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The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
MERCURY CYClECAR
BRAVES BAD ROADS
Paul MaeNeil. Of the Progressive
Motor Company. De-
scribes Trip.
WEATHER DIDN'T PLEASE THEM

we had often made many trips In ouI
Mercury cyclecar In Washington anf
throughout Maryland, but the longest OF
these had only been to Baltimore and
Annapolis on good roads. so we were
filled with the desire OF demonstrating to
our own satisfaction the confidence we
felt in the little cars ability to cope
with the greater difficulties of a much
longer tour over roads with exceedingly
bad regulations" said Mr.. Paul MacNeil,
OF the Progressive Motor Company.
"Our opportunity came when we learned
We could leave town for few days
We lost no time and soon had the Mer.
curry on board the. Norfolk steamer
Most of the following day was spent in
pleasant rides around the city, 50 II was
very late in the afternoon before we took
the ferry over to Newport News and
really started toward Richmond on the
first lap Of our long tour.
For few miles the road was quite
good, and as evening was approaching
We confess speed laws were entirely for
gotten for the time being. Soon we en-
3 road which had long since
changed from sand into the finest gray
dust imaginable, Of unknown depth. The
extreme lightness Of our cyclecar. how
ever. presented us from sinking into II
very deeply. and we continued to bowl
along st quite good rate. but with sur
prising results in our appearance.
On the way from Williamsburg to
Richmond. as the deeply rutted road was
encountered. We were able. with our
tread Of thirty-six inches to strad-
die the ruts and some time skip around
deep holes where a car with standard
tread would have found the road abso-
lutely impossible. Near Richmond we
found an excellent road
ours was the first cyclecar In the
old Confederate capital During a three
days visit We had a great deal of rain
Our experience so far had been over dry
roads and this = e even We had our
doubts.
THE roads were frightful. but exercis-
ns patience and perseverance we made
mile after mile and passed three cars
mired IN the red clay. The rains had
swollen the creeks and several times We
had to get out and push the Mercury
through deep fords.
We went about fifty feet and stopped
The rear wheels were spinning around,
but we were not moving and / really
believe the car was floating in that
ylutinous mass.
Escaping further rain and with con-
'tantly improving roads we easily reached
early in the afternoon Of
he next day.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
BOOK OF AUTOMOBILE
ROUTES JUST ISSUED
National Electrical Supply Company
Advertises Choice Trips Out
of CAPITAL.

The National Electrical Supply Com
pany has just issued an attractive route
book showing a number of the most
popular auto routes radiating from WASH
ington. The book contains fifty-two pages,
and the various routes are illustrated by
full-page maps. There is also a double
page map showing the automobile terri
tory in the vicinity OF the Capital
A useful feature of the book is a digest
of the motor vehicle laws of the District
OF Columbia, Maryland. and Virginia
and the principal features of the laws Of
other neighboring States through which
the routes run
The book seeks to make its readers
advocates of routing the Lincoln national
highway by way of the National Capital.
each page bearing the line, Run the
National Highway via WASHINGTON"
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
WHY RUBBER TIRES ARE CHEAP

The marked decline in the price Of rub
Der tires for motorcars, and, in fact,
everything made from rubber. can be
accounted for in the great DEVELOPMENT
of rubber plantations in various parts of
the tropics. Various species of trees
that produce rubber have been in culti
walton for the past seven or eight years.
These great plantations have been con-
Quoted under modern business methods,
with dividend-earning always in mind.
The consequence is the supply is greater
than the demand. and many new planta-
tons are just coming into bearing, which
will prove a great benefit to owners of
automobiles.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
VETERANS signing UP
FOR BENNING RACES
National Capital Motorcycle Club Sc
cures Many Noted Pilots for
Decoration Day.
FANS WANT LOCAL AUTO EVENT

With two new entries signed up. the
prospects Of securing Wild Bill Endicott
another Indianapolis Speedway veteran
and the local race fans ciamoring for
, local event. the past week has bright
ened the prospects for the automobile
races to be held by the National Capital
Motorcycle Club on the Benning track.
Memorial Day.
Never before has Washington been SO
successful in securing 30 many noted
pilots for q race meet here, as has been
announced by the club members to take
part in next Saturdays gasoline speed
events and IL the reports OF those VINO
have the meet in charge are true, Ben
ming track will be put in the best pos
si5le condition to entertain the speed
professionals and their big racing motors.
Lou Heinemann. Of Chicago, and Fred
Horey. of Canada, are the two latest
entries to be added to Eddie Hearne. the
Chicago favorite who will pilot the 80
horsepower Dreadnought here; John
Rainy, of Cincinnati. and Heinie Ui-
BRIGHT another foreigner who this year
will pilot a 10 horsepower Special racer
The request OF the local drivers has
been complied with by opening entries
for an event to be open to washington
cars and drivers for the Washington Cup
to be hung up by the National Capitol
Club. The winner Of the local race,
which will be for ten miles, will be given
the opportunity OF entering the free-for-
all. in which all the professional stars
will go for the purse.
car built in Washington for the In
dianapolis 5o-mile race Is touted to en-
ter the races at Benning instead Of go
ing to the famous speedway and should
his entry be secured the local drive:
will have a large following to pull for
drivers.
up the field OF professionals in the COM
petition events as the Flying Dutch
man. was the former racing partner o:
Barney Oldfield and drives the dirt
tracks with the dash and skill whicn
he learned while with Oldheld. As a
member of the Marmon team. Heinemann
proved his ability to drive the long
distance grinds, when he fought 1t out
with Hughie Hughes for the Savannah
light car trophy.
Fred Horey. who was scheduled to
drive a French car In the Indiana polls
races, but which was held up by the
factory. will pilot the Bullet here. the
car 18th wl'ch Joe Nikrent lowered the
worlds twenty-five mile speedway record
A new preparation to the Renning
track, calcium chloride will be used In
putting II in fast condition, something
the oil has heretofore failed to do. The
surface will re rebuilt with clay ana
the use OF drags and rollers
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
ENGINE SETS RECORD.
Motor Has Been Running Since
April 9 without . stop.

Jersey City. May 23.-The most remark
able nonstop run Of an automobile en-
gine ever held in this city is still in
progress at the garage of the Crescent
Automobile Company. on Hudson boule-
ward. this city. On April last . Cadil-
lac 1914 stock model engine was started
running In q small booth set up in full
view Of the hundreds Of motorists who
daily pass along the boulevard which
forms the eastern end Of the Lincoln
highway.
The engine has now been in continuous
operation for more than five weeks, has
covered over 1000 road miles. or more
than six trips across the continent. via
the Lincoln highway. and Is still turning
up q daily average OF SIS miles, or q
little over twenty-five miles per hour. No
signs Of overheating have yet appeared.
and only a pint and a half Of water has
been fed into the radiator since the test
started. Cylinders and bearings are
fabricated with polarine, the oil being
fed at the rate Of twenty-six drops per
minute.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

AuTo TRUCKS roR ARMY.

Sealed proposals win be opened stimuli
taneously tomorrow by the Depot Quar-
termasters in Washington. Fort Sam
Houston. El Paso. st. Louis, Chi
cago for seventeen motor truck chassis
for use a. means Of transportation in the
Quartermaster Corps in the event Of
war in Mexico. The War Department
now has IN use many motor trucks which
we're purchased after thorough tests Of
their carrying capacity and ability to
negotiate all kinds of roads.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
CAPITAL BOY WINS MEDAL.
". l.. Saunders Best-drilIed Cadet
at Cornell Unfversity.

W. l.. Saunders son of Mr.. and Mrs
Randall B. Saunders. 1884 Sixth street
northwest. has been awarded the honor
medal at Cornell University for being
the best drilled cadet. The President
Schurman M i was pinned on the
Washington boy at the regimental parade
by President Schurman.
Young Saunders is first sergeant of
Company at Cornell. He is a graduate
OF Technical High School. and was
captain of Company d in 1872 He also
was on the honor roll and received a
scholarship.
Another Washington boy. d. II. Blake
lock, Central High School student. who
was captain last year in the High School
Cadets and who now is a member of
Company A. Cornell Cadet Corps, was
awarded a silver medal for high score
among the cadets in the annual rife
shoot.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
THIS CAR CLIMBS ALL HILLS.
4. =. Woodruff Explains Sacce>s oi
"Gearless' Trnnsmission.

The Cartercar with its 'gearless' trans
mission will climb hills which are abso-
lutely impossible for the ordinary gear
car said A. ]. Woodruff. of the local
Cartercar Sales Company.
I'VE have demonstrated this time and
again by sending a Cartercar with five
passengers up a flight of winding steps.
by taking the steepest hills and In many
other ways. This is because of the tre-
mendous leverage obtained when the
transmission is at low speed.
With our car the speeds at your COM
mand are unlimited. and they are all con-
trolled by one lever. You can change
from one speed to any other easily and
noiselessly merely by moving the change
speed lever forward or backward"
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
RACE PRIZES TOTAL $s5, 900.

indianapolis. May 23.-The total OF
prizes and trophies now offered for the
next Indianapolis 5oo-mile race is more
than Ss5.000, the latest additions being a
500 watch presented by the Waltham
Company for the least time consumed
at the pits, and a shock absorber bonus
of 500 by the Ames Company.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
TO HONOR MUSICIAN.
Memorial 10 Dr. Bfschon VIII Re
Dedicated In Rock Creek Park.

Washington will honor the memory Of
the man who did more than any one
else to raise the standard of church
music In this city next Saturday, when
the Bischoff memorial In Rock Creek
Cemetery will be dedicated The exer-
cises will begin at 1870 o'clock in the
morning.
Mrs. Bischof will make a special trip
from Portland. Greg, to attend the exer-
cises Rev. DR. S. N. Newman will make
the principal address. and a large chorus
will sing several of DR.. Bischoffs com.
positions.
DR.. Bischon was organist and choir
master OF the First Conversational
Church for thirty-four years and had a
national reputation as musical genius.
J. Walter Humphrey is president Of
the association that has raised the funds
for the monument which was erected by
volunteer contributions by Dr. Bischofrs
friends and former pupils.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24
Ever Hear of Such Things ?

Boston. May S.-Dr. Harry II. Germsit
removed fifty needles from the body OF
Miss Marion Gibbs. twenty. who declared
she swallowed them to produce suffering.
Her mental condition is being investi-
gated.
New York. lay 23-Answering his
wife's suit for divorce. Peter ]. Eiseman
asserts that their home life had been
spoiled by her love for bowling. Eiseman
said he prepared dinner and did house
work while she bowled. She charges de-
sertion and cruelty.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

Glovsrsville \. Y. May 9.-Mrs John
Bennett, who for eleven years has KEEP,
her three grown sons in bed under a
strange hypnotic spell. has been sent to
an insane asylum.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

The National Capital Motorcycle Club.
which has gone to great expense to Civ.
Washington auto fans a race meet of
national importance on Memorial Dav
has applied to the Stewart-warner Cor
poration for the use of an electric tim
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26

Try Principe de Lees cigar for nj
after dinner smoke. Union made.-Ady
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
FARMERS TO REoRcANIzE UNION
Meeting Will Be Held in Grand Junction
on January 2.

News comes from Grand Junction
that Farmers Union will be organized
in the Grand valley January at n
mass meeting to be held in that city.
The plan is to have perfect working
organization to handle and protect far
mers' interests.
At meeting held recently in the
Appleton High School, near the city. n
band of farmers formed the nucleus OF
the union and decided to call the mcer-
ing.
Grand valley has been affected by
several great matters of vital import
ance to the orchardist and farmer dur.
ing the last few months, resolving into
big questions such as better marketing
conditions, better method of handling
fruit pests and spray campaigns, drain.
ing land now encroached upon by seep
age, bettering the grade of cattle and
hogs and uniting the farmers on mar.
keting products within the valley.
1t is the plan of the founders of the
union idea to have working unit with
office headquarters and cash fund
with which to provide for expenses
which will come to the union. County
Agent William Harrison is one of the
prime movers in the work and DIR. +. p.
Cole of Appleton, is is believed, will be
elected president of the new union.
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
PERKINS INDORSES
DENVER CAMPAIGN
Home Industry, Ciearmakers'
Slogan, Sure to Win
Systematic Agitation on Part Of Mem
bers Before Commercial and Social
Bodies Advocated for Industry

President G. w. Perkins of the Cigar
makers International Union has written
a letter complimenting the local union
for the home industry campaign recent
ly inaugurated here. The letter is as
follows:
Chicago, Nov. 2S, 1914.
Mr.. j. w. Sanford, Secretary Union No
l29, Denver, Colo:
Dear Sir-Replying to yours of recent
date concerning the vote for statewide
prohibition, and as it may affect our
members, 1 have to say there is no
question but what during the confusion
necessarily incident to the change there
will be some uncertainty and some in
convenience and possibly hardship to our
members. However. l incline strongly to
the opinion that there will be just as
many cigars manufactured in Denver
after prohibition becomes operative as
there are now. / say this because OF
the natural environment and conditions
that prevail in Denver, conditions which
possibly do not and would not apply to
all other localities. There are none too
many industrial enterprises now carried
on in your state. The state cannot ar
ford to lose any of them This is cspe-
cially true because in the loss of one
industry there is no other industry to
absorb those thrown out of work in our
industry. If there We're many and d.
versified industries in your state the
people thrown out of one industry in
some instances might be able to find
employment in other industries; but in
your case it simply means that unless
the citizens generally come to the res
cue the cigars consumed in Denver and
Colorado will be made in some other
city and state, all to the detriment OF
Denver and Colorado and the citizens
thereof.
| believe by systematic agitation on
the part of the members of the union
and a clear representation of the i'm.
portanee to the financial and CONNER
cial interests of the state before the
chambers of commerce and clubs. and in
fact before any organizations or asso-
citations where YOU can get an audience,
will result in maintaining practically
the whole industry in your city and
state You can appeal to the pocket
and the commercial interests of every
thinking man and woman in your state,
and by urging them to not only handle
but to smoke union made cigars, you
can in n measure overcome the loss of
the outlet we now have through the
saloons. You will be in n position to
publicly denounce any jobber or other
dealer in cigars who does not handle n
big proportion OF Denver made cigars as
an enemy to the prospcrity-financi
commercial and industrial-of your city
and state.
advise that this matter be taken un.
der consideration by the union and n
committee appointed to draft n clear,
comprehensive plan of procedure along
the lines of the foregoing, and such
other plans as may suggest themselves.
IL -f
perfected be printed and placed in the
hands of each member of the union.
Yours fraternally.
G. w. PERKINS, President.
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
STRIKE SETTLEMENT UNCERTAIN.

Settlement of the labor troubles in
the Hartford Valley coal mining district
of Arkansas will not be effected until
the winter is over, at least.
This statement was made In Kansas
City by Ethelbcrt Stewart, investigator
for the federal department of labor, who
has spent almost n month In the field,
going over every phase of the situation.
There is no possibility Of an early
settlement" he said. Each side is try
ing to starve the other into submission
and neither is yet ready TO make any
concessions"
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26

Beats them all. La Belle &c cigar
union made in Denver.-Adv,
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
STATE INSURANCE COSTS LESS
First Six Months Test of Compensation
Law in New York State.

The success of the workmen's COM
Pensation law in this state is being
demonstrated in many ways The long
lists OF awards made by the commission
from time to time tell the story in no
mistaken terms. Now comes the an
nouncement of the laws success as a
business proposition for the people Of
the state.
The commission has authorized the
state insurance fund to "announce that
it expects to declare dividends averag-
ing 10 per cent on the business of the
SIX months period, July ! to December
81, 1914"
1t is also announced that employers
who placed their insurance in the state
fund will save on the basis of initial
rates l-3 per cent below the rates Of
the liability companies, and prospective
ly 10 per cent on dividends approx
ately $250,00O. on the cost of their in.
surance for the first six months. as
compared with what they would have
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
NEBRAsKA's COMPENSATION LAW.

We are just entering the era of ex-
perience under the new compensation
law and it is the business and duty OF
both employer and employe to be pa
tient with this new law till we car.
learn from experience what is best for
both. While in some states the CON-
pensation law has been opposed b,
employers, in Nebraska employers Of
fered no objection to the law, but
rather welcomed it. In Nebraska labor
is not selling arms and legs" as SO apt
~ put by Grant Hamilton. Neither are
Nebraska employers in the market to
buy them. There is good, healthy dis
position on the part of employers to
deal fairly and squarely with employees
under the compensation law, and we say
that labor is ready and willing to dea,
iairly and squarely with employers in
aiding in the working out of a law tina.
will be just to both sides.-Omaha
Western Laborer
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
MUTUAL HELP IS
AIM OF PRINTERS
Intermountain Conference to
Assist in Getting Work
Country Publishers and the Idle City
Printers Are Being Brought Together
Through Secretary Of Conference

From the office of Secretary Treas
urer j. Charles Deus in Pueblo cir
cular letter is being sent out to all
unions affiliated with the 1ntermoun-
tain Typographical Conference, calling
attention to plans inaugurated to bring
about closer cooperation between the
city and country printer. An employ
ment bureau is being maintained by the
secretary treasurer free OF all cost
whereby country publishers and city
printers seeking country jobs can be
brought together. Anyone interested
along this line is invited to write Sec
retary j. Charles Deus, 922 Lake avenue,
Pueblo, Colo. The Intermountain Typo
graphical Conference includes Colorado,
Wyoming and New Mexico.
The circular letter fully explains
these features and is as follows:
Pueblo, Colo, Dec. 10, 1914.
To All Typographical Unions Within
the Jurisdiction of the Intermountain
Typographical Conference:
Greeting-Shortly after the Inter,
mountain Typographical Conference
meeting held in Pueblo, Colo, August
l6, 1914, we sent to all Typographical
Unions in the jurisdiction copy of the
resolutions adopted by the delegates to
the conference, urging that they be read
to the membership at the following
union meetings. This request was con-
ferred in some instances, resulting in
ratification of the resolutions. And
again we ask concurrence in those reso-
lutions, with the purpose of actual af-
filiation with and support of this inter-
mountain organization.
We believe it can be made produc-
tive of much good to the printer and
employer alike by the course the con-
ference seeks to pursue.
In the free employment bureau fea-
lures we are endeavoring to establish
the printers will find assistance in pro-
curing employment by filing their names
and addresses with the secretary of the
conference, giving their class of compo-
sition (hand machine, or both) and the
wages for which they will work where
small towns have no union scale. The
eight hour day will prevail in all in
stances.
The proprietor in need of printer
can, when this employment bureau fea-
ture is established, get information as
to men that are available, and this fur
nshed by the secretary without delay
or cost.
Believing that these features are in
centives to affiliation, we urge extraor-
binary consideration in the cooperation
with us to form district organization
to take its honorable position among
similar bodies within the jurisdiction OF
the International Typographical Union
and listed in the Journal every month.
To unaffiliated locals we would say
the dues are but nominal. The next an
nual meeting will be held at Salida,
Colo, the Sunday preceding the meeting
of the Colorado State Federation of
Labor. The same delegates are to
serve at both meetings.
For any further information address
the secretary. We are, respectfully,
FRANK J. PULVER, Pres.
J. CHAS. DEUS, Sec'y-Treas.
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
wELBoRN APPOINTS A MEDIATOR.
David Griffiths, Former State Mine In
spector, Will Adjust Complaints.

Jesse F. Welborn, president of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, chief
promoter of the recently organized "wel
fare association" has announced the ap-
pointment of David Griffiths as official
mediator for the company of all COM
plants made by miners as to working
conditions. Griffiths was state coal
mine inspector from 1895 to 1899.
A notice posted at the company's
mines says:
"Mr. David Griffiths has been as
signed to the duty of extending and di
recting the work of cooperation and
general welfare among our employees. He
will take up his work Immediately and
spend practically all of his time at the
mines investigating and adjusting com
plants"
In making the announcement Presi-
dent Welborn issued the following state
ment:
'Tn my letter of August 90, 1914, to
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in connection
with suggestion of w. L. Mackenzie
King the contents of both which have
been made public through the hearings
of the commission on industrial rela-
tions, I referred to plans then under
consideration providing a method (more
systematic than that heretofore in use)
by which our workmen could reach the
higher officers of the company on mat
ters in which they are concerned.
''The selection of David Griffiths for
the extension and direction of the plan
puts it into systematic operation, ana
we are sure will meet the requirements
in the situation where representation
by committee has not been requested"
United labor bulletin., 1914-12-26
THERE'S A FEW OF 'EM IN DENVER

The most notable thing about the op
ponents of the American Federation of
Labor and its policies is that they arc
purely and solely destructionists, who
tear down and never build up. When
they have succeeded in destroying an
organization and witness the helpless
ness of its membership they shout and
make noise and dance with glee at the
destruction they have wrought like
band of Apache Indians. To destroy is
their one purpose and the very thought
of building up is repulsive to them
San Francisco Labor Clarion.