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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

War Department Wants Ten Thousand
Completed January I.

All contracts for the new heavy
duty war truck are to be placed by
November /, according to present
plans of the quartermaster's depart
ment, says Motor Age. Axles, engines,
transmission and steering gears al
ready are ordered for ten thousand
class B trucks, and the remaining con-
tracts will be placed soon. Trucks are
purchased by the quartermaster's de-
partment working comparatively with
the war industries board The direc-
tor of the military truck production
section arranges with all makers of
each part for specified dates when
they visit him at board headuarters
and discuss the form of contract and
receive specifications and necessary
Information. The board, in turn,
hands all available information over
TO Brigadier- General Chauncey b.
Baker, who places the actual contracts
after bids by makers.
Parts makers" states General
Baker, "have been willing to sell gov
ernment at same terms on single
order as they secure from large com
panies buying on long-term contracts,
and II patriotism of the industry is to
be judged by the attitude of parts
maker in this particular situation II
would be 100 per cent"
1t Is expected that the first delivery
of trucks will commence In January
and that ten thousand will be COM
pleted by the latter part of June.
Following the completion of contract
distribution. the military truck pro-
duction section will devote its efforts
chiefly to actual truck production.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
OLD PAIGE STAGE COACH
RACING ON UTAH TRACKS
Converted Road Cruiser Captures Sew
eisil Holly Contested Speed
Eyants

Not many months ago q stage coach
COY ering the route from Lund, Utah,
70 St. George, Utah. completed is one
hundred thousandth mile of public
service. A few weeks later this vc-
hlcle-a Paige automobile-was burn
Ing up the race tracks of the inter-
mountain country and capturing a
goodly share of first, second and third
prizes, Just as IL It had been built for
the speed gamo and had never been
obliged to work for q living. Yet no
gear changes had been made, the con-
Version from stage coach to racer con-
sisting merely OF stripping the car to
the chassis.
After a career on Nevada tracks, tho
converted stage coach was brought to
Salt Lake City where its speed and en-
durance, coupled with the previous
record of 1000 miles of public SER
vice, attracted public attention and
brought many challenges. Urder the
pilotage Of Bud Bodell and tto aus
pices of the Paige distributor at Salt
Lake City, the old Paige bus again be-
gan to cut things wide open In various
racing events.
one of its achievements was race
against time on the half-mile dirt
track at the fair grounds Salt Lake
City, a track by the way, that was
never designed for automobile speed
lnE. BOUtll Oh lillS OCCdSlbl
the oval twice in one minute and nine
seconds flat The best previous time
for a nile on this track was one-rifth
of a second slower.
But perhaps the most spectacular
event in which the converted stage
coach won distinction was o. recent
! O-mile free-for-all held on the same
fair grounds track for the amateur
championship of the inter-mountain
country. There were five entries.
The race was witnessed bv eight
thousand people and featured by n
number of accidents, one OF which
caused the Paige TO drop to third
place. AZ the fifteenth. twentieth and
twenty-ffth mile the Paige was lead
ing the field. but at the fifty-thlrd lap
II was sideswiped by another car,
broke a king pin, lost wheel and ran
into n fence. II was back in the race
after a LOGS of IL laps and finished an
excellent third
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Trucks Run on Railroad.

Not many years ago the Youngsville
& Sugar Grove Traction company op-
Grated n railroad between Youngsville
and Sugar Grove, Pa, making regular
trips each day and giving excellent
service to people along the line. The
road was not long-lived, however, for
the opposition of its enemies, for some
unpublished reason, soon forced its
abandonment, leaving the town OF
Sugar Grove practically isolated from
the outside world.
The track lay idle for n few years
until ID. L. Davis, vice president and
general manager Of the Panama Trac-
ton company conceived the idea of
again operating the road and secured
the right way. The track was COM
pletely repaired, switches mended, old
ties replaced and many improvements
effected. Next came the problem of
rolling stock. Steam engines involved
too great an investment and had al
ready been proved too expensive for
the amount OF traffic.
Then two Y ton motor trucks
with flanged wheels weree pur-
chased and, after numerous trial trips
accepted, say the Power Wagon. One
Is equipped with 22-passenger bus
body and the other has an express
body for freight service. The latter
also has a snow-plow attachment to
| keep the track clear during the winter
| months. Both are now In daily opera
| tion and again transportation between
Youngsville and Sugar Grove is flour.
| ishing. The traction company is sc
| pleased with this venture that It has
proposed route to run from Youngs.
vile thru Sugar Grove to Ashville and
there to connect with the Chautauqua
lake and jamestown lines extending
from Ashville to Panama, Sherman
Findlay lake and Erie.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Sunshadc for Drivers Nnsc

"You certainly got to hand It TO
'em!" cxclaims the Commentator in
the American Motorist. These in
ventors are a tireless set: also a tire
some one. too. They think and they
think they think until some of the re-
suits are weird, to put 1t mildly. Here
comes ono man who seeks fame and
fortune from a nose awning attach
ment ~ goggles. The inventor is con-
vinced that there Is a great demand
for something to keep a drivers nose
from becoming sunburned. I won't
say that there is not, but there is 4
far greater and more general demand
for prevention of crimsoned beaks
which come not from exterior but
from interior causes"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
SPECIALLY DESIGNED PAY OAR
Chicago Company Pays Its Employees
From Motor Truck.

A motor truck with specially de-
signed body containing all the conven-
fences OF an office and protected
against highway bandits is used by
the Chicago Surface Railway lines to
carry the pay envelopes of thousands
of it's employees to car barns and other
widely scattered districts, says the
Power Wagon.
In some cases the motor truck
merely transports paymasters and
large sums OF money from one car
barn to another. In others, tr.ps of
several miles are made Into the coun-
try to pay line and track men and
gangs engaged In special construction
work such as the building of new
bridges, tunnels, buildings and general
track improvements.
The machine has accommodations
for four paymasters. a chauffeur and
n guard, all heavily armed. The pay
masters are provided with swivel
chairs and work at tables which hang
on hinges and may be dropped down
when not in use. The table In the
center of the office IL used for making
up payrolls while the motor truck Is
en- route and within easy reach on
either side are shelves for money
trays The windows are protected by
iron bars and connected with an
alarm system.
In paying direct from the motor
truck the chief paymaster sits at the
extreme end of the office, takes the
pay envelopes from the shelf and
passes them out to the workmen thru
a wicket in n window on his left.
| While the men are receiving their
money the guard stands on duty in
the rear OF the office and the chafu-
Z g.. a. w Al.
chine is travelling thru the streets all
money and other valuables are carried
in n special steel vault built in the
body behind the rear seat.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
ARMY TRUCKS WILL BE USED
Post office Department Can Place
Them on Rural Routes.

Considerable speculation has been
indulged In as to what will become OF
.he thousands OF motor trucks and
Llrplanes being bought or built by the
government after the war is over.
1t is considered as feasible for motor
trucks TO be used extensively In subur-
uan and interurban mail work. Where
The mail now is transported to a rail-
way depot by truck and distributed on
he train TO be delivered by motor
ruck to the post office In some other
,lty, 1t will eventually be sent out di-
rect by motor truck with only one
handling.
Labor and time will be saved in
this way and the necessity of a three
cent postal rate will be reduced.
Instead of throwing n large number
Of used trucks on the market and DIS
ruptirg sales conditions among truck
dealers the plan of the post office Of
flcials seems to be a practical solu-
ton Of a problem that has occasloned
considerable worry and speculation in
the motor car trade.
Take the Packard trucks alone, OF
which make the government has or
dered an additional 4.s00. they will
be able to carry immense amounts OF
parcel post traffic and help reduce
the high cost of living, as 1t has been
proven that the government offers
cheaper transportation than any corr
poration.
II. however these trucks were
thrown on the market they ought to
find ready sale as the truck that Is
specified by the government to handle
II three-ton load is able N CONNER
cial work, to successfully handle from
four to five tons, according to road
conditions
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
A Summer Without Nights.

To the summer visitor in Sweden
there Is nothing more striking than
the almost total absence Of night. At
Stockholm. the Swedish capital, the
sun goes down few minutes before
10 o'clock, and rises again four hours
later during greater part Of the
month of June. But the four hours
the sun lies hidden in the frozen north
are not hours OF darkness The re-
fraction Of its rays as 1t passes around
tho north pole makes midnight as
light az cloudy midday and enables
one to read the finest print without
artificial light at any time during the
night.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

the
oaarkng modsh effect k al
m,
he n
ofaor
cnlMngn in this work.
OF
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

mum, scientific design and other fac
tors this car Is LOO pounds lighter
than comparable cars. This repre-
sents a comprehensive saving every
time a car of this model is run mile.
That the owner of car saves the
gasoline 1t would take to propel an
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11
Light Cars Saye Gasoline.

Tho the conservation one man can
personally effect may seem trivial"
says II. II. Rice, salesmanager of the
Nordyke & Marmon Co, when the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

extra half ton thru the life of his car
may seem to him n thing of small
moment and in nowise a public serv-
Ice. a little figuring will prove to
him that he is helping In a very i'm
portant manner at the big task of the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

subject is considered from the stand
point Of the known total results of
the entire country the prospect Is
more cheerful.
Take the gasoline savings effected
by the eliminated weight of each Mar
mon "a car. Thru the use of alumni
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
RedCross GivesMillion
For Families of Poilus
Fund for Needy French to
Commemorate Aid of La
fayette and Rochambeau

PARIS. Sept. 30-Announcing the de-
cision OF the war council Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross to appropriate 81 900, 900
for needy families OF men at the front,
the Havas Agency says:
Wishing to commemorate the an
cient Franco-Amerlcan fraternity OF
arms illustrated by Lafayette and
Rochambeau. the war council of the
American Red Cross has decided TO
consecrate 100000 francs to amelio-
rate the lot Of necessitous families Of
men at the front. Part will be RENTED
to the military authorities for the Of
fcers. non-comm ssioned officers ana
privates who, wounded or sick, have
suffered most from the war. The
greater part will be reserved. however,
for distribution by presidents Of gen
cral councils and projects The plan
was developed under the direction and
with the appreciation Of Major General
Pershing. Foreign Minister Ribot
warmly thanked Major Murphy, who in
formed him of the Red Cross plan.
French public opinion will highly
appreciate this further precious evil
dence OF American solidarity and will
be particularly touched by the reserv-
ing of a special part Of this magnifi-
cent liberality for invaded and deyas-
tatcd districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
Yom Kippur Aid Fund
Nav Total HalfMillion

Contributions in response 70 the
Yom Kippur appeal for aid FOR Jew
ish war urerers are expected 70 total
a half million dollars. according 70
an announcement By the American
Jewish Relief Committee yesterday.
Jews are prohibited BY their ritual
from handling money on fom kippur.
Consequently, all gifts made in the
nationwide campaign on that day
were in the form Of pledges, causing
cons .dcrabie delay IN compiling exact
reports. All reports, said the com
mittee announcement, should be sub
mitted to the committee or the treas
urer, Arthur Lehman, 20 Exchange
Place.
Jacob Billikopf, executive director OF
the committee, gave credit yesterday
70 Sam C. Lamport, "who, without so
licitation, offered to pay the entire
cost Of conducting the Yom Kippur
appeal"
e~o a~o few of us in this coun-
try" Mr.. Billikopf continued, who are
n.. .1.la BY ties Of flesh and blood
70 their co-relig!onists abroad Con-
trastng the condition Of the Jews in
the Old World with that OF the New.
the slogan appropriate for Yom Kip
pur, the day Of abstinence from food,
was:
What Of their fast; will Il end
With the nigntT"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
Plays and Players

Tomorrow night will be American
Defence Society night at the Harris
Theatre, where "Daybreak," the new
Jane Cowl-Jane Murfn piece, is play
ing. Some time ago Selwyn & Co
offered to turn over the profits from
one performance Of their play to the
American Defence Society.
Tonight will be "Maytime" night at
Justine Johnstone's Little Club, when
Charles Purcell and twelve beautiful
girls will come 70 the club and do the
number from "Maytime" entitled only
One Girl for Me- They will also APP
pear in the Jump Jim Crow dances,
which are the feature OF the musical
play at the Shubert.
The Winter Garden management an
nounces that the new fall production,
Doing Our Bit" which follows "The
Passing Show of 1917" will begin its
engagement at the Winter Garden on
Wednesday evening, October II. THE
Passing Show of 1917" will conclude its
engagement at the Winter Garden on
Saturday night, October 3.
St Clair bayfield,, last season with
SiI Herbert Tree in Henry VIII" and
i'm Colonel Newcome," has been en-
gagged by William Fsversham to play
the role of the English squire in Dion
Clayton Calthrop's new romance, The
Old Country" which Faversham will
produce at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre on Monday, October ] 3.
The British and Canadian recruiting
missions are arranging for rally at
the Hippodrome next Sunday night.
The 5th Royal Highlanders and the
Kilties' Band of "The Black Watch
have been ordered to New York from
Canada for the occasion.
Richard Lambert will soon produce a
comedy entitled Art and Opportunity"
with Eleanor Painter as star. 1t WAS
played in London before the war and
was written by Harold Chaplin, who was
born in Brooklyn, but won fame in Eng
land. He enlisted at the outbreak Of
Lostilities and was killed in action at
Loos in September, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
Mccormack Concert
Nets "69th" $1,000

At a concert given by John McCor-
mack, the Irish tenor, in Carnegie Hall
last night for the benefit Of the families
Of the men Of the old G9th, now the
165th Regiment, more than S1l 900 was
realized. Mr.. Mccormack not only
gave his services free but paid all Of
the expenses ef the concert. He was
supported by Miss Lilly Maher, So
prano, from Dublin.
A most impressive sight character
lied the opening Of the concert. As the
curtain rose. two color bearers, sup
ported by guard Of ten men from the
lG5th. marched on TO the centre of the
stage and faced the audience. John
Mccormack sang the national anthem
10 the accompaniment of the orchestra;
the color bearers presented their ban
ners. the guard stood at present arms
and simultaneously a large American
flag was unfurled from the proscenium
arch.
Al the conclusion or the anthem the
house Numbered with applause for
more than five minutes. The applause
did not cease until Mr.. Mccormack
sang an encore
Speaking, after the concert. OF the
manner in which the Star-Spangle
Banner had been applauded by the
audience. prominent lrish.A American
said: "The audience was largely n
representative body Of real lrish-Amer-
leans. not the certain Objectionable type
need no. define They are real Amer
leans"
Cardinal Farley occupied box at
tho concert. and In an adjoining box
sat Bricadier General Mann. COM
mander OF the Rainbow Division;
Brigadier General Lehman and Colonel
JIinc of the i6ffh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
City's Influence Tremendous

New York is naturally always in the
limelight As n municipality embrac-
ing population larger .hsn that Of
many states and dispensing revenues
which can be compared in normal times
to those Of the national government, the
influence Of its example IN politics has
always been tremendous.
Now, in the throes of a great ma
tional and local crisis, the man at the
helm represents In character and per-
Torrance the most advanced of our po-
litical ideals. Physically suggestive Of
a long, lean greyhound, agile. active,
aggressive and determined; mentally
keen. quick 20 penetrate and decide;
morally clean, broad, frank and sin
cere, he represents the men whom the
crowd would instinctiyely pick out as
leaders.
To-day, after years OF public service,
he remains poor man. And daily he
meets men of lesser abilities who have
amassed fortunes In The profession
which he has neglected TO fill the Of
fee he now hold
Mitchell represeuts mere than any
other American Mayor the fusion idea.
The best men of all parties have united
in his support from the first. His de-
feat by Tammany would affect the
fusion theory in every city in the
country. 1t wou'i encourage heelers
everywhere 10 insist upon straight
party nominations in all elections. That
would be fatal to further progress in
our municipal politics. II would be a
plunge back into the slime and cor
ruption of a former generation.
In some of the European countries
municipal administration is regarded as
a science. There are schools and col
leges where men are trained as they are
for the practice of law or medicine. The
graduates are recognized as experts,
and the municipalities employ them &C
cording 20 their merit regardless Of
their residence. Hartford might elect a
Mayor living in Buffalo and Buffalo
one living in Boston.
Local pride may prevent this meth
Cd from becoming common practice in
this country. But can we be so lacking
in common sense. not TO mention com
mon gratitude. as 10 turn down the local
servant who has proved his merit by
both zeal and works?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01

most interruptions misrepresentatio1.
Parents In section. OF the city which
contain no Gary schools have been
made TO believe that the Gary system
Ia an Insidious attempt 10 make trades
men of their children while the sons
and daughters Of the rich go to col
lege and enter the professions.
Gary System Misrepresented
"The Gary system is really big step
forward in the process OF retaining
the public education system, MAKING
1. minister TO children in the way IN
which a great city is under obligation
to look after the next generation.
"All kinds OF attempts have been
made to make Mayor Mitchell seem the
rich mans candidate. The working men
md women Of this city know better.
They know that in the garment work
ers' strike they got square desl from
Mayor Mitchell. They know that he has
always stood for justice, for clear-cut
issues, for open discussion and for
frank statement. They know that he
was quick 70 sense the danger OF lay
ing aside accepted industrial standards
on the ground Of war emergency. Just
a few weeks ago he telegraphed 20 Sec
rotary Baker specifically concerning the
conditions under which uniforms and
war materials we're being made in this
citv. and offered the full cooperation OF
the city administration in preserving
Just industrial standards in war work.
"The Women's Committee Of one
Hundred and. I believe, the great ma
jority OF the women citizens OF the
city Of New York, VIII join ~ the Vigor-
Gus twenty-four-hour-a-day campaign
10 make the facts known, 10 interpret
the service and the Americanism Of
notable admin stration and TO return
Mayor Mitchell 70 Office"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01
Woman S Committee Organized
To Reflect Mayor>Mitchel
Mrs. Borden Hartman Leads Attack on
Tammany-Declares Gary System Is Misreprc-
scented and lingo Cry Raised to Subvert Efficient
Administration

One hundred New York women-suf-
fragists, antis, Republicans. Democrats,
society women, social woiKers, business
women, housekeepers common
denominator few weeks ago ard
formed themselves into the Woman's
Committee OF One Hundred for Nom
Partisan City Government.
The common denomirator was John
Purroy Mitchell, and from now until
November these hundred and the hun
dreds OF their friends Will campaign
intensively for the man who, Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman, chairman Of the COM
mittee, says the women Of New York
City want as Getty custodian in this
national crisis as defender Of the Port
Of New York"
an the present municipal election
we face a national crisis" said Mrs
Hartman, who worked for Mayor
Mitchell in the last fusion campaign.
Like thousands Of other New York
women, am suffragist and keenly
interested IN the outcome of the suf-
frage vote in November Like thou
sands Of other women also. ! have been
deeply interested in the war work
which the women Of this country have
been called upon 20 do in industrial
and other fields. But for the next five
weeks | am going 20 work every minute
Of my waking hours for the reelection
of Mr.. Mitchell.
Mayor Mitchell stands for a vigorous,
social, serviceable, pro-American gov
eminent. In the record of his admins
tration he has given sufficient evidence
OF the social and serviceable quality of
his administration, It's clean-cut bust
ness efficiency and its humanity as
well. In his own person. character and
public statements he gives on every
occasion full testimony to the kind Of
robust Americanism which is now the
proUdest distinction of our young
American manhood.
Plan Wide Campaign
81 have no doubt whatever concern
ing the probability of the women's
opportunity TO aid in this campaign.
As ! see it, our work in the campaign
is not in any sense merely educational
in the academic sense. We are planning
night meetings in the schools at which
we will have representatives of the cam
didates Of both leading parties.
an Brooklyn we are orca0r'~