, 1908-03-23
ARRIVE IN
THE LARGE PR0T0S

at the of top of the mountains,
and as Charlie Van Loan says in the
Denver Post, "the sure enough banana
belt of the long trip from New York
to the French capital" 1t was late be-
fore the party dispersed, Lieutenant
Won Koeppen and Herr Schneider Civ
ing expressions of their gratitude in re-
sponse to toasts V the foaming stein.
A Novel Addendum.
Lieutenant Won Koeppen added a de-
novel turn to the discussion of
the race" features of the trip. He
does not hesitate to say that the Ger
car has a purpose in its seemingly
gives it out that the first man to San
nor the first to reach Siberia
will be counted the winner. He feels
confident of being ''in at the death
when the leader reaches Paris and
gives reason for the belief.
The Line of March.
The route of the automobiles from
will be directly to San Fran.
and thence by boat to Nome,
via Seattle. From there they
will be taken by boat to East Cape, ST.
IBERIA, the northeastern-most point Of
the Siberian coast, away up toward the
frozen north, $50 miles from Nome.
The route will hen be through siberia
to Europe, involving several thousand
miles. The towns along the line of
troual ,yil1 irn1rla Min; Nrn1f~,l Do,
long, YakutZsk and Irkutsk in Siberia,
Perm, Kasan and Moscow in Russia
and through Austria and Prussia to
Berlin n thence to Paris. The actual
distance to be Travelled by the cars
under their own power will be about
II 900 miles, although the distance is
about 22, 600 miles all told.
Rendezvous at East Cape.
Lieutenant Won koeppen says that no
when the several car reach
East Cape they must wait there and
leave at a certain tim : during the
month of October, as the great lake
in Siberia must be crossed on
the ice, as the only means of covering
the distance between two points, and
until in October will this lake be
frozen and afford a roadway. That &C
counts in a measure for the disposi-
ton of the Germans not to hurry.
Leave For the West.
The German car left this city at
1885 for the west, Elmer Lovejoy &C.
ing out in his Frankling six or eight
miles to get the racers started on the
right road to Rock River and Medicine
Bow.
Five to Make Trip.
The second French ear, Moto-Bloc,
which passed through here Saturday
afternoon, aboard a freight car bound
for San Francisco, has given UP the
possibility of competing for the prize
upon arrival in Paris, but it intends
to accompany the others on their trip
through Siberia and thence to Paris.
for the glory of the finish. The car
was so badly crippled in the long hard
trip through Indiana, Illinois and east-
ern Iowa-in fact, by the hard trip
from New York to Carroll-that it was
impossible to make the repairs
and reach the East Cape rendezvous
under its own power. All the cars and
their crews are expected to be togther
there, including the Moto-Bloc, and
by that time the latter will be placed
position to accompany the others in
their long run owe the final stages of
the remarkable trip.
An Amusing Member.
The crew of the Moto-Bloc, after load
ing their car onto a freight car, went
city fell into the arms of c. S. Van Loan
of the Denver Post, who accompanied
the American car through this city on
its way to Odgen.
French story Denied.
When the crew Of the second French
car, the Moto-Bloc, arrived at Denver,
having loaded their car at Car
roll, Ia, for shipment to the Pacific
coast as freight, they made the charge
that the engines of the American car,
the Thomas, had been changed at Om-
aha and new ones substituted. This
report had been given publicity for
several days and had those among its
hearers who believed it. Linn Mat,
thewson of Denver, who drove the
Thomas from Cheyenne to Ogden, posi-
lively denies the truthfulness of this
story, or any part OF it, and has placed
with the Denver Post 81, 900 as a gift
to the person who proves its truthful
ness.
The Same Engine.
He says the story is preposterous,
and that the engines now on the car
are the ones the car started with from
New York, the numbers and other
means of Identification being exactly
the same as those recorded at the
starting point. All the cars have re-
ceived repairs at different points Do
the road, in shape of tires and small
parts that would naturally wear rapid
ly, but Mr.. Matthewson does not hest
tate to say that the Thomas car is in
all essential features the same as when
it left New York and when IL reached
Chicago, Omaha, Laramie and Ogden
III turr.
FORMER RESIDENT is
VISITING IN THE CITY.