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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
Chevrolet Cars Delivered.

Deliveries during the past week of 1914
Chevrolet cars included the following: T
j. Rison. T. X. Carter, Porter q. Ward
and Fry & Doig, royal mail roadsters the
first two being electrically equipped: o.
w. Heatwole. Joseph Richards and DIR.
Truman Able, baby grand touring cars,
electrically equipped; Chevrolet light six
to 3. w Jones; Roethke Carver Com
pany. two royal mail roadsters and one
baby grand touring car. all electrically
equipped: Dan Valley Motor Company
two royal mail roadsters and one baby
grand touring car, electrically equipped
and the Bristol Motor Company. tive
royal mail roadsters and one baby grand
touring car, with electrical equipment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
Magnalium for Pistons.

MaSnalium, an alloy of aluminium and
MAGNESIUM. considerably lighter than
aluminium. which has been used success
fully for cylinders of gas engines. is now
being tried for the making OF pstons
for automobiles" says Emil Grossman.
manufacturer of the Red Head spar,,
plugs. For the past few years auto
mobile engineers and designers have been
giving great deal of attention to the
reducing of the weight of the various
iuhctloning parts of the gasoline motor.
First they cut down the weight of the
cast iron in the pistons and made the
pistons of cast steel and forged steel Or
binary cast iron used has a tensible
strength of from 1900 to 10000 pounds
per square inch. with a specific gravity
of 80, while magnal:um is claimed to
have tensible strength of 1900 pounds
to the square inch. with a specific grav-
ity of but -, hence its value if suitable. y
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NORTH AND WESTERN
TOURS ARE PLANNED
Autoists to Go to New England
This Summer, California
Next Year.

New England in 1914 and California
in 1915 is the program which will be
followed by thousands of motorists IN
their summer vacation tours of the
next two years. New England appeals
because of its tree-covered mountains.
generally travelable roads and in
Vulnerable lake and seashore resorts
Hence it is that a considerable at
tendance is expected at the A. A. A.
midsummer meeting which will take
place in the White mountains and on
which special committee appointed by
President John A. Wilson is now at
work. The Maine Automobile Associa-
ton has in mind Il summer gathering,
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Rauch & Lang Deliveries.

model j.. double-drive Rauch &
Lang coach. finished in blue. with blue
leather upholstery, Was delivered during
the past week to Daniel Frazier The car
Is Of the iive-passenger type and is equip
ped with complete smoking outfit.
hve-passenSer town car of the same
make WAS also delivered to the govern
ment printing office It is finished in
blue. with the upholstery Of gray ma
terlai- Ii Is of the outside-drivc type
y hrouShan Of the four passenger tyne
finished in maroon with the inferior of
tan bedford cloth was delivered to
Thomas r. Harney
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Ford Cars Delivered.

The sale and delivery of Ford cars
were announced yesterday for the past
week, as follows: W :. Overton. Roger
Temple. r. o Woodruff. Remsehel Auto
Sales Company -four, ". g. Painter
tthreel. J. H Carter three. TayIoe K
Hunter threeD. touring cars and run
abouts: to j. II. Walton. DIR. Homer &;
Fuller, y. A Reeves. United States Sol
diers- Home J. II. Garter tthreel. road
sters. and delivery wagons to the Star
Laundry Company. :. A. Reeves, J. II
wilkins and the Tolman laundry.
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ENTERS IN THE RACE
FOR VANDERBILT CUP
Barney" Oldfeld. Veteran Pilot. to
Compete for Honors in
California.

Los ANGELES. January 81 Barney
Oldfield. the veteran racing pilot. will
drive in a Vanderbilt cup race for the
first time on February Il. his mount be-
ing Mercer car entered by George K.
Bentel of Los Angeles. Although old
field has driven more times on tracks
and speedwaEs than any other driver. he
has never been contender for the Van
derbilt cup He will drive in the Grand
Prize race as we'll
Barney has been seen in several road
races on the beautiful Santa Monica
course in California. upon which the
great classics are to he staged this sea
son 1t will be the first time that the
Vanderbilt has been run on the Pacific
coast
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Plans Lawns Along Highway

CHICAGO HEIGHTS. III, JANUARY ~
Realizing that beautiful hedges lawns
and trees viii aid in further enhancing
the attractivenesS of the Lincoln highway,
Edward Gull. who resides just west Of
Chicago Heights. is transforming what
was formerly Il barnyard into a beautiful
lawn slopins down to the great highway
Mr.. Gull was OF the first contributors
In this section to the Lincoln highway
fund, and, his friends say. is showing the
true Lincoln highway spirit
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Record of Races.

The following is record of the races
that have been run over the Santa
Monica course:
First race. July la. 199-Harris Han
shue did 2're miles in an apperson at an
average speed of 6f.4 miles Der hour
His running time was 3S.. The fastest
lap was made by Teddy Tetzlaff in 1T
which was an average of 6sI2 miles per
hour The fastest lap ever made on the
course was in 1872. when the speed was
81 miles per hour. The light car event
was won by Bert Dingley, his time be-
ing :.3s.35
Second race. November II 1919 Teddy
Tetzlaff in a Lozier won the ~ Smile
event in 2-i?59- Tetzlaff also won the
heavy ear race of l5l.-, miles in - 10.
Mckeague won the medium car event
with a Duro. covering the 1ol miles III
1-41.4. Fancher. in Maxwell. won the
1ol-miie light car event in 1871.
Third race October u. 19lI-Harvev
Herrick, driving Il National. avera gins
14.6 miles per hour His time was 2.1224
Nerz. driving a National Won the heavy
ear event. averaging "a miles per hour
and covered the course in 12N The Mar
driving. in 2.1+9 Nickreut was winner
of the light car event, driving a Buick,
in 1.4.21
Fourth race. MAY T. 1a12-Tetzlan. in a
:s03.0l2 miles in 1901 averaging $50
miles an hour David Brow> made the
fastest lap at pace of ~ miles an
hour. Ralph de Palma. in a Mercer Won
the medium car event. averaging 90 a
for 49,, miles His time was 10 IL. be-
ing within i've seconds of the world
record.
Fifth race. August q. t9I3-Earl Coop
err in Stutz. won the 455. 22.ss-r mile race
AZ an average of 1875 miles an hour
covering the distance in q I -
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Cadillac Deliveries.

y 1914 Cadillac limousine. finished in
standard calumet green with gold strip
ing, was delivered during the past week
to Mrs X. V. Campbell. The car, which
is Of the Seven-passenger type. is up
hoiSterei i'll green broadcloth aaI
equipped with electric self-startef and
electric lights.
Lieut. George Lynn Morrison L. S A.
has purchased tive-passenger. inside
drive limousine of the same make nm
iShed in standard calumet green with
the interior upholstery of gray motor
cloth
five passenger Cadillac touring car
was also delivered to Mrs. May Rock and
a seven passenger touring car to T.. L..
, FinkenStaedt
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Franklin Sales.

The sale of Franklin Six 30 touring
cars during the past week were reported
yesterday as follows: Miss Frances Ed
monston and \. l.. Francis Both cars
are of the tive-passenser tvpe. finished
IN standard green. with black running
gear and equipped with electric self
starters.
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Trade Association Meets.

A meeting of the Automobile Trade
Association of Washington, d. c., was
held Friday afternoon at 4 O'Clock at
the offices of the Buick Motor Com
pany, 1o2, Connecticut avenue. The re-
port of the committee on constitution
and bylaws was submitted and adopted
The monthly meeting of the associa ton
will be held Tuesday afternoon next at
the same hour and place.
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Lincoln Admirer Contributes.

DENlSON. Iowa, January s1.-Among
recent contributions to the Lincoln high
way fund made in Iowa is that of l..
Cornwell of this city. Mr. Cornwell has
contributed $1,000 as a starter. and de-
clares he may increase the amount later
He is siXty-fve years old. and is Il great
admirer of Abraham Lincoln
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
Leaves for Flint, Mich.

Irving j. Henderson Of the Henderson,
Rove Auto Company leaves today for
the factory of the Chevrolet Motor Com
pany at Flint Mich. He will take with
him the motion picture ii m of the ROYAL
Mail roadster making the ascent up the
10 per cent grade into Convention Hall
during the recent automobile show He
expects to return about the middle of
the week.
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Offers Good Road Conditions.

Ihat the Lincoln highway today offers
the best road conditions for transconti-
mental traffic is attested by a tourist who
has Just made the trip from San Fran
cisco to New York in a heavily loaded
car carrying three persons and full camp
equipment. He suffered but seven pune
lures and these from nails in city streets.
and rode into New York on the fires he
started with. No blowouts msrred the
journey.
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W. S. Petit in Town,

W. ;. Petit. sales manager of the
Commerce Motor Car Company. arrived
in Washington Friday, and expects to
spend few days here in the interest OF
the Commerce delivery car MI Petit
has been for number of years con-
nected in the automobile industry in the
city of the Straishts'' and is at present
making an eastern tour
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1914 Jeffrey Deliveries.

The first of the new 1914 Jeffrey skies
was delivered during the past week 10
Warner Stutler- 1t is finished in Brews-
ter green. with black running gear. The
ear is of the five-passenger type and
equipped with electric If-starter and
electric lights.
A Rambler "croSS-countFy" tiVe-paSSen-
ger touring car, finished in Brewster
green and electrically equipped was de-
livered a few DAYS ago to DR.. NJ. l. Two
good.
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In Garfield HOSPITAL.

Joseph &. Trew. sales manager of the
overland Washington Motor Company,
who was operated on last Monday at
Garfield Hospital, is reported to be rap
idiI improving and expects to be out
within a short time.
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lsw Tire Agency.

Elmer Grady and J. b. Harris both of
whom have been connected for a number
of years III local motoring circles, have
contracted to handle the Quaker tire in
the National Capital. They have located
temporary offices at 1879 l. street north
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Joins Wolverine Sales staff.

Capt. J. I. Rose has joined the sales
staff of the Wolverine Lubricants Com
pany. He has been assigned to territory
in Michigan and northern Ohio, making
his Headquarters in Detroit. He left yes
terday to accept his new position
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Detroiter for Secretary BRYAN.

Secretary of States William Jennings
BRYAN has purchased q 1914 betroiter
touring car, finished in black. with blue
panel aud equipped with electric self
starter and electric lights.
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Overland Deliveries.

1914 Overland model 1aT touring ears
We're delivered during the past week to
Robert Cochran. Isaac Allison and J. ".
Heckineer- The ears are all electrically
equipped
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Maxwell Deliveries.

\ 1914 Maxwell ''2.5' touring car has
been delivered to +. w. Huntsoerry
while roadster of the same type has
been ordered by John Dudley, for early
delivery
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Continues to Improve.

T. Lamar jackson. who has been CON
fined to his home for some time past with
typhoid fever. continues to improve at
his home in Silver Spring. Nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

drivers in the United States. as it is the
desire OF the company that it will be
strictly American team proposition.
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Getting the Course in Shape.

Work has already started putting
the Roadway in shape for the big
events. and those in charge of the
races promise that it Will be in better
condition than ev- before one of the
remarkable features OF this course is
that its construction Will permit a
race to be run over il . couple of
hours after the hardest rain 1T is a
boulevard all the way. and part of it
Is within the city limits Of Santa
Monica. There is a three mile stretch
down the palisades over which the
fastest time is always made There is
another three-mile stretch up Nevada
avenue. at which place the road is so
Wide SIN cars can easily run abreast
There are three turns in the s2-1niIes
lap. one being Il right-sngIe curve. The
soldiers Home turn is very gradual
and can be taken at sixty miles IN
hour. The turn off the palisades on TO
Ocean avenue is also = gradual turn
and likewise can be taken at SiNtv
miles an hour. The turn off Ocean ave
nue. on Nevada avenue is dangerous if
taken at speed greater than forty to
forty five miles an hour The cours.
IS fourteen miles from Los angeles
ana is reached over several perfect
boulevarGS
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and an effort will be made to amaIga-
mate with the meeting of the national
association. Vermont and Massachu-
sets are discussing similar plans
1t has been suggested to the commit
tee in charge that the y. \. \. member
who comes tn. fsrthest distance should
be rewarded by the possession of the
Chairman l.. K Speare is taking up
this matter with Charles J. Glidden
donor of the famous trophy. and it is
expected that the latter will acquiesce
III the change of the deed of gift for it
was his original idea to encourage
touring to the fullest extent.
Cups Are offered
rhc holding of the y. y. \. touring car
trophy. subscribed for by A. A. y. CLUBS
and suggested by former President Rob
ert p. Hooper of Pennsylvania. may he
drawn for by ali those who tour to the
midsummer meeting from am consider
able distance.
The Anderson cup. competed for twice
and offered by the progressive South
Carolina city of the same name, may also
lie drawn for by the runabout and small
tonneau participants in the tour.
For 1915 Chairman Frank y. Mudd of
Chicago. head of the touring information
board, has some extensive plans under
consideration which he will subsequently
submit to the A. \. A. directors. OF
course there is included a trip to the
Panama Pacific exposition at San Fran
CISCO which in the routing might embrace
Los Angeles and the San Diego eXposi-
ton. The A. A. 4. touring bureau is at
work perfecting its transcontinentai
routes. so it will be prepared to meet the
demands Of all members who will want
to go to the coast during the exposition
year. The association now has the
Northwest Trail and the Sunset Trail, to
which will soon be added the Overland
Trail. the Midland Trail log of the
Southern Transcontinental Highway and
other additional cross-country material.
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Picking the Winners.

Many race followers on the coast have
picked either Wishart Or OldfieId as the
winners Their mounts are known TO
possess great speed and the Wise ones
predict that one or the other is due To
show up in front. In the Corona. Cal,
race last fall. OldheId drove a Mercer
duplicate OF the one he will drive in
the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize for $50
miles at an average speed of slightly
over eighty miles an hour
me santa Monica ra recourse. over
which the Vanderbilt cup and Grand
Prize race will be run February y and
70. respectively. is one Of the most
famous road race courses in the world
Inc present road race record of IS :
miles an hour. held by Teddy TetzIaf
IN a Fiat, was made at Santa Monica
and each year the famous drivers who
nave competed in the Santa Monica road
race have pronounced it one of tine
fastest and the safest course in the
world There has never been an acct
uent OF any consequence at Santa
Monica No driver or mocha nician has
ever been injured and the course has
no death record whatever. The first
race was run at Santa Monica july 10
1909 Since then there have been YEARLY
events. and each race has been faster
IMAM the before III, 70 la
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-06-25
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

One aviator was killed and two injured
in flights in Europe Friday.
Complaint is made that horse thieves are
active in many counties of Southern Ken
lucky.
Six lions killed and partially devoured
Emerson D. Dietrich who entered their
cage at Chicago.
Several persons were overcome by heat
and business vast almost suspended Sat-
urday at Guthrie, Okla.
Eight persons drowned Sunday night at
Syracuse, N. Y, when launch carrying
twenty five passengers capsized.
The Northern Baptist Convention, in ses-
sion at Boston, last Saturday voted to hold
its 1915 sessions at Los Angeles, Cal.
Dynamiters barely failed in an attempt
on the 18th to kill the Car of Russia and
his whole family at Tschudnew, Russia.
William Raymack, seventy years old,
died of heat prostration Monday at NAL
vern, Ark. He was blowing when stricken.
The six principal stores of De Kalb, Miss,
comprising solid block, were destroyed
Saturday by fire of undetermined origin.
The loss is about 100000.
Moscow, Russia, June 17.-Fifty work.
men were burned to death to-day in the
destruction of big pulp mill. All were
trapped in the flimsy structure and many
persisted in wild flight to reach the totally
inadequate exits.
Batavia, Java, June 20.-Several islands
to the north of British Guinea have been
devasted by earthquake and storm, &C
cording to reports received here to-day.
Hundreds of houses have collapsed and a
number of natives were drowned.
Vienna, June 2O.-Flying $500 feet
above the heads of spectators of the army
aviation field here to-day, the great Aus
trian dirigible Parseval was rammed amid
ships by military aroplane, causing a
loss of nine lives and the destruction of
both craft.
Emperor Nicholas has started an educa-
tional campaign in Russia. A large railway
car has been fitted out with exhibits show
ing the results of excessive indulgence in
alcohol. It will be taken all over the rail-
ways OF Northern Russia by lecturer and
several attendants.
James H. Reynolds, whose parents moved
to Arkansas, settling in Faulkner County
when all Central Arkansas was wilder
ness, resided there continuously from the
ninth year OF his age until his death last
He was born near Shiloh,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-06-25
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

Louisiana Democrat: Any kind of a
legislative devise would be an improvement
upon Louisiana Legislatures, as now con-
stituted.
Jena Times: The Concordia Sentinel
views with regret the tremendous cost being
heaped upon the people of Louisiana by
the present Legislature. Why the regret,
brother, has it not been ever thus?
Vermilion News: New Orleans has not
yet outlived the disgrace of the thieving
'sLouisiana Lottery" and yet it wants
race-track gambling, alleging the false
plea that it would ''benefit the city"
Morgan City Outlook: And so Doc As
wells relative, Gullatt, who was twice APP
pointed postmaster at Ruston on the Docs
insistence, has been turned down by ref
erendum vote of "a to 252. But that will
not feaze the Doc. 1t will merely polish
the brass on his cheek.
The Shreveport Caucasian expresses our
sentiments in the following paragraph:
What is essential is not Legislative Coun-
ell but Legislature of men of ability who,
as in the years past, legislated for the well
fare of all the people; men whose patriot
ism and devotion to duty can not be SUBJ
ordinated to petty politics.
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FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Over twenty new houses arenow in course
of construction in Lake Charles.
The Congressional District Committees
of the State will meet Tuesday, July 7th.
The religious revival at Arcadia closed
last Thursday night with forty accessions
to the Methodist Church.
Norwood, June 1.-THE tomato crop
here is bumper one. The Norwood Truck
Growers Association is shipping grom two
to four cars daily, and prices are good.
The first two days. receipts of this week s
sales exceeded $1,000, all goods being sold
here on the platform. The crop is heavy
and cars could be loaded for the next two
weeks at the rate of two day.
Most of the farms in st. Landry Parish
have had sufficient rain and crops are good,
especially corn. The cotton is about three
weeks late, but is doing nicely. Consider
able acreage of sweet potatoes has been
planted, and there is prospect for larger
crop than any previous year. The acreage
in corn being larger than usual and the
yield above the average, there will be con-
siderable corn for sale this fall in that
parish
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-06-25
EccleslaSteS.

What profit hath man of all his labor
which he taketh under the sun? One gen.
Grafton passeth away, and another gene
ration cometh; but the earth abideth for
ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun
goeth down, and hasteneth to his place
where he arose. The wind goeth toward
the south, and turneth about unto the north !;
it whirleth about continually, and the wind
returneth again according to his circuits.
Il, 3-6.
All things are full of labour; man can
not utter it: the eye is not satisfied with
seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The thing that hath been, it is that which
shall be; and that which is done is that
which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun. Is there anything
whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
it hath been already of old time, which was
before us.-i, 81 10.
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Notice.


THE public is hereby warned not to
i buy or trade for the following notes,
which were lost by me:
One note on Texas Land for $3.50,
signed by Harry Trimble; note on
Texas Land for $500, signed by Harry
Trimble; l note for $50, signed by
H. w. Scofield; note for $500, signed
by F. Bertels; note for $50, signed by
D. s. Arnold; note for 500, signed by
8. r. Spence; rote for $50, signed by
s. r. Spence; note for S35, signed BY
s. r. Spence; note for $50, signed by
Morgan Dewitt; 3 notes for S25 each,
signed by J. NJ. Ferris, jr., with 2 ne
varietur notes for. $50 each attached; 1
note for $500, signed by John Coats, with
ne uarietur note for SIS attached; note
for $50, signed by M. Davis and Pierre S.
Phillips, and 1 note for S75, signed by
Nellie Vordit and J. w. Chamberlain.
Also, contract between H. B. SEQ
field and Bankers Loan Company;
certificates Of. stock, $500, of the Bur-
mack Oil, Gas and Development Com
pany in the name OF G. A. Hudson, and
| certificate, $1,000 stock in the United
States Steel Railway Tie Company OF
Pittsburg, Pa.
The above papers were lost between
Plain Dealing and Benton, on the Rocky
Mount Road. $40 reward will be paid
for their retern.
1854 H. B. SCoFIELD, Shreveport, La.