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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
Youth Who Fled from Home to
Become Racer Saves Day
for American Drivers
THRILLS MARK PRIZE EVENT
Foreign Cars Have Things Their
Own Way in Savannah Con-.
test RepIete with Accident
ASSOCIATED Press)

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 1.-THE New
York boy who four years ago ran away
from home to become a driver of
racing automobile today saved the rep
utation of American drivers in the
grand prize race, the blue ribbon event
of automobile contests. David Bruce
Brown won by a little more than
second at the end of 1852 heart-break-
ing miles. He flashed across the cleo
trio timing wire LAP seconds ahead of
Victor Hemery, the Frenchman. His
time was hours. SO minutes, CIT sec
onds, setting a new American road rec
ord of 70.55 miles an hour.
Both men drove Benz cars, so that
the foreign machines triumphed over
the American-made racers.
The consolation in having an Ameri
can at the wheel of the winner was
increased by the feat Of wild Bob"
Burman in an American car, the Mar
quette-Buick, which finished third, get
ting third money and an additional
$1,000 for the first American driver to
finish in an American car.
Before the race 1t was said the
American team planned to set a pace
in the early stages which would burn
the tires off the big foreign machines,
securing an advantage. Apparently the
Americans tried this trick, and 1t near
ly succeeded, for most OF the foreign
ers were either stalled~or wrecked be-
fore the finish. But the foreigners were
too numerous.
Wagner, in his big red Fiat, was one
of the gamest. His daring nearly cost
him his life and that of his mechani-
clan, Louis Ferrow. On the back
stretch, while coming down a small
hill at top speed, Wagner lost control
of his car for the fraction of a second,
one of his front wheels striking stone
culvert, crushing the wheel and throw
ing the car on its side for slide of
fifty feet into the trees.
MAN HURLED INTO TREE
Ferrow was shot into the top
branches of a 2O-foot willow, which
caught him and broke his fall. He ran
to the car, beside which Wagner was
lying with machine oil pouring about
him from a broken tank The driver
got up with the aid of the mechanician
and walked to the German club, near
by. Later he was taken to a hospital,
where 1t was reported he was not seri-
ously hurt.
Willie Haupt. one of the Benz drivers,
skidded off the road at the end of a
long straightaway, side-swiped a giant
live oak and then plunged with his car
into some bushes. He and II. Feyble,
his mechanician. emerged with reas-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
AUTO|STS
To TOUR IN WEST
Member of A. A. A. Board Finds
Conditions as Good as
in the East

Eastern automobilists who believe
that their section of the country is the
most popular touring ground might do
we'll to adopt Horace Greeleys ia
nous advice about going west and
make a trip through some of the states
beyond Chicago to appreciate the
growth of automobile interest in that
section of the country. A. L. West
gard, chairman of the committee on
tours of the Touring Club of America,
and who has already covered about
half of his long journey across the con-
tinent in the interest of the Touring
Club of America to compile accurate
data and map out a favorable route
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
has been received by hundreds of en-
thusiastic motorists ever since leaving
Chicago several days ago.
Mr. WeStgard'S tour through the
state of Iowa formed one of the most
interesting portions of his trip and
the excellent roads that he found there
should appeal to eastern motorists to
look with greater favor in the near
future upon a long distance tour
through some of the most charming
sections of the far western countries.
The motorist in Iowa today will find
friends everywhere he goes. The old
time hostility to the motor car has
passed away and the farmers are now
the strongest advocates of the utility
and comfort of the motor vehicle. Mr..
Westgard is sending to the Touring
club, his impressions of automobiling
conditions in Iowa, and makes the fol-
lowing interesting statement:
Motorists unfamiliar with the state
would hardly believe that Iowa is one
of the lively automobile districts in
the country. Every farmer and small
townsman have machines and towns
of about 1900 inhabitants have active
automobile clubs Marengo, Newton
and Guthrie Center, none of which have
a population of over 1900, have clubs
ranging from fifty to 100 members
drawn from the surrounding country
and always alive to the best automo-
bile interests Almost without excep-
ton these clubs are taking a keen in
terest in everything relating to good
roads and have placed hundreds of
signs along the popular routes"
Mr. Westgard on his transcontinen-
taI trip crossed Iowa via the river to
river route. The state highway ex-
tends from Davenport on the Missis
sippi river to Council Bluffs on the
Missouri, going through the capital of
the state, Des Moines. An association
Of Iowa motorists has been organized
to keep the road in repair and although
it is a dirt road from end to end, every
portion of it is kept in excellent condi-
ton throughout the season. The road
had never been officially measured un-
til Mr.. Westgard passed over 1t, when
in accordance with his plan of OBJ
tanning accurate distances from town
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
PREPARE
FOR BEACH RACES
Manager Ferris Rapidly Complet-
ing the Entries for Santa
Monica Events

Manager Dick Ferris of the Santa
Monica road race, is rapidly getting
iato shape not only his list Of entries,
but also the various side att fractions
for the night of entertainment preced-
ing the great race.
This coast classic that will be run
over the fastest road course in the
wolld, Thanksgiving day, is attracting
national attention. Though entries do
not close for several days number
OF fast cars have already entered the
lists. The two big eastern stars will
be Ralph DePalma in his Fiat and
Johnny Aitken in his National. Be
sides the Apperson driven by Hanshue
ard the Pope Hartford driven by
Singley and the Knox "6" driven by
Nikrent, other well known local en-
tries are the Isotta, Franklin, Buick,
Velie, Stanley Steamer and the Only
car in the class for big cars, whtl9 in
tire small car class are entered the
Buick, Ford, Cutting, Inter state,
Abbott Detroit, Corbin, Hudson, Mer-
Ger, Mitchell and Maxwell. There is
a possibility that the classes will range
up to 800 cubic inches displacement for
the small cars and from S01 to 800 for
the big cars, as there can be but two
classes aside from the free-for-all, ac-
cording to the deed of gift for the
trophies-the Dick Ferris trophy and
the Leon T. Shelter trophy.
If these changes are made the field
oe starters will be larger, as there are
several cars between the ESQ and S00
cubic inches displacement that would
enter the small class, but will not risk
the heavy car class.
Among entries already secured ara
several cars that have not previously
been seen In action on the coast, and
there is a good chance for dark
horse in the bunch. The full list of
entries and the names of the ofnclais
of the program will be given publicity
after November Is.
The program for the night sports is
CONTINUED on Page TwO)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
WHAT BECOMES
OF WORN CARS?
Secondhand Machines Present
Problem to Manufacture
erS and Users

The great problem from the point of
view of the makers of automobiles, and
from an economic point of view as'well,
thus interesting users of cars comes
in the consideration of what to do with
more or less wornOut machines. The
second hand car gets in the way of the
maker, to whatever extent it prevents
the sale of new automobile, and 1t
stands in the light of the aspiring
automobilist if it prevents him from
buying a new car and fails to come up
to his requirements, If he elects to in
vest in a second hand automobile in
stead The maker should have no good
ground for complaint, provided the sec
ond hand car is capable Of doing useful
work, but some method will have to be
contrived in the long run by means Of
which it will be possible to determine
when a second hand car ceases to be
of real value.
Every purchaser of a second hand
automobile, whether or not he has had
the benefit of prolonged experience,
realizes that the major portion of all
offerings is far from what he wants.
He goes forth contemplating the sweet
running qualities in second hand car.
running qualities of a new automo-
bile and he hopes to enjoy these sweet
Admitting that perhaps 80 per cent OF
all the second hand cars to be had are
strangers to sweet running qualities, 1t
remains for the intending purchaser to
find what he wants in grab bag, as
it were.
This would be a serious matter for a
veteran automobilist to undertake, but
when a man who has never had any
thing to do with a problem SUCH as TINS
figures on coming out whole, he shows
evidence of much bravery, with a
chance of being called ''foolhardy."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

on Tuesday last, trying the car out
little. He was able to get eighty
seven miles an hour out of it on the
Palisades, and on the grade of Nevada
avenue he got the big car up to eighty
miles an hour. He wasn't satisfied
with the car, so drove back to the
shop, where he will dissemble it COM
pletely. Joe says when he gets done
whispering to the engine he will get
better than ninety miles an hour out
of her,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
NOT CONSISTENT

IT notice." said the manager, that you
address all your men customers as brother"
'Yes," stated the new clerk, Il believe In
being sociable."
But why discriminate? You don't ad-
dress your lady customers sister"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

The w. D. Newerf Rubber company
has Just installed one of the largest
of the Wayne systems for gasoline
and oils in the new garage erected By
Parker & Mccarthy at Seventeenth
and Flower streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

to town, he kept perfect measurements
of this great Iowa highway and found
that it's length from river to river
was 255 miles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

Joe Nikrent was on the Santa
Monica course with his big Sc" Knox
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
DRAGGED BY ROPE
TIED TO BALLOON
Unfortunate Man Is Rescued by oc=
cupants of Cage After Going
1900 Feet Into Air

BERLIN, Jan. 16.-Hans Auspitz, a
young soldier of the German army,
went through a remarka BILE experience
at Goettingen, whittier he had been
dispatched by the colonel of his regi-
ment to assist at the ascent of the
balloon Segler
He and some other soldiers of the
same regiment We're holding the tow
ropes of the balloon before the ascent.
When the commander Of the balloon
gave the order to let go, Auspitz alone
among his comrades failed to loosen
his hold in time The balloon, liber-
ated from the group of soldiers, rapidly
ascended, and the unfortunate Auspitz
was carried up, holding by two hands
to the rope.
His piercing shrieks sent thrills of
horror through the assembled crowd.
The three men in the cage of the bal
loon were for some minutes the only
persons who We're unaware of Aus
pitt plight. Finally their attention
was drawn to his dangerous situation.
With great difficulty they succeeded
in dragging him into the cage by loop
ing ropes and lassoing him in midair.
The balloon had reached a height of
$4,000 feet before Auspitz was hoisted
into the cage.
The balloon landed safely some hours
later more than hundred miles from
the starting point.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
TRADE UNIONS CANNOT
LEGALLY MAKE LEVIES
House of Lords May Be Opposed by
Parliament When Bill Is
introduced

LONDON, Jan. 16.-The decision Of
the house of lords that trades unions
cannot legally make compulsory levies
on their members for the purposes of
parliamentary representation was an
ticipated The executive of the Labor
party will deliberate on the decision at
an early date and will probably de-
eide to promote a bill in parliament
which the government may take up.
The action which led to this decis-
ion was engineered in the interest of
the Tories in the hope of cutting down
the Labor representation, but there
will be no difficulty in obtaining the
assent of parliament to a bill which
will give the majority to a trade union
the right to pay its parliamentary
representatives.
Such efforts to stop the wheels of
progress always have the opposite eff
feet to that which their authors in
tend. They may cause some tempo
rary Inconvenience, but the ultimate
result is that the unreasonable OBJ
stacle is removed once and for all As
a mere electioneering move the result
of this appeal will do the Tories no
good.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
FOUR KILLED IN
TRAIN RUNAWAY
FREIGHT PLUNGES INTO STEEP
DECLIVITY
THREE MEMBERS OF CREW AND
TRAMP INJURED
Eleven Cars and Engine Speed at
Terrific Pace Down Mountain
Side When Air Brakes
Fail to Work
Associated Press1

LEADVILLE. Colo. Jan. 16.-In a
freight wreck early Today on the Colo
RADIO Midland, near Busk tunnel, four
men were killed and three others in
iured. The dead are:
H. c. SMITH. Leadville, conductor.
WILLIS RICH, Cardiff, fireman.
H. d. FAIR, Cardiff, brakeman.
EDWARD DAVENPORT, Van, Mich.
The injured are:
Henry Farris, Leadville, engineer,
leg broken.
w. E. Landlois, Leadville, brakeman;
badly bruised and shaken up.
Bert Harter, Grand Rapids, Mich.
shoulder injured.
An extra freight, consisting of eleven
cars, started down the steep grade
from the east portal of the Busk-Ivan-
hoe tunnel to Arkansas Junction. The
train had gone three miles when the
air brakes failed to work properly. The
speed became terrific and the train
reared down the mountain side. At
Windy Point there is a sharp curve,
and the engine and cars left the track
and plunged down a sharp declivity.
Conductor Smith and Brakeman Fair
were on the rear of the train. Their
bodies were found, crushed and man
gled, beneath a pile of wreckage. The
engine, which had torn loose from the
train, turned turtle at the bottom of
the gulch and was partly buried under
car of plaster.
Harter and Davenport were riding in
a box car. Harter was thrown more
than 200 feet and landed in a snow
drift practically unhurt. He made his
way back to the wreck and found En-
gineer Farris fifty feet from his en-
gine, buried under the ruins of a box
car.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
WOMAN DIES IN
HEAD-ON CRASH
TWO ST. PAUL PASSENGER
TRAINS COLLIDE
BRAKEMAN AND NINE OTHERS
INJURED
Accident Due to the Fact That Freight
on Siding Prevented East
bound Train from Pull
ing on Switch
Associated Pressl

Associated Pressl
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan. 10
One passenger was killed, brakeman
was injured fatally and nine other
passengers were hurt seriously today
in a head-on collision between two fast
passenger trains on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad at Key
stone, twenty-five miles west of here
The westbound overland limited on
the St. Paul road and the eastbound
fast train were ordered to pass at Key
stone A freight train on the siding
prevented the eastbound passenger
train from pulling On the switch.
The eastbound passenger train had
run past the station and was ready to
back on the siding when the overland
limited, going twenty-five miles an
hour. crashed into it. Both engines
were reduced to scrap, and the mail,
baggage and chair cars of the limited
were badly smashed. The engineers
escaped by jumping.
Mrs. Louis Zee of Cleveland, Texas,
was killed. Ralph Morrow, a brake
man, of Marion, Iowa, had his legs
broken and was internally injured.
He cannot live.
Those less seriously injured were A.
w Griffin. Chicago, baggageman, leg
broken: Carl Pralies. neWsboy, Bur
lington, ribs broken; Nj. Satzmall,
Council Bluffs; Joseph Zeffer, Omaha;
Louis Zee, Cleveland, Texas; r. Mush-
kline, Cedar Rapids; Mamie Mushkine,
Cedar Rapids; Michael Dontirieh, Chi
cago; George Kingler, Marion, Iowa.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17

had better be very respectful or he Will
cease to enlighten them. They must
remember that they are being honored
by the presence of one who is accus-
toned to regal honors, and the least
they must do is to rise in their places
when he enters the room and remain
standing until he sits down. On the
whole the campaign by which the
peers were to show the people what a
brilliant lot of fellows they are seems
to be something of a fiasco. In the
meantime the organs of the advanced
democracy are holding up the lords to
the contempt of all men and making
them appear as ridiculous as possible.
On invitation of the lord mayor, Sir
John Knill, a conference on industrial
education and apprenticeship was held
at the Mansion House a few days
since, many prominent persons being
present. The object of the meeting
was stated to be the discussion of the
question of industrial training in ed
ucation and the development of trade
schools, and in connection Herewith
% the position of apprenticeship and
of the apprenticeship charities and (2J
the establishment or development of
employment bureaus or other means
of bringing those leaving school into
touch with the industrial and CONNER
ciaI world.
The lord mayor said he had always
taken . keen intgest in the questions
of industrial education and apprentice
ship which he was anxious to see de-
yeloped in a way best suited to the
interest and progress of the country.
Mr.. Cyril Cobb, vice chairman of the
education committee of the London
county council, spoke on the develop
ment of industrial training in both
elementary and trade schools. 1t was
felt that in some ways the CONNER
cial supremacy of Great Britain was
threatened by the large commercial
nations of the continent and, the United
States. They were often told that the
reasons these nations We're so much
more successful than the English were
lay in the fact that their system of
education was on a better industrial
and commercial basis, especially in re-
spect to the intermediate and pro-
visonal schools which formed link
between the elementary schools and
university education. 1t was necessary
that England should reform her edu-
cational system and make 1t more
practical. There were many reforms
Which could be carried out if they OBJ
tanned the support of the great leaders
of commerce, the leaders of labor and
the trade union organizations. Under
the present system apprenticeship was
killed There was too large a number
of boys leaving school whose ultimate
goal was in the unskilled trades.
Several other addresses were made.
No resolutions were passed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
TRAINS COLLIDE;
l DEAD, 10 HURT
FREIGHT BACKS INTO FAST
SPEEDING SPECIAL
BAGGAGE COACH PILES ON TOP
OF ENGINE
Wreck Caused by String of Box Cars
Running on Time of Passen=
ger to Get to Water
Tank
IAssociated Press]


PINCKNEYVILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-One
person was killed and ten others were
injured in collision near here today
between the st. Louis and Memphis
special on the Illinois Central, bound
for st. Louis. and a freight train.
The train was due in st. Louis al
s o'clock, and was running at high
speed when it dashed into the freight
on a curve.
The dead:
CARL E. KITCHEN, fireman on
passenger.
The injured:
H. ]. Brown, Memphis, head cut and
internal injuries.
Lister Terrell, Hannibal, Mo, head
cut and internal injuries
William Van Lear, Philadelphia,
neck twisted and internal injuries.
Alfred Pyron, Memphis, left side
crushed.
4. Felber, Cleveland. O., back and
neck injured.
c. Rinaldo. Columbus, o., neck and
wrist twisted.
J. R. Ward, Memphis, broken ankle
and internal injuries.
r. B. Wilson, negro porter, neck and
shoulder wrenched.
f. H. Pope, passenger engineer, East
st. Louis, cuts and internal injuries.
Miss 7. H. Mckenzie, Lulu, Miss,
cuts and bruises.
The freight backed to a water tank
a quarter of a mile south of the city,
running on the specials time. The
passenger train rounded sharp curve
and crashed into the freight before the
crew could make a move to stop.
The engine was demolished and the
baggage car was piled on top of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
LAD STARTLES PROFESSORS
WITH ADVANCED THEORIES
William j. Sdis, Ten Years Old, Has
Grasped Fourth Dimension
Principles

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. 16.-Wil-
liam James Sidis, the 10-year-old stu
dent of Harvard, startled gray-haired
mathematical professors by propound-
ing some new theories of the fourth
dimension in a lecture which he deliV-
cred in Conant hall, Cambridge, before
the Harvard Mathematical club.
Distinguished mathematical profess
ors from all over New England We're
present and gazed in wonder as the
rosy-cheeked boy in short trousers
placed on the blackboard row after row
of figures to prove his difficult and
profound theories. Many of them
frankly professed their ignorance of the
subject of which the boy talked so
glibly, and again and again called on
him to explain some mathematical
theorem.
Young Sidis, who was accompanied
by his father, DR.. Boris Sidis, one of
the foremost psychologists of the coun-
try, stepped to the front, and, with
childish laugh, began his lecture.
He wore a red handkerchief such as
is commonly worn by boys in the pri-
mary schools, and his handwriting was
that of a child.
But his mind was far from childish.
and some of his ideas were beyond the
comprehension of many of his auditors.
The fourth dimension, the subject
of the boys lecture. belongs to the
highest branch of mathematics and is
commonly looked upon as a study for
the oldest and most experienced pro-
fessors. 1t exists only as a mathemat-
ical problem and the human mind can
not grasp it,
Three dimensions exist in ordinary
geometry, the first. second and third
dimension. The first dimension Is
illustrated by a straight line, the sec
ond dimension by plane like the top
of table, the third dimension like q
cube or pyramid.
In the fourth dimension the Figures
of the third dimension, for instance,
the cubes, are used as Sides and a
figure is constructed. This figure can
only be explained and illustrated In
terms of geometry.
Young Sidis has derived his knowl-
edge of this subject by taking the
most advanced course in mathematics
which is given at Harvard He has
worked out a number of original theo-
res on this subject, which have been
accepted by the entire scientific world.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
UNlONlST LEADER WEAK
FROM RECENT ILLNESS

LONDON, Jan. 16.-The condition of
Rt. Hon A. j. Balfour. the Unionist
leader, is more serious than was sup
posed. The repeated attacks of in
1uenza he has had have weakened
him, and on each fresh occasion the
work of recuperation is necessarily
slower. 1t has been observed in the
house during the past couple of ses-
sions that before he speaks he takes
phial from his breast pocket encased in
silver, he removes a stopper and shifts
up the aroma.
At first it was thought that this was
merely a disinfectant used to keep the
influenza germs at bay, but it is now
known that it is heart stimulant. He
uses it freely after he has spoken and
withdraws to his private room with as
little delay as possible to rest. When
he left London he was told that at the
very earliest he could not expect to be
able safely to address a meeting be-
fore the first week in January, but he
did so notwithstanding the orders OF
his nhvsiciaD