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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
MOTOR TRUCK SAVES
RAILWAYS TRAFFIC
Provides for Direct Service
From the Shipper to the
Consignee.

Ip Imperial Valley, California, a
short line gasoline railway nearly lost
all Of It's considerable transportation
business because OF completion OF
auto truck freighttng along its line
from FL Centro to HOltville. but now
President Holt Of the railway goes the
freighteTs one better in giving quicker
serLice with a new type Of motor
truck which collects freight at stores,
runs down on TO IS. own railway track,
hurries to its destination derails and
delivers cOnsignments right at your
door The new motor truck wheel is
provided At its inner side with a steel
tire and flange Of the regulation rail
road pattern and at its outer side with
a somewhat larger rim carrying a
solid ruDber tire. The inner sections
Of the wheels are Of a gauge suited
to the width Of the railway track, on
which they operate like the wheels
Of any-railway vehicle, the front
wheels being rigidly locked In a
straight forward position. The sec
tions OF the wheels which carry the
rubber tires are considerably larger
in diameter than the flanged sections,
so that the latter viii not cut the
pavements when the machine travels
on the highways. At the same time
/ the rubber tires are small enough to
clear the ties when the machine Is
operated on the rails. To allow the
machine to pass switch frogs and
cross overs, wood runners are laid
outside the rails, with one end flush
with the top of the rail and the other
/ inclined downward to receive the rub-
| ber tire in its lowest position. AT street
or road crossings extra guard rails
are laid outside the regular track
| fT.. a q.
allow the tires to pass between. This
prevents derailing when passing
| crossings at high speeds.
Service Is Satisfactory.
Under the present system of opera
| ton the motor truck calls at the store
or warehouse of the shipper and takes
on its load. 1t then goes to the Hol-
ton railway at any road or street
| crossing and runs on to the tracks.
II freight has been billed to any point
between the termini, the machine
leaves the rails at that place and pro-
ceeds to its destination on the high
ways Having delivered its cargo IL
returns to the rails and continues its
tourney TO the next destination. On
the return trip collections are made
at the farms and ranches, the delivery
being made by rail and road direct 10
destination.
The machine, which is 2K ton
vehicle, is run on a regular schedule,
and is capable OF a maximum speed
on the rails OF 40 miles an hour
which is reduced at crossings. II is
handling a considerable volume OF
traffic. which is growing so rapidly
that other machines will probably
soon be installed. The question OF
passenger traffic is receiving attention
and IL is quite possible that motor
buses will be placed in service before
long. The consumption OF fuel and
oil is even less than when running on
common roads and tire wear is of
course. entirely eliminated while the
machine is being operated on the
rails.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
Pulls Tooth With EliyXcr

"a flivver and n tow line beat n
dentist all hollow for extracting teeth"
declared William r. Sim. a Baypor,
l.. l.. laundryman. after performing n
pulling operation upon one Of his ach-
ing bicusplds with his automobile and
stout string. Sim, who describea
the incident says he was taken with
a severe toothache while doing the
rounds OF his business and he Just
couldn't wait to get TO a dentist
lie begged his driver 20 pun out
The tooth. but the driver said he nad
moi sufficient nerve Il tackle the Job.
\ few minutes later Sim went TO the
rear of the car. attached one end ~
the string TO the tailboard Of the car
and the other TO his tooth. braced
himself AGAINST tree and then told
the chauffeur to drive on down 10 the
NcNt block for a call. That settled tho
aching tooth, and no fee 10 pay.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
SIGNS ON M0JAVE DESERT
TO GUIDE AUTO TOURISTS
Water Holes 10 BE Marked by Steel
Posts Piaccd by Government

Actual work Of sign posting the Mo-
Jaye desert east of Los Angeles. Cal,
by tie government 20 make travel
safe for motorists has been begun.
An appropriation OF $4,000 y avail
o ble for the work. This being set aside
by congress aften ten years Of peu-
tioning on the part OF the Los Angeles
cham Der OF commerce TO make safe
for man and beast the desert trail
Under the direction Of o. T.. Nein-
zcr. ir charge OF the ground wa-er-
ways division Of the United States ge-
illogical survey. three parties have
started for the desert. Every water
hole viii be marked by steel signs. re-
duciuF 10 a minimum danger OF tray
elers suffering 1t is expected that tle
work viii zoe completed by January
and that 1t will stimulate transcOn-
unental auto travel. which In the past
three years has developed enormously
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

rubber. but 50 pressing was the de-
Wnld for the Ise Of the rubber IN
dlTlgiules that none ~ H. with the
posi- bic exception ut enough fof the
building Of tires for the royal family
Was allowed 20 90 into tires.
Germany haa little crue rubber %
stock Ht the outbreak Of the var.
Since then she has been depending
on what she could -Wugglc thru the
malls and what she could buy from
sweden Single sheets Of rupber
Voc sent in letters from the United
80. fs- until Great Britain opened
tla-. and couGscatcd the contents.
After this channel had been cipsei
she purchased large numbers n aAt"-
uu I. IE rls country 1nI had them
shipped tU sweden. There sre 'fiup,
o.. automobiles II the tires and
abandoned bIuud-ueW machines fy
the SHedes Eut uow Great Britain
permits uo car shipped -u sweden
Rlth uro equ.pusrA
European Tire Prices
Van der Liudc gave The pretHll-
price % ures IN the following c'lr.
tries.
Germany None 20 %, Ind
Austria None 10 be- had
sweden $3.50 for tire u sou have
ff f. ittH 4N'iA ir'fNl .Nf''.'.
CLUB
N.rwas-y3s0 with permit
Denmark $500 for tire u -.
can I1l one ard give written sure
arce 90 government that lt vil not
Co. 'o Germany
holland l3to for d tire with gov
eminent guarantee
E t--.a-St0 gfor one tire
Great Britain SO f0- one tTe
France 500 trI one tire
Itlly- 500 FOR one tire
Spain-{i-5 Tor one tire
"I4 Sweden there are te. tE0--sr4
automobiles There ere one thousand
ln operation sri or tires from which
as tlsapps red an seutlaTce of tile
0fi sinai casing Tires hold tEc.f,
and thirty patches sweden has been
placed ll ta.- grsc.rir'ut because
90. the mum Der - tires that nave
gone o. Germ ans from lt7 ports
England has denied lf rubber -Ip-
piles Tires are -clTceT there uuW
than diamonds
Gasoline. Sir Van der Linde said.
a- biz Is problem as tires lu no
colut-y can YOU get u without gov
eminent permit and In Germany Tie
Tri-f- are practically prohinit.Fe. A
pleasure trip of zoo miles Ould cost
the average German 500 in gasoline
alone
This is the European scale ~ prices
on gas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
Maine's IighIIng law.

new lighting law went into effect
in Maine on August Is. The new
regulations seek 10 solve the head
light glare question. and differ from
the laws OF other states In that the
candle power OF bulbs is limited to "a.
The new law applies TO motor We
hiclrs and electric railway cars The
regulations permit the use II various
devices With clear glass, but lenses OF
coloted glass are prohibited.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
NOW HARD TO BUY
PNEUMATIC TIRES
Automobile Castings in Ger
many Filled With Rags,
Paper and Cork.
KAlSER'S CAR IS EXCEPTED
Almost Impossible to Secure
Regulation Tires in Austrian
or German Empires.

victor Van dor Tfrde t4chrlcal
rnrreser,sti.. ~ G8odrich Rubber
rejuUar, who has rccertlv returned
from Europe Says that the only auto
mobile in Germany rl4niht 'n i.tY'
in"iIc iFts is ".'sri " ..I'
the crown I''h'- .' - '-'
lfg Ai.ls "'lA .. i'."-'
L1dr'1efii ''i .it,1 "H- L'.'
ttH-f H4'iti.s ih thr 'iii.a. ~" ~
Ih' CROW. p'.".. .. --
ir'ht On -Ie' i'5.'H "'-h ~
IfeHeti cox e-N P'''
'Ah csi I-..lt
--Ai
~ nItD.-se loI .-"
-, " o-
me $50
..IHt' ~ 'iI-a .l''s '
w. 's4-t 4.'i .-.-
eI zoe I---- u -- o.. 80
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

New York is 10 have q garage with
o floor space equal 10 Madison square
garden. IL Will be located on one
Hundred and Thirty second street,
just of Broadway. The Size as given
Is i0o1425ziSs.1O feet
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21
"Bc Not Deceived"

Guthrie Leader. Senator Gore says.
God is no mocked." No but he is
awfully wearied with the senators 3
camOuflaging.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-21

and yet said Van der L!nde,
"r1en Nill run 20 their last cent or 20
the end II their resources. before they
will siye up their cars"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
FOR RUNDOWN PEOPLE

The condition of being rundown"
Is one that doctors do not recognize as
disease; the physician of today who
gets his training in hospital where
severe disorders only are encountered
knows little about it. But those who
are rundown in health know that it
is not fancied affection.
The expression rundown" comes
from the feeble action of an unwound
clock and the comparison is good one.
Applied to health it means condition
in which all the bodily functions are
enfeebled. Appetite fails, the digestion
is impaired, the nerves are impoverish-
ed, the complexion becomes pale, there
is no animation but rather worry and
mental depression. Fatigue is a con-
slant symptom.
No particular organ being affected
you must look for relief to the blood
that circulates everywhere. Improve
mentin theblood is quickly felt through
out the entire system and DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are the best
and most convenient blood builders.
AS the blood becomes rich and red, the
various organs regain their tone and
the body recoversits vigor. Ifyou have
any or all of the above symptoms try
the tonic treatment with DIR. Williams'
Pink Pills. Fifty cents box at your
druggists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
Was Amazed at First by the
German Proclamation to
the United States
THOUGHT AT FIRST RE-
PORT WAS A MISTAKE
Steadfastly Cautions Delhi
GRAFTON and Consulta-
tons Follow

Washington, d. c., Feb. 5.--The story
of how President Wilson decided to break
diplomatic relations with Germany be.
came known Saturday night.
The first news of the German note
giving notice of the abandonment Of re-
strictions on submarines, conveyed to the
president by Secretary Tumulty on the
basis of press dispatches, was received
by Mr.. Wilson with undisguised amaze
nent. He thought Mr.. Tumulty must be
mistaken, but in a few minutes word
came that the note actually had been
delivered to the state department.
Tie president determined that any de-
eision made Immediately would be hasty
and based more on emotion than on
Judgment. That night he conferred with
no one except Secretary Lansing.
Friday, believing hasty judgments had
sufficiently cooled to begin assessing the
true situation, he laid it before the cabi-
net and asked for the opinion of individ-
ual members. Already the opinion had
formed that the course of the United
States was almost inevitable, and in this
he was supported by the cabinet officers.
Some speeches were made at the meet
ing, ii was learned, which stirred all
present. The view was general that a
supercrisis had been reached, although
there were some preliminary differences
on the exact course to be followed
Then the president made his trip to
the capitol Friday afternoon. He want
ed members of the Senate to give him
an idea of general public sentiment.
Again his view was confirmed, for the
great majority of the senators favored
an immediate break.
The president saw no callers Friday
night. Late into the night he worked on
his speech to Congress and then went to
bed. Saturday morning he read the doc
ument over again and finally decided to
take it to Congress Once the decision
was made, he Enthusiastically put the
matter from his mind and went golfng,
realizing that arduous work was ahead
of him and that his health must be of
the best.
Shortly before 10 o'clock on Saturday
morning Secretary Tunulty was sum
moned and>given the address to send to
the public printer. The president also
authorized the secretary to make ar
engagements for the joint session of Con-
gress.
Secretary Lansing followed Mr.. Tu-
nudity to the White House, and details
Of the situation were gone over. About
that time the announcement that the
president would address Congress at 2
o'clock was made by Mr.. Tumulty to
newspaper men and soon afterward the
presidents decision became known.
The president never appeared more
cool than when he went to the capitol.
After his speech he received congratula- !
tons of senators and representatives
gravely and then hurried back TO the
White House for conferences with Seere- |
taries Baker and Daniels on details of |
precautionary measures to protect the |
interests OF the United States. Late in |
the afternoon, he went automobiling with |
Mrs. Wilson and at o'clock he talked |
with AttorneyGeneral Gregory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
NO SECRETS IN BRITAIN.
All Must Tell When the Government De.
mands 1t.

London, Feb. 5.--There are no secrets
from the state in war time. Lawyers,
doctors. priests in the confessional--al
are included in the phrase person or
persons of any class or description" who
must tell on demand, under the British
defense of the realm act.
The issue has been pointedly raised in
Ireland, where the military authorities
have arrested lawyer, II. o. Moran,
and his client, James Ryan, for refusing
to state how certain documents read in
Limerick law case came into their posses
sion.
In statement justifying the position
of Parliament in abolishing the hitherto
inviolable secrecy which has surrounded
the relations of lawyer and client, doctor
and patient, or priest and parishioner,
Sir William Bull, one of the leading legal
lights of the House of Commons, says:
"The safety and defense of the realm
override everything. There can be no
question of privileges or customs inter
vening i'm a matter essential to the well
fare Of the state. Doctors and priests
are under exactly the same obligations
as lawyers, to give information to the
competent military authority who de-
mands it.
MANY prominent people have already
discovered how very extensive are the
powers of the executive authorities UNI
der the wartime laws. Nothing has APP
peared in the newspapers, or could APP
pear, about certain occurrences, of which
sensational stories may perhaps be told
after the war. People have been called
upon to reveal all sorts of things which
they never expected to have to account
foro
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
FIND NEW
LEAK CLUES
Two Newspaper Men Con-
fess They Gave Out
Forecasts
BALTIMORE SUN
MAN WAS ONE
Admits Giving Information
of the Peace Note to
Broker Connolly

Washington, Feb. 5.-Two Washington
newspapermen, ]. Fred Essary. head OF
the Baltimore Sun bureau at Washing
ton, and W. w. Price, White House cor
respondent of the Washington Star, ad-
mitted at the leak inquiry Saturday
that ON Dec 20 last they supplied adj
vance forecasts of President Wilson's
peace note of Dec. 81, which eventually
| found their way to the Office OF Il. f.
Hutton & CO., New York brokers. Es-
sary swore that it was solely through
| friendship for F. A. Connolly, a Wash
| ington broker and partner of r. w. Boil
| ing, brother in law of President Will
son. and without financial gain that he
prepared the telegram which Connolly
previously had testified he wrote and
sent to the Hutton house over his private
wire. Such information as the message
contained, Essary said, he gained from
conversations with other newspapermen
and deduction he made from his knowl-
edge of the international situation He
added that he was not one Of the group
Of correspondents eonfidentially advised
by Secretary Lansing that the note was
coming.
Price testified that he sent two mes
sages to Chicago brokers, Frederick A.
Aldrieh and Finley, Barrett & Co.. telling
them he understood Secretary Lansing
was about to issue a Statement touch
ing on peace. He said he was regularly
employed to furnish such informa ton
Both went to the same address as that
of Clement. Curtis & Co, brokers at Chi
In. Ia
sage signed Clement and using much of
Prices language was received by the
Hutton offices i'm New York. Price in
sisted that bis messages were based on
information he had received from other
reporters, which he did not consider con-
fidential, and his own Interpretation of
the situation.
George A. Ellis, jr., member of the
Hutton firm, supplemented the testimony
Of both Essary and Price. He wrote the
warning" message, sent broadcast to
Hutton's correspondents. which he based
il now develops, on Essary's information.
With tears in his eyes, Edwin A, Rop-
err, telegraph operator for Connolly. to
whom Essary handed the forecast of the
note, told Saturday how Boiling had
pleaded with him to tell the truth and
set him right before the country. Boil
ing did not know the source Of the note,
he said, until within few days.
For two weeks" said Roper. "Bolling
was in tears. He said the public looked
at him as though his sister had violated |
the confidence of the president. | have
been wanting to come here, but / did not |
want to put Essary in wrong. Several
times ! started, but turned back. Then |
friday Boiling implored me |
again to come up and tell the truth, you
subpnnaed me, and here | am. When |
left the office to-day Boiling said, God
bless YOU
The committee win continue its inves.
tigation to-day. With the information
obtained Saturday, future hearings in
New York seemed doubtful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05

is a very decided sentiment in all official
quarters to abandon the public ceremo-
MES of Inauguration on March 5 and
simply have the president take the oath
of office in the White House ON Sunday,
March 4. The army and navy reception
at the White House probably will be
abandoned Those officials who favor
abandoning the public ceremonies feel
that with the president facing such crit
ical international affairs the good OF the
country demands that he shall not be
called upon to participate in public func-
tions.
This matter has not been taken up
with the president himself. Robert N.
Harper, chairman of the inaugural COM
mittee, said Saturday night that aban-
Comment Of the ceremonies had not been
considered and that he did not believe
there had been any serious discussion OF
it among higher officials.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
WOMEN WORKING WELL.
Germany's Investigations Show Salts
factory Conditions,

Berlin, Feb 5-0ne of the Berlin news.
papers has conducted an inquiry as to
how women have succeeded in doing
mems work, and to what extent they will
be kept at such work after the war. The
leading electrical company Of the coun-
try replied that it was now employing
four times as many women as before the
war, and its factories in general had ia
vorable results with women as workers.
The STRENGTHENING department re-
ports that women have done we'll as
teamsters on night work, but they have
not yet been employed in actual street
cleaning, there being enough men to do
it. The omnibus company has been en-
ploying women only for short time,
but it reports itself as satisfied with
them, both as drivers and as conduc-
tors. The leading local express company,
which also handles much baggage and
other heavy objects, says that it has
some women at work, but it finds that
they are not suited for such heavy work;
they are also hindered by their clothing
in climbing upon and out of the wag-
one.
The Berlin street railway company
has substituted women for men to the
extent of one half of the names ON its
payrolls; 5000 of its 400 conductors
are women. $50 of the 1850 motormen,
800 OF the 1000 employees in its work.
shops, 450 of the 2,750 motormen, 400 of
the 1000 employees in its workshops, in
GLIDING those engaged in washing cars
and 200 of the 500 Office employees. The
says: an all these positions
the women are doing satisfactory work,
which varies little from that of the
men,"
The post office reports that il has
taken on a large number of women. es-
pecia1lv in the smaller Offices, and that
they have given favorable results; but
L is not intended TO retain them perma-
nently after the war.
The state railway management enum-
crates a great number of positions in
which it now employees women and
praises the good will. industry. zeal.
md in many instances the achievements
II the women, but il complains that the |
regularity of their work. the frequent /
-hanges in employment, have disturb |
ny effect The management adds that |
many women who have done satisfactory /
work viii be retained in the service after
he war. but that in general the employ
nent Of women by the state roads viii /
K only temporary
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
FRENCH WAR PRICES
Are Trying the Tempers of the House
wives.

wives.
Paris, Feb. 5.-Present conditions of
life have not reduced the girth Of the
average Partisan, but they have begun
to work upon susceptible tempers and
are changing the physiognomy OF the
central markets. Cooks who are boycott
ting the merchants Of their quarter to
buy at the central markets numbered
hundreds few months ago, and now
number thousands. They made the cars
Of the subway lines leading to the CEN
trail markets look like green grocers' de-
livery wagons in the early hours until,
out of Difference to passengers who OBJ
ieeted to the odor of limburger cheese,
garlic and other foodstuffs in their raw
state, the subway company provided spe-
cial cars for them.
Eggs eight to ten sous apiece, butter
70 to rs sous pound Ouf! Lat lal
What are we coming TOT" exclaimed a
bare headed woman as she deposited her
market basket on the floor of one of
these special marketing" cars.
Look at that" joined in the woman
standing beside her, picking brown par
eel from her basket. '1here is a roast
just about enough for three, and do you
know how much it cost me 1t cost me
60 sous; | would like to know where all
the money goes"
= Such conversations are heard every
morning in these new subway cars. They
touch point that no one has yet been
able to clear up. The average retailer
contesses to no greater profit than is
proportionate TO his own increased ex-
penses. The farmer and stock raiser in
sist that they are getting no more than
their share.
The farmer gets more for everything
he sells than he did before the war; 20
per cent more on the average for mutton,
20 per cent more for wheat, % per cent
more for oats, 20 per cent more for beef;
but he points out that, in compensation
for this increase, he now has to pay farm
hands twice the wages that he paid be-
fore the war, while fertilizers which he
uses in considerable quantities went from
60 francs to 1870 francs per ton.
The retailer has no such excuse. Rents
are no higher than they were before the
war and it costs him no more to light his
shop or to run it; in many cases his OPP |
Grating expenses are necessarily less be- |
cause he is obliged to get along with less |
help. The best authorities figure that /
The retail grocer. butcher and green gro |
'er are making from rs to 40 per cent I
more profit than before the war IN most /
II the things they sell The producer is