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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-16
FAMOUS FRANKLIN
Air Cooled Motor and Light
Construction, Features.
J. FL. Johnson Has Agency for
Cars in Topeka.

Five years ago, after a thoro in
vestigation of motor cars, Ed Kellam
took over the agency of the Franklin
car in Topeka. He maintained the
agency until January I, 1921, when u
A Ralston took over the agency with
J. H johnson as his partner
On September I, or approximately
two weeks ago, J. H Johnson became
the sole agent of the Franklin motor
car.
The Franklin location at EOS West
Sixth street is one in a row Of auto
mobile abIishments that present an
attractive and prosperous ensemble
The Franklin agency was first
housed in the building next to the cor
ner of West Sixth and Jackson street,
but soon outgrew the space furnished
there and a second building in the
same block was obtained as part of
the Plant of the Franklin companE.
The Franklin car is made in five
models; sedan. broughann, deui-sedan,
touring car and roadster.
In speaking of the Franklin car,
Mr.. johnson was most enthusiastic
He must believe in the car, or he
wouldn't have taken< the agency.
He says: at is a car OF comfort
economy, reliability and freedom from
trouble. Its main advantages are its
light weight, flexible construction and
the direct air cooled motor. The air
cooled motor is especially good for hill
or mountain climbing The light
weight of the car enables it to pull out
of mud easily"
Mr.. johnson further states that
the Franklin is gaining great favor as
an overland touring car Many peo-
pie of his acquaintance who motored
to the mountains or lake regions last
year in another make of car, went
this year in a Franklin"
The great asset in mountain climb
ing" says Mr.. Johnson, lis tie air
cooled motor. With a Franklin you
have no overheated engine or boiling
water IN the radiator" The air
cooled engine is also a great winter
convenience, as radiator difficulties
are absolutely eliminated.
The Franklin factory in the last
year has jumped from eighteenth
place to fourth~place in volume of
automobile factory business It was
the only factory that ran in full force
all the time during the recent period
of automobile business depression
The Franklin car represent 20 years
of motoring efficiency, and according
to Mr.. Johnson, has SO per cent less
yearly depreciation than other motor
cars 1t averages 1880 miles to the
set of tires, and give an average Of
twenty miles to the gallon of gasoline
Mr. Johnson further states that the
Franklin has been selling two and
one-half times faster than the average
of all other cars in the automobile
industry
The slogan of the Franklin Motor
company is, that, the customer must
be satisfied" To this end all service
station work is absolutely guaranteed
Evening star., 1921-07-03

south end of the desert, by way OF
Fish Springs and Callao. may be neces-
sary. In any event, this section of the
Lincoln highway will be replete with
: interest. even II also with difficulties in
: the way of hard driving.
"See America First"
! Again, In the drive across the state OF
Nevada. material evidence of improve
ment in the road will be noted Much
of the country is barren and desolate,
but not "A foot of it lacks interest and
route. not only in Nevada. but in Utah
and Wyoming. For those who have
ever hesitated to make the drive across
the western section OF the Lincoln high
way. it should be known that the mo>
| torist is never more than forty-five or
fifty miles from supplies of all kinds
and that the longest distance between
water and gas Is thirty-seven miles.
Also travel. even in this sparsely popu-
lated country. is remarkably heavy. and
1t is probable that the next tourist is
no more than out of sight behind or In
front of you. Credit to the motor car
the fact that 1t is now almost impossible
to get away from human companion
ship upon any Travelled route in
America.
Leaving the arid country Of the Rocky
mountain states. the traveller tops the
high Sierras at an altitude of 1900 feet.
and with surprising quckness descends
into the beautiful valleys OF California
again in the land OF permanent roads.
high cultivation Of the soil. splendid
cities and every modern development.
!! In San Francisco the Lincoln highway
trip is ended. To those who have made
It. "Se. America first" has a new and
potent meaning.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

tage Of all of us. The transcontinental
drive is not all clear. smooth sailing.
| such hardships or difficulties as may be
encountered only serve to emphasize the
delights OF the trip and add to the
background Of an adventure which with
all its pleasures is never to be for
gotten.
Historic Atmosphere.
In an automobile along the Lincoln
highway with a little stretch OF the
imagination one can join the ancestral
march of his fathers who trod the his
toric paths of New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania in the infant days OF the republic
He can visit those spots where still
breathes the spirit OF Washington. of
Lafayette and those other historic char
acters Of colonial times. whose struggle
against the wilderness and the abort
gines. in the establishment Of the new
republic and It's gradual extension west
ward. will ever form one of the most
interesting and thrilling pages Of our
history.
He can follow the path of the
pioneer, the emigrant and the trader
ing the picturesque Alleghenies into the
vast productive valleys of the middle
west. He can follow the trail OF the
trapper. the Indian fighter. the pony
express rid r. and the soldier of fortune.
toward that vanished frontier which
swept westward across :he great open
plains into the foothills and over the
crest of the Rockies. The modern mo-
torist can cover in few short hours
the territory which took years of savage
and persistent fighting against the red
skins and the wilderness to bring within
the limits of our modern civilization.
He can cover in days regions which only
SINE sixty years ago required months
OF endless struggle to traverse with the
energy Of desperation and the daunt-
less spirit of the early pioneers. The
transcontinental Lincoln highway drive.
to those who have an interest in the
past. turns each OF the pages of
Americas progressive history.
Conditions This Yenr.
The condition Of the Lincoln highway
as the travellers Of 1921 will find it is
a subject of greatest interest now. Of
first Importance to the tourist is the
fact that the Lincoln highway is as
we'll and permanently marked in a uni
form way it is possible to mark it.
The Lincoln Highway Association has
developed the existing high standard of
marking upon the route as the result of
long study upon this subject and the
expenditure of large sums of money in
its completion. The marking of the
eastern section Of the route. from
Omaha to the Atlantic coast. in IA per-
manent. uniform fashion. was completed
by the association in 1920. at cost of
Evening star., 1921-07-03
MARYLANDPLANS
BIG SAFETY DRIVE
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July Fin an effort
to CT down the number of fatal
automobile accidents in Maryland
ans more careful the authorities of
the state, Vheaded by Automobile
Commissioner Baughman. will launch
campaign, called the No-Accident
week. on Sunday. July II. Instead
of closing on the Saturday following.
however. the period will be extended,
including two Sundays, the close of
the campaign coming on the night
of July "a.
The effort will not be confined to
Baltimore. The crusade will be car
ried into every county of the state.
and the people of the District of Co.
lumbia will be asked to cooperate
with the people of Maryland in the
preservation Of life and limb and
property. The traffic division of the
Washington police department will
be asked to enlist the cooperation
of the motorists of the National Cap
ital.
safety Expert in Charge.
&. W. Price. organizer of safety
campaigns for the National Safety
Council. will have charge of the cam
paign and is now in Baltimore COM
into effect one Of the greatest and
most far-reaching crusades he has
ever undertaken. He has classified
the accidents upon which he hopes
to center public attention. as follows:
Accidents caused by passenger auto
mobiles. motor cycles and bicycles.
Accidents caused by street railway
cars.
Accidents caused by wagons and
trucks.
Accidents caused by the carelessness
Of pedestrians.
Accidents to children.
Accidents on steam and electric
railroads.
In order to better emphasize the va
rious classifications of accidents
against which the committee would
have the public guard itself each day
of No-Accident week. which Incl
dentally, will be an eight day week,
has been designated for a concen-
trated drive against some particular
class:
Evening star., 1921-07-03
LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS SHORTEST
ROAD ACROSS UNITED STATES
Route, 1906 Miles, Not Over 10 Per Cent
Longer From New York to San
Francisco Than Air Line.

DETROIT, Mich. July 2.-The Lincoln
highway, from New York to San Fran
scisco. was the first. and Is. and always
Fwill be. the shortest transcontinental
road. The route was laid out by the
:, Lincoln Highway Association in 1918 as
the shortest. most practical route con-
Meeting the two coasts, through the
heart Of the Union. Today the distance
over this famous road. from Times
square. at 42d street and Broadway.
New York City. to Lincoln Park. over
looking the Golden Gate. at San Fran
cisco. is 3.3O5 miles. not over 10 per
cent longer from coast to coast than the
itranScontinental air line. During the
eight years the Lincoln Highway Asso-
citation has been promoting its improve
'ment the Lincoln way has developed
from mere series of connected trails
a red line on the map-into the foremost
.eXample of connecting highway i'm
.provement in the world. During that
time considerably over S31,000.000 has
been spent by the government. the
states and the counties on the improve
ment of this route
Highway Not Completed.
: The Lincoln highway is by no means
completed from coast to coast and no
one should undertake transcontinental
"trip this year without first inquiring
from the headquarters of the Lincoln
Highway Association, in Detroit, as to
, the condition of those sections of the
route over which ii is proposed TO drive.
Millions and millions more will be re-
quired to complete what has been called
1.-THE backbone of a national highway
systematic main street of America.
But the fact that the Lincoln high
way is not a boulevard from coast to
coast need not deter the seasoned mo-
: torist from undertaking a trip which has
come to be looked upon as "the great
American tour" During the past few
years so many thousands OF motorists
have completed a transcontnental drive
classify himself as tourist" who has
not at some time during his motoring
career completed the drive across the
American continent.
Urse of wanderlust.
Each year croSs-country motor travel
on the Lincoln highway has increased
travel over the route has done much to
point the need for. rapid improvement
and to concentrate highway funds on its
betterment. The journey does not daunt
the American motoriSt who has con-
fdence in himself and his vehicle and
sets out for holiday devoted 10 the
fresh air Of the open and the securing
of a new appreciation of the manlfoid
wonders OF his native land.
. The wanderluSt is born in every
sAmerican. Its vibrant force has ever
hammered at the frontier line. seeking
new fields of exploration and adven-
ture. Today the long distance motor
tour satisfies the Unborn craving for
travel and exploratio that is the heri-
Evening star., 1921-07-03
~ MOTORS and MOTORING -

believes that much Of the Needless
ness now SO apparent can be elimi-
mated through the co-operat.- u
the motorists. 1t is the temper OF
the committee, however. to use more
drastic measures against those who
are not inclined to fall in line with
the movement. 1t is likely that one
of the features Of the campaign VIII
be a vigilance committee. big enough
to cover tho entire city to spot
violators OF the laws.
Ample warning has been given and
those picked up can look for little
sympathy. The man who gets into
the traffic court during No-Accident
week will, one member of the
committee expressed it, find leniency
in the dictionary.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

Sunday. July II. will be safe
Home day"
Monday. July Is. Trolley day"
Tuesday. July 10. wagon and
Truck day
Wednesday, July 20. Walk Right
day"
Friday. July %. Passenger Car.
Motorcycle, Bicycle day"
saturday. July 23, Safe Outing
day
Sundas. July "a. Thanksgiving
day
"Don't Get Hurt" slogan.
The committee has adopted Don't
Get Hurt" as the official campaign
slogan.
The No-Accident week committee
Evening star., 1921-07-03
HILL-CLIMBING CONTEST.
Stock Cars Prepare for Pixies Peak
Event.

Stock cars will have their innings on
September 5. when the annual Pixies
speedy hill climb will he held. Twelve
speedy and sturdy makes are ready TO
face the stiff gradient Of the twelve
and -one half-mile course.
All entrants are out to better the
wonderful record made last year by
the Goodyear equipped Lexington driven
by Ralph Muiford. At the same time
the Lexington company is out to keep
the hill climbing title. and will have its
entries on the ground in August.
The Pixies Peak event is probably the
most interesting Of the season. because
Of the wonderful setting and also be-
cause of the severe test of steep grade.
rarfied air and dangerous turns.
Evening star., 1921-08-08
BITTERLY ATTACKS
DYE INTERESTS
Alleged Monopoly Has At
tempted to Influence cabi-
net Officers Is Charge.

Representative Frear of Wisconsin.
republican, who led the fight against
the proposed embargo on dyestuffs
while the tariff bill was before the
House. has written letter to Chair
man Penrose of the Senate finance
committee charging that the alleged
dye monopoly of this country, headed
by the Chemical Foundation, has at
tempted to influence three members
OF the Presidents cabinet in an effort
to retain its exclusive control of the
| dye situation in the United States.
A similar communication has been
addressed by Mr.. Frear to President
Harding
The Wisconsin member referred
specifically to the letters written to
Senator Penrose by Secretaries Weeks
and DENLY. who urged continuance
J. of the embargo so that the country
might be provided with chemicals in
the event of war. Mr.. Frear also de-
erty had failed to acknowledge or act
upon his letter of July Is. asking that
legal proceedings be instituted to set
aside the Chemical Foundation Com
pany.
No invisible government" said Mr..
Frear, has ever shown more brazen
effrontery than this dye monopoly.
We may we'll be concerned over the
power of these dye interests that
reach to three cabinet officers in
tHelr elIort 10 peTpetudte lneiF pres
ent exclusive power in this country"
Congress is warned in another
statement issued by Representative
Frear that if it lodges responsibility
in tax revision or seeks to deceive
itself or the people with false prom
ises ''the chicken will come home to
roost"
Those who blindly demand i'm
possible things are not helping the
situation" said Mr.. Frear, "and those
demand haste rpSllf
the passage of hybrid, ill-considered
bilf to raise $4,000. 100000 in annual
taxes are rendering no public serv-
| ice"
The Wisconsin representative dis
cussed the various suggestions made
| by Secretary Mellon for tax revision
and concluded with the announce
ment that he was not Offering to
solve the problem. but trying to
show how far the Secretary of the
Treasury in his several public an
|nouncements has failed in the effort
To simplify the situation
Evening star., 1921-08-08
CHARGES WALL STREET
CONTROLS GOVERNMENT
Representative Keller Attacks Ad-
ministration and Ways and
Means Committee.

Charging that the machinery of
government has been commandeered
by a little clique ignorant of the
C's of economies, whose blind
obedience to Wall street is RESPONSE
BILE for the stupid. selfish. short-sight-
ed policy that is retarding our pros
perity and creating profound distrust
and discomfort. among the people,
Representative Keller of Minnesota,
independent republican, delivered an
attack upon the administration gen.
orally and on the House ways and
means committee particularly for it's
handling of tax and tariff problems,
in a statement issued last night.
Declaring that most members of
the House want to carry out the peo-
pies wishes with regard to taxation
and other economic questions, Mr..
Keller says a little dominant minor
ity has tied down the safety valve of
free discussion until an explosion i'm
pends which will scatter the, repub-
i1can party from Maine to California" +"
THE President has assumed more
power than any of his predecessors, -
MIR. Keller continues. land tells Con-
gress what bills to pass and what not
to pass Bills concocted at secret con-
ferences are Introduced without being
referred to responsible committees"
Evening star., 1921-08-08
Tuesday, Blue Ribbon Specials
those h take advantage of th but
goods aiuing lo regulation

Feather Pillows, Art
Ticking Cover
Csc
17x7. which is a popular size
for using in hammocks. canoes,
couches and general home use;
good feathers.
SiIkoline Bed Comforts,
Size TIKI
$3.50 =
Neatly quilted and filled with
excellent quality cotton. This Is
practical size.
Best Quality Crochet
Spreads
$3.50
In fact, they are our regular
S5.95 grad@reduced for Blue
Ribbon Tuesday: size S4x96: cut
out corners or plain hem.
Crochet Bedspreads,
Size 7ZxS4
Sl.47
Two patterns-both very at
tractive. This size is suitable for
three-quarter beds.
Fourth Floor
45=inch Dotted Swiss
.Organdie, Yard
S1.25
The dots are embroidered in
this fabric and it is our regular
S225 grade reduced for tolnor-
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orange with white and navy with
Copen.
36=inch Sateens, White
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38c
Reduced from oSc as a blue
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36=inch White Paiama
Check, Yard
10c
\ Regularly 2oc, but offered at
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Evening star., 1921-08-08

camp puts the chain around the
logs SO they may be hauled in
with a donkey engine. A chaser"
follows the log as it is being drag
ged in, a >"swamper" keeps the
roadway clear for the logs. and a
"sniper" cuts OFF the sharp cor
ners Of the logs so they will drag
the easier. A "choker" is the
cable line placed about a log.
A "highc1imber" is the workman
who goes up the logging mast to
place high lines" from the donkey
grease upon skid roads 80 the logs
will slide more readily. The
whistle punk" operates the donkey
engine whistle and signals the
workmen with it. A donkey" is
a stationary engine with cables
Evening star., 1921-08-08
THREE DIE, NINE INJURED
DURING THUNDERSTORM
Lightning Strikes Trees and Build
ings and Kits Party of Three
X in Bathing,

NEW YORK, August S.-Three per-
sons were drowned and nine struck by
lightning yesterday during a thunder
storm which was accompanied by a
storrential downpour measuring nine
tenths of an inch. Heavy rainfall
continued throughout the night.
At Gravesend bay a woman was
drowned when canoe upset. An
other woman lost her life in a similar
manner in Long Island sound. In the
East river an unidentified boy was
drowned while swimming off city
pier.
Lightning struck trees and build
ings in all parts Of the city and sub
ur'bs. At Coney Island lightning
Evening star., 1921-08-08
VOCABULARY or THE WOODSMEN
CONFUSING TO THE UZNINI7ZATED

TACOMA, Wash, August g.
Workmen in the great woods of
the Pacific coast have a language
all their own that is not under
stood by the uninitiated.
A "faller" Is the workman who
falls" the trees. and a good faller
can always fall his tree so that 1t
will drive a stake that he has pre-
viously set irto the ground.
A quicker" saws the tree into
logs. and the process is called
"bucking a log" A Sawyer al
ways works in the lumber mill,
and he saws the logs into lumber.
A filler" files the saws and keeps
them sharp.
The "hooktender" in a logging
Evening star., 1921-08-08
TWO DIE IN AUTO SMASH.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. August S.-Two
men were killed, another was probably
fatally injured and a fourth had a mi
raculous escape Nate last night when
an automobile containing swim
ming party crushed into street car.
completely wrecking the automobile and
demolishing the front end of the street
car
The dead are w. w. Slime. general
agent of the Gulf Coast line, and Andy
Zwald. J. NJ. Hughes is in a hospital
with badly crushed skull. James f.
Nails, cashier of the Louisville and
Nashville railway, is badly bruised
and cut, but not seriously injured. as
a result of the accident.t
Evening star., 1921-08-08
IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTE.
IS PAID TO cARUs0
Friends of Tenor Moved to Tears
During Ceremony in
New York.

NEW YORK, August S.-The voice
OF Enr1co Caruso, reproduced on a
phonograph record. moved a large as
sembly of his friends to tears yester-
politan Opera House to pay tribute to
the great tenor who died last week
Opera singers. musicians, profess
sional men and patrons of music min
gled with stage hands, laborers and
gallery gods" at the memorial serv-
ices. A large portrait of the tenor,
draped in American and Italian flags,
Occupied a conspicuous place, and be-
meath 1t were several floral wreaths
from directors and members of the
Netropolitan Opera Company. stage
hands and others.
F. c. Coppicus, secretary Of the
metropolitan Opera Company and one
time manager for Caruso, told the
story of wager which the great
tenor lost because he failed to under
stand the psychology of an opera
An argument arose among members
of the opera company, then playing in
Philadelphia, as to whether an audi
ence applauded great singer because
of his singing or because he was
star. !
Caruso. who was ready to go on in
his famous role of Canio in ''PagliacL
ci," wagered that the audience would
recognize his voice. and to prove his
serenade which falls to the second
tenor. placed off-stage during the sec
ond scene. When the moment came.
Mr.. Coppicus said, Caruso, concealed
from the admirers who earlier had
applauded him, sang the serenade
notes died away and the audience,
which did not see him, remained
silent. Not a single handicap greeted
him. Caruso smilingly paid the wager.
Evening star., 1921-08-08

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Fifth Floor
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S4.95
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Fifth Floor
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Perfect weight for suits. skirts,
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Evening star., 1921-08-08

that long ago replaced oxen In
log handling in the west.
A boom" is a number of logs in .
the water held In place by boom
sticks"
In former times the word "bull
fighter was commonly heard It
applied to the man who had dera-
onstrated his superior ability with
his fists In numerous encounters
with his fellow workers. This Ak
preston is no longer heard, log
- gers say, because lighting in log
ging camps is a pastime in which
workmen no loner indulge. A fight
Is now a rare occurrence in the
woods Of the coast,
Evening star., 1921-08-08

75e Plaid Tissue,
Reduced to, Yard
.5Sc
81 inches wide in blue and
green. This is one of the most
ponular sheer frock materials,
and Fashion says it will be more
in demand next season.
First Floor