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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
AUSTRALIAN EDITOR
BOOSTS MITCHELL
"Midseason MITCHELL Is
Warmly Praised By Editor
Farmer and Settler"

John w. Bate is highly elated over an
unsolicited testimonial recently given his
famous mid-season Mitchell by the ed
itor of the Farmer and Settler famous
Australian paper.
The performance of this Mitchell some
10000 miles from the place of manufac-
ture and its pioneering trip in parts
never before visited by an automobile
bear silent testin4 ony to the product john
w. Bate is responsible for
Every Farm and Settler reader Is Ia
mllar with the Mitchell motor car, but
perhaps not all, even of those to whose
interest 1t is to know, are aware that
the Mitchell has the highest possible
reputation for good going on bad roads
It is this combination Of high power
complete reliability that makes 1T so pre-
eminently the country mans car. Uncle
following account of a tour recently I'M
dertaken by Mr.. w. ]. Young of the
Australian Pastoral company, a report
that demonstrates most conclusively the
perfect adaptability of the Mitchell to
the hard road conditions of inland AUS
tralia:
Mr.. W. j. Young of the Australian
Pastoral company recently purchased
Mitchell six cylinder car, and the
machine was trucked to Mungindi,
where he took charge of 1t. First,
he drove the car to Noondoo station,
which is 80 miles from Mungindi, and
started thence on a long tour of in
spection of his company's stations,
from Mungindi in New South Wales
to Fort Constantine in northern
Queensland and back. During this trip
the Queensland Downs, st. George,
Bollan, and Authorringa were passed
The road that far was very sandy. and
in places very rough; from Author
Vile, and Longreach, via South Com
ongin, Adavale, and Gumbardo. The
roads in this part of the journey were
generally good.
After leaving Longreach the party
travelled to Warrnambool Downs. AS a
general rule, when motoring to this
station, cars travel through Winton,
but Mr.. Young, for the first time, took
a short cut, in which a range of noun
tains had to be passed over, where
there were no roads at all and the
car had to make its own track. The
reader can have no conception of the
awful places that had to be traversed.
At times the car hit stumps that were
hidden by long grass. One big stump
that was not seen was uprooted by the
front axle, but fortunately it did no
damage to the car. This was the first
time a motor car had been across these
mountains. After inspecting Warrnam-
bool Downs, Mr.. Young's party come
back through Winton, where the road
was very rough.
Afetr leaving Winton they Travelled
to another one of the companys sta
lions named Warranwa, which { is one
of the largest in Queensland. The road
from Winton was extremely bad
When travelling along, without asthe
slightest warning, the car would run
into cutters at least three feetAdeep.
1t was Impossible to see these huge
holes until the car was in them; but
with all this humping and shaking on
these frightful roads the Mitchell gave
not the slightest trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10

An announcement of considerable in
terest to both automobile owners and
dealers is that which has just been made
by the Cole Motor Car company of In
dianapols Ind. telling of the special
exhibit of Cole Eight motor cars, which
will be held in this city for three days
this week
This is the first exhibit of it's kind
that the Cole company has held in Bir-
mngham. 1t is to be staged under the
auspices Of the southeastern district sales
manager of the Cole Motor Car company,
Mr. w. p. borough of Atlanta, Mr.. L. ].
Pake, Cole distributor at Montgomery,
and C. P. Henderson, general sales man
ager of the Cole company. All three of
these men will be in attendance.
The special display of the Cole mod
els will be held in the showrooms of the
Edwards Motor company 215 Twenty
first street, south. The exhibit will open
on Tuesday, September II, and will con-
tinue until Friday. During that time
special demonstrations will be made, and
complete explanation of all the me-
chanical features of the Cole Eight
given.
This special exhibit of Cole cars is
another movement in the general plan
for expansion which the Cole company
has inaugurated in the south. For more
than year the company has maintained
a southeastern district office at Atlanta
under Mr.. borough. Within the last two
weeks southwestern district sales man.
ager with headquarters at Dallas, Tex,
has been appointed.
There will also be special service man.
ayers in both the southeast and south
west. Also extensive advertising is to
be done in this section. No stone will
be left unturned by the company in it's
efforts to bring the Cole Eight properly
before the southern motorists and motor
car dealers
The Cole Eight, the model on which
the Indianapolis firm of automobile
builders is concentrating its production
this year, has mounted by leaps and
bounds during the last year to place
well up in the list of American-made mo-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
WOMEN FAVOR TIRES.
MADE BY GOODYEAR.
Woman Driver Goes From
San Francisco to New York
on Goodyear Tires

Goodyear tires have just figured
prominently in the new transcontinent-
al record for women, set by Miss
Amanda Preuss who drove an olds-
mobile eight roadster from San Fran
cisco to New York in II days hours
and 10 minutes.
Miss Preuss confidence in her car
and its tire equipment, and in her own
ability as a long distance driver was
duly exhibited in her decision to make
the entire trip alone Thus her re-
markable transcontinental performance
becomes not only the fastest ever made
by woman, but the fastest ever made
by any person travelling alone.
Fortified with letters of introduce
ton to prominent personages along her
route and carrying a written message
from Mayor Rolph of San Francisco
to Mayor Mitchell of New York, Miss
Preuss was checked out of San Fran
cisco at p. m, August s. by a news
paper representative of that city.
Following the Lincoln highway
through Reno, Salt Lake City, Council
Bluffs, South Bend, Canton, Gettysburg
and Trenton, she was checked into New
York by a newspaper man on August
10, at 2:30 p m, after the fastest trip
ever made by woman in crossing the
continent. Ihe $500 mile trip was ac-
complished with an average of l miles
to the gallon of gasoline.
Miss Preuss roadster was equipped
with Goodyear tires, plain treads in
front, allweather treads in rear. Her
experience with Goodyear tires prior
to this remarkable transcontinental
trip had been such that she knew they
could be relied upon, which accounts
for their selection as tire equipment
on this memorable tour That the con-
fidence reposed in them was fully justi-
fed is shown in the new record es-
tablished August 81, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
Mansfield Made Bad Parts Good

From MY Remembrance by E. III.
Sothern, in Scribner's.:
we were to open new theatre in Pan
ton street, which was not ready, SO we
were transferred to the Royalty. Mans
Held was young man then, about "a, L
should say He was practically UNI
known. He soon began to shine at re-
hearsal. His part was that of an old
beau. j. G. Taylor was to play a, certain
waiter. The play was an adapta ton from
the French. Farnie. was the adaptor,
with no pride of authorship, so he al
lowed Mansfield a good deal of liberty in
the way of Interpolation and business.
Day by day the part Of the old beau
was built up, especially in Taylor's scenes.
until Mansfield's part assumed the proper
items of leading character and Taylor 8
part, which was the principal comedy
part of the play, faded away into the
background. We all began to take notice
of Mansfield and to perceive that his
character was going to be the part of the
play.
One day Taylor rebelled He told Far
ME and Alexander Henderson, the man.
ager of the theatre, that he was the lead
ing comedian of the company and that
Mansfields character had now become
the most important parsonage in the COM
edy. He protested violently Farnie was
in dilemma. Mansfields business and
additions were so clever and so valuable
that he deserved the prominence accorded
to him. Taylor was an important actor
and could not be dispensed with
Mansfield came forward. Would MIR.
Taylor like my part?'' he said
Taylor felt that. as the principal come
dian the best part belonged properly to
Kim. He ought to have Mansfield's part
Mansfield handed it to him. by all
means" said he; here it is" and he
handed eyer the manuscript covered with
interpretations, corrections and business
We resumed our rehearsals
You will allow me- said Mansfield
to Farnie-"you will allow me the same
privilege with this new part you were
SO generous as to accord me with the
other? Mr. Taylor has the advantage
of my suggestions on the other Character:
you Will permit me to do my best with
this?'
BY all means said Farnie, and to
work we went again.
Mansfield built up again. Day by day,
little by little, his new part absorbed
scene after scene.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
Never Too Old to Run

Just how high an esteem other makers
have Of Federal trucks was evident the
other day when the Detroit dealer of
. well known motor truck put two old
models on sale in front of his showroom
One of them, No. 113, truck which went
into commission five years ago, he Of
fered for sale at $500 The other truck
No. 99S, he asked 5000 for. The party
who was interested and to whom he
quoted these prices was told that with
q good overhauling these trucks would
be as good as new, that these prices
at which he was offering them, nothing
had been done to them except to cover
them up recently with a coat of cheap
paint. 1t is significant Of the quality
which is built into all Federal trucks
when truck No. 113 in service over five
Years, is still running and can be found
offered for sale by a rival dealer. The
fact that the very first Federal built is
still running in New York city giving
satisfactory service. is another proof of
their durability.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
Dog Beat Back a Mob

In the September American Magazine a
writer tells how Prince Otto, a sturdy
dog, stampeded a mob. The writer says:
1.-THE dog needed no second bidding.
Instantly his great powerful body shot
across the intervening space as if pro-
PEELED by giant springs, his fearsome
f9ngs barred and the snarl of battle in his
throat. The mob fell back before his
fierce onslaught, the more corwardly fight
ing to escape The brawny leader went
down at the first rush, his cheek torn
open by Otto's fangs. Tony Rampetto
drew his deadly knife, but Otto seized
him by the shoulder and shook him as
terrier shakes rat Again and again
the fearless dog charged They dared
not fire in the confusion and they were
powerless against this unleashed fury"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
Stretching Hands

What is musician to do when his
hands become stiff and manageable?
stretch them, is the reply. In the Popu-
lar Science Monthly for September new
had-exercising instrument for musicians
particularly pianists and violinists. is in
terestingly described.
The instrument is fitted with grooves
for finger holds which move across the
board by means of elastics. Pegs set
apart for the finger holds. give excellent
practice for stretching the muscles of the
hands. particularly those between the
fingers. After short warming up on
this board, the musician is ready for real
business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
HUPM0b|LE CAR
REACHES NEW YORK
Capitol to Capitol Party
Reaches Gotham on Way
To Hartford
capitalize capital Hupmobile

The capital to capital Hupmobile
party, which j. Walter Drake of De-
troit is sending a 20,000-mile trip
around the United States to investigate
the roads of the United States, reached
New York yesterday from Trenton, N.
j., on its way to Hartford the capital
of Connecticut
The car is being driven by C. E. SAL
isbury and G. r. Lipe, both of Detroit
W. A. Krohn of New York is with the
party taking moving pictures. J. S. Pat
terson. former Chicago and New York
automobile editor,eis writing the story
of the trip.
The party left Washington last Mon
Gay and was sent on its long journey
by United States Good Roads Commits
sioner Logan Waller Page Letters are
also being carried from President Rowe
of the American Automobile association
and President Charles Evans Davis OF
the National Highways association.
From Washington the party went to
Annapolis, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Do
yer, Del Philadelphia and Trenton
Moving and still pictures are being
made of the trip as well as written ac-
counts
The car is a stock Hupmobile and
was checked at Washington by the
technical board of the A. A. A.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10

The first American linotype machine in
TrpoH recently was installed by an
Italian newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10

\ In France the checking system so
well known in the United States is
hardly used at all. Practically all trans
actions are settled by passing bank
notes from hand to hand. Now the
Bancue de France is urging a more
general use of checks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-10
Her Expensive Hat
I'm the Literary Digest.

FTO1n the literary Digest.
A woman entered a car rather out d
breath and presented singular appear
ance, for instead of a hat she was bal.
ancing a hugh basket on her head with
as much grace and ease as if it had
been her Sunday bonnet. She could just
manage to get through the doorway, but
she sat down with the basket gracefully
poised on her head.
"All fares, please" said the conductor
And l shall want twopence for thai
there basket, num-
Get away with YER she said Dye
charge anything for ladies' hats?'
mo, num-
Thin get on with yer work. This ell
basket is a-going to be my hat"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
T0RRICELLHS VACUUM.
Experiment That Led TO tho Invention
of the Barometer.


The barometer was invented by Tor.
ricelli. pupil of Galilei. in 1643. In
attempting to pump water from a very
deep well near Florence he found that
in spite of all his efforts the LIQUID
would not rise higher in the pump
stock than thirty-two feet
This set the young scientist to think
ing, and as he could not account for the
phenomenon in any other way he was
not slow in attributing it to atmos-
pheric pressure. He argued that water
would rise in Il vacuum only to such a
height as would render the downward
pressure or weight of the column of
water just equal to the atmospheric
pressure and, further. that should a
heavier fluid be used the height Of the
column could be much reduced.
To prove this he selected a glass tube
four feet long and after sealing one
end filed 1t with mercury and then in
verted it in basin containing a guam
tity of the same peculiar liquid. The
column in the tube quickly fell to a
height Of nearly thirty inches above
the mercury in the basin, leaving in
the top Of the tube a vacuum which Is
the most perfect that has ever been
obtained and which is to this day call
ed the Torricelli vacuum in honor of
its discoverer.
The name Of the instrument means
weight or pressure measure" and it's
fundamental principles cannot be bet
ter illustrated than by the above de-
scribed experiment
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
Jeems Henry Was Conjured.

MARS John" eXcitedly exclaimed
Aunt Tidy as she pantingly rushed
into fire engine house, "please, sub.
phonograph to de car cleaners sempo.
rum an notify Dan1 to emergrate
home diurgently. kaze Jeems Henry
sho' done bin conjured! DR.. Cutter
done already distracted two blood vul.
lures from his 'pendcrcitis, an l lef'
him now prezaminatin' de chile's ante
bellum fur de germans OBJ de neuro.
plumonia. which eff he's disinfected
wild dey gotter 'noculate him wild the
ice coldlated quarantimes. But |
blieves it's ion."-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
WAGNER'S TWO WIVES.
Ono Helped Him to Attain Success, tho
Othw' to Retain II.

Ono Helped Him to Attain Success, the
Othv' to Retain II.
In the case OF Wagner we find fe-
male influence exerdng strong power
In some of his compositions.
The uncomplaining devotion of his
first wife can scarcely be exaggerated.
During the Paris days of poverty she
trudged about seeking and obtaining
loans for her husband Ga Wagnerian
loan was practically gift. she took in
lodgers in their humble apartments.
she blacked the boots Of husband and
lodger
She sewed and washed and drudged
only to be set aside when the days OF
prosperity came and when she object
ed to her husband seeking inspiration
from the wives of other men. Such
inspiration he found in Mathilde We
sendonck. who was the chief factor in
bringing forth Tristan und Isolde"
But the reader should imagine two
distinct Wagners, almost u real Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde-Wagner the Lit
tie and Wagner the Great
The latter it was who never forsook
his highest ideal in art, who worked a
quarter OF century upon great
music drama. The Ring of the Nibe
lungs" without the hope Of ever see.
ing it given. and wrote to n friend, "If
l live to complete it l shall have lived
gloriously. and If die before it Is fin.
ished l shall have died for something
beautiful"
The second wife of Wagner was Cos.
lima, the daughter Of List. Cosima
Wagner was helpmate indeed for her
imperative and very erratic husband
She was his secretary. She stood as
the buffer between him and trouble
some visitors. She was the diplomat
who smoothed out many a trouble that
was caused by Wagner's impolitic and
irritating ways, and, next to himself.
Wagner loved her as we'll as anything
on earth.-Louis G. Elson in Mothers
Magazine.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
Flow of Solid Metals.

Metals flow into each other just as
gases and liquids mix. though more
slowly. If cube Of lead is placed on
one Of gold. the surfaces of contact be-
ing kept smooth and clean, and left for
a month small quantity OF gold will
be found to have penetrated the lead.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
Test of the Elect,

Let me ask you a question. Did you
ever on freezing winter day stand
precariously in one slippery washbasin
while you sponged your shivering self
with about quart Of water from an
other china bowl? lf you think You
would have persisted In this morning
after morning in an unheated bedroom
through zero weather l salute you. You
belong to the elect.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
a Backslidan-

First Modern Girl Il can't quite
make up my mind about Dollie. There
is something queer about her. Second
Modern Girl-Tll tell you what it is.
She has an effeminate streak.-Life.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
GETTING Solid,

you certainly is fine cook, ma'am,"
said the tramp at the back door after
being fed
"Oh. didn't cook that food you ate,"
said the lady. 81 keep n maid"
well ma am, it's just as good as II
you did."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10
Monster Trout.

Rainbow trout grow to such a large
size In Australia. especially In New
South Wales. that 1t is illegal to take
fish under ten inches in length.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-10

Any Business!
When the good reputation is based |
upon good character, you have the two |
leading factors necessary in permanent
establishment
We feel that for 20 years we have
been building up good reputation, and
tor 20 years we have tried to develop |
sterling worth.
We do not sell ''cheap'' foods at any
price, but do sell reliable goods at lowest |
cash prices.
We are today giving our customers
the benefit OF our immense stock bought |
before the present high prices; we are
selling staple goods at retail prices rang
ing below wholesale prices today. No |
body could ask for fairer deal than that. |
There is another idea that we
wish to impress upon you:
Our Groceries and Food SUPPLIES
OF all kinds are handled with scrupu-
lOus cleanliness. We have the latest
and best methods for handling our
goods.
Our further point: We have an
almost endless variety to select from.
We can supply every need, from the
dalntiest morsel for the invalid to
bundle of hay for an OK. Food for
Man and Beast"---that is our motto.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-04
NOTICE OF HEARING ADMINS
TRAITORS FINAL REPORT.

State of Oklahoma, County of Carter,
IS. In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of w. G.
Clark, Deceased, N. C.. Wood, Ad-
ministrator. Case No. 752.
Notice is hereby given that N. G.
Wood, administrator of the estate OF
w. D. Clark, deceased, has filed in
this court his final report as such ad-
ministrator of the above estate, and
has asked that he and his bondsmen
be discharged; and an order has been
made setting said report for hearing
on the 18th day of May, 1916, in the
county court room. Carter County,
Oklahoma, at 10 O'clock, a. m, at
which time persons interested in the
above estate may be present and
show reason if any they have, why
said report should not be approved
and said administrator and his bonds
men be discharged from further
liability.
Witness my hand this the Goth day
of April, 1916.
THOS. w. CHAMPION,
(SeaD County Judge.
23-1Ot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-04
NOTICE nv PUBLICATION

In the District Court in and for Carter
County, state Of oklahoma.
=. c. Dings, Plaintiff, vs.. Mrs jennie NJ.
Ryan. Sally John. Caroline Lewis, Julia
Lewis Charlie John, Iona Lewis, Simon
John, j. Il. Arnold, Georgia John,
Charlie Lewis, c. II. Smith, Choc-
taw Investment Company, corpora
tion, The Southern Investment Com
pany, corporation, and the unknown
heirs of Big John, deceased, Defendants.
No 1917.
Said defendants, Jennie NJ. Ryan, J. r..
Arnold, Caroline Lewis, Julia Lewis,
Charlie Lewis and The Choctaw Invest
ment Company, and the unknown heirs
of Big John, deceased, will take notice
that they have been sued in the above
named court to quiet and confirm in the
plaintiff, =. G. Dings, the title in and to
the following described lands in Carter
County, oklahoma, to-wit:
Lot and the east One-half of lot 4, sec
tion two (2, township five t5) south,
range two (2) east, and for the further
judgment asking that all interests, claims,
or titles which are being asserted by
these defendants be forever barred, and
that the legal and equitable title to this
land be vested in L. G. Dings that If
there are any heirs not named herein, that
they he required to answer the petition
of this plaintiff, and that this plaintiff
have a judgment barring any right, title
or interest which they may have in and
to these above described premises; and
that Mrs Jennie NJ. Ryan, J. IL. Arnold.
Caroline Lewis and Julia Lewis, Charlie
Lewis and the Choctaw Investment Com
pany, "A corporation, and the unknown
heirs of Big John, deceased, whose In
dian name was Osdochatubbee, must ans
wer the petition of this plaintiff on or be-
fore the 5th day of June, 1916, or judg
ment will be taken quieting and confirm
ing the legal and equitable title in l.. c.
Dings to the lands above described, and
forever barring the defendants, or any
of them, and the unknown heirs of Big
John, deceased, from asserting any claim,
title or interest in said premises.
S. T.. HAYNIE,
Clerk of the District Court,
BY c. A. JONES,
(SeaD Deputy.
l.. S. DOLMAN,
r.. j. HENDON,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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