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i THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND) SUNDAY MORNING MARCH ' 18,' 19t7. . 5 TALE OF HATS AND HOW WORN REPORTERS BY, THE OF U: S. TEN MINUTES FROM BROADWAY Had to Wear Top Head ean to Get lnto Parliament and 'Were Embarrassed. S;Wir"T'"WW - l,,.),lfaL,,,u,,, I -'',' ' ''Si" 'ft":' S' . S s' ' V"i."i 1 pitoeig iSTnGE l BATTERES Sno peg to hang'them on Seats Were All Blfht, Bnt Zdds a Bother; Colonials Bald Them Close TJp to Their Btomacbs. By Ixnvell Mellett. London. Feb. 27. (By Mail.) (U. r.) Much was cabled to America .about precedents broken When the king opened parliament a f6rtnlght ago, vbut the) most' thrlfjingr departure is yet - to be told. .. J .', ' The cables, related how the king's six-horse team was black instead of r the customary cream, how the proces slon was limited to half a dozen car riages of the country's' truly great, how mounted Canadians, Australians and Indians formed the royal escort, j now me King wore oniy nis unaress naval uniform and the queen a simple black gown Instead of their royal .' robes,, how the peers were either in khaki or plain frock coats instead of scarlet and ermine and how the peer sBes wore morning costumes and hats instead of evenmg gowns and jewels. I Reporters Held Back Story. But the American reporters held "one thing back. It was a story that only -could be told by mail; It requires explanations and cable rates are high. The American reporters themselves the two grateful recipients of thin first time privilege for the American press wore high silk ha5i and morn ing coats!- Nothing the king did to 7 British royal custom today equalled what the two reporters did to Ameri can newspaper custom, ' when the:' -" paraded into the house of lords in their high hats at 11 o'clock in th "- morning. Quick, thd' explanation: They had' to do it. S A16ng with the pink ticket and the white ticket that opened the house of lords doors to the foreign press for th first time came the instructions. " They made it clear that a reporter might have tickets in all the colors of the rainbow, 'but without the high hat the lords wouldn't be at home with him. The reporters were consider- -, ably puzzled. They could see what use on American rabdriver or an English, floorwalker or a lord would have for a high hat in the morning; it was part of their. unifomi. But how it could - be utilized in chasing the f Jeetlng item was a myptery. . Only "Distinguished Journalists." Of course the Invitation, according to the . London presx. was limited to "distinguished foreign journalists, .but tiie American reporters hadn't . 'taken that seriously up to this point Now, (hey agrevd, their days as re ' porters were over. Tl&y were jour nalists. Just as described on their po lice cards. U'-"y fry.'- -A ' -'-9 is ? 1 it . tsI& Afiv-' r-K r?) A 1 St. Louis. Mo, March 17. (I.- N. B.I I Lee Fuentes was transformed fro.jj i a Mexican to an ATnerlcan through the naturalixaiton office. Thrilled w-h ; patriotism and filled wfth spirits ol -. r o uncertain strength, Lee half en ' veloped himself with the Stars and , stripes and sallied forth. ( Lee's self -conducted patriotic demoa tstration led him into Union Waiters' I headquarters at No. 705 Pine street, I A man from Holland spied him. "What are you doing wltu that rag onT' he Jeered.. "Caramba," Lee snarled, and leaped. "My Uncle Sam " The Hollander went down hard. Lee worked both arms - and feet to ' his heart's content, dragged his victim 'o the open door and commanded him i to run. The Hollander .made record time. English Girls Chew Cordite for Thrill . j London, March 17. Officials of the ministry of munitions have discovered that much "drunkenness" attributed to- women and comparatively young girls Is due to the chewing of cordite, a smokeless powder explosive. The explosive la used as a sort of "pick-me-up" .by the tired munition workers. Its effect on the health Is injurious. and remedial tax en. REQUIRE DISTILLED WATER AT INTERVALS of Its being ruined from overheating, because tho charga which It receives Im designed to affect the whole bat tery; that It, all of each plate. If the plates are not covered with electrolyte the whole plate la not affected by the charge. -For instance. If the plates are i nair covered with water and tho bat- Average Motorist Knows, But fo7ae HOW and When IS Told by. eUctrolyUU getting thenire charge! From all thU It will be seen that the car owner has to keep his battery filled with water to get the beat service out of it, and have the battery In spected e mi-monthly. ara completely covered with the elec- j forts to substitute nettlaa for cotton trolyte. The battery Is not able to ( have met with splendid success. Last rive out the amount of power that It Is "year over 4000 . tons of nettles wars desljnsd to. j harvested In Austria and Hungary, "On the other hand when the battery rslnst 160 tons In 145. Tns fabrics a WClUg VUeUtJU, lUCrV 13 grl QKngir W. C. Allen. KEEP ACID FROM BATTERY Charring' "Will Always Bsstor It, and Distilled or Xala Water at xntar. Tals Will xsep It vormaL mad from the nettles are much finer and. mors durable than cotton goods and-surpaas , even linen, . Sets Fife to Tree ' . That Tails on Him - Lee. Mas a, March it. Newton Frost set firs to the base of a tree he wished to fell . and then- sat down beside the tree to keep warm. The, old tree burned through and toppled over on him, pinning him. He was found some time later and taken to a hospital in Plttsfield. He has nine: broken ribs and probable Internal Injuries. Nettles Sabetltnted for Cotton. ofurt7'";?''0 V t. Ames's. .4vTfHe. official report Just published, the ef-I pv, menttoe The Joamei. IA4. i - ft HiiiiiiiiniiiiiiHininiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiinniiiMiiPj However little the average motor ist mav know about his storage bat tery he knows as least that it must be Riven distilled water at regular inter vals. Most motorists do It without having any idea why it is necessary. W a. Allen, of the local Wtllard i ' Storage Battery Service station, has ! r.llllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllir'- - undertaken to explain for the reaaer s JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY I benefit why it Is necessary to keep the battery filled with water. '.'The water." says Mr. Allen, "that th r owner DUts into his storage measures are being j battery replaces that which has evap orated. 'In summer tne banery snouia Cordite has all the exhilarating ef- ' k m1 ,,n at lajit onco a week be- fects of a highly stimulating drug .- ,-. WMther evaDOratton is quicker. In winter it 1 generally nec essary only once every two weeks, "The charging of the battery gener ates heat In it. This naturally makes evaporation quicker, so that if a car is being run over long distances with in frequent stops and sparing use or ine On the Cornell road with a Hudson Super-Six. One of the pretty drives over the hills back of Portland is out the Cornell road. Starting from the head of Lovejoy street, this picturesque road runs through Westover Terrace and winds in and out along the upper edge of the canyon above Macleajr park. From here one can look over the lower Willamette and regions along the Columbia river, as well as viewing the snow-capped Coast range. Further on the Cornell road joins the Sky Line boulevard. MOR E POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES ARE SOLD ON COAST THAN EVER California, Though Second in Country for Per Capita Cars, Still Is Buying. How It Feels to Have Your Husband Summoned and Sent' Away to the War An English Soldier's Wife Relates Her Experience That Is the Common Lot of Many an Englishwoman These Days. and cannot be tampered with except at 'great risk. Its effect on the ner vous system Is immediate and ulti mately deadly. It has to. be taken in increasing quantities if the exhila ration is to be maintained. British soldiers found during the South African war that v-" j l w,3 v i terv to A J7. 7 . narcotic. t facV overheated. The owner of a car . 71 --"-- run under such conditions win naiur- 58 parts of nitroglycerine 37 parts " l t necesary to fill his battery 8rUrVfU1id 5 ??rtS ,rolneral ellT' with distilled wateV more frequently 0".0f.th:.S1"i8trSr,.0f mil; thaS the man who 1- uaing hi, machine sweet, pleasant and pungent. But It PREST-O-LITE STORAGE BATTERIES ARCHER AMD WIGGINS DISTRIBUTORS OF HIGH-GRADE MOTOR CAR ACCESSORIES Rai'lxr'c TiV Shnn TIRE tOCTORS In the Triangle TAJIK AT 12TS KetaU XHstributore rtrertoae and Ooodyear Tires, Tabes and sorles - b,y eat,tnK ' lights there is a tendency for the bat 11 tn "cite- t t becomo heated, sometimes in CLEAN, HONEST, SERVICE Ztrst-Claas Oarage and atepalr Bhop. Hewly and lully Equipped. Skilled Mechanics. CRAWFORD-HOUGHTONNODGRASS 65 S3S 8T. H. af sm1f sT.Ti 1188 "Although It Is now the second state m the country for automobiles per capita, the sale of power-driven ve r.icles in California continues at a record pace." according to Alfred lteeves, general manager of tho Na tional Automobile Chamber of Corc- By a Soldier's wife. ; London, March 17. (U. P.) How does it feel to have your husband tak en from you and sent to war? Espe cially when you have had an uphill fight for several years to get started, and are Just getting out of debt and able to live in something like com fort? 111 tell you, for I know! My husband was a aollcitor. Four years before he had invested his little capital in the purchase of a.practice, and had wprked very hard to build it up. It had not been easy, for compe tition is keen In that profession, but by the summer of 1914 he was earn ing something like J2000 a year. It had not been too easy at home during those years. There were two children to keep and care for, but now They found they were rijjiit about tlie hats. They didn't help at all, onr the reporters were safely in the little . pness gallery that overhangs the seats f the Lords. .. Therei waa no place to put the hats, no peg 'to hang them on, - nowheri under the seat to slide them. Only the king is allowed to wear hi hat in the chamber. A eilk hat doesn t make a had seat, hut the--, reporters' ejfit would have lacked the awesume J. ess, of their entrance had they sue- ombed to this temptation. Couldn't Discover "Cold Stick." The prexs seats were good seats, close noush to permit one to count He big piv.rls tluii form -d the only contrast to the queen's black gown, though not close enough to -discover the gold stick Of the-tlold Stirk-ir.. Waiting, who attended the king, nor ;. rt the silver stick of the Silver fcUkk-ji-WnltiiiH. Tliey. ei0 rlne enoncli ? linos t to -. fhare Jn tlje 'warmth of l,oni Hryce's - Keiiial'sniile .r to permit one to over hear what Lord lierby w;.s trllins Lord . Curr.on -if they luidn't been talking "n whispers, :iw whs likewise ihe crso with l-iord Ueressford and Lord Nort.i- llffe. i The seats were all righ! but the liats were a bother. A good fice liande I ' l'nited states reporter ean'l write in Ms best style with a high hat in his -ap.' , The Canadian reporters and the Aus tralians suffered also. You could pick .- them out by the way they slipped into : ino press ..ox with their hands behind their backs, hiding the suh.ieet of this .present dirge their unaccustomed headgear. It was "different with the Russian, Irench and Italian journalists. They tarried the offending impediments in both hands squarely across their stom achs, which, it seems, is reallv the correct journalistic way of dolncr jt. But what would Ben Tillman or Joe Cannon say. if one did it in Wast Jngton, V. H. A.? ir.erco. who has lust completed a six lueeks visit to the Pacific coast where the years of struggle were over, 1 lie investigated trade conditions, ap peared before meetings of the dealer associations and city commercial or ganizations, and formally opened tho San Francisco show on behalf of the motor car manufacturers. "In going over the figures of the motor vehicle department of Cali fornia," said Mr lteeves, "1 was. shown that there were more than 200,000 automobiles registered in California, which is one for every 15 persons in the state. Of course, it must be un derstood that many registered cars are owned by the visitors, but they would not change the figures to any marked degree. The figures are only fcxeeeded by the state of Iowa, 'where, because of the great number of farm ers who must have motor cars, the figures are one car for every 11 per sons. "In I..OS Angeles county, there are more cars than In any other county in the country and Judging by the traffic condition in Los Angeles, it has more cars per mile of street than New York or any other city. At least that's the impression one gets when riding through the business district. ' seemed curious, so I asked her why she got more than I did. "Well, you see, ma'am, my mans a sergeant, so I get more'n you, 'cos Mr. ' is only a private," she replied. Every Monday since then I have been to the post of fice and drawn my money. It is a regular meeting place for many of us. The apparently rich and the obvi ously poor all meet there to draw their various allowances, we all snare a common tie now, for our husbands are soldiers, some in France, some In Eng land, some far away In Africa or India. There are no barriers of caste or rank or .social distinction. My char woman does not put on airs because her husband Is a sergeant. Mrs. Hy- gave him a racking, splitting head ache that lasted for 38 hours. Valuable News for Miss Emily McCoy for city running with frequent stops and low speed, hence, low raie or charring. "Under no conditions whatever should the car owner himself put acid in the battery to bring the electrolyte uo to the proper specific gravity. "Normally, no matter how run down the battery may be. charging will re- storn it and restore the specific grav ity of the electrolyte. The amount of. acid in the electrolyte remains com stant. It la the water only that evap- Addlng acia men. aoes noi re- HANDLER See the Chandler Four-Pas sen ger Roadster GERLINGER MOTOR CAR CO., BROADWAY AT OAK ST. Chalmers H. L. KEATS AUTO CO.; Broadway at Burnside. Broadway S36S Now Demonstrating the New 3400 R. M. P. 11090 F. O. B. Factory ... ; , New York, March 17. (Xf. P.) For the first time since its colonization in 1 1789 bv mutineers and Tahltian worn- ! orates. en. Pitcalrn Island, that geographical store the battery but ruins it. for it noriod in the Pacific .ocean between ! makes the solution too strongly acid. Panama and New Zealand, where I thus Causing rapid disintegration of steamers stop sometimes as often as the plates and general breaking down Trucks , 1 Va, 2, 3a and 5 Ton The Standard of Vortlaad Business arouses. Columbia Carriage & Auto Works 809 rBOBT 8T8EET. Edwards' Tire Shop r Vulcanizing Tire Repairing .' 331 ANKENY Broadway 1034, A-1133 Goodyear Barrios Station, Ajas Distributors once a year, wfil receive mail service from the United States via the steam ship Australplaln, sailing from this port today. Probably the only person in the United States to whom this news is valuable is Miss Emily McCoy, who left Pitcairn"16 years ago to come to the United States to .study nursing. There are about 150 inhabitants on the- Island. Miss McCoy says divorce and unequal suffrage are unknown among' the Islanders. phen Jones talks unaffectedly to the wife of a man who used tp cut her lawn. Our men are fighting for their courltry, and so for us. - Francis Motor Car Exchange Phone E. 1199 E. 13th aHawthorn Garford Grant Six of the battery. "It is imperative to use distilled water or pure rain water that has not come in contact with any metal. Any mineral substances or foreign chem icals in the electrolyte will ifot only upset the chemical action that goes on inside the battery but will rapidly ruin the plates. "Keeping the battery filled with water means keeping the plates covered one-half Inch with electrolyte. .This is absolutely necessary not only for the preservation of the plates them selves but to enable these plates to do their work. If only half of them trolyte, naturally only half as much HawrVinmR Vlll- Auto Tire Repairing of everr description. AU work'--. rnwr wtn h. derated us when thev naWinome V Ul- guaranteed. We sell new and second-hand tires and Motor Truck Sales Company . saa aloeb stxxzt, PomTiaHTJ. oizaos A complete line of motor trucks made from the best material obtainable and backed by reputation, resources snd Taetmiea. Overhead valve motor. Ho finer meter from the standpoint of all-around efficleacy has svsr bees: built. ' . . -' i kUsXZT AUTO CO ' 11th and Oak at Burnside. Croad. tlT. A Growth In British Labor Party. - London. March .17. The membership of the British Iabor party has in creased from 376,000 in 1&00 to 2,221, OflO at the present prjee. " '. ' Money Is Pawned at Kansas City Bureau Kansas City. March 17. Ever hear of pawning money? The City Welfare T.oan Aeency has two customers who are paying interest on money, the security for which is more money, strange as it may seem. One young man seems to have a pas sion for gold and every time he gets a gold piece he pawns It and pays interest on the money secured thereby. According to the rules, he cannot bor-. row more than about 80 per cent or the value of the coins. He has quite an accumulation of ordinary Ameri can gold coins piled up in the office of the agency and is constantly add ing to it. . Another customer has a collection of supposedly rare silver coins which he has pawned. He believes they are of great value, but, of course, the loan agency recogniies them only as so many ounces of sliver. Columbia River Interstate Bridge' NOTICE TO AUTOISTS! Delays may be avoided by purchasing you tickets (good cither direction) before proceeding to the bridge. Tickets on Sale in Portland At Vancouver Ticket 'Office, Second and Washington, and Piedmont Pharmacy, Union aiid Killings worth aves. In Vancouver At Wilson's Confectionery, Fifth and Main, and Allcmists Drug Store, Tenth and Main. Ticket holders only may proceed across the bridge, de livering tickets to collector at draw. Those not having tickets must stop and. obtain same at. ticket office at the bridge. HAVE EXACT TOLL READY j5f ; Each person ....... 5c One seated runabouts. .... . . . . . ,"10c - Autos for not more than 8 persons 15c By'Order of , - , Columbia River Interstate Bridge Comm'n. thought, and the future looked bright and cheerful. The War Comes. Then came the war. My husband's practice fell off a little, but not much. and it soon , recovered, until he had to work harder than ever. His clerk was in a London territorial regiment, and went off at once with it. I never con sidered the possibility of my husband Joining the army. I always thought of soldiers as big, strong', boisterous young men, like my two brothers. I see things differently now but. then well, one somehow had not thought that the army could ever want quiet, stay-at-home men of 33, whose most violent form of exercise was gar dening. Christmas came, and then the spring. All the young men seemed to have gone, but Ixrd Kitchener was asking for more men, and yet more men. We went away for our summer holiday as usual, and, life did not seem very dif ferent on those days. Then we came home, and I could see that Fred was changed. He would sit by the fire those autumn evenings in his chair and look at the red coals glowing in the grate for an hour at a time, until "his pipe would go out. I would creep very quietly out of the room, fearing to let him know that, I knew. I could not bear to lose him. and, besides, there were so many who could go so much more easily than he For him it meant the sacrifice of years of work, the breaking up of hie home. For me and the babies well, I thought it meant poverty. Could they really, truly, need the married men, when they still made no demand, but only requests, for the hundreds of thousands of single young reuows still available? Hext the Call. Then came tho Derby scheme. whereby, when the country was in need of him. my husband would be called, and not before. And who would hesitate to sacrifice everything if Kn gland really needed it? The fol lowing June the call came. And so Fred went away to be a sol dier and lived on 6d a day. while I re malned behind to look after the chil dren and keep the home going, even if on restricted lines. My principal means of doing so is the separation allowance which every soldier's wife gets. I received a paper some weeks later telling me to go to the postofflce near here on the following Monday, where I would receive my money. , I was very nervous. Then I did not know what to wear. I decided to wear mv nrfl narv tninn. uin T vorv j glad I did. There were quite a lot of other women in the postofflce when got there, end I am sure I felt very red and uncomfortable when the first person I noticed was Mrs. Hgphen Jones just coming away from the counter. ' Her husband is a barrister, who had often been briefed by my hus band, and I heard that he had joined the army a month or two before. "How do you dor she said, smiling. "I have Just drawn my separation al lowance. Are you doing the same?" Separation Allowance Xeceived. I was so taken aback that I could not reply for a few seconds, .and then ' I told her that I was going to draw my money, and that it was the first time I had done so, I went up to the counter and handed In my paper. The girl handed me slip with 21s marked on it in large figures. I signed this and received pound note and a shilling and I had drawn my first separation allowance. The : woman after roe was my char woman. Her husband has been a sol dier for a long time. She had two chil dren, the same as. I had, but I noticed that . he was given 23s 6d. This tubes. Double Tread Tires. Phone K. 180,- 40S Haw. CaniZing WOrKS thorn Ave. All work called for and delivered, - i YT America's Create? Light Six -1 Havnes h. l. mann motor car co. eJ 59 NORTH 23D MAIN 299 BUDSON-Super-Six "Super means superior where others srs Inferior - BOSS & PEAKE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY ! , 615-617 Washington Street HtTpmobile 4 wosDEKm cAm xv mrosUCAvos. MAzrurr atto co uth and Oak at Born aid. Broad. 817. ' Capacities, 1, li, 2, 3',, 5, 6,.7f4 Tons. Comrlete Stock Repair Parts. F. C. ATWELL, Sales Agent Tel. Mar. 440 Mack&Saurer MOTOR TRUCKS Washington at 21st MAXWELL "I got the facta well then took the Maxwell" BOSS & PEAKE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY dl5-bl7 Washington Mreet More Power at Less Cost National Oldsmobile Nioiial curs ir today represent unquestionably the hi&hcbt. htai.duid in motor cars. -. MAHLET AUTO CO., 11th and Oak at Buraslds. Broad. 317. Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight. OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON -Broadway and Couch Phone Broadway 1640 Both Series "18" Studebaker FOUR and Series "18" Studebaker SIX are noted for their great power, and especially their great power in ratio to their very low consumption of gasoline. It has taken Studebaker four years to improve, refine and perfect the wonderful Studebaker motor. It has been solved through the ex perience of 250,000 cars in the hands of owners. It is only, through an evolution like 4his, ' that perfection of power in ratio. to fuel consump tion can possibly be developed. There are no secret processes; no basis patents; no features of design that are unknown or prohibited by patents. Thev Engineer can use what he wished, but he can only know how tb use the best features by continually improving, refining and perfecting through the exper ience of a motor in actual service. This is why Studebaker can truthfully claim that the design of its motor is unsurpassed in simplic ity, accessibility and power. By the refinement of reciprocating parts, vibration has been reduced to' an al most unobservable minimum. The bearing areas of the motor have been enlarged and increased,' giving .. greater durability, more .strength, still further insuring smooth, vibrationless operation. But you cannot appreciate the splendid POWER of the Stude baker car until you TRY it. Oakland Owen Magnetic OREGON OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY, Whelesals OAKLAND AUTO SALES COMPANY, Retsil -522 Alder St. at Sixteenth Main 414 Gibson Electric Garage 6V , Storage Battery Co. 144 Twelfth Street - CAPACTTT IB TOBB 'i 1 1H 2 ROilO S1325 S1525 S1U35 M-ncmm seiiveiea at rortlaaa HCBEKTS MOTOB CAB CQV Para and Flan dors Bts. Smith Form-a-Truck BA2K Boms unoccupied territory I ones: writs for proposition - " Moreland Distillate, ft ton to S too. Vim Delivery ton capacity. M:CRAKEN MOTOR COMPANY - ? Main 9019 ; , A 445 Stark Street Trucks I 1 CXSAH, KOBEST EmTXCZ t . 5. Le ana. Vaiif Matre Storage j Diamond lirid Battery Co. i Poltpripe 32 North Broadway Sales and Service I Zxpext Advice Afeont Ton Battery rreely Olvsa Velie The BUtwell Series represents the latest and best in - cars. New value at medium price. I. C WARREN MOIOR CAR CO. 58-60 N. 23d Street. . Phone Main 780 oter .-it! yotrA-CTXJJi iiiiu icosxnus rbrrs chassis .........9 885 70TJB Boadster 985 rOTm TonrlasT Car.... .. 985 TOUBk xem&au Stoadster, 1150 TOTTBrery .Weather Car 1185 ' ATI Moss T. O. B. Detroit. Oregon Motor Car Co. Local Distributors Park and Davis Streets ., , Phone Broadway 616 EXX-CTOBDZB SCO'S: SIX Chassis ....S1150 SIX Boadster 1260 BZX Touts Car........ 1360 BZX ZAadan Koedste.... 1350 SIX Every Weather Car. 1430 . BIX lonrlajf Sedan...... ITOO BIX Conpo ............. 17SO TJmonslno 8600 AU Prices T. O. B. Detroit. VULCANIZING Let us do your tire repairing;. All our work la abso lutely guaranteed. Our prices are always right. W sell all leading brands ot tires and tubes, sasolinc oil, and tire sundries. ... - -v ; VACxrxo vnxcAXTznra co, Those Broadway 47. .- . t -.. 34 Third 8t White -II Pleasure Cars and Motor, Tnicks - The White Company, Park and Couch Streets ; Wl Stock Them, We Bepslr Tfcssn, ' f -- - . . We Charge Them, -i- --'. y rres Advice and Inspection. . "AUTO ZZJBCTBIO XQtnPaCEirT : col. Sixth sad Born side Streets.,