Handcuffed to Bicycles, Two Jackies Cross Continent

Handcuffed to their bicycles, two jackies are pedaling across the continent from Venice, Calif., to New York. When the handcuffs were locked the keys were mailed to New York and the keyholes sealed; these must be intact upon arrival at the end of the journey, which will re- quire five months. The idea is to stimulate navy recruiting; and the boys will re-enter the service. They are handcuffed to eliminate all suspicion of getting a "lift" while en route, from autoists or on trains. They expect to sleep with their wheels and to have their company at meals.

--Popular Mechanics, August 1919