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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
ATLANTA SCHOOL PUPILS
HELPED TO BUY TROPHY

81 am certainly going to try next NO.
Vember to KEEP the Atlanta trophy,
said Louis Disbrow, who drove ms
Rainier to success in last November
automobile events in the southern y y
ats Willing was certainly one of the
pleasa.s(est events of my experience.
The sentiment of good will that came
Its winning was certainly one OF lhe
south was one of the happiest features
of the whole occasion. They certainly
did gives me the keys of the city OF
Atlanta Everybody was Interested
The trophy was purchased by popular
s1bscription-some donations We're as
small as 5 cents, from the school emil
dren. vet the total was $4,000, aud it IS
the finest trophy ever given in the au-
tomobile world. While l would ike TO
win it again next NoVember-my new
car for the event is now IN course OF
construction-still If l don't, nope TO
see II 90 to a car owned in Atlanta"
Disbf wv. the trophy and the car that
won it were three of the greatest at
fractions at the Philadelphia automo-
bile show last week. Disbrow person
a1lv won't "show off, but get him on
the subject of his car and he forgets 10
be bashful. The points when make
Disbrow and the manufacturers so
Justly proud of the achievements or the
Rainier are it's wondertul enuurdhce'
and the consistency of its records
throughout all it's tests. The marvel
Gus record of the Atlanta race-2O0
miles in 17S minutes, without Il STOP
and with variations of only few sec
onds between mile and mile-gains ad-
ditional interest when one hears OF the
other races in which this same car has
and notes its present ex-
cellent condition. Even the tires
scarcely worn. are the same that nave
raced over 10000 miles.
1.-THE Rainier car" says Disbrow,
"has always finished, and has always
won place in every 24-hour race in
which it has competed. drove in three
24-hour races inside of eleven weeks.
over the Brighton Beach one-mile
track. In the first race finished sec
ond, covering 1047 miles; in the second
race was second, covering 1895 miles;
in the third race finished third, cover
ing 1117 miles. I believe that this is the
best 24-hour record of any one car dur
ing the season of 1909, and l think that
both the car and the driver who make
q thoroughly consistent showing during
an entire seasons racing are entitled
10 recognition on this basis in the tabu-
Iation of the seasons events"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
POOR TIME IS
MADE IN SOUTH
CRACK DRIVERS FALL BELOW
USUAL PERFORMANCES
LYNCH UNINJURED IN CRASH
THROUGH FENCE
Fiat Proves Best Car of Day, Scoring
First in Three Events-De
Palma Wins Two
Races
Associated Pressl

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 5.-Poor time
was made today at the opening of the
New orleans automobile speed carnival.
Such, drivers as Ralph de Palma, Bar
ney Oldfield and Ben Kirscher scored
far below their records.
The fifth race, a 10-mile event, at
tracted some interest when Oldfield
remained behind De. Palma for eight
miles, finally overtalfeg him and going
TO the front before the ten miles were
finished
In the fourth race, twenty-five miles,
for stock cars of all classes, Leigh
Lynch, driving a Jackson car, crashed
through the fence which surrounds the
fair grounds track. He escaped injury,
however.
Oldfield, who was leading in a Knox
car in this race, won easily.
Summary of Events
First race, twenty miles, stock cars
with piston displacement from 301 to
450 inches-Jackson deigh Lynch), Il
minutes A second, won; Packard (H.
F. Fulton), second; sBuick (Fritsch),
third.
Second race, five miles, free-for-all
Flat Ode Palma), 4:41, won; Oar
racq (<irscher), second. Barney Old
field was forced TO retlre at tne enQ ol
first half mile on account of tire
trouble.
Third race, ten miles, open to all
amateurs driving stock cars-Fiat &c.
S. Bragg, New York;, won. 1926; Buick
Fritsch, CincinnatD, second. Three
starters; two finished.
Fourth race, for stock cars of all
classes, twenty-five miles-Bnox (cia-
field, won 26:46; Buick (FritsSh), sec
ond. JaeAson Oynch) went through
the fepas in the fifteenth mile. Lynch
was unhurt. Jackson No. Delaney
dropped out at the ninth mile.
Fifth race, ten-mile hah,licap, free
for-all-Fiat Ode Palma), scrAt won;
Knox <(Oldfield), 25 seconds hsS cap,
second; Darracq (Kirscher), tenn &c
onds handicap. third.
Sixth race, five miles, special-Banz
(Oldfield), won, 4:33 45; Darrlcq
(Kirsc' ler), second. No other entriei
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

VIZ ITH blaze of lights and myriad
wv of colors to welcome them, auto
mobile enthusiasts of Southern
California will flock to the Grand ave-
nue. rink tomorrow night to the opening
of the 1910 automobile show. Not
detail that could possibly be conceived
to make abe appointments perfect has
been overlooked by the committee, and
everything possible has been done to
make the affair a complete success.
One feature of the show that will
watching the work develop will be the
decorations. For days past scores of
men have been at work preparing their
handiwork, and If any adverse COM
ment is forthcoming 1t will surely be
on something other than the way the
rink is beautified for the occasion.
AS an opening gun for the week of
motor show there will be a monster
automobile parade tomorrow afternoon.
The start will be from the Grand ave-
nue. rink at noon, and led by a band
in a three-ton truck, 200 machines, fly
ing automobile show pennantS, will
wind their way through the business
section.
Next week will be the elimination of
two months of steady work on the
part of the show committee and man
ager. There have been thousand de-
tails to work out, and nothing has been
left undone and no expense spared to
make this one of the most complete
and spectacular of automobile ex
hibits.
Special Cars Ordered
But the work of decorating the build
ing has been only small part Of the
expense and trouble. Every exhibitor
has found it necessary to get show
cars from the east and arrange for the
week of display Some of the cars did
not get in until yesterday and several
carloads will not be unloaded from the
trains until tomorrow morning.
At this show will be seen the first
real torpedo bodies exhibited on the
coast. Among these will be the Fiat
Gunboat. This car is finished in bat
tleship gray and the one day it was
brought over from Pasadena and
shown on the streets of Los Angeles
it was constantly surrounded by
crowd of the curious. This is the very
latest type of motor car and was the
sensation of the New York shows.
The car is entirely inclosed, the driv-
er's seat being inclosed the same as
the tonneau. In the rear there is
hnIeine baggage carrier which looks
for ali the world like the back of a
torpedo boat.
Another type of the torpedo body
will be the Columbus roadster. This
car has arrived, but will not be seen
until the lights flash up at the OPEN
ing tomorrow night. Those favored
few who have been permitted to gaze
on this new roadster type say 1t Is
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
BIG TREE BARK
TO Be USED AT
LICENSED SHOW
FIESTA PARK DECORATIONS
ARE ELABORATE
ACCESSORY DEALERS WILL BE
IN FRONT ROW
Work on Big Arena Progressing Rap
idly and Everything Will Be
Ready for Opening
Next Week

Way up in the Santa Cruz mountains
this week a busy corps of men will la
Dor from early monring till late at
night. Under the direction Of Frank
Lchtenberger, they will secure bark
and branches Of the giant trees which
are to be used in decorating the I'M
mense enclosure at Fiesta park, where
the licensed automobile show is to be
held February 10 to 26. When four car
loads have been secured it will be
hurried to Los Angeles, and the work
of Transforming the park into a forest
home for Americas leading automobiles
will begin.
This is by far the most elaborate dec
oratiVe scheme ever attempted for a
show west of New York city, and 1t is
doubtful if the east has ever seen any
thing better than is to be offered by
the Los Angeles dealers. No expense
is being spared, and the show COM
mittee has given Manager j. S. CONVEX
free rein to go ahead and provide some-
thing which will cause the entire coun-
try to sit up and wonder what marvel
Los Angeles will attempt next.
Every day brings some new idea Tor
the big show. In addition to the PARK
around the posts and the foliage, there
will be thousands and thousands of
natural flowers used to beautify the
place, and in addition to the ceiling OF
electric lights, beautifully colored in
candescent globes will be festooned
among the trees.
Will Portray California
A contract was closed last week with
the Thompson Scenic company for one
of the largest scenes ever painted in
this country. This scene will be zoos
feet long and twelve feet high, and will
represent typical California. There
will be a view of the big tree country,
a glimpse of the beautiful California
gardens and stretch of desert. 1t will
all blend in making a scenic picture
and adding to the effect of a giant
forest.
This scene will be the back wall on
the four sides of the arena, and work
on it-has already started. 1t will take
a corps of scenic painters working con-
stantIy for more than ten days to COM
plete the picture.
The work on Fiesta park has pro-
crossed rapidly and last night when
the work stopped the floor was down
and the roof frame up. The canvas
men were out yesterday getting their
material ready, and within the next
few days the entire place will be under
cover.
The work of decorating will begin
at once. All the contracts have been
let and the plans have been mapped
out With the arrival of the redwood
bark and branches from Santa Cruz
the work will be on in earnest.
Manager Conwell announced yester-
day that in addition to the most COM
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
EMF. PLANTS ARE
TURNING OUT CARE
NO CESSATION IN WORK OF
MAKING MACHINES
Temporary Restraining Order Directed
Against Sales Department of
Help to Mechanical
Department

Because of the legal contest that has
been waged between the EMF COM
pany and the Studebaker Automobile
company since the cancellation by the
former company of the selling agree
ment between them, the public has
been led to believe that the big EMF
plants in Detroit were closed down.
This report is emphatically denied by
President and General Manager Flan-
ders.
mot only are we not closed nor run
ming a short force, but we have not
shut down our factory at any time"
said Mr.. Flanders. For three days
early in December we were prevented
by temporary restraining order from
shipping cars, but the courts have all
along refused to tie up the factories or
to interfere in the slightest with their
operation. Since the restraining order
was dissolved we have sold more than
nineteen thousand cars TO dealers
amounting to $14,OOO,OO
Naturally competitors have taken
advantage of the break between the
two concerns to lead prospective buy
ers into the belief that the EN- COM
ers into the belief that the EMF COM
ly. on this point President Flanders
was most explicit.
1--WE are now turning out EMF 'So'
cars at the rate of sixty day, or 1900
a month. In other words, we are ope-
rating our plants to their full capacity.
Really, the temporary halt in sales
caused by our decision to market our
own product direct has worked to the
ad,,onta pa of dealers and BUYERS, for 1t
enabled us to catch up with the demand
and to get enough cars ahead in the
early winter months to take better care
of customers now and in the rush
spring months, than would otherwise
have heen poSSible."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
EDISON SPENDS MILLIONS
IN PERFECTING BATTERY
Wizard Finally Finds Way to Avoid
Use of Lead, and Greater Cur
rent Is Result

1.-THE Lord never intended lead to be
used in storage batteries, or He never
would have made lead so heavy"
Thomas A. Edison worked for years
with that motto pasted across the top
of one of his twenty desks in the labor
atory at orange, N. ]. The wizard has
succeeded in his effort to make a stor-
age battery without lead, as he thought
it should be made. He spent $3,5OO,00O
in experimenting.
Now comes the announcement OF
President w. c. Anderson of the Ander-
son Carriage company, Detroit, manu-
facturers of the Detroit electric vehi-
cles, that he has just completed ar
rangements with Edison to secure
practically the exclusive control of the
new battery in this country for use on
Detroit electrics. ]. Pierpont Morgan
already has the control of it in Europe.
''Mr. Edison says the new battery is
perfection, and that the aim of the
manufacturers will be for cheapness,' .
said Mr.. Anderson. Edison declares
that it will be year before he is able
to make any profit on the product.
"There is a four-story factory at Or
ange In which the battery will be made,
and by midsummer the inventor eX-
poets to be turning out 60O cells day
1.-THE new battery contains no lead
whatever; it is composed of steel and
nickel. The old battery and the one
generally in vogue now is composed of
lead grid, over which is pasted lead
oxide. The plates are then assembled
into rubber jars and filled with acid
They are extremely subject to break
age, and the acid is difficult to handle
The new battery weighs 35 per cent less
than the old one. The old battery pre-
vents the building of light car
Lead batteries have to be charged at
a low rate of current, for a high rate
would ruin them. With the new bat
terry charging at a high or low rate has
no i'll effcts. In the old battery each
week the cells demand an eXpeTts at
tention. They are seriously damaged
if undercharged, and also if over
charged"
Edison, President Anderson says will
guarantee each battery to be capable
of a 80 per cent increase in efficiency
up to the 10,0OO-mile mark. The life OF
the product is rated at from 10000 to
10000 miles for pleasure cars.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

The Howard Automobile company
has lust delivered a Buick white
Streak" to the w. D. Newerf Rubber
company for use of their San Fran
cisco store. This is the third Buick
now owned by the Newerf company,
who are California agents for Good
year tires, their Los Angeles establish
ment having in service White
Streak" and a Buick "40'' roadster.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
RACES SANCTIONED
BY CONTEST BOARD
A. A. U. ALLOWS FOR LOCAL
MOTOR EVENTS
Controlling Organization of Country
Puts Official Approval on COM
petitions Scheduled for
Track and Road

Meetings of the contest board OF the
American Automobile association
which were held last month sanctioned
the following dates for local race
events, so far as automobiles and mo-
torcycles are concerned:
Road Races
Santa Monica Licensed Motor Car Deal
ers' association OF Los Angeles, July 4.
Mt. Badly, Sept. 10.
Los Angeles-Phoenix, Maricops Auto
club, Nov. "a.
Hill Climbs
AItadena Licensed Motor Car Dealers as
sOciation. Los Angeles. Feb. 22.
Mile High Hill Climb, Redlands Mile High
Hill Climb association, Nov. "a.
Track Races
Los Angeles Motor Racing Association,
Feb. IL, 13.
Los Angeles Motor Racing Association.
March IL, 13.
Los Angeles MotordrOme Co., April 8-9-1O.
Los Angeles MOtordrome Co., April 13.
Los Angeles MOtOrdrome Co.. April 10,
16, II.
Los Angeles MOtordrome Co., 24-hOurs,
April 80, May 1.
Los Angeles MOtordrome Co., May 20, 80,
81.
Los Angeles Motordromo Co., July 2, 8, a..
Los Angeles Motordrome Co., Labor day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
NEW ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS
POPULAR WITH MOTORISTS

The electro searchlight for the auto
mobile or motor boat is acknowledged
nv all to be supelior to any other type
of lamp which has as it's source of light
either oil or gas. Until now 1T has not
been practical, the trouble being the
expense and the insufficient volume OF
light.
Under the Vesta method of construc-
tion and patented focusing adjustment.
together with a silver plated parabolic
reflector, the comparatively new Tung-
stem metallic filament lamp offers to
the automobilist a perfect driving light
and to the motor boat man practical
searchlight. furnishing the required
light more economically than either oil
or acetylene gas, with less danger.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

plete display of motor cars ever held
in the west the accessory exhibit will
be a, wonderfully attractive one. These
displays will be on the far sides of the
big hall. There will be all kinds OF
novelties shown, in addition to practi-
cally everything which is used on an
automobile.
Many of the dealers are making
plans for a very elaborate exhibit.
There will be more polished chassis
models than have ever been shown
here before, and many of the other
new types will be exhibited for the
first time.
There have been limousines and
landaulets shown at former shows,
but this promises to be an unusually
complete one for closed models. Any
number of firms are planning to show
that type. There will be a Stoddard-
Dayton limousine and coupe, a Baker
electric coupe, a Columbus coupe, a
Packard and Franklin landaulet, a
Cadillac limousine, a Stearns Limousine,
a Peerless limousine and several
others.
Many of the exhibitors will get cars
from the Chicago show by express. A
number of carloads are being made
up. and Immediately following the
close of the Windy city exhibit these
cars VIII Dc plcICCu Oll SiiC AtNAiAC Ce'N%
track and hustled westward. Among
these will be the Franklin and Stod-
dard torpedoes.
The Maxwell Sportsman will be
shown here for. the first time at this
show. This is a racy type of the new
four-cylinder. The Everltt will also
make its debut. Another new one will
be the Hudson touring car.
President Ralph Hamlin has added
f1n rIn
mittee.
There will be many meetings this
week and there will be little time dur
ing the day that either Manager Con-
well or Chairman F. w. Flint jr. is not
at the park.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
STROMBERG CARBURETORS
PROVE WORTH TO USERS
Tests with Closely ThrottIed Car Show
Engine Will Pull to Best
Advantage

In the last eighteen months the
Stro.nberg carburetor has taken rapid
strides in popular estimation and is
now regarded as one of the best ar
ticles of it's class on the market. Re
'peated tests have shown that it is ex-
tremely flexible. With it ear can
run closely tmottled down and the
engine still pull, while at high speed
it is equally efficient, and this with
out changes in adjustment.
1t is superior to many other carbure-
tors for several reasons. First, the
glass float chamber allows the user to
see the level readily. The turning of
thumb nut controls the level of the
gas. Second. the air passages around
the ventura tube are correctly de-
signed and carry column of air past
the mouth of the tube at high speed,
no matter how slowly the engine is
turning over.
At higher speed the rush of air past
the nozzle breaks the stream of gaso-
line into the finest particles of spray,
so that when it reaches the heated
cylinders it is in the best condition to
be turne' into a true gas. This means
that the combustion is more perfect
and that the engine can deliver more
power than if part of the energy and
heat had to be used up in converting
large globules of gasoline into gas.
-@~&--
The Cadillac is enjoying its most
successful years since the Lee Motor
Car company began to handle the car
here. The rush for these machines has
been so great that the local agents
have been forced to rush carload after
carload from the factory, yet with all
the supply the demand is more than
sufficient to equal it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
EVERYTHING IN
READINESS FOR
191OAUTO SHOW
DIRECTORS FINISH WORK AT
GRAND AVENUE RINK
MANY SPECIAL TYPES OF CARS
WILL BE EXHIBITED
All Styles of Late Models, from the
Smallest Runabouts to Great
Three-Ton Trucks, on
Display

1910 Auto Show of Southern CaliforniA.
Time-Feb. to 13.
Place-Grand avenue rink.
Opening-Monday night.
Doors open-7:30 D. m.
HOurS-11 q. m. to IL p. m. Except
Monday.
Number Of eKhibitors--63.
Number of makes-A2. LIyl1W
Number of cars--1O3.
Price of admission-50 cents.
Society night-Tuesday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-11
NEW PROPOSITION
FOR LANDOWNERS.
Convention TO Be Held in
Atlanta.
Especial to Times-Recordev1

Atlanta, Ga, August 1O.-The new
est proposition for Georgians is a
landowners exposition" which may
be held in Atlanta this fal'. The Oh
jeet of the exposition is 70 bring
together the owners Of the land and
people outside of the state VINO are
DESTROYS of making purchases with q
view to coming to this state. In this
connection it is pointed out that Pitts
burg, Pa, is to have such gather
ing this fall. The proposed exposi-
ION would bring many good citi-
.ens to Georgia 4ul would he one OF
greatest advertisements the STATE
could possibly have
With an over-ahan1a lance of land in
Georgia, the people As d general prop
os.tion, it is cllimel are too care
'es3 in their method; of agriculture
fEi@ however, would not be the cas-,
Win settlers from almost any otLe1
pat Of the countr.y As a consequence
there would be added to the farm
c's of the state hallrels of the very
br.+ type of farm rs who are accu5-
tened to getting RON Their land ali
aeEtely the best res Its. 1t is prob
az that the business men Of the
s-rte will get togac in the near fu-
tn" and formulate )l31s for holding
the proposed exposition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-11
TO ADDRESS CONSER.
TATI0N CONGRESS.
Col. Roosevelt to Speuk in
St. Paul.

st. Paul, Mimi, August 1O,-Def-
mite word from Col. Theodore Roosc-
welt that he will address the national
conservation congress in st. Paul on
September e, the second day, has been
followed by hustle of preparation
for the reception of the rough rider
chief Delegations will be present N
st. Paul from all parts of the West
and the original Roosevelt club,
st. Paul organization, is preparing tc
inject the former president in a body
and if he will consent, escort him
through the city to the state fair
grounds.
Every interest centers in Col. Roose-
velt's address to the conservationists,
which will be Lis first important ad-
dress since his return to America on
! the general subject of national coz
| servation. He was the moving spirit
in the first conservation conference
held in the United States, launching
the movement at the conference oil
| governors held at the White House in
May, 1908. He appointed the ma
| tional conservation commission and
in his concluding message to con
gress expressed the belief that the
conservation movement more than any
other, embodies the spirit of his pub
| lie policies.
Those who are in touch with Co.
| Roosevelt anticipate that he will touch
upon various phases of conservation
/ in his addresses at other points, bat
will reserve his first important
| terance upon the whole subject for his
st Paul address. He will speak IL
the municipal auditorium, a build
ing seating 10000 people, addressius
the largest assemblage ever gathered
under roof in the West before. TIE
former president visits Fargo, n D.
before coming to St. Paul, arriving
here early in the morning Of the sec
Ond day of the congress and leaving
that evening for Milwaukee, where he
speaks the following day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-11
Crust NO MISTAKES"
THIS HEALER'S POLICY

New Haven, Conn. August 10.-Miss
Sarah Root, of 50 Clinton avenue, 3
Christian Science physician, gave one
of her patients morphine, it is assert
ed, and the familys regular physi-
clan, DR.. NJ. j Adams, has advised
the patients husband to institute a
prosecution.
TIE woman, whose named had been
withheld, had been treated by Dr..
Adams for several weeks. The case
was apparently simple, yet she did not
respond to treatment Adams grew
suspicious and questioned her. She
admitted that she had received pow
ders from Miss Root and had taken
them. She gave the physician one o.
the powders. He had it analysed and
found it contained morphine.