: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
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UMATILLA HAS ABOUT
ONE THOUSAND AUTOS
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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 ;
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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
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'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
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This Six Mas
Every
Advantage
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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.
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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
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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.