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New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
BANKERS HAMPER
AUTO DEALERS
Lack of Financial Accom-
modation During Winter,
Says Seiberling.

The fact that automobile dealers
generally are reluctant to take deliv-
cry Of cars during the winter months
is due TO the lack of cooperation on
the part Of the financial interests of
the country in giving dealers ample
bank accommodation, according to A.
g. Seiberling, general manager of the
Haynes Automobile Company, Kokomo,
Ind.
In a recent article Mr.. Seiberling
calls this subject to the attention of
every enterprising automobile dealer.
He says:
"The activity Of the dealer in auto
mobiles is seriously hsmpered, due to
the general antipsthy on the part of
bankers to grant dealers accommoda-
tion whereby the latter may ware
house cars during the winter months
and thus be in a position TO make
prompt spring deliveries.
Under existing conditions the
dealer in automobiles Is active in the
sale of machines from early spring
until about the middle of November.
Each and every car shipped from the
factory finds q ready market during
that period. From November until
March conditions are different The
highways are closed TO automobile
travel, and, as q result, purchasers of
cars during these months specify
"spring delivery" which may mean
March l, March Is, April / or April 10.
"Now, in so far as the dealer is con-
cerned, that which troubles him is to
secure enough cars from the factory
to enable him to All his spring orders
promptly. He himself is not always
financially able TO stock the required
number Of cars during the winter,
when cars are plentiful, and thus he
is to a great extent wholly dependent
upon the manufacturer making ship
ment as cars are required.
What is the situation in so far as
the manufacturer is concerned? Fac
tories are actually working overtime
during spring, summer and early fall,
keeping the dealer supplied with cars,
but when that demand ceases in the
late fall, the manufacturer must Of
necessity curtail his production.
Thousands of mechanics are thereby
thrown out of employment and their
services are not required until the
resumption Of business in the spring.
Then the manufacturer faces the
problem Of having too many orders.
impatient over the late delivery Of
cars, cancellations follow as a matter
of course, and general dissatisfaction
permeates throughout the entire sell
ing end Of the industry as we'll as
among thousands of automobile pur-
chasers."
The remedy suggested by A G. Sell
berling is that bankers should ad-
vance the local dealer q certain per-
centage Of the list price Of each car,
taking the car as security. and thus
protect the dealer on spring deliver
les. In this way the dealer could
order cars shipped from the factory
during the winter months when cars
are plentiful, and thus effect an ar
rangement in which the banker, dealer
and manufacturer could all participate
to advantage.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
HOCKEY SEASON
OPENS THIS WEEK
Yale to Meet Crescent at
st. Nicholas Rink on
Saturday.

The hockey season in New York will
open this week, when two games Will
be played on the ice at the So. Nicholas
Rink. The Princeton freshmen and
Pomfret School will fire the opening
gun of the season on Thursday night.
Yale will come 70 New York on Sat-
urday night to play the Crescent Ath-
letic Club team.
Several practice periods have been
set aside this week for the Tiger Cubs
and the schoolboys. In drills at the
st. Nicholas Rink so far, the Princeton
freshmen have shown up well. Pomfret
has not yet practised here, but IS re-
ported 20 have fast team.
The Crescents have been practising
for some weeks for their opening game
with Yale. The New Moon team has a
fast combination and one which gives
promise Of making things interesting
for the other clubs in the Amateur
Hockey League. Several veterans are
out for places on the team.
Bob Wall, long considered one OF the
best players in the league, probably
will be seen guarding the goal for the
Crescents this season. Artie Liffiton,
another Crescent A. c. veteran, will be
in the lineup, and Jimmy Shirref also
is out for the team. With these veter-
ans and some good younger players the
Crescents expect 10 put another cham
pionship team on the ice.
They will meet with considerable op-
position from Yale Saturday night, for
the New Haven lads have team COM
posed almost entirely OF seasoned
players. Tom Howard Is again In
charge Of hockey affairs at Yale. and
his men have had considerable prac-
tice in the New Haven rink. Gore 10
the only man lost by graduation.
The Blue team has eighteen games
on its schedule, the most pretentious
hockey programme ever arranged for
a Yale seven. From now on Howard
will be busy pointing his men for the
games scheduled. Next week the Yale
varsity will make another trip TO New
York to play st. Pauls School. on De-
cember ~.
Four other special games are on the
holiday season programme for deci-
sion at the st. Nicholas Rink. The Irish
Americans will meet Princeton on De-
cember %, and the ST. Nicks will play
Toronto Varsity on December 26.
Princeton and Cornell will play on De-
cember %, and the st. Nicks will meet
another Cornell team, in the Victorias,
of Montreal, on January 2. These games
will serve 70 furnish q line on the
PLAYING strength of the several college
and Hockey League teams.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
SP0RTSMEN RALLY
FOR COMING SHOW
Leading Explorers and Hunters
Form Committee In Aid
of Exhibition.

:. laeieatons Of a revival Of interest
Asv York's annual sportsman's
80 80 are daily arriving from hunters
c nap shooters and anglers 20
.p.e'a J. A II. Dressed, originator Of
,sS..runan's shows in 1895, who IL
oFgan'zing his next exhibition, 70
.s,a February 20 10 27, at the New
sas Centrsl Palace.
,,Eshfy.hye leading American ex-
,...s, ,,. Gig game hunters, geographers,
fsaiists =. and photographers OF wild
= Nho are interested will serve as
ho4sfary auxiliary committee for
t;..,e.4aFe and perpetuation Of the ex-
r.oa Among the members are
.yh wallace, of Beacon, ". Y, and
f.ll,ony Fials, who believes that New
~, -, original sportsmsn's Show
~ I-la ,srye a. an annual rendezvous
~ tsliying point for Americans Of
.y,emsnt IN The fields represented
.,.a ~ fiels, when he meets his fellow
!. ,.,sreft e. the Palace, will be ready
s,,llow then a new sleeping bag, map
s..hg ceyies and other things he has
~ sshsc 20 make life IN the trackless
little more comfortable.
tho~ y going % have a verita-
81 soo o. Wild creatures. r. p. Baker,
-, @esnd Top, Greene County, n. Y,
-. - emo a. loan exhibit q young
-. bear he captured on Black Head
s.n'sin, which he has named schu-
~, ,,sah-hsink because % the animals
-. eentral'o voice. Two other black
~ ~, promised, are nearly full grown,
sss 20 gentle that they can safely
st a. ehildren's plsymstes in q
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
TO INTEREST BOYS
in LAWN TENNIS
Little to Tell of Plan for
a Junior Tourney
Next Year.

It Is from the schoolboys OF this
country that Americas future cham
pions OF the lawn tennis courts must
be developed, and the officials Of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association have officially decided upon
concerted action TO interest the school
boys in the Eastern and Southern sec
tions of the country.
Delving into past history on the
courts, il is plainly seen that the great
est players this country has produced
began their careers at an early age.
Every one of the Californian stars
who achieved such signal success in
the East last summer began 20 WELD a
racquet while still in knickerbockers.
The East has never sought to en-.
courage the schoolboys in this part OF
the country in the game, and they have
had little or no tournament experience
as a result. But from now on things
will be different. and tournaments open
only to schoolboys will be held fire.
quently in this section Of the country.
Raymond B. Little, who will report
O plan for the development OF school
boy lawn tennis championships at the
meeting of the executive committee Oh
the national body next Friday, talked
of the matter last week: "McLough-
lin began 20 play when he was twelve
years of age; Williams, the national
champion, started the game at the
tender age of eight years; Kari behr'
Beals Wright, Nat Niles and George
Church all began at approximately ten
years of age. The four last named,
by the way, all started on the road
TO fame on the courts by winning the
national interseholastic championship.
Behr won that title in 1903, when ne
was at Lawrenceville School
"All that the boys in this section
o. the country need Is q chance LOT
tournament competition. Csll1orhia
has no monopoly on champions. IL Is
not the climate or the playing surfaces
or anything Of that sort IN Callrorhia
that produces skilful players. US
starting at the adaptable age and get
ting plenty Of good, hard competition
There are plenty Of McLoughilns'
Lindley Murrsys and Fottrells right
here in the East In fact, l belieVe
that the East can produce greater
PLAYERS than California, because tne
advantages in the way Of important
tournaments and the assembling Oh
the greatest players in the worid al
tend toward giving the boy a better
opportunity to learn and perfect the
finer strokes and tactics OF the game;
Little declared that IL was prooaoie
that a national indoor championship
tournament would be decided for
juniors in this city during the winter.
Several important meetings for boys
are planned for next May and the
juniors ara to have plenty Of compe-
tition next season.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
AUTO SALES GROW,
DESPITE THE WAR
WHY'S Says the Overland
Business Shows Big
Gain Over 1918.
INCREASE IN FOREIGN
ORDERS IL PER CENT
Manufacturers of Cars Have
Every Reason to Expect
Great Prosperity.

The most optimistic series Of tan
gible business statistics emanating
from a manufacturer of motor vehicles
since the start Of the European war
has just been made public by John n.
WHY'S, president of the Willys-Over-
and Company. Toledo.
The books of the Overland Company
on November 25 showed a larger vol
ume of sales since the start of that
company's fiscal year, on July !, than
that made during the entire six months
ended January /, 1914. In other words,
Overland business to-day is more
than a month in advance of that of the
last fiscal year, when the total output
Of the company aggregated $4,000 cars.
And for the present calendar year this
number has already been exceeded by
several hundred cars.
Foreign orders up to November 25
exceeded By II per cent those received
by the corresponding date Of last year,
with the untitled orders for foreign
shipment amounting TO two and one
half times those on hand on the same
day a year ago
"The number of privately owned
motor cars abroad is so depleted that
American motor car manufacturers are
meeting a growing demand for cars to
replace those coniscated for military
purposes" states Mr.. WHY'S. This
fact alone shows conclusively that in
Europe, as In the United States, the
motor car Is considered q vital neces-
sity. Even In this day Of extreme
financial stringency on the other side
of the Atlantic the Europeans believe
that a car is an investment which will
net them good returns on their money.
Otherwise they could not see their way
clear 10 purchase cars at this time.
"On October l, when Overland for
eign sales were per cent of the total
during the same period of last year, we
thought the showing remarkable in
view Of the fact that our foreign bust
ness was practically at a standstill
shortly after the mobilization of troops.
But during the last two months IL has
gradually increased until now il is far
better than normal. Our total men
toned is, OF course, entirely exclusive
of Willys-Utility and Garford trucks
sold abroad since July l.
"I believe that the excellent foreign
business we are doing to-day both IN
Europe and other countries is merely
a forerunner CT what will come when
peace Is finally declared. Coupled with
the great increase in motor car sales
in this country, the rapidly growing
foreign market gives American manu-
facturers every reason 70 look ahead TO
even greater prosperity"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
TIGER GYMNASTS CALLED
Princetonians Have Poor Pros
poets on Eve of First Meets.

Princeton, N. J., Doc. 12.-Princeton
gymnasts have begun work in prepara-
tion for a season Of eight meets. but
the outlook Is probably the poores: in
several years.
The loss Of Hogan from last years
team has left the Tigers with almost no
chance In the tumbling, while the loss
Of Wolfe, last years captain, has re-
duced their chances In the ring events
from q close frst or second in the in
tercollegiates and a sure first In most
of the dual meets to q fourth intsrcol-
legiate rank and an uncertain point
winner in other meets.
The schedule will be:
January 10, Haverford, at HavsrfordI
is, Hill School, at Pottstown.
February 20, Rutgers, at New Bruins
wick; %, interclsss meet; n, Pennsyl-
yania, at Princeton.
March 6, Navy, at Annapolis; is,
Yale, at New Haven; 20, Newark Acad-
emy, at Newark.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
,..o Exhibition in Grand
'I's central Palace Will
Illustrate Progress.
FIT
i''O FOR FAIRY PALACE
,.,st Such Is Description of
Lamps in Latest Model
Closed Cars.

=, ~. noticeable points OF diff
VN hs.ween the civilized man and
.s''..s ..rsge is that civilized man makes
vs q artificial lighting. Indeed ar
Z. 80 Z illumination and progress seem
-sye hand in hand. ~.., A.
Hl.s. sfteenth annual National Au-
A. ~ Show. in Grand Central Pal
i'2esy.., 2 70 9, there will be noted
&C. .J.siaed progress in the matter
eAs S,;,c systems fer motor cars.
NsI Ns-.Ionment Of these features Of
lhs o..robile industry has been truly
..,'nr during the last few seasons.
- 80. tsrosene light Of little more
dozen years ago was reliable
i-- v-;csable. But il was more or
% .rssv and never gave sufficiently
sn'.,t road illumination. The en-
-. N acetylene gas as q lighting
s. following the commercial pro-
lion and distribution OF eaicium
.,,si5s. gave ths lighting problem a
~ VA driving became g pleasure be-
he road ahead could be made
80, go. a, light as day. Five lamps
-. furnished as car equipment, two
'sa.,s bsing acetylene headlights and
y. b,lsuce oil lamps. Then came illu-
-s.s.ion by storage battery current
:, N, lamps and tail lamps. II was
,ssst I 1895 that the first American su-
.,-sbils was fitted with an electric
80 hrv driven by the ignition gem
..,.or 80. system which became modi-
s.I and improved upon 20 a point
.ss-s nowadays no manufacturer
,sr5 attempt 70 market automobiles
,i.Isut an electric lighting system
,-.b current supplied either by storage
S,s.rv or BY 9 motor driven gener-
,,s, and the majority provide for
Irhting supplied by power driven
Especially in the inclosed vehicles TO
IA sfhibited st the show will the light
40 feature be noted as an attractive
"a They are more beautifully illu-
rinatsd inside than a railway car. Over
Issd lights for general lighting, corner
Hglts ior reading or map study, step
gfhs that turn on as the door opens
ID show one where 10 place his foot
rtbcvt stumbling, trouble bulbs on the
nd Of a portable cord, or operated by
separate battery; single lights which
i,dieate 10 other street users which
vly the car will turn, gauge lights, and
lsst but largest, beautiful aad power
tul ssarehlights-all these will be seen
o. the new cars.
With q view 70 making motoring
more safe ana at the same time in
sFsasing automobile courtesy, a num-
ber Of makers are providing systems
vhieh make possible the dimming Of
oses headlights upon approaching We
isls coming in the opposite direction
o. an unlighted country road. IL is
not only unpleasant but dangerous to
pass 3 ear whose head lamps are so
bright that they blind the drivers eyes.
The dag is coming when dimming ones
headlights viii be considered an act
Of ordinary courtesy, just as to-day a
n0tons. tries TO avoid puddles so as
not 10 splash vehicles and pedestrians
ykon be hspens 10 be passing. Most
ei these headlight dimming devices are
really simple in construction and add
rsy little complication to the cars
mechanism.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
BREAK IN new
YORK AUTO RANKS
Old Association Deserted
by Many Clubs, Which
Form New Body.

With a total membership exceeding
II, 1000, the New York Motor Federation
had it's birth Wednesday afternoon at
the Hotel Onondaga, Syracuse, with
delegates present from the five largest
automobile organizations in the state
The New York Federation must be re-
garded as a protest against the present
administration of the New York State
Automobile Association, the president
OF which recently, at Poughkeepsie, as
sured his reelection through the use
Of proxies of small clubs which were
unable 10 pay the expenses OF DELE
gates 70 the annual meeting.
In the new state body are the Auto
mobile Club, of Buffalo, the largest In
the entire country, its total being IN
excess OF 5000; the Rochester CLUB,
close second, with some 2,9OO; the
Syracuse Club, about 1900 memoers'
the Automobile Club, Of Utica, l'ZoU'
and the A. A. A. Metropolitan Consu-
late. $500. This total is several tnou-
sand greater than that Of the New iork
State Association, with indications thAt
some of the smaller clubs will soon
give allegiance TO the new orsahl]A-
tion. N.
While the clubs forming the New
York Motor Federation at once VIII az
fliate individually with the a. n n,
the Federation, as body, VIII NOT ssH
until later for state membership IN 'ne
national organization,
In the election of officers, the follow
ing were selected for the ensuing year.
President, John NJ. Ross, Uticai hrst
vice-president, Rudolph hu,'Js' =
Rochester; second vice-president, b. r. r.
Watson. Syracuse; treasurer. NJ; d.
Wall. Buffalo. The secretary Will De
located In the same city as the presi-
dent, and his selection Is left 70 tha'
official.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
NEW APPERS0N AGENT
Old Dimond- Warren Company
Takes Over Distribution.

The Dimond-Warren Motor Com
pany, Of 1000 Broadway. have been ap-
pointed Apperson distributors for New
York and adjacent territory.
The Apperson is the pioneer car Of
America. The first gasolene automo-
bile made In America was built by
Elmer and Edgar Apperson. They built
the first double opposed motor. the
first car with electric ignition. the first
side door motor car.
They built the car that won the first
American speed contest. the car that
made the first long overland tour In
America and the car that made the
first i0o-mils. nonstop run in Amer
Tea.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
American Car Hospital
Auto on Battlefield

TO charge the accumulators Of the COM
plste X-ray plant carried on beard, and
DR.. Argyle proved that II would be
practical TO work the X-ray direct from
the dynamo. The sides Of the car have
been so constructed as 70 carry tents,
from which field hospital can be laid
out in no time. All together, the car
will be a very valuable asset TO the am
bulance corps.
An Interesting feature, and one
bringing home the realities OF modern
warfare, Is the fact that, In addition
70 the conventional red crosses on the
sides of the car, there Is q large cross
painted on the roof for the benefit OF
the too energetic aviators, who might
otherwise be tempted to make the car
a target for their bombs.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
Hopkins Makes Good Score.

Only the monthly cup was decided at
tho Path Reach traps Of the Marine and
Field Club yesterday. The winner was
8 p. HOPKINS, who had total of 80
out Of a possible 100 clay pigeons. He
shot with a handicap Of in 25. Only
6ve runners were on the firing line.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
hUY LOPEZ.

Gay The Berlin defence. .,,,.,,or
tc) II. had to prevent Kt1K5 P XII
BIP ch. etc. But Q-9S Wouio
fd T-he tiSrcuity was ~ PIX Kt u;
oxo p ch. Blk 0: 10 ok Kt. Even
then Black would have come out with tho
worse position. whereas ms A'
Cel XIX 3 8 would no, have helped
either for there would not have been any
defence against 10 Ktx Q en-, etc Inc
interesting point in the game is the ciniculty
Black experienced after once selecting an
indifferent defence. w
20 The mate is effected as follows; Ok
Bch XXX; BIB ch, Blk Q; y ch,
K-B: QxR ch, Kt-Kt; Q Kt mate.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
May POSTPONE
CHESS CONGRESS
Death of Miss Foot Causes
Women to Consider a
Change in Plans.

whether or not the Women's Chess
Congress will open on January II. as
originally intended, depends upon the
action of the members of the Womens
Chess Club, who will hold q meeting
this week Owing to the death of Presi-
dent Miss Elizabeth Campbell Foot, 1t
Is thought by some of the members OF
the club that the proposed congress
should be postponed to the spring OF
next year.
From the summary Of the results Of
the third round in the championship
tourney Of the Metropolitan Chess
League, it will be seen that some re-
markable results were reached. Brook
lyn, although playing away from home,
scored seven victories against North
Jersey, at Hoboken, and will probably
also win the eighth game, which stands
adjourned. The Newark Rice men
whitewashed the Ocean Hill Chess
Club, and the Manhattans just beat the
Lyceum men. The other results were
expected.
The summary Of the matches follow;
Manhattan c. c.. 81 Lyceum Lab. e. 81
Brooklyn c. Co.. North Jersey g. C0
ProeressIye c. Cs Wash. Hts. @. c..
Newark Rice c. c Ocean HI e. C.. Q
Staten Island c. c 6 Queens Gam. At. 2
Columbia University c. c. had bye
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13
The record TO date:

German exchanges TO hand state that
216 members Of the German Chess As.
sociation have gone TO the front. or
these, fourteen are reported to have
been killed and twenty-one wounded,
while eleven were decorated with the
Iron Gross for bravery. The men who
went to the front came from all parts
of Germany, thirty-two cities being
named as their places Of residence.
One Of the most remarkable games
OF the series played in the Western
championship tourney at Memphis was
the one between G. H. Wolbrecht,. a
former Western champion, and V. Al
derson, the former being able to an
nounce a mate in five moves AFTER only
fourteen moves had been made.
The score follows:
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13

a BDy ting Alley, Billiard q Pool
1z<ES# Tsbls Mrs hsDsiT. -
sg1Dliss. hsrE Bros, W
20 ypion gQusFs. sr>
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13

Expert opinion on the following
question was submitted 70 Charles P.
Miller, yice-president Of the Bruins
wick Balke-C Collender Company: A cup
was donated 10 a certain club sor COM
petition. II was 10 have become the
property Of any member OF the club
who should win II three times. After the
cup had been once won the club dis
solved. What is the proper disposition
of the cup? His answer was: "It
should be returned TO the donor. The
conditions OF the gift have not been
complied With, There Is no possibility
OF compliance"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-13

On November 20, Edward Digele,
ffty-one years old, the leading active
veteran among the English billiard pro-
fessionsls, made a run Of 642 In a
tournament match of 1000 points
against Thomas Reece Nevertheless,
Reece, conceding a start OF 800, won
by 2S3 points. In similar competition
finished November 1S Biggle won on
even terms by 500 points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03
MORE ARTICLES ARE HELD
CONDITIONAL CONTRABAND

DR.. r. G. Pearce, deputy collector of
customs for the port of Rock Island,
has received notice from Z. +. Sweet,
assistant secretary of the department
of commerce, of changes in articles
listed by England as contraband of
war. The notice reads as follows:
Articles next enumerated and not
withstanding anything contained in
article 2S of the Declaration of Lon
don. will be treated as conditional con-
traband: Unwrought copper. pig. sheet
or pipe lead, glycerine, ferrochrome.
haematite. iron ore, magnetic iron ore,
rubber. hides and skins, raw or rough
tanned, but not including dressed
leather. Please bring the contents of
this dispatch to the notice of interest
ed parties in this district"