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Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
DROVE
HIS 0LDSMObILE
$4,000 MILES
Head Of Lansing, Mich, Fire
Department Had Fourth
Motor Car Used for Fire
Fighting In U. S.

Eleven years ago when Chief
Hugo R. Delfs of the Lansing,
Mich, fire department, purchased an
Oldsmobile roadster to replace his
horse and buggy in answering fire
alarms, he created somewhat of a
sensation" said Charles A. Tucker
of the Nebraska Oldsmobile COM
pany. AT the time his car was the
fourth automobile in America to
serve in this capacity. Of course
people said it wasn't practical. said
it was sure to break down at the
most inopportune moment and pre-
'dicted that it would not be long be-
fore the chief would return to his
faithful horse"
1T is easy to imagine then. how
much greater a sensation was Gre
ated when Chief Delfs persuaded
the council of the city to also place
in service an automobile pumping
engine, the first of its kind in the
entire country. This by the way.
was also an Oldsmobile.
Drove $1,000 Miles.
During all the 10 years in which
he used his car every day, summer
and winter, the chief says he has
never had the slightest occasion to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

regret his purchase. He has driven
an average of $500 miles per year,
or 4 total of $4,000 miles. Naturally
the major part of this distance was
covered at high speed in answering
alarms, the most gruelling kind OF
work for an automobile. Beginning
the day it was put into service
careful record has been kept of op-
Grating and maintenance costs. For
? so days the total expense amount
ed to $4,000, or approximately
3H cent per mile. This expense in.
cludes all repairs and requirements,
tires, fuel and oil. And the best
part a it is that the car is still al
good worker as ever.
Last fall the Lansing department
required an extra piece Of equip
1T to serve as supply wagon.
So, instead of buying = new ma.
CHI. for this purpose, the commits
sioners purchased a new model IS
eight-cylinder Oldsmobile for the
chiefs personal use and transformed
the old Oldsmobile into a supply
wagon. With box body built onto
r~~r and new coat of paint no
ore ould ever suspe that it had
seen any Service at all, .et alone 10
strenuous years of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

cedes, while Resta trailed him by
8 IL minutes in the Frencl. Peugeot.
DePalma handed Resta one of the
neatest lickings that the 1916 cham
pion ever got and the only time in
the history of Dario's meteoric ca
reer in America that he finished Sec
ond in big race, was in this event.
Now they are going to take up the
cudgels again. This time DePalma
will drive a l2-cylindered aviation
engined Packard, while Resta will
sit behind the wheel of shining al
minimum bodied English Sunbeam.
Both will have fast cars; with De-
Palma having a slight edge if there
is any advantage.
Real Spite Race.
In 1917 Resta did not try to de-
fend his laurels and DePalma ran
second to Louis Chevrolet in vic
tories, with his Packard IL, while
last season he was the leading driv-
er. The entry of DePalma and his
Packard in the Indianapolis race
means that Resta and his Sunbeam
must have world of speed to figure
in the winning of first place. De-
Palma has demonstrated in both
the 1912 and 1915 Indianapolis
event that with a break in the luck
he is to be feared more than any
other driver; he has car that has
been tested and tried in two sea
sons of racing and has been rebuilt
to the last stud and bolt, while
Resta has new, but very fast car
with half as many cylinders as De-
Palma, and Resta knows how to
nurse car and get the last ounce OF
speed out of the engine.
All things being considered, De-
Palma has slight edge from me-
chanical standpoint and big. bulge
in popularity, for Ralph has always
been the favorite of favortes in a
Hoosier 500-mile event, while Resta
never has and possibly never will
be a popular hero. The spite race
between the two sons of Italy will
be we'll worth watching May 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
RALPH De PALMA
AND RESTA WILL
SETTLE GRUDGE
To Battle Out on Indian.
apoIis Track Feud Which
Started Four Years
Ago.

indianapolis, April 19.-Ralph De-
Palma and Dario Resta will run a
race within a race in the 500-mile
Liberty Sweepstakes on the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway, May 81,
that will make the big five century
grind one of the most interesting
battles in American speed history.
Both are Italians, both are expect
mechanics, and both are cunning
drivers.
The real battle, and it is practical
ly grudge fight, started in the Van
derbilt and Grand Prize road races
in San Francisco at the exposition
in 1915. In these two races De-
Palma was forced to pull into the
pits and watch the English-Italian
fit by in the Peugeot to victory in
both events. while the Mercedes was
moored to the pit wall. After the
race, Resta was credited with having
made some remarks derogatory to
the driving abilities of all the Amer
lean pilots, which riled DePalma.
In their next meeting, which oc-
cured in the last 500-mile race, run
at Indianapolis in 1915, DePalma
lowered Resta's colors and swept
home ahead of the field in the Mer-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
ABSOLUTE AND
COMMERCIAL
T0N-M!LE VARY
&. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.,
Submits System How to
Figure Ton-MiIeage Of
Motor Trucks.
Do you know how to figure the

Do you know how to figure the
ton-mileage of your motor truck?
If not, a simple and accurate
method is here disclosed by the B.
+. Goodrich Rubber company. Be-
fore arriving at the cost of truck
operation it is essential to have the
ton-mile figure for comparison with
the average daily cost of operation.
Such system will allow the own
err to compare the operating cost
of one make Of truck with another,
and as we'll, truck haulage with
horse and wagon delivery.
There are two classes OF units
used for measuring truck haulage.
One is the absolute ton-mile, while
the other is the commercial ton
mile. They should not be con-
fused.
The absolute ton-mile is similar
to that used in figuring railroad
freight mileage. Because of the va
rious systems of delivery, contin-
gent on stops and loads to be drop
PED enr0ute, Wnat is Calleu the COLI
mercial ton-mile is adopted as a
standard of measurement. The alb
solute or railroad ton-mile is one
ton carried one mile: thus, one ton
carried five miles equals five ton
miles, and five tons carried one
mile also equals five ton-miles.
Similarly. five tons carried three
miles makes IS ton-miles.
System Is Explained.
Absolute ton-miles should be fig
ured in connection with motor truck
haulage only whe nuniform hauls
IRE made, that is, when one truck
carries the same load over the same
distance. By simply multiplying
ME number of miles covered by the
number of tons carried the owner.
IAN easily determine the cost per
.on-mi!e by the additional operation
Of dividing the average daily ton
mileage into the average daily cost
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
Some Advice for
Tire Users

The Miller Rubber company of
Akron, Ohio, gives out the following
rules that, if strictly observed, should
go long way toward solving tire.
mileage troubles. The waste result
ing from misuse of passenger car
tires alone runs into millions of dol
lars annually, according to exper-
fenced men.
Here are the Miller suggestions
for increasing tire mileage:
Don't overload your tires. A tire
will give out sooner from overload
than from almost any other cause
Don't underinflate. Under in
flation and overlooking account for
fully 90 per cent of all tire trouble.
Don't neglect small cuts. These
will often extend farther than you
think. Dirt and water get in, the fab
ric rots and blowout follows. Look
over your tires from time to time
and repair small cuts.
Don't run in ruts, car tracks or
against curbing. The side walls of
a tire are much thinner than thes
tread and will not stand this kind of
usage.
Don't start or stop suddenly or
skid around corners. The strain
thus set up in your tires is terrific.
Don't run on a flat tire. Better
run on the rim if only for a short
distance
Don't let OIL grease or gasoline
remain in your tires. They all de-
stroy rubber. Wash only with pure
cold water and little soap.
Don't keep spare tire out of use
too long. Change over occasion
ally. A tire lasts better in use than
exposed to the sun and rain on the
running board, sor suspended at the
rear.
Don't let your rims get rusty.
Common stove polish will keep
them in good condition.
Don't let the weight rest on 4 de-
flated tire. Jack up the wheel or re-
move the tire.
Don't let your axles or rims be-
come bent. If your wheel doesn't
turn free and true, your tires will
suffer. If your wheels are not in
line-remedy the trouble-you are
dragging your tires. They will show
| rapid and one-sided wear was not
| generally understood by motorists.
and usually blamed on the tire"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

of operation. The result will be the
cost per ton-mile. These figures are
indispensable in keeping an accurate
account of delivery expense and
profit.
The commercial ton-mile is fig
ured for trucks employed in con-
tinually making deliveries of por-
tons of their loads. The big major
ity of trucks are operated under
this condition. 1t can readily be
seen that absolute ton-mleage would
necessitate separate figuring for each
stop and would be decidedly i'm
practicable. Hence, the commercial
ton-mile used.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

Enroute east to the Uniontown
speedway where they will enter
the big auto races on May II, Louis
LeCocq, famous driver of the
Roamer racer and Robert Bandini,
known as the auto millionaire, who
will act as his mechanism, stopped
for a day in Omaha to visit the
Victor Motor company, local dis
tributors of the Roamer cars at
ISIS Farnam street, LeCocq is
shown at the wheel of the now
locally famed aluminumed Roamer
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

with Bandini at the side of the car,
in the above photograph.
After the Uniontown races, Le-
Cocq and Bandini plan to race in
the Indianapolis sweepstakes on
Decoration day. Their racing car
has been shipped ahead to Union
town and will be there when the
driver and the mechanician arrive.
LeCocq is no stranger to the Roam
er or to fast company. He was Ed
die Herne's mechanician before he
handled the wheel himself and has
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
Experience and Design
Greatest Necessity
For Truck Builders

Gas truck manufacturing con-
Germ grows older it naturally &C
cumulates experience. invaluable
when designing new models and
adding new features to increase ef-
ficiency," says c. ]. Dutton, local
Kissel distributor.
When business men know that a
long period of experience in design
ing, engineering and construction
lis back of the motor truck they are
contemplating buying, they feel that
in purchasing it they will get truck
that is most highly developed from
a mechanical and efficiency stand
point-a feature that is necessary in
the motor truck of today"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20

had long experience in the speed
game. He won third place in the
recent Santa Monica road race and
was winner last year at the Santa
Rosa and Bakersfield tracks.
The mechanic, Bob" Bandini, is
in the speed game merely for the
sport he gets out of it, for since he
is millionaire. the finances do not
interest him greatly. He expects to
drive in some of the big races after
a time, when he has completed a
full course as mechanician to some
of the great drivers.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
Oversize Tires

When oversize tires are to be
used the car owner should be GER
tain that there is enough clearance
between all tires and the nearest
parts of the car. When the tires are
under heavy load there is danger
that there will not be clearance be-
tween wheels and tenders and the
casing. Be certain that when the
springs are compressed to the limit
by some extra bump, that the tires
will not come in contact with some
part of the chassis.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-20
Bushing Remover

A tool for removing steering spin
die bushings may be made from a
piece of three-quarter- round
steel, which should be bent slightly
about two inches from the end. The
tool will have to be long enough
to pass through the steering knuckle
and leave an inch or two sticking
out, on which to hammer
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
Japs Will Withdraw.

Neutrality-suspicious. Debuchi, coun.
selor and charge d'affaires of the jap
anese embassy, said that Japan will
withdraw from Shantung every Japan
ese soldier and restore to China her
sovereignty over the leased territory of
kiao Chau. Mr.. Debuchi admitted that
ne spoke without any instructions from
his government, but his declaration Is
understood to coincide with assurances
given to the Chinese delegation by the
allied and associated representatives
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
WASHINGTON

Representative J. W Ragsdale of
South Carolina dropped dead at the
office of DR.. Hooe in Washington.
4 new credit of Sl57 ,549, 900 for France
was established by the treasury,
making Il total of S3,01O,O26,SO ad-
vanced to that country and Il total of
$9,615, ,400,927 advanced to the allies.
Sorry to leave you, but the mos
quitoes have become too burned ag-
gressive," said a note left for the Jail
er by two minor offenders who escaped
from the county Jail at willows, Calf.
Two gigantic ocean liners, larger
than any ships now afloat, and de-
signed to cross the Atlantic in four
days, are to be built by the Shipping
Board They will be 1000 feet long
and of thirty knots speed, and will be
equipped for use as commerce destroy
ers in the event of war.
Two million pounds of horse and
mule shoes comprise the latest item
of surplus material to be offered for
sale by the War Department. Sealed
proposals will be opened August 1ith.
No bid will be accepted for less than
100 kegs.
Sentences imposed on American sol
diers by courts-martial during the war
would aggregate about 2S,OOO years,
Senator chamberlain of Oregon, rank
ing Democratic member of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, declared
in introducing a bill in the Senate pro-
viding for the restoration of military
rank and granting of amnesty to sol
diers, sailors and marines so SEN
fenced.
Organization of the extra cavalry di-
vision provided for in the War Depart
ment plans for the National Guard will
be pushed vigorously, it was said at
the department. There is no anticipa-
tiOn that sixteen divisions of infantry,
corresponding to the war organization
of the state forces, will be Completed
this year but efforts will be made to
get the cavalry unit, six regiments of
which will be raised in Texas, in condi-
ton to be mobilized against any emer-
gency.
Henry p Fletcher, American am
bassadOr to Mexico, told the House
Rules Committee in Washington that
since his appointment three years ago,
about fifty Americans had been killed
in Mexico without single prosecution
being made by the Mexican authori-
ties.
Approximately 175 ships with an ag-
gregate tonnage of more than 100000
will constitute the newly organized Pa
cific fleet, 1t was said at the Navy De-
partment. Ar full strength the armada
will be manned by about $4,000 men
and 800 commissioned officers.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
lnauqurate Tenth President.

Rio Janeiro.-Dr. Epitacio Pessoa
was inaugurated tenth president of
Brazil in the Senate chamber at Rio
Janeiro. The ceremony was simple, but
Impressive. The chamber was filled
with senators and members of the
Chamber Of Deputies. The entire dip
l"matic corps, including special ambas-
sailors representing the United States
and several South American countries,
were seated in tribunals.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
Judge Permits Light Beer.

San Francisco.-Sale of beer contain
ing two and thrcc-quarterS per cent al
cohol was permitted in Il decision by
Judge William II. Sawtclle of Arizona
in the United States District Court in
San Francisco sustaining n demurrer
Of the Rainier Brewing Company,
which asked that government action
to prohibit the sale of such beer be dis
missed
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
To Investiaate SmuaaIina.

Washington. - Chairman Johnston
of the House immigration committee
has introduced Il resolution proposing
visit of the committee to the Pacific
coast and the Mexican and Canadian
borders to study immigration ques-
tions, particularly the smuggling of
aliens into the country.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01

WESTERN
Attempting a descent from an air
plane at an estimated altitude Of 5000
feet, Edward F. Thompson was in
stantly killed near Fresno, Calf, when
the parachute failed TO open.
Four miners were killed and three
seriously injured at Burke, Idaho,
when a cage in the shaft of the Hecla
mine of the Hecla Mining Company
shot into the sheaves instead of de-
scending the shaft.
a replica of the log cabin in which
Abraham Lincoln was born is beng
built at Richmond, Mo. The house,
26N3S, with porcheS and chimneys, IS
an exact reproduction of the famous
cabin, even to the bark on the logs.
Five persons were killed and sixth
so badly injured that his life is de-
SPARED of when an interurban electric
car ran into an automobile at rail
road crossing four miles north of
Nampa, Idaho, on the Boise-Nampa
electric line
A bench warrant has been issued at
Lincoln, Neb., by the clerk of the Su-
preme Court commanding Warden
Fenton of the state peuitentiary to
electrocute Allen V. Grammer within
the walls of the prison between the
hours of g Il. III. and 6 p. IN. Sept. 10
next.
one man suspected of being a high
waymun is dead, two others were serl-
ouSly injured and Detective james
ably was fatally wounded following Il
pistol fight between detectives and
robber suspects in u restaurant NJ
Sioux City, Iowa.
Governor OlcOtt of Oregon has re
fused to call session of the Oregon
Legislature to ratify the national wOm-
an suffrage amendment, except on
condition that majority Of the mem
bers of both houses voluntarily request
such II session and agree to bear their
own expense.
y man who said he was Thomas
Moreno, Sc years old, but who was ar
rested as being Tom Gaetano. alias
Tom Ascuitto, charged with being i'm
plicatei in a robbery at the WinSlow
Manufacturing COmpany's offices in
Chicago two years ago, when the
cashier and guard of the office We're
killed, has been arrested at San Diego.
Cal
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
Asparagus, Co
HAY AND GRAIN.

(Prices paid farmers. (. o. b. Denver.
BY u. S. Bureau of Markets.)
Wheat. hard winter. cwt. s5.SOa 3S9S
Oats. white Neb. No. 3. cwt. 800
Yellow corn. No. 3. cwt... 80
Mixed corn. No. 3, cwt.... 3.4O
Feed barley. cwt. 25o
South Park hay No. 2. ton.36.O0 20 3I.0o
Alfalfa. No. l. new. tom. E.'VV
straw. ton o'V'
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
Aviator Is Killed,

Mineola, n. Y.-Second Lieut.. Ste
phen b. Johnston of Uvalde, Texas, a
Payne. an observer, was slightly in
jured at Hazelhurst field when their
nirplane fell 200 feet as they attempted
to make landing.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01

Chicago.-Racc rioting, which broke
out anew in the negro section OF en-
cago, caused Mayor Thompson ana
Chief of Police Garrity to apply 10
Governor Lowdcn for militia. AS
result four regiments, the Eleventh IL
lnois infantry, and the First, Second
and Third reserve militia regiments
including $500 men, were ordered
mobilizcd by Adit. Gen. Frank ).
Dickson. General Dickson said he
would remain in Chicago in charge OF
the military situation. He pointed out
that the Eleventh infantry and the
First reserve regiments have machine
gun companies with experienced ma
chine gunnerS, and that the line com
panicS of these two regiments and the
Second and Third reserve regiments
are armed with new Springfield rifles
and Krag-Jorgenson carbincs.
The rioting today was an outgrowth
of the fighting which started at the
Twenty-ninth street bathing beach and
broke out sporadically at different
places in the black belt.
Eugene Cappel has operated lauh-
| dry mt 3Gi2 South State street for
| fifteen years. When he, with his wife
and daughter, closed the laundry and
started for their automobile he had IL
revolver in his hip pocket -Four ne
groes saw him, rushed for him, and
took his weapon from him. He was
| stabbed in the Scuffle, once in the back
and three times in the chest. His wife
| and daughter We're severely beaten.
| All three We're taken to the Providence
| hospital. Cappel died there fifteen
| minutes later.
The killing Of kaspar kazZouram
was witnessed by a large group. He
| sat on his wagon in front of 36lS
| South State street. A car stopped at
the corner of Thirty-siXth and State,
according to witnesses, and Il cOlOred
man stepped off, ran to where KaZZOu.
ram sat, stabbed him in the back, ran
| half a block further north and boarded
a north-bound car. No one attempted
| TO stop him.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
FOURTEEN KILLED AND Se"e
TY-FIvE WOUNDED IN NIGH
BATTLE, is REPORT.
SEND STATE TROOPS
ORIGINAL TROUBLE STARTS A.
BATHING BEACH ALONG
LAKE FRONT.
v.s,orr S.wnaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper lHloH AN'"
Chicago, July 29.-Fourteen nave
been killed and seventy-siX wouhueu
in the widest orgy of race riotlhS' vi
the dead nine We're white. 10 prevent
transfer of riflc-bearing police, ne
groes cut telephone wires. Flying
souadruns of blacks in fast motor
cars dashed through the streets flrlhS
nj whites. Street lights were smashed
and pistoI flashes Indicated new bat
tIns Police wires were busy all night
with appeals from frightened women
begging for protection. Girls elllpio!eu
downtown feared to go home, ana TOOK
refuge in hotels. After motorllah
had been dragged from his car anu
killed by negroes, street cars quit run
ming through the battle area.
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

Chicago.--Butter - Creamery, ~
Sac.
Eggs-Firsts. 41M042c; ordinana
firsts, $50 40c; at mark. cases 'nGlusu
%. aoh94ikc. Storage packed f'r'N
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
SPORT

Leo Houck Of Seattle and young"
Cyclone" Brown of San Francisco
fought ten rounds to draw at Phoe-
nix. They are lightwcights.
Frank Barricu of San Francisco was
given the decision after twelve-round
boxing match at Boise, Ida, with Al
Sommers, fighter recently released
from the army.
Tommy Carter. lightweight champion
of the southern department, United
States army, won the decision over
Otto Wallace of Milwaukee in Il fif-
teen-round bout staged ut Fort Bliss.
The fight was fast all the way and the
decision II close one
The Dolores star., 1919-08-01
FLOUR AND SUGAR.

(Wholesale Prices by U. S. Bureau OF
Markets.)
Wheat flour Gin quarters
halves and 100lb. sacks),
per cwt. so.oVu o'"'
per cwt. ~ '.......... 4.2O9isO
Sugar. rranulated. per cwt 1906