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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
STUDEBAKERS BREAK
RECORDS OF FAST TRAINS

The recent l.0OO-milN reliability run
participated in by upwards OF 100
Studchakcr cars in as many dincren,
parts of the country finished :hcsmost
sever" test ever recorded for the road
ability OF amy car. but in every in
stance u perfect score WAS recorded
II WAS u test of the reliability OF the
Studrbakcr car ana the Loco miles
Were Ia Ice covered within forty-cight
hours actual running time. and there
was no suggestion that amy cntrant
Try I" attain speed iaurclS; ncvcrthc-
less. several new speed records in Ger
tain parts OF TIA" country. widely sep
aratcd were established
ON more than one run the best train
record WAS hcttcrcd 10y S,udcbaker
stock cars. which had received no Spe-
cial PREPARATION for the ordeal to which
they wcr" submitted. For fcats of this
nature the houors GO to cars from Kali
amazoo Mich: seattle. Wash: Port
land. Me; Aberdeen. :. u. and COREY
Vile. Kan. though the last named car
did not participate in the reliability
run.
kalamazoo. while not making the
best record for the four days rum
rolled up mileage OF l.olo.1 miles in
thIrtN-four ana ouc-half hours. using
ninety eight gallons OF gasoline and
seven quarts "i oil. 1t was on the first
day that train records were beaten
y run was made to Battle 'reck, Mar
shall. Albion Concord. jackson and re-
iuru-a distance of lii IL miles in
four hours ana forty-eight minutes
Fhcn on the same day To RiChlaud
Dclton and return to Kalamazoo. thir-
ty-"iEht and onc-half miles in ono hour
seven minutes. Completing The day. a
run was made To Alamo, Otscro. AL
logan Martin ana riainvilln. thence
tie return To kliuiplynp .I.li,,,- Gov
cntr -ou" miles TO tn" days record
For the entire day the three runs
totalcd @5l miles III eight hours tirtv-
TWO minutes. an avcrag" speed of a
mile in two minutes twelve seconds
Attaining At times a speed Of close
on TO sixty miles per hour. several
train records between stations were
beaten 10y a wide margin
Fred L. Etchcn is the local Studc-
baker dealer AT Comcyvillc. Kan. and
he was forced TO undergo all sorts Of
chatting for not taking part In the
reliability run. hut the fact IS he did
not have Studcbaker Six available
at the time; hut he determined to get
one as soon rs possible and TO go them
one better in the way Of reliability
runs-and he did.
As the result Of 4 wager to eat
breakfast in Cofreyvillc. lunch at Kan
Sas CITY. and return 10 Concyvillc in
time FOR evening dinner. Eichcn made
notable record run ON Monday. No
v"mber II. The distance covered to-
tails %93 miles. and Etchcn uii il in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
Billions of ISOstrnrd.

Millions-yos. billions of postal cards
arc distributed every year In the United
states. In fact. the figure is so stu
pendous rs almost to be beyond com.
prchcnsion.
In the city of Akron. Ohio alone.
more than 100000 postal cards show
ing bird's-eye view OF the factory OF
the Il. r. Goodrich Company. have been
sold by local dealers within the past
year. That this one picture is the most
popular of all in that city is obvious.
IN" sale of the picture Of the factory
witch employs more than IL 900 men
and which is the largest rubber factory
III the world, exceeded that OF any
other postal card % any other city
Wow by moro thnn twnmtv-iiNn ti,nnS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
twelve hours and ,hir,y-fo four minutes

twelve hours and thirty -four minutes
actual running time.
Starting from comcyvillc ut A. NJ
me ear arrived at tho Hotel Baltimore
Kansas city. one minute before noon
ana on this part of the trip. tfty-four
minutes were lost in stops. The re-
turn from Kansas city was started
At o'clock and losing sixteen minutes
on the way, arrived back In Cofrey.
Fiile nj SID l.. NJ, having been checked
IN at various places en- route
with this run Etchcn established a
new record. for never before has the
round trip hccn accomplished in a sin
gle day. AZ times the car went as
hieh as sixty miles per hour and nj
other times many slow downs were
,orce" pN curves and speed ordinances
IN the towns. yet Etchcn not only es.
tapiiShcu new auto records hut he beat
tram records time and again and in
cidcntally collected his wager
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
.cn so promising rs those We now

been so promising us those We ROW
face.
Last year the sales of Detroit Elcc-
tries far ou,s,rippcd those OF any other
iucloscd automobilc--in either the cleo
trio or gasoline field.
This coming season we Will more
than double last years production.
over year ago we Senscd the Situa-
ton and began to prepare for rush
OF orders when our fall selling season
opened up.
Our noor space was greatly en-
larged: an entire new bnildtnS WAS
added to our plant; the working force
at both the Dctroi; and Cleveland
plants was Increased materially; great
quantities OF materials were contracted
for. and Il number of the lat"St-tEre
automobile machines were secured.
Even with these precautions taken
our production sheets show that We are
working at maximum capacity to Keep
oven with the shipping orders that
are being received daily.
1T is evident to the experienced OBJ
server that the public wants incloscd
now more than ever be
fore-aud IL insists on having them.
On every hand YOU hear instances or
men who have driven number OF DIFF
frrcnt types ana who now admit that
they would not think of giving UP tho
incoscd car for all-year driving.
Many OF these men have chosen
the Detroit, Electric as being the best
iuclos.d car on the market.
In the first place. il is so perfectly
ventilated that YOU enjoy touring car
GOODNESS in summer and limousine lux
ury in winter.
plenty OF mileage. power and speed.
As an actual matter Of fact. they are
as efficient as any automobile for rs
pcr cent OF all motoring trips.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
FAILS TO GET LETTERS
OF ROBERT L. STEVENSON
woman Who Married StcpsOn of
Writer loses Action In supreme
Court.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
NEW YORK. November 27--Mrs.
Katherine Durham Osbournc. wife OF
Lloyd Osbourne, failed I'm her at
tempt tn get possession of 152 let
ters written by Robert Louis steven.
son. Supreme Court Justice Donnellx
dismissed her action to repIeyin IN,
letters
Mrs. Osbourne married tho ston.or
or Stevenson. She testified she CON.
sidered the letters had n market v,luo
OF ut least $4,000. and n sent,m.p,o,
value to her far in EXCESS this su,n
she said she lived with Mrs. Robert
LOUIS Stevenson for several years n,
relied. f"i
The court was Informed that Mr.,
stevenson. who died n year ago. wrote
in her will:
'ro Katherine Durham Osbourne. n
woman OF incredible fcrocity who has
lived on my bounty for several wears,
ut the same time pursuing me with
malicious and false Islander. | beoueath
So"
Did YOU not state to the newspapers
that sh" Mrs. Stevenson) had kid
MAPPED your SON." she was asked
No she answered. She admitted
MIS-. stevenson paid tuition for her
children's schooling. and that one or
them lived with Mrs. Stevenson for
more than one year.
The evidence showed that Stevenson
wrote tn" letters in question to his
mother and father. The former gave
them To her daughter, Mrs. Jane w
Ealf"ur. of Edinburgh. Scotland Mrs
R;lfour allowed Graham Balfour to
use the letters in his biography OF
Stevenson.
Ralfour turned the letters over to
Mrs. stevenson the authors widow hut
Mrs. oSbourne contendcd that he said
she airs Osbournc) was to have them
after Mrs. Stevcnson's death. Mrs,
Stevenson gave them to her daughter,
1sobcl Strong Field. She was ahou,
to dispose OF them at auction when
Mrs. oshourne obtained an injunction
and started rcplcvin action
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
RUNNING EXPENSES THE
QUESTION OF BUYERS
Some Definite Data Is given Ivy tho
MAXWELL Company After
SERIES Of Tests.

"How much Will il cost me to run
my automobile"
This is the question tho average nom
motorist of moderate means is asking
himself these days. There can he no
general answer. declares "Fay-as-Y You
Ride" Alsop. of tho AlSop Motor Com
pany. Inc. local Maxwell distributors.
cars differ widely. and driving
conditions arc so diverse that mono OF
the writer's on automobile topics have
dared 10 go on record with definite
assertions.
The nearest authentic information OF
The kind is a summary recently pre-
pared by the Maxwell Motor Company.
Inc. Of Detroit, in which are given the
actual milcagcs and running expenses
of ifty-thrcc different cities in the
country
The data from these trims. made
under impartial observation. with diff
fcrcnt drivers and In different condi-
tions. was rendered still more accurate
by the fact that each car put in 900
miles in the actual service OF prospec-
, tive buyers, doing tho work which each
buyer would do with car If his own.
| All tho cars were new and selected
at random from dealers stocks
None OF these cars required replace
| mont or repair Of any sort: none suf-
| fcrcd accident. In every case tho cX-
/
| for gasoline and oil. Scvcral pune
! turcd tires were repaired at current
| rates. At the end OF the run each
car was sold for what IL would bring
I the result definitely establishing the
! amount OF depreciation incident to
! 900 miles Of usc--morc. i'm all prob
ability. than the average motorist
! would give car in three months.
These Maxwell cars averaged 223
I miles per gallon or gasoline and ran
the Loco miles on an average of three
pints OF oil In dollars and cents the
cost OF all this wide range of running
figured exactly slightly over i-2 cent
! per mile.
: In every ease INC car was sold to
! on" Of the prospective buyers. .Hho had
! oticiated as observer over a certain
/ part OF the run, and had himself Ger
/ tined to Il part Of the cars perform
ancc. TIL" depreciation was 50 slight
! as to constitute n negligible quantity
this despite the fact that deprcca-
/ tion in sales value is supposed to bc
I at its maximum for the first OO1
miles
. OF course. these figures were the
result OF widespread series OF tests
in a light car. The Maxwelrs light
ness undouht"dly played an important
; part in the remarkable fuel efficiency
results attained. This is also true OF
the light tire wear incident to these
tests after several OF which tire cX-
p"rts pronounced the tires as good az
. new.
Tire wear, depreciation and all cx-
peusc included the results Of IN. tab
Ulat!on seem 10 plainly show that the
aN"rar" Naxwcllit"'s motoring expense
should b" somewhere near cen, per
mile. and is as likely 70 be under this
nauro a. oyer il.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28

The motor Is 3o-35 horvepowu
The price Of the Winter Touring Carlo. Roadstrr,
complete, including regular mohak top, L.
$3.50 e. O. b. Detroat)
Canadian price Sls3S (add freight from Detodt)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
LIGHTS ON ALL VEHICLES
WOULD Be PROTECTION
Maintenance OF Lights Would Not
Exceed a Cost of So Per Year
TO Vehicle Owners.
DINNER" ORDINANCE FIGHT
President Airport, OF Richmond Auto
mobile Club, Praises The Times
Dispatch Editorial, and Tells How
Ordinance Was Passed


MI owners and drivers OF auiomo-
members or the Etchmond Automobile
club or not are united In the conten-
ton that III" ORDINANCE" IN reference TO
mead ana tan light ON automobiles
snould apply also 10 wagons ouESi"s ana
other vehicles when driven AT night. In
many parts OF the city the streets are
dark and when wagons or other vehi-
'IeS arc Icli S'AhdiNS IN 'he Stro"'S
II endangors Inc users OF hnto,honiiHS
on which dihmeu H"hts are nS"0 under
III" ordinance referred to.
The sentiments of tho automobilists
OF the city are expressed by Presi-
dent Robert Is Airport. in the fol-
lowing letter 10 The Times dispatch:
Richmond Va. November -. 1915.
To tho Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Dear Sir.-ilcase believe me when
] say thu; the automobile owners are
deeply grateful TO YOU for Nonr cdi-
torial in this mornings paper 1t
came 70 va rs a bolt of lightning out
nf n clear Sky. must frankly say
That | believe & is tn" first time that
any Richmond newspaper has ever
taken the side OF the autom"bilist.
nance committee contemplated tho pas
sage OF the "dimmer'' ordinance. |.
with some other members Of tho Auto
mobile Club, appeared before tho com
mittcc and advocated the dlmm'nE OF
headlights. but also pleaded with the
committee not TO recommend the ordi-
nance unless they required all vehicles
TO carry lights AZ night. This plea
tabled the ordinance az that time be
cause there was opposition on the part
Of tho Retail Grcc"rs Association to
49,, sd, -.,t 81, f.l
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
New bridge over New River.

PEMBROKE, VA. November 27-Thc
BOARD of Supervisors of Giles County
has appropriated $500 for the con-
struction of bridge across New River
II is understood that the bridge will
cost $1,000 more than the county APP
preparation. the Norfolk and Western
hallway footing the balance OF the bill
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
GET POWER
The Supply Comes From Food.

If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can. That
is only possible by selecting food that
exactly fits the requirements Of the
body.
Not knowing how to select the right
food to fit my needs, suffered griev-
ously for a long time from stomach
trouble" writes lady from little
Western town.
1T seemed as If I would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything that
l could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
filled my stomach with gas. / got thin
ner and thinner until / literally be-
came living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
"a few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such
good effect from the very beginning
that kept up its use. was surprised
at the ease with which I digested it. 1t
proved to be just what / needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the inflated feeling which
gave me SO much pain, disappeared.
Ny weight gradually increased from 9S
to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out, my
strength came back. and am now able
to do my homework and enjoy 1t.
Grape-Nuts did it"
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to
wellville," in pkgs. There's Reason
Ever read the above Iettere A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
DANGER IN CLOSE ALLIANCES
investigation Has Shown That Cancer
Is Most Probable When Cousins
Are Welded.

Speaking of the possible hereditary
tendency to cancer, Dr. Charles b.
Davenport of the eugenics laboratry
at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y, says
of the fact that the incidence of cancer
is highest in Maine: Il have no doubt
that this is due to the presence Of one
Or more races in Maine which are nom
immune to cancer"
Doctor Davenport's studies indicate
that resistance to cancer is a positive
(dominant) trait and that nonresist-
ance appears in children only when
both parents belong to nonresistant
race. And this result is commonest,
other things being equal, where cousin
marriages are commonest, because
that makes it probable that is one
parent belongs to a cancer race, the
other-the cousin-will belong to the
same cancer race. Now, in rural
Maine cousin marriages are extremely
frequent, especially in the islands off
the coast, and here we have the con-
ditions for the result-the high Incl
dence of numbers Of the cancer race
in an inbred community"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Achieved Fame Early.

1t is astonishing how many promi-
nent players now before the public
were we'll on the road to fame at the
early age of twenty-one, says writer
in the Theater Magazine. Patti made
her reputation at the age of eighteen,
and when she was twenty-one was al
ready making speciality of farewell
tours. In 1904, at the age Of sixty
three, she made her twelfth farewell
to America at $4,000 a night, and
many predicted it would prove her last
adieu, but Adelina, now hale and
sprightly at the respectable age of
seventy-four, is threatening positive
ly 'final' farewell to the land of dol
lars next fall. At twenty-one, Maude
Adams had emerged from lurid melo-
drama to become leading lady for E.
H Sothern in 1.-THE Highest Bidder"
When Minnie Maddern (Mrs. Fiske)
attained the age of twenty-one, her
career was full of achievement. Annie
Russell made her first stage success
with a Juvenile "Pinafore" company.
At twenty-one she became star as a.
result of her great triumph in "Esmer-
aida E. H. Sothern was twenty-one
when he appeared with the late Helen
Dauvray, and he did so well that DAN
lei F'rohman decided he was of stellar
timber, and featured him in THE
Highest Bidder"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Tailor Got Even,

The Central Law Journal says that
a Philadelphia tailor was shocked over
the size of the bill rendered by law
yer he engaged to sue a customer and
later when the lawyer bought suit
of clothes the tailor retaliated by send
ing him a bill in the following legal
terms: ITO measuring and taking or
der for one suit, $3.50; warrant and in
structions to foreman for executing
the same, $685.; going twice to cloth
merchant, $2.25; fees to cloth mer-
chant, $25; cutting the cloth, $S.75;
materials for working, $3.50; sundries
for working, So; trying on of the suit,
$2.75; alterations and amendments.
$3.50; entering transaction in day.
book, 81; posting same in ledger. 81;
engrossing same, $3.50; writing to the
button dealer, SIPS; filing his decla-
ration-eight sheets, SIS; fees to but
ton merchant, 1915; removing the
suit by certiorari to your residence.
1925; writing receipt, SITS; filing
same, $1225; service of same, $3.50;
ditto, $1.50; total. $10025."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
FOUR MILES IN AIR
WONDERFUL VIEW AFFORDED TO
THE AVIATOR.
At That Height Two Hundred Miles of
the Earth, in Every Direction,
May Be Scents Effect
on the Nerves.


Augustus Post writes of the Expert
ences of an Altman" He has been up
four miles and tells how the earth
looks from that altitude.
For every miles ascent" he writes,
"96 miles of view open out, so that
at the highest point l have reached,
more than four miles, one could see
200 miles on the earth's surface In
every direction, unless lov-hanging
clouds lie between the aeronaut and
the rest of humanity Sometimes like
fields of polar ice, sometimes opal and
rose and gold-it is a wonderful thing
to see the upper side of a sunset
the floor of the clouds, ever shifting,
ever taking on more varied shapes,
moves beneath you, or you rise
through high-fioating one, in brief
white solitude.
Zone side of the cloud floor may
be red above the last rays of the sun,
while waves of orange, purple and sui
phurous yellow stretch across to the
cold blues of the east and the silver
splendor of the moon, for it is at full
moon that long distance balloon races
are always arranged to take place.
Here and there fountain-like forms
rise from the mass stretching beneath
you and curl back like giant flowers;
they are currents of hot air breaking
through the cloudbank from below.
"Your pulse rate rises, your respira-
ton grows faster, perhaps your hands
and feet are a trifie numb, as the
Paragraph needle rises-indeed, by
this time it has risen above the card
entirely, for the instruments common
ly in use record only to 10000 feet,
and is making it's mark in the metal
cylinder; in time it will leave the CYL
inder altogether.
IF you open a bottle of water the
air that has been confined at a lower
level pops out as if you were open
ing bottle of charged water. Going
higher still-for men have reached an
altitude of seven miles-the air is so
thin that one must take along oxygen
to breathe, the pressure of sea level
being Is pounds. Up here you are sub
jected to only half the pressure; you
feel lighter than cork; the nerves are
drawn taut.
eff you poke a pencil or your finger
into your skin the indentation will
remain just like making hole in a
piece of putty. Doctors call this
'pitting,' and on the surface Of the
earth they take it as proof that life
is extinct. There is less mountain
sickness than one would think, judg-
ing from the nausea felt on the high
peaks of the earth, but then in noun
tain climbing there is great physical
exertion, exhaustion even, and here
there is absolute calm-nothing to do
till tomorrow, and that seems a long
way ahead with no breeze, no sound,
no motion save as some movement of
your own jars the basket trifie. -
American Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
War as Seen In the Ranks.

The Museum OF Hamburg History
has begun the cGiie ction of soldiers
letters from the front to relatives at
homes, and the latters' replies, as an
adjunct to its archives connected with
the war.
The aim is to get, not the writings
of officers and the exceptionally well
educated, but the humble comments
of those who have written without
any expectation that their words ever
would be published, and therefore
were completely unconscious.
The proponents of the plan want to
get an insight into the patriotism,
courage, hate and love of peasant and
citizen, worker and storekeeper by
which they were actuated while at the
front, to know their feelings as they
thought of their homes, their rela-
tives and their families.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Harmless.

The commuter was plainly excited.
He pounded the seat cushion in front
of him as he spoke, and his voice rose
high above the rattle of the wheels.
mo matter what my earlier views
were," he exclaimed. 1--WE changed
radically. I'm for the Reds now
against all Corners"
A timid little man across the aisle
edged quietly out of his seat and
sought the conductor.
TITS an outrage" he exclaimed. An
avowed anarchist like that fellow
ought not to be allowed to ride in a
public conveyance"
Hes no anarchist" said the con-
ductor with grin. He's chicken
raiser. Just now he's expressing his
views on the merits of the Rhode
Island Reds, the best little layers in
seven states"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
HANDS LIKE VELVET
Kept So by Daily Use of cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

On retiring soak hands in hot Cuti-
cuIa soapsuds, dry and rub the Oint-
ment into the hands some minutes.
Wear bandage or old gloves during
night. This is a zone night treat
ment for red, rough, chapped and
sore hands" 1t works wonders.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address Cuticura, Dept.
KY, Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Practice Makes Perfect.

An ex-corporal of the regular army
wanted job in the park spearing bits
Of paper and other debris with a sharp
stick.
do l have to take a civil service
examinations" he asked the district
leader.
Il guess not" said the man Of infiu-
ence Just bring me letter from
your captain stating that you are pro-
ficient in bayonet drill. That ought
to convince the commissioner that
you're qualified for the job"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Quite a Difference.

Della, after rain. begged to go out
side to play.
You may co." said her mother, If
you will stay on the walk, and not
make mud-pies."
1t was not long before Della was
leaning suspiciously far over the walk,
81 thought you promised not to
make mud-pies," mother called.
I'm not, mamma" replied Della
I'm making doughnuts."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-06-11
Work.

First Prisoner hear that under
The Hague convention of 1907 pris-
oners of war are entitled to pay for
any work they do.
Second Prisoner-What ought we
get, then, for trying to chew that
tough meat they give us?