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The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Records May Fall in
Beach Automobile Races

GALVESTON. Tex. July 2s.-with
many high-powered cars entered and
with the speedlest pilots in America to
man them It Is expected that some new
worlds straight-away records will be
set up at the automobile race meeting
to be held on Galveston beach the first
three days of next week The program
for Monday. the opening day OF the
meet, provides for five events. the chief
of which will be the 5000 Cotton Carni-
val Sweepstakes, a rree-for-all four and
one-half hours continuation race.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
hAKER'SSTAND|NG
'OF MOST IMPORTANCE
Automobile Dealer Gives Good
Advice to Those Who Are
Ready to Buy Car.

According to; a well-posted automobile
dealer of this city buyers spend an -un.
peceassry amount of time in technical
discussions and needless mechanical In
vestisations- - - - - - "a
To. be sure man who has the me.
ehantcal bug loves to- dig into the
details Of motor and chassis: but. 10
the average buyer, the motor car rep
resents results rather than technical de-
tails, and he Is glad to forget the en-
gfne, carburetor and electric system, II.
indeed, he knows anything about them.
The horse buyer need not necessarily
pc veterinary surgeon in order to en-
Joy a drive No more need tho auto<
mobile owner be q mech anical zen sinser
pleasures and benefits Of the modern
automobile.
&C., Test Out Builder. -
The dealer In question, suggests to
automobile buyers the right way to
buy motor car. His experience IL
that the buyer should investigate the
builder Of the car rather than the car
itself. This, of course. with sane and
reasonable limits.
To buy d car made by a company that
fs Hn6hclaffy S0und, spefmaneHtly In the
business, whose business Is on q pros-
porous and paying basis, is Of vast I'M
Because only such company. can be
expected to follow -fts-e ears from-year
to year with the absolutely necessary
service required keep any piece Sof
machinery--in It's best operative. con-
dition. Again. the cars of a company
that has gone out of business lose
tremendously In intrinsic value A
car that might sell as used car, after
years use. -at--say-s1.ooQ, might
very easily. depreciate TO 800 or 800
IL the company that manufactured the
car had ceased TO be- actively in bust
ness. This, az will at once be seen,
would entail loss Of 500 or more on
the owner of the car. 4..--
Could Have Saved Loss.
A little Investigation on his part, be-
fore he bought his car. would have
saved him this severe, loss. There
fore, says the Hudson dealer. look for
the car that Is widely known as being
the product of a financially and COM
mercially strong manufacturing organi-
zation. -. 49, iss., ~
Refuse to even consider a wild cat"
car. It may look shiny and attractive,
but the company back of II Is more i'm
portant TO the buyer than a few brush
fuls of varnish: the value of your car
two years hence means more to you
than some insignificant technical de-
tail
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
tooble Makes Round Trip to Baltimore One Battery Charge
Your Watch a Compass.
A motorist who has done consid.
cradle overland touring, has Civ.

A motorlst who has done consid.
cradle overland touring, has Civ.
en- the following valuable Dip:
If you are smiles from anywhere
and have lost your bearings,
sense of direction and temper,
and are also without q compass,
remember that your watch Is as
good MS any compass (provided
e. the sun Is shiningl. -..z..
Hold your watch horizontally In
your hand or place 1t on any
level surface, and turn it so
that the hour hand points to.
ward the sun. Then q line drawn
through the center Of the watch
half way between the hour hand
and the figure twelve win point
directly north and south. "
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Ohio Militia Tests
Motorcycle on Trip

Eight members of the Ohio National
Guard have started on a trip on which
they will test the utility of the motor
cycle for military purposes. They will
ride from Columbus to Camp Perry by
way of Portsmouth. Zenia, Springfield
Urbana. and Bellefontaine.
Each rider carries tent and complete
equipment on his machine. This is the
first trip of the kind ever made by the
guard, and will not only be a test of
the motorcycles. but will give the SOL
diers experience in camping and sub
sisting In the field.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Don't Let Passengers
Sit on Car Doors; r,

II the car is full and you want to
take on another passenger. do not al
low him to sit on top OF one of the
doors. His doing SO will strain the
hinges. and cause the door to touch at
the bottom and sides. This may re-
suit ever afterward in annoying squeaks
from the door when the car fs-driven,
or II may break the hinges or crack the
body where the hinges are fastened. .
IL the extra; passenger won't sit on
somebody's lap. have him sit on the
floor of the car, opening the door and
holding II SO that 1t will not slam
about
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Tighten Spark Plugs
After First Using

Don't fail to slightly tighten, up all
the parts Of the spark plug after It has
been used for the first time Most
manufacturers ship plugs with the brass
bushings slightly loose to allow for the,
expansion Of the metal parts from heat.
This eliminates the possibility Of crack
ing the porcelain when the plug is first
used
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Short Wheel Base Is
Cause of Skiddina

The driver Of heavy car who has
occasion to change to a light one is apt
to forget that on slippery roads the
smaller car of short wheel base will
skid more and requires greater caution
and slower speed.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Cause of Breakage.

A large amount Of the hreakase which
calls for replacements is caused by care
less and imperfect assemblies OF parts
after repairs and overhauling work.
More care should be given to reassenn-
bling
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
Hard Strain on Gear.

The most severe strain that can he
placcd Upon a rear axle or driving gear
Is from efforts to get out Of a mud
hole by backing up a little and then
rushing forward on slow gear.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

In the appointment OF Clarence H.
Booth as general manager of the auto
mobile division of the Studebaker Cor
porati6n. the directors Of that company
have once more clearly recognized merit
and promotion well deserved" said w
c. Long, Of the Commercial Automobile
and Supply Company. Mr. Booth has
been closely identified with the expan-
sion OF the Studebaker, automobile
business ever since its DEVELOPMENT be-
gan. He will have on his hands the
task of producing 5000 studebaker au-
tonobiles a year, Of value aggregating
SIS, ,0oo. 0oo."
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

The Cunningham Motor Companv re-
ports the sale of Marion cars to r. II.
Davis Motor Company r. F. Petit. and
John A. LaGorce.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

R.-Mills SilbF has purchased a Little
roadster from the Henderson-Rowe
Auto Company.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

The Potomac Motor Car Company this
week delivered a Marmon four-passen-
ger, siS-cylinder touring car to W. B.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

down to 4 to / according to the car.
Any single gear ratio Is necessarily
what II Is because a single gear ratio
must be. or should be. the particular
one which is best adapted FOR all
around general use.
No one single gear ratio can pos
sibly be Just right for all speeds and
for all conditions. But by using two
direct gear ratios We have exactly
doubled the means for promoting the
economical and efficient application
of power developed by the engine to
the driving of the car.
In the new Cadillac axle we have,
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

The latest addition to the numerous
automobile, salesrooms on Connecticut
avenue Is that Of the Hudson Automo-
nue. The building was completed this
week. and Manager II. G. Kneessi took
possession Wednesday. The salesroorn
ls, finished in hardwood and is one of
the best equipped motor car establish
nnents in the CITY,
The Washington times., 1913-07-26
A new quality of luxury
A new element of efficiency

Each Cadillac and sub
stantal progress development. - ..
You have Cadillac the essentials the
practical
And have looked in
The Cadillac Delco cranking
lighting and ignition the first practical system made and first
CADILLAC Two-sPEED DIRECT DRIVE
Of
ordinary eve
from the engine without intermediate gearing
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

The Commercial Automobile. and Sup
ply Company this week sold and de-
hvered the following Studebaker cars:
Theodore Michael. 't5S5'' touring car;
Mrs. Hannah Campbell, ..s5'' touring
car: William Jose. ''5o'' touring car. p,
II. Johansen, ''225'' touring car; Tyne
writer and Supply Company, 900 road
ster.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

Miller Brothers report the sale of Ford
cars to the following: W. f. Fowler,
DR.. G H. Wright, O. NJ Peate, Paul G.
Irwin. J. B. Gould. W. P. Wilson, George
F. Eamich & Co, Gthree>. r. ". XII
CUR, j. w. Hensley, and r. z. Case.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

Cadillac purchasers this week, as re-
ported by Cook & Stoddard Com
pany. include NJ o. Chance, Blair ) zee.
Max Fischer, and Mrs. Robert O'Neill.
The Washington times., 1913-07-26

Robert H. Martin. manager Of the
Buick Motor Company, returned This
week from Flint, Mich, where ne at
tended a conference of Buick factory
branch managers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

Tacoma firemen, 125 strong,
today struck i'm the courts to en-
force the eight hour day in their
employment ON this city.
Attorneys Bone & Wright to-
day filed in superior court IA
complaint signed by the whole
fire department practically with
possibly one or two exceptions,
asking the court for an injunc-
ton to restrain the city from en-
forcing more than eight hours
of service in any one day from
city firemen.
Firemen Dissatisfied
This action by the firemen
comes as the climax to the threa,
of Fire Chief McAlevy and as a
result of the dissatisfaction or
the firemen with the recent sal
ary boost by the city commits
sion which did not give them all
they asked for.
The suit is started against
the City of Tacoma, Commis-
sioner A. U. Mills and Fire Chief
McAlevy and is signed by 1875
of the men in the department,
including all the captains, lieu
tenants and other officers, ex-
cepting McAlevy.
Work 24 Hours Now.
The complaint recites the
eight hour law, and declares they
are compelled to work "a hours
with only an hour off for each
meal, leaving them 81 hours on
duty in violation of the eight
hour law of the state.
Following the passage OF the
salary ordinance the firemen
consulted the labor council on
the matter and were referred to
Bone e Wright, attorneys, to
start suit against the city. Bone
& Wright associated with them
Gordon & Easterday and are pre-
pairing TO fight the case to the
supreme court.
Largest in Point of Number.
The suit is the largest one IN
point of the number of litIganys
ever filed in Pierce county.
Should the firemen win out IL
would mean either cutting the
department materially or multi
plying the number of men by
three with additional cost to the
city.
The city will undoubtedly 90
before the Legislature now In
session to seek relief from the
suit by having the eight hour
law amended so it will shut out
firemen from its operation.
If the legislature refuses to
do this, and there will be strong
opposition to it from organized
labor the city will simply have
to either change their policy, cut
the force or pay the extra. cost
of three shifts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
FURRIER'S
SON WEEDS
QUIETLY
WYMAN +. SHEARD, SON OF
w. +. SHEARD, WEALTHY
TACOMA MERCHANT, MAR
RIES TACOMA BELLE IN
EVERETT-

Wyman F. Sheard, aged 20
years, son of William F. Sheard,
wealthy Tacoma furrier, and Ly-
dia Fox, 17-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Alice Fox, a widow of Old
Town, slipped quietly away to
Everett Saturday and were mar
ried.
William Sheard, father of the
youthful groom, is in California
for the winter and it is said knew
nothing of the sons actions.
On the affidavit carried by the
girl was the signature Of her
mother giving consent to the mar
riage of her daughter to young
Sheard, who is the probable heir
to over half a million.
Mrs. Fox runs a small boarding
house in Old Town.
The young Mrs. Sheard is said
to be one of the prettiest girls of
Old Town, and is one of several
daughters of Mrs. Fox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 14.-Chi-
cago, the jokeless town, feels that
now it has a real joke.
The joke which is just now SO
attractive in this big, harsh, cruel
city, is the spectacle of a young
woman displaying remarkable
qualities of salesmanship in her
efforts to SELL HER SOUL for
$1,000.
Maude lie Page-a rather ro-
mantle but her real name-is the
girl. The other evening she
arose in the balcony of the great
Auditorium theater and in a clear
voice said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: have
with me this evening a perfectly
new soul which j am anxious to
put upon the market for the i'm
significant sum of $1,000. This
soul is an excellent article, of
spotless color. -. MS
II have had it a number of
years and l can guarantee it to
be the real article"
The audience raised the roof
and an. usher led her out the
door.
Chicago laughs hoarsely and
says Maude lie Page is--well, a
little off.
AS a matter of fact she is not
mad. She is Just poor, worn
out working girl-,a wasted piece
of child labor machinery; wilt
ed blade of grass in the desert
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
TRAINS ON ALL
ROADS OUT OF
CITY TIED UP

fearful storm that ragged through
the Mountains Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, a message was re-
ceived at Seattle today over the
Northern Pacific wires to the eff
feet that the passenger and mail
trains probably would begin ar
irving here late this afternoon
and tonight.
Dispatchers at the c., NJ. & St.
P. offices expect their trains
through tomorrow, with a posi-
bility that some of yesterdays s
trains may reach here tonight.
Ali Great Northern trains are
being detoured over the s., p. Il
S. lines and should begin to ar
rive here tomorrow evening.
Large gangs of men and all
the rotaries in the western ser.
vice of the transcontinental roads
are at the scene of the blockade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
CITY MUST j.
KNOW WHERE
MONEY GOES
COMMISSIONER LAWSON Or
DERED BY THE COUNCIL
TO PREPARE BUDGET
SHOWING HOW Nj u G III
MONEY HE PROPOSES TO
SPEND IN 1913.

Commissioner Nick Lawson
must bring in a budget showing
what he proposes to spend on
the light and water plants this
year.
Council unanimously ordered
today.
Commissioner Freeland tried
to have it done last fall but
when he insisted on Lawson
bringing In a budget Nick got
hot, refused, and the meeting
broke up in a row.
No Bids.
Today a bunch of bills for
$4,000 worth of transformers
came before the council. No
bids had ever been called for on
them. Lawson just went and
bought them contrary to the city
charter, which limits purchases
to less than $500 without bids.
When the commission saw the
situation Freeland again called
up the question of a budget for
light and water so the public
will know what the department
proposes to buy, and the council
voted it through in hurry.
Lawson was ordered to get busy
and show what he is going to do.
Electrician Thorn and Pur-
chasing Agent Will Hoyt for
Lawson were brought before the
council. Thorn explained the
transformer bills, saying the
Mallory people were the only
ones who would guarantee the
delivery in time for the city's
cut over work, so the whole bill
was given them. 1t was an
emergency job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
WITH.

/ am ready to take my
medicine. / am glad the
suspense is over" he says.
OF course, Russell Jen-
nings must suffer for his
crime. Maybe he will get
off with a five-year sem
tence in the Federal Peni-
tentiary.
Hillman, millionaire, who
robbed hundreds of poor
people of their life's saw
ings on fake home" prop
critics, has had his sentence
shortened; he stole plenty.
Parker, the Seattle wire
less wizard, who stole hun
dreds of thousands through
fake stock sales, Is back in
his s250,000 home In Sc
attle-he served year or
so. He stole plenty.
But Jennings, poor little
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
THE
ICE.

neuresthenic, didn't steal
enough.
Had he stolen a half mil
lion, he might have ridden
to the federal building with
the United States marshal,
given bond and gone back to
his club to resume the bill
lard game which the ar
rival of the marshal inter-
rupted.
But Jennings, poor little
victim of nerves, didn't
dare to delve deep enough
into the Golfers of the bank
that hired hlm-and paid
him the usual bank teller's
wages.
He stole less than four
thousand dollars--a little
at a time.
He didn't speculate, nor
gamble, nor joy-ride, you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
WAKEFIELD
SHOWED 'EM

David Warfield doesn't like to
be interviewed by newspaper men
when he's working.
ALI during the summer, which
he spent in his old home town OF
San Francisco, he was inter
viewed so many times that he's
all out of interviews just now.
81 never tell people how they
may become actors" he told the
Tacoma dramatic writer's, ''be-
cause l don't know how the trick
is done"
But Warfield, who is appear
ing at the Tacoma theater in a
strange and very belascoesque
play, 1.-The Return of Peter
Grimm" has got a stock story
in his repertoire that's worth
while.
Warfield started in to be an
actor twenty years ago in San
Francisco.
He did a song e.. and dance
CD and it was pretty bad; he
says so himself.
They hissed him off the boards
the first night, so the story runs,
and he shook his fist at the audi
ence.
"I'll never come back to this
town till you pay So apiece to see
me act," he cried, in mortifica-
tion and rage.
And he never did play San
Francisco again till they were
willing to pay 50 each to see him
in "The Music Master"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

understand.
He stole because he need
ed money to live on, he says.
He contributed to the
support of his mother and
father, and he paid alimony
or something of the sort to
his first wife who had di-
vorced him and he had
second wife to support.
All this is no defense at
all. 1t isn't an object lesson
to shed tears over, nor is
there any sympathy coming
to Russell Jennings-not
one bit.
He made a mistake in
stealing the money, and
he'll pay for the mistake
by going to the granite
prison where men who go
wrong are locked up in lit
tie cages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
READY FOR
INAUGURAL

Governor-elect Lister left for
Olympia today to become gov
ernor of the state tomorrow.
Before going, however, he
showed he intended to rema.n
Tacoman by going to the city
hall and registering as a voter.
Everything is ready for the
big inaugural. The trains have
made ample preparations TO
carry the crowds from various
points. This city will probably
be represented by the biggest
gathering that ever attended an
inaugural at Olympia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
FEARS DEATH
AT HANDS OF
Sd HUSBAND
WOMAN WHO OWNS LOCAL
TURKISH BATHS APPLIES
TO JUDGE CARD FOR Pro
LECTION.

Mrs. Alexandria Lenkhom OF
Arlington Park drive, Tacoma,
went to the court of Judge Card
today and asked that an order
restraining her husband, Louis
Lenkhom, from killing her, pc
issued at once.
Mrs. Lenkhom, who has filed
an action for divorce, is part
owner in the Bell Turkish bath
house, 1911 South A street, be-
sides beGg possessed of resi-
dence property here and a ranch
near Centralia. Lenkh hom is her
third husband.
In an affidavit, hastily pre-
pared, the terror stricken wom-
an asserts Lenkhom came TO
their home in a drunken condi-
tion and demanded that she
mortgage part of her property
and give him the money or suf-
fer death at his hands. She
says he divulged his plan TO
cremate her body in the ruins
of their home, which he pro-
posed to fire,
To enforce his demands, Mrs.
Lenkhom says. her husband beat
her terribly in the presence or
her children.
Judge Card issued the order
requested by Mrs. Lenkhom, re-
straining the husband from WIS.,
iting the home of the wife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
MONKEY


Russell Jennings is a good
sort IL ever there was one.
He has scores of friends;
in the bank, every man
from janitor to president
thought him a fine, manly
fellow.
In the exclusive club
which he belonged to, there
wasn't man who was bet
ter liked.
And now that the crash
has COMETS too bad!"
That is the limit of SYM
pathy for Russell Jennings
because he has made a Mis-
take; because he Is young,
because he is poor, but
greatest fault of all-he is
a Little Theft
Jennings was a teller in
the Pacific National bank.
He is only 29 years old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
SHINING

He is just the same type
of bright, aggressive, am
bilious chap upon whicn
Tacoma and all other West
ern cities depends for
progress and development.
He is not a gambler; he
is not a hard drinker; he
is not morally bad-but he
is one of the quick, nerv-
Gus type of man that makes
mistakes-big mistakes that
count terribly hard.
In short, Russell Jennings
has that strange disease
which old-time doctors
knew nothing .of-Neures-
thenia. He is a neuresthe-
mic.
And to be cold-blooded
about it, he is also a thief;
a self-confessed thief.
II stole the money, and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

of brick walls and hard pave
ments.
Maude LIE Page never had a
play day.
At 8 she went to work and at
"a she has had 16 years Of solid
labor.
She has never felt what rest
means.
Now she wants rest, an
idling play day, joy, and to
gain all that thrilling happiness
she offers
TO SELL HER SOUL FOR
$1,000!
! A day or two before the Audi
torium experience Maude LIE
Page visited the Blackstone
hotel. You must know that the
Blackstone is just as swell as
anything in stupid Chicago car
swell. The young woman had
shorn her long hair and dressed
in a mans suit and she went
from table to table in the bright
dining room offering that soul of
hers. They turned her out with
haste.
Last fall this girl who has
grown from babbyhood to wom-
anhOod at a workbench. fell sick
and had to quit Alone in her
sickroom she wrote some poems.
So, in her quest for money to pay
for a play day, she has two
articles for sale:
POETRY AND A SOUL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

Had Russell Jennings
stolen enough to make him
a Big Crook like Hillman
or Parker, he might have
gone to prison for a little
while; then he'd come out
and go back to the club and
the boys would give him
the glad hand and he'd live
In this community to u ripe
old age; Just as Parker is
doing in Seattle and as HILL
man will, doubtless do.
Instead, when the long,
weary term behind the steel
bars comes to a dreary end.
Russell Jennings will creep
out of the big gates a pale,
emaciated thing-for Neu-
resthenia never lets up
and he'll crawl off some
where to begin all over
again"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14

Crooks shouldn't have
nerves." neuresthenics
shouldn't steal money from
banks, because they don't
know how to steal enough.
That Is the chief reason
why Russell Jennings is
pacing the floor of a little
cell up in the gray building
on 18th street today wish
ing to God that he'd never
been born.
Russell Jennings - you
didn't steal enough. There's
no class to you ms a thief;
that is why you are I'm Jail
today instead of being out
ON bail surrounded by your
sympathetic friends, and
perhaps slipping a fat fee to.
a big, brainy bunch Of law.
yers who would make it,
easier for you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-14
Minister Did
Turkey Trot;
Job Is Gone

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Be-
cause he footed turkey trot"
and "bunny hug" scores on his
cOrnet at a country dance, Rev.
William Ehrhardt is today de-
prived of the rectorship of st.
PauPs Episcopal church.
The pastor Joined n brass band
over the protest of his flock, and
the demand for his resignation
Immediately followed his appear
ance with the organization at a
ragtime dance.