davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1915-03-07
COST OF NOT SELLING
CARS Is WHAT COUNTS
Epigram Made by Scott Of the
REQ IlluminatrS Phases Of
Automobile Expense.

That the buyer Of an automobile re-
every dollar he spends than in almost
ANY other commodity YOU can think Of
even such staples as soda biscuits, soap.
Hour. breakfast foods &c is the state
rrcs dent and general manager OF the
Beo Motor Car Company.
There's an impression abroad" says
Mr. Scott that We in the automobile
business practise all kinds of eNtrava-
gauces. It's generally believed by tie
public thai there's tremendous margin
- profit I'm automobiles and especially
tlnt the cost OF selling them is very
C'eJt Js compared with the selling of
other articles which We know as staules.
That IMPRESSION could never have
gained currency through acquaintance OF
ne actual conditions
.NHeu J tell YOU that the total ad-
m'n.s,raiivc. sales and advertising ex-
O.., of the REQ Motor car Company
-, t1Au . per cent. YOU will admit.
think. that .u me merchandising OF tins
ar @. least ther, is no room for eN-
'rayagaut or wastcful methods
~ isn't th" cost of selling automo-
he, t1t- - high. 1t is tn. cost 1t not
-,lH. them. I suppose tho reason T.
generally supposed hat wast"fu'
rcthots are I'm vogue in this bus ness II
hrctu>r II is known that there has beer
tremendous amount Of money lost m
.ut6'ug OF or trying to make auto
0D,i,s. II is said that FOR eN''! dollar
r g"ld taken oIt Of the ground two
u,'Irs have been spent In pro.nectins
ID o'acr efforts TO lind II. II that is q
'lo | think it'- equally true THAI every
dollar ever made IN tre automobile busi
n..s has been offset by at least ten dol
'rrs spent therein and which never cam'
hack
'A product that was not up to stand
ard or NOT competitive. or that for any
80 OF several other reasons was no
Sal10,' is the answer to most OF them
would say that fully half the none
wasted n hts business has been waste
on ,Nur iwou'Al stun. New ideas tina
''hl"d D." fancy OF the mechanically In
''..i tHd especially of the anaieu
scientists have cost world Of money.
The sun., 1915-03-07

rush order for thirty-five carloads
of Hupmulile chassis has been received
from the British War office AT Nairoh
East Africa by the Hump Motor Car
COMPANY The cars will be constructed
witn special bodies for despatch and
scout duty
The sun., 1915-03-07
UNLIKE OLD PUT CAR
CLIMBS UP THE STEPS
Oakland Owner in San Fran.
cisco Makes His Machine
DO Difficult Feat.

Gen. Putnam once rode his whit"
g,rsr down "a long Night Of steps to
escape capture 10y the British soldiers.
An up to date version OF this story
would fud "Dld Put driving a motor
car instead of riding horse. Almost
The sun., 1915-03-07
ACCESSIBILITY VITAL
TO OWNER WHO DRIVES
.Get-at-ableneSS Of Motor Econ
Omy Is What Strikes Him.
Says Harry Houpt.

"Iuaccessihn.ty is one thing that gets
on The owner-driN.r's nerves these days,
saws Harry = Houpt. and as the owner
driver has 20 give the car IT, necessary
attention AT specified periods II goes
without saying that tho machine pos
The sun., 1915-03-07

W al u ''liiN hilh =
vice stations NJ 23a
West Fifty-sixt'i
street. New York {;
l174 Bedford ave T.
nue.. Brooklyn. and
at Broad and Race
streets. Phlla del
phia
A r Smith IS
president, and NJ. J
Swctland treasurer.
Tn" factory IL AT
Connersville. Ind
The makers OF the
l.exingto n car,
which has been on
the market for
about eight years.
have been selling
automobile springs
The sun., 1915-03-07

Tires, THeir -" and Abuse" will he
'he subject OF a lecture by -. .. Tiet-
pom, factor, sales manager and chief ad-
lister of the rutherford Rubber Com
n0' uoNt Thursday evening AZ the West
DO y VI g. Ne Eighth avenue and
F''y-s. ycu,A street The lecture free
70 ho'h men and women, is gwen under
ne auspices OF the Y NJ e, a, auto
mobile school
The sun., 1915-03-07
''"' show" with the top """" This car

circuit around the coast and hor''er line
of the United States and has completed
a trip across the continent to the Pacific
coast and back"
The sun., 1915-03-07
LEXINGTON SALES CONCERN.

The Lexington Sales Company. Inc.
which was formed to market the Lex
ingtou car IN the East. has established
Evening star., 1915-01-25
GIVES SITE TO ACADEMY
OF ARTS AND LETTERS
A. M. Huntington Donates New
York City Plot Provided
Building Be Erected.

NEW YORK, January 25.-A plo'
valued at $4,000, adjoining the grouI
Of buildings now occupied by the His
panic Society of America. the Ameri-
can Geographical Society and the
American Numismatic Society, on the
block between Riverside drive ano
Broadway in 156th street, has been Of
fered to the American Academy of Arts
and Letters by Archer NJ Huntington
provided a suitable building as a home
for the society be erected within five
years. The offer. it was announced to-
day. had been accepted.
Architects. under the general direc-
tion of William r. Mead, Thomas Hast
ings and Cass Gilbert, members of the
academy, are drawing plans for the
new building.
So far as the plans have progressed
arrangement has been made to have the
building in three parts. 1t will con-
tain library, an auditorium, an art
gallery and offices for both the Amer
lean Academy and, the National 1nsti-
tute of Arts and Letters.
The other buildings located in this
block owe their presence there to gifts
from Mr.. Huntington. The Hispanic
Socity, in which he is one of the lead
ers, received not only the site, but the
funds for it's building.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
HARD ON THE NEWSPAPERS.
War Said to Have Caused Suspen
sion Of Many Publications.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON, January 1O.-"Owing to de.
creased advertising revenue arising
out Of the war, 212 German newspapers
are already said to have disappeared
At least half that number have prob
ably died in Great Britain" says the
Globe.
These facts supply the stronges,
imaginable comment on the common
fallacy that this war is profitable to the
newspaper owner. AS a matter of fact
the reverse is the case.
"a modern newspaper is an exceed
ingly complex organization, and the
purchaser obtains for a penny or hall
penny a publication which costs more
than that sum to produce. The expla-
nation is to be found in the profits de-
rived from advertising revenue, with
the result when that decreases below a
certain point paper is run at loss
on production, which increases with the
increase in circulation.
80 far from the British press having
found the war gold mine, there Is not
one newspaper that has not felt the
pinch somewhere, and many are max
ing the greatest financial sacrifices in
order to continue in their role of pur-
veyors of news, and thus to perform a
real public service.
Few industries are more hard hit
by long war than the press"
Evening star., 1915-01-25
PLAN TO GUARD BORDER.
Canadian Reserves Would Plac.
Force Along Border Line.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. January Is
Maj. W., TAFT and Col. F. B. Gregory of
the Canadian national reserve purposed
going to Victoria. today to lay before
Maj. Gen. Sam Hughes. minister of mil
itia, a plan for guarding. with the
men Of the reserve force, the boundary
line between Canada and the United
States.
According to the officers. they will
propose, that the reserve be stationed
along the border to keep out any hos
tile citizens of the countries with which
Great Britain is at war, and prevent
reservists of those countries now in
Canada from crossing into the United
States. Cooperation of United States
officials would be sought.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Three SHOT AND KILLED
IN CHINESE TONG WAR
Trouble Begins in San Francisco at
Peace Meeting to Patch
Up Troubles.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 25.-
Three Chinese were shot and killed
and a number wounded in a tong war
which broke out in several California
cities last night. Quong Quock Wah,
president of the Sen Suey Wings, and
one of his fellow-tongmen were killed
in the fighting here and another met a
like fate at Stockton.
Clashes in Oakland and at small
settlement several miles from Stockton
caused the wounding of two other
Chinese.
More than score of arrests had
been made early today at the various
points of conflict, and the police of all
Pacific coast cities are keeping close
watch on the Chinese Inhabitants in
efforts to prevent a spread of hos
tilities.
The war began at a peace meeting
here Of representatives of Sen Suey
Wings, Suey Sings and four companies
to patch up quarrels which had been
smoldering for year.
This is the first tong outbreak in
the west in many months
Evening star., 1915-01-25

Capt. Joshua Davis, seventy-three years
old, civil war veteran and resident of the
District since the war, died Saturday
night at his residence, 1424 w street
northwest The immediate cause of his
death was nephritis. but he had been in
disposed, it is said, for several years prior
to general breakdown. Funeral services
are to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1
o'clock at Lees chapel, 332 Pennsylvania
avenue. Interment is to be at Arlington
national cemetery.
Capt Davis was a native Of Montgom-
cry county, Md. At the outbreak of the
war he enlisted in the Baltimore Light
Artillery. and served conspicuously under
Gen. B. T. Johnston.
After the war he spent practically all
his life in the District. He became con-
nected at various times with the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and the
Treasury Department. For several years
he was financial secretary of the United
Confederate Veterans. Camp III, men,
bers of which will attend the funeral to-
morrow. A daughter, Mrs. NJ. P. Weller,
and sister and brother survive him.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
LEAGUES WORK FAVORED.
Former Presidents Taft and Roose-
welt Write Letters of Endorsement.

Letters favoring the big army" pub
licity work of the Army League have
been written by former President Taft
/ and former President Roosevelt. Mr.
Taft expresses his approval in letter
to former Secretary of War Stimson
while Cot Roosevelt has written di-
rectly to Frederic l.. Huidekoper, sec
retary of the league.
Mr.. Tafts letter to Mr.. Stimson says
My Dear Stimson: l am very glad
that Frederic l.. Huidekoper is taking
part in the question of common-sense
Improvement of our military defense
He wrote some articles on the subject
of the army that showed a very satis-
factory and comprehensive knowledge
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Schooner Crew Rescued at Sea.

NEW YORK. January 25.-The
steamer York Castle, which has arriv-
ed from Swansea, brought Capt. AlmeI
Kelly and five seamen of the three
masted schooner Alice Lord. abandon
ed at sea January II, while on the
voyage from Jacksonville to New Bed.
ford. For Ave days the vessel drifted
complete wreck. The crew, almos,
without food. and with no water. were
compelled to lash themselves to the
deckhouse. January II the steamer
Mombassa rescued all hands. As the
Mombassa was bound to Havre the mer
were transferred January 20 to the
York Castle.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
CANOE CLUB ENTERTAINs.
Well Known Local Artists Agree to
Take Part in Program.

r. g. Finkenaur. chairman Of the en-
tertainment committee of the Wash
ington Canoe Club, announces that he
has received the promises OF a number
Of we'll known entertainers that they
will contribute to the program at the
stag smoker of the club Saturday even
ing.
Among these are Oswald Camp, J. c.
Wheeler. Howard Youngs, c. F. Hall
r. E. Otterback, G. Good Cressey
Frank Pierce. E. Russell Lloyd, r. j
Youngs. Harry Pitts. w A. Morsell
Edwin Callow, Felix Mahoney. n r
Hammer. James Youngs. Arthur Pierce
Brook Ants. Mr.. Duggan, Mr.. Roderick
and Mr.. Blodgett
Prof. Mcleod and his orchestra will
furnish the music.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
NOTES VIEWS OF WAR.
DR.. C. Ernest Smith Quotes Opinions
Based on Christ's Gospel.

Three answers to the question "Is war
in harmony with the teachings of the
gospel of Christi" formed the basis of
the sermon delivered yesterday at st.
Thomas Episcopal Church by the rector.
Rev. DR.. C. Ernest Smith.
The militarists say yes" said the
minister. because man gets anaemic in
times of peace, and war brings out his
highest ideals. The 'pacifist' says no.
and points to the bloody fields of Europe
for proof. The million or so people who
are neither one nor the other say 1t is
both right and wrong"
Evening star., 1915-01-25

Of the conditions Of our military de-
tense. and what seemed sensible sug-
sestions a. to the methods Of improve
ment. I am quite sure that any league
Influenced by his recommendations
would not favor either mtlitarism or
supine neglect"
Col. Roosevelt wrote:
MY Dear Mr.. Huidekoper: I wish
most earnestly to congratulate the
Army League through you on the work
1t is doing, No organization in the
country is fighting for worthier and
more patriotic cause. / shall give you
all the support in my power and !
urge every far-sighted and wise citi-
zen Of the United States who loves his
country. to join your organization"
Evening star., 1915-01-25
WHAT CATARRH IS

person is troubled. with. catarrh in
some form.
Science has shown that nasal ca
tarrh indicates a weakened condi-
ton of the body: that the secretion
Of the mucous membranes are
quickly affected. and local. treat
ments in the form of snuffs and
vapors do little IL any good.
To correct catarrh you should
treat its cause by eprichipg your
blood with the oil-food In Scott's
Emulsion, which 10. a medicinal food
and q building tonic. free from al
cohol or any harmful drugs. Try II.
lET8 Scott 4 Bowns. Bloom6eh. N. ].
Evening star., 1915-01-25
NY OFFICERS ARE KILLED.
Casualty List for the British Army
in France Is Issued.

correspondence Of the Assocfated Press.
LONDON, January 16.-There has
been given out in London an officers
casualty list covering the period be-
tween December 80 and January IL.
which shows that the British army in
France in these thirteen days lost a
total of 257 men. OF these 90 were
killed and 1873 wounded. Thirty two
were reported missing.
Added to the previous totals, the
records of the last fortnight give Off
GERS killed 1866; wounded. 2.416. and
missing, 66o, or total casualty list IL.
officers since the beginning of the war
of 4,344 men.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Gibbons Opposes Literacy Test

BALTIMORE, January 2J.-At a
meeting here yesterday afternoon to
express opposition to the lteracy test
clause of the immigration bill, letter
was read from Cardinal James Glib
bons, in which he said he earnestly
hoped President Wilson would veto the
bill, because OF the litcracy test.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Anne Whitney, Sculptor, Dead.

BOSTON, January 25.-Anne. Whit
ney, said to have been the Oldest
sculptor in this country. has died at
tie age of ninety-three years. Statues
OF Samuel Adams and Left Ericsson in
this city, and bust of Charles Sumner.
erected near Harvard Square, Cam
bridge. are among her principal
works.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Disclaims Delaying Messages.

Any delay in transmission of cabled
messages between the United States
and Italy and Switzerland cannot Justly
be charged to Great Britain, according
to a statement issued by the British
embassy. This records the result Of in
vestigations made by the British govern
ment in response to numerous COM
plants.
Evening star., 1915-01-25

poses Of the foundation as defined by
John d. Rockefeller and copies of tho
measures submitted to Congress for
the Incorporation of the Rockefeller
Foundation were submitted to the COM
mission at It's request and made public
In the statement today.
Evening star., 1915-01-25

With the skin stripped completely from
his body from the soles of his feet to
his armpits. Otto Ladscheck. thirty-nine
years old, an engineer at Baltimore, is
in serious condition at a hospital: He
fell into vat of boiling water while at
work.
Evening star., 1915-01-25
ROCKEFELLER PLAN
TOLD COMMISSION
Foundation Makes Public Re-
plies to Industrial Re-
Iations Men.
FUNDS NOW ON HAND
TOTAL $1O3, ,930,817
Disturbances in Colorado Brought
About Creation of Rival to
Federal Agency.

NEW YORK, January 25.-The Rookie
feller Foundation today made public
its replies to questions asked by the
United States commission on industrial
relations as to the reasons for the es-
lion dollar foundation, its purposes and
methods of operation.
One of the purposes of the inquiry
now being conducted in this city by the
industrial commission is the investiga-
tion of the Rockefeller and Sage foun-
dations. The information given out by
the Rockefeller Foundation today al
ready has been forwarded to the COM
mission.
The replies by the Rockefeller Foun-
dation are divided into two parts, the
first of which is signed by Mr.. Rookie
feller, jr., as president. and by Jerome
D. Greene, as secretary.
Complying with the commissions re-
quest, the foundation has supplied the
commissioners with copies of the foun-
dation's charter, constitution and by
laws Replying to other questions, the
foundation stated that it was not a
consolidation of pre-existing organiza-
tions, but distinct creation, with its
own funds.
The total funds of the foundation De-
cember l. 1914. are stated as $1O3.95O,-
SIT. Its holdings of stocks and bonds
are given in detail. The character of
its investments is controlled by the
finance committee, composed of John D.
Rockefeller. jr.: Starr ]. Murphy and
Jerome D. Greene. Appropriations are
made by the board of directors or the
executive committee. The amount of
it's holdings is not limited by it's char
ter. No part of the principal is to be
distributed. except by two-thirds vote
of all members
Evening star., 1915-01-25
.EAY0RS SENATOR Weeks
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1876
Representative-Elec Rodenberg Of
Illinois Praises His Quail
.fication for Place.

Senator John W. Weeks Of Massa-
chusetts, as the republican standard
bearer in 1916, was the recommendation
today of William A. Rodenberg, re-
publican representative-elect from 1lli-
nois. Mr.. Rodenberg formerly served
in the House when Senator Weeks also
was a member Of that body. Mr..
Rodenberg said:
Somehow believe the convention Of
1916 is going to nominate man who
will have in an unusual degree the rare
combination of popular esteem among
all classes of citizens and the implicit
confidence of the business world. Within
this thought l have a conviction that
responsive to the peculiar conditions
which will make demand for such a
candidate that we could not do better
than to nominate John Wingate Weeks
of Massachusetts,
'1t is name to mention without the
shadow of misgiving. Serving his
first term in the United States Senate,
after eight years in the House. he has
demonstrated the highest qualities of
capacity as a legislator duly appre-
ciative of the sphere and responsible
ties of the executive branch of the gov
ernmenf
Evening star., 1915-01-25
RIGHTS Of COSTA RIGA
! DEFINED IN NEW PACT
Latin American Diplomatic Corps
Interested in Negotiations
for Treaty.

The Latin American diplomatic corps
manifested deep interest today in the
announcements that the Nnited States
government. had begun to negotiate a
new treaty with Costa Rica, supple
mentary to the pact with Nicaragua
now pending in the United States Sem
ate by which an option in an inter-
oceanic canal route is sought for this
government as Well as a naval base in
the Bay of Fonseca. Secretary Bryan
also may stop in these countries for an
official visit
With the idea of improving its rela-
tions with the Central American re-
intends also to treat literally with
Honduras and Salvador for their rights
i'll the Bay of Fonseca. Secretary Bryan
also may stop in these countries for an
official visit on his return from the
opening of the Panama canal in March.
No price has as yet been determined
upon as compensation.
Protests of Costa Rica.
The rights Of Costa Rica in the River
San Juan, which forms part of the pro-
posed canal route and is the natural
boundary between that country and
Nicaragua, have for some time been the
basis of protest against the pending
treaty. recently reported favorably to
the Senate. 1t reached it's climax when
the treaty with Nicaragua was first
proposed in the Taft and later in the
Wilson administration. Costa Rica
protested that Nicaragua had not lived
up to it's boundary agreement not to
negotiate for the sale of the canal
route without consulting her. Costa
States should consider the fact that
the river was the joint property of Mic
aragua and Costa Rica. with many Of
its tributaries lying in Costa Rica.
Honduras and Salvador, who claim
rights of the Bay of Fonseca, also had
protested because the sale of the bay is
provided for under the pending treaty
between the United States and Nicara-
qua, without recognizing that the
waters of the bay touch their shores as
well as those of Nicaragua
Evening star., 1915-01-25
At Once Given High Rank.

He had not long been a member of
the House when he thus proved him
self. He came into Congress success
full business man, whose tact and ability
were SO palpable that he was at once
given high rank among his fellows. His
quick advancement to the chairmanship
of the important committee on post
offices and post roads proved during
his service an exceedingly happy choice.
as the substantial, enduring reforms he
instituted now bear witness.
Senator Weeks is In the prime of
life. Physically as near perfect as any
man 1 ever knew in Congress-, look ed
at from every angle that embraces in
tellect, character and capacity for pub
lice service, he is an ideal type of man
for President of the United States. A
consistent republican from New Eng
land state, his career has shown him
in no wise sectional or extensively
partisan"
Evening star., 1915-01-25
Disturbances in Colorado.

Explaining why the industrial rela-
tions division was created, the founda-
tion stated: while the general sub
ject of economic research was under
consideration the industrial disturb
ances in Colorado impressed the presi-
dent OF the foundation with the great
need and public importance of finding
an effective means of preventing such
conflicts, and caused him to urge a far
reaching study of industrial relations
as the most important immediate in
uuiry to which the foundation could
direct attention. In view of the pas
sion aroused in Colorado and the many
divergent interests involved there. it
was felt that the foundation itself
should not interfere in that situation.
but that it was of the utmost conse =
quenece that the root causes of that
and similar disturbances should be as
certained. and. IL possible, removed.
not only in Colorado. but elsewhere.
The Rockefeller Foundation is, more
over. a large owner of corporate Sc
curities. and in that capacity is itself
directly concerned in maintaining har-
monious relations between the conf
panies in which 1t Is interested and
their employees. 1t was therefore felt
that II the fouudation could work out,
on a basis compatible with sound eco
nomics. substantial Improvement in
the relations between capital and Ia
Dor, it would not only discharge its
obligation as indirectly a large en-
ployer of labor. but would also per-
form for the general public a greater
social service than 1t could render
along usual philanthropic lines"
Asked il the work of the industrial
relations division will be limited to
investigation, the foundation replied
that il has purposely avoided assign
ing definite limits to the method OF
| scope of the work. 1t is not expected
the foundation states, that Mr.. Kine
will prepare formal plans, but will
proceed along lines that offer the
greatest promise Of practical results.
Eradication of Hookworm Disease.
The international health commission
| a subsidiary of the foundation. has
| confined its activities almost entirely
to the eradication Of hookworm dis
| ease in different parts-of the world
the foundation states.
The Belgian relief work and the
promotron of medical education and
| public health in China are referred te
as other instances of the work Of the
| foundation. But one application has
| been made to the foundation in the in
terest of studying or improving labor
| conditions.
| Replies to other questions disclosed
| the fact that early last year the foun-
| dation appointed a committee to con-
slider the desirability of establishing
| an institute for economic research to
questions. but this movement was not
pressed after Mr.. King began his In
quiry in industrial relations.
1 .0nnyrSopoeta, 0tAtoWnntn Of thAsp
Evening star., 1915-01-25

Lots O fellers succeed without
KNOWN how they did it, but a
failure allus has a reason.
Stew Nugent is visitin' his
mother till times git better.