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Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
CONWELL WANTS TWO
ROAD RACE EVENTS

]. s. Conwell, local manager of the
Maxwell Briscoe-Los Angeles company,
has some very decided ideas regarding
the purpose of the forthcoming annual
road race of the local dealers associa-
ton which are doubtless held by other
dealers In the trade also.
Mr.. Conwell takes the position that
the road race Is not a race exclusively
for the benefit of the "battleships," or
high-priced cars, on the market, but is
a race which will permit the manufac-
ideas as a dealer in moderate priced
cars to demonstrate to the public the
qualities of their respective products!
81 contend" said Mr.. Conwell yes
terday, that there are ten moderate
priced cars sold to one of the top,
priced cars, and If this is so, then L
believe that there are ten people who
want to see what the moderate priced
cars can do under severe tests to one
person who is curious regarding the
possibilities of the high priced car.
1T is not fair to ask the moderate
priced car to attempt to do everything
that the 'battleships' can do. The
latter are high priced just because they
are built for tremendous speed and
cost more, naturally. But the man
who is not looking for great speed, but,
rather, for the average, everyday rum
ming qualities of a car that will start
from anywhere and take him any
where at as fast speed as he desires
TO drive, will naturally look to see
what the moderate cars will do at the
annual road race in competition with
other cars of the same class.
$50 I say that 1t is my idea of the
fitness of things, looking at the ques-
ton perhaps with somewhat selfish
ideas as dealer in. moderate cars,
that the road race should be so ar
ranged as to permit of TEST between
cars of their respective classes being
made. Let the 'battleships' have an
event in which they can fight 1t out,
but believe that we who claim to have
moderate priced cars should also have
an event in which we can demonstrate
to that portion Of the public which
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

was assembled from the ground UP
and set in operation before the eyes
of the pupils. A notable and signi-
ficant fact brought out in this connec-
ton was the perfect interchangeable
of the parts which enter into the con-
struction of the Tourist cars, this fact
being emphasized in the remarkably
short time required by the half dozen
workmen to put the parts together
and complete the automobile. Start
ing with every part segregated, 1t re-
quired exactly one hour and thirty
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

five minutes to complete the work of
assembling, following which the mag
netos were turned on and the engine
started.
So interesting are these series of
lessons in automobile construction
proving it is quite likely that it will
be but a short time before the entire
second floor of the Tourist factory
will be required to accommodate the
increasing attendance. The entire
public is welcomed at these Tuesday
night sessions, regardless of whether
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

AS was predicted in these columns
week ago. the attendance at last Tues
day evenings automobile night
school" Of the Auto Vehicle company
at the Tourist factory on South Main
street broke all previous records, the
number of "pupils" equaling, II not
exceeding, 200.
The cause of this unusual attend
ance was the fact that the subject
under discussion by the Tourists ex-
perts was "Two-Cylinder Construc-
tion," during which an automobile
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
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one is the owner Of Tourist car or
not.
Next Tuesday evenings subject will
be quite as interesting as that of the
past week, -Four Cylinder Motors"
being the text of Expert Nuts lies
son." Mr.. Mutt will endeavor to make
plain the difference between the two
cylinder motors explained during pre-
vious sessions of the school and the
four-cylinders, as we'll as point out the
advantages which are claimed for the
latter type of motor over the former.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

MOTORCYCLES
TO RACE TODAY
COLISEUM TRACK HAS A GOOD
SCHEDULE
pERRUM AND DE ROSTER AGAIN
TO FIoHTlT OUT
-
Eight Exciting Events Make Up Best
Card Yet Arranged for Princes
Big Three-rap Saucer
Track

After two weeks without racing at
the Coliseum motorcycle track, that
sport again will occupy the center or
the stage today with one of the most
interesting cards that could be ar
ranged.
Two weeks ago Jack Prince turned
the. track over to the Los Angeles Mo-
torcycle club for its annual race meet,
which was abandoned because OF the
heavy rains that fell. Last week Prince
abandoned his races because, as q good
Elk, he did not wish to detract from
the success of the Elks' benefit auto
mobile race at Ascot park.
The card arranged for today prom
ises some of the most exciting events
yet scheduled, incidentally bringing
Derkum and De Roster together again
in what should be another hair-raising
contest.
Eight Events on Card
The events will be eight In number,
three professional and three amateur.
and best two In three heats of five
mile motor paced bicycle race between
Samuelson of Salt Lake, Duer of Buffa-
10 and Dutch Hoffman of this city. w.
r. Samuelson will be paced by his
brother Ted on q six-horsepower Blu
Chef that has been used In many big
races in the Mormon city and in the
east. Mitchell of New Orleans will pace
Raw Duer on another Frencn machine
of seven horsepower, while Frank
Hoffman has engaged Derkum to pace
him. puer and Samuelson have been
working hard at the track getting in
shape, while Hoffman has had no time
to train.
The professionals will have 20-mile
match race, with six contestants, IN
which Derkum and De Roster will again
fight 1t out; also 10-mile race.
xrriIZ he match race
between Huyck and Graves on seven
horsepower machineS that ought to es1g
tablish new WORLDS record for the
amateurs.
AS a comparison of road machines
with the new racing motorcycles there
will be q three-mile amateur race for
stock machines fully equipped and lin
tied to so. 80 cubic inches piston dis
placement This will be hard fought
battle, but will be in slow time COM
pared to that made by the wonderful
new machines of 81 cubic inches dis
placement.
Stephenson viii Be There
Fay Stephenson. the old time bicycle
announcer, has been engaged by the
Coliseum as permanent announcer. and
will be welcomed by a host of the old
time bicycle enthusiasts who will prob
ably recognize old time jokes, for Fay
will call on the old fans of bicycle
days.
Races will be run off promptly. as
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

cannot afford the higher priced cars
what the moderate priced cars can do
also in competition. I believe that
there will be as many or more people
in the crowd who will watch the
M lerate priced cars and their per-
Torrance as there will be who will
watch the 'bastleships.'
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-12-18
We will
belP you.

II you are living in u rented house
you. no doubt. have long desired to own
your own home and have made plans to
that end. There is no need to delay the
matter. when the Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready to help
YOU, ana wnen You realize that the
money you have been paying out every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for home for you, then you will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Gall and see w. d. Cordry. Jr.. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money to
build you house an and easy way by
which you can repay the loan.
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION 4. HARGIS.
President.
W. d. CORDDRY, Jr.
Secretary.
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mortal restrictions In regard to locomo-
ton that come to us when we bid them
and vanish politely when we are weary
OF their presence
Bret flarte never made n secret OF
his admiration for the creator OF Little
Nell and Tom Pinch. Like Paul at
the feet of Gamaliel. he was content to
receive his lesson from the man he
acknowledged TO be his master. Not
until after Dickens had finished his
work did the young literary light who
stood revealed In the far western frma-
ment learn that his model had seen
that exquisite clegy Dickens In
Camp" and had been heard to express
his admiration of II In the most gen.
erous terms. The dying novelist de-
clared that the work Of the new Amer
lean writer contained such subtle
strokes of workmanship rs no other
writer In the language had yet ex-
hIhited. And then he asked. with a
humorous CLEAN In his weary eyes.
Don't you think that his manner Is
very like nv own?"
Like Dickens. Harte had genuine
fondness for the doings of Yuletide.
One who knew him best says that up
to the last day of his life "he thought
much Of the Christmas season and to
the last kept up the fond and foolish
custom OF sending generous presents
to his friends" Better appreciated In
England than In his native country.
Harte spent the later years OF his life
abroad. but his stories were TO the last
distinctively American. In that ad-
mlrablc performance entitled How
Santa Claus Came to Simpsons Bar"
there is no flavor of the old world
Christmas. and Johnny. clothed In the
stars and stripes. is young American
of the most unmistakable sort.
Two of the most strikingly dissimi-
lar Christmas stories ever written are
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THE RATIONAL
CHRISTMAS.
BY ELLIS FRAME

copyright. 1909 by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
LET US give in reason this year." she
suggested:
met merely for the sake OF giving
things.
It's the spirit. not the money invested.
Let us. therefore. turn from foolish
squandcrings.
Let the gifts we give be things that may
be needed
Instead of trash soon TO be cast aside"
MY darling. your suggestion shall be
needed.
For there Is wisdom in It," he replied.
She did her shopping carly. being guided
BY lessons learned from much expert
ence.
She would show her lord and master. she
decided.
How excellent a thing was common
sense.
For their baby boy she purchased a
And an oriental rug that caught her
Though the darling ionged to have a
rocking horse. II
Wasn't sensible" she murmured. with .
sigh.
They had promised not TO buy things for
They would merely get few things for
the child.
She would sacrifice her sister and her
mother.
And II gladdened her to see the way he
smiled
As he said his people. too. should be omit
ted.
So the wise and winsome woman. day
by day.
From shop to shop. with sweet emotion.
fitted.
Having dry goods bound up and sent
away.
He bought .sn. a pipe and splendid smoking
To give their darling giee on Christmas
morn.
With these the child could make no such
racket
AZ might have been produced with drum
and horn.
He also got the works. unexpurgated.
or old Boccaccio and Rabelais.
- that their little one might be elated
And long have glad remembrance of the
day
On Christmas when their presents ws-s
displayed
They sat upon the sofa side by side.
And while their child looked up az them.
dismayed.
He had culprit's manner. and she
cried.
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psychological study that drives all re.
membrance of the blessed season from
the mind. Its ghosts are not the So
ciable and easily banished spooks Of
Dickens. They are formless and
creepy ami all pervading. They are the
fcarsome specters that rise In the frig-
Id vapors of German mysticism, and
they are riade icier still with strong
admixture Of New England transcen-
dentalism. II is masterpiece In con-
ception and In treatment-no question
at all about that-but 1t does not make
the Yule log glow more brightly or
lend better flavor to the steaming
bowl.
Mary Russell Milford does not deal
In ghosts. All of her Christmas char
acters are flesh and blood people. and
they are not Of the sort that will not
stay dead when they die" Her Christ
mas Party is as dainty In its work.
manship as anything which ever came
from her careful pen. and that Is say
Ing much. II Is as -estful and nom
suggestive as a pastoral. and its influ-
ence Is as soothing as the delicate
SAVIOR which escapes when the cover
Of potpourri jar is lifted or the
drawer of an old time cabinet Is open
ed-the faint. pervasive odor of crush.
ed rose leaves and dried lavender.
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ionable spooks ever invented. They
are seldom sepulchrai. but are fire.
quently cheerful. They are not the
haunting. sleep killing and never 10 te
exercised phantoms OF the fairy tales.
but actual personalities. freed from all
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-12-18

DIT until the first
half of the last
century was well
spent did the spe-
cies of literature
which has come to
be known as Christ
mas fiction effect a
permanent lod e.
ment In the hearts
OF EnglislflNpeak.
ing mankind. The
ancient parabl lie
plays and the
rhy IN @ d holiday
legends of the mid
~ .aaNu -
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use on the continent. but the more
secular minded English had only the
rude yuletide iingles and the quaint
carols of beef eating antiquity.
Contrary 10 the prevailing notion. the
inventor OF the tale with distinctive
~ Christmas flavor was an American.
II Is likely that II would occur to few
Americans and to no Englishman to
dissent II II were asserted In their
presence that Charles Dickens origi.
mated the Christmas story. His name
Is so inseparably connected with so
much of the holiday literature en-
rhrincd In the popular heart that 1t is
small wonder the mention OF Christ
mas suggests him. The credit OF the
literary fnd." however, must be given
10 another. man who was at the end
Of his thirties when Dickens was born,
who had been Mt Malta when Nelson's
fleet sailed away TO Trafalgar. who had
visited Sir Walter at Abbotsford and
had captivated him and who was aft
crward secretary to the United States
legation In England That. Of course.
means Washington Irving.
Irving's first book. THE Sketch.Book
Of Godfrey Crayon. Gent" had pleased
everybody. 50 much so. indeed. that It
was republished by John Murray in
London and translated into several con-
iincntal languages. Both the publish
crs and the public were urging him to
do something equally meritorious. No
body realized more kcenly than did the
author of the exquisite work the diff
Guilty of producing Its mate. and he
was not n man to be driven into medi-
ocrity THREE years later he published
"Bracebridge Hail." and the chapter of
that masterpiece of literary workman
ship entitled christmas at Bracebridge
Hair was the pioneer holiday tale of
English literature and has furnished
model Tor subsequent fictionists which
has seldom been equaled and never
excelled. Its easy grace and felicity of
expression were revelation to every
body In those days. and the wonder
and the charm are potent still.
William Makepcace Thackeray. mas
ter Of a realism that Is the wonder and
the despair Of those who have followed
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UPsHUR & UPsHUR

GEO. NJ. UPsHuR FRANKLIN uPsHuR
Attorneys-at-Law. SNOW Hili. Md. Ofice in the
Court House.
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II a W I h o I'm e's
christmas Ban
quet" and Miss
Afitford's Christ
mas Party"
There Is little of
@ hrist m a s in
II a W t h orn e's
grewsome I a Q.
The joyous festi-
val Is only n lit
erary makeshift
around which Is
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Most amazing of all, the author Of the
tale prOfessed to believe that 1t was
Mrs. Perkins Ball" that had made
his reputation-that. too. In the face of
the fact that Vanity Fair" had just
been published. This perversion of
Thackeray in regard to the literary
value of his wares and his lack OF faith
In his masterpiece-he had so little
confidence In the success of Vanity
Fair" that after II appeared he applied
for small government position-are
proof sufficient that the man who Gre
ates masterpiece may have dim
conception Of artistic values.
All the makers Of great fiction are
more or less under the spell OF their
immediate surroundings. but few have
made 1t more apparent than Charles
Dickens. Those who knew the circum-
stances saw plainly ut he had put
himself and his sa childhood into
many OF his pathetic short stories.
This Is especially true Of "rhe Ghost
In Master BIS Room" which is an ac.
count of things which happened to
him IN his troubled boyhood. AS
child he was firm believer In ghosts.
and 1t is probable that he never entire
ly abandoned his faith in spectral ap-
pcarances. Many of his tales are peo-
Piled with disembodied spirits. and they
are like the ghosts OF no other writer.
They are the spooks that appeal to one
aud make one believe In their genuine
ness. They are frequently more real
than the living characters who consort
with them. Although they are dead.
they conduct themselves like living en-
titles.
Dickens Christmas ghosts are unique
In tho ranlnn of Iifarafure Of NIL tho
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brane resulting from Catarrh and drives
away q Cold in the Head quickly. Restores
the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size
so cts. at Druggists or by mail. Liquid
Cream Balm for use in atomizers rs cts.
Ely Brothers. SO Warren Street. New York.
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CHRISTMAS
IN FICTION.
BY GEORGE n. PICARD

Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.1
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silent shapes that
have been sum-
moned from the
upper and neither
worlds to lend en-
chantment to the
Christmas tale
his a ne have
become acclimat-
ed. There Is new
er anything re-
pulsive a b out
them. They are
Pho s,soat onn.nau.
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him. u ee d e Il 10
model and chose
none. His Mrs.
Perkins Ball" re-
sembles moths &
ever conceived In
the mind of any
OF her man. The
public was pleased
with II. but never
So IN II c h us was
'rhackeray himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-22
IN BECKWITH'S OFFICE.

'I don't say I shouldn't defend you even if I knew you were guilty Beckwith said to young Calden, seated before him at the formers desk, while Beckwith himself stood near the huge soapstone stove and spoke down to him. ''The law lays down certain re- quirements for legal proof of guilt, and it is part of a lawyers duty to see that these are compiled with be- fore any man, even though he knows him to be guilty, is convicted. But that's not the point I'm making. I'm entitled to know everything if I'm to protect you, and clearly I don't. What ever I'm willing or unwilling to do I can't go it blind, and if that's what you're going to persist in asking of me. you'll have to get another law yer"
 Who's the lawyer in Lanceboro would take my case after you'd turned me down?" asked Calden. bitterly.
 Who's the lawyer you'd want if l
 Continued on Page 15)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-22
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(Continued.1

"So that you can see that if he couldn't have invented Phil Barper story after he heard it, he could make his fit to it to a t-y-ty. Barber tolo his first.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-22

Fall colds are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar the great throat and lung remedy. The genuine contains no harmful drugs. FEB. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy, local agents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05

ST Paul. March An the House to-day a recess
was taken during the hour when President Taft
was inaugurated and Republicans and Democrats
view with another in expressing loyalty TO ex-
President Roosevelt and President Taft. AT the
conclusion of the eulogies the House testified it's
respect for the incoming Executive by a rising
vote. and the Speaker instructed TO send teIe-
grams of congratulations to both Messrs. Roose-
welt and Taft.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05
PRESIDENT TAFT THANKS GERMANS.
In Letters to Editor He Touches Upon Rela-
tions Between Two Countries.

The relations between this country and Germany
were touched upon by President Taft in letter
to the publisher of the German "Herod." Of this
city made public yesterday. The letter follows
NV Dear Mr.. Wolfram: I thank you sincerely for
the support which in your three publications You
have given ever since [ selected as ne
standard bearer of the party " is especially graf
flying to 10 have the support of the Germans
for my father had a special sympathy with them
and especially that hue generation that came over
after the revolutions Of is Ny city of Cincli-
natl Is one-third German. and my association Wit
them and my high appreciation Of their excel
as citizens has been constant. 1t is gratifying ~
know that the relations between the United Statss
and the German Fatherand have never been Hii--9
cordial and fun of mutual sympathy than TO-DAY
This bond of course Is made stronger BY the nun.
Der of Germans who have become Americans u t''0
last twenty-five years Very sincerely yours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05

In previous administrations an arbitration law
for interstate commerce railroads and their en-
pIoyAs and laws for the application Of safety
devices 10 save the lives and limbs Of employees
of interstate railroads had been passed. Addi-
tional legislation Of this kind was passed by the
outgoing Congress.
wish to say that in so far as can, hope to
promote the enactment of further legislation Of
this character. I am strongly convinced that
the government should make itself as responsible
to employees injured in its employ as inter
state railway corpora ton is made responsible by
federal law to its employees; and I shall be glad.
whenever any additional reasonable safety device
can be, invented to reduce the loss of life and
limb among railway employees to urge Congress
to REQUIRE its adoption by interstate railways.
Another labor question has arisen which has
awakened the most excited discussion. That Is
in respect TO the power OF the federal courts TO
issue fnjunCtions in industrial disputes. AS to
that my convictions fixed. Take away from
courts IL It could he taken away. the power to
issue injunctions in labor disputes, and II would
create privileged class among the laborers and
save the lawless among their number from
most needful remedy available to all men for
the protection of their business against lawIess
invasion The proposition that business is not
a property or pecuniary right which be pro-
tected by equitable injunction is utterly without
foundation in precedent or reason. The propo-
sitfon is usually linked with to make the
secondary boycott lawful. Such a proposition
Is at variance with the American instinct and
will find no support. in my Judgment, when sub
n1itted to the American people. The secondary
boycott Is an instrument of tyranny, and ought
not to be made legitimate.
TNJUNCTIONS.
The issuing Of a temporary restraining order
without notice has I'm several instances been
abused by its inconsiderate exercise. and 70
remedy this the platform upon which I was
elected recommends the formulation in a statute
Of the conditions under which such a temporary
restraining order ought TO issue. A statute can
and ought TO be framed to embody the best mod
ern practice and can bring the subject so closely
to the attention of the court to make abuses
Of the process unlikely in the future. American
reople II I understand them. insist that the
authority of the courts shall be sustained. and
are opposed 10 any change in the procedure by
which the powers Of a court may be weakened
and the fearless and effective administration of
Justice be interfered with.
Having thus reviewed the questions likely to
rec,Ir during my administration. and having ex-
pressed in a summary way the position which
exnect to take in recommendations TO Congress
and in my conduct as an executive. invoke the
considerate sympathy and support of my fellow
citizens and the aid Of Almighty God in the dis
charge of my responsible duties.