The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-26
10 TOUR WORLD IN AUTO
FOR SOULS AND GAME
friend and Rival of Hunter
Roosevelt Win Combine Sport
With Evangelism

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.--Richard
Ijader, noted as q missionary and .
~ game hunter, sailed on the steam
1f George washington for CherDourg,
where he will begin a Is months
evangelical tour OF the world in an
1uIomobile.
Mr.. Traders home is at No. 703
Park-ave. A friend of Col. Roosevelt.
~ has hunted Wild animals In the
same portion OF Africa to which the
<orner president journeyed with his
rifle. camera and typewriter In the
spring Of 1909. His missionary trip
Will take him to Africa again, and
during the Intervals in his evangelical
work he will seize every opportunity
70 lift the burden OF life from any
Hon. tiger or dik-dik that happens to
venture forth on an illadvised stroll
rom It's jungle Preside.
according TO Capt. John I--McGee.
IN charge OF the Salvarlon Army's In
dostrial home at No. 533 West Forty
eiEhth-st.. Mr.. Tjader will be accom-
panied on his gospel spreading trip
0y his wife. Mrs. Tjader Us a daugh-
ter OF Samuel Thorne, the banker, and
lister OF Oakleigh Thorne. president
of the Trust Co. OF America. Samuel
I1orne. Jr. formerly an assistant dis
trIct-attorney. is also her brother.
The Traders were married at Mill
brook, N. Y, on Sept. 10, 1899, and
their honeymoon was spent in q
world circling tour, which took them
Into the vicinity Of the gruff voiced
beasts OF Africa.
Moral Effect Of q Motor.
Mr.. Tjader has never before evange-
Iixod from q machine, nor has he en-
ployed an automobile on any or his
shooting excursions. He believes that
when he attempts to instill religion
into the cynical natives of unenlight
oned settlements the sight Of the au-
fomobils will swing these natives
around to the decision that there are
many things they could very easily
learn without suffering injury.
Mr.. Tjader announced his trip
when he spoke to two hundred mem
beers OF the Down and Out club" az
. the Industrial home on Forty-eighth-
q. He told of his many jungle ex-
pcriences and of how close he some
times came to death. His audience
was exceedingly interested in the
talk.
II shall 60 to Germany" he said.
land begin my real trip from there.
/ have decided to consecrate IL
months Of my life to the service OF
the Lord"
Mr.. Tjader is about 40 years old
and was born In Sweden. He il six
feet two inches tall. and. in the words
OF Capt. MCGEE, he would be the
1910 A~-.s ltA III. g. ftnna
stray In that direction"
His Car and Dog Casualties.
In October. 1907. he injured his
spine while riding on Third-ave.
car A month previously he took out
policy In the Casualty Company or
America which entitled him to $500
week II he met with an accident, on
100000 IL he was permanently dis
obled. Because OF the car accident he
Was paid $24.500.
In July, 1908, he was bitten on the
right hand by his dog at Rowayton,
Conn. Two days later the dog showed
signs or rabies. SO Mr.. Tjader under
went treatment at the Pasteur insti-
tute. II was found that he had es-
capped infection.
But out of the attack on him by
the dog grew an exhibition OF rest
lossness on the part OF the Casualty
Company OF America. The newspa-
pers printed story OF the mission
ary's hard battle with the dog, and II
struck them that there had probably
been some mixup In the report OF Mr..
finders condition at the time they
paid him the $24,500. As a result OF
an Investigation, Mr.. Tjader cheer
fully refunded to the company $500
OF the Indemnity.