Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

The car has travelled more than $50
600 miles since it was made.
The Supreme Motors company at
Cleveland, Ohio. will move its head
quarters to Fort Wayne, Ind, where
a manufacturing plant for temporary
use is to be leased within "A few days.
The company has capitalization of
S1,000.000 and is to engage in the
manufacture of motor car, airplane
and tractor engines. The company
has plans also for placing a light
passenger car on the market soon.
The city officials at Dallas, Texas,
are considering a law whereby car
thefts may be stopped. The ordi-
nance is similar to that proposed at
Cleveland, which would require ali
gasoline stations to be licensed and
their operators compelled to keep an
accurate record of all gasoline sold,
together with the make of the car as
well as the license number, and to re-
port these daily to the police.
WHY'S Overland. Inc, has a sales
man down in Paris. Texas, who is
named B. ID. Chandler. His last name
might cause more comment If it were
not that Fords, Mtchells, Abbotts,
Aliens. Andersons, IIayneses, Frank
lins and many others with the names
of motor cars also sell Overlands. The
surprise in the name of the Texas
salesman lies in his tull name, which
is Brlsco Dodge Chandler. In other
words. Briscoe Dodge Chandler sells
WHY'S Knights and Overlands.
The motor trucks that the United
States signal corps uses will be quite
different from the standard army war
trucks. There will be two sizes, the
light truck specifications which fol-
low being complete. This truck will
have a Continental Ca engine with a
Monarch governor, disk clutch,
Brpwn-Lipe and G. NJ. c. selective
gearset. worm drive, semi-elliptic
springs. wood wheels shod with pneu-
matte tires, 80 by 5 in front and 2S
by in rear The price of the chassis
is TO be 's2,040.72.
Walter f.. Flanders, president and
general manager of both Maxwell and
Chalmers now, will not promise
Chalmers dealers more than twenty
thousand cars this year. The entire
executive staff OF Maxwell moved its
headquarters to the Chalmers Detroit
plant the other day, where all sales
VIII De directed, except IOr sales Qe-
partnent at the Maxwell factory.
Ten thousand five hundred men
with road building experience arc
wanted by the United States engineer
corps FOR a new brigade which is soon
to so to France to build roads for the
American expeditionary forces.
John n. WHY'S of the WHY'S Over
land company has been appointed
chairman of the national committee
on war camp community recreation
fund, which is to direct the campaign
to ruisc So for every soldier and
sailor. Mr.. WHY'S will have asso-
ciated with him men Of national
prominence in nearly every city Of
the country.
Australia until further notice will
permit import of cowl dashes with
instrument board. footboard, mud
guards, windshields and hoods on
motor car chassis. This is supple
ment to action taken by the Aus
tralian government August 10 pro-
.hiblting the import OF motor car
bodies. According to this the AnIeri-
can maker can ship the chassis
equipped with these parts Complete
bodies cannot be shipped whether as
part of the vehicle and mounted on n
chassis or separate. except with the
consent in writing of the minister Of