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The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Lighter FRANKLIN
Meets WAR NEEDS
Robert La Porte Tells of Some
Striking Features of Models.

1t is natural to expect that any
factor in today's living, of the i'm
portance of the automobile, would
adjust itself rapidly to the condi-
tions arising from the war. Motor
car design is now much in the same
position in the United States as that
which turned English production to
the light medium-powered car. oper-
ating expense has gone up, and the
type OF car must be adjusted to pre-
serve unrestricted usage, without bur-
densome expense to the owner.
1T is this thought" says Robert
La Porte, local distributor of the
Franklin car. "wkhich Is responsible
for the Franklin touring. car. Among
all the finer cars the Franklin is the
leading exponent Of light weight. The
touring car weighs 2.2SO pounds. At
last years show, 1t was the lightest
touring car on exhibition"
, 1t rs also very noticeable how the
FRANKLIN conforms to five-passenger
capacity, which Is in line with the
present-day drift toward efficiency.
People are coming to realize how
waste room in an automobile repre-
sents an unnecessary expense, as it
imposes extra weight that, in these
times Of thrift, becomes a burden.
The other two open models of the
Franklin line have this same light
weight idea Incorporated.
Mr.. La Porte commented on the
growing tendency. as the outcome of
the war. for household employees to
enter the productive labor of farm
and factory, or take up some branch
of military service.
The result" he SAYS, "is a scar
CITY or chauffeurs, which is making
motoring more of a self-reliant prom
oSuon- The Franklin sedan ana the
orougham are guilt to step into this
gap and provide chaufferless enclosed
car service.
For the most part, a town car
or limousine represents an extra car
ior family. Foreseeing the onnor-
tunlty which war opened IN tn ex-
tend the usefulness of these tvnes
the Franklin designs were djrectod
toward developing the road ability Of
the ears. The element that has f.nt
most town cars and limousines con-
nheu 10 city use has been extreme
SIZE, srl and more than ordinary weight,
Ihee factors have been modified in
= Iahhnn design. and with the. in
.roouctlon OF resiliency in place of
tlsisity. the expense of operation has
oeen reduced and reliability and road
gong qualities increased TO. am ex-
tent that makes these cars as prac-
tleai Tor touring as the open types
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
BOOST SOON
in PRICE OF TIRES.
While Cost of Manufacture Ad-
vanced, Prices Remained Stable.

In a recent letter Ed C. Griffith.
President OF the Automobile Tire
Company. Incorporated. Of 1925
Broadway. New York. writes the
manager of the Washington branch
store that beginning with January,
1915. and continuing up to the pres
ent time there has been an average
increase of about per cent MONTH
ly in the price of fabric for the
manufacture of tires"
A total of over 1so per cent since
January. 1915. Ninety per cent Of
this increase occurred in the year
1915. while the increase in the price
Of tires to the consumer during that
year was only about 10 per cent.
In fact, the increase in the cost Of
fabric since 1910 has been $50 per
cent. and yet today manufacturers
are selling better tires than were
made at that time for 25 per cent
less than they were sold for in 1910.
Mr.. Griffith also states that the
very material increase in the cost
of labor. with that of all ingre-
dients entering into the manufac-
ture of tires, has kept the cost OF
production on a rising scale.
Crude rubber has not advanced in
proportion to other ingredients and
that fact, in conjunction with re-
duced factory costs, brought about
by improved machinery. is account
able in a large degree for the small
increase in selling price. as COM
pared with the increase in the cost
of materials, labor and fuel
War conditions Of every nature,
combined with a scarcity and high
price of fabric and other materials.
will probably cause a considerable
advance in the very near future.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
10 New Designs

Then all these Mitchell suprem-
acies can be had in any body style
you want. This line now offers Io
new designs. ..
All are created by famous de-
signers. Each embodies all the best
attractions belonging to that type.
You will be amazed at what the
Mitchell offers for the money. The
standards are uniquely high. The
luxury seems lavish. No other
maker in the world offers such
value in this class of car. Come and
let us prove that.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
NEEDS OF BUSINESS
AID SAXON SALES
Company Enjoys Banner Year
Through Increased Activity.
It's about the Saxon.

II . ABOUT the saxon
But let Mr.. EIdredge, the newly
appointed sales manager of the
Henderson Motor Co.. local distribu-
tors of the Saxon. tell it to you in
his own way:
More business-more Saxon cars
in the hands Of owners than ever
before and a record fall and early
winter season Just passed-these
mark the Saxon Motor Car Corpora
tion's achievement since the last au-
tomobile show" he says.
In the last twelve months Saxon
has made a great record in sales
and in productions.
The fall Just passed has been the
biggest ever enjoyed by the COM
pany. and winter has brought no
let-up.
Behind this phenomenal fail and
winter business there is sound
reason, which has developed ever
since Saxon was placed on the mar
ket. This year, more than ever be-
fore. the motor-buying public has
sought for utility. The automobiles
that have been purchased in the
last six months have been bought
for business first and pleasure aft
erward-
ITO a lesser degree, of course, il
has experienced what England felt
in the early days OF the struggle
when private motor cars had to be
Communicated for public work.
And instead OF communicating this
country has been buying.
1T is impossible to settle upon a
single section that has offered the
biggest sales possibilities. The
order sheets at the Saxon factory
show allotments Of motor cars for
every section of the United States.
{ Meanwhile both factory and dealers
forecast the coming season a record
breaker. They point out that win
ter this year has not halted the sales
of motor cars as formerly. They
also cite the fact that although mo-
tor cars have been rallied to the
colors by the industrial part of the
nation. the first draft only has been
made, and that a mighty small one
In comparison with the needs of the
country as business settles itself
into the high gear that is going to
be its speed during 1918.
The belief Of the dealers in the
coming season already has Concrete
substantiation in the form of the
contracts for next year. Dealer
after dealer has sought for aIIot-
ments larger than ever before, in
many cases more than double that
OF 1917"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

Since the dawn of civilization the
progress of the human race has gone
hand in hand with the development of
transportation. This pertinent fact
comes home to US all the more en-
phatically right now. All Of us know
that our ultimate victory in the war
will be hastened only in so far as we
improve our transportation facilities.s
said Mr.. Neumeyer. local distributor
of the Mitchell automobile. in an in
terview.
"The railroads Of the United States
are burdened now as they have never
been before. Business is speeding on
in its wonderful growth and expansion.
Factories are running to capacity In
nearly all lines. Everybody is busy.
And the railroads are nearly sweating
blood trying to handle the unprece-
dented rush of business. They are ap-
pealing to business men to assist them
In every possible way.
Just the other day the president Of
one of the railroads said: Business
men can do much to help themselves
as well as the government in connec-
ton with the transportation OF their
goods. They can order full carloads
filling the cars to their capacity-and
by holding cars during loading and un-
loading for the shortest possible time
Cites Striking Conditions.
This appeal was made by a man
who knows the condition that exists
today, and the only conclusion is that
the automobile will be used to take
care of the local transportation of
goods within a radius of % to so miles.
1t can't be otherwise
Using his own road as an example,
this railroad president showed that 9l9
of its employees had voluntarily Joined
the colors, and that 1900 OF the re-
manning 5000 were subject to call in
the national army.
EVERY man who leaves that rail-
road will mean more work for the au-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

touring car felt II to be his duty
to tell the driver about his lights.
and therefore he was very innocent
about the whole affAir. 1t was not
until the case was brought into
court that the 'dutifur man realized
that his duty was to mind his own
business and study up on storage
batteries and their care.
THE man who burned his lights
on a long tour viii probably be
able to use his battery for two
years OF more. The man who yelled
Turn out your lights had owned
his car but two months. and al
ready the battery had seen its best
days. Its plates were sulfated and
buckled. water had not been added
to IL in any of the time Of use. and
its temperature at the time of the
accident was over 110 degrees. In
a very, very short time he will be
buying another battery.
The first man burned his lights
because he was touring for long
distances, and not using his starter
more than three or four times a
day. Without his lights burning. he
would be putting an excessive
charge into the battery, overheating
u, and finally breaking down the
insulation. This man kept a care
ful record Of his battery's work.
He gave IL distilled water every
week in summer, after which he
wiped the outside with water and
a little soda His hydrometer
syringe told him its SPECIFIC gravity
at all times. and he never did the
foolish trick Of testing It by snap
ping wires and pliers across it to
see IL IL was alive His friends
said he borrowed trouble by fool
ing around and testing the battery
But his friends at the end of a
year marveled at his smooth-run-
ming car"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Railroads Welcome Auto
AS Aid in Traffic Jam

tomobile. The same railroad crew
that 1t takes to make short haul can
make a long one. Long hauls will
eventually be left to the railroads and
short ones to automobiles, for only In
the perfection in transportation so
Of the war,
"Just to show that the small town
merchant is 'on the job in this con-
nection. listen to this: Two brothers
who own a store in a town Of 1000 in
habitants in Ohio concluded that II
the radius of the trading circle of n
large city could be tripled by the use
of an automobile the same thing wouIr
apply to their village store.
Special Autoists' Sale.
Then they got busy and did soIhv
thinking. Result? They put on a spe-
cisl sale for the motorist who would
haul his own goods home. The sale
brought buyers in automobiles from
cities twenty to fifty miles distant.
THE automobile Is solving the prob
lem OF the short hauls, and from the
looks of things it will creep in on the
larger hauls. The new truck lines OF
/ 500 miles established between Akron.
Ohio, and Boston. is said to not only
be less expensive. but to actually save
time on the old route.
"Of course, these are extreme cases
just now, but eventually they might
not be. All automobile owners can
help lot by taking all Of their pur-
chases home instead of asking the
local merchant to deliver them. Time,
money and energy can be saved in
this way. Every time an automobile
owner offers to take his purchases
home with him he is helping to weld
one link in the great chain OF trans
portation that will eventually tie UP
our enemies-he is taking a swat at
| the Kaiser indirectly"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Typifies Efficiency

The Mitchell has come in the
past few years to typify factory
efficiency. 1t is built complete -
chassis and body-in a man.
moth model plant. In a plant built
and equipped, under famous ex-
perts, to produce this one type
economically.
Wasteful methods have been
eliminated. Parts-makers' profits
have been abolished. Production
cost on countless parts has been
cut in two.
The study has been to make
every penny count. And thus to
offer matchless fne-car value. We
urge you to see the final result in
this latest Mitchell line.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20
Extra Values

You will find here prices lower
than any others for cars of like size,
class and power.
You will find unique standards of
construction, of over-strength, of
costly materials. They would be
impossible at Mitchell prices under
old-time methods.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-20

You will find many features
which most other cars omit. Things
like power tire pump, reversible
headlights, oversize steering parts,
ball-bearing steering gear. You will
find shock-absorbing rear springs
which have never yet been broken,
a dashboard engine primer, etc.
You will find finish, comfort,
luxury and beauty beyond other
like-ciass cars. All the savings
made in the great Mitchell body
plant go into these extra touches.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Metropolitan
Mail Ban Nav
BePerrnanent
Magazine Under Fire for
Imaginary Wilson-Kaiser
Dialogue
By c. w. Gilbert

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The Post
office Department to-day said that it
was seriously considering denying the
use of second class mails to "The
Metropolitan" The offence charged
against this magazine, it is understood,
is printing in it's March issue William
Hard's article, els America Honest 2"
This article was an imaginary CONVEX
satlon between Woodrow Wilson,
Kaiser Wilhelm, Premier Venizelos of
Greece and Evangalista, Santo Do
minican bandit leader.
But "The Metropolitan" probably has
been In disfavor with the Adm;nistra-
tion for long time because of the
severity of its criticisms 1t is the
regular mouthpicce of Theodore Roose-
welt, who not only writes a monthly
article in it. but whose point of view
pervades all its utterances in politics.
If Mr. Burleson strikes at "The Met
ropolltan" he strikes at three of the
most persistent and best hated critics
of the Administration, at Colonel
Roosevelt, at William Hard and at the
writer Of the editorials in "The Metro
politan."
And because he strikes at Colonel
Roosevelt and because he Furnishes
criticism that is not disloyal but pro-
ceeds solely from a desire to see the
war more efficiently prosecuted than it
has been, denial of the mail privileges
to "The Metropolitan" is sure to raise
storm.
The criticism which "The Metropoli-
tan" has printed has been inspired by
the same purpose as the criticism
which the Military Affairs Committee
Of the Senate has voiced. This crt-
clsm does not fall within the intent of
the espionage or alien enemy acts.
When the censorship provision Of the
espionage act was pending before Con-
gress last spring the Administration
promised that if passed it would not
be SO enforced as to interfere with
free and full criticism of it's actions.
Words were written into the provision
in accordance with the pledge with a
view to making the censorship accepta-
bic to Congress, but the censorship
failed. Later a certain power over the
press was given in the alien enemy
act. But it was not the expectation of
Congress that this power would be
used as it is now proposed to use it.
William Hard said tonight that his
information was the department had
declared the March issue was unmail.
able, but not until the March number
had been mailed. His understanding
is that the department had directed
that this order should not be held to
prejudice the mailing as second class
matter of any following issues.
"1f the Postoffice Department would
confscate some Of the l. w. w. litern-
ture and jump several hurdles of that
kind first" Mr.. Hard said. "thcy could |
work up more easily to The Metropol-
ltan' and myself"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

mans fired many shells to prepare the
way for a raid, not single enemy
soldier got into position to carry it
out, the American automatic rifles, ma
chine guns and rifles stopping the Ger
mans in their tracks.
half dozen bombs were droppcd
behind the American front in the sector
northwest of Toul last night by Ger
man alrplancs which were looking for
ammunition dumps.
Bombs Cause No Damage
They did not succeed in hitting any
of their objectives, however, and none
OF the bombs caused any casualties.
Groups Of German bombing air
planes, on the way to cities and towns
Tar behind the lines, are passing over
the American front almost continually.
fire from the American batteries.
The enemy apparently has something
he is planning against our troops in
structions at certain places have sud
denly been doubled in height, and much
work is going on within the enemy
line.
Last night an American on patrol, who
understands German. heard this con-
versation within & German trench:
Come here, Fritz; take this pick and
pry that stone loose, and then throw
that dirt out. Those over there!
We work all night to fix things here,
and they blow them to hell in the day
time"
The men in the American patrol who
made a sudden dash for the American
lines from a she'll hole near the Ger
man trenches, where they had been
hiding, have explained why they
started out in broad daylight on their
backward sprint. They had lost their
way in the dark in No Mans Land and
got into the she'll hole after wandering
for several hours. Finally the men
got hungry, and all of them decided
they would rather take a chance with
German bullets than go any longer
food and water.
The sun came out to-day, drying out
the ground and the trenches and the
mems damp clothing.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
No Reason Assigned for
Barring Metropolitan
From Mails, Says Whighar1,

Henry j. Whjgham. president of the
publishing company which issues "Thc
Metropolitan Magazine" said last night
shat he had received no further in
formation from Washington as to why
the March number was denied the
mails. He contradictcd report from
Washington that there was some ques-
ton as to whether any action had been
taken against the March number.
II received notification from the
Postmaster last Monday that the March
issue had been barred from the mails.
do not remember the exact wording.
but that was the sense. No reason was
assigned except that the action was
taken under the espionage act.
II think that the Objectionable ar
tlcle was is America Honest? p by Mr..
Hard, but | have no authoritative in
formation They do not have to tell
you why they take the action. For
all the reasons have been given. it
might have been the editorial, or the
William Hard article, or even the cover
have asked that definite reason he
given, but have not received a reply"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
F Finland Asks Kaiser
To Appoint His Son
Oscar as Her King

LONDON. March 8.-Thc Finnish
government has asked the German Em-
pcror to appoint Prince Oscar. tho
NTH son of the Emperor, King of Fin
land, the "Afton Tidningen," of Stock &
holm, says it learns from diplomatic
circles there, according to an Exchanp.
Telegraph dispatch.
Prince Oscar of Hohcnzolleru viii,
be thirty years old next July 27. On
July 81, 1914. Prince Oscar, apparently
against the wishes Of his father. CON,
tracted morganatic marriage with
Countess Ina Bassewitz, who has bccn
lady IN waiting to the Empress.
Prince Oscar suffered from heart
trouble during the early mouths of the
war and was reported to have collapscd
after leading victorious charge at
Vcrdun OH October B. 1911. He re.
turned to duty and narrowly escancd
capture in Poland in December of thnt
year. There were few reports con.
corning his activities during 1915. but
early in 1916 he was slightly woundcd
in the head and thigh on the Eastern
front.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
2 Sharp German Attacks
Crushed BY Belgians

HAVRE. March 7. The Belgians
crushed two sharp German attacks on
the night of March 6. The first was
against the Beverdik position over a
front of two kilometres. 1t was stopped
by artillery fire.
The second was south of Stuyde-
kenskcrke and was directed against
positions held by dismountcd cavalry
After a violent artillery preparation
men belonging to three German rcgi-
ments, all being special storm troops.
succeeded in gaining foothold in the
Belgian line.
A vigorous :ountcr-attack made by
cavalry drove chem back with severe
losses from she positions, which they
had been ord d,red to hold at all costs.
The Belgians took 100 wounded pris-
cncrs, four officers and seven machine
guns.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Bonar Law and
Asquith Scorn
Hertling Peace
Must Judge Foe by Deeds,
Not Words, Both
Insist

LONDON, March 8.--Referring to
German peace talk in his address to tho
House of Commons yesterday, Andrew
Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, declared: "To me this meticu
lous talk about what Won Hertling
means is simply ridiculous. We must
judge the German intentions not by
what is being said, but by what Ger
many is doing. What is the use in talk
ing about Won Hertling accepting Presi-
dent Wilson's principles when at the
same moment the Germans have taken
Livonia, Esthonia and Courland, and
are making conditions of peace by
which Rumara is giving up Dobrudja
and other parts of her country?"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
No Clean Peace in
Sight, Says Asquith

CUPAR, Scotland, Thursday, March
There are two keys to the world
war position, said former Premier Her
bert H. Asquith in an address to his
constituents here to-day. These keys
are the command Of the seas and of tho
Western front. Both, he said, remain
in the hands of the Allies
eyes from the tragedy unfolding in
Russia and the formidable dangers
that tragedy has revealed" he said,
these dangers do not give US appre-
hension. There are two important fac
tors in the situation. First, Russia as
an effective military factor has been
wiped off the slate; second, the Ger
man procedure in the so-called negotia-
tions with Russia and the light they
have thrown upon the minds and meth
DDS of Germany's present rulers. There
rarely has been more instructive con-
trast between pretension and inten-
ton"
Referring to the speech of Imperial
Chancellor Won Hertling, he said
"The very moment he was making
his address his subordinates were writ
ing terms, not of peace, but of cepitu-
lation. as harsh and humiliating as
could be found in the annals of history
Districts on the Black Sea and sn the
Caucasus were to be handed back to
share with Armenia the horrors and
desolation of Turkish rule. Could any
one doubt after that the fate of Bel
gium if Germany was ever able to die
tate to the Western powers after the
pattern set at Brest-Litovsk?
at is not by such roads that u clean
peace is attainable. The so-cailcd
treaty of Brest-Litovsk was everything
that an International compact ought
not to be. The only peace worth hav-
ing must be peace not OF rulers or
pArliamenta, but Of peonlca -.