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New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

slow and careful driving. Broken
srrings are frequent penalties for a
fair rate Of progress here.
After leaving Caldwell, and through
Franklin to the rife range, the road is
i'll excellent condition.
The preferable route from New York
has good roads all the way and is only
three miles longer than the direct road
described above.
Gross the Hudson on the 130th Street
Ferry, run to the top OF Fort Lee Hill.
continue through Fort Lee, Leonia and
Bogota to Hackepsack, where a left
turn is made at the Courthouse on
Main Street; half block beyond turn
right into Essex Street, which is q good
n,scadam road (later becoming Market
Street) into Paterson.
From Market Street in Paterson q
right turn 10 made into Main Street. A
short distance beyond, at Five Points.
bear left into West Street, cross
bridge over Passaic River, and, three
blocks beyond. turn sharp left into
Totowa Avenue; take ieft fork at
Laurel Grove Cemetery on d road
which skirts the north shore Of the
river. Cross the Passaic to the sodah
shore at Little Falls, where a sharp
rseht turn is made at large factory.
Continue straight on through Singac
on good uacadam road to 9 promi-
ncnt fork Just beyond Fairfield. Take
thu right-hand road, passing threuch
Clinton TO the rife range. Tstal dis
tances twenty-eight miles.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Mew Navy Rifle Range Free to Public

How to reach the new Navy Depart
mcnt rifle range recently opened at
Great Piece Meadows, near Caldwell.
y. j., viii interest many motorists.
Equipment and instruction are free Of
charge to all able-bodied male citizens
capable Of bearing arms. The only ex-
pense is for food, at the rate Of so
cents day.
The shortest way from New York
70 the range. considering mileage
slenc and ignoring road conditions, is
across Forty-sccond Street Ferry. 60
ing south on the Hudson County Boule-
Yard to Newark Avenue, where a right
turn is made, crossing the meadows on
q road that for some time has been In
dangerous condition. After reaching
Tho Arlington Turnpike, tho road is In
good condition to Belleville. John
Street 10 now followed, which is also
ir poor shape.
The motorist enters Montclair on
Glenridgc Avenue over gosd surface.
s~,hieh continues to Verona. From We
roma TO Caldwell the road is In very
poor condition, with some sections un-
der construction. The main street Of
Caldwell IL very bad. calling for very
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Motorist Answers
Judge Houses
Catechism

Magistrate House, who sits in the
Traffic Court, some time ago proposed
a ten-question catechism for motorists.
He said the queries, if studied, an
swered and made to act as a guide,
would help to decrease the number Of
accidents to aged persons and children.
The questions have been answered by
a writer in the current number of
"Motordom," who says:
with all due respect to the learned
Judge the one who drafts the follow
ing answers does not believe Judge
House knows what he is talking about,
as from these questions it would ap-
pear that he knows little or nothing
about driving car himself, although
we know his intentions are good and
he means right enough"
Ten Questions for Drivers
These are the questions:
''Do you stop when streetcars stop
ahead Of you?"
do you ever have your speedometer
tested?'
"Do you every stop to look at your
rear lights?"
"Do you drive in. wet weather with
out chains 2"
"Do you test your brakes before
driving your car 2"
"Do you know what makes an auto
mobile smoke"
"Do you talk to persons in your car
while driving?"
"Do you know the rules Of the road"
"Do you order the chauffeur of your
motor truck to operate it without
proper equipment
Irsx IN
break the speed law on so cent trip
and then let him pay $50 fine Z"
The magistrate ends with this bit Of
advice: "Be q careful owner or driver
and avoid trouble and inconvenience.
Ten Answers of Driver
"Not if I can pass eight feet away
if the car is not taking on or dis
charging passengers"
"No. because safety of pedestrians
doesn't depend upon speedometcr."
mo, because the telltale light on the
dash tells me if it is out"
eyes, because cars will 'skid' with
chains, and they engender overconfi-
dence, often resulting in disaster"
mo, because l must be driving the
car to know positively that they work
properly"
| What has that to do with safety z"
eyes, one doesn't drive with his
mouth or talk with his eyes,"
"It makes no difference whether one
does or not when the cop wants a
credit"
1.-The term equipment is ambiguous
and covers q multitude of useless ac-
cessories."
"Taxicab rates discount such losses
A taxicab driver never obeys orders OF
his fare"
But as the dessert often compensates
for bad dinner, so the advice to "Be
careful owner or driver and avoid
trouble and inconvenience" should be
! religiously observed.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Rick" Ace Of Aces
Now a Captain !
OF Fliers
BY BECK

1t goes without saying that the many
friends of Eddie Rickenbacher, ex-rac-
ing driver, are delighted that this
American ace of aces has been made a
captain in the Aviation Corps for his
great work on the battlefront.
His promotion makes it meet to re-
call the efforts made by Rick to get
into the flying work. He came back
from England about the time this coun-
try entered the war. He had been
working in the Sunbeam factory there.
Rick was filled with the idea that rae
ing drivers, with their knowledge OF
internal combustion engines and their
proved courage in speed work, would
make ideal airmen. He telegraphed
about the country, getting pledges from
the racing drivers to enter the govern
ment service, and corralled a whole
squad. This cost him great deal OF
money, which he spent willingly. Then
the whole thing was turned down. be-
cause the racing drivers did not quail
ify as college men.
Undaunted, Rick got into the army
as 4 sergeant in the Signal Corps
When he first went abroad he drove
q car for General Pershing. Later his
ambition was realized, and he was COM
missioned lieutenant in the Aviation
Corps. He has a record of nearly
twenty enemy airplanes officially, and
a lot more unofficially.
1t is worth while noting that another
extracting driver, Caleb S. Bragg it was
who recently made wonderful flight
record from Dayton to Washington and
then to New York.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
American Chain Company
Loses An Executive

In the death of Bishop White, vice.
president and general manager of the
American Chain Company. Inc, who
fell victim to the influenza epidemic
on October 27, there died a man who
gave his life for the service Of his
country no less than if he had fallen
in the front line. His unusual ability
as an organizer had brought him to the
front rank at an age when most men
are still subordinates, and he devoted
every bit Of that ability and every
ounce of his strength to the problems
of speeding up production at the Ameri-
can Chain Company's eleven plants in
order that there be no lack of the
war essentials that they are pledged
to supply. In fact, had he regarded
the danger seriously and taken the
necessary precautions he might still
Mr.. Whites chief ambition was to
join the American Chain company boys
already fighting "over there" and onlv
the constant assurances of his asso-
ciates that his services were far more
valuable to the country as an organizer
and producer at homo kept him over
here as long as it did. He had made
all preparations to leave. November /
to enter the service for the duration
of the war.
Mr.. White was only SO years old
He was born at West Hartford, Conn,
IN 1885, the son of Niles G. and Minnie
Bishop White. He married Mary A,
Shiras of Mount Vernon, N. Y, in i916.
and his wife and one child, Bishou
White, jr., survive him. He also leaves
besides his parents, five sisters and
one brother. Prentice White, formerly
IN the New York Office Of the American
Cham Company and now with the
colors. j. o. LASHAR.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
War Forces Repair of
Bad Road at South Ambov

The New Jersey Highways Transport
Committee has tackled the problem OF
road repairs on two-mile stretch oi
very poor road extending south of tho
Amboy Bridge, over the Raritan River
to South Amboy. The object is to give
relief to the government in its motor
truck service to the large shell loading
plants at Morgan Station, where The
explosion was about month ago, and
to many others in that locality
Owing to a small opening undes
bridge crossing, this road. which is
known as the Hole in the Wall" the
greatest congestion exists. AS this
opening is only WIDE enough to allow
movement of trucks in one direction, il
is necessary in the daytime to have
some one to flag the traffic, and at
night have a watchman to warn tia
drivers to proceed carefully Lastlwin-
ter as many as fifteen trucks wsre
stuck on this road in this strctcll.l
At the suggestion Of President Devid
Harper Of the Motor Truck Club Of
Jersey City chairman of the states
highway transport committee, meet
ing was held at Perth Amboy last
Wednesday night, following an inspec-
tion of the road. Representatives Of
the State Engineering Department, the
engineers of Middiesex County and the
municipalities of Perth Amboy and
South Amboy attended, as did the may
ors OF the two latter places.
Major c. c. Smith, production man
ager of the New York district Of the
Ordnance Department, and his sssis
tant, Captain r. C. Breusaugh, Charged
with the production of shells at the
loading plants. came down from New
York to the meeting. Major Smith said
that unless the road in question was
Immediately fixed the plants would
virtually have to suspend opera
tions this winter, as truck traffic to
them would be impossible. The trucks
would sink hub deep in the gravel, it
was said, and he urged the improve
ment as war necessity.
AS result, plan presented By
Thomas Wasser, of Jersey City, the en-
I gineer of the State Highways 1'rsns-
port Committee. was adopted. This vas
for a temporary roadbed of crushed
stone and tar surface, estimated to
cost $4,000. 1t could be laid in FROM
twenty to thirty days, Mr.. Wasser SAID,
who also asserted that immediate &C.
tion was necessary to get ii down be-
fore snow came. Furthermore, be-
cause there would not be time for the
municipalities to advertise for bids ana
follow other legal red tape, that the
money should be Forthcoming iron.
the United States government ont Of
the appropriation for the rebuilding OF
the Gillespie plant, which was blown
up.
After this scheme was adopted i
was decided by the committee to visit
Washington and place the mater BE-
fore General Goethals and the Wsf De-
partment and the railroad administrs
| ton. The latter was brought III be-
cause part of the road is over r'l-
yate right OF way belonging te tho
Pennsylvania system. A decision on
| the matter is expected Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Casolene: How |
May Safely be
Handled
By William II. Stewart, Jr.
president of the Stoavart Automo.
bile Sch0ol.)

O1te SchOOt.)
The necessity for fuel conservation
has brought the subject Of gasolene
very prominently before us, making it
frequent topic Of discussion. The
fact has impressed me that very few
people understand its properties. Every
one knows how powerful it is and how
dangerous, but few know how safe it
is and how properly to handle and to
store it.
1t is generally known that gasolene
is derived from crude petroleum by a
process of distillation. Other products
are kerosene, lubrcating oils and
greases and paraffin, all used about
an automobile. 1t has no color
1t boils at a temperature from 115
degrees to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, de-
pending on the grade. 1t is COM
posed of two such dissimilar ele-
latter is familiar to us in the form Of
charcoal. Hydrogen is a gas, one of
the constituents Of water. 1t is re-
markable fact that two such elements
as hydrogen and carbon should combine
and form a substance with none of the
Characteristics Of either of them.
The dangerous nature of gasolene is
we'll known, so that it will not be neces-
sary to emphasize the following details
Of care necessary in filling tanks: Stop
the engine, SO that the fame from the
put out all open-Aame lights, such as
kerosene or acetylene; prevent spilling,
as the vapor may easily be ignited as
soon as the engine is started
Gasolene should be stored in an
underground tank, since there it is al
ways cool and the fire danger is COM
pletely removed, there being no case
on record where an underground tank
has exploded. Small quantities may be
kept in case in we'll ventilated
place. The can should not be air
tight, but should allow some vapor an to
escape in order to avoid dangerous
pressure. AS this vapor is exceedingly
dangerous it must be carried off as
fast as formed by thorough ventila-
ton. If allowed to accumulate this
vapor sinks to the floor and needs only
flame to give disastrous explosion.
On the other hand, gasolene is ex-
tremely safe when properly handled.
1t cannot be set on fire by The lighted
end of a cigar or cigarette. An cleo
trio spark or a naked fame is required
for this. The real reason for the IN o
Smoking" signs in garages and wher-
ever gasolene is handled is to prevent
the striking of matches. Many car
has been burned by having lighted
match tossed under it or near it. The
heavy vapor from the gasolene, per-
fectly invisible, creeps along the
ground. where it lies waiting for such
an accident.
Contrary to popular opinion, q full
tank is far safter than one which has
just been emptied. There the vapor is
mixed with air in explosive proper
tions. whereas the full tank has so
saturated the air in the top that it
cannot explode. When any soldering
has to be done on gasolene tank be
can work on the leak Sa with perfect
safety.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
New Workers Who
Scored in the
Truck Test

New York captures place among
the nine most efficient trucks in the
United States, as rated by the judges
in the national truck efficiency test
conducted by the Packard Motor Car
Company. A six-ton Packard truck
owned by the Gottfried Krueger Brew
ing Company, Newark, which is in New
York territory, won second prize in
Class c, which includes five and six
ton vehicles. 1t made score of S82
points in possible 1000. The winner
of first place in this class scored 1898
points.
The test started on June and ended
August 81. The scores compiled for
the national test We're also employed
to settle the question of local suprem-
acy. for which the Packard Motor Car
Company of New York offered sub
stantial cash prizes. The local win
ners and drivers follow:
Class ~, ono and one-half and two ton
trucks--Runkel Brothers, Charles Sagarese {:
s. Blickman, A. T. Vroom; Standard Steel
Sections, Fred Nickles; Public Service Elec-
trlc, !lf, Hacksnsack, Samuel Hanson, jr;;, Mer-
rick Lumber Company. HOlyoke; Library
bureau, J J. 1angford: Library Bureau.
Charles Dodge.
Glass Class 2, three and four-toR trueks-Adatns
class. drivers being J. Schmitt. M. Linergan,
E.; Shea. j. Rogers. D. Stewart, J.
oe'Teole; 6. Lindsay, c. BIowman, t.
Other Glass winners were G.. Kruger
Brewing Company. Newark. George Klein
Danzigger Brothers, Nat Butler; Swan g.
son Ice Company, Harry Donble; Tompkins &;
| Beavers Hastings on Hudson, Edward Cor
Itch: T. w. McNamara, Hartford, e. Carl
son; Gould & Eberhardt, lrvington, n. j.. NJ
G., Weston; TunXis Garage Company, Union
vile. Conn, Raymond GARRETT A r. Todd.
! New Haven. Mario Mudgl
Siv -tn n Xryyo-
ger Brewing Company Newark Charles
Langbein and Joseph Birchler; Winchester
Repeating Arms COMPANY New haven,
| Michae Stenson; G. Kruegcr Brewing Com
coner Contracting Company. william Cham
head: Ward Brothers, suffern. Roy j. seeey +;
Ward Brothers, Suffern, George Greene (;
Swan Finch, clifford nl. scoth w winchester M
tive Company. Newark William Higgins
Doehler Die Casting Company, Alfred Ros-
Mengerson.
The truck efficiency test was
launched by the Packard Company in
response to the appeal of the Council
of National Defence for better truck
ing everywhere. To interest owners
and drivers the Packard Company Of
fered total of $5,025 in cash awards
and seven of the dealers hung up an
additional $500 for drivers only in
their respective territories. OF the ma
tional prize money $4,000 went to
owners, $1,000 to the winner in each
class.
Of the 1857 trucks entered, 1850
finished. 1t was from the records sub
mitted by these concerns that the
judges selected the winners. The
judges were Waldemar Kaempffert, H.
W. Slauson and Harold Gould, all
widely known for their writings on
motor TRANSFORMATION
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Aitken Passes Over

Johnny Aitken, the automobile racer.
who died recently at Indianapolis,
victim of Spanish influenza. at the
time was in charge of the shop Of the
Allison Experimental Company at
indianapolis. He had pot been racing
for the past two years.
Athens biggest racing season was
1916, though he had been a formidable
contestant for championship honors
before that. That year he came very
prominently to the front and ended
the season a close second to Resta,
who was crowned king after the racing
season ended. Throughout the season
the two were neck and neck for first
honors.
Here are a few of Aitken's 1915
achievements:
Competitive speedway records, ten
miles, at Sheepshead Bay, September
80, in 5:45.03; $50 miles the same day
and place in 1:26:5s.65; 400 miles, same
day and place, 1:65:23.53; ESQ miles,
same day and place, 2:23:4.03.
At the Chicago Speedway on October
ID. Aitken did 160 miles in l:3l:3s
and 1870 miles in 1:43:o6. These are
but few samples of his remarkable
performances that year. Aitken was
the leading driver to bring Goodyear
racing tires into prominence.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

day and the pilots a1e learn;n. :
to avoid the dangers of the air ~, ~
the uncertainties of flight rs,,na mssa
and the cost cheapened, it ia vsed sa"ssd
tnas there will be much business stan ssIn
the war for the factories and d;s.sssssr ssr
ters. Auto manufacturers undsrtsaNeIs
TINS and are preparing for II Msaa
fact that every auto factory to.a.... .ae
at work on aero engines, or ,nls
or some part, will make it easv ~
the war to establish the aerc .ssf >.
part of the automotive industrv
thoroughly. commercial basis. =
Of Two General Types
Flames now are of two ,a,.
types. The first is one with inhssssz
stapiilty and is used for traininr =
practicaiiy flies itaelf. The minns. = =
gets out OF the proper flying posit.e
~ automatically adjusts itself. s'sa SSa
S;s. Stner type, the fighting mschina = =
Pun. pun 10 turn into any position r,sh x
we ieast possible amount of ene,s,,
~ mas no inherent stability. !.
necessary to loop and do ali sorts =, :
stunts IN nghtlng, and the planes =. :.
ouile 70 permit 1t. Commercial 'ni..ss :
naturally would be built fos stahij;s.a
likewise the family plane would Z,
oullt to have the comfort of tho ~ -
fashioned chaise. ''' e'd-
The possibilities of the airnlans !.
mail service are being tested now - = :
1t is thought that the mail route S y
after the war will be aerial f;sst y
package transportation also win ~
aerial, and this will relieve conss.t.s
railroads. Newspapers will have ss.sS ssr;ss
service and will then be able to ~ -
picture from Chicago in time II, s.. 81.
early edition. Then, too, the rlssss ,ss
untouched by the railways can hsss
the morning papers and be othevri.ss
connected with civilization. The sers m
has been demonstrated as an aid .s =
civil engineering in the war xons =
Pictures may be used in plating isss.. is.
cesslble areas, forest lands could l.
patrolled much more quickly and tsors
oughiy by the fire wardens.
But the possibilities are too num..
Gus to recite. Whether the dreams -
some artists and writer's all coma
true, and there are landing staees m
every skyscraper and plane garages
like those for autos, is another tbirs.
But surely we are to have an age oi
flying. As the auto succeeded the bicv-
Gle, the aero will succeed the cute.
Probably. however, there will be
enough who love the earth too much
to want to leave it, even by airplAne,
to preserve the auto industry from
complete eclipse.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Closed Cars for Winter Work

Discussing the closed car situation
=. A. Scheu, Eastern sales manager of
the King Motor Company and general
manager of the local organization
says:
There is plenty of interest being
shown in the closed car by men and
women who expect to be busy this win.
ter with war work. The automobile
was, so effective all summer in getting
workers about town in {. hurry that
there IS demand for closed cars to
meet the needs Of winter driving. We
have limited number Of closed cars
for immediate delivery"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Ex-Demonstrator Wounded

Leonard Altsadt, former demon
strator for the Owen Magnetic Motor
Sales Corporation, of Broadway and
Fifty-seventh Street, has been wounded
in France. Altsadt, who weighs only
105 pounds. was drafted June 25, and five
weeks later left for France, where he
was placed in motor corps as driver.
While delivering supplies to the front
line a shell from one of the "Big Ber-
thas" dropped near his truck. He is
reported as doing very nicely in a
French hospital.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Satisfaction Long Delayed

Joseph A. Schultz, head of the De-
troit retail organization, tells about
one of his customers who recently
jumped into the Cadillac class after
owning Fords for a number of years.
When the operation of the car was ex-
planned to him he was especially in
terested in the self-starter. Holding
his foot firmly on the starter button, he
said, Crank, gol darn you. crank!
That's what I've been doing for the
last ten years. s."-Cadillac Clearing
House,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Tractor Plant for Mexico

E.. G. Liebold, secretary to Henry
Ford; A. B. Jewett, Ford Motor Com
pany photographer, and CASTOR Plaintiff.
manager of the Ford Motor Company
at Long Island City, have gone to Mex
leo to investigate the situation in that
country with view Of establishing a
tractor plant. '
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
The Car and the Freeze

lS be little early
for the radiator although another timely
op shall try this to avoid the mistake advising
calcium chloride whether chemically commercially
of apparently
very harmful In other has the fashion
he addition of alcohol the radiator
mixture of gycerine alcohol This
OF the lot in actual practice However, the increased
ments needed is apt this winter weigh against
Alcohol alone freezing evaporae
rapidly that unless carefully away leaving the
and the cooling the
There several practical noneezing market
Tor which all the Virtues prob
able
Is recommended that motor avoid which are
merely combinations of cheap and particularly elements
costing little manufacture
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Demar Heads Tire Agency

]. E. Demar has resigned as sales
manager for Chas. E. Reiss & Co. to
become president Of the Carlisle Sales
Co, distributors of Carlisle cord tires,
with Offices and showrooms at 237 West
Fifty eighth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

In the first match round Scharps Y.
feated Porter, l up; Chapiler aefes:d
Van Alstyne, l up; Dieenderfer e
feated Barton. up, ans Evelsnd y
feated Southworth, ! w. The ~
was on a handicap basis. scharps msez
Eveland and Chandler Alays Dieie.
derfer the second round
In the second fight G.S. Morrow ~
feated l. E. Roskam, 3 b; G.. II. Hss
SON defeated C. A. Stew&t, 3 up; J. {.
Nichols defeated L. r. Shitb, 8 up e
c. Moore and H. N. Pike have suR
to play.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Motor Trade Golfers
Take Many Strokes

The golf tournament of the Meto!
Club at Siwanoy, on Tuesday, attraeseo
a small field of starters. The ~
score, "a, was turned ip BY Percy bM.
ton. The scores of the Arst eight vpfs
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Not a Common Nuisancs

An interesting suit Isyas tried z
Hsckensack. N. j., in l9Q. to dstenls..
whether or not the aukmobile was
common nuisance. In i few minuM
the jury brought in a Nrdict h ~
OF the automobile.--ChErolss 3sgl
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Secretary HugO'S Job

NE Of the biggest jobs connection regulation
- that OF the Secretary of State of
apdy that has the handling
registrations With the broadening bureau
must keep
Every who has been brought
has been pleased with the which
candidates reelection Tuesday,
viii with HIM large Of the Automobile Because
side of the registered in the state
friends the dealers in New
considerable number of them.