Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 12, 1914, Page 2

Fear Futther Depredations of Suffragettes. HARD BLOW TO TOURISTS Rare Treasures of England’s Mu. seums and Art Galleries Viewed by Thousands of Pcrelnnfl; A_n;wally. Custodians in State of Panic. Bondon, March 12—The damaging L of the fameus Valesquez _painting, Xknown as the “Rokeby Venus,” in the National gallery by May Richardson, & notorious suffragette, will prevent American and. other tourists seeing many of England’s art treasures dur- ing the coming season. % The lord chamberlain has announced that the state apartments in Windsor castle would be closed “until further orders.” A similar order was issued by the trustees of the National gallery and of the celebrated Wallace art col- leotion. " Kensington palace and Hampten oourt place, which are visited yearly by thousands of foreigners, also closed their doors, and the $20,000,000 collection of Oriental porcelains and brenzes bequeathed to South Kensing on museum in 1909 by the. late George Salting has been locked up. The custedians of all public "art treasures are’in a state of panic, as heretofore every fresh suffragette domonstration ‘has been followed by imitators.. ‘There is apprehension that other women armed with hatchets may be abroad. " Targe forces of special guards have beén ‘placed on patrol duty im, the British and the South Kensington mu- seums. HINDUS RETURNED TO MANILA Passports Received There Not Legal in’ United States. . San Francisco, March 12.—Thirty- five Hindus, detained on their arrival here recently by immigration authori- ties and who obtained their freedom on $500 bond each, must return to the Philippines, according to a decision by Judge Dooling of the United States district court. Judge Dooling held that all Hindus landed in this coun- try after procuring passports at Ma- nila were aliens and should be deported on the ground that they were liable to become public charges. Passports obtained in the Philippines are not legal in the United States, according to the ruling. PROTEST GERMAN WAR TAX Americans Residing in Empire Ob- ject to Supporting the Army. Berlin, March 12.—The German- American Commercial union has en- tered a protest to the German govern- ment against the imposition of the new “war tax” on American residents in Germany. By a law passed last year in con- nection with the increase of the Ger- man army all persons in Germany with an income of over $750 and up to $2,500 a year have to pay an ex- tra tax of one-half of 1 per cent. The | tax increases progressively up to & i per cent on incomes of $12;,500 and over., DIVIDEND IN INVESTMENTS American Express Company Makes Reduced Distribution. New York, March 12.—The Amer- ican Express ' company declared a quarterly dividend of 15 per cent, . which is a reduction of one-half of 1 per cent from the last quarterly divi- e end declared Dec. 3. The dividend just declared is'payable out of invest- ments held by the company. The pre- vicus dividend of 2 per cent was pay- - alle out-of trensportation proceeds. . Thieves Kill Canadian Officers. +Montreal, March 12.—All over the and in surrounding suburbs the e hunting for four burglars, t and lLilied Constabie Bour- fataliv. wounded Constable The officers tried to stop the whi'e they were escaping r=bbing a butcher shop at St. r Kills Twelve. arch, 12.—Aid was te board of health to ere 2n epidemic of cost the lives of a to closing aving picture blic gatherings. tate of terror. l.a Fo'lette Bill Attacked. March 12.—Burdens of =2 the= La te working women’s eight-houvr law in the capital already is have been shifted to the consumers and employes, several witnesses told the senate labor committee support- ing Senator Kenyon’s bill for an in- vestigation of the cost of living here. Weghingto _Millionaire. on Rock Pile. Portland, Ore., March 12.—Five days on the city rock pile was the sentenc meted out to W. C. Barker, millional & clubman. for automobile speedina oo oo sie oo ole b s o ofe o oo ol ofeofe oo Heads Commission to Study Cause of Chinese Plagu Some . of the Rockeféller millions will’ be spent this year-in_China, Wwhere a commission of four American scientists, headed by Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president of the University of Chicago, will study - sanitary condi- tions in the Far East. The Rockefel- ler foundation is back of the enter- prise. Dr. Judson and his party will sall from New' York March 21 and re- turn to. America in. October. They will: try to. trace. the. connection be- tween Chinese sanitation and Chinese plagues. i MISSIONARY SLAIN BY GHINESE BANDITS | Norwegian Lutheran From the United States Victim. -when you smoke STAG. Fragrance — Freshness — and Eternal Contentment. could be.” say it. ; Convenient Packages: ass Humidor. T Tin Humidors and'the Poun [ T AT - - Escaped! ‘Bite—Sting—Dryness— Heaviness— Parched Throat—you escape them all And in their place you find 5 hxildness— / “Better than | imagined tobaecb 8 Thousands are saying it. You will The Handy Half-Size 5-Cent Tin, the Full-Size 10-Cent Tin, the Pound and Half-Pound For Pipe and Cigarl"otie ; EVER-LASTING-LY GOOD™ “No Bite, Peking, March 12.—Brigands sack- ed and burned the city of Laohokow, killed Dr. T. Froyland, a Norwegian Lutheran missionary, and wounded several other foreigners, including Rey, C. M. Sama, another Norwegian. Dr. Froyland was from the United States. A force of 500 brigands obtained en- trance to the city by means of treach- ery from within. = They immediately plied torch and sword all around. They burned down the Asiatic petro- leum and the Singer buildings and looted the British and American To- bacco company’s premises. Afterward they proceeded to the ar- sgenal, where they secured 700 rifles, several field guns and much ammuni- tion. Two thousand coolies were im- pressed by the brigands to.carry oft their loot. Laohokow, which is a river port on the Hankiang, is an important mis- sion station in the province of Hupeh. R T R R O S S T K g “KITTEN LOVE” NEW ZION CITY MALADY. Chicago, March 12.—A new malady has been discovered in Zion City by Overseer Voliva. It is “kitten love,” worse, he says, than smallpox, and he has ordered drastic treatment to rid the city of its influence. His purpose is to turn the fire hoge on every couple showing symp- toms. There is to be no more moon- ing or spooning or holding of hands in Zion City, says Vo- liva. o B e i e i e e e ol e e 0 i a0 o e R R R R R X Civil Engineer to Urge Expenditure of $20,000,000. Washington, March 12.—Charles D. Jameson, civil engineer employed by the American National Red Cross to devise measures for restraining the llevastating floods of the Hwai river in China, arrived in Washington pre- pared to report.. He will urge an ex- penditure of $20,000,000 for the work of river improvement and an official of the Chinese government is now on ‘his way to New York by way of London for the purpose of fioating a.loan of that amount. TWO MORE AVIATORS KILLED British Army Aeronauts Hurled to Ground From High Altitude. Salisbury, Eng, March 12.—Two more ofiicers -of the British army fly- ing corps were killed here. Captain C. R. W. Allen of the Welsh regiment and ‘Lieutenant J. E. G. Burroughs of the Wiltshire regiment, while flying over the military aerodrome on Salis- bury plain, were hurled to the ground from a high altitude owing to the- col- lapse of their aeroplane. Suffragists at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., March 12.—Headed by Jape Addams of Chicago, the execu- tive board of the National Woman's Suffrage association began a series of Meetings and conferences with local 2"Def§civ TO HALT CHINESE FLOODS e Page “SIXES” vs. “FOURS” During the ‘past few weeks big newspaper space has been used for the purpose of defending the high-priced four-cylinder car. We are not surprised. Any four-cylinder car selling for more than $1800 needs defence. ‘Whenever a tight shoe pinches, the wearer makes a wry face. And high-priced, four-cylinder shoes are pinching a number of feet pretty hard this seasog, Let us examine the real situation of “Six” vs. “Four.” Three years ago there were eleven builders of “Sixes” in the Tniteq States. Last year twenty-five-companies produced “Sixes. * On 1914 thirty-seven of the forty-two leading manufacturers of motor cars build “Sixes.” iCan such development be due to a fad or whim, as the builders of high-priced “Fours” say? High Priced Car Builders Found ‘‘Sixes’ Superior Seven years ago the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car.Company built “Fours” only—“Fours that were above reproach. Six years ago they added “Sixes” because the “Six”’ was demanded by those who wanted the utmost in a motor car. For five years the Pierce-Arrow has been building “Sixes” only. Not because the Pierce-Arrow “Four” was not good, ‘but because the “Six” ‘was proved better. For years ‘the Packard Motor Company built only “Fours.” Today Packard cars are built in “Sixes” exclusively. Not because -the Packard “Four” was not good; for there were no better “Fours.” But because Packard engineers and Packard owners found the “Six’” mechanically. superior to ‘the “Four”—and the Packard Company had the courdge to build the car which was proved best. The Peerless Company abandoned “Fours” for “Sixes’” exclusive- ly, becanse those who paid Peerless prices demanded the superior smoothness, flexibility and silence of the “Six.” Seven years ago the ‘Winton Company predicted the growth and popularity of the “Six.” Since 1908 Winton cars have been built in “Sixes” only, because Winton found the “Six” superior to the' “Four.” Tthere is no question now about the Winton prediction being right: Because this year practically every prominent makes, ex- cept one, selling cars above $1250 is building “Sixes.” Public Demand Forced the Development of the *Six” The admitted mechanical superiority of the “Six” over the “Four” and the demand for this superiority on the part of those ‘who are willing to pay any price for the motor car luxury forced these builders of high-priced cars into the six-cylinder field. Practically all successful builders of “Fours,” such as Toco- mobile, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Stevens-Duryea, Winton, Peerless, Tedfomnien. dmenis Marmon, Whife Sindebaker e2d Oakland, None of these companies changed their designs or spent thous- ands and thousands of dollars for new machinery and to market new types of cars just to satisfy a whim. Is it possible that all these admittedly successful companies ° ? Isn’t it logical to suppose that the majority is right? ) vlvsr:’r::glrt conclusi; when practically all makers':flmve $1250 are devoting their brains, money and energy to “Sixes?” s it reasonable to suppose that the ome company which dis- en d.be right against such overwhelming evidence? g tsI:ht:)s“l:l 'beeen o!\gu' experience that price being equal, people want the ‘greater smoothness, silence, flexibility, lower upkeep, and su- perior, mechanical luxury of the “Six.” They want it now and they always will wm}'t it. Pretty nearly all present owners of “Sixes” have at some‘,‘timg ’been owners of “Fours.”” Ask them which is the better car—“Six “Four ” E i .-Didr you ever know of a-driver of a “Six” to go back to a “Four” rice? -~ o eql‘;flvgrs‘ot “Sixes’” will tell you that there is something inherent in a “Six”’ that makes it better than a ‘“Four,” just as there is some- thing inherent in a thoroughbred that makes him better than a horse of common ‘blood: Don’t Buy a NEAR “Six” When You Can Get a REAL “Six” The best known builder of high-priced “Fours’” this year ad- mits the superiority. of the “Six”’ by using a mechanism which it i8' claimed Will give to the “Four” some of the recognized superior. BEMIDJI AUTO COMPANY qualities of the “Six.” How consistent of those with “Fours” to sell to decry “Sixes” in one breath and in the next tell you that they have a device that makes a “Six” of their car—nearly! The superiority of a “Six” over a “Four” exists in the motor— and can be obtained only through the motor. It can’t be obtained through the transmission or /the rear axle, The last resort of the folir-cylinder advocate is that the “Four” is more economical than the “Six.” Positively, it is not, It costs less to own a Chalmers Master “Six” a year, or to drive it 20,000 miles, than to own a “Four” of equal size and power am equal length of fime. ‘We have had in the Chalmers factory every well known “Four” of $1800 or over. We have run them side by side with the Chalmers “Sixes” and here is what we have learned. Power and Performance Considered “Six”’ Is More Economical Than **Four’’ Because of its steady, uninterrupted flow of power, the “Six” is easier on tires and easier on every moving part than a ‘Four.” “But a ‘Six’ burns more gasoline,” says four-cylinder builders. Again we say, tha.%is not true. For any considerable distance the Chalmers Master “Six” can be run on as little gasoline as any “Four” of equal motor displace- ment and with equal car size. This is not merely an advertising claim. We have proved this by actual tests, A leading builder of high-priced ‘Fours” is now announcing through the newspapers that he “has no intention of building a ‘Six.’” We believe this must be a Wwelcome announcement to a great many intending buyers who had already finally made up their minds to buy a ‘Six” and had, perhaps, been, wondering whether this particular manufacturer would build one. Now they have only to pick out the best “Six.” They need no longer hesitate, anticipating that this particular builder may produce a “Six.”” Such state- ments of policy do much to clarify the public under- standing of the motor car situation. 3 Chalmers Policy Is to Build Best Cars Possible at Chalmars Prices As in the past, the Chalmers policy shall always be to build the most efficient, most up-to-date quality cars to sell at medium iprices. The design of Chalmers cars shall be changed whenever adherents to that policy shall make changes necessary. It is in parsuance of this policy of advancement that have proved the “Six’’ superior to the “Four,” the production of Chalmers factory is now being concen- \ trated on “Sixes.) 3 : It is just as impossible to stop the trend toward six-cylinder cars as it would be to dam the Niagara Falls. One builder of “Fours,” in the $2000 class, claims more sales for his car than all makes of “Sixes” combined. This is positively exaggeration. There are being sold today three times as many “Sixes” as “Fours” at $1600 or over. Crying against the “Six” won’t atop it—it only increases the desire for an inves- tigation, and a comparison of the relative merits of “Fours” and ‘‘Sixes.” That is all that we as makers of “Sixes” ask. 3 ; When You Buy a “Six”’ Ybu Get The Newest Style and Best Investment ‘To you who are contemplating the purchase of @ car this ques- tion of “Six” or “Four” ds vital. ‘We believe that only in a “Six’” can you get a car which will give you the greatest satisfaction combined with safe investment. Why sink money in a car already out of style and-bound to become more so each day? Y ‘Wihen you buy a “Six”’ you buy on a rising mar- ® ket. 'When you buy a “Four’” you buy on a declining market. \ 7 3 " Our proposition is simple. We say ride in “Fours” and in “Sixes.” & Ask your friends who have “Sixes” if they would 80 back to “Fours.” 3 ‘We are sure you will want a “Six” after making such a-test. And having reached that conclusion we . ask.you to ride in all the different “Sixes.” Then take the Chalmers Road Test. After this v;vsel are gare your purchase will be a Chalmers Master “Six. -