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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
AUTOMOBILES AS
A LIABILITY

In talks with the automobile men opin-
ions differ but in the main they all agree
that a motor is an expense. The opin-
ion is also that the use of an auto
mobile must in measure bring some re-
turn to the average owner to warrant the
expenditure and therefore every motor
car owner is deeply Interested in the
economy of his or her automobile. There
are very few people who find any great
pleasure in paying for tires and gaso-
line, to say nothing of repair bills. 1t
can be said with positive assurance that
to at least 80 per cent of the automobile
owners these bills are of the deepest inn
portance
When the automobile is for business
uses the owner must consider the econ
omy of his car, or in other words watch
closely the cost of operation. This should
be done as other expenditures under the
title of overhead expense. If it is a
good business man watching the cost
and seeking IN every way to reduce 1t
will be a daily task.
If the automobile is used for purely
pleasure purposes, it is an out and out
expense, and the only return that the
owner gets is the pleasure it gives him
and his family to motor about city and
country, and the cost must be charged
against expenditures from the family
treasury on pleasures. At the same time
the owner of motor car should recog-
nize the depreciation of the value of his
automobile by constant usage, together
with the incidentals, such as storage
washing, etc. These are important items
and form quite drain on the pocketbook
of the average automobile owner. Yet
practically no one wants to give up au-
tomobiling; as a matter of fact the utility
is too important and the pleasure too
great to surrender. Therefore, the ques-
ton of economy takes its place as the
one big question continually in the mind
of automobilists and the question of
economy is usually the vital one when
purchase of a car is contemplated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
by RICHARD F. LUssIER.

ters that have to do with efficiency and
service.
The contest was conducted with a
compulsory average speed of 19.5 miles
per hour Several facts in the Cad
illac's record stand out dominantly
The gasoline consumption, for example,
was 17.17 miles per gallon; the oil con-
sumption IA pints tmore than 1000
miles per gallon). which any niotorist
would recognize as extraordinary. AL
though the electric cranking device
was used 130 times during the trial,
the engine was turned over 1000 COM
preston strokes at the end of the
trial; and, although all the electric
lights We're on continuously during the
road trial for 66 hours and Il minutes,
yet after the 1000 compression test at
the conclusion of the road run, the
side, rear and speedometer lights con-
tlnued to burn for 20 hours. 1t was
observed and noted that the ignition
was perfect throughout the trial.
Even of greater significance was the
achievement of the 1914 Cadillac's eX-
elusive two speed direct drive rear
axle. One test of this revolutionary
development which means SO much in
the efficiency, economy and luxury of
motor cars involved the shifting of the
rear axle gears from high to low and
vice versa, $40 times by means of the
electrical shifting device, yet perfect
record was shown.
Thus were tried out, all the tests of
motor car features which make for sue
cessful give and take service, espc-
cially as to the practical application of
those peculiar modern factors which
secure luxury, flexibility of operation
and. above all. dependability. There
fore the awarding of the trophy to the
Cadillac makes the officials of that
company feel that once and for all the
American made car has proved its SUI
periority to the foreign car of any
class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
JUDGE GREENE
ON HARD TIMES

II don't take very seriously to this
talk of hard times" said Judge ID. \.
Greene of the Maxwell Motor company.
How can l with a demand for cars
that is more than 10 times what we
can supply staring me in the face?
No; if there are any hard times they
are certainly not visible among the
dealers of this territory. Which re-
minds me of an incident of last week.
Il was talking to my banker. He
was doing his very best to pull a long
face while telling me that interest
rates had gone up. What Is the reason?
asked Crops are good everywhere
why in Kansas, where the corn crop
was ruined. they tell me they had the
greatest alfalfa crop ever known the
wheat crop was great, prices of beef
cattle are Highland the demand for
automobiles eclipses anything in our
previous experience. In fact Kansas,
despite the crop conditions or because
of the excellent crops in everything but
corn-absorbed more than a million
dollars worth of automobiles month
during the last six months-more than
ever before at the same season. What
Is the reason?
"'Well, you see.' faltered the banker,
at a loss for real argument, for he
knew l had just returned from visiting
almost every state in the union, you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
CADILLAC WINS AGAIN

According Ito cable advices received
by Hubert A. Drennen of the Cadillac
Motor Car company, the Dewar trophy
of the Royal Automobile club of Great
Britain has been awarded to the Cadil-
lac because it was pre- eminently the
automobile that showed the greatest
achievement towards advancement dur
ing the past year
"rhe significance of this victory"
said Mr. Drennen, (which is a distinc-
tion that Will rebound to the advantage
of American made cars and is a vindi =
cation of the American standards and
methods, lies in the fact that the test
is something more than mere speed.
1t has to do with the basic principles
of everyday service. Thus the Cadillac's
first victory five years ago was the
result of a Standardization test The
entrants presented three stock cars
which were then dismantled and their
various and several parts thrown into
a haphaZard heap, so that identifca-
tion was impossible. Eighty-nine parts
were withdrawn from the heap and
duplicates were taken from the stock
of spares. Three cars were then rebuilt
from the conglomeration of parts
Wrepches and screwdrivers were the
only tools employed. Neither files nor
emery cloths were permitted, yet every
piece fitted as perfectly as In the car
of one one-thousandth of an inch i'll
any one of several hundred parts would
have meant failure. Therefore the
Cadllacs victory meant a complete
demonstration of it's perfect standard
ization, an achievement hitherto not
dreamed of, one which created an in
ternational sensation and which put
the hlgh-grade American car for the
first time ahead of the European car
of first grade.
Each year these tests for the Dewar
trophy, conducted by the Royal Auto
mobile club of Great Britain take on
new conditions and always they include e
a thorough test of cars efficiency in
the line of normal high h-grade service
The second victory of the Cadillac
just announced, was based on a test
even more comprehensive than that OF
complete standardization. 1t involved
the driving of 1000 miles over givo
and take roads, as phrased in the cable
gram, the thorough testing of fuel and
oil consumption, the recording of the
number of times the electric crankinr
device was used, the duration of tbs
current for lights during and after the
run ana numerous other practical mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM AUTOMOBLISTS

An item of general interest of automo-
blists was the excellent performance of
the United States mine rescue car last
Tuesday afternoon to the scene of the
mine explosion at Acton-a 24-mile drive
over very rough roads. The car which
is a White has just but recently neen
installed and had finished a trial run to
Tuscaloosa and return only a few days
when the call for actual service on the
firing line came in. The car driven by
H. II. Hamilton, responded nobly, and
made the distance intervening between
Birmingham and Acton in one hour. 1t
was a record run for the distance on such
roads,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
MORRIS ON THE
ELECTRIC SHIP GEAR

simultaneously with the adoption of
the electric gear-shift." said 7. Il. Nor
ris, Jr., "the production of Haynes cars
was doubled and our deliveries to date
have greatly exceeded our previous
best figures during any similar period,
which surely illustrates that the auto
mobile public welcomes this innovation.
The Haynes Automobile company
was first among the larger manufac-
turers to adopt the electric gear shift
ing device. and since that time 10 other
manufacturers throughout the country
have had test cars in operation, with
view to equipping their cars with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
DENEGRE TALKS
ON PACKARD

"The addition of seven new styles to
the Packard line of motor carriages,
making more than 20 in ALL" says
Charles Denegre, illustrates the wide
range of selection in body designs,
which can be secured in conjunction
with a high grade chassis.
-Four new six-passenger bodies are
among the most distinctive of the lux
urious types manufactured in the Pack
ard shops. These are the Salon touring
car and the new style limousine, Lam
doulet and Imperial limousine. The
salon touring body is exclusive It pro-
vides two individual seats for the driver
and front passenger, with a passage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
THE "MOVIE" AND
THE MOTOR CAR

According to the manager of the High
land garage the automobile is one of the
main assets in staging a moving picture
play nowadays. He claims that this is
merely in line with the progress of the
automobile in all lines of endeavor.
After having successfully captured
sport and business" he said, the auto
mobile is now laying siege to theatricals
and bids fair to occupy as big a place
in the romantic as 1t has in the prosaic.
Motor cars have been seen on the
stage for quite a while back; but a mo-
tor car playing the leading part is a
novelty reserved for the moving picture
show Several of the best films now
making the rounds. portray a handsome,
high powered Oldsmobile carrying off all
the honors of the action. The scenes are
laid in California; and the two leading
supports of the Oldsmobile are Harry A.
Pollard and Miss Margarlta Fischer both
of them topnotch stars in filmland. Incl
dentally there is heroine who is bound
to the rails, and a snorting locomotive
also adds zest to the scene. l am told
that several new dramas of the cellu-
loid are being staged around this car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Belgium's Prehistoric Populatio

Prehistoric man has been traced i'll
eral periods In Belgium. and M. Putt
Belgian geologist, has made a novel
tempt to estimate'the population at
ferent stages. In the lower Aurigna
period, five of Belgium's numerous c1
seem to have been inhabited, their
pacity being 50 to 60 persons, says AM
change.
In the Magdalean period the populd
was probably 90. Retreat OF the ice
mitted leaving the shelters at the
of this period, and the settlers onl
banks of the lake may soon have Il
bered 100 or $50.
The coming OF the Cervides fol
perhaps, developed a population of
which may have increased to 1000 2rt
at the beginning of the polished 4
age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

weight is lifted the lid will blow c
for the pressure inside is more I
1t can hold now.
II have been in the automobile b
ness since its inception, and 1
never known a demand so great at
season of the year. There seems
be a panic-but it is visible in
eagerness of buyers and dealers al
to get the ear of their choice now,
knowing that later it will be ain
impossible. Poor professional pc
mists-they are having an awful
in the face of such conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
TIRE LESSONS

f. II. Gafford, Jr., of the Goodyear Tire
company, gave out his fifth article on
tires last week. His present talk is on
oversize tires and the Importance of
keeping the tire inflated to the proper
pressure to avoid blowouts. He said:
The Importance of keeping a pneu-
and altho it be properly inflated, the
proper pressure, and avoiding the evil
of underinflation, is something that can
never be accomplished. If less than
the proper pressure be carried the weight
of the car will not be properly sustained,
and as a consequence, there will be more
or less flattening out where the tire
touches the ground. This not only sub
jects the casing to a destructive bending
action when in motion, but renders it
susceptible to injury from bruises and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

the electric gear shifting device, wi
the advent of the. 1915 season"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
CENTERVILLE, IND.

CENTERVILLE, Ind, Jan. Miss
Nellie Wise, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Wise, living near Greensboro,
was taken to the hospital at Rich
mond Monday to have an operation
performed for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barton spent
Sunday with Gus Eggemeyer and fam
lily at Richmond
Mrs, Gibson has been confined to
her home for several days on account
of sickness
Mr.. Thomas Clevenger who has
been seriously i'll for several weeks
is little improved.
Mrs. John Warner of Indianapolis
was calling on friends here Saturday.
She was enroute home from attending
the funeral of her cousin, Elmer Cor
mon at Richmond
Mrs. Pleasant Bond, age 40 years,
died suddenly at her home here Mon
day morning. Mrs. Bond has been in
poor health for some time. Her hus-
band had left OH a business trip to
Richmond and during his absence she
became seriously i'll and died within
short time. She is survived by the
husband and two children. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
f. Culbertson is working at the F.
& n. lawn mower shops in Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
News From Surrounding Towns

Mr. Hughes will build a home in the
spring to be occupied by himself and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh Morris and
daughter returned to Indianapolis,
Sunday after spending the holidays
with her parents and with relatives at
Cambridge City
Benton Burgess has purchased the
John Rely farm of IS acres north of
Hagerstown at $50 per acre.
Prof. and Mrs. Chas. E. Woodland
and daughters returned from Bowling
Green, Ind, where they spent the holi-
days with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marlatt and
family visited Saturday and Sunday
with her parents near Milton.
Miss Leona Sells spent a few days
at Richmond the guest of Miss Neva
Bowman and other friends.
Mrs. Ella Whitesell returned from
Richmond yesterday where she had
visited since Thursday
Mrs. May Lanyon has returned to
her home at Bloomsbury, Pa, after
two months spent with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Woodward.
Mrs. Robert Thurston was pleasant
ly surprised last evening by members
of the Progressive club with supper
in honor of her birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Worl and Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Dennis were guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dennis
at Cambridge City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07

his wife who has been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Storch in this city Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Stone returned to
Indianapolis, Sunday evening.
Mrs. f. f. Oldaker has returned af-
. ter visit of two weeks with her faith
er. Joseph Williams of Henryville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Helms and
children Berne Ohmit. of Richmond,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Whiteley, were
the guests. Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ohmit.
Rev. J. f. Coffin went to Center
vile Sunday evening to conduct the
Quarterly meeting service in the
Methodist church of that place
Miss Elizabeth Wheelan returned
Monday evening after visit of two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Johlin, of Clevelan d,Ohio
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boughner of No
blesville. Henry Hodson and family,
Link Hebble and family of Indianapo-
lis, and many relatives and friends
/ from this city, Richmond and Center
vile, attended at the funeral of Mrs
! Emma BoWmaster of Germantown,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Barrows of Richmond,
and her daughter, Mrs. Spring of Ow-
ensboro, KY, were the guests, Sunday
of Mrs. c. M. Baily.
Rally Night will be observed next
Sunday evening by the Epworth Lea
que, at the regular hour of service A
full attendance of the membership is
desired
Mrs. Mary Roth is seriously i'll at
the home of her son, w. A. Roth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
With q Sense of Humor.

Authors with enough real sense of
hulnor to tell good stories on them
selves are rare, but Luther Munday,
journalist and world wanderer, has
that quality. In his volume of mem
oirs, A Chronicle of Friendships" he
tells on himself the following yarn:
Prom time to time, after the man
ner of weaklings, l fancied myself a
little at writing sonuets. notwithstand-
ing the fact that l had had one snub-
bling from Yates, the editor of the
London World. Twenty years have
passed. said l, and l may have i'm
proved So l sent up to Sir James
Knowles this time my sonnet called
Why Do Live?' His reply was, You
live, dear Munday, because you sent
your poem by post and did not bring it
yourself"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
CAMBRIDGE CITY. IND.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Jan. 7.-Attor-
ney William Bertsch returned Mon
day to South Bend after a visit with
his sister, Miss Elizabeth Bertsch.
Mrs. H. B, Boyd and daughter, Mrs.
Harry Hobbs, of Plainfield will leave
for Bradentown, Fla, within the next
few days to spend some time on &C
count of the ill health of the latter
Charles Clawson of Richmond was in
Cambridge City the latter part of last
week.
According to F. J, Scudder, superin-
tendent of the Cambridge City Natur-
al Gas Co, the city can now be assur-
ed of plentiful supply of gas for the
first time in several years.
Mrs. Flora Clawson has returned
after having spent several days with
Mrs. John Falhaber, of Elwood.
Miss Flossie Hazelrigg Of Indiana
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E Mitchell Henry of
Louisville, Ky, are in Cambridge City
for a visit of several weeks with the
latter's brother Bert Mitchell. and 9TH
er relatives.
Mrs. Charles Ladd of Richmond is
serving as substitute teacher in room
No. 5, of the public schools, until a
teacher can be secured TO take the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Mrs. John Du Granrut
John Hazelrigg transacted business
in indianapolis. Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Wissler has returned
after week spent in Richmond the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Sanford
Bond
Charles Doney, county Democratic
chairman, will so to indianapolis We'd
nesday TO attend banquet to be Civ
ell by the old Hickory Club.
DR.. w. B. Freeland of Richmond.
district superintendent, preached an
excellent sermon at the quarterly
meeting services of the Methodist
church Sunday evening after which
the sacrament was administered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uriah Bertsch and
family of Germantown were the guests
Sunday of Miss Elizabeth Bertsch.
George Stone of the advertising
stan Of the Indiananeiis Star. Joined,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
SHED AT HOMEMADE SOAP.
The Sight Of II Used to Mako Stuart
Robson Shudder.

A good story is told of one of the boy.
hood experiences of the late Stuart
Robson, the comedian. 1t was the Gus
tom of his mother to keep a scrap book
of household recipes clipped from the
newspapers. She came across one that
told how TO make CASTLE soap and
started in a once to make it.
The recipe for this soap called for tai
low grease and fat combined with col
oring matter and I've, and the advan-
tage claimed for it was that it econ
omized the scraps in the kitchen.
The first person upon whom the soap
was tried was young Robson, who was
given a cake of it to use while taking a
bath. Early one morning he entered
the bathroom armed with towel and
a huge cake Of the homemade soap. A
few minutes after wild yells were
heard from the bathroom.
The whole household ran to the spot
and, after some delay, succeeded in
forcing an entrance. There Mrs. Rob-
son found her hopeful son in a semi
state of commissions, fercely dancing
around in a hysterical attempt to rid
his body of a bright tan colored layer
of grease.
1t seems that as soon as young Rob
son had stepped from the bath the soap.
which he had used plentifully, had in
q most peculiar manner hardened on
him like cold gravy in a dinner plate
and chung to him tenaciously, utterly
refusing to be wiped off.
The combined efforts Of his parents
succeeded in scraping it off, but from
that day to the day of his death Mr..
Robson had a strong aversion to home
made soap.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
HAGERSTOWN,I IND.

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Jan. Mrs.
Belle Crawford of Anderson has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. James
Bagford.
Mrs. Frank Lay of Indianapolis was
the guest of Mrs. Maggie Replogle,
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. r. r. Brant aud daugh-
ter. Miss Nellie entertained at dinner
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoover.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Fox, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Smith and daughters Frances
and Emmajean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Morgan of In
dianapolis are the parents OF twin ba-
bies, u boy and a girl. born January
fourth. The mother was formerly Miss
Edith Bond of Greensboro
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer McGrew and
family We're guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Brown.
Mrs. Alvin. Peele will entertain the
Priscilla club Thursday afternoon.
Kirk Hughes has purchased 81
acres of land of his father-in-law John
Giesler.. located south west of town.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07

of my Old Kentucky Home" The
hostess was passing among her guests,
beaming at the success of her enter
tainment and sure that everybody was
having a good time when suddenly, to
her surprise, she came upon middle
aged man but slightly known to her
who was weeping silently but bitterly
in a secluded corner. Thinking that
his heart had been touched by the old
song, she asked sympathetically:
Why do you weep? Are you a Ken
tuckian?"
NO. madam he replied. Il am a
musician. Home Compan-
ion
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
Saved Himself,

Soon after Speaker Champ Clark had
been married he left home one morning
in fit of mental abstraction and for:
got to give his wife the customary fare
we'll kiss
On the way down the walk he re-
membered and at once knew he was in
trouble Wondering what excuse he
could offer, he turned back to the
house. In a flash of inspiration he re-
membered the date. Reaching the door
to which Mrs. Clark came with rather
grim smile, Champ held up one hand
and shouted:
April fool!"-Washingt Star.