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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-10-25
NEGROES take over GASKET
FACTORY
Company is Capitalized at $25,0OO.OO
Only Concern of Its Kind In GeOr-
gia Owned and Operated by Ne
grOes.

Waycross, Ga, Oct. 23.-What was
considered one of the best deals ever
put over by Negroes in this city, was
when several well known business
men took over the Waycross Casket
Company, recently. For more than
a year THE company has been owned
by whites but operated by Negroes
now become its sole owners.
By the tranaction referred to Ne
groes.
The company has been manufacture
ing some beautiful collins and cask-
cts already and with the new plans
to be put into effect by the new own
ers, the needs Of all the undertakers
of the this section can be supplied.
About 100000 was involved in the
transaction which has been capitaliz-
ed at $25,000.O0. $15,00000 worth of
the stock is to be placed on the
market at $500 per share. The
transaction was brought about largely
through the efforts of Rev. J. w.
Johnson, who has been its manager
for the past year.
The present offers and men COM
posing the company are j. C: Nc
Graw, president; Rev. ]. W. Johnson,
vice7president and general manager;
e. e. Moore, secretary: DR.. j. ].
Creagh, treasurer; Carlton w. Gaines,
Hugh H. Smith, DR.. H. C. Scarlet,
T. C. Williams and Rev. E. A. Rob
inson.
With these men behind it the new
company will most likely become one
Of the strongest and most successful
Negro business enterprises in this
section of the state.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12
GOOD ROADS HEAD WILL
TOUR SOUTHERN STATES

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July IA. A.
Rountree, director general United
States Good Roads Association left
yesterday to tour the States OF Geor-
gia, South and North Carolina in the
interest OF good roads and the Bank
head National Highway. He goes by
invitation. He will visit numbers OF
towns and cities in these otates- and
address the people on good roads
and arouse enthusiasm for the Bank
head National Highway, which is be-
ing so rapidly built from Washing
ton to the Pacific coast.
Director General Rountree will at
tend the annual meetings OF the South
Carolina Road Supervisors Associa-
ton, also South Carolina Automobile
Association that meets IN ,GFeenviIle.
S. c.. July IA and Is. He will also
attend the South Eastern Good Roads
Exposition, as the guest of r. NJ.
Burnett, the general manager OF the
same. ..,.
During Mr.. Rountree's absence, he
will visit Washington and assist in
pushing good roads legislation and
help to secure the passage OF the Ma
tional Highway Commission bill that
is known as the Townsend Bankhead
Director-General Rountree will re-
turn TO Alabama the latter part of
July and assist in road legislation
that is now pending before the Ala
bama Legislature.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12
FORM ASSOCIATION
TO BOOM TRUCKING

That transportation By truck has
come to take it's place alongside Of
transportation by railroad - indi-
Gated by the organization OF truck
transportation associations in several
OF the larger cities, says Haul-Age, the
new dealer publication Of the Gar
ford Motor Truck Company.
These associations have been found
ed by carriage and storage concerns
who utilize the motor truck in their
daily business
The purpose OF the associations Is
70 promote and further in an organ
lied, systematic manner, transporta-
ton by truck Among their chief
and initial objects Is the establish
ment Of intercity truck systems and
rural express lines
The association BY means OF CEN
trally conducted offices will aid its
members In eliminating, TO a great
extent, the possibilities Of an idle
truck, under-capacity load and light
return loads.
The offices, which serve as the
nerve centers for local 'uck actiYi-
ties, are being established in promi-
nent downtown locations. Records,
operated on the registry book system
and containing data on all trucks
available each day, are kept on black
The Washington times., 1919-07-12
GETTING A TRUCK OUT OF A DITCH 0 %594SS%FF

the overturning Of the machine. The
power of any average truck was
shown by the work done in getting
this vehicle on the road once more.
1t was covered with an army tar
paulin cover, was over a bank so-high
that the top of the truck cover was
level with the road. and yet another
truck, also one and a half ton type,
pulled the truck to Fthe road once
more and sent it on its way in twenty
minutes.
Method Of HOlsting From Ditch.
Here was the method: The heavy
truck attached its Rowing cable to
the rear end of the ditch truck. A
light supply truck, a three-quarter-
ton ambulance type machine, known
to the French as camionette. threw q
long rope around the side Of the
truck, to prevent it from capsizing on
the side OF the road. When the word
was given, the ditched truck went
into reverse, the towing truck, and
the machine walked out on the third
attempt to the solid road. The power
Of two trucks was therefore used to
climb the embankment, while the
third truck was merely a steadier.
In ditch truck it will often be
found unnecessary to unload any Of
the cargo which is securely dashed. A
cable or heavy rope thrown around
the body of the truck, attached to q
solid post on the opposite of the road,
will serve to bring the truck right
side up, without unloading. The use
of block and tackle on the cable
thrown around the truck body will
make it possible to pull the truck to
its feet again, and then the problem is
only that of traction.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12
AUTOMoTTVE
SECTION

boards in the offices. where they are
accessible at all times.
Through this plan. merchants and
manufacturers may obtain immediate
trucking service by q single call IN
stead OF being forced possibly 70 call
the several trucking concerns within
the city.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

so slightly as not to be noticed-with
a consequent wearing OF the surfaces.
Worse than this, the clutch is being
held out all the time against q pow
erful spring, and the part that takes
the thrust Of this spring at such
time, is an expensive ball bearing,
which is sure to show the effects Of
such service.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12
M0

This column IL coveted TO tbs interest OF
the AutaiHt. All aueatiehs - to care ana
upkeep, epgine treuhlea, tours, etc, VIII Dc
eheerfully and fully answered by an expert
Questions must rcach this office not latsr
thah~ ThNreday 70 inpure issue in euFre0t
week, Address all communications carO
Autemehils nditoT Washington Times, CIV
Ing Initials ef tnquupF for index purposes
u your car - IN trouble on the road and
yeu need = tow or assistance, avail yourself
Of The TtnSS Auto Emergency Service, u
u yours for the asking. See notice In this
section.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

Speaking OF Rnesthetics in connec-
ton with automobile troubles, it will
be found valuable to remember that
mixture OF half ether and half
gasoline used as n primer, viii often
start an obstinate engine when all
other means fail.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

It, may be difficult to believe that
the adjustment of an automobile
clutch pedal has everything to do with
the life IL the transmission gears and
the clutch parts. II the pedal is set
so that it moves through a greater
part OF its arc before it commences to
release the clutch, then it is more
than likely that it will not wholly
separate the clutch members. In
that case, the gears will clash in
changing" and they will be prema-
turely worn out. Besides changing"
will be a noisy operation. II the
pedal is set so that when il is back"
IL strikes the floorboard, it is almost
certain that the clutch members are
not engaged as tightly as they should
be and that they are slipping-though
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

A leAky valve is the cause OF
many a nat tire. but the valve itself
Is not always at fault. Very often,
even after a new Insert" (the in
side part or valve proper is bought
and put in, the slow leak is as bad az
ever. The trouble is in the rubber
gasket inside the cap. This becomes
displaced and swung around so that
It presses on the stem and causes the
air to pass. out slowly. The motorist
naturally screws the cap down tighter
In an attempt to stop the leak which
only aggravates the trouble. Straight
ening the cap will effectually stop
the leakage.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

The Automobile Emergency Serv-
Ice of the Washington Times has in
creased so much in popularity that it
requites several more reliable service
stations to place on their list. The
emergency service consists of furnish
ing quick connection with the near
est service station to autoists who
telephone the bureau in case OF trou-
BILE wherein they require a tow home,
gasoline, or road repairs. There is
no charge made for this service either
to the inquirer or to the service sta
ton, terms being arranged between
the party in trouble and the station
nection has been made by the emery
ency bureau. In sending in applica-
tions to be placed on the list, service
stations should state day and night
telephone numbers, whether special
car service, whether twenty-four-
hour or not, and any other informa-
ton that would be Of value The only
restriction placed on the service sta
ton Is that a fair and equitable charge
shall be made. Any excessive charges
reported to the bureau will result in
the station being removed from the
list. We need stations in all parts OF
the city. Address Automobile Editor.
The Washington Times.
Carry an indelible pencil with your
tire repair outfit When you find
leak in your tube you must mark 1t
so as to find it again. A black lead
pencil is useless here. The indeIible
mark will remain, as the wet rubber
helps to dissolve the lead Of the PEN
ell
Education is the cure OF many evils.
When this country as & whole be-
comes educated thoroughly to the
need of permanent, year-round roads
there won't be a power on earth that
can keep it from getting such roads.
Just as education in the automotive
industry is bringing better methods
of care and maintenance of motors
in the shops, in the hands OF the
owners, so education will bring to us
better roads and, along with better
roads, that increased efficiency which
comes with extended motor trans.
portation.
The Washington times., 1919-07-12

Numerous gentlemen whose habits
have materially changed since prohi-
bition took effect, are now willing to
concede that water cooling is really
quite efficient, after all.-Liberty
Bell.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
LIBEL SUIT TESTIMONY BEGUN
Ford-Tribune Case May Continue All
Summer.

Mt. Clemens.-Five lies and six
"libels" are contained in the sixinch
editorial in the Chicago Tribune of
June %, 1916, calling Henry Ford an
anarchist, according to Mr.. Fords at
torneys.
If the Ford attorneys carry out their
announced program of proving the
Tribune to have been animated by
sordid financial and pro-German mo-
tives at the time 1t was urging the
United States to protect its border
by armed Intervention in Mexico, and
II the Tribune wins the right to in
troduce It's mass of evidence showing
the conditions on the border and
elsewhere, which It declared consti-
tuted a situation under which II was
anarchistic for Henry Ford to take
his attitude toward military prepared.
ness, II is likely TO be legal summer
IN Mt. Clemens.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
LEAGUE IS MADE PARTY ISSUE
Democratic Leaders Decide to Build
1920 Platform On Covenant.

Chricago-Describing the Republi-
can party as an organization which
complains and moves backward" and
the peace treaty and the League Of
Nations covenant as the greatest doc
ument of human liberty ever pre-
pared Chairman Homer S. Cummins,
of the Democratic national committee,
sounded the keynote for an aggressive
presidential campaign in 1920.
Party leaders declared they well
coined the opportunity to make the
peace treaty and the League of Ma
lions covenant the issue in the forth
coming fight, and expressing conf
dence of victory.
Until President Wilson definitely
announces his attitude toward a third
term, party chieftans say there will
he no serious discussion OF candidates.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
VOLCANO KILLS $1,000 PEOPLE
island Of Java Scene of Disastrous
Eruption Of Crater.

London.-Between $4,000 and $4,000
persons were killed and 20 villages
were wiped out by an eruption Of the
Volcano Kalut on the Island Of Java
In the Dutch East Indies, said Cen
trail News dispatch from Amsterdam
May 26. Seventeen other villages
were partially destroyed.
The Island of Java with a popula-
ton of about 100000, has frequently
been visited by disastrous eruptions,
there being numerous active and ex-
tinct volcanoes in its mountain chains.
There are about $4,000 Europeans
on the island. The casualties from
this latest disaster probably were
largely among the natives inhabiting
mountain villages.
Reports indicate that this latest
disaster may rival the ones caused
by the eruption of Mt. Pelce, which
destroyed st. Pierre, Martinique, with
a death list of 10000, May 8, 1902,
and the volcanic earthquake which
virtually wiped Messina off the may,
Dec %, 1908.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
GERMAN COUNTER-PR0P0SALS
Teutons Would Have Their Ships
Managed BY v. S.
igan man

Northumberland formal re-
ply to the treaty terms while not as
voluminous as recent reports have led
the world to expect, appear to take
issue with the Allies on nearly all the
important phases of the treaty, ac-
cording to summaries received from
Berlin and Paris.
Concering the Saar region, Ger
many asks France to give up her
territorial pretensions to this region
and permit economic control over all
the coal output there.
It is proposed that the German
feet be transferred to an interca-
tional trust, managed by the Ameri.
cans and controlled by the League of
Nations.
The trust would be given the mer-
camille fleets of all the other maritime
nations, and every nation would be
represented In the central admin
istration in a manner corresponding
to the nations tonnage.
AS regards the cable lines, Ger
many suggests a system OF interna-
tionalization which would not prevent
Germany's participation in the gen.
eral traffic OF nations.
Concerning territorial questions in
the east OF Europe, the counter pro.
posals call the attention Of the En-
tente 60 the state of mind OF the Ger
man populations in the contested ter
ritories Of Upper Silesia and East and
West Prussia and Danzig These
populations, it says, would be sure TO
take up arms in their own defense II
they were to be annexed to Poland
and that this might lead to other
wars.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
GIANT new MOTOR
PLANT PROMISED
site Selected Has 4 Mile FrontaGe
On ST. Clair River, Surrounds
Town of Marysville.
PLAN PRODUCTION on BIG SCALE
Ex-FoRD MEN BUY 5000 ACRE
SITE NEAR PORT HURON
FOR AUTO FACTORY.

Port Huron.-The tunnel city is ex-
periencing an unprecedented boom,
following the announcement that G.
Harold Wills and John r. Lee, former
Ford Motor company executives, had
acquired a large tract near Port
Huron for a manufacturing site.
The new organization will manu-
facture on a large scale a motor car
now being designed by Mr.. Wills.
The type of car, the name under which
the company will operate and its per-
sonnet Mr.. Wills reserved for future
announcement.
A tract of land, approximately 5000
acres, of an average depth of mile
and a half and extending four miles
along the st. Clair River between ST.
Clair and Port Huron has been pur-
chased OF taken on option.
The site selected for the new plant
surrounds the town of MarySville,
which will be entirely reconstructed.
The property is high and tests have
revealed solid clay foundation.
There is navigable water along the
entire frontage. The new Port Huron
Southern Railway, of Handy Bros,
will run through the property and a
terminal and shops will be erected
TO care for the development.
The property also has transporta-
ton facilities provided by the Rapid
Railway. Detroit & Cleveland Navl-
cation Co., the White Star Line and
sake carriers. The Pere Marquette
and Grand Trunk with tunnel conncc.
tons East also serve the property
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
ASKS BILLION FOR RAILROADS
Direetor-GeneraI Says Operating De-
felt Was Due TO War.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF ST.
z00.0OO,0O0 in addition to $500, 900, 900
already provided, for use Of the rail
road administration during 1918 and
1919, has been requested by Director
General Hines.
The estimate revealed that there
had been an operating deficit of
fz36, 1S4,940 during the last calendar
year and of $3.50 1000 during the
frst four months of 1919.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
33sTH BACK IN AMERICA JULY4
Arrangements Made TO Have Fast
ships Meet Men Al Liverpool.

New York.-Basing their estimate
on the report that the first Of the
Michigan troops in north Russia
would leave Archangel by June l.,
port authorities said the entire 339th
infantry would be in the United
States by July 4.
II is expected this regiment will
reach Liverpool by June Is and pro-
visions have been made to have fast
ships there to meet them, so that
there will be but little delay. 1t is
not expected the troops will remain
in England more than two days, army
officials said.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Record Price, s12s,ooo Paid for Bull

Buffalo. N. Y.-Ragapple the Great,
a 2-year-old Holstein bull, was sold
for s125,000 at the dispersal sale Of
the stock farm of Oliver Cabana, Jr.,
here. The price is said to be the
highest eyre paid for a sire Robert
Pointer of Detroit was the buyel. An.
other record was made when the COW
Fairview Mata was sold to John T..
Shanahan. OF Buffalo. for $4,000. She
is a producer Of 47.1l pounds of but
ter a week.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Daniels stu ravors sls Navy.

Misunderstanding Daniels de-
clared that his statement to the house
naval affairs committee apparently
had created the wrong impression.
He said the report that he had recon-
mended the abandonment Of the Sec
ond three-year building program" was
incorrect. Mr.. Daniels explanation
was that IL the League Ct Nations
should fail. the United States must
have "incomparably the greatest navy
in the world" Daniels had been
quoted az fsvor.ns a smaller navy.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
PIG, Buried in Straw 8 weeks, Lives

La Crosse, visa strawstack on
Joseph Kunes farm near Melrose
tipped over, covering up number
Of pigs Mr.. Kunes succeeded in res
cuing all but one of the pigs. A runt
weighing about Is pounds was buried
so deep in the straw that the owner
figured it would be dead by the time
he reached 1t. Three weeks later
when the last of the stack was loaded
onto a wagon a hired man found the
pig, still alive, but weak from lack
of nourishment
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
State Woman Share. In eIO Estate.

Kalamazoo-Mrs. Florence Bailey,
SIS Second street. has Just been In
formed that she is one OF the heirs
20 an estate valued at s100.00o left
by Miss Julia G. Hammond, of New
York city, who died recently. Mrs.
Bailey is named in Miss Hammond's
will 10 receive one-tenth of the estate
Mrs. Bailey. when told Of her good
fortune, said that she had seen her
aunt but once OF twice in her life and
never thought Of sharing IN her
estate.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Swedish Women Get Suffrage.

New York-Swedish women have
been granted full suffrage, according
to cable message received by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president OF the
National Women's Suffrage associa.
ton. from Mrs. Anna Wicksell, vice
president OF the National Woman's
association.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05

Camp Custer-Following the trans
fer Of Maj. Gen. Ham, commandant
at Camp Custer, Brigadier General
Winans was temporarily placed in
command, pending the arrival of Major
General F. l.. VIM, who was assigned
to succeed Major General HAN.
Brigadier General Winans is Mich
igan man.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Gets Pay For Horse After SIS Years

Bloomfield, lll.-Dr. James Taylor
has received word from Washington
that he has been allowed 500 for a
horse which was killed during the
Civil war. The horse was killed at
the battle Of Oklona, La, in 1864 and
the claim has been pending since that
time.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Lever Sins. crushes Mans skull.

Belding, Mich.-W II. Leach, os'
was killed while raising a pump from
well with an iron bar for lever.
The bar slipped and smashed his
skull
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
surpIu. Army Meat to Be Sold Here.

Observation-Disclosures are to be
found in the United States II possible
for the millions OF pounds OF meat
and millions Of cans of vegetables
held by the War Department. The
department has roughly 100000, 900
pounds Of meat and 100,O0O.O00 cans
of vegetables. In recent statement
it was said the War Department
would try to find markets abroad fer
the meat. This plan. It was said. was
only tentative.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
oarnine Needle Nearly KIN. Child.

Maiden, Mass.-An alarm cloc
came near causing serious results to
one member OF the family of Fred
Holt. Mr. Holt was repairing tho
clock with a darning needle. Nearh-
was his 19months-old son asleep o.
couch. The spring slipped with
such force that it threw the darning
needle against the sleeping child's
face. imbedding 1t lengthwlse in the
check IL was necessary for a
physician to open the check suffi.
ciently TO reach the end OF the needle
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
U. S. Lenient On Soldiers Insurance

Washington.-Sold who fail to
pay their premiums on government
insurance after discharge will be
given nine months period in which
the policy may be reinstated under
a war risk bureau ruling announced
by Secretary Glass.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Allied Leaders to Visit America.

Paris-King Albert of Belgium and
Lloyd George of Great Britain are
expected to visit Washington to at.
tend the initial meeting of the League
of Nations next October.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
White Man Lynehed for Murder.

Lamar, Mo.-Shortly after Jay
Lynch had pleaded guilty TO the muir
der OF Sheriff JOHN Harlow and his
son and had been sentenced 70 life
imprisonment. "a men entered the
court room. took Lynch from the
bands Of officers and hanged him in
the yard before a crowd OF 500 per.
sons. When Lynch's body was swung
into the air the spectators. including
many women and children, cheered
Lynch Is enc OF few men lynched in
Missouri.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
! UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS
: AND OTHER BRIEF NEWS
King of Bavaria Losing Mind.

Geneva-The aged Ludwig, former
king of Bavaria, is showing signs of
insanity, which is hereditary in the
former royal family.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05

Britain Seeks South American Trade.
London-England will make new
commercial treaty with Venezuela II
given concessions on imports from
West Indies and British Guiana.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Worlds New Altitude Record Made.

Paris-Adjutant Casale, a French
aviator, on May 2S, in flight for alti-
tude, assembled $1,000 feet This con-
stitutes worlds record. Adjutant
Casale during the war had numerous
fights in the air and was credited with
having downed IL German machines
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-05
Women to Rule Democratic Party.

Washington.-All Democratic cam
paign committees, active in congress.
sional elections, will have women
chairmen, it has been decided 0y the
Democratic congressional committee.