Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-09
AFRAID
To RIDE IN CAR
Gets His First Glimpse of An
Auto and Fears to Risk His
Royal Neck in Machine

An automobile party drove up in
front of the royal palace in a Chinese
proxince few weeks ago and sent
word in to the ruling prince that they
would like 10 take him out, for a ride.
But this particular prince, it seems,
had never seen an automobile before
and was so terrified at the prospect of
riding in one that he did not even ex-
press his regrets in person. He did
his inspecting from a safe distance
and then sent out his card.
The appearance of the car, accord
ing to ShNng Mel News agency dis
patch from Peking, caused great ex-
element through the princes home
town.
"Commander Thomas Hutchins,
American naval attache, and E. C.
Mcpherson, manager of E. w. FraZar
& Co." says the dispatch, have COM
pleted the round trip to Tunging, the
Ming Eastern Tombs, by automobile
and it is believed that this is one of
the first times that this trip has been
successfully made"
In the old days, when it was the
fashion to go out on horseback, the
trip took some three days one way.
at least two nights being spent on the
road. BY automobile. in spite of the
sandy roads, the rivers that had to be
crossed by ferry, and the many other
difficulties encountered the entire trip
was done in eight hours, and without
any mishaps of any kind. A Dodge
Brothers car was used.
THE party left the Tsihyamen, or
East Gate at on Thursday morning;
$50 saw them at the Pei Ho, and
9:15 at San Ho Hsien. This was the
place that was selected in the days of
pony travel as the stopping place on
the first night, and by automobile was
reached in a scant three hours and a
quarter. The second nights stopping
place, Dichow, was reached at IL: As
and at 2:15 the party rolled into the
Eastern Tombs and were met by the
Manchu princes bodyguard. The old
fashioned troops, still carrying broad
swords. and some even bows and ar
rows, were half-terrified, half-fascin-
ated by the appearance of the car.
''The old Manchu prince apparently
could not screw up his courage to
sufficient height to venture the trip in
the machine, that was offered him.
After preliminary courtesies, he with
drew and thereafter sent in his card,
excusing himself. The priest and his
number two went, however, and it
was said that they were scared out of
their wits throughout the entire trip.
| Little trouble was encountered on
the way. The three rivers that were
crossed gave Some trouble, one be-
cause the bridge seemed ready to cave
| in at any minute, and the other two
| because there were no bridges at all
and the crossing had TO be made by
means of three boats dashed together
with the car put on them laterally. AT
Dichow, the stone block in the center
OF the main gateway, against which
| the city gates are closed, was so high
| that the car could not pass over it, nor
was there any other way around. So
| part of the city wall was appropriated
| and runway built across the gate
AWAY, over which the Dodge Brothers
car crawled as easily as you please
Throughout, in spite of the fact that it
| was necessary to go a great part OF
| the way in low gear, the Dodge
! Brothers car ran beautifully, and prov
| ed itself entirely satisfactory"