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.. certain;dynarm ic brain was fi l led with thoughtsof assurance, co nfidence,

.witho pe n ar m s t he m an who sewelcoAe ;rNo, you wouldthoughts

could you orvital question t o a m an f i ll edwithsuch

ecisions.synonymous,

subtleny!and power to m ake these . Snd

decideand it takes a strong, healthy;:c lean m ind in a body ofto

__have the will with which

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itwill hurt you; and forw el l c o m p le te d y o ur g ai n i ser than that o f your e mp loyTo dec ideev idences of a strong character

bethe efficient and loyal worker whois chosen.You can see that y ou are inreality working fo r yourself, nom atter who hands you your payenvelope. Shirking wil l not hurtyour work nearly as m uch

-and- un-biased considerat ion o f the inter-ests o f y our e m p loyer.One s own work is the onlystandard by which an e m pcan gauge, and when the t icomes to choose between two menf or a p ro m o t io n, it i s g oi ng t o

dut ies through fair

teed.You m ust prove your own

ue

andready to back y ourself, eventhough you may m ake a wrongmove once in a while.You may fail , not only once,but se ve ral t i m e s. Ev ery pe rsfails more times than he succeeds,but i t s t he m an t ha t t ake s t hlit t le slaps of Fate with a sstudy and find out how and whyhe failed that wil l ev entually

snappy9 be m anl y , square

indecision is the direct c ause ofa large percentage of failures anda m an m ust dec ide fo r hiquickly or subordinate his opiniont o others and beco m e eventa c li ng ing v ine o r a sh ip w it ha rudder.

- Arrow organization, thatthis evil can be eradicated, andt h e A m e ri c an Sh ip o f S ta te per -m itted to sail the seas of industrytoward the harbor of greater pros-p eri ty and suc ce ss. T hi s i s t hegreatest thought The Arrow cancarry to its readers.

W o r k a n d s a v e f or peace andr e c o n s t r u c t i o n . B u y T r e a s u r yS a v i n g s C e r t i f ic a t e s . As k a n yf o r e m a n .

I n d e c i s i on t h e C a u s eo f M a n y F a i lu r e s

It is only through enlightenedpublic opinion fo unded on thewisdo m and good judg m ent ofsuch wo rk m en as m ake up T hePierce

citi-ezns, arouse their self-interest andarouse their patriotic loyalty. Eachone of you can give to those withwhom you com e in contact a bet -t er understanding o f so m e o f theefforts of today to ov erthrow ourinstitutions, largely through theradical agitator who is taking ad-vantage of o rganized labor tobo re fro m w it hin and fo rc e t heprinciples of anarchy upon theAmerican people.

It is a

big job to get the to ols ready, andrearrange the shop fo r this newwork. During this rearrange m entyou may find y our own work up-set . Talk to y our fo re m an abouty o ur pro ble m s, alw ay s be ar in g i nm i nd , the m an worth wh il e i st he m an w it h a s m i le w he n e ve ry -thing goes dead wrong, and re-m ember that you are all ai m ing ata greater and mo re prosperousPierce-Arrow Motor Car Co m -pany- Your own personal busi-ness interests require that you getthe work out right, and get it outo n ti m e , an d h el p g et t he n ewwork started right.

These things we have talkedabout can best be told to youthrough the Arrow. There is an-other very great service the Ar-row can render, not only thePierce-Arrow o rganization, but t othe whole co untry, and that is tocontinually help its readers m akeclear to others the principles ofthe Constitution of the UnitedStates. The Arrow can tell eachof yo u how to help the peoplewith whom you come in contactrealize their responsibil ity as

WC want hisgoo d will and future business. Inother words, we m ust keep up tothe schedule.For next fall ship m ent we willhave m any new des igns.

the custo m er if

IIW e are building more passen-ger cars than we have e ver builtbefore. A large nu m ber of thecars now being worked on in theshops have already been sold tocustomers. W e must not disap-point

gusson, to acco m p lish the lastword in result s with a si m p le ,c le an , e co no m i cal d esi gn th at wi llgive service fo r one hundred thou-sand miles.Any kind o f a shop can get outa set of parts for an engine, leavea few tho usandths for f itt ing, andif you have enough experts witha fi le , so me engines wi ll work, andsome won t .W e must build qual-ity product and get t he qualityrapidly and eco no m ically by m ak-ing the parts right.

Every m an or woman in thePierce-Arrow o rganization is re-sponsible for his or her particularjob and it is essential for yo urindividual success that y our workbe well and econo m ically done.W e propose to increase the out-put of t he Pierce-Arrow plant sothat regardless of how rapidly andeconomically the work be exe-cuted, there wil l be mo re thanenough work for every body, andprosperit y through pro m ot ion forthose who are thoroughly co m pe-tent and render excellent service.Do your part to m ake yourse l fprosperous.

Fer-

any school-boy c an lay outa me ss of cy linders, pistons, cams,leve rs, springs, and hang a lot ofChrist m as t ree tri mm ings on it ,and call it an engine, but it t akesa great engineer, l ike David

Quali,v is the first e ssential, butwe must get ove r the idea thatit is necessary t o throw awaymo ney to get high quality. Al-most

2but m ake addit ional sales o thatc ust o m e r l ess l ik e ly . In otherwords, there wil l be less mone yavailable for wages.


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t i ca l , i n t e r -e s t i n g , fo r c e f u l E n g l is h . H e m u sle a r n t o s t a n d o n h i s fe e t a n ds p e a k w i t h o u t em b a r r a s s m e n t .1 am told that in Brit ish train-ing ca mps student o f f icers are

g r a m m a

ascendency,self-sacrifice, paternalism, fair-ness, init iat ive, decision, dignity ,courage.Let m e discuss these with youin detail. Self-confidence results,f ir st , fr o m e xact kn owl edge ; se c -ond, the ability to i m part thatknowledge; and, third, the feeling

of superiority over ot hers thatnaturally fol lows. All these giv ethe officer poise.To lead, you m ust know-youmay bluff al l your men som e ofthe t i me, but you can t do it allthe time. Men will not have con-fidence in an officer unless heknow s his business, and he m ustknow it from the ground up.

K n o w l e d g e Is PowerThe offic er should know moreabout paper work than his firstsergeant and com pany clerk puttogether; he should know moreabout messing than his mess ser-geant; mo re about diseases of thehorse than his troop farrier. Heshould be at least as good a shotas any m an in his company.I f the officer does not know,and demonstrates the fact that hedoes not know, it is entirely hu-man for the soldier to say to him-self, To he l l with h im. Hedoesn t know as much about thisas 1 do , and c alm ly d isr egardsthe instructions received.There is no substitute for ac-curate kno wledge. Beco me sow e ll in fo r me d th at me n wi ll hun tyou up to ask questions; that yourbrother officers will say t o one an-other, Ask Sm ith-he knows. And not only should each of-ficer know thoroughly the dutiesof his ow n grade, but he shouldstudy those of the two gradesnext above-him. A twofold ben-efit attaches to this. He prepareshi m self for dut ies which may fa llt o his lo t at any ti m e during bat -tle: he further gains a broaderviewpoint which enables him toappreciate the necessity for the s -suance of orders and join more in-tell igently in their execution.N o t o n l y m u s t t h e o ff ic e r k n o w ,b u t h e m u s t b e a b le t o p u t w h a th e k n o w s in t o

self-

confidence, moral

e 8 s a r y .Yo u will ask yourself: O fjust what, then, does leadershipconsist? What must 1 do to be-com e a leader? What are the at-tributes of leadership, and howcan I cult ivat e the m !Leadership is a compo site ofa number of qualit ies. Amo ng themo st important 1 wo uld list

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*Such men obey the letter oftheir orders, but no more. Ofdevot ion to the ir commander, o fexalted enthusiasm which scorns

personal risk, of t heir self-sacri-f ice t o insure his personal safety,they know not hing. Their legscarry the m forward because the irbrain and the ir t raining te ll the mt he y must go . T he ir sp iri t do esnot go with them.G r e a t r e s u lt s a r e n o t a c h i e ve db y c o ld , p a s s i v e , u n r e s p o n s i v es o l d i e r s . T h e y d o n t go ve r y fa r ,a n d t h e y s t o p a s s oo n a s t h e y c a n .L e a d e r s h ip n ot o n ly d e m a n ds b u tr e c e i v e s t h e w i ll in g , u n h e s i t a t in g ,u n f a lt e r i n g o b e d i e n c e a n d l o y a lt yo f o t h e r m e n ; a n d a d e v o t io n t h a t

w i l l c a u s e t h e m , w h e n t h e t i m ec o m e s , t o fo llo w t h e i r u n c r o w n e dk i i t o h e l l a n d b a c k a g a i n i f

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In a few days the great mass ofyou men wil l receive commissionsas of fi ce rs. T he se c om m issi on swill not make you leaders; theywill merely make you officers.They wil l place yo u in a posit ionwhere you can becom e leaders i fyou possess the proper qualities.But you must make good-not somuch with the men ov er you aswith the me n under you.C h a n c e t o B e c o m e L e a d e r sMen m ust and wil l fol low intobattle officers who are not leaders,but the driving power behindthese men is not enthusiasm butdiscipline. Th ey go with do ubtand trembling and with an awfulfear tugging at t heir heartstringsthat prompt s the unspoken ques-t i on , Wha t w il l h e do n ex t ?

In all this leadership it is difficult,if not im possible, to separate fromt h e e le me n t o f pure l eade rsh ipt hat se lf ish e le m en t o f p erso nalgain or advantage to the individ-ual, without which such leadershipwould lose its value.It is in the military service only,where men freely sacrif ice theirl ives for a faith, where men arewill ing to suffer and die for theright of the prevention o f a greatwrong, that we can hope to realizeleadership in its most exaltedand distinguished sense. There-fore, when I say leadership, Imean MILITARY LEADERSHIP.

the standpoint of society ,the world may be divided intoleaders and followers. The pro-fessions have their leaders, thefinancial wo rld has its leaders. Wehave religious leaders, and poli-t ical leaders, and society leaders.

u s e f u h r e s s i n t h a t o r g a n i za t i o n i sa t a n a n d .Leaders and Followers

From

g o o d b y . Y o u r

q u a b t i e s . W h e n t h e t i m ec o m e s t h a t t h e y a r e s a ti s fi e d y o ud o n ot p os s e s s t h e m y o u m ig h t a sw e l l k i s s y o u r s e lf

instructiqns and guidance.Your word wil l be their law.Your most casual remark will beremembered. Your mannerismswill be aped. Your clothing, yourcarriage, your v ocabulary, your

manner of comm and will be imi-tated.When you join y our organiza-t ion y ou wil l f ind there a wil l ingbody of men, who ask from yo unothing mo re than the qualit iest hat w ill co m m an d t he ir re sp ec t,their loyalty and their obedience.They are p e r f e c t ly r e a d y a n de a g e r t o f o ll ow y o u s o l on g a s y o uc a n c o n vin ce t h e m t h a t y o u h a v et h e s e

Y OUfo r

In a short tim e each of you menwill . control the l ives of a certainnumber of other men. You wil lhave in your charge loyal but un-trained cit izens, who look to

is* theBe st Co mp o si ti on o n Leadership Ever Recordedand as Well Applicable to Officials of Industry asto Military Officials.

. F a r e w e l l Instructions Given to Student Officers atFort Sheridan, by Major C. A. Bach, a Quiet Un-assu m ing Off icer Acting as an Instructor. It

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foryou cannottreat all m en alike-that wouldbe assu m i ng t hat al l m e n ar e c uf ro m t he sa m e pi ec e; t hat t he reis no such thing as individualitvor a personal equation.(Another In stallment of this Articlewill

; that yo ur wishes areanticipated: that eve ry m an i s Johnny on t he spot. And thenyou have arrived.Fairness is another e le m en tw ithout wh ich leadership. canneither be built up nor m aintaed . There m ust be f i rst that fa ir-ness which treats all m en justlyI do not say alike,

super-groo m ing

; thatinstead of your constantly lookingo ut fo r t he m , t he y hav e, wit ho utev en a hint fro m you, taken upthe task of looking out for you.You w i l l f ind that a de tai l i s a l-ways there to see that your tent,i f you have one, is pro mptly pitched; that the most and the cleanestbedding is brought to y our tent;t hat f ro m so m e my st er io us so urc etwo eggs have been added to yoursupper when no one else has any:that an extra m an is helping yourm en g ive your horse a

ups o m e m orn in g and d isc ov er t ha tthe t ables have been t urned

wil l m a k et h e m a s s r e s p o n d t o y o u a s t h o u g hi t w e r e o n e m a n . A n d t h a t i se s p r i t .And when your organizationhas this esprit you will wake

b r e a t h i i l if e i n t o w h a tw o u ld b e o t h e r w i s e a m e r e m a -c h i n e . Yo u a r e c r e a t i n g a s o u l i nt h e organization t h a t

t h i i sy o u a r e

pater-nalis m wh ich robs m enf init ia-

tive, self-reliance and self-respect.I refer t o the paternalis mhatm anifests itself in a watchful carefo r the co m fort and welfare o fthose in yo ur charge.S p i r i t o f S e l f-s a c r i f ic e

Soldiers are much like children.You m ust see that they have she l-ter, food and clothing, the bestthat your ut m ost effo rts canro -vide. You m ust be f ar m oresolicitous of their co m fort thanfyour own. You m ust see that theyhave food to eat before you thinkof your own; that they have eachas good a bed as can be provide dbefore you co nsider where youw il l sleep. You m ust l ook aftertheir health. Y ou m us tconservetheir strength by not d e m an di ngneedless exertion or useless labor.

A n d b y d o i n g a l l t h e s e

erally you get your m oney back.Very frequent ly you m ust chargeit to profit and loss.When I say that paternalis m isessential to leadership I use theter m in i ts better sense. I do notnow re fer to that fo r mf

Cen-

are,your foundation,and your house of leadership willtu m ble about your ears unless i trests securely upon the m .Finally, you wil l give of yourown slender financial resources.Y ou w i ll fr eque nt ly spe nd y ou rown money to conserve the healthand wel l-be ing of your m en or toassi st t he m w he n i n t ro uble .

apprecia-tion for the t roubles o f m en inyour charge . T his one s m otherhas died, and that on e has losthis savings in a bank failure. Theym ay des ire he lp, but m ore thanany thing e lse they desire sy m -pathy.Do n t m ak e t he m ist ak e o fturning such m en down with thes ta te m ent that you have t roublesof y our own, for every t i m e thatyou do YOU KNOCK A ST ONEOUT OF THE FOUNDAT IO NOF YOUR HOUSE .

Y o ur m e n

m&n inat night. He works while otherssleep.Sy m pathy I s Necessary

Y o u w i ll g iv e o f y o urse lf m e n-tally, in sy m pathy and

off icershould n e v e r b e g u i lt y o f a n a c tf o r w h i c h h i s s e n s e o f j u s t i c e t e l lsh i m h e s h o u ld a p o lo g iz e .

A no the r e le m e nt in gaining m o -ral ascendency lies in the posses-sion of enough physical vitalityand endurance to withstand thehardships to which you and y ourm en are subjected, and a daunt-less spirit that e nables you to noto nly accept the m cheerfully butt o m ini m i ze thei r m agn itude.M ake l ight of your troubles,belitt le your trials and you wil lhelp vitally to build up withinyour organization an esprit whosev alue in ti m e of st re ss c ann ot bem easured.Moral force is the third ele m entin gaining m oral ascendency. Toexert m oral fo rce you m ust l i v eclean, you m ust have sufficientbrain power to see the right andthe wil l to do right.

BE AN EXAMPLE T O YOURM EN . A n o ff ic er can be a p ow erfor good or a power for evil .Don t preach to the m -that willbe worse than useless. Live thekind of li fe y ou would have the mlead, and yo u will be surprisedto see the nu m ber that will i m itateyou.A l oud- m out h ed . p ro f an e c ap -

tain who is careless of his personalappearance will hav e a loud -mouthed, profane, dirty co mpany.Rem ember what I tel l you. Yourco m pany w i ll be the re f le c t ion o fyourself. I f you have a rottenco m pany, i t wi l l be because youare a rotten c aptain.Self-sacrifice is essential to lead-ership. Y ou w i ll gi v e, gi v e al l t h eti m e . Y o u w i ll gi ve o f y o urse lfphysically, for the longest hours,the hardest work and the greatestresponsibility is the lot of the cap-

tain. He is the f i rst m an up inthe m orning and the last

gixe to h is m en; a lso anapolo-

4quired to de liv er ten- m inute talkson any subject they m ay choose.That is excellent practice. Forto speak c learly , one m ust th inkclearly, and clear, logical think-ing expresses itself in definite, pos-itive orders.V a l u e o f S e l f-c o n t r o l

Wh ile se l f -conf idence is the re-sult o f knowing m ore than yourm en, moral ascendency over the mis based upon y our belief that yo uare the better m an.o gain andm aintain this ascendency you musthave self-control, physical vitalityand endurance and m oral force.

You m ust have yourse l f so wel lin hand that, even though in bat-t le yo u be scared st iff , you wil lnever show fear. For i f y ou, byso m uc h as a h urr ie d m o v e m e nto r a t re m bli ng of t he hand s, o ra change of expression, or a hastyorder hasti ly rev oked, indicateyour m ental condit ion, i t wi l l bere f lected in your m en in a fargreater degree.

In garrison or ca m p, m any in-stances will arise to t ry your te m -per and wreck the sweetne ss ofyour disposition. If at such t i m esyou f ly o f f the handle , you haveno business to be in charge ofmen . For m en in anger say anddo things that they al m ost in-variably regret afterward.An officer should never


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I. Each House shall be thejudge of the elections, returns andqualifications of its own m embers,and a majority of each shall con-stitute a quorum to do business;but a smaller number may ad-journ from day to day, and maybe authorized to com pel the at-tendance of absent me mbers, inContinued

I. The t imes, places and man-ner of holding elect ions for Sena-tors and Representatives. shall beprescribed in each State by theLegislature thereof; but the Con-gress may at any tim e by law makeor alter such regulations, exceptas to the places of cho osing sen-ators.2. The Congress shall assem-ble at least once in every year, andsuch m eeting shall be on the firstMonday in December, unless theyshall by law appoint a differentday. Section 5.

mation. When the President ofthe United States is tried, the ChiefJustice shall preside; and no per-son shall be convicted without theconcurrence of two -thirds of themem bers present.7. Judgment in cases of im-peachment shall not exte nd fur-ther than to remo val from office,and disqualif ication to hold andenjoy any o f f i ce of honor, trust orprofit under the United States;but the party convict ed shall nev-erthe less be liable and subject toindictme nt, trial, judgment andpunishment, according t o law.Section 4.

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I. (The Senate of the UnitedStates shall be compo sed of twoSenators from each state, chosenby the Legislature thereof, fo r sixyears; and each Senato r shall haveone vote . )2. Immediately after theyshall be assembled in conse-quence of the first elect ion, theyshall be div ided as equally as maybe into three classes. The seatsof the Senators of the first classshall be vacated at the e xpirationof the second year, of the secondclass at the expiration of thefourth year, and of the third classat the expiration of t he sixth year,so that one-third may be chosenevery second year; and if vacan-cies happen by resignation, or oth-erwise, during the recess of theLegislature of any state, the exec-ut ive thereof may make tem por-ary appointments (until the next

meet ing of the Legislature, whichshall then fill such vacancies.)3. N o person shall be a Sen-ator who shall not have attainedthe age of thirty y ears, and beennine years a cit izen of the UnitedStates, and who shall not, whenelected, be an inhabitant of t hatstate for w hich he shall be chosen.4. The Vice President of theUnited States shall be Presidentof the Senate, but shall have novote unless they be equally di-vided.5. The Senate shall choosetheir other officers, and also apresident pro tempore. in the ab-sence of the Vice President, orwhen he shall exercise the officeof President of the United States.6. The Senate shall have thesole power to try all impeach-ments. When sitt ing for t hat pur-pose. they shall be on oath o r

5. The House of Representa-t ives shall choose their speakerand other officers; and shall havethe sole power of impeachment.Section 3.

state,the executive authority thereofshall issue writs of elect ion to f i l lsuch vacancies.

T h e A r ro w w i l lp u bli sh in in st al lm en t s inMarch and A pri l i s sues , thecomplete t er t o f bo th , f i r s t in-s t a l l men t o f w h i ch f o l lo w s :of t en years, in such manner asthey shall by law direct., T henumber of Representatives shallnot exceed one for every th irtythousand, but each state shall haveat least one Representative; anduntil such enumeration shall bemade, the State of New Hamp-shire shall be entit led to choosethree, Massachusetts eight, R hodeIsland and Providence Planta-t ions one, Connecticut f ive, NewYork six, New Jersey fo ur, Penn-sylvania eight, Delaware o ne,Maryland six, Virginia ten, NorthCarolina five, South Carolina fiveand Georgia three.4. When vacancies happen inthe Representation from any

Constitution and i t s eight eena men d men t s ,t heA,rr,xv-i t e ma y b e f a mi l i a r w i t h

a,nd assail i t .That each and everydisfort i t s m ea n in g

spire conf idence to k nock th eprops f rom under those w hopurposely

ation shall be made wit hin threeyears after the first mee ting of theC on gre ss o f t he Un it ed St at es,and within ev ery subsequent term

the United S tates

enumer-

rcpre-sentative who shall not have at-tained to the age of twenty -fiveyears, and been seven years a cit-izen of t he United States, and whoshall not, when elected, be an in-habitant of t hat state in which heshall be cho sen.3. (Representatives and di-rect t axes shall be apportionedamong the several states whichmay be included within this Un-ion, according to their respectiv enumbers, which shall be deter-mined by adding to the wholenumber of f ree persons, includingthose bound to service for a termof years, and excluding Indian:not t axed, three-fi fths of all oth-er persons.) The actual

eve iy second year bythe people o f the several states,and the elect ors in each state shallhave the qualif ications requisitefor electors of the mo st numerousbranch of the state Legislature.2. No person shall be a

I. The House of Represen-tatives shall be composed of mem -bers chosen

I.All legislat ive powers hereingranted shall be vested in a Con-gress of the United States, whichshall consist of a Senate andHouse of Representatives.Section 2.

fbr the United States of America.ARTICLE 1.Sect ion

i t i .We, the people of the UnitedStates, in order to form a moreperfect Union, establish justice,insure dom estic tranquil ity, pro-vide for the com mon defense, pro-mot e the general welfare, and se-cure the blessings of l iberty to o ur-selves and our posterity, do or-dain and establish this constitution

dbil.itylo prop erly interpret it w i l l

a;lainstinfr ingement u pon l i fe, l ibertyor proper ty w i thout recourseto du e process o f law .

.nnd let ter protects usun-

dcrs tanding o f how i t s sp i r i t

c:itizcn h a da more definite kn o w l ed g e o fi ts prov isions and a c learerevery l iber ty lov ingComtitzdtion of the Uni tedSta t es w ould be popular i zed i f.

I Constitution ofThe A rrow believes that the


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do& toposterity.-us to have in our declining days and to hand wi.Gh

governGentthat the t ourists on the Ark Buford would_,And such is the jazz-like ess of,+tand suf fering re igning supre m e.

,ihatthey were a parasite class and enem ies of the state.Results, ambit ion kil led, init iat ive buried,

cbm-pensation to the owners who were informed

diseastibecause it was a sugar disease, nor to t reat goutbecause only the bourgeoise got it.Stocks of retail stores were seized without

sical instru ments or private l ibraries were to ld thatthey must fi le an invento ry of such possessions withthe com missary as they were dec lared to be theproperty of the state.Another- peculiar order issued was that no per-son might move his e f fects from one domic i le toanother nor buy at any store or t ransport m aterialthrough the streets without a permit from t he com -missary.Hospitals were told no t to treat Brights

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Khar-kof, Russia, a city o f approximately t hree quartersof a m ill ion inhabitants, a city of industry and acity o f a size in which a fair test of Soviet prin-ciples of government could be made. Major Davissays that industry broke down due to the absenceof managers who were instantly remov ed when theBolshevists obtained control; me n are not allowedt o rai se th ei r h at s t o w o m e n; n ew sp ap ers w ere sup -pressed, hotels were closed to the use of anyonebut the comm issaries (the t it le giv en Bolshevist of-f ic ials) and the o fficers o f the Red Ar my . Tschool system that had been an admirable one, waschanged to meet with the requirements of theSo vie t principle s as suc h re fo r m s as t he f ollo wingwere put into effect:

Private schools abolished, examinations abol-ished, jurisdiction of faculty over students abolished.the study of grammar abolished as a superfluoussubject, the study of geom etry and physics abol-ished, Easter and Christmas holidays abolished andt he st ud y o f law abo li sh ed . P erso ns hav i ng o t o rcars, carriages. Vic tro las, t ype writ ers, c a m eras,

IMajor Robert Davis, U. S. A., former pastor ofthe Brick Presbyterian Church of New York Cit y,who has been in R ussia the greater part o f the pastyear, in published articles and letters gives an un-colored picture o f the Sov ie t government of

I THE SOVIET RULE

welfareof our country and our homes to see that only sucheducators are employ ed as believe firm ly in ourgovernm ent, its constitution and its institutions.

their profession and theirability, then t ake sufficient interest in theus pay our educators salaries commensuratewit h t he i m po rt anc e o f

It i s t i me we woke up to the fac t that throughour neglect, the true blue Am erican professors,teachers and ministers have been underpaid whilethe propagandists have been we ll paid for danglingtheir wares before. the eyes of o ur youth.Let

sues a great cry f or teachers and educators in gen-e ral but th e c ry se e m s t o be of li tt le av ai l i n re -l ieving the shortage as the profession of educationo ff er s but li tt le i nd uc e m e nt t o day t o t ho se q uali fi edto render v alued service and all because of t hemeager compensation offered.An unappreciative and indifferent people havenot yet awakened to their responsibil ity in the mat-ter nor to a realization of the rank injustice it isto ask the brains of our educational system whohave spent ye ars in patient study and energetic ef-fort to acquire the knowledge necessary to f it ness intheir profession to accept a pittance for their serv-ices that wil l hardly clothe and feed t hem.The result of that indifference is now reflected inthe great shortage of teachers and brings out thenews that m any professors, teachers and ministershave taken posit ions in industry and as secretariesof business service o rganizations where their serv-ices and ability are appreciated and rewarded bygood salaries. Hence, it is a certainty. that unlessequal advantages are offered t hem in their regularprofession that they wil l stay in t heir new fieldsrather than return to the service of an unappreciativepublic.Th e purveyors of propaganda long ago per-ceived that an excellent plan of selling their goodswas through the m edium of our educational sys-te m and we have been quite forc ibly reminded of

the success of their plan by finding on the t eachingstaff o f our schoo ls and universit ies Soc ialists, Co m -munists and near Bolsheviks. T his, one of Buffalo sfore most patr iot ic c i t izens learned to h is sorrow theother day when conversing with his daughter whohad just returned from one of t he prominent col-leges of the East. He was astonished to f ind t hatshe was trying to c onvert him to parlor Socialism,but his is not an exceptional case as there are manymore go od Ame rican parents who have had theirprogeny return to them from schools and collegesw it h t he ir c ran iu m s ja m m e d f ull o f i sm s an d f ul lyprepared to teach Daddy the new ideas.

2.Ctate Co mm issio ner o feducation Finley calls on every comm unity in thisstate to realize that t he minimum salary for teachersmust be sufficient to mee t living conditions. A large percentage of teachers, he said, areleaving the service to enter other professionsThe above press dispatch is but one of a greatnumber of art icles on the subject appearing re-cent ly in the public press as fro m all parts o f thecountry and particularly from the eastern states is-

1Albany, N. Y., Feb.

1 LACKOFTEACHERS

Editorporting m t Editor CHESTER THOMAN.cCUIRE.

orwniution dTHE PIERCE -ARROW MOTOR CAR COMPANY

GEORGE E. MORGAN, EditorJOSEPH A.

menben d thef th enterests he u bi ik d i nY

--Vol. 3 MARCH, 1920 No .

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T HE AR R O W


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Le Couteulx s residence .sub-

drawn. The foreground shows On the north-east corner is a stantial house adjoining was thebe -came Exchange Street in 1836. Couteulx s garden and the

S = k t y

This picture is of high value forthe us Main Street at Exchange, which vacant lot, which was Louis Leevident accuracy with which in 18 29 was Crow Street.the buildings of that t ime were It

H i m & a l UI W COU~Y 829 From original water color: drawn by George W. Smithuffalo Harbor in

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princi- drawing may have exaggerated it , old Terrace.mark-the t ypes o f lake c raf t shown and have along the harbor . Whi l e th is ed rise to the natural level of thefor the elevation, which the

Soci i ty

Th is p ic t ur e i s i nt e re st i ng fo r pal par t o f th e t own appe ar s t o it is certain that t here was aHhxicd ulhlo -coUrte.y dfthat year825 From the New Canal Memoiruflalo Harbor in

WHEN BUFFALO WAS A VILLAGE


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searchiforthe causes of accidents and theirremoval.

th eother fel low and then only whenit includes a persistent

efficient where thereexists a real desire to helpecomesIt is then brought hometo the em ployer that Safety onlyb

t akesplace.

Shfety Committee fornot alone must the employee beconvinced, but in many instancesthe employer, after starting. aSafety c ampaign, forgets all aboutit until some serious accident

It has com e to be an acceptedfact in accident protection thatconsiderable safeguarding of ma-chines and processes must takeplace before the activ e co-opera-t ion of t he average worker can beobtained.This means real work on thepart of the

BiThe pendulum at t im es hasswung far in each direction butwith a better knowledge of thesafety problems, the safety mo ve-ment o f today seems to be head-ed in the right direction. N O

Safety Engineer worthy of thename today would attempt aneducational campaign until hehad first corrected the e videntphysical hazards in sight.

therefor was thedisposit ion of some e mploy ers toregard a safety organization as SOmuch camouflage to cov er upglaring defect s in his mec hanicalequipment.

thesafetymovements are education andsafeguarding. Education will pre-vent a greater number of acci-dents. Safeguarding will pre-vent mo re serious accidents. Edu-cation brings the greatest resultsfor the least money , and is there-fore favored by the employer.Safeguarding suggests laws, in-spections, the big st ick and is thefavorite and generally the onlymet hod used by the state.

Education without safeguarding

is not sincere; safeguarding with-out education is of the samestripe.Either one without the otherwill attain but a limited success.Our experience has amply dem -onstrated that safeguarding firstformed the base upon which wecould erect o ur educational workand only in proportion as we dem-onstrate our sincerity by providingsafeguards f i r s t , could we securethe co-operation of effect ive safe-ty committees and the general co-operation of the wo rkers.The em ployer who said someyears ago that all accidents weredue to carelessness and that in-spection requirements were ab-surd and oppressive was not en-t irely wrong.Many inspection requireme ntswere both absurd and oppressiveand the reason

&et an accident oc cur andimm ediately someone proffers aid,without stopping for particulars.I t is this spirit we m ust m ake useof before the accident occurs tomake Safety First an assured factfor everyone.

How best to arouse this spiritin the plant or city is the prob-lem t hat confronts us at the start.The two great factors in

1

Again we desire to call atten-t ion to the fact that the resultsso far achieved are due to t heexpression of that desire on thepart of all real men to do allthey can to prevent injury andsuffering of the ir kind.This we see i l lustrated ev eryday.

1 D e s i r e o f R e a l

100% gain overall previous figures.

I, 1920, wehave steadily im proved, January,1920, showing aI9 19 , to February I,

im-ployes. This is also true of t hese ve rit y rat e. F ro m Oc to be rsmil ler number of

:,vhole number of accidents occur-ring were less than the averagefor the

I , 1919,

we find that the work of theSafety Comm ittee has been so wellsupported by every departm entof the factory that while the num-ber of em ployes had doubled the

I, 1916, to October

m iCovering the period from J an-uary

num-Ler of accidents and their causes.

workin?organization. Previous to thistime sev eral months were spent inpreliminary safeguarding of ma-chines and condit ions that inves-.t igation proved to have occasion-ed accidents. A c lose analysis ofthe m onthly reports from January1, 1916, to J anuary 1, 1920, wil lshow a steadily de creasing

16.that the P ierce-Arrow SafetyComm ittee, organized as at pres-ent, became an effect iv e

I9, 1, 19 19.We select this period becauseit was not unt il January

Pierce-Arrow Moto r Car Company, bycom paring the number and sever-ity o f accidents for the four yearsending December 3

m lNow, let us see how the ex-

pression of this principle has ben-e f i ted the employes of

,o f hi sneighbors.This l ist could be extended al-most indefinitely f or when closelyanalyz ed almost eve ry human be-ing earns and maintains his livingby practicing safety in some formor other.This being the case it m ust beev ident that the person whospends his time decrying the Safe-ty movem ent s imply exhibi ts h islack of knowledge of its funda-ment al principles.

expr.ession of self sacrif ice.The soldier lays down his l i fe forthe safety of his country. Thedoctor sacrif ices himself to savehis patient; the fireman to savethe l ives and property

By Will iam F. Bayer, SafetyEngineer. - - -In every human relation we findthe


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tithin the age for ar m yservice are physically unfit forsuch work.There are many ways to lookat this condit ion, but two that areof importance, present themselvest o me . The m an who does nott ak e c ar e o f h i m se lf is t he bi gg estloser, in that he loses unnecessaryt i me and wages because of beingsick, and if well enough to workin a condit ion below par, he can-not hope to co mpete for a bet terjob with a man who is in firstclass physical condit ion. Ourcountry cannot do it s work andcompete with the rest o f theworld, i f a large percentage o f itsworkers cannot, because of infirm-ities and physical handicaps, dothe sum total of the work requiredof them.

occur-ing during tuberculosis produce ac ert ai n. d eg re e o f i m m uni ty to in-fluenza or to the secondary infec-t ions which produce mo st of thesymptoms.

M a n y Ad v a n t a g eG o o d H e a l t hStatistic s, furnished us by theo ffic ials o f the ar m y exam iningboards, show that a great numbero f men

Framing-ham during the wave t he ltaliansh ad f our ti me s a s much in flue nzaas t he I rish. A rm st ro ng ho ldsthat there is considerable groundfor the opinion that the repeatedacute respiratory infectio ns

In thegroup of arrested tuberculosis,only 2 per cent had influenza. InWashington it was found that thedisease was much less prevalentamong negroes and this may havebeen due to the higher infectionf ro m t ube rc ul osi s a m o ng n eg ro es.In Framingham, 2.16 per cent.of the entire poulation have tuber-culosis, active and arrested, ascom pared with a rate of 4.85 percent amo ng the Irish and 0.48 percent among the It alians. Dublin sobservations in New York State

show about the same proportions.On the ot her hand. in

tuber-culous were attacked.

socie? I t certainly bore theheaviest on men and women int he p ri me o f li fe an d s tr en gt h .Vigor and right liv ing see m ed topredispose rather than to prote ct.Pregnant women were the worstsufferers, but the predispositionsee med to be a product o f thepregnancy and not of any diseasessuch as grave vom iting; eclampsiaand albuminuria incidental to t hecondit ion. There were many ob-servations which seem ed to in-

dicate t hat the tuberculous werenot average susceptible to the dis-ease. Dr. B. Armstrong foundconsiderable proof o f this in hisanalysis of the first wave of thee pide mic in Fram ingham . I nthat wave, I6 per cent, of t hegeneral population were affecte d,while only 4 per cent of the

I m m u n -i t y . Were the husky and strongmore susceptible to pneumoniaand influenza during the epidem icthan were other mem bers of

1The report says: One fact isdefinitely established and that isthat we have nothing to fear fromtuberculosis as a sequel to i nflu-enza.N a t u r a l a n d Ac q u i r e d

t !z$ 1T u b e r c u l o s i sen-

volvment.

l ittle after effectsf ro m in fluenza, consider ing thegravity of the constitutional

12 8 persons had recov eredand seventy -eight were improving.Of the twent y-three persons claim-ing to have disease of the urinaryorgans due to influenza eighteenhad recovered and five were im-proving. Of the forty-six cases ofn erv o us di se ase s, t hi rt y i nd iv i-duals had recove red and sixteenw ere i m pro vin g.The survey indicated that therei s re m ark ably

- .Of the 206 cases of rheuma-t is m ,

5. Hubbard )list o f 33,880 is a very s m allnumber.

18. In only eightcases did it appear certain that t hedisease had develope d after theepidemic. Eight cases fro m a

Use Your Wi ll-Power and Don t Borrow Trouble--Surveys in Buffalo and Other Cities Indicate thatThere Are Few After -Effects from Influenza

(By Dr. A.

50 1 had fully recov ered,2 I6 reported that they were im-proving and twenty-seven claimedthat they were no better.A close study developedtwenty-eight cases of consump-tion. Of these, eleven werefound to be on the l ist of personsknown to have consumption priorto October, 19

I9 18. Theyfound that in this city 33,880cases of the disease had been re-ported; 3,179 persons had diedand 28,663 reported that theyhad fully recov ered; I .290 couldnot be located. At the t ime ofthe March visit 748 personsc lai med that they had not fu llyrecovered from t he effects of in-fluenza.Seven hundred and fo rty-eighti s a s ma ll pe rc e nt ag e o f 33 ,880and the report indicates that theafter-effects o f influenza are notconsiderable. Two months later,a second call was made on the748. At the t ime of the secondvisit it was found that four haddied,

C.. Gram had the Buffalo healthdepartment m ake a survey to de-termine the afte r-effects of the in-f luenza epidemic of

wil l pow-er and mental machinery wil l goa long way toward overco ming atendency toward this disease.Dr. F. E. Froncz ak and Dr. F.

9

Don t Worry Is Good Mottoto Follow in Co m bating Flu

Do n t w orry .This is a good m otto t o usein com bating influenza. Don tborrow trouble and allow them ind to become confused overconditions that may nev er happen.The proper use of your


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for al l haulage underforty miles.

t o iday m otor t rucks are used- inmany places

truckd forshort haul is necessary to releasefreight cars for long haul. Rail-road cars have frequently been,used in cit ies to transport goodsonly a few blocks. In Europe

i t i .

ment: The use of motor

imi>udence isin the persons who serve

f i lY remember, WhereLaughter is, Success is, too.The principal difference be-tween repartee and

6f alaugh, a spontaneous laugh. Thewrong k ind of laughte r is as badas the groan or the grumble.

pleaiure to do businesswith the fel low who has a laughrtady for y ou. That s why hesucceeds. His laugh is a pre-mium with his goods that bringsyou back and back again. Laughand succeed.Cultivate the right kind

blood;It stimulates the sense, arousesthe perceptio ns, and opens thesoul to broadening agencies.Laughter pays much better t hangrumbling.I t s a

laugh-and n o th in g make s c om-pany feel better than a real laugh,straight from the heart.A good laugh is l ike a couponi n a n ew sp ap er c on te st . I t d oe sn tcost anything, and it may getsomething.The m an who laughs in the faceo f def e at w on t f a ce de fe at o f t en .The m an who succeeds in life isthe m an who tackles his work witha smile and a spirit of confidence,who refuses to be downhearted.Laughter makes good

y&rhole-proofs. Give yo ur sense ofhumor a little exercise.Nothing sillier that a silly

whi l ,agood, whole-souled laugh thatwakes you up from y our eyesc lear down to the bot tom of

have men about me t h a tare f at . H e k ne w t he ad vant -age of nerve-easing environme nt.Laugh once in a

quothwise old Ben Franklin.Shak esp eare s Caesar said, Le t me

laugh is worth a hundredgroans in any market, SoL A U G H A N D S U C C E E D

A

mer-railroad freight haulagewherever possible with mot ortruck transportation. Appendedis a paragraph from the state-

earnestlv appeals to re -placeI t .chants and manufacturers to.

I4 1 miles, theninth day.ernment s war activi t ies points outthe great difficulty of dealing withthe present shortage of freightcars.

Waycross to Vero. Fla., 322miles, the eighth day: from Ve roto Miam i, Fla.,

Ca., 235 m iles, the sixthday; from Augusta to Waycross.Ca.. 305 m iles, the seventh day:from

18 6 miles, the second day;from New Brunswick t o Wash-ington, D. C., 2 10 m iles, the thirdday; from Washington to Rich-mond, Va., 135 m iles, the fourthday; from Richm ond to SouthernPines, N. C., 240 m iles, the fi fthday; from Southern Pines to Au-gusta,

J.,

In a recent bullet in themitt ee on National Defensehas in hand a great manyprises growing out o f the

from A lbany to New Brunswick,N.

Gov-

trucks.

enter-Com-which

Covern-ment v irtually the ally of m otor

I2 miles to a gallon.Only eleven quarts of oi l wereUNCLE SAM ALLY OF MOTORT RUCK S

A situation has developed thatmakes the United States

eears fre-quently were used in negotiat ingsome southern trails, the closerecord kept o f performanceshowed a gasoline consumption ofclose to

Alihough thecar was new and lower

Dual-valve S ix Pierce-Arrow. the mode lbeing a 38 H.P.

.radiator leak quickly repaired-inJacksonville.The t our was made in aslinhtxceot axoerienced

hardlyhav e be en wo rse , ac co rding toMr. Seiler, no m echanical troublewas

Al- The log of t he journey led thethough part of the journey was mot orists from Buffalo to Albany,m ad e t hro ug h p ri me val ro ads, N. Y ., 3 01 m ile s, t he fi rst day ;

When the old met the new in Georgiawhose condit ion could

tour- Heavy sand roads in this territoryin g manager o f the American fai led t o impede progress .Automo bile Association.companied by A. G. Seiler, ac - across a stream in North Carolina.

accom- t ive f latboat, oared by negroes,plished by M essrs. A. A. and F. was pressed into service as a ferryW. Anderson of Minneapolis,

primi-hours is the feat recentlycivil-m ot or in nine day s and twe lv e iz at io n at one po int that a

From Buffalo to Miami, Fla., Ina Dual -Valve P ie rce -ArrowD i s t a n c e o f 2 07 5 M ile s I s C o v e r e d i n N i n e D a y s a n dT w e lv e H o u r s , D e s p i t e A lm o s t I m p a s s i b le C o n d i t io no f S o m e o f t h e R o a d s - -- N o M e c h a n i c a l T r o u b l e

From Buffalo, N. Y., to Miami, used on t he entire run. TheFla., a d ist an ce o f 2075 m i le s, by mo t o ri st s w e re so f ar fr om


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be an inspiration to manyothers who are planning to buyhomes.

me Arrow about the met h-ods you used, and the thrift andpatience you practiced in becom -ing a home owner. Your storym ay

Pierce-Arrow employ es who wil l be ableto furnish such worth-while data.If yo u can supply m aterial for suchan art icle, drop a l ine to TheArrow, giving your name and de-partment, and a reporter wil l callon you for a interview.Dont hestitate in tel l ing read-ers of

havecontributions on this v ital subject.There are hundreds of

pIants begin to crowd eachother out. I f you have more seed-lings than you can find room forin transplanting, yo u can probablysell the surplus to your neighbors,keeping the finest specimens foryour own, of co urse.

How We BoughtOur HomesThe Arrow would l ike to

v i t ! la fine spray is next best.When a seedling begins to showits third true leaf, it is old enoughto transplant. Certainly the trans-planting must be done before thelitt le

hied into t he sunniestwindow in the house. At thisstage an abundance of light is thestaff o f the ir existence. Againwhenever the surface of the soilbegins to look po wdery. it is t imefor more water. I f the flat canbe set in water, the m oisture seep-ing up through the crevices orholes in the botto m of t he box,it is the mo st satisfactory way ofall. Sprinkling the surfaces

5-10 seeds to the inch. Coverlightly with the soil , pressing itdown firmly but not hard.The seeds are not left to germ-inate. For germination the chiefessential is proper moisture. A

sheet of glass covering the flatand t i lted up at one edge to ad-mit air wil l better maintain thesurface moisture. Occasionalsprinkling is necessary-wheneverthe surface begins to look powd-ery.Just as soon as the little seed-lings appear, the flats must forth-with be

; one-half to three-fourthsinch deep for seeds such as beet

and melon; and one to two inchesdeep f or large seeds such as beansan d p eas. I n th ese f urr ow s, so w

holea in them sothat all surplus water can bequickly drained away.When you are ready to plantyour first seeds, on the day beforeplanting, fi ll the flat or seed boxesabout two-thirds full with soil,water it so t hat it is saturated thor-oughly, and then fill almost, butnot quite, to the to p with a finallayer of soil . In this way themoisture will penetrate to t he sur-face without making it muddy andsticky. Be sure the soil is packedin f irmly, e specially around theedges and in the co rners of thebox.The next day you plant. Makevery shallow furrows about 2 or3 inches apart and crosswise ofthe box. A furrow one-fourthinch deep is correct for very fineseed

12. I4 inches wide and 20-24 inches long. In putting bot-tom s on these flats, leave narrowspaces between the boards or boreseveral half-inch

the flats.Any woode n box may be usedas a flat for starting see ds, but themo st convenient to handle is soconstructed as to be 3-4 inches

deep,

well-rotted m anure with it wil l enrichit . Humus from the family woo dpile or from beneath a decayinglog in the woo ds, or leaf mold isalso excellent m aterial to have onhand for

cocoanut f iberwith a st i f f heavy soil wil l l ightenand loosen it ; mixing old

on the grow.Mixing sand and

the soil should have go odbody and be rich enough to keepthe l itt le plants

60. 90Consulting this table, you willknow when to start your variousseeds indoors or in the hot bed inorder to have them on the tableat the earliest moment.

1 n preparation fo r planting inseed boxes and hot beds the firststep is to provide y ourself witha supply of good soil . For thestart ing of seed boxes or f lats itshould be light and poro us, butneed not be so rich. On the oth-e r h an d, f or tr an sp lan ti ng t heseedlings as soon as they are upout of the earth, to other deeperflats,

.0- 75 Turnips 40. 60Lettuce . . . . . ._.0. 80 Tomatoes7.5 Squ asher 60.10 0Kohlrabi SO-

60. 75 Swiss ch ard .. SO- 60Eggplants . . .i5Cucumbers 60. O Spinach0. :. . .r50

C25 125-150 Radishes 60-1.00Celery

40. 60Cauliflower SO- 80 PotatoesSO

Carrots 60.9 0 Peppers 60. .150.175

Cabbage 60.9 0 Peas65. 90 Parsnipsrtts. sprouts .120-1750 Onions0.

Melolls 90.12 0Beets

.120-140Beans, pale 60.100 45. 75 Leeks

I. By April ,when it is safe to transplant theyoung shoots into the o pen gar-den, they will be lusty, life-sizedvegetables. I t takes all the wayfrom 25 t o 200 days for seeds toreach maturity, and if you inno-cently wait until your garden soilis free of frost before plantingyour seeds, you wil l have m ightyfew Spring vege tables. Here is atable of the m ost popular gardenvegetables and the days it takesthem to reach maturity:Beans. dwarf

gf seedboxes and flats, or a hot bed andcold frames, it is possible to startplanting seeds March

S T A R T Y O U RG A R D E N E A R L YD o you remem ber the firsthot days last year-how yourthoughts ran to berries with thedew on them, to tender young

peas, and crisp, curling greenswith which to thin yo ur sluggishblo od ? Be tt er be up an d d oi ngthen, for these delights of thegarden do not spring from the soilovernight as som etim es do thef irst hot days of ret urning summer.And if you are going to plant agarden you wil l want yo ur vege-tables stepping right along towardthe t able as soon as the sunshineand robins begin to hint of Spring.The way to bring it about is tosteal a march on Nature in t hewarmth of yo ur basement or kit-chen or in a specially constructedho t be d. Wit h a supply


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bad luckso far. So it wil l , so it wil l . chuckledSir Thomas, who seemed greatlyimpressed with the omen.

: :w hi so?e , yo u see this wil l be thet hirt ee nt h se ri es f or the Am e ri ca scup, and if bad luck co mes itwill have to hit us, because theBritish have had all the

PbutI m afraid we wil l lose this year. Y es, replied the boy;

. Wel l, my l i t t le man, quothSir Thomas, it appears we aregoing to have quite a nauticalsc rap n ex t summe r .*

c l lzkSi ;Thomaa v iewed the Sham-bay at City I sland the

_---08 845 848 942Total-344 3so-was a conversation with anAmerican

19 492 19294 I95Sc hm c k r 14 6 69 616 4Schuessler I5 1 71 43

14 8 189Todack 14 8 168I45 211 200Klein

_---59 844 837 1024

Tot al-35 64D. Smith 152

142Holmes 233I507019 9 222Klaiber 15 6

I75Mackey 209 14 6 58 6516 4Boyle I5446 197

19 6 230Harrison 18 3 691961/z for four games.

Koschnick

l2ihthe Office and Motor teams stagedan interesting match, the Officewinning three and losing two.Bert Holmes had the high score

for the evening with 23 3, whileEd. Mackey rolled high average,having

R ob H i g h Av e r a g eThere is keen rivalry betweenthe leaders of the First Divisionof the Int er-department BowlingLeague. On February the

Herreshoff, who wentover eve ry inch of the boats withhis fingers to assure himself thathis plans had been followed ac-curately.Quite the mo st satisfactory in-c id en t o f Si r T ho m as L ip to n s re -cent v isit to this co untry, at leastthe baronet appeared to regard it

Office Team TrimsM otor BowlersMackey

1 by e ighteen min-utes.M ost o f A me ri ca s v ic to ri ousyachts were designed by the fam-ous blind

16 .1899. but the Am erican ship Col-umbia was too fast, and defeatedhis Shamrock

1and was won by the Am erican,and since that time there has beeneleven o ther races, all won byAmerican yachts.Lipton m ade his f irst attemptto l i ft the cup on October

185

14 . but the war causeda postponement. The R oyal Ul-ster Club was given assurance atthat t ime, that the challengewould be accepted at the secessionof hostil ities.Sir Thomas L ipton s ShamrockIV, which is now being fitted atCity Island, Brooklyn, wil l be thechallenger and either the Vanity

or the Re solute wil l be the de-fender. Both the Ame rican boatswill be brought out. and tested intrial races during May and June.The first international yachtrace was sailed in A ugust,

I9

17, 20, 22, 24,or until either y acht has won-threeout of f ive races.

The New York Yacht Club ac-c e pt e d L i pt on s c ha ll en ge f o r arace in

I5 and succeeding raceswill fol low on July

lnter-national Yacht races for Americancup. The races are to be sailedoff Sandy Hook in July. The firston July

interest in the yachting worldis centered on the coming

16 pins. The gallery allagreed that the games were someof the best that they had witnessedin a long time .

L i p t on G r oom s Y a c h tfor Am er ica s Cu pR a ces T h i s S u m m er

Pod-gers found that he was the loserby

intereating. T h egrand event took place at theFloss Place alleys on Saturdayafternoon February 14t h. F ivegames were rolled and when theresults were added, Hook

Kell. They dec idedthat the tim e was ripe for a match,so they both posted, $5 to m akethe contest

ir i the Mill-wright Department betwee n thebowlers, namely, Home r Podgersand Nelson

P o d g e r s R o l ls K e l lGreat rivalry exists

22................................Parts............ IO 20Bush

I9Electricians I1.................I9Gear I.......I

I 3 17Body Mill ..........onstructiofiI55........ I4St o ck Chase rs .I6.............I3Wheel I7...........I3Trimming I7 ..........I2Plant Draft I 8..............

IFitting I....... 19,.......... 23 7Lathe .,........

.27 3Cisholt ..........I 24

Second DivisionTool Room............................... 4 26Grinder

............ 5 25Drill

............ 6 24Treasurers.......... 7 23Inventory

18Valve Lifter I2..........I7Cam Shaft I3................

.I8 I2Paint

................I 9 I ITurret.............. 20 10Potte r& Johnson.. . .

21 4Service ........................ 26 4OfficeT ransmission

:26............. .2 7MotorDlvls ionBody Assembly. ..... .

- DepartmentLeague StandingS t a n d i n g o f Si x t h W e e k

First

Inter


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Ou a

ztnn,i;,;Fnt=b;ruLtpresidential elections.

I Ken of Th e N ews Look s Th em~-$~$a~d

balder hegot the better he fought.Norman Brookes. the great

he f irst landed onthese shores, and the

bil-liardist is a grandfather.Bob Fitzsimm ons was no springchicken when

DeOro is.Pittsburg s best amateur

Alf-redo

.and was past 2 3when he broke into the majors.

That made him about 45 when hequit.Walter J. Travis, perhaps thegreatest golfer of his t im e, wasway past 30 when he first useda club on the green.We d hate to say how old

$1000. thesame to be applied to encourageboxing.Mr. Johnson is not a newcom erin the vineyard of the Lord, hecannot be crit ized by the eldersas an immature enthusiast. Hewas graduated from Dartmo uthfifty-one years ago and thereforehas seen m uch of the wo rld. Heunderstands the spirit of y outhand he believes no doubt in tak-ing your part.He is to be com plimented andhis congregation, wherever it is,is to be congratulated upon hav-i ng a she phe rd who co m bi ne scom mon sense with spirituality.

A ll t h e S t a r sA r e N o t Yo u n gQuite a controv ersy is ragingabout the age of athletes. Theysay that youth m ust be served,which, in a large m easure, is true.But there st i l l are the fo l lowing

facts to remember:Mose Strathern, Minnesota sgreat center of the long ago andan all-western m an, was nearly 30when he w as at his best.Old Cy Young pitched fortwenty-two years

broad-minded, and who recognizes theadvantage of sound bodily healthas an aid to m oral character. TheRev. Jo hn E. Johnson of Han-over, New Ham pshire, has justmade a gift to his alma m ater,Dartmo uth College, of

prbpa-ganda, it is refreshing to note anexceptio n-gratifying to f ind aman of the cloth who is

1

A B r o a d m i n d e d M i n i s t e rAt this particular t ime , whenso many clergymen are givingtheir t im e and talents to restric-

t ive social reform, so-called, in-stead of the ev angelical

I54347 380 345 350 319Tot al-l 74

172 80 82 240 I6 5No l 178 6565 140

166 17 7353 384 359 335 336Tota l - l 767Sindle

179898 1 159Cazley 169 8095 72

&d Beck.C az le y an d O Br ie n r ec en tl ydefeated Nol and Sindle for thetwo-man championship of theBushing Department by 26 pins.Gazley and O Brien featured withtheir co nsistent bowling, whileNol showed control o n splits.making 5 -7 split three t ime s, alsomaking the high score. Sindlehad an off night, making manysplits.O Brien

trust&d their hopes to Martin,GossRusch rolledfor the Bush, and Tool Room

I 58pins. Five game s were rolled.Cazley, Graham and

Kumpfys Alleys.The Bush boys were to o fast forthe To olmakers and won by

B u s h D e fe a t s T o o lR o o m -C a z le y S t a r sThe Bushing three-man teamdefeated the Tool Ro om in amatch game on


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t o Fred Behring,Testing Department.

IO -m an te am . A dd re ss ac ce pt an ceof challenge.

lZ;Eirnent (Camp Dix)c h al le nge any depar tme n t i n t heplant for a bowling match,Te iFg

-bowlers of the

959, ; 912Total 2 796.

187-- -925

.16 9

Bickel. I57ich. Sr . 19 8 209185

15 6Mackey 171 226I72Graham 182I 86

18 4 18 8Fischer ..226 ,

Schmocker

169-- -838 934 881Total 2646.

Pierce-Arrow

. 18 8 231 204Mane .17 3McCo y . 158 203ngel

15766 I53Kraebel . 149 19 8145 182

Nelson

15 0846 809 876 82 4

Total 3355.Spencer Lens

Creyso n . . . ...177

I 58 19956ich, Sr . 1779561 62 I48Mackey 14 8 56 .I84 16 8Bickel I5267 180I8 1Fischer I54 16977

131 184780 718 799 825

Total 3 I 23.Pierce-ArrowSchmocker

...I57 I43Lenhardt13 3Murphy . . . I7791 38 rach 16921 5248 191Reeb I9 1 48 68

I 79 i48Yon dt . . . . . . 169 84Lenhardt r Big F i ie

Ben . . . . . . . .

v ie-tories to t heir long string of wins.To -date they have not lost amatch and they feel confident t hatthey wil l trim all comers. Theirrecent matches were:

have, added two more

L e n h a r d t sA r e t h e V i c t im s

T he Pierce-Arrow Bowlingteam

i good manyyears having rolled in two o f theA. B. C. events. He finished inthe mo ney in the Individuals witha total of 605 for three games,rolling 585 in his other set.

Two More TeamsBow to P.A. ChampsS p e n c e r L e n s a n d

team,has bowled forD.epartment d bowling

I 80, 256,2 38, and 223 for a total of 897.Graham is employ ed in the BenchDepartment.Ed. Schmocker, the captain ofthe Motor

I 93 for nine games.Walter Graham, the darkhorse, has never rolled in an A.B. C. contest but he is well kno wnon the alleys of the city. He re-cently broke the record for thehigh four games in the Man-toMan League, rolling

I 135 for f ive

one of the best bowlers in thecity, for a purse of $2 00. Fredhas rolled in two A. B. C. tourna-ments and at Buffalo he had anaverage of

I32 and a mem ber ofteams that have rolled suchscores as

me n s ex-penses are to be paid by popularsubscription.Ed. Mackey o f the P urchasingDepartme nt has bowled for thelast eighte en ye ars, and has com-peted in t welve A . B. C. tourna-ments, taking his share of themoney. Mackey was captain ofthe Toledo T om Cats for sevenyears, and the team was consid-ered one of t he best in thecountry.Charlie Bickel o f the Drill De-partment, a bowler for 23 yearshas bowled in te n A. B. C. tourna-ment s and has been

Eich, Graham an d Bickel;Front Row, M ackey, Fischer and Schmocker.The t eam will leave Buffalo onMarch 14th and they wil l be tak-en care of in P eoria, by a repre-se nt at iv e o f th e Co m pan y s Se rv -ice Department. T he

Eich, Sr., of the BodyDepartm ent, better known as the Grand Old Man of Bowling ,has been rolling for the last 35years and is good for a goodmany more . He has also rolledin ten A . B. C. cont ests and atChicago a couple of y ears ago histeam took ninth money.Fred Fischer of the Mill De-partment is also a finished bowlerhaving recently de feated Vara,

Back Row,

Sch-mocker. These m en rate as A-lin the bowling circles of the city,and they are sure to m ake theirpresence felt at Peoria.

men. T h is w il l be Bi ck e l s se c-ond trip to Peoria.Charles

Eich, Sr., Fred Fischer,Walter Graham and Ed.

16,and 17th.The team is composed of Ed.Mackey, captain: Charles Bickel,Charles

-represent the Pierce-Arrow ispracticing diligently for its comingcontests in the Am erican BowlingCongress at Pe oria on March

_

Cham pions Going t o Peo riaBest Inter-Department Bowlers to RepresentPierce-Arrow at American Bowling Congress

Ed Mackey, CaptainT he bowling team that is to


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IIThe factory telephone directoryis also prepared in this depart-ment.Many insured and registeredletters leave here daily.The supervision and care of thePierce-Arrow branch of the P ub-

lic Library also co m es under thejurisdiction of the CorrespondenceDe par t m e n t, o f wh ic h Mi ss D. M .Sm ith is in charge .

leters which,af te r be in g st a m p ed , are ti ed i nt obundles t o wai t fo r the m ail m anTwice a day two e m p loyes oft his d ep art m e nt go o ut to t he R e-pair Shipping Depart m ent t osta mp al l Parce l Post packages.All inco m ing te legra m s are

sent by a pneu m at ic chute tothe Correspondence Depart m entwhere they are placed in envel-opes and distributed to t he properperson.

en-enclosed, sealed and sta m ped.The General packet consistsof all other outgoing

Pierce-Arrow Distributors are sent tothe Correspondence Depart m entwhere they are folded and en-closed in large envelope s ad-dre sse d t o t he co m pany fo r whic hthey are intended. Many of ourdepar t m ents, inc luding the Part s ,Sales, Service and Sales Detail,send out ci rculars, and these alsoare sent to our 105 distributors.

T he Purchase Order packetcontains about two hundred en-velopes. Letters addressed tot he se fi r m s are al so fo ld ed ,

lected i n the Adm inistrat ionbuilding at frequent intervals.

In addit ion, all outgoing m aii s st a mpe d by me mbe rs of t hi sde pa rt m e nt . Thi s i s d iv i de d in t ot hre e p ac ke ts o f m ai l, na m e ly The Distributors, PurchaseO rder and General. All lettersand invoices addressed to

col-

tance book and then sent to theAudit ing Depart m ent .The average inco m ing m ail ont he re m ai ni ng day s o f th e w ee kam ount s t o: Co m pany m ail, f irstclass, 800 to 9 00 lett ers: personalletters, 150; second class m ail,forty to f i f ty pieces.During the day the m ai l isenvblope, unfolded andstamped with the date. It is thenread and sorted according to the

remit-

Employes o f the Correspondence DepartmentF irst , t he co m pan y le tt ers areso rt ed f ro m the p erso nal m ai l.Wh i le the lat ter is be ing sortedin a cabinet , the co m pany mail isopened by m eans of an electricopener . Each l et t e r i s then takenout of the

8. m . and distribution of the m ail is effecte d,3 p . m . the checks are entered in aI30 a. m .,Aail are laid to one side and after

rives at 7ar-

8:30 in the morning.200 personal letters and from 15 0 All checks which co m e in theto 20 0 pieces of second class,

Employes of the Correspondence Departmentdaily average of approxi m ate lya m e reaches its dest inat ion by3 00 0 f irst class Co m pan y- le tt ers,

t-the Correspondence Depart-ment, which is located on the firstf loor o f the AdministrationBuilding.The m ail pack, containing a

de pa rt m e nt s w hi c h h an dl e t hework contained in each letter.

The m ail is then carried inlarge red envelopes, each m arkedwith the department name and the

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Monday Is Live ly Day In theCo rrespondence Depart m en tMore Than. 3000 First Class Letters Handledt hat Day --P arc el P ost M at te r, Ci rc ulars, T e le gra m s,Checks, etc ., Also Rece ive At tent ion

Monday is an extra busy dayin


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oflicer thereof.

18. To m ake all laws whichshall be necessary and proper forcarrying into execution the fore-going powe rs, and all other pow-ers vested by this Constitution inthe government of the UnitedStates, or in any department or

ar;.senals, dock-yards and other need-ful buildings.

-shall be, for theerection of forts, magazines,StateXnwhich the same

al 1places purchased by the consentof the Le gislature of the

ekercise exclusive le-gislation in all cases whatsoever,over such district (not exc eedingten m iles square) as may, by Con-gress. become the seat of the gov -ernment o f the United States, andto exercise l ike authority ov er

laws of the Union, suppress in-surrections and repel invasions.16. To provide for organiz-ing, arming and disciplining themilit ia, and for gov erning suchpart of them as may be employ edin the service of t he United States,reserving to the States, respective-ly, the appointm ent of the officersand the authority of training themilitia, according to t he disciplineprescribed by Congress.17. To

15. To provide fo r call ingforth the milit ia to execute the

13 . To provide and maintaina nav y .14. To make rules for thegovernm ent and regulation of theland and naval forces.

I 1. To declare war. grant let-ter of marque and reprisal, andmake rules concerning captures onland and water.12. To raise and support ar-mies, but no appropriation ofmone y to that use shall be for alonger term t han two years.

a.uniform ruleof naturalization and uniform lawson the subject of bankruptciesthroughout the United States.5. To coin money , regulatethe value thereof and of foreigncoin, and fix the standard of

weights and measures.6 . To prov ide for the punish-ment o f counterfeit ing the securi-t ies and current co in of the Uni-ted States.7. To establish post off icesand post roads.8. To promo te the progressof scie nce and useful arts, by se-curing for l imited t im es to au-

thors and inventors the exclusiveright to their respective writ ingsand discoveries.9. To constitute tribunals n-ferior to the supreme co urt.10. To define and punish pir-acies and felonies commit ted onthe high seas and offenses againstthe law of nations.

al1 du -ties, imposts and excises shall beuniform throughout the UnitedStates.2. To borrow monev on t hecredit of the United States.3. To regulate commercewith foreign nations, and amongthe several states and with theIndian tribes,4. To establish

I . To lay and collect taxes,duties, imposts and excises, to paythe debts and provide for the com -mon defense and general welfareof the United States; but

.not be a law.3. Every o rder, resolution orvote t o which the concurrence ofthe Senate and House of R epre-sentatives may be necessary (ex-cept on a question of adjourn-ment) shall be presented to thePresident of the United States;and before the same shall take ef-fect, shall be approved by him ,or being disapproved by, him ,shall be repassed by tw o-thirds ofthe Senate and House of Repre-sentatives, according to the rulesand l imitations prescribed in thecase of a bill. Section 8.The Congress shall have power

shall &e i t

shal1have been presented to him, thesame shall be a law. in like man-ner as if he had signed it , unlessthe Co ngress by their adjourn-ment, preve nt its return, in which

Joum-al for each House, respective ly. I fany bill shall not be returned bythe President within ten days(Sundays excepted) after it

Section 7 .1. All bills for raising rev-enue shall originate in the Houseof R epresentatives; but the Sen-ate may propose or concur withamendme nts as on other bil ls.2. Every bil l which shallhave passed, the House of R epre-sentatives and the Senate, shall,before it becom e a law, be pre-sented to the President of the

United States; i f he approves heshall sign it, but if not , he shall re-turn it, with his objections, to thathouse in which it shall have orig-inated, who shall enter the o bjec-tions at large on their Journal, andproceed to reconsider it. I f , aftersuch reconsideration. two-thirds ofthat House shall agree to pass thebill, it shall be sent, together withthe objections, to the other House,by which it shall l ikewise be re-considered, and if approved bytwo-thirds of that House, it shallbecom e a law. But in all suchcases the votes of both Housesshall be determ ined by y eas andnays, and the name s of the pe r-sons voting fo r and against thebil l shall be entered on the

any of f iceunder the Unite d States, shall bea mem ber of either House duringhis continuance in office .

o&e under the au-thority o f the United States, whichshall have been created, o r theemo luments whereof shall havebeen increased during such t im e:and no person holding

place.2 . No Senator or Represen-tative shall. during the t im e forwhich he was elected, be appoint-ed to any c iv i l

They shall in all cases,except treason, felony and breachof the pe ace, be privi leged fromarrest during their attendance atthe session of their respectiv ehouses, and in going to and return-ing from t he same: and for anyspeech or debate in either ho use.they shall not be questioned inany other

I. The Senators and Repre-sentatives shall receive a com -pensation for their services, to beascertained by law, and paid outof the t reasury of the UnitedStates.

.* 3. Each House shall keep aJournal of its proce edings. andfrom tim e to t im e publish thesame, excepting such parts as mayin their judgment, require secrecy:and the yeas and nays of the m em-bers of either House on any ques-tion shall, at t he desire of one-fifthof those present, be entered onthe journal.4. Neither House, during thesession of Cong ress, shall, withoutthe consent of t he other, adjournfor mo re than three days, nor toany other place than that in whichthe t wo Ho uses shall be sitting.

Sect ion 6 .

C o n s t i t u t io n o ft h e U n i te d S t a t e s

Continued from Page 5.such manner, and under such pen-alt ies as each House m ay pro-vide.2. Each House may det erminethe rules of its proceedings, pun-ish its mem bers for disorderly be-havior, and, with the co ncurrenceof two -thirds, expel a member.


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a&on, etc ., so that when the f inalo. k. is given, a perfect engine isready for the c hassis.

other vitalfacts. Here, too, the te ster ad-justs ignition, carburetion, valve

const aQt ly to en-hance its quality standard isfound in the fact that every en-gine, whether truck o r passengercar, produced by the co m pany , issubjected to the rigid test routinem ade possible by i m proved e lec-t ri c dyna mome t er apparat us.Un de r t he i m pro ve d m e tho d o ftesting an engine passes throught hre e st ag es. I t fi rst is dri ve nelectrically until the mov ing partsare w or n i n, w he re up on t he e n-gine is run fo r a nu m ber o f hoursunder its own power at variousspeeds. Throughout this entirepe ri od i nst ru m e nt s re ve al ac cu-rately the internal frict ion of theengine, its speed and the horse-power developed by it . The en-gine then is disasse m b led and theparts inspected by experts, who

rebuild it after m aking adjust-ment s or corrections.In the final stage, the engine iscoupled with a dyna m om eter in asilent room . At this stage of thetest is recorded co m p lete data asto power, gaso line consu m pt ion,internal frict ion and

care o f. T his inc lude s t heti l l ing out of the Parts orderblank fro m wh ich the sto ck re-quisitions are ty ped and the draw-ing o f the called for parts fro mstock. They are then deliveredto the Shipping Departme nt.

The Pie rce-Arrow Motor CarCom pany has just co mp let ed theinstallat ion of perhaps the mo seffectiv e mot or testing apparatusemployed by any automotiveplant in the country. Added proofof the Pierce-Arrow co m panyd et er m i nat io n

here are sent awayon return orders to be repaired

f or our st oc k. P art s t hat are re -jected are returned to t he cus-tomer.Repair orders for parts m arked Repair and Return are i s -sued instructing the m aker to re-pair and ship direct to the wner.O rders to duplicate parts are alsotaken

Icondit ion for stock. Others, suchas broken shafts, gears, cases,etc., are sent to the Laboratoryfor a test of materials. Parts notm anufactured

dia-position of parts sent in forcredit or credit, less repairs.Som e are scrap, so m e are sent tothe Re pair Shop to be put in A-

GeorgeFarrell of the Parts Office.Service inspection is heldevery other day at which Messrs.Farrell and Sisaon decide the

Morgana and Al Sier, who areunder the supervision of

eachmonth . The number of parts re-ce iv ed last Septe m ber prov ed tobe about 23,000 .Ev ide nt ly so m e one was underthe i mpress ion that P ie rce -Arrow

inspectors, who check the m upwith any correspondence thatm ay be in f i le fro m the shippero f the goods. T hey then exa m -ine the parts for any defec ts. I ftheir decision is Good Inspec-t ion , the part goes to stock. I fotherwise, the part is held up forservice inspection.At this point the work is takenup by the Parts Office represent-ed by Cl i fford Lesswing, W i l l ia m

15 ..000 parts are handled in the Re-pair Rece iv ing Depart m ent

R-pair Receiv ing all partsthat are to be credite d, repairedor duplicated are received anddisposed of.When parts are received thefirst step is to report their ar-rival. This is handled by the

The discove ry was reported tothe office and the Pierce-ArrowSouthern agent fro m whom theship m ent was receiv ed was i m -m ediate ly wri t ten and asked toenquire o f his e m p loyees,hatpacked the box, which one hadlost a watch. T he agent re-pl ied that none of h is m en hadac kn ow le dge d t he m i ssi ng t i m e -piece, so the m att er re m ains amy stery to this day.The strange feature of the caseis that the watch could have got-ten into the box only in the

agent s shipping roo m . T het i m epiece was eventually turnedover to Po lice Chief Henafelt .The o wner wil l probably never bediscovered.Figures show that about

employ ees are a hungry lot, judg-ing f ro m t h e t w o boxes o f p re t z -e ls rece iv ed in this depart m entnqt long ago.In

.at ruc k w or m g ear un it .

,A number of unusual experi-ences arise fro m t i m e to t i m e inthe Repair Rece iv ing Depart m entin Building D first floor. Forexa mp le , about three years ago ,t he e m p l oy e e, wh ose d ut y i t w asto ope n boxes containing ship-m e nt s f ro m our age nt s, w as su r-prised to f ind a gold watch in t heexcelsior used as a packing for

I 5 ,000 -Parts Hand led i n Repa irRece iv ing Dept . Each Mon thR ec eipt s During Last Se pt e m be r W e nt Co nside rablyOver Average-Parts on Their Arrival Undergo a

Careful Inspection and Laboratory Test

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sin& theday it was started.Continued on Page 21.

established. I t has been aprofitable enterprise ev erCig& Standbe

I later suggested tothe company that the

o f t hat t i m e hi s se rv ic eswere required in his own depart-ment so he returned to his formerposition.Before the stand was- opened,

M r. O Bri e n manage d man y pi c -nics and dances for the benefitof the Association. There was alot of work connected with theseevents, he said. I had oneman handle the receipt book andanother handle the cash. As anexperiment

ciation. He opened t he stand andwith two assistants conducted itsuccessfully for four mont hs. Athe end

AMO-mployes Arrow

twenty-f ive . Mr. O Brien has kept pacew it h t he t i me s an d has se e n g re atdevelopm ents in the trade ofwhich he has made a l i fe study.Mr . O Brien was the or ig inatorof the cigar stand operated in thebase ment o f the Administrat ionBuilding for the benefit of thePierce

Plu mb iand Steamfitting-Originatorof Facto ry Cigar StandJam es H. O Brien, General

Foreman of t he Plumbing andSteamfitting Departments, recent-ly rounded out a quarter of a cen-tury in t he e m plo y of the co m-pany.

James H. O BrienIn the old Hanover Street planthis staff consisted of two meHis present force numbers

~Years W ith P. A.General Fore m an o f

WN;nwe make any improvem ents weget the benefit. We were recentlyoffered $1000.00 more for ourhome than we paid for it , but weturned down the proposit ion.

J. H. O Brien 25

r&t dayscame in quick succession.we avoid all that worry.

to-have enough funds for recreation.We also have been able to keepour five Liberty Bonds. Whenwe first started to save for o urhome , the job ahead of us lookedbig, but afte r we had passed thehalf-way point, t he goal seem edto be in sight and the saving waseasier than in the beginning.When we rented. the monthssee med very short and

I can assureyou that t hey all know t heir busi-ness. They scrap no m aterial andhelp production.

weekly with the intention of get-t ing a home and we bought it f iveyears ago. We sti l l m anaged

rrght, John, JY.. Raymond John, Sr. and Edward Kreuzerfor fourteen y ears. Raymond,son of John K reuzer, Junior, isalso em ployed in the same depart-ment.The K reuzers have always re-ceived special enjoyment fromtheir work at t he Pierce-Arrowfactory. Edward, for example,takes a great interest in disc grind-ing, at which he has had wide ex-perience. The m achine at whichhe wo rks was installed sixteenyears ago and he has been it s prin-cipal operator during that entireperiod. Edward came withsmile which he st i l l retains, saidJohn Guelcher General Foremanof the Nickel Plate.

from left to

I never favored thehas been with the P ierce-Arrow installment plan. We saved

Reading

MYand the second son, John Junior, wife and

we,hadbeen employed here sixteen years $~h~wasY,i~e~~~a~~ h ,

Pol-ishing Plate Departme nt. he has been a trustee for the pastMr. Kreuzer, Sr., has been with eight ye ars.the com pany nine years and six W e di dn t buy our ho m e atmonths. His son, Edward, has

ented by John K reuzer, Sr. histwo sons and grandson, in the Pierce-Arrow Employ esall of Benevolent Association of whichwhom are employes of the

repres- Edward takes a special interest

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Th ree Generations Representedby the K reuzer sJohn Kreuzer, Sr.,His Two Sons and Grandson ofNickel Plate Department Have Always ReceivedKeen Enjoym ent from Their Work at the P.A. Plant

Three generations are


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Iwould then draw out enough tomake a payment on our home.

Mr. Stotz is st i l l a member of asavings and loan society . He isalso a regular purchaser of T hriftStamps at the factory and is astaunch advocate of the Thriftmov eme nt launched by the UnitedStates Government.

Those who are not t o be trust-ed too far had better not be trust-ed too near.

I managed toput away a regular amount eachweek. At the end of a year

Ionce got started,

I was buyingmy home, said Mr. Stotz . T o re-tain my mem bership, it was reallynecessary for me to save so muchevery week. Sometimes, on ac-count of doct or bills, etc. at home ,it required considerable stretch-ing o f my finances, but when

I joined a savings and loansociety and this plan was of greatservice to me while

me. he said.

Jacob StotzMr. Stotz is m arried and hasf ive children. He owns his homeat 446 Winsldw Avenue.

em-ployes.His principal hobby consists ofplaying a sociable game o f 66

at his home each Saturday ev en-ing. This game is my best di-version and has always appealedto

- Arrow Employes Benevolent Association, when itw as fi rst o rgan iz e d. H e has a l-ways done his bit in the manysuccessful picnics and other socialevents held by P ierce-Arrow

I l ikeon the jo b and feel the best1 am very busy, he said.

l ittleyearsto bewhen

Mr. Stotz became a member ofthe Pierce

t0l-y. He has been connect edwith the Aluminum Departmentfor the past four years.Mr. Stotz has lost verytime during his past thirtywith the company.

fac-

Rigg8; GeneralForeman of the Aluminum De-partment. His memo ry is ex-cellent and when it comes to re-pair parts for old m odels he isvery well informed. He knowshow the work is done and canlocate and select the too ls neces-sary t o use, having m ore pep t hanmany a yo ung man.When Mr. Stotz entered theGeorge N. Pierce factory, thirtyyears ago he did drill and benchwork on tricy cles and bicycles.He later had charge of the Dril lDepartme nt in the old shop andfor a long t im e fi l led a similarposit ion in the Pierce-Arrow

Hil-brecht twins, aged one y ear anda half. The party had a com pletecamping outfit--cook stove andall other essential paraphernalia.One daughter, Hazel Hilbrecht, isemploy ed in the Blue Print De-partment.M. Hilbrecht bought his firstautomobile six years ago and hasmade m any trips to points near orsome distance from Buffalo. Oneof his popular forms of enjoy mentis to buy big supplies of fruit,veget ables, etc., in the c ountryand bring them in his auto t o hishome. In this way he saves con-siderable money and is assured offresh stock.

Lost Little Timein Thirty YearsB e in g o n t h e J o b a P l e a s u r e o f

J a c o b S t o t z , A lu m i n u mD e p a r t m e n t

Among t he young o ld-t imerswho have been with the com panyfor a long period is Jacob Stotz,Assistant Forem an of the dril ls inthe Aluminum Department. Mr.Stotz has been in the employ ofthe com pany since March, 1890. Mr. Stotz is a good dril l man,said William

brecht and their f ive c hildren,

three boys and two girls. Nomem bers of the family enjoyedthe outing mo re than the

Hil-

h r g , Washington, Baltimore,Philadelphia, New York, NewHaven, Springfield and Albanyand then back to Buffalo. Hewas accompanied by Mrs.

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Hil-brecht s hobby. One of his jour-neys last summer cov ered 1380miles. He visited Elmira,

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Automo bile touring is Mr.~~~~$%I i s

10 0 miles a day forsix months. He was a road test-er and continued in that workfor two y ears. He was GeneralForeman of Motor Test for e levenyears.

Hdbrechtbrecht s work in 1894. His nextjob was assembling wheels manu-factured by that co ncern. He con-tinued in that posit ion for sev-eral years, working for the com -pany in the Hanover Stree tplants and in the Montgo merybuilding.In 1898, he rode Pierce wheelsand averaged

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Louis

lOth,1894. I am very thankful to say thatI have never been sick in my life,he remarked. Plenty o f freshair and exercise is my recipe.Crating bicycles for t he GeorgeN. Pierce Company was Mr.

tar Test, enjoys outdoor l i fe withhis family in the country. Mr.Hilbrecht has been in the em ployof the com pany since May

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E m p l o y e H a s B e e nW it h C o m p a n y S in c eM a y 1 0 , 1 89 4

Every Sunday, during the goo dweather, Louis Hilbrecht, of

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:Madison Street.Wedding bells recently rangfor W. J. Sheppard of the To olRoom.

Et eng of f sp ent t he i rhoneym oon in Pittsburgh. Theirhome is at 368

pen the iring. honeym oon in Ithaca, N. Y.

BAND PROGRA MI I

Following programs wil l be performed in the First Assembly byt he Pi erc e-A rr ow Ban d, un de r t he d ire ct io n o f H . P ec k. (P ro gram ssubject to sl ight change.)

Harry Etengoff. of the GuideDepartm ent, was recently marriedto Miss Dora Fox of this city. Mr.and Mrs.

Wolf& Streicher of this city.Mr. and Mrs.the Body Department to the thirdfloor of t he Adm inistration Build. Miss Helen

............................Meacham Star Spangled Banner.

The Sales School has been Joseph Wolfe of the F il ing De-moved from the second f loor o f partment was recently m arried to

..................... LaurendeauPatrol-- AmericanSelection- M oun tai n L if e ........................Barryneral Pershingarch-- C 12:25 P . M.2:

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