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rd A i fry tn Hi 5 it JP1 Fj iM wwv wr a NWU SP flil3 WH 7 If 7 85 ljiJ IS 1 Special Representative Is Here With Latest Models of Machine Byrd Raymond special repre tentative and demoiMtrator or the Matheson Motor Car Company ot Mow Torlc It tn San Francisco with three of the latest model Matheson machines direct from tho factory The purpose of the vlilt Is to Introduce the Mathe on on the Const In discussing the recent appointment of a receiver over the Matheson Company Raymond yesterday1 declared that the compane wn not Insolvent but that the ault wai merely a friendly one tn place the company In a position to handle the enormoua output which la betas prepared or this season Our company douhllnc Its output for the ensuing season and we are now manufacturing under tenti and frame butldlnca until wa can get addition to our pretent plant he aald JVe are undetermined as to whether we will open a factory branch In San Francisco or place the Una In the hands of a high class and competent agent to look after the Interests of the car Raymond received the following telegram from the Eastern headquarters explaining the reason for the appointment of the receiver Newspapers have a report that the Matheson Motor Car Company Is In the hands of a receiver Matheson tonight said The action of the Matheson Motor Car Company In applvlng to the courts of Luxerne county Pa tor a receivership Is entirely friendly and In reality spells but a step In the direction ot the expansion of the manufacturing company The Immediate cause for this step was brought about by the action of a few creditors who were pressing their claims to the detriment of the company For the conservation of the Interests of all the receivership was decided upon as a friendly protection The Indirect cause leading up to the action was the deray In the shipment ot materials to the fai tory the cold wet spring weather and general slump In the stock market which lias affected deliveries en dealers contracts for several hundred tars If the dealer Had not been restrained because af these condition la taking the ears contrasted forth necessity for this action would hardly have arisen The company la perfectly solvent the asseta exceeding the liabilities by 1363748 JO The company Is rapidly conyert tng its materials Into finished ears and will continue to do so In order to execute the contracts now In hand and It Is expected that the receivership wilt be temporary only The new model silent six Matheson has proved a great success It has won first prties In the six successive hJU cllmb Ing and endurance contests In which It has been entered and with these successes the future ot the ear la assured The Msjheson Automobile Company Is net In any way affected by Ihe action of the Matheson Motor Car Company Tho latter being merely the source of supply ot Matheson cars which ars marketed by the company of which I am president Plans are now prac tically completed for a larger factory output than ever and the manufacturing company will undoubtedly emerge from this passing storm In sounder and mora healthy condition i i i i CLEVEB FOSGER GETS LONG TERM AT T01S0M Napa Man Wrote a Fictitloui Cheek for One Hundred and Fifty Dollars NAPA July ft Joseph Sturm a clever forger was sentenced In tho Superior Court here today by Judge Gee ford to serve ten years lit the State penitentiary at Folsom on a charge of issuing and passing a fictitious draft Sturm wrote a draft for 180 June 38 1910 In Napa sent it to himself at Napa Junction then went down there June 27th and received It as If It came from a friend lie had Marenco proprietor of the Piedmont House of Napa Junction cash It Sturm was soon afterward arrested He had 1117 ot the money on his person He wrote three other draf for 100 50 and 125 on June 86th but prosecution on these counts was deferred until later by the District Attorney Sturm Is a man about 64 years of age HIP CAPT4J DROWNS VAMCOUVFIt July 9 Captain Bolnrntona master of the British bark Molt Hill was drowned In the harbor heie late last night when he slipped froin the gangplank and fell Into water He leaves a widow and daughter at Birkenhead England TELLS OF HARDSHIPS OF Head of the Premier Factory Writes to Hugo Mulier In This City A letter Just received by the Hugo Mulier Auto Company from Smith president et the Premier Motor Manufacturing Company throws some Interesting light on the hardships encountered on this years Hidden tour Smith accompanied MeNamara driver of the winning Premier No 1 as far as Kansas City Here however the Intense heat caused him to abandon the run According to the letter the run was one ot terrlflo hardships to both machines and men far exceeding Anything before attempted tn OUdden tours In part the letter readsi It would be Impossible to paint a word picture of the hardships we have gone through and furthermore no one falling to actually encounter the conditions could fully appreciate them On the second day out the trouble commenced It was necessary during 4hls day to ford a number ot creeks In fact for thirty er forty miles the rocky bed et a creek was traveled The third day was a very difficult one Penalties began to add up rapidly and we supposed that we had encountered the maximum hardships Our greatest troubles were yet to come however on the days run Into Memphis With the Irregular roads and bottomless swamps It seemed ss though it were Impossible for the ears to make an average of twenty miles an hour The Premier was the only car that went Into Memphis having maintained a twenty mile schedule The Premier No 1 which was called upon to carry the confetti due to the official pilots being disabled reached Memphis a minute and a half ahead of time Most ot the press cars dropped out of the race on this day and all the perfect scores fell but two SEEKS TO PREVENT CITY OWNERSHIP Vallejo Light Concern Reduces Price of the Product Three Cents DOMESTIC ANIMALS The total number ot useful domestic animals on the globe Is believed to be sbout 1500 000 000 pedal Dlspatca to tse Chrooiele VALLEJO July I On the eve of the Trades and Labor Council of this city deciding to resort to the initiative pro vision ot the city charter to compel the Trustees to submit to the electors at ft coming bond election the proposition ot bonding the city for IUJ009 for a municipally owned eleetrto light plant the manager ot the Vallejo Electric Light and Power Company today announced that it bad been decided by hie company to reduce the present rats tl cents per thousand kilowatts to cents the change to become effective on the first of the year The Trueteee turned down the municipal ownership plan early this week by a voto ot 3 to 3 The friends ot municipal ownership here are elated at the weakening of the corporation tnd declare that their eleventh hour move will only cause them to make renewed efforts to have the matter submitted to the people HAUTE FAY SCORES HIT IK LOUDON DEBUT Special Btsettcb te the Cbrealele LONDON July Many Americans wsre at His Majestys Theater tonight to wltneea the production by Mr Bere ham of the Straus comic opera Fuers not for tho first time in England Maude Fay of San Francisco made her debut In the leading part Demuth which she sang splendidly She had an enthusiastic reception BODIES RECOVERED FROM SAN JOAQUIN STOCKTON July The bodies of Martin Rossa and Alva Learned who were drowned In the San Joqutn river near Victoria Island last Monday were recovered near the scene ot the accident this morning By their clean cut sweeping victory in the Glidden Tour Goodrich Tires gave the most impressive and conclusive proof of tire endurance ever shown For the seventh consecutive time the Glidden has demonstrated that Goodrich tires give better service under greater punishment than any other tires This year 2850 mile grind is unique in history for its mileage and the unprecedented road conditions encountered yet GOODRICH TIRES equipped both the winner of the Glidden Trophy the winner of the Chicago Trophy the majority of the cars entering the majority of cars finishing and need less replacements than any other tires Here is the interesting story told by the authentic figures EQUIP MAJORITY OF CARS Always Selected by the majority of Glidden Tourists Goodrich Tires carried 13 of the contesting and 4 of the non contesting entrants a total of 17 cars as compared with 14 cars of the nearest competitor tho rest divided among three other makes Significant at the start in view of the stringent rules and strenuous route of this years contest LESS TROUBLE FEWER REPLACEMENTS Goodrich Tires caused less delay needed fewer replacements and were more free from serious trouble such as rim cutting and blowouts than any others 58 casings and 111 tubes were used on 17 cars as compared with 81 casings and 120 tubes on 14 cars by the nearest competitor Although carrying more cars than any other tires replacement of Goodrich casings averaged only 3 7 17 per car for entire 2850 mile trip as compared witH ij 11 14 replacements per car of the nearest competitor Think of it Twenty three more casings and nine more tubes were required by the nearest competitor of Goodrich Tires on three less cars at the start and seven less cars at the finish That speaks volumes for tho Goodrich Tough White Tread and Integral Construction ON THAT AWFUL SECOND DAY Between Louisville and Nashville the 14 cars of our nearest competitor required 6 more casings and 12 more tubes to negotiate the rock strewn stump filled roads and creek bottoms than the 17 cars equipped with Goodrich Tires Both the Pacemaker and Entrant No 2 equipped with other tires purchased Goodrich Tires en route as a safe means or reaching the night control CARRIED MORE CARS EVERY DAY Goodrich Tires carried more cars on each and every days run than any other tires to the very end Forinstance on the tenth day Goodrich Tires were carrying 10 cars compared with only 3 cars carried by their nearest competitor In the wind up it was found that Goodrich Tires traveled 34459 miles compared with 20667 miles by the nearest competitor nearly 70 per cent more mileage for Goodrich with nearly 70 per cent less tire trouble GOODRICH AT THE FINISH Goodrich Tires not only equipped the Premier No 1 winner of the Glidden Trophy and Moline No 100 winner of the Chicago Trophy but also equipped the Chalmers No 5 which stood next to the highest Jn the Glidden score and equipped 11 of the 19 cars that checked in at each night control as compared with 4 pars equipped by the nearest competitor METAL WORKERSJO t4 TO First Step Is Taken Toward Settling the Strike at Stockton Ifteclal Dtspttck te Ue Cornicle 8TOCKTON July Th rst step toward Adjusting tha differences between the unions and employers was taken today when the sheet metal workers and tha employers came to an agreement and the employes screed to co to work Monday omrnlnc In Stockton sll the union men take 4 half holiday on Saturday er those men would have cone to work this afternoon the agreement havlnc teen reached before noon The committees from the Contractors Association and tha Building Trades Council have held ssveral meet lugs and most of tho differences between tha unions and employers have been threshed out It Is said there are still servers matters that have not been taken up but some Important points havs been considered and settled with the result It Is possible that early next week an agreement will be reached and the great labor war that has been threatening Stockton may be averted Late today some of the union mtn claimed that such a strong effort was being mad to make Stockton an open shop1 city that It was doubtful It an agreement could be reached but the committee denied that such wss the case and both sides were hoping for a settlement of tha trouble TO prSGIf WORK 02V COCHTHOUSK VALLKJd July Special The actual construction ef Solano countys new 311000 Courthouse will be commenced within the net month according to statement mad by Vice President TVhltton of the Thompson Starrett Company of New York which was recently awarded tho contract Whltton declared that when completed the building will be such that It will be Just as up to date at the end of fifty years as at the time 11 la finished TOUT1I SHOOTS STErHATHCB BELLINQHAM Wash July I Dr A Hoover of Burlington twenty miles south ot this city wastshot by bis stspson Martin Hubbard aged SO today and died an hour later Hoover had struck Hubbards sister and a Quarrel followed In which the elder man shot at the youth and missed Hubbard then shot Hoover the bullet taking effect tn the thigh TURFMARSM rJ Mrs de Arman Says That Htf Spouse Has Failed to PrnVlr rid IWtlMV i LOS ANGELES July Mrs LIU da Arman of Monrovia who SB and killed Mrs Helen Griffin In tj tjr i Amtt tA VMM ASTA caused a complaint ta be lasued fre the District Attorney ioaic cnsii knhnt tt rt imu former ly a prominent turfman with fatliatf to nrovlde for her i De Arman left his wlfs last Apr Aniinr in the tatters storr i went to Victoria a Effort a being mad to locate him In tho north Mrs de Arman waa arrested after the shooting ot Mrs Griffin but released on the ground that she wa at state SPSS 1 Ksa fatrfW that TW A MM INw tosthr apparently happily tw til a moniDi tin aar av Armm aid had only had Mi tinea April 1911 OWEN IS HERE HkjS7VLm3 jjsffaWssnsiusljBSsS1 nSUS JaS JBBIBiBsbbHIlbHHbBSbLwtW JTV VBBBBBHBBEBBBBBHIHaBHaBBBVUBBV MMaW Jv aaBBBBBBBM BBBMBBBBgJamSsBBBBM BBBMrfSantJIr AsrJsSBjYvtJa JBtitfnBHBBkalnBBnBnBBnBnBnBflBBBnBnBnHssVZBVlET JBKHBBVBk vr fiiBBHjVSaBBBeL SnBVBBnunBBBBflnBnBHjnBnpTnBnBBirft IT 3 BSBjBBBBrBrjH I i rsVnBrnBEaa iHBKjflHBBeVnifevBr KbbbksB JmI SBBssse g4STZjBBVniBfojKjrttS abetSaSH BBasBss Two Years Ahead of the Times The Owen has 42 Inch wheels and flexible cushion springs You ride over ruts that the ordinary 38 Inch wheels drop into Tou can glide over cobble atones without the least tremor or vibration The drive is left hand with a right hand control Tou can atop on the right side of the atreet and get out of the car on the Bldewalk without walking around in the mud The left hand drive is an advancement in automobile construction aa much ahead of the right hand drive as the side door ton neau was over the rear door tonneau The motor is 44x6 Inch The long stroke permits running the car from two ta sixty miles an hour without shifting a lever It possesses MH climbing possibilities never realized1 by motors with shorter stroke The long stroke insures a quiet motor small wear on working parts actually developing 50 horse power at the rear wheels These are reasons why the Owewls two yeare ahead of the times and why we want enthusiastic automobile owners men who take an interest In and can if necessary drive their own cars to ride tn this newest creation of automobile development a car truly two years ahead of the times The Owen Is completely equipped Everything is supplied except the license tag 4150 Fully Equipped Se Ge CHAPMAN 324 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco Designed for Touring Comfort FIGURE IT IN ANY WAY per tire per case per tube per car or per mile the tire victory of the 1910 Glidden tour is GOODRICH GORHAM RUBBER COMPANY Inc MAIN OFFICE BRANCH 50 56 Fremont Street 527 Van Nessr Avenue BEANCH CONNECTIONS Los Angelrs Oakland Portland Seattle TAE GOODRICH COMPANY AKRON QHlO Largest in the World More Facts About Automobile Advertising Chronicle Increases Big Lead In the first six months of 1910 the Chronicle printed 14065 lines of automobile display advertising more than theCall and 33877 lines more than the Examiner Here are the Exact Figures CHRONICLE 96882 lines Qll 828 17 lines Examiner 63005 lines Globe 35644 lines Bulletin 34961 lines These figures show the constantly growing lead of the Chronicle in automobile advertising The lead for the first six months of 1910 almost equals that for the entire year of 1 909 showing an Increase of 100 Per Cent The Chronicle is the recognized advertising medium of San Francisco Automobile Men many of whom use its coiumns almost exclusively The Chronicle leads because It sells more Automobiles for Advertisers It has wide country as well as city circulation It prints all the Automobile news every day It Isimpartlat playlnf no favorites Its advertisements are attractive and well placed mi i Cfc A ff fa 1iifoV i JWH AJl Vtvi tigs fl 3 jfesiaA a.