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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-01-09

Is not over where there is an enemy
left to fight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
Movie Star Tells Why
He Likes the Cadillac

when a friend of mine wrote to
me and asked me why I drive q
Cadillac" reads a letter from Fatty"
Arbuckle, star movie comedian, to
the Cadillac Motor Car Company,
Detroit, Mich, 81 took my pen in
hand and told him. If it makes you
feel as good to know what I said as
l feel when 1 hear that somebody
enjoyed one of my pictures, | would
rob you of q lot of satisfaction by
keeping silent / told my friend l
drive a Cadillac because:-
"I have driven every other kind of
an automobile.
II am an automobile crank and q
crank always goes from one thing to
another till it reaches the top.
MY home is the best place 1 know
of to eat and l want to be sure of
getting there before the meal gets
cold.
II like to think when I'm riding,
and [ think better when it's quiet.
II love fine machinery and in my
love affairs l always pick the best.
II take long trips and hate blis-
ters.
II have been married and appre-
ciate the novelty of having some
thing respond readily to my guild
ance.
81 hate to stop at garages.
THE designers of the car didn't
build the drivers seat to fit Singers
Midgets.
Both myself and my machine en-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
Seeing What the Battery
Does at Willard Station

"a good many things of the ut
most importance are constantly go
ing on inside the box of every auto
mobile starting and lighting battery"
says Mr.. Kent, local Willard Bat
terry expert, yet it is very seldom
that any of us has an opportunity
of watching these changes as they
take place"
THE whole process is showing an
unusual way in demonstration
given at the technical school con-
Quoted by the Willard Storage Bat
terry Company. At this school, a
number of cells are assembled in
plass Jars in place of the regular
rubber jars and are charged and dis.
charged under conditions which
closely approximate the conditions
of actual service"
TO show what happens to these
cells when impure water is used,
several foreign substances are drop
ped into the various batteries. To
one nitric acid is added; into an
other n little sal ammoniac is drop
ped; little hydrochloric acid il
put in the third. All the results are
carefully noted by students. In this
way, the Willard service station ex-
perts who attend the school are en-
ahled TO tell at glance not only
when impure water is used in bat
| terry, but exactly what sort of i'm
| purity is interfering with the proper
work of the cell"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
FRANKLIN SEDAN
PRODUCT TION ON
THE INCREASE
One Hundred and Eighty-nine
Closed Models Made in
1914; 1866 This Year

From production of only 1S9 en-
closed cars in 1914 in addition to
open types to nearly 5000 enclosed
cars in 1919 is the exceptional manu-
factdr,ng and sales record of the
Frark!in Automobile Company of
SyraCu N. y, which starIeI five
years ago to fill the anticipated de-
mand for this type of motor car.
The schedule of the Franklin Com
pany called for the manufacture of
5,6b6 enclosed cars for the y.Ar end
ing this month and the possibility of
Increasing the schedule to satisfy
the increasing demand, makes it
probable that the figure will he near
er the 5000 mark.
The history of the American en-
closed car is largely a nistory of
the Franklin, which is said to have
pioneered the enclosed car for utility
pun poses in this country.
The first Franklin enclosed car
made its appearance in 1907 and was
limousine designed to fill q certain
large-city demand. 1t was not I'M
til 1914, however, that the enclos-
ed car business gained in volume
At that time the Franklin Company
produced its first Sedan, or inside
drive enclosed car, with the certainty
that as long as the enclosed type was
limited to chauffeur operation it
would not cut much figure in the
business.
The advantages of the enclosed
type for general use quickly became
self-evident and the Franklin Com
pany took advantage of the demand
in developing this type.
The Franklin factory just began to
swing into production in 1914 when
1S9 cars were built. Many obstacles
were overcome and the car was not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
Automobile ActiDitieS
Throughout the World

Automobiles are still restricted in
| Bermuda.
Street traffic in Buenos Aires goes
to the left.
The average motor truck has a
displacement of five horses.
The Detroit Automobile Club has
membership of more than 1000.
American-made automobiles are
exported to 81 different countries.
Citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, have
bought $4,000 automobiles during
1919.
Prices of the latest French pas
senger automobiles range from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Automobile tourists will find the
longest mile in Norway. 1t contains
12,1S2 yards.
Buses on Fifth avenue, New York
City, have had a continuous service
of thirteen years.
There has been an increase of %
per cent in the sale of motor cars
during the past year.
The average consumption of gaso-
line per automobile is from 10 to IA
barrels per annum.
The College of the City of New
York has added two automobile
courses to its list of studies.
A magnetic industry in Hapton,
England was established entirely by
the labor of women.
It is estimated that there will be
no less than $4,000 automobiles in
North Carolina in 1920.
There were PA passenger cars and
Is motor trucks exported to the
Dutch East Indies during August,
1919.
England, France and Italy are
planning to ship cars to America
with prices ranging from $4,000 to
100000 apiece.
In the registration for automobiles
and trucks for 1919, Ohio has taken
the lead from New York of 3,416
more motor vehicles operated.
During 1918 Great Britain i'm
ported 193,000,000 gallons of motor
spirits, 70 per cent of which came
from the United States.
The 6,500,000 motor cars in use
in the United States by the end of
1919, will have displaced no less than
30,000,000 horses.
Through the enforcement of the
so-called blue laws of the State of
Maryland, the sale of gasoline is
on Sunday.
OF the $4,000 motor trucks made
during the third quarter of 1919,
there were more of the three-quar-
ter-ton type sold than of any other
kind.
The number Of motor cars stolen
each year in the United States is far
greater than the combined output of
five big manufacturing plants.
Servant girls in the exclusive resi- !
Dental section of st. Paul, Mo-, have
the use of their mistpesses' automo-
biles "one or two" times a week.
More than $4,000 licenses have !
been issued this year in Cleveland, |
Ohio, at the branch license bureau
conducted by the Cleveland Auto
mobile Club.
A mammoth automobile garage is
to be constructed at Atlanta, Ga,
with capacity of 1000 cars and con-
tanning 175,000 square feet of floor
space.
The estimated cost of a Roosevelt
Memorial Highway across Long Is
land is S2,000,00O. The proposed |
route will connect New York with
Montauk Point.
The President of the United Busl-
nessmen's Association, of Philadel-
phia. is in favor of a large corps of
motorcycle policemen. A resolution
will be passed requesting the city to
place such policemen on the streets
10 cambat automobile thieves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
NEW PREMIER IS
LAST WORD IN CAR
CONSTRUCTION
Hagerling Motor Car Com
pany to Have Demonstra-
ton Here Soon

The new postwar series Premier
has made it's appearance on the mar
ket and will be shown in this city
Immediately after the holidays by
the Hagerling Motor Car Company,
the local distributors. That the
various Premier models are the last
word in motor car construction is
shown in the many and superb ap-
pointments that are a part of the
regular equipment of the car. Moth
ing has been left to the imagination;
every little detail has been worked
out and the new Premier stands out
as a very able rival of the foreign
cars that have, up to this date, been
the bane of particular car buyers
The new Premier is the only car
equipped with the. Cutler-Hammer
magnetic gear-shift as regular equip
ment. 1t has an all aluminium mo-
tor. The beauty and finish of the
body and the interior is in keeping
with the finest work produced by
American body builders. There are
three open-type bodies, the two, four
and Seven-pasSenger models, and
two closed-type bodies of four and
seven-passenger capacity.
AS shown in the illustration, the
cars all come fully equipped with
two extra rims and two cord tires.
other features that are part of
the regular equipment include Per-
fection heater, dash and reading
lights, cigar lighters, fire eXtinguish-
ers, tire pump, clock; in fact, every
thing that adds to the comfort and
pleasure of touring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
'BRECOE SETS
NEW RECORD
Fifty-one Miles on One Gallon
of Gas; Highest on
Record

Beating its own record in the Yo-
semitic economy run, some months
ago, a stock model Briscoe touring
car has just set up a gasoline mile
age mark regarded as little short of
phenomenal by those who witnessed
the performance.
The Briscoe averaged 2S.S miles
on gas in the Yosemite economy run,
and this mark was overtopped by
32.4 miles in n test run last week at
Pomona, Cal, with the automobile
department representatives of four
Los Angeles newspapers as witnesses.
The Briscoe travelled 51.2 miles on
single gallon of gasoline, a per-
formance such as has never been
approached anywhere in the world
before, according to all available
records concerning stock model four
cylinder cars.
The Briscoe's mileage test was ar
ranged and on the day of the at
tempt to establish a new record,
Manager Earl V. Abbott and Charles
Rider, accompanied by the four Los
Angeles newspaper men, made the
trip from this city to Pomona to
act as witnesses and to check against
the Briscoes performance.
NJ. w. Zandler, who piloted the
Briscoe to victory in the Yosemite
economy run, was at the wheel again
on this occasion.
The newspaper representatives
who watched the Briscoe set up it's
remarkable record of 51.2 miles on
a single gallon of gasoline, were Jack
Waters, of the Express; Fred Ross,
of the Times; Otto Matthies, of the
Examiner, and Nelson Lally, of the
Herald.
The Briscoe was equipped with
oversize Miller 31X4-inch cord tires.
In the presence of the newspaper
representatives Zander disconnected
the gas line from the Briscoe tank.
He then drained the carburetor.
Next he obtained a certified gallon
measure of gasoline and he trans
ferred it's contents to the special
tank which was connected to the
carbureter after the gas limo from
the regular tank had been uncou-
pied. The top was lowered, but the
wind shield remained in place. The
passenger load was $50 pounds. The
observers followed the test car in
another machine.
Eighty-seven different makes of
cars and 70 of motor
trucks are produced in the Unlted
States.
Private chuffeurs in New York
City are demanding higher wages
and shorter working hours. The
petition for a minimum wage of
$40 a week, 10-hour working dav
and two hours off for lunch and |
81 an hour for overtime,
free uniforms and one day and night |
off week. |
France is making systematic plans |
to attract the automobile tourists |
Under a new order all the villages !
in the country are to have their |
names shown in eight-inch letters
and the municipal offices. National |
roads will have red-painted mile
stones, while the d-fashioned sign
posts are to be replaced by blue
enamel plates, with the direction of
he next town and it's distance dis
played in big white letters, so as to
De easily read from the passing car.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
@. DECKMAN &SON
CARLISLE, GETS
SPECIAL TRUCK
Kelly-Springfield, Specially
Designed, Delivered
Yesterday

]. E. Dare, of the Atlantic Motor
Truck Company, Pennsylvania dis
tributors of the Kelly-Springfield
Truck, delivered a specially designed
and built truck yesterday to the ..
Deckman mad Son Company, of Car
Isle. This truck is a three-and-a-
half-ton standard Kelly chassis
equipped with a covered van six
feet six inches wide by seventeen
feet deep.
This body was built by the Hoover
Wagon Works, of York, the largest
builders of truck bodies in this sec
ton of the country. They have
built many bodies for trucks under
special order and this one for the
Deckm&n Company is the largest
they have ever turned out. 1t is
made up of three sections, the cab
which has n seating capacity for
five men, sleeping compartment
equipped with three hunks and a
storage compartment that will hold
a house full of furniture. Each COM
partment is equipped with electric
lights. The tires were built for this
particular truck and are of the
cushion design.
This truck is one of fleet of five
that the Deckman Company are
using for hauling work in the East.
1t is understood that they have II
large contract now to deliver the
household effects of more than
hundred families from Philadelphia
to Carlisle where there is a big con-
struction contract being filled that
will require the moving of these
families there.
Another Kelly truck is now order
ed for the Deckman Company and
will be delivered in the near fu-
ture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
PRODUCTION COST
A Big PROBLEM
Packard Company Meets 1t by
Special Training For
Executives

How to solve the problem of the
ever-increasing cost of production,
reduce waste, and secure closer CO.
ordination of functions between the
various department, are vital prob
Ions with automobile manufacturers
at the present day. Much progress
has recently been made in bringing
about their solution at the plant of
the Packard Motor Car Company. The
medium through which the campaign
was conducted to secure these ends is
known as the Packard Advanced
Training School, which has just clos
ed its first Is months of successful
achievement Since April, 1918, over
70C Packard executive have been Civ
er special course in industrial man
agement at the advanced training
school.
The institution of the Packard
Advanced Training School is a most
noteworthy innovation in modern in
dustry," is the opinion of Mr.. E. e.
Mead, superintendent of advanced
training. Our plan is original with
US. Before outlining our own plans,
1 made a thorough investigation of
many industrial educational systems
in other establishments, and was un-
able to find any plan in operation that
could be depended upon to meet our
present days needs for better indus
trial training.
Therefore We enrolled in the
school all of our job settlers, produc
tion foremen, assistant foremen, fore
men and assistant superintendents
The school was divided into assemblies
of approximately 80 members each.
Many of the office men and graduate
engineers from the University were
al fnt
closer contact with the men from the
shop. They all met in the school on
a common footing, and studied in the
spirit of hearty cooperation the va
rICus possible solutions, as outlined
by the lecturers, to problems of shop
ma nagemeht, which had long con-
fronted them.
The following subjects were stud
led. outline of Course of Instruction"
shop Discipline" Rowan Premium
System of Paying Wages" "Inspec-
tion and Scrap" Tools" Time
Study Routine System" stock
Production" Care of Ma
employment" Safety and
and What Makes an Exc
5utive." AT the fifteenth session of the
school an examination was given on all
he subjects covered by the lecturers.
Much of the information contained
IN the lectures, has been put to prac-
-ical use. 1t was found, however, that
many benefits derived from the tech /
lical information would be lost un-
ess placed in a printed form and |
given to the Packard executives for |
permanent reference.
The textbook, Packard Advanced !
Training School Lecture Course" has,
therefore,, been published and dis
ributed to all Packard executives.
a few copies are available for gem
,ral distribution to students of indus
rial management and engineering. |
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20
- AUTOMOBILE oS1asS. Bli 5s ,SSEsSs SECTION So


put on the market until it tested
true to the perfection already es-
tablished at that time in the other
Franklin models.
The enclosed car output in 1915
was 406; in 1916 it was 444; and in
1917 and 1918 it took a sharp jump
to 2,465. The war prevented manu-
facture for a time but for the CAL
endar year, beginning at about the
date of the signing of the armistice
the enclosed car marks will reach
5,666.
OF the number produced the
schedule calls for 4,466 Sedans,
striking testimony to the popularity
of that model. The remainder of
the closed car business will be OF
the Brougham, a four-passenger en-
closed type.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20

Four million dollars for the con-
struction of roads during 1920 will
be available in Maine. 1t is expected
that $50 miles of new state highway
will be constructed.
AS a result of demands for a
more expensive automobile than IS
manufactured in the United States,
a large plant is to be erected for the
production of British car at Spring.
field Mass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20

joy the respect of the neighbors.
1T stands up when I sit down.
Jesse James had nothing to dc
with building 1t.
"If / want to, 1 can always have
someone to talk to, even If it's only
the speed cop.
st doesn't play me any dirty
tricks.
'"Those are my Fourteen Pointz
They need no League of ExplansS
tionS."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20

Before securing a motor licensa
to operate a car in Brazil a chauffeuS
must pass severe examinations. The
applicant must undergo road trials
register fingerprints and photograph
and license number which is records
ed by the police authorities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20

Automobiles in North Carolina will
have only one license plate for each
car in 1920. The one-plate law origi-
mated in the Senate at the last ses-
sion OF the General Assembly, and
was urged as an economic measure.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-03
The Baraee.

american soldiers in Landon," said
Gen. Samuel A. Ansell, "take great
deal of interest in the bargees who
row enormous canal boats up and
down the Thames.
"a soldier stood on the Blackfriars
bridge one day watching a bargee row
his canal boat, or barge. 1t was an
enormous barge; half dozen oarsmen
could hardly have managed. it, but the
lone bargee welded his oar undis-
mayed, and the barge approached the
soldier on the bridge at the rate OF
about an inch minute. :
''The soldier watched the barge g
long time, and, when the bridge was
at last reached, he took the cigarette
from his mouth and shouted down to
the plucky oarsman:
"'Well, so long, old timer! Don't
forget to bring us parrot back with
your"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-03
PROTECTING AirpIane PropeIlers.

An aluminium plating for airplane
propellers has been devised for the
purpose of protecting the wood from
the influence Of the weather. which
has been a serious problem heretofore.
The plating is a thin leaf which is in
corporated in the finish Of the propel-
1ers, and the idea was developed by
the forest products laboratory at
Madison, Wis, and placed in produc-
ton by the war department. The
process is practically 100 per cent ef-
fective in preventing absorption OF
water, particularly in the storage
stage. A French authority states that
so per cent Of the French propellers
produced are rejected by the pilots
mainly because they are out Of bal
ance. This difficulty is due largely to
unequal absorption OR distribution OF
moisture and can be greatly reduced
by an effective water-proofing coating.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-03
Diamond Cutters.

There are 25,OOO diamond cutters
and polisherS in the world. OF these
only about 675 are in the United
States. and these have come mostly
since the outbreak of the European
war, which crippled the industry in
Amsterdam and Antwerp, the worlds
greatest centers. There were at the
beginning of the present year 36 dia-
mond-cutting establishments in this
country. This is exclusive Of shops
where all kinds of precious stones are
cut.
The number of Germans employed
as diamond cutters did not exceed GOO
before the war, and OF these only 70
per cent worked for establishments
in Germany. During the war 600 or
700 Belgian cutters emigrated to Eng
land and organized as branch of the
London Diamond Cutters union. They
did work principally for Belgian and
Russian houses.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-03
VARIOUS KINDS OF CHARITY
And Greater Far Than the Giving OF
Aims Is the Practice Of Charity
Of Thought.

Someone has said that Charity Is
the highest tree in heaven" 1t Is
saying that we can well believe,
for not only does, charity cover null
titude Of sins but it. also covers Its
devotees with It's solace and comfort.
It is to be feared. however, that
there is misconeeption as to the full
meaning covered by the word char
fly. Many people seem to understand
that charity consists solely in, the CIV
ing Of aims. And the fact is that aims
giving Is merely one form Of charity.
There is charity that we can prac-
tice toward those Of our fellow men
who stand in no need of aims. There
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-03
JAPS HONOR BRITISH SAILOR
Still Revere Memory of William
Adams, Who Led Expedition
to Their Country In 1900.

Two memorial stone lanterns near
the Japanese port of Yokosuka are the
peoples tribute to the memory OF
William Adams, an English sailor who
was the first of his countrymen to
settle in Japan, and who is credited
with opening the way for commerce
between Britain and Japan. In 1900
Adams led a trading expedition bound
for the West Indies. His fleet consist
ed Of five vessels symbohcally named
Faith, Hope, Charity, Fidelity and
Good News. The expedition met with
many misfortunes of weather and
sickness. Their adventures included
the loss of eight men who were eaten
by cannibalS on one of the Pacific
islands.
The ship carrying Adams finally
reached the coast Of Bungo. In the
eastern part of Kyushu, Japan. The
Englishmen made friends with the ma
tives until the arrival of some Portu-
guese Jesuits who told the japanese
leaders the strangers were pirates and
had them imprisoned. The emperor
heard of their plight, and had them
brought to his palace at Osaka. The
ruler finally decided that the men were
harmless and released them, retaining
Adams at court to teach shipbuilding
and other arts to the natives. In 1913
another English sea captain arrived in
Japan with letters from the king OF
England to the emperor Of Japan.
Through Adams influence, the English
men and the oriental ruler signed
treaty giving Britain the perpetual
right to enter, any ports of the empire
and trade freely throughout the
country.