The evening world., 1908-03-13
CEN. CUTTINGS
/. FRIENDS SEEK TO
CROWN HIM KING
He Now Leads for Ruler of
the Auto Carnival With
1910 Votes. o
FIRST PAST 1000 MARK.
Elsie Janis and Mrs. Joan
Cuneo Running One
in Race for Queen.
FIRST PAST 1000 MARK.

The unselftsh admiration Of his com
pe,ltors in the trsde for Gen. John T
Cutting. the father of the automobil,
oistriet," manifested itself yesterday ir
the immense number of votes sent ir
for him .or King II the Automobile
Carnival.
( The General had dropped into sec
| ond place before the onslauEh ut OF the
campa!gners who pu; Secretary S.
Butler. of the Automobile Club of
"A erica. in the field. But It was
only for a day for the trade formed
into flying wedge and sent the Cen
eral again to the front. adding So
votes II mis- count. and giving him the
horor of being i.rst 20 rass the l.01)
mark. his vote being 1910.
Mr.. Butler. who is one of the most
popular men in Motordom. and whose
campaign committee includes nearlv
every oIe OF the 100 members Of ;he
club, scored 713 at the counting.
Commodore A N Roses AudGt m
Yacht Clubmen and Mystic Snr!ners
pushed him ITO third place. with So
votes. Corse Payton. Brooklvn's actor
manager. has 40; Sidney Bowman, 26o,
and Il. c. Howell. 2oI.
Race for Queen an Open One.
For queen Miss Elsie Janis main
tanned her lead. and has 5la votes in
the box. Mrs. Joan Cuneo rsgained
second place with total Of Isl votes
Rosalrd Greacen, having 23..
The ballot box at tie Li7colr square
Theatre received 0S votes for Edna Nav
S2oone- from the audience leaving the
theatre, and th:s brought her total ip
to .Ol. while twenty votes fo- Nrs
sidney Bowman made her count rs.
\ new candidate for the Queens dia-
dem made her appearance and a dan.
serous one too. If beauty is to have
any influence on voteers. She is Corinne.
one OF Klaw & Erlanger's most sue
cessful attractions as the star in "r'or-
ty-Ave Minutes From Broadway"
Corinne starts with l20 votes.
repeating" Not Illegal Here.
L. A. Lessing has 256 Tor King. and
Or. Adolph Stein. who drives his own
fr"Ekin car. was pushed M to 131.
N!-. votes FOR Mortimer Kaphan put
His total up to :6i: Chief Croker's score
is 1l5. and Joe Tracy. who expects to
drive his SmpleX car to victory in the
Er.arcliff races. has 81. joe Ste
vensons friends scored a total of 90
votes for him. and Nathaniel Web re-
ceived lSi votes.
Seymour Johnson. OF the Stock EN-
change. was launched with 81 votes and
% ,,.s.h nj 4.
Pardee was sent up among the leaders
by mis- friends with score of 2Gi.
1t is everybody's race now. and Il
will be a hard run. To vote cat the
ballot coupon from the second page of
The Evening Word. nj 1t out and send
to the Carnival Editor. p. o. box l3i4
While the people are busy elect!ng a
King and Queen for the Automobile
Carnival. the committeeman are hus-
aing up TIE Arrangements for gala
week.
Plans for the "Joy Ride"
Tom Lannins Hotel Gramaton. at
Bronxvile. has been selected as the
goal for the 10y ride" to be given on
Friday afternoon. and in which hun
dreds Of motorists and their cars will
participate. There viii he regular
Tom Lannin dinner before the return,
which will be at early bedtime.
Those cclebrauts who do not GO with
the Joy ride" party Will attend auto
mobile theatre parties. OF winch there
vii be one IN more than half the thea
tres OF the city.
One Of the Prize Committees.
Gen. Cutting, CHAIRMAN OF the ENscu-
~ r - a Ill
trades Association Carnival, has
named lresldeEt colgate hoyt Of the
Automobile Cub of America, "Bob'
RACE CcmTittse, end p. &. B Parker,
president OF the Long island AutOm1. .
bile Club. 10 act as luuge3 and award
the. prizes for the competition in dec.
Tuesday night. April I;
The Evening World has received this
letter:
test for KinE and Queen 9f the carni-
val! would il no, lc "A good idea to also
Sc cct a chief chauffeur?
There are about fifteen thousano
ahnuffsurs in ana around New York,
and all would be gre tlv Dleasei to
carrying the Queen and King Very
truly yours,
AMERICAN CTThIFFErrR.
"R. NJ. Sickle. Editor"
When i was submitted to the Car
rival Committee it was the consensus
chauffeurs OF the city Pat tl-rir Shcul-
ders together they could elect one Of
their number to he King Of the carni-
val Indeed there are four OF them in
the race now.
Eo- rouNep Ca, D1ce