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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
HIGHER PRICES ON
 AUTOS PREDICTED Re0 Sales Manager Talks On Increasing Ma
 terial Prices

Next July's automobile announcements will be not of new models, but of new prices. and they'll be higher" says R. c. Rueschaw, sales manager of the Reo Motor Car company.
 MT. Rueschaw. who is the oldest sales manager in the automobile industry, has acquired the reputation as prophet be- cause of the accuracy of predictions he has made from year to year as result of his long association with the industry and his intimate knowledge of the inside above will therefore be given more than usual credence by men in and outside of the automobile industry.
 There are many reasons why few, if any automobile concerns will announce new models at the usual time next July and there are quite as many reasons why prices will have to be tilted" continued MT. Rueschaw.
 First is the increased cost of materials because of the shortage of many kinds that are absolutely essential to the mak- ing of an automobile. Of course this shortage is due to the European demand and the unprecedented prices munitions makers are willing to pay to obtain quick deliveries.
 Just consider the following for which George E. Smith. manager of the pur- chasing department of the Rec Motor Car company, Is authority:
 ' Metals of all kinds have at least doubled in value in the past six months, and in some instances, the advances have been much greater, this applying par ticularly to tool steels. High speed steels have increased in price from 45 cents per pound to B and over, and this figure is nominal one. high speed steel being al- most unobtainable. This has affected the cost of tools made from such steels to an even greater extent than represented by the advance in the cost of steels, due to large increases in labor costs" ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

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Courtesy Tips

Those who are acquainted with E. W. Brownell of the Brownell Automobile company, Stakeholder and Ford agents here, know him as a courteous fellow.
 This being true, it is not surprising that "Ted'' has prepared some little ad- vice on courtesy. He says:
 When pedestrian does not or will well to remember that the deaf, hun dreds of them, use the streets as well as you. Be courteous.
 When you have an insane desire to speed, remember the other fellows you are passing have just as much right to break the law as you have Think of the sentiment you are creating against them by your mania Be courteous
 When a pedestrian sees you coming, and deliberately pays no attention to you, remember that sonle are mentally deficient and you cannot tell them from the clothes they wear. Be courteous
 When you see child on curb, slow up. Remember the child can start quick CT than you can stop. Be courteous
 Do not open your cut out on the streets during the day. Remember there are many sick people and people on their death beds which such sound greatly disturbs. Do not open your cutout at night for you probably remember some night when you were disturbed when trying to sleep by some fool whose great est claim to fame was his noise. Be courteous
 And remember that your horn is just a few times worse than your cutout Be courteous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
Three Is Company

The old adage that two Is company and three is a crowd does not apply to the new National 'Iighway" roadster, recently announced. 'This roadster not only has new, snappy and distinguished body lines. but has a unique arrange ment which provides three individual arm chair seats There is an aisleway be- tween the two front seats, making easy access to the third or rear seat. The three passengers are cozily and comfortably housed in such a position that they can easily carry on a conversation, but are In no sense crowded. When the third passenger is not in the rear seat; the car has the appearance of e regular road ster. there being no conspicuous empty seat. The popularity of this new type National is evidenced by the vast number of orders which were instantaneous as soon as the public became acquainted with this new creation. It is often equipped with wire wheels. and in the fashionable social centers of the east the debutantes have nicknamed riding in this new car "threesome motoring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF PANAMA JOINS
 AMERICAN ASSN
List of Members Includes Men Who Have MotOred All Over United
 States

Washington. March 4--(Special. ) Latest to join the 60O-odd state and local organizations included in the American Automobile association is the Panama Automobile club with q membership of 150 and a representa- tive list which includes men who have lived and motored in all parts of the United States.
 Though there are only 26 miles of rravelable highway in the canal zone. and even less in the republic of Pan- amay with restrictive laws sadly out of date, the Panama motorists find self-propelled vehicles a pleasurable necessity which approaches a luxury because of registration taxes averag- ing ssO per car.
 pr. W. B. Pierce is the president of the club, with Capt. W. V. Pratt, U. s. N., serving as first vice president; Maj. J. B. Mitchell of Fort Grant, treas urer, and John R. Bingaman of Bal boa, in secretarial charge. Raul Es pinosa of Panama City is the chair man of the good roads committee; :; Capt. c. H. Patterson of Ancon fills the legislative chairmanship, Willing Spencer and Dr. Forrest Evans, re- spectively. serve as chairmen of the public safety and membership commit tees. Brig. Gen. c. R. Edwards is among the many notables embraced in the membership.
 President Pierce of the Panama club is spending a period in Washington, D. C., and in cooperation with the A. A. A. officials he is seeking modi- fication of the motoring restrictions of the canal zone. The old limit of eight miles an hour in the city and the ex- cessive registration taxes particularly call for attention, and it is contended that since the canal zone conditions are not dissimilar to the District of Colum- bia, there should be as much as pos sible duplication of the automobile regulations. Dr. Pierce is of the opin- ion that ultimately first class road will practically parallel the canal, though at present its building Is quite 1ndefinite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
400 OVERLANDS
 SOLD HERE SINCE
 15TH OF JANUARY
Bayley Ascribes Tremen- dous Record to Overland Service-Anderson
 Joins Staff

The Overland -Birmingham comnany has sold during the last 4s days an average of g. 1-3 cars a day. or a total u 4oo cars' and have made all deliv- eiies' according to President H. M. Bay iey or the company. This record, says MT. Bayley, has never oeen approached oy any other automobile selling conn., pany In the south. The Overland fac tory IS ls5 cars in arrears with the al- lotment of the Birmingham company.
 We believe that the stupendous sales Of the Overland car in our territory of Alabama is due to the service we give" said MT. Bayley. "We carry a full stock Of Overland parts and are prepared to handle repairs or to supply parts to any Overland owner at a moments notice. We have in our service depart- ment men who have been trained in tho Overland factory at Toledo and they know the Overland car.
 AS an instance of service, we re- ceived in the mail one day this week a. letter from an Overland owner at Bel lamy, Ala. He asked Tor 119 parts for 1913 model Overland. The letter reached us on the morning mail, and although the total amount of the bill was but $2250. notwithstanding the large number of parts wanted, we made up the, order complete and shipped 1t out Of Birmingham noon the same day.
 "So many owners of Overland cars have found 1t necessary to have parts of the machine that have worn out or have been lost that we have found it necessary to increase our stock of parts to $25.000 instead of $15,000.
 'Artie Kransberger of the Toledo factory has just joined our service de- partment and we expect to give even better service in the future"
 Joe Anderson, one of the best known men in the automobile world of Bir- mingham, has Joined the staff of the Overland Birmingham company. MT. Anderson has thousands of friends throughout the Birmingham district, having been engaged in the automobile business here for several years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
NEW STANDARD SET BY DIAMOND TIRES Long Wearing Qualities Is Result of Fifteen
 Years Labor

Compromising is the secret of rubber manufacture, it Is said. With pure rub Der of good quality as a basis, tougher certain ingredients an1 vulcanizing the product into shape.
 Tn the great Diamond experimental laboratories at Akron. O., great fund of rubber compo dnding knowledge is tab- ulated,' says MT. II. M Bacon of the Diamond Rubber company. "In me- thodical way we are building on the ex- perience of over 45 years with the big purpose in view of putting more tough ness, elasticity ard long wearing qual- ities into rubber goods.
 Thus we came to the black velvet rubber, found in the new Diamond tires.
 After testing this rubber by putting experimental tires on a fleet of 10 fac- tory test cars which, running night and day, piled up over 900.000 miles in the course of @ year on every conceivable kind and condition of road, 1t was found that these new diamonds gave mileage beyond all expectations.
 Thus we knew that the demand of motorists for a greater mileage tire was answere ed, so we offered this velvet rub ber' tire exclusively.
 nlie II IS a strong, rugged tire, we do not dwell on the mere bulk of it, for bulk does not give mileage any more than a piece of steel IS good because it may be thick. Quality alone counts, in rubber as in metal.
 The famous Diamond squegee tread design is retained because it has estab- lished it's reputation as one of the most effective ground-gripping treads on the market.
 This is the story of the development that has resulted in the new tire stan dards which Diamond velvet rubber tires represent It has really taken us 15 years to build this tire. We are sure that motorists will find new satisfaction in these black tread red wall Diamonds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
A. l.. BOOrse Made President and B. w. Brownell,
 Vice President
TO MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRAME UP CONSTITUTION, ETC.
Birmingham Automobile and Access sory Association Is Name of New Body-To Have Spring Open
 ing Fashion Week
By ELLIS c. HoLLUMs

TV HF automobile and accessory oeai-
 CTS of Birmingham formed the DIT
 U r,,npbam Automobile and Access sory association at dinner at the ino'e' Hillnan Wednesday night, and will meet next Wednesday night at the Chanipe' of Commerce for the purpose of adopting constitution and bylaws for the gov ernment of the association. A. l.. boorso of the A. L. Boorse Motor Car company was made president of the new orsah- ization, and E. w. BrowneH or the Brownell Automobile company was made vice president. w. c. Radcliffe is acting as temporary secretary, pending the se- lection of permanent secretary.
 One of the purposes of the Birmingham Automobile and Accessory association will be to promote an annual automophe show in Birmingham. It has been point- ed out that an automobile show does more to advertise city than, pernaps' any other one thing, and the dealers rep resented at the meeting Wednesday night favored the idea of an annual Blrmlng- ham automobile show with road tours at other times to keep up the interest in automobiling and good roads.
 The association has plunged rlSnt llto it's work. The first thing to be decided upon was the spring opening of every au- tomobile and accessory dealer in Bir- ingham, which will be Wednesday of Fashion Week. The matter of pa- rade of automobiles on this day was brought up, but it was decided not to have a formal parade. Of course. all the dealers will have the new and fashion able cars on the streets for the benefit x,;.if <o oivo ohoy nd al a in the city will be decorated. and a special effort made to interest the public.
 The largest work of the association will be the maintaining of a credit clearing house for the protection of members of the organization. This will be handled by a competent man yet to be named, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
GOOD ROADS AND TOURING

Road touring is a by-product of road construction, though exceedingly es- sential and quite remunerative in states which possess scenic and health assets. The coming season, according to the already multiplying number of inquiries directed to the A. A. A. na- tional bureaus in Washington and New York. will show a vast increase in 1916 road travel.
 Unfortunately both Atlantic and Pa cific coast main routes again are handicapped by missing links. Most of this bad mileage is in the poorer coun- ties of the several states, some of which have yet to realize that a com monwealth nowadays must possess inter-county arteries of communication.
 On the Atlantic coast it is now pos sible to use continuous highway from well up into Maine to point below Washington and from north of Rich Taand nearly all the way to the end of Florida. In one county of Virginia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

every automobile dealer and accessory dealer who Is a member of the associa- tion will have access to the information compiled by this bureau.
 A press committee will be named by President Boorse and it Is intended to send out news of what the association is doing and proposes to do, to every news paper of any importance in the United States.
 Good roads will come in for a large share of attention, and the purpose of the proposed road tours will be to in- crease the interest in roads.
 At next Wednesday nights meeting it is expected there will be an even larger number present than were in evidence last Wednesday night. Two or three of the automobile dealers were not in at- tendance at the last meeting, but all telephoned that they wanted to be mem- bers of the association, and they will sign a membership card Wednesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
Preparedness

FTom TTt-BItS.
 In one of the southern states the colored people are great patrons of a matrimonial agency. One colored man, anxious to find a. wife for his son, went to this agent, who handed him his list of lady clients. Running through this, the man came upon his own wife's name. entered as desirous of obtaining husband between the ages of 28 and 35.
 Forgetting about his son, the darly hurried home to announce his discov- cry to his wife. She was not at all disturbed.
 ''Yes," she said. T done give him my name. I puts it down when you was so sick in de winter and de doc- tor says we must prepare for de worst"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
Concealed Bathtub

By utilizing the space ordinarily wasted beneath kitchen sink as place Of ooncealment for bathtub, curious plan has been evolved for providing bath ing facilities in cramped houses which are without toilet rooms,' says the Popu- lar Mechanics Magazine, in an illustrated article 'The sink and it's accompanying drain board occupy the top of movable cabinet of neat appearance. The back board of this is permanently fixed to a. wall, and water faucets are attached to it immediately over the sink The bath tub is permanently installed beneath the cabinet and at the front end supports a small basin, connected with the waste rlpe, irto which the water from the sink is drained. Normally the bathtub is en- tirely out of sight. When 1t is to be used, however, the cal binet, holding the sink, is moved away from the wall to give free access to it. Water is then SUD- piled through faucets attached to the board above
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
The Doctors BiII

From the Kansas City Star.
 How much does that stylish doctor of yours charee?'
 'Ten dollars a visit"
 Gee! How often has he called at your house this month";
 Twenty times"
 Gosh! You owe him $2OO then?" Nope. only $10. He's made the other 19 calls trying to collect it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

there are two road lengths, the non completion of which positively debars all touring except during the dry pe- riods of the summer and fall. :.
 On the Pacific coast one can tour from the extreme southern end of Cali fornia to nearly the northern boundary line of that state mostly on modern highways, but to reach the improved roads under completion or in project in Oregon and Washington, the tourist has long stretches of roadway that are hardly passable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
He Understood

From the Liverpool Mercury.
 A certain Church of England bishop, desirous of effecting economy, was trav- cling in a third-class carriage with a rather rough-looking workman. The lat ter exhibited surprise at such superior company. and, consumed by curiosity, in Quired:
 T suppose you are poor curate, sir?''
 'Er-no,'' weakly replied the bishop, mot exactly-but-but I was once cu- rate"
 T see," commented the other; that 'orrid drink again!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05
McLester Buys Studebaker

Dr. James McLester, one of the city s prominent physicians, is now the pos- sessor of a StudebaHer roadster He bought the first Studebaker roadster sold by the Brownell company since that com pany was named distributor for the Stude- baker here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-06
GERMAN PRESTIGE sLUMPs.
Failure to Attack Allies in Macedonia
Is One Cause.

London, Jan. "a dispatch to the
Daily Nail from Athens says:
The last ten days have seen the
biggest drop in German prestige since
the war began and this despite the
entente allies evacuation of a portion
of the GalliPoli peninsula.
The causes of the German slump
have been external md internal
namely, the failure of the Teutonic
forces to advance in Macedonia, to-
gether with General Castelnau's con-
fidence in the strength of the entente
allies position at Saloniki. and the i'm
patience of the Greek troops TO resist
any attempt of a Bulgarian advance
in Greek territory which has COM
PEELED the government to give the
commanders on the border the neces-
So ry orders to be prepared for action
against the Bulgars if necessary.
Moreover through the queen, who
has had depressing letters from her
sister. the Princess Charlotte of Sake
Meiningen, King Constantine is learn
ing the true state of affairs in Ger
nlanN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-06
RIOT ACT TO GRAINFIELD


state house officials today. No effort
has been made to prevent a spread of
the disease. One man, living in a
house where several victims were con-
fined, was permitted to leave the
house and board an east-bound Union
Pacific train. other cases of fragrant
violations of quarantine rules were re-
ported by the Cove county officials.
In his fight to prevent spread of the
disease, DIR. Stoner declared that he
had received no cooperation from
deputy sheriffs and from men placed
in charge of the quarantine districts.
Persons suffering from smallpox or
exposed, are said to have wantonly
violated all orders.
Il don't pretend to know how
many cases exist in Cove county, DR..
Stoner declared in Topeka today.
There were reports of 123 cases
from Grainfield and other portions of
the county where we have been alb
solutely unable to enforce a quaran-
tine.''
Il Drastic Action Planned.
Immediate state action and possible
criminal suits against violators of the
law. is planned by the state board of
health and the attorney generals Of
| flee. When DR.. StOner told his story
T in the state house today, DR.. S. ].
Crumbine, secretary of the state board
of health, sent the following telegram
to ]. w. Mcdowell, mayor of Grain
field;
Unless I can have your assurance
! by p. m. that every case of small
poX in your city is quarantined and
that quarantine will be strictly en-
forced, will instruct quarantine over
your city, cutting off railway facili
! ties: and will ask attorney general to
assume control
No FoOlishneSs.
That there will be no foolishness
permitted by the state legal depart
ment, was indicated in a telegram sent
I for 5. M. Brewster, attorney general,
/ by S. n. Hawkes., assistant. The tele-
gram was to f. F. Beckner, county at
torney. 1t read
state board of health complains
that smallpox quarantine by county
authorities is flagrantly violated at
Grainfield and not enforced by city
authorities. Also that individuals are
defying the law and that the disease
is consequently becoming widely
spread through the country. I desire
that you at once investigate violation
of quarantine and prosecute guilty
persons. Grainfield will be isolated by
quarantine by order of state board of
health tonight unless law is re-
! spected.
/ Unless assurance is received this aft
ernoon that the quarantine is enforced,
the state board of health will imme-
diately direct a general quarantine
against Grainfield. No trains, DR..
Crumbine stated, would be permitted
to stop and persons would be prohib-
tied entering or leaving the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-06

TO the national guard so that the sys-
tenn may be operated to its maximum
capacity and be available for the fed
eral purposes specified in its most eff
fective condition.
Increase inexpensive.
Garrison said it had been demon
strated to him that mobile force of
$4,000 and 10000 coast artillery
troops would serve all needs. Such a
force an increase of nearly 10000
over the present army, he said, would
be comparatively inexpensive, would
require no additional quarters and
could be recruited. For these rea-
sons he recommended the addition of
ten regiments of infantry, four regi-
ments of field artillery, So companies
OF coast artillery. fifteen companies
of engineers and four aero squadrons
to the present force bringing the en-
listed strength in two years up to
1S4,707 and the number of officers to
1886.
1.-The officers and men of the new
organizations are absolutely essential
if the war department plan is to be
fairly tried out" he added. I'm the
plan of the war college division of the
general staff an army of about $50, 900
is so distributed that in continental
United States, there would be left
$4,000 mobile army troops In the
war department plan, these divisions
are at peace strength, so that they are
capable of expansion. The war col
lege division plan proposes two-year
enlistment, with six years in reserve,
and. eventually at the end of eight
years, makes up a line of five hun
dred thousand men of the regular
army, OF whom 121, 900 would be with
the colors and 37e, 900 in reserve"
Defend or Abandon 1t.
Chairman Hay asked if recent or
ders of the war department would
prevent army officers from giving the
committee free expression of their
individual views.
'"They are as free as air" the secre-
tary replied. They are bound only
by vocabulary and conscience"
The secretary developed no definite
opposition to his plans during the
early part of his examination by mem
bers of the committee. Rep. Kahn, Re
publican, asked if the Monroe doctrine
was not a constant source of danger
to the country against which prepare
ton must be made.
Absolutely" said Secretary CARR
son. I'VE must be prepared to defend
it or abandon it."