South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
AUTOMOTIYE WORLD
TO HONOR ELWOOD
HAYNES JULY 18th
Celebrate the Twenty-Eighth
Anniversary of Trip of
First Car.

First Car.
kOkOMO. Ind July 1-kok1mo
wlI celebrate the Fourth 81 jury
OR rather. The state Of Indiana and
The nation viii come to Kokomo %
celebrate the glorious Fourth.
The Indiana Historical comm ssion
and the Hoosier State Automobile
association yesterday became official
sponsors for the huge July Fourth
celebration in honor OF Elwood
Haynes and the 28th anniversary
Of the initial trip made by America
FIRST car on the Pumphnvire Pike.
Officials ~ both or these import
ant statewide organizations imwe-
dlately threw themselves into the
work Of planning and preparing for
the success OF the event
Nesbit Is Chairman.
Wilbur =. NesbIt Of Chicago be-
came chairman OF the program
committee and other committees
were appointed and invitations dis
patched 10 hundreds Of the nati0ue
leading men and women 10 De pres
ent IN Kokomo on J8ly Fourth fot
the dedicatory exercises. which VIII
include the unEei.ing Of beautiful
granite monument faced with am
elaborate Stellite tablet in honor OF
Elwood Haynes. "the father of the
American automobile industry and
one who is ranked with Edison and
Marconi." according to Sir Charles
r. Higham. NJ. Z. of England. who
recently visited this country and
in honor Of Mr.. Haynes world-fa-
nous invention. the first mechani-
cally successful automobile i'm Amer
lea.
DR.. 8 I. Mcintosh. president OIL
Wabash college, a lifelong friend I
Of Mr.. Haynes. will deliver the dedi- .
Catory address according 20 an am
nouncement by DR. Frank b. Wynn,
president of the Indiana Historical
commission Alfred Reeves. gen
eral manager Of the National Auto
mobile chamber of commerce. viii
preside over the exercises, fntroduc-
ing the speakers.
Governor to Speak.
Mayor B. c. Moon was yesterday
invited 10 deliver the address Of vel
come Warren T. McCray. governor
OF Indiana. and Mr.. Haynes viii be
other speakers on the program,
which will begin at o'clock on the
afternoon Of the Fourth.
Pres't Warren G. Harding, all OF
the Indiana congressman, George
AIDE. John T. McCutcheon, Sidney
Smith and Henry Ford and other
leaders Of the automobile industry
were sent invitations yesterday a.
G. Lupton. president of the Hoosier
State Automobile association with
other officials Of his organization
and the Indiana Historical commits
sion. will be present. Pathe and
other film news services will photo
graph the unwilling of the mOnu-
ment.
The monument itself, although
simple in design as belts the char
acter and life Of the ma. TO whom
it will be dedicated, is a work of
rare beauty The base is a solid
block Of New York granite, while
the shaft. which will carry the in
scription and the Stellite tablet, is
"a huge block OF red st. Cloud
granite These particular species
of stone were chosen because of
their enduring qualities
Mounted on the shaft, ar a sli-ht
angle to make reading easier, viii
be a beautiful tablet of solid Stellitc.
the new metal invented by Mr..
Haynes.
Specially constructed motor
trucks will transport the huge
monument In sections TO that point
on the Pumpkinvine Pike where the
original Haynes started It's memor-
able journey just rs years ago.
First Haynes Car Coming.
The oroginal Haynes car viii be
here for the occasion, delivered 10
the Haynes automobile plant with
I'm three days. according 10 tele-
gram received last night from Con-
gresham Fred s. Purneu. Repre-
sentative Purueu eXerted great ef-
fort and took much time 20 secure
the release Of the invention from
the Smithsonian institution and
great care is TO be taken with its
delivery and return.
Stands that will seat 90 persons
viii be erected at the spot where
the monumen Is 10 stand. The fields
surrounding have been engaged for
the day so that the thousands OF
citizens Of the state who are expect
ed TO attend the celebration may
find room 10 see and hear all that
takes place. The state organiza-
tions in charge of the dedication
will ask all railway companies
traveling TO Kolomo 10 offer special
rates on the Fourth so that those
who have no machines may attend
the historical anniversary.