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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27
FRASER RIVER
STUMBLING BLOCK

According 10 Bsment aud Evans
this feat Was believed 20 DO one 0f
tho few that could not be accom-.
pliahsd during the present genera.
ton, unlssa a highway for motor
traffic was carved out Of the huge
ranges in the Canadian Rockies.
Also The gold medal which had been
offered since 1919 by a prominent
Canadian civic society Tor the sue.
ccssful completion Of the Journey
from tho East, az Winnipeg. 20 the
Wort AZ Vancouver. had been un,
claimed because ell previous at
icmpin had been failures.
Moreover. tho two Lincoln High
way executives cot out on a well
planned route and. after days and
days % bueldns over tho crudest Of
roads and trails, they managed "a
reach as Gar 40 the Fraser river val
| ley, This famous section Of British
Columbia has proven the stumbling
block o. even the early gold seekers
because of the BbruptneHs % the
rock cliffs which face the river sides
To travel on the miiWay tracks.
Bemoni and Evans had 20 drive of
their course 900 miles and have n
country blacksmith ~ them up with
sst of steel wheels. which were
Hanged 10 ride on the rails. Then
they drove back the 800 miles In re.
turn 10 their jumping OFF, place,
only TO travel about 40 yards on the
rails when The wheels feli upart. the
fittings having been impractical For
Tho next two weeks they hit q email,
like pace with the railway tracks o.
The highway for their car. with no
special wheels
They put planks ahead. then tray.
slcJ The distance q the plank. and
repeated the process, A. ono stage
u tho game they Travelled thru an
ii6a.yard tunnel In n giant noun.
tain, and four minutes after their
exit on tho other aide, the Canadian
National railway limited came thru.
| AZ length they came thru the
/ Fraser river country and the rest OF
the distance WAa mild travelling com.
pared 20 the nightmare Of before.
People displayed the greatest OF won.
I der when they saw the automobile
vending It's way towards the Pacific
coast IN this region
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27
BUICK EXPORTS
MOUNTING
High Tariffs Hit Italy and
France Business, Tho

Granting that tho automobile bust.
ness is fair barometer q general
eommruial conditions an3 certainly
we have found u 20 az home. tho
eoms'acG - Europe "a gu,ng 90 he
much quicker than even the most
optimistic have dared 10 hope, says
n. T, stpng. general sales manager
0f the Buick Motor company
The salt Of iiuiek cars certainly
stt at uHught The almost uniform
predictions that Euupe's prosperity
was to GENE well into the fuuurc and
only after some very carefully
planned and well executed economic
siimuisuons,
Two tralnloads u Buick cars
bound for fore.gs s,iorrs left the
Buick factories during the third
week Of September. one on the
l5lh aud another ON tho s0lh.
During August five trainloads %
uuIcks len the factories Tor export,
ms points, and tralnload shipments
for September viii no doubt surpass
tbc month of August
Aside trom italy and France, where
unfv0rsblc tariffs Practically pro.
hihIt the sale OF any American made
motor cars, there seems 20 be no one
spot In the world where Buick cars
are not being purchased
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

Ycu ea1 buy Gny Ford car By Sakiss o
small dospn-payrres,f and arranging easy
ferrRs for the balance. Or you cGn bay
on the Ford WsesIy Purchase Plan. Ths
Ford dealer tn yosr nsiehborhood usIi
gladly explain both plans IN detail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

.THIs Is not a publicity story for
l. Ford cars. altho the maker OF
that much maligned automobile may
find a certain measure Of satisfac
ton Ia Il. II IS a tale OF a run made
BY ono Of that breed from Vancouver
u. C.. 10 los Angeles In five days
and 10 return 20 the Canadian city
Ia the same time
That fact In itself would no; be
sufficient 10 arouse more than OF.
binary interest. but the when the
owner and driver william NJ. Ihug
ley. Of South Port Mann. New West
minister. u, c.. announced that this
particular Ford had run over 2so. 900
miles In ~ yeara. that It's previous
seryitude was excellent. and that.
despite the fact that Us vintage suE.
gested Il YVES old enough 20 vote. u
WIS suu capable Of forcing many
modern and hiFberpricci ears 10 90.
low in the wake 81 Us exhaust, thm
offspring o. Hcnrys qualified TO-
special mention
"No, much 10 look a. says t.aus
ley. "bui there's lot OF kick len in
the engine. Made tho trip from Van.
couvcr without changing gears c1.
cepi thru restricted district" adding
contldentially that no knew the speed
limit was Is mites. but that once IN
while he would open her up and
breeze along around 20 miles,
Tn not much on tho technical. "
no continues. referring 70 the manu-.
featuring processes Of various garo.
lines. but ! want 10 say that / az.
tribute much Of my success have
had with the motor 10 the use of
Union gasoline and Arisio OIL And
I've tried them ali, Before removing
10 Vancouver a few years ago from
San Frnncirco. I had been a constant
user % Union products. because OK
pericuce has shown me that with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

Duo 20 tho growth OF business Of
the Continental Motors corporation in
South America, the company has sen,
Howard Davenport % that country
M n field service representative. Mr.
Davenport left Detroit this week and
will make his headquarters IN Beunos
Aires.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27
CANADIAN TRIP
BIC THRILL
Successful Pioneers Tell OF
Western Motoring

OAKLAND. Sept. 2Ts-Auothsr 10.
mantle and col9rful act has been
added 10 the epic drama u tho great
western country OF tho North Amer.
can continent The distance from
Winnipeg. Manitoba, % Vancouver.
British Columbia. has been Travelled
BY motor car without leaving the
Dominion 81 Canada and being forcsd
Into The United statua because ~ i'm
passRbls stretches ~ road
This feat had never before been
accomplished BY motor car until Aus,
TN y, Bement. yloa president and
sscrstary ~ the Lincoln Highway
association. and Edward 4 Evans. q
founder Of the Lincoln highway and
Vice president o. the Blssloh Aismite
company. met with success recently
after a series Of narrow escapes from
death and exciting Incidents.
Bsment and Evans have been IN
oakland for the past week az LIN
coin Highway headquarters
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

them the performance Of my motor
was better can get more power
and speed II ! want u. and never
have any valve troubles"
Tho car was originally a rycpas.
aeuser type. but Langley. who Is a
rhncher cut or the back and con.
ycrtrd IL Into a truck ZOE use in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

hauling merchandise 10 and from
Vancouver and his ranch, four miles
distant.
10 u proud Of his car. and each
year sends a picture of tho bus 20
Henry Ford. and according 20 Lang,
ley. Mr. Ford shows hls interest By
personally acknowledging receipt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27
DODGE SPECIAL
CARS REDUCED
Price Drop Surprise; -Four
Models Are Affected


In view OF the upward trend IN
automobile prices, considerable sur.
Prise was oecasioncd BIS Dodge
Brothers recent announcement OF a
reduction in prices OF their special
type ears.
Dodge Brothers were able % do
it. according 10 the factory an.
nuuneement. on account Of the In.
.rrassd volume ~ their purchases
y special equipment for the special
type ears.
Dodge Brothers special types con.
sst q the standard cars equipped
with accessories which produce the
utmost IN comfort and convenience
aud Appearance % the car. Among
these are steer disc wheels. i've
talleou type tires nickcl;rimmcd
radiator nickel plated bumpers.
automatic Windshield wiper. rear
view mirror scuff plates. cowI
lights and motomstcr with lock 4
special body stripe is also provided.
FOUR STYLES
AFFECTED
Four Dodge Brothers cars are az.
fectcd By tho rcduetioE-thc special
touring car. special roadster. special
a. sedan. and special four.passcn.
ger coupe. The "B'' sedan and the
blsiness coupe have also been added
20 The line OF special types.
As the reduction vas made pos.
sible by economies effected In the
purchase OF equipment used exclus-
tveiy on the special type cars. the
standard types are in no way AZ.
fected. according 10 W. L. Eaton.
local dealer. The prices OF all stan.
daui types remain unchanged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-27

There arc aoout 100 amateur radio
transmitting stations In Spain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-04
KTWANIS CLUB CONSIDERS A
cotton FACTORY IN DAWSON
Committee Appointed to Take
Preliminary Steps for Obtaining
Subscriptions to Stock. Would
Pave Part of Stonewall Street.

rb. hest meeting the Kiwanis club
held in long while was the lunch
Friday evening at the Dawson
|Inn
number OF matters looking to the
aerial progress of Dawson were
.dered. and preliminary steps were
,ton for the furtherance of move
|r,eot, that would be of untold benefit
l. tbe city if pushed to successful
conclusion.
The most important matter discuss
Ii was the erection Of modern cot
hon factory in Dawson. Every mem
her Of the club present was enthusiast
IL over the proposition, and pledged
|,beir earnest support of movement
- secure for the city much needed
|enternrise of this kind. A committee
Consisting of R. D. Smith, w. A.
Mitchell. w. L. Battle, ]. A. Shields
Ind Mayor A. L. McLendon was ap-
POINTED to obtain information and
|5ata as to the best way to raise the
Necessary stock for a factory.
The club is also fostering move
|m4nt to have Stonewall street, on
|wbich the new postofice building
fronts paved from Lee street to
Fourth avenue. 1t was proposed that
|the city and the county jointly do the
having, and J. P. Perry, w. S. Dozier
End DR.. Lamar were appointed COM
|mittee to appear before the city coun-
III and the county commissioners and
.rge the matter upon them.
A letter was read from J. L. Muir
oby OF Kirkwood, Ga, inviting the
mayo- and citizens OF Dawson to at
hand meeting which will be held at
the Dempsey hotel in Macon on No
MEMBER 18th to discuss hydro-electric
bower for central and southwest Geor-
gia. No committee was appointed to
attend the meeting, but Mr.. Saville,
the president of the club, requested
every one who could to attend the
meeting.
Mrs. Hamilton and Mr.. Hasselbring
rendered several musical selections on
The violin and the piano.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-04
Forget Me Not Day Will
Be Observed Here Saturday
Public Urged to Respond in Behalf OF
Disabled World War Veterans.

As tribute to the veterans who
were disabled in the world war a day
has been set aside when all the people
'oi the country will be given an oppor-
.tunity to assist these soldiers by con-
|rbutng to fund to be used for their
benefit. and committees have been APP
pointed in every town to see that
tag dav" is made a success. Mrs. Karl
Thompson has been made chairman OF
HE committee in Dawson, and every
LADY, in the town is invited to assist
lin the sale of the tags and flowers.
The day has been designated "For-
get Me Not" day and will be on Sat
|mday November 9Th. The ladies OF
the city will ask all to contribute.
Mayor A. L. McLendon has issued
the following proclamation calling up
on the people of Dawson to take part
lin the observance of the day:
Proclamation by the Mayor.
Whereas, the friends of the disabled
american veterans of the world war
He staging a tag day for November
18th, which is to be called and known
Jas Forget Me Not" day; and
Whereas, the funds which will be
raised by this drive will be used to
help the disabled veterans in all kinds
LOT emergencies, and
Whereas, generous response
Should be made to the solicitation OF
funds to be made. on Forget Me Not"
day,
Therefore, I, A. L. McLendon, May
OR OF Dawson, do hereby proclaim
November 8, 1924, as Forget Me
Not day and urge all on that day to
give tender consideration and gener-
Gus aid to the disabled veterans OF
this world war.
A. L. M'LENDON, Mayor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-04
MEETING OF
JUNIOR BARACA CLASS

The members of the junior Baraca
class of the Dawson Baptist cnua n;ai
have planned business ana sot .E
me- for Thursday night IN the
Bsraca room OF the church at p. m;
Rf f. : " all business has been disposed
~ c. nIeasant social hour will be en-
;oved alter which delightful refresh.
5 5,snts will be served. The otflcers OF
tbe class urge that every member pc
. ~ as matters of importance 70
he class will be discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
MERCHANTS FACE LARCENY CHARGE
Three Little Rock Citizens Indicted Following finan-
 ciaI Difficulties

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 4.-In- dicted on charges of larceny and em- bezzlement of checks aggregating S4O,000, B. P. Kidd, R. A. Kidd and Robert O. Bossinger, officials of the Kidd -Bossinger Hardware company, which was sold out recently follow ing disclosure of financial difficult ties surrendered to county authori- ties and made bond late today for their appearance for trial.
 The Kidds. who are also defend ants in civil suits for various sums. totaling more than S56,000, alleged to have been overdrawn from the company's treasury, were named in 10 indictments. Bossinger was i'm dicted on one charge of aiding and ahetting the alleged embezzlements.
 The misappropriations charged against the Kidds are alleged to have occurred during the period from February l, 1921, to October IT. 1923. Checks are involved in each instance. the amounts ranging from $1.000 to $7.o00 and aggregating approxi- mately s40.000..
 B. P, Kidd issued a statement to- night declaring that there was no basis for the charges and that audits of the companies books dis closed nothing for which the off. cers could be prosecuted. MT. Kidd was a member of the grand jury which reported the indictments but was excused when his case was taken up.
 MT. Bossinger. former secretary of the firm, was 8 witness before the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
OWE LIVES TO LUCK
Poison Candy Passed Around But
 Guests Fail To Partake

YONKERS. N. Y. Jan. 4.-Seven persons escaped death from poison candy through luck, according to Po- lice Captain Charles O'Mara. who ar rested Raoul Vandegenschte today and charged him with sending candy filled with poison to his wife.
 Mrs. Vandegenschte offered the candy to five other women and a five year-old child, who were in the room when she found the package on a hall table. addressed to herself. All declined, and Mrs. Vandegenschte failed to taste 1t.
 Closer examination of the box re- vealed a green powder. Police were summoned and an analysis made of the substance, which was said to be a deadly poison.
 According to officers, Vandegen- schte confessed to removing the in side of the candy with a nail file and substituting the poison. He said that he did not know that 1t was a deadly poison and hoped only to make his wife ill so that she would stop 'nagging' him and feel more de- pendent upon him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
IRET. IEE HEA7ON|sAYs PINcH0I AAD ASKS V|ND|GAT|0N SECRET PAYROLL
Pennsylvania Treasurer Holds Up Governors xpense
 Account

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 4.-Ac- cusing Gov. Clifford Pinchot of main tainirig a secret pay roll.' State Treasurer Charles A. Snyder has held up the governors expense account |and has declared he will advance him no more expense money from the state treasury.
 Snyder declares Pinchot has refused to file official reports on the names of men whom he has paid hundreds of dollars in the. last 10. months out of the state treasury
 In a statement Friday, on the eve of his argument before the state .. su- preme court on the constitutionality of the Pinchot administrative code.
 Snyder said: ets "The state treasurer now proclaims to the people ,of the state that his excellency. the governor, has a secret pay roll and although requested through subordinate channels, up to date, he has failed to file with either the state treasurer or the auditor general the names of men whom he has paid hundreds of dollars in the last 10 months out of the state treasury. e.+ .f
 "This has brought about rso,sal of the state treasurer to advance any more moneys from the treasury to his expense account. Upon the pay other states, lawyers from Connecti- cut and other Jurisdictions, of whom nobody in the commonwealth has knowledge except the governor.
 .Attorneys are acting as lawyers in responsible positions without war rant of law, because to practice law without admission to the bar of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
STARS CHAPERONE|
 MAY BE INVOLVED
Mrs. Edith Burns Quizzed About Greer's Reference
 To Her
By H. E. swIsHER

Leased Wire To The Age-Hefa1d.)
 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 4.-Confession shot Courtland s. Dimes. today in- volved another woman in the mys- tery surrounding the assault which took place while the Denver oil man was entertaining Edna Purviance and Mabel Normand. Greer's employer. CT.
 Detectives interrogated Mrs. Edna Burns, companion of Miss Normand following Greer's statement that as he was leaving for Dines' apart ment, Mrs. Burns saw him take the revolver with which the shooting was done and admonished hin. to be Careful"
 Authorities wished to know if Miss Normands companion could throw any light upon the chauffeur's motive in assaulting Dimes. who, has been in the Good Samaritan hospital since New Years night with a bullet wound in the chest.
 Greer told the police, Mrs.. Burns frequently had told him Miss Nor mand had too many associates"
 Mrs. Burns might have unwitting- ly influenced the cheauffeur to imagine himself Miss Normand's pro- tector, the police held. Greer's yer sion of the shooting, which took place in Dimes bungalow Court apartment Tuesday night. was that he shot the Denver nan when the latter attempted to fnterefer with Miss Normand's departure.
 The petite screen star was herself in the Good Samaritan hospital to- day recovering nicely" following an operation for appendicitis performed Thursday.
 Physicians said it will be a week before either Miss Normand or Dimes would be able to receive visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
NEUTRAL MARKET MARKS TRADING.
Brown Says Nothing Impor- tant Has Happened This
 Year
By WALTER B. BROWN Editor New York Commercial

(Leased Wire to The Age-Herald)
 NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-As the old year went out and the new year en- tered business prophets and econ- omists of high and low degree vied with one another In assuring the public that we were entering upon a period of industrial prosperity so that 1t Is not surprising that the popular mind has been keyed up to
 the belief that the change in the calendar would usher in a boom.
 In that respect these first few days of 1924 have been rather dis appointing because nothing has hap
 peneG one way or the other. The stock market has been somewhat ir-
 regular because of profit taking by
 the professional element but has dis
 played no inherent weakness. There
 is no reason for departing from these optimistic representations. but 1t
 will take some little time for them to manifest themselves.
 It may perhaps be reiteration,
 but as a matter of fact the stage is
 set for good year and if present hopes fail to materialize vii. be be-
 cause of some inexcusable political
 laundering. The greatest fear Is in
 what Congress may do for the ad-
 ministration itself has the confidence
 of the country to degree seldom attained.
 Strong Tax Reduction Sentiment. The holiday recess which came to an end on Wednesday was rather a
 good thing particularly for those congressman who went home and
 thus came in direct contact once
 again with their constituents. Many fessed that they were deeply inn
 pressed by the strong sentiment m favor of tax reduction and pareicu- l larly the Mellon plan. If the prob lem were not. complicated by the bonus the probability is that there would be rivalries as to which party could claim the greatest credit for tax reduction and there would be q possibility of going to the other ex- | treme. It has been said many times that present economic conditions are without precedent, which is why the business cycle theorists have been having such a hard time in attempt | ing to lay out a program for busi- ness rises and depressions based upon | data obtained from the experiences following previous wars.
 It was not until after the Spanish American war that the United States was recognized as a world power, but since that time its growth and de- velopment has been phenomenal. The great wars has left it the richest of nations and with that has come a degree of social reorganization which
 has to be included as & factor in all estimates, but which is almost wholly disregarded.
 In previous times our financial op-
 erations had to take into considera-
 ton the desires and tendencies of foreign investors. We are no longer
 dependent upon international finan- cial relations except in an incidental way and we are to all intents and
 purposes financially and economi- cally self-contained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
OPPONENTS THINK HIRAM bLUNDERED.
Coolidge Adherents Welcome His Bid For Southern
 Delegates
By LAWRENCE MARTIN Heased Wire To The Age-Herald.)


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-President Coolidges political managers think Senator Hiram Johnson has played directly into their hands by passing his campaign for the republican nomination on southern representa- tion in the national convention.
 If Johnson continues to make that his chief issue as he did in the open ing speech of his campaign at Cleve- land last night he has foredoomed himself to defeat, the Coolidge lead- CTS said today.
 Johnson, in effect declared 8 few politicians now control the nomina- tion of republican presidential can- didates and said he intended to see that the rank and file of republican voters overturned organization con- trol of the party.
 possible, for Johnson to stir the country on that issue, Coolidge back CTS feel.
 Fear Arms Sale Attack.
 But on other questions raised by Johnson. administration ! political managers do not reel SO secure. His of arms to Obregon is long odds more dangerous to MT. Coolidge's candidacy, 1t is felt here, than the purely political issue of southern representation.
 Secretary of State Hughes recent activities with regard to Mexico and Russia have given the Coolidge man. agers some apprehension both will the subjects of strong protests in Congress.
 On Mexico, Hughes, after announc- ing sale by this government of arms to Obregon, said there was nothing to prevent private citizens selling arms to De La Huerta. the revolu- tionist.
 Johnson and others now will charge that the United States not only has entangled itself in a domes- tic quarrel in a foreign country, but that 1t is openly keeping alive a civil war.
 On Russia, the Coolidge managers feel that Hughes position Is weak. They admit it will be difficult to ex- plain to them the apparent conflict between President Coolidge's mes sage offering concessions to Russia and Hughes blunt note refusing to negotiate.
 They feel also that Hughes charges that the soviets are propa- gandizing here have not been su- stained by the evidence thus far presented.