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Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22
One Lone Man Blocks Plan of
Brick Makers to Drop Price
Brick Manufacturers Deny Rumor That Price of $3.50
Will Drop So; Quotation in East Reduced From
81 to 81 on Face Brick During the Past Week, Is
Statement

business. The owner does not share
my views" he replied.
Ralph De Long of the Standard
Brick company, scored Omaha real.
tors who had initiated the revolt
against high prices of building ma
terials. ..
Means Big Investment.
"Any man can buy SIS desk and
chair and rent office space and SET
up in the real estate business. He
doesn't have to invest one penny
Brick and lumber dealers have huge
investments in their yards and
plants on which they must realize
adequate returns. A 80 per cent
profit in our line of business is not
too much" he said.
IF the lumber men are getting So
per cent profit, as the realtors
charge, that is too much, but 50 per
cent is not excessive" he said.
, Cut of s. Impossible.
A So cut in prices would be i'm
possible, Omaha's brick prices as
they stand are too low" said Mr..
De Long.
Our prices are not out of line
with the charge made all over this
part of the country.
Labor and coal are the two prin-
cipal items in the manufacture of
brick. Labor has doubled, we are
paying S. per day for common la
Dor; the price of coal has gone up
enormously, too. The brick men
are certainly not asking unreasona-
bic prices for their product. Any
reduction will have to come slowly;
there can be no sudden Drop" he
said.
McCaffrey Bros. quoted price of
$15.25 net. mo drop in prices can
be considered" the manager said,
because the company had not done
business for such long time that
it would have to make up for losses
now.
Our former capacity of turning
out 10000 bricks a day is now re-
duced to $4,000 for the same expense
of labor and material. That's why
prices are high" he said
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22
Hugh Butler, Former Table
Rock Bow, Dies in Service

Table Rock, Neb., March 81
Especial -Word has been received
here Of the death in the service of
Hugh Butler, eldest son 70 Mr.. and
Mrs. Dee Butler, Clayton, Kan, who
resided in Pawnee county many
years. The deceased was a grand
son of David Butler, first governor
of the state of Nebraska.
George Whistler, Dubois, south of
Table Rock, was accidentally killed
Sunday, when a loaded shotgun he
had with him exploded, the charge
striking him under the arm, sever
ing a large artery, from which he
soon bled to death
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22

something more than was given in
the novel, but then that is the value
of the screen and the raison d'etre.
The story is about New England and
New Englanders, breathing of the
pine woods of Maine, together with
the inside life of the small commun-
ity. 1t is there that Carolyn solves
many of the stubborn, long-standing
problems of the grownups. Sup
porting Miss Love in this production
are Charles Elder, Charlotte Min
eau and Eunice Moore. The picture
is due at the Muse Sunday. .
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22
Senate Committee Puts in
Time Working on Code Bill

Lincoln, Neb., March 21.-(Spe-
cial.)-The senate ground along in
committee of the whole in whip
ping the code administrative bill in
to shape. Nearly 1870 pages of the
bill we're covered in the committee
of the whole in the morning. Only
one slight amendment was added
during the morning session.
The work Of engrossing the bill
is proceeding rapidly and the senate
is expected to be in shape to take
action early next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22
Three Candidates for Mayor

Wymore, Neb., March 2l.-(Spe-
cial )-Three candidates have en-
tered the race for mayor of Wymore
at the spring municipal election.
They are George Currie, present
mayor; Charles Hansen. present city
clerk, and NJ L. Rawlings. The
latter has served three terms as
mayor and is after the office for a
fourth time.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22


Mrs. Gerhardt Steffens, bride of
the famous boxer, Willie Richie, for
mer lightweight champion was for
merly Miss Ethel Winifred Pierce, of
San Francisco. Recent reports from
the coast stated that Richie has
announced his retirement from the
boxing game for all time. There
were hopes that the former light
weight champion would continue at
the game following his sensational
victory over Champion Benny Leo
nard at San Francisco recently.
Richie is fairly we'll supplied with
worldly goods and for several years
following his loss of the title was
engaged in lucretive business in
San Francisco. 1t is possible that
a little persuasion on the part of
Mrs. Steffens has something to do
with Willie's retirement
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22

Eastern manufacturers have in
the past week dropped 81 and 81
from the price of face brick,
which sells at SIS, according to
d. B.. Porter of the Twin City
Brick company. "The reduction
was made only by manufacturers
who had been operating on war
basis on government contracts.
These factories were not forced
to suspend business and so have
not the losses to contend with
that Omaha manufacturers have
borne during the war;" he said.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-22
Former Bureau Head Dies.

Lexington, KY, March 2l.--
Claude M. Johnson, aged &c, chief
of the federal department bureau OF
printing and engraving at Washing
ton under the first Cleveland admin
istration, later United States Indian
agent for Arizona, died this after
noon. He was author of books on
civil government. '..
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
Met Quail In rhnusands.

In the Mediterranean no bird is bet.
Ter known than the quail from the
Spanish littoral to the Arabian hill
sides Twice n year II passes over
he great inland sea, northward IN
spring and southwark in September
ana October Its coming is quite II
festival, and many an outstanding bill
and many PEASANTS overdue rent Is
paid nj It's expense,
when II goes nurthward in May 10
rs nesting place in middle Europe the
candy Italian sea beaches are lined
IN the line Of It's fight with fine net
ting loosely held up 10y stakes, and
the unhappy little quails, flying low
over the sea, plunge into these and are
securely held by the falling mpshes.
No fewer than 1900 have been re-
celyed I'm Rome in one day. and In the
small island of Daprl. near Naples,
100000 are sometimes taken In sea
son.-Detrolt News.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
WHAT ARE THE BOY SCOUTS?

Any boy, of any nationality, of any
creed, twelve years of age or older.
may become Boy Scout IL he prom
Uses to keep the scout oath and law
and prepares himself for simple tests
on the composition and history of the
American flag and the significance OF
the scout badge and can make several
cordage knots.
The Boy Scout movement is In no
sense secret organization.
The plan is to group number OF
boys (not more than 80 in any one
troop, as they are designated) under
the leadership of u scoutmaster-a
carefully selected, clean, intelligent,
boy-loving volunteer leader-always
man of sterling character and ma
ture Judgment. Each troop and scout
master are under the supervision of a
troop committee of responsible citi-
zens. usually officials of the church,
synagogue, school, settlement house,
asylum or playground with which the
troop is connected.
Through such leadership the boys
of the troops are kept interested In
program of play activities that are
health giving and educational. They
take long tramps. studying nature In
all its forms. They learn woOdcraft,
and how to take care of themselves In
the open. They have troop meetings
each week for study, handlcraft, ex-
periments, demonstration, etc, and go
into camp every summer under trained
directors.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
eco SCOUT BADGES IN A DAY.

The National Court of Honor of the
Boy Scouts of America is acting upon
800 per cent more merit badge appllca-
tions now than in any similar season.
Combine with this numerical in
crease the unmistakable evidence OF
higher standards in examinations,
largely owing to the circulation of the
new merit badge pamphlets, and there
Is inspiration in this increase.
About 200 different experts have con.
trihuted to the completion of the Merit
Badge library since the conclusion Of
the Boy Scout week extension cam
palgu in June.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
THE SCOUT AND THE TRAP.

II, years ago, people had realized
the value Of training boys, there would
have been little need now for protect
i've game laws.
One of the big things that the boy
scouts learn Is the protection of wild
life. Wnnton staying of wild animals,
bird-huntlng and egg-steallng all are
forbidden under the scout law. The
cruel practice of trapping also is re-
garded as one of the things in which
no true sportsman will indulge.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
Two rhInns to EXPLAIN.

The trophy for Observation-Disclosures
goes to Harold lie took his fancee
10 the picture show house the other
night ana left her standing In the
lobby while he went to the ticket win.
dow
zone ticket, please he said A 1T.
tie later, when the girl trniled him
through the entrance, the doorman
asked him how he had expected to do
II.
"But | had harder time explain
ing to the girl that she really was nm
important item In the evenings pro.
gram"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26
RESULTS OF SCOUT CAMPAIGNS.

The final results of the w. s. s.
campaign conducted by Boy Scouts of
America show 2,1S9,417 sales for $43,-
022,044.05.
In New York state there were 304,-
100 sales, for $5,o9O,32350. Scout G.
Schuyler Tarbell of Troop No. 4, Ith-
nca, N. Y, is the highest boy in the
United States, with TO sales. for ST.
215.25.
The results of the Liberty loan cam
paign conducted by the Boy Scouts Of
America throughout the United States
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26

are as follows: First Liberty loan,
1860 subscriptions, for $23 1899 600;
second, 533,SS5, $102,0Ss,65O; third.
o71,2S2, $Sl,602300; fourth, 542,449.
TiG20,400; Victory loan. AL 024, $70.-
473,025, n grand total of 2,42S,3 0S sub
scriptions, for $3.50, 122,975.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-12-26

Five hundred thousand users of bot.
lied milk In New York city. working
in unison with the community coun.
ellis of Latlonal defense, started II
threc-dny boycott of milk. The idea
was to voice strong public protest
against the prohihitive cost of the
essential of life.
The sun., 1919-02-09

George S. Morrow. president of the
Saxon Motor Company OF New York. an
nounces that Rodney X. Hanes has been
taken into the firm as vice-president and
general manager. Haines is one OF tho
earliest pioneers in the local automobile
trade. Prior to entering the automobile
business in 1901 Mr.. Haines was electri-
cal engineer In construction work for
the General Electric Company.
In 1901 he was half owner In the Auto
Exchange storage Company on Thirty
eighth street. then the centre for the
motor car trade. In 1904 and 1905 he
was sales manager for the Darracq. In
1906 he acted as sales manager for
Joseph Heller. then prominent in the i'm
portation of cars.
From 1907 to 1912 he was manager
for Louis Jandorf. king of the used car
trade. From 1912 to 1916 Mr.. Haines
conducted new and used car business
on the Row fog himself. During 1916 he
was sales manager for C. T. Silver. Fof-
lowing that Mr.. Haines was sales man
ager for the Overland branch in Chicago.
Upon returning from the West Mr..
Haines connected with the Saxon Motor
Company OF New York as sales manager
and his efforts have led to this promo
ton.
The sun., 1919-02-09
MENOMINEE TRUCKS
WIDELY POPULAR
Old Established Line Offers
Models for Every Pos
sibe Use.

Wide popularity already has been at
trucks in New York This line. which
includes trucks from one to FIVE tons,
Is handled by the Menominee Motor
Truck Company OF New York. Inc, 269
Amsterdam avenue at Seventy second
street and Broadway.
This company already has built UP q
strong organization. Its president
John Il. Carlton, Is an engineer. For
number OF years he was "A successful
motor truck salesman. later becoming
retail sales manager of the Cutting Lar
son Company's truck department.
Joseph L. Donaldson, secretary and
service manager. is an oldtime motor
truck man who started as an appren-
tice In locomotive machine shop eigh-
teen years ago. He went through all the
stages OF the motor truck business and
was a successful service manager and
later salesman OF more than ordi-
nary ability. His unusual technical
knowledge of motor truck construction
has proved of great value to him in his
sales work. He Is an expert in picking
correctly the proper type Of truck for
use I'm any particular delivery service.
Daniel Schubert. treasurer and sales
manager. IL a well known figure in the
motor truck field. In his seven years of
experience he has had peculiarly good
opportunities to learn at first hand both
how to buy and how TO sell motor
trucks
When he planned to enter his present
firm he went West looking for a full line
Of reliable motor trucks. He chose the
Meromnee on its fine record of per-
Torrance in the past nine years. He
found that the Menomnee Company
built trucks OF proved worth In one and
one-half 10 three and one-half and five
ton models. using only the best standard
parts and building the trucks in a man.
ner that would satisfy the most fas-
tidlous technical critic.
The sun., 1919-02-09
AUTOCARS IN 400 BUSINESSES.
Company Il Optimistic Over Pros
poets for This Year.

The attitude of the ~Autocar Com
rary OF Ardmore, Pa. is decidedly OPP
'im'st,c as regards business prospects
FOR this year. Motor transportation and
good roads are uppermost In the public
mind. and business houses generally
have come to regard efficient motor
truck delivery as the competitive stan
dard 20 which they must live up.
The tremendous srope of motor trans
portation is pretty graphically expressed
in the fact that the AutocaT motor truck
IL used In s"u" +31 different lines Of
business. This list Of indlist ries ranges
from the contractor and coal dealer
using the AutOcar with power hoist
bodies to the department store or retail
grocer that have found AutoCars eco
nomical with light loads.
The Autocar sales programme Of 1919
calls for production larger than In
any previous year.
The sun., 1919-02-09

Autocar branch, is confident of the lnrg-
est year the Autocar Company has ever
had. He says:
I'VE are laying plans for selling dur
ing 1919 more Autocars than have gone
into New York In any previous year.
and our service facilities are in the best
condition they have ever been to take
care of all the Autocars in our terri
tory
BESIDES an addition to our Manhat-
tan service station at 55j West Twenty
third street that will add very ma
terially to our facilities there our
branches in brooklyn, Tho Bronx and
Newark are we'll established and are
caring for the Autocar users in those
parts OF Greater New York.
I'VE have recently added to our fac
tory branch system very complete
plant in New lIaven-this organization
not only serves Autocars owned by
western Connecticut business houses
hut also becomes a factory service point
for New York and New England Auto
cars making long city to city runs"
Service always has been the funda-
mental policy of the Autocar Company
and the success OF this policy IL clearly
shown by the hundreds Of Autocars that
are hauling goods in New York
The sun., 1919-02-09

The Fulton one and a half ton truck
on exhibition at space D-l In Madison
Square Garden, has made such "A sue
cessful record in the service of big ma
tional corporations that business men or
their representatives are sure to give It
unusual consideration at the big show
The way this truck has taken hold
in New York and vicinity during the
past eight months under the sales direc-
ton OF w. Irvine Fickling and Norris
y. Mason at 1900 Broadway is "a sub
ject OF much favorable comment along
the Row and In business circles.
Built in Farmingdale, Long Island.
at the port OF New York" the Fulton
is distinctly n New York product and
it's representatives here are pioneer
motor truck men who know the needs
OF users and who have established an
unusual kind Of UP to date service to
meet those needs.
The progress made by the New York
organization under the direction OF
Fickling and Mason In eight months I'm
der war time conditions can be appre-
The sun., 1919-02-09

ciated when It is known that at n sales
convention of dealers Mt the factory
last month announcement was made
that New York had triplcd It's order
for Futons and that It would be nee
essary to move into larger quarters TO
keep pace with the demands made upon
the organization by increased business.
Probably one OF the most satisfactory
and effective achievements OF Tickling
and Mason was the establishment of a
free monthly inspection service for
all Fulton trucks In use in the metro
politan district. To carry this on sue
ccssfully with other forms OF service
the New York Fulton Truck Company
opened one OF the largest service sta
tions in Greater New York. 1t COM
prises $4,000 square feet and is located
IN Long Island city.
To keep pace with the constantly ex-
panding policy OF the factory the New
York representatives have built UP an
unusually strong selling organization
equipped 10 give all prospective truck
buyers expert advice concerning their
motor truck installations.
The sun., 1919-02-09

Commercial delivery bodies are fol-
lowing the trend OF passenger types In
the diversity OF styles and sizes The
development Of this end of the business
will be well illustrated in the Com
TerCial Vehicle Show at Madison Square
,iard"r NY the - II Rabcock Company
~ Watortown, y. Y, whose line Is
probably the most complete ever pro-
duCed by any che company.
Mr. BabcOrk long ago realized that
the idea of using few standard types
of bodies to cover the needs Of a hun
dred different lines Of business was an
economic waste. in addition to losing
The sun., 1919-02-09

the advertising advantage to be gained
from the use of bodies suited to the
exact demands of merchants. The re-
suit is that to-day he manufactures
just what the customer desires.
Babcock bodies are distributed In this
territory by Hayes Diefenderler Com
pany OF 1876 broadway, who will also
be exhibitors at the Garden show. Tneir
big salcsrCom. filled with Hay-Dee cx-
tended FordS shows a great number
Of bodies adapted 10 various uses. In
addition to meeting any merchandise
demand they build ambu.ances. hearses
and buses that have found favor all
over the Eastern States.
The sun., 1919-02-09
TRyvk ROADS PLANNED.

A trunk road running north and south
aud another east and west will be con-
struCtrt In every state in tho Union. IL
tho programme endorsed at n recent meet
ing OF the Highway Congress IL translated
into law by the members OF Congress.
These highways would be linked up from
state to state IN order to give the nation
a complete highway system built at Fed
Nrul
The sun., 1919-02-09
AUTOCAR DISPLAY PROMINENT.
Manager Fisler Confident of Big
Business in 1919.

The Autocar Sales and Service Com
pany, which IL the factory branch OF
the Autocar Company OF Ardmorc. Pa,
has prominent display of Autocar
~ tor trucks at the Commercial Car
Show
A. +. Fisler, manager OF the New York
The sun., 1919-02-09
VIBRATION MAKES
MAGNETIC ESSENTIAL
This Is Why Splitdorf Electro
cal Co. Built Thousands
for Pershing.

We are Indebted to our own Nicola
Tesla for the picturesque statement that
Nv means Of a fiddle he could split the
Wooworth Building in New York In two.
This he explained would be accom-
pl,shed II the fiddle could be so played
that Just exactly the right vibration was
p-oduced, and no added that vibration
can do almost anything destructive In
vaudeville shows YOU have probably
often watched a performer break n glass
twenty feet away by means of the vlbra-
ton OF "A metal string.
Breaks Down Some steeIs.
Even scientists are only Just beginning
TO understand the destructive forces en-
bodied In this force that we know as
vibration. so II is small wonder that the
average man knows nothing at all about
t. How man, people over stopped to
consider. for instance, what vibration
may do 10 the motor truck or tractor.
How few OF them realize that vibration
even on smooth road in its cumulative
effect is enough actually to break down
some steels. The steel under long con-
tnued vibration simply crystallizas and
falls apart
Vibration In n truck or tractor Is con-
tinuous even though Il may not be evil
dent to the sensory system of the driver.
Every part of the truck is constantly
under moro or less intense vibratory
strain.
This is one reason why It has been
found to be impractical TO use a storage
battery on trucks or tractors. It Is true
that the battery will give service for
G. while but the intense vibratory strain
makes it's span of life brief. The Gov
eminent during the late war learned tina.
III
IN springs on rubber cushions or other
resilient mediums, it rapidly breaks down
under the strains of ordinary service.
why PershinE Ordered Magnetos.
That is why Pershing insisted upon
magnetic ignition on his trucks, because
lie could not cope with the inevitable
battery troubles. The foreign Powers
who later became our allies recognized
long before that magnetic ignition was
the only system that would stand up
under the strenuous service demanded by
military use. and that is why American
magnetic makers. principally the Split
,lo-f Electrical Company. maker OF the
Dixie magnetic. was overburdened with
crders from the wars beginning, and in
:art. still IL.
No one ever questioned the ability Of
sc magnetic to stand up regardless OF
me conditions OF operation OF the vehicle,
but when IL is vouched for that A Dixie
or Mason principle magnetic has been in
continuous use without major repair for
more than 10000 miles some idea may
- had OF what magnetic longevity real
" means.
This also explains TO the layman why
the battery type OF ignition has never
gained any foothold as truck and tractor
equipment
The sun., 1919-02-09
Come Here Where You Can Get
Thousands CrouUded the Exhibit at the SholU
a Good Look at the Essex

Its performance and its long endurance ard the way
which it retains its distinctive qualities.
Light cheap of the better grades ride
easily They don't retain their good looks long
remain SO free from squeaks and rattles.
The sun., 1919-02-09

On very tongue the Automobile Show last week there
but word concerning the interesting exhibit
there-it the Essex.
The newspapers mentioned that fact in their columns
Everyone asked, Have you and ridden in the
Essex?'
And practically everyone replied Il didn't get good
chance there always such crowds about it,
The sun., 1919-02-09
business will want trucks Of whatever
particular type Ia best suited to It.
See Record Year Ahcnd.

See Record Year Ahcnd.
II need not say anything about tho
work which motor trucks did on the
other side. for we all know their rec
ord there. Wo know what they did for
the Allies at Chateau Thierry in n spec
tular way, and we know that the motor
truck made modern warfare possible and
that It permitted us to place a mann
moth army in the field and maintain Il
properly. We are indeed proud OF the
splendid record made by our own Nash
Quad. What the motor truck meant to
the army. In my opinion, 1t means to
the commercial business. For the army
Is really huge business with its trans
portation problems, little different in es-
sentials than in any other business.
THE next four years, believe, will
see bigger gains in the truck industry
and In the use OF trucks than has ever
before been seen. I believe that with 1t
VIII come improved roads and better IA
cllties for using motor trucks to their
full value"