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The Washington times., 1913-12-20
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ANH0URERfCTED'
Drivers Think They Can Make
Speed se with New Back
Stretch at Eipil Track.


An average OF eIe4fty-sve miles AN
hour for the Elyin road race IN ie14.
s now does It sound7 Impossible. you
II the members Of the Elsin t,osa
Raomf IA Asscciattoh carry, out their pies
ehs, es PETE a.s,. sne average Is likely to go
members. OF the associstion are plan
mDg on making the cotIrSe nj F.frin q
concretef one. and win decide at n meet
ing to be held this week whether the
new road will be constructed
citation the back stretch win have 10
be rebufit and II Ii probable thar con
crete will be laid After the last Elrin
race the back stretch was fuli OF holes
snq cso 100 rqSsS Rs5r e. & eSsais high speed with
claimed the course was too rough Tor
record work. and many thought that
dt would even be impossible to set = new
mark for the Eacee e
With: = eoncrete course the drivers
would At least reach eIshty-five miles
per hour. With q smooth roadbed on
the back stretch they would not have to
shut Oft their motors until they hit the
curve into, the home stretch. The curve
banked 30 that a pilot can take it
without shutting off his engine, and one
would be able to hit the west leg goinS
at q speed better than ninety miles an
hour. aes s
The association members mad been.
thinking. seriously or otherwise Of cor
structing q speedway similar to the oval
at Indianapolis. but dropped the idea
when the Chicaso motorists explained
the cost. A speedway event at Elgin
would never be as big draVng card
as the annual road races and DE today
the big events Of the year. The doing
away with the annual road race woulJ
be q big blow to the competition end OF
STossther witn 1ndiana5polis. Elsin has
been able 70 pull through The two BAD
years Of racing. and now that the gang
Is sure to reach the level that 1t held in
1910. Elgtn should be . bigger success
than II has been in the past. A con-
crete course would give the followers o,
the sport chance to see the fasfess
racing ever staged ON = road, and ri
the, same time would assure the pro-
moters larger attendance than has
been at the last races. The public sap
ports the races, and they want speed.
The days of deaths due to accidents
during road races have become history.
ana now motorists cry for speed, ami
with concrete course their desires
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
STARTER IN NEARLY
UNIVERSAL USE
Device, Though Not Long on the
Market, Now Found on All
Large Cars. =,

Among the many new and interesting
things that are likely to prove Of in
terest to Washington motorists who visit
the New York automobile show Jan
uary 3-1o. are the self-starting devices.
which VIII be found in the majority of
the cars exhibited The self-starter il
not a new device, but so rapidly has 1t
years Of existence that today practically
all large cars, and many small ones, are
fitted with some form Of self starting de-
vice.
While self-starters In the past inter
fered with accessibility they are now DO
designed that this valuable feature IL
not lost The apparent complication Of
pipes, wires and similar features has
been greatly reduced, so that the self
starter today has reached a high stand :.
ard Of construction
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
IGNORANT DRIVERS
RUIN AUTOMOBILES
N. 7. Pollock Says Every Motor
ist Should Stand an Exam
: .ination.

Ninety-five per cent of the troubles
of an automobile today are due, not to
the fault Of the construction of the car,
but to the ignorance or abuse Of the
'man or woman using it." declares NJ.
+. Pollock. Of the Pollock Car Corpora
tion,- Washington. agents for the Olds-
mobile and Oakland
II have been asked what, in my opin-
ion, would be Of the greatest benefit
to the motorists in general, and I am
frank to state, that / think every per-
son, whether professional or other wise,
driving an automobile should stand an
examination for his ability to handle his
car, and as to his knowledge regarding
1T.
IT am satisfied that license bureau
for drivers should be established and
that they should pass an examination
and regular licenses be issued to them
before they are allowed to handle ar
Ss.omoble on our city streets or on oul
country highways. A nominal charge
should be made for this license, and &
the, privilege accorded Is abused In any
way this license should be taken away
from them.
This would really not work hard.
ship. and would probably be the mean,
of saving great many Hives and especi.
ally pEOiOiS the CdTceT VI autOInO'
bile. The additional knowledge and carr
would prolong the life of the car sufh
-ciently to justify the expense. In the
end this would improve the industry a.
a whole considerably. win admit ther,
are a great many requirements for auto
mobiles and their owners today which
aJe more or less annoying. But law i,
Ia W. and its provisions should be famil
lar to every driver.
IT remember in the early stages o.
the game, which, by tho way, is not 81
very long ago, that IL you desired Il
drive an automobile In one OF San Fran
cisco's parks II was necessary for yot
10 take q very rigid examination as II
your ability to handle q car before yot
were allowed q license. and II is sur
prising how many people. even at thai
time were not allowed to take theil
car into the park.
= TOO man lives are in danger today
because. Of drivers In absolute ignor
ance Of the laws of the road, or the
first principles necessar to avoid COLI.
sicns. This IL a subject Of vital i'm.
portance and should be given careful
consideration"
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
TRADE CLOUDSONLY
FANCY OF GOSSlPS
Automobile Business Expert De cares Story Of Big Slump False
Reports Show More Men Working and Bigger Pro-
.. duction Than Last Year.


Dark clouds that are obscuring the
motor car manufacturing armament are
for the most part creations of gossip
and scandal mongers. In vestigation OF
actual conditions finds much blue sky.
David Beecroft. one of the best posted
men in the automobile industry, says
the talk of big slump in automobile
building at Detroit is not only exagger-
ated, but actually untrue. Reports from
that motor car center received by Bee
croft state that more cars were turned
out and moe men were at work lst
week than at the corresponding date
last year.
According to this report Ford is turn
ing out over 700 cars per day, which Is
in excess of the production at this plant
a year ago For 1914 Cadillac increased
its output from 1900 to 1900, and, in
addition to keeping up with its schedule
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Firestoae Company
Gets a New Store

Efecting one of the Zig changes of
.Br wear in Washington's automobile
lion. the F'irestone fire and Ruhber
Conpany has taken over the store OF the
.ieeI,y Rubber Company at Sk4 fou--
t"erth street northwest; ana VIII ooer
zt,. il as a branch The MceleY Com
laIty has been the agency for Fi-cstOn"
20. IS ia this district for some time
Jose J. Haas, has been made MAN.
.Ser or the branch. Notwithstanding a
zeal or fancied depression IN the ante
rroliIe world, the Firesto1e Tire :tnd
I.pbber Company has entered on =
period OF expansion, and -he Washing
Icn branch is only ono CT several thI:
lcccutIy have been established. Newark
=. J. Rochester and Syracuse, y. Y:
lies Moines. Iowa; Portland, Ore, an :
Oakland, Cal, are sizes of new FfrrsJn:
l.tRtioDs
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Britons Planning
500 Mile Holiday Race

Yankee ingenuity points the way for
John Bull In automobile racing a. wei,
book Of the Indianapolis motnr spesss-
way. the Enslish public has decided
that q 500-mile race on the Brooklands
track would prove . great success. A
move IL on foot. accordingly, to bring
ABOUT the contest. American drivers
Speaking Of the enterprise. a promi-
nent motor journalist gives voice to the
following: The big race at Indiana
polls Is held on q holiday (Hemoriai
Day). Why not q similar race at Brook
lands. say. Whit Mondayy' the chances
are the race viii be arranged
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
WiIIys-Knight Cars
Will Be Ready Soon

John y. WHY'S. president of the
WHY'S Overland Company. OF Toledo.
Ohio, has announced that he will have
four and six cylinder models of his new
Knight motor car ready for the ma
tionaI automobile shows at New York
and Chicago. He has also announced
that the new line will be known as the
W.!lys-Knight cars.
Work at Elyria. Ohio. plant, where the
new Willys-Knight will be manufac-
tursd, is being hurried so that produc-
ton can be gotten under way as soon
as nossible.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Studebaker Manager
Entertains Agents

With Vice President and General
SAFES Manager Z. r. Benson. of the
: udebaker Corporation. i,i attendance.
. number of agents for StudebakeT
cars in the territory adjacent tc Wash
gton met mere Thursday in a brief
convention. Those in attendance in
cIuded ". {. Long anC C. Royce
HouRh. Commercial Automobile and
supply Company. of Wasil:I.gto John
Grove, Frederick. Md: W. NJ. Shickel.
EoaTroke. Va: NJ. Bays. Cumberland,
Md: T.. NJ. Allison. Remington. Va. (:
4 f. HernsbergeT. Stauntun, Va. and
4 &. Fisher. Studebaker factory rep
rcsentativc
Vice President Benson gave an in
icrcsting talk on Studebaker produc-
lion. after which the agents were his
-Hcsts at luncheon at the Willard.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

of delivery, the company had built on
December 1850 of these additional 3.0Ol
machines, SO that the company is well
ahead in its years work.
The Maxwell company IS working
overtime, building fifty cards day and
expecting to increase this TO seventy
five in a month. At tha Stu6ebal;er
plants the overtime programme is in
actual operation. The enormous Buick
plant is working at full force TO fill
orders. The Chalmers company IS work
irg up to factory capacity, udsCn' is
pushing its little six production at a
full capacity pace. Paige-Detroit viii
move into its new factory in thirty days
where it will have facilities TO double
its 1413 output.
From all of the other Detroit auto
mobile factories come equally optimistic
reports. Lozier is working overtime on
it's new four; needless to say Packard
is at capacity on its new models Hup
is Lusy: in Pontiac the Oakland and
Carte car factories are busy.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
tungsten FiIament
Cleans Best While Hot

"A precaution that viii add to the
life of a-stunesten .filament by pre-
venting breakage of the delicate threads
is to clean the glass while the lamp Is
burning" says motorist. whose AK
tomobile is equipped with electric lights
The filament," he claims, lis less
likely to break when hot than whea-
cold. Feather. busters, are considered.
harmful and should not be used about
the lamps" &4s
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Touring in Cadillac.

Driving Cadillac touring car. Ben
jamin w. Woodruff, president Of the
Washington Stock Exchange, departed
Friday afternoon for a weekend trip to
Harper's Ferry. He was accompanied
by f. S. NARROW. George Weaver and
Louis Weaver. The tourists will return
late Sundsy.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Alright Top Keeps
Car AHoat in HarbOr

A Studebaker -Four the driver OF
which had been blinded by the glaring
headlights of another car, recently took
a dive into Duluth harbor. The air
tight top kept the car afloat until the
passengers could be rescued. When
raised the next day, the car was un-
injured aside from a cracked wind
shield. and its electric lights We're still
brightly burning.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Standard Garage
To Sell Krit Cars

The standard garage, in Fourteenth
street. will be the future home of the
Krit car. The agency for This Detroit
car was placed this week and p. l..
PGylor. the lead of the garage. is ex-
pectine shipment of cars WITHIN the
next few days. He will have several OF
them Oh exhibition at the automobile
show ir Convention Hall next month.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Factories Show Forces
Larger Than Before

Investigations of the automobile in
Gustry by New York paper .discloses
the fact that four of the leading manu-
facturers show large Increase in the
size Of their working force as compared
with the corresponding period OF last
year. The Studebaker Corporation Is
the leader in this respect, with an in
crease Of about 40 per cent.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Bidding For Agency.

II. r. Ferguson. of the sales depart
ment OF the, Lyons Atlas Company,
makers OF Lyons-Knight cars, Indian
apoIis. is spending a few days in Wash
ington. He is planning to establish an
agency here. Several dealers are bid
ding for the agency.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Registration Figures
In United States.

A significant indication that the
automobile business in the
United States Is increasing and
prospering is the fact that reg.
= istrations Of automobiles and
trucks mp to October 1 totaled
1,ss9, $50. allowing for . dupli.
cate registration Of s5A1. OF
this number 1,1s5,257 are pas.
senger cars Of the gasolene
type, while the electries mum.
Der 34,075.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Twenty Women Join
MotorcycIists' Club

There are perhapsI Ioore women mem
ters in the Savannah Motorcycle
Clrb than in any other club In the
country. There are row atsrsi twenty
young women il Savannah who are
enthusiastic motorcy cIists. and most uf
these are members of the Savannah
Club. Climatic coadi.ions IN Georgia
are especially favorable for the woman
Inotorcyclist, the weather never getting
too cold for riie enthusiast tn enjoy
1; spir on her two-.lecler.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20
Congressman Page Buys Car.

Congressman X. N. Page Is the latest
owner Of a Palmer-Singer car. A
"Hi ighton six roadster was delivered
to him this week by the Warrington
Motor Car Company.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

George 5. Patterson, of the REQ Mo-
tor Car Company. is spending few
days in Washington, and is visiting the
Pen Motor Car Company, REQ agents
here
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

DR.. Cary Grayson, President Wilson's
physician. is the latest purchaser Of a
Chalmers runabout. Congressman Stew
ends of Nebraska is also recent Chal
ners purchaser. He secured a six -cyIin-
der touring car from the Zell Motor Car
CamDany
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

Emerson & Orme have received the
pleasing news that the Detroit electric
has been awarded first choice Of space
allotted TO the electric automobile man
w'actureTs ct The New York and Chi
"..G0 national automobile shows to he
lall next month. This award" said
". X. Emerson. lis basel on volume
~ business. and is proof of Detroit
-lectTic laadersninn
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

A seven-passenger Cadillac landaulet
was delivered today 10 Clarence p
King. president of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company.
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

Emerson & Orrne report the sale of a
Detroit electric clear vision, forward
drive brougham to Mrs. Elizabeth Chap
lin and a Detroit electric victoria 20
Harry A. Kite
The Washington times., 1913-12-20

Miller Brothers delivered Ford cars
this week to the following: Touring
cars. H. p. Weaver. Dr. Charles r
Luce. J. p. Ostrand. United States Sol
dicrs' Home, Charles Z. Coberth: de-
livery wagons, Joseph Allinac, Macken-
zie Brothers. Washington Florist Conf
J'sny, House of the Good Shepherd, Gait
& Bro. runabouts, w. s. jenkins. Col
gate & Co.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
FORESTRY WORK X
ON LARGE SCALE

According to the report Of David
Haughs, forest nurserymarf for De-
cember, there were 1858 plants dis
..tributed from the government nurs-
cry during the month. OF this num-
Der 1880 were gratis. Besides these
to the general public, the nursery has
distributed 1880 plants to plantation
and other, corporations. Brother Mat
thias Newell distributed, from the
Hilo nursery, 1900 plants since Arbor
Day, and for the year 1912 he distrib-
uted 1880 trees, the largest number
for any year since the nursery was
started z e.
Thirty-five mail bags containing
about 10000 packages OF vegetable
seed have been received from Wash
ington. About one-haH, or 5000 pack
ages, contains corn, cucumber. let
tuce, onion and radish. The other
5000 packages contain lettuce, musk
melon, onion, radish and tomato.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
EIGHTEEN TO RETIRE FOR
AGE NEXT. YEAR IN ARMY

There will be eighteen retirements
for age in the army during 1913
against fifteen retirements in 1919, as
follows: January 81, Col William II.
Miller, Quartermaster's Corps; Febru-
airy II, Col. George r. Cecil, infantry;
February 10, Brig. Gen. James Allen,
Signal Corps; March 16, Lieut.. Col,
Frank Greene, Signal Corps; April 10,
Col. Louis A. La Garde, Medical Corps /;
April 26, Brig. Gen. Walter s. Schuy-
Ter, U. 9. A.; April 20, Col. Arthur Will
liams, 18th infantry; May 10, Brig.
Gen, Frederick A. Smith, U. S. A.;
June rs, Col. Calvin D.. Cowles, 9Th In
fantry; August 20, Brig. Gen. Edgar u.
Stever, U. S. A.; September 4, Col. Cor
nelius Gardener, 18th infantry; Octo.
Der 3, Col. Alexis r. Paxton, infantry t;
October 9. Brig. Gen. Ralph w. Hoyt ;
October II, Col. William T. Rnssen,
Corps of Engineers; October %, Col.
Frank Baker, ordnance department;
November l3, Col. Alexander o. Bro
die, adjutant generals department;
November Is, Chaplain Samuel H.
Bell, LIST Field Artillery; December q,
Brig. Gen. William H: BiXby, Corps OF
Engineers.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
TOURIST RUSH
NOW BEGINS IN
EARNEST

Ninety rer cent. of the arrivals on
the Lurline yesterday morning were
tourists who expect to remain in Ho-
polulu for the Floral Parade and Car.
n;val." said H. P. Wood, secretary oil
the promotion committee today.
The tourist season has commenced
with a rush, and promises to be big
ger one than ever before. Since JAN
uary over three hundred and sew
Clty-five tourists have arrived from
the coast and the colonies, all of whom
intend taking in the festivities next
month, and many who will remain in
the Island longer. Canada is also con-
tIibuting her share, as each Canadian
liner brings to Honolulu good-sized
list of stop-overs. According to the
prediction Of Secretary Wood, the
arrivals on the Siberia will stay in Ho-
olulu for the Carnival Already the
different hotels in the city have re-
ccived cablegrams with reference to
securing accommodations for the win
ter from people all over the states. p.
The weekly meeting Of the promo
ton committee will be held Friday
afternoon at three O'Clock in the rooms
of the merchants association, and 1t
has been requested that all members
lie present as several important mat
ters of business will be taken up.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15

Following the funeral services held
in New York, the body OF Whi1elaw
Reid. our late ambassador to Great
Britain, was laid in a vault at Tarry-
town.
Both the Turks and the Allies nav
ing refused to recede from their posi-
ti"ns taken at the Peace conference it
is thought that peace negotiations will
at once be broken of and the war re-
commenced
All the cities of Germany have COM
bired in giving a $4,000 silver set
uIon the 18th anniversary Of Kaiser
Wilhelm's reign.
1t is reported that the Car is to
abolish the Siberian System of punish
rlent and that the worse fate of inn
Irisonment in an European fortress is
be substituted.
a Lloyd George, the English chancel-
fUr, has definitely set next SeptemHe
as the time of his visit to the United
States.
A commercial panic with many fail
uJes is imminent in Kieff, following
the Cars ukase expelling the remain
ing Jews. The latter are beginning to
collect $12,50G000 due them from Rus
sian merchants.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
CATTLE TESTING
FOR TUBERCUL 0SlS

In his report for December, DR.. L.
N. Case, assistant territorial veterin-
arian, tells of fifty-five animals in
Mrs. Isenberg's dairy herd at Waia-
lac having been subjected to the in
tradermaI tuberculin test, with the
result that only one was condemned
out of the whole lot. DR.. Case. cor
reefs a statement in his previous
monthly report, that the COW con-
demned in the dairy of H. B. Brown
came from the Swanzy ranch at Kua-
loa. The animal was bought from a
Chinaman who keeps a small herd at
Kalae.
The list of importations for the
month shows 80 horses, SO mules. 6
dogs and 70 cases of poultry, besides
a crate each of guinea pigs and hares
for the U..S. experiment station.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
WESTERN NEWS.

William Henry Magee has been
made general passenger agent fol
the Togo Kisen Kaisha to succeed
the late Alfred Rennie. He was as
sistant to the latter for sometime be-
fore his death.
Many owners Of mineral claims in
the California deserts have left Los
Angeles to protect their property over
New Years, the recognized time when
claim jumpers are particularly active
Murphy Grant G Co., a wholesale
drygoods firm founded in San Fran
cisco by Eugene Kelly, Jos. A. Dono'
hoe, Daniel T. Murphy, and Adam
Grant, all California pioneers, in 1850
has sold out to MooreWatson, anoth'
er wholesale drygoods firm, for 81,
100000.
The four-masted British steel bark
entine Torrisdale, from Glasgow to
Portland, Oregon, struck the rocks of
Aberdeen, Washington, and is total
loss. She was sailing in ballast.
Witnesses in a Denver, trial testi-
fed that the l. W. W. propaganda
included the killing of Governor Shat
roth of Colorado, the killing of po'
licemen and the dynamjting of the
Denver municipal courts.
Bids have been opened for the $780,
600 Machinery Hall which is to be
among the first of the worlds fair
buildings to be erected at San Fran
cisco.
Luella Roberts. a seventeen year
old schoolgirl of Cloverdale. Cal. was
it is thought fatally shot by Frank
Carlisle, a railroad station agent,
whose devoted attentions the girl re-
jected.
Do not trust yourself to draw 4 will;
TIE Hawaiian Trust Co.. Ltd, 923 Fort
street, will do it for you.
The department of commerce and
labor has offered to make wonder
flu exhibit at the Fair. depicting the
worlds progress in the entire field of
social endeavOr
The daughter Of James J. Hill. the
railroad man. is 10 he married to DR..
Agil Boeckmann of ST. Paul.