East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-31
Held I'm For spee(lIng.

Let me explain began Mr.. Mears,
you can explain to the lieutenant at
the station house." broke in the off
GER sarcastically. "Look a-here," said
the chauffeur, we've got to get"
Now don't you try to get funny,
warned the irate policeman, climbing
on the running board. Take the first
street to the right and don't try to hit
1t up-see?"
Mr. Mears was having difficulty re-
straining his friends, but he was get
ting desperate himself. "See here,
officer" he cried. I'm just start
ing around the world to beat the rec
ord, and I've got to make the Mau-
retania!"
The policeman's attitude changed
instantly. You're not John Henry
Mears? Why, 1 read all about you in
the paper today. Co along, and good
luck to you. How did l know it was
you?" Climbing down from the run
ming board. "Give my love to old Ire
land when you" But the car was
far away by now, and the last words
were lost, and let us hope the 'jinx'
was. too.
Mr.. Mears' travel will be entirely
in Verne's account, no elephants or
other unusual means of transportation
will be used. Mr.. Mears' route is via
London, St. Petersburg, Mukden, Flu
san. Shimonoseki, Yokohama Victor
la, Seattle. Spokane, Minneapolis, St
Paul and Chicago. He has very care
fully figured ou his schedule with its
in many cases, close connections, and
has endeavored to forestall all delays
Letters of introduction to railway men
and others of influence in foreign
countries will, it is hoped, interest
them in his rapid fire" trip to such
an extent as to smooth the obstacles
from his path and prevent broken con-
nections from delaying him Among
these letters is one from Mayor Gay
nor of New York to the Lord Mayor
of London. Leaving out London and
st. Petersburg, where Mr. Mears will
remain two days and one day respec-
lively, his stay at connecting points
will not exceed three hours at any one
place. In two or three instances il
will not be more than fifteen or TWEEN
ty minutes.
Reaches Victoria August ..
His schedule provides for his reach
ing Victoria, b. c., Saturday, August
9, on the splendid new Canadian Pa
cific Railway steamship Empress o.
Russia There a private yacht of the
Seattle Yach Club will meet him al
quarantine and whisk him to Seattle
Here he will take the North Coas
Limited train of the Northern Pacific
Railway for st. Paul on August Enc
and continue on to Chicago by th'
same train Wit the North Western
Line. Between Chicago and New
York the Lake Shore and New York
Central Lines will be used, New Yorl
being reached on Wednesday, Au
gust G, at 1000 p. m. The crucla
point in the whole journey is at Yo
kahama. If that connection with th'
Empress of Russia be missed the at
| tempt will fail. 1t is thought tina
| arrangements have been made so tina
| barring extraordinary accidents or de
! LAYS, the japanese railway official
will see that this important connec
! ton is certain to be made. If neces
sary, the Northern Pacific will holt
its train a reasonable time at Seattl
to enable Mr.. Mears to catch it, max
| ing up the lost time before reaching
| st. Paul.
Wears GoOd-luck Charm.
An amusing feature of Mr.. Mears
trip is the trinkets he carries with
him, given to him by friends. An In
dian charm around his neck. which
/ has been through the San francisco
| earthquake and stage hold-up, vii
surely prove a good luck charm, thu
fair owner firmly believes. Mrs. JohI
] Drew gave him much travelled $2(
! gold piece, to be replaced in her col
| lection when it shall have returned
from its long journey Mr.. Mear
says: The most absurd object Tn
carrying is an alarm clock. In spit
of my protestations, a friend insiste'
that | take it. He thinks | may rel,
upon an undependable porter. over
sleep and miss connection IL
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