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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
UNIQUE TESTS OF
Steel USED IN
FORDCARs

The value of vanadium steel in the
construction of Ford cars was never
more forcibly brought to notice than
in the newspaper reports which state
that the government would have to
pay SS30,295 for forty locomotives of
vanadium steel, or S493,0f0 for the
same number built of carbon steel.
The government is going to buy
forty electric locomotives for use on
the Panama canal in towing the ships
through. 1t shows the value of va
radium steel in way that, perhaps,
has never been brought to AUTOMOBILE
ists' attention before. .
1t was the Ford Motor Company
that really made yanadium steel pop
ular among the users of the finest
metal in America. ......... ..
NaDadium steel, when scientifically
heat-treated, as il is by the Ford proc
ess, is practically proof against crys-
utilization, the one great deterierating
force which automobile-makers have
to contend with in the selection of
their steels. When heat-treated. the
molecules of vanadium steel actually
become so interlaced that they can
not crystallize. Their tensile and
elastic strength has been found to be
greater than that of any other steel:
In the booth of TIE United Steel
Company at the automobile show in
New York recently was shown front
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
Specifications of Locomobile Truck Chassis
Five-Ton Model

sEoUiPMENTTwo
htacomplete inchIdin
FINAL pRivEDoube wheels
having Finch pitch and breaking strength Of ~
pressed
inches TX inches 5 Inch All joints hot veted All
drilled and feamed.
GEARTh total
Speed
fourth 1042;freyerse
eNTloN-Hgh with
oil In the
shaft bearings which the connecting
cylinders All
with
developing As H. Speed controlled b
fuga Cylinders in pairs Inlet exhaust
aed shafts diameter valves 2 inches
Crank nickel
shaft with shafts shaft hrs dlaeter
Inches and bearings giving 43 inches Of bearing
babbi lined HEARINGS
accessible beneath oil Crank case
SPRAGseavy operated from drivers seat for
inches inches wide supplepentary spring
axle Spring link ground Spring eyes pushed with
bushngs
TiREsFont sHgi inches; DUAL 40 inches
angeahle and
shafts inspected
moved beneath without disturbing body or load.
wheels furnished cast steel wheels rec
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
DEMOUN TABLES
FEATURE OF
Pierce


One of the new features of the
Pierce-Arrow Cars this year is the de-
mountable rim.
While apparently new departure,
like all Pierce-Arrow products il has
been thoroughly tried out by the fac
tory before the public had chance to
use it. The initial test before adop-
ton consisted Of service of over forty
thousand miles on one car and since
July of 1912 it has proved its worth
on all Pierce cars under all kinds of
conditions, roads, drivers and eli.
mates.
In the first place it has A cover for
the tire valve, thus protecting the tire
from dust and moisture Other makes
leave the valve unprotected Second:
1t is perfectly safe with six bolts
with other makes safety demands
more than six bolts. thus increasing
.the time necessary to make the
change
Third: Il is interchangeable a
36x4 1-2 inch spare rim can be used on
a 3Sx5 1-2 wheel or visa versa; but
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
IIODs0N'JIR CREATES SENSATION !.
NSVEDIsHICE RACING event


STOCKHOLM. Sweden. America
scored It's first motor car victory in
Sweden during the annual winter ice
racing classic.
The first prize for the kilometer
race was captured by beautiful 1913
Hudson car. The distance of one
kilometer from a standing start was
covered by the fleet automobile in
10 seconds. The rate of speed was a
mile in approximately IS seconds.
The victor far outdistanced the
field. SO remarkable WIS its getaway
under the adverse cOrtii:iDns oeca-
stoned by the CLASSY srI1faoe of Lake
Malar on which the race was held.
An American car won second posi-
ton at the finish, the Cadillac finish
ing the kilometer In 45.4 seconds.
Ice racing by motor cars has be-
come one of the most fascinating
sports to the Swedish people and
thousands assembled along the Lake
Malar course to watch the annual
events.
European cars were favorites owing
to the fact that they were better
known to the racing fans. The crowd
eheered its faYorites as they came to
the starting line. A Swede in the EN-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22

Eunqueh abI in the Iaandst day
Specifications of Locomobiie Truck Chassis
Five-Ton Model

AxLESDrop steel treated Front
web thick axle: Rec
tanguar section 34 ms 2A ms
Contracting operating ends
width inches Total effective
foot braking surface 22 inches 4s
4 ~.
acceeao controlled
butterfly valve enclosed
cLUTcHMGlple driving
with
Clutch being
self contained is always alignment be removed unit with
driving shaft nickel
end .
honeycomb radiatsr
centrifugal
rnnnhg bearings driven pulley
perfectly
supported
nickel Dferna
bearings Jack shafts enclosed by sleeves
members shafts carried annaar ball bear
& ~ -
DFFERENTAL LockOn jack shaft there nterockng
this attachment when
driven wheel that has traction
length 2A Overall width hub
swivel
afcrding universal between axle and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
AUTOMOBILE Truck Brings
PINEAPPLES IN TO MARKET

The Locomobile five-ton truck re-
cently purchased from the Royal Ha-
wgiian Garage by Libby. Mcneil q
Libby for use in their big pineapple
plant on windward Oahu, is hauling
millions of cans of pineapple from Ka-
huluu, where the cannery is located,
10 the city.
This truck is running day and night
between the cannery and the city, via
the Pail, and is being operated by a
double shift of drivers. The truck
arrived at most opportlne time, as
the canning season is at its zenith
row.
During the short time that this
truck was on exhibition at the garage
il had hundreds of visitors daily and
received much favorable comment,
The enormous strength of the differ.
entail and bronze cra:iK and trans,
mission case was a revelation to all
who saw it. The big powerful en-
CINE is capable of hauling IL tons up
the steep grade of the Pail.
The Locomobile hears the distinc-
ton OF being the only truck in Ameri.
ca that has bronze crank case. The
radiator in the powerful car holds 10lE
gallons of water, and the engine can
be run day and night without over.
heating, so perfect is the cooling sys-
tenn.
Peing equipped with steel wheels
the truck is absolutely safe, as far as
the rims cracking Wien overloaded
and is not affected by heat. 4 big
feature is the fiye-main bearing crank
shaft. with which every car is
equipped.
The truck is so controlled by an
automatic governor that il cannot be
driven over IL miles an hour, thereby
rendering il absolutely safe, no mat
ter how reckless the driver may be.
Another feature OF this powerful
truck is the differential lock with
which it is equipped, so that il the
car should get stuck in the mud the
difrerential lock can lie brought into
play. making both wheels turn with
tho engine. thereby enabling the car
10 pull itself out with its own power.
The whole construction Of the Loco
mobile truck is based on the fact thai
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22

.ploy Of the Hudson dealers for sUc1-
en- was at the wheel Of the car aho0.
which many inquired because Of the
beauty Of its lines. Its qaictne8|
alongside Of the noisy European car.
In the event was also remarked bI
the spectators.
The starter set the various cars on
the straight line drawn across The
course and they were away IT TIE
crack Of his pistol.
Most of the cars were still in first
speed when out of the mass OF smoke
and whirling snow shot the new car
from America, the Hudson, several
yards ahead of the artillery-like cIat<
ter of the exhausts of other contest
ants.
In an instant It had gained 20 feet
on the field, and was closely followed
by the second American car, the Ca
dillac. Gradually the Hudson com
menced pulling away and the driver
eased up at The line of finish five and
one-half seconds in the lead OF the
contender. Since the race the re-
markable new car from America has
Leen on the tongue of everyone IL
Stockholm who is Interested in mo-
tor cars.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
FEDERAL. 0NE.ION
TRUCK POPULAR
IN HONOLULU

The Standard Motor Car Company
has put in a busy week filling orders
for Federal one-ton trucks, says the
San Francisco Examiner of recent
date. 49,.
On Monday the company shipped
five to Honolulu to the Schuman Car
rage Company, who, nothwithstand-
ing the limited territory the island
affords, has had no difficulty in Great
ing growing demand for the motor
driven vehicle. -
On Tuesday carload was shipped
to Bakersfield, Wednesday four Fed
erals departed for Reno, Thursday
another was delivered to the Golden
Gate Meat Market, San Francisco. and
Friday S. G. Rump of Vallejo annexed
one-tonner, making in all distri'
button of twelve Federals for the
week. ..:...: ,..-.. .....--- =. .'...:''-
Speaking of the future Manager
Nichols says: :,><s. s.. :.=s
1T looks as though we would have
to increase our allotment, so great is
the current demand and so bright are
the prospects for ensuing months.
Never before has the commercial field
presented such promising possibilities,
and with the Federal, which to our
thinking is supreme in its class, we
expect to surpass any previous sales
record. We have made study OF
service, and by keeping this depart
ment open day and night are in a po-
siticn to take care of our customers
any hour in the twenty-four." !.
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axle of a Ford car which has been
punished" in the torsion machine at
the University of Michigan. For over
two DAYS the steel experts Of Ann Ar
Dor were irving to tie the axle in a
knot. Two complete turns of the tor
sion machine were made, and the Ford
axle refused to break. The attempt to
tie the axle into knot was aban-
doned because it was difficult to ham
die the steel in the torsion machine.
The Schuman Carriage Co, have
sold fifty of these fords in the last
five months and still the demand for
them seems to be on the increase.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
MONSTER MOTORS
GUST HlDRGSN
DRAWING

Last week the Royal Hawaiian
Garage delivered to Allen & Robin
son a huge Knox-Martin Tractor for
use in their lumber yards; this week
they report the sale of duplicate Of
the monster machine to Hustace-Peck
Co. for use in hauling their dump
wagons around town. The same firm
also bought REQ, 2,ton truck, for
use in lighter work.
The San Francisco Chronicle in a
lengthy article recently, commented
on the phenomenal performance of a
model 80 Knox-Martin Tractor carry
ing a 19-ton load of granite up a II
per cent grade in Oakland. Judging
from the number of inquiries about
the tractor a number of other firms
will shortly be using these powerful
machines which does the work, of six
and eight horses.
ID. A. Mcnamara of the Honolulu
Dairymen's Association this week
took possession of a 1913 REQ touring
car and is very proud of his new
possession Hardly a week goes by
in which there is not purchaser for
one or more of these medium priced
cars.
Manager Wells who has had one
of the Reo's in the rent service for
the past year, reports that the car
is still as good as new despite the
fact that it has done the majority of
hard trips around the island at times
wmen the roads were anything but
good. He considers the REQ the best
value in the automobile market 20
day.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
THIS THE LAST DAY
OF ART EXHIBITION

W. A. Coulter, the marine artist,
will close his exhibition in the Castle
L. Cooke hall today. There were so
many things, both in business and
pleasure lines, going on when he
opened the exhibition that the results
were very discouraging. He had
about decided to hold an auction sale
OF the pictures, when several pur
chases were made and he cancelled the
engagement of the auctioneer. This
was a week ago and since then Mr..
Coulter has sold more of his worls
He will leave in the Wilhelmin2 on
Wednesday Ills paintings have he N
greatly admired by those who have
visited the exhibition here. ..-..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22

tires are not interchangeable on rims
of different sizes Fourth: The four
contact surfaces are flat and cover q
large AREA obyiating sticking and pre-
venting wear Other types have an
gular ridges of limited area which
create difficulty in removing These
ridges are essential to safety in other
types but the wedges soon wear the.
ridges away.
Fifth: The felloe band and rim
fIange are stamped from solid sheet
steel making these two closely related
parts an exact fit and assuring the
four large bearing points SO perfect
a contact that no trging is needed and
the bolts and nrts become only a pre-
caatioEary adjunct and clamp. Other
makes are rolled felloe bands and
rim flange, fit loosely ard depend en-
tirely upon special setting OF bolts
and wedges to true the rims and keep
them in place.
In other words the Pierce-Arr0w
demountable rim protects the tire-is
lighter than some slightly heavier
than ore other make but in al whose
weight is in exact proportion 10 the,
demands upon it's interchaHgeable
with ether whose contact sur
face prevents Selling and consequential
delay, has a guard against wear maxi
ing it durable and safe with only six
bolts-fs so constructed that change
Of rims can be made easily by the
most inexperienced driver in seven
minutes and altogether is rim that
use has proved to be not only de-
mountable in name but an ineontest-
able fact.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
Belgian Army Menace

The Belgian government has de-
cided to introduce a bill in the com.
ing parliament demanding the in,
crease of the Belgian army from Az.
SOC men in time of peace to $4,000
This will make the army when on a
war footing number about 100000
men. The bill will call for an increase
in the army expense amounting to
about $20,000.000 The system now
in force in Belgium of zone son pei
family" will give place to two sons
per family" which will give an annual
contingent of $4,000 recruits.-Army
and Navy Journal. .>..... i. .<~s -
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JAPAN's SUBSCRIBERS

With the completion OF seven
story building. Toxic is able to boast
Of the first skyscraper in its history.
The structure, begun in January, 1910,
was but recently completed. 1t is
considered fire and earthquake proof.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22

IL Is expected to give service, and
with this view in mind the builders
who are recognized as the brainiest
men in the automobile world today
set to work on the five-ton truck and
the result is a perfectly constructed
machine.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
DIED

her late residence. 1884
Magazine street, Honolulu, March
%, 1913, Anna, wife of Arthur
Coyne. aged forty=eight years.
Funeral from the family residence
this afternoon at three O'Clock. 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-22
A Novel New Years Present

The cash register in Dallas, Tex,
restaurant was silent on New Years
morning between. the hours of II and
>. The proprietor stood behind the
register, received the checks and
greeted each customer with smile
and NO money, thank you" 1t is
the managers annual custom to show,
in this way. his appreciation of liberal
patronage during the year. 49,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-05
spNiYsNV-k andras~insan4Y YsHvwha
MA Ae4det of Pesns ylvslfhN a td for
Mrs. Thaw Sharply
Criticizes Jerome

Concord, \. H., Nov. Airs. Mary
G. Thaw gave to the press, tonight,
without the knowledge of my son.
she said, 'or any member of his eeun-
sell" "A Goo word statfment in, sharp
criticism Of William TiJfrapef and in
reply To his remarks before GaF. Felix
er in Rochester, rejecting npon Har-
fy X. Thaw's counsel. E#5=-
In relation to ole of Jerome's
charges she says: Ii must be obvious
To the most ordinary mind that if the
crime of Gning Il jurymap, was COM
mitted at the timei of the first homi-
eide trial it was nlanifestly the duty
of the district attorney to expose and
punish the offenders. On the other
hand if no such crime as he alleges
was committed, William Travers Je-
rome lays himself open to the charge
Of criminal libel. This is not the time
or place. however, 10 take that matter
up, but ii will not De forgotten
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-05
THE GRIM E.
Story Of Murder for Which Sentence
Was Given.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 4-The
crime for which Mrs. Bessie j. Wake
field of Bristol and James Plew of
Middlebury were, this afternoon, SEN
fenced to be hanged, was the murder
OF the woman's husband, William
Wakefield, in the Cheshire woods, last
June. Plew and the woman had FORM
ed plan to get Aid of Wakefield so
that they could marry. In accord
ance with this plan, Plew attempted
the murder at the Wakefield home on
the night of June %. but was unsuc-
cessfui. He then induced his intend
ed victim, whom he had partially
drugged. to go walking with him, fl
nauy leading him 70 an unfrequented
spot in the Cheshire woods, some Is
miles from Bristol, where he shot and
stabbed him to death, and then tied
some shoestrings about his neck and
to stump to give the indication of
suicide. AS the wounds did not kill
Wakefield outright, Plew waited
through the night in the vicinity, go-
ing frequently to the spot where his
victim lay until satisfied he was dead.
He then went back To Bristol and told
Mrs. Wakefield about it, About two
weeks later the body was found and
subsequent investigation resulted in
the arrest of the man and woman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-05
lIsa Short Sentences.

Writers who wish to impartia Ito their
productions power and pnnGeieyt VINO
wish to keep the readers atten{pn upon
the tiptoe of activity who desire 10 es-
cape the imputation of pedantrNaad VINO
seek to sureharge their sentintatss VIII.
sparkle and spirit, will do wehsfte near
in mind constantly that long, lingering
sentences. unduly overburdened4 with an
abundance of phrases, clauses and paren-
thetical observations of a more or less
aggressive character, are apt 10 be tire-
some to the reader. especially If the
subject-matter be at all proinuho or
ponderous, TO place an undue strain upon
his powers of concentration and TO leave
him with a confused concept OF the IDEAS
which the writer apparently has been at
great pains to concentrate. While snort,
snappy sentences, on the other hahd,
with the frequent recurrence OF subject
and predicate, thus recalling and em-
phasizing the idea to be expressed as
the development of the thought proceeds
like numerous sign-posts upon an uh-
Travelled road, these frequent breaks nav
ing the effect of taking q new hold upon
the readers attention, oases in the des-
ert of words, as it were, will be found
to be much more effective, much more
conducive to clarity and far better cal
culated to preserve the contact, the wire
less connection, so to speak, between the
writer and the reader, provided, how
ever, and it is always very easy to err
through a too strict and too literal APP
plieation of a general rule, that the SEM
tences are not SO short as to .give a
jerky, choppy and sketchy effect and g
scatter the readerfsi attention so often
as to send him ooligathering complete
ly,-Life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-05
Brick ia New YORK.

IT is difficult to realize the enormous
quantities of brick used annually in
Greater New York. During 1912 the
consumption was over one million
thousand. The principal source of this
vast quantity is the Hudson river re-
eion, which extends along both sides
of the river from New York to Cohoes,
and embraces ten counties, nine in
New York and one in New Jersey.
/ Other sources of supply are the Rari-
tan river region of New Jersey and
the Connecticut region.
Tlfe'year 1912 was one of unusual in
terest in the Hudson river region II
opened with an increasing demand,
and the price for common brick was
81 thousand, compared. with S4.25 in
1911. For several years the use of ce-
ment or concrete in construction ap-
peared to be displacing brick to some
extent. but owing to the strong back
/ to brick" movement the year 1912 saw
in the New York market change fa-
voring brick as the best building ma
terial for many purposes. influences
that have contributed to this change
are the failure of some concrete build
ings, the advertising campaign carried
on by the brickmakers, and the inn
proved quality of the Hudson river
brick. The average price was the
highest since 1906.
Tie marketed product of l9l2 was
larger than that of 1911 and would
probably have been still greater but
for the scarcity of labor, especially at
Hayerstraw, and the strike among the
briekmakers in the Newburg districts
The strike was of short duration, but
the scarcity of labor drawn away by
large construction enterprises, snch as
the Catskill aqueduct, railroad extern
sions, and subway operations. was Il
seii0us drawback to the Hudson river
ltrf6.kfdakers in 1872. This condition
was So serious that the operators re-
sorted to night work and ratny-day
work in loading Charges and imported
la borers from the south.
An important Il development during
the year was large increase in the
use of Raritan river, brick in New
York city, which HAS for some years
been drawing on the Raritan river re-
eion. In 1912 the demand for this
brick was very much greater than ever
before.
On the whole, the year may he re-
garded as one of prosperity. The de-
mand was good, prices were hish, the
mild weather toward the emu Oh the
year permitted shipments to Its close
and while the marketed product was
not the largest recorded, it was con-
siderably larger than that OF l9l1.
The statistics gathered by Jefferson
Middleton, of the United states geolo-
eical survey, show that the nufnner Oh
brick marketed in the HUDSON river
region in 1912 was ,0l9.25s,ooo, Nailea
at s5.s5O,77O, or $5.74 a thousand, com
pared with 1926, 900 brick in 1911,
valued at $4,7i7 ,633. or $500 thousand
This was an increase in 1912 of 49,
1s7 900 brick and Of S1,fS3,137 In value
The number of operating firms report
ing in 1912 was 26.-Indianapolis
News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-05
spoRTlHa NOTES.

An all American track team will
leave San Francisco. Nov. II, for an
Australian tour. The team will be
composed of James Power of the Bos-
ton Athletic Association, mile cham
pion of the United States and Can
ada, distance man; Alvah Meyer, New
York Irish American, sprinter; Ru-
ric Templeton, Olympic Club, Sar
Francisco, hurdler; and Reginald
Caughey of Ukiah. Cal, weight man
Power will attempt to break the Pa
cific coast record of 4.20 Saturday, al
Stanford Oval