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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1S07. TJtlVS AfJD 1J0TES FROf.T REALM OF AUTO CARS y ','' '.. .. , ..... , . ... -: . ." ' ", latest Automobile News of This and Qtjier Lands In-, w terestlng Bits of Information Gleaned Here and ' There About Chug Wagons and ,: Drivers. ' American car carried off every prise In Mexico's first road race. . " : Ths Royal Autoraoblla club of Great Britain haa begun war on the uae of the 'Iron.;.'" ' ; ' , ' The Indiana aasoclation of the A, A. A. will place signboards at every corner In the state.' r ' ;.,.v. ':' A motor reserve, with a lieutenant colonel In command, has been formed In the British army. ,'-.' - '; .-. At Berlin there is a motor ambulance used to carry sick soldiers from the bar racks to the hospitals. The Motor club of Marrlsburg, Penn sylvania, will hold a -club Vun to the Jamestown exposition the latter part of , nis monin. .-. - . . . Evenston, Illinois, claims to ownjnore automobiles in proportion to Its popula tion than any other city In the middle . A l-rulnea cup has been offered for a competition to be arranged in England in which ail tha cars will be driven by women. . King Alfoneo has purchased A low, fip-n car of 2 -'-horsepower ' for the" use -I .,tne queen and the heir, who arrived recently.,. A dry cell that is capable of furnish ing between 15 and S6 amperes on a reliable ammeter is capable of furnish ing satisfactory Ignition service. San Juan motorists plan the forma tion of an automobile association to as sist the Forto Wean police In the en forcement of the highway-laws. Her chauffeur arrested for speeding, New York society woman adopted the novel expedient of giving a diamond ring, set with 20 stones, as ball. As though to add Insult to Injury to the poor horse, already shorn of his livelihood, , a London firm has dubbed a new type of motor car the "dog-cart" The Automobile club of Great Britain and Ireland, with a membership of over 1.100, now claims to be the largest or ganisation of the kind in the world. Automobile . tralna are now running between Melun, the nearest town, and Harbison, rendered Immortal ' as " the home of Millet, of "The Angelua" fame. During the last year and a half the bishop of Worcester, England, haa Vis ited more than 100 out-of-the-way par ishes of his diocese in a motor car. ' It is asserted that 800 taximeter cabs, specially designed and under construc tion near,Perla, will be running in New York City streets by the and of July. At Grand Raplde, Michigan, the po lice are having a strenuous time catch ing reckless drivers -for the reason that many machines are carrying bogus num bers, - . '' ' - A six-cylinder car which Is now com plotlng a 10,000-mile reliability teat In England covered over ,t00 miles In France without , a single involuntary "i?" Baltimore's new motor . patrol wagon, electrically driven, proves a suc cess It is the Intention of the police commissioners - to i install , , vehicles throughout the city. ; V1 Woroester, Massachusetts, motorists have so many other runs and tours on their schedule that their club dlrectore have abandoned the annual economy run Vleirealdent Hastings of the' Ameri can Federation of Motor Cyclists, wlll enter the 1,000-mile contest of the Auto Cycle club, of ,' England, from j August '-Neat ilttle- motor ambulance, painted white, with red stripes, have been dis tributed about inon to care for acci dents occurring on that cltys busy l Theexcellenee of In lana's wad sur prteed and delighted the "Pa"" of the Gllddea tour, who compared them to the good roada of Massachusetts and Y&Ub& event at tha nm lmb of the Southern Motor club ot Eng land next week wM be one 'o?'0'"": carrying full complements of , passen gers both inside and otiC-'V. v ' Th. Touring club of France and the Automobile I cfub of France are - doing irutmwpto brace up provjncu hotels, and in Normandy the seed or their efforts is taking rt4llI... a Denver has 'clded.to purehs e a motor wagon for her gallant fire chier, Terrence Owens., who ; .promises to make .V. . hih'' sit up and take notice when he responds to alarms. B0! 22it of Seattlels recent floral para-toward building will" d around JLak. wishington.- the touring -competitfon fin'" tl?,J the - .Automobile club '5ntc. c 'l year. under the double title of "f V": terium of France and the Press cup. UaWmZn medical men who rthto m their ears on, the streets of Welebaaen from which automobllea are taJMIdw must display a large badge cons sting of a white cross on a red field. . fio concise Is one of the French guide books that it even gives miniatur re productions of Red Cross .flags on Its maps,-- indicating where - d!1"?? automobiles, may be Uken, o , receive PFTher American Automobile w'""" may have to become an international. Va t, a Van-Americanorganla. Wa. clOM in Canada and Porto Rico fcxwseexing w u". . , h&'frTJ.TfSt th'e'lp remita- f'l'-Wm.hlo and send It, to principal adoptedthS shrVwd expedient for ingr. ing promptnees on on its rum "..T i anArifled , h. rached for dinner at a specmea club, hav - The Memphis Automobile cUb Mvj n, r-orrantzed. has raken a determlnea stond gaSs"speeding by its members, andndSr the rules adopted. e Blub men will be required to conform strictly .. . . i - U . maalntirhlpr Of tnO ZV.nanhe has arousea-a nviy y,"""r" ""pZ British capital as to; whether womcu houlddrive motor, at J1. ' foV kjeorge C. Tyler,. a ineaincai .. haa Just returnea w""" r "II mile trip througn rtonnern ... eluding a portion or tne oanar qw; I Durftig the closing hours of tha New Jersey Tealslature a bUK was .pushed throughjjfrovldlng , that any police .of eSiKontablejWho Aoe not see to 1 5' enforcement of the automobile laws ;Miay be fined muu or uo imnivu C The automobile made practically -It J Iflrat appearance in art in England last her, when a large portrait group in a hr waa shown at 'the Royal academy. This year an exhibition is being held at London devoted entirely to motor draw- ("The New JerseyAutomobile and M. (tor club, of Newark, disputes the claim f the Automobile club of Buffalo to eeond rank In the country in point of membership.' The Jerseymen claim to have over 100 more members than tne fVew Yorkers. - - i " -; ' Backed by Klnf Alfonso arid the Ma Irld Automobile club, one of the most Comprehensive international automobile exhibits ever given In Europe will be held in connection with the international inhibition of arts, crafts and manufac ture at Madrid in the fall. . I "The Motor championship af the rhannel" la the name given a new inter stlonnl hintoi4 bont fare which will M ''Id this v"i nt IMppe on Jun 30 t two f-l S 1-. 'T t f l c !? of ie Crm. I lii-4. a ; ! t- - r . o- mlle course for races and one-half yat distance for cruisers. ' . - Plans are belnp talked of which will result In teams from the Worcester club the Bay Btate Automobile association and the Rhode Island Automobile club of Providence, competing In gymkhana stunts in each of the three cities repre sented by1 the clubs. ' ' ' " To aha the demand .for cars "STRANGLED" SMITH TO WRESTLE TILLBEKRY "Strangler- .Smith has accepted the challenge of Charles . Tillberry, a 216 pound lumber bustler of Estacada, for a match at. catch-as-catch-cait wrest ling, the bout lo be pulled off In Port land or an town .In Oregon on the Fourth of July. ... . . . , Smith la a lump of muacle weighing 150 pounds. He has been wrestling on the Paciflo coast for more than 10 fur- -i.i.. iihiikiibI ninn. Phllauelnnia maker recently received a Piece of pencil of a bright purple hue with the request that his new car be made to match it. , The maker now Is expecting to receive, samples of dress material to bVrepadl'r wagon' driven by a four-cyl; Inder gasoline engine has ben adopted for use on the Paris Metropolitan under ground railway. The wagon la Intended for use when the electric current haa been cut off. that the breakdown gangs ma work on the track with greater se- CUBetveral commendable automobile bills were killed Just before the Pennsylvania legislature adjournod by the speaker of the house becauee the senatora who favored them had oppoaed soma of the speaker's pet . measures. - One appro prlatod $1,000,000 for the Improvement of the Phlladelphla-Plttsburg road. - Every motor 'bus in I,ondon has to pass a rigid "noise test" under POllcs regulations before being licensed.. TO lessen the noise still more, howeyertns Scotland Yard proposes to Institute on the principal thoroughfares a service of omnlbusaea de luxe something between the present motor omnibus and, motor CAlbert aement, one of "the roost brll llHnt road drivers In the world, who was killed recently in a road accldentln Franca, war the sono'the bead-of a great auto factory, who, leas than JO years ago. was a modest mechanic. To day the father is one of the rlphest men in France, and the son, had ha lived, would have Inherited a large fortune. ; Motorists who like to linker their own cara. should be carefur in taking them apart, to- mark every bolt and nut ao aa to put It back - In the place it was taken from. It does not do even to mix bolts of the same slie. For the small Darts, envelopes afford a convenient means of keeping thm separate for Identification, , but - the use of shipping tags Is safest for, most parts. Keep batteries absolutelydry. -Protect them from any metals coming in contact with them. .Avoid frequent am meter testing. Make the interbattery connections only with such . connectors as cannot extend beyond the rim of the knurled nut. If batteries are quickly exhausted or run down between periods of use search for, the trouble in your ignition system and correct It. Dry -cell batteries do not do this without cause. A new and convenient foreign novelty for the tourlat la .called, a thermos. ' It la a- cylinderlca flask,, resembling a hand-grenade flrcextlngutaher, with screw cap. The vessel .is double-walled, the inner- chamber being- of glass, and air Is withdrawn. from the Intermediate space." Nature abhors a -vacuum and will not allow It to conduct beat Fill tha flask with boiling coffee and It will lose little heat In 24 hours. . Fll It with Iced claret .- and . it ,wiu stay; com xor two weeks. -. .-. .,.,.,-.' No Tacht llac. ' i ' " The ' Oregon Yacht club race, which was to have been sailed yesterday af ternoon from the clubhouse at the Oaks to the Madison bridge and return, did not come off because the members of the committee. n charge of, the race" were Jiot present v7,: , .. t. , ; PItm trait Tann WmrfM. ' . 1 -"t From ths London Globs." 'With the object of encouraging Ui pupils of ths Farnham Grammar school to spend their recent holU'jy In tas open air as much as possible, the Rev. 8, Priestly, the head maater. offered a prise to the boy who returned to school With the brownest face.- ' J il On the pupils reassembling for the summer term 11 were picked out as being the most tanned, and it was an nounced that the Judges had awarded the prise to Foster, the captain of tne school. It is understood that Foster declines to divulge to tne other boys the secret of his preparation. If any. - ' - , Tom Reed's Birthplace. r From tha Kennebec . Journal. Tha birthplace of tha lata Speaker Reed,' which la about 'to be torn down. Is la' the , eart of Portlabd's Italian quarter and Is now a tenement, swarm ing with sons and daughters of sunny Italy.' - ; . How much 'they are ' Impressed - with the greatness of their surroundings was shown .last .week when a visitor, desir ing to get a look at the celebrated statesman's birthplace, aaked a boy if he would show him the "Tom Reed house." "Tomma Reedl Tom ma Reedt You mean Tomma Reed, da mllkamanT" No Stage Mnrderg In Turkej. - . Frora tha London. World. . On one point the Turkish1 censor - of the drama Is Inflexible there shall be no murder committed On the stage. Thla is in order to prevent corruption by evil example. -1 i." ' -; - Consequently the dramatlo" effect of many plays la somewhat marred by the manner In which, principals destined to be murdered ere rushed off the stage, and, after receiving the fatal, thrust out of sight of the audlence. stagger back from tha wings to sing their death eongs. ' JOURNAL AND TELEGRAM WILL AGAIN DO BATTLE AT ; BASEBALL All It win cost to see the greatest baaeball game ever played Is street oar fare at the league grounds at Twenty, fourth and Vaughn streets, where the news, writers of Tha Journal and Tele gram cross-bats at 1:20 o'clock. '. To see the game entails slso the taak of getting out of bed early Sunday morning, but with' a treat ao rare in iect tne early rising ougaDoo nwm- Into Inalgnlficance. ;Stfangler" Smith. years and claims the championship at his weight "The -Strangled' -won reg ularly until he waa bested by the Ter rible Turk between two or three yeara ago. The Turk injured him badly and since-the go- 8mlth as been 'support ing himself aa a longehoreman. Should his match with Tillberry fall through he stands ready to wrestle any man at his weight for the coaat championship and Is prepared to stake a considerable sum of money on the outcome. . , i Tea Smoldng Centuries) Old. ! '; " From ths Minneapolis Journal'' ' -"With rour.tea clgaretUs. said ths afitlquerr. sternly, . "you . young ladleg think, yourselves vary modem and de cadent. ; But look here.'' . t i i He -took from: a portfolio a French print1 of the' Seventeenth century that portrayed ' two men,' with cumbrous sliver pipes, charging the aame from a box of Chinas tea,.' - - c.--.J "This shows you," the old. man said, "the antiquity of tea smoking. It was a' common thing 'In ' France 200 years ago. Blegnt mentions it and Grand drAuaaay.' In ' hia 'Hlstolre de la Vie prive ' dee Francala,'- describes It .In detail. -- , v "An old . vice, , a dead vice for . the French' found that tea smoking- racked Vlrls are to have revived if pros pec For two- weens xne journal put mi sers have been nursing sore running muscles, caused by running 21 talllea In an hour and a half while Playing against the Oregonlan team May 28. but theae musclra are now in excellent condition and The Journal playera are ready and able to sprint another , 21 runs this morning. . " Special reservations have been made In the grandatand for all the profession al playera In the city, who will come to ae how the same is really- played as aemonstrated ty the men who sit In the prese box on week days. Though dire calamity has befallen The Journal players, it has not damp- 0. H& N. WSH' y MERCANTILE LEAGUE STANDING MERCANTILE LEAGUE. Played. Won. fcost p.c A N. Co ! S22 , B .... o i 000 9 i " ooo nB". . CO. Mnnavman H. Co. . I Goodyear R. Co.... I A game was played In the Mercantile league yesterday between Blake-MeFalls and, the O. R. " N. Co., In which the naner distributors wars handed ths short end of a I to I score. The pitching of CharUon for the O.R.&N, Co. was the feature of the game, the BUke-McFall Ca being able to secure only one hit off his delivery.- Rlcksrd waa there with the bat for the O. R. N., securing a fkuhui rlt with the bases full. h followlna is tha lineup of the O. R. N. Co. Duffy, catchers R. Karx, ahortetop: Watklns second baajj Plckard, first base; Murray, left field: Hawkins, right field; C. Karr, third base: Clark, center field; Charlson, PlBlalfe-McFall Co.-i-Canavan. catcher: O'Brien, shorUtop; Hembrea, second base; Bmith, first bsae; Oulllckson, left field; Maya, nxni iibju; uviwunh l"lru base; Oatrander, center Bona hits O. R. a N., I fields Butler, B.-MoF. Co., Errors O. R.4N. ; B.-McF, Co, 7. ore a it. oi it a. v.' J.- bases a R. 4 S B.-McF. 1 Stolen Co., J- It appears that Congressman Camp bell Blemp. the lone Republican repre sentative from Virginia, will probably have to make a fight for the nomination before. he la again elected- . - ' ; 3 I T, t' '.' -'- i'y -to . AMteinftolbiilles Did yoii: notice that rtherFORD 15 Horsepower Runabout, Price $700, beat icars costing four or five times cs much money in the Hill-CIimb-ing Contest? ; ' Have you seen; pur nev model R; iFord: Runabout, 15 horsepower, 30-inch wheels, oil lamps, horn, running board, storage .battery,, 84 inch ' wheel, base ? The nobbiest Runabout in town. ' : v Call and see it i in FRED A. BENNETT ' 495 ALDER STi, PORTLAND , ;. 9118 FRONJST SPOSANE l , - ,SJ Ks. ... For Sale by MQchinery' 4-6 Herrisca 102- The Hutchins Roller Swing Is a source of amusement to the young ones and a delight to the-elders. The rHnitohlw-- RpIIer Swing Beautifies 'the porcli or lawn and ' : .-; afterwards becomes a , ( ened their ardor nor atlfled their In dnmltahle anlrlt and thev KO forth to the ball grounds clad in their !d clothes. confident In their ability to Dring weir rivals into camp. Bterra, The journals osone wlsard, has rheumatism in nis salary wing. Seed, his able understudy, haa a splinter in the forefinger of the hand that builds the curves. Detective Goldstein haa sciatica. Dr. Watson has thrown his arm out, and the office boy has a stone bruise; but confident that superior merit will win against fate and the Telegram combined. The Journal team goes out to victory. The nearest guess at the line-up follows: Journal. ' - .-, : ; Telegram. fiteffa .......p......... Gregoary Turner , .......... o....... Ringer Seed ..as gammons Keel ............. lb,. Strandborg risks ....2b jjyment Humphreys , lb........ .Bay Wirts If .......... Mahoney Watson cf Haaen Goldstein rf Kelly Umpire, Pearl Caeey, secona oaaeman of the Beavers. Other members of the Pacific Coaat league teams will be pres ent te sweep the dust off the rubber at home plate and to watcn tne oaiis that The Journal team knocks over tne fence. The Journal will not be al lowed to make any runs after 11:10. FAIR ASSOCIATION DESIRES RACE TRACK V saBsssnwaaBjaasBjBMBsa " ")" . i' i f ,' v ' ' ' 1 ; '-' Suit Entered Asking Conveyance of Title to Irrlngton on sm , Alleged Option. - ' Suit , was begun in the circuit Court yesterday by the Multnomah Fair as sociation against Elisabeth Ryaa and the Irving Real Estate company to com pel them to make a deed conveying title to the Irvlngton Race track. In November, 102. it is alleged, the defendants entered into a coutraot with W. S. Dickaon whereby they were to leaae the ground in question to Dickson for $1,000 a year, and gave him the op tion of buying any time during his lease for 1160,000. Dlokson. It la said, trans ferred his rlghta to th. Multnomah Fair association and the latter paid the rent up to November of thla year, and spent in.Oit JTor Improvements. On June 1 they offered to buy the property for $160,000. but ths defendants refused to convey title. ' - . .". 1 ', ,i ' v , - , One Use of Burglar Chain. . rrom the Chicago Dally News, -. Ths "burglar chain." that time-honored bar to Intruders, can be turned to the sdvantage of the 'Insight of the jimmy." t was demonstrated In Chi- he'n'MP. Meyer of Bheffleld avenue came home yester-iay af'--after a shopping tour alia four. .1 t front door held by the burglar c She thought her husband wa homn, t t Wondered why he had attached the 1. of security during the daytime, "I'll lot you in in a minute, ', cam. a manly voice from wltnin. There waa a clamping of rece footsteps. Then all waa till. "n " minute etretnehed Into two and thn t five. Mrs. Meyer became arIy v ! and wondered what her spouse coul 1 it thinking of. She went to the bm U"-r and waa amased to find it cp-n. entering the house she aaw wil l " order throughout the rooms. dl" lrs"5 on cloeer view that a number of valu able artlclee were missing. A burvur had pried open the front door witii a Jimmy, and had put un the chain In tended for his kind to keep the family out until he could escape. ' , Fence Blending. . - From ths Washington Star. "' Mending fenoes nows the time, When the year la In Its prime, N more veals cut down to show Linen starched and white as snowj There is now a wondrous charts In this life upon the 'arm. ' Hark, the voice of duty calls! Let us don our overallsiv, ' Each belief that you deelera 'Like a post Is planted fair a wire if percnance t..u Thus you may the etrenirth enhanca Of a structure which with pride ' They shall view from every slda, Fellow eltlsens and f rlsnd Cheering, while your fenoe yon mend. i i . . Lia ffl(0)MA: MlM km UK V IL. Sustain their world-wide reputation of being; not only he fastest and most powerful, but the most reliable of road cars. " In the annual PortlaJld hUl-dimbing contest a regular stock Thomas Fiver Runabout ; not only won in its own class, but distanced all competitors for the time prize by 27 sec onds. 4 Considering that the course was only one mile and a half, rough and full of sharp 'turns, this is a remarkable showing. , The Pope Hartford won easily In the $8,000 class, winning over the nearest competj- tor, a sixylinder car, yV seconds. " , " ' ' ; -! We are also Northwestern distributors for Pope Toledos, Thomas Forties, Dldsmo- biles, Franklins and Buicks. .J L. KEATS AUTO ' CO. PORTLAND, OREGON Agencies I, Seattle Tacoma, Spokane And All Ifliportant Center THE PACIFIC COAST CAR -AS Climbers Demonstrated their superiority by negotiating the grilling grade in -yesterday's contest and defeating 18 representative eastern cars in faster time than any (irre spective of power or price) except the 60 and 70 H. P. cars costing three to five times the "Tourist" price. . ' . .... ' . , RUNABOUT (carrying two), 22 H. P., time 3 minutes, 283-5 v seconds. Price equipped Portland; $1,300. .',:. TOURING CAR, 22 H. P., time 3 minutes. 25 seconds. Price - equipped Portland, $1,375. f ,. ' " Ei The "Tourist" (five-passenger, $1,375, equipped Portland) nolds world's track record in its class, 25 miles in 29 minutes and 47 seconds. . -", A DEMONSTRATION IS A REVELATION; YOURS FOR THE ASKING v.. j R. E. HEATH, I.Ianrr "Tourist" Distributers fcr C '103 SEVENTI Agents Wr:"