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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
SWITZERLAND FEELS SAFER
Winter SHOWS In Full Possession OF
HOrder Districts.

Correspondence OF Associated Press.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, December
(v:a London).-With the winter
SHOWS In full possession OF the border
districts. Switzerland begins to feel
her frontiers are safe from violations
until spring.
Orders already have been issued for
the rehabilitation OF three divisions
OF the frontier guard. and several more
divisions will be sent to their homes
before the new year, leaving only a
small guard on picket duty along the
boundary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
PLUM PUDDING FOR EvERYMAN
Grcnt Britain Raises Fnnd to Provide
for Chrlstmns Dinner.

Correspondence OF Associated Pyess,J
LONDON, December 81 Every man
in British, uniform on land or mt sea \
will have plum pudding for, his Christ
mas dinner. The Christmas pudding
fund has raised a sum OF more than
$4,000, and provided more than a half
million buildings.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Report ON Fatalities OF Turkish Battle.
ship Messutieh.

ATHENS Cvia I.ondon. December
i?.--Semi official announcement is
made here that 100 lives were lost. in
Guiding some German officers. when the
Turkish battleship Messudieh, which
was torpetoed by British submarine.
sank in the Dardanelles.
That the Turkish battleshir Messu-
dieh had been torpcdocd was made
public by the British official bureau on
December H. The work was accom-
plished by Lieutenant Norman 3. Hol-
brook. in charge of submarine Bill.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20

The route mentioned by The dis
patch. LemberS to the Carpathians,"
makes II appear that the supply train
blown up was sent by the Russians.
who have held Lemberg for some time.
The repor.. IL true. would indicate that
line OF Russian communication with
their forces operating in the Car
pathians had been successfully at
"a ciS ed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
TROOP. Coordination 4 !
"sR0WN'1N sTR|k|Nc1WAY
Offensive OF Allies in West Keeps
Germans From Sending SOL
dierS Eastward.
ADVANCE THUS FAR is SLOW
British Military Critics Expect Move
ment to Gain Impetus, and to
Sweep. Teutonic Forces Back Over
Frontier.

LONDON. December 19.-Co-ordina-
tion of military movements in tho east
and west. observed since wars out.
break is now shown i'll 4 striking way
III the allies offensive movement in
Northern France and Flanders. kcepipp
the Germans engaged and preventing
them from sending reinforcements
eastward The allies claim cains In
FLANDERS and France during the pas,
few days, which are said to counter
balance German advances i'm Poland
Progress OF the allies in the vicinity
of Labassee. where the Germans had
chung tenaciously to their positions for
SO many weeks, is regarded here as
particularly noteworthy, as the Ger
mans position there had presented an
Irritating problem. The allies advance
thus far has been slow, but British
military critics expect it to gain
impetus.
British and French military writer's
say doubts they expressed OF the cor
rectncss OF the German announcement
that the historic victory had been won
over the Russian hosts in Poland were
borne out by the apparent lesseninc
or enthusiasm AZ Berlin Tho Berlin
Norwaerts rcbukes its colleagues for
what II calls their Exaggerated deduc-
lions" from vague inform,tion ct,
able.
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS
DRAWS IN RUSSIAN FRONT
1t is evident Grand Duke Nicholas
mas drawn In portion of the Russian
front from the Lowicz-Ilow line to in
trenchments nearer Warsaw There
mas been no admission from Petrorrad
however. OF any serious reverses along
the Vtstula. such as must necessarily
nave preceded general German vic
tory. 1t Is regarded here as quite nos
sible the Teutonic allies scored suc-
cesses In some localities, although
there Is no information available as
TO their time or location
The reverse which Petrograd asserts
the Germans have suffered in the re-
gion OF Mlawa, near the East Prussian
frontier. is believed in London to have
Interfere with German operations
along the Nistula. 1t is asserted un-
officially at Petrograd that the Ger
mans nave evacuated LodZ, finding that
city or no greater strategic value to
them than it was to the Russians
Last nights official communication
from the Russian War Office stated def
nitely that all Austro-German attacks
along the left bank of the Vistula I'm
progress for several days have been
repulsed.
Whatever are the facts OF the situa-
ton in the Fistula region, the present
situation there apparently is excrtinc
no influence on the crucial opera tions
10 the south, around Cracow. Russian
forces threatening the old Polish capi-
tai and the Silcsian frontier remain
liked In their positions, and the Aus
trian rally which brought back Tcu-
tonic forces across the .Carpat hians
seems to have met with check.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
ARMoRED TRAIN BLOWN UP.
wnr En- Route From lie mbcyE 10 CIR.
pathians With Supplles.

AMSTERDAM. December 10 tvia Lon
dom According TO the Budapest
newspapers, Pesti Maple an armored
train en- route from Lenberg to the
Carpathians with ammunition and food
has been blown up
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-20
Gar CHANGED MAN
Since WAR; BEGAN
Instead of Invisible Aristocrat,
Becomes Almost Demo-
cratic Ruler.
JEALOUS OF SOLDIER COUSIN
Overshadowed by Majestic Fig
ure of Grand Duke Nicholas,
in Command of Armies.

Especial Cable 10 The Times Dispatch
PEIiOGRAD. December l9.-The
war has made the Gear changed
man Instead of the invisible aristo-
great palace walls. enormous parks aud
MES OF imperial guards. protected
with infinite care from the assassin.
he has become almost a democratic
ruler.
Everywhere lie appears among his
people and among his soldiers. return
ing their greetings, blessing them and
encouraging them. Discretion is
thrown to the winds. Several times
he has penetrated to the battlefelds
Of Poland. and would have exposed
himself to thes shra pnel of the Prus-
slams had not his encourage skillfulIy
rendered this impossible
His dress is simple. and he is often
seen I'm peasant Earb-that Is. Il suit OF
some fine material cut in peasant blouse
style. manly looking costume OF
"hich the true Russian Is very proud
More remarkable still, the Queen, al
ways before the most exclusive Of
royalty. has gone among her people
visiting the sick and wounded. The
russians scarcely knew her before
There is in all this ostensiblc activ-
ity little more than the desire to
arouse and encourage the fighting ma
ton. There is more, for instance than
inspired the visit OF King George to
MS troops in Flanders. This extra ele-
ment Is anxiety. lively fear, and not
% German howitZcrs. The victories OF
Russian arms have their sweetness
mixed with bitterness for the Gear and
his family.
Why? The reason is none other than
the majestic figure of the Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicho!aieVitch. the command
cr-in-chief OF the Muscovite forces
The Car has long suffered by physical
comparison with his soldier cousin
now he suffers in more serious way.
IT ever there were n king in looks
II Is Nicholas Nicholaicvitch. He is
fuil SIX feet six inches in his stock
inss. lean, but graceful, with head
in which tho iccnest intelligence is
combined with vast dignity and force
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Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
.CYCLECAR IS STAR
+. OF 1878 PRODUCTION
Meets Demand For Economical
Small Car That Will Not Be
. a White Elephant.

The year 1918 will go, down in history
as marking the inception of the cycle
car movement in America, irrespective
of whatever other status it attains dur
ing the years to come. The past year
has Witnessed amazing activity with
many makers in this. new type of light
weight, iow-upkeep-cost and speedy We
hicie, ands throughout the country there
has been widespread interest in it-an
interest often due to the general. feeling
with many owners of light cars that
cost of upkeep should be reduced wherA
ever and whenever possible.
1t Is an accepted fact that more eco
nomieal Anan cars. or cycTecars. are
needed, car that will not be white
elephant in the family, but which will
take its proper perspective along with
other household Investments.
The country at large is not yet sold
to the cycle car movement. although
hundreds and thousands accept the fact
that the. little cars will perform won
ders, says Motor Age. There is still a
wavering. hesitation, a waiting Tor a
little more light, something that will at
least determine along which route the
new baby of last year Is going to travel.
Today the cheap ap-maintenance field
is divided between devotees that de-
light to designate the true cycIecars
and what other enthusiasts are
equally pleased with labelling the light
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
PATIENCE ESSENTIAL
TOLEARN MOTORING
New Owners Are Likely to
Assume That They Know All
About Their Cars.

Patience and thoroughness are the
two absolute essentials in the self-edu-
cation of the mOtorist, IL he or she
would become a competent and safe pi-
lot and not a mere driver. practically
helpless when the first little road diff
Guilty occurs.
Assuming q car has been purchased
from a y1liable house and that ca
enable driver has been assigned to in
struct the buyer of II as to how to start,
Stop reverse use the spark and throttle
to increase or decrease speed, release
and engage the clutch, crank UP, steer,
turn corners and guard against skid
ding. That is about as far as any IN
structor will go, unless specially en-
gagged and paid
The newly fiedged motor car owner, on
the strength of this, should not by any
means assume that he is the master OF
the car and competent TO start out on
tour. His motoring education can hard
" be said to have begun. and to assume
that it is finished is to invite disaster.
Training Is Necessary.
Ha should rather remember that a
locomotive engineer must have long
training before he is even ntrusteo
with a machine which runs on rails
and needs no SteerlnS, anu tiie lHoloi
pilot who would become expert must
also serve an apprenticeship. The great
wonder is that in so few short years so
many people have been educated TO
handle these vehicles, not only with
pleasure to themselves. but with safety
and convenience to the public at large.
On the first week, or even the first
month of your ownership do not start
out on a long trip imbued with the idea
that your car will run forever. with
no more attention from you than is re-
uuired by the steering wheel. the throt-
tie, the gear levers and the brakes.
Content Yourself with short trips, over
good roads. frequent inspections and
determine to learn and fix in your mind
what each individual part OF the car Is
for. how it is put together.a and what II
should look like when in perfect work
ing order. This can only be accom-
plished by tracing every part through
its connection with other parts. 1t is
lot enough that you should know the
gasolene must be strained into the tank,
and THAT. somehow II finds it's way to
the engine and furnishes the motive
power.
Study Feed of Gas.
Follow that flow of gasolene through
the second strainer and the feed pipe
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
BARNEY OLDF|ELD IS
WINNER OVER A|RMEN
Beachey Beaten in Unique Race
Between Automobile and
Aeroplane in Los Angeles.

De<sils of the unique race between
Barney oldfeld. the automobile racing
driver, and Lincoln Beachey, the avia-
tor. at Los Angeles, January 2, gere
received this week by ]. ]. Haas,
manager of the Fireston branch here.
Having beaten Eeachey once and tied
him in the second heat, Oldheld raced
the airman for the third time before
10000 people and won. OIdfeld. in the
swiftest of his racing cars, equipped
with Firestone tires, rounded the mile
track closely followed by the aero
plane, in 81 3-5 seconds, the first tiRfs-
In the second heat the time made was
IS seconds. On January %, the track
was in bad shape because of heavy
rains, but Oldfield did the mile in
81 seconds.
Neither contestant covered the mile
in his record time Oldfeld's fastest
time is 36 rs seconds, while Beachey'a 4
record Is G6 seconds fiat.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
AMERICANMOTORS
MAKE BIG MILEAGE

There are approximately l,000,-
600 automobiles in use in
America alone. 1t is esti-
mated that these will average
5000 miles per year, making
a total of 100000. 900 miles
Travelled by motor cars in
America per year, which is
equal to going. around the
world approximately 100000
times. >..s
the average miles got.
ten out of a gallon of gasolene
for all sizes of cars at ten
miles per gallon, it will take
50O,O00,000 gallons of gaso-
lene per year to run the motor
cars in America, which, on
the basis of 20 cents per gal
lon, means Slo0,0O0,OO0 is
Americas gasoline bill for
motor cars in year.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31

car. The two are essentially different
in design. but aim at serving Utmost
the same field.
The true cycleesr Is a new design in
the motcr ffeid- II aims at getting
Instead of a four-cyIinder water
cooled motor. IL generally uses, a two
cylinder, air-cooled type with cylind-
ers mounted in V fashion. Generally
the flywheel clutch is eliminated. as
Is the gearset. In their piece - used
9 conventional form Of well -tried-out
friction set. nothing new in motor
car construction. but rather new
adaptation of a well-known factor
Instead of shaft drive, OF even chain
drive. is used the friction belt. handed
down from motorcycle engineering.
But the true cyclecar goes furtheE
and fits a light body. some with tan
dem seating and others with snug-6ts
side-by-side seating.
On the other hand, the Hght-car devo-
tees have an out-and-out miniature car;
with all of the essentials OF the palatlal
touring car. but with the design altered
and the size cut to make such vehicle
possibility in the field OF Cheap main
miniature cars generally list around 500
higher than the cyclecar, and from a
selling point of view might be expected
to be leaders: but the question to be an
ShcEOu VIII luC DuuAlC OIIG VI
the miniatures with all Of the car parts
in place, or give its preference to. new
design, made almost entirely without a
gear, and type OF machine that can be
readily repaired by the intelligent own
er, should any breaks occur?
AS yet the public does not know what
1t does or does not want and the max
ers OF these different types OF vehicles
are also uncertain. The solution OF the
problem viii be the performances Of the
little vehicles in the hands Of the own
ers, and those who are puzziing over
the solution Of the question viii have to
wait until July or Ettle later. when
owners in different States I'M the Unisn
viii have had an opportunity Of demon
strating what these new types OF We
hicles are capable Of doing. To attempt
to solve the problem today is useless.
The inventors of both types are enthu-
siastic. and properly so, but what the
verdict of the fastidious American pub
lie win be remains a matter OF time
untn experience shows them the way
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
!ou Think They Are Different
But Are They?

Next comes the matter of equip
ment. The $3.50 Overland is COM
plete-a jeweled speedometer, top,
curtains, boot, windshield, electric
horn = everything complete. No
$1200 Car made has more complete
or better equipment.
And so on throughout the car.
Point for point = specification for
specification, the $3.50 Overland is,
In every essential respect, the equal
of any $1,000 car on the market.
So we warn you. Ignore the
prices Compare the actual facts
first. Then compare the facts with
the prices and you get the intrinsic
value.
We are making $1,000 cars this
year-the largest production of its
kind In the world. And every
Overland purchaser will save at
least 30% and get a superior car.
See the Overland dealer In your
town today. Then see any COM
peting car. Make the comparisons
we suggest. Then you will better
realize how hard a comparison of
this kind is, on any other Car cost
ing in the neighborhood of $1,000.
Phone our dealer for an appoint
ment, while the matter is fresh in
your mind.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31

TOO many people are fooled or
misled by taking bare automo-
bile prices as a positive indica-
ton of the intrinsic value of a Car.
This is exactly the wrong way to
go about it. Because one article IS
priced higher than another it does
not follow that that article has a
greater value.
The picture above illustrates this
point. Here are two cars practically
identical. The one on the left is
the $3.50 Overland. The one on the
right is the average similar car
priced at $1200-which offers no
greater value.
AS matter of fact there are any
number of $1,000 cars which are
not, in value, the equal of the $3.50
Overland.
But how are we to know this?-
you ask.
That's simple. Ask some real
questions; find out some actual
facts; make some specification COM
parisons-and then it is the easiest
thing in the world to sum up the in
trinsic value Of any car made.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
Rose Made Manager
Of Sales in Michigan

Capt j. T. Rose has rejoined the
Wolverine. Lubricants Company and will
have charge Of sales in Michigan and a
portion of Ohio. With headquarters in
Detroit, he will look after the com
pany's business in and around Wash
ington. Captain Rose will leave Wash
ington early next week Cor Detroit. He
will attend a banquet Monday night in
New York of the sales organization Of
the company.
Rose has been in Washington for four
years as manager of the Washington
branches of the Wolverine Lubricants
Company and the invader Oil Company.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
BLAAES PEDESTRIANS
FOR MANY ACCIDENTS
chief Examiner for Automobile
Bureau Would Have the Man
on Street Supervised, Too.
By HARRY WARD.

withmore than 10000 automobiles in
Grafton in the United States problems
yolving the safety OF pedestrians are
instantly arising il every city and
wn throughout The country. The
arne for most automobile accidents lies
It'll the pedestrian in the opinion Of
any experienced motorists.
LectUring recently at the automobile
hooI of the Y. N. c. A. New York,
Gorge Str0bridgc, chief examiner for
e automobile bureau of New York,
ointed out many instances where &C
dents were the fault of pedestrians.
Is not the attitude Of the public
oward the automobile one Of abso-
Fte defiance and careIessness' he said.
1 challenge any motor car driver to
ay NE nay when i CLAIM IhGt a per
=Dn today walking seems to invite ac-
dent and as they cross the street in
ront of your machine their very move
rren nts seem to sag run over rne ii you
ARE This of course is due to the
blame pwt Upon the drivers,
or the chauffeur seldom receives the
.enefit of the doubt.
ON the sidewalks We find people who
suddenly stop. turn and dodge here and
here. treading on each others toes,
jumping into each other with no regard
as a general rule for those they come in
untact with. Then watch the conduct
I vehicular traffic. and you will see tEe
kill with which the vehicles are jock
ved about and how they give and take
q nd pass closely without Injury to Cne
mother. Cudgel your brains and imag-
ne what would happen if the aUtomo-
lies were driven as the people walk.
'Oes this not give you some new sensa-
on? Does it not lead you 10 believe
nat perhaps pedestrians are careless?H
Supervise the Pedestrian.
Referring to the fact that the opera
or Of an automobile is bound to obey
many provisions of the law, Strobridge
aid he considered it only fair that pc
estrians also should have some super
ision
Suppose the average citizen of this
.lty crosses an avenue or side streets
wenty times each day." ne said. An
4utomobile driven twenty-five miles in
he city will cross pedestrian routes 800
INES, more or less. Why should not
ne pedestrian be careful during those
wenty times, when the automobiles are
The Washington times., 1914-01-31

by law enforced to exercise all possible
precaut,On 800 times. For one accident
that happens, 10000 are avoided: not
one in ten thus avoided is through the
assistance or the cooperation Cf the
pedestrian.
Motorists" it can be said safely,
never purposely cause mishaps. both
their hands, both their feet. together
with their eyes and ears, are continu-
Ously at work to avoid trouble. A
pedestrian in crossing the street by the
use of his eyes and one stride can
avoid in every case being struck. 1t is
not fair that some legislation should be
made as is in vogue in foreign cities,
which will govern the pedestrian as well
as the chauffeur3s''
The Washington times., 1914-01-31

to the carburetor, or mixer; study how
it is regulated there by the float and
the needle valve, how it passes to the
inlet valves feed it into the firing
chamber, how it is compressed. fired.
exhausted and muffIed In short. trace
that gasolene flow over every inca that
II travels, TO the end that you will be
able to trace any stoppaSe which NAV
occur, promptly locate the trouble when
trouble occurs. and not be marooned on
some country road, far from any habi-
tation.
Do the same with your electrical igni-
tion system. Inch by inch, follow your
wires from your batteries and the
dashboard. and back again to the coil
and the spark plugs. Make it your
business to learn just what causes the
spark to occur and at what intervals it
should occur. These are primary and
essential things for you to know, for
nlne-tenths of all engine troubles can
be located either in the gasolene feed
or the ignition systems.
More Useful knowledge.
Carefully examine and study the
transmission gears, and learn from
your own examination what gears give
the different speeds, and when, and
why. Learn the exact location of every
bearing and the proper oiling of the
same. Study the adjustment and proper
condition Of the brakes Don't even
overlook the radiator and the engine
cooling system, and learn how the water
circulates.
Inevitably you will find a use for
all this knowledge, at some time or
another. but even though you did not
you would stf1l have the satisfaction
of knowing that you are the absolute
master of your car, and this con-
sciousness of power will give zest
10 the pleasures of touring. In the
handling of the automobiles 1t is. in
decd, a case of knowledge is power.
and a complete knowledge of the
vehicle practically does away with
roadside troubles. 1t must not be
expected. however, that this knowl-
edge can be acquired instantly or
easily. 1t is q creature of slow
growth. and after months of patient
study one will be inclined to look
back and wonder that he could ever
have known so little of the subject,
while still considering himself COM
petent to handle a car. :.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
Many FordS Sold.

Miller Bros. this week sold Ford tour
ing cars to W. S. Overton, Roger Tenn
pie, r. o. Woodruff. Remschel Auto
Sales Company, W. C.. Painter, J. H.
Carter, Tayloe & Hunter. Ford run
abouts were sold to ]. H. Walton, DR..
Homer Fuller, s. A. Reeves, United
States Soldiers Home, and delivery wa
gons were sold to Star Laundry, s. A.
Reeves, Holman Laundry, and J. IL.
Wilkins.
The Washington times., 1914-01-31
Sell Four Cadillacs.

The Cook &c stoddard Company reports
the sale of Cadillac seven-passenger
limousine, finished in Calumet green, to
Mrs. II. v. Campbell, five-passenger
inside-drive limousine to Lieut.. Lynn
Morrison, a seven-passenger touring car
to F. L. Finkenstaedt, and five-passen-
ger touring car to Mrs. May Rock.