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The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
ADOPTS GOODYEAR
OVERSIZE TIRES
Ideal Motor Car Company, OF
indianapolis, Adopt Them
for StutZ Automobile

Oversize tires are a good invest
ment for the car manufacturers, al
though they cost little more than
smaller tires" says Harry Stutz,
president OF the Ideal Motor Car Co..
indianapolis, Ind.
1--WE have one OF our 1913 models
equipped with 34x6 Goodyear over
size tires instead Of the usual 34x4R
tires. Automobile makers In these
days try to cut down car upkeep. we
can't warrant tires but we know that
nothing counts so much with users
as low cost OF tire repair. We car
makers believe that for the good OF
the industry tire expense should be
minimized. and for that reason wo
are willing to pay little more ior
oversize tires to insure satisfaction
TO our patrons.
Tire makers have found that ~
percent added to the air capacity OF
tire adds 25 per cent to the tire
mileage. In addition to taking care
of the overload, oversize tires VIII
give better traction than smaller
tires. thus making driving easier and
safer in slippery places. Another al
vantage OF the oversize tire, which
makes them a good investment for
the car maker Is the fact that over
size tires eliminate vibration and
crystallizing of vital parts OF car.
thus protecting the car, increasing
the comfort, whereas smaller tires
add capitalization, vibration and
hard riding.
I'VE believe that the addition OF
GOODYEAR Oversize tires has helped
make the sturdy Stuz even more de-
sirable. The tire Is Just one of the
many finer points our engineers have
concentrated on. but the ever in.
creasing popularity OF the Stutz
shows how close attention to details
which affect so seriously the purse
of our users. has enabled the Stutz
to attain its present position
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
MANUFACTURERS
HELP RAILROADS
DELIVER MODELS
Competition for Empty Freight
Cars Is Keen and Fam
inc Is Feared
STUDEBAKER COMPANY
MAKES PREPARATIONS
Costly Shipping Platform Pays
Its Way in Prompt Ser
vice to Dealers

To help the railroads and thereby
make possible the prompt delivery oil
the 1918 automobile crop IL the task
which Detroit manufacturers are now
facing. Composition for empty cars IL
already keen; . real famine In rolling
stock Is predicted for April and May
AT least one of the big maufactur
ers meets this crisis well prepared
This Is the Studebaker corporation
which has just made an investment OF
over 100000 In the very latest facil
tiles for swift, efficient handling OF
freight. Studebaker cars are now
leaving this new loading plant by the
hundreds, on schedule. two trainloads
at once.
Students Of traffic conditions are In.
terested In the Studebaker loading
plant because of its novelty and on
account OF the striking way by which
1t solves peculiar side-track condi-
ton.
The main line tracks back of the
Studebaker plants, are 20 feet above
the level OF the factory yard. The
new loading plant Is merely a mas
sive shelf. two city blocks long. level
with the tracks and supported on &C.
ment piers. On the shelf are sidings
and platform; under the shelf Is a
great storage space.
Along a factory street comes q
steady procession OF finished cars
under the shelf they pass and onto
one Of the two hydraulic elevators
Up they go. two automobiles in each
load, to the platform which is level
xuith ho
is steadily In progress on both sides
Of the platform, at the same time.
At one pglace the platform is
pierced by siding that leads incom
ing freight to a door in the StudebakeI
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
IF. w. A. vEsPER.

In the motor ear, the same power
requirements must be obtained from
a motor Of the smallest possible size
mounted on nothing bit steel frame.
1t Is taken out on the road where 1t
goes tipping first ons way and then
another, and no matter what the con.
dition, 1t is supposed TO pull its load
without even a piston slap.
When analysed II is really won
der that more breakages do not Oc-
cur. Successful builders realize the
tremendous strain put upon the ma
chine, however, and have used the ut
most care in the selection of material,
and in bringing up the standards OF
shop workmanship by increasing RI
gidity Of inspection.
There Is just one conclusion and
here it is-the automobile motor OF
today is the most wonderful piece OF
machinery ever built"
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
SOCIETY LEADER TO
HAVE ABBOTT CHASSIS

Word has just reached the Detroit
factory that the Thomas Flyer com
pany OF San Francisco, distributors
OF the Abbott-Detroit line at that
point, have booked an order with one
Of San Franciscos well-known So
ciety women to build special coupe
body on a 44-50 Abbott.Detroit chas-
sis. which will be one Of the hand
soonest and most expensive jobs ever
undertaken In motor car building.
The design OF the body will be
something quite original after the
buyers own ideas. The color scheme
will be gold, trimmed with black on
the outside, and the inside will be up.
holstered in baby blue brocaded silk
All the accessories will be gold
plated.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
'SELF-STARI|||
PROVESEFFIC
FOR FIRE
Firemen Of Syracuse, Nv 4
Demonstrate Value and ~ q
fectiveness Of Devico i;.
FOUR STATIONED rs
AT VARIOUS POM
Captain Praises II After Iu1t
Made Of Chalmsrs' Com W
pressed Air Starter .:tF

That the self-starter Il moroS 1l
convenience and labor save
shown recently By . remarka110
OF the Chalmers com preeeed ~ r
er by firemen or Syracuse. n. ~.
test was made under ordinary ~
ing conditions and demonstrates
clusively the value and apook1vo
Of the device. sssx
Four firemen were stationed a. e.
rious points in the IRE houoA u ~
was sounded and the nrOuaoo. Ul
Capt. Adam Group. who took thoy1u
at the wheel, sprang into tho dGGl
ments Chalmers "Thirty-slx's Wn
stood in the center Of the nooe.
less time than 1t takes 70 tell, 49,
was started, out Of the ota16ou -
speeding up the street. a city TGoc
sentative caught the time WITH = -
watch at rs seconds. &,
The use OF motor driven nro r
paratus In the larger cities has -
wonderful effect In reducing IN ln
said Capt. Group after the Tt w.
with all the speed that hae 49, 9
complished there ID yet oppottumlf|
for great improvement thxpQGA
adoption OF efficient self-atASteEn
self-starter that cannot b. dopoI1o|
on IL, OF course, worse than no0Q1n
all. The compressed air startoe ~
proved absolutely dependable.
when q IRE IL commencing e. U&
Roadway, every second that - 0me
counts heavily. A short delay -
mean q loss of life or the destruoee
Of valuable property. But whea A.
can get In the machine and out q e.
street In rs seconds - We ~ Vo)
this car. Q fire has small chanoo n
get much Of start on NJ" H 2,'.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
GOODRICH PLANT
IS NOT AFFECTED
Floods Have Not Interfered
With Operations, Says OFF,
cial of Company

AKRON, O.. March 29.-The b. +,
Goodrich Co. has not been affected by
the foods. The factory in this city,
according to an official OF the com
pany, IL working full time and the
production OF tires is increasing every
day. Scenes within and without the
factory reflect an exceptionally busy
situation. The company Is running
full blast in order to take care Of or
ders that are pouring in from all sec
lions.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
Bio Highway Project.

That the government will be com.
PEELED eventually to coat the Missis-
sippi levees with cement is the belief
OF Maj. Lee Richardson, Studebaker
representative at Vicksburg. Miss,
who sees in the situation an opening
for magnificent highway, down the
line of the whole valley.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
No,ss, Electric pispI az.

AS a striking test OF the electric
cranking and lighting device in his
studebaker as" George Boyles add
ed the word "Studebaker" in electric
bulbs to the crest of the hood and
startled Kals mazoo. The apparatus
handled the extra load with ease, gen.
Grating ample current from the gaso'
line motor.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
studebaker's west vIroinIa."

Several months ago. The Studebak-
er Corporation bought 10000 tons OF
steam coal and stacked II In a corner
OF the main yard as insurance against
fuel famine. Employees have dubbed
the mountainous pile The state OF
West Virginia"
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31
An Old Hand.

Owner OF apartment house-Ts the
new janitor experienced?
Z Agent-You bet he Is, He wasn't
on the Job half an hour before all the
bells and speaking tubes were out or
commission. Life.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31

Business-like Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kInd that
looks right. Times Priat1ng Co. rs
John P-st. Pm. Main 1tae or City 3SeS
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31

old stand 'Hughey" sais It doesn't
make much difference where, the
salesroom is located because people
who are determined to buy . good
car are bound to look item up. And
in the meantime he Is pulling wires
and presenting his cass before the
prospective auto buyer, but he still
finds time to meander ever the path
of good Fellowship ard greet his
friends, and he has q large number oil
them II reports that are flying here.
abouts are to be credited.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-31

H. Pylntsag Dose Right. Tines
p.sssa>s c.. Is John R-st
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
Court OUGHT to sIt Elsewhere.

THE court, sitting in banc-" began
the professor.
"Ar-r-r-r-r!" snarled old Timrod
Tarpy. That's one of the reasons
why the people are losing all respect
for the courts! What chance in a law
suit can a poor but honest man expect
to have against greedy capital. when
the courts do their settin' in banks I?
And that's the reason, too, why faith
in banks amt what it used to be- Who
wants to deposit money where there
are lot of court officials gawpin at
him? Why. blame it, I'll betcha, right
now. there are banks that a Teller
can scarcely scrouge his way into, for
the judges and tip-staffs and one thing
and another clutterin' around in the
way. What's this country comm to
anyhow"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
Family Tombstone Lost.

His family tombstone had disap-
peared from the churchyard, was the
remarkable allegation made by a
man named Turnbull. local alder
man, at a meeting of the parishion-
ers of Berwick. Scotland, parish
church, recently. Turnbull produced
a paper certifying that certain indi-
vidual, who was present at the meet.
Ing, and signified his assent, had
carted six loads of broken tombstones
to the building of the new parish
hall Alderman Turnbull said he
made the discovery about two years
ago, but had refrained from mention
ing that the tombstone was missing
until he had made a careful search.
The allegation that broken tomb
stones had been taken to build the
church hall was denied. in so far
that the church wardens knew moth.
ing about it. An inquiry is to be
made into the matter
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

now we are shoveling the crest away
from the canal in order to relieve the
pressure from above. Before the move
ment in January began the excavation
in the cut at that point had been
carried to within Is feet of the canal
bottom. Digging out that is feet of
material removed the support of the
Cucaracha, and down It came. If we
could have turned in the water and
taken out the Is feet with dEedges, |
think the pressure of the water would
have done much to prevent the slide.
what of the future?" asked. rs
there any danger of slides occurring
after the canal is opened?"
Absolutely none, believe" he an
swered. when the excavating and
dynamiting have ceased and the wa
ter is in, it will be quite safe We
have the slides and breaks mapped
out as far back as there is any indi-
cation of their extending, and are
working back to those lines. II is
merely matter Of persistency and pa
tience."
When win the water be let into
the cut?"
In October" replied Colonel Goe-
thals. "But there will be no celebra-
ton over the event. That one in Jan
uary, 1915. is giving us enough worry,
and we don't forget the premature and
ridiculous celebration by Ferdinand de
Lesseps many years ago. We win just
turn the water in-thats all. Then we
can complete the excavation there
with suction dredges. which win do
the work cheaply and rapidly"
And when win boats be passing
through the canal?"
That l cannot say, but the sooner
the better for the operating crews
must be properly trained before that
January celebration. wouldn't have
an accident occur for anything. II we
cannot have commercial vessels going
through before then, / shall ask the
government 70 send naval vessels
through. so the operating forces can
get the ezperlenfe. Anyhow. / want
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
NOT AT ALL UNREASONABLE
Wife Determined to Have Something
for Her Share in Sale, but Amount
Was by No Means Excessive.

An aged couple recently sold for
three thousand pounds the farm
wherein they had lived for many
years. In due course the purchaser
called with a solicitor to close up the
sale. The solicitor had prepared a
deed, which the farmer signed and
passed to his wife, whose signature
also was necessary.
To the surprise of everyone, the
woman declined to put her name to
the instrument.
81 have lived on this farm for over
thirty years." she said, "and l am
not going to sign away my rights
unless | get something out of it that
| can call my own
The husband and the solicitor rea-
soned with her, but to no avail. She
was immovable. The purchaser
evinced signs of nervousness, since
ne IelJ LnaC the WOman'S demands
might be unreasonable.
Finally, after further parley, he
steeled himself to put the momen-
tous question:
"How much will you take to sign
the deed ?"
The woman hesitated, and then
finally she replied:
"Well, | think / ought to have
half sovereign, anyway."-London
Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
Romance is Not Dead.

You tell me that romance-love at
first sight and all that kind of thing
is dead? tell you it isn't. It's sim.
ply out of style. that's all-backed of
the boards by all this fool triangular
stuff that the problem plays talk about
and that everybody thinks is the
proper caper and is afraid to say he
or she doesn't like for fear of being
called old-fashioned.
Romance is the kind of thing that
won't be downed-like truth-and
when you mash It in at one place is
sticks out at another. II it has been
cultivated out of the favored social
classes, here's hoping the downtsod-
den masses are getting theirs--and {
believe they are.--Hattie Lee MacAI
lister. in the American Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
Mlser,s Revenae.

An old miser. who died in Wales
recently, fell out with his relatives
over a trifie several years ago. and
he thereupon changed nearly all his
money into banknotes. Each bank
note he tore into two, burning one por.
ton and retaining the other. When
his relatives came to examine his ef
fects after his death they found 70
their chagrin. valueless halves OF the
banknotes and a letter which con
tanned the paragraph:
"All my money ! leave to my dear
relatives to be equally divided be
tween them. l am sure they will not
quarrel about IT,"
The miser bad destroyed the halves
OF the banknotes bearing the numbers
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
Objects to One Brand Of Humor.

Many persons, for want of come
thing to do" grimly commented Uncle
Tfmrod Tarpy, "are putting in their
time trying to think up new and orig
inal variations of the asinine express
sion that so-and-so Is the man that put
'fiue' in influence or took the cent
out of incentive and so on, ad nau-
seam. And, as much as l abhor such
vile habits, If l caught an individual
at It / wouldn't chide or hinder him,
for the reason that the kind of head
that would prompt him to indulge in
such practices would drive him to
wearing side whiskers along with one
of these ere green hats with the bow
In the back, or to arguing that the
Progressives will come back into the
Grand Old Party. IL he was interrupted
long enough to cause him to think o.
something else. kansas City Star
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

Colon, G. Elf you wish to hear
language" just say "Cucaracha" 20
one Of the engineers engaged in build
ing the central division of the Panama
canal.
Cucaracha in Spanish means a
cockroach. In the Canal Zone 1t
means the greatest of the numerous
slides that have made the COMPLETION
of the Culebra cut SO different and so
expensive. Why that slide was named
the cockroach / could not discover
Certainly even the Panamanian cock
roach is not so large, and he moves
much more swiftly.
Before the first French company
quit operations in 1889 the Cucaracha
began to slide, and it first gave the
Americans trouble in 1905, the second
year of their work on the canal. Be
tween then and July /, 1912, nearly
100000 cubic yards of material was
removed from the canal because of
it. The slide had broken nearly 1900
feet from the axis of the canal, and
covered an area of Az acres. Last fall
the engineers were congratulating
themselves on having the cockroach
stopped, but in January it started
moving again, and nearly covered the
bottom of the cut.
What is going to be the cost of
that slide to the United States?" l
asked Colonel Goethals as we stood at
the edge of the CuiebBa cut and look
ed across the chasm to where the
steam shovels and hundreds of men
were laboring to remove the vast
mass Of earth and rock.
well" the chief engineer replied, our
estimate is that by the time it is all
cleared up it will have required the
expenditure Of about 100000 more
than the cut would have cost If the
slide had not occurred. 1t is still NOV
ing, and has broken 80 far back that
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN


The man who boasts to his wife
that he has never deceived her usu-
ally doesn't, even then.
Various observers have expressed
the fear that in certain sections of
Manhattan the pet dog has already
usurped the place the child should
have in feminine affections.
Perhaps. But we have never seen
a healthy child after taking child
hoods candid, appraising look at one
of these women, clamor for an ex-
change of destinies.
Oh, the many noble women who
are faithfully and consistently atom
ing by their lives for the receptions
they practiced in order to catch their
husbandsl
If we admit that woman is the
guardian of religion, in all ages, we
begin to get hint of the reason why
the devil, In most theological sys-
tens, figures as a man.
1t is a mistake to suppose that all
the cynical reflections upon matri-
many are written by married men.
Some are written by married
women.
The Inconsistency of women
that is the most convenient phrase
ever invented by man, for it con-
dones in advance all his contemplate
ed infdelities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
LEFT FOR coNQUTRoR or ALL
Space Above Flag at Half Mast 10
Supposed to Be Reserved for
Banner Of Angel Of Death.

Perhaps you have noticed that
whenever a prominent person dies.
especially II he Is connected with the
government. the flags on public build
lngs are hoIsted only part Of the way
up. This is called ''half.mast" Did
you ever stop to think what connec-
ton there could be between flag
that was not properly hoisted and the
death Of a great mani
Ever since flags were used In war
Il has been the custom to have the flag
of the superior or conquering nation
above that Of the inferior or vanquish-
ed. When an army found itself hope
lessly beaten II hauled its flag down
far enough for the flag of the victors
to be placed above II on the same
pole. This was token, not only Of
submission, but of respect.
In those days, when a famous SOL
der died, flags we're lowered out Of
respect to his memory The custom
long ago passed from purely military
usage to public life OF all kinds. the
nag flying at half-mast being a sign
that the dead man was worthy OF
universal respect The space left
above II is for the flag OF the great
conqueror Of all--the angel of death
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
No Profit In AIIIgators.

The difficulty about raising allisa-
tors to supply the demand for the ami
mails and skins is that they do not
attain full growth for about 100 years !
The skin OF the SIX or seven-yearolt
animal Is available. however. for
many practical purposes. There Is
one on farm at Palm Beach which
measures Is feet In length and Is said
to be about 800 years old There are
several OF these farms In operation 90
the present time. but the industry VIII
not be really profitable until the Wild
ailiGatora become scarcer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
A Strange Story.

Argyle. Mich. Mrs. VIM. H. Car
son, in a letter from Argyle. says:
II was almost wild with pain in my
head, and other severe pa ms. due to
womanly troubles. Cardui gave me
great relief at once. Further use Of
Cardui raised me from my bed of
agony. Cardui saved my life. and |
can't be thankful enough for what
it did for me-" Whether seriously
sick. or simply ailing. take Cardui,
the woman's tonic. AS a general
tonic for WON n. to improve the
appetite and build up the constitu-
ton. Cardui is In a class by itself.
Those who have used it say it does
the work; it relieves. it cures. Try
il. Your druggist has it. -
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
o7LleINe.

"By Jove," exclaimed the house
holder, who had come downstairs tc
investigate a strange noise, "a real
burglarl Just wait a minute, will
you?"
"While you call a cop?" said the
burglar sarcastically. swell, 1 don't
think"
"No," said the householder ear
nestly, "only while / call my wife,
She'll be glad to see you, for she's
heard you every night for twenty
years"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

Claude Hall. arrested as a night
rider in Henderson, has confessed to
sending threatening letter to Will
Spencer. but denies burning his
house as threatened.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

Chicago has decided to try the ex-
pertinent Of ten policewomen. Mrs.
Britton, the suffragette leader, says
they should carry no weapons except
common sense"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

A burglar named Jess Clark was
caught in the act in Louisville and
wounded and captured by policeman
Kirkpatrick after a running fight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

VIM. F. Combs, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
was operated on for appendicitis in
Paris, France, Wednesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
HIS LIMIT.

Gam l the only girl you have ever
loved ?"
"Not exactly. But / will say that
you're the only girl I've ever been
willing to pay taxicab hire for."-
Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

Will somebody please tell US what
the latest war in the Balkans is all
vnbout?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
BED DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.

Tom-Mother, jacks got half
the bed.
Mother-Well, you take the other
half.
Toni can't; he's got his half in
the middle.-Woman's Home Com.
panion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

Former Congressman David H.
Smith has fl rmalIy announced him.
self a candidate for United States
Senator. 1t is hardly likely that
Dave will run on his good looks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
NswfoundIand,s Petr.seum.

Newfoundland Is now regarded as
ono Of the most promising future
sources OF supply OF petroleum within
the British empire. There are Oh IN
slcations for 200 miles along the west
coast
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12

The Cumberland Telephone Co.
has bought out the Independent
Company at Rockport, Ind, paying
$28. 900.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-07-12
THE REASON.

''Why do the wits propose a bar
gain sale on election day where wom-
en- vote?p
Probably as a counter demonstra-
tom