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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
URGES A WESTERN MAN
AS INTERIOR SECRETARY
Representative-EIect A. 7
Smith Thinks Gov. HaWIey
of Idaho Best Fitted.

Members of the House from the far
western states are Joining with senators
from the same states In an effort to con-
vince President-to-be Woodrow Wilson
that a man. from that section should be
appointed Secretary of the Interior.
1.-The western people. regardless of
politics. are hoping that Mr.. Wilson will
select a western man for the place. said
Representative-electA Addison T. Sn1ith of
Idaho today.
I'VE want man who is in sympathy
with the efforts of the people of that
section to build up and develop the re-
sources of that great country.
Must Know Conditions.
"Only a western man can possess a
broad grasp of the important questions
involving the development of the public
land states and the prosperity of the
people, as nothing but an actual ac-
quaintance with the conditions there as
a result of long residence and participa-
tion in the struggles of the settler can
enable person to acquire that degree
of knowledge which will insure a proper
discharge OF the duties of that great Of
flee, which so closely affect the interests
of the home builders. Accurate infor-
nation regarding the needs of that sec
ton and the hardships imposed upon
those who are striving to make homes
on the public land which will insure a
just application of existing laws cannot
be acquired from books, nor from reports
of emissaries, nor from observation
thrugh parlor car windows.
Those who execute the laws, as well
as those who make them, should have
been upon the ground and made a study
of the conditions and the people who are
striving to settle up the public domain,
in order to know how to wisely enact
lands, the mineral resources, the forests,
problems and other great questions
which are constantly arising.
Favors Gov. Hawley of Idaho.
Several able men in the west have
been suggested for the position of Secre-
tary, but in my Judgment Gov. Hawley
of Idaho is the best equipped man for
the position. He Is one of the most able
lawyers in the entire west and has grown
up with that country He has given our
state a splendid administration, anu has
a broad grasp of public affairs nationally
III. has travelled extensively and has a
wide acquaintance with the public men
of the nation. His appointment would
insure a wise and just administration of
the laws and be deserved recognition
OF the great west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
SHIPS BOILER EXPLODES.
No Lives Lost on Madonna, as Was
First Reported.

NEW YORK. January l6-No passen-
gers were injured when an uptake boiler
exploded on the Fabre line steamship Ma
donna in the Mediterranean. according to
a cablegram received today by local
agents for the line. The message said
all the passengers were safe and that the
accident was mot of a serious nature"
A wireless dispatch received in London
last night indicated that five persons
lost their lives in the accident. The Ma
donna left New York January s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
te;

Convened at noon.
Resumed consideration of legis-
lative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill.
Further testimony regarding Arch
bald letters was given campaign
funds investigating committee.
Convened at noon.
Began debate on army appro-
priation bill carrying 500, S3O. 900.
Chairman Graham of Interior
Department expenditures commit
tee made report charging that
many frauds had been committed
against White Earth Indians.
Prominent bankers testified be-
fore money trust" investigating
committee: Chairman PujO an
nouncing adjournment would be
tsL-n until January 22 or 23.
Views on what new banking
and currency law should contain
were given currency reform COM
mittee by bankers; Chairman
Glass announcing committee
would hear merchants, farmers
and labor men later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
River Falling at Cincinnati.
THE VERY FIRST ONE.
West Norfolk, Conn.,, Claims to Have
Seen Miss Robin.

WINSTED, Conn, January 16-Frank
Christinat, a grocery clerk Of Norfolk,
while making his rounds for orders yes
terday morning saw a robin in an apple
tree in West Norfolk. He went after a
camera to snap the bird, but it was
gone upon his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Discovers New Comet.

MELBOURNE. Australia. January 49,
Prof. Lowe, the South Australian astrOno-
mer. has discovered a new comet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Adjournment to Next Week.

At the outset of the hearing Chairman
Pujo announced that the committee would
adjourn at the end of tOdays session until
Wednesday or Thursday of next week,
and that it was hoped to close hearings
by Friday. January -. Plans for taking
the testimony Of William Rockefeller will
be made when the committee reassembles
Jacob III. Schif OF the firm of Fuhn,
Loeb 4 Co. had been called today as the
principal witness. and was expected to
testify later. Mr.. Schiff was summoned
to tell of methods of handling large issues
of bonds through bond houses and under
writing syndicates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Ask Only That Suit Be Filed.

And yet. Mr.. President. comforted as !
was by the demonstration. i say demon
stration of unconstitutionality made by
Senator Hayward. l was more comforted
still by your own golden words spoken a.
a public banquet early in your admins
tration. clearly indicating that your own
mind had travelled in the same direction.
fSIt these petitioners do not desire to take
advantage in any way of those express
! ions upon your part They ask you to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
WEATHER.

Cloudy, with occasional rains to-
night and probably Friday; warm
er tonight; moderate south winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

Mr. Carusi brought out the fact that
fire departments in cities have made i'm
provements since the big confagrations In
Baltimore and San Francisco.
He asked Mr.. Wolf II fire insurance
companies were compelled to keep ''con-
f,agration'' guarantees on hand what
would happen. The reply was the COM
panies would have to go out OF business,
or make some new arrangements for sur
plus
Mr.. Wolf under questioning by Repre-
sentative Prouty, said that the percentage
Of losses Of the companies the last few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

The Star is the only afternoon
paper in Washington that prints
the news of the Associated Press.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
MOTOR TRUCK IS NOW
4 RIVAL TO RAILROAD
Five Ton Vehicle Proves It's
Worth in Run Between
Napa and St. Helena

J. +. Storey, connected with the sales
department of the Pioneer Motor Truck
corporation. the Pacific coast represen-
tatives of the General Motors line OF
trucks says.
"The motor truck In country trans
portation is looming more formidable
each day as a competitor of both the
electric and steam railroad, recent
and typical case being demonstrated
with a General Motors ton truck be-
tween Napa and st. Helena, Cal, dis
tance OF is miles.
THE truck and ton trailer, making
combined capacity of 10 tons, carries
its cargo directly to the door OF the
purchaser while under old methods
two haulings were necessary
When it was suggested to haul
freight by motor trucks between Napa
and Monticello, Cal, a distance of 81
miles, great many people laughed al
the idea, due to road conditions, a good
many places being only wide enough
to allow one wagon to pass. a bank
being on one side and the flats any,
where from so 10 500 feet on the other
There is one grade of IT per cent on
this trip, about seven miles long.
aThis supposedly impossible and
dangerous feat has been accomplished
however, by the ton G-M-C truck
with 25 per cent overload, making
the record run in six hours actual rum
ming time for the round trip OF 81
miles,
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
LOS ANGELES TO EAST
VERY DIFFICULT TRIP
Roads Over Desert Out of Southern
City TO Kansas Town I'm
Bad shape

A struggle with sand, Mammoth
wash. lofty SUBMITS and some very
bad stretches of road generally, Is re-
lated in letter to the Chanslor Lyon
company of San Francisco from ". l..
Lynds, who drove his car from Los
Angeles to Kansas City. Here is what
he says of the trip:
I'VE made fast time to Ell Centre.
Here we were entertained by Mr.. Moor
man, who gave US q dinner at the
Country club which was greatly en-
joyed.. He accompanied us to Brawley.
and here we started on the much
dreaded trip through the Mammoth
wash
by debating the tires we had but
little trouble. Our worst difficulty lay
among the sand dunes a few miles
further on along the Southern Pacific
railroad. These are a fright and should
be attended to by the proper officials.
:We worked all afternoon and until
a. m. in the sand among the dunes,
trying to make some progress. We
made some. but were forced to take
much needed rest until 5 o'clock. IL
one has no respect for tires. axles,
steering gear and knuckles, the rail-
road may be followed.
I'VE rested day in Yuma, then re-
sumed the journey. We, forded the
Gila river without halt, but got into
difficulties almost Immediately by TAX
ing the wrong road, which led US back
into the deep sand of the ella river
The clutch began slipping and we were
unable to pull out of the sand hole
dust ankle deep. beneath a blistering
sun.
The thermometer registered almost
120"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10

of the So lap course was 75 miles an
hour. This was the official time Old
fields average was 73 miles an hour.
Oldheld started a squirt at the end
of the thirtieth lap and gained rapidly
on Cooper
Frank Goode, driving Apperson No
Il. was still third at the end OF the
80 laps. His speed average was 70
miles per hour.
Although burned by the flames that
stopped his National car early in the
fourteenth lap. Frank Seifert insisted
on re-entering the race after the ma :
chine had been put back into shape,
and got away with a loss of 1S laps.
Mercer No. /. Apperson No. 2. Fiat
No. 4 tTetzlaf's carr Stutz No. and
Buick No. 8 succumbed to the terrific
pace set by the leaders, leaving nine
cars still competing. OF these Nj
krent. in Mercer No. 5, was the only one
within 10 laps of the leading three.
According to official time keepers, the
time of Cooper and Oldf1eld had not
varied 10 seconds from the thirty third
to the forty-second lap.
Oldfeld went to the pit with tire
trouble at the end of the forty third
lap.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
OvERLANDS SHOW SPEED
j. w. Leavitt Points Ont Features OF
Cars During Big Race

Though they were not manufactured
for racing cars, and were only hastily
prepared for contest work by their In
dividual owners, four model SO Over
lands, In widely separated sections OF
the country, have made good In speed
and endurance races. says ]. w.
Leavitt of the j. w. Leavitt company.
The Cobb Evans Auto company OF
Fresno has added two notable achieve
ments to its string of racing honors
since the national holiday. On July 4
one of their stripped Overlands, with
McKelvy at the wheel, took fourteenth
place in the big race on the road from
Los Angeles TO Sacramento. But 10 of
the so starters finished. which makes
the performance OF the little car all
the more praiseworthy.
tOn Sunday following the big race,
Fred Wiseman, driving another Over
land belonging to the Cobb-Evans COM
pany. took first prize In the free for
all race held at Sacramento. Three
American cars and one big foreign car
were the other contenders. for the
honors. Wiseman, by the way. is COM
sidered one. of the lucky drivers"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
BIG DEMANDS BEING
MADE FOR TRUCKS
city Merchants Along Coast Have Con-
cluded That Motor Vehicles Are
Extreme Necessity

I The WHY'S utility truck, which is
handled on the Pacific coast by j. w.
Leavitt q Co, has become very popular
among the tradesmen of the coast.
Walter J. Andrews. the head of the
truck department. In speaking Of the
truck, says:
There has been great demand for a
light truck for quick delivery in the
cities and principal towns of the coast.
Heretofore. this demand has been sup
piled by*converted pleasure cars. which
have not been satisfactory. Unlike the
conventional light truck, the utility
truck is not an adoption of the pleas
uro chassis to commercial purposes
but high grade truck designed solely
and especially for the carrying OF mer-
chandise.
The merchant today has found out
that 1t pays to buy a specially designed
vehicle to do specific work. The utility
truck Ii built to carry a load OF three
quarters OF ton. This means that 1t
Is not built for heavy hauling, but
for quick delivery.
THE made over pleasure car gets
this result, but can not stand the strain
and hammering to which 1t is subjected
over the city streets
1T is just to meet such conditions
that the utility truck was designed and
built We have put number OF them
to the hardest tests to be found in
San Francisco. which. under street con-
ditions and the hills OF the city. means
the hardest test in the world"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
DON'T GET FRISkY IN
PASSING THIS TRUCK
Collision Would Probably Blow Both
Vehicles Over Skyscrapers and
Kill Hundreds of Persons

A big REQ truck Is toting about the
city of Findlay, O.. each day enough
high explosive to shatter a mountain
If the cargo ever was set off Road
shock. however. is overcome by the ex-
ira cushioning of the trucks sub
frame, and the only possibility of acct
dent would be from sheer recklessness
of some traveller on the road or from
visitation of providence in the shape
of stroke Of lightning. The truck
carries a big sign to give warning of
the nature of the freight and 1t Is con-
sidered by the Independent Torpedo
company, which employs 1t, to be the
safest as well as quickest and
most economical means yet designed
for the transporting Of explosives. The
truck carries the nitro from factory to
warehouse, whence 1t is distributed to
its ultimate destination in other states
by fleet of IL smaller Reos.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
J.. S. AUTO FAV0R[D D
IN FOREIGN LANDS
American Made Machines
Outstrip Others in Eu-
rope, Says Local Man
24O Cars Alone Sold in the
Transvaal During Twelve
Months, Report Shows

The United States is outstripping the
world in building motor cars and
placing them in foreign countries says
20. G. Mcfarland OF the Osen Mcfarland
Automobile company, agents for the
Mitchell cars.
The Mitchell factory was among the
f1rst to realize that the American auto
mobile was able to compete with any
motor car built in the world, although
II is acknowledged that the cost OF
construction. labor. plus material. Is
higher in this country than in any other
place. In the face Of these facts it
has established agencies throughout the
world and is reaping the benefit OF this
|forethought
OF American made goods introduced
into the Valencia market of Spain au-
tomobiles have met with the most sig
nal success and it appears to be gem
orally considered that the advent of the
medium priced car is largely respon-
sible for the great stride made in the
sales Of motor vehicles in Valencia in
the last two years
In the British possessions in South
Africa the American automobile is forg-
Ing to the front. The sales have ad
vanced from $20S. 130 in 1911 to 500. 493
in 1912. A canvass Of the importers OF
Johannesburg shows that during the
year 1911 240 American cars were sold
in the Transvaal
Even in Singapore the American mo-
tor car is gaining foothold. AS indi-
eating it's popularity in the Straits
Settlements, two direct vessels arriving
recently in the same week discharged
So and SIS American cars respectively,
making total of 127 cars delivered in
one week.
During the first two weeks in last
April two leading agents for American
cars In Hobart, Tasmania, sold IS
American cars. There were but two
others sold, and these OF English make,
while during the same period twice that
number were ordered from America"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
FORD CAR JOURNEYS LONG
Only One Small Repair In DificuIt Trip
Across Continent

DETROIT, Mich. Aug 9.-Here is
the very latest to reduce the high cost
of living.
At least this is the solution found by
]. c. Belshe, who, with his family, made
a 2.270 mile journey from Kansas City,
Mo, to Los Angeles in Ford touring
car.
When he arrived in Los Angeles Bel
she visited the branch Of the Ford Mo
tor company, where he purchased tie
bolt, for which he paid 10 cents.
This is my total repair bill for my
trip across country" said Belshe 1T
has cost me less to make the trip than
my living expenses would have been
had I stayed at home.
we saw everything there was to
see and even took in shows said Bel
she. but instead OF paying hotel bills
we camped out We carried our own
tent and camping utensils and we en-
joyed every minute OF the. time. Why
I'll feel so cramped when we get back
home and go to living again in 8
house.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
CALVIN EIB TO GIVE TALK
Employees TO Be Assembled for Dis
cussion on Selling Cars

Now that the opening of the new
season is at hand, Calvin G. Eib. man
ager of the Pioneer Automobile COM
pany. has. called general meeting of
all employees OF the company to be held
here some time during the coming week.
The purpose of this annual meeting,
which 1t Is customary for the Pioneer
Automobile company to hold at the be-
ginning Of each new season. Is to ac-
quaint their many employees with the
forthcoming new Chalmers product and
to recall and emphasize each and every
principle of the Pioneer Automobile
company's business policy.
Eib says that their business motto
is Right or made right. and that he
liked TO get all the boys together oc-
casionally. so that Mr. Brinegar. the
president of the company, and he could
have an opportunity to get things. SO
to speak, down In black and white with
one and all. I'VE like to hammer home
Uae principles on which we do business.
We do not approve OF exaggerations
by representatives, regardless OF the
nature of the discussion at hand.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
TRUCKS MAKE BEST
SHOWING IN CITIES
United States Army Calling
for Motor Wagons to Keep
Up Needs of Force
New York and Chicago I'm
able to Care for Business
But for Vehicles

The big cities of the country where
IAN extensive jobbing business Is car
|ried on have always been regarded as
the biggest fields for motor trucks in
the United States. In New York and
Chicago especially the volume of busi-
ness transacted makes it absolutely
necessary to use every possible means
to facilitate traffic conditions says
Ivan de Jongh, general manager OF
the Pioneer Motor Truck corporation,
the Pacific coast representatives OF the
General Motors line of trucks.
In various trade centers, such as De-
troit, New York. Chicago, st. Louis and
Kansas City. where merchandise of all
kinds is extensively distributed to sur
rounding territory, the need of the
motor truck seems almost imperative.
Contrary to the usual impression. re-
tail and jobbing-not manufacturing
centers are the big fields for mechani-
cal haulage and delivery. Manufac-
turers ship very largely by rail or
water, but other classes of business In
stitutions depend to considerable ex-
tent on local transportation in the
moving of their goods.
THE application OF the motor truck
continued Mr.. de Jongh. ito present
day business is one of the most inter-
esting studies of modern methods.
Whereas most people realize the future
Of the motor truck In a general way,
few appreciate any OF the reasons for
its presence among us. The truck Is a
product of the law of necessitv-not a
creature of mans ingenuity. The Wall
Street Journal has stated that business
In the last II years has increased in
volume 165 per cent. In 1900 there
were approximately 27,ooo,oo0 horses in
this country. Last year there were in
the neiEhborhood of 80. .000. 900, by which
1t is easily deducted that the number
OF horses has only increased about IL
per cent, to care for more than three
times as much transportation work.
Assuming that a motor truck takes
the place of six horses, which Is a fair
average. about 100000 motor trucks
must be produced within the next few
years to take care of even 10 per cent
of the transportation required by the
present business in our big trade CEN
ters.
I'm addition to haulage and delivery
work, two other fields have required
a large number of horses and mules
within the last few years.. e., the
United States army and the enormous
farms in the northwest Take the
army, for instance The present stand
Ing force is in the neighborhood of
$4,000 men. OF this number the cav
airy has been increased from 10 regi-
ments to 10 and the artillery from 10
field batteries to FIVE regiments. It
does not take a long stretch of imagi-
latter field makes on the number of
available horses in this country. In
fact. the supply appears now so made
quate that the army Is turning to
trucks as solution of its various
transportation problems"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-10
NUMBER OF TIRES MADE
ANNUALLY IS AMAZING
Value of Product Is Esti-
mated to Be Greater
Than $l50,OOO,OOO

There are somewhat more than 60,-
100000 pneumatic tires manufactured
in this country annually.
In round numbers the value OF this
product is well over $780, 900.
And yet the time of the appearance
of the first pneumatic tire is easily
within the memory of nearly all of US
for 1t was scarcely 25 years ago that
air was first used as cushion to abb
sorb the shock impaired to road ve-
hicles.
One OF the most interesting mem
bers OF the British Institute OF Auto
mobile Engineers, who have but re-
Gently completed a. tour of the leading
motor car factories In this country in
company with the American Society OF
Automobile Engineers, was an erect
white bearded. blue eyed, "a year old
gentleman whose unassuming and
modest manner gave no indication OF
the development of the immense in
dustry that he and his companions had
come across the ocean to view and to
wonder at
That man was J. B. Dunlop, the
Father Of the pneumatic tire and hts
"reminiscences formed one or the most
Interesting features of the joint meet
ing of these two societies.
Inconsistent as it may seem, the
man who, more than any one else, has
made practicable the use OF the 2.000,-
600 motor cars that mark the passing
OF the horse, was noted veterinary
surgeon.
But in It's modest beginning, he could
not foresee the influence that his de-
vice would have upon his profession. Ii
was for use on his 10 year old sons
bicycle that Mr.. Dunlop nrst expert
mented with the pneumatic tire. 1t Is
the irony OF fate, or Of custom rather
that the professional etiquette OF that
time did not permit q veterinary sur
geon to ride bicycle: the logical
means Of locomotion for him was on
horseback or In horsedrawn vehicle
But Dunlop Jr. was ambitious as q
bicyclist and, boylike. wanted to beat
the other riders OF his age. His father
must have possessed that spirit and am
bition for his son, for. busy as he was
the veterinarian spent his evenings
trying to perfect tire that was an
Improvement over the hard rubber
type then used exclusively.