The Washington herald., 1912-05-19

IN the development OF a new type OF war
correspondent. He travels in a comfort
able six-cylinder motor car and shares
HIS lot with a photographer or moving
picture operator as the case may war
rant The picturesque Richard Harding
Davis, hero, clad in khaki and sombrero
with a kodak slung over his shoulder
has given place TO the unromantic re-
porter iE civilian garb, who. despite his
quiet demeanor, covers about five times
as much territory as his predecessor.
This method OF gathering news Is made
POSSIBLE by the excellent condition OF the
. Mexican roads, most Of which are con-
structed of volcanic rock and are adj
mirably adapted for fast work. FL
Diario, one OF the principal newspapers
OF Mexico City, has been foremost In
using the automobile for following up
the engagements between the Federal
troops and the Zapatistan revolution
aries A Lozier six-cylinder car is used
for the purpose and besides the .chauf-
feur, carries a reporter, photographer,
and a telegraph operator. The telega-
piers equipment includes an instrument
and several coils Of wire and he can
obtain communication with Mexico City
from any outlying points by making d.
rect connection with the telegraph COM
pany's lines. This travelling news bu-
reau has already effected several beats
on the other newspapers and has been
able to rush through news Of an i'm
portant battle in emergencies where the
telegraph wires leading to the scene have
been severed.
All is not easy sailing for the enter
prislng outfit from FL Diario. however. as
the occupants OF the car have to be on
constant lookout for stray bandits and
other pitfalls of the highway. Only re-
Gently they came across an example Of
the many dangers which beset motorists
Ga ~ he he
Tlalpam road, one of the important
routes leading to the American border
To prevent smuggling Of arms and am
munition into the ranks Of the enemy,
the government authorities had stationed
a number Of rurales on the main roads
with orders to examine every motor car
and conveyance which might be sus-
pected OF carrying contraband material
TO the revolutionists. In making sure of
their quarry, one of the detachments sus-
pended an iron bar across the roadway,
failing, however, to make known the
presence of the obstruction to motorists.
A 90-horsepoweT racing car, whose chauf
fer was ignorant of the dangerous toll
gate was receiving its first workout on
this particular stretch Of road. Several
other passengers were IN the car, and a
sixty-mile gait was being maintained
by the driver. The parties in the rear
Of the car saw the bar in time to drop
their heads, but the luckless chauffeur
was dealt a terrific blow on the head and
fatally injured.
The bar was removed next day, but
the newspaper men are watching for
similar devices in other parts of the
country. As in every country where q
revolution is in progress, there are many
armed bands of highwaymen parading
under the name Of revolutionaries. In
their search for spells they overlook
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from the pockets of a newspaper man
are not despised. The high-powered car
Of the correspondents has saved them
from several unpleasant encounters Of
this kind by outdistancing the marau-
GERS, one escape being made by leaving
the rear tonneau door in the possession
OF an unkempt crew. who had stopped
the car on a pretext OF examining its
contents.
In spite of a few drawbacks of this
nature, the reporters declare news gath
ering by automobile a vast Improvement
over the old method, and il is probable
that the war correspondents motor car
will soon be part of the equipment of
every first-class newspaper in Mexico.
Aviator Harry Atwood recently visited
the plant of The Goodyear Tire and Rub !
Der Co. at Akron, Ohio, to inspect prog !
ress OF the manufacture of the parts of
the special machine with which he will |
attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean |
this year. 5000.
Atwood is very certain that he will be |
successful in his perilous undertaking, |
and expects to make the trip in forty |
eight hours. Atmospheric conditions, %
he says, will be best for such a flight |
in June or July. aud hope to have my |
apparatus all ready and arrangements |
all rnrnT1lafa " then
The Navy Department will be asked |
to assign, If convenient, number of |
government ships along the route that
Atwood will take, to succor the daring /
birdman in case of accident and, II sue
cessful to mark the stages of his fight |
Atwood has made a careful study Of the |
problem that he must solve, and /
has neglected no detail. for he realizes /
that his success and even his life may
Goodyear rubberized aeroplane fabric
and other Goodyear aeroplane acces-
series viii be used for the fitting of the
machine, which is to be specially con-
structed Burgess hydroplane. /
DO you have any fear about making I
such a trip?' Atwood was asked while 1
at the Goodyear factory. 81 suppose 1 |
have nerves. like any one else" was At
woods reply, but you forget all about |
y
fly ing game" Atwood's expenses for the
attempt 10 conquer the Atlantic air will II
be about $4,000.
'To Iaymen that may be something of H
mystery in the talk of a tire manufac-
turer about double curing a tire for an II
or motorcycle, but the tire
man himself considers it perfectly SIM
ple." says L. c. Rockhall, Of the Good
year Tire and Rubber Company
The makers Of the famous Goodyear
No. -Rim-Cut tire divided the one-cure
process OF their competitors
INTO two parts. The No. Rim-Cut tire, for
passes through the following
process between the time It leaves the
ire makers hands and the time it is
-eady for shipment:
Before II is cured the rubber of a
ire is soft and plastic. It becomes still
lomter and more plastic for a time when
rubject to the steam heat OF the curing
-Tocess.
The first curing process for a Good
rear tire is in a tire mold. This is
continued just long enough to give the
ire its shape, and to insure that the
ayers Of fabric and gum Of the carcass
ave been cemented together thoroughly
Then the tire is taken out of the mold
md carefully inspected. This mid-cure
makes it possible to detect
Duck pinches, unsupported accidental
ODDS in the fabric or any other imper-
ection that might occasionally creep in.
n tires that are completed all in one
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