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The Washington times., 1918-03-02
GEORGE A. KLSSEL
REVIEWS BENEFITS
OF AUTOMOBILES

club or Sunday at his country home
is now n matter of a few hours by
motor. enjoying the trip and getting
relaxation and rest throughout every
mile.
A few weeks ago, a business ac-
quaintance of mine drove to the fac-
tory for the purpose of selecting a
new car. asked him what uses he
put his car to, and he replied that
outside of weekend tours in the sum
mer and trips with his family about
town on holidays and Sundays, his
car was used almost exclusively in
visiting different contracting jobs he
had under way in different parts Of
the city. and, at times, in different
parts of the State.
Broker Uses Car.
know of another business man. a
broker. who has made a speciality OF
de aling in farm mortgages, who uses
his automobile for visiting not only
the different farms in which he is in
terested. but also in calling on other
farmers who might desire to avail
themselves of his services.
understand that during the recent
sale of a well-known encyclopedia.
the different sales agencies furnished
automobiles for their statesmen
whose territories were in the oUtly-
ing agricultural districts.
/ could enumerate countless other
examples of how the automobile is
proving n necessary utility among
business executives as well as manu-
facturers and salesmen. but they
would more or less be similar to the
examples l have cited.
Professional Men, Too.
While the automobile has enabled
business men to accomplish seemingly
impossible feats in the business
world, its utility among professional
men Is even more marked. Perhaps
to no other one class of professional
men has the automobile helped to &C
compIish SO valuable a service and
has meant so much to the health and
life of the nationVas the medical pro-
fession. The services OF a doctor.
when needed, are needed In a hurry.
Every minute lost in getting to a pa
tient adds hours in convalescing, II
nothing more serious results. The
time formerly wasted in hitching up
horse and buggy. the snail's pace
which the best of horses had to make
at night. is now saved, and is sup
planted by the instant whirr of the
self-starter and hitting it forty miles
an honr within a few minutes after
the ca arrived.
The architect. lawyer. contractor,
and business men In every line OF
business can not only keep their Of
fee AFFAIRS running smoothly, but
through the time-saving ability OF
their automobiles, can get out among
their eustopers and clients. They
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
DETROIT ELECTRIC
NOT STOPPED BY
DEEP SNOW DRIFTS

Through eight miles Of snow-drifted
roads and often into the heavy banks
along their edges is the record drive
Of a Detroit Electric. by the man
ager of the Electric Sales and. Service
Company OF Toledo, dealers for De
trOit Electric.
By driving from Toledo to Detroit,
H. II. Dennis not only saved himself
a long and tiresome rail journey.
bat he demonstrated the ability OF
the Detroit Electric TO negotiate
roads that blocked the progress OF
motor trucks and that drivers Of high
powered gasolene cars would not at
tempt for fear Of being stalled.
The trip was made the day follow
ing a six-inch fall OF snow that drift
ed before n high wind and blotted
out the beaten track, making it very
easy to get into snow banks three
and four feet deep.
As Mr.. Dennis described the trip. II
had the thrills OF a battle. Between
Toledo and Monroe. just over the
Michigan line. he encountered no diff
fcuities, except that 1t was hard pull
ing through some Of the drifts. -Four
miles out OF Monroe. he came upon
two Government trucks that were
stalled.
1t was only few miles further
that more Government road trucks
were met They also were stalled
and this time the electric plunged
through a three-foot drift to get by.
The truck drivers cheered as the
electric turned back into the beaten
track.
Further along the journey, nearer
Detroit, Mr.. Dennis passed between
twenty-five and thirty new cars, and
he gave them a wide berth, deliber-
ately taking the side OF the road and
forging into the drifts. He also pass
ed two trucks that had been stalled
and abandoned.
Not once did the Detroit Electric
falter. and while the charge OF the
batteries was practically exhausted
when the car rolled into The service
station in Detroit. 1t made the dis,
tance without trouble
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
STANLEY H. HORNER
RIDES IN AIRPLANE

The airplane speed-bug bit Stanley
II. Horner, local Buick distributor.
One jaunt with Lieutenant Sully did
the business.
Believe me, I'm going up again" "
he says.
you get your first thrill when
you shoot up 200 feet with the nose
OF the plane pointed at the sky,
looming, they call IL. Then, with the
engine yanking YOU along at ninety
five miles an hour, you get a chance
to look down. The earth just seems
to slide past You. down below. When
the lieutenGnt banks her for a turn,
with one wing pointing at the ground
and the other at the sun, you get a
good look.
Funny thing, It didn't make me
dizzy at all.
Believe me. I'm going up again"
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
.fORST Bros, INC.,
get LITTLE GIANT"
TRUCK KAGENCYHERE

? Forst Bros, Inc, OF 1915 New York
aysnue northwest. have taken over
the exclusive agency for the new
sLittle Giant" line OF one two. and
shree and one-hslf ton motbr trucke.
Forst Bros, after thorough investt-
Eation, have become convinced that
the next five or six years will be to
she motor truck line what the past
ave or six years have been to the
pleasure car line. and that the day
for the handling OF motor trucks as
Side line by pleasure car dealers ts
past
1t is the further opinion OF Forst
Bros. that service is 90 per cent OF
thS motor truck business, AMI that
no matter how good truck man
buys, or what guarantee may accom-
pany the sale. Il is the unexpected ac-
eident that may create serious loss
of time unless the damage can be
Quickly and properly remedied, and
20 this end they have set for them
aelyes the motto Service Above ALL
and are said TO be carrying the larg-
est repair stock of any truck agency
3n the country.
Forst Bros agency includes. be-
sides the District of Columbia, all OF
MARYLAND and Virginia. 1t is their
anfention to open their own branch
EaIesrooms and service stations In all
the larger cities throughout this ter
sitory. SO as to enable them to mani
tain their motto OF Service Above
XiP' by quickly Assisting the owner
or subdealer of Little Giant" trucks
a their territory, no matter where he
may be located.
Forst Bros have a large heet OF
trucks Of all sizes now en- route from
the factory of the Little Giant Truck
Company, in Chicago.
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
ou Can Obtain Possession of the Make You Want

extremely interesting, article IN the
March issue OF MOTOR, the National
Magazine OF Motoring, wherein Mer-
Till c. Horine details the substance
of an Interview with Roy d. Chaplin,
president OF the Hudson Motor Car
Company apd chairman OF the High
ways Transport Committee, which
has been intrusted by the Govern
ment with the task OF co-ordinating
and making 10 per cent efficient our
highway transportation system. par
ticularly as Il relates 20 war traffic.
This Is the first time that Mr.. Chaplin
hes indicated the work Of his commit
tee and explained IN detail what Il
intends to accomplish.
An arrangement between the High
ways Transport COMMITTEES and the
quartermaster department OF the
army has been perfected BY which all
the 10000 motor trucks that are 70 Be
sent abroad 70 our army in France
this summer will travel to the point
OF. embafkation under their own
power, and will carry capacity loads
OF munitions also on the way to
France.
The Washington times., 1918-03-02

called into play, enabling every mem
bes OF the family to enjoy the trip to
tfeir destination and to absorb health
while on the way. The money it used
for different Gmusements TO keep
everybody happy and their minds oc-
cupied, the mApy expensive trips to
town that were made to get change
from home, can now be saved with
greater enjoyment and more WHOLE
some recreation at less expenditure.
The automobile has created more
business in the retail life OF every
City and town than the average per
son realizes. Agricultural and sub
urban owners, who formerly elmer
did without supplies and necessities
rather than to undertake a long and
tedious journey to town, think noth-
ing now of making the trip in their
automobile.
II one considers the effect OF the
automobile on real estate values. one
would be- dumbfounded at what It
has resulted in.
In a city's governmental activities
the effect of'the automobile is again
apparent. II has reyolutionized the
projection OF property, Most every
fire department now has become mo-
torized. Again, America is noted FOR
its beautiful parks and driveways.
which are the results OF. the efficient
care the automobile has enabled the
park commissioners and street de-
partments to maintain at an upkeep
within their appropriation.
In coming down to the present
when the whole world seems to be
at war dnd when every patriotic
American is doing his utmost for his
country. here again is seen the de-
pendability we place on the automo-
bile. Visit any of the headquarters
OF the country's patriotic societies, go
TO Washington, and note the Govern
ment executives, Senators, army and
navy attaches, all working full tilt,
going at a pace made necessary by
the Increased demands made upon
their time. There is one thing that
stands out foreibly, and that is, that
practically without exception, they
depend on the automobile to convey
them from point to point, saving time
BY annihilating distance. all for the
purpose OF helping win the war.
The Washington times., 1918-03-02

find their home after a hard day one
of the greatest stimulants they can
indulge in.
This efficiency and economy Of the
automobile, which has enabled the
business world TO accomplish wonders
and to maintain a rapid pace, not
dreamed of a short time ago, is also
found in the owners social and home
life.
Take the family that owns an auto
mobile. The hours and days formerly
spent staying about the house are
now being spent travelling in tine
country, breathing in the fresh air.
Consider how the automobile has fit
ted in with the routine OF the home.
The tedious shopping and social calls
made. on foot or in crowded street
cars are now turned into "health"
trips in an automobile, accomplishing
one and q hundred different dUtirs
that necessitate the housewife having
to go to town or calling on. neigh
bors. When friends are visiting or
everybody wants to do something. 1t
Is always the automobile that is irst
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
IMMENSE Tonnage
SAVED TO- R. RS
BY MOTOR TRUCKS

How many people realize that rail-
way transportation and Transports
tion by water Is generally incomplete
transportation? The railways and the
waterways carry products only from
terminal to terminal; the initial haul
age and the final distribution must be
some sort.
This universal application Of high
way transport is pointed out in an
The Washington times., 1918-03-02
By GEORGE A. KIssEL.

BY OEOhOE A. tNASSbLs
President, KisseI Motor Car Company.
Accustomed as the average owner is
to depend on his automobile, II would
be hard for him to figure what h2
would do without 1t. The passenger
car has fitted into his every day life
so naturally, enabling him to meet the
demands which competition has
forced upon him to keep up the TWEEN
tieth century pace at which the busi-
ness world is moving, that its utility
and use actually dominate his ac-
tivities.
To the business executive, the use
OF his automobile in meeting the va
ried requirements of his business in
terests, has become second nature. He
no more thinks of how IL saves him
time, labor, and keeps him from the
many distracting annoyances OF other
forms of travel, than he considers the
steps the office elevators save him.
FOrEets Benefits.
He has forgotten that not many
years ago he had to trust to the un-
certain public conveyances, necessi-
tating a loss of time, in having to
start earlier than he does now. He
has forgotten that in the old days he
was not free from interruption so he
could plan for the days work while
on his way to the office. He does
not realize that his car makes 1t pos
sibIe to keep in personal touch with a
dozen different business interests in
different parts Of the city, feat that
was impossible before the advent Of
the automobile. He does not stop to
think that the automobile has prac-
tically doubled the number OF work
ing minutes in his hours, that he now
covers five miles to his one mile of
yesterday, and that he can do all this
at less exertion than he expended
before he purchased his automobile
His weekend trips to the country
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
TELLS OF HUNS WORK
lnvaiIded Sergeant Describes
Atrocities Committed IN France,
indssorIbabie Brutality Revealed WheH
tilahIanders Capture village Nsag
Plouohestreert Wood.

san Francisco. understandable atrov
cities, which even the brutal HuA
might not be thought capable Of, were
committed IN France recently and dis'
covered when the valiant SeafortA
Highlanders captured small village
near ploughestreert Wood, according
to Sergeant A, Goad Of the Hisnlanor
ers, who has been invalided to Amer
lea with three wounds.
.When we took the village ! hap
pened to look Into hut. still stand
ing among the ruins, and there saw
the most horrible sight that ! have
yet seen In my war experience" Ser
geant Goad said.
against one wall vas the oeae
body of a woman, her hands crossed
above her head and nailed to the
wall by a spike. There were no otheF
wounds on her body-she must nave
been left there to die from torture.
..Opposite her. against the otnei
| wall. was a little three-year'old chilo
with Its head impaled on 0 sharp hooa
| and its limp little body hanging DOWN
The two had doubtless heep crucinet
At the same time and left alope 8
watch each others death agonies.
Sergeant Goad said that some um'
later the British took Ploughestreef
Wood, but were driven back tempora
rily, and when they recaptured y
score Of wounded. whom they had nee
\ unable to rescue, had been sayagel
slain.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
TELLS GHAs1lY TALE
lnhuman Germans DESCRIBED BY
| Holy City Refugees


Denver, Colo.---Stories Of the fright
full experiences suffered By residents
Of Jerusalem previous to the capture
Of the Holy City by British forces un-
der General Allenby were told here
by Miss Celia Moinestea, who, with
her mother, fed from the torture In
fiicted by Turkish soldiers and Ger
man officers there several months ago.
Miss Moinestea and her mother
were among 800 refugees who escaped
from Jerusalem while thousands were
starving within the gates Of the an
Client city.
"There was agonising suffering
among the civil population Of Jeru-
salem after the Germans took control
of that city, said the youthful reftf'
eee. Hundreds died Of starvation
when food, imported for the inhabit
ants of the stricken city, was seized
By military authorities and diverted
to the soldiers. Our friends fell dead
about rs like feaA. Scores OF young
girls sold their souls to tho German
soldiers La return for food"
II took Eve months for Miss Molnes
tea and her mother to reach Denve'
after leaving Jerusalem.
eve witnessed the most hearkrend
Ing scenes while travelling theousi
,Austtsr,. the xsrs declared, 'Ebsr'
roads were flisd with cripples pm
food was 50 scarce that the peasant
refused to sell even small portions a
fabulous prices offered BY the tray
elers."
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
MAN POWER Of HUNS
aern,anys Full Strength 70 Now
/ $500 900 Men,


puria, The Echo do Paris, referring
TO ths distribution Of enemy forces
nm ne differeat fronts says;
ssOn the yrranco- British front there
have been tor several months past 1bff
German divisions, Of which "a werp
Opposed BY TIE British and the remain
der BY the French. Following the re-
cent British Offensive at Cambria, TINS
nroportion was modified. There are
now exactly 164 divisions on the
Franco British front, each comprising
about $3.50 bayonets, and including
arttllexy, engineers. ETC.,, or about Il
600 mn In aia. thus giving about y
OooOo0 German ccmbatauts on tna
ErancoBritisb front
IN view Of the unceptainty OF wna'
Russian anarchy has in store for them
the Germans have LETT about miiiior
men % the Russo-R RouMania trent. A.
4 in,stter Of fact. tho movements e1
fectsd have resulted not In a diminu
tion q the number Of fighting unit
on ti,is front. but in their quality.
..On the Italian front Germany na
| sent 70 the assistance Of the 40 Auf
/, .t,ian divisions only 'aeven divisions Q
about 10000 men.
sOu the Balkan frapt she has sen
/ ofiiy ao0oo lcomhatauas 70 reeiufore
the TuiD and Bulgprians. - A.
Germany has restricted heE help
furnishing general stafie.
consequently Germany, whose too
strength IL b,500.00o men. has on U
various fronts 8,lso0Oo men, the :
malnder being required for guardir
the Swiss and Dutch frontiers end !
the occupation Of, the invaded teri
} tories"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
USE COLOGNE BELL FOR GUNS


The Hague.-The great @kaisera|
bell" whose sonoroas voice many
Americans may haye heard above tha||
roars OF Cologne, has now been res|
moved from its cage in- the southern
tower Of the grand cathedral % De
melted for war pses. 4 rang lts funer-
a chnnt on New Years night. .
The bell weighed $4,000 pounds and
II was necessary g saw 4 y pieces g
get Il down.
French gums captured 10 1870 ana
1871 were the material from which
the ben was made, and Il wns nFss
sounded on March n. 1877, the birth
day Of william |. 1t took ~ bell ring
ers 10 operate Il.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

stenography and typewriting 20 help
her father write his memoirs. But ne
dictates nothing and writes nothing.
Sometimes he leans out Of the only
window, which oyerlocks the town,
and watches his children when they 20
for q walk. He wears the undress
uniform Of a colenel Of the Preybajen-
skys and puts on a dignifed air %
soon lis he thinks he .is being observed.
But when he thinks himself alone his
back loses It's stiGnesa, he hides bus
care-lined face in his hands and this
man, whose hair has turned quits
white. falls into melancholy brooding
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

Henry the Navigator of thar nation.
who collated MI. the ancient lore oVt
shs subject, ID the fifteenth century,
ana pointed the way to better means
Of determining latitude thap By the an
cient astrolnbe aud cross stan.
The sextant and chroncmeter were
both Of English origin. however. and
we're brought out within five years of
each other, the sextant 10 1781 and ths
chrondmeter- improved clock--in
1886. Modern navigation. such as -
many Americans are studying today.
may be said to date from the perfec-
don of these two instruments.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
HIRSUTE CONSERVATION
LATEST WAR MEASURE


Los Angeles, Cal--Conssrva.
ton Of whiskers is the latest
wartime measure advocated
here. n every man and youth
would refrain from getting a
haircut and shave for q month.
mathenaticians figure something
like 5000 900 would be saved In
labor, time. rent. electricity ana a
This. however, admittedly
would be hard on the barber ana
the opposition Of the ladies' to .
months growth Of picturesque
hlrsute adornments on bean ana
husband is insurmountabia
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

Mary Elizabeth crabtree takes pride
in the fact that she is mascot OF the
National Educational association. The
organisation Is very proud Of her. for
Mary is not only charming little giri
but an ardent patriot. At the present
she ia sealing the envelopes which con
tains the cali Of Mary @. @. Bradford
president Of the association, to the
teachers Of the country urging theas
aid in campaign to increase the 1ur
nior membership Of the Red Crosas
The money she Is earning by this WORK
she says she will invest Ia war savings
stamps. Mary believes every boy and
girl in the nation should buy war saw
ings star,ps and help incvease tlIs u
nior membership of the Red Cross
II the boys and girls do their part, sha
says. they VIA be q big help IN win'
ming the war.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
The SACRIFICE i

by HAreld Crawford stsarns y Ths'
vloiiantss. !.
II you should hear earth moan, ana fau
u hesd;
II yoa shsald turn ycae back on writr-
ing pain;
ti0nS bleed.
zen wunld b sns viii, Cain -
AlthousA you give your riches 70 tshs
Aithsush yep yisid your body. clear
\ and whole.
You snast present your scul'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

New York. 10 train coo social
workers for wartime emergencies, the
mayors committee Of women on ma
tional defense began wartime train
I'M course. The course b IN coop
9rztion with Columbia university.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

Mrs. Royal g. JohnsOn, wife Of the
South Dakota congressman who has
enlisted a. a private in the National
army, she win remain In Washington
with their two sons. aged eleaen and
nine years. while her husbaq9 Y 70
training at Camp Meade.
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!, Denver. The Denver government
mint Is working day and night 70 meet
the demand for pennies and other
small coins caused By the "odd
change necessary In the payment o.
the new war tAxes. Exactly 1e'aN N.ooo
pieces were coined during November.
This was 1 reccrd-breaker for the DEN
ver mint. The superintendent said TO-
day the record for December y the
greatest Ia the history Of the mint
Excepting December. $500 800 coins
were minted In 1917. the largest u
Denomination being 5ocsnt pieces.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08

| Chlcago.--KuItting two socks as one
knitting is something new.
The process comes from Australia'
where tho double Knitting y produc'
ing 5000 pairs Of socks q menfl for
british relief. A Miss Brown cnma 60
the United States TO teach the method
and It has been taken up py Chicago
women.
/. They are selling directions fpF dqal'
bio knitting al the Red Cross head
quarters In Evanston. the funds gclne
d the nod Cross, 70 women who wan'
ID learn how to make . right ana :
left sock Al the same time May com
municafa With them, s.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-03-08
BETTER CLOTHES FOR TOMMY
erltaIp's Discharged Soldiers % os'
: ~" sRscuIar" OUTFIT
! ~. Hereafter.

fcndon.--,A ions.standing grievance
lof Tommy Atkins 10 to be remedied.
'On dlscharge he was served out with
"A suit 81 shoddy, described In the, trade
,ns sresch me dowpar o cheap tweed
lcap and o muller, ths value being
laxsd as $4.eo. ....,,,...a
/; 4 pswspapef man Who witnessed
|the discharge Of the man who fought
iat Mons described the returning ne
Iroes u looking like charity pension
era
Tho press dealt with the compliant
and ne wnr once amended the scheme
I6y substituting FOR the muniPy Q cor
lar ana q tie and Suggesting greater
care ii the tistils at inalyIdual suits
lHenceforth these men are to be M n
leased for civilian life wearing ] s0lts y Y
Of decent quality and cnt repfeseeNslg I
Ing 30, Wholesale values s