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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

the past few months. inactivities have
heen noted in the agencies referred to.
That was caused by the interest of
Mr.. Whithead being elsewhere than in
the automobile game His appointment
of a successor to Mr. Braziel is ex-
pected to be a local salesman who has
well known abilities and who is held
in the highest esteem by all automobile
owners and buyers of Birmingham. The
Company &finite1y announces that the
agencies NMl not be abandoned, as was
rumored on the streets last week, but
that new blood will be injected into
the situation and that an aggressive.
active business like administration will
take place in the mana cement Of the
Highland garage sales. The company
has now at Five Points admittedly one
of tho best equipped garages and one
of the best forces of mechanicians in
the district Added to an efficient sales
force it is expected that the Highland
garage company Will be in a position
to reap an unusually profitable harvest
in local automobile sales
Mr. Braziel announces with his resig-
nation that he has organized the "B.
and b" company to handle the Buick
The company will also include Miss
Mary Sue Braziel, the daughter of the
proprietor who is well known and held
In the highest esteem by automobile
agents and owners here. Miss BrazieI
1t Is generally known, has proven to
be a most efficient automobile sales
woman, having handled many sales
with master craft during her connec-
tion with the Highland garage.
The company will have offices corner
Avenue c and Twenty-first street, with
the Nolon service and will be equipped
to take excellent care of the business
intrusted to them. Mr.. Braziel was
formerly with the Drennen company
and is we'll known as an automobile
salesman. He is popular in Birming-
ham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
FEDERALIzED BRITAIN
Reconstruction of the Empire on the
United States Plan

From the New York Commercial
one Of the most interesting phe-
nomena of modern history is found in
the new outlook for federal relations in
binding together the far scattered re-
gions which constitute the British en-
pire. The conception is paramount to-
day in British thought; and 1t is en-
Enthusiastically accepted by all parties,
conservatives, liberals, the Irish party
and laborites as furnishing a perfect
solution for one of the great modern
problems of the mother of nations. .
Great Britain holds her immense do
minions today under. the most flexible
of ties 1t may be confidently believed
that were Australia or Canada to man
ifest a general wish to cut loose from
imperial connection, there would be no
resistance to 1t. however it might be
deprecated.
All the tendencies, however, of the
present hour appear TO indicate CEN
tripetal and not centrifugal forces in
busy operation. The conception OF a
greater unification is now abroad in
the working of the imperialistic fer
ment. No more eloquent sign of this
could exist than the enthusiasm over
the building of warships as a gift OF
distant loyalty to augment the Brit
ish navy. Canada's three great bat
tleships, though not yet fully ac-
complished fact of legislation, will un-
questionably pass the dominion parlia-
ment Australia has offered one each
from New South Wales and Victoria,
and a similar project is shaping in New
Zealand. South Africa has come to the
front with a similar offer; and even
the Malay states will offer one battle
ship. This consequence is of immense
significance, as connoting the drawing
together of the furthest dependencies
to a close imperial bond
Nor is the sentiment confined to
| the thought of defense. 1t extends to
the ambition for an imperial parliament
in which all the parts of the British
empire should be represented to ad-
minister the general affairs of the
mighty domain, on which the sun never
entirely sets. The great congeries of
dependencies and colonies would then
feel themselves to be peculiarly and
essentially British. though each would
have It's own local parliament or leg
islature to make laws for purely local
interests. That is essentially the prin-
ciple on which this government OF our
own is built and though the British
plan would necessarily vary in detail.
its prototype would be in the United
States Such would appear to be the
logic OF the British evolution as it fer
ments today in the most aggressive
and thoughtful men in every part of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
NEW LAW FOR
SIGNAL OPERATIONS

Local officials interested in safe
guarding the public have been given
copies of a new law regulating signals
of danger. The law has been drafted
by Prof. Il. r. Hutton, chairman of the
technical committee of the Automobile
club of America. The law is sensible,
it is claimed and is as follows
EVERY motor vehicle while being op-
Grated upon the streets, alleys, park
ways and public places of this city shall
be provided with a signal device which
shall be capable of producing an abrupt
sound sufficiently loud to be heard un-
d1r all conditions of traffic, and to serve
as an adequate warning of danger, and
which must be sounded whenever nee
essary to avoid danger to persons or
property. It shall be unlawful for any
person operating a motor vehicle in the
city to make, or cause TO be made. any
unnecessary noise with such signal de-
vice or to use the same except as a
warning of danger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

trance into its new and dominant position
in motordom, r. c. Greth, district man
ager from Atlanta for the Hudson Motor
Car company, unwittingly let slip the ad-
vance news about a new six cylinder car
which his company is bringing out and
which is to be placed on exhibit here
today. 1t is the new Hudson six phaeton,
a very beautiful car.
Preceding the opening OF the convention
a fleet OF cars was placed at the disposal
of those who attended. They went sight
seeing and enjoyed the trip immensely.
Then came luncheon at the hotel and
following it the conference at which sew
eral very interesting speeches on the po-
tency of the public's demand for six cyl
nder cars were made.
Mr.. Greth said:
1.-THE six cylinder car today Is the most
interesting subject in the automobile in
dustry."
Charles Denagre, local agent, was host
for the meeting, which was attended by
a5 Hudson men from two states.
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for all, that old question. How shall l
spend my vacation?' for thousands Of
people," says W. NJ. brennan Of the
Overland agency. Since the advent of
the automobile. the old jokes about har,
assed individuals being buried under ava
lnnches of railroad timetables and litera-
ture do not apply. Nearly everyone Is
independent of the railroads nowadays
and the first breath OF spring no longer
means the beginning of a long and ar
duous study of railroad and steamship
folders, describing, with more or less ac-
curacy, but much establishment the
wonders and glories of various and sun
dry summer resorts.
s'When March begins going out like
lamb now. the first thought of the pros
pective vacationist is, How's the carr
He sees not visions of long, hot ana
dusty rides In a stuffy railroad train to
reach some overcrowded summering
place. What stretches before his imag-
ination is the vista of cool, shaded coup-
try roads, green fields, hills and valleys
How much cooler and more beautiful are
these from the seat of a touring car than
from the coach window. And how much
more restful and pleasing is q quiet, Sc
cluded country place, far from the beaten
paths of travel. than the usual summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
From the Christian Herald.
The Modern EGYPTIAN Woman

In Egypt some old customs are preva-
lent regarding women which could scarce
ly be more destructive of those qualities
that lead to progress or more certain to
bring a race to a standstill. As a rule,
there is no family life among the masses,
and superstitions of the grossest kind arc
entertained. The wives are not permitted
to eat at the same table with their hus-
bands. and occupy q pitiful position as
chattels bought and paid for, being in
constant dread of the disgrace of divorce,
which may be arbitrarily imposed. Among
the more Intelligent women the move
ment for political equality has been eager
ly received, and it is expected that the
new Suffrage association of Egypt will
become a strong and influential group.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

" HE resignation of r. NJ Braziel
from the Highland garage and
his taking oyer the Buick agen-
CIV held by that company but voluntarily
relinauished and the subsequent state
ment from Lee Whithead, vice presi-
dent of the Highland garage that
successor to Mr.. Braziel will be an
nounced Tuesday, was the most inter-
esting and unexpected development in
the automobile world of Birmingham
this week. For some time past those
intimate with the automobile opera
tions here have been more or less in
formed that something of this nature
was brewing. However, 1t was not the
general idea that simultaneous with
the resignation of Mr.. Braziel that the
Buick agency would go elsewhere than
with the Highland garage. 1t was eX-
pected that a consignment plan had
been worked out which would influence
the Highland garage to retain the
agency. This is the third change of
the Buick. 1t was first handled by the
Drennen interests, later by the High
land and now by Mr.. Braziel. 1t is
announced by Lee Whithead that for
some time the Highland garage had
felt that supplying parts for the Buick
al their own expense was not good pol
icy and from that situation the disso-
luton evolved.
That a new sales manager Will be
announced, a new force organized, new
agencies secured and line OF acces-
sories also will be added to the High
land garage is expected to be the an
nouncement of the management during
the next few days The company has
been in business over one year and has
been unusually successful in handling
the Marmon, Oldsmobile, Buick, Alec
truck and other cars. However, during
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
GROG RESPONSIBLE
FOR Alto ACCIDENTS

That whisky is the cause OF more auto
accidents that even deadly grade cross
ings is the information secured by Frank
H. Gafford, Jr., we'll known automobile
owner of this city. Mr.. Gaeford made a
statement yesterday that an investiga-
ton carried on by a municipal govern
ment out west demonstrates that whisky
is the one best bet to cause accidents.
Mr. Gafford added
Municipal investigation, because of au-
tomobile accidents, made recently in a
western city, disclosed the information
that more accidents are caused by intoXi-
Gated drivers than from any other one
source. not even excepting the catastro-
phes that take place on the much dreaded
grade crossing.
Several auto makers, benefiting by this
information, have passed a rule that the
employees of the companies throughout
the world must abstain from the use OF
any sort of intoxicating beverages While
at the wheel of a Case car.
''The greatest argument today against
the automobile is the risk run when
driving or riding in one. But this Is not
due to the lack of construction in the
automobile, or to its being more danger
Gus than the horse and buggy. In fact
there Is less likelihood of an accident with
a motor car than with the animal which
often becomes uncomfortable at the sight
of a street car, railroad train or some
other object
But the automobile, placed in the
hands of many people who do not know
its limits, becomes weapon of destruc-
ton. There seems to be in the nature of
every human being a desire for speed
Everything moves too slowly. and when
IL comes to an automobile, as in few other
instances, the question of speed is entirely
UP to the man at the wheel. There are
few cars built to travel less than 30 miles
an hour. and very often the prospective
purchaser demands that the machine that
is to become his property be able to do a
mile minute or better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
London Newsboys Need a Friend


The closing of the Newsboys clul
through lack of financial support is i
regrettable incident. Is there no mil
lionaire here, as in Australia, who will
take the newsboys under her special
patronage? The remarkable success OF
the Melbourne Newsboys' club has beer
mainly due, not merely to the money
but In an even greater measure to the
personal interest of the late Lady
Clarke. the widow of Australa's mil
iionaire baronet and philanthropist, Sir
William j. Clarke.
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cf the Cadillac sales forces in Birmina
ham. That driver wants to feel SUI
that his car will start when he pushe
the button to set the engine going is u
idea of Mr.. Morris in that connection.
He said yesterday:
when a driver gets into his car
wants to feel that when he pushes th
button the engine is going to start. Thei
is not much comfort in being compelie
to climb out again and crank the car .
kand. A starter that is not practicall
100 per cent efficient, the one that some
times starts and sometimes doesn't,
more of an aggravation than a conven
ience
'The motor car industry has progresse
so far in refinements that add to mechaf
ical efficiency and to comfort that IN
car whose starter suggests a questlo
mark Is under a severe handicap. A re-
years ago il a car ran a good distane
without expert attention, it aceomplishe
q lot. Now certainty of operation III
motor car is demanded just as 1t is
any other well established product, an
an automatic cranking device must :
as efficient as the engine itself.
On Tuesday, March %, the Cadilla
Motor Car company shipped the te
thousandth car of the 1913 model.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
MIR. WATKINS WITH ALABAMA
TIRE REPAIR COMPANY

1t is announced that John f. Watkins
has been appointed secretary of the
Alabama Tire and Repair company,
with offices on South Twentieth street.
He is we'll known in Birmingham and
his association with the tire company.
of which AL. c. CARRIER is vice president,
will add strength to that unusually
strong organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
VACATION QUESTION SOLVED
BY OVERLAND CARS

Walter Melville Drennen of the local
Overland agency said yesterday that the
automobiles have settled once and for all
the proposition of vacations. AS summer
draws near the automobile rides become
more inviting and pleasureable.
",rhe motor car has settled, once and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Electric Lights
Set-in Dash Lights
Left-side Drive

Here are some things which
cars must have to be really up-to-
date.
These are the things which
you'll miss most if you fail to get
them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

the empire. at home as we'll as abroad
wherever the Union Jack flies
Little did the bigoted statesmen o
George III dream that the result o
their seven year long attempt to sub
jugate the revolted American colonie
would be the formation of a govern
mental system. which would within
century and half set the pace for
reconstruction of Great Britain hersel
on a similar plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
A Real 1913 Car
Simple Center Control
Oversize Tires
Is Roller Bearings
By R. E. Olds, Designer

This means Timken bearings in
stead of common ball bearings.
Not merely a couple, to claim
their use, but roller bearings
throughout.
1t means drop forgings in place
of steel castings, to avoid the risk
of flaws. In REQ the Fifth we use
100.
1t means steel made to formula,
and analyzed twice. 1t means
gears tested for $4,000 pounds per
tooth.
1t means big margin of safety.
Driving parts made one-half
stronger than necessary.
1t means a SIS magnetic
A doubly-heated carburetor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

lower amperage on the battery than it
would with a direct connection to the
ny-wheel and motor and hence insures
greater economy and efficiency. The
worm-gear connection also makes for
greater quietness and efficiency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Insist on Them

This is the practice in costly
cars. That's what makes them
costly. But no man in these days
should, at any price, buy a car
without them.
What pride can one take in
car with features distinctly out
of-date? What satisfaction is
there in car that's poorly built?
Soon troubles begin-soon re-
pairs begin. And the cost of up
keep makes the car a burden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

resort. beleagured by tired and dusty and
dfsgruntled vacationists.'
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so Per Cent Over
capacity
No Levers in the Way

Big brakes-big springs, tested
for 100000 vibrations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
The Simple Rod Control

REQ the Fifth has no levers,
side or center. Nothing on~either
side blocks the way of the driver.
He Is never compelled to dis
mount in the street, nor enter
from the street.
All the gear shifting is done
with center rod, out of the way.
It Is done by moving this rod only
three inches in each of four d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Coming Features

Most leading cars now have left
side drive. Note that fact care
fully. The driver sits close to
the car he passes, as in European
cars.
All leading cars now have set
in dash lights, to displace the old
side oil lamps.
Leading cars now employ big
tires. They are costly, but the
day of skinny tires is over. They
cost too much for upkeep.
Mark these facts, whatever car
you buy. Don't buy car already
out-of-date. What leading cars do
this year, most cars must do next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
MIR. MORRIS CALLS FOR
100 PER CENT EFFICIENCY

That self starters should he 100 per cent
efficient is the opinion of Tom L. Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

On Tuesday, March %, the Cadilla
Motor Car company shipped the te
thousandth car of the 1913 model.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Greater Care

Then leaders now are building
cars with immensely greater care.
They have seen that cars built
otherwise don't live.
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rections. It's as simple as NOV
ing the spark lever. Both brakes
are operated by foot pedals.
This is also coming feature.
You will see why it must be. 1t
is one you should have on a new
car.
Come, see this car. We have It
now on show.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

The agricultural college of
Minnesota figures that in that
state last year, on last years
crop. the farmers received $780,
600. 600 more than they would un-
der the old system of farming,
or an average of $500 for each of
the 200, 600 farmers in the state.
This as a result of the interest
and education along new lines of
farming as spread by the consol-
idated rural schools. the agricul-
tural high school, the county
demonstrators and the agricul-
tural colleges.
The farmers effected this
handsome profit by mixing brains
with the soil and with their bus
mess. By advice, by demonstra-
ton and by expert council. they
grew into better methods and
better plants. This $4,000. 600
was largely profit because it takes
practically no increase in farm
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

expense to produce it. The
farmer had no more invested in
the land. He paid no higher
taxes. 1t cost him no more to
live for his family. 1t took some
more for modern machinery. It
took some more for labor,
but it takes no more time or la
Dor to feed a tested cow a we'll
balanced ration than to feed a
blue milk" cow poor stuff. 1t
costs no more time and it takes
no more labor to feed good stock
than poor stock. The same is
true, to a great extent, of safe
methods and correct systems of
grain or fruit farming.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01

Manager Gordon C. Corbaley
of the sixth national apple show
and fruit products congress asks
Stevens county business men to
urge growers of this vicinity to
enter exhibits at the Spokane
show, Nov. II to %.
Mr.. Corbaley states that prize
winning exhibits are to be sent
east and south for display in the
principal cities, and since each
exhibit will be accompanied by
the name of the grower and the
district where grown, it will
mean splendid publicity for this
section if prizes are won by To-
cal apples.
Putting this prize winning
fruit, properly labeled, where it
will be seen by Is, 600, 600 or TO-
600, 1000 people during the week
of December 1, means lot Of
publicity for our northwestern
apples and it means a very great
deal of publicity for the individ-
ual districts from which this
prize winning fruit comes.
Every individual entry of fine
fruit that we can induce growers
to make at the sixth National ap-
pie show will be that much pro-
gress toward getting some of
this fruit in the prize winning
class and thus securing direct
publicity for this district.
1t isn't often that a commerce
ial organization has a chance to
get great publicity like this,
simply for the effort of inducing
growers to make entries in COM
petition.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01
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Notices are being sent today to
a few Of the Examiners sub
scribers announcing the fact that
they are not paid in advance, and
that the paper is consequently
stopped until arrearage and ad-
vance subscription is paid. It is
possible that some of the SUBJ
scribers will fail to pay in ad-
vance, and in such cases it should
be understood that the Examiner
holds no prejudice.
Subscriptions to a newspaper
are started and stopped at the
will of the subscriber just like
people deal with the ice man.
financial considerations, or the
value of the paper, are not ques-
tions which affect the case. Any
paper with a large list expects
daily renewals and daily discon-
tinuances.
The Examiner this week starts
on it's seventh year. A number
of new features are planned for
the coming which will
make this paper one Of value and
necessity to people of this county.
But we realize that necessity
knows no law, and that gold dol
lars cannot always be sold to all
people at face value. Hence all
that we ask is that arrearages be
paid up before the lawyers and
collection agencies are called in,
and we promise that during the
year a full value will be present
ed to our paid subscribers.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-11-01
Facts AbOutthe Great Canal

Time required to 60 through
the canal, from ten to twelve
hours. Freight will be charged
$l.2O a ton, passengers are free.
American coast wise ships may
pass through free of all charges.
The canal will save 5000 miles
between New York and San
Francisco.
New York is brought 5000
miles nearer Valparaiso and the
west coast of South America.
Our Atlantic seaports are 1000
miles nearer Australia. The dis
tance to the Philippine Islands is
not reduced materially. Bulk
products like wheat, lumber.
minerals, wool. hides, and wines,
will get lower freight rates
through the canal from Pacific
ports.
Eastern machinery, textiles,
manufactures, and finished pro-
ducts will enjoy cheaper rates to
Pacific ports. immigration will
be DETECTED in large numbers
from New York to Pacific ports.
The cost Of operating the canal
will exceed $4, ZOO, 900 annually.
About $500 employees will be re-
quired. To pay interest on the
Investment and operating ex-
penses approximately SIS, 600, 900
revenue per anpum will be need
ed. Traffic experts estimate that
for the first few years the ave-
rage annual tonnage will be 1O,-
600, 600 tons, not enough at the
$1.N rate to make the canal self
supporting. The rates charged
vessels are the same as those at
Suez.
The government will monopo-
lie the business of supplying
coal and provisions and operating
repair facilities. Great dry
docks, wharves, warehouses, re-
pair shops. and other facilities to
cost $40, 600, 900 are under con-
struction. All permanent build
ings will be of the Italian Rem
aissance style of architecture.
The route Of the canal will be
beautified with trees, etc.
Storage for $4,000 tons Of
coal, maximum capacity, is pro-
vided. Normal storage capacity,
$1,000 tons. Oil, 1901 barrels.
Monster 270-ton floating cranes
will handle wrecks or accidents
in the canal or locks. Warships
of all nations may pass through
the canal, but cannot linger more
than twenty-four hours at either
end, in time of war. The Inter-
state Commerce commission has
Jurisdiction over canal traffic.