Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-08
ITALIAN CAR is WELCOMED
Second WOrld-TOuring Machine PlOwI
Through Iowa Mud.
GETS INTO OMAHA LAST NIGHT
Cheered rs IL Threads Its way UT
Farnam street, ThrOnEed and
Lighted, on to stopping
Place.

Piloted by Frank Parmelee and several
| cars filled with automobile enthusiasts who
had gone to Council Bluffs to meet them,
| the occupants of the Italian car in the
New York-Paris automobile race. passed
up Farnam street between cheering thou
sands Saturday night and entered the kim
ball garage at $40. The pilot car carried
red torches, which made the crowded thor
oughfare look like Rex himself was making
his entry to fall. The welcome was as
warm as IL the car had been American and
in the lead.
| Since early morning the car had been
working its way from woodbine, Ia- thir-
ty-three miles east, and two days were
consumed in coming from Denison, sixty
| three miles. The condition of the roads
was frightful. To avoid some of the mud
! permission was given to use the Illinois
| Central tracks, but this was slow work as
every cattle guard had to be boarded over,
| as well as an approach laid to all frogs
and switches. DIR. Tom Lacey Lieutenant
Test and DR.. Atkins of Council Bluffs
| piloted the car in their own car, from
! Denison.
The occupants of the italian car are
Ccarfoglia, the driver; Sartori. his as
sistant; A. N. Rutland an assistant, and
Agee, the machinist. The zust weighs
stripped, 1000 pounds, or $500 pounds more
than the American car, and carries about
1000 pounds Of traps besides.
When Kimball's garage was reached the
police closed the door to keep out the
crowd, but Scarfoglia asked that the doors
be opened that all might have a look. The
garage was soon filled with the curious
ones who wished to see the big car.
Scarfoglia did not know just how long
he would remain in Omaha, but said he
thought he would spend most Of today here
| as the men have been having a most siren
| uous time and needed the rest
stop was made in Council Bluffs to
give the occupants Of the car a chance to
enjoy a complimentary dinner at the Grend
hotel, given in their honor by Donald Ma
crae, former mayor OF that city.
Since the American car passed through
Omaha and aroused so much enthusiasm
the Italian residents of Omaha have been
| working up considerable sentiment In
/ Omaha in favor of giving all the machines
good send off as they passed through
this city. The cars have all been having
most strenuous times, with the almost bot
tomless roads and snowbanks, and 1t is
felt in many quarters that 1t is no more
than the right thing to do to turn out and
show all the foreigners some true western
hospitality.
Four automobiles filled with Italians
tried to go to meet the Italian car Friday,
but they found the roads north Of Council
| Bluffs impossible and had to turn back
| This was warning to the occupants OF
the italian car and they changed their
route and got permission from the Illinois
Central road to use the right-of-way of
that company from Denison to Omaha
Among, the prominent Italians of Omaha
who went to meet the car were A. Minardi.
Joe salerno, Vincent Randazzo, A. selerno,
Jasper Sailla, Poe Sessto and Pete Pocor-
| lilo.
The italian car had a hard time of II
even after getting on the Illinois Central
tracks, for eight miles from Denison they
caught in a frog OH a bridge and were
badly disabled. They were able to get no
further than woodbine, thirty-three miles
from Omaha, Friday night.
Saturday morning a start was made. but
as they were being dispatched as a train.
| they had to wait for connections and
| passed Logan at 10:4O Rodes, twenty-five
miles east from Omaha, was reached NJ
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| COzAD, Neb., March 7.--(special Tele-
granny 1.-THE American car in the ante
race passed through here about S:oO this
morning, piloted by Jess Bancroft OF
Lexington. large crowd greeted It. II
has been averaging fifteen miles an hour
over good roads.
CHICAGO, March THE French car
No. 2, entered in the New York to Paris
race. left Chicago this morning at 9:s5 for
the west.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb, March 7-(Spe-
cial Telegram )-The American car reached
| here II fhia
automobiles went out to meet IT, The
streets were thronged with about 1000 men,
pie. Whistles began to blow when the car
reached the experimental station, three
miles south of the city. The occupants of
the car took dinner at the Pacific hotel
| Cody Boals, Colonel Cody's grandson eat
ing with them. Montague Roberts ex-
pressed appreciation OF the reception. Gas
oline was furnished here, but the car
was not cleaned. One member OF the Marty
said the car would not run good without
some dirt. The car left here at O'Clock
this afternoon with a pilot furnished bv
the Rocky Mountain News. The pilot car
has been here several days awaiting the
arrival OF the American car.
LEAVENWoRTH, Kan, March Z--tspe-
cial Telegram. )-Covered with Kansas mud
and almost exhausted, Driver John Huge OF
the army car delivered the message from
General Grant to Colonel Loughborough at
Fort Leavenworth at noon today, after de-
voting eighteen days to assorted roads
from New York.
The car arrived in splendid condition, COW
ering the last ten miles in fifteen minutes.
The Leavenworth Automobile club escorted
the tourists TO army headquarters Mayor
Everhardy extended a large key to the
city.