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PART THREE AUTOMOBILE AND SPORT NEWS The 0m AHA BtDDAY BEE PART THREE FINANCIAL NEWS AND WANT ADS " VOL. XUX NO. 42. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1920. 1 C SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. GOOD ROADS WATCHWORD OF PROGRESS SAYS ARMOUR Movement Will Cheapen Meth ods of Distribution and Expand National Trans portation System. By J. OGDEN ARMOUR. ' The country is entering a period of road building. Projects which were planned during the war are be ing put into effect. The federal gov ernment has made large appropria tions, to be spent conjointly with ap propriations 1 by the various states. Good roads have become a "watch word of postwar progress. There is occasion for reflection in the fact that the greatest of ancient empires was conspicious for its road building. The Roman roads were the railways ana teiegrapn oi an age that did not know steam and elec tricity. They were the pathways of the imperial couriers and the im perial legions. These rods were the girders that held the empire to gether. It is customary, today, to admire the Romans for their prac tical sagacity, nowhere ' better ex emplified than in their road build ing. In a manner, "history repeats it self" in our newly bestirred zeal for a . . . , i i . constructing good mgnways. vvnai to the Romans was a national neces sity, has become for us an urgent need; and this by virtue of a modern invention the motor car. I look for much advancement to grow out of the "motor age," and I am certain that this advancement will be con tingent upon the attention we give to the improvement of our roads. , City and Country Merge. Thoss of us who have made ob servations for two decades have seen wondrous changes 'resulting directly from the use of the pleasure automobile. Once the city was the city, and the ccuntry was the coun try. Today they merge into one an other. The city man' knows the country as never before is glad to have access to it and to live in it when possible. The country man knows the city and frequents it often. Small villages o: yesterday have be come the rural metropolises that one finds here and there, everywhere. This is all good, for if is well that a nation be knit together in the spirit of mutual understanding and in a reciprocity of advantages. s But there are better arguments for' good roads than those which ap ply merely to the pleasure car. We are told, on the authority of the government, that farmers lost $300, 000,000 yearly in marketing their crops because of bad roads. That is too much to waste. ' We should contemplate this figure in connection with the high cost of living. There is no more serious problem before us today than the matter of reducing the cost of getting the products of the farm to the table of the consumer, One step, at least, in the solution is plain better roads. Instrument of Economy. - As an instrument of economy the motor truck has not yet come into its own. Efficient servant as it is in certain restricted realms, it now awaits the further development of interurban and country highways to reach the measure of its full attain ment. It has power and speed that put it outside the class of the horse drawn vehicle, and a nimbleness and flexibility which gives it a certain advantage over the railways. It is my expectation to see it assume more and more the function fof the "short haul" as its own peculiar province; in part, relieving the railways of those duties which they are least able to perform; and in part, ex panding the field of our national transportation system. I say, therefore, all speed to the good road movement! g It will cheapen our methods of distribution and help to bring the people of our country closer to each other. I com mend its common sense and practi cal wisdom. It may be less spectac ular than some of our other nation al issues, but it strikes deep into the roots of fundamental progress. Neck Holds In Dancing Are Positively Barred Hazelton, Pa., April 3. Sugges tions for dancers have been' issued by the ' Duplan Recreation club, composed of Duplan silk mill work ers. Whether or not "neckholds" had been in vogue is not definitely stated, but it is believed they were for one of the suggestion is: "Neck holds are positively, unpardonable."' Others are: "Dancing should be from the waist down, not from the waist up. "Shaking or perking of the body .from the knees upward while taking short steps or standing still should not be tolerated." 'The hold or clasp of a partner should never be tight." s Farmer Victor In Battle With Three Hungry Wolves Concordia, Kan., April 3. James Flynn, a farmer living near here, was awakened by a noise on his porch a few nights ago and found three wolves trying to enter his house through a window. Armed only with a butcher knife. Flynn fought a desperate 15-minute battle with .the would-be intruders before he could drive them away. Finally the butcher knife found a vital spot in the body of one of the wolves, whereupon the others turned tail and fled. Flynn suffered several severe lac erations. His nightshirt was reduced to ribbons by the teeth of his assailants. GRETNA GREEN AROUSED OVER MARRIAGE TIES Plan to Strengthen Marriage Laws Opposed by Those Who Profit Most. ' Br International Kewa Brrit. Elkton, Md., April 3. This town is all wrought up over the question of marriage. For several years Elkton has had a widespread reputation as a Gretna Green. It is close to the Delaware and Pennsylvania state lines. Mar riage laws in Maryland are not as strict as in the adjoining two states, hence there have been hundreds of lovelorn who have rushed to Elkton to culminate their romances. Now some of the leading citizens are aroused over the town's refuta tion as a Gretna Green. I hey say it gives the place a bad name and that the large number ot marriages make the young folks of. the town look with little resnect on the sacred institution. They are in favor of petitioning the legislature for more strict marriage laws. On the other hand there aw many who want Elkton to temain a Gretna Green, particularly the taxi drivers. Every hurried , marriage means from $3 to $5 in taxi fare, a $1 fee for the county, $5 or more for the parson, and per haps it booms the restaurant re ceipts of the local eating establish ments. Rev. Mr. Jones . of the Grace Methodist church used to be the popular marrying parson, but of late he has lost trade. Rev. William R. Moon, a Baptist preacher who recently came here from Iowa, now gets the business. Rev. Mr.Jones has been in favor of stricter marriage laws, it is said. But the taxi drivers control the marriage business; they pilot the lovelorn to the parson, and it is gossip that there is a working agreement between the taxi drivers and Parson Moon. The whole auestion of marriatre promises a lively session of the spring town meeting. Germ-Proof Man Is Immune to Disease; Menu of Raw Fruit London, April 3. There lives at Sompting, Sussex, a modest man named William Aird, who, to prove his belief in being able to cure him self with natural foods, has allowed himself to be inoculated with many virulent germs, including even an thrax. Mr. Aird has suffered no harm as a result of the inoculation. His only medicine has been fresh uncooked fruit and vegetables. Disease, he says, is not an acci dent that cannot be avoided. It is a curative process. The germ which was thought to be our bitter enemy is really a friend. It enters "our bodies to feed on waste products. If all the food we ate were only what the body really needed uncooked fruit and vegetables there would be ho. waste products and no germs. Among the cures that are claimed are cases of cancer, epilepsy and other "incurable" diseases. Even death will be delayed and painless if this diet is followed, says Mr. Aird. It solves the servant problem, for there is no washing up and cooking. The summer is the time to make beginning with this novel diet, he adds. . ' Pedigreed Herd Brings Large Price at Auction London, April 3. At Mill Grove, Moresby, Cumberland, Mrs. Burn yeat's herd of pedigreed shorthorns, one of the leading herds in the United Kingdom, ' realized the rt markable total of $136,110, for 49 cattle an average of $2,775 an ani mal. H. G. Latilla, a noted Sussex breeder, secured some of .the best cows, paying $5,250 for the 7-year.-old cow Princess Royal in the Hun dred and Ninth, and $4,830 for a 9-year-old cow, Lavender Lady the Fifth. The earl of Rosebery purchased the first cow to come into the ring, tlje 10-year-old Clipper Kingj bred by King .Edward, for $3,150. Another notable price was $6,037 given by G. H. Drummond for the grand 3-Vear-old . heifer, Moresby Princess Royal. TRADE RULES PERSONIFIED IN MAKEUP OF PERSHING t Striking Kinship Noted Be tween - His Army Scheme and Business the More General Is Studied. "Pershing personifies the applica tion of the fundamental rules of trade to the thing called war. The more you study Pershing, the busi ness man, the more you realize the striking kinship between his army scheme and business. He is a better business man than any of his , col leagues. Pershing is a master or ganizer. Because this particu lar aspect of him has not been ex ploited, it is well worth explaining. If Pershing had entered finance or trade he would never have been a lay figure; he would have led." These are the conclusions reached by Isaac Marcosson, well known writer, after he had gone to France, had met and talked with General Pershing, and had been given an opportunity to studv at first hand General Pershing's great work as commander-in-chief of the Ameri can expeditionary force. Mr. Marcosson interviewed Pershing at general headquarters at Chaumont. The office of the commander-in-chief was on the second floor of the battered old barracks building there. ' His First Impression. . This interview, which first ap peared in the Saturday Evening Post, reappears with interviews Mr. Marcosson had with other men who olaved conspicuous parts in. the war, in a book which recently came from the press and which is, re viewed in this week's Literary Di gest. What Mr. Marcosson says about General Pershing reveals clearly that if the country really desires -a "business man" for its chief execu tive, all it need do to satisfy its desire is to elect Nebraska's candi date to the presidency. When General .Pershing arose, ' Marcosson goes on to say, "I got my first impression of the man. He is taller than Foch, Petain or Haig, with broad, shoulders, deen chest and fine military bearing. Save only Haig, he is the most commanding figure among all the, allied generals. "Still more impressive is his face. Foch has an unusual visage but it is not quite so human as Pershing's. Anxiety had already written deep lines in his cheeks, and the grave, almost wistful, look had come into his eyes. There is about him that fndefinable thing which spells lead ership and inspires confidence. In the last analysis it is what I would call 'just Pershing.' Reserve His Bulwark. "The moment you meet Pershing you encounter the reserve which is his principal bulwark. At that meet ing I contemplated no writing about the American army or about him. I merely wanted to pay my respects. Hence he felt freer than usual to speak, t The phrase, economic states manship,' may have a foreign sound when applied to war, but it is as es sential to the successful conduct of a conflict these days as a knowledge of tactics or strategy! Although he never spent an hour in a business office in his life, Pershing personi fies the application of the funda mental rules of trade to the thing called war. - "He is a better business man than any of his allied colleagues. Foch and Haig, for instance, know how to deploy men, but Pershiner can not only do this but, like Kitchener, is-, a master organizer. Because this particular aspect of him has not been exploited, it is well worth ex-olaininff. Soldiers, like bisr business men. I know the value of time. The ouicker you can swing into action the better J thty like it Preliminaries to inter- im . , , views, ime introductions 10 dook, are as useless as they are obso lete. "This time the general anticipated Question of Habit Declare Omahans Who Sleep by Day . And Work by Night---Civilization's to -Blame for It All Demand for Comforts and Conveniences Respon sible for Topsy- , Turvy Lives. Consider the workers of the night. In , the towns and villages they stilt take in the sidewalks and ring the curfew at 9 p. m. The street lights are turned' out ah hour later and even the "night" watchman sleeps until sunrise. But in the cities there is a small army of workers in a score of dif ferent occupations, whose working day starts at sunset. They break fast at suppertime,? report for duty about the time . the average citizen is planning an evening's recreation at theater or dance, and are at the height of their labors while the rest of the world i sleeping. Civilization to Blame. The advance of civilization is re sponsible for the 'topsy-turvy lives of these workers. Full benefits of modern comforts and conveniences are only available through the me dium of their, efforts. But for them civilization would be apparent only 12 hours out of each 24. ' The telephone .telegraph, street car, taxicab, train, electric lights and steam heat, restaurant and ' cafe, theater and movie,, dance hall and cabaret, drug store and cigar stand or hotel none of these modern con veniences would be available with out the obliging workers who sleep by day and work by night to give service. "It's all a matter of' getting used to it,"- says Mrs. Gladys Wredc, night telephone operator. "Night work at the switchboard isn't as strenuous as day duty." Calls Trains 36 Years. ' One never misses the telephone operator until he takes down the receiver and listens to the long lullaby of the singing wire, unbrok en by the sharp click of the connect ing plug. J he instrument is even more of a convenience at night than in the day time. In case of burglars, fire, accident, sickness or other emergency it is the .first thought of the average person. Supposing policemen hung clubs, guns and stars on the hook at sun down and remained neutral until after breakfast and the firemen re fused to slide from their warm beds in answer to any alarms turned in before daybreak? .The crooks and thugs could not be depended upon to maintain an unprofessional status during the dark hours. If trains only moved. by day, time required for trips of more than nor mal length would be practically , " VALadf UPP lt: L. M. Garamack, ..UNV-i doubled, according to Joe Mik, vet eran station master for the Burling ton railroad in Omaha. Joe has called trains in the local station for 36 years. , Enjoys Night Work. The telegraph is a convenience that is utilized fully -as much by night as by day. L. M. Canunack, Western Union night operator, has received and sent messages by night for more than 12 years. Mr. Cam mack has been a telegraph operator for 38 years. He enjoys night work, he says. : A strike of the night workers, would check the light out of our enlightened age. We seldom con sider, when we flood a room with light by the simple expedient ' of pressing a wall button, that its -c-sponse depends principally upon a Upper left: L. M. Garamack, Western Union night telegraph operator, who has worked at night for 12 years. Upper right: Mrs. Gladys Wrede, night telephone operator, who says that it's all a matter of getting used to it' Lower left: Joe Mik, station master for the Burlington railroad here for 36 years and probably the best known railroad worker in Omaha. , Lower righi: Fred Ballentine, 4230 North Sixteenth street, who has fired boilers all night for 10 years. , sooty person down at tlve power plant, who keeps himself awake during the silent hoflrs with a pipe and magazine to heave coal pe riodically into steam engines that operate the generator. Fred Ballentine, 4230 North Six teenth street, has been a fireman for 10 years, working nights most of the time. "I didn't mind night vfork when I was single." said Mr. Ballentine,' "but now that I have a family I'd really prefer to work days. It gets to be a habit, however." Even the Lowly Milkman. Customary-entertainment of thou sands of day workers would be checked , if actors and actresses de clared their intentions of putting on the works only at matinees and the movie operators refused to turn the 1$ i crank for a foot of reel after sup per. Most any appetite would be stimu lated by the sight of darkened cafes and restaurants with cold, stoves in the kitchen and bare tables bristling with chair legs. Three meals a day are considered sufficient, but the service of cooks and waiters at late hours is frequently appreciated. Lovers of jazz or other dancing would have to content themselves with home affairs and phonograph music if syncopating musicians con fined tfyeir activities in halls and cabarets to hours when they could read their x notes without artificial light. Even the .lowly milkman, the greatest right worker of them all, is depended upon to provide fresh cream for our breakfast coffee and cereal. me, because he opened fire first. He said: . . . - , "'What have you in mind?' "'I want to write the complete story of the services of supply, but I cannot do it without your co operation,' I replied. "'What do you want me to do?' he asked. ' " 'Give me complete authority to see everything and let me write about it without reservation,' I re sponded. "Without hesitation he answered: '"You shall have it.' "Having gained my first ground, I followed it up with this: "'I cannot do this job thoroughly without using men's names.' Names had been tabooed in all army writ ing. "He thought a moment and then replied: '-.- ' - " 'You're right.' "This brief exchange shows two Pershing characteristics, swiftness of action and directness of speech. Hard-Headed Business Sense. . "The British understood and liked him from the start. Shortly after his first 'visit to Montreuil I dined there with a high staff officer. He said: 'That -C in C -of yours., is' the real thing. Unlike most of you Americans, he doesn't talk much.'- "I ' have spoken of Pershing's foresight. It was backed up ' by hard-headed business sense. In that dark day when the headquarters of the American expeditionary force was housed in a modest little build ing in the. Rue Constantine in Paris and the whole staff could sit around a single , table, Pershing had the vision of an ail-American army and an ail-American offensive and sup ply. He perservered, and his idea had rich and thrilling fulfillment at Saint Mihiel. "The whole services of supply, which was the backbone of the American expeditionary force, rep resented a dramatizatiqn of Persh ing's business acumen. There can be no economic statesmanship witfw out vision, and Pershing has this asset. During the autumn pf 1917 there were optimists at home and abroad who believed that 500,000 American troops were ample in France. If Pershing had based the 'S. O. S.' on this figure we could nW - Vll m : J I N. -w never have massed, fed and equipped those gallant millions who flocked overseas in the summer of . 1918. Why? Simply because the 'S. O. S.' machine was made so elastic that it could meet any demands made upon Father of Allied Supply. "Pershing's business instfnet fa thered this plan. He did just what the head of a growing industrial concern would do. In the phrase ology of commerce 'orders were coming in fast' and he wanted to be ready for any extension of output that might be necessary. And he was ready. "While General Pershing . held tenaciously to his idea of national unity in his fighting .and supply agencies, "he" was the real father of the standardization of allied supply. It was one of the many distinctive ly1 American contributions dicta ted by business experience to the final victory. He did this, bowever, only after he had reared a remarka ble machine American from the ground up to feed, equip and t-ansport his army. "General Pershing put this merg ing proposition through in the face of immense difficulties and obsta cles. It was like a vast 'selling campaign.' Lloyd George, Clemen cean, Foch, Loucheur, the French (Continue! on Page 2 C, Column Two.) RULES IN BIG RELIABILITY TRUCK RACE ARE ALL FAIR Board Approves Contest Regu lations and Motor Truck Makers Are Expected to .Do So. Rules for the First National Motor Truck Reliability contest have been compiled with a view of permitting a fair determination of relative truck performance values. These rules were formed by Charles P. Root, general manager of the run, who submitted them to the con test board of the American Auto mobile association for approval. Mr. Root's lengthy experience in the direction of great motor truck runs, and other contests, enabled him to formulate rules which meet with the entire approval of the con test board. That motor truck makers will com mend them is altogether certain. Mr. Root has settled upon May 22 as the date on which the trucks will have to be in the hands of the tech nical committee at Omaha. Entries close at midnight May I. Go Over Trucks. On arrival at Omaha, the tech nical committee will go over them, and at the close of the 2,500-mile run, which is to be made in 25 days, the committee will again go over them. Penalties will be set against a truck' which shows marked varia tion between the two examinations. The contest is designed to demon strate the speed and reliability of pneumatic-tired trucks up to and" in cluding the 3-ton class. The con test is limited to pneumatic-tired trucks. Speed Graduated. Speed will be graduated, accord ing to the size of the trucks, by classes. Road conditions of the day's run will be taken into consideration in setting the speed. The figures will be fair and reasonable to all. Penalties will be by points. These will be assessed against a truck for being late at noon and night con trols, for work done on the truck by the driver or any one else and for mechanical defects as determined by the technical examinations be fore and after the contest. To Name Observers. Each entrant will name an ob server for each truck entered. This observer may be connected with the maker or may be a distributor for the truck represented. The observer will ride on a different truck each day and will make report daily to the officials of the truck he rode up on. This will cover the perform ance, of the truck and the conduct of the driver. Makers will be allowed to name their sales representative as ob server. It is proposed to start the run May 31 or June 1, but this may be delayed when the pathfinder has gone over the route in May. De cision will be based upon the prob able condition of the roads early in June. The start may be set for June 15. ' J TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO. .... ..." New Location Complete Stock of Quality Accessories Kimball Ball Bearing Jack. $5.50 Inland Leak Proof, Ring. ( law ! left) 75c Rosa Singla Action Pump ....$2.25 Champion X Plug 65c ' Mueller Lock for Fords. . .$6.00 Back Cushions $1.95 Champion, Studebaker or Overland Plugs 65c Sedan Rear View Mirrors ..$3.25 No. 98 Spotlight with Mirror $6.75 Goodyear and Marathon Tires . 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