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:AH!JETTE-l(ELLERi.lAII,, THE VATER MERMAID, . BECOMES AN AUTOIST t' am a Great Believer in Fresh Air," Says Motor : Enthusiast. - ENTERS MUSICAL COMEDY Tb Xodl CMrt" TMcU by hich Popular Farcical Culture ti "'; ' ' ponast Zm Winning Tarn: Pretty . Annetta , Kellerman. the world's most delightful mrtnald, who been ihown'at the local Colombia Moving picture C ; theatre during the . early part of last week, -Is desertlns the water to?w4n newtr laurels on tho land. She hits been queen of two ele inente, air and water, for her gracpfi-1 diving- is one of the most ploaslng .parts of her -aountfc exhibitions. In "comlnff to earth," so to speak. Mis Kellermanh wished to Tetain as much of that glorious freedom of the air as possible. Consequently, she has adopt ed the Studebaker automobile, and at the wheel of the machine gets the sapie exhilarating: thrill that makes a -,hlrh dive so enjoyable. " Being the leading feminine -exponent of physical culture In America, Miss Kellermann never ''lets such a little thing as cold weather .deter her from a ride In an open car. Just at present MJss Kellermann is on tour in "The Model Girl," a musical comedy. As . in any musical show, there are a num ber of changes to be made during the first few weeks, and Miss Kellermann . is practically living in the theatre. ; When she has' an . hour or two free, however, she calls for the Studebaker car. and finds relaxation in handling the wheel herself. In her party are always several friends, to say nothing eft Coo-ee, Miss Kellermann's favorite fjog, which goes 'with her everywhere. "1 am a jrreat believer in fresh air," said .Miss Kellerman as she stepped down from a spin, her cheeks glowing with health, "and where can you get as much of it as in an automobile? j Now that I am not swimming as much - as I did formerly, I must turn to other . forms of exercise. I dance a great deal. " Att all dancers must do, I have, to do niv exercises Tor half an horn- nr . before each performance. On matinee days and on those days' I have rehear sals. It keys me up to proper pitch to have an invigorating drive. I seem able to get through my double amount of work far better than I would ordi narily. ' "This spring I am making my first bow to the public in musical comedy. Naturally everything must be Just right, for the play itself is named The Model Girl.' So it. had to follow that my automobile rides should te in a model car, and for me that meant the Studebaker." To Tax Auto Trucks. Tacoma. Wash., March 27. Accord ing to the Washington state legis lature private automobile trucks are to be taxed from $10 to $25, a year according to capacity. Trucks" for hiie would bo taxed from $20 to $50 a year, automobile stages running through the country districts are to be assessed $10 to $35 a year accord ing to capacity. Woman Arrested as Spy. Paris, f April 10. Marie Louise - Welseh, said to have been associated with Naval Ensign Cllmo, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1908 for selling French naval plans to a foreign government, has been arrested MODEL GIRL AND MODEL CAR HER SLOGAN s ys. vs. .m. s. s. 1 ii '5- . U v J I 1 ft 1 ' V UMATILLA HAS ABOUT ONE THOUSAND AUTOS - . Thirty-two Makes Represent ed and Cash Expenditure of $1,000,000, Pendleton, Or., April 10. ;There are approximately 1000 automobiles in Umatilla county of 32 different makes and representing a cash expenditure of one million dollars, according to a compilation made by Major Lee Moorhouse, local insurance agent, from insurance 'reports of 1915 and from a personal investigation. Of the 1260 makes of machines he finds the fol lowing represented in this county: Ap person, Buick, Cadilla Chalmers. Case, Detroiter. Dodge, Franklin, Hud son. Hupmobile, Haynes, King, Na tional, Mitchell. Packard, Pope-Hartford. F"ord, Maxwell, Metz. Michigan, Overland, Oakland, Saxon, Stevens Duryea. Stearns, Moline,, Paige. Thomas, Studebaker, ' Roo. Winton and Velie. In addition he finds the Mack, Federal and Standard auto trucks rep resented and many different makes of motorcycles. SALESMANAGER WILL BE IN CHARGE F, J. Finger to Have Control of Retail Sales in- Mult nomah County, Annette Kellerman and Studebaker car for which, she shows a preference. AUTO TRUCK FIRM TO NVADE LOCAL FIELD Company Said to Have Plenty of Capital and Is One of Oldest in Country. H. C. Skinner, head of the Oregon distributing firm for Maxwell cars, announced yesterday the appointment of F. J. Finger as salesmanger in charge of retail sales in Multnomah county. Mr. Finger needs no intro duction to the automobile industry of Portland. He is one of the pioneer auto men of the section, having been connected with many of the besr known agencies in this territory. During the past two years Mr. Fiji eer has been road representative for one of the popular low priced cars, but on account of Portland being 'hi home he prefers to have employment that will not take him out of the city the greater portion of his time. It will be the policy of the 11. C. Skinner company to put on a force of salesmen and go right after the bus iness In this county. As an indication of improved trade conditions and the fact that the out side world has its eyes on Portland, comes information to this paper to the effect that one of the largest manu facturers of automobile trucks in tho 1'nited States is about to invade the local field, with an energetic campaign to secure the lion's share of the or ders being, placed or vabout to be placed by retailers, wholesalers, man ufacturers and others In this territory. While the name of the concern is being withheld for the present, .it 1 understood to be one of the oldest and largest in the country both financially and in point of production and to put out a line of sizes to meet every re quirement of large and small users. Its trucks are built to stand hard usage and therefore are particularly adapted t western conditions, over 1,")00 of them now be'ng in use on the Pacific coast. Interested parties may get in touch with this manufacturer through the auto editor of this paper. "Wife Was a "Movie Mend." New Yark, April 10. After separa tion from his wife because she was a "movie fiend," Frederick Orr turned on the gas and died. ' THRILLING DASH IN ; CAR IN WAR-SWEPT; BELGIUM DETAILED Machine Was Stopped Many Times by Sentries Who Are Stationed Along Road. SNOW AND SLEET FACED Soaring Cannon Distinctly &eard qn AMiTal at Destination, Says taa ' Writar. In the ' of fielal news from Europe, little mention Is made of the small rtninant of the Belgian army which fought so gallantly In the early stages of the war. But a letter Just received by the Overland people from the chief mechanic in charge of the squad of 300 Overlands purchased by Belgium shortly after the outbreak of hostili ties, proves that the small army is still a factor In the northern fighting. An interesting description is given of one of many trips from Calais to the fighting front, the cars are called upon to make. The letter gives an Inkling of the terrific conditions under which the automobiles are forced to work continuously. "I was ordered to drive the director of the cannon factory and an officer from Calais to the front." runs the letter. "In addition to the passengers, the car. which has a transport body, was loaded with artillery parts for re pairing guns, together with a quantity of petrol and oil necessary to last us the entire drive. The weather was cold and foggy, with a strong wind Llowing off the sea. Stopped by Sentries. Before leaving' Calais we were stopped by the first of the many sen tries encountered everywhere. Thev spring up suddenly, apparently out of the ground, like jacks In the box. We. were stopped three times before arriv ing at Dunkirk, and each time we were forced to show our papers and passes. Kvery precaution is taken against spies, but they manage to get within the lines in spite of the risks they run. "In the towns we were only allowed to maintain a speed little faster than a walk, but on the open road there is no limit. The cars often reach a speed of 50 miles an hour. "After we left Dunkirk the hard driving started. Upon living th'3 town we turned sharp, to the right, and followed the canal for a long distance, passing a number of cars smashed and deserted at the roadside. We saw one car upside down in the canal. It had evidently been deliberately driven into the canal to prevent capture at soma time. "When we left the canal banks the roads became exceedingly rough, and were fearfully cut up by the passing of heavy transports, the troops and artillery. Barbed Wire Dodged. "While rounding a turn at fair speed, I had to jam On the brakes to keep from running Into some nasty looking barb wire entanglements which stretched across the road about two feet high.' Upon alightlig I found that there was just enough room left for our car to crawl throirgh diag onally across the road. "We had just gotten up speed again when we were forced t o stop and squeeze past some earthworks built on either side of the rofid, al lowing just room enough to get the car through with a great deal of manipu lation and close work. Immediately after that we encountered! a series of entrenches dug almost clear across the road. A fall into these big ditchea would i probably " put the '.car out -of commission, and seriously : injure tbe passengers. - "Sleet and snow, which came at this point, would have made, driving diffi cult and dangerous had" It not been for tbe . adjustable windshield ' wltn which trie cars : are equipped. When we arrival at Hou'tham, once a pros perous, Belgian city, we found it occu pied entirely by the military, prao tically all of the Inhabitants having left. The street . were alive ; with soldiers, horses and guns, going to and from the fighting front, or chang ing positions. In the distance we could hear the continuous booming of the Belgian 150 millmeter guns. Ia the city we lunched on sandwiches and lumps of chocolate, and were on our way 'again , in ; less than a quarter of an hour. (,'-: "The only road from here to the front was of the ) roughest sort, hur riedly constructed: for -army use. In some instances he ruts were fully a foot deep. ' S Floundered, in Mud. "The Overland sped over fields, bymped over railroad crossings, floun dered in mud up to the axles, and I drove half the time with the front wheels caught in tbe great ruts made by the heavy guns. "We finally reached our destination, where noise of the guns was deafening. This, with the clack of the. mitrail leuse, the shrieking of shells and the continuous galloping of batteries, made a bedlam of what used to be a peace able farming country I unloaded tha car as soon as possible and started the-l return journey in the dark. And driv ing at night In Belgium is far differ ent from the night driving, you know. Your work requires full speed, and yet you are allowed only half of your lights, and even they must be dimmed. "If you could' but know the rough treatment automobiles have been hav i"g over here, you would realize mora than ever their ability to stand far mo than any of the strains of ordi- nary usage. It ? is regular . practice here lodriye In a manner which would not : be vHuntenanced - in the : United States. ' We get to our destinations as quickly r-as possible, without v- any thought of the car. . If the car Is dis abled we leave it and take another. Wehave neither the time nor fa:lli UesTfor making repairs. -, "The fact ahat- I . have . driven . the same .car : under these extreme condi tions since its arrival in Belgium last September, 'seems to me the best pos sible evidence of the wonderful stam ina of tbe car." ... v ; ": . '''".'. 1 -r, 1 :v:;" Speedway Not to . , Split With Ai;A. A. Indianapolis,' April 11. Attempts " to drag the .Indianapolis motor speedway Into the widely heralded W A. A.-A. A. A,, controversy, recently opened by the resignation of the Automobile club of Southern California from the Amer ican Automobile association, over a dispute in fixing .responsibility for the death of Jack- Callaghan at Ascot park, Ixs Angeles, will not meet with suocess, according -'' to - directors- and officials of. the Indianapolis track ap proached on the subject. ; -: ""..' Adherents of 'the-western enterpHse had hoped the speedway could be 4n-duced-to split with the -A". -A. A., feel ing! that aueh act!6n would make thetr cause a success, In . view of the control the Indianapolis track exercises over the' eastern facing situation. Such will not prove to be the case, a director of the Hoosier spedwav stating: "The speedway has always been on the friendliest terms with the A. A. A., and believes that the only saff way to control racing, from the point of view of. protection to the public, is through the impartial, sportsmanlike, administration of a dis interested body like the American Au tomobile association. As long as the speedway endures,! we shall give our support to the A. A. A. and hope the sport will never fall Into the control of various local. organU u - run things practically please." ' . Hapmobile Owners Have Pre Every Economy Claim Ye FJr. ECONOMY MAINTENANCE ECONOMY Ol; GASOLINE ECONOMY OF TIRES v ECONOMY OF OIL ECONOMY Olf CARE ECONOMY Olf NERVES ECONOMY OF PRICE $1295 f. o. b. Portland ' Dulmage-Manley Auto Cc 46-48 NORTH (TWENTIETH ST. Marshall 1699, A-1299 i 'Ride-Behind the Blue Shield More Comfortable and Cheaper Than Owning Your Own Car Touring Cars Anywhere Anytime For Less LOCAL TAXI SERVICE AT ABOUT HALF ORDINARY RATES Depots 25c Hospitals 50c San Francisco $35.00 An easy and economcial way to entertain your friend for an afternoon or evening. The ideal way for a day's trip to the country. No better jway to spend a week-end at the beach or the mountains. If you are lone some, you can be assigned a seat with a congenial hunt ing or fishing party. OUR OUTING DEPARTMENT KNOWS THE RIGHT PLACES A FINE WAY TO SPEND THIS AFTERNOON EASY PHONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER: MAIN 1077, A 1077 American Auto Toiirin Comp Portland, Oregon, Branch W Suite 718 Northwestern Bank Bldg. amy Agencies in Principal "Cities Everywhere 1 . . ; r ' i jr - 1 r rii' r r, 'v. i. ' r . - t jr " ' 1 1 V ! ', j' ' , , ' ' . ' I JI , . 1 " i ! ' - ' , " i , . ' ji, . ! 1 I I --- i 4 ' I ', " "'r1 . ' ' '" I J i l i - 1 r, ' 1 . ,i 1 , ' J . I This Six Mas Every Advantage M ANY popular priced Sixes have but one or two good features. At every other point they are not only commonplace, and ordi nary, but way below par. I 1 So that one good feature is picked widely exploited, talked about and advertised. The theory of this method of selling being that if the public can be thoroughly saturated and incidentally blinded by the alleged superiority! of this one point it will finally come to regard the whole car as something rare and unusual. But, unfortunately, for this scheme- the public do their own thinking. ' - They want to know all about the whole car. Consequently, when the public start to ask a variety of questions and make comparisons it is mighty embarrassing for him who is trying to sell the 'one-feature Six. The Overland Six has every aavantage. The en bloc 45 horsepower motor is an advantage. j The high tension magneto igni tion is an advantage. The bright French finish, long grain hand buffed lea therjjpholstery is an advantage. 1 The 125-incliT wheel ' base is an advantage. ; ' ; . ' The 35'f x4V5 " tires are an advan-' --"h Vj'.v f-"i-;- --' The non-skid tire? on the rear are an advantage.. - - It comfortably seats seven adults. Yet the price is only $1475 1 v If you want a Six tjbat is good at eVery point get an Overland. You will get a far, better car and save money as well. Deliveries can be made imme diately. Order yours today. VTIIMWM Mtm or J. W. -LEAVITT & CO., DISTRIBUTORS 529 Washington Street Marshall 3535 Mad In U. S. A.! i A-2444 The Willy s-Oyefland Company, Toledo, Ohio Other models $795 to $1600. All prices f. o. b. Toledo.
