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The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
Location Of Factory
Vital In Truck Making

'Motor truck makers are learning
that the most important factor in the
success of their business today is the
location of their factory" says H. b.
Reid, 1136 Connecticut avenue, Fulton
distributor. with crowded railroads
presenting all sorts of unusual prob
lens and situations. the manufacturer
is counting the miles to his source of
materials and then to the most ac-
cessible distributing points. The maker
who is nearest the distributing centers
is considered lucky.
THE Fulton motor truck factory at
Farmingdale. L. l., thirty miles from
New York City, is probably one Of the
best-located factories in the country
While motor truck makers in the
West are finding it next to impossible
to ship trucks by rail to the East, it
is comparatively an easy matter to
ship westward. Moreover, there is a
freight differential between Detroit
and New York on the shipment of
trucks to points west of the Missouri
River, making ii cheaper TO ship from
New York than from Detroit.
"All points in the East, both to the
north and south OF New York, while
Inaccessible by rail. are within easy
driving distance so that trucks may be
driven overland under their own power
to the purchaser or distributor. Dou-
ble-decked driveaways are leaving
almost daily from the Fulton factory.
Originally driveaways were only
considered for short distances, but the
saving in time and freight by double
decking has developed this new de-
livery feature even as far as 700 to
1000 miles.
The advantages of this strategic To-
cation are reflected in the rapid
growth Of the Fulton company. Or
ganized two years ago. ii has grown
steadily with a demand almays far
ahead of the output. until now it is
producing trucks at the rate OF 1000
a year.
1T is not merely a matter OF pure
luck that brought William Fulton
Melhuish, president and organizer of
the Fulton Company. and his associ-
ates to Farmingdale. The location
was carefully considered for a long
time and was finally selected because
1t offered the best advantages in the
way Of transportation and also be-
cause 1t was a strategic position for
export business. Fulton purchasers
and distributors have come to appre-
ciate among other advantages the To-
cation Of the Fulton factory, because
of the speed with which deliveries can
be made at great distances from New
York as well as near by"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

Of Industrial. commercial and gov
ernment activities that keep the
wheels of production turning.
The motor truck permits rapid
and uninterrupted transportation OF
the goods and supplies produced by
the help of the passenger car, and
delivers them to shipping points or
receiving depots with a minimum
use of man-power and loss OF time.
without the passenger car. the
motor truck would have less service
to render. and without the motor
truck. the passenger cars activities
would be greatly curtailed. They both
render a valuable service to the gov
ernment. to our allies, and to the pub
lie. that can not be duplicated by any
other type Of transportation equip
ment."
The man who spreads rumor In
these war days Is a poor patriot.
People should scan all information
carefully to be sure that II Is respon-
sible and authentic before they re-
peat It. for the Hun is still busy in
our midst endeavoring to destroy our
morale.
Most OF the stories we are hearing
regarding severe taxation Of automo-
biles and gasoline have no basis
whatever. OF course, all sorts of
propositions are discussed In WASH
ington, as they must be in a body as
large as Congress. But discussion
and legislation are two different
things.
1t is therefore q good rule-yes.
a duty nowadays-to pay no atten-
tion to anything but onicial or
authoritative action in respect to
important AFFAIRS. II makes no
difference what "a prominent con-
gressman" or "well known official
may confide to an eager correspon-
dent. It Is only when his views be-
come the law of the land that we
need take heed Of them.
The very bigness of the automo-
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
CAR STEALING HARD UNDER
CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLAN
With Permanent Number Plates and Identi-
fcation Sheets Attached to Cars, Thief
Has Little Chance.

The State Of California has an
automobile license system quite un-
like any other I'm effect anywhere else
in the country. The plan works to
the absolute satisfaction of Cali
fornia car owners and the idea could
be very profitably put into effect in
every State in the Union. The most
noticeable difference to anyone un-
accustomed to the California system.
Is the fact that the car owner has q
permanent license E1mber and uses
the same set of plates from year to
year. Even though he sells his
automobile and Duys a new one he
retains his number. This means Of
course that the expense of making
thousands OF new steel plates each
year Is done away with.
But naturally there must be some
means by which officers of the law
can recognize whether the current
seasons license fee has been paid.
This is accomplished by issuing small
seals of a distinctive form and color
that attach to the plates. This year
the insignia is a green mission bell.
These seals are all OF the same de-
fraction of what is usually expended
for new plates, each of which must
be stamped separately.
Sheet Under IsingIass.
But that is only a minor benefit
to the owner Of a machine. The
really big thing is the identifica-
tion. With each new license, an
Identification sheet Is supplied in
duplicate. This describes the car
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

minutely as well as giving detailed
information concerning the owner
and his residence. This must be at
tached to the car under isinglass.
At the bottom of this card Is q
blank transfer (also in duplicate)
which must be filled in IL the car Is
sold and must be turned in at the
license bureau before q license is
granted the new owner. The license
cannot be transferred with the car.
Also. the man who sells the car Is
required to turn in the duplicate
transfer when he makes applica-
tion for the right to use his plates
on any other car and before he Is
given a new Identification card. In
this manner the state department
is enabled to keep q double check
on every automobile in operation.
system Hard to Bert.
"When a moments thought is
given the matter. 1t becomes per-
fectly apparent that this system
complicate matters a great deal for
thieves. In the frst place every
thief knows that even II he sue
ceeds In removing a car to some
other part Of the State, any alter
alton he may make in numbers and
correspondingly on the identifca-
ton sheet can be Immediately traced
by merely telephoning the central
bureau.
Furthermore, he realizes that
anyone with a grain of sense to
whom he might try to sell the car
will demand that he prove owner
ship, or will insist upon withhold
ing payment until he has had a
chance to forward the transfer to
the bureau for checking and license
plates.
As a result they say in California
that thief has to cross the noun
tains to dispose OF q stolen car.
If the system were in use through
out the country even this remote
chance would be done away with.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
Many Cars Wrecked in
Hoosier Rush to Oasis

Winchester. Ind,-Since the decision
Of the Supreme Court declaring the
Statewide prohibition law constitu-
tional the number of automobile acci-
dents in Randolph County has In
creased far above normal. Winchester
Is on a direct route between Union
City. which Is on the Indiana Ohio
State line. and several central Indiana
manufacturing cities. among which Is
Muncie- The Ohio side of Union City
u quite damp"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
War SERVICE
A TOUGH TEST
FOR TRACTORS
Strength in Advancin g
Guns and Shells Shows
Value to Farmers.

At many Of the big battles In
France tractors worked night and day
hauling guns and ammunition up to
The lines and as the allied lines ad-
yanced the tractors followed up with
the supplies
Much Of the winning Of these bat
ties IS due to the dependabllity OF
AInerican-made tractors. As one not
d ofhcer said: IF there is one thing
hat VIC value more than anything
else It is the certainty with which we
can keep advancing lines reinforced
with guns and ammunition. When
we break through a line the heavy
guns and tons of ammunition must
be moved forward quickly to hold the
captured positions or help push the
lines on still farther. Infantry and
machine guns do not worry US They
can he loaded on trucks and rushed
through II necessary. It's the htS
heavy field pieces that require more
than the ordinary power and they
positively must be had.
Saves Man Power.
The tractor has in a large mea-
SURE answered this problem for US.
Furthermore, II saves man power, for
one man can handle a tractor where
several men are needed II the same
load Is to be hauled with horses. Pc
ing = small unit it Is less exposed to
gun fire. has less likelihood Of being
put out Of business when needed
most, and does not require another
large stan Of men and busy equip
ment to provide feed for it."
The tractor, in war as in agricul-
tural pursuits, Is the big. dominant
factor. The great tanks or mobile
forts are big tractors. The tractor is
the twentieth century power plant. 1t
has modernized warfare as well as
farming. And it is spelling victory for
It's users
Show I'm Kansas City.
The great tractor show recently held
at Kansas City gives one a fair illus
tration of how the tractor stands to-
day with the American farmer. Thou
sands of farmers from all parts of the
country attended this congress of
farm power. Not out Of curiosity. but
with a vital interest. They were there
to buy. They simply had to. The
economy Of tractor farming, the in
ereasing cost of horse feed. and the
handicap OF trying to raise big crops
with less help and with limited power
Is forcing them to It
Nowadays the buying of tractor Is
like buying pure-blooded stock. or
buying almost anything else on the
farm that has been demonstrated as
an established proposition. One no
longer stands in a tractor field demon
stration and says, The tractor has
come to stay" The tractor has ar
rived long ago and is today playing
big part in the fields and behind the
battle front making the world safe
for democracy
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

bile business has made II an sttrae-
tive target for those who speculate
on sombre possibilities as well ss
those who have purely pro-Ger-
man purpose.
The automobile is Of interest to
nearly everybody. 1t enters so vi
tally into human efficiency that IL Is
a ripe subject for the prophets of
economic disaster to seize upon. It
Is not within sound reason that
either makers or users OF motor
cars will be prohibitively taxed.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
Everybody Can Help.

Every man. woman and child in
America can help win the war. Every
man. woman and child who buys a
liberty bond or war savings stamp
does something toward winning the
war. enlists in one division of ma
tional service, supporting the gov
ernment and backing up our fight
ing men in France and on the seas.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
AUTO NOTES

Have you Maryland operators IL
cense? II not you had better not be
caught operating q car in that juris-
diction. Maryland evidently Is not at
all anxious to have you riding around
on her roads for an. purpose. be-
cause she puts every obstacle In the
way Of one obtaining that permission.
For OF all denominations the applica-
ton for an operators license takes
the cake. In the first place. IL you
live in the District you obtain from
the Maryland license ONCE. in Twelfth
street, near New York avenue. q
blank on which you give a history Of
your life. and which, with a fee of
81 you send to the commissioner OF
motor vehicles in Baltimore. Then,
when he gets time. he will send you
temporary license which you may
present in Hyattsville to a designated
officer, to whom you must demonstrate
your ability to operate a motor car.
As II Is necessary to have q car to
show your capabilitiN, you are
obliged to take q licensed operator
with you in order to get to Hyatts-
vile. Just what the offlcer will ask
you to do when you get there do not
know, but as 1t Is up to him whether
you may run q car in his State or
not, you had better take your best
manners with you. don't under
stand why Maryland can't be decent
like the other States. The many little
indignities imposed on motorists who
travel through that Commonwealth
puts the bunch over there In the
hold-up class. Even her Senators
seem affected that way. because last
winter a bill was framed in the Sem
ate giving reciprocal privileges to
motorists CT every State In the union.
and when presented the only objec-
tions came from the two Senators
from our nearest and dearest neigh
Dor, and. as Senatorial courtesy is 80
necessary in that body, that ended II
right there.
The conservation of man-power
and time demands the use of both
the passenger car and q motor truck.
The passenger car insures rapid in
dividual transportation necessary to
direct and manage the multiplicity
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
LOANS TO OUR ALLIES.

With recent loans of nearly slG.-
ooO.0 900 TO Greece and Sll,Ooo.OOO to
Belgium the aggregate loans made
by the United States TO our eliies
now amount 20 practically fs.oe0.-
ooo. 900.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

The conservation OF man-power
and time demands the use OF both
the passenger car and q motor truck.
The passenger car insures rapid in
dividual transportation necessary to
direct and manage the multiplicity
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-07

thst state were misintepreted, and
that they were not too lax. but rathet
an ideal law While the divorce may
be secured within short time. the
remarria2e may not take place for a
year
Kansas recalled that a prominent
court Judge on the bench OF that state
for % years had said that in all his
experience a divorce had never been
asked by a husband against club
woman, nor had a club woman ever
asked a divorce Kansas is a suffrage
state
Mrs F. f. Humphrey of Reno. told
the ladies that she favored a uniform
divorce law when all the states of
the union have uniform divorce law. ="
she said, then perhaps It viii not
be said again of the citizens of Reno
that there principal diversion is go
ing 10 the station To meet the tied and
hid the united go out
Sorne speakers were more emphatic
In their demand that the divorce laws
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-07

president. Il merely gave you the
right to look into the matter of yom
own motion and | am sure in the let
ter which the secretary OF war pr>-
yided You with, ne gave you the same
purpose and idea
The president closed by expressing
the hope that Mr. Borgum would fee
ii his duty to turn over TO the official
Investigators any evidence in his pos
session.
II has been developed that the
sculptor refused to turn it over.
Mr.. Borglum had conference today
with the senate military affairs com
mittee and gave them list of wit
nesses he desires summoned If the
commi$gee re-opens its investigation
as a result of his disclosures. He re-
iterated his assertions that criminal
liability could be established.
Exactly what the Borglum charges
contain never has been revealed
publicly though they have been
broadly hinted at in senate de-
bate and discussed in the cloak
rooms. Whether the senate com
mittee will consider them has not
been determined hut a majority OPP
poses action and Acting Chairman
Hitchcock has stated that an inquiry
involving possibly criminal proceed
ings should be conducted by the de-
partment of justice.
A meeting will be held in a few
days to settle the question.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-07

New York, May 6.--Australian and
Canadian troops are in action on the
British lines long the vital sectors OF
the battle front in France. The Aus
tralians have struck the Germans
near Morlancourt between the Ancre
and Somme rivers. east of Amiens and
have advanced their lines upward OF
three quarters Of mile, as a result
of two assaults upon the Teutonic po-
sitions The Canadians have ap-
.peared In the Aris sector further
south chan they have been since the
battles in this region began March q.
This part of the line is most important
as II defends Arras to the southwest
and includes localities such as Neu
Vile Vtasse, Mercatel and BoisleauX-
ST Marie, where there have boon biz
ter struggles since the Germans
launched their offensive
American troops on the French
front not far from Mont Didier have
been under storm of shells for tho
last couple OF days projectiles con-
tanning high explosives being min
gled with those charged with poison
GUS gas fred into the lines held by
General Pershings s muu.
Along the rest Of the front l..
France there have been no engage
ments of unusual character, nor has
the italian front been attacked as
yet by the Austrans who have as
sembled there
The British forces have been hold
ing the towns of Es- Salt east or lne
Jordan and northeast Of Jericho for
about week have been compelled
again to abandon the place before
superior forces OF Turkish and Ger
man troops The British, however,
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with a great arm OF our military ma
chine has come to IN end. but added
that the chart of reconstruction OF
the air program TILED him with defl-
mite alarm"
Mr.. Borglum said he had noticed
the publicity given his correspondence
with something more than shock
and that he could hardly interpret II
as friendly In the course of long
letter declared that the aero depart
ment is full Of profiteering ana that
hundreds of millions are gone and that
when he commenced his Investigation
from an office in the war department
building assigned to him. the work.
was systematically blocked even To
the extent OF threatening witnesses.
He named in this connection Stanley
King, assigned as an aide TO his work
and asserted that Major General
lSquier, chief OF the signal corps.
acted in like manner"
Every official that approached
and from whom | had the right to re-
ceive aid and courtesy entered into a
general conspiracy to deceive. TO mis-
lead and to prevent me learning the
truth about the aeronautic situation.
u do not presume to give the rea-
son for this"
Remarking that Colonel Deeds, a
member of the aircraft board. has said
that l,200 American planes were fsyina
in France, the sculptor asserts that
in fact today there are less than
twenty planes.
Il have said the aero department is
full of profiteering" the letter said.
that hundreds of millions are gone
that factories have been created
where there were no factories nee
.essary and contracts to the extent Of
fifty millions given to men who had
neither rhyme nor reason for the re-
motest connection with the aerpolana
production, but who are still flound-
ering in their ignorance and incom-
potency unable and incapable of nal-
filling their contracts still drawing
under the cost plus system ON the
treasury OF the nation.
Il have said that aeronantic men
have been snubbed and ignored and
that factories that knew the art OF
aeroplane building are even at this
writing without the slightest consid-
GRAFTON BY the group who dealt out
The colossal funds for their own pnr-
pose"
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are still maintaining their control OF
the crossings of the Jordan furthnsr
south
From the official reports and special
dispatches filed by correspondents at
the front there come intimations that
heavy fighting may be resumed at any
time. The fact that heavy rains arc
falling may have "a great deal to 30
with the delay in the German drive
but the allies hold high ground from
which they can observe the German
positions which are generally in the
lowlands and have kept up heavy
artillery fire in sectors where the
Germans have been assembling q,
have been at work in bringing up guns
for the battle which is virtually cer-
tain TO come
There Is feeling along the French
front that the Germans may attack In
the Ypres, Amiens and Arras sectors
at the same time These blows. while
carried on independently would really
be phases of new attempt to cut
through the lines in the Somme sec
tor, eliminate the Arras sector ana
carry the high ground to the sourn-
west of Ypres.
1t has been pointed out by obsery-
ers that an attack on the Arras sec
tor, either on the apex between Ar
ras and Lens or on the sides " the
allied lines as they stretch back from
those cities must come before the
Germans can hope to carry their ad-
vance in either Flanders OF Plcardy
much further
Lieutenant John Rosenwald. of the
medical corps, who was formerly one
Of the best known of the western
football players. has been killed By
she'll fire in the Luneville sector.
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way until after all the. clouds had
tecn cleared away in the victor, that
fad worked ifs"ll out. and then She
made a brief statement
/ do not believe that anybody oc
cupyine an official position should use
tn1t position to foster their ind,yid-
ual Eews, whatever they may be-" sha
said smiliuel> ana the incident wa.
closed. la The meanwhile She had
ropularized herself INN .nsph
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mo opponent She is Just rounding an
her first term. and she has many ad
miIes who believe that the revoIntio,
that has been worked out within N,
crsanizatiuu in converting il from H..
ordinary channels 10 that az y VA,
service organization. have hee,
largely due to her splendid efforts
They believe that the responsi.,ihia.
OF the future are Wen placed within
her hands
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BORGLUM CHARGES
ABSOLUTE GRAFT
iDEcLARES CONTRACTS HAVE
BEEN GIVEN MEN WHO WERE
NOT CONNECTED WITH AIR
CRAFT BUILDING.

Washington, May Upon learning
OF the publication of messages and
letters addressed TO him by President
Wilson in connection with the aircraft
ont the text OF an open letter to the
president in which he expressed che
nope that the csmouflage deliberately
planned by 4 group of men entrusted
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be more lax Mrs Adam Weiss of
Colorado said that in her state there
we're eight assigned causes for di-
voTce, seven OF which applied in favor
OF the men, and eight in favor of the
women The difference, and the only
difference. was that a woman could
get divorce for non support, while
the husband could not She said that
a couple who could not live longer
together in peace could not agree on
divorce and receive it. for that would
be taken as collusion. and collusion Of
that sort was a barrier to divorce. but
that If either of them went ont and
violated one OF the assigned causes,
they had just ground for divorce. She
rather inferred that il ought not TO
be necessary to do certain things to
lay the groundwork for divorce
None OF the women we're for the
encouragement of divorce, nd uniform
marriage laws we're discussed with
Inuch favnr The uniformity of the
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