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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
LATE MINING KING
 OUTD|D CARNEGIE
Dunfermline Received Large Gifts From John McKane
"A ROMANTIC CAREER
Acouired Experience in British Colum- bia and Made Fortune by Inter- esting Charles M. Schwab m
 Nevada Gold Fields

Edinburgh, August 1.-(Specia1 )--Dun- %ermline. busy little manufacturing town in the east of Scotland. has, of late, beea much in the public eye, as the recipient of many princely gifts from Andrew Car negie. the multimillionaire steel king whose birthplace it was and because 1t recently gave tangible evidence of sense of favors conferred. not perhaps unmixed with lively hope of benefits still to come, by erecting a statue to the said Andrew, thereby conferring on him dignity not achieved even by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, or any other reasonably famous American name ly, that of having a statue erected in his honor while he was still alive to behold it with the eyes of flesh.
 The little Laird of Skibo. however, is not the only American by whose gen erosity Dunfermline has profited. Ten years ago the name of John McKane was one to conjure with wherever two or three mining men were gathered to- gether. anywhere from the boundary coun- try of British Columbia to the Needles of California, and from San Francisco to Denver. Like Andrew Carnegie, John McKane hailed from the little Fifeshire town and he, too, though a financial minnow compared with the steel king, and though the fortune he had made by mining promotions in the boom days of ''the new Nevada was a mere flea bite compared with the serieu array of the Pittsburg mans millions, lavished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

at speed of b miles an hour in high With an open throttle. It also was found possible to set the speed of the car at 10 miles an hour in high gear in the crti- 1 cal point of the hill and hold It. In high, With an open throttle, carburetion was perfect and the carburetor was clean at the top of the hill. There was absolutely no sign of oyerloading
 We found that the carburetor, set for maximum economy got the best acceler- ation and was best suited for hill climb ing conditions. This fact is not true us- uaily, the converse being the case As a rule It IS found that rich and not a
 lean, mixture gets the best results on the hils When other methods for feeding gas ihto the carburetor are used. All our tests were made with high gear ratio. This condition, 1t is well understood is usually reversed in competitive demonstrations.
 To say that was greatly surprised With the showing of the Cole is only stat Ing the matter mildly, although the Cole was always noted for its hill climbing ability. From what I had learned pre- Vlously of the vacuum feed l was sure that 1t would improve hill climbing condi- tions, but I had no idea that it could pos- sibly make such a difference. When one considers. the facts that d maximum speed can be maintained with maximum econ. omy, that the carburetor does not over load and that the engine is not forced to labor it can readily be seen and appre- ciated just what the new vacuum feed system means to the motorst high priced German vacuum gauge which reg isters accurately was used in making all the tests
 The Cole company has added this SteWart-Werner vacuum feed system as standard equipment to its new model cars and, as usual, leads where quality, econ- omy and service are concerned for the owner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Economy in Design of
 Latest Goodyear Tire

A little study and inspection of the new Goodyear S. V. truck tire seems to indi- cate that in designing the tire the fea- ture most sought for was economy to the truck owner.
 The first and most noticeable item is the total absence of steel fastenings of any kind. The first cost on fastenings Tor truck tire of the demounta ble type ranges from $3 to s7 per wheel and on the old style pressed-on type the supple idental band may cost from B to s9 per wheel. Taking the most popular size tires this charge for steel equipment repre- of the tire or in other words the purchase of an s. V. tire can be considered as a 10 per cent reduction in price.
 When one considers that the figures given above represent saving on only one wheel, 1t can easily be estimated that It Will amount to on a whole truck, or to make 1t even greater on fleet of trucks
 To go beyond the first cost figures there is found to be an even greater economy than is at first apparent. We refer to weight. The weight ur the steel fasten- ings in the case of Il demountable type tire, or the weight of tie supplemental band in the old style pressed-on tire is great enough to represent an additional yearly expense of well over $100 when the cost of carrying it around is estimated at 15 cents per 10 mile. The economy idea Is further driven home by the fact that the additional weight referred to is not borne by the springs
 These are only few of the points of economy in the Goodyear S. V. tire. but they are sufficient to represent quite an Item in the truck owners upkeep for the year,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Melville Drennen
 Talks About Trucks

Lack of knowledge of traffic conditions, combined with lack of system in deliv- cry service will do much to increase the unprofitable overhead expense of mercan- tile concerns, according to w. Melville Drennen of the Overland trucks. Mir Drennen's organization has made an ex- haustive study of traffic problems both in this country and abroad and he speaks with the certainty given by the informa- tion acquired through thorough and con- tinuous investigation.
 Tt has often been stated that the mo- tor truck is the final answer to all de- livery problems' says MT. .Drennen. "It has done much to solve the difficulty that is true The advantages of motor transporta ton over the archaic horse drawn vehicle have been too thoroughly demonstrated to leave any doubt on the subject. But the motor truck is not the whole solution by any means.
 Each city furnishes an individual traffic problem of it's own. The proposi- tion facing the truck operator is never the same in any two localities The bus iless man who conducts d successful de- livery system must be close student of traffic conditions in his territory. By a successful ,delivery system, I mean one tint puts a balance on the profit side of the ledger-one that pays for itself in di- rect results.
 Many of the progressive business houses today employ traffic experts as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Read These Remarkable Features !:

Light Weight Accessibility Economy Chrome Vanadium Steel Con.
 struction Long Stroke, High Speed
 L-Head Motors Thrcc-point MotorSuspension Full Floating Rear Axle Two.unit-Three-Point Con.
 struction Silent Electric Starter Electric Lights Silent Chain Drive Shaft to
 Generator and Distributor Positive Helical Gear Drive
 to Cam Shaft Water Pump on Fan Shaft Dimming Search Lights
 Non-Clare System Electric Horn Speedometer Gasoline Gauge Mitchell Power Tire Pump One-Alan Top Integral Rain Vision Two.
 Piece Windshield Quick-Action Side Curtains Crowned Tenders Portable Exploring Lamp Dcmountablc RimA Extra Tire CarricfSin Rear Stream Line Body License Brackets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
New 1915 Models Announced
 by Big Racine Factory

With the addition of light four cyl inder, 35-horsepower car for immedi- ate delivery selling at $1250 added to It's production program for 1915, and the continuation of the more powerful and expensive models that the trade still demands, the Mitchell-Lewis ciotor company of Racine. Wis. is preparing for one of the most active campaigns in its history. The line of 1915 models now comprising cars from 35 to SO horsepower and a range of prices from s1250 to S2350.
 The record made by the Special Six
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Appliances on
 Market for Headlights

"A large number of appliances have been put upon the market recently tc meet the demand for means of eliminating the dazzling glare of automobile head 1 lights" said Charles W. Tway of the Haynes Automobile company, distribu- tors in this territory for the Haynes America's Greatest Light Six. "Smearing grease or securing soap on the lenses will keep the driver from running into con- f1ict with city ordinances, but such an ex- pedient Is only temporary at best Some devices provide shutters that can be thrown across the lamps. These are us ually operated electrically and may be controlled from the dash. In a few in- stances the entire Tense is frosted. Tn either case the absurd situation is en- countered in that a high candle power lamp is used at all times, and in securing less illumination, it is partially covered up while the current consumption re- mains the same.
 "A common method of cutting down the glare and reducing the illumination with dimming mechanism is to switch coils of resistance wire into the lamp circuits in order to cut down the voltage. Though the desired result is obtained the resist ance coils cause an extravagant use of the battery current
 ''rhe Haynes Automobile Company, Ko- komo Ind. has come forward with a unique SOlutlOT or the prODlem III the new Model 30 Light Six car that is being put on the market for the 1915 season. The annoyance from the glare in both city and country driving is eliminated by the use of two simple devices. The head light bulbs are frosted on the upper half only, so that the rays reflected upward are diff fused and softened, thus eliminating the objectionable binding effect on drivers of passing cars in the country. The rays reflected downward through the clear glass of the bulbs are projected straight ahead onto the road.
 For congested city driving second ad- ditional means is employed The two head lights are switched into series, which action cuts down the illumination by re- ducing the voltage by half on each lamp without the use of any auxiliary resist ances. This not only frees the lamp from all glare with sufficient light for city driving, but effects a double economy by reducing the electrical power consump- tion by half, and by making the use of side lamps entirely unnecessary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

heads of their delivery departments. Mer- chants have begun to realize that a com petent manager for their delivery depart ment is as necessary as skilled head of any other important end of the business. The investments in delivery equipments ana their maintenance run into such tre- mendous figures that when this money is not protected by careful, business like methods there is heavy loss.
 I have seen merchants in our big cities using a light delivery wagon when what they really needed was two-ton truck, and vice versa. Yet these same men would consider it an insult if you told them that they were not careful managers. Nevertheless, if they had used such lax methods in running other branches of their business they would never have at tained success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Hill Climbing Ability
 Of Cole Demonstrations

Tests performed on Clifton hill, in Gin cnnati recently by Chief Engineer Charles s. Crawford of the Cole Motor Car company, with the Cole Little Six equipped with the new vacuum gasoline feed, show that this new system of feed greatly improves the hill climbing facil;- ties of the car. It also allows the North way motor to show it's pulling power to the best advantage and adds additional prestige to the standardized car
 In speaking of the trials. Mir. Crawford says: We drove 17S miles on Clifton hill. which is one and one-ql.arter miles long with bad curve. The driving was all done in high gear and we did it with the remarkable average of 15 miles to the gal lon on ga asoline consumption on hill work alone.
 With tke vacuum feed we were able to get a I2-irt> ~--.vsss ~r fhe vacuum tank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

ity, the unfailing fabrication of all working elements. the harmony of lines snd roomness of accommodations for driver and passengers and the complete equipment, leaving no extras for the purchasers to buy before he can begin to use and enjoy his purchase. In short. this car is in every way a better, more useful and more perfectly appointed mechanical conveyance than any that could be bought a couple of years ago Tor many times the prices asked
 Chrome vanadium steel, drop forgings and steel stampings in place of the
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coarser metals, enhances strength and reduces weight Perfect balancing Of all reciprocating parts and reduced weight ad dto the economy of fuel con sumption and tire wear.
 The massive alloy crank shaft. the Nanadium steel construction through out the steering and driving mechanism make Tor safety first" and extreme Iehapllity. The powerful four-cylin- der, L-head, long, stroke, high speed. p'eh efficiency motor with enclosed
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Maxwell Announces New
 Model 25 for Coming Year
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teohunueu rom Page Thirty-three) was voted to place all participants, in- ciuding officials and promoters, on the ineligible list, which carries with it dis barment from participating or officiating at any events hereafter held under the of fcial sanction of the contest board.
 For participation in the Terre Haute meeting on May 23. Harry Agerter of In- dianapolis, driver of the Mercer car, and his mechanician, Vernon Ray, were re- fused registration at a sanctioned event on July 1, and, together with the other participants in this meet. placed on the ineligible list.
 Gordon Morris of Terre Haute, driver of the Ford car, who was previously regis tered, was disqualified and suspended un- til January l, 1916.
 Clifford Ireland of Peoria III was ap- pointed by Chairman Kehnerdell to of ficially represent the contest board for the state of Illinois.
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and the Special Four during the past season and the continued demand has earned for these models a prominent place in the 1915 line.
 Light weight but safety first were the terse orders issued by Chief Engi- neer John w Bate when designing the 1915 Light Four. The essential fea- lures of this new car. outside of the combination of low cost with high qual- ity and its unique though long tested Mitchell Two-Unit, Three Point Sus- pension" are it's light weight with abundance of power, low maintenance cost, accessibility and extreme flexibil-
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Manufacturers Should
 FrOwn on Price Cutting
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knows how to use it has earned every cent of his profit in giving more than that amount of increased service to the buyer
 Hence, the car buyer should not buy from the dealer who trades because he cannot get the service to which he is en- titled from dealer who knows it's value well enough to secure the best price for car which will enable him to deliver it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

princely benefactions on the town of his birth. giving, in fact. when the relative scale of their fortunes is considered, even more generously than Carnegie.
 His greatest gift to Dunfermline was the beautiful athletic park which bears his name and which, though he has now been dead three years perpetuates the memory of man whose career was as romantic and as packed with incident as that of any bonanza king of the Com stock or any of those brave-hearted, red-shirted Argonauts who crossed the plains and the mountains to ransack the hills and gulches of California in
 'The days of old,
 The days of gold
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
Girl Theft case Ends.

MARSHFIELD, Ore, Dec. 6.-De-
claring there was not sufficient evi-
dence to hold w. ]. Mitchell, detec-
tive; b. L. Nosler Joseph Coach and
John Heron to the grand jury on
charges Of kidnapping Lolita Simpson,
A. E.. Shuster, justice Of the peace of
North Bend, discharged the four men
after the testimony OF the Simpson
girls and their father, M. A. Simpson,
was heard.
A new phase was injected into the
case when b. L. Nosler and Miss Ru-
hy Simpson were married at Coquille.
The hearing was attended by a
large number Of friends OF all the
persons concerned in the case. Miss
Lolita Simpson gave evidence that
she had made affidavits at Coquille
concerning @. T. Treadgold, of Ban
don. an attorney.
Mrs. Nosler, formerly Miss Ruby
Simpson. on being questioned regard
ing the affidavits and her testimony
at Bandon, relative to the report that
Joseph Coach had given her liquor,
sad she had given false testimony
tefore the Justice Of the peace at
Bandon. On being required to make
further statement, Mrs. Nosler said
she had been threatened by Tread
gold and he had told her what testi-
irony to give.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
ONE THOUSAND STRONG TO
PROTEST X. g. ii. BILLS

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Five
special trains. each carrying more
than 200 enthusiastic delegates, ar
rived in Washington today for the
opening of the eleventh annual con-
vention OF the National Rivers and
Harbors convention. Sessions are be.
ing held today, and will be continued
tomorrow and Friday, to protest
against the action OF the last congress
In cutting the appropriations for riV-
ers and harbors work from $4,000. =
GOO. as provided by the senate COM
inittee. or s43,OO0,O0O as provided by
the house OF representatives. TO a
lump sum OF s2O.OOO,OOO.
Vigorous defenses OF the projects
which were so bitterly assailed by
Senator's Burton. OF Ohio. and Ken
yon. OF Iowa were prepared by a
number OF prominent speakers who
were ready TO address the convention
today. These include Senator Sauls-
bury. of Delaware, who made a strong
fight in congress for the purchase
anu improvement VI hit NhNHAfN'A'fN
and Delaware canal Senator Shep-
pard OF Texas, who differed with Bur-
ton and Kenyon as to the merits of
the Trinity river appropriation, and
Representative Raker OF California,
whose pet projects. the Sacramento
and Feather river Improvements,
were allowed to go by the board by
congress
1t was the Trinity river. undoubt-
edly, however, which got the hardest
knocks One serious minded senator
asked IL the appropriation was for
the academizing OF the streams bed,
while Senator Gallinger, republican
floor 1eader. asked II the appropri-
alton included expenditures for mr.
tesian wells to supply water for the
river.
When Senator Sheppard had tho
temerity to declare that boat was
even then on It's way up the river.
Senator Norris inquired II II were
coming up on flat car.
President ]. Hampton Moore. Of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
sociation. has stinglng speech pre-
pared entitled "The Pork Barrel, :"
which is a reply to what he regards
as the flippant criticisms in many
newspapers OF the river and harbors
Improvement propaganda
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
GIRLS WoOER BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY

PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 9.-Steve
Parin was bound over to the action OF
the grand jury following a hearing
before Municipal Judge Stevenson. In
the course of which Effie Kreis, aged
16. Of 100 Kelly street, openly accused
Parin ofethreatening to take her life
II she did not marry him.
The girl said she was coming home
from night school last Wednesday
when Parln made the threat Last
summer Parin also made the threat
that he would kill her and himself.
too she added.
Parin threatened to do TO her
what Fred Thomson had done to his
girl" Miss Kreis stated.
Parin denied threatening the girl.
denied all knowledge OF the revolver
that was found in his trunk. He said
he had purchased a revolver in Aus
tria several years ago. but did not
know what had become of II.
a brother OF Parin is married to
Miss Krels' sister. Parin is under
$1,000 bail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09

LONDON. Dec. 9.--Great Britain
has reached an agreement with the
Russian government whereby Russia
in consideration Of a shipment Of s.
100000 sterling S4O.0OO.OOO) from
Russia to England will arrange with
the Bank of England to discount un-
der guarantee of the British govern
ment a further amount of 100000
pounds in Russian treasury bills. The
rate discount will be on the basis OF
the rate at which Great Britain has
been able to borrow for her own
needs.
This 10000 will be applied by
Russia to providing exchange for An
glo Russian trade. The 10000 600
pounds will be used to pay coupons
on the Russian external debts which
are payable in London and for H.
nancing Russian purchases In Egg
land, or where Great Britain is un-
able to supply the article required
and orders consequently have to be
placed in Canada or the United States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
DIES WORRYING OVER
DEBT HE DIDN'T OWE

sCAMMoN, Wis, Dec. S.-Last
winter Thomas b. Evans. late post
master OF scammon. found that his
books showed him indebted to the
government nearly $1,000. Worry over
the discovery made him III and is said
10 have caused his death. He blamed
himself for the discrepancy in his
books. not being an accountant
The office had been entered by
burglars some months before, but
nothing was missed. He had not re-
ported the matter 10 the postoffice
department.
Evans saying nothing to his fam
ily. began 10 make up the shortage
and az the time OF his death had done
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
War Barea Tax Dodgers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-one effect
of the European war which Treasury
Department is the opportunity af-
forded to gather accurate lists OF
Americans living In Europe, who are
subject to the income tax.
With the beginning OF hostilities,
Americans living abroad began to
register at American consulates and
thousands OF names appear in these
records, OF which the income tax di-
vision OF the Treasury department
had no knowledge from any available
information here. The department has
asked the State Department for a
complete record Of such Americans
and will use the lists in checking up
returns made by Americans living In
foreign countries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09
Library Neus
Christmas Suggestions for Children

Christmas Suggestions for Children
A special collection of children's
books has been purchased with
combined funds OF the public schools
and the public library and is today
ready for inspection. This collection
comprises one hundred and sixty diff
ferent titles eforty selected books for
children Of each OF the fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh grades II is ex-
pected that school room libraries will
be made up later with these books as
a basis Of choice.
Special 'care has been taken in
making each group as diversified in
subject matter as possible so that any
child, no matter what his present
reading taste or interest may be, will
find books to his liking. The books
are arranged by grade and the num-
Der OF the grade for which each book
is best suited, is stamped plainly on
the top.
Parents who are looking for ideas
for Christmas presents for children
are cordially invited to examine these
books for suggestions. Nothing
would please children more. or be of
more lasting value than good books
as gifts Development Of good taste
in reading cannot begin too soon and
II may mean everything in the trend
of the child's future development.
The books OF the special collection
have been marked with a white band
and will be kept in the library as a
reference collection. and so may al
ways be found for inspection. Dupli-
Gates OF these titles are in the child
rens room for circulation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-09

the state printing board and the
state printer
The tentative law provides that all
money received for printing and bind
ing from the various departments be
turned over to the state treasurer and
that 1t shall constitute printing
fund to be maintained as continu-
ing fund to be used by the board for
the purpose OF supplies and the pay
ment Of employees Of the printing de-
partment
II is further provided that the state
printer, whose salary is not yet fixed
shall act as secretary Of the printing
board, which shall consist OF the gov
ernor secretary Of state and state
treasurer.