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AUTO EVENTS TO
HELP GOOD ROADS
San Francisco Motor Gub-An»
j nounces Program for Two
Days' Track Meet '
According to letters received by IL
XI. Owens, president -of the San Fran
cisco motor club, from automobile deal
ers in various counties of the state, the
good roads motor carnivajl to be held
May 23 and 30 will receive support and
bo enlivened by outside tatent. Every
effort will be made to put Tanforan
track in a splendid condition, so that
some fast time is expected. The com
mittee has decided upon the-. following
events for the first day;
S d:!p rac* for 'J cylinder matiorcjipn. En
tnonT iff. (& Trophy purchased by tlie cwu
t>;a«-d fntr>- tves ftir winner.
S rui> fivr> for s!l tnotorcyelp raop. Kntrwcc
f<-e and Troriliy s»oi«- as bljotp.
5 mile antomobilt- rar<> for st<x-k chassis of 2SO
ruhic inches and uad^r piston dispUcpmcnt. Cup
and f"«0 cash tiot prize: $~n casli second.
5 mi!<» •utomohi!'* race lor sto<-k <-hassis Z*l
«r.p rjsbic inebfs pistoa <lL*pX.ao««mcnt. Cup and
pO first award: $£> oash eecond. \u25a0- ' -^tl
.*• mil*' autoniobi'.p race for oars 451 cubic
inches piston riisplaccracnt *a<\ over. Cnp and
JSO cash, firs-t HwarO: ?2Q cash. *reoa&.
One b'mr for aviation trials.
mile Uainlicsjp Tur first and second plare
car* In abov*- events. Cop and ?250 oash, first
s'.vanl: ?1«'i0 c»sti. c^cond atvaai.
From elnse "f this raco at 4:30 p. m. until
dsrkni'ss iaterferf*. aviation ooutosis will be
Tile entrance fee for tti<» 2« mile hanfiw-sp will
I* $_>(•; for all other autmnobiif c^iiti". $\O.
The events for the second day will
duplicate the above except races will
be for 10 instead of 5 miles.
The object of this race meet is to ac
quire funds to put into condition
the road from the end of the boulevard,
behind the cemeteries, to Millbrae.
1- rum Millbrae on down the peninsula,
the route taken by motorists to San
Jos?. £anta Cruz and Del Monte, Is in
splendid touring shape and is one that
would b? used by those wishing to
mak<s the run to these resorts during
the summer. As it is now automobile
oxrnere and enthusiasts prefer making
the trip across the bay to going down
t<n this side.
Property owners and officials of the
county of San Mateo realize what this
means and there is little doubt that
the meet will bo well attended.
Ticket selling has already begun and
will be carried on until the date of the
3;'.ce unless ev<?ry automobile owner
:>nd enthusiast has purchased a ticket
before that time. Tke club feels that
n u\v is the time for every dealer, owner
and citizen to come forward and push
the good roads movement to a success
that will be felt not only in this
county, but throughout the entire
state.
The supremacy of the motor car for
speed has been well demonstrated by a
> table of compara-
I live speed com
; puted by the Mo
' tor Age. Barney
Oldfield. in a Benz
car at Daytona March 16, attained a
speed of 131.7 i miles per hour, while
the nearest approach to this time is a
trolley <;ar, which has traveled within
three miles as fast. The steam locomo
tive is credited with 120 miles per hour.
The comparative table follows:
Motor car. 131.75 miles per hour — Straight
away mile in :27:53 by Barney Oldneld in Benz
at Daytona. Fla.. March IC. 1910.
EJectrie trolley, 12*>.05 miles per honr — Aver
age *pe*d made by electric trolley in German
government test over Berlin-Zossen road iv 1902.
Steam locomotive. 120 miles per hour — Average
*!>eed made in March. 1901, in run from Fleming
to Jacksonville by I'lant system locomotive in
trr- mile run. Time, 2:30.
Pigeon, 85.6 miles per hour — Average speed
made in law b.v bird owned by W. J. Lautx
of Buffalo. N. V.. made in 100 mile flight.
Motor cycle. 54.5 miles p**r Uour — Mile on
three lap circular track at Springfield, Mass.,
July 31, 1909. by Fred lluyck on Indian. Time,
:425-5. which is fa6te r than the Mralgutawaj
mile of 43 2-5, made at Onnond. Fla. '
Bicycle, 63 miles per bour — Made by Paul
Guignard behind motor pace at Munich, Ger
many, September 15. 100 a. Distance, 63 miles
l&<-8 yards i>er hour.
- Aeroplane. 40.09 miles per hour — Made by
I.' oj Delagrange at Doneaster, England. October
26. lftOO. Delajrange also is said to have aver
«eed ftO miles per honr at Blackpool, but record
was not accepted because of bavins been made
during heavy gale.
Motor boat, 37.93 miles per bour — Average
fpeed made by Dixie II over 30 knot course on
Hudson river. September 17. 11*03.
Running hon>e, 37.G miles per hour—StraSght
awrfy mile in 1:35%. by .Selvator at Monmouth
p*rk. New York. August 28, 1800.
Pacing hor*-e, 22.43 miles per hour — Mile time
trial in liSi by Dan Patch at St. Paul, Septem
ber S, 1906.
Steamship, 50.53 mileg per honr — Average made
in fastest day's run of Mauretaaia, covering 673
knots, in Jane. I'.ioy.
Trotting horse. 30.3" miles per honr — Mile
time trial at lt.'Rii, by Uou Dillon at Memphis,
Term.. October 24. 1905.
Skater, 27.19 milen per hour — Mile in 2:12 3-5
by Tim Donophue. February, -ISS7.
Running man. 14.20 mill's per hour — Mile in
4:12% by W. G. George, made in ISB6. .
Rowing. 12.77 tailes per hour — Average made
in four mile race br Osford crew in 1593 and
Cambridge in 190 a Time. 18:47. .
Pedestrian. 9:11 miles jwr hour — Mile in 6:23,
tnrde by W. Perkins in 1874.
2.05 miles iK?r hour — Mile in •
23:16 4-5 by B. Kieran of Australia.
Auto Holds
Speed Record
During the recent teamsters' strike
in Toledo delivery tervice was practi
>. cally at a stand
still. Business was
paralyzed and
X merchants were at
their wits' ends to
know how, to handle their output. As.
most of the teamsters owned the teams
they drove there was -practically no
substitution of drivers possible.
One of the largest commission houses
in that locality wat> especially hard
hit. Its warehoufces were piled high
.with perishable goods. These had to
be moved immediately to avoid total
loss. .*:. . ...
The senior partner was vainly
jecturing a possible solution to the
dilemma when a happy thought struck
him. "What is the logical substitute
for a hor&e? The automobile of course."
He hurriedly pressed his own private
car into service, and in the course of
his search he happened to meet the
local agent of the Overland cars, who
Immediately offered him the use of six
overland delivery wagons. .
The offer was eagerly accepted.^ and
the re&cuers sallied forth. Back and
forth acrobs the city they sped — -over
asphalt and over sand. Never wearied,
never idle, they worked unceasingly
for IS hours. "BOM
" Toledo was saved. Every one had
cream in their coffee and butter on
their bread next mornine. as usual.
Overland Truck*
>a\e the Day
tons, the local branch of that concern
having shipped a
carload to the
southern city yes
terday, including? a
seven passenger
"Little Six" Torpedo for Mrs. E. J.
Baldwin and a- "Big Six" touring car
for S. J. Chapman. W. D. Howard,
Winton agent In Log Angeles, writes:
"The seven passenger torpedo for
Mrs. E. J. Baldwin is by far the most
beautiful car so far sent out from the
Winton factory- Without doubt it Is
the saneEt. design. in a torpedo yet mar-"
keted by any concern, having an abso
lute absence of, freakish lines."
v \ ...... .'_ : -'
Mr*. Baldwin .
Buys Torpedo
W. L. Hughßon.of tho firm of Hugh
j?on & Merten, .United manufacturers'
. representative in
this city, has re
ceii-ed word that
Joseph W. Jones
--.-' . of speedometer and
live map fame will leave June J for Eu
rope, where he will chart out live map
routes over the British Isles and Eu
rope for -the benefit of motorists who
use tils instruments. -~-. s
I A ye Map Jonm I
Off For Gnrope j
i
The CALL'S AUTOMOBILE NEWS
REGAL "PLUGGER"
STILL RUNNING
Manager W. H. Brown of the
Local Branch Says Car Is
Doing Splendidly .
W. H. Brown, manager of the "Regal
motor car company's branch in this
city, has received word Riggs&
Folendorf, the San Joaquin county
agents for the Regal, reporting the
sale and delivery of three cars, which
went to". I* S. Cutting, E. C. Cary and
J. W. Dougherty. ,
These cars are exact, duplicates •of
the "Regal Plugger," which so strongly
demonstrated its roadability. ,power and
endurance in. a run from Xew.York to
San Francisco, establishing the 'world's
record for the trip in 30 days. With
regard to the "Regal Plugger," Brown
said: •, (
"The car is still doing splendid work,
and* after over 15,000 miles of trans
continental traveling without repairs
or replacements, is now on a 5,100 mile
tour through the eastern states."
Walter C. Morris, agent for the Auto
cars, has Just received a carload - of
Autocar trucks.
The latest pro
duction to be re
ceived is greatly
Z improved over pre
vious models that have been seen in
this city. There are numerous retine
ments, many of which are quite in
teresting, showing the thoroughness of
thought given to the designing of this
motor truck. - Everything is so nicely
adjusted in the new models that the
car is practically "foolproof," requiring
merely -a knowledge of how to drive.
XOTES OF THE J^TJTO
Prom figure's compiled" by J. B. R.
Smith, state motor vehicle inspector
for New Jersey, it is indicated that dur
ing March, 1910, the license fees paid
into the treasury by automobile owners
were about $52,000.: or double the
amount received from the same source
for the month of/ March, 1909. The
conclusion as drawn by the inspector
from the statistics is that the motor
car pays more than 60 per cent of the
cost of the' road improvements in the
whole state.
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• According to the estimates of Rep
resentative R. F. Edwards of Cuyahoga
county, 0., it will take the state of
Ohio 2,000 years, at the present rate of
progress, to make really good roads
of its 89,000 miles of highway. With
this in - mind, he has introduced into
the legislature a resolution directing
the state highway commissioner to
communicate with blast furnace com
panies and ascertain • on "what terms
and in what quantities they can furnish
sla^for the purpose of road building.
It i?thought that many large concerns
be glad to supply large quanti
ties free for that purpose.
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Motor Truck |
WOMEN TO TALK
ON TEMPERANCE
OAKLAND. May 7.— Miss Marie C.
Brehm, special lecturer on scientific
temperance for the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly of the United States,
will, deliver an address Sunday morn
ing at the First Presbyterian church
on "The Mother's Interest in Temper
ance." Miss Brehm will speak Sunday,
evening at Union Street Presbyterian
church. Miss Brehm has just com
pleted a 30 .days* campaign in San
Francisco for local option.
Following is her local Itinerary:
Monday cveninjr, Welsh Presbyterian church,
Harrison and Thirteenth, streets; Tuesday CTen
inß. Westminster Presbyterian church. Bristol
street. 7 West Berkeley; Wednesday erening. Gol
den Gate Presbyterian church. San Pablo and
Fifty -fifth street: Thnrsday eTcninjt. Grace Pres
liyterlan church. Fifty-second and GroTe street^:
Friday erenlng. Walnut Creek Presbyterian
church. Contra Costa county: Sunday, May 15.
30 a. m.. Centennial Presbyterian church. . East
Twenty-fourth avenue; 11 a. m.. First Presby
terian church; Alameda; 7:30 p. m., Brooklyn
Presbyterian church. Twelfth avenue ! and Fif
teenth street. .
Several pastors will talk on the Jef
fries-Johnson prize fight Sunday. Rev.
A. W. Palmer will speak at Plymouth
Congregational church Sunday evening
on "Can Oakland Afford to • Hold the
Prize Fight?" Rev. H. x J. Vosburgh,
pastor of the First Baptist church,,
will give a talk Sunday morning on
"The Fourth of July. Prize; Fight."
Laying of the cornerstone of the new
First Christian church. Grand avenue
and Webster street,' will take place
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. William Rader of San Francisco
will preach at both services Sunday at
ihe First Congregational church.
SEAL CATCH THE MOST
VALUABLE IN 30 YEARS
Nineteen Steamers Return With
Furs Worth Over Half Million
ST. JOHNS. N. R, May 7.— Reports
from the steamers engaged In the seal
fishery Just ended show j the catch is
the most valuable of any for 80 years.
The 19 steamers that -returned— the
Iceland having been .lost — brought 333,
343 seals, valued at $627,833, compared
with 269,302 seals last. year, valued at
$457,930. ' " " . '\u25a0''.."\u25a0" ' ".' ' \u0084- "\u25a0".
SLASHED WITH RAZOR— Edward Johnson col
©red. qutrrcled with Doric Forbes, alias Anita
Johnson, his companion, at the Dixie; hotel,
752 Pacific Ktreet, ye&terdar and she slashed
him In the breast with a razor, . punetnring a
Inns. He was taken to' the central emergency
hospital and she was arrested by Policeman
Josephs..' :_.^'i-- ' :. ." '\u25a0»•; .
IMMEDIATE DEUVERIE^ j
, -'\u0084 ****"™^ ™— ** "^ *^— TT — —*— — •\u25a0.\u25a0'.\u25a0'4'
Moline r _ ; . $1^650 j
JL "" JL .^^ M. JL Jl I^^'Jl ... -. • •. « : \u25a0fLSjUmMrQJr\jr, t \4'
\u25a0 ( . '•*¥V!?P-;< *$&}:>?. s :Passenger: Passenger and Roadster- J- ./ *•
Premier /. $3,0501
QUALITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE CARS t
\u25a0 DEMAND INVESTIGATION OF EVERY BUYER t
KHU^O MULLER AIJTO CO. j
422-428 Vari Ness Aye. t
OAKLAND BRANCH— I224^WEBSTER ST. t
THE SAN FBANGISGO^CAIiE,tSStMDA^ IMA^ \u25a08;^i910:
FORD COUPLE POPULAR
AS A CAR FOR WOMEN
Miss Ruth Searles alighting from her Ford coupe.
TRAIN LOAD OF
"BUICKS" COMING
Big Shipment Will Leave the
Factory for This Coast
Next Tuesday
Charles S. Howard, -president of the
Howard automobile company, yester
day in discussing the arrival ofßuick
cars in this city, said:
A shipment is to leave the factory at
Flint,- Mich., May 10, and -it will be by
far the biggest jshipment over, brought
to the coast. This trainload will con
sist of -between 35 and 40 carloads,
containing iir the neighborhood of .150
Buick automobiles. ;The value of these
machines, will be. about % 250,000. The
railroad people qonsider that this train
,load, coming as a special, train, should
make the trip in about 12 days."
Buick agents are ]'\u25a0 welcoming -this
news, as are/ also the customers who
have deposits up on orders, and are
waiting for their cars; .'' -
The factory people arc very much
gratified by the showing made by the
Buick cars in the races and hill climbs
which have taken place -during^ this
spring. . They were especially pleased
over the fact that the Buick "40" .made
five world's records at the Los Angeles
motordrome during"the opening lveek.
The Buicic racing team, consisting of
Louis Chevrolet - and B6bby Burraan,
are at present at the Brighton beach
with their cars. J They . are getting
ready for the 24 hour race to be held
there on May 13 and 14. There will be
two 40 horsepower Buicks in this race.
Howard has just returned from a trip'
to the factory. Her found an enormous
amount of business being transacted
all over the country and abroad. .He
went east to hurry the shipments, and
his efforts evidently- met with success.
POLICE ASPIRANTS
TAKE WRITTEN TEST
Thirty-four Applicants for the
Force Are Examined
OAKLAND, May 7.— Thirty-four" ap
plicants for appointment to the police
force were given the written civil serv
ice examination, today at the* Oakland
high school by Secretary Fawcett. of
the board of police and fire commis
sioners.. Those'who pass this tesfwill
be. ' subjected 'to an oral examination
and those who survive both- ordeals
will be placed on the new eligible list.
ROSEBUSH HAS MORE .
• THAN 120 BLOSSOMS
BERKELEY, May 7.— Hugo . Lilien
thal, a local landscape -gardener- and
horticulturist, wlib organized the Juve
nile Horticultural Society of America,
Will conduct his classes to his gardens
tomorrow afternoon at .3' o'clock and
show them ' a .rosebush on which are
growing ,120 varieties of 'roses. v The
blossoming, of the flowers, he says, is
tho resultTof grafting performed some
weeks ago. \u25a0.
sa>j francisco gun club
Secures new grounds
.-\u25a0\u25a0 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.. May 17.—
The San Franicsco^gun club has secured
a piece of property. on, the marsh to the
east of the town where its v members
will hold clay pigeon shoots every
Sunday.
TWITCHELL AIR
GAUGE PROTECTED
A. C. Leonard Receives Notice
That Concern Is Prosecuting
Inf ringers on Patents
A. C. Leonard, manager of W. D.
Newerf rubber company, has received
word from the home office that a'vig-.
orous campaign is; about to begin
against those who are infringing on
the- . Twitch ell- air; gauge patents.
Leonard has received the following
letter^ . : '
"This Is to advise you that the most
diligent prosecution will bo conducted
agains^t any person,: persons, firms or
corporations selling, buying, or in any
manner dealing- with any air gauge,
which may in any form bean infringe
ment upon either the Twitchell air
gauge as a' whole or any < part or parts
thereof.
"The Twitchell air gauge is. : fully
covered and protected under letters
patent No.' 927,298, and suit has already
been instituted against those who have
endeavored to infringe upon •* these
patents."
"DRY" TOWNS "ALL SAME"
DESERT TO DRUMMER
Felt Sympathetic for Tale of
Death Valley
"All around me was the glaring sand,"
said the prospector from Death valley
to the sympathetic drummer whom he
had met at the hotel. "The mountains
on the horizon rocked- in the- heat, t
"There was not a tree, not a bush, not
a living thing in sight,' and my water
bottle had been empty since noon of
the day before. My lips w;ere dry'as a
parchment, my tongue was swollen in
my mouth. If .1 should try a week I
could not tell you how I suffered."
Y'l-know,Y 'I-know, how it must have been,"
replied; the drummer. ; "Out west last
summer I? had to spend four consecu
tive Sundays in prohibition towns?'—-
Newark News. -
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I HIS I
Morgan & Wright
WEINSTOGK^ NICHOLS CO.
569 Golden Gate Aye
,; San; Francisco
Ready Reference for Buyers *
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M ITCHFI ; I A" HUNTER AUTO^ CO/
T 1 - • i' 621 ': 0 ' G .« *T.';Xel. 4 Market 2723 ,
CHALMERS DRIVER
LIKES NOBBY TREAD
GHdden Path Finder Put Equip*
ment to Hard Test Over
Joe Gradham,' driver of the Chalmers
Glidden- tour; pathfinder, continues very
enthusiastic over the service that .the
Morgan and Wright ; nobby trfead tires,
with which '-. _'.h'ls \u25a0 machine .: is equipped,
are giving him. .'One of his earlier tel
egrams reads: • "Covered '" about 900
miles, so, far over every .'possible: kind
of' roads. 'Mud ,up to. hubs, but find
the | Morgan and Wright '_ nobby ;treads
equal ' to every occasion.*- - The.- nobbies
for me every..time.-'; ' ','.>' • '-. \u25a0: \u25a0\u25a0] •
The .Wagner-Reniff ; motor car com
pany, reports? the v ,sale and 'delivery of
40 - horsepower, four
cylinder " Auburn
touring ": cars'-" to
LDoctor \u25a0 Ramson of
Maderai W. W. Kil
gore ana/A;, U. Heckmanof the Fresno
irrigated; farms company; The delivery
of the latter makes the fourteenth-mo
tor car that -this company. has purchased
from the Auburn agency in theslast
three years.v-;; '\u25a0-\u25a0•?>":.
Xew Owners of '.':"
- 'Auburn Cars
- Jgp nnHE quality of the new Rambler is
Eg is given to that indefinable something
S which . gives -to. this car. its distinctive'
such features as the offset crank-shaft, straight- ml
wl line drive, Rambler Spare "Wheel, engine acces- ma 1
f|k sibility and the new expanding clutch assure Ma
ISI an efficiency in service quite in keeping with Jap
the quality to be found throughout its make-up. £&
" Eambler Automobiles, $I,SCO to §2,500 ftiaf
I : Cf "Th^e, are more ball-bearings in a LOZrER'MOT OR CAR ; than in any other standard automobile jp
hV.L ':Jl^r!racticalJy every revolving bearing in the entire car (with the exception of the connecting rods>, fes|
51 .•\u25a0..v::-Tj|. =is? rendercd-inearly ..fnctionless by the. use-. of annular ball-bearings. In 1904 the LOZIER was one Pj
§ ;i of the few American cars to adopt annular;ball-bearings in place of plain bearings in the trans- \M
M . mission, ,and' in spite of criticism- and objections, ball-bearings proved so desirable that all manu- W4
Hf;;>.;;t"vrifacturers;now.ernpl6y--thern;.; ' _ \u25a0 ;,V .. * p^|
i" s : iTT'-Two /years ago ; \u25a0ball-bearing., cam-shafts, and; ball-beafing crdnk-shafts made the LOZIER a prac-
1 •-•5U- \u25a0r.t lc .ally,.^all ball-beannß^ car. The tiseof dll^ball-bearings bn the crank-shaft eKrhtnated from the M
\u0084 motor the dangers and troubles of imperfect oiling, and overheated, worn and pounding crank- pi
i - .;. journals, -which every motorist knows- will occur in a plain-bearing crank-shaft. fm
1 .-; <fU V^^Big-,Six:sl-Hoi-sepower 7-passeuger LOZIER Tduring Car established a WORLD'S RECORD m
| ' - ~iX:\ py. ; carrying.;seven;pass^ngers 17.1-rniles onone^allon of gasoline: This official test demonstrated fej
I " ."'.' m a ._ Practical .manhcr the remarkably easy ' running qualities r of this "all ball-bearing car." fej]
1 :vtflt' Twice iinvthepast two seasons ;has;aßigiSixLOz'lEß Car broken 'the World's 24- Hour. Record irl
§3 r and ..won ;\u25a0 First Place :_i«-^^24-Hoar Races-^an; achievement which would have been impossible had ?n
fi: ' Venous, motor -troubles been During the entire race in which the present 24-Hour £H
| ; -Worlds Record was made by a'Lozier, the bonnet of the car was never raised. ggj
I |— ?T^^ for — I -.PIONEER AUTO CO. 1
I"' " IC lirS S ' ' " - PHOXE PARK 501 IM
I 4 BAnC °! TOICS ' 724-732 Golden Gate Avenue : ||
| 1,88 12th Street, Oakland 1 222 1 Street, Fresno g
"Mac" Purcell, One
Of Sunshine Club's
Lights on Auto Row
LATEST MEMBER OF
THE SUNSHINE CLUB
Schebler Carburetor.Factory
i; Has Qualified
Max PurceU of the Schebler carbu
retor factory is the latest member of
the Sunshine club, .which holds firth
on automobile row. . Only those who -
can smile and have a good word for
every one are eligible.
KINARD COMPLAINS OF
SECRET AGREEMENT
Sues- Directors of Socrates Con
solidated Mining Company
Another suit was filed yesterday by
C. E. Kinard. a stock holder of, the
Socrates consolidated mining company,
against Dr. James W. Ward, Thomas
W. Nowlin, J. L. Bradbury, W. S. Brann.
Charles Sutro and L. T. Carr, the direc
tors of the corporation, complaining
that a secret contract bad been entered
into with the Socrates development •
company under which all the profits
from the quicksilver mine being worked
in Sonoma county are paid to the latter
company.
Doctor Ward, the president of the
Socrates consolidated mining company,
has in his possession the secret agree
ment between the corporation, accord
ing to Kinard. but the complaining
stock holder has been unable to get a
glimpse of it.

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