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Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
DEATH IS FO|LED
BY FRENCH HEELS
Woman Catches Feet on Edge of
PrecipiCe as the Auto
PlungeS Over
PATTERSON '30' IS WRECKER
HauIs Ditched Maxwell Out of a
Ravine and UP Incline
Without a Whine

Mrs. Eddie Travesy, living on Adams
street, has her French heels to thank
that the coroner did not have a call to
Topagna canyon last week, when in a
moment of alteration she threw her
Maxwell car over a 150-foot precipice.
Mr. and Mrs. TraVesy hied out to this
pretty pass, via the Santa Monica and
beach route, and everything went love-
ly until some of the stiff grades up the
canyon were encountered, and at a
point seven miles, or about one-thlrd
the way through the pass to Calabasas,
the engine became so hot that 1t was
necessary to cool it. This over, Mr..
Travesy stepped out to crank up, and
his wife, instead of driving the car for
ward, let it run backward and into the
gully $50 feet below. AS she felt the
car-givnig way she jumped, and having
on French heels, and being of more
than normal weight, the heels were
forced into the rock Shale. The impact
was sufficient to balance her until her
husband could lend assistance; and
when extricated the French heels were
left imbedded in the dirt. But the Sc
quel was even more interesting from an
auto enthusiasts point of view.
The day following the Pico Auto and
Carriage works received an order to go
out and bring the wrecked car in. The
company's Paterson 80 was put on the
job With block and tackle to secure
a footing for the worklnen, the fun
commenced. Thre hours of strenuous
labor were required to get guy ropes In
position and q trail blazed through the
underbrush to reach the car, which was
found bottom-side up. Everything in
the way of accessories was stripped
from the machine, but the gasoline
tank had not leaked. Block and tackle
riEhted the car, and the tug up the
ascent was begun.
owing to a sharp curve it was neces-
sary to pull in the slack rope many
times, but for more than two hours the
weight and strain of the disabled car
were on the axle and engine of the Pat
erson. When the car was finally landed
in the mountain road in safety not
trace of the hard work was visible on
the assisting car. And oddly enough,
the tough little Maxwell car was not
injured as to its mechanism, and after
the car was righted it was able TO come
into Los Angeles on its own power.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08

opportunity of making a new record
over the 320-mile course.
Suggestions on the subject addressed
to Chanslor & Lyon or to the auto
mobile department of The Herald will
receive prompt, courteous attention.
The following are the rules govern
ing participation in the contest for the
trophy as laid down by Chanslor &
Lyon:
Round trip must be made in one day,
starting either from Los Angeles or
San Diego and finishing in starting
town.
Route must be over the coast route
one way and by the inland route the
other. It being optional with contest
ants as to which route shall be travelled
first.
BY coast route Is meant the road
from Los Angeles passing through
Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano and
San Luis Rey to San Diego.
BY the inland route is meant the road
passing through Elsinorc en- route from
Los Angeles to San Diego.
Routes between Elsinore and San
Diego are optional, as well as routes
between Elsinore and Los Angeles.
Contestants must get scoring cards
from Chanslor & Lyon, 945 South Main
street, before starting. and must mail
signed cards at Los Angeles, San
Diego and Elsinore, after scoring at
these towns.
Starting from Los Angeles, cars must
check out from one of the newspaper
offices. checking in at the same office
on the return trip.
Starting from San Diego. the office Of
the San Diego Union must be used as
the checking point.
Western Union time must be used in
all cases. Score cards must be signed
at the office of the San Diego Union by
some member of the editorial or busi-
ness staff and at the City garage in
Elsinore. In case the garage at Elsi-
more is closed, contestants may have
cards signed at either the Lake View
or Bundy hotels All signatures must
be signed in ink.
Stock cars must be used. Stripping
optional under the A. A. A. ruling,
except that exhausts must be connected
with muffler.
Every winner Of the Perpetual Chal-
lenge trophy must give acceptable
bond in the amount of $3.50 to guarantee
safe delivery of the trophy to a subse
quent winner The trophy shall be
open to perpetual challenge.
If any protest against the awarding
of said cup shall be sustained, holder
of cup shall Immediately surrender cup
to last previous holder without con-
testing right of Chanslor q Lyon to
revoke award
All contestants for said trophy must
give written notice of their intention to
compete for same, notice to be given to
Chanslor & Lyon.
1t is optional with contestant as to
how many passengers he wishes to
carry on, run
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
HONK! WHAT ABDUT
THAT AUTO PRIZE
Enthusiasts Are Yelling for Pre-
sentation to the Winning
Columbian Team
PLAN TO START SOMETHING
Ask for Settlement of Contro-
versy Over Road Race
to San Diego
PLAN TO START SOMETHING

AS there is every prospect of there
being no races to interest motor car
enthusiasts of Southern California un-
til the Santa Monica road race in Sep
tember, it's up to swift moving bunch
to get something started, so perth
nent inquiry at the present time is,
when is the Rambler agency going
20 turn over the Chanslor & Lyons
Los Angeles to San Diego trophy to
the winning Columbia team of last
years competition?"
While 1t is true that the Rambler
won the trophy on its record run of 10
hours and 80 minutes two years ago
between the two points, the time of the
Columbia car on September last was
but 10 hours and 21 minutes.
The Chanslor & Lyon trophy for the
best time between Los Angeles and
San Diego and return is of value and
an honor worth competing for. To give
more interest to the competition just
now when there is no prospect of ex-
citing races in this vicinity for some
time, the suggestion is made to Chan
slor q Lyon that the trophy be made
the principal prize of road race be-
tween these points meets with that
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
HARROUN WINS WITH
ONE SET OF TIRES

One of the heaviest expenses incurred
by racing drivers is for tires. Any one
who attended the recent Motordrome
races can appreciate what desperate
chances the drivers take even with the
tire question left out. 1t will be re-
membered that Kerscher in the Dar-
race lost a tire while driving ninety
miles an hour, while Livingston in his
Stoddard threw a tire thirty feet into
the air while driving better than
mile a minute Ray Harroun in his
car was the most fortunate driver at
the track in this respect, one set of
Michelin tires being used to win the
five-mile, ten-mile. two-hour and 100
mile races without change or adjust
ment of any kind, and without a cent
of expense other than the initial cost.
Such expert drivers as Oldfield used up
over $1,000 worth of tires. Harroun
took home the lions share of prize
money, $2450, and four cups.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
AUTO DRIVER GIVES
EXHIBITION OF NERVE
Narrowly Escaping Death, He
PersevereS and Wins Race

1t would be hard to give a stronger
evidence of nerve and grit in an auto
mobile racing driver than that dis
played by Frank Murray in the big
road race at Fresno last Sunday, when
Murray, tearing along the course at
terrific gait, collided with a touring car
coming in the opposite direction, the
collision turning his car over complete
ly three times, smashing it into scrap
iron and throwing the plucky Murray
forty-five feet, where he brought up
unconscious and was carried from the
scene supposedly in a dying condition.
Within thirty minutes another Buick
entered by Waterman Bros, agents for
the Bucks at Fresno, was stripped as
far as possible and made ready. Muir
ray, again at the wheel, won the fif-
teen-mile event with car he had not
even seen before, his nerve unimpaired
by the accident.
Murray is known all over the coast
as one of the most modest, fearless
and good-natured drivers there is any
where He has a host of friends who
will be glad to know that he is still
ready at any moment to take the wheel
and win races for his pet cars.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
WILLIE BUYS AUTO

The widespread interest in the fa-
nous KIDNAPPING case of Willie Whit
la of Sharon, Pa, has made everything
which pertains to that little fellow of
particular interest. The Premier Mo-
tor Manufacturing company of Indiana
polls has just been notified by it's
Pittsburg agents that a 4-cylinder 40
horse power Premier touring car has
Just been purchased by James P. Whit
la, Willie Whitla's father, which will
be delivered shortly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
BUICK DRIVER ANNEXES
H0NORS IN THE NORTH

Nick Nikrent, driver of the two
Buick racing cars owned by w, D.
Newerf of the Newerf Rubber COM
pany, has returned from San Francisco
and Fresno, where he has been driv-
ing the cars in the big events and
where he won three first prizes and
took three seconds. Thirty thousand
persons witnessed the performances of
the two fast cars at the Shriners' meet
in San Francisco and had the oppor-
tunity of seeing what Goodyear tires,
Autoline and Bull Dog cylinder oils
will do for racing cars.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
PLANS 5000 MILE RUN
FOR COMING SUMMER
Mitchell Car Will Be Used on Long
Tour of Coast Cities

Helm Schmidt is planning long tour
for the summer. He will be gone sixty
days and will cover in that time over
5000 miles. He will probably use his
Mitchell Six, although he also has
Mitchell Thirty. The trip, starting
from Los Angeles, will be up the coast
to San Francisco, and after a brief stop
there he will take the car over the
heavy upper California grades into
Oregon. After visit with relatives in
Oregon, the route will lead to points in
Washington, and from there through
Idaho and Wyoming to Yellowstone
park. The Mitchell will be started on
its home trip by way of Reno to Sacra-
mento. A stop of several days will be
made in the Yosemite valley.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
COUNTY PREPARING TO
IMPROVE WHITTIER ROAD

Considerable road repair is contemplated
for the vicinity Of Los Angeles during the
coming summer Specifications have been
prepared by the highway commission for
the improvement Of the Whittier road. and
the contract for the same has been adver-
tised. This work will begin at the Los
Angeles city limits at Indiana street and
Stephenson avenue and extend east to East
whittier, a distance of ten and three-quar-
ters miles. The city limits of Whittier do
not take In the highways, and for that rea-
son the county improve 1t to East
whittier The highway commission is also
preparing to improve the Washington street
boulevard to Venice.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08

firms approval. New rules governing
the contest have been promulgated and
the principal condition of a contestant
is that the car may be stripped down
to meet the requirements of the A. A.
A. sanction, which condition would be
met by a score or more makes of cars
in Los Angeles, and in stock racing
form a contest would be pulled off
that would attract much attention and
the record be made official.
In the interest of clean sport The
Herald is willing to offer the services
of its automobile editor in looking af-
ter the details of such a race and also
to assist in securing other prizes or
trophies for other contestants other
than the capital prize-Chanslor & Ly-
on trophy-to the winner.
Such a race could be pulled off in
June, and as the condition of the roads
down to the coast are now better
than ever before, there Is an excellent
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
sELpEN CASE Boes UP

Judge Hough recently filed an opin-
ion granting the motion of counsel for
complainants in the Selden suits for
leave to file a supplemental bill substi-
tuting the Columbia Motor Car COM
pany as complainant. The defendants
time to demur, plead or answer is on
or before May IL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-25
Osnelrfte.
THE UpiaPTED BRihi.

As a departure from the hat that
seems 70 have aimed at an eclipse of
the hair and face. there comes the
shape with the ~upturned brim. To the
keen observer this is a natural change,
for fashion has a capricious way with
her, yeering around to extremes in her
delightful way.
There is the hat turned up at the
back, showing the hair and fitting over
the brow in a protecting
Rather trying is this style, requiring
features that can be overshadoyyed by
the front brim.
Some new shapes are turned up at
the side, and 1t must be confessed that
this line is generally becoming. The
question for you to decide is which side
Is the better-and the arrangement OF
the hair and your profile are the points
to claim you attention.
The end is not yet. A brim may be
turned straight up at the front with
Napoleonic severity. Not every woman
can wear this shape, but to the FORUM
ate one there is a great joy in store.
With a military suit. this is the best
model for an all-conquering success
The main point is to twist and turn
the brim until the proper line for yqxl
be attained. The hat must be diss&
ciated from the case or window and
considered in its relationship to the
wearer. When you select the upturned
brin, insist upon looking in the very
necessary mirror.
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] shall lose my sense of humor. | shall
become bourgeois, unbohemianized.
Philistine, Grass. l must go forth and
rob folks like any other good citizen.
Would that the chance might present
itself ere 1 depart for home. BY George.
That reminds mel have no home!"
This was delivered in exactly the
tone in which one might the
leaving behind of a handkerchief or
cigar-ease. Quite at a loss what to say,
Carson said nothing; Craighead, mean
while, smiling as IL at a ley and anus
ing thought. Into this silence entered
Mr.. 0'Grady. Mr.. Evans and a slender
person of about Carson's size, who at
once began the coursing of imaginary
game on the wallpaper, shaping his
thigh and laughing at every failure.
This said Mr.. O'Grady. irtroduc-
ing the indoor ~huntsman, sis Mr.. Wyiie,
Mr.. Carson"
My worst fears confirmed Missed
Craighead. THE one man / ever loved
turns out to be-oh, We gods, both a
teller of truth and a victim of regular
habits! The last straw, and no julep!'
Carson looked at wylie. awaiting Mr..
O'Grsdy's development of his case.
I'VE are. of cawse,H said O'Grady.
sorry to have interfered with your
plans. MIR. Carson, but-'
Mr.. O'Grady's grave discourse, in
which Carson could feel himself being
placed ~irrevocably in the wrong, was
interrupted by Mr.. Wylie's making a
swoop upon an imaginary animal on
Mr.. O'Grady's nose.
Il most caught him. he cried. "a
bumblebee! A bumblebee! Sunday,
gnats; mosquitoes, Monday; Tuesday,
flies; bees Wednesday; hornets yester-
day and bumblehees today. Big game
soon, Ha, ha. ha, hal Whoop,"
Craighead attentively scrutinized Mr..
Wylie, who was lurching about the
room with a wild stimulation of mirth.
"Long-lost brother, evidently re-
marked the Great Uncalled. 81 note
the Craighead strawberry-mark. Well,
when he gets to elephants, I may claim
relationship"
''Of cawse." went on Mr.. O'Grady,
paying no attention 10 the Wylie incl
dent. except TO use and examine for
blood-stains a neatly folded handker-
chief. your being found in the green
house has been partially explained.
sir: we are not disposed to make
YOU trouble. The usual payment for
treatment will not be insisted upon,
though always collected in advance,
and those you have had will be a total
loss. In fact, with our customary
liberality, we shall leave to you both
that and your board and lodgings since
you so strangely came into our-into
our midst"
Hear, heart" calculated Craighead.
"Hooroar for the emporium! Hip and
again hip, witherspoon for ever"
"And II you viii kindly sign these
mutual receipts in full for all claims on
both sides, we will give Mr.. Wylie hts
room: and-here's the pen, Mr.. Carson,
sir"
Theodore had already made the first
stroke of the "Ts' when C~raighead
rushed upon him Hike a wfhrlwind,
snatched the pen, hurled it into the
door like a j~avelin, where It stood
quivering, and interpored between Car.
son and O'Grady.
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- -
Craighead, with Carson and Bascom
following, sent back ripples of dis
order along the line by offering bets as
to whether Carson was himself or
Wylie. Two young men. easily CLASH
fled as new-hatched physicians, t
toned themselves like sentinels at the
desks; the clock struck; there was a
jostling at the rear caused by late
corners, at which the serious young
doctors frowned fiercely; the lines
moved forward; and the men, as they
passed the physicians, seemed to under
go some sort of operation, performed
by means OF glittering instruments of
which Theodore caught glimpses like
lightning playing )about those slitted
shirt-sleeves. Once beyond this ordeal
the patients threw on their coats and
passed on to an imposing, smooth
shaver man to the left, who gave to
each a handshake.' and something the
sort of audience that the populace gets
at a presidential reception-excepting
that the president is not in the habit
of looking at the tongues of his ron
save in a way purely figurative.
&ACoaCA AoOilo iiilllSGil All II llullldtl
current, n drifted with it. On closer
view, he saw that the doctors pricked
the patients with little, glittering wea-
pons: but he reasoned that it could b.
nothing very severe. More than any of
the others. however, Craighead seemed
to shrink from 1t.
ANY locomotor ataxia germs on
that stabber?" he queried, ''or cancer
or any of the extras of the curricu-
lum ?"
The doctor frowned as he reached for
a syringe.
What did l tell you?" asked Craig
head, as the physician received his In
quiry with professional gloom. mo
more humor than a hearse-drivers'
union-ouch!"
With this sincere protest against the
stab of the needle. Craighead passed on
and Carson took his place. The doctor
looked s~earchingly in his face, seemed
puzzled and reached to another region
of the tray for q syringe.
'"Ycu should have rolled up your
sleeve or cut it, raid he sternly. "Roll
it up"
Theodore rolled up his sleeve. where
upon, with an experiences quite star
Ting, the man of medicine pinched up
a bit of the brown flesh, showed in the
needle, pressed down the piston; and
Theodore was shot" With a singing
in his arm and wondering as to the
why of it although he knew by this
time that he had dropped out of the
night sky into full membership in a
drink cure egtabilshment-he passed
on.
The imposing, smooth-shaven mar
1as the great Doctor Witherspoon. He
met each patient with a standardized
smile, clasped each hand with q grip of
absolute uniformity and said: Good
morning, Mr.. Bascom"-or whatever the
name might be. And how is the appe-
lite this morning? And the tongue,
please, Pulse regular, ! observe.
Have You had your constitutional this
morning? Improving nicely. Mr., Bas-
com. Good morning" But he met Mr..
CrAiEhead with a frcwn. Instead of a
smile.
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Wylie?"
Not a very profound one" replied
Carson. I'VE engineers are stronger in
the modern languages, you know"
"a mistake" replied Craighead. I've
made a speciality of the educational
value of the dead ones. Sort Of SYM
pathy with EN-, you know. Maybe you
can give me the passive form of the
Latin verb possum, however? Possum,
meaning can"
"Possum." repeated Carson. "Why,
it hasn't n passive
ut hasn't?" groaned Craighead.
"Stung again! But I must have the
passive of possum for the motto of my
armorial crest. Postum cam passive
to be canned'-my highest achieve
ment. Fair youth, look upon mel
Obeying, Carson noted that he still
wore the evening waistcoat, the colored
shirt, the frock coat. and the checked
trousers-and that he had thrown him
self into a ~despairing attitude with his
fingers clutched in his hair.
I'm me-" he went on, you see the
worlds most symmetrical character.
To but one vocation have / e'er been
true-tinwarel To that am l ever at
tached. Fired from the kindergarten,
for what? For becoming bored by bas-
kerry any piling straws, and heading a
revolt. l never finished aught, save
matters better never undertaken. T
was six months shy, to coin a word, of
graduation at the village high school.
AT the eleventh hour and f%ifty-ninth
minute was l expunged from my ma
ligna mater. The diplomas to which
I am almost entitled would paper this
room. / thought expulsion from Rat
Mort the limit: but now. l am canned
hence because l am corrupting the
morals of the inebriates, Is it not the
height. the crown, the apex of infamy,
the ultra rays of the spectrum of dis
grace? / sympathize with Mr.. Tomlin-
SON, Of Berkeley Square. l see in his
post-mortem career a prophecy of mine
own! But. old sport, what a wonder
fully and unsurpassably complete struc-
ture it makes of my character"
TT is too bad began Carson.
"To bad?" interrupted Craighead.
low. down't put it that strong, ovid
chap, But it is pronouncedly unpleas-
ant, down't v kneow." And then with
Tragic 1HteDS1lN lie tOnCiuutA III bilt
worlds fields of highest endeavor, many
are called. but few are chosen. My
unique claim to distinction. sir. is In
this. that, whatsoever ta-ran-ta-ra the
bugles blow. /. Craighead, remain the
Great Uncalled, Me for the blind bag
gage and the tomato-can hat-Harry
H~ooligan C~raighead. minus the happi-
ness. Begone dull fun! Tears, happy
tears. And exc, o We tears! Great
jumping ge~nufievionists, what a
world
But ventured Theodore. in a sim
cere desire to comfort his friend,
you've had the treatment, you know!"
True, Eliphaz- zophar-nay, I Will
dub thee Elihu. for you have not been
cured of your right to call yourself a
Boozite or a Gittite still-true, l have
had the treatment: its dish-water is in
my veins, its dope in my assimilative
system. The W~itherspoony truths,
so we'll adapted I'd the Second
Reader Grade. must remain in
whatever vermiform appendix the
volume Of my brain provides for the
retention Of platitudinous ponderosity.