davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
DelicatelY Put.

= do hope you appreciate that in
marrying my daughter you marry a
large hearted girl?''
Il do sir. And l hope she inherits
those qualities from her father. Pass
ing Show.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
AUTOMOBILE TAX.
senate Committee in Favor Of One Per
Cent on Selling Price.

WASHINGTON. June 0.-Thc sen
ate finance committee today adopted
senator La Follett IS plan for tax Of
one Per cent on the original selling
Pflce OF automobiles to be paid by the
owners. In place cf the graduated
class tax previously agreed upon tho
proposed tax on confectionery was
wholly abandoned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
TO FORM NEW CABINET
Task in Austria Entrusted to Count
Esterhazy, Liberal.

AMSTERDAM, via London, June q.
y Budapest despatch says King
Charles has intrusted the formation Of
a new cabinet to Count Esterhazv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09

1890 a. M Children g day exercises
ct the sunday school Members
of the school are asked to meet
in the chapel al lQI5.
'.oo p. m. - Junior Christian Endcav-
or. Topic, God 's Love. rs.
lu3:l; John $:lG. Leader, James
Bangs
tho =. m. Senior Christian Endcay-
ur. Topic, Sins Of the Mind Ro-
mans SAN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS.
Total Registration of 127.IO9, of which
72.O93 Claim Exemptions.

WASHINGTON, June o-Thc gov.
oWor OF West Virginia reports the state
total registration at l27Io9 The iu-
diratcd possible exemptions claimed
12,0s3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09

Eoulogue, near the eastern end Of
the English channel. is one of the
ports Of traffic between Eng
land and France. Extraordinary pre-
cautions have been taken to keep sub
marines from these waters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
HYDRoPLANES ACTIVE.
Have Made Several Attacks with Bombs
or Submarines Recently.

PARIS. June 9. -- Official announce
mant IS made that naval hydroplancs
stationed at Boulognc have made sew
cfal attacks with bombs on submarines
recently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
ATTACKS FRUITLEss.
Germans Unsuccessful in Four At
tampts Against French Positions.

PARIS June 0.--Tbc Germans made
four futless attacks on French posi-.
tipu along the Chemin dos Danes last
night, according 90 an Official statement
issued bF the French war office today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09

Count ESterhazy is affiliated with the
Liberal element which has been credit
ed with anti German tendencies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
Unitarian Church
Unitarian Literature Free.

Leaflets describing the Unitarian belle,
may be obtained on application to Mrs.
James NJ. Adams, Cedar st.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09

1870 a. m.-Childrcn 5 day exercises.
6.lJp. m. Intermediate Christian
Endcavor.
7.30p. m. = Subject of sermon. Draft
ing Men. Baptism. Dugan S or
chestra, chorus choir, double quar-
tct.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-09
No ''Slackers" in Our Stocks
Haifored at Fashion Park

FROM COLONEL STRAW TO COR
PORAL HOSE they're all 'sdoing their
Bit and doing it right smartly, too!
WE RE RECRUITED TO FULL
STRENGTH on all the picked togs mus
tered in by this Summers fashions.
A WHOLE BATTALION OF SHIRTS
is now on dress parade for your inspec-
tion. Fresh, white straws are aching to
''go over the top A brigade of half
hose, all members of the light infantry.
are waiting for immediate orders.
ATTENTION = FORWARD MARCH
HALT AT OUR SHOP.
HEADQUARTERS for Blue Serge
Suits, SO, $3.50, $3.50, SIS, SIT. s1s.
$50, 500. $25.
FAMOUS LAMSON & HUBBARD
Straw Hats-No old ones.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
SOON TO BE ON MARKET

Front-drive and front-steer motor
cars, both of the commercial and plea
sure car type, the invention Of H. r.
Holmes, will soon be manufactured in
Denver by the Holmes Motor Manu-
featuring Company. recently organic
ed. The cars constitute a radical de-
parture in motor car constructor.
The power from the engine is applied
to the front wheels instead of the rear
wheels, as in ordinary automobiles.
making it possible to convert the ma
chine into a motor sleigh by placing
runners under the rear wheels.
The steering apparatus for the new
machine differs radically from that Of
the old-style automobiles in that it
does not use universal joints. Appli-
cation CT the power to the front in
stead Of the real wheels, it is said,
eliminates skidding and will give the
machine. at least - per cent more
power than a power plant of the same
ri.,. ~ al ordinary ma, hIuC.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
Gold Stocks to LitterS of Pigs
Thought Negotiable on
Motor Row .

Imagine what might happen to you if
you should walk into one of the local
stores with your 1912 model overcOat
on your arm, and asked the proprie-
ter of the establishment to take the
ancient garment and $40 cash as pay
ment for a new and up-to-date storm
cheater
Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But
when it's automobiles instead of over
coats--thats different Oh, very diff
ferent, indeed.
One day last week a man went into
the car emporium of the SChuman
Carriage Company and announced that
he wanted a secondhand car. The
salesman asked him what he would be
willing to invest in the machine.
We'll, haven't much money" said
the prospect The fact is, / want
to negotiate trade.
What kind of car have you?"
asked the salesman.
"Oh, | haven't any car" said the
man. But I've got swell set Of en-
cyclopedias that are worth 1925, and
I'll exchange them and little cash
for good machine.
When the salesman explained to him
that he couldn't take the encyclope-
dias in exchange for car, much as he
would like to be obligiIg, because his
stock of cars meant money to him, and
that he was selling and trading cars
to make money. the prospect" seemed
not to understand at all why his offer
>Aad not been Immediately accepted.
Most Any Old Thing Offered
"Oh, but that mans offer was ex-
ceedingly reasonable as compared with
some we get" said the salesman. I'VE
are asked to take everything from
stock in gold mines and life insurance
to old clothes and plumbers accessor-
les in exchange for new as well as sec
ond-hand automobiles. And we hate
to turn the offers down, too-some OF
them. When a man gets the craze for
a motor car, he'll sell, trade, beg and
borrow everything he thinks can be
converted into cash, or will pass as
security for the object of his desire.
We don't blame them for the desper.
ate means they take to obtain automo-
biles. We'd like to oblige them by
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
Coupe or Sedan,
Which Is 1t? Expert
Tells About It

What is the difference between a
coupe and a Coupelet, touring car
and salon touring car? Here it is.
with other body types and distinc-
tons, officially determined recently
by the nomenclature division of the
Society Of Automobile Engineers:
Roadster-An open car seating two
or three. 1t may have additional seats
On running boards or in rear deck.
Coupelet-Seats two or three It
has a, folding top and full height doors
with disappearing panels of glass.
Coupe-An inside-operated inclosed
car seating two or three. A fourth
seat facing backwards is sometimes
added.
Convertible Coupe-A roadster pro-
vided with a detachable coupe top.
Touring Car-An open car seating
tonneaI.
Salon Touring Cara touring car
with passage between front seats, with
or without separate entrance to front
seats
Convertible Touring Cara touring
car with folding top and disappearing
or removable glass sides.
Sedan-A closed car seating four or
more all in one compartment
Convertible Sedan-A salon touring
car provided with a detachable sedan
top.
Open Sedan-Sedan so constructed
that the sides can be removed or
slowed so as to leave the space entire.
ly clear from the glass front to the
back.
Limousine-A closed car seating
three to five inside, with drivers seat
outside covered with q rnnf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
ANY OLD Thing OFFERED IN
EXCHANGE FOR new AUTOMOBILE

taking in all the junk they offer US.
But we're not in the junk business.
"A few weeks ago a man came in
here and wanted US to give him a
brand new car for some stock in an oil
field in the wilds of Nevada. He
said the stock was worth $1,000; that
he had refused $500 for it the week be-
fore. That it would undoubtedly be
worth $4,000 before summer. And
when we suggested that he go out
and sell his oil stock and then come
in and show lis the cash. he seemed
highly indignant The stock was I'm.
.doubtedly worth all he said it was,
and we hope he gets $4,000 or $4,000
for it. But We aren't dealing in
stocks.
Asks Car on Chances Of Being Elected
Another man came to us some time
ago and informed us that he was a
candidate for election to high politi-
cal office. He said he wanted an auto.
mobile, and made the proposition that
we give him a car and then get out
and electiOneer for tim; in return for
which he agreed to assign so per cent
of his salary to us every month until
the car was laid for--after he was
elected. 1t might have worked. He
wasn't elected by several hundred
votes, but if we mad eiectioneered for
him
Then there are insurance men who
want you to take insurance policies for
every form Of protection you ever
heard of-hail, window glass, tornado
and cyclone, fire, flood, life, accident
and automobile insurance ex-
change for a car. And there are
plumbers who want you to give them
car in exchange for a life contract
to perform all the plumbing work you
shall ever have need of during the
rest of your natural life, as long as
you both shall live, in sickness and in
health, and to your heirs and assigns
forever.
And the sign painters are willing to
plaster your place of business with
signs from top to bottom-inside and
outside-for motor cars. And the farm
ers want to dump bean crop or 100
tons of alfalfa on you for a 'durn nice
newfangled autymobile, and other
farmers want to give you an equity in
a garden patch out near Diamond
Head, or 10 head of livestock, or the
first litter of little pigs.
Disappointed They Can't Do Business
THE sad part of it all is that they
look so grieved and hurt when we tell
them we can't do business that way
We don't like to disappoirt them, and
We don't intend to inJure their feel
ings. But most of them seem to think
that were overlooking the chance of
a lifetime when we turn them down.
and that We are insulting their good
Judgment by refusing their offers.
But some of them can see the Jus.
tice of our arguments when we sug.
gest that they go out and sell their
gold stock, or their insurance, or their
little pigs, or their land, or what-not,
and then come back and talk business.
Some of them do it and come back
with the money and pay cash for the
cars and drive away rejoicing. And
we're always glad to accommodate
them when they understand our posi-
ton after We have explained it to
them"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
MANUFACTURERS
OF SPARK PLUGS
FACE PROBLEMS
Cracking of Porcelain Almost
Impossible to Avoid,
Says Expert
By ALBERT CHAMPION

When jump spark ignition was first
devised spark plugs had the same gen
cral design as they have today-an
inSulator with a center electrode and
side electrode creating gap for the
spark TO jump through in order TO ig
mite the compressed gas. Originally
there were no spark plug manufactur.
ers, for the reason that there was
really no spark plug business, and the
manufacturers of motor cars had to
make their own spark plugs. Some OF
them used porcelain and others mica,
and the plugs we're all of the separ-
able type,
With the growth of the automobile
trade a few people began to realize
that the making of spark plugs would
become a business, and spark plug fac
tories we're founded. For good many
years the few manufacturers in the
business had to import their insula-
tors and the material used for cleo
trodes. II was good many years be-
fore the manufacturers of porcelains
in America began making insulators.
The business. was so small that they
did not care to handle 1t.
Today there are several porcelain
manufacturers who make msulators
for the spark plug makers in large
quantities. Some of them make their
screw machine parts and put the
plugs together; others are assemblers
end buy both screw machine parts
and porcelain from outside manufac
tuners
What are spark plug makers striv-
ing for? The greatest trouble expert
enc.d in the beginning was short cir
cr't NV SCOT All the plug makers
we're striving for was plug that would
not SCOT or short circuit. In those
dRys motors were of very low CON-
preston and low speed. We did not
get very high, heat and sudden cooling
as we do today. Several designs
were made that helped to overcome
the sooting trouble, but no positively
non-sooting plug exists.
The spark plug maker also was try
ing 10 obtain porcelain that would not
crack too easily. Up to the present
time there is no such thing. The real
defect was the poor design which did
not give the uniform pressure.
" I'LL ihtICdcCu VI
motors the spark plug makers ran into
new trouble. On account of higher
compression and higher speed spark
plugs would leak compression. At high
speed the motor would miss and at
low speed II would run uniformly. We
fcund that II could not be done with
the separable type. At the same time
II Is much harder to make the non
separable type gas tight, and this is
only done by a. special process by
which the metal is expanded to it's
maximum when the plug is assembled.
The leading engineers OF France
and ENGLAND. who have designed the
most efficient aeroplane engines, have
told us that there is no spark plug in
Europe that will stand up continuous
ly on these motors. The United
States government has force of men
% the bureau of standards trying to
develop spark plug insulators that
wI.l be dependable for aviation.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
AMERICA GETS MOST
OF WORLDS RUBBER

Reports covering the worlds total
production Of crude rubber indicate
that the 1916 output amounted to 1885,
900 tons, of which $4,000 TONS or 81
per cent, we're consumed in America.
The consumption Of rubber in Ameri-
ca has more than doubled since 1914.
The great rubber plantations OF the
Far East now produce about IS per
cent of the total and promise to show
a decided increase for 1917. II is ex-
pected that this years crop will am
cunt to 235,000 tons, as 1,412,000 acres
are known I'd be under cultivation.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-17
TRUCKS SAVE SPACE,
MAKE CLEAN CITIES

Two arguments made in behalf Of
the motor truck lies in its superior
cleanliness over horses and in the
fact that it can be housed in about
one-third the space
A recent purchaser of kissel
trucks, who has been hard to con-
vert from the horse haulage method,
was finally influenced by the fact
that they would take up about one
third the staging room occupied by
his horses. He figured that he could
use the additional space to much bet
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31

The very successful operelta, The
Fairy Shoemaker given by pupils
of the public school, Friday evening
of last week and which was report
ed in our last issue, was patrOnized
TO the amount of Si53.05, and the
pupils cleared S9ilO, which will be
used for the benefit of the library
Following is the financial report;
Total Receipts ---------------S Si530j
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
RUSSIA INVITES GERMANY
TO SHARE LIBERTY

Petrograd, Wednesday, March 90
(via London, March %, $40 p. m,)
An appeal to the workmen of the
German and Austrian coalition to
rise against the imperial authority
and to establish their freedom, says
the PetrOgrad Telegraph agency (the
Russian 0nic.. Nnw~ agency. was
launched at mass meeting Of work
men. soldiers and deputies held to-
day at the duma.
The appeal was directed to the
prOletariat Of the whole world. but
it specially deSignatcS the central
powers, urging the workmen Of these
countries to throw off the yoke of
autOcratiC rule as the Russian peO-
pie have OverthrOwn the imperial
autOCrat and refuse to serve longer
as an instrument in the hands Of
kings, capitalists and bankers.
BY united effort the appeal de-
clares, I'VE can stop this awful mur-
der which is the same of humanity"
The document states cmphatcally
that t is not craven appeal for
peace, declaring:
Russia will defend its new found
liberty against all interference wheth
er from without or within It will
not yield before belIigerant bayuots,
nor will it permit itself to be cOe-
poaJ byr r,p,f., t,,il;top ,-,.,,t-. ,.f
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION

Representative citizens OF Clayton,
Mt. Dora. Grenyille, Des MOines.
Dpdmau. Folsom and other parts of
the county, met Thursday afternoon
at Grenville and organized the I'm
ion County Good Roads Association.
The large attendance from each
community was pleasing to all. At
ter much discussion the association
was organized. L. G. Cooper Of Gren-
Vile, a good roads enthusiast of the
largest calibre and ultra-rifle bore,
was unanimously elected president;
CT. G. Granville of Clayton, was
elected secretary; and MIR. McCarty.
Cf Grenville was made treasurer.
The object Of the association is TO
promote road building and main
tenance throughout Union county,
and Will endeavor to organize local
associations in each precinct, for
the purpose of cooperating in road
work with the State highway COM
mission and the board Of county
commissioners. Citizens Of each
precinct will hear soon from the
president and secretary, and should
Immediately take steps to organila
their communities.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING

Thursday the school board award
ed the contract for the construction
work on Clayton's new school build
ing, 10 j. ~ Parham of Dodge City,
Kansas. The contract price, cover
ing construction and material alone
is $25,637O0. Work will begin i'm
mediately. THE building is to be Of
fireprOof construction throughout
60x9O feetIthree stories, twelve rooms
including assembly room with seat
ing capacity of 100. The assembly
room will be equipped with motion
picture machine, screen, stage and
curtains.
Plumbing and wiring contracts
were let separately, w. B. Lum of
Clayton securing the plumbing con-
tract and the Trinidad Electrical
Co. Of Trinidad, Colorado, securing
the electrical contract. Seats and
other equipment will be added when
the building is completed. r.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
SCHOOL BOARD TICKET
SUGGESTED BY CITIZENS

Believing that the coming year is
an important year in Clayton school
affairs the Citizens Ticket suggests
the following nominees: v
Four year term, Mrs RObt Wher-
ritt.
Four year term, J. Allen Wikoff.
Four year term, G.. A. Rutledge.
Two year term, Mike R. Jones.
No wiser choice for the woman on
the board can be made than Mrs.
Wherritt, once a teacher in Clayton
schools. A woman of education and
business training, she typifies the
women of today.
Mr.. WikOff is from the Univer-
sity Of Colorado and will stand for
the high-grade Of scholarship in
teachers essential to the best train
iirg Of children. He is q good bus
/ mess man and we'll fitted for the
needs Of the coming year.
I y,Mr Rutledge is a University Of
Nebraska man and needs no intro
duction to the people of Clayton
He was principal Of the High school
/ in 1910 ami 1911 since which time
ne has been developing his claim
into "A ranch. and returned TO Clay
ton in February TO engage in bus
mess and build home. His judg-
ment. experience and ability will
make his help invaluable.
Mr.. Jones j., known as a man OF
. progressive IDEAS, Of vide reading
'aud sterling qualities. The best
FIR hi, children means the best for
3ur children.
/ We understand tnat two Or three
other tickets vii he II the flelC
uui We're unable ID get definite
ue-up on them.N Among names WI
nave heard mentioned are the fol,
owing
Mr., ". c. Johu,5., ". a. Hander.
son. John ~prin! Dr. EdmondSOn
.t. \. Law. y. ". raydar, Capt Sny-
var. simon Hnrz-toia and H. C. Far
ar". Al g,ni ard simon pure fOl
,.uorI purposes. Take your choice
that's what "" a~' going to do
..' ...il, +, pN
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
THREE PATRIOTIC BOYS

Thursday altrno three Clayton
boy, decided that Uncle Sam need
ed their SERVICES TO defend his do
rain from a threatened German iQ-
vasion and 80 HE'D themselves ~ the
nearest army recruiting station.
They got as far as Des MOines. The
father of one Of the trio succeoded
IN having the tg.4mvic2ta rgowerfu!
:h:-cc} ::3ppa1 ar.i - =51 - AS
bosom returned home to help dad
IN the production Of corn ana Deans.
and thereby serve his Uncle Sam
uel in a peaceful but important way.
Being thus forcibly deprived of the
companiOnship of their colonel, the
general and major decided to re-
turn home, and arrived in peaceful
Clayton Friday morning. All are
full of che patriotic spirit, for which
they should be commended.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
CLAYTON MAN BUYs RANCH

Charles p Talbot returned from
Denver, Colorado, Thursday noon.
He informs Us that while there he
purchased the Biz Springs ranch
from the SchIeter Investment Co.
This ranch is known all over the
country as being one Of the best
ranches in the county Charles p.
also informed us that the Schleter
Investment Co. intended putting an
other big block Of land on the market
this fall. Mr., Talbot is the energet-
ic partner of the Pennington & Tai
bot real estate company of this city.
and we wish him all the success Of a
ranchman.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-03-31
JOHNSON BUYS RANCH

NJ. c. Johnson, the popular mana
ger of the OttO-JOhnson Mercantile
Co, this week closed a deal for the
Ira Robinson ranch on the head of
the DTamparOs. This is a lasge
ranch and considered one Of the best
in the county, Mr.. Johnson purchas
ed the ranch as a home proposition
aad will stock it with thoroughbred
STICK. Chas Bushnell has accepted
the position of manager T foreman.