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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-16
RAILROADS & STEAMBOATS,.
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.

In Effect Sept. 81, 1914.
LEAVE AUGUSTA AS FOL-
LOWS:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-16

GOING WEST-3.oS A. NJ,
except Monday. PORTLAND
and Boston: 6.3S A. NJ,
Lewiston, Pennington,
,.ockland. Portland, Bos-
ION. Montreal and Que
han Q 90 4 NJ RrllnS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
0LDFIELD MAY BE
IN MEMORIAL RACE

What car will the one-time champion and
daredevil speed annihilator Barney Old
international sweepstakes? That question
is giving the race nuts" something to talk
about and is causing ambitious entrants in
the Memorial day classic no end Of worry.
Barney has come back" His sensational
return to form in the recent Santa Monica
road races has put to shame corresponding
efforts Of comeback champions in all other
branches Of sport He is a factor TO be
reckoned with In the annual motor mara
thon
There are said to be five concerns bid
ding for the services Of the rejuvenated
star, only three Of whom are being seri
Ously considered by OldfieId. The three
are Stutz, Maxwell and Mercer.
Oldfteld says his speedway mount will
be an American-built machine. as he is
anxious to show the foreigners in the next
big battle on the brick oval at Indianapolis
what stuff Yankee speed champions are
made Of
Harry c. Stutz admits that the presence
Of Oldfield at the wheel Of one Of his
cars would give him a lineup comparable
with the best that the European factories
are sending across the Atlantic With Old
field "Gil' Anderson and Earl Cooper, the
latter the recognized road race champion
for 1913. Stutz believes his lineup would be
hard to beat
''OIdfield's sensational driving in this
years Vanderbilt and Grand Prix was the
greatest exhibition Of skiIlful handling of
car have ever seem" said Stutz- Ihe
development OF speedway and road racing
in the last two years has made 1t possible
for Oldfield to show at his best in present
day speed contests. At Santa Monica he
gave a really wonderful exhibition of nerve
and reckless abandon. Yet mixed with his
daring was the experience of the veteran.
He took no unnecessary chances. He seemed
to be at his best when the smoke Of the
speed battle was thickest. Oldtelds priv
ing is the kind that quickens the pulse ana
keeps the spectators and, contestants con-
Stantly the alert"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
MOTORCYCLE NOTES.
90 %~>A 80 ~

There are 200 motorcycles in Homo
lulu alone. according to H P. Wood,
director of the Hawaii Promotion com
mittee.
pany of Quincy, Ill, has followed the
example of the cOmpany's stations in
many other cities, and has employed
motorcycle messenger boys. It IS be-
lieved that two motorcycle riders can
do the work of ten messengers en-
ployed heretofore.
The Indianapolis Humane society has
purchased a motorcycle and sidecar TO
be used as an ambulance for small
animals.
The Mandarin of Ten Cheung prov
ince, China, has ordered an American
motorcycle with sidecar for use in
making official trips to the different
cities Of his province.
Contests between motorcycles and
iceboats have been one of the leading
features during the winter in Madison,
Wis. So far the motorcycles have in
Variably come out winners.
A new 100000 three mile motor
cycle and automobile speedway is to be
built at AIattesOn, III. A 100 acre tract
Of land has been purchased for the
course.
Onet salesman, Harry A. Kahn, of
FL PasO, has successfully solved the
transportation problem by purchasing
a motorcycle on which he makes his
territory.
Ihe health department Of Rockford,
Ill, has purchased a motorcycle for the
use of its inspector.
The police department. of Birming-
ham, Ala, has added five new motor
cycles to its equipment.
Harry n. Martini, of Los Angeles,
Calf, has Just started on q motor
cycle trip, which he expects to extend
over 10000 miles.
About q mOtorcyclists of Atlanta
recently made a 200 mile tour through
the northern part of Georgia
Miss Bertha Weisner. a boOkkeeper,
who lives in Fulton. ". Va, rides
motorcycle every day to her work in
Wheeling. Formerly Miss Weisner
drove motor car, but has decided that
the two wheeler is much more con-
venient.
A motorcycle flying squadron com
posed Of seven men is to be added to
the Grand Rapids, Mich. police force
1t is estimated that the addition of
these motOrcyclemen will raise the ef-
ficiency of the department so percent.
Motorcycle officer jeremiah Hannah,
of Buffalo, n. Y, says that last sea-
son he Travelled Il, 0G5 miles on his
motorcycle, and that he did not spend
a cent for repairs with the exception
of new tires.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
Much Travel By Auto It 1915
ak -:Ir- -:.:- -:H:- -::-
One Of the Routes Through Here

'eTrafI to Sunset" This quickly made
clear that for the San Diego exhibit
lions in 1915 there would be a great
call for other routes, reaching the Pa
cific northwest as well as central and
southern California 1t was therefore
decided by the A A. A. in the early
summer of 1912 to undertake the map
ping of several complete lines in one
season.
Starting in June the northern route
through Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland,
Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis Fargo.
Bismarck, Butte, MissOulas and Spokane
to Seattle was covered. The North
west Trail" was the first to give details
across the continent by the northern
route, and to supply specific informa-
tOn, including mleages, for reaching
Yellowstone Park from the north or
Glacier Park from the south. Equally
complete notes were then taken from
Seattle through Tacoma, Portland, and
Sacramento, to San Francisco.
Immediately afterWard- the Overland
Trail was Travelled from san Francisco
through Sacramento, Carson City. Reno,
Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Omaha, Chi
cagO, Cleveland. Erie, jamestown, FL
mira, BinghamtOn, and Kingston TO
New York.
Angeles via Philadelphia. Harrisburg.
PittsbUrg, Columbus. Indianapolis. St
Louis, Kansas City, Denver. Salt Lake
City. Ely and GOldfield. No date has
been set for the publication Of these
notes, due principally TO road cOndi-
lions in western Colorado and eastern
Utah, which win doubtless be improved
before the spring of 1918
The other is the FL PasO way"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
Meeting To Boom BorderLand;
TtUo Governors VIII Attend
Governors Hunt and Mcdonald to Meet at Rodeo on the
State Line, Then Proceed by Automobile to Douglas
to Talk Over the Borderland Work-C H. Les
ter Believes Borderland Will Be in Fine
Shape in Time For San Francisco Fair.

ported the road fairly good all the
way except between Yuma and Ell Cen
trO, Calf They had very little trouble,
were not stalled at all, even at Nam
moth wash and the only accident they
had was a broken spring at the wash.
They Debated their tires to 80 pounds
and went over the sand with ease.
They found some dust very deep be-
tween Yuma and Castle Dome, but il
was only agreeable-not hard to ne
gOtiate.
Early next week the first cycle car
that ever made the trip from Los An
geles to FL PasO viii arrive here en-
route to New York. Its occupants will
be Mr.. and Mrs. John Edmund Ham
mond and their young son, IS months
old. This lad is the youngest transcon-
tinental tourist in the world.
He has made four trips between
Los Angeles and New York city.
He has covered total of not less
than 900 miles.
He has, during his brief life -trav-
eled an average of more than 1000
miles month, including the more than
5000 miles he will make on his fifth
journey.
And he will say 'Howdy!" and smile
a chubby, cherubic smile at every city
on his route
Mr.. and Mrs Hammond. whose home
is at 1902 West Seventh street, Los
Angeles, are going to break the Amer
lean one driver automobile record, they
say They have crossed in % days and
now they are going to try to do it in
They are travelling in a two cylinder
Zip cycle car and expect to make an
average Of 200 miles a day.
Hammond, ST, has made two trips
around the world on a motorcycle He
was riding partner of Bobby Wal
thour in number Of six day bicycle
races In Madison Square garden, New
York.
One by one, the automobile tourists
are helping to put the BOrderland route
on the map and incidentally benefit
EI Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
Government To Build Good Roads
= -:I:- -:II:- -:D:- -:I:-
Viii Aid the Rural Mail Routes

- ONGRESS has the roads question
under thorough discussion IRON
- the committee on roads of the
house of representatives there emerged
a measure in which was embodied
concensus Of opinion Of the committee
as a whole. The bill was passed with
considerable expedition by the house,
for it had been drafted quite sBflfully
in order to obtain a great amount OF
support from the tbickly' populated
states. Two courses Of action are letL
to the states in availing themselves OF
roads appropriations from the central
source. A state can employ its quota OF
the SIS. 900. 600. the distribution Of which IS
based upon population and rural free dellv-
cry routes in the construction and main
tenance Of whatever roads may be deter
mined upon by its highway department in
cooperation with the secretary OF agricul-
ture. The national government would bear
One-half Of the cost. but no construction
shall commence until the portion Of the
cost thereof which is to be provided other
wise than by the United States has been
made available" The other plan which a
state may adopt is the the original Shao5le-
ford roads rental plan for rural free deliv-
cry routes with the highways divided into
classes a. B and C-S60, $50 and SIS per
year per mile.
While the measure commanded much dis
cussiOn in the house, IL is a certainty that
it wall receive even greater attention in the
senate which has tendency to pass upon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

al measures OF a substantial expenditures
character more carefully than is usually the
case IN the popular branch OF the govern
ment The opposing sides in the discussion,
generally speaking, split on the proposition
Of small amounts widely distributed over
a big mileage, or a concentration OF money
on the most used roads Congressman W.
P BOrland. Of Missouri. cOntended for the
concentration plan. which he summed I'd
in the following language:
The experience Of every nation should
teach us. that the building OF HIGHWAYS is
scientific proposition that more than so
percent Of the traffic Of roads goes over
less than Is percent of the roads. and will
do so under any circumstances. whether the
roads are improved or unimprOved, in a
country thickly settled or not. It necessarily
tends that way. and we must have sciec-
tltic classification Of roads IN accordance
with the traffic they bear. Nearly every
progressive state in this country has come
or is coming TO a state system OF highways.
This means that the state selects certain
trunk lines. Solid business men in every
state have reached the idea Of selecting a
state highway commission TO classify roads
as to the character in which they should
be improved and maintained. and not 70 i'm
prove any road at all until ample power is
given for the maintenance Of those roads
n their respective classes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
DEALERS JOIN TO
TRACE STOLEN CARS
StudebaISer Sales Organization Works Out
plan That Battles ThieVes-Hidden
Numbers Help.

StudebaIer Sales Organization Works Out
plan That Battles Thieves-Hidden
Numbers Help.
When his studebaker six" fell prey to a
discriminating automobile thief. Dr. H. G.
Peregrine. Of Seattle, notified both the po-
lice and the local Studebaker dealer.
The police took the usual steps. The deal
er set in motion a plan Of detection care
FULLY worked out for just such an emergency
Within "A hours his friend, the dealer, in
formed DR. Peregrine that his car was in
certain garage in Portland. where it had
been stored after its arrival by boat several
minutes before.
The car was recovered ana an arrest loI-
lowed.
That was quick work and represented an
unusually striking instance OF the IaclnIy
with which a stolen car can be traced But
the result would have been the same in the
long run. regardless OF the route taken by
the thief. Eventually he would have run
foul of the watchful, patient, intallible sys-
TEN by which the movements OF eacn Stude-
Pv this system car stolen last year in
Minneapolis was recovered in San Antonio,
Tex, and one stolen in Providence K. l.
turned 10 in Los Angeles
Tracing of cars is done by means OF com
plicated system of numbers stamped on the
motor. chassis and various other parts OF
each Studebaker car and its equipment
Some Of these numbers are hidden. Others
are in plain sight, and often these are re-
moved. But a defaced number is sure to
lead to inquiry later on, and no thief. not
conversant with the system Of numbering.
can expect to deface all the means Of identi-
fication provided
Accurate record is kept of all the numbers
ct the Studebaker headquarters in Detroit
The man in charge can, if given one Of
half a dozen numbers. identify any one Of
$50, 900 Studebaker cars and supply the name
Of its original owner. A simple bulletin
service from this department puts on the
trail of any stolen car al least 1000 skilled
detectives. Sooner or later the thief must
show up with his car at a Studebaker
garage; thus ending his joy ride and paving
the way for long rest, far from further
temptation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
ENCOURAGING TIRE
MEN TO ADVERTISE

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber company
believes in newspaper advertising so strong
~ that it has a special department in the
general offices at Akron, whose chief duty
IS to show Goodyear dealers the value Of
newspaper space to their business
The purpose of the department IS to IN
duce Goodyear dealers to become newspa-
per advertisers in their home cities and ter
ritories
Expert men in the Goodyear advertising
organization write ads for the dealers-pre-
pare the copy, supply the cuts. etc, sending
them free as a part Of Goodyear service to
dealers who wish 1t. As a result, numerous
dealers have undertaken campaigns Of news
paper advertising by using the Goodyear
copy and making the necessary arrange
ments with their papers.
Many letters and reports have already
gone to Goodyear showing now dealers have
greatly increased and, in some instances.
even doubled their business through adopt
ing the Goodyear dealers advertising series.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

MEETING is to be held this
month that will probably figure
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
Kansas Couple Here Touring
OUer the Bourderland Route
Hutchinson Man and Wife Cover the Road Between That
Point and Ell Paso in Chalmers Many Out Of Town
People Buy Cars in Ell Paso and Number of
Local People Also Make Purchases.

bought from the HupmObile company
here.
c. W. Tucker, of Carlsbad, n. NJ
bought Hupp roadster, three touring
cars and one six passenger Hupp from
the local agency this week.
E. Hitchcock, of Engle, n. NJ, was
here recently and bought seven pas
senger Hupmobile, which he will use
in driving over the country at Ensle'
It was bought from the local Hupmo-
bile agency.
Gaspar Giron, a lower valley ranch
man at Fabens, has bought five pas
senger Hupp.
Automobiles have long ago proved
their efficiency for military usage and
the "COnstitutiOnalists" occupying
Juarez have not been slow to realize
their efficiency. Villas forces own a
number Of up to date autos and the
latest addition is a Mitchell car, which
was purchased at the Ell Paso agency
for the use Of the "COnstitutonalists
financial agent
New Ford delivery autos have been
purchased by the El PasO Gas COM
Dany. the H. Welsch company. Every
body's department store and l. P. Nc
Chesney's plumbing shop.
J. F. Goebel H. D. Johnson, B. NJ.
Williams, F. L. Torres, Joseph Burres
and o. c. Crismore have acquired new
Ford touring cars during the week. A
4 Clawson and the American Lumber
and Investment company have DouSnt
Ford runabOuts.
There was an innovation in automo-
bile circles this week when the Long
well Transfer company imported the
tango lavender limousine Since its
Importation the car has been making
regular trips. The car seven pas
senger Cole, IS just about the last word
in automobiles. It is handsomely M
holstered and electric lighted. The car
is equipped with every modern con-
venience. An extra body makes II
possible to transform the automobile
into a touring car for the summer
months.
The Alamo Tire company, 4l9 Myrtle
avenue. has signed a contract win
the Swinehart Tire company to act as
agents in this territory. This company
is the maker Of the well known keaton
Non Skid for which it paid $4,000 for
the patent. The Alamo Tire company
has a large vulcanizing plant and VIII
shortly install more mods
A. o. Workman has returned from
his trip to Oklahoma on his motorcycle.
He returned by train, but made the trip
out on the motorcycle. He went by
way of AlamOgOrdO, Roswell, Lubbock,
Ouanah, Anadarko and then to Okla
hOma City, and found the roads good,
He says a number of autOmOblllsUS Will
make the trip this way during the com
ing summer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
TRANsCoNTINENTAL inquire

" RANSCONTINENTAL inquiries re-
ceived by the A A. touring
Il board indicate that many OF
those who have in mind a journey TO
the Pacific coast in 1915 will journey
westward over one route and return
by a different itinerary. While 1914
will see a greater number OF cross
country travellers than in 1913, the JoLal
in 1915 promises to be surprisingly
numerous and warrants chairman
of the touring board TO predict that
American interstate travel from this
time on will count largely in vacation
periods of many people who have been
in the habit of wearing out tires on
foreign highways.
One of the routes chosen will go east
from, Los Angeles by way of Yuma,
Phoenix, FL PasO, Fort Worth, Dallas,
Texarkana, Little Rock, Memphis,
Nashville, Knoxville, AshVille, Green's
bOrO Richmond Washington, Balti-
more and Philadelphia to New York.
This transcOntinentaI route will be
available throughout the year. Very
little difficulty was experienced in its
ural roads were found in Arizona, New
Mexico, and Texas. In fact, the one
great problem of the A A. A path
finder was to select the 'One best way
from the number OF options offered at
several points, notably east of Phoenix.
For the first time the Southwestern
and Gulf states will be placed on
through line across lower Arizona, New
Mexico, and upper Texas.
The pioneer big route between Chi
cagO and the Pacific coast was the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

Seminole, Tex, is to have five new
from FL Paso. A carload
OF HupmObiles were shipped from FL
PasO this week to Midland. Tex, and
from there will be driven to Seminole
for c. +. Rollins. who is the local agent
there for the Hupp. The cars were
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
TUCSON MAY HAVE
FIVE MILE TRACK

Tucson. Ariz., April A five mile au-
and motorcycles speed events in the future,
is being planned by the chamber Of COM
President T. IL Manning OF the chamber
Of commerce has appointed a committee to
investigate the feasibility Of constructing
st1cb d race course The committee con-
sists OF q w Dietz chairman; Harold
Steinfeid. H. S. Corbett, R, Z. Fishburn, c.
A. Schrader, J. D. Mathews +. RonstauJ'
II w -Fe1nar T. W. Estill J. 3. Ryland,
W. A. Bakre and Harry Tufts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
TUCSON MOTORCYCLISTS
WILL RUN TO PHOENIX

tucson Arizr April IA run to
Phoenix Saturday afternoon is planned
by the Tucson Motorcycle club, in or
der to witness the 100 mile motor
cycle race scheduled to be run Sunday
A number of the local riders started
for Phoenix last Saturday afternoon.
but were caught in a rainstorm. They
stopped in Florence Saturday night
and returned to Tucson the day follow
ing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

Ostrich plUmes cleaned dyed. curled
and remOdeled. Latest ostrich fancies.
Southwestern Ostrich Farm. AT Texas,
FL PasO theater Bldg--Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
TELEPHONE EARLY IF
HERALD ISN'T THERE

Subscribers failing to gel The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2O3O before $50 D. m.
All complaints will receive prompt
attention.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-17
COTTON EXCHANGES
Open FOR BUSINESS
Trading Brisk and Nervous
First Few Minutes.
CLOSED SINCE JULY 81
Nervousness at Start Due to Con-
fusion In Regard to New
Contracts.

New York, New. 16.-The New
York cotton exchange reopened for
unrestricted trading at 10 o'clock
this morning. 1t had been closed
since July 81. when the market went
into commissions and three firms
failed through the Generalization
created by impending war in Eu-
rope.
The floor of the exchange was
thronged with brokers when the
gong sounded today. During the
first few minutes trading was ex-
ceedingly brisk and somewhat ner-
vous. There was Little confusion
because of unfamiliiarity with the
new style contracts and the new
rules imposed on the market by the
operation of the so-called cotton fu-
lures law.
Early trading was confined almost
entirely to December cotton sold on
old style contract. The market
opened at 7.45 and dropped quick
ly to 7.40. A low level of 7.39 was
reported in the first half hour. The
market then grew steady and the
nervous tone departed.
At the end of the first half hour
trading appeared to be normal and
the number of brokers on the floor
had dwindled to usual size. Prices
were approximately three cents be-
low wha tthey were when the ex-
change closed on July 81. January
sold at IT'S to 1856, March at 7.S5
i to 7.S8, May at $40 to SIP, and
October at $40 to $50, all on new
style contracts.
Wall street brokers, inactive be,
cause Of the darkened stock ex-
change, were interested spectators
at the opening. A sprinkling of
other spectators, friends and fam
lilies OF cotton brokers we're in the
galleries.
general laupgh greeted the
reading of letter of congratulations
from members of the Liverpool cot
ton association. The letter was
read from the rostrum shortly after
the opening gong sounded.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-17
New Orleans Opens.

New Orleans, Nov. 16.-With the
exchange gayly decorated with palms
and flowers and women crowd ng
the visitors gallery, the cotton mar
ket opened to normal trading con-
ditions at 9:05 this morning, after
a suspension Of almost three months
and half.
The first trade between New Or
leans and Liverpool went through to
completion, passing censors' hands
and all in II minutes.
First trades in local options did
not show much change from last
weeks liquidation trading, jan
uary's first transaction being at
7.5O. The market was somewhat
complicated because trading was
carried on In two styles OF contracts,
one being the form used up 70 the
time OF the suspension last July and
the other framed to meet the federal
cotton futures act Old style March
brought 7.61 and the new style
1856 on the first call, showing that
the trade was willing to pay a prem
ium of quarter OF cent a pound
for the new style.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-11-17
WANT PROHIBITION.
5,OOO,OOO Persons Ask for Dry
Nation

Nation.
Atlanta, Nov. 14.-Celebration of
prohibition and suffrage victories in
the various states marked the na-
tional convention of the w. G. II. L..
here tonight. Delegates from the
commonwealths N which success
was gained addressed the session.
The claim that intoxicants were
contributing cause to the coal
strike war in Colorado and that the
strike was responsible for the prohi-
bition victory in the recent election
there, was made today by Mrs.
Adrianna Hungerford, state presi-
cent of the temperance union in Col
orado
Every county concerned in the
strike went dry by an overwhelm-
ing majority" added Mrs. Hunger
ford
A petition in favor of national
prohibition, said to Haar the sigma
lures OF 100000 persons, was dis
played in the convention chamber to-
day. 1t is planned to present the
petition to the next ses1 on of Con-
gress.