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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
TWO WIVES MEET
OVER INJURED MAN

Especial 10 The Richmond Virsinian.
NORFOLK, VA, May IA sensa-
ton was created Yesterday al the local
hospital when two wives, each UNI
known to the other, met at the bed
side of Chief Engineer w T, Fort
lock. Of the Old Dominion liner JEFF
ferson. who was seriously burned in
the accident OF Monday night.
II seems that wife No, J. who re-
sides in New York, on hearing OF the
accident To Mr.. rortlock and of Its
serious character. forgot the past and
the fact that she has been separated
for years from Mr.. Portlock rushed to
his bedside, TO be in attendance.
Wife No 2, of Norfolk, was. OF
course. with her husband and natur-
ally met wife No. |, and for the first
time learned of the existence of the
New York Mrs Portloek.
Friends of the chief engineer to-
night explained that some years ago
Mr. Portloek married the New York
wife and later they separated. legal
divorce so they declare was secured
The only mistake Mr. Portiock made
was in not telling his second wife
that he was divorced man. with his
first wife still living. bur is their
claim
1t Is understood that the New York
wife Immediately left for her home
whether or not she is receiving aii-
mony could not be learned tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
MOTOR TRUCK HAULS
F|FTEEN-T0N GIROER

TIE great utility Of the motor truck
fer long distance shipments of heavy
freight was lexemplified recently by
one of the fifty Peerless trucks oper-
ated by the Motor Truck and Terminal
company. Of Los Angeles.
With trailer this truck carried a
ffieen-ton steel girder from the plant
of the Baker Iron Works in Los
Angeles to a construction Job AT Long
Beach, which the company had under
WAY. The hau! was twenty-five miles.
-Four loads for the truck and trailer
We're made of nearly sixty tons Of steel
beams The Orders were very long
nd this made il practicable 10 divide
the weight between the truck ani the
trailer.
The Motor Truck and Terminal
company has lnaugurated truck ser
vice on s. regular schedule between
various points In Southern California
and is carrying large quantities Of
freight OF its '.trackiess railway
Some trucks are also constantly EN-
ployed on special trips carrying all
sorts Of loads from lumber TO live
stock. The company has seventy five
trucks in operation, Of which about
fifty are Peerless.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
| visit the big Cole plant during race

VISIT the big Cole plant during race
week.
The big. sturdy transcontinental
Cole engineering test car that Chief
Engineer Crawford blazed all over
the West last year is now in the paint
shop When it comes out II viii be
painted the triple 4 purple color and
this car viii be placed at the dispo-
sal OF the American Automobile as
ISOLATION officials during their stay
in indianapolis to stage the big con-
test.
A big dining room at the palatiaI
SEVERN hotel has been engaged for
the annaul Cole dinner to the news
papermen of the country. j. j
Cole for the past four years has had
the visiting newspaper men as ms
guests This year the dinner viii
he an informal gathering. jollifica
ton, get together proposition.
vice~P President Thomas X. Mar.
shall former governor Of Indiana, a
Hoosier and particular friend OF
President Cole. has been asked tC
come to this dinner. as well AZ Gov
errior Ralston, Of Indiana the speed
way officials. Carl G. Fisher, Fra nix
Wheeler, J. G. Allison. y, C. Newly
and Z. w Sedwick; the attending
officials from the American Automo-
bile association. and the winners q.
the past three FIVE hundred mile races
Ray Harroun. joe Dawson and jules
Goux 1t Ia also probah bic thht every
race driver of national importance
who is In the city viii he at the din
ner.
The Hoosier Motor club have Just
recently opened their enzy pleasant
iy located country home. Crow S Nest
a few miles outside of the city Rus
sell Seeds. Of the board of governors
Is 10 extend an invitation through the
Hoosier Motor club for the newspa
per men TO make themselves com
Portable there.
The Cole factory also have plar
for the enterta inrnent 81 their guests
insofar as transportation is concern
ed The big caravan of Cole automo-
hiles that viii he used To transport
the crowd before and during the races
will he properly designated and y
regular station with competent Of
fetal in charge will be located al the
Cole local salesroom.
All In all. from the Hospitality
standpoint II is confdentially pre-,
dicted that Indianapolis viii outdt
herself this year fer the comfort 81
her guests.
Speedway Manager Charles Sedg'
wick has been giving a great deal oi
attention To speedway comforts One
OF the big features is "A large addition
to the pagoda where the newspaper
men are CHARTERED A large stand
Is In process of construction and viii
be ready for the day Of the contest
Sedwick. an inderatlga BILE worker
broke the Ice on the foreign entries
for the Indianapolis speedway. hui
his work in auadrupling foreign err
trarts is An achievement that viii
go down in gasoline history.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
TIRE DEPARTMENT
IS INTERESTING
MANY PEOPLE VISIT FLAG
WHERE FORD TIRES ARE
ASSEMBLED.

DETROIT. MICH, May fs.-One
million. two hundred and fifty thous-
and tires for this years production
OF Ford cars is tho estimate made by
officials at the Ford factory in High
land Park, Mich.
This immense quantity will be sup
Piled by four leading American tire
companies. The tires arrive in dsi lily
shipments Of sufficient quantities TO
keep pace with the production of the
Ford factory. Each carload contains
about 400 sets of tires so that during
the months OF January February.
March and April, when the factory
production was around eleven hun
dred cars daily, approximately three
carloads OF tires were required for
each days production.
With 400 sets OF tires to a freight
car 1t will require approximately ISL
cars, or 4 train approximately five and
une-half miles long to bring the yeer's
tire supply to the Ford factory.
The tires are all shipped less valve
caps and fittings, the inner tubes be-
ing in the castings. Upon their ar
rival at the factory the tires are as
sembIed on wheels, inflated. the fiji
tings attached and sent down to the
car assembly. from where they leave
The department where tires are as
semhied on wheels is an interesting
one from a spectators point of view.
Here the big men of the factory, its
Zabyscos and it's Hackenschmidts,
keep their muscles in shape. The
record for assembling tires on wheels
was made by a Pole, who weighed
something near two hundred and fifty
pounds. He assembled three hundred
tires on wheels In day and kept up
the pace for days at a time. That Is,
he completely tired seventy-five cars
every eight hours.
One of the visitors at the factory re-
Gently figured out that If every tire
received at the Ford factory this year
travels in the course Of its lifetime
five thousand miles, and this Is n con-
sentative estimate Of the life of a tire
on a Ford, the years supply of tires
have travelled a total distance OF g.
$50, 100000 miles. or 100000 times
around the world before the last one
is scrapped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
|BREEzE CAUSES A
MOTOR RUNAWAY
BEnes-- -ss7xnT-Uru BY INDIE
PENDENT TRIP OF sTUDE- ~
~&S<~ ,1S2k
RAKER "SIx.s
OWNER LEARNS LESSON
NOW coasts ANCHOR WITH EMER.
GENCY BRAKE BEFORE
LEAVING THE CAR
ALONE.

With a days touring in front OF
him. j. l.. koerber drove his Stfte-
baker six" to Beaumont, Texas
garage, stopped the motor, placed the
nozzle of the garage gasoline system
in the tank of his car. and went inside
the building for the key to the pump
While engaged in chat with the
garage man. Mr.. Koerber heard loud
shouts from outside. He glanced
through the window and saw his car
rambling away alone. down the street
at digniied but increasing rate OF
speed.
He dashed to the door and started
in pursuit arriving just In time to
prevent It from disregarding all traffic
rules at crowded crossing,
AIR koerbef applied the brake and
Investigated.
The -motnr- not running and the
switch remained at off Nor had
the motive power come from the cleo
tric started system Inquiry among
startled hystanders who had seen the
car IN its guideless ana independent
fight added no clue. Gravitation was
ont of the question Az an excuse. for
the land in and for miles around Beau
mont is as level as a floor.
Still puzzled. Eoerber drove back
ntfH FtSAffttt ANF fUbfFt UHAEA ta2k ef
filling the ears gasoline tank As
ne did sn he noticed film of dust
APPROACHING waited on the wings oi
the trade wind from the Gulf &C Mex
ice, AZ the dust drew nearer, the car
began to move. 1t was plainly bent
on another title tour Of it's own
NJ. koefber stopped the ear Just
In time TO prevent a stream of gaso-
line from contact with is glossy
finish. Then he locked his emergency
brake eTeesualiS carbiRg the rowing
disposition of his car
i've learned psy lesson" he re-
marked. Hereafter III never leave
this car without an anchor
a novel use has been made If the
koerber incident By the Neches Motor
Car company. beaumont Stude bak eE
dealers who have added to their SALES
Arguments what they term the wind
demonstration" Of studehsker light
ness and friction reduction
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
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uracturer endeavors to develop a mo-
tor that will prove flexible, efiicIent
and economical and consequently. tha
valves are timed SO that the MAXI
mum power is gained with the mint
mum amount of gas.
In timing the motor FOR racing the
driver has but one aim in mind and
that Is power and quick action. Where
the valves are opened late on stock
motor and closed late the conditions
are partly reversed on a. motor built
for racing. In the latter the Valves
overlap, the intake valves being open
ed earlier and held open longer than
In the stock -rnotor, The exhaust
valves are also changed to open ear
lier and more rapidly TO expel gas
1t can be readily CLEANED from this
method OF timing that quick. heavy
charges of gas are the essential thing
In gaining power. But 1t Is also nec~s
essary to clean the cylinder Of The
burnt gas as quickly rs posaibtMs
Economy" the watchword OF th1'
stock car. is forgotten altogether, ~
Is expense generally In all racing CART
Very often a well posted racine
driver VIII not do a Tot Of expeffS
menting trying different timing on ht&
motor to get the maximum speed our
Of IT, But In the end 1t In the driver
who makes careful study of tlnnfnus
that wins
might so further into the racinE
motor, but I would have to so beyun4N
the automobile as the iayman KNOWN
1t and deal with the magnetic. cArhA|
rotor and other accessories. In ad4zS
tion to, taking up the technical MtAS
of the motor known only or fanailiMMS
to the engineer. sSa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
The Mechanical Construction of This
The Worlds Greatest Motor Car Value---
Could Not be Bit Finer

The Overland motor is the same IN
principle, design, action and funda-
mental construction as the motor used
in the $4,000, $4,000 and $1,000 cars!
The Overland frame is of open-hearth
steel, identical with that used in the
$4,000, 81 ,0OU and $4,000 cars!
The Overland steering knucklc bolt is
Of 3 / . . nickel steel, Just the satfte az
those used in the $4,000, $4,000 and
5000 cars,
The Overland drive pinion is of 3 IL
per cent nickel steel, the same as used
in the $4,000, $4,000 and $1,000 cars,
The Overland live axle, which is the
driving shaft Of the rear axle is OF
Chrome nickel steel, the same as used in
the $1,000, $4,000 and $4,000 cars,
The Overland front axle, one-piece
drup-forging. is the same as used in the
$1,000, 81 900 and $1,000 cars!
The Overland steering knuckle is the
same as that used in the $4,000, $4,000
and $1,000 cars,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
GlASS|@* Salts
Cleans KIDNEYS
IF YOUR BACK, HURTS OR BK4AD'
DER BOTHE36 YOU, DRINK
LOTS orswATER

When your Kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with q
.ot OF drugs that excite the kidneys
md irritAkoy tho ea13lro urinary tract
Keen your kidneys clean Nke YOU
Keep your boWsels clAAn. by nush-
Inx them With . mild, harmless saltS
which rehnovAn TIN body's ur4nousI
waste and stimulates them 70 their
normal activity. The function OF the
kidneys 10 20 filter the blood. In 81
hours they etratn from It SOC grains
81 acid and WASTE, 20 we can readily
understand the Vital importance %
keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots Of water-you can't
irink too much: also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces OF Jad|
salts; take q tablespoonful in q glass
of water before breakfast each morris
ing tor Z few days and your kid
aeys will act ffns. This famous salts,
b made from the acid OF grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with lithia.
ana has been used for generations
10 clean and stimulate clogged kid,
neys; also to neutralize the acids In
urine 30 X no longer u . source OF
Irritation, thus ending bladder weak
aeas
Jad salts IL tnexpensive; cannot in-l
lure: makes 4 delightful effervescen<i
lithA-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their Kidneys clean and active. Try
This also keep up he water drink
.lng, ana 40 doubt you will wonder
1T J Ascasns AZ yqtaf ktdnex SroHhla
lG&1 III y = ~ Sg nj sssssas yas.T3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17

thorities on the other side. has been
the tightening UP of the reciprocating
parts and the improvement in carbu-
retors as we'll as magnetos. However,
in this article, ] have been asked 10
deal with the motor and the integral
parts and not the accessories, as the
latter are usually developed outside
of the auto factory.
In several factories In America and
Europe the cast iron and cast steel
pistons have been done away with en-
tirely because of their weight and a
new type of steel piston is being sub
stituted. In the racing cars that conf
peted so successfully in the speed
trials on the Brookla nds track In Lon
don during the past three months
pistons were used in the racing cars
which were made from seamless steel
tubing the steel head being weld
ed to the tubing.
1t can he rea Oily understood why
so much stress is laid on the recip-
rocating parts OF the engine. As the
engine turns over once or the cranks
make a complete revolution the pis-
tons have to change their directions
twice and, of course. when great speed
Is attained the momentum gained by
these reciprocating parts is terrific,
especially when heavy pistons and
connecting rods are used. The light
err the rods. pistons wrist pins and
hearings of course, the less monen-
tum developed. (
fabrication Important.
In changing stock motor into a
racing motor great stress is laid on
fabrication, 1t is often necessary to
install an entirely new lubricating
system in order to Increase the APP
plication or oil made necessary be-
cause OF the increased friction devei-
oped when the engine Is turned up ia
its limit to attain its maximum horse
power.
After the refinment has been made
on the motor and the gearing chang
ed. then, the successful racing driv-
er has chance to exert the maxi
mum amount of intelligence. Up "a
this time the mechanics have. been
busy, but the changes 50 far have
been preliminary steps toward speed.
NJ In building = stock motor the man-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
How Racing Automobiles Now
Made to Go Fast; Inside Dope

"a general overhaulsng is a freeing Of
the bearings and the clearing of the
pistons On general stock car the
bearings are made TO fit tighter than
on racing car, because the speed of
the stock car does not warrant the
play that is necessary where a motor
is being tuned up, say from leoo to
$500 revolutions minute, as in rae
ing machines And then the faster a
motor is run the more danger there
is in freezing" it, as the race driver
expresses himself when he finds that
the heat generated by the speed and
friction has swelled the moving parts
Of his engine and bound them SO
that they will not run freely, or rs
in many cases. when the motor stops
entirely and usually causes a general
smashup.
On an ~oxdinary stock car the pis-
tons are clear from feaf to eight thou
sandths. On racing motor the pis-
tons are cleared from fourteen to
twenty thousandths and often more.
OF course, ciea ring the pIstons light
ems the reciprocating parts ano this
really brings out the greatest factor
in attaining speed in any motor. There
was time when the manufacturer
thought it necessary to have heavy
reciprocating parts. which, of course,
include the pistons. connecting rods
and wrist pins. hut that day Is gone.
and with 1t went the motor monstros-
tiles. and in place of the giant gaso-
line engines we have the small rae
ing cars with piston displacement
Of $50 cubic inches and less devel-
oping more power than much bigger
motors had trouble generating in the
early DAYS of the motor car.
Take In Europe. where speed is be-
ing developed today by small engines
that were not dreamed OF in the early
days Of the racing game. the greatest
factor. according 20 tho racing Au-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
BY LOUIS DIsBROw.

Head or the j. 1. Case Racing Team.
What makes the racing machine go
fast?,
OF the thousands of questions put
to the professional automobile race
driver by the army Of speed fans he
meets every time he ID scheduled to
race, no one Is asked as often as the
above one.
And might add that no one ques-
ton Is SO hard to answer and espec-
tally satisfactorily, for even the rae
ing pilot II often at q loss to know
what really makes his machine travel
faster than the car driven by his COM
petitor.
Take my last experience at car
building Last winter the ]. |. Case
Threshing Machine company told me
to go ahead and oversee the building
Of two cara for the 500-mile race at
Indianapolis
The machines were planned. Both
motors were to have the same piston
displacement and were alike In every
detail, yet when the time came for
testing them out one was much faster
than the other
Another factory built three cars for
the Indianapolis race and built them
along the same lines and with exactly
the same power plant, yet when the
time came for testing them one devei-
oped more horsepower and more speed
than either OF the other two.
With this paradoxical start it looks
as though the racing pilot would have
plenty OF figuring to do to give an
intelligent answer to tho question:
What makes the racing car, go fast p
But given two stock cars with ex-
actly the same horsepower and ex-
actly the same speed. M IL often the
case. it il possible to give fairly
iptelligible answer 70 the speed ques-
ton.
The nrst point Abont meteor after
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
studcbaker Wins Climb

In the first big hill climb OF the
season. held at Atlanta, studebaker
ears won both In their class and in
the free for all divisions. setting new
records up the famous Stewart avenue
grade and taking permanent posses
sion Of the trophy by virtue ef their
third consecutive victory In A. many
9eas0na 5s s #
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17

The Overland radiator in quality is
the same as used in one of the most
prominent $4,000 cars!
The Overland tenders, in quality and
material, are the same as used on the
$1,000, $4,000 and $4,000 cars!
We use more aluminium, on larger and
more important parts, than any other
H4ifaetHfaF- 1T An-refld Where
others and often makers Of $1,000 cars,
Use east IRON ar 3 cents per pound we
use aluminium at q cents per pound
Each separate Overland test and III
spection for quality Of material and ac-
euracy Of machining is far more thor
ouch than the methods used by manu-
facturers Of $1,000, $4,000 and 5000
carsl
The significance Of these facts should
mean much to those who expect to buy
a car. \ practical demonstration VIII
mean great deal more.
Telephone the Overland dealer and
make your appointment as early as pos
slble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17

Ten minutes drive from uatfs
station. Elevation. 2,7sT feet ss
cellent table. Terms most Yeax0p1k
Far further information a14N
AIRS. =. II McCainsic. HIT
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-03-20

Friday.
Miss Jennie Vaughan cant
home Tuesday from a two weeks
visit with her aunt, Miss Addie
Hodges in Kansas City.
Miss Annie Fitchett and her
brother, Frank, attended services
at the NJ. E. church here Sunday
morning.
Walter Newman and Joe Bon
ham of Higginsville attended the
l. 0. 0. F. lodge here Tuesday
night.
Lee Koepperman of Waverly,
Walter, Preston, Homer and
Virgil Rhodes of Corder, Lee
Chamblin of Higginsville, Meng
Shelby and Gordon Starke of
Lexington attended the play
here Saturday night.
Eugene Holman went to Kan
sas City Monday to finish his
studies at the barber school.
Mrs. Sam Vaughan and sons,
Curtis and Ligon, Mrs. w. B.
Harwood and two children spent
Sunday in Higginsyille.
Dover has just cause to feel
proud of her girls and boys who
engaged in the play, Her
Gloves" given Saturday night
at the Christian church. The
cast of characters were:
Walter Dillingham;, dealer in
real estate Willis Stapleton
Jefferson Ruggles, his father-in-
law q. 10. Clay Eagan
Robert Slocum, friend of the
family J., o.. Menifee Redd
Charlie Brooks, a neighbor -.
e.. .. Eugene Eagan
Jim Ryan, theatrical manager d.
.Emmet Eagar
Mrs. Ruggles, wife Of Jefferson.
o.. e. g.. Ruth Lewis
Blanci Dillingham;, wife of Wal
ter. .. e. -. Mamie Brown
Dora Ruggles, in love with Slo-
cum O.. o.. Helen Cole
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Simkins
went to Kansas City Wednesday
morning to spend the day.
Misses Elma and Celia Brooks
went to Kansas City Wednesday
morning for a few days visit.
Rev. R. N. Allen went to Kan
sas City Wednesday to spend
the day.
N. +. Basket went to Kansas
City Wednesday to spend the
day on business.
Miss Laura Daring returned to
her home in Manhattan, Kansas,
Tuesday evening after a visit
here with Mrs. f. L. Garter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-03-20
end in Kansas City.

END IN Kansas City.
Miss Josephine O'Alalley Wis
tied here this week.
c. L. Wilson visited here one
day last week.
Walter Argood and Bill Kueck
of Alma were here Saturday ev-
ening.
Mrs. II. WOllenman and chill
dren visited in Higginsville last
Tuesday.
Quite a crowd surprised Mrs.
&c. Benton Tuesday as it was
her birthday. A delicious din
ner was served, everyone taking
something. A lovely time was
reported by all who were present
Miss Leah Frerking visited her
sister last week, who is in the
hospital in Kansas City.
Miss Mable Hefter was a pas
senger to Higginsville Friday.
Miss Lila Kleinschmidt gave
a reception last Thursday night
for her brother. Gilbert and his
bride. A delicious lunch was
Served during the evening. The
crowd left at a late hour wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt hap
piness in the future.
The protracted meeting which
was held ~ Rev. Burton of JEFF
ferson City at the Methodist
chuHch, closed last Sunday night,
The diamond ring contest clos
ed Tuesday evening. The first
prize being a diamond ring was
won by Miss Doris Reynolds,
The second a lady's gold watch
by Miss Exzine Kramer. The
third a set of silver teaspoons by
Miss Loreine Lesser and the
fourth a set Of knives and forks
by Miss Birdie Lee Jones.
Russell Vermilhon is depot
agent now, while Leo WOllenman
is on his vacation.
Mrs. Mary Bishop was a pas
senger to Higginsville Friday.
Mrs. Steve Hughes was a pas
senger to Higginsville Friday.
Mrs. John Hughes was a pas
senger to Higginsville
A crowd Of young men motor
el down from Lexington Sunday
Mrs, Steve Hughes went tc
Blackburn Saturday,