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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
AMATEUR MOTORISTS GUIDED BY WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE

Mr.. Elliott came to New York from
Syracuse in January, 1907, to assume
the secretaryship of the American Au-
tomobile association, at which time
Hon. William II. Hotchkiss of Buffalo,
now state superintendent Of Insurance.
three and g half years stand as q rec
ord TO an elective office IN the A A. A.
Before coming to New York Mr.. FL
i.ott had acquired a wide knowledge OF
automobile organizations, having been
one of the founders OF the Automobile
tary and treasurer for several years.
Mainly through his efforts the New
York State Automobile association was
organized IN 1903. OF which he was
the first secretary, while Mr.. HotchkisS
was the first president
This we'll earned experience and IA
miliarity with automobile conditions
will hereafter be devoted toward en-
largtng the field OF the Touring Club
of America and making this body q
great national touring organization
similar in scope to the large European
touring clubs, having for their object
the compilation Of accurate touring in
formation for Immediate use by mo-
florists desiring to travel in any part
OF the world.
Coincident with this important
change comes the announcement that
the Touring Club Of America has re-
moved from its old quarters in West
Forty-fOurth street TO It's new hons,
with vastly improved accommodations,
at Broadway and Seventy-sixth street,
where several spacious floors have
exceptional accommodations provided
for studying route maps and all the
other touring facilities provided by the
] club.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
ELLIOTT RESIGNS
TO TAKE new POST
Former Secretary of AutOmo-
bile Association Is Secre-
tary of Touring Club.

New York, May Alan announce
ment of more than ordinary interest in
automobile circles Is the election of
Frederick H Elliott as secretary Of the
Touring Club OF America
In accepting this office Mr.. Elliott
has rendered his resignation as secre-
tary Of the American Automobile as
ISOLATION, a post he has held for three
and q half years. During this period
Mr.. Elliott has become widely known
to motorists all over the country. His
success in organizing work, in stimu-
lating the rapidly increasing interest
In the good roads movement, supple
mented more recently by the energetic
campaign he has carried on IN COOP
Grafton with Charles Thaddeus Terry
for g national registration law, are
well known to all wide-awake auto
mobilists.
Mr.. Elliott, as secretary OF the Tour
ing Club Of America, has also been
elected to the board OF directors and
will therefore be actively identified
with every detail Of its management.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
AUTO|ST REQUIRES
WARMEST CLOTHING
Trip Over Rockies Is Much Like
Visit to the Arctic
Regions.

Motoring through the Rocky noun
tain country to the average motorist IS
not unlike a trip to the Arctic regions
with summer clothing, and should not
be attempted unless the driver is abb
solutely certain as to the dependability
Of the car. as garages and repair shops
are few and far between in the heart of
the Rockies 1t is far cry to the
man who, after climbing on a steady
ascent hour after hour. rounds a curve
TO find himself looking skyward at a
near precipice of the 35 per cent to 40
fact that his car is under-powered, the
road too narrow for him TO turn
around in, and the only thing for him
10 do Is TO coast down the mountain
backward Pleasant, is II not?
Invariably in such instances the GO
ing is made all the more hazardous by
Jagged rocks which rib the way. VIII
liam 5. Dodd, who has just completed
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

tour OF the mountain country IN and
about Salt Lake City In a 1910 Little
Six Thomas Flyer, was in Buffalo re-
Gently to visit his old friend. w. H.
Van Deusen- sales manager for the z.
r Thomas Motor company. He tells
q graphic story as to the behavior of
the new long stroke motor in the land
of rock and dizzy attitudes.
Can she climbT' repeated Mr.. Dodd.
n response to g feeler by Manager Van
Deusen- climb Why. she's q regular
pack mule" was the westerner's
breezy reply.
That's why love the car" he con-
tinued- II love my wife best of all.
then my country, for its grandeur. its
mountains, and love the car that can
negotiate Its disxy heights. The little
six takes to the hard pulls with an
ease which always gives you a thrill;
It's reserve power Of the long stroke,
I guess Anyway, she goes up, up,
without balk, and she responds
equally well in any altitude. I have
take with ease some mighty stiff
grades, varying from Is to Il per cent
with a rise OF 1882 feet in less than ten
miles Some going. that"
Mr.. Dodd Is quite race driver IN an
amateur way, having recently driven
one of the Thomas Vanderbilt cars q
mile in IS seconds on an unbanked
track
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
MAY BAR AUTO DRIVERS.
Failure of Manufacturers to Register
Cars May Cause Trouble.

Cars May Cause Trouble.
With the opening of the racing and
contest season II develops that num-
Der Of manufacturers have left their
agents and owners in a very embarras-
sing position Either through mad
vertance or otherwise they have not
filed with the contest board of the
American Automobile association their
stock car certificates as required under
the 1910 contest rules. Every manu-
facturer was notified by the board
more than a month ago that no car
could compete in any class of stock car
or stock chassis events this year until
its maker had filed with the board
sworn certificate setting forth in de-
tail its mechanical description.
Having no intention OF themselves
entering any contests this year, many
of the makers have failed to comply
with the rules Of the contest board. IT
did not occur to them that some of their
agents or owners might wish to enter
local contests. Naturally, it happens
now that they do, but unfortunately
the contest board may be compelled to
bar from certain important contests.
which are being promoted for dates
this month, numerous well known cars.
unless their makers hasten to file GER
tificates Of mechanical description.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
DRIVERS PRACTICE
FOR HOOS|ER MEET
Twenty Racing Cars Already
Going Over the Speedway
at indianapolis.
MANY ENTRIES COME IN
EDDIE HEARNE OF CHICAGO
FIRST ON THE TRACK.

Entries are coming in for the first
grand circuit meet to be held at the
Indianapolis motor speedway May q
and % and the national championship
meet on Memorial day, May 30.
This viii be TIM opening OF the speed
way for 1910, and the manufacturers are
beginning to take notice OF racing, no"
that the season is well under way.
More than twenty racing cars made
in indianapolis are daily practlclnS on
the course. The Marmon team OF sew
en- cars, the National team of six racing
cars the Marion team of two special
stock chassis speedsters, the Cole team
of two cars, the Empire with two cars
and several other fans who own and
operate their own cars. The air about
the Hoosier town is charged with rae
ing. so that over twenty-five cars can
be entered from among the local ranks
Eddie Hearne of Chicago was the first
entrant at the speedway meet He en-
tered a F. I. A. T. stock chassis in the
Wheeler Schebler and the short sprint
events during the first two days, and
entered with the chairman of the rae
ing board for the CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Hearne also entered a HupmObile in the
small classes. The Empire company
has also entered its team in the cham
pionships; also the opens; the National
and Marmon, also the American and
Marion, were next in line.
Carl Fisher has arranged for the
F. L A T. agency for the Fisher Auto
mobile company, and E. r. Hollander OF
New York has promised all of the
F. I. a. T. team He also promises to
secure for the speedway the entry OF
Caleb Bragg, who defeated Oldsfield or
the coast.
E A Moross Of the speedway will
make a trip TO New York to interest
the agents for foreign cars and will at
tend the Atlanta meet to book the dri-
veTs who appear there It now appears
as though the record of sixty cars en-
tered at the last speedway meet, which
was the greatest number of cars ever
entered al any meet ever held in the
world, will be broken.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

The announcement Of the fact that
the Selden car will be a prominent fac
tor in the big endurance and reliability
contest this summer was made a week
or so ago and created quite a stir in
automobile circles for the reason that
only occasionally in he past has the
SeIden been seen in such events. In
1908 it competed in the Glidden tour
and won a perfect score. Last year in
the New York to Atlanta run 1t did
likewise
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

The racing committee Of the Wilkes
barre Automobile club has applied to
S. NJ. Butler, chairman OF the American
Automobile association. for & sanction
of the fifth annual hill climbing con-
test on the Giants Despair course. This
year it is TO be held on June II, a Sat
urday, instead Of on Memorial day, as
in former years
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

The Columbia pathfinder of the 1910
Good Roads tour over the National
Highway is making splendid progress.
The tourists have been favored with
splendid weather and the route select
ed promises to be an attractive result
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
FINNISH BUDGET
RATIFIED BY GAR
More Press CensOrs Asked
for Education.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 5.-More pl ass cen
sors and less education is the watchword
OF the Russian rulers Of Finland. In the
Finnish budget which has recently been
ratified by the Car a number of esti-
mates for economic, educational. and
sanitary purposes have been struck out.
The educational estimates deleted
amount to $334009 and include subsidies of
S20O. COO to the communes for elementary
and adult schools. summer colonies for
poor children. feeding and clothing poor
school children, Libraries, &c. Estimates
for sanatorium for consumptves In Os-
terbothnia, ior lunatic asylum IN Ulea-
borg. a hospital In Ielsingfors, new lee
ture rooms for the university the COM
pletiou Of roads in Lapland, and the
widening of the Sauna Canal have also
been struck out.
on the other hand, an increase Of Sc, 400
annually has been made il the salaries Of
governors and OF $4,000 in those Of the
senators in the economical department.
In addition, sum OF S2l,560 is set aside
for press censors, one of whom is sta
toned since October In each town.
The subsidy Of 5000 to the Russian Off
cial organ, Finlandskaya Gazeta, which
was withdrawn after the Bobrikoff Pc
riod, has been renewed. The two mem
bers of the chief press department are TO
have Si00 a year more, and the head of
the governor generals chancellery also
draws $500 more pay.
THE province must submit" says the
semi-olhcial Rossiya of st. Petersburg.
The Firms find Russian bureaucratic gov
erH-,ont an expensive luxury
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
KEPT HIS ROYAL DIGNITY.
Late Prince Francis Refused WO-
mans Gift Proposal.

London, Nov. 5.-Eager as the late
Prince OF Teck was to collect money for
his favorite scheme 20 pay on the debts
which hung Ike a sword Of Damoeies
over the Middlesex Hospital. he did not
forget his royal dignity in the effort he
made to get contributions.
A story has been causing great amuse-
ment in certain circles in regard 10 this.
4 well-known woman. who has a title.
but lacks the social position for which
she yearns, was among those who re-
celved a request for money. She i'm
mediately wrote and offered to contribute
5000 If his serene highness would dine
with her in public on an appointed even
ing. According 10 her acquaintance. she
was very sure that Prince Francis would
consent. Indeed. so positive was she that
she even invited a few OF her intimate
friends 10 be present
After a few days delay. however she
received a curt note from the Prince S
secretary, declining the invitation for
dinner, the $500. and any other sum she
might at any time feel disposed 70 offer
gratuitously.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
JUST A MATTER OF FAITH.
Religious or Historical Relics Not
Proven Genuine.

London, Nov. 5.-The authenticity of rel
les, religious or historical must in many
cases be largely q matter of faith. proof
is often lacking often, indeed, impossible
to procure.
The number Of touches. notable from
the fact that they have been slept in
By good Queen Bess," shown in manor
houses. is legion. and the same may Pc
said of many other historical heirlooms.
the real history OF which Is lost in the
mists OF antiquity. How many pairs Of
gloves were given by King Charles I as
keepsakes on the day OF his execution.
There are quite a number of claimants
for the honor. One pair has recently
been the cause Of a lawsuit, and II was
said il the cC.vse of the trial that they
were given 10y tire King To Bishop Juxon
Oh tie scI1oId. There is yet another pair
Which has had FAR stranger history than
most Stuart relies which have indeed lit
tie history, Llt quiet passing from
generation 20 generation In English coun
try houses
They u sent by King Charles on the
day OF eLecution by a trusty hand to
Speaker LenthaI for amity's sake.
Only one Of the pair nov survives. the
other vas burned in bush fire in Aus
tralia.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
KNIGHTH00D GETS JOLT.
Portuguese Revolution Deprive
the COuHtry's AutOcrats.

Portuguese Revolution Deprives
the COuntry's AutOcrnts.
Lisbon, Nov. San interesting discus
sion is progressing IL cour- circles as to
the effect which will be produced by the
republican revolution upon the royal Por-
tuguese orders. King Manuel is no longer
the "Jount Of Chivalry" In his native
land. ana the usage of Europe viii de-
prive the holders Of these orders Cf The
pa. iIeye or wearing the distinctions in
general society.
There is a difference in practice between
the knghtly orders as such and these
distinctions, which are conferred for
merit. Tie number of these so far as
foreigners are concerned Is smaller than
IN some other European nations and they
do not affect the present situation. The
Portuguese government viii doubtless
proceed at a certain date 10 reconstitnte
.ertain orders upon republican b.
and the precedent Sc by France will be
followed in some directions
The order of Christ is one Of the most
ancient and honorable relics Of medieval
chivalry, but if there is no kingdom of
Portugal there can be no longer any such
order. The Order Of St Benedict may
be retoined for military purposes.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
NATURAL TUNNEL
FOUND IN AUSTRIA
Alpine Climbers Have Ex-
plOred a Mammoth Cave.

Vienna. Nov. 5.-The mammoth cave Of
Europe" as the newly discovered series
OF subterranean chambers near Ober-
traun In Austria Is now called, is de-
scribed for the FIRST time by Hermann
Boch. an engineer. who, with a small
party OF Alpine climbers explored the
cave. which is situated under the Dach-
stein, a mountain in Upper Austrisl $500
feet high.
The entrance 10 the cave is at an ele-
walton OF some $500 feet. Italian road
members knew Of the existence OF a small
grotto here where they had been looking
around for gold. Behind great bowlder
at the end Of this grotto the party dis
covered a natural tunnel which a power
ful stream IN earlier ages has followed
out OF the rock AT the bottom OF this
tunnel there was six foot d5ep river
bed, formed by what remained Of the
earlier stream
Here and there pools OF crystal clear
water We're found. The tunnel continued
for l.0o0 feet and led TO an apparently
bottomless abyss. The party crawled
along the edge of the precipice and up a
gallery $50 feet high also scared with
the action Of dried up mountain torrents.
At the top a narrow hole was found
which led upward 20 series OF stalactite
caverns and then narrowed down again
TO a curvlng passage leading downward
for 1850 fet
Suddenly the party came upon vast
hall leading portal like 20 another still
larger dome $40 feet high. Here a cavern
had piled up a eonelke heap Of debris
80 feet high. From here radiated a maze
OF ether halls, passages and galleries.
many of which ended precipitately in
dark ulysses. As food was running short
the party had 20 return.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06

London. Nov. 5.-The Egyptian collec-
ton of the British Museum has been en-
riched By a gift of great Importance.
The donor is Mrs. Mary Greenfield. and
the GIFT consists OF large an magnificent
copy Of the Theban Book Of the Dead, to
which Is added a large collection Of invo-
eauors, addresses, and hymns to Amen
"a, the great god of Thebes.
The papsTus, which. with one exception,
is the biggest In the world. was written
fer a princess called Nesi- -neb-asher,
the daughter of the great Queen MESH
khensu who was at the height OF her
power some tine between 1910 and 1000
b. e. The portion OF the papyrus which
has been already deciphered promises, it
Is said, 20 Indicate among other things;
Indicates Following Things.
=. That the Father and Son Of the
Christian Trinity have their analogy In
the Amen-Ia and Osiris Of the dwellers
in ancient Egypt-the cradle Of religions.
90. That many Of the so-called new re-
hgious cults and theories which are being
hotly debated al the present day were in
only slightly different form promulgated
weigher, and either accepted or rejected
by the Egyptisns more than 5000 years
ago-When the ancient Britons were still
painting their naked bodies with blue
wOad.
%. The development of the idea that
there was a Deity, but that he held him
self completely aloof from the dolngs OF
men. and that il was therefore necessary
10 create a number Of gOds who might be
invoked and propitiated by mankind
a The religious reaction and the dis
position 10 abandon the worship OF many
gods and 20 merge the many into one or
two at most"
Tie papyrus. which is l22 feet long and
20iz inches wide, appears 20 be remark
ably complete So bold and clear are the
black ink characters and yignette illus
tratI0ns that the document might have
been written only three days, instead OF
nearly 1900 years ago.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
OUR SCHOOLS ABROAD.
Prof. Mitchell Carroll Lectures Be
fore Classical Club.

The Washington Classical Club held its
first regular meeting Of the season on
yesterday afternoon at the Friends Sc
iect School Thomas ". sidweH pre-
sided and introduced Prof Mitchell Car
roll, who gave an Illustrated lecture On
1.-THE activities Of the American schools
q classical studies 70 Athens and Rome. q"
Dr. Carroll described in detail the edu-
cationai advantages offered by these
schools. especially in trips 10 the most
famous sites OF ancient times: In lectures
given by eminent Americans and for
eigners connected with the various schools
OF archaeology. German. French. Italian
and Austrian
At A business meeting the club elected
tht following officers: President. Prof
Mitchell Carroll; vice presidents, Rev.
Henry J Shandelle, Of Georgetown Uni
verslty, Prof George l. Raymond Father
MaggHre and Miss H. May Johnson;
seCretary-treasureI Miss N Elsie Tur-
ner. executive committee. officers and
Thomas ". Sidweu Prof Charles S
smith, f. T. Gregg, and Miss Mildred
Dean.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
KNEW THE KING BEST.
Marquis de Several the Best-dressed
Diplomat In London.

Diplomat in London.
London. Nov 5-Of all the members Of
the diplomatic corps for many years past
none probably was on such intimate
terms of friendship with the late King
Edward as the Marquis de Several. VINO
has just resigned as Portuguese minister.
After making himself popular in Lon
don society as secretary 20 the Portu-
guese mission he returned to Portugal
for a couple of years and then came back
10 London in 1851 as Portuguese minister.
From that time on he moved less IN gen.
eraI society, keeping almost exclusively 10
Edwards inner coteTie on one occasion,
Il is said, the Marquis name was mad
yertently omitted from the list of guests
Invited 20 SandFingham for the week end.
When King Edward discovered the error
he telegraphed to the marquis 10 come az
once.
The minister arrived just before dinner.
When he entered the room the King
exclaimed: .Why did you wait to he
asked?" well sir" replied the marquis
gravely, who. of course, knew far too
much 10 have presumed on the King S
friendship 10 the extent Of coming with
out an invitation, 7 had got as far as
nv door when your command arrived.
For twenty-five years the marquis mas
had the reputation OF being the best
dressed diplomat in London. His fame
as a raconteur Is equally great, and no
one loved a good story well told better
than the late King Edward
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
BOOKS WORTH $1,25O,OOO.
Tempting Offers Refused for Famous
Huth Collection.

London, Nov. 5.-Book-lover generally
are anticipating the dispersal OF the
great HUH library in the near future
The late a H. HUH is known to have
resisted more than one tempting offer
TO part with the almost unrivaled eonec-
ton OF books formed by his father dur
ing the latter half of the last century.
Eighteen years ago a competent judge
considered that the HUH library had
cost its owner something Ike $500, 600
and that IL was then worth very much
more" Probably its value in the market
to-day could be at least $1,25O,0O AS
examples OF bargains picked Up by Mr.
HUH, early editions OF the Columbus
and Vespucius letters may be quoted. He
bought several at from $50 10 500 apiece.
At the II. Perkins sale in 1873 he bought
the paper copy of the MazaTin Bible
l45O-55. for $l4,750 and a few years before
he obtained the Fust and SchOeffer Bible
Of 1852 for the comparatively small sum
of $500. Nearly all the early printers
are represented in his library.
There are twelve fine Caxtons, fifty
examples from the press OF Wynkyn de
Worde. several unique. including two
editions OF Iuiiana Berner's book on
Hawkin and Hunting, there are sixteen
examples Of Pynson's press. Bibles in all
languages. while the collection of voy-
ages and books Of American interest con-
stitute II one Of the richest private IL
braries in Europe.
II contains the only known eopy-dis-
covered in the binding OF another hook
OF "A Hundred Merry Tales" circa 1925,
from which Beatrice says she had been
accused of stealing her wit. The collec-
ton Of autographs comprises those Of
four OF the Queens OF Henry VIII. and
of nearly all the great names in modern
history.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
DANISH WOMEN RULE.
Eight of Their Sex In the Copen-
hagen Town Council.

Copenhagen, Nov. Sit was a proud
day for the women of Denmark, when,
last week, the opening Of the ceremony
took place Of the Frauenberg, the Won
ems Castle, at Copenhagen. Danish wom-
en- are among the most advanced In the
world as regards emancipation. They al
ready possess the municipal vote Eight
members Of their sex are on the Copen-
hagen town council, and In all probable
ity complete social and political equality
with men will be granted them during
the life Of the present legislature.
The Womens Castle is a fine big five
story edifice which has cost $50, 900, every
cent of which has been contributed by
women's savings, extending over the last
forty years.
Frau Zahle, aged ninety, in her inau-
gurating speech. recalled how, forty years
ago the first Danish womens culture So
ciety humbly approached the Copehageu
Athenaeum, asking for the loan of some
books out of the latter well stocked
library. The request was haughtily re-
fused. The women took up the challenge
and replied that in forty years time they
would have their own Anthenaeum.
where men would have to ask leave TO
enter. To-day the new Frauenberg has
library of $1,000 volumes