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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
AuToISTS THINK NEW
RULES WILL SAVE LIVES

CHICAGO, Dec. n.-Automobile racing,
which last season resulted In large number
of fatalities and serious accidents to specta-
tors and participants. may be shorn of a great
portion OF its teuors. BY the adoption Of a
revised set OF rules and restrictions. the Amer
lean Automobile association believes that auto
racing will become as safe as any strenuous
.ontest may be.
1t at a meeting of the sanctions COM
n.ittee, which late: reported to the executive
committee of the national organization at its
meeting at tn, Coliseum auto show here, that
the new rules were drawn Ap. The new pro-
visions specify that the organization will not
sanction any race that is not given In accord
ance with all OF these rules Prior to the
granting OF sanction an investigation of the
tracks must be made by competent commit
tee. and photographs OF all turns and fences
on it must be submitted to the national body.
There also must be drawings Of the buildings
and stands FIR spectators, with their descrp-
lions. 1t is provided that the racing board
shall decide IN wl.ai places spectators shall be
permitted. and then only after they have made
a thorough study offthe peculiarlties OF the To-
cality in which the race is TO be given
There are many other stipulations regarding
the judges guards and other details of the
tracks, but tho committee gave most of its
attention to the study Of safeguards against
accident.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
TO the Races

Steam trains to the races. 90 minutes: seats
for everyone. SOUTHERN PACIFIC, 500 SO.
Spring street. or Arcade station.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

The beautiful Studebaker landaulet re-
oeived about week ago by the Lord
Motor Car company has already been
sold and delivered. The machines was
bought by F. I. Holder of South Orange
Grove boulevard in Pasadena and is said
to be the only machine of that type in the
Crown city which is already famed for
the large number and expensiveness of it's
automobiles.
The arrival of the Great Smith 1908
model has drawn large number of ad-
mirers of the beautiful to look at the car.
The body is painted an automobile gray
and trimmed with a broad band of gold
leaf. 1t is one of the most effective of the
many pretty cars received this season.
Another beauty that came in during the
past few days is the Royal, and the Lee
Motor Car company have been kept busy
since its arrival demonstrating its many
good qualities to the prospective buyers.
The first shipment of Auburns of the
1908 model are on the way west, and 1t is
expected that they will arrive about
Christmas time. The shipments is made
up of five touring cars, and the interest
shown indicates the rapid delivery of the
entire carload. The fact that the Auburn
was the only two-cylinder car to finish
among the first ten in the Chicago con-
test has done much to set 1t higher than
ever, in popular favor. 1t was the fifth in
point of scoring and had only ten marks
against it in one of the most rigid con-
tests ever made.
Miss Lucy Abbott Putnam of Redlands
was down the past week and selected a
Pierce Arrow as the car that she will
drive this season. The car was sent to
her at her home by w E. Bush, the local
agent.
Fred Linz. one of the pioneer automobile
dealers in San Francisco, who has been
in the wholesale as well as retail work for
years. has just returned from a trip
through Washington and Oregon signing
up agents for the Maxwell automobiles,
Mr.. Linz being the manager of the Max
we'll -Briscoe- Pacific company, and he re-
ports business as good in that territory
as ever and has sold over 200 Maxwell
cars, so the money panic has not affected
Oregon and Washington very much. In
fact Mr.. Linz says: "This was the most
successful trip ever had in all my auto
mobile experience
In Bisbee, AriZ., where the merchants
formerly delivered groceries and merchan"
disc on the backs of burros there are
now ten Maxwell automobiles and three
other cars in use. The town is built
among steep foothills, where wagons are
little used.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15

greatest items in it's favor, as the initial
and replacement expense dwindles to in
significance beside the cost of 36x5-inch
tire, as is now put on the big seven-pas-
senger touring cars.
For the man with comfortable income,
or even a good salary, an automobile is
not only possible but advisable, for in no
other way can one get so much real
pleasure for himself and family for the
same expense, nor can he invest his
money in anything that will in such a
great degree conduce to health and long
life as the small automobile that Will
travel from four to thirty miles an hour:
AS travel is conceded to be one OF the
most if not the most, broadening in
fiuence that a man can have. and as the
automobile is the thing most conducive
to travel in modern life, then will not the
automobile become strong factor IN
modern civilization and advancement
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
FRANKLIN WILL ENTER
NEW YoRk-PARIs RACE

IL the proposed automobile race from New
York to Paris is carried out according to the
plans which are being talked over among the
automobile men at the Chicago show. the II
H. Franklin company will be one of the first
TO enter car.
" e. Minich assistant manager of the
Franklin company. who has charge Of the ex-
hibit at the Chicago show, said I'm my opin-
ion a light car would have tho best chance Of
completing such a journey and heavy car
would be absolutely out of II. l should say
that a car weighing about 1000 pounds, fully
equipped and OF about .4o-horsepower, would
bo the type best adapted for such contest al
is proposed The Paris Pekng contest was q
success. the best car taking three months ia
complete the journey. II another is held the
H. H Franklin company would enter car
and we should expect to make the distance in
six weeks"
Plans are being discussed at the Chicago
show for securing survey and report on road
conditions
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
The svmpathetic Bandit

A highwayman in italy held up the
occupants of an approaching automo
bile by shooting over their heads into
the air. Then he emerged from his
hiding place behind a tomb. The hold
up occurred on the Appian Way, and
the bandit found, to his surprise, only
a woman in the little car
''Where, madam, is your husband?"
he demanded, sternly and suspiciously,
He's under the seat" she answered
flushing,
"Then," said the highWayman, II
won't take anything It's bad enough
to have a husband like that without
being robbed into the bargain"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
CALIFORNIA SHERIFF FINDS
AUTOMOBILE is ECONOMICAL

The automobile for public officers is becom-
ing more and more OF a necessity. The sherihf S
office in Alameda county bought Thomas
Detroit car this season and up TO date the
car is said to have done over 10000 miles. AL
miles, It is estimated that the car has saved
the county $500 in the seven months that II
has been In use
AS an offset, the machine has cost for a
chauffeur $780, for gasoline, oil and tires. In
cluding repairs. $3.50, making a total OF $3.50.
the cost per mile II cents. If the cost is fig
ured without the chauffeur the cost per mile
would be abou. ~ cents. which is very cheap
travelling for fve people.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
NEW FRANKLIN ON MARKET SOON

The addition of an entirely new model to the
Franklin line of motor cars has just been an
nounced from Syracuse. The new type is to
be a brougham body on the chassis OF the
model G 16-horsepower runabout. The steer
ing wheel and control will be inside The
rev model will be the llghtest gasoline brough-
am on the marriott, Weighing only 1706 pounds
or account Of the short wheel base, % inches
Il will turn easily and can be driven with
ease in narrow or crowded streets For doc
tors or for ladies this car win prove very
popular The price will be $25O0. The Frank
lin company already builds town car. but
this brougham with inside control is an inno-
Nation in the air-cooIed line.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
AFRICAN EMPEROR THINKS
FAvoRABLY OF AUTOMOBILES

An evidence of the widespread realization OF
the utility valu, of motor vehicles is the fact
that the emperor of Abyssinia has granted q
company of Berlin TO open up motor traffic In
the empire on the Ads Ababa to Dire Douca
route This is to be regarded as an expert
ment which, Il successful, will be followed
hv other lines. The caravans need six days
10 accomplish this journey, while motor cars
can well cover the ground In two. At present
two cars for passengers and goods conveyances
a,.a n, he used.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
Don,t Rub II In

Commiserate with your brother motor
list whom you find kneeling in the dust
of the road belaboring a punctured tire.
The nail manufacturer is busy man,
and there may be another nail farther
down the pike for you. Pride goes before
a puneture, and the naughty man is gem
orally the first to find that he is out of
gasoline.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
PERSONAL.

William Merchant Richardson French, who has
received special decoration from the French Min
lister of Public Instructions and Fine Arts for "the
great activity and interest shown by Mr. French in
the artistic life of my country is director of the
Chicago Art Institute. Mr.. French born in
Exeter n H. in 1913. and was graduated from
engineering and landscape gardening. but in 1877
he became connected with the School and Museum
OF Art in Chicago.
The Rev. John Davis SkiIton A NJ graduate
or Kenyon College class Of SIS. and of the Philadal
phia Divinity School. class of go has been elected
headmaster OF the Cheshire Comm School Mr.
Skilton until 1899 engaged in parOChtal work
In ST. PauTs Church, Cleveland. and at the Amer
Of Cheltenham Military Academy. at Ogontz, Penn,
for four years.
The Earl of Durham has given to Sunderland
Museum an chronological collection Of American
specimens which secured by the first Earl Of
Durham when he was Governor General Of Canada
sc 'tIouSfhu examples mostly
leaf insects locusts, ccadas. dragon flies and spi-
measuring six inches across A sDecisI exbfbjtion
is TO be made OF them
Father SpIgardi, pastor Of three Italian churches
in ST. Louis has evolved a new plan to gather in
loitNrers He has established an immense phono-
graph in the churches on successive SUNDAYS and
will turn on the music Of hymns in the evening.
The French government has intrusted to Nine
Laurence Fielder Of Paris mission TO make an
investigation into the social and Industrial condi-
pose Of her work, Nine Fielder SAYS is to raise
the standard OF women's wages in France as we'll
rs the social standard of her COuntrywomen in
work
The only royal doctor in Europe IS Duke Carl
Theodore Of Bavaria. Few German princes have
had more romantic career than Duke Carl Theo-
dore He recently completed with his wife as his
assistant. his five thousandth operation for cata-
ra't- Poor people flock to his hospital where they
are treated free. the duke asking payrnen+ orry
rom rom those who can easily afford it, He il was
VINO successfully treated the Kaiser when eiqht
Years ago he IVES temporarily blinded nv a sv,iI,
North Sea ~ '-iN0i'ci" III tnc
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
BUSINESS EDUCATYOv.

The most interesting statement made by Pres
ident Eliot Of Harvard in his address last Sat
Urday 10 the delegates of the Associated Uar-
ward Clubs, in session mt Detroit was that
relating 10 the projected business course nj
Harvard. The Harvard authorities" said Dr
Eliot, are now planning new business course
which will require degree for entrance and
which Will require five or six years to com
'piete. While the idea of incorporating busi-
ness courses in college currcula is by no means
new To educators, the plan thus broadly outlined
involves some features which are both novel
and debatable. The adyisabity of teaching
college students something about business meth
odS. and even the technique of certain Industrial
and commercial branches is now rencraIIv nd
mltted. cry echoing through dormitories
lecture rooms and homes is, "rrain our sons 70
De eiiclent citizens, first of all" And the plea
demands its answer from the faculties Rut
The problem of bringing higher education into
line with the modern world and Hs new. in
sstent needs is vast and intricate In all prob
ability many experiments must be made before
university authorities hit upon schedule and
S'EIe or instruction mt all points satisfactory TO
the public directly concerned
The Harvard plan, as limited at by President
Eliot Is apparently not meant to be solution
of the whole problem. 4 business course" or
hVe or SIX post graduate years might bn do
S'Sneu |" ueFelop experts. and should Harvard
undertake to produce such Doctors of Finance
n genuine service would be rendered but NOT
we think. the most important one What mi
versity students in general need is accurate bu+
not necessarily microscopic knowledge of prac-
tlcal affairs, and they must acquire This within
the present collegiate span. AS the humanitias
cannot be utterly sacrificed to financial and
commercial training, the four years of study
now allotted must cover both the old and tbe
new llhes of work and cover them with soma
degree OF thorouShness. But this means higher
eihcehcy on the students part. and hence more
individual teaching. While President Eliot has
good reason for speaking gravely Of the evnonsa
OF such teaching, students are justified in ask-
ing for an Introduction to practical affairs with
OUT the cost of several more years in COLLEGE
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WILDNESS OF WILD ANIMALS.
Writer Says They Are Not Ready to Pouncs
on and Devour Man.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: While the field Is still warm with the bIoos
OF the nature takers would like 10 take shot az
a class that up 10 the present seems to hav.
escaped censure I refer TO certain writer's WIN IN
variably picture wild animals as madIy ferociou.
and ever ready 10 pounce a man and devour him
forthwith Editors perhaps partly responsible
for this attitude because they want stories to b,
thrilling ard the ordinary experiences of the woods.
man and mountaineer are rather tame from tha.
point of view
These writer's never speak OF the cougar as zny.
thing but mountain Hon'' when they know
perfectly well that this term Is a misnomer. and
an absurd that. But II makes a writer seen,
very brave IL he describes the awful attack on his
camp by mountain Hon. and he sometimes
makes his lion" leap straight the blazing
camp fire at his prey! But some writers don't mind
Being silly If the article is accepted. These par
tcular takers would have believe that II is not
possible to go mile in the wilds without being
attacked and compelled TO ronlantically defend
ones self with his "trusty rifle" Whatever elsa
may be said about the takers who have reeentv
been slain. they at least draw animals that even
little children fall in love with. whereas the faker
now describe pictures beasts that drive the chill
dren to hide their heads and fear to pass the ulas
bush in the garden after dark
Now. as a matter OF faet-at least so far as ny
knowledge and observation go-wd animals un.
alone they will nine hundred and nnety-nfne times
NJ, Sfar OF a IN IhousaHd day or night let you alone.
Rocky Mountain region. was there winters ana
summers sometimes alone. sometimes with Others
IN places where few men had been before and IN
localities where there many grizzlies. Vet
nave never seen a bear in any state except Gagged
or tanned. Now that there are rigid game laws In
carry firearms unless it might be for protection
against the real wild animal. John Muir
who has spent large part of his life tramping the
high Slerras and Alaska, never carries a gun and
never kills animals. Let the "ferOcity faker' re-
tire. Perhaps in time may have the Wild ami.
mals described as they really are-generally scared
10 death at the sight of man.
F. s. DELLENBAUGH.
New York, June l. 1901
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
THE rERpLANcK'S POINT PARK.


As the Legislature approaches the end of the
session with an increasing record of good work
done. 1t is earnestly TO be hoped that it will not
neglect to enact a bill which was introduced
into the Assembly by Mr. Apgar and which is
now in the hands of the Committee on Rules
Of that body. appropriatng $12500O for the
purchase Of land for state park at Nerplanck's
Point The sum involved is small, while the
good 10 he achieved is great; the opportunity
is an exceptionally happy one, and it does not
appear that there is any objection TO the prof
ect which is worthy of serious consideration.
The proposal is that the park shall he created
as the states part of the Hudson Fulton cele-
braton. There can he no need now to argue
the fitness of that celebration or the dcsira-
bility Of making ii commensurate in scope and
significance with the events which ii COmmem-
crates. What should he equally obvious is that
the whole state should participate in it as we'll
as this city. The works of Hudson and Fulton
were done for the whole state as much as for
the city The river which the one first ex-
pored ami which the other first navigated with
steam power traverses Il large part of the
state and contributes to the wealth OF it all,
and the achievements of Hudson and Fulton
are associated with it's entire navgable extent
From that point of view, the participation OF
the state in the celebration will he eminently
appropriate
Nor are the practical advantages of the plan
mconsderable. 1t Is of the virtues of
the whole Hudson Fulton celebration as wisely
planned by the commission that IT assumes
a practically and permanently benehccnt form.
The scheme involves n bridge and a water
gate in this city, which will be as useful as
they are ornamental. The same may he said
of a park on the historic ground of Verplancks
Point. which would be source of perennial
pleasure 10 the people of the state. Nearly all
the rest of the eastern shore of the Hudson
River is occupied by railroad tracks or private
estates. precluding general access. But here
IS an opportunity to open forever free to al
coners a singularly slightly tract OF land at one
of the most interesting and imposing points on
the whole river. 1t is an opportunity which
should not be neglected.
This city will spend millions for its share in
the celebration. Surely the state as n whole
can afford to spend one-eighth of a million for
its share. For other celebrations in which it
was not so directly concerned and from which
it could not hope for tithe of the benefits
which this will bestOw the state has appro-
priated sums several times as large as that
which is now asked for this purpose. If II
could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
for a mere temporary show which would pass
away and leave no lasting good It should surely
afford this small sum for perpetual possession
for the pleasure and profit of the whole pco-
pie.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
MRS. M'KINLEY EULOGY,
Canton Pastor ETtols Virtues of the
Presidents Wife.

Canton. Ohio. June 2-The services at the First
Methodist Episcopal Church to-day were memo
rial in honor Of Mrs. Mckinley. who was mem
Der Of that church. The Rev. Or E O. Buxton
Who conducted the services on Tuesday delivered
the address. The Mckinley pew. which until re-
Gently had been draped since the death Of Presf-
dent Mckinley. reserved for the immediats
relatives of Mrs Mckinley The church was
crowded A draped portrait OF Mrs Mckinley was
placed IN front OF the rostrum. American flags,
carnations and potted plants were the decorations
The hymns included Lead. Kindly Light" ''Beau-
tful Isle Of Somewhere" and other numbers which
were favorites Of President and Mrs. Mckinley
Speaking OF Mrs McKinIey's keen Judgment a
men and conditions the Rev. DR.. Buxton said:
Her knowledge OF men and measures was s,17s,
rior' and often the President deferred to her fdg.
nent. But her confidence in his abilities and hsI
l9th N the integrity of his character were remark
dhIe She telt that he deserved success. and that
the generous people would not withhold il when h
was wei earned favOTite expression OF her,
curing the many political campaigns was. He
ought TO succeed, and therefore will succeed
one short phrase used perhaps a hundred times
daliEt atter the Buffalo tragedy. illustrates the
character ot Mrs Mckinley better than any word,
may De able 20 choose. The words NV preCiNUs''
contained the eptOme of aN the loyalty ndeltv ana
constant love which a woman render Z
man. Who that ever heard can forget the manner
IN which she pronounced those wordse
Her faith inspired him. her confidence assured
IiHl' her very weakness strengthened him HeI
devotion 20 his memory has perhaps never beer
eNcR ed among women. His neme was constantly
upon her lips. With jUstifiabe pride she spoke ri
his virtues, his noble qualities 6f mind and hesr
anu ms surprising affection manifest in every act
We do not believe that these latter years Of her,
nave oeen lost years There is a minisJration that
comes with pain and sorrow There is beauty ni
soul PATIENCE. trust and gentleness that fouriss
amid the shadows
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
OF cOBDENTTE AUSTEPyTy

Members OF the small but select company of
stern, unbending Cobdenites affect TO regard
with profound Indignation the intimation that
the colonial prime ministers at this years I'm
perial conference in London were not pleased
and, indeed. highly gratifed at having their
unanimous and earnest desire for an imperial
preferential tariff system denied without hope
by the imperial government. We do not OF
course, know the exact details of all that oc-
CURED in the conference and have no thought
of judging the various reports which have been
published: and we certainly would not think
Of suggesting that the imperial government has
not just as good right to oppose as the colonies
have 10 favor a tariff system. Indeed as we
have hitherto pointed out. its traditions and the
circumstances of its election TO present poyyer
both practically compel the Liberal Government
of Great Britain TO remain steadfast in The
free trade faith and TO veto even the most
gradual and tentative approach toward the pro-
tectiye system which the founders of the Liberal
party overthrow and to which the leaders os
the Conservative Opposition are now committed.
Nor should we think OF defending or validating
the conduct Of any one who, for partisan pur-
pose misrepresented the important public
doings of responsible statesmen.
But what should like TO have explained
for the sake OF extending the empire of sweet
ness and light. is why It IS necessary for free
traders invariably 10 rise TO such indignant and
volcanic heights Of austerity in dealing with =
wretched protectionist worm who ventures 10
Wriggle in the dust. For our part. we are cheer
fully willing 10 concede % even the most CON
frrned and extreme free traders the posses.i ion
Of sanity and integrity. Why not? The tariff is
a question of academic political philosophy or
of practical political economy as you please.
but ii surely does not impcate either mental
aiienism or the moral law. We can perceive
the great advantages which Great Britain has
derived in the last half century from her adon-
ton Of the principles Of Golden and Bright We
are quite ready 10 admit that there are two sides
10 he question, and that there is much that is
cogeat end pertinent TO he said on each side
Why is < that so many cobdenitcs characteris
tcaiiy begin e9ery discussion of the tariff Inv
laying it down as automatic that the whole pro-