later purchase. Dur
ing the day II delivered q trihe more in
actual weight than the other two.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
MORE MAINE NATURE FAkiNGf

From The Kennebec Journal
Bowdoinham is cleaning press notices
through an orchard said TO have been planted
IN 1T7s and still bearing bountifuy II is
owned by I. c. Irish. and according to recoris,
the trees numbering two hundred. were set
out I'm the same year that the Declaration of
Independence was signed
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
The Savings

No-Rim.Cut tires end rim'cut-
ting forever. Statistics show
that % per cent OF old'type
tires become rim-cut.
No-Rim-Cut tires are 10 per
cent over the rated size. They
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
motorists Pleased That West
May Get Big Auto Race

erence to a longer course, as II gives the
spectators better opportunity OF seeing
the races.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

give you tn at
added capacity.
And 10 per
cent oversize, ,
with the aver
age car, adds Is
per cent to the
tire mileage.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

So the average saving from
this patent tire is % plus % per
cent.
No Extra Price
These patent tires now cost
no more than other standard
tires. The savings are entirely
clear.
100000 motorists have already
come to them. l27 leading mo-
tor car makers have this year
contracted for the Goodyear
tire.
One.third Of all show cars
were this year equipped with
them.
Won't you find out why?
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
AUTOM MOBIlES.
AUTOMOBILES 8
A Thousand Thousand
Have Been Used

A million tres-used on some 100000 cars
have taught the world that tire bills can be cut
in two.
And the tires which proved it-No- Rim. Cut
tires-have come to outsell all others.
If you pay tire bills, please find out what these
100000 know.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
SEND FISH AND MEAT
THROUGH THE MAILS
Butter, Lard and Fruits viii
Also be Accepted.

According to the regulations govern
ing the parcels post system, promul-
gated by Postmaster General Hitch
cock, perishable articles may be sent
through the mails only under specific
restrictions as to their containers and
the distance they are to be sent The
service starts on Jan. 1.
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats, dress
ed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries
and similar articles likely to decay
quickly may be sent for short dis
tances when securely packed. Egg
will be accepted for local delivery
when packed properly in a container;
and for any distance when each egg is
separately packed in a perfectly Sc
cure manner.
No restriction is placed on the mail
ing of salted, dried, smoked or cured
meats, but fresh meat will be trans
ported only within the first zone.
Fragile articles, including millinery,
toys, musical instruments and articles
of glass in whole or in part, must
be securely packed and marked fra
gile."
Articles that may not be sent by
parcels post include intoxicating Ii
quors of all kinds; poisons; poisonous
animals, insects or reptiles; explo-
sives of every kind; infiammable ar
tieles, including matches; internal ma
chimes; pistols or revolvers; disease
germs; any obscene, defamatory or
scurrilous matter now prohibited by
law; live or dead animals or birds or
live poultry; raw hides or pelts; or
anything having a bad odor.
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcel post rates, but
only at the pound rates of third class
matter.
Parcels post packages will be in
sured by the government against loss
to the value of $50 for a fee of 10
cents.
Parcels of merchandise, including
farm and factory producets of nearly
every description up to elevenspounds
in weight, and measuring as much as
six feet in length and girth combined,
except those calculated to do injury
to the mails in transit, may be mailed
at any postoffice for delivery to any
address in the United States.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
BIG FIRE IN PATERSON

Department Store and Four Other
Buildings Burned-Loss, $5oo,ooo.
An explosion from an unknown
cause caused a half million dollar fire
in Paterson, N. ].
The fire started in the department
store run by John J. Diskon, on the
corner of Main and Van Houten
streets. 1t completely destroyed the
big five-story building in which Dis
kon's store was located and swept
across the street into several four
story buildings.
Joseph Pup, a night watchman in
lhe employ of the Diskin department
store, was on the third floor when the
explosion took place. So rapid was the
spread of the fire that Pup had to get
out of third-story window to save
his life. He jumped to some guy wires
holding up an overhanging sign and
dropped into a net held by firemen.
Hi stwo legs were broken.
The fire destroyed in all five build
ings and damaged a number of others.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
WHITELAW REID
DIES IN LONDON
u 5. Ambassador SuGGumbS
to Heart Disease.
He WAS Is YEARS OLD

Venerable Diplomat Was Honored by
Score of cOIleges-Noted Pub.
Usher and Politician.
Whltelaw Reid, United States am.
Dassador to England, died in Dorches-
Ter House, his residence in London.
AT his side when the end came were
ms wife, his. daughter, Mrs. John
ward, and his son-in-law, Mr.. Ward.
Mr.. Reid was seventy-five years old.
Mr. Reid succumbed to heart failure,
1oloWlng an attack of asthma, from
which trouble he had been suffering
since October. He had experienced
great discomfort for several days.
Although his physicians realized Mr..
Reid was in a serious condition they
mad no idea that his death was so
near. He had been confined to his
room for several weeks and a fort
night ago his illness kept him in an
exhausted condition.
Immediately on his death a wireless
dispatch was sent to his son, Ogden
Mills Reid, who, with his wife, sailed
from New York on the Kron Princes
sin Cecile.
The flag of the embassy is flying at
halt mast. News of the ambassadors
death was sent to King George and
other members of the royal family and
to the foreign office.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18


Whitelaw Reid, diplomatist and
journalist, was born in Xenia, Ohio,
Oct. q, 1887, the son of Robert Carl
ton and Marion Reid. He graduated
from Miami university, Oxford, Ohio,
receiving the degree of A. B. in 1856.
The degree of A. NJ was conferred
upon him by the same college in 1859,
and by the University of the City of
New York in. 1872. Dartmouth college
conferred upon him the degree of LII.
d. in 1873, Miami the same degree in
1890, Princeton in 1899, Yale in 1901,
Cambridge in 1902, st. Andrews in
1905 and Oxford in 1907.
Shortly after his graduation from
Miami university he became editor of
the Xenia News. During his connec-
tion with this paper he acted in the
capacity of legislative correspondent,
and in 1860 became war correspond
ent, reporting many cf the big battles
of the Civil War. At different times
he was on the staff of both General
Thomas A. Morris and General w. S.
Rosecrans. In 1863 he left the battle
field to become librarian in the house
of representatives.
He remained there until 1886. Fol
lowing this he adopted a business ca
reer, engaging in the cotton business. .
In 1869 he again returned to the
newspaper field, becoming a member
of the editorial staff of the New York
Tribune and was elevated to the posi-
tion of managing editor shortly there
after. Three years later he became
editor in chief and proprietor of the
same paper.
In 1881 he married the daughter of
D. Ogden Mills, a Californian of great
wealth, who removed to New York.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Reid and her
brother, ogden Mills, divided equally
the immense estate of their father, an
estate estimated to be worth at the
time of Mr.. Mills death fully $60,000,-
600. The result of the marriage was
two children, Ogden Mills Reid, who
recently succeeded his father in the
active control of the Tribune, and Miss
Jean Reid.
In 1877 and again in 1881 Mr..
Reid was appointed United States
minister to Germany. He was elected
to the board of regents of the State
University of New York. In 1902 he
became vice chancellor of the same
body. and in 1904 chancellor. From
1889 to 1892 he served as United
States minister to France, and it was
during this period that he won world
wide fame as a diplomatist.
Mr.. Reid was nominated for the vice
presidency of the United States on
the Republican ticket in 1892, but was
defeated.
President Mckinley appointed Mr..
Reid special ambassador of the United
States to Queen Victoria's jubilee in
1897. He was one of the peace com
mission which convened in Paris in
1898. The next honor conferred upon
Mr.. Reid was his appointment as spe-
cial ambassador to the coronation of
King Edward VII. in 1902. Three years
later he was appointed United States
ambassador to England. He held this
post until his death.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
Body viii Be Rrouaht Here.

At the home of Ogden Mills Reid,
West Fifty-first street, New York
city, it was said that Ambassador
Reid's body will be brought to this
country. The funeral will take place
from his home on Madiso navenue and
F1ftieth street. This IS the mansion
where hes entertained the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught and the Prin-
cess Patricia on their visit to New
York last winter.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
TO THE SOUTH


Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia the through Limited Trains
New andF in sevic
Smyrna times., 1912-12-18
aoo Tons Of Coal For Poor.

Through the generosity of President
James Buchanan and other public
spirited citizens since his time the
moor of Lancaster, Pa, are provided
with coal for the winter. The sum
available has steadily increased until
nearly 900 tons can be distributed an
nually.