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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-01-28

gHOME is more than just house.
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That fact shows you right away that to each
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lit shows that home is special kind of house
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Evening journal., 1916-01-17
FAMILY ROADSTER IS
AN INNOVATION OF 1876

Among other innovations 1916 has
brough. out some unique ideas in
roadster construction. among them
new designs in what are popularity
termed family" rOadsters. These
have seating arrangements designed
primarily to meet the requirements OF
the small family. One such cars is the
Oldsmobile roadster which has virtual
" the capacity Of touring car, hve
passengers being seated comfortably
in emergencies.
The front seat is designed to carry
three passengers and the car has an
overflow capacity Of two passengers,
having an extra large luggage COM
partment covered by pair of hinged
doors, which, when opened up, trans
form the rear section into two well
upholstered seats which are quite COM
modious and far from being in the
least uncomfortable.
The top, of course. can either be
let down or the rear curtain rolled up
out of the way, so that the rear pas
sengers are not isolated.
That a design of this kind has great
" popularized the roadster is evident
from the big increase in roadster sales
which the manufacture OF the Oldsmo-
bile have experienced this season.
Evening journal., 1916-01-17
BETTER CARS NOW
At Lowest Prices
Improved Facilities and
Greater Output Result in
Benefit to Consumers
BY l.. J. EASTMAN
Manager Of the Packard Motor Car Co.

In the models exhibited at the
automobile shows this year is seen
more clearly than ever before the
tendency Of the motor car industry in
this country towards "A sound and
practical basis Of manufacture and
marketing.
Many influences have been respOn-
sible for this movement Of the auto
mobile business in this direction, but
the chief reason may be traced to the
general use OF the motor car among
all classes Of people. IN those days
when the use Of the automobile was
confined to a comparative few, ex-
cessive prices, due largely TO extra
vagence in production and selling
methods and TO limited manufacturing
facilities, were the rule The motor
driven vehicle was a new thing. must
establish its own precedents, and those
who could afford them as IuXuries paid
luxury prices for them.
But evidently this field proved toe
constrained and a demand arose from
less exclusive sources. To meet this
the cheap car was developed, and for
some time two extremes. the very ex-
pensive car and the Comparatively
very cheap one, dominated the market
In the last seven years this price-gaT
was fairly bridged by the development
Of several types Of medium-priceC
automobiles of generally satisfactory
performance; but it was not until the
season just passed that the producers
Of the highest grade cars realized th'
significance and the permanent qualit,
Of this central market and set about t
supply it with their product
The three considerable elements il
the cost of motor car manufacture arr
cost Of material. cost Of labor an,
overhead expense. In these and II
the cost OF marketing must be effect
ed the economies that would permi
these producers to BRING their produc
Evening journal., 1916-01-17
NO MATERIAL CHANGE
IN CADILLAC MODELS

The most striking thing about the
Cadillac eight of 1916. which is de-
signated as type SO. is the absence Of
material change as compared with
the 1915 model A slight alteration
in the body lines and a cleaning up
Of the V between the cylinder blocks
so as to make the tappets more ac-
cessible are the two outstanding diif-
erences in a design which only the
year before struck out on a new
course as compared with previous
practice in power plant design in this
country. The 1916 hood is higher and
wider and the sides of the body are
also higher giving the appearance OF
a larger car, although the wheel base
remains 122 inches.
Evening journal., 1916-01-17
MUST heat AIR TO ASSURE
GETTING PROPER MIXTURE

This year. as never before. the car
designer finds il necessary TO heat the
air or he will not get am economic
mixture. Many of the constructions
have the inlet on one side Of the en-
lgine and the eXhause on the other.
and to get the air from the hot eN-
haust side to the carburoter il has
been necessary to 20 through over
or around the cylinders. I'm the
Marion. as in others. the easier and
shorter way has been TO go over the
cylinder heads. and this has been
done by the neat, substantial cast tub
ing, somewhat hattened running
Evening journal., 1916-01-17
LOOK ON KLAXONS AS
real AUTOMOBILE HORN

f. Hallett Lowell, Jr.. President of
the Lovell-McConnell Mfg Co. max
ers Of the Klaxon warning signals,
says that Klaxons are now generally
used by automobilists that the word
Klaxon has become synonymous with
"auto horn"
"The worst part of it." continued
Mr.. Lowell. lis that it is there with
a small *" Horns and signals of
every kind and variety are sold as
KlaXons to the motoring public. Dur
ing the next six months. through
our advertising in newspapers and
general magazines. we are going to
take the word out Of the language
and put il where it belongs-on real
KlaNons."
Evening journal., 1916-01-17
mercer CHASSIS FOLLOWS
same General DESIGN

In general the design Of the Mercer
chassis, which made It's first appear
ance at the 1915 shows. has not been
changed. The motor follows the
principles Of racing engine construc-
tion. save thai il has L-head cylinders.
There are four body designs; touring
cars with six and four-passenger
capacity and two roadsters OF two
passenger size. one of the later being
classed as a raceabout, specially gear
ed. without starter and capable OF eX-
tremely high speeds
Evening journal., 1916-01-17

to this market at price within
reach.
Savings in the purchase Of material
other than through increased buying
facilities. were impossible If the
manufacturer would bring to this
market a car Of the same quality as
he had hitherto produced. The
answer lay in reducing the cost OF
labor through increased ana improved
manufacturing facilities. and in re-
ducing the overhead expense by en-
larging his output.
How well the leaders OF the industry
adjusted themselves 10 tnis new con-
dition is seen in the values offered al
the present time, when better cars are
marketed at lower prices than ever
before.
Evening journal., 1916-01-17

car. and from this very long goose
neck outlet pipe is carried well to
the rear.
Evening journal., 1916-01-17

from the hot exhaust manifold to the
carbureter The exhaust pipes lead to
a muller about mid-length of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
NATIONAL
GUARD RECOMMENDED
BY GENERAL Army STATE.
JAPANESE KNITTING IN
DUSTRY HARD HIT BY GREAT
BRITAIN'S WAR BAN
(By Associated Press. }

Toxic, Dec. 18.-Great Britain's
war ban on importation of knitted
goods will probably prove to be a
great blow to the Japanese knitting
industry. During the ten months
ending Oct. 81 the total value of
this line of goods exported to Great
Britain reached 100000. In addi-
tion contracts entered into call for
delivery of additional goods up to
next June, amounting to $6,00O,000.
Exporters have held conferences
during the Japanese government to
strive for the resembling of the or
lder. It is claimed that the order is
not a friendly measure of an allied
nation and that 1t will injure the
friendship between the two coun-
tries. It is also feared here that
similar bans will affect other lines
of Japanese manufacture.
The immediate effect of the Brit
ish order will be the suspension o1
many factories and the throwing Out
of employment Of thousands OF
workmen.
As a result of the Japanese repre-
sentations the British government
has announced that the enforcement
of the prohibition order would be
postponed until Jan. 1. The press IL
depressing hope that the authorities
will further be persuaded to take in
to consideration the situation facing
the manufacturers and workers ir
Japan and see whether there Is mo-
some way of permanently modifying
fabsolute prohibition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
FIGHTING IN
RUMANIA HAS
SLACKENED
|ENTENTE TO ESTABLISH THEIR
FRONT ABOUT TWENTY MILES
NORTH OF BUZEN
(By Associated Press

Some lessening intensity of the
ghting in Rumania is indicated by
Ihe German statement reporting the
|ituation unchanged. The Teutons
! ave advanced considerably beyond
|he Buzeu line near the southern
koldavian boundary.
Unofficial advices indicated the
|ntente front was to be established
bout twenty miles north Of Buzeu.
A Berlin statement reporting en-
lnte forces falling back on Inraila,
venty-five miles south of Galata,
Law indicate the eastern end line is
be established there. Petrograd
ports the Russian fire has arrested
e Teutonic advance near Filipe-
lhti and Dihbatogu.
Paris reports the capture Of 115
nnon, 700 machine guns and AZ
NIB throwers at verdun in the last
rec days. The fog has delayed
pcedonia operations, Paris said.
Berlin reported the failure of the
lssian attacks near Lutsk Vol
mia.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
j. S. SHOULD
HAVE STANDING
3S !,stt,5pS S5 q Ne.
GENERAL SCOTT DECLARED THE
VOLUNTEER SYSTEM IS EX-
TRAVA CANT, INEFFICIENT
AND DANGEROUS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The aban-
donment Of the volunteer military
system was recommended by the
army general staff because the time
has come when the United States
"unless It intends to avoid war at
any cost" must resort to universal
military training, Major General
Scott, chief of the staff of the army
told the Senate military COMMITTEES.
He called the volunteer system ex-
travagant, inefficient and dangerous.
He asserted that universal training
would be democratic, reliable, eff
cient and economical and that with
in few years would practically
render the United States immune
from attack. Scott expressed the
opinion that for war with q first
class power the United States should
have 1900, 900 troops ready at any
outbreak with 100000 to follow In
ninety days.
Scott based his opinion on the de-
velopment of the British army or
ganization on the great Canadian
forces and British alliance with ia
pan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
|SAXONY TO OWN ITS
OWN COAL FIELDS
(By Associated Press. }

Dresden, Dec. 1S.-To put an end
to speculation that has prevailed for
"a long while, the State of Saxony is
to purchase and own its coal fields.
Existing coal fields that are private
ly owned will be operated as before,
but they may not be extended, nor
may other fields be purchased pri-
vately. The coal fields of Saxony
have for years presented a rich
speculative field. 1t has been the
practice, permitted by law, to buy
lon speculation, and in consequence
the purchase OF field has almost
never indicated that the purchaser
INTENDED to operate, but rather that
Ihe hoped and expected to sell at an
advance. The public has hardly
benefited from the practice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
PRESIDENT MUST 90 SLOW

Washington, Dec. 16. President
Wilson's course of action in connec-
tion with Germany's peace proposals
remain undecided today while he
waited the official proffer which the
central powers have asked the Unit
ed States to transmit to their enc
mics. The impression grew that
while the Presidents first consider
alton was to safeguard his useful
ness as a peacemaker by omitting
any comment which might possibly
be coupled with rejection by the
entente powers, there was a disposi-
tion to find some way. however deli
cate and informal, to intimate the
sincere wish OF the United States
that some basis for discussion At
least might be reached. Many ON
cials feel that an indication OF the
temper Of the entente Governments
should be available before the infiu-
ence of the United States was
thrown into the balance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
FRENCH TAKE 700 MACHINE
BOMB BOMB iHR0WER$ Tx VERSA At wi V&Rp1N %
SEARCH FOR BOY IN WHOM
SOUL OF DEAD BUDDAH HAS
BEEN REINCARNATED
(By Associated Press. }

Peking, Dec. 1S.-One of the i'm
portant Giving Buddhas" of Mon
golia, the old Kanchurwa Hutuhktu,
recently died and his senior disciple,
Lama Akewangyenlinpuleh, is now
in Peking preparing to make a pill
grimage into Tibet in search of a.
young boy in whom the soul of the
old Hutuhktu has been reincarnated.
The Chinese government has
granted the Lama the use of pri-
Nate car to the end of government
railway in Mongolia, and from that
point he will proceed by caravan in
to Tibet, where he will search for a
young Buddha to replace his old
master.
Inquiries will be made by him in
Tibet for boys born in miraculous
way, with divine signs, such as red
light or other forms Of supposed di.
vine manifestations, at about the
time the old Hutuhktu passed away
All the boys thus secured will be
then carried to Lhasse, where theil
names will be written on slabs o.
wood and placed in golden urn
The boy whose name is first drawn
out after due ceremony will be de
clared the re-embodiment OF tn
dead Buddha.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
WAS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM

Louisville. KY. Dec. 16.-George
w. Morse, city salesman for the Guir
Refining Company, had planned TO
spend Christmas with his wife ana
two children in Erie, Pa. This morn
ing he was found dead on the hoor
of his apartment at 419 West Chest
nut street.
The cause of his death will be de-
termined by an autopsy to be held
Immediately by Deputy Coroner VIII
liam Kammerer. The condition oil
the room and the position Of the man
when found gives no indication al
to the cause Of death.
He was found by Mrs. Ella Blount
daughter Of Mrs. Jennie Laughran
who conducts the apartment house
whom she went to awaken him thi'
manning His body was lying oi
the floor, and death had ensue'
many hours before. He was parti.
d;srobed. A pitcher half filled W.T.
. water was sitting beside the ooo'
, a. ware the remnants Of a broke
, class Some kind of dark fluid wa
. scattered about the bed and wall
5 lof the room.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
PROSPERITY OF U. S. WON'T
END WITH THE WAR DE-
CLARES JOHN WILLYS

New York, Dec. 1S-''I am not
of those who believe that our pros
'perity will end with the wars end"
said John N. Willys of Toledo, O.,
president of the Willys-Overla4d
Company, at the second days session
|of the tenth annual convention OF
the Association of Life Insurance
presidents
81 think we are just getting start
ed" said Mr.. Willys. eve have
long had natural resources. The
Ewar has awakened us to their more
efficient development. Europe must
be rebuilt after this war ends. We
will have the trained men as never
before. It will be our work. The
profits will be ours. There is war
rant only for optimism. But II we
are to realize our commercial ulti'
mate, there must be a minimum
curbing of individual aggressiveness
The amazing advance of the motoI
car industry proves what American
men can do IL left free hand.
"In 1906 there were in the Unit
ed States only 10000 automobiles
Dec. 1, 1916, saw S,S52,ooo cars
representing an approximate casl
value of two billion dollars Thinl
of the growth from 10000 t
Ia $4,000 cars in one decade! Tn
founders of the industry had opti
imism. Optimism has reaped Its re
wards. Look at the changes tn
motor car has wrought in our dali
life. 1t has bettered it in ever
factor. urban and rural, social an
commercial.
/, "There is no greater error in ou
, rational life than failure justly
lappraise the patriotism OF Tn
American merchant, manufacture
and financier. I genuinely beiieV
I4bat the hope of our country lies
: 4he efficiency that we have develope
in so-calIed Big Business ana
ktbe patriotic willingness of the me
: ,vbo control this efficiency to devo
e its full power to the safeguarding
= the nation. Industrial efficiency
n. this country goes far beyond goverl
q mental efficiency. This can be sa
m without any lack Of patriotism
ntvery nature Of our institutions -
ofrort,ng out of our democracy pre-
c,uaes In government methods IN
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
ALL PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
Nv Entente Powers to Protect Thell
People IN Greece

london, Dec. ia Reuter- as
n.,ch from Athens says that the
Greek press continues optimistic IN
-.r.ra 70 the international situation
IN the meantime practically all tnf
entente natiOnls have embarked OF
su,sa ships. and every arrangement
has been made for the depar'ufe y
the entente diplomats.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18

permanency so essential to utmost
efficiency.
"There are those who concede this
superior commercial efficiency, nut
who condemn it as being applied to
purely personal ends. They argue
that the industrial chieftain has an
|eye only for the dollar, that he Is
lblind to larger considerations OF alb
stract patriotism. Gentlemen, this Is
an Injustice that cannot too ardent
Ily be refuted. Our history disproves
lit. The unselfsh devotion OF con-
Temporary big men is further rebuff
kal. The big-visioned business man
rises with his Obligations. He has
motives Of highest patriotic impulse.
HE is eager to coordinate his activi-
tiles with those Of other great Indus
trial cncerns and with government
|experts to do what is best Tor the
advancement of the country in time
|of peace and for its protection IN
thine of war.
I want to be specific. want to
Ideal with my own industry whicn
|offers an especially valuable demon
lstration of how private enterprises
Imay become public benefactions
lThe makers of motor cars rank
leoually with producers Of ammuni'
|tion in their potential possibilities
of military services to the country.
Motor vehicles in the present
war have twice saved France from
determination. When the peril wal
greatest. when the onrush OF th'
Icermans in September had brought
, Them almost within sight OF Paris
General Gallieni, then military gov
lernor OF Paris, rushed troops in mo
/ Itor vehicles by the thousands to tn
aid of General Foch. They turnet
1.-The tide and made possible the vic
, ltorv we know as the battle OF tn
, lMarne. Motor trucks saved Verdun
r .Iet Americans take hope In tn
E immense motor car facilities W
, have here. Millions Of cars, hun
4 ldreds of thousands of trucks, ar
4 available. Men to drive them ar
n plenty. The automobile plants coul'
e produce as many more cars as pos
+ sibly could be needed.
n Legislation should be scientific
! It becomes aggression the instant
d attempts more than legitimate pro
e lection to the public.
3 'a.et us have full scope to deveio
that initiative which Is the main
4 spring of our progress"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
(By Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press.)
(rlin, Dec. 1S.-The impulse OF
Germans to organize for every
Bile purpose and hold national
brings, has not been checked by
var. The other day a little ma
convention was held at Lau-
rg, a summer resort in the Harz
ltains, the like of which has
been heard of in any other
try. It was q "View-of-Life
ention. Every German who
any intellectual pretentions
feels that he must have his
tanschaumg," or view OF LIE
heory as to the government o.
inverse and mans place In It,
9 In this spirit a small coteri'
ofessors decided to hold thi
Pe convention and read paper
e different aspects of the phil
OF life. Papers were read Of
Principal Views Of Life In tn
ns Civilized Nations and Ger
Cultural Mission" and 9Th
OF Life of our Classical Writ
one hundred and fifty person
aii parts Of the Empire wei
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
LEGAL wRANGLING OVER
M0BBS MILLIONS TO END
(By Associated Prees.)

London, Dec. 18.-Legal wrang-
ling, which has been going on for
eighty years over John Mobb's mil
lions" will be ended next spring
with the sale at auction here Of the
immense properties which have
caused SO many heart-burnings.
The auctioneer knows these prop
critics as the London estates of
Lord Arlington" and their value is
somewhere in the neighborhood OF
seven million dollars. They include
factories and docks covering scores
of acres on the Regents Canal In
London, together with more thar
$500 houses, rented for various
terms of years to working-class ten
ants.
Mobb's millions have for nearly q
century been a glittering bubble tc
hundreds of "rightful heirs" who
have either turned up in quest oi
them or been turned up by lawyers
In quest Of the large fees.
John Mobbs was Northampton
shire coachman. In 1757 he mar
lried the daughter of his old master
rich London distiller, and thus be
lcame the owner Of large agricut
ttural estate In the then outskirts o.
London. But Mobbs' use of the lant
was restricted by centain ancien
f"rights" which the citizens Of Lon
don possess to practive 3free arch
lery" over them, and there wer'
stone "archer's marks" dotted Owe
the fields when Mobbs became thei
owner.
Mobbs, however. granted lease
limprovidently over the greater par
of the estate, and then mortsage'
the whole thing to a merchant
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18

named Sturt. The greater part OF
the Mobbs meadows thus fell into
the hands Of the Sturts, the head Of
whom is now Lord Abingdon.
Building began on the Mobbs
meadows in 1923 and twenty years
later they were all covered with
houses and factories, wharves and
coal yards, canal basins and timber
sheds. The golden acres have ever
since been so occupied. HideouS
slums grew up there, too, which the
taxpayers had to buy up at high
prices in order to replace them with
Iparks and healthier dwellings. Az
London increased in value the value
Of the property went up, and various
descendants Of John Mobbs went In
to court, carried on lawsuits. seized
empty houses, and otherwise en-
deavored to assert their alleged
claims.
Many of the original leases did not
expire until 1870, and there was
then a great reopening of the legal
hostilities. The attempts to regain
the propery tfor the descendants Of
Mobbs always failed, however, al
though there seemed to be plenty Of
legal technicalities to justify their
pleas. At one time professional
pugilists were employed to garrison
the empty houses. but the Sturts
won in the end and the Mobbs mead
ows are now to be dispersed by the
auctioneer's hammer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
JEWISH CLUB OPENS
IN COPENHAGEN
(By Associated Press. }

Copenhagen, Dec. 1S.-The first
Jewish Club in Copenhagen was op-
ened recently with an address by
the American minister, DR.. Maurice
Francis Egan. The club is COM
posed of young Jews and DR.. Egan
in the opening address spoke of the
future for young Jews in the United
Estates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-18
CARRANzA- HASN'T
SIGNED PROTOCOL
BUT MAY Do
50 LATER
(By Associated Press.)

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Al-
though Carranza did not sign the
protocol arranged by the Mexican
American commission, he did not
raise insuperable objections and the
protocol may be signed later, 1t was
understood after Alberto j. Pam
reported to the commission here or
a visit to Carranza at Queretaro
Pani carries the protocol to Car
ranxa..