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New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

laid up for repairs is the time that
cuts down the profits it should make.
To have more of truck than is needed
in your business is foolish waste. To
have less of truck than the job calls
for is criminal on the part Of the man
who owns it. But to have truck that
otherwise fits the job, but because of
bad handling is laid up for repairs, is
just a mans own fault.
Motor trucks are of necessity bust
ness vehicles. 1t is bad enough for
the owner of a passenger car not have
his automobile when he wants it, No
amount of repair shop service can COM
pensate him for what he may lose in
the way of pleasure, yet he can hardly
put a cash valuation on the loss.
But to have his truck out of the
running when it should be working
be able to estimate in dollars and
just how much extra pound of over
load and every mile an hour of ex-
cessive speed are costing him.
Inspection is the thing that every truck
needs, and needs constantly. The often
repeated example of the railway loco
motive, huge. bulky thing that goes
on perfect highway, should always be
before the truck owner. If that sort
Of vehicle, which pulls and does not
carry its load-a much easier PROPOSE
tion and, incidentally, the solution OF
motor truck overlooking which tho
trailer offers-has to come in off the
road after running limited number
of miles, for inspection and perhap!
overhaul, how much more so the truck
which runs on far from perfect high
ways and bears the load, instead o.
hauling it?
Therefore, do not be deceived by tht
rugged appearance of the truck. 1t ha'
its limits and you owe it to your busi
ness, your pocketbook and yourself t.
know them. You should know in ad
vance what kind Of truck you need
that is the duty of the dealer to tel
you and he should know it, if he is t,
sell fright" Then stick to the prope
LIMITS and guard your investment b.
proper load, proper speed and prope
overhaul.
Your driver, unless rightly trained
can break you, in spite of your bes
efforts and intentions. Of him and hi
training in his proper duties, NOR
| later G. f. n &
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

control station is reached. Very often
the days journey was not completed
until or o'clock at night. Each
Monday morning the men began count
ing the hours until Sunday when they
could take a real bath and get regu-
lar nights sleep.
The long trip has been a pronounced
success from every standpoint, accord
ing to reports from army officers in
command. Unusual interest has been
aroused in the communities along the
route on good roads work. At every
stop official speakers accompanying the
convoy have lectured on the need Of
better national highway system as q
means to combat the high cost of iiv-
Ing.
Motor Transport, Engineer Corps
and artillery officers of the army have
collected wealth of data on topo-
graphic and other military phases
which will be carefully compiled into
permanent army records. The govern
ment assigned a force of Signal Corps
photographers to take a complete NOV
ing picture chronicle of the entire trip.
The convoy will arrive in San Fran
cisco just two days later than sched-
uled time. Heavy rains and storms en-
countered during the last few weeks
caused muddy roads and slow going.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

in an established automobile concern
that has been successful in the ham
ding of rapidly growing volume of
business. A fully equipped service sta
ton, to meet the demands of Nash
owners in Manhattan, The Bronx and
Staten Island, Will be maintained for
the present also at the corporation :
headquarters on West Sixty-third
Street.
The new arrangement viii enable the
New York public to inspect a complete
line of Nash cars and trucks in snow
rooms now being renovated on the east
side Of Broadway, between Slxty-fourth
and Sixty-hfth streets.
Through this arrangement" says Mr..
Warren, "the buyer is enabled to reap
the benefit of closer contact with the
Nash organization when he buys a car
or truck. and in the very important
item of prompt. efficient and courteous
service can deal directly with the fac
tory's representative. This is factor
that will operate materially, we believe,
to increase the satisfaction derived
from ownership of our line of motor
vehicles. The automobile trade gen.
orally looks to New York to set the
pace, and this reorganization of the re-
tail sales business is undertaken with
that thought in mind"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
High Weight Does Not
Mean Quality in Tires
Exceptional Poundage May
Mean Actually Quite the
Reverse

Mere weight in an automobile tire
is no indication Of quality. AS a mat
ter Of fact, exceptional weight in a
tire may be one of the surest proofs
of its inferiority.
The weight of tire depends largely
on the materials that are mixed in
with the rubber in the course Of man
ufacture. High specific gravity in rub
Der compositions can be caused only
by the use OF a large percentage of
heavy compounding materials. Tire
experts know that all parts of the
casing except the tread give longer
service if they are made with the addi-
ton of very little compounding mate
rials. Another fact we'll known to the
experts is that in making the tread the
greatest toughness and durability car
be secured by adding ingredients that
are relatively light.
The tire user can readily see that
there is, therefore, no reason why tires
should be heavy in order to be strong
Of two tires of equal dimensions the
lighter is in all probability the strong
er. In pointing out this fact the United
States Tire Company calls attention
to the light weight of its tires as al
indication of the quality of the mate
rials used in their construction ant
as jan explanation of their toughnes!
and rugged wearing qualities.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Growing Business Is
Helping Truck Sales

There has been a wonderful stimu-
lus in the past month to the sale Of
motor trucks says Harry J. DeBear,
manager of the New York Maxwell
Chalmers branch MANY Of the
larger corporations using fleets Of
trucks which have been holding back
awaiting developments are now plsc-
ing orders again. greatly increasing
their present equipment, n order to
keep up with the advance in the
volume of their businesses. The little
merchant, too, is adding to his haul
ing and delivery facilities to keep
step with his growing business.
In our case, we have been particu-
larly fortunate with the Maxwell worm
drive truck, in that our factory early
increased truck production and so has
put US in a position to be able 10 take
care of immediate needs
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Bowman Now Is
Dealer i'm Line
Of Kissel Cars
Veteran Automobile Man
Takes Over Local Terri
tory for Machine He Finds
Full of Virtues

The Sidney B. Bowman Automobile
Company has taken the franchise for
distributing Kissel cars and motor
trucks in Greater New York, Eastern
New York, including Albany, Troy and
Schenectady, Western Connecticut and
Northern New Jersey. Mr. Bowman
is one of New York's first automobile
distributors, his company having been
distributing cars continuously on
and Fifth Avenue were continuous
stream of carriages, hansoms and
"hacks," and when the appearance of
"horseless carriage" or "get horse"
created incredulity that such a con-
traption could amount to anything.
"In my eighteen years search for
a car, one that / could afford to link
with my name at this momentous period
of the industry, | sought q car Of
mechanical excellence and consistent,
not stunt, performance, which en-
bodied those elements of exclusive de-
sign and appointments usually fouNd
only in the most costly made-to- order
jobs" said Mr. Bowman yesterday.
There are three models of the open
Jobs which we hope to display next
week. The four passenger tourster
in kisscl blue and the seven passenger
touring in gun metal are advanced in
CHASSIS construction and composite in
body design of unique and distinctive
features. The two-passenger speed
ster, finished in chrome yellow, has
the new Kissel custom-b built motor
that develops 81 horsepower at 2,3OO
revolutions a minute.
There are to be four models Of the
new closed Kissels-four-p passenger
coupe, n-passenger staggered
door sedan, four-door passenger
suburban sedan, and the town car
all four models mounted on the Gus
tom built chassis.
I'VE have always considered our
selves duty bound to take care of our
customers in such a way that the
motor car purchased of us not only
gives satisfactory service at the be-
ginning, but continues SO through the
years that follow. Our service
station has grown to building of
$4,000 square feet.
"kissel trucks are the result Of
thirteen years of continuous develop
ment OF both motor cars and trucks.
Inc klssel-built power plant has had
thirteen years of grilling tests. To
make 1T possible for Kissel trucks to
prove adaptable to every line of busi-
ness they are built in five models"
Mr.. Bowman expects the first ship
ment of the new Kissel custom built
SKIES and trucks next week. They will
be placed on exhibition at his sales
. rooms at 1872 Broadway. corner Fifty
second Street
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

from northern New Jersey and Ding
mans Ferry, is all hard surfaced and
in good copdition, provided the motor
ist avoids the road from Franklin Fur
mace through Sparta to Lafayette, and
continues north from Franklin Fur
mace to Sussex. and then to Branch
Vile. The road this way is about five
miles longer. but the route through
Sparta at the present time is in a very
bad condition. The above route runs
through Leonia, Hackensack, Paterson,
Pompton, Newfoundland, Sussex and
Branchville to Dingmans.
There is another good way of going
to the Water Gap via Dngmans over
good roads from New York via the
Belleville Turnpike through Bellevlle,
Montclair Caldwell, Parsippany, Dover,
Kenville. Netcong, Andover and New
ton to Branchville. The above route
is also the route to Lake Hopatcong
The short route to the Water Gap is
via Newark and Morristown, then over
Schooley's Mountain through Hacketts-
town. 1t is fair going 20 Bridgevillc.
From there on to the Water Gap, a
distance Of eight miles, the road is
rough.
There is cons derable construction
work on the direct road to Philadelphia
between Railway and Trenton. Motor
lists can avoid the construction by run
ming from Railway to North Amboy,
then over to Metuchen and on to New
Brunswick. From New Brunswick the
Cranbury Turnpike is followed to a
road which turns off between Deans
and Dayton, and runs through Mon
mouth Junction, then over the old
Trenton Turnpike into Trenton.
A number of the roads in south New
Jersey are not good at the present time,
and atrocious conditions still prevail at
South Amboy, which has been the
means Of keeping great many motor
lists from he resorts along the coast.
The Bureau of Tours has received
positive information that the contract
had been let for new hard surfac ed
road to run from the bridge which
crosses the Raritan River through
South Amboy and connect with the
brick road which runs into keyport.
The road is under construction be-
tween Keyport and Red Bank. To reach
Seabright and the Ocean Boulevard
from Keyport, run due south to Holmdc.
then west to Red Bank. From there go
over the new Harding Road, which was
recently built and opened to the public
for passenger vehicles only, and is, no
doubt, one of the finest pieces of road
construction as to grade, drainage and
surface that there is in this country.
The Harding Road connects with the
beautiful Rumson Road, which is in ex-
cellent condition, going to Seabright
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Trunk Lines i'm Good
Shape for Fall Touring
Reports of Automobile Club of America Tell the
Story of Highways in All Directions From New
York
By O. M. Wells,

Chief Roodmon of Tours Automobile Club of America
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Service Managers to
Hold First Meeting

The Automotive Service Association
an organization Of service managers
Of companies in the Metropolitan dis
trict, will hold its first general meet
ing next Wednesday at its head
quarters. the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce, : East Forty
second Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Electric Vehicles in Show
That Reopens the "Palace'

Nearly every make Of electric pass
enger car and motor truck, including
industrial trucks, will be shown at the
Electrical Exposition of 1919, opening
in Grand Central Palace on September
"a tor ITS customary tenday run.
1t will be the first exposition to be
held in Grand Central Palace since
this building was taken by the govern
ment Tor use as a gigantic army
hospital
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

Buffalo Corporation, which performs a
similar function in the remainder of
New York state and in Northern Penn
sylvania.
In dealing with the Warren-Nash
Motor Corporation, prospective buyers
and those already owners of Nash cars
will do business with new departm ent
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
First Shipment of
kellv-Springfeld Truck

E. II. Bowman. who handles Kelly
Springfield trucks in the big building
at ABS East lA9th Street, mas received
a shipment of sixteen trucks, the
first to come into New York from the
factory since the armisticc was signed.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
/ Reat Pleb:scitc

In the Forthcoming general election II
france t~enty-eignt members Of me
French Chamber viii De elected in the
districts until recently under. German
rule. This, as the French point cut, - IN
constitute real plebiso.te. Fcr,y-eight
years ago, when Germany ann.xed the
territory, the first delegation nhich wen,
to Berlin unani oously proteste. against
nc annexation; the test now " be the
source Of the delegation which goes to
fa'!s' under circumstances WHICH : not
SIMILAR have something IN common with
those Of half century before.
Pro-German sentiment IL Al>ace- I.or.
raine IS exclusively United to the Ger
man colonists, sent to rule and adm.n-
isIer conquered lands as the Roman sen,
oio soldiers to colonlze their later con-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
Pier Reconstruction

Dock Commissioner Hubert, dis
satisfied With the congestion Of the
North River docks and the marginal
street south Of the Chelsea district.
seeks to awaken the public, the Sink
ing Fund Commission and the Board
of Estimate to the need Of a new
comprehensive plan of pier recon
struction
Between Nescy and Perry streets
are thirt. four piers, built suhstan-
TALLY in accord with the Mcclellan
layout of 1871, nearly fifty years
ago. These piors are narrow, one
being only 40 feet in width and bat
three 125 feet The slips, or water
spaces. are narrow, averaging about
$50 feet.
Since 1871 the pierhcad line has
been extended three times, aud as
1t vas permitted to project further
INTO the river the piers have been
longthenod without widening them or
che sins. a city Of skvscrapers
stumb'cs along with plant which
served when a six story building was
deemed .ofty.
The Dock Commissioner urges.
first, the adoption Of new plan, and
second. to make beginning toward
applying it by taking advantage Of
The construction of the veh.cular
tunnel from Canal Street to the Jer-
scy shore. The engineers are strug-
Cling with the problems of ventila-
tion and of keeping down the cost
Of the work Commissioner Hubert
would build above the tunnel the
first Of the new piers-l .00o feet
long and $50 wide. with adequate
water spaces on both sides. Thus
the tunnel would be protected and
for a iifth Of = milc The ven.ilation
question would give no trouble.
Dock building pays the city-the
only sort Of municipal ownership
that so far does. Leases arc made
on a basis of 7l2 per cent on the
value Of the property, and as 5 per
cent bonds float at par the city gains
Pc per cent net on thc gross cost
Of the Improvement. besides getting
the collateral benefits incident Il
undermining the port facilities OF the
worlds greatest gateway
The Commissioners proposal seems
sensible and practical and TO open
a way for the Hylan administration
actually to do something for munic-
ipal ownership.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05

short-sightcd Not knowing where
he stood, his discussion of compro-
misses lacked franknoss and iinality.
He concentrated all his efforts on
defeating tcxtual amendments to the
treaty. Yet if he had really wanted
to make combination with the
mild rcservationist" Republicans he
should have permitted few amend
ments to pass. That would have
driven The mild Republican group
INTO q definite alliance with him.
But by defeating the amendments
lie facilitated a union of all Rcpub-
licans on the Lodge McCumber res
erVations.
Having mismanaged his campaign,
Mr.. Hitchcock now seeks to escape
the consequences Of his blunders
The only weapon left him is the
threat to defeat the majority rcsolu-
tion Of ratification. He may he able
10 DO that by Joining hands with the
Republican ti-ratiticationists. But
that would be a humiliating end to
the Administrations fight for the
treaty.
The President was entitled to have
his way at Paris A ma iority of the
Senate is entitled to have its way in
Washington. The country wants to
see these two ways harmoni2cd and
the treaty ratified in accordance
with the letter and spirit of our
constitutional forms a minority
subscribing to the principle that the
Presidents way IS the only way Will
not find much support from Amer
lean opinion.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
Limiting Output

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir As dsin.ercstcd member OF
tha' part Of the country likely 80 suffer
most by the coal strike-viz., the pub.
lie would very much like an answer
to one question
The miners have been denounced on
the floor Of tie Senate and elsewhere
as beng unreasonable aud unwarranted
IN asking for . siX-hour day and a five
day week. On the other hand, the
miners have directly stated that the
coal operators have been reducing
thcir work to three and four days a
week in order to limit the output
and SO maintain the scandalousl y
hieh prices Of coal This statement
has been ignored by those who de
nouuce the minors demands
In order to get q some sort Of jusr
estimate of the casus belH, the question
would like answered IS Is this
statement Of the miners true?
y. B. BLAKE.
Tenaly, y. j.. Oct. 81, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05

ing to Paris dispatch to The Times
from Nh Charles II. Grasty, Ameri-
cans attached to the peace conference
think that simple American man
date would not be worth while. Mr..
Grasty says:
at has been commonly thought
that America could take Armenia
separate Y, but, as the situation has
come to be better understood, it is
apparent that interests are so inter
twnod and overlapping that it would
No 'mno s'blc for any mandatory TO
bring order out Of chaos unless its
d A. G lu X sh =
speaking territory; namely, the Con-
turkey in ASIA,
Armenia and the Transcaucasian re-
puuuc o. Geotgia, Azcrbai jan and
Russian Armenia. The Arab speak
ing parts of the old Turkish empire
arc left out
A mandate Of this extent, covering
q large area OF what was formerly
Russian soil, would involve very un-
welcome responsibilities What is
the status Of former Russian hold
ings in the Caucasus? Nobody
knows. The peace conference has
not yet reached the question of deal
ing with Russia.
What are the conditions to-day in
the three Caucasian republics?
They are unknown here. it is. there
fort, all the more important that
General llarbord's conclusions should
be released for publication. The
country doesn't want to walk bllndly
INTO an unlimited Near Eastern
trusteeship.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
4 Point OF Honor

By contrast more than 80 per cont If
The population, The real native ponula-
,'on, is thoroughly French in i.s SYM
pathy. IN the world war 1t sapo.ie5
France with several score OF general
and more than 100000 volunteers. v,n.
fed from Alsace-Lorraine during the
war and, at the risk Of, their own lives
and those Of their families, cnlistes. ,n
French armies. More than this other
thousands, who could not escape. were
used - the Germans on the Russian
frontier because it was unsafe 70 pur
hem before the French.
The Germans aunexcd tic two prov
nees in 1871 without any plebiscites and
against the unanimous protest of ~.
first delegation OF legislators elected to
the German Reichstag rs well as Of the
last delegation, which represented Tie
three departments affected. n the French
Chamber They now demand d plebi
cite merely because they know the
French VIII nov grant it, not out of fear
as to the result, there can be no doab.
as to that, but merely because saca /.
course would sugges- that the German
possess some legal cain in the premises
WITH the French It IS point of honor
pure and simple.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
General Harbord's Report

Major General James G. Harbord
recently returned to Paris from a
trip through Asia Minor and Trans
caucasia at the head Of an American
mission. He has now sailed for the
United States. 1t is sad that he is
bringing with him report which
will help the Administration to deter
mine whether OF not it NiN ask Con
gress 10 authorize the acceptance Of
an American mandate for one or
more portions Of what remains Of
the Turkish empire.
Ii is to be hoped that General Har-
bord's findings will be given prompt
" to the public. Washington has
been filled with rumors that promises
Of some sort regarding a Turkish
mandate were made to the European
powers by our delegates at Paris,
The British Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the kleht Hou Austen
Chamberlain, limited plainly at the
existence Of some such commitments
in q speech which he made tie other
day in Parliament BUT Congress
and the country have had no itk'ing
OF the Administrations intentions.
President Wilson mas spoken sym
patheticaly now and then Of Aneri-
can interest in Armenia and of the
desirabiity of helping the unfortu
nate Armenians to establish them
selves in security and independence.
But what is Armenia? II includes.
in geographical sense, the eastern
part Of Turkey in Asia. In politi-
ga sense It is a small republic
carved cut Of former Russian terri-
tory in the Caucasus. But. accord
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
The New Election Eay

Yesterdays election in the city
was as still as a Quaker meeting be
fore inspiration comes. 1t was
quieter than an Afternoon tea. Doors
were opened and shut softly. Mems
hats were off.
While no rule against smoking
was commonly enforced it was pos
sible to see across the room. In
some polling places actually there
was ventilation. The men clerks
took little part in the ceremonies,
dumbly confessing that their CO
workers were more efficient on the
job. The cause was that mentioned
by the old after dinner speaker when
he responded to the toast "The
Ladies namely, the gentle and
ennoblirg influence Of woman. y
Once there was worry Of what Elec-
ticn Day would do to women, but as
events have turned out it Is what
women have done to Election Day
that is Of mcment.
Time was when the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
showed casualties equal to those Of
a battle. The calm male, with his
legal mind, gave way to an over
mastering. desire to hiacken ewes and
to crack heads. The bloody ould
9Th thought that democracy would
decay il the spirit of liberty was not
kept alive by crimson libations Oh
the pavement. \ man took to the
polls not a pencil to mark a ballot
but a cluo to emphasize his argu-
ments.
The Australian hallot. the REGIS
tration and signature law, the loo
foot dead line for electioneering-
all these factors had a modifying
influence on Election Day manners.
But more than all is the influence
women have eXerted in two years,
and With no agitation-simply by
being around. Most men are a
lttie stupid and some arc a trihe
mad, says Frau Eoert, wife Of Tho
German President. All that was
needed was the presence Of then
natural protectors for men TO take
their proper place and to suhduf
their madness.
1t is not too much TO hope that il
the not distant future it win be pos
sible to hold elections without the
expense of vast concourse of tax
eating chair warmers-with per
haps Q couple of women carrying OF
the business and. having time to dc
fancy work between times. Already
feminine voices are heard asking
why it is necessary TO have the vot
ing occur N barber shops instead o
IN church or club parlors whel
schoolhouses are not available.