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Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
LY'SHOPES
Of SPEED FAME:
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 90 Wally
Reid, moving picture star, will not
drive the Deusenberg Straight Eight
in which he has entered in the In
ternational 500 mile race to be held
at the Indianapolis motor speedway,
Tuesday, MAY 80, it became known
here today.
His hopes and plans for fame on
the professional race paths have gone
glimmering because the holders of
his long term contract positively re-
fuse to permit him to compete in the
biz automobile race. Reds with
drawal is official, being announced
by T. +. Pop Myers, manager of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His
car. however, will be in the race. The
driver is yet to be announced. Due
senberg officials stated several well
known pilots were being considered.
Mr. Meyers in announcing Reid's
withdrawal said, TT is too bad they
won't permit Reid to drive. Racing
is. of course, hazardous. Under the
circumstances we have no alternative
than to permit Reid's withdrawal
Wally who has driven in numerous
moving picture races in competition
with we'll known stars who will pilot
mounts at Indianapolis was entered
in the usual way to drive Duesenberg
Number Is. He has qualified as
driver and has already obtained a
drivers license and badge from the
American Automobile Association,
the governing body of the gasoline
sport.
Many motion picture fans will be
disappointed with Reid's forced with
drawal Racing followers would have
been interested to the movie man in
action, although the majority of them
seriously doubted Reid's ability to
outdrive the stars who make racing
a business. 1t is not likely that Reid
will even come here for the race, in
view of the circumstances. according
to information emanating from Hol-
lywood.
Reid was very anxious to compete,
it is said, and stubbornly refused to
consent to his withdrawal until legal
action was threatened by men who
hold his contract.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
WEST LEADS IN
CAMP GROUNDS

CHIC AGO, May 20. (SpecaiD-
Automobile tourists are. given a
warm welcome in more than 1900
cities and towns in the United States,
according to information collected
by the United States Touring Infor-
nation Bureau which has just COM
pleted a survey of camping facilities.
In all of these towns camping
grounds are provided and in the vast
majority of instances they are open
to tourists without charge.
The survey discloses the greatest
number of camping grounds to be
in the Mississippi Valley and in
that section of the country west to
ever, many grounds south and east
and every state in the Union boasts
of several. Illinois, according to
listings made with the bureau, has
more than 10 grounds. Kansas,
Texas, Wisconsin and California
have between IS and 100 camping
grounds listed, while other states
range from 70 down to 5.
1t is also noted by the survey
that in most instances the grounds
are arranged with every thought
given to the comfort and conven-
ience of the tourists. Police pro-
lection, electric lights, toilets, cook
ing facilities and permanent shelter
are very frequent. In some cities
permits are required, principally in
eastern states.
The United States Touring Infor-
nation Bureau will issue a camping
ground directory which it is believed
will find a long felt need of the an
nual army of tourists. The directory
will he off the roreSS abOut Nav | 7
and will list more than 1900 grounds
Hundreds of camping grounds have
been listed and may be taken as a
! fair indication of what the tourist
1 viii find in every section of tho
country
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
NE v franklin
FOUR WILL Be
OUT NEXT YEAR

There is soon TO be produced a
new four cylinder air. cooled car
which the Franklin Manufacturing
company is to bring out in 1923, an
nounces Bob Hunsick of the Frank
lin Motor Car company. The car
will sell for low price. Hunsick
says.
owing to business depression in
1920 the production of this car was
delayed. The patterns are still to
lie completed, tools and machinery
secured. BY April OF 1928 the fac
tory hopes 10 put out this car at the
rate of one hundred cars a day.
The Franklin car has a record
for endurance. In recent survey
to find cars that had long mileage
record, the Franklin Automobile
company found that cars with
mileage of $4,000 miles were count
less, cars with a mileage of $50, 900
miles We're easily found and those
with 100000 miles to their credit
were running all over the country.
An old relic, a Franklin car man
ufactured among the first cars in
1902, is still in daily service with All
approximate record of 100000 miles.
Another owner OF a Franklin with
bis own personal car has a mileage
OF over 100000 miles and another has
converted his old Franklin into a SER
yiceable truck. with mileage of 21S,-
900 miles. One man owned seven
models of Franklins since 1908 and
Low drives a late model touring and
sedan. bur he says the daddy of them
Ell still serves, carrying all supplies
from Laramie to the ranch % miles
away.
There is no country on the earth
motorized to the extent of the United
States. Canada follows the United
States in registration. with one ve-
ricle to every II persons. Canada's
Great Britain and the continental
great extent. Great Britain and Ire
land have one vehicle to every liz
persons; France. one to every 205
While Germany has one to every 733.
Russia has very few vehicles. Other
countries vary from one TO every zoe
to one to every 1850 persons.
California leads all states except
New York, and it is but little behind
that state.
There have been a number of
mechanical changes in the Franklin
this past year which are of great inn
portance, including the casehardened
crank shaft, exclusive with the
Franklin; long type pistons, i'm
proved cold weather starting system
and more efficient brakes. with an
of new style hood"
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
hCE Of ACES To
HANDLE MUSL|NS
IN BIG Dat Tie

INDIANAPOLIS. May 20-Captain
Eddie Rickenbacker American Ace
of Aces in the great war and former
star auto racer. will handle the flags
for the tenth annual 500 International
sweepstakes race on the Indianapolis
motor speedway, May so. His train
ing as an aviator in the great war
will be valuable to him in his posi-
ton as starter of the greatest race
of the year.
Due to the large number of cars
on the 2is m lie brick course and the
speed at which they are driven past
the starting line, President Carl c..
Fisher long ago refused to permit
the starter to risk his life on the
track when he was tagging the driv-
ers during the race, or to signal to
the contestant that the race was
terminated. To guard the life of the
starter the speedway has erected a
suspension bridge across the start
ing and finishing line. AS it is a
light bridge the the passage of cars
underneath and even stiff breeze
causes il to sway violently. Thus the
bridge is no place for man not
accustomed TO maintaining his equi-
librium off the ground Due to his
skill as an aviator the bridge holds
no terrors fci Captain Rick" and
he is perfectly at home on the mar
row sway'ng structure.
With seven seasons of racing ex-
perience and having been an Off
eial IN many races since he retired as
a driver in 1916, the former speed
star is well equipped to handle the
throttle" and control the running of
the race, fol the flags he uses will
tell the contestants Of impending
danger signal the need for consulta-
ton with the race officials or APP
prise the driver that his car has COM
pleted the necessary 200 laps of the
2h mile oval.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
HOUSE PASSES
S14O,000,000
ROADMEASURE

WASHINGTON, May 20--(SpeciaD
Federal appropriations of $14o,-
100000 for road building were ap-
proved when the house passed the
Dunn bill a few days ago. This bin
provides for s65,OO000 for the next
fiscal year and s75,0O0,00o for the
following. A limit in expenditure of
$12,5 500 per mile is contained for the
construction to be done during the
first year, and $4,000 for the second.
The money now in the hands of the
department of agriculture, and which
amounts to s1S0,0OO,0OO, is not inter-
fered with in the Dunn bill. This
$3.50, 100000 has already been allotted
and carries a maximum basis cost
per mile of $4,000.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
CADILLAC STAYS
IN PAINT SHOP
FOR ONE MONT

A month Is long time to spend
at painting an automobile. Yet that
time is now required for each Ca
dillac car to pass through the paint
shop. during which time it receives
"a distinct operations one upon the
other. The body is dried after each
coat, and after the color vanishing
the body is upholstered, rubbed,
striped and finally covered with clear
varnish.
The care and effort to obtain a
lasting luster that will resist the eff
fects Of sun, rain and snow is but
one indication of the eXacting care
and labor taken in the building Of
these cars.
The bodies are declared to be built
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
WILL HANDLE CAR
IN SPEED GRIND
ALL BY HIMSELF

INDIANAPOLIS, May (SpeciaD
The first lone man. car since Ray
Harroun won the initial 500 mile race,
with the Marmon Wasp, will appear
in the tenth annual five century race,
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
Tuesday. May so. Frank E. Davidson,
New York engineer, has entered the
D'Wehr Special and will drive it all
alone.
Incidentally this is the first year
since 1911 that the rules permitted
one man to ride in the car alone. His
mechanic win be a bit of n mirror
perched on the cowl above his head.
so that he can look ahead and at the
same time keep an eye on his COM
petitors coming from behind.
Davidson's car is about year ahead
of it's time. He has elected to drive
the. smallest engined mount in the
field of 32 starters. His engine will
be two thirds the size of the other
entrants, as it only measures 120
cubic inches piston content, slightly
less than two litres. This will be
the size of the cars in 1923 as the
500-mile race will be run for the first
time under the two litre class, year
hence.
In addition to having the smallest
engine, the D'Wehr is also fitted with
rotary valves, another departure from
racing practice. The cylinders OF
this little engine are approximately
2ia inches in diameter and the piston
travels a distance of only Az inches
in it's stroke. This is the smallest
engine ever raced in the Indianapolis
event. the next in size being the 21s
htre Peugot that Andrew Boillot
drove in 1919.
The single scatter car is almost nee-
essary with the small engine as the
narrowing of the body for one man
cuts down the wind resistance. as well
as reducing the weight and the wear
on tires All of these will contribute
to the speed of the small engined cars.
Next year ii is expected that almost
without exception the drivers will
ride alone.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
Government Makes
Tests. On Tires

WASHINGTON. May 20 Especially
The bureau of standards, depart
ment of commerce, has made public
the results of tests it has made on
4 tire life. The report states that vari-
,ous parts of a tire contribute to alb
sorption of power to varying degrees.
The carcass of the tire, according to
the report, is responsible for the loss
of so to 85 per cent of the power
The tread uses up about Is peAcent
and the tube approximately per
cent. The tests were made in the
rubber laboratory of the bureau and
a special type Of dynamometer was
used. which is essentially motor for
driving standard automobile wheel
and tire. A pulley bears against the
tire and a generator is driven by the
pulley. The difference in power in
put and output is measured by GER
tain devices and the difference meas
.~eS the loss in the ti''a
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

"We made a countrywide investi-
CATION of the service various makes
of taxis were giving and although
we ourselves We're already sure that
we would use the Dodge Brothers
cabs and sedans, we only decided to
standardize on Dodges after we had
read letters from some of the biggest
taxicab companies in the country.
For instance, the Twentieth Century
Taxicab association. which advertise
the Lowest Rate Taxicab in New
York City, wrote US saying:
beg to advise that we have in this
association over six hundred (600)
Dodge Brothers taxicabs. We also
have in use six other makes. but
Dodge Brothers leads them all. :.
At the rate our members are eX-
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

changing their cars for Dodge Broth
ers il don't be long before all our
cabs viii be of Dodge Brothers man
ufacture. This letter was signed by
Otto Gutfreund the treasurer and
business manager of the company.
I'm addition to this letter. we re-
ceived one from the '73 Taxi Com
pany' of Shreveport, La, who stated
that their fleet of 20 Dodges show
better profit than other cars, and
our first Dodge Brothers car
has made over 100000 miles and has
never been tied up except for minor
repairs Then came a letter from
the Rocket Taxi Cab company of
Boston which said: Early in 1917 we
bought four Dodge Brothers taxicabs
and now have So. All of these cars
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

with amazing substantialness Sturdy
oak and ash are used to make the
frame work. Each corner is NOR
tised to fit, then glued and clamped,
as well as screw fastened to make 1t
hold. Diagonal steel bracing keeps
the corners from shifting or sagging.
Cadillac bodies are covered. how
ever. with steel and aluminium. a few
large sheets pressed and welded to-
gether until each body is clothed in
single sheath of metal. Files. emery
and sand blast remove any little un-
evenness and it is on this smooth,
clean surface that the paint and
varnish are applied.
Perhaps even greater care is paid
to the interiors of the closed models.
1t must have all the luXuriousness
of fine drawing room, and great
care is given to the choice of uphol-
stery, coloring and the selection OF al
fixtures, both electrical and hard
ware
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

Other cities may boast of taxicab
companies larger than the Black &
White TaSicab company OF Phoenix,
but none can excel the local trans
portation firm in efficiency and sat
isfaction rendered to the public. Four
stations under one phone number
Comparing favorably with large
cities in. being able to take care of
its visitors and residents who want
quick, clean and safe transportation,
Phoenix can well be proud of its
Black and White Taxicab company.
Equipped with a fleet of new
Dodge Brothers taxicabs, as we'll as
Packards and Cadillacs. the Black
and White TaXicab company is fur
nishing its patrons with a rapid and
courteous means of transportation
that is not excelled in Americas big
gest cities. Charging the lowest
rates consistent with the best pos
sible service, that is, twenty-five
cents for a fifteen block ride. and
using reliable cars-Dodge Brothers,
Packards and Cadillacs-this COM
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
CHANDLER ROYAL.
DISPATCH GE rs
MANY OvAT|ONS

That there exists a demand for a
distinctively smart car is proved by
the splendid response accorded the
four passenger Royal Dispatch re-
Gently announced by the Chandler
Motor Car company, says statement
just issued by that company.
The acclaim with which the Royal
Dispatch has been received by that
part of the motoring public that fa
vors a stylish car indicates that wire
wheels are gaining in vogue. Not
only on Chambers newest model, but
on a number of the higher priced cars
of other makes, wire wheels have
been adopted as standard equipment
There can be no doubt that wire
wheels add to the snappiness of the
distinctively smart car.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

are still in service with an aggregate
fleet mileage of something over six
million miles These letters together
with letters from the Scranton Taxi
cab company, the Phoenix Taxicab
company of Lexington, Kentucky,
and others, more than convinced us
that If we wanted 10 make our in
vestment safe and at the same time
extend the maximum in reliability,
comfort and economy tosour patrons,
We could do so better with Dodges
than with any other make.
after six months and a total fleet
mileage of over $4,000 miles. our
Dodge Brothers cars are like new and
running as we'll as ever"
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

and our hopes have been realized in
every way. Our cars were selected
with service, reliability and comfort
in mind, and we have found them to
answer our needs even better than
we had hoped. Each of our Dodges
runs over 5000 per month, and
though all of them have run over
10000 miles and two over $4,000
miles. we have had practically no re-
pairs to make except as to the daily
cleaning and oiling our whole fleet
receives.
John Cross of the Black & White
Taxicab company, though an old
timer in the cab business here, used
up-to-date methods in determining
what make of cab to use. In COM
menting upon this, he declares:
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

pany, Incorporated only last Noyem-
ber, has made q remarkable success.
The cars are operated from four
headquarters stations located at the
Hotel Adams, Commercial Hotel,
Roosevelt and Central avenue. and
First street and Adams, all under the
same phone number The distribu-
ton of these starting points is one
Of the important factors in rendering
such prompt service.
Mr.. Pfaff, of this company, says:
"In less than year we have placed
our service in manner of equipment,
promptness and low charges, on
par with that of any cab company
know of. We have worked on the
principal that we would profit most
through giving the greatest service.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

operate to give the proper distribu-
ton to this concerns fleet and the
cars it selected for use are confined
to Dodge Brothers. Cadillac and
Packard.
The upper left hand picture shows
a close up of the deep, comfortable
cushions within the Dodge Brothers
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Recruits for Army.
| Being SoughtH Here
Special Inducements Being
Offered-Navy Also Ac.
tive for Enlistments.

Both the army and navy are work
ing vigorously to obtain recruits.
The army will guarantee any one
enlisting, immediate assignment to
the Hawaiian Islands and the Philip.
pines.
Saturday we are going to ship 800
men to the islands" said Recruiting
Sergeant Blackett. Men who enlist
now will also benefit by the old wage
scale and if they join after July !
they will receive the new SCALE. which
is somewhat lower"
Blackett claims it is not so easy
for one to join the army now. Out
of l02 wanting to join the army but
48 were accepted.
Two brothers, Alfred R. Bigley,
II, and Ernest w. Bigley, 18, 1915
Ohio street, joined the navy. While
Ernset, a former service man, is i'm
mediatcly assigned to the fleet at
San Francisco his brother will be
sent to Philadelphia for training.
Aaron E. Papst, 1921 Twenty-frst
avenue, Council Bluffs, also joined
the navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Convict Slayer to Be
Electrocuted Today

Lincoln. June Especial 8. Tele-
m.)-James B. King, convict
slayer to die in the electric chair at
the state penitentiary tomorrow,
spent his last day eating bananas,
smoking cigarets, praying and talk
ing with a negro minister from Lin
coin, who was requested to call on
him by the penitentiary chaplain,
Charles Maxwell.
Warden Fenton said this evening
that King sent word to him he
wished his body to be turned over
to the state medical school at Omaha
to serve any purpose desired BY the
faculty there.
E. B. Currier, official executioner
from Boston, arrived and tested out
the electric chair.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Omaha Men Held
for Bank Robbery
Louis Clernt Valves Hearing
Trio Will Be Arraigned
for Trial Saturday.

Tekamah, Neb., June 8.-(Special.)
Upon long distance telephone ad-
vice from his attorney, Gene O'Sul-
livan, in Omaha, Louis Clernt Of
South Omaha waived preliminary
hearing before Judge Chatton on
charges of intimidating bank en-
ploye and robbing a bank and was
held on $4,000 bond to trial in the
district court.
His bond is the same as those OF
Ben King and George Perscek, also
Of Omaha, with whom he was cap
tured by a posse near Decatur a
week ago, following an attempt to
rob the Decatur State bank. x
Clernt was heavily bandaged be-
cause of numerous buckshot wounds
inflicted by the posse, but was able
to walk alone in the court room.
County Attorney Rhoades said the
trio would be arraigned before Dis.
trict Judge Goss Saturday and il
they plead not guilty will go to trial
next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Food Prices SIt0lD
FiUe-Tenths Of I Per
Per Cent lump Here

Washington. June 8.-Retail food
prices increased in Is cities and de
creased in 10 others from April Is
to May Is, according. to compila-
tons made public by the Department
Of Labor, involving Is of the prin-
eipal cities Of the country.
The following increases were not
ed: Richmond, Va, 2 per cent; Mil
.waukee. Cincinnati, Seattle, St. Louis
and Washington, I per cent, and
Chicago ssnds Omaha, less than five
tenths o. 1,per cent. Decreases not
ed were in Kansas City, Providence,
Rochester, | per cent, and in Detroit
and New York. less than five-tenths
Of 1 per cent.
Comparisons of average food costs
in 1918 with the prevailing prices
asked during the Eonth. the depart
ments stated, indicated housewives
were paying S.; per cent more for
food in Richmond, Va, ~ per cent
IN Washington, d. C., and a per
cent in Baltimore and Birmingham,
Ala ,4-..sa--- $50
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
%sa,'dLoan
Abandoned
international Bankers Decide
Reparations Commissions
Report Shows Lack Of
Lenders Unanimity.
Must Fix Credit Bonus

Paris. June s.-(By the A. P.)-
All idea Of an international loan to
Germany has been given up By the
committee Of bankers. and they are
meeting today to agree upon the
form Of their report to this effect
which will be submitted to the repa.
rations commission.
The work OF formulating the re-
port, it is stated. may take two or
three sittings. .-.
The prevailing conviction among
the members OF the bankers commit.
tee is that two things are necessary
to a loan: .
First-There must be unanimity
among the lenders, which were to in.
clude all the countries represented
on the reparations commission. '..
Second-That the credit basis Of
Germany must be outlined clearly.
The bankers look upon the repara-
tions commissions reply to their re-
cent note as an official declarations
that .unanimity does not exist among
the prospective lenders, and therefore
feel that plans for a loan cannot be
advised. J ...a ...
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Marshall Nelan and
Blanche Sweet Wed

Chicago, June 8.-Marshall Neilan
and Blanche Sweet were married to-
day in Chicago. The ceremony was
performed in the office OF the county
clerk and the couple left few hours
later for New York. Mr.. Neilan
has recently returned from southern
France, where he was working on =
picture. He returned to New. York
Memorial day and Immediately
opened communications with Miss
Sweet, who was in Los Angeles. She
left the coast last Monday and Nei-t
ian, met her here.
When she stepped from west
ern train today, Mis- Sweet denied
her identity. When newspaper
photographers persisted, she turned
her face to the wal and stood in that
position until a taxi had been sum-
moned, when she ran to its shelter
and sped away. The couple will
spend their honeymoon in New
York, where Neilan begins work at
once on his newest production.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-09
Union Leader Scores
Stand Of Government

Cincinnati, June 8.-The govern
ment as an employer was taken to
stask by James O'Connell, president
OF the metal trades department of
the American Federation OF Labor,
who, in his report to the departments
annual me eiing, complained Of GER
tain acts OF officials. including Presi-
dent Harding, as hostile to labor.
THE policy of the administration
towards curtailment and economy" he
said, "has been used with such tre-
mendous force against the employees
OF the government as to make work
men feel great bitterness and resent
ment for the heavy hand that has
been laid upon them by the president
and his administration"
The government, Mr.. O'Connell
asserted. should be the model en-
ployment. but, he added, efforts OF
labor officials ito maintain some
sort of an understanding with the
government, had met with failure"