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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

Fire department makes record
run to College of Puget Sound
campus to find studies gathered
about big bonfire holding endow-
ment celebration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

DRY" forces make gain OF four
towns in Connecticut.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03
Here and
Elsewhere

Mystery i'm sudden death Of
three women found dead seated
in chairs in their mansion at Lam
caster, o., is still unfathomed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03
Serbs Win First Line

Wire)
PARIS, Oct 3-Connuing advance northeast of Forna
yesterday trenches the heights
Stakowgrab, it officially announced today.
The Buga twice against the positions
British bank Struma but repused
suffering heavy losses .5#.og
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
campaigning for Wilson, adj
dresses big audience in San Fran
cisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

Take your lunch at Duenwald's
tomorrow. 1112 Broadway. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

A. Sanders, hunter, shot and
killed by Boyd Shelton while they
are hunting deer, near Walla
Walla.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

Organization Of branch of
Women's Wilson Independent
league will be completed in Mil
ton next Friday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-03

Stadium board of Commercial
club makes neat profit out OF
military drill held last week.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
MORE SKILL REQUIRED
IN ROAD MAKING NOW
Autos and Motor Trucks Bring New
Problems, Chamber of Commercial
Official Declares.

Road building Is developing a new
science that calls for the highest en-
gineering skill, says Roy D. Chaplin.
OF the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce. The advent Of the automo-
bile and motor truck has brought new
problems that must be studied and
solved.
In Massachusetts, 82H per cent Of all
traf1ic on the state highway system last
year was motor driven. In New York
city automobi motor trucks and mo-
tor buses constitute nearly seven
tenths of all wheeled traffic. exclusive
of street cars and motor cycles. Simi.
parts Of the country.
Rapidly changing trafic conditions
demand the services of technically
trained mon, who are not only quail
fed civil engineers, but who have made
study of road economics and the
wearing qualities and cost of construc-
tion and maintenance Of different kinds
of pavements, because the proper ad
ministration OF road affairs is more es-
gineering skill.
Too often faulty road conditions are
due to too small appropriations in the
endeavor to make q cheap surface en-
dure under heavy traffic. Where traffic
Of any consequence exists. the cheapest
road to build is usually the most ex-
pensive in the end. Efficient highway
engineers will save taxpayers millions
Of dollars in years to come by the Sc
lection of proper materials and high
class construction work.
Some of the states and cities require
candidates for appointment to the high
way departments to pass a civil service
examination, thus removing the Offices
from political influence. This is great
ly to be desired. Men who have shown
good administrative ability should be
continued in office. In the communities
where this policy has been followed
there is general satisfaction with road
and street conditions.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
PARK VIEW RESIDENTS
PLAN AUTOMOBILE PARADE
Route Monday Night to Be Through
Washington Streets, Return
ing to Suburb.

The residents of Park View section
are preparing for a monster automobile
parade tomorrow evening. 1t will be
formed at o'clock and after being re-
viewed by the judges will proceed
about the city. The start Is to be made
promptly at $50 o'clock, being divided
into seven sections, as follows: Mount
ed police, committee section band
wagon, merchants section, Petworth
section. police and fire department sec
tion and private car section.
The bandwagon and committee sec
ton will form on Georgia avenue at
Morton street, facing south; the mer-
chants section on Georgia avenue at
Park road. facing south; police and fire
department section, on Park road at
Georgia avenue, facing east; Petworth
section. on Georgia avenue at Otis
place. facing south. and the private
car section. on Park road at Georgia
avenue, facing west.
The line of march will be along Geor-
gia avenue to Columbia road, to the FL
tration lake, to 1st street, to Rhode
Island avenue. to 6th street. to Penn
sylvania avenue, to 18th street, south
of the Treasury Department, to Penn
sylvania avenue. to 18th street. to K
street. to 18th street. to Irving street.
to 18th street, to Park road. to New
Hampshire avenue, to Rock Creek
Church road, to Warder street, endin g
at the Park View School. Private cars
will then park on the east side of
Warder street. with the rear wheels to
the curb. The other sections will pro-
ceed along Warder street and diSband.
The committee urges that cars be
decorated, the colors green and white
predominating. Local merchants will
be allowed to advertise their business,
in limited way A running distance
of fifteen feet will be maintained be-
tween cars. Prizes have been donated
and will be presented for the best dec
GRATED touring car, roadster, mer-
chants car. car driven by a woman
and Ford car.
Dr.. Arthur B. Crane. SOL Park road.
is chairman of the parade committee.
The judges are Howard 8. Fisk, chair
Hart.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
AGREE ON A STANDARD
OF AUTOMOBILE TERMS
Engineers Hope System Will Avoid
Confusion and Do Away With
Many Delays.

NEW YORK. October 14.-standard
automobile nomenclature has been an
nounced by the Society of Automobile
Engineers. A committee of the organiza-
ton developed this list of uniform names
for motor car parts after meetings with
engineering and service representatives
OF some Of the leading American manu.
facturers, and the resulting standardiza-
tion Of names and terminology is ex-
pected to eliminate many delays common
IN parts replacement and to make for
c!earness and brevity generally. The So
clety asserts that a lack of a common
and accurately understood automobile
language has been q barrier in interna-
tional business.
Nineteen divisions Of the automobile
from cylinders to bodies and accessories
are set forth. these classes being divided
into nearly seventy specific groups, with
the groups subdivided 80 extensively that
between 900 and 700 separate parts are
named.
The bodies Of cars are standardized
into sixteen types, the list describing the
differences which distinguish roadsters.
coupes: touring cars, sedans, lmousines.
landaulets and other varieties. The so,
clety expects the national automobile
chamber OF commerce and manufacturers
generally to adopt the complete nomen-
clature.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
MONTANA MAN MAKES RECORI
Runs From Butte to Missoula in
.. 3.333O.

Herbert Riley Of Butte, Mont, has es-
tablished a road record between Butte
and Missoula, covering the distance in
three hours thirty three minutes and
thirty seconds. The car used was an
elght-cylinder Cadillac and the drive is
considered one of the most thrilling dash
es ever made over the mountains in that
section of the country. The previous
record was made in the transcontinental
relay, which carried an army message
from plymouth, Mass, to Seattle, Wash.
ana Riiey's time beat it by nine and one
half minutes.
The run was not made without excit-
ing incidents. A tire was punctured while
.he car was travelling hfty-fve miles an
nour, throwing it broadside into a cuIyert
NO serious damage was done and the men
were unhurt- The car dropped into a
pltch-hoie in the road, breaking the radi-
ator hose connection, which Riley's com
panion repaired temporarily as the car
was making forty miles an hour Riley
made the last eight miles at slow speed
owing to fiat tire.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
SETS NEW IOWA RECORD
IN PACKARD TWIN SIX
W. j. Barndollar Crosses the State in
Eight Hours and Thirty-Nine
Minutes, Elapsed Time.

W. J. Barndollar of Des Moines, Ia,
has just established a new road record
across that state between Council
Bluffs and Davenport. which record has
changed hands from time to time for
several years past. Barndollar drove
a Packard twin six seven-passenger
touring car, with top and windshield
up, carrying five passengers, without
any preparation, without anything
special" about the car. across the
state, distance of 346 miles. in eight
hours and thirty-nine minutes total
elapsed time. The average speed was
40 miles an hour. At times the speed
ometer registered seventy-four miles
an hour.
More than 500 motor cars and horse
drawn vehicles were passed in making
the trip. In every city. town or vii
lage the car slowed down to meet the
legal speed limit. Eighteen minutes
were consumed in one stop for gasoline.
The fastest train on the Rock Island
railroad crosses the state by a more
direct route in eight hours and fifteen
minutes, twenty-four minutes less than
Barndollar's time.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
NOTES OF THE AUTO WORLD.

James T. Trew formerly with the
Trew Motor Company, has Joined the
sales staff of the Warrington Motor
Company and is now engaged in selling
Chandler cars.
Harry L. Ciendenring. former with
the american Auto Top and Trimmin 6
Coupa ny, has been appointed territory
representative for the F. S. Bowser
Company. His territory will include
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs C. w Semmes are on a
motor trip to Philadelphia. Atlantic
City, New York and West Point
R. C. Mcdowell of Miller Brothers
who is attending the Richmond, Va,
state fair in the interest of the firm.
will return to this city after brief trip
through the territory controlled by the
local firm. He will then proceed to the
Frederick fair.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
TRACTORS HURT ROADS,
CAUSING COMPLAINTS
Means Are Suggested Whereby Sit
uation May Be Met-Larger
Fines One Proposal.

The injury done to improved roads by
traction engines is now the subject of
complaint by highway officials every
whore. Not long ago the highway
commissioner Of Pennsylvania took Wig
orous action against two owners of
such tractors, and a little later the
California highway commission fined
a man SIS for fnjuring a state road in
this way. On the other hand. tractors
and self-propelled thrashers are valu-
able aids to agriculture, and their use
Is being encouraged by all authorities
on farming. 1t is evident that they
cannot be kept OF the highways with
out detriment to the class of people
for whose benefit highways are pri-
mar1ly built. according to most econo-
mists. Consequently there are two
things that must be done to meet this
situation.
The first Is to see that the tractors
are provided with cleats or other suit
that when they roll over improved
roads there are no ribs, bolt heads or
other projections to tnjure the surface.
Such attachments are now furnished
explained in the book Of instruction
furnished with each machine. Manu-
facturers of tractors recently assured
the highway commissioner of Pennsyl-
vania that there is no reason for n
tractor to injure an improved road II
the accessories to prevent injury are
used.
The second thing to be done is to
pass and enforce a law directing high
way authorities to fine owners of trac-
tion engines which have injured i'm
proved highways. A fine of s. is not
enough to prevent such needless de-
struction OF public property, according
to California experience. and SIS fines
are now being tried there. In New
York the legal limits OF the fine are
SO and 800.
The English have a different plan. If
Evening star., 1916-10-15
SIGNS FOR MoJAvE DESERT.
Will Point Way to Water Holes to
Travellers.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. October 14.-Aft-
er fourteen years of effort on the part
of good roads enthusiasts. the govern
ment finally has appropriated $4,000
for the erection of sign posts to water
holes in the Mojave desert.
In recent years the desert trail has
been traversed from the east with COM
parative ease by auto drivers, but the
need of guides to the water holes has
ever been present since the first pros
pector perished of thirst. until the
for their engines. Not only Is the plan
to mark the highways adequately. but
to designate clearly the water supplies
and keep them free from pollution.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Cadillac Sets a New Record.

From Chattanooga, Tenn. to Macon
Ga, and return, a distance Of AL miles
In thirteen hours and fifty-two min
utes. is the latest of long string of
autombile road records hung up this
season by the eight-cylinder Cadillac.
This is said to beat the best previous
record by four hours and eight min
utes, and in doing SO incidentally heat
the Dixie Flyer. the fast express be-
tween the two cities. by six minutes.
The car was a standard type, driven
by Ernest Holmes, carrying FIVE pas
sengers.
Evening star., 1916-10-15

the owner Of q traction engine desires
to run over the highways Of . dletfice
he must first buy q permit 70 do 20.
the character Of his machine and the
extent of his proposed use Of the dis
tricts roads. Both methods Of meeting
the situation recognise that such We.
hicles have a legitimate right to the
roads and that anybody who makes
any extraordinary use of q road to ft0
injury should pay for the privilege
Evening star., 1916-10-15

lected to Leonardtown. As chairman
of the booster committee. Mr.. Andrews
has already made arrangements Tor
the boosters luncheon at Hughesvflle
and for the dinner at st. Mary's Hotel
at Leonardtown Tuesday evening.
List to Close at 10 O'Clock.
The boosters reservation list will
close at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
in order that President Andrews may
telephone the number to Hughesville
and Leonardtown in order that ade-
quate preparations may be made for
the dining of the party.
With the increased use OF automobiles
by residents Of this section Of Mary
land, the twice-a-day service of the
bus line from Leonardtown to Wash
ington, and the unusually prosperous
condition of the farmers in that terri
tory, the present Is felt to be most
opportune time for Washington to pay
a fraternal visit to that territory and
call attention in direct manner to the
admirable advantages of making Wash
ington their constant shopping point
as we'll as recreation center.
The boosters will carry their own
band, and the stops to be made through
out the day will be marked by big
dem constructions in the interest of the
National Capital.
Each automobile will be decorated with
signs promoting the business Of the many
interests that are represented in the trip
and at each point advertising matter
covering the many lines represented will
be distributed freely.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
To Make an Early Start.

The cars will be lined up at The Star
building and at the appointed hour the
pilot car will give the signal and the
caravan of motor cars will proceed out
Pennsylvania avenue through the
southeast section of the city in the di-
rection of southern Maryland. The first
stop will be made at Clinton, Md, where
the boosters" are scheduled to arrive
at s:45 o'clock. From there the run
will be continued to the town of T. B.,
the arriving time being $50 o'clock.
A side trip will be made off the state
road to the village of Brandywine, ar
irving there at 10 o'clock.
Returning from Brandywine to T. B..
the state road will be followed to Wal
dorf, where a left turn will be made
and the gravel highway followed in the
direction of Leonardtown. Waldorf
will be reached at Il o'clock. and
Bryantewn. a short distance beyond, at
noon. The noon stop will be ut
Hughesville. where the delegation is
due to arrive at 12:45 and remain until
and music rendered by the band during
the stay. From Hughesviile the run
will be made through Charlotte Hall,
arriving there at PAS o'clock; Me-
chanicsville. $3.50 O'Clock. The process
sion will then shove on to Norganza.
arriving at this village at AIS. and
after a brief stop will head for Leon
ardtown, where the tourists will arrive
at o'clock. Dinner will be served
here at I o'clock and will be followed
by band concert in the plaza in front
of the hotel The trip will be over good
roads the entire distance. which will be
less than 120 miles for the days out
ing.
President r. P. Andrews left yester-
day for trial run over the route Sc
Evening star., 1916-10-15

The following is the committee: R. P
Andrews, chairman; F. V. Killian. Jo-
seph Berberich, Claude E. Miller. H. c.
c. Stiles, John c. Detweiler. NJ A.
Bayles, R. H. Harper, Charles w.
Semmes. S. H. Horner, J. A. Hamilton,
E. C. Graham, George S. DeNeale, Jo-
seph Strasburger. Charles F. Crane, S.
Fred Hahn, a. Lisner. P. T. Hall, D.
s White, Henry Lansburgh and L.
NJ. Thayer.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Space Most Worn.

limited use of plateways. which are
still to be found over certain bridges
and in other places where heavy ma
terial is to be moved on tracks and
where rails with fanged wheels are
not convenient. But the public Is not
so well aware of the fact that on an
eighteenth foot road-the average width
of the nam roads-only small part
OF, this width is actually used by most
Of the vehicles which pass over it.
In the case of horsedrawn vehicles
with narrow iron tires perhaps as lit
tie as two feet have to bear the strain
of the load, although in the case of
motor cars the wear OF the pneumatic
tires is wider.
The surprising fact is, therefore. de-
veloped that a very small percentage
of the width of the road is used at
one time by a vehicle. Yet when the
road has to be repaired or renewed
for mere patching in most cases cam
not be regarded as the most practical
method of maintenance. Consequent
ly, one is driven to the conclusion
that prepared tracks would save an
immense amount of repair and wear.
These tracks could be made Of special
material. continuous and smooth in
character and sufficiently wide. They
would bear nearly all the trafi1c and
would lengthen the life of the road
to the future, when the roads will have
to bear heavier and more continuous
traffic, the substitution of some kind
Of plate for trackways is bound to
come. because the present expensive
method of preparing great widths Of
roads. of which small portion only
Is used, will soon become too costly
a burden to be borne.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
"Big Time" at Leonardtown.

The big stop of the day will be made
at Leonardtown and 1t is expected that
Leonardtown will be the scene Of the
proverbial big time" Tuesday night.
The boosters will return home the same
evening.
The itinerary of the trip will be as
foJlo
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Sees Need of Uniformity.

President c. H. Ellis of the Louis
lana Motor League admits that way
down in New Orleans there is need of
uniformity in the handling of traffic,
while from many other sections of
country the communications make
clear that the time has arrived for
comprehensive attention.
To the recent meeting of the A. A. A.
executive board came an invited COM
mittee from the Society of Automobile
Engineers, which has been at work
for some time on the subject Of glar
ing headlights. While the engineers
have not come to a finality upon all
the details, their spokesman supplied
information which would seem to as
sure complete answer in the COM
parativeiy near future.
In the matter of right of way. the
consensus of the meeting was in favor
of plan which would provide that a
vehicle give way on the right or on
the left to an approaching vehicle.
eliminating any north-south versus
east-west regulation or giving through
traffic on the main arteries the ad-
vantage. In New Jersey and Maryland
the state law now includes a right of
way to vehicles approaching an the
left, while in many states north-south
traffic has precedence.
Chairman Yellott says he is hopeful
that he may be able to submit re.
port which will be available for the an
nual legislative period in large nun
Der of states
Evening star., 1916-10-15
SEESALARGE SAVING
IN PREPARED TRACKS
Whole Roadways Now Must Be Re-
paired, Says Francis
NJ. Hugo.

There is an interesting parallel in
regard to road construction in this
country in the history of railways"
says Francis NJ. Hugo, secretary Of
state of New York When at first
locomotives and coaches were small
light iron rails lasted for quite time
being considered sufficiently strong.
But when the demands of traffic neces-
STATED the use of heavier rolling stock
and locomotives steel rails began to be
used. until they have now entirely
superseded the old iron rails of some
fifty years ago. Gradually also steel
rails have become heavier and heavier
in sections, until at present in some of
the best railway systems sections
weighing over 100 pounds to the yard
are used, and it is admitted that these
are none too heavy for the fast and
heavy traffic which they have to bear.
Pursuing this parallel, it may be
asked whether. in consequence of the
changed character of road traffic, more
and more mechanical and greater in
volume, there should not be radical
revision of the system SO that at least
on main roads the most permanent
form of surface be adopted. Certainly
something stronger and more durable
than ordinary road metal is needed to
bear the extra strain.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
TWO PRINCIPAL ITEMS
DISCUSSED BY AUTO|STS
Right of Way and Glaring Head
lights Prominent Factors in Uni
form Traffic Problem.

Right Of way and glaring headlights
are the two things which stand out
ahead Of everything else In the uni
form traffic problem, according to
Chairman o. I. Yellott of the A. A. A.
legislative board, which has taken up
this subject in a determined effort to
bring about a countrywide UNDER
standing.
Evidence that all of the states are in
terested in this plan of the organized
motorists is apparent in the letters
being received by Chairman Yellott.
Views of State Oficia1s.
Secretary of State l. NJ Howell Of the
state of Washington says:
The American Automobile Associa-
ton is certainly on the right track
now, and if you will compile something
that can be made uniform throughout
the United States 1 know of no reason
why it could not be passed in each one
of the several states. Send us some
thing and we will try and put it in the
motor vehicle code at the next session
of the Washington state legislature"
State Highway Commissioner P. j.
Deering of Maine asserts that the Pine
Tree state, particularly because of it's
large number of summer road visitors,
wants uniform regulations such as he
expects will be proposed by the A. A.
A. board. Incidentally, Mr.. Deering is
president of the Maine Automobile As
Sociation.
Evening star., 1916-10-15
GIVE LAST CHANCE
TO Join BOOSTERS"
Managers of LeonardtoWn Run
Will Close Entry List To-
morrow Morning.
TO MAKE TRIP TUESDAY
BY HOWARD S. FISK.

The last call for participants in the
annual automobile tour of the Retail
Merchants Association will be sounded
tomorrow morning at 10 O'CLOCK ana
after that hour final arrangements Will
be made for the run to LeonardtoWn,
Md, Tuesday morning. Many entries
have already been received for the
boosters trip and many more are ex-
pected tomorrow morning.
Citizens of Washington seneralls
interested In the development OF trade
in the National Capital are afforded
an opportunity to participate in this
annual automobile trade = boosting
event, which starts from The Star
building, nth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. at 8 o'clock Tues
day morning
Announcement was made yesterday
afternoon at the office of the Retail
Merchants Association that those de-
string to take part must make reserva-
tions not later than 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning at the Office Of the asso-
ciation The cost per person is 50,
which will include all of the expenses
incidental to the trip.