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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-23
WHO'S WHO
JOURNALISM WEEK

DIR. Henry =. Pritchett of New York,
who will open Journalism Week pro-
gram, is president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. He was born at Fayette,
Mo-, fifty-nine years ago this month.
He received an A. B. degree from
Pritchett College at Glasgow, Mo-.
when he was IS years old.
He was interested in astronomy. and
the next year found him a student in
the United States Naval Observatory.
Then he came back to Glasgow, where
he was an assistant astronomer at an
observatory. He went to New Zealand
with the VENTS Expedition.
He was professor of astronomy at
Washington University in st. Louis
from 1893 to 1897. Then he became
superintendent of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey. He left
this position to become president of
the National Institute of Technology
in 1900. He was made president of
the Carnegie Foundation in 1906.
Doctor Pritchett has been honored
with membership in many societies.
He has been granted honorary degrees
by Hamilton College, University of
Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale, Johns
Hopkins, Williams College, Univer-
sity of Michigan, University of Toron-
to, Brown University Miami Univer-
sity and the University of Vermont.
He has also a Phi. d. from Munich.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-23
THE NEW BOOKS
The Trail Of the Waving Palm.

Page Philips, the author of this
novel of adventure, is somewhat
vaguely identified as the author also
of the novel "At Bay" His present
effort is one of these soldier-of-for-
tune affairs, bordering trifle on the
blood and thunder of the dime novel.
with much shooting and intrigue and
several deaths, but redeemed and
raised to the level of real reading by
a certain intensity of feeling and a
deal of very good writing.
1t has a certain timeliness and news
interest just at present because of its
setting, which is lin barbarous Mex
ico." The plot details the struggles
physical, mental and moral-between
Valentine Bantry, young Jamaican
of Irish descent, and Rudolph Won
Brincken, a renegade Danish army Of
ficer. Constance Thorne, a New York
heiress, supplies most of the love in
terests.
Somehow, this book, although stir
ring with adventure, seems just suit
ed for the listless, shimmery, ham,
mocky' summer afternoons that are
coming. 1t will pass the time pleas
antly, at least. (The Macaulay Com
pany, publishes, 15 West Thirty
Eighth street. New York; 1915; 313
pages; brown cloth. design in gold;
illustrated with sepia plates; $1.25
metz
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Fighting would be introducing a de-

Fighting would be introducing a de-
moralizing influence of the past.
This sport, if indeed it could be
called sport, is a return to the bru-
italities of civilization long out OF
date. From the esdays of Caeser, when
gladiators sought the favor of the
masses by an endeavor to kill one
another, or the batting of wild ami
mails, such games have been disap-
pearing along with growing ideals,
until now the bull fight is the only
remnant. Nobody doubts the skill
of the matador or the toreador, but
outside of the Spanish peninsula all
unite in regretting their misplaced
Utility.
i. was the gallery of the vestals
that the chief hope of the stricken
gladiator lay, and so it is today the
women of Cuba who have made the
determined protest against the intro
duction of the bull ring on the island
of Cuba.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-23

And now a woman has been arrest
ed at Paris, ILL.,, on the charge of
buying the votes of other women. Two
women said they had been paid SO
each for votes. Anyway these women
revealed something of their bargain
counter experience, for most of the
men at Terre Haute and other cities
didn't get that big a price
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-23
NEEDLESS NOISES.

1t seems almost a sacrilege to
speak of noise in what we have called
quaint and quiet old Columbia, but
that reputation does not preclude the
possibility of a rather discordant
Teality. We would not have you be-
lieve that Columbia is noisy city
that would be sacdilege-but we
would speak of needless noises.
Some time ago Baltimore conceived
the idea of a special policeman for
the prevention of noise. Officials
reasoned that persons were being dis
turbed perhaps in their sleeping
hours by the noises that are only too
frequent in large city. They want
ed to see if some of the disturbances
were not needless and preventable.
The result of the experiment was a
revelation. And now Philadelphia.
the Quaker city. has followed in the
footsteps of Baltimore.
Baltimore and Philadelphia are far
different from Columbia. The move
ment is significant to us, however. in
that it indicates a growing desire on
the part of the city to protect its
citizens from needless disturbances.
Columbia's worst offender in this re-
spect is the automobile. Drivers fire.
quently go down the streets in the
residence as well as the business sec
tion with the mufflers on their cars
cut out, or open. 1t may be in the
small hours of the night, or the car
may be passing a church during
services.
The excessive use of the horn on
the streets is another way in which
automobile drivers offend in this re-
spect There is a fascination in the
"honk! honk!" that a good many
drivers cannot resist. They like to
hear the noise. The disturbance is
not the only bad effect of this prac-
tice. as it leads to a disregard of the
horn as a danger signal by pedes-
trains and other drivers.
A little consideration of the rights
of others would remove these abuses.
If that consideration does not present
itself, then city ordinances should be
brought to bear on those automobile
drivers that persist in these practices.
Columbia is not noisy city. 1t could
be made an even more enjoyable place
in which to live by the prevention of
needless disturbances.
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WOMEN FOR A BETTER CUBA.

There is now a bill before the Gu
ban Senate to legalize bull fighting. A
petition against the bill has been pre-
sented TO President MenOcal by Cuban
svomen of different nationalities.
Should the bill pass the legislative
body. it seems hardly possible that ne
would sign the measure in the lace
of this petition of the women OF Cupa
for higher ideals. To legalize bull
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so CAMPUS GRASS MAY GROW
Foundation Rock Of Old Academic
Hall Being Removed.

Part of the rock foundation of the
old Academic Hall is being removed.
The grass on the West Campus will
not grow over the foundation because
of the lime in the rock. The founda-
ton rocks are about a foot beneath the
surface.
Workmen started yesterday morn
ing removing rock east of the Col
umns. They will cut the rock for a
depth of three feet, and about four
feet wide and sixty feet in length.
This is the second time that rock
has been cut from the old foundation
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-23
One Good Story
Knew Him.

Visitor:-You remember me, don't
you, little man?
BObby:-Course | do. You are the
same man father brought home with
him last summer and mother was so
cross about it that she didn't speak to
father for a whole week-Boston
Transcript.
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The Literary Trawler
IdIeneSS.

Few men and women have enough
character to be idle with safety. Also,
few men and women of strong and
sterling character are willing to be
idle Idleness, therefore, is almost al
ways the sign of weakness as well as
of danger. Leisure" is pretty word
but flowers sometimes cover a pit
fall.-EXchange.
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About nine years ago sixteen loads
were removed a short distance east
of the Engineering Building.
More of the foundation will later be
removed. In summer time, it is pos
sible to trace the complete outline of
the old University building by the
dead grass.
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Davis Residence Damaged by Fire.

Fire, at o'clock yesterday morning,
damaged the roof of the residence of
Glenn G. Davis, 1415 Paris Road. The
fire started from a defective flue The
house is owned by DR.. W. B. DeJar-
nett, formerly of Columbia
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Champ Clark made so many i'm
promptu exits from hotels the last
month that they must have recalled
to him the "shirt-tail" parade of his
college days.
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To a Meeting of Creamery Men.

P. M. Brandt, instructor in dairy
husbandry of the College of Agrlcul-
ture, went to st. Louis yesterday to at
tend a joint meeting of the creamery
men of Illinois and Missouri.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
UNUSUAL TIRE MILEAGE.
Cadillac Runs G,2OO Miles without
Change, Puncture or Blowout.

Tire manufacturers theory that. among
other things, continuous pulling power
from the motor and ability to start a
car without a jerk contribute to longer
tire wear. seems to have been proved
by a Cadillac Eight demonstration in Los
Angeles.
The fact that this car has been run
500 miles on the same set OF tires with
out single charge, puncture. or blow
out single change. puncture. or blow
men as one Of the greatest demonstra-
tons of many seasons.
The tires show but little evidence OF
their long service. and II their appear
ance is to be relied upon. they are good
for several thousand miles over and
above the $500 miles OF service they al
ready have contributed.
This showing is remarkable consider
ing that this Cadillac Is y seven-passen-
ger model apd has been used almost ex-
ciusfvely for demonstrating. Almost
without exception. 1t has carried seven
passengers on the demonstrating trips.
and 1t has been driven into the hills to
show its action on heavy grades. Heav-
ily loaded. It has also been driven. at high
speed. and the runs II has made have
been far from easy, 20 far ~ the tires
are concerned. It also has made one
very last round trip between Los An-
e1les and san Diego.
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HANDLES UNION FOOTWEAR.
Travers Store Selling Novelties and
Staples in shoes.

Commencing last Thursday the Trav-
ers store, located at 3l4 Seventh street
northwest, is furnishing the women of
Washington with union-made footwear.
This Is a new departure on the part of
the Travers company. who manufacture
oil Of the shoes sold in the Travers
stores in the large cities OF the country.
This company has had a large call for
union-made shoes. and believes. as union
ism is becoming stronger throughout the
country. that the women of the country
are entitled to be able to purchase high
grade footwear in novelties as well as
staples bearing the union stamp
In the past it has been impossible for
women with union affiliations to secure
up-to-date footwear with the union stamp
and with few exceptions the Travers
stores will be the only ones in each of
the cities where they are located that
can supply any kind of shoes and all
shoes from $3.50 to s. per pair in novel;
ties and staples bearing the union stamp.
These stores and the Travers factory
have the hearty Endorsement of the labor
unions throughout the country. who>urge
upon all female members of the union,
as well as the wives and families of tbs
male members the ACCESSIBILITY of wear
ing Travers union stamped shoes. The
Travers factory has been given the Boot
and Shoe Workers stamp No. u.s.
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down hill. around sharp corners. over
rough pavements, there is a different
tale TO tell. The frailest woman can
drive the new light Baker without
fatigue Steering is no effort. No other
car is so easy to steer.
Weight is the biggest handicap to
speed and mileage. In the new light
Baker. twenty-three miles an hour is at
the drivers command. This is probably
the highest speed ever built into an
electric coupe. 1t far exceeds the speed
limit of most cities. On crowded streets
the new light Baker is handled with an
ease and quickness impossible in any
heavier car. 1t also turns in a shorter
radium, due to an improved steering
knuckle.
High speed. easy steering, light weight
and short turning combine to make
quick getaway. You can easily turn in
narrow street: quickly maneuver through
a jam of traffic. This means more than
mere safety. 1t means a sense of con-
troll which makes driving a pleasure.
Weight is the most expensive thing
about a motor car. 1t wears out tires.
consumes current, uses up batteries, in
creases repairs. The cost of running an
electric varies uniformly with weight. 1t
Is safe to figure that the new light Baker
Weighing three-fourths as much as an
other car will cost but threefourths as
much for upkeep.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
URIC ACID
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
PAINTING SHOWS
PLANTS AT WORK
Studebaker Artistic Novelty
Being Exhibited at Frisco
Exposition.
SHOWN In PANORAMA
Flash-Dimmer Makes Possible Scene
of Factories as They Are Through
out Entire Day.

"A working day at the Studebaker
automobile plaintiffs is the title or
the immense oil painting that stands
as the keynote of the Studebaker dis
play at the PanamaPacifc EXPOSE
ton in San Francisco. The painting,
which is IL L. feet wide by 9l-2 feet
high, weighs half A ton. and it was
no small task to transport this i'm
mense piece of work from New York
where it was made in the Hippodrome
and Grand Opera House studios-to
the City of the Golden Gate.
But it was a still harder task, nat
urally. TO have the panorama of the
Studebaker plant painted. The idea
was conceived by G.'L Williams, ad
vertising manager of the Studebaker
Corporation. 1t took the faithful and
persevering efforts or TWO New York
painters, Grant Wright and Harry F.
Byrnes, whole month 10 depict on
canvas the spirit of industry that is
personif1ed in the Studebaker factories.
One can form an idea of the quality
of detail that exists in the picture
when one realizes that something over
] 5. 900 windows show in the scene. To
aid the lighting arrangement it was
necessary to Opaque the back of the
picture. carefully avoiding the outlines
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of each window, so that the lights
might shine through undimmed
The lighting arrangements are as
novel is the picture is faithful
birds-eye view of the twelve fac
tories comprising the plants at Detroit
and South Bend. A wonderful illusion
is gained by means of specially con-
structed machine called a flasher
DINNER, a development of the machine
that produces the best stage lighting
effects. In two minutes the spectator
at the exhibit sees the plant as it is
every hour of the twenty-four- and
all by means of the lighting arrange
mtnts.
First. the plant is seen at dawn.
The gray light turns to the yellowish-
white glare of the sunlight and the
factories appear in great activity.
The sunlight moderates as afternoon
comes, taking a warmer crimson tone
and as the sun sets the factories flash
on their artificial lights. Soon through
5000 windows the lights shine out on
the late afternoon, and occasionally
the blow or of the blast furnaces
throw a red glare over the surround
ing buildings. The whistles blow, how
ever. concluding the days work at the
plant, and soon all lights are out, leaving
the scene in a blue darkness through
which there wrinkles here and there the
lanterns of the watchmen. A whole days
activity is over at the Studebaker plant
but it takes only two minutes in the
eyes of the the visitor who watches the
illusions made by the lighting of the pic
ture in the Studebaker exhibit.
The same spirit of American enterprise
that is responsible for the great Stude-
baker factories is apparent in the huge
reproduction that should call for no small
amount of admiration from visitors at
the exposition.
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TOURIST Value
FIGURES GIVEN
More Than a Million Will Be
Spent by Them During
This Year.
so SAYS LOCAL BUREAU
Requests for Advice About Routes
Should Be Sent in at Once to
Insure Early Replies.

Reduced to figures that will demon
strate the monetary returns from the
great volume of trans-continental travel
that will be done this year. the most
conservative estimate is well borne out
by the inquiries for touring and route
information received at the Washington
and New York touring bureaus of the
American Automobile Association. On
April l the total was 1,0O6
Facts supplied by all these inquiries in
dictate an average of four persons to a
car. Placing the average expenditure at
$ per head per diem-and this sum
makes allowance for a portion that will
camp out at least some of the way-this
plainly shows a net income of not less
than $4,000 to each of the States crossed.
AS the season fDr this inforamiton has
hardly started. ~ can readily be seen
that the amount Of money which will
be spent in each of the States by the
automobile tourists. will run into seven
figures.
made as to the amount OF touring that
will be done this year In the United
States, ii will fall far short of the actual
count. This view of the situation is
warranted by the enormous increase in
the number of inquiries being handled
this spring by the A. 4. A. This in
crease over any previous years records
not only comes from the membership of
the national body of mOtor-car owners.
but also through the various chambers
of commerce and like business associa-
tons between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. These inquiries logically find
their way to the national body of or
ganized motorists because it has at its
command all the general touring and
route information. and has accumulated
a large amount of unusual data as to
roads and conditions. Contributions are
continuously being received from the
more than 10000 membership Of the 4.
a. A. throughout the country.
During the past week there have
come. to the national clearing house Of
touring and route information, the very
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
MAKE READY FOR GREAT RACE.
Auto World Waiting for Indian.
apolis Speedway Event.

Indianapolis. March 27-With the yep-
ice, Vanderbilt. and Grand Prize races
of the slate. the attention of the soprtinr
world is once more being focused on the
next Indianapolis 5O0-mile race. the fifth
of the annual series, inaugurated in 1911.
This contest. 1t is predicted. will over
shadow all that have gone before. both
in quality of field and volume of attend
ance. Thirty-three cars are expected to
face the starter, instead of thirty, as be-
fore. and there is hardly a motor fan in
the country who will not be there either
in the flesh or in spirit.
The foreign representation in the race
despite the war, promises to be as good
as ever. At least three French cars, two
English, and possibly three Italian cars
are expected to start. unless the outbreak
Of war in the peninsula blasts the hopes
of the latter.
Americas contingent, moreover. PROM
ises this year to be on q par with the
Europeans, all of the car builders hay-
Ing learned their lesson through the over
whelming defeat Of last year. and now
being engaged In active preparation with
brand new line OF speedsters. The con-
nict will be one worth travelling far to
-.
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few minor CHANGES
IN CHALMERS SKIES
Cylinder Dimensions Are the Same,
but Altered Core Work Gives
Greater Water-Jacket Space.

Chalmers has the same two skies
that ii had in 1914. They have been
refined in number of details and on
the larger chassis a touring body Of
entirely new design has been fitted.
In fundamental features the cars
are mechanically the same as for the
past season, but some minor changes
have been made. The cylinder dimen-
sions are the same but the core work
has been altered to give greater wa
terjacket space. The gasoline feed sys-
TEN has been altered to a combina-
ton pressure and gravity feed, tho
gasoline being forced by pressure to
a small tank on the dash. thence flow
ing by gravity. This arrangement has
permitted a slight raising of the car
buretor giving better accessibility.
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MOTOR COMPANIES JOIN.
Allen Absofbs the Sommers Motor
Company In Ohio.

Company I'm Ohio.
The Allen Motor Company. OF Fostoria,
Ohio. has recently absorbed the Son.
nhers Motor Company, of Bucyrus. The
Sommers Motor Company was organized
by L. A. Sommers for the purpose of
manufacturing a motor which was in
vented by him.
This motor, which is reported to be
one Of exceptional power and efficiency.
has for some time been used exclusively
in Allen cars. and the combining of the
two organizations was doubtless a logi-
cal step in the development of rapidly
increasing Allen business.
The company now has a capacity for
the building Of from twelve to fifteen
cars a day. and it is continually adding
to its facilities. having just taken pos
session Of the Atlas plant. adjacent to
its main buildings in Fostoria.
The Allen "a. which Is the company's
big leader. is $s95. ive-passenger tour
ing car fully equipped and possessing
splendid lines. 1t was one of the sur
prises at the New York show.
1t IL claimed that the weight of the
car and the power OF the motor form
the ideal combination for endurance and
OF operation.
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MOTORCYCLE Engine Wins Auto Race

The engine of an Indian motorcycle,
when built into the frame of racing
automobile. developed power enough to
win the fifty-mile Juvenile championship
at Ascot Park in Los Angeles, a short
time ago Driven by 1s-year-old Harry
Hartz. the machine with the Indian
motor finished the fifty miles in 1 hour
minutes and q seconds. Hartz showed
equal skill to that displayed by many
old racers. maintaining a steady pace
from the start and In the straight-away
stretches. reaching a speed Of sixty-five
to seventy miles an hour.