HIE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 1, 1007.
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-The. Omaha Sunday Be&
OMAHA, TTNDAT, BETPTEMBER 1, 1907.
NOW THAT th winnn In approach
- tng Ita nd. Ilttlo harm can
result from gnm criticism of
the war In which Wstrn
,u" rTalr hav been con
f rained L. PUTXly re-
contract a.T7 .w"h '
to tha 1 w" ralr notloo
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T far a. h rrmn,",to. ww concerned.
ka. nit. ', ' 'houM h ontlnu . he
ter. ! cutlra officer. Other mat.
ta JJJV"" no,r bfnr" th louo
la tha arheJUa. It to .dm,tte(5Iy ,
Mlaatlon for business. Unless it make.
-J . u" "ot co'""- But n brief
w!y of tha schedule for the present yenr
will convince any thoughtful person that
"V Bot framed with view of vetting
jwod ra.ulta. Omaha la admittedly the
paying town In the whole circuit, the
erda here bains the largest and tho
teadleat of all. ThU being tha caae. it
wo-ldsem that an effort would be made
t Pt games at Omaha when poaalblo.
Instead, tha achedula waa fixed ao that
Omaha opened at home, at a eeaaon of the
year when tha weather la notoriously un
favorable for base ball, and will close away
from home at a time when the local fane
r in their keenest mood. Thla makes a
loaa for the league at both ends. A little
thought would have enabled the achedulo
makers to arrange matters so that the sea.
on might have been ended at Omaha,
where paying- attendance Is assured, rather
than to let tha wlndup of a red-hot race
Coma to towns where little or no atten
tion 1 given the Western league games,
fhla La but a single example of the short
sighted policy of discriminating against
Omaha that has been pursued by the non
resident triumvirate that dominates the
Western league.' If Comlakey were to look
a' little closer Into real conditions he would
Surely Insist that TebeauT and Cantlllon
Join him In making a change.
'' Revision of tha rules governing golf Im
pends, but the work is not likely to be
brought .about In a revolutionary way.
New blood Is demanded for the governing
body of the game, and the United States
Golf association la heading tho movement.
The chief complaint Is that the hard and
y .fast regulations that govern tho gam were
' mtti to fit St. Andrews, and do not apply
with equal facility to all conditions under
which Important matchea are now played.
Only ona thing Is certain In thla conneo
; tlon, and that Is that efforts at reform will
be stubbornly resisted by tha Tory element
on tha rules committee.
The failure of the VandfcrWtt cup race
hasn t been attended by any great na-
tlonal dlaaater. It would not be objected
- , " to so aerloualy If only the drivers were In
, convenlenoed or endangered, but the trouble
has been that the publlo has Buffered more
thai Hte men engaged in the contest, while
-.v,thf rfttm of tha .automobile .has .not been
vinelJlv..4vaTimMl bv the fart that anma
'hne'.'hs.B driven a racing car at the rate of
binety cilles an hour for a given number of
-'''nourev, ' .. ., . i
Tha downfall of the Box bag been the
"hriost sensational thing In sport during the
fortnight. The world's champions made a
. t, gallant fight against odds that were too
heavy, and. went down contending every
''. inch of, the way. They are not hopeless
;' yet, and' If support of some millions of
., loyal rooters will help any, tha world's
' series will again be divided between the
west aide and south vide grounds.
the Nebraska Slate Golf tournament la
that very few. from outalde Omaha took
part In the contest. The aame is true
of the Middle West Tennis tournament
Omaha Is a fine place for these meetings.
and the welcome extended visitors is of
the heartiest. Nebraska goiters and tennis
players ought to take advantage ot these
opportunities, and next eeaaon the same
somplalnt ought. not to be heard.
'boxers are looking forward to a busy
inter. One of the evil effects of pros
erlty Is that men have enough money to
keep life In a game that Is of no especial
aervice to tha country. It would be better
If. a majority of these strong young men
were set to work at something productive.
Lamed s win of the national lawn tennis
championship is moot popular, even though
he waa not called on to meet Clothier,
Lamed has been a leader at the game for
many years, and hta victory has a sentU
mental side which appeals very strongly
to followers of the game.
Jack Ifelater has evidently got his whip
under control again. Look at the string
'of 'two-hit games he has been handing
out. And be gives no transportation. Any
body who reaches Arst with Jack In the
box these days earns his passage. , Some
pitcher O. K.
V,
Now some the Juniors at' the tennnls
game. The Field club policy of Interesting
the youngsters Is the light one, for It
means recruiting tha ranks of the experts,
and It Is altogether likely that a winner of
the Mid-Weat will be on tha courts Mon
day. . Frank Cbanoe's base "ball team la like
the mouth of a famous politician he aim
ply sets It going and goes eft about his
other buslnesa, while the club runs along
lust the same.. But only one such organi
sation exists In bas ball.
As long as ' tha American league mag
aateJ are so deeply Interested In the West
urn league It Is not likely that tha organ
isation will be set back to clasa B. Thla
is one good result of the syndicate.
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Papa Blll'a high school for ball players
will send out it usual class ot experts
this season. It has. been a long time since
the Omaha team has aent nobody la a
eeaaoa to tha big league ranks.
' Drafting la h progress Just now, and soon
tha world will be advlaed aa to what
youngsters look food te the big leagua.
scouts. The annual surprise party will be
announced In about five weeks.
Tommy Burns has saved Jim Jeffrie'
life, lie saya ha won't force th big fel
low to fight. How sweet of Tommy yesf
Tou'v got to band It to Papa BUI when
It ooroee to picking out the youngeters.
King Isn't th only one Just th latest.
' If Omaha doesn't win tho pennant this
year twit, what's tb nseT Tou know the
answer.
It Is only watting with tne foot ball now.
CROSS-COUNTRY RUN GROWING
College Championship to Be Much
Greater Thi Tear.
MORE MET TO SET OUT AT STAET
Corwell Idea at tallf lnC S Men
ae Tram Will Improve Qaalltr
ot tb Sport la All
Ways.
NBW TORK. AuBT. Tha Intrnn11.r1at
crose-country chanipionahip thla coming
season Is to be run again on college
grounda, with the prospect that ther will
b even more Institution reproaanted than
before. At present Cornell, Pennsylvania,
Harvard, Tale. Maesachusetta Institute of
Technology. Princeton and Columbia are
represented. If the resort holrf in, than
la a chance that Michigan and Syracuse
may oe added to the number. The meet Is
to be held at Princeton again, and accord
Ing to the Cornell suggestion each college
is to enter more men and to have more
qualify for the team.
Hitherto the colleges have been eend
ng seven men to the Una tn- .,.,-
under the condition that the first four men
in shall compose the team of each college.
It was suggested by Cornell that hereafter
nlns men msy start from each college and
that six shall consltute a team. The In
tention Is to Improve the quality of col
lege running by making It necessary to
develop a greater nnmW nf mnA mn ti
Is contended that Cornell perhaps will bene-
m more than any other college by the
change because the Ithaeans have more
men running cross-country whose average
of excellence is higher than in the other
Institutions.
How Tbla Affect Standing.
If It had been oosslblo to rnunt tha ni
six men In the championship last year
Cornell would have been an easy winner.
Besides ColDltts. Mamffln. Riva
Nobis, who finished second, fifth nouih
and eighth respectively, Cornell had Lemon,
thirteenth and Thatcher, fifteenth. It will
be remembered that Pennsylvania by fin
ishing Jones first. Root thlrri. anri Tftn.bina
fourth had Cornell verv miifh frivhftnA
It was tha fact that the fourth Pennsyl
vania man to finish. Stanton, was away
back In the seventeenth place that spoiled
the Quakers' chances. As it was Cornell
scored 22 points and Pennsylvania SS.
If Cornell had been scoring the first six
men In last year the Tthaoana unM v....
had 50 points against 73 for Pennsylvania,
a oirrerence or a Instead of S points. Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Tachnnlr. In a.
lshlng third would have had 109 points.
u" resuu mat would have been changed
Is that between Harvard and Tale. Tale
actually was fourth with 71 points, flv less
than Harvard. Counting six men Harvard
wuum nave naa j points against 143 for
Tale. Tha finish of the other two wnnM
have been unchanged, Columbia finished
sixin. -nnceton did not aend more than
five men across the line, the accident to
Elsie breaking up the calculations.
Importance of th ftport.
If there Is anything to be deducted from
this it Is that Cornell will profit by having
the larger field, assuming of course that
cross-country matters at Ithaca continue
to be handled by the men who have been
responsible for the advances made by
Cornell in the sport. Ther Is serious talk
of a change In rcanagement, one that will
bring cross-country running into a sub
ordinate place as inferior to track athletics,
which few persona believe Is the proper
place for the game. Determined attempts
have been made to submerge the person
ality, so to speak, of the sport, a system
Which has worked out to the harm of pmai.
country running in other colleges. The
importance or oross-country running at
Cornell Is such that the athietio council
grants th "C" to those men who finish on
the team representing Cornell In the cham
pionships. That is to say. If the four men who earn
points for Cornell finish only third, as in
deed they did one year, they are still en
titled to receive the. letter and to wear It
The cross-country team has been placed
on th same basis as the crew In Cornell
and other colleges. Merely the making of
the crew, regardless of the place the men
get at the finish. Is enough to earn the
letter. The high regard In which cross
country running has been held at Cornell
Is shown by this, and It Is regarded by
old cross-country men at Cornell as un
fortunate that the track management
should attempt to get hold of the game
and curb Its possibilities now of all times.
Win Worn for Cornell.
It Is oddly called to notice that the very
thing about which th Cornell Dally Sun
made complaint after the Intercollegiate
track and field championships shows also
In the cross-country results. The Ithaca
college paper spoke of the fact that a few
star performers were able to. discount the
efforts of a well balanced track team In
th game at Cambridge. By that of course
was meant that Taylor, Cartmell, Mofflt,
Hasklns, Folwell and Whitman won tho
track meet for Pennsylvania against the
efforts of many men from the other col
legea. In the cross-country meet three men
from Pennsylvania came near upsetting the
strength of Cornell.
The Ithaeans finished their four men be
fore Pennsylvania, but a change of one
or iwo poims would have made a vast
difference. Had Stanton finished thirteenth
Instead of seventeenth Pennsylvania would
have won the championship. In spite of ths
fact that Cornell already had Its team in.
Tha result showa that Cornell already had
the better balance. Six of the Ithaoans
finished before the fourth Pennsylvania
man waa In. Seven of th Ithacana finished
Inside the first twenty. This Is a mark of
superiority that ahows plainly.
It Is curious to note that the man who
scored for Cornell, Pennsylvania, Harvard
and Masaachusetts Institute of Tecnology
all wer In before the first Princeton man
finished, and In spite of the fact that the
Princeton men, were running over the
course on which they had been able to
practlo right along. It la comparable to
the showing that Columbia used to make
over th Morris park steeplechase course
In New York. The Mornlngslde men rarely
did well there although they had more
chances to try the course than did the men
from any other college,
Mltklns May Enter.
The chance that Michigan will be seen In
the east next fall In tha cross-country
meet and It is merely a chance Is con
sidered as following naturally upon th
appearance of the Wolverines In the Cam
bridge track meet. Cross-country has been
established at Ann Arbor on the lines of
the Cornell organisation for several sea
sons. The Michigan team doea not take
part In the conference Intercollegiate cross
country championships.
Whea Henry Fletcher, president of the
university athietio association, wss east
last spring to speak on behalf of admitting
Michigan to the Intercollegiate Amateur
Athletic Association of America he was
asked If ther was any Uklthood of Michi
gan's trying to compete In th cross-country
run. H said then that th Wolverines
would, like very much to come on her and
that such a thing had been talked of. Th
well known strength of Michigan In dis
tance running would make the westerner
welcome entrants, because they could and
would give Cornell and Pennsylvania a
good battle for the title.
Syracuse, too. has bad a team for some
years, although ther has been no attempt
to enter the big run. The up-state athlete
have had the Idea for the laat two season
that If the team Is at all Wrong It would
b a good Idea to send the men to the In
tercollvglate meeting. They have pro
ceeded slowly with c roes-country running
and It may be even another season before
an attempt la made to compete with the
collegea where cross-country running Is on
established sport.
Columbia Slay Bark t'n.
Columbia this season will make an effort
to Improve upon Ita customarily poor
ahowlng. The New Torkera hsve done
something anyhow in beating out Prince
ton and If the present plans hold good,
will go far ahead of that another time. It
Is the plan that the men throughout the
training season ahall spend the week end
at a farm In New Jersey where the coun
try is like that at Princeton and where
a course similar to Princeton's may be
laid out. The greatest trouble the Colum
bia men encountered last fall at Princeton
waa with the ploughed fields. Their train
ing ground, of course, was on the roads
about the local university and when they
hit the lumpy going they were lost. If the
farm Idea Is carried out there should be a
decided lmnroverrent.
Another thing that has been done at
Columbia Is the forming of a cross-country
club, with alumni members of teams as
well as undergraduates In It. The plan at
Columbia Is to make a strong campaign In
favor of the sport and to get out all the
men possible to run. In the absence of
foot ball and with only fall rowing to In
terefere. It Is believed that the cross-country
men should have a better chance than
hitherto. The Idea Is to get as many of
the old cross-country runners as possible
to go out with the candidates and to have
athletic club runners train along with the
college men. Then by dint o hard prac
tice with men of good quality and an oc
casional trial over a course similar to
that to be used for the race. It Is figured
that the team will make a continuously
Improved showing.
In line with the recent criticism of Amer
ican distance runners by Alfred Shrubb. a
college cross-country man. said recently:
"If there were more cross-country work
the distance running on the track would bo
Improved, because running for style only,"
which Shrubb criticises Justly, "Is of small
value. The cross-country runner who aim.
cecda Is the man who la not trying to get
his knees up after the style of a sprinter.
He has to keep close to the ground, losing
neither energy nor speed between strides.
The man who runs after the harknev w,.
model loses time between strides and tires
nimseir more than he need do." Shrubb Is
right In what he says, and a closer devo
tion to the cultivation of strength and
speed, without reference to set form,
would Improve the quality of distance run
ning here. And It Is by much eross-coun-
iry running that this can best be done.
CHASED TO DEATH BY SHARK
Terrible Experience at , . a.n
Attacked by a Marin
Monster.
Imagine a whole school of 4,000-pound
monsters swimming at railroad speed. And
with vast Jaws armed with twelve rows of
triangular teeth that spring erect like snake
fangs when prey Is struck in a lightning
dart. Such are the voracious and dreaded
ocean tigers, the largest or tne man-eating
sharks, feared and hated by every seaman
afioat.
Last year tha British cruiser Eurydice
was at anchor at Santa Lucia, in the West
Indies, and a parly of marines were dis
porting themselves in tha sea around the
great armored walls. The water was most
Inviting fori a swim, and Petty Officer
Henry Pell waa giving an exhibition of
fancy diving to his mates. 'His record was
a full minute under water. They watched
him swim downward into translucent
depths and glance along the mighty ateel
hull, nearly six fathoms below, feeling the
velvety moss and weed aa he went.
"Sharks!" The word struck terror; the
mere sight of racing, kr.ife-like dorstla
threw the helpless men into a panic. But
they were soon out of harm's way swarm
ing up the sides of the vessel. This took
but a few seconds. Henry Pel! was still
below. He had left the weedy hull, how
ever, and was swimming away from It
undor water.
Suddenly he paused about to rise. Some
thing vague and big took shape a shadow
or a blur at first against the lovely blue.
Then a mighty dun-colored form, tiger
swift in. movement, maneuvered so rapidly
with the peculiar side or lateral swing of
its great tall that the man seemed tomeet
the awful creature face to race. He could
almost have touched the sharp, upstanding
dorsal fin. ,
Pell knew he was in frightful peril. With
sudden resolution he shot up, and as be
did the terrified monster snarks are no
toriously timid swung Its huge tall and
swept away in a perfect cyclone of mud
and sand.
Once on the surface the man beheld, es
he knew he would, a little flotilla of the
fateful triangular fins. He waa perhaps
100 yards from the cruiser and saw a boat
being lowered. Blowly and with much de
liberate splashing h began his return. Now
and then he would pause to look behind,
and saw always the looming shadow of
th giant that had located him first. A
most ferocious creature. Now and then It
would spring level .with him. but at a re
spectful distance on one side an appar
ently effortless bound rolling Its hideous
while belly to bring the little gray eyes to
bear upon its living prey. Pell was fast
losing his self-control; he waa tiring and
crying out to the men In the approaching
boat. Th Immense shark, now bolder,
more determined, waa lashing right around
him with incredible speed, churning the
blue ea at the surface and narrowing the
circle at each revolution. A terrible situ
ation for a helpless man!
One twlc thrlc It flashed Its vast
Jaws, only to dart back aa Pell splashed
with the fury of desperation. But the boat
was alongside. A dozen eager hands seised
the swimmer while others attacked the
monster with boathooks and bayoneta.
But it waa not to be denied. Even as
Pell was in th very act of being hauled
over the side the creature made one last
plunge through th water, dyed with its
own blood and snapped oft the man's left
leg Just above the knee. Not all the ef
forts of th surgeon of the Eurydice could
have saved him. Pell died next day.
The horrible creatures attain an enor
mous slse up to forty feet, or as large a
some whales. I have aeen a specimen
taken off the Great Barrier Reef thirty
six feet long. . It had eaten a horse thrown
overboard from the Port Moresby steamer
and its serried rows of fangs were the most
dreadful sight I have ever beheld. Some of
them were nearly two inchea long and two
and ft half wide. New Tork Presa.
A Baffle Plot.
Qeorg wanted to make it disagreeable
for the unpopular aunt who waa coming
to visit them, and hired a band organ mar.
to play In front of th hous all the after
nooo oa th day aha arrived. When be
came home at night his wif met him at
th door.
"Oeorge, ther was a hand organ man
playing in front ot th house all th after
noon. I tried to drive him away and he
wouldn't go. It was really dreadful."
Oeorge chuckled.
"Aad how did auntie like It?" .
"Auntlel Why, she coulln't hear a sound.
She's grown ao awfully daaf, you know."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
CONTROL OF AUTO RACES
Central Body to Hate Direction of
All Tests.
MOVEMENT ON FOOT IN NEW TORE
t'omailuloa Propose Will Re viae
Ralea, Determine Standard and
Otherwise Regnlate Compe
titions for Aanerlesu
NEW TORK. Aug. ll.-From th Im
porters' Automobile salon, comprising
pioneers in th automobile business In this
Country, have come the first overtures
toward the organisation of a national com
mittee of technical experta for the promo
tion of speed contests, reliability trials and
touring events for the benefit of th in
dustry. In a communication Issued by the trades
and contests committee of th salon to
the organisations concerned, the sugges
tion Is mad that a committee composed
of representatives of the Association of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, the
American Motor Car Manufacturer's asso
ciation, the Automobile Club of America
and the Importers' Automobile salon be
named to revise the rules of competition
and to determine a basis of standards. It
Is further suggested that all Judges, com
mittees or other officers directly In charge
of all contests be selected from the same
bodies. In explanation of these sugges
tions this statement Is made:
"It has been generally conceded by own
ers. Importers and manufacturers of au
tomobiles that the majority of tours, runs,
races and contests are not based on the
proper ground or foundation to bring out
the best result. Many ot the meets ara
generally known as promoting schemes of
enterprising Individuals, having no knowl
edge or Interest directly or Indirectly In
the automobile or automoblllsts' welfare."
The reason for this is ascribed as "that
no organised automobile body, whose ex
perience Is complete mechanically and
otherwise, has offered to assist or aid, by
suggestion or advice, or to stand sponsors
for the mechanical correctness and merits
of the events In which Its members' cars
oompete."
Actions by the organisations named are
expected to be taken In th matter at their
earliest meetings.
Automobile Note. . ,
Don't forget to test the batteries, and
note that tuey are strong; don't guess.
Pittsburg motorists will hold a race meet
on the Brunota Island course September
9 and 10.
During the recent strike of drivers of
taxlcabs at Berlin women wer successfully
employed In their places.
An automobile night parade will be one
of the features of the Buffalo. N. Y. "Old
Home Week" early this month.
Popping in the carburetter indicates a
weak mixture; that Is, not enough gasoline
for the amount of air introduced into the
chamber.
Oeorge H. Campbell of Denver, who
recently completed an -automobile tour of
Europe with his family, covered nearly
miles.
Prince Sclplo Borghese, winner of the
Peking to Purls race, Is planning to make
a trip across the United States, probably
next summer.
More than 12,000 machines, with a total
valuation of 17,oeo,0o0, have been turned
out by the Detroit factories during the
present season.
Three American manufacturers have sig
nified their Intention of sending machines
to the Danish automobile show, at Copen
hagen, in the fall.
The New Tork Automobile club Is ar
ranging for a series ot purely technical
contests, something new this side ot ths
Atlantic, this fall. ' , '
Used for over a half century for religious
purposes, first by Baptists and later by
Jews, a -Philadelphia church has been
turned Into a garage.
Several Pittsburg dealers In sundries
have agreed to pay no more commissions
to chauffeurs, thus putting an end to that
pernicious form of grift. ...
As the result of a test case brought by
a religious organization of New York all
supply and accessory houses in that city
will be closed on Sunday hereafter.
After a chase throughout the city lasting
thirteen hours, a Philadelphia motorcycle
policeman captured a man who was charged
with stealing another's automobile. ,
Contests for touring cars, electrio and
commercial vehicles, with a utility contest
for the last named, will be held by the
Cleveland Automobile club this week.
Reed Knox, son of United States Sen
ator Knox of Pennsylvania, who may be
the next president, nas taken a position
aa an automobile salesman at Pittsburg.
With the building of an eighteen-mile
During the first seven months this year
706 automobiles, valued at U,4ffl.310.7, were
imported at New York, aa against 822, val
ued at 12,742,636.27 In the same period of
1906.
Alcohol and acetyllne has been combined
for fuel purposes in England with a fair
degree of success, the difficulty being in
ascertaining the exact proportions to be
used.
In Austria a very decided opposition Is
growing up against motor cars, especially
outside of cities, where the police are
scarcely able to control the speed of
auiolat.
A movement is on foot to have the city
of New York build a motor speedway for
the free use of motorists, the Long Island
Motor Parkway being more Or less a pri
vate affair.
There will be an exhaustlvs test of auto
mobile fire apparatus at the annual con
vention of the National Association of
Chief Engineers at Washington, D. C,
next month.
The car a German army officer is using,
in an attempt to cross Africa, is equipped
with especially heavy wheels with massive
tires, and carries enough gasoline to drive
It 2.000 miles.
The New Tork Automobile Trade asso
ciation is planning to establish an em
ployment bureau through which members
may secure reliable salesmen, chauffeurs
and mechanics.
road from Jacksonville, Fla., a splendid
beach, forty miles long, running from
Mayport to St. Augustine, will be avail
able for motorists.
Speed mania In motorists has become so
aertous In England that a monster petition
to Parliament Is being signed calling for
severe preventive laws against reckless and
Inconsiderate drivers.
A knuckle spring that takes up the mo
tion of the broken Joint and materially
lessens every Jolt and Jar Is the recent In
vention of a Pennsylvania physician who
is an ardent motorist.
The Automobile cljb of PhiladelDhla has
mapped and posted slrns on the road from
that city to Trenton, N. J., which Is one
of the highways most patronised by mo
torists throughout the eavt.
An odd anacronlam during the recent
Coventry pea-cant, noted for La Mlto's Im
personation of Lady Oodiva. was thst suto
moblltjB were used to represent chariots
bearing white-bearded Druids.
S. F. Edge and Charlea Jarrott. famous
wheelmen when bicycling was at ita height,
have become enamored with automobile
racing, and their names frequently are
seen in the dispatches from abroad.
Automobile organisations of Pittsburg
snd Philadelphia have Joined the Pennsyl
vania Qoo.i Heads' association in a ram
palgn for a comprehensive system of high
way improvement for the entire state.
Governor Folk of Missouri is showing
enthuslastlo Interest In the plsn bf con
structing a state highway from St. Louis
to Kansas City and is watching with favor
th preliminary steps now being taken.
Automobiles owned by the quartermas
ter's department of the army are giving an
excellent account of themselves-ln Cuba,
successfully negotiating rough roads that
tax the horse and mule drawn wagons.
A feature of the coming Importers' Auto
mobile Balon show In Madison Square Gar
den, New Yerk, from December ft to
January 4, will be a New Year's day and
evening fote embracing numerous novelties.
A church steeple is utilised as a trap by
an enterprising English official. From his
f olnt of vantage he can see cars coming
n all directions, and signal to' a constable
on the ground to arrest tho violating th
law.
Although U was plainly sn accident when
a motorist ran over and killed a man In
Switzerland recently a local tribunal called
It a "motor murder," art obliged him to
pay his victim s brother $174 and his finance
The Atlantic City prls handicap (regu'ar
stock car carrying five passengers) as was
expected, was won by the Oldsnviblle.
Time: 1 12. The AMdsmohlle also won the
Lyon's cup race on same dale at same
track.
Autolsts would do well to watch the pine
of canvas which Is used under machines
to protect running parts from dust or dirt.
Torn covers often cause a lot of wear and
tear on th delicate parts of the running
machinery.
. York, Pa., a city of CO.000 population. Is
an enthusiastic motoring center. A local
mathematician recently figured that th
realdentf every twenty days drive for
pleasure a distance equal to the circum
ference of the earth.
Although the law forbidding the selling
of goods on any of the Atlantic City piers
prevented any sales being made during
the recent carnival and show many orders
were booked by the manufacturers and
dealers who exhibited.
"Firecrackers on wheels" Is th latest
nickname for automobiles. It wss Invented
by the mother of the Brighton Beech race
track superintendent, after a sleepless
night due to the noise of the cars during
the recent twenty-four-hour race.
It Is a mistake to depend upon patches to
repair a damaged tire, especially In hot
weather, when the heat of the atmosphere
aids the friction In working them loose. It
Is a saving of money, time and temper to
have the tubes properly vulcanised.
The St. Louis health department will use
automobiles to carry the clty'a fumigating
machines about if Commissioner Winn can
persuade the municipal assembly that ten
men with three cars can do more work
than twenty-three with as many wagons.
Whenever touring of a strenuous nature
Is to be undertaken It Is wise to eee that
the car Is provided with an adequate sprag,
or back-stop, to prevent It from running
away on hills In the very likely event of
a stalled motor or broken brake connec
tion. It Is absolutely essential that th crank
rase be thoroughly cleansed of oil and
dirt before a new aupply of lubricant is
administered. Without doing this the new
oil simply dilutes the combination of grease
and dirt which accumulatea from time to
tune.
The real secret of the failure of the
Vanderbllt. race commission to pull off the
race this year came out a few days ago.
William K. Vanderbllt, Jr., simply put his
foot down and refused to allow another
contest without protection against ac
cidents. Three alcohol-driven cars designed ex
pressly for the use of traveling salesmen
went through the recent French Industrial
motor vehicles contest without a penalisa
tion, and, as a result, a series of trials for
cars of that charcater, to cover t.buu miles,
will be held.
Unless an owner soon turns up the police
department of Hamilton, O., will add an
automobile to Ita rolling stock. A deserted
touring car was found on the streets not
long ago. and, although the fact haa been
widely advertised, no claimant has made
an appearance.
The Congo Free State government haa
an automobile department which for over
a year haa been building a system of
roads running from the Klver Nile over
which motor trucks can haul freight Into
territory which will not see railroads fjr
many years to come.
Actually thrown together In an automo
bile collision at Atlantic City in July, Miss
Marie Letter of Boston and Eugene Bar
bier of New York recently were married at
the former city; then, appropriately, toured
to the scene of their first meeting In a
motor car for the honeymoon.
At a cost approximating JlOO.OOO the Phil
adelphia Sc Reading Coal and Iron com
pany, which controls practically the entire
Pennsylvania anthracite field, will equip
Its district superintendents with automo
biles as a time saver. At present they
travel 1n carriages or on trains.
The Oldsmobile victories at the Atlantlo
City touring car races, while remarkable.
In the opinion of experienced racing men,
hardly warrant the Oldsmobile company In
racing on equal terms their regular stock
touring cars against specially built racing
cars of other makes, as haa been proposed.
The federal government haa taken steps
to put out of business Marshal Collins of
Glen Echo, Md., whose passion for arrest
ing diplomats who violate the apeed laws
has caused much trouble. Federal officials
hereafter will take complete, charge of the
famed Conduit road, which la government
property.
It Is surprising how much difference In
the steering it produced by a very slight
dryness of the knuckle bearing. Aside
from the difficulty of controlling the car
readily under such circumstances, it Is Im
portant that auch stiffness be removed at
once, aa It may be the forerunner ot some
more serious ailment.
Experiments being made by the Royal
Automobile club of Great Britain show
that the time Is rapidly approaching when
all road builders will so construct roada
that' the surface material will be held
down by aome adhesive mixture on which
sand can be sown to prevent the material
sucking to tne wheels.
I The objection to the use of automobiles
on macadam roads on the ground that th
suction ot th tires draws out the top
I dressing has been overcome by city offl-
clals of Boston and Chicago, who have
I used a coal tar product which, washed
over tne surrace or the roads, aots as a
binder for the top surface.
A snake that fell from a tree Into a
rapidly moving automobile near Pleaaant
vllle, Conn., caused a young woman who
was steering the car to faint, nnd the ma
chine was wrecked by colliding with a
farmer's wagon. It cost ISO to settle with
the farmer and the young woman lost somo
valuable Jewelry In the wreck.
The tremendous value of the automobile
in the free rural delivery of malls was
never better Illustrated than by a recent
test of an electric car on a route of twenty
five miles, supplying 116 families, running
out Of South Bend, Ind. Whereas the car
rier usually covered the route In eight
hours, the automobile did it in three.
As the tldo turned It would seem that
there wore more American automobiles sold
in Europe now that the European autos
sold In America. In Sweden It is claimed
70 per cent of the automobiles In use there
are American machines mostly Olds
moblles. Recently In Paris six Oldsmobile
touring cars wer noted in front of the
'Grand hotel.
Notwithstanding the fact that F. L.
Bmllh, general manager of the Oldsmobile
company, has taken the Initiative among
automobile . manufacturers and Instructed
all Oldsmobile selling agen s to dwell on
the extreme safety and ease of oontrol,
rather than on the racing records of the
Oldsmobile, the Oldsmobile continues to
win an unusual share of the big race.
Labor nnd Indastry.
It takes O.BOO.CCO acres to grow (he world's
tobacco.
One prison contractor in the United States
owns and controls the clothing output of
eight prisons In six states.
Chief Statistician Pidgin of Massschusetts
says that the Increase of coat of living
for 11X4 exceeded the average wage Increase.
In the United States 1,500,000 servants at
tend to the wants of 6.000,000 who believe
that the housework should be done by
others.
The statement Is made that not less than
(C.iOu laborers will be needed In Canada
thla season for the construction of new
railroads.
The International Typographical union
now has a membership ot a little more than
ia',0.0 distributed in the United Stales, Can
ada and Mexico.
A regulation has Just gone Into effect In
Canada which prohibits the employment of
children under 14 years of age In factories
under any conditions. The age previously
fixed was It years.
In 19u the International Association of
! Machinists spent over U.OuO.OuO in establish
ing a lane-nour day. l-at year tno In
ternational Typographical union spent over
$3.0t0,v00 In establishing an eight-hour day.
The metal trades division of the Trade
Council of Cleveland, O., Is considering the
advisability of establishing and maintaining
a Irgat department that shall take charge
of all legal business ot the unions and
members in that city.
From the American standpoint the wages
paid both skilled and common laborers In
France is very low, while the cost of
living Is relatively higher in France than
in th United Slates, with tha exception of
house rent and servants' wages.
Had Essagk To-othyleka.
A well-known sculptor tells th follow
ing story:
"Whenever I see a toothpick I think of
a dinner that waa given In Hum In booor
of two Turkish noblemen.
"I sat beside th younger of th noble
men. He glittered with gold embroidery
and great diamonds, but nsvsrtbeless I
filled him sincerely, for he was Strang
o our table manners, and soma of hi
error wer both ludicrous and pajnful.
"Toward th dinner's and a servant ex
tended to th young man a plat of tooth
picks. Hs waved th plat away, saying
In a low and bitter voles:
" 'No, thank you; 1 hav already atn
tw of tha accurasd tilings, and 1 want
no murs.' " Judgr
. Ca"11 Bt merely dlsea-e of the mucous membranes and lnn
lining of the body aa gome of the syroptoma would seem to indicate ; it is a
deep-seated blood disease, in which the entire circulation and the greater
part of the system are involved. Like all other blood disenses. Catarrh
comes from poisons and impurities accumulating in the circulation which
irritate and inflame the tissues and mucous surfaces, and then the unpleasant
symptoms of the disease are manifested. There is a ringing noise in the
ears, a thin, watery discharge from the nostrils, filthy matter drops back into
the throat, the breath haa an offensive odor, and many other annoying and
unpleasant symptoms are characteristic of the trouble. Sprays, washes,
inhalations, etc., cannot reach the blood, and are therefore valuable only fot
the temporary relief they afford. To cure Catarrh the blood must be purified.
Nothing equals 8. S. S. for thia purpose j it goes' down into the circulation,
removes the catarrhal matter, purifies the blood and makes a lasting cure.
When S. S. S. haa removed the cause, the blood being pure and healthy
nourishes the membranes and tissues instead of irritating them with noxioui
matter, and the symptoms all pass away. Boole on Catarrh and any medical
advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLAHTA, OA.
New Models Coming in Every Day
W hav sold and delivered several 1908 models. How do you
like the new touring car for winter, or how would one with the
landaulet top do for the winter? Hereafter we will only sell four and
six-cylinder cars. Have several good bargains In second-hand cars.
Deright Automobile Co,
1814-1810 FARNAM BTREET.
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CURES CATARRH
Morgan & Wright Tires
BOBTT OKTM KTOI
WITH TEH nTTATa, iKOf
but when some unavoidable acci
dent DRIVRS them there, It's a
good Idea to have someone do th
repairing who KNOWS HOW.
We have aa completely equipped
a Repair Shop as It Is POHK1BLB
to have, and in addition (which 1
vitally Important) have experi
enced men In charge vho know
how to do anything from repair
ing a pin-hole puncture to revul
canlzlng a whole tire.
Permanent Repairs sre th next best
thing to GOOD tires and you rau get
BOTH of
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leave Cliicago for Saratoga
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 8th,
via Wabash R. R. Through
cars from points in Ne-
- N;raska without chanfe'e-