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New Britain herald., 1914-08-04
ROUTS BURGLARS
Sixteen Year Old Coleebrook Employe Has Revolver Battle With Bandits.

Sixteen Year Old Coleebrook Employe
 Has Revolver Battle With Bandits.
 Colebrook, Aug 4.-George Gosch, 16 years old, employed at the sum- mer home of l.. J. Phelps, a New York lawyer, put to flight three armed burglars who had been ransacking illade late last night The thieves got away with some cash and a small mount of other goods, but they were forced to drop a bag of silverWare and to abandon the Phelps automobile which they had taken from the gar age. The Phelps family is away and no definite estimate of the amount taken is available.
 Gosch was asleep in his room in the house when the burglars moving about awakened him. He could not leave his room without being seen, but as soon as the robbers went out of the house to the garage, Gosch took a revolver and going to the veranda opened fire on them from behind q post. The robbers had the automobile out of the garage and were about to get into it, when shot from Gosch's revolver struck the machine The robbers returned the fire, one of the bullets striking the post behind which Gosch stood. There was further exchange of shots and then the rob- bers broke and ran dropping the bag of silverware in their flight.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04
AsTOR CUP RACE.
New York Yacht Club Fleet Conpetcs
 In Annual Struggle.

Newport, R. l., Aug. 4.-The New York Yacht Club today started its an- nual race for the Astor cup, presented theis year for competition by Vincent Astor. The weather conditions were good although the wind was light.
 MT. Astor at the same time has offered special cup for the two cup yachts, Vanitie and Resolute !, and they started today in the fourth race of the cruise.
 The entries for the Astor cup were:
 Enchantress, Endymion, Ariel, Prin- cess, Alice, Venona, Shlmna, Samuri, Crawling, Carolina, Spartan, Pleione, and Barbara.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

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New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

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New Britain herald., 1914-08-04
TYPHOID FEVER PATIENT.

New York, Aug. Airs. Kermit Roosevelt, the bride of the second son of the eX-president, is i'll in New York hospital of typhoid fever The at- tack is a mild one, it is said. Mrs Roosevelt is the daughter of Joseph F. Willard, ambassador to Spain. Her wedding occurred in Madrid on June 10, last.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04
RUSSIAN WARSHIP AGROUND. Andrei PervOsvanyi Went Ashore Af- ter Being Defeated fin Naval Battle.

Copenhagen, Aug. IA Russian Warship is aground at Aland Islands. It is said to be the Andrei Pervos- vanyi, a battleship of 17,400 tons. laid down in 1903.
 A despatch from Stockholm yester- day said that the Russian ship had been defeated in a naval engagement off the Aland Islands, the Russian ves- yes later taking refuge in the Gulf of Finlanu.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04


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New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

Here in America people are saying: "When this European war is over there, won't be any kaiser or any czar or any king left. The people will rule. Republics will arise out of the ashes of royalty What do you think yourself about this?
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

This picture shows the kaiser and the czar standing together surround ed by some of their staff. It is i'm teresting because they were friends then. Now they are fighting each other and have set all Europe afire.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

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New Britain herald., 1914-08-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
AUTO ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP INCREASES

= hundred thousand membership be-
fore the year ends is the prediction of
President John \. Wilson of the Amer
lean Automobile association. Recent in
ereases reported to national headquar-
tors in New York city and Washington,
D. c., make clear this is a conservative
total
Before sailing for Europe on a short
business trip in which A. A. A. foreign
arrangements will receive some atten-
ton. President Wilson thus commented
on the condition of the national body:
Not until one has had an opportu-
nifty in official position of coming in
close contact with the workings of the
y. A. A. can he fully realize the enor-
nous burden which devolves upon the
body in the Widespread efforts to inn
prove conditions governing the use of
selfpropelled vehicles. While motor
car owners naturally give first heed
to local matters, their comings and
goings are so extensive that they must
cooperate in both an interstate and
intrastate form. OF course we will
have differences of opinion among our
over the traces and try to go it alone.
There Will be those who, when their
selfish ideas are uncovered, will con-
fuse the situation for the moment and
talk of another association. But the
A. A. "A. will continue undisturbed it's
effective work. for it is composed of
thousands who participate in this now
pleasurable necessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
MORE ABOUT
TIRE PROTECTORS

did it ever occur to you that when
tire has run $500 miles or more the
fabric is weaker than when the tire
began its service?" inquired Frank II.
Gafford, Jr a few days ago.
THE answer of the Goodyear Tire
company" he continued Ito this ques-
ton is-the inside tire protector, de-
signed to prevent the blowing out of
ege and use weakened tires and to add
thousands of miles of service to the
lives of tires that have seen hard serv-
ice. Goodyear experts figured that a
correctly designed inside protector
would supply a sturdy fabric wall to
reinforce and protect weakened tires.
Practice proved this was true. Good
year inside protectors are cemented to
the inside of worn castings and extend
well down over the side walls where
the greatest flexing strains are encoun-
tered. They also protect tread fab
ric against giving way to the hammer
blows of obstacles encountered on the
road. The protectors take up very
lirtle room and in fact Just about re-
PLACE the stretch tire castings acquire
in long use.
Instances are quoted where Good
Year men have taken fabric weakened
serted inside tire protectors and OBJ
ta.ned 1900 to 1000 miles of service
from the combination. And at the end
protectors were still useful in other
tires"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
THE AMERICAN VS..
THE FOREIGN MOTOR CAR

According to H. b. Hodge of the
Highland garage, the American built
motor car has no superior, and that
instead of having a foreign invasion
the shoe is on the other foot, the Amer
lean motor cars are invading Europe.
He said:
THE foreign manufacturers, French.
German and Italian. turni out beauti-
fully finished product using expensive
and rare woods, fancy trimmings and
upholstery, and putting the greatest of
care into finishing the metal parts of
motor and chassis. These features are
very worthy, but what American would
sacrifice the unit power plant, electric
lights, electric starter and ignition sys-
tenn, all in a compact unit, in order to
get rosewood or mahogany finished
bodies and beautiful tapestry cush-
ions, with chassis. wheels and springs
too light, and power too low for our
roads, because the car has a foreign
name plate and cost twice as much as
a car adapted to our conditions? We
all enjoy looking over the foreign eX-
hibit, but 1t is not an invasion-the
shoe is now on the other foot and
the foreign manufacturer is putting
forth every effort to make it hard for
the American automobile manufacturer
to sell his goods in Europe. 1t is now
an invasion of the American car in for
titb ilidIktlS. We can DfOuuce a stand
ard product of greater utility than they.
at a price. despite the heavy duty
which is practically creating panic
abroad.
Some of the American manufactur-
ers who have now incorporated almost
every good device and Improvement
from a mechanical standard, have this
season given more attention to the
finish of the motor chassis and other
parts which are seldom seen. but at the
same time give the owner great sat
lsfaction in knowing that attention has
been given these details.
Il was approached by group of for
eign engineers who attended the show
Palace show later. They We're deeply
absorbed in the finish of the Oldsmo bile
and after some few minutes conversa-
tion among themselves, while they in
spected every detail of the car, one of
the members of the party turned to me
ana said In appearance and finish this
car presents the nearest approach to
the foreign ideal of what a mator car
should be of anything | have seen in
| this country. OF course, your car has
more power and is more sturdily built,
which is as it should be- to meet the
severe conditions and requirements of
| touring in your country. What aston
| fshes us the most is that you put just as
| fine finish and material into this car as
could be desired, but you are still able
| one third to one-half the price of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
SAGE TEA TURNS
GRAY HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair

That beautiful, even shade of dark.
glossy hair can only be had by brewing
a mixture of Sage Tea and sulphur.
Your hair is your charm. 1t makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray streaked and looks dry wispy and
scraggly, just an application or two of
Sage and Sulphur enhances its appear
ance a hundredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the tonie you
can get from any drug store 50-cent
bottle of ''Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Hair Remedy" ready for use. This can
always be depended upon to bring back
the natural color, thickness and lustre
of your hair and remove dandruff, stop
scalp itching and falling hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and
Sulphur because it darkens so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied You simply dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through the hair, taking one small
strand at "A time; by morning the gray
hair has disappeared, and after another
application it becomes beautifully dark
and appears glossy. lustrous and abun-
dant. Agent, Collier Drug Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
MOTOR TRADE GETS
IT'S SECOND WIND

The automobile business is Just get
ting it's second wind. The slack season
has gone by. and the days of big sales
are coming
This is the optimistic viewpoint of
Judge" Dan a. Green of the Maxwell
Motor company. statement given out
by him last week gives his views.
"Following as the day the night.
light after the time of the natural de-
pression-the fall and early winter sea-
son, when doubt takes the place of
certainty as gloom takes the place of
sunshine-just so surely does the begin
ming of the natural season of motoring
bring it's gratifying business. but al
ways bigger. Each succeeding year
has proven bigger than the last.
1T is marvellous that it has done so.
None of us has believed from season
to season it would. We have wondered
when each time of depression came
whether the revival would be as great
as formerly-or might 1t be that this
| time we had reached the peak of the
curve.
81 said none of us believed. That is
not strictly true. We did believe that
next seasons business would be bigger
| than the last, else we would not have
planned to make more cars. And al
ways we have planned to make more
next year than last. But that planning
was made in advance of the fall slump
| the period of pessimism, the period
when the seasons foundations We're
due and inevitable, when the unfit must
be eliminated.
"And it was lucky that we did make
those plans before we, too caught that
spirit of pessimism, else we would not
! have planned so big, and the shortage
of cars would have been more vexatious
than it has been
"And be it remembered there has
been real shortage of the more de-
sirable makes-those in which the buyer
found the most stability and the best
value. even though the cars that did
not possess those properties went beg
gng.
There never has been a season-from
| the time when the total output of
America was less than 5000 cars down
to today-that some makers didn't have
cars left hand at the end of the
| season
That's the important point to re-
member. Cars left in hands of a few
makers do not indicate overproduction.
| If 1t did then we overproduced in 1902
and every year since.
That some max ers have cars on hand
today merely indicates that one of two
things is true-either the car was not
competitive in quality. didn't possess
the relative quality for the prices, or
that the maker didn't know how to
prove that it did have. to the buyer
In other words, he fell down in his
merchandising methods.
GAS for the moment, I will say that,
| in my opinion, we are Just getting our
second wind; Just beginning to run :;
| Just hitting a real pace. Those who
| would never have qualified had there
been elimination trials before the big
event in this game have been elimi-
| mated in the race itself or soon will be-
and now the real competition will COM
| merce."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
Ph5To e ssooNse 9: Wells

ability, and determined to begin to train
rncn in his own shops.
The Cadillac school is special
training department, with equipment of
machinery and classroom facilities. I'm
der the direction of competent me-
chanical engineers. the students are
given class work in mathematics and
mechanical drawings, instruction in the
efficient use of various machines for
the production of work of the highest
grade, and daily lectures, Illustrated
with stereopticon.
"To fulfill Mr.. Leland's purpose of
making the course thoroughly prac-
teal, the students are given practical
work to do in the various branches,
performing their duties the same as
journeymen and under working condi-
uons and preparing themselves for
places as draughtsmen, mechanical en-
eineers, tool designers and foremen.
"A large number of students have
been graduated from this Cadillac
school and many have gone forth to
responsible positions. Youths under IS
are not eligible to the course. The
company pays the students from Ia to
II cents per hours, awards cash prizes
as it sees fit during the course and a
bonus of 500 upon completion of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

go over the South American automoS
bile situation.
This trip has been planned" said
Hollis Bush of the Birmingham Motor
company, ito follow up the personal
policy of the Hupp Motor company with
dealers all over the world. and on ac-
count of the fact that the South African
business has grown TO such proportions
that it requires more personal contact
from the factory
"Mr. Dunlap will look into the de-
mands of the South African users and
learn at first hand. by thorough inves-
tisation. the conditions under which
onr dealers are working so that they
VIII be able to render better service to
Hup owners.
There is hardly city of any impor-
tance throughout the world where the
Hepmobile is not known. We already
have three direct resident representa-
tlves abroad, including John l.. Poole,
with headquarters in Paris; e. C. Eager
with Headquarters at Brisbane, Aus
tralia, and Peter S. Steenstrup, with
offices at Buenos Ayres. South Amer
lea"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
EASY TO SELL HAYNES
CAR. SAYS AGENT

CAS- time goes on our dealers find it
easier to sell the Haynes car said
Charles w. Tway of the Haynes Motor
Car company. First. We have the con-
f'dence of the public who buy auto
mobiles. whom we have served unin-
teruptedly for 81 years. During that
time we have seen great many
changes in the industry. Many manu-
facturers have come and gone, and
the owners of such cars experience
more or less difficulty in securing sery-
ice and parts. so much that the well
established manufacturer is becoming
a bigger factor in sale cars of all
classes.
In so far as the development of the
gasoline car is concerned. | believe we
have more firsts' to our credit than
any other manufacturer. For instance
I,lmwood Haynes, president of the COM
pany. has the unique distinction of hav-
ing invented and built the first horse
less carriage in America; he was the
first to use aluminium in the motor; the
first to introduce the throttling carbu-
rotor; the jump spark the magnetic; !;
side doors, and many other improve
ments on the automobile.
This year we have adopted the Vul-
can electric gear shift. a wonderful
mechanism. that is destined to revolu-
tionize. the automobile industry This
remarkable improvement eliminates the
hand shift lever, simplifies driving, and
| adds immeasurably to the Joys of mo-
toring. 1t needs but to be demonstrated
to be appreciated.
"Then again the prospective pur-
chaser is much more painstaking in his
selection of a car than he was 10 or
] 2 years ago. TIE studies very carefully
the Specifications of the various CARS in
which he is interested. taking every ele-
uent into consideration. before finally
deciding on any particular car, and the
fact that our ouput this year will dou-
bile that of last year is ample evidence
that the automobile buyer is satisfied
we are giving him real value for his
money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
$50, 900 OVERLANDS THIS
YEAR. SAYS DRENNEN

1he men who lead in all professions
whether they be doctors, lawyers. engi-
neers or soldiers. are those who have
concentrated on certain line of study
1T stands to reason that the man who
decides on his career will. by close ap-
plication and concentration, outdo the
man who is interested in several things
at once.
According to Walter Melville Drennen
of the Overland Motor company, this
same principle holds good in the manu-
featuring of automobiles. "a plant can
operate more economically and eff
GENTLY by concentrating Its entire
manufacturing facilities on the parts of
single model" he said. FOR IL thus
slmplifies the work in every depart
ment. 1t means that hundreds of big
machines can be set to certain dimen-
sions without having to be changed
from one day to another. 1t means that
the manufacturer can count upon defi-
mite number of cars coming through on
schedule time. The mechanics them
selves become more expert and skillful
through handling the same parts day
after day and the whole organization
runs smoothly because there IL nothing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

HoR fear that he would become
the richest man in the world,
1 Henry Ford, the celebrated
manufacturer of automobiles which
bears his name, announced recently
that this year he would share with his
employees S10,0O0,000 of his profits.
Mr.. Ford further announced that here
after the minimum wage in his
colossal automobile plant would be
So per day, even to the lowest of
menial labor.
About dozen years ago Henry
Ford was a poorly paid mechanic in
an automobile shop in Detroit. Today
in that city he is its leading million
aire. From his plant automobiles are
manufactured at the rate of 1000 per
week and he is the employer of an
army of 26,000 men. He is one of the
greatest assets that Detroit has
It is said in Detroit that Henry Ford
is master of organization; that he
is manufacturing the cheapest ma
chine on the market; that his auto
mobiles are made almost entirely by
machinery, and that the employees are
simply used to feed metal into a ma
chine and out comes the finished
product. But regardless of what is
said of the little "Fords," they are
sold-and in thousands all over the
world; they are also durable, hardy
vehicles and their popularity is due
to the fact that Henry Ford has
placed his wares within the reach of
the common people. His ambition is
to place his automobiles within the
reach of all.
Has Henry Fords course been wise
IN underselling his competitors in the
automobile field? 1t seems that it has
MANY of Mr.. Ford's competitors have
been forced to the wall because they
refuse to manufacture an automobile at
once durable and cheap. Mr.. Ford's pol
Icy has achieved a phenomenal success
for in September 1912 the assets of
the Ford Motor Car company We're
about $21,000,000, and the surplus about
S15,000,00O; in September 1913 the as
sets of the Ford company had grown
to about $35,000,00O and the surplus
after paying the $10.000,000 in divi-
dends, remained about $2S,00000 So it
seems that the concern even if it is
selling the cheapest car on the market
has been prosperous. 1t would be eX-
rremely difficult to find another auto
mobile company making such a show
ing.
Henry Ford can easily spare the $1O,-
100000 to his employees, but they can't
spare him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
TO DISCUSS ROAD
WORK FOR CONVICTS

Legislatures in Maryland, Virginia.
Kentucky, New Jersey and New York
will discuss the advisability of road
work for convicts during the winter
sessions.
In Maryland road work will be in
cluded in the broad reorganization of
the prison system fathered by Governor
Goldsborough. Two years ago the ma
tional committee on prison labor filed
a report on conditions in the Maryland
houses of correction which brought out
strongly the evils inherent in the con-
tract system of convict labor. AS a
result of this report special commits
sion was appointed by Governor Colds
borough to investigate the state peni-
tentiary. The commission reported "the
chief penal institution of the state to
he run on principle diametrically
opposed to the principles of modern
Ienology," stating that politics" and
"the contract system were the cause
of much of the trouble. Governor
GoIdsborough then appointed a commit
lee TO draft the legislation necessary
for the reorganization of the prison
system, requesting the national COM
mittee on prison labor to make recon-
mendations as to methods whereby the
prisoners could be employed without re-
source TO the contract system. The
committee strongly urged that the
prisoners be placed on farms and roads
and / nthe advance statements issued
Nv the Maryland Legislative committee
outdoor labor is given prominence.
The campaign for convict road work
in New York state viii center on the
scenic highways to be constructed at
Storm King. Commissioner of High
ways John n. Carlisle will introduce a
bill into the legislature embodying the
proposition that convict labor be used
in the construction of this highway The
bill Will have the support of the au-
tcmobile associations and the national
committee on prison labor, the PROPOSE =
tion being in accord with the sugges-
1ticn made by the committee four years
ago to the state superintendent of pris-
lons that prisoners be employed in the
work of developing the Palisade park
preserves.
The Kentucky prison commissioners
ARE at present making a tour of the
various convict road camps preparatory