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PETITIONS WILL
GO IN MONDAY
Governor's List About Ready
to Put on the
Record
The nominating petitions for the
Brumbaugh and Penrose delcgates-at
large will go on file on Monday or
Tuesday. The bulk of the petitions
for men who want names on ballots
will probably be filed Monday as there
Is danger of defects being found and!
the time will be pretty short as the 1
limit expires Tuesday.
The petitions for Messrs. A. Carson I
Stamm and B. Dawson Coleman for
Republican national delegates will be'
filed Monday.
John C. Bucher, Boiling Springs,
and M. J. Lewis, Wilkes-Barre, tiled;
petitions to be candidates for Republi- 1
can nomination for t'ongress-at-large.
Congressional petitions were filed J
by Congressman Henry W. Temple.
Washington, Republican. 24 th; Frank
R. Whiteside, Wyncote. Socialist, Bth;
A. M. lloagland, Williainsport, Repub
lican. loth: Silas M. Kline. Greens
burg, Democrat. 22nd: H. R. Bryson,
Lancaster. Washington, 9th; Chester
11. Ashton, Knoxville. Democrat. 15th;
Congressman William 11. Coleman.
McKeesport. Republican. 30th: llenry,
A. Clark. Krie. Republican, 23th.
Mine inspector petitions were (lied |
by Robert Johnson, Pittston: Republi-j
ran and Democrat: 'David J. Roderick.!
Hazleton, Republican and Democrat::
Thomas J. Williams, Republican andj
Democrat. Wilkes-Barre. Ist district.
Joseph 11. hong. Strasburg. liled a,
Washington petition to run for State
Senate in the 13th district.
Republican national delegate peti
tions were Hied as follows: Robert A.
Stotz, Easton. 2«th; D.G.Martin, John!
]■". Smith. Lancaster. 9tli; Alexander
P. Moore. Pittsburgh, 31st: T. W. Phil-1
lips. Jr.. Butler, 22nd: W. K. Swetland.
< 'oudersport, 15th: Washington, Mel
vin P. Miller. Lancaster, 9th: Prohibi
tion. B. N. McCoy, Kane, 21st.
Alternate petitions were liled as 'ol
lows: Republican. Charles L. Darling
ton, New Bloomfleld. 17th: John C.
Harrington. Montrose, 14th. Demo- 1
cratic. George R. Norris, Burgetts
toxvn, 2 4th: John R. Collins, Couders
port, 15tli: T. L. Hampson, Warren.
28th. Washington, C. S. Wenger, |
Brownstown, 9th.
Thomas P. Moran, of this city, filed
petition to run for the Republican
nomination for the House in the First
Dauphin. John F. Smith liled for the'
Republican nomination for the House;
in the First Lancaster. Samuel R.j
Bashorc, Port Royal, liled for Demo
cratic State committeeman from .Tuni- j
ata and L. Raymond Riegert, Leba
non, for Republican State committee
man from Lebanon.
F. A. Rupp, Lewlstown. is out for
Democratic legislative nomination in
Mifllin.
Wild Life League Would
Have Sportsmen Unite to
Obtain New Legislation
Legislative and executive commit
tees of the Wild Life League of Penn
tylvania. the Pennsylvania Forestry!
Association, the Pennsylvania Con
servation Association anil the United
Sportsmen's Association met this after- 1
noon at the residence of Bishop James ,
11. Darlington. 321 North Front street. j
Plans for a get-together meeting in
Harrisburg for the purpose of discuss
ing legislative and other questions were ,
taken up. A committee will also be |
nunied to arrange for the amal- 1
gamation of the several bodies.
At Hotel Columbus this morning J.
B. Sansom. of Pittsburgh, presided
over a committee meeting of the Wild
Life League and United Sportsmen's j
Association, called for the purpose to :
lake up proposed legislation.
Test of Pledge Clause to
Be Made in Primary Act
I.ancaster. Pa.. April 15.—Acting!
under an opinion delivered by Deputy
Attorney General Keller, the Secretary 1
of the Commonwealth this morning
refused to certify to the county com- .
mlssioners of Lancaster county with
instructions to print 011 the Republican
primary ballot, the pledge of John F. !
Smith and Dr. David F. Martin, can
didates for delegates to the national
convention, support Theodore Roose
velt for the presidential nomination. ;
The attorney for Smith and Martin
maintained the pledge or statement
was fully within the scope of the pro
\ Isions of the uniform primary act.
which contains a provision that the
statement shall be substantially the
same as the one given in the act. Un
der the ruling of Deputy Attorney
General Keller, under the name of
candidates for delegates, only two
forms may be printed, namely "Prom
ises to support the popular choice for
President." or "does not promise to
support, etc." it was announced later
that mandamus proceedings would
likely be Instituted and the question
decided by the courts.
Officials of the State Department
said this afternoon that they Intended
to stand by the provisions of the act
which gives a form which pledges
must follow in a substantial way.
Trout Streams Crowded
With Harrisburg Sportsmen
Harrisburg had a large representa
tion along the various trout streams
to-day. Favorite fishing grounds were
Trindle Spring, Ilogestown, Newville, 1
Williamsport, Boiling Springs, Mount
Holly Sprinus. Silver Spring, Cedar j
Run. Manada Gap and Center county!
, streams. The following anglers were
» out to-day:
H. A. Forthorap. W. J. Everett. W.
A. I.aird, S. 11. Morrow, James Miles.
K. A. Meadows. George Cook. J. W. ,
Plowman. Frank Shaffner. James
Scarlet. Professor B. W. Saul, A. Cole
man Sheetz, Boyd Rothrock. Michael
K. Stroup. R. K. Young. E, Williams.
11. C. Sessaman. George T. Kldridge,
Martin Walzer. Daniel Wheeler. O. L.
Gagg, B. F. Nead, L. K. Worden. Pro
fessor William 11. Pomp, Professor
Pierce Rettew. William Bennett. M. G.
Cocklin, C. Day Rudy, J. S. Sible, A.
ST. Bowman. N. J. Durburrow. W. W.
Tirawbangh. M. 11. Dean. G. W. Fll
- S. R. Hippie. R. »•:. Graeff. J. W.
Griffin, W. G. Gipple. 11. AI. Graham,
I!. A. Knight. Fred Kankerheim, C.
W. Tittle. T. B. Kennedy. A. Jenkins,
11. R. Kirk. C. M. Lelgliton. R. H.
Lyons, Frank Martin and \V. C. Martin.
ASK WKWi:n«< HONDAY
County Solicitor Philip S. Mover will
ask the Dauphin county court, Monday
morning to appoint viewers for the new
Nineteenth street bridge across the
J'hilHilelphla and Reading ItnilroHil
. tracks.
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FUNERAL DH'i CTOB
1310 Nur.'h Third Strest
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SATURDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG S&8& TELEGRAPH A'PRIL'IS, 1916.
KNIGHT SLEEVE
CLAIMS ECONOMY
Valve Action, Perfect Compres
sion, Spark Centers on Piston,
Are Principal Features
In the opinion of many keen ob
servers. the present price of gasoline
is serving to clarify the situation in j
regard to the vast difference between
economical and wasteful automobile j
engines. During the past two months, j
as the price of gasoline has steadily I
climbed upward, attention has been
focused directly upon a few cars noted
for their economical use of fuel.
Among these the Knight sleeve valve }
motor has long held a leading position
and it has been more especially in I
the public eye during tlie last year by j
virtue of its use in the Willys-Knight, j
a ear of moderate price.
"While the economy of the sleeve
valve motor has long been well
known to manufacturers and users of
cars equipped with this type of motor,
"says John N. Willys, president of the
Willys-Overland Company, "little at-!
tention lias heretofore been paid to i
its economical operation, principally j
because heretofore it has been sold!
only at a high price and the owners!
were not as vitally interested in the i
cost of gasoline as the buyers of more -
moderately-priced cars. We realized j
from the beginning," continued Mr.
Willys, "that while the sleeve valve]
motor was principally known for its |
ability to improve with use. its power, j
reliability and freedom from repairs, j
sooner or later its pronounced eco
nomy would take first rank with its
other sterling qualities. Now that the
motor has been placed within the
reach of the average buyer, we find
from what our owners tell us that our
judgment has been more than vin
dicated and our dealers all over the
country are receiving the most tlat
tcring reports of gasoline consump
tion.
"Of late, there has been consider
able confusion in the minds of motor
ists in connection with power and
gasoline consumption, and this we find
to be the case because the vast ma
jority of motors developing high
power, are to use the motorists' own
words, 'gas-eaters.' With the Knight
sleeve valve motor exactly tne opposite
holds true, for we secure high power,
but do so without using an excessive |
amount of gasoline. This is accom- i
plished because the valve action is j
positive, smooth and certain, the
valves always opening and closing |
properly, the same as the valves on a j
steam engine; second, because the j
compression never leaks, and as a
consequence all gas taken into the j
cylinder is used and third, because the |
explosion chamber Is practically!
round in shape and has the spark plug j
located directly over the center or the 1
piston, delivering the full force of the j
blow straight downwards. The com- j
bination of these three essential fea- J
tures is directly responsible lor the j
wonderful results which this motor
gives, and as a result we find that
rare combination of a motor which \
at one and the same time Is ccononi-j
ical, powerful and speedy."
Local Dealer Says Cars
Should Be Bought Now
, "Selling ears," explains Charles En
sminger, local distributor for the Dort, j
"is no problem this year. Getting cars
'from the manufacturer is another mat
ter. We were fortunate in placing our
specifications for a large number of
Dorts early in the season, and we shall
have cars to deliver this Spring, but
j from the way things have opened up,
'it looks as if our allotment would
1 have to be very considerably increas
ed to go all the way around.
"This warning Is not for the man
who will be satisfied with any old make
of car, or even a good used car, for
there will be plenty of these for sale.
But for the man who will be satisfied
with nothing less than a new car of
, the latest and best design and im
provements. the situation calls for im
-1 mediate action.
"If, in the terms of the popular song.
;'Vou Want What You Want, When
| You Want It.' there's just one way i
making sure that you will have your!
new car when you want it—and that
way is to buy your car now.
"Buy your car now means that it
i will be delivered in time for you to
enjoy the wonderful Spring weather.
Buy it now, is just plain, good horse
1 sense. It is motor sense, too. It is a
1 slogan that is just as important this
year, as the 'do your shopping early,'
of the holiday period.
' "A week's delay in placing your or
der may mean an extra month's wait
ing when it comes to getting delivery
on your new car. Which will you do,
stand at the curbstone this summer
and watch them go by, while you won
| der whether you will be driving your
car before Labor day or place your
order now. and have a fine brand new
machine of the kind you really wanted
delivered to you in time to enjoy the
best motoring months of the year.
'lt's up to you.' It is doubtful if a
similar situation will ever exist in the
| automobile industry. Materials are
not only scarce, but they have jumped
i sky high in price, another reason for
early placing of orders, manufacturer
I after manufacturer has raised his
price. The raises are not small ones;
Ihey average fifty to two hundred dol
: !ars. Discouringing, is hardly the
word that you can apply to your feel
ings, when you discover that the car
you decided to buy a few weeks ago,
but put off doing it, lias jumped fifty
dollars or more in price, and your
dealer can't give you the old price on
it. Finally the shortage of freight
cars is still another serious matter that
confronts both manufacturer and
, dealer. Kven now, Hat cars are be
ing pressed into service because of
(the lack of box cars in which to ship.
' What the situation will be in a month
lor two from now, nobody knows.
Everything points to the advisability of
buying your car early and I only wish
! we had made our order to the Drot
I factory just about twice as large as
i we did."
Guarding Wagon Trail in
Midst of Mexican Desert Is
Tedious Job to Troopers
fl.v Associated Press
Ascencion, Chihuahua, Mexico, April
14.—0n the desert sand less than a
j mile to the north of Ascencion lies
the camp of Ihe American infantry
men who are guarding the lines of
communication. Their tents are pitched
in the center of a little cottonwood
fringed oasis. Around their camp is a
long trench ready for instant occu
pancy, while cavalrymen constantly
arc making their way up and down the
motor supply route which leads from
Columbus. X. M.. to the front,
j It is a tedious job. this guarding of
j a wagon trail in the desert of Chi
| huahua. according to the soldiers, who
KIT members of the Twenty-fourth In
\ far try. a negro regiment. Only the
occasional arrival of a motor wagon
train carrying supplies to Hie troops
' farther to the front who are. actively
! pursuing Villa breaks the monotony of
the task. An engineering company
I ttliosc brown canvas shelters lie just
j across the Rio de Janos is the envy
| of the infantrymen, for they at least
| arc kept busy by rep&irinf like dust-
OFFICERS FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
OLSASOA/ ♦ W/LUAM F *RR?MR
Strong men liavc been chosen temporary officers of (lie coming con
vention. The subcommittee, on arrangements of the National Committee,
has selected Senator Warren G. Tlardlng of Ohio, as temporary chairman,
Lafayette if. Gleason, of New York, as temporary secretary, and William
F. Stone of Baltimore, as sergeant at arms.
1 filied ruts made in the road by the \
passage of innumerable heavy truck i
j trains.
Of course, occasionally the silence
| is broken by the firing of shots, but I
1 in the main these only serve to demon
! strate the preparedness of the men j
who are doing guard duty along these |
I lines.
Kven Hunting Banned
Kven the town of Ascencion, lying
j about sixty-five miles south of Colum- j
] bus, X. M„ offers no distraction for
the soldiers. Once a prosperous Mex
ican village, years of civil strife have
I left it little more than a huddled clus
! ter of huts bearing the marks of this j
I town's experience.
Because of the order which has gone i
out against unnecessary firing, oven
hunting is under the ban. As a result i
jtho wild animals that make their |
I homes on these flat, dusty plains are j
j lKginning to lose their fear of the sol
j diers. A soldier telegraph operator,
I dozing at his key in the headquarters,
was startled by a rough tongue laid ;
against his cheek. He awakened, so |
I the story goes, to see a coyote, which
| had been standing with its forepaws :
lon the rungs of his ' chair, scamper j
I away in the darkness.
It is the arrival of the motor trucks,
to which the soldiers look forward
j most eagerly, bringing, as they do,
i supplies and news from the outside
world.
"Villa's Drugstore" on
Mule Is Captured by
American Cavalrymen
By Associated Press
Pershing's Camp, at Front in Mexico,
April 10, Dy Mot 61"and Aeroplane to
| Columbus. X. M., April 13.—What the
American troopers call "Villa's drug
! store" was among the prizes captured
! after the Guerrero light. It was learned
! to-day front men of the Seventh Cav
; airy who participated in that battle,
j The drug store was a pack mule loaded
j with ciuinine capsules, antiseptics and
1 bandages. In addition the mule car
ried a quantity of coffee, which the
I Americans considered of equal impor
tance with drugs in maintaining cam
palgning. one of the surprises of this
J campaign, according to Brigadier
j General J. J. Pershing, commanding
I the expedition, has been the effective
j ness of automobiles in mountains and
! deserts, both of which were seemingly
j impassable to anything except men on
four-footed animals.
"The autos have done work which
astonished me."' said the general.
"They have traversed roads which
seemed impassable; they have climbed
hills where the rocks alone appeared
sharp enough to cut the tires and
I smash the running gear; they have
gone through canons where a goat
j nigiht hesitate. The autos have made
| faster progress than any branch of
| the service except our aeroplanes. The
' auto trucks have brought food for men
; and horses, not only to advanced bases,
I but to points beyond these bases, suf
i ficiently close to the cavalry columns
to enable them to send back for sup
j plies without losing the advantages of
; their early forced marches."
j The wild game of this region has
not learned to fear the machines, from
i which one or two deer have been
| shot. Droves of wild turkeys, flocks of
: quail, coyotes, a few wolves and some
I smaller animals have permitted ma
| chines to approach them closely. The
I bears alone have kept out of sight.
The men at this camp heve been dig
sing into the ground for shelters
j against the cold at nffcht. Tents have
r not yet reached here, the rush to got
! food forward to the columns now ap
i proaching the southern part of Ohi
| huahua in pursuit of Villa having
| crowded all other freight from the
auto trucks.
The usual soldier's shelter is a bed
dug to a depth of six inches with a
I small embankment around it for a
windbreak. The dirt at the bottom of
the trench is pulverised for comfort.
A few of the men. however, have dug
deeper trenches, in which they sleet)
' with a blanket laid over the top except
I for a six-inch aperture for ventilation.
I At noon the temperature is 30; by
I early morning the creeks are usually
j frozen
FRANCE PRAISED
BY KING PETER;
SALUTES AMERICA
Serbian Monarch, Shattered
and Broken, Tells of Aus
trian Invasion
I
j Aedypsos, Eubea, Greece, April 12.'
—(Correspondence of The Associated
1 Press) Colonel Todorovitcß, aid de
camp of Ills Majesty Kins Peter of i
Serbia, clapped his heels together
and bowed from the hips.
"His Majesty would be glad," he:
| said in German, "if you would walk i
| with him this afternoon."
' The Hotel of "The Baths of Sulla"
I was bathed in a flood of welcome win-'
I ter sunshine. Snow-clad Parnassus, I
| across the Gulf of Eubea, glistened
like a Christmas card. Fishermen's
boots, picked out against the gleam -
j ing water between, rowed by banks of
.cars like ancient triremes, crept back
j and forth or, with, sails set aswing,
scudded before the light breeze.
[ King Peter of Serbia came down the
[Steps of the hotel into the sunlight, a
I short, slight figure supported by a
(cane, but jauntily carried withal. He
| wore the gray-brown Serbian uniform
i i with the blue cavalry collar and
, j cavalry breeches with the broad, red
i stripe of a general. On his shoulders,
' the silver threaded, tarnished epaul
-1 ettes were mounted by a Serbian eagle
I and his short-peaked cap of the Ser
bian officer bore the like in its center.
An eagle face with hooked nose: a
• > bristling white moustache and white
1: imperial; short-clipped, iron-gray hair
I | and brown, almost, unseeing eyes.
j whose iris seems to have become all
! pupil—a little man, hut strong, for
' all his seventy-two years—such the
; King- without a country.
"Earth Tunis Against Me"
! The Associated Press correspond-
J ent walks on the right of the sovereign
; —for King Peter's right ear is slightly
I less deaf than his left one. Striking
i out with eager step, the monarch
leads the way, his cane before him
j just barely feeling his steps. The
path leads past the curious formation
of sulphurous alkaline deposit hang
ing out over the sea in all irridescent
I mass. • Here and there out of little
I holes in the porus mass the steaming
I water bubbles up, too hot to hold one's
■ i hand in, and then disappears only to
: i reappear acrain near the edge, keep
s | inng the lip of the strange deposit
; j wet and shining in the sunlight.
! | "Volcanic—all volcanic," says the
i I old King, turning over bits of gem
, j like stone with his stick's end. "The
■ 1 day before you came, we had an
i j earthquake shock—a little one." And
■ then, as he leads the way again up
' | the hill. "Even the earth turns against
jme!" he adds ruefully. And tapping
i'the yellow ground with his cane:
i : "There must be some Austrtans buried
i under there:" And he laughs
r merrily.
The way leads past some shallow
quarries where peasants, men and
• women, rough-hew the porous, vol
. canic stone for their building. As the
■ little party advances, they stop their
i work and put down their tools. The
• men stand bareheaded. the women
. how. while fallen majesty passes them
■ | by. Soldier fashion. King Peter
■ salutes the simple folk who love him.
: "They arc sorry for me." "he ex
plains, "and they try to tell me that
ithey are sorry for me. in their kindly:
I wordless way. They have great
hearts. Sir like the people of
your country: plain people, as T am
a plain man."
"You are wrong. Sire," says Jivoln
Balougdgl'ch. 'he Serbian Minister to
Greece, who for many vears was Kin 7
i Peter's secretary. "Those simple
'folk stand uncovered, not out of pity,
j but out of admiration. They aren't
i sorry for you—they respect you."
The monarch puts hie arm around
The Great Advance
From the Pathfinder to the Electric Locomotive \f
TRANSPORTATION has made the great West what it i» \
today. The peopling of this mighty empire and the cement- ~S" Wmk
Ing of that empire to the East has been made possible only / v . yi- ■
because the pathfinder, the prairie schooner, the pony express, L _ VjL*~ \ 'rw'mt- 'ji %
and the steam locomotive have, each in turn, opened new regions ( - i|!
to progress and conquered the distances with greater ease. / JJp '
And now, to enable Transportation to meet successfully the V jafrW I Mll
greater opportunities of the future, comes the new transportation V_r &y-&ifna I
wonder—the Mighty Electric Locomotive. sf Ji&eSmSl'' ~" ~
Fed by the enormous power of the mountain waterfalls, it I /
masters the mountain barriers with ease; penetrates the \ ( ))
heaviest snowdrifts; hauls heavier loads with greater dhpatch
and with a pronounced saving in cost; makes mountain travel v
clean and mountain views clear.
On your next trip Northwest, take either all-steel train—"The C - (ft /_j9w *
Olympian" or "The Columbian" and enjoy the combination nV#JFl|mkV ? ;
of luxurious service, electric travel over the Rockies, and some /V"~ ' * &§I
of the most magnificent scenery on the continent. f / ■&£>
K /yy, limn ~~~
Co romo
the companion of his years of exile I
in Switzerland. I <
"Ah! Balougdgitch, old friend, al-j
ways the cheery, brave word!" And
then to Balougdgitch's son, a ser- I
gean't in the Serbian army, who has
come from Corfu as a messenger: •
"And thou, my boy, art thou too a
socialist like thy father, who has no j
faith in kings?"
"In some kings. Sire," says the s
diplomatist.
The walk ends al last at a bench at 1
the water's edge, full in the warmth 1
of the declining sun. As the fisher
men's boats pass 011 their way to the ;
wharf, the men doff their caps and!
the King salutes them in return. The!
King and the correspondent, seated i
on the bench, look out over the Gulf:
of Eubea.
Praises France
"Like Lake Geneva," the sovereign
says, waving his hand at the water
and the distant mountains. "Here we j
are at Ouchy, and over there is the
Jura and France." He sits a while
in silence and then takes up again,,
aloud, the theme of his thoughts. '
"How much she has done for us —
France! How much she has done for
all the world! Now she is taking our
children to her deep bosom, to keep 1
them safe for us until after the war,
that the race of Serbs may not die
out.
"For there. In Serbia it Is exterml-j
nation, starvation, death. The wo- 1
men, and the children who are the
living future of our dreams —all we
have to hold by to rebuild our na
tion after the war—soon they will all j
be gone. Make no mistake—war is j
a brutal business here in the Balkans.
We all of us learned our war-making!
under the Turk, and the women and
children have little chance. I don't
mean to say they are massacred or l
anything like that, though that too
has happened. But I refer now only
to the fact that there is little or no ]
provision for noneombatants, no
organization to look after them.
"When the Austrians made their
first invasion of Serbia a year and a 1
half ago, they had no sanitary provl-1
sions even for their own men. Most'
of their own wounded died, because 1
1 GOING! GOING!! GONE ill s
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they could not be properly taken care
of. How much relief could an army
like that afferd to a starving civil
population, like the population of
Serbia to-day?
"No: it is only your compatriots
who can help us in this hour of our
need. And they are doing it, God
bless them! But there is need of so
much—so much!" The old man's head
sank on his breast. His eyes closed
wearily. It was as if his soul had
left the bent, worn, pain-racked body
and flown over the far mountains to
his own people.
"If only they had come a little
sooner, our Allies!" he went on. "I
used to tell my men: 'Hold on! Just
a little longer! Tlicy have said they
will come and they will come!' And
they believed me and held on ■
"You know, we couldn't even see
the Germans! it was all artillery—
machine-made war! My men used to
grind their teeth and the tears would
run down their poor, thin faces, and
they would say: 'lf only we could just
,get at them! We would show them!'
Salutes Americans
"And then, as I rode by their lines,
T could see them shaking their heads
and nodding at me and whispering
among themselves: 'Poor old king!'
they were saying, 'lie.still believes the
Allies will come in time to save us!' "
Suddenly the King gave a little,
hoarse, inarticulate cry. ITis Hand
'went up to his throat. His head fell
! back. His body collapsed in a limp
heap. Doctor Simonovitch rushed up
i with a bottle in his hand. Colonel
Todorovitch lifted the fainting mon
| arch in his arms like a child fallen
| asleep.
I Slowly consciousness returned.
King Peter drew a long breath and
looked about him, dazed. With his
! two arms he gently pushed away the
doctor and the soldier. Turning to the
correspondent, shyly, as one ashamed
of bis weakness, he gasped:
"I—l'm sorry. I beg your par
don! Sometimes sometimes I think
: T am not very strong." He rose slow-
I ly. painfully, leaning on the arm of
I Colonel Todorovitch, he made his way
'to the hotel. At the top of the steps
he turned, drew up his slight Kody
to its full height, smote his Tieels to
gether so that, the spurs clicked, anc 1
raised his hand smartly to me vjsot
of his cap.
"Say to the people of your grerr
country. Sir, that Peter Karageoige
vftch salutes them!"
Cadillac Eight Sets
New Coast Record
Another speerl record has fallen he-
I fore the Cadillac Fight, this being for
j the I.os Angeles-Hakerstield round
j trip, 12G miles each way. The new
| mark for the distance, five hours and
forty minutes, is one hour and twenty
four minutes under the best previous
motorcar record for this run, recently
I made by a twelve-cylinder car.
The car was driven by Ted Beaudct.
] Thick fog obscured the mountain
I roadway, which was slippery to the
point of being dangerous. In spit*;
of these difficulties, and the loss of
seven minutes on account of tire trou
ble. the run to Bakersfield was com
pleted in two hours and forty-nine -
minutes. The time for the return was
two hours and fifty-one minutes, only
I two minutes longer—evidence of con
sistent driving under adverse condi
tions. The twelve-cylinder car had
j made the trip from 1..0s Angeles to
Bakersfield and return in seven hours
and four minutes, which was the besiM
previous record up to the truie of the
Cadillac's performance.
It is less than a year since a Cadil
lac Kiglit, with the same driver, mode
the run from Angeles to Han
Francisco in twelve hours and ten
| minutes, beating by one hour and thir-
I ty-five minutes the train known as the
Lark. the fastest on the Southern Pa
| cific between the two cities.
TO-DAY'S PETITIONS
County committee. Republican, A. 1,.
| Wagner, Second Precinct, Third Ward
j Middletown: Democratic. George T,
Fisher. Fifth Precinct, Swatara; Tol
bert F. Partheniore, Sixth Precinct,
Second Ward: C. A. Romberger. Miff
lin: Richard .T. Budd, Fast Ward, Wil
liamstown; H, Wells Rooser, Hummels
town.