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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
Take, Ora matte Turn.

London. April 27.-The struggle for
the coveted aviation prize OF Soo,ooo
Tor flight from London to Manches-
ter donated by Lord Northcliffe, took a.
dramatic and unexpected turn this eve
ming by reason of the Frenchman'
Louis Paulhan. stealing march on
his English rival. Graham White. which
placed him nifty miles ahead IN the race
when darkness compelled both TO aNsht
for the night.
Paulhan's machine only arrived In
London at o'clock in the morning,
and both he and White were busily en-
gagged all forenoon in fitting UP their
peroplanes and perfecting arrangements
ior the start The weather was favor
able. but owing to the heavy work IN
yolyed in preparing the machines, IT
was supposed that the start would be
deferred until Thursday.
Hoped to Meet In Manchester.
The two aviators had met early in
the morning and discussed plans, cx-
pressing the hope that they would
meet each other in Manchester. Dur
ing the course of the day, constantly
Increasing crowds gathered at Park
ROYAL and Hendon, the respective hcaG-
quarters of the two men, IN the nope
of witnessing the trial flights. Late
his heavy labors, returned to his hotel
and went to sleep. intending to start
in the morning,
Meanwhile. the spectators at Hendon
were surprised to see Paulhan. after
trying. his engine, take fareWctl OF
his wife. who tied large map OF the
route around his waist. Paulhan
kissed his wife and took his seat In
the aeroplane.
Word that the Frenchman had
started quickly reached Park Royal.
Rushing into Whites room. his friends
awakened him. White sprang TO his
feet, flew downstairs. jumped into a
motor car and made FOR the garage
at full speed, and within twenty min
utes was sailing around the gasometer
ut Kensal Green In the first stage OF
what proved to be the most exciting
sporting contest ever held In Great
Britain.
White passed over Bletchlng,e,
eighteen miles south of London
seventy minutes behind Paulhan. He
was flying considerably higher than
the Erenchmau, ard seemed to pe
making faster time and taking d
straigl1ter course.
The news of the race spread llNe
magic to the towns and villages alons
the railway. which the avlators fol
lowed closely, Paulhan being guide
by special train steaming rapidly
northward The peop1e gathered every.
whore to get view of the move
sight. AT Rugby, Paulhan was a
thousand feet up, and the pulsation Of
tho engtnos could be family heart
below.
Compelled to Descend.
Tho machines appeared sometimes
to be swaying dangerously as they
met the varying air currents, bu
still the daring aeroplanists held theil
course. until approaching darkness
(Continued on Second Fage.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
WESTON INJURED
Hurts Not Expected to Interfere With
His Wink.

His Walk.
Troy. n. Y, April 27.-Thomas Pay
son Weston was injured. though not
seriously. on the post road in the
vicinity OF Castleton. about o'clock
this evening. He was walking along
with a boy at his side. when an au-
tomobile ran the boy down and threw
him against Weston. who also was
borne to the ground. In falling, Wes-
ton sustained wrenched ankle. He
was helped to neighboring farm
house. and he expects to resume his
jou1ney at a. NJ. The boy was Sc
verely injured.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
KITCHENER AT HOME
Popular soldier Receives Enthusiastic
WclcOme.

Southampton, April 2T.-Field Mar
shal Lord Kitchener, OF Khartourn. ar
rived here to-day on board the steamer
Oceanic, and was receivAd enthusiast
cally by huge crowd, recalling the
scene upon MS return from Africa. The
MAYOR of ihe corporation greeted the
field nlarsI;tl siapavIS tite steamer. ana
later entertained him at luncheon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
DIVORCE SETTLES STATUS
slrs. McCormicl<'s Husband Supposed
to Have Committed Suicide.

to Have Committed Suicide.
Phoenix. Ariz,, April 27.-Mrs. Mat
tie Mccormick, formerly of Washing
ton. D. c., was granted a divorce yes
terday from John P. Mccormick on
the technical ground of desertion. The
proceedings were part of process TO
establish legally the fact of the death
Of her husband, who is supposed to
have drowned himself at sea off Nor
folk. Va. in 1904.
Mccormick wrote a letter before
boarding steamer, telling his wife
she would never see him again. He
had become financially involved. ac-
cording to her testimony. and the pre-
sumption was that he jumped over
board.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
RICHMOND IN 1912

Veterans Would Have Reunion Here
When Battle Abbey Is Dedicated.
Special to Tho Times -Dispatch.J
Mobile Ala. April 27.-In the alp-
senoe OF Division Commander Stith
Boiling, of Petersburg. Brigadier-Gen
eral j. Thompson Brown assumed com-
mand OF the Virginia Division by spe-
cial order OF Commander Irvine Il
Walker. of the Department OF North
ern Virginia United Confederate Vete-
rams. WE. Archer, commander of r,
u 4, Lee Camp, No. 1S1, has been as
signed to the command Of the First
(coptinued on Second Page.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
TO MEET ROOSEVELT

Seth bullock Leaves for London In
Response to Invitation,
sioux Falls, s. D., April a7.-Captoin
Seth Bullock United States marshal
AFTERNOON for New York, whore he will
sail. to London to meet Colonel Roose-
welt. In accordance with an Invitation
received some weeks ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
VIII Delay start.

Albany, n. Y, April 2S.-After con-
sulting with DR.. Garrison shortly after
midnight. Weston decided to delay the
resumption of his journey until be-
tween and P. NJ. He appeared to
have recovered from the effects Of his
accident, but thought it advisable tc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
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BURIED BY AVALANCHE
-illase Is Destroyed nud One Hundred

VIITUEc II UeNtrUEtU HHV UHc ItUHUf cU
Lives Lost.
Victoria. B. c., April 27.-More than
100 Japanese We're killed on April 3,
when an avalanche plunged down Sun
ageSe Hill, 1t was reported to-day.
The avalanche overwhelmed the village
of Nishinloyamura and buried It and
the adjoining valley for a long dis
.tance under sixteen feet of snow and
debris
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28

Apply C. and o. Passenger oihce,
Eighth and Main. for White sulphur
booklets, oy write John -. Potts, G, II,
a.. Richmond, Ma,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-28
pu,, nryn,, 1ylu wed.

Ruth Bryan VIII Wed.
London, April 27.--The engagement
is announced of Lieutenant Heglnalu
stationed at Jamaica, to Ruth BRYAN,
daughter OF William J, Rryan, who
formerly was Mrs. Nv. III. Leayltt,a !
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
SALESMAN ELATED OVER
PERFORMANCE OF AUTOCAR
Words of Good Cheer Please
Local Agent for Machine

R. w. Brown, travelling man for one
driving in his own machine, an Auto
car, up the coast, and is SO we'll salts
fed that his good words to Manager
Bulkley of the local agency are good
cause for the motor man to feel elated.
Brown recently made trip of 1405
miles in his Autocar. including round
trip to San Francisco. He says the
trip through Casitas pass was all made
on the intermediate gear, with but one
drop into the "low," which was on a
hill near San Luis Obispo, which was
so steep that the gas would not run
into the carburetor, The Frisco trip
was made with only one tire blowout
and two punctures from nails in the
road. He says:
During this trip we kept close tab
on the amount of gasoline used and
purchased at different points, and by
keeping track of the mileage between
different points we found the car was
using one gallon of gasoline to every
sixteen mile run. The engine to my
knowledge did not miss a shot, and its
work on hills as well as on the fiat
was exceedingly satisfactory.
"On our return we found by having
your mechanician examine the car that
the valves and spark plugs were in
good order and there was no break in
any part of the car. The roads from
San Francisco south were very rough
in places and tested the car to its full
capacity, both as to it's pulling quail
tiles and to strength"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
TIRE COST ON SMALL CARS
COMPARATIVELY LITTLE
Light Machine Less Expensive to
Owners Than Big Cars

What will it do? Well, if you are
speaking of the K-R-I-T car, it will
do anything you can ask of big car
and do it well, too. True the market
is filling up with small cars, for bust
ness men are coming to the use of
small cars for their down town or
nearby trips, and saving their big cars
for outings and long trips; for the up
keep Of a small car is inconsiderable
when compared with the big cars. A
whole set of tires, for instance, cost
only about what one does when ur-
chased for a big car
Just to show now good car the
K-I-R-T is, Eddie Bolz, the jolly little
sales manager \of the Pacific Motor
Car and Aviation company, entrusted
his car to Miss Johns, leading lady of
the Ferris Hartman company, who
drove it at high speed through all the
winding roads of Elysian park There
are enough tough stretches of road
in this park to make most any car slip
into the low" but this sturdy little
car took to the grades as naturally as
If built on an incline and taught to
go up and not down. And for easy
riding, particularly with a rumble seat,
where a chaperon can always be car
ried in comfort, nothing more in motor
cars should be asked by fond lovers
or doting parents. It's a perfect peach
of a car, and can take on thirty miles
an hour up and down hill with ease;
and it's small consumption of gas
puts it all to the good for an mex
pensive car to operate.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
HOWARD CO. WILL
CHANGE LOCATION
Head of Concern Coming Here to
Inspect Sites for
Store
MANY BUICK CARS ARE SOLD
Manager of Local Branch De-
CIares Average Is Two
Machines Daily
MANY BUICK CARS ARE SOLD

c. S. Howard, head of the Howard
Automobile company, Pacific coast
agent for the Buick, is touring down
from San Francisco, accompanied by
his family. Mr., Howard is combining
business with pleasure on this trip,
as on his arrival here he will select a
new location for his branch in the
south, which has long since outgrown
its present quarters.
over 500 Buick cars have been de-
livered from this store in the past ten
months, and the average. of two a day
is still intact" says n1anager Frank
Howard of The Howard company's
l-cal branch. Business is on the
boom. The only time our average was
in danger was just before we received
the trainload shipment; however, we
soon caught up. as in the following
seven days we delivered exactly thirty
five cars, which helped a lot Al
though the last car from that ship
ment has long since been sold, we still
have nearly all models for immediate
delivery"
G. P. Bullard, president of the Mari
copa Auto club, arrived in Los An
geles Thursday, accompanied by his
wife. They intend to make Santa
Monica their headquarters for the re-
mainder of the summer. Mr.. Bullard
is the originator of the Los Angeles to
Phoenix race. and is the owner of a
model 16 Buick, a sister car to the
one that captured and still holds the
Los Angeles to Phoenix record. Mr.
Bullard holds several records, one of
which is that between Phoenix and
Castle Creek, distance of seventy
n'Ae miles, twenty-nine of which are
over mountain roads, in the fast time
of three hours and twenty minutes.
This car the Howard Automobile COM
pany unloaded here yesterday for the
use of Mr.. Bullard during his stay
H. j. Coger of the Howard Automo-
bile company, returning from ten
days trip through Ventura and Santa
Barbara, reports Buick business good
in those localities. Coger claims the
credit of placing the first Buick truck
in Santa Barbara, it being the first
commercial truck sold in that city.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
COAST AGENT RETURNS
FROM LEXINGTON PLANT
Secures Supply of Cars for the
Local Market

J. F. Burkhard of the Burkhard-
Crippen Motor Car company returned
Wednesday from the east, where he
has been looking over the automobile
situation in general and the Lexington
conditions in particular.
Burkhard, whose firm is coast agent
for the Lexington cars, spent four
weeks at the factories in Lexington,
Kentucky. and Connersville. Indiana.
He closed contracts for the coming
year for the entire coast, embracing
California. Arizona, oregon and Wash
ington, and purchased a number of
cars which the firm believes will be
sufficient to supply the ever growing
demand for the popular Lexington.
Burkhard says that they will not in
crease the price on their cars, as had
been feared A six passenger torpedo
body and a fore-dQor. seven passenger
touring body will come as regular
equipment on the 80" as will also a
hve-passenger touring body with fore
doors.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
UNDER THREE FLAGS CAR
CROSSES MANY RIVERS
Crew Becomes Skilled in Fording
RivuIetS and Takes Them
with a Rush

"There's a creek: there's creek;
there's a creek at the bottom of the
hill"
This touching little ditty might have
been sung with perfect truth in almost
every mile of the journey of the Flan-
ders 900 "'Under Three Flags" car
while it was working its way through
the Ozarks in Missouri and even later
on, while crossing Oklahoma.
There is a creek at the bottom of
nearly every hill in the region. If the
creek is normally four feet or more
deep there may or may not be a
bridge. If less, the bridge is the ex-
ception. Rushing at creeks came tC
be a regular pastime of the crew OF
the car.
There is usually a twist in the high
way at the bottom of the hill. 1t rem
ders the creek invisible, but the voy-
ager knows it is there. He prepares
accordingly. The "Under Three Flags
car crew went about it Systematically.
Meinzinger would clap on his brakes
and bring the car to standstill half
way down the hill. Bruske would go
ahead and investigate. Wading in the
swift water it would be a case of roll
away stones and pick out the best
road. Meinzinger, on the call, would
open his engine wide, tear down the
foot of the hill and hit the stream
with a rush which would send the
spray flying far over the car and to
both sides. The momentum would
carry the car through as a rule. 1t
did so in every instance with one ex-
ception.
In the north fork of the Pomme
Terre the only ford for twenty miles
was waist deep, A splash in the rush
reached the spark coil and it was nee
essary to jack UP the car and drain the
water out from this part of the mechr
anism before it could complete the trip
to the farthe" side and up the pre-
cipitous bank.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
WELCH-DETROIT PROVES
ABILITY TO STAND RUN
Car Makes Hard Tour and Re-
turns Home Ready to
Start Again

Being used as an emergency car"
on long runs may be hard on the
driver, but a source of pride to the
maker. One such trip is usually
enough, but such use twice in a month
is worthy of recording.
The Welch-Detroit was the starters
C = on the Atlanta-NeW York endur-
ance run. The car carried at all times
1000 pounds of human freight, bag
gage, literature and signs. One of the
five passengers was a big Atlanta po-
liceman, feet inches tall, weighing
235 pounds. Another an Atlanta society
blood weighing 175 pounds.
The big Welch- Detroit started last
every morning, yet was always in at
the finish of a days run to be able
to post the perfect scores and the pen
alizations, besides the running time
fer the next day; yet always riding
so comfortably that the passengers
were never fatigued. The drivers were
careful, handled the car well, discreet
ly in bad places, and made fast time
where the going permitted it. The last
days run from Winchester, Va, to
Philadelphia, Pa, 210 miles. was rec
ord breaker, as terrific rainstorm con-
ditions prevailed.
Finishing this trip, the same car was
put in the "to Montauk Light and
return or bust tour, a distance of
400 miles, including the bottomless- sea
of mud between Amagansett and Mon
tauk Light; yet the Welch-Detroit car
helped fellow competitors through tight
places and demonstrated by a perfect
score that the terrible trip from the
southland had left motor, transmits
sion, frame, wheels, aXles and every
mechanical part in perfect condition.
The Welch-Detroit is a car that is
built by "men who know" and Wheat
land and Blinn, local distributors for
the manufacturers. are justified in
making exceptional claims for the
merits of the car they represent.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
DECIDE AGAINST
24-HOUR CONTEST
indianapolis Motor Speedway
Managers Consider Chances
of Accidents Too Great
ABANDON BALLOON MEETING
Bio Card Planned for Labor Day,
and Large Prizes Will
Be Offered
ABANDON BALLOON MEETING

INDIANAPOLIS, July 16.-The man
agement of the indianapolis Motor
speedway has abandoned it's idea of
holding a Neutrality-suspicious. race Au-
gust 12 and 10, as first planned, so
that the next event will be. on Sep
tember 2, and or the Labor day
meet.
The step was taken because a
fatality might mar the twice-around-
the-clock contest as the long grinds
are considered the most dangerous
events.
Many factories were anxious to take
part in a twenty-four- hour race.
In addition to declaring off the
twenty four hour race the Balloon
meet for the 18th has also been aban-
doned, so that the next contest for
the gas bags will be September II
when the national championship will
be run.
There will be no events at the
speedway in August, as every effort
will be made to handle the two Sep
tember events.
The management Of the speedway
promises something out of the ordi-
nary for its September date. An ef-
fort will be made to secure several of
the foreign entries that will take part
in the grand prize race In October
A purse of $4,000 will be divided to
bring a great many of the free-for- all
cars into a great classic event. 1t
is at present intended to make this
event for 100 miles or more over the
vitrified course with such drivers as
Hemery, Nazarro, Wagner and many
others in competition with the pick of
the American Stars, Robertson, De
Palma, Harroun, Aitken, Lytle and
other of the speed demons. In case
the Speedway trophy donated by
Wheeler & Schebler is not again con-
tested for at the September meet, the
management of the speedway has
decided to put special event on the
card for September for the speedway
gold purse. This event will also be for
cash for cars of 600 inches displace-
ment or less with a minimum weight
of 2300 on the same conditions that
governed for the Wheeler & Schebler
cup. One thousand dollars will be
given for first place, $500 for second
place and $500 for third place. The
Remy Brassard and Prest- O-Lite tro-
phies will finish the big events for
the September dates, while several
short events with liberal purses will
be given during the meet.
1t is planned to have the total cash
prizes exceed S1O,0O0 while the trophy,
plate and prizes will perhaps exceed
three times that value. A special nurse
will be offered for a record for the
short distance up to one mile.
Many factories not at present in the
racing game are making preparations
for the contests after September 1.
It is also the intention of the speed
way management to try to hold an in
ternational amateur championship, Sc
curing the pick of the amateurs of
America and Europe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
ENTERS CAR IN THE 800
MILE RELIABILITY TOUR

NEW YORK, July 16.-Further in
line with the policy of the Columbia
Motor Car company to enter the big
touring events of the year is the entry
of Columbia in the S0O-mile relia-
bility tour, to be held September 7, s,
9 and 10 under the auspices of the
Automobile club of Buffalo. This run.
comprising as it does four continuous
days of running with an average of
200 miles per day, is expected to prove
one of the hardest and most severe
durability contests of the season.
The contest will be held in accord
ance with the A. A. A. contest board
rules, such as governed the recent all
Connecticut durability run, in which a
Columbia car obtained the only per-
feet score out of the twenty-one start
erS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
MITCHELL AGENTS ABLE
TO SUPPLY BIG DEMAND

For the first time this season the
Greer Robbins company is able to
make immediate deliveries of Mitchell
cars. Among the shipments received
last week were two five-passenger,
ose-coupled, six-cylinder Mitchells.
The chassis which was purchased by
the city of Long Beach fire depart
ment will be delivered within a short
while. Instead of brass the polished
metal will be nickol-plated and the car
will have steel studded tires. A spe-
cial body is being made under the
supervision of the Long Beach council.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
RENTING CAR PAYS FOR
SELF IN SIX MONTHS

An EMF car was purchased by the
Glenwood garage at Riverside and put
in the rent service on January Z. This
garage had six highgrade, high priced
cars in the rent service and took the
EMF car In as al experiment, but up
to the first of July, period of little
lecs than six months, this car had
earned enough to pay all the expense
of operation, including repairs, gaso-
line, oil, tires. washing the car and
the drivers wages, in addition to which
it had paid the entire first cost of the
car and left a balance in the owners
possession of $177+
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
BUY AUTOS INSTEAD OF
PIANOS, SAYS ATTORNEY

NEW YORK, July 16.-Another
count has been added to the indict-
lnent against. the automobile. Benja-
min Lesser, attorney for several cred
itors who have filed a petition in bank
ruptcy against a local corporation
which manufactures pianos, says in
explanation of the case:
THE corporation could not realize
on it's stock of pianos on hand. People
are not buying pianos any more; they
are buying automobiles"