South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 4, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 4 January 1920 — Page 3

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What a British Journalist Thinks of U. S. Senate By Sir John Foster Frazcr

True democracy. No ticket r'juirfd to .'tttrr.'I a drbito of th" United .States senate the JIoufc of lords of Arnrna. One stopped into th lift elevator they call it for short over here and th ro'or'd p'ntlman In chars Kwifched j-.'i?t th senators' entrance to th puMIe cntranre. With a c;Tirtr t crntiirv'rf ar-fi'.i-tir.t.inro with th hou.-" ' parliament the cor.tr.iFt w.'is acutf. No policman t'uardt-d th' ntr;iri'' t the rhirrili-'T, and no hutl.T-Iikc ini! aal, wearing Vf-nlnt; jrarb at noon, attend 1 to thj decorum of tl. isitors. Thr wa a w- ary old man. rather like a tip rannuatcd farm r, sitting on a stool y ,t door, and in reply to my inquiry uhtthrr I was koir.ir riht m r-!y hoisted hin cy H t til' l'ttrln on th panel, "Mn' f.allery," of mtjeh .15 to .surrst, that at n.y time of !if- I ouht to ? ,Vj1o to r ad. An undi-tinii-he'd and Urrinrr.it- ! chamber is the senate, rather like .1 mod rn Methodist chap I with an enormous gallery. Indeed, tlie irii! ry i-- th principal part. Tliere are seats for Fome !Q .scnatoin and f.its for -oti:- nine hundred visitors. When I was present about nine senators were in attendance, and rniyb', 4r,0 visitors. The One Hit of Color. An extremely lii;is.inl wliite-

h aired Kntb-mi n was lolling1 baek in an rdlice hair, his hands in h " poekets the president of the senate. Ilehind him was the Stars and Strip-, the one bit of color. A row "f comrneriaal-truveb-r-like men were at a hoisted table in front. In a ort of semi-circle, with a central gangway, were rows of auctioneers' desks. Some senators sat discreetly; some lolled; one was chewing, another was picking his teeth; one was reading a newspaper, and another was turning the pages of an illustrated journal. During the four hours I was present there was more debate about Kurland than about America. It dawned upon me that we Hritish are under gravest suspicion. Or.o senator insisted upon thilerk reading a denunciation of England's policy in the near east from the Tot-don D.iily News to prove that the ways (if Krv,Mih diplomacy fir" dark and subtl" and ordingly not to b countenanced by a grave body like the I "ntted States sena to. About the Sljlf of Siakiii. Possibly 1 am rrejufliced. maybo a bad judg my experience of parliamentary oratory from (Jladstone to Uovri Ceore may have vitiated my tastt lut I found th style 1 f peiking luKubrius and pompous a Friday afternoon on the Scotch estimates i mr.re t h rill in ir a nd I was surprised to lind from a Washington

evening paper there had been a "lively debate." Heavens! they oug'at to be midfl acquainted with a lively debate in the commons. They would conclude the I?ritish legislators could be rude but not dull. Of course the Ieatjue of Nations was under discussion. The republicans were pcornful; the democrats were apologetic. Britain was a kind of a King Charles head. It came Into every subject, especially that awful bugaboo: Why should America have only one vote and England fix? "Oh." was the reply, "it does not matter if America had CO. It would corn." to

the same thing." l.ut everybody was sympathetic toward Irish aspirations. No word was said about the aspirations of the Armenians, or I'orto Riro people, or the negroes. A dim suspicion entered my mind that the same 13 -OOV'OQ Irish-Americans in the I'nited States may have accounted in a measure for the solicitude- cf the senators. It was all rrher capital. The proceedings were of an easy-going hit-where-you-can character. The president went to lunch and another gentleman lounged in the chair. The clerk shiftel his chair and looked at snapshots taken by one of the messenger boys those bright, nergetic. knockerbockered, and shock-headed lads, lively in spite of the renera! sonorousness of the talk. It was very

j hot. j With my old-fashioned prejudice 1 I missed the dignity of cur lords

ana our commons. Ann wnen tne number of attendant senators was reduced to five and the gallery audience increased to ."00 I remembered

that the yawning gentlemen below j

were Holding up the peace of the world by their infrmlnable talk. As they frankly admitted, they were thinking more of America than of the world. lVrhaps if I were an American I would agree with them. Yet most of their talk was about King Charles' head.

Paniel Kinirrrnck. of I'enhrook. Pa., is 6T and says lie has never been, in a theater.

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New York to 3Iontrcal, 398 lilc?, iu 9 Hrs. 59 Min. The quickest scheduled train journey now possible between New York City and Montreal, Canada, is 12 hours. A stock model Franklin Touring Car made the 39S miles in 9 hours 59 nrnutcs running time on November 11th, setting a new touring record and equaling from New York to Albany the non-stop time of the Wolverine Express, 3 hours 20 minutes. ri hours of the trip were through rain, slush, snow, ice, and a gale that at times blew fifty miles an hour. The return trip (401 miles) was made in 11 hours 28 minutes running time. The total elapsed time for the round trip was 24 hours 10 minutes, including time out for eating, replenishing fuel and oil and for customs inspections. No spare tires or tubes were carried. No tire chains were needed. No mechanical troubles developed. The same driver. Mr. J. W. Banks, drove all the way. Mr. H. P. Merchant of the B. F. Goodrich Tire Company and Mr. J. R. Getty, of "Motor," were observers; Mr. L. A. Miller, passenger.

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Evcrv Utile vlulc a Franklin Car in some section of the country sets a new road record or makes a clean sweep of an economy or reliability event. Recently Franklin drivers have made numerous 24-hour runs and long distance trips which prove that the Franklin Car is unsurpassed at piling up large mileage in a day's driving over average highways or over all dirt roads. Hen; are the records

865.4 MileÄ in 24 honrs A new 24-hour dirt road record wxs set when Ralph H. Cramer, of Waterloo, la., recently drove a Franklin stock car 865.4 mile in the actual driving; time of 23 hours and 4 minutes. He drove the entire distance himself over ordinary dirt roads without a second's relief, beating the former record of J. T. Peacha, of Duluth, who covered 729.5 miles in a Franklin. DETAILS OF TUB RECORD

ßf3.-4 miles in 2 1 hours R. II. Cramer, TaterJoo, la. 1132.6 mile in 21 hour Will Dichlel, Indianapolis, IniL C0G.9 miles in 21 hour P. A. Pfohl, Indianapolis, Ind. 716.1 miles in 21 hours J. II. Manion, Indianapolis, Ind. 729.5 miles in 21 hours J. T. Peacha, Dulnth, Minn. 725.2 luilen'in 21 hours I- W. Suotin, Indianapolis, Ind. 693 miles in 21 hour Mrs. It. G. Reed, Ronton, Mass.

406.3 miles in 12 honrs in a Brougham Mm. O. C Belt, ColanibuA, Ohio. Ner York to Montreal, 9 boura 59 rainutca J. W. Bank, Newark, N. J.' Round trip between New York and Ronton, 12 hour and 5 minutes. Xrw York to Albany, 3 hours 30 minutes. Cincinnati to Cleveland and back in 15 hours and 45 min n tea.

Total Running Time Total Time for Fuel, Chain, Top up, etc. Total Tim Contomed Total Mileage on Dry Roads Total Milcape on Mud Roads Total Miles Run

New York-Boston Round Trip, 458.8 Miles, in 12 Urs. 5 Min. On September 29th Mr. Banks drove a Franklin Tourinp Car from New York to Boston and back in 12 hours and 5 minutes, establishing what was then a road touring record of 458.8 miles at 38 miles an hour. He drove entirely at niht without relief. No spare tires were carried, there were no tire accidents and xhr. fuel average was IS mile to the gallon of gasoline.

Making time in a Franklin docs not consist of spurts of 60 to 70 miles an hour over every straight stretch of good road alternating with long stretches of annoying slowness over roads not so favorable. The secret of the Franklin Car's ability to make fasterj average time over long distances than any other car is simply that the power of the Franklin Car is not handicapped by heavy weight or rigidity and their attendant dangers, driving strain and discomfort. The light weight and flexibly built Franklin holds the roads at all speeds, hugs the turns, smooths out the rough stretches and is practically never held up by tire accidents.

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Miles Per Hour Aytrafje Dry Rods 53 9 rr.Ilrt Miles Ter Hour Average Mod Roads 25.7 miles Grand Total Average Per Hoof 37 S miles The enjjine waj stopped bt once. No mechanical adjustments nere made. No tire trouble. Drmr; Ralph H. Cramer; Observers, W. A. Ridier; D. J. O'Neil, Waterloo Timt Tribune; M. V. Brim; R. S. McComb.

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This year's Vocmite Run won l Sr.ir.ley S. Turnrr of Lot Angelr in tne Franklin Car. 1 h Franklin took all three first prizes. MT. WASHINGTON P. E. Frot. of Portland, Me., included the climbing of Mt. W.i Sington without a stop a pirt i f n-.ii-stop low gear run oJ OS. 2 miles. Climbing the mountain without a halt is alcce a record.

Horton to 'Syracuse and Back, Driven hv Woiaan in 2 Y Hours' Time A new mark for women drivers was set when Mrs. Ralph G. Reed :ecently drove 693 miles in 24 hours and 20 minutes c apped time. The route lay between Iioston nd Syracuse and return and required twice pavin throuqh the confuted trafnc districts of thoe cities. Mrs. Reed believes that a heavy- storm through which die had to drive for a hundred miles prevented her making even better time.

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Reels Ofl 832.6 Miles in a Day W. H. Diddel, of Indianapolis, a non-professional driver, recently established a record for his section of the country for a 24-hour road run by covering 832.6 m les of road in 221 hours' actual running time. The trip was made in a stock model Franklin Touring Car, without ballast, shock absorbers, or any change from regular equipment. Mr. Didciel was accompanied by two official observers, but drove all the way himself.

Cincinnati to Cleveland and Back, Twice Across Ohio, in 15 lira. 45 min. A motoring sensition w created in the ttZt of Ohio when Cliff Leuders, without orping the engine of his Frmklin Tonririj Car, reduced the touring tim from Cincinnati to Cleveland and bade He covered the 553 miles in 15 hours and 45 min at es erf actual running. The odds were 4 to 1 that the previously announced time uf 17 hours could not be made. ' Covering this route fit any speed is thought by Ohio motorists to be a severe test of any motor vehicle, so bad are the roads. Yet th. Franklin averaged over 35 miles an honr. Rain which froze on the riders and turned into a blinding snowstorm added to the difncultirs. Observers, Mr. Robert BeiT, Antorrobile Exiircr, Cincinnati Enquirer; Mr. Richard Powell.

No mechanical adjustments of any nature Trere necessary during the trip. And the mileage of the last twelve hours was as big as that of the f.rst twelve hours, indicating that the driver felt little or none of the fatigue ordinarily to be expected. Two other Indianapolis motorists, likewise driving Franklins, also exceeded the former distance record. That, too, had been established by a Franklin Car.

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