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The Washington times., 1916-03-25
THREE MILLION CARS
IN USE THIS SUMMER
Will Use at Rate Of ,375, 900, 900
Gallons of GasolSe Yearly.

There were moro than 100 900 ,au-
tomobiles licensed In this country in
1915 and II II figured that next sum
NOR the total win he no. far from
c.I50.oOo, allowing 20 per cent for cars
which probably wfll be tunked.
IL, rs oil men estimate. each car con-
year on the average tic consumption
next summer probably will be at tie
rate OF l.3i5,C00.0O0 gallons yearly.
With the price OF gasolene. now we'll
above 20 cents gallon, and going
higher. the matter of operating motor
out curtailing their usefulness, becomes
problem of tremendous importance. In
thousands of individual cases IL Is n
really serious problem
During tho winter months the con-
sumption of gasolene for automobile
purposes has. Of course, been at tie
minimum; with the opening of the tour
ing season II will mount to maximum.
As there Is no likelihood of the crst
Of the fuel declining. II Is safe TO say
that car owners ore going a. give mere
intelligent consideration shan ever be-
fore to economy In operation.
For one thing. there undoubtedly Will
tie keener appreciation of the fact that
n which Is simple In design and ccn-
struction Is the cheapest to operate. be-
Gauge weight friction and the break
ago hazard have each been reduced
with the elimination OF every unneccs-
sary part.
SfrpliAcation is perhaps the most inn
Dortant thing in connection with the
mnnufact sale and ute of automo-
hlles today. II is important not only
from the economic standpoint. but be-
cause the greater the degree of sim
plicity I'm q car tho greater the Joy
OF motoring in IL.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Solid Trainload of
Bucks Make Record Trip

A solid trainload OF thirty-two fat
cars. containing eiGhty-two Buick 1916
models. arrived here Tuesday morning
from Flint. Mich. The shipment was
In charge Of T.. A. Owns and r. c.
Taylor. OF the local Buick branch, who
roughed 1t in the caboose, acting in the
capacity of persona! tracers to carry
out the orders of the raiload compnnv
In secuinG right of way.
The route taken covered ll25 miles.
and the entire time required was three
days. the train making better time
than letter mailed In Flint on the
afternoon OF departure.
Special clearances were provided for
the entire route. and on some of the
heavy-Graded links double-he header en-
zines were employed.
The three-day run is the fastest time
any freight train has even made over
this route, and much of the credit for
the quickncss OF the delivery Is sivcn
to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
for its splendid system of routing.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25

residents OF the District Of Columbia,
! respectfully petition tho Congress OF the
Uaitci states and tic respective Appro-
plIpt.onB Committees ~ the Senate and
novsc OF Representatives to provide in
&c District appropriation bill the neces-
sary funds with which to begin the
construction OF the hospital"
To Go Before Congress.
Wren these petitions arc niltd they
will he sent to Mrs. II. Thomas West,
?6lg Fourteenth street and more petit
lions may be secured from Mrs. West.
when the petitions are all In they
will he presented 10 tho District Com
miuees of the House and Senate, and
an effort VIII he made to have District
citizens appear to urge that the Item
for the Washington Asylum Hospital
be included In the approprla lions.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
GuardsmeH of Nebraska
Have Motorcycle Squad

The first motorcycle company in the
national guard west OF New York has
just been formed at Omaha.
The guard OF the States of Virginia
and New York and the District al
ready have motorcycle detachments
which were organized during the past
twelve months for signal corps duty.
The Nebraska guardsmen, like most
OF the boys in the East, furnish their
own machines, rhey are already plan
ming motorcycle maneuvers to take
place on some early Sundays, scouting
and mapping between Omaha ana Lin
coin. The motorcyclists will spread out
20 cover all the roads. bridges, camp
Ing sites, water supplies, and forage
TOT animals and discover whether roads
are passable for heavy artillery.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Henderson Now With
The Semmes Motor Co

humors to the effect that Irving ].
henderson. following his resignation
from the Henderson Rowe Co,npany
would enter another line of commerci,I
endeavor were proven to be ill-founded
py statement from the Semmes Motor
Company carly this week.
Mr.. Henderson entered into negotia-
tons with his new associates as corIy
as ten days ago. and the deal was
closed Monday morning. Wv"
With the Scenes Company his ,ctiy,-
Ties VIII be confined for the most mart
10 the pleasure car business-the se!Iiny
OF Dodge and Hudson cars and each
OF me parties Is confident 1t viii prove
highly gratifying.
His association in the automobile in
dustry dates back to the old DAYS. and
embraces selling experience iwth pope,
MatheSon. oakland. Overland. Pullman,
Waverly electrics. Chevrolet, Cole. and
Kissel cars.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Scouts Collect Clothes
For War Sufferers

Serviceable clothing TO be forwarded
10 Belgian. French. and German war
sufferers is being collected at Boy
Scout headquarters in the Corcoran
building.
Clothing which has been outgrown
hut is clean and In condition To wear
Will he received at the scout headquart-
ers and prepared for shipment TO the
war zones.
Three school troops recently organized
are Jefferson Troop. No. a. under Lead
or Thompson: Cook Troop. uIpier Leader
Johnson. aud Walluch Trdbr. Each
will probably complete its registrat ton
within a week.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
New England Girls
Visiting the Capital

Nearly 400 high school girls from
down east" took possession Of the
Capital today, having arrived on n
sightseeing trip from New England.
They ARE stopping at the National
Hotel
High schools at the following towns
are represented by members OF their
senior classes: Newport and Somers-
worth, n. H.. Topsfield. Duxbury. Chat
ham. FoXboro and Webster, Mass. ;
York ienneuiikport and Augusta, Me-,
and Plainvillc. Conn.
Sightseeing parties. composed OF en-
ploycs OF the Jordon- Marsh Company,
Of Boston. and of Thomas Cook a. Son.
are also stopping at the National Hotel
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Investigation of Sinking
Norwegian Ships Asked

COPENHAGEN. March 25.-Norway
has made a demand on Germany for an
investigation Of the sinking OF the Nor
wegian ships Lindfeld and KannilIe, ac-
cording to Christiana dispatches today.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
TELLS OF VALUE
OF MOTOR TRUCKS
Buffalo Firm Considers DeIiv-
cry Automobiles Valuable
investment.

"Do trucks pay7 Wen, all know Is
that ours are considered decidedly
profitable Investment" said Jacob
Lang. vice president OF the Gerhard
Lang Brewing Company. Bufralo, n, Y.
AR. Lang was in New York. at the
Vanderbilt Hotel. n short time ago.
when the above question was asked him.
'of course" went on Mr., Lang. lust
buying trucks and putting them to work
IL not all there Is to the proposition.
we learned our lesson early, but we
learned It we'll when we first went into
tho truck delivery proposition some
years ngo. we we're one OF the frst--if
not the fret brewery-to use trucks IN
BunalC. we gave no thought of over
loading or the proper care OF our trucks
When we bought them think the sales
man was very anxious to make the sale;
claimed that while the trucks were
rated at five tons capacity, he would
We took him at his word and overloaded
them every chance we had. When We
woke up we found that, instead OF
trucks. we had on our hands four pieces
OF junk that had cost us considerable
amount OF money.
Soon See Saving.
Tho way we came to buy the trucks
in the first place was that the Pierce
Arrow Motor Car Company loaned us
their experimental truck TO try II out for
them. 1t was not long before we re-
allied what n saving the truck was over
team delivery and we tried TO buy IL.
When | put the proposition up to the
company | was told that the truck was
pot for sale. All trucks looked the same
TO us IN those Gays. so we bought four
rs With a lot of promises thrown IN.
N A.
faction that overlooking did not pay, the
t1erce-Arrow Motor Car Company was
on the market with their five-ton worm
drive trucks. We bought one to try It
out. ana now have four iive-tons ana
one two-tnn truck OF that make,
Our new garage Is liuilt &c Pie'cc-
Arrow truck measurements and II with
out posts, the roof being trussed from
wall to wall At one end Ot the build
ing. there arc three rooms divided Jn
One for repairing, one for painting and
the other as store room fUT parts and
tools.
Make Three Trips.
our trucks are in $50 winter and
summer for out Il town delivery. Our
fiNe-ton trucks not only take the place
OF two teams, but make three trips Il
day instead OF ono TIP a da, for teams
They average from SIXTY to seventy
miles n day. Our drivers are nll care
full men and have Teen instructed how
we want the trucks used.
1--WE have our own mechanic, who
goes ever tho trucks whenever the
drivers report anything wrong. lie
also thoroughly ovcThauls end repaints
one truck once in every twelve or
fourteen months. In This way, we are
enabled to keep our repairs down very
low and get the full value out OF our
trucks.
Last year. repair parts cost US $500
for 5000 niilcs--ths year n will be n
little more, but not much. which is not
SO bad We Use our trucks every day
this winter. we have not had 20 shin
by, rail once. All I have 10 say Is, IL
YOU can possibly use trucks, buy them,
don't overload.-keep them running and
they will mako you money"
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
HEROINE OF FLOOD
|. USES AUTOMOBILE
Miss Helen N. TulIock Tells Of
Trip at San Diego, Cali
{ fornia.

During the recent foods in the vicin-
ity of san Diego, Cal. Miss Helen NJ.
Tulioch was the heroine OF trip
through the Hooded region that attract
ed considerable attention on ~ coast.
Miss Tulloch ls the driver of one OF
the stages operated through the I'M
perial Valley. all of the cars used being
Dodge Bros. cars.
Storm conditions were so bad that
other cars we're refusing to make the
valley trip. but the inslstence OF some
people who desired to reach San Diego
was so strong that Miss Tulloch con-
sented to make the. trip. She started
with six people In the car and n guam
tity of baggage. consisting of two BIZ
cycles. four suit cases, and a quantity
OF bedding.
Describing the trip, Miss Tulloch says:
The roads were nothing but mud
paths from the heavy rains that had
continued three days. and II was raining
when We got under way.
Told II Was Impossible.
I'VE plowed through nineteen miles of
the worst possible travel. but finally
reached the concrete road that was
higher and where We had good travel
ing for fifteen miles. We met one car
that told us to turn back, as 1t was i'm
possible to get through the flooded dis
trict. Rut we kept on and ran into
three or four land slides on the Noun
tain Springs grade. and 1t was tough
work getting through. but We did not
even have to unload
AT Jacumba we struck the river
ana II certainly looked discouraginC.
y was swollen to 100 feet wide and
Ian. t,, II. n
IL had TO be crossed. We stayed over
night and In the morning II had gone
down little and with the aid of a
dock and tackle and by building n
get across.
Tho road TO Boulevard was badly
cut UP. but we succeeded i'm getting
through and spent the night there.
NJ me next DAY ] picked up two more
passehSers who had tried TO get
tnrough in n car which they Lad 10
ABANDON in the mud. and we went on.
All Bridges Out.
I'VE got to Campo and thcy told
Ss there that no one could go further,
out We started. The people were
nearly right We had to clear the
road OF land slides in places and in
the bridges were out and w. had 70
pioM through the streams
we passed many cars that had
oeen left In the mud or had broken
I sh IN the rough going. Some OF
mem had been laid up for a week.
In the Jamul mountains, where we
TOOK to an old trail because OF n
orIuge Deing cut, we ran into n quick
sand without warning. We had n
hard time getting out. but ilnslIv
made II and then ran into black
muck that kept us in the low for
I'VE reached San Diego that Alta,
noon and at once the car wos yn,,a
over thoroughly We found that II
hed not suffered at ali and "a soon
a. II was cleaned it was ready FOR
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
PETITIONS FOR NEW
HOSPITAL SENT OUT
Circulated by Monday Evening
Club in Campaign TO Re.
move "a Disgrace"

To hundreds Of churches. clubs. citi-
zcns' associations and other orgnniza-
lions today went blank petitions to be
AlgEed by these who desire TO GO on
record a. favorlng the building OF a
new municipal hospital to replace the
nntiquated and inadequate Washington
Asylum Hospital.
The petitions are being circulated by
special committee from the Monday
Evening club.
Attention Is called TO the dilapidatod
condition of this hospital as described
In articles appearing in The Times. and
the letter accompanying the petition
states that present conditions at the
hospital are by common agreement n
disgrace to the Capital"
Letter Makes Appeal.
The letter makes this appeal. in con-
clusion:
Please act and act quickly. as a good
social worker Interested in your own
city and determined In the name Of the
Monday Evening Club to do your best
to substitute for the dilapidated WASH
ington Asylum Hospital n modern. up
to-date hospital for the treatment Of
the INDECENT sick OF mind and body"
The letter Ii signed by DR.. 4. j. Nc
kelway. George +. Bowerman and
walter 5. cnord. who compose the spe-
cial committee to circulate the petit
tons. For this campaign the Monday
Evening Club. appropriated 5000 at its
last meeting.
The Petition.
The petition to which signatures are
asked reads. as follows:
whereas the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia and the Board Of
Clarifies have requested an approprla-
ton for new municipal hospital to
take the place of the present antiquated
Nasnington Asylum Hospital and.
Whereas the need for the hospItal
has been long recognized by the citi-
IONS OF the District.
Resolved. that we. the undersigned
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Hannis Taylor to Speak
Before Atheneum Monday

Hannis Taylor. former minister to
Spain and an international law author
ity. will speak before the Spanish
American Atheneum Monday night,
Don Jose Tible Machado. Of Guata-
mala, also will speak. Musical features
viii he provided by ScnQra Dons Eladia
Carvajal &c I.anman, Mark Phillips and
Sanford Covington.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
Porto Rican Birds Are
Agricultural Benefit

Tho bird life of Porto Rico is ex-
ceedingly valuable to the island in the
suppression OF insect pests. and meas
ures OF Government protection for the
birds arc recommended by experts Of
the Department OF Agriculture.
a study OF the various species OF birds
on the island was recently completed by
the department In cooperation with the
Porto Rican government. IL was found
that charges that the birds injured fruit
a. other crops were not sustained.
The Washington times., 1916-03-25
GOrGaS to Speak.

Maj. Gen. william c. Gorgas. sur
geon general of the army. will speak
tonight at the Willard before the mem
ners of Tho Southern Society on The
cleaning up OF the Panama Canal Zone
\ dance will follow.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01

Washington, Oct. Ex-senator
Ollie NJ. James, CT Kentucky, vino
has covered more territory and
made more speeches than any other
man in behalf of the Democratic
cause in the present campaign. to-
day summarized bis observations as
to the political trend ~ a brief SEN
tence of five words:
at is a Wilson landslide"
Senator James has spoken in the
Rocky Mountain region and in all
the fighting territory eastward and
is now en- route to engage in the
whirlwind finish in New York.
where he will make five speeches,
with side trips into New Jersey and
Massachusetts. He spent consid-
cradle part of this afternoon with
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and
Secretary of War Baker at the for
mer's residence. and found them
quite as confident of the outcome as
he is himself
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01

Ernest Lit5ey shot and mortally
wounded Hayden Curtis ct Rock
BORT. this county. about . o'clock
last Saturday afternoon. Curtis
lived until 6 o'clock that evening.
Lhsey was arrested by Marshal L.
y. Her soon after tie shooting. Sher-
III s. o. Keawr was called by phone
and went to Rockport md brought
L.ltsey to Hartford Saturday nigh.
and placed him in Jail. The exam
lining trial was set for yesterday but
was continued until next Saturday
at 10 o'clock on the account OF al
sent witnesses.
1t seems that Curtis and Litsey
had had dif1culty during the
morning and having met in no9l
room that afternoon the difficulty
was renewed, which resulted in the
shooting.
We are Informed that both parties
We're living at Martvick. mining
town. about a nile and Il half below
Eoc':port. i'll NuhlenborG county. II
is claimed that Litsey. after the diff
ficulty in the morning, went homo
and returned to Rockport some time
before the shooting occurred.
Eavirg gone to the pool room and
Curtis being there he requested Cur
lis to come outside that lie wante,
to sec him, and it is claimed Curtis
declined for a time DO so. On the
other hand. it is claimed, when Cur
It's came out he started towards Lit
sey with an open knife and Litsey
either backed or was showed off OF
the porch, and while getting up Lit
sey fired. The first shot hit Pete
Taylor. a negro, in the foot, tearing
off toe or two. The next shot took
effect in Curtis bowels, ranging up
ward
Immediately after the shooting
Curtis walked across the street and
sat down and it was soon discovered
that he was badly wounded. He
was then taken TO the residence OF
his father-in-law, Mr.. Graves. A
was called hut no:hinr
could be done for him.
The deceased was % wears OF age.
and leaves q wife but no children.
Litsey. who is % years of age,
was also married and had one child.
The deceased YVES buried N the
Rochport cemetery Monday morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
.isads job Printing Neofiy EEecmtcd.
NO. A

transport service Of the British Gov
eminent. it may be found that the
mixed crew Of British and American
horse tenders could claim none Of
the immunity against attack with
out warning that attaches to amer
chant ship. Orders were dispatched
at once TO gather all information to
determine the status of the Marina
and her crew.
Although no American lives We're
lost in the submarine attack on the
Rcwanmore and the ship altered her
own status 81 she made an attempt
to escape, officials were disturbed by
the repor+ that the boats were she'll
ed after they had cleared from the
abandoned ship. The facts are ex-
pected to bn determined by invest;-
cation, which was ordered begun at
once.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
42 KY. 1916

fore in which the candidate opposed
to the President in Office stood
for nothing that he dared define.
There was never campaign before
In which the opposing candidate
dared not put forth a policy or a
program of government. There was
never a campaign before in which
the contesting candidate, proclaim
ing his opposition to everything the
in power had done,
dared not present single construc-
tive measure of government as a
substitute.
1t is not conceivable that the
American people have so little sense
of responsibility. so little regard for
their future, so little thought for the
welfare of the republic, that they
will take Mr.. Hughes or any other
man on the blind terms that he Of
fers. To do that would be to shake
dice for the government of the Unit
ed States, and with loaded dice at
that.-[New York World.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
MOTION FOR CHANGE
OF VENUE DENIED

Hawesville, KY, Oct. 2s.-After
hearing thirty witnesses pro and con
on the merits of the motion of Dr..
r. w. Frymire's attorneys for a
change of venue of his trial for the
alleged numbering Of Henry w.
Schafer at Floral, in this county, last
June Judge Slack, this afternoon,
refused to grant the change, but said
while it was manifest that there was
much feeling and that many were
disqualified as jurors. he felt sure
that jury could be gotten in Han
cock county and if not there was a
legal way to bring qualified jurors
from another county. He also took
the precaution to send the prisoner
back to the greensboro Jail, where
ne has been since the commission of
the crime, saying as he did so that
the prisoner requested ii as he twas
nervous and thought his health
would be better there"
The trial of the case was contin-
ued to the second day of the Janu-
airy term.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01

Since the outbreak of the Civil
War, when the Republican party
first came into power, the Republic
ans have had control of the House
33 years and the Democrats %
years.
The Republicans have in that Pc
riod elected 4,515 Representatives
in Congress and the Democrats A.
217.
The Republicans control of the
Senate has been much more pro-
nounced. They have had the major
ity II years out of the past So
years, while the Democrats have had
a majority in only IA years.
But in only 6 years out of 80 have
the Democrats had both branches of
Congress aud a Presldent.-tPhila-
delphia Ledger.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01

ers are called. The editorial after
reviewing what the President has
done concludes:
THE campaign is closing, the ma
ton Is entering into the valley Of
decision. Each member OF the great
Herald family will vote for the cam
didate whom he or she believes is
best fitted to grasp the wheel cf the
ship of State But the Herald bc-
lieves, as it believes a great majority
of its readers believe, that for what
he has done, for what he has no.
done, for what he has induced his
party TO do, Woodrow Wilson has
earned four more years of service ~
the American people. Re-cicct him"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
WEDDING PARrl N
ACTOSlOIHLE WRECK

When Miss Nina Shain and Ar
thur Patterson, both Of Falls OF
Rough, Grayson county, started out
Friday night in an automobile own
cd and dr.?en by Anderson David
son, also of near that place, on their
way to greensboro 10 be married
they had only thoughts OF happiness.
They knew that when they reached
Owcnsboro they would find a minis
ter, some time and within few mo-
ments before dawn the knot would
De tied
However, they did not reckon
with pesky little dog that crossed
their path on the Leitchfeld road.
This animal evidently had a very
strong back for when the wheels Of
the little machine struck him. the
auto left the ground. Il turned over
and over. The occupants wera
thrown TO the ground. As q result.
Mr.. Davidson almost lost an ear. NJ.
Patterson was severely cut abou.
the foot by broken glass and Miss
Shain received bruises about the
body. The machine WAS damaged
slightly but the trio continued on
their way TO Owensboro. The aeci-
dent happened at 2 o'clock Saturday
morning. and the unfortunates were
taken into the homo of Alex Weuer
at Philpot TOR medical treatment by
DR.. Kirk.
Arriving at greensboro ct I a. "a,
the ear YVES left at o local garage for
repairs; the couple visited the court
house and secured a license AMI la
ter had the knot tied. They started
on the retura tip 10 Falls of Rough
at O'Clock IN the asterncon. hurt
but happy.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-11-01
CHICAGO HERALD URGES
REELECTION OF WILSON

Chicago, Oct. 27.-The Chicago
Herald this morning editorially rec
cmmends the reelection of President
Wilson. Since the opening of the
Presidential campaign the Hsrald
has been devoting two columns on
its editorial page to letters from its
subscribers touching the aralifca-
lions of President Wilson ard
Mr.. Hughes. In announcing its pref
erence for Wilson the Herald frank
ly admits that its course has been
dictated by the majority of the big
Herald family" as the papers read