Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-29
CLIDDENITES TO
REST FOR NIGHT
Guests of Davenport Automo-
bile Club at Smoker This
Evening.
ESCORT INTO THE CITY
Two Rock Island Cars in the We'll
coming Party-Pass Through
Here in Morning.


Tri-city automobile enthusiasts
will be given an opportunity to
mingle with the contestants in the
Glidden tour this evening at Dav-
export. The tourists are to spend
the night in that city. The process
sion of cars nearing the end of the
3,000-mile journey was scheduled to
reach Davenport between 5 and S
O'Clock this afternoon, having left
Des Moines at a. m.
A number of tri-city cars escorted
the Gliddenites into Davenport,
meeting them at different points be-
yond the city. Henry w. Tremann
and Ira Buffum drove their cars from
Rock Island. Mr.. Tremann had his
Maxwell 80, and had for his guests
representatives of the Rock Island
newspapers. The tourists are maxi
ing their quarters for the night at
the New Kimball house
The visitors will be the guests of
the Davenport Automobile club at
smoker at the Commercial club at
8 O'Clock this evening. The tour
lists will leave Davenport at to-
morrow morning. crossing the Rock
Island bridge, following Twenty
fourth street to Fifth avenue, thence
on through Moline and east to Chi
cage, the end of the jruoney.
Arrange Reception at Chicago.
Chicago, June 29.-Final arrange
ments for the reception of the Glidden
tourists tomorrow were completed by
the officials of the Chicago Motor club
yesterday. A number of machines will
be sent to the city hall at 2:30 o'clock
TO convey the aldermen and city Off
Gals who will give the tourists a civic
welcome. These cars and between 200
and 800 others will assemble in and
around the. circle at Garfield park and
Jackson boulevard at o'clock This
spot will constitute the official end OF
the long trip.
The first of the Glidden cars is ex-
pected to arrive at about 1880. When
all have arrived parade will be form
ed of the competing and local cars.
which will proceed to Michigan avenue
by way of Jackson boulevard, and
thence south to Twenty-eighth street.
Barney Oldfield will be one of the mar.
shals. The Glidden cars will be placed
in garage on the row. to await the
examination of the technical commit
tee on Friday. The tourists will be en-
tertained at smoker at the New South
ern hotel tomorrow night.
Cars to Be Marked.
The official headquarters of the A. A
A. contest board will be at the New
Southern hotel. In order that all cars
which have Travelled the entire dis
lance from Cincinnati to Chicago may
be recognized on their arrival, each
contesting car will have painted on it's
tonneau door an aluminium ring with
its number in white on a red ground.
the ring indicating that the car has
covered the complete circle of 1850
miles. Non-contesting cars will have
the letter IN inside the ring, official
cars the letter 90" and press cars the
letter "P." All other cars without
these distinguishing marks have not
covered the entire distance, having
been shipped at certain points by rail-
way or otherwise
Parry Disqualified.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 29.-The
sensation of yesterdays run of the
Glidden tour was the disqualification
of the Parry Automobile company by
the contest board of the A A. A. The
of the Parry company to Sc.
cure an injunction in Kansas City to
prevent the contest board from pub
fishing its official record and TO stop
the tour has resulted only in the In
company being made ineli-
sible for entry in all events conducted
under the auspices of the American
association.
Yesterdays run from Omaha to Des |
Mones carried the Gliddenites over
the finest roads found during the |
whole tour. Nevertheless, six cars |
lost points. Premier No. 1, now lead
ing in the Glidden trophy class, was |
penalized two points for replacing |
tan belt, Premier No. lost ia points |
or putting in a new spring. Chalmers |
suffered 16 points for valve adjust |
nent, Maxwell lost six for taking
water and replacing the fan belt. Mo |
inc 101 suffered six for taking water |
and Moline 1O2 lost three for the same
How Penalties stand.
GLIDDEN TROPHY.
Penalties. Penalties |
Car. Make. Tuesday. total
Premier ....... 2 8
premier ia 766.
5-Chalmers-'3 16 80
MAXWELL 90 |