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South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
HAS HEAVY TRAVEL
Field Secretary Reports Con-
siderable Traffic on West
ern Section of Route.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept.
Despite war conditions, traffic
on the Lincoln highway is the heav-
lest ever known. according TO r..
G. Ostermann, field secretary Of the
Lincoln Highway association, who
has been upon the route since May
Of this year. Al one small town In
Wyoming where Mr. Ostermann
spent the night on his way west. he
states that % tourists westward
bound and l. tourists travelling TO
the east shared with him accommO-
datiOns at the one hotel at the stop.
The IS cars i'm the party were from
- different states scattered all the
way from Maine 10 California At
another stop at a midwestern point.
Mr.. Ostermann reports that there
were cars from 10 different states in
the same garage with his upon the
night he stopped there.
Quoting Payson W. Spaulding.
Wyoming state consul for the Lin
coin Highway association. Mr. Os-
termann states that approximately
5000 cars have passed through
Evanston. Wyo., up TO the first OF
August of this year This breaks all
records. Some of the heaviest traf-
fic on the Lincoln highway comes in
August, September and early Octo-
Der. The increase based on these fig
ures runs from 80 TO 100 percent
over last year.
Tourists travelling the Lincoln
highway TO the west of the Missouri
river, particularly in Wyoming.
Utah, and Nevada. have encountered
some very bad stretches of road-the
worst ard longest stretch being in
Carbon and Sweetwater counties,
Wyoming. Heavy rains in the early
summer have been responsible for
much damage TO the road, but in
some instances it is lamentably true
that the bad roads are caused by
wilful neglect on the part of the
people responsible for their main
tenance.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
CUT-OUT To co;
IS A NUISANCE
National Body Acts to EIimi-
nate Attachment From
Future Products.

As the use of mgffler cut-outs is
becoming a nuisance. the members
of the national automobile cham
Der of commerce have voted unani-
mously for their elimination on the
cars they build in future, so far as
they can be operated from the driv-
er's seat.
With more than four million cars
in use and supplying a great service
in the transportation Of the in
dividuaI and of materials. the use
of muffler cut-Outs is unfair 10 the
public and adds an unnecessary
noise to American life. Cars have
ample power so that the slight in
crease in speed which may come
from the use of cut-Outs is Of no
Importance. There may be times in
adjusting motors where a cut-Out
is useful, but n such cases, it can
be operated from under the car.
Almost half of the 10 makers in
the chamber do not fit muffler cut
outs to their present cars and all
makers voted that they should be
elm llIldleu III the iltN III oOUtAo- LA'
directors at their meeting in New
York adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas. members Of the ma
tiOnal automobile chamber of COM
merce are opposed TO the attach
ment of muffler cut-Outs to motor
vehicles and do not fit them 10 the
cars and trucks they manufacture.
or will discontinue doing so on their
product for 1918; and
Whereas. the use of the cut-out
is unnecessary, annoying and dan
gerous to other users OF the high
ways and Objectionable to residents
along them.
Resolved. that the board of di-
rectors recommends that all mem
bers of the national automobile
chamber of commerce refrain from
muffler cut-outs 70 their
cars for the season of 1918 and
thereafter and that no cars be sold
by them after Jan. 1, 1918, with
cut-outs attached. or that where
cut-outs are attached they be made
from the drivers seat.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
IOWA'S HIGHWAY PATROL
LAW Is IN OPERATION

CLINTON. Ia, sept. ia gen
eral improvement OF Iowa roads IS
expected as a result of the patrol
law now in effect in that state Tn
der the terms of the legislative en-
actment creating the patrol system
the counties. through their boards
of supervisors, are empowered 70
emplov men for the one purpose ot
working on the roads They VIII
have welI-defined sections 10 care
for and will be furnished with Tools
and equipment by the county.
The roads will be dragged after
every rain anG at other times as
they may need it, ruts, mud holes
and water pockets eliminated and
the road surface generally well
maintained. Such main Travelled
highways as the Lincoln highway
viii be greatly improved as re-
suit.
The patrol law went into erect
on the Fourth Of July of this year
and as some little time Is required
TO secure and equip the working
crews in the different counties II
will not be working TO its tuH
effectiveness until next spring.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

there are not enough motor trucks
Of this type and capacity to MI the
demand at the present time
THE Turnbull truck, as the pro-
duct viii be named. has capacity
of one and one-balf tons with suih-
cient strength Tor so percent over
load
1T is too early TO state just what
the TurnbIll truck will sell for
However. because Of manufacturing
economies evolving from this com
bination Of interests. a popular
price is assured
Financiers who have witnessed
the quick promotion Of this new
company in Defiance declare that
the organization and financing OF
this big company i'm four days time
was the biggest thing Of its kind
ever accomplished by any city Of its
size in the United States.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
SAYS BANKERS AID
IN SELLING AUTOS
Lexington President COnSid-
erS Banking Interests a
Factor in Selling.

The change in the attitude Of
bankers toward the purchasing Of
automobiles by the middle class
marked a big step forward in the
selling end of the business and to-
day the banker is one OF the sales
departments most influential as
sets.
This fact was recently pointed
out in an impressive manner to a
group of Lexington car dealers by
Frank b. Ansted. president Of the
LeXington-Howard company Of Con
nersville. Ind.
In the early days" said Mr. An
sted, the automobile was obviously
more or less of a luxury. Its actual
performance in all kinds of service
had not been thoroughly. demon
strated
Since the automobile has be-
come a recognized utility. however,
the bankers have been quick TO
realize it's advantages and also its
economies.
Because bankers are generally
credited with business prudence, il
is not uncommon for prospective
automobile buyers to seek out their
bankers for advice. Some of those
prospective buyers assume that the
banker has accurate knowledge of
the best motor car value. whether
or not a car should be bought and
considerable other information
which one should have at hand if a
machine is TO be purchased.
"The utility of the motor car IL
self is so self evident today that it
means a paying investment from
the standpoint of increased business
efficiency, time saving and health
conditions for anyone. almost ire
spective of their financial surround
ings.
That is why the bankers, our
most conservative class Of business
men. are endorsing it more and
more each year"
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
DRIVES 733 MILES IN
23 HOURS; WINS 81, 900

COffeyville. Kan, no longer viii
look TO the illustrious Walter John
son. idol of a million baseball fans.
as its chief bid for fame. Fred
Etchen. merchandisor of motor cars.
has just turned the trick that will
keep Coffeyville in the glare Of the
limelight for some time to come.
Fred is the presiding genius Of
the Etchen Auto Co. distributors Of
Studebaker cars for Coffeyville and
vicinity. The other day a friend
made a casual remark to him about
the cross country record of a Ger
tain make of car Fred bet the man
$1,000 that he could drive his car TO
Denver before the hands on his
watch could make a complete cir
cult. The wager was accepted and
the friend invited to come along.
Two other men were asked to make
the trip as official timekeepers and
observers.
At o'clock Sunday morning,
Sept. 3, the party left Coffeyville
with Etchen at the wheel going
through Flint hills between Corey
vile and Wichita. through the sand
roads TO the west up over the Rocky
mountains TO Pueblo to Colorado
Springs and Manitou. and thence on
to Denver. averaging better than
80 miles an hour. arriving in Denver
at 1929 Monday morning.
For % hours and % minutes of
steady driving practically taking
meals and gas ION the fly" Ttchen
had remained stolidly at the wheel
of his Studebaker. plotting his car
at express train speed over all man
ner of road conditions and bringing
it into Denver without mishap of
any kind-not even a puncture. Not
once did the car stop for mechani-
cal tire trouble. Etchen won his
$1,000 wager.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
OHIO COMPLETES MORE
OF LINCOLN HIGHWAY

EICNR-S, o.. sept. 15-Witn
the completion Of one section OF
Lincoln highway i'm Crawford coun-
ty. the county commissioners have
started further work of improve.
inent The Lincoln highway from
Bucyrus east 10 Gallon. part Of
which is of new brick construction.
is now open to traffic, eliminatins
the detour which it has Deen neces-
sary to make up to this time To
the west of Bucyrus toward Upper
Sandusky. the stone road section of
the Lincoln highway is being scar
iled and rolled All OF the highwa s.
between these two towns not hay
ine brick surface viii be SO
treated
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

proved and splendidly marked and
the opinion is expressed that this 8
the ideal time of year TO drive this
section Of the Lincoln highway.
9Ir. Marsh has particularly men
toned the courteous treatment af-
forded tourists upon the road, stat
ing that hotels and garages cater 10
Lincoln highway traffic especially
The scenery in western Iowa is en-
Enthusiastically described. According
to merchants along the Lincoln
highway in this section. there arr,
approximately 100 per cent more
tourists this year
than last. At this time Of the year
the Lincoln highway traveller does
not drive for more than 30 minutes
without passing transcontinental
tourists either westward or east
ward bound.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
NEW COMPANY To
BUILD TRUCKS s
Allen Motor Co. President is
to be General Manager
of TurnbuII Company.

A new company 20 manufacture
motO- trucks in Defiance. O.. Will be
called the Turnbull Motor Truck
and Wagon Co. The capitalization
is &1,00p.O00 stock was fully sub
scribed for in four days time. which
Is an indication of the progressive
spirit Of the people of Defiance and
the confidence which they have in
the management and the product.
AR Allen of Fostoria o.. the
president OF the new concern. esti-
mates that the plant has a capacity
Of 5000 % 10000 trucks per year,
since the TuruDull plant lends it
self admirably to Iarge-scaIe pro-
duction of motor trucks.
In talking with newspaper men
about the new enterprise, Mr Allen
said
Successful Tests.
Several of the new trucks for
test and demonstration purposes
have already been built and put into
service. These initial models have
met with remarkable success and q
reception by the trade that assures.
without question. the sale OF the
first years output Of the COMPANY.
especially in view OF the fact that
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
FARMERS. PROSPEROUS,
OWN MANY AUTOMOBILES

In q recent run of Jefferson high
way officials in a Hudson super-slN'
over the Jefferson highway from st
T.ouis Missouri. to Winnipeg, can
over 1000 automobiles joined the
procession at different points along
the route. and the majority OF these
were driven and owned by farmers.
The American farmer is the mod
ern Croesus. This fall his purchas-
ing power will be greater than ever.
over q billion dollars will be turned
into his hands from one crop alone
wheat. And the present fore
casts indicate a greater crop OF grain
and foodstuffs than any nation in the
world ever saw before.
II is estimated that the crops this
wear will be worth over S2OO.00O.O00
in excess Of last years. That is half
the money in circulation i'm the
United states. And il is real. tangi-
BILE wealth-an actual addition of
that much extra power TO the United
States.
Today the average farmer is more
Of a tourist than his city cousin. The
automobile has increased his eff
cheney along other lines.
Whenever new highways have
been opened the farmers have been
found 10 5e the staunchest support
ers OF the good roads movement.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
ELGIN SIX SCOUT CAR
REPORTS ROADS GOOD

CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Sept IS
The Elgin six" national al trails
scolt car has passed through Chey-
enne on the way to san Francisco.
having travelled the route OF the
Lincoln highway from eastern iii
nois. The Lincoln highway in Hi
nois and Iowa is reported dry but
not dusty, much of the dirt road
Icing oiled. According to pub
licity Director Marsh of the Elgln
company, the highway is greatly i'm
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
TheHudson Super-Six
AS 1t Is Affected by the New Prices
Suppose We Look at it This Way

You are offered Your choice of a great
variety of automobiles
All you are asked to pay for the car of
your choice is the difference between
what the car sells for and the price of a
Hudson Super-Six.
Here are cars which sell at $500 to
$1,000. Until recently they were priced
at between 81, 200 and ST. 400.
But now they sell for more because re-
cent increases in material costs has forced
selling prices up to their present levels
SO the only difference YOU must paw for
HUDSON Super-SN is less than SlOO
Gould You, under such circumstances,
give even second thought to such
car Wouldn't YOU he like the more
than forty thousand who have already
bought Super-SiXeS' Hudson was their
first choice.
Or let us suppose YOU already own one
of those cars that has recently advanced
lis prices. And TO emphasize the point
suppose before YOU had even taken de-
livery of the car someone offered YOU
4 brand new Hudson Super-Six for YOUR
car if YOU would give him not more than
SiOO to boot There wouldn't he anv
heSitancy on Your part in that case. now
would there
That IS the situation as il stands TODAY
The other cars have had 10 advance their
prices SO much that il has entirely re-
adjusted the basis of values as they were
known only few weeks ago. 1t has
brought former cheaper cars up to about
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

the Hudson price. 1t has advanced
higher-priced cars than the Hudson so
much that the difference between them is
now $500 to $1,000 greater SO far 81
makes have been advanced in price. The
advances range from SlOO to 500 ac-
cordlng 10 make and model
The Hudson has so far escaped the ne
ceSSity for advancing its price. That is
due to fortunate turn in affairs which
finds the Hudson factory supplied with a
quantity of parts that were bought last
year before material prices had shot up TO
their present unequaled heights. The 9th
er companies exhausted their supplies in
the spring and had to enter the market
when 1t was at its highest
The Hudson prices can't stand long.
Soon they too, must advance But the
situation ii offers is unique. 1t is a great
opportunity for those who take advantage
of it.
You must already know lot about the
Hudson Super-SM. There are so manv in
use that wherever YOU go YOU will meet
Super-SiX owners. Ask them if YOU want
TO know what kind of a car it is. You will
find ii IS the car which everyone admits is
the greatest performer 1t is the one that
has full rights on the road if its driver
cares to exercise those rights. You will
find II is the car that ..etS every abuse
That the hardest driver gives it and still
IT seems never 10 be out of condition.
Such is the kind OF a car YOU can get at
prices which were established last year if
YOU will buy now.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

OMAHA, Neb.-A great increase
in the number OF Lincoln highway
tourists who are camping along the
way has been noted during the pres
ent season. Some large parties trav-
el with an extra car which is used
exclusively for the transportation OF
camping necessities.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

TRENTO~. y. J.-An attempt 10
provide a railroad crossing at grade
on the Lincoln highway near Tren-
ton is being met with the most Wig
orouS opposition on the part Of To-
cal interests. as such crossing
would seriously inconvenience the
great number Of travellers now using
the highway
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

More than 100000 persons are
i'll on any day in the year. and or
these 500.00J are suffering from
consumption.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

Chiefly intended for delivery au-
tomobiles il new attachment for
car that stops it at "a set distance
from a starting point.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa-Motor-
lists having crossed Iowa on the route
of the Lincoln highway state that no
fear of local food shortage should
arise. Great fields of bumper crops
are 70 be seen along the highway all
across the state.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-16
ALONG THE
LINCOLN HIGHWAY

AURORA, Work has just
been comple-.. in repainting Lin
coin highway markers through Au-
rora with a fresh coating Of red.
white and blue paint The work was
done by the Aurora Automobile cluo
at the instance of Kane county con-
sui. William McCullouch. OF the Lin
coin Highway association.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-29

stroyer which arrived at the Base Of the American FlotiIla, Wednesday, with the survivors.
 The destroyer was able to find one
 boat load of 19 men. second boat
 containing IS men is missing, and it
 is feared has been lost. Six members
 of the engine room crew were killed
 when a torpedo struck the ship with out warning, several hundred miles from the nearest land.
 we were torpedoed at o'clock
 Monday morning. the second officer
 told the correspondent, the explosion
 tearing hole through the ship and causing her to sink in fifteen minutes.
 Two boats got away, but soon became separated and we fear one has gone down.
 and were enduring awful hardships, We were hailed by an American de-
 stroyer. l tell you Old Glory never looked so good to me before. We were the Amreican tars> and were their guests the whole day before they brought us in. We feel that we owe our lives to the bravery of these boys ing their regulations s sailors and good sportsmen'
 The survivors were sent to a sailors home here while the captain made a report to Vice Admiral Sims as acting commander of the British forces in these waters.
 James F. Powers of Naugatuck, Ct, the only American among a. crew Of 54 rescued by an American destroyer aft CT thirty hours afioat, told the corres- pondent that the Germans jeered at their victims.
 "I was painting winch in the fore part of the ship" he said, when an explosion threw me off my feet. It was my first intimation that we were ter pedoed. I ran aft. There was wreck age all about and the crew were get- ting into the boats. The torpedo hit the engine room and forced the cargo up through the matches Several of the engine room crew were killed and l I heard that several others were un- 1 able to get out of their hunks. "Au those alive after the explosion got away in four boats. The remain . | ing boats were cut loose, so as not to
 go down with the ship. All this time
 we saw no submarine. but when forty wards from the sinking ship subrna = | f-ine appeared alongside of us, her crew era wing out of the coming tow ed and laughed at our predament. The commander asked our captain the name of the ship, which was Brit l ish and her destination. When this
 was given the submarine crew laugh = ed and jeered again and made off. We 1 sailed and rowed for thirty hours. Our
 rations were getting low, especially | the fresh water supply, when good for
 tune smiled on us in the form Of an American destroyer.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-29
CONNECTICUT HAS NEVER LAG
 GED-

Since the first of April the volun- teer system of securing recruits for the United States army, navy and na- tionaI guard has been on trial. The result has been that there has been a daily addition to each one of these or ganizations to the total extent of about a half million men. This or course means accepted applicants and not the total number that has applied for ad- mission to one of these branches of the national service, for while a great many more have sought to give their services to the country than have been accepted they have not been able to meet the standard of requirements for one reason or another.
 But in spite of such additions as have been secured by this method the full quota of the regular army has not been obtained. There is still need of 70, 900 for the army, or there was at the opening of this week. In the special drive that is being made at the present time to obtain the full number by the first of July a special appeal is being made throughout the country in behalf of volunteers be- tween the ages Of IS and 45, who are unmarried and who are not connected with any branch of industry where their services would be more valuable to the country than on the firing line, and in view of the thousands who have proclaimed their anxiety to give their services to Uncle Sam in the cause for which this nation is fight ing. there ought to he no trouble whatever in attaining the desired goal
 With the arrival of the first large contingent of American soldiers in France, those who want to fight should realize that by enlisting in the reg ulars and the bringing of the quota up to about 3O0, 900 they are offered the opportunity of being among the early divisions to be sent to Europe.
 Connecticut is still some distance from furnishing it's share of volun- teers. l. has never before been found wanting when the call was issued for men and it is not believed that it will be on this occasion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-29
AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE.

While much has been said by the kaiser and other Germans about the inability of the United States to do anything which would be of benefit to the allies, by it's entrance into the war, before next year. the arrival in France of the first contingent of Amer ican troops and with others on the way, together with 125 airplane ex perts not only causes elation among the people of France and those of this country but it makes it apparent that Germany has been attempting to de- Jude itself with false hopes and that it's officials have been doing their ut most to calm the fears of the German people
 The transfer of the troops has been accomplished with despatch and safe ty but it is not to be supposed that any thanks are due to the comman- ders of the U-boats. but rather Is the successful crossing the result of the carrying out of the necessary details by the conveying warships
 Landed on French soil, as if return ing help which that nation or leaders thereof gave to this country years ago. the American troops are those which are thoroughly trained for service. Their departure was known as well as their ultimate destination, but the press or the country nave caFe1ufl[ refrained from permitting this infor- nation to be spread broadcast. This country found the needed transports, it had the men and it furnished the convoy and the entire movement has been accomplished in spite of such ef- forts as Germany has put forward to block it and regardless of the deris- ion which Germany has repeatedly ex- pressed concerning American ability to put an army in the field.
 That this arrival of American troops, the same as the coming of General Pershing, is going to have i'm portant effect upon the allied troops which are already on the firing line is evidenced in no better manner than by the reception which was given them on reaching a French port. It makes it plain to them as it does to every one else that this country is in the war to do it's part and do it unfiinch- ingly.