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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
SHIP-BY-TRUCK RUNS RECALL TRIP MADE BY
 FIRST PIERCE-ARROW

Ship by truck demonstrations which are being staged in various cities at- test to the rapidly growing adoption of the motor truck for intercity haul age. The widespread activities of the truck in this phase of transportation. says a Picrce-Arrow Motor Car Com pany official. makes it difficult to realize that it was only nine years ago that the first practical intercity truck demonstration was made in America
 At that time.'' said the official flew dreamed that the day would come when thorsands of motor trucks would be utilized in ridding the railroad of one of it's most vexing problems-the transportation of less than carload lots over comparatively short dis tances Indeed, it was said thst the motor truck as then built was not re- liable enough, stanch enough or eco nomical enough to attempt intervity work.
 'To disrrove this belief. the Pierce Arrow Company, put the first truck it puiit Tor sale to a test that even to- day would demonstrate the worth of any truck. This unit, the first worm drive truck of American design. jour. neyed Cver4and from city to city throughout the eastern states. Ana then, to cap the climax, 1t was run fully loaied, from New York to Bos- ton.
 Incidentally it is interesting to note that this truck, with it's original mechanism. including the worm gears, intact. is in daily .sery ice today. On May 2S. 1918. after it had travelled 1.o,- 0oo miles in the service of a Buffalo industry, if he;tered its original per pcrmance of 1911 when it repeated its New York to Boston run, fully loaded in two hours less time than before. 20 date it nas done more than 160,- ste miles and aIresrs to be fit fo. future years of usage
 Thus this old-time truck, the orig inal worm drive truck of America. whose basic design has been adhered l to through all tsese years by the tierce-Arrow Co1ni.aby, really ca1 be | called the graaddaddy of inter-city l trucks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
OPPOSES EXCESS PROFITS TIA

IS going up 1t will soon be cheaper to buy motor car than to walk! Brass polish is like flattery. to be applied sparingly and with skill. then rubbed in and off The gent who sings most about his automobile expenditures is generally the man who finds even a dollar note too high for him. H. C. L-Thats no excuse. Mort gage the old home and buy a auto mobile; then mortgage the car to buy gasoline Perfectly simple and simply perfect when you come to think of it.
 The life and happiness of many q man have been saved by the motor ing avice he don't take.
 Sometimes man will admit that the the most trouble he has had with hls car was in getting it.
 When 1t comes to a motor car. DOS sessors of transformation dispense it literally.
 You can't figure from high powered vests. Many polished hood covers a bum motor.
 Motors are much like men-the less character they possess the more noise they make.
 Tn these times, between tacks and tax. the poor tire Is sure to get stuck no matter what happens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Encouraging AutomobiIing

To the easterner taking his first trans continental motor tour the westerner is an ihexhaustible treasure house of keen wit and trenchant speech, says writer In the current issue of American Motor ist. Firm believer in the axiom thas the straight line is the shortest way be- tween two given points, the westerner wastes neither time nor words when he goes out to let you know who you are and where you are. An example Of all this was a sign in a Kansas City res taurant. The sign read.
 :, We Pay the Waiter a Living
 Wage. If You Want to Buy Him
 an Automobile, Go Co It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

amount that must be paid to the gov. ernment, This is done in turn bv ths manufacturers by the iobber. by the dis trioutor and by the retailer. until the in- eNltaole result becomes a staggering cost | to the consumer
 i IS A GOOD SMIXER"
 fefsonally, the governor of Ohio is
 breezy of manner, easy of approach and good mixer"
 i He married twice and has four chu- I dren. "'i l Ills second wife. who was Miss Mar garet fiiar daughter of Thomas S Blair, is Chicago girl Mrs. Gov is an amateur gardener and devotes much or her time to the care of her own gar oehs. They have a magnificent modern nome Trails End, inst out of Dayton Mrs. Cox loves the out of door lifa as much as the governor himself And is frequent companion in his recrea- .
 tlon. She hunts, sails or rows boat pays goif. rides horseback. swims and
 IS real rival of her husband at fish
 ihg during their summer vacations
 Ihe governor has recently purcha ,.ed
 the iarm at Jaeksonburg on which he was porn and is engaged in malxine if d nlooei farm. Mrs. Cox has aided tba governor in planning for the farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
BACKFIRE!

Comes cablegram that motors are now displacing camels in Egypt We'll, why not? One thing they won't do, however. Is to go eight days without a drink, as the camel does, which fail ure goes double for the motor and the 
 No use talking. at the speed leather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Street Car Funerals in Mexico

Mexico City, July 10-Street car tuner als are not uncommon In Mexico A string Of eight or ten cars heavily draped in black may be seen occasionally pass- ing through the principal streets. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

common sense that has endured through the years were to become one of force and terrorism. There must be no com promise with treason. But the surest death to bolshevism is exposure of the germ of the disease itself to the sunlight of public view
 we must protect ourselves against extremes in America. The horrors ana tragedies of revolution can be charged to them
 OPPOSES EXCESS PROFITS TAX
 It is idle to talk of reducing govern- mental expense if the nation has to be armed to the teeth, yet vast armies and navies will be necessary if the concerted plan of international peace fails. The guaranty against war is a credit against which debit charge must be made. and after all this is the very crux of the controversy over the League of Nations. There can be no result worth while un less the nations of the earth assume a definite obligation The mere nromise Of this country to place it's responsibility on the shifting sands of congressional caprice is a travesty to human intelu. gence.
 considerable factor in the high cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

So that a motorist can see that the tail light on his car is burning without leaving his seat, an Englishman has patented series of suitably mounted mirrors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

first car carries the body the next two or three containing huge floral offerings and the last cars are filled with mourn CTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

IS going up. 1t will soon be cheaper to buy a motor car than to walk!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

Sometimes man will admit that the the most trouble he has had with his car was in getting it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

You can't figure from high powered vests. Many polished hood covers bum motor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

New marvellous way to treat bunions Stops pain instantly banisbes the u-ly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

When 1t comes to a motor car, pos sessors of transformation dispense it literally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
UP TO GOVERNMENT, HE SAYS
j. H. Mercer Protests Against Raise in
Freight Rates Asked by Roads.

AS president of the National Live
stock Shippers league, ]. H. Mercer
has protested against the railroad ap-
plications for increased freight rates.
In a wire to Senator A. B. Cummins,
chairman of the interstate commerce
committee, Mercer urges that the gov
eminent appropriate funds direct for
new equipment rather than saddle the
burden onto the shippers thru freight
rates that are perpetual.
MERGERS action followed the filing
of applicatin for freight rate increases
by the various roads. The Transport
tation lines have asked an average in
crease of 23.9 per cent. They assert
that under existing freight rates and
operating expenses they are unable to
buy new equipment or return a divi-
dend to their stockholders. Mercer
urges the government provide funds
for the roads, if necessary, rather
than tax the shippers.
''If the government has allowed the
railroad properties to run down, it
should be responsible rather than the
shipper" Mercer asserted in his tele-
gram
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
CLUB WOMEN TO CUT COSTS.
Kansas Federation at Hays Advocates
Drive on Extravagant Clothes.

Hays, Kan, May 12.-Three hun
dred women are here attending the
twenty-fifth annual meeting of the
Kansas Federation of Woman's clubs
Mrs. G. c. Stevens, reporting for the
conservation department, pledged the
women of Kansas to conserve in the
number of dresses and gowns which
seemed to make it necessary to have
different ones for different occasions
This practice was condemned and the
women asked to have a smaller num-
Der of gowns for next year. The Sew
enth district led in the loans made to
girls in college with $1,050. The total
was s3,424.
other speakers We're: Mrs. May
Belleville Brown, Salina; Mrs B. F.
Cress, Council Grove; Mrs. c. F. Hen
son, Paola; Mrs. c. F. Miller. Fort
Scott; Miss Lima Bresette, Topeka;
Mrs. Julia S. Perry, Lansing; Mrs
Frances Jennings. Clay Center; Mrs
A. c. Coolidge, Smith Center; Miss
Georgina Wooton, Hays; Mrs. James
E. Rouse, Hays. A resolution asking
for dormitories for women at the state
schools was adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
BREAK IN COST OF HIGHWAY,
Contractor at Ottawa Cuts Engineers
Estimate by $1,000.

Ottawa, Kan, May 12-Bidding
$1,000 under the estimated cost of
construction submitted by the state
highway engineer, A. T.. Cook. local
contractor, received the contract for
the construction of the first stretch of
hard surface highway in Franklin
county, a piece southwest of Ottawa,
about a mile long for which federal
aid was recently granted. The con-
tract price was $46,613.27 or $40 per
square yard. The price includes all
the culyerts, grading and excavating.
The surface will be brick blocks on
concrete base Every interested prop
erty owner was before the county
commissioners to urge granting of the
contract
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
MAY BE TRIED IN KANSAS.
George Benson and George Shookman
Charged With Numbering Shultz.

George Benson and George Shook
man may be prosecuted in the Jewell
county district court on a charge of
numbering Ed Shultz of Grand Island,
Neb. Benson has been arrested, while
a warrant is said to have been issued
for Shookman. The body of the MUIR
dered man was found sometime ago
near Weber, Kan.
Shultz was called to help a stranger
move a car which had become mired.
He never returned. His body was
found months later near the town of
Weber. Benson and Shookman are
said to have been in possession of the
machine which Shultz owned. The
state, tho. has been unable to estab-
fish whether the murder was commit
ed in Kansas or in Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
THREE KILLED IN AUTO CRASH
Only One of Party Escaped Death
He Is Seriously Hurt.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan, May "a
John Petty. and his son John, and a
nephew of the former named
Ellis, were instantly killed short dis
lance west of Elmdale Tuesday after
noon when the motor car they were
driving was struck by westbound
Santa Fe train No. 3. Henry Petty,
II, was the only member of the party
who was not killed. He was hurt in
ternally and was rushed to the Santa
Fe hospital in Topeka on the first
|eastbound train following the accident
The Pettys' home was in California,
according to letters found on the per-
sons of the dead men. They had been
visiting relatives in Kokomo, Ind, and
were returning to California The ac-
cfdent occurred at the Bader crossing.
string of freight cars which stood
on the tracks near the crossing pre-
vented the men from seeing the ap-
proach of the fast passenger train.
The motor car was literally torn to
pieces and the bodies of the three
killed were badly mutilated. Local
authorities have notified relatives both
in California, and in Indiana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
Why Teeth Glisten
Millions of them-a new method
An statements approved by high dental authorities

And millions of people now employ it, largely
by dental advice.
The method is embodied in a dentifrice
called Pepsodent. Two other new factors are
combined with it. And this tooth paste is
inaugurating new dental era.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
rs YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the Columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,


May IL, 1895.
About 500 persons attended the Travel
ing Mems ball at Hamilton hall last even
ing. Supreme Counsellor A. J. Dowd of
Chicago with Mrs. X. L. Chamberlain led
the grand march. Watson's orchestra
played Among the Topeka people present
were Lieutenant Governor Troutman. Nor
man Wear. Mrs. Wiggin. D. J. Harding, J..
r. Hankla. S. Ettlinger, S. Heyman, George
Eagle. c. Eagle, Irving Doolittle, J. X.
Jones, e. Lange, A. w. Lacey, Dr. Ashton,
w. G. Carney, w. W. Webb. r. S. johnson,
]. F. Myers, F. f. Wear. t. G. Wear, G.
Seward, DR.. L. H. Mum, z. c. Fitch and
daughter Helen. The floor committee con-
sisted of Messrs- u. J. Harding. Seymour
Heyman, +. Mcbride, P. f. Carey Walter
Clark, r. X. 'Jamison, Mark Wikidal, Wal
lace Rynerson, W. Seller and Chas. Guild.
Mr.. Theodore Poehler, jr, of Lawrence.
attended the travelling mems banquet here
last evening.
Miss Martie Whaley entertained the
members of her whist club this afternoon
at her home in Monroe street.
A. A. Robinson sailed from New York
for London on Tuesday He will be in
England but a week. On his return he will
leave shortly for Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
CAPPER GETS PRESIDENCY.
Wilson Must Step Out Now, Declare
Tecumsch Voters.

Tecumseh, Kan. May 1.-THE COM
munity meeting here Tuesday night
temporarily converted itself into a
presidential nominating convention,
and nominated Sen. Arthur Capper on
second ballot. Other men in the race
were Allen. Wood. Hoover, McAdoo.
Harding, Palmer and Lowden. Stir
ring nominating speeches were made
for all the candidates. Capper re-
ceived sixteen out of a total of forty
votes on first ballot; a second ballot
gave him an increase of eight. There
was no close second.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12

Dental science has found way to combat
film on teeth the film that dims teeth and
destroys them.
Film is that Wscous coat you feel. It
clings to teeth, enters crevices and stays. The
ordinary tooth paste does not dissolve it, SO
brushing has left much of it intact. And
very few people have escaped its damage.
1t is the hlm-coat that discolors, not the
teeth. Film is the basis of tartar. 1t holds
food substance which fernents and forms
acid 1t holds the acid in contact with the
teeth to cause decay.
Millions of germs breed in it. They, with
tartar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea, which
attacks o5 in 100.
Now, after years of research, way has
been found to combat it. Able authorities
have amply proved its efficiency. Leading
dentists everywhere now urge its daily use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
CHERRIES SUFFERED HEAVILY.
Cold Weather Injured Them, Says
Whitney-Half Apple Crop.

Cherries suffered more from the
cold last month than was indicated in
the first survey, according to o. F.
Whitney. secretary of the State Horti-
cultural society.
Apples should produce so per cent
crop in the Arkansas valley. says the
horticulturist. and perhaps better than
that in the northeastern part of the
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12

Junction City, Kan. May 12.-Pvt.
Harry T. Tigh, arrested by military
officers at Camp Funston last week on
the charge of running a large home
brewery in the heart of camp. is being
tried by court martial. 1t is said to
be the first case of the kind ever tried
by an army court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
WICHITA TO ASK RECOUNT.
Board of Commerce Considers Appeal
ing for Census Revision.

Wichita, May 12.-Wichita may ask
for a revision of census figures re-
Gently announced, giving the city an
official population 70 72,12S.
The Board of Commerce is direct
ing a combination of state and school
figures which will be announced with
in a week. This tabulation already
shows that the city has more than 49,,
900 inhabitants. When the combined
census is completed, the Board of
Commerce plans to ask a revision of
federal figures. it was announced to-
daV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel. No
gripping results from these pleasant
little tablets. They cause the liver
and bowels to act normally They
never force them to unnatural action
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
soothing, healing, vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil.
If you have bad taste, bad breath.
feel dull, tired, are constipated or
bilious, you'll find quick and sure re-
suits from DR.. Edwards little Olive
Tablets at bedtime. 10c and Csc box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
Free to all who ask

A ten-day test of Pepsodent is sent to all
who ask Also book to explain the results.
The method quickly proves itself.
Pepsodent is based on pepsin, the digestant
of albumin. The film is albuninous matter.
The object of Pepsodent is to dissolve it, then
to day by day combat it.
Pepsin long seemed impossible. 1t must be
activated, and the usual agent is an acid
harmful to the teeth. But science has found
harmless activating method, so pepsin can be
every day applied
Send the coupon for To-Day Tube. Note
how clean the teeth feel after using. Mark
the absence of the viscous film. See how
teeth whiten as the flrn-coat disappears.
Do this for your own sake and your fam
ily's sake. Nearly everybody suffers from this
film. Cut out the coupon so you won't forget.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-02
Crescent Attraction.

The tragic romance of a little jap
anese school teacher. her journey to
America to forget the past and her
eventual happiness achieved by self
sacrifice, are told in the story of
Locked Lips" in which Tsuru Aoki,
the charming Japanese screen star,
is being presented at the Crescent
theatre for the last time tonight.
Smiling, good natured Harry Ca
lrey, is coming to the Crescent the
atre tomorrow and Saturday in his
latest film, Bullet Proof"
The photo-play opens with Carey
as Pierre in the robes of an acolyte
studying for the priesthood. He has
been trained since boyhood by "a
priest who realized the importance
Of developing his charge PHYSICALLY as
wen as mentally and spiritually.
Pierre, learning that his father.
of whom he had previously been
kept in ignorance. was dying from
the bullet of an assassin, hurries TO
him, kneels by the death-bed and
pledge shimself to avenge his parent.
A mountain avalanche occurs.
Pierre is rescued by a band Of out
laws. but a girl. who has also been
trapped by the landslide, disappears.
Each thinks the other dead until
they meet Unexpectedly several years
later.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-02
WAR; AND LYON RETURN
FROM "Y" CONFERENCE

General Secretary Walter II.
War; and Attorney Adrian Lyon,
president of the local Y. NJ. c. A,
returned this morning with glowing
accounts of the Industrial confer
ence they have been attending for
the past week at Silver Bay, Lake
George, under the auspices of the
Eastern Industrial Summer School
of the Y. NJ. C. A. This conference
was planned for the purpose of dis
cussing the industrial and economic
situation existing in the country to-
day in reference TO relations be-
tween employer and employe. reli-
gion in industry, the "Y" in indus
try and all other angles bearing on
present conditions.
The morning, afternoon and even
ing sessions were interspersed with
recreation of various natures. the
most interesting of which was the
trip to Fort Ticonderoga. where the
entire representation were guests OF
the wne
Men of national note and repre-
senting some of the largest indus
tries in the United States were pres
ent at the conference. taking part
in the discussions and presenting
the situation from their angles
along with their solution. DIR. Peter
Roberts, of the International Com
mittee; Samuel A. Lewisohn. George
Emmons, vice president of the Gen
eral Electric Company. and Allen
T. Burns, of the Carnegie Founda-
ton, were among those who lead
the discussions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-02
GOV. EDWARDS APPROVES
NATIONAL GUARD PLANS


TRENTON, Sept. 2:-Plans of
Adjutant General Frederick GiIky-
son for the organization OF the Ma
tlonal Guard OF New Jersey with
aggregate strength of about 5000
by June 30. 1921, have been ap-
proved by Governor Edwards, as
commander-in-chief.
The War Department called upon
the state to furnish information rel
akive 10 the number Of units and
strength of the National Guard II
IS proposed TO organize in New Jer-
sey. The information was wanted
hy the special committee of the
General staff. which is charged with
the preparation of plans and regu-
1ations under which the initial, or
sanitation and territorial distriou-
ton will be made Of h National
Guard into corps areas. The infor-
nation desired includes number OF
units, with arms of service, COM
psetely organized, in process of or
ganization. and number OF addition
al organizations. with arm OF service
and probable location of same, that
can be organized within the state
apportionment as prescribed in the
National Defense Act as amended
by the act OF congress Of June 4,
1920.
The units organized In New Jer-
zey TO which federal recognition has
been extended are: Sixth Infantry:
Headquarters. Supply and Machine
Gun companies, Companies B and ID
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-02
The Lew Kelly Show.

The big attraction Of the Columbia
wheel, the show that broke all box
Office records last season, m to
the Majestic theatre next week
Monday in Lew Kelly Show" 1t is
unnecessary to say that the most
popular comedian of all, Lew Kelly,
heads the company. He needs no
Introduction to- the patrons of The
Majestic theatre. Last eason he
packed 1t for the two performances
ard this year he is going to repeat
IL Indications count for anything.
There is a reason for the popularity
of Kelly. He is so different from the
other comedians. He has created a
dope character that is a delight and
his witty sayings have never yet
failed to make his audience laugh.
Jack Singer has again furnished
Kelly with a production that is the
equal of any of the big New York
musical productions in fact It
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-02
You can hear il
in our store
the monograph that is fea-
turedim Vaudeville StrangeSt act

million dollars to perfect. Our
instrument is also an exact
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guarantee it to be able to give
the same marvellous RE-
CREATIONS of music. which
Signor FriScoe's Official Labor
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Come in and test the astonish-
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for yourself-in Mr.. Edison's
Realism Test.