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Compensation
For Wounded
To Be Changed
Schedule Worked Out for
Pay of Disabled Men Does
Not Comply With Law.
Savs War Bureau Council
To Be Taken to Congress
&?
Victims of Great War Re?
ceive Less Than Those of
Spanish-American W a r
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, .May 2.?Owing to a
(?ecision of the general counsel of the
War Risk Bureau that tho schedule
of compensation for disabilities worked
out by the bureau's medical officers
does not comply with the law, thou?
sands of disabled soldiers may have
their rates of compensation changed.
The decision hus again directed at?
tention to the vague and insufficient
provisions made by Congress for com?
pensation of men disabled in the war,
and will be a factor, it is hoped, in
early amendment of the compensation
law, which Director Henry 1). Mndsley,
of the War Risk Bureau, favors.
The law provides thut a schedule of
ratings of reductions in earning capac?
ity from specific injuries or combina?
tions of injui'es of a permanent nature
shall be adopted and applied by the
bureau. It is directed that these rat?
ings "shall be based as far as possible
upon the average impairments of earn?
ing capacity resulting front such in?
juries in civil occupations and not upon
the impairment in earning capacity in
each individual case, so that there snail
he no reduction in the rate of com?
pensation for individual success in
overcoming the handicap of a perma?
nent injury.''
Worked Out on Wrong Basis
It ha3 just been held that the com?
plicated ratings, which it lias taken
four months to work out. are in fact
based partly on individual earning
capacity. It appears that these ratings
took into account bot h functional loss
and competitive loss. For instance, if
a lawyer lost the four lingers of his
left hand his competitive loss would
be considered nil, and in his case com?
pensation would be granted en the
functional loss only; whereas, if a vio?
lin player lost the same four fingers
his loss would be not only functional,
but 100 per cent on the functional side,
and the latter's rate of compensation
would be relatively much higher than
the former's.
Under the law the total disability al?
lowance is $30 a month in the case of a
man having no dependants, and $20 ad?
ditional if he is so helpless as to m ed
?the constant attention of a nurse, if
?total disability arises from the loss of j
both feet or both hands or both eyes,
or the unfortunate becomes helpless
and permanently bedridden, his com?
pensation i; $100 a month, but in that
case re, allowance for an attendant is
permitted.
What Congress Intended
These provisions have been taken to
moan that except in the specific ('ases
mentioned as being entitled to .$100 a
month, the total disability rating is
$30 a month, whereas it is believed that
Congress really intended that the base
compensation should be $100 u month
ior permanent total disability, and that
the $30 a month was intended to apply
only to temporary total disability So the
man who has lost one leg gets only
that part of $30 : >nth that the medi?
cal and legal authorities of the War
Risk Bureau are able to figure out as
the proper percentage. Just now they
are unable to agree.
Again, under the law a man who has
lost one leg and one arm is entitled
to only $30 a month at the o
^whereas a man who has lost both legs
may be better off than the man who
has lost one leg and one arm. All
cases of total disabality, however, have
.the benefit of the insurance allowance
in such cases, provided war risk poli?
cies were carriel.
The compensation law is also out of
line with pensions for past wars, A
leg lost in the Spanish-American war,
for instance, is worth $40 a month,
whereas a let* lost in the great war is
worth only $18,
Table Is Being Prepared
A comp; live table of pensions for
past war disabilities and compensation
ratinga for the war is being pr pan :
for submission to Secretary of the
Treasury Glass, who is expecti I to
to CongT? . with recom?
mendations for alterations of the com?
pensation baBes ar.d differentiations.
It is gafd that the convention that is
to meet in St. Louis next week to or
genize a:, association of vet erar!.-; of
the Wot : War may adopt a re ?
to give $100 a month
I o ' '. an arm or a !ej,',
regardless of the degree of con.;
loss ii cidei tal thereto, and il is
thought, inasmuch a:- there are proba
: ? than 3,500 sue: casi . I - -
' ? ose already entitled to $100 a
month, that Congress will comply and
also make the ba e compensi tion for
total d 100 a montl
$80. The economic argument for the
latter I:; that a soldier really gets
from ( ;- ... i ent $100 a moi th,
: of $30, his cash pi
into < on clo
end --. tenance: and that, therefore,
.-.: should be determined
The number of men now rc<
disability compensation is about 15,000,
and the averag ? individua con
about ?27 a month. If thi ?
wen $100 : t< ad ol ? 30, thi average
likely v/ou!d bo in * lorhood
< ' 190 a month, wl ch not
feftd too much for the general run of
? re ult in disabi I v ?
within the compensation pur
VltW,
Belgian Semin Greeting to
Ex'Kaiser; Drawn Jail Term
DUBSSELDORP, April 23 ? Corre
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jsaers, .-. bats the
Butch frontier, instructed his gardener
tetros* t'itr bordar and dispatch a mes
Mf* of r, rti ng to th? former
: r'.<i;'i>. n,r.
fhc lttt?r acknowledged 'the eotnpli
j?*nt ei
???"'d? pi tn? Belgian ?? Un
ttrberg y/;?-: prosecuted ar.d sentenced
*? J?if, With a 1<n<- of 100 franc?, for
??Ktr t* on tori/<iitii-ri communication
wth the former Zmp*roT.
Brao"J*y "Vlartjn Sud by (,?r?
Who Wu? Mitten by Hi? Dog
?-ra-j?*/ M?vrfi?. banker ?<?.-! society
??an, was ?u*d yesterday In tho
KesM Court by Elizabeth il<r,ry, ?,
i'-n,:,., ,..; ,j ?n njg ..?,7;,.,.( for I2M00
P&ftgea because ?he was bitten by a
?If'-wriwi by Mr. Martin
?^????w attack took place April :??
? m/ -*?*'tin's ??tete at Westbury. L
??a ?* ??fcr-ry ?aid the animal'bit he?
*gj pulled her off a bicycle ?he was
Military Training Is Urged
To Improve National Health
Army Medical Officer De clares Statistics Show Sol?
diers Are Most Healthy Body of Men in the World
?Treatments Outlined
By G. Morgan Muren, M. D.
i Lately Major, Medical Corps, Cnited
States Army. ?
As a result of all tho wars that the
; world has' known, including our own
'. war with Spain, large numbers of dis?
charged soldiers returned to their
families and communities bearing with;
them the most loathsome communica?
ble diseases. In many cases innocent
wives became infected, children came
into the world seriously handicapped
by disease and deformity, and because
of the lack of morals of many soldiers
and the people with whom they associ?
ated after their return their diseases
were spread to large numbers of peo?
ple.
In (he wars before the last great one
little was done to educate the soldier!
regarding the serious nature of these
avoidable diseases; camp followers too
conveniently near camps, tho compara?
tively unrestricted sale of alcghol to
soldiers and the absolute lack of any
prophylactic regulations resulted in an
almost unbelievable number of infec?
tions.
Rate 164 Per Thousand
The rate of these diseases immedi?
ately prior to the Spanish-American
War was 80 per thousand. Between
1898 and 1900 the rate rose to 160 per
thousand, '1'his latter rate persisted
until the prophylactic treatment was
introduced, about 1910. The rate
dropped from 104 per thousand in 1911
to llti in 1912, and in 1918 was 86 per
thousand.
Since 1913 it has remained under 90
per thousand, except in 1916, when
among the troops serving on the Mex?
ican border it rose to 91.4.
It is of interest to note the apparent
difference in the number of cases oc?
curring in the permanent military es?
tablishment, the National Guard, and
the .National Army in the great war.
In September, 1917, the army had 80,
the National Guard I?O and the Na?
tional Army 367 cases per thousand.
It must not be forgotten, in consider
the comparatively large numbers
of cases in the National Guard and the
National Army, that many of them
when discovered were not new, and yet
in army records all cases when first
coming to the attention of the medical
department are recorded as new, and sc
swell the total.
Prophylaxis Explained
Thus men who had acquired thcii
diseases some time before entering the
service greatly increased the ratio ir
the branch in which they finally served
The low rate occurring prior to 1895
was probably due to the fact that oui
diagnostic method? were not then a;
advanced or as accurate as those oi
to-day, and many cases were undoubt?
edly not detected and recorded, as
though infected, they were still abb
to iio duty.
A number of years before the late
war a paragraph was added to armj
regulations requiring u soldier expos
ing himself to this form of infectior
to report at the post hospital, or in?
firmary, within a specified time fui
prophylactic treatment. Subsequently
developing one of these diseases ant
not having reported for prophyla.ctii
treatment, he was tried by court mar
tial and punished, not for having con<
tra'cted the disease, but for disobeyim
an order requiring him to protect him
self from it. The consensus of opinioi
of all medical officers is that if thii
prophylactic treatment is promptl;
given, tin; percentage of infections i
practically nil.
Propaganda Lessened Disease
When this country entered the worl
war the medical department o?' th
army did all that: could be done t
save the soldier from these infection;
\\ ith the assistance of prominent civil
ian surgeon.-,, experts in this line o
practice, an active propaganda was be
gun. Large quantities of carefully pr<
? ! literature were distribute
among the men, frequent courses of in
-. '... re given to them by thei
own medical officers and special lee!
? ?' .; '.y qualified civilian specialists, a
all of which attendance was compul
sory. Moving pictures, made exceec
interesting and showing ver
graphically the ravages of these dis
, were frequently shown. Th
prophylactic regulations were strictl
i :.? orced.
The regulations require that all me
shall be physically inspected twice eac
month, more ('ten during eme-rgenci?
if in the opinion of the surgeon, c
r authority, tins is necessar;
The inspection must be made by
medical officer with great attention t
special conditions. The feet are ii
spected, as normal feet are a gret
requisite of the soldier. Possible di?
of the skin, mouth and throi
are to bo considered. Lice and the di
under discussion are looked ft
with the greatest care
hi all camps there were establish?
.1 clinics for the treatment i
cases. When possible medic
, of experience in this work we
d in charge and the work dot
was as ;" od as the work done in civi
?an el ? n ics ;. nd hospitals.
it is undoubtedly true that, the wo
done by medical officers temporari
in the army, in this, as in oth
specialties, was much better than cou
be ex] eel ed fi om t he members of t
permanent medical corps, as t
. o ' l.t. ?'.. ledge and work i
d of the latter officers would cla
them more truly as general practitio
CIS.
The valu': to the service of the me(
cal offl ho in civil life devot
their exclusive attention to these d
eases cannot bu overestimated. T
average medicaliiSman wi h no.part
trail ing in this .-;? cialty, a
with no great interesl in tho wo
wouid never have obtained the resu
that the careful, painstaking work
men produced,
excellent laboratory facilities w<
led, careful microscopic wo
done by trained men, made the dit
com ? ?: ' ' certain ca o i p
the Wassermann blood test confirm
it in other.;, By the same method i
' ion of n. i ?mate cure could
ly determined.
Hospital Treatment
In the base hospital at each ca
special ward? were used for ca
needing hospital treatment) In fact
casi i .. ere treated in hospital.
A great advantage in handling th
in the army ii'. the fact that
patient can be constantly control!
Hospital cases were kept In their o
. and those men who were i
red from the hospital but w
?till under treatment In the clinic w
eonfined to camp or to their regime?
Thifl reduced to a minimum
chanca of further infection occurr
in the neighborhood o? the camps fr
,. i n eoi com piet (?v cm ed ?
Finally, those men were not <
charged from teat mer:' until a ni
?,i , of n ?C 0 i optC examination?
ei ,la,'. ' t ?. Or the blood test
other', showed them to be fr'te fi
e from which they had t
A man suffering from dineate of I
kind v/im not discharged from tho si
until cured. Upon this last r?gulai
rests th? safety of families ?nd e
m unities, and la addition unyuest
i ably will save many families from dis?
ruption and unhappiness.
If, as civilian practitioners, we could
[handle these cases as the army
'handles them, it would be greatly to
jthe advantage of the patients and the
community at large, and go far to les
I sen the spread of these avoidable in
' fections.
I If some soldiers returning bring dis?
ease to their families and communi?
ties it will not be the fault of the
army or because the men have served
in it. In some few instances men may
be discharged who are not completely
?cured, this being bound to happen
i where so many cases are handled, but
nearly all men infected may be con?
sidered to have acquired the disease
alter discharge from the service.
Regarding the effect of array life
upon the health of ihe soldier, much
could be written. The regular hours,
usually good food, constant exercise in
jthe open and the natura! desire of
every man to keep up with the game
j make better men of all who live the
', life of the soldier.
On this account there can be little
doubt of the excellent effect of uni?
versal military training upon the
young men of the country. In addition,
the inculcation of respect for authority,
not a common attribute of the average
American, would also lie of much bene?
fit to our rising generation.
By those who have had no military
service the army is often thought to
be made up of a motley collection of
undesirable men. After twenty years'
service I can say that no class of men
segregated in such numbers as occur
during mobilization will measure up to
the standard of the soldier of tho
United States. The older men know the
game better, take better care of them?
selves, their clothes, their feet, the
animals and equipment it may be their
duty to care for.
With but few exceptions they play
any game well that is put up to them.
They are cheerful, husky and all good
men and true, and as to their fighting
qualities nothing need be said, par?
ticularly at this time.
It has been said that "the clergyman
knows a man at his best, the lawyer at
his worst, but his physician knows him
as he is." I have known many soldiers
and there is no class of men who will
average up to a higher standard.
Farewell Letter Comes
From Dying Soldier Son
A soldier's farewell letter to his
family, written as he lay dying in
France with influenza, has been for?
warded to his home by the Jewish Wel?
fare hoard. The soldier was Private
.Meyer Weinberger, 310th Infantry,
whose family' lives at 640 Wales Ave?
nue The letter follows:
"Dear mother, sister and brothers:
"Just a few lines to you all at home
to let you know that when you get this
letter I will be dead, as "] have the
Spanish influenza and I know there is
no hope for me, as the good (!od above
is taking me away from you. 1 know
it will break all your hearts, but I am
choking to death little by little.
"Well, mother dear, there is my pay
for February and up to tin? day I died,
and also you will get $10,000. 1 know
this writing isn* like always, as I
wrote this to you when 1 was dying.
I urn very disappointed, as I thought I
was going home some time. Goodby
and good luck to you all."
The letter was forwarded to the Jew?
ish Welfare Board by Captain Law?
rence (!. Meadc, Weinberger's com?
manding officer, who said of him:
"On November 1, when 1 myself was
shot and was unable to move, he
crawled over to me and threw his over?
coat over me in spite of the danger to
himself."
Two American Fliers
Killed in Panama
PANAMA, May 3. Major 11. M.
Clark, of California, and Lieutenant
Ii. G. Tonkin, of Atlanta. Ca., were
killed in an airplane accident at
Miraflores Locks. Lieutenant J. R. L.
Ilitt was injured slightly.
Major Clark and Lieutenant Tonkin
were; passengers in a hydro-airplane
driven by Lieutenant Ilitt. Because of
engine trouble tho machine was flying
low. It cleared the first Kate of the
lower lock chamber, but struck the
second gate, upsetting and throwing
the three men into the water.
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The Above Are Our Only Ado>0???f.
War Veterans
Meet Thursday
To Organize
Society Will Be Formed to
Perpetuate Comradeship
of Men Who Took Up
Arms in World Fight
Will Respect No Ranks
Plans Will Be Perfected
for Drive This Month for
810,000,000 Memorial
_
By Theodore M. Knappen
New York Tribune.
Washington Bun an
WASHINGTON', May 3.?The first na?
tional meeting of the veterans of the
: great war will be held at St, Louis
; next Thursday, Friday and Saturday to
, form the organization that will play
I the part in the. future that the Grand
j Army of tho Republic has played since
the Civil War. It will be the society
through which the 5,000,000 veterans of
the recent war will express their opin?
ions on national questions and through
which they will act for the welfare of
: former soldiers and the upholding of
patriotism.
Genera] Pershing Post, No. 1, of
Washington, is the first organization
: of importance of soldiers of the war
i for democracy, and it is taking a vigor?
ous part in the preliminaries of the
national movement It wa.s organized
I March 7, with the approval of General
? Pershing.
On February 15 a group of enlisted
I men and officers of the American ex?
peditionary force met in Paris to con?
sider a veterans' organization, and on
March 15 a caucus was held there and
a committee appointed to proceed to
I the United States and arrange a gen
| eral convention.
i
Colonel Roosevelt on Committee
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose?
velt and Colonel Eric Wood are mem?
bers of this committee. They have
been in conference with Colonel E,
Lester Jones of the air service and
.superintendent of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, who is
commander of General Pershing l'es;
No. 1. That post with its 2,500 mem?
bers, representative of all parts of
the country, has put the whole weigh!
of its membership and influence behind
this effort to establish an organiza?
tion of ?til vete i\i ns of the war,
| whether officers or privates, which
will appeal to all vet ?rana and elimi?
nate the various scattered and unau?
thorized organizations which have
been attempted.
As the first powerful association of
veterans thus far formed the members
of General Pershing Post No. 1 have
taken the lead in drafting a programme
for the convention.
Purposes of Organization
When asked to-day what the con?
vention would undertake to do, Colonel
Jones said that the purposes were:
"1. To effect a permanent organiza?
tion of men who served in the armed
i forces during the recent war.
"2. Perpetuate the association, com
j radeship and ideals engendered by
! military and naval service rendered the
| country in its time of stress.
"8. Adopt a name which will indicate
Cleveland to Buy War
Tanks to Scatter Mobs
Special Correspondence
CLEVELAND, May 3.?At least two
and possibly six battle tanks are
to be purchased by the city of Cleve?
land to be used to disperse mobs,
Chief of Police Smith announced to?
day. Remarking on the speed with
which a Renault two-man tank dis?
persed May Day rioters in Public
Square, Chief Smith said:
"Tanks cut such a wide swath,
strike such terror and make such a
noise that they scatter a crowd
quicker than mounted policemen.
Besides, they are not dangerous if
people get away from in front of
them."
the origin, purpose and membership of
the organization.
"4. Adopt and place in immediate op?
eration a definite constitution which
shall present in crystallized form the
general purpose of the association and
the conditions under which it shall
function.
"5. While no veteran who enters the
organization should alter in any sense
his political views, party affiliations or
favoritism by the organization should
be shunned. On the other hand, the
organization should be useful in every
way possible by cooperating with Con?
gress in all American policies for the
welfare of the nation. We should be
in favor of ideals and policies that
will tend to benefit the members of
the great organization as well as our
country.
To Respect No Ranks
"6. There should be no rank, creed,
caste or sect in the organization. The
enlisted men, the general, the seaman,
and the admiral will be comrades
alike. This comradeship, which is dear
to everybody, is doubly dear to the en?
listed man for he is in tiie majority,
holds the balance of power, and on him
will rest the. burden of directing the
policies of the nation-wide organiza?
tion.
"7. There should be immediate steps
taken for the. recognition of the Na?
tional Guard, the Yeomen (F), Red
Cross, Salvation Army, Knights of
Columbus, Y. M. C. A., draft boards,
and till other organizations that did
so much in the war."
A question of immediate importance
that, will also come before the meeting
is the project for a great Victory
, Memorial Building in Washington
?vhich will commemorate the victorious
feats of arm of the soldiers who fought
in the Great War. This project is un?
der the auspices of" the George Wash?
ington Memorial Association, has the
substantial indorsement of Congress in
the shape of a central site on the Mali
aiel is to cost $10,000,000.
.Memorial Drive This Month
This sum is to be raised by a n.
: tional drive during the month of Ma;
: Washington people hope that the n
organization will have its nation
headquarters in the Memorial Build
1 ing where, in any event, rooms will i.
set aside for its use. It is expecte.
that the convention will make a stron
declaration of indorsement of the ide
of a majestic and useful memorial t
the soldiers of democracy.
Colonel Jones lays stress on the ide:
that the new association, for whicl
Colonel Roosevelt proposed the nam
"American Legion," is far more than
selfish close corporation of veteran
li, purposes to unite the soldiers v>'h
are leaving the great patriotic orga
ization of the army into a civil orgt
ization which will carry their patri
ism.over into civil life and stand f.
Americanism and American instjtu
tions.
It is anticipated that the attendance
at St. Louis will be about l\000, liter?
ally representing every state and ter?
ritory.
Merchant Marine Is |
Praisetl by Sims for
Safety of Convoys
Admiral Declares Sailors on
Transports Were as Brave
as Navy Fighters; Hero?
ism of Men Described
Credit for the safe conduct of Amer?
ican troops to Europe was given to the
men of the merchant marine by Rear
Admiral William S. Sims yesterday
at a luncheon in his honor at the Hotel
Astor by the English-Speaking Union.
He said that the merchant ships met
the emergency when there was doubt
as to whether the convoy system could
be conducted successfully,
"Navy men thought the merchant
ships would bo chased off the sea by
the Germans," he declared. "They
weren't chased off; they carried their
part of the game to a successful end.
"I know several merchant seamen
who were on torpedoed ships. Dili
they quit then and there? No, They
got ashore and went aboard anothe.
ship."
Praise for the Stokers
Admiral Sims described the metho
of operation of the Hun submarine
against Allied vessels, and told how th
i Allied destroyers combated the men
; ace. He said the most risk aboard ;
\ ship during the war was taken by the
| men in the engine room.
"The next time any of you take an
ocean voyage," he added, "and you se;
J a greasy fireman come up on dock lor
! little bit of fresh air, don't go to th.
I captain and complain. As you pass b.
! those dirt-covered men, just touch you
hats to them- -they deserve it."
Sought Results, Not Glory
The Battle of Jutland was more a;
accident than a real tight, in the min.
of Admiral Sims. He said also tha
when the American 'naval force
reached the other side he, as com
mander in chief, could have asked t
have his ships sent to the "front."
A council of the Allies decided hi:
ships would be of better service a
troop convoys, so they "just got dow
to work and sawed wood."
U. S. Button for Soldier:
"?Victory'1 Ornament Plann?
for All Who Saw Service
A lapel bur ton to be known n ? '
Victor./ I.iH'"" f
all officers, enlisted men, field clerks
and members of the army nurse corps
who served honorably on active duty
for not less than fifteen day3 between
April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, it
was announced yesterday by the local
offices of the War Department.
It has been arranged to have the dis?
tribution made by the army recruiting
service through the recruiting offices
located at 39 Whitehall Street, 461
Eighth Avenue. 25 Third Avenue, 142
Ashland Place, Brooklyn, and 583 Sum?
mit Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
C-ompers's Condition Still
Improving, Says Physician
Samuel Gompers, who was injured
in a taxicab accident last Sunday, was
resting comfortably last night after
yesterday that the broken ribs
knitting nicely, and that the con:;
rest from business, which had been
sisted upon, was having its effect.
New in 100 Ways
On Operating Cost?Add 75% to Endurance
One great point about this New
Mitchell is its amazing economy
Mitchell Sixes have long been famed for
saving oil and fuel, in this new model we
reduce that cost by far.
This is partly due to finer workmanship.
Smooth, perfect-fitting cylinders save
much power waste.
The new crank shaft is twice balanced,
on two new types of balancing machines.
A thermostat controls the temperature
of liquids, air and gas. The water, until
heated, does not reach the radiator. This
means much economy.
The carburetor intake is twice-better
heated. This means perfect vaporization
and complete combustion.
This lessened operating cost, in time,
means an enormous economy.
50% More Strength
The years have proved that Light Six
standards have not been high enough. Two
years ago, Mitchell started this new model
to correct all those deficiencies. Every
maker, soon or late, must do so.
Since that time a great staff of engi?
neers and specialists have been applying
these new standards to every Mitchell part.
They made over 100 improvements.
Together they mean ? by actual test ? 50
per cent more strength and 75 per cent
more endurance. There is hardly one im?
portant part not bettered in some way.
In the Mitchell body plant, during all
this time, other experts worked out better
lines, better finish, better features and
equipment, more of luxury and comfort.
The model is exquisite. The room is un?
usual for a 5-passenger car?120-inch
wheelbase. The new-grade top will not
grow shabby. There are bevel glass win?
dows in the back. The finish is enduring
? four varnish coats instead of the usual
two.
Yet Note the Price
Note that all these improvements were
added while rival cars stood still. This is
the only new Six since the war. Yet the
price is $1475 at factory ? below any like
class car.
That means that all these Mitchell ad?
vantages are paid for by factory savings.
Mitchell efficiency saves more than these
extras cost.
This great factory builds complete cars
? motor, chassis and body. It builds every
detail under scientific methods.
You will want this Six if you buy a cat
this season in this class. Old standards
will not suit you when you measure up
these new ones.
But the demand from every section is
beyond all expectations. It is sure to ex?
ceed the output this spring, probably twice
over.
We urge an early decision, in your own
interest, if you seek this type of car.
5-Passenger Touring Car
$1475 f. o. b. Factory
120-Inch Wheelbase ? 40 Horsepower Motor
3-Passenger Roadster, same price
New-Type Touring Sedan, $2175
7-Passenger Touring Car
127-Inch Wheelbase ? 48 Horsepower Motor
$1675 f. o. b. Factory
MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin
NEW YORK MITCHELL MOTOR COMPANY
INCORPORATED
Columbus Circle Facing South
Telephone Col. 8000
GIANT AUTO SALES CO.
1450 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn
FOLEY MOTOR CAR CO.
37 William St.
Newark
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