The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-30
A TELEGRAPH VOTE
FOR GL|DDEN TOUR
Detroit, indianapolis, Chica.
go Candidates. Some
Gotham Auto Gossip.
palladium Specially

pTeSlu6nL On the american AuLOmoDlIe
Association Is chairman of sub-com-
mittee that is to decide upon the city
for the start of the 1912 Gidden tour.
The executive committee of the A. A.
A. had a meeting recently in Buffalo
at which the claims of number OF
cities were brought up, but in order
to get decision in the matter it was
decided to leave 1t to the sub-commit-
tee. The other members of this are
Lewis R. Spears. of Boston; w. e.
Meyer, of Des Moines; John Wilson,
of Franklin, Pa, and William f. Metz
ger Of Detroit. These men will vote by
wire on the town that is to be select
ed. The decision will be made in
short time.
At the Buffalo meeting it is under
stood the choice narrowed down to
Indianapolis and Detroit. There have
been some reports from Detroit that
there is no particular eagerness to OBJ
tain the privilege, although to Offset
these 1t may be said that the formal
application for the start Of the Gid
den tour has not been withdrawn by
troit. Minneapolis, although still in the
ring, Is considered to have slight chan
ces, because from Minneapolis to
New Orleans is regarded as too long
a jaunt to be satisfactory. Besides
that, a tour from Minneapolis to some
Pacific coast point is generally regar-
ded as the proper thing for some
subsequent year.
Not a few persons in the A. A. A,
as well as outside of 1t, would like to
see Chicago selected as the point of
departure. They regard it as a very
good place, the more so because a
Chicago-New Orleans tour seems to
link up two names very pat, something
like New York-Jacksonville did last
year In fact, If Indianapolis is selected
as the start for the tour this autumn,
the car that does the path-fnding will
start from Chicago. because it is be-
lieved many Chicago folks would like
to travel, over this frst stage, in Or
der to take part in the Gidden tour.
Thus far nothing has been definitely
settled, but there are influences to be
brought to bear that will work hard
for Chicago for the beginning of the
tour. Col Joyce, as a Minnesota man,
no doubt will favor the Twin Cities
for start. 1t may be said that, if
enough entries Of cars can be guaran-
teed from Minneapolis and ST. Paul,
these cities will have a first rate
chance of getting the tour.
The report of the compromise COM
mittee of the Automobile Club of
America, dealing with a number of
points of argument between the ad
let nd ino oil
In that organization, will be received
by members of the club today 1t was
being printed last night and will be
put in the mail early this morning The
report Is the work of a committee of
nine, Messrs. Taft. Belmont, Ledyard,
Allen. Sanderson, Morrell, Peters, Vail
aid Eby.
No tnkling Of the nature of the re-
port could be got officially yesterday.
but 1t 1t pretty generally understood
that the administration element has
been successful in number of It's
contentious. Following a meeting that
will be held late In the month, at
which the report will come up for ac-
ceptance by members of the club, the
annual election of officers will be held.
This should have been early in April,
but because of the conditions, it can
not be until well along in May.
The summer meeting Of the Society
of Automobile Engineers will be held
on June q, % and 20 in Detroit Head
quarters will be In the Hotel Pont-
chartrain. Howard E. Coffin, II. w
Alden and Russell Huff make up the
entertainment committee; H. NJ. Lee
land and Tracy Lyon are the finance
committee. F. Fl. Floyd, E. E. Sweet
and H. =. Corse, the transportation
committees and G. w. Durham, F. H.
Berge and J. G. Vincent, the hotels
committee.
Not every motorist makes extended
use Of his car on Sundays. although
that unusually Is regarded as the glib
day for touring. A machine was report
ed in East Orange as speeding 40 miles
an hour on Sunday, and the police
out there got a number. Tracing 1t
back they found 1t was that of New
ark man, who says they are wrong
about it,
40 10 On sundays ana
don't use my automobile on that day"
he said. Nobody else was in my car,
for it was in my garage all day and no
body could take it out without my per-
mission
Over in New Jersey a day or so ago
boy of eighteen called up a garage
and ordered big car sent on livery to
an address he gave. When it came he
with number of companions got in
and drove around for three hours.
Then he told the man to return to the
garage and said he'd be around to set
tie. The driver. failing to get money at
once, had the boy arrested
In a police court. the magistrate
said that he couldn't be held on a
charge of obtaining value under false
pretenses and the law had to be
searched in order to discored a clause
under which he could be held. Eventu-
ally section was found that said a
person hiring horse and wagon and
misrepresenting the destination and
purpose. Is liable to punishment. So.
under the horse and carriage law, the
automobile offender was detained for
further consideration of his case