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SATURDAY, JUNE S, 191»
Details of Cadillac
Coa»t-to-Coast Record W
ON TME ROAD 17 HOURS A
DAY IN 8BVEN-OAY QRINO
667 Miles Highest Day's Run.
The details of the record-break
ing coast to coast dash of the
.Cadillac Eight, finished at New
York, May 16, are Interesting as
showing the stamina and endur
ance of man and mechanism. They
are equally impressive as setting
forth the difficulties encountered
toy Baker, the driver, and Sturm,
his companion, and the fine per
formance of the car on a grind of
unprecedented severity. The log
of the trip is as follows:
May 8—Los Angeles to Williams,
wf?^p#^ivVArliona 688.6 miles.
'.*!• Mountains and. desert—
very hot—poor roads.
May. 9—'Williams, Arizona, to
Santa Fe, N. M.—555.2
.miles. Roads good and
••"bad In spots, some very
fine and some very poor
—very hot.
May 10—Santa Fe, N. M., to Dodge
City, Kans.—567.2 miles.
--A few miles of moun
tainous road in New
Mexico, and the rest of
the Journey very good—
moderately warm.
May 11—(Dodge City, Kansas, to
Kansas City, Mo.—Ml
miles. Very fine roads
-'to within fifty miles of
'Kansas City when we
struck some mud—cooL
May 12—Kansas City to High
Hill* Mo.—216 miles. "Very
poor, muddy roads all
the way, hub-deep In
places, with rain. Worst
roads on the trip.
May 13—'High Hill, Mo., to Green
up, 111.—210.9 miles. Very
.muddy roads .to within a
few miles of St. Ixuls,
5 then fair going to Green
up, Illinois—no rain.
May 14—Greenup, 111., to Pitts
burg, Pa.,—493 miles.
''?r. Roads good up to within
a few miles of Wheeling,
then rain into Pltts
v-cv
:i burgh some muddy
-roads.
May 15—Pittsburgh, Pa., to New
York, N. Y.—395 miles.
Mountain going through
considerable fog outside
of Pittsburgh, then good
roads into New York
City. Fair weather.
From this it will be seen that
the total distance is 3,371.8 miles.
The first announcement of 3,471
miles, rushed out just as the trip
was completed, was 100 miles in
error. The average run per day
was 450 miles, and the average
daily running time was 17 hours,
5 minutes. On the basis of actual
running time, the oar's average
per hour was 26.34 miles. The
daily and hourly averages would
have been much higher but for
the bad going across Missouri.
Average number of miles per gal
lon of gasoline was 9% with isOO
to 350 miles per gallon of lubricat
ing oil.
The run was started from the
Los Angeles court house at 12:01
a. m. Monday, May 8, and com
pleted at Broadway and 42nd
street, New York, at 2:63 p. m.,
May 15. While the elapsed time
for the trip was thus 7 days, 11
hours and 52 minutes, the actual
running time was 128 hours, and
the total time not running, 51
hours, 52 minutes, or an average
daily lay-off for driver and car of
6 hours, 65 minutes. This was
spent in sleeping, eating and tak
ing on supplies of gasoline, oil,
©tc.
Baker drove the car the entire
instance. The car traveled the
entire distance under its own
power, except when pulled out of
a ditch by block and tackle once
near Holly, Col., and once near
Boonvllle, Mo., and, of course, ex
cept when ferried across rivers.
Baker says he did not clean a
spark plug during the entire trip.
One day he drove a stretch of 84
miles through suoh heavy roads
that high-gear going was impos
sible. At another time the road
was so poor that two hours were
required to make 10 miles.
Vote For
COUNTY
AUDITOR
CLARENCE HULL
of Foxt Madison
Republican
Candidate
Competent
and
Experienced
Past four year's experience as
clerk In the.County Auditor's
office.
Always on the Job.
t/i
A bath without water is said to be
one of the latest novelties. A thick
robe is entwined with wires, and
when put on a current of electricity
is passed through the wires. The
wearer of the robe soon finds his body
getting warmer until in a little while
he perspires freely.
—-Subscribe for The Gate City.
ISSUES ORDERS
6. A. R. MEET
Annual State Encampment Will be
Held at Marahalltown on
Juno 20, 21
and
22*
COMMANDER TO RETIRE
J. F. Merry Will Serve His Last
Term—Presents Hla Flag Day
Orders to
Posts.
Orders for the forty-second annual
encampment of the department of
Iowa, G. A. H., to be held at Marsh
alltown, "June 20, 21, and 22, issued
by J. F. Merry, department command
er, will be mailed "from the state
house today by George" A. Newman,
adjutant general.
J. F. Merry will retire as depart
ment commander at the June camp.
Two candidates are in the field for
the place, John H. Miles of CRed
fleld, and G. H. Van Houten of Lenox,
are competing for the honor. It is
believed there will be no other can
didates.
Badges to Delegates.
G. A. Newman, adjutant general
H. B. Kelly, Grundy Center, and
MUo Ward of Dee Moines, are ap
pointed as a committee on credentials
for the encampment. They will is
sue badges to delegates Tuesday aft
ernoon, June 20, at the headquarters
in Marshalltown.
R. L. Chase of Des Moines and S.
C. Spear of Algona form the auditing
committee. Tuesday, June 20, will
be reception day, with a general
campflre In the evening. The first
business session will be held Wed
nesday morning, June 21.
In the order which goes out today,
Commander Merry calls on the vet
erans to honor the flag on June 14,
flag day. He says:
Flag Needs Devotion.
"Comrades are again reminded of
the near approach of flag day (June
14). There never was a time when
loyalty, devotion and love for the flag
needed more emphatic demonstration
than it does today. Our flag stands
for principles of rectitude and loyal
ty, the very significance of which
compels men to persevering effort In
the cause of patriotism. It has been
borne at the head of heroic columns,
who, returning, ushered in the new
dav that made our nation the leader
in "the march of civilization, and let
us trust, universal brotherhood. So
may our flag, still triumphant, stand
for equal rights and loyal service, the
promise of today, the fulfillment of
tomorrow. May no blatant demagog
dare Invoke it for private ends, and
no weakling fear to defend it. Then
shall the radiance^ of the coming
morn adorn and gild It with a yet
greater glory, that it may live through
the coming generations, the repre
sentative of the people, that shall^
KIRON, la., June 3.—Nicholas Lind
blad of Kiron, is the head of five liv
ing generations and is nearly 100
years old. His 100th anniversary will
be on Nov. 5 next. Mr. Lindblad was
born at Igatorp, Sweden, and has
lived in Iowa half a century. He looks
and acts like a man still on the sunny
Bide of three score and ten.
FORT DODGE, la., June 3.—A con
vent and home for the sisters is being
spoken of as a possible addition to
Corpus Christi academy. The school
has grown so In the past few years
that more room is necessary.
OSKALOOSA, la., June 3.—Mem
bers of the board of trustees of Penn
college, have voted to rebuild the
building recently destroyed by fire on
a larger scope than ever before has
been attempted by the Institution.
HARLAN, la., .Tune 3.—Hans Bon
nesen, a merchant, who recently re
tired from business in Elkhorn, is
held in $3,000 bond for a preliminary
hearing In Harlan June 7, for the
death of 14-year-old William S. Rat
tenborg, son of a prominent farmer.
The lad was run over by Bonneson's
automobile and his neck broken, and
is is claimed Bonneson wa3 negligent.
DES MOINES, la., Jtoe 3.—Officials
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad announce that the wage
increases, which went Into effect on
June 1 on the Rock Island lines, do
not affect employes belonging to the
union with which the railroad has
wage agreements. The increase af
fects men receiving $110 a month and
under and will benefit clerical help,
station men outside the telegraphers
and section hands. There has been
no increase granted to union em
ployes, it was said.
ILLINOIS.
BLOOMINGTON. 111., June 3.—
David Valentine, thirty years old and
unmarried, was found dead yesterday.
While intoxicated last night he wan
df»rvl to a feed yard and in some way
be fell into a dilapidated water wagon.
•'/fS fir?
•III
SOME REASONS
FOR "YES" VOTE
ON JUNE 5TH
Because those who obey the
laws should help to choose those
who make the laws.
Because laws affect women as
much as men.
Because laws which affect wo
men are now passed without
consulting them.
Because laws affecting chil
dren should Include the woman's
point of view as well aa the
man's.
Because laws affecting the
home are voted on in every see
slon of the legislature.
'Because women have exper
lence whioh would be helpful to
legislation, and having the vote
would Increase their sense of re- I
sponslbllity toward questions of
public Importance.
Because about 8,000,000 wo
men In the United States are
wage workers, and the condi
tlons under which they work
are controlled by law.
Because the problems of gov
ernment call quite as much for
the motherly qualities of woman
as for the administrative and de
liberative powers of men.
Because governments derive
their just powers from the con
sent of the governed.
Because in place of half dem
ocracy, Equal Suffrage will give
us a whole democracy.
Because It Is for the greatest
good to the greatest number.
Because it strengthens the
character of the women them
selves.
not perish from the earth.' I quote
from a former resident of Iowa, I
know of but two ways of honoring
that priceless flag one of them is
fighting for it when it is attacked^
the other is living for it all the time.
Let every comrade owning a flag
fling it to the breeze on June 14 and
persuade your friends to do the
same."
Need One Collar Per Horse.
Better Iowa: Letting Old Bill wear
Dobbin's collar when Dobbin isn't
working may save the price of an
extra collar, but it's mighty likely to
put both horses on the "sore should
er" list when work is most rushing,
says the animal husbandry depart
ment at Iowa state college.
Ifs poor economy to use one collar
on several horses. This Is a common
practice among farmers and the cause
of more shoulder trouble than any
other one thing.
In 'buying a collar, be sure to get
one that fits the horse. Poorly fitted
1
collars result in sore shoulders,
viciousness and balkiness. A properly
fitted collar should rest snugly, when
dirawn against the shoulder, on all
places of bearing surface, but should
cramp at no point. It should be long
enough when buckled to allow the
open hand to be slipped between it
and the windpipe.
It is necessary to properly adjust a
new collar. To do this, place it in
about three inches of water and let it
remain over night to take out the
factory stiffness. By working it
thoroughly It will become soft and
adjust itself to every Inequality of
t»e shoulder.
Illinois—Iowa—M issouri
IOWA.
DES MOINES, la., June 3.—Boot
legging is on the increase and vio
lators of the liquor law are becoming
bolder each day, declares Municipal
Judge Meyer. Failure of the church
people and reformers to do their duty
and failure of the present law are re
sponsible for this, he declares.
his head catching between two spokes
on a wheel, causing him to strangle
to death.
PEORIA, 111., June 3.—Two hun
dred and fifty coopers at the Madlgan
& Walsh plant made a demand for
higher wages yesterday. The demand
was granted after the men had been
on a strike for two hours.
STRASBURG, 111., June 3—Henry
Doeding, a bachelor, 46 years old,
committed suicide by swallowing two
ounces of carbolic acid at the rear of
a restaurant yesterday afternoon. No
-reason is assigned.
PEORIA, 111., June 3.—Eight men
are in solitary confinement and on a
diet of bread and water for storting
a riot in the county jail yesterday.
The trouble started over a series of
thefts from prisoners and Harry
Verght, a trusty, who was accused by
the prisoners, was severely beaten.
BENTON, 111., June 3.—One of the
most severe rain and hailstorms in
recent years swept Franklin county
yesterday. Young orchards and crops
were damaged by the hail.
MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 3.—Arthur
Bartling, 3 years old, of 5262 Fyler
avenue, died yesterday from rabies
resulting from being bitten by a pet
dog at his home April 30.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 3.—
In a decision by Commissioner Railey^
Division No. 1 of the supreme court
has upheld the constitutionality of the
school law authorizing the organiza
tion of consolidated districts. This
opinion was written in quo warranto
proceedings brought by Prosecuting
Attorney George P. Wright of Nod
away county to oust the board of
directors of District No. 162 in that
county. The court dismissed Wright's
petition.
ROLLA. Mo., June 3.—The post
office at Veto, ten miles north of
Rolla, in Maries county, Mo., was
robbed Tuesday night and about $35
taken, besides considerable clothing.
Raymond Bailey, a boy from this
county, was arrested yesterday,
charged with the robbery. He was
taken before B. H. Rucker, postmas
ter at Rolla. where, after consider
able denial, he signed a confession,
and implicated another boy. The
postal authorities are hunting him.
ITHK DAILY GATE CITY1
PROPERTY OWNERS
CONTROL RISKS
New Law Haa Resulted in Lower In­
surance Rates, According to
Report Issued fay Commis
sioner English.
GAIN CORRECT CHARGES
State Commissioner Haa Right to
Make Changes If He Considers
That the Case War
rants it.
Property owners of Iowa practically
control their own fire Insurance rates,
and a lower range of rates has been
secured through the operation "Of the
new insurance law, according to the
annual report of Emory H. English,
state insurance commissioner.
The commissioner pointed out that
no two companies are required by law
to charge the same rate upon any
risk, as has been charged by some of
the critics of the law.
Rates Optional.
It is entirely optional with any com
pany, Bays the report, what rates they
adopt, but it Is required that all prop
erties of the same class be given the
same rates upon the same basis by
the same company. Competition has
not been eliminated by any means,
but the rates of companies to be in
force must be filed with the state de
partment.
The Blanch ard anti-oompact law
was not repealed, points out the com
missioner, as the new law expressly
provides that It "1b in addition to any
laws now in force relating to and
regulating such business." This ef
fectually prevents any agreements or
combination between companies, and
any concerted attempt to enforce
rules, regulations, permits, etc., in
which the hazard of the risk is not
effected, is still unlawful, and not per
mitted by the new law.
Credit for Improvements.
Property owners may now obtain a
copy of lie survey of their risk to
gether with a makeup of the rate
charged, and any part of charge made
where the hazard does not exist or
Is removed shall be corrected.
"Not only may insurance rates be
reduced this way," says the report,
"but the probability of fire materially
lessened, which will assist in even
tually reducing all rates in the state.
Many property owners who have com
plained of high fire insurance rates,
have secured substantial reductions
in same by correction of defects in
the construction of their buildings or
removal of quantities of gasoline or
other dangerous hazards.
"The rating law makes public the
be^is of every rate fixed. The prop
city owner may know the exart items
in the rate represented by deficiencies
in construction, occupancy and ex
posure. He has a financial interest
in the correction of such deficiencies
both in his own property and in that
Of his neighbors. When tuch defects
are corrected the rating hiw compels
a" corresponding reductioa in the
rate."
Power to Correct Unjust Rate.
"The law simply authorizes the
measuring cf the hazard," continues
the report, "and provides means for
enforcing an equitable rate. Under
the power given the commissioner of
insurance, a discriminatory or unjust
rate may be changed. For the first
time in the history of the common
wealth regulation of rates has been
vested in the state, and the new law
granting this authority stands out as
the greatest piece of constructive in
surance legislation enacted in Iowa
in a decade."
Rates Range Lower.
The continued lowering of the aver
age rate charged per one thousand of
insurance in the state, shown by the
report, indicates that the operation of
the law has in fact equalized rather
than increased or materially lowered
rates:
A computation shows that the fire
premiums in 1915 exceeded those of
1914 by $72,316.76 with relative in
crease in liability assumed of $40,386,
074.60. The average rate per one
thousand insurance in 1915 was
$10.12 as against $10.36 in 1914 and
$11.66 in 1913.
DONNELLSON.
Mrs. John Duminel of Keokuk Is
visiting home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wiegner of
Farmington spent Decoration day in
Donnellson.
iMiss Beulah Meinhardt is visiting
in Keokuk.
I Mrs. M. Haraagel and children of
Farmington visited home folks last
week.
Mrs. Geo. Kerchner was a Farm
ington visitor Tuesday.
John Heber has returned to his
home in Omaha, Neb., after attend
ing the funeral of his uncle, Peter
Feikert.
Miss Cora Benjamin is home from
Mollne, 111., where she recently under
went an operation.
Misses Florence, Lorene and Doro
thy Wright of Farmington, visited
at the Powell home the past week.
John Holdefer is in St Louis this
week attending a miller's convention.
Chas. Holdefer of Indiana is visit
ing home folks.
Born to 'Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Duminel Tuesday, May 23, a daughter.
Mrs. H. Meinhardt and Beulah wer^
in Burlington Wednesday.
Chas. Feikert and family of Paxton,
Neb., are visiting relatives here, hav-
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If-
[ma
ing been called here by the death of
his father, Peter Feikert
Mrs. H. Gompf and William were
in Keokuk Decoration day.
The ladies of the G. E. church will
give a social on the church lawn on
Thursday, June 8th.
June will be a month of weddings,
as we hear the bells faintly tinkling.
Mrs. Henry Fett had the misfor
tune to fall Wednesday evening and
sixain her ankle.
Peter C. Feikert, a prominent farm
er, passed away quite suddenly, at
his home near Donndleon Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. May 23.
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