Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

All aiMpIti motor cur, toI liN uSN
Of the machine gun company of the
Third Missouri infantry. the home
guards, l. garaged at the Overland
Automobile company's building In st.
Louis. The car was driven thru from
Philadelphia by Y. l.. llaussmau pres
ident Of the overland Automobile
company, lieutenant in the home
guards. and Lewis Rumsey. an officer
of the organization. The car is ON
King eight chassis. ;he armored
equipment of Harveyized steel having
been provided at the Philadelphia
navy yard by the United States gov
ernment.
The plans announced some time ago
FOR the expansion Of the Republic
Rubber company so that 1t could take
ever the Knight Tire Il Rubber COM
Fany and enlarge its Youngstown
Liant TO give II much-needed greater
production have been completed. I'M
der this plan the Republic Rubber
corporation has been formed and II
will take over the properties of the
Republic Rubber company of Youngs-
town and the knight Tire & Rubber
company OF Canton.
Twenty armed guards patrolled
the Lincoln Highway recently at Il
point near Newark, n. j., where the
Pennsylvania Railroad had petitioned
for the right to lay crossing at
grade. to prevent laying of any track.
More than three hundred motor cars
travelled this section of the highway
In an hour the night before and the
citizens considered the crossing would
be a death trap.
The st. Louis director of streets is
drafting an ordinance by which he
hopes to make traffic safer. One fea-
ture is that all chaufeurs shall be eX-
amincd and licensed The object is
that If this proves successful. the IL
cense shall be extended TO all VINO
drive cars. Revocation of licenses are
to be a penalty for repeated offenses
against traffic laws. An effort Will be
made to restrict the downtown park
ing, but II is not the intent to elimi-
nate parking A bureau will be estab-
lished to examine service cars to in
sure reasonable safety of passengers.
Clarence II. Booth has resigned as
president of the Scripps- Booth corpo-
ration at Detroit. and no definite in
formation IL available as to his sue
cessor. 1t is stated that w. N. Lit
tie, at one time head of the Sterling
Motor company, is vice president. and
that the Scripps- Booth corporation is
to pass into the control of large and
influential motor car interests. In
about three months new models are
expected.
The Stewart Warner Spec iOmeter
company. of Chicago, reports for the
quarter ended September 80 net pref
lts, after deducing per cent income
49, Ill tsxy - e
and for the nine months ended Sep
tcrber 80. S1.S40,3S0. Estimating the
war tax at 100000. the net profits
for the period would be S1,650.000 az
compared with $1.sS0.000 after al
lowing per cent tax, but no war tax
in the corresponding period OF last
year.
The Russell Motor Axle company Of
Detroit, has increased its capitaliZa-
ton from 100000 to $750,O00. The
company has Just completed one
story addition to its plant which gives
additional floor space of $4,000 cquarc
feet; $4,000 of new machinery has
just been purchased which will enable
the company to increase its produc-
ton co per cent during its next fiscal
period over what 1t has been during
the year just clo sing.
Gov. Hugh NJ Dorsey of Georgia.
has offered $500 in rewards fer the
capture of the "nightriders" who have
sought to terrorize the negroes of
Houston and Crawford counties be-
cause they purchased automobiles
with the profits of their cotton crops.
The men sought are unknown. A re-
ward Of 500 was offered for the ar
rest Of the first party captured and
convicted and $50 each for the next
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