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THE OREGON SUNDAY. ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 5. 1911.
HKed
scheme of wife;
Locking Husband in Closet as
Joke, Young Wife Elopes
" With Lover After Robbing
House of Valuables.
By Malcolm J. Clark.
I Publishers" Trcsi Leased Wlrp.i
Berlin. "Keb. 4. An elopement unique
In the history of domestic Infelicities
Occurred here recently. There was a
robbery in connection with the case.
The whole affair was about as cold
blooded as human depravity could
make it.
A merchant, who Is well to do and 6f!
ynars of age. has been living In Ideal
happiness with his 25-year-old wife
since their marriage in 1908. He did
,not suspect her affection for a book
keeper who entered his employ, and the
young nian was Invited to join the fam
ily festivities Christmas eve.
Just after the merchant had handed
his clerk' a purse and his wife a col
; lection of jewels, the lady asked him to
. hide himself In his bedroom for a mo
went and sh would ee how she
"wanted to carry out a little surprise
' for him." He laughingly complied, and
he offered no objection when his wife
cried merrily to him, 'Tor safety's sake
I am going to lock you in."
The merchant waited patiently to be
called, but as the minutes rolled on he
: became Impatient and called to the
servants to let -him out. With the aid
of a locksmith his release was effected,
and then to his horror the merchant dis
covered that Ills wife and the book
keeper were missing, together with
mony from the safe.
On a table the merchant found a let
. ter from his wife saying that her love
for a husband' more than twice her own
, age had grown coM and that she had
decided to flee with the real object of
her young affections.
raiser's Busy Day
New Year's day was one of the busiest
In the busy kaiser's calendar. The day
began at 8 o'clock with a 'trumpet fan
fare followed by the traditional parade
of the life guard.
The family at 10 o'clock attended a
service In the castle chapel. Then fol
lowed the brilliant "congratulation
levee," one of the kaiser's favorite Oc
casions for confidential chats.
d.ater the kaiser, accompanied by his
sons, went to the arsenal In L'nter den
Linden, to hold bis annual secret "coun
ell of war" with commanding generals
; and admirals.
Luncheon at the castle was the occa-
Bloti for one of the quaintest of Hohen
follern customs the presentation of
New Year's salt, eggs and sausage by
th ancient Master Butchers' guild.
Immediately after the soup three
butchers were ushered into the luncheon
ihalh.. Their spokesmen greeted the
"kaiser in verse. The kaiser caused the
fcausages to be served to his guests, and
after he hart partaken of them himself
lie addressed jocular words to the depu-
tat ion.
Germany' Huff Fighting- Pores,
That Germany is able to send B.iOO.
OflO soldiers and sailors Into action Is
the startling statement made In a paper
bv Colonel Gaedke, whose calculations
are based on the census taken Decem
ber 1.
Colonel Gaedke calculates that the na
tion will have actually under arms not
less than 714.000 soldiers and sailors,
'and probably more." Without calling
upon the "substitute reserves," Colonel
Gaerlke,tateH, Germany can at any time,
now put 4,800,000 trained men In the
field from among tho 6,064,000 who have
done service with the colors by land and
sea during the past 25 years.
Old Custom Revived.
Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the
kaiser's fourth son, lias set herself the
task of reviving one of Germany's old
est customs, that according to which
newly wedded couples Immediately after
the marriage ceremony plant a couple of
oak saplings In a park or by a roadside
of their native town. Mulchausen, In
Thuringla, is the first to respond to the
princess' appeal. A municipal official
appears at the' church door after every
wedding and Invites the bride and bride
groom to drive with 1 1 1 m in a carriage
to a new road near the town and there
plant oak saplings. The tree planting
lda was started by a former elector
of Brandenburg with the object of re
pairing tho ravages caused by the
Thirty Tears' war. The elector forbade
young persons to marry until they had
planted fruit trees.
MODEL SUES FOR HER
SALARY AND FALSE HAIR
(Br tli Intrriuiflin.il News Service.)
Berlin. Feb. 4. Slip li amusement was
caused in court at the trial of a law
stilt between an art photographer named
Slmmern and his model. The photog
rapher claimed damages suffered by the
model's breach of agreement In leaving
without notice, while the model claimed
her 6alary also for the return of false
liatr at $21, and daRames for an In
flicted kiss. Ry pleading that the pho
tographer ternihtfhl!y pursued her with
rindcFlred altcnti'Mig the modnl Justified
her leaving without notice. The kins al
legation w.-is clpnied by Uerr Slmniern,
and he affirnifd that he kept the false
hair as w.inty for ills losses. These
losses l.f. estimated at a thousand dol
lar. He explained that the model,
though deficient in hair, was the most
perfn't model for the Venus de Milo In
Berlin, and complained that he had
Fl'u-e found no one with such harmo
nious proportions. The court decided
againt the monetary claims of both
parties, and ordered Hrr Slmmern to
return the hair. It also ruled that "in
the circumbtances a kiss Is not a gross
Insult."
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WANTED
SOUERN STATES
II
Election of Anti-Prohibition
Governors Has Not Jeopard
ized Anti Saloon Move.
By P. V. Francis.
(Publish' I'r.-M laiH WIr.
New York. Feb. 4. The election of a
number of antl-prohibltion governors in
the south at the last election has led
to the belief that there Is a reaotlon
against prohibition In that section of
the country. In order to find how the
prohibitionists viewed the situation I
had a talk on the subject with Rev. Dr.
Ferdinand C. Iglehart, one of the most
active leaders of the antl-saloon move
ment In the country. Dr. Iglehart says:
"The papers announce that some of
the southern governors "In their mes
sages have come out against prohibi
tion and are in favor of local option
and the liquor people are fairly shouting
with delight. In the conflict between
the church and the saloon for the past
dozen years the brewers and distillers
have claimed victories every time. They
have loudly proclalmod a reaction In the
south, but all the while the saloon has
been reacted out of two-thirds of the
geographical territory and- from five
sixths of the population of the south
ern states.
Governor O'Neal for local Option.
"In his meesage Governor O'Neal of
Alabama opposes statewide - Drohlbltlow I
and stands for loral option. The peo-i
pie declared against constitutional pro
hibition at the polls about a year ago,
partly because the state already had
one of the best statutory prohibition
laws In the United States. It Is not
certain that the new leglslaure will take
the advice of Governor O'Neal and re
peal the present law. If it should do
so the liquor men would have, small rea
son for comfort as local option, which
.the enemies of temperance count such
a boon, has accomplished the task of
abolishing the saloon almost everywhere
north and south.
"Governor Blease of South Carolina
also favors local option. Local option
has driven the saloon out of all the
counties of South Carolina but six. Gov
ernor Colquitt of Texas Is for local
option against state prohibition. He
reminds the members of the legislature,
however, that they were elected on the
platfprm of the submission of a consti
tutional , amendment to a vote of the
people, which Is true. But local option
which the whiskey men pretended vto
hall as such a friend has already driven
the saloon from 200,0OO-sjuare mlhs of
territory and from pretty nearly
3,000,000 of the population of Texas."
Eiffel Tower as Station Where
Wireless Messages Will
Furnish Correct Time.
(United Prru Leased Wire.)
Paris. Feb. 4. Eiffel tower Is rapid
ly becoming the center of the world so
far as tho wireless Is concerned. It Is
the pole about which the hertzlan waves
sizzle. In addition to the military sta
tion there which France hopes to keep
In constant and instant touch with her
African colonies, there Is that which
sends the time to ships at sea.
Within a short period the officials
In charge hope to be able to flash the
hours of midnight and midday to every
ship in the Atlantic north of the equator,
no matter how close they may be to the
American shore, also to those In the
Mediterranean and Red seas. Even ships
in the harbor of New York may soon
record Paris time.
To know the time with absolute accu
racy at sea. at present, without wireless,
Is Impossible. A ship, leaving New
York, is Iff possession of the exact time
down to the fraction of a second. At
noon the day after sailing the ship's
time is likely to be one, two or even
more seconds out for her time is cal
culated by distance traveled, etc Rig
orous exactness, therefore, is out of the
question.
In the open Bea, a second or two does
not mean much. There are times, how
ever, when absolute exactness Is very
Important, as fur Instance when near
land, shoals, etc One second means
about fi00 yards In locating the position
of a ship, three seconds would be nearly
a mile, ami more than one ship has been
lost by a less margin than this.
The twice daily transmission of the
time from the Eiffel tower will render
a tremendous service. Wireless travels
at about 180,000 miles a second. The
3000 miles across the Atlantic would be
spanned practically without lapse of
time, and since the clocks In the Eiffel
tower at Paris are corrected to a hun
dredth part of a second, and transmit
their time to ships at sea automatically,
the absolute accuracy of ship's time Is
thus assured.
The time Is flashed at one minute be
fore noon and midnight, at high noon
and midnight, and twice after the hour,
all automatically, thus making assurance
doubly sure.
(By Ihe International Nrwi fkrrc.)
Home. Fel. 4. After 46 years the Ca
tania police have arrested the notorious
Sicilian brigand. Giuseppe Vltale, who
J disappeared in 1885, after murdering a
I farmer and stealing a large sum of
i money. All' efforts of the police to
find him proved futile, and he was sen
tenced to life Imprisonment by default.
Until a few days ago nothing was
known of his whereabouts. Then the
police discovered that an old man and
! w-onian were living in a lonely but.
perihed on an almost Inaccessible crater
of Mount Etna. They arrested the man
after identifying him as tho lost Vitale.
Despite his 70 years the old criminal
fought desperately to escape and al
most succeeded.
f Shock -of Btiddew Wealth Kill.
Jremont, Ohio, Feb. 4. Ira Haw
kins, aged 70, had been an Inmate of the
noorhouse for 10 years when he was
riotlfled that his sister had left him
$4000. The shock of sudden wealth un
nerved Mm and he died.
1CAL OPT I
WILL HASH TIME
TO SHIPS AT SEA
BRIGAND ARRESTED
AFTER 46 YEARS
AUTOMOBILESHQW
IN CHICAGO DRAWS
IMMENSE CROWDS
$45,000 Spent on Decorations;
$3,000,000 Is Value of Ex
hibits; Highest Priced Car
Is $10,000; Exhibitors 656.
Chicago Is In the middle of Its auto
mobile show. The pleasure vehicle sec
tion closed last night, while the com
mercial vehicle section opens tomor
row. Several Portland people are In
attendance.
The monster spectacle entails an ex
hibition of $3.0D0,000 worth of motor
cars and auto accessories.
Aside from the general public thou
sands of motor car dealers from almost
every state in the union are in attend
ance upon the exposition.
In the matter of decorations no ex
pense was spared by the show manage
ment. The main floor of the Coliseum
was divided into four sections, each 113
by 47 feet. As a centerpiece to each
section a fountain was erected, 30 feet
wide at the base and 3S feet high.
Between the fountains are lamp post's,
bearing clusters of 12 and IS Inch light
ed globes. The central column Is a
blaze of Illumination and set off with
a huge lantern at the top. Behind this
there plays a foontaln with a fall of
water In a four foot column from a
height of 28 feet.
Passage Links Buildings.
Then stretching away to right and
left are illuminated shell shaped vases,
mounted 10 feet high on ornamental
bases. The galleries are similarly treat
ed, as Is the Interior of the First regi
ment armory, which has been linked to
the Coliseum building by an Improvised
passageway.
In the exhibits are portrayed every
thing known to the motor car Industry.
Ninety-seven makes of standard cars,
each shown In from three to seven
models, from the popular priced and de
pendable little runabouts to the highest
powered and most luxuriously appoint
ed motor masterpieces, are on the floor.
Dainty electrics in all the popular
types and bodies, such as coupes,
broughams and victorias, shine side by
side and share honors and attention
with their massive gasoline competitors.
In the accessory department everything
imaginable for the equipment of the
car. Including many novelties just be
ing Introduced, are attractively dis
played. -Much stress was laid upon the fact
by doalers, who prove that any type of
body can be obtained In any make of
recognized Importance, at prices that
range from the hundreds to thousands.
This means that the purchaser needs
only to estimate the amount possible
for htm to Invest in a car, and he may
secure practically any type of machine
that he desires, whether It be a run
about or limousine or touring car.
In the past the demand has been
vacillating between the lightweight and
the heavily trimmed car. More recent
ly the publlo has demanded all the car
it could get for the money, with little
regard for the utility features. In the
torpedo there is hardly a limit to the
cost of trimming and finish, while a
handsome car of the type can be con
structed comparatively cheap.
There are many technical changes In
the mechanism of cars, although there
New Schedule
"0-W0WL"
TRAIN
rOB SEATTLE, TACOMA ANTJ
AXiL FT7QET SOTTWD POINTS.
Effective Sunday, Feb. 6.
Leaves Portland 11:00 P. M.
Arrives Taooma 4:45 A. BL
Arrives Seattle 6:15 A.M.
Sleeping cars open for passen
gers at 9:30 p. m., at Portland
union depot, as usual, and pas
sengers may occupy sleepers un
disturbed until 8:30 a. m.
This Is the first night train
out of Portland nnd first (o reach
Puget Sound cities, in rase you
are in a hurry; If jiot, you may
go to bed early and get a long
night's sleep.
No change In leaving time of
other trains for the sound on the
Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation Co.
"FTJQET SOTJTSTD BOtTTB"
O.-W. Local leaves Portland
8:30 a. m,
Shasta Xtbnltcd, leaves Portland
3:00 p. m.
Ask for tickets via the "O.-W.,"
the Steel Coach Dine of the north,
west.
i
Trains arrive at and depart
from
TTTTTOSr DEPOT,
Foot of 6th street. Portland.
City Ticket Office, 3d and
Washington Bts., C. W. STIWO
EB, a T. A.
W. Z. SKINHTE31, Gen. Prelffht
and Passenger Aft, Seattle, Wash.
Warren-Detroit
; Standard Construction,-but
More Than Standard
Vlue.
PORTLAND-rJETROIT
AUTO COMPANY
526 Aider
re few, If any, offering fundamental
alterations from 1910 models. Automo-
I bile shows each year have been of in
creasing interest to tne puDiio, ror the
reason that the public has been devel
oping "motor wisdom' and the bodies
attract less attention than the-mechan,-Ical
features. ' .-, . 3 . .
The object of the present day manu
facturer Is to offer to his prospective
customer the most advanced type of
construction in motor plant, transmis
sion, gearing and balancing.' .
. v Wheel Base Grows. .
Wheel bases continue to grow, and
while some years back the cars with
36 Inch wheels were looked upon as
large, today there 'are a majority per
haps of cars with 36 inch wheels, and
above tbis a 40 Inch 'wheel. In nearly
all of trre better known makes the base
Is increased six or more Inches.
The long stroke motor is also a gen
eral characteristic of many of the cars.
This idea has been gaining for some
time, but 1911 shows the consensus of
opinion to be that the utility of a motor
plant is much improved by this altera
tion.
In the appearance of cars there are
many slight changes. For Instance, the
running boards have been cleared on
many cars, and these former receptacles
for tanks, boxes, tools, tires and luggage
have been gradually abandoned as the
Interior mechanism became more com
pact and better placed. The dash, too.
is without the many signs of having a
car loaded from end to end with ma-
STANDARD
MOTOR CAR COMPANY
SIXTH AND MADISON SIXTH AND MADISON
Exclusive
Agency
for
Oregon
Just
Secured
chlnery, and, having not enough space
for all. '.,.',
'. Recognition of the fact that the tour
ing habit-has become general, has re
sulted In a better placing of seats, which
from year to year have been placed
lower and made more comfortable for
the occupants.. - . . '
' The average horse power "rating of
cars this year Is lower than In 1810,
perhaps because of the fact that the
publlo has ceased to accept horse power
rating as a valuable characteristic of
a car until the balance of the machines
taken" into consideration.
The four cylinder motor, the show, In
dicates, remains by far the most. com
mon type, althouglVithe "si" is increas
ing and some makes are putting out,,
new "sixes" for the first time In 1911.
Makers report that .there Is a slowly In
creasing demand for the six cylinder
carfKin the high grades, while in the
medium priced car there is a brisk de
mand for them. i
But x one feature of the show that
stands out, perhaps, over all things else
is found' in the Increased "value given
this year for purchase money. This
point apparently impressed itself on that
part of the public which visited the
opening of the show. At the same time
the crowds that surged through the
aisles of the exposition building noted
improvements in upholstering, larger
wheels and tires,, foredoors, wind
shields, top slips, speedometers, full
sets of lamps, magnetos, duplicate
spark systems and scores of other con
SENSATIONAL
double
ANNOUNCEMENT!"
by the
1st
appearance
in Portland of
the
REGAL
automobile
"world's
champion
endurance
'
car
at the new reduction
in prices!
it
'IELDJNG TO
Y
cheaper high-grade automobiles, suf
ficient additions have been made to
the "Regal" factory at Detroit to
manufacture 22,000 cars this season,
making it possible to divide 'profits with the
publicfby initiating the policy of "many sales
- and small profits." Beginning tomorrow, the
following prices will prevail, f. o. b. Detroit:
Two-passenger "20" H. P. Underslung Regal Torpedo Roadster
(complete factory equipment) . . . .$900
Five-passenger "30" H. P. Regal Touring Car
x (open door type) . . . $1000
f ore door type) .. .$1050
Seven-passenger "40" H. P. Regal Touring Car
(open door type) .. .$1600
(fore door type) .. .$1650
j Regal cars will do all that other cars
costing hundreds of dollars more will
do and in many cases a lot, more.
' ' '
Arrange early for. your demonstration.
trivances that make for the comfort and
sped of a. car.. .r, , ..
Novel .and increasing types of mi-chhies-r-sonia-
of which ' never V before
have been displayed to the public are
scheduled for exhibition during the
commercial show .program this week.
These vehicles ...will .range In pattern
from the blithesome, "taxi" to the mas
sive freight hauling auto truck ;. 't
Peatarei of Exhibit -
Here are some of the features of this
exhibit: 'A. .'"'Y
Motor car exhibits, 158,
Accessory and motorcycle exhibits,
800. -- ' '
Value of exhibits, $J,000,000.
Lowest priced car, $460.
Highest priced Car, $10,000. ;
.Exhibits of pleasure cars, 97.,
The 156 motor car exhibitors Include
manufacturers of almost 85 per cent-of
the total output of motor cars in Amer
ica.' Total number of exhibitors, 666, coip
pared with El at the first show held In
Chicago at the Coliseum. .
Expended for decorations, $45,000.
Show lasts tov February 11.
Howard M. Coyey of the Covey Motor
Car company has gone to Chicago to
attend the automobile' show. There is
to be a Cadillac dealers' convention dur
ing show week and Mr. Covey Is slated
to give a talk on automobile prospects
In the west. As Mr. Covey has quite
a reputation as an orator, Portland
Is expected to be well represented.
1st
offering
of a car with the
same perfect
BIG ENGINE
heretofore unknown
in cars priced
from
$900
to
$1650
THE DEMAND for
7
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An Alco thre ; ton truck, .carrying
a full load of three ton s.' has established :
a new, world record The contest. has
been decided by the American Automo
bile association. The announcement' was '
made recently.
The big truck ran five days and five
nights over the roads from New York
to Philadelphia without a stop, and in
the seven days of travel the car Swat 1
driven 1009 miles. This is the world
record mark. , " , t. '
The men on the car had a tough time. 1
The Alco struck a fierce blizzard and
It teemed impossible to keep the ma
chine moving. It was a hard graft for
the crew, but the world "record was
worth working for. The non-stop' mark
was made1 after a strenuous run.
Eight Miles of Sidewalk.
(Special Dispatch to The Jburnal.) "
Ashland, Or., Feb. 4. The cty council
at its last session ordered cement side- ,
walks' to be put In on. certain, streets.
This embiaces over eight miles of terri
tory. When this work is finished It
will mean practically every street ia
Ashland with cement sidewalks. v.'
Ready to
Award
Exclusive
Territory
Outside of
Multnomah
County
T
RUCK RUNS
DAYS
A RECORD
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