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Show PROMINENT MOTORISTS COMING THURSDAY TO SALT LAKE Indianapolis and they're spreading the gospel of good roads, good cars, good everything, everywhere. Je M. WARD, JR. He's the seeretarv of the Indian Automobile Manufacturers' asaociation and about one of the liveliest little business men Indianapolis has produced. He it the diatrict representative of the United States Tire company aud the company can't complain about the businesa it does m and around Indianapolis. ELWOOD HATKES Known to the motor world as "The Daddy of the Gasoline Propelled Automobile." In 1894 Mr. ltayries. then interested in the Indiana sat and oil fields, conceived the idea of making a horselese carriage car-riage that, would use gasoline for motive power. He obtained ob-tained working space in the machine shop of Apperson Brothers, in Kokomo, and there designed and built the first Havnes car, now on exhibition in the national museum mu-seum at Washington. On the Fourth of July, 1894. Mr. Havnes tested hia first car on the roads outside of Kokomo, using them white the farmers were in town celebrating. He has since been engaged in automobile manufacture and is one of the Hooaiers pointed to with pride. W. 8. GILBREATH His mother named him Willie, but his friends all call him Oil. He is secretary of the hustling Hoosier Motor club, and is some secretary, as is proven by the wav the club grows under his direction. He is principal orator of the Motor club and Good Roads association, and overlooks no opportunity to orate. Oil the son of a former 1'nited States army offirer. As a boy ha crossed western trails with his soldier dad. Now ha it crossing by motor and can easily be recognized by his familiar fa-miliar greeting, "Say. fellows." JOHN ORMAN Kobust and erinnv. you'll know him by both. He is another of the Premier outfit, and has been interested in automobile affairs ever since there were anv. Was manager of Carl Fisher, Earl Klser, Tom Cooper and Barney Oldfleld when this speedy quartette was first chasing fame as automobile racing men. Has been the impresario of several race track venturaa baek in the bicycle days, having served as managing director of the famous Newbv oval and Broad Ripple tracks ia Indian-apolia. Indian-apolia. Orman has had his hand in the running of about everything in connection with automobile amusements ia the Hoosier capital. Hia principal occupation now is boosting boost-ing Premier cars "and taking life eeriously." W. M'K. WHITB A graduate of the Premier company, com-pany, chairman of the touring committee of the Hoosier caravan, voung in years but old in touring ezperieucea, has been a participant in every automobile tour of any consequent e held in the past five yeara. White ia chairman chair-man of the Indianapolis Pacific tour, not because he Hkea it, but because ha loves to bosa jobs of thia kind mad he is a good chairman, la the advertising manager of the Marion Motor Car company and has helped boost that ear to popularitv. Has held eeveral important positions in United Motor affairs and ia a young man with some dill-gent dill-gent years aheart of him. would furnish machinery expected ta open up the possibilities of arbitration and federation mediation. Would Establish Mediation Board. The saw law wouV establish the United States board of mediation and conciliation, "to consist of a federal commissioner of mediation and conciliation" concilia-tion" and two other officials of the government, to be designated by the president. Thia board could bo appealed ap-pealed to to intervene In a railroad labor dispute by either party aad would first nsa its beat efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring the disput ants to an agreement. Failure would be followed hv an attempt on the part of the board to "induce the parties to submit thojr controversy to arbitration"; arbi-tration"; and in eaaa of arbitratioa, special boards of eitbor three or six mediators woiild be chosen by the railroads rail-roads and tho employ see. Arbitration under the na wtaw would he nndertakan only after a definite agreement had been made br both parties par-ties to abide br the decision of tho arbitration board for a stated period. ID AMD OARRETBON RETURN. NEW YORK, July 11. Wreeldenta Los and Oarretsoa of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Rail-way Conductora, respectively, returned to New York from Washington today to meet with the so called commlttea of one hundred hun-dred of the unions and report en tho armistice with the aatarn railroads reached yesterday whereby the wage dispute dis-pute Is to be arbitrated under the New-lands New-lands Mil The committee will remain In session until the arbitration la concluded. CARL O. FISHER A keen lover of automobiling. ballooning and yachting: an all around athlete: one of the remarkable personages in the motor world. First eucceas was attained in tbo era of bicycle selling and racing. At the advent of the auto:nobile he buom.; one of the speed kings, having Barney Oldfield as a rival. During the neason of 1902 drove the onlv Premier racing car ever built by that company, established a world 1 record rec-ord and achieved great honors. Became engaged in the automobile business and has made a fortune nut of the trade and the manufacture of Prest-O-Lite products. Is the president of the Indianapolis Motor Srwedway. the world's greatest motor race course. Fishee, conceived and heads the temporary committee of the Lincoln Highway High-way association, to which has alradv been subscribed over M.000,000 largely through his efforts. He ia a tireless worker and is spending freely of his own fortune in his desire to further the cauee of good roads. CHARLES BOOKWALTER Twice mayor of Indianapolis Indian-apolis and again a candidate for the Republicans, an oratorical man of business, a jovial, big hearted, e-torv telling man of affairs, before coming to Indianapolis, waa a printer ire Fort Wavne; his trip to the Hoosier capital was made afoot, as he did not at that time have the price of car fare; immediately after arriving he started out to become a big man of the town, and he has succeeded even better than he anticipated; knows more and is known bv more people personally than anv other cltixon. Mr. Book waiter is one of the finett types of the Hoosier hu'tler. He is alwavs boosting, never knocking. Hie greatest hobby is the National Rock Highway; mention this or Indiana in his presence and watch the fireworks, r JOHN OUT MONI HAN Bald headed busy man with a seltzer smile that never needs recharging, is one of the chiefs of staff of the motor industry of Indiana. It was Moniban who conceived and directed the first transconti nental tdur ever made bv automobiles. This event t.mk place in the summer of 1911 when twelve Premier cars, driven by their amateur owners, dipped their wheels in the Atlantic at Atlantic City and kept hotfooting it into the west until the same wheels had kissed the Pacific at Venice, t al. Monihan is a human pepperbox of enthusiasm enthusi-asm and made the ocean to ocean tour of the Premiers a topic of world discussion. To him is largely given tie credit of creating the literature which is resulting in tbo sending of thousands of motor car owners on the "Trail to Sunset" to the Pacific. He ia a writer, lecturer, booster and a hot little hand clasper. Know Moniban? A L. WESTOARD If there is an American mountain or desert trail that Westgard hasn't traversed, it doesn't exist. This bronzed -gentleman, driver and owner of Premier Pre-mier motor cars, civil engineer and road expert, vice president presi-dent and director of transcontinental highways of the National Highwava association, with the fine hand clasp and friendly smile, has done more to make possible long distance touring than anv other individual. As the representative repre-sentative of the American Automobile association, he has for vears served as the touring mapmaker for long tonrs an .1 has achieved an enviable reputation for successful road hunting. He is the William J. Burn of the motor world and can scent trails farther than a fox. RAY M'NAMARA The modern Ezra Meeker, sole interest in life is found behind the wheel of a Premier. It was McNamara who found the transcontinental trail for the Premier's famous ocean to ocean tour two years ago. He led the way through deserts and mountain fast uessee on that, the most remarkable .iournev ever made by horseless vehiclee. On every great national tour " Ray " has been the pilot and pacemaker. McNamara 'a ability as a road chaser makes every participant in the present -tour feel that tbev will safely cross desert and mountains to the distant Pacific and then start the homeward way. back to Uoosierland. BILL ESTERLT There's the sunburst! He waa named William at the beginning of things, but now he is "Firestone Bill." because he sells that breed of tires in the Hoosier metropolis, Indianapolis. Esterlv waa that smart Hoosier who told Jules Goux, the French driver, that to win the 500-mile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway, he ought to equip bis famous Peugeot car with Firestone tires. Goux believed honest looking Bill and accepted the tires. Goux won, therefore, so did Firestone. Bill hasn't lost anv opportunitv to talk about the stunt, either, for he has his own car plastered with photographs of Goux winniug on Firestone, Bill's smart! H. O. SMITH The youngest "old man" in the industry indus-try in the United States. While still inside of 40, he has for twelve yeara been leader in the motor car industry in the United States. He is president of the builders of Premier Six automobiles, president of the Indiana Automobile Automo-bile Manufacturers' association, a high official in the automobile auto-mobile chamber of commerce, and ex-president of the American Motor far Manufacturers' asaociation. Encouragement En-couragement . of long distance touring has long been a hobby of this able gentleman, as it was his co-operation which made possible the amateur ocean to ocean tour of Premier owners in 1911. Mr. Smith is a public speaker of great force and will be heard much as this tour progresses. pro-gresses. WALTER WEIDELY The son of his father. George Weidelv, engineer and designer of the Premier. Get that engineer of the Premier! Poetrv! But, speaking of Walter and forgetting his dad Walter ia the Infant of the tour. He's the youngest voungster at the wheel, being onlv at the edge of 19 right now. This vouthfnl guardian of the destinies of a big Premier ia getting used to long distance touring, as he drove one of the cars hia daddy made on two of the Indian four states' tours, an annual excursion through four states by Indiana made ears. He takes them through without a whisper an I. of course, his .lealons but happy father aava: "Oh. anybody could drive a Premier! " , RAY HABROTJN Winner of the first 500 mile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway, 1911. He drove a Marmon then. Now he is touring to the coast in a Har-roun Har-roun kerosene equipped Henderson, an Indianapolis made car that is brightening many highways. D. S. UENABCO One of the bright Wfrht in the Hoosier colony of motor builders. He is the principal producer of ideas around the American plant and everybody every-body knows the American is a good car. Menasco bossed the last four states' tour and everybody pronounced it the best ever. R. P. HENDERSON One of the Hendersons of Indianapolis In-dianapolis and worthv of a place of honor among motor car builders. The Hendersons build the Henderson at |