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IOWA PAYS CONVICTS TO BUILD GOOD ROADS;)
DANKER INDORSES THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY’
- By RALPH n. SILVER — -------1 —
THE LYONS ATLAS COMPANY
PREPARES TO ENTER FIELD
WITH MODERATE PRICED CAR
Fortified with one of the biggest and
most complete manufacturing plants in
the world, with ample capital at its com
mand and a car that is said to be the
most sensational value thus far intro
duced in America, the Lyons Atlas com
pany of Indianapolis came to the front
today by increasing its capital stock into
the millions and promising to make the
automobile industry look to Indianapolis.
J. W. Lyons, president of the Lyons
Atlas company, refused to discuss the
type of car that his company would
build beyond the general statement that
it would set a new standard in moderate
priced motor car value, and add the one
thing which builders of such cars have
so Jar neglected—namely, style and easy
riding.
It has been rumored among the wise
heads In the automobile industry that
the big Lyons Atlas company would
soon be a contender for big business, and
stories have been current for the past
year of unidentified test cars with 10
name plate being seen throughout In
diana and adjacent states. These cars
are now known to have been Lyons At
las experimental cars.
President Lyons said:
"The new car will he, above all else,
easy riding—a thing believed impossible <n
small cars.
“We continue the Lyons Knight, which |
has been a car de luxe.
“Further information the public will I
receive at an early date.
“Success in the automobile business,”
Mr. Lyons added, "now hinges on three
essentials:
“First, the man who builds the car
must be a real manufacturer.
“Second, he must be a real merchant.
“Third, he must have tne consumer
and the vast army of automobile dealers
sold on the style, ease of riding, quality
and price of his car.”
That an institution with the known
iesources of the Lyons Atlas company
with its known engineering ability, with
I its plant of 65 acres, operating seven
miles of Its own railroad—that such an
Institution would In time concentrate on
automobile building has been generally
conceded. This plant has 45 of its 66
acres under roof. The Lyons Atlas com
pany has built Its own machinery, its
own locomotive engines—everything in Its
entire plant, even to the smoke stacks.
For 40 years this concern nas been blind
ing engines and kindred products. Dur
ing the past six years they have built
motors for the Hudson Stoddard-Dayton.
Jackson, Mason and other well known
cars. So complete were their facilities
for high grade work that they were ac
corded the American factory rights on
the Knight motor. President Lyons claims
that his company will and can literally
build all of their car under one roof.
For the past two years the Lyons At
las selected engineers have been work
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i 4 Qts- 6 Qta. 8 Qts. 12 Qts.
I Yazoo . $2.50 $3 75 $6.00 $ 7.50
| Lincoln Springs .. 2.50 3.76 5.00 7.60
i Stillmore . 3.00 4.26 6.60 8.26
S Ethelton. 3.25 4.76 6.00 8.76
Melwood .. 3.50 6.00 6.60 9.60
T B. Ripy . 3.76 6.60 7.25 10.76
Old Grandad . 8-76 6.50 7.26 10.76
Bond & Lillard . 3.76 6.60 7.26 10.75
| Cedar Brook . 3.76 6.60 7.25 10-75
Guckenheimer Rye. 3.76 6.50 7.25 10.76
Clarke's Pure Rye. 3.75 6.50 7.25 10.76
j Jas. E- Pepper . 3.76 6.50 7.25 10.75
f Overholt. 3-76 6.50 7.25 10.75
Samanco. 8.75 5.50 7.25 10.75
| Sunny Brook .. 4.00 5.76 7.50 11.00
j Green River . 4.26 6.25 8.25 12.00
j Old Taylor. 4-25 6.25 8.26 12.00
Greenbrier. 4.50 6 60 8.26 12.00
Old Jordan . 4.50 6.50 8.25 12.00
Kunnymede. 4.50 6.60 8.25 12.00
Old Prentice . 4.5() 6.60 8.25 12.00
Canadian Club. 4.75 7 00 9.25 13.26
Old Crow .. 5 00 7.25 9.60 14.00
| Hermitage. 6.00 7.26 9.60 14.00
1 NOTE—We do not pay expreii at theae prices
Whiskies—Distillery Bottling
4 Qts. 6 Qts. 8 Qts. 12 Qts.
Frida of Tennessee . $2.00 $2.80 $3.75 $5.75
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Ellendale . 2.50 3.60 5.26 7.25
Oak Leaf. 2.50 8.60 6.25 7.26
Wee Nippy. 3.00 4.26 6.60 8.25
Paul Jones . 3.00 4.25 6.50 8.25
Kentucky Taylor . 3.50 6 00 6.76 10.00
Duffey Malt (short qts.) .... 3.50 5.00 6 76 10.00
Lewis 66 . 8.76 6.60 7.26 10.76
Yellow Stone ............... 4.00 6.00 8.00 11.60
Murray Hill Club. 4.00 6.76 7.60 11.60
Montecello .. 4.00 6.76 7.60 11.50
Cascade . 4.50 6.60 8.25 12.00
Hunter Rye (short qts.). 4.50 8-76 8.75 13.00
Old Forester .. 4.50 6.75 8-76 13.00
Old Frentlce . 4.60 6.60 8.26 12.00
I. W. Harper (express prepaid) 6.00 7.00 9.00 12.00
Four Roses . 6.26 7-60 10.00 14.60
Three Feathers . 6.75 8-50 11.25 16.60
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AUTOMOBILE SPARK PLUG PARRGRAPHS I
"I never saw more prosperity than Is
apparent in the country west of the Mis
sissippi," states R, G. Elston, of the Bir
mingham Motor company, after a return
last week from a two weeks’ trip to Den
ver and Trinidad, Col.
"The farmers of that section have sold
their crops for as good or better prices
than In many years and there is a result
ing condition of prosperity in practically
every line of business. The automobile
men of that country are doing a very
good business.
"At Trinidad the mines are working
full forces. Hundreds of United States
soldiers are patrolling the great mining
district there, but there are no disorders
of any importance. The strike in the
Colorado district is entirely unjustifiable,
in my estimation. The only question in
volved is recognition of the union; no
higher wage is asked for. The companies
have made it plain they will shut down
every mine in the state before they will
recognize the unions and are now work
ing ’scab’ labor.
"The fact that conditions west of the
Mississippi are prosperous because the
farmers have been able to sell their crops
seems clearly to Indicate that as soon
as the southern farmer is able to sell
his cotton conditions here will be much
better. I look for pronounced improve
ment from now on.”
Mr. Elston owns a ranch near Trinidad
and went west on business in connection
with his property there.
W. H. Young, assistant southern sales
manager of the Haynes Automobile com
pany, is on an extended trip through Mis
sissippi and Louisiana. Advice received
from him by wire states that business
is on the increase in those states, and
that new dealers are being added to the
already large list of dealers in the south
ern territory. Jackson, Miss., in the heart
of the cotton country, is taking weekly
delivery of the new light sixes.
Dodge, 1915 model, cars have been re
ceived, it is reported, at some southern
points and Bradley Saunders of the Saun
ders Motor Car company states that he
confidently expects to have some of the
cars by this week. Mr. Saunders is of
the opinion that the new Dodge is go
ing to prove a strong competitor of many
cars, both low and high priced. He has
already received dozens of inquiries from
prospective buyers.
The Saunders company within the past
few days sold two Hudsons, one to Otto
Marx and one to A. D. Edwards.
Tom Morris is always an optimist. "Con
ditions are steadily improving," he says.
"While we sold only two cars this week
there are many more inquiries than for
sometime past and they are 'real' pros
pects now' instead of people. wrho merely
were curious, as heretofore.”
Ted Brownell went to Detroit last w'eek
to secure a shipment of sedan top Fords
for winter business.
C. F. Wise, Kokomo, Ind.. who has been
with the service department of the Haynes
Automobile company, in that time trav
eling all over the United States looking
after the service of Haynes cars, has been
transferred to the Haynes branch of this
city and will have entire charge of the
service and technical department of the
southern terrltorj' controlled by the local
branch. Charles W. Tway, southern sales
manager, in talking of the plans for the
coming season, states that there is noth
ing too good for Haynes owners and that
it is the desire of the Haynes company
to give the very best service possible
to their patrons. Mr. Wise has been with
the Haynes factory for 12 consecutive
years, being considered one of the ex
perts in his line.
"The past, couple weeks we have shipped
five or six carloads of Fords to sub
agencies throughout the state," states
Blaine Brownell, "and that is an authen
tic barometer of improved conditions.
“October was a dull month with us.
Nearly all of our sub-agencies were yell
ing hard times, saying that the farmers
could sell no cotton and so forth, andj
we did little business. November, how- j
ever, shows a decided improvement. The
agencies in the smaller cities of the state
are selling cars and that shows that the
condition there is better. And when the
farmer and the man in the smaller cities
begins to spend money, business depres
sion is doomed to perish."
Charles W. Tray, southern sales man
ager of the Haynes Automobile com
pany, just returned from a 10 days’ trip
visiting Nashville, Louisville, Indianapo
lis, Kokomo, Cincinnati, Knoxville and
Chattanooga and reports the business of
the Haynes company very encouraging.
Already a nice business has been done
by the various dealers. Mr. Tway left
for Montgomery Friday to close a con
tract there and will leave Sunday for a
trip through Virginia and North Caro
lina, being absent about 10 days. Imme
diately after January 1 Mr. Tway will
drive from Jacksonville, Fla., down the
east coast and sail from Key West for
Havana, where a new agency will be
opened for Haynes cars. Mr. Tway will
ship one of the light sixes to Havana to
use while there and will be absent about
three weeks on this trip, returning in
time to attend the automobile show at
Chicago January 23.
Studebaker dealers are receiving the
first samples of a 10-passenger car of con
vertible type, mounted on the Studebaker
"Four” delivery car chassis. The seats
run lengthwise and are collapsible, per
mitting the cars also to be used for bag
gage or other loads.
A Bulck truck was sold during the
past week to the Birmingham Cola-Nip
company by the local agent, the liig
land garage.
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lng toward a car that would stand dis
tinguished from all others, that would
insure the highest efficiency at the low
est cost of maintenance because of its
perfected simplicity, a car that would be
a style carriage In every sense of the
word and sell at a moderate price.
Newspapers will be the backbone of the
Lyons Atlas advertising campaign.
HOW THE OVERLAND
PLANT SAVES COAL
The degree to which what were for
merly waste products are utilized In large
manufacturing establishments is surpris
ing to anyone not familiar with all of
these present-day methods. Many a large
plant Is able because of the extent of
its operations to thus reduce manufactur
ing coKs as compared with operations
performed on smaller scale.
In the Toledo plant of the Wlllys
Overland company utilization of sawdust
and scrap from the woodworking depart-!
ments alone saves $40,000 per year in the
coal bill. Not only is the fact of this
large savlrtg by utilizing an otherwise
waste product of interest, but the
mechanism by which it is accomplished
is an excellent example of the useful
ness to which automatic processes have
been developed.
The interior of the Overland woodwork
ing shops Is entirely free from shavings,
sawdust and other scrap material. I^arge
tubes lead from the point on every ma
chine where this wsate drops to a central
point beneath the floor and to which all
the waste wood products are drawn by
a strong forced current of air. The scrap
is taken from this point by an endless
leather belt to a powerful wood grinder,
which completely pulverizes the entire
mass. This crushed wood is blown by
electric fans into huge bins located above
the furnaces; chutes from these bins lead
directly to the Are pots into which, at
stated intervals, a fixed quantity Is re
leased by automatic means.
A Difference
From the Philadelphia Public ledger.
Voice at the Phone—“Mr. Smith, you’d
better come homo at once; your mother is
very ill.”
Smith—“That’s not my mother; that’s
my mother-in-law.’’
Voice—“Oh!’’
The Uplift Jail
“What Is that crowd of men after?"
"You mean the tough mob over there?"
"Yes.”
■‘They’re trying to get Into our new up
lift jail.”
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BARNEY OLDFIELD
WINS IN MAXWELL
Awarded Second Place in Corona
Road Race—Breaks World’s
Record
"Barney Oldfield, master driver of
the world, driving a Maxwell, entry
No. 14, won second place by recheck
Ing official scorers, who have admitted
an error in the flagging of O’Donnell
in a Dusenberg. The discrepancy in
time was found between the seven
teenth and eighteenth laps when
O'Donnell was at the pits.” This was
■ the news the second day after the Co
rona road race, when the report ha3
already gone out that Oldfield had
won third place.
Oldfield drove his Maxwell at top
speed from the start, not visiting the
pits nor making a stop for anything
during the entire race. This record is
marvelous, considering the fact that
Oldfield had had only two one-hour
practices with the Maxwell, his serv
ices having been arranged for at the
last moment during the practice of
Tuesday.
Tin official time for the race now
stands: Pullen in a Mercer, first with a
time of 3 hours, 2fi minutes and 30 sec
onds; Oldfield driving a Maxwell, 3
hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds
O’Donnel In a Dusenberg, 3 hours, 31
minutes and 29 seconds; Do Palma in
the same Mercedes that created such a
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HUPS ARE TAKING
PART IN GREAT WAR
Carry Russian Army Orders—Impor
tant Work Result of Showing in
Speed Contests _
Hupmoblles are being used exten
sively by the Russian army now oper
ating against the Germans and Aus
trians in East Prussia. A big squadron
of cars is constantly on the go per
forming the Important work of carry
ing messages to and from various divi
sion headquarters in the field. Accord
ing to advices to the Hupp Motor Ca»*
company the cars have been giving a
very good account of themselves.
These Hupmobiles were purchased by
the Russian government sometime be
fore the war when the imperial con
tract was placed for 200 cars. The Hup
mobiles was chosen by the army au
thorities because of its splendid show
ing in various speed contests in Rus
sia. It won the first grand prize race
in Russia sometime before the war
against a large field. Prior to that time
it had been victorious in races staged
by the army and came away the win
ner In the races from Petrograd to
Kronstadt, which were run over the
frozen surface of the Gulf of Finland.
sensation in the Grand Prix race in
France this year, .3 hours, 31 minutes
and 51 seconds.
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IOWA ACTUALLY PAYS HER
CONVICTS TO BUILD GOOD 1
ROADS THROUGH STATE
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“The convicts working on the roads
in Iowa have a status differing from
that of the convicts in the prisons of
practically all other states," said
George Gordon Battle, the distin
guished New York attorney who ap
peared on behalf of the national com
mittee on prisons and prison labor in
a suit to test the constitutionality of
the contract system of convict labor in
the state of Rhode Island.
“In Iowa the men working on the
* roads receive $2.50 per day for their
labor, they themselves paying for their
keep and clothing and being at liberty
to send the balance to their dependent
families. They are still under restric
tion, but their right to wage lifts them
out of the slavery status into that of
state wards.
“The condition of these Iowa con
victs is in sharp contrast to that of
the prisoners in Rhode Island. In the
t latter state the labor of at least 250
j of the prisoners is let by contract to a
| firm of shirt manufacturers. The state
supplies the factory room, light, heat
| and power necessary and pays for
! transportation of materials and manu
factured articles from and to the rail
road station. The contractor supplies
the machinery, material and supervi
sion necessary to keep these prisoners
employed, and pays the state 50 cents
for each dozen shirts manufactured.
The prisoner is forced to labor under
the terms of this contract and receives
no wage for his labor.
“The national committee on prisons
and, prison labor conteds that the con
dition of the prisoners working under
this and every other prison contract
is slavery; careful study proves It an
alogous to the condition of the negro
slave before the civil war, and in ac
cord with slavery as defined by the su
preme court of the United States.
"Slavery is prohibited by the con
stitution of the state of Rhode Island
without the exception as to punish
ment for crime found in the federal
and most of the state constitutions. The
committee therefore claims that the
statute authorizing the state board of
supply and control to let the labor of
the prisoners by contract is in con
flict with the state constitution and
the contract therefore illegal.
“To secure an opinion from the courts
the committee is backing an ex-prison
er in his suit against the prison con
tractors for wage for his labor while In
prison. The committee hopes through
thj# case to forward the movement for
the abolition of the contract system of
convict labor, not only in the state of
Rhode Island but throughout the couni I
try, and also to show the right of th 1
convict to receive a fair wage for hi 1
labors, through which he can contrU'i
ute toward the support of his depend -
ent family.
"The action of many states In plae
ing those prisoners who can be trust
ed out to work on the roads is In lin
with this forward movement. On th ^
roads the prisoner can do work whir I
has value great enough to permit th j
payment of the wage. Iowa has prove f
the plan practical; West Virginia, NeUj
Jersey and other states are successfulllj
passing through the experimental stag
while many more states will enact leg
islation permitting such work durin
the coming sessions of the legists!
ture.
"The national committee on prison
and prison labor," Mr. Battle concluder
"stands firmly behind this road work
when It Is conducted under condition
fair to the prisoner and the free work
ing man and hopes in the next fev
years to see ‘honor men’ making goo«
roads everywhere throughout the coun
try.”
Fatal Disease ,
From the Chicago Herald.
A young painter who had just finishe<
a picture Insisted upon a friend calllm
to rase It. "There, now," enthused th
artist, "you see my picture. What's th
matter with that?"
i "I don’t know," replied the bored|
j friend, "but I should say it was a cas«|
( of art failure.”
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