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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
JEWETT REFUSED TO MAKE
 THE RAILROADS THE GOAT
Paige President Puts Present Fuel Food Freight Problems Squarey Up to People Declares Public Attitude To ward Corporations Responsible For Break
 down in Transportation Machinery

own shortsightedness, it's own selfish
 ness and Is stewing in it's own guilt
 "The machinery for the distribution
 of food. fuel and general freight has
 undoubtedly broken down" says MT
 Jewett Tt is woefully inadequate to
 meet the demands now made on it. We
 in the automobile business are-and
 have been for sometime-in a serious
 predicament Millions of dollars worth
 of cars are now In storage in Detroit
 because they can't be shipped. The
 summer drive-away day has become a
 daily winter feature. and dealers, to secure deliveries, are coming to the factory and driving their cars home, in some instances more than 500 miles away. Raw materials, parts. supplies of all kinds have been held up in transit and therefore production has suffered. That is the automobile situation Tn brief, but. as everyone knows, it's rep resents but a fraction of the country wide impasse.
 Now, while this condition is due 1 directly to inadequate transportation | facilities, for one refuse to make l the railroads the goat. For a quarter | of a century it has been the popular | sport in America to damn the rail- l roads and public service corporations l factors in our daily life that are just | as necessary as the food and fuel we
 are clamoring for For a quarter of I
 century it has been the delight of the l public to scorn, abuse, hold up. hector and harass these companies in every | possible way. They have been taxed l to death and every attempt made to 1 increase their revenues by slight | addition to the freight rates has been l fought tooth and nail They can't in- crease their rates a tenth of a mill without a battle before the interstate
 commerce commission that may last 1 for years. Yet freight rates in this l country are the cheapest per ton per mile of any in the world. The railroads | are the public's favorite goat while the public service corporations are the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

Attention has recently been called to the serious situation which prevails ih the automobile industry-one feature of the national od-fuel-freight congestion. In some quarters it has been estimated that the value of the Detroit-made motor cars held up or in storage. due to the failure to move freight, totals SIC, 100000
 Various explanations for this crisis have been made, but no one has given a keener analysis of the situation Or has gone more vigorously or fearless 'ly into the heart of the matter than Harry M Jewett, president of the Paige Detroit Motor Car company. And. incidentally, MT. Jewett's point of view is both new and startling.
 Who is to blame? the public asks.
 With industries crippled and in mo- mentary danger of a complete shut down. with the fuel situation so se- rious that the country shivers from the high cost of living breeding riots and famine, the public is now engaged in the overpopular American sport of hunting for the william of the drama Let us investigate" is the cry, and committees and commissions go to work.
 The war is responsi ble-the Ger mans did 1.-the President is guilty the pure food and fuel speculators arc the cause.-the railroads are the crim- inals-all these explanations and charges are advanced, according to the preiudices and predilections of the in dividual.
 Mir Jewett, however. comes out flat footed1y with a vigorous accusation that the people-the great American people-are to blame. The public is now suffering for it's own sins. its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
ADOPT WIRE WHEELS AS STANDARD AFTER VERY THOROUGH TEST
Strength, Lightness, Resiliency and Effect on Tires Carefully
 Noted

wire wheels were adopted as stan dard equipment only after most thorough test. extending over pe- riod of three years" says H. H. Rice. sales manager of the Nordyke 6 Mar mon Go. strength. lightness. resi- liency and effect on tires were care fully noted, and it was found that the wire wheels were superior in all points and effected considerable reduction in weight. The past years experience with the wire wheels in actual use has demonstrated not only to Marmon engineers but to 2500 owners of the Marmon 34 that the metal wheel D the superior wheel and all claims oi superiority work out fin actual use This wheel has proven so popular thai not more than a half dozen cars have been ordered with wooden wheels dur ing the year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

The Swiss normal gauge railroada (also the narrow gauge Brunig rail- road) are for the most part the props erty of the Swiss confederation. The Swiss people decided october 5, 1897, by vote of 3S6,6s4 against 1s2,17s, to purchase the railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

The chief distinguishing features of the Rec automobiles are its pointed. overhanging radiator brow and long, plain hub cap. which tapers to rounded end. These parts are shown in the illustration above. No other car has these features in combination.
 IN. Y. H. Special
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21

concrete tipplc Is being constructed. An
other uu. is being sunk n""r min" mum
her two ia Trind"lphia. SId"~trH'hS '''l
the main rCnd Of the linllin"r" 'ml"
railroad arr nlsn h"iuE CONSTRUCTOR II,
three plurrs. III order TINT tn" coal Sha''
not require y" much hHnd'inE.
Tho towns Of Elm Gr""r and Trttd"' d.
phin are rn$i taking IN the .nSr''l "'
mining towns Small ShAckS nj" p''
Ing constituted wh"r"-"V"r ih"r" Is u
,,lrrn ia nut one. and in all about seven
.iv-Oyc hnyr hcrn r"tIsiru"t"l. and about
Hrtv more. arr being built up a$ rapidly
NJ possible. A. fast rs II lnilldlnE Is
COMPLETED. 81 family moves INT" H. nu'
,h,.r,. are. r.tAuy 'nrr" families ll'IilE III
..rr. ,r..lrrur:al,!, and WnsuniiarT
.iuart.rS, uniil rr"r" ar" completed
Yesterday Il lunrh "f Foreigners twenty
,i>, I'm number from IN" vicinity "f Sal-
...rt;I tirr"c,.. lmmigrHt"d /" Elm ''r"F"
t. work I'm -" coal mines. temlt"
little difficulty in getting 'h"Hr settled
md fed wna experienced as "niF on"
nam IN TN" rnrir" crowd. could Siehk the
Eruiish language. AMI his ku"w!'dH" "l
!. wua very limited. They landed lii
\.w York. Tuesday. and cum" dlrGc: I"
Sins town. and 1t Is ne; known wh"r"
houses .n"uEh for them Will h' I"uid.
COAL mining Is iii" most valuable M
,,us,rv I'm IN" pix" district. many rich
veins have been uucnrthcd. ard tn"
shining facilities irr" Ideal for such an
ministry MI the mines ar" %ituht"d
no, far from the main tracks "f tn"
baltimore md ohio rniir"n'i. and conf
,.u, hn shipped anywhere. II IL "h-
unctch thu. moro mines will l." opened
nm us soon as lin ear sh"rtaG" Ia tnkcn
care Of, as This Is on" Of the richest min
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
Out the Pike Mines
Experiencing Great Boom
Much Coal Being Shipped to Distant
Points Dauy--Twenty-hv NOW Nj
uers Arrived Yesterday.

The nut-the-pik" toms AFRO now "%pn-
rtcncing n great c"Gi h"nm. MiEr NJ. !.
al Elm Grove H. nj n" hnich' Of IT'S pro-
duction and ie shipping about nre cars
daily. The on" serious proposition ia tn"
car shortage and this - being nlIcI tn'"'l
somewhat Ivy III" traffic department 81
nartnrnt on tho jump 20 supply enough
cars 10 ship tho output "f this mine. AMI
they aro working from hand 10 nI"mt.r:
as fnst AZ n cur is Sid"-;rack"d II - illh
with cnnl Tho Elm Grove MINI on-
ploys about - miners. aud should th.
shipr!rg conditions get any w"r%" II
would throw II l,rE" nHmb'.r "t ,u"n mt
or work \ great part NJ the prnduCti"n
of th. Elm Grove min" Is being disposed
az locally. and e. It w'r" not for this one
tho r,.n,r!" " Elm Grove would hnv" :,
hard tiu" getting c"nl.
Min" 40 .. ut Philadelphia. the SHAFT
nr which vas recently sunk. has Il daily
average production IT about 10 ~ .
cars This min" Yill not sell 10 l"cnl
people hu, all - shipped I" diSitnt
points over tn" HAltimnr" & ohio Rail-
road. one hundred and twenty-five mon
arc employed hT HIS company. and NOR"
are moving In c."rT day. Tho Snni" car
shortage HAT - Experienced at Elm
Grove ia felt here" and II il II hifncul:
proposition +" S",'ur- enough cars ~
keep tn" min" At full prnduc:i"u
Another shaft that is about ready IT,
be Put Into operation is being sunk on
the Calvert place. n"nr Trindclphh. \
six-r""t vein has been struck and large
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
.NASH-JEFF AND BETHANY WILL
PLAY At WHEELING NOVEMBER Z

oecial to Tho InteliGcncer
WASHINGTON. Pa. Doc. 2o.-tit''
.nn State, West Virginia. Notrc pSdne
"A ,arhaps West Virginia Wesleyan
i'll again provide the big games on
q Washington 6 Jefferson tootohl'
hcdule according to the PROVISIONAL
= announced today by Graduate Sian
.er r. N. Murphy. The $chenoie -
~ similar in IT'S opponents TO e''e
= Of 1917, Washington s. Lee peihs
. only major opponent dropped no"
er. Murphy has made numerous
fits In his playing dates. Pitt. wai"h
carded FOR November AT ro'"eH
nd. being the only championship OF
gent holding the same relative oa'e
II I'D in 1917.
ashington & Lee which was played
on.hanks giving last fall dld noe re-
out the return Of the presidents 70
Rimond. az both the games OF l'Ao
ande11 were financial failures. Man
age Murphy had not expected TINS
gar and made no orertures TOT H. nc
is sing now TO bring West Nlrelti'S
We-yan to Washington for IhanNS-
aivr Day clash and is hopeful or con-
clutg negotiations, Wesleyans L.ne
shonG against Wash. X Jett last t'!l
in early season game and KS oeis''
Of sst Virginia University has given
it erestige that Is calculated 10 make
1t Httlns iate-seaS"n zoe mere;
Pm state skaters precedent IN
corrg back to Washington for second
gan consecutlrely.
", Virginia University gets No
verrr g. ". & J. could have had tho
"a
dul.Novemher IS. the Saturday AFTER
+h,Itt struggle-but Manager Murphy
dtdoc care again to take on P1tt ana
We virginia on succeeding Saturdays.
T& J. next fall will twice invade
We Virginia. a game being scheduled
wttBethany at Wheeling on Nofem-
ea, Bethany had the opening date
on G Rcd and Black card IN 1917. put
,r,forced to cancel on account OF a
,appenlnS. Boyd Chambers oultt up
~, a team at the small West Virginia
.col last year, and asked FOR the
yelling game which he hopes to make
mig anair In territory which teens
"a both Washington & jefferson ana
hany udherent.
ne provisional schedule when IS SUD-
I TO ratification follows:
jsptember oS-kiskt at washington
october 5-Grove City or Westmtnis-
:. at Washington.
October le.-Fenu State. at Washing
n. ~
October lo--Westmiuister or Grove
ity. ut WASHINGTON.
October c6--Notre Dame at South
end.
November c-Rethauy. at Wheeling.
November 9-PutSburEh. Mt Pitts
urgh.
November ts-Gencva. AZ Beaver
falls.
November "S-W"St Virginia. az FAR
aont or NorEantown-
November ~. tThaukS EivinE) -Froha-
Nv West Virginia Wesleyan at wash
n Ct0n
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
BETTER ARMY RIFLES
Continued From Page oue.l


their locations and sanitary ""huN '"hS'
transportation of troops n'h SuPrh'S
both on ln7'd ana S'a ana many F'''''"
qursti"S ais" Will hG EiN'h prom"
in the committees examination "l '''"
crnl sharp. u" Is "Np'''"" ~ "''"fH
III" stand All DAY t"Nr"rr'W anu IN! '"
'hrr questioning r"Gafdch ny INV ,"''
!n!tt"" ~ necessary rr"n'l"l! WIZ r"
,,,,,,.,.', ,,l.,,,. ,n ,viu1 I'm rhn
,,r,i,'.,-,,.,, inquiry. SATURDAY with the on
animation rr ,:nIr;,.l Isaac Lewis. In
ycrtnr If tn" Lewis machine gun
Mar. ,,s,ir,,,,,,. r..,r1iur L..loys In
rirI, ami ,rochir, RIM production was
stvnn today Icy l rr:vnir rrdnanc" manu-
faclurcr :,;d a r!vilirn rifle expert Tho
former however. said that although de-
Law in lmlh had occurred. the lusS nf
tlmc had resulted in evolving much SUI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
IN CHARGE OF BOYS

The men in charge OF The Ohio coun-
~ boys who left yesterday for Camp
Scriven. Ga. were Joseph +. Evans.
of Short Creek: Charles E. Caldwell,
of Elm Grove and William II. Mont
g0mrry OF West Liberty.
or the fiffy.Onr Ohio county draftees
who went TO camp Yesterday. these
three men were chosen by Or. Dickey
Of til" county draft board for their
efficiency in the work they were doing
in Ohio county
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21

ing sections In th,' country. and tn" pro-
rurtiun nj th. present time needs |" l''
AZ its fullest 'np;"I,y.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
BOARD or EDUCATION MET

4 meeting Of the high school board
81 education was held In the school
building last evening.
Matters pertaining 10 the expenditures
we're discussed. and expenditures made
during the past year were read. and to
whom the. debt was incurred. The
members Of the board voted to pay all
the bills brought up at this meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21

Wednesday to see what can be done at
the capital city to relieve the gas short
age that tmperils the health Of the peo-
nl. and entails great financial loss.
Tomorrow tho local committee accom-.
panied by G. w. Evans. secretary OF the.
chamber Of commerce. Will go to Clarka:t
burg 10 confer with the business men or.
that city as 10 further procedure. -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
ENTERS SUIT

Attorney W =. Hubbard entered suit
in circuit court yesterday against me
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad conf
panv'and the Wheeling Warehouse and
Storage company for III" alleged loss
of four cases of goods valued AT $500.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21

III" rcr."1 nf n"cutiatinm ana inh"Cision.
m"n III n private. plant hay itG n govern
'n"nt contract. played checkers and
cards took maps AMI otherwise idl"d
Will" their pay w'u; On at government
1, NnrTSI.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
GAS CONFERENCE

FAIRMuNT. w. Va. Doc. 2h-Th'
committee appointed by the tntrmon'
chamber OF commerce with delegation:
from other towns IN IN" northern par
uf the state will 90 IL Charleston ncXI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
TWO FAST GAMES
At "W LAST NIGHT
HI JINKS LEAGUE LEADERS, De
FEAT. AvIATONS BY A LARGE
SCoRE-MUSXRATS LOSE
TO HOPTOAOS.
Games witnessed by Handful OF Fans
Teams Display Midseason Forn1-
Games Discontinued Until
After Holidays.

Basketball at tho "Y' was in full
bloom Last evening when two interest
Ing contests were staged The High
links defeated tho AvlRtors In the opnn-
er by tho one-stded score OK As 10 ,.
The Hop Toads defeated the Musk Rats
in the final contest 29-l7. The latter
team was somewhat crippled due 10 lha
absence of Boyd and Turk. Both con-
tests furnished many thrills even
though the scores do not indicate Same.
The standing OF the Clubs:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
GIANTS SPLIT UP
FOR FIRST GAMES
IN TEXAS LEAGUE

Marlin, Texas, March 10-John J.
McGraws> expeditionary forces joined
in combat yesterday afternoon at Fiji
erson park, and when six reels OF the
sanguinary conflict had been taken
the score was to in, favor Of the
detachment that left here last night
to invade Dallas The force that is
to march on Waco today was on the
losing end.
The Dallas team is commanded by
McGrawk himself, and Honus Lopert
will be in charge at Waco. George
Gibson is the ranking officer In the
garrison force that remains in Marlin
The batting orders of the two teams
follow:
Dallas Team-Witter, right field;
Herxog, second base; Zimmerman,
third base; Fletcher, shortstop; Kauff
centre field; Ho1l<e, first base; Thorpe,
left field; Kruger and Kocher. catch
ers; Middleton, Kelly, Smith and Hoyt,
pitchers.
Waco Team-Burns, left field;
Young, third base; Kilduff, shortstop;
Robertson, right field; Murray, cen
tire field; Wagner, second base; Rod
riguez, first base; McCarty and Sand
berg, !. catchers; Lehman, Causey,
James and Sehacht, pitchers. Nc
Graw has thus split up his outfield,
but the regular infield remains un-.
broken for the Dallas games. These
! were the teams that played this af-
ternoon, with a different set Of pitch
ers.
All OF McGraw's pitchers except An
derson, Sallee. and Perritt have now
participated in practice games. Tes-
reau and Schupp are nearly ready,
and the others should be with another
. week of warm weather From now
until the team leaves Texas McGraw
/ intends to book as many exhibitions
as possible. He has, already arrang-
ed for several Texas League teams
and the Detroit Tigers to come to
Marlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
(By Wagner.)

The only way to fight frankie
Burns is with bean bags or sofa pill
lows He hits too hard any other
way. Last night at the Casino Bat
Ting Lain of Brooklyn thought Burns
had a gong outside throwing gloves
into the ring. No matter where Lain
turned something hit him. Burns
was dealing them from all sides. AS
a last straw he would twist his hand
around his back and reach over his
shoulder so as to land on Lahn's
open face.
Burns had the paying guests all
worked up because of the speed he
displayed. He hoped gaily around.
pausing only long enough to jab
Lain. AS the battle wore on Burns
changed his schedule SO as that he
sometimes fingered long enough to
land three or four in succession with
out a comeback.
After the first round it was seen
that Lain was no match for the
Jersey City boy. Burns circled
around his opponent and beat a merry
tattoo whenever he pleased. His de-
fensive tactics were also battling to
Lain although the latter was game
and kept trying until he was sent to
the canvas.
Tho knockout took place in the
eighth. Burns had been gradually
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
Willie Hoppe To Be &
Here Next Monday In
Billiard Exhibition

Monday afternoon and evening Will
lie Hoppe, worlds champion at bill
lizards. young Jake Schaefer,
Chick" Wright and Charles Peterson
appear at Colonial hall under the aus
pieces of Robert F. Kinder At the ex-
hiibition Hoppe performs at three
cushion billiards in conjunction with
his balk line and fancy work. This is
a new game for Hoppe for he has adj
hered strictly to the bake line game.
In taking on this new style Of play
he has met with the best Of success
and it is rumored that Hoppe will try
to corner the worlds championship
crown in three cushion Billiards
shortly.
The games will be played on 5x10
table. Everything will be of an official
nature. Hoppe in the matinee and
evenings play ,alternates with Wright
and Schaefer in balk line billiards
and plays Wright at three cushion
billiards Peterson performs fancy
shots His slogan is "Show me shot
cannot make"
The seating ARRANGEMENTS will be
excellent. The seats are so arranged
that everyone 0,2n see the play in
progress. Many ladies have purchased
seats for the matinee performance.
The tickets are now on sale at Kin
der's Billiard Academy, Broad street,
near the post office. The afternoon
performance takes place at Q o'clock
and the evenings performance at
o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
AL Reich Great in
Gymnasium But Not
Against Real Opponent

Gymnasium champion" is likely to
be the only title that AL Reich, for
mer aspirant to the heavyweight title,
will ever hold. Reich will be twenty
seven years old on Sunday, but he is
all through as fighter, at an age
when Jess Willard was just beginning
to make a name for himself. When
Fred Fulton plastered AL all over the
ring last April, he cured the Lake
wood Demon Of any desire to mingle
with the good ones in the ring.
Seen in a gym, Reich apparently
had everything great strength, an
awful wallop, speed, skill, endurance
and generalship. Against second or
third raters he looked like a marvel,
a sure conner. Against q good. ex-
perienced veteran he fcrumpled up.
Reich began boxing as an amateur,
and he was always an amateur at
heart He got his real professional
test when he fought Carl Morris in
1913, and the Oklahoma giant took
all the fight out Of him in the first
round, and finished him in the Sec
ond
Then AL went after the second rat
ers, and knocked 'em out with neat
ness and dispatch. Fred Mckay, Al
Benedict, Soldier Kearns, Art Pelkey
-he toppled 'em all. Then the vet
eran Flynns%Jim and Porky-gave
him pause, and Jim Coffey and Full
ton knocked him out. He had every
thing until he tackled a good man.
Then he had nothing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
YALE VS.. HARVARD
IN HOCKEY TONIGHT

New Haven, March 1O-The final
intercollegiate hockey game Of the
season will be played in the Arena
tonight, when the Yale and Harvard
sevens meet in the third and deciding
game OF the series. By winning this
contest the Crimson will gain an in
disputable championship title, while
the Ellis. through victory-aside from
the natural satisfaction which success
against the Crimson brings-will find
that her championship claims, assum-
ing she makes any, are open to grave
debate.
For whereas the Harvards have
defeated Princeton two out of three
games and have prevailed over Dart
mouth, the Blue lost the seasons SER
les with the Tigers, and also sue
cumbed to the Hanoverians In truth,
Yale victory could as easily as not
be construed into a four-cornered tie,
involving Harvard, Yale, Princeton
and Dartmouth.
And it is by no means certain that
this result may not be brought about.
if only because of two facts: First.
the illness of Capt. Morgan, Of TIar-
ward, and the injury to Eckfeldt.
which is liable to keep him out of the
contest, and, second, the fact that the
game is to be played at Yale, where
the Ellis may be expected to expert
ence the advantage of playing on
home ice, and of receiving the hearty
not to say, vociferous, support of a
large majority of the spectators.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-10
Sullivan Blamed
Rain for His Defeat
At Mitchell's Hands

New York, March lot was TWEEN
ty-nine years ago today that the ia
nous international battle between
John L. Sullivan and Charlie Mitchell
was fought on the turf in private
park at Chantilly, France, not far
from Paris. The fight went thirty
nine rounds to draw, and the friends
Of John L. were kept busy for
months explaining why the big fellow
he then weighed over 200 pounds
had failed to vanuish little Mitchell,
who weighed less than $50 pounds.
One of the favorite explanations
was the weather, and that reminds US
Of a yarn. A member Of the Bos-
tonian's retinue was seeking to ahbi
John, and Jupe Pluvius came in for
a lot of knocking.
"John would have won easily" he
said, except for the cold rain that
was falling all the time they Were
fighting. Poor John certainly had a
hard time of it that day The ring
was just sea of mud, and poor John
could hardly navigate in it. The
rain was awful. 1t was terrible.
cold, driving rain, and it chilled poor
John to the bone. 1t near broke my
heart to see poor John, half naked,
IlSnIlnS away IN tnaC cotu rain, SHdh-
ing like a fellow with the ague. But
poor John was brave and as game as
they make 'em, and he never com
planned. He sure would have won ex-
cept for the weather. Poor joint"
An Englishman was present, and he
butted in with a. remark.
cit must ave been 'orrib1e,' he
said, "but wat I want to know is who
was 'olding the b1oomin' umbrella
over MITCHELL"