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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Monday for Buffalo, Niagara and New
York. Wtele they Wiz spend several
weeks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Miss Margaret Webb has joined her
grandmother, Mrs. G. G. Roy, of AT
lanta, here and they will go to Mar
ragansett Pier. to spend several weeks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Miss BESSIE Boykn has returned
from Il 1nouths' stay N "Dixons." near
the Va hite Sulphur
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Mr.. G. a. Peple returned Saturday
from a two weeks stay at McClung,
Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Peasants, oc Richmond. who have
been travelling abroad for some time,
are sailing this week for New York,
and will return to their country
homes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Miss Ruth Harding IS attending a
house party in the home of Mr.. 7.
Il. VIM. near Baskerville. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Miss Eleanor MONTGOMERY spent the
week end as the guest Of Mrs. James
j. Pollard Mt otterburn Springs Mr.
and Mrs. Pollard and Miss Montgom
cry motored back To town Sunday
evening
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29
Messrs. Grant Entertain.

Misses LYell and .Porterfield. Of this
city, attended most enjoyable dance
at Culpeper, Friday evening, given by
"a nroppa DANCING lE1Ib
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they will test out the racing cars they
will drive in the third road race for the
Automobile Club of Americas grand
prize gold cup at Savannah in Novem-
ber. The cars are nearly finished, and
will be ready for severe road tests when
the twp young drivers reach the parent
Fiat plant IN Italy
S. NJ Butler. chairman of the contest
board of the American Automobile Assc-
c,ation, has just sent three certificates to
David Bruce Brown fer records the latter
made at Indianapolis May 80 last The
certificates are for speedway records, re-
gardless of class. as fsllews: 30 miles,
/ hour, 81 minutes, Is seconds; 100 miles,
2 hours. 80 minutes. % seconds. and 25l
miles. 3 hours. II minutes. 40 seconds.
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Undoubtedly the most important con
ference in the interest of highway i'm
provement that has ever taken place IN
the east will be held within the next fort
night, when the highway officials CT New
York, Massachusetts and Connecticut will
make tour of inspection ever some OF
the more important roads of their re-
srective states.
The details for this conference are nov
being arranged by the Touring Club OF
America The New York delegat on W l.
meet at Albany and from that point the
motor tour will be made to Pittsfeld and
thence to Springfield Mass. where the
general conference will be held.
While the object OF the tour Is to dis
cuss available methods for the adoption
Of uniform plans for highway construc-
tt0n, whereby trunk line routes may be
availAble for motorists travelling through
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pating as one Of the great national cara
van travelling over. the highways, and af-
fording to every locality through which
the tour passes wonderful object les
son of not only the stability and reiia-
hility of the automobile ASA means of
transportat IN, but what is now of
greater aIiu more vital moment, the
absolute necessity Of properly con-
available for daily use the motor mechan-
ism which the efforts of the best automo-
bile engineers and manufacturers have
evolved into the thoroughly practicable
road vehicle Of today.
The status Of any community is known
by the roads ii keeps and tie passage OF
the national tour causes competitive
roadmaking campaign to be inaugurated
by every community along the line. Tha
first evidence comes from Jacksonville,
where the Duval county commissioners
have already awarded the contract for
hard-surfacing the highway from jack
sonviile TO the county line, to be com i.
pleted before the start of the tour. Sinli-
lar assurances have been received from
the various communities along the line
will result in producing the best po 'siEle
road conditions over the entire route
The competitive feature of the tour is
strongly impressed by the active forma-
tion of representative teams of three cars
each to compete for the Glidden trophy,
not only by towns and cities along the
route but by those adjacent thereto and
even by neighboring and distant sections.
Teams may be looked for from Harrisburg.
York. Baltimore, Washington. Roanoke,
Winston-Salem, Anderson, Salisbury and
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= RALPH NULTORD

pleasant stay Of two weeks at the sea-
shore. They motored via the short
route" to Philadelphia. experiencing no
trouble either going or returning.
A Hudson roadster, fully equipped. was
delivered last week to DIR. J. c. Wyn-
kcop Of this city.
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Francis Prescott Blair has returned
from Gloucester, Mass, where he has
been enjoying summer outing during
the past two weeks. He made the trip
in Maxwell roadster He found the
roads in excellent condition and was en-
thus.astic over the trips which he took
over the New England roads during his
stay In the north.
Robert Cartmell and F. p. Blair left
Washington yesterday morning at
O'Clock In Hartford touring car
for New York city. which point they ex-
pected to reach last evening at sundown.
Trey Will make the return trip Tuesday
over the road, driving Mr.. Cartmelrs q
new fifty-horsepower Pope-Portola road
ster, built along the lines of the Pope
Hartford racing car.
Sales of Washington cars were an
nounced durin" the past week as fol-
lows: NJ. E. Myers, Ave-passenger tour
ing car finished in brewster sreen; s..
III Osborn, toy tonneau touring car fin
ished in Washington blue; e. B. Parker.
landaulet, Brewster green. A seven-pa
senger Washington car. finished In dark
green with upholstering OF the same col
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Macon, as well as New York. Atlanta
and Jacksonville. and Detroit, Chicago
Indianapolis and many other towns and
cities in the United States and the prog
ress of such teams during the running
of the tour will afford most interesting
and competitive conditions.
Many veterans of the early Glidden
tours before the process of evolution
had brought the tour to a highly tech
nica1 try-out of the individual car, have
signified their intention of participating
in the tour under the present conditions
Driving Speedwell So from Kansas
City to Los Angeles, a distance of 4, ,72O
miles, without bit OF engine trouble has
been the good fortune of X. o. Rieger
and s. D. Perkins. residents of Kansas
City.
Leaving Kansas City June 1G, they took
the southern route following the Santa
Fe trail as far as Santa Fe. N. NJ, and
from there In general way the Santa
Fe Railroad. The big. car carried them
into Los Angeles just three weeks from
the day they started.
After a four days rest they headed for
Kansas City, making the return trip in
ten days. counting two days spent in Salt
Lake City and Ogden. Their running
time from Salt Lake City to Kansas City
utes. During the entire trip the weather
was quite favorable and the roads fair.
making the tour an ideal vacation outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Tanner and
son returned Thursday from Atlantic
City in their Ford touring car, after a
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STAR DRIVERS IN ELGIfN AUTO RACES-LATESTA Auto

Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New
York, the conference has aleo been
planned with the object Of bringing about
a personal meeting between the highway
commissioners and engineers of tn Sc
.aates. William H. CatIin. who was re-
Gently appointed by Gov. John A. Dix as
state superintendent of highways. and
State Engineer John A. BenSel of New
York will meet for the first time the
highway officials of the other states in
conference for a uniform system Of in
terstate roads.
At the present time all of these COM
monwealths have many miles of good
roads and they are being improved all the
time, but one Of the highway needs which
has long been recognized is the necessity
of more continuous trunk lines from state
to state, which in their construction and
measurements will be of uniform stand
ard. All of these things. In addition TO
many other interesting matters on the sub
ject of state highways, will be thorough
ly discussed by the members when they
meet in Springfield.
An interesting feature of this coming
inspection tour and highway discussion %
the fact that it will be really the first
a tri-state conference of men In charge
of their state highways. with over $780,
O00 00Oo at their disposal for this purpose,
has been successfully arranged to formu-
late definite plans for uniform routes.
Logan Waller Page, director of the
United States Office of public roads. and
who has done a great deal to stimulate
the good roads movement in this coun-
try will be the guest on the tour of Conde
Mast, president of the Touring Club of
America Among the others who will
start on the inspection trip from Albany
will be State Superintendent of Highways
William II. Catlin and State Engineer
John A. Bensel of New York, Col. Henry
McNair, special agent of the United
States office of public roads and editor
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practical and promising of any CONNER
cial car contest which has yet appeared,
was planned by a Philadelphia CONNER
cial car publication. The contest. as
originally planned, was to have started
August Is, and a large number of entries
were received, all expressing the greatest
enthusiasm.
A wave of the hand, indicating the
drivers intention to either wait for pedes-
trians to cross or to go ahead. will save
many accidents and narrow escapes at
street corners. 1t Is a small thing, but
will often avoid trouble. Even when a
person Is not hit. being compelled to more
or less acrobaticaliy jump out Of the way
Of an onrushing mudguard when the per-
son thought it was safe to proceed. 1t Is
liable to make decided enemy who per-
haps may make 1t uncomfortable for
motorists.
David Bruce Brown and Caleb s. Bragg
sailed for Europe on the Olympic yester-
day. en- route to the Fiat works at Turin,
Italy These two famous drivers will be
abroad for about two months. At Turin
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OWEN s nDr nat S @

Of the Automobile Blue Book; A. H. Rem
ME of Albany and Luke j. Minahan of
Pittsfield, members Of the touring clubs
advisory board of governors. and Freder-
ick H. Elliott. secretary Of the Touring
Club Of America.
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The contests for the Glidden touring
trophy have for seven years past demon
strated to the public at large the merits
and advantages of the modern motor car.
The eighth contest for this classic trophy
which will be conducted by the American
Automobile Association, starting from
New York october IA and ending at
Jacksonville October .25. will continue TO
give material proof Of motor car relia-
btlity. 1t will do more. The elinina-
tion Of the many technical details. and
restrictions heretofore imposed now
makes it possible for the Individual tour
fst who is the owner of bona fide tour
ing car or runabout to go through the
tour with the minimum Of expense and
Inconvenience and the maximum enjoy
ment OF the pleasures of real touring.
while at the same time aiding the g1 eat
cause OF road Improvement and thereby
indirectly benefitting himself by partici-
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Automobile Calendar.

August 2J-26-Elgin road races,
Chicago Motor Club.
September 1-Reliability run for
trucks of Chicago Motor Club, Chi
cago.
September 1-Oklahoma reliabil
ity run, Daily Oklahoman.
September 2-4-Brighton Beach
races, New York.
September 4-Denver track race,
Denver Motor Club.
September 7-S-Philadelphia track
race. Philadelphia Automobile
Trade Association.
September 7-S-9-Track meet,
Minnesota State Automobile Asso-
citation, Hamline track, Minnesota.
September 12-13-Track meet.
State Automobile Association.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 15-Track meet. Appa-
lachian exposition, Knoxville. Tenn.
September 16-Track meet, Auto
mobile Club and Dealers. Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
September 23-Road race, Lowell,
Mass, Lowell Automobile Club.
October 3-7-Track race, Dam
bury, Conn.,, Agricultural Society.
October 7-Fairmount Park road
race, Philadelphia.
October 9-13-1 .000-mile reliabil-
ity. Chicago Motor Club.
October 16-1S-Reliability run OF
Harrisburg Motor Club.
November TRACK meet OF Waco
Automobile Club. Waco, Tex.
November Extraordinarily run
Of Quaker City Motor Club. Phil
adelphia.
November 0-11-Track meet, San
Antonio Automobile Club.
November 7-lO - Phoenix road
race, Maricopa Automobile Club.
November To- Track meet OF
Maricopa Automobile Club. Phoe-
nix. Ariz.
November q Vanderbilt road
race. Savannah, Ca
November % Grand priS race.
Savannah. Ga.
November 30-December 2-3-Los
Angeles motordrome.
December 25-26 Los Angeles
motordrome.
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- be treated 10 Two days OF au'o-
Il mobile racing at Elgn, H., Au-
gust 1923 on which occasion
the American Automobile Association's s
national stock chassis races will be held.
Everything Is in readiness for the big
event and IL is predicted that all speed
records for the road will be broken. As
an indication of the terrific speed which
IS predicted will take place, one of the
most prominent drivers in the country
has pronounced the course capable OF
eighty miles an hour. The prizes put up
by the various organizations and manu-
facturers are well up in the thousands,
and this alone is an incentive for the
speed kings TO negotiate the course in
record-breaking time. The course is II
excellent trim for the affray, over 10000
gallons of crude oil having hardened tn
roadbed until IL is dustproof and COM
pares favorably with the famous tracks
of Europe. 1t is expected that over 10o,
OOO persons will attend the races, which
is an annual event in the west. The affair;
will be under the joint auspices of the
Chicaso Moor Club and the .E,lgin Auto
mobile Road Racing Association.
AS before. the course is eight
miles. 9, 100 feet in length. while improve
ments in the course this year have been
most noticeable. Over $4,000 was spent
by the motor orGaniza.io ion in improving
the home stretch alone. Parts of the
road have been widened from sixteen te
fifty-four feet. so that 1t will be perfectly
easy for the drivers to speed three
abreast pas the arandstand. A number
of the turns have also been widened and
at one point on the course, which last
year was a dangerous curve can this
year be taken at almost full speed. TeIe-
graph poles Lave also been reset in order
TO give the speeders plenty of room and
offer greater safety. The west leg of
the course year ago was nothing more
than a country lane. today il is consider
ed one of the fastest points i'm the stretch
II Is only a mile i'm length, but is capable
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or. was delivered, fully equipped t.
Lewis Kann.

or. was delivered. fully equipped to
Lewis Kann.
J. B. Hall left yesterday in Maxwell
touring car on an extended trip through
the Shenandoah valley, going via Balti-
more, Green Spring valley, Westminster,
Hagerstown and thence down the valley
to Staunton.
George D. Hopkins and party OF
friends in an American Traveller passed
through Washington yesterday en- route
from Alexandria. Va. to Leonardtown,
Md. They expect to return home Tues
day evening.
Rev. B. D. Cav. pastor of the West
Washington Baptist Church, and his
brother, Harry G. Cav, left yesterday
morning for stewarts Graft. Va, via
White Ferry and the Shenandoah valley.
In Ford touring car.
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Maxwell cars were delivered last week
to the following: Model EA touring car.
fully equipped, to Charles B. Hanford.
the actor: model | touring car, fully
equipped. to Samuel E. Browne. and a
model GA touring car to A. A. Towers.
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The orange Oldsmobile racing car own
ed by Matt Trimble of this city has been
entered in the Fairmount Park Automobile
races at Philadelph this fall. The car
at the present time is In that city.
X
E. j. Dorm of Mallaton, England, in a
letter to Charles K. Miller & Bro of this
city. stated that during the recent aero
plane flights throughout the British Isles
for fifty-thousand-d dollar prize the re-
porters of the London Daily Mail fol-
lowed the airmen in twenty Ford cars.
over all kinds OF roads, from point to
point.
Judge Alton B. Parker of International
and legal reputation, and democratic
nominee for President some years ago,
has just purchased a type M six.
cylinder Locomobile touring car, In
which he expects to enjoy the beauties of
America.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Henry Small, jr., Miss
Madison Small and H. 3. Leary, jr, leave
early tomorrow morning In q Hudson 's3r'
touring car for Philadelphia. via the
'.short route" Trenton and Asbury Park,
N. j., where they will make a short
STOP Later they will motor to New York,
and thence over the Boston post road to
Boston. They expect to be gone about
two weeks on the trip.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Callisher, NJ. Hess, J
w. b. Arrison and n. Kdhn left this
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Detroit line of cars in this city during
the coming season.
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David s. Hendrick returned Wednesday
from Atlantic City, where he has been
sojourning for the past two weeks.
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The southern states are working their
convicts on public roads.
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The national efficiency and economy
competition has been postponed six
months and will not start until Febru-
ary, 1912. This contest, which the COM
mercial car world hailed as the most
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of fast speed At the present time the
course will average twenty-four feet. as
against sixteen feet in 1910 While the
course was dustless last year, the number
of gallons was increased from 44,COO to
almost double that amount, in order to
make il one of the most perfect in this
country.
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The 3O0-mile Elgin national stock
chassis race August % will be one Of the
most exciting automobile events from the
spectators standpoint ever held in the
United States, in the opinion Of Harry
F. Grant. twice winner of the Wander
bilt cup race, who was the first entrant
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morning I'm Mr.. Callisher's new Washing
ton car for Gettysburg. After viewing
the battlefield the party will return home
this evening.
w. Eikins Reed returned few days
aso from visit to his brother. George
E. Reed. owner OF the Central garage,
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BY HOWARD FISK.

F'TER a considerable lapse OF
time the motoring public is to
be treated to two days of auto
\ mobile racing at Elgin. H., Au-
gust 1913, on which occasion
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-13
SPLIT ON WOOL
Democrats Have Not Drawn
Bill TO Revise Duty.
MAY POSTPONE ACTION
Chairman Underwood, Of Ways and
Means Committee, Though, Says
Bill Acceptable to Party
Will be Framed.

Washington, May e.-That part of
the Democratic program to revise the
wool schedule has apparently dead
locked the ways and means committee
of the house.
At the same time It is improbable
that efforts to persuade the Demo
cratic members of the ways and means
committee TO postpone the wooden
bill until next winter win be success
full.
Representative Underwood, chair
man OF the ways and means commit
tee. summed up the wool situation
when he said:
after the house passes the free list
bill the ways and means committee
will begin immediately the consider
alton of the wool schedules. II Is true
that there are differences in the party
regarding wool, but / feel assured
that we will be able to draft bill ac-
ceptable to the party as a whole and
that it will be ready within a few
weeks"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-13
HITCHCOCK KEEPS CONTROL
May Give Up Reins of Republican Ma
tionaI Committee After 1912.

Washington, May 11.-While the Sc
lection of a chairman for the national
Republican committee, who will con
duct the next presidential campaign
has not been seriously considered b.
administration politicians, the name Of
Senator Penrose has been mentioned
in this connection.
The suggestion was first offered by
Representative Barchfeld, of Pitts
burg, although he did so without con
ferring either with Senator Penrose
or members of the national committee
While his suggestion has been well
received, it is admitted to be too early
to begin the consideration of a man
ager for the next campaign.
1t is practically certain that Post
master General Hitchcock will con
tinue to be the active head of the
party organization for some time to
come, although ostensibly the chair
manship is held by another. The or
ganization is under his control and
management and will continue to be
as federal patronage gives him a
strong leverage.
Those who are closest to Mr.. Hitch
cock believe that if he were forced &c
do either, he would resign from the
cabinet rather than surrender the
leadership of the national committee
But it is probable that, when the com
mittee reorganizes following the next
national convention, some one other
than Mr.. Hitchcock will be chosen 10
direct the campaign.
The suggestion of Senator Penrose' r
name as the man to manage the com
ing campaign is well received by the
old-line politicians, who recognize hi
political generalship and peculiar fit
ness for the place.
The fact that the president is largely
dependent upon Senator Penrose TO
get his reciprocity measure out of the
committee ON finance, and for its pas
sage by the senate, which Senator
Penrose has given assurance will be
done, will in measure place the pres
ident under obligations to him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-13
MISSING Man Found pazed.

Middletown. NJ ", May edwin
]. Sawyer. prominent fruit grower
OF this city, has been missing from his
home since April 81, when he started
for Richmond. Va, to look after
farm which he had purchased His
family heard nothing of him until
telegram was received by the locf
police stating that Mr. Sawyer had
been found in dazed condition on tho
streets OF Washington.
Presbyterian Budget S5,43f,423.
Auburn, N. ", May 6.--The budget
committee of the executive commits
sion of the Presbyterian church. ia
session here, announced the budget
for the year 1911-1912 and will pre-
sent it to the general assembly. H.
calls for total of $5.431, 1896 for the
coming year, of which s3,1S1,2S2 is for
benevolent and missionary purposes
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-13
M'MANIGAL TO PLEAD GUILTY
Attorneys For McNamaras Prepare
Defense Against Dynamite Charge.

Defense Against Dynamite Charge.
Los Angeles, Cal, May S.-While at
torneys for the prosecution express
confidence that Ortie E. McManigal
will plead guilty to the charges of
murder and dynamiting, and will ap-
pear as the principal witness for the
prosecution by reason of his confess
sion duplicating John j. and James b.
Mcnamara, they deny that he has
been promised immunity.
Attorneys for the McNamaras are
preparing to refute the testimony of
McManigal with evidence they have
secured by detectives who have gone
over the Jobs" which McManigal says
he did with j. B. Mcnamara.
Leo NJ. Rappapart, attorney for the
Mcnamara brothers, is on his way
east with copies of the testimony in
troduced at the hearings which result
ed in the grand jury indictments.
These are TO be presented to Clarence
barrow, who will act as leading coun-
sci for the defense and will arrive in
Los Angeles about May Is. He acted
in the same capacity in securing the
acquittal of Haywood and Pettibone.