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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-01
Today win Add Some.

The collections total for the year
will be added to today, there being in
transit. by mail. from persons, firms
and corporations owing taxes TO Uncle
Sam, checks for amounts covering
their indebtedness All those that
night will be received and added TO
the years total
Collections for the month of June,
so far as II was possible to figure them
up to the hour for making the repors
10 the internal revenue bureau of the
treasury department at Washington
yesterday afternoon. were as follows:
From ordinary taxes. s653,7s5.3 s
From corporations. 2il.sso.es
From individuals. ....... 1tl.es5.s7
Total ...-..-.. s....-s-. esto.+ai.Vs
Collections In June. 1914. totaIed
about $4,000 less than did those OF
this June Figures for the fiscal years
will be obtainable within a few days
Postal Receipts Gain.
While actual figures for the fscal
year had not been compiled at tbs
local postoffice last night, IL IL known
thai they are approximately ss07. geo
A year ago the total was, In round
numbers. SsSs,oee. The increase fol
the fiscal year Just ended lie about
$50, 900. figure larger than had been
forecast few months ago when bust.
ness depression was still manifest.
Collections of customs at the port Of
Richmond for the year totaled $el6.'
1884. The collections for Jane. ta4..
357.64, were considerably aswer thar
In June. 1914. Collections to- sht
faecai year, ended June 30. f1t<
amounted to $ss2.T1s.s4.
The falling on Oh about 20 per cen
in duties collections Is said TO be dus
largely 20 the prtg-eas ri the Euro
pean wsrs and he maintenance o.
blocxades reducixs Imports.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-01
JUSTICE HtMOR|cK

fcontinued from First PAGE,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
TOMMY FORBES BACK
IN HARNESS AGAIN
Takes Distribution for Whole
Country Of tho Monarch
Eight Cylinder.

T. C. r. Forbes. better known as
Tommy Forbes. Is back In The automo-
bile field after an absence Of several
years. Forbes was orc Of tho spertncu-
lar figures in the early days Of tho
automobile. first rs a lieutenant Of Ray
owen IN marketing the Roo and after
ward he assisted John y WHY'S I'm put
ting the Overland car on the map. since
his retirement Forbes has Income one of
the first citizdns OF F%rceputt. l.. l., and
has n lot Of capital invested In various
enterprises there.
His reentry is as national distributor
OF the new Mona'ch c.ght cylinder car.
This is built hy the Monarch Motor car
Company of Detroit. K g. HUM. who
planned the liupmohllc, is president OF
the company. 1t IL planned To produce
5000 Fights for the season of 1910.
which with the Monarch 'npan starts
In June. Forbes saws the first l25 cars
will he ready for delivery next month.
Thu Monarch eight Hns , H~,asrhcll-
Splllman motor, which has already won
its spurs in Curtis N.r'.ncs. The car
Is 10 be marketCI s'f,r un.ssnrer
OF 1875 inch wherl base and will retail at
$1,000.
Forbes is vicc-presidcnt and director
Of sales of the Monarch Motor car COM
pany and will have" control ~ tho dis
tribution OF the product throughout the
United States. lie is busg allott.ng ter
ritory right now. \ vigorous selling
campaign has been started uui his CAM
paign is to be backed with strong adj
vertising throughout the country.
For the present Forbes Is ut 1889
Broadway, New York city. Room 80.
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SILvER'S DEALERS MEET.
lie Tells Them OF His Plans for the
1919 Season.

One hundred and twenty-five dealers
and s~ub-dealers operating under the
c. T. Silver Motor Company got an idea
Of h is In store for them for the
season of 1915 at a lunch given by
President e. T. Silver at the Hotel
Aston on Wednesday.
Mr.. Silver unfolded a plan TO help
and cooperate with the dealers and vol
unteered to place at their disposal all
the resources OF his own selling organ
ization. He also Informed them that
he had made arrangements whereby his
company would handle all the deferred
payment business which the dealers
could get.
outside OF putting An extra charge
or ginger Into every one identified with
the sales OF Overlands the luncheon
was given for the purpose OF showing
the 1916 overland models, The car
shown Is the biggest Overland 70 he
built during the 1915 season and per-
petuates the present model 50.
Sales Manager Harper al on for
the AFFAIR and was the only other speaker
outside of President silver. He out
lined some OF the factory plans and as
the production has been jumped he i'm
pressed upon the dealers the necessity
OF more intensified efforts In going after
business. He paid a great tribute to
the automobile industry. which. he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
T EMPIRE REDS.
Must Go Through GrueIiinu on
"Iron Road" 20 show MiIenpc.

Testing OF tires as IL IL done, for in
stance. by the Empire Tire and Rubber
Company Involves more strain on the
tested casing han road driving could do.
The testing machine has four sets OF
wheels. grouped two above and two be-
low. The upper ones are for the tires
to he tested. Tho lower ones take the
place of the road. They are OF unnn-
ished cast iron. with rough corrugations.
When a test is made the upper wheels.
mounted with the tires. are dropped
down into contact with the iron sur
faces OF the lower set of wheels and the
machine Is set in motion at the rate OF
thirty-six miles an hour. The pressure
that Keeps the wheels together is as
great as the weight OF an automobile
would make In average running.
The tire continues in contact with the
rough surface until It gives up and a
blowout occurs. The tire having been
completely worn through n record Ia
made of the number OF hours II was
able to Withstand running against the
rough cast iron wheel. A tire that re-
s!sts for 100 hours has given the
equivalent OF 5000 miles travel.
though no possible road ties; OF 5000
miles could equal the rigors Of this test.
a tire which would deliver 5000 miles
against the iron wheel would be good
for half as much again over ordinary
roads.
These tests are made the basis OF many
comparisons. Sometimes two Empire red
tires are set against each other. some
times an Empire red goes against an
Empire gray. often an Empire red Is
matched against n gray OF another make.
To get these comparisons the Empire
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surface mos; Of the way. Turning right
at the park in Goshen. n right turn is
again made at the watering trough In
Chester. Just beyond. n left turn is
made at a cemetery and a good macad-
am road followed through Monroe, Har-
riman n Southfieid to Tuxedo.
The route continues straight on
through Sloatsburg and Ramapo. be-
tween which points road work is in
progress. and after crossing both the
bridge and railroad II the last named
place the route leads on to SuYerr,
where the surface is being made up
but the road is quite disable, Good
macadam Is the rule through Hohokus.
~R!dgewood. Arcola and Hackensack to
Leonta. At Leonia a right turn Is made
for Pal!sade Park. Morsemcre and Ridge
field. where. after passing the ~tol..ate.
the road turns left and ascends the
hill 10 Hudson County Boulevard. and
winding along the main road. follows
the trolley down hill 10 the ferry In
Weehawken.
The run is l2s miles from Delaware
Water Gap, PA from Philadelphia and
3l3 for the Whole round trip.
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WHAT MOTOR CARS
MOST SHOULD Be
Accessibility, So Talked OF,
Usually Does Not
Exist.
FIGURING CARS" RARE

Active and personal experience OF
motoring gives every automobiles GER
tain ideas about what he would do II
he were the manufacturer Of automo-
biles. There IL some old saying abou,
what every one believes ne can a IN
the way OF managing a hotel or q news
paper. Certainly the average motorist be-
iieves ne could do a pretty good Job in
designing a car that would more nearly
NJ In with no needs OF the general run
of a~utomobilists than do man of those
at present on the market.
The writer. although not DESTROYS OF
posing as n redesigner Of cars, has al
least two ideas which are hobbies OF his
For one thing he would make the av-
erage automobile absolutely accessible
There Ia probably no word more mis-
used than that word accessibility. ex-
cept tina, II may be the phrase tour
ing car" o.: which more later. Some
automobiles are described as accessible
In which nothing short of two hours
work will make Il possible 10 get n,
the valves for grinding. There are cars
marked accessible whore grease cups
cannot be reached by anybody short OF
a contortionist and where to drain oil
out of the crank case means the .Jugh-
est kind OF a Job. taking on A Glory
engine pan before he can be ready to
clean out the oil.
There are many cars whose construc
ton 10 such that placing grease In the
dinerential and Transmission In an al
day Job. OF course It Is an exaGSers-
ton 20 say an all day Job. but II meant
a GOOD many hours. How to make
motor accessible ana at the same TINT
build securely and strongly. 10 a BIZ
problem, but surely by this time auto
mobile design has advanced TO a point
where this can he ACCOMPLISHED.
Now as 20 the touring car" Tn
writer has seen actually In his expert
ence very few automobiles which de-
serve this name. There are four pas
senger or Ave passenger automobiles
but there Is not the slightest vestige 81
preparation for a tour IN n one %
them. a touring car Is one in which 9
man and his family may take trips
around the country. II should have lug
cage CARRYING devices 30 attached tina
the spare tires which naturally have e
go with every touring car can be got a
without trouble.
II is a safe bet that a great many o.
the automobiles turned out as tourins
cars have been manufactured withou
any reference at all 10 the possibility o.
their use as automobiles for mak!nt
trips.
And right In this connection som,
mentor should be made Of the tool car,
rying compartments. II these tools arr
carried under the rea seat, which is c
bad enough place. the we'll should b,
deep enough 20 provide actual space foi
the carrying Of these tools. A lot o.
manufacturers in their desire to set
body low on the frame leave an made.
ouate mount OF room under the seat,
for the carrying OF necessary tools.
These are a few Of the points tina
brief experience with automobilinl
brings TO the mind OF the writer. Tns
ideal automobile OF course can b go
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Orphans Day
Needs Much HELD

NRPHANS' Automobile Day Is
" Thursday. June 3. More
cars and money are needed
II the outing of these children. an
hffair 10 which they look forward
so eagerly, Is to be made so in
elusive n success as not TO disap-
point the children Of any institu-
ton. The committee hopes to be
able TO take 5000 children down
TO Donnelly's Grove. College Point,
J.. I.
Lunch has been provided by
Horace De Lisser of the Ajax
Grieb Rubber Company. The Bor-
den Condensed MIX Company Is
furnishing milk. The Great Bear
Spring Water Company Is giving
drinking water and the American
Mono-Service Company OF Newark
provides drinking cups.
The committees headquarters
are at the Motor Club. 900 West
Fifty-ninth street. The telephone
is Columbus 5l74.
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zen 90, N. BOA, to Burlington n. n.,,

then set mo boat to Burlington the next
iay From Saratoga the road runs
through Corin'h ami Luzerne to Lake
George. II is possible 20 81 a shorter way
hN wilton and Gleus Fans. From Lake
lrorgr the road goes nv Schroon lake and
Eliza ne'h'own The towns passed through
!ile. south %Schroon, Schroon Lake. North
k,ene ,Centcr, Keene, Upper Jay, Jay, Au-
sable Forks. Ciin,onvlIe, Keeseviiie. Au-
sable Chasm and Bun Point ana Platts-
The boa, ride from Bun Poin, 20 Bur
.lrcion takes a Bout an hour and n half
The charge Is - for a touring car and
irlFer, with IS cents for each additional
passenger.
Burlington to w~uliams,own or Pi,,sasld
would he q good third days instAIment
Tho road goes through Neggenncs Made
bury sudbury. '3s'l"tor Corners, Fair.
Manchester 10 WINltmStown IL IN milos
pI'tsNe!i Is IS mile further on The road
rocs through RcunlrFfuL. Villa mstoHn
and North Adams 90 lIt'Sncld.
Running to pit's6cii leaves about ls-
mi.'s FOR tn" fourth day. The roai goes
through Lemon. S'orkhrlder. Grpl, R,r-
%riuR''n, canaan, T~orrington. waterbury.
Derby ana STAFFORD 20 Bridgeport. 100
mii,s From BridGcpor; come homo more
or loss directly by tho Bosom Post road
through Norwalk. stamford. Greenwich,
Port chester, RS" and New Rochelle 10
New York Several dotours from tho Post
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Toledo viii See
Bio LEAGUE Ball

OVERLAND DAY, June 81, is
~ the day the New York
Giants and the Detroit Tigers
play in Toledo to give 1000
employees of the Willys-Over-
land Company their annual base
ball festival. At his personal ex-
pense John N. WHY'S, president
Of the Overland company, will
bring the two big league teams
together for the first time in
baseball history.
Ban Johnson and John Tener,
presidents Of the American and
National leagues; Vice-President
DAILY of the New York Central
lines, and a number Of other men
prominent in business and fnan-
cial affairs will be guests. Mr..
WHY'S will run a private train
from New York to Toledo for the
accommodation of his guests. In
addition to the afternoon Of fun
the Overland employees will get
their regular wages for the day.
Last year the Athletics and
Cubs played at Toledo. Before
the American Association club in
Toledo was transferred to Cleve-
land the local park and clubs
furnished the entertainment.
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C. r. p. Brooklyn. n. Y.-Ths trip you
outline would COM. close 10 eco miles. 80
you can see It Is an impossio!,!ty to make
II in comfort In three days. You could
do II IN four days. but a. that you would
have -om" driving 20 10 From New York
10 kbbany IS about $50 miles. and this
means the hest part Of a day, iuasmuch
as there are detours In TarrytoNu and
above Peekskil' II might Ne a fooi plan
70 60 on from Albany 30 Saratoga springs
for the first niEht's stop. That would
make Is. miles for the FIRST day. As good
touring averages about twenty miles an
hour. you can usurc 4, for yourself.
You are Interested In the detail Of loav-
ing Albany You come IN hy IrarI to
state street on the way north and In lCRv-
Ing you 60 wost on state street from This
Intersection. Turn r!eht and hear loft
past the Cnpito, into washington avn
nue. Follow Tho trolley ana then turn
ri6l into Northern boulevard. The road
l>tls then through Ioudonyille on the
way TO Cohoes and Saratoga.
Il Ia ~ miles further on 10 Lake
GeNSgo, which may make part OF tho sec
ond Mornings run. From Lake George 20
Run Point is llg miles further. and this
latter point might well m Ike q cool sec
ond days objective. Tho boa connect
ing Blun Point to Burlington Vt. ISM
On full schedule until the la't"r part NJ
June, 50 crossing IL not 10 ha figured ON
late in tn" dSy. IL fect one might 60 or
The second day to pls'tshurg. about thr.
miles further on. TO stay over night and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
GOODRICH L ARE UP.
Yule, District Manager. Reports
Business Good.

We have never IN tho history OF the
business had anywhere near as many
calls FOR Goodrich Safety Tread tires
as we hav~ had this season." says w
II. Yule district manager for the Y. r.
Goodrich Company. 1T was expected
when the Goodrich company announced
its general reduction IN TIA, prices that
there Nsuld be increased demand for
these castings
our sales, have thus far hecn 80
greatly In excess OF those Of any other
year that We would he able 20 report a
good seasons business. even ~ We d!d
not sell another tire between now and
the first Of January.
AN This is, % course. very crafty
ing. but more gratifying SIN g the fac.
that Goodrich tires have revcr before
given better service Than my are Civ
ing this year"
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started manufacturing under It's pres
ent management needed chiefly men to
meet an s1-eady existent demand and
materials that were necessary to COM
plete cars already well under way.
Getting the materials was no mean Job.
as General Manager Samuel Frank
found. but the finding of the men was
mother question that bafied for a time.
Hundreds OF the Lozier working force
had scattered to other plants. and II
took time 20 again get men together.
Pending the opening OF Offices. which
will be on Automobile Row. the head
quarters OF the Lozler Motor Company
are for the present at Forty-seventh
street and Eleventh avenue. New York.
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supply the unprecedented spring demaul
have been forced 20 ofer premiums 20 get
cars 10 SATISFY customers with Immodit'e
deliveries announces G II Larson, .presi-
dent OF he O~ldsnobile company Of New
York The. general revival Of traie IS
reflected in the business OF the Olts Works,
which finds Itself overrun with orders far
beyond It's capacity, for production and
sary To- turn down orders Tor MoISl .nne"y1Sis
and at present the factory output is sold
over "a month ahead
Western automohilr factories, Louis Mans
bach, treasurer of the Times Square Auto
Company, returned last week to New York
Industry reflect the most remarkable pros.
p"rl,y eye. en'"yct ~ mnnniactur'rs ~
n mnn, been ,o,S G''sMG,i"h,i The last Cow
plan, that has 70 10 with motor cars end
trucks or parts and accessories Is working
a. fuil speed. some overtime and many
with fu'l twentv-four hour shifts. In al
the factories the number OF employees
Il. being constantly increased and the
rush promises 70 continue to such an eN-
tent through tho summer thai already
several Of the largest concern. have tcon
forced to issue an od'.t canceI'iuF an
time In the history OF the Industry
A step toward the construction o, a
noiseless motor truck has been made nv
the i. n. Stearns COMPANY, Cleveland.
Ohio. makers OF Stcarns- Knight cars, IN
the adoption Of the silent Knight sleeve
valve motor 20 a Ave ton motor truck.
Resides the knight type motor the Stearns
features, ali contributing toward the con
ftruCtion OF "A noiseless motor truck, Chief
among these ia the suh.trame. or frame
within a frame. on which rests the entire
driving mechanism.
Resting Just within the main frame and
suspended thcrefrom by powerful sc'nl-
elliptic springs the sub frame not only
eliminates vibrations ana road shocks.
thereby saving the motor and other vital
parts, hut. Il adds to the power and ncN!-
biiity Of the truck.
Another interesting feature 4. the diNcr.
entail lock. This device makes Il possible
to transmit power 10 either or both drive
wheels. The dinorential lock proves NJ
service In case Of a broken chain ny on
gheing 4 the truck can he driven home by
one chain.
A Philadelphia business man no. given
an AutoCar bus to the Childreu's Country
Week Association ~ Philadelphia To take
mothers and children from tho crowded
CITY districts To the fourteen different
farms within n radius Of thirty miles from
the city, II II planned TO make a trip To-
and from the city every dag, and each
trip the Artocar will he hlled with forty
Last year more tsan 5000 mother, end
children. were. sent from the cts streets
for a fun week ~ country air, The work
Is supported by voluntary contributions
Last year. the association spent about
$4,000, This Autocar ~ called Tine Para
disc special ms much ~ It's work viii 10
TO take children To Paradise Farm, a tract
OF ITO acres at Bradford liills, Ia.
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The 500 mile race at Indianapolis
With some of the fastest cars In the
world as starters will be run next Sat-
urday on the Speedway there. The war
In Europe has made some difference.
because the great drivers who have
been stars In the contest the past two
years will not be In the field. The
chances are the race will be a good one
because there are some good foreign cars
that will surely 20 and the American
contingent will be strong as usual.
The entry list for the race included
iorty-one cars. but elimination trials
on May 20. 81 and 80 reduced the field
TO thirty-three cars. Cars must show
eighty miles an o or better for A
lap. two and a half miles. and the eight
slowest cars drop out The list. lnclud-
Ing q mystery car" entered by an
Indianapolis man. and whose details
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ACTIVE AT LOZIER PLANT.
GETTING Men and Materials Task
That Has Been Met.

When the Lozier Motor Company took
over the great plant of the old Lozier
Motor Company perhaps ten men were
employed In the factory buildings at
Detroit as csretakers and In tho ser.
vice department. To-day hundreds OF
men are Mt work. Scores OF cars are
in course OF assemblage. engines are seen
on The testing blocks and the depart
monts are all busy.
The Lozier Motor Company when II
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stated. during the present war period
had practically prevented a panic In
this country.
II. W. Little, one of the Overland
company's engineers. gav n talk on the
new knight car. which is to be mar
keted by Mr.. WHY'S during 1915.
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Ills are withheld until II can be known II ,s-Er
the the car can be finished In time, 10 As le-f.
-. follows: TT.

This 10 the hrst appearance OF the
F. r. p. cars, Knight engined machines
entered by Finley II. Porter. ex-designer
Of the Mercer. The Mercer has a feet
OF wonderful appearing cars. designed
By +. II. Delling. Much IL expected OF
the Mercer. Maxwell and Stutz entries
20 make a showing against the Peu-
geots. ~Surbeams. Mercedes and 70 on.
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(keadeS Of III SUHDA " who'd DESIRE any Information on Dads or tours are invited to send these
au'rnn' 1" to me AMro"ohne Editor IN sun 40 N~s" street II will aehtsns answering all
questions ire IN by Thursday evening" The Touring rsu of the Automobile Cb of Auusx
with H U in furnishing this information Suggestions and Information viii BE- well
comedy
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company buys tires ~ competing com
panies, paving full price merely to ruin
them or the grinding wheels.
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staIatfo u Electric taIicab n in this city on q large scale Is
Indicated BY = atem II A. Jackson Marshall, secretary of the
Electric vehicle Associations. A type of electric t..ic.b Il. shown
above
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Barney Oldne,d viii, uss Tirestons tires
In the 800 milo race. with. which tires he
has made sorne great performances since
he drove the frst American car across tho
line at indianapolis last Decoration Day.
One OF Barney's most notable victories
was In the race from Los Angeles to
Phoenix across the worst kind OF Western