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Evening star., 1924-01-06
PLEASED CUSTOMERS
BEST ADS FOR AUTOS
Newspapers Come Next in Value to
Automobile Dealer, Ex-
pert Holds.
WILL TELL OF SUCCESS
Chicago Dealer to Describe Way to
Get Prospects.
WILL TELL OF SUCCESS

CHICAGO. January 5.-where do
automobile sales prospects come
from?
This is question that not only
causes good deal Of worry in ~,
automobile dealer salesroom. but is a
question that the public often asks
as 1t notes the increasing number of
new automobiles upon the streets.
Methods OF developing prospects
used In one Of the largest dealer or
ganizations in the second largest city
or the country will be told of at the
seventh annual convention of the
National Automobile Dealers Associa-
non thn 6y G. c; F. Gambill. president of
S,hicago: Hupmobile and Marmon
aIstrlbutor for northern Illinois.
MT. Gambill Is vice president of the
NATIONAL Automobile Dealers ,Asso-
citation.
Use Of Owner List.
Ihe best avenue Of securing pros
poets for new sales is through present
owners" says Mr.. Gambilk .'There is
no advertisement quite as good as a
satlshed owner. He is proud Of the
car ne bought, he wants his friends
TO De Just as proud Of 1t, because
o
same make, that friend vindicates his
Judgment. Owners always have
friends and live wire salesman will
follow his owner list vigorously in
developing new buyers.
Advertising is second only to
present owners. Newspaper advertis-
ing constantly keeps the car and
mouse name before the public, and 1T
Is much easier for the salesman to
close the deal for well advertised
1.c -.
established in the community mind.
Then. too, the salesman is one man
power and he is selling only when
he is face to face with the prospect,
while the newspaper advertisement is
constantly selling the car and the
institution behind the car. A middle
western dealer. handling a we'll
known automobile in the $1,000 price
class. recently made the statement
that IS per cent of his prospects were
advertising alone. 1t is needless to
point out that the successful auto
mobile establishments are the ones
that consistently carry on a logically
worked out advertising program.
Direct Mail Work.
Direct mail work is valuable.
Telephone conversations, il properly
presented, are valuable. Canvass OF
homes, garages. office buildings and
the like will produce results"
Mr.. Gambill will discuss automobile
dealer management on the annual
dealer convention program. Other
speakers will discuss sales. service,
used car buying and selling. and
other topics of interest to the trade.
His address is entitled 'Five Per Cent
Net. and How to Make IT,
The convention this year. as in
former years, will be held at Hotel
La Sale, Chicago. January 1881,
Special reduced rates OF fare and
one half round trip have been granted
by the railroads to members of the
association The convention will be
open to all dealers in the business.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Cutting Front Wheels
TOiUard Curb Prevents
COasti,1g When Parked

Regardless OF the fact that there
may be little possibility Of the
car. coasting away when parked
along With dozens Of other ma
chimes, II Is advisable to turn the
front wheels in toward the curb.
Mischievous children fooling
around the car in the dark are
likely to release the brake and
then run. leaving the car to coast
the short space necessary to bend
the tail light or dent another cars
fender.
This sort of thing is happen
ing every day, and the conse-
quences of the annoyance could
be avoided by cutting the front
wheels sharply. 1t requires a lit
tie strength to strafghten the
wheels when the car Is not in
motion,
Evening star., 1924-01-06
HELPS OVER ROUGH SPOTS.

A car invariably rides better over
a rough road if the engine is con-
stantly pulling it. Most drivers speed
up and then apply the brakes when
going over the rough places. The car
always bounces more under this plan,
and though the driver makes time be-
tween rough spots he loses it as soon
as he has to apply his brakes. With
the car running along slow-in high
the rear wheels seem to cling to
the road better. The wheels are not
so free to be juggled around by the
oumDS
Evening star., 1924-01-06
CONSERVING BATTERY.
Winter Weather Imposes Heavy
Strain.

These short days and short spins
impose heavy strains on the battery.
Every opportunity to save current
should be grasped, and there is no
better way than to catch UP with the
car ahead and switch off your head
lights. 1t sometimes happens that
the lights from the car following will
be sufficient to light up the road
ahead, making your lights super
fiuous.. Finally switch off the lights
when using the self-starter. Blow
the horn frequently only in short
blasts Saves Juice" and is just as
effective as deafening the neighbor-
hood.
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Smith said that he always though,
q backflre made q lot of noise.

siiittI odlu lffdt ue diWdyS IHOQkht
backflre made a lot of noise.
"Backfires are like dogs" the other
explained ""The one with the 1oudeft
bark IL the least TO be feared. TIE
ordinary backf1re which causes loud
report is due to mixture In a cylin-
der firing when the exhaust valve Is
open. The explosion has. no resist
ance and so goes straight out through
the muller and the exhaust. Some
times the force Of the backfire breaks
the plates in the muffier. and this
kind of backflre has been known to
set fire to the ear or to oil or gaso-
line on the garage floor. When the
mixture fires with an intake valve
open the flame goes right back into
the carburetor. lot OF popping
back is due to driving with too lean
a mixture. Cranking with spark ad-
vanced Is another common cause"
Lets see that extinguisher," Smith
asked. TIL have to get one OF those"
Evening star., 1924-01-06
TIRE TRADE GROWING.
Factory Claims Orders to Cover
Entire Year.

One of the first indications of a re-
turn OF prosperity in the rubber in
dustry came last week in the an
nouncement made before a national
convention of Keystone tire distrib-
utors by d. w. Whipple, president of
Keystone Tire and Rubber Company
that the corporations factory, the
largest within limits of Greater New
York. had resumed production with
enough orders on the books at profit
able prices to Justify the operation
Of the plant during 1924 on a basis
OF largely increased output.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
SLOW RUNNING HARMFUL.

Declutch and accelerate the en-
gine occasionally when compelled to
crawl along through traffic in sec
ond." The slow running OF the motor
Is likely to load up the engine with
Oil or raw gas and encourage it to
ttall. The needle valve Of the car
buretor may stick, or the constant
slow running may help to discharge
ae battery. Speeding up the engine
now and again makes conditions
more normal.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

"There was a time when you could
take q chance without one" the ga
rage man went on. "In the old days
a clever driver could put cut his own
fire by smothertng the flames with
dirt from the road, but you'd have
hard time fighting q gasoline fire with
the paved highways Of today. Yet
Evening star., 1924-01-06

dirt Is the only natural thing to fight
II with. Water spreads gasoline
fire."
1t wasn't necessary to argue with
Smith. He did not have to be told,
what saved his car. and perhaps the
garage. Trying to tell people how to
put out fire without an extin-
Evening star., 1924-01-06
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

John character whom He
a a
exploited experiences
the other 100000 members Of the motor
Evening star., 1924-01-06

guisher - about an ilssful4 aH 4eliius
motorfst how to remove tftrs with
out a Jack. AS the garage Ihan said
There ate always other wftys of do.
Ing things. but why takes the de-
toursT'
Next wsek--PresentinS ting Claim.
(Cbpyrixht By the Uliuan Feat,ve Service !,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
COSTANZOVA POD ZARU-
KOU $4,000.

Fannie Costanzova, ma KITE
re lpf podezreni, re pomoci
povestne Colavitove pred ctyr-
mi roxy otravila vlastniho mu-
re Marina Costanza. musl I'll
stati zavfena. jelikoz Sc sotva
najde, kdo by ia nj opatril "a
ruku $4,000, kterou soud ma
zAdost okresniho zalobce Stan
tona ustanovil. DIE lucebniho
rozboru byly v pozdstatcich
zavrazdeneho muze nalezeny
a destiny jednoho granu otru
siku, ale v lucebnlm zkoumani
lest jest6 pokraGovano. Pfipad
bude vysetrovan policeinfm
soudem do 5. brezna. do ktere
DOLBY doufa soud nalezti dalsi
dGkazy. vitovh.. ~pfes 1si-
lovne policeini. patrdni nebyla
dosud nalezena.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
We PROSPECH VYSLOUzI-
LEcKYCH BONUSU.

Pred clenstvem Lions Clubu
w hotelu Winton zasazoval sc
velice presv6dcive We prospech
vyslouzileckych bonus1 briga-
dni general J. r. McQuigg,
jenz uvad6l j priklad 2 americ
Ike historic a sice hned Jiriho
Washingtona, jenz prijal $685.
900 800 akrn v Miami O.
kresu v Ohiu po skonceni re-
volucnich boji. Podobne pfi-
jail dary "a sluzby v obcan-
ske valce Grant, Sheridan a
Sherman. "Proc by tudiz bylo
nevlasteneckym pro vyslouzil-
ce valky svetove pozadNvati to
same" prohlasoval Quigg a
zminil sc o valeGnem hospoda
reni Stiplave: "Za svetove val
ky nakoupila vlada 100000
parG ostruh: Armada mela de-
set sedel ma kazdeho kone neb
mulu a to vSe bylo po valce
zniceno. Byvali vojaci poza-
duji jen nahradu patficnou."
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
STANTON MA PODVODNE-
HO OKRESNfHO ZkfZENCE..

Okresni zalobce Stanton kri
tisoval vcera jednanf nekte-
rych okresnfch drednikd, ktefi
jednoho zfizence. jenz Sc do
pustil zpronevery We vysi
pres $1,000, jednoduse pfimeli
k resignaci, aniz by jei pohna
Ii k zodpovednosti. Dotycn1
bvl usvedeen a povinnosti d.
rednikh bvlo. pripad okresni-
mu za)obci ohlasiti. zalobce
dozvedel Sc o zpronevere te-
prve v dtery a pfeda celou "a
lezitost velkoporote ieste dnes.
DIE dosud ziskanych ddkazii
provadal zffzenec omen podob
ne smeidv jiz po sedm mesi-
cit. Jedna Sc O vysvindlovan6
mzdv delnictva zamestnaneho
pri Gprave cest a silnic.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
REBELANT$Tf POLICING
PORUcfCI BUDOU
POVYSENI.

Policejni porucik E. J. Potts
nastoupi "a nedlouho opetne
starry svdj trad v detektivni
kancelari a podobn6 jeho SOU
druh v oposici porucik A. j.
Hagan bude pfi nejblizsi pri-
lezitosti povysen ma kapitana.
Oba, jak znamo, vystupovali
ostre proti byvalemu mayoro-
vi i rediteli .m9stske bezpec-
nosti a NELL byti "a to z trestu
presazeni, cemuz Sc ale take
razne "a pomoci soudu opreli,
Hagan professional po dvakra-
tie, protoze byl pri povysovani
ma kapitany dvakrat "preskd-
cen" ko1egy, ktefi Sc nemohli
vykazati takovou sluzebni zpt
sobilostf jako on sam. Oba
porucici vystudovali v: policej-
Mich sluzbach prava, coz n.y.
nejsi reditel bezpecnostnf Bar
ry chvali a pravi. re podobna
snaha mela by byti odm6nena
a nikoli prfcinou odstrkovani.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01

mnfyala, ze il tax vita nektery
re sousedt, ale zahys byla pre-
syedeena . jinem. neb domne-
II soused zamefil revclverem
a -zhurta pozadovalS lSvydanf We
skerych skvostfi, ba Sci v drzo-
sti svoji tax daleko,. re il u
krku roztrhl- zivdtek, abv snad
neii mohl Sc zmocnit; nahrdel-
niku. Lupice lkofi Ssperkii,
jichz cenu 81 pfepadena paci
ma $500. Se!znickovh jest
svakrovou znam6ho nacelnika
spolecnosti. hotovici zname po
hyblive obrazky. Vracela Sc
prave 2 domova nejmladsiho
Selznicka, ienz sc byl vcerejsi-
no odpoledne zenil.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
PkfMEkf " BOIL o HRACfI
STROJKY.

Pravnik Kornhauser, zastu-
pujici zajmy spolecnosti vlast-
nici hracske automaty a pres
500 zalovanych obchodnikd, u
nichz stroje byly nalezeny, u
zavfel vcera $ m6stskym pray
MIN riditelem Shulerem, jeho
asistentem Paulem Westenha-
verem a policejnfm nacelni-
KEN Graulem bezpecnostnfm
fiditelem Barrym pfim6fi. Ne
sto odvola vsechny tyto zalo-
by pod podminkou, re klienti
zmineneho pravnika zaplati
dosavadnf soudni dtraty a re
odvolano bude odvolani dvou
jiz odsouzenych obzalovanych.
Konfiskovane strojky budou
sice vydany, ale must byti od-
vezeny nejen mesta, ale j
celeho Ohia. Pfednosta NEST
skeho. soudu Dempsey pax sus
penduje rozsudky jiz vyne-
sene. ,Hlavnim divodem k u
rovnani byla okolnost, he vsem
drzitelGm hracskych strojkn
"a byvale administrace nebyly
tineny obtfze. ba dokonce i o.
znameno, ze v operovani auto
matH neni niceho protizakon-
neho.
Soudni dtraty obnasely 1915
a byly zminenym pravniketm
zapraveny. Stroie povandruii
co nejdrive bud do New Yor-
ku nebo do Kalifornie, kde 81
patrne zakony jinak vykladaji
nezli v Clevelande.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01

Akron. /. dnOra. - Schou-
leny ma lozi w dolejsi svetnici
sveho obydlf v East Akron,
matka a til Jeff male ditky u
hofely dnes casn3 rano. Polar
pry povstal, kdyz Albert Raj
nes. jenz bydlel tam v podnaj-
mu. chtSl rozd9lati oheh po-
Itmocf petroleie, .itmz polil dfi-
| VI v kamnech. Utrp9l nepo-
Ichybn9 smrteln6 popaleniny.
Mrtvi isou: Pi. John Smithova
q jeff tfi ditky, Jack, Elinor q
Anna, We v9ku Cd 6 mesicI do
ttyr roki. Manzel a otec, John
Smith. nracoval v osudnou noe
v zavod9 Goodrichovy firmy.:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
MOVE ROZSfRENf NEST.
sSKYCH. TRAIT MA. !. tJCET
OBEcNfCH FINANCE?

fRadnf S. r. Michel, pfedse-
da vyboru mzstske rady pro
zalezitosti poulicnich kar pro-
jevil vcera osobni's Mailed. ze
by bylo lepe pro mesto, kdyby
samo podniklo rozsireni poulic-
mich trait, ne2-li povolilo tech
re financovani samou spoiled
nnsti. Lee to povazovati "a
novy podnet, ably mesto poulic-.
nf drahy vyvlastn;lo vdbec
syAdci, Re myslen,Sa zakoupeni
,nikterak neutuchla a re V hnu-,'
II qnom nasta.a patrne nova
v3mena nazori, - j.
DIE Michelloyy myslenky.
melo by m6sto staveti move ira
|te. vozovky. elektrickf stanice
i yozy. We vlastni. rezii a .yse ia
lrtlte odskOdne pax spoleenO-
sti propdjtoyati. Zcela novym
ale Michelldv plan. nilzterak
neni neb jiz dnes jest v maize
tku Clevelandu as sedm mil
poulifni trait, ktcre .'jsou spo-
lefnosti vlastns jen n ;gronaja-
|ty. h
Jest ale dosud sporno. zda
mestc k podobnym trs1nsakcfM ia
ma prava ada by nebylo nus
tho ' pripade zapornem . po-
dobny legalnl dodatek Sc po-
Istarati.
Y pond6li konati Sc bude
Ivefejna schdze. ku kter6 bvli
pozvani dfednici Spolecnosti
poulicnich drah presidentem
Stanleyem.s Spolecnost budc
|pozadovstiy abv povolen bv'
zvtseny lrok dividendni.,z do
Isavadnfch 6 ma 7ee a move W.
|'danf akcii, jakoz i nektere il.
Inc zmsny.
Il H NJ 49, ~
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
POPRAVA v TRESTNICI.

Columbus. O., /. 1nora. -
John Nelson, 28lety, jenz od-
souzen byl k smrti pro zavraz
deni sv6 manzelky We Spring
fieldu, byl zde popraven elek-
trinou kratce po pdlnoci. Byl
prohlaSen "a mrtveho We IL :08
hod. Pred popravou dlouho sc
modlil a zpival hymny 8 We
Zehskvm kaplanem. r. O. Rec
dem. jenz jej provazel k elek-
tricke zidli.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01

v dtery %. ledna seael Sc
poprve novy vykonny yybor,
jak byl zvclen patyfm sjezdem
Svazu Svobodomyslnych, a "a
roveh dostavili Sc now. zastup
ci narodnich teles pfednfch
nasich svobodomyslnych jed
not a spolkn. Provedeny vol
by a vesm9s jednohlasn6 zvo-
leni: "a mfstopf-edsedy sestra
Notakovasa .br. LANCER. ga Ia
jemnika br. DR.. Vojan, "a. T.
cetnici sestra st9pankoya, "a
pokladnika br. Hudecek, do
dcetnfho vyboru ses. Mirovska
a br. stspanek a Jahoda, do
tiskoveho yyboru br. Dag. No
wax, Kubecek a Wesley (daEi
til zvolf St&tni yybor illinois
ky - tiskovy vybor tvoff re-
ditelstvo "V9ku Rozumu". Ia
obchod tfoueiho s'V9ku Roz-
umu" br. strunc. do agitacni-
no vtbuEql br. Musii, ~Jahoda,
Vokac a sestry Mirovska a
Novakova. Pfedseda vykonne.
no vyboru br. Jan Pecha zvo-
len byli sjezdem. Ma zaklada
dopisu newyorsk6 odbocky u.
.lozero tajsninikovi, aby zjis-
til pfesne. jaky je pomer me.
ri brusselskou mezinarodni &.
radovnou q Mezinarodnf kan.
celafi Volne Myslenky, zalo.
zenou ned&vno v Praze, ably
mohlo die toho byti rozhodnu.
to. kan posiati penfze a mezi.
narodni znamky ma legitima.
ce nasich mistnfch sdruzeni
v pristf schtzi dne 26. dnora
budou now Irednfci uvedeni
do svych dfadi. We smvslv. u
|sneseni Pateho siezdu dana dc
|dennich listu vefejna VIVA We
pficin9 obsazeni mista rcdak'
tora "V9ku Rozumu". Br. pred
seda Pecha s radosti konsta
|toval dostaveni Sc vsech zvo.
lenych cleni vyboru a iejicf
projevy upfimne vile praco
vati pro svobodomyslne hnuti
Jest nvnf len ma vsem nasen
svobodomysl9em lidu v Anne
|rice, abv ssttasl sc sebe zbyt
ky povaleenf zmalatnelosti |
netecnosti podal 'v3konnem,
|vtboru pomocnou ruku k no
v6mu ro7machu tohoto osveto
lvfho hnuti.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01

Prave We chvili, kdyz pf. Ph.
selxnikoYa,, 1904 Somerset ave.
N. E. otetfrala vcera garaz,
ahy zaiela do nj autems obje-
vii sc pojednou stin muze, jenz
doceia pfatelaky zavolal cha
lou. SelznicksxA sc zprvu do
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01
Prakticky lkkaf.

Pacient: 'Prosfy1. VA. I ! ] pane ]
doktore, mann ,zkazeny zaln!- ]
dek - nechutna mne jist -
Doktor: "Bud'te rad, ted je.
strava draha.'
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-01

- Utelns veden& reklArna
rozSif; VASE zbozi a zdvoj
~ xobi VaS obrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17

growth, and in southern counties are
heading out at this time. Prospects
are especially good in the southern
and western part of the State. On the
heavy soils about Marshfield and in
the Fox River Valley the growth is
short and backward Condition for
the State is 80 per cent of normal com
pared to 81 per cent last year at this
time. The present condition indicates
a crop about 8 per cent above both
last year and the 5-year average.
Barley is thick, well headed out,
and promises good yields in the south
ern and western part of the State.
Due to a quick growth, straw is weak
and there is some danger of lodging
before the crop natures. The forecast
is 5 per cent above last years produc-
ton
The rye crop in central Wisconsin
is very promising. The crop is turning
at this time. The crop, in common
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17

Very much in contrast to last year,
farmers in southern Wisconsin have
heavy yields Of hay this year In gen
eral northern Wisconsin conditions
are up to average but with less pro-
mise of heavy yields than in southern
Wisconsin The condition of tame hay
for the State this year is SO per cent
compared to So per cent last year.
The present condition indicates a crop
"a per cent above last year and IL per
cent above the 5-year average Very
little clover and timothy hay has been
cut up to this time, and good haying
weather is needed to harvest the crop
The first growth of alfalfa was rank
and, in many cases, extremely heavy
A yield of 19 tons is reported for the
first cutting, which was difficult to
cure due to frequent rains. There is
enough moisture in the ground to give
the second crop good start
Oats are late, but have made thick
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17

condition is 70 per cent of normal In
addition to the corn being small, fields
are very weedy Only late frosts and
good growing weather will mature the
crop. In 1916 average yields were Sc
cured with about the same conditions
as this year With over 100000 silos
in the State, the corn situation is less
alarming in Wisconsin than in those
States where farmers rely upon mar
ket corn as a cash crop.
The condition of corn in the United
States on July / was 70 per cent nor
NAL This is by far the lowest condi-
tion ever reported for that date. Only
once before, in 1903 has the condi-
ton been below 80 per cent at this
time of the year The low condition is
due to the fact thatweather was unus.
ally cold during May, and June in the
whole country east of the Rockies.
Rainfall has also been excessive in
the central Corn Belt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17
Crop Report Encouraging

With the exception of corn, crop
prospects in Wisconsin at this time
are favorable,-was announced today
by the State and Federal Crop and
Livestock Reporting Service at Madi-
son. The same cold and wet weather
conditions that were helpful to the
hay and small grain crops were I'M
favorable for corn. Crops are more
backward in the northeastern corner
of the State than in the rest of Wis
consin.
Corn is. extremely small due to cold
wet weather and, to some extent, to
late planting The condition in Wis
consir is the lowest since 1915 and
1916. In those two years the condi-
ton on July was 6S per cent and 6
per cent respectively. This year the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17

with winter wheat, has had favorable
conditions since spring and has made
a tall growth of straw. The condition
of the crop indicates yield of IT'S
bushels per acre compared to yield
of 148 bushels last year.
Pastures made rapid Improvement
during June and are in excellent con-
dition in the southern part of the
State
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-18
Lands URGES JAIL
FOR CARELESS VOTERS
American Legion Selects Omaha as
Meeting Place for the 1925
Convention.

ST. Paul, MINI. = Jail sentences for
those who fail to vote as an "encour-
agement" to bring the electorate to
the polls were urged by Former Judge
K M. Lands in an address to the Am
erican Legion's national convention
here this afternoon.
Omaha was selected as the 1925 ma
tional convention of the Legion at to-
days session.
The dates for the 1926 convention
will be set before adjournment of the
present gathering.
The official count on the roll call
gave Omaha 512 and Fort Worth 440.
Fort Worth took an early lead in
the tabulation as the roll was called
and it was not until New York's "a
votes went to Omaha that the Nebras-
ka city took lead that was never
headed.
Selection of the next convention city
came after a hot contest between the
Nebraska and Texas cities, the only
two presented to the convention as
eligible by the committee on time anu
place.
The convention also accepted the
report of the time and place commit
tee recommending acceptance of Phil
adelphia's invitation for the 1926 con-
vention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-18
DIR. LOUIS BICKFORD
| SUICIDES WITH POISON
Former Assistant at Oshkosh State
Hospital Kills Self in the
Oshkosh Jail.

Oshkosh, Wis. DR.. Louis Bick-
ford who until recently was employed
as assistant to DR.. Adm Sherman at
the Northern Hospital for the insane,
committed suicide late Tuesday after
noon while confined in the city Jail
on a charge of drunkenness. An emp
ty poison bottle, found by his side,
told the story.
According to statements of the po-
lice, Doctor Bickford had been in
toxicated since being "let out" from
the hospital some weeks ago. In the
advanced state of intoxication under
which he existed since that time, he
had written threatening letters to an
Oshkosh young woman whose name is
being withheld He also wrote inco-
herent letters to DR.. Sherman.
DIR. Bickford declared by DR.. Sher-
man to be one of the most competent
and Industrious assistants ever en-
ployed at the hospital, was asked to
resign by the hospital head some
weeks ago, after he had been in a
state of acute intoxication for week.
He was about 81 years of age. He
was born at Dresden, Mills, Maine. He
is survived by his mother and one
brother, who are his only relatives
so far as can be ascertained.