Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-23
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The Massachusetts supreme court
has decided that an invited guest
cannot recover damages If injured
thru the fault of the chauffeur, un-
less gross negligence IS proved. 1t
does not define gross negligence. the
plaintiff was thrown out of a car
when 1t was overturned in Newton.
A jury awarded damages on the
grounds that the driver was negli--
gent, but the supreme court reversed
this decision. 1t states. however,
that a person paying n faro may re-
cover for slight negligence bat guest
riding for nothing is not in the same
class as one paying a fare.
The fourth annual farmers eXposl-
ton, Cieyeland, opened with two hum
dred exhibits OF farm machinery
alone. Every form of mechanical
device for speeding up farm produc-
ton and permitting n reduction IN
man power-two points essential to
winning the war-are on exhibition.
Among them are farm tractors
trucks, farm lighting systems, TRUCK
and tractor adapters and gasoline en-
gines. That passenger cars are essen
tial to the farmer is indicated by the
fact that nearly every Cleveland
dealer likewise is staging exhibits at
the show, together with accessory ex-
hibits by the accessory dealers.
The Mason Tire & Rubber Co.,
Kent, Ohio. will place a cord tire on
the market in the carly part Of 1918
and will enter the truck tire field on
n large scale The treasurers state
ment shows sales Of $1,000, 600 and
net profits of $751; 1,504.36 for the
year The balance to be placed In
surplus amounts to $104, 4,330.22 after
deductions for 1918 profit and loss
amounting to s23,32S.0S, income tax
reserve Of s5.076Si, preferred oNi,
dends paid during 1917 and preferred
dividend reserve totalng $4S,4S5.4O.
The surplus for the year amounts to
Very nearly 90 per cent on the COM
mon stock and would have eXceede l
25 per cent except for the 1916 loss
incurred during the first few months
cf operation of the plant wnicn
started but ninety days before the
closing of the 1915 fiscal year
Before on the list of motor car ex-
porting nations, Italy was fifth, hut
since then conditions have changed
enormously and Italy is a very good
second, with England third ana
France a poor fourth. Official fig
ures. issued by the finance depart
ments Of the various governments,
show that America has increased her
motor car exports 275 per cent; Italy
has increased them 147 per cent;
England has decreased by nearly 81
per cent, and France has decreased
hy nearly 81 per cent. Italy's motor
car business is being done by not
more than ten motor car factories.
and so per cent of It is being handled
I,f of ,yn Of
workers is now the largest motor car
producer in Europe.
A new source OF rubber has been
found in the forests of Hevea, at the
headwaters of the Orinoco and the
Rio Negro rivers. DIR. Henry Plttier,
botanist states that there are large
forests of the Para rubber tree in this
region. The Hevea, or Para tree, is
known to be by far the most import
ant Of all the rubber bearing trees of
the world. There has been much
waste and destructive tapping of the
wild trees in the upper Amazon, ana
The center of Hevea production has
begun to pass to che East Indies,
where extensive plantations have
been established in the last twenty
years. Professor Plttier says they
are getting rubbe, IN northern and
'Nefrittts tiSnVtlP@1t ffbitn NIhtl -fiisi a II =
dra genus. one closely allied to HeVea.
Labor conditions prevent m uc h
PLANTING of rubber in Central and
South America in competition with
cheap cooiie labor and easy living
conditions in the cast
Dodge Brothers is installing n COM
plete Industrial railway, encircling
its plants, 10 reduce trucking costs.
This system is of a narrow gauge
tTpe and Joins most of the ground
floor departments In all s,400 feet
OF track have been installed. and the
new buildings under construction
will require five thousand feet more.
The rolling stock comprises six loco
motives and los flat cars, all manu-
factured in the plant. The locomo-
tives are driven by standard Dodge
Brothers engine.
The Akron Automobile Dealers
association has decided to postpone
its annual show until early spring. 1t
was the opinion of the dealers that,
as the newest models are held for the
Chicago and New York shows n
show held later would be more COM
plete.
The Pennsylvania secretary of ag-
ricultTre CHARLES Il. Patton, Is urs-
ing tho use Of community tractors as
n means of overcoming the labor