The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
CARNEGIE OFFERED
LOAN BY A JUDGE
Steel Magnate Pledges Million
Dollar Home to Bail His
Chauffeur.
CHARGED WITH EXCEEDING
SPEED LIMIT IN AUTO
President of Automobile Club
of America Scathingly De-
nOunceS Joy Riders.
BY Leased Wire to Tho Tribune.

By Leased Wire to Tho Tribune.
NEW YORK, Dec, 4-Andrew Car
ncgie, who gave his famous annual
" Forty-three dinner at his Fifth Ave
nuc palace last night, was taken to q
police court today. In his automobile
Mr., Carnegie was speeding along the
Grand boulevard in a $4,000 French
car. With him were two of the I" Forty
three millionaire partners whom he
banqucted last night. Mr.. Carnegie
asked Magistrate Hermann in the Nor
isians court the cause of the arrest.
Exceeding the speed limit, Mr.. Car
negic. Your chauffeur was motoring
at the rate of twenty miles an
hour
"No," said the steel king. 81 am
sure we were not going faster than
twenty miles IN hour
"Fifteen miles is the limit, Mr.. Car
nogie,' said the Judge.
FWe re guilty. said Mr.. Carnegie.
81 am afraid Charlie Schwab Will have
the laugh on me now, and this viii
TO ST. Andrew s golf links. | have no
money with me.
I'm lend you all You need, said
the magistrate, ''but you don't need
any
''Wen. III pledge my homo at No.
East Nincty-tirst street. It's valued
at Il million, but / would not sell 1T for
that. / entertained my old Pittsburg
associates, the 'Forty-three,' there last
night. b"
~ wish. were one OF them," said
the Judge.
E" You'd be a millionaire if you
were, " replied MIR. Carnegie, as he put
his signature on the bail bond. Mr.. Car.
negic pledged his million dollar home
to bail out his chauffeur
Joy Riders Denounced.
Incidental with Mr.. Carnegie 5 appear
auce in court Winthrop f.. Scarritt,
president of the Automobile Club Of
America came out with a scathinG de-
nuDciation of "ioy rides Mr.. Scar
ritt SAYS that fhe legislatures Of the
entire country should unite once and
for all 10 stop the appalling list of
ing;
''Thcrc arc two classes Of automobile
lists that must be considered. ! think
the only remedy that would prove as
effective against one as the other is
necded-the millionaire who drives his
own car and the chauffeur who drives
for some one else. A fine in police
court means nothing for millionaire.
Leading automobilists throughout the
United States are endeavoring to reach
the various legislatures, so that an en-
tirely new set of automobile laws can
be adopted, These laws will lay en-.
phasis not only on speed, but on reck-
lessness. A record of the arrest and
conviction should be made on the back
of the automobjlist s license. A second
offense should be punishable by hcav-
Ter fine and the forwarding Of a
transcript of the proceedings to the sec
retary Of the state, who would immc-
diately suspend the drivers license of
a period Of from SIX months 10 one
year. \ third offense should be pun
Ished by still heavier fine and the
revocation of the license 70. all time
4 similar plan has been placed on the
statute books of New Jersey, and has
already begun to show its good cf-
fects.
Death-Dealing Auto
"Thc death-dealing automobile must
he eliminated. Public sentiment must
be back of any movement that looks
TO that end, as the men who are inter
csted in automobiles, both for pleasure
and for business, see today, the laws
should not attempt 10 say what Is too
high speed, but should say what Is
and what Is not reckless driving, aud
once proven reckless, il should revoke
tho driver s license and remove for all
time the danger which he constantly
threatens