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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
CHAUFFEURs WIN PRIZES

The awards have heen made of the prizes in
the Winton Six-Teen-Six chaufeurs contest.
Frank Schneider, winner Of the first prize Of
81. 900, drove his Winton Six IL .6S3 miles at
upkeep expense of $l2. Second prize goes to
Arthur Donayan, who reported a mileage of
7,610, with no expense of upkeep. Harry A.
Toomey won third prize on mileage Of 6, 632. o,
with no upkeep expense. There were 10 prizes,
the total mileage Of the 10 winners being 65.-
6S1.4, distance per car of 6.56S-7 miles The
average mileage a month for each car was
l,0T6-S. Six Of the without upkeep
expense. and four cars encountered expense OF
SD. 1212. an average. expense OF 81 for each
4.343 miles. These 10 cars were run total of
81 months, hence the average length of service
was 81 months. Sehneider's expense of $l4
was not incurred until after his car had run
5000 miles. and inasmuch no other contes-
tant reached this figure without expense the
judges were unanimous in awarding first prize
TO him. Toomey renort showed an expense of
S2S4.S5 but as this expense was incurred by an
accident happening when the ear was in the
hands of the wife of the owner, the judges
ruled that it was not chargeable against either
the car or the chauffeur. Contestants exceeding
5000 miles awarded handsome gold watches
suitably engraved.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
REPUBLIcANISM REASONS
Young Voters Instructed in Par
ty Politics at Meeting

Why young man should vote the
republican ticket at the coming cleo
ton:
Because the republican party stands
cratic party for promises incapable of
fulfillment
Because republicanism is record
Of things done, and its candidate by
his courage and experience, is the best
guarantee that they viii continue to
do them
Because Taft is man of experience
and Bryan a man of words.
Because the democratic candidate
must be judged by the record of the
principles he has embraced and cast
aside
The above reasons were presented to
a gathering of young voters at West
minister Presbyterian church by John
s Partridge last night Partridge gave
a short history OF Judge Taft's life
and explained the several decisions
that We're made by him while on the
bench which have been claimed to have
been adverse TO organized labor.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
CRIPPLED PLUMBER is
BURNED IN EXPLOSION
Solder Pot Blows Up and Work.
man Is DeIuged With Flood
of Molten Metal

Ey the explosion Of a small gasoline
furnace Earl Johnson. a plumber or
1884 Mission street already crippled IA
the left leg, received injuries yester-
day that may deprive him OF the use
OF his right arm.
Johnson was melting soldering metal
in the furnace when without warming ..
the furnace exploded with a loud re-
port Flaming gasoline was thrown on
MS hand and arm and the interior of
plumber hobbled TO the street for his
lte There he managed TO eNtiuguisn
the names on his clothing and arm.
Dpt not before he was so badly burned
that he had to be taken 10 the emer-
gency hospital
II response TO an alarm. the fire de-
pariment put out the blaze in the shop
atfer damage 10 the extent OF 500 had
been done.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
BANK BONDS
ARE SET AT S245, 900
Judge Sturteyant Refuses to
Heed Receivers Plea for
Larger Security

A bond of S245,eo0 was fixed by
Judge Sturtevant yesterday in the ap-
peal of the Market street bank against
the Judgment declaring the institution
insolvent and throwing it into the
hands of a receiver. Louis H. Mooser,
the receiver, who asserts that the ap-
peal is a frivolous one and against the
interests of the depositors, wanted the
Judge to fix the bond at $3.50, 900. His
attorney. W. w kaufman, presented a
long affidavit setting forth how, in his
Judgment, damage In that sum might
accrue to the depositors from the delay
of two or three years that will result
from the appeal to the supreme court
Judge Sturtevant said, however, that
he would consider only four possibili-
ties of damage to the depositors
against which they should be indemni-
fed by the bond, namely, loss of in
terest on deposits. liability on the
rental of $1,000 a month, salaries now
being paid to officials and loss that
would result from failure to fulfill the
terms of the banks contract with re-
gard to the Burlinga tract The
possible loss in respect of these items
totaled S245,00o, at which sum the bond
was fixed
Meanwhile, Receiver Mooser is in
charge of the bank and its assets. The
question of whether or not he will
have to give up possession upon the
bank putting up its bond has not yet
been determined.
The average depth of English coal
mines is 400 feet
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
NOTES OF THE AUTO

The automobile dealers of Los Angeles have
written to the committee Of the local organiza-
tion In TO letter written asking them
TO join in the Admission day run south, stating
that they would like to have the event post
poned until next spring. This the local men do
not to do, but have written that they will
be down in September, and il next spring the
Los Angeles men want to have another event
they will be pleased to join them. 1t is ex-
'pected that this event will become an annual TX
ture with the local dealers.
DR.. ]. G. Snead, head of the local agency for
the Stearns cars, is with party of friends tour
ing in Lake county. He expects to return the
middle of the week.
J. W. Leayitt announces the arrival of the first
model of the 1909 Stoddard- Dayton cars. This car
is Of the roadster type and is finished in green
with black strpings and trimmings. The lines Of
the car are not only strong looking, but are
graceful.
Charles S. Howard, head OF the Howard auto
mobile company. reports the sale and shipment
of a Buick White Streak to the agent In Marys-
vile, which he in turn will deliver TO a pur-
chaser in that town.
c. Bosse who has large interests in the Ha-
Waiian islands but lives on his ranch in SonOma
county, is touring through the southern and CEN
trail part Of the state in his Buick car.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
GOOD TURN rs REPAID

f. L. Dnbroy, Pacific coast representative of
the olds motor works, arrived in the city this
morning from Oregon and Washington. where
he had been for several months. Dubroy re-
ports that business prospects in the northwest
are very bright, he having placed nearly 100
cars there
lone good turn deserves another" is the
watehword OF motorists, and it was put into
practice by E. d. MendenhaH last Monday in
Lake county. About eight miles out OF Lake
port Mendenhall startled to hear q sad
noise. and investigation showed that his batter
les had petered out. A car oyerhauled him, and
its occupants loaned him three dry cells which
had previously been used for lights and got the
little 0ldsmobile going again. Three miles far
ther Mendenhall came upon his rescuers, who
had gotten into trouble themselves. and was
able to repay their Kindness by towing the big
into Lakeport. The 0lds made the re-
mainder of the trip to San Francisco on the
three dry cells Mr.. and Mrs. Cook were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mendenhall on the trip.
Mrs. C. C.. Clay and party spent the end of
the week at Santa Barbara after making the
down the coast in Mrs Clay's Thomas
demi-limousine. sunday morning they contin-
ued their trip headed for Los Angeles, from
where they will make short trips on the many
interesting drives Of that section. They viii
return In about q week.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
WILL EFFECT HARMONY
Committee Appointed in the
45th Discusses Delegates

The committee appointed by the
forty-ffth district club of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league at its meeting last
Saturday evening met yesterday after
noon at the Office of Daniel A Ryan to
discuss delegates and to effect harmony
in the district
The committee consisted of Henry A
Fisk, W. C. Macintosh, /. w Parsons,
George McAIanus, Joseph Breen, Robert
Newberry of the district, and they were
met by Ralph L. Hathorn, A G. BoggS
and Daniel A Ryan Of the league cam
paign committee
The result of the meeting was a set
tlement of all campaign plans for the
district and a report will be presented
to the meeting to be held at the hall Of
the Peoples settlement, 555 Chestnut
ing several prominent republicans. will
speak and a large attendance is ex-
pected-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
PAPER FROM CORNSTALKS
is SUCCESS, SAYS EXPERT
Plant Scientist of Department of
Agriculture Believes Pro-
cess Solves Problem

That the scheme of making paper
from cornstalks. which the government
is now studying, will be a complete
success. is the opinion of Charles j..
Brand of the bureau of plants of the
department of agriculture, who regis
tered at the Fairmont last night The
perfecting of this idea will move the
paper industry to the corn belt and will
relieve the anxiety over the paper
supply excited by the rapid disappear
ance of spruce.
1--WE can get two tons of cornstalks
from every acre and 1900 pounds of
paper stock from each acre. The corn
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
RAILROADS NAME LEGISLATURES

Every legislature within the mem
ory Of the Oldest gentleman here has
been named by the Southern Pacific
Is there man here who can take issue
with me on that2 If there be. let him
step forward"
You have slept on your rights
Ryan continued when no one voIun-
teered TO contradict him, @and You have
let the railroad elect the. legislature
and corrupt its members with its rot-
ten gold bled from the hearts of the
people
Why has the railroad been so sue
cess1ul in politics for so many wears ?
Because there has been no other politics
bU1 railroad politics; because there has
been no combined opposition to ii. But
nov, In the L4ncoln-Roosevel league
Jon have the force Of combined hdn.
esty opposed to combined dishonesty.
And with that force you will win in
August as you Won last May and last
August
he railroad machine is not power
Iui IN its own strength, but in the su-
pineness of the people When the peo-
PIE awaken and rise up the little bunch
OF re1lroadmen vanish into thin air and
the railroad is down and out
Last campaign, I'm told. 81 7Oo or
$500 was circulated throughout this
district the night before the primary.
IT was spent to help the railroad win
But the people were forewarned and
forearmed and they couldn't be bought.
DESoUNCEs ARTHUR FISK
Ryan concluded with a scathing de-
nunciation of Arthur Fisk the oreani-
Earon man who instead OF giving his
tine to railroad politics should be de-
voting IL TO the postoffice," and exhort-
ed the men of the district to beat Fisk
ana his associates this year, as they
beat him before
Fred c Scott, T. c. Kferulf and Max
hlhi were the other speakers They
did not confne themselves 70 fba iss,,a
that will be decided at the primary. hut
spoke also for the national ticket Great
applause greeted every mention of the
names of Taft and Sherman Francis 7
Heney was billed to speak but foupd n
impossible TO attend the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
EACH CAR MUST
CARRY OBSERVER
One of the Important Rules of
the Dealers Run to Del
Monte
Interesting Figures Given in
Connection With Prizes
Awarded ChauffeurS
By x. r. PHOmmedieu .

Max Rosenfeld, president of the Au-
tomobile Dealers association, wishes it
to be announced that the circular sent
out giving the rules for the run to
Del Monte failed to state that each
car will be requested to carry an OBJ
server. Each owner will have to nomi-
nate an observer, who will have to ride
on some other car.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
California Promotion Committee
(OHGANIZED 1902 IN
"PR0M0TI0N-The act n nrnmoffnO advaoca III

"PRoMoTIoN-The act OF promoting advance
The California Promotion COMMITTEES has for
is object the PROMOTING Of California as
whole. 1t has nothing to SELL It's energies are
devoted TO fostering all things that have the
ADVANCEMENT of California as their object.
It gives reliable information on every subject
connected with the industries OF California. 1t
Of Industries and invites desirable immigrs-
tion. 1t is not an Employment Agency, although
1t gives information regarding labor conditions.
1t presents the opportunities and needs In all
fields OF business and professional activity. This
and makes no charge for any service rendered
Affiliated with the committee are 160 CONNER
eiai organizations Of the state with a member
ship OF over 10000 Meetings are held semi
annually In different parts of California, where
matters of state interest are discussed. Head
quarters OF the committee are maintained In San
Francisco In California building, Union Square.
CORRESPONDENTS INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
Registration Is Near Close for The August
Primary and Vote May Break Record

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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21

new kind of alfalfa and clover, which
the government thinks can be raised
Dy the farmers with more profit He
has also been demonstrating in Yuma
and Imperial counties. and he has
shown where a great many more crops
of alfalfa can be produced by planting
different brands.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
HERRIN DENOUNCED
BY BUSINESS MEN
Daniel A. Ryan Addresses Large
Gathering of LincOIn-RoOse-
veIt Club in Thirty-seyenth
Makes Strong Plea to Voters to
End Rule of Railroad Po-
Iitical Machine

The Southern Pacific railroad can
not open an office, install Jere Burke
or Johnny Lynch In IL and proclaim
this is the republican party 1t
wants the county committee as a cloak
for its political activities. I want you
TO know this so that II there is an
other traitor In the county committee
you will know that he has betrayed
his trust and that he Is branded with
the Southern Pacific brand"
Addressing large gathering of rep
resentative republicans IN the thirty
seventh district In Devisadero hall last
night, Daniel A Ryan explained how
is members OF the county committee
delivered themselves to William F. Her
rim to do the dirty work Of his political
bureau.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21

production gives us SO,OOO,O 900 tons of
stalks and our average consumption of
paper is but 5000 600 tons. The gov
ernment Is now determining the cost
of the production to learn whether ii
is a feasible commercial proposition"
Brand has been spending some
months in Humboldt county putting in
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
RAILROAD MACHINE

Ryan's denunciation OF the railroad
as q political machine was fortnight
and convincing and when he defied any
OF his hearers 10 come forward and
take issue with his statements there
mas none brave enough to question
him, though some OF Johnny Lynchs
creatures were present.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the Lincoln-R Roosevelt league
and was distinctly a business meeting.
The speeches We're brief and to the
point Appeals from Rolla Y. Watt,
president OF the league club of the
district, for the enrolment OF new
members, and from Edward a keil, the
inst vice president for campaign con-
tTibutions, received immediate response.
Most Of the big crowd present signed
the roll Of membership and a goodly
sum of money was turned into the
treasury
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
PUSH LEAVES MEETING EARLY

Eddie Wolfe, machine aspirant for
another term in the state senate, was
well represented at the meeting. w.
5 Williams president of his club and
g political soldier of fortune who was q
democrat at the last election, but who
now plays republican push" politics
and Ben Levy, one OF Tim Sullivan S
precious followers in the county com
mittee, sized up the crowd and left
early to convey 10 Eddie the sad It'd
ings that the league was holding a
@crsckerjack" rally Ex-Assemb blyman
Fred Jones, one OF Arthur Fisk's lieu
tenants in the district, also found the
atmosphere of reform too rare for his
lungs and departed betimes
When Daniel A Ryan entered the
hall he was warmly welcomed and the
cheers were redoubled when he spoke
We are here" said Ryan, ITO give
this city and this. district a new birth
Of freedom The freedom to act is not
sufncient We must not only be free
10 act but we must act or the rights of
the whole people viii be gathered in
by q few
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21
BELsHAw BACK FROM East

g a. Belshaw. grand president OF
the Native sons Of the Golden West.
who went east on a pleasure trip at
the close OF the grand parlor session.
held N the Yosemite valley, returned
yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21

The average depth of English coal
mines is 400 feet
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-21

FRED A. SMITH. formerly OF Radke q
OF JEWELRT. and Will be glad to see
:. Good repairing speciality.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04
FOR MOTOR BOATS

The trophy to be raced for, in the motor
boat race from st. Augustine to Lake
Worth In March is a handsome affair,
which bears great historical interest. This
trophy is made of silver coins captured
in the Maria Theresa at the time of the
war with Spain. The trophy bears in its
makeup, a number OF the coins in their
original condition. These coins were cap
tured by the two dispatch boats, the
Three Friends and the Dauntless, and
were afterward turned over to the gov
eminent, which auctioned the silver. Com
modore Allen purchased a lot Of it, and
later secured donations from the citizens
of the city Of Daytona and from mem
bers of the Florida East Coast Automobile
Club. Thu cup was made and offered last
year, but the great event was held over
to this winter. The Halifax River Yacht
Club did much to aid in the promotion
of the trophy, which will prove NOS only
valuable to the winner from a monetary
standpoint. but valuable as well from
a historical standpoint. 1t will be much
sought and a great boat race the length
of Florida's inland waters and also races
at St. Augustine. Daytona, Rock Ledge
9pd at Lake Worth will result. The
shorter distance events will be run as a
sort of sldeshow to the big event, which
will be stopped during the time of the
short races and restarted after they have
been run,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04
SIX HURT WHEN AUTOS
COLLIDE AT Hampstead,
Four Men and Two Women Injured, One
of Former Perhaps Fatally-one
Machine Wrecked.

HEMPSTEAD, Il. l., Jan. 4.-Arthui
Fox. a h%otel-keeper of Garden City, was
seriously hurt in an automobile smash here
yesterday. HE was unconscious for a
long time and it may be his skull is frac-
tured. The accident occurred at Jackson
and Franklin streets. two cars meeting at
right angles.
Pierre NJ. Brown, a lawyer of II Nassau
street n living here, had sent his 40
horsepower touring car to be overhauled
His chauffeur. Arthur Kinsman. went after
it. and E.. j. Christ, who has a garage ami
shop here, with Kinsman and Fox. started
to try out the car. Christ was running II
with Kinsman beside him and Fox on The
rear seat. They were going at high speed
along Franklin street when they reached
Jackson street.
Along the street came a small Ford
%runabout, owned and driven by A r
Franco, an electrical contractor of Far
Rockaway. In his car were his wife and
a Mrs. Raymond, OF New York city. Chris,
tried to stop his car, but neither could ever
slacken speed before the heavy car hit the
light one. reducing it to scrap. The engine
hood and allthe forward part of the. bis
car were bent and broken.
Franco and the two women witt
him were hurled out and cut and bruised
but not seriously. Kinsman and Chris
were cut and bruised. Christie face hac
been jammed against the steering wheel
Fox was thrown into the air and landed
on the back of his head against the curb
ing.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04
AUTO ITEMS

Now that the promoters and the man.
ufacturers have awakened to the advan-
tages of holding big road contests in the
spring, they will look backward regret
fully at the wasted years in which there
was no such activity. TIL Florida beach
races. the stock car race at Savannah, and
the stock car race In Westminster, New
York, are a short chain of events which
should elongate sufficiently to form a
circuit lasting until June. Motoring In
general will suffer in no way so much as
from the loss of its sporting edge.
If the managers of the Briarcliff cup
race for stock cars open their lists and
accept the entry of Mrs. Joan Cuneo, they
will be doing only what the promoters Of
European races did several years ago.
This country has come gradually to adopt
European standards and methods in mat
tiers of motoring, and perhaps the time is
now ripe for the admission of women as
! competitors IN open events. Mrs. Cuneo
has proven herself worthy of competing
with men experts by her driving in sev-
eral events, her most recent achievement
being the plotting of her Rainier car safe
" through the Glidden Tour of last July.
She has now bought aW5-50 Rainier and
saws that she proposes to enter in every
/ event omen to her. The interesting feature
about Mrs. Cuneo is that her racing pro-
! pensity is a matter of pure enthusiasm.
Her husband is a man of means and she
has no business relations whatever with
any manufacturer She Is a mother and a
home body, despite her motoring hobby, and
what she Graves is not notoriety, but
simply the opportunity to enjoy the ex-
ercise of her prowess as a driver.
''For a stag at bay is a dangerous
foe is a trite saying that will hardly
apply to the exhibit of the Importers
Salon just concluded in Madison Square
Garden. While it was spectacularly mag
nificent as a last stand. there was nothing
about il awesome to the makers Of Ameri-
can cars, least of all to those who are
employing foreign designers and imported
materials and building here cars better
suited for American roads than any ever
made abroad.
often tires which TO all appearances are
wearing most poorly are In reality finer
goods thar those which seem to be wear
ing better. Tires Of exceptional quality.
such as the Fisk. which have an unusual
percentage of pure rubber in them, have
also, as a rule, a composition for the tread
in which there is more rubber than COM
mon. 1t is a popularity of these softer
treads that they will wear rough, with
loose shreds appearing on the surface, blu
the fact is that such a tire will actually
wear longer than others in which the tread
preserves a smooth appearance as It
wears. To look at the wear of the tread
is not an infallible way of Judging tires,
however. for a tire might have a good
rubbery composition in the tread and yet
not be we'll made throughout.
Motorists desiring information concern
ing membership in the American Automc-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04

bile Association should address Secretary
F. H. Elliott, 4S7 Fifth avenue, New York.
While there is not much more complica-
ton to the six-cylinder engine than to the
fo~ur-cylinder, there is just enough more to
make it a practical desideratuIn for a man
to buv only the best when he enters the
six-cvlinder class. Probably in the long
run it will be found that this type does
not pay when made up in anything except
the highest grade, for the trade reports
even now that the makers of low-priced
skies are not selling them as readily as
they are "fours;'' while 1t is known at
the same time that the high-grade "~sixes,"
right up to the American Locomotive car,
at $500, are selling well. The locomotive
people are having a bigger emand for
their skies than for their "fours.' and
with this as a criterion the inference made
seems iustif1able.