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Show .WDNUII III THRILLER WHEN AUTO UPSETS Grasps Telephone Wire and Swings to Ground PASADKVA. March 5 Performing a "Muni" thst mlrht well have featured fea-tured a "movie thriller." Mra. John 8. Cravens, millionaire Pasadena society woman, saved hemelf from ponnible i death or injury when the chauffeur of her his; automobile fntnted st hia seat near the comer of Oranxe Grove avenue ave-nue and California afreet. According- lo witnesses, (he .oar was mo Vina up Orange Grove avenue at a moderate rate of speed when the chauffeur lost consclouaness. The blf morhlne made for the curb. Mrs. I Cravens attempted to reach over from the tonneau to ehut off the electric witch, but could not reach It. As the auto went over the curb, wit-neasea wit-neasea say, Mra. Cravens erasped a telephone pole guy wire and swuna hernelf free from the runaway car, landing on the a runs of the parkins;, practically, uninjured. Hhe said, modestly, mod-estly, that she "Juat atepped out of the car, which waa not going- fa at." The machine continued on Ita way Until It encountered a palm tree. The car. of foreign make. haa spring which extend far forward, and one of these waa driven a foot into the palm, j hut the auto was but tittle damaged. I The fninting spell of the driver waa I of hut momentary duration snd from a cause mhich has not been decided. |