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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-17

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-17
LIBROS EN- ESPANOL

Compre usted sus hbros en- espa-
mol a la Casa Editorial Lozano, lis
y. Santa Rosa Ave-, San Antonio,
Texas. Es ia mas barata. -
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-17
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
Information for Motor Car Owners

stock on the rear end OF the truck,
ready 10 be unloaded first without
delay; the second stop would be
next. and so on through the load.
The sorting Of orders was all done
on the warehouse floor far from
the trucks, so there would be no con-
gestion at the loading doors.
The trucks thus had a compare
lively short haul before they began
70 discharge their load. At the end
Of their trip, the same trucks would
be met by a cleanup squad. or 'po-
lice detail'' and make a return trip
picking up the big galvanized iron
cans OF kitchen refuse. This would
oe delivered TO the concentration
station where all this material was
gathered for disposal in bulk, or
shipment by rail TO hog farms near
the camp.
To operate this system it was nee
essary TO have every officer in this
camp using trucks file a requisition
day in advance for his tonnage re-
quirements. At night, a dispatcher
would take all the orders, both spe-
cial and standing orders, and issue
printed forms to the drivers Of the
various trucks instructing them
where. when and to whom to re-
port and for what duty.
Any truck sent out on a long haul
was under orders to report to the
dispatcher by telephone before re-
turning to the park. A truck with
a task completed at block A, for in
stance. was required to report by
phone to the dispatcher at block q
or whenever the dispatcher was To-
Gated, when a haul was completed.
/ If call had been received for a
truck in block A, the truck already
in that vicinity would be sent to this
| task without losing the double dis
lance Of empty roll from A to 1.-THE
return of truck No. 1 empty from
block A. for instance, and the send
ing OF truck No. light to block A
from block z to do this work.
And il seems OF course that any
| fool would be able to work out this
problem satisfactorily. In fact. the
dispatching of fleet OF motor trucks
/ AC4hAACo % llODlillJ OH TIE
part of the brain of the dispatcher,
as 1t requires to operate a railroad
division from the train dispatcher
desk. The truck dispatcher, espe-
cially in a plant where there are
many short order calls, must at all
times know where TO reach all Of his
/ fleet of trucks. This can only be
done by a blOtter, recording the
movements of all trucks. and a dis
patcher ready to meet an emergency
In practice. a dispatcher cannot
operate his trucks at a maximum
at all times, but the percentage OF
empty haul can be materially re-
duced. At one camp, the installa-
ton OF a dispatcher with a bean on
his shoulders cut the cost per ton
mile OF operating a fleet of over 90
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
HUSTLE FACTOR
IN CAR SELLING
Arnold SpieIberg, Franklin
Dealer, Gives Explanation
of Why Car Sells.

There are two factors that enter
into the general popularity of a car
Arnold Spielberg of the Franklin
Motor Car Co., Franklin distrlbu-
tors in this territory. "One and OF
course the paramount requisite is a
car of proven worth that Will back
up any claims made for it. The
other is hustle"
The latter requisite may well be
interpreted as a broad term. since
it implies besides intensive sales
manship the giving of efficient ser
vice and constantly being on the
job to insure absolute satisfaction
among patrons.
People often remark about the
great number of Franklin cars TO be
seen on the streets of South Bend
and in the territory surrounding
Yet there is really nothing strange
or marvellous about il. The Frank
lin car has for years been conceded
one of the best on the market. The
price is exceptionally low for a car
of such character and users find it
to be one of the most economical
in the country TO operate. Given
this combination as a foundation,
it is really not strange that with
real representation people here as
elsewhere bought Franklins."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
Automobiles

at $40 or g12. And this difference
in the operation VI a single truck.
or pair Of trucks, viii pay the sal
airy OF a mighty efficient dispatcher,
and leave n handsome balance TO
the good On the books Of the oper-
atiIg firm.
This problem OF dispatening was
one of the hardest problems Uncle
sam had to meet in organizing the
transport service for the army. and
the way ne met II is worth know
ing by the private operator. Il was
hard to meet because at the outset
OF the war the supply OF trucks was
far below the necessities of the va
rious camps and environments. II
was also hard TO meet because dis
patchers were inclined to favor Of
hcers of higher rank, regardless of
the needs OF the case, until It be-
came a general rule that the dis
patcher was king Of his kingdom.
and responsible only to his immedi-
ate chief for the efficient handling
Of his job To the credit of the
service, however, IL must be said
that as soon as the needs were rec
oznized there was the broadest will
ingness to cooperate with dispatch
ers.
one OF the best examples Of IA
short haul problem in dispatching
was at a southern camp, where the
conditions were almost a duplicate
Of those 10 be found in any whole
sale business establishment, though
typical probably of dozens of army
camps.
Every morning, owing to the ell
mate, it was necessary to secure
early and quick distribution OF meat
from refrigerator cars about the
camp. The cars were placed every
morning near the food supply ware
house, and sides OF beef = were
trucked direct from the car TO the
motor trucks at the warehouse
door. other trucks were assigned
to handle the days food supply,
flour, sugar. canned goods. and the
like. The meat trucks were first
loaded. distributed the meat. and
then were sent to special details
near the place Of their last meat de-
livery. This was short distance &c
figure on saving, but every mile
counts when a quarterly statement
is made up, and the meat trucks
saved a mile each per day of travel
empty.
System Is the Answer.
The loading Of the miscellaneous
provision trucks was done by blocks
The camp was divided into districts
whose size was based on the aver
age daily tonnage. Three blocks OF
kitchens and barracks. for instance
would be handled by one truck, and
explicit orders required the assert
ment Of all shipments before they
were loaded on the trucks. Thus a
truck for blocks A. 3, and C would
be so loaded that the kitchen nearest
20 the warehouse would have its food
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

" Ut merry captain liolbl 1T ans
port Corps. Z. S. A.
How can YOU get the greatest
service out Of your truck at the
lowest cost?
How can YOU cut 10 the lowest
point the cost per ton OF hauling the
freight which you nave 10 trans
port?
There Is just one answer. and
that is an efficient dispatching sys-
tenn.
40 two concerns operating fleets
of motor trucks have exactly the
same problems. Every company
must solve more or less for itself its
own problem OF collection. or dis
tributiOn. or both. of freight which
DO IS 10 transport. But IN general
the success or failure Of a motor
truck fleet rests upon the perfec-
tion OF its interior orsanizaJiOn, its
dispatchinc from the desk An eff
cient or inefficient dispatcher car
DO more 20 make or break q fleets
record for cheap haul than any
other single element 1t is the
problem OF keeping the average
load 10 tine maximum which nc
must solve, tine avoidance of a one
way trip with big load. and a re-
turn trip light.
How To- Lower Cost.
TO handle a full load IN and out is
impossible in almost any concern
at all times. but the problem IS TO
get the greatest tonnage average
both ways. To get a full load out.
and pick up a lead 10 bring back
means the reduction of the cost Of
motor trucking One-half. To Oper-
ate a truck at a cost OF $40 or SD
per Gay with efficient dispatching.
getting a load both ways. means 4
very low cost per ton mile. On the
other hand, the same truck, making
one way loaded, the other light,
doubles the cost per ton mile. In
other words, it will take two trucks,
at $50 or $24 per day. to do the
work done under the other method,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
SYSTEM FACTOR
IN OPERATION Of
MOTOR TRUCKS
Former Army Man Believes
u. S. Efficiency Could be
Applied to Business.
BY WARREN y. BULLOCK.

CFormerly Captain. Motor Trans
port Corps. L. s. A.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
W0RLD-W AUTO
FAMINE PREDICTED
Present Shortage of 100000
Cars in u. S. is Shown by
Government Figures.

The entire world will not be able
to produce enough automobiles to
supply the demand this year" says
d. A. Boswell. of the Superior Mo
tor sales Co.
"Oa Dec. 81, 1918, it was est-
mated that there were only 1885
finished ears in the hands of auto
mobile manufacturers. This repre-
sents only three days normal pro-
duction-three days normal sales.
'The market literally has been
drained by the first wave of the con-
stantly increasing tide Of prosperity
which is now sweeping over the
country. The situation, already
acute in many cities, is bound 10
grow worse this spring.
owing TO the relatively small
production the last two years, there
is a shortage of 100000 automobiles
in the United States at the present
time, according to government fig
ures.
I'm 1918 the total production OF
cars was 1,O44,754, as against 1,737,-
4OL AllO PLGNlOuS year III 1910 InG
production was 1851. So last
years production was the smallest
since 1915.
Normally, the output increases
at the rate of 40 percent a wear. Had
this rate prevailed last year the out
put would have been two and three
quarters of million cars, or more
than double what it actually was.
I'm 1915 and 1916 there were alb
normal Increases of SO and so per-
cent, respectively, but in 1917 the
increase dropped to II percent. So
there is an apparent shortage at
the present time of 100000 cars. be-
ing the difference between actual
production and what it would have
been under the normal 40 percent
increase.
Because Of the slowness of the
return to normal production it is es-
timated that the output of cars in
1919 will be about half Of the three
million which would be needed to
make up this shortage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
HIS EXEMPTION CLAIM.

One assisting in making out ques-
tionnaires and a colored registrant
in Georgia had this colloquy:
Have you any grounds for de-
ferred classification 20
mo, sub. boss, amt got no land
at ALL"
81 didn't ask you about any land
but have you any reasons why you
should not go TO WARP"
Yes. suh.''
What are they?'
well sub, in de first place Ise
been convicted of a crime 'volving
moral turpentine."
ANY other reasons?'
Yes, sub. De church to which I
belongs in de congregachun is con-
sciously opposed to fightin.' -
Iudpn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
HE WAS CONC TO RE RUSY.

Gen. Leonard Wood tells the story
OF a captain TO whom was assigned
a new orderly. a fresh recruit. Your
work will be TO clean my boots. but
tons, belt and so forth. shave me. see
10 my horse. which you must grom
and clean the equipment
After that you go 10 your hut. help
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
Road Building

TO serve the breakfast and after
breakfast lend a hand washing M
At S o'clock you 90 on parade and
drill Till Il o'clock"
Excuse me, sir" broke in the
recruit. els there any one else in the
army besides me ?'-American Cook
cry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

Opening the relief valves 10 see
if an engine is missing explosions
is a good way, but it sometimes
fails, as the cylinders often suck
in too much air. speed up the
engine by giving il plenty of gas
and you will frequently get a
burst of flame through the valve
from the cylinder you thought
was dead.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR THE RACE FANS

Officials and racing fans who are
backing the 5O0-mile classic at IN
dianapolis on May 81 declare there
will be no repetition of the hotel
shortage experienced in former
years.
They base their reason for this
claim on the fact that Indianapolis
has erected several large hotels
since the last race and believe the
enormous crowd that is sure to wit
ness the revival of the race will
find ample eating and sleeping quar-
ters.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
HELPFUL HINTS.

When two or more leaves OF a
spring break IT is not advisable TO
install new leaves without reset
ting the old ones. If the spring
has been used for some time it's
set IS different from the new
leaves Installed throwing too
great a strain on the new leaves.
which usually results in another
broken spring very soon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
How can 1 get into the movies p"
by purchasing a ticket and pay
ing the war tax"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

trucks, 60 percent in a single month.
Now, Mr.. Truck owner, figure out
this saving in dollars by efficient dis
patching, for your own fleet, on a
basis of as low a cost as $40 per
truck per day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

When coasting down a long hill
change from ore brake to the
other TO allow each one to cool
in turn. Unfortunately this does
not cool the brake drums. So
use the engine as a brake and
go down very steep hills against
compression. Leave the gears in
high speed. or, if you find il too
fast, use second or first speed.
Stop the engine so it will cool
at the same time.
If you use an enamel cover for
your tires reminder TO put ii on
right side up. Sometimes we
find one placed upside down,
which will cause ii 10 hold the
rain instead of shedding it.
Keep watch on the spokes of
the wheels, especially if the car
is an old one. If the spokes can
be shaken, tighten the bolts on
the flanges of the hub, If they
are still loose, consult a wheel
wright, as your life may be en-
dangered by the breaking Of a
wheel.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-31
FORD and
XWELL
SPRINGS
in stock

In wrecking department have wagon loads of
springs taken from wrecked of every form and
shape. Just your spring and duplicate
These springs good they have been tested
al one-third the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-31
TIRES!

When
O TO an0 u
a W ha gvey GU a tn ShHacH
OF o
ca eartmod luxurious and
KIP ourn car
GSaae
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The sun., 1919-07-13
WORLD IN DANGER, ;.
ASSERTS LANSING
Forces Of Reaction Have Far
Greater Freedom Now,
Secretary Says.
WARNS AGAINST APATHY
He Issues Statement to L. S.
Correspondents Upon =
Leaving France. . /: :.

PARIS. July 12.--Before leaving for
the United States tonight, Secretary
Lansing made the following statement
to the American correspondence
Many thoughts rush to mind on leav-
ing the Peace Conference after six
months of effort. Never before has such
an international gathering. been held,
for here has been the meeting ground
of twenty seven nations to liquDdate 4
world war and establish new order
and a laboratory where already a sys-
TEN of world cooperation has been born
out OF necessity +N .v,r..e.' -.
"out of 1t all has come. the most I'M
portant International document ever
drawn-the treaty of peace with Ger
many, a document which not only meets
the issues of the present war, but also
lays down new agreements of the most
helpful and most hopeful character
The nations are bound together to avert
another world catastrophe. backward
peoples are given a new hope for their
future several racial entities are I'D
Grated to form new states q beginning
is made toward removing unjust eco
nomic restrictions and the great military
autocracies of central Europe are de-
stroyed as the first step in general
disarmament.
1.-THE treaty is, of course. not all that
we had hoped for. It could hardly be
expected to be. Too many conflicting
interests were involved, as well as too
many legitimate documents which would
tax the most perfectly balanced mind
Nearly every one will find In 1t weak
nesses both OF omission and commits
sion, provisions inserted which might
better have been left out, and provisions
left out which might better have been
inserted --.-~.--------.- -----
The sun., 1919-07-13

the Baltic feet and in 1899. on orders
from the Russian Admiralty, came to
the United States as ordnance ohicer
in connection with thu construction OF
the battieship Retvixsn and the cruiser
Vak1an forth Russian Government In
thg SrshH yardsa at Philadelphia De
Richters4e penior Lieutenant at the time,
chSckedsaln on armament on the varias
with Andrew Calberg, 4 then assistant
captain OF tie Crafnp yard. and they
sailed together on her trial trip.
During the Russo-Japanese War De
Richter was in command of the squl dron
which defended the approaches to Petro-
grad and Kronstadt. In the great war
he served through the Russian campaign
in the Baltic. During 1915 he COM
manded a battleship unit and went down
with his flagship in the great fight with
the Germans at Riga Bay.
He was rescued unhurt from the
wreckage OF his ship and continued his
service with the Russian Navy. In
1915 he took command Of a squadron
OF four cruisers, ten destroyers and a
flotilla of gunboats. With this feet he
established patrol of the Gulf OF Fin
land, the waters off Sweden and the
Aland Islands and extending even to the
shore waters of ,Tornea, almost within
the Arctic Circle -
In the summer Of 1917 Prince Lvoff
sent de Richter to the United States
on a special mission. and while he was
still engaged upon the work that brought
him to this country the Reds. under
the leadership of Lenine and Trotsky,
seized the reins of government at Petro-
grad, and de Richter found himself for
the time being man without a country,
without job or Money.
Not only was he a man without a
country. but y man without Job, and
without money or resources. The revo-
luton of the Reds had stripped him.
needed at the yards he thought of his
old friend Calberg and found him in
the position of yard captain at the Cam
den yards OF the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company, and Calberg put him to
work.
De Richter and his wife made their
home at 4521 Walnut street, Philadel-
phia. and early every morning. dressed
In his wortmens clothes and distin-
guished only by his erect carriage, his
square shoulders and white hair. he
caught the crowded ferry to Camden to
go to his work and earn his $35 a week.
His fellow workmen knew him only as
rigger of exceptional skill speaking
broad experience, at sea, and who car
ried HIS ~ years as lightly as though
they were only half as many.
Occasionally de Richter and his wife
would make a trip to Washington to
meet Prince Lvoff and Boris Bakhme-
tieff, who. although cut off from COM
munications still maintained the struc-
ture- of the Russian Embassy, and
through them received such news as they
were able to obtain of affairs at home,
and finally his call to join the forces of
kolchak--to drop the overalls of ship
rigger for the uniform of a rear admiral
in the Russian Navy.
The sun., 1919-07-13
GERMANS GIVE STATISTICS.
quest I'm Reconstruction.
R, RE lssociafsd prssS. ;
By the Associated Pres

VERSAILLES, July 12.-Baron Kurt Won
Lersner, head of the German peace dele
CATION. has sent another note TO the
French Foreign Offlce giving statistics
requested by the French Minister of
Reconstruction.
DR.. Theodor Lewald and Herr Schroe-
der. heads OF two German commissions
which arrived Thursday left tonight
for Berlin to get further instructions
They will return TO Versailles in a few
days.
The sun., 1919-07-13
TODD SEES ROADS BANKRUPT.
Railway Head Warns Against
Private 0wnershfp.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, July l2.-That
the railroads of the couptry will be con-
frcnted with bankruptcy II they are re-
turned to private ownership without
remedial and protective legislation was
a statement mace this afternoon by
Percy r. Todd. president OF the Bangor
and Aroostook Railroad, and a one time
vice president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. in a
speech before the Manufacturers Asso-
citation OF Connecticut
Mr.. Todd said he based his statement
on the fact that at the present time
many OF the railroads are not earning
their rental. while others are not earning
enough to pay their taxes.
The sun., 1919-07-13
WHITLOCK SLATED
AS ENVOY TO ITALY
Paris Hears Wilson Has Sc
Iected Him for Post.

PARIS, July 12.--Brand Whitlock has
been named as American Ambassador to
Italy.
wASHISdtoN. July .12.-Thero.was no
Iconfirmation here to-night of .the des-
patch from Paris that Brand Whitloek
had been named by President Wilson
as Ambassador to Italy. officials ex-
planned that II MIR. Whitlock had bee1
selected by the President to succeed
Thomas Nelson Page the first public
announcement would come through the
sending Of his nomination to the Sem
ate. - III
!, Reports were current some time ago
that Mr.. Whitlock would go to Rome to
take up the duties Mr.. Page was anx-
ious to relinquish and the general i'm
preston here Is that there was good
foundation for them. ,.> d.
Brand Whitlock at present holds the
post Of Minister to Belgium. to which he
was appointed In 1913. Mr.. Whitlock's
appointment as Ambassador to Italy has
been under consideration for some weeks.
He succeeds Thomas Nelson Page, who
recently resigned.
The sun., 1919-07-13
WHITE REPRESENTS U. S.
Lansing Bids Council Good-by-
Tientsin Question Up.

PARIS, July 12.-Henry White rep
sented the United States at the after
noon session of the Council of Five,
Secretary Lansing calling only to say
gocd-by and to be photographed with
the members of the council.
The italian request that the Aus
tran concessions at Tientsin, China,
be transferred to Italy was referred TO
a commission for consideration.
|, II was decided by the council to send
a message to the Czechs and Poles de-
laring that II no agreement was reached
regarding the contested TesChen coal
situation within ten days the council
would decide the question Itself.