jhtu Lcii: OIuAHA. 'IhUilftDAY, MAY 20, 1920.
National SMp-lbyTrak and Good Roads Week
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SHIP BY TRUCK
THEME FOR MANY
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Packard Company Also Offers
Prizes in Addition to
Those of the ' Fire- j
stone People.
Detroit, May 19. The impressive
demonstration to the public of the
value of truck transportation for
distances up to a hundred miles,
which is to be made during the
coming "Ship by Truck Good
Roads Week," will b of equal value
to truck owners in showing them the
economy of high quality in equip
ment and the importance of proper
adaptation to the service required,
Alvan Macauley, president and gen
eral manager of the Packard Motor
Car company, .declared today.
The Packard is sharing in the
promotion of the "Ship by Truck"
week through the offer of $1,000, di
vided into 20 $50 prizes, to be given
to the high school child who writes
the best 500-word essay on. "The
New Freight Tranportatiori" in
each of 20 sections of the country.
For Two Prizes.
These essays, which are also eligi
ble for the $1,000 national prize of
fered by Harry S. Firestone, are ex
pected to help in bringing to pub
lic attention the great proofs of im
portance of truck transportation
which have been given during the
recent railway congestion1, and the
. "outlaw" strike, as well as the long
known "advantages which it offers to
business of all kinds ai against
horse traction in mpst of the truck
ing of both city and country produc
tion. It will aid in showing truck users
the great advantage of using trucks
which have been scientifically ' se
lected for their particular work by
transportation engineers an appli
cation of scientific management of
which too little use has been made
so far.
"Real quality in a truck can be
measured much more accurately
than in a car. Business records cov
er its Operations very carefully and
(hose trucks which have the highest
merit built - into them built in
through the use of the best ma
terials, the finest facilities and the
most careful labor will become bet
ter and better known and more and
mere widely in Remand from year
to year.
"The extensive use of trucks in
the great war set the world agog
as to the virtues of truck transpor
tation in industry because it was
iarly shown that war after all is
impty the biggest of big business.
The lessons then learned are being
rapidly adopted by American busi
ness, and we have already passed
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the time when the great majority of
business men were skeptical about
the use of trucks for their business,
and come to a time whenthey are
chitfly concerned with what make
and what size of truck is their best
buy. '
This has opened the way for the
transportation engineer, a profes
sion which has a large and an hon
ored future. There are many thou
sands of business men throughout
the country who want some one to
show them what truck they should
buy, and why; what capacities are
best adapted to their needs; what
equipment their truck should have.
They want advice as to these things,
not so much from salesmen, whom
they consider . partisans at best, as
from specialists who will honestly
consider the matter from the own
ers' view point, and will give them
sound advice.
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Tour of Trucks Makes
Strong Demand for
Better Roads in South
The need for better roads, while
recognized off . every, hand, was
strikingly . illustrated in a recent
Ship-by Truck demonstration which
was staged in Alabama. A caravan
of 24 motor trucks started from Bir
mingham for Tuscaloosa, and-out of
the original entries only two fin
ished the others falling victims to
the almost impassable muddy roads.
The two trucks-that finished the
trip' were Republics nd truck men
of the vicinity were generally agreed
that the Republics had shown aston
ishing strength and stamina in com
pleting the racking journey.
As a result of the tqur an em-
important point
THE TURNING
ASIDE from the fact that the Autocar Truck it the
y only truck which can turn at right angles in the
narrow 14 and 16-foot alleys at the Union Stock Yards,,
South Omaha, think of the saying in time. ' A truck
which could not turn in these small alleys would waste
nearly as much time backing up as it saves going ahead.
AMILTON
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phatic demand for better r.oads in
Alabama has been made and the
law makers of that state are being
urged by civic bodies and newspa
pers to speed up action toward
bringing about ' the necessa'ry road
improvements, in that 'part of the
country. These measures are also
being encouraged by the public-spirited
communities through which the
tour passed, and it is expected that
public demand for better roads in
Alabama will soon crystallize into
accomplishment of the desired end.
In France the American Red
Cross has established motor bus
lines from the principal railway cen
ters to all the important battlefields
and cemeteries.
Work of placing permanent road
markers over the Lincoln highway
from Omaha to New York is now
under way by the association.
Motor Company
Jr., Pres. Wm. F. Bruett, Treat. s Glenn A. Wilcox, Secy.
Distributors of Autocar Trucks
BUILD TRUCKS
TO MEET EVERY
NEED OF FARMER
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Baird Interviewing Truck
Dealers to Find What Is
' Needed for This
Section.
Believing that personal contact is
the surest way to get at just what
the farmer needs to increase the
efficiency of his hauling, James E.
Baird, advertising manager of the
General Motors Truck company, of
Pontiac, Mich., is interviewing a
number of truck' users and others in
the vicinity of Omaha. "It is our
plan to build trucks to fit every need
of commerce, and today there it
nothing of greater importance than
handling the products of the farm,"
says Mr. Baird.
"While ve are guided by informa
tion from dealers and users. I
thought it would be a good plan to
get fight down on the ground my
self, so I propose visiting farmers in
the midwest section, not with the
intention of discussing sales, but of
finding put what they think is best
in a motor truck.
' "We have supplied every indus
try in the world with trucks. They
are saving time and man power in
every state pf the-union and in most
of the foreign countries. . In the
cities business men find them indis
pensible. 'In the agricultural sec
tions, men who give as much
thought to the trucks as they do to
other farm equipment are finding
this modern method of hauling a
means of making more money.
"Just what capacities are best
suited to general and, specialized
farming, just what equipment is
needed, these are things I want to
know first hand. With the steadily
increasing wages of farm help and
their scarcity at any price, there is
a condition to meet and we consider
it part of our business."
Previous to the war (in 1914)
41,263 men were employed in the
Krupp gun works t Essen, and
39,028 were employed at places out
side of the main factory, making
a total of 80,291 employes. During
the war a total of about 171,000
laborers and mechanics were em
ployed. At the present time the
total number is reduced to 84,867, of
which 44,758 are employed in the
factories. The" workmen at the plant
are reported as being airly veil
satisfied with wages and living con
ditions and they now work eight
hours a day instead of 12, as during
the war. .
For the first tltn in npdijir
JiistoryEurppean contestants prom
ise io oumumDcr 'representatives ot
tins country in tlie Indianapolis 500
mile race.
RADIUS
Possibly this point is important to you. Think of
the time, also the wear and tear which can be saved by
a truck which can turn in less than the radius required
by a Ford roadster. Speed and efficiency are the two
things which make a truck valuable. The Autocar
represents both .these factors.
Huge Lincoln
Now Nearing Completion
Largest Image Ever Undertaken in Marble-Building
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Historical Environment No Similar Structure
Can Approach It in Size, Beauty, or Location.
Washington, May 19. Standing
on the banks of the Potomac river
and within a short distance of the
Washington monument and the
White House is the greatest and
most beautiful .monument ever
erected to the memory of any man.
It is the Lincoln memorial, a stately
pile of white rr.arile, which is near
ing compleiton and which will be
dedicated some time this year on a
date to be selected by the Lincoln
Memorial commission.
The magnificent edifice is' being
erected at a total cost of $2,594,000,
of which about $85,000 was paid to
Daniel Chester French for the
marble statue of Lincoln, which is
being erected in the center of the
building. The martyred president
is portrayed seated. It is said to be
the largest image ever undertaken
in marble.
The stone from which the statue
was carved is Georgia marble, quar
ried from the hills of north Georgia,
and consists of 28 blocks totaling
approximately 3,000 cubic feet,veach
cubic foot of which weighed in the
rough approximately 200" pounds
Thi3 perfect stone was shipped to
New York, where the statue was
completed in the studio of the Pic
cirilli brothers from Sculptor
French's model, and from there it
was shipped to Washington, where
it is now being set up.
Of Heroic Proportions.
The total height of the statue is
30 feet. The statue itself is 19 feet
high, while the pedestal is 10 feet
high and the plynth is one foot irv
height. ,The heroic proportions may
be appreciated when it is known
that the buttons on Lincoln's coat
me.isure, four inches in diameter,
while every other .feature is in pro
portion. The head of Lincoln is
four feethighi
According to Gctuliu Piccirilli, in
whose New York studio the marble
cutting was done, and who is now
in Washington, superintending the
erection of the statue irr the me
morial, it t6ok the services of 20
high class marble cutters a vear and
a half to complete the statue. The
model made by French was five feet
and a half in height and this model
was l!S1ri hv the Pirririllici in mc.
uring the proportions of the marble1
Hie marble used in the bui dine
was quarried from the top of the
Rocky mountains not far from Den
ver, Colo., at a height of 8,000 feet
above .sea level. It is known as
Colorado-Yule marble.. One of the
novel features of the structure is the
roof, which is made of marble slabs
three feet by five ieet and only
ttiree-eightns of an inch in thick'
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Memorial
ness. This takes the place of the
usual glass skylight effect for light
ing purposes.
Boil Slabs 48 Hours.
It was thought that a more desir
able light could be obtained and the
beauty of the building enhanced at
the same time by using marble. But
to make the marble serve this pur
pose it was necessary to resort to
the unique experiment of boiling
the slabs in huge kettles of white
wax for 48 hours. The result proved
even more satisfactory than antici
pated. The light now flitters
through in an ideal manner.
The only materials used in the
construction are marble, granite,
limestone, brick and concrete. All
o the steps and platforms are made
of pink Milford granite from Massa
chusetts, ror the interior floor and
wall base, Tennessee marble was
used.
The foundation of the memorial
is different from that of any build
ing on this continent. It is so solid
that all of the soil around it could
be washed away by a mighty flood
and the building would still remain.
This is due to the fact that the
foundations extend through the soil
to a depth of two feet below bed
rock. 0
In Historic Environment.
The view from the veranda sur
roundingthe building is second to
none in all Washington. Jo the
eastward the Smithsonian institu
tion, new National museum, Wash
ington monument. Library of Con
gress and the capitol rrftiy be plainly
seen; to the west looms Arlington
and the Virginia hills in all their
picturesque grandeur; to the south
ward for a long distance is the ma
jestic Potomac leisurely winding its
course oceanward. In otlier direc
tions may be seen the entire city of
Washington.
When this magnificent edifice is
formally opened to the . public it
will be found to be of such a char
acter as to command the admiration
not only of all Americans, but of
the entire world. Eminent persons
vho have visited every foreign
country unhesitatingly make the as
sertion that no similar structure can
begin to approach the Lincoln me
morial either in size,' beauty or lo
cation. ' '
Former President William How
ard Taft. who dug the first shovel
ful of earth for its foundation on
Lincoln's birthday, 1914, said of it:
"It is a fitting tribute to the majesty
of the great and kindly man."
The rubber tire business of the
United States for 1920 is estimated
at $1,200,000,000.
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Superintendent
Omaha,
MARSHAL FOCH
TELLS FRANCE
VARSSURVIVE
Prussianism Not Dead and
Germany's Neighbors Must
Be Ever Prepared for
Battle, He Declares,
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raris, May 19. Warning tuat
France must, in the midst of peace,
make preparations for future wars,
was uttered by Marshal Foch, who
presided at the annual meeting of
the polytechnic school for army
engineers today. He said the present
economic struggle is the first part
of the peace program, but prepara
tion for war is the second part.
"Which of us," he asked, "darei
believe Germany is renouncing war
on the morrow of her ruinl . . ,
Germany's neighbors, whetAer they,
wish to or not, will be forced to
keep up armies and maintaintrong
frontiers, because there are historic
realities and racial appetites, just as
there are geographical realities.
"How can we help mistrusting a
nation," he continued, which.
reaucea to impotence Dy me grea
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Napoleon, was able, by its martia
ardr, to re-establish itself and
bring about complete overthrow of
the colossal Napoleonic empire, nd
by superlative militarism and
methodic development, extended its
authority from the East Prussian
marshes to beyond the Rhine? Mak
ing war is its national industry, and
might is its right" ,
Capture of Odessa by
Ukrainians Is Denied
Constantinople, 'May 18. Odessa
is still claimed by the Russian bol
sheviki and rumors' of its capture
by Ukrainian forces have not been
IKS
supported by subsequent messages.
Allied commissioners here are with
out officiaj information.
Capture of Odessa by the
Ukrainians was reported on May 11
and what purported to be official
confirmation" was received in Paris
and London the next day. On May
14, however, the British war Office
issued a statement declaring that
reports that Ukrainians had occu
pied Odessa had not been sub
stantiated. ; ,
Whole. Family Sentenced
On Prohibitory Charge
Toledo. O.. Mav 19. An entire
family consisting of father, mother,
son and a nephew, were sentenced
o varying terms of imprisonment
today by Federal Judge John M.
minis, lunuwmg conviction on
charges of violating the national
prohibition.;
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