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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
Conscience Stricken Man Sends
SI4 10 State Treasurer SIeebe,
From q siaff Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich July 15Sae Sleeper has received
Conscience Fund"
The letter was UNSIGNED but the writer declared that he had de-
frauded
he unable to sleep nights because the weighed heavily his
The writer claimed that number Of
discovered
them
the regular pc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
MARKET OPENING

NEW YORK, July 15.-The week
started with show Of pronounced
strength attributed to the favorable
bank statements of Saturday. Nearly
all stocks in which there was trading
made early fractional gains.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
pLrAp cUmTy no nURGI,RY.

MONROE. Mich July l5.--Royal
Bennett Of Toledo, and Harry Sim
mons OF Findlay. O., who were caught
in the act OF pilferinE the store OF o.
II Woodward at Dundee west OF here.
pleaded guilty tn the circuit court
Sentence was deferred until Monday.
July %.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
Senator 7HLman, ENteebled and Weak,
CASTS Vote In Defense 0f LO1Uie,

t5Just Lorimer taken
obtained permission TO nae sae
he
little time before must meet my
the
ycon that senator Iormr without fraud
Loriners
ability red with tears as his Testimonial was
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
atc SIRE ron REcREArIoN CLuB.

BAY CITY, Mich. July l5.--Two hum
dred professional and business men
have organized the Recreation club and
purchased twelve lots az BokOtondon
neach Construction OF bathhousc
will be commenced az once. ~ soon ns
this Is completed the grounds Will be
Lladv into tennis courts.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
Four Killed In CIoudburst.

ST LOUIS. July ia cloudburst.
which followed In the wake OF a spec
four persons, injured a score. and
caused ar estimated property damage
OF sS50,000 in Alton, Ill, early yester-
day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15
cuor>D To DEATH ny TRAIN.

JACK son. Mich July lS.--SeStlon
men found the mangled body OF man
believed 90 Le Edward + Mahoney. %
Hartford Conn. on the Michigan Cen
trial railroad al stevens crosslns. lnFee
miles. north OF here 10 Is believed he
was. Killed by the wild West SHOW
traIn which, passed early sunday morn
iug
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15

Job Printing Done Right. Time,
Printing Co, Is John R.-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-15

Job Printing Done Right. Time
PrintIng Co., IL John R--st.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
ELECTRIC VEHICLES NOW
USED FOR LONG TOURS

Electric vehicles have always been
regarded as intended essentially for
city use only and have never been
seriously considered as being In any
way adapted for touring.
When, therefore, II became known
that the Pathfinder car for the 1912
Glld6en Tour would be an electric,
there was much speculation and fire.
quently expressed doubt of its ability
to perform the herculean task set
for II.
That II succeeded In accomplishing
its task with perfect satisfaction and
on previously arranged schedule time
Is now matter OF history.
It's makers. however. with the
serene confidence engendered by
their intimate knowledge OF its abil-
ity cent the little car out on its long
journey from Detroit to New Orleans,
undeterred by the long list OF diff
culties with which they well knew
it's path would beset. r"r
The car was Flanders. with coupe
tody, and carried four passengers
the trip.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
HANSEN TAKES A
HUNTING TRIP
But When He Comes Back
He Talks Automo-
utsfv
bile

A. A. "Rainmaker" Hansen, whose
usual good nature received a rude Jar
when the Glidden tour to New Or
leans was postponed. thus preventing
him from driving the K-R-I-T oficial
checking car, has sufficiently recov-
cred to invest himself with his accus-
toned enthusiasm.
Mr.. Hansen, who is connected with
the K-RI-T agency at Minneapolis,
took a hunting trip during a weekend
In September and the memory of II
still fingers. Mr.. Hansen. acconban-
led by three friends and an equipment
suficient to stock an arsenal, journey.
ed to Brooten, Minnesota, the trip
there and back to Minneapolis cover.
ing 366 miles. The peculiar part OF
his "reminiscences IL that he tells no
stories of fish caught or game slaugh-
tered. though from other sources II Is
learned that the sport was good and
the results exceptional Mr.. Hansen,
however, is devoting his tales to the
performances of his car He wrote 10
friend the other day as follows:
Our car consumed only II gallons
OF gasoline, an average of 21 1-2 milee
per gallon. Lubricating oil l used 81
little that It Is not worth mentioning
but the greatest surprise to me IL the
fact-an absolute fact-that used
only two quarts of water and the ther.
mometer was ranging around about
90. The car worked fine, the engine
never missed an explosion and never
had to change gears on any hhl."
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21

Many gigantic arms, almost human
in the work they do, yet possessing
many times the strength of human
arms, have replaced the truckman In
the big factory OF the Ford Motor
company.
Not the least important problem
arising with the tremendous growth
In size of this factory each year has
been that of distributing materials
from storing places to the machines
by which they were formed into parts
of automobiles.
When II il considered that the fac
tory covers more than 2S acres OF
floor space and that more than $4,000
cars we're built there this year. II can
be understood just how big a mechani
cal problem the proper placing and
transferring OF materials, once inside
the factory, has been.
This company early began TO elm
mate truckmen from among It's force
OF workers by making their services
no longer necessary. Wherever pos
sible, giant cranes have been In.
stalled.
Running through the factory proper
IN a wide craneway more than 500
feet long mp and down which runs
perhaps the most important factory
arm. ive-ton crane This makes
countless voyages from one end OF
IL tracks 70 the other each day and
|1oe& nero ~1<< In ono 61T 1n1 1oe@
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
WHO'S WHO IN AUTO CIRCLES

Is II easy to sell foreign-made auto
mobiles In Detroit? Is IL equally easy
to dispose Of them in other places in
Michigan? Vast buildings In this city
and other places In the state demou-
strate Immediately that the automo-
bile Is king. Thousands OF human
dynamos, making their way hither
and thither with the passing OF each
day, tell us how these Detroit ana
machines find their way
TO the consumer. And in this group
are many hustlers from outside cities,
always on the alert to find a market
for machines that are manufactured
outside the state.
Always on the move, generally talk.
ing. intensely human, forever plan
ning-these are the characteristics OF
+. N. Sealand, local manager OF tbs
Woodward-ave. branch of the Winton
NJ sor Car Co. He entered the auto
mobile business eight years ago, be-
ginning In the Wipton factory a.
Cleveland, and worked into the saES
end In the same year. Later he took
on the city sales work, and eventually
worked into outside territory. cover
ing the whole state OF Ohio for his
company.
Last December, Mr.. Sealand came
to Detroit to take charge of the Wood
ward-ave. branch of the Winton COM
pany. Today he is pouring his ideas
and arguments iato the great melting
pot OF logic and reasoning. with the
other members of the vast army OF
automobile statesmen, and the high
standing OF the Winton agency in this
territory proves that hustler is or
the firing line Mr.. Sealand believes
the sales end of the automobile indus
try offers an advantage us opening
to the young man who is ambitious
and would make a success by hard
and unfiinching labor. Honesty and
the trait OF winning the confidence or
prospective buyers are the essential
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
BEDROOM VENTILATION

Every person should remember
that It is essential to ventflate bed
room properly. Impurities Of the
body are thrown or while people
sleep exactly as much as when they
are waking. Yet scores Of men and
women forget apparently that there
is any need OF an exit for the impure
breath, or that It Is quite as essen
tiai to have source OF fresh air as
in the waking hours.
On retiring, the windows In the
bedroom should be raised from the
bottom and lowered from the top. II
there are two windows. raise one
from the bottom and lower the other
from the top. The one raised should
be toward the side from which the
wind is blowing. The lowered one
should be on the other side.
If the room has a window or win
dows on one side only. 1t is often
necessary TO open the transom on the
other side OF the room or perhaps
leave the door open few inches to
create a current OF air.
The temperature OF the occupied
room should not go above go degrees
Fahrenheit even in winter
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
EXILED BECAUSE
HE LOVES A CAR
Unique Case of Rich Farmer
From Prince Edward
Island

1
That there exists a thickly popuIat.
ed, wealthy, civilized and otherwise
progressive part OF the western hem.
isphere, rigidly closed to automobiles.
lis fact Of which the average
motorist is probably unaware. Such
is the case, however. In the rich
agricultural province OF Prince Ed
ward Island. motor cars remain
legally listed with wild animals OF
destructive. tastes, riots, revolutions
and similar disturbances. Should one
appear on the street, the peaceful
islanders would probably call out the
militia
This strange condition is recalled
each year TO the attention OF the
Studebaker corporation, by the ap.
pearance at its Canadian factory Ia
Walkerville, OF a Prince Edward
islander, Donald Mcdonald.
Each fall after Mr.. McDonald's s
crops have been harvested, he puts
his family on the Montreal boat and
starts for Walkerville where he buys
a new Studebaker "2V' touring car.
Mother Mcdonald and the little Nc
Donalds pile in; father Mel 0nald
takes the wheel and they roll away,
first for a trip through Ontario and
New York; later for a longer run
into the sunny south.
On his return in the spring, Mr..
Mcdonald sells his car and takes the
boat for home, ready for the seasons
work
The walkerville factory annually
looks forward to Mr.. McDonald's ad:
vent which is always within a week
OF the first frost
Mr.. Mcdonald deeply regrets the
fact that his love for motoring i'm
plies an annual exile from home and
native land. He says that the present
condition is due to two factors-the
conservatism of the islanders and the
presence In the early history OF
motoring, OF a number of reckless
drivers who visited the island during
the summer touring season.
I'VE are essentially farming
province" he says, "and nearly all
of US own well-bred horses. The first
autos caused a lot OF runaways, and
one or two had tragic ends. Our
legislators refused to wait until our
horses could be schooled to the motor
car but went ahead and barred cars
from the island. Now, though Char
lottetown and the other cities strong
ly favor repeating the law, the coun
try influence is always strong enough
to sustain It, It's a shame, too, for
there isn't a finer land for motoring
in the world. The island Is the most
thickly populated. as well as the
wealthiest per capita, province OF
Canada and Is traversed everywhere
in it's 1870 miles OF length by fine post
roads. A prettier stretch of farm,
woodland, sea and river doesn't exist
anywhere on earth"
Now and then some American or
European manufactures, ignorant Of
the local embargo, comes into the
Prince Edward Island papers with an
advertising campaign. On such oc-
casions progressive men like Mr.. Nc
Donald find their emotions too varied
TO permit OF analysis.
Incidentally. although families aver
age nearly six members each, the
population of the island Is steadily
decreasing--a fact which may or may
not be connected with the embargo
on automobiles.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
IS THE MOTOR
CAR FASTENING
WOMENS VOTES?
George M. Dickson Offers
Suggestion That
it is
AUTOS HAVE DEVELOPED
WOMEN'S INDEPENDENCE
Women, Also, Have Hastened
the Development of
the Machine

: George M. Dickson, general man
ager OF the company at Indianapolis
that builds National 40" cars, and
incidentally indianapolis is the home
of many of the country's greatest
political craftsmen, comes forward In
these days of political interest with
the suggestion that the modern motor
car Is Fastening the day OF universal
suffrage
Dickson does not claim to be as
yet converted to the suffragette faith,
but like the majority of the nations
business builders, he Is a student or
events that are now making political
history.
II am not an authority on politics.
as We use that word to express our
meaning when we refer to our gov.
ernment-in-action, but | have watched
with interest and made some deduc-
tions from the present progress of the
suffragette movement" says Dickson.
II cannot put my finger on exactly
what started all this agitation, but
with everybody else l see II Is start
ed and making progress. am of the
opinion that as woman has grown to
realize her ability to care for her,
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
News and Comment Of the Automobile World

From "a TO 7-S-inch Is the usual
size. The tie-rod bolts are also hard
ened and ground.
An entirely new practice, original
with Cameron, is found In the lubri-
cation device for the spindle bolts
and cross-rod bolts The common
weakening them. In the Michigan,
the grease cups are tapped into the
aide. thereby forcing the grease both
upward and downward in the bearing.
AT the same time the dirt, which
tends to work In, Is forced out.
Extraordinary strength Is embodied
in the pressed steel rear axle OF the
Mighty Michigan 40" II is OF the
fullfioating type.
The drive shafts are solid, one
piece, heat-treated chrome-nickel
steel ] 3-4 inches In diameter. The
solid onepiece construction Is a
Michigan Improvement upon the
usual welded axle. Michigan one
piece drive shafts will not be weak
ened or broken by vibration. The
drive Ia through these shafts to
fianges 'bolted directly on the hub.
The housing Is or pressed steel.
A special point of Improvement in
the Michigan 1913 is In the springs,
which have been largely increased In
width.
The cap has a big roomy, straight
lined body. giving the utmost space
in front and rear seats. Twenty-Five
coats OF paint are required TO get the
lasting finish put on Michigan bodies.
The upholstering Is OF soft, high
grade leather. filed with the finest
curled hair. The cushions are OF un-
usual depth.
In addition to the 40-horsepower
cars, the manufacturers of the Mich
igan build 33-horsepower car, with
114-inch wheel base. Both five-pas-
scnger touring and roadster bodies
are fitted TO the chassis of this car.
the touring car being known as
Model l. and the roadster as Model o.
II is very generally conceded that
the new Michigan 40 is destined to
make one of the greatest sensations
in the history of automobiledom.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21

self, as she has stepped from the
menial places In our net work OF
existence to places of authority and
power, she has yearned to have an
equal voice with man because she felt
his equal. Now how did all this in
dependence come about? l believe
that the modern motor car has given
1t great impetus.
not SO very long ago woman did
not think she could go about without
man, or three or four of them, to
watch and ward over her. And here
you strike cardinal principle in the
development of mankind in general,
this business OF going about first In
commercial way, and then in an In
dividual fashion.
1T does not take a prophet to see
that as man has conquered the science
of locomotion, he has developed In
every sense, mentally and financially.
Time and distance have ever baffied
man in his endeavor to do more and
bigger things within the given hours
allotted to him.
Then comes the motor car. II
was Instantly seized upon by woman
and justly so, as woman has been the
greatest factor in fastening the per-
fection, comfort, reliability and gen
eral utility OF this self-propelled
vehicle.
I'm her mother car, for the firss
time in her life, woman is master OF
time and distance the same as man
She is no longer a slave of the side
walks, nor the four walls of her home
She comes and goes at will, in luxury
and safety through the city's busy
places as well as the desolatc
but alluring woodlands. She Is
healthier, bigger In experience, and
her horizon widens with everyduy's
She is neighbor of the
isolated farm, the summer resort, the
mountain and the river II she lives
on the farm she comes to the city
and profits by Its stores, theaters,
churches and Libraries. II she Is In
the city, she goes with a sense OF
to the scenes and scents
of the wild out-of-doors.
$50 | believe that the motor car
has opened the eyes of women and
is making them more self-confide1,
and more eager to enjoy that power
which she thinks man has monopoliz-
ed long enough"
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
Gigantic Arms, Run by Power,
Replace Truckmen in Ford Plant

II better than several men could do
In three or four days.
This Is but one example. Other
cranes are installed in various places
In the factory.
Now In course OF installation is a
mono-rail, electric overhead railway.
When finished, II will be able TO take
materials almost every place in the
huge machine shop. This will elm
mate what few truckmen have sur.
viyed and the sight OF a man strain
ing behind a heavy-laden truck will
be rarely, IL ever. seen.
Perhaps one of the most useful
cranes Is a big gantry crane that
labors in connection with the foundry.
This crane on stills walks along over
freight cars. picks out their loads OF
pig iron or shovels out their loads Of
sand so rapidly and with such seem
ing case that Its operations appear
little short OF miraculous. IL has a
one-ton clam shell shovel for raising
sand and gravel. II hoists pig iron
and scrap with a gigantic magnet
This is dropped into the metal and
the current thrown on. II is then
raised. covered with bars of pig and
pieces of scrap. When this load Is
over the place where II Is desired TO
deposit II, the magnet Is lowered and
the electric current switched on. The
magnet n n magnet no longer; the
metal drops from u with . clanking
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
SERVICE MEANS MUCH,
SAYS OAKLAND MANAGER

Service counts" says George f.
Daniels, general manager OF the Oak.
land Motor Car company, OF Pontiac
Service not only includes the proper
care OF your customers cars after
you have sold them, but II means
selling cars that will
not continually force the owners to
come back to you for attention, or,
as 1t is termed service -t
We have had very practical
demonstration OF this--the value of
Oakland cars In the service they have
feen giving the Pacific Hardware
a. Steel company. OF San Francisco
Four months ago we sold them Ii
runabouts and for 120 days these cars
have been forced over the worst
roads and streets In the state OF Cal
ifornia without a thought or care as
TO what happened to them.
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
BOOST SCHEME
FOR NATIONAL
ROADS SYSTEM
Endorsement Of Federal Aid
Proposition is Very
Pleasing
CONGRESS UPHOLDS
A. A. A ATTITUDE
Appropriates 100000 for Ex-
perimental Road
PURPOSES

Pronounced impetus has given 70
the proposal for the construction OF
a system OF National highways by the
enthusiasm with which good roads I.
advocates throughout the country
have welcomed the action OF the
American Road congress I'm endorsing
the Federal Aid proposition general
ly. as well as the recent project for
the construction OF q great ocean-to-
ocean highway. In part Following the
Old Trails OF the early pioneers, and
to be built with funds much Of which
will be provided by the automobils,
and allied industries, general leadinEs
concerns have already agreed to con-d
tribute onethird OF one per cent of8
their gross earnings for the NEXT =
three years towards this great Nation-l
al road. u
That the National governments, ,
should continue the policy Of Federal
Aid In highways construction adopted !
oy the present congress, without walt
ing for object lessons in the chape Of
privately constructed trans-continen-J
tai roads, was the opinion Of the con-lf
gress. expressed in its first and most
important resolution. In this Il end
dorsed the attitude of the A. A A.
which has consistently been that be-b
fore any particular route for MAJ
tional road or system Of roads can ,
be intelligently selected, there must 1
be adopted a definite policy Of ap-
preparations and expenditures and
the proper administrative machinery 4
providing for the economical distri-
button OF available funds.
The action or the congress Of the
United States In appropriating $500
900 for experimental road construc-
tion and appointing joint COMMITTEES
to report upon a comprehensive plan
for further Federal Aid was endorsed
by the Road congress, as well as the
proposal to create national depart :
ment of good roads as a separate 4
branch or the Federal government.
OF great historic and patriotic Inn !
purtance. was the action Of the Road
congress in endorsing the resolution.
for which the A. A. A. has continu-
ously stood out, that the national Y
memorial to Abraham Lincoln should =
take the form Of a great highway
with suitable architectural approaches 4
and adornment. extending from Wash
ington to the battlefield OF Gettys-
burg, and eventually to be continued
southward TO Richmond.
Equally important was the adop-
ton OF the resolution calling upon con-
gress for suitable provision for the
construction OF a FIRST class highway
leading from the city Of washington
to the National cemetery at Airing
ton. The deplorable condition OF this ,
road Il wen known to members or ,
congress, and II Is hoped that favor
able action on this resolution WIN re-
suit
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21

I'VE could stand presidential
felection every year." says Mr. Harry
r. Radford, general manager Of the
Cartercar company. Pontiac, Michi-
gan. ~1n fact. our business has been
so good that II the political campail !
has had anything to do with II, we
would like TO have our presidents
elected annually.
The people do not seem TO even
think OF the possibility OF a scarcity
ofemoney this fall---and the fact tha;
they are buying motor cars so free;j
It evidence that they have plenty 81
ready money and are perfctly con-
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
BEN. BRIsCOE QUITS
UNITED STATES MOTOR CO

BENJAMIN Briscoe. OF Detroit ma
resigned as president OF the United
States Motor Co., as a part Of the re
organization plan. which Is now ~
progress, and It ls announced tnat ne
viii Leave with his family for a trip
through Europe, to last for several
months. a..
Mr.. Briscoe has becn one OF the
most prominent figures In the auto
mobile world since 1899, when the
Briscoe Manufacturing Co, OF De
iroit. first took up the manufacture
OF automobile parts. He organised
the MaxweIl-Briscoe Co, In 1904, and
later organized the United gtatcs No
for Co. making his two coup1ui1@ 4
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
PreSid antial Year Bad for Auto
Business says Cartercar Man

fident OF continued prosperity. The
great farm class is the regulator of
the country's prosperity and never
before have the country people been
so well or. The farmer Is too busy
to pay so very much attention to the
political conditions OF the country,
and the great demand for his products
insures a good bank account for him
regardless of who is elected
This demand for motor cars Is
growing by leaps and bounds" con.
tinued Mr.. Radford. "and many peo.
pie are buying Cartercare today who
|woId never even have thought oi
owing car lust q few years 1Go.f 4,
The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
Chick" Gandil Orders Ford
Car for Delivery Next Spring

The Gandil home is some distance
out OF the city. Chic has purchased
the Ford TO take him to and from his
home to the ball park.
When he ordered the car from Mil
Ter Bros. Auto & Supply company, the
Ford Washington agents, Gandil said
he had been told Of the difficulty in
getting Fords after the middle OF
June this year, and he did not intend
TO be caught In the same predica-
ment next year, as those we're who
neglected to order car until too late
this year. Therefore. he thought he
would get there first with his order.