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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
NAMES OF CARS TO
GO ON GLIDDEN TOUR
All Contestants VIII BE Labeled con-
splouously for First Time in His
tory of This cross-coun-
try Classic

A new ruling concerning the Glidden
tour contests has just been made which
will be highly pleasing to the manu-
facturers who enter cars and to the
people of the country Travelled through.
The decision has been made to have the
names of the cars as well as their num-
bers, on the signs they carry. Hitherto
the signs on the cars had only the
words A A. A. Tour" and the year.
and the entry number of the car. This
has been aggravating to the spectators
az well as disappointing to the entrants
All along the route of the tour some of
the residents are to be seen with clip
pings from newspapers that give the
numbers and names of the cars, buc
from those not thus provided there is
a continued cry of What car is that?
The fact that the make of car is the
first point of interest has been deeply
impressed by experience upon Chair
man Hover of the A. A. A. contest
board, and therefore the signs this year
will be twice as large as previously and
the names of the cars will be con-
spicuous on them.
There is not and never has been any
intention of shortening the resting
periods of the tour or of curtaiing the
stay at Minneapolis or Denver. Two
days positively will be spent in each
city and the contestants will be given
full opportunity to enjoy the hospital
ity of the automobilists of those places
who have made elaborate preparations
to entertain The route between Min
neapolis and Omaha has not as yet
been officially determined. but it VIII
be three-day journey between those
cities instead of two as originally
planned. and the arrival at Omaha,
Denver and Kansas City will be conse-
quently one day later than at first
scheduled This will make the days
spent in Denver Sunday and Monday
instead of Saturday and Sunday but in
some ways this is preferable.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
NEWERF HAS SMILE
OVER TIRE VICTORY
Goodyear Tires Capture Many Marks
in Washington Race, No Tire
Trouble Being Re-
ported

w. D. Newerf was smiling yesterday
over the showing made by Goodyear
tires in the recent endurance run Of
the Washington, d. c., Automobile
club. The cars that won the cups In
this test were all equipped with Good
year tires, and not one of these had
tire trouble of any kind in the run to
Waynesboro, Pa. and return. 1855 miles
over the mountains and all kinds OF
roads.
"Of the seven cars equipped with
Goodyear tires" said Mr. Newerf.
there was only one that had any kind
of tire trouble whatever. This was
caused by the pinching of an inner
tube by a mechanic. The Packard
thirty. which was first in class A with
a perfect score, had Goodyear tires.
So did the Buick Model II. which was
first in class b, and the Ford, which
was first in class c. Altogether it was
one of the most remarkable records
made by any tire.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
BIG ENTRY LIST
IN TOURIST TOUR
FIFTY CARS PLEDGED AND
DOUBLE WILL GO
REPRESENTATIVE OWNERS OF
STATE ARE CANDIDATES
No Fast Driving Permitted and Cars
viii Keep Out of Each
Others Dust While
En- Route

Over fifty cars are entered for the
second annual tour of the Tourist to
date, with two weeks time in which to
obtain additional entries. In all prob
ability the entries will be double this
number, which will mean that 100 Tour
list cars will start from Los Angeles on
Saturday morning, July 3, on the i've
days tour to Mexico and return.
To date the following parties have
signihed their intention of entering
their cars: George p. Barber, Los An
geles; Mr.. Briggs, c. w. Waite, L. z.
thompson, Riverside; S. f. Wuest, Al
hambra; e. NJ Wilson, p. G. Gernert,
Los Angeles; f. Nj. Baird, Corona; Ed
Helm, w. d. Newerf, Los Angeles; Ell
ton Isabel, Whittier; d. II. WiXon,
San Bernardino; H. w. Duncan, DR.
c. P. Drum, Los Angeles f. w Wood
Highland; c. G. Houseman, c. L. Gift
ford, VIM. II. Allen, j. f. Hubbard, Los
Angeles; j. d. HelVey, Fresno; f. G.
Ensign, Los Angeles; DR.. o. t. Mears
Compton; NJ M. Williams, Pasadena;
c. Fl. Fisher L. l.. Ernst G. G. Crack
ell, c. NJ. Hoff. f. II. Dice, c. M. Gehr-
kens C. M. Webb, II. A. Church, {. F..
Dewitt, Los Angeles.
In addition to these cars there will
be at least six cars entered by the
Auto Vehicle company, such as the pi-
lot car, press car marshafs car judges
car, repair car and cars carrying those
in charge of the tour. The Goodyear
and Goodrich tire companies have also
entered cars to carry tire equipment.
The Long Beach agents have promised
ten entries, which are not listed in the
above names, and inquiries for infor-
nation and entry blanks are coming in
from all directions.
The men in charge of the tour arc
kept busy answering all questions and
assuring the entrants that there Will
positively be no racing or fast driving;
that three days of the tour will be OIL
the ocean front and one day in a cool
canyon. so that four out of the five
days are sure to be cool and comfort
able; that the roads over which they
will tour were never in better condition,
and that all cars will travel suf1clent
distance apart to. keep out of the dust
of the car ahead.
For the benefit of those who did not
read last weeks report in this paper.
the Auto Vehicle company instructs us
to state that reduced rates have been
secured so that the total cost for the
FIVE DAYS tour will only run from S12.5O
TO SIS. for each party, and the cost or
gasoline, oil. storage and ferry charges
will not exceed So or $40 for touring
car carrying four passengers.
Entry blanks and all information per-
tanning to the tour will be mailed by
the Auto Vehicle company on request.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
FAILS TO PLACE

PARIS, June III r. Widener's
Mac Cam ran in the PriX Rostrenen
at Auteuil today but failed to get a
place.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
TOURNEY POSTPONED
Misunderstanding Regarding Matches
Occurs and Academic Racquet
Wlelders Fail to Appear on
Harvard Courts

Through some misunderstanding and
poor management there was no inter-
scholastic tennis tournament yesterday
afternoon on the Harvard courts. Sew
eral of the best women players and
members of the Orange county high
schools were present, but no others put
in their appearance In all probability
the tournament will be played off be-
fore the present school term is over.
Kinter Hamilton, a member of the
academic league, stated yesterday that
owing to the fact that the suburban
league representatives failed to gather
there was no meeting of the league
officials, and now the students of both
Polytechnic and Los Angeles high
schools are wondering when the protest
for the trophy of the recent interscho-
lastic track and field meet will be set
tied
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
WOMAN STARTS
ACROSS NATION
MRS. ALICE RAMSEY LEAVES
GOTHAM FOR FRISCO
WILL DO ALL DRIVING AND MAKE
ALL REPAIRS
Enthusiast Is Accompanied by Three
Woman Companions, and No
Men VIII Be Toler-
ated

Mrs. Alice r. Ramsey, who Will drive
her Maxwell car from New York to
san Francisco. has completed her plans
for the trip, and on Wednesday last
started on what is undoubtedly the
longest continuous trip ever taken by
a woman at the wheel of a motor cal.
From the start to the end Mrs. Ram
sew will do the driving. and, further
more will have to make alone all tire
repairs, tire changes and such, for
while she will not be alone in the car,
she will be unaccempanied by man. 1t
is this that makes the trip all the more
interesting, for it will be the first time
that woman has ever attempted the
long journey between the two cites
under these. conditions. Unasslsted she
will have to pick the route, guide the
car across the Rocky mountains, and,
IN fact, will travel over roads and
routes that would tax an expert malt
driver. vet alone she viii do all this,
and with confidence, too, of reaching
the Pacific coast without trouble by
July IA.
reason that Mrs. Ramsey and her party
are taking the trip for the pleasure OF
1t and as an opportunity to properly
see the country, which is. as Charles };
Glfdden says equal in grandeur and
bv the way cannot be seen properly
from a train.
In the car with Mrs. Ramsey will be
Mrs. N. r. Powell, Mrs. w. Atwood and
Mrs. Fl. Jahns all of Hackensack, n.
=, all enthusiasts automobilists. Mrs.
Ramsey is one of the best known wom-
an motorists in the east. She Is presl-
dent of the Womens Motoring club OF
New York, a leader of the women
section of the Maxwell Briscoe Motor
club. and a remarkably careful and
ef17cient driver.
She will drive her own car and will
run on the first day to Albany. From
this point the route viii be through
Rochester. Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago,
Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Iowa;
Omaha and Julesburg, Neb.; Chey-
enne and Granger. Wyo.: ogden, Utah;
Reno. Neb.; Sacramento, Cal, to San
Francisco. These are the largest cen
fers through which the tourists vii
pass, and will be some of the night
stops.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

not stand still for a minute, but kept
shifting from one foot to the other as
he talked. When he started from New
York an automobile agreed to accom-
pany him, but at Chicago. dissatisfied
with the amount of publicity the car
received, it deserted him, and he was
making his way across the plains with
out even a human companion. Still he
was cheerful and hopeful and joshed
us about his superior ability to ford
swollen creeks and to skip over mud
holes. At his request we telephoned
from the little town we were bound
for to a farm house a few miles back
which Weston hoped to make by noon,
asking them to prepare two eggs, beat
en- up with sugar These he told us
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

Railroad men are telling this incident as
having occurred Kansas train some
time ago: The rails spread and the engine
tender and baggage car left the track, but
the jar was not hard enough to disturb the
sleepers in the rear Pullmans. In the last
Pullman the porter was shining shoes and
thinking that the train was stopping at an
unusual place he went ahead to see about
the difficulty. He was told that within a
couple Of hours the engine could be put
back and the track repaired So he got
busy with his shoes again.
Suddenly head popped out of one of the
berths and a man shouted: Say. porter
what we stopping here for?"
OH answered the porter 1--WE had a
"a wreck? Wow OH OH oh-w WOW.
MY neckl Ny neck Ny chest. Ny back
OH oh-oh?'-Kansas City journal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

~ NE of the pleasant incidents Of
the Ghdden pathfinding trip was
~ the meeting of the veteran walker,
Edward Payson Weston, near Buffalo
Park, Colo. at was a pathetic sight
or. rather, so it appealed to US" says
Meinzinger, driver of the e. M. F.
pathfinder car s"to see the lone old
man coming across the prairie. l saw
him at Schenectady just after he start
ed on his long walk across the conti-
nent, and 1 could not but notice the
change in his appearance. Still he
looked able to complete the trip in good
condition. We stopped the car. got out
and talked with him a few minutes.
He seemed a bundle of nerves-could
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

would constitute his only repast till
night
Weston left South Bend, Ind, one
day behind the pathfinder. AS he had
taken the direct route west and the
e. M. p. pathfinder had gone by way
of Minneapolis to Denver and was on
the return leg of the course, the car
had gone 1900 miles farther in the in
tervening twenty-nine days than the
man on foot. But the men in the ma
chine could not but feel the walker
had made the greatest record after all.
And he had so little to encourage him
on the weary way-just an ambition
to prove to himself and to the world
that he was still young in spite of his
more thar. three score and ten years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
JOHNSON IS WILLING TO
MEET KAUFMAN IN NEVADA
Galveston Wonder Says He viii Not
Fight in California Before
October IL

BOSTON, June 12.-Jack Johnson
was seen in regard to his fight with
Kaufman, which it was announced
would take place in San Francisco,
and said
Il am willing to go forty-five rounds
or fight to a finish with Kaufman in
Nevada before October IL, but I will
not fight in California before then.
have told Coffroth my reason for not
fighting a forty-five round battle with
Kaufman in San Francisco"
When asked about the report that
Jeffries may referee his fight with
Ketchel, Johnson said: mir. Jeffries
win never referee my fight with
Ketchel, or anyone else"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Twitchell GAUGE Popular

The Twitchell air gauge is still in
great demand. and the w. D. Newerf
Rubber company is away behind in fill
ing orders, though the plant has twice
been enlarged, and its capacity is 1000
gauges a day against fifty a day in the
beginning. The Morgan & Wright COM
pany has used 1000 gauges thus far and
will use 5000 additional during the
coming season.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
Civil Service Examinations.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces examinations
on November Gath to fill the position
of janitor zoologlst in the Bureau OF
Animal Industry, Department of Ag-
riculture. Examinations on the same
date will be held to fill the position
OF expert, both permanent and tenl-
porary, in the Bureau of Labor, and
to fill the position of copyist qualified
to act as library assistant, in the
Bureau of Statistics Department of
Commerce and Labor. Examinations
on November oath will be held to fill
the position of inspectors assistant
in the Bureau of Animal Industry,
and on November 1924 to fill the
post of janitor electrical engineer in
the Technologic branch of the Geo
logical survey, examinations on the
oath for the position of assistant ir
the Astro-physical Laboratory, Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, ID. C.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
MARQUIS ITO DEAD.
Greatest Diplomat and Statesman of
Japan Assassinated by Korean Mt
Railroad Station mt Harbin.

Harbin, Oct. 26.-Prince EIirobu.ni
Ito, former Japanese presidentgeneral
of Korea probably Japan's foremost
statesman, was assassinated here this
afternoon by Korean who had fol-
lowed him her TO rthe purpose
The prince had just left the train
with the Russian Finance Minister, an
was starting to inspect a guard of
honor, when a pistol shot was heard.
Several more shots were heard in
quick succession, bullet striking
the prince in the back. He fell mortal
ay wounded.
Japanese Consul General HAWAIIAN
was badly wounded and the prince s
private secretary and general mana
ger Tanaka of the South Manchurian
railway was badly wounded
IIe said he also had a personal ac-
count to settle with the Prince who
while in Korea ordered the execution
OF several persons closely connected
with the assassin.
The assassination apparently re-
suited from an organized plot. Two
other Koreans were arrested with the
man that fired the shots, all three
boasting of a conspiracy to kill the
former resident-general for his alleg-
ed tyranny over Korea.
The Prince came here for a confer
ence on the Manchurian question with
Kokovosoff.
Prince Ito was the father of the
Japanese constitution. A secret jour-
ney to Europe at the risk of his life
many years ago convinced him once
for all of the overwhelming superiority
of Western civ ilization and ever since
he had been the leading spirit in
Westernizing mis- native land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
VERMONT TRIMS NORWICH.
Scores Two TOuchdOwns in Last Half
Norwich Outweighed.

Burlington, Oct. 81 The Vermont
Nor wich football supremacy was
threshed out again on Central Field
this afternoon, Vermont winning IL
to 0. 1t was old-fashioned football
almost without exception and Ver-
mont's two touchdowns were scored
through persistent bucking the line.
The star ground gamers were Keis-
Itch, Slavin and Welch.
Although Norwich was 20 pounds
lighter than Vermont, they played the
local team to standstill in the first
half, the ball never approaching eth
er goal nearer than the 25 yeards.
With Pierce at quarter and the lighter
team exhausted. the secand half was
distinctly Vermont Norwich tried
trick plays twice to advantage, but
was forced to punt repeatedly. The
summary:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING.
VIII Be Held Here on Tuesday
November End.

The 32nd annual meeting of the
Vermont Bar Association will be
held in this city Tuesday, November
2. The first session will be held in
the County Court House at o'clock
The annual banquet will be held at
the Pavilion hotel the same evening.
A good meeting is anticipated, and it
is expected that all the Supreme
Court will be present
The officers of the Association are:
President, James X. Batchelder, of
Arlington; first vice-president, C. G.
Austin, of st. Adams; second vice.
president, j. X. Darling, of Chelsea;
third vice-president, Fred A. How
land, of Montpelier; secretary and
acting treasurer, John H. NIimms, of
st. Adams; librarian, Edward H.
Deavitt, of Montpelier.
Board of Managers: President, ex-
officio, H. G. Shurtleff, of Montpelier;
H. C. Royce, of St. Adams; E. c.
Mower, of Burlington; l.. P. Slack, of
st. Johnsbury.
Standing commiytees On juris-
prudence and law reform, E. c..
Mower, of Burlington; Raymond U.
Smith, of Wells River, William H.
Davis of MIDI bury.
On legal ...story and biography:
Hamilton S. Peck, of Burlington, H.
ID. Ryder, of Bellows Falls, Frank d..
Thompson, of Barton.
On professional conduct: John G.
Sargent, of Ludlow, Elmer Johnson,
of st. Adams, Sherman R. Moulton,
of Burlington.
On membership: Washington coun-
ty, F. l.. Laird, of Montpelier, chair
man; Addison county, F. L. Fish, of
Vergennes; Bennington county, o. NJ.
Barber, of Bennington; Caledonia
county, Harry Blodgett, of ST. Johns
bury; Chittenden county, Allen Mar
tin, of Essex Junction; Essex county,
Herbert w. Blake, of Island Pond;
Lamoille county. w. Z. Tracy, o.
Johnson; Orange county, Hale X.
Darling, of Chelsea; Orleans county,
Aaron H. Grout, of Derby; Rutland
county, T. W. Moloney, of Rutland; I;
WiAdham county, +. L. Houghton, of
Brattleboro; Windsor county, F. c..
Southgate, of Woodstock.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
BANQUET FOR GRAND LODGE.
Bethel Good Templars Entertain the
Visiting Delegates at Bethel Inn.

Bethel, Oct. 27.-The convention
of the Grand Lodge of the l. o. G. r.,
which is being held in this place,
opened Tuesday evening with re-
ception to the delegates in Grange
Hall, the reception being rendered by
Granite Lodge, |. o. G. T., of Bethel.
The regular session of the conven-
ton opened this morning in the
rooms of the organization, when a
large class of candidates were given
the Grand Lodge degree. The after
noon session was largely routine
work, but tonight the local lodge
rendered the visiting delegates a
banquet at the Bethel Inn, plates be-
ing laid for about fifty.
On Thursday morning, the regular
election of the Grand Lodge officers
for the ensuing year will take place,
and another session will be held in
the afternoon for such business as
may come up to be transacted
In the evening, a public meeting
will be held in the Congregational
church, at which several prominent
speakers will be present, chief among
whom will be Grand Chief Templar
A. NJ. Leffingwell, of the Grand Lodge
of New York State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
WANT ENDORSEMENT
Meeting OF Friends of Uncle Joe Hold
Meeting on board Steamer and Ask
President Taft to Speak Good
Word For Him in Public.

Helena, Ark, Oct. 27-The ghost of
President Taft's Boston speech prais-
ing Senator Aldrich is haunting him,
until Joe Cannon's friends in Congress
now ask that President Taft give him
the same sort of public certificate.
They have held a meeting on the
steamboat Quincy, of the President S
Mississippi fleet, and have decided TO
urge President Taft to say something
in Uncle Joe's favor bofore the deep
waterways cruise ends. The speak
ers friends argue that he is deserving
of the Presidents o. X. as Senator
Aldrich and that he stands in much
greater need of it. They ask that the
Speaker and the Senator have stood
for the same things and that if Pres
ident Taft indorses one he ought to
be willing to extend willing hand
be willing to extend a supporting hand
to the other Some of the Speakers
friends fear that the tariff agitation
is going to develop solely into fight
against Uncle Joe and they would like
to have a helpful word or two from
the President.
1t is unlikely that President TAFT
will be drawn into any public express
sion on the Speaked Cannon subject
as 1t is loaded with too much dyna-
mite especially in the Middle West.
The Presidents indorsing of Aldrich
is the most unpopular thing he has
done on his ti.p, and one experience
undoubtedly will be enough.
The great deep waterways excur-
sion has developed into a political
junket and an occasion for discussing
intestate problems. Occasionally a
look at the muddy river brings to the
minds of the junketers the real pur-
pose of the trip but that proposed IA
foot channel has got to be largely an
afterthought.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
UNDERPASS ACCEPTED
Canadian Pacific Constructs Safer
Crossing at Richford.

Richford, Oct. 27.-The public SER
vice commission, composed of ]. w.
Redmond, of Newport, E. H. Porter,
Of Wilmington, and S. Hollister jack
son, of Barre with r. w. Spear, of
Newport, as clerk, and officials of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., were
here today to meet the selectmen of
the town and inspect the underpass
and about 100 rods of new highway a
mile south of the village near the
Junction, so-called, to abolish a dan
gerous grade crossing on the Cana
dian Pacific railway.
They found the work satisfactory
and it was accepted by the public
service commission.
The underpass was constructed by
the Canadian Pacific and, though the
exact amount of the cost is not
known, it is said to be about 100000.
The railroad officials present in
cluded c. Murphy, of Montreal gen.
eral superintendent of the Eastern
line; A. L. Smith, of Farnham, su-
perintendent of Eastern division; A.
c. Mackenzie, of Montreal, engineer;
Thomas Landers, of Farnham, road
master; ]. B. Clark, of Farnham,
bridge master, and F. E. Alfred, of
Newport, attorney for the road.
They came here in Superin-
tendent Murphy's private car and re-
turned to Montreal about noon.
The commission also inspected the
Canadian Pacific Railway from New
port to this place, and the Central
Vermont Railway from this place to
Sheldon Junction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-10-28
BOLTON MAN in TROUBLE.
Arrested Last Night For Alleged Liq.
uOr Selling.

Deputy Sheriff Charles c. Graves,
of Waterbury, and two assistants
drove up to the Washington county
Jail at 1 o'clock this morning with a
man named William Mclean whom
they arrested in Bolton at a late
hour last evening on a charge of fur
nishing liquor.
The man kept a house in Bolton,
where it was said that liquor might
be bought and the officers have kept
an eye on the place for the past six
months but it was not until this sum-
mer that they were certain that he
was selling liquor. The evidence
which is to be used to convict the man
this afternoon is not known but 1t
was inferred last night that spotter
had been used.