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The San Francisco call., 1913-09-27
MASTER CAR
Is The SIX
CYLINDER
CAR MOTORISTS ARE At TRACTED By NEW1914 MODELS
What {. P. Brinegar Has to
Say of the New Chalmers
Model "24"

- The Master Six, as applied to the
chalmers model "A, is no misnomer.
This car certainly is the master Six,
so far advertised for the season of
1914. Not one point has been over
looked in the model "a six cylinder
Like all models of Chalmers in past
seasons, the Chalmers Six retains
the one feature which appears only in
the highest priced cars and that is
four speeds forward
In the purchase of a car the price
OF the Chalmers Six you are entitled
10 four speeds, and a prospective pur-
chaser should bear this in mind, and,
If not familiar with the advantage of
the four speeds forward car, he owes
1t to himself to make thorough in
vestigation. This feature alone I con-
slider worth $500 over the three speed
car.
The building of Six cylinder cars
IS not new to the Chalmers company.
Their first Six cylinder was pro-
duced in 1912. when 200 were built TO
test the car and also the market.
These cars were sold so rapidly that
nearly half of the output of the Chal-
mers factory for 1913 was Six cylin-
Ot4 cars Inc result Oh lHetI SApeTl-
ence is that for 1914 a very large per-
scentage of their output will be Skies
OF the type of the Master Six.
The superiority we claim over any
other Six on the market is silence
power, flexibility. economy. These
are dominant qualities OF the Chai-
mers Six and all you have to do is
to call at our store here. any of our
branches or agencies. and have this
demonstrated to your entire satisfac-
tion.
Believing that the season of 1914
will be largely a Six cylinder season,
and having in mind building the best
Six cylinder car on the market at
the lowest price, the Chalmers engi-
neers and factory organization have
achieved this object while other man.
ufacturers have stood still or merely
planned
Another advantage gained by buy
Ing the Chalmers six is that all
types of bodies are interchangeable
A person so desiring may purchase a
Chalmers. Six limousine. use IT
through the winter months. and later
the Limousine can be removed and
either a runabout four or six cylinder
body can be put on the car for open
weather
This is a practice quite general in
the east. and when it is known among
buyers that this can be, done with the
Chalmers cars. / believe 1t will be
well received by prospective purchas-
ers in California.
The question of wire wheels is one
that is now in the eye of the public
for approval or disapproval, and, In
order to accommodate Chalmers buy
ers. we give options on wire wheels
and will furnish to those who desire
them.
I would call your attention to the
slope of the hood. which is In keep
ing with European designed cars of
high price and not as severe as some
OF the cheaper cars turned out in this
country. The body design Of the
Chalmers car can not be improved
upon"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-27
REDUCES ST. LOUIS
KANSAS CITY RECORD

The automobile record, elapsed time
considered. between Kansas City and
st. Louis. has been officially fixed at
II hours minutes. this record having
been made by two ST. Louis mechanics,
driving 1909 Cadillac car, owned by
one OF them.
Exactly one week before that the
first official record between St Louis
and Kansas City was made by another
car, its elapsed time being IL hours So
minutes. Both runs were officially
checked in and out of Kansas City
and St. Louis and great care taken
TO verify records.
The Cadillac car is owned by Harry
Wissier, who was accompanied by
Erwin Stelzer as relief driver They
started from st. Louis Sunday morn
ing, August 81, at o'clock. At Kan
sas City they were checked out by w.
p H. Stevens, representative of the
American Automobile club, at a. M
Tuesday, and away they went for ST.
Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-27

became too much for the drivers and
they could withstand it no longer.
From that city to the finish line at
the state fair grounds the parade"
developed into a real speed contest.
with each driver struggling for first
place.
1t was battle royal for the first
five miles out of Stockton and people
along the route were furnished with
real thrills as the cars passed and re-
passed each other and dashed madly
around the curves, some of them
skidding dangerously. but each driver
handled his car in real race car fash
ion and there were no accidents.
After the first five miles out of
Stockton. Charles = Walsh, driving
the Autocar. drove into first place and
held this position to the finish, an
has become regular habit with
Walsh. He Is the holder of the
worlds truck record for distance and
time, besides many Pacific coast rec
ords
The following trucks finished in the
following order:
First. the Autocar. C. F. Walsh
driver; second. Lincoln, Charles Wood
rich driver; third, Willy utility, J. c..
Mullican driver, fourth. Wichita, A.
G. Mallatte driver
Herbert Payne. the wealthy young
local motor car enthusiast. will leave
this morning for a motor trip to Los
Angeles by way of the coast route.
Payne is taking with him a motion
picture outfit and expects to take
scenes of the picturesque spots along
the route.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
Advertisement of John Ware Gave
Valuable Idea to the Travelling
Salesman.

While working through Pennsyl-
vania recently l saw an advertisement
that ought to bring relief to few dis
tressed SOULS said the travelling
salesman. 1T headed the personal col
urun and said:
BE it hereby known to all my cor
respondents that / have this day de-
stroyed all letters they would wish to
be destroyed. JOHN WARE
THAT notice was so extraordinary
that I stopped over for a late train and
called on John Ware. He was a. genial
old man and willing to talk He said
he was a person to whom people vol
UNFAIRLY confded secrets; that many
persons in bursts of confidence had
written letters to him which they no
doubt afterward regretted having
written.
Sometimes they said. Destroy
this sometimes they didn't. Anyhow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
$1,000 RUG IS BIG LUXURY
Secretary of Navy BaIks at Fine Floor
Covering Offered for His
Office.

Washington. - Secretary OF the
Navy Josephus Daniels has lofty ideas
Of artistically beautiful things. and
is specially fond of oriental and Per
sian rugs, but he is also loyal to dem
ocratic simplicity.
When the secretary went to his Of
flee a few days ago he found the
place crowded with rugs of, every de-
scription. Oficers and clerks on duty
had been joking among themselves as
to when the auction was going to
begin"
The secretary was informed that
there was balance left of an appro-
priation for furnishing his apartment.
and that the rugs were there for him
to make a selection for his office.
Mr.. Daniels finally selected one
large rug as being to his liking. A
clerk had told him that the purchase
must be made before he left the Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
CHAPTER XIV.

The Persian's Narrative Continued
| have said that the room in which
NJ lie Vicomte de Chagny and | were
imprisoned was regular hexagon,
lined entirely with mirrors Plenty
Of these rooms have been seen since,
mainly at exhibitions; they are called
palaces of Illusion" or some such
name. But the invention belongs en-
tirely to Erik, who built the first room
Of this kind under my eyes, at the
time of the rosy hours of Mazenderan.
A decorative object, such as a column.
for instance, was placed in one OF
the corners and Immediately produced
hall of a thousand columns; for,
thanks to the mirrors, the real room
was multiplied by six hexagonal
rooms. each of which, in its turn, was
multiplied Indefinitely. But the little
sultana soon tired of this infantile
Illusion, whereupon Erik altered his
invention into a 'tOrture-Chambe r'
For the architectural motive placed
in one corner, he substituted an iron
tree. This tree, with its painted
leaves, was absolutely true to life
and was made of iron SO as to resist
all the attacks of the patient" who
was locked into the torture-cham
We shall see how the scene thus OBJ
tanned was twice altered tnstantane-
ously into two successive other
scenes, by means of the automatic ro-
tation of the drums or rollers in the
corners. These were divided into
three sections, fitting into the angles
OF the mirrors and each supporting q
decorative scheme that came into
sight as the roller revolVed upon its
axis
The walls Of this strange room gave
the patient nothing to lay hold of. be-
cause. apart from the solid decorative
object. they were simply furnished
with mirrors, thick enough to with
stand any onslaught of the victim,
who was flung into the chamber
empty-handed and barefoot
There was no furniture. The cell
ing was capable of being lit up. An
ingenious system of electric heating,
which has since been initiated, al
lowed the temperature of the walls
and room to be increased at Will
/ am giving all these details of a
perfectly natural invention, producing
with a few painted branches, the su-
pernatural illusion of an equatorial
forest blazing under the tropical sun,
so that no one may doubt the present
balance of my brain or feel entitled
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
Sea Takes Toll of Enqlish Land.

With a noise like the booming OF
heavy guns, hundreds of thousands OF
tons Of cliff fell into the sea between
Dover and FoIkestone (England) re
Gently. The fall, which occurred at
Abbots Cliff, was the most extensive
which has taken place on that part OF
the coast for many years. An examina
ton showed the chalk extending like
a causeway some 400 yards 10 the sea-
1t was about 200 yards wide, and al
some places 80 feet deep. The dis,
placement of water caused by this
immense mass entering the sea set UP
conditions similar to tidal wave al
Folkestone. The water rose several
feet, colliers broke their cables and
got adrift. and fishing-smacks danced
like corks. The noise OF the approach
ing wave was heard a mile away.
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to say that I am mad or lying or that
I take him for fool
/ now return to the facts where /
left them. When the ceiling lit up
and the forest became visible around
US, the viscount's stupefaction was
immense. That impenetrable forest,
with it's innumerable trunks and
branches, threw him into a terrible
state OF CONSERVATION. He passed his
hands over his forehead, as though to
drive away dream; his eyes
blinked; and, for moment. he for
got to listen.
I have already said that the sight
Of the forest did not surprise me at
all; and therefore ] listened for the
two OF US TO what was happening
next door. Lastly, my attention was
especially attracted, not so much to
the scene. as to the mirrors that pro-
duced it. These mirrors were broken
in parts. Yes. they were marked and
scratched; they had been starred"
in spite Of their golidity: and this
proved TO me that the torture-cham-
ready served a purpose.
Yes, some wretch. whose feet we're
not bare like those of the victims OF
the rosy hours Of Mazenderan. mad
certainly fallen into this mortal iIlu
sion" and, mad with rage. had kicked
against these mirrors which, never
theless, continued to reflect his ag-
which he had put an end to his own
sufferings was arranged in such g
way that. before dying, he had seen,
for his last consolation, a thousand
men writing in his company.
Yes. Joseph Buquet had undoubted-
ly been through all this! Were we
to die as he had done? | did not
think so, for l knew that We had g
few hours before US and that / could
employ them to better purpose than
Joseph Buquet was able to do. After
all, l was thoroughly acquainted with
most of Erik's tricks: and now or
never was the time to turn my ~knoWl-
edge to account.
To begin with, | gave up every idea
Of returning to the passage that had
brought us to that accursed chamber
I did not trouble about the possibility
of working the inside stone that
closed the passage; and this for the
simple reason that to do so was out
OF the question. We had dropped
from too great height into the tor
ture-chamber: there was no furniture
to help us reach that passage; not
even the branch of the iron tree, not
even each others shoulders were of
any avail.
There was only one possible outlet,
that opening into the Louis Philippe
room In which Erik and Christine
Daae were. But, though this outlet
looked like an ordinary door on Chris
tines side, 1t was absolutely invisible
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
SYNOPSIS.

Consternat ton Is caused on the last
light that the Opera is managed by De
bienne and PoNgny because Of the ap-
Pearance or ghost. said TO have 6eeh
Ia evidence on several previous occasions.
christine Daae. a member Of the opera
company. is called upon to fill very
cess. Count de Chagny and his brother
lsaoul are among those who applaud the
singer, RaOul tries 10 see Christine IN
ne dressing room. but is unable 70 do so
ana later discovers that some one IS max
ing love TO her She emerges alone. ana
upon entering the room he finds il empty
IN while the farewell ceremony for the re-
turing managers is going on, the Opera
Ghost appears and informs the new man
ayers that Box No. ) is reserved for him.
boE No. is sold with disastrous results.
NE managers receive letter from the
'peFa Ghost calling attention to the eT-
-9r Christine Daae writes RaOul that
she has gone to visit the grave Of her
luther lie goes also, and in the night
.I3iin music is heard. RaOul visits
graveyard Ra0ul is found next morning
.t't3ost frozen Moncharni0 and Richard
Investigate Box No. : and decide TO see
Etla performance Of Faust from front
te3ts Of that box. CarlOtta. who sings
iHk leading part in Faust" 5 warned to
ietustnB. loses her voice in the Fniddle
Ne song ana the main chandelier
"raSrcs down, killing a woman ana
"ouudlng many. RaOul searches for
her At last. but does not speak. and later
- note is received from her making an
appointment for a masked ball. RaOul
meets Christine at the ball He sees a
rtrsOn in the disguise OF Red Death.
lie hears her CongcTsing with some one
whom she calls Erik RaOul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name Of the unseen man whom she calls
TIE Angel Of Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to 4 polar
eEpeditiOn that RaOul ia to make. Chris
tine relates a strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
tlun Of marrying Christine. which lis
pieases Philippe. In the midst of a per
Torrance the stage Is enveloped in dark
ness and Christine disappears No trace
Of her is found MonCharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. RaOul searches
mRdly for the missing singer The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment of his
allowance. and when 1t is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriouSly dis
appears. RaOUl goes in search of Chris
tine. He meets mysterious person
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
to aid Raoul In locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber
The two find themselves in a pasSageway
which they expect will lead TO where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
have been one of the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
was In progress there was built q secret
torture chamber beneath the structure
From this chamber RaOul and the Per-
sian hear Erik and Christine conyersing
Erik misses q bag containing valuable
keys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
NAILS UP WIFE TO STOP TALK
Husband Closed Windows. Says Won-
an In Her Action for Divorce
Against Him.

New York.-'He nailed up all the
windows in the house to prevent me
from gossiping with the neighbors.
This Is one of the allegations OF
cruelty mentioned in the petition for
divorce submitted by Mary L. Carem
Dennis Carem is the husband accused.
The couple at one time lived in West
Hamilton place. Jersey City. The hus-
band recently sued for divorce, alleg-
ing desertion, but failed to get de-
cree The Carems were married
quarter of a century ago and have two
children, o son twenty years old and
daughter eighteen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
Housemaid Feared Further Damage
20 statuette Already Subjected
to Hard Usage.

A New York woman engaged a new
housemaid the other day, and was
Immediately delighted at the exhibit
ion of the new servants efficiency.
Noyah waited on the table with per
.oct mastery, she answered the front
doorbell with matchless grace; she
never once grumbled when told that
she must wear a cap; her busting was
: marvel of orderliness.
But the mistress Of the apartment
was astonished, when the new maid
had been in the house about week,
to find that her cherished Victory Of
Samothrace" was covered with dust
The beautiful headless body stood
gray and unlovely on its pedestal. and
the svictory's" owner called Norah to
see what the matter might be.
Il cant understand this, Norah,
she said. Everything else is kept
$50 spotless How have you happened
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07

The only attention We pay to a
sneeze at the present day is to en-
deavor to get rid of the chill which
causes it; but a sneeze in the days of
old Greece was matter Of great con-
Germ and import.
There was then a god of sneezing,
and great undertakings would even
be abandoned If man sneezed at an
inappropriate moment, the act being
looked upon as the oracle of the god
A sneeze between midnight and
noon was looked upon as a fortunate
sign. but between noon and midnight
it betokened great misfortune. To
sneeze to your right was lucky; to
the left unlucky. Two or four sneezes
were lucky. one or three very I'M
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
should interfere with our tortures. /

should interfere with our tortures. /
resolved to set to work without delay.
But / had first to calm NJ de Chag-
ny, who was already walking about
Ike mailman, utterins incoherent
cries. The snatches of conversation
which he bad caught between Chris
tine and the monster had contributed
not little to drive him beside him
self; add to that the shock OF the
magic forest and the scorching heat
which vas beginning to make the
perspi7ation stream down his TEN.
pies and you will have no difficulty In
understanding his state Of mind. He
shouted Christine's name, brandished
mis- pistol, knocked his forehead
against the glass in his endeayors to
run down the glades Of the Elusive
forest. In short, the torture was be-
ginning to work its spell upon brain
unpreparsd for 1t.
I did my best 70 induce the poor
Yiscount to listen TO reason. / made
him touch the mirrors and the iron
tree and the branches and explained
TO him. by optical laws, all the IuIni,
nous imagery by which We were sur
rounded and OF which We need not al
low ourselves to be the victims. like
ordinary. ignorant people.
We are in room, little room !;
that is what you must keep saying to
yourself. And we shall leave the
room as soon as we have found the
door"
And l promised him that, if he let
me act, without disturbing me by
shouting and walking up and down, /
would discover the trick of the doc
in less than an hours time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07

ening voice, must mean something
terrible One thing must have paci-
fed her for moment; and that was
seeing the two of US behind the wall,
In the midst of that Respondent light,
alive and well But she would GER
tainly have felt much easier Il the
light had been put out.
Meantime, the other had already be-
gun to play the ventriloquist. lie
said:
Here. | raise my mask little.
On, only a little! You
see my lips. such lips as / have?
They're not moving. Ny
mouth is cloged-sueh mouth as l
have-and yet you hear my voice.
Where viii you have it? In
your left ear? In your right ear? in
the table? Listen, dear. it's
in the little box on the right of the
manteIpiece: what does It say? Shall
turn the Scorpion And
now, crack! What does it say in the
little box Oh the LETT Shall turn
the grasshoppeT? And now,
crack! Here It is in the little leather
bag. What does 1t say. 1 am
the little bag Of life and death! =.
And now. crack! 1t is in Cariotta's
throat, in CarIotta's golden throat, IN
Carlotta's crystal throat, as / live.
What does it say? 1t says, Its /,
Mr., Toad. it's | singing! l feel with
out aiarm-co-ack-with its melody
enwind me - co-ack:' And
now, crack! 1t Is on a chair in the
ghosts box and it says, Madame Car
!otta is singing tonight to bring the
chandelier down. And now,
crack. Aha! Where is Eriks voice
now? Listen, Christine. darling!
Listen, 1t is behind the door of the
torture-chamber! Listen, It's my
self in the torture-chamber And
what do l say? | say, Woe to them
that have a nose, a real nose, and
come to look round the torture-cham-
Der! Aha, aha, aha"
Oh. the ventrtloQuist's terrible
voice! 1t was everywhere, every
where. It passed through the little
invisible window, through the walls.
1t ran around US, between us. Erik
was there, speaking TO US, We made
a movement as though to fling our
selves upon him. But. already, swift
er. more feeting than the voice OF
the echo, Erik's voice had leaped back
behind the wall,
Soon We heard nothing more at all,
for this is what happened:
Erik! Erik" said Christtne's
voice. You tire me with your voice.
Don't go on, Erik: Isn't it very not
here?"
"Oh, yes" replied Eriks voice, the
heat is unendura ble!"
But what does this mean?
The wall is really getting quite hot!
The wall is burningi ="
I'm tell you, Christine, dear: 1t is
because of the forest next door"
Well, what has that TO do with it?
The forest?"
Why. didn't you see that it was
an African forest?"
And the monster laughed so loudly
and hideously that we could no longer
distinguish Christine's suppIicating
cries! The VicOmte de Chagny shout
ed and banged against the walls like
a mailman. | could not restrain him
But we heard nothing except the mon
ster's laughter, and the monster him
self can have heard nothing else. And
then there was the sound of a body
falling on the floor and being dragged
along and a door slammed and then
nothing, nothing more around US save
the scorching silence of the south in
the heart Of tropical forest!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07

will spend the rest Of their lives in
Pleasant Valley, a short distance out
side this city.
dental Mr.. Barnes was visiting at the
home of an old friend in Pleasant Val
ley q few days ago and was introduced
to Mrs. Doty. Their love was re-
newed and the marriage followed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-07
Debt Owed the Grasshopper.

On top of the Royal Exchange In
London is a great golden grasshopper.
And thereby hangs a tale. Sir Thomas
Gresham. a noted merchant. put It
there when he built the first Royal Elk
change in the time of Queen Eliza
beth. All the Greshams were very
fond Of grasshoppers. and they took
it as their crest The founder of the
family was born in the Norfolk vii
lage of Gresham, and his wicked moth
er left him in a wood there to die
But a grasshopper hoped down be-
side the poor little urchin and began
to chirp. 1t chirped so loudly that an
old woman was attracted. and finding
the baby she took it home and cared
for it.