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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04
FOR SALE.
Ford roadster.

One Ford roadster.
Two 1917 Ford touring cars.
Two 1916 Ford touring cars.
Three 1917 Chevrolet touring ears
One Ford Form-a-Truck with body
One Ford with stake body.
Two Buick skies, good as new.
One Overland six.
One Overland club roadster, good
new, 1918.
All for sale or trade at a bargain.
For information call Avery Williams
at Ramona, or phone Hicks & Will
at Madison, Phone 2103.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04
GERMAN PEACE
ENVOY in BRITAIN
ANRE WOOD Is WRESTED FROM
HUNS BY THE FRENCH.

London, May Am emissary of
Germany's new. peace offensive al
ready is in England. According to
the Central News, he is a Dutch fin
ancier. Another agent, the agency
says, is believed to be on the way.
London, May Am intense bonn
bardment was opened by the Ger
mans early this morning on the Elan
ders front from Locre to the south
Of Ypres. There is great activity al
so in the sector between the forest of
Nieppe and Meteren, the war office
announces.
The British slightly improved
their position in a minor operation
near Hinges, southeast of Amiens,
while on the northern front the
French carried out a local enterprise
in which prisoners were taken in the
Locre sector.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04
A SHORT BUT STRONG STATEMENT.

Women with backache, rheumatic
pains. sore muscles. stiff joints or Other
symptoms. OF kidney trouble should read
this statement from Mrs. S. G. SMALL,
Clayton. N. NJ: Foley Kidney Pills have
done me more good than all other medi-
cines." They strengthen weak kidneys
and Danish sleep-disturbing bladder all
ments. Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04
ALMOST A YOUNG NAN AaArn.

T.. r. whitehead. r.. +. d.. /, Norfolk.
Va, writes: II had been suffering for
more than a year. but since taking Foley
Kidney Pills I feel almost a young man
again" They strengthen and heal weak
ened or disordered kidneys, stop sleep
disturbing bladder ailments, Danish
backache. rheumatic pains, stiffness,
soreness. Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04
THE CITY.

- - = - - - -
Generally fair tonight and
Sunday; warmer tonight north
east and central portion; cooler
Sunday west portion.
- - - - - - -.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-04

Paris, May 4.-The French made
an attack late yesterday on the front
between Hailles and Castel, south
east of Amiens, and capturde Hill 50
and the wood on the Avre river Q
by, the war office announces.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Maxwell Truck Climbs
To Top Of the World

Harry j. De Bear, manager of the
Maxwell New York branch, has received
details of his "ThreeA" Maxwell
worm drive 'cross-country truck in
its climb up Mt. Wilson, a nine-mile
grind, which is one of the stffest in
the country. Incidentally, the truck
equalled as a mountain performer it's
brother product, the Maxwell passenger
car, which holds the record for the Mt.
Wilson climb.
In the trucks official test last winter
under the sanction of the A. A. A. Con-
test Board, the car travelled from Jack
sonville, Fla, to New York without
water being added to the radiator. De
Bear wanted the truck to be subjected
to cooling test on Mt. Wilson.
The "Three-A" truck had previously
unwound 5000 miles of hard work,
running without a thing ever having
been done to it. Since the truck left
the Maxwell factories the head had
never been off the motor nor had any
repairs or requirements ever been
made upon it.
The car ran from New York to
Florida under full load, then from New
York to Detroit before it came across
the continent. On top of all this GO
ing, it found itself headed up the
stiffest mountain pull in Southern CAL
lfornia without even q shop workman
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Automobile Picnics Are
Cominp Back in Stvle

"The oldtilne family automobile pic
mic is again the vogue" remarked A.
M. Robbins, general manager of the
Chalmers Sales Company, Inc, last
week. "When automobiles first came
into wide family use the Sunday picnic
party, in which anywhere from two or
more people were the participants, was
quite popular. Motorists used to like
to. go off on a jaunt taking a box
luncheon. and the vacuum bottle for
keeping refreshments hot or cold was
boon to the picnickers.
Then some few years ago this sort
OF thing went out of fashion, largely
because cities and towns everywhe re
were catering to the wants of motor
lists, and luncheons and dinners were
easy to obtain.
"However, with the high cost of liv-
ing due to war conditions and the re-
quirements of the food administration,
motorists are again adopting the old
style automobile picnic. The unusu
ally fine weather we have had this
sprlng and summer has been to de-
gree responsible for this, l believe. We
know that large number of Chalmers
owners this season are doing this, for
they come in and tell US about it,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
On "Gas Economy" Tests

MOTORING suggests OF a proposed
n would thing
that could show competition
what
To this of there the objection that specially
automobiles with driving would
would could
his hands, accomplish
heen demonstrated in economy tests before this
Where by factories and the results
individual dissatisfaction follows
different the other,
of the travelled the
conditions the the methods different
The true test of service the because the
doesn't anything like his factory
Therefore he right his driving until something
that him the The the
of trouble things that would otherwise lay him
they let with the best running
1t would be mpossbty generally speaking
contest of fuel Some makers would the
either because they afraid they'd show badly else that
competitor would put over something
meages
they make reading
they
particular
At gasoene will things
light gasoene consumption laying up
it originally that they had economical
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Hitting qp Twelve
C.EeSeHarps

OTORlSTS from these who the Connecticut will
V do we'll attention notice by Robbins
B. Stoecke Commissioner Vehicles of that
thereafter,
LAS the situation strictly
Connecticut residents Stoecke
"but the absence publicity the
their notice have
with occasional 1t
be make the comply
that this with the
publicity ought to be had"
The that
headlights
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higher than
the
machine
These things
dung headlight
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reflected light below
frostng the bulbs offers another method Still another
tc bub the lower half the reflector the lower half the
lens of the
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law that application will not compliance
produces the result To this the bulb
properly focused and adjusted The devices
of bulbs in connection Herewith follows
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Corning novial Controlte
lens, 151S22436 Hoophane lens,
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Reflector bulbs
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Office of of State Hugo that about rdd headlight
and DINNERS test and that the will
list of those which have that automobsts will
they attach with fair chance of being held to be within the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

raising countries supply the linseed 81
that enters into the manufact,~s oa
paint and the Dutch East Indie. VI
duce the gum that is the base n v, W
varnishes VI sii
Even revolution mad Mexico !,
resented in this international notoop p
Of raw materials. The Tampico dist.:inl
is prolific in a cactus-like weed des .a'
finely shredded leaves of which M sle
an excellent substitute for n.tnn., s
hair. This is used for stufsre au
cushions of low-priced cars '0e
The war. has had both a good s,s
bad effect on the top material mass.. :
Some top materials and all art;ss;.;;
feathers are a by-product of guncot,as
known as pyroxyline. and the suunIs
of this is almost unlimited, with ~.
night. Another ingredient of ton -. NV
terial, however, is castor oil, and ther.
is a scarcity Of this, due to the f..,
that 1t IS used for lubricating the air.
planes OF the Allied army aviators
AS result of the war the automo.
bile trimmer is not as particular AZ !.
used to be. He once insisted that ths
purchasing agent buy only French and
Russian hides. They were large in
SIC and without the cattle owner
brand, and he believed that thew ws,s
easier to cut and that little leather VA,
wasted in that cutting
Soon after the invasion of Belsiun,
however, French and Russian HID,
were not to be had, and the automobiIs
trimmer was forced to work with fhs
larger hides from South America anS
this ountry. He was surprised -
learn that the American leather woe
superior and better adapted to his
needs.
There is no reason for the uresen.
aluminium shortage, despite the fact
that the French aluminium fields ara
temporarily unproductive and the pres.
ent demand for aluminium is unprecc.
dented. For aluminium is the most
abundant metal on earth. There is no
clay that does not have some aluminum
content, Arkansas and Georgia belny
especially rich in it. Aluminam, how.
ever, never is found in a metal state
but in chemical composition as salt,
and must be refined and reduced before
it has any commercial value. There
are too few refining plants and reduc.
ing stations to supply the market
There would be an even greater
shortage of automobile material TO-DAY
were it not for the American scientist
and metallurgist. They have more
than made good in the wartime crisis,
coming to the rescue with new formu-
lac for the making of color pigments
and new processes for the manufacture
OF steel, among other things.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Right Rear Tire Has the
Hardest Work of the Fou,

Do you know that your right rear
tire wears faster than the other three,
The reason is furnished here bv the
b. F. Goodrich Rubber Company. to.
gether with some timely advice on in
terchanglng tires to realize maximum
wear from your entire set.
Power and traction come from the
rear wheels. The rear tires therefore
get the hardest wear. You drive on
the right side of the road and the
roads are crowded-your car nearly al
ways is slightly tilted more weight
being on that side; therefore your
right rear tire takes hold first and
bears more traction than the left rear
When in motion the left rear tire
rolls along comfortably on the smooth
middle portion of the road The right
rear gets the rough going on the of
side, the sharp edges of the asphalt,
the rocks and ruts, and is more likely
to encounter objects thrown on the
side of the road. Then, again, the
rear tire bears the brunt of the stop
ping, sometimes sliding-a majority q
the wear falling on the right rear.
The tire receiving the next hardest
usage is the left rear, then the right
front and last the left front So wien
your right rear begins to show signs
of wear and you wish to spare il. put
1t on the left front wheel And like
WISE change your left rear 10 the right
front.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Canada Buys Trucks Here

Canada has been buying American
made motor vehicles in large numbers
ever since the war began for transport
ing of freight, troops and camp sup
plies. Recently James j. Hunt, gen
eral manager of the REQ Motor Car
Company Of New York, Inc, received
word that the REQ company will de
liver under contract to the Canadian
government 174 REQ speed wagons,
which order, when completed, will make
q total of 400 vehicles of that make in
the government service. A number of
the speed wagons are used for ambu>
lance purposes. Others are for gem
eral hospital transportation. For am
ouiance work the government buys
only the chassis, fitting on it's own
specially made bodies.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

not circulate if it's level falls below
the return pipe at the top of the
radiator.
While operating the car avoid all the
causes of overheating which are under
explosions as much as possible Avoid
running on low or intermediate gear, as
this turns the engine much faster than
when using high gear. Avoid racing
the engine, especially when throwing
out the clutch, by the simple expedient
of closing the throttle, which is done
by moving the throttle lever or taking
the foot off the accelerator pedal.
While driving on high gear keep the
spark we'll advanced and the throttle
partly closed, running slowly to avoid
the production of too much heat. Take
advantage of each descent by shutting
off the ignition and using the engine
as brake, the choice of gears depend
ing on the weight of the car and the
steepness of the descent. Use the low
gear, if possible, as this spins the en-
gine the greatest number of times, and
in extreme cases of necessity makes the
mixture from the carburetor leaner, as
1T then burns UP more quickly. The
cooling system must be in order and
the fan belt tight.
If the engine persists in overheating.
change the water occasionally or stop
and let it cool. Watch the radiator
cap continually for signs of overheat-
ing. BY attention to the above direc-
tions the novice wiil find that he can
drive long way with a disabled pump
without harm to the engine.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Registration Of
Cars Beats All ,
N. Y. Records
More Right Now Than There
Were in All of Last
Year S Figures

ALBANY, July 49, - With seven
months of New York States motor
vehicle year still ahead, there are to-
day more than 10000 cas- registered
III this state than for all Of last year,
with every prospect now that the half
million mark will be reached by Janu-
airy 1, at which time it is expected that
there will be at least 10000 chauf-
fcurs licensed in this state, and that
the total receipts of the motor vehicle
bureau will be better than $4,000
All records in the way of motor
vehicle registration in this state for
five month period have been broken
IN Secretary of State Hugo's Office since
February l. Commercial cars have in
creased by about $4,000
The following figures compare the
standing Of July l, 1917, with that of
July /, 1918:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Motor Tourists Inquiriing
About Entry Into Canada
How to Pass Customs and Where to Enter Do
minion Told by Automobile Club s Roadman

A great many inquiries are received
Automobile Club Of America regarding
the necessary formalities in crossing
from the United States into the Do
minion of Canada. O. M. Wells, chief
has crossed the line at five different
points this spring, is authority for the
following information:
In crossing from the United States
into Canada stop first at the United
States customs Have all grips, tool
boxes and side trunks unlocked Do
not carry any firearms unless on
hunting expedition. 1t will then be
necessary to have permit from the
customs office.
passports unless they are of military
age They must then have a permit
frons their local board.
Automobiles will not be permitted to
cross the border if the driver cannot
show his certificate of registration
which verifes the registration number
of the car, also the makers number.
| would also suggest that the driver
or chauffeur carry his chauffeur's
license certificate. 1t is advisable for
all persons to have some kind of Gre
dentials, such as birth certificate, espe-
cially if they arc within or near the
draft age.
If the automobile is to remain in
Canada less than thirty days, touring
permit is obtainable from the Canadian
customs officers at the port Of entry,
allowing the car to be run in the Do
minion for one month without securing
customs bond or depositing duty
In the Province of Quebec United
States licenses and car registrations
are reciprocally recognized; in other
provinces they are valid for periods
varying from three weeks to three
months.
If more than a thirty days stay is
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

planned in Canada customs bond
valid for six months must be got,
guaranteeing the reexportation of the
car within that period, and Canadian
registration must be effected and
licenses obtained. In order to bring
the car back into the United States
duty free on the return journey, it
must be registered with the American
customs office at the international bor-
der when leaving the United States and
certificate of export obtained.
When the club car passed over the
line this spring found both the Amer
ican and Canadian customs officers to
be most courteous. If the motorist will
little trouble will be experienced in
going back and forth over the interna-
tlonal boundary line.
Motorists going up the Maine coast
to st. Andrews, St. John. n. b. or the
Maritime Provinces should cross the
st. Croix River into New Brunswick at
Calais to St. Stephen The United
States customs Office is at Calais, lust
before crossing the bridge. the Cana
dian customs Office being immediately
after crossing the bridge into St. Ste
phcn.
Motorists are cautioned that imme-
dately after crossing the bridge at
CALAIS 1t is necessary to drive to the
lett side of the road, and at all times
while in New Brunswick.
To reach Northern New Brunswick.
Fredericton or Chatham, on the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence, it is advisable to cross
from Houlton, Aroostook County, Me-,
to Woodstock. The American customs
office will be found on the main street
IN Houlton, and the Canadian customs
at Richmond Corner, on the road to
Woodstock
When going from Maine to Quebec
VIA Ja,c:kman, the international boun-
dary. line is crossed thirteen miles
north of Jackman, and the United
States customs office is at Jackman
postottice, the Canadian customs at
Armstrong. On the trunk line to Mon.
treal the United States customs ia at
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Getting the Car
Home, Even if
Pump Breaks
This Tells How to Make the
Journey Without Damag-
ing Engine
BY William H. Stewart, Jr.


Failure of the water pump places the
driver in serious predicament. The
driver finds it an awkward situation. as
he wants to get the car to repair sta
ton in the shortest possible time and
yet doesn't want to harm the engine.
BY observing the following hints the
inexperienced person can take his car
home as carefully as would a veteran
driver:
OF course he must first satisfy him
self that the pump has failed. If the
shaft is seen to be broken there can
be no doubt. But if the shaft is turn
ing and still the engine is overheating
one must establish the fact beyond a
doubt that the pump has failed. Hold
ing the back of the hand to the bottom
Of the radiator against the tubes is a
good test. If the bottom is cold the
pump is not working.
When the pump is working normally
it draws the cold water from the bot
tom of the radiator and the hot water
comes down, making the bottom hot as
we'll as the top. If the bottom is cold,
therefore, it shows that the pump is
not circulating the water.
If this test is not we'll understood
open the filling cap at top of radiator
and look in. II the water is seen to
be in motion the pump is moving it.
If it is stationary the pump is not
working.
Having satisfied yourself that the
pump has failed and that there is no
way of repairing it, then it becomes
necessary to get the car home with the
least possible damage to the engine.
The first requirement is to see that the
radiator is filled with water to the
top. Establish thermo gravity circula-
tion. All cooling systems are now de-
signed along these lines, which simply
means that the water enters the bot
tom of the water jackets and leaves at
the top. The cold water from the radi-
ator pushes the hot water out of the
water jackets and back into the radi-
ator, where it becomes cooled and
heavy and, therefore, able to continue
the action.
Most all the water pumps are now
of the centrifugal type, which permits
the water to circulate freely through
even if the pump has stopped The
only requirement is to have the radi-
ator completely filled so that free
circulation may be obtained This is
extremely important as the water will
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
More From Doc Perciual

The amazing proportions Of the
American motor truck transport in
France and the remarkable work it is
doing are described by Captain Charles
G. Percival in letter to Walter Woods,
Of the Van Cortlandt Vehicle Corpora
tion, the Peerless distributors here.
The captain also tells about the work
of the salvage corps, which practically
let's nothing go to waste after it is
discarded by friend or foe. The letter
follows:
II am at Advance Ordnance Base No.
|. only few hours from the front
We have wonderful warehouses. shops
railroad systems, etc. Thousands of
motor trucks are IN constant use.
1--WE receive every hour truckloads
and trainloads of all sorts of salvage
picked up on the battlefelds, horse
shoes, canteens, cannon. machine guns,
revolvers, rifles, daggers, bayonets and
the Lord knows what more, including
leather and canvas goods and all the
rest of the stuff that fighting army
Of half a million or more men leave
added bicycles, motorcycles, passenger
autos, trucks and locomotives. These
we either junk or repair. We take
three broken bicycles and make one
We take the rifles all apart and re-
assemble them. And it's the same way
with machine guns, etc.
We get everything that the mobile
repair shops cannot fix on the spot.
The stuff we cannot use we send
further back to other depots near the
ocean, where it is worked over again
or melted down. We send out hundreds
OF cannon and machine guns every day
and rifles and revolvers by the thou
sands.
II am convoy officer now. Have been
two weeks in the shop learning the
machine guns and small artillery. Last
week conveyed, l. e., took charge
of. fifty big Packard trucks up
to the front. Each one carried its full
three tons of arms. We made the trip
at night and brought salvage back. We
hadn't had any rain for three weeks.
and the roads, which are of white lime
stone, were some dusty and the dust
coated US at least half an inch. | had
two fine Winton limousines on the trip
and rode in one of them. But it didn't
do me much good, because l had to get
out so often at the different crossroads
to find the right way. We averaged
fifteen miles an hour and covered all
told ninety miles on the round trip in
twelve hours. Had no sleep for twenty
four hours straight
Eve have as high as 5000 trucks on
hand just now-have sent out 800 in
the last twentyfour hours loaded with
all sorts of stuff. We expect to send
that many over the road every day.
"By the time l get through here I
will know the make of every firearm in
the world and be able to take them all
apart and repair them. Our work also
includes the salvage and repair of gas
masks. grenades, trench daggers, clubs,
motors, rangefnders, periscopes,. air,
planes and balloons. It's some depart
ment store
II hope to get crack at the tanks
some day. They figure to put every
officer into every department SO that
later we can jump in anywhere and
make good"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

These figures show registration of
83,879 passenger cars in New York,
5,e47 omnibuses, 27,O41 trucks. 523
trailers, Gil dealers. 6S,02S chauffeurs,
6,282 motorcycles and receipts of ST.
646,660.50.
The decrease in the number of
dealers is probably answered by the
concentration of lines, that is, one
man having the handling of two or
three makes of cars. where formerly
each one had separate representation.
AS for motorcycles, you can't tell on
the roads on Sundays that there are
less of them. No doubt, their owners
having gone to war explains the fall
ing off in their registration.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
giving it "once over" prior to the

giving it "once over" prior to the
start.
The truck negotiated the nine miles
Of heavy grade without water being
added to the radiator. and the water in
the radiator did not boil on the entire
trip. Two gallons and one quart of
gasolene were consumed in making the
climb, and the Indicator on the oil
reservoir showed "full" when the sum-
init was reached, just as it had at the
journey a number of pictures were
taken showing the truck at various
places on the road.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Paving the Way for National Control

operating proposed
"A by the Federal regulation of
after If this will desirable
earnestly
between
automobist himself
Of automobile
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a line.
highways