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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
Demands for Motor Cars
Continues ODer Country

are the backbone OF all industry, are
in good condition.
THE Kansas City show simply
backs up the prediction made after
the larger ones. This will be a ire
mendous year in the motor car world.
The Saxon Motor Car Company has
orders upon orders and it is travelling
at full steam to keep up with the re-
quests for cars. am told that other
companies are in a similar state, and
again say that it is not an attempt
to raise bear tale when express
the belief that the end of the year
is likely to see a shortage in motor
cars due to the remarkable increase
in the demand"
AT Kansas City the show was
larger than ever before, covering
four floors, and 1t had on exhibition
a larger number Of cars than in other
years.
Before the Kansas City show r. C.
Getstnger, sales manager OF the Sax
on Motor Company. visited the Min
neapolis automobile show. He
found. the Metropolis of the wheat
belt in the same condition as the 9TH
er cities of the country. The motor
car business was beyond the highest
hopes OF prosperity. Between 800
and 400 orders for Saxon motor cars
vert taken during the week OF the
show.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
BASEBALL TRIBUNAL
HAS BUSY MEETING

The number of optional agreement
players of major league club was
increased 10 sixteen. season OF 1916.
The number formerly was eight. and
the increase was made TO help tho
adjustment OF conditions that have
arisen following the baseball war.
Consideration of amendments TO
the drafting Of rules were laid over
until another meeting.
The National Leagues proposed
amendment Ito rule ! of the playing
code 10 increase legal distance
from the home plate TO stand or
fence from 81 feet=to= 270=feet= was
received and will be certified to the
Joint rules committee.
A rule was adopted permitting a
club when notified by player that
he will not report or fulfill his ex-
listing contract. to carry him or the
retired list and II he reconsiders the
matter. the question Of a new con.
tract will he subject to negotiations.
Player Cumming. who was claimed
By Charlotte. North Carolina. was
awarded to the Cleveland American
League Club. which in turn has re-
leased the player TO Asheville. North
Carolina.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

/ up the standardized car Is the tested
/ best in its field The Cole company
was among the first to adopt the
/ streamlIne body design and the new
| type Of radiator. Decided improve
monts have been worked into both the
body and radiator design in the car
/ for the coming year.
The Cole OF the last season was
+ notable for the direct drive spring
suspension, and after year of inves-
4 LEGATION and scrutiny, this has been
improved The frame Of the Model
D., $50 Cole has been strengthened and
enlarged so skIllfully that the weight
has not been increased pound over
what It was in the former model.
! though the side members are fully
| two Inches deeper and the wheeIbase
| longer.
Whatever has been done TO sub
stnntiatc the claim that tho new Cole
f. digger and better" has been ac-
rnmplishcd az the natural result OF
the careful attention that was given
the first cars OF the eight-cylIndcr
type which the Cole company pro-
duced. That the price OF the present
model could be reduced almost 5000
under what the price OF IN" Cole 5
was last year in the face of the I'M
provements Is In itself a tribute to
the efficacy Of the system OF standard
lZatiOn which enables The quick eltmi-
nation of all unnecessary effort and
time In motor car building.
or course, all Of the preparatory
expenses attached 10 the production
of new model are overcome in the
first year. If Il car develops the prop
er sales success, as the Cole 8. Nat
urnlly this enabled a reduction In
price without affecting any other fen.
lures Of the business because the
manufacturing cost for the second
years production was not so high
rs during the first year.
In offering the new Cole s." said
Mr.. Thompson, OF the Thompson Gnr-
age Company, the local Cole dealer.
I'VE can guarantee bigger and bet
ter ca rwithout offending in the least
anyone who purchased one Of our
former models, for the Cole SIS we
built last year are giving sterling
service and there Is not any owner
who begrudges n penny he spent for
his car. The understanding motOrist
realizes that car is bound to cost
more the first year than 1t will the
following year. And just as we can
say TO you that the Cole s OF the
earlier part OF The season was the
greatest car we had produced up 10
that time. so we can say now that
The model $50 Cole s. which we have
inst announced, represents the con-
sumate skill and effort of seven years
of quality car building-the greatest
achievement thus far OF standardized
motor car production"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
Harry W. Ford, Saxon Head,
Says Rural Business is
Proof of Prosperity.

Any doubt that the keynote of this
seasons automobile shows is busi-
ness, rather than just display have
been dispelled by the Kansas City
automobile show, according to Harry
W. Ford, president and general man
ager of the Saxon Motor Car Com-
pany, who has Just returned from
the Missouri city's motor exhibition.
While the New York and Chlca-
ga shows clearly demonstrated to
me the remarkable business that will
be done by the motor car industry
during 1916, and while they were
marked by stupendous wholesale or
ders for automobiles, the Kansas
City show was needed to prove con-
clusively that the results OF the other
two displays were not bubbles, in
fated eastern war prosperity and the
wealth OF the big manufacturing and
financial centers," said Mr.. Ford.
Kansas City's show draws mostly
from the rural dealers and the far
mers in the center OF this country's
great corn belt. 1t Is meeting that
gets close to the soil and the business
that it develops comes from the fur
rows of the plow and not from the
quotations on the ticker. That Kan
sas City could bring together $50
Saxon dealers. who contracted for all
the cars we can supply them, Is in
my opinion the soundest indication OF
the wonderful prosperity of the year
for the automobile.
y 1.-THE stupendous amount OF BUSH
ness done-and wholesale business
at that-reflects the stability Of the
agricultural business OF the country.
When the farmers flock to buy auto
mobiles, it means that there is wheat
and corn in the ground that prone
ises well. that the food stuffs. which
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
ALUMINIUM PISTONS
in NEW COLE EIGHT

explanation Of the possible firing or
ders which the new crankshaft cpn-
struction made possible and it was TO
the Cole product that numerous of the
trade journals of the industry referred
when they announced that aluminium
plstons had been under experimental
test By one OF the important motor car
manufacturers for some months.
Further than that, the Cole comuany
used aluminium pistons and counter
balanced crank shaft in the last 500
motors which were embodied in the
Model Sa0 Cole S-the car which pre-
cede the newly announced model. and
it was because Of the improvement
which they worked in the operation of
these motors when they were over
turned 10 owners that prompted the
companysto incorporate them in the
improved car which will he produced
for the coming year.
The system OF standardization under
which the Cole Company operates
necessitates the early and thorough
testing Of every innovation introduced
in motor construction. for it is the
absolute guarantee Of the company
that every unit Shich goes TO make
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
AUTOMOBILE MAKER
SOUNDS WARNING 10
RECKLESS DRIVERS

cerned it should be just as much of
an offense for the man on foot to dis
obey the traffic officers signal as It
is for the automobile driver to ig-
more it. Day walking in the busi-
ness districts of metropolitan centers
will have to be eliminated.
Until persons on foot realize that
absolute safety lies only in crossing
crowded thoroughfares at street In
tersections, there will always be a
certain number of accidents caused
by people walking around vehicles
between blocks.
Summing up matters, all drivers
of motor cars should accept the fun
damental fact that 1t is impossible
to change human nature and lay their
plans accordingly. Give the pedes-
trian the widest sort of margin. even
though you may feel you are being
imposed upon at times, and / believe
that much harmful legislation against
the motor car will be forestalled."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
YOUNG MEMS
CLUB TO HEAR
A LOCAL MAN.
Clyde Law, of This City, is to
Speak in Industrial This
Afternoon.

INDUSTRIAL, March clyde Law.
of Clarksburg, will give an address to
the young men at The Young Mems
Club Of Industrial this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. All men are urged to be
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. William l.. Wamsley.
of Howard street. returned home this
week after a pleasant visit to their
daughter Mrs. William Campbell. ~
Warrington.
Mrs. Nathan Barnett. of Union
Heights, who underwent an operation
o. Clarksburg hospital recently. is
getting along nicely.
John Raiker has returned from
Braxton county. whore he visited his
aunt. Mrs. Rachael Singleton for few
days.
Mrs Martin Richards. who was a
patient at Clarksburg hospital and
underwent surgical operation. was
brought home and is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. William Shinn, OF Clarksburg.
was here recently guest of her moth
er. Mrs. Boyer. OF Fowler avenue.
Airs. f. f. CHANNEL. and daughter.
Mrs. D. Il. Ernest, and son. Morris.
who had been visiting ut the home
OF Mrs. and Mrs. Ode Channel re-
turned to their home in Parkersbmg
Saturday.
The director OF the Hammond chapel
choir urges every member of the choir
to meet at the church Sunday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock for rehearsal
Edward Alinehart is a guest of his
mother, Mrs. Blmer Addington, Of
Walnut avenue.
Mrs. William Bush. of Martins Ferry.
was here guest OF relatives and
friends for the last week.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
New Pistons Were Tested for
Several Months Before Be-
ing Used in Cars.

Notable among the important feat
ures which characterize the latest Cole
s-the Model $50. which was first an
nounced at the New York automobile
show-are the counterbalanced crank
shaft and aluminium pistons.
The first inkling that the Cole COM
pany intended To better its already
efficient eight-cylinder motor by in
cooperating these two additional i'm
provements, was given in last October,
when the chief engineer of the Cole
Motor Car Company. Charles S. craw-
ford, announced in his address on the
eight cylinder engine before the In
diana Section OF the Society OF Auto
mobile Engineers, that these two feat
nres already had been given n most
thorough test by his staff OF experts.
In fact. 1t was Assistant Engineer
Arthur A. Bull. we'll known inter-
nationally for his work with the Dalm-
Ter and Humber companies OF Great
Britain, who first reduced to paper the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
Blame for Accidents Falls on
Motorists, although Pedes-
TRANS Are Responsible.

With automobile accidents in-
creasing daily in the larger cities Of
the country, and civic authorities at
their wits end in an effort TO solve
the traffic problem. 1t seems to me
that the time has come for the mo-
torist 10 take up the burden" said
Hugh Chalmers yesterday.
Although practically every record
kept by police department shows
that the pedestrian responsible In
nine cases out of ten automobile ac-
cidents. we must recognize the fact
that tho general public Is inclined to
blame the toll of deaths and injuries
on the driver of the car.
Bearing this In mind, believe
that ii rests almost entirely with mo-
tor car owners whether future acci-
dents are 10 increase with each sea-
sons new crop of drivers. In the
first place. there is undoubtedly a
portion OF the blame rcsing with GER
tain types of drivers.
Imprisonment for JoS-Rider.
"The intoxicated joy-rider' and
others Of his ilk, who frequent city
streets during the late hours OF the
night. are menace to society. To
this class. speed laws mean nothing
Heavy fines and Imprisonment are
about the only remedies that can be
melted out to the ioy-ridtng fratern-
ity. Unfortunately, however. only a
small portion of the big total OF ac-
cidnnts in the last year may be laid
at tFr door OF the joy.rider. Every
day the papers contains reports Of
collisions In the open road and more
especially in traffic,
ut is In traffic driving the mo-
torist has the greatest opportunity to
reduce the number of accidents. Re-
ports prepared by the New York po-
lice department show that from Jan
uary to July last year. the majority
of accidents occurred from II n'clocl'
a. III. TO IL o'clock noon and from
to Z o'clock p. M. or during the SO
called rush hours" The same re-
port carries the information that
ninety per cent of the accidents were
due 10 carelessness or other fault OF
the injured pedestrians. But II we are
to be really conscientious about the
matter. we must admit that lust be-
cause the unfortunate man on foot
is to blame. the motorlst should not
| feel entire absolved in the case. A
little forthought on the part OF the
driver, slower speed In trafflc and less
anxiety to beat the traffic poIIceman's
whistle shoNtd work wonders in the
way of cutting down accidents.
Congestion Increases Each Year.
with the hundreds of thousands
OF new motor cars marketed every
year by American motor car makers
traffic will undoubtedly grow more
congested each season and tho neces,
sity for extreme caution will increase
To prepare chnuffeurs and owner
drivers for their responsibilities.
believe campalgn of education
should be started by the various au
tomobile clubs and motor trade pa
ncrs along the lines of safety first
The matter is not all one Of spedt
limits on drastic legislation Some
drivers are more capable at thirt!
miles nm hour than others are at ten
7 feel sure that the real fcmely viii
be found in the loyal cooperation o
every man nc the whnel obsyinF traf
SC laws now In force aud reporting
violations to the authorities.
"As far as pedestrians are con
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
STEAMER

Belonging to Great Britain Is Sunk
But, Crew is Saved.
LONDON, Mar. 4.-The British
steamer Teutonian, has been sunk
according to Lloyds. All the crew
was safely landed.
The Teutonian was a steamer of
1924 tons. 1t was built at Sunder-
land in 1914 and belonged to the
Petroleum Steamship Company of
London.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
Much Business Transacted by
National Commission at
Cincinnati Meeting.
,nr ArnocrA1En entnr,

CINCINNATI, o.. March 4.-Ow-
ing to a letter that was received dur
ing It's session today, the national
baseball commission laid over any ar
tion that 1t might have taken regard
ing the differences between organized
baseball land Baltimore Federal
Henry Allen. OF the Eleventh United
the information that these differences
had personally been settled 10y those
most interested and that further data
regarding the case was on its way
here.
Likewise. no decision was reached
in regard to the claim of the Brooklyn
club, relative 10 the Newark club Of
the international League.
The commission adopted form for
the release of players that will pro-
tect the club and the player and at
the same time comply with the rules
OF the game. II was stated 1t will
also coincide with the players fra
ternity agreement.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

Edward Alinehart is guest of his
mother. Mrs. Blmer Addington. Of
Walnut avenue.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

The director OF the Hammond chapel
choir urges every member of the choir
to meet at the church Sunday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock for rehearsal.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
no HOLD FIELD MEET.


NEW YORK. March At a meet
ing Of the intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes in America to-
dag. ii was unanimously agreed to hold
the intercollegiate track and field meet
at The Harvard stadium on the last
Friday and Saturday in May.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
BASEBALL SCHEDULE OUT.


ANN ARBoR. Mich. March A.
The schedule of the University of
Michigan baseball team announced
tonight, contained twenty-seven
games this season. The opening con-
test will be with the University of
Kentucky. April S. and will inaugu-
rate the annual southern trip.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

Mrs. William Bush. of Martins Ferry
was here a guest OF relatives and
friends for the last week.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
CHECK RAISERS
Are Arrested at Fairmont and
Lodged in Jail to Await
Trial Later.
,aste!aL TO The rrtras.p,

FAIRMONT, March 4-Charged
with raising check for SO to S22,
Jennings Smith was arrested today
and is held pending trial. John
Dauglerty is also in jail in connec-
ton with the crime.
Tho two men borrowed 50 each
from Danney Petrol. an Italian con-
tractor, March ! and he gave each a
check for 50. Smith is charged with
raising his to s22. The checks were
cashed ut the National Bank of Fair
mont on which they were drawn.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
CONGESTION DISCUSSED.
osy .ssoe,Arso rarss,

TOLEDO. o., March 4-ToledO
shippers met today and discussed
ways and means of overcoming the
freight congestion mere. II was
feared that unless the shortage Ii
relieved soon orders for goods await,
ing shipment Will have to be can
cclled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

majority of them put up a splendid ex- hibition, and the games are largely att tended. Later we may hear of a won derful woman Grace on the cricket grounds in England.
 Not alone have the women abroad taken up cricket, but the more strenu- ous game of lacrosse. In many Cana dian cities these sports are also played by the women. While they are fairly proficient, it will take them a long time to come anyway near the pace set by their brothers.
 In the United States there are thou- sands of women who play competitive golf and tennis, and play it we'll too. For instance, take stenniss4 There are fey men who can 0utplayF Miss Blur stAdt, the national lawn tennis cham pion; Miss Marie Wagner or Miss May Sutton {now Mrs. Thomas Rundy) in the racket game. Each is capable of ton and Miss Bjurstedt have won many journeys and have beaten many men in competition. The same applies to Miss Wagner, who has also won a number of matches. All three women have mapped out a strenuous campaign for the coming season. There is nordoubt that they will help make lawn tennis history this year. Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Sutton are to play a series of matches this season. The contests are sure to attract widespread attention.
 Last year more women were inter ested in yachting than ever before, and this season a greater number may be expected. Miss Dorothy Davis of the Atlantic Yacht club of New York has the distinction of handling her small
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

PATRIOTISM is seldom thought of
 as the motive power in athletics, but was a prime factor in one of the greatest middle distance races on rec ord. The event was the combination 800 meters and half mile run at the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912, and Ted Meredith, the present captain of the University of Pennsylvania track team, was the hero.
 At that time Meredith was a student at Mercersburg academy. He had won a good deal of fame bv running quar- ter mile in 48 4-5l seconds and a half mile in 1 minute 55 4-5 seconds. But the old timers were sure that his ex- perience would be fatal to him at Stockholm. When the runners toed the mark for the final heat of this event it was the consensus of opinion that the fight would be between Mel Braun of Germany, with Meredith, the schoolboy, a possible contender.
 Sheppard jumped into the front at by Meredith and Braun. Sheppard was up to his old trick of setting a killing pace at the start, then gradually slow ing down in order that his prenome- nal sprint might beat the field at the finish. But he had beaten Meredith with these tactics once before and the Mercersburg boy was waiting for him. Meredith moved up, determined to take the pace the moment Sheppard slowed down. With two such men as Mere dith and Braun at his shoulder Shep- pard did not dare to slacken speed, with the result that he continued to set
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
Patriotism Gave Ted Meredith His Start

the pace and made the first quarter in the phenomenal time of 52 seconds. The men remained in this order until five yards from home. Mere dith never supposed that he had a chance to win and, as he said after ward, was satisfied so long as the win ners was an American.
 But suddenly Sheppard began to tire, and Braun spurted and moved up on even terms with the two Americans.
 -I may be beaten by an American said Meredith to himself, ''but never by foreigner"
 With this he dug in his spikes for one supreme effort. It took him past Shep- pard and caused Braun to collapse. Meredith won the race, struck the. 500 meters tape in 1 minute 51 7-10 sec onds and the half mile in minute 523z seconds, both world records. Of course Meredith was a great runner, but his sturdy Americanisn was the contrib uting factor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
Jiujitsu Belt Won by Scotchman

YNHAT. the occidental athlete who will devote the necessary time and at tention to training can hold his own in any form of sport the world around has again been demonstrated. Allan Smith, a Scotchman employed by an American company in Japan, has re- gently been awarded the famous ''black belt'' given for proficiency in liuiiisu. In order to win this distinctive honor in the Japanese art of self defense it is necessary to secure 10000 falls. Up to a few days ago only three foreign CTS had won the black belt, although hundreds had tried and failed after long sessions of training and competi- ton.
 AS a means of self defense Smith as- serts that jiujitsu is far superior to wrestling or sparFfng. He says: "A master of jiujitsu could have defeated Jack Johnson in his prime. My friend here,' indicating his instructor, would have had no trouble in defeating John son.
 ''Or Jess Willard?' asked a visitor
 Smith did not reply. but his teacher
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13

said he was confident that at least thirty of his pupils could beat either Willard or Johnson.
 Smith graduated only this year from the jfujitsu or ''judo'' school after nine years of study and many hard knocks. Below the black belt class there are the wearers of the white belt and those or the brown belt. The judo fraternity keeps a sharp watch on the conduct of it's members and any wrestler who is guilty of practiees not in accordance with the spirit of. tt;bushido" is not all lowed to graduate.
 Among Americans and Europeans" Smith said 'an idea prevails that Jiu- jitsu is simply a lot of holds that would be debarred in a western wrestling match and is consequently inferior to the catch -as-catcd-ca style. This is all wrong. This idea might be applicable to the old 5iu5ftsu but the modern cult ais, simply asscierrs tif1c form of wrestling, including a. number of throws with which our less scientific catch -catch-can WrestIsrs are not acQuaintA&<