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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

the surface-an oxidation called gum
check" Cold results In the rubber
hardening, and II used in that condi'
ton, the tires are liable to crack.
When ready to put the car into
commission again. place the tircs
that have been In the rear. on the
wheels in front and put the tires for'
merly IN front on tho back wheels.
The tires on the rear wheels always
are subjected to greater strain, ana
after the castings have travelled ior
considerable distance, the front tires
always are In better condition than
those in back. BY changing. the wear
is equafzed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
STARTER ON
STUDEBAKER'S
DELIVERY CAR
innovation in Commercial Field
Il Promised by Studebaker
Corporation
SAVES GAS" TIME AND
SUPERFLUOUS WORDS
Advance Details of New l,5OO.
Pound Car With Two Optional
Body Styles

Confidential information has been
furnished Studebaker dealers OF the
imnendinR advent Of new delivery
car. embodying for the first time IN q
gasoline motor used commercially, Me
nrinciples of electric starting /and
electric lighting. :,
Work on these new cars has al
ready been begun. Deliveries are
promised In q few weeks.
The Studebakers have long been
prominent in the light delivery field
and their Twenty" delivery car has
been long recognized as one OF the
leaders In this work. They have also
built large numbers Of electric trucks
NJ various models. Manufacture OF
former types has been dropped, how
ever, and the entire strength or the
production organization conferred on
this one model. so far as the com
mercial field Is concerned.
I'm our new delivery car we have
combined the power OF gasoline car
with the simple starting facilities OF
an electric" declares Sales Manager
Benson.
"The only valid fault found with the
fact that, when stops are made, the
driver either wastes fuel while his
motor Is running idle. or else loses
time by the necessity for crahkiHg,
after the motor has been at rest.
With the electric starting and light
Ing system--identica with that used
on other Stufebaker cars-there Is no
waste OF time or fuel. The driver
stops his motor, delivers his package,
steps to his seat, and the motor re-
sumes work. obedient TO the pressure
of his heel on the plunger that op-
crates the cranking device
The new delivery car is built on a
special chassis. differing considerably
from that used for passenger cars.
The springs are extra size and the
frame Is OF extra-heavy steel and
straight. The motor Is the same used
In. the Studcbaker -Four" but Is
equipped with a governor which Will
prevent the cars being driven at
greater rate OF speed than that spec'-
fed by the owner A full floating
rear axle, equipped with Timken roll
er bearings Is another feature OF the
car which Is equipped with 34x4h-
inch pneumatic tires. Left steer-an
especial advantage In commercial
cars--and center control are other
features.
The car will be furnished with
panel body or with express BODY and
canopy top at the same price-$1,15o.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
GOODRICH TRUCKS RELIEVE BLOCKADE
In AKRON DURING FIERCE SNOW ST0

AKRON. o.. Nov. 15.---This city was
completely showed under today as a
result OF the heavy snow storm of Sun
day. All traffic was at standstill
in the early morning. including the
city surface cars. Thousands OF
workers were unable to reach their
Offices, as shank's mare locomotion
Was the only variety offered, and that
under the severe handicap OF numer-
Gus deep drifts.
The snow-plows OF the street car
line. not having been required for
some four years. we're out OF repair
and unable to relieve the tie-up. The
b. F. Goodrich Co.. whose huge tire
and rubber factory, the largest In the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
GOODYEAR HAS
LAUDABLE PLAN
TO AID employees
Supplies Comfortable Houses to
its Workers at Actual Cost
of Building
PAYMENTS TO BE "..
~" MADE SAME AS RENT
President Soldering Adopts
C0mmendahle Idea in Order
to Solve Housing Problem

Saturday afternoon. Nov. 1, q flag
raising" conducted by the local Post
of the @. A r marked the opening
Of the Goodyear home community at
Akron, Ohio. BY the development
Of this community the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Co.. 10 supplying comfort
able homes to its employees at actual
cost, payments to be on the basis OF
rent. No down payments" are nee.
essary and the, rent-installments do
not begin until the prospective owner
Is living in his new home.
President #. A. Seiberling, of the
Goodyear Co., planned the community
as one solution of the serious nous
ing problem that was created In Az
ron by the rapid growth Of the rub
Der industry here, and the consequent
demand for large numbers Of working
men. It was realized that In the abb
sence of homes for workmen's fami-
lies. comparatively few family men
would come to Akron for work, and
the labor supply would consequently
be migratory and uncertain. Work
men with families. many Of whom de-
sire to become home owners, are of.
ten prevented from realizing their
dream because they have not saved
money necessary to make initial pay
ments In buying property.
Mr.. Seiberling bought 400 acres OF
farm land, at farm cost, not far from
the Goodyear factory, which Is at the
edge Of town. He caused the streets
TO be laid out and graded, sewers.
water and gas pipes laid. etc., by the
factory's engineering department, all
at actual cost and then let contracts
for houses In quantities OF one hun
dred to obtain the best possible
prices. The houses themselves all
have individuality, and are unlike the
usual company allotments with un-
varying styles and unrelieved houses
Of sameness Of -tyPe-FAe- eelehra-
ton was at the completion Of the first
hundred houses. The land will ac-
commodate 1900 and ultimately will
be covered. President F. A. Sefber-
ling presided at the celebration. There
were addresses by Judge OF the local
court and a veteran of the Grand
Army and at the conclusion S0-foot
Ola Glory fioated at the top OF a 100
foot nag pole.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
OLDFIELD SETS
new RECORD
Establishes New Mark for Mile
on Dirt Track at Phoenix,
Arizona

Arizona's mile record on q dirt
track was fractured Nov. 8, when Bar
ney Oldheld, driving n Renault car
rounded the track at Phoenix IN 48
seconds. Heretofore the best time
made In Arizona has been so seconds.
Oldfield as usual used Firestone tires.
Phoenix was the c1utcr Of attrac-
tion for western automobile enthusi-
asts all that week. On Nov. began
the race from Los Angeles to San Di-
ego to Phoenix. The FL PasO Auto
mobile clubs run from tho Texan city
TO Phoenix was started next day AT.
ter the races meet was staged In
the Arizona capital.
Oldheld holds the Michigan milo
record and also tho worlds record
which he set In Bakersfield. CAL. some
time ago. b@rney's time there was
aga seconds. just little better than
the record Bob Burman had set some
time before and which made the Benz
driver the worlds mile speed king for
awhile.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
SERVICE is KEYNOTE
OF TRUCK SUCCESS

Selling q commercial car II as Diff
ferent from selling pleasure car as
selling a talking machine u from sell
Ing a cash register. says Sales Man
ager Petit, Of the Commerce Motor
Car company. In the drst instance
you sell product which is primarily
designed to give pleasure to It's own
er-to carry its owner quickly In town
or on country tours. In the second
you are selling product which must
meet successfully The insistent Dc
mands of everyday business.
A load Of merchandise to be deliv-
cred promptly, load to be called for
some important thing to be done
quickly--things which must be done
and cannot be delayed-times when
delay means a lost customer or
heavy financial loss---are all contin-
geuries which demand from COM
mercial car the most exacting SER
vice possible--service not once In
while, but every day the year round
To produce q successful CONNER
cial car you must build that car from
the ground up to satisfy commercial
demands. You cannot build It for
luxury--you cannot sacrifice useful
ness TO beauty. you must build for
service and for nothing else. The
successful commercial car must be
dependable.
In the same manner and for the
same reasons the arguments and the
system used In selling the CONNER.
cial car must prove absolutely TO
your prospect that your car IL abso-
luteIy commercially profitable. We
have n record. says Mr.. Petit. OF the
performance of every Commerce car
we have sold. Those records are the
| best Testimonials and sales, arguments
- havo - s-.... :. IL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

does not ask more OF them than they
are calculated to do.
IF one would like to keep his car
equipped as the manufacturer equips
them he must keep the car stripped
down to the same weight that II has
when the manufacturer hands 1t to
him, or, II he will increase the weight
Of the car he must increase the size
OF the equipment, and this whether
he drives on city streets or country
roads"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

feet used In the Coliseum last weeH;1
But the move was justified BY th6(
success of the show and the intero6f
manifested by the public. M
The attendance was moro thar
double that OF last February, 10
number OF exhibitors was doublodli
And the results of the show make s..
certain that from now on the Natlona1:
Motorcycle, Bicycle and Accesso1X
show will be held each year In tho;
Coliseum. Plans for next years SHOW;
are already under way, and II WIZ
undoubtedly be larger and moro con-
prehensive even than the show jui(
closed. \ Az
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
CARE OF TIRES IS
VERY ESSENTIAL
H. A. Coffin Tells Why They
They Should be Given Best
of Attention

Many car owners at this season OF
the year. feeling that 1t Is too cold
to continue running their machines.
put them into a garage or barn and
thereupon proceed to forget about
them until spring. No care Is given
the car or tires.
II the machine is 70 be laid up for
considerable length Of time, 1t
should be thoroughly overhauled and
stored In dry room, and one not
permitted to get too cold. Dampness
and cold are very Injurious to the
finish.
Care of the tires Is az necessary as
attention to the car. H. A. CONN, To-
cal manager for the Firestone Tire Il
Rubber company, gives the following
advice to car owners on the care OF
tires during the winter. When 1t IL
decided that the machine Is to be laid
up, the tires should be taken from
the rims, and the latter carefully
cleaned with emery paper to remove
all rust and mud. Rim paint or
mixture OF oil and graphite should
then be applied.
Thoroughly examine the castings,
inside and out. Fractures In the fab
ric, punctures, cuts, or any other In
jury, no matter how slight, should
receive instant attention by a relia-
BILE repair man, but do not permit the
tires to remain In the repair shop
all winter. Get them back as soon
as the work is finished.
Then rub the inside OF the tire
with tale or graphite. II will tend to
preserve the casing and will act as q
lubricant when the tube is replaced.
Wash the outside Of the casing with
CASTLE soap and water. Never use
coal oil or gasoline.
Examine the tubes well for pune
turcs or other injuries. Any pune
lures will show themselves II the
tubes are inflated and then Immersed
In water. After any necessary re-
pairs have been made, rub the tubes
with tale or powdered graphite. lntil
they are slippery. 1t is well, too, to
have the old plungers removed from
the valves and new ones inserted.
The washers on the old ones are like
ly to become worn and permit the air
to escape. Be sure, also, that the
valve caps are replaced.
Do not entirely debate the tubes.
Leave in them enough air To preserve
their contours. then return them to
the castings, getting the nap into
place.
II the car Ia to be held In readiness
for immediate use and It is necessary
to keep tho tires In position, jack the
machine up until the wheels clear the
floor. Whether the tires stay on the
car or not. wrap them with burlap or
paper to exclude the light. II taken
on the rims, the tires should be laid
fiat md in a moderately heated room.
The attic usually IL Q good tire store
room.
Light and excessive heat causes the
sulphur In the rubber to work toward
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

world, was severely disrupted - m
Ing capacity by the absence q
many OF its $4,000 employees, hit
novel scheme To relieve the cf1y /. ~
To its huge auto trucks ccuipD1
with Goodrich wireless truck Ul1
rudely constructed plows were r.
tached and, loaded to tho guards Nh
boys who were more than wfllin0C
enjoy free hitch, they proce6t6
down the avenues on which the st9otl
cars were stalled. scraping away ~
snow and leaving the tracks clean e.
whistle for the cars to trail ofl0'
In this manner the Goodrich factcr
was soon working at normal aeol4
making up for the hours lost.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
Furnishing the New Cars.

The first Studebaker -Four" and
"Six" produced by the Detroit plants
In the regular factory run have been
covering the mountain roads near
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Roanoke. Va.
on to Florida, where some elaborats
cooling tests will be made to confirm
the results attained in experimental
cars which preceded the regular
models.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
Travelled Doc Dead.

Los Angeles mourns the passing q
"Ketchel," famous dog motoFir|
which made double transcon<lnsnt1
trip. Last season, and had covered. q
various times, more than $4,000 mS1)
on the front seat of the 6tudeba1f
car owned by ID. l.. Fallin. ''Ketcn1t3
was bull terrier. He met hio On
under truck. after leaping from I'M
seat OF Mr.. Fallin's car to do bak3l1
with q rival. II
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
GOODRICH MAN STANDS
BY POST AS BULLETS FLY

Just before the assassination OF Ma
dero down In turbulent Mexico, the b.
F. Goodrich Co. thought that 1t was
getting too hot for their Mexico City
representative, 80 they notified him
that he didn't have to stay and get
shot unless he realty wanted to.
The story, as the local Goodrich
manager, Fl. j. Morehead tells It, is
that the Mexico City manager felt
the call for duty too strong. and did
not care to vacate. ~~v 80
Possibly he thought that the stray
bullets from the Insurgents rifles
land they we're certainly flying fast)
would make 1t necessary for q great
many tires to be replaced, and that 1t
would be grand idea for him TO be
on the job after the smoke OF the
battle had cleared.
Anyway, he bundled up his wife
and daughter and took them to the
border, where he shooed them into the
open ana protecting arms Of Uncle
Sans soldiers. Then he hiked back
to the Goodrich branch. where he
pulled down his Winchester, and pre-
pared himself to hold onto the rubber
tires and incidentally look after the
safe
Funny thing" said Mr.. Morehead,
"the only protection the building had
against the rampaging insurgents was
a pennant with the Goodrich trnde-
mark, wreath with the letter O.
inside And this banner seemed to
convert the location into q neutral
zone. The only way can figure 1t out
Is that the trademark protected him
from the attack Of the insurgents
Just as the trademark on advertised
foods protects the manufacturers from
tho attack of imitators. Tho last
heard was that our Mexico City man
ager was still down there. Whether
his success In repelling the terrific
onslaught Of the insurgent bullets
gave him aspirations TO the Mexican
presidency or not, IL proved one thing,
and proved 1t conclusively. and that
is that the Goodrich mon stick to
their allotted tasks like the safety
tread on Goodrich tire sticks to a
slippery road"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

A banking concern In Phoenfx
Ariz., has established a branch n
Studebaker roadster. which II da11
driven over a route that includes "a
various ward schools. Children ID
encouraged to make deposits IL Gu
curb.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

ly a salesman on the road, a district
manager, sales manager and. from
1900 tc 1907 was vicepresident and
general manager. In 1907 he came
to Detroit. The doors Of opportunity
swung wide on their golden hinges.
and he became president of the E. Il.
Thomas Detroit Motor Company. This
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

Richard Scott, a rural mall carries
Of Cambridge City, Indiana, reccntI(
covered his 25-mile route on mofSi{
cycle In 81 minutes. He delivered mali
to 81 boxes On the route. 4z4
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

In recent race between a motnl
cycle. and coyote. the mot0rcyc,@2
driven by Rev J. l.. Nipple, Of Nee!
Ulysses. Kansas, won.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17

JOb Printsng DOne Rlght. I
Printing Co. rs John R-st
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-11
COUNTY AGENT ON
HIS LECTURE TOUR
VIII Deliver Talks on Farming at
Various Schools During
the Fall.

John s. Bordner, county agent,
began his fall lecture series Friday at
the Webster school, north of the city
on the Niles road. Saturday night he
will talk at North Liberty. His talks
will deal with conditions that face the
farmer today.
He has prepared a set of charts
giving figures comparing the results
of different products and will carry
them with him on his trips.
The lectures will be discontinued
next week as the county agent will at
tend the conference of the agriculture
agents of the state which meets at
Perdue for an all week session. There
will be 20 counties of the state rep
resented by an agent at this the first
annual meeting.
The fall school for farmers will be-
gin in December. All organizations
which are planning on directing the
meetings can arrange with Bordner
for the dates. The schools will open
in this county first.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-11
.SWITCHMAA BEGINS
FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
Edward Gleason of EIkhart
Says He Was Placed in an
Orphans Home When Young
and Robbed of Estate.

ELKHART. Ind, oct IA re-
markable narrative of how he came 10
inherit a large share OF a fortune
which he estimates at $50. 600. 900 was
told TO a South Bend News-Times rep
resentauve Friday by Edward Glea-
son. a Lake shore switchman, who re-
Gently quit his job and told his fellow
employees that he was going TO Boston
10 claim the millions which ne alleges
are justly sis.
In the first place my name is not
Gleason" began the former railroad
er. Il am Edward Gleason Steavens.
the son Of Frank Steavens, whom L
believe now resides in New York. My
mother inherited the money which
amounted at that time to about S10,-
600, 600. She died when L was a small
boy and for some unknown reason to
me / was placed in the Boston city or
phanage About twenty years ago
when / was about five years of age l
was brought west with twenty-four
other boys We were taken in by diff
ferent families and it was my lot to
become a member Of the family OF
William Riley of East Elkhart.
Mrs John A. Baumgarten was
frequent visitor at the home and took
a liking to me, finally getting Mrs.
Riley's consent to take me TO her
home, where I remained until two
years ago. When l was brought here
several papers of whose value l did
not realize at the time were left with
me. AS l grew older L deposited them
in a local bank. Later / sent them to
an eastern bank, from which they dis
appeared.
Il Immediately suspected a relative
and l hired detectives and finally got
them back. My attorney, Moses Went
worth of Boston, now has them and
my uncle. Charles A. Gleason of Chi
cago, and / are going o Boston sun
day evening A settlement Will be
made then. / don't care to discuss my
future plans now. The original estate
of $15,OOO,OO0 has grown TO $4,000
600 in stocks, bonds, and Boston real
estate"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-11
GOT A MILLION IN
REAL ESTATE DEAL
Former Director i'm Bank at Germany
is Placed Under Arrest at
New York.

NEW YORK. oct. 11.-Paul r.
Lindner, formerly a director of the
Land and Industrial bank at Berlin,
was arrested mere Friday under the
name of Lenhard, on a charge of for
gerry in a real estate transaction in
Berlin invOIvlng 100000 marks
(abOut $1.0OO,OOO)
The German consul at whose be
hest Isindner was arrested asserted
at a hearing Friday that Lindner was
also wanted in Berlin on a charge Of
embezzlement, last February Of 200
600 marks from the bank of which he
was director. Lindner admitted his
identity but protested that he was in
nocent He was held without bail for
examination in eXtraditiOn proceed
ings oct. 81.
To detectives making the arrest
Lindner declared that he had testified
recently in Washington under the
name of Lenhard as an expert on
German banking methods before the
American commission to investigate
European agricultural cooperation.
Detectives were then searching for
him on the forgery charge.
Since his arrival at New York on
Feb. 20 last Lindner has travelled un-
der the aliases of Richard Splitter and
Lenhard, staying for a while in Mon
treal in Chicago and Washington,
leaving each city when detectives got
on his trial.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-11
Virtues That Sometimes
Become Vices-Patience
BY BILLIE BURKE.

II get mighty tired Of reading OF
those wonderful rewards that come
to- the patient woman"
II find IL is the woman who is not
meek who gets what she deserves
and. perhaps. a little more"
IL is the people who make things
disagreeable for US. if we do not suit
them. that we try 10 placate.
We have little respect for those
who turn the other cheek"
If mother is impatient, the children
Will be more than careful not TO wor-
~ her. and the wife that will make
things uncomfortable for hubby il
she does not have her way usually
gets it,
Patience or meeHness do not really
loom so large as a virtue as we have
been taught. There is no particular
reason why one should be patient
with a selfish. self-centered person
who insists that the world must be
run for her benefit. 1t would prob
ably do her good and broaden her
character TO realize that she must
consider others.
One must not confuse patience with
consideration. To have consideration
means that you are just. that YOU viii
give 10 every one his due and will not
arrogate all the attention and thought
and care Of everyone about you to
yourself
Patience means meekly accepting
all sorts OF uncomfortable circum-
stances rather than hurt the feelings
of some very thOughtless selfish per
pson who should be taught better.
That biblical promise. Blessed are
the meek, for they shall inherit the
earth" usually means. in modern
parlance, a nice. round lump of mud
in the neck. The man who has in
herited a farm, gold mine, a lum-
Der forest or an acre or two of land
in the heart of New York or Chicago
simply because he is meek and lowly
has not sent in his name TO the news
papers yet.
1t would seem as though the sue
cessful woman of today should try
and eliminate patience from her list
of virtues and put into its place con-
sderatiOn.
Consideration for others is a splen-
did qualification. A meekness that
bears with seIfshness and within is
silly.