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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26

TEW Works. harbur has rev
before been 50 crowded with
every description of seagOing
craft. The great oversee COM
merce brought about by the war now
taxes the docking facilities to their
utmost and croWds the a~uChOrages.
More than 100 "oceangoing steamers
were assembled in local waters at one
time last week. This unusual conges-
ton of shipping in local waters is just
making a great deal of trouble To-
the official regulators OF traffic. New
NOrk's harbOr, IL Is not generally
known. had its traffic rules and officers
TO enforce them long before Broadway.
No matter what the congestion Of
local waters may he "A clear channel
must Of course always be maintained.
ard the traffic squad Of the harbor
must keep up IA constant vigil night
and day To watch II. The problem is
often very complicated. Most of the
vessels occupying the public anchor
ages are large, often measuring 100
feet or more in length. Each steamer
or. sailing craft rides at the end of a
long anchor chain. The turn of the
tide makes each vessel at anchor swing
around in an immense circle whose
radius is equal to the length of the
ship and the anchor chain. When
scores of oceangolng ships are an
Chored close together near the channel
they of course require "A great deal of
attention from the traffic squad, Left
to Themselves the vessels might find
themselves in a hopeless tangle, en-
dangering themselves and the ship
ping of the harbor.
Scattered throughout the harhor are
some twerty-eight anchorages border
ing on the regular channels. The
boundaries Of each Of these ]anchorages
have been definitely marked. They are
10 he found in every section of the
harhor and the convenience of every
class Of shipping has been carefully
considered. The public a]nchorages are
besides SO placed that the regular
channels and the courses of ~fcrryhuats.
excursion boats and other craft will
not be interfercd with. 40 anCrnrs
ere permitted near cable or, ssiugs
pipes or tunnels. To the eve of the
average %landluhbcr the boats riding at
anchor in the harhOr seem to he
grouped by chance, while as a matter
Of fact every boat is obliged to- toe the
mark with absolute accuracy.
The regular traffic squad which
keeps these boats in line comprises
three revenue cutters In regular er-
vice, Tho greater part Of the ships at
anchor are to be found between the
fattery and Quarantine, This section
srcludes the great public anchoragcs
an IihTTtN IG1lVI and ATTAIN III. l,.t..
Island shore, where scores Of large
shlps are always to be- fuurd II /. one
OF the duties of the revenue cutter
"hl,h runs from the Iiaitrrv - quar-
anime t" see that THIS fleet is within
'he imaginary line which bounds those
S'eIorases. y second boat, the Man
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hibited at the International EXposi-
ton in Paris in 1900.
With the approval of the Commits
sioner-Gencral of Sweden and tlc
Swedish Art Commissioner. william
Henry Fox. director Of the Brooklyn
Museum. has organized an exhibition
Of the Swedish group Of paintings. en-
cravings and sculpture at present at
the Panama-pacifc exposition. The
tour of this collection will open at the
Brooklyn Museum at the close of the
exposition at San Francisco. II will
include Boston. where the collection
will be seen under the auspices of the
Coplcy Society: Philadelphia at the
Pennsylvania Academy. at the
museums of Chicago, Cleveland, De-
troit. Indianapolis, Minneapolis.
Toledo and st. Louis. The pictures
may Ice seen at other galleries in
the West. MIR. Fox, with Art Com
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A RT dealers expect but a small
- number of new works from
Europe during the present
winter. The difficulty in %transporta-
ton. the absence of many painters at
the war and the hardship in obtaining
assistance Of any kind in France as
we'll as Germany have already led out
dealers to expect few. If any, impor-
tant importations during the winter.
When Zuloaga wanted a painting sent
from his studio in Paris to a firm here
in New York it was necessary for him
to go TO Paris and attend to the mat
ter himself, since his letters from
Spain had been without effect. Here
will again be the opportunity for the
American painter.
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AR 7

of the museum trustees. THE 'I.,,
picture Is well known from r.t..,
appeared in many of IN" ,....,.,,,
of the East. II was shown .u f.. .,,
spring Academy exhibition. Th. nr.r,,
relief Amor Cari;ns." Jos N....,Y.
Saint-Gau1,ns. ha. also boon >.4g.rcl
by purchase for Tin" permanent ,or.
lection of the museum.
All Contcmporlncols arr tor.
many is not dead. vt the C|olu-.. ar.
Union Paul Burk has been ,>...,.
ing a series Of drawing representing
scenes on the German western Bonita.
line. including the comna'- 10. Mos.
sines ard Wyt~rhalto. In ,n.,. p.rE.
the artist has produced rapid .u.. sa,
Of the d~estrICtiV" ASPECT ~. vrl v..n
constitute a fund from vH... r..
toriars will he glad tu draw Tie
same territory has ho,a dep. '.I Hy
W. SChrcucr. otto van Wt.f|,.. n,.
lures are formed ly contrast. color
His still life Is said To- I"., m.. M.
school of Cczaauc 90 its r,.r... . -,
of natural forms. . s.m.'.. ..r.l
chara ter J.. Tn" exhibition OFF I...a.A.
Art Friends. The pro- o,I. .' 'Ns
are also tovo'rl tu h,u.y. ..' rHr.
poses connected with On. Nll.
Through tn, g,uor"- . Mrs
Adolph u. SprorkcIs ul San f,.....o
the museum o. thl' ,'. H.- ..I.,ud
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C"rot. 6; Rousseau, >; Dauhigny, 3:
Troy n, 2, Gourmet. ;; Eihut. Il; In
ness. /: DItZ, j. Mar.s, !; Mauye. 3;
Biommcrs. Ce2auue. Renoir. 3. Sislcy.
.; VI net. Houdin. Gcr.cault and Tou-
.0uSc LautroC. Ten or fifteen modern
imprcSSion.st pictures are also in the
collection ami there are about twenty
five paintings by Sir william Van
Horne himself.
Coz. ,rn.ng Sir William G. Van
Horne's ability as an artist. the Amer
lean Art NcIrs has the following in
teresting account:
Sir william was Interested In a
rumhcr Of industrial enterprises and
banking Institutions. in addition to be-
ing ON the directorate of railroad
and steam.h!p lines. He owned "A
mnlel stock farm in Seiklrk, Mani
toha. for the raising Of pure bred
live stock, and was "A collector Of pic
lures and japanese and Chinese art
works. He was a councillor OF the
Montreal Art Association ard "A vice.
president 90 the National Arts Club
of New York, He was created a
Is. g. VI. O. in May. 1924.
sir william va a painter Of no
mean merit himself and his land
scapos. for tho most part painted at
his GUNNER place AT -. Andrews. y.
r.. IN rich browns aEi yel,ows. had
good composition and Hnc feeling for
nature. lie handled wei the lighter
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haitian, makes " trips daily TO round
up the boats at anchor. \ third boat
visits the anch-rages in the more re-
mote part of the harbOr. scarcely an
hour passes. therefore. without the an
chorases beng uIder irspect.on. Let
a boat from carelessness or ignorance
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ity to enforce their rules. The skip
pers of the vessels. no matter what
flag they may serve under, recognize
the authority. II is only necessary
for the inspector la wav his hand at
an offending steamer just as the traffic
policeman raises his hand To- control
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Courtesy Of the Kraushaar Galleries
Portrait of the artists niece Sonia, by Fantin-Latour.

missioner Schuitzbe;s represented
Sweden on the International Art Jury
Of Awards at san Francisco. out Of
the c~atalogued list Of ninety-four ex-
hib.turS, to Sweden were awarded two
grand prizes, W medals Of honor
and thirteen gold and thirteen s.!ve:
medals. -
The Ehrich Galleries of this city
have recently sold To a descendant
of the Hickman family a group Of
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drop It's anchor n few feet from the
proper position and the watchful eye
of the traffic squad Will note the mis-
take and call tn" offending captains
attention L" il.
As in III" case Of street traffic the
inspectors nave the necessary author
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that no portion OF the hun shall ex-
tend beyond these boundaries after il
has vcorcd or when riding to IA tide
TdN BESIDES mo- vessel j. permitted
10 anchor IN any f the channel eN-
c"pt ir case IF extreme emergency.
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The portrait by Fantin-Latou?
shown here was made by the artist 'c
1890 and represents hls niece Sonia,
now the wife of a Russian gentleman.
The picture has been exhibited ~
many occasions and is accounted one
of the artists most successful efforts
in p~ortraiture. Besnard's picture OF
the Partisan Sphinx was first eX-
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the traffic Of the streets. Should the
ship which chances to he out Of bounds
refuse To move the penalty is definite
and severe. ANY violation of the rules
may incur a penalty Of a 500 fine.
ana the vessel may bc seized and
l!holl,d for the recovery Of the fine.
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soul. ana he had unusual Knowledge
90 both
Charles w. II~awthprno's Refining
lights have been q quirci for tho
permanent oo.lc ton of the Detroit
Museum. The Hawthorne was tina
gift of Elliott T. Slocuu. a ilfc mem
her of the museum. and the Kendall
was presented Icy David Gray, one
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The recent eighth annual eNh!hi-
tion Of the Silvcrmine ,Conn) group
~ artists held in the studio Of the
sculptor Solon Rorglln was " in
tcrCsting quality. Along with the nifty
six oils were shown Mr.. Borglum's
blizzard" some icwe,ry by Margaret
Hamilton, illustrations by +. e. Yohn
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seven portraits of various members OF
the family which was acquired from
another branch Of the same family.
There is a Cop.ey. a portrait Of the
wife NJ Dirck l.cffcrts, whose daugh-
ter Sarah is the subject Of the por-
trait ny Charles W. Pcale. She was
the wife ~ James |. Bcekman. The
same artist also painted the portrait
~ Mr.. Beckman, whi,h is in the COL
lection. He Vas born In l744 and died
in 1896. while the wife survived him
over two years and was born in 1851
To paint their sons. John kock and
Richard Livingston. Mir. and Mrs.
Beekman employed Thomas Sully.
who produced two fine works. j. *.
Beekman vas born in 1774 and died
in 1872. There are in addition pur-
traits of their sisters. Miss Sarah. who
vas born In 1872 and married Richard
James in 1910 and who is shown
,eated fun length on a balcony. The
painter is believed to he Frederick
kink, while the picture of Miss Cor
nclia. born in 1890, is thought to be by
4. /. Wertmu.ler.
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other exhibitors were II. T.. Bishop.
|. +. Dorm, John +. Fo.linsbee, Hamil-
ton Hamilton. Helen Hamilton. r.
Raymond Holland. Adele Klacv. II.
l.eith-Ross. Austin W. Lord. Charles
iielhcl. David Robinson. II. q. Thorn
son and Frank !. Ximmever.
Another valuable and important col
lection Of pictures may Ice put on the
market through the death of Sir VIII
lam Van Horne. VINO had made his
collection with the taste and tho
oughness OF AZ artist.
The pictures which rm Sir Will
lam Van HOrnes collection. with the
number of examples of each artist
when more than one, are as follows:
Rembrandt, >; Frans Halls. .; Rubcns,
Tiepoio, .; Lepr.nce, Grcuzc, Ronn"v,
3. Gainshorough, >; Covert F1.nck. .:
Morland, .; Mich. las Macs, ,; Tenlers,
.: Philip de Coninck. j. Ruisdael, /;
Van Guyen. =. DE Wet, Saloman Ruis-
dacl. >; Micrevelt, >, Guyp, 3, Ter
burg. . Ostade. Wouvermans. =.
Master Half Figure, ., Master Nir-
gins Death. Gerard David, Leonardo
ia NiuCi. Albert purer. >; lschraud;,
.; Del piomno, C%analet,o. florentino,
Guard, . Antonello Mcssina. Greco.
6: Mao. > NelasqueZ, 3. Xurharam,
8: G. va. s; Turner. 3. bennington. ;;
Constable. 8. Opie, Reynolds. 3; Rae
burn. .; Murillo, .; Naysmith, Saliva
tor Rosa, John Brown. Daumicr,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

attached directly to the cylinder casting, the intake manifold being cast inside the cylinder bloc. This arrangement insures uniform temperature for the gases when entering the cylinders, which improves earburetion and increases the miles per gallon of fuel.
 The battery is suspended at the side frame member directly under the front seat. Location very accessible on account of the removable feature of the front seat.
 All the valves and tops of all the pis- tons are instantly exposed to inspection by removing the one-piece cylinder head, which can be quickly removed without disturbing any other part of the motor.
 ''The six of '16' Mitchell has a pow erful 42-horse power, six-cylinder L-head engine of the high speed--high efficiency type, with long stroke and small bore. insuring the much desired quietness and smoothness particularly valuable in an engine of this class and the fiexibility is demonstrated by high gear speed of from two to 60 miles an hour without vi bration
 The engine drives through an accessi- ply stamped steel cone clutch, of in genious design, and a single universal joint mounted Just ahead of the gear set. The gear set gives three speeds forward and reverse selectively and is mounted amidships. From here the drive is taken, through hollow drive shaft en- closed in a torque tube. to the full float ing rear axle. The drive is left and the control Is centered. The wheel base is 125 inches and the tires are 34x4 with antiskid on the rear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

"srhe Six of '16,' just announced by the Mitchell factory of Racine. is creating more comment and discussion in automo- bile circles than any new model an- nounced in recent years The striking feature of this new model to the casual observer Is the remarkable value that is apparent at a glance. While this is a light six it should in no way be con- fused with the average six-cylnder ears in it's range. "The six of '16" is not baby six-it is a real full-sized cara car of such size, beauty and completeness of equipment as would have listed at double apparent this car has not been built to meet a price. The manufacturing facilities of the big Mitchell 45-acre plant. all it's financial resources, and the we'll known constructive genius of Chief Engi- neer J. w. Bate, who has at five differ ent times in the past IA years created a new class in automobile design and value are expressed to the highest degree in this new Mitchell model-"The six of '16 '
 While the long wheel base 125 inches the large 34x4 wheels are all conducive tO cdSy anu cO1llOItdule quauIleS, light weight serves as a serious draw back to this important feature. However, as consequence of Mir. Bates untiring effort to bring about a logical equality in these directly opposed principles, he designed and perfected the Bate improved cantilever spring and as an evidence of the point of perfection MT. Bate has reached in improving the cantilever springs, rebound straps and snubbers or shock absorbers are absolutely unneces- sary and in riding qualities the claim is made that this car cannot be approached by any seven-passenger touring car in the world up to 300 pounds in weight
 After an examination of the car the claim that this is the most accessible car in the world seems well founded
 The Bate two-unit, three-point sus- pension" construction is used as in all former Mitchell Models designed by Mr. Bate. This construction Is such that either complete unit can be removed from the car without removing the body or disturbing any other part.
 The front and rear seats are mounted on removable standards and these stand ards and all the floor boards can be quickly and easily removed, exposing the entire mechanism under the body, which is ordinarily so inaccessible.
 The carburetor, accessibly located, Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
SMITH IS ADDED TO
 CHALMERS COMPANY

On Tuesday, June 1, Paul Smith, who is perhaps as widely known to the mo- tor car dealers as any automobile man in the country, will be added to the Chalmers organization in the capacity of sales manager.
 Percy Owen, who has held this po sftion for some years, will be promoted on the same date to the newly created office of general sales manager. Mr Owen will cooperate with Lee Olwcll, first vice president. and Paul Smith. the new sales manager, in forming the Chalmers council of war. MT. Owen in addition to helping direct sales pol icies of the company, will have sole charge of foreign sales and will su- pervise the Chalmers service depart ment, directing its development in ac- cordance with a broader policy which has just been decided upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
AUTO MANUFACTURERS
 FAVOR UPHOL STEERING OF
 WEATHERPROOF FABRIC
Scarcity of Good Leather Combined With Better Wearing Qualities of Chemically Treated Fabric May Cause Man ufacturers to Discontinue Use of Leather-Prac
 ticaly Impossible to Secure Good Leather

The scarcity of good leather, com pared to the proportion of demand, has brought about an important change in automobile upholstery which, ac- cording to many manufacturers, will soon become universal. Instead of using makeshifts in the form of imi- tation leather, many motor car build CTS alrdeay have adopted high grade of waterproof cloth, declaring that it is even better from the stand points of wear and comfort than the best leather they could secure.
 While 1t was not difficult to secure enough leather for upholstering the 5o,0o0 cars built few years ago, the difficulty in securing an ample supply has steadily increased until this year, when it is expected that fully half a million cars will be produced in this sible to obtain enough good leather to go around
 To Use Weather-Proof Fabric
 Realizing that the shortage in the leather market would become more acute as the number of cars increased, automobile men have encouraged ex- perimentation on the part of cloth manufacturers during the past year or two. The result is noncracking, non- heating, weatherproof fabric of such attractive appearance that many of the leading manufacturers are planning to use 1t on their entire output this com- ing season.
 An added advantage of the cloth up- holstery is that 1t contains no oil or surface finish" which may come off in warm weather and mark the clothing of passengers. Nor does the smooth sur face hold dust. A light brushing will remove any dust that may collect Grease and oil spots can be removed with soap and water.
 The best of the closed cars have all ways been equipped with cloth uphol- stery as 1t was handsomer more com fortable and cleaner than the leather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF INTEREST To AUTooBsTs OF BIRMINGHAM
By ELLIS c. HOLLUNTs
GOODYEAR GROWTH
 SURPRISES OWNERS
Tire Manufacturing Plant Must Have Additions to
 Fill Orders

Goodyear growth has outstripped the prophecies of the officials who believed. when the plant at Akron was doubled in lslS-l4, that ample provision had been made to take care of necessary expansion for several years to come. And now the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company an- nounees the construction at once ai a new brick building that will add 37,5OU square rect or working space to a factory with an area already in excess of 356 acres.
 The new building will house several pro- cesses connected with making cord tires. In which the companys business has grown by leaps and bounds the past year, and room will also be made for the growth of the mechanical goods depart ment to facilitate the making of asbestos packing, balloon and aeroplane fabric, coated and waterproofed fabric, the mix ing of all cements, etc.
 At the same time minor adjustments in other portions of the factory will greatly Increase the output capacity of the whole plant. which is already rated as the largest and most modern tire factory In the world
 And even now" Goodyear officials say, I've believe the tire business, as tke auto mobile business, to be only in its infancy. Today, roughly 20D0.000 automobiles are using up tires about the United States. People want automobiles now more than ever before. Output of automobile fac tories increases year by year. Tie time will come when there will be 10000, ,000- yes, 20,000,000 automobiles using up tires. and the effect of such an expansion on the tire business can better be imagined than computed. The tire business is mure and more nearly standa rdised year by year, and 1t looks as If the industry Is j,.st now squaring away for real, practical, useful growth, without many of the frills and sensations that have characterized a part of the past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
Feet

From the Strand Magazine.
 Among the various races of men. three types of feet occur. Certain pure races have one type of toe which is characteristic of each race Thus, the Zulus, the Basques and probably most pure Celts have the even-toed foot, while the Papuans, the Boschmen and number of African tribes, as well as both ancient and modern Egyptians, have the arch-toed foot. Many Euro pean nations, however. have mixture of the three types. But it is certain that among the English, and probably among the Germans. French and Creeks, the even-toed foot Is the com moneSt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
THE REQ CO. MAKES FORTUNATE BUY; ID
 HAVE BLACK TOPS
Secures 90,0OO Yards of Fast Black Cloth to Place on Tops
 of Cars

''1f you see any automobiles running around with white, cream color or khaki colored tops a few months hence they won't be Reos'' said R. s. Rueschaw, sales manager of the Rec Motor Car com- pany, recently.
 Tt had not occurred to most people that the European war has affected the au- tomoDile top stuation,'' continued the sales manager, but I can assure you it has and most seriously.
 We bumped into the condition just re- gently when we began to consider the plan of making 5000 extra cars over the oroginal schedule, in an effort to catch up with the demand. z-z
 We had little difficulty in procuring other materials, but when 1t came to tops we found it was practically impossible to procure any fast black cloth suitable for that purpose. This was due to the fact that we have always procured our ana line dyes from Germany and now there Is none available.
 Reo purchasing power came to the front as usual however, because just as we were about to give up in despair Tor If we could not put fast black tops on and have every other detail up to the heo standard we would not make the ex- tra cars al all-in walked a man with the startling information that he had dis covered 90'O0O yards of fast black top cloth.
 Where Rec purchasing power came in was that having secuted around and found this invaluable adjunct to an auto- mobile his next consideration was where to sell It with the greatest certainty of getting his money. His first thought was, therefore, to hie him to Lansing. and within 10 minutes after he arrived MT. Smith. our purchasing agent, had secured 4S-hour option the 90,000 yards. He needed the AS hours to make sure that he was covered on all the rest of the ma terial necessary to make the extra say0 cars.
 "l know that some other manufacturers were not able. a few months ago, when money was tight. to cover themselves on top material and have had to use what ever they could get. The difference won't show up until after a few months of ex- posture to the sunshine and the rain, but when it does Reos will possess another distinguishing characteristics-Reo tops will still be black