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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09
T1,r coUNc1b ELECTION.

Ricllmond'S most HnpoFtaHl eAeS.''h
will be held within the new few weeks.
Governors must be chosen every four
wears, and once during the same Pc
riod a President must be named. State
oecer. os one sort and another, Rep
rcsentativcs in Congress. Senators anu
the like have to be selected at sadly
frequent intervals. All OF these men
ltnnuence, more or less, tile life of the
city. Yet we may live happily under
|lneflcicnt State rule, and may not feel
deeply tile curse OF Republican domi-
nation in national affairs. The City
Council, however, we choose in April.
is to decide questions upon which the
prosperity, the daily happiness and the
everyday comfort OF each citizen
depends.
For this reason, the elections to the.
Council this year should be attended
oy the most careful campaign that
Richmond has ever seen. The men
we choose will be the guardians Of the
largest population that history has
ever Known In these parts. and they
will be the. custodians of the largest
treasury that Richmond ever had.
They Should be the best men that
Richmond has, and they should be
chosen for their peculiar fitness to
discharge their high office.
The place OF Councilman is not att
easy ono. There is no pay and no
prospect Of pay. There is abundant
hard work, and ample abuse. The
many good men get little credit for
what they do. and the few bad me.:
get blame for much more than they
ever do. Men who accept this service
inevitably do so at a personal sacri-
flee. They must spend hours in dis
cussing trining matters and must sit,
4 evening after evening. in close com
e mittce rooms. the target for the criti.
9 cism Of their enemies and for the half.
n baked advice OF their friends.
y This Is the reason why good me1
hesitate to run for the Council, ant
this is the reason why many goot
men arc forced to abandon the service
d Of the city after brief terms of Office
q II We want good men,, we must chang
this system. We must show, first Q
all, that we regard the men who 81
in the Council as business men, hon
orable and exact, competent to handl
il problems, and, above all else, publ
servants in the true sense OF the wore
It we must show that we appreciate tn
sacrifices they are making. and ths
q We value the work they arc doing &c
Y the city.
- Then, too, we must, as5far as poss
t, Bile. emphasize the good service pei
,e formed By generous and able-minde
e, leaders. We must cease sweeping COZ
IS domination and broadside criticism. "
= must give men the credit for the
a work. make their work as easy Us y
l. can and encourage them to enter II
to Council chamber.
s.: This is an old prtnciplc-as old
st ono who taught us what we should do
ld others. 1t has lost none of It's fore
ut It will make a better Council: It W
III make better citizens. It will make
e. better Richmond.
to BLAMING IT on THE REPoRrnfiI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09
BLAMING IT on THE REPORTER:
III is one ~. tho peculinrities of&pub-

DLAMlNG N on THE REPORTER.
It is one az the pecullarlties Of up-
lie speakers OF tho bascr sort to&dens
what they have said in their public
u~ttcranccs when they see it IN colo ' !
print. IT doesn't look like the same
thing at all; In some cases possibly
it is not exactly the thing they actn-
ally meant TO say, but instead Of seek
ing to make whatever corrections
they wish iii an open and frank way
they blame 1t on the reporter"
NO newspaper reporter who is worth
his salt would AXE down or, could
take down what O man did not say;
no reporter could hold his job a8day
who would misrepresent deliberately
the n~tterances OF preacher Or speaker
on any subject. Its not his business
to make the opinion of his newspaper;
his business is to "wellland truly try
ana true dcllverance make'4of what he
! is sent out for5to ce.whether 1t be
a reed shaken by the wind ora Pllari-
!, see sitting, In Judgment upon his Eel.
/, lows. A reporter has no possible In
|tcrcst in the things that he hears
except TO report what he hears and
What he takes down with an un-
dcrstanlins mind. Taking them by
and large, newspaper reporters arc
lust as truthful. lust as honest
d and frequently far, more intelli,
gent than the men whose speeche:
q they report, and when they say tina,
i, Smith, Jones, Brown or Robinson salt
3 SO and so or this and that. itS as surf
TO say that the Very Thing that the,
a report as having been said was reall!
\ said. !.
The reporters for this newspaper ar
i employed TO DO certaln work. and the,
d do 1t fairly and without prejudice I
amy phrson or any interest. We wis
ID 10 impress this sact on the public min
Il beealse several efforts have been mad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09
susie stories.. and "christmas Eve

@IeL4HtN HG}fT GlEEa4%s II |Gal
Mseklen asmsa e sf,sl, sts sppe German ,a
tory IS given in detail In Eiowes his
tory or Virginia
? Aunt. Joe.s Scrap Tag. Is b
II. r.. Prcniiss: "Hindcred and
Helped b" Minima. .Christlnas Eve"
by lrchliemacher.
,poultre Dcnlrrs.
Can you tell me ysi'efe pea
%fnucicr In Richmond who breeds them
We cannot give dealers names in
this column. II you Will secure q cop%
YOU Will lind In the Industrial section
the advertisements OF a number Oh
poultry dealers.
Moving Pictures, Again.
i. a vocalist desires a position IN 2
wise me OF the best and quickest meth
cd by which to SECURE AZ
=. DO you know Of any agency that
accures positions for yoealistsI Z 4
i. Personal application to The PRO,
prietor OF a theatre Is the best method
10 secure such a place. Letters gen
orally receive little aLtenIaoni so,,,r
Z. lNsIc ~ u ~ t,nou+
OF Philadelphia. SO far We KNOW.
a Good Medicine.
Is shot boiled in milk coilsidered a
.5nn1 ,nedicfnea READER.
So Ear AZ We can figure out. all the
shot would do would be 10 rum tHe
milk
john u. Rockcfellcr.
i. please give me John D. Roekefel-
) Does he give money to the poor
people who ask him for IT, ~
i. q west Fifty fourth Street. New
York City. .ar.
addressed to Mr.. Rockefeller ever
4 reaches him. Personal pleas from IN
digent writer's are generally thrown
aside.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cudahy appears to have met Mr..
ELillis at lust the right time, and he
treated him with the sort OF hospital
|lty he deserved. The pity Of 1T is
that he did not give him all that was
coming to him. OF course, Cudahy
ought never to have hit his Wife in4the
|cye-ball, BIN, but he was clearly with
In his rights in poking 1t into the
gentleman who was riding around,
with her in his new automobile. Zen
dali would probably have arrested.
them, II he had seen them scorchillGs,f
and Bendall would have been doing his
duty, although we must say that Ben
dallEis somewhat lacking In the facul-
tEo fdlscrlmination, so becoming In an
officer Of the law. Moreover.gwe We're
going very slow when he made his
fatal entry. That, however. has noth-
Ing to do With the Cudahy case, and
here's wishing moro powerfto Cudahy's
good right arm, With apologies to
"Fenn who appears to have been an
Incident of tho i%mbroglio,
On FridaE night. Woodrow Wilson,
president OF Princeton University, will
tell &lpe Alumni or that seat OF "
prophets, Who happen to live in Balti-
more the story about the olfer$o Will
Ilialn Cooper Proctor to give s500,Oo05to
the university. eaactly Why the Eft
could no, be accepted. But if w fwerc
In if, Wilson'S place, We shouldStakc
lthe money and explaln IT afterwards
such g gift as that Is MOTTO he sneezed
al anu we should try to bring MI.
proc1or to our way of thinking ant
lt We couldn't do that we would tax,
lhe money lust The anne OF course
J II pr Wilson has all the money h'
wants, he ought To tell Mn. Proctor Y
50 y, the devil; but that would not y
aceofdins TO Me Standards, and half
Hl'l'on dollars il q lot to throw away
Z upoh 2 sentiment that really involve
Y mo principle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

Neck lei County. .na
derivation OF the name Of Mecklenbuts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

J. Please give me the authors sra az
Rarn.Hindered n Helped. Little
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

John u. ltOckcfellcr.
i. Please give me John p. Rockefel-
!. Does he give money to the poor
people who ask him for ~?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

Commenting on the Presidents re-
cent criticism of the newspapers, the
Buchanan News suggests that eff the
newspapers get too hard on the Pres
ident, he has Roosevclt's to
sue for criminal libel a very good
suggestion, indeed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

Please tell me where / obtain a
book containing prices of old coins.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-09

Tie Lebanon News has been very
much disturbed by the Presidents
recent talk about the newspapers and
disposes of Mr.. Taft's philippe in this
way: '.such statements only strengthen
|! the growing conviction in the minds
of the masses that this nation has "a
mistake instead of a man in the White
House" That ought to reach the
masses.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

make for easier running, greater tire
economy and increased comfort.
It's power is in excess of all ordinary
needs, hence it's motor system is more
durable-costs less for upkeep.
A moments reflection will show that
the undersluns frame is the only form
of construction that actually allows
straight-line drive.
There are nine AMERICAN models
for 1911. You can't feel satisfied until
YOU have investigated them. Write or
phone for catalogue or demonstration.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

motorist knows are "all in the days
work"
There's no mystery about this secur-
ity. At high speeds the tremendous
inertia of an ordinary car eXerts its
full force above the line of axle CEN
ters, giving the body of the car pow
erful outward impetus at every turn.
Hinder similar conditions the AMER
ICAN'S center of gravity, being be-
meath the axle centers. makes the
wheels hug the ground all the closer.
The high wheels of the AMERICAN
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
NOTED EASTERN DRIVERS
COMING FOR 24-HOUR RACE
Large Cash Prizes Attract Fast
est Cars for Big Event at
Motordrome Xmas

The next big race of national i'm
portance is the 24-hour race at the
Motordrome on Christmas day. The
race has been thoroughly advertised
in eastern racing centers and as all OF
the big events are over for the season
east, the contest board of the A. A. A.
will do all that is possible and con-
sistent to have this Los Angeles meet
a big success. Manager Hempel of the
Motordrome states that to date six ia
nous eastern drivers and their cars
have entered. This showing, together
with the classy cars and drivers we
have locally, will probably result in at
least twenty starters. Entries close
December IL.
The race is for Che Speedway cham
pionship and open to any motor car
under pist--l displacement limitations
of class C. The first prize is the Los
Angeles Motordrome 24-hour challenge
trophy and $1,000; second prize is $500
and third prize 5000. Also trophies
emblematic of the 24-hour champion
ships in piston displacement divisions
will be given the winners of the fol-
lowing divisions: 161 to 230; 231 to 300
3O1 to $50; 451 to 900 and COL to 750
cubic inches.
The entrance fee will be but 81, as
the management is willing to put up
the prize moneys without making 1t
burdensome on the manufacturers, who
are always at great expense in pre-
pairing car for a race
All worlds records for distance
should be broken, as the great board
pie pan has proved it's fastness and
safety.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
AUTO CLUB OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AGGRESSIVE
Members Have Been Big Factor
in Securing Good Roads
for Motorists

How many motorists touring the
roads Of beautiful sunny California
realize and appreciate the splendid
work the Automobile club of Southern
California is doing? And how many
know that the club is the second larg-
est in the United States and fourth in
the world?
So quietly and unostentatiously has
all the work of the club been carried
on that not one motorist in ten knows
to whom he is-indebted for the pleas
ure and safety of his journeying up
and down the highways of California.
The logging of routes and posting OF
signs upon which the club has spent
81 something over $35,000 has been the
means of averting many accidents and
has insured the safety Of tourists VINO
were strangers to California and trips
in the vast, sparsely settled portions,
where the natural grandeur lured mo-
toring parties, would have been prohib-
tive, lacking these signs.
The Automobile club of Southern
California, working as it does in the
interest of good roads, has done more
for the civic and economic prosperity
of California than any other body in
the state. 1t has done more boosting
for California in the inducements it has
offered the motor travelling public to
trek westward than any other organi-
cation and by means of it's sign sys-
tenn has done more in opening up new
country and putting the smaller towns
on the map, advertising and exploiting
them in such a way as to materially
increase their prosperity.
No automobile owner who is a mem
Der of this club can help feeling
pride in the fact that no matter where
he travels abroad-no matter where
automobiling is a topic of conversation
the Automobile club of Southern Cal
ifornia is always prominent and is
known the world over for what it is
doing and has done. It was the club
that within twelve hours after the
Whittier bridge was broken was on
the spot with warning signs for the
travelling public-that built the bridges
over the dangerous San Margarita and
San Mateo washes in San Diego county
last winter, for the benefit of motorists.
The club is now located in it's new
quarters at 754 South Hill street and is
preparing winter plans for the
strengthening and broadening of it's
field of endeavor.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
NEW AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC
HEADLIGHT OF 5000 C. P

An automobile headlight stronger
than used on the largest locomotives
has been introduced. 1t is an electric
lamp of 5000 candle power, styled the
''Electrobola," and can be run from
either magnetic or storage batteries.
1t is one of the specialties handled by
Weinstock-N Nichols company, who are
manufacturers representatives for
more automobile accessory specialties
than any firm in the west A look
around their new store on South Olive
street is q good lesson in what is the
newest in appliances that make for
the motorists comfort and use. 1t is
a hobby of the firm to be the first to
introduce anything that is good, and
with their chain of stores they are in
position to quickly cover the coast.
Manager Jack Dielmann leaves moth
ing undone for his patrons convent
ence, and several factory experts are
constantly in attendance to adjust any
auto parts which they sell.
The new store is one of the most
complete in conveniences for custom
ers' use and both free air and water
are at the service of the general public
who drive up to the sidewalk. The
firm is arranging a novel and attrac-
tive display to be seen at the Shrine
auditorium.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
AIR COOLED CAR MAKES
REMARKABLY QUICK TIME
SideIight on Great Los Angeles
Phoenix Race

A Franklin thirty-eight horse power
six-cylinder car recently made the 4S0-
mile run from Los Angeles to Phoenix,
Ariz., in 16 hours 161a minutes, break
ing by nearly three hours the previous
record. The car started thirteenth and
finished second in a field of fourteen
contestants. The elapsed time of the
run was about thirty-six hours.
The contest was the famous desert
race, the big automobile event of the
year in the southwest. The greater
part of the way is across a desolate,
sandy desert and over mountains; in
many places it is necessary for car
to force its way through thick sage
brush
The cars started from Los Angeles
late in the evening, the Franklin pilot
ed by Ralph C. Hamlin and Guy K.
Irwin, being sent away at five minutes
before midnight.
The road was westerly to Mecca and
Dos Palms and thence across the des-
ert.
The car which finished ahead of the
Franklin gained its slight lead by leav-
ing the road at Mecca and running
from that town to Dos Palms over the
railroad ties. The Franklin and all the
other cars kept to the sandy road and
a number of the water-cooled cars were
forced to turn back. From Dos Palms
the cars went to the Colorado river
end were ferried across at Ehrenberg
on rafts by Indians. The night was
spent there, and the following day the
run finished at the Phoenix Territorial
exposition grounds.
The Franklins air-cooled motor
proved one of it's most valuable assets
in the contest. The heat of the desert
failed to overhead it, although in many
places it was necessary to run at low
speed through sand foot deep. Its
large tire equipment enabled 1t to go
steadily forward, while others were
disabled and were forced to drop out
of the race.
The average speed of the Franklin
was thirty miles an hour
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN
PREMIER SEX MOTOR|ST
Drives Stage, Manages Shows
and Does Fancy Stunts
in a Maxwell

The fascination of motoring has ap-
pealed to many well known women, but
no combination of motoring pleasure
and business has given quite as much
prominence to a woman as the pioneer
efforts of Mrs. Lulu Linz of San Fran
cisco, the wife of F. ]. Linz, manager
of the United Motor San Francisco
company. From the time the first au>
tomobile made it's appearance in Golden
Gate city, Mrs. Linz has been recog-
nized as the premier woman motorist
of the Pacific coast
When the romantic old stage coach
got its first warning of relegation Mrs.
Linz was the driver who showed what
the automobile stage could accomplish.
she was the first woman to pass the Sc
we're park examination in Frisco in
1904 Six weeks after receiving her per-
NIT she started the motor stage line be-
tween Carson City and Shaw Hot
Springs, Nevada, the only automobile
stage in the state at that time. The
same year found her driving a Maxwell
touring car up the court house steps
at Bakersfield, Cal. Two years later
she appeared on the Vanderbilt cup
course with a 50-hoursepower touring
car and made one lap which almost
euualed the practice record for the
course.
Love of sport, however, did not keep
ner away from Ine DuSlneSS emu ol tu-
tomobiling, and two years later she
was managing the second San Fran
cisco automobile show in the capacity
of president and general manager. At
the same time she was president OF the
American Motor Club of Women, and
was later made an honorary member of
the Ladies' Automobile club of Great
Britain and Ireland, of which the duch-
ess of Switzerland was president. She
founded in that year the automobile
department OF an Oakland newspaper
and edited it's automobile news for
year. Though retired from active
newspaper work she is still frequent
contributor to various automobile peri
odicals.
She was associate editor of the only
motor magazine on the Pacific coast at
that time Mrs. Linz has won every
first prize offered in San Francisco and
Oakland for the finest decorated car,
securing five silver cups the famous
Pertola silver cup, gold medals and
various cash prizes
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
aeroplane engines and aero

gasoline aeroplane engines and aero
planes.
Harroun began driving for the Mar
mon people last year in August, when
the Indianapolis speedway was opened.
He won several events at that time
and then moved east, winning the
Wheatley Hills trophy very easily. He
won a number of important races in
Atlanta at the fall meet, later sweep
ing the card at New Orleans the same
month. His next appearance was at
Los Angeles, where he proved a verit-
able cyclone, sweeping the big prizes
of the motordrome meet into his NAV.
His 100 miles in 76 minutes still stands
as the American record for that dis
tance.
In Atlanta in May he won the big
200-mile race without a stop annexing
other trophies and purses with equal
ease. He showed a special cylinder
car at this meeting and with it won
several free-for-alls from big foreign
racing cars. Next came his victory in
the richest trophy event Of the year
the 2O0-mile 5000 Wheeler & Schebler
race, in which he ran away from all
the big drivers of the country to win
in record time. His performances since
have won him many honors, while he
has been Of invaluable assistance in
directing the work of the Marmon
crew. He has been Of especially great
aid to Joe Dawson in his development
into the greatest young driver of the
age.
Ray Harroun is a college man, a
mechanical engineer of great ability
and a man of impressive studiousness.
He has earned his plaudits by the use
of his brain, and in his new endeavors
he is sure to continue winning honors
and fame. His departure from the
Marmon team leaves Joe Dawson chief
of the driving force which will handle
the yellow jackets.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
FLANDERS 20" STARTS
ON A NONSTOP RUN
Under Auspices of Southern Cali
fornia Auto Club Car Is Out
TO Beat Worlds Record

To demonstrate just how much strain
of continuous running the motor of a
Flanders Twenty will stand the Lord
Motorcar company, local representa-
tives for the little car, on Friday
started one of them on nonstop
run. and it is intended that the car
shall be on the go night and day until
the car falls to pieces if the motor
does not stop.
The run is under the auspices of the
Southern California Automobile club,
and President Roy P. Hillman started
the car on its journey and furnished
the three observers who will work in
eight-hour shifts and authenticate the
cars performances. Four drivers are
also supplied, working in six hour
shifts, so that the car will have care
full management, and an effort be made
to break all worlds records for this
kind of stunt, which 1t is understood
is 1862 miles and took over thirty days
to make.
The Flanders Twenty made 3S3 miles
in the first twenty-four hours, and had
registered nearly 700 miles late last
night. So if nothing happens, ana the
car stands up, wonderful mileage
will be marked on the boards in thirty
dayS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

The AMERICANS underslung frame
does away with those three menaces to
the motorists safety-side slip, rear
lash and tendency to overturn in TAX
ing corners at fair speed.
A car of ordinary construction will
inevitably overturn if tilted 43 degrees.
The AMERICAN may safely be tilted
So degrees.
This doesn't presuppose reckless driv-
ing. It's a plain statement of the inn
munity the AMERICAN gives in those
occasional moments of stress that every
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

cars, a hiker, a runabout, suburban
and a n-passenger touring car.
The National Motorcar Company
will have torpedo, touring car and
q roadster.
The Halliday exhibit will be made
especially attractive with stripped
chassis being worked by electricity so
the operation of the car can be seen.
A full line of Halladays will also be
exhibited.
One of the features of the coming
show will be the exhibition of the
Phoenix race winner, which will
occupy the place of honor in the Kis-
sci Kar exhibit. Manager Leppo is
justly proud of the great victory of his
car and this months Shrine display
will give the many lovers of motor
racingeand friends of the Kissel Kar
an opportunity to inspect this now fa-
nous car
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
HARBOUR QUITS
CAME OF RACING
Known in Los Angeles as Fear
less Driver of Speed
Monsters
TO TAKE UP AVIATION STUNT
Has Won Enough Records as an
Auto Driver but with
No Accidents
70 TAKE UP AVIATION STUNT

Ray Harroun, the Marmon racing
driver who has been carried to so many
important victories the past fifteen
months by the Indianapolis made car,
and road, His appearance in the
Grand Prize marked the end Of his
racing career. He will leave the Mar
mon plant at once, returning to his
home in Chicago. From fast motorcar
riding he will turn to the building of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

A carload Of the 1911 Schacht Fortys
arrived Saturday at the salesrooms of
the Siegmund Motorcar company, coast
distributor. They are large and as
handsome as many cars selling for
twice the price and have we'll estab-
lished reputation for durability and
SDeed