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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
AMERICAN MAKERS
OF CARS SEEKING
FOREIGN MARKETS
Notwithstanding Unsettled Con-
ditions Yankee Auto Indus
try Reaches for New Con-
quests.

In spite of the unsettled conditions
of the foreign markets the motor car
manufacturers of this country are
already laying their plans to secure
some of this trade. They have sent
men to the Orient and the Far East
and to Europe, laying plans to ship
cars and trucks as soon as they can
secure space in ships and connections
abroad for handling their cars.
with their usual optimism She
manufacturers view present unset
tied conditions throughout the coun-
try and the civilized world as ou'y
temporary and look ahead 10 certain
future great activity and prosperity
in industry and commerce in the
United States and in those countries
not adversely affected by the war
In Europe" says George Peak of the
Pioneer Motor company, distri )utor o.
Peerless cars here. This feeling is
Justified on the ground that world
stocks of foods, clothing, textiles AID
all sorts of manufactured articles and
various raw materials are low and
must be replenished that building and
highway construction have b zen large
ly suspended for several years and
must be resumed, that railroads need
reha bilatation, that the shlpb,l.lding
program will be continued and that
farm production must go on indefi-
nitely at an enormously Stmula ted
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
COULD USE DOUBLE CAPACITY

Every motor producing plant in
Detroit could use more than double
its present capacity" said an official
of the Cadillac Motor company. and
it is with many merely a question of
deciding how TO meet the orders that
are flooding into the office'> From
motor plant to motor plant the same
answer is obtained We've all and
more business than we can handle,
working every possible shift" Where
there is reluctance to discuss the de-
tails Of building plans there comes
universally the admission: I'VE are
flooded with orders, we must have
greater capacity and room to employ
more men,"
Added to these conditions, those
manufacturers who now have plans
in the hands of architects are sanely
and sensibly meeting the new recon-
struction demands of labor, and when
new plans now contemplated are
completed they are to combine with
the industry itself some housing and
other features never before even at
tempted.
One plant, which is to cost $1,000 =
600, is to specialize in caring for its
worlImen and their families Details
of the complete plan for this indus
trial evolution cannot be announced
until they have been fully worked out
Wages of auto workers are to be
maintained at their present high fig
ure.
Plans for a downtown office service
and retail building for the Cadillac
Motor company and others associated
with the General Motors company are
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION ~, .
How Uncle Sam Trained $4,000 Motor Truck Drivers During
the War

!, in handling of trucks, before that I'M
heard of. The French transport was
first to develop this precision, and its
vital need was shown In the British Of
fensive on the Aisne in 1917. when the
enormous number OF over $500 trucks
moved an entire British corps in mill
tary formation into the fighting line
Such q column meant nearly 100 miles
of length for the train. And to have
this body Of trucks operating properly
the strictest discipline was required
This truck discipline was first sys-
tematized on the French lines by work
and experiments at Camp Johnston,
Fla, near Jacksonville, the mother
school of the motor transport corps.
and was soon developed into book form
and standardized for the army.
| To tho commercial truck operator,
however, the work done to train the
drivers in the handling Of their We
hicles was far more important. Every
man who went into the corps was
given thorough training in the opera.
ton of the motor vehicle, and while
the Camp Johnston school was
ing out truck discipline, enormous re-
! pair and shop units were in full OPP
GRAFTON in other parts of the country.
Such, for instance at Camp Holabird,
| near Baltimore, and at Atlanta, while
over in the west there We're such
units as at San Antonio. These were
mechanical organizations, for repair
work, and for shop training.
TEACHING AUTO MECHANICS
Meanwhile in the middle west there
| had been formed to-mechanic STU
dent units, preI:m nary courses for
students entering the motor transport
corps, and the work done there was
under trained automobile teachers in
state university plans and was turn
| ing out remarkable quality of trained
motor truck operators. For instances
at Iowa City Iowa, at the Iowa state
school, an auto-mechanic corps was
| formed and these men We're taught
every portion of "a truck. They dis
assembled a truck, and built it bach
up again. They We're taught to drive
under all sorts of road conditions. Au
| tomobile schools at Kansas, at Pitts
burgh. and other such centers We're
training automobile men for The
army, and these schools were having
a tremendous turnover of men, foul
to six weeks of intensive study of tbs
truck, before the soldiers were sea-
into army units for organization into
companies and commands for overseas
| duty In the last three months Of the
/. war the Camp Johnston school alon,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06

In Detroit dispatch 1t Is made
evident that the way must be cleared
for the motors car industry since
every motor producing plant In that
city of motors can use more than
double it's capacity. The wise ones
will therefore buy now II they hope
to use their cars for this seasons
camping parties.
With the announcement of the new
steel price schedule the veil of uncer-
tainty which enveloped the business
has been brushed aside and the long
delayed march to normal conditions Is
under way. Plans involving larger
investments in construction than ever
before attempted, the occupation of
new sites and resumption of those
fundamental activities repressed but
given a new impetus by the war; have
been brought to a head to a great ex
tent by fixing the price on steel for
the coming 70 months
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
ON MEXICAN BORDER

On the Mexican border and with the
Pershing expedition into Mexico, the
problem of mass operations with
trcuks was of minor Importance. The
drivers went forward with some SEM
bance of military formation, with GER
tain distances between trucks, and
with some attempt at military cohe-
sion. The truck work, however, WAS
more or less of problem of every
man to drive his own machine.
When the American army reached
France. with the greatly restricted
area Of operation, the shorter distances
for ordinary hauls, and the intense
congestion of the roads, it was neces-
sary to develop a military precision
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
ORDERS ARE YET FAR BEHIND
Automobile Manufacturers Co ud Easily Use Twice Their
Present Capacity
BUILDING: TWO MILLION.

known to be in the hands Of archi.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
BY WARREN b. BULLOCK
Formerly Captain, Motor Transport

(Formorly Captain, Motor Transport
Corps, U. S. Al
When Uncle Sans armies finished
the war the motor transport corps
comprised a force of roughly $50. 900
trained drivers of motor trucks, cars
and motorcycles.
OF this great force of men, only
about half were trained drivers when
they enlisted for the service, so 1t was
necessary in order to have this force
Of men, to train $1,000 men to drive
automotive vehicles.
The ammunition trains. supply
trains, sanitary trains and casual mo
torized units which first went over
seas were comprised of trained driv-
ers, as rule. Those who came after
were the men who did not know cars,
engines or any of the problems of
driving, particularly in such problems
as the driving over roads under shell
fire, or with the great congestion of
the roads to the fighting zone in
France. The men who came in the
second great rush of men for the
army had therefore to be trained from
the very beginning to know the ma
chine, and then to know the problems
of driving in formation on military
roads.
The two big phases were the teach
Ing of the mechanism of the truck
engine-I say truck because this was
by far the more vital part Of the train
ing in the entire corps--and the teach
ing Of driving in military formations
in huge fleets of trucks.
Now that the war is over the prob
lem Of teaching the mechanism Of the
machine is by far the more import
ant to the commercial truck operator
AS to the military formation required
in the army. this can be disposed OF
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
BETTER TRANSPORTATION

'All such activity will call for in
creased and more efficient transpor-
tation, which means more general
use of motor trucks and passenger
cars. Foreign markets that have been
shut off by prohibition against i'm
ports of motor vehicles high duties,
lack of shipping and high freight
rates will increase their purchases Of
American cars and trucks which have
won favor in fields where formerly
the products of Europe dominated.
Normally the production and sales
of motor vehicles in this country in-
creased at a rate of 40 per cent
year. In 1915 and 1916 the passenger
car increase was 80 and so per cent,
respectively, but in 1917 it fell to
II per cent and last year there was
a decrease of nearly 40 per cent. II
the normal increase had been main
tanned throughout this four-year per-
iod, the output last year would have
been approximately 100000 instead
of the actual production Of 1.044,754,
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
ILLNESS CAUSE
FOR DISCHARGE.
Soldiers Whose Families
Are in Distress May {,
May Get Release.

The War Department has author
lied Gen. Pershing to send to the
United States for the purpose of I'M
mediate discharge, individual drafted
or enlisted men upon presentation Of
convincing testimony to the effect
that there exists sickness or other
distress in the soldiers family.
Men may make their own request
for such discharge or. a request for
discharge may be made direct by
letter or cable to the commanding
general, American Expeditonary
Forces. France, by a member Of the
soldiers family Or by another inter-
ested and responsible person. In
either case, the request must be ac-
companied by good and sufficient
testimony TO the effect that sickness
or other distress really exists. Such
testimony should preferably consist
OF an affidavit of a physician. a min
lister. or a notary public, or other
responsible person, or. in case request
Is made by cable, full facts should
be certified to by a responsible per-
son. Requests originating in this
country should give the full narue,
rank. and organization Of the soldier
whose discharge is desired.
Gen. Pershinp has also been au-
thorized to discharge in Europe on
their own application, men who give
Sood and sufficient reasons for re-
questing such discharge and who
waive any claim for sea travel al
lowances from Europe to the United
states. Men so discharged will be
paid travel allowances from their sta
lion in Europe to the port of en-
barkation and from Hoboken, y. J.,
to the place Of enlistment or induC-
tion into the service.
These instructions apply to enlisted
o. drafted men who entered the serv-
ice since April !, 1917. Men who en-
tered the service on or before April
!, 1917. may be furloughed to the
United States when sickness or dis
tress in the soldiers family is clearly
indicated.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore, Nd. Feo. 3-Prices on the Bait
more produce market range follows:
POTATOES-New YORK. Per lj0b SAX, 30Ca
3.25: Western, per l0lb sack. 275a3O; Penn
sylrania. per cwt, e.OOa25o; Eastern ShoCe Of
Maryland and Virginia. Mccormick I~r cwt,
L5OaI.75: Western shore Of MARYLAND, McCor-
micks per cwt rs; White Stars per cwt,
2oOa2,5; Cobblers per cwt, 20os23.
GARDEN PRODUCTS AND g r n
FRUTTS-Apples. New York. No. ]. per bbl.
i5oasoo; Pennsylvania, fancy Works. No l, pcr
Dbl. 7.ooxs.oo; Maryland and Virginia, various
varieties, No. l. 5.5oas 90; bans, 30a2O rer
bAs; celery, California, per crate. 9ooal2oo
washed, psr dor. !-5Oala; New YORK. pcr cTSte.
eoOal20o: washed. T,r doz. I.Holl 20; anh"-TleS.
Ter bhl ls oaa4 %: cabbage New York Danish,
secd per ton. l5.0oa3oo; domestic. pr TIM.
SoOAIo %; home grown. pcr 100 heads. 50oz5 o.
new Florida pcr basket 2ons2lO; eGETlant,
FLORIDA, per crate. 4.oOa5.oo; grapefruit. Fsida,
brights. Ter box. 375s45O; kale. per box, 5Osf0c
Per bbl. L50aI!75: Ictbuoc. Florida, rrr has. 40
a5.Oo: do California, 5oos5 80; onions New York.
20; Orangcs. Florida. per box, 3soa4.so; pep
pers, Florida, per crate, 5yOoas.oo; squash. F1Ui-
da pei craie 3-0a4 o.: sriuaCh. homegrown. per
box l.soaI.75; Norfolk, bbl. 3ooa3.3; straWbsT-
res Florida, per dt 4oafoc: sweet potatoes.
Eastern shore Of Maryland fancy, per hbl
eooa6 50: do, E-bus has, 2ons IS Delaware,
5s-bus has. 2 oos2. 3; ysms. York River. bbl. $50
as %; tomatoes Florida, fancy. per crate, 5ma
SO; choice. per crate Soos5ooi tuInips, per
bushel. 3oa5cc.
LIVE POULTRY-Chickens. young, IN. large,
smooth. Sja34c do. Young rough and Stacy, 10,
2a2sc; young by express, SSASic; do. old rooS-
ters. per ID. 2la22r: do old hens. Iei Ii. over
Ibs &c; do, small, per ID. Sic; do. White
Leghorn hens, ID. 3laa,c; ducks, muscovy and
mongrel Id. youug 8s3.c; do. White Pekins,
per H. young, SaSc; do. puddle. Ter II, 3's
lbs and over. 35a34c; do. smaller. roOr. Es3oc {;
turkeys, choice young hens. per H. NC; do,
sobblers. per h. i2as5c; do. old toms. per 10.
Ss5sc; do crooked breast, poor, per 10. ds;Sc;
pigeons per pair. old. 2Sa3oc do, young, 2a0c;
guinea fowl young. each, over ~ lbs, socal %
do. under Il. lbs, sOA75c; do. old, each, &C.
BUTTER-Western creamery separator extra,
Sa57c; frsts. 56s5sc; Western creamery prints
per H-lb eutras, 5sa5ac; frsts Ssas7c Western
creamery prints. per lib extras, 5Sa5sc; frsts,
56a57c; nearby creamery. extras, Sass; hrsts'
Sa55c: dairy prints Maryland. Pennsylvsnia
and virginia. extras, 55s36c; firsts. 4aioc; rolls
maryland and Pennsylvanial. S2aSc; do, West
Virginia, S2az3c; do, Ohio 52s55c
BGGS-Westnu Maryland. Pennsylvania and
nearby. frsts, Sc; Eastern Shore Of Maryland
and Virginia. frsts. Sc; Western tohiol, frsts'
Sc: West Virginia, hrsts sc; Southern North
CsrpHnAl. frsts Sic
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

EGGs-strictly fresh, select. 4sa5i; current
reoeipts 4s
CHEESE-New York State factory. new. Xa3s
BCTTER-Elgin print s.; Egin tub, 81
LIVE POULTRY - Roosters. per ID, 2sac5
turkeys, per lb. Sa4o; hens. per lb, 2aH
chickens, 5a37; guiness, 75o each.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Strictly fresh, ~ Ii
broilers. IS: 2A-lb fries. Is: ; to Slb bakins
chickens. ios45; turkeys, per lb, 4sa50; rooster,
per lb. 9a35; hens, per ID, 5aS; capons, 46a5O
GREEN FRUIT - Apples. per Dbl, 31sss
box. SASH; California lemons. 4a4It; Californis
oranges, Sac; Florida oranges, 414a5I1; Gran.
berries. BaD per Dbl; grapefruit. 31ta5if
VEGETABLES-Potato No. !, 350a3.75 Der
sack; beans, per has. 3a5; peppers. crate, ysa6
egypiants. 3ta5 crate; cabbage, old, 100 lbs, zoo
cabbage. new, zoo bas; bects, crate, g4ai: let.
tuce, esa4Ia bas; peas. 7alo bas; sweet potatoes
5as per bbl; California celery, crate, I2al4
Florida, SACK celery l5oa2.oC bunch; squash,
ler Dbl, l50a2o spinach. 2.9a4.0 Per bbl
kAle, 2a2A per Dbl; turrips, l.2Ssl.50 per bbl
Florida tomatoes. 4Iia6 crate.
DRESSED PORK - light. %; medium. 70
heavy, lsals.
LIVE sTOCK-sheep per h., Gas: calves,
lSal9; medium, balls: lambs. 14al5.
HAY AND GRAIN-No. / timothy, 1a3lIs a
ton; No. timothy. 2a291s a ton; mixed hay,
Si1asls ton; mixed oats, esaS; white oats,
6saes
SEEDS-Clover. 3a36 per bushel timo-
thy. SIS per bushel; red top grass l6aI7c pea
pound; blue grass, 3.50a3.75 per bushel; orchard
grass. 375as.W per bushel.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Community Center Notices

The Community Club room at the
Central High School Civic and Com
munity Center will be open this even
ing at 7:l5. Popping corn will be the
feature.
Community dancing begins at the
Central Center at s O'Clock for war
workers, young men and women OF
the city and men in uniform.
There has been such a great de-
mand for gymnasium work that the
Central High School Civic and Com
munity Center will be open every
Tuesday al O'Clock to women for
this form Of recreation. Middies,
boomers and soft shoes are required.
A modern dancing class is sched
uled at the East Washington Com
munity Center, the Eastern High
School, this evening at 7:45. The reg
ular meeting Of the wallach Pleasure
Club is at $50.
East Washington Community Cen
ter is offering a course in home man
agement every Tuesday afternoon al
o'clock.
Wilson Normal Community Center
has classes tonight in typevriting
eIementa~v French, advanced French,
stenography, dictation. social dane
ing. and rhythmic dancing.
This is community night at the
Lovejoy Community Cgnter and the
activities will begin at 80.
West Washington Community Cen
ter. the Phillips School, will have It's
regular club meetings tonight.
Randall Community Center will have
community dance for the young peo-
pie and a meeting OF the Community
Chorus at so'clock tonight
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Mother Offers to Give
Her Eyes to Soldier
Son Blinded In War

Troy, N. Y. Feb. 3.-Mrs. Margaret
Waugh wants her eyes transferred 20
the sockets of her son, James Waugh.
who entered the army when he was II
and fought until he was blinded last
September.
In Offering this sacrifice Mrs Waugh
told the Red Cross she had heard Of
rabbit eyeballs being successfully
transferred to another animals head.
with human eyes.
Mrs. Waugh went about her house
blindfoided for several days TO get
used to being sightless before Offering
her eyes for her son. The boy 10 in a
hospital at Cape May, n. J.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK
tspecisI pisnatch To Herald.


Baltimore. Nd; Feb 3.-Cattle receipts for
week ended noon today were l79 head against
2eoo head last week. The market was active
and strong with an advance Of 50 cents. Re
ceipts, eishty-eight carloads for market for the
week: ffty-ive carloads for market today.
STEERS-Good butcher, l4al5; medium, u. 2aa
I375; common, S.50all. So
HEIFERS-Choice. l2al25o; fair to good, los
Ills; common TO medium. 7.5oaeB.
BUILS-Choice. l0al050; fair to good, S.Sos
975: common to medium, 7.5oss.3.
COWS-Choiee. lOaIO5o; fair to good. 7ss75
common to medium, 4.5oa6. 50.
SHEEP and LAMBs-Recepts for the week
ended noon today were l7e2 head against LII.
head last week; light supply; market steady.
Sheep. 4alI.5o; lambs, l5al7.75
HOGS-Receipts for the week ended noon to
day were LID head asainst ls2o head last
week; light supply; market stronger. Quote
light, 30; heavy to medium, 1880; pigs, l5.5ol
1915; roughs. l250al4.5o.
CALyES-Receipts for the week ended noon
today were TN head against 6sl head last week
fair supply; market steady. Oslves, eaI7 ..
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
CHICAGO GRAIN.
R9 JOSEPH r. PRITCHARD.

Chicago. Feb 3.-The royal commission has
asreef to purchase 500 oooOoo worth OF Arg111-
tine products This includes wheat crrn and
oats meats, wool and hides, According to a
cable received hero today. The products srv
10 be paid for in per oent bonds ami the
sune Is not stipulated. Shipments are to be
msds slmultaneoUAy
Inc Argsnnne government stated today that
me minimum export pre Of wheat will b,
SL2S per 100 kiloS which Is equivalent TO
about SL5 per blshd In American money,
Exports q com viii be prohibited If plr.
chased under SO PER- 100 klos without bsSs,
I. o. b.. which is equivalent spproIimately To
'43+c per bushel at the prevailing rate Of
exchange.
Corn closed here with ,dranoes Of 2say.s
today. Cash sales were 100 900 bushels at an
ADVANCE Of Do
There was big business in oats on Canadian
account. the larger traders at Winning cover
ING short contracts here and selling their long
oats in the home market The domestic de-
mand for the cash article was small with sales
Of l6,o0 bushels at adVanoes of Iagc Tie
market closed at gains Of lSal5sc for the futures
Chicago. Feb. 3.-Grain and provision futures
closed as follows: Con-Jannary, lbs; March,
l3s; May, lls5.. Oats-Jsnuary ISL March
5ai1; May, 56s. Lau-Jknuary, 2D; MAY
Hg Ribs-May 25l
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Drag Lake for Bodies
of Three Skaters

jackson. Mich, Feb. 5.-PolIcc to-
DAY were dragging a lake four miles
from here for the bodies Of Two men
and a girl who. with two Others
were drowned while skating.
Two bodies were recovered short
ly after the 1--WE sksted into the open
water. They were identified as Leon
Watts and Mary c. PrObert Those
missing are Ralph Watts, Lucille
Adams and Percy Richardson. All
reside in this vicinity.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Financial Nelus and Stock Market Quotations

blanketed the canals for a time and
some of the canals fell into disuse. In
two cases in the East railroad COM
panies converted the mule paths on
the banks of canals into roadbeds
for the railroads and the canals were
abandoned. One of these was in Con-
necticut and another in New York.
Within a few years 1t has been dis
covered that transportation of COM
modities by canal and by railroad need
not involve harmful competition, but
instead, II properly managed, will
bring about cooperation which will
be of value to the manufacturers, and
to the farmers Of the United States.
HOLLAND"
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Wfe's Suicide Adds
to triangle" Deaths

Atlanta FEB. 3.-The body OF Mrs
Lois Gilbert, found lying across the
grave Of Johnny Abbott, was taken
to Dublin, Ga, today for burial.
Although declared a suicide by a
coroner's jury and with all indica-
tions pointing to love affair with
Abbott, who was killed several days
ago by his wife because of another
woman" Harold NJ Gilbert, husband
of the dead woman. declared today
he did not believe she knew Abbott
Worry over i'll health, Gilbert be-
lieves, is responsible for her com
mitting suicide.
Every day since Abbott was buried
Mrs. Gilbert had been going to the
grave and placing flowers on the
mound and moaning and crying, ac-
cording to a caretaker at the Gem
etery.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
COTTON MARKETS.

New York. Feb. IA decided tone was
shown In tho cotton market today stimulated
by Indications from mill eenters that all danger
Of general labor truubies had passed and by
c1pectat ations that exports for the week would
compare bullishy with the figures Of the corre-
spending week ycar ago.
The cioso wps At a net advance Of l@ TO l3l
points.
Receipts at tho ports for the day was q, ,lTs
haleA
There wors no exports for tho day.
Spot al New Orleans was steady with mid.
ding unchanged at G.5cc; the sales were 757
bales SPOT hae was steady with mi6dlins
il0 points higher at q Sc; there were no sales.
Reoeipts ut npans OF tho lsading points were:
Galveston. 1884; New Orleans. 7,ls7; Savannah
3,364; St Louis l3B
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Ready to Demobilize
330th Ohio Infantry

Newport News, Va, Feb. 3.-Orders
were received today by the SSOth In
rantry, composed mostly of Ohio
troops. to prepare for the last lap of
the journey home. II is said that
they were ready to leave within ten
minutes after the order was received.
but instructions have been given that
they will not leave until tomorrow
Since arriving here the 33oth has been
divided. and 800 of them will leave
for various camps tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-04
Cheer Up, 'Flu" Victims,
Hair Oil Will Cure You

New York, Feb. 5.-Hair tonic is
sure cure for the FLU" according to
Johnny Apdale. OF Apdale's Circus.
who returned today from Yucatan. It's
bear. Anyway, Johnny" cured
Fannie. his 10000 performing bear.
with it by getting his wife's hair-tonic
bottle mixed with some prescription
dope.
1t worked so well he afterward cured
two monkeys with the same remedy,
he said.