The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

E,resno cal cut three hours and five
minutes off the record for the valley
route between Los Angeles and San
Francisco" said Mr.. Denegre johnson
Grove the little car through in the re-
uarlxable time of II hours flat, aver
aging approximately 40 miles per hour.
rrbe best previous record for the trip,
which has been essayed for record pur-
poses by virtually every car sold on the
Tacifie coast, was Il hours and min
utes. This record, which stood for
more than two years, was made by
much larger car than the Hupmobile
According to the San Francisco pa
pars, which made much of the achieve
nent of the Hupmobile, Mr. Johnson
says that the record was due entire
~ to perfect freedom from mechan-
ical difficulties. The only stop on the
way was due to spark plug wire jar
ing loose and this was fastened again
in five seconds.
MANY swollen streams were encoun-
tered between Los Angeles and Ba.
kersfield and these We're forded on
tho high. The maximum speed at.
tained on the trip was 81 miles per
hour. Mr.. Johnson figured TO hold
his average at 10 but when conditions
made 1t necessary to slow up he made
it mp on the next good stretch of road
The start was made from the Times
building i'm Los Angeles at 4:30 O'clock
n. m. and the car landed at the office
OF the Hupmoble dealer in San Fran
cisco at exactly ESQ o'clock that even
ing.
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ber Of pushing Russian politicians. to-
gether with whom they have cultivated
Balkan politics ever since. This partner
ship explains how it happened that these
champions -sf the southern Slavs knew in
advance what the Russian government
dH not suspect, that war would be de-
clared. and were even acquainted with
the approximate date>on which the first
overt acts of hostility would be done The
result of this Pan-Slav arrangement has
been that the feelings of unofficial Rus
sia always corresponded to the momen-
tary needs of the Slav beligerents who
could invariably point to their Russian n
co-partners and the followers of these as
spokesmen of the great Slav empire. Con-
sequently this unofficial Russia merely
reflected back the feelings and opinions
projected on to it from Sofia Belgrade
and Cettnje.
Now all these wheels within wheels are
known to the authorities here, who are
thus able to set Just value upon the
manifestations which they occa sonally
produced, and to which foreigners give a
wholly erroneous Interpretation. Some of
the methods thus employed and certain
among the individuals who employed
them, did more to Illustrate their own
schemes than the steady encouragement
that proceeded from the government. II
is worth noting, as curious psychological
proceeded from the government. 1t is
worth noting, as a curious psychological
tact, that the Pan-Slavist movement has
gained whatever vogue and strength it
possesses through the blunders of it's enc
mics, and has forfeited any chances 1t
may have had-and they were never many
or serious-through its choice of organs
and organizers Certain of the public
workers who lean most strongly in the
PanSlavist direction are understood to
be inspired by ideals and stimulated by
motives which have nothing in common
with the interests or strivings of the
Balkan States.
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