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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

STAFF spsria
OLYMPIA. Jan. 2i-Appro1i-
matey 5000 600 worth OF property
is involved in a bill introduced by
Rep. Houser OF King county. turn
Ing over 10 the port commission
newly uncovered lands In the gov
ernmeni canal excavation in Lake
Washington.
The Wray bill. introduced last
week. gives such shore lands TO
abutting property owners. The
Northern Pacific Coast company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
GDLD ORE FOUND
~ ON NEVADA HILL

~ niisd prsss Leased Wire
hENO, New Jan. 2i.-IIlgh Grade
fold ore IN large quantities on ihe
top Of a 1.5O0-foot mountain near
noseiock. Aey, discovered by Jos
Nenzel. rs today causing a rush
!. hundreds OF prospect0rs TO the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
DIFFER ON NEW LAND RIGHTS

n. p Latimer. banker. and the Yes
Ter estate are the chief owners. Tho
Houser bill gives the owners the
first right of purchase at a fair
value, appraised by the port COM
mission.
Members of the Seattle commits
sion favor the Houser plan. The
Chamber OF Commerce is lined UP
on the side OF the Wray plan. The
harbors committee OF the mouse 10
meeting today TO consider the var
ious port measures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

live stock are dead.
The eruption started at noon
Monday and was followed by
terrific subserranean runblinas.
Railroad tracks In the vicinity
are covered with several feet
OF lava. Traffic. 10 al a stand
still. The city of Guadala jara,
100 miles from the volcano,
reports ashes from the eruption
are falling there.
u is feared several towns
will be destroyed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
TURNS DOWN
TREATY WITH ~. S.

M, ,.stsd prsss Leased Wire
.nAsANA Jan. 2l.- Cuba has 20.
~. ~. ,etllsed TO ratify the treaty with
sn,.hiied united States providing for the
ns.as,seraent Of the Guantanamo
sAyal station.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
CANADA
SOON TO
Be FREE?
Dominion Politician
Predicts Break With
England.

ny United Press Leased Wire
BOSTON. Jan "a Henri liouraa.
IA. one OF Sir Wilfred i.aurier's
chief lieutenants. propheHied hero
today that absolute freedom for
Canada viii be the result of the
present relations between the DO.
minion and England, which. he said.
were similar to those existing be
tween Great britain and the United
States In 1915.
The greatest question In Canada
today" said nouraEsa. ia that of
contributions TO the English navy.
Canada IL n trRnncontinontAl coun.
try. and so long aA we are not rep.
pire. We should be under no oblign.
ton 20 that empire.
THAT il the same trouble as tina,
OF your original 10 colonies taxa.
tion without representation. Ca
madam antiimpcfiAliEta and many
other clanHes have turned against
Premier liorden because of the dis.
satisfaction he has created by advo.
eating a t3s 900 600 appropriation
for British WArnhips.
with no representation abroad.
We should no more contribute than
did the 10 colonies. which noW are
the heart Of tho United States"
Tho vote Monday 10 the houa.,
broke up the practical aolidlty Ia
party lines therefore maintained.
and for the firrt time Mrs. Axtvil
and DR.. Nena Cruakc. the women
legisiatora. voted on opposing sides.
Mrs Axtcli yoting FOR the trip and
DIR. Croakc against q.
The junkoi idea originated with
Speaker Taylor and vas promptly
approved b. the appropriations com.
mittcc. headed BY Rep Davis Of
Picrce. !, is the second bill passed
| by the house
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

Seattle printers are talking OF
opening restaurant. You said it
a pi foundry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

up her hands. shrugged her
shoulders, and iabbered some
thing. We leaned forward to
hear n.
The tall boy said: Madame.
she say ncYaire. 70 moving
picture cannot take ze place OF
~ theatre. no more than ze
photograph can take 20 place
OF 20 painted picture"
Then Madame warmed M to
the subject Sho spouted and
Furgled We gaspod, blinked,
and tried to remember that we
were In the presence OF the
greatest actress in the world.
MADAME HAS SUCH
A FIERCE TEMPERAMENT.
The savage mediaeval gen
tlgman interpreted as fast as
Madame spoke. lie was soma
Interpreter But we gathered
that Madame did not think
much of the future Of the NOV.
Ing picture; that she thought
It had reached It's highest de.
velopment.
All this time an astist was
sketchlng her. Sarah sudden
ly stopped her chatter and
pointed TO the artist.
Madame. she want TO see 20
picture" said the scary.looking
fellow. The picture was hand
ed over.
Madame gave one shrek.
"Oh, oh! Imposslbie" she
cried. "Oh, la.la," and on and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21

SARAH BEHNHAHlJI.
two press agents behind them,
we silently and roverently ap-
preached the dressing room
that held the divine Sarh
FoR1lDDlNo CHAP, THIS
BoDYcuARD or sARAH's.
1911 cleared his throat,
straightened his tie, and gently
knocked at the door.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-01-21
FEAR BRIGANDS
HOLD AMERICAN
WOMAN CAPTIVE

b. unasa Pres. L.a.,a wir.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
NEW AUTOMOBILE LAW
EMBRACES SIGNALING
Wisconsin Statute Requires a Device
Which Is Capable of Producing
an Abrupt Sound.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 23.-The new
Wisconsin automobile law which has just
gone into effect provides that every au-
tomobile shall be equipped with a signal
device capable of producing an abrupt
sound sufficiently loud to serve as an
adequate warning OF danger.
The following statement regarding this
law has been issued by its author, Presi-
dent James T. Drought, of the Wiscon-
Gin State Automobile Association:
"This law was enacted not only in the
interests of automobile owners, but in
the interests of pedestrians, and users
of other vehicles, who have a right to
be seasonably and sufficiently warned
of the approach of automobiles.
with the din of noisy traffic on city
streets and in passing other automobiles
proceeding in the same direction, many
hand-bulb horns are entirely ineffective,
because they cannot be heard. With the
present statute in force I am of the
opinion that many, IL not all, hand-bulb
OF the law. In cases of collisions and re-
sulting damage suits, the question of
whether the automobile was equipped
with a lawful signaling device which was
Used seasonably, may establish the liabil-
ity of the automobile driver or materially
affect the size of the verdict.
'I believe the time is not far dis
tant when all automobile liability insur-
ance companies will compel policyholders
to discard the hand-bulb horn in favor
of something more effective-as a matter
of self-protection
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
NOT A DROP SPILLED
DURING WILD RIDE
Contents of Water Pail on Rear of
Auto Ambulance Remain
Undisturbed.

The wild ride OF brimful galvanized
iron water pail is told by John Mendell,
driver of one OF the two municipal am
balances built for good Samaritan service
in Indianapolis at the new model plant
OF the Pathfinder 40"
TIE veracity OF the story is vouched for
by Wayne X. Bromley. secretary and
treasurer of the thriving West Indian
apolis motor car company.
John Mendell says the pail OF water
rode complacently on the rear step of
the Pathfinder 20 ambulance for more
than three miles during a hurry call over
uneven pavements without losing a drop
of ITS contents.
The remarkable, unexpected demonstra-
ton was totally accidental, however. In
the garage where the pair of Pathfinder
ambulances await their calls, the floor
arrangement is such that the cars come
in one door and go out the other. In
this way at least one ambulance al
ways is ready for action.
While in the act OF filling a radiator
with water, one of the attendants set the
aforementioned pail of water on the rear
step of the car in front. At precisely
that moment a call came in. and the
bucket was temporarily forgotten as the
sailed forth on its mission OF
mercy.
The discovery came after the driver
dismounted and started to open the rear
door to pull forth the stretcher.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
EASILY ARE AVOIDABLE.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Representative Says Proper Pre-
cautions Are Not Taken.
JOY RIDES ARE A MENACE

"A large per cent of the automobile
accidents could be avoided II the
proper precautions were TAKEN" says
L. C. Rockhill, manager of the tire
sales department, the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.
"One of the greatest dangers is when
an automobile driver in a rear car tries
to make the one in front eat his dust
On one side of the forward car or di-
rectly in front may be another ma
chine, buggy, or pedestrian, which. to
the driver of the rear car, is not within
his sight. Invariably when passing
machines in this manner, that is, from
the rear, the driver opens his cut-out,
and, by increasing his speed, passes
the machine in front so fast that he
doesn't see the other occupant Of the
road until nearly upon him. The re-
suit is an accident.
Because a car is hired" says Mr..
Rockhill. many people think the
driver should do things that common
sense tells him he should not. A little
extra change tempts the driver to COM
plv with the passengers request to
speed up. II the occupant OF the car
would not tempt him, the chauffeur
would not be inclined to break the
speed and trafic laws, and the news
papers would not be filed every day
with accounts of catastrophies.
by standing on a busy street corner
you will readily observe how many ac-
cidents result from the carelessness of
pedestrians, and not through the fault
of automobile drivers In every direc-
ton you will see people crossing busy
streets, reading a newspaper or talking
with a friend; in fact, doing most any
thing except paying attention to where
they are going. If they would cut
square corners and look both ways be-
fore crossing, you would not hear Of so
many accidents. The public must help
the traffic policemen, II the police are
to help the automobilists.
10Y riding is another reason why
automobile accidents are continually
increasing. The occupants of the ma
chine in this case are absolutely at the
mercy Of the driver. The reckless and
daredevil spirit gets the best OF him,
and many cases have resulted disas-
trously."
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
SECRETARY HOUSTON
TO ATTEND congress
Meeting at Detroit, September 29,
Will Draw Many Automobile
Enthusiasts.
CANADA WILL SEND DELEGATE

Secretary of Agriculture Houston will
represent the national administration at
the third American road congress at
Detroit, Mich, during the week Of Sep
tember o. The congress is the annual
clearing house of the organized road
movement of America, and is participated
in by twenty-six great organizations un-
der the leadership of the American High
way Association and the American Auto
mobile Association.
So important is this annual congress
considered that the American Bar Asso-
citation, the American Bankers Associa-
ton, and the National Grange. are off,
cialIy identified with it 1t is quite ap-
propriate that the official head OF the
Department of Agriculture should open
this great meeting, as the Federal Office
of public roads is under his jurisdiction.
Logan Waller Page, director of the
Office Of Public Roads, is president OF
the American Highway Association and
of the American Road Congress. and 1t
has been under his management that the
government road Office has grown IN the
last eight years from an obscure organ
Ization. with total appropriation OF only
kS5. 900 TO a widely known and effective
bureau with an appropriation to be eX-
pended under its direction this year of
nearly 8, 100000 Its laboratories for
testing and research work have in recent
years obtained such eminence as 10 cause
the British government to send over to it
specimens of the road materials of Eng
land. Scotland. and Wales to be tested.
Premier Borden, of Canada, has advised
the management OF the congress that the
Canadian government will be represented
by d member of the Cabinet. The fact
that the United States government and
the Canadian government will thus be
officially represented at good roads
congress, held on the border line, will
bring about a great attendance from both
countries and will be followed by
marked stimulation of the road move
ment in both.
As an indication of the widespread in
terest in the coming road congress, the
Trunk Line Association, comprising most
of the great Eastern and Central rail-
roads. has granted a special rate OF one
and one-half fare for round trip to West
ern termini en- route to the congress.
This is a very unusual concession by the
railroads, and is due to the importance
which they attach to the good roads
movement under its present leadership.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

equipping a plant which could be success
fully operated by an engine of a certain
, power, buy for it a power plant Of
four or five times that size? And what
Office system is it that puts two or three
men at work on a task which one man
can perform without being overworked? {?
Yet how often is it that the very man who
would shudder at such a waste, buys a
motor car so overpowered as to be abso-
lutely wasteful.
Mind you, 1 am not denying the luxu-
rious, high-powered touring car its right
full place. There are persons, undoubt-
edly, whose wealth and desire for display
can be satisfied by nothing else. But,
for the average prosperous, conservative
American, there must be something which
will come closer to his established ideas
Of true efficiency.
Europeans have, perhaps on account OF
the high cost Of fuel, developed small
motors to a wonderful degree. In fact,
there are but few foreign cars sold with
cylinders of more than three and a half
inches bore. The general custom of tax
ing cars on a basis Of cylinder bore has
also proven a mighty incentive to this
evolution.
Both these considerations are appear
ing in the United States. Legislation Of
this sort made its appearance in many
States last year; IT will be even more
pronounced, beyond doubt, in 1914.
These two considerations must sound
the knell of the large, wasteful motor
the motor which, for the successful per-
formance OF its duty relies on its brute
force, rather than its refinements of
carburetion and its anti-friction devices.
And shall miss my guess by a wide
margin II. in the years to come, the typl-
cal American car will not feature maxi
mum efficiency in an economical motor"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
GASOLINE IMPURITIES
MODIFY CARBURETERS
Change in Quality of Auto Fuel Makes
Necessary an Improvement in
Mechanism of Machines.

The constant change in the quality of
gasoline in the last six years has de-
veloped one of the hardest problems Of
the automobile manufacturers in having
their carbuterters so constructed that
they will operate with the latest gasoline
mixture. says Stewart Mcdonald, vice
president of the Moon Motor Car Com
pany.
THE carbureters Of automobiles gave
very little trouble in the early years of
the automobile business" said Mr.. Nc
Donald. Then the purest gasoline was
put on the market. But soon gasoline
manufacturers began to cast about for
means of increasing the given amount Of
gasoline that could be obtained from the
crude product until much of the gasoline
OF today is little better than a very high
grade of kerosene.
"One thing in connection with modern
gasoline that causes much trouble, par
tiCularly in the winter time, is the mix
ing of low-grade gasoline with what is
known as casing-head gas. The latter
is a highly volatile gas that for many
years was permitted to escape from
wornout Oil wells, with no attempt to use
it, and was often set on fire by owners
and illuminated the country around for
weeks. When it was discovered that,
under compression, this gas went back
to liquid which was a very high-grade
gasoline, it began TO be utilized.
when a gasoline which is mixture of
this compressed gas and kerosene is used
in an automobile, the heavy liquid goes
to the bottom. AS the inlet to the car
bureter is from the bottom, it is this
heavy liquid which is only slightly vola-
tile that enters, and hence the difficulty
in starting a machine with such gaso-
line in cold weather.
But the carbureter man is keeping
pace with the gasoline man, and if the
change that has been made in the last six
years continues, automobiles will soon
be using gasoline that is practically moth
ing but kerosene"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
ALCO AUTOMOBILES NO
LONGER TOBE MADE
Manufacturers of High-Pnced Cars
and Trucks to Discontinue.

New York, Aug. 23.-Not in years has
the automobile world experienced great
er surprise than has been occasioned to-
day when the American Locomotive Com
pany, maker of Alec automobiles and
motor trucks, announced that ii has de-
cided to discontinue the automobile de-
partment of its business
1t is understood that the automobile de-
partment has not been as profitable as
the other line in which the company is
engaged, although the Alec car is one of
the highest priced in America, selling
at 5000.
The company started the manufacture
of Alec automobiles in 1906, when the
machine was known as the American
Berliet, the American rights to the Ber-
liet patents having been acquired. The
plant at Providence, r. l., with its equip
ment, is valued at 100000. Nearly as
much more capital is tied up In branches
and service stations in various parts of
the cnuntr
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
AUTO IS CHIEF FACTOR.
Has Done Most for Campaign for
Good Roads.

The automobile is credited with doing
more than any other single agency in
producing the agitation and enthusiasm
for good roads, now so general in all
parts of the United States. That good
roads not only mean quicker, more COM
Portable travel for the motorist and for
the horse-drawn vehicle, but. the en-
hancement of property values because
of greater accessibility OF markets to the
farmer, are conceded arguments every
where. II is also argued that while con-
struCtion of good roads entails expenses
reflected in the tax levy, the increase in
property values and lessened marketing
expenses more than offset the added tax
burden. When all these items are con-
sidered and conceded, there remain others
in connection with the problem of good
roads TO be considered.
Good roads cannot be built in the old
way by heaping dirt in the middle of the
road to be trodden down by traffic and
washed about by storms. Some form of
paving must be employed. In a State
like Michigan, where paving must stand
not only the shock of heavy vehicular
traffic, but the heaving of frosts and the
disintegrating effects of heat and rain
as well, the selection of a suitable ma
terial and system Of paving becomes a
problem only to be solved by experiment
and the test of time.
The macadam, the concrete, and the
simple gravel road have all their ad-
vocates and opponents. For instance, It
is argued that the concrete road, while
by far the most beautiful, the smoothest,
and hardest of roads, is not sufficiently
resilient to stand frosts and traffic with
out cracking and becoming rough. And
it is objected that so hard a pave Is dis
astrous to the feet of farm horses on
frequent and long journeys in marketing
season. On the other hand. it is asserted
the needs OF motorists, and that the con-
crete, If properly laid and of sufficient
thickness, will outlast macadam or plain
gravel. Macadam is said to disintegrate
rapidly under weather influences and to
become rutty. Simple gravel, while
cheaper than either Of the others, is OBJ
jected to because dusty, more likely to
become rutted and likely to develop plain
mud, while possessessing great resiliency
and being safer for the feet of horses.
Municipal Engineering, Of recent date,
discussing some partial failures of con-
crete roads in Michigan and elsewhere,
points out that among essentials to
proper concrete road are rightly drained
correct proportions in the
concrete mixture, proper materials, and
proper finish of wearing surface. 1t Is
evident that concrete roads can only be
built to last when built by experts. Fhe
same might be said, of course, of any
road, but it is especially true OF the con-
crete road.
In view of all the problems involved
it is certain that the road problem must
be studied thoroughly and carefully if
Michigan taxpayers are not to have some
expensive experiments thrust on them In
the next few years.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
WISCONSIN STUDENTS
NOW ON WORLD TRIP
University Students Sail for Liverpool
and VIII Use Kerosene Instead of
Gasoline in Henderson Car.

New York. Aug. 2S.-Two University Of
Wisconsin studehts-Edwin Kohl and
Klaus Bergenthal-sailed today for Liver
pool to complete an automobile trip
around the world. kerosene instead of
gasoline being the fuel that propels their
Henderson car.
They will earn their way around the
globe by writing their experiences. Kohl
was managing editor of the University
Of Wisconsin daily newspaper.
They had finished the first 90O-mile lap
Of the journey, from indianapolis to New
York, and were jubilant over the pros
poets for the remaining 5000 miles they
will traverse before entering indianapolis
from the West
They have letters TO American Ambas-
sadors and leading officials of every
country they viii traverse. Leaving
Liverpool they will go through Scotland,
England. France, Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, Russia, China. Japan, and sail
from there to San Francisco. Then they
will return to Indianapolis along the
route of the proposed S1O,OOO,O 600 coast-to-
coast highway. 1t is expected that they
will have covered, when they reach In
dianapols. approximately 1900 miles,
about 5000 miles of which will be water
travel
An intensely interesting phase of the
trip to motorists, in view of the resent
high cost of gasoline, is the fact that the
gl,be-motorists will do away with the
use Of that fuel. In France, England,
and other countries the price Of gasoline
Is as high as so cents a gallon. In Ameri-
ca it ranges from 20 cents to 40 cents a
gallon. Kerosene, the fuel they will use
owing to the equipment of Henderson
cars with burning carbureters,
ranges from cents to 1S cents a gallon
I'm America and about the same price
abroad.
The success Of the kerosene idea finally
was proved recently by q 4,Ol5-mile trip
from Indianapolis to the Pacific Coast in
the Indiana manufacturers automobile
tour, in which the kerosene-burning car
bureter-equpped Hendersons were en-
tered. Cost per passenger was less than
81 for fuel Burning gasoline. the cost
is over $50, and the low trip rates in
force on the railroads in summer make
the fare from indianapolis approximately
E5.
Kohl and Bergenthal expect to return
TO Indianapolis within a years time.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
Historic Song Writers,

Most Of the songs that have made his
tory were written by men who had nc
other claim to Immortality. The Mar.
seillaise" is the only proszction Of Rouget
de Isle which has survived. and The
Wearing of the Green was the work of
an anonymous purveyor Of ballards for
the STR. hawkers Of Dublin. Mar
schneckenburger, an obscure SwabIan
n. mt, who never published anything
else. composed in 1si0 some verses OF
which the burden was thus translated:
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine,
Dear FatheTland, no danger thine.
Little was heard OF these until thirty
years later, when the Franco-German war
gave them an enormous vogue. They
were then adopted as the national anthem
of United Germany, and yearly pension
of 1900 marks was conferred on the COM
poser OF the tune to which they were set.